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Year: 1876

ENCOURAGING News FOR INEBRIATEs.
Over one-half Of this confirmed
drunkards who take refuge in the asy~
lum al Binghampton are permanently
cured of their morbid appetite. The
official statistics on the subject, which
have been published, cover seven years.
and very large nuraber of cases. This
is encouraging news for the slaves of
drunkenness. Many of those slaves
are utterly destitute of hope, and look
upon themselves as doomed. They
feel that their desires are unquenchable,
that their power of resistance is entirely
gone, and that forcibIe restraint would
destroy their reason. But yet it ap-
pears that even though their drunken
habit has become chronic, and has gone
to the furthest limit. they have an even
chance of getting over it, and re enter
ing the paths of scbriety. There is not
drunkard who needs to feel himself
lost if he has desire to be saved
Neao York Sun.
Year: 1876

OREGON Politics. .LThelate polit-
ical Convention in Oregon has done
much to elevate the standard of
"Oregon Politics." which hereto
fore has notoriously occupied very
low grade-the distinction between
the two opposing parties being, that
one was controlled by the "Holli-
day ring devoted entirely to per-
sonal interests, and the other by
the " Salem ring" which was much
more selfish and less public spirited
than the former. The Holiday
ring" did much to promote public
interests and advance the material
prosperity of the State. The "Sa-
lem ring" was but combination of
blood-suckers, who drew all their
subsistence from the peoples sub
stance, without contributing any
thing in return. The late Conven-
tious seem to have ignored these dis
tinctions and selected their several
candidates for Congress outside of
these ring combinations. Richard
Williams is the candidate of the Re
publican party and Lafayette Lane
of the Democratic party; both young
men who have grown up from child
hoJd in Oregon, both men Of fair
education, marked ability, and un-
exceptional in their morals and hab-
its. Intellectually, they are very
nearly equally matched; though
Dick has probably devoted more
time to the study and practice of
his legal profession, and Lafayette
to the science and practice of poll
tics. The latter is now in Congress,
and since the time of Stephen A.


ouglass, who he nearly resembles
IN intellectual characteristics no
young man has ever won greater dis
tinction during his first session in
Congress. The former has made
his mark at the bar, and though
young in practice he has taken rank
among the Oldest and ab1est lawyers
in the State. Both entered politics
since the old issues which divided
political parties have been SO oDlit-
Grated or diffused between the two
as to leave no clearly defined line
Of division on principles and both
are so liberal in their views that
they may be voted for indiscrimin-
inately by men of either party with
out any sacrifice of principle. We
hope the two great national parties
will be as fortunate IN the selection
of their several candidates for Pres
dent.
Year: 1876

pitals, which will be a great ! oint
in this new position. We do not
know if he has made the treatment
OF insanity speciality, but he must
necessarily have had considerable
experience in that line in his large
and varied practice.
Year: 1876

Dissolution. - The co-partner-
ship heretofore existing under the
firm name of Brown & Bell, has been
dissolved by mutual consent. The
Fob Department aill hereafter be
conducted exclus, ely by Mr.. Bell,
IN his own right, and the newspaper
by Brown & Son-Beriah senior and


3eriah iunitr.


Austin A. Bell, our late partner,
vas born upon that portion of the
own plat of Seattle now called Bell
Town, and with the exception Of q
few years of his childhood, spent in
California, has resided all his life
here. He entered our employment
Is an apprentice nearly five years
ago, and Immediately after attaining
his majority became a partner in
the business. In the meantime, by
CLOSE application and untiring indus
try, he has become an expert print
er and reliable business manager
He has fine outfit for doing first
class work in his line, and may be
relied upon for promptness and fair
dealing in all his engagements. His
establishment is peculiarly Seattle
institution, a credit to the town and
we have no doubt will provea source
Of profit to himself.


