smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

We clip the above from Crofut's
Western World It was correct when
the census was taken, but our readers
must remember the vast number of
MOdocs killed In the late war, which
in Oregon will lessen the number of
scalp raisers IN that section. However,
there is enough left to cost the govern
ment large amount to furnish them in
rifles and ammunition, and to keep
some of the United States troops In hot
water once in a while.
Year: 1873

a SHARP Detroit boy painted in large
letters on his umbrella, Z" Stolen from
No.-A-streeb thinking that would
be an infallible protection against
thieves, but the first time he went out
with it he was arrested by a policeman,
who regarded the inscription as a tacit
confession thereof.
Year: 1873

Truth has no gradations nothing
which admits of increase can be 50 much
what il Is, as truth is truth. There may
be a strange thing, and a thing more
strange. But if proposition. is true
there can be none more true.-JohReOn.
Year: 1873

THINNING THEM OUT.----It Is said
that the Nebraska Indians are allowed
to ride free on all trains they can jump
on while the latter is in motion. The
tribe Is being reduced very rapidly.
This Is by all odds the most effective
and economical system Of dead-head-
Ing on record.
Year: 1873

A JURY OF THIRTEEN. Here Is an
exceptional case. Thirteen men re-
Gently served on jury in North Caro-
lima. 1t came about in this way;
Chang, one of the Siamese twins, was
summoned to serve as q juror. Thus
it came about that the remarkable
spectacle OF thirteen men on jury
was shown. The party beaten in the
suit now takes exception, on the
ground that man not juror was in
the room when the verdict was agreed
on. 1t would seem that the court
should not consider this bubble, for it
is nothing else. The proper time to
have raised the point would have been
during the empaneling Of the jury
failing TO do 50, the party waived all
right to make after objection. BY the
way, Eng must have had rather dull
time with nothing to do or say. 1t is
a pity these brothers are soattached to
each other.
Year: 1873

A FEARFUL TALE. Once . careless
man went to the cellar and stuck the
candle in what he supposed was . keg
of black sand. He sat near it drink
ing wine, until the candle burned low;
nearer it got to the black sand; ilearer
and nearer, until the blaze reached the
black sand-and as it was nothing
else but black sand nothing happened.
Year: 1873

TRUSTWORTHY EVIDENCE NOT FORTHCOMING.


The statements published in several morning
papers OF yesterday In regard 10 the investigator ny
Pimouth Church Of the charges made against the Kew
Henry Ward Beecher. by Henry T. Bowen ana otherS'
have been found upon inquiry 10 be incorrect IN ono OF
two particulars. SIN the first place. the committee nav
inc The matter in hand ~ not special one appointed
for the rurpose but is the regular Examining Commit
toe which, having the OF all The spiritual affairs OF
the church possesses full jurisdiction In the matter
Acaiu the members OF tfs connrfttee. well as all in
,eresed in the matter haze felt Tor some time the ne
cessty Of sitting the scandal thoroughly, but have Deeh
unable to proceed efficiently IN that direction as yet Tor
want OF sufficient evidence on which proper case could
he made Members OF the committee have repeatedly,
IL wss stated, attempted TO follow up stories which
had reached tbem and to learn IL anything
tangible was 10 be had they found, however,
that those making these assertions unwilling to
testify on trial. while the committee has no power 10
compel the attendance OF any witness When questioned
az 70 the source information these gave
most untrustworthy authority for It, The position OF
the committee has consequently been embarrassing
one, for while realizing the Importance OF making
thorough investigation and desiring 10 satisfy the
camors OF the friends and enemies Of Mr Beeeher for
an examination it has been unable yet for want OF
evidence and lack OF power, to obtain it, and to bring
about just and satisfactory conclusion OF the matter


As the committee adjourned at the last meeting subject
20 the call OF the Chair 1t was not known when another
meeting would be held, nor definitely what further
action would be taken.


IN EXPLICIT DENIAL FROM MR.. BEECIIER.


To ne Editor Of The Brooklyn Edgte.


