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Year: 1871

novel idea has been offered by Mr.. Joseph K
Chandler in recent able paper before the Society
for Penitentary and Refomatory Discipline. He
suggests that o newspaper DO published expressly
for the use of convicts 1t is tho custom OF jas and
penitentiarics to prevent the use Of daily newspa-
pers by the prisoners in order that the records OF
crime may not be accessible to them. In fact. as
Mr.. Chandler asserts, with unconscious savage
satire crimes are made too much the staple topic IN
our daily newspapers to render them fit for Use in
our ais if these are intended reformatory nsti-
tutions while the /" religious press" is apt to be
irritating and offensive, and more likely to instruct
the convict in differences of dogma than principles
of pure morality. Mr.. Chandler who has devoted
the later years of his hOnOred life to the ameora-
ton of tho prison system and the reform OF their
inmates is better qualified than NEST men to speak
of the needs of convicts He understates, however,
the senseloss restrictions placed upon any effort
made for their reform or mental comfort In only
the largo and best managed institutions Is there
any provision whatever of books papers for their
use and in those the selection is too often such as
would repel instead of alluring the convict. The
period when mans life is utterly void Of incident
and his vacant mind gropos hungrily for some sus-
tenance, wholesome OF otherwise, is surely the time
to offer him healthy food in which his future life
NAV find new strength and stimulus The ordinary
treatment of the prisoner is to recognize him as
beast, accessible only by means OF his stomach. or
heat and cold, to reformatory influences Mr. Chand-


er was one of the first who urged that he be acknOw


edged and dealt with as man, and the present sug-
gestion seems useful and practical
Year: 1871

to Rst rid Of the Tammany swindlers
Q month ago than there ever had been
before. II the Democratic papers, when these
frauds were first exposed, had Joined Us IN de-
manding the expulsion Of the guilty officials,
tho Ring would have been turned out at once,
and the Democratic party would have been re-
lieved Of heavy load of odium. But most OF
them chose to shut their eyes and pretend that
nothing had happened, while The World hast
ened to constitute itself the Rings official
apologist and defender. 1t pronounced Mr..
Connolly's vindication clear and complete. 1t
sought to persuade the public that the new
City Government had done no harm, and that
all the assaults upon it were slanderous and
malicious. 1t defied us to obtain redress, and
asked supposing the charges to be true, What
we were going to do about itf Even Tho
Leader was not Q more ahject slave OF the
Ring than this hero of the Jack-knife War.


And now Tho World, with its customary de-
votion to the winning side, proposes to desert
again-in which resolution 1t is doubtless ac-
tuated by the same high principles of selfish
ness and unwavering devotion to its indi-
vidual interest which have characterized the
many vicissitudes of its exceedingly checkered
but not particularly brilliant career. We'll, let
it come on. 1t is not worth much in fight,
but every great army has its following OF de-
serters and refugees who may be of use around
the camp or on the march, but never can be
trusted in battle. A real soldier does not re-
gard them with profound respect, but he will
treat them with plying kindness The World
therefore has permission to enter our lines;
but Of course it will keep in the rear.
Year: 1871

1t is good sign for those who are beginning
to be afraid of travelling by rail that in one
State at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is an
Influential movement to determine, if possible,
what shall be done for the protection Of the
lives OF passengers. The Railroad COM
hLaSioners have called for convention Of
Year: 1871

A cable dispatch says that the people of
Cardiff are "intensely indignant" because an
American ship with cholera on board had put
into that port. The hospitable citizens proba-
bly, think that the disease-stricken ship should
have kept at sea until the crew had died, or
that the vessel should have taken her unde-
sirable cargo to another port.
Year: 1871

There is some talk in England abont the course
taken by Dr. Fraser, Bishop of Manchester who
from the pulpit has denounced the sale of "lyings


SO far as lie goes, the Bishop is undoubtedly night.
1t is scandaous that any should make an invest
ment in the right to preach, for hire the truths OF
Christianity; but the main fault is in the whole
system of livings" itself since it really makes no
difference whether patron sells gives cure of
souls, if the sale or gift be to incompetent priest


