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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IB, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
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ri^-.-rs should be addressed.
a!i lrU‘ rs s J. H. ESTILL,
Savannah Ga,
THO WAVS OF PUTTING IT.
Harper's Young People.
• ,’i ftwoke with a stifled scream;
'i shocked with a fearful dream.
n ,,f terrible import and doubt—
A" ! r moment all fell out.
g^tevi* 1111
. ni-ii assemb’ed at break of day,
H> 4* |,\ ihr throne in solemn array.
ind-"'"-
■ h.n ili'* terrible dream was told,
Ac J . R . *!, • ..jtier, his blood ran cold,
te» .1 .
1 fill..i Mlent, in fear and dread,
• vs .„ ..‘i.. ri n^ what was best to be said.
iai woudcrii.
, ,:,i soothsayer, wrinkled and pray,
my lord, what I have to saj-:
, II|H1 () f sorrow sent from on high;
t all thy kindred die.”
. .• Sultan: lie gnashed his teeth,
words reeined to hiss and seethe.
1 the wiseman bound with chains,
i ,i huuured stripes for his pains.
ok as the Sultan's eye
e who next would try;
stepping before the throne,
ud and joyous tone:
p^-ar.«'
••F,,r Ihi' i
i , .f a happy state :
r of a joyous fate !
tiie favor thou sha’t win,
, outlive all thy kin !”
?■.<
h,- Sultan, and called a slave.
red cro a iis to the wise man gave.
n . t j,^ e<-urti*'rs the}* nod, with grave, sly
uiu- whisper what each one thinks:
ultan reward and blame—
the wise mea foretell the
,-rafty "id Vizier, shaking his head,
may depend on the way a thing's
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Affairs.
the Thomasville Ihst that
colored miscreant who, a
ommitted an atrocious as-
d lady in Thomas county,
a brother of the lady, ac-
friend, and was overhauled
irida, from whence he was
Thomasville and placed in
reaped penitentiary convict,
led the crime for which he
esides this special offense,
several similar attempts on
i, and the /W says that so
diameter and so outrageous
l* was not deemed safe in jail
erefore.been removed to the
lining county, and will most
s just deserts this time,
he will not be allowed to
a-- Saturday night in Columbus a tramp
inline to hail from the Black nills en-
n i m lgings at a widow lady’s house,
1 during the night he entered her room
ml stole therefrom two live dollar bills and
i twenty dollar gold piece. The next day
it «;• arrested ana placed in jail. A por
tion of 'll'* money was found on his person.
The 'yU'Jmrpc Echo says that before the
farCV.uiie! Taylor and other wealthy gen
tlemen in that county attempted the pro
duction of tobacco to the exclusion of cot
ton. They had a portion of it manufac
tured into cigars, by negroes taught the
trade, and it is said that after being kept a
rear or two they equaled genuine Ha-
X. It is said that Mr. JamesArnold, of
W.lkep has still several thousand of them
cc band—now about fifteen years old—and
those who have been so fortunate as to test
them say they arc simply unequaled.
According to the Recorder, Milledgeville
wants a hank and wants it bad.
A Thomasville hog stealer named Tom
Crutcher has had a siugular experience. A
kg was found on his premises, and as one
of hie neighbors had lost a swine it was
thought that this was the stolen animal, so
the supposed thief was arrested. It turned
out afterwards that the identical hog sup
posed to he sto’en was found, but on the
trial of Crutcher the evidence showed that
the hog In his possession had been stolen
from somebody. As it could not be ascer-
toed, however, from whom the thief had
obtained it. and as no charge against him
*&s pending for that special theft, he was
permitted to go free.
Arrangements are being made for stock
las the streams and ponds in Thomas coun
ty with German carp.
A youthful negro thief in Baldwin county
came very near to being spontaneously and
Involuntarily executed for his crimes a few
3avs since. He had stolen a lot of potatoes
tom Mr T. J. Ivey, of Milledgeville, and
k 5 he was dimbiug over the garden fence,
* the hurry of inakiug his escape he
^PPed, and his feet catching within two of
ke palings, left, him suspended in the air
kead downwards. In this critical conditiou
it remained until his cries brought him re-
knse. Mr. Ivey concluded that the boy was
anciently well punished, lo he allowed
to to depart.
"Hie Harlem r.Jumbuin tells a remarkable
? -ory of how the great cyclone which swept
over a portion of that section a few years
toe brought, from nobody knows where, a
toe lamb ami let it down in the yard of
&’• Daniel Prather, of Columbia county,
k Augusta the other day, that paper says,
-saw a sack of wool taken from this ani-
to. which is the second lot Mr. Prather has
okained from his lost visitor. The re-
tokab.e part of this story is the supposi
the lamb must have been brought
ruble distance by the cyclone,since
sheep were known to be in fifteen or
twenty wiles of Mr. Pra : her in the direction
‘ ® the storm came.
*-« Chin**-.* must come. The Xeics thinks
‘Leaw laundry would pay handsomely in
to
4 con-si
; train of cars on the Cherokee
extending from Cartersville to
, arrived in the latter place last
i in one of our exchanges that
■r ion is the possessor of a very
blooded Ayrshire bull, named
'toinitza.”
f r. John A. Speer, State Senator from the
toy-
Clg; ou
enatorial district, died at
springs, New York, on Monday last.
to fcwainsboro
Herald says that the
* rs Emanuel county certainly have
congratulate themselves
X* harvests the present year. Crops
toally haye been good, and though cot-
uffered considerably from the re-
wet ■
atber, still the damage to it is
Jothin-. ’
. - ,1 -5 to compare with the disasters that
v Dhed other sections. Corn, peas,
a t>'l sugar cane have all turned out
Jtokably well, and
iln* * ‘ cu K
J Tuesday, at the age of about sev-
years. 1 le moved to Georgia from
^ ““ u, y wen, ana most of the farmers
X an abundant supply for next year’s
^iimption.
Pahnl ^ exaQ der, a prominent ancT
irited gentleman of Griffin, died in
• Tuesday
w reyei
j, ia 1^5, and settled in Greenville,
We to* r county, and while living there
j^Jeveral times elected to the State Legis-
tr^ e a member of different important
'^tiorjs. Pneumonia wa6 the immedi-
^ Us e of his death,
of ^ JOa <led with twenty thousand pounds
passed through Atlanta
J en route to the New Orleans mint.
The farmers of Berrien county are turn
ing their attention to the more extended
cultivation of wheat, oats and small grain
crops generally, and besides are earnestly
endeavoring to raise all their supplies at
home. In consequence, the Berrien County
Hews says “a glance at the outlook for an
other year shows very little to complain of,
but much to be encouraged at.”
Mr. John W. Drew, of Concord, New
Hampshire, has arrived in Atlanta for the
purpose of inaugurating a temperance
crusade in that city.
The Baxley Gazette has finally suspended.
The Railroad Commission organized Tues
day in Atlanta, with ex Governor Smith as
Chairman, and Major Robert A. Bacon, of
Columbus, as Secretary.
The Sylvania Telephone propounds the fol
lowing conundrum: “Do we or do we not
need a railroad ? And would It be better to
connect it with the Central or the Savannah
river ? Will some one please answer these
questions ?”
‘Andiew Jackson, colored, was,” says
the Thomasville Ibst, “arreste£ on the after
noon of the 8th instant, charged with steal
ing the gun of private Jeff. Smith, of the
Thomasville Guards. He claimed to have
bought it for $22 from a tall, square shoul
dered, yellow brother, And was allowed to
go,:in company with the Marshal, in search
of said brother. He returned with a small,
black, scrawny looking darkey, and pro
nouncea him the man, at the same time as
suring him that ‘if he didn’t give
him back his $22, he would stamp
his liver out.’ The little fel
low protested loudly against such
treatment, swearing that ‘he hadn’t seen so
much as twenty-two dollars since freedom,’
and begging the Marshal to search him,
with the privilege of killing him if he found
it. His innocence was soon after discover
ed, and he was discharged. Andrew, how
ever, was carried before Judge Mitchell, and
plead guilty. When asked if he had any
objection to the punishment being inflicted
(ten months on the chain gang or $50), he
said he was very much obliged to the court
for not giving him one hundred and fifty
good ones with a board, as his master did
twenty-five years ago for stealing, which
punishment had lasted him and kept him
straight up to this unfortunate period of his
existence.”
