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Year: 1875

WE did expect when court met
last Monday that we would meet
many of our patrons during the
week, who would settle up back
scores and start anew. But we
were disappointed. We limited
about chat little amount due on
subscripHon," o often and with the
same result that we got ashamed,
Great God! Just thing thlnk OF If,
zee. osh1med. But such was the
case. We will will wait until you
gather your crops, when VIC hope
you'll moi te ashamed TO come and
settle up. This delinquent bust,
ness is getting to be serious mat
ter with us.
Year: 1875

by some OF these Western frontclsmenwe have 70 men
In our club here who beat them Mt all times IL needs
intelligence besides TO be rstcass marksinan
This Bodine, instance Is just the kind OF man one
would wish to have alongside in moments OF great DAN
ger Perfectly cool and collected, he Is ready on all oc
casions and at every emergency" Fulton next came in
for large share of praise. without waiting for the an
nouncemcn OF the result, the personal friends OF the
American Team left the Office Of Col. Wngate and went
the of the Remington Arms Company In Broad
way, near Chambersst


EAGER CROWDS IN BROADWAY.


Here an immense placard, covering the large front
window had been posted giving the result OF the 500
and 800 yards shooting. The place surrounded by
great crowd. which blocked up the Sidewalks and even
extended into the The services Of two policemen
required keep traffic unobstructed, but their
labors often attended with considerable difficulty
Clerks appeared have deserted their shops and sales
men their There they stood by the hundreds
most them with slips of paper and pencils in hand to
note down the different and all full Of enthusiasm
to get latest accounts Telegraph boys actually
lifted over the crowd hand in the messages to the
Remington Office where clerks stood ready TO eommun
cate the news to tho eager crowd outside Later In the
afternoon second line formed on the other side Of
broadway, the crowd In 'front.' Of tho Remington
store having become too dense 70 admit Of more
apectaors Inside tho store the business OF the Arms
Company was entirely suspended. and the store was
filed by prominent and By tho Amosean Teams per
Year: 1875

DENOEs


rHE TRIBUNE OFFICIAL REPORT SENT THEM-No
yURTHER INDICATIONS OF HOW THEY AXE
DIVIDED TIE CONSPIRACY OF PRICE AND
LOADER EXPLODED - BOTH OF THEM IN JAIL
CONFESSED PERJURERs-TBE COUNSEL OF TIE
PLAINTIFF AND Mr.. DANA SERIOUSLY IMPLICATED
-LOADEa's ANTECEDENrs DIsCREDIrABLE.
The developments in the Tilton-Beecher case yes
terday were OF the most serious and sensational
character The jury did not agree, and their stand
ing is not more definitely known than on previous
days. They sent request for part OF the evidence,
and the counsel Of both sides consented that tho
whole printed record should be sent TO them. Tho
conspiracy Of Loader and Price to defame Mr..
Beecher and Mrs. Tilton was completely exploded.
Loader as well as Price having virtually confessed
his perjury.
Year: 1875

MAJ. A. Is. LEECH Dublin May the boys that kissed
the Barney Stone dine their gallant hosts Plymouth
Rock. c. III. POND,


Z. Remington & Sons.
At the agency Of sharp's Arms Tie opposite side Of
Broadway. equally enthusiastic presented
during the afternoon number Of the friends Of the
men in the Team who used the Sharp rife had assembled
there The Joy which pervadcd the entire body Of $50
members of the Amateur Rife Club very enthusi-
astic


Later IN the evening the American victory at Dolly
the general topic OF yelsaon the lead
places OF resort town. At the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Johnsons at the Turf Exchange the splendid shoot
ing of the American Team WAS In every ybody's mouth
and even those who had never fired shot and never
handled musket became quite profuse In their
plantations Of the various and Of tho superiority Of
American arms.


To-day or tomorrow the Amateur Rne Club will take
action In regard 10 appropriate celebration OF the
great victory yesterday, and will then also act on
foot proceedings for the proper reception OF the Team ON
its return to this country prominent merchant, who
has already contributed $500 toward defraying the
penses Of the Team, will give the another $780,
that they have In accordance with Q promise made
10 the rlfemen before their departure.