Take the case of reserved for the younger sons
of families or of bishops. A cadet of an old house
will get perhaps only pittance. to be shared with
his sisters out OF his mothers jolnture He is not
fit for profe ssion-not fit. perhaps for the
profession of and especially he is so unfit for
the pulpit that his appearance there would be
faicical sort of blasphcmy. On the whole, rather
than commit the lambs of the flock to such de-
bauched Corydon, it would be better to sell the in
cumbency to some one who means business, and
who will at any rate go through the forms of the
altar, and will read somebody's sermons if not his
own To one accustomed to our own voluntary sys-
tem the English Establishment atits best seems bad
enough; but it must be abolished altogether, and
not pecemea if there is 70 be any consistent
Year: 1871

The narratives of robbery, violence, ana IN
suit on street railways which the Putnam case
has brought TO light are curious ill'istfanons
of the readiness of Americans to bear IN silence
outragcs which no other people would tolerate
for a day, rather than lose time or give
themselves trouble by "maSing fuss" We
have been subjected for years to extraordinary
imp0sitions and perils, and only now ana then
a voce has been heard in mild ren0nstrance,
until a great murder startles the whole city'
and then all the victims of time-honored wrong
raise their voices at once. Here IL Il man VINO
has been robbed with the cOnniyance OF car
conductor. Here is another to whom CON
ductor avows that three wcll-known pick
pockets srs allowed TO " work" his car eteTy
nigIh. Here il gentleman who, after being
grossly insultcd, Is thrown violently off car
by a conductor whom the company attcrward
shields. Here is scheme for rObbing all the
Messengers, by having their fares collected frst
by a pretended conductor and afterward by
the real one, the two then going oil together
and dividing the spoil


OF course the companies are much to blame
for employing brutal and dishonest men in
positions where the safety and comfort OF





performance of the conductors duty. But the
public ia also at fault for not complaining
with more energy, and taking time and trouble
whenever punishable Otlenses are committed, 10
bring the culprits to justice. Companies cannot
know the character of every emplOye, and when
we inveigh in general terms against railway
abuses they may reasonably answer. why DO
"you not give us specific complaints and let us
&" discharge the OficndersY' This is what we
ought to do; and just now there seems to DO
a general disposition to do it. If our yr-
tuous enthusiasm last long enough, we may
effect REFORM We do not ADVISE
people to ride several miles in search of the
sIperintendent whenever they have COM
plant to make, because we know they will
not do it; but letter ought to answer every
PURPOSE but still better perhaps would be a
terse communication to the newspapers. giving
the shortest possible statement OF facts, with
whatever particulars may he necessary Tor the
Identification of the offenders. Then we should
at least know the most dangerous ana diS-
agreeable lines. and avoid them accordingly.
But above ALL, when there is ground for q
prosecution at law, let it be pushed with per-
severance. When pickpookets are observed on
a car, let the conductors number be reported
to the company and also to the Chief of Police; |;
and if conductor knowingly permit thieves
to operate in his conveyance, send his number
to TIE TRIEuNE; h;i1a we promise that he
shall have an uncomfortable celebrity.
Year: 1871

The Austrian Ministry announces its de-
termination to abolish the COncordat. The
definition of infalibility Is thus producing the
effect which its opponents in the Council fore
told, of alternating all the civil governments
which still held official relations with the
Roman See. and completing the separation
between Church and State toward which the
world has long been tending. Devout believers
in the Roman Catholic Church can view this
prospect without alarm. The less she has to do
with the secular power, the greater is always
her spiritual prosperity. Perhaps there is no
part of the world in which her condition is
more reputable than under our own Govern
ment, which treats all denominations with alb
soute mpartiality. and no danger that threat
ems her in America is more serious than the
danger Of an alliance with the political party
which misrules the State of NewYork.
Year: 1871

Mayor Hall has just been admitted as a
member of the Board Of Health by virtue of
the late act of the Legislature, but he is al
ready accepted as its oracle. Most of the
Commissioners met in the expectation of re-
organizing the Board, and some, it is said,
with the design of making Mr. Gross Presi-
dent in place of Judge BoswOrth. But it was
moved and seconded to adjourn without elect
ing new officers, and Oracle Hall declared that,
under the new law, the old officers were con-
tinued in authority.
Year: 1871

