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Moral Worth In Political Candidates.
It has been a favorite and successful de
vice of those who make baso use of politi
cal power to insist that fidelity to a party
shall r.ite higher than personal character.
What aman docs as a private citizen, as a
husband, fatltor, or neighbor, say they, has
nothing to do with his fitness for public
office.
This vicious assumption has been practi
cally adopted by men of all parties and of
every degree -of moral and religious stand
ing. Wo have gone so far in endorsing it
that it is impossible in many cases for a
downright Christian, who rejects it to escape
from co-operating (indirectly with others in
its support. It Ji as become one of the
fundamental maxims of party administra
tion. Not seldom .does political " availabil
ity " override all considerations .of decency;
not seldom are the candidates presented for
the people's choice -each of them unprinci
pled, immoral and .utterly unworthy of
trust.
There are now many .officials, State and
National, Republican And Democratic,
whose occupancy of high positions is a
disgrace to tlie American people and a
dishonor to the American .nation. There
are men intrusted with the interests of
millions who are unfit to be trusted with
the interests of their own families. Even
notorious dishonesty and lioootiousness do
not prevent nomination by conventions and
by executives, and eotifinmatiea by legtslat
i 'ires and by the people.
The practical acceptance of the doctrine
i has resulted, naturally enough, in the rapid
, .demoralization of the cotvr try. We are
; ne advocate of personalities, and would not
hfiog Into notice any disadvantage with
.which nature or misfortuno may have
weighted a candidate ; but we insist that
moral character is an important question,
and no man whose character is such, that a
private citizen wanting a responsible person
for an important posititon, would heuitate
to empKy him, is fitted to receive the nom
ination Cor any publio office, no matter
how huiriUe that office maybe.
IST Teres Gambardclla, a girl of thir
teen, a native of Palermo, has recently at
tracted .much attention in Vienna by the
fact itJiat her iWxiy is so thickly covered
with lair that it more resembles fur than
anything else. Even her forehead the
ilrst'lnaUnceof the kind on record is cov
ered; her head is yery similar to a mon
key's, and different part of her figure
bear out the striking similarity. Her hab
its and peculiarities correspond with those
of quadrumna species, and the interest she
has excited in the publio and among the
scientific class is altogether unprecedented.
Teres seems to be a remarkable Illustra
tion of Darwin's theory,
A Saw Dust Speculation Great Advance
in the Price.
A gullible countryman, named Joseph
Ford, residing at Astoria, Fulton County,
111., had his cupidity excited some time ago
by receiving a letter signed Joseph It.
Popo, NO. 11 Ann street, Now York, room
No. 8, stating that tho secret of making
money rapidly would bo imparted nt tho
Address given. In rcsponso to tho letter
Joseph left homo, and arrived in that city
on the 25th of last mouth. Two days later
found him wandering in Ann Street, whero
ho was accosted by a polito stranger who
seemed to divino tho object of Joseph's
search, as he asked him if lie was looking
for No. 11 Ann Street. The astonished
Josoph admitted tho correctness of his in
terlocutor's surmise, whereupon the latter
led tho way to No. 103 Nassau Street, and
entered room No. 7, whero a largo portly
man bado them welcome, and after some
preliminary talk produced a great quantity
of bills, which ho said were counterfeit,
and asked his visitor how he liked them.
"These," continued tho portly individual,
" can bo bought at ten cents on tho dollar."
Jossph swallowed tlio bait, and at once pur
chased $220 worth, handing over that sum
to tho polito gentleman, who with tho ut
most tangfroid placed it in his vest pocket.
Then tho portly gentleman proceeded with
duo despatch to pack in a cigar box tho
"goods" purchased, and after this was
dono tho box was placed in a valise, with
which tho obliging gentleman accompanied
Joseph to the Merchant's Union Express
Company, where tho valise was duly ex
pressed to Rushvillc, 111.
After parting on tlio best of terms with
his new found friend, Joseph departed
from the great city. On reaching Illinois,
ho found that the valise had been safely
shipped, and that it contained a cigar box
full of sawdust.