II should be stated that the members OF the Amateur
Riff Club have not bet single cent the result Of the
contest. This policy decided upon last year At
Creedm0or and was strictly followed this year. not
10 Influence any the heartfelt Joy entertained
by the Club ut the glorious victory ahcved by Its
bera.
Year: 1875

He said candidates ought never to
use personal solicitation. The
strongest objection he had to one
candidate for L. s. Senator was that
he had left tie place to which he
had been elected bv a former Leg
islature, to super:nt nd the So
licitation for his denomination. Not
that he should be SO much blamed
so long as public sentiment isas it is,
but his duty was to remain at Wash
ington. He cared not SO much for
law on the subject, but he desired
to have the public mind reformed.
Speaking Of officials who in q few
years on moderate salaries accumu-
late fortunes, he said they ought to
be despised and avoided: yet if one
comes back rich when he ought to
be poor, nels as much respected as Il
he had been honest. The everlast-
ing soliciting" button-holing for
Office should be considered
crime. His objection to the
bill was that it did not reach
the whole matter: he would vote
for the strongest anti-bribery bill
brought in; ne would hope that it
would aid mento see the degradation
of the common solicitation for Of
fees, from the highest to the lowest
in the gift of the people.
Year: 1875

Congress some time since ap-
pointed committee to investigate
Louisiana affairs. This committee
appointed a subcommittee of two
Republicans and one Democrat to
visit New Orleans, investigate and
report. The subcommittee have
made their report in substance that
there is no proof of any intimidation
at the last election, that the action
Of the returning Board in the rejec-
ton Of the returns in the parish of
Rapides, and giving the seats for
that parish to Republican candidates
was arbitrary, unfair and without
warrant of law. Many witnesses of
both parties, show beyond question,
that there was free, full, fair and
koeaceful election and legislation.


= awe are constrained to declare
that the action of the returning
Year: 1875

ference Of the military, it should not
have been given but in the way of the
Observation-Disclosures it is an act from
which no citizen has right to withhold
his condemnation. It must be rebuked
the instant it is perpetrated. The evil
must be crushed in its infancy, while its
bones are yet in the gristle, and before
it becomes formidable as precedent.


Let me say in conclusion that the
proceedings Of this meeting, so far as
the great proportion Of those who take
part in them are concerned, have no
party purpose or object. Far from us
be the petty and narlo ow policy which
could 81 pervert them. 4 sincere de-
sire to preserve the Constitution from
violation, and to prevent an act of ar.
bitrary power from becoming prece-
dent in future, is and should be our
single MOTIVE


When will the people learn to
listen to the voice of such men as
Bryant, instead Of being led by the
scrabblers for Office.


George William curtis, editor of
Harper's Weekly, who is sufficiently
radical to suit the most hide bound
partizan, in remarking on this sub
ject, says:


"a very great wrong, as it seems to
US, has been committed in New Orleans,
and with the acquiescence of the Ad-
ministration. Republicans as we are,
we are only 50 because we believe the
equal rights of all americans are safer
with the intelligence and conscience
that make the inspiration, and have
in general directed the policy, of the
Republican party, But we do not ex
cuse or justify, in this or i~ any other
case. what seems to US in fragrant and
fatal disregard of those guarantees
which are indispensable to free popular
government.
Year: 1875

The introduction of a bill bv
Senator Cox, in the State Senate,
in relation to bribery and corruption
in elections has created Considera-
bic debate. The speakers brought
out nearly every variety Of bribery
and corruption that it is possible for
the human heart to invent or cor
rupt politicians to practice. Many
of the remarks not only pointed at
the crimes but also directly at some
of the prominent office holders at
whose doors the charges of corrup-
ton have been recently laid. Some
members threw part of the blame
right where it belongs, that is upon a
depraved public sentiment that per-
mits such corrupt state of things.
AS long as the public wink at bribery
and corruption and honor the suc-
cessful taker Of bribes in the shape
of money or office or the success
full politician who obtains his place
by bribery, just SO long will corrup-
ton exist. While the people are
ready to sell their votes for the
fawning attentions Of slick, oily,
button-holing politicians, to part
with their franchises for a treat, O,
promise, just so long will the part
les and the country be run by rings
and cliques, wire pullers and cau
Gus managers. When the people
find out that they must think fo1
themselves in this country of boastec
freedom or else submit to be slaves
then there will be hope that thei1
liberties will be safe.


