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^ M;U»I0> FOB TI1E SISTEBS.
BY IRWIN BUSSELL.
neler breaks a colt afore he's oil enough to
I nelx*r ft ilig* my taters tell dey plenty big to
n when you sees me risin’ up to structlfy in
r . f !*'* <•]unib up <le knowledge tree and done
1S jjonie apple eotiu'.
! ^ souiH sistahs pruzint, mighty proud o’
^ 'lsnT apples, now, you better b9
For when yu heerd yo’ inarkit price, ’t’d hurt
you wouldn't fotcli a dime a peck, for all yo’
fancy peeliu’s.
•istahs leetle apples (for you're r’a’lly
) * michty like 'em)—
Hubs de or-Ume russets, dough it’s suldom I
so!' T lubs you* sistahs, foryo’ grace, an’
I don't keer how my apple looks, but on y how
u ler a <abbaf seholah heah ? Den let him
-form his mudder
n « Jacoli-in-dc-iiible's boys played off upon
1,0 dev brudder :
j. ^,1 him to a trader-an’ at las’ he struck
Dat coined ob Joseph’s struttin’ in dat streaked
[y (.'In is ian frien's, dis story proobes dat eben
[e'd had a dozen fancy coats, ef he’d ’a’ been
►e cussidnes^of showin’ off, he foun'out all
k n' yit he wuz a Christian man, as good as
ever shouted.
t larntsl him : An’ I bet you when he come
to L’ir his riches
K-y didn't co for stylish coats or Philadelphy
[.> didn't was'e his money whan experuuce
taught him better.
lut went arouu’ a lookin' like he's waitin' fora
• otr sistahs, won't you copy hint ? Say, won’t
n' ndn' 'li' solium wahuin’ ’bout de sin ob
Il.»w
Yo' l
To lo
It tu
■h yo" spen’ upon yo'se’f : I wish you
;ht remeu lier
.ciier ain't been paid a cent sence
icwhar in November.2
c lose. I sees some gals dis sahmon’s
ier hittin'
rin', an' sturbin’ ail dat's near whar
at deni, an' listen at dey onrospocTul
de milk ob human kiuoness mighty
h to clabber .'
A-a a-men !
—Scribner for April.
Georgia Affairs.
On last Thursday evening while some
prisoners were sitting in the Talbot county
court house, waiting to be taken to jail,
one of them, seeing no Sheriff or other offi
cial in sight, got up and coolly walked out
of the door. That night he was found
quietly reposing at his home, three miles
from Talbottou, aud was brought back
without resistance or trouble. The remain
ing prisoners sat still and behaved them
selves with the utmost decorum until the
oilicer saw fit to enter aud convey them to
their temporary residence. Talbot county
prisoners are certainly models of deport
ment, which would delight the soul of old
Turveydiop himself.
A correspondent of the Atlanta Constitu
tion gives au accouut of a bloody deed
which was perpetrated in the Vinegar Hill
district of Walton county on Monday last.
Four masked men came to the house of a
negro named Berry Sorrel,and having entered
it, seized him, took him outand shot him
to death with pistole, after which they made
their escape. Certain parties are suspected
of the dastardly crime, and will be arrested.
No cause Is given for the act. It is to be
hoped, however, that the matter will be fer
reted out, and the murderers brought to
speedy and impartial justice.
Measles of a very malignant type are said
to be prevailing in Hart county, and several
persons have died of the disease.
According to the Gazette, Elberton Is Im
proving more rapidly than any town in the
State.
The cutting and maiming of cows from
motives of cold-blooded cruelty, has been
carried on for some time by a gang of vil
lains in Columbus. It has at last reached
such a point that a party of young men
there have formed themselves into a vigi
lance committee, determined to break up
the inhuman practice at ali hazards.
The case against officer Smith, of the
Atlanta police force, for neglect of duty in
not preventing the Alston tragedy in that
•city,was tried before the Police Commission
ers Tuesday evening. After taking full tes
timony, and a/ter a careful discussion of the
subject, Smith was found guilty, and, by a
vote of four to one, was dismissed the
force.
A buli drawing a buggy a la horse, is the
latest fashionable turnout in Araericus.
Une hundred and forty students are at
present on the rolls of the State University
»n Athens.
Macon city bonds are appreciating. A sale
of $15,000 of them was made there Wednes
day for sixty cents ou the dollar.
Americus llenubhr.in: “Mr. J. P. P. Ilar-
r , ’ eli ster county, brought us a sam
ple of iiis wheat on Monday last, which he
is a. fair representation of fifty acres,
it is abt.’i: three feet high and heading up
splendidly. Mr. Harrell says it was raised
oa a fieid cleared iu 1839, and is as good
wheat as lit ever saw in any State, and he
expert*; ■. make enough to sell this year as
ne did the last. He informs us that the
corn planted for this year’s crop is pretty
generally up and looking well, and that the
armrrs of this section are making more ex-
nsiYt* preparations for raising their own
Provisions and planting less cotton than for
JjJf** He thinks that next fall provisions
111 be shipped from this part of the State.”
Athens Southern Banner: ‘‘From the be6t
niorniatiou we can gain from the farmers
JH this section, a larger area than usual has
planted in grain. This is a long needed
eiorin in the agriculture of our section of
ountry, the beneficial effects of which the
^mers ami the whole country will speedily
Iv t\ Ze "i ^" rn Panting ia progressing rapid-
*,’ 1 , 1 ‘argest proportion of the crop being
isin . Wheat is unusually prora-
ng at this season, and unless overtaken by
i. V ,: duster a very large yield may be
oat« for ' oat crop, especially spring
Witi never better or more promising.
,» L , 0ra ble seasons during the spring
' ®ntlook in this section for good grain
P* J® decidedly encouraging.”
fr^ C H uUie c °nnty also suffered considerably
£om t he tornado of Saturday. The Thom-
g ourimi says: “On Saturday afternoon
^verfdarfc and angry cloud came up
ueuly and rapidly from the southwest.
ijJrJ re ev «7 appearance of a regular tor-
carried dread and fear to the
eror 11 Who 4 “ w if - Fortunately, how-
than tu os by With no other damage
brtv t e of a few fence? and cbim-
nf tli ^ Ul P jarn other sections
On u coun,f y did not escape its ravages,
son f flotation of Mr. J. F. John-
four 1U COttnt y» every house—
ishe-l ° r i Ve number—wa^ demol-
At M t T trees and fences blown down.
k U Hardaway’s it blew down a
nnrti,° a « 11 froDt of the house, took away a
Bt ai | 0n .his carriage house, moved the
china ' c . ar S away his well-house and the
his f„ his cooking room, and scattered
his fi nciD ^ - Fortunately his dwelling and
leam th ^ outl E orchard escaped. We also
the n„! ^ C0Q siderable damage was done in
March!^^hborhcod of the new church called
MV !! 1 ** ut not know to what extent.
Pro to hear of the destruction of
otbel. probabiy the loss of lives in
OUier actions in a short time.”
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Talbotton Register: “We neglected to
chronicle the killing a short time since, bv
Mr. J. B. Smith, near Bellevue, of a mad
dog. The animal had followed Rev. R. J.
Willingham, who was returning from one of
his appointments, as far as Mr. Smith’s,
when it jumped over in the yard, played
with the children a few minutes, then ran
furiously into a peach orchard near by and
commenced to bite and tear Its own body
and limbs fearfully. Mr. Smith shot the
rabid animal, which settled matters In that
line.”
