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EDITORIAL NOTES
A Baptist church will soon be built in
Philadelphia which will neat 4,800 !#*<>■
l*ie. ___
Steve Brodie, the New York City
briilge junqier, jumped from the su*]*cu
sion bridge int > the Ohio at Cincinnati
Monday. He suffered no iiyury and
pocketed #2OO.
The oyster industry in annum ing mam
moth proportioua. Ten million dollars
a'e in vented in the industry, which gives
employment to 52,000 persona, produc
ing annually over $18.000,000.
West Virginia sends a stout protec
tionist to the senate in the person of
Judge Faulkner. He is as pronounced
for protretion as Brown, of Georgia, and
one of the ablest men in his state.
The Chicago Times is responsible for
the following: “Mr. Howells has prejstred
a story of his boyhood days in Ohio.
Every boy in the country that wants to
know how not to become a novelist
should read this book.”
Col. Milton Hamilton, of George
town, Ky., has purchased the beautiful
blue grass “June Ward” farm and resi
lience, near that city, owned by the late
Col. Vic. Glass. Colonel Hamilton paid
$36,000 cash for the place, which has
once brought $50,000.
A noted apostle of polygamy, in Utah,
has 175 grandchildren under twenty-nine
years of age. The Biblical injunction,
“l>e fruitful,” is about the only unbroken
commandment that old sinner can plead
in mitigation of the just sentence under
the violated law of right.
The Queen of Sweden has been opera
ted upon surgically for internal cancer.
The work was done at Stockholm by a
Swedish surgeon who ranks among the
ablest in Europe. It is reported that the
oiteration was as successful as possible,
but the dreadful disease is certain, soon
or late, to break out again.
Formerly American competion in the
lock trade was the great bug-bear of
English manufacturers; now German
competition appears to be what they
fear most. There is this difference: Amer
ican manufacturers worked on new de
signs, while the Germans appear to make
their points on copying and cheap labor.
Mr. Henry I’robasco, of Cincinnati, is
shortly to marry Miss Grace Sherlock,
daughter of Thomas Sherlock, Esq., of
that city. The wedding, it is expected,
will take place the first of June, after
which the couple will go abroad. Mr.
Probasco’s palatial residence has been
recently refitted by a New York decora
tor.
The export movement of wheat mid
wheat flour from the United States At
lantic and Pacific ports, is now nearly
equal to 3,000,0000 bushels weekly. Of
the quantity of wheat and wheat flour
“on passage for the United Kingdom”
more than 70 per cent, is from the United
States, indicating moderate supplies from
other quarters of the globe.
Says an exchange: The number of
English sparrows are constantly increas
ing and no provision is being made to
slaughter them. In s]>eaking of the
sparrows one of the most cheering items
of news that have appeared for months
conies from Westchester, Pa., where a
physician has found that his patients,
when unable to take any other nourish
ment, partake with relish of brotli made
from the Englisji sparrow.
The Nashville American reports a sen
sational wedding at Haley, Tenn. The
case is that a man named Janies Smith,
who some months ago married the
daughter of a widow near that place.
Domestic troubles occurring the couple
separated and a divorce was obtained.
Saturday last the young man and the
widow, his mother-in-law, were united in
wedlock. The affair, as may well be im
agined has created quite a sensation.
Philadelphia, through the exertions
of the consul for Nicaragua, is about to
move in the matter of establishing a line
between that city and Aspinwall. The
consul, Mr. Potter, thinks that Pennsyl
vania ought to import all of the f8,000,-
000 of coffee it consumes annually from
Nicaragua and send out in return manu
factured goods. Mr. Potter has nineteen
boys from Nicaragua studying in the
University of Pennsylvania, and prides
himself upon the success attained by those
students who have graduated from Phil
adelphia colleges and returned to their
native country.
The Inter-State Commerce Commission
is an interesting body. Little Judge
Cooley sits at the head of the table and
presides with calm dignity. He is a small
man physically, with gray hair and
beard, and wears gold-rimmed spectacles.