Senator Buckham in his remarks
came right down to the bottom O
the miserable isystem now existing
Year: 1875

LITTLE SAvINGs.-The wonder
full accumulation arising from little
savings placed at interest has been
strikingly illustrated by an old
servant woman in Hartford, Conn.
She has worked all her life for one
dollar a week and her board. She
is now past sixty. She has spent
almost nothing of her earnings, and
her savings put into the bank
amount now to between $1,000 and
$1,000. She has always refused to
make a will, alleging that she would
be sure to die if she should make
such evident preparations for death.
This may seem almost incredible,
but little computation will show
that there is nothing incredible
about it. If she saved but fifty
cents a week, it would have amount
ed to $151.82 in the first five years
interest at six per cent. per annum
compounded seni-annually. At the
end of the sixth year the amount
would have been over $185.67 and
from that the earnings of the money
become a very important item Of
increase, amounting for the seventh
year to SLIGO. Will some of our
readers tell how much the nmount
would be at the end of forty years.
Year: 1875

unjust, and in our opinion illegal,
and that this arbitrary, unjust, and
illegal action, alone prevented the
return by the board of a majority
of Conservative members to the
lower House.


This report, it seems to us, ought
to be considered pretty reliable, yet
the St. Paul Press says that it is
partizan, made for partizen purposes.
Is it wise, or for the best interests of
the country, for the people of the
North to believe all that is bad and
nothing that is good of the South?
If the committee of the present Re-
publican Congress bring in report
favorable to their opponents, is it
not much more likely to be true and
free from false coloring than a report
made favorable to themselves or
than report coming through the
military department, the military,
whose advancement depends en-
tirely on the chances Of action 1t
is natural that military men who
find no laurels in peace, should pre-
fer war. The Press, that thought
the report of the McIlrath commit
tee was made for political effect,
and ascribes every move, however
honest, that is not in the interest of
the ring" in whose pay it is, to
some base political interest, has in
this instance as in many others, sac
rihced its right to the confidence Of
the people as reliable journal.


The sooner the people of all
shades of political faith refuse the
leadership Of such journals and
of the men who back them, the bet
ter it will be for the nation, and the
Liberties of the people. The very
stand taken by the Press goes to
show that the miserable office seek
ing faction of the great old party to
which Lincoln belonged, are willing
to drench the country in blood in
order to secure their own personal
advancement. Happily it is only
the miserable corrupt political shys-
tiers that are found on the side of
the violation of the law, the great
and good of the party who once had
Abraham Lincoln as its. standard,
bearer unite in the condemnation of
the terrible outrage on the liberties
Of the people, that has lately been
enacted in one of the free States of
this Union. William Cullen Bryant,
who has been too good a Republic
an to have any bias in favor of re-
bellion or rebels, who is too pure a
patriot to be warped by ambition,
and whose feet stand too near the
entrance to the grave, to admit of
his being led by self interest; in a
speech before a mass meeting in
New York City, by members of
both political parties, for the pur-
pose of expressing their condemna-
ton of the recent outrage on free
dom, said:


"What authority, fellow-citizens, is
there i'll these provisions for the presi
dent to set himself up as a. judge of
elections and drag from the legislature
those whom he chooses to regard as
having no right to their seats? He
should have left this to the courts of
law. He might as well, if he should be
a candidate for third term of the
presidency, send his minions to disperse
the electoral college in those States
which shall refuse him their vote.


No matter who desired the interfer-
Year: 1875

A COMPUTATION BY THE GOVERNOR TO M


PRIsoNMENT FOR LIFE


Staudcrmann, the prisoner in the Tombs condemned
o death for the murder OF his sweetheart, whom he
shot Chatham street while she waiting on the
sidewalk for car has had his sentence commuted to
Imprisonment for life in Sing Sing. His counsel, Mr..
W. f. Howe yesterday received a despatch from Mr..
Stebbins private Secretary to Governor Tilden,
nouncing this decision of His Excellency. HERALD
reporter called to saudermann in his cell at the
Tombs yesterday. He was moving about uneaslly and
in anything but agreeable humor. On beng told
there had been q commutaton of his sentence he
asked ''vot is dat Y'' and its being explained
him that ii a saving of his life from the
gallows he seemed 10 reflect q moment and
pause, followed by petulant exclamation ~ have
noting TO say, noting, noting" He wore suit of
seedy black clothes was barehcaded and had shirt
collar If his eye might be taken as indication Of
his state oil mind he looked the reverse of rational
He said he hungry and waiting for his dinner,
which happened to be near at hand at the time Hav
ing declined TO enter into any further conversation he
retired the of his cell and took up several news
papers which he handled nervously and pretended TO
read, looking furvely toward the door Of his cell
meanwhile. lie will be removed from the Tombs with
the batch OF prisoners for Sing Sing and probably
will be transferred at an early day to the Insane
Asylum at Utica