The Constitution says it is the opinion of
most of those familiar with the workings of
the United States Courts that the decision
of Judge Woods on Monday last on the rule
against Marshal Fltzsimoos for not execut
ing certain warrants issued by Commissioner
Smyth will result in a rush of warrants, the
great majority of which will not justify a
trial by the Attorney General. The Marshal
refused to execute the warrants hereto
fore placed in his hands because he knew
to do so would coi>t a vast deal of money
and be productive of no practical re
sult. On this point the Constitution says:
“The attitude of Marshal Fitzsimons in the
recent case was highly commendable. His
own private interest of course would have
dictated to him to execute all the
three hundred warrants which were turned
over to the District Attorney. In each
of these cases he would have receiv
ed a *ee, and the receipts of his office
would have been greatly swollen. But
he knew that most of these warrants were
utterly useless, so far as the ends of justice
and the public good were concerned, and he
delivered them to the District Attorney,who
took the same high and unselfish view as
the Marshal and advised him to act as he
did. Already the District Attorney has ad
vised the execution of enough warrants to
fill the dockets aud crowd the corridors of
the court room every day with accused per
sons.” It is thought the United States
Commissioners have a double purpose in
view. First, to increase their owu fees by a
limitless issue of worthless warrants, and
second, to by this means use up the ap
propriation, so that next fall when illicit
distilling begins actively, there may be no
money to prosecute the cases, and thus
charges of neglect of duty may be made
again Marshal Fitzsimons, who is a Demo
crat.
FAMOUS SEW GRAPES.
White, Red aud Black Varieties.
BY R. II. RAISES.
Written for the hfominq Netce.
Fruit growers are congratulating them
selves over the unusually large uumber
of new grapes that hare recently made
their appearance. Some of these varieties
reveal qualities of such rare excellence
that a short description of them will per
haps be read with interest. A feature
worthy of notice is that the white varie
ties form a large proportion of these
newer kinds. We are certainly to be
congratulated that this is the case, as
every owner of a garden can grow these
beautiful large white clusters, which
rival in size and appearance of berry
those that’are grown indoors under glass.
Those who have an eye to the tasteful
arrangement of the fruit dish will now
be enabled to form a much more
pleasing contrast, by combining the red
and black varieties with these rich white
clusters. The reader will understand
that I can only describe these and others
of the newer fruits, as they appear upon
my own grounds or in the few localities
where they have been tested. With the
older varieties, however, it is very
different, as the constant correspondence
of my numerous patrons keeps me
pretty well informed as to the success
obtained in the widely separated locali
ties in which they are being grown.
Belind.v.—This beautiful white grape
is a seedling of the “Concord,” is equally
as large and has the merit of ripening
somewhat earlier, in addition to its de
sirability for home use, it is thought that
it will also prove of value for market
purposes, as fruit dealers in New York
city, upon seeing the clusters, have re
marked “that such grapes should sell at
fifty cents a pound.” This is perhaps
too high au estimate to put upon them,
as there are so inaDy of these new large
white grapes appearing that the prices
probably could not be kept up to those
figures very long. The vines are hardy
anil of healthy habits of growth.
Brighton.—This is a fine new red
grape, whose qualities are probably more
generally known. The fruit is of an un
usually delicate flavor, with thin skin
and very little pulp, resembling in this
respect some of our hot house grapes.
The vines have something of the habits
of the “Concord,” are of hardy and
vigorous growth, and at time3 very pro
ductive. The fruit ripens a little earlier
than that variety.
Moore’s Early—Sometimes known
by the name of the new sixty-dollar prize
grape, is attracting considerable attention
at present. This prize was awarded it
not long ago by the Massachusetts State
Horticultural Society as being the “ best
new seedling.” The fruit is black, with
a rich bluish bloom, and of extra large
size, equalling the “ Wilder ” in this re
speet. It ripens from two to three weeks
earlier than the “ Concord,” and is fully
its equal, if not its superior in quality.
Lady.—This new white grape is re
ceiving a well merited welcome, and Is
being planted out quite largely through
out the country. The berries are of good
size, of very good quality, and ripen
quite early in the season. Ihe vines are
sufficiently hardy to stand our severe
winters, when given the same protection
that is afforded to other out door grapes.
Talman, Worden’s Seedling and Linden
are large sized black grapes, having their
distinctive merits. Diana and Delaware
are good red varieties that do not require
a description.
The cultivation of the grape is very
simple, aud by following out a few plain
direulions. at the commencement, then
almost any one can grow them suffi
ciently well for home use. Any good
soil that is adapted to garden vegetables
is suitable, if not too wet. Hardly any
cne in this land need feel I hat they must
do without the grape, as customers liv
ing; in the most distant States write me
that the vines sent to them through
the mails reach them in safety.
Plant out in March, April, or in
Slay setting the vines either eight or ten
feet apart. The first season allow only one
shoot to grow. Late in the fall this should
be trimmed hack one half, or to within
from eighteen to twenty-four inches of
the ground. The second season two or
three shoots may he permitted to grow-
The vine will by this time be under full
headway and in bearing condition. Cer
tainly this treatment is very simple, and
those in the city as well as those m the
country can easily practice it.
gaugertie8-on-Ltud*° n y "• •
As Trinity Church in New York is
supposed to set the fashions, as regards
ceremonials, for about all the other high
church Episcopal parishes in the country,
it may he worth while mentioning, says
a Now York letter, that the latest novelty
introduced there is the P>» c ! n S
sexton and the ushers in regular ecclesi
astical uniform, in other words, requir
ing them to wear black gowns after_lhe
manner of the English cathedrals The
effect is certainly picturesque, and as
useful as ornamental, as it en ? l ’' s
strangers to single out the officers of the
church when their services are needed
on occasion, when the edifice Reroute!
The rule applies to all of the ciiapeis
connected with the motUer „ cl i U Ken the
Broadway. Many years ago when the
late Dr. Berrtan was rector, it
custom of the verger to carry a staff, or
a gold tipped mace, when preceding the
clergy from the vestry room to the cham
cei but in deference to the scruplesof
some of the congregation who got it into
their heads that the practice somehow
was anti republican, it wasd^contjuued
though not without reluctance.
the mace is’to be restored now thatjex
ton and ushers are put into black robes,
U one of the momentous questions for
the future to decide^
Mr Vanderbilt has awarded the corn-
tract for tunnelingDetroitriveLnear
Detroit, Mich for $ko00,0W. Ujdlex
ttriy ^ Sred feet, with double
arches for double track.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The House Considering the Army
Appropriation Hill.
A MOTION FORA REDUCTION OF THE
ARMY DEFEATED.
Further Proceedings of the Wallace
Committee.
LYNCHING A NEGRO FIEND.
IHINOK ITE.HS.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, March 27.—In the Senate,
numerous bills were introduced and re
ferred. It was resolved that when the Sen
ate adjourn it be to Monday next. The
Senate took up Mr. Hoar’s resolution de
claring that the course of the dominant
party is revolutionary, etc.
A running debate took place on Mr.
Hoar’s resolution. Without disposing of
the subject the Senate went into executive
session, and afterwards adjourned until
Monday.
Iu the House, the army appropriation bill
was this morning introduced b> Mr. Sparks,
of Illinois, a member of the Appropriation
Committee of the last House. He stated
that it was substantially the bill which had
passed the last House, with the reorganiza
tion features stricken out. It retained the
clause prohibiting the use of troops at the
polls. The bill was referred to the commit
tee of the whole, and the House is now in
committee for the purpose of considering it.
The House is considering the army ap
propriation bill under the five-minute rule,
all general debate having been dispensed
with except on the clauses relating to the
use of troops at the polls, on which the de
bate will take place later. The motion to
reduce the army to fifteen thousand men
was rejected by a vote of 58 to 119.
The House in committee of the whole on
the army bill, disposed of nearly all sections
of the bill. That relating to the use of
troops at polls was passed over for the
present.
LYNCHING A NEGRO FIHND.
St. Louis, March 27.—A Fort Scott, Kan
sas, dispatch says : “Tuesday, Bill Howard,
the negro who cruelly and diabolically out
raged Clara Pond, aged twelve years, was
discovered in an old mine six miles from the
city. The prisoner was brought to town
and lodged in jail. The excitement was in
tense, and threats of lynching were made.
