Between tJi.
A beautiful river i gliding t*u
Through the wintering hour* of * no ft June
day,
The quivering wv*. in the light end the
ehftdo.
Reflecting onr happiness. blooming to fads.
The river adrift with hops* and fsar*.
The river of hotire end d*y end veer*.
Septeml>er i* shedding her hmius end her gold.
The nver is singing our *ong an of old ;
It eohoea the tone* of our hfe in ita flow ;
The jovon*. the letter, the sweet end low.
The nvor *-gleam with smile* end teer*.
Tlie river of hour* end day* end veer*.
lVvomlwr embrace* the earth in hi* e)a*p.
Ensealing her charm* in hi* lingering grasp.
Tlie 1 ivei M*ew Us is frozen and chill.
It eohoo* no longer ; it* niuste i* *tiiL
The river of hfe. *o full of tear*.
Oh ' riser of honr* and mouth* and year*.
Shut the Boer.
ttoilfrev Gordon Gu*Uvn (kw
No doubt you luive heard that name before
Was a l*>v who never would ahut the dixir '
The wind might whistle, and the wind might
ror.
And the teeth he aching, and throat* he nore.
Rut Htill he never would ahut the door.
Hi* father would teg, hi* mother implore:
" ihvlfrey Gordon Giitvu Gore,
We really wish you would *liut the door 1"
-Their hand* they wrung, their hair they tore.
But Godfrey Gordon Gu*tavu Gore
Wa* deaf aa the buoy out at the Nore.
When he walked forth tlie folks would roar
•' Godfrey Gordon Gnstavai Gore,
Why don't you thiuk to ahut the door ?"
They rigged out a shutter with sail and oar
And threatened to p*ok off Gurtavws Gore
On a voyage of pewux-e to Singapore.
But he begged for isorry, and *aid no more,
"lYay do Dot send me to Singapore
On a abutter, and then I will hut the door
*' You will?" said the parent*, --then keep
ah ore'
But unud you do ! For the plagur is sure
Of a fellow that never will *hnt the dix<r—
G\xlfrey Ooruou Gu*tavn* Gore
II BOTCH. JUI TiLJUI.
The 111 Luck that Pursued Francois
Dubois, Hero and Convict, for
Forty Years.
This is the story of Francois Dubois,
hen- and galley slave,as it is w ritteu iu tlie
police archive*, tlie army records and
the Irturffr f < Trilnmaujr :
Toward the close of 1818 he presented
himself to the commandant of Weael,
Prussia, haggard and in rags, naying
that he belonged to the chasseur*, and
hail been ilistnouubsl during the retreat
ami com pell ixl to skulk slow ly after the
anny, and asked to lie forwarded to his
regiment. Iu tin**- terrible days men
were preciotis, ami officers were not aur
priMXl tii discover veterans in rag-dad
skeletons. Dubois was sent to tlie hus
sar regiment attached to the Mondial
Martier's army, w here he s*xn became
tin- talk of the corps. He never via
known to laugh, spoke but rarely, and
fought with a reckless dariug uneonmiou
even in those times. At Bar-sur-Aubc,
when the hussars charged the battery at
the bridge of Rout-de-Lain, he was the
first to reach th guns, ami. falling with
Iterserkir rage on the caiiuoneer* of one
piece, kiiltxl. wonmltxl and dispersed
tiiem, and had taken the gun single
handed before the squadron could s<-ize
tlie others. The marshal had seen the
hattery earned, and sending for Dubois
praisoil him highly and promised him
the crv-ss.
Not long after, the marshal had occa
sion to send a dispatch from Troves to
the emperor, then st Pine, on the
Tinenue road, and selected the hussar as
his messenger. The country was thick
with hostile pickets and scouts; he was
fired upon several times, but by good
luck and good management, now fight
ing, now ruuning, now hiding, he made
his way in safety to Marmunt's ontpwts,
an 1 was conducted to Hie emperor.
Napoleon gave him a brief written re
ply, instructing him, in the presence of
his staff, to conceal it in his bootleg.
Dubois had made his way hack as far as
the mill of Saneiere, near la Itelle-
Epine, wleu he found himself hemmed
ia on all sides by a squad of Cossacks.
