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Ga. for 6 , ‘° Krp SO.tlK TI.HE. i all life’s lessons have been tar^ forevermore have set, c 'h our weak judgments here “which we grieved with lashes us out of life's dark night, ii, ki in deeper tints of blue, t . liow all God's pi-ns were ted reproof was love most w, while we frown and ,s best for you and me; . lie heeded not our cry, u to the end could see; parents disallow t,> craving babyhood, t-eping from us now ings, b: cause it seemeth lingled with life's wine rood—and rebel, and 1 than yours or mine ion for our lips to drink, re love is lying low, <es cannot reach his face, ie loving Father so, row with obedient grace. rtly know that lengthened : girt God sends Ilis friend; j, the sable pall of death ,'i boon His love can send; tr the gates of life ji:id all God's workings see, ill th.s doubt and strife, tery could find a key. >e content, poor heart; •s, pure and white un- elose-shut leaves apart— calyxes of gold, it toil, we reach the land nth sandals loose may know and understand, [1 say, “God knew the (Jeorjf Atlanl Dear ' liu kt ear; hard 1 In vii ia A Hairs. >y, arrested for placing a ils upon the track of the lotto Air-Line Railroad, jeon placed in jail in the lit of two hundred dol- y about twelve years of y has little idea of the .•use. He says he placed k just, to have the fun of »ck them off. art, colored, has been •Kalb Superior Court to ,bor for voluntary man- tig Dudley Turner, the iother-in-law. It seems age liie said mother-in- every way possible with Ity, and aggravated the to death, even going so e his wife to leave him. y culminated in a quar- d husband of the said up, and which resulted i‘\v of these mitigating enport was sent up for The story from ; ■ity to How tie bri Carrie ebgraph tells a romantic tolerably young widower ring town wanted a wife How he got his brother pick out and forward to ling damsel who was the pair met in the last id the expectant bride living in a city. How t was to be, declared he • his country town. How ind finally parted, and how turned to New York un is declared to be one of is which are stranger than ide t of the Newnan Herald >gs are dying olT rapidly upper section of Coweta Burch, of the Nashville •'i >, and who has just been of the United States Sen- : Macon. it of the Augusta Sentinel that a man who habitually his hat, is just as guilty of ed weapons as is the man wears a pistol la his hip Asli of Thu ost was visible in some portions ounty on Thursday last. It was tly heavy to damage vegetation, wart to hat het.,1 hefel When USUil Saturday last did exten- neighborhoodof Hebron, y. Among other acci- S it was the killing of a respected farmer, a Mr. which was blown dowu, From the Sandersville following particulars of r. \\ Iggins and a negro n the field of the former cd the storm approach- mount their horses and :1c pasting through a a tree was blown their path, which logins and serious- orses. The negro, who 1 from his hor»e, was d, but not seriously hurt. • tree which killed Mr. ly one blown down iu the is. Mr. Wiggins seems ntiment of his death, as y & few days before that i die b :fore Christmas, statement he was in his ing t; l that the Si deveL atnoa *ed. tte n»tur. is a founts u tee being prove a*\ and if n - “We learn that over s of guano have been i; id sold in Georgia dur- This amount is ab- The cash value of it is l three million five hun- rs - This is a total that ers shudder. It is esti- o thirds of the amount •“ within the limits of iral resources had been t one-half of the total been saved to the fami ly had only utilized resources of their farms. It rthy fact that the inspection s vast quantity of fertilizers ver forty thousaud dollars—the fiy cents fora tou. This will . v handsome revenue for the v ; r y much more than sup- t'-ul'ural Bureau, under whose made. It is claimed that the 1 o. ihe maker of t he fertilizer "•t’le farmer. It may beset ' ,,Kt ,,c ‘ that the farmers of thousand d ii 1 a ' \^ ree m Hlion five hundred of fertiliz *r ■ \r 8 V«ar for the one item •entof A«r r \., i r ‘ of the Depart- otuch later l u fur, ‘» 6a 3's that the season is fight het-*,' l3 ,y yar formerly, the farmersh , ; U V‘" ^ ain ° men ami the received ,, delayed the purchase. He Savannah f/t ^‘Crday an order from •ayifli/ that f tags, the writer daily. Vi cargoes were arriving Eum'ed ** be a h r, ansoi ^otvn Borgia will it may be safely as- tfie total for the season will the averap^v^, thousand tons, and puts f°Bldnmi at ^ .l>e r ton. This r^idput t! -,v. , a i ,er lon * Uebout the* 1 C06t at ^.600,000. This 1 ,f a ?i 0uut uset ^ ^ a8t year. Mr. jAtbetiwin ii e #^ epartn,en t» tliinks the old £,, (i i 1 ' ie farmers and the merchants Footed mam n G Waj i- He £a 3 s that £ J,j fced tb< a m buying at all, and tit*enrich on the compost heap for t^tteria'lv in D f t ^ lelr land - ^t aided very Jolting whif.J D v re& ^ n ^ t ^ e of com- tocated’hv.,,,^ i 13660 industriously al- f^bpostinp- ^"^I^ftnaent. The amount of tharfev-r* 1 h V 1 * 5 year is yery mucl1 Jttaand for b ? fore , a3 evidenced by the “** been phosjjlmtes. This demand . O large, and some companies J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 27. 1879. ESTABLISHED 1850. have literally been unable to fill their or ders.” Speaking of the great hurricane which did so much damage at MilledgevUle and de stroyed the Oconee river bridge at that point the Union and Jteeordcr says : “In the bridge at the time the storm struck it there were two two-horse wagons, four mules and four negroes. The wagon and team of Mr. James Simpson were in charge of 8ol. Ware and his son, both colored. The wagon and team of Mr. W. J. Brake were in charge of Jerry Shannon and Gus Ray. They were coming to the city, Simpson's wagon in ad vance. Soon after they entered the bridge, the span nearest the town and farthest from them went down with a crash. Jerry Shan non and Gus Ray deserted their wagon and escaped through the end they had just enter ed. Sol Ware and his son were precipitated into the river, with both teams and wagon, a distance of forty feet. Sol. wa6 instantly killed. His son escaped most miraculously with only a slight scratch. The news of the accident spread like wild Are over the city, and, though the rain was pouring in tor rents, many hurried to the scene of the disaster, and, by herculean efiorts, res cued the mules and recovered the body of the dead man. The work of getting the mules out was difficult. The poor animals were badly wounded and groaned distressingly. Mr. John Arnold was espe cially useful in their recovery. Two were badly hurt—one from each team—the other two but slightly. The old capitol suf fered to the extent of losing the tops of two chimneys. A window sash was blown out in tha Ordinary's office, and a chimney falling on the roof developed a leak which required Judge Sanford to move his books. At the Executive Mansion a large chiua- bcrry tree was prostrated which crushed the fence. No damage was done the build ing. The new hotel escaped with out damage. When the wind came up the workmen skedaddled. One of them, a black man, fell into a mortar gap and came out whitewashed. A large elm tree at this point was blown down. Some of the store rooms were unroofed; and many private residences lost as many as half a dozen of their finest shade trees. Mr. Arnold had a two horse wagon blown from the front of his livery stable into a neighbor’s porch, a distance of sixty yards. Truly has our good old county suffered by her many misfortunes.” Thoraasville Southern Enterprise: “ On "Wednesday, the 12th inst., Mrs. Robert Fai son was suddenly stricken blind while su perintending the preparation of breakfast. The blindness was not exactly total and was unaccompanied by pain. Soon, however, sight was almost entirely lost and pain set in, which became very severe. Dr. T. M. McIntosh was called in and has been treat ing the case. We are glad to be able to state that at present the pain is but slight and the sight greatly improved, with fair prospects for a final and full restoration.” Rome Courier: “We are pained to learn that Miss Mettie Harrison, aged about eighteen years, a