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JOUEISTAL AND MESSENGER. CLISBY & JONES, Proprietors. THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS- LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc.—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826- MACON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1880 VOLUME LV-NO. 47 THE FALSE OKLANOO. While stars are twinkling bright above, And Lana sings in Western steeps, Her loucly watch fair Cynthia keeps And broods upon her maiden love. Upon her pallid cheek a tear Strays from her wan and fierceless eye, And from her lips escapes a sigh— •“Oh! why is not Orlaudo here?” Is that his voice in yonder dale, That floats like music in the air? No, no I Orlando is not there— TTis but the tuneful nightingale. Is it his step upon ll>e hill That brings the bloom to Cynthia's cheeks? Nay, 'tis a thirsty mule that seeks Refreshments at the mountain rllL Heaven help thee in thy piteous plight, O, Cynthia, fair as summer skies; Compose thy sorrow, wipe thine eyes— Orlando will not come to-night! For in the mid night’s solemn hush lie breathes a vow that smells of wine; He holds a hand that is not thins, Aud dallies with a bobtail flash! —Er change. A SERMON ON THE OBELISK. A Little Congregation at the Doors or Whose Sfeetlng'Hense the Monolith Lay Yesterday. At the northeast corner of Eighty-sixth street and the Boulevard, upon the bluff on the present street level and overlook ing the obelisk as it now lies, stands an old, well-worn and storm-stained frame bouse whose large parlors have been con verted to the uses oi a Baptist church, and here lor some weeks recently the Rev. J. Stanford Holme has preached to his con gregation. The congregation owns prop erty adjoining where eventually a chinch will be built. Last night Mr. Holme preached about Joseph aud the obelisk which lay attbeirdoor. His text was from the-list chapterof Genesis: “And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneali; and he gave him to wife Asenalii, the daughter of Polipherab, priest of On.” Speaking of Joseph’s father-in-law and of his calling, the preacher said that Helio polis was reuowued for the temple • and for its priesthood and that the priest hood was the most learned in the laud. The Temple of the Sun, even in nins centu ries old, is seen to have been a grand buildiug. The “Obelisk,” he continued, “which lies yonder at the foot of our hills was one of two creeled by Thothmes III. at the entrance of the Temple of On. And is it not a wonderful historic coincidence that on the very Sunday that our school is cugaged in the study of Joseph’s life there should be lying at our door, 5,000 miles away fiom the quarry where the stone was cut and 3,000 years after it was first erected, one of the obelisks which stood at the door of the temple where Potiphar was high priest—the stone on which the eyes of Joseph have looked. It is not enough to say that for some unkown reason the Khedive of one of the oldest nations cave tin* »tono to the young Republic, and that a great capitalist was pleased to furnish the money with which to bring it here, or that Commander Gor- ringe, with singular ability, brought this great, bulky stone over water and land. No, the hand of God is in it. It has come in the current of history and the current of commerce—current* of God's direction as much as the course ot the snn itself in the heavens. It is true that commercial necessity led the children of Israel into Egypt, but God’s purpose was subserved by that necessity. “Westward the course of empire takes its wav” is true commercially and his torically, and the coming of this great memorial stone to our shores shows the current of the world’s progress as clearly as a piece of driftwood shows the cur rents of the sea or the direction of the tide. There is reason to believe that di vine Plato looked on this stone, for lie was a student at Heliopolis. It is briefly passible that even Christ has looked on it, for near by the temple where it stood runs the caravan road by which Joseph and Mary traveled into Egypt. Let us nope that this great stone once consecrated to the glory of the natural sun may stand among us a witness to the glory of the Son of Uighteousnes.” Anecdotes of Enwin Forrest I received a letter from him fat Cleve land) postmarked at St. Louis informing me that he was ready tofulfili his promise made two years previous, upon the con clusion of ills St. Louis engagement. Of course I was delighted, and immediately replied; and as lie hadn’t staled bow many nights he would remain with me, I asked that question. This, be it_ remem bered, was in December, of 1857, and a very cold December at iliat. Ills answer was characteristic, and was as follows: “My Dear Ei.lsleb : You ask how long I will remain with you. If the weather is warm, ten nights; if it is cold, ten minutes. Envnx Forrest.” He came, however, and after wo hajl settled all the details pertaining to busi ness matters he asked me if I was a good pedestrian. I answered that I liked to lake a walk occasionally, and ho then In formed me that he liked to take a long walk every morning before breakfast, and made it a habit, and asked me to accom pany him. 1 consented, and the next morning we started at 7 o clock to walk out Euclid avenue. I wanted tosbow him the town, as lie had never been there be fore. Well, we walked and walked; I was nearly perished with cold, and won dered whether or not Forrest was ever go ing to stop. Finally he asked mei where we could get breakfast. I said that we were near Jimmy Wright’s place, four miles from town, and could get a nice breakfast there. To my disgiut be said we had not walked far enough, and asked where we coaid gel breakfast far- tlier on. 1 said the next place was McElrath’s, seven miles' out. “Oh, well,” said -Jjg walk out there,” and we did, and badour breakfast and walked back again. I he same thing occurred for the next three or four mornings, and tlien Forrest wanted to take a now route. That was a terribly cold morning, and we went up along the Jake shore. Fonest wore a big light-col ored overcoat, and Iliad only a short coat and, comparatively, was thinly c ad. Along the ahore tliere Is a point that Juts out into the lake, and out on the point where the icy winds were keenest went Forrest. I of eourse lmd to do likewise, though much against my *J*“®*~®J* Forrest stood on the extreme point look ing out over the dreary waste of water; the violence of the wind had lashed the bosom of Lake Erie Into foam and break ers dashed in continually with a sullen and angry roar, the whole making a seen, at once desolate and grand. The sharp wind seemed to go through me, but Forrest’s attention seemed to be riveted on the lake. He stood thus In silence for a long time—it seemed •** to me—and then he turned suddenly to me and said: . _ “Ellsierl” “Well, sir.” . “Are there ary infidels In this d d town?” * The question was sudden and unex pected. Fcrrest was serious, and by me expression of his face I knew