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Year: 1873

g For a first-cla skeleton the
Democratic party must be exceedingly
we'll wired together. At any rate, it
seems to get over the ground at rat
tling pace and to be doing infinitely
good service for mere anatomical pre-
Daration.-St. Louis Times.
Year: 1873

MIR. FRANCOIS Robin, who was proposed last
week through our columns as a candidate for
the Legislature, requests MS to state that on
account of his i'll health he is constrained to
respectfully decline the honor.
Year: 1873

Received directly from the importers, and
sold in any desired quantity With one profit
only on cargo prices in New York. or from
oue-third to one-half less than the usual
charge for similar goods.


Housekeepers who wish to reduce the cost
of their household stores Will please notice the
4.ol l,,.ica liSt which iucluIaa
Year: 1873




anticipated, from the negro Jury, the
tiend who committed the horrible muir
der in the parish OF St. Martin. in Aug
ust last. is not to he hanged, as he so
richly deserves. Instead of that, he
has been sentenced to the penitentiary
for life. No doubt Judge Train passed
such sentence at recommendation of
the Jury; but if any murderer is ever
again to be hanged this one should be.
This was clearly a case of premedita-
ted murder. The black tiend, in
human form, went to the house of
white laborer on the same plantation,
in the night, and told him the cattle
were in the field, and they had better
ruse, and with the ak, which he took
along to fix the fence, he felled the up-
suspecting white man, while walking
before him, nearly scvering his head
from his body. The object of the MUIR
der being to secure money, he went to
his victims house and either demanded
it from tho wife, or took it after she ran
away in fear. Next he stole horse,
and endeavored to make his escape.
Yet, with all these facts staring them
in the face, these wise jurors do not
think the death penalty should he ill.,
flicted. Why, such monster should
be crushed, as we would any viper
that endangered human life. What is
the use of having upon our statute
books laws for the punishment of MUIR
der, if criminals are given such a chance
of escape We see how many murder
ers escape before they reach the pen
itentiary, and how many others are
pardoned out, after they go there. I'm
that citizens do sometimes intlict sum-
mary punishment, when the law does
not.-L0uisidRa Sugdr-BOWt
Year: 1873

me tomter-Journat thinks in case of war
with Spain that if the President wouId turn
Butier loose with Dutch Gap Canal. and
Sheridan with box of matches, that there is
actually no reason why the War shouldn't be
over III a week or ten days
Year: 1873

REomrRATroN.-Unde the present election
law no citizen can vote unless he is duly regis
tered The fact that he registered and voted
year ago does not qualify him to vote at the
election next month; the business of registra-
ton must be gone through with again this
year. To-day and tomorrow are the last days
on which any person can register, and no citi-
zen who neglects to do so can vote in the com
ing election. Judges are to be chosen, and q
State Senate which viii act on the election OF
o United States Senator, as well as State
Assembly. If we can secure some improve
ment on the legislatures of the last two years
by helping to elect the best candidates it is
our duty to do SO. Albany lobbying and cor
ruption are scandal to the State, and every
good citizen should do his best to promote the
success Of honest and respectable representa-
tives. Jobbers and ccrruptionists will be sure
to register, and reputable men should do the
same. If they fail to do SO to-day or to-mor-
row they will not be able to vote, and will de-
serve the continued disgrace of corrupt legis-
lation and incapable government
Year: 1873

The Increased Salary and Back Pay


The politicians who fear damage to their
party or to themselves from the action of Con-
gress on the Presidential and Congressional
salaries last session are raising the cry that
these bills must be repealed and the salaries
restored to their former amounts, and that the
shack pay must suffer the same fate OF
course the pretence Of repeal is mere cleo
tioneering ruse to deceive the people. The
Presidents salary cannot now be reduced
during the present term and the back-pay
plunder cannot be reclaimed. But, if it were
otherwise, no political capital could be made
out of the repeal of the bill increasing the
salaries in the future. The people are not
mean enough to begrudge their President or
representatives fair pay for their services,
and the increased amounts are by no means too
high for the present time. There was
nothing Objectionable in the increase of the
of the Credit Mobilier Congress lay
in the "back-pay" pilfering. If the Congress-
men could vote themselves five thousand
dollars extra compensation for services already
rendered for stipulated remuneration they
could vote themselves fifty thousand dollars
or five hundred thousand. Their action was
a bold exercise of power for selfish purposes;
it was simply plundering the people and put
ting the money into their own pockets. No
sophistry can excuse it; no eleventh hour re-
pentance can condone the offence of those who
aided the measure, passively or actively.