Exasperated beyond measure, Joseph re
turned to New York on the 18th Inst., and
meeting his man about the same place, he
grabbed hold of him and demanded back
his money. Tlio man disowned Joseph,
and tried to get away. lie did get away
and Joseph gave chase, at tho same time
drawing a four barrelled revolver with
which ho might have brought down his
man had not his foot slipped, causing the
pistol to go oil. Before ho could recover
ids equilibrium his quarry had escaped
not for good, however,, as officer Stilwcllof
2d Precinct proved yesterday, whon he
brought tho identical swindler a prisoner
to the Tombs. Joseph was on hand to
identify him. Ho refused to givo his name,
which therefore stands recorded as John
Iloe, an oystcrmau of No. 121 West St.
He again declared that ho knew not Jo
seph, but Judge Hogan committed him to
prison under $2,500 bail to answer, and un
til the trial Joseph, will be immtiTod in the
House of Detention.
The Thieves of Kcw York City.
District Attorney Follows, of New York,
in addressing a jury a few days since, said:
There are as we all know, persons con
nected with the 20,000 professional criminals
in this city who rarely indulge in any crime
save burglary. Others there are who are nS1
er known to be guilty of any other crime
than robbery. Then we have those who
are known as pickpockets, who pursue
their avocations on stages and cars, and
you rarely hear of them being in any other
line of crime. Others go around as shop
lifters, having their dresses arranged and
pockets so contrived as to carry off valu
ables without detection. Others we have
known as " office thieves," of whom this
woman is a member, who go about and
enter offices under various pretexts and
carry away whatever they can lay their
hands on. All these thieves hi this metropo
lis form a compact mass for tho purpose of
depredating on society, organized, in many
instances, into confederations, and govern
ed by laws of ttieir own devising swift
witnesses on each other's behalf bound
together against the whole world for pur
poses of crime.
HT" A letter from Vineland, N. J., -dated
the 17th Inst., says: A fearful tornado, ac
companied with thundor, lightning, and
heavy rain, struck this town last evening
about 6 o'clock. The loss of property of
various kinds is very severe. Roofs f
houses, trees, fences, etc., were destroyed.
The moU serious losses are the destruction
of the Episcopal church, two railway de
pot, and two dwelling houses. These
buildings sure aV in ruins. The loss of the
church, of which Rev. William J. Clark is
pastor; is especially felt. In one of the
houses destroyed six men were gathered,
when the roof was taken off the building
and the walls fell in. Some of the parties
were wounded, but none of them danger
ously. No loss of life bas been reported.
The tornado seem to have been entirely
local in its character, the country within
a quarter of a mile of the town escaping
from its effects.
flf On Sunday of last week, Jesae
Foulk, of Shelby Junction, Ohio, attempt
ed to light a fire with coal oil, when the
oil can exploded, setting fire to tho clothing
of bis daughter Matilda, who was burned
to death. Another daughter was terribly
burned about the hands in endeavoring to
extinguish the flames, and save her sister's
life. Samuel Gillinan, a boarder, was also
burned, but not seriously. ,
Crime In High Life.
Baltimore has recently been excited over
a terrible chargo which was brought against
a lady heretofore occupying a high position
in society. Tho lady is Mrs. Ellen Whar
ton widow of Moj. Wharton formerly on
officer in tho U. 8. army. She is charged
with poisoning Oon. Ketchuni and at
tempting to poison Mr. Van Ness her busi
ness agont. Tho circumstances regarding
Gen. Kctchum are as follows :
Gen Kctchum arrived at her house from
Washington on Saturday evening, June 24.
He and Maj. Wharton had served together
in tho Sixth United States infantry, and
their respective families had always main
tained the most friendly relations toward
each other. Gen. Kctchum had lent $2,
000 to Mrs. Wharton, for which sum ho
held her note, and before leaving Washing
ton, ho mentioned to several persons that
the object of his visit was to collect the
money. Tlio note can nowhere bo found
nmong his papers, and his friends therefore
concludo that ho took it with him. Short
ly after his arrival at Mrs. Wharton's ho
was taken ill, and was attended by Dr. P.
C. Williams, who suspected poison from
the peculiar symptoms of the case. Ho
died on tho following Wednesday. At tho
suggestion of Dr. Williams the body was
removed from Mrs. Wharton's house and
a post-mortem examination was made. Tlio
stomach was analyzed by Prof. Win. E.