It. For a moment I hardly knew what to answer, but finally I replied: “I don’t know, but I suppose there are/ There was another tyngsMeMe. W»rreat, with a grave face, was again looking out over the mad waters, and apparently had forgotten he bad spoken to me. My curi osity to know what was in his thoughts was aroused, and after a time I asked: “Why do you want to know?” “Because,” said Forrest, slowly and sol emnly, “if there are any infidels let them come here and look upon this magnificent element, and then let them go home and pray.” No more was said, and we con tinued onr walk. I remember of one incident during that engagement that will show wliat For rest thought of one of his plays. One day he was sitting in the box oflice and the prevailing question was: “When is Mr. Forrest going to play ‘Metamora?’” For rest heard theso questions, and every time he did so he gave vent to an expression of disgust. At last lie said: “It seems to me that the people at large have an idea that I can play nothing but ‘Met-a-mora’ (the last word growled out savagely), I utterly despise the d—n play. So much to that a dislike lias grown up within me for the man who wrote it; but, as tire people like it, for God’s sako put it on and let’s get it over!”—Manager John Ellstcrinthe Pittsburg Leader. Agricultural Department on the Crop,. Washington, November 15.—The fol lowing statement of the condition of the cotton, wheat and oat crops is issued to day by the Department of Agriculture: Reports from he cotton belt are moro favorable this month than last in the States of North and Soutii Carolina, Geor gia and Florida. The weather has been good, and the prospects are for an increase in the product of from 7 to 15 per cent. In Alabama aud ail the States bordering on the Mississippi river there is reported too much rain and damage from rot and boll worm, indicating a decrease in product siuco last year. In Texas the weather has been generally favorable, and the crop promises an increase of 18 to 20 per cent. The principal complaint there is a scarcity of labor. Frosts are generally reported, but, except in a few localities, the damage lias been slight. The area planted iu cotton, as reported to this de partment last spring, was 7 per cent, more than last year. The wheat returns of November 1st show an increase in the wiieat crop in the United States of 31,000,000 bushels since 1870. The yield per acre is somewhat less, but the increase in area sown more than counterbalance, the loss of yield. In the States of Minnesota and California the yield per acre, as well as the acreage, show an increase. The oat crop of 1880 shows a slight de cline as compared with tho crop of lt-79. The area sown was 1 per cent, mire than the previous year, but the yield p.sr acre is less. In the North Atlantic States the out-turn is belter than lost year, hut iu all the States south of Delaware tliere is a great decline. In Kansas and Nebraska the crop wa3 very poor. In Iowa and Minnesota tho crop is very good, and about an average in the other Western States. A Thoughtless Child. The erratic Dr. Talmage may bo guilty of many indiscretions, but the following is not one of them: There are many parents who are sacri ficing their children with wrong systems of discipline—too great rigor or too great leniency. There are children in families who rule the household. They come to be the authority. SThe higli chair in which the infant sits is the throne, and the rat tle is the sceptre, anil the oilier children make up the parliament, where father and mother have no vote. Such children come tip to be miscreants. Tliere is no chance in tills world for a child that lias never learned to mind. Such people become the botheration of the church of God and the pest of the world. Children that do not learn to obey human au thority are unwilling to learn to obey divine authority. Children will not respect parents whose authority they do not respect. Who are those young men that swagger through the streets with their thumbs in their vests, talking about their father as “the old man,” “the Gov ernor,” “the ’squire,” “the old chap,” or their mother as “the old woman ?” They are those who in childhood never learned to respect authority. Eli, having learned that ills sows were wicked, fell over back wards and brdke his neck and died. Well lie might. What is life to a Tatlier whose sons are debauched? The dust of the val ley is pleasant to his taste, and the driv ing rains that drip through the roof of the sepulchre are sweeter than the wines of Heibon. There must be harmony be tween tho father's government and the mother’s government. The • mother will be tempted to too great leniency. Her tenderness will over come her. Her voice is a little softer, her hand seems better fit to pull out a thorn and soothe a pang. Children, wanting anything from the mother cry for iu They hope to dissolve her with tears..‘.But tlic mother must not interfere,* must not coax off, must not beg for the child when the hour comes for tlie sssertion of parental supremacy and the subjugation of the child’s temper. There comes in the his- tojy ot every child an hour when it is tested, whether the parents shall rule or the child shall rule. That is the critical hour. If the child triumph in that hour, then ho will some day make yen crouch. It is a horrible scene. I have witnessed it. A mother come to old age, shivering with terror in the presence of a son who cursed her gray hairs, and mocked her wrinkled face, and begrudged her the crust she munched with her toothless 3 How sharper than a terpoht’s tooth it is To have a thankless child! The Radical Party. The Republican party has, notwith standing its assurances to the contrary, stood on nearly every ground it so stoutly, condemns, and if tliere ever was a base, political hypocrite in the world, tills very party of boosted moral ideas is tho party that has disowned itself oftenest and most Mibiusbingly. Beginning in its first Chicago platform with the declaration that might makes right is the maxim of the foot-pad, it yet has inaugurated most effectually the rule of might over right wherever it has laid its hand. So, now, proclaiming hostility to the Grcor.back policy,it was the party that inaugurated the greenback idf a and packed the Supreme court to impose tho rag-baby on the land which it now so much affects to despise. Again, the party that is so much scaudal- ized at the doctrine of State Bights, aud so much abominates State sovereignty, is the very party that could not inquire be hind a certificate of a Steto to expose a gross fraud of which the Republicans would take advantage. But tbe Repub lican party is a demoralisation and notan example. It, bqwever, lias one virtue. It has pluck with every new occasion. It it coes back on its own teachings or lies out of a situation, it goes the wholo bog either in tergiversation or lying. IIt is as brave as it is brazen.