He rode resolutely at the thinnest part
of the line and tried to cut his way
through, but,after a desperate tight, was
unhorsed, disarmed and let! to the head
quarters of the liussian emperor.
•' What orders were you carrying ?"
asked the chief of staff.
" Verbal orders."
" That's a lie. Search the lining of
liia left l*xt," replied the Russian. The
guard did so—who had betrayed the em
peror from his own headquarters ?—ami
the paper was found. DuU>is was lock
ed up, a prisoner, with Lieutenant Au
ger, of the lancers of the guard, and
Angnste Bernard, one of the emperor's
couriers. Two darn later, at St. Marc,
he and Anger escaped and rejoined the
French army. The Duke de Trevise
welcomed him warmly and rewards!
him for his serrices. At Bcrger Dubois
was severely wounded while fighting
with his headlong bravery. Napoleon
WM forced back on Paris, stubbornly
though he resisted. March 27, 1814, at
Bendy, Dubois, his wounds not yet heal
ed, but attached to the eomin.ssariat
staff, was just about to enter the head
quarters of Count Millot, who had pro
poeed his name for the cross, when three
of Yidocq's agents arrested him as a fu
gitive galley slave!
At the police office he was identified and
ordered aside to be returned to the gal
leys. He gave up to the police a sum
of 4.000 francs belonging to the regi
mental chest, with which he had been
intrusted to make some purcluuw-a at
Bondy. . Brincart, the colonel of his
regiment, made the most earnest attempts
to secure his release, but all in vain.
The mighty fabric of the first empire was
falling to pieces, and officials had some
thing mopp important to tliink about than
the case of a private soldier—an escaped
convict.
Dubois was born at Pranthoy, in
Upper Manic; he was sent to the school
of Brienne at the age of twelve; in 171k)
his'fathpr placed him among the students
of Mars. After Robespierre's downfall,
DUIKMB was returning homeward when,
at Bar-sur-Seine, he fell in with a soldier
of the Fourteenth dragoons. They be
c ime friends, visited the different places
of the town together, and dined with
mneh jollity at the Crown, a public
house kept by one Chevrelat. At dinner
the dragoon stole three silver spoons,
which, a couple of days later, as they
were about to separate, he sold to Dubois
at s low price, saying they were liis own.
Meanwhile, the landlord, missing his
silverware, suspected them and followed
them to St Marc, where they were ar
rested. The drag'sin escaped from the
gendarmes; the spoons were found on
Dubois, and he, then being only twenty
years of ago, was sentenced to eight
years' hard labor as an accessory to the
theft.
Ho was first sent to the gallevs of
Toulon, whence January 21, 1796, ue es
caped, enlisting in the Seventh chas
seurs. He was sent to the anny of Italy,
where he served with market! courage,
receiving several wounds, notably one in
the face from an Austrilan safcer at Maren
go. Being honoraby discharged he
went to work at Ancerrille ; one of his
men identified him as a convict and he
had to fly to Troyes. Here, too, after a
considerable interval spent in labor, he
was recognized, betrayed to the police
and Rent back to the galleys, Fortu
nately his services in the army pleaded
for lum, and as an act of grace the time
be had served was deducted from his
sentence, and eleven months later he was
set at liberty.
Going, on his release, to La Villette,
Dubois had lived there peacefully and
industriously for something more than a
year, when he was arrested and sentenced
to seven years' imprisonment for—escap
ing from the galleys in 1796! This time
he was sent to Cherbourg, whence he es
caped in 1809, fleeing to Paris and enlist
ing in the cavalry. He served in Spain,
as in Italy, with marked heroism and
FRKD. KlTiri Z, Kditor mid Pro
VOLUME X.
faithfulmiss, and Wi* the ixmfldetuv of
General Istverdn-re, who mode htm In*
orderly ami selected him to attend him in
the Busman campaign. I Vising by
Chalons on hi* road to tin* front lHils-i*
oould not re*i*t the temptation to viait
hie family. Hi* brotiier-ui-ln* denounced
him to the authorities, and Dubois an*
mileuod to tweutv four your*at the gal
ley*. They sent him to Aaver*. whence,
in 1818, he escaped to ivjoin the army , a*
we have already said, and vainly* mvL
dcntli.
