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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1870)
®)C UJcclilj) Constitutionalist. BY STOCKTON & CO. OCR TERMS. The following are the rotes of Subscription: Daily, one year $lO 00 WuilYi one year $3 00 [For the Constitutionalist. Pompey—The Toe Martyr. AN OUTRAGE. Pompey ; grizzled, Congo-built; A Guinea of the ginger-gilt! Handy sarventi—in event Os sodden order, always scent. Slept Pompey in his tent one night, Cabin bon-flre blazing bright; All his progeny around, Sleeping also, berry sonnd. In his balmiest of repose Sadden odor smote his nose. Not of fat and not of pan, Aroma of roast African! “ Banning dah! yon darky,” said Ye Patriarch, and dropped his head, Nodding till a loader breeze Startled his olfactories. “ Banning, tell yoa I” with a dig TJp-donbling the adjacent Nig. ~ Nod ; and with his choicest snore A sniff that intercepted more. “ Aint-ee almost ban ennff— Stop dat stinkin!” Kick and cuff. Nod ; bat with redoubled vim A whiff that well-nigh strangled him ! “ Clar dis kitchen ! debbil knows, Room enough to roast oat-doors!” “ Niggers mast be got a heap Endurance!”—and he dropped asleep. But fume on fame I—A steady flow Os outrage from tomebody'i toe! Till Pompey, bounding with a yell, Proclaimed, “I gib dat nigger —L!" “ Whar he spect he gwine to ? Ob Lord; 1 dat’s dis nigger’s toe!” Fact I and past the Dr’s point— The Surgeon took It at the joint! And sends it with a C. O. D. Express to his Expresslency I Hoping when the case is kuown, He may adopt It as his own! Nor sack the kitchen for a smell His “ exhalence ” exhales as well— Himself its sinale.parallel. [From the Boston Advertiser. Love Up a Tree. There was a seat In the apple tree, A most delightful and cosy nook ; And one afternoon about half-past three, Kitty sat there reading a book. Her fair head bare, with no hat to mar. And her dress jnst showed one dainty boot— And he saw her as he smoked his cigar, And he came and stood at the ladder’s foot. Kitty half blushed, then smiled and said, “ Won’t yon come up and sit here now ?” And Kitty’s brother, a boy to dread, Saw and determined to raise a row ; So he crept softly under the tree, Listening, to all they had to say. Did the impish brother, and 6ly as conld be, Seized the ladder and bore it away. Then they saw himand she, with a frown, Said, “ Wbat will that awful boy do next ?” And she called him the greatest scamp in town, Tet I don’t believe she was very much vexed, For her lips half smiled though her eyes half cried, As she saw the position of matters now, And he came over and sat by ber side, Leaving his place on the opposite bough. Wbat could they do? They were captives . there, Held as if by an iron band ; Kitty tossed back her golden hair, And reflectively leaned her chin on her band. “ If,’.’ said she, “ we for help should call, They’d laugh to see us In such a plight-, So we’d best stay here till the shadows fail, Or till someone or other comes in sight.” And someone did come, it was Kitty’s papa, Who past the tree his footsteps traced, And saw through the leaves a lighted cigar. And a masculine arm round a feminine waist. Kitty looked down and Mushed at one, And then lobked up and blushed at the other; Said her father, “ These are nice goings on!” Said she, u It was all the ianlt of my brother.” What was the end ? I’ll tell you that. Some months after, ’mid silks and lace And ribbons and rnches, some ladies sat, Who were discussing the time and place As to when—so ran their debate— And where a certain wedding should be ; And that impish brother was heard to state, “ It had better come off in the apple tree.” The Swallows. With rapid shoot of purple wings, Like crescent arrow-heads, they fly,. And cut the soft bine deeps as if. To them belonged the endless sky. Now high and soaring near the dome That spreads in a awe down to earth ; Now low along the river wide That mirror all the Bummer’s mirth. Now skimming oyer meadows rich With waving crowds of golden flowers; Now stooping close, s moment’s rest, Ob llchened rail ip orchard bowers. Then Bp sod swift again they bunt Through desert* of tbs sir and light, Whsre bluest specs sad yielding breath Stretch aids sround their utmost flight. O who am s'er sneu gladness know As that which flits the swallow's breast, Whoa all the land in morning lies, And skies shove the suu bath