The semi-weekly miner. [volume], May 24, 1882, Image 6

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WEDNESDAY, MATH
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•te l
Mim» to
1, 1«U, toN
OOtb of tbesameyear, Uw Territory re
ceived as proceeds of oootM labor tlw
«onto $173.41.
Sone om hat struck bouonas ta
well« ta FwMgrlvMii. Tw» welle Ihtt
pradac a m— Ib wwit barrel« » day wll
frlvt the woll Ihn the doors of tbe for
It Is thought that
thcfltar Routera, wlw
fin* indicted, will turn State's evideoee
«galant the ring. If this Iw «o the pro«
•ention will hm caqr «Hing durtaf
Uw trail.
According to Uw New York JVw
Arthur'« Int letter read« m follow«
J. Cuinanian. DearÖlr: I bore eon
ttaded to let my washing aeeumulnt
during the remaining ten yean.
Muetiee yoon, C. Amthub.
Shlpherd propose« to ventilate the Pe
ruvian claim oflhir tlirough the column«
of the liras. If "Jacob"
It uneoaufortably warm for «onw parties
who have tonified ta the matter, it will
he b eca m e bb pen hoe lost Its cunning.
It now looks as though Brady, Dor
sey et al. bare a huge contract on their
hand« in getting away from all the In
dictments which the Grand Jury at
Washington has recently found against
them. Their situation, at present, must
bean emtwrmsetag if not an interesting
■ one to them.
In cam the court in banc refuses to
grant Ouiteau another trial, it is
Reed, his attorney, will applv for a com
mission to inquire into the sanity of
bis client. H« will do this, be eays, to
save the country tlw disgrace of hang
ing a crasy man. It is well Mr. Reed
told the country this, for It might Iw
supposed he made the application to
save the neck of the amnesia.
For the year 1881 the Territory paid
$18,957.96 for the care and maintenance
of its insane, and for the eanie period it
expended $19.344.55 for the support and
care of iu convict« in the Penitentiary.
The estimate or expenditures for the
flee«] year ending D cent tier 31, 1882,
amount to $68,10). This includes all tlie
cost« of carrying on the Territorial gov
ernment for which it is chargeable.
The color prejudice seems to be as
deep rookd in Canada as in any section
of the United States. Quite recently«
colored man was appointed letter car
rier in Toronto aud when he presented
himself ready for duty at the post
office the other letter carriers, to the
number of Any, refused to work if the
colored man was retained. The post
umster assgned the objectionable can 1er
to other employment until the matter
can be settled.
Gallatin county produces more grain
than any other county in the Territory.
Meagher county leads in number and
value of live stock, and in the produc
tion of Iwefand wools; Jefferson county
in dairy products, and Silver Bow
county ranks first in the production of
tin* precious metals. While Silver Bow
is the snmllest county in the Territory,
containing lens than 860 square miles,
it is the most populous, and by far the
wealthiest county in the Territory.
By the Democrats refusing to vote the
Re|iuhlicatia of the House will And
theqiselve powerless to proceed in their
programme of ousting Southern Demo
cratic members and mating Republicans
in their stead. There are so many Re
publican members absent that the refus
al of the D niocrats to vote leaves the
House without a quorum, and the wires
aud tlw Hergeant-at-erms are now busy
gathering in the alweutees. When they
•re brought in the business of creating a
larger ùepuhlican majority in .the
House will be proceeded with.
Mr. George Hearer will be a candid
ate for Govern-« of California before the
Démocratie conversion which meets in
flan Jo«e next month. From the tone
of our California exchanges we sliould
judge th it Mr. llearst will be nomin
ated, ami if nominated that he will be
elected. Mr. Hearst is well known to
nearly all-West Hide "old timers," who
would lie pleased to sec the gentleman
auc.<eed in Ids candidacy for the po
sition which he is so eminently quali
fied io till. Mr. Hearst is,we understand
hugely interested in mining in nearly
all the Pacific States and Territorien
The Pennsylvania GreenIwckers
re
cently met in Harrisburg and lUHiiinat- ,
ed a tul State ticket. a ney adopted !
