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10 THE WEEKLY CONSlrfUTION. ATLANTA. GA*. TUESDAY AUGUST 26 1884. TWELVE PAGES. WINTER AT THE POLE. l*??f ??? Booths cf Twlllftbt Follow* by |M Dsys Md SlClits of ???einohtoo???Rferosrr Pro*wi to tbo lbrtnoinetcr for 10 Dors???Tbs Drsorjr March ???outhward???Tha Btiout. PcRTsMotTH, N. If., August 18.???Fof the ' pU(po??e of obtaining some idea of tho gcnaral nature and probable value of the scientific ob- conations made by Groely at Lady Franklin boy, an associated prera agent visited him Haturdsy. Greely first stated tha object of tho Lady Franklin bay expedition, ria: to ??stab- lirh o polar station, one of the thirteen sug gested by Lieutenant Weiprect, of Aoitris, vrbo discovered Fran* Joseph Land. Hiinul- Igneous observations of all physical phenom ena wero to be taken. A complete program mo which was to be followed was arranged by ah international polar congress, in which repre sentatives of thirteen nations took part.* The observations in whicn tho greatest possible accuracy were to be had were those of dec in*??? tiou and deviation of the magnetic needle, temperature ot the air and sea, height of the barometer, and mean and maximum rise and fall of tides. All explorations were incidental to the main objects of the expedition. The expedition was fitted out under authority of ??ougrf*s, aud was composed oi three officers ' of the army, ono acting surgeon and nineteen enlisted men from tho aimy. Rations for twenty-seven months were | ut ui tho Proteus, which left fit. Johns, July 7, 1881, with tho party. She touched nt Disco Island and I'ppernavick to procure sledges, dogs, skins ami dog food. Two K??* quimtiux were added to tho party. Proven landing was mado at Caroy Island, in tho ncith water, and tho provisions, cached by Narrs in 1876, in tho Alert, were found in good condition. At Littleton Island Greely pcrrrnally recovered the English Artie mail, led by fiir Allan Young in the Pandora in 1876. At Oar! Jtiltcr I ny, in Kennedy Channel, a cacbo of provisii i,*, for use on rctn-at, was made. It wss the original intention to establish a p ilar station nt Water Course bay, but heavy masses of ieo rendered Water Course bay ex ceedingly dangerous anchorage. Moving to Disrosrty harbor, ,tlio station was there es tablish! <1 mi tho site occupied by the English exploring parly of 1876. The erection of a bouse was at once commenced, and stores aud equipments landed. XVIKTKR IX Til SC ARCTIC. On the 28th of August camo tha parting be tween tho Greely party aud the ineu nt the riotous. Tho little bond gathered on the frozen shore and wutchud tho Proteus im sho ???teamed slowly down through Lady Franklin bay. tin the evening of the same day the temperature sank below freezing point, and the icy Arctic wiuter was on them in ??arnnst. Tlicir house was fluished about a weok after tho Proteus left. It was named in honor of fenator Conger, Fort Conger. During tho first month the cold affected the men more then at any subsequent time at Fort Conger. Later <u in December the temperature Mtik from 60 to 06 degrees below zero and ???o remained for days at a time, but even in that weather tha cook's favorite amusement was dancing bareheaded, barearmed and with slippered foot on the top of a anow drift. During the day tho mon drassad iu ordinary outsido clothing, but thair tlannals ware very heavy. Fivt man werx generally for a part of tha day engaged In scientiflo work under Oreo- ly'a direction, aud in the duties of the camp. The remainder were employed generally about oue hour a day. Thoy dovotod tho rest of the time to amusemout. All slept In bunks. Their quitters mere heated bya largo coal atovo, the average beat maintained being 60?? above Chickers, cards, chess and reading wore Hit* j.Iuum uu nti uf the evening. Tho lita, (freely soldi lar from a loucly one. Many Of the n en said they never bau -passed two happut year* thnh those spout at FortCougor. lill'NIi.llT St'N AND NOO.NUAY PARK. On the I ???????? li of October the sun left them for 136 days, aud u twilight, varying from half an hour to twenty-four hours, succeeded. For two months it was so dim Hint a dial of s watch n.uld not be read by it. On April II, tin* sun came above the horizon and rouuimni tbrre 136 days, giving the party a groat ???uffirirncy of midnight. Duringthroo months the stars wero visible constantly, the constel lations of Orion's hell mid tho Grout Ildar being brightest. Tho North star looked down from almofet overhead. Standing atano outsido the foil on one of these nights the scene was weirdly grand. To tlio north flaini ti the aurorn ImrcaiU, and tho bright con stellations were set like Jewels around tho north. Thia was about 500 miles directly I Messrs* toekwood and Rralnard reached was Cape north of Lady Franklin Jtay, but to get there land they hetraveled ovir 1,000 milea,open water,and I letweniltandlheinalnlandoIBrltannla.?????? broken pork, fMquantiycauring him to rotraoe Markham think, th* highest latitude hi, *tep* 50 mile,. Lockwood Rounded theaea I reecb.d by the party wa, 12 degree, 55 ,ec- bolh year, between Oano-Bryant and tape ondl . H e applaud, the admirable ze>l and buteouldI not tou??h bottom with 1.15 I devotion dlapfayed by Lockwood and Brai- ???????????? 1 nard, and .ay.: -???Ignorane will u.ethodie- Britannia, fatboma of line. Markham, a few years be- fore, about 100* miles to the west, got bottom at 72 fathoms. Lockwood found at his farthest north about the same vegetation as at Lady Franklin bay, but no signs of a polar current or open polar sea. Iu 1883 he was stopped near Cape Bryant, 126 miles from Lady Frank- lip l ay, by an open channel, extending west to the'eoast of Gnnnel Land. The width of this channel varied from 260 yards to 6 miles, but on the north the ice packs extended us could be sesn with the MISCELLANEOUS. FACTS, FANCIES AND FIGURES OF INTEREST. ??star which overtook the Greely party,??to dis- courage'future research, but educatioa*will de feat ignorance, and polar research will con tinue until the work has been completed/' New York, August 21.???The secretary of the navy and the secretary of war having been in consultation tp-duy at the navy yard, Brook lyn, with Commander Schley, concerning tha Greely relief expedition, from thorn the fol lowing reliubjo statement relative to th? re- 1 cent reports of tha treatment of the bodies of ghiu. With n supply of provisions, the fail- I the dead of the Greely polar expedition is de- ureof which had caused his return the year I r : vrr ?. f r . r the < nly ones found were the trunks of trees ou the southwest coast of OrionoU's Lund. The only sen animals seen by Lockwood st 83 dei gn 1 ??? 