We have purchased the large pow
er press upon which the Olympia
Courier is now printed, which is to
be delivered here on or before the
first day of June, and ordered addi-
tional material from San Francisco,
upon the arrivalof which we propose
to enlarge the Daily DISPATCH to
six columns to page and the Week
ly to As columns, quarto form, and
apply to the paper such additional
editorial force as will make it every
way worthy of the growing import
ance of our city.
Year: 1876

A DIRTY LIE.-The Prosch family
made the occasion of our dissolu-
tion of partnership with Austin A
Bell the subject for the invention
and publication of malicious lie,
without the least foundation in fact
whatever. An editor of q newspa-
per with a single gentlemanly in
stinct rarely gets so low down as to
meddle with the private business
affairs of others; but when that is
done solely for the purpose of NAL
icious misrepresentation, it shows a
degree of moral delravity that
would bring blush of shame TO the
cheek of Sixash or Chinaman, or
any other low order of humanity
but to the cast iron cheek of q
Prosch, habituated through life to
the contempt of all decent people,
and so lost to all sense of shame as
to challenge a comparison of person
al record With any person outside
the penitentiary.


This malicious coward represents
Mr.. Bell as an "unsophisticated
Young man, who became "an easy
victim to the cupidity and dishones-
ty of Beriah Brown, who took him
in in a way he will never forget and
which he will probably be long
years in getting over" and further
represents him as an object of "the
sympathy of the local population
A more malicious falsehood was
never uttered. Mr.. Bell entered
our employment as an apprentice
nearly five years ago, and has ever
been treated with the care and kind
ness of member of the family.
As partner for the past year, he
had entire control of the business,
receiving and disbursing every dol
lar of money paid in or paid out on
account of the Office, kept the books,
and the settlement of the partner
ship business was made Upon his
own statement, without any examin-
alton by us. His share of the net
earnings for the year was over ST.
100 in addition to about S400 new
material added during the time, and
the firm had not one dollar of out
standing liabilities. In dividing the
material we allowed him to make
his own selection, and the division
and settlement was made upon his
own written statement and estimate,
entirely satisfactorily and amicably.
The job Office as it stands has cost
him not more than two-thirds of its
original cost, and the business
which he gets with it is superior to
that of any other job Office on Pu-
get Sound. We never knew o
young printer to step into a better
position on easier terms. We still
carry on business in the same office,
and we will trust Austin with any
one to take care Of his own interests
and attend strictly to his own bust
ness. This is a matter which does


not concern the public beyond the


right of every citizen to defend him


self against malicious falsehoods.
Year: 1876

Perhaps there is nothing in this world
that makes man 80 mad as to pose
when he sees that landscape photo
graph is to be taken, and when it is
printed discovers that he appears noI
like Washington or Napoleon, but Ike "a
dilapidated pinhead, with his right boot
on his lett shoulder.
Year: 1876

SAMUEL j. TILDEN.-The Democratic
platform Of 1864 declared the war failure,
and advised dlsgraceful surrender. The
people spurned the advice, and defeated
the ticket that approved it. Yet twelve
years after the man who wrote the treason
able resolution and was instrumental in
the platform is put forward by the same
party he then served as candidate for
President of the United States. His name
is Samuel J. Tilden. Can any man who
has spark of patriotism in his breast sup
port such man for the nation? He wal
untrue in time of the war. Can be b
trusted In time of peace.
Year: 1876

-ACCIDENT.-The Argus says that an
Indian attempted to get on to the in train
on the Maine Central at Morrilrs Corner
but he missed his hold on the railing and
tell between the depot platform and cars,
striking his head on one Of the boxes and
throwing his body onto the track. The
wheels of the car struck the back OF his
head, but fortunately instead ofpassing
over and crushing it. pushed it of the
rail, so that the man escaped with several
deep cuts.
Year: 1876

A young man asked young lady her
age. she replied: SIX times seven and
seven times three added to my age win ex-
ceed six times nine and four, as double my
age exceeds twenty The young man said
he thought she looked older.
Year: 1876

AN OLD But GOop PUZzLE.-The old
puzzle in which the chambermaid put
twelve travellers into eleven rooms, and
gave them separate room, is going round.
Here We have the eleven separate bed
rooms.
Year: 1876

THE STATEMENT is often heard that
even if the ex rebels should regain
complete ascendancy in the National
Government, they could not restore
slavery. Wendell Phillips has written
a letter showing that they have already
established a system which is little, t
any, better than slavery. The va
grant laws in all the Southern States
where the Democrats have a ma jority
in the Legislature are very severe, and
are aimed directly at negroes. For
some real and pretended infraction of
these laws, negro will be arrested and
sentenced to pay heavy fine Of
course he cannot pay it, and the al
tentative is to go to Jail At this
point, some planter will step up, and
pay the fine. The Court will there
upon bind out the negro to the planter
until the amount is worked out at the
rate of twenty-five cents a day.
These men are then reduced for the
time to a condition of absolute slavery,
and their masters are authorized by
law to indulge in their old-time diver
sions with the lash at their pleasure
Mr.. Phillips adds that the Confeder-
ate cut-throat Gen. Forrest now holds
between fifty and one hundred ne
groes in this manner.-1MiU Senti-
mel
Year: 1876