dressed I Or who with such a ruckles* dive Tbs snfl IhflSM Ot HeuVon would dure, And rush on ftsrles* wing* to tsste Tbs glorious freedom 0? llio sir I C*pt J II Jobueop, (oimrly coitueeUpd with tlk Louisville CuitfUr, and svU usiys Is kmown flit ” Vol'd Ifora, 1 iIM at MU' in *wm. Iff .ou lath »u*t, of <ofo»uutp [From the Memphis Ledger. Cleburne. SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT DIM. When General Cleburne was killed at Franklin, Tcnn., in 1864, he was in his thirty-fifth year. By education he was a druggist, and in- early life he was as thoroughly accomplished as one could be at his age in that profession. When about twenty-one years of age, he abandoned the monotony of bottles and labels and the fill ing of prescriptions, and joined the British army as a private. The extent and charac ter of his services I have not been able to ascertain, but it is not probable that he re mained- in the army many months. This much is known: He landed at New York poor and friendless, and some years before the war was found at Cincinnati by a gen tleman of Helena, Arkansas, who induced him to go to that place and accept, under him, a situation in his drug store. The young Irishman soon made friends, who recognized his merits and talents, and per suaded him to study law. He was soon admitted to the bar, and became the part ner of Colonel Mangum, an emminent lawyer of Arkansas, who was afterward one of Cleburne’s staff officers, and who is still practicing law at Helena. When the war broke out Cleburne went out from Phillips county as captain of a company. His subsequent career is part of the known history of the war, and his fame belongs alike to the South and his native Ireland. Strange and unnatural as it may seem, he had a brother in the Federal army. Os this fact he never spoke even to his most intimate friends, and few of them ever ven tured to broach the subject. Passing over this circumstance, which has many painful parallels, we come to the saddest romance of his great life, which involves another who was gentle and pure, and patriotic in her sphere, as he was brave and knightly and fierce in war. She, too, has gone to the spirit land, and we violate no sacred confidences now in writing thus briefly a tender epi sode in the warrior’s ljfe. It will be re membered by hundreds and thousands of the surviving members of the grand old array of Tennessee that while the army was in Winter quarters at Dalton, Gen. Cleburne had leave of absence and went to Mobile, as it was Impossible for him to get through the lines to his home. When he returned to the array it was observed by all who knew Gen. Cleburne that he was dressed up as he never before had been.— He wore anew uniform, with the buff trim mings and insignia of a Confederate Major General; also anew felt hat, adorned with a sweeping block plume. The soldiers frew facetious over the change in “ old at’s” appearance, for previously he had generally worn the garb of a common sol dier, and they explained the transforma tion in many witty remarks. It subse quently transpired that during the Gene ral’s absence he had addressed an accom plished and lovely young lady of Mobile, was accepted, and. they became formally betrothed. A time was appointed for the celebration of their nuptials, but fate de cided that should never meet again. Gen. Cleburne carried with him into Ten nessee his wedding suit, and expected, at the first opportunity, to return to Mobile to be married. The rest is quickly told.— He fell at Franklin, and was buried lu his bridal suit, as one of his staff, who interred him, but recently informed me. The young lady, some time after the war, was married, but last year she, too, passed from earth, and the betrothed spirits have doubtless met before the Great White Throne of Heaven, where all believers in Divine Reve lation must admit “ there is no marriage or giving in marriage.” General Cleburne joined the Episcopal Church before the war, and was buried at Franklin with the full rites of that church, which were performed on the occasion by Bishop Quintnrd. Not Born to be Drowned—Remark able Escape prom Death at Sea.