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ASHES.
BY LUTHER W. CLARK.
Once, o'er glad realms of song and flower,
The May's bright morn awoke and smiled.
Thisvision vanished with the hour;
And at Spring’s faded bier,
I wept life’s first sad tear.
The sun of summer shone for me,
And eagerly I wove his rays;
But evening's veil of mystery,
My fabric’s golden beams
Changed into night's dim dreams.
At last, the Autumn's yellow leaf
Yet sought to soothe me with its sighs;
But, wafted with a dirge of grief,
This leaf was torn apart
From my lone, broken heart.
day,
Bat
THE SI'XDAY SCHOOL IMC MC AT TAY-
I.OK'S ISAY. IS WOOORI FF
t'Ol'XTY. AKK.
Tlie Strand Adair of (lie Season.
lulitor Sunny South:—The Presbyterian Saboath
School pic nic c-ime off in the suburbs of Augusta
on the 21st ult., with tine success, and was followed
on the 2st h ult. by a line entertainment of the Meth
odist Sabbath School. The committee of arrange
ment hud selected the grounds in a deep, dark
wood on the bank of Taylor’s Bay, two miles from
town. It made one feel coo^ to look into the woods
from the hurricane deck of the excursion boat as
she gallantly careered up the picturesque Bay-
In response t'» a general invitation—at S o clock
on last Wednesday morning, everybody and their
little ones had repaired to the Methodist church,
from whence to make a start for the chosen site.—
A long line of vehicles stood ready, and were soon
filled by pleasure seekers, both great and small,
and all with lnippv faces. But when the train was
loaded to its utmost capacity, the crowd in front ot
the church whs but sli^litiy diminished, roru
moment only, a cloud of uncertainty hovered over
the multitude; and it seemed a special providence
when the redoubtable Commodore llarry came to
the front, lie had just landed his splendid packet,
which plys between White river and Memphis—the
.1 osie llarry—and was passing lho church, when ob
serving tlie embarrassment and appreciating the
the cause, gallantly came to the rescue. Herequest-
ed one of the managers to get upon tlie steps ol the
church and announces! lie “Josie Harry ’ in port,
and subject to the pleasure of **ie party. I hut al
though behind time, the Josie's fairyj heels could
leap a few hours on tlie time table when the emer
gency required. ,. . . .
The announcement, like a ray of sunlight burst
ing through the morning fogs to kiss tlie dewy
flowers—dispelled the gathering gloom and every
fa c e turned upon Captain Harry, lighted up by a
halo of happiness Bright “Eves looked love to
eyes which spake again, " and a joyous procession
ot little folks, pretty well interspersed wit h age and
youth, was soon wending its way to the ga.laut
Queen of tlie White river. .... .___
T lie boat soon swaying with a living cargo, bore
off from tlie wharf like a huge leviathan; and
under the inspiration of steam and the Augusta
Cornet Band, seemed to walk tlie waters like a
U ]naranof five miles-to the mouth of Taylor’s
Bav, tlie graceful steamer glided over tlie quiet wa
ters like a pet swan, with a rainbow dangling about
her silver heels, half obscured in a shower ol pearls
U1 Kn'trrIng't'he placid Bay with its blue waters and
gigantic forest fringe, we soon hove in sight of the
promised land-presenting, with a blendingofd.uk
green foliage and gay pic me costumes, a rare pic
ture oflife. Tlie land transportion, by a short hue,
had already dumped its precious freight, which
ranged on the bank, greeted the .Jos.es arriva
with hearty cheers. And here the band intended
to come in on “Hail Columbia, but. the decoration
of the hanks so affected the more impressible am
ateurs, that for tlie moment, their horns were tor-
gotten or neglected and they stood with a gaping
wonder, sped bound before the panoramic picture,
showing in bold relief against tlie dark shady back
-round. Tlie party from die boat was soon ashore
Snd mingling with the land arriva.s, the picture on
tiwbuu:i-..i tb. Bay, *»' >»" t rn 1 ■ sforn**;. •
of kaleidoscopic variety! in flic gsovos, f om whence
issued liquid waves of commingled bird song and
childish prattle. .......
