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fled from there and came back to his pa-
reu*s. Several weeks since he came to Mr.
MoUohee’s, ^ently insane, and has been !
growing mi ’..lent ever since. Before I The Tragic Story of the Astor Place Riot,
burning the <e, he shot Mr. McGehee
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with a shot — loaded with small shot, at
about fiftet oes, the load taking effect
too low down ... inflict a dangerous wound.
A warrant was sued out before County Judge
O’Neal on Thursday, and a posse went in
Bearch of tho madman and fonud him at Mr.
Ben King’s, about eight miles eonthwest of
this place, where the posse secured him and
carried him in irons to Seal late; Thursday
evening, and confined him in jail for the
■night. He was to have had an examination
Friday morning.”
LETTER FROM JUDSiE JACKSON’.
- ' Affairs in Georgia.
rtcei p !d at Columbus show a total of
", 0 f cotton. The factories at
. s have taken 8,900 bales, a decrease
‘f'iil hales against last year for the same
r j The stock of cotton by actual count
j 0 *. jho 1st of June is four thousand and
I ^tj.two bales.
Twenty-seventh District have put
I as nominees tor the Constitntional
■ut.ou: Andrew Jackson, of Ocqnee;
r harrow, of Clarke; T. A. Gibbes, of
£ .„ a - J. U. Pace amt O. S. Porter, of
j ]0 au( l E. B. Rosser, of Rockdale. It
■' , 1)0 ’j ticket, and will carry the Twenty-
",. h District swimmingly.
f MiilcJgevhle and Sparta are going to have
Rase bail tilt, and among those betting
| j s s to be four to ond on the old
In Which lie Billow* that Governor Smith
wna Vlieiclormed a* to Certain Thing*—
Hi* Version of the Advice Given Gov
ernor Colquitt.
ben.
W. s. Holt, of Macon, is acting as
] . t of the Western and Atlantic Rail
• (jufiog the absence of Gov. Brown,
•j, p ;jC5 home every Saturday.
Sr. C. D. Griswold, of the United States
ji-h 0-.:u mission, passed through Maeoa
-siuri morning with one hundred thou-
iaud v,.u:ig shad, which he is takiug to Mil-
'-; -eviiic t > turn loose in the Oconee river,
• hatched on tho Susquehan-
-jrivur, and were all healthful and lively on
their arrival there.
Ae the wife of Joe Butts, a colored man
ring near the magazine, in Macon, went to
. _ him ss usual, about four o’clock Satnr-
,v mnruing, she found that he was oold
M j tt.ii in death. He had died very
.,...■ : during the night, probably of heart
! Angus'.a is getting anxious on the light
iui:. The Lamp Committee of Conncil
. renewed the contract with the Gas
g. m, any on the basis of twenty dollars per
ha;i ; < annum. The new contract with
tUGis Company saves about three thous-
J: j five hundred dollars on the light ques
tiu'J.
Th are houest convention men selected
fr.mi. counties of Clay, Torrell and Rau-
: pii: R. E. Kennon. of Clay; L. C. Hoyle,
of Terrell; A. Hood, of Randolph; H. A.
CritterideD.
If our convention friends will place the
aline uf tho Senatorial district to which-the
nominations apply they will do a good busi
ness. fit ?ro are forty-four Senatorial die
tr e.v; j, net members of the Constitutional
L ive ition; of these, twenty-five have been
Lt-i: 1 from, which give an unmistakable in-
ii, .'..,n that the convention wilt be called.
In Taiiaferro a negro girl undertook to
urn out some snakes and came near burn-
rag out the farm of Mr. J. T. Mann. The
■ rd from the girl is that she is still
runuiug.
iV.F. M. Groenway, one of the informers
■m revenue raids in Gilmer, was shot in the
b.-el by some unknown person a few days
ago.
A Troup county farmer has put thirty-five
hundred p inn Is ot fertilizers on an acre or
corn, and is going to turn himself loose on
that r. ito.li aud see how much he can make.
In Brooks county rain is very much
needed. The gardens are almost ruined for
the want of the “early and the latter ram.’
Tue May term of Quitman Superior Court
,env u>.-ee negroes to the penitentiary. Jim
Davis wen up for four years, Sam Dozier
gives fifteen years of his valuable time, and
John Daniels works for three years for
burglary. Tlie mills grind slow, hut awful
flue.
The farmers of Harris county are prer
paring to cut wheat. The crop prospect is
good.
The Twenty-fifth Senatorial District made
the following nominations for the Constitu
tional Convention: Hudson, Mobley, Willi*,
Gorman, Flewellen and Dickey. They are a
whole team and will carry tho convention
straight to the Kimball House.
Xsxt Tuesday, 12th inst., the question
wiii he definitely settled as to whether Geor
gia is to havo a constitution, framed by her
own people, or one fixed up by Bullock,
fatty Harris,and other impecunious carpet
baggers.
This is the political complexion of Henry
county: “The
Hon. James JacksoD, in a communica
tion to the Atlanta Constitution, notices
references made to himself in Governor
Smith’s late letter addressed to Governor
Colquitt. Judge Jackson says that
Governor Smith is mistaken in saying
that he (Judge J.) prior to Governor
Colquitt’s making his decision, advised
him to get the testimony of Governor
Smith on the case before paying the “big
fee.” In reference to Governor Smith’s
information that Judge Jackson had
counselled Governor Colquitt to submit
the whole case to the Judges of the
Supreme Court for their opinion, Judge
Jackson says:
On the day the Governor ordered the
money paid, I chanced to be in his office.
Whether, at the moment of our conver
sation, he had already passed the order,
or was then about to do so, I do not
know. He had certainly determined on
his course, for he told me during the con
versation. Nor do I remember whether
he or I started the conversation on that
subject, but it arose in some way, and I
distinctly remember stating to him that
I felt anxious that he should make no
mistake about so important a matter, as
his personal and political enemies would
gladly seize any pretext to question his
motives and criticise bis conduct, and I
asked him, “Are you sure that you are
well grounded in what you are doing.
Have you the evidence before you,
and are you satisfied about the
contract?” He then replied that
he had Gariington’s and Alston’s affidavits
and Baugh’s letter, all of which set out
the contract distinctly, besides written
evidence iu the office. I then said:
“What does Governor Smith say about
it? Had you' not, by way of abundant
caution, better have his recollection of
the contract ?” He replied that he had
the contract in writing over the signature
of Governor Smith endorsed upon a con
tract made between Col. Baugh and Gen.
H. It. Jackson, to the' effect that the
State was to be at no additional expense,
that the rights of other agents should be
iu no wise altered by that contract, and
that the sum paid to all the agents of the
State should not exceed 25 per cent, on
the amount she received. He further
said that BuUock’s contract was
121 per oent., to include $3,000
paid Baugh in cash, but that
when other agents or attorneys wer9 em
ployed, in addition to Baugh, Garlington
and Alston, Governor Smith had then
increased the fee to twenty-five per cent
that he did not think it unreasonable that
such a contraot should have been made in
view of the uncertain prospect of col
lecting anything, and the additional fact
that ail expenses were to be borne by
the agents, and that their compensation
was wholly dependent on success; that be
was satisfied from the evidence that such
was tho contract made by his predeces
sors, and that good faith required him to
carry it out. Of course I said nothing
more; nor could I, agaiust such evidence
of file, as I understood, in the Executive
office.