The crime was so horrible as to be without
parallel in criminal history. Last night a
crowd of fully a thousand men, accompanied
by thirty masked men with drawn revolvers,
took him from the jail aud tied a rope
around his neck and dragged him five blocks
aud hung him to a lamp post on a corner of
the public square. After hanging fifteen
minutes, on the cry of ‘Burn him!’ ‘Burn
him!’ they took the body down, and, in
spite of the resistance and objection of the
more calm and peaceable portion of the
crowd, roasted and burned it in a fire of dry
goods boxes and coal oil amid demonstra
tions that rivaled the pandemonium.”
ALLEGED FRAUDS IN THE LATE ELECTIONS.
Washington, March 27.—Before the
Wallace Committee this morning, Gorham’s
examination was resumed. He produced
the books of subscription in the depart
ments and the list of moneys sent to the
different States mentioned yesterday. There
were aided by the National Committee,nine
teen Southern Congressional Districts with
an average of $603, and fifty-eight Northern
Districts with an average of $712. No aid
was rendered to 212 Districts.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A GERMAN PRINCE.
Berlin, March 27.—Prince Waldem&r, the
fifth child aud third son of Prince Frederick
William, Crown Prince of Germany, and
grandson of Queen Victoria, died suddenly
of heart disease this morning.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
THE ASSASSINATION OF JUDGE
ELLIOTT.
A Proclamation from the Governor
of Kentucky
THE MIXED OCCUPATION OF EAST
ERN ROUMELIA.
Tlic Charter of the Lonisiana State
Lottery.
A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT IN CO
LUMBIA.
The Ligrlit Weight Championship of
America.
Foreign and Domestic Notes.
THE ASSASSINATED JUDGE—PROCLAMATION
OF THE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY.
Cincinnati, March 27-—At a meeting of
citizens of Frankfort, Ky., last night, Gen.
J. P. Nuckols, Hon. Alvin Duval and Judge
W. P. D. Dush were appointed a committee
to request the Mayor to issue his proclama
tion ordering that all places of business be
closed to-morrow,the 28th inst. The Gover
nor has issued the following announcement
for to-morrow s
State of Kentucky, Executive De
partment, Frankfort, Ky., March 27,
1879.—The announcement of the death of
Hon. John M. Elliott, Judge of the First
Appellate District, which occurred at Fraok-
fort on March 26, 1879, will cause Borrow
and regret in every section of the common
wealth. His long career of usefulness, and
the many positions of public trust which he
60 honorably filled, won for him the respect
and confidence of the people of the entire
State. As a citizen, he was beloved for
his integrity, patriotism and fidelity;
as a Representative in Congress, he was
energetic, prompt and distinguished; and as
a Judge he was able, incorruptible and irn-
f artial. In token of respect for his memory
recommend that all the public offices be
closed at 12 o’clock noon and remain closed
the residue cf this day, and that ail State
officers aud their clerks attend the funeral
in a body.
(Signed) James B. McCreary,
Governor.
The funeral will take place from the
Christian Church at 3 p. m. to-morrow, the
services to be conducted by the Rev. Dr.
Miller. It will be one of the largest fune
rals ever solemnized in this city. The most
bitter regret prevails throughout the com
monwealth. There has been no attempt at
lynching, nor will there be any.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ’VGNAL OBSERVES,
Washington, D. C., March 27.—Indica
tions for Friday:
In the South Atlantic States, clear or
partly cloudy weather, variable winds aud
stationary or higher temperature aud ba
rometer.
In the Middle Atlantic States, clear or
partly cloudy weather, northerly winds,
becoming variable, and stationary or higher
temperature and barometer.
In the Gulf States, partly cloudy weather,
occasional rain, southerly winds and nearly
stationary temperature.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley,warmer,
clear or partly cloudy weather, northerly
winds, generally shifting to southerly, fol
lowed by falling barometer.
THE MIXED OCCUPATION OF EASTERN ROU
MELIA.
London, March 27.—The Times' Vienna
dispatch says : “Russia, in recommending
the mixed occupation of Eastern Roumelia,
was strongly influenced by a desire to secure
the non-application of the clause in the
treaty of Berlin authorizing the Governor
of Eastern Roumelia, in case of an emer
gency, to seek the aid of Turkish troops,
ghe desired also to delay, at least for a time,
the garrisoning of the Balkans by the
Turks.”
CONFIRMATIONS.
Washington, March 27.—In executive
session to-day, the Senate confirmed the
following nominations: Doctors S. M.
Bemis of Louisiana, Henry J. liowditch of
Massachusetts, James M. Cabell of Vir
ginia, Hosmer A. Johnson of Illinois, and
Robert W. Mitchell of Tennessee, to be
five members of the National Board of
Health. The nominations ol the two
others remain to be acted on hereafter. It
also confirmed A. C. Bell to be Postmaster
at Americus, Ga.
THE LOUISIANA STATU LOTTERY.
New Orleans, March 27.—The Governor
to-day signed the bill passed by the last Legis
lature repealing the charter of the Louisiana
State Lottery. The officers of the Lottery
Company state that the business of the
company will not be interfered with or
affected’ by the Governor’s action, as they
have taken measures to test the constitu
tionality of the law in the courts of the
United 8tate6.
RUMORED PRIZE FIGHT.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 28.—It is currently
reported that a prize fight occurred this
morning at Navy Island, near this city, in
Canada, between Arthur Chambers, of New
York, and John Clark, of Philadelphia, for
one thousand dollars aside and the light
weight championship of America. No par
ticulars have been received.
LAYING THE CORNER-STONE OF A CONFEDER
ATE MONUMENT.
Columbia, S. C., March 27.—The corner
stone of the Confederate monument, located
in Capitol square, was laid to-day bv the
Masonic fraternity, the Acting Most Worthy
Grand Master of South Carolina officiating,
in the presence of a large assembly.
SPANISH ITEMS.
Madrid, March 27.—Senor Ulloa, a for
mer Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and a distinguished member of the Sagosta
party, is dead.
Great anxiety is felt regarding the condi
tion of the Princess Christina, daughter of
the Duke of Montpensier.
NO INDIAN OUTBREAK ANTICIPATED.
Chicago, March 27.—General Sheridan,
who has returned from the plains, regards
the fears of a general Indian outbreak
almost wholly without foundation.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Bell-Punch Revenues.
New York Journal of Commerce.
In Connecticut, where the House has
passed a bell-punch bill, the people are
prematurely exulting over the immense
revenue that would be yielded to that
little instrument. They estimate it at
one million dollars a year. But in Vir
ginia the bell punch tax on liquors has
produced far less than the calculated
sum annually. It has fallen 90 much
short and is becoming 90 unpopular there
that the forces favoring its repeal hope
to cany with them the present Legisla
ture. \"et in Virginia there are reasons
why the bell-punch tax should be more
acceptable Ilian any other way of raising
revenue. It is undoubtedly one of the
easiest and surest of methods; it does not
fall with crushing weight on anybody;
one needs only to stop drinking liquor to
be exempt from it; aud it doe3 make a
visible large contribution tow’ard the ex
penses of the State government. Every
Virginian, as he takes his drink, feels
that he is helping on the State, and makes
flat repudiation less likely lo triumph.
He is therefore doing a good turn to the
creditors of Virginia, and they are
watching the operation of the bell punch
law with interest. It has not operated so
successfully in Virginia as to lead to its
adoption in any ether Southern State.