The woods soon reverbrated with the joyous hi
larity from the grape vine swings. Many cosy
trystin- bowers were haunted by cooing devotees
at the shrine of Cupid and the old folks ranged in
groups oil tlie mossy turf enjoyed themselves as
one tamily. , ,, , , ...
To make a pen picture of the happy faces on this
fanned by the cooling zephyrs from over the
r.av would be a pleasant though endless task.
(’oilId those who contributed their mite to its pleas
ures but see a rphotograph ot the happy hearts,
LUir-iin- over with rapturous delight—it would
bloom in memory when litcs sands ate tunning
low. At noon time the green sward was spangled
witli snowv table linen which soon disappeared be
neath enormous dishes and pansol delicioussub
stantial and exquisite delicacies— sufficient m
quality to tempt the pampered appetites of an army
of lien res and in quantity to satiate them, though
of cmnm nuitic capacity/ The day passed as such
occasions should-with unalloyed happiness for all
\nr! ifa wrinkled. brow or inurniuiing heart found
in the party, it must have been borne there
by some unfortunate creature who is unhappy
^In'the'afternoon a mass meeting ot tlie pic-nic
nar v presided over by Kev. Hr Josephus Ander
son, passed resolutions of thanks highly compli-
to the gallant Commodore Harvey and ins
r t ,e i leasant excursion. All bid God
spekl to the teachers and children of the Sabbath
school and hope they may enjoy the return ol many
fetich glorious occasions.
Although our State has no representative in your
corps of correspondents to advocate the many
toMid noints and attractions of Arkansas. \ pu B ee
we are not without some civilizing and Christian-
izing institutions. And that with our genial c.i
mate and generous soil we hope to attract some of
the^substantial emigrants from the old states
Woodruff county tenders her man} attractions and
a warm welcome and we hope to have the opportu
nity to greet many of your good people by a return
of the pic-nic season. A ours, A alekils.
Augusta, Ark., May 13, 18i9.
Women Who Love Women.
[New York Mercury.]
To most people the Pocomoke tragedy has opened
a new chapter in the voluminous book of human
nature. Tlie unnatural love which Miss Lillie Duer
entertained for Miss Ella Hearn has been pro
nounced the most remarkable ease on record, but it
is by no means uncommon. There are women who
love women in every community. In New A ork,
among its twelve hundred .thousand inhabitants,
are hundreds of such female monstrosities. They
exist in polite life and among tlie depraved demi
monde, but are only known to the keen, observing
men of the world as creatures toe horrible for calm
contemplation. There are two classes of these wo
men; one class is smart enough to hide their theorie®
and have little or no opportunity to put them into
practice, while tlie more shameless do not sedu
lously disguise their loves. Miss Duer was of tlie
class bold enougli to avow lier theory that one wo
man could marry another woman and live togeth
er as happily as man and wife. She took to tlie
habits of males as far as she dared do, smoked,
sported a small revolver, wore a boy’s hat, and
skirts which never hid tier ankles, gloried in being
a crack shot,[challenged another woman to fight a
duel, fell in love with her more womanly compan
ion, Ella Hearn, and displayed a man's jealously
when she thought that the poor girl loved another
girl better than she loved her. The account states
that Miss Duer exhibited some jealousy ofa young
man who was waiting on Ella, but from the cir
cumstances of the last meeting with her victim
there was far greater! jealousy of?a female rival.
To a woman who had reversed the order of the sex
es this was to be expected. The dying declaration
of Miss Hearn was that she accompanied Miss
Duer, who was a visitor at her house, to the
door at tlie request of her mother, and when she re
fused to go to tlie woods with lier unnatural lover
and declined to give a parting kiss, she was shot In
the mouth, the bail lodging in the jaw. When Miss
Duer raised tlie pistol, the frightened girl threw up
her hands and implored to be spared. Miss Duer
was arrested, lodged in prison, and is now being
iried for murder. It is a terrible tiling to hang a wo
man, and the best use to which Maryland can put
this woman-lover and man-hater is to send her to
the penitentiary, where her depraved tastes may be
checked. In a large, mixed community such a case
would not be surprising, but in the staid, old-f.isli-
ioned and wealthy peninsular called tlie Eastern
Shore of Maryland, tlie wonder is that anybody
would countenance a young woman of such'so-ca'.led
eccentric habits as Miss Duer. In order to fairly un
derstand a woman of her organization, it. is neces
sary to say a few words. A male is male-female.