My entire conversation with the Gov
ernor was a mere incident—rapid and
scon over. I think that the above em
braces its substance, perhaps the very
letter of it. Not a word was said in dis
paragement of Governor Smith. On the
contrary, Governor Colquitt seemed to
think that his predecessor had not acted
unwisely; that he had acted • right in
making the whole fee contingent upon
success, and therefore necessarily larger;
that Governor Smith doubtless felt that
if the State gets anything it must be as a
sort of waif—a piece of good luck-
picked up as it were in the street—and in
:he event that she did not succeed with
out incurring any expense, she ought to
pay her agents liberally; an din this view
Governor Colquitt, far from excepting to
the policy or action of Governor Smith,
seemed to concur in its propriety.
A Connecticut Borgia Escapes from
Prison.
It was discovered Wednesday morning
by Warden Hewes, cf the Wethersfield
prison, Hartford, Conn , that Mrs.
Lydia Sherman, of Derby, the woman
sentenced for life four and a
. . . , who was
convention enthusiasm is I p, a |f years ago for poisoning her husband
.; ground here every day, and it is be- | w leaned. It seems that the matror
lievt- l mat Henry county will go lor the
convention by a popular vote.”
Morgan .county speaks in terms not to be
ffiidtaaen, and at a recent convention they
Mr: “It wouid not be advisable to en-
cotu . or invite into our midst a class of
poor and ignorant emigrants as laborers,
tearing that such would become burtben-
!Ciae to our people, and receive no beuefit
iron: sues removal themselves. But we
heart!y encourage and invite as settlors in
<n)r midst, industrious, energetic men, with
bone ami .blew, muscle and brain combined,
with sufficient capital to purchase or rent a
small pnrcel of land, to conduct a small farm
ing business, and aa.pjucU uiore as possible,
•" . the i.iacliine’ry ia running order.
TVe need a class of immigrants who can
sml »iil prepare and pat under cultivation
»w vtastc lands, with a view to raising such
it - ui.d production- as can be produced
■ r : . ■ consumption especially men who
"iu t ivert the timber now growing in our
iuto farming implements, and
>h" Muijos articles of comfort and necessi-
ly iii ".v mauuiactured in distant places ; men
"ho a-;.: de,'cion the mineral wealth now
i; M and uselers ; men who will employ
-r ... riils in the manufacture of flour,
c - oh and other needful articles.”
Mi., from the Sparta 'limes and. Planter
, cage . -‘The papers are glowing
nuts of the l’ress Convention and
H'ui.i-ultur&l Fair at Tbomasville last week.
'•Ye iv giad to learn that the brethren were
so rojuliy entertained, a 1 -*! feel sorry that
nther tininess prevented our attendance. ’
Tim Sparta t’liili’J and Planter says; “On
Saturday everting there was a run off on the
rv -i . i at this place which interfered for
*o::,e time with the regular running of the
trail,. It seems that after passing the
»*'ich tiie engine drawing the train from
f ■ ‘ ran off the track, carrying with it
■ istal and express car. The engine,
** r » tlie track at the spot were badly
tori: up. YVe are glad to be able to state
7.: nobody was hurt. Dr. Lovick Pierce
•’ s ' ■ 7 the pas-enger coach, which did not
lf *vo me track.”
Mu. >n Telegraph: “At a meeting of tlio
^irvciurs oi the Alacon and Brunswick Bail-
; ! ' n June let, the resignation of Capt.
»• A. iIrint, Superintendent, was received.
"O'. H. M. Drane was appoiutod actiBg
•vaot-rmtendeut, pro lem. There will be a
m'-tnjg agaiu during the present week,
4U 'I iTobabiy permanent appointments
made.”
■ is a satisfactory Idea of a good boy
“° Writes about a picnic : “First wo bad
son.f. j-taonade and sponge cake ; then we
; :a -’thd.ty cake and ice cream; then we
* : u of mixed candies and some nice
" u "Mite; and then we had some more
■77| <,mde and birthday cake and caramels ;
■ ti n Hattie Thomas and I iiad an awful
7 ’i—die,arul Johnnie’s mother and Miss
mixed a big glass full of peppermint
and after they made Hattie and me
J?all we could of it, they gave the rest
' M'l:id to tlie others,and Johnnie’s mother
• s he guessed we had better go home.”
ij^ework of a maniac is thus described
Mi Columbus Enquirer : “On Wednes-
w M^’Sht last the house of Mr. Thomas J.
. MMiee, n ejlr PerkinB’ mill, ou the Mobile
‘ Girard Railroad, was Bet ou fire by his
named Virgil King. The house and
T^tythiog in it was burned, Mrs. McGehee
“-aping iu her night clothes, without
°r bonnot, -and Mr. M. in nearly the
in \i° con< idion. The parents of King live
is ,. a ' 1 i 0n or Stewart county, Georgia. It
Lot, 7 • ke has been confined in the
wtc tliIia -Asylum, where be married. He
, .; released from the asylum, and shot
“her his brother-in-law or father-in-law,
had escaped. It seems that the matron
of the prison, Mrs. Waterhouse, who has
been a long time in the position, was
careless enough in locking up last night
to leave the only iron door to the female
department unlocked. The buildings
are undergoing repairs, and the wily
Lydia took advantage of the moment and
left the establishment. Officers are
scouring the State for her, but up to this
writing she is at liberty. The matron
has been discharged.
Mrs. Sherman’s case will be remem
bered as one of the most horrible in re
cent criminal annals. Her victims, ac
cording to her confession, made at the
time or her conviction, numbered ten, all
being killed by poison, because, as she
said, “they would be better off in the
other world.” She poisoned in this man
ner in the order named, her first hus-
J I band, Edward Struck, iu New Jersaj-;
Martha Ann, her six year old child; Ed
ward, her son, four years old; George
Whitfield, another son, fourteen years
old- Ann Elizi, another child; Lydia, still
another child, whose murder the un
natural mother does not admit; Mr.
Hurlburt, of Huntingdon, Conn., her
second husband; Franky, the little son of
her third husband, Sherman; Ada, Mr.
Sherman's daughter; and, lastly, Mr.
Sherman himself. For this last crime
she was convicted and sentenced.
Ex-Mayor Lambert, of Brooklyn, N.
Y who defrauded his sister-in-law and
her family out of some forty thousand
dollars has made a very bumble con
fession to the church of which he is a
member. He does not, however, merely
that he is sorry, but he announces
his intention of goffig to work, and if he
can of making money enough to pay
these most improperly contracted debts.