ra^ilut'oiis wld it favor the iasuing of
notes by tlie Governnieiit and making
tiicm a legal tender; denounce the
monopoly of money by the national
Im 11 X 1114 system; ojijKwe iiioiio|m>G in
traus|N»rtatioii and telegra|»liy; declare
that i*or|siraiions which are the creation
ofihefltat shall la* govenied by the
State in tlie interests of tlie people; de
mand the reservation of tlie public
i'lnls in luxing the vast amount now
ford it«*d by the great corjs»rations, for
actual settlers; demand such revisiou of
the laritl*a« slia I protect American lalmr
against |iau|»er x«*«l foreign labor, and
tnat all p.»y siiull be U|ioii the hasir of
eight liotirs of la.»or. None of the can
didates c.n hojie to he elected, as the
party jsilkd only 15,000 votes last year.
oar Gov
to Iw kl
tarn vote by wMrii H |
indicate« Iftt popularity
eovitiy aad Ikt H will
ta Uw 2*
t with little
te. II »ay
the bill will
ia law. Aaaag other duftes of
will bo those of fort
lag, pmteettag aud axeretetaga g in si
sa perv tetoa ovortbo
of the cm
portlag the dignity of the agricultural
ist. To fcarh these
jeete a provision was Inserted in the bill
demsndlag that the i
be a practical flamer. Why bo should
bs sa experienced tenner while su expe
rienced soldier is uot required ihr the
heed of the War Department m
a practical seaman for the N
vy Department Is not modo otei
to the average mind. Wo And i
fhalt with the provision. It is a step in
the right direction and should bo fol
lowed iu the seleettou of the heads of
other departments, "Wnothertbe
ttemau who framed the bill Intended to
bepertlouiarly careful of the internste of
the former or whether be indulged la a
little mroosm at tho expense of the
P rerideut'« advisers, te not," soys tho
Utica Observer, "known, but it te
tain tho word * practical' as applied to
the ftrture Secre ta ry, ie an «muring re
flection on the present cabinet. Tho
idea of a *pm tieaP man bringst tho
of tho Agricultural Departs
brings to mind a Frelinghuysen grown
gray In diptomaçy; a Lincoln ringed
with tho Are of bottle,* keen-eyed,
gaunt old veteran, skilled in the science
of war and versed in military history; a
Clumdler smelling of tar (instead of po
litical jobbery ) aud bearing on bis errat
a record of victory In bet naval
meats; a Howe with our postal service
at bis Angers' ends; a Teller distin
guished in the Senate which be had left
and an ardent advocate of cleanliness
in a department whieh he knew to
be tainted by a vicious Indian
policy and a eonaiva .ee with whole
sale robt*ery of land by railway corpora
tions; a Folger bred as a financier and a
Brewster practical enough to see through
the blunder of raising a cry of'fraud' in
South Carolina." Bat as it is so seldom,
now-o-days, a man is selected for bis pe
culiar fitness for the position which he
wool ed to fill that a departure of the
kind named in the bill will be hailed as
reform in the right direction. A
practical" former in the Cabinet with
hie horny hands, sun-tanned orow and
sturdy frame may not add to the m*
thetic appearance of that body, but lie
will bring to it a fund of sound, practi
cal sense, to which at times It seem« to
be a stranger. Let us have the practical
agriculturist in the Cabinet.
▲ NSW BOHEME.
Hinoe Jules Verne found play for
lively imagination in hie "Twenty
Thousand League« Under the flea,"
there have been those who have seri
ously considered the practicability of
building and operating a boat upon
much the same principles which gov
erned that in which the imaginative
kreuch author performed hi« wonder
ful voyagea. Cigar shaped boats made
to run under and upon water have been
talked of and written about until the
idea has taken pos ocun ion of some
minds not less imaginative than Mr.