Betaken in 1814 hy Vidixxi, tin- pris
oner was sent t • li-whefort. After seven
or eight years he WHS pardoned. A mis
erable thing was a freed convict in those
ilay*. Fig ten rears lie was condemned
til police surveillance ; his yellow ticket
of leave announced Ins disgrace to every
ime ; he could rtud uo emplovmcnt uor
even shelter. They hunted Tim from
place t> place like a wild beast or a leper.
He trnsl to shis't lumsi'lf ami failed.
Refused work and lacking bread, he stole
the means to purchase a meal. The court
only looked at his record of escatvea and
sentences; counsel were a**iirtied lum t<*'
dull to sis- the magnificent opening such
a case prvseiit<xl, and the p*>r fellow got
ten vear* mors-.
F\-r tlurty vears m-w he lia-1 lsxn con
vict ami aoldier, but he had not k-t
strength—possibly even some hope sur
vive.! m him that tin- luck would turn.
At any rate, he broke jail again he had
Isx-lt confined at DiJ-ui and mmle his
way to Paris, where, August 10, 1828, a
detective rixx>gnixixl him on the Hue St.
Martin, and hauled him Wfore the ix>ui
mistiKKter of the seixind division, M.
Henry. It wa* befote M. Henrv that
Dubois hail been taken when he was ar
ri-stixl at Bidy in 1,*14 ; to him tin- sol
dier had intrustixl the 4,000 fram-s pla-xxl
iu his hands from the regimental chest ;
he knew all alsmt his case. To his in
delible disgrace the official only recallixl
that Dubois had been la-fore him on a
previous occasion, ami the prisoner was
sent to lluvtre.
Bicetire ami La Force w ere tlien literal
hell*. There was no classification of
prisoners; tlie strongest an-l most brutal
nilixl hi* ward without interfereuec bv
his keepers. The prison* swarnuxl witli
vermin and reekixl with malaria, and the
prisoner who i\>uld not brilx- tlie turn
keys ran an imminent r-sk of dying of
hunger. Dulxiis remaimxl here four
years, slowly sinking iu health and
spirit*. Justice sxiueil to have forgot
ten him. when lie was taken back to
Dijon. He hod Ikx-u oondt-mued in con
tumaciam for his iM-ajx- in 1822. The
prison dixir* o|H*nxl for him again as in
exorably as ever, this ti u- Mont St.
Michel Iwing hi* dest !aitiou. On his
wnv thitiier, while passing lYez-eu-
Pail, H' cacape-1 again.
He was Bubsixjnently asked why he
had so frequently eseajaxl, and mi
swervxl:
" I ha-1 lost hope. I liegun to believe
that I was destined t. > end my days tin
der the lock and key, and I sought to
•(*' because every day of liberty wn<
a ibtv saved frmi inevitable captivity. It
had b*cn for more titan thirty ywrs my
luck to la* rcam stod and committed, and
since tt had to tie SO, I tried when 1
could to cheat it."
Yea. It his lttek. Xovemlier 25,
ItSU. he was entering the diligence, Hue
du U iiloi, when a hand was laid on his
shoulder. It w.is the inevitable police
officer. For the tirst time, gaining
strength ami eloquence from his d*s
peration, Dulmis res dved to plead lus
own case. He told his story. insisted otr
his inuocenoe ol the original crime laid
to his change, reooniibd his houorable
aerrice in three armies of France, show
ed Iris scars. The court heard him part
ly through, yawned and sent him back
to Bioetre.
Small wonder he gave up for a while
and abandoned himself to ocspuir. He
was almost sixtv, and luck had run
cruelly against liini for nearly forty
years under the republic, the consulate,
the empire, the humlred days, two res
torations and one revolution. He was
destined to Mont St. Mieliel, most hor
rible of the prisons of the day. The
m* nari-liv of July was then in its first
flush and inclined" to le merciful, and as
a last hope he wrote out the whole story
of Lis life from the time that he entered
the school of Uridine. He did not omit
an incident, his escapea, the petty theft
he committed after vainly attempting
suicide.
