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' , c cs per line, Nonpareil type, 20 £*4ing DOU ’ per line, Minion type, 25 cents. on advertisements contiuoed J,, week or louger. REMITTANCES •iiitmns or advertising can lie made order, Registered Letter, or Ex 7 ■ . rigt _ All letters should be ad J. H. EST1LL, . Savannah. Ga. ^CjlDOtlt j discount 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.