26???, were walruses. Htrange to soy, the or for toft for catching shrfp, tho following au- tbcntic extract (him Conur-?????????- g2 - -- now being prepared for the tLcntie extract from <>>nunander Schley's report, now being prepared for the socreteryof the navy, t fu.ws a portion of the mfeinnin* to have been so ret a 26???, were walruses, htrange to say, the | treated, but that those of Licuteu-. 1I1 us is not to be found ot Lady Franklin I V.V*v??? 8cr 5ftE lt IAt 8T decrees ???*7 the d-iliiHi'iii of the 1 ' Gvote fccbnciuo, hergeant Cress, aud the I.ijul- u.y. At 8.1 degree?? atueciion ogm man* Christiansen, were absolutely whole and agnatic net die was 104 degrees west, in ire I untouched.??? ??? c-fourth of a circle. As fur as Lock- wood went, the north western . head of the Greenland coast continued. The maps of tin* regions discovered are iu possession of Lieutenant Greely. and are very carefully male. All through the two years at Lady Fraukiiu bay the magnetic nevdfr was never quiet except during the storm in February, 188.1, Tbo rRKrAMATIUXH mn hxyusat were made by < utablishing a depot at Cape Baird, twelve miles to the south. Day after day the anxious men looked off over Lady Franklin buy ex|??ectiiig the ice to open so that they might commence their journey toward home. At last, August 16, 1883, the welcome news that the ice whs broken was brought. All had been made ready, uml that very day the narty embarked in a little steam lauuoli. Behind them they left their dogs, as thoy could not be taken. Four barrels of pork find Foroe seal oil were li ft for tbo animals. Lady Fraklin bay was crossed to Cape Baird, a dis tance of 13 miles and then the western coast ofGriuncJJ Land wus followed south in fur os lTlT n??ok. tfuuuii, 11 was round I that the bodies of six of them, f Lieutenant Kin- Hliftbtiry, 8crgrsnt Jewell, I'riratoWhUUer.Tri- vole Henry, Frivatc Kllia and Hergeant Ralston,) The Survivor Lewis Noras Unable to Ae- courit for Tlietn. # 2f??WBtf??TPOBT, Mass., August' 20???Louis Noras, in regard to tbo reported finding of clotbing ana other articles supposed to have belonged to the Jeannette expedition says: **l know thoi none of our party were left be hind in tho tent. I know that all tho tonts were taken away hi our boats. I know that no casks were taken from the ship and carriod away by the party. I know that there woe but one bear skin In the party, aud that was left in a cache ou the Siberian -coast. I can not tell whether or not tho articles found are genuine without seeing them, and my theory is that the articles found, if auy have been found, were token by the natives from this ,, , _ .... ,, cache, ;??nd by some mosus, how I cannot con- < hjo lii.wki rt. Largo quantities ol heavy ice I ceive, have gradually worked their war to were met, end extreme whs Um danger every civilization.' 7 moment that the Uttlo launch would bo crush- I . *??? eil. Pc viral times nil tho boats were nearly ???Shot l*y Order of Lieutenant Greely.** lost. The itifl'cring of tneinen was great. I Nkw Yobk. August 21.???Dr. Nagle, registrar of They were now within 60 miles of G.tps Nnltitit* Klrikiiuf fr.uu Hawkss dfr.ict I the navy department at Washington, a certified Komrie, mrtaing irom uipe Jiawicaa airect ei py of Lieutenant Greely 4 * report 00 tho execti- for Bate s illnmi, the party was caught on the I tion ol Private Henry. On tha authority of this ic?? pack and froze in iu miles south of Gaps I report, tho record in tho bureau was changed to Ilowkes. In 13 do vs they drifted south on tha ??*ad instead of ?????????tarvalipu,?????? which was assigned n??, 25 mil. ., .(ulTcrlug Ic-rribly from th. | S! Or????? ? t???m ' ??ho uiS registrarin the matter ceases. Watson's Orimo and Death-Yet Birds???The Parti load Vsee???Oregon Sktn Hunters???Seme Ca rious Paste???Old-Tim* Hot Summer- Earthquake* and Voleanoes. Bto< cold. Bo they drifted to within 11 miles of | t???opo Sabine, and were obliguiHo abandon the , ??? horribly oppreMivu.that n mail alone Is nln eil tempted to kill himself, so hmoly does he ft-cl. The astronomer of tho party said that willi thojmkcd eye a star of 0110 degree, smaller magnitude than can be soon hero in thornio way might be discerned. The moon would r?? main iu sight from eleven to twelve days at 11 time. The thermometer registered on Juno 30 the highest temperature at Lady Franklin bay which wo kuaw during cur stay. It was 62 degrees above zero. Tho lowest was in February. 1881, 65 degrees be- low *ero. In this February our monury trite, nnd remained solid for fifteen days. The im nurv iu the thermometer invariably rose during storms or light winds. Tho highest baioniatsr was slightly above thirty- five siii*l es, tlio lowcat slightly below twenty- nine inches. Tho greatest variations were in thowiiitir. The clot remoter, au instru*nont used to ascertain the presence of elietrieitv, was set up, but not the elighteat result* ob tained 9 vna auroral luarLsr. Tbc display ot the aurora was very good, but not to bo rampart'd to those seen at Disco island and l 7 p|wriravik. F???or'a valley nbierv- er iu?? cracking aoumlacraritpnnied the display, and the general shape was that of a ribbon. The at nthweaterly horixou was the ??piartcr in which the highest diaplnys wero seen. Nares reported in 1876 that no shadow wo* ca*t by the aurora, but Greely says he distinctly ob served his shadow east by it. There wero no electrical disturbances, save those maui^sted by. rumbling thumb r, heard twice far away 11 the north. In the course of the trial observations made, a very interesting fact was discovered, that the tides nt Lady Franklin bay came from the north, while those at Melville hay uml Cape Sabiuo rctne It* tn the south. Tho temperature of tha north sidtswas two degre-g warmer than that ft* in the south at Cape Sabine. Why this was, Gi??