Aiken, and twenty grains of tartar emetic
discovered. Mr. Van Noss was also taken
sick at Mrs. Wharton's residence, but de
clined to take a drink which sho had pre
pared for him owing to the peculiar taste,
and after experiments showed that poison
was in tho preperation. Evidence was so
strong against tho woman that she has been
committed to jail to wait further developo-ments.
A Hell for the Andes.
Tho Messrs. Moncly, of West Troy, have
received an order for sixteen slabs of bell
metal, to weigh 100 pounds each, and the
purpose for which they nro intended is
sufficiently novel to note. On one of tho
peaks of tho Andes Mountains in South
America, a church has recently been erec
ted by tho monks, tho material for its con
struction having been carried thither on
the backs of mules, by long, circuitous and
dangerous bridle paths.
After completing the church it was de
termined to add to its attractions by plac
ing a bell weighing 1,600 pounds in tho
turret. To transport on articlo of that
weight to tho dizzy height would be simply
impossible, but "where there's is a will
there is a way," and tho Monks determined
to construct a furnace nearjtho church with
sufficient capacity to melt the metal and
cast the bell from the slabs above referred
to.
Killed While Praying.
Tho St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette of Saturday
gives tho following particulars of the death
by lightning of Mrs. Lovoll and Mr. Blake
more during the terriblo storm in that vi
cinity on Thursday hist.
When the storm commenced Mrs. Lovell
was up stairs in a back room reading from
the Bible to her little daughters. The win
dows of the room having been blown open
she took her children, ran down stairs,
passing from the hall into a bed room, put
the children on the bed and kneeled at the
bedside. In this position the lightning
struck her, causing instant death. Mr.
Blakemore was in the hall, and the same
bolt killed him. Several other persons
were more or less injured. Mrs. Lovell
was the wife of John S. Lovell, of Wairen
county, Virginia. Her husband Is now in
Virginia City, Montana. The two daugh
ters with whom she was kneeling at prayer
are aged respectively nine and six years.
They were uninjured.
t3fA Cincinnati dentist had become
nervous by having a man come daily at
the same hour each evening and sit on his
doorstep. He finally suggested that if it
would be all the same to him, he would be
pleased to have him divide his attentions,
and sit on some neighbor's doorstep for
awhile. "But It wouldn't be the same,"
shouted the visitor in return, " nor any
thing like it. You are a dentist, and I have
an infernal aching tooth that I bavn't the
courage to have pulled. I come here every
afternoon trying to make up my mind to
have it out, and as soon as I come in sight
f your house it stops aching, and as long
as I sit on your doorstep where the con
founded thing knows it can get pulled if it
gives trouble, I have some rest. Now if you
want me to go to another dentist I will."
"Oil, no," was the reply, "under those
circumstances stay by all means, my
friend."
tJTA Columbus, Ohio, "dospatch"
says: A colored boy employed at the
American Hotel, named John Brown, aged
about 18 years, recently, about two o'clock
in the morning, while in a state of somnam
bulism, walked out of a fourth story win
dow in the rear of the hotel, falling a dis
tance of some fifty or sixty feet, and strange
to say, escaped with only a few slight brui
ses. Several telegraph wires stretched un
der the window broke his fall, and prevent
ed him from being dashed to pieces. With
the exception of a rather sore shoulder, he
suffers no inconvenience, and is attending
to his usual duties this morning.
A Brufnl Parent.
S. B. McQrew, a United Brotheru, resid
ing in Kansas has been charged with
cruelly beating his own daughter, an esti
mablo young lady, because sho would not
givo up tho company of a young man nam
ed Mitchel. Tho Border Sen tin el tolls tho
particulars as follows :
"Her father first took her hands and tied
them behind her, and afterwards pulled
down her hair, which is quite long, and
tied it to her bands,drawhig her head back
as far as he could with her hair. IIo then
put a strap around her neck and chocked
her, and took a stick that ho had previous
ly secured and struck her three times with
it. IIo then dropped tho stick, and knock
ed her down with his fist and kicked her
several times thereafter.