—
[From Alger’s “Life of Forrest.’ ]
On the evening of May 7, 184‘J, lb-
cready was to appear in “Macbeth” at the
Astor Place Opera House. The entire au
ditorium was crowded with au assembly
of the most formidable charactet, re
solved that tho actor should not be suf
fered to play his part. There were com
paratively few of the friends of Macready
present, most of the seats being secured
by the hard-handed multitude, who had
made the strife an affair of classes, and
were bent on putting down the favorite
of what they called the kid-gloved
and silk-stockinged gentry. It is
disagreeable thus to recaU these
odious distinctions, but the truth of
history necessitates it. Suffice it to say
that the tragedian was overwhelmed
with hisses, yells, derisive cries, followed
by all kinds of missiles. Chairs were
hurled from the gallery, smashing upon
the stage. When at was found that life
was in danger, the curtain was lowered
and the performance abandoned. Ma
cready proposed to break his engagement
and return to England. But the press
condemned in the most scorching terms
the outrage which had been done him,
and insisted that he should appear again,
and should be upheld at aDy cost. A
letter was also sent him. signed by forty-
eight gentlem n, including many of the
most eminent and influential name? in the
city, urging him to continue his perform
ances, and promising him the support of
the community. He consented to repeat
the trial.
In the meantime, the Courier and In
quirer had openly accused Forrest of
being the author of the violent scenes on
the evening of the 7th, but convinced of
its error, and threatened with libel, had
immediately retracted and amply apolo
gized for the slan-ier. Forrest had no
share of any kind in these proceedings.
The worst that can be said of him is that
he refused to interfere to prevent the
threatened violence. He sternly refused
to interfere in the slightest degree with
the strife which had now detached itself
from him and fastened itself on
the community, and was raging
between its top and bottom. The
defiant and scornful tone of the
press towards those whom it called
rabble, rowdies, lower classes, greatly in
censed them, and called forth the counter
epithets—lordhngs, English clique, cod
fish aristocracy. It was ptrfc-ctly plain
that a fearful tempest was brewing. Both
parties made preparations accordingly.
The enemies of the Englishman placarded
the city with inflammatory hand bills;
and, on the othor hand, the civic authori
ties detailed five hundred policemen to
the scene of trial, and ordered two regi
ments of soldiers to be under .arms at
their quarters.
Ou the evening of the 10th of May,
Forrest was acting the “Gladiator” in the
Broadway Theatre, when Macready at
tempted to act “Macbeth” in the Astor
Place Opera House. The latter house had
been so well packed by its friends with
stalwart men that the Bowery boys who
were able to get seats found themselves
in a most decided minority. Still, they
were numerous enough to make a chaos of
diabolical noises when the curtain rose,
whereupon the most of them found them
selves incontinently hustled out into the
street. But their party was too strong,
and filled now with too terrible a tern -
per to be thus easily circumvented.
The mob instantly assailed the theatre in
front and rear. The thundering plunges
with which they rushed against the doors
shook the building, and volleys of stone
shattered the barricaded windows, while
the shouts aud yells of the crowd might
be heard a half mile away. Meanwhile
the Seventh Regiment of the National
Guard was marching to the spot. It was
received with sooffs and hoots, clubs and
paving stones. The officers, both civil
and military, used every exertion to quiet
the rioters and avoid the final
alternative of shooting upon them.
All was vain. The more they harangued,
expostulated, entreated, warned, threat
ened, themidder tho mob seemed to grow.
Already a large number of the soldiers
were disabled by severe wounds, and it
appeared as if soon their thronging assail
ants might wrench their weapons from
them. At last the reluctant order was
given by General Hall, “Fire!” A sin
gle musket replied. The mob laughed in
derision and pressed forward. General
Sanford repeated, “Fire !” Only three
shots followed the word. Col. Dnryea
shouted, “Guards, fire!” The whole
volley instantly flashed forth with that
sharper and heavier report which distin
guishes the service charge from the mere
powder and paper of field-day. The glare
lit up a sea of angry faces. For an in
stant were clearly seen the human forms
clustered on the steps and roofs of the
adjacent buildings, the broken lamps and
windows in front, the billowing multitude
spread through the square and streets—
and then all was dark. The mob broke
and fled, leaving thirty dead ’bodies ou
the ground, and as many severely wound
ed. The law by its armed force vindi
cated its authority at the cost of this
frightful tragedy, and taught the passion
ate and thoughtless populace a lesson
which it is to be hoped no similar circum
stances will ever caU for again.
I wss
I
The current paragraph to tke effect
US 7- bo* “ »•
, General Hampton did not know of
[ 6 “\e«:vement uEtil the battle was
over. _ „ -
Dialogue between ths Sultan and an
old officer, privileged by fils age and loDg
^Sire! I am exfiausedby tfie labors wfiicfi
mv oo’sition exacts of me.
Very well; i am going to g iv ® ®
place in which you will have nothing to
(ip pay master. Picayune.
a crtrl sixteen years old has been ap-
f ®. j ft sohool teacher in Fortsmouth,
&°H having dome off victor in an ex
amination over throe older and more ex
perienced competitors^
fln Wednesday morning last an nn-
, (Ja ' ,„„ n tt-as found lying dead on the
known, man ° atreet) New
x^iTwith a bullet hole in his temple
2ft Sharp’ 8 revolver lying by hia Bide.
Hon. B. H. Hill’s Speech.
In response to a request, Mr. Hill made
a speech in the court nouse yesterday. It
was masterly and eloquent. We cannot
give even a synopsis of it, owing to a
want of time; but we propose to publish
in full next week what he said about a
Constitutional Convention. Here are
substantially the grounds he took :
A large portion of the people were dis
satisfied with the constitution; that thou
sands wtra not allowed to vote on it; that
it was made under dictation from Wash
ington city, through military authority;
that it brands the late war as a rebellion,
thus insulting the living and dishonoring
the patriotic dead; that it declares that
paramount allegiance is due by every
Georgian to the National Government,
while each government is supreme in its
sphere and in perfect harmony, and no
one desires to restore the dootrine of se
cession; that no convention could destroy
a vested light, nor destroy a homestead
right that has become vested.
The speaker hes been over the State a
good deal and thought that the conven
tion would not destroy the homestead,
but would give the people a better and
more permanent one. He is in favor of
a homestead wisely ordered and properly
guarded, and of its coming down to
children and children’s children forever.
The present homestead is almost worth
less. Any husband can waive his wife’s
homestead for anything and most obliga
tions contain a waiver of the homestead.
The expenses of our State Government
are enormous and only a convention can
com ct this evil. The clerk hire of the
Legislature is about $27,000 per annum
enough to pay for the convention.
A large audience greeted Mr. Hill, and
gave him the strictest attention for an
hour aud forty minutes.—LaGrange Re
porter, 31s< ult.
A Scout’s Adventure.
When the Federal army occupied Cul-
S pepper Court House and the Confederate
I army lay in Orange county, Virginia,
j Gan. Lee desired certain information
i which it seemed could be best obtained
by an individual scout, and Stringfel'ow
was selected for the service. It was nec
essary that he should penetrate the en
emy's camps, remaining concealed as long
as possible, and return when he had col
lected the desired information. His opera
tions were to be conducted-mostiy at night.