Verne's that they may be made to * per
form quite as marvelous voyages as the
one which startled the monsters of the
deep under the guidance of the Frech
man's fancy. Among those who, It
sms, has indulged in theee dreams is
distinguished member of a German
Geographical 8ociety who proposes to
reach the North Pole in a cigar
shaped boat. Our dispatches do
not state whether the boat
Is to be propelled through the agency of
electricity or by steam but It is to be
supplied with air by a process which
will insure a sufficient quantity of tliat
essential while the boat is under water.
It is presumed also that the boat will
navigate under the ice when surface
sailing is obstructed by that barrier and
thus reach the North Pole in spite of
ice, wind and weather. While the idea
I« uot altogether an original one it cer
tainly is a dar. ng one and if there can
be found fools enough to furnish money i
to build the Imat and other fools to trust
is
their lives in it, we cannot see why the
one cannot part with his moneyaud the
part with Ills money and the
other with lita life upon a wild goose
chase in a cigar*ha|ied boat as well
in a vessel of common mould. It is
simply a matter of taste.
A new lint, styled "Over the Garden
Wall," is esaeutially the young ladies'
hat of tlie |»eri« d. It lias an enormous
brim, to lie tilted over the eyes and ta nt
up at tlie fork. It is denteil iu on tlie
crown, and trimmed round witli cas
cades of ficelle law, a huge cluster of un
mounted crimson roses, and two small
sunflowera.
Very large handkerchiefs for the
shoulders, made r soft tailed silk, I .or
dered with edelwris lace and fminied 011
the broad hem with trails of délicat«*
flowers In water niions will he worn this
summer over the pretty dresses of (few
er-brocaded muslins and satins made
with f oiuted and full panier overdress.
ing
vutaefl at $HBU,MHaai 7,147 town
lat$MM|772. lathe
ot improved Amain
rods with m,m val
ut $187,875. Bw
In Qnllalta. as tbs
■ which aro va'aed at
Beaverhead stands third and
Lewis and Clarke fourth in the vain« of
Improved latate. Silver Bowls the ninth
on the liât elelmlng only $176,fll worth
of improved lands while Coaler, Chotaan
and Dawson roaka a still
tag. In the vaine ot town-tote aad im
provements theroon Silver Bow li
the Net with Lewis aad Clarke sew
the form e r bring credited with $1,087,
7ft aad the latter with $1,041,
lallatta, Deer Lodge
follow In tho order
In whieh they are
Madieon takes the palm Ihr
leading with 10,49$, valued at
908.00; Lewie and Clarke leade in muiee
credited with 497, valued at
$81,486.00, ' while Meagher oounta the
having 97.426, valued at
The Territory beasts of 68,
n4 hones, 2£67 mules and sons, 260,402
sheep, 258,440 cattle, aad 8^47 hogs.
Meagher leads In eattlo with 65J34, val
at $1,021,142.00. Cboteau, Madison,
and Beaverhead follow in
number In tho order named. Deer
Lodge returns 2£1$ anus of patented
mining ground aad Meagher county
1,292 acres. The other counties in the
Territory nahe no reports of mining
ground patented.
In agricultural and grasing resources
Silver Bow county does not excel, but
she latgely leads any one of her sister
couuties in mineral résout ces. Tho
wed valuation of «hares of
k held by her ritisens amounts
to $241,726.09. Doer Lodge stands
second with $106,710, and Lewhand
Clarke third with $241,725, In value of
merchandise Lewis and Clarko lead«
with $617,105 and Silver Bow follows
with $579,006. Silver Bow has over
three-fifth« of all tho capital invested iu
manufactures in the Territory, there be
ing $376,850 placed to her credit, while
Deer Lodge ranks second with $50,540,
Beaverhead third with $40,140, and
Lewis and Clarke fourth with $28,350.