—Columbia Register. The Count de Cbarabord is about to visit tbe Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle, where immense preparations are to be made for Ills reception. One of too motives of this visit to England is said to be to confer with tbe Catholic authorities to the settlement of tho religious com- * as to the settlement oi me ' munities driven from France. LIFE IN GEORGIA. Tbe Trlali and Christian Patience of a Country Parson—The Hard Line* of n Junior Preacher—Worldly Com fort* for the Flock, bnt Not for the Shepherd. New York Tribune. In one of the larger towns of middle Georgia there lives a good man who for fifty years has borne the hardships and known the fatigues of an itinerant preach- e, and Is still at work for his Master, though he seems like a relic of a long-past day. A tall, thin, brown-skinned old man is the Rev. Leonidas R., with blue, deep-sunken eyes and white hair and board. He is careless in dress, and his coat and trousers are both decidedly too short, and from bis vest some of tbe but tons are missing. He is deaf, and when answering a question does it slowly and hesitatingly, as if he were still listening to catch the words which have been ad dressed to him. But when he begins to narrate an experience his speech is leady and full of queer, dry wit. It being said recently that bis parsonage this year was poorly provided witli many necessaries, especially bed and table linen, some of tbe “sisters” in the church graciously sent him some of their own, choosing the old and tbe worn. One table-cloth was spread out before tlie venerable cud; it was full of holes. He looked at it with out a trace of anger in his trembling eye. “Well, now, they came pretty near being too late sending me that table-cloth, didn’t they?” iie said, musingly. The parsonage furnished by his circuit of tour churches to their preacher, who has a wife and child living with him, is a queer little wooden structure, one story high at one end aud two stories high at tbe oilier, the roof including upward, and the lower room of tbe two-story end be ing two or three steps lower than tlie oth er. When ho caruo to it from his last year’s station, a week or two in advance of liis wife, for whom tlie good man wish ed to prepare what comfort he could, there were neither shutters, shades nor curtains to tho small, many-paned win dows; not a carpet on ttie floors; no crock ery but broken fragments of two or three niuclt-abused sets of stoneware; a great lack of household linen, aud only the wreck of poor furniture throughout the house. This seems incredible shabbiness in a comparatively wealthy country neigh borhood wbicli pays several hundred dol lars salary; but most of tlie people live in tlie plainest style themselves, even though they may be rich. The people mean well enough. It being declared hr some ladies of the Methodist Church in town who had a preacher and a parsonage of their own that somo of Mr. It’s people ought at least to see to it that there was enough china to set a tablo before his wife should come, “one dollar for crockery" wa, promptly sent in! The ladies who were bestirring themselves for tlie neglected brother took this magnifi cent sum and went forth to purchase. When they saw Brother It. again the old man was looking at the dishes witli a curious expression. Tliere were six china plates and some vegetable dishes. “If you can tiny as much china as that for one dollar,” lie said, with a twinkle in his eye. “I’ll get you to go shopping for me again. Much obliged to you for mak ing that dollar go so far.” And they knew that tlieir small contributions were appre ciated. They went to work and swept aud dust ed ids house, made up the beds so far as tlie sheets would go, made and tacked up some curtains fashioned, of sheets, parts of which were past service, and assisted in getting up some shades of green cam bric, running a lath through the lower end, aud tacking up with them a piece of green tape which tied them in place when they were rolled up. Tlie windows being decently screened, they washed all tlie all the pieces of glass and china which could be used, aud when the wife came had a hot supper for her. There were two tumbie-down outbuild ings iu the parsonage yard, witli weather- boarding torn away in places, and ntterly dilapidated. Tlie preacher simply asked permission to take these two houses down, one of them being intended for a servam’s room and one for a kitchen, so that he might himself fashion one weather-proof building of the two. Permission for this was refused! The good man showed no wrath, but observed, with a dry little smile: “Well, now, when my wife comes sho isn’t going to stand this sort of thing. They had better let me get it ready for her, be cause site is going to have things right when she comes!” Whether this was a powerful intim idation or no, tlie permission was finally accorded. _ Fifty years ago when Mr. R. entered be ministry South and North Carolina were in one conference and Georgia and Alabama had just been separated into a contereece of their own. His first ap pointment was as a junior preacher on a circuit in tlie shape of a figure 8, tlie par sonage being at the centre of tlie figure where the lines cross. Tlie eircuit was about 300 mijes round. Tlie parsonage was a onc-roomed house, 12x0, with a loft in which he slept when he was not, away on his work; the loft was reached by a ladder. They cut their own wood and did their own work, for in those days nobody thought of waiting on ministers. It was fashionable for a man to have gathers in his coat sleeves. Now, in tlie upper part of the circuit they liked tho minister to dress, aud ho had a suit made especially to wear tliere. But in the lower part they would by no meau3 toler ate such vauilies in tho minister, how ever much they might like it in them selves; so when he went dowu there he always stopped at the parsonage, and put on a east-off suit of homespun that some body had given him, and the pcoplo were greatly edified. There is no reckoning tho hardships this man lias undergone. Iu traveling about he would stop at tlie houses of the different members to eat and sleep. Di rectly utter supper be always lmd prayers, and went to his room and studied until 10 o’clock. Then lie went to bed, and got up a*rain at 4 in tlie morning, summer aud winter, and studied till 0, a*, about wnich time they usually bad breakfast. Then be went down stairs, warmed himself by tho fire if the weather were cold, ate breakfast, had prayeix, and was off. Then he rode along on his horse, Ins clothes in his saddle-bags and a book In his hand. On those rare occasions when lie rested and stayed a. whole day at a house, he only came ontofliis room to meals; but stayed by liimselt in heat or cold—they never thought of giving a junior preacher a Are—and studied or read. The people were always fond of talking to the minis ter, but his head was full of his work aud ho had no time for gossip. He tells an amusing story about two girls who were, determined to make him talk; but he had resolved to have no idle talk with women, and escaped to his room every time they tied to engage In conver sation.