“On Monday morning last,” says the
Columbus Times, “u9 the train on the C. »fc
It Railroad backed up to the depot it met
with an accident that came near being
serious to the engine. The eutire train had
passed the switch and was pulling back to
get on the sidling, when the tender and two
wheels of the engine ran off of the track.
It is thought the switch was not properly
arranged, which caused the accident. The
train was delayed from going out on time
for an hour or two, and this was the great
est amount of the damage. The cow
catcher and one of the wheels of the tender
were broken.”
The trustees of the Lunatic Asylum have
recently made their report concerning that
Institution daring the period from Decem
ber 1st, 1878, to September 30tb, 1879, inclu
sive. The Milledgeville Union and Recorder
condenses the same as follows : “The trus
tees open their report with the statement
that the expenses of maintenance of every
kind, including the cost of rebuilding the
stable and barns destroyed by fire, and the
purchase of twenty-five acres of land, with
three bouses, made necessary to protect the
institution's property, has been $S9,G29 19,
for an average of seven hundred and forty-
eight patients during the year, making the
expeuse, per capita per diem, thirty-two and
nine-tenths cents, which is less than for
years previous. The improvements au
thorized by the Legislature are progress
ing satisfactorily. The institution is not
insured against tire, and the trustees think
it should be. They are satisfied with the
management of the institution for the past
year, and relieve the officers and employes
of all blame in the case of the patient from
Floyd county, Into which a committee from
the Legislature recently examined. After
a brief but kindly notice of the late Dr.
Green, Superintendent, and Col- Pinckard,
late trustee, the report closes.”
Thomasvil’e Enterprise: “While feeding
the bream In Trout Lake a few days ago, we
got a good look at that big channel cat put
In by the Major something over a year ago.
We estimated that he would weigh four
pounds then, and he looks much larger now.
lie is getting gentle, and will soon be one
of the curiosities to visitors to the pond.
Those who would get a glimpse of him now
can do so by remaining perfectly quiet after
feeding the bream and keeping a sharp look
out on the outskirts of the assembled fish.
He is still a little shy, but will no doubt be
perfectly taine.”
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun says : “Some
have complained that as far as the geologi
cal survey has progressed in Georgia, it has
been of no avail. Visitors who have seen
the specimens in the department at Atlanta
are of a different opinion. The gold miners
doubtless are aware of its value, and the
owners of laud where black diamonds
abound are fully appreciative. To show the
real utility of this survey, and what its
great usefulness, would be if continued, we
mention only one circumstance—several
times, a gentleman tells us, he has been
written to for the purpose of ascertaining
the effective water power at Columbus. We
doubt if there are any who have not ex
amined the survey of this county could tell.
Very few have seen the publication, and we
are not aware that the report has been
printed in book form. The surveying party
of the ex-geological bureau ascertained the
effective water power of the Chattahoochee
at this point to be 28,850.”
“For some time past,” says the Milledge
ville Recorder, “Charley Bonner, one of onr
merchants,has been missing his firewood,and
all attempts to catch the thief were ineffec
tual; so he concluded to discover and pun
ish the marauder without the trouble of
watching. He loaded a stick of wood with,
about a pound of powder, and placed it
among the rest of the pile. On Saturday
morning last, about S a. mf, or breakfast
time, a terrible explosion took place in a
house occupied by some negroes in the rear
of Bonner’s store, which startled the whole
neighborhood. On examination, It was
found that no lives were lost or bones
broken, but a very general smash up of
crockery, potware, etc , plainly visible. The
fire was freely circulated around the room,
aud there was some danger for awhile to
the premises. People who steal wood
would do well hereafter to burn it out doors
before using it in the house.”
SwainBboro Herald: “The cultivation of
upland rice Is getting to be quite an im
portant item to the planters of Southern
Georgia, and we see no reason why it can
not be as successfully raised in this county
as anywhere in the State. Land that will
produce seven and eight bushels of corn to
the acre will yield thirty-fire bushels of rice,
and there Is but very little more expense
attached to the cultivation. There i&always
a ready market for rice, and the price never
goes below one dollar per bushel.”
On last Saturday night, says the Eatonton
Broad-Axe, “a party of gentlemen from this
place, headed by the Sheriff and deputy,
rode out to the neighborhood of the planta
tion of the late Mr. Edward Terrell, where
Henry Jackson, colored, a fugitive from
justice and an outlaw, lives after bis fash
ion with the intention of arresting him.
The pari}*, consisting of eight, arranged a
well matured plan and proceeded to sur
round the house in which the negro is sup
posed to sleep, but as one of the men was
climbing a fence, some distance from the
house, a rail broke under his weight, attract
ing the attention and causing the continu
ous barking of a dog belonging to the ne
gro, and which is said to be under good
train and command. The negro, hearing
the barking, and supposing the cause,
bounded out of the house and ran almost
directly towards two of the party,
each of whom fired twice at him as he
neared them. Their arms were well loaded,
but their alms were undoubtedly uutrue, or
else he possesses a charmed life, for he yet
breathes other air than that of a ‘damp
prison cell,’ and defiantly swears he will not
be caught alive. Henry Jackson Is the per
petrator of several atrocious deeds In this
and Greene county, any one of which would
be sufficient to bring him to grief. He has
served a term of three years iu the peniten
tiary for horse stealing, and although re
peated attempts to arrest him have been
made, he yet remains unshackled, eking
an existence and leading a life that would
furnish the foundation for a second class
dime novel, or a thrilling chapter of events
in the IXAiee Gazette.”
Augusta Chronicle: “JYesterday morning,
as the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad passenger train was entering the
city at its usual rate of speed, an old lady
named Mrs. Davis, from Vaucluse, South
Carolina, jumped from the steps of one of
the coaches, near Reynolds street. She fell
to the ground, and, as it was evident that
she was unable to move, she was picked up,
carried into Mr. Byrnes’ carpenter shop, on
Washington street, and a physician sum
moned. It was discovered that one of her
ankles was painfully injured, and she was
conveyed to the City Hospital, where she
could receive proper attention. The limb
was so swollen that no close examination
could be made, but it was believed that the
bones of the ankle had been broken. The
practice of jumping from cars in motion Is
very dangerous, especially to ladles, and
should think twice before they
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE ALBANY FA IB.
The Attendance Steadily Increasing.
Financial Success Already Assured.
Special Telegram to the Homing Xetcs.
Albany, November 12.—The crowd has
greatly Increased to-day, the trains all com
ing In quite full. The receipts are very en
couraging and indicate ultimate financial
success.
The races of yesterday came off accord
ing to the programme. There was 6ome
confusion about the half mile dash, for
which there were five entries, and the run
ning was very close. The judges finally
declared the race off, and it was repeated
this morning, Westbrook’s sorrel mare Em
ma winning In 0:55, Lady Lightfoot coming
in second, and Daisy third.
In the three minute trotting race there
were three contestants—Pumpkin Roller,
Ballet Girl and Barney Wilkes—Roller win
ning In 2:55%, 2:57 and 3:00. The big
purses will be contested for this evening
and to-morrow. The weather Is fine and
warm.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
EXCITEMENT AMONG NEW YOKE
LOTTERY DEALERS.
Heavy Liabilities of a Chicago House.
SANITARY IMPROVEMENT IN
MEMPHIS.
ENGLISH FARMERS. AND ME
CHANICS FOR TEXAS.
The Manchester Cottoa Market.
