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FRIDAY, MARCH 81,1682.
JjIt* report* from Washington raije
hopes of reooTery for CJongreaaraan Black.
Tbkbi is no parleying with or promise
or the negro in the new party platform.
This bring* the party into sympathy with
the administration.
Bjubwik is wrestling with the English
sparrow fiend. The English sparrow will
giro all nnderhold, and throw the oldest
county in the State.
8nmnraD swears that he thonght it nec
essary to gresae Minister Hnrlbnt. Sena
tor Blair gave up his grease when he found
an investigation was pending.
“Hitbtt fiiMp" Mrs. Dr. Edson more
than hints that old Bliss bulled the New
York stock market on Garfield’s wound.
“To what base uses we rouse,” etc.
Tube was a lack, we may be permitted
to remark, even a deaith of the colored
colonel at the Markham House conference.
His company is only requested at the polls.
• A x>xt sewer on a New York thorough
fare is nsed by tramps as a lodging house.
Now let the AtlanlapolioemansearchMark
Hardin’s ersilage silos, at the exposition
grounds.
The Republican Congressional'•immit-
tee embraces the names of all the Southern
contestants for seats in Congress. It would
eeem that the rightful members are all to
be turned out.
Pabson Felton has abandoned the “poll
tax iniquity." Perhaps the Parson has
surreptitiously abolished it, while the atten
tion of the press was distracted bypassing
events. This should be looked into.
Old man Grant and old lady Grant and
all the young Grants are back in the WWte
House. That rattling deal in Ixinisville
and Nashville calls for retrenchment and
reform. Crump will see to It ti at the old
man’s toddy Is as strong as his cigars.
The aroma of Peruvian Guano has driv
en Ministers Hnrlbnt and White into re
tirement. If Shipherd can be forced to
tell all be knows, some Senators, Repre
sentatives and other prominent officials
will require whitewashing and disinfecting.
Col. William Moose is disposed to deal
gently with Ah Sin, because the Celestial is
never seen hotding up a lump post. Still
there is no reason why the lamp post should
not hold up the Celestial, when ij oomjs* to
k question of political economy.
At a Philadelphia love feast, & happy
brother blew himself off this way: “Breth r
gen, my tonl is fall of joy. I feel as all
Who are truly sanctified should feel—like a
man who has just finished dinin f to fulness
A good, fat, juicy goose.” “Amen!”
was the fervent response.
“The leading Colonels,” “coalescing lib-
ftl Republicans," “hyphenated office seek;
,« “inde pendent JeffersonianDemocrats’
were all good, but when Dr. Fel’on rose np
and referred to the “gentlemen” who met
at the Markham House, he clothed the new
movement in a garment the tail of which
is liable to be trod upon.
Fbom tho new party platform: “Every
citizen of the United States is entitled to
a full protection of his personal and po
litical rights under the Federal law.” And
^et assassins, appointed by the administra
tion countenanced by the new party, go
forth stf)4 3fi$0t down a helpless old man
ttud crippled boy. ^ ^
Tsx political caucus is only advisory in
Is character—should have no binding
fotco npon the actions and consciences of
no citizens of a free government. This
is the fint plank in the new platform, and
it bad hardly rolled ont of the mill before
Gartrell shouldered it and started for the
gubernatorial chair despite the wishes of
ihe new party.
It seems that the colored brother is at
the head of the government at last. The
buck mulattoes really have supreme charge
and control of the justices of the Supremo
Court. Tho body servants run the con
cern. Who knows, but that Aliunde Joe
may have been bullied byhisTaiet in the
tdecloral commission bnainess.
“Coir” SnarMAs is ’ight-headed but the
balance of the family seem to be light
fingered. Judge Sherman had to resign
Hme years since to escape impeachment,
for tapping the till of the court. John h&s
just been caught tapping the treasury till,
and now U. 8. Marshal Sherman, of New
Mexico, though an embezzler of tho funds
Of his office, has been discharged without
punishment. !
OMbomi comment has been occas-
Oned by the fact that an University stu
dent was caught eating tadpoles, and rai
leg*. For our part we are inclined to be
lieve that the you?gmanis a student of
political economy, quietly endStvoring to
introduce articles of food now: ainlng 1 1
waste in Georgia. The future may yet eee
lie Georgia tadpole and sleek rat engaged
n a highly realistic wrestling match with
TTeW England mackerel and Western bacon.
Don’t interfere with the young man’s scien-
tlfic researches.
It has been industriously given out that
there were colonels at the Markham
House conference who from extreme mod
esty or other cause, were unwilling that
^heir names should meet the publio eye
last now. ti’e have instituted inquiry upon
this particular point, and have met with
solne success. When ttfe roster is ar
ranged, we will give it to O r readers. .Suf
fice it to My at presect, that two distin
guished colonel's were present; viz : Col.
John Doe end Col. Richard Hoe. A. they
have both won many suits at law in
the courts of the State> Involving-large
amounts of money, it is presumed that
Col. i. Doe and Col. R. Roe will contrib
ute liberally to the campai^ j fund.
Stags Dkivku Paoe, who misrepresents
a California district in the House, has
been caught in a dirty trick. The Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, writes:
Representative Page, of California, was In
trusted as s «ub-comm!;tee of the committee
to audit the expenses attending the illness and
death of President Garfield, with the bills end
Toucben tor the expenses, accidental and in
cidental. of ihe funeral train to Cleveland.
Mr. Page said today that he had collated and
eggregated the hills in one lump account, and
then had destroyed them all. He considered
that was the best thing to do, a* he did not
think it was the thing to have a scandal* over
such a matter. Opinions may differ as to Mr.
Page's right to take this course, but opinions
■will concur that it was the wont possible
course to take to prevent a scandal.
If Congress does its duty, Mr. Stage Dri
ver Page ought to soon find himself in
more trouble than with a runaway team
down a mountain pass.
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mk in Journalism, and its
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and Mb>sk>t.kr is daily
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Brer BsbMlaad Mr Farmer Han.
We tiast oar readers may not hastily
assume, that in a moment of desperation
or aberration, we have made bold to in
dulge in thatsincere flattery, which would
urge ua to an attempt to faitate “Uncle
Re mas” in bis familiar chats with the
little boy, about the many prank* and ad
ventures of Brer Rabbit. Our pencil has
been sharpened for more serious, and yet
to ns far easier work. In behalf of Uncle
Remus and Brer Rabbit, and the thou
sands of little ones who are in real love
with both, and of older beads which have
found beneath the surface of “folk lore’,
as Illustrated by the genius and careful
industry of Mr. Harris, something worthy
of study and reflection, we have conceived
it no less a pleasure than a duty to have
to do with one Mister Fanner man. Un
owed by the unvarying sneerres which
have attended Brer Rabbit, in ail his ef
forts to baffle the skill of Brer Bar, Brer
Fox and others, in the struggle for mastery,
this Mister Farmer man, whose genius has
been trained, as bis p :n has been tried, In
the noble literary work of ambushing an
unsuspecting public and dropping it into
carefully prepared pitfalls of St. Jacob’s
oil, haa made effoit to destroy Uncle Re
mus with a flippant paragraph, as follows,
in the columns of the Louisville
Journal:
It may be here remarked that ail the'many
things written about the Southern darky, from
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin" down to Mr. Joel Chan
dler Harris' book, ore exaggerated travesties,
both of the manners and language of the ne
groes, Of coarse nobody who knows anything
of life In the South ever believed in the absurd
ities of Mrs. Stowe's book, which from Its title
page to Its finis Is a gross and extravagant mis
representation of Southern negroes and South
ern society. But nothing better could be ex
pected from one who from her cradle was
tiughtto hate the South and its institutions.
As for Mr. Harris’ book, I must protest against
“Unde Remus" os a representative of the
Southern negro race. No such monstrosity
ever existed outside of Congo, and no such lan-
gungc was ever used-by any plantation darky
as Mr. Harris puts into his mouth. I can not
possibly bring myself to bslltvethatMr. Harris
is a native Southerner, or that he has given
that study to the character li* attempts to Illus
trate which should entitle him to write and
publish a book on the subject.