Yon will find it all in the tfazett- rir*
Tribnnauz of the time. It concludes
thus :
"Advanced in age, my strength is fail
ing. There remain to me hut oue hope
arid the sorrow of never seeing the end
to my evils. Still the sovereign's mercy
is great. I have never committed a
crime which should make me despair of
pardon. I CUWiot survive the hardships
of the fearful route from I'aris to Mont
St. Michel. I l-g, therefore, that my
position may Is* ameliorated, by sparing
me that terrible journey and severe treat
ment, and that I may i>e sent to a place
of detention nearer Paris, as Poissy or
Melon, where my brother, who will give
security for me, can find me work at my
trade (saddlery), and I inn await in pa
tience the moment when your majesty
will deign to take pity on my misfor
tunes. "
This plea he sent to Queen Amelia
most pious and venerable of sovereigns.
•Ami now with a tender hearted woman,
and she a queen, on his side, Dubois'
luck turned. The queen lia* 1 the whole
story hnnted out.
It was all trim !
Tlie regimental records attested the
bravery and scrupulous honesty of Fran
gois Dills lis.
Old Marshal Martiertold how the hus
sar iiad ridden first and headlong into the
battery of Bout-de-Lain.
The Duke de Trevise ltora witness be
fore the queen of the hussar's repeated
gallantry and of hiH services to France as
a dispatch carrier, and interceded warmly
for h m.
The prefecture of police itself could
only report that the worst offense against
Dubois was his breaking jail; it was for
this that he hail been so relentlessly pnr
sned and so often arresbsl ; there was no
reason why he should not lie pardoned.
He was, for the next week's Gazette
dr* Tribunal! z contained this an
nouncement :
"We have the satisfaction of announ
cing that this unfortunate prisoner has
lieen liberated and that her majesty the
queen haa preseuted him with a sum of
money sufficient to prevent him for the
rest of his days from again falling into
misery."
We never heard of Dubois after th is,
and it is pleasant to think that at last he
found rest, peace and comfort.
Tliat is the story of Frawjois Dubois,
hero and galley slave, as it is written in
the police archives, the army records and
the Gazette des Tribunaux, how the
blind fury of the law hunted him for
forty years, and to the verge of the grave,
for an offense which he never committed!
IVhj Didn't He!
Dr. Schliemann is not without honor
save in California. A San Francisco
editor exclaims: All the gold cups,
pots and ornaments which used to decor
ate the festive Priam, the pious ASnens
and the frail Helen are presented by tlie
doctor to the king of Greece, and the
learned and philanthropic antiquarian in
addition pays 129 workm n for their ser
vices. Oh, why didn't some energetic
American pre-emptor go in and jnmp the
claim?
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
lion It Feel-. to IN* Browning
1 WHS crossing a bridge over A wide
hut shallow atream, in a lonely place,
and atviileutally fell off. When I say
shallow, I mean for auelt a wide ixxly of
water. 1 saw noh.sly near me and could
not swim a stroke. 1 knew how deep
the water was, and gave myself up for
hst. Tin- iinieknes* of tlie sense* when
sudden death seem* tinix-mling has fre
quently been noted, hut still, without
experience, no oue can realize it. It is
as if one's whole life were spread out in
a panorama Iwforc him, e\< ry portion of
which waa viaihle at iNiee. Every min
ute detail of tlmig* long forgotten, and
which when they hp|>eued were so tri
rtoig that they apparently made no im
presaiou on the memory, stand out in
sliarp and bold outline. 1 retuemliered,
for instance, gaities of marhles played
when 1 was a ls>y, and a futile ifttempt 1
once made to transmute a " iximmoucy
into a " white alley " lo roasting it in
the tire. 1 rcuiemliered how tlie marble
b-.ir*txl in the ojK-rution, iuid how a piiee
of it struck and cut tlie check of the hoy
who had l**guthsl me iuto the i-XjM-ri
ment, and the satisfaction 1 oxjiericnoed
*t tlie retributive justice. It M-eunxl as
if everything 1 had ever done, suffered,
or thought, w as presented to my memory
at a single finch.