While the Southerners recognize the fa
cility with which the little crank turns in
money to depleted treasuries, they dis
like the principle of espionage and in
terference involved in it, and they re
gard the tax itself as disproportionately
high. They think that liquors already
bear their full share of burdens in the
internal revenue act. While they might
put up with a moderate excise law for
licensing and regulating the liquor
traffic, they do not approve of so direct
and onerous a tax as that imposed by
the bell-punch law. In the North the
same feeling prevails. No Northern
State has hitherto passed a law
of this kind. Iu New Y’ork it has been
talked of but little. Among all the
excise bills now before the Legislature
not one proposes the bell punch. It does
not, in this part of the country at least,
represent a public want, and the result
of its trial in Virginia is not calculated
to make Northerners more than South
erners in love with it. If Connecticut
adops the bell-punch it will then be sub
jected to another test, by the results of
which other States may be guided. One
«f the incidental effects of the Virginia
law is to drive some of the liquor traffic
out of the State. Alexandria has lost a
large part of this trade, now directed to
Washington,where the tinkle of the bell-
punch is not heard; and her general busi
ness interests have suffered so much from
it that Alexandria is now petitioning the
Legislature to be exempted from its
operation and to return to the old license
law. The border towns of Connecticut
would suffer in the same way. Perhaps
those in favor of a prohibitory law for-
biddiug the sale of liquor would rejoice
at this, as it would drive part of the
traffic over the line into the adjoining
States.
Set Aiire From the Sky..
New York World.
During the thunder storm of Saturday
night a singular electrical discharge oc
curred in Paterson, N. J., setting a boy
on fire aud burning him badly. The boy,
Edward Brain, who is fifteen years old,
with a young boy |named Robert Duroc,
was crossing a vacant lot at Pearl and
Summer streets lo make a short cut to
Mechanic street. Brain had his left hand
in which was clasped a silver quarter
dollar, resting against his breast and was
trudging along with his head down. At
about the middle of the lot Duroc, who
was looking upwards, was startled by
seeing what appeared to be a small ball of
fire shooting from the sky towards his
companion and himself. Almost imme
diately the mass struck Brain in the breast
and in a moment he was in fiames. The
boys, who were too much frighteued to
attempt to put out the flames,
ran to a grocery store in Me
chanic street and the keeper of the
store stripped Brain and smothered the
fire. The side of his body and his hand
were found to be badly burned and blis
tered, and the end of his left thumb
was burned off. The coin, which he
had not dropped, was partly melted.
The boy said that he did not see the ball
of fire, but heard a hissing noise and felt
a dull thud which stunned him for a few
seconds. There was no sensation as if
he Lad been struck with a stone or any
solid substance, nis coat was almost
entirely destroyed. A physician who
examined him said his injuries although
painful were not dangerous.
CYlt was taken for granted that the ball
of fire was a meteorite, that it grazed the
boy s side and then fell to the ground.
On this supposition the lot was thorough
ly searched, but no traces were found of
any meteorite, nor were there any marks
on the ground as if any solid mass had
fallen. The ground was wet and soft,
but there were no indications that a me
teorite had buried itself iu the earth.
Death of a Lady in Church.—Miss
Louisa Donaldson,aged twenty-five years]
daughter of Mr. Stephen Donaldson, No
112^outh Exeter street, died suddenly
in High Street Baptist Church, Balti
more, on the night of the 10th. Miss
Donaldson was in attendance upon a
lady who was one of the nine candidates
for baptism. This lady had been down
into the baptismal pool with Rev. J. T.
Craig, the pastor. Miss Donaldson had
assisted her in changing her clothes in
one of the retiring rooms after the cere
mony. The two ladies walked out into
the lecture room in the basement of the
church. Miss Donaldson, who was bap
tized a week ago, asked her friend if she
did not feel happy, or words to that
effect. Receiving au affirmative answer,
Miss Donaldson said she was unable to
give expression to her own feelings.
While uttering this sentence she suddenly
fell back, and in a moment was uncon
scious. Her father and mother and
other relatives,who were up stairs among
the congregation, were called to her side.
Miss Donaldson recovered sufficiently to
recognize her parents, and then, with a
deep respiration, expired.
There has been a decided bull move
ment among the politicians and editors
of late. The Cleveland Plain Dealer
has declared that the black sheep in the
church who insist on being pillars must
be weeded out, which is vigorous, but
not more vigorous than the remark of a
member of the Ontario Legislature that
“the pruning-knife must be applied, no
matter whose ox is gored.” The Com
mittee on the Penitentiary of the Dlinois
Senate has reported, in a truly Draconian
vein, recommending: “If a man is guilty
of murder, hang him; if not, then send
him to the penitentiary for a number of
years—never for life.” Mr. Hooper,
M. P. for Lennox, in his speech in the
Dominion Parliament on the pensions
bill, said that “no people were so well
entitled to be provided for at the public
expense as those who have fought, bled
and died in the service of their country. \
The CoDgresslonal Outlook — No
Pronpeel of a Compromise—Green-
backers up and at it Again— in
Amuiing Debate In the Senate—A
Tilt Between Jim Blaine and Ben
Hill-The Bronze Figure lor the
Confederate Monument at Savan
nah.
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Washington, March 26.—Beyond com
pleting the organization of the two houses,
nothing has yet been done by Congress of
any importance whatever. No general legisla
tion has been entered on. Perhaps before
this reaches you the floodgates will be opened
and Congress launched upon a sea of legis
lation. If 6uch is the case, all prospects
of a short session will have disappeared.
Whether we are to have general legislation
and a long session or the passage of the
two appropriation bills and a short session,
depends entirely upon what line of
poiicv may be determined on by
either party. The Democrats will soon be
ready to pass the appropriation bills, with
the repealing legislation attached thereto.
Then what appears to be an irrepressible
conflict between Haye9 and the will of the
people will be entered upon. During this
conflict there may be general legislation and
the session made a long one. The Republi
cans profess to want no general legislation,
and are opposing any attempt made iu that
direction. The whole question of what is
to be done and how long it will take in do
ing it devolves on whether a “compromise”
is possible. The Democrats say not.
They have made one concession
and they will attempt nothing more
in that line. The Republicans refuse to ac
cept that concession, and Hayea backs them.
That’s the situation. What the upshot will
be no one can tell. The Democrat* y will not,
It Is confidently believed, be the first to
yield in the tight with a veto. If they do
yield, they will make one of the greatest
party mistakes ever known in political his
tory. They can afford to allow Mr. Hayes
to keep the back money for the army and
for the Legislative, Executive and Judcial
Departments of the government, while laws
In every particular obnoxious to the ma
jority of the people in tlie country remain
on the statute books.
the greenbackers again.
The Greenbackers are up and at it again.
Their balance of power in the organization
of the House did not balance to any alarm
ing extent. They want plenty of money
issued, and say that unless they can se
cure its Issue, they will put finan
cial riders on the appropriation bills. This
shows two things. One, that the Green
backers are learning politics rapidly, when
they talk of “riders’’ so soon, aud the other
that they do not evidently fully realize how
weak they are. When they claimed
“the balance of power” in the or
ganization of the House they count
ed on some disaffected Democrats
and some Republicans joining them. In
their proposition *o put financial riders on
the appropriation bills they count for a very
strong Republican and Democratic support.
They' will not get it. They are not suffi
ciently cohesive and not sufficiently numer
ous to accomplish anything. Despite their
assertions to the contrary, they begin to see
this themselves. The result, though work
ing out gradually, will be as predicted some
time ago—they will keep up a show of being
thoroughly organized, but will go into the
ranks of one party or the other, according
to their political affiliations.
AN AMUSING DEBATE.
The Senate yesterday elected its principal
officers, as nominated by the caucus. Sena
tor Wallace moved along in the afternoon
that the Senate proceed to the election of
officers. This drew out a debate which,
after taking in civil service reform, even got
so far as the Potter Committee. The debate
was 6picy throughout, and very ludicrous.
