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Newspaper Page TextJOURNAL AND MESSENGER. TIIE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS-POLITICS- LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc.—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM GEORGIA TEL APH BUILDING MACON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 6, 18€2u VOLUME LV-NO 53 JII,T Hit. As white as snow, onco—ye ars ago. Seo uow,*’ti3 owr'y amber! Among thcBO criss-cross hieroglyphs, Abounding in her "bats” and “its, How I did liko to clamber! Sho always wrote on “White Laid Note;” Just fool—it scams so brittle That one miiht crack it with a touch. Love her? Yes, I did, very much. Loved me? A very little. Yon may neruso it if yon choose: Love*# fragilo flower has wilted, And this is but a faded loaf, With which I mock the gnawing grief That comes from being jilted. That blur of ink? I used to think. When this was anti-yellow, A tiny toir had lo.'t that stain. 4Soo? No! Hu held it in the rain. Who's he? The other fellow. ‘ «R THE DU m. Founded on Fast. from Tin leys Magazine I am a doctor, a busy professional mau, whose time is money; whenever, therefore, I can tave it, I do. Many and many a night liavo I passed in the train, counting tbc hours thus gained as a miser does his gold. Upon this point, unfortunately, my little wife and I do not agree, and it is, I think, the only point upon which wo do not. Eight hours in a comfortless rail way compartment, rolled up iu your plaid like a snake in Its blanket, Instead ol in your comfortable sheets, strectlied over a comfortable spring mattress—no, sbe can not be in ado to see the propriety of the exchange, nor will sho believe ihat I sleep quite as well, if not disturbed, iu tbc plaid as in the sheds. The train wa3 Just oil as I sprang in, and the shock or the start landed me in my seat. Being of a slow, placid nature I was in no liuiry to recover fro shock, an t we were fairly off, s .away us only an English express can eed, before I looked round. 1 had not e carriage to myself, as 1 had at Inst npcsed; a lady occupied the futlicr end, “[at the first glancs, in spite of tho dim It aud the fact of her veil being down, |.v that her eyes, unnaturally large and i iu their expression, were fixed h me. I at all limes prefer a carnage lyself, aud if a companion J must have, i a gentleman, not a lady, hut there .Ip for it. the lady was there, and Lsiie was looking at me. “So R said to myself, “that shall Kit ms from making myself as Table as circumstances will allow.” Was ever luckk-33 traveler more awk wardly placed?—Hie dead child, the pros trate woman, the sceue a public railway- carriage, the hour miduight. I am of a blunt nature- Mrs. Merlon often scolds me for my blunt, straightforward speeches, but then she has such a pretty way of beating about the bush, which would rob as absurd for me to imitate as it was ef i be ass to mimic the tricks of his master’s lap dog. I must go straight to the point as soon as ever 1 see it. I did so now. “How caino you to be traveling alone, and with a dead chile? Are you going home?” The question seemed to rouse her once moie to a perfect frenzy of fear. She turned to me as before, clinging to my band with small hot fingers, and the old heartbroken cry: “Don’t betray me, don’t give we up to him! His look would have killed my baby, it would kill me if I had to meet it. She is safe, for I killed her, and she is dead, and he hates me, aud I hare no home—no homer’ I was iu a perfect maze of doubt. Could the pretty soft young creature at my feet be indeed a murderess? Could it be her husband ot whom she seemed iu such ab ject terror? My blood boiled, I felt ready to defend her against a dozen husbands but how? It was midnight now, we could n ot be far from London, the guard mig lit. be popping iiis head in at any moment. I jumped to a sudden conclusion. “Were you going to any frieud in Lon don?’* “I know nobody in London.” “The poor little thing is either mad or her bushaiid is a brute,” was my mental exclamation. ******** • “Asleep, uuder my wife’s care, sleeping as peacefully as a child.” “Thank God! So young—at such an hour—in such a state—” 1 saw a long shudder run through the tall, powerful Irame. m^Aiui tiie child?” he added, after a pause, in a horror-stricken whisper. “She had it with hei?” I hardly knew what to answer, but lie had thrown off his heavy ulster and trav eling cap, and now stood before me as handsome and pleasant aud honest-look ing a young fellow as ever I saw, and my heart warmed to him. He was no assas sin or ruffian, or cowardly bully, what ever Mary might say. The shadow of a a great horror that lay in the blue mel low eyes had been laid there by terror, not ciirne. “The child is dead,” I said softly. “It died two days ago, died suddenly in .... convulsions is: her arms, and the shock y and deliberately, therefore, I re- turned her brain. She was doing so well, l^my hat, substitutin'; Wg)-»- clal’Lcor little thing, but afterward sho grew ' h I drew - v;<;11V noticed 'u.-lirioiu, and in her ravings she accused I-self and me. 1 could do nothing, she rjd not have me near her, hut lieat me jeil’i her hands, as she couldn’t bear K*, /sight of me. And I wa3 so foml of -gvr, and sin of me!" Herethe man broke 'i&jwn. Ho walked to the window, then '“•urne.l aud asked abruptly: “May I go to tier?” I thought of Mary and hesitated. “She is sleeping so peacefully just now, ainl if slu^tfKte suddenly and saw you—” see me,” he broke iu but I rau nipTcasant, 7!y uucomforta- KSlild not keep my on me, and meet ^tiling close Jg, loose p ovcr it iu a or twice,' her fine, I saw her shiver; envulsive movement !i! anil motionless. I offered her my plaid, knlty to break the omi- -ie would but speak, sonplece rcmaik, the M --no*' ►•enough, but The mystery . _.hcr voice. I looked at _bur train specd ; Chance of str.p- .bmc, and the lull, notion less compan- ^removed Ironi mv crtainly. If I the window ova her eyes —here was a sort Jand her look, Pet to shirking, _ ni the time. Jiinglbrit, then, but to /ofsleep, and make the P ffion aud companion, whem [>d more closely. That she „uere could bo little doubt; ibat In her dre$3 and appear- ,vas unmistakable. Thai she , there could be little doubt rcat dark, intensely dark coils of warm burnished m11 pale features, seen dimly >il—yes, she was young, find in trouble. S3 far I r. How came she to be [that time of night aud lier face? What could holding pressedso close- i carefully kept out or .e and unceilain out- gueesed it to he a ■ yas not the faintest wide even held a ling infant fo"g in that position. I * that something cf curiosity must i been betrayed in my look, for her i darkened and deepened into a per- Agony of doubt and fear. Shamed, I withdrew my gaze at once, i drawing oat my note book, was about make a memorandum, when, with a Iden forward movement sbe fell at my t, arresting