In tno amount of moneys and credits
Silver Bow wmnty stands find with $1,
067,445, with Lewis and Claris« second
with $536,000. The total aaaessiiient for
the year upon all kinds of prouerty in
the Territory amounts to $24,010,806.30,
being an increase over tho assemment of
1880 of $5,431,004.30. Silver Bow county
stands at the head of the lip- In taxable
property, leading -Lewie and CLrke
over $600,000. Tho rate of taxation in
tho several counties for the year 1881
wa as follows: Silver Bow and Custer,
22 mills -U the dollar; Missoula and Jef
ferson, 21 mil's on the dollar; Beaver
head, Lewis and Clarke and Madison,
18 mills on the dollar; Deer Lodge, 17;
Choteau, 16, and Gallatin and Meagher,
14 mills on the dolLr. The total net in
debtedness of the counties March lj 1881,
amounted to $678,880.72, an increase of
indebtedness for the preceding year of
$56,400.86. Silver Bow county is the
only county in tho Territory out of debt
Gallatin mises «core wheat, barley and
oats than any other county in the Ter
ritory, Deer Lodge leads in rye, Custer
in corn, Missoula ta buckwheat, Lewis
and Clarke in peas, and Madisu*] in po
tatoes. In vegetables Jefferson county
leaos with 506,000 pounds of cabbages,
Madison with 280,600 pounds of ruta
bagas aad 44,000 pounds of turnips.
Missoula mises three-fourths of all
the onions produced in the Ter
ritory, bring credited with 304,360
pounds. Deer Lodge leads in hay, cut
ting 13,841 tons, and Jefferson has the
greatest number of milch cows, bring
credited with 1,855, making 138.850
pounds of butter. Gallatin leads la
fruit trees, having 7,802; over half of
all there am in the Territory. Miesoula
is second and Madison third. Deer
Lodge leads in gross receipts from pla
cer mines, Madison is second sud
Meagher third. Silver Bow lends in
gross receipts from quarts mills, with
Deer Lodge seeoud. Missoula has six
grist rnilis, Gallatin five, Madison two |
i
tie
.BdJrtft«,.., Chute.« and I-ewta and ,
Clarke one each. Hilver Bow lead. In J
M^!' 1 h V 'Ü K 10 ! *• j
Madiwin and Meagher .landing thud,
wlth ^yen each. Th. r^ort .how. a
gratifyiug progra. uo.de in all the in- b,
duatriee punturd m tu:e Territory, am a
flattering inerte» ot twaWe 1 -teper.y
o\er the preceding year. Tlie aawwcd •
valuation of property m the Territory !
"■ K Wi " r "'' h 1
j
hMiom'^teS^llkiri^mt^a "real '
dee I of material, eight yard, of «Ik Ik
ing smueii mes cut up iu its waved plcat
ings; (lie effect,however, is very good.
New Pari« 4 *eiU called voilettes have
long ends tiuit flout like sails. They are
shirts of gauxe long enougli to a mil !
A SS" b ""* ^ ^ j
Dmrvxa, May 18» 1**
Sin—Before bidding good (ye to the
baaatlfhl rity ot Denver, I will aflaf
tiropros on your time .pad rond you a
fow notes in regard to'tho wind-up of
the five days' mess In this rity. Tho
meat began lost Saturday, the 18th tart
and rirosd tad*. Friday, tbri Mh
The average attendance daring *11
five days was not teas than three thous
and, and a m o ng all taoro
there were non# who enjoyed
arivea better than did Mm. T. and my
self. The weather was a little rainy at
Amt, bat was never daring the whole
time bad enough to interfere seriously
with the sport, or the sgorte, either.
Of the latter there has been an innu
merable number in attendan c e , from
Chicago, Kansas City, St Louis, St
Joe, Lead ville, Pueblo, and even from
ae for away as Arisons and New Mexi
co. Some weeks ago there was an in
flux of desperadoes who earns largely
from Arisons and New Mexico, where
the Rio Grande and Atchison, Topeka
aad Santa Fo railroads and Write,
Fargo 4 Co. worn making a desi-emte
effort to hunt down the seoundrote who
had eon verted everything into a reign
of terror and rapine. The crooks and
eonfldenes men were from Leedville
and Pueblo, whore determined raids
forcing them to emigrate In
The influx subsided, only to
commence again with renewed vigor.