This duality must be constituently natural. In
man.the male element is superior to, and, therefore
dominates the female element. It is so in all true
men. There are occasionally to lie seen small dain
ty fellows, with iarge liips and feminine walk, in
j which the female almost equals the male element.
This sort of half female, half male suits females of
the taste of Miss Duer, and in their absence tliey
take to the genuine female. On the other hand a
woman is female-male. In a healthy state, by
whicli is meant a perfectly natural and normal or
ganization, the female element is superior to and
dominates the male element. I11 women of the
manly tastes and habits of Miss Duer, tiie male ele
ment is superior to and dominates the female ele
ment. A few women of this stamp would put Lav-
ater at fault, for they are exceptions to the rule and
are feminine, looking, yet of an interior mannish
ness. But the mass of women who love women
possess great bodily masculinity, and Miss Duer is
described to be a stiong type of this species. The
torehead is deficient, and the lower part of the face
heavy, massive and sensual. Many of them have
perceptible mustaches, and are rude in manners
and speak with a basso-contralto voice, a glance
at the length and breadtli of tlie chin, front the low-
I 1 r lip downward, is pretty conclusive evidence ofa
1 sensualistic and masculine nature. It is utterly
I disgusting to see sueli women caress girls and listen
I to their sickening word.- of endearment. Around
I tnem is an aura of corruption which no delicate
I young female can enter without departing with a
share ol the man-woman's pollution It is not at
a'l marvelous that so sensitive a girl as the victim
ized Ella fieani in her heart disliked and feared Miss
Duer. The circumstances ofthe sad ease indicate—
as made apparent in tlie testimony for tlie State—
that she had good reas m to feel a real woman’s re
pugnance tot tie enforced companionship. The poor
girl once before had been four times tired at by Miss
liner, who made passionate love to her in a wood,
and only avoided a deadlier aim by ceasing to re
treat. At that time Miss Duer asked Ella to marry
her. There is a large crop of Miss Duers who think
our gallant young Knight of Glynn in hand
some dark dress and red accoutrements, Mr.
Reginald Dent, R M. Tisou, Esq., in a nch dress
of blue with silver trimmings, as ‘the idolized’
Duke de Guise, with his fiery black eye and easy
grace recalled the days of chivalry ia La LMle
France and G. W. Wright as Count de Bossy
kept up the illusion. His horse, a beautiful
bay, bore him right gallantly. Mr Houston on
a white horse in the character of Don Carlos
with graceful cloaks and raffl' s followed by
many anxious young eyes Mr, James Wright
well acted in costume anl style the dashing
and daring Prince Rupert. Tommy Wylly, our
bonny frank young laddh, as Prince Lothaire
in brilliant scarlet dress aid long black plume
011 his little mare Daisy, looked the conquer
ing hero he was destined b bo.
“A hue knight,
Not yet mature, ye t mathless.
Speaking in deeds, and dedless in Ins tongue,
His heart and hand both'pen, and both free.
••Mv tough lance tlmisthtli sure,
m‘v strength is as the stength ol ten.
Because my heart is pure '
The Knight of the Daveiports in the costume
representing our Invincibl Nine bore himself
w6 ll_JIr. Wm. Moore—Ir. Win. Mclver as
Duke D Anjou in a handsms dress of purple
and gold was making a spledid run, when his
horse made a sudden swerv and tried to break
through the fence. The rdor recovered him
self, however, and unhnrtresumed his place
in the ranks. Mr. T. W. BP as Richard Cceur
de Lion spiritedly orongh up the rear of the
Medieval heroes. As the Lst of the Mohicans,
Mr. W. 8. Pittman furious/ ran his tilt. We
momentarily expected to bar the welkin ring
again with the savage war bop of ‘Poor Lo !'