<'.y would Hot venture to sUt/. He need in measuring the fl ny of tides* fixed gfct'ge, an iron nil pl^ed in th- mud. Tit * rninti- rise of thy' ejuir.g tides ut Lady Fm Urn Fay was fdrif.d to bo 8 frat*, at Ci;w highest %U-?? rise 12 fret. S rf was w*!y i>ha?? rwdiiu ice durii.r two rears. A! lawv Franklin ithe averagv tem i*ra- r tvievu the water degrees abovo'xero. ^S'aluia weigbiug ninety j-mmU were ktil *.l anundjIVrt Conger. . Fish is ot wonderful ScRicttw. Perhaps the * rent c??t surprise **r the 1 x|k tFt on was takine in 'u Lake Alexau Iris, a tnsh-witer lake la tet above so* level, a ftnr-j untd taJmon. From the hay, or *01, fitly two very small t-h were taken daring lw ??? two years, hi d iVw are found north efCi)*FsUt*r. Vegglati e U ut the 1 *??*ra ThebigheM r??gisliird during a n.jhs 1??. Liur. mat Lady Frankliu tit Capa willows and t*xi- itv of tlio wind Was i.-ie snow-storm, 7U ware pro R.U: ic. | < tb, in and 1* m??*t valuable remits. f Msy in <trh roar, where lliv *?? Cy stood, ataboat the >iuuv- time of ??^d, frau* M* elevation ef *,000 fret, strangest glass . n UalFa haiiu aud > cbanncl. couid discern nothiu^bit ra* that Dr. llayea claim- j**ii polar sea. On the ached the ht???heu 2 w|>v cmmiiiv, nun n??i??uuii^un uuminuu tun steam launch September It). Tho pack now rimnincd motionless for three d??ys and sev eral times tho party got within two or throe miles of Capo fiahino, only to bo drifted back by tho southwoMt gales. Five seals were killed nnd eaten while the party wero drifting about. Eventually a heavy northwest gale drove them by Cano fiahino within n mile of Bra- vcor???s islami, but they could not land. Sep tember 22 there arose the moat terrific gale they lisd yet seen on tho Arctic ocean. Their icc lloe was driven hither and thither by the teniptest end waves washed over thorn again aud again the spray freusing to them and causing them intense suffering. The night came on, otto of inky blacknoss. The wind threw the heavy Uoee together,and crash after crash of ieo, breaking from their own lloe, warned tho mon that iieath was near to them No man knew what minute the floo might break up uml tbe water engulf thorn, Tho first faint light of dawn showed them that little remained nf the Uoo on which thay were. The sea washed another olose # to them jcloser it canto, and at last the men euceoedod in get ting upon it. Tho storm slowly subsided and thoy gained land nt Ksnuiuiaux point, uear Barrow inlet, September 20. THRLART 8TAXU. Hero winter quarters woro built nnd scouts .wero sent (o Capo Isabella and Capa fiabine. In tUrf tfnya tfioV returned. Their roports sent a thrill of horror to ovdry ???heart. At Con?? Isabella und" Cap# Sabin?? wero found ??my 1,800 rations, and from Gnrlington'a 1 ccords they learned tho fato of tho l???rotous. Everyone knew that death must come to near ly ftllNif th?? party long k??h>ro a ship of rescue qpuld force its way into Mclvillu bay. Kifrrts were made to sustain tlicir spirits now by lectures nnd light reading. October 16 tbo party removed tc Capo finbine. January 18 Cross died of scurvy. In April th?? rations issued daily hnd dwindled t?? four ounces of meat mid six ounces of bread. Man lifter iiirii died and All hope had tlod. when on that day the blast of a whistle roused the survivors from tho lethargy of approaching druth. Lieutenant Greely, when asked ui to his ideas uj>on the probable result of tho Arctic explorations, said: ???l do not think tho BLAINE'S FIRST BABE. Its Gravo Dasscrntrd In a Curiflos Man ner. Aigusta,M??.,August 18.???Much feeling has been excited in this community by a crime of an extraordinary character. In the well- known cemetery lot of Stanford Clay an infant sou of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine lies buried. The child died in July, 1861, and its resting place is marked by n beautiful memorial of marble, erected iu 1866, on which the dates of the birth and death wero plainly inscribed in raised letters. THE VAXDALIHM DlflCOVRaiD. About two weeks ago it was discovered that the date of the child's birth ha?? boon careful ly chiselled away. It was quickly discovered, nnd an intimate friond of Blaine???s family put a detective on the track of the perpetrator,who has not yet been discovered, but it is bolioved a clew lias been found in tho fact that directly- after the mutilation of tho 'memorial ai K rrou, whose name is knownn d copies of the alleged record sent to nows-' paper* in various ports of the country nntago-, nistic to Blaine. Tha motive df the act of vandalism is scarcely . apparent. There is! ngall classes of people great Indignation among over the sacrilegious act. Hhcrto found to be unfavora bio should prove favorable . to the party attempting to icgcli tho pole. If it is to he don?? nt ull it must be don?? by way of Francis Joseph laud. It could never be reached by the Jean- nett?? route. That there is a polar sen 1 11m well nigh certain. This is proved hy tho ico drifting out of Muscle bay aud Spitbergeu iu midwinter, aud the northern drift of tho polar pack, nnd the experiments of 1???avy and Lock- wood in 82 degrees 83 minutes. Men can stand two winters very well at Lcdy Franklin bay, but phyiseal strength rapidly deterioate*. we had bad every supplv and tho necessary feed we could, |ierheps, have lived eight ten years at Lady Franklin bay. The survivors of the Greely party are in the city to-day unattended, but refuse to say any thing of interest. They expect In depart for their hornet some time this week. Sergeant Praimud is auuouuccd to deliver a lecture at Kiltcry to-night. m The Ilcror.l of Henry's Death. Nkw Yoi x, August 18.???A letter received nt the sanitary heaiiipiorters to-day, from Colonel. I Sutherland???, medical director of the division of the Atlantic of the war department, iu which lie stated that when he reported the death of Private Henry, of the Groety party fa have been caused by starvation, in applying for transit pa|tcrs, lie was uot advised of the facts in lb?? case, subsequently developed. He docs not undertake to authorize a correction, leaving that to the authorities at Washing ton. w ho are vet to las heard from. TLc 1 onain* cf l'rivato Whistler, of the Guely expedition, will be exhumed to-mor row morning. Losnox, August 20.???Clements 11. Mark ham, sicratary of the roval geographical so- ???iety, who served in the Arctic expedition in i860, in search of fiir John Franklin, has written a letter a prop's of the, recent charg.