SIR: In long and active life in Brooklyn
has rarely happened that The Eagle and myself have
been in accord on questions OF common to our
fellow citizens. 1 am for this reason impelled to
acknow wedge the unsolicited confidence and regard OF
which the columns of The Eagle OF late bear testimony


have iuf returned To the 20 learn that application
has been made TO Mrs Victoria Woodruff for letters OF
mine eupnosed 20 contain information respecting GER
tam Infamous stories against have objection
10 have The Eagle state many way IL deems t that
have letters of niue fn their possession, have my cor
dial consent TO publish them. In this connection, ana
at thus ume will only add that the stories ana runors
which have for some time past been circulated about
me are grossly untrue, and stampthem In general ana
In particular as utterly false. BesDeotully' .
Year: 1873

At a meeting Of the Commissioners OF En-
il,ton yesterday, the Special Committee Salaries
reported that although they were'of the opinion that
none Of the employees Of the Board were overpaid they
considered their duty in view Of the limited funds at
their disposal to recommend reduction OF the sal
aries Below list Of the whose salaries it Is pro
posed 10 reduce with the amOnnt they now reVe and
the remuneration which the Special Committee On Sal
aries has suggested that they be allowed;
Year: 1873

Neither Joseph b. Young nor the other
mysterious person said to be at times Cornelius Carson
and at times VIM T. King, have yet been arrested upon
the indictments charging completely In the Ring rob-
Year: 1873

FATHER HYAoISTHE-Rev. Perie Hyaeinihe
has taken step in which he has wldened the
breach between himself and the church oi whlen
he was formerly prominent as priest. In ieI-
ter to the Evangelical Alliance he no longer makes
any pre,ense to allegiance to the Church OF Rome
In his new breadth Of creed he goes even beyond
the Alliance ITSELF and proclaims faith in Christ
as the onIv essential Of Christian brotherhood
he expresses an ardent hope in the future unity
ai the church, though it Is plain he expects THIS
to be accomplished not so much by bringing
all within the pale as by breaking down the pale
In this it would seem that Hyacnthe's blow Is
rot aimed at the Catholic church alone. Bat
strikes with almost equal force every Protestant
church also, aud especially The Church OF Eng
land.
Year: 1873

Not long ago an American newspaper praised
English schools slightly ut the expense OF Amsri-
can ones Their superiority is scarcely Nttested by
TIE odd report which comes from Exeter. The
School Board there summoned q parent to answer
a charge of negecting-to send his child to school
The answer OF the bold Briton was that '4educa.
ton al the Board School was very deficient; toI
they neither taught history, geography nor gram
mar bnt kept the boys singing all day Three
Bind Mice :" The discriminating parent thought
that he could teach the boy better himself. Amor.
lean schools may be less effective than is possible
they certainly know nothing of the improving and
ameliorating power OF that beautiful but slightly
monotonuus lyric here mentioned.
Year: 1873

particular case, without insisting thI the
power of visitation and search claimed py
Spain shall be officially abandoned, ne
in fact recognize that right and leave
the proclamations Of Dulce and De Rodas still
in force. Spain does not admit that the cap
ture of the virginius was violation of law or
treaty stipulations, and she can repeat the act
tomorrow without any breach of the terms of
settlement in this single case. Spain does
not admit that the murder of poor Fry and his
fellow victims without trial was q violation of
law or treaty stipulations, regardless of the
character of the virginius, and her Cuban
butchers may slaughter another vessel load
tomorrow under like circumstances if they
should feel so disposed. Hence the disgrace
full protocol, if correctly reported, gives us no
protection against insult outrage and murder
in the future, and actually comedies to Spain,
by implication, the right to visit search and
seize our vessels on the high seas in time of
professed peace. These are matters for Con-
gress to consider, for our Senators and Repre-
sentatives may yet be called upon to save us
from national dishonor.
Year: 1873