This Mister Farmer man If the first and
only ambitious critic who has dared to put
to print a word In disfavor of “Uncle Re
mus.” Tho book itself has been before
the public nearly two years, and in that
time has passed under the review of the
most cultured minds of this country and
England, only to be pronounced perfect of
its kind, at 11# (files and sketches
which make up the bulk of It bfid before
received tbe unstinted praise and Indorse
ment ot tbe Southern people, as they
came from the hands of the author. If
these last cannot be said to be the best
and most accomplished critics of all that
appertains to the plantation negro, as to
manners, habits, dialect and disposition,
then this Mister Farmer man has made a
discovery which entitles him to immedi
ate and rapid promotion, from the writing
of patent medicine advertisements to the
eiltorsbip of the literary bureau of
Harpers or tbe Century Magazine.
That in tbe main the wonderful book
of Mrs. Stowe was an exaggeration of
the characteristics of both tbe
white and black men in the
South is not denied. Mrs. Stowo tvs* un
familiar with her subject, and, seizing for
illustration isolated cases, it was natural
that exaggeration should be the 1 hnd-
mgidep9ff|a intense enthusiasm. The
dnimitiijtftio!) of her ImK «nd the at
tempt to give It realistic form and feature
In the hands of actors quite as ignorant
as herself, and which has resulted in de
tracting from the sireng’h of the absorb
ing story, teems to have been no
warning or lesson to this Mister Farmer
man. He rushes in blindly to repeat her
faults, and tbat too when he is not aimed
with tbe unquestioned genius that made
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” familiar with tbe
English speaking race. There was never
a “Topsv” as drawn by Mrs. Stowe, or
as Is presented upon tbe strge, but there
have been “Little Evas” and “Uncle
Toms,” and the thriftless and kindheaitcd
master who brought misfortune and an-
happlnjss to nil. As Legree, the slave-
driver,was a Northern mar, perhaps Mrs.
Stowe, or this Mister Fanner man can
say if tbat portraiture of him be true,
which unconsciously carries with it a de
fense and vindication of the slave-master
of the South.
Mr. Harris approac-ied the task of plac
ing the Southern plantation negfo in his
rue niche in the history ol his times ad
mirably equipped for the work. He was
bom In the brightest and best days of
slavery. He was; reared in middle
Georgia, tbe home of a wealthy, educated
and refined aristocracy of planters, among
whom no disgrace would have been keener
or more severely punished by penal laws
and social ostracism, than neglect or cruel
ty to the simple and happy children tbat
a strange fortune had placed nnder their
care. The county of Putnam, State of
Georgia, furnished during the growing
up of Mr. Harris the very best specimens
of tbe Southern planter and tho Southern
slave tbat might be found between
Virglola and Texas. In such a
community, daily thrown In contact
and companionship with tbe negro, from
the time he fished In the creeks with tbe
boys, to the later days when ltt.was a
proud privilege to carry a torch in a coon
hunt ot to rifle to mill m an ox cart with
the foreman of tbe place, it were strange
that he, with a talent which has demon
strated itself, should not have become fa
miliar with tbe chancer, tbe supersti
tions, the quaint temper agd peculiar dia
lect of the old Georgia plantation negro.
There was not a plantation that
did not have an “Uncle Remus” among
Sts bands. Not one tbat did not have
little boys and girls who would
steal from the big house
after sapper to tbe blacksmith shop or tbe
little log cabin, to listen with bated
breath and wondering eyes to the venera
ble story teller, as he reeled off one alter
another, tbe wonderful adventures of
Brer Rabbit, with Brer Fox, Brer Bar
and other fsm'diar animals. Hero
and there, still in tbe rural districts of
the South, on a small comer of land
with an old mule or a horse, and with
tattered [ garments and careworn face,
may be found an Undo Remus, whose
confidence once gained, will delight to
return again in memoiy to tho scenes of
his best, his brightest aqd happiest days.
The writer can draw from memory no
reminiscence more tenderly nourished
than that which clusters around the time,
when he was unwillingly dragged to bed
from these nightly seances to dream of tbe
tales and to awake in tbe morning with
an appetite tor more. And of tbe many
friends of his childhood now scattered by
chance, misfortune and death, be would
greet none with a warmer welcome, than
those who shared his enjoyment In the
many tales of folk-lore. Protest r this
Mister Farmer man may, no sneb dialect
as is contained in “Unde Remus” was
ever beard in Congo or any where else
save on a Southern plantation, and from
a Southern negro. Mr. Hairis
is the fint and only peisonwho baa suc
ceeded In patting in cold type tbe lingo,
the patois, or if you please, the dialect of
tbe Southern negro. By tome strange
process, for which we cannot and aball
not attempt to account, tbe white artists
who attempt the delineation of negro
character and dialect upon tbe stage, are
miserable frauds and failures. Tbegenins
of Milt Barlow In “Old Black Joe,” or
Cal Wagner in “Tbe Little Log Cabin in
the Lane” are pictures which relieve these
feanul travesties upon tbe negro.
The negro minstrel of to-day, with his
-white vest, black clothes, diamond pins
and bouttcnelres, is a burlesque on what
the negro may become years hence.
Tbe middle man with the big fiddle
and bass voice, who puts conundrums
to bones and tamborine, talks the negro
dialect we find in newspapers and [ ariodl-
cals. Mr. Harris in “Uncle Remus”
gives ns the dialect tiae to nature,
pure and unadulterated. And he has
done something greater, something bet
ter, something more than to delight
children and to amuse older ones. He
hss rescued from tradition and put into
history all of tbe essential characteristics
of the Southern negro, bis faithfulness,
bis good natrre, his pride of family and
bis nigged honesty and loyalty to his old
mistress and old master. There is noth
ing yet in English literature cr b'sto.y
so creditable to the negro. No
Southern writer. bat done
better work or one tbat will transmit the
fame of Its author farther Into the ccmlDg
years. “Uncle Remna” la the connecting
link between an old and a new civiliza
tion, and we for one are more than proud
that It has been forged by the brilliant
genius and patient band of a young Geor
gian, who as yet stands but in the rising
shadow of his fame. We older ones,
black and white, owe Mr. Harris a debt
of gratitude, that be haa reached
back, grasped from tbe receding glories of
fasppy times tbe scattered legends of
Southern life in tbe days of slavery, and
bas woven them into an imperishable re
membrance. But he is to find his great re
ward in tbegrateful hearts of the little ones
who are yet to come. Though we stand
where the shadows grow shorter on the
descending slope, tbe “Melodies of Mother
Goose” have lost none of their quaint in
terest and freshness to ns, and looking
back over the books we have read and
cast n0e, we are almost ready to agree
with Bob Martin, that the Bible and
Webster’s speller* are the only books
which should ever have been published,
except Mother Goose and “Uncle Re
mus.”
A little incident will best illustrate tbe
great merit and success of “Uncle Remus”
and Its capacity to enlighten and amuse
children. A little four year old,during the
past summer, fonnd her chief delight in
listening to tbe stories from its pages, a*
partly read and related by her grand
father. When in the fall she started to
her distant home, in the same car were a
number of children of her own age return
ing from a summer jaunt in the up
country. They were happy gild amused
with their toys and tbe passing scenes un
til daylight began to melt into darkness.
Just then this little one, perching herself
upon a seat, and with a face and
manner as grave as Uncle Remna
himself, began to tell of Brer Rabbit and
Brer Fox. In a moment the tired chil
dren clustered about her, and with faces
all aglow with Interest and wonder,
begged for tale after tale,while their moth
ers, convulsed with laughter at the com
ical sceae, had difficulty to pack their pre
cious charges away in their sleeping berths
for tbe night.
After such a tribute to bis fidelity and
gecics Mr. Ilarris may well afford to meet
with indifference this crude and, basly
effort in his defense, against the carping
criticism of the Mister Farmer man.
Brer Rabbit has not been caught yet.
The Baltimore Sun of Tuesday hss this
Washington item:
Senator Hill, of Georgia, was visited by a
number ot friends to-day at his residence, No.