-s made against tho Grtaly party. In this he savd that tho accusation of murder and eannihalisnt mule Against the Oiitljr party is a disqmca to American kuruals. Keeney would have suggoited si ll nee until Lientec.ant Greely had submitted liis rtp rt to the government. There may l*o a rau.t unt of truth in the charge. It i* porai- blc Put utilik??'!y that bravo u.cn, iu tho hut extrasuity. should have succumbed. Mark ham draws attention to th* f.i.???t that a similar cruel &.vu*nlion was made tgaiuM tho Sir Jo^n Franklin exp?- HrnryWnttcrson ns lira. Blaine's Defender.! Locistii.li, Augnst 18.???Henry Wattorsonl returned from Virginia Beach .yesterday, ami] in answer to a question as to the Blaiue scan-j dal, said that he hnd long ago discredited and) dismissed it from serious con.-dderation. Ho. ension, some fifteen year* ago, to look into the matter, and had found nothing whietv could justify the impeachment of Mrs. Blaine's; virtue. Tho Couricr-Jonrual of this morning iu tbe course of nu editorial, says: ???To tho integrity of the good woman who, for- thirty years, has presided over Mr. HI line???s house hold, iccognizrd by all who know her to be tlio I cut of wives and mothers, an entire generation ol testimony may bs called, and will confidently atnl' roidlally tiii.twer. Tho only ofioct of the senseless and wicked lava* Ion of tho homo Ilfs of the eminent, and corrupt statesmen who heuds the republic nr ticket iu icdccmiug tho failure of hla career, will betofurnUh him on opportudlty to poao in the character of ft defender of the fireside and hearth Mono aud bin own honor nnd character, otl'erlui (special opportunities fur historic display ami driving dluctly at tbe most susoeptlbl# corner of the popular heart. It ht beside the purpou to ad- vaneo this wanton attempt to destroy au honest domestic fabric, ns nn onset against tho porsma! attacks wad?? l*y the republicans upon Governor Cleveland. Two wrongs do uot make a right, nor arc tbe rases In any wise alike. One case involv ing 11cthin:: mon* than the chastity of a bachelor, ord tho other of a foundation of the family. BEN BUTLER IN NEW ORLEANS. of Admiral 8!icr- idraloneo! the Frank- ???Why attempt to lift ilition. BLu the m Lie sid 0??U re,* ho cvmn: lira sraich expeditions ith which the All Merciful lias ba??i?? hut cut from mortal ken th?? s*<| battling with firaiin ntinuing say*. ???ve arac. hi 1tr2, Lorki *c ever alts ??i. ?2 degrees, 22 minutes Pleas* d to >hut cu h?? -.??ss of brave <ddi.ru/??.-' Markbi^H Xbe AB???eilecn navy departme* t ??hjuld*... - raitn-Hid sTidUe-i r^;H??asible forth?? eKp??-lt* t> li. Tin* | city >LcuM never b *Va beau let u iir.-ut a depet tlilp winteriua within an nc.*e^l- t.eiii>l??uraof l! 1 la. TbedtBeultr of uavigiUtif the * Lunin l north of 8:aitU sound w??* tqnarvt. and pra.sLtt. li rm Bcwketed. hone* the catsstr.*- pre for which there I* uo excuse. Lleutaaant Girely???s ohuvitosj* work will l>im a valuable >it| )d??uuut to tbo series of observations which writ* taken by the ship Dt* *ov*ry in 197,w 1 he L-ieeiy expedition will bear the txt of ib* trugh Kiutiuy. It* Brt&len ore abtak** > however, tn fttsttug that Cape Itritanat* wa* vtu- Me fr. to I.tucoin bay, on tbe we*t side of Kobo<)3 ml Butler, while in Fortland, Mo., drumming up reeiuits to go south, said to a well known citizen of that city, ???Come, go with mo to Now. Orleans; the country lias goue to holl, and l'i going to make all tlio money I can out of it." A prominent gentleman of this city, readiug this to-dnv, remarked: ???lhii Butler carried out his intention. There is much that has never been told ot that reign of terror in the unfortunate Cres cent city. 80 n??cu|Jomod did pooplo become to startling military (micro that at length nothing astonished tlio people. The itioidenb to which 1 refer is on?? in which Butler is do- 'land to have cleared for himself seveutv-five thimsaud dollars. Ono of the most daring* cotton speculators ???of that day Captain Feloubot. Ono evening lie called at the headquarters of General But ler, and had a long private interview. Next morning hy daylight the following proclama tion was published in all papers aud posted up in every wall* ???Troclamatlon.???General order 1AJ.???Il.ivtne leant, on good authority, that it U th?? purpose 01 the citizens of New Orleans aud vicinity to sell the ration now ou their bauds, with the intentof minx the proceeds thereof for disloyal purpox*, I reclamation ts made that the soldiery ore hereby iiutt.orixrd to destroy alt ratton th.it can be fouti.1 iu the city or vicinity after ten o'clock this a. iu." The consternation which followed this order may well be immagined. Every means of conveyance was matte to carry tho cotton out ??f reach; sonic threw it into tho river^ hoping they might recover some portion of it later. The wildest eohfti.don prevailed, aud it was evident that much ???of the cotton would be destroyed. At an opportuu?? moment Cap tain Frier.bet appeared upon th?? street, and ottered to pay five cents a pound anJtonuuaie all risks. He was soon in {wssexsion of L6.0VO bales of cotton, aud orders poured in' upon him tester than he could aceonintod.it* thim. At aluut half past u, when tho matter l ad been worked for what it was worth, Gan- nel Fuller rescinded general order No. Pi, r>g that he had i*ccn waited U|wu by a I tiller ??f the most iufiuer.tial citisens of New *, who had pivcu their written pledge that t o cciton would be sold or iu any wjy nr. d for disloyal pnri** ???????. TLVadul tb# greet s-*arc. Three h nira I Watfox???s Cbimb axp Death.???Tho death of the Rev. J. Selby Watson, in prison, at tbo ad vanced