my hand by the agonized sp of her own, its burning contact ding through mo a painful thrill, ii’t betray me! Don’t give mo up to Jh don’t. I’m bo frightened!” »s but a whisper, breathed out than spoken, yet it shuddered _gh me like a cry. * can not always hide It! I can not ays bear it about with me, it breaks heart, and I am so tired.” jid letting the hand which still held, »sed closely to her Jibe mysterious bur- whicb bad so raised my curiosity drop vily to her side, there lay at her feet jnino a little dead baby, a tiny crea- i, evidently not many weeks old. ben the woman threw up her veil, and ^drawing her eyes for the first time a mine, clasped lier bauds before her, figure thrown slightly back, and look- lown upon it. A pretty picture, the r young mother,-with her pale child’s and deep mourning dress, the wee v gleaming so white in its death, and y robe against tbe heavy crape skirt on cli it lay—a pretty picture certainly \ railway carriage, and lighted up by lim midnight lamp. Dead!” was my involuntary exclama- ie streacbed her clasped bands down- d toward it with a despairing gesture, king with a low, wild, rapid utter- t was not bis look that killed it, but love. He hated it, my baby, my first i- f or an the love lgave him, he hated nd that his lpok might not kill It, I It In my arms, so close, so close, till is dead. Oh, my baby, my baby!” be outstretched bands bad reached it , and raised it tmm the floor to the , folding it artdnd until the inclosing • and down-bent face hid itonoe more af sight. icar her Bomns, am Under the heavy military mustache I saw liis lip quiver, lie paused, then added: “I must go to hci!” not in command, but yeanling appeal, both iu voice and eyes. “Will you wait here a niinuitc? I will see whether she still sleeps.” She still slept, the heavy, peaceful sleep of a tired child, Mary keeping a stern watch and guard over her. I beckoned her out of the room. ‘Well!” with fretlui, impatient eager ness. “You have seen him? Wbat is lie like? Is he horrid?” “Judge for yourseir, bo is in the dining room. He says he must see her—lie must come 1 u.” “That, lie shan’t, the cniel wretch, or it shall be over my prostrate body!” tragi cally. “Well, go and tell him so.” “I will!” Aud away, nothing daunted, went Slary. I smiled. “She will no more resist the pleading of those blue, handsome eyes than did lier husband. He will win her over with a look.” I was right, she soon returned, aud not alone. “He will be very quiet, and slip need not see bim. 1 thought it would bo bet ter,” and this apologetically. He crossed the room as noiselessly as a woman, stooping over the bed in silence, theii sat down beside it. Mary shaded the lamp so that the room was in twilight, and so we all three sat down to wait. For more than an hour wo waited, then Mary stole out. Capt. Trcmayiic, look ed up as the door opened and closed, then, with a quick sigh, laid tho brown curly- head down upon the pillow closo as pos sible to that of the poor young wife with out touching il, and his hand moved up toward tiers where il luy on the coverlet, hut without touching that, either for lear of awaking or disturbing her. It was not until the first gray streaks of daylight were struggling in through the window, beside which I sat, that there was a slight stir, she was awakening at last. “Hugh!” she breathed—dreamily at first, then urgently—“Hugh!” “Yes, dear.” She turned her face toward where it lay beside her. She was only partially awake as yet, her eyes were still closed, but tbe hand on the coverlet crept softly towaid him, fluttered over his face, rested one moment carlssiugly on tbe brown curls, then, with a long contented sigh, her arms stole round his ueck. “Husband, kiss me!” “His presencehas (saved her,” was my mental comment; “there is nothing now to fear,” and, unnoticed, I left the room. Chilled and cramped with the long sit ting after the night’s journey, I was not sorry to find the sitting-room Wright with lamp and firelight, the kettle singing on the bob, breakrost as comfortably laid out for two as If the hour had been 1) instead of C, and Mrs. Merton as neat and fresh and trim as if that midnight tragedy had been all a dream. Let cavilers sneer as they may, there is nothing for a man like a wife, if sbe be a good one. I myself may liavo had doubts on the subject— wives are but women after all, and must therefore be trying at times, even the best of them. But I certainly had no doubts whatever as I stretched out my feet to the blaze, and resigned myself cheerfully to being petted and wailed upon. “Well?” questioned Mrs. Merton, when my creature comforts had all been duly attended to, and not before. I told her how matters stood, she was delighted. “And so tlioy are fond of each other, after all, and lus being unkind to her and her poor little baby was only a delusion. How dreadful! How delightful, I mean! Poor fellow, so young, and handsome, and nice! I felt so sorry lor him.” “He must have travelled down in the same tram as she did.” “Ob, no, he told me all about It. He bad been summoned up to town on busi ness, and left home yesterday morning. In tbe evening the nurse left bur, as sbe thought, asleep, to fetch something from the kitchen.” “Have a gossip there, you mean.” “John,” solemnly, “you don’t like nur ses, you know you don’t.” “My dear, I am a married man, and, moreover, and M. D. A well-balanced mii.d must hate somebody, or some class of bodies, and, as a rule, medical uieu hate r.urses.” “Nonsense, John! Well, Mrs. Tremayne got away while the nurse was down stairs, and, being traced to the station, where she bad taken a ticket to London, Capt. Tremayne was telegraphed to, and was slopped as lie got into tbe train on his way home. Some one must have seen you leave the station.” “As he came to look for her here some body must have brought him, two came to the door.” “It will be all right now that he has found her, and is foml of her, sbe will get quite well, and he will only have to com fort her for the loss of her poor little baby.” 1 wipe my pen, blot the MS., and rise. My story is done, and, as it is the first, so will it probably be the last of which I shall be guilty. Mrs. Merton looks up from the glove she is mending. “The story done! Why, all you have written is only the begiu- ning'of the end! You could not surely have the heart to break offiu that unsatis factory manner. Not a word about Capt. Tremayne’# gratitude, or the hamper Ihey sent us at Christmas, or the birth of their little son last year, ami the pretty way in which she coaxed you to l>e godfather, though her uncle, the Duke, was only waiting to be asked, or how she insisted upon our bringing baby, and Johnny, and Freddy and how baby—” But 1 seized my bat and gloves. Mary is, as I have said, the best of wives, if jus a little trying at times, and her haliy, the most wonderful of all created babies— but I have an appointment