The Knights rode nobly tul were heartily ap
plauded. They now fornnl 'In-line before the
1 Judges’ stand and the numer of rings ^twenty
PERSONALS.
At the witching hour of midnight there was a
myst rious hush and a flutter of repressed excite
ment amongst the young lassies. The music I
ceased and James M. Cowper asked the ladies \A/L a o. Pnnnln o m „ JO
and knights and their friends to form a circle VVilaL 1 60pi6 cil G L/O!!!^ 3110 OclVinff
around the Dais as Prince Lothaire would ~~
lect the Queen of Love and Beauty and crown
her his queen, as ‘the meed of valor assigned to
this days victor 1 The Prince, who had mounted
the throne now waited the bringing forward of
the young iadies by the President. Solemnly
marching around the circle, many a young eye
snnk abashed under the merry twinkle of tiia
black eyes so mischievons'y prolonging the
general suspense. Miss Mary M. Bostwiek,
was declared the choice of the gay young prince,
and won all hearts by the modest simplicity and
grace with which she accepted the honor be- 1
stowed upon her. The young Prince gracefully i
declared his inability to express fittingly in I
words the sentiments due the occasion and
called upon his friend, and the orator of his
Court to speak for him.
Mr. Alfred J. Crovatte, one of onr most prom
ising young lawyers,did this with rare taste and
address. And the coy grace with which th 'ir
royal highnesses received the congratulations
of the dignitaries, and the scarcely concealed
delight that all ceremony could now be cast
aside, and ‘real fun’ begin, was quite bewitch
ing to us older and wiser people who sigh 'd in
full content. ‘How glorious, and beautiful is
youth ! Supper opportunely consoled many,
and the gay music and dance others, for though
uncrowned are we not all Kings and Q teens in
our own right ? when
“Soft eyes look love to eyes which spake again.”
Yellow Jessamine.
Gmoral Ord, of San Antonio, Texas, has the
marble-topped table on which General Lae
wrote his capitulation.
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a husband an affliction, and bear lilm on ly for tlie
sake of his money. Some of them, indeed, do not
marry, and are professed man-despisers, and with
whom no sensible man will meddle. Tlie lawyers
defending Miss Duer, wished to set up a plea of in
sanity, but she objected. There Is no real insanity
in such women, as the medical experts define it in
their books. I11 some women of a delicate external
organization and of interior coarseness, their love
for other women results from nymphomania; but
in the strong, masculine female, this love springs
from an organization which one ’urn more of the
wheel of Nature would have made a man. The
Duer-Hearn tragedy, melancholy as it Is. will serve
one good purpose: it will make mothers more care
ful of the association of t.lieir daughters.
BRACEBRIDGE HENNING.-Boy’s Story Teller.
all) taken by eath Knight ’as called aloud. I CpQPfip W
Thomas Wylly won thdirst premium, a
The Tournament at Brunswick Ga.
‘‘They passed the Elvira gates, with banners all dis
played.
They passed in mickle state, a noble cavalcade;
What proud and pawing horses, what comely cava
liers,
What bravery of targets, what glittering of spears !
Lockhart’s Spanish Ballads-”
The 12 h century brought into the nineteenth !
A dream of eastern lands, of plumed and armored
knights; and stately swan-necked ladies in the
quaint brocades ‘stiff with lavish costliness* of
many generations ago, miDgling with a gala-scene
of the modern day—a picture whose setting is
great, grey-mossed oaks and the old, eternal
ocean, whose monotone makes a deep back
ground for the music of rival brass bands. _
But hark ! a distant bugle sounds the approach j as they mischievously were by the young dar-
of our gallant Knights. The eyes of the vast con- j kies, falling in cascades of fl une tnat made the
course all turn to the closed gate. The herald: dusky attendants stem like imps or fire fiends
gallops around the track to see that all is clear. 1 as they cut their queer capers under the long
Soon the Band strikes up an inspiring martial j moss pendant from th9 big oaks. An elevated
air.and the gates are thrown ajar—and‘a troop of j dais beautifully dressed with flowers had in
well-ranked Chivalry’ with flowing plumes, and front of it a superb pyramid of lillies and glad-
brave in the glitter of coats of mail and .visors ’ “ ’ ' ~
Mr.
handsome saddle Ac, having scored nineteen
rings Mr. Jno. E. DuBlgno, seventeen rings
bore off the sword Ac, the lecond premium.