IteturiiM from the Pennsylvania and
Netv York Elections.
EXCITEMENT AMONG LOTTERY DEALERS.
New York, November 12.—The ex
citement among the lottery dealers of the
city, consequent upon a recent raid upon
them by Anthony Comstock and his officers,
was kept alive yesterday by other arrests
anti voluntary surrenders of the parties im
plicated. The specific charge made against
the lottery dealers is a violation of the post
office law, in sending prohibited matter
through the mails. Yesterday about fifteen
others appeared before United States Com
missioner Shields, among them B. Frank
Moore, agent for the Louisiana Lottery
Company.
The Times says of the arrest of Moore,
who is the agent of M. A. Dauphin, of New
Orleans: “It Is expected to lead to some
very startling developments growing out of
a suit brought in the United States Circuit
Court by Marcus Cicero Stanley against
Chas. T. Howard and John A. Morris, who
are principals in the control of
the Louisiana Lottery Company. Dauphin
states in advertisements in some of the
daily papers that all of ttye hundred thou
tickets which are included or issued in
thousand
monthly sehemejare sold before the draw
ing takes place. This, if true, indicates a
gross receipt of $209,000 monthly, of
which they claim to distribute $110,-
000 in prizes, leaving $90,000 to pay
ruuning expenses, including advertising,
rents, salaries, printing and postage. This,
in the opinion of men who know a great
deal about the business, leaves a monthly
margin of profit amounting to from $35,000
to $4U,000 to be distributed among four or
five persons, giving each an income of about
a hundred thousand a year. It is said that
seven-eighths of the tickets are now sold in
this city and State, and that as a consequence
about $lio,000 a mouth is paid by New
Yorkers for the pleasure, profit or privilege
of indulging iu this little game. The Louisi
ana Company Is said to have been driven to
seek a new market for their tickets in the
East, because they had about exhausted the
pecuniary resources of the people of Louisi-
OFFICIAL RETURNS FROM NEW YORK.
New York, November 12.—The official
canvass of returns began yesterday and
will not be completed before Friday or
Saturday. The returns from fourteen,
counties give Hoskins, for Lieutenant
Governor, 586 majority; Carr, for Secretary
of State, 1,952; Wadsworth, for Comptroller,
0,086: Ward, for Attorney General, 6,650;
Wedill. for Treasurer, 2,270; Seymour, for
State Engineer, 7,730—all Republicans ex
cept Seymour.
The Sun says official returns from about
half of the counties show light Republican
gains over previous estimates, enough to
indicate that the vote for Lieutenant Gov
ernor will be very close, and that the Re
publicans may have carried the remainder
of the State ticket, except Engineer aud
Surveyor.
HEAVY LIABILITIES.
New York, November 12.—At a meeting
of the creditors of the Stettaeers, of
Chicago, last uight, the report of an expert
showed the total assets to be $1,242,718 68,
less guaranty on open accounts, and a con
tingent liability amounting to $28,000, leav
ing $974,929 16 applicable to the payment of
the unsecured creditors, which would be
64 1-10 per cent. A resolution was adopted
to entertain no proposition that looks to a
compromise at less than 64 ceuts on the
dollar.
THE SANITARY CONDITION OF MEMPHIS.
Memphis, November 12.—A committee of
Memphians, appointed at a meeting held In
St. Louis last September, to devise means
for improving the sanitary condition of
Memphis, met this afternoon and decided to
hold a public meeting Saturday night to
appeal to the Governor to call an extra ses
sion of the Legislature to authorize the
levying of a special tax for sanitary pur
poses.
THE BRITISH COTTON MARKET.
Manchester, November 12.—The Man
chester Guardian of this morning says:
“The hardening tendency of the cotton
market, especially for futures, to-day (Tues
day) has exercised a strong Influence upon
manufacturers. Quotations were mostly
higher, and buyers found the market much
more difficult to deal with than on Friday.”
ENGLISH FARMERS AND MECHANICS FOR
TEXAS.
London, November 12.—The steamer St.
Louis leaves Liverpool to day for New Or
leans with one hundred and twenty passen
gers, nearly all for Texas. There are many
fanners among them, some with families,
aud a number of mechanics.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Trenton, N. J., November 12.—The
freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad
ran into the rear of another train, between
Princeton Junction and Lawrence, com
pletely dem dishing several cars. Two men
were seriously injured. The wreck caused
several hours delay.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
Harrisburg,November 12.—Returns from
every county in the State give the total vote
for State Treasurer as follows: Butler,
Republican, 2S0,153; Barr, Democrat, 221,-
715; Sutton, Greenback, 27,207; Richard
son, Prohibitionist, 3,219.
LARGE ORDER FOR SHOES.
Quebec, November 12.—J. G. Do6S has
received a contract from Paris for a million
pairs of shoes, to be made by Forten, Con
tent ifc Co’s, new factory, to employ eight
hundred hands and to be bult at St. Sauveur.
THE BUFORD MURDER-TRIAL.
Cincinnati, November 12 —A Frankfort
special says the argument in the Buford
case commenced yesterday.
The Dead Darling of Madrid.—A
far greater calamity than the floods in
Murcia has just befallen the Spanish peo
ple. Frascuelo, the only Frascuelo, the
matchless espada, met the other day with
the fate which it was his business to
court, and was sadly gored by a ferocious
bull. The brute took him on his horns,
threw him into the air, caught him in his
fall, and was with great difficulty pre
vented by a timely diversion of the ehuUts
from indulging in a repetition of the ex
ploit. Poor Frascuelo was carried away
senseless and borne on the shoulders of
weeping aficionados first to the neighbor
ing hospital and next to his own splendid
residence in the Calle de la Montera.
There he died on Friday last, and it is no
exaggeration to state that the Madnlenes
as a body are considerably more affected
by his fate than by the great Murcian ca
lamity. Within a few hours of the event
the register at the door of the public
favorite bad been filled.with -<*ames of
every class and calling, bulletins of his
condition were issued several times a day,
the King and the Prime Minister sent
almost hourly for the physician's report,
and there is little doubt that one-half of
the population will follow his funeral—
London World, October 29,
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE
CHAMPION COLLISION.
Difficulty of Canvassing the New
York Returns.
EXTRACTS FROM SENATOR BAY
ARD'S LATE SPEECa
THE REPUBLICANS CLAIM MOST
OF THE STATE TICKET.
DISASTROUS STORMS AT SEA.
Alliance of the Balkan States Against
Austria.
A NEW JERSEY RADICAL U2N\
GRESSMAN IN LIMBO.
Tlie Naaiiville Heal tit Conference.
INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHAMPION COL
LISION.
Philadelphia, November 12.—The court
of inquiry to investigate the circumstances
of the recent collision between the steamer
Champion and the British ship Lady Oc-
tavia off the Delaware Capes convened this
afternoon at the Commercial Exchange.
There will be two investigations of this dis
aster, one under the jurisdiction of Acting
British Consul Crump, and one under
the jurisdiction of the United States
local inspectors. The first named
is the one now in progress.
Acting Consul Crump 6tated that the pur
pose of the present investigation was to
ascertain what was the conduct of the
officers and crew of the ship Lady Gctavia
just previous to and during the collision
with the Champion. The log and other
papers of the first named ship w*ere
put in evidence, together with the report of
Captain Johnson to the. British Government,
in which, under the head of “Remarks as to
Casualties,” he gave as a cause of the col
lision the negligence of the steamship
Champion in having no lookout. Captain
Johnson, upon examination, reiterated all
the statements made in his log, and ex
plained on the chart and by models the re
lative positions of the ships at the time of
the collision. He said the water was
smooth, the wind light, the sky clear, and it
was moonlight. He was asleep in his
cabin, and was awakened by the chief
officer calling out.and before he could get on
deck the collision occurred. The watch on
the Lady Octavia 6aw the eteamer for ten
minutes before the collision. Captain John
son considered, with his knowledge of navi
gation, that it was his duty to keep on his
course. If the collision was inevitable, it
would be the duty of the officer in charge
of the deck to throw everything aback, hut
not to alter the ship’s course; but
there was not time in the present
instance to do this, and it was
not done. When he came on deck
the yards were not thrown aback. Had the
Champion struck the Octavia ten feet
further aft the latter would have gone to
the bottom at once. Captain Johnson then
explained the jdamage to ibis own vessel,
and his efforts to safe life. After rescuing,
all he could see be. sent men aloft with
night glasses and remained in the vicinity
until daylight. On further examination he
said he learned from, the chief engineer of
the Champion that there was no lookout.
