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Year: 1877

tress. The poor petitioner prayed
for mercy, and that the lives of her
children might be spared. The.
queen, no doubt with aching heart.
could only explain that she was en-
tirely in the hands of her response
BILE minister. The painful inter
view ended, the petitioner, grateful
for the condescension and sympa-
thy Of her sovereign, sought how to
return to Ballater, heart.broken
that the last hope of saving her
wretched sons had failed her. The
servants inquired how she intended
getting back the twelve miles to
Ballater. There was no convey
ance, and they plainly saw the poor
woman was quite incapable of walk
ing the distance. Again the queen
was informed Of the circumstances;
and with that consideration so
characteristic Of her nature, she
ordered that one Of her carriages
should be got ready to take Mrs.
Staunton back. Scarcely had the
poor mother left the castle, when
the mailbag containing her maies-
ty's letters and dispatches was
opened, and, to the qualification
and relief Of the queen, the home
secretary's dispatch recommending
the reprieve was among the num-
Der. The lonely mother went on
her way back, worn out and defect
ed. With the instinct of kindness
and charitable feeling, the queen
at once instructed a special messen-
ger to proceed on horseback and
take the glad tidings to her sister
in sorrow. Such deeds require no
comment, but raise the monarch to
the highest eminence. Mrs. Staun-


ton on reaching Ballater was in


stantly informed of the glad tidings,
and that the mailbag on which she


had sat with a bleeding heart con-


tained the reprieve which she had


travelled so many miles to obtain.


Such is a simple account of an
episode in the life of the queen,
well harmonizing with all that her
subjects already know of her.
Year: 1877

must become cold and pedantic.
No doubt prime condition of art
is correctness of outline. But it
may be asked whether under this
pretext critics do not check the in
spiration Of those artists who seek
to throw more life, more health,
and more of natures truth and
freshness into their works, NJ.
David delivered us from the conyen-
tions of the eighteenth century.
He formed Others, the destruction
of which in their turn should not
annoy him and his admirers. One
epoch should never be jealous of
another; nor should those who
have made step forward prevent
others from making another" Thus
M. Theirs first achievement was to
deliver French art from the pseudo
classic tyranny Of David, and to
obtain justice for Delacroix, whom
Baron Gros had publicly called a
lunatic and a signboard-dauber.
The management Of the Oonstitu-
tionnel, judging Thiers by the
success Of his Salon, gave him per-
manent and well-paid employment.


His department was the Varieties
on the third page.
Year: 1877

The London Touchstone is re-
sponsible for the following story in
connection with the reprieve of the
Staunton brothers, who had been
sentenced to death for the Peuge
murder: @


On the Sunday preceding the
Tuesday, the day fixed for the
execution of the Stauntons, the
mother of the two men travel
ed alone to Balmoral in order
to obtain an interview with the
queen and beseech the clemency for
her wretched sons. On reaching
the Ballater, after leaving Aberdeen,
the last station, some twelve miles
from Balmoral, the poor woman
sought some conveyance to take her
the remainder of the journey.
Nothing could be obtained, and the
people on hearing the melancholy
mission Of the unfortunate mother
showed their sympathy by obtain
ing for her seat on the mailbag
in the little cart, which contained
only one seat and the driver. The
mailbag was thrown into the cart,
and the poor woman was allowed
to seat herself upon it. SO she
travelled through the cold and dis
NAL night the twelve dreary miles
to Balmoral. On reaching the cas-,
tie the next and formidable diff
Guilty that met her was obtaining
an audience of the queen. After
explaining the'object of her Jour-
ney to the attendants, she at last
obtained an interview with Sir
Thomas Biddulph, who, after pa
tiently listening to what she had
to say, promised to let the queen
Immediately know the object of her
being at the castle. With little de-
lay the queen, setting aside all ETH
quette and formality, entered the
apartment in which Mrs. Staunton
was seated, and with a true soVe-
reigu's and woman's heart listened
TO the appeal and humble prayer of
one of her subjects in her deep Gis.
Year: 1877