For nothing could be more ludicrous than
such men as old Hamlin, Anthony and
Blaine extolling the beauties of civil ser
vice reform, aud saying that according
to that divine institution and the usages of
the Senate, the old officers should be retain
ed. The idea that the Senate, while Repub
lican had filled its offices without reference
to party, is refreshingly absurd. The sanc
timoniousness of these Republicans was too
ludicrous, and everybody even themselves,
had to enjoy the spectacle aud laugh. An
thony had a long set speech prepared and
delivered it. It sounded like the last wail
of the officeholder when out, finding he can
get no other sinecure. Anthony accused the
Democrats of wanting to break up the
business of the Senate; and his asser
tion, made with a straight face,
'hat no others could be secured who
would be able to perform the duties of the
offices as well as the Republicans who were
then in, created au audible smile. Coukliug
seconded the farce, and wanted to “ record
his solemn protest ” against the impending
removals. Mr. Beck thought there was no
great calamity threatened by the removal
of the Republicans. He could not exact
ly see the logic of the Republicans
asking the Democrats to keep iu such a
man as Gorham, the present Secretary,
and pay him six thousand dollars a year,
in order that he might act as Secretary
of the Republican Campaign Committee,
and bleed department clerks to secure
money which was used in trying to defeat
Democratic candidates for Congress. He
read one of Gorham’s circulars to office
holders soliciting subscriptions to the Radi
cal campaign fund. He also referred inci
dentally to the civil service reform which
has given the manipulators of the late Presi
dential alleged count Important and many
positions under the government at home
and abroad. Mr. Voorhees said a few sound
words about having the majority of theSenate
with its officers in accord with them, and also
advocated the principle of helping one’s
friends. Mr. Eaton referred to the circu
lar issued by Gorham, which 8euator
Beck here read, and denounced as
false the statement contained therein, that
if tne Democrats gained a majority in both
houses they would put out Hayes. Blaine
charged that the circular told the truth, and
that such was the intent of the Democracy
when it was issued. Mr. Hill, of Georgia,
then entered into the fight, and he and
' Blaine had a little tilt over the electoral
commission, so-called the Potter Commit
tee, and the attitudes of the two parties
then and now. It was a lively dash between
the two. When they get together they
always make things lively. Mr. Blaine did
not got any the best of the scrimmage. Mr.
Hill was too ready and had too many
strong points on his side. After all
the fun the Democratic nominees for the
offices were elected. The object of the Re
publicans in precipitating debate on this
subject was to make capital out of a Demo
cratic disregard of civil service reform.
Even if the Democrats had not had the
precedent of the Senate ever since its
organization on their side, the utter
absurdity of 6uch men as Anthony, Blaine.
Conkling and Hamlin prating of civil
service reform, would have been sufficient
to have prevented Republican capital
The only thing in the debate to be regretted
—and that for his sake only—was the
speech of Mr. Bayard, who mounted a high
horse aDd warned his fellow Democrats
against making the offices under their con
trol political ones.
THE SOLDIERS’ MEMORIAL.
The following appears in the New York
Sun of to-day:
“A bronze figure of a Confederate soldier,
measuring seven feet in height and weigh
ing nearly one thousand pounds, has recent
ly been finished at the National Fine Art
Foundry, in East Twenty-fifth street. It
was modeled by the sculptor, Richards, and
is to surmount the shaft of the Soldiers’
Memorial in Savannah, Ga. The figure rep
resents a private of the Confederate army.
The stock of his gun rests ou the ground at
his feet, and the fixed bayonet extends from
the top of the barrel, in front of his shoul
der. He wears a belt, with cap box and
cartridge box, and on the clasp of the belt
are the letters “C. 8.” The coat of the uni
form that was sent to the sculptor to assist
him had been too near some camp fire, and
was burned away at one of the corners in
front. This is faithfully represented in the
statue.” Potomac.
A Shocking Affair.—A Sedalia, Mo.,
dispatch says a shocking affair was en
acted, Saturday night, in the neighbor
hood of Bethlehem Church, Boone
county. James Rowland, a well-to-do
bachelor farmer, had a niece, Miss Julia
Rowland, keeping house for him. Sun
day moi ning his brother came on a visit
and found the doors bolted and windows
fastened, and hearing groans inside
forced open the door and found his
brother in a pool of blood, revolver by
his side and bullet hole in his head. On
the bed lay Miss Rowland, dead, with a
photograph by her side on wliich was
written: - “Dear Sister—I have taken
poison, and am going to my long and
happy home. Please forgive me for
this.” Rowland is still alive, but refuses
to give the reasons for the terrible affair,
A rumor is current that Miss Rowland’s
lover was not acceptable to her uncle,
and rather than suffer separation she
took poison, and that Rowland, viewing
the sad consequences, attempted to take
his own life.
NO COMPROMISE WITH USURP!
TION.
Talks With Several Senators W'hlch
Indicate That There Will be no
Retreat.
A Washington special to the New Y’ork
World says :
It has been fcknown for many days
that three members of the Cabinet have
been unceasing in their insistance that
the President veto any and every appro
priation bill which contains.any political
legislation and repeals or modifies any
existing laws. Those three urge Mr.
Hayes to base his veto solely on that
ground, and on no other ground, and if the
Democrats will not yield, and if Con
gress adjourns, then to call Congress to
gether again after the present fiscal year
has ended. They argue that so many
members of Congress are impecunious,
that they will not endure the deprivation
of pay, and that if Congress passes a bill
for the Legislative and not for the Ex-
utive Department, the country will turn
against Congress. There are, on the
other hand, other members of the Cabi
net who say that if Congress permits the
supervisors to watch and observe the
polls and goes to the country on the issue
with the Executive whether Federal offi
cials shall have power to arrest without
judicial warrant on election days, the
Anglo-Saxon instincts of the people will
carry them over to the side of Congress.
A leading Republican Senator said to
day that it was useless to expect the
lawyers of the country to uphold section
2,022 of the marshal election law whenever
it was thoroughly discussed. Another
Senator said that section 2,022 was mon
strous. It declares that the Federal mar
shals and deputies “shall” among other
things “keep the peace” and “preserve
order at such places of registration and
at such polls.” “Where,” he asked,
“does Congress get authority to go into
my State with Federal officers to ‘ keep
the peace’ and ‘preserve order.’”
And then, lie said, look at the next
w r ords which declare that those marshals
“shall prevent fraudulent registration,
or fraudulent voting, or fraudulent
conduct on the part of any offi
cer of election.” How ? The sec
tion answers! Bv arresting and
taking into custody, with or with
out process, anybody and every
body who commits, or attempts or of
fers to commit, any of the acts or
offenses prohibited in the section, or vio
lates any law of the United States in
presence of any marshal or supervisor.
Translated out of statute lingo, what
does that mean? Simply this - : Under
the modern law of arrest any private in
dividual can apprehend another, even
without a warrant from a magistrate,
upon reasonable suspicion that the lat
ter has committed a felony, and in certain
other cases. There is really very little
difference between the rights of a public
officer, under certain circumstances, and
that of a private person, excepting that
the peace officer incurs little or no per
sonal responsibility, as a private citizen
does for a false or unwarranted arrest.
If a private person sees a robber
rob or a thief steal ho can
arrest with impunity, for the law
will protect him, and so can a policeman
arrest without a judicial warraut iu such
a case. But section 2,022 authorizes a
Federal marshal or supervisor to arrest
without a judicial warrant for an offense
wherein fraudulent intent is of the
essence of the crime. The section makes
“fraudulent registration,” “fraudulent
voting” or “ fraudulent conduct” on the
part of an election officer a crime, and
authorizes the Federal officials to arrest
on sight of the commission of either
offense. But how can these officials see
fraudulent intention, which is the gist
of the thing which the law forbids? A
disturbance of the peace the marshals
may see, but how look inside of the
breast of the citizen and discover fraud?
And besides, the section authorizes the
arrest “either before or after voting,”
which arrest if before voting will of
course deprive the arrested person of his
vote. If a private individual made the
arrest, took the accused before Daven
port as committing magistrate, and made
a complaint on which the prisoner was
consigned to the iron cage and the jury
found a verdict of acquittal, the private
individual could be made to smart in ex
emplary damages, but no deputy mar
shal or supervisor could be thus over
hauled.