The second mate and chief engineer of the
steamer both told him it was customary to
take the man off the lookout for other work,
and there were only three men on watch.
There were only 6lx seamen and two boys,
besides the officers, on the steamer.
The hearing to day closed with the state
ment of Captain Johnson, and will be re
sumed to-morrow, when the board will call
the chief officer, whose testimony will be
more in detail, as he was on deck before,
at the time of and after the collision.
DIFFICULTY IN CANVASSING THE NEW YORK
VOTE.
New York, November 12.—When the -1
Board of County Canvassers were about to
begin canvassing the returns tc-day, one of
their number objected to counting the vote
on the ground of the probable illegality of
the returns, as it did not appear from the
returns proposed to be canvassed that the
officers voted for were on “scratched” or
“regular” tickets, uo ballots appear
ing upon the returns, as required by
TJ
law. The ballot, he maintained, should
be posted on the return, and the number
of votes cast for that ballot should be
written partly on that ballot and continued
in the returns, as decidedjby Judge Davis’
charge yesterday in the case of the indicted
election inspectors. The board, he con
tended, wouldfrender itself liable to Indict
ment if they proceeded to canvass such
returns, as they were not in conformity with
the election laws. A recess was taken to
get the opinion of the|corporatlon counsel
in regard to the matter.
SENATOR BAYARD’S SPEECH.
Wilmington, Del., November 12.—In his
speech last night, Senator Bayard, speaking
of the contrast presented by the govern
ments of the old world and of this country,
said : “ Experience and reflection, with in
creased opportunities for comparison with
other countries and their systems of govern
ment, bring me only to a higher apprecia
tion of the generosity, justice and moral
grandeur of the principles upon which our
own was founded.” A faithful representa
tive, he said, should rather displease his
constituents than consent to that which
injures them, and in this connection he
asked if, whenever he spoke or voted in the
Senate for new aud stronger ties of anion
between the States, or when he opposed
false money, he did not echo the voice of
Delaware? There was frequent applause
during his speech.
ANOTHER DISASTER AT SEA.
Halifax, November 12.—The Norwegian
bark Eirrva, from New York for Queens
town, arrived last night in distress. She
left New York October 25th. On the 29lh
she encountered a cyclone, In which she
was struck by two heavy seas, which car
ried away the rigging, foretopmast, main-
topmast and her mizzen topmast, with all
the yards and gear attached, with the ex
ception of her main and maintopmast sail
yards. Her jibboom was sprung, her fore
mast stove in her bulwarks and boats,
destroyed her forehouse and galley, and
broke the hatch. Water got into the vessel
and damaged her cargo of grain consider
ably. One seaman had a leg broken, and
another was washed overboard, but was
rescued. The gale continued until the 2d
lust., since which she has encountered light
baffling winds.
ALLIANCE AGAINST AUSTRIA.
Vienna, November 12.—The TagUalt
newspaper says: “The treaty of alliance
has been concluded between the Balkan
principalities, ostensibly against foreign
invervention in the affairs of the Balkan
States, but really against Austria. The
treaty stipulates that in ; the event of Austria
extending her operations beyond Novi
Bazar, Servia will furnish one hundred and
twenty thousand men, Montenegro twenty
thousand and Bulgaria ninety thousand, to
form an allied army, and that Servia will
advance Montenegro seventy-five thousand
ducats for military expenses. The appoint
ment of a Commander-In-Chief of the al
lied force is left open, bat it is believed that
the appointment of a Russian General was
originally contemplated.
A RADICAL M. C. IN LIMBO.
Paterson, N. J., November 12.—Hon.
Charles H. Voorhis, member of Congress
from the Fifth district of New Jersey, was
arrested yesterday afternoon at Hackensack,
on a charge of abstracting from the First
National Bank of Hackensack, of which he
was President, collaterals deposited to se
cure private loans, on affidavits made by
Cashier Bruner and Vice President Degroo.
Voorhis was taken before the United States
Commissioner, and up to this morning his
bail had not been fixed. He was not locked
up, but was placed under surveillance at his
own house.
THE NEW YORK ELECTION.
New York, November 12.—The Eveiling
Telegram says: “Information from all sources
goes to show that the Republican State
ticket carries the State, except for State
Engineer. The returns being canvassed
now in Albany seem to add to the majori
ties of all- the candidates. Wendell, for
State Treasurer, leads his ticket, excepting,
of course, Cornell. As now shown, his
majority is 2,215. Notwithstanding these
figures, there are those who still cling hope
fully to a different result than the canvass
thus far points to.”
THE NASHVILLE HEALTH CONFERENCE.
Washington, November 12. — Surgeons
Thomas A. McCharlin and John S. Billings
have been ordered to proceed to Nashville,
Public
cotton seed mill burned.
Yazoo City, Miss., November 12.—
Charles Mann’s cotton seed oil mill was
accidentally destroyed by fire to-day. Loss
$45,000; insurance $10,100.
GRAND COMMANDBRY OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Richmond, Va., November 12.—Grand
Commandery Knights Templar of Virginia
convened in general assembly here to-day*
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the chief oignal observer,
Washington, D. C., November 12.—Indica
tions for Thursday:
In the South Atlantic and Gnlf States,
southeast to southwest winds, partly cloudy
weather and local rains, slight changes in
temperature and pressure.
In the Middle States, increasing cloud!
ness and rain, winds mostly from southeas
to southwest, stationary or slowly falling
barometer, and slight changes in tempera
ture.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, south
erly to westerly winds,partly cloudy weather
and local rains, stationary or slight fall In
barometer and slight fall in temperature.
disastrous hurricane at sea.
New York, November 12.—The Norwe
gian ship Ocean, from Copenhagen, arrived
here to-day. She reports that on October
29th, in lat. 40, long. 63, she took a hurri
cane from the southwest to the northwest,
lasting three hours. It split her sails and
carried away the fore, main and mizzen top
mast. J. Larsen, a Dane, and O. Olsen, of
Sweden, seamen, were lo6t overboard. The
Ocean was bound to Philadelphia, and was
towed to her port by the steamer Tercer
Bereras (Spanish), which left New York on
the 10th inst. for Vigo.
CHARLES TOMLINSON SENTENCED.
London, November 12.—Charles Tom
linson, of the suspended Liverpool firm of
Tomlinson «fc Co., cotton brokers, charged
with obtaining ten thousand poundMimder
false pretenses, and with negotiating forged
paper, has plead guilty and been sen
tenced to ten years penal servitude.
SENATOIt TIIOS. F. ilAYAKD IN.
TER VIE WED.
What Controls tlie Destinies ot Par
ties—Why the Republicans Should
Not Succeed.
The Philadelphia Record publishes
what purports to be the brief interview
of one of its representatives with Senator
Thos. F. Bayard, at his home, in
Wilmington, Del.Saturday evening. It
is said Mr. Bayard gives evidence in his
appearance of better health, “his face is
tanned, he is fleshier and his eyes are
brighter.’' After the recital of how he
had come home sooner than was ex
pected,the Senator was asked his opinion
concerning the late elections. He ex
cused himself from comment on this
subject, saying he had been abroad, and
his recent arrival had not allowed him
time to look over the field. “Greatly do
I regret the retirement of Mr. Thurman
from the Senate,” stlid Mr. Bayard.