Morrison and Walker cannot sit still for
any great length of time. They are the
humorists of the body. They have struck
up a great friendship. * Bragg and
Schoonmaker are solemn and stately,
and remain quietly seated opposite Judge
Cooley for hours without stirring. The
commissioners have so far shown not a
great capacity for hard work, and do not
hurry over details.
The Verdict Unanimous.
W. D. Suit, Druggist, Ilippus, Ind., tes
tifies: “I can recomend Electric Bit
ters as the very best remedy. Every bot
tle sold has given relief in every case.
One man took six bottles, and was
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Ohio, affirms: “The best selling medi
cine I have ever handled in my 20 years’
experience, is Electric Bitters.” Thou
sands of others have added their testi
mony, so that the verdict is unanimous
that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases
of the Liver Kidneys or Blood. Only a
half dollar a bottle at David W. Curry's
Drug Store.
The Brilliant Beauties
of modern colors far surpasses the noted
productions of the ancients. The Dia
mond Dyes show the latest advance of
science in this direction. For durability
and economy they are unequalled. 82
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where.
MOSBY S WAR REMINISCENCES.
How Rubsrtson's Disobedience Prec'pl
tssted Gettysburg.
Boston Herald.]
Col. Jno. S. Mosby, the noted Confed
erate cavalry commander, whose dash
and dan made his name so famous du
ring the w ar. and whose literary ability
in recounting his exploits and experiences
has since given to their recital such vivid
interest, has put his war reminiscences
iuto book form, and the volume, of over
250 pages, w ill be issued by Messrs. Geo.
A. Jones & Cos., of this city, on May sth.
As the first complete account ever print
ed of Mosby's dashing career, it will be
eagerly read, and the following extracts
dealing with the movements which pre
cipitated the collision at Gettysburg—
where neither side had premeditated fight
ing—of the two great armies of the Po
tomac and Northern Virginia, cannot
fail to prove especially interesting:
Stuart had now’ received his final in
structions from Gen. Lee, authorizing
him to move into Maryland, around the
enemy and between him and Washing
ton. He was likewise instructed to do
them all the damage he could on his way.
With his transportation destroyed and
communication broken, Hooker would
be seriously embarrassed in pursuiug
Gen. Lee, or probably forced to foil back
for supplies, or to defend the capital
against this demonstration. In the
meantine, while Hooker was thus de
layed, tne Confederates would have been
levying contributions on the farmers in
Pennsylvania. His original plan, which
was bold in conception and ]>er feet Im
practical in execution, was thwarted by
an event which he could not control. It
was obvious now that Hooker would not
initiate any movement, but would con
fine himself to covering the capital and
observing his adversary. It was equally
plain that when the Confederate army
made a move west of the Blue Ridge,
Hooker would make a corresponding one
in the east. It was, therefore, all im
portant for the success of Stuart’s move
ment that the status quo of the two
armies should lie preserved until he could
get through Hooker’s army to the river,
when it would lie too late for Hooker to
take any step to defeat it. The distance
was not more than 20 miles to the Po
tomac from the point where he would en
ter Hooker’s lines; and this could be got
over between sunrise and sundown, as
he intended to march in three parrallel
colums. He knew the country well, and
the position of each corps; and it would
have been easy enough for him to flank
them. Before Pleasanton could have got
ready to follow the blazing meteor it
would have been out of sight. The three
brigades that was to accompany Stuart
was quietly withdrawn from Pleasonton’s
front on the evening of June 24th and
marchul in a southerly direction to their
rendezvous at Salem. Those of Jones and
Robestson were put in the position they
had held about Middlebnrg, and, of
course, were charged with the ordinary
duty of cavalry on a post of observation.
As Gen. Stuart says is his report, “Rob
ertson’s and Jones’ brigades, under com
mand of the former, were left in observa
tion of the enemy, on the usual front
(about Middlebnrg), with full instructions
as to following the enemy in case of with
drawal, and joining our main army.” An
order to a cavalry officer to “observe”
an enemy of course implies that he is to
report wnat Re sees; otnenvise there is
no use in his observing. Stuart left be
hind.