step-daughter of Mr. T. C. Merritt, who lives near Lime Branch, six miles from Cedartown, was burned to death last Thursday. She was washing about a hundred yards from the house, when her clothes caught tire, and she ran for the house, hut before the 11 ames could be ex tinguished she was so badly burned that she died in a short time.” Another Senator Fallen. Hartford Times, Republicans who look upon their rep resentatives in tile highest places in the land, and note the exposure of one after another of the endless succession in cor ruption, may well exclaim, with Mac beth “Start eyes! What, wiU the line stretch out to the crack of Another yet?” [doom? The latest case seems to be the Kansas Senator. Messrs. Stambaugh, Eggers aDd Hall, the committee appointed by the Kansas Legislature to bring charges against Senator Ingalls; before theLnited States Senate, unhesitatingly declare that they can prove the charges of bribery and corruption against Ingalls if the Senate will only give them a fair opportunity. They say that members of the Kansas Legislature will testify that they were offered bribes to vote for Ingalls. Among the papers laid before the Senate was a memorial signed by the thirty- three members of the Kansas Legisla ture, who allege that Ingalls procured his election by bribery. The investiga tion by the Legislature, says the memo rial, was incomplete “because of want of time to secure important witnesses and the want of power to compel the atten dance of witnesses, and because of re peated and corrupt efforts on the part of the agents of Mr. Ingalls to intimidate witnesses and suborn important testi mony in the case.” The memorial is signed by 23 Republi can, 7 Democratic and 3 Greenbacker members of the Legislature; 33 in-all. It recites (11 that E. L. Smith, the telegraph agent at Topeka, refused to testify be fore the committee, and also to produce certain important telegrams from and to Mr. Ingalls at Washington and his friends and runners at Topeka, believed on good reasons to relate to acts of bribery and corruption; (2) that J. A. Hossack, mem ber of the Kansas House from Crawford county, was approached personally by Ingall3 himself and offered $1,000 for bis vote; (3) that J. B. Clogston, member From Greenwood county, was ap proached personally by Ingalls himself with corrupt propositions, and Ingalls referred him to his agents, who offered Clogston $500 to vote for Ingalls; (4) that George W. McClintock, member from McPherson county, was offered $300 by one, and $800 by another, of Ingalls agents, to vote for Ingalls; (5) that T. J. Raybell, member from Greenwood county, was paid $250 by an agent of Ingalls for liis (Raybell’s) vote; (6) that George L. White, member from Repub- lie county, was offered $500; (<) that II. C. Fisher, member from Harper county, was offered $250; (8) that John M. Hutchinson, member from Jewell county, was offered $1,000: (9) that Walter S. Wait, member from Lincoln county, was offered $500, all to vote for Ingalls; (10) that Charles H. Miller, member of the House from Leavenworth county, while he was L'nited States Marshal of Kansas, was furnished by Ingalls with a list of names to be drawn as grand jurors, at the April term, 1876, of the United States District Court, for the purpose of packing the iury to prevent the indictment of cer tain persons; (11) that other acts of brib ery, corruption and rascality were com mitted by Ingalls, of which the proof will be produced if the Senate will order an investigation. . To these charges against a Senator ot the United States. Messrs. Eggers, Ham ilton, Bissell, and thirty others, ail mem bers of the Kansas Legislature, sign their Mr. Hossack, one of the members to whom Ingalls is charged with haying offered a bribe, writes a statement (which is submitted with the memorial) to the effect that Ingalls offered him $o00 in cash and $500 to be paid on tho 1st ol March for his vote. The matter was referred to the Com mittee an Privileges and Elections for investigation. Dr. Rabelais' Fijee Journey.—The learned and famous Frenchman Dr. Ra belais, once found himself m Marseilles without money, lie wished to travel to Paris but could not contrive a way to At last, hewever, lie hit upon a do so. Pl Hc started one first of April carrying with him some full ph ial J lab ele| i ■ Poison for the King and the Royal Family” At the city gates, according fo Hie custom in those days, the traveler was searched, and these suspicious-look ing bottles were found, as he intended. The officials were horrified, and they promptly arrested him and hurried him off as a State prisoner to Pans, there to lie tried for treason. „ , . , ° Not long after his arrival Rabelais and his bottles were taken before the judges. Then the doctor, who was very well known us a wit, made a little explana tion showed that the phials contained nothing but brick dust, and was at once rcleasefl-the court, the fusers the lookers-on, and all Paris convulsed with laughter at the joke.—St. Nicholas. The French are a curious people. Two army surgeons have just fought a dud in toe Bffis de Vincennes. One wounded the other badly, and then ( , Ld hdoed dressed his opponent s wound and helped tn a carriage. Having thus p his gallantry and humanity he went home and—committed suicide. BY TELEGRAPH. NOON TELEGRAMS. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. The Different Appropriation Bills to he Presented on Thnrsday. THE SENATE COMMITTEE CONSIDER ING ALLEGED FRAUDS AT THE LATE ELECTIONS. NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE, Terrible Sufferings in the Talley of the Nile. PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINES TO RESUME OPERATIONS. Exploits of Dr. Carver In England. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Washington, March 26.—In the Senate, various bills were introduced, arnoDg them one by Mr. Peudleton providing that the principal officer of each of the executive departments may occupy seats on the floor of tha Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate went into executive session at 12:30 o’clock, and when the doors opened, at 12:40, adjourned. In the House, Mr. Atkins, in rising to make a motion to adjourn, stated he thought it probable that on to-morrow morning one or perhaps both of the appro priation bills would be introduced. The Democratic members of the House and Sen ate desired to have a conference on the subject of those appropriation bills, and would prefer to hold that conference to day, rather than postpone it until to-night. Mr. Garfield said he was anxious to get through with the special business for which Congress had been called together, but if the gentleman from Tennessee (Atkins) thought it probable thai the appropriation bills would be introduced to-morrow he would have no objection to the present ad journment of the House. He, however, asked Mr. Atkins to withdraw his motion, and to allow the offering of resolutions af fecting the rules of the House, to which re quest Mr. Atkins assented. Mr. Cox, of New York, offered a resolu tion for the reappointment of special com mittees on the census, yellow fever epi demics, reform in the civil service and the declaration of the result of the election of President. Mr. Conger inquired if the last committee was the Potter Committee. Mr. Cox replied that It was not, and the resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules. Mr. Frye asked leave to offer a resolution reciting that the extra session had been oc casioned by the failure of the last Congress to make the necessary appropriations, and that the business interests of the country and the welfare of the people demanded rest and peace from legislation, and instructing the Committee on Rules to report forthwith a rule that no bills except those making the necessary appropriations shail be reported from any committee, or considered by the House duriDg the special session. An objection was made to the introduc tion of Frye’s resolution, and he gave notice he would next Monday move to suspend the rules and adopt it. Mr. Conger then moved to reconsider the vote by which Mr. Cox’s resolution was referred. Pending the motion to lay that motion on the table, the House adjourned. alleged fracds in the recent elections. Washington, March 26.