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Year: 1874

1907 MAIN SIRE


preparatory to the coming fall trade, oftr from
this da'e their entire stock Of spring and sum-
mer clothing, embracing many goods suitable for
fall wear, at cost. Boys clothing and broken lines
of mems clothing and furnishing goods they offer
without reference to cost. Such an opportunity 10
purchase clothing at low prices is seldom present.
cd Give them call, and buy fine goods ut less than
usual prices Of common goods Terms strictly
Year: 1874

The people of Los Angeles owe it to
themselves to place their seal of con-
demnation on the coarse, slanderous
attacks on Mr.. BEAUDRY's private
character by sheet which is ready to
become the venal tool of any man,
party or organization for compensa-
tion. Having exposed the ISLANDERS of
the Express so often and showed to
the community the object of it's at
tacks, we deem it unnecessary to oc-
cupy the time of our readers in refut-
ing anything more it may say. We
feel like offering an apology to our
friends for so frequently bringing this
subject before them. But we also feel
that the interests of the entire city are
at stake, and the rejecting part of the
community will excuse us for kicking
the nuisance out of the way. Mr..
BEAUDRY is an old citizen of Los An
geles. He has lived here for nearly a
quarter of q century and his private
character is so well and SO favorably
known to all old residents that they
naturally look with contempt on those
who are base enough to invent and
repeat day after day charges which
all know are false; that their authors
know to be so and that they were
Year: 1874

We yesterday predicted that the
Express would get up card for the
"poor sick man." ROBERTS. Our pre-
diction proved correct. The little
traitor of last evening contained the
document, and more weak and shall
low affair cannot be found outside the
editorial columns of the Express. Mr.
ROBERTS innocently says CHAPMAN
sold him the lot because he (CHAP-
NAM did not want a lawsuit and gave
it to Mr.. BEAUDRY. The funny part
of it is that CHAPMAN should give
away thing he never owned, and af-
terward sell it. The absurd part of it
is that the 'poor sick man." Rob-
ERTs, should pay CHAPMAN all the
money he had for thing which
CHAPMAN had previously given away.
A thinner, sicker, more ludicrous at
tempt to extort money we have never
seen or heard of. Mr.. ROBERTS denial
that he threatened Mr.. BEAUDRY that
if he did not come to his terms he
would use his mighty" influence to
defeat his election is of a piece and
color with the rest of the card. He
did make the threat, and, what is
more, he is doing his little best to
carry the threat into execution. Mr..
ROBERTS went into a large speculation
on small amount of capital, and he
will end by proving himself the weak
tool with which a mendacious journal
sought to blacken the private charac-
ter of an old and respectable citizen OF
Los Angeles.
Year: 1874

The Chamber of Commerce, to which
the people look for action in the rail-
road enterprise, has manifested de-
termination to move at once and de-
cisively. The report of Engineer
CRAWFORD will be completed in a
short time and will show how easy it
is to build the road from this city
through the Cajon Pass. The advan-
tages of this road we have already
pointed out and the disadvantages
under which we shall labor without it
are apparent to all. We trust the
people will assist the Chamber of Com
merce in getting the ball in motion
and that we shall keep it rolling until
the road is built. We have no time to
waste in idle talk. Let us get to work
and work diligently until the task is
completed.
Year: 1874

A square mile IL laid off at an eligible point
on the tract, with lots 25xl40; avenue 100 feet
and streets 80 feet wide.


A stream of water can be brought In so as
to supply every lot with crystal. cool, sweet
water.


Provision will be made for College and
Farm School. -. +


A large lot will be SGT apart for each relig-
ious denomination. A block will also be
given for the erection OF large hall by the
different Fraternal, Grange and Temperance
Societies.
Year: 1874

Candidates will see to it that they
have their tickets printed at the HER
AID office and then they will be cor
rect, as we have secured new type and
new paper, cut according to the re-
uuirements of the new Code.
Year: 1874

YOU can't name anything in the
smokers line which Cohen S Davis
do not Keep at the Identical, No. So,
Main street. Their stock is of the best
quality and their prices down to bed
rock.
Year: 1874

The President commenced his mes
sage yesterday and does not intend to
complete it until the day of the meet
ing of Congress. 1t will not be printed
and no copy of it will be made until
the morning of the assembling of Con-
gress, when q copy will lie given to
tha 4 SSOoiata6 praCC
Year: 1874

The contract for furnishing the Post Office Department with about 5000 weigh ing scales, necessitated on account of the new law, which goes into effect January 1, has been awarded to Messrs Fairbanks & Go. of this city. The order is large one, and has to be filled within short space of tune. But the contractors have abund- ant facilities for meeting their angage- ment, and it is great relief to know that for once at least the government will be sure to get it's moneys worth.-N r.