918 Seventeenth street. Mr. mil was seated in
bis library, looking over his mail, including
several Georgia newspapers. He was greatly
annoyed on reading a paragraph which stated
that he (Mr. Hill) had said that cancer was he
reditary in liis family, a statement which
Mr. If II could not hsvc made, simply for the
reason that none of his family were ever
afflicted with cancer or any other tranimissible
ailment. As stated In the Sun ol March 10, In
a special dlsnath from Philadelphia, the dis
ease for which Mr. Hill wes operated npon was
cplthalloma, as cancer of any mucous mem
brane is technically called. Mr. lull's surgeon
informs him that the canctr has been entirely
eradicated. The Senator certainly looks well,
articulates with remarkable distinctness, and
is quite cheerful. He is not confined to the
house, and ra soon as tho weather will permit
he Intends to visit his surgeon In Philadelphia
to show him the progress of healing made by
the wound.
An Atlanta special to the Now Orleans
Times-Dcmocrat says:
While tile conferetico nominated no candi
dates, it is now settled beyond doubt that Fel
ton will run for governor, and that Hon. Al
bert Cox, of Troup-- county, will run for Con
gressman ot large. Pou, of Muscogee, has an
nounced himself an independent candidate for
Congress in the fourth district, and Judge
James Hook, of Augusta, will run for Congress
in the eighth (Alex. Stepcns’ district). These
gentlemen were at tho conference. An effort
will be made to get Gartrell to run for Congress
in this, the fifth ’district, instead of for gov
ernor. If ho declines, Felton will hin for gov
ernor anyhow, he being regarded as the strong
est man.
As tho author of .ihii dispatch Was of the
conference it may be considered that he
speaks by the card. The news about Cox
nndPouis stale, but we have Parson Fel
ton and Elder Hook definitely settled.
The trouble is ooming with Gen. Gartrell,
who hungers for gubernatorial honors, .and
has displayed no appetite for a Congres
sional contest. The prospqct for an inter
esting time on the fint of June aro flatter*
iug beyond expression.
“Old man Gbant," between toddies with
Arthur, is getting in some work for Ills
friends. He wants to provide for his friend
Chaffee, who is rich and unbelts liberally.
A Jate Washington tslegrara says: “It is
stated to-dny, in high political circles, that
if Governor Pitkin, of Colorado, will con
sent to appoint Chaffee, Senator Teller will
at onoo be nominated for secretary of the
interior. Telegrams opposing Chaffee’s
appointment as Senator have been sent
from here by leading Colorado Republi
cans. Senator Hill and Representative
Hill have warned Pitkin against appoint
ing Chaffee. Senator Hill says he has no
objection to the appointing of Teller as
secretary of the interim:, and wonld not
oppose him, but is satisfied that his people
do not want Chaffee as Senator."
Hesiy WMliwerth Longfellow,
Before these lines meet the eyes of our
readers the voice of tbe greatest of Amer
ican poets will have been stilled in death
Our afternoon dispatches convey the in
telligence that Henry W. Longfellow hss
received his summons. Hr. Longfellow
was born in Portland, Maine, February
27th, 1807.
He entered Bowdoin College at the age
of fourteen, and was graduated in 1825.
He gave at an early age promise of su
cess as a poet and scholar, which bas been
more than fulfilled, for hU fame is estab
lished wherever tlie English language Is
spoken or read. After a service as pro
fessor of belles lettres and languages at
Bowdoin College he went abroad, aj-and-
lug tome years in France, Spain, Italy
and Germany. In 1835 he took tbj chair
of belles lettres in Harvard University,
and with the exception of the time con
sumed in another European tour, served
for seventeen years. Since then he Las
resided in Cambridge, Mc«s.
His most prominent poems are “Evan
geline,” “The Song of Hiawatha,” “The
Courtship of Miles Standish” and “Voices
of the Night,” and he contributed largely
in the way of prose and poetic composi
tion to leading American periodicals,
many of which have never been collected
in book form. During the days of the
agitation of the slavery question, his pen
contributed largely to tie public discus
sion.
He was a man of kindly temperament
and of broad sympathies, and had endear
ed himself to his people. Only a few days
since tbe school children of the entire
country celebrated his birthday, by reci
tations from his poems, “The Hymn of
tbe Moravian Nuns,” “Tbe Psalm of
Life” and “Excelsior” taking prominent
places in the exercises.
His published works have passed
through many editions, both in this coun
try and in England, and hare called forth
some of the most admirable specimens of
cotemporaiy art in their illustration. *
Death comes to him as tbe close of a
long, honorable, nseful and happy life,
and brings to his countrymen of all sec
tions genuine sympathy and regret.
Fosial^Bavlnas Banka.
Among tbe numerous bills now drifting
slowl^ through the red tape channels of
Congress, is one which commends itself
to almost every one; we refer to the bill
establishing postal savings banks through
out the United States. We bare not be
fore us a copy of the document referred
to, but the report made by tbe committee
into whose bands it went has been re
ceived. The general idea is to make the
5,490 money order offices of the United
States savings banks, Id which tbe great
mass of laboring people may deposit their
earnings with absolute security. Summed
np,the advantages of such a system are
as follows:
1st. It wonld encourage economy and
habi 1 * of thrift among laboring classes by
the certain protection that would bs afford
ed thereby to their surplus earnings,
which, for tho want of arel’able cache, are
now intrusted to insecure private banks of
investments,or are secreted beneath floors,
in chimney ere /ices, under slumps in fields
and fores'*, or in other equally uusafa hid
ing place, or, worse still, are wasted in ex
travagance and dissipation.
2d. It would accommodate off clcsses in
the many sections where no barks exist,
and in all sections its system of cross-de
posits and withdrawals, wbich/nable the
deponfxr to make use of any post-office
depository in the countiy, wonld commend
it publio favor.
D. It wonld tend lo force from weird
hiding places, rod • > add to the circulation
of the country, many millions of dollars
now worse than idle, especially in tbe
South and Southwest, where few banks
exist.
«l!i. It would promote loyalty and patri
otism. Each doposito- would have a di
rect and substantial interest in the stabili
ty and prosperity of the government in
trusted with tho safe-keeping and safe re
turn of his treasure.
5th. It would pro'ict a class unable to
protect itself—the toiling millions—against
swindlers and robbers, fire and flood, un
safe investments and nnsonnd banks;
against improvidence, recklessness and
dissipation. . . „
Gtb. It world siren's-lien the finances of
the nation by giving it a first lien npon tbe
accumulated proceeds of the industri'- of
its own citizens. ,
7th. It would go far toward securing the
best possiblo service in post-offices, in the
persons of postmasters and clerks whose
ability to give bonds for tbe correct and
faithful discharge of their duties would,
with few exceptions, depend upon their in-
I -grity, intelligence, and standing in the
community.
■8th. It would, by absorbing a large por
tion of the national debt, keep at home
and in circulation a great amount of
money now 6ent abroad to ray interest on
securities hold by the foreign cred
itors of the government.
5Kh. It would bo a bulwark of defense
against panics and financial crises. Runs
would not be inado upon post-offire banks,
nor wonld their doors or their coffers ever
be closed against a depositor’s draft so loDg
as a dollar remained to his credit on his
pass-book. Their funds would constitute
a reserve upon which tho masses could
implicitly rely in times of financial disas
ter and business depression.
Wherever tried the postal savings banks
have proved of great advantage and have
met with a wonderlul success. They are
now In operation In the United Kingdom,
Canada, New Zealand, New South Wales,
Victoria, Queensland, Capa of Good
Hope, Italy, Belgium, Japan, tbe Nether
lands, France, Russia and Switzerland.
The statistic* have not been received
from the latter two, but very full reports
from tho others aro at hand. The United
Kingdom led off with tho system in 1601.
At the close of 1680 there were in opera
tion 0,233 offices, and there was on deposit
$8,270,330.27. In all or the countries, the
latter two c/cepted, there were in opera
tion 11,032 offices at the close of 1880, and
$18,604,140.61 on deposit.
•ihe central figure of tho stage yesterday
at the matinee was tho rosthetic maslisr
who presided over the piano. Previous to
nnd during the performance, clad in a
swallow-tail coat, black namentionablei, a
yard square of slurt front and side whis
kers that rose above the desolate waBto of
his cheek like a half submerged Mifsissip-
pi sedgefield, he posed In the central aisle,
in the orchestra, on the suburbs of the
dress circle and about tho front door to
tho great delight of the small boy. When
he was rattling off bis piano accompani
ments he looked like a camel-bach engine
going np grndo, and bis habit of br uging
a hand around over his shoulder with a
sort of olap-a-fly-off-my-ear gesture when
the fancy slrnck him to spnnk the lazy pi
ano, raised tho impression that it was an
engine laboring with a broken driving rod.