The attempt to assassinate Gov. Pack
ard OF Louisiana fortunately failed. No
man who is republican in Louisiana is
secure in either life or property if he OPP
poses the democracy of that State. Men
like Packard and Wells. who dare stand
up against the Vaccinations and murder
ous spirit of the White League, peril their
lives every day for the political principles
they hold, and YET there are men In the
North whose souls are 50 small as to de-
nounce these courageous men as time
servers hanging upon the republican par
ty merely for the sake OF plunder
Year: 1877

II touches the Maine Standard upon
the raw" to be told of the abandonment of
the States Right doctrine by the demo-
cratic party. Had it not been for the repub,
lican members of the electoral commission
in opposing going behind the action of
State returning boards, there would not
have been vestige of the old democratic
principle left. The Standard ought to
thank them for their decision in regard to
Florida
Year: 1877

Senator Conover, of Florida, is not
only an unshaken and an unshakable
Republican himself, all reports to the
contrary notwithstanding, but he is
also firm in the belief that Florida
will be Republican at the next elec-
ton. He expects to be reelected by
a Republican Legislature, because
the influx of Northern capital and
voters has had 50 great all effect upon
the State that a full and fair vote can
be taken, and that means an easy
Republican victory.
Year: 1877

A COSTLY TICKLE.-A lew days
ago resident of Morris avenue, and
probably one of the best known men
in the city as straightforward busi-
ness man, went to- New York on
some business. AS he was going up
Broadway his attention was attract
ed by one of the many snowy win-
dows on that street. He stopped for
moment to look, and according to-
his usual habit had both hands in his
pants pockets. Half a dozen more
men soon gathered around, and some
one in the rear reached over and
tickled the old gent from Elizabeth
on the ear with straw. This caused
the Jerseyman to withdraw one Of
his hands to brush away the sup~
posed fly. After returning this use
full member to his pocket, where but
"a few seconds ago it had clasped his
pocket-b0ok, behold! his cash was
gone. He made the best of the stu
alton, and promised himself to keep
mum. But it has leaked Out how
the New York sharp tickled the old
gent from Jersey. y.-Elizobeth Journal.
Year: 1877

The New York Commercial points
out that nothing is more easy than
to grow rich. 1t is only to trust
nobody--to befriend none-to get all
you can and save all you get-to stint
yourself and everybody belonging to
you to be the friend of no man, and
have no man for you friend-tO heap
interest upon interest cent upon cent
to be mean, miserable and despised
for some twenty or thirty years
and riches will come assure as disease
and disappointment. And when
pretty nearly enough wealth is collec-
ted, by a disregard of all the charities
of the human heart and at the ex-
pense of every enjoyment, death
comes to finish the work-the body
is buried in hole, the heirs dance
over it, and the spirit goes-where.
Year: 1877

day did extensive damage in several
sections of the city, the northern and
eastern sections suffering the greater
proportion, as usual. Hundreds OF
trees in the parks and streets, young
and old, We're blown down, many
roofs We're uncovered and numerous
chimneys blown oyer. The water
along the line of the d street sewer
rose very high, filing all the cellars
for several squares north and south
of it from Second to Thirteenth
streets. In the neighbJrhnod of the
Baltimore and Potomac depot the
water rose three feet above the level
ofthe pavement, flooding every house
on Missouri avenue. For four hours
persons were carried to and from the
depot in stages and other vehicles.
The entire ma 4 was at one time COW
cred WITH Sheet OF Water VARYING
in depth from six inches to two and
a-half feet, when the cars of the Sew
enth street line in passing through
the mall the water was at times high
er than the floors, passengers being
forced to stand up on the seats.


At sundown the rain stopped,
though very strong wind prevailed
during the night. Much damage was
done to the patent office, and a force
of laborers was kept at work there
for several hours bailing out the
building. Wild reports were circu-
laten through the building about
noon to the effect that the walls were
weakening. There was no truth in
them. All the clerks who had rooms
in the north wing of the building,
were forced to leave their desks short
ly after noon on account of the leaks
in the ceiling. The Temporary roof
on the north and west wings Of the
building has not yet been erected.