 World, Dec. 23d.

 The fame of the Fairbanks in the mat ter of scales is so well established as hard ly to need any additional comment there on from us. They manufacture them of all grades from the great railroad scales to such small ones as serve to deal out the mail matter of the whole country. The foregoing is one of the greatest orders ever filled in that line and Messrs Fair banks may well be proud of it.
Year: 1874

The New Milford Ray devotes column, last week, to the proposed new jail. Its chief objection is curious one: "It is admitted that very soon the county must have both a new jail and @ new court house," ergo, build neither, says the Ray, for we mean to remove the county seat soon, and every new county building in Litchfield would then be useless. Is the new District Court so unsatisfactory leu, that its abolition IS demanded al- le ldy? Do the dockets and court reports of this county show such an amount of business as calls for the erection of two new oourt-houses and two new jails?

 Undoubtedly a new courthouse, here, would be a convenience. A new jail IS a necessity. Moreover, the suspicion that the call for it originates here is unfound- cd. The three county commissioners be- ing specially cognizant of the necessity. have themselves moved in the matter. They all sign the call for representatives meeting; yet one is a resident of North Canaan, another of Barkbamsted, and the third of Woodbury-points certainly as far removed as could we'll be from Litsh- field influence.

 The editor of the Ray. being q very re cent arrival in this county, naturally takes the narrow view of this ques- ton which is, we are sorry to believe, prevalent in this immediate locality. We hope to see e more liberal spirit manifest ed elsewhere.
Year: 1874

The WATERFOWL Episcopal church was beautifully dressed for Christmas under the superintendence of Mir. c. A. Warren. An excursion train took down about 30 persons to the concert of the Boston Quin- tett Club at Waterbury recently. They were greatly pleased with this first class entertainment
Year: 1874



 WAsHrNGToS. Dec. q, 1874.

 We seldom urge the consideration of the temperance question, but we now de- sire to state one fact and let it speak for itself. For some years young man had been resident of this place, and was real ly q very industrious well-behaved fellow, but occasionally he would have what his comrades called "a spree" during which he would be totally different from his so- Der self. About three months since he had one of those "sprees," and was so quarrelsome and troublesome that his employer discharged him. Soon after, we saw him standing in the door of sa- loon in New Preston looking very badly. He had been an inmate of our family at one time and it was painful to see him so different from his old self, and we hearti- ly wished that there were no saloons, or grog shops or railroad men, to furnish our young men with the ruinous poison. That was the last time We ever saw him. The next we heard he had died of small pox in New York, where he had gone for en- ployment. But for liquor he might now have been living where he was doing we'll for himself and his employer. But this Is not all. Between three and four weeks ago his mother came up from New York bringing some of his clothes, and it IS said putting some of them upon a younger brother of the deceased. That brother has been very sick with the same disease, but is likely to recover. The town authorities have taken all necessary precautions to prevent the disease spread ing since it has been known that the boy was i'll, but many fear that miscnief was done before the thing was known to any but the family. We hope that all are more scared than hurt, but shall await the next Sunday with some anxiety. The doctor says that if there are no new cases before that time, the community is safe, but it is useless being frightened to death. Some twenty two ol twenty.three years ago, there were grea many cases of small pox in town, whicl were called French Measles or chlcker pox but not one death occurred from i under that name, though some might have died had they known that they had small pox. The name is of itself terror, bu ''what's in a name?" The disease is no so dreadful as it was in old times, anG with people of temperate habits is now seldom fatal. NJ.

