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Georgia Affairs.
The bill offered by Mr Garrard, of Muscogee,
,1, ,-s not look to any repudiation of recognized
I* nds of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad,
hut merely refers to certain coupons which
were due from six to twelve months before the
rad was seized by the State. They were not
presented then, and the presumption in the bill
is that if they had been presented they would
not have i>een paid. This would have been
notice to the State. The road couid have been
seiz*-1 and operated for the benefit of the State
sx or twelve months sooner than it was. The
holders of the coupons continued to operate
the road for their own benefit after their cou
pons fell due and were not paid. The question
as to whether or not the State is liable for
these is one of great importance. The bill
proposes to declare some policy on the ques
tion, and it is now being considered by the
Finance Committee.
Two more good bills, a bill declaring a wife
a comp enter, t witness against her husband
where be commits an assault upon her, has
passed the Georgia Senate. Likewise, one to
make it a misdemeanor to carry intoxicating
drinks to any public gathei ing.
The Toeeoa News soys on Friday night Mr.
She; herd, revenue officer, arrested Mr. B. F.
Dooly, charged with violation of the laws, and
placed him in a house with several guards to
keep him safely till morning. During the
night Mr. Dooly, minus hat, coat and shoes,
j imped through a window and made good his
escape.
Luring last week Messrs. Asberry and Win.
Holland, of Tattnall county, have each had a
horse killed fcy lightning. Mr. Wm. Holland's
h rse was standing in the stable when killed.
AH right, brother of the Brunswick Adver
tiser and Appeal. We will not divorce you
from vour “first love."
The Coroner's jury in the case of Moses and
Piemonti find Daniel Moses guilty of willful
murder in the killing of I’iemonti.
ltev. Geo. G. Smith, of Gainesville, has pat
ent* and a combined walking cane and auricle.
With it a deaf person can hear au ordinary
tone of conversation. Those who are slightly
so can hear a whisper, and many who thought
their hearing entirely gone are able to hear
distinctly. It looks like an ordinary walking
cane, and can be used as such. It has, it is
said, though only patented the 2Sd of this
month, already excited much attention. Rev.
Mr. Smith will answer any questions on the
sut ject, or he will send a plain tin cane, paint
ed black and varnished, to any one for $1 50.
Others of finer quality at higher prices.
Columbus has maintained an open air re
ligit us meeting for several years. It is con
.falicted by all the prominent ministers of that
city, and i- very popular.
Seys the Augusta Chronicle: “Henry Ham
mond, Jr., son of Mi*j Harry Hammond, of
Beech Island, was thrown from his hor,e the
other day and had his thigh broken. He bore
the injury and surgical operation bravely, and
told the doctor to be sure and put it in the
paper."
Griffin Vet es: "We learned late last evening
that a fire occurred yesterday at Erin by
which Mr. Geo. S. Mallory - lost his entire house
and contents, valued at SI:S,LITI. There was no
insurance, and Mr. Mallory was left entirely
destitute. Veiy little was saved, and what
there was was due to the timely aid of Mr.
Babe Connor.”
Cuthbert .le/x til: “Prof McNulty has re
moved his family and household * fleets to
Dawson, where he will open the South Georgia
Male and Female College on the sth of Sep
tember. May his brightest hopes be more
than realized in his new field. A better teach
er we never knew than Prof. McNulty, arid
with his able corps of prof- ss >rs we predict a
prosperous future for Law sot.'’
Dahionega Signal:' *A much large- nmber of
min* s have been sold this season than ever be
fore during the same period of time, and the
buyers, pr.neipally eastern parties, are doing
development work on the properties they have
purchased. There are at ways opportunities
f, r parties owning good mines to sell them,
ibe day of selliog ‘holes in the gronn J,’ how
ever, has passed. ’
Covington Enterprise: “Eddie Curshaw.
nephew of Mr. Win. H. Evans, of Covington,
was accidentally killed by the falling of a roll
irg mill derrick in Birmingham, Ala., on last
Friday. He was the on;y child of a fond and
loving mo her, and at bis death the heart
strings have been touched with a never-ceasing
sorrow.”
Brunswick Advertiser and Appeal: “A
veritable devil fish was taken in our bay this
week by the dredge hands it was found clitg
ing to a buoy, and taken in ‘out of the wet.’
Its head and body is about six inches in length
and its feelers from four to ten inches in
length. We understand that Mr. A C. Ward
will send it to the museum of Mercer Uni
versity. at Macon.”
Reidsviile Enterprise: “Pete Bsggs, color
ed wa lodged in jaii here last Monday night,
charged with rape As the story - comes to u-=,
we learn that on lost Wednesday morning he
assaulted Kills Johnson, his stepdaughter, on
tile road, and she states carried out his de
signs, bhe at once had a warrant issued for
his arrft. and he was afterwards overhauled
and tak**n before Justice Smith.”
Ather s Banner : “The calendar of the 8u
preme Court of Georgia for the September
terra has been published, and from it we
gather these facts: The Western Circuit
comes second on docket. The number of cases
in each county of the circuit are: Clarke 6,
Gwinnett I, Hall 7. Jackson 2. Walton 1. White
1 City Court of Clarke county 1. City Court of
Hall county l.or a total of SO in the circuit.
There are 329 in the whole calendar."
Henry County Wetkly: "George Couch, a
negro man belonging to the railroad construc
tion force at work at this place, got drunk lat
Tuteday and made himself extremely obnoxi
ous to the peace loving deniz-ns of the town
by cursing, yelling and general disorderly con
duct. An attempt of an officer to arrest him
created a row. and very nearly a riot among
the negroes, but armed citizens went to the as
sistance of the officer and quelled the distur
bance.”
Ea.s*man Times: “Dodge county seems to be
in a dilemma just now. The Ordinary hav.ng
received no official information that the t oitn
ty Court, which for the past year or two has
had charge of coun’y affairs, lias been abol
ished, he declines to assume the management
of Ihe county business; while on the other
hand the Countv Judge, under existing circum
stances. feels that he. too. is incapacitated and
also declines to act. So for the present it may
be said that the county business is at a stand
still for the want of information as to who is
realiv the proper custodian of the county af
fairs.”
Augusta Chronicle: “Mr. C. has
returned froai Washington, having been or
dered back to the South on special duty. Mr.
Zappone leaves in a few days to establish sta
tions of the Signal Service in the country towns
of the cotton belt. These stations w ill be or
ganiz'd at Branchville and Yeniassee. S. C..
and at Union Point. Gainesville and Tococa
City, Ga. By means of observations taken at
these points each day, telegraphed to this Sig
nal office, and bulletined in Augusta at six
o'clock every afternoon, merchants here can
tell the state of the weather in all the country
round. These will give variable hints upon
crop t.rospects and such matters.”
Atlanta Constitution: “The contract for
building the entire road from Rome to Atlanta
was let yesterday by Mr. Met Taken, who rep
resents Tnomas & t 0., to nill A McCechnev.
of Chicago. There were sveral bids made for the
contract, and the various bidders were yester
day notified by Mr. McC'raken that the bid of
Hilt A MeCeehney for the entire line was the
lowest and mo<t s itisfactorv, and that the con
tract had therefore been awarded to them.