—The following particulars of a most remarka ble escape from death at sea arc from a letter written by C. A. Ramlett, Jr., mas ter of the ship Surprise, dated at Shang hai, China, February 11. The story will rival any of Maryatt’s inventions. The Surprise sailed from New York, October 9, 1869, for Shanghai, and oh February 29, at noon, one hundred and twenty days out, had sailed 16,349 miles, being then in the Pacific Ocean, in latitude 2020 north, and longitude 129 east. The captain writes: At half-past twelve, midnight, of January 29, the second mate, with his watch, were aloft, reefing the mizzen topsail, when Wm. A. Joy, a small boy, belonging to Nantucket, fell from the weather quarter of the yard overboard, just clearing the weather mizzen channels, but striking heavily on one of the boat davit chain*. I saw him fall, but did not have the remot est idea that we could save him, not only for the reason that the night was very dark and stormy, with a heivy sea run ning, but because I supposed he was se verely injured by the fall and encumbered by his clothing, would sink immediately. , However, I called ail bands, shortened sail, wore ship around on the port tack, and stood on for about fifteen minutes, when some of the men forward thought they heard a cry. Shortly I wore ship again on the starboard tack, as we were when he went overboard, and as the ship came up to the wind, we all heard him cryiug out on our weather bows. Coming to, with everything aback, brought him right under the weather quarter, when he was hauled In with a bow Hue thrown over him, apparently uninjured. He was naked, having undressed him self, oil clothes and seaboots, etc., In the water—no small feat of Itself lor a boy less thau fourteen, and small of his age. His left arm was badly injured, but he had not felt it In the water. I considered bis one of the most miracu lous escapes from drowning I overheard of, not oniy that tbs boy should keep him self up Tor forty-Ave minutes, but thst we should And him In such a dark night. In ihs rooks on ths top of Enchanted Mounlain, In Georgia, lucre ure human tracks, one of whiehiseevctilt'ch ami a hsif iiieliAe long. It is supposed in lb* neigh’| borhonij Ut hsvs been inado by Nosh wlqiti ho hr* l j a i,< led /mm I lie ark. Geologist# | gffc tjf iyjij It'iwt vuf, Uiut It wm j fri Ui* ftirly of tlt# iwuiitry ' by Au*«n It. Anthony,OilvuLoggiioreowoi „ e lit II Ml O | tjaaitf lUvnml APBOSrA, QA„ WEDHEBDAY MOBNIHG, JOSE 1, i B7O . [From the Hartford Time*. An Unfortunate Serenade. A BALTIMORE LOVER CLIMBS TO HIS DUL CINEA’S WINDOW—THE LADDER SLIPS AND DOWN HE GOES, LANDING IN THE SLEEP ING APARTMENT OF THE OLD FOLKS— DE NOUEMENT. Quite au amusing incident occurred in Baltimore on Tuesday night, in the vicini ty of Patterson Park, and is the popular gossip in that section at present. A young gentleman, who prides himself on his pol ished manners and refined tastes, had been, previous to the affair we are about to nar rate, paying his addresses to a young lady connected with one of the first families of that locality. On the night mentioned he accompanied her to a private entertain ment at the house of a friend, and in con versation and music the hours flew by un til the clock struck twelve before the ar dent couple started for the home of the fair one. Arrived there, they kissed a good night, the maiden to seek her couch, and he, as was presumed, to seek his home. But no sooner had the door closed behind her than the idea struck him to give her a surprise. It appears that the young lady’s room was on the second floor, and the young man was acquainted with the fact. He there fore provided himself with a ladder, and, placing one end on the ground, leaned the other against the house, and ascended to the window of the unsuspecting girl,doubt less designing to lull her to sleep with one of his sweetest melodies. But, alas for the futility of human hopes, fate had decreed it otherwise, for just as he was getting his voice in trim a large bull dog belonging to the family, not liking the looks of things, made a noisy raid on the chap on the ladder. This was so unexpect ed that it completely disconcerted him, and the start he gave caused the foot of the ladder to slip, and down went our seren- but into still deeper trouble. He fell from the frying pan into the fire. Ths girl’s parents, it seems, occupied the room immediately beneath her, and the ladder, as it slipped down the side of the house, loaded with the precious weight, fell direct ly through their window, landing our ®ro naut square into the room, breaking glass, sash and all in the demolished