The piano having been covered, he would
lean back on the dingy edge of his collar
in contemptuous silence sndsuffer the cur
tain to be raised. As tho matinee tick
ets were held at a dollar it Is supposed that
the piano crusher was a side show travel
ing on a percentage.
Daxota wants to be a State, but Maine
won't admit her until she settles her debts.
Senator Hale presented a protest from the
following sufferers: “First National Rank
of Brunswick, Me.;A. A. Herriman, Maine;
John H. Wallace, chaplain United States
Navy, Annapolis, Md.: Municipal Trust
Company of I ondon, England; Mrs. Eliza
Jennings (by her attorney), holding $::i,
0C) of the bonds. Virtue in Virginia is
r_ me in Dakota, it tbe Maine man holds
the bonds of the latter.
Br the Br, Benjamin.
The raising of Benjamin H. Brewster,
of Philadelphia, to the position of attor
ney-general by President Arthur was well
received by the country at largo. He was
known to be an antiquated beau, fanciful
of dress and vain of bis personal appear
ance, which, hideous enough at all times,
ia rendered more so by loud waistcoats,
wrist frills and fingers crowded with
rings. He was also' known to be very
mean in his personal characteristics, bat
to offset these weaknesses he had the rep
utation of being an honest man and an
accomplished lawyer. As compared to
Wayne McVeagh, his immediate prede
cessor, bis superiority was so marked
that the public miud was satisfied. It was
taken for granted that Mr. Attorney-Gen
eral by-blmself and through b's subor
dinates would proceed vigorously to
purge the public service and to bring no
torious criminals to accornt.
This expectation has been disappointed.
Mr. Attorney-General Brewster, with his
blue coat, buff vest, and Immense watch
chain, is the observed of all observers at
the social eutertalnments at the capital,
but as Attorney-General he has made no
mark. Beyond a correspondence with a
local lawyer named Cook, who had been
employed in the star route prosecutions,
and who claims that he was forced out be
cause be desired and intended to convict,
Mr. Attorney-General Brewster bas made
no sign worthy of comment, until re
cently. Within a few dSya past he has
erupted like a patient with the email-pox.
Recovering apparently from a case of
absehtmiudeduess, and recollecting
that he had done nothing in keeping with
a partisan administration, he writes a let
ter to a special subordinate whom ho had
sent to South Carolina to prosecute elec
tion indictments. Commencing with
“by the by,” this subordinate Is instruct
ed to proceed at once, and to proceed
vigorously and to make the highest and
most respectable citizens the first victims,
If anyone in South Carolina has violated
law, be should be tried, and if convicted
according to law, should ba properly pun
ished. But tbe law recognizes no dis
tinctions between the high and the lowly,
tbe proud and the humble in South Caro
lina or any where else. But Mr. Attor
ney-General Brewster seems to be oblivi
ous of this fact in bta zeal to serve his
party. At the time he was writing this
“by the by” letter, a proceeding was be
ing had in the court of the District ot
Columbia, which demanded his serious
attention.
The cases ot some grand thieves were
being sounded for trial. Mr. Attorney-
General was absent, so were the thieves. A
Washington dispatch furnishes the follow
ing facts In relation to the proceedings:
Thccasesof the United States vs. Thomas J.
Brady, cx-Sermtor 8. W. Dorsey, H. M. Vail and
others, defendants in the star route cross, wi
called (n the Criminal Court this morning, and
none of the defendants were in coart. The
counsel for tbe defense said they were not pre
pared to [dead. Colonel Bliss said the govern
ment had waited long enough. lie understood
that one of the principal defendants had shown
his appreciation of the importance of the
charges against him by leaving for Mexico.
He stated that Steven Dorsey had not pleaded
under bonds, and asked the court to compel
his attendance. Colonel Ingersoll said there
was no need of such proceedings. There was
nothing in the charges to cause Dorsey's flight
He is no more afraid of them than hanger is of
a mince pie. Theprosecutlon, however, insist
ed upon Dorsey’s arrest, and the court said
that it was their privilege*to have an order is
sued. The hearing was then postponed until
Saturday next.
Notwithstanding Mr. Ingerscll’s assurance
that Dorsey is no more afraid of a trial
than hunger is of a mince pie, the fact
stands that minco pie is one of Ihe most
dangerous devices known to modem
cookery, and that an indictment which is
sufficient to make a prisoner flee to New
Mexico must Lave some element of dan
ger in it, if tbe proper kind of an officer
be in charge of the indictment. If Mr-
Attorney General Brewster’s time is sp
taken up with lunches, receptions, kettle
drums and tho other idle put suits of
Washington society, perhaps a “by the
by” letter to the prosecuting attorney
might hurry the distinguished citizen
Dorsey back. •!
■ Ana while Mr. Attorney-General
Brewster is handling ills letter book, a
•by the by” communication might well
be transmitted to bis home in the city of
Philadelphia, It may not be an exagger
ation to say, tbat at any given election In
that city more frauds are perpetrated upon
the ballot box, than In any other section of
the countiy. Recontly the penltentiaiy
has gaped to receive some of the stuffen
and repeaters who were caught and con
victed at the Instance of parties who do
not sympathize poetically with Mr.
Attorney-General Brewster. Notoriously
among these was one of tho 800, a
member of the “Old Guard” at Chicago,
an honored recipient of one of the big
brass medals. And, as Mr. Attorney-
General Brewster penned his “by the by”
letter, a dispatch of this import was
being flashed from Fblladelplihla:
Rev. Samuel Huff, judge of tho ejection In
ihe tenth ward Inst February, has beennrrcstcd
on the charge of fraud and forgery ol election
papers. i
There seems to he danger lest Mr. At-
torney-General Brewster’s partisan zeal
ball so exhaust itself In South Carolina
that the star route thieves and tho Fenn-
■yivanla ballot-box stuffers may suffer fo.’
want of attention.
To ona anxious young friends in tho
eighth district we would point out the re
cent example of Kaiser William. Some
weeks since he declared his intention of
surrenderingKsoffico* thus son Fritz on
Ms 85th birthday, which came on Wednes
day last. There was a big fro’ic, a great
blowing or horns and guzzi ng of beer, but
Fritz is an officer o2 dragoons still.
The negroes have a superstition about
snake-killing. No matt'r how bruised,
battered and lifeless the snake may appear
after he has been larruped with a fence-
rail, the negro never believes it dead until
after sundown. •
ftne other night while the Rov. Sam
Jones was mnking it warm for sinners in
one of the city churches,, and an immense
crowd had assembled, there was a stir
abont tho doorway, which soon extended
np the aisle. Ladies and gentlemen drew
aside to let pass a hardened-looking wretch,
who with downcast countenance was forc
ing his way toward thepnlpit. Whispers
and grateful exclamations rippled around
over the finding of another lose sheep, and
nil eyes were turned upon him. The prodi
gal finally broke through the front fringe
of the mourners and taking a seat, drew
ont his note-book and began serenely to
jot down occurrences. It was the Tele-
gbapu's local editor, and the excitement
(Med away in disappointed mrrmurs.
BankebJamss, of Atlanta, doer not do
hire lo babniied in his front yard or the
uellar of bis bank. He wishes to be plant
ed in the eountry. Banker James lias re
cently invested in some convenient coun-
Iry.
fERSOXA JD.
—Huritmt’a- resignation as minister to
reru has been ccecpied by the RtsliM,
—William-Black bas w.’-'Uen aucthe*
novel.
—Solon Cha«o will call bis new paper
in Maine Them St tr:. ,
--Miss Longfellow, tfce poet’s daughter,
ia 11ting uptlbmduaei -s icom *n tVa»lii.i(r-
ton’s Mount Vernon.
—James Gordon Bennett gave a ball in
Park lecently U-..C cost Iilm about; 1,100. The
dancers tarried nodi 6 o’ciocc.