THAT was dreadful threat of an
excited pugilisF: 'Ill twist you
around your own throat until there's
nothing left of you but the ends of
your shirt collar sticking out of your
eyes!o
Year: 1876

Rev. Lovic Pierce was present at the
Wesleyan Female College commence
ment. With the glory Of his 81 years
of age more than three score and ten
Of which have been the ministry-shin-
ing upon his face and in his silvery
hair, he stood there like blessing up-
on the people. Upon his feeble NOR
tality the luster Of the immortal appears
to shine, and with one hand stretched
toward the gateway Of heaven, the other
he can still grasp the hands Of his fell
low mortal and say, "Come, beloved,
this is the way" Awonderful old man
he is, and wonderfully blessed by his
Master. His feeble frame is still light
ed with an intellect that time scarcely
impairs, and though his yoice is weak
he was still able to invoke the blessing
Of the Almighty upon the institution
which has been as q daughterunto him,
in the great love which he has always
borne it.-Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. as
Year: 1876

Mrs T. J. Cummins. of No. 12s East Eighteenth
street. passenger on Third avenue car, going up
town, between nine and ten O'Clock on Friday night
She wished get at the of Eighteenth street


and Third avenue, and spoke to the conductor He did
any notice of her. and when the had passed
her destination she again requested him to stop it, He
answered her insultng and did not take any trouble
to compel the driver to pull up. When between Nine


eenth and Twentieth streets Mrs. Cummns attempted
to step from the car while il in motion. She was
thrown violently to the pavement her right leg catch


ing under her. resulting in serious fracture of the
ankle joints She again called on the conductor to stop
while lying in the street. but the nhuman official al
lowed the car to proceed rapidly up the avenue Mrs
Cummns carried into millinery store, In THIRD
avenue whence she shortly afterward removed by
her friends She is likely to remain an invalid for
months from the result Of the accident
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR OF HERALD:-


chanced TO read in the HERALD OF yesterday an
article on abuses in reference cases, and for which
the legal profession will feel under obligation TO the
HERALD for its ventilation If the justices of the courts
and onice-h holders not restrained by sense of
shame propriety, the one from appointing and the
other from acting referees and receivers the Legs
ature ought TO put a stop to It. Let the Legislature
in session pass act that in any OF the courts of
this state, IN any action or proceeding, whenever IT
becomes necessary for the court justice to appoint
referee receiver and the attorneys OF the plaintiff
and defendant in writing shall agree upon some person
be appointed, the justice shall appoint the
person agreed upon In all pdrte cases or where
default has been taken, let the plaintiffs attor
ney in writing submit the names OF five at
torneys in good standing, from which the court
Justice shall appoint Where there is failure TO
agree writing by the attorneys of the parties or in
pdr where default has been taken let tn c
plaintiffs attorney submit, in writing, the names of
five in good standing 10 the court justice
then the justice shall appoint such referee
| receiver The may require BY such act we
would be rid OF the interference OF political partisans


with the Judiciary 1t IS right that sbeongs to the
profession to choose their referees receivers,
and is invasion of the prerogatives OF the court
Attorneys who employed by the parties to suits
surely capable OF naming their own referees and
ought TO be allowed 10 do where each of the parties
represented When only the plaintiff represented
| the plaintiff should have the right of naming th e
| attorneys in good standing, from which the court
| should appoint


or course old broken down judges. Office holders and
clerks will fail to any good reason for change


which deprives them OF the pickings they are accus
| toned 10. ATTORNEY.
Year: 1876