He wished to be accompanied by two
men. one of whom, Farrish by name, had
his home in the mmediate vicinity of the
enemy’s camps, and, being intimately ac
quainted with all the country, could ac
curately guide him from place to place
in the night as by daylight. The
expedition was undertaken on foot,
as the distance was not great and conceal
ment was of prime importance. The
men were clad in their own uniform as
scouts, not spies. The country was a
difficult one for the operations of a
scout. From the long and frequent oc
cupation by both tho contending armies
the land had been almost entirely denud
ed of its timber, and only here and there
a few thin clusters of trees remained
standing. One day had passed since
they hid entered the enemy line, aud
witn nightfall they commenced their
wanderings among the hostile camps,
mainly with the purpose of locating the
different corps, and of ascertaining
whether any troops had been detached
from the Army of the Potomac. The
night had b£en nearly consumed in this
way when reaching one of the clusters
of trees, of which I have spoken, they
laid themselves down to catch a few mo
ments’ rest. A single blanket covered
the three men.
Treacherous, fatal sleep! Their fa
tigue was greater and the night was
further spent than they had supposed,
and the sun was shining bright in their
eyes, when a party of six Federal sol
diers with their muskets in their hands,
pulled away the blanket which covered
them, and saluted them with a humorous
“Good morning, Johnny Reb! wake up!”
Stringfellow, lying upon his back, was
the first to arouse and to comprehend the
situation. Knowing that an open at
tempt to seize his arms would draw upon
himself instant death, he feigned to be
only half awakened, and, much to the
amusement of his tormentors, tnmed
upon his side, muttering and grumbling
at being awakened, teUing them to
go way and let him alone. But
by turning upon his side he gave
to himself the opportunity of placing
his hand unobserved, upon the handle
of his pistol, and in another second
he sprang upon his feet and opened fire.
His companions joined in the attack, and
for a few moments the firing was rapid
and fatal. The Federal soldiers stood
their ground, but at such close quarters
the musket was no match for the revol
ver. There was no time to reload under
the quick eye of Stringfellow, and once
discharged the muskets were useless. A
few seconds terminated the encounter,
in which Stringfellow found himself the
sole survivor of his party. Farrish was
killed; his other comrade had disappeared,
he knew not how; four of the Federal
soldiers lay dead at his feet; and the two
others, having thrown down their empiy
guns, were running for their lives.
But though victor in this fight, perils
multiplied themselves around him. The
trees among which he stood were sur
rounded on every side by open fields
dotted thick with the enemy’s tents, some
at a distance, some close at hand. Con
cealment was impossible, and he must
mn for his life; but run in what direction
he might, enemies would be sure to
intercept bis course, for the adjacent
camps had been aroused by the firing,
aud the soldiers who had escaped would
be sure to return with others to avenge
the death of their comrades. At a dis
tance of a few hundred yards, a little
branch made its way through the open
fields toward the river. Its banks were
fringed with bushes, and while it offered
only au utterly forlorn hope, Stringfellow
turned toward it and ran. He was seen
by those who had already started for his
capture; seen to cross the open field; seen
to enter the brush on the bank of the
stream. And now vindictive shouts an
nounced that the enemy felt secure of
their prey. But not so! Entering tae bed
of the stream a kind Providence guided
him to the spot where the waters had
holiowed out for him a hiding placs, be
hind the roots of an old stump. Under
neath this batik and behind these roots
he forced bis body, having hastily col
lected what driftwood was within reach
still further to conceal his person; and
there he lay, half covered by the water
and the mud, and awaited the result.
From every direction men were harry
ing to the spot with the perfect assur
ance that the daring enemy would soon
be within their power. For long, long
hours did scores of searchers continue to
examine every foot of the brash that
lined the stream. Many times did hostile
feet pass directly over Stringfellows
body, and once a man more inquisite
than others stopped, while walking in
the bed of the stream, to examine the
very spot where he lay. But the drift
wood which he had skilfully arranged
for his concealment deceived the man,
and he passed on without making the
discovery. Toward afternoon the search
slackened, and by nightfall it was aban
doned. But not until the noise of the
camps was hashed in slumber did String-
fellow dare to leave his retreat. Then,
following for some t me the course of the
little stream, he passed in safety out of
the enemy’s line, swam the Raptdan be
tween the pickets, and, thankful to God
lor his deliverance, -found himself once
more among his friends.—Major II. R.
McClellan, oj Kentucky, in the Philadel
phia Times.
THE LAST OF THE UESARS.
An Innocent and Unsophisticated Mem
ber of the Grant Family.
Stbangee than the “Stranger. ” At
a theatrical dinner in Edinburgh Sir
Daniel Maonee^aid that many peo
ple went to the theatre to have
their feelings harrowed. It was i
peculiar pleasure, be supposed. For him
self, he rather liked to be amused. He
felt’a little like that old couple that want
to a Dublin theatre to have a night’s
amusement. The great Mrs. Siddons was
playing Mrs. Haller, and the poor bodies
were kept crying all the evening. At
length, at one of the scenes where the
„ re at lady aajne in with her handkerchief
again to her eyes, the old man could stand
it no longer, and, starting to his feet,
cried out, “Ya long-nose thaif, ye call
this divarshun!"
It is said that Bishop Coxe has intro
duced a new reading for the sake of his
Bu isophUe converts. Instead of saying,
“Dost thou forsake the devil and all his
works ?” he reads: “Dost thou forsake the
devil and all his Turks ?”
[•‘D. P. 'iu the Cincinnati Enquirer.]
I was walking along the avenue not long
since with a friend from Chicago, who
said :
“Do you see that man slouching along
as if he did not hold himself weU iu com
mand ?”
I acknowledged the figure to be within
my line of vision.
“Well, that’s the cleverest—I mean
American cleverest—member of the Grant
family. That is Orvil, and he is a right
jolly, good fellow, with the perceptions
of a chill. He do6s not know one man
from another, and is equally ignorant of
the difference between right and wrong.
When Grant was first inaugurated Orvil
was in Chicago, and some evil disposed
people suggested that, being the brother
of the President, he ought to get in with
the whisky ring, and that by suoh ar
rangement profits would accrue.
And so the innocent Orvil had himself
appointed Inspector, and went about in
a little wagon with a lit tie keg and a vial
with a string thereto, and every barrel he
dropped in paid its toll to the little keg,
the whisky thus abstracted being carried
away for farther inspection. It was sup
posed by the homoeopathic process that
iu time Orvil would be the owner of a
handsome assortment of highwines. But
the ring found they could not make Orvil
comprehend their larger operations, and
so Orvil one bright morning found him
self out of office.
“He has an intense passion for patented
labor-saving inventions, and the next
thing his friends knew was that Orvil was
half owner in a milking apparatus that
Why the Fastern War Is so Slow.
[From the New York Journal of Commerce.]
Short, sharp and decisive wars have
been the recent fashion iu Europe. Con
trasted with these, the campaign in the
East ;eems very slow and tedious. The of that museum were
movements of the Russian and Turkish know.
A Romantic Relic.