If there be any back-pay Congressman more
contemptible than his fellows it is he who
has attempted to escape responsibility by the
restoration of his plunder after he has become
alarmed at the general indignation called forth
by the dishonorable law. These representa-
tives have proved their willingness to share in
the back-pay steal if they were not too cow
ardly to defy public sentiment They have
shown the instinct of the pickpocket without
the courage of the highwayman. But SO far
as the simple increase of the compensation
paid to our public officers is concerned the
action Of Congress was entirely justifable;
the salaries determined upon are not too high,
and the people are satisfied with the measure.
The pretence that the bill can be repealed is o
fraudulent one but if it were not, the senti-
ment of the country would be opposed to such
action. M - ~t.t 81. i, reaa,trt.a
Year: 1873

A New DEAL ON THE BOARD. Alder
men yesterday took from the table and re-
jected all the nominations made by Mayor
Havemeyer for police justices Heretofore
these nominations have been left unacted
upon, and the Mayors hands have been tied.
The main reason given by the Aldermen for
their inaction has been their conviction that
the removal of the present police justices is
unconstitutional. Alderman McCafferty and
three others voted consistently with their
former action against taking up the nomina-
tons, but were defeated. The new movement
looks like deal for election purposes, but on
which side it will be impossible to tell until
the new nominations are sent in. mo
Year: 1873

The Coroners have taken no action In the case q
Patrick Hennessy. who was found at the Glare
House, 70 Washington street, suffering from yelov
fever, and who died from that disease at Bellevue
hospital. The health authorities, however, au
making every effort in their power to discover the
whereabouts OF Mary Riley, who waited on thu
said to have slept in the same room with him
These persons are said to have ied and concealed
themselves, as the o.1cers OF the Board want them
to fumigate the houses they are living in and
remove them to the hospital in case they have CON
tracted the contagon.
Year: 1873




shrewd royalist leaders know this, and
they know that the more they iden-
tify Bazaines alleged treachery to France
with o conspiracy to save the Empire
the more ready will the people be to accept
anything which relieves them from the odium
of o ruling power that could thus sacrifice the
nation to itself. With the Due dAumale pre-
siding in the name of the outraged military
honor Of France the royal house itself will
share in the melancholy glory Of revenging
the nation by sentencing the ex-Commander-
in-Chief under Napoleon to death. This is
the secret of the scene in the pleasant little
palace Of the Trianon, where, on the 9th
instant, SO much of the living history
of the present epoch in French affairs
was represented by its leading men. 1t
is to be carried out by finding the
Marshal guilty, sentencing him to death, and
then pardoning him or committing his SEN
tence about the time that the moody recluse
Of Frohsdorf is crowned King Thus the op-
portunity for condemning the Empire, vindi-
eating France and practising royal magnanim-
ity is made to converge around the scene
Of which the coronation of Henri Cling is to be
the central point There is very little doubt
entertained anywhere that the Military Com
mission will find ample cause for the convic-
ton Of Bazaine; so the programme we have
sketched out is pretty sure of its completion.