window, waking the old folks so unceremoniously from their slumbers that ideas of burglars, earthquakes, and tornadoes roshed through their terrified brains. Our hero, thunder struck at this strange denouement, attempt ed to beat a retreat. To go oat of the window he dare not, for old Bose was out there growling at a furious rate. So, believing discretion to be the better part of valor, he sought to And his way out of the street door; bat In this he was foiled, for before he coaid make his exit from the bedroom the old gentle man bad seized him by the coat collar, and whilo attempting to cxtdUtttC lxllfTSelT'rT'urD the old gentleman’s firm grip be was con fronted at the stairs by his lovely Dulcluea with a lamp in her hand en duhabCUe, and screamiDg with fright. He was, of course, recognized Instantly, but without waiting for apology or expla nation, went out of the front door with the old gentleman’s right foot in uncomfortable proximity to his latter extremity. He left his hat, but declares It was stolen from him by robbers. The father next morning consulted a lawyer, and it isthrough that functionary that the story has leaked out. Byron’s Grave.—A correspondent of the London Times calls attention to the worse than neglect to which the burial place of Lord Byron is subjected: How many of the poet’s admirers, he asks, know where he is buried at all ? At Hacknall Torkard, a few might answer, but could one in a hundred of all the thou sands that have read his works, aped his peculiarities, envied him his beauty, con demned his vices, admired his genius or blackened Ills memory, tell you where Hucknall Torkard is, what it Is, or from personal observations give you any idea of its unvisited, out-of-the-world dreariness and desolation! Some six miles from Nottingham, on the Mansfield line of railway, lies the misera ble collection of cottages and small shops dignified by that name. Approaching it from Nottingham, you pass one or two other small places as grimy and unpoetlcal looking as itself; then comes a wide sandy tract of unreclaimed iand, covered here and there with stunted boshes and blackened furze, which is all that remains of what was onee Sherwood Forest, and still bears that name, and at length the train stops where the dark woods artfund Newstead are just visible in the distance. The vil lage is not more than a stone’s throw from the station, and consists mainly of one long, dirty, irregular lane, at the top of which is the church. This edifice is a small weather-worn building, supposed to date from the eleventh century, and stands in a churchyard that reminds you of noth ing but Arabia Petrffia without the sun. In a vault beneath the chancel, Lord Byron, his ancestors and his daughter, Ladv Lovelace, are buried. Buried, In deed ! Shut out not only from the living world, but its very remembrance. More lonely, more forsaken by his fellow-men in his death than in the darkest moments of his self-embittered life Anything more at variance with the thoughts that crowd upon the mind while standing beside the resting place of genius than every surrounding of this forlorn grave it Is impossible to imagine. The miserable, poverty-stricken village, the time worn church—to which none but some three or four of the Byrons seems ever to have been brought for burial save the very poor —the Byron pew, with its green baize lin ing faded and torn, now fallen into the hands of” some decent sort of folks In the village," and above the plain white tab let, without ornament of outline or In scription, erected in memory of the author of “Chllde Harold" by Mrs. Leigh, She, after all.lt scorns, of alt hie admirer* so loud-voiced In their praise, wm and Is tbs only am who, out of her scanty means, hail more than words to offer as a tribute to hi* dcuthlosN fame. Like bis own "Mafl fr'-d," “the Hplrlis" he has ’’raised abandon him," slid bu rests os bs lived, *• alone, “ In addition to oilier comforts of u home, Jt|i j'liiiinsii has attached to Ms psl*>'>> u*i» ini Hi* Pa' lrtc Juilroud a i«:iinswenl • bsidibM This cfot'foel oltluer I* su Eiss «oi*b*n, and l«|« services *r« as high church as nlr» uiwstam»« and lb' eppeet ttlHM ijf ,if4/) M in# Mflll IFrom the Macon Telegraph and Messenger, 2« h. The Knights Templar Parade and Cele bration. 