I once had pointed oat to me, at Peale's
old museum in Philadelphia, a bow and
quiver which had a history. What be
came of the articles when the curiosities
divided I do not
The Sanitarian.—The June number
of the Sanitarian, a monthly magazine,
which claims to be the organ of the Med
ico-Legal Society, New York, contains a
variety of useful articles. Among them
is an article entitled “Vital Statistics,”
by Dr. Nathan Allen. Special attention
is invited by the editors to one feature
in this article, viz., that the birth rate of
a people depends very much upon a par
ticular type of organization, and hence
there must be a certain physical standard
which determines the laic of population.
In proof and illustration of this theory
Dr. Allen has published at different times
quite a number of papers, which have at
tracted much attention both iu this coun
try and Great Britain. It would seem
from the statistics here presented that a
marked change or decline in the birth
rate of New England has been taking
place for some time, and which, in some
respects, corresponds to that of France.
The differences of fecundity between the
New England and foreign people are
marked, and the changes taking place in
the population striking and involving im
portant questions.
A Short Sighted Lion—A Fable.—A
Myopic Lion having adventured to a
Fountain by Moonlight to see what Game
was in Season, was much gratified to be
hold an Animal crouching beside the
Stream. He therefore sprang upon it
with the utmost Fury, but after receiving
the impression that he was engaged in a
Graioo-Roman Conflict with a siate-roofed
Earthquake, discovered himself to be ly
ing at the Feet of a prize Hippopotamus,
whom he thus addressed: “My Great and
Good Friend, do not needlessly set foot
upon a Lion ; I took you for a Beast I
Gnu.” “Even if it had been a Gnu, yon
should not have jumped so hard,” replied
tho Hippopotamus, and, so saying, sat
down on th9 Lion with much Emphasis.
Moral: Look before you leap.—New
York World.
About the hardest luok with lawyers we
ever heard of was that which recently be-
fel a Louisville negro. He was found to
have a $100 bill, at=d was not unnaturally
arrested on suspicion of having stolen it.
He got a lawyer to defend him, and
proved that it was his own money. But
his counsel wanted all but $20 of the
sum foi his ser-ices, which made the pe-
gro so mad that he left the whole with
him.
i rmies are undoubtedly sluggish when
compared with those of the opposing
forces in the late struggles of which Aus- :
tria and France were the theatres. The j
tardiness which both Russia and Turkey
show in coming together is explained by
some European writers ou the theory that i
neither power is anxious to push things
to a conclusion. It is said, in explana
tion, that Russia iu particular is not eager
to force the fighting either in Asiatic or
European Turkey, and that her reason
for this moderation is her fear of offend
ing the other great powers by going too
fast and too far, and so creating a combi
nation against herself which would defeat
her ultimate purpose. Already we have ru
mors that peace is not absent from her
councils, and that she is ready to receive
overtures for a settlement which will leave
her a little conquered territory in Asia
aud put the border provinces of European
Turkey under an independent govern
ment or a protectorate vi the old treaty
powers. This opinion nDpears to be
gaining in the capitals of Europe, where
both Russian and Turkish securities have
improved recently from the lowest points
touched. In this country, too, we note
the Bpread of the same idea in the marked
decline of wheat and all breadstuff* for
export. Over speculation has something
to do with this; but the impression that
there will be no long or stubborn contest
between Russia and Turkey, and there
fore no general European war, is un
doubtedly a cause of the falling off in
the gram movement to Europe.
This is probably an element of illusion
pulled away at four teats^at once with the , j n t jj ese v i e ws. The rapid development
of the wars between Prussia and Austria,
and between Germany and France,do not
furnish the standard by which the pres
ent war should be judged. The area of
operations in both those cases was quite
limited. The railroads with which these
countries were all well supplied euabltd
the contending forces to get together and
confront each other in great pitched bat -
ties with but little delay. The armies,
especially the German, were easily mass
ed at their full strength, and were at once
ready for the hottest work. The Ger*
man troops were a perfect military
machine, directed by Generals of con
summate ability, and (in the war
with France) rich in the exper
iences of the Austrian campaign
and proudly confident of victory. Iu
the Eastern war the conditions on both
sides are the opposite of all these. The
country to be fought over is vast and lies
in two continents, the strategic and vital
points of which are widely separated from
each other. The means of transporta
tion and concentration, for Russia at
teost, are very inadequate. As she toils
onward into the tnemy’s country, moving
further from her bases of supplies, every
siep becomes more difficult. Natural ob
stacles embarrass the march of Russia in
to Turkey very much as they did the pro
gress of the Northern armies into the
South in our civil war. Great distances,
broad rivers aud mountain ranges make
hindrances for her which no army can
brush aside at once.
Then, too, the Russian forces are not
a disciplined unit like those of Germany.
It is only within a few years that Russia
has adopted the German military system,
and this generation of her soldiers has
not yet been tested in actual war. Since
the Crimean days Russia has fought no
body excepting a few barbarous tribes
on her Asiatic frontier. That experience
has been no sufficient school for acquir
ing the art of civilized warfare with a
foe wor.hy of her steel. The Russian
generals of this day, with two
or three exceptions, have no re
putations proved by war. They
have yet to earn their laurels; and
Russia may be obliged to change off her
active commanders a great many times,
as we did in our war, before she can use
her power most effectively. She may
properly be very distrustful of tho un
tried troops aud officers she is putting
into the field against an enemy who have
become experienced in fighting th ;
Servians and other tributary peoples for
years. The Russians are unquestionably
stronger at most points than the Turks;
but the military training which the latter
have enjoyed may counterbalance at the
outset the Russian superiority of num
bers. Caution and prudence are* plainly
the true policy of Russia under these
circumstances.
The real strength of both the Russian
and Turkish armies is unknown, proba
bly, to the governments of the respective
nations. The outside world knows still
less of them. The estimates published
are those of the paper armies only. Before
Russia had been long engaged in tho
Crimean war it was discovered that her
active forces had been much overrated,
and that she had been betrayed and vic
timized by her own officials and Generals.
Wooden cannon balls, worthless powder
and imaginary regiments were the fre -
queut disgraceful revelations of the early
months of that campaign. It would no:
surprise us to hear of similar disclosures
in the Russia of to day. Perhaps one of
the causes that de ains Russia on the
Danube and clogs her in Asia, is this dis
crepancy between the army roster in the
war office and that in the field. The
same suspicion of exaggeration attache <
to the Turkish armies. This is to be verb
fled in the instance of the army under
Moukhtar Pasha, which was reported at
(JG.OOO mtD, bat turns out to be only 30,-
000 .-trong.
Looking at the subject impartially ami
with the available lights, we conclude
that Russia is proceeding as fast as sh
can against Turkey, and that the hopes or
peace or any speedy adjustment of th-
ancient troubles betweefi the two coun
tries find no warrant in the inevitable de
lays of the campaign.
power of eight bull calves. He invited
his friends to a trial of the ‘Condensed
Air Self-acting Bull-Calf Milker, war
ranted to exhaust a cow in three minutes.’
A quiet old mother of the milky herd was
borrowed for the occasion, and in the
presence of quite a crowd of friends (the
President’s brother always has the
warmest friends) and a sprinkling of re
porters, the machine was applied. When
adjusted to the first teat Sooky looked
around. When the second was
applied she expressed some appre
hension. But Orvil said to her,
soothingly, ‘So ho, so ho. old lady,’
and she permitted him to proceed.