Mf. Algernon Saitoris, who ‘snow in
Washington, will nr;cmp-iuv Gen. G •not aud
Ills party on their 8ontbe.-n ton.-.
—The President issued a formal order
disapproving the sentence of .be combmat tal
fromairesu* k£rC8 * C ftnd orde *hisdi»m’sail
—A verdict of $500 hu been found
Edmund Veres. olC.tcJan-
don World, tor a libel oa Mr Pri -ha.i', a
veterinary surgeon.
,„ir*Mr. H. T. Crosly, chier clerk of the
War Department, has tende.-5d hi* resjgnndon.
“ has bcon acceiHea
—M. de Lesseps is at present in Eeypt.
uls opinion Is wanted on the widening of Hie
as** 5
—The San Francisco AUa says “his
5?r i ‘* Hoar which v'tt
destroy pH his political aio^ j o! • tic
^-Mr. and Mrs. McDonald had a slrect
fight withpistoH at New Lex,':-t-MS, Ohio, over
tho powegfaa of their child. They had «u ecd
{utic P one tC ’ bUt ncIt!,cr ' T '‘ J ' cd to give up the
—The Britton family has for four cen-
rniliom lived on charity In Gc.ui.in;ownTPa.
Tlievrarenitor. who died a few yea ,-s a-o, ay I
ninciy-six, ha-1 b«n a professional beggar sev-
W* youngest incra'KvV n.-c now
toddling from door to door wPit scrap baskeis.
—The cabinet says tbe finding of the
court in the Whittaker case mm be &t a«!de,
tife r service lfr0marreSt ** dismissed from
—Charles O’Conor is nicely settled in
his.ncwhqsss at Nantucket, deep in liis books
kJd-^fu.lwten^d? Q,,(0bI ° ST * r ‘ by 13 P"” 1 '
—The national bugolocist, Prof. Riley,
E. r v^i s ‘SL , E m .V nltjr tro! ? ">« BtmUa fly for
i''\ CT i\J’ caTf ' til® sun last summer bavin?
baked the genus ont of exkicnce.
—“Archdeacon” Dunbar, of London,
considers the harp tho instrument cf ielig : ors
worship. Accordingly ho has secured a otc-
fcsslonal performer to play It at all bis services.
r ,s «®»t*ed that the late Lord
Lonsdale, with Lords Winchikca. Aylesford,
eourtenay.and in tact nearly all the diwen-
Tory pa“rty bankrupt En S“ !h I®", arc of the
—Senator Bayard, on behalf of his col
leagues, recently presented Isaac Bassett, door-
ksspet of the Senate, with a handsomcgohl
—Ex-Senator Bruce, the register of the
treasury, has written a note to Senator Hoar
expressing gratitude. In behalf of hk race, for
liflf e n n d a ^«ffinr In!ttheC1,lnC?C
.. r^* 1 , he * r «” »*ys the London Truth,
« ^ week's ballot for Oxford and Cam
bridge Club, Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett-BmdcU-
Cputk achieved the unprecedented distinction
of receiving twenty black balls."
—Mr. Blaine’s statement that Garfield
won the unprecedented honor of nineconseeu-
tive elections to Congress Is corrected by the
*t£h,i. ork , CThleh irive* the names of
eighteen other Congressmen who were so hon-
ore* I.
Tbe Chinese Bill.
Xftc Bart» Regular.
"Thera ’e,o pig < dl< is going. I kcaF’ said Bill
Soaker, as ho braced up against the sunny side
Ot US ran OO. "l’erlnow an linnet man'll get a
chance to wdrk now.” “Hello, Bill, want a job
this Morning?’’ hastily inquired a business
man. "Well, not tldsmorning. I guess. 'Sup
all night; don’t feel well: had the rheumatism
for a week: wife ain’t giving mo nourishing
food lately: she's grown loxv; onlv goes out
wishing to lee a week nowadays. Lcn* me a
quarter.” But Bill was left to sun himself.
Will He Have Bwlsesa There?
Atlanta Constitution.
A gentleman said to ns on yesterday that last
-•car ho invited Mr. Stephens to go over into
die Senate chamber at Washington. Mr. S.c-
phens declined, scvlng that lie had never
rrossed the threshold of the Senate ohamltcr
nnd never intended to until he had official
business In that room. *
We understand that this is a fart, and that it
has been one of Mr. Stephens' whims never to
enter that enamber unless he went into it as a
Senator.. Has Mr. Stephens given up all idea
of ever crossing the charmed threshold at all?
—Mr. Jonathan Chace represents the
second Rhode Island district in Congress, no
I* a devoted member of the Society of Friends,
and so closely doc* he adhere to the non-com
batant doctrines of the sect that be bas declined
to nominate a cadet to West Point
■—Whole communities in the West are
signing petitions for the pardon of Mason, the
sjMMiuof c.uitMu. Because the Rev. S. S.
McMahon, of Rising Sun. IniL, was the onlv
msnfn the place who refused to sign, the senti
ment against him Is so sirong that he may have
to give uo his church. 3
—The late Judge Mason, of Iowa,
planted a walnn: tree in 1RH. wh'eh he had
cut flown In 1877 and coongh boards kent to
make aim a coffin when he died. According
to hi* wkhe.i. he was Infd away for hk loti*
s cep in the coffin made ftom the tree he had
planted thirty-eight yeass before.
—It Is related of General Zachariah
Dea*, wbo died recer ilv «n New York, a* an In
stant* of hi* chtvidHc character. that slier the
Itatlje of Chlcnmau-a he rein rood the bodrof
the Federal General Ly.lc. under <bc protection
of aflag ot truce. '•Ihe Federal line*, nnd af: rr-
ws-d sent the sword of I be dead so'dler to his
widow.
—Philip Van Renseller, aged foity, a
rich memlier of the Knickerbocker family, was
found dead i-i hi* room In the Brunswick no-1
’ where lie 1' vcd. with a Imi'et hole through
his head. Hk wife nnd he had been together
1st the yilnstrels Tuesday night She occupied
e suit of rooms on ’-e floor above while be
lodged In the single room where found.
—Hon. Ros-.cc Conkling, it Is now as-
sc-tcd, does not want any office within the eift
of the peop'eor the President at present Hk
uian is to make MI the trocey he can by hk
law practice In ihe fine in'ervenipg, and re
turn to the Unf-od State* Senate from New
I York nt the clcc.'on three rears hence—provi
ded. of course, that the si.-fwatls cun then com
mand tbe necessary strength.
—Mis. Edna Bennett, a pretty San
Francf. ro widow, has been t Iciimised and lo«t
nil of her fine jewelry by nct-Kons who made
her believe that the Duke of Le'eesier. who is
traveling Incognito In America, had .'alien in
love with her, and was anxion* for ai -ange-l
menk to be made for tbe montage. 8he let
her jeivcirrgo so that the monog-am of the
Duchess of Leicester m'gbt be put upon it.
—Alonzo Wright, a popular memberot'
the Canadian House of Common*, has been I
presented by lil* .ellow-'egk'rtors »-lth five
Hundred phologranhs of hk own handsome
features. The ntiologranhs will be (lk.-ib-
niod among Mr. Wright’s friends at home. Al
most every dring. from a woodchuck in a box
lo gold-headed cane* are alve-.i So American
statesmen, but American polllic* br* not yet
reached the stage of rite chromo for constit
uents.
—Hoge. on trial for his life at Belle
I font an ie. Onlo, was a handsome fcliow.anil wo
men of the place mads much of him. crowd
inground him in the conn room, piling hi*
table wiili flowers, nnd some of them, though
only slight acquaintances, kissing him when a
verd'c.t of aronittul was rendered.
—General Clay Green, who once was
minister to Spain and who is now a plnn*er at
Bolivar. Mis*., tells a SL Louis reporter Hint the
floods will cause thousand* of persons <• cuii-
errte permanently from the MMssippi bottom
•ands. He add* that no one ever will know
the exact number of tinman victims of the
flood, because whole communities have been
dispersed, never to reunite.