“He is a great man, and the peo
pie of the country will soon learn
what a great loss they have suffered. I
hope that he may soon be brought into
public life again in some manner. Mr.
Thurman was always a great friend of
mine, but split away from me iu 1872 on
some measures. However, that did not
alter our personal relations. I do not
see why the question of the currency
should enter into a contest for the selec
tion of the Governor of Ohio. I am
sure the Governor does not regulate the
currency* for that State. And lhis*at a
time when the returning .6f Mr. Thur
man depended upon the result of the-
election. General Ewing is a brave man,
and a good and gallant soldier. His
nomination set at rest all questions of
the infidelity of the Democracy to the
Union, which the Republican party has
cried.”
“Since your recent return precludes
an opinion on the fall elections, does the
future look bright for the Democracy ?”
was asked.
“The Democratic party is fit to gov
ern the country,” replied the Senator,
“and it must show by its acts that the
people have confidence in it. That is
the only way to succeed. The mission
of an opposition is to closely watch the
party in power and to keep it straight.
JYhco.ithose who hold the power abuse
it the people will rise and hurl ttiem out.
Parties oftentimes think they are so
strong as to be able to say: ‘We don't
care for tlie people.' In 1874 the Repub
licans were defeated all over the coun
try, at a time when they w*cre in the
zenith of their glory and power. The
Democrats did not expect victory then,
and were as much surprised as were the
Republicans themselves. So far as the
parties are concerned their power is
about equally divided. It is the great
army of thinkers and watchers who
make up the majority of cither party.
Whichever way they vote, when aroused,
so goes the victory to that party.”
Turning to the Republicans, the Sena
tor remarked: “The Republican party
should be disqualified because of its
sectionalism. A man who hates one part
of the country is not fit to be President
over all of it. And yet this qualification
is the essential one for the Republican
candidate. It has been settled beyond
all doubt that this is to be a Union of
States, indissoluble and whole. Then
why should the North be educated to
look upon the South with dishonor and
distrust, and regard her people as cut
throats and murderers? The result of
this will be that the South will become lik«
a festering sore in the side of a great body.
Its condition will be akin to that of Ire
land in her relations with England, and
that great country will become a curse
instead of a blessing, as it should be.
Were the case with any other country on
the face of the globe the wise men of
the Republican party would soon sug
gest some measures for making the in
terests of the two sections identical, and
here it is political capital to traduce peo
ple who are their own flesh and blood.
Look what Austria has done for Hunga
ry. Some of the best Generals of the
Austrian army are Hungarians, and the
very men who were exiled with Kos
suth were given positions of honor.
This thing is carried too far, aDd even
enters West Point. Were many of the
affairs which occur in the South, and are
denominated outrages, to take placd in
Massachusetts, or any of the New Eng
land States, the penalty of the law would
soon be inflicted upon the guilty parties,
instead of them being made heroes. I
will cite an instance of a man who was
Sheriff of Yazoo county, Miss., and who,
as you say, was stumping Pennsylvania
for the Republicans in the recent cam
paign. He shot and killed his rival Re
publican candidate, so as to get his office,
and was released from jail by Governor
Ames. When order was restored in the
State a true bill was found against this
person for murder, but he has kept out
of Mississippi since then.”
Reverting to the last session of Con
gress, the Senator remarked, smilingly:
“I felt rather solitary in Washington last
winter and spring. I do not think I will
be so lonely at the coming session, for I
believe that many who secretly sympa
thized with the stand I took then will
come out boldly now. I am glad that
things are reviving in the country now.
I will be in Philaaelphia on Wednesday
evening ~to attend the banquet of the
wool growers.”
How a Woman Lost $20,000 by Re
marrying.—Judge Ashman this morn
ing delivered an opinion in the matter
of the exceptions to the adjudication of
the accounts in the estate of Phineas
Hough, Jr., deceased. The clause in the
will in which the controversy turned is
as follows: “1 give and bequeath to my
wife the interest of the sum of $20,000
of my estate, to be paid to her semi
annually for and during all the term of her
natural life, if she shall so long remain
my widow. In case of her marriage the
interest of the said sum shall cease. Af
ter her decease or marriage, as the case
may be, I give and bequeath the
said sum of §20,000, together with all
the rest, residue and remainder of my
estate to my father, Phineas Hough.”
The father was, under the intestate law,
the nearest of kin to decedent. After
the death of decedent his widow mar
ried, and his father claimed under this
clause of the wilL The Judge, in an
able opinion, going back to the'times of
feudalism, decided that the wife's claim
ceased with her widowhood.—Philadel
phia Telegraph, 8 thi ' *
Prof. James Aitken Meigs, of Phila
delphia, a physician of marked ability
ana an eloquent lecturer, whose knowl
edge of all subjects appertaining to the
philosophy and practice of medicine was
as comprehensive as it was profound,
died suddenly Sunday morning, after a
brief illness, of blood poisoning. He was
a professor in Jefferson Medical College,
UFE IN LEADYILLE.
Some of the AweElttee That Ham
per a Pastor In the Carbonate
Town.
New York Times.
Although the aspect of affairs in Lead-
ville is becoming gradually less harsh,
its humors are rather rough and continue
to savor somewhat strongly of gun
powder. The Episcopal clergyman who
was nonplussed by his Bible class, and
who fled from the imaginary revolver of
one of his flock (a young gentleman
known in “society” in New York), has
yielded place to a pastor better adapted
to the character of the particular kind
of sheep to be found m Leadville pas
tures, as the following incident will
show: A young woman there was dis
covered by her family to be living in
illegitimate relations with one of the ad
venturers of the metallic town. Her two
brothers waited upon him with re-
volveis* and informed him that unless
he married her immediately they would
forthwith empty those utensils into' his
body. Thus allured, he yielded a coy
assent. They applied to the Episcopal
clergyman to perform the ceremony, to
which he consented also. The happy
pair were marched into the “church,”
the two armed brothers acting as a guard
of honor. During the ceremony the
bridegroom, being dissatisfied with some
performance of the clergyman, fired his
revolver at him: but as he missed his
shot, the bullet only whizzing past the
reverend gentleman’s ear, the latter con
tinued the discharge of his sacred
function until the twain were one
flesh. Thereupon, in order that all
things might be done in the best style
and according to oid-fashioned rule, he
stepped forward and kissed the bride.
At this the jealous bridegroom was
wroth and smote him. Whereupon the
Rev. Church Militant, he being a brawny
priest of some six feet in height, sprang
over the chancel railing, and seizing the
newly made husband by the back of the
neck, gave him, under the cover of the
pistols of the newly made brothers in-law,
such a dreadful drubbing that he will
remember it as long as he lives. This
closed the marriage solemnities. Sym
pathy with the natural feeling of the
brothers cannot blind us to the doubtful
ness of their proceeding as a guarantee
of the happiness of their sister. An en
forced marriage is a desperate and peril
ous remedy for wrong—perilous chiefly
to the woman. A bad man forced
to take a wife at the mouth of
the pistol will surely lead her a life
of misery. Nor is her respect, or
even her love, for her husband, or her
chance for quiet family life, likely to be
much increased by seeing him beaten be
fore her eyes at the close of the nuptial
ceremony. Moreover, the gentleman
would seem not to be much married af
ter all. Free consent is the sine qua non
of legal marriage; and a marriage under
duress is as void as a marriage procured
by^fra\|d. 'ff tlie recent decision in the
case of Aspinwall against Frame is of
any authority, this Leadville lady and
gentleman may each walk off and marry
other parties at their pleasure.
Bayard as a Presidential Candidate.
Nashville American.
As to Presidential candidates, Senator
Beck allows personal feeling against Mr.