The four teats were properly inclosed,
but when the pump was set to work the
cow took a panic. Lowering her head
and lifting her tail she let loose a roar
worthy a bull, and then she bolted, and
she took the ‘self-acting, back-action,
bull calf milker’with her, pump, tabes,
and all. Away she went, having her
speed hastened by the yells and shouts of
the friends of the President’s brother
and the wicked reporters. A mill pond
being in the way, into this the frantic
cow plunged. The ‘self-acting air
pump, back-action cow-exhauster’ sunk,
but Sukey floated, and when she swam
out it was without the machine and a
good part of font teats. ‘Thus, gentle
men,’ cried Orviile, ‘I have sunk $800.’
“Orvil was next taken up by some rail
road men and sent to Europe to sell their
bonds. Orvil, finding the sale rather dull,
put in his spare time and the cash of tho
company in purchasing confiscated estates
in Cuba. It getting out that the brother
of the administration was thus engaged,
the belief spread that our government
was about to interfere in Cuban affairs,
and Mr. Fish found it necessary to ask
the President to get Orvil home. This
was done, and the enterprising company
found that they had sold no bonds, but
Orvil had the handsomest collection of
estates in Cuba of any man alive, and
the more he had the poorer he promised
to be. ”
My friend entertained for au hour
in his acconnt of Orvil’s life and times,
but I am too near the end of my letter to
repeat.
Ritualism Defeated aud Cou deni tied.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council, the highest ecclesiastical appel
late oourt in England, has just given its
final and decisive judgment in a case of
the greatest interest and importance to
all members of the Established Church.
This is the Folkstone Ritual case, a pros
ecution instituted against the Rev. Chas.
Ridsdale, the curate of St. Peter’s, Folke
stone, for certain ritualistic practices. It
came before the committee of the Privy
Council in the form of an appeal of a de
cree of the Court of Arches against the
curate. He had been prosecuted for
wearing during the holy communion the
vestments known as an alb and a ohasu-
ble; for facing to the east during the
prayer of consecration in the ccmmuuion
service, so that the congregation could
not see him break the bread; for the use
of wafer bread in the holy communion;
and for planing a crucifix on the top ot
the screen which separates fh6 chancel
from the nave of the church.
The appellate tribunal was constituted
of ten Judges, beside the Episcopal as
sessors—the Archbishop of Canterbury
and the Bishops of Chichester, St. Asaph,
Ely and St. David’s—and their unani
mous judgment was rendered by Lord
Chancellor Cairns. It is a most exhaust-
ive and careful review of the ecclesiastical
law on the questions involved. No opin
ion is expressed as to tho vestures proper
to be worn by Bishops, but the use of
the alb aud cope by the parochial clergy
is positively condemned. The Ornaments
Rubric of 1062, it is held, did not repeal
the order as to the vestures of ministers
in the administration of the communion
established by Queen Elizabeth’s Book of
Advertisements, which order had been
observed throughout the Church of Eng
land from 1560 to the Great Rebellion,
and again from the Restoration to 1662.
The surplice, aud the surplice alone, is
/ound to be the proper vesture required
and permitted by law for the ceremony
in question.
The position of the clergyman during
the celebration of the holy communion is
to be determined from the rubrical direc
tions of the communion service in the
Prayer Book; there being nothing in any
statue to control those directions or add
to them. Tne judges point out that the
word “east” or “eastward” occurs no
where in the Rubrics; the north is the
only point qf the compass mentioned, the
minister being directed either expressly
or by implication to stand at the north'
side of the table. If it were necessary
tc extract from the Rubrics a rule as to
the position of the minister, they are of
opinion that the lawful position would
be at the north side of the table,
looking to the south. But the
judges did not wish to force a specific
direction where none could easily be
found, and so they limit their decision
to the requirement that “he must staDd
so that he may, in good faith, enable the
communicants f resent, or the bulk of
them, being properly placed, to see the
breaking of the bread and the perform
ance of the other manual acts mention
ed.” The use of wafer bread and the
placing of the crucifix are condemned;
but the proof against the appellant on
the first point being defective, no order
with respect to it is made against him.
The ruling of the Privy Council Com
mittee on the use of vestments will be
felt deeply by Ritualists hero as well as
in England; but its deeision on the far
more important question of the eastward
position, leaving the position optional
provided the clergyman can be seen to
break the bread, must be regarded by all
fair minded churchmen as a satisfactory
and fair settlement of a long and some
what envenomed dispute.—If. Y. Sun.
A British color sergeant, shot down
aud over run by the enemy, once seized
in his mouth a corner of the flag, and his
teeth locked upon it in the rigidity of
death. The enemy cut it away from him,
leaving a bit of it between his fixed teeth.
Subsequently the standard was retaken,
and ever since the flag of the regiment
is made with that little piece carefully cut
out, iu memory of the sergeant who was
buried with the fragment in his mouth.
ILe Illinois Legislature has enacted a
law giving police powers to tho conduct
ors of passenger trains.
A Stbange Bled Sioby.—L. Page and
son, catting wood near San Jose, noticed
for several days that a number of birds
remained constantly upon a tree near
them, some going and coming from time
to time. Upon cutting down the tree
they discovered a limb with a holliw
c ivity, some two feet in length and three
or four inches in diameter, in which wen
two fall grown birds of some goodly
sized species. There was a small aper
ture through which the birds were sup
plied with food from their mates. The
limb was cat and the birds liberated.
They were neither of them able to fly,
having evidentlv never been out of their
imprisonment. How they came inside is
a question. It is probable that the mother
bird was small, and though able to make
her nest in the hollow of the tree and
rear her young, could not extricate them,
and they did not gain strength enough to
help themselves until the hollow had so
closed that escape was impossible. Those
who examined the birds think they art
about two years old. They have beer,
fed from their birth by their bird fellows
through the aperture in the limb of the
tree. A nobler instance of devotion even
the Imman family never exhibited.—
San Jose (Cat.) Mercury.
An African prince, captured in battle,
begged so hard ’ hat his bow and quiver,
which had been his father's, might be left
in his possession that the request was
granted. Captivity, of course, meant
slavery. For a beggarly sum he was sold
by his black captor to a slaver, and in
time found his way to South Carolina,
where he became the property of Colonel
Motte. He brought his bow and quiver
with him, and in his neu£ home, with
arrows fashioned by his own hand, he
brought down many a choice bit of game
for his master’s table. The slave was
strong and remarkably intelligent, as well
as willing, and as the master was kind
and humane, the life of the dusky prince
was far from unhappy or irksome. The
whole family prized him, and he in turn
became strongly attached to them.
At length the slave died, and after he
had gone, his bow and quiver, the story
of which he had so often told in eloquent
language, were preserved as relics of the
faithful servitor in the Colonel's family,
for the family could not but gratefully
remember the services, the fortitude and
the unswerving fidelity of the strong and
gentle Iambo.