age of 77, recalls oueof the saddest and most perplexing stories of uolookod-for crime. Mr. Watson was a man of undoubted learning. He is best remembered in literature perhaps for his versions of certain Latin authors. He was the author not otfly of school books, but of biographies of Poraoji and Warburtoii. These exercises do not septq to have bropjjty???f him much money, and probably he was uoL much more fortunate tbau Goldsmith's ???poor Ned Purdon" in his connection with literature. Mr. Watson was also for more than 24 years ???ffitockwell grammar school. In the later years of his mastership tho number of boys in the school diminished so much that the. trus tees deprive Mr. Watson of his oilice. This oc curred in October, 1870. Mr. Watson went on living in fitockweii. He kept but ono servant, a girl who deposed that his relations with his wife seemed to be friendly. On a certain Sun day in October Mr. Watson committed tho crime which hgs given his uaine a strange psychological interest. We must remember that, though he has ceased to lie au etlicieut, or ut all ??vents a popular head maitcr, his moral character was blameless, ami nothing seems to have been said against his soundness of iiiind. Hisserrant ???considered hi:n a kind- hearted gentleman." She thought that ho and Mrs. Watson ???lived very happily together." No complaint had ever been made against him (except the complaint that he was not a popu lar teaelur) by the committee of the school in which he tought. Tho vicar of his .parish church said that no one could possess n higher character for kindness and humanity. Boing tuch a man, ho went to church with hia wife 'on Sunday, October 8,1871. The pair dined early and hnd wine and dessert in tho library. Whin the servant returned from her Sunday half holiday Mr. Watson let her iu, and said that Mrs. Watson had gone out. Ho also.dren the girl's attention to a stain on the floor, caused, he said, by port wine. Next day ho otdered a packing caso of certain dimensions, in w hich be concealed the remains of Mrs. Watson. Tbe next day but one, after telling his servant that he felt unwell, he attempted to poison himself. The prussic acid which ho administered to himself was diluted, and he thus failed to commit suicide. This is briefly, and nmittiug the more lior- ribib details, tho story of the murderer of his wife by Mr. Watson. Naturally the question r rises, was he insane or did he strike down nnd destroy his aged wife under an uncontrollable homicidal impulse, which found him sano and left him sane, though he was insane at tho actual moment of the crime? This is tho view of the case which the jury found thomielves unable tb take. It is, indeed, a doctrine too dangerous over to be accepted, we trust, in this country. There may be such impulses. A kind of dovil may enter into an elderly, kind hearted man of letters and may make hirn slay tho partner of his life, while it also coun sels him to conceal her body, to account for her absence, nnd to attempt suicide. But this sort of possession or maduess or whatever it may bo called, if it only becomes apparent iu the homicidal act. and cannot be foreseen or guarded against, is by no moans the sort of in sanity which should carry with it irresponsi bility. At the trial one witnessdeclared that Mr. Watson bad spoken of previous bitter quarrels with bis wire. Ou those occasions thqn bo bad resisted tho homicidal impulse, or the pcst siion of the murderous spirit with sucooss, All tkat human puhishmcnband-Jaw* can do is to add fresh motive (aud an miCommon strong ou??) to tho other reason for resisting homicidal impulses. People who know that if they yield to temptation tuoy will certainly be pmihdad with all legal severity find in them selves a power of rcsistanoo which they would lose it wo pardoned every murderer whose character nun circumstances won our sympa thy. To put tho matter shortly, Mr. Watson was probably a man enfeebled and embittered by a L -ng litc of obscure toil, and of struggling with boys. No profession is more apt to en courage temper and eccentricity thau that of living among th?? irrcsjionsihlo and provoking race of boys. Again, he probably hnd tho high strung nerves and keen sensibility of tn?? scholar. Ilia moodiness (which was noticed in him by some of his iutiuiutes) would bo iu- or ??used by (Hivcrty aud failure, and it appears that hts relutious with Mrs. Watson had some times h??eu very disngrceuble, though on this point tlio ??pinions of witnesses difi'erod. At all ovents lie finally let himself bo goaded into ono vioUut act, and, if anger bo n brief mftdnus, was mad indeed for u moment. Then came tlio attempts to conceal tho act and to ??soaps from the eousequences by death. His own death that at last has overtaken him was tho result, not of freat ajjo or disease, but of ac cident ; he fell from his hammock and suffered fatal injuries. It have been impossible for u jury to bring in any oilier verdict than thoy ra tumed. Uur sense of pity inclines us to vei such (h cds with the name of mildness, but,.i very tiuth, the criminal la not more intrino than such a murderer os Dickens??? BUI fiyk He oirly yields to u passion not so frequently victorious in bis rank of life. The examination of the medical evidence in this cose is not reassuring. Some of tho wit nesses tried to show that tho dismissal from the head mastership might have caused melan cholia aud n person suffering from molaucholis would be liable to uncontrollable outbursts of passion. Wc cannot pronounce a tuan ma.l btcapi?? be has iobt ono appointment nnd fears he may not get another. No instance* of de install in Mr. Watson seem to have b??en ob served, and, without delusions, what is in sanity? Again, if a man be ???perfectly rational,??? as Mr. Watson waa uudeuiably, we cannot accuse him of insanity became he is ???very morose." The superintendent of the Colnsy Hatch asylum fouud Mr. Watson per fectly???sane after his crime. Aunihcr doctor from???tha same establishment came to precisely the opposite conclusion. He detected midnc** iu Mr. Watson???s remarks. Another physician v ho heard the same remarks mad??, thought them ???perfectly rational.??? and the prisoner ???remarkably self-posscMed.??? In short th?? ex perts difiera???d ns much ns experts usually do: pcfhaps their evidence is not worth much un less it is all unh< sitatingly on tlf-s sania sid??. The conclusion is that wa must not regard a roan who commit* a ??rim?? aa insane merely be cause he is tho Inst mau we should h*va ex pected to b?? guilty of it. W?? can call no man trappy till dtath and no nmn innocent till he is oeyond nil temptation forever. Any other rule would enable people with good anteo??