At any moment Plus TX. may pass away The
feeble condition of his health and his great
age have suggested to the prelates in authority
the wisdom Of fixing upon some Cardinal who
shall replace the reigning Pontiff Immediately
upon his demise The London Hour, newly
started journal of mild tory proclivities, pre-
tends to have editorial information that Car
dinal Pecci. Archbishop of Perugia, is the
coming Pope. We can see no reason to doubt
that the parties within the College of Cardi-
mails have been anxiously canvassing the
names of their own members, in order that no
chaotic session may follow the termination of
the present Pontifcate. 1t seems plausible
also that they have determined upon an Italian
Cardinal because Italy has larger represen-
tation among these first dignitaries of the
Church than any other nation-indeed, the
Italian influence is insurmountable. 1t is said
that Cardinal Pecci, while holding strictly
to the doctrines Of the spirituality, is of o
conciliatory turn of mind in matters relating
to the temporal government Of the Church,
and that he is popular even among the free
thinkers. We doubt If it will ever be possible
to elect Pope with finer personal attributes
than Plus *; yet there is great wisdom in
selecting an Archbishop who, by On unblem-
ished life, can command the respect Of his
enemies as well as the devotion of his friends
and followers.
Year: 1873

Secretary Robeson's report of the operations
of our navy during the past year, while it
indicates that ne has made good use of the
paltry material at his disposal, only goes to
confirm the deplorable weakness of the vessels
noticed from time to time in the HERALD.
There are but one hundred and sixty-fve ves-
sells of all classes in the service, and of these
but forty-fve have been in commission up to
the moment of the Santiago massacre. The
eight new sloops of war authorized by the last
Congress, Mr. Robson Thinks will be credita-
BILE to the navy, and we are informed that they
are in various stages Of construction at the
public and private yards. After referring to
the different squadrons and the service they
have performed in all parts of the world in
protecting and forwarding American interests
we are furnished with careful synopsis of
the explorations made by the different naval
expeditions, which we may truly characterize
as without parallel in the scientific achieve
ments Of our time Passing from these
operations to consideration Of the police Of
the different navy yards, the Secretary makes
some very sound suggestions, which we hope
will not be ignored by Congress. The
money demand does not reach twenty
millions Of dollars for the ensuing year.
We regret that Mr.. Robson did not state
in more emphatic and explicit terms the
needs of the navy respecting an armament
commensurate with the dignity of the United
States. Yet he uses some very nicely pointed
phrases, which may not be lost on our Yo-
semitic legislators, and particularly when he
refers to the prsonnel-sI believe that the
activity, skill, science and experience of our
navy will be found equal to any difficulty
which courage dares to meet or energy will
avail to conquer"
Year: 1873

iron ship, and the exploded notion of building
ships in compartments seems to have proved
hopeless failure. Have the ingenious con-
structors of passenger ships no contrivance
against the difficulties of the case thus put
before them by facts like this collision, or
must passengers who wish to have fair
chance to pass the sea in safety wait for
wooden ships?


The HERALD special dispatches from Lon
don tell the story of this calamity in the
graphic words Of the survivors whom our cor
respondents have seen, and scarcely leave any
detail untouched that may enable us to realize
the picture; but the actual cause of the event
is still not apparent
Year: 1873

tho Poor.


It is about time that the city government
should act honestly with the poor laborers,
and let them know whether they are to obtain
any public work to help them over the severe
winter or to trust to their own resources
alone. They have been promised such aid by the
Finance Department. which alone can provide
the means, and yet the Comptroller obstructs
and defeats every proposition that looks to
their employment. A resolution is before the
Board Of Assistant Aldermen, authoriz-
ing the Department Of Public Works
to complete and perfect certain jobs,
and repairs by day labor, which would
give employment to large number Of men;
and now the Comptroller steps in and opposes
its passage on the plea that the charter re-
quires all such work to be done by cou-
tract. The charter does provide for
the contract system in such cases,
s'unless otherwise ordered by a vote of
three-fourths of the members elected to the
Common Council" These are the words of
the charter, and the Comptroller's opposition
is merely factious and designed to prevent
the work from being done at oil. If Mr..
Green has bankrupted the city treasury by his
incompetency and cannot get money to run
the city government he should give place to
o more competent fnancier. lie will prob
ably find the means to pay an Albany counsel
one hundred dollars day fee and twelve dol
lars day for his hotel bill as soon as the
Legislature meets, as he did last winter but
it is of far greater importance to the city that
he should find means to give work to the hun
dreds Of starving laborers whose employment
will be an advantage to the city as well as q
blessing to their suffering families.
Year: 1873