1 K PO, L Be and brilliant display Ela wiT “;, mbero , f meu ever made in Geor wi tnessed in this city yesterdav ai” 8 at tbe hour of eleven o’clock The the Amnm? r ° 1 1 nltlatIon - In Macon, of irni«rht=,T Conclave of the order of s re street and ’ dl. the corner of Mulberry office otton avenue, the following Hi f in lull regalia: GrondP m nent Sir Thomas W. Chandler, G^rHeSnh n n r; Ve J7 Eminent Sir George b. Obear, Deputy Grand Comraand- Gronrt £ ent ? Ir AUen s - Scott. Acting Prelate; Emi?enV a Sfr‘wm D 'j D 'f’Sla a rd and E r WelL? n n r 'I a S? en ; Eml nent Sir Jos! ChaTß’Ans and Treasurer; Eminent Bir ® raud Recorder; Emi nent Sir John G. Deitz, Acting Grand Orond a s d^ e d re D ; Eminent Sir Calvin Fav, Grand Sword Bearer; Eminent Sir Wm. Chas H r ’ W Actlnß Grand Warden; Sir Guards" Preeman - Grand Captain of of the seven subordinate Com !?ne d Rt S » M the St^ e were represented in ine, Bt. Aldemar, No. 3, of Columbus, be ing the only one unrepresented. The fol lowing are the names of those represented: . G ®°/S> a Commandery, No. 1, of Augus ta; Bt. Omer Commandery, No. 2, of Ma con; Coeur de Lion, No. 4. of Atlanta; De Molay, No. 5, of Americas; Wm. Tracy Gould, No. 6, of Forsyth; Palestine, No. it , Jr av 2 nnah > and several visiting Sir Knights from the Enfanla Commandery, with their Eminent Commander. J. W Young. the hour of 11, a. ra., as before stated, the Bt. Omer Commandery, No. 2, of Ma con, emerged from the Masonic Hall In double file, and took their position in line on Cotton avenue. Then followed the subordinate Commanderies, and last ly, the Grand Commandery, all under com mand of that brilliant military chieftain StJSSToSS.?” 0 ' 8 ' t - The line being formed, it presented really f 1 very magnlflcient sight to the large con conrse of citizens, both old and young, male j“® d that had assembled on the side walk* and in the doors and windows to wltne*. The nnlforms consisted of black jeloth coats with brass buttons, black pants, black chapeau with a white ostrich feather, Mr the left hip with a small but beautiful ornament, red Morocco sword belt and straight sword, and gauntlets, on the cuffs of which were small Jeweled crosses—the whole presenting an exceedingly handsome and elegant uniform. The uniforms of the Grand officers were something more bril liant and costly, tp that the badges, swords and trimmings were of gold, while that of the Bir Knights were of white metal. The Grand Prelate appeared In a long white robe, with a stole around his neck and a mitre on his head. We counted in line one hundred and seven white feathers, but there were in line altogether one hundred and fifteen unt- forms. • This was a large proportion of the Knights Templar of the State, as there are only about 175 in Georgia. The public ex ercises of the order of Knights Templar were held at the Presbyterian Church, and were of a most impressive, beautiful and Imposing character. After which Rev. D. Wills, D. D., Grand Prelate, delivered an oration upon the subject of “Christian Chivalry.” There was no public parade in the afternoon, on account of rain. At night the Grand Commandery and subor dinate Commanderies repaired to Aye A Hall, where a magnificent banquet was en joyed. A Modern Tourney—A Sign of Recon struction—-Cavaliers of the North and Souffl in Friendly Rivalry.—The tour nament at Brooklyn, on Saturday, is thus spoken of in the latter paragraph of the New York Heralds account: A* the reader will have already surmised, nothing at all like a tournament on “ the good old plan” was attempted. It was simply the Southern sport of titling at a Hog suspended from a cord with an Iron tipped spear from the back of a florae run oing at full speed. The sport Is exhilarat ing tor those engaged in It, and very ex citing for those who look on. Why such a sport should be called a tournament, which |g generally supposed to be an affair In which helmeted and iron-clad buffers, with loud snorting steeds, split spears and dash horses together recklessly, is a “ Locke on the Hainan Understanding;” and why the m |ggoided youths, who display such skill andaddress m the management of their animals, should dress like-clowns in a cir cus is a still greater wonder. The.re were fifteen contestants for the honors of the day, and were proclaimed and known on the ground as follows: Knight of Virginia, Horace Bailey ; Knight of Westmoreland, A. Brockenbrongh ; Knight of Prospect Park, W. G. Bailey ;. Knight of the Old Dominion, Dr, C. A. Fox ; Knight of Shan nondale, Eddie Gallagher ; Knight of Here ford, R. H. Hereford ; Knight of Alabama, j. J.Harriaon ; Knight of Marlborough, W. A.Jarboe; Knight of the Blue Ridge, J. N. Gallagher; Knight or Montgomery. Wlllisra Knox ; Knight of Wyoming, J. Rldgeler Mcßlalr i Knight of the High lands, Theodore Mosler, Jr.; Knight of Maryland, W. Marshall; Knight of New YerkCity,H, P. Henry. Knight of the Black Plume, Jemaa W. Walsh, Previous to (tie commencement of the ••tournament,” Mayor KolbAeteoh pok'd hi* jolly note over the ism track and said be had plaMure In Introducing Colonel A. II jMweon, and retired smiling. Colonel j)*w*»u then made a epeeeh, welcoming Up hotUbern knights, and glorying over the pfoejmot ut (be revival ol the noble spur* of tilting. Then the knigiite, dreeaed la nil tae color* of the rainbow, marched msi in review, an übeee Dutchmen blew a Meet from a trumpet, the Aery eUed* snorted In shores, the crowd mind lt>illy," and the Anal arrsugumeat* weye m#du (in ih* l l i*l of shill, Sbort'y alter § o'eJoelt the tilting commenced, and continued with out intermission until half-past five o’clock. With varying success the knights contend ed, and finally declaration was made that the Knight of Shannondale, Eddie Galla gher, had won the first prize, a horse ; the Knight of Westmoreland, A. Brocken brongh, the second prize, a gold watch, and the Knight of Alabama the third prize, shirt studs. There could not have been less than 3,000 persons present during the day, in cluding many ladies, and the general ver dict was that the tournament was a most enjoyable affair, and a very welcome sub stitute for dull trotting matches and other equally uninteresting out-door sports. Mr. W. H. McLarin Shoots Himself. —A correspondent of the Atlanta Comti tution, writing from Fairbum under date of the 24th, relates the following sad cir cumstance : On yesterday evening our community was thrown into the deepest gloom ; busi ness was suspended, and all was excite ment, caused by the sudden death of Wm. H. McLarin. Mr. McLarin had been in feeble health for some time, but had become convales cent, and yesterday morning he expressed a wish to visit his mill, situated about four miles’ north of Fairbum; whereupon Mr. W. B. Bwann, one of our citizens, volun teered to carry him In a buggy. Having arrived safely at the mill, they took a bat teau ride up the pond, and on their return to the mill they retired to a small house near the mill to rest—Mr. McLarin resting upon a rude cot put there for the use of the miller. Beneath the pillow of the cot was a large loaded navy pistol. Mr. Bwann, not suspecting anything wrong with Mr. McLarin, stepped out of the nouse, and had got a short distance from It, when he heard the report of the pistol, and hasten ing back to the house, found Mr. McLarin lying upon the cot in the agony of death, having shot himself through the heart.— He never spoke. The cause of this rash act Is unknowu. He leaves an Interesting femily, and was respected and beloved by all who knew him. A coroner’s inqnest was held, and from the evidence, it is believed that Mr. McLa rin came to his death by accident. ■ A Great Invention—The Separating Cotton Gin.— The newspapers of the Southwest contain glowing accounts of the performances of anew cotton gin, which has Just been tested in Bt. Lonis. The ma chine was Invented and patented five years ago, and was tried near Memphis, in the Winter of 1365-0, but was not folly com petent to perform well all It was claimed to do. slnce then the Inventor has been engaged in perfecting It, and the machine ffibor of picking tfie cotton from the bolls is said to be entirely dispensed with ; and It Is now only necessary to pluck “ bolls, cotton and all,” from the stalk. Three or four bolls can be grasped at onoa and torn away, and in this erode state they are placed in the receiver of the machine, which separates the cotton from the basks, leaves, stem, dirt and sand, by running it through the “ picker ’’ as fast as It Is want ed for “ ginning.” Thf planter merely sends his hands into the field, where they gather, in the most rapid manner, all the matured cotton, whether the bolls are open or not. It is stored in this state until a convenient time for rnnning through the machine. It is estimated that one hand can pick one thousand pounds of cotton In the new way quicker than a person