A FORCE OF OVER 3,000 CAVALRY,
which was amply sufficient for every pur
pose. By daybreak, on the morning of
25th his column debouched through
Glasscock’s Gap, in the Bull Run, and
proceeded toward Haymarket. It seems
that when Stuart got then* he found the
roads on which he intended to march
that day occupied by Hancock's corps
that had broken up camp that morning,
and was moving towards the Potomac.
1 could not find out where Stuart was,
nor he where I was. So I retraced my
steps and went on to Pennsylvania
through the Shenandoah valley, passing
General Robertson’s command, that was
quietly resting in Ashby’s and Snicker’s
gaps, in the Blue Ridge, after the enemy
retired on the 26th. Pleasontou that
day had moved by his flank, across Gen.
Robertson’s front, to I-eesburg, to cover
the crossing of Hooker’s army. Why he
should have halted and remained idle
three days in the gaps of the Blue Ridge
in Virginia after both armies had march
ed into Pennsylvania is a mystery that
has never been satisfactorily explained.
If there were any sound military reasons
for his staying there three days, there
were equally as sound ones for his not
leaving at all. His proper position was
on Gen. Lee's Hank, next to the enemy,
in order to protect his rear and keep him
informed of their movement.
If Gen. Robertson had then, in obedi
ence to Gen. ls*e’s and Stuart’s instruc
tions, promptly followed the enemy along
the base of South Mountain through
Boonsboro, the Confederate cavalry
might easily have reached Gettysburg in
advance of the Federal troops. In this
event, there would not have been the ac
cidental collision of the armies. General
would not have fought a defensive
battle, and Gettysburg might have been
to southern hearts something more than
“a glorious field of grief.” Even as it
was, Stuart's movement around his
rear had so confused Gen. Meade that his
army was more scattered than ours, and
two of his corps, in the first day’s fight,
were caught in delicto and crushed. He
was looking for Lee on the Susquehanna,
when, in fact, he was concentrating on
Gettysburg.
On account of Hancock’s unexpected
movement Stuart had been conq>elled to
make a wider circuit than he had intend
ed, and did not cross the Potomac until
the night of the 27th, the day after
Hooker got over. He thence moved
northerly toward the Susquehanna
to put himself on Ewell’s fiank, in
accordance with the instructions of Gen.
Lee. But, owing to
THE DERANGEMENT OF HIS PLANS,
by the advance of the Union army, with
out Gen. Rotiertson having given him
notice of it. Ewell had been recalled, and
Stuart did not join the army until the
2d of July, at Gettysburg, when the bat
tle was raging. But Robertson’s com
mand had not even then come up. This
movement of Stuart’s around the rear of
Hooker’s army has been condemned by
Gen. Long, the military secretary and
biographer of Gen. Lee, as having been
undertaken either “from misaprehension
of his instructions, or-love of the eclat of
a bold raid” (which, of course, implies
disobedience of orders); and Gen. Long
street says that as he was leaving the
Blue Ridge he instructed Stuart to follow
him down the valley and cross the Po
tomac at Shepherdstown, but that Stuart
replied that he had discretionary powers
from Gen. Lee where to cross the Poto
mac.
When this charge was made against
Stuart both the critics were viewing his
movement in the light of the disaster to
ours at Gettysburg, and it was more
agreeable to put the blame on a dead
man than a living one. Gen. Long, who
had access to the Confederate archives,
may plead the blindness with which he
is afflicted as an excuse for his error, and
I have no doubt that Gen. Longstreet
has forgotten that his own letter to
Stuart contradicts his statement.
Among the Confederate archives in
Washington I have at last found in Gen.
Lee’s confidential letter-book his final
instructions to Stuart, which have never
been published, which must set this con
troverted question at rest forever. At the
time they were written Gen. Lee’s head
quarters were at BerryviUe. They ai'e
dated June 23d. 1863, sp. in. In them
Gen. Lee presents to Stuart the alterna
tive of crossing the Potomac west of the
Blue Ridge at Shepherdstown and mov
ing over to Frederick, Md., or “you will,
however, be able to judge whether you
can pass around their army without hin
drance, doing them all the damage you
can, and cross the river east of the
mountains. In either case, after you
cross the river you must move on and
feel the right of Ewell’s troops, collecting
information, provisions, etc.” In a let
ter to Stuart, dated June 22, lie had
said: “If you find that he is moving
northward, and that two brigades can
guard the Blue Ridge and take care of
your rear, you can move with the other
three into Maryland and take position on
Gen. Ewell’s right, place yourself in com
munication with him, guard his flank
and keep him informed of the enemy’s
movements and collect all the supplies
you can for the use of the army. One
column of Gen. Ewell’s army will prob
ably move toward the Susquehanna by
the Emmettsburg route, another by
Chambersburg.”