She was taken into the house by her
mother ond friends and placed on tho bed,
wher sho remained in an unconscious state
for about three hours. Dr. Lantern, of
Farlinsvillo, was called upon, who visited
tho house, but McGrew forbado him telling
anything concerning tho case without ho
was obliged to by law. Mitchell is said to bo
a trustworthy young man Ho was employ
ed by McGrew for a year previous to the oc
currence. We aro also informed that ho is
a member of tho samo church. Ho is high
ly spoken of by tho neighbors, as a poor,
but honest and industrious boy."
A Grave-diggers' Strike.
The London Medical Prcs and Circular
of a recent dato says: "In tho midst of
the troubles and difficulties which accumu
lated on tho Bhouldcrs of tho overworked
and bewildered municipality of Buenos
Ayrcs during tho height of the plague, the
scrcnous and vigilants (or policemen) struck
for higher wages, and tho panic having ex
tended to the grave-diggers, for many days
no ono could bo found to put tho dead un
der tho ground, and tho coffins were there
fore piled up in a stack at tho Southern
Cemetery, as tho hearses and carts brought
them in. Tho scenes at tlio cemetery were
something frightful to behold, and remind
ed one only of tho horrible, stories recorded
of the plague of London. A largo trench
was dug into which the dead bodies, some
coffined, but many merely swathed in bed
clothes, were shot out of tho carts and
quickley covered with lime, the trench re
maining open until it was filled, when an
other was dug, and tho dreadful work
rccommcnccd. It is computed that over
20,000 persons found their last resting-place
in these pits."
Down with the Flag.
A Jersey city paper tells tho following
incident in connection with tho recent riot
in N. Y.
Anton Barbicr, a confectioner in Monti-
cello avenue, early hoisted an American
flag, and attached to it, unwittingly, a yel
low streamer. It had been floating but a
short timo era ho was called upon by a del
cgation of rough-looking Irishmen to haul
it down. This was a startling proposition.
Barbicr hod fought during tho kite war for
the Union, and after a consultation with
his wifo, ho informed them he would see
them in perdition before he would comply
with their demands, at the same time des
patching his little daughter for an officer.
They gave him five minuses to do it, and
if not done at that time threatened him
with direful consequences. His messenger
returned, but had failed to find an officer.
Barbier, knowing that they intended to do
him injury, at last struck his flag, and had
to remove the yellow streamer before they
would permit him to hoist it again.
tW There is a school in the Charleston
jail under the charge of the jailor's wifo,
Mrs. J. C. Clausen. The method of in
struction is somewhat peculiar, but admi
rably adapted to tho condition and wants
of the scholars. Upon the black-board, ex
tending around the school-room was writ
ton words of one or more syllables, arrang
ed for beginners and those more advanced
in spelling. After each lesson is thorough
ly learned by the scholars, another is writ
ten upon the blackboard, thus doing away
with the use ot books. The same plan is
adopted in reference to arithmetic. The
pupils are drilled in the Ten Command
ments, and are not permitted to leave the
schoolroom until they are perfect in the
lessons of the day.
Elf" Two little girls were recently pick
ing berries on the bank of the Pequon
nock river, near Bridgeport, Connecticut,
and the youngest ono, a girl of six or sev
en years, accidentally tumbled into the wa
ter. On the opposite bank a lad of thir
teen years of age was also gathering ber
ries, and seeing the accident, plunged into
the water and carried the drowning child
safe to land. The six year old child thought
she must reward her deliverer, and putting
her hand into her pocket offered him all the
money she bad, which was just two cents.
The boy thanked her, but refused to accept
any reward.
IIP On Friday lost a large blast too
heavily charged was set off in the quarry
of Humphrey Bramhall, at Bergen City.
The explosion whs terrific Stones were
hurled in every direction and several pieces
of rock weighing from 200 to 800 pounds
was blown through the side of Mr. B ram
hall's residence, some pieces passing entire
ly through the building, making it almost
a wreck. Several persons in the house
miraculously escaped Injury.
Explosion of a Locomotive.
Oni the 20th inst., about 8 o'clock in the
morning, the engino Vulcan, No. 41, while
taking a train of empty coal cars from
Coalport, on tho Lehigh Valley railroad,
exploded, killing five, and fatally injuring
ono man. Three men named Jones, Fin
ney, and Fuss were found dead.