} Finally, one day they came to his room on some pretext or other. He heard them coming, and as soon as they got in side the door he closed his book and said “Let us pray.” Thereupon lie fell upon his knees aud gave the girls a specimen of his long petitions, which exorcised them, for they aroso and fled as soon as he closed his prayer, and never troubled him ^Perhaps one reason lor his avoidance of woineu was his fear of falling in love. In those days when a man entered the con ference it was an understood thing that ho would not marry for four years, and even after that time bad elapsed, if any of tlie older ones caught tbe young brethren pay ing attentions to women they reported it to the conference, and the offenders were hauled over tbe coals for “going courting.” These were the days when a certain mi .- ister was turned out of the church because he was so worldly-minded as to wear sus penders, and when another was taken to task because bis wife had spent seven dol lars on a silk dress. They objected to tbe marriage of the preachers partly because wives were sup posed, both before and after marriage, to draw them off from things heavenly, and partly because the church was too poor to support married men, and most of them —all of them, with two or three excep tions in favor of their most distinguished men—“located” when they married, and went to work at something to support their families. A great deal of manual labor fell to the lot of these manly, sturdy evangelists. At camp meetings, while a junior preacher, Mr. B. was expected to groom and feed the horses of the senior preachers who came, notwithstanding the fact that eve rybody in the congregation brought slaves with him to look after the horses, and the darkeys had plenty of leisure. And ono windy night when the candles all blew out—there were no lamps—he bad to stand through the whole service—reading, preaching, praying, singing, and exhorting tho mourners—holding aloft a ligbtwood torch beside the officiating minister. Nobody thought of taking his placo or of sending one of the couple of hundred slaves who lingered at the eege of tbe crowd to relieve him. Champion Boat Race. London, November 15.—Haitian won. Ilanlan took the lead at Hammersmith bridge, bolding it easily to the finish. The weather was favorable. Tlie race was a mere procession from the start to the finish. Ilanlan rowed in splendid fonu. He stopped several times, allowing Trickett to cumc up. Tremen dous crowds of people witnessed tlie race. The river wa3 perfectly still. Later.—This morning Trickett wa3 again the favorite in the betting, five to four being taken on him, and laid to the extent of one thousand pounds. Passing under Hammersmith bridge Hanlan was leading by a clear length aud going well within himself. Before the start Ilanlan had taken tlie first place in the betting. Seven to fouron him was offered freely, aud some wagers of two to one were, made. The weather was dull aud misty and tbe air chilly. The start occurred at 12.14 o’clock, at which time the tide was nearly full, and the water was slack and smooth through out. Ilanlan had tlie Surry side of the river. A very even start was effected, Ilanlan striking the water at the rate of thirty-five strokes to tlie minute, aud Trickett at the rate of forty-one. Han- lan rowed easily and in perfect style, showing bis superiority from tlie first stroke. Crabtree was passed in six min. TON KEENE. A Sketch *1 the Ymmmg Tmrilu’i Career—What He Sajr* A boat HI* Veatarwa* a Star,. A, Louie Times Oct. 11. The appearance of a new star in the theatrical firmament attracts vastly more attention than it did a flew years ago, and the eyes of the public are turned eagerly towards tbe new aspirant for favor, r^ady to condemn or praise, as the merits of the case seem to warrant. While there have been instances where actors or ac tresses of mediocre talent have been f"’-eed into fame, as it were, by the liberal Atpendlture of money, tbe rule is that this fame is but ephemera], and that those who ■“in a permanent and really exalted posl- d.-*-' iu public favor, must win it by tbeir i. ? .'rits alone. Hence it is no small un to# taking •rtnr to present himself a/, a star without ha viug tua zuoat perfect confidence that the public verdict will be hi* his favor. Tbe latest aspirant for stellar honors is MR. THOMAS W. KEENE, who began his first star engagement in St. Louis at the Grand Opera House last night. Knowing tbe general interest manifested by the public in a case of this kind, a Times reporter called upon Mr. Keeno at the Laclede Hotel yesterday, to obtain a few points of information regard ing bis personal history, wbicli might be of interest to those who are to sit iu judg ment during tho week regarding tho va lidity of Ids claims as a tragic star. Mr. Keene, who is a man of about medium height, with black, flowing, curly hair, an open, pleasaut face aud a pair of black eyes that fairly speak with an intensity of expression, was found ready and willing *to impart all the information that was within bis power to give. From a run ning conversation the following points were gamed: Mr. Keene was bom in New York on the 2(1th of October, 1S12, and bence will be 38 years of age on tlie 20tli inst. His father was ajournallst, and was connected with the Courier and Enquirer when that paper was underthe editorial management of James Watson Webb, and was after wards an attache of the'New Orleans Bee. At an early age Mr. Keene evinced, pre dilection for Inc stage, aud was a promi nent member of an amateur theatrical company. He made his first appearance on tlie regular stage in 1805, at the old Bowery theater, New York, under the management of tiie late John Brougham, on tlie occasion of the production of the “Guuraaker of Moscow,” a3 a supernu merary. Although liis position was not an exalted one, ii seemed, in a manner, to assuage liis longing for stage life, and he remained in the ranks for several weeks when he was given In March, 18(15, he went to Albany and joined tho stock company of the Academy, under Hackett’s management. He evinced such marked dramatic ability that he soon won a prominent position among the melodramatic actors of that time. In 1871 be went to England where he played eleven months with unvarying success and then returned to New York, where be became tlie leading man in the utes and four seconds from the starting. K ints. Here Trickett began to labor and,’-'-stock company of Wood’s museum. Ho >k ill, and by tlie lime tlie eoap works • afterward went to San. Francisco, where were reached, tlie race was absolutely lie remained five years, and where ho first gave his attention to the earnest Occasionally Hanlau stopped rowing un til Trickett came up, when a few power ful strokes would send him ahead again. Between Hammersmith bridge and Chis wick, Ilanlan lay down twice. He stop ped entirely once ami again paddled along, first witli one scull and then witli tlie otiier. He leaned over to wash his face study of Shakespearean characters. Here lie played under McCullough’s manage ment, and frequently supported Booth and Barrett. The latter, discerning in him tlie elements of a great actor, advised him to go to Australia, perfect himself in several of the leading Shakespearean roles, and then return to tlie United States’ and chatted with Elliott, who was rowing • for a starring tour. He did not adopt the alongside, and finally wen by about tliree j suggestion at that time, but he determined lengths, which he could have made half a j to study and appear as a star at the first mile if he had so proposed. The time of tlie favorable opportunity. race'was 29 minutes and 0 seconds. Tnck- ett’s form created great disappointment. He was inucb distressed at tbe finish, while Ilanlan was perfectly fresh. London, November 15.