THE INTENTION OF GEN. LEE
clearly was that Stuart, with one ]iortion
of the cavalry was to guard Ewell's flank
and give him information of the enemy.
The other was to be left behind, as he
sa.ys in his report, “to hold the mountain
passes as long the enemy remained south
of the Potomac.” To suppose that Gen.
Lee intended them to remain their after
the enemy had gone is to suppose that
he was not only unfit to command an
army, but even a corporal’s guard. He
would not have eommitted the blunder
of marching all his infantry into Penn
sylvania knowing that his cavalry was
in Virginia. He must, therefore, have
expected Stuart to cross the Potomac on
the same day to the east of the ridge,
which he would have done but for Han
cock's movement.
Since the above was written, I have
found in the archives of the war office a
copy of Stuart’s orders to Gen. Robert
son when leaving Virginia; Jiut he does
not appear to have been in the least
governed by them. He was instructed
to watch the enemy and report their
movements through a line of iclav cou
riers to Gen. Longstreet, and when the
enemy withdrew, to harrass his rear and
impede his march, and follow on the
right of our army. There seems to have
been no effort made to execute these or
ders; for both Gens. Lee and Longstreet
say that no intelligence having been re
ceived through the cavalry of Hooker’s
crossing the Potomac, it was supposed
that was still south of it ; while Pleas
iton says that he never had a skirmish
in retiring. If the pressure of the column
of 3,000 cavalry with two batteries un
der Robertson had been brought to bear
on the flank of the Union army, its ad
vance into Pennsylvania would have
been less rapid, and Meade could not
have spared two-thirds of his cavalry to
semi after Stuart to embarrass his
march. If the force of cavalry which
Stuart left behind him had promptly
moved in obedience to his orders on the
26th to place itself in position on the
right of the army, then it could easily
have occupied Gettysburg in advance of
the enemy. It did nothing of the kind,
but quietly rested three days at Ashby’s
gap to learn through Gen. Lee where the
enemy had gone. The professed histori
ans of the war make no mention of these
fni-ts Stuart is dead “O! for one hour of
Dundee.
A MAN OF INTEGRITY.
How a Southern Business Man Fulda Debt
of Honor of 1650,000.
New Haven, May 6.—The Register to
night prints a remarkable story of finan
cial integrity on the part of a southern
capitalist which stands without parallel
in the commercial history of the country.
The names of the principals are withheld,
but the the eminent resi>ectabiiity of
counsel in the case, ex-Judge Luzon B.
Morris, of this city, is sufficient guaran
tee of its truthfulness. The Register says
that at the beginning of the civil war a
wealthy southern grocer, who had re
cently taken his young bookkeeper into
partnership, fearing that his property
would be confiscated, decided to go north.
He told the bookkeeper to use the prop
erty, valued at about $400,000, as he
thought best, and that he, the merchant,
would rely upon the bookkeeper’s honor
for a settlement at some future time. The
merchant then came north, and settled
in New Haven six years ago. Wonder
ing what had become of his estate in the
south, the merchant placed the matter in
the hands of Judge Morris, with instruc
tions to investigate and collect, if there
was anything to collect. After some cor
respondence with the bookkeeper at the
south, the latter forwarded an acknowl
edgement of the claim and an inventory
showing his indebtedness to his former
employer to be $048,000, and expressed
his desire to return the property, but re
quested time to perfect this arrangement.
He began remitting several years ago,
and last week forwarded the last pay
ment, including interest, thus wiping out
his debt of honor. Judge Morris declines
to give the details, further than that his
client is a gentleman listed as a million
aire and that the southern gentleman is
now a wealthy banker.