Between five and six o'clock this
morning nearly one half of the mar
bic ceiling Of the pOrticO of the pat
ent Office ON the north side fell and
broke into fragments. The sound
produced by the fall was like that of
cannon.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The dam
oge to the Ninth and G strret wings
of the patent office from the heavy
rain to-day is very great, many rec
ords and public papers being
thoroughly saturated. The tempor-
airy roof not having been erected the
water soaked through the floors OF
the late model rooms on those wings
damaging everything in the rooms
/ below on the second floor of the
building. AS many papers and books
were moved to places Of safety as
/ possible, but the water poured in rap
idly and wet many before they could
be removed. The library aud other
portions We're covered with tarpaul-
ins, and good deal of property thus
saved. 1t is feared that the rain has
weakened the outer walls of the
burnt portion, and that much OF
them will have to be rebuilt.


THE STORM IN BALTIMORE.
Year: 1877

Good Prospect for Early Resumption.


Washington, Feb. 14.-A bill has
been drafted to meet substantially the
recommendations of the President in
his recent special message with regard
to early specie payments, and submit
ted to him as it probably will be to the
committee of ways and means. Its
provisions differ in several respects from
the suggestions of the President, but
there is reason to believe he will not Sc
riousiy object to the changes.


The bill provides for the use of the
thirty-year four per cent. bonds already
authorized by the act of July 1870, and
by the redemption act of January 1875.
The amount Of greenbacks to be funded
into these bonds is hundred million
dollars, limited to ten millions in one
month. The further sum Of say thirty
millions of greenbacks is authorized to
be withdrawn in exchange for subsidi-
ary silver, and to this end coin is to be
increased to the aggregate of eighty
millions, including fifty millions at
present authorized.


The theory of this provision is that
silver change will take the place of the
small greenback ones and twos. These
are limited by the act of 1858 to thirty
five million, but the amount now out
standing is believed to be below thirty
millions. No commission is allowed
for funding or exchange of greenbacks
for bonds or silver coin. The expenses
of engraving, printing, etc., of the
bonds are limited to quarter of one
per cent.


Some assurances have been given that
the bill will meet with favor from both
sides of the House Of Representatives
after the Presidential trouble is set
tied.
Year: 1877

Columbia, Feb. 14.-The people will
under no circumstances submit to the
Chamberlain government. If Hampton
is not recognized they will demand and
require a military government. If
Chamberlain is to be forced upon them
there will be riots and bloodshed, and
such action would so effectually crush
the spirits of the whites as forever after
to preclude the possibility Of bringing
them to the polls. Hampton is organ
izlng his militia, and recognition or nc
recognition from Washington, is deter
mined to hold on and maintain himself
as governor, peaceably if he can.
Year: 1877

Washington, February, 14.-Car.
penter on the reassembling of the
electoral commission, this morning, re.
sumed his argument, contending that
the constitution Of the United States
forbade the comforting of judicial pow.
er upon the returning board of Louis.
lana, and that the law of any State
which attempted to confer such power
was void, etc.


Trumbull said he supposed they should
now present evidence of fraud, irregu.
larity and illegality on the part of the
returning board.


A question sprung up as to the time
| to be allowed for argument, and the
question as to the admissibility Of evi-
dence offered.


Thurman thought the case would be
expedited by allowing evidence to go in,
subject to objections, instead of fret.
ting away time on the admissibility OF
testimony. He thought it was making
this commission court of common
pleas instead of the great tribunal il
was intended to be.


Edmunds said the effect of taking
testimony Professionally might be that
at the end of ten days they might find
the evidence inadmissible, and the
whole time wasted.


Bradley thought they should 60 ON in
a manner similar to the course pursued
in the Florida case.