Then 1 struck the water, when a sound,
which 1 have since leurtuxl to hkeu to
the roar of Niagara, burst on my ear*
and stunned me w itli its overwhelming
volume. 1 rememlwred a brief instant
of struggling ami clutehiug, and tlien a
sense of sinking sinking sinking
until I hail reached a depth of thousands
of fathoms. I neither suffered pain nor
felt alarmed, but had a vague fix-ling
of ix-ing irresistibly lxirue to aoiue cat
astrophe, tlie climax to which would le
terrible. Suddenly 1 found myself pos
sessed of the power of rt-siting or waft
ing myself along hy lucre volition. With
a delicious feeling of huigtiid indolence 1
Kiiffenxl nivself to fi-wt about not in
the water, hut m the air- skimming over
tin- surface of the ground in whatever
direction I chose, hither and thither, a*
away waril fancy led. I was conscious
that it was a new power, ami I exulted
in its possession and teast-tied on its
nature. 1 found that mv body was as
light as the a.r in which it moved, and
imagined that a thistle down would feel
as I did, if pissi-K-wxl of consciousness.
Then I was iu the water again, and
everything around me had a roseate hue,
which speedily chanced t-> green, then
to violet, ami dually to utter darkness,
and tlw-n all was hhink.
As I subsequently learned, some men
in a skiff half a mile sway had s.*cti me
full into the water and hurried to my
a/- stance, but 1 had disappeared long
before they reached the spot. Many
minute* ela|*ed liefore tiny found me,
and full half an hour afterward la-fore
the phvsieians, who hud lnvn summoned,
arrived. Thev pronounced me iliwd, and
that they made any attempt to resusci
tate me wasdne solely t > the persistence
of an intimate friend of mine who had
accompanied them.
Fashion Notes.
Very dark shades ure as fashionable
for children as for grown folks.
Cat's-eye stones set in diamonds are
among the new things in jewelry.
Dark blue waterproof skating suits are
worn over carduicl red pettin ats.
Long trained bustles are w >rn by some
Indies under trained evening dress.
White Smyrna limes are used for trim
ming red tiuimel skirts and draw< r.
Tiny turquoises, rubits and pirueta
are the favorite jewels for bubv sets.
Cardinal red cashmere stocking* are
clocked witli black or blue or white silk.
It is the fashion this winter to wear
warm and comfortahle *hi**s and stock
ings.
Chamois skin nnderjaeket.s are pn -
fernsl |iy stout ladies for skating pur
poses.
Outer garments of nil kinds for child
ren are cut very long and with no fnll
lieas.
Mrytle green, s':d brown and ink bin.
are still the favorite colors for dress
fabrics.
Coral ami gold necklaces, .f fine nnd
delicate workmanship, ore the styles for
ladies.
Seal brown stockings, clocked in ribs
and checks, with red or blue silk, are
nought for.
Full dress coiffures require n great deal
of false hair, eurls, puffs, frizzettes and
false braids.
Jewelry made of tigers' claws ha* le
--c iue fashionable since the Prince of
Wales' visit to India.
Humming bird jewelry nin.le entirely
from the feathers of these little creatures
is sought for in Paris.
Cashmere stockings, in pale shinies of
blue, clocked with dark blue or cardinal
red, are very fashionable.
Tlabv pins ami rings, when not se'
with ]< wels, have the word " baby "
carved or enameled on them.
Scarf pins, with the enameling done in
very bright colors, representing Chinese
pictures, an- in great demand.
Skating skirts of cashmere, felt,
moreen and mohair are nil worn, and in
various colors, lytt re<l is preferred.
Old fashioned " genitnel rings," two
or more rings joined together to form
one, are among Tiffany's new* styles.
Gold ruff buttons, covered entirely
with white enamel, to resemble linen, is
the latest style brought over from Eng
land.
The favorite skating petticoat is of
quilted red satin, sometimes flounced
and again trimmed, with frills of Smyrna
lace.