Bayard to warp his judgment. The
financial question is not the issue of 1880,
and Mr. Bayard is strong everywhere on
all other questions. A man who has the
respect of everybody is necessarily a
strong man, and no Eastern man will
have more strength in the West. If Sey
mour were personally and politically
twenty years younger he would unques
tionably be the strongest man that could
be nominated. Judge Church is almost
unknown outside of New York. He is
wholly 1100000601011 with politics, and
has no demonstrated political ability or
fitness for the office. His name may be*
ctWhc prominent, but no man would be
justified in expecting that he will show
strength for the nomination. If he had
Seymour’s well known strength with the
people, he might become a formidable
candidate. Gen. Hancock is one of the
best men in the Democratic party, but
he has an element of weakness in the
fact that he is from a Republican State:
that his Dame has been before every con
vention since 1868; that the soldier idea
is not a popular one for civil office with
the Democrats of the North, and
especially with the commercial State of
New Yoik; that the soldier idea signally
failed to add any strength to the ticket
in Ohio. No man is more popular in
the South than Gen. Hancock, ‘but that
is not precisely the question.
The whole subject of the proper nomi
nee is, of course, in the future, and one
to be decided by discussion, and at last
by a Democratic convention. In discuss
ing the current phases of the situation,
we have pointed out the indications of
strength on the part of Mr. Bayard,
and the reasons for that strength. We
have both found at home and observed
elsewhere that the friends of other candi
dates are, with a very few exceptions,
readily willing to support Mr. Bayard
and admit his strength, even when they
hold some other man to possess some pe
culiar element of availability. This
is certainly a strong position, and
if it appeared clearly after the Ohio
election, it has been greatly strength
ened by the recent elections. We
have from day to day shown how this
strength was manifesting itself in the
South and East especially, and with
many strong supporters in the West.
The movement extends all over the East,
almost solidly in New England, having
the support of the entire Democratic
press of New York city, and a large sup
port throughout the State. It extends to
Pennsylvania, 3Iaryland and the entire
eastern coast. In the South it is general
with the exception of Mississippi and
Louisiana, where Hancock is the favo
rite. Otherwise the South appears to lie
almost solid, since the Ohio election, in
the opinion that Mr. Bayard will be a
most available candidate, and this opin
ion prevails, to some extent, even in
Texas. Indiana is now for Mr. Hen
dricks, but Mr. Bayard has strong sup
porters in Indiana' not as against Mr.
Hendricks, however. This is merely
the current phase of the situation, and
we only point it out as such, for looking
to Democratic success, we are only
wedded to the idea of getting the candi
date who is at once the best man, most
suited to a time when Democracy must
win, if at all, on the purity and strength
of its candidates, as well as the wisdom
of its policy. With this view we can
have no attachments to lead to mere per
sonal advocacy. It makes no difference
who is the candidate, or who is the
President, so he is pure, capable and a
true Democrat, whose leadership will
benefit the party in benefiting the coun
try.
An interesting surgical case was re
cently reported by M. Larrey to the
French Academy of Medicine. A young
carpenter received a blow from an axe
on his right foot The big toe was al
most completely detached; it was held
merely by a small thread of skin, and
hung on the side of the foot. Dr. Gavey,
who was at once called in, detached the
toe completely, then, after having washed
it and the wound on the foot, he adapted
the two surfaces as well as possible one
lo the other, and made them hold to
gether by means of strips of lint soaked
with collodion and placed along the toe.
When the collodion had set another strip
was wound round. Further, an appa
ratus was used to keep all the parts of
the foot in perfect immobility. Twelve
days after, the dressing gave no bad
smell, the patient was very well and de
sired to go out, and twenty-four days
after the accident the cicatrisation was
perfect
It is related that a Yankee who had
just lost his wife was found by a neigh
bor emptying a bowl of soap as large as
a hand basin. “Why, my goodness.
Elanthus!” said the gossip, “is that all
you care for your wife?” “Wal,” said
the Yankee, ‘Tve been cry in’ all the
morain’, and after I finish my soup I'll
cry another spelL That's fair, anyhow.”
Syracuse ^ "
The United States Government.
Louisville (£jr.) Democrat.
The issue between the Democratic and
Republican party is not so much about
the original character, form and powers
of the government of the States in the
Federal Union, for all agree, who are
honest and at all well informed, that it
was formed by the States acting in their
separate individual capacity ou the Fed
eral basis and principle, but the march
of events, it is claimed by Consolidation-
ists, has changed the character of the
overnment from Federal to National,
'his, then, is the issue; shall the change
thus assumed to have taken place be ac
cepted and become duly established as
constitutional? The Democrats with one
voice say “no;” the.Republicans almost
unanimously say “yes.”
It is an issue of the most radical and
fundamental nature in its effect upon all
our institutions and all our liberties.
As a matter of law and form and name
the government of the Union is still
Federal, but in fact, as demonstrated in
the administration of its offices, and the
extension of its power by strained and
unconstitutional construction, it is na
tional in many respects. Except for the
position occupied and the resistance
made by the Jefferoanian wing-*oi 4b*
Democratic party, it would have been
by this period fully and completely
stripped of every Federal characteristic
and boldly consolidated into a nation.^
The result, however, is far from being
consummated The two great parties
pretty evenly divided the voters and the
business ami monetary interests of the
country on this issue. The weight-of
numbers is with the Democratic party,
but the weight of money and corporate
influence is with the Republicans, as
sisted by the natural disposition of gov
ernmental affairs toward coirupt ana ar
bitrary measures and unlimited powers.
A great many men whose interests,
instincts and sentiments class them
with the Democratic party in this strug
gle to maintain the Union and its Federal
form of government, through apathy,
prejudice or misapprehension are voting
with those who are struggling to dis
mantle the United States from their po
sition in the Union and consolidate
them into an American Nation. The
prejudice or misapprehension starts with
the idea of State rights. They would be
hotly opposed to the effort to convert
the Union into a nation if it were not for
their piejudice about State rights.
This leads ua to inquire what are State
rights, what are United States rights?
We can not answer elaborately in one
short newspaper editorial. All legiti
mate governmental powers are derived
from the consent of the governed. These
powers are “delegated’’ under the Re
publican and Federal forms. They belong
“inalier.ably” to the governed; that
means they can not be surrendered and
a good title given. They belong to this
generation for their protection in liberty,
self rule and civil government, but must
be transmitted to the next generation
unimpaired in title.
Now for the application of this argu
ment. The governed in this country
first lodged all delegated powers in the
State, and afterward the States, on the
motion and with the consent of the
governed in each State, taken separately,
became united in the Federal Union.
From this time on all powers delegated
at all have been specifically divided be
tween the State on the Republican side
and the Union on the Federal side of our
dual system. This is called “a balance
of powers.” It makes the Union Federal
and the States Republican. The State
rights idea means that the States shall
keep the powers delegated to them
unimpaired by encroachments from the
general and greater government of the
Union. It being a huge body with great
powers, employing one hundred thousand
office holders, collecting and disbursing
four or five hundred million dollars
annually, the States are constantly in
danger of being robbed by encroachment
through efforts to convert the Union in
to a nation. But let’s go one step further
into this matter. All “rights” called
Slate rights belong to the governed.
They are simply “delegated powers;”
nothing more, nothing less. This is true
also of all Fideral or United States
“rights,” by the consolidationists called
“national rights.” In short all “rights”
and “powers” belong inalienably to the
governed.
But the liberties and rights of the
masses are always in danger. Eternal
vigilance is the price of free government.
The Ohio people are not in as much
danger from the Ohio Government as they
are from the United States Government.
Hence what are called “State rights” are
pitted against possible, probable and
actual encroachments of the Federal
Government. That huge machine can
not very well rob the governed as long as
State rights are maintained. The States
must be beaten doWn, despoiled of re
publican government and independence
before the Union can be made to give
way to the nation.
One other thought. All the powers
possessed by the governed of each State
are not delegated. The “residuary mass,”
as Jefferson states it, remains with the
people. This is their sovereignty. The
might by which they make, unmake and
remake constitutions, 8tates or Unions.