—Heniy G. Rodgers, who was United
Stale* minister to the Kingdom of Sardinia tin
der the administration of President Van Buren,’
and one of the three su.-v'ying members of the
Pennsvlvcn'a constitutional convention of
1837, died on Sunday night in the county airos-
lionre at Lancaster, Pa., of. which institution
lie had !>ccn an inmate for several weeks past.
He wo* nearly eighty years old.
—It Is slated by a French Journal, and
affirmed ttt Ismdon, that the Prince of Wale*
*>a'd a v'sl’.of eight and r orty hours to Paris
iiio other da v for the purpose of regulating
. onlo financial manor*. *nd that In Hint time
he raised a loan of a million francs. Thoex-
is'enco of cer in -xkcletons in the Prince’s
ni-i'XK-rd, wb*ch ibis loan I* Intended to cover,
is pinted at. A loan of £*).0C5. however, hoot I
a pall* y ono alongside what other English
princes have done.
—At Pan, In France, recently died
Col Adolnlius w. D. Burton, o: the English
•'nr, who liad served in tire Eastera campaign
nMMS-fl, and commanded the Hftii Dragorm
Guards at the bn. Ie of Balaklava. He also
look i»itin the siege of Sebastopol. Foe set'
vires In the Crimea he. olita'oed themcd.il
with three clasns. tbe Turkish medal the fifth
clan of ilia O.rfcr of the Mcdjtflic. and the
breve; rank of major. He was retired in Hi*
nnd In rite fol'.owicg year was moreied.
—A paper signed by 300 persons, in
cluding the Earl of Shnftcsbnry.Karl Cnlms.Earl
Aberdeen. Pnmucl Morley, Capons Farrar and
Fleming. Bev. Chariot Rpurgcon and 273elcr-
eSJ has been forwarded ♦> Moody and San-
k'ev. at Glasgow, caking themi to spend a year
in London in cr angelical work.
—Gnv. Cornell, of New York, will not
nllow Cnrpcmer’i fitlMenjah painting of Mr
Lincoln lo >>c placed In ills room nt the Albany
capitol. Mr. Cornell objected to the execution
ns well as f> ihe sise. the canvas being eight
feet iorg. The Scnato lias decided lo give the
finance committee discretionary power to dis
pose of the porimli.
—The late Lord T.vtton Irft three un
published nlavsl'ehlT'd him. and one of them
on the subject of Brulus and Tarenin. has born
submitted l-y Ihe present Lord LyOon to Mr.
Irving, who will probably produce it at the Ly-
oenm. Iteon Vis several very effective sitna-
lions. Truth says, and a competent critic who
has read tire manrserln-'-vronounccs it a better
piny than the "Lady of Lyons.”
—B'tliop Keene, of the Catholic diocese
of Richmond, Va.. it Is stated, can no longer
rend or write, owing to the condition ornk
eyes, and k threatened with blindnes*. lie lift"
consulted tiro most eminent occulists in the
counter, without obtaining relie.. During the
present Louie" rearon. however, ho is dcilvir. •
in? a -cries of doctrinal di<eotir->s nt the Catli-
edroi. which are aUrr.cting immense nudi
cnees.
—The Sacred College is about to be In
creased by ihe nom’oa'jon of seven new mem-
:>er* in tlio next Oon-.k.o.y. which wilt proba
bly take place on ihe 31st i.iH.. T.ielr imn'r-
are a* follow: Mo.isIgrorPie.ro Lnxynii. sec
Hm' - o’ the CoKgrranziona Conatatnnnlr 1 .
Monsignor Areelo Jacobin, narevnr of the
Santo UtUla. and cousin oi Can 1 Jeeo-nnl. s
reiaiv o.'sta e: MopMenor Fianokco lUcei,n
maiordomo of his Holirw: Hi* Grace, t
Air,,: U< veiend Edward Mc('n>>c. archbishop o'
Dublin a.ib primaic of Ireland: ID* Grace.
■ Gharic* Martial AHeiuend I nvige.ie. .‘.roll
bishop of Algiers: Hi* Grace Monsignor Dom
I trie Acuntloi. p’.triarch archhkhop of \enlec;
ItK r.—ceAton-dronr Joachim Llocb y Garriga,
archbishop of Seville.
What be Declined.
Philadelphia Time*.
The statement of General Robert E. Leo’s
Ir>nd th t Mr. Lincoln once Offered him ihe
"oiiitnr d of all the armies of ihe United States
111 tiio tic 1: has been questioned repeatedly and
Home w. 1 n npon war history have made posi
tive denial of the claim. Nevertheless, Mr.
Liu..,in. through Franris Preston Blair, did
offer General Lee the chief command, and tho
fact i* established iff the current number of
tlic 1 rtddt Timm by tbe Rev. Dr. J. William
Jones, mere’ ry of the .Southern Historical So
ciety. In bis article. Which deals mainly wilh
tlie friendly relations of General* Scott and Ice
before and at the outbreak of the rebellion, Dr.
Jones produce**copy of a leUsrTwrittea by
General Iao, wl ereln lie explains how tlie
command was offe cd him. This important
letter, which is In General’s Lee’s well-known
handwriting, is dated at Lexington, February
25,1868, and I : addressed to Reverdy Johnson.
Senator Simon Cameron, in a debate In the
tJnlicd Slates Senate, had stated that Lee had
sougi ; >o obtain the chief command, and tiiab
being disappointed, he had “gone to Richmond
and Joined the Confederates." Mr. Johnson,
who was on ardent Union man, had repelled
the charge, and Cencral Lee's letter was ore of
thanks as well as of explanation.
The Gloomy Kalght.
Gath.
While we were talking Mr. Itoseoo Conkling
had tone up-stairs at the Victoria Hotel to call
on his henchman, John F. Smyth. Conkling
goes exclusively among politicians here, and it
"oeins to he his onlv social amusement to con
sider political revenges and chances. The
miserable man has thrown away all the courte
sies and consorts of lifofor polities, and dees
not know wliat else to do. though ho puli on a
'iUle appearance of being a lawyer. It fs ap
parent W any man who watches him that his
heart fa in politics, and he has cowardly hopes
—now flushed, now flat—of becoming Senator
again by some miracle, or governor of the
Stale, or anything to keep him in tho notoriety
he has bad in the post.
Two Truisms.
Laramie Boomerang.
Bob Ingersoll say* there J» no day so sacred
but that the laugh of a child will make It still
holier. Tbe s.uue thing fa true ofapluglmt.
There fa no plug hat so holy that a. little
brown-eyed, lisping child, with a good reliable
carving-knife, cannot make It still holier.
A Specimen Western Lseai.
BUlXgein the Laramie Boomerang.
A verv dirty tramp slept at the Mechanics'
House Thursday night, and stole a shirt or two
from ihe hou*e. He was suspected, and the
owner asked to see the Miirfa, which the vag
was then wearing. M-. Tramp, while ostensi
bly nulling up Ms vest to prove his innocence,
yanked loosaa six-shooter(liat you could throw
a bsa-drrm into, nnd asked the owner if he
“wanted to ace them very bad.” The man who
owned the linen changed his mind nndcrlhe
clrcnmaUT-ces, and went for an officer, who
corralcd tlie pedestrian and put him in the ci.y
muscum till further orders.
Wasfalagtoo N teal Inga.
Chicago Tribune epecia’.
The developments in tho matter of petty
stealings from tlie veterans and the disabled at
the Soldiers’Home show more syteniatic rob
bery than was at find supposed. It appears
that the testimony of the experts called by the
commit.ee has been gfven under the fear of
discharge in case they orpesed any of the ir
regularities of which they have had a knowl
edge. The fact has now come out that not only
were the gardens, orchard*, dairy and green
houses drawn upon regularly to furnish private
residences in tlie city, but that dally requisi
tions have been made on the supplies of ice.
In fact, there fa now pood reason to believe that
everything connected with this great establish
ment mid its extensive grounds which could be
made lo contribute to tlie comfort, lnxuty or
support of families moving in (he first circles
has been drawn upon.
HH El i T
The President ba* approved the antf-
polygamy WU.
Tits Wisconsin Legislature bas defeat
ed a bill to establish capital punishment.
A Great modiste isrued the following
d'rections fo.- wearing a new style of headgesr:
“With tills bonnet the mouth is worn slightly
open."