Another Senator called my attention to
a declaration of Secretary of War Mc
Crary in his book on elections that “ all
controversies concerning the right of in
dividuals to vote, whether at a State or
Federal election, must be determined by
reference to the local or State law upon
this subject, provided, of course, that
such local or State law is not in conflict
with any provision of the Constitution of
the United States.” “Now,” added the
Senator to whom I refer, “you will see by
turning to the Federal laws for super
vising and arresting, that they all operate
on State laws. It is the election law of
my State which is to be enforced. The
execution of State laws on voting are to
be scrutinized and citizens are to be ar*
rested by Federal officials for violating or
attempting to violate the laws of my
State. Now how can there be a concur
rent or double jurisdiction over the same
citizen for the same act? The State
law punishes a false registration and
then the Federal law comes in and
punishes again for that same act. If
Congress is entitled to any such jurisdic
tion and control in my State, it must
be exclusive, and my State must alto
gether retire from executing her own
laws. Why, look at the New Y’ork reg
istry law, for example, which punishes
by confinement in State prison anybody
who falsely registers his own name or
aids any one else to be fraudulently reg
istered, or falsely personates on election
day one truly registered. Then turn to
section 5,512 of the Revised Statutes and
see how Congress has again punished
precisely the same acts by a fine of not
over $.500 or by imprisonment not more
than three years. The false pretense at
the bottom of all this election uproar is
colossal, I assure you, because it is based
on the lie that Congress enacts better
election laws than do or will the States.
All these bustling punishments inflicted
by Congress for unlawful acts in elec
tions, which are left standing by recent
decisions of the Supreme Court, are
based on State laws. The New York
Supreme Court Judge (Hunt) decided in
the Susan B. Anthony case in 1873—who
being a woman was indicted for voting
for a member of Congress—that ‘the
right of voting, or the privilege of vot
ing. is a right or privilege arising under
the Constitution of the State and not un
der the Constitution of the United
States.’ ”
MARRIED HER FATHER S COACH
MAN.
A Whole Loaded Team Stolen:—
On Saturday two well dressed young
men hailed a teamster at the Providence
Railroad station, in Boston, and request
ed him to transport a small package for
them. The teamster consented, earned
the package and deposited it in the third
story of a building, accompanied by one
of the men. The latter returned to the
street on some pretext, leaving the team
ster alone in the room. After waiting
some time in the room he became sus
picious and returned to the street, when
hj found his team, truck and load, to
gether with the man who had accompa
nied him to the room, had disappeared.
The load consisted of several large cases
of merchandise consigned to several
prominent houses, and was valued at
about two thousand dollars. After a pro
tracted search detectives discovered the
goods stored in a barn in Cambridge,
which had been hired for the purpose.
A watch was kept on the barn in antici
pation of the return of the thieves, who
appeared in due time. When they dis
covered the presence of the officers the
thieves drew revolvers and prepared to
resist arrest. A running fire was then
commenced, which resulted in the wound
ing of an officer and the detention of one
of the robbers. The affair has created
quite a sensation in police circles, and is
considered one of the boldest operations
attempted there for years.
The Freak of an Ex-Governor’*
Daughter.
Hartford (Conn.) dispatches to the New
Y’ork papers state that social circles in
that city are much exercised over the
marriage of Miss Nellie Hjibbard, eigh
teen years of age. youngest daughter of
ex Governor Richard D. Hubbard, to
Frederick Shepard, the family coach
man. Miss Hubbard has bad a delight
ful home, surrounded by all the luxuries
of life, and there has nothing appeared
in her conduct to excite the least suspic
ion that her affection was being drawn
toward the man she has chosen. When
the facts were known they produced
overwhelming astonishment, and then,
naturally perhaps, it was remembered
that she had frequently driven out alone
with the coachman and had taken horse
back rides with him. The coachman is
about thirty years of age, of good per
sonal appearance and pleasing man
ners. His parents live in Hartford,
and are respectable people. Prior
to a year and a half ago, before
he entered the service of Governor Hub
bard, he was a hackman. He is reported
not to have had many advantages in his
school days, and it is further said that
Miss Hubbard became interested in him
at first through a desire to instruct him
in ways of culture by reading, she being
an excellent scholar, and it is probable
that the intimacy was first formed
through the well intentioned and inno
cent designs of the girl. The first that
was known of the relations existing was
on Saturday last, when the girl suddenly
disappeared from her home. Since then
it has become known that Shepard went
to New Haven on Friday, and there
waited for her to meet him. Before he
left here he told his parents to break the
news to the Hubbard family, and on
Saturday forenoon they sent word to the
house, and also sent a marriage certificate
showing that the marriage took place in
Westfield, Mass., on March 11. The
absence of both from Hartford on that
day was not observed, because members
of the family were away, and the girl
announced that she was to visit a young
lady friend in the city. Both returned
the same afternoon, and no suspicion was
excited. The presentation of the mar
riage certificate at the house on Saturday
gave an opportunity to confront Miss
Nellie, as she was yet at home, and she
frankly admitted all and seemed to be
perfectly satisfied with the course she
had taken. An effort was made to de
tain her in the house, but by practicing
a little deception she managed to elude
vigilance and get away in time to take
the noon express train for New Haven,
where it is supposed her husband joined
her.
A Caucus of the Nationals.
There was a caucus of the Greenback
members of Congress at the rooms of
Mr. Kelley Monday afternoon, at which
the general political situation was dis
cussed. There were fourteen gentlemen
present, the entire Greenback clement in
the House except Russell, of North Caro
lina, who is out of the city. The fol
lowing gentlemen were present: Messrs.
Barlow, of Vermont; Ladd and Murch,
of Maine; Kelley, Wright and Y’ocum.
of Pennsylvania; Forsyth and Stevenson,
of Illinois; Gillett and Weaver, of Iowa:
Lowe, of Alabama; Jones, of Texas;
Ford, of Misssouri, and De La Matyr, of
Indiana. It was agreed that it would
not be best to undertake any financial
legislation at this session. Next winter,
however, the new party will try its
strength and expects to have a large
accession to its ranks from both the
other political parties. In regard to the
work of the present session there was an
almost unanimous expression of opinion
against the Democratic policy of attach
ing repeal legislation to the appropria
tion bills. While every gentleman pres
ent is willing to vote for the repeal of the
test oath law and that authorizing the
employment of deputy marshals at elec
tions, they are not ready to concede that
such legislation can properly be put upon
an appropriation bill. They believe that
the Democrats will have an unpleasant
time of it in carrying their point, as their
clear majority over the Republicans and
Nationals united is so veiy small. Mr.
Kelley, in speaking this evening of the
intentions of the Greenback party in
Congress, said it would be strong enough
to give the Democrats some trouble.
“If,” said he, “they had fore
seen that we would act against
them in the matter of the re
peal legislation they would probably not
have been so anxious to call the extra
session. As it is, they have reason to
desire as little legislation as possible and
an early adjournment.” The fifteen
Nationals, it is believed, will stand to
gether in regard to financial legislation
next year, and they expect to get a good
start at this by franking documents to
their constituency. In this undertaking
they expect the co-operation of soft-
money Democrats and Republicans like
Ewing and Fort in tbe House and Voor
hees in the Senate. The third party in
the House will support some compromise
in regard to the supervisors of elections,
but will insist on three instead of two
for every voting precinct, or one for each
of the three political parties.
History of a Scotch Ploughman.
Who says that the days of romance are
ended needs to read the strange history
of a Scottish ploughman who has return
ed to his native heath after a long exile.
Twenty years ago a farmer in Orkney
hired a young man to do farm work.
The ploughman touched the fancy of his
master’s daughter, and the result was
that in a runaway fashion, and in oppo
sition to the will of the patriarchal
farmer, the two became man and wife.
The old gentleman was furious, and
turned his back determinedly on his son-
in law. The young ploughman kissed
his wife, left her in her father’s arms,
and sailed for Australia, -whence
he soon ceased to write, nis wife
became a mother, and remained
in a state of such wretched sus
pense that her father began to re
pent of the treatment to which he had
subjected her husband. Efforts were
then made to trace the whereabouts of
the latter by means of advertising in
colonial papers and otherwise, but all to
no purpose. He had gone to America.