Thus how understandably clear and
potential is the whole duty and power of
the governed over their public servants
and their govern ments. Hold fast to first
principles and old landmarks and there
is no danger, but travel thence aud you
soon find yourself befogged and lost to
any correct view of or aefenses for re
publican or Federal institutions.
A Dangerous Fraud.
It seems from facts which have recently
come to light that Professor James G.
Wingard, of New Orleans, the inventor
of what he called a “nameless force,” an
exhibition of the power of which he pre
tended togive in Lake Ponchartrain some
three years ago, was the chief mover in
the experiment which resulted in the
death of Mr. J. R. McClintock, in Bos-
ton harbor. Early last summer Wingard
turned up in Boston with credentials from
various parties in New Orleans and suc
ceeded in raising several thousand dol
lars for the purpose of experimenting
with his invention. He was very myste
rious, but told wonderful stories of the
power of his terrible agent. His secret,
if he had any, he kept well, and went no
further in tue way of explanation than to
say that his “nameless force” was pro
duced by positive and negative currents of
electricity. McClintock and a man by
the name of Holgate appeared upon the
scene sometime in September, and from
that time until the disaster they were the
assistants of Wingard in preparing for
the experiment. Since McCIintock’s
death facts have come to light which go
to show that the terrible force was noth
ing more than dynamite. This dynamite,
to the amount of thirty or forty pounds,
was packed in a torpedo case which had
been brought from New York. This
woik was done in a Boston hotel, where,
at all times, there were hundreds ot
people. If the slightest concussion had
come to this material, the hotel might
have been blown to pieces and many
lives lost. The dynamite torpedo was
carried to South Boston and placed on
board of a yacht. It is no longer
doubted that McClintock and bis boat
man, Swain, lost their lives by an acci
dental explosion of this torpedo. That
Wingard has invented a new force is not
believed in Boston. In fact, his “name
less force” is thought to be a swindle.
A spirited woman put an end to a duel
Berlin
near .Berlin three weeks ago. Princi
pals, seconds and an army of surgeons
were on the ground, and the pistols were
loading when the lady suddenly drove
up in a swift droschky to the place of
meeting, 'stepped up to her husband's
second, snatched a pistol from his hand,
and directing its muzzle toward her
bosom declared that she would kill her
self unless the projected duel was at
once given up. The whole party re
ed p ~ ~
turned peaceably to Berlin.
Two thousand girls in Boston are liv
ing in a mMMr unknown to their fami
lies. Boston is not in the solid South.
ON THE BEIXEROPHON.
Napoleon 9 * Captivity—Story of a ma
rine—Demeanor of the Imperial
Heavy Swell on Shipboard.
Detroit Free Press.
In Fulton county, Ga., there is now
living an old man who enjoys the dis
tinction of having guarded the great
Napoleon during his short captivity on
the Belleropbon, previous to his depart
ure for St Helena. Mr. Gregg, for that
is the name of the old man, is now
eighty-five years of age. but he is still in
the enjoyment of good health, and his
memory seems to be unimpaired. In the
course of a conversation with the vete
ran some time ago a few facts were
elicited which will doubtless be of inter
est to the many admirers of the French
Emperor.
Gregg, according to his statement, was
one of the British marines on the Belle-
rophon. After the Emperor Napoleon,
or Gen. Bonaparte, as he was studiously
called by the officers of the vessel, cam**
on board and surrendered himself to
CapL Maitland, claiming the hospitality
of England, be was assigned a cabin ami
one of the marines was always on duty
at the door.; This post fell to Gregg’s
lot'a number of times, and he soon be
gan to feel a friendly interest in the illus
trious prisoner.
“How did Bonaparte look and act?”
I asked.
‘He was the grandest looking man I
ever saw,” replied Gregg. “He hiBka
splended bead, dark brown hair and a
face like marble. His eyes were light
blue, and when in high spirits his smile
was the sweetest imaginable.”
“He was cheerful at all times, was
he?”
“Oh, yes; some times he would speak
to me and to the common sailors as pleas-
antly as you please. He would utter a
few words of English, and then ask if
what he said was correct, and when we
would point out his mistakes as well as
we could, he would laugh like a boy;
and then he would turn the tables by
picking flaws in our French. Oh, he
was a rare one, sir.”
“Always in good humor, then?”
“Well, no, sit. Some times he was
very bine, and then again he would get
mad, and, Lord, sir, how he would
swear.”
‘Swear? The great Napoleon swear!”
'‘Yes, sir, that he did. He would
swear by the hour at anybody or any
thing that crossed his path.”
“How did he pass his time?” I que
ried.
“He read some, and talked with the
officers a good deal, and then he was very
fond of pacing the deck. Sometimes he
would shut himself up in his cabin all
day, but generally he was walking about,
noticing everything. Nothing seemed to
escape him, and he was in the main very
willing to talk to anybody that came
along. Sometimes he was very unassum
ing, and then again, considering his posi
tion as a prisoner, and all that, it did
look as if he was a little too haughty.”
“Did lie ever appear at all cowed?”
“Cowed! Not a bit of it! Why, sir.
he walked the deck as if he owned the
vessel aDd everybody on it. He would
get blue and mad, as I said before, but he
always carried himself grandly, and
everybody, from the Captain down,
showed him the greatest possible respect.
In fact, we all took a liking to him. and
that’s the truth about it.”
“What was Napoleon’s height, as near
as you could guess ?”
“Well,” replied old Gregg, medita
tively, “they tell me that he was a little
man, but I did not think so when I saw
him. It was because I was a raw youth,
I suppose, and the sight of the greatest
man in the world’s history dazzled me.
But, then, his manner was always so
dignified and impressive that we never
thought of his small stature.”
“What was the opinion of those on the
Bellerophon in reference to the Emperor’s
future?”
“ Why, sir, we all thought that he
would be received as England’s guest,
and by some provision in the treaty be
allowed a pension, on condition of not
again taking up arms. We had no idea
of anything else, and, sir, our men shed
tears of humiliation when they learned
that Bonaparte was not to be permitted
to land on English soil—they did, sir,
and our officers, too, were a good deal
ruffled—and they felt that the British
Government was doing something that
was mean, petty and malicious. ”
A Chance for Fish Propagators.
Baltimore bun.
We have received from Mr. T. B. Fer
guson a letter on the subject of German
carp, and he publishes in the Sun an ad
vertisement announcing that he is pre
pared to furnish any citizen of Maryland
having a pond or stream within the State,
and who may wish to stock it with Ger
man carp, ten pairs of this prolific fish,
on application at the Druid Hill hatching
house. Accompanying Mr. Ferguson’s
letter was a copy of a letter to Senator
Beck, of Kentucky, on the same subject,
from Professor Spencer F. Baird, of the
United States Fish Commission, in which
he announces a distribution of German
carp among the ponds in Kentucky.
Professor Baird is satisfied that carp,
which constitutes a notable article ot
food supply in Austria and Germany,
will within ten years take a very promi
nent place among the food animals
of the United States. He speaks of
it as “emphatically a farmer's fish, and
that it may safely be claimed to be among
fishes what chickens are among birds and
pigs and ruminants among mammals,”
“Its special merit,” he adds, “lies in
the fact of its sluggishness, and the ease
with which it is kept in very limited en
closures, its being a vegetable feeder, and
its general inoffensiveness. ” Cultivated
trout aud bass “require a supply of oni
mal food for their sustenance and growth,
but the carp lives ou the roots and leaves
of aquatic plants and similar substances,
and may be fed on corn, grain, bread,
root crops, raw or boiled, and indeed any
vegetable substance. Prof. Baird adds:
“Its rate of growth, too, issome'hing
marvelous; and, as observed so far in the
specimens introduced into the United
States, being even more remarkable here
than in Europe. Among the original
fish imported by us from Europe, and
which are now only about three and a
half years old, are some from twenty-five
to thirty inches m length, weighing from
four to eight or nine pounds. * * * *
The carp will thrive best in artificial or
natural ponds with muddjr bottoms and
abounding in vegetation. In large ponds
it may not be necessary to add any spe
cial food; but in restricted inclosures, as.
for instance, in those of a fraction of an
acre, they may be fed with the refuse of
the kitchen garden, leaves of cabbage,
lettuce, leek, etc., hominy or other sub
stances. Grain of any kind is generally
better boiled before being fed to the fish;
but this is probably not absolutely neces
sary.”