The report by the commission Drs 0rdroneaux and
Wood on which the Governors action based,
forwarded to Albany last week and is on e there
Year: 1875

II is safc say that four ths of the entire number
of prisoners convicted in the General Sessions
young between the ages of eighteen and twenty
Six charged with theft; and II Is equally safe TO say
that very few OF them after serving periods Of imprs-
onment return to the ways of honesty OF course
among those who daily arragned at the bar there
professional thieves and burglars; but very
looking young men, who, being discharged from
factories and warehouses In consequence OF the dull
Of trade, have lived from hand to mouth whilc
seeking employment and, falling In obtaining any,
have been driven to despair and dishonesty. just as,
some dark and stormy night, sudden lash Of
lightning reveals TO the compliment citizen looking
from his parlor window, the ravage done by the tenn


pest and then fits the horizon Of
courts case which gives startling insight into the des
tuton and ruin that have been wrought 10 by the
great financial storm OF 1873 aud the dreadful business
depression that has followed in its track Such
came up before Judge Sutherland yesterday. George
Smith, respectable looking young man OF twenty six,
a waiter by occupation, aTraighed Tor larceny, in
having snatched umbrella from the hands of Mrs.
Jane Hall, OF No. ~ Horatio street, while she
walking along West Ninth street, the 9th inst The
prisoner pleaded guilty, and told story which moved
the sympathies Of all who heard it, IL appeared that
he had been out Of employment for long time; that
he had ramped the streets for days in search OF work.


but in vain; that he had slept in the Sixth precinct
station house. with the permission OF Captain Lowery,
for a week previous TO his arrest; that he had en-
treated the authorities TO send him to jail vagrant
that he might have food and shelter, and that upon
with which he charged in order to compel them to
take him from the cold streets Judge Sutherland was
touched by the tale and rcmanded the prisoner with
out sentence to await an inquiry into the case
Year: 1875

Mary Deney charged by Timothy oConnor a
coachman In the employ of Mr.. George Dennson, No.
Is West Thirty-seventh street. with having on the
night OF December attempted to steal his watch from
his pocket while standing at the bar Of saloon
corner of Twentieth street and Third avenue. There
not sufficient evidence to support the charge and
the Court directed an acquittal
Year: 1875

TWO PRISONERS TAKEN OUT OF JAIL BY MOB
AND LYNCHED-A WOMAN IN CHARGE OF A
JAIL AND ACTING AS JAILEREss.


PENSACOLA, August 21 1875.
Coroner's inquest held here to-day the
bodies of two men, named Je Brown and Morris Morse
These men had been taken out of tho JAIL where they
were confined for committing a criminal assault upon a
woman, by an indignant mob, this morning, and
dragged vacant lot of Sarragossa and Florida
Blanca Streets Seville square, opposite the Episcopal
church, and there they hanged two trees and
then shot at.


The Pensacola Gazette publishes in full the evidence
taken before the Coroner, and ii includes that of
woman, Mrs Broughton, who lives on the Jail premises
and is ailcr de fdcto, ailercss The ailcr Richard
Evans, in his testimony, gives the following explana-
ton of the mode OF release:--


81 asked of Mrs Broughton how the prisoners
got out of Jail She said that a crowd of about 100
came there broke the door and got them out then
asked her If she had the key she said she had then
asked her if they had taken the key she said they had
not-thc key there; they there and unlocked
and locked the door, she heard it unlocked and locked
then got the key from her and unlocked the front
door, and found that the staple of the inside door
drawn out and found lock and staple the ground in
of the door.
Year: 1875

YOUNGSTOWN n. j., august q, $50


BY a collision between coal train and an engine on
the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad near
Port Morris, Monday night, both engines dam
aged and the track blocked for several hours This
morning temporary switch around the break got out
Of order and threw large number Of coal OF tho
track again blocking the road At ten A. VI. to-day in
the place collision occurred caused by using
only track whilo repairs going on between a
wildcat coal train and the regular freight train by
which both engines smashed aud the fireman OF
the coal engine Killed The road is open.
Year: 1875

Big Bonanza" has been revived at this house for
week. with many of the old favortes in the cast This
piece continues to be received with the favor by
The audience when first produced II will be with
drawn however, at the end of the week to make way
for the Mexican Juvenile Opera troupe which appears
in the "Grand Duchess"
Year: 1875

AN IMPORTANT CABLE ERROR CORRECTED.