—Tlie murder of Wheeler is supposed to be an act of private vengeance. No arrests have been made, but tlie police are watching a man who was with Wheeler when ho was assassinated. ^London, November 15.—Fuller reports of the race between Haulou and Trhkett to-day, say there was a noticeable con trast'at the start between the two men. Trickett looked care-worn and almost haggard, with an expression of determina tion on his face, while Hanlon had a care less, rollicking demeanor, as if he did not feel tlie slightest anxiety about anything. At tbe very moment when ha got under headway he# was apparently engaged in criticizing liis rival. He took the water with a powerful dashing stroke of 35 to Trickett’s 41, and gained a perceptible lead iu tbe first twenty strokes. At the bottom of tlie concrete wall ho wo3 rowing a stroke of thirty-six to Trickett’s thirty-eight. Here, the specta tors had a fair exhibition of the grand pace which Uanlan can take when he chooses. His boat fairly flew through the water aud before tbe fact could bo realized be bad shot three lengths ahead. Harry Keller, Trickett’s trainer, became uneasy and called on his mau for a spurt. Trickett responded gallantly, and at Waideu’s wharf bad reduced Han lon’s lead about a length. Trickett then cased up a little, and Hanlon again forged ahead, taking and keeping a lead of two or three lengths, wliicii be did not seem to care to increase. At tbe soap works, Uanlan allowed that ho thought lie liad any easy task by rowing in a literally lazy style. He braced up again, however, in a moment, and rowed right away from his competitor. At Ruffins’ boat-house, where ho had gained a good lead, lie treated tho spectators to a repeti tion, of tlie remarkable manccuvera which so astonished the people '.who saw him row with nawdou oil tho Tyne. He stopped rowing, leaned back in his boat and took a leisurely survey of the scenery, rowed thirty yards-or so, and stopped again, and finally indulged in a piece of harlequinade never before seen in a boat race, i /Dropping liis sculls clumsily into the water, he fell forward on liis face and lay there for a second or two, until something like a groan burst from the ex cited spectators on shore, who thought something terrible liad happen ed. Ilanlan then sprang up, laughed merrily aud wcut to work again, Trickett having in tho meantime approached to within two lengths. The latter had evidently done his best. His face liad a leaden hue, and be looked ex hausted, but no 'one could accuse him of having neglected liis work for an Instant. There was, however, a painful lack of power in liis rowing. Ilanlan alternately rowed and stopped to look at the scenery, and was generally as full of antics as a clown. Beyond Cheswick Church Elliott rowed up beside Uanlan and they wont oil to- gether engaged in animated conversation. Shortly afterward Hanlan again stopped, pretended to drink, wet bis head and lan guidly palled on. He passed under Barnes bridge, waving his handkerchief to tbe crowd, in 21 minutes and 40 seconds; Trickett, utterly jaded, passed 9 seconds later. Acannon shot announced the are rival of Hanlan at the winning post iu 26 minutes and 12 seconds. Trickett’s time was 26 minutes and 29 seconds. Toronto, November 15.—Great excite ment prevailed here to-day on account of tlie news that Hanlan had defeated Trick ett. Crowds, wild with excitement, sur rounded tbe newspaper and telegraph of fices. The Governor-general, lieutenant- governor and other high dignataries sent Hanlon congratulatory messages. His first appearance in St. Louis was in 1878 at the Olympic Theatre, with Kira!- fy’s “Trip to the Moon” company, in which he played one of the leading bur lesque characters. In the early part ot tlie present year lie appeared at Pope’s theatre as Coupoau in Charlcs^Reado’s fa mous drama “Drink," and five week’s la ter at tho Grand Opera House in the dual role of Joe Burton and Sir Lionel Ravens- wood in tlie “Two Mothers.” In tile lat ter characters he evinced a dramatic force and expression that completely aston- tshed those who had seen him only in burlesque, and it was unhesitating ly predicted that ho was des- tined to become one of America's greatest actors. Numerous members of the tiieat rical profession who had watched his ca reer, and who discerned in him rare at tainments, wondered why he consented to remain in tho ranks when there was such a brilliant prospect for liim in the higher walks of the profession. When, .there fore, it was announced that he was about to appear as a star, and that his business was in tiie hands of so efficient a mana ger as Win. R. Hayden, there was an al most universal prediction that bis success was certain. .*" ' • Gen. Sherman’s Report. Washington, November 15. —Genoral Sherman has submitted bis annual report to tbe secretary of war. He agrqes with General Sheridan that tho atiny is too small tofulfili tbe heavy duties now fm- jioseil upon it. It is over-worked. For these reasons General Sherman renews his recommendation of last year that Con gress bo asked to givo- 25,000 enlisted men specifically to tlie troops of tbe line, and make separate pro vision for detachments of ordnance men, engineers, hospital stewards commissary sergeants, West Point detach ments, detailed clerks, etc., in tbe same manner as bas already been dono lor tbe signal corps. Tlie revised statutes limit tlie strength of tlie army to not more than 30,000 available men, but subsequent pro visions havo limited tiie expenditures to $25,000. The end’desired can thus be readied by simply omitting tho provision in the next appropriation bill. , . i,t He says:‘“We havo fifty millions:of people, and the idea of aiiy hostile force landing on our coast is simply ’preposter ous; yet. our great commercial ports should bo made so safe that not even tlie apprehension of danger would bo felt# Portland, Boston, Newport, New ; Yorki Philadelphia, Hampton Roads, Port Roy al, Key West, Pensacola,' San Diego, San Francisco and Port Townsend should all be properly fortified and garrisoned. All interior forts should be sold or abandoned. An annual appropriation of a million Of dollars would, in tea years, put these forts in good order, and another