For the information of citizens interested in
the completion of an underground railway
through Manhattan Island, we publish on the
second page an account of the London under
ground railway, more particularly referring to
3ts financial difficulties and results There is
not much in the statement that will be thought
encouraging to those contemplating similar
enterprise here; but it must not be forgotten
that all the preliminary conditions with us are
very different from those presented TO the
London Company. Speculation suggested the
London line; necessity demands one in New
York. The enterprise there was controlled,
and IN some sense obstructed, by Corporation
difficulties which do not exist with us, and
IT is to tho interest of any party
which may be in power here 10 aid
and not hinder such an enterprise. The Lon
don line is circular; the peculiar confOrma-
ton OF the island renders long, straight
line necessity with us. The English line,
IN consequence of its circuitOns route, is
slow; the American line would be built with
no special design of furnishing quick
Year: 1871

Mr. Jay Gould's moral philosophy was utterly
lost upon Judge Blatchford. who, unaffected
by anything that was said in Gould's remark
able affidavit, ordered his arrest and detention
without the privilege of bail until the books
which are wanted are forthcoming. This action
will go far toward explaining the method and
extent of Gould's misapprOpriatiOn of the
Englishmen's stock. Mr.. Gould was not yes
terday to be found at the Opera House but
doubtless an effort TO arrest him will be made
fn-day
Year: 1871

the White House. slate. diamond brcHstpin. and
all, by the rash and splenetive Soldier, whose
civil policy the Ring could no more pre,'ict or
follow than the flight of q meteor and whose
hard integrity they could no more mold 10
their scoundrel purposes than they could knead
granite to their daily bread
Year: 1871

The vote in is but fraction Of full @oli.
In the smaller towns in which vote was taken
the Prohibtionists prevailed Brookhed not only voted
unanimously for prohibition. but instructed the select
men 10 enforce the law and the Town Clerk to give
timely warning to every known beer seller TO desst.
More than half the in Western Massachusetts, did
not at ALL aad will not. OF course. como under the
prohibition.
Year: 1871

transit between the two extremes OF tho
island. The London line Is for freight
the New-York road must be primarily for
passenger travel There are other differences
which must affect not only the receipts but the
cost of building and running such road
as we need in New-York. but these will sag-
e,est thesnsclves to every reader of the letter.
Year: 1871

The only safety to miners, as against
the encroachmcnts of the railroad company
and agricultural settlers, is to patent their
claims as speedily as possible. That set
ties the matter of ownership Of mine,
whether placer or quartz, definitely and
beyond all question. Parties who are
holding claims with the intention of selling,
ought to be aware that capitalists will not
invest where there is the leas. shadow of
doubt in regard to the title. A patent for
a mine will donble its market value, at least,
and prevent all dispute and litigation in
the future. If the miners refuse to protect
their own interests, when every facility for
so doing is offered, they will yet find that
they have been "penny wise and pound
foolish. h.'-Chronicle.
Year: 1871

SIcKLEs AND MCFARLAND TRIALS
Judge Walton, in his charge to the jury
in the Hoswell case, at Augusta (Me. J,
laid down the law for jealous husbands in
a style that would seem rather odd in this
latitude. The ground taken by tbs Judge
is that the law against murder is just
law, and that the penalty must be enforced
upon the criminal, no matter what his
provocation may have been. In the pres
ent instance the killing appears to have
been done when the prisoner had reason to
believe that his victim was in the act Of
adultery with his wife, Judge Walton
was ''by no means certain that the prison
er was pot led to commit the fatal act by
his knowledge Of the result of Sickles and
Mcfarland trials, and that those cases
have been the cause of many murders =
These cases." continued the Judge, "are
useful only as beacons to warn juries
against similar verdicts. Their great no.
toriety is owing to the fact that they were
decidedly wrong. Intelligent and honest
jurors should know them to shun them


My belief is that lenity to such offenders
is cruelty to the innocent; that the intro
duction of lax administration of criminal
law sacrifices more lives than it saves"
Year: 1871