—The Senate com mittee to inquire into the alleged frauds In the recent elections met this morning. The Chairman offered in evidence the statute relating to political assessments and the President’s order of June, 1877, on the same subject. George C. Gorham, late Secretary of the Senate, was sworn and examined as to his connection with the raising of money dur ing the Congressional campaign of 1878. He 6aid about $106,000 iu all was raised for Republican campaign purposes, of which $93,000 came from the Federal officials and employes of all grades, the remainder being derived from friends of the party not holding office. Of the $93,000, perhaps $7,000 or $8,000 came from Senators and Representatives. No as sessment was made. Contributions in all cases were voluntary. In reply to Senator McDonald, witness stated that no contribu tions were asked from national banks as such. A canvass among the wealthy friends of the cause in New York city resulted in obtain ing about $13,000. There may have been some bankers among those contributing. No lady employes of the government were asked to subscribe, but some refused to be except ed a*d insisted on contributing. Of the $100,- 000 about $25,000 was expended for docu ments, including postage, etc. About $12,000 was paid to the employes of the committee, and about $8,000 for furniture and general expenses. This left $55,o00, of which $54,- 000 was sent to the different States, and $1,500 paid to speakers for their expenses. Of the balance of $6,000, $5,700 was lost by the failure of the German American Nation al Bank, and $300 remains on hand. A sub-committee of five, consisting of Messrs. Wallace, Garland, McDonald, Hoar and Cameron, was appointed to visit Phila delphia and take testimony there Friday and Saturday. TERRIBLE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NILE VALLEY. London, March 26.—Correspondence of the Times, dated Arment, Upper Egypt, February 25th, gives heartrending accounts of the condition of the population of the Nile valley. The scenes described resemble those in India during the recent, famine. In gome of the villages the people are past help, 6itting naked and like wild beasts eating roots and suffering with the - endurance of de spair. The madness worked on by the famine stamps such a brand on the starving fellahs as cannot be easily described. In one town the women and children fought over the scraps of some bread like wild animals. The case Is believed to be still worse in the inland hamlets, where the villagers are said to be starving like dogs. AN INTERNATIONAL ROAD MASTERS ASSO CIATION. Boston, March 26.—A meeting of road masters of the various railroads in the United States and Canada was held here yesterday, and an association formed for the purpose of aiding each other in the prosecution of their work, to be known as the International Road Masters Association. It starts off under the most favorable aus pices. L. J. Spalding, of the Fitchburg Road, was elected President. The execu tive committee was instructed to prepare a constitution and by-laws for the association, to be acted on at an adjourned meeting to be held at Niagara Falls on the second Wednesday in September next. EUROPEAN KQTEf. Berlin, March 26.—The West Prussian Landtag's petition against protection espe cially applies to the duties on coal, wood, iron and grain. M. Leon Say, the French Minister of Finance, has been nominated to the first class of the Order of the Crown of Prussia. Paris, March 26.—A bill has been sub mitted in the Chamber of Deputies, requir ing that capital executions shall be within prison walls, in presence of certain pre scribed officials; WASHINGTON NOTES. Washington, March 26.—The Senate made no confirmations to-day. The nominee for the Berlin mission is the well known President of Cornell University. Mr. Logan who was to-day nominated as Minister to Central America, was formerly United States Minister in Chili, to which position he was appointed when a resident of Kansas. He is a cousin of Senator Lo- gan. nominations. Washington, March 26.—The President 6ent the following nominations to the Senate to-day: Andrew D. White, of New York, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany: Cornelius A. Logan, of Illinois,to be Minister Resideut to the Central States. DR. CARVER IN ENGLAND. London, March 26.—Dr. Carver, the American sharpshooter, gave an exhibition of rifle shooting at the Welsh Harp at Hen don yesterday. Though the weather was unfavorable, the Sportsman 6ays such con summate skill was never before displayed in England. WORK TO be RESUMED AT THE COAL MINES. Scranton, Pa., March 26.—Receiver Mc Cabe, of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Company, has arranged to resume work at the Phinney mine to day, and at two other mines next week. SUSPENSION OF a STOCK OPERATOR. New York, March 26.—Charles Martin, a small operator, announced his suspension in the Stock Exchange this evening. His failure had no effect on the market. Joaquin Miller says he is going to bid eternal farewell to his muse. Wise Joa quin! Miserable Muse! Happy coun- tryl—Neic Orleans Times. EVENING TELEGRAMS THE DEMOCRATIC JOINT CAUCUS. A Kentucky Judge Assassinated for Giving an Adverse Decision. ARREST OF A PROMINENT WALL STREET BROKER. Burial Services Over the Remains of the Murdered Actor. THE POINDEXTER-CURTLS MURDER TRIAL. Passage of the Virginia State Debt Compromise Bill. Foreign and Domestic Notes. THE DEMOCRATIC JOINT CAUCUS. Washington, March 26.—A joint Demo cratic caucus of Senators and Representa tives was held in the House to-day. It was determined, after more than two hours’ dis cussion, to introduce the army bill to-mor row identical in its provisions with the bill passed by the House at the last session, including the clause prohibiting the pres ence of troops at the polls. Mr. Chalmers, Chairman of the House caucus committee, presented the report as telegraphed last night. The attempt to inaugurate independent action was rejected. The legislative bill will be introduced by Mr. Atkins, of Ten nessee, and will embrace, practically, the same provisions as the bill parsed at the last session, excepting certain clauses of the Federal election laws. The proposed repeal will provide for the appointment of two su pervisors representing the two political par ties, with the power restricted to witnessing and challenging; the chief supervisor and deputy marshals to be abolished, together with the power of arrest now vested in the former officer. A provision will also be in corporated iu the legislative bill authorizing the appointment of two supervisors in every voting precinct of the United States, and not merely in cities of twenty thousand in habitants, as now provided. FUNERAL SERVICES OF THE MURDERED ACTOR. New York, March 26.—The remains of the actor, Benj. C. Porter, were buried thi6 morning from the Church of the Transfigu ration (Little Church Around the Corner). Admission to the church, which was crowd ed, was by ticket only. Among the many actors and actresses present were Sara Jewett, Maude Granger, General George Roome, John Gilbert, Miss Agnes Booth, Miss Maude Harrison, Colonel Sinn, Steele Mackaye and Frank Mayo. The body was enclosed in a metallic cas ket, which was covered with floral emblems. The funeral services of the Episcopal Church were read by the Rev. Dr. Houghton and his son, who is assistant minister of the church, and the musical portion was ren dered by the church choir of the Pinafore company. Mrs. Baker, the mother of the dead actor, her niece and the wife of the deceased were present. The pall-bearers were Messrs. A. L. Rob erts, Wm. Thompson, Francis Evan«, Jas. Barnes, Charles Furbish and Lewis Baker. No sermon was preached, but after the ser vices the congregation viewed the remains through the glass plate at the head of the casket. The body was taken to Evergreen Cemetery and interred in a plot of ground adjoining the burial place of the Elks Brotherhood. THE POWERS AND THE TREATY OF BERLIN. London, March 26.