at 12. AX OLD SAtLOU'S VAKXS. Mnrveloti* Ksmiw of the Whsllnz Siilji Bcnclncter oIT Cape (loxu From the Sew York World. “There’s many a week lias gone by,” said the oh! sailor as he took his head out of his beer mug aud blew a dense cloud of smoke across the table, “since last we two did meet; rheumatics keepin’ me home till the old woman has got tired of the sight of inc, and cold weather cornin’ on, bein’ the season for hot rum, not to be driuked, the dorlor says, not on no account, and beer but sparingly, wbicli I can take an other mug without much harm, as doc tors is often mistakeiied, water, in my opinion hem’ more unhealthy than beer, leastwise for them as isn’t used U> it. I mind one time as 1 were with a skip- par as would have done better to have stuck to water, not on account of rheurna- liz but keepin’ his jib bowsed up taut continual, wore not able to navigate with accyracy that are at all times desirable iu well regulated ships. “She were a hooker as hailed from Nantucket, bein’ bound home arter a four-year v’yage iu tiro Pacific, with three thousand barrels of sparrn ile. I shipped into her iu Valparaiso by the month, bein' short hand ed ill consequence of sctwMb ’Taint much like as the old man liaiPn steamed it for the whole v’yage, else they never wouldn’t have filled her with .ile, and she were chock-a-block full; but as I were told, it come on him in Valparaiso, bein’ irinmnb.int. like at havin’ done so well. liat might bn, when he left e laid in a good stock, and F qat lie just swayed away ou all taut ropes"to admiration. “She was a three masted ship, called the Benefactor, the old man’s name bein’ Jones, with s'uuip fore and uiizzento’- gallan’ masts and mail royal aloft, carry- iu’ five boats, the mate's name bein’ Pink- ham, twenty-four men afore the mast, leastwise me and Jimmy Audrews, what shipped into her at Valparaiso for the home v’yage, made twenty-four, and leavin’ in the mouth of November, and, if I don’t disreinenr.ber, somewhere about the year 1S42. “1 were a young man them times, sir, though you might not think it to look at ine now, and I’ve started from the main tack ami gone to the royal yard without touchin’ a ratlin’ or drawin’ a short breath, whereas now I blow like a por- pus just a gettin’ up one flight of stairs. “we reached her off onto the port lack with the wind about sou’west passin’ off to the north’ard of Juan Fernandez, and when five day., out we tacked her in about 30 degrees south and somewhere about 83 or 84 degrees west, and reacfced’her down for a long board failin’ in with the land about Wellin’ton Island, and only but for there bein’ no light, I’m game for to say as the old man would have plumped her to shore then, he iusistin’ that ho were well offshore, whereas the mate told him lie were a gittin’ in with the laud along in the afternoon, afore we made it. At that time of year, however, you can’t very well run a shore along in that region, for there ain’t much night, and you can see the mountains a awful distance off, 200 miles, I’ve beam tell, but wouldn’t swear to it. “Well, we made a reach off for a mat ter of twelve hours, the wind fresh from sou’west or thereabout, carrying hard onto lier with mainto’ gallan’ sail, one single-reefed topsail, and then wo round with her agin, expectin’ to fetch by; the land to tbe south’ard of Wellin’ton Island trendin’ rapid to tho oast, and we had the land plain in sight all one afternoon, and along about six bells in the first night watch the old man come up and swung her off east. I were at the wheel at the time, and the mate says to him: “ ‘Captain Jones, I hardly think we’ve made our latitude yit.’. “ ‘That’s all you know about it!’ says the old man, speaking’ very thick; ‘square iu the yards.’ ‘“Well, wo checked in thcyard3, and the old boat begin to go through the wa ter at a good gait. “ ‘Keep a good look out there for’ard,’ says the mate, and when we were relieved he tells the sccoud mete for to keep a mighty sharp lookout, ‘ ’cause its’s my idee,’ says he, ‘that he ain’t clear of Her mit Island, and the way we’re goin’ we’ll jflck up tho land afore long.’ “I supposes our side had been below about a hour when I was waked by a denes of a row on deck, everything slat, tin’ and bangin’ to all admiration. Then I felt the ship come to the wind and stop, and then she fell oil agin, and afore she could gathor way I felt her fetch up on the bottom, when she give a half dozen thumps fit to drive the masts through her and then became immovable. “We didn’t wait for no callin’ hut bun dled out on deck, and by the light of the day jist a breaking’wo found that she was jammed right in atwixt two high rocks, our lower yanl-arm jist a clearing of ’em on either side. As the canvas were only a drivln’ her faster on the rocks we turned to and took it off her, but afore we got the sails clewed up we per ceived lier a settlin' by the head in the most unaccountable manner. Fust off we we couldn’t tell whatever to make of it, but as the day come in brighter we seen what it were. She’d run in atwixt these rocks for more than lialfher length, and as tire tide ebbed tbe forard end on her bein’ tbe heaviest were a goin’ down. And dowil it did go, if you believe me, sir, there bein’a tre mendous rise and fall there till she stood right up one end, her bowsprit pintln’ down, and the water went away aud left her at least forty foot in the air. “Why on ’arth sbe did not slip cut of this crutch and go down tbe cliff and smash herself to smithereens, I never couldn’t tell. I presume, as It weren’t 1 reckoned up for her to go just then, and J that are all there are of it. Everythin’ movable ou deck or below fetched away and went for’ard, and with a heavy surge all tbe cargo shifted chock in the eyes of her, but even this werr.’t enough to start her out of her cradle in the rock. She must have gone on akout a hour arter high water, ’cause about 6 o’clock we seen that the water weren’t gittin’ no lower, and soon arter that it begun to rise. We seen where we was, too, as soon as it got broad day. We’d run in among some outlyin’ rocks on the south end of Wolloston Island, and was aheadin’ a little to the north’ard of east, with Hermit Island abaft our starboard beam. The old man went below soon after the ship got fast, and we didn’t see him no more, but tho mate stuck her out waitin’ for the tide to rise aud see what could ha done. Owin’ to her position, standiu’ on eend, we dar- sent make no fire in the galley stove, and we had to make our breakfast off of cold beef aud bread. It were awful hard gittin’ about, anyhow, and as a general thing all things jist got a place where they could hold on to somethiu’ and stayed there. “Along about 0 o’clock her how begin for to be water-borne, and gradually she come up nigh hard outo line, but in conse quence of everythin’ shiftin’ for’ard sbe were at least two foot by the head, and that, sir, were