- deiitu to be wicked, for once, with comparative impunity. ???Many a man pas*??# ** a saint ta- enuse be never worked down to th?? boais of his character," soya the professoral tbo breakfast table. When the tasis i* reachedahdbvpoJed by some sudden stroke it will not do tA ais'iiue that tbe ainntr i* a lunatic. A Mopri* Ghost 6tort.???A very singular story which forms one of the sensational social topics of the day is the best authenti cated of the many stories of the supernatural that hare beta la???teiv told. Only a short lima ago r young and well known artist, Mr. A., w*%i*Ivited to pay a vi*it to bii distinguhhe 1 friend, Mr. Izxard. The house wat dl.'oi with ??ucets, but a large and handsome fiwm w~* I ?>?????(???? ???? nul I'ltllcrlr.1 a c.plul miO'-.Uindln,, whlSi j??*rt??uUr. mulled lu Mb ??h,u bW,r, bv | ???^* nLiut a Lundnd thousamt aliot unit Killed. Toltoo, O., August IS.???Witbar Plumb, a i tret t car driver, whil* ^ lh?? lo wer cud of tb) read last night, was shot and killed by a rob- l<r intent ??l> ??tcuring the money box. The ii-indmr escajwd. . *, Le bad each night a b-urtble dream. If?? drvrmed???or . was rcailjr??? m Itanly awakened Ly some person entering his room, aud in tacking around saw the room brilliant ly Fghied, while at the window stood a lady decant!r au ire-1, in tbo act ??f throwing some thing cut. "hi* aceoinplishoJ, tbe turn??.! her face tcvtrd the only ({wetator showing a countenance so distorted by evil passions that he was thrilled with horror. Boon the light and tbe figure with the dreadfiil fate ???disap peared, leaving the artist suffering from a frightful nightmare. On returning to his city home he was so haunted by tha fearful coun tenance which had for three consecutive nights troubled him, that be made a sketch of it, and so real that the evil expreesion seemed to horrify every one who saw it. Not a great while after, the artist went to mako au eve ning visit on Mr. Izcard; that gentleman in vited him to his picture gallery, as he wished to show him some remarkable, old family por traits. What was Mr. A's surprise to recognize among theta, iu the likeness of a stately, well dreeicd lady, tbc oue who had so troubled his slumbers on his previous visit, laeking, however, the revolting, wicked expression. Soon as he raw it he involuntarily exclaimed, ???Why, I have seen that lady!??? ???ludeedl". said Mr. I., smiling, ???that is hardly pissihle, as she died more than a hundred years ago. She was the second wife of my great grand father, and reflected anything but credit on tbe family. She was strongly suspected of having murdered her husband's son by a for mer marriage, in order to make her own child heir to the property. The unfortunate bey broke his neck in a fall from, a window, and there was every reason to believe that he was precipitated from the triudow by his atop- inother.??? The artist then told his host the circumstance of his thrice-repeated experi ence, or dream, aud sent for his sketch, whioh, so far as the features were concerned, wa* identical with the portrait in Mr. Iszard's gallery. The sketch has since been photo- grnphcd # Lut from its hideous expression is lar from pleasant to look upon. 60MK Cf Riot s Facts.???Gold beaters by ham mering can reduce gold leaves so thin that 282,000 must be laid upon each other to pro- ' cc the thickness of au inch, yet each leaf is perfect and free from holes that ono of them laid on auy surface, as in gilding, gives tho appearance of solid gold. They ore so thin that if formed into* book, 1,600 would only occupy the space of a tiugle leaf of common paper; and an octavo volume of an iuch thick would have ns many pages as the books of a well stocked library of 1,500 volumes, with 400 pages in each. Still thinner than this is tho coating of gold upon tho silver wire of what is called gold lace, ami w???e are not sure that such coating is not of ouly ono atom thick. Plati num and silver can be drawn into wire much finer than human hair. A grain of blue vitriol or carmine will tinge a gallon of water, so that in every drop the color may be preceivcd. A grain of mm*k will scent a room for twenty years, nnd will at tho end cf that period bavo lobt little of its weight. The carrion crow smells its food many miles ofT. A burning ta per uncovered for a single instant, during which it does uot lose one thousandth of a grain, would fill with light a sphore four miles in diameter, so as to be visible in every part of it. The thread of tho silkworm is so small that many of them arc twisted together to form our finest sewing thread; but that of th??spidor is smeller still, for two drachms of it by weight would reach from London to Edinburgh, or 400 miles. In the milt of a codfish or In water in which vegetables have been infused the micro scope discovers animalcules of which many thousands together do not equal in bulk a grain of sand; and yet nature, with a singular prod igality, bos supplied many of tlieje with or gans as complete as those of tho whale or the elephant, and the bodies consist of tho same substance, or ultimate atoms, as that of map himself. In n single pound of such matter there are more living creatures tliun of human beings on tho face of the globe. What a sesno has the microscope opened to tho admiration of the philosophic inquirer. Water, mercury, sulphur, or iu gcnoral any aulutauco when sufficiently heated, rises an invisible vapor or S n*; (that is, reduced to the aeriform state. real heat, therefore, would cause tho wholo of the material universe to disappear, aud tho most solid bodies to become os invisible and impalpable os tbe air we breathe. Few have contemplated an annihilation of the world more complete than this. Orkgox Sk???x Huxtkb*.???John Dunphroy, an engiueer on the west side road, who lain tho habit of taking a yearly bunt for doer in the mountains of southern Oregon, a few days since received a letter from a friend at Grant's LIBERTY AT LAST. Pass, of which th?? following.!