The Gamut of Theft.
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Taking SIOO,OOO is called shortage.
Taking $50,000 is called litigation.
Taking $25,000 is called insolvency.
Taking SIO,OOO is called irregularity.
Taking $5,000 is called defalcation.
Taking SI,OOO is called corruption.
Taking SSOO is called embezzlement.
Taking SIOO is called dishonesty.
Taking SSO is called stealing.
Taking $25 is called total depravity.
Taking one ham war on society.
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MEXICO HOCKED
IN THE BOSOM OF A VIOLENT
EARTHQUAKE.
On* Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost in One
I’laee—The Latest News From the Scene
of the IMsaster—The Whole Coun
try on the Verge of a Shaking Cp.
—Gold Mines Exposed.
Sax Francisco, Cal., May B.—The
earthquake of the 3d inst, was accompa
nied by a terrible volcanic eruption at
Batrispe, which destroyed Moctexuma,
kilting one hundred and fifty persons and
igniting the woods in the vicinity. Twen
ty-seven persons were also killed at Ox
utu by the falling buildings. Many |>er
sons were injured in (Irenana and Gusa-
Lar, which towns were almost complete
ly destroyed.
The Mexican government has received
its first information regarding the disas
trous earthquake on the 3d inst. at lia
trispe, in the district of Montezuma, So
nora, by which one hundred and fifty per
sons lost their lives. The earthquake oc
curred at 3:50 p. m. At the same time
volcanic eruptions began in the neighbor
ing mountains, lighting up the summits
for a long distance. The same afternoon
earthquake shocks were felt throughout
the state. The prediction is made by
Mexican scientists that Mexico is about
to undergo a general seismic convulsion,
and the recent record of earthquake
shocks show that there is a widesjead
volcanic activity from one end of Mexico
to the other. Volcanic outbreaks are oc
curring nearthe Guaytamalian border as
well as in th • state of Sonora.
ANOTHER VIOLENT SHOCK.
Tl’hcon, Arizona, May B.—Another vio
lent earthquake is reported in San Jose
mountains, forty miles south of Fort
Huachuca, in Sonora. General Forsyth
has sent an exploration party to investi
gate. A party just returned from Santa
Galina mountains report that the canons
are full of water, which was brought to
the surface by the earthquake. This is a
great boone for that region, as there are
thousands of acres of good farming lands
at the base of these mountains, which
only needed water to make them valua
ble. Another good effect of the earth
quake is the owning of two large gold
veins, which were discovered in Santa Ga
lina mountains, at a point where the
whole side of the mountain slid down.
Several prospecting parties have left to
locate claims.
A REMARKABLE STORY.
Albuquerque. N. M., May H. —Cumbers
Mesa, seventy-five miles west of Albu
querque, on the Atlantic and Pacific rail
way, is a rugged upland occupied by
countless flocks of sheep, which are cared
for by herders who follow’their flocks day
and night unseen by the owners for weeks
at a stretch. On Tuesday Cubert Gon
zales, a large sheep raiser, rode over the
range to iusi>ect his flocks, reaching Mesa
at 3:10 p. m., and climbed to the top of
a high rock to scan the country in search
of his herders. At that moment the sky
became overcast, a low rumbling sound
seemed to approach from the southwest,
and then a slight tremble shook the rock
upon which he was perched, followed im
mediately by a loud report and severe
shocks which made the rock sway to and
fro like a ship at sea. He was overcome
by a deadly sickness, which almost caused
mm to ran rrum tne rocK. Recovering,
he started by the path he had climbed,
but found the rock had been lent in
twain, leaving a fissure ten feet wide,
which accounted for the report he had
heard.
He managed to regain the ground and
remounting his horse rode rapidly in
search of his herders. He found some of
the sheep scattered and bleating with
fright, but no herders were in sight. A
short distance further on he was horri
fied by finding the body of one of the men
stretched upon the ground dead. Insti
tuting a search for the other two, he
found them a mile away, both dead, but
the bodies bore no marks of violence or
injury of any kind, and they were scarcely
cold, the flexibility of their limbs indi
cating that death had overtaken them
all within the time that Mr. Gonzales had
been in Mesa.