our salvation; for as the tide come up it lifted the after pait of her, she bein’ so much by the lead, and off she went.” “The fust thing we done arter she got afloat were to sound the pumps, but in consequence of her bein’ so much by the head there weren't a drop into the well. Wo put the three topsails and canvas on to her ami ruu her into an anchorage in Nas au Bay, and there we laid for four days while we rcstaweil the ile, and got the ship once more in trim. It were pret ty laid work a gittin’ that cargo hack, but all hands, ’crpt me and Jimmy, had a share into it, and wanted to save it. Nev ertheless we allowed Nuiougst ourselves that the best turn we could do the old mau were to drink up his grog, so we tells the mate that if Le wauled us for to work we must have our grog reg’iar every two hours. I reckon as he was glad for to have ;t driuked, and when we once more got under weigh there weru’t a thimbleful abord for’ard or aft. “The old man were a little bit shaky for a day or so, aud then he couie out of it beautiful, and were one of the finest old men as I ever sailed with, aud a right down good sailormau to boot. We had some pretty heavy weather a-couiiu’ onto the coast, aud he jist handled that ship as if she'd been a plaything. She never made a drop of water, aud weren’t the least bit damaged from her squeeze atwixt the rocks, and I consider that, sir, the most liaubreadihest escape as ever Wo?* knowed to a ship.” .t p n si i'tj n in:i:i.. The Story or n Sole from Urn. ICtir- brlilxii to Const ete.innu Ulncktiurii. Washington, December 2d.—As Con gressman Blackburn Is known to be a man of courage, aud is supposed to be lieve in the cede, it is thought by many of Ills friends that a duel is imminent be tween himself and General Burbridge. Dr. Ouslev, of Kentucky, has been hero for some time trying to secure an appoint ment in one of the departments. Among others whom he interested in his case was Gen. Burbridge. Not knowing that there liad becu for many years an unfriendly feeling between General Burbridge and ilr. Blackburn, Dr. Ousley celled upon the latter. He mentioned to ilr. Blackburn that Gen. Burbridge was urging the appointment which he sought. Dr. Ousley was astonished to hear Mr. Blackburn, iu liis characteristically vig orous language, denounce Gen. Burbridge as a traitor, and one who had reddened the soil of Kentucky with the blood ofhis neighbors aud friends. Dr. Ousley re ports Mr. Blackburn as having used other lauguage which is deemed offensive. He said to Mr. Blackburn that he had not called to hear his friends abused, and he immediately quitted Mr. Blackburn’s hoasc. Dr. Ousley repeated the conver sation to Gen. Burbridge, who is also a mau of courage, a Kentuckian. Burbridge wrote a note demanding au explanation or apology, aud the note is said to have been written in tbe language which the code suggests. It was delivered to a frieud, as is understood, to be handed to Mr. Blackburn. The Congressman had, how ever, meanwhile gono to Kentucky, whither tli s note is reported to have fol lowed him. Prom the tall Mall Oazetle. The government balloon Saladin, which ascended from Bath on Saturday, has been carried out to sea, and serious ap prehensions are entertained for tbe safety of Mr. Walter I’owell, who was with it. Tbe balloon was iu charge of Captain Templar, It. E., who was accompanied by Mr. Powell and Mr. Gardner, son oi the late member for Cheltenham. It as cended at Bath about midday, and, cross ing over Somerset to Exeter, proceeded to the neighborhood of Bridport, Dorset. Tbe aeronauts continued their course till near Eype, about a mile west of Brid port, and within half a mile of the sea, when, about five o’clock, finding they were rapidly drifting seaward, they attempted to descend. The balloon came down with great rapidity aud struck the ground with much violence. Mr. Gardner aud Captain Templar were thrown out of the car, the former sustaining a fracture of the leg and the latter being cut aud bruis ed. Mr. Powell was left in the car. Cap tain Templar retained his hold of the val .d line, which he found was being pull ed through his hands. He called to Mr. Powell, who was staudiug iu the car, to come down the line, but iu a few seconds it was torn through his hands aud the balloon rose rapidly and drifted out to sea. A spectator who witnessed tho oc currence says that during the few minutes that he remained visible Mr. Powell, with liis arms above his head, appeared to be workingtlie ropes. Darkness speedily caino on and the balloon was lost to view; but some witnesses afiirm that they saw it strike tbe water about two miles from the shore. Boats immediately put off from Brid port and a steamer was promptly dispatch ed from Weymouth, but no trace of tbe balloon or of Mr. Powell was found. Tho search has been actively continued each day with no more successful result. The admiralty and the meteorological depart ment have also instituted iuquiries, but no tidings of tliej miss'ng aeronaut have been received. It was at first thought that it tnlglit liavo descended in the Channel Islands or on the French coast, but such has uut been proved to bo case, and al most tbe only hope now remaining is that Mr. Powell may liavd beerr rescued by an outward bound vessel. His relatives have offered a reward of £200 for the recovery of tbe honorable member or his body, £100 to tbe first finder of the missing bal loon or any portion of it, and £50 for any trustworthy information respecting tbe balloon aud its occupant* Mr. Powell, sits in the Conservative Interest for Maime- bury, has for years past been an enthu siastic aeronaut, and has made numerous ascents, sometimes crossing St. George’s Channel to Ireland, and, again, going over to France. e have heard both Democrats and- Bepublicans say that there is nothing bet ter for a cough than Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup; this old reliable remedy never fails to cure a cough or cold at once, and may be obtained at any drug store for 25 cents a bottle. 