During the revolution Col. Motte fell
while fighting for liberty. In the cam
paign of 1781 his widow was driven from
her bouse on the Congaree river, and
the place was turned into a British
garrison and strongly fortified. In time
this garrison was besieged by a detach
ment of the American army, but its de
fenses were so strong that the force was
not suffi lien’‘o take it by assault. The
American c immander, who was a South
Carolinian, and au old-time friend of tho
Motte family, went to the widow, now
living in a poor but -within sight of her
stately mansion, and told her’that the
preservation of her house and property
was the on'y impediment to the capture
of the British.
“What would you do?” asked Mrs.
Motte.
“Set the mansion on fire and burn
them out,” was the officer’s reply.
“And how will you set it on fire ?”
“I have not yet thought, madam. I
had regard for your wishes in the matter,
and wished first to consult you.”
The widow reflected awhile, and then
asked:
“When wouid be a favorable moment
for applying the torch ?”
“This very night, after the sentinels
are posted, and the rest of the garrison
are asleep.”
“Make your arrangement”,” said the
patriotic woman, “and at your signal I
will set the house ou fire for you.”
“You ?”
“Yes. I will do it.”
The officer saw that she wa3 in earnest,
aud he went his way to make prepara
tions.
And then the widow went at her work.
One of the children had brought away
with them from the house Iambo’s bow
and quiver of arrows. The arrows were
long and finely made, with steel heads
and delicately feathered shafts. With a
lot of loose tow she mide torches of the
arrows, the prep red heads of which she
set in a pall filled with spirits of turpen
tine.
At eleven o’clock at night the Ameri
can commander came and told Mrs.
Motte that all was ready. Taking the
pail, with the soaking arrows, in her
hand, she called upon her stout negro
servant to attend her. He was a power
ful fellow, and used to the bow. Arrived
at a favorable locality, she opened her
lantern, and lighted a pitch-wood splin
ter. Then Cuffe fixed an arrow torch to
the bow-string, end the widow set the
inflammable tow on fire. In another in
stant the fiery messenger was sped on its
way, and it alighted upon the roof of the
mansion, far from the immediate reach
of the garrison.
By the time five of these ignited
torches had been surely landed upon dif
ferent parts of the roof, the mansion was
in flames beyond the power of the aroused
inmates to subdue them.
And yet the brave, noble woman did
not lose much of her property. The
British, sorely frightened, aud fearing a
horrible death by fire, laid down their
arms and surrendered, and then joined
with their captors in extinguishing the
flames, which was accomplished before
the fire had extended below the garrets.
Ledger.
Business Prostration in Germany.
[Berlin Correspondence of tho Philadelphia
Fress.J
There is much distress in this city
among the working classes. In the man-
ufacturing faubourg of Oranienburg,
about one-half of the operatives in the
factories and founderies are out of
employment. Unfortunately, also, there
is a rise in breadstuffs and provisions
generally, whilo, owing to the heavy
municipal taxation, there is little abate
ment in rents. In Northern Germany
the shipping interests are suffering from
the stoppage of the Black Sea trade, in
which there was a profitable neid of
occupation in the carrying trade. Berlin
up to the war with France, was one
of the principal banking centers of the
continent. The immense indemnity
levied on Franca stimulated specula
tion to fever heat. No enterprise
was too gigantic not to be under
taken. Private buildings in entire blocks
were put up as well as public
edifices of all kinds, and railroads were
built in all directions. The satirical
journal here once offered a reward for any
new invention for the application of
capital, giving as a reason that all known
expedients had been exhausted. Over
production and over-speculation produced
their natura 1 effects. A loading bankin
institution failed; next followed a manu
facturing establishment, and then the
crash became general. To day Berlin is
covered with the wrecks of speculative
credulity. Many of the millionaires of a
few years igo are in a state verging on
absolute poverty. The prostration is so
general that few have escaped unscathed.
The government’s military reserve funds
are a specialty, devoted to war purposes
and the protection of the empire against
invasion. They cannot be touched for
other uses. Could they be drawn on at
the present time, they would obviate the
necessity of imposing new burdens on
the people.
The business of forming new parties
is pleasant, if not lucrative, and there is
a mild excitement about it which perhaps
pays for the trouble. Feople out of em
ployment—public employment especial
ly—are particularly fond of it. But now
President Hayes gives them all a backset
with the quiet declaration that the Re- i
publican party is good enough for him,
and he proposes to stay in it. .This will
be the death—the second, death—of that
Old Line Whig.and the six carpet-baggers
of Pennsylvania avenue make now the
mly new party we have left to us.—N
7. Tribune.
The Misses Vance, of Memphis, Tenn.,
have been among the most famous beau
ties of the South, and one of them, Miss
Susie, obtained some literary reputation
a few years ago by a popular story of
fashionable Southern life. A few days
since another sister. Miss Lnllie Vance,
achieved a reputation of another but
certainly not less valuable sort by an
heroic attempt to rescue a drowning child.
At a pionio party just below Memphis a
little son of Mr. Alexander fell iuto the
Mississippi, and Miss Vance, an expert
swimmer, who was near him, jumped into
the river without an instant’s hesitation
and had almost reached the drowning
boy when he sank beyond reexwery.
Meanwhile one of the gentlemen in the
party was swimming oat to her rescue,
hut, discarding his aid, she reached the
shore without difficulty. The child’s
body was shortly after recovered, but life
was extinct.
[Fidm the New York Sun.]
‘I will produce,” says 8ecret Service
Detective John Porter, “the meerschaum
pipe, tobacco box and watch taken from
Mr. Benjamin Nathan immediately after
the murder, and affidavits clearly setting
forth the cause of the murder, and by
whom planned and exeonted.”
This assertion was made a few days
ago in a rendezvous of secret service de
tectives in the Bowery.
‘Cale Gunnion, Johnny Irving and
Billy Forrester were brought by Kelly,
the housekeeper's son, into a plan to rob
Mr. Nathan’s safe,” the deteotive added.
Mr. Nathan was very regular in his
habits. He returned home invariably
between ten and eleven o’clock at
night. Before going to bed he always
smoked his meerschaum pipe, wound up
his watch, which he put od a night table
at his bedside, as also his tobacco box.
Young Kelly found the men above men
tioned and admitted them to the bouse.
Mr. Nathan returned home, called Kelly
to his room, and gave him orders for the
following morning. He closed the door
and retired, as it was thought, to bed.
At one o'clock iu the morning Kelly en
tered his room and found him
sleeping. He then admitted Cale,
Gunnion and John Itving, Billy
Forrester being left outside the
house, to give warning in case of danger.
It was while Cale Gunnion was trying to
force the safe open with the dog that Mr.
Nathan roused from his sleep. Seeing
Kelly, he asked him what he was doing
there. Before Kelly could reply Cale
Gunnion sprang up with the intention of
running away, when Mr. Nathan grappled
with him. Gunnion struck him on the
head with the dog, and as Mr. Nathan
staggered out of the room Gunnion
struck him again, killing him.”
Detective Porter said that he can pro
cure affidavits corroborating this story
and that Cale Gunnion had repeatedly
expressed regret at tho killing. Gunnion
is in the Albany penitentiary, having
twenty years to serve; Irving and For
rester are in Sing Sing, and Kelly is in
Aubum. The detective last evening
reiterated his assertion that he could
produce the watch, box and pipe, and, if
further evidence was needed, obtain con
fessions from King and Gunnion.