These gentlemen will begin at once upon the
work and push the line through as rapidly as
Kssible. The bed of the road will be sub let
in order to have the work hastened.”
Americus Republican: “We regret to record
another killing in Sumter. Mr. Stamford
Brancen had some word* on Tuesday last with
a colored woman about the weight of some cot
ton. Her reputed husband. Scott Kendrick,
interfered and advanced toward Mr Brannen
who quickly drew his knife and stabbed him
in the heart Scott grasped Mr. Brannen, but
in a moment relaxed hi3 held, fell down and
expired. Mr. Brannen reported at or.ee to the
officers of the law. and the Coroner held an in
quest. A jury of good citizens, of which Mr.
L. B. McTyier was foreman, returned a verdict
of 'justifiable homicide.’ Mr. Brannen is a
young man of quiet manner and disposition,
and much regrets the occurrence.”
Eastman Times: “Instead of letting the
fruit—apples and peaches—waste and rot on
the ground under the trees, why not dry the
fruit and utinze this important crop? If cur
R armors could only realize the necessity of
itiiizing the entire products of their farms and
>rcharaa.what a splendid achievement it would
be in placing the agricultural interests of the
country upon a solid f undatioo. Even in the
matter of fruit, to say nothing of the valuable
grass, pea vrnee etc., that are yearly allowed
lo waste on the farm, if only a proper atten-
|§atrtlt iWnrrottfl Seas.
J. 11. ESTILL,' PROPRIETOR.
tion was shown, hundreds and thousands of
dollars might be saved annually from the fruit
crop, which in our local ly seems in the main
to be regarded as fit for use only in the summer.
Pried fruit, as every one knows, goes far
during the long winter months towards com
pensating in the culinary department for sum
mer vegetables ’’
Col. Cole has written the following letter to
Col. S. L. Fremont. United Btates Engineer at
Brunswick; “On my return to Chattanooga, I
am in receipt of your esteemed favor of the
9th inst. Brunswick must be an important
harbor, and ought to be favored liberally by
the government in the expenditure of money
in its improvement. Our Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad, extended from Macon to At
lanta. and from Atlanta to Home, will connect
with a system of about 1,000 miles of other
roads that we control, be ides perfect connec
tion with roads we do not control, to Cincin
nati. Chicago and St. Louis. No one is more
competent than yourself to take up these
lines, and the sections tapped by all of our
connections, and estimate the importance of
the improvements to be made by the govern
ment at Brunswick. 1 trust you may get a
large appropriation from the government for
this wgjrfc.”
Columbus Times: “Under the head of ‘Honey
Dew- in Georgia," the Button (West Virginia)
■Mountaineer has the following to sav of the
notice which we made some time ago of the
shower of honey which fell on the place of Mr.
John McKee, of Talbot county: ‘From the
above it seems Mr. McKee is under a common
delusion, yix: that what is called honey dew
falls from the sky. If he had examined the
limbs of the poplar referred to. he would have
found their otherwise smooth bark full of what
at first sight appears to be little knots, of the
same color as the bark, and about as round
and large as one-half of a small pea. A closer
examination would have shown him that these
s*-emiog knots are hard shelled bark lice aphi
dii cineracei, the excrements of w-bich fall in
a steady shower upon anything under the in
reeted tree and is called honey dew. In this
case, as often happens, a slight breeze was de
flecting the falling shower from the perpendi
cular Fiifflcienriy to carry it into the porch.
The same insect is of ten found upon young
growtby bi -kories as well as poplars, and in
nearly every State of the Union, but mo it plen
tiful in those having the dryest climates. If
you doubt, examine for yourselves, ladies and
gentlemen.”
St Petersburg sLt Is.
Correspondence of the London Times.
What a town it is! How large, bow
dismally empty! llow it squats like an
immense alligator half in and half out of
a swamp, modelled on Amsterdam and
reminding one ot Venice! What miles
and miles of ‘ prospects,” or, a3 the
French would say, “boulevards;” what
endless succession of wide, open spaces
and magnificent distances, of long
straight lines of wall) and rows of trees
and interminable avenues, contrived,
as it were, to allow the town
ample room to run out of town!
A city of churches, convents and
palaces, of steeples and monuments,
of gold, bronze, granite and marble, of
buildings in ail styles, European and
Asiatic, quaint originals, or indifferent
copies, many of them grand and massive,
yet strewn over space at haphazard, on
a perfectly fiat surface, grouping no
where, nowhere laid out for effect or
with an eye to the picturesque. A town
of princes, to all appearance, or of
wealthy bankers or traders, with nothing
mean, no back slums, no rag fair; the
homes of the poor, if at all existing,
carefully hidden out of sight; the whole
covering scores of miles of ground, a
maze of isles and islets, of bridges and
embankments, of river, and branches of
river and canals.
, It is a town made by one man, made
on a plan and for a purpose; and when
that is said all is said, lt was not one of
the cities of God’s own building; conse
quently, it may be feared,not oneof those
that abide. Its foundation was suggest
ed by a great thought, and it turns out
now to have been a mistake.
It is questionable, indeed, whether
Peter the Great ever meant St. Peters
burg for a permanent court residence
and capital. As late as 1724, seven
months before his death, it was not here,
hut at Moscow that he celebrated the
coronation of his wife Catherine; and if
he spent much of his time on this spot,
it was chiefly because a work of such
magnitude as he had undertaken requir
ed the master’s incessant presence. For
the rest, all that Peter wanted here was
a port, and he could under the circum
stances find no better, ne built on con
quered ground out of all the boundaries
of Old Russia, amid a Finnish population,
the fotmtr subjects of Sweden. He
drafted his workmen among the serfs of
all his prov nces, and wasted 100,000
human lives in the achievement, labor
being as cheap for him as it ever was for
the builders of the Egyptian pyramids.
The site was a swamp—an unhealthy
swamp, so unsafe that some of its finest
monuments—the monolith column of
Alexander 1., and the Isaac church—show
in their deep crevices the rapid decay of
which the treacherous ground beneath is
dooming them; so unsafe, besides,as to be
subject to inundations, like the ground of
ancient Rome, for the city has a'ready
been destructively flooded eight times
since 1703, the date of its
foundation, and even last year the
water rose more than ten feet above the
ordinary’ level, driving people from their
cellars and basement floors, as well as
from the villas and gardens of the lower
islands. There were even for many
years ominous speculations as to the pos
sibility of the whole town being sub
merged. “The Gulf of Fiuland,” Peter
reasoned, "runs westward from St.
Peter burg, in the direction whence the
heaviest storms always blow. Imagine
a storm to set in from the west, in April
or May, when the ice is breakiug up, and
suppose that this should happen just
when the water in the Tiver is at the
highest. The masses of ice blown in
from the sea would meet those that float
down from the land side, and the col
lision between the two opposite maasses
could not fail to overwhelm the whole
city, with its proud palaces, when princes
and beggars would be drowned promis
cuously, like Pharaoh and his host in
the Red Sea.”
The town, however, has already stood
one hundred and seventy-eight years,
and the catastrophe seems indefinitely ad
journed. As no such combination of
storm, high water and great thaw as
croakers conjured up has yet occurred,
sanguine people have become perfectly
skeptical as to the possibility of the
orealed contingency.