 News has been received of the burning of the emigrant ship Cospatrick at sea and the loss of five hundred lives. Onl, three of her crew are knowE to have beer saved.
Year: 1874




An open letter written last week to the
President by William Welsh of Philadelphia
contains a summary of facts to which we
wish to urge attention


Gen. Grant, after his Inauguration, expressed
so strongly his repugnance to the long estsb =
lished system of frauds upon the Indians in
the Interior Department, and his desire to
assist in any course which would tend
to their removal and the civilization and
Christianization of the red man, that,
encouraged by this profession, the friends
of the Indian in Congress procured the pas
sage of an act authorizing an unpaid Commits
sion of men of tried integrity who were to
have joint control with the Department over
contracts, expenditures, etc. Such control has
never been ceded to it, Its powers, in defiance
of the act, have been limited to the giving of
advice, which the Department followed OF
not at its pleasure Mr.. Welsh. the Chairman,
"beng," as he says, unwilling to assume
Responsibilities without any power of control"
resigned his office, but has since given no less
his time, labor, and influence Cat his own
cost to the ameliOratiOn of the condition Of
the Indian, and to the attempt TO place white
and red man in a different relation toward
each other, and to compel at least decent
amount of honesty and justice from the Chris
tian as from the savage. Finding the Indian
Ring too powerful to combat except by direct
attack, Mr.. Welsh now lays before the Presi-
dent the present condition of affairs. This
Ring has much more influence in the Interior
Department than the Commission, whose pow
ers legally are cOextensive and equal with
those of the Department so far as Indian af-
fairs are concerned. Contracts are made and
secretly carried out by which both
the Indians and the Government are
imprisonment for the nOn-r recording of
every contract in the returns .Office, where
it could be open to public inspection. From
the Assistant Secretary of the Interior draw
ing illegally eight dollars day while visiting
Indian agencies, in addition to his expenses
and salary, to the charge of .fOrtyfive dollars
per trip for railroad fares to New-York of a
clerk going weekly to visit his family,
the whole system appears to be perme-
ated with fraud AS an example, Mr..
Welsh cites the sale of immense bodies of
pine timber, withou the knOwiedge Of some Of
it's Indian OUners, and against the wish of
those who did know it, by Agent Smith, now
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for 81 10 a
thousand while far less valuable timber
by the same Smith was valued at 81 50 or 49,
The sale made. without previous adver
tising, to friend Of Smith's. a certain a. ii.
Year: 1874

No one can look at the proceedings of the
workingmen in search of occupation which
will procure them living and in protest
against state Of things which keeps them and
their families hungry, without lively sympa-
thy and interest. This feeling will not be
destroyed by anything the wOrkingmen may
do Their very mistakes and errors only give
them stronger claim upon the forbearance
of more fortunate citizens and upon the con-
sideratiOn of the authorities. If they are out
Of work through no fault of their own if they
associate in clubs and public meetings because
they are out of work = if being gathered to-
gether they listen to the criminal and foolish
talk of idle and worthless vagabonds, and
are thus led into acts which are as unlawful
as they are inexpedient, we cannot but recog-
nize in all this chain of events which, while
it does not free the participants from a full
responsibility for their acts, entities their
grievances and even their errors to the kindest
and most serious judgment of the rest of the
community.


II is not unnatural that at the frat pinch
ings Of want the workingmen should look TO
Year: 1874

THE QUALITIES OF MIND WHICH RENDER MR..


CUSHING UNFIT FOR THE OFFICE.


A gentleman of high rank In the Republican
party and former emnence IN the victorious Reform
party of 1871 whose political ability has raised him to
position of great honor In tho representative
organization OF the most cultured members OF
the Republican party in this city. stated yesterday
that the confirmation OF Caleb Gushing as Chez
Justice o tho United States would inevitably cause
dscord In the ranks OF tho Republican party. Mr.
Cushing personal friend OF his and was eminently
fitted for the place his intellectual merits alone
considered. The qualities OF mind necessary for Chief
Justice required, however, added TO Intellectual
strength integrity, cOnscient0usness and devotion
20 principle. He was astonished TO read In tho
newspapers that Senator Sumner would advocate tho
confirmation OF Mr.. Gushing, nasmuch as he considered
that Mr. Sumner knew the requirements for 80 ofty
rendered Mr. Cushing unfit for the Office 1t would be
calamity have such man in the place notwithstand
ing the somewhat anomalous argument advanced by
his friends that he Is old that he could not
hold the place long. He would indeed be entitled TO
resign on a full pension the day after his confirmation
a. the law permits such retirement on the part of judges
over 70 years old. 1t not commendabe 10 put an
undt man in the position merely 10 give him pension
and some men OF IA never die. Whom the next nominee
will be, II Cushing be rejected. Is difhcuis
problem One could easily guess the spotJwhere
lightning will strike could have been no greater
difference between than between the two nom
inees williams and Cushing. The third nominee might
be auy man in the United states aud not be Worsa
Year: 1874