At the present time It te estimated that
there are 400 crooked men, thieves, ban
kas and gamblers in the rity who were
not here a month ago. Tho moss
brought many of them, and the condi
tion in other cities helped to swell the
number. At first, when the hordes of
theee worthless characters began to pour
in from Torn! stone, Tucson, Triuida«
and Pueblo, many of them passée
through the city en route to the rieh
miueml fields of Idaho. You got
good many ot them in Butte, too, I
have np doubt.
But to return to the races. The tola
amount of pools sold was $7,506. The
pool privilege« sold for $2,500, and Tom
Mulfuller paid for the bar $2,000. These
figure« will give you some foist idea or
the success of the Denver spi ing meet.
One event much looked forward to
wss the double trotting race, in which
the three entries anuouuced were Silky
B. and Mila G., by Wilbur; Winsbip
and young Hiram by John Drew and
Johnny Trouble and Spinell« by Corri
gan. The Drew team led the pools,
Wilbur being cime for second choice
aud Corrigan third. Not until the first
heat h id been trotted was it discovered
in the "quarter stretch" that British
Silver aud the ma*e Ulster had been
substituted for Trouble and Spindle.
Then there was a general kicking and
trouble and a diving for takers to
"hedge" ou bets. Trouble, the readers
of the Miner will remember, trotted at
the September races in Butte last fall,
named by|B. c. Hally, and with a
record of 2.35}, and was in the trotting
race of the 8th of that month defeated
by Black Diamond. John Drew's Win
sbip and Young H«nrn won the last
heat und the race, with scarcely an ef
fort.
Anothor trotting event took place
yesterday, which caused great expecta
tions. It wss a trot «galant 2:50 time,
the best ever made west of the Missouri
river, l»y Young Hiram and Winship,
in double barn ess. Drew drove the
team and won, making the first half in
1:25 and the mile in 2:49. Winship be
haved badly, breaking continually, but
Young Hiram trotted without a skip or
break from tho start.
SUMMARY.
Major Winsbip h. b., and Young
Hiram, bl. h., John Drew, driver. 1
Best time for double team west of
Missouri river, 2:50....................... 2
Time, 2:49.
More anon. Yours,
T-d.
P- S.— I do not know how the water
Is, but the whisky is good. The people
are looking forward tor the "Butte Min
strel Troupe."
A San Francisco dispatch says that
the King of the Sandwich Islands in
hi« speech at the recent opening of the
Legislative Assembly of the Islands re
ferred to his reception in various coun
4
to
tries during Ids recent to*.r and attribu- !
,
<■»« <>f th« «Lief ol.jwli'io '
tie attained, ....................•
Uouri.hln K condition of vari.«..
inilu^riea mainly to tlie nciimwlty
trenty with America. He consldcn n
thoroughly organised avriem of familv '
„..migmtlon .me of the «trief «1. «Ù te !
b, ..taine.1, moommemling te|«ei,lly !
thePortug.*of the Atert/l,, Z,,y .
the.pe.el. the ateemhlv .uggt^«! the
propriety of looking to cognate race an
| mlll , KrMnta . The !
***'« hnndend on to ron. I
Islands must have immigrai on to tup- :
ply it« working lore.- ». the native pop- !
ulttlion is fast disappearing I store a dis- fro
JJT Î 1 ' *"hereditary. The
pjtei the wim. "».Ä «"it
nize tli«* fact that . race |s«M--es<«iug «
hi-her order of civilization niuat take
their place. Heuce their cull lor a edg
uate race,
-
A«:: 1 ,,'«
^ cuvwed wtau
an
Mhy 1«.
sal Ban
es it
any
1«.— The Mil to
king A es n ria
existence,
, provides
k 'Amoriatfon
nmv at any tints within two years next
to irtotoof—o
nr nfiflflMHim. fine BUMl uavE eab»
fiMMmriMoSindad period , uniras*
dimolved by act of thcobareboldefB
Ing two-thirds of tho stock, or unie
franchise h» been forfeited by ■
20
period
In add articles
, and shall have existence
sooner
own
unie» its
some no
tion of law. Such amendment of tho
articles of the association must be au
thorised by consent, in writing, of
shareholden owning not te» than two
thirds of tho capital rioek.