Y’ears passed. The grandson grew up
to manhood, and, not liking farm work,
bade adieu to Orkney, took ship last
year to the United States, and after some
knocking about found employment in a
mercantile house in Illinois. In the
course of business he discovered that the
gentleman at the head of the firm was a
native of Scotland, hailing, indeed, from
the same district as himself. Occasional
meetings led to more minute inquir es as
to dates, names of places, persons, and
the like ih the old country, and after
being six months in the establishment the
youth found—however wonderful it may
appear—that he was actually serving as
a clerk with no other than his own
father! The effect ot this discovery on
both may be left to the imagination of
the reader. Father and son are now in
Scotland. The man who went away a
penniless plough-boy but returns rich,
has been welcomed with much emotion
by his venerable father-in-law, who is
still hale and hearty, as well as by the
wife whom he left many years ago in
her youth and beauty, but who is now a
middle aged matron.
Singular Shooting on the Stage.—
At the Coliseum, a Cincinnati theatre,
on Tuesday night, the wad from a pistol
fired by Mr. A1 Henderson hit Barry
Hodges iu the head, near the temple,
and knocked him colder than a weage.
As it was the end of tho farce, the cur
tain fell, and Barry was found with tbe
wad in his head. He was restored to
consciousness, and in a short time was
all right again. The wad made an ugly
hole, and Banr will feel it for some time
to come. Had the wound been in the
temple a vacancy would have been made
as stage manager of the Coliseum.
“I think our church will last a good
many years yet,” said a waggish deacon
to hU minister: “I see the sleepers are
very sound. "—Inter-Ocean*
“BARREN IN MEN.”
$DCh 1* the Opinion of a Republican
Journal Concerning that Party-
Grant Will Sink It.
The Nation.
We are here only concerned with the
probable effect of a third term of General
Grant on the Republican party; of this
we must judge by the history of his last
two terms, and judging by it we are
driven to the following conclusions:
1. That the effect of foreign travel on
a man of his age and stolidity and
general mental equipment has probably
been hardening rather than opening—
that is, that it has probably strengthened
his respect for money and his confidence
in his own judgment, and that he will
come back substantially unchanged, but,
if changed at all, a less valuable civil
administrator than he was.
2. That he will find all his old friends
and advisers who are still living, waiting
for him eagerly in Washington, many of
them restored to the positions which they
had Io9t before he went away, aud
prepared with arguments drawn from
Mr. Hayes’ failure, and the revival of his
own popularity, to show that the kind of
government he carried on was after all
the best one, and the one the people de
manded, and that those who objected to
it were dreamers and calumniators.
3. That he will thereupon commit
himself anew to their hands with in
creased confidence and with tenfold
greater insensibility to criticism than he
formerly displayed, and that their
audacity in jobbery and corruption will
be in the direct ratio of this insensibility.
4. That the state of things which will
then follow will be in many respects
worse than that which revolted the pub
lie from 1870 to 1876, inasmuch as it will
be marked by greater contempt for hos
tile opinion, and that the public—whose
memory, as we see, is very short—will
forget the shortcomings of the Democrats
as readily as it is now forgetting those of
the Grantites, aud will express its indig
nation once more by increased Demo
cratic majorities, until in 1884 the Re
publican party will be reduced to a worse
plight than ever, and hopelessly excluded
from power.
There could hardly, in fact, be a
worse sign for the future of the party
than that in its twenty-seventh year,
after eighteen years of such power as no
party has ever had, it should be so
barren in men, should have done so
little to bring talent and character to the
front, that it should not be able to pro
duce a single civilian to save it from the
necessity of giving a third term to a
soldier whose want of civil capacity had
already deprived it of the control of the
government.
Arre9t of the Fraudulent President’s
Representative in Rome.
Rome Correspondence Home Journal.
As no carnival season would be com
plete without its special story of social
scandal, we have just had ours at the
proper time, and this time it affects the
American colony of Home especially.
The scandal affects the American con
sulate at liome. Charges are said to
have been preferred against the Consul
and forwarded to the State Department
at Washington for having been found in
a state of intoxication in one of the
streets of Home by a policeman and duly
arrested for said offense. Let it be re
marked here, en passant, that the offense
of intoxication in the public streets is
one of the most infrequent here before
the courts, aud, therefore, creates espe
cial comment. Xrue it is, beyond ques
tion, that charges were duly preferred,
and the policeman who made the arrest
was ordered to attend for examination.
Our United States Minister was notified,
and expected to he present at the exam
ination, especially also because he, Mr.
Marsh, understands the Italian. But
Mr. Marsh is a great invalid, and hence
could not attend. The examination,was,
however, proceeded with, and the
charges forwarded.
Great efforts have been made to sup
press these facts, but to no avail. Patri
otic speeches have been tried, with what
effect is yet to be seen Since the facts
have become known the nerves of some
of the pious people of the American colo
ny have been shocked, and the thing is
talked about. This is so much the more
natural, as the aversion to intoxicating
drinks at the White House in Washing
ton is well known here, and it is thought
that the parent home temperance society
at Washington might with equal benefit
extend its branches here to Rome, there
being at once a prospect for a good and
excellent harvest for this society in the
consular office of the United States.
A Chinese Romance.
Many extraordinary proceedings are
reported from time to time in China, but
seldom anything more remarkable than
this incident. Sir. Sen, of Soochow.was
dangerously sick of a disease pronounced
incurable, and had a son who loved Miss
Ma. Miss Ma was “sickly and jaundiced-
looking,” .so that old Mr. Sen disap
proved the match. One day he consulted
some conjurers about bis health and they
gravely told him his life would surely
end in a few days if his son was not
married at once. The stern parent then
relented and Miss Ha was soon made
Mrs. Sen. But the jaundiced looking
bride a few days after her wedding sud
denly died. Old Mrs. Ma was very angry
at this. Accompanied by a dozen vira
goes she entered the house of the Sens
and raised a general commotion. The
members of the Sen family were
roundly beaten with whips and
sticks, and the furniture was smashed
into a hundred pieces. Everybody
took flight before them except the wid
ower, who bravely stood his ground and
was beaten without mercy by tbe infuri
ated dames. At last they threw him to
the floor and tied him by his queue to the
feet of his dead wife and there extracted
from him a pledge that he would give a
protracted wake aud mass, lasting for
forty-nine days. The coffin was to be an
expensive one, and of feasting there was
to be a plenty. A temporary feast was
at once prepared for the mother-in-law
and her dozen viragoes, and the eating
had well begun when the mother of
young Sen and all those who had fol
lowed her in flight from the house
stealthily entered by a rear door and de
scended in fury upon the banquet scene.
Thev soon learned that old Mr. Sen had
died" during their absence, and this intel
ligence only added to their rage. Mrs.
Ma was beaten roundly till she cried
aloud for help, and when she became ex
hausted her head was ceremoniously tied
to the corpse of old Mr. Sen. There she
was forced to sign a paper signifying
that nothing improper had been" done,
and on the following day there were two
funtralsjin Soochow and no questions
asked.
‘ Alcohol is never a food^h says Dr.
Willard Parker in a recent article. There
is a nutritious element in fermented
liquors, he concedes, but it amounts to
little practically. The only injury pos
sible from pure fermented beverages is
from excessive use; but “so one may
get the gout by eating to excess of beef
steak, or kidney difficulty by eating too
much meat and taking too little exercise.
But the great harm both to tbe individual
and to society comes from the use of dis
tilled liquors, in which the alcohol is ex
tracted by an artificial process, and used
separately from the combination in which
God and nature have put it,” Dr. Par
ker will not concede any possible good
in the use of distilled drink. “It adds
nothing to the substance of the body.
It is never digested. It adds nothing to
the forces of the body. On the contrary,
it weakens force. It acts as an irritant,
and so diminishes force by compelling
the body to put forth efforts in order to
jet rid of the intruder.” The average
ife of those who either practice total
abstinence or confine themselves to a
moderate use of fermented liquors is esti
mated by the writer at mty-four years,
while that of intemperate persons, “those
who habitually drink alcoholic liquors,
usiDg them not merely at meals but at dif
ferent hours during the day,” is put
down at only thirty.