The band struok up a joyousprain victory,
which, with the cheering of te crowd of men,
the waving of handkerchiefcand flattering ot
ribbons by the women and lapping of chil
dren’s hands so excited thehorses and riders
too, I fancy, that the anticipeed orderly march
de triomph became instead a ratu breakneck race
around the course. It wa: ft most exoiting
sight, but it wa* almost a liracle that they
came out without an acciden. All now went
home to prepare for the grad ball which was
to close the Tournament in the selection and
crowning of the young queenhf Love and Beau
ty by Prince Lothaire the vicorious Knight.
Floral Hall, an open buildng though roofed,
100 x 40 feet, made a splndid ball room,
wreath'd with evergreens and’estooned from pil
lar to pillar, while from the raters overhead wav
ed the gay flags of all natioc^ ©d the signal flags
from all the numerous vessds in port. Chan
deliers were suspended betwan the flags; huge
stands of burning pitch and risin burned in ev
ery direction,for the wind beieghigh, some fears
were entertained that the laoi|8 might be blown
out Weird and striking was the effect of these
huge fires flaring in the wind and when stirred
WILLIAMS & CO.
closed and glistening spears in rest, enter two
and two, in bright array. Royal purple and
gold; blue and silver; sombre black and geor-
gous crimson. Our loved grey of Confederate
memory next brilliant ccarlet, and sober browns
and Indian warpaint.
As the knights, fourteen in number, file into
the track, they are received with flattering dem
onstrations by the multitude. They
Knight of the Red Cross, in coat of mail with
visor down, (Mr. Jno. E DuBignon,) with the
easy grace which distinguishes the veteran
horseman came first. Following in couples
were the Knight of th9 Lost Cause (Judge Ma
bry) whose uniform, that of a Confederate of
ficer, appealing to tender memories, won many
approving glances, albeit a young benedict.
The Black Prince, Mr. Wm. Turner, with som
bre dress and riding a black charger, was one
of the most graceful riders on the course. On
one of the handsomest horses in the lists, in
the rich costume of the Disinherited Knight.,
rode Mr. Henry Taylor, as Ivanhoe. Next came
ioli six feet high, a marvel of beautv and a mon
ument of the taste of the committee in charge,
especially ot Mr. H.T. Dunn, the ‘magician,’and
I wouid think of our worthy mayor whose taste
is as exquisite as his flowers. I had the honor of
opening the ball with onr genial and accom
plished President of the Glynn Connty Agri
cultural Society, Mr. James M. Cowper of Alta-
ma. Tue hall was soon animated by the pres
ence of beauty. All of our charming matrons
and lovely girls were present and many ‘young
buds were allowed to be seen ‘just this once.*
All our gallant young men were there and there
was not wanting grave and reverend signeurs to
give^ dignity to the occasion. There were at
least three hundred and fifty persons present.
The music struck up and soon all was life and
motion. I rubbed my eyes to find if it was not
“The airy fabric of a dream.”
I could not realize the metamorphosis of qniei
sleepy Jlrunswick in this gay scene. The fancy
dresses of the knights, the)beautiful costumes of
the ladies gave color aad picturesqueness to the
scene-
A Letter from Mr. Williams Explaining the
Oissolutioii of tli e Firm of Williams, Bir-
n ie A Co.
Charleston, S. C., May 39th, 1S79.
To the Editor of The Xews and Courier:—-The
sudden dissolution of the firm of Williams, Birnie
& Co., of New York City, demands a few words of
explanation.