See. S refera to the doty of tho Comp
troller of Currency In the premises of
providing for a special examination into
theaflklr of each sssoristlon, should ho
deem it necessary.
See. 4 bm reference to tho jurisdiction
of salts by or against National banking
associations, placing such suits on the
same footing In respect to jurisdiction
as salts by or against private hanks.
See. 5 provide* that when any Nation
al banking association has amended its
articles of association as provided in this
act, and the Comptroller has granted
hie certificate of approval, any share
bokler not assenting to such t mend
ment may give notice In writing to the
directors within thirty days from the
date of tho certificate of approval, of his
desire to withdraw from said associa
tioln, In whieh esse bo shall bo entitled
towitbdmw the vaine of the «lieras so
i>eid by him*
Sec. 6 provides for the issuing of new
circulating notes to take the place of the
old.
See. 6. That circulating notes of any
association «0 extending the period of
itseneceselon. which «hall be issued to
it prior to such extension, shall be re
deemed at the Treasury of the United
States, as provided in section -8 of the
set of June 20, 1874, entitled "An act
fixing tho aiuouut of United States
notes, and providing for the redistribu
tion of national bank currency, and for
other purooMes;" aud such notes when
radei mea sh« II be forwarded to the
Comptroller of Currency ami destroyed,
as now provided by law, and when the
amount of such notes shall be reduced
to five per cent, of the capital stock of
the baux issuing the same, the associa
tion extended snail dejiotiit lawful
money with the Treasurer of the United
States sufficient to redeem all of Its out
standing circulation as provided in sec
tions 5,222, 6,224 and 5,225, Revised
Statt tes, and any gain that may arise
from failure to present such circulating
note for redemption «hull inure to the
benefit of the United States, aud from
time to time as such notes are redeemed
or lawful money deposited therefor, us
provided by law, such notes shall be
new cirrulajiug notes bearing such de
vices to be approved by the Comjv
troller of currency as shall make them
readily distinguishable from circulat
ing notes heretofore issued, provided,
however, that each hanking association
which shall obtain a benefit of this act
shall pay the cost of pre|iaring plate or
plates for such new circulating notes as
shall be issued it, and all other costs in
cident to the substitution of sucii new
circulating notes for old ones in addi
tion to the tax now imposed on bank
ing associations by law.
flee. 7 has reference to such banks as
do not desire to extend their charters,
and extends its franchises to such asso
ciations for the sole pur|iose of liquidat
ing their affairs until such affairs are
finally closed.
flee. 8 is In the following words: That
the national hunks now organized, or
hereafter organized, uaving a capital of
$150,000 or less, shall not be required to
keep on deposit with the Treasurer of
the United States 1 onds in excess of
$10,000 as security for their circulating
notes, and such of those banks having
on deposit fonds in excess of that
amount are authorized to reduce their
circulation.
flee. 9 provides that any National
banking association desiring to with
draw its circulating notes, upon deposit
of lawful money with the Treasurer of
the United States, at provided in section
4 of the act of June 20, 1874, entitled
An act fixing the amount of United
States notes," providing for the «distri
bution of the Natioual bank currency
and for other purposes, shall be required
to give forty days 9 notice to the Secreta
ry oT its intention to deposit lawful
money and withdraw its ci 1 ** 1 « luting
"'Äff* P rovWe d thot not more than live
millions of lawful money suall be depos
ited during any calendar month for this
purpose, and provdetl further tliat the
ironisions of this section shall not apply
o the bonds called for redemption bv
the Secretary of the Treasury, but when
bond« are called for redemption banks
holding such called bonds shall surren
der ttaMii within thirty duys nfter nmtu
rity . 1 their call.