A NOVEL WEDDING TRIP.
How John's Wedding Hat was Spoil
ed but Two X.lvea Saved.
Williamsport (Pa.) Bulletin.
Ou Tuesday last a wedding in high life
came off at Carpenters, this county.
Why it may be termed a wedding in
high life is because it occurred on tbe
top of tbe high mountain directly op
posite the station. After the wedding
ceremony was performed, the newly-
married couple made a somewhat novel
start in life. From the top of the sleep
mountain they concluded to go to tbe
station on a hand-sled. The time for
starting came, and their friends,after help
ing to flx them and their baggage solid
ly on the sled, gave the sled a push, aud
away they went, shooting over tbe ground
at tbe rate of forty miles an hour. Half
way down they turned a sharp curve,
when to their horror they discovered a
span of mules not far distant coming
up the mountain. They saw at a glance
that there was not room enough to pass
those mules and that the mules would
not have time enough to get out of the
way. And what made matters worse,
there was a high embankment to tbe
road. However, they did not hesitate as
to what was to be done, for stop they
could not, and to strike in among the
legs of these mules—they well knew that
would be to get kicked out of this world
at once. John, the husband, of course,
was pilot of the sled, and, bracing him
self to meet the rapidly approaching
trouble, he exclaimed:
“Now, Maria, as you swore thismorn-
ing to cling to me until death, I would
advise you to give extra fastenings to
your arms around my waist, for over the
bank we must go.”
“Let her slide, John, I’m praying for
both of us!” replied the faithful wife.
And John dal let her slide, by bravely
turning tbe sled to one side and letting it
shoot over the embankment down a dis
tance of twenty feet into the snow be
low, carrying with it a bride, groom
and carpet-bags into one promiscuous
heap. Fortunately, the snow was deep
enough to break the force of the fall, and
nothing serious save the smashing John's
new high hat followed. Even this would
not have happened if Maria bad not fas
tened her teeth on the rim of it just as
they were about making the plunge over
the embankment. Suffice it to say that
the wedding party gathered themselves
together again in a little while, and re
sumed their bridal trip, Jobu occasionally
pulling off bis tile to see if any improve
ment could be made in its appearance,
bis only words of censure being; “If you
laid allowed that bat to fly, my darling,
it would have taken care of itself.”
Household Recipes.
KBOMEsqt iES Itcs.sE.—To a quarter of
a pound of any kind of cold meat use an
ounce of butter, one ounce of flour, a
little pepper and salt, one gill of milk
and one-quarter of a pound of bacon.
Cut the meat into small slices or chop
finely. Melt in a small saucepan one
ounce of butter; stir iu tbe flour and,
when well mixed, add the cold meat.
Introduce the milk and stir until the
whole boils and then cook for two min
utes. When done remove from the fire,
add the pepper and salt and turn into a
plate to cool. Cut the bacon into thin,
narrow strips—about four inches in
length and an inch in width—aud roll in
these strips a quantity of the meat mix
ture. These rolls are cooked in kromes-
quies batter, which is used for oyster
fritters, tripe, etc. The batter is made
with three ounces of flour, a little pep
per and salt, a dessert spoonful of salad
oil (or an ounce of melted butter), a gill
of tepid water and tbe white of an egg.
Place the flour in a bowl aud pour upon
it the salad oil, mix in the pepper and
salt, and finally the tepid water. Beat
the white of one egg stiffly, and then stir
carefully into the batter. Having mixed
well, throw into the batter the little rolls,
lift them out separately with a spoon
completely coated with the batter, anti
fry four minutes in hot lard.
Lemon Socfflee.—The ingredients
for this dessert are one ounce of butter,
one ounce of flour, one and one-half
ounces of sugar, the juice of one lemon,
the yolks of three eggs, the whites of
four eggs and a gill of cold walei.
Grease well a mould, and wrap about it
a piece of paper folded several times and
greased on the side next the mould.
This paper prevents the soufllee cooking
too quickly. Melt the ounce of butter
in a saucepan and stir in the ounce of
flour, to which should be added the gill
of cold water, aDd the whole stirred until
it boils. At boiling point remove from
the fire, and add one and one-half ounces
of sugar, the lemon juice nod the yolks
of three eggs. Beat the whites of four
eggs into a stiff froth, and mix into the
dish with other ingredients with care.
Then turn the whole mixture into I lie
mould quickly, and insert the mould in
a pot of boiling water and simmer for
thirty minutes. The water should not
come more than half way up the mould.
This dessert should lie served immedi
ately from the mould as soon as it has
been cooked sufficiently. The longer it
stands the more heavy it becomes.
Fbcit Taut.—This tart, or pie, is
made with two pounds of any fruit, six
ounces of flour, four ounces of butter,
one egg, half gill of cold water, few
drops of lemon juice, a pinch of salt and
four ounces of sugar. Place the fruit in
a small, deep dish, and sprinkle over it
one ounce of sugar. Mix the four ounces
of butter with six ounces of flour and
one ounce of sugar, and knead well.
Form tbe dough into a bowl shape, and
in the centre drop the yolk of an egg
and the lemon juice, and the gill of emu
water. Knead the whole lightly and
quickly, and then roll into a sheet about
a half-inch in thickness, wet the edges of
the dish containing tbe fruit lightly with
water, and lay around strips of the dough.
Beat the white of the egg, and after cov
ering the strips of dough - on the edge of
the plate with it, cover the top of the
dish with the remaining dough, pressing
the edges well together. Spread liberal
ly over the top crust the white of tho
egg, and sprinkle this with sugar. Punc
ture the top in several places, to allow
the juice and steam to escape, and then
bake in a hot oven for thirty minutes.
Pancakes.—These are exceedingly
light, and can be prepared on very short
notice. Tbe parts are one-quarter of a
pound of flour, one ounce of sugar, two
eggs, the juice of half a lemon, half pint
ofmilk and a pinch of salt. To the
flour add the yolks of the eggs, mix well,
and then by degrees, while stirring, in
troduce the milk. The more it is mixed
while the milk is being stirred in tbe
lighter the cakes will be. Sprinkle a
pinch of salt on the whites of the eggs
and beat them into a stiff froth. Add
this to the rest of the mixture very' care
fully. Grease a pan with butter and
bake in same manner as buckwheat
cakes. Turn tbe cakes quickly from the
pan, dust the top ot each withsugar, and
over this squeeze a little lemon juice,
then sprinkle more sugar and roll to
gether. The batter should be made in
the morning (if the cakes are for tea),
and the white of an egg must be added
j us tf before frying. The quantity of bat
ter given will make about four pancakes.
The difficulty of identifying, under
certain circumstances, a dead body, has
just been illustrated at Lynn, Mass.
There the remains of a young girl found
in a trunk near Saugus river, were posi
tively recognized as those of three or
four different persons, though a very
little investigation showed that in eacu
case there was a mistake. Now the
mystery haR been solved. The mother
of Jennie Clarke, for that was tbe name
of the wretched victim, was positive that
she was right. She recognized a mole
on the joint between the forefinger atd
thumb, and singularly enough she her
self had a similar mole on her left hand.
She had announced that she would
put tbe body to this test be
fore making" the examination.
Nothing could be fairer or more certain.
There is now also a reasonable hope that
those whose malpractices caused the
death, under such shameful circum
stances, of Jennie Clarke will be dis
covered, and made to pay the penalty of
their crime. To all eppearance these, the
worst of murderers, the man who ruined
the girl and those who killed her by
their barbarities, were safe from sus
picion. They had frightfully disfigured
the face by cutting off the nose. Then
they had carried that body to a desolate
place in a trunk and left it They did
not reckon upon the identification of the
girl through so slight a clew as a mole
upon the hand. The incident shows how
hard it is to remove all evidence by
which identity can be established. There
is ajgood deal of general truth in the old
and jjhackneyed proverb, “Murder