million a year would properly arm them, and tlie Secretary of War and the President should liavo discretion as to their disbursement. Artillery officers should also be associated with engineers , in constructing, altering and repairing our sea forts, because the men who .have to figlit tbeir batteries should haVe something to do with tlieir construction. Both West Point and the ar tillery school at Fortress Monroe are iu as good order as possible. Education must always be the surest basis of security and honor. Tbe education and manly train ing imparted to young men at West Point bas repaid tbe United States thousands of times its cost, and bas more than verified the predictions of General Washington. Reference is made to tlie Whittaker case. A thorough investigation in the midst of tumult and abuse, resulted in tlie perfect vindication of tlie authori ties ot the academy. The coips of cadets is a youthful counterpart ot our national House of Representatives. Prejudice is alleged against colored cadets. Prej udice of race Is a most difficult thing to contend against. There is no more such prejudice at West Poiut than in any com munity at large, and the practice of equal ity at West Poiut is in advance oi tbe rest of the country. To discriminate iu favor of a colored cadet by reason of bis color, is as much a violation of tlie 14th amend ment as to discriminate against him. Tlie officers of the military academy have en deavored to be impartial. General Sherman says that in his opin ion tbe requirement that all enlisted men of the Seventh and Tenth Cavalry and of the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth In fantry shall be colored men, while the of ficers are white, is not consistent with the amendment referred to. All men should be enlisted ifho are qualified, aud should be assigned to regiment! regardless of color or previous condition. Such has been the Jaw aud usage in the nary for years, and tho army would soon grow ac customed to it. The usefulness of the artillery school at Fortress Monroe is spoken of highly. Gen. Sherman desires to establish a similar school for infantry and cavalry at Fort Leaveuworth as soon as the condition of Indian affairs will permit. London, NoveiiiuCr 15.—A meeting of five thousand persons was held at SOSS** enrose, near Walsbtown, yesterday for the purpose of “Boy c suing” thirteen landlords and land agents in the neighborhood. James O’Brien (Irish-American) in the course of a speech said that if “Boycot ting” these men liad not the effect of re forming them, the people would resort to stronger measures and try if leaden pills would suit their digestion. The first duty of every Irishman, he said, was to get a nfie and tbe second duty was to use it. He added that there were five hundred thousand stout men in America who would die happy it they could kill one cursed Saxon each. cloudy weather; northwest to southwest winds; higher temperature; stationary or lower barometer. General Toombs on tho Senatorial tidings were brought to him that be had El notion been sentenced to death. He looked up O. um Cm. To»b=, by In- SSL ▼Ration, addressed tho membera of tbe C( i the game, which, to his great delight. General Assembly iu the hall of the House be won. When we add that Frederick the Great and Marshal Saxe were enthu siastic for tbe game, who will My it is not a pastime in which it is worth while to excel? Though many persona are de barred by occupation from devoting to It of Representatives, upon tbe pending Sen atorial contest. We find in tbe Contlilu- tion tbe following synopsis of his speech. .The ex-Senator Mid: Two Views. The first is from the Xewnan Herald, and it is wise: Another result of our party reverses is demoralization among the leaders. At these times are sure to rise such men as Mr. Hill, unstable as water, advocating the disruption of old parties, and tbe re forming of new lines. All such projects are unde-irable aud impracticable. Tbe Democratic party is the true representa tive of the pernio—especially of the South ern poeple. None other can take its place. The Republican party iu high places of trust is hold firmly together by the adhe sive power of public spoils; and 1 we re tbe sheerest folly to speak of disrupting it now. Mr. Hill’s Utopian dream will not and cannot be realized, and we are glad of It. Wo propose that tho grand old Demo cratic party fight it out on this line. In God’s own good time the right will tri umph, and a despised, slandered, spit- tipou people will be courted and flatter ed because of their power and influ ence. The second is taken from tbe Monte zuma Weekly aud is “otherwise:” Our neighbor, the Sumter Republican, h as kicked out of traces, and will, here after go it alone, unhampered by cliques, rings, ringmasters, etc. Brother Hancock lias made an advance toward tbo position that all newspapers should occupy. Every newspaper should be absolutely untram- melcd iu its politics. A strictly Bourbon Democratic newspaper, controlled by tho politicians of that party, can no more do justice to its readers than Bob Ingcrsoil can render efficient service to’ the cause of Christianity. Tbe same can be truthfully said of tbe radical Republican newspapers of tbe country. Every newspapersUould oc cupy a position that will enable it to “render unto Caesar that which belongs to Cicsar.” If Garfield makes us a good President, let all newspaperdom say so. If he is a failure, let the truth be told about lnm. If a few men gather at the court house and nominate Mr. Timothy Timpkins for representative, when it is well known that Timpkins is not the choice of tbe majority, let the newspapers say so, and help elect the man the people do want, no matter whether the ring masters are pleased or not. The people arc becoming weary of the “cut and dried” way of doing things in this country. A mau can be a Democrat without being compelled to wear a heavy yoke, and never moving to the right or left until he is com manded by tbe “gee” and “haw” of a few self-con:dituted leaders?” Which Is the “Top’’ of the Round ? “Thore,” said Mr. .Familiman, slapping his hand on to a juicy looking round, “cut me off a couple of pounds right off the top —just as good as rump, or sirloin either, as 1 tell Mrs. F.—just as good, every grain.” When Mr. F. sits down to break fast next morning, aud puls bis teeth into that steak, which iif “Just as good as rump or sirloin either”—or ratlier essays to put liis teeth into it—ho. says nothing fora time, bnt chews and chews away with a devotion worthy tha best of causes, until he detects the twinkle In lii3 wife’s eye. He suspects something, and relinquishing ids grip on the rebellious flesb, asks if she has served up. ins old rubbers ora piece of sole leather, She tails' liim (hat she has simply served up that round—“just a3 good as rump, or sirloin cither”—aud iu proof thereof shows the carver ornament ed with a miscellaneous assortment of brand new gaps. Familiman, witli lrenzy in his eye and that carver in his fist, rushes for the. butcher’s shop like the swoop of an avenging host. Wbat dp you mean by selling such., stuff. to film?