—The Paris corres pondent of the Times telegraphs: “The last offers of Turkey to Greece, though unac ceptable, were more liberal than formerly, and show that Turkey feels her inability to evade the treat}’ of Berlin. The powers know that Greece may at any moment ap peal to their mediation, which they cannot refuse, but would gladly avoid, as their united action might involve unlorseen contingencies. A semi-official mediation is therefore probable. It is known that all the powers are not entirely favorable to Greece’s demands, as, for instance, the cession of Janina. There is good reason to believe that the Porte will be advised to make the concession in Thessaly instead of Janina. And upon the other points which it refuses, the Sultan is perhaps awaiting the European pressure to protect him from the reproaches of the old Turk party.” ARREST OF A STOCK BROKER. New York, March 26.—William Belden, senior member of the firm of Belden, Con nor & Co., stock brokers, was arrested to day. There were two warrants of arrest out for Mr. Belden, and the deputy sheriffs have been looking for him for several days past. One suit against Mr. Belden is brought by General T. T. Eckert to recover thirty thousaud dollars which he deposited with the firm, and which he alleges they converted to their own use. Bail was fixed in this case at thirty thousand dollars. The other is a suit by Henry Haas, for $60,000 damages, for alleged false Imprison ment. Bail in this case was fixed at $60,000. Mr. Belden, accompanied by several friends from Wall street, went at once to the Sheriff’s office and furnished the $90,000 bail required, his bondsmen justifying in double that amount, or $180,000. DASTARDLY ASSASSINATION IN KENTUCKY. Frankfort, Ky., March 26.—Judge J. M. Elliott, of the Court of Appeals, was assassinated in the street in front of the Capitol Hotel by Thomas Buford, of Henry county. Judge Elliott had rendered an opinion adverse to a case Buford had for some time in court. Buford loaded a double-barrelled 6hot gun, and waited for Elliott to come to dinner, and walked up and shot him through the heart without warn ing, killing him instantly. The assassin was arrested and is now in jail. There is great excitement and strong feeling against him. Buford, after his arrest, acknowledged that the other barrel of the gun was loaded for Judge Pryor, and he would have killed him also, had not some children been in the way. He is a brother of General Abe Buford, of Woodford county. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT IN REGARD TO A LEGAL TENDER. London, March 26.—The Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce un- aniraousiy adopted the reports of its special committee to the effect that a fixed ratio between gold and silver, with unlimited freedom of mintage and the recognition of the two metals as a full legal tender, would, if adopted by a majority of the leading monetary powers, including England and India, be adequate to restore 6ilver to its former international value as money. Desir able with this view the government should adopt measures for securing an inter national agreement. ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING. Chicago, March 26.—At the annual meet ing of the stockholders of the Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy Railroad to-day, all the retiring directors were re-elected, except Robert Harris, whose place was filled by the election of Robert Bangs. A resolution wa« adopted asking the officers to consider whether it would not be advisable to stop issuing all free passes, except to employes traveling on the company's business. A resolution was laid over for further consid eration that the directors be instructed to suspend all work on Sunday except where indispensable. THE POINDEXTER-CURTI9 MURDER TRIAL. Richmond, March 26.—The taking of evi dence in the Poindexter-Curtis murder trial was concluded this evening. Miss Isabella Cottrell, the young lady about whom the difficulty which resulted in the killing of Curtis occurred, was on the witness stand two and a half hours to-day, during which she underwent a searching and rigid exami nation in relation to what happened previ ously to the horsewhipping of Curtis by Poindexter. The argument begins to-mor row morning. The case continues to excite the liveliest interest, and the court room is densely crowded every day. ALL QUIET IN MANDALAY. Bombay, March 26.—Private advices from Mandalay represent that quiet prevails there. The King of Burmab, since the dispatch of reinforcements of British troops, Is reported to have expressed his Willingness tq grant any concessions de manded. DISAPPEARANCE OF A DEFAULTER. Louisville, March 26.—The Evening Netas says: “John Stanger, Jr., a married man, and business manager of the Southern glass works, disappeared on Thursday evening last with a sum of money amounting to several thousand dollars belonging to the company.” THE CATTLE AND FISH TRADE OF THE PRO VINCES. Halifax, March 26.—Large numbers of cattle are arriving from the upper provinces for transportation to England. The fish trade with Cuba exhibited much animation during the past two weeks. Bet ter prices are realized. PASSAGE OF THE VIRGINIA STATE DEBT BILL. Richmond, March 26.—The Senate to-day concurred in the House amendments to the Senate bill providing for the settlement of the State debt, known as the McCulloch OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. The Proposed Compromise on the Federal Election Lawn-Its Proba ble Rejection by th* Radicals— Hayes Stiffening Under the ZTIaulp' illation* of the Stalwart*—Prospect of a Protracted Contest — The Suiyth-Fitzstmons Case —Conover Disappointed and Despondent — The Commerce Committee — The Senate Small Offices. Special Correspondence of the Momino News. Washington, March 24.—The Republi cans are getting louder in their denuncia tion of the compromise on the political leg islation which has been offered them by the Democrats. They so 6toutly objected to the repeal of the whole of the supervisors’ laws that the two Democratic caucus committees, at their joint meeting last Saturday, agreed to allow two supervisors of elections for each voting precint, taking away from them at the same time their police authori ty. The Democrats, in agreeing to make this concession, formulated their desire to avoid a conflict with Hayes and his party, and to shorten the session to n^ke its expenses as light as possible. The concession made was not a sign of weaken ing. It only showed that while determined to carry their points, they were not disposed to be obstinate or hoggish. How do the Republicans who have been bewailing the great expense of J-he session meet the Demo cratic advances looking to a compromise ? They denounce the proposed method of settling the controversy, and, thinking that they have Hayes and his veto power at their back, 6ay they will none of it. The Radicals thus show that they cannot exist without the supervisors’ laws; and they think they can bulldoze the Democracy into retreating from its manly stand in demanding the re peal of those laws. They will find them selves wofully mistaken. The Democrats will go on and pass the two appropriation bills with the repealing legislation attached thereto, according to |the plan already de veloped, though there may be some slight changes determined on hereafter. With the legislative, executive and and judiciai bill before him, repealing the supervisors’ stat utes in a modified manner. Hayes can veto the bill, as the Radical leaders have assurances he will, and try just for the fun of the thing who can stand it the longest, lie or the Democrats. If he would not look very well before the country opposing the popular will, as expressed by the majorities of both houses of Congress, by vetoing the wholesale repeal of the supervisors’ sec tions, how much more uncomfortable and false would be his position should he dis approve the demands of that popular will when they are modified, in order that he may also modify his resistance thereto. The fight between the two parties is thus more clearly drawn. The Democrats are in a much better position than their opponents. They have shown the spirit of