He Wanted It With the North Pole
Painted in It.
Salt Lake Tribune.
A dilapidated looking tramp, with
sixteen distinct patches on his clothes,
and a plaster over his eye, yesterday
went into a Main street saloon, slapped
down a worn-out dime, and howled out
in a voice loud enough to be heard in
Ogden:
“Give me a soda water cocktail with
the North Pole in it.”
A crowd outside, thinking free drinks
were to be set up, crowded into the
saloon and watched and waited. The
man of rags, who had ordered the North
Pole in his drink, ate up all the lunch he
could find, chewed up the coffee and
cloves, and was tackling the mint, when
the bartender quietly asked:
"What did you say you wanted in your
drink. Mr. Gould?”
Mr. Gould steadied himself a moment,
grinned on the crowd and at himself in
the looking glass, and replied:
"If you please, sir, I’ll have the North
Pole in it. ”
The bartender remembered an old
piece of gas-tubing, about three feet in
leDgth, which had been left around; he
got it and blew some cayenne pepper
down the inside, put one end of it in the
cock-tail, and smilingly handed it to Mr.
Gould. Mr. Gould took it, gave a first
preliminary pull, and then a hurricane
arose. It seemed as though the com
bined tornadoes of eight Eastern States
had broken loose. An immense con
glomeration of legs, arms, hats, canes,
and bodies was observed piling out of
the saloon a few moments after; and to
day, when the saloon keeper reckons up
the losses of a broken head, cracked
mirror, scratched and stained counter,
and liability of being sued, he will sadly
remember the last words of the tramp
ns he closed the door and shot up the
■treet.
Lady Beantlflers.
Ladies, you cannot make fair skin, rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes with all the cos
mettca of France or beautifiers of the world
whiie In poor be<h, and nothing will give
you such rich blood, good health, strength
and beauty as Hop Bitters. A trial is cer
tain proof*
STEADILY SINKING
EVEN I>E. BLISS HIVES CP HOPE.
A Steady Lou of (Around - Death
from Exhaustion All but Certain
—No Immediate Danger—He .Hay
Live Several Days—Col. Rockwell
Stout lu Hope.
Executive Mansion, August 27.— About
7 o’clock this morning the first Intelli
gence bearing on the condition of
the President was received from
the physicians’ room. This Infor
mation, though meagre, was discour
aging. It was substantially to the effect
that the President’s condition was a little
less encouraging than at a late hour
last night, that big pulse had
not yet been taken, but that
it was noticeably less firm. This feebleness
of pulse was not noticed until Dr. Bliss
went to his bed, about six o’clock
this morning. He then observed that
although the frequency of the pulse had
not materially changed, Its character was
weaker and more unsteady. He did not
Interpret this as a certain evidence of the
nearness of the end, but the circum
stance is calculated to ns now still
more the President’s chances for
recovery. A painful period of suspense in
tervened between the receipt of this Infor
mation and the appearance of the morning
bulletin, and the latter was waited for with
an ominous foreboding that it would con
firm the worst fears.
The bulletin, when it made Its appear
ance, with the positive statement that the
President had grown feebler since yester
day, and noting the marked increase
lu pulse and respiration, extinguished the
last ray of hope held by the general public,
and cast a deeper gloom over those near
and dear to the President. The physicians
do not say, however, that hope is dead.
THE SURGEONS DON’T GIVE CP.
-10:30 a. m.—Dr. Keyburn reports that the
President’s strength up to this hour has not
perceptibly failed since the morning exami
nation. He continues to take food about
as well as heretofore, and the frequency of
his pulse has not increased. He has just
been sponged off and seems more com
fortable.
GENERAL SWAIM’S OPINION.
10:50 a. m. —General Swaiin, in an inter
view with a reporter of the Associated
Press at 10;40 this morning, said that the
President’s pulse has varied a good
deal since the morning dressing. The least
exertion or any elipht movement of the
body was enough to increase the frequency
so that also its average rate might not
change a great deal. It was occasionally
higher for short periods. The swollen
parotid gland, he said, continues to dis
charge through the ear and through the in
cision made several days ago, aud this dis
charge seems to afford relief. The surgeons
still hope that the nourishment which
the patient takes will sustain him on the
present plane of vitality until the glandular
abscess becomes less threatening, when
there will be, in General Swaim’s opinion,
a chance, at least, of recuperation.
All the members of the Cabinet came to
the Executive Mansion at 9 a. in., aud most
of them are still there. They were generally
more reticent than yesterday with regard to
their views of the situation.'
Secretary YVindom said that it wss useless
to disguise the fact that the morning
bulletin was very discouraging.
He was not ready, however, himself to say
that the case Is hopeless. He intended to
hope and think and believe to the last that
the President will live.
Postmaster General James would oniy
say, "While there is life there is hope."
Attorney General MacVeagh declined to
converse upon the situation, but admitted
that it seemed to him less hopeful this
morning.
THE NOON BULLETIN.
Executive Mansion, 12:30 p m. [Official
Bulletin.]—There has been no improvement
iu the President’s condition since the last
bulletin was issued. He continues to
retain the liquid food administered by the
mouth as well as the enemata. At the
mornlog dressing the parotid swelling ap
peared about the same as yesterday. No
material change was observed in the wound.
Since morning* the temperature has risen
about a degree, and the pulse has fluctuated
somewhat. At present the pulse is 120,
temperature 99.6, respiration 22.
I). W. Bliss. J. K. Barnes.
F. H. Hamilton. J. J. Woodward.
NO CHANGE.
11:30 a. m— The situation of the Preei
dent has not changed much since the earlier
par; of the morning, but continues very
critical. The members of the Cabinet are
all still here.
GRADUALLY FAILING.
Dr. Bliss reports, at noon, that there has
been no matked ehauge in the President’s
condition, but that he is gradually failing
in strength. His pulse when last taken was
116 te 118, and slightly better iu'characler
than at 7 a. in.
ARTHUR NOT SUMMONED.
12;30 P. m. [Unofficial Bulletin ]—The
members of the Cabinet are still here, but
no decisive change has taken place In
the President’s condition. Attorney Uen
enj MacVeagh authorizes the statement
that Vice Presideut Arthur has cot been
telegraphed for, and that no decision to
send for him has yet been arrived at.
DR. BLISS GIVES UP.
Dr. Bliss said to a reporter of the Asso
ciated Press at noon that his belief is the
President cannot recover. He thinks, how
ever, that his death will not occur immedi
ately, and that he may linger several days.
REVIEW OF THE CASE.
1 p. m.—ln an Interview with a reporter
of the Associated Press at noon, Dr. Bliss
replied to questions substantially as fol
lows:
“What view do you take, Doctor, of the
President’s condition to day ?’’
"I think he is no better to day than yes
terday, and, when I say he is no better, it
is about equivalent to saying that be Is
worse, because the longer he goes on in this
way without positive repair the less be
comes his chances of recovery.”
"Has he failed much this forenoon?”
“Not a great deal tinco 7 o’clock. His
time of greatest depression is early in the
morning. It was so yesterday morning,
and so again this morning. After: that he
rallied a little, aud bis pulse fluctuated
during the forenoon between 110 and 118.”
"Does he realize his condition?”