Mr. Birnie began with me as a clerk in Hayne
street when a boy. On the 1st of May, 1S60, he was
made a partner in the firm of George W. Williams
& Co. No. 3, and his interests in the various firms
continued until May 1st, 1877. At that date my
Charleston partners decided to confine their inter
ests exclusively to the grocery and factorage busi
ness on Hayne street. On the 1st of May 1877, all
the firms in which I was interested were dissolved.
Having known Mr. Birnie from childhood, and be
lieving him to be one of the most conservative bus
iness men in the land, I formed a new partnership
with him in New York, contributing one hundred
thousand dollaTs capital. Our agreement was that
he was to do a strictly commission business, and not
to engage in speculations of any kind, and to my
knowledge the firm of Williams, Birnie & Co. had
never purchased or sold a bale of spot or future
cotton on their own account.
Recently I made my annual business visit to New
York and Boston. Stopping a week in the former
city, I discovered no irregularities in the business
of the firm, but on my return from Boston to New
York I found the firm requiring larger sums of
money than I regarded necessary for its legitimate
business, and on questioning Mr. Birnie, he con
fessed that he had been speculating in futures on ins
own account. Upon investigaion I discovered that
he had kep' a reccord of the transaction in a sepa
rate set of books in which I was not interested and
of the existence of which Iliad no knowledge.
On the discovery of this cruel wrong, 1 immedi
ately dissolved tlie firm. I would here state, that
on the 1st of March last the firms in which 1 was in
terested did not have a note, bond or acceptance out
in the world, and had in assets in this country, and
in Europe, over two millions of dollars. I would
further state, at the renewal of our partnership, in
1877, I regarded Mr. Birnie worth two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, as I had paid him from the
various firms in which he was interested $273,213,-
5o. He also inherited from his father and uncle s
estate about $100,000. -
I feel it due to the firm of George H . »V imams &,
Co. to state that they have no interests or connection
with the firm of Williams, Birnie & Co. It has been
my pride during a business experience of thirty-
seven years to meet every pecuniary obligation to
the day, and God willing, I will do so to the end.
George IF. Williams & Co. and the Carolina Sav
ings bank have promptly met every demand upon
them without borrowing a dollar front friends
or bankers, who offered them, if needed, kali a mil-
lion of dollars. All deposits now in the Carolina
Savings Bank are guaranteed by me, but I ant hap
py to state that the Bank has in Government bonds
and other available securities ample means to meet
all demands. Geo. IF. Williams.
all over the World.
In Rockingham. North Carolina, a man 2- years
old weighs 318 pounds.
Mi. 11 alter Colton, the stepson of Congressman
Chittenden, is one of the three great makers of vio -
lins now living.
The are6o,oco more women than men in Massa.
chusetts, and the prospects for a good crop of old
maids is quite flattering.
John Lanham, who shot and killed Georgia Drake,
an actress, in tlie San Antonio theater, has been
sentenced to be hung.
At the recent hanging of three burglars at Hi 11s-
boro, N. C., pools were sold as to which of the un
happy men would die first.
All, Corcoran, of Washington, has contributed
M,000 of the 80,000 yet required 10 complete, the Lee
mausoleum at Lexington, Ya.
A man in Delta county, Texas, who has three
hundred stands of bees, went to market last week
with eighty gallons of choice honey.
The race for U. 8. Senator from Miss, will bring
out a legion of candidates and keep the Vicksburg
Herald busy grooming the candidates.
Air. Pond, Air Beecher’s lecture agent, has offered
Ex-President Davis four hundred dollars a night to
lecture in the principal cities of the north.
A II yoming girl thrashed a young man for flirt
ing. The trouble was, according to the Buffalo Ex
press, that the flirting was done with another girl.
Cage Banks, colored, late of Brandon, Afissisrip-
pi, writes from Kansas to say that he had father
jive in the Mississippi penetentiary than in Kansas
Cape Cod boasts of a fisherman who stands seven
feet two inches in his stockings. Tue Alii itiv Jour
nal says he's what might be called a long shore
man.
San Francisco, June 6; J.J. Ayres, editor of the
Los Angelos Express, lias been nominated for con
gress in the fourth district byj the Workingmen's
convention.
D. < >. Moorhaad, who decamped from Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, with £2,000 of the city’s money when
treasurer four years ago, has been captured in
Young county, Texas.