4 31 OHM OX TMMFLM. Tile Grand and Imposing Structure Belas Erected In • Wilderness. From the Police Retard The construction of the grand temple of worshipbeing erected by the Mormon Church at Manti, Utah, is being pushed ahead with as large a force of workmen as convenience will permit, and the walls of the building are beginning to loom up and arc covered with scaffolding aud der ricks. We learn from Mr. D. Wilkin, who has just returned from a trip out iu the Manti country, that the temple is being constructed of limestone. Th8 bnildiqg is situated on the top of a mountain, a spur ot Ibe Wasatch range, that extends out into the town of Manti, and is called by the pc;.j)h ol Utah “Tne Mountain of the Lora.” T„o foundation of tho temple is 03 feet above the level of the road, and is set in solid rock, tho top of the mountain having been excavated and removed, making it level, is 05 tect in widtli aud 172 iu length. From the g round to ^e square will be 82 feet iu eight. There will be two towers erect ed, on4 at the east and the west corner of the building. The tower at tbe east cor ner wijl be 179 feet in height,while that at the west corner will be 10 feet lower, or 169 feet in height. They are 30 feel square at the base. There are four terrace walls around the mountain in front of tbe tempi*, which will average about 17 feet m licit’;!, aud are about IKK) feet in length, and in ail contain about 2,410 cords of rock and 55,000 yards of debris have been excavated and carried away. The sub way from the road to the upper terrace 1 GS reel; aud will contain 132 steps 10 feel in widtli. Iu back of the terrace will be filled with rich so.l to the top of tho stone work, and trees and shrubbery planted, and the tops of the terraces are to be ornamented by neatly-dressed aud cut stone, aud statues will be placed at various and appropriate places. The wa ter to st.ppiy the temple will he brought iu wooden pipes from a spring situated about a mile and a quarter east of the temple, back in the mountains, aud has a fall of severty-niue feet to tho reservoir, and 10j feet from the reservoir to. the lower*' terrace. The whole side of the mountain is to be planted with trees and flowers, aud the crystal stream pouted forth by the little spring, as it winds its way il.iwn the side of tbe mouutaiu, will travel irom root to root, quenching their thirst, tliu3 assisting the trees to produce their foliage in spring, tho flowers to bloom, and the grasstogrow. The building of tb: temple was first commenced five years ago, and has been worked on ever since, aud it is expected that it will be in such conaition in about three years that it can be used, but it is estimated lb A it will take fully five years to com plete tbe building. The building will be 50 feet in height, and tbe excavation at tbe end o( tbe basement is about 46 feet in depth. Mr. Poison is the architect,and to his skill and ability as an architect, the Manti temple will speak for years after he has passed from the face of the earth. It was President Young’s intention when lie ordered the erection of this-temple, that it should be the grandest and most imposing structure erected on the Ameri can continent, aud all indications point to suc&jeiuc tho case. \ is situated .about 125 miles eas of south of Salt L .ke City, aud about 250 miles nortbeast of l’iocbe, aud is quite a large town, being the third oldest settle ment in Utah territory. It is located at the foot of the east side of the Wasatch mouutaius, in one of the most fertile val- levs iu the territory, which is dotted its entire length with well stocked farms and large orchards. The Sandpitch river, a tributary to the Sevier river, flows through the town, supplying the people with water for all necessary purposes, including irri gation. Tbe Manti and surrounding val leys is the granary of tho mountaiu coun try. Its fruitful farms not only produce a sufficient quantity of grain to supply the greater portion of Utah with grain and flour, but it supplies tbe greater portion of southeastern Nevada with flour and a good ly uortion of tho grain consumed by us. ’ Brigham Young had mads several trips down into Sanpete county,fromjwhtch the church derived a large portion of its rev enue, for the purpose of locating a spot where a temple should be erected. He first intended to locate it at Mount Ephraim, but changed his mind, aud after several trips and changes of location, the prophet, whilo in Manti one day, upon being told tbe legend of how the moun tain, at the toot of which he was sitting, derived its name, the Mormon prophet Slid, “The temple shall be built upon the Mountain of tbe Lord.” The following legend, in regard to tho naming of the mountain, is told and be lieved by the Mormon people of that vi cinity: Oco day a little child, years ago, rushed into tho house, calling, “Mamma! mamma!” and telling its parents that it had just seen a large man riding on a high horse that nearly reached to the skies, on the top or the mountain, and it looked like the Lord. Tho parents rushed out ami called their neighbors, telling them tbe child’s story, but nothing could bo seen on the top of tho mountain. How ever, ever since that time tbe mountain his been known as tbo “Mountain ol the Lord.” Ax Enteupmsino Rapes.—A copy of the Santa Fe (N. M.) Democrat, lias been sent to this office. It certainly possesses enterprise and vim. Below are samples from its columns: At a railroad boarding house in San Marcial, there is a young iady who waits on the table with a revolver m one hand. She offers the soup and if they refuse it she presents tho revolver, when they gen erally cliauge they minds and accept the soup. The circumstance generally makes a strong impression on the mind ol “ten- derfeet.” They often lose their appetite, and make a hasty retreat; but tbe older settlers pay little attention, and tbe new grave yard is rapidly filling up. The Democrat is a permanent fixture iu Santa Fe, aud the names of its friends and patrons are recorded in letters of gold in a large silvor-cltsped gilt-edged vol ume for future reference. These names will bo remembered iu our columns the coining yeara when thoso who have not patronized us will bo forgotten, not only by us but by every enterprising aud live citizen in the Territory. New Yeau’s Husulvtioss.—Wbat the young man who intends reforma tion on tho next Now Year’s Day u say ing to bimself: “I am going to reform tbe coming year for good and all. 1 tried it last New Year's Day. I did not succeed; I held ont only till February 1. Then up went my constitution and all tho by-la.vs. But this year I am going to reform on a firmer basis. I will not attempt so much as I did last year. Last year I took too large a contract. I shall this year allow some of my smaller vices {to remain; such as smoking. It’s no good trying to cultivate more ground at once than you can handle. That’s what I tried last year. Then I start ed to cut away from smoking, drinking, swearing and all the rest. It was foo heavy a burden to stagger under. Of course I fell. I have not yet decided which of my faults I will reform this year. I suspect it must be that of drink ing. I feel that it is because I am tipping my elbow pretty frequently this week, and a greet deal more than is good for me. feei this to be the last week for sowTBdrUgence, and I must make the moat of it.