In consequence OF an error made in course OF its
transmission by cable the Mark Lane Express crop re-
view published yesterday morning was made to say Of
wheat in England: "Ncw samples look well in compar-
son with those OF last year" correction of this
passage has been received from the cable company to-
day, making II read New samples look poor in com
parIson with those OF last year"
Year: 1875

The following from Scribner's Month
ly contains some very suggestive
thoughts:


II have no time to read" is the com
mon complaint, and especially Of women
whose occupations are such as to prevent
continuous book perusRl. They seem to
think because they cannot devote as
much attention to hooks as they are
compelled to devote to their avocations,
that they cannot read anything. But
this is a great mistake. 1t isn't the
books we finish at sitting which always
do us the most good, Those we devour
in the odd moments, half a dozen page;
at a time, often give us more satisfao
ton, and are more thoroughly digested
than those we make particular effort
to read. Tho men who have made their
mark in the world have generally been
the men who have in boyhood formed the
habit OF reading at every available mo-
Year: 1875

German government has inaugurated
against its Catholic subjects and threat
On us with another "Kno,c-Nothing"
crusade; now that they have flirted
with the commander in chief Of the
army of the United States in connec-
ton with the next nomination TO the
Presidency, the Democracy of Penn
sylvania cannot afford to trust their
destinies in the hands of untricd men
In the great battle which is to be
fought in defense of State rights, civil
and religious liberty, and against a
centralized military despotism, they
must be led by a statesman, an un-
Ainching supporter of the constitution,
a firm Democrat, man Of undoubted
integrity and a patriot Such VIM.
Bigler has proved himself to be in pri-
vate and public life, through good and
evil report always.


"AN OLD DEMOCRAT
Year: 1875




Judge Underwood, OF Rome, Georgia,
said to four young lawyers who had
Just passed an examination in his court:


"Young gentlemen, want to say
word or two TO you. You have passed
as good an exaination as usual, perhaps
better; but you don't know anything.
Like these young fellows just back
from their graduation college, you
think you know great deal, It's
great mistake. If you ever get to be
Of account, you will be surprised at
your present ignorance. Don't be too
big for your brooches. Go round to
the Justices court and try to learn
something. Don't be afraid-let off
upon n high key. You will, no doubt,
speak good deal of nonsense. You
will have one consolation--nobedy will
know it. The great mass Of mankind
take sound for sense. Never mind
about your case, pitch in--you are
about as apt TO gain as lose. Don't be
ashamed at the wise-looking Justice
He don't know a thing. He's dead
beat on knowledge. Stand to your
rack fodder or no fodder, and you
will see daylight after while. The
community generally suppose that you
will be rascals. There Is no absolute
necessity that you should. You may
be smart without being tricky. Law.
ycrs ought to be gentlemen. Some of
them don't come up the standard, and
are disgrace to tho fraternity. They
know more than any other race gen
orally, and not much in particular
They don't know anything about sand.
stones, carboniferous periods, and an
cient land animals known us Fossils
Men that make out they know a great
deal on these subjects don't know much.
They are bumbugs-supcrb humbugs.
They are ancient land animals them
selves, and will ultimately be FOSSILS
You are dismissed with the sincere
hope of the court that you will not
make asses Of yourselves"
Year: 1875

A Chicago poet upon hearing that
Mile. Nilsson was about TO erect cow
sheds upon her Peoria lots, burst forth
into tho following verse "Christinc,
Christine, thy milking do the morn
and eve between, and not by the dim
religious light of the itful kerosene
For the COW may plunge, and the lamp
explode, and tho fire ficnd ride the gale,
and shrek the kncll Of the burning
town in the glow of the molten pail.f'