concession in demanding the repeal of the obnoxious laws. The Republicans show no concession in their demand for the reten tion of the same obnoxious laws. It is im possible to tell to what interminable length the contest may prolong itself if there is no backing down on either side. The Demo crats will not back down. They have been rebuffed in proposing an amicable settle ment. The Republican party has the blame of the contest on its shoulders. Being in the minority in Congress, they throw the brunt of the battle on Hayes. They claim that enough of the milk of stalwartism has been incorporated in his system by Zach Chandler to make him oppose the Democracy to the end. That he would do so on an out-and-out repeal of the supervisors’ law, has been constantly repeated in this correspondence on the very best of authority. As to his action on the modified repeal of the laws in question, no better indication of what it will be can be obtained than from an article in this even ing’* Star. The Star is the only paper in Washington that is, so to speak, anything like au organ of the administration. It maintains close relations with Hayes and generally reflects his views. The article says: “It is stated that the features of this plan, which the joint Democratic caucus last Saturday agreed upon, was submitted to the President and received his approval. The President has, no doubt since the re assembling of Congress, been approached by leaders of the Democratic party to ascer tain his position in regard to the political legislation which rendered necessary the present session. They have, doubtless, learned from him how he stands. They may have offered to compromise on the su pervisors’ law. There is nothing to show, however, that the President has agreed to accept or approve any compromise, par ticularly such a compromise as that out lined last Saturday. On the contrary, from the best information obtainable, it is evi dent that there has been no change in the President’s views regarding the agitated po litical legislation. It has previously been t-tated in the Star, upon good authority, that the President would not oppose any ob stacle to the repeal of the jurors’ test oath law, or of the statutes which authorize the presence of troops at the polls. It has also been stated that the existence of what is known as the supervisors’ laws was regarded by the President as necessary for free and fair elections in the North, South, East and •West. As there is nothing beyond rumors to indicate that be does not occupy the same position now, it can be safely asserted that no such compromise as the one under discussion has received his approval. If the conflict between the President and Congress is to be averted it will be by some other plan than the proposed compromise. The President has not changed his position, there are good reasons for believing, and does not contemplate a change.” THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS AT ATLANTA. The Department of Justice, as yet, has no reports from Atlanta concerning the little quarrel between Marshal Fitzsiraons, Dis trict Attorney Farrow and Commissioner Smyth. It is not probable that it will be called on to take any action in the case, as it appears lo be a local dispute. The fight originated in a desire on the part of the At torney General to decrease court expenses. He wrote once or twice to the Georgia Mar shal concerning his large requisitions for funds. Mr. Fitzsimons eviuced a ready de termination to aid the department in reduc ing expenses, and suggested that he use dis cretion in serving warrants placed in his hands. Many of these warrants were for trifling offenses and never resulted in any thing beyond expense to the United States. The result of this suggestion was that after his visit here some time ago the Marshal was authorized, as stated in this corre spondence at the time, after consultation with the District Attorney, to pocket trifling warrants. He has done so. Nearly half of the warrants issued by United States Com missioners have been hung up by the Mar shal and the District Attorney on account of their small character. The government has thereby saved a good deal of money. When the warrants are not executed by the Marshal the Commissioners suffer in fees. This is the reason they have put Commissioner Smyth forward to test the question if the Marshal is not obliged to execute any and all writs that may be issued by them. If Judge Woods decides in favor of Smyth, as the de partment thinks he will, Marshal Fitzsimons will have to return to the wholesale execu tion of Commissioners’ writs, and the gov ernment will be put to 60 much more ex pense. CONOVER AGAIN. Conover is still here. He has about given up all idea of ever getting anything from Hayes, but still has a lingering and dubious hope that he may yet come in for some thing. He is out of office now, and can do Hayes no more good by voting for the con firmation of New York nominations and such, consequently he has but little show for anything. lie 6ays the reason he is not provided for is because he is not a good enough Republican, having voted on the Butler side of the Butler-Corbin contest. THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE. The Southern members of the House are trying to secure, in the reorganization of the House committees, an increase of Southern men on the Committee of Commerce. This committee is a very important one, pre paring, as it does, the river and har bor appropriation bill, and having to a5t upon much that is of particular interest to the 8outh. As at present constituted, the committee i6 composed of nine members, but four of whom are from the South. The Chairmanship is now in the hands of Mr. Reagan, of Texas. It will probably remain there, though if a change is made, another Southern man will be made Chairman, and there is every prospect of the number of Southern men on the committee being in creased. THE SENATE SMALL OFFICES. There has not been a clearing out of the old Senate employes who hold minor places yet, and the many who want to come in arc getting impatient. They should possess their souls in peace. The changes will be made soon. Though these changes may be effected gradually, they will doubtless be thorough. Republicans and Republican hangers-on are evincing a good deal of need less sentimentality over some of the present employes. There is Assistant Doorkeeper Bassett, who is venerable and has a long compromise bill. It now goes to the Gover- I beard. He was appointed a page in the ner. I Senate through the influence of Daniel Web ster forty-five years ago. From that position he has gone up until he is now one of the assistant doorkeepers at $2,200 a year. It would be a national shame, the Re- { mblicans say, to remove such a national andmark, so to speak. The Democrats are, however, inclined to put such sentimentality aside in the consideration of Bassett’s case. Bassett in his forty-five years of officehold ing around the Senate has clung to his pay pretty tenaciously and i9 now a wealthy man. He has more real estate in the city than a majority of the Senators have at home, and a larger bank account. In view of this fact the old landmark stands but little chance of remaining. It is considered to be perhaps as well that a wealthy Re publican landmark might 6tep aside and give place to a good Democrat who, though he is not a landmark, can do the work of Bas sett to the satisfaction of all. Another Senate employe, who, from the Republican out look, should be retained, is Christie, another assistant doorkeeper. He should not be removed because he is so popular aud everybody knows him. This is very well, if it was uot known that Christie spends the recess in New Hampshire whooping up the Republican cause, and that he has a habit of contributing liberally to the Radi cal campaign fund from the money he gets as an employe of the Senate. So sentimentality again has a prac tical black eye. Smith, the chief of the document room, is still another who has been so long in office that it would b# a dis graceful act on the part of the Democrats to remove him. He manipulates Republican interests down in