PREVENT LAMP CHIMNEYs FROM


BREAKING.-Every housewife, who uses
kerosene oil knows that it affords the best
and cheapest light of all illun mating oils.
But she also knows that the constant ex-
pense and annoyance from the breaking of
lamp chimneys, almost if not quite coun-
terbalances the advantages Of its use. Put
the lamp chimney IN lukewarm water, heat
it to boiling point, and boil one hour
after which leave it in the water till it
cools. The chimney will be less liable to
crack by sudden change of temperature.
Year: 1871

A PHYSICIAN in Beaver Dam was ar
rested for whipping his wife, and was re-
quired to enter into bonds to keep the peace.
On his return home, he tore down his sign
and swore .he would not practice in any
Id town vi ere the authorities knew bet
ter than he what was good for his Wife"
Year: 1871

TIME PROPRIETOR OF THIS FAVORITE


Hotel takes pleasure in announcing to his
friends and the public generally that be has
fitted and re-furnished the establishments through
out, and is now prepared to entertain guests in
style equal to any other house in Northern Cal
ifornia The PARLOR and ROOMS large
and commodious. and the BEDS and sleeping ac-
com6dations unsurpassed.


THE TABLE
will always be supplied with everything the mar
kets of this locality afford. and every possible at
tention will be paid to the wants of guests, and no
pains spared to render them comfortable.


At the BAR none hut the best brands of Wine,
Liquor and Cigars will he dispensed to customers
The Oregon Cal Stages arrive at and leave
this Hotel daily.
Year: 1871

One Of the most remarkable schemes
for controlling the whisky market ever
known is now being discussed by the
convention Of seventy-fve or more
distillers in Chicago. The session is
secret and the doors are guarded, but it
is known that they propose to form all
the principal distillers in the country
into mammoth stock company, to be
controlled by a board, which shall de-
eide the amount of whisky to be manu-
factured and the price, and divide the
profits on a basis of the value Of the
distillery. Charles Tallman, Of New
York, presides over the convention.
Year: 1871

A new and timely toy has been invented by
an ingenious mechanic Of New York city which,
on being wound up, explodes by means Of a
spring, scattering portions Of the boat and the
little men, women and children by which it is
occupied in every direction. The object of this
pleasing toy is to familiarize children early with
the contingencies of steamboat travel.
Year: 1871

A correspondent at a New England camp
meeting writes that young man asked the
prayers Of the assembly because he could not
sit down to a meal without eating three times
as much as he ought"
Year: 1871

MARRIED AND SINGLE WOMEN.-The bellies
at Long Branch this season are principally
married ladies'. At other fashionable resorts
the same fact is noticed A connoisseur ex-
plains this by saying that young unmarried
ladies are 50 much absorbed in the science Of
dress and self-display as to be utterly insipid
Year: 1871

as much as he ought.


Miss Nillison rides about Newport in black
habit, upon splendid bay horse and is
followed by an Aristocratic and handsomely
lveried groom.


A writer in the New York Tribune thinks
that one man or woman writes all the letters
in all the papers from all the watering places,
as they are all alike.


When you have to spend two dollars in gold
to mine one dollars worth of diamonds, it 5
cheaper to buy them at home. That's the
state fittings in South Africa.
1t is funny to see a boarding school Miss
afraid of COW, Notwithstanding she did all the
milking at home few months previous





The man who sat down on an open paper of
carpet nails, said they reminded him of the in
come tax.


Why is the first chicken of brood like the
mainmast Of a vessel Because it is little
forward of the main hatch.


1t is one Of the worst of errors to suppose
that there is any ether path of safety except
that of duty.


Whatever Midas touched turned into gold
In these days, touch man with gold and he i
turn into anything.


A stylish bonnet in California costs more
than mule.


A man whom we can put up with-A gooC
hotel keeper.


Nine-tenths of all the school teachers il
Year: 1871

A London letter Of the l6ta says of
Queen Victoria:


1t is well understood that the bulle-
tins concerning her health. vague and
unsatisfactory as they are. carefully
conceal the truth. and that her condi-
ton becomes continually more and
more alarming. Her death at almost
any moment would not at all surprise
those who know best what her real con-
dition is. The other piece oi news is
that the bank to-day, although this is
Saturday and an off day, again raised
the rate of discount. and placed it at
5 per cent. The excitement and alarm
in the city are great: every description
of stock has fallen the demand for dis
count is large and il Is feared that
something like crash is impending.
Year: 1871