Death-bed insurance has b«en judi
cially kicked out of Ohio. The Supreme Com;
of that Stale had the felicity of giving ihe final
impulsion. *
The elephant Jumbo ba* been confined
fn the Iraveitng ear constructed for him, and
be will be removed to the slearashtp docks for
shipment to New York.
A new bell, bearing the inscription,
"Sinners, this bell calls you to the worship or
Christ and nothing more.” has bce.t presented
to .'jo Baptist Church of Dedham, Mass.
The common council of San Francisco
nrote*.* against the payment of the city's -as
ulll as presented by the gas company. Ilia
amount of the bill is J 22.’>,f JO .for the past year
The Attorney General of Texas entered
suit, on Tuesday at Austin, against tho New
Orisons, Texas * Pnciflc railway, tlie Gould
line, for forfeiture of c'isrior. tho company
having failed to comply with its requirement^
That tbe Grangers are still alive in tho
West is shown by their ownership of ninety
KL* 1 . 16 In *' Icl 'igan, ranging in cost from
i^U_to»3,Uia These arc used for the meetings
of luo granges and rented out for other pur
poses.
“At thirty * man suspects himself a
fool;
Knows It at forty, nnd reforms his plans-
At fifty chides his infamous delay,
Pnsbee Ida prudent purpose to resolve:
In all the magnanimity of thought
Resolves and re-resolves; then dies tlie strae."
A California, salmon, weighing
eleven pounds, jwas icccntly caught in^the
french Braid riverof North Carolina. He em
igrated about three year* ago. when very small
F&.cSmm£ e onT ,eei,0f UlU Un!tc * Suitc8
Waul street boys: It having'been
reported among tiio boys that Johnny was
busted, Johnny called in Tom and Sammy and
showed tiieconienisof his pockets, consisting
of 20 cpmtronics, 6 alleys, 10 agates and 8 Chin
ese. Jo.inny is a nice bev anil bis credit is
fully restored.—Boston Transcript.
According to the census reports only
eight State* engage in rice culture, viz.: Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi.
Npr.h Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.
Tbe "iroduct forlt>79 was 110,131 .nttf pounds, of
Wl «c i nearly ono half wax'nilseti in Scutli Ckr-
piloa, rrd a l.srre proportion of tbe o. her half
in Georgia and Louisiana.
A Memphis darkey who stole a mule
tt'cd to engage a lawyer who once saved him
.’.-om p-foon. Tho lawyer said he could no
help him until he paid his feo in the former
case. "Why. boas." exclaimed the disconso
late darkey, “I stole flat mule ’specially to sell
him r.nd pay you.” At last accounts he war
still without a legal adviser.
A native writer at sorts tbat there is
rtirrely a rich Mahometan fn Lucknow who-
does no; keep a training cMaldblimcnt. An
jstatra’ned ouail is worth from one to four
Mata hot w.icn a bird lias become a famous
fighter l’.s owner ran pet rlOO for it any (lav.
WsilmnMiail quails live proudly in gatidily-
Ocoorated cages and in tiio pit evince great val
or and dexterity.
The latest census bulletin report* tiio
total number of acres planted to sugar cane In
thfa country in 1679 at 227,770 acre*, from which
the product was ITS,872 hogsheads of sugar and
16^73^73 gallons of molasses. Of this Louisi
ana produced 171.706 hogshead* of sugar and
11.6ro,2ls gallons of molasses. The onlv States
tint report any product nt all are Alabama,
Jtorida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Tex is.
Experiments made rear Pittsburg on
the explosion of boilers have produced rcsulto
which a scientific observer bas summarized by
raying they amonnt to "a complete demonstra
tion that explosions do not occur from low wa
ter but are caused by a sudden bur-ting of wa
ter into steam when a vacuum iu tlie steam de
portment fa caused by the opening of the
valve."
unvmi
Aon
Gnlleau Weakening.
Special to Chicago TH une.
Gulteau, aeeoiding to Deputy Warden R. ta,
who has chatgc of him, 1* bicakiug (loan.
Warden Rom*, being r.«kcd (>night Low hi*
prisoner wo*, raid: "Gni mu Is not so well as
he has been. He weakened a gieut dc-1 las;
week.”
"From what cause I”
"It was the Interview in some Chicago news
paper in which Scovllle raid he was willing
Gulteau should be itacriffced If thereby public
attention would be culled to the necewi'ly for
reform in the law relating to Insane ci imiuals.’-
“Guiteau now remind* me," said tiie Wa-,
den. “of the story connected with the barging
of Modoc Capiaiu Jack. A* the noose was
about to lie put about bl* neck-Captain Jock
said: ‘Don’t hang me. Hang Scarfaccd Char
ley. there.’ Tlmtfa Jusi the way with Gnlleau.
He bflsnoobleciion to legislation on the sub-
i ectof insanity, but he docs not want to be
mng—nt any ra'e, not as an exnmp’e ot tbe de
ficiencies of tbe law. He fa quite willing
that Scovllle or anybody else shall be
hung. Indeed, be said so the oilier day.
In a poroxvsm ot fear, lie etied ont to one o,
tlie guards. ’Why don’t they htng Scovllle rnd
let me go? I am a high-toned gentleman .and he
Is onlv a real ekia.e lawyer. The connirycan
sprue him bettor thru it can spare met' ’’
“TUI* interview," continued Ross, “ihrew
Gulteau into n fever, and he lias had the «ulks
ever *ince. He fa not well. His nppciUe. which
has always been very great, ha* entirely failed
him wiihln tlie past week. There was a curiooa
incident the other day at tiio jail. A man came
to visit him wbo sain lie bail traveled ail ihe
wav iiorn Tennessee just to take a look at him,
and tbe tramp raid: -X spirted without a cent,
I beat the railroad for tbe passage, and I have
not a cent now.’ Guhcau was greatly interest
ed in tiio iamp’n story. His experience in
beating a rail'osd company seemed to recall
pleasant memories lo Aiuhcaii, sntl when the
tramp left Gulteau did not ask him to buy a
photograph or an aukgraph, but gavelilma
lud'-doilar, and said 'hat he hoped that would
help lo get a good square meal. Tl-isfatbc
first visitor Guiteau ha* had who was not In
vited to purchase something."
“Do youliilukGuiteau will breakdown on
his way to the sen fib 1 d.’’ hi* keeper was rsked.
"I thick that be will break down iben. oral
before that lime. He is breaking down now.
My impression fa tbat a* soon a* the court en
bane decide* nyJoat him, he will bicak down
entirely, and I think he will probably die ot
inanition before the day set for his execution
arrives."
Hyrile Hathaway.
Cnicago Tribune.
"I can never forgive you," and as Myrtle
Hathaway *i>ote tiicse words, saying tiic.n
slowly, nnd wiili n mournful cadence ibat
showed plainly how every fibre ot her be'ng,
every pairing nerve in her Jllbc, slinpelv ' w*te
ws i betng ti'Clclicd lo Us utmost tension by
tho cruel ve'-gUtof woe that wa* bearing down
upon her, she threw her aims Rrouud Rupert
l'.io.uiui’s neck in a passionate abandon of
grief Hurt knew no bounds. And yet how
bcauti-ul she looked, as sbesiood there ilmt
soft, sensuous day In June, when the sky wn*
quivering nHh »uiquoi*o blocm and » hi'se
red-aud-white cow Mood ouliiucd against she
western horizon. Wonderfully i-'e’.r brown
eye*shining through a mass of tarjjlrd Inti'
that ddfiea over than. A wiroiud Ho-
quivering with the sobs that shook he- s'i-.nt
foamc. eoU. ncachv cheeks, dow-t w’.tic.i the
tears—thore saline but uiieriirg cvh'euc-' pf a
broken heart—were tailing like April rain*.