flee. 11 provides that, on deposit of the
Imnds, the association making the same
shall be emitted to receive trom the
^ n ' p i r f ° ,Ier ? f currency the circulation
notes of equal amount to 9 |>er cent of
, î lMrk i et value, not exe 'ed
l*r, or u. 8. bonds, so transferred and
Stes* «SI— 51. 71 auil
I» tonu^at iny Ui.ie
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««endatory. " U ° f whlch u b
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' rbe »evere
cl-ril. .nil. i.tl ______________
SÄaüf.&ü "««•*«• The
an<I : impie tailor-made
rilTfiJlhi?te "lîTu , ,
hn'dd ln.te«d of the t^Ml eum^.r t|" r
fro *5 8 »°n> on the jackets.
Wteln" t' 1 * indelieate test mony
as in, sa.\s a New Haven
altout tire Malloy trial "..m AL?T*S 1
*izzzz**,
-U. "n^k";:;!
sjiectators left the court'room."^ le
» ,n p *y*n«uth county,
an Hind her. 8h. we.^aCundT"
to
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to
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(goto.
SUto Penitential^ «n Jinfe
on both «Mm of the AthiSu 1 *«
qualnted,and them
numberol tin.«. | t bTC'ÏÏ**
|Mri«M 1 reformer,to
or readers to tears or r»» "1 *42
singti*e question of
ment. He is the German
graphically drnerlM Tù E+U
chapter or Dickens'« "An«*u£5to|
Itniav beas well to
novelist's own word«: 1 **$*
In the outskirts stund« a
called the Eastern l»eiiit«5ïL> l S
ducted on a ulan peculiar to
Pennsylvania. The system
id, striri and hopeiem^«^^
ment. 1 believe it in its etSL! 91 ^
cru , I and wrong. In its intTSj? *
well convinced ihat it i« kiudffJ**
and meant for reformation WT 11 »
persuaded tliat those who deJjL 1 **
system of prison di*-ipU o r«ïd >
benevolent gentlemen wEr
it Into execution do not kan» ll "ï
It Is tlrnt they are doing. 1 tSbl
very few men aie cajole I**
the immense amount of torturT«^ ^
ouy which tills dreadfel
prolonged for ye » w intlic.s uwm
fere«, and in guessing at it
in reasoning trom what I
written upon their faces, snd wl^ 1
my certain knowledge they r,«|
I am only the more convinced that ,1
is a depth of terrible endumn««^
which none but the suflera* thaLl
can fathom, and which no msTT.
?£ h L l V.!! ,l,U ? upon hu * lellow-wi 1
I hold this slow and daily tsiaJ?
with the mysteries of the bifSgJf
measurably worse than any torturJ ;
the body, and because its ghmtk
and tokens are not mi jjaliiable to iu
eye and seuse of touch as «cars uiwutu
flesh—because its nound*are mît nZ
the surface, and it extorts lew cries th«
human ears can l«w«r; tlien*f»n; 11
ncHiuee t as the m«rese» retpuni«li„h W
which humanity is not r<mml
* * *, Iwesnwip.
nied to this prison by two irantleaL
officially connected with it* nm!l
nient, and jmssed tue day in going rata
eell to cell uud talking w« ( || tlie intuat^.
Every facility was attbrded me that ti*
utmost iiwirtesy could stigue*t. Nothing
was concealed ot hidden iront nay virv
aud every piece of in ioriaiati«»u * tliat j
sought was openly and trunkly pi
* * * In unotiier cell thrir
was a German sentenced to five year,
im prison meut for laneiiv, tw«of»lu.h
liad just expired. With'coior* procurd
from tlie yarn with which lie workd
lie liad I'Minted every iueli of the wuls
and ceiling quite beuntiluliy. He U
lahl out the lea' feet of ground liehiiid
will) exquisite neatness, and had nuni«
a neat little otd iu tlie centre that kmk
ed, by the by, like u grave. The la*
und ingenuity lie hud displayed in tv
erthing were most cxturoniiiiary, aini
3'et a mole dejecttil, heartI'rokm.
wretched creature it would he difficult 1«
imagine. I never saw such a picture ni'
forlorn affliction and di.-tns* of uiiinl.