A common sense solution of the ques-
ton of labor and wages, says the New
y ork World, has been reached in Law
renee. Mass. where manufacturers have
agreed to pay their hands hereafter by
the hour instead Of by the day, leaving
it to the option of the latter whether
they will work less than eight or more
than ten hours per diem.
Year: 1871

At the latest advices the subscriptions
the world for the sufferers
by the Chicago fire amounted to nearly
S5,000,000. If too much of this does
not wear off by friction in the course of
transmission, the poor of this city
should be pretty well taken care of.
Year: 1871

The revolutionists in Mexico claim
ten States. The revolutionary spirit is
chronic in that country. and the people
seem fitted for anything but a republi-
can form of government. 1t couldn't
be worse than it is now under the iron
grip of a Military Dictator, with power
to declare martial law upon every triv-
ial occasion.
Year: 1871

Full Pnrticulars-Oue Man Killed aud Two


MissinR-Great Destruction of property.


The New York Post o. last evening says


The explosion of the works of the Brooklyn
Gas Company has been already reported. The
following full particulars of the affair have since
been obtained:-


In one of the yards of the company, bounded
by Plymouth, Water, and Gold streets, three
large holders or tanks are stationed, two of
which at the time of the accident were filled with
gas. These holders are divided into two Sec
tions-uprer and lower-and when lowered they
lap together; the sections raised by chains
running through wheels placed above.


The large tank, fronting on Gold street. has
been out of order for some weeks and is said
to have contained no gas. This morning one of
the supports of the structure gave way and the
upper section of the tank fell with great force.
Workmen were Immediately sent to the place
and began pumping air into the upper section
for the purpose of raising it. During the pro-
gress of the work, it Is supposed, some of the
wheels became clogged. The pressure of air
already in the holder was very great, and at
this critical moment one of the girders of the
structure snapped asunder causing one of the
massive iron pillars of the work to give way.


The engine room and boilers of the works are
situated under ground, and the engineer, who
was below at the time Cf the accident hearing
the noise overhead, rushed up to inquire its
cause. Almost as soon as he reached the ground
the iron column fell upon him and crushed him
into shapeless mass.


The iron pillar then tottered over and fell
upon the top of the tank on Water street, crush
ing it completely in. This tank was filed with
gas, which escaped in great volume, and
coming in contact with the flames from the en-
gine room, exploded with terrible force. The
flames shot to height of over two hundred
feet, and the noise of the explosion was plainly
heard for great distance.


The report caused slight panic in the public
school close by, but the efforts of the teachers
succeeded in preserving order and quietng the
fears of the pupils. Sx tenement-houses on
Gold street and three on Water street. on the
same block, were shattered as If by an earth
quake. The windows were blown out and the
plastering loosened from the walls and ceilings.
A fire broke out in one of the tenements on
Gold street, and caused considerable damage.


The people living in the shattered dwellings
have been busy since the accident removing the
furniture from their homes, and their condition
is truly pitiable. The buildings are all the
property of the gas company. The damage
by the explosion is estimated at $l50000. This
is the third time within a recent period that
explosions have occurred on the premises. A
rigid investigation will soon be made. A watch
man, John Harley, and laborer named Reed
are missing, and believed to be under the ruins.
The fremen and police are now engaged in
clearing away the rubbish, with the view of re-
covering the bodies
Year: 1871

The Use of Money at EIectIOns-RecOmuIsu uI . i'd


aIIOns OF n Constitutional Amendment.


The Governor of New York has sent to the
State Senate the following message:-


To the Legislature:


Intelligent and fair-minded men of all parties
agree that one Of the greatest evils of the times
connected with elections is the corrupt use of
money to influence the votes of electors. All
laws and measures which aim at establishing
purity in elections will fail in their purpose
if they fall short of this one great evil
Registry laws, no matter how strin-
gent, DO not prove effective. No power
can guard the ballot-boxes to any purpose II
the men whose constitutional privilege it is to
vote are to be Influenced in the exercise of that
privilege by the corrupt use of money. In all
countries the purchase and sale of offices, civil
or military, is prolific of evil. In a republic like
OuIs tls puTehate And sale OF yotsrs and OF
votes endangeT the whole organization and