"I think be does to a certain extent. He
has inquired about his pulse and about the
condition of the Inflamed gland several
times to-day.”
"You do not think he has given up hope
of his own recovery?”
“No, 1 don’t think he has. He seemed
more discouragedjabout himself this morn
ing than usual, and I think his discourage
ment has something to do with his physical
depression. His mind seemed for a time to
react unfavorably upon his body.”
“Did he ask you how he was?”
"Yes, and Mrs. Garfield and I gave him
reassuring replies. That seemed to brace
him up, and he soon afterward rallied.”
"What is the condition of his mind to
day?”
“HU mind is absolutely clear.”
"Better than yesterday ?”
"Much better. He understands every
thing that is said to him to-day, and is con
scious of what goes on about him.”
"What is the appearauce of the parotid
gland to-day?”
"It hss not changed much.”
"Does it continue to discharge?”
"Yes; it discharges rather more freely
through the ear.”
“Are auy of the other glands of the body
affected?”
“No.”
"And there is no suppuration except in
the wound and gland?”
"Nowhere else.”
"How does the wound look?”
"Not quite so well as heretofore. The
granulations were not so perfect this morn
ing as they have hitherto Deen.”
“Has the character of the pus from the
wound changed?”
"Not materially. It perhaps indicates a
little more depletion of the 6y6tero.”
"Has the chance of which you spoke yes
terday, Doctor, grown any narrower since
then? ’
"Yes, I think it has. He has less chance
to-dav to recover than he had vesterday.”
"You still hope for recovery?”
"Yes, I hope for It.”
"But what is your judgment—your belief
in regard to it ?”
“My belief is that the President cannot
recover. If it were not for the local trou
ble—l mean the condition of the parotid
gland—be might gain strength and make
progress but Ido not 6ee bow the process
of repair can begin to go on ia the presence
of that complication.”
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1881.
Plf there should be no improvement,
how long would the patient probably hold
out ?”
"I should think he might five two or
three days. Ido not think death will occur
suddenly.”
"Yousay his mind today is absolutely
clear. Is it not probable that his mental
faculties will fall before the end comes ?”
“Yes, I presume death will be preceded
by a period of unconsciousness.”
“Have you advised Mrs. Garfield to send
for any other members of the family ?”
"No; Ido not think it is our place to
make tlfet suggestion. Mrs. Garfield knows
perfectly well bow the President is.”
“Has any one been admitted to the room
to see him, yesterday or to day, except the
surgeons and the usual attendants ?”
“No one to my knowledge.”
"If death occurs, will Its approach be
recognizable for any considerable time in
advance ?”
"I think it will. It Is impossible to pre
dict with certainty what course the case
will take, but I think it likeiv that if the
worst comes to the worst, the President will
sink gradually, and that we shall have some
hours’ warning of the coming of the end.”
MUCH THE SAME.
2 I*, m. [Unofficial Bulletin.] —The con
dition of tne President has not ma'erially
charged since the noon bulletin.
BLAINE TO LOWELL.
2 p. m. —The following has been sent, to
Minister Lowell at London by Secretary
Blaine: “There has been no change for the
better in the President’s condition since
morning. His fever has risen and his pulse
at this hour (2 p. m.) is 120. His physicians
do not regard the case as hopeless, but very
dangerous and critical.”
COL. ROCKWELL’S STOUT HOPE.
2:30 p. m. —The condition of the Presi
dent remains substantially unchanged.
Some of the President's intimate personal
friends and attendants still cling to the
hope of his recovery. Col. Rockwell, In
conversation with a reporter of the Asso
ciated Press this afternoon, said with much
emphasis and feeling: “Notwithstanding
the discouraging bulletins, notwithstanding
ail that has been said, notwithstanding the
dispatches which have been sent far
and wide over tbe couhtry, I tell
you tbe President is not dying, and
shows no signs of dying. I don’t speculate
as to the chances of the future. The present
is enough for me. He is not dylDg now.
Not ten minutes since X heard him tell Gen.
Swaim, who stood by his bedside, that he
thought he felt better than he did yesterday.
A long while ago, in talking to me about
himself, Gen. Garfield said: “With me it is
always unexpected which happens. I be
lieve the unexpected may happen once
more in the President’s life, and that, he
may yet surprise the cuuutry by getting
well.”
A LITTLE BETTER.
3:20 p. m. —There has been no marked
change in ihe President’s condition this
afternoon. GcDeral S vaim, who has just
come from his room, thinks he is a little
better.
[Oning to the violence of the storm and
the interruption of connections nothing was
received from the President later thau 3:20
p. m.J
OUR GREAT STAPLE.
Reports from tbe Colton-Growing
States.
New Orleans, August 27. — Th e Democrat
has Ihe following reports:
Louisiana. —Cotton is fruiting poorly.
The crop is generally earlier. Some dam
age, is reported from both worms and
drought. The acreage is unchanged, and
picking Is general. One parish reports the
same yield as last year, two ouly oae-tbird
and one a half crop.
Mississippi—Cotton is fruiting poorly.
Some damage Is reported from rust and
worms. ODe county reports two thirds and
five only half a crop.
Texas.— Cotton is opening fast, but fruit
ing poorly. The condition Is not as good as
at ill's time last year. Tbe crop will be
about two thirds of an average one, but the
quality is much better. Picking has begun
and some cotton is coming Into town.
A RIG CHICAGO BLAZK.
Large Amount ot Cork and Uacon
It u rued.
Chicago, August 27.—A great fire broke
out last evening in the packing eatablish
ment of John C. Hately, formerly known as
Ricker’s, at the Union Stock Yards. Four
million pounds of bacon, tltyeeu thousand
brrels of pork, and other miscellaneous
stock, were destroyed, involving a luss of a
million dollars.
A Hark Aaliore.
London, Aueust 27.— Tbe bark Path
finder, from Coosaw, S. C., is ashore at
Bootie. All bands are saved but the mas
ter, who was drowned. The cargo may be
saved, but the vessel will become a wreck.
Possibilities of an Extra Session of
Congress.
New York Sun.
If a proclamation for an extra session
has been signed it has been done in view
of Garfield’s death, the publication to be
made while he yvas yet living, because
such a proclamation otherwise would be
by one who had ceased lo be President,
and would be of no account.
In case Garfield dies Arthur might,
aud probably would, want the Senate to
meet as early as possible to confirm cer
tain appointments, perhaps Cabinet offi
cers. If a proclamation has been pre
pared, probably it is for the
envening of the Senate only,
though a full session is needed,
and there exists the need, as we have
seen, even if Garfield lives. So, after
all, instead of being a mysterious per
form ince of an extraordinary nature, a
proclamation for an extra session of the
Senate may be Mr. Biaine’s plain duty.
But with an extra session of the Sen
ate called, with Garfield dead and Ar
thur no longer Vice President, an ex
traordinary state of things would exist.
We have seen that in such an event,
whenever the meeting, the Senate will
be without a presiding officer. By rea
son of the death of Colonel Burch that
body is also without a Secretary even.