— exhibiting its .terrible execution on tbe knife. Explanations follow. “Qji, ah,” says the butcher sweetly; “I remember, nowt. I cut the meat right off the place you said. Thought it strange you should ask for it, but supposed you wanted it lor 'beef tea ’ or something of that sort.” “Don’t! always buy my steak off the top oftho'SImd?!! asks Familiman In aston ishment. - “Oh, yes; but you see this leg was t’other side up last night. Got turned over by nllstaBC, I suppose.” Familiman savs nothing, but he half suspects that it wasn't turticd: over by mistake..—Boston Transcript. •'! < The British government is determined that Capt. Boycott’s potatoes shall be dug up and housed if it .takes tbo utmost re sources of the British empire to do it, and and tho potato-digging expedition is probably engaged to-day in military -oper ations against tl)0 cheap and mitritous tuber. The force which was considered necessary, for an ordinary potato patch consisted of a hundred volunteers armed with spades and revolvers, two compa nies of dragoons, two of hussars, two pieces of artillery, and a couple of hundred of policemen, who doubtless sang tbe appropriate chorus from tbe rirates of Penzance, relating to the unhappiness of their lot when constabu lary .duty’s to be done. In addition to this, tiie Channel fleet has been sent to tlie west coast oflrcland with instructions to bombard any potato seen escaping from the blockade. This is no doubt effective* but it would have been cheaper to have paid Captain Boycott for his potatoes, as we refuse to believe that a similar arma ment can be sent to the relief of every po tato patch that is neglected by the Land League; but tbe propensity of John Bull to lose his bead on small' provocation is probably ineradicable. I responded,without reluctance to an In- f u ® cleut attention, those who have tbe vltaliou to address you to-night. There sre leiaur* ruaj-, remembertiae dietiim of the very grave issues before the people which Duke of Wellington, winch is applicable demand serious attention. My themes to all pursuits, that ‘what is worth doing shall be two—the election of a Senator yort ^ dolng^weii. and tbe condition of tbe country. “What tt« ; , of the future ?” shall occupy some of my , T* 1 , t j me# It was one of the by-iaws of Heartache’s In Inquiring what qualifications are Heavenly Hair Raiser that It be used lib- necessary for a Senator, the standard is erally before retiring, rubbing it well into not difficult to find. Jefferson fixed it tb 6 ** 1 ?; ..ust before lie went to bed when he Mid he should be honest, be ££ should be capable, be should bo rairiiful. P 1 * 1 . cat In the woodshed, came in As the great Romin orator Mid, it is time whistling the “Fa'initza” waits, danced that men should carry their principles on up to the clock sbeltt and, pouring out their foreheads. [Applause.] what he supposed to be his hair fertilizer, I invoke the blessings of the living God jj tt all over his scalp, and on my country in this time. [Applause.] fi, In the trials through which we have pass- (he little hedge of hair at the back of bis edaomemen have been found wanting, no “F* ..... . ... . and Others have stood with spirit uu-; Sluebottle, bv an Unearthly dd- broken, and are ready now, as ever, to ‘“ciuence, was Beitf.y thS same shape strike for liberty. [Applause.] and size as the hair tap battle. He went. The speaker then reviewed briefly the „ .... ,, sad condition of the South after the war. t, Geo, ? e » said his wife, turning her A Legislature was chosen for us, but not face to the wall, “that stuff you're put. by tho people or Georgia. I, with thous- tin K on four hairsmeils like apanoreoap- ands of others, for tile poor service I liad _. .. ’ done my country, was denied tho prlvl- ! Perhaps I had bettor go up-stair* and leges of a citizen. , weep,” snarled George. “You’re mighty But they said “This will not do. The sensitive! You wouldn’t expect that mau peoplo is not conquered.” So they adopt- can put staff on his head that will make ed tho system of reconstruction. We ac- bts hair grow, and have it smell like es- cepted it too soon. For Now Jersey re- sem» of wintcigreen, would you?” Jected it after Georgia had accepted it. | wlI ? t (® sleep mad as Turks. The loyal citizens msrehed between This particular bald-headed man, like» bayonets to the polls and elected a Legis- S°°“ many other bald-headed men, had to lature. It met and it was proposed that get up and build the fires. When be arose the Soutii should accept those amend- next morning the sun peeped in at the ments which degraded every man in the window and saw the pillow cling to the South whom they didn’t choose to pardon, ^ack of his head like agreatwhite chgnon. or who stood on the nobler ground that " “ rat 4' 1 * not realize his condition; he had committed no crime and needed he thought it must have caught on a pin no pardon. [Applause.] | or button. It looked ridiculous, and he The first thing tlie Legislature was to would throw it back on the bed before his do was to elect two Senators. Two men ! wife —w it, so he caught it quickly by ono were nominated—the present Senator j en “ ‘5'**“ . . . , Brown and the illustrious Foster Blodgett. Darnation to fish-hooks, But the memory of their acts was too ; what’s been going on here I Thunder an’ fresh and they were botn beaten. This I lighten’!” and he began to claw at his wouldn’t do for a reconstructed Legisia- scalp like a lunatic. HU wife sprang up tnre, and they passed another act to re- | from her couch and began to sob byaten- C0 Gov M Brownhaving lost the Senate J ““Sh, don’t George! What is it ? What’s took protection on tbe Supreme bench* . tbe matter • .... Foster Blodgett took protection in the ! George was dancing about the room, State road, where everybody knew there JP 6 . P««>v uow dangling by a was good stealing. [Applause.] He had hairs, his scalp covered with some- plenty of help. Virtuous Simon Came- ‘ ^at looked like sheet copper, while ron came down to help. The president i **,***redolent of warlike expletives, otlhe Georgia railroad inserted The as if a dictionary had exploded. With a woman’s instinct the poor wife took in the situation at a glance aud exclaimed: “It is tho glue!” The bald-headed man Mt down in a chair and looked at her a moment in con- silence, and then uttered the monly known as “Fatty Harris,” and he ! one ^contemptuous word: ran it beautifully. “Glu^e. . General Toombs gave a very hnmorous ' ^ ow began a series of processes and ex- description of carpet-bag role, ne said periments unheard of in tbe annals of “developing resources,” meant taking i chemistry. : • somebody else’s things. All this misrule “Jane, you must soak it off with warm aud fraud was the act of a pally icd by ' water. I ve got to go to Utica to-day. Governor Brown and in the midst of! “I can’t, George,"shei replied in aguiity those dangers he pointed at our dwellings ; loiu ’t “ft * waterproof, with a torch. Mr. Seymour ran forPres> “Yes, I might nave known it; and I dent and nineteen-twentieths of the white suppose its fireproof, too, aiu t it IP peoplo of this State voted for him because he stood on a platform which declared that these acts of reconstruction were null and void. It is true yet. 1 don’t president of tbe Southwestern railroad in serted. When the Legislature met again they tried all soils of management, and didn’t succeed until they got a distinguished son i chair anil l( of Ohio, “Oleagiuous Harris,” more com- temptuou3 monly known as “Fatty Harris,” and he ! one “ nt ?.'