JUDGE HoLr's REPLY TO Ex-PREsrDENT
JOHNSON. Advocate Holt replies TO ex-
President Johnson on the subject OF who was
or who was not TO blame for the execution of
Mrs. Surratt with the rest of the washington
conspirators The whole discussion is DIS
tasteful to the good sense Of the community,
and the sooner IL sinks into oblivion the
better for all parties concerned
Year: 1873

THE HEALTH OF THE GERMAN EMPEROR is re-
ported in HERALD special despatch from
Berlin as being very precarious. When SO
powerful sovereign draws towards the close
of his days the world of speculation is ready
to occupy itself on the prospects for his nation
should the inevitable arrive. Kaiser Wilhelm
will leave behind him proud heritage, whose
strength now appears typical of the iron age.
He is said to be bodily very feeble. The news
also comes that the widow of the late King
Frederick Nv. is at the point of death, SO that
the house Of Hohenzollern seems especially
afflicted Just now.
Year: 1873




ican papers, then our flag is not to be saluted,
and we are to pledge our national faith to
institute proceedings against the vessel and
the surviving parties who have violated the
laws of the United States.


In oil this there is not one word of regret
of any Of the unauthorized powers claimed by
the Spanish rulers of Cuba; not single pro-
lection against repetition of the out
RACES perpetrated upon Americans for the
last five years, and Of which the Virginius
massacre was only natural sequence.
Spain does not say that the Tornado had
no right to seize the virginius on the
high seas in time of alleged peace and
carry her into Cuban port; that Burriel had
no right to take the lives of the persons found
on board, whatever may have been the char
acter Of the vessel, without trial and without
due notice to the United States. She
only agrees to return the vessel and
the survivors and to salute our
flag if it shall be found that she
did not have even the shallow justification of
her own proclamations to seize the vessel and
murder all but few of her passengers and
crew. She may fulfil the conditions of the
shameful protocol to-day, and tomorrow the
Tornado or the Arapiles, which we have just
kindly helped to put into fighting condition,
may capture on the high seas another suspi-
cous vessel bearing the American flag, carry
the prize into Cuban port, murder the pas
sengers and crew, suppress our Consul's
official dispatches, treat his protests with con-
tempt and plead the suspicion Of ''piracy" in
justification. BY the very terms Of the settle
ment we give up the right of our ocean COM
merce to immunity from visitation or search
on the high seas in time of peace, the princi-
pie for which we fought war with England
and which we have ever since maintained
When we accept simple reparation in this
Year: 1873

rather, of the iron plates which are all that
stand between the passengers and watery
grave-and we shall see that the protection
afforded is necessarily of the most fimsy
character. An ordinary kitchen utensil, made
of sheet tin, has a far greater thickness in
proportion to its size than the skin of the ship
has in proportion to the ships size; for, while
the iron plates are perhaps no thicker than
thirty or forty sheets of tin, millions of uten-
sils would scarcely aggregate the capacity of o
steamer like the Vile du Havre. Compared
to the size of such a vessel and the power
with which she is impelled, her iron plates
have scarcely the resistance of an egg shell,
and are shattered quite as easily under the
fearful force of collision with another ship.


When the Atlantic ran on the rocks near
Halifax the jagged stone tore through
her iron plate as easily as the


blunt, short knife is pushed through


the thin cover of sardine box. This
is all the protection the naval architecture Of


our day yields to human life, and vet the


world is startled when some hundreds of pas-


sengers are thus rushed out of existence.


Ships of this sort are built with view to all
the contingencies of navigation save the ever
imminent one Of accidents. No thought seems
to be taken for safety against what is shown
to be SO likely an occurrence as the destruc-
ton of the ship by collision. 1t is, of course,
possible that collision will send down o
wooden ship also; but it is certain that such a
fact involves the absolute destruction Of an
Year: 1873

BUcKaANNoN, March "A.
Edi ors OF the Register:


A visit to Charleston is sure way to
test Radical falsehood about the waste
OF time by the Legislature. / venture
the assertion that the present Legisla-
ture is the most industrious and effic-.
snt one that has ever sat in West Vir-
giuis, and that twice the amount OF
hard work has been done by them that
has ever been done in the same time
be.cre And but for the system attic eff
tort on the part OF some OF the Rtdl-
Gals 70 throw difficulties in the way OF
leg station, in order to prolong the ses-
sion tor the purpose OF making capital
Tor their party, there would have been
= vast deal more done. The members
rom President and Speaker down to
pages are busily engaged.