The presence of the Due d'Aumale at the
head OF the Commission, and his pressing
inquiries regarding Bazaine's reasons for his
Year: 1873

States, whose citizens are of different nation


alities, and its neglect would destroy the Re


public. Nothing ever gave us more character


as nation in the eyes of foreign peoples than


the frmness with which we brought the


Martin Kosta case to a successful termination


While every sane man will admit war to be q


calamity under any circumstances, no one
outside the tender-hearted class to which we
have alluded will deny that there are evils
more deploable than war; If we suffer the
world to see that we are careless of our na-
tional honor or unable to uphold it-that we
neglect or fear to afford full protection to our
citizens, we shall entail upon ourselves calam-
tiles and sacrifices greater than any war can
inHict


Some persons, however, affect to believe
that We are not in a condition to go to war.
No nation ought to be until war is forced upon
it without its own seeking. The apprehension
of our unreadiness is probably expressed
rather with desire to protect Spain than to
protect the United States. If these doubters
in our harbors ready to sail or an army Of a
hundred thousand men in camp ready to
move they are probably correct; but if they
imply that we have not the wealth, resources
and power to carry on war of far greater
proportions than war with Spain they under
rate the condition of the nation. Our country
is richer to-day than ever before in its
history; our national credit is ex-
cellent and our resources in men
and material are almost unlimited.
The ultimate advantages of war
which could only terminate in the annexation
or independence of Cuba. according to the
wishes of it's people, would more than COM
pensate for all the sacrifices it would entail
The upward rise of our securities would
scarcely be checked for a moment by such
war, and its immediate effect would be an in
creased activity in all branches Of trade and
an increased circulation of money among all
classes. The expenditures on our navy and
the efficiency that would necessarily be brought
into that arm Of the service would in the end
be national benefit we have long needed
The reunion of the brave soldiers of the Union
and Confederate armies under the old flag
would bind the States more closely together
than they have been bound since the war
of 1912. We do not use these arguments in
advocacy of war, for we earnestly desire
peace. But it must be peace with the Cuban
question definitely and satisfactorily settled;
peace with the Virgnius outrage fully atoned;
peace with the savage rule Of the past five
years in Cuba swept away, as plague spot on
the Christian world; peace with freedom and
stable government established in the island at
our threshold, or with independence for its
people under the protection of the American
Republic. We only desire to impress upon our
citizens the fact that if we cannot obtain such
On honorable and permanent peace there is
no cause to dread an appeal to the sword, with
justice and humanity on our side, or to doubt
our ability to prosecute such war vigorously,
successfully and without embarrassment to
the nation
Year: 1873




To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


What is the matter with your dramatic criticr
His notice OF Boucicault's "Led Astray" IL unique
to say the least saw this play on Saturday even
ing, and II deep interest, coupled with ervid hand
demonstration, be any criterion Of its merits, then
Is IL decided success. At the fall OF the curtain
on the last act, the applause was overwneimns.
will say nothing OF the moral OF the piece, but re-
specting Its action and dialogue, these cannot be
termed DUH From the first to the last act, the In
terest is unnagging Your critic, whoever ne may
be, must at times be troubled with dyspepsia, and
on the above evening was evidently labor
ing under an overflow OF bile. He does
not give his readers even an idea Gf what
the play is about To mis- jaundiccd view it was
simply nurcsque-'only this and nothing mOrc.r
For s night o. m pSc cG critics t.
balanced. before passing judgment on new dra-
matte eforts) the play ran remarkably even; ana,
NOT to mention the minor characters, which were
undeniably well filed, the acting OF Miss Eytinge
and Mr.. Thorne was really excellent.


have no connection with the theatrical world
and know none OF Its familiars either ON or on
stage. am simply one OF the people and state
here merely what witnessed, as an old theatre
g0cr; and mad your critic been more observant
ana his ears less cottoned to surroundings, he
would nave found very few In the audience VINO
Astray.n


While upon this subject let me ask why, in most
Union square theatres, drugget is laid IN the
centre or a dirty looking green or red baize, or
whatever it may be IL would be quite correct
Tor a dining room; but for a parlor-well, VINO
ever saw one OF any high prctensions thus
adorned ~ Another glaring defect Is . smooth
green cloth or bare boards Tor WOOD scene. once
In o while we, OF course, have an exception ~ tn
the comedy Of "Barwise's Book, ana lew others
which have been performed at Wallack's