“Anil fa there no receding from ill's resoivc,
my sweeifi wb'spcrcd llujicrt, la so >, p'cad-
Ing. Wabash-avenue tones, ns lie bent Iris
young tuanly face oter the sartlv-beaiiiiful
one below, amt lie drew the ’ihtmpi y-rounded
fo.in of ibe sobbing girl still closer to hi*
suspender: “You surely cannot mean, my love,
for til's one fault, ibis little break at die tjune-
tei-pole. to send me away from you forever out
lute tbo dark, s f 'ilcs* future ot a ruined lonre
over which yonr own fo'r baud* ibo*e hand*
which can work nil ice-cream s;>oon with *uoh
a tender pa>bos. nnd yet at such a fc.v--nl el'p—
have spread ibe b'uck pall of the coldly-eiuel
words you have Just spoken. Say ills only a
bluff, tny dar'ing; that you do uol mean lire
words you have spokoe—i-KjbUgbtiirg, carbolic
acid words that have wiped from die slate Of
memory '.he rose-tinted visions of a ba >py pa<(
anil left in iheirplace only tlie dieatiiii! mon-
sicrs oi remorse nnd anguish that iccr
their h!-r,Ing heads amid a trackless waste o
mini ti hup.-..''
A* lie spoke. Rupert had drawn Myrtle near
er lo him, nnd when tbe last words fell in
trembling hcccii 1 * on her er - her head h:\ri
dropped upon lti* shoulder and Mie was «<ib-
hing more vloU'iuly tiian eve-. When he had
finished she looked up Whim wiili those du-ky
brown ere*, from which tbe team were welling,
nnd stilting by n mighty effort the «obs that
were ooming ui*ck and iast from beneath her
liver pad. Mpokc:
“You know, Rupert,” she said a winsome,
pleitiv-of-earanieli-titis-uetk look stealing
gen Iv and uposlepla-lonsly over heroine, pa»-
siottievs lace, “.hat for month* my If-e firs been
wrapped up in yo.n*; - hat your sio-cess was my
•recces-, vourgriefs my grief. You know mai
lo tile fell, die golden-timcl fall, when 'lie
leave-, are- {anting brown and .he wbice-ple te
budding in tbe -rin'iy, I have promised •» :>e
your Ihiiiut brioo—io iielp keep you broke ror
.be tetinnee of vour 11 1'. Of cou-se it ri herd
for me to give tu'* t’p. a put forever beli'nil
me i'l die woodshed ot my soul .lie ^bright vis-
io.-s n.'a haopy ,||>U"C that I had sei my o.nlte-
o jo-* wiiliA'ou I l tile IxnUS Island* of a rioi-
cago boat ding ’ ou*e. Bui my du.y's plrJn,
end I mu -t not shrink from in Do not ritiuk
ill'- b.vc fo • YOU ill's fed. it bas never been
nl.ervd "i stars. l»o n»t press me fornnex-
pianation. I can only say that any man who
is sucker enough to b*ek. the favorite iu a ste-
di.y wa king match i* not flv enough for me:"
anil dipping In the parlor Myrtle began ring
ing tiiat beautiful chant, “Do Not Fix tbe Gate
in trimmer,” while Rupert, bl* proud spirit
crushed and his heart desolate, started down
town to get full.
walk ont of a dHbon from the same door at
which they entered they will soon be overtaken
by bad luck. As some saloon* only have two
floors- a front and back door—tilts supcrMition
causes young meu a great deal of .rouble at
times, as (hey oitcu find i; necessary to retire
,rjtn such place* through narrow back yards.—
St. Louie Republican.
A London telegram of 22d inst., says:
Thfa fa the third day of lint Lincoln spring
meeting. Tlie race for .ho Lincolnshire handi
cap, distance one mile, was won by Count F.
DcLatrangc'* five-vearold chestnut horse Pou-
let. The second place was secured by Mr. A.
Brow ford's fire-yea void ehc-tnui horse Master
Waller, nn<i tliiri nl/icc I>y liu* nuiic owner's
flve-Tear-oM gray liorac Burliaimu. Mr. P.
Tx>nliard*8 flve-ycar-olcl b*y filly Amnza and
four-year-old chestnut gelding Mistake also
ran.
A GF3TLEMAN who bu just made a
trip down the Mississippi rircr told a reporter
o* the New Orleans Picay une that In his opin
ion the cause of the breaks in ihe levees Jf
chiefly owing to tho carelessness of the people.
When tbe levees are not cowred with water
they arc driven over by henw vehicles and in
many places broken through fn thi« way. Then
when ho water rise? it bunts thiongfc the weak
spots and floods the ncighlxnhood. The pec-
pie reve** repair ihe levees in a dry season, and
when tiie floods come they could not remedy
tho dazrase.
Tm: Senate committee on agriculture
has reported favorably on the bill to make the-
Agricultural Bureau an execitivc. deportment.
It provides that there shall bo a rccrclary and
an rsslstant secretary, both of whom shall be-
praclical agriculturists; that there shall be flf©
bureaus In the department* as follows: Lil
and industrial education* rjrricultural prod
lions, manufacture ami machinery, trail si
kitten and trans/er, pcoiouical surrey from
Interior Department. The duties and j»owe.~
of the department arc nudnlr to collect and
disseminate iuformadon re'ating to agt\* -*•
ltiml .Interests.
The members of the crew of tbe Nor
wegian bark SI Jon. at Boston, detract some
what from the size of ihe telegraphic sto*y
about their sailing through fifty miles of dead
confish, but the truth, if their present story bo
ime, is ttaitling enough. They say that they
sailed through ten or twelve miles of floating
dead flsli, the fish being of large *ize and visl-
blcon hothsteesnf tbo ship as far «•» the eye
could roach. An attempt was matte tocaleh
one of them with a bwuJiook, but the vessel
was sailing v> fast that it proved ifnpossible to
do so. These mariners have no theory to ac-
count for this fish fatalUt, but say they never
saw or heard of tlie like before.
Col. I3A.CBELDEH, who it preparing an
official history of the battle of Gettysburg, with
ft view of getting ihe fullest and mo>t accurate
information, has called two meetings of the
participants in the ba»lle to be held on the bat
tle ground itself. Tlie fi-"t will take p?aco
June 7, and ^ ilI im*1u<lesolriic!>nfthef<mfetl-
era'u’ and Unlou armies who took part to the
fighting at or near Peach Orchard, Wheat field.
Devil’s I)cn f or Bound Top. Ti.c second will
bo held June 11, arid will include those who
were eugnged in the first day’* fwUtle. All vet
erans of the Union and Confederate armies of
any rank, who fought on then oc'-aMons, no
invited to be present.
tiraat at the Whits Hour*.
Couri+vJoM nal.
I’ve wandered to the White Hoi *«?, C
I’ve come to you. my te»v:
If you i — -
There’s many an Ohio man
Set twu’k sinee you got in :
Your scheme N not unlike my j.Iar
Go in, my boy, and win!
If but the Demo*’!at*, mt boy.
Shall wranglea« of yore.
Without alloy shall couic your joy
In autumn, : 8I,
Ann* Dl«ktn«Mi m Hamlet,
Gath.
I went to see Anna Dickinson nlav "Hamlet’*
on her opening night in New York. She bad
a large house, and looked well in men’s trunks
nnd hose—having no delicacy about her limbs,
butlhfv were stout enough Her dress wax a
sort of’ dark purple. She looked pretty old
ai»out ‘he throat and cheeks but her preU/
brow and fine pair of eyes were admired. She
was Ul at ea.se, nnd looked,«« she came on. like
n person s<w>n to be shot. She put her hands
on the small of her back, and played nearly
the first net with them there, apparently afraid
to put them forward: and when she did gesture,
she use*! her hands and arms like a balance-
pole to walk a tight roj© with. Her voice was
letter than I expected, and for some time its soft
cadence and depth ot tone wen* pleasing; but
she soon lout the proper nlteb.and talked a
kev or two above the people on the stage, and
consequently the play ran more and mcreou
her part into a hollow declamation—like ft
woman on the top of th© house trying to be
conversational with peooh? on the ground.
She had no dexterity with her hands, her
■•word or her back; and ihe be** her friend#
could do whs to applaud her for not falling,
while a good many were !u a Utter, and other*
went ont earlv in the play. The tpwftrte with
this woman j* the same ns with Ml* Mary
Anderson. She wa* not willing to work to
the lower places and deserve to come up, but
wanted to tden from socle*y to tlie top of the
dramatic profeotiou over the heeds of Ibe la-
borers. She wanted to gather to the mowey
without >pending the sweat and bonding her
neck to the stubbie*