W1shtnJ0n DppaDN % Bo5t0n P0s, v1I Z"


I'm a conversation had with an Adminlstrs'
ton senator late to night regarding Mr. Cushngs nom
nation the President said nominated lawyer LOT
and you refused him because, you sad tna
he did not know enough then sent in the name OF
man who Is ind0rsed by the bar as thorough lawyeI
and YOU object 10 him because you he Is an atheist
Now if you reject him will send IN the name OF !ere-
mi. RarE
Year: 1874

The suffering lad who infests tho neighborhood Oh
the uptown hotels are-footed these ooid nights
appealing for charity. deserves encouragement ho
takes two great risks, first of catching cold oy gong
bsre-foOted and second of losing bis SHOES ana
stockings, which he leaves in neighboring door
way while he plies his vocation.
Year: 1874

IL is wonderful how quotation passes INTO the
familiar speech of men. and how useful 1t may be-
come TO reporters. We have during the present
festive season. seen merry ~ marriage Dell IN
47s newspapers: and this is the more remarkable
since wedding campanology isn't much cultivated
IN this country
Year: 1874

side world soon after is adjournment. and caused
more excitement than any other recent event Tho
followers of Mr. Conkling attempted TO spread tho
report that tho defeat had been the result Of afai
ure TO bring tho Republican Senators TO an aeree-
ment, and they carefully concealed the fact that
such damaging documents had been produced.
But tho real facts soon became known. To
fow at least, and were canvsssed with
great excitement. Some Of the Presidents closest
friends declare themselves astounded that when hs
learned of the existence of this letter he did not
hasten at once to tho Capitol and inform SenatOn
of il or withdraw tho name They say that he
ought not to have delayed this duty moment but
he allowed the opportunity TO pass The kepubii-
cans of the Senate the first to move in tho
matter and the President is thus placed In very
uDenviable position.


GENERAL PRgss DIsPArCH.I


number of friends called on Mr.. Gushing to-
day to converse with him about his chances for
confirmation, and found him very cheerful regard
Ing the prospect He is reported TO have laughingy
said that he would not be responsible for the re-
suits of the comments Of the press on his nomlna-
tion as he had no hand in procuring it, and would
accept the Senate's decision with eQuanimity"
Year: 1874

This time it is a caucus of Republican Sen
ators which asks the President to withdraw
his nomination for the -Justiceship. The
very natural discovery in the Rebel archives
of letter from Mr.. Gushing to Jefferson
Davis, President at the time of the Southern
Confederacy, recommending man for
Office, has furnished the Senate the
opportunity to override Mr.. Conkling,
and rebel against tho Presidents second
choice. The Presidents failure to withdraw
the nomination of his own motion, after he
had seen this letter, excites great surprise.
Whether he will choose to do so now, or
prefer to take the chance of forcing
the nomination through by union
of the solid Democratic vote with the
more faithful of his immediate per-
sonal followers in the Senate, remains to be
seen. Not the least deplorable feature of this
wretched business is the fact that it has assumed
the shape of an acrimonious struggle for
partisan advantages, in nomination
WHICH, puiiy
tons, and be only controlled by those graver
questions as to the safety of the constitutional
guarantees for the results of the war which
are the basis of the real objection to
Mr.. Cushing If the present nomination
should now be either rejected or withdrawn
the country, warned by two such experiences
will await with unusual alarm the announce
meDt of Gen. Grants third choice.
Year: 1874

have already taken a stand as party against
repeal of the General Railroad law, and it
is safe to presume that the Republicans will
not be backward in following so good an ex-
ample. Gov. Parker's message shows that the
finances Of the State are in excellent con-
dition, and it gives an interesting review OF
State interests.
Year: 1874