could pick one hun dred and fifty pounds alter the old style. It is said that on a plantation of 500 acres of bottom-land, a single machine will save, in cotton and labor, from $7,000 to SIO,OOO a year. Besides turning out a better article, the new machine will extract at least fifteen per cent, more cotton than was saved under the old process. The price will be about fifty per cent, more than the old apparatus; but old gins can be so changed as to be ntilized in connection with the new in vention. The Bt. Louis limes thinks it is impossible to over-estimate the value of this Improvement, and says enormous sums wiil be annually saved by it to our planters in the way of labor and in the improvement of the quality and increase in the yield of cotton. Arrangements have been made for placing a large number of the machines on the market. —Charleston News. It will be remembered that a few days ago a hums natures was played in Williams burg, whereby a child was born with a head shaped like that of a horse. The parents of this monster are very poor, and as it is impossible to rear such an offspring wlthont inconvenience and expense—providing that it can live for any length of time—the strange being will he exhlbiteden and after to-day at No. 117 West twenty-seventh street. Bo remarkable a freak of nature is interesting not only for purposes of science, but also ior curiosity’s sake. Nothing is charged for admission, but all donations which may be received will be used in sup porting the unfortunate being. [New York World. Gin and Milk.—The celebrated bever age invented by the Rev. Mr. Broytli has been “admitted to the bar” of every rum hole .in New York, and is known by cari ous names, such as “Hmy th’s Recuperator,” “Smyth’s Invigorating Mixture, “Milk (and Gin) for Babes,” “Smyth’s Milky Way,” “ The Parson’s Own,” “ Ambrosia for the Clergy and Laity." “Is my face dirty?” asked a young lady from the backwoods, while seated with her aunt at the dinner table on a steamboat running from Oslro to New Orleans. “ Dirty ? No. Why did you ask r “ Because that Inaultlng waiter insist* upon patting a towel beside my plate. I’ve thrown three under the Uhls, and yet every Urn* he oomM around he pnU another one before me." “Governor” Ashley writs* from Mon tana jhat thousands of good, honest, lints*- trlows women are wanted in that quarter “ j jure In MkiiUhs there Is remunerative lals.r for all, with free homes, and health, and a bright future,. Montana laeejiwlsliy dn*irabiu lor women who ere degflAdeitt upon their own labor for support Greet hou**kMJpur* niadlly > oiuui*>rl from t o fl|4fj « mouth, while ordinal r kllehen help ■ i.mniund* from flito AW a mouth, ao 1 thousand* n»n Audio*# i MBM amt Imw* VOL. 29. NO. 22 Horrible Death of a Bridegroom. A death by hydrophobia under singular and very distressing circumstances oc curred In Yonkers one day recently. Thos. Lamb, an engineer, who has been employed In Otis Factory, In Yonkers, and who was living In Brooks street in that villagd, was bitten in January last by a large dog belonging to Mr. Bergen, In the brewery of that gentleman in Dobbs’ Ferry. Lamb’s hand was not much lacerated by the dog, and no anxiety was felt as to serious con sequences. The dog, a very Valuable one, was, however, killed by Mr. Bergen. On Tuesday of last *week young Lamb was married to the object of his choice, but against the wishes of her mother, who at once visited the young conple and ex pressed her feelings in.pretty hard lan guage, winding up with the wish that her daughter would be a widow within three months. Oil the day after the wedding the hus band showed symptoms of hydrophobia, and medical treatment for a while appeared to have good effect; but subsequently Lamb sprang from bis bed and lied to the woods, where he carried on all sorts of antics, jumped over fences and barked like a dog. His friends, aided by the police, captured him and took him to his house, where his ravings, barking and hideous noises were of the most agonizing charac ter. Early yesterday morning death ended his suflferlngs.— N. T. Bun. The Miniature Ocean Steamer.