This could be overcome and an organi
zition obtained by following the prece
dent of 1877,when,under similar circum
stances, Sena’or Morton offered a resolu
tion that Senator Howe administer
the oath to Senator Ferry, and thus that
Senator be declared the presiding officer
of ihe Senate. This being done, presi
ding officer Ferry administered the oath
lo Vice Pre-ident Wheeler. In the ab
sence of a Secretary, who by parliamen
tary law would do it, the motion could
be put by any Senator. Mr. Winthrop
was elected Speaker of the House on the
motion of John Quincy Adams, on the
refusal of the Clerk to put the motion.
But another difficulty might arise.
Senators Lapham and Miller are to be
sworn in. Just when this shall be done
makes all the difference in the world
with the Republicans. Certainly they
cannot lie sworn in before the presiding
officer is choseD. Shall they be before
their cases are referred and duly reported
on? On the question when this is done,
whether there be an extra session or not,
will probably depend the complexion of
the organization of the Senate. One can
readily see that whenever the Senate
meets there is liable to be another dead
lock of an indefinite duration.
A Time!' Warning;, or tbe Expe
rience of a iTHnlstcr.
If you suffer from general debility,
brought on by too close application to busi
ness and excessive brain work, or from in
creasing prostration and sinking spells, that
even a rest or removal of the cause will not
relieve, make haste to do as did a reverend
friend of ours. He secured from his drug
gist a bottle of Biowu’s Iron Bitters, having
heard of its merit from a physician, who
told him cot to take any other Bitters or
Tonic, for with the exception of Brown’s
Iron Bitters they all contained alcohol, and
had failed to give bis patients lasting re
lief, nor should he take any other prepara
tion of Iron, for with the exception of
Brown’s Iron Bitters, they ali blackened
the teeth, and often gave headache, which
Brown’s Iron Bitters never did, but in fact
cured headache. The i fleet was most satis
factory; he immediately realized wonderful
results. His old energy returned, his natu
ral force came back, and he felt himself
altogether anew man, full of health,
strength and vigor, and be has continued to
remain so ever since. Now he recommends
Brown’s Iron Bitters to ail his friends,
which we unhesitatingly do to all our read
ers.—Globe.
A MILLIONAIRE: BRIGAND.
Lerada, wbo In Lore,War and Gold
getllng Made Tlitug* Hum.
Alta Californian.
There are many interesting incidents
related of Lerada, the remarkable Indian
who for eighteen years ruled the Tepic
part of the Mexican republic. When a
boy he was engaged in herding sheep and
cattle on a ranch near the town of Jalisco.
Every day there passed on her way to
and from school a very pretty girl, of a
good family, and an acquaintance began
between them. She always had her
boqks, and on her return from school
the two would retire to some quiet place,
where she would teach him to read and
give him his first ideas of arithmetic and
geography. He was exceedingly apt
in learning and anxious to acquire
knowledge, and he improved it in
such a manner that he soon be
came recognized among other Indians
as superior to them. His master often
ill treated him, and Lerada was often
heard to say he would revenge himself.
The acquaintance with the girl ripened
into love, which was reciprocated. He
hail asked of her parents that he might
marry her. a proposition that was
scorned, the family calling him a beggar.
But he one day killed his master and
then fled to the mountains, taking a
number of Indians with him. After in
creasing the number to eighty men, he
one night entered Jalisco, went to the
house of the girl, took her out, and
killed those of the family whom he
deemed had insulted him. He forced
the Cure of Jalisco to go with him to
the camp on the mountains, and, when
there, made him marry him to the
girl.
Lerada afterward took to the road as a
brigand, and was a terror for miles
around. Many times troops were sent
after him that never returned. About
this time came the French, who, hearing
of liis many exploits and influence with
the Indians, made overtures to him to
join them, promising $30,000 per month
to pay his men. Lerada accepted and
went, with eight thousand men, to Ma
7-atlan, received the first installment,
came back to Tepic, disbanded them, and
put the money in his pocket. He after
ward received ihe same sum regularly,
and as regularly he pocketed it. This
was the beginning of his political promi
nence, and he rapidly made advance
ment in his endeavors for a com
plete control of the government of
this section of the republic. He appears
to have been a terribly revengeful man,
and any one that he imagined had done
him any injury lived but a little time
after. On one occasion, at a ball in
Tepic, he observed an official of the gov
ernment in conversation with a senorita
with whom he was enamored. He di
rected one of his own officers to go to
him and tell him to leave the house.
Lerada, seeing the official still conversing
with the young lady, again called his
officer and asked if he obeyed him, and
at the same time pointed to the pistol
which the officer carried, asking if he
was aware to what use such an instru
ment was put "Now go to that
man,” he said, “and take him by
ilie beard and lead-him from the house.”
The officer, well knowing that if
he disobeyed his owu life would be for
feited, did as he was told. On another
occasion, he sent an Indian with a watch
and a sum of money from his place at
San Luis to Tepic. The Indian stole
both, pawning the watch. He was ap
prehended and shot, and so, too, were
the poor ! pawnbroker and the innocent
purchaser of the watch from the latter—
both were arrested and shot by order of
Lerada. But his ambition for extended
power ruined him. His frequent suc
cesses had led him to believe he could
capture Guadalajara, and with eight
thousand Indiaus he started for tliht city,
when, after a well fought battle, he was
routed and obliged to return to Tepic,
having lost the prestige he had gained in
eighteen years, as well as the confidence
of his officers. The latter "went
back on him,” and one "gave him
away,’ - receiving, it is said, a considera
ble sum for the informatbn; and so at
last Lerada was captured, and soon after
was shot near the bridge crossing the
river passing this city. He begged ear
nestly for his life, one person assuring
me that he offered to liquidate the
American debt if released. But it was
of no use; his death was inevitable, and
whiie protesting that his actions had
len for the good of the Indians whose
Chief he was, the drums were rolled, a
volley of musketry was heard, and the
career of Lerada was at an end.
As to his wealth during his lifetime,
there are many stories. One is that bar
rels of gold and silver were carried at his
order to the mountains and there deposit
ed by four men, who, after finishing the
work, were, of course, shot, that it might
not be divulged. There is at Santiago an
old man that tells that he, in company
with another Alteiro, came to Tepic in
the night time, escorting Lerada and six
mules heavily laden with gold and silver
bars, brought from the mountains iu the
vicinity of Santiago, and which were de
posited in Lerada’s house; that after their
arrival he was sent out to buy mescal,
aud as he had a weakness for the "vine
celestial” he drank too much, got drunk,
and did not return to the
house. In the morniDg the mules
were found astray. Lerada was
on his way to Guadalajara, and the
other rnan, his companion, never was
heard of again. His ideas of discipline
were as severe as his ideas of many other
things. It was his custom to review his
54,000 Indians on the first Sunday of
every month at 8 o’clock a. m., and it
whs expected that every man would be
present or with a sufficient excuse. As
they had to come from many leagues
away it would not seem strange if there
were mny delinquents. On one occa
sion, at one of these reviews, when those
present were in the line, one unfortunate
arrived ten minutes late. He was called
before the chief, and, after being repri
manded before the wholej army, was led
to a tree and shot.
The family of Lerada, his wife and
two daughters, reside at San Luis. She
is in very comfortable circumstances, and
is represented as a very lady like and
amiable person.