—Jf. T. Graphic. Unit Hotel rare Have a License? Bail wag Age. The novel and interesting question whether a railway dining-car is a liquor saloon and should be required to take out a license for selling liquorslu every vil lage aud city through wj^li it passes, is about to be tested m the Courts; The village of Taylorviile, Christian county, Illinois, is a no-license town, and some of Us temperance advocates, being troubled ty the fact that tbe Wabash, St St. Louis and Pacific company wa, run nlng through its dining-cars upon which iutuxicatlug liquors were sold, sent au officer, who entered the diuing-car while tho train was at the depot and purchased from the couductor a bottle of beer. The couduc- tor was thereupon arrested without s war rant, taken from his train aud brought before a magistrate, who fined him $40 for violating a village ordinance agaiust keeping open a dram shop. Ho paid tho fine, but even theii ha l not satisfied the temperance people, who caused liis im mediate re-arrest for violating the State law, and he was held before the giand jury, which subsequently iudictcd him. The railway company proposes to test tho cuestion thus inrolved, and has, through, the conductor, brought suit in the United States court at Springfield agaiast i ne village authorities, c'aim- ing damages to the amount of five thousand dollars. The question of allowing “traveling dram shops,” as dining cars are styled, has been discussed In England since tbe introduction of the l’ullyfti cars, but we believe has not been By raised in this country hereto- In England, bowover, the objection sale of liquors on route was not on score ot temperance, but was raised by il inn-keepers, who objected to the competition of the railroad companies m tha liquor business. If tbe prohibitionists should join with the saloon-keepers, who are also opposed to liquor selling on hotel cars, they could make the fight on both grounds. >{• in Ecgla n Pullumti ■V" aa. score a Vocal ini Using Goats to Protect Sjibep From Dogs.—The fanners of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey, use goats to protect tlieir sheep from dogs. Two goats can drive away a dozen dogs, and two are about all each faifer puts in with his sheep. As soou as a dog enters the field at 'night the goats attack him, and their butting propensities are too much for the caniue, who soou finds him self rolling over aud over. A few repeti tious of this treatment causes the dog to quit the field, limping aud yelling. For merly, when a dog eiitered a sheep field at night tbe sheep would ruu wildly around and cry piteously. Since the goats have beeu used to guard them they fonn in line behind the goats, aud seem to en- oy the fun. The idea ot utilizing goats in this way cams from the West, where they are put in sueep pens to drive away wolves. Miss Caroline Kane May, the sec ond daughter of Dr. John F. May, was married Thursday afternoon, at the resi dence of her father, No. 21 West Nine teenth street, New York, to Mr. Wm. Merritt Wriglit. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev. Henry Moffet, rector of the Church of tbe Holy Communion. Tbe bride was given away by her father. Her dress was of white satin and her veil oftVlle secured with orange blossoms. Her bridesmaids were her younger sisters, Miss Julia May and Miss Alice May, who wore dresses of white tulle. Tbe groom’s best man was Mr. Rutgers Le Roy. There were no ushers. The wedding was very priva'e, only the near relatives and most intimate friends of the two families being present. Tue bride is tbe young lady to whom it is said Mr. James Gor don Bennett was engaged previous to his duel with her brother, Mr. Fredonck May. A nislake wa* Slade- Prom the San Francisco Chronicle. A young lady gave her “young man” a beautifully worked pair ot slippers, and ho acknowledged the preseut by sending her his picture encased iu a handsome frame. He wrote a note to send with it, and at the same time replied angrily to an oft-repeated dun for an unpaid-for suit of clothes. He gave a boy ten cents to de liver the pickage and notes, giving ex plicit directions as to the destination of each. It was a boy with a freckled face, and he discharged his errand in a manner that should give him a niche in the temple of fame. The young lady received a note in her adored one’s handwriting, and flew to her room to devour its contents. Sbe opened the missive with eager fingers, and read: “I’m getting tired of your everlasting attentions. The suit is about worn out already. It never amounted to much any way. Pleass go to thunder 1” And the tailor was struck utterly dumb wbeu he opened a parcel and discovered the picture ofhis delinquent customer, with a note that said: “When yon gaze upon the features, think how much I owo you.” When the unfortunate young man called around that evening to receive the happy acknowledgment of his sweetheart, ho was very ostentatiously shoved off the steps by the young lady’s father. A Presidential. Team.—President Arthur drives a splendid team of mahog any bays. They stand sixteen hands high, aud weigh about 1,100 pounds each. They were purchased in New York ex pressly for tho President, and have an ex cellent pedigree. Albert George Hawk ing, who lias been tbe Presidential coach man for fourteen years, says: “They are the finest and most stylish pair ot horses that have been iu the executive stable since tbe days of General Grant.” The carriage is ot the latest pattern, and is lined inside with tea green cloth and Rus ia leather. On the door Is tho coat of arms of the Arthur family with the motto, Imptlle obstantla. The harness is solid silver mounted. The livery will be the same as that worn by General Grant’s coachman aud footman, silver gray coats and white hats. Tub commissioners of emigration esti mate that the number of emigrants arriv ing during tbe the year 1881 at Castle Garden will reach 440,0JO—an increase of nearly one-tldrd over last year and the largest number received since the board was organized in 1847. Tbe Middle and Western States get tho bulk of the foreign settlers, though a strong movement to the Southwest is noticed. The emigrants al ready received have brought about $12,009,000 Into ha country, of which nearly one-fourth has been paid out for railway transportation Westward. Illi nois has received over 43,000 of the new arrivals; Pennsylvania, 30,000; Ohio, 19,000; Michlgau, 17,000; Wisconsin and Minnesota, each 15,000; Iowa, 12,000; Massachusetts and New Jersey, each 11,- 000; Connecticut and Missouri, each a little over 7,000. Kansac, strange to say, has got less than 4,000, but tbe decrease is probably to be explained by the adop tion of tbe stringent prohibitory constitu tional amendment, which has been held up as a bugbear to the beer-loving Ger mans. The general health of the arriving emigrants has oeen unusually good aud no epidemic or serious sickness has broken out on the vessels In which they have beeu carried. The critics agree that Barrett snorts, McCullough drawls, and Keene roars. 