Tho bodies of Lafner, tho engineer, and
Kencr, the fireman, up to the present time,
havo not been found. Search is being mado
in tho canal, where it is thought they were
thrown. Gcrhart, tho brakeman of tho
train, is wounded so badly that it is impos
sible for him to recover. The engine was
running very Blowly at tho timo of tho ex
plosion.
As yet, no cause is known as to tlio acci
dent, but the affair will bo investigated
Tho engine, which is a total wreck, parted
just in front of tho cab, and tho front part
was blown about 300 yards from the shop.
Some of the bodies wore found as far as 125
yards from where tho explosion took place.
tW Charles A. Martin, in charge of tho
retail department of the store of A. S.
Hamlin & Co., at Rochester, N. Y., was
arrested on Saturday, for stealing from tho
firm. Tho first year ho deposited in bank
$750, tlio second year f 800, and tho third
year $1,500. How much more ho has pil
fered has not been ascertained. His salary
was only $ 1,000. In 1808, whilo partner in
a hardware store at Rondout, ho was ar
rested for robbing tho post offico at that
place. Ho then went to Rochester and re
sumed his criminal practices. Ho confes
ses that ho has been a thief sinco boyhood.
His parents are respected residents at Cat
skill, N. Y.
3"" The Legislature of Iowa has takon
measures to preserve, or rather restore, the
forests which havo been and still aro reck
lessly destroyed. Tlio law releases from
taxation on $100 valuation every aero of
forest for 10 years. And for each acre of
fruit trees planted $50 valuation for five
years is exempted, and tho samo for shade
trees and hedges along tho highways.
There aro now maplo forests in several
counties, from which sugar is made, whero
fifteen years since there was nothing but
wild prario grass and hazel shrubs.
tWAt Philadelphia on tho 21st inst., an
unknown man was run over by a freight
car at tho Pennsylvania freight depot, 13th
and Market street and instantly killed. It
is supposed he was asleep under it when it
was hauled out and it dragged hiin some
fifteen or twenty yards, mangling his body
dreadfully. Shortly afterward a lad about
eleven years of ago, name unknown, who
was riding on a freight car, fell off at 22d
and Market streets and broke his neck. In
addition to this, the passenger railway car,
beneath which he fell passed over him.
tSTXast week the coasts of Newfoundland
and Labrador were visited by heavy storms.
Sir William Logan and a geological survey
ing party hod been cut off by the flooding
of the roads, but they are believed to be
safe. The effect of the storm on the coast
was terrible. Three hundred and twenty
five fishing smocks, twenty-three dwelling
houses, over forty stores, and $1,500,000
worth of property were destroyed, and
03 lives lost.
tW The famous Gumbleton murder caso
has been concluded in Chicago and Ziegen
meyer has been found guilty of the crime
charged against him, the jury, according to
tho practice in the State of Illinois,' fixing
his punishment at imprisonment for life.
Tli is has been one of the most singular
cases in the annals of crime. Our readers
will remember that we published the par
ticulars, a few weeks since and tho account
of the prisoners arrest iu Germany.
tW In Baltimore a movement has been
mode to start an anti-Catholic party. Po
litical creeds and nationalities were eschew
ed, the only object being to oppose "croos
hunters." A call was made for a city con
vention to nominate candidates for the fall
campaign. The movements is as yet in
significant, but probably will assume some
character.
tW A. woman in Racine, Wis., died
some days since, apparently in the utmost
destitution, leaving an infant two months
old. Some benevolent ladies, whilo laying
out the body of the mother and caring for
the little one found hidden in the rags in
which tho corpse was clothed, the sum of
$300. The woman held a ten dollar bill
clenched in her dead hand.
At Concord, N. H., on the morning
of the 20th inst., a shock of earthquake
was felt, accompanied by a deep, heavy,
rumbling noise. It passed from north to
south. Buildings were violently rocked,,
and church bells rung. Reports from dif.
ferent parts of New England indicate that,
it was very general.
ty While W. Florer, proprietor of a.
drug store in Lebanon, Ohio, and Edward
Hurley, a clerk, were charging a soda foun
tain on Monday of last week, the generator
exploded, dangerously wounding Mr. Flo
rer, and seriously injuring Mr. Harley.
The former bad both thighs broken, and a .
large piece of flesh was torn from hlslimbs.
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