WRITER.
Year: 1873

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


Various English writer's have complained with
severity OF the manner in which the language
common to great nations suffers by the continued
use OF ungrammatical expressions by the people
OF this country and certainly should be the aim
OF al intelligent Americans and especially OF the
press, to discountenance all such and jealousy
conserve the purity OF what is undoubtedly the
most widely difrused If not the noblest speech on
earth. am led TO these remarks by observing in
your own and other first class journals
notices OF the death of an eminent divine
who is described as episcopal Bishop"
of a Western diocese, and also mention OF
an Episcopal Cathedral" 1t needs but small
amount of education and reflection to perceive the
absurdty OF these expressions. Neither bishops
nor cathedrals could be other than Episcopal and
the expressions above quoted would be exactly
paralleed by military soldier" Judicial Judge,'
naval ship,n ecclesiastical church, or illegal
lawyer.n In fact. we might just as well write OF q
"royal kingn an Imperial emperor, y a ..guberna
torial governor" "human men" and "female wo-
men, 'feline catsn and canine dogs.n We are
further led 10 the terrestrial earth, the marine
sea- the "selar sum- and .lunar MOON" vital
life,' and mortal deatnn Where this torrent OF
absurdty is to stop 1t is not easy to foresee.


or course, an excuse will be put forward for the
absurdty based on the fact that there are in this
country several religious denominations having
bishops and that therefore it is necessary to dis
tngulsh True enough: but why use an adjective
to distinguish which is not distinctive, but CON-
monG The Roman Catholic Church is episcopal,
and so is the Methodist and the prelates OF these
denominations are properly called either Roman
Catholic or Methodist bishops. The Church meant
by those who use the Objectionable expression is
called, In its own formularies, the .sProtestant
Episcopal Church, and therefore its bishops and
cathedrals spould be called protestant" As the
legitimate offspring OF the Church or England, and
boasting high degree OF culture in its members
and Minister'S 1t is only reasonable to ask that its
dlgntaries and sacred ediices may be named
violating


MEMBER OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL


CHURCH.
Year: 1873

There will be grand sacred concert in Tam
many Hall tonight by the strakosch Italian Opera
Company IN aid OF the new Church OF ST. Cecilia,
Patroness of Music. The festival OF the saint viii
be celebrated IN the new church, corner OF lo5th
street and second avenue There will be select
music on the occasion and the panegyric will be
preached by Rev. Father McQuirk, OF ST Stephens.
vigorous and eloquent speaker. The friends Of
the reverend pastor Father Fattery viii doubtless
rally In goodiy numbers on this interesting occa-
sion,
Year: 1873

The mission at the above church will begin, with
the forty hours alteration of the Blessed Sacra-
ment, on Sunday next, November 3d. 1t win be
given by reverend Jesuit Fathers from st. Johns
College, Fordnam. The first part or the mission
will be for women The mission Tor men will begin
on sunday, December :. The object OF the mission
is to afford extraordinary facilities and induce
ments to hear the word OF God and to
approach the sacraments, with the view
OF inducing all the people OF the parish to
practise more perfectly the teachings OF our
holy religion. on week days there Will be mass at
five. six, seven, eight and half-past nine O'Clock
every morning and sermons Immediately after the
first and the last mass. There will be the rosary
at haltpast seven O'Clock every evening and the
sermon immediately afterwards, ending with bene-
dcton OF the blessed sacrament. Religious books,
&c, viii he found for sale in the basement OF the
church. the profits from which will go to the char
tiles OF the parish. 1t is the anxious wish and
prayer OF the pastor that OF the people OF the
parish will allow this time OF special grace to pass
way uniinproyed. He would remind them that
many OF them may never again have so good an
opportunity, and he would urge upon all the pro-
priety OF inducing the members OF their families
and their friends who may be seeking alter truth to
attend the exercises of the mission.