Miller asked if it could not be so ar
ranged that the case could be argued,
so that when the commission went into
consultation and it was decided not to
admit evidence, it would not be neces-
sary to hear further argument.


Edmunds submitted the following:


Ordered, that counsel now be heard
ON the whole subject as it now stands,
and that four hours ON each side be al
lowed for debate


Miller thought the effect of this Or
der was to permit the case to be argued
as it now stands, leaving the admissi-
bility of testimony to be considered at
forwards. If that was admitted, of
course they would have to come and
listen to argument on its side.


Abbott was opposed to mixing up the
case. If the evidence was excluded he
wanted them to hear argument on what
was left of the case.


Thurman agreed with Abbott that
they should not be mixed, he favoring
the admittance of evidence on both
sides subject to future discussion as to
admlSSlDlllty.
Strong offered a substitute, giving
counsel two hours to each side to argue
on the admissibility of evidence.
Thurman moved an amendment
making the time three hours. Reject
ed. Seven to eight. r...-


Edmunds' proposition was rejected
by yeas 4, nays IL.


The proposition of Strong was agreed
to without division.


Judge Bradley moved that counsel on
either side may take, in addition to the
two hours allowed to discuss the inter-
locutory question as to the admissible
ty of evidence, such additional time as
they may desire, to be deducted from
the four and half hours allowed yes
terday for general debate. The COM
mission then took a recess.
After recess Senator Trumbull, in an
able and lengthy argument. advocated
the admission of evidence
Year: 1877

The Commissioners Work a Dis


appointment and a Surprise.


From the Springfield Republican.


There can be no doubt that the
result of the Commissions work
has been a disappointment and a
surprise to the American people
AN agreeable one, indeed. to a
large portion of the Republican
party, who didn't believe they
were entitled to the Presi 1ency
and didn't see how they were go
ing to get it under anything like
an examination or investigation
of the questions involved. The
Louisiana decision is also a shock
to the moral sense of The nation.
1t violates that American love of
fair play which is one OF the DOM
inant, if not the chief, characters.
tic Of our dealings with each 9th.
er, since it yields to the Presi-
dency to what the great bulk of
the people believe to have been
fraud and violence in the Louisi.
ana State Government.


For, if there be anything up
on which the large minority of
the people agree, and the verdict
of history is assured, it is this
whole performance in Louisiana,
extending over the last four or
five years, and eliminating at
last in just what William A.
Wheeler deprecated so much two
years ago, when it gives the Unit
ed States a President.


1t is not necessary to suppose
that the Tribunal which has pro.
nounced this decision was either
insincere or dishonest in reaching
it, but it is impossible to escape
the conclusion that partisanship
dominated in its deliberations
and directed it's conclusions. In
stead Of seeking for legal reasons
to secure justice and render NOR.
al results, there seems to have
been ingenious searching for legal
reasons to secure a merely parti-
san victoy. No legal moralist
can examine with any closeness
the grounds on which the maiori.
ty rest their verdict, without pro
nouncing that even the law points
were painfully strained to reach
the desired results. The reason
ing of Judge Bradley especially
appears at fault when compared
with the precedents, decisions and
authorities, ps it is certainly al
variance with common sense and
justice.
Year: 1877

was made, despite the splendid
Iefforts of the officiating clergy


first TO prevent and afterwards


to quell the disturbance. What


eyer may be thought of their


doctrines, it Gun rarely be said


Of the Catholic priests that they


fail of their duty in an emer-


gency. While the tumult was


at its highest one of them called


to tho choir to go on with the


music, while others performed
the rites of benediction at the
altar in so calm and regular a
manner rs would have reassurcd


any audience not thoroughly
panic stricken. Others still
mingled with the crowd, and by
command, entreaty and persua-
sion sought to check the fatal
stamped',. For several awful
minutes all efforts were unayail-
ing, but finally the police, who
meanwhile had worked manful-
ly from the outside forced q
passage through the shrieking
mass and ultimately restored q
degree of order which permit
ted the cleaning of the house;
not, however, until six persons
had been crushed and tramplea
into eternity. I suppose the
time will come when public
builings will be so eonstruc-
ted that these fatal jams and
narrow entrances will be I'M
known; but we are a long way
from it yet, and l fear, have got
to be shocked III this way a
good many more times before
legislation regulating buildings
will be had Of sufficiently rad
ical character to effect the nee
essary reforms.