. n lie scratched over the smootu plating witli his finger nails. “It’s hard as iron,” said be. __ “Yes-lie said it was good glue 1” re think five hundred honest men iu Georgia pc a (°d she innocently. “Can’t you skim woted for them. j » off with your razor, George ?” Our people were disheartened in 1872.! T “Dont be a bigger foolthan you are, They went to Baltimore. Mr. Greeley J*a*. Getma that coarse file in the wood- wanted to be President; a man with many ” private virtues but not a particle of wis dom, a man who was dead a year or two before be died. [Laughter.] I shed." It may bo imagined wbat followed, and now as the bald-headed man sits hi. hia office he never removes his hat, for hfaen- don’t mean to ridicule the poor fellow, for, *ij re 8ku tt , is a howling waste of blistered be was crazy. [Laughter.] desert, relieved here and there by oasea This was the time when they say Brown . o£ black court plaster.—Syracuse Sunday came over to tlie Democracy. God save ! Times. Cheap GAS.-According to theLondon Echo, a rcmaikable invention lias just “ught Brown wofost 49$00 of that ma- | ^‘"Sen'tn’Ingto jority. Alluding to the fraud of’76, the | speaker said that there was one men m ^ i.jj na |,ty pronheLs” pointed out that, as it iSl’ cost as much to dissociate tlie gases form- tnfnd * nn’M n trial” ^ i in S water as they were worth as fuel serond, who voted i.o in that trial. ^ i wlieu separated, the research was much Hancock had a worse platform than * , tu . r__’ Tilden, and then came the avalanche. I What shall we do now ? Some curse the K P euSlved by M Paul Aube P wh^ Northern Democrats. Some sav let’s join I Eg? i^o gteeland Garfield.. Whit! Take the principles of, binatloa bribe two processes he _carbcn- ’ lent of coal-gas, at a merely nominal cost, go off and join the royalists you will de-t The iron is piared in a retort withchar- rerve the epithet of Calhoun, when he de- 1 coa , or cok( P ^ r3i#ed to the rnv^Hsi S s rSt piereo i P^Pec tclnpcratnrc, is supplied with a composed of rogues wd roj aHsta. Pierce , ^ of fat £ mtter and ‘ ‘jubsequently, wm ejected aftw VHto* when steam is introduced, the latter is im- i ! mediately decomposed, the oxygen uni- an T/i r n*^wn d u < ii,im oinnni. tin 3 l{ >e coke and the hydrogen com- i ® r ®. wn 18 >haip enough lf you w ant. lining with tho vapor of carbon, thus con- iris sort of a min,- Yon are to--‘ r >S ; verting the iron iuto steel, and producing P°**y iji an illuminating gas at one operation. The yet .he people are to be tickled vwthneus- coJt proces3 1S raore than covered »«£ g|».a» “ “mS | only » P»rUon ofth. cleupmUt. have become princes;-bnt those who: pro- . The Thames rowino match, which duce are biting tbe dust in poverty. Gov- on Tuesday last resulted iu an easy vic- emor Brown is ono of these rich men. In ' tory for Hanlan, is spoken ot by tlie Sun an hour he got ihto the Senate. After he ! 0 f Monday as follows. .It will be seen got into the Senate be tried to get bis hand 1 that the Sun is a day ahead of tbe music: into the treasury. [Applause.] I told [•. ^ noon to-day the long talkcd-of row- the people at Hot Springs that 1 served ! j n „ match between Edward Trickett, tbe my people sixteen years in Congress and ; Australian oarsman, who holds tlie titleof never brought home one cent. Some of • champion of England, and Edward Uan- tbem hissed. But I said heat the other ) al)i the champion of America, will take part. I never was asked by a single man pi ac e over the Putney-Mortiake course, to do so. The principles of govern- fte course is about four and a quarter nient are the same as. then. Don’t • miles in length, and the prize is the think so much of appropriation a3 of Sportsman challenge cup, the ehamploa- tho grander functions of tbo government. g hiD of tha world, and £200. Let us go back and stick to .tlie grand old | 'yh,; men have been long! in training, doctrine. Tliere are many things worth • their respective friends represent more than life. Do not take your op- th ero to lie iu fine condition for the atrug- pressor ia your evil days. Tnut liim no!. ' g] e ,. Trickett, whose achievements have Trust not him anywhere idbo oppressed won } 0r |,| ra much fame recently, is a the poor and insulted the women. How taller and heavier mail than liis. coinpct- can you look these widows in the face— jj 0 r. He stands six feet four indies in how can you gp where tlio.y are scattering height, and will weigh, when stripped for flowers over the martyred dead, and re- the race, 180 to 1!#0 pounds. Haitian’s ward the man^.who helped to bring your rowing weight will be 150 pounds. Tbe degradation. If you must fall, fall like London sporting journals awl most of the men. If the constitution .must go down,— j professional oarsmen w ho have seen tbe “Nail to the mast the tattered flag, : two ineti glvo Hanlau. tlie palm as the .Set ever)’threadbare sail: ; better inau of the two. Trickett’s great Give her to tbe god of storms, ' strength gives him an advantage iu a pull The lightning and the gale!” j j n rough water, and tbs fact that tlie wa- [Grcat' applause.] ! ter on the courv. was turbulent yesterday . 1 and the day before, gives liis frieuds en- Tue FA8CINAT1 ON of Chess.—There couragement to believe that be will win. was a curious but well authenticated an- j'- The betting at first was tofavorof Han- ecdtte (bowing what f&sdnation chess lan, but tlie arrival of wealthy Austral- posscsscs for some minds. Wo have ians with large iuuu to wage* 1 on liickelt heard of one of her Majesty’s ships being changed tbe odds in favor of tlie Austral- nearly run ashore through tlie captain, iau, and wagars of ten to tine and ten to absorbed in bis combinations, not heeding eight were made on Trickett. tbe repeated representations of bis lieu- I wanted to be alien- SSKSUKSS* : uSSjETE™y® carried by asMult. And Charles XII, of refused to see him, sending turn word that Sweden, when hardly beset by the Turks she would find a w ay to stop his pc-der- in a house at Bender,was at least as much ing if ho persisted interested in beating his antagonist across would not give up the undertaking, the board as in beating off tlie Turks. An Forcing his way into the P»Hor, ha four*, elector of baxonv, taken prisoner at the Miss Clairmont there alone. 8ho s iot battle of Mublberg by Charles V., wm him immediately, and he died at bet playing chess with a fellow prisoner when feet.