8TUDT OF THE CAttP. History or tho Fish Now Bains In. trodueed Into American Water*. Hon. Calvin Fletcher writes in tfie In dianapolis Journal: From Dr. Hessel and others we learn that the carp are of the family cypriuidse, or sucker, with tbreo rows of stout teeth on tbe pharyngeal hours with which th<-y‘ crush their vegetable diet. Their scales are lixe those of tho buffalo fish, but iu no other respects do they resemble it, excepting as to their sucker mouths. The color of the -back ala sides of the carp is a dark olivo brown, tbe abdomen a faint orange tint. These shades vary with the age, season of the year, water and food of the fish, and are even modified by the character ol the surrounding soil. I noticed this fall that the scales on my cai p were mnch more brilliant than on fish of the same ago in tbo givernmcut ponds at Washington City. This I attributed to the slightly chalybeate nature of a spring emptying into my pond. Authorities believe' the carp was introduced into Europe from Asia a thousand years ago. Historical records exist showing that definite rules were laid down and contracts based thereon for carp culture eigbt centuries ago. So important a factor was this fhh considered in tho food supply of man even then that the artificial bodies of water, created for its 'pro duction by the erection of enormous dams across low valleys in Poland, Bohemia, Upper Lusitania, Saxony, Silesia aud Bavaria were very numerous, many of them assuming the magnitude of lakes of thousands of acres. Church Ml State both recognized the in dustry, for we rei.d that emperors, kings, princes, dukes, monks, priests and people labored systematically in reariug carp. It was no tulip manta, no morns muUicattlis hallucination, no discoerea batata hum bug, but an honest industrial pursuit to sustain human life, aud that, too, when virgin soil yet abounded i.i Europe, aud while tlm seas, lakes aud rivers were still well stocked with Vue choicest varieties of fish. Many of the ancient establishments re main to this day, a monument to the wis dom and energy of those whose dynasties have long since ceased, white less preten tious ponds increase in numbers yearlv from the shores of tbo Mediterranean to the North Sea, and from the west coast of France to eastern Siberia, to supply a de mand that lias been uudisturb id by the very rapid increase of the salmon and other desirable varieties of fish bv mod ern artificial means. In a subsequent pa per I shall give a translation of a newspa per reporter’s account of tbe annual capture o! tho carp crop and tiie manner of its distribution to the great market cen ters of Germany. It can be easily iiudciv stood that during many centuries of do mestication, as it may properly bR con sidered, of these fish there should be a de parture from the origiual type, influenced by natural causes, such as the difference of seasons, waters, food supply, and the tendency to variation recognized among animals aud fowls in a domestic state. Therefore threo distinct varieties equally desirable are kuown to tbe public. Here I will remark that hybrids with out number, aud principally without good qualities, have divided the opinions of the uninformed as to the merits of tbe carp as a table fisb. Alicypteuoids, or suckers of tbe same spawning season, if in the same waters, are liable to mate with the carp, and produce hybrids ot the f<jrm aud beauty, but not tbs edible qualities, of tho true carp. These hybrids have beeu in troduced into ponds aud perpetuated as distiuct qualities, detracting greatly from the desired standard. In the market they are kuown a3 the poor man's carp. Many Americans liavo eatou these in Europe and are loud in de faming the better kind which Dr. Hessel has brought ns. Of the latter, some have been tested at Dclmouico’s, New York city, where they were served in many styles to a qualified jury of experts, and that comparative merit might be estab lished, tho best varieties of our sea, lake and river fishes were prepared in like manner and placed before the jury. Tho verdict was unanimous that the carp was entitled to rank with the best. Tbe experience of tbe past four years has satisfied those Interested that the wa ters of tbe United States are, if anything, superior to those of Europe ior the rear ing of this valuable foreigner. Electricity.—Among the many un expected developments oi electrical sci ence is an application to tho hiving of bees when they swarm, successfully tried by German experimenters. It was thought that by utilizing the electric force tbc bees might be stupefied for tho necessary pe riod ot time without being injured, and the result proved the correctness of the idea. The first attempt was made upon bees that had gathered upon trees, tiie in sects falling upon the ground in a kind of trance, which admitted of their being safely handled. Tho next stage iu the experiment was to capture the bees when they were about to swarm. By introduc ing the ends ot two connecting wires into a fully occupied honeycomb, and turning on the current, tbe bees were rendered inactive for about thirty minutes, while no bad results appeared to follow their awakening.—London Times. Tbe roll calls In the House just before the holiday recess, which resulted in in troducing more than two thousand bills, showed some remarkable differences be tween tlio ambitions of the res pective . States to initiate leg islation. Thus, Connecticut contented herself with 21 bi'ls, but Indiana pro duced 81. Vermont was satisfied with 24, and Wisconsin with 38, but nothing less than 110 suited Missouri, and Illinois demanded 149. In tbe South, Alabama limited herself to 29, but Kentucky pre sented 9S and Tennessee 01. Florida modestly put iu 8 bills, while North Car olina hatched out 133. Little Delaware brought forward 1 bill, and Ohio 150, which last was three more than New York’s batch; whila Pennsylvania topped the list with 1S4. The Territories ex hibited the same differences, Arizona getting along with 2 bills, while Wash ington Teintory required 30, or six more than the State of Georgia. In the matter of marrying a young wo man of Seneca county, Ohio, plainly ap propriates the wedding cake. Her maiden name was Melissa J. Remsbtirg, but whether it now is Mrs- Chauncy L. Wy ant or Mrs. Wesley M. Kline, or both, the future must be relied upon to disclose. As tbe story is chronicled locally, Miss Remsburg told Mr. Wyant that she would meet and marry him in Tiffin, fifteen miles from her father’s house, at 3 o’clock on the afternoon of Monday succeeding Christmas. She also told Mr. Kline that she would see him and wed bim in Tiffin at 3:30 o’clock on tbe same day. Sbe kept both promises, for sbe became tbe wife of Mr. Wyant at one end of the town and married Mr. Kline at the other end, twenty-four minutes only elapsing between the performance of tbo ceremo nies. Immediately after tbe first wed ding the bride bad excused herself, “just to run down the street to see a friend,” and thus it came about that sbe had time to marry Mr. Kline and take a westward bound train before Mr. Wyaut suspected treachery. As to the purpose of the young woman everybody seems to be in the dark, and her conduct is so myste rious that sbe probably will figure here after either in a novel or a lunatic asy lum. CtllllSTJIAS STOCEJXG8. What Was alleged to bo Fonotf Thsif lu by seme People. _ The Burlington Uaickeyc publishes a list of distinguished people who opened their stockingon Christmas morning, with the following result: “Hallo 1 'another railroad?”