How a Pretty Jewess Saved Her
Like.— There is a very pretty story told
how a lovely Jewess in a Russian town
saved her property and her life during
the recent attacks upon the Jews. A
great, hulking ruffian entered her shop
and bought a loaf of bread. After
swallowing a couple of mouthfuls he
threw himself on the ground outside the
shop aud began to howl piteously that
he was poisoned—the Jews had poisoned
him. Of course an infuriated crowd
immediately assembled, and it would
have fared ill with our Jewess if she had
not dashed out of the shop, and, snatch
ing the bread out of the impostor's hand,
began to eat in sight of them all. The
crowd stopped, thunderstruck. A broad
grin dawned on every countenance. One
of them called out to her: "Alosha, lend
me your knout, will you?” Then the
impostor started to liis feet and scudded
off, pursued by a mischievous but no
longer sanguinary crowd.
They organized a debating club in
Dead wood last week. The fact that the
President was a dead shot and sat with
two revolvers in hand and kept the so
ciety in comparative quiet while the
questions, "Ought a flush royal beat
four aces?” and “la it wicked to lynch
Mexicans on Sunday?” were debated.
But when they touched the question,
"Ought you to fire when a man reaches
for his hip pocket, or are you bound to
wait till you see whether it’s a revolver
or whisky bottle he’s drawing?” the
President couldn’t control them, and five
funerals was the result. —Boston Post.
The Norfolk Virginian lately mentioned,
among other cases, that of a prominent
druggUU of Warrenton, N. C, who on a
business trip to Norfolk, severely Injured
himself l-y falling on the ice. By advice,
he used Bt. Jacobs Oil with such happy re
sult that lie went on his way cured and re
joicing.
GRAVEYARD LIFE INSURANCE.
How Aged men and Women are
Duped by tbe Agents.
A case heard before Alderman Graul,
of Reading, Pa., on Saturday last, re
sulted in an exposure of the methods of
those engaged in the business of grave
yard life insurance. An old man, bent
with infirmities and a misspent life,
brought suit against an agent to recover
$25. The money, he said, had been
promised him for the privilege of insur
ing his life, but the agent refused to pay
the amount. The prosecutor is a ‘‘pro
fessional” in the business of having
risks taken on his life, he playing the
part of a dying man, when in reality his
health is as good as the average man’s
at his time of life. These professionals
charge $5 per SI,OOO but it seems that
they are duped by many agents in the
following manner:
A professional consents to lie insured
for SI,OOO, and is paid $5 cash. Gen
erally speaking, he never reads what he
signs, nor does he care much what it is.
He thinks the papers are for an applica
tion for a single policy for SI,OOO. The
agent who has him in hand gets his sig
nature half a dozen times on as many
different papers. He is told that it is
necessary, as the company is a very strict
one. The truth is, the old man has
signed for three or four policies for
SI,OOO, $2,000, $3,000 and $5,000, for
which, however, he receives a single fee
of $5 only. He imagines that he has been
insured for $4,000, whereas the amount
on his life is $14,000. Tnis is the
way in which such large sums of insur
ance are placed on the lives of the old
people. Old women, helpless and
paralytic, poor and palsied, are hood
winked in the same way. The agents
then peddle the policies around the
country to whoever will buy. This
“watered stock,” as it is called, forms a
leading article for barter in many back
country marts. It is a common expres
sion that you can’t throw a stone in
Eastern Pennsylvania without hitting a
graveyard life insurance agent with
policies to sell. He has paid $5 to the
subject and owns SII,OOO worth of poli
cies. They are in AI companies that
pay full face value of the policy. The
agent thus carries on his sale:
“Now, sir, privately, you know, be
tween you and me, this policy for $2,000
cost me $lO before I got it issued by the
company. (Lie No. 1). The subject is a
good one, first class; won’t live six
months. (Lie No. 2). Now the policy
Just as it stands cost me $25. (Lie No.
3) I will let you have it for S3O, and I
wouldn’t be a bit surprised but what
you’d hear of the old paralyzed skeleton
being dead in less than six months!” (Lie
No. 4).
The policy is sold and duly assigned,
for which the company receives sl, the
agent makes S2O, and the holder of the
policy hunts up his subject to inspect
him and speculate upon the probabilities
of his early demise. It is safe to say
that there is more money made in the
sale of policies than in any other branch
of the nefarious traffic.
An aged woman consents to have her
life insured five times by as many differ
ent purt'es for SI,OOO each. She then
supposes there is $5,000 insurance on
her life, whereas she has been tricked
and duped, and in reality there is $55,-
000 on her, which, if she kpew all the
facts, would startle her out of her wits.
These aged people never do know how
much insurance is on their lives. An old
woman down the country boasted the
other day that she was insured for $20,-
000. The fact is (but she does not
know it), she is insured for $220,000,
and the policies are held by her neigh
bors, who are anxiously watching and
praying for her death. She is lively as
a cricket, and laughs at the idea of her
dying for the next ten years. To her
intimate friends she says: “Oh, they’ll
all get tired of this business before i’m
half ready to die.”
Policies in these crooked companies
vary in value just as speculative stocks
are affected by the changes in the bulle
tins from the Executive Mansion. A
dozen men holding policiesoon old peo
ple meet at an insurance exchange.
Some of their subjects are reported dy
ing, others slightly- better, others about
the same. The policy on the subject
that is dying appreciates in value, and a
sale is either made at an advance or the
holder concludes to keep it. He refuses
a good offer to day oniy to regret it to
morrow when he learns that his subject
is not in a dying condition, but getting
better.
Cotton Seed OIL
Montgomery Advertiser.
Those who have never used this article
as a substitute for the grease of swine
have little idea what an improvement it
makes in culinary affairs. We do not
mean, of course, the unclean and un
savory oil as it comes from the huge
press at the oil mill, but the nice, pure,
delicate article which the refinery fur
nishes.
Its superiority over lard in the matter
of sweetness 1 and cleanness cannot be
questioned. The refined oil is absolute
ly clean, and so pure is it that now, as
w*> have heretofore stated, it is exten
sively sold and used as pure olive oil.
It is quite the equal of that famous oil—
no epicure, however delicate his palate,
being able to detect the difference.
For frying fish, and indeed for frying
of all sorts, it is unequalled. A gentle
man of Florida, whose table is rarely
without fish, long since substituted it for
lard, and declares that it leaves the
genuine flavor of the flh entirely un
touched. A lady of this city, whose
table is noted for its delicate dishes, says
that for all frying purposes it leaves lard
clear out of sight. What is more,the same
oil that has fried a fish, if set aside, may
be again used for the same purpose.
Of course it would have the “smell” of
fish and could not be used for anything
else.
A gentleman of Mongomery managed
to smuggle a small quantity into his
kitchen and counselled his cook on the
sly how to use it. When the biscuits
and battercakes, which had never known
the smell of hog’s grease, came to the
table the next morning, they were dis
cussed and decreed to be first class by
all the female members before the
"lord” dared to make known how it was
that cotton seed oil and not lard had en
tered into their composition. It was
bard to believe his revelations, but there
was no going back on the joke, con
firmed as it was by the cook.
In fact, the testimony of all who have
tried it, pronounce it equal to the very
best article of lard. And it is said that
our Hebrew friends use it now ex
tensively as a substitute for goose grease.
And what is of particular interest, it is
said that this pure, delioate vegetable ex
tract costs only about half as much as the
extract of pork.