Almost at the moment of this
startling episode, a large five
story building in the lower part
of the city gave away under
the weight of heavy stock of
goods, and came down with
rumbling crash that shook the
earth for blocks around, and
frightened large neighbor-
hood who must have thought
the end of all things had come
at last. Fortunately no one is
known to have been killed,
though Il large amount of prop
erty was destroyed. RADIx.
Year: 1877

If any man has heretofore fail
ed 10 recognize the necessity of
saving, let him look around aud
observe the condition of men over
fifty who are without means and
seeking employment. No ODe
will take them. "We caA get
young men, why take old r. peo-
pie say. "Why in the world do
you keep that old fellow p asked
hotel proprietor of his head wait.
er, who had retained a man past
fifty, an excellent worker, in the
plate room This is the prevail.
ing feeling.
Year: 1877

In Inc paper, and one day il
seems Tony Frost, down at
Dobbs' ferry, struck it. That
was the way it got to the gang.
They pooh-poohed it as "chaff, %
but Frost it seems went up to
Glen Spring, poked about, re-
connoitered the premises, and
came down to the city with a
big yarn for his pals. His re-
port was that the old Muny"
had got sign on his fence in
forming everybody that passed
that here was the unprotected
house full of valuables that the
river gang didn't dare to walk
into. aHe was sure, too, that
there wasn't any CANNON about
the stuff, for he'd found out
that old Calcott was immensely
rich, and kept nearly all his
wealth in his house.


Now / don't suppose it's rea-
sonable that regular cracks
man should bite at such bait as
this; but Tony Frost kept pok-
ing away at it, and one day
somebody in the gang said it
was too much to have the pro-
fession insulted in that way,
unless they were all afraid of
the old duffer. After that To-
ny Frost went to the house, got
up as a tramp, and tried the
back door. The moment he
krocked it flew open, and an
old mans voice hailed him over
the stairs, "Hallo there; what
d you want ?"


"Summat to eat,if yer please"
says Tony, shutting in and TAX
ing good look around.


600 down and try the kitch-
en-" shouts the old man, "and
don't stand gaping round that
way. If you want to examine
the house, come up when your
belly's full, and I'll show it to
you"


With that Tony goes down
the way he came and walks into
the kitchen, where a little girl
was washing dishes. She gave
him some bread and meat and
talked quite freely. To his as
tcnishment, she told him that
the old man had lots of money
in the house. She'd seen it.
She also told him that she lived
in the village and went home
every night. He must have
made a favorable report, be-
cause it wasn't long after that
when Bill Ketchum, who was
the ring leader of the river gang,
thought he'd take look at the
house. So up he goes playing
the part of a peddler, and drops
the neatest little pack in front
of the place where he sees the
sign. There it was, sure
enough, nicely lettered in red
on white ground, and inviting
all burglars, house-breakers,
sneak-thieves and assassins to
come in and take what they
could get. The house stood a
good ways back from the road,
and as Bill went up the wide
path he had a good chance to
take in the dwelling. 1t was a
large brick house with a high
stone foundation and an iron
etoop. There wasn't a shutter
nor pair of blinds on the place.
And if anybody had tried to set
it afire he would have given up
the job as bad one.


Ketchum got in through the
kitchen. He had a lot of things
in his pack that tickled the fam
cy of the girl, and he let her
amuse herself with them while
he ate a sandwich she had Civ
en- him, and asked her a lot of
sly questions. But he couldn't
get much out of her, simply be-
cause she didn't know anything,
SO he made up his mind to in
terview the old man, and pokes
about till he got up stairs, and
was hailed over the balusters.