My.hen it bled for him, ami when the
tears ran down his cheeks, ami in* b«« a
one of tlie visitors aside to a»k, with
net vous hands nervo'isly clutcliitig at
his coat to detain him whether llierv
was any hope for lus dismal m-nte»ee
being commuted, the spe»*ta«*le was red
ly too jiainful to wime>s. I never w»
or heard of any kind of misery that im
pressed me more than Lite wretchedm*
of this man."
Fifteen | ages of Dickens's hook arv
devoted to the descripti«*n of liisvwt t«
the prisou ami the denunciation of tin
system be saw in force there. LaK
heimer was first sent up on tiie l*>tii
May, 1840 , for live years, ami it »>
while serving out that time fur hmviiv
that Dickens saw him. Since that time
he lias served five other terms in tn?
same prison and two or three in the
county jail. I11 1877 Iu* concluded tut
he would go out to Michigan and t r >
tanning on a place owned by his s 'Ii-ib
law, aud constqueiitly ou his release 1
benevolent gentlemen paid his fare 1#
the West. In fleptendier, 1 M 7 S, theie
was received at tlie Eastern Peuiteiiti*
ry a better signetl by CTiarles Ijanzltenaj
er asking the insist tors if they w» i«
receive the writer ag: in int« tb^ »jsiitu*
tit n; aud if they would, to send hi«
some means to aid liim in getting 's * 1
to Philadelphia from Michigan. In*'*
letter,Langheimer said that ein«y w
left tlie Penitentiary lie had been l««*"
lier than he was in it, und that lie wj
not felt as much at home watiderme
about as he did while in his cell »
"Cherry Hill." No answer was re*une
ed to this remarkable letter, as the J ,r ^
on authorities foi.dly Ii«*»h *«1 th« 11
would not Ik* able to get * '«'**'
Michigan. A month <»r live wick sum.
however, they were ihaumd V r '
severe disapiMiintment. as wi!m>s •
extract from the Phi!a«ldp!da Jim*
October 13 , 187 .S: . , .
Yesterday morning Mayor M«»kic •
door-hell was rung vigorously.
small-sized old man. whose "''*
gre features were framed in !-h«*-cn»
|H*d gray wliiskers and bail'
surmounted by a him* cap. st ,MM * .
him and aiiiiounccd liimsclf t*» K * '
noted prisoiuT. IΫ* said ii«'
promised work, ami willed the ^
to give Itim a tinancial lift.
persistent that be was -e*it awav m
Central station in cusrody. * -.j,
ein Is were iionphissc«l wba! t'» V° , - ,
him, and at lirst thought «•» -emlini- '
to tlie House of C'orm ti"n. * *-•
Magistrate »Sind it made «ml n,l, ' , v .
ment for diaries I.angbclua r. M '''.
live years ohi. of N<*. lîichnieiiM^j
to the eountv prison i*i « • lllHl |
iwiil to keep the |H*at*c. Them 1 ' j,
lias no relatives in lid- vi«'U !,! >-, ^
speaks of tli Penitentiary a
heretofore as soon as ivhsro ''- . (
walk l»ol<llv into olliivs am«
in order t«» Is* s»-nt back asin
ine ,
11 id
tin*
tii
.-r*i '
heretofore as
walk
tiling
Lamrhoiincr's c II is «>uc
places of the Penitentiary. ""J .
be ad in iMul that hi-* hisroiy ''11^*-.
last forty vtars civcs a fr*-*»t "
it
n I*
yuirs givt>
the liu-e to tlie reader- ai. , (I
who have all through that | M l ' l '"..|,j ( .i i
e<l or wept over the sorrows ,| lt .
ens's Prisonei," and < i t »•« 1 1 iJ* " 1 •
mostdamning evidence o* t** v '
ness of solitary eoiilincim iit-