The Ohio Valley Floods
It is fortunate, says an exchange, that
the area of heavy precipitation which
caused the floods in the Ohio and Cum
berland rivers has lieon limited to that of
the Ohio valley region. If it hail ex
tended into the watersheds of the upper
Mississippi and the Missouri rivers we
might now le recording the destruction of
levees and the inundation of the bottom
lands along the lower course of the
"Father of Waters." While the Ohio
and tributaries were gorged with the
floods descending from their res|ieotivo
watersheds the upper portion of the
Mississippi and the entire length of the
Missouri were so unaffected by the re
cent heavv storms of rain and snow as to
add hut little beyond the ordinary flow
to the valume of water entering the lower
Mississippi at Cairo. Hence the latter
river below that city was low and ready
to receive the surplus from the Ohio
valley without exhibiting any remarkable
disturbance of its levels. The damage
caused by the floods was, therefore, con
fined to tiie region in which they originat
ed. Tf, as we stated above, the immense
watersheds of the Mississippi and Mis
souri had been proportionately affected
bv the storms as was Hint of the Ohio
valley, the destruction of property would
have been unparalleled, for the united
waters would have continued to he pre
cipitated into a reservoir, or rather chan
nel, already filled. The " danger line "
would have been overtopped at nil {mints
and the ndjueent country inundated.
The possibility of this occurring any
year should awaken the State authorities
to a sense of their danger, and induce
! them to exert themselves to provide
against such a contingency by raising
and strengthening the Mississippi levees.
>riott>r.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY T>, 1877.
IN Till l Mini STATES STNATK.
I. mi-Si-- llr*rrls<li>u if itir vmr Hbi-h ikr
1 umi-rawlM' Itlll it a* l'n*r*ir<l.
It cannot be r-ai-l that the plan -if the
ix-muutti-e wu iihh'lvi* 1 very f:iv< nibly
by the tnetulerw of eitlier hoitsti, wrtb-s
a I'rif hi in Wtudiiugtoii ix un-sp indent. ••
Vhno- t every one lui-l ideas of hin iikU
which he desired to have adoptcxl, and
the |>as-agt< of this bill suitersixli-a tlie
pet plan of prtHxxlure which u majority
i-f the meiulters hoixxl to sn- ngrnxl b>.
At least such in the plum outlook liow.
The men who denounce it im-at tr-uigly
do not sav that they anticipate it* de
feat, and do not even prop*c to make an
open tight against it. ("hey usually
end their criticisms by saying that they
Mippw tin- final aaloption of the ix-iu
promise is on v liable.
Nothing was thought of ar talked
alxmt at tin- Capitol except the ri-p-rt of
the electoral ixnuuuttee. Although the
outline* of tlie hill agreed to win- gen
erally known, there was an anxiety and
eagerness mauifestixl not onlv by tlie
senators ami repr-s. ntativ i s buT by linn
ilrixls of people who gathered at tlie
capitol early m tin- day to hear the text
of the measure n-a-l lUid to learn how it
would Ik- rixxnved.
The ri-js-rt was prem-uti-d to the Sen
ate hy Air. Kdmiui Is just aa soon as the
coumnttee adjourmxl their meeting,being
apparently f<>r the purjs>se of enrefully
examining tlu- prmtixl ixpy of the bill
ngrtxxl u|*n. Tlie news that the reisirl
wa* in spread rapidly through the nib
ble* ami coat-ixxuns, wii.l tin* vai-aiit
chair* iu the chamls-r w eresjmmxlilv filhxi.
Perfix-t ailenix' prevailed uiid tlie cl->*wst
attention was given tin- reading- Every
laxly rixxigtii/.ixl the gravity iuid iuijHiit
miiv of the ixx-asion. Tin- memhiTs of
tlie iximmittee'had a look of seriou* sat
isfaction all except Mr Mort--n, who
appeared to be in ill humor. Mr. C-'lik
ling nervously washed his hands with
invisible soap ami water. Mr. Ed
munds sat witii fingers interlocked aero**
his viwt, twirling his thumbs. Mr.
Ihiyarvl t>k his jku and made iui isx-a
si--nal note, Mr. Thurtuan wore an un
pass.ve ami judicial h*>k. Mr. Pre
linghuyiwii was more than usually dig
llifitxl. Not a M-nator left his seat until
the bill and rej.sirt had been rati. The
exeitixl interest in the suhjix-t was shown
at tin- moment tin- wx-retary uuuouuenl
the title of the rej*irt m a manner al
most nnpreccili-iit-xl in the Senate. A
se re of v -.c-i demanded ; "Rt-tkl,
read." Evuh ntlr the n-js'rt wa* written
by Mr. Ivlmumls, for when the mere
tary stumble I one- or twu-e over tin
manuscript, Mr. Edmumis promptixl
llilu. Besides, its language and logic
are characteristic.