No predacious fish should be put into
a carp pound, although suckers and mul
let would not be objectionable. Black
bass, sun fish and fresh water perch are
inadmissible in the same pond, llajor
Ferguson’s letter generalizes and con
firms the views expressed by Professor
Bsird, and there can be no donbt that tbe
introduction of carp into private ponds
may be made to add materially to tbe
local supply of food for the table, and
prove an excellent addition to every far
mer’s family, by whom fresh fish is often
unattainable.
Mary and John Piatt, husband and
wife, were arrested in their apartments
in New York Monday for bring habitual
drunkards and neglecting their ono-year
old child, and were sent to Blackwell’s
Island penitentiary for three months
each. Piatt was a distinguished soldier
of the late war, and is respectably con
nected. His wife was once an accom
plished and beautiful lady. They have
served terms before on the island for in
toxication.
The widow of James Kak, Jr., boards
at South Deerfield, Mass., with a couple
who formerly were her coachman and
cook. This is not from economical mo
tives, however, for she has a handsome
competence.
Household Recipes.
Burnt Sage put in a closet will clear
it of red ants.
To clean sraik rods, use woolen cloth
wet with water and dipped in sifted coal
ashes. Afterward rub with a dry cloth.
Mctton Chops.—Sprinkle with vine-
; dip
gar, pepper and salt; dip them in egg,
feprmkle
sprinkle with cracker or bread crumbs
and fry.
Dysentery.—Parch brown a table-
spoonful of rice; put into a cup of cold
water and let it come to & hard boil;
sweeten a little.
Okra Soup.—To five quarts of water
and a shin of beef add four dozen okras,
sliced thin, and a few tomatoes; boil from
six to seven hours and add salt and red
pepper to taste.
In dusting, use a soft cloth instead of
a brush or wing; the cloth will catch all
the dust, and you can shake it from the
window, while the others set it floating
again.
Lemon Extract.—Cut off the yellow
outside peel of five lemons, shave it as
thin as you can, put in o a pint of spirits
and cork tightly. If you want vanilla
extract bruise the bean and proceed as
with the lemon.
An Excellent Cake.—One cup of
butter, two of sugar, the whites of six
to seven eggs beaten to a froth, two cups
of flour, naif cup of cream, one tea
spoonful of extract vanilla. Bake one
hour slowly.
Sick Headache.—This distressing
complaint *an generally be relieved by
sTdong *eet in very warm water, in
~ VS- uful of powdered mustard
q There Soak as long as possi
ble, or tih the water gets cool; it draws
the blood from the head.
Hermits.—Two eggs, one and one-
half cup of sugar, two-thirds cup butter
or lord, oue cup currants, one leaspoon-
ful each of cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon,
one teaspoonful of soda. Roll out like
cookies; roll the currants in flour, sprinkle
sugar on top before baking.
Potato Noodles.—Grate one dozen of
boiled potatoes, add two eggs, a little salt,
half a cupful of milk, enough flour to
knead stiff, then cut in small pieces, then
roll long and round, one inch thick; fry
in plenty of lard to a nice brown.
Roast Capons.—Roast two fat capons,
dish them with a small boiled tongue
between them, pour over them aperigord
sauce, and garnish them with boiled cups
of new turnips, filled with olives or green
carrots and green peas alternately.
An Odd Scrap Basket.—Take a peach
basket and paint it black on the outside,
paste on scrap pictures to suit your taste;
cover the handle and line the inside with
red flannel, putting a box plaiting of the
d tT
same around the edge.
Flannel Cakes.—One quart of flour,
two eggs, one and one-half pints of boiled
milk (used cold), two teaspoonfuls of salt,
three tablespoonfuls of yeast (added after
the other ingredients have been mixed).
Beat light and set to rise till morning;
bake on a griddle.
To Broil Chickens Without Burn
ing Them.—Remove occasionally from
the fire and baste them with a gravy pre
pared as follows: Simmer together one
half cup of vinegar, a piece of butter the
size of an egg, and salt and pepper to the
taste. Keep it hot to use.
Cup Fruit Cake.—One cup of butter,
two cups raisins seeded and chopped fine,
four cups flour, two cups brown sugar,
one cup sour cream, three eggs well
beaten, one teaspoonful of soda, one of
cloves, four of cinnamon. Bake slowly
and sen e hot or cold, with sauce.
Napkins.—A new way of ornamenting
table napkins is by drawing designs upon
them in indelible ink. A clump of reeds
with a stork; a mingling of flowers and
vines, or a tiny comic figure may be
placed in one corner with very good
effect. Embroidery is more artistic, but
requires more time and does not display
any more inventiveness.
Orange Snow.—Dissolve an ounce of
isinglass in a pint of boiling water; strain
it, and let it stand until nearly cold; mix
into it the juice of six or seven oranges
and of one lemon; add the whites of three
eggs and sugar to taste; whisk the whole
together until it looks white and like a
sponge; put it into a mould, and turn it
out on the following day.
Indian Loaf.—Take one pint of sour
milk, one-half pint of sweet milk, one
te&onpful of molasses, one-half teacupful
of butter, two teaspoonfuls of saleratus,
one large teaspoonful of salt, three eggs,
one pint of wheat flour, one quart of
yellow Indiau meal; bake in a deep tin
basin, in an oven of same heat as for
cake, for one and a half hours.
Lemon Jelly.—Take a paper of gela
tine and let it soak in a pint of cold water
for one hour at least, but the longer it is
soaked the better. Then add to it a quart
of boiling water, the juice of two or three
lemons and a pint and a half of sugar.
Set it away without cooking at all, in a
form to cool, and an excellent article of
jelly will be the result.
Quince Jelly.—Rub the quinces with
a cloth and perfectly smooth, cut in small
pieces, pack tight in kettles, pour on cold
water until level with the fruit, boil very
soft; make a three-cornered flannel bag,
pour in fruit and hang up to drain, occa
sionally pressing on the top and sides to
make tbe juice run more freely, taking
care not lo press hard enough to expel
the pulp. There is not so much need of
pressing a bag made in this shape, as the
weight of the fruit in the larger part
causes the juice to flow freely at that
point To a pint of juice add a pint of
sugar and boil fifteen minutes, or until it
is jelly; pour into tumblers, or bowls and
finish according to general directions. If
quinces are scarce, the parings and cores
of quinces with good tart apples, boiled
and strained as above, make an excellent
jelly, and the quinces are saved for
preserves.
Bean Soup with Dumplings.—For a
family of four take half a teacupful of
clean beans, put them in a kettle contain
ing half a gallon of cold water and set
over a slow fire. Let them cook two
hours, then pour off the water and add
half a gallon of fresh boiling water and
1 t them boil half an hour longer; season
with pepper, salt and butter. At the
close of this half hour the dumplings
should be added, which are prepared as
follows: To one well-beaten egg add a
cupful of sweet milk; mix two leaspoon-
fuis of baking powder with about a pint
or flour and stir enough of this flour into
the milk to make a dough that will just
drop from the spoon. Then drop the
dough into the boiling soup by large
>P«>onfuls, always beiDg careful to dip the
►poon into the hot soup before putting it
into the dough. Boil the dumplings just
t wenty minutes, then take up carefully
tiith a ladle to avoid mashing them. I
never fail to have light, puffy dumplings
when I used this receipt.
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