A SANITARY MEASURE BY THE BOARD OF PUB


Lie PARKs-No SKATING THIS SEASON


The Park Commissioners have finally begun to clean
the beds of the lakes in the Central Park 1t is lit


tie than fourteen years since these lakes rst


filed, and from that time they have all the while been
receiving every description Of vegetable matter which
has sunk to the bottom, where it has rotted down
into a solid bank OF offensive decomposition. Never
until has any attempt at cleaning the ponds been
made. Some five weeks ago the Park Commissioners
passed a resolution looking to the cleaning of these
ccsspoos, and the water at once drawn of the
lower or Sixth avenue, lake. Tho dimen-
sons OF this pond are it. ia well known,
not very extensive, but It nevertheless re-
qured two whole days for the water to drain OF.
The gold FISH IT had harbored were very naturally
thrown into terrible state of trepidation when the
limits Of the water had narrowed down to such an
tent make things uncomfortable for them. They
quickly extricated from their perilous POSITION
however, by the foreman, Mr. Manning who scooped


them up in hand nets and bad them taken to the large


lake In this way about seventy bushels of these bril-
liant little beauties were removed


The water OF the work OF removing the filthy sedi
ment began aud although has progressed rapidly
the condition Of the weather would admit the task
will not have been completed before the lst of April
Already TO- 900 carloads have been taken out and spread
the ground in various portions OF the park, the
heaviest coat having been put on the ball grounds
| which were previously ploughed up. There is yet
about IL 900 loads Of mud to be removed, making in
| all about 10000 cubic yards The matter is found
to be exceedingly rich manure, and will doubtless
prove decidedly beneficial to the soil upon which it is
| being spread Twenty eight acres have been ma
nured aud it estimated that before the job is
pleed at least sixty Will have been covered At
present all that portion OF the ground covered with this
| mud bears the appearance OF having been newly
| ploughed. Sixty men and thirty teams en-
gagged the work. which, however cannot progress to
any extent except when the ground is sufficiently


frozen to admit OF the passage OF carts and
| without their wheels cutting into the soil


| The drain gates TO the large lake opened at
ten minutes twelve O'Clock last Thursday and the
| water at once began running or


The mud from the large lake will be used for the
most part in filling a road at Seventy second
street and Eighth This work will be pushed
| with the utmost vgor, but many long week in
| tervene before the task be thoroughly accom-
| plished.
| In the lowerlake the decomposed matter was found
to be twenty-eight inches deep and its quantity is
doubtless quite formidable, If indeed, not more so,
| than in the large lake.
Year: 1876

ARREST OF BROADWAY PIcKPoCKET.


Yesterday afternoon as Mr.. George Rollins, OF No
l59 Twenty third street. Brooklyn, was standing at the
corner OF Broadway and Warren street. looking at
some novelty in toys there exhibited he felt sudden
tug his vest pocket and presently perceived that his
watch was gone. A gentleman who witnessed tho
transaction said There goes the thefwho stole your
watch " pointing to boy who running across the
City Hall Park at the top Of his speed. Instantly cry
OF stop thief was raised and over zoo people went
in pursuit OF the fugitive The latter TO make his
flight swier, had thrown or his overcoat and he
fast gaining his pursuers, when Officer Stack of the
City Hall police after him and overlook him at the
corner of Frankfort and Chatham streets. He had
thrown away the watch the chase it not
found his person. He was fully Identified by Mr..
Rollins, and Justice Bixby, before whom ne was
taken held him in So 600 bail to answer.
Year: 1876

To rHR EDITOR oP THE HERALD


There two sides to this question. For court
clerks to serve examiners, masters, receivers,
referees, &c, not only in England and in the federal
courts and in those of other States but in New York,
has been practice from time immemoriaL There is
good for it. Their offices are convenient and
they accessible at all business hours Their calling
makes them fat in matters of practice. They have
rcadest reference to exhibits and papers They cannot
practise law, and not liable to prejudice favor
and they become from habit semi-judical in tone Of
mind They possess the confidence Of the judges and
OF the Bar they couldn't remainin Office believe
majority OF active practitioners also think with me in
this behalf; il be shown that judges except,
perhaps where collusion is possible las divorce,
trust guardian and in many real estate cases ever de-
cline 10 name the referee agreed upon by both sides