The most significant feature of the opening
of the New jersey Legislature yesterday was
the small attendance of lobbyists. At former
sessions each railroad company has had its
representative" some of them as many as
eix of these schemers and their absence now


ID pleasant reassurance that purer era OF


Legislation is TO be begun. The Democrats
Year: 1874

On the second page of The TRIBUNE to-
day, we print series of interesting state
,ments concerning the great house OF Jay
Cooke g. Co., now in ban kFuptcy. These are
made nv some of the individual members of


the firm. and have peculiar value as show
ing what efforts were put forth by those
gentlemen to sustain the credit of their
house. The report Of the Receiver is appended.
Year: 1874

The Broglie Cabinet appears to accept the
vote of confidence as fixing it firmly in the
possession of power. Its Premier has IN
formed the Committee of Thirty what are the
terms of compromise upon which he will be
willing to allow the French people to vote in
future. He says the Government "will
"accept" 25 years of age and three years
continuous residence as the qualifications of a
voter This will dsfranchise several millions
of young men and a large proportion of the
skilled artisans of France-the classes where
Republican principles have heretofore been
strongest. In this way NJ de Broglie, doubt
less, hopes he can guard against the annoy
ing recurrence of those Government defeats
which have become of late so monotOnOusly
disagreeable to him.
Year: 1874

On Friday evening, December 80, being
the night of the Plymouth Church pray
er meeting, Tilton come to me and said
in substance, that by his wife's request he
had determined to see Beecher in order
to show to him the confession of his wife
in regard to the intercourse between
them, which he (Tilton) had never
up to that time mentioned to him,
Beecher,) of the fact of the confession.
His wife told him that she had never
told Beecher of the confession, although
il had been made in writing, which writ
ing he-Tilton-had afterwards destroy
ed If Bowen's accusations against
Beecher were made public, the whole mat
ter would be made known, and her own
conduct with Beecher become exposed.
He had renewed her confession in her
own hand writing which he handed to
Inc and l read it, which was the first
knowledge l had of its existence.
Tilton did not tell me
Year: 1874

Warsop's mill is a success. This enter
prise was commenced by Mr.. Warsop be-
cause he had faith in it. He knew that he
could put in the best Of machinery for
grinding, and he knew the power was
plentiful and cheap. Except small bonus
to secure lot, he has done the whole
alone, under many disadvantages, and he
deserves credit for his perseverance and
the thoroughness with which he has car
ried out his plans. The mill is now in
perfect running order, and will be kept
very busy in doing custom work for the
farmers. The kind Of flour they will get
will of course depend much upon the
quality of wheat they carry to the mill !;
bu. the grinding in itself is all that can be
desired. The committee representing
those who subscribed the small bonus at
the outset have reported favorably upon
the work of the mill, and are satisfied that
Mr.. Warsop has fairly filed his part Of the
contract. Let others do now what they
agreed to-as we doubt not all will be.
willing to. We have used the flour from
the mill and we find it IS well ground. as
the Gardner mills at Hastings. Our farm
ing people should feel a degree Of pride in
this Zone " enterprise th&t has been CON-
pleted here with so little~eutside help, and
with no bluster. Let us.give it what aid
and coantenance we may.1Farmington
Press.
Year: 1874

VALE, LoNeUN, VA1E.-1t is said this
was the sad refrain sung to the Minnesota
Congressional Delegation when the cars
moved off and for the last time their tear
full eyes fell upon the granite roof of the
beloved national treasury. Some say as
they journeyed homeward they took up
the witches chant, "When shall we Three
meet again." Judging from the doleful
aspect Of these gloomy gentlemen, there
has been weeping and wailing and gnash-
ing Of teeth somewhere.
Year: 1874

TEAMPs.-Every year our country is be-
coming more and more infested by
" tramps ''-fellows who go about selling
this, that and the other thing; in almost
every instance absolute swindlers. We
have seen them with cloths and stuffs
which they limited were smuggled as rea-
son for selling so cheap, but in every in
stance the purchaser got the worst Of the
bargain. The country must be worth cul-
tivating or these chaps would not continue
SO numerous.