The only plausible theory that could
be formed as to the cause of their death
was that the extreme fright caused by
the terrible convulsions of the elements
which he himself had witnessed had killed
the three men at the same moment. The
expressions of their features, which bore
the impression of fright and terror, sus
tained this theory, and it is believed that
these three men were, perhaps, the only
human victims of the great southwestern
earthquake.
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION.
Washington, May B.—The United
States geological survey has taken im
mediate action for the purpose of col
lecting reliable information in regard to
the recent earthquakes in Arizona. The
plan is to send letters of inquiry, with
printed questions relative to the exact
time the shocks were felt, the duration
aud other particulars which will give ah
idea of the intensity of the shock, the ap
parent direction in which the w ave trav
eled, the accompanying sounds, the effect
on springs and wells, the contour of the
mountain ranges, etc.
Great reliance had to be placed upon
the voluntary assistance of correspond
ents, newspapers, etc., in the disturbed
area, which assistance resulted in the
case of the Charleston earthquake in the
accumulation of an immense amount of
valuable data. Naturally, the exact time
is the most difficult observation to get
although one of the most important
The best reports are made, as a rule by
telegraph operators and railroad officials,
whose time pieces are corrected daily by
telegraph.
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Mark Twain gives the following as a
sample of a boy's composition on girls :
“Girls are very stuckup and dignified in
their mannes and behaveyour. They
think more of dress than anything and
like to play with dowis and rags. They
cry if they see a cow at a fur distance and
are afraid of guns. They stay at home
all the time and go to church every Sun
day. They are always sick. They are
always funny and making fun of boys’
hands and say how dirty. They can’t
play marbles. I pity them, poor things.
They m ike fun of boys and then turn
around and love them. I don’t beleave
they ever killed a cat or anything. They
look out every night and say, O, ain’t
the moon lovely!’ Thir is one thing I
have not told and that is they always
know their lessons bettern boys.”
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DUN’S BUSINESS REVIEW.
AN ENORMOUS INCREASE IN EX
CHANGES IN THE WEST.
The Inter-State Commerce Law Salt! to
Have Produced Feeling of Extra
ordinary Contidence in
the West
It. G. I>nn A Co.'s review of trade for
the week ending Saturday, May 7th. says:
The feature of business reports for the
past week is the increased business at
many western points, and the inter
state act, though checking trade at
some important points, seems to have
produced a feeling of extraordinary con
fidence in a much larger number of towns.
Other causes, particularly simulation
iu real ret ate and activity in building,
contribute to swell transactions sur
prisingly. At Cincinnati the clearings
show an increase of 32 js r rent, over last
year, at St. Louis 1(5 |>er ceut. and at
Chicago 14. But St.jPaul and San Fran
cisco re|*ort gaiure of 43 jter rent., St.
Joseph and Peoria gains exceeding 50
percent., Indiana|Kdis and Denver gains
of nearly 80 per cent., Omaha a gain of
110 per cent., a part from laud trading
and new building. Other business has
been remarkably active throughout that,
region. The supply of money seems
everywhere ample. About Atlanta dull
ness is rej>orted and at Memphis the ac
tivity noted is mainly iu renl estate aud
building. The Eastern cities, however,
do not find corresponding improvement
iu trade. The dry goods market is quiet,
although prices are well maintained.
In the grocery trade there is much com
plaint of dullness.
The railroads for April so far show an
average increase of 7 per cent, in gross
earnings over last year. Ocean freights
are 1 %i\ to Liverpool, with chartering.
These figures do not indicate great ac
tivity from the movement as yet, but
wheat exporting is cheeked by the corner
in near options, which has advanced
prices 3% cents, with sales of (50,000,(KM)
bushels here and one considerable failure.
Gotton futures for June are also corner
ed and have advanced a quarter, The
sales of imaginary cotton have reached
a large amount. It is significant that
with money largely increasing iu volume
and abundance iron grows weaker.