Ihe Crop Outlook in Wilson.
Tucker’s Cross Roads, Wilson
County, Tenn. , August 24, 1881. —This
evening a heavy rain is falling, and has
been falling during the last half hour.
It is the first rain that has fallen for tbe
last eight weeks in this section of coun
try. The country will be greatly bene
fited in the way of stock water, bringing
on fall grasses and softening the ground
so that farmers can commence to
fallow their wheat land.
There has been no land
broken for wheat sowing as yet. The
corn crop in this, the eastern division of
Wilson county, will be almost a total
failure. Some of our most experienced
farmers claim that the drought has killed
out all the young clover and meadows.
There is but little hay and oats here to
maintain the stock, and an abundance of
young stock, such as mules and cattle,
to be fed. A great many hog men are
shipping their hogs off to have them fed.
The State debt and taxes has been
dropped out of every day gossip, and
nothing has beeu talked of for some time
but the drought.
Groccra tad druggists every v,h< re sell
Mellln’s Food, tbe most reliable article tor
Infants and invalids.—Ada,
ALONE WITH THE GORILLA.
Standing Near tbe Beaat on tbe
Crackling Stalra of a Burning
Museum.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
We heard from a straggler in the
street that the fire was at Barnum’s
Museum. This gave renewed force to
our feet, anti we fairly flew along the
street. When we reached the spot what
a sight was before us? The great build
ing was ablaze on the two top floors,and
several streams were already pouring
water on it. The night, or rather morn
ing, was bitter cold, and every bit of
water that struck the lower part of the
street would freeze at once. Even long
stalactites of ice were beginning to form
on the adjoining buildings where the
hose was played on them, and the red
glare of the fire, now under
strong headway, lit them up like
gold. The suffering animals within
the museum, imprisoned and caged, be
gan to moan and roar. The fire, the
ice. and the wild cries of the poor ani
mals, made the night one of horror in
deed. Just at this moment, with a great
crash, right through a plate glass win
dow on the first floor, a splendid tiger
4 prang. He lit in the street and stood
or a moment at bay, and many a voice
in the crowd cried: "Hhoot him! shoot
him!” We had given our hose to a
steamer, and the water being just let
into it the fireman with the nozzle put
the stream full against the animal. Its
force and wash carried him off his feet,
and amomeet afterwards "one of the
finest,” with a revolver, put two balls
into his body and finished bim.
I then made my way into the burning
building from the basement and gained
the first floor. A flight of steps was be
fore me, and at the top I could, through
the smoke, make out a door. I mounted
the stairs to render what aid I could. As
1 got about to the middle the heat warped
and cracked the door, and it fell to one
side, and there beyond, making right for
these stairs, was the big gorilla! Oh,
never shall I forget that dread moment.
The big flames began to lick the walls,
and the whole space beyond that dread
ful beast was a blaze of fire. The heat
and smoke were awful, and I felt my
limbs shake as palsied as I looked, spell
bound, at the awful hairy mass at the
top of the steps. I could hear the
heavy thud, thud of his huge foot as
he moved or glided to the stairs. I
could see his great monstrous body
writhe almost with heat. The stairs
were narrow, and, great Heaven! when
he reached me what would become
of me? I stood transfixed, spellbound
with an terror. One hand clasped
the banisters and one the wall, and 1
could not have moved one finger on
either of those hands to have saved my
life. 1 heard still the shouts of the now
maddened animals within the Jbuilding.
I heard the axes of the firemen breaking
through the floors. I thought a thousand
thoughts in a second, but I could not
move a hair's breadth. I even counted
the steps between the monster and my
self. There were but six—only six little
short steps between me and grim death.
The beast came slowly on, glaring hor
ribly at me. There were but four
steps. Will he seize me in those
horrible arms of his, thought I,
from which the matted, coarse
hair hung, and toss me into the burning,
seething mass of fire and flame beyond
us? Another step he came. Oh, heaven!
but one little short step now. I made a
superhuman effort to move, if but a
muscle; but alas! I could not. The loath
some body of the brute touched me. My
breath came in gasps and my heart stood
still, awe stricken. One dread claw like
hand griped upon my shoulder as the
other arm of the wild beast was raised to
his neck. He tugged there a moment as
if for breath and strength. Now I
sickened and shuddered as he threw the
great mass of hair and hide over his head
aud revealed a rough Celtic face within,
and asked in hurried, frightened, and
strong Hibernian tones: “For the love of
St. Patriek, show me the way out of
this I”
The Death of General Lee.
The Philadelphia Times prints the fol
lowing letter from the wife of General
Robert E. Lee, describing her husband’s
death:
Lexington, November 20,1870.
My Dear Mrs. . * * * That
Wednesday night, at half-past seven
o’clock, after a day every moment of
which had been filled with care for
others and the closing hours to the vestry
meeting of the church, my husband
came in. We had been waiting for him,
and I remarked: "You have kept us
wailing a long time. Where have you
been?” He did not reply, and stood up
as if to say grace, but no sound pro
ceeded from liis lips and he sat down in
his chair perfectly upright and with a
sublime look of resignation on his coun
tenance, but did not attempt to reply to
our inquiries. That look was never to be
forgotten, and I have no doubt that he
felt then his hour had come, although
he submitted to the doctors, who were
immediately summoned and had not
even reached their homes from the same
vestry meeting. His whole demeanor
during his illness showed one who had
taken leave of earth.
He rarely attempted to speak except
in his dreams, and then he wandered to
those dreadful battle-fields. Once,
when urged him to take some medi
cine, which he always took with reluc
tance, he looked at her and said, "’Tis
no use,” but afterwards took it. When
he became so much better, the doctor
said: "You must soon get out and ride
your favorite gray.” He shook his head
emphatically and looked upward.
He slept a great deal, but knew us all
and greeted us with a kindly pressure of
the hand, loving to have us around him.
For the last forty-eight hours he seemed
quite insensible of our presence, breathed
heavily, and at last quietly sank to rest,
with one deep drawn sigh. Oh, what a
glorious rest was in store for him—the
humble, consistent Christian, who, not
many weeks before, had said, when we
were talking of the assurance of heaven,
he wished he could feel that assurance.
He will be surprised at the welcome:
“Well done, good and faithful servant,
enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.”
Had he been successful instead of the
“hero of a lost cause,” he could not have
been more beloved and honored.
I am content and would not have him
back, though I must continue my weary
pilgrimage alone, without the support on
which I have leaned with such perfect
confidence for more than thirty years.
We shall continue to make this our
home. I could not bear to move into a
new house, and my own Arlington is not
open to me.
Believe me always truly and affection
ately your friend,
Mary Custts Lee.
Mr. Stephens’ New Book.
Augusta Chronicle.
Says the Washington City Post: "Hon
orable A’exander U. Stephens, ex Vice-
Pre-ident of the Southern Confederacy,
is busy in writing a book in reply to
ex President Jefferson Davis. It is re
ported that he has a secretary and
several stenographers and copyists at
work at ‘Liberty Hall,’ in Georgia, and
is turning out copy as though he were an
ordinary newspaper correspondent who
is forced to hurry up to catch a mail. ”
Mr. Stephens is not writing an answer
to Hon. Jefferson Davis We understand
that Mr. Stephens considers several of
the arguments of ex President Davis as
■scholarly and convincing, especially
complimenting his article on secession.