—Poor William Vanderbilt. “What! more telegraph wire?”—Jay Gould, Uie Almshouse Boy. “Whoever put this baby in my stocking is a liar.”— Ben llill. “Blast me tarry toplights, but here’s a steamboat!”—Secretary Hunt. • , “Since I have come hack to my farm f don’t wear any.”—I?. If. Hayes. “It looks as though I would be liUDg up instead of my stocking.”— Uuiteau. “Hallo, a spoonful cf brains I Just what I needed.’'—Thomas L. James. ‘The mau who sent me that bull fiddle is no gentleman.”—Theodore Thomas. “What the mischief do I want with a Guide to Matrimony?”—Delegate Gan non. Somebody has cut off the foot of my stocking and thrown away the leg.”—8. J. Ttldea. ‘■It looks like a hole; it is a hole. I will crawl into it and pull it m after me.”— De La JIatyr. “I can lick tho slab sided lunatic who spilled that bottle of‘Auti-fai’ on my can dy.”—Darid Darts. “Now, what did Santa Claus suppose I wanted with Anna Dickinson's photo graph?”—Little Fanny Davenport. “Whoever put that bottle of hair dye and scalp renewor in my stocking is no gentleuiau.—Young Hannibal Hamlin. “Yum, yum! _ That was Captain Paul Boytou. I have* been looking for him to come along.”—Omnivorous Louisiana Al ligator. “Who goes Ijjare ? By Mars his gaunt let! Here’s the whole United State army and threo Indians Iu my stocking.”— Stcrelary Lincoln. “Infinite gall! Measureless cheek! Here’s my scarlet stocking plumb full of brimstone. Well, this is—ha, dread ful.”—Rev. Robert (J. lngcrsoll. “I do not know what this bottle with a rubbtt top Is for, hut this is Annie Cary’s stocking. The stripes on mine run up and down.”—Clara Louise Kellogg. “That is not my stocking with the rub ber rattle iu it. That belongs to Clara Louise. Mine is hauging oh the other side of the chimney.”—Annie Louise Cary. fi.UtFMELD AXlt VMtlGIXIA. Au Eyc-Wltues* Tells or a Conversa tion with the Lnto President. Virginia Republicans who favored co alition with with certain progressive citi zens to secure tbc repeal of laws made to degrade aud disfranchise a large class of Republicans called on|Presidcnt Garfield ou the first day of Jute, 1881. As so mas their names were sent iu tbo private sec- retaiy J. 5. Brown, came out aud stated that, as the President wanted to have a full conversation with them, if they would wait a few moments till tho rush was over he would be glad to sco thtm. Gov. John F. Lewis, Dr. C. S. Mills, Hon. J. Ambler Smith, and others were present. Mr. Lewis stated to tbe President briefly tbe situation, declaring that m Ills opiniou the State could with certainty bo carried for the Liberal movement, and that we would secure the enfranchisement by the repeal of capitation tax of 45,0G0 votes, who could with certainty ba count ed ou to vote with the Republicans. The barbarous whipping-post law would be repealed, aud colored men w ould be placed on juries, thus securing justice to them which was then denied In many places. Gen. Garfield spoke up quickly and de cidedly and said these were the most im portant things, and that if he were a Vir ginia Republican be would vote with Gen. Mahone. He stated further that neither parly, ss far as he could see, favored paying tha full State debt, nor bad tbe debt been as certained. Dr. C. S. Mills here stated that the best element of Democratic Readjusters proposed to place lion. John F. Lewis on tbe ticket, and that tho Republicans unanimously favored his accepting. President Garfield placed i.ls hand on Governor Lewis’ shoulder and said in a most kindly, even affectionate manner: “Senator, I advise you to accept. I stand just where I did at Mentor, wtiere I stated that were I a Virginia Republican or col ored man, I would vote with the Liberal party. My administration will do all in its power to break up the Bourbon major ity in the solid South.” A Reminiscence of Mis. Howe.—The following extract is from a speech deliver ed by the new Postmaster General m Green Bay, October 30, 1880, a few days* before Garfield’s election: “It is an open secret that Gen. Garfield is not'tbe mau I would have selected for President. I am old-fashioned enough to think that when you are about to choose a chief magistrate you had better take your first citizen rather than your second or your twenty-second; aud geueraily, l think, when you liavo a trust to coutide, especially one so sacred as is the welfare of 50,000,000 of people, yon had better confide it to one you have proved, rathe? than to one yon have not proved. I there fore thought, and I still think, the Cbica- ;o convention committed one of those Slanders which is first cousin to a crime when it nominated Garfield instead of Grant for President.”— Chicago Tribune. Vest Youtuful Voyagers —Among the steerage passengers on tbe National line steamer England, from Liverpool, who were landed at Castle Garden on Wednesday, were two of the youngest travelers who ever crossed the Atlantic alone and unattended. They were Chas. Macey, aged four years, and his brother Frank, aged seven. They are rosy cheek ed English children and were forwarded yesterday to tlieir father, Quinn Macey, St. Margaret’s, Md., who came to Ameri ca three years ago. The babies were originally shipped on tbe Erin, but that steamer became disabled in a storm and . put back tor repairs. In the confnsion of exchanging the passengers to tho Eng- gland the children lost their railroad tick ets which were to take them from New Yo.-k to Baltimore. The steamship agent, however, provided them with new tickets yesterday. HorES of the Kennebec Icemen— No class of men scan tbe daily weather report with a keener interest than the ice men of the Kennebec. We say the ice men of the Kennebec, for they are fast be coming recognized as the bonanza kings in the business. Up and down tbe banks of this great river unusual preparations are being ma le by tbo thirty or more companies and by private individuals who expect to cut and slow large quantities of the staple this season. The Kennebeck- ers feel assured that the crops in tbe Middle, Western and Southern States will be as short as were those of *1879-80, while for themselves they feel equally confident of securing an abundance of the best ice in the world. If everything tarns out favorable, it is thought that fully 5,- 000 men and 1,500 horses wilt be em ployed on tbe Kennebec this winter, and that at least 1,250,000 tons of ice will be housed aud slacked. Day by day the chances of securing a good crop on tbe lludscn aud other rivers to the weat of na are growing beautifully less; yet we ad vise the Down Easters uot to get excited.