Bessemer iron is 50 to 70 cents
lower at Pittsburg, Sules of bar at 2
cents are not uusnul at Philadelphia and
there are reports of large sales of pig iron
at a concession, while some rail mills are
open for orders at S3B. Already 0(57
miles of railroad have l>een completed,
against <552 to date last year, and new
securities are offered in great variety
and large amount.
The business failures throughout the
country for the last seven days numlter
for the United States 153 and for Canada
29, or a total of 182, as compared with
a total of 191 last week and 192 for the
corresponding week of last year.
BILL NY FAS BLASTED PASS.
The War Between the Press and the Kail
ways.
Hudson, Wih., April 4. —I arrived here
last week just a little ahead of the biting
tiftwitn trTfr.. i, —. i., j iT t. u. ii, rnit-rtn
to imply the inter-state commerce bill.
I noticed while en route that the new
law' had stimulated travel to a wonderfu
extent. On my way from the South,
where I was during the winter, I noticed
that the sluggish artries of trade hail
already begun to palpitate, and crowds
of jieople filled the ears on every train.
I said to myself, congi'ess had at last
solved this great question of financial
stringency and broken the great dam
that held capital captive. On the Pied
mont Air-Line people crushed each other
together in a mad attempt to travel.
On the Richmond and Danville aud East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, as well
as the Louisville and Nashville, Immunity
crowded day coaches and sleepers until
the walls cracked. At Cincinnati I could
not get a sleeping ear at all, and I had to
telegraph twenty-four hours ahead to get
one from Chicago. Everywhere as far as
the eye could reach, there sremed to be a
wild restless desire to get somewhere
else. Several companies had to put on
extra coaches to carry the eager tourists.
I arrived here just in time to witness
the last moments of a* northwestern pass
as its spirit took its flight. Hail I post
poned my journey for a single day I
would have been to late.
It was still young. Life was before it.
Barely a quarter of the spau of its life
had been passed when it curled up and
expired. It wan a cute little thing, with
an olive complexion and large, mournful,
upper case eyes.
A few weeks ago I noticed that it did
not look well. It did not complain of
illness or pain, but I thought I detected
a condition on its back, and so I hurried
home in order to be here in case it should
expire. As soon as the conductor looked
at it aud felt its pulse he said that he
could do nothing for it. The ii.t T-state
commerce law is one of those things that
will have to be tried before he can pass
upon it, I presume though some claim
that is going to lie very difficult to puss
upon it even then. The thought oc
cured to me just after the gate keeper
pushed me back yesterday and told me to
go and get my ticket. I then first rea
lized what it was to be rudely ground
under the heel of a cold corporation that
it is devoid of heart, devoid of soul, de
void of noble thoughts, devoid of refined
instincts, devoid of kind impulses, devoid
of milk of human kindness, devoid of
bowels of compassion.
From force of habit I walked up to the
gate with a joyous nod and the old pass
word, only to be repulsed by the hired
bouncer of this heartless, soulless, im
pulseless, milkless and bowelless corpor
ation.
But the railroads will get the worst of
it, for I know that travel on some of the
lines has falen off since April 1. I can
see it already. I have fallen off myself
since the first of the month and others
will do the same.
This is not all. A friend of mine who
runs a pajier, and whose pass got the
hollow horn on Friday last, says that
his columns are now ojen to those who
wish to complain of the management of
this road. He states that the first hot
box will be duly chronicled, and that ho
will no longer close his eyes to the wrongs
we have heretofore suffered at the hands
of the unjust and ruthless vampire that
has been sapping the very foundation
of our institutions and smearing its long,
durk trail with the remnants of our best
milch cows, reluctantly paying for them
the price set at the tail of an unjust and
enervating trial i>y a coimpt, venal and
driveling jury.
He says that “the time has come for
the press to arise and assert itself,” aud
w hen the train runs off the track and
kill a lot of jieople who have led exem
plary lives, his pajier will hereafter tell
why and how it was done. Heretofore he
has not had sufficient help in the office,
he claims,, and he frequently ran short of
type, but now he is going to give all the
jiorticulars of the first smash-up that
; occurs on the road if the pajter falls into
| the relentless maw of a sheriffs sale ou
the following week.