Wily the Orthography of Russia aud
Turkish Names is so Radiy Mixed.
The varied way of spelling the names
of Russian and Turkish places arises
from the fact that the Russiaus and
Turks have alphabets that bear little re
semblance to those of Western Europe,
and consequently each writer who men
tions a place cannot give it its native
spelling, as he would if writing cf a
French, German, Spanish or Italian place,
but must represent tho sound of it by
those of letters in his own tongue. So
that when a German, a French or an
English traveler writes of a place, eaoh
spells it different from what the other
does. For instance, there is the impor
tant fortified city of ltuschuk. When an
Englishman attempts to write the name
as it sounds to him, he spells it
“Rooschook,” or •“Roostchook,” giving
the “oo” tho sound heard in “took.” The
Frenchman, in the same way, spells it
“Roustohouk,” while the Germans, who
always pronounce “u” like our “oo,” but
sound “sh” like a soft “k,” spell it
“Rustchuk,” and other travelers spell it
“Routchouk,” “Rueez :ck,” aud “Rust
chuk.”
This, howevor, is not so bad as some
others, for any one oan tell what place is
meant, no matter how variously it is
spelled. The sound we give to “j” is not
heard in any of the Western European
tongues The most of them pronounce
it like “y,” except the French and Portu
guese, who pronounce it like a hard “sb,”
or rather “zh”—the sound “a” takes in
pleasure.” In Spanish it is sounded like
“h.” But the Russians, Turks, Poles and
the Slaves generally have the sound, and
when Western European writers try to
represent it to their readers they resort to
very queer combinations of letters. The
Germans usually write it with “dsch,”
and the French “dzh ” Thus, Joolamerk
is spelled by the first Dschoulemark, and
by the seoond Dzhoulemark. The vilayet
of Dobroodja, which the Russians will
eDter if they force their way across the
Danube near its month, is spelled also
Dobrusoha, Dobrodja, Dobruje and Do-
bruza..
A still worse high mix is observable in
regard to “b,” *‘f,” “u,” “v,” and “w,”
all of which are interchangeable, and
seem to be used for each other without
any restraint. Especially is this true of
“b,” “f” and “v,” which seem to be used
with perfect indifference for eaoh other.
Thus we have “Sevastopol” or “Sebasto
pol,” “Serbia” or “Servia,” “Kischenew,”
“Kischinev,” “Kioheneu,” and “Kichi-
nef,” and so on.
As the Germans have been most active
in contributing to our knowledge of
Russia and Turkey, there is a prevalence
of the German way of spelling the names
of places, and this appears ou the maps
prepared for the country. Most of our
telegraphic news now reaches us through
German sources, and consequently the
German way of spelling prevails there
too.—Toledo Blade.
The New York Sun has discovered that
Grant’s bumptious reception in England
and on the continent is a little game of
Pierrepont’s, and intended to ma^e him
a(camiidate for the Presidency in 1880.
We hardly think so ; but Lord, what a
mashing he would get if he ran against
the Democratic candidate! Let Mr.
Pierrepont proceed.—Augusta Chronicle
and Cinstitutionalist.
Boy Highwaymen.—In New York on
Monday night Mrs. Eliza Sanelto, with a
lady friend and two ohildren, attended
Wallack’a Theatre. On their way home,
while walking through Fourteenth street,
between Second and Third avenues, Mrs.
Sanelto was attacked by two young
thieves, one of whom threw her to the
sidewalk and held her down while the
other ransacked her pockets. After tak
ing Mrs. Sanelto'a watch they fled. The
screams of the ehildren and Mrs. Sanel-
to’s companion attracted the attention of
Officer Sheridan, and while he was has
tening to the spot one of the robbers jan
into his arms. The prisoner gave the
name of Wm. Van Wart, aged twenty-
three. He was committed for trial
without bait
A Horrible Crime iu New Jersey.
While Mrs. John Bolleager and her
daughter Caroline, aged fourteen years,
were alone on Tuesday evening in their
house, near Newark, New Jersey, three
young ruffians foroed tneir way into the
house, seized Mrs. Bollenger, dragged her
into a rear room, and committed a brutal
assault upon her, threatening to shoot and
stab her if she made any resistance. The
daughter managed to escape from the
ruffians and fled from the house. Soon
afterward the men went away. When
Mr. Bollenger came home he induced two
neighbors to spend tho night with him,
fearing that the ruffians might return, anil
his fears were not groundless. About one
o’clock Wednesday morning the three ruf
fians returned, accompanied by four others,
who broke down the door with an axe and
again entered the place. They rushed
upon Mr. Bollenger and his two friends,
threatening to kill them if they made
any outcry, and locked them into a room.
Four of them dragged Mrs. Bollenter
from under a bed where she bad taken
refuge with her daughter, and forced her
into another room, where they in turn
assaulted her. The other three dragged
Caroline into some woods near Waverley
Park, aud with a knife at her throat,
accomplished a terrible crime. The four
ruffians in the house, before taking their
departure, broke the windows, crockery
and furniture.
During Wednesday two of the assault
ing party, Wm. Cavanagh and Owen Gil-
lin, of Newark, were arrested. The lat
ter had his lip covered with charcoal and
Cavanagh wore a bandage over hia fore
head. Caroline subsequently identified
them, and Mrs. BolleDger identified Cav
anagh as one of the gang who assaulted
her on Tuesday evening. Cavanagh de
nies Mrs. Bollenger’s statement, but con
fesses the truth ofithe charge of the girl,
pleading in extenuation that he was
drunk. Gillm denies the charge, and
says he was accidentally in the neighbor
hood. The names of the other five are
known, and their arrest ia only a matter
of time. Caroline Bollinger is in a very
critical condition.
Edwin Forrest did not always show the
fiery temper with w hi oil he was credited,
In one of his latest years, when his busi
ness maneaer.lost a pocketbook contain
ing over $3,000 of his money, and was
greatly distressed about it, Forrest, with
out one sign of anger or peevishness or
regret, simply said in a gentle tone,
“Don’t blame yourself; acoidents will
happen. We oan make it all up in a few
nights; so let it go and never mind.”
~ ■» *
Seventeen years ago Grant was hard up
for a drink of mean whisky, and used oc
casionally to interview the gutter. Now
he is scrambled for by Dukes and Prin
cesses, as an “ex-sovereign,” who fought
against his own oountrymen and improv -
ea upon the absolutism of the Czar.—Au
gusta Chronicle.
Pierrepont fairly wallows in glory. He
has obtained permission to use the Eng
lish Pierrepont’s coronet, and now he en
tertains the Prince of Wales and General
Grant at dinner. Some fine day when
nature smiles and the flowers deck the
mead Pierrepont will burst with a loud
report.—N. O. Times.
In New York on Wednesday, John
Diehl was arrested for setting on fire a
dwelling house on which he had an insu
rance of $2,000. The upper story of the
house was ocoupied by two old persons,
who must have perished if the fire had
not been discovered in time to arrest ita
progress.