* an extract expect you will bo out this fall to take your annual hunt. You had better come as soon ns you can if you want deer, as tho skin hunters are kiljjng them off very fast. You will hardly believe mo when 1 toll you that two of these fellows, now encamped eight railos below this place, brought in aud sold hero But week 130 sxins, all killed during ton days iu June. Oiie of tbc hunters said that he killed twelve deer in ono day, and iu two days caught t< 11 fawns, which he marked. When *3knl what ho did with tho venison, ho said he did nothing with it. His name is Stonebroakor and his partner's name is Ferriu. The/got ninety eight do!hi s for their load of skin*. I how tho skins and tlio blood was not dry on some of them. I can prove every word of this. Skin hunters have beou slaughtering door all this summer, along the canon by the railroad. The small mountain stream* ure dried up and the deer nre obliged to gather along the larger streams for water and there i* whoro they catch them. Those scoundrels defy tho law and say they have a perfect right to hunt on government lands. It is high tune this bad ness was stopped. Just think how many poor littla fawns the rascals have mined to starve and die." Tho above is front a responsible person, and there is no doubt of it* truthful ness. The authorities of that section must bs very remits in their duties to allow such wholesale violation of th?? gam?? law. The first gome law passed iu Oregon was originated in that part of the state, and was intended to pre vent just such cdandalous slaughter of door for their skins as is mentioned above. Those skin hunters should bo in the penitentiary, or better have tin ir hides made into drum heads; tho hulkiug, lazy, useless brutes arc worse than wolves or coyotes. Tl\o people of south ern Oregon should combine and hunt them out of the country.???Portland Oregonian. PIERCED BY THREE BALLS. Two Alleged ??? DeFoor Murderers Turned Ont of Jail Yesterday. Brown and Savinger, two k negroea who for fourteen mouths have occupied a cell in Ful ton county jail, a part of the time under sen tence of death, for the noted DeFoor murder were sitting on their bunks yesterday morning about nine o???clock when their attorney, Mr. Frank L. Haralson, entered with an order of court signed hy Judge Hammond. Tho sub stance of the order was that the men should be released on signing bond (ot their appear ance. Mr. Iloralson, who had not seen tbe pri soners for sometime walked to their cell iu tho rear of tbe jail,and lookiug through tho grated window, asked: ???Boys, do you want to go home?" ??? . The two men sprang to their feet an<f asked in the same breath: ???What do you mean?" - ??? ???You ore free, boys," answered tho attor ney. f ???Thank, God!" said Brown, fervently. ???God wont let an innocent man sufferr??? - The grated door was unlocked and the two men walked out and each grasped a hand of their lawyer fricud and shook it gratefully. Brown's confinement hod told on him andjie was qjiite weok and stiff. Sav- ingcr was found to be fa better health. As tbe tvro men walked out they yelled good-byea to the other inmates of tbc jail. qt ???I'll pray for every man in this jail," laid Brown. Among those they left behind was Johnson, the Macon negro, who confessed tho crime nearly a year and a half qgo, and on whose confession the two negroes, Brown and Savin ger, were arrested and convicted. His coun tenance was pitiable to behold as he saw what he claimed wero his companions in crimo marching joyfully out from their confinement. The negroes had been granted a new trial on the grouud that tho evidence was not sufil- cicnt to convict, and os other evidence has failed to come up, they were ordered out of jail. In the jail office Brown and Savinger were called on to sign their bonds. The bond* were for ten thousand dollars and each negro made his crocs mark. Brown so id he was going out to Akers's mill and see if they would not let him sack bran until his health returned and he wo* able to do harder work. Savinger has two or??? threo little children, who were with his wife when he was arrested. Since he has .been in jail, however, his wife has died, and he came uait of prison uot knowing where his chil dren were. He he^rd on leaving the jail that they were in tho poor house nnd ho left for that place to see if he could find them. As the two men walked into the licait of the city they appeared to bo lost in the midst of the changes that have taken place in the last yenr And a half. Brown said ho bad not had auy watermelon this year and he ' wanted some. Mr. Haralsou and Judge Strong made him up a purse and he went off to enjoy a melon. Air. Haralson has worked faithfully for his clients nnd did thorn good service. He believed that they wore innocent, but he believes also that Johnson is guilty and will aid the solicitor general in prosecuting him. THE SPORTING WORLD. Mr. Vanderbilt Sells ???Mnnd 8." to Mr. Bon. ner???Chlcngo Races. New York, August 19.???Turf, Field and Farm to-morrow will publish tho following: Probably no prominent man ever paid another prominent man so marked a compliment as W. 11. Vanderbilt has just paid Robert Bonner. ???Maud 8," as all Intelligent hone- men know, has tha fastest record of any trotting horse in tho world. 