—A foreign exchange gives the following ac count of the diminutive ocean steamer, whose sailing was announced by telegraph from Liverpool some days ago: The tiny steamer City of Kagnse attracts much attention at Liverpool. She is twen ty feet long, and Is the property of Captain Pimorez, but to be sailed by Captain J. O. Buckley. Both gentlemen appear confi dent that with the course they have planned out for themselves, and with fair weather, they will be able to reach New York In about fifty days. The City of Ragnse Is covered over her whole length, and lined Inside to the flooring, having a manhole or cockpit amidships. “Below” is fitted up with as much comfort as the limited space would permit of. There is a patent stove for cooking the provisions—there being three months* supplies on board—on the voyage; and also a sleeping space lor either skipper when he Is not m “ watch." The boat Is rigged as a yawl; and can spread about seventy yards of canvas. Her tanks are capable of containing one hundred gal lons of water; bat should any accideatoo enr by which It would be necessary to light en the vessel, a tap can be undone, and the water, If nexessarv, allowed to escape. The City of Ragnse is fitted up with atwo- M ailed auxiliary propeller, Which can be worked by hand on the same principle as a Suck ley” the only living thing On board will be a fine Newfoundland dog. • A Remarkable Telegraphic Feat.— An-experiment over the Western Union Telegraph Company’s wires of working a long circuit through a number of repeaters was tried, on the 15th, with remarkable success. Mr. R. C. Duncan, chief operator in New Orleans, sent through nine repeat ers, one each at Rome, Ga.; Lynchburg, Va.; New York city, aud Pittsburg; two at Cincinnati, and one each at Bt. Louis, Chicago and Memphis, the writing return ing to New Orleans almost ns clearly as when leaving the office, having passed through eighteen States and over 4,800 miles of wires. The electric current trav ersed the distance, in about three-quarters of a second. The writing was transmitted as rapidly as on an ordinary short wire. Plaister Cove wus also in direct connec tion, aud worked finely. The weather Was clear throughout the States and Province*. Return of a Cane Presented to Roe. Jeff. Davis by President Pierce—A cane belonging to Jefferson Davis, which was confiscated daring the war, has turned up in Ohio. The cane wm presented to Mr. Davis by Franklin Pierce, in 1856. It wus made of oak taken from “ Old Iron sides," and heavily mounted with a mas sive gold head. On the mountings is the inscription: "Gen. Davis from Franklin Pierce, 1856,” and below It on the sjde are the words, “ Old Ironsides." ,T. R. Linn, Esq., of Ottawa, ascertained incidentally that the Cane was in the bauds of a.minister of the gospel, residing lu a neighboring county, and informed Mr, Davis, who requested Mr. Ltnu to obtain the cane, expressing great appreciation of the memento of his friend. The cane hM been transmitted to Mr. Davis. A Chance for Plain People.—ln the premiums offered for the June exhibition Os the Cobb County Agricultural Society, we find the following: Mr. George .Sharpe, jeweler, of Atlanta, Ga., offers the following, to be awarded at the Annual Fair: Silver pttener, waiter and goblets, valued at 950, to the plainest and neatest dressed lady, introducing a style for Georgia, ignoring present fashions. Bald premium to be awarded on first day of Annual Fair,'Cobb county, held in 1870, and confined exclusively to Cobb county. Mr. Btiarpe offered this special premium, believing tbat present fashions do not con duce to the health, style or beauty of those we love most. The following, from one who wm thar,' Is vouched for by him—that is, that the old lady made the reply given here—not tbat she wm quite m old m she claimed t When the FUteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry entered the town of Dawson, Ga., in ths Bpring of 1865, among those who wel comed them wm a negro women whose ap pearauce denoted extreme old age. Im pelled by curiosity, one of the “ boys rod# up to her and Mked; “ How old are you. entitlet” “Well, chile,” she replied, “I don't ’asstlv know how oM I is, but l wet here when O'lumbu* cum.’’ '| lie Raleigh HenUml seys i David Killeoflu ut Murry county, or, rather, Mre. I lev id Lllleon, wife, lias a baby, twelve mom be old on the 11 Ut lit*t, whM* weighs Maty itoumle/ Thl* will •non bw round mu etp mbiilott, * rival bt lit# Georgia niuw, ike Ohio glanivas or a Itudlcwl ewltidle, Tbs ml ter lay fifth,MM l oulMirete bond* Were put up for sole it* hew < h 'ism#, AEsittitugbt M per hotel, or <4*M for the Wnoie lot