TO conclude. Notwithstanding the dislike OF your
bilious critic shall greatly mistake H. from what
witnessed on its nrst performance, lied Astray'
does not have . successful run OF very many
nights TkP0>
Year: 1873

BELLIGEnENT RIGHTS. Cox could not
get up his resolution in Congress to concedo
belligerent rights to the patriot Cubans. The
administration republicans generally opposed
it, though it is well known that many Of them
are in favor of such q measure The secret
of the matter is that the administration
whip is all-powerful, and that the President
wants to have his own way in disposing of the
Cuban question. Mr.. Cox nor any other
democratic outsider will be allowed to appro-
pirate the administration or party thunder
Well, we are not particular as to how the long
delayed justice to the Cuban patriots may
come, so that it comes at all. But let there be
no jugglery about it on pretence Of support
ing the government or to suit the pitiable
ex'gencies of the State Department.
Year: 1873

OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE graphically
describes the excitement in that city over the
American demands in the Virgnus case and
the maniac Juror which the order from the
Madrid government to surrender the ship
created among the volunteers. 1t is amusing
to read Of the prettily uniformed Catalan
swashbucklers talking tall nonsense about
their ability to fight the United States or die
thousand deaths in the attempt. We should
concede them the blind courage Of their
opinions if they only tried to keep their word;
but those who draw their dollars from
the sweat Of the slave are likely to care for
their lives when the chance of sacrificing the
latter includes the certainty of losing their
doubloons. The simmering down to the sur
render point Of the Casino may, apparently,
be counted on. Our reports, attesting the
gradual approach to acquescence in Havana,
are one indication. Another and much more
reliable indication is that the Hessian press in
this city has already commenced to plead for
a mitigation of damages on behalf Of Spain.
The Spanish slave-owners have right TO hire
their agents in the press, as elsewhere, and
when their Hessians write up the Spanish
lawyers brief il may be judged that the slave
owners have very prudently resolved TO avoid
the sword as much as they can.
Year: 1873

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN Boston oc-
CURED yesterday, and as there was but one
candidate for Mayor, to wit, Samuel G. Cobb,
and one candidate for Street Commissioner,
Joseph Smith (no relation Of the old Mormon
prophet, but like all good Puritans looking
after profit Of another kind), they were both
triumphantly elected. AS regards Aldermen
there was some difference of opinion, and
several tickets were run with chances in favor
of the regular citizens or combination ticket.
Several Of the fair sex we're elected to the Of
fee of School Trustees just in time for the
great Centennial tea party
Year: 1873

come to grief at last, and the obnoxious
system Of blackmailing which was pursued
has been abolished by the action of
the Police Commissioners themselves. Pub
lie opinion became too strong and too
dangerous for them after the disgraceful man
ner in which they acted on Friday last at
the Academy Of Music, an account of which
has already appeared in the HERALD Although
repentance is tardy in this case, yet we may
receive it as an earnest Of the desire of the
majority Of the police authorities to remove
Objectionable practices even at the expense of
offending some of their associates.
Year: 1873

A curious scene occurred yesterday at a
coroner's examination into the causes that
led to the death of child. 1t appears that
while the physician in attendance was apply
ing caustic to the throat of the child, who was
afflicted with malignant sore throat, small
piece Of the caustic fell into the child's
stomach. 1t was testified to that the caustic
did not necessarily cause the death of the
child The Coroner, at great length, charged
the jury who, after q few minutes delbera-
ton, rendered o verdict exonerating the
physician. This did not suit the Coroner,
who, after another long charge, sent the jury
out second time, and second time they
promptly returned q verdict similar to their
first. Here, it seems, the Coroner lost temper,
and after third charge, delivered in an ex-
cited manner, the jury again went out
and soon after returned with q verdict
agreeable to the Coroner views, and impli-
eating the physician in the child's death. We
repeat this is curious case. Either the
Coroner's jury were twice right and once wrong
or twice wrong and once right The weight
of the testimony went to show that they were
right in the two first instances, and that it
was only by the overbearing conduct of the
Coroner-who, it is alleged, has some per-
sonal feeling in the premises-that they were
induced to yield their former convictions and
render O verdict in obedience to the per-
emptory demands of the Coroner. When
private business jealousies and animosities are
permitted to interfere in matters of this kind
literally matters Of life and death-it is time
the community selected better material from
which to manufacture coroners, and that men
of more stamina and self-reliance should be
found to serve upon coroners' juries
Year: 1873