8be Is tho only animal that has trotted a mil# In less??than 2:1V. Her record Is 2:9% This figure, a few yean ago, was deemed beyond the reach of n trotting horse. ' Vancrbilt was lately offered $100,000 for tho great chestnut, but he declined It, preferring to sell her for less than' half of that sum to Bonner, who. he knew, would not tret her In publlojaces. Last Friday Mr. Vander bilt sent a friend cxprenly fromSaratoga to inform Bonner of these facts, ana on Saturday Mr. Uounor sent hit brother, David up to Saratoga to confer with Mr. Vanderbilt. Tho result was that Mr. Bonner purchased the mare on Monday evening, paying 949,000 for her. Of the seven great trotter* A Vermont Farmer SIonlerinMan of Whom lie lYns Jealous. AloXTPKLmt, Vt., Augukt 23.???One of the most deliberate murders ever committed iu this state occurred here this forenoon. Clark V>\ Sanders, a farmer, aged about thjfty-ftvo or forty years, residing in East Montpelier, five miles distant, cume into town this morn- iug, went to tlie gun shop of Blanchard Bro#., purchased a revolver, put three cartridges into it and proceeded to the store of Dauiei Carr. Tne latter was nt hi* desk doing business with two ladies. When Sander* en tered tbe store be drew the revolver.fired three times, our bullet taking effect in the neck and two others in the body. Carr died in a few moment*. Sanders; after the shooting, put the revolver iu his???pocket, walked ont of the store, *ip tho street. The work- in tho adjoining marble shop*, who heard the shooting, ran out nd captured him. The murderer said: ???1 shot him, aud hope he is dead, a* l in tended to kill him. Get your officer and do what you please with me." On tbe way to jail the prisoner said to the Beer that he intended to kill Carr, aud had it three balls in hirn, but did not know Hut * was dead. He asked the officer to tell him if he hnd killed Carr. Sanders said he un- derztcod tbe penalty and cxjtected to be barged. Tbe cause of the shooting was jeal- y ty Sanders of his wife, fne murdered man was abrnt sixty years old; did u provision aud auction bu*m??*$ in .He left no family. Sauders ha* 01?? abort two months old, which he t??>j< ??woy from home yesterday and placed with his bra ti.tr. An Experiment With a U.vIIoon, Pitir, Aoguti It.???M. Ucrre Mnrjon has minted a raq*>rt'ta the academy of science aptaramg th?? recent balioon ascension at Mcnden. The balloon wa*. under the dtree- ttau cf Captain Renard*. and although it l ??gainst the wind it easily frliuwc t th? along which it was steered. It wt* then reefed???rround, and brought hack to th * joint from which it sturted. M. M-tigm mu Idtis it a n-tuarkal !e day in the history f teresiat science. Flora Temple, Dexter, Goldsmith- Maid, Rarus, 8t.. Julien, Jay Kyo See, and Maud 8.\ Bonner- now owns throo of thorn, Dexter. Itarus, aud Maud 8. What a trio. Bonner was asked: ???Suppose Jay-Eye-See should beat tho rccood of Maud 8., what would you do thenf Ills answer was characteristic: ???Buy him too, if I could, or put Maud 8. Into training at some good truck like Charter Oak-at Hartford, and glvo the public a free exhibition of speed.??? MR. nOKXRR???a rURFOftIC. Mr. Bonner Raid ho thought that ho would keep ??? tho mare for a few days for road purposes, nnd thetr-ho would send her to one of his farms and put her in traiuiug. Then he would give a public exhibition with her to show what sho can do in beating her record cf 2:09%. He said she could trot in 2:08 or 2:07 and ho intendod to sat isfy himself as to her speed. Ho would never allow Aloud 8 to trot for money, or oven for a j??rlsc. Juy-Eyc-fieo beat Aloud S???a ho would try to beat him. Ho did not enter into any formal agreement with Vanderbilt to keep Maud 8^ out of tbo matches for monoy, but he presumed that Vanderbilt know his word well enough to b# sure ha (Bonuer) would do nothing of the kind. Chicago, August 21.???Tho match raoo be tween tho famous pacers Johnston, owned by Commodore N. w. Kittson, and. Richbatl, owned by J. 8. Campbell, for a wager of $6,009 a side, took placo hero this afternoon. Tho weather was clear and cool and tho track fast, except a portion of tho bock stretch, which was soft. Five thousand persons were present. . The Jonnston was tho??? favorite in the pools before the opening of the raco at $25 to $10, aud a largo amount of money \fj??* wagered. The friends of llichball. claiming that Johnston could uot go tlirba fast heats. Tha^rcsult proved that they wera mistaken, os he was never headed, pacing very close to Little Browu Jug???s 2:11%, 2:11% 2:12js, which arc tho fastest three licaU ou rccoid. It was the general opinion that John ston, had ho been driven out in exercise bsforo the hent,#ould have beaten this. ???Campbell, tho ownoj of Richball, says hi* horse was out of condition. First heat???Johnston drew tho inside pasta ticn. After both horses hod been warmed up they camp down even, and os they wero going veil got tho word ???gof" At tha first turn, Johnston began to draw away and increased his lead to two lengths ~ ot the quarter polo in 33%, and to two open lengths along the stretch to one-balfln 1:06%. Around the upper turn Richball drew up to within an ojien length. The tbree-quartar pole was reached in 1:30%. On the homo Mretch Johnston began drawing away, and as it bvcam?? evident that Richbailhad no chance cf winning the heat he was pullci up insido the dittance stand and Johnson W<m in a jog in 2:13. ??? , S??ond heat???They went away mall together ot the rectnd attempt nnd were at the quarter ppst in 32% second*.??? Johnston Icing en open kngth in front. The relative positions were not changed tilUhe nolf was 1 <ached in 1:5%. At the end of five furlong*, Johnston responded to the call of his driver, quickly opening a gap of half a rfogeti lengths, i.nd coming on,won in a jog by twenty lengths. Time 2:11%. Third heat???They were giren the smd jlF at the fit it trials. ???Johnson shot 'Ane-half a length iu tho lead, and he iucrer.sbd it steadi ly* going to the quarter-post in At, to the half ail Rich- in l:0Hi, to the three-quarter la JnU, finished in 2:13%, ncorly distancing I tall. A Bad Place fur Ushtnlbf. Frcm the LaGrangc, Ga., Reporter. A week or two since, lightning struck a tree in the yard cf Mr. 6??nkey Johnson, near lf*r- rifonvflle. Glancing from the tree it followed a wire clothes line fastened to it, jKsse-1 to tbe house and split a sill, severely shocking Air*. JcLtxu. This is th?? fifth or sixth time th?? chetrio bolt has struck tree* on Air. Johnson'* jdace, and he is beginning to think it i* an 11healthy location. His system uf horizontal icda will now probably be discontinued. indistinct Print!