Maryland, and is a good Republican striker. His is another case where sentimentality will goto the wall. Potomac. A W oman’s Terrible Revenge. Baltimore Gazette. Saturday afternoon Mary Kirchner, wife of Michael Kirchner, shoemaker, 263 Eastern avenue, walked into the Eastern police station and asked to be placed under arrest, stating that she had assaulted a man named John Schlereth, popularly known as “Baskets,” with vitriol. The woman, who is over forty years old, but of quite prepossessing ap pearance, has, it is charged, been on intimate terms with Sclilereth for six years. She has foar children, the oldest twenty- 4 wo years old. The facts of the intimacy ; became known to the husband who accused Schlereth of it. The wife becoming acquainted with these facts de termined to be revenged on the man w’ho she declares destroyed her reputation in the eyes of her husband. Knowing the places Schlereth frequented she went to the saloon of Henry Luzius, 226 Alice anna street, Saturday afternoon, where he, with John Garden and others, was playing cards. A shawl was carelessly thrown around her shoulders, covering the right hand aud arm. Walking up to Schlereth she suddenly drew her right hand from its hiding place and threw the contents of a tea cup. ten cents’ worth of vitriol, in Schlereth's face, exclaiming. “You have disgraced me and now I have my re venge.” She then left the saloon and went direct to the station house, exhib iting the cup with some of the vitriol still in it. She said she had disgraced her family and forfeited their esteem and wanted to go the penitentiary so as not to see them again. Justice Farlow committed her for the action of the grand jury. Schlereth, who has been for a number of years night watchman on the principal floor of the city hall, is about forty-five years old and married. After the burning he was assisted to his home, 157 South Ann street, by friends, and on the way met Kirchner, the hus band of the woman, who attempted to assault him with a shoemaker's knife, but was prevented. Dr. James F. Me Shane attended Schlereth, whose face is terribly burned by the liquid. The sight of the right eye will be destroyed and probably the left one also. Mrs. Kirch- uer’s hands were slightly burned by the vitriol. Her husband has made threats against his wife’s traducer. What Bird’s Nest Pudding is Made Of. Salem (Oregon) West Shore. Eatable birds’ nests are found for the most part in the Islands of Java, Bor neo, Sumatra, and the Celebes. The bird which produces the nest is called the Salangane swallow. It flies with wonderful speed and precision, and on the Javan coast, where the surge breaks wildly against the precipitous cliffs and caverned rocks, these birds may be seen in swarms darting hither and thither. Their nests are fixed to the cliffs or just inside the caverns. What sort of a thing, then, is the eatable bird's nest that the wealthy Chinese are so fond of ? It is that portion of the fabric which serves as a sort of bracket, on which the real nest (made of grass, sea weed fibres, small leaves, etc.) is built. It is transparent, something like isin glass. It was formerly supposed that this gelatine-like substance was prepared by the bird from seaweed and other marine plants. This, however, is a mistake. Dr. Bernstein has found that the glands under the tongue of the bird are of a great size. On opening the bill they are seen as two large swellings, one on either side, and these chiefly supply the mate rial for making the brackets. The bird secretes in them a soft gum like sub stance, which can be drawn out of the mouth in long threads, and in the air it soon dries and is found to be the same, even when viewed through the micro scope, as the bracket material. Such is the demand for this dainty, and so high is its market value, that hundreds of men spend their lives in the perilous work of collecting these so-called nests from the frightful cliffs, piecipices and caverns; and the Chinese spend about a million aud a half of dollars annually in the pur chase of this dainty, which, when ren dered into soup or jelly, they regard as the most delicious of food. The Bushman and the Lion—How the Hunted Turned Hunter. Chambers' Journal. Captain Aylward tells a droll story of a rencontre between a bushman and a lion. The narrator was acquainted with the man, and has no doubt of the truth of the story. The bushman, while a long way from home, was met by a lion. The animal, assured that he had his vic tim completely in his power, fyegan to sport and dally with him with a feline jocosity which the poor little bushman failed to appreciate. The lion would appear at a point in the road and leap back again into the jungle, to ieappear a little further on. But the bushman did not lose his presence of mind, and pres ently hit upon a device by which he might possibly outwit his foe. This plan was suggested by the lion’s own conduct. Aware that the brute was ahead of him, he dodged to the right, and feeling pretty sure of the lion’s whereabouts, resorted to the course of quietly watching his movements. When the lion discovered that the man had suddenly disappeared from the path, he was a good deal perplexed. He roared with mortification when he espied the bushman peeping at him over the grass. The bushman at once changed his position, while tb.e lion stood irreso lute in the path, following with his eye the shifting black man. In another moment the little man rustled the reeds, vanished, and showed again at another point. The great brute was first con fused and then alarmed. It evidently began to dawn upon him that he had mistaken the position of matters, and that he was the hunted party. The bushman, who clearly recognized what was passing in his enemy’s mind, did not pause to let the lion recover his startled wits. He began to steal gradually to ward the foe, who, now in a cqmplete state of doubt and fear, fairly turned tail and decamped, leaving the plucky and ingenious little bushman master of the situation. A WONDSRFl L CEREMONIAL. Cutting Ofl'ttae Long Hair of a Pretty Siamese Prince**—Ail Eanteru Cere mony of Purification lrom Original Sin—The Whole Siamese Court Tak ing Pert In a Gorgeous IHiracle Play. The somewhat startling feat of tick ling a man to death was very nearly accomplished in Maryland the other eve ning by a man’s wife and a couple of young ladies. In attempting to get some money out of his vest pocket they tickled him till he became unconscious. It is not often that a man laughs himself into such a state when his wife makes a de monstration on his pocket, and this case will no doubt serve as a very much need ed warning to all wives.—Philadelphia Times, London Telegraph. Bi.Nr.KOK, January 17.—The Siamese Court has commenced the year 1879 with a brilliant show, rare even in Siam, the tonsure of a first class Princess. Almost every Siamese, rich or poor, in youth has the topknot cut off with a certain cele bration. In the case of children of rich people the ceremony lasts several days and is attended with much display, feast ing, theatrical performances and relig ious services. In- the case of princely families the tonsure, called So kan, is always an occasion for great processions in the palace, but the pomp is vastly increased when the So-kan is that of Celestial Prince or Princess—one whose mother is of royal birth—which, if it occur during a time of perfect peace throughout Siam, is signalized by the erection on the palace lawn of an artificial hill, Mount Krailat, whereon part of the ceremony takes place. During the last one hundred years there haye been only five of these first-class So kans, and this, the sixth, has therefore caused no little excitement in Bangkok, attracting vast crowds of sightseers. The Princess “Strangely beautiful” (Si-wilailaks), though not the daughter of a “Celestisd,” is great-grand daughter of the greatest subject of the King of Siam, the ex-Regent. The Princess Si-wilai is a pretty girl, with large almond-shaped eyes, and only a few weeks ago had beautiful long black hail, but all was cut off preliminary to this ceremony save a small tuft on the top of her head, which the Brahmans bound in three