4
Year: 1876

circular has been addressed 10 the labor organiza


ions Of this state signed by George Blair President Of
tho workingmens Assembly, calling attention to bill
under consideration before the Committee on
Ways and Means of The Assembly TO repeal the
Eight Hour law The labor organ izations are called
upon 20 protest against the passage Of the
bill. and 20 appoint committees TO wait upon the
different representatives in the Legislature 20 urge
them the necessity Of opposing the repeal Of the Eight
Hour law The ground taken for the opposition that
shorter hours of labor tend TO give employment 10
thousands who arc now idle ihrough the ntroductlon


of machinery and the coniTaet system pubic works
Year: 1876


To EDITOR OF THE HERALD


In your crusade against the horse imposition you
viii be able find richer field for your nvectves
than the Fourth avenue road. live in Westchester
and compelled to ride to and from the depot each
day. During the last two years haye not been able to
secure seat, an average, once month. ANY lady
desiring 10 lake an aheTnoop train may consider her
self lucky in being able to stand upon the platforms to
get inside the would be impossible 49,


There is certainly plea to be urged on the part OF
tho company that IT afford TO cars
the fare is cents and three quarters OF the
passengers ride to Fory-second street, thus making
the highest fare for the shortest distance OF
any line the city. The treatment of passengers Is
infinitely worse than that Of the Third avenue line
The suggestion made by OF your correspondents
TO the grade of the tracks inside the depot-is
good Let Mr.. Vanderbilt's mathematician calculate
how many miles day 20, 600 commuters have to walk
unnecessarily between Forty second and Forty h
streets inside the depot TO the paint from injury
from the smoke OF the locomotives. If this could no.
be avoided and 1t necessary it would be uhreason
able to complain, but such is not the case


WESrCHESTrR
Year: 1876

WARM RECEPTION TO A POLICEMAN.


officer Alexander Levy, OF the Eighteenth precinct
while on duty on FIRST avenue, Friday night, found
the door of liquor store open, and stepped in to as
certain what four men doing in the back room.
He asked them, and the reply he received was blow
with tumbler in the face from James McClennan. OF
No All East Twenty ninth street Levy stunned d
that McClennan took his club and beat him with IL
the head. After severe struggle, Levy says, he
recovered his club and made McClennan prisoner.
McClennan was held in 81 600 ball. pending an exam
nat ion at this court He says he prove that the
policeman was the aggressor.
Year: 1876

first felonious intention of robbery taints the
whole transaction. Besides, a man like Dolan,
who has determined upon breaking and enter
ing. has also determined (as the event proves
to do anything to secure the success OF his
enterprise and his own personal lmmu-
ni.y. He tikes the murderOus intent
along with him and especially IL he
take his revolver. To say that the shooting
of an innocent man who is merely defending
his own property, by person engaged in tine
unlawful conversion Of that property, Is a
murder in the second degree, is to sweep away
all the theories of the law, and to encourage
n desperate class Of men to any extreme III
securing escape. 1t would be just as reason
able to apply the same idea to the shooting OF
a policeman by his prisoner, without "delib-
"eration or "premeditation in the unset
entifc sense of these words. Yet the law,
and very properly, Furnishes such kill
ing with the utmost severity. Pray,
what is a householder. defending his domicie
and his goods and chattcls. but an ex-
temporized policeman, authorized by every
principle both of law and common sense TO
restrain and even arrest the iDyadcrf And what
degree Of danger must the rObber be In be-
fore his shooting will be thus eXtenuated by
tho lawl Suppose the man whom he Is
pundeIing is aslecp-Nli it be "mnrder in the
"second degree to shoot him because he
shows signs of waking? Really, the law is
well enough IA it stands, and We advise the
Assembly not to NEEDLE with it,
Year: 1876

In one view of the case the Government has
been very lucky in its silver coinage expert
mcnt. The gold price of silver has continued
to fall, and that metal, when coined into
tokens, is to-day not worth its face i'll green
backs. But looked at from another point This
fall in the value Of silver is a serious objection
TO its readoption for the small money of the
country. Whenever we return to specie pay
mcnts, M we certainly shall some time
or other, the fact that some 50 cents
worth of silver, coined into halves and
quarters, will circulate as the eqni,a-
lent of a dollar in gold will be a powerful in
ducement to the clandestine manufacture Of
such pieces of full weight and fn,ncss. Ac-
cording to well known principles, silver and
gold can only be made to circulate together
by limiting the quantity of the less valuable
metal. If the silver be thrown out by the
Government, or by the imitators of the law
full coin, in unlimited quantities, gold will be
driven out of circulation and the value of the
coin will depreciate to the bullion value Of silver.