Governor Drew of Florida, was a New Hampshire
boy. He now owns 60,900 acres of land, and era-
plovsgoo men in getting out lumber. He runs
tramways into the forests
Secretary Thompson, of the Navy, will send out
a man-of-war soon up the Alississippi, as far as nav
igable, in order to enable all boys who will, between
the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine, to join the
Navy.
| The Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald wishes to call
| England’s attention to the face that ever since our
j A ictoria 11 oodhull landed on her shores, that coun-
| try has had two wars aud numerous strikes on its
hands.
I -- A Texas preacher warned husbands that if the''
j permitted preachers to sneak around their homes,
and anything 'wrong came of it, why they must
grin and bear it without complaint, for it was their
own fault.
A man calling himself J. H. Ellis, of Fairmount,
Alinn., arrived at Fort Worth, Texas, last week’
and managed to victimize the cashier of the City
1 national bank out of $1,000 by depositing New Y'ork
| bank exchange and drawing on it.
| Wendell Phillips preached a sermon Sunday to a
! segment of the G. A. R., and told the boys to get
I ready for the ‘new rebellion,’ and ‘meet it as you
I met it in 1861, with banners flying and marshaled
I ranks.’ Wendell thinks ‘wall' is imminent.
Between the ages of eight and fourteen there are
of Texas children twenty in every hundred who
cannot read or write and, of the colored population,
sixty out of every hundred. Of Texas white chil
dren between the ages mentioned, there are thirty
thousand who cannot read.
At Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday, John Aides
was sentenced for polygamy to one hundred dollars
tine and five years in the Nebraska penetentiary.
During the preceedings Miles impertinently asked
not to be lectured 1 and rsked no mercy. An appeal
was taken to the Suurenie l ourt of the Territory.
“Gentlemen of the jury," said Air. Phelps to the
twelve men of Worthington, Atinn., who had con
victed his daughter of selling cider without a license,
“All I’ve got to say is, you’re a set of jackasses, and
you may wave your ears over that solemn truth.’
Mr. Phelps was fined ten dollars for contempt of
court.
A surveying party, under orders from Major
Beuyaurd, of the United State engineers, has gone
to survey and report upon the topography ami*oth
er scientific structure of a strip of country lying be
tween Plaquemine and Bayou Teeho, Louisiaua,
about one hundred miles above New Orleans.
The barbers of Paducah have declared war—war
to the razor. One refused to sign an agrement not
to work on Sum lay, and tlie others swore out a war
rant agaiust him for violating the Sabbath. He in
turn swears out warrants against all the others for
doing the same thing before entering into the com
pact, and Luna’s countenance is smeared with gore.
Sarah Bernhardt is actress, painter, sculptor, poet,
novelist traveler, modiste, philosopher, etc., all in a
small, but charming way, ami now she is going to
lie a journalist. The correspondence which she in
tends to launch into while in England, with a Paris
ian journal is likely to prove interesting—or else in
sufferably dull. This wonderful woman goes half
way in nothing.
Mr. Ebon Ingersoll, brother of Col Bob Inger-
soll, died very suddenly Saturday morning. He
went to lied in his usual good health and spirits,
and without any warning died at 1:30 a. m. Mr.
Ingersoll was a pleasant, genial man, much liked
bv all who knew him. He and liis family are un
believers, sharing the doubts of Col. Bob, but they
have never obtruded their opinions upon the public.
Mr. Ingersoll finished his education at Paducah, Ky.
He and his brother practised law in this city, both
men being devoted husbands and fathers.
The Duke of Argyle, son and two daughters ga.ve
New York the snub direct by passing through to
Canada, as if our “nobility ” were not worth any
more than the men whom the first Napoleon took
from the gutter and decorated. Maccullom Alore
refused to see any one while at the Windsor Hotel,
and hurried away as if anxious to escape from some
impending infliction. It was a sore disappointment
to flunkeys whose lips were eager to sing “The
Campbells are coming,” and tow before the chiefs
with all the humility of tlie servitors at Inverary.