What Mr. Stephens is writing, we be
lieve, is a political history of the United
States. It is being prepaied at the earnest
request of the Messrs. Appleton, pub
lishers, who were delighted with his
school compendium, and were anxious
that he should compile a history on an
extended scale. That it will be a val
uable work, no one can doubt. Mr.
Stephens is now hard at work with sec
retaries and stenographers.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
CArr. HOWSATES DOWNFALL.
Hta Defalcation* Two Women
Drawing Salaries From the Got
ernment.
Washington Cor. Nete York Sun.
Capt. Howgate’a fall has let in light
on forbidden things in connection with
the public service in Washington and
exposed some things that could no., be
nakedly set forth. Still the curtain has
been withdrawn but just a little. Until
quite lately he was the disbursing ollicer
of the signal service, and when (Jen. My
ers died he aspired to be his successor.
Within the last two months a
social scandal has led to his en
forced resignation. The rightful
Mrs. Howgate became possessed
of the knowledge that there was another
establishment. As few of these scan
dalous particulars as possible have been
given, but enough to show, what the
Sun has repeatedly stated as one of the
characteristics of the public service, that
the mistresses of officers and others are
borne on the rolls of departments, anti
that the wages of sin are paid out of the
public treasury, duly certified by heads
of departments' or other responsible offi
cers of the government. Howgate’s is a
comparatively insignificant case. The
difference is, it has become known. lie
is a defalter in a sum ranging between
$50,000 and SIOO,OOO. It is already es
tablished that two women drew money
directly which was charged to the
signal service fund, for which they are
not known to have rendered any service.
One of them is the woman in the
Howgate case; the other is sufficiently
known to establish all that any decent
man wants to know. It is not probable,
however, that it will be known how
many fallen women were supported in
this way. No one doubts that the num
ber was very considerable. If the heads
of departments are ignorant of it, it is to
their discredit. It is there as much as
anywhere the crying shame is. The
presumption is it is a species of know
ledge no one wishes to be possessed of.
Perhaps Capt. Howgate was subjected
to less than the usual oversight If this
is not the fact, then there is a fault in
the method of disbursing money that
ought to be cured. Certain checks there
are as to money. But wbat checks are
there as to immorality and vice?
Mrs. Lincoln’s Hallucinations.
Springfield (III.) Letter to Cincinnati Com-
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is not sick, in
spite of paragraphs in one thousand
newspapers of the country. She is pe
culiar, mentally a little “off;” “hyster
ics,” other old ladies call her complaint.
But her pursuit of happiness is hardly
more eccentric now than much of the
time during her entire widowhood. How
is she, really? Well, she took a carriage
ride of several miles the other day, re
turning to her home with a healthful
glow upon her cheek. She wants to go
again; and if this want does not wear
out it will be humored often. She said it
was the best ride she had had for a long
time. And sure enough it was, for she had
only just let herself out from continuous,
self inflicted confinement in an upper
room during six months and more. Not
even the kindest sisterly entreaty could
persuade her feet to cross the chamber
threshold till one morning early she
descended the stairs, attired in pink silk
and French laces, and scolded her servant
for not having breakfast ready. “A pretty
hotel,” said she, scornfully, “to keep
guests waiting for meals until after train
time.” Of course the kitchen m.iid went
nearly daft herself at sight of this
“guest,” and ran to apprise her mistress
that Mrs. Lincoln had turned over anew
leaf; and sure enough, on returning to
the kitchen, the maid found that this
strange “guest” had no thought of taking
the “train” on an empty stomach, but
had turned the steak in the broiler and
was removing the jackets from the boiled
potatoes with all the housewifery skill of
her early days.
Many will remember that, in those
critical “sixties,” it used to be one of the
bugbears of the press that this lady had
a warm side for the Roman Catholic
faith; and now it appears that during
much of the period of her late seclusion
the Sisters of Mercy, at her request, have
spent much time with her, generally one
or more of them passing the night in
her room. Her reputed illness has also
brought her many letters of condo
lence from old friends of herself
and husband, and some of congratula
tion on the appointment of her son
to a position in the President’s Cabinet.
But although she has seemed to lake
pleasure in those commiserating herself,
she has very rarely attempted to reply.
Once in a while she indicates a quite
touching and considerate answer to lie
penned by some member of her sister’s
family. And as she has, from time to
time, been reported sinking, the auto
graph fiend has felt inspired to clutch
the signature of Death and paste it in
his little book. Ilia application has been
frequent, and his disappointment has
kept it an even tally.
But she has not smiled over congratu
lation on Robert’s honorable account.
She sighs and broods upon his official
holding as a Hew family risk. She often
sits and repeats, “Secretary of War?
Secretary of War? Then he’ll ire shot,
sure! That’s always the way in war.”
And when told of the shooting of the
President, she manifested no surprise,
but calmly remarked, it is said, “I told
you so; good men have to be shot some
times; don’t you know how the Jews
killed Christ ?” She has plenty of
money, but it is in the hands of a banker
here and is zealously guarded by family
friends, that she may not have it to lose
or squander. Of course the wicked,
gossiping busybodies say that this friend
ly zeal amounts to the personal self in
terest of residuary legatees. But that
this lone woman of national interest has
had more loose rein than under restraint
in the use of her funds, her store house
of great trunks packed full would seem
to attest to the satisfaction of the aver
age man. There followed her hither
from Europe a train of sixty trunks,
whose immensity and iron bindings
sorely aggravated the men of baggage.
Some of these, however, are filled
with domestic dedrt'and relics of White
House life, and it is a part of the
peculiar diagnosis of her case that she
has lugged these things about the world
with her as the weeds of distinguished
widowhood, or amulets against harm.
Some of these caskets stand in her room
by her special command. And often
during her late seclusion, she would pass
a forenoon in affectionately inspecting
the contents of one of these reservoirs,
replacing them in anew order, or she
would light upon some worn and tom
vestment, then pass an hour in patch
work upon it with as much sincerity as
if its wearer were waiting to put it on.
Mrs. Lincoln’s look of health is better
now than then; in fact, her general
health is good for one of her age, and
she promises fairly to reach three score
and ten. But her mental strangeness
will probably also last as long as her
body, though there is no indication
of its ever assuming a violent form, and
the public may safely leave her in the
hands of her Springfield frienda, whose
love for her is older than that of the na
tion at large.
Chronic Looseness of the Bowels
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VND the winds came and the floods des
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corner of Congress and Whitaker streets, and
it didn’t budge an inch.
Has anybody seen our Tin Roof? It’s gene.
Will be much obliged to any one who will bring
it back.
Daypght is good, but we don’t like to see it
through the few boards left us on top.
Water all around, in the cellar, first floor, to
floor, middle lloor, on our Pianos, on our Or
gans, in the office, everywhere and plenty of
it, but not a drop to drink—unless one is a £s.i
and don’t mind the salt.
Three Ares, one epidemic, and now a cyclone
—but so long as the walls stand and there’a a
shingle overhead we shall
BOCK ALONG!
Thankful that there’s enough left to rock.
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CAN now fill orders for MILK, CREAM and
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