locks with sanctified white cotton threads. Each thread had grass leaves and a gold ring rolled up with it. All these locks were gathered up and fixed with a gold hairpin. Krailat, the Golden Mountain, the home of Vishnu, was like the fairy set-scene of a panto mime, only it stood on the open lawn in the broad daylight, gleaming with the bright sunglow. It was a capital repre sentation of a rugged limustone hill, with cliffs, caves, grottos, boulders, lakes and waterfalls. From base to top it was covered with tinsel and gold leaf. Two winding paths led to its summit, on which was a charming gilt 'pavilion, the palace of Vishnu. The whole might be sixty feet in height. All around the foot of the hill, in many a cave and grotto, were models, set pieces, and figures moved by concealed machinery, illustrating episodes from the Ramayana and Inava, ancient and fabu lous histories of India and Slalaya, the favorite literature of the Siamese. Gazing at these, the people spent hours, and never seemed to tire of the roughness of the art On all the hundred crags and pinnacles of the hill were the angels and gods of Hindoo and Siamese mythology, trees on which grew women and mon keys, and all tliat is pleasant and mis chievous in magical botany, representing the strange or delicious flowers of the gardens of heaven. The ceremony is one of purification at an important period of life. Every infant at the age of one month is shaved, except for one minute patch, which is left to this ceremony. The bathing and the complete shaving of the head are emblematic of the removal of all the impurities—the original sin—with which the child is horn. During the purifica tion white thread is worn round the head, and every person engaged is clad in the white robe of a devotee. Directly the shaving and bathing are completed, every one appears in red; the subject of the ceremony becomes a Brahmachari— a pure being—and the change of color denotes the joy of men and angels at the achievement. As for the ceremonial, it is, indeed, a drama, acted before the people by their Princes aud Ministers— a miracle play of State. On this occa sion the highest born Prince in Siam, a Celestial—Prince Minister of the Interior —took the part of Vishnu, while the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs were archangels. The King’s private secretary, two Dukes, and other great personages were leaders of the escort of angels; the angels were all officials, and the houris of heaven were represented by members of the Royal harem and by the Royal ballet. The rites commenced on the evening of January 2, with a religious service in the great throne hall, when they lit the candle of victory—a wax torch one fathom high—which remained burning until the topknot was cut. At the east end of this hall was a throne, on which were relics of Buddha, a figure of Pra Siam, the patron deity of Siam, a large figure of Buddha cut out of rock crystal, thg great itial of the kingdom, anfi all the chief insignia of Siamese royalty, the crown and slip pers, the flapper, the discus, trident and sword, the State umbrella, spears, and the great white shell—a huge whelk, spiralling reversely, of which only two exist in Siam, and which is fabulously valued. In front of this altar Were sev eral trays, with offerings of cakes and flowers. While the King and his daugh ter attended a religious service in this hall, and listened to the chanting of twenty-four Siamese Buddhist abbots, the Brahmins in another hall carried ■?:: their service. The priests iu the great hall sat on a pl^tfoim. from which white cords passed round and out of the hall, and about the golden mountain. These cords were supposed to be efficacious in keeping out bad spirits. The abbots having commenced the chant, relays of priests maintained it day and nigh*, until the day of tonsure On the ne*t afternoon was the first grand procession, escorting the Princess in royal state to attend religious service in the throne hall. The Siamese, with their usual courtesy to foreigners, had set apart a special pavilion, where they might watch at their ease. r £he Foreign Minister himself game from time to time to see thai they were comfortable, and the good natured Lord Sisarax seemed never to tire of refreshing lady visitors with tea and sweetmeats and the gentle men with brandy and soda. The foreign diplomatic body was there iu force, 'the representatives of Qeuuaay, France, Holland, tfie United States, and some times about a hundred merchants and others, enjoyed this hospitality. On the lawn were about seven hundred noble men, seated on ordinary iron garden chairs. The south side of the lawn ad : ; oining the inner palace tyi^s rt-ei ved for Princesses ajid lauie. of raDk. The glit tering Mount Krailat rose glorious at the east end of the lawn. The assemblage of noblemen was of itself a most brilliant sight. All wore gold brocade coats, and many ijparkled with diamonds; one of {hose reputed wealthy, j. Lord Pricha, came to talk to his friends among the • foreigners. He wore a brocaded frock coat, gold on green silk ground, buttoning close to the neck, fastened with single diamonds, each half an inch in diameter. Hi, broad gold belt ljad a huge diamond buckle. Instead oi trousers he wore the national panung, which at a short dis tance looks like loose knee breeches. The panung was of chintz, the pattern denoting the rank, and white silk stock ings and half boots completed the dress He was followed by a train of men car rying a gold teaprii, spittoon, triy of betel nut cigar case, and other sundries, all of red gold. The foot of the Hill was surrounded by troops of dancing women dressed in cloth of silver, with gilt high crowns, representing the Ap- saras, or houris of heaven; and all the centre of the lawn was occupied by youths dressed in yellow, posturing with bows and arrows. At about 3 p. m. the King arrived in state. He was borne on a silver giU --■*' along the course appointed tor the pro cession. ArounJ tne King were carried sevigai pyramidal standards, each formed of a series of rings of gold cloth, which foreigners call royal umbrellas, but over him was held a real umbrella of gilt cloth, about eight feet in diameter. Sev eral of the King’s children followed him, some home ia a litter, some on foot His Majesty, young and good looking, with a peculiarly bright eye and intelli gent expression, was magnificently robed in cloth of gold, and wore the collar of a grand Siamese order. He stepped at once from his lofty seat on to the wall. The procession had reached the inner gate, and was close upon us; first came the Japanese guard in Japanese war dress, hideous oiack masks and deer’s horns; then a company of Sappers in European uniform carrying axes, then military music. Some very beautiful girls, magnificently dressed, appeared before the King's pavilion, dancing the flower dance, waving branches of gold and silver flowers, a stately and ravish ing minuet. Then paced two noble men, archangels, all in white, with gold embroidery and crowns, surmounted by a white born or spike about eighteen inches high, followed by about a hun dred crowned angels of lower degree, and owning less gold embroidery, marching in two lines, and be tween them Indian musicians. Next came more angels of high degree in marvellously gorgeous robes. These were followed by representatives of the races who will serve the Princess, all in their national costume, China hoys in blue coats embroidered with dragons, Malays with gilt helmets and strange turbans, and Anamese iu plain white robes. Now appeared some hundred children dressed in white, with little gold coronets on their topknots, and the thin Brahman thread around the coronet. These were the children of noblemen, wearing their own family jewelry, heavy gold frontlets, and tier upon tier of bracelet, armlet and anklet. A cluster of royal insignia preceded the beautiful Princess. There were eight of the above described umbrella standards, each about fifteen feet high, colossal fans of strange forms, royal spears, a trident, and the royal sword held above the head of the swordbearer. Then came the Princess herself, in white robes, with a