According to the news which we publish
this morning from France it is probable that
the trial of Field Marshal Bazaine which was
commenced on the 9th of October, will be con-
cluded and Judgment pronounced to-day. No
military trial in many years has been SO pro-
terest. Until the result of the trial be known
interest will be intensified and expectation
will stand on tiptoe In view of all the facts
which have come to light during the trial, and
in view, also, Of the peculiar political condi-
ton in which France at the present moment
finds herself, it is exceedingly difficult to say
what will be the fate of Bazaine. That his
inaction at Metz precipitated and made certain
the downfall of Paris is not for moment to
be doubted That he was more anxious for the
welfare of the Bonaparte dynasty than for the
welfare of France has, we think, been proved.
recognize a France which was not ruled by
the house of Bonaparte. 1t was most natural
that the French people should be angry with
him. But public sentiment has greatly cooled
down since the Marshal was made prisoner
it has cooled down not little since the trial
began, and particularly since the collapse of
the grand restoration scheme of the mon
archsts. There are some men in the French
army who, no doubt, could see him die but
we cannot think the number is great, and we
are not satisfied that this bitter spirit of re-
venge prevails to any very large extent among
the people generally 1t is not impossible
that the Marshals sentence may be the severest
which the law neutrality-suspicious. and
death. Degraded he certainly will be but it
Is not our opinion that the death sentence, if
pronounced, will be carried out. AT the very
last President MacIIahon will have something
to say and we can hardly think it possible,
much as he individually suffered from Ba-
zaine's conduct at Metz, that the President
will yield the weight of his great influence in
favor of the execution Of former companion
in arms. Still, if France wills it MacMahon
will not shrink from the discharge of his duty,
however painful it may be. A few hours more
and we shall know the result
Year: 1873

In the general discussion now going
on as to rendering buildings proof
against fire, we are surprised to see that
no reference is made to any process for
rendering wood less combustible. When
the wood pavement, in Main and Market
streets were put down our readers will
remember that we were told the wood
was burnettized," and that it would
neithea rot nor burn. Being skeptical
on this subject, we picked up some
pieces and put them in the furnace un-
der our boiler, where, to our astonish-
ment and qualification, we found they
would only smolder and gradually waste
under the intense heat, not at any time
breaking out into blaze. A building
with timber burnettzed would be more
fire. proof than if it had iron beams, for
they would not throw down the walls by
their expanding and contracting. The
process of burnettizing is we'll known
one, and comparatively inexensive. 1t
should be more generally used in pre-.
pairing timbers for building, as well as
for other puposes.-PLoughkespsie Eagle.
Year: 1873

We are glad to see that many of our
citizens are taking advantage of the low
price of corn TO lay in heavy supplies of
it for fuel. We have experimental with
it last week, and find that it is an ad-
mirable substitute for both wood and
coal, and that at present prices there Is
both economy and comfort in its use.


A ton of corn, 33 bushels, at II cents
per bushel, issS5.60. We consider this
equal to a cord of hard wood, as sup
piled and measured in our market, at
81; the cutting of this cord, $l.50-
total, IS so. Thus making saving of
nearly So cord.


For kitchen fuel it is superior to wood,
except hickory, and cheaper than that.
1t makes very hot fire with great
deal Of blaze. We judge that three
tons of corn are equal to the heat of
one ton of hard coal, while in economy
of its use it is equal to one and a half
tons of coal. In small families and
small houses there is always great waste
of hard coal, while there is none in the
use of corn. Besides this, there is the
public benefit of retaining in the coun-
try all the money we send TO Pennsyl-
vania for coal, and feed our farmers by
consuming their products-COuncl Bluffs


IoVa) NonpareiL.