small diadem encir cled by white thread, seated on a gold throne borne on the shoulders of pages in purple. Beside her walked six of the greatest nobles of Siam, archangels in white and with white crowns, radient with new gold embroidery. Twelve more queens, in shot gold and silver fol lowed close as her ladies of honor, bear ing gold vases, containing royal robes and insignia; and then came another cluster of umbrellas and fans. Next en sued what may be supposed to represent the household of the present monarch. Fifty or more of the King’s wives marched in rows of four, all dressed in snowy silk robes reaching to their feet, with silk silver shot scarfs, and each wearing eight or nine massive gold chains over one shoulder and across their bosoms, the chains lying side by side, aud thus ap pearing like a gold band about five inches wide. The only point of dre3S in which I recognized any difference among these ladies was in their boots, mostly black French kid, but in some cases colored. One only wore Indian slippers. Few of them had shapely feet, few indeed were pretty, but some were very pretty. All, however,had a ladv-Uke, graceful carriage, and their expressions were generally genjie, modest and pleasing. I cannot call them ail pearls of iovcliness; but the large harem of a King of Siam is not the collection of a voluptuary, but a State institution, linking the monarch bJl private channels with the great body of his noblemen, each of the more promi nent of them generally presenting one daughter. Many of these ladies are thus wives of the King only in name, dignity and duty. They draw their yearly sala ries and monthly allowances, aud attend the King daily for three hours, but in most cases that is all. When they grow tired of such a dignified though dull mode of life they ask leave to retire from the palace and seek a husband elsewhere, the permission being scarcely ever re fused. When the Princess reached the wall where the King was he rose to receive her. She did homage by raising her hands above her head. Men with long French horns and other trumpets made shrill, wild music, tfie throne was raised a little, and the Ring lifted her from it, after which they stood together on the wall. The whole escort now made three bows with military precision, and then King and|Princes.s passed into the throne room. T he chief members of the royal family, the second King, and some of the Ministers foljowed them into the hall; the assembied bishops chanted for about an hour, and then the Princess left in procession as she had come, the King following, but stopping, as he readied the foreign pavilion, to exchange % few words with the Consul of Germany, On the next day the Consul of the United States was honored with the same com pliment. These processions went on for three successive afternoons. On the fourth and great day, the cere mony commenced soon after daybreak, in accordance with the mandate of the royal astrologers. The Princess arrived in procession as before described, and was led into the great hall to be shaved. Her hftir, already arranged in three tufts, was solemnly cut off by three great princes with scissors, and then shaved with gold, silver and steel razors. The candle of victory was extinguished. Then, still clad in white, she was carried in procession to {he foot of Krailat, aud seated on the marble bench in a pool representing the holy lake, whose waters spouted from the mouths of an elephant, a horse, a bull and a lion. The pretty Siwilai began to shiver. The King took five jars of gold, silver, brass, bronze, and stone and poured holy water over her. She shook and almost cried amid her glories with cold. After the King the greatest princes, princesses and noble men successively poured water over her with irritating deliberation, and for about half an hour she bad to endure this trying rite. Then she retired to a cur tained pavilion, *«nd was dressed in mag nifioent royal robes. The Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, gorgeously clad as an gels, escorted her up the mountain, and at the top she was received by the Celes tial Prince, uncle of the King, as Vishnu. The King also ascended. In the palace of Vishnu she was invested with a roval Clown, received the blessing of the gocls, and then descended in full 6tate, covered with jewels, and was carried in proces sion thrice round the mountain, with her right hand next it. This was the Taksin ceremony, the ancient mode of showing respect to teachers, and now performed in honor of Vishnu. But at this instant the procession suddenly became dazzling- ly gay and brilliant, the angels almost miraculously changing their eolor. They arrived ia white, hut di rectly the tonsure was completed all chau .;ed to pink or rose tints. The ladies &i the palace now showed gold and col ored scarves instead of silver, and colored sarongs in place of white. The change of color signified the joyous chango of state. The white robe* of the candidate were exchanged for the golden pomp and rich apparel of royalty; the white vesture of the angelic throDg of her attendants became a joyous pink, color of the love apple. Even the children transformed their dress to pink coats and pink stockings and the white band round their topknots and coronets was replaced by a red one. The red silk netted robe3 of the archangels, covered with gold embroidery, appeared truly splendid. In the afternoon she was again brought into procession to hear a reli gious service, but now the Buddhist monks and abbots cea ; ed to participate in the ceremony. The Great Throne had been made (over to the Brahmans, and each day there was a ceremony of pass ing flame round the Princess, ths rite of Wien-Tien, “turning the caudles.” In the centre of the hail. »ne plan of which is a eras* of equal arms, or. a throne or mother-of pearl the Princess sat crowned, facing two pyramids, formed each of several gold vases of gradually diminishing size, standing one in the other, so as to rise in tiers. Behind them stood the two Chief Brahmans, with fifteen large wax candles, fixed on crystal, gold, and silver stands or handles. The Brahmans lit the candles and passed them one by one to the ex-Regent^ i who, with a wave of his hand, guided the scented flame toward the Princess, and immediately passed the candle on. So the fifteen candles were passed <>a from hand to hand round the vast hall, each one making the flame momentarily incline toward the Princess. Five times the candles passed round the building, and then were handed back to the Brab- mans, who suddenly extinguished them, blowing the smoke toward the Princess. Then the chief priest handed her food, fresh cocoanut from the Bai-Si, of which she ate a small portion. The King poured on her hands holy wn‘er, which she passed over her head, and so ended the last ceremony in the hall. For three days Wien-Tien was per formed each afternoon, and then the So- kan ceremony ended, and the Princess resumed her ordinary dress and pursuit*. During the last three days, presents, mostly in cash, flowed in liberally to the lap of the almond-eyed Swilai, and al together she will have accumulated about fifty thousand dollars. Every one who gave received some little souvenir in re turn from His Majesty. A Judge Akraioxs His Sox.—There was a remarkable scene in the Cleveland Police Court on Saturday. A son of Judge Tilden, a widely known and high ly respected lawyer, was arraigned on a charge of petit larceny. His venerable father, who has been the hour red Judge of the county for twenty four years, ap peared and asked that he might prosecu *o his own son as a matter of duty owing to himself and the State. He then con ducted the examination, and at its close said he was satisfied beyond a doubt that his son was guilty, and when he referred to the sad spectacle of a father prosecu ting his own son he burst into tears, while his powerful frame shook with the violence of his grief. The Police Judgo found the boy guilty of stealing a cort from a Common Pleas juryman, aud then pawning it for money, but reserved sentence until to-day.—Dayton (Ohio) Journal, March Yith. 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