When the rejH>rt had lusm read
thr> ugh, the Ms-retarT suid : " Signed
by the memlnm of the committee."
" lb-ad the name*," insisted at least a
N\I of senators m one hreuth. They
were read, and then it wits found that
Mr. Morton'* nam w.ts not there. Of
the fourteen tuem Iters of the jomt eom
mittee, every one had signed it except
the Indiana senator. AH eve* were
turned toward him, l>nt be < fft-red no
rninoritr r<-j> .rt and wid nothing. A
burnt of relief front the supj■*■<>l cx-
that had prevailed run through
trie gullerns. Mr. Sargent, wh mine in
after the bill had lss-n read, insisted on
second reading.
Mr. Mi rt.ui .-.tatc i to one of the H<u*e
uiemlwr* of the ts<muiitt< >■ that, although
h • should not sign the r< (s-rt, he should
probably any nothing in the S-nate to
oppose the (ias "age of the bill. Hctisk
strong grotin is last sessii'ii against the
constitutional {sra-cr* of (Vmgress to
throw the settlement of disputed ipii , -
tions grow ing <ait of n Frewiileutial elec
tion into the supreme court or into any
tribunal outside of the two houses.
He B ffip|H-d " Vank<-e" Snllitan.
An i-g tin' stori. - told alsmt the lute
Co turns lore Yundcrbilt is the following,
ri ! ibd by an old resnlcut of Slaten
Island:
I hiring the warm and ckiselv eont'-stisl
Prvsideiitiul viu]>nign of lstt. when
Jamew K. Folk ami Iburv Clay wore
mnnitig a. th n -fs-tive <-a!idiilut-s of
tin- Ib-ni s-nitie and Whig parties, then'
wa* great enthusiasm and inb nse excite
ment on Stal'-n Island relative to tlie
issue. Commodore Yanderbilt, who was
then in his ]>riiue, t'Mtk a gnat int<<rest
in the tight, and wa* an ardent snpiwrter
of Henrv Clay, for whos> snc-ess lie ex
ert' 1 hiroseli with all the vigir for
wh eh lie was so well noted. He was
among the foremost in getting up meet
ings and procession*, and organir.'sl and
commandtxl a magnificnuit tn>p of !iors.-
nien conijsssHl of alait ."oo of the finest
men in the Whig party on the ishuid.
When the graml Clay and Frelinghuvsen
proe"sai)'ii t.s.k pliu-i- in New York Oom
mo iore Van leriult ami his tr>s>p of
horsemen mvupied a very consnieuotis
|s>sitioii in it, drew encsimmms from all
who saw them, 11ml were greatly ehtsT'sl.
Tlie commodore, esjHvially, presente.l ati
im)s>siiig npjxsinuiee 011 aiss'Uiit of his
magnificent physique. At that time
" Yankee " Sullivan kept a barrmrni in
Cliatliam street, just opposite City Hall
park. He was in his burr.sun with a
gang of roughs a* Commodore Yamler
bilt's tr'i|> passed by, nml li -nring the
applause ami noting the fine appearance
of tlie commodore, ne thought it a fine
opjsirtuiiity of exhibiting to bis friends
how h" conld "take the commodore
down," and rushing out lie seised the
reins of his horse anil triisi to compel
him to alight. The horse reared, the
eomimslore cut Sullivan across tlie Irnek
with his whip, ami then, leaping to the
ground, M> badly b<st liiin that his
friends took him away in a nearly sense
less condition. Commodore Yanderbilt
remounted and proceeded, ami wn* not
molestrsl again that day. As every one
knows, Clay wa* defeated. The result
was. so far as Commodore Yanderbilt
was concerned, that lie went out of jmli
tica, and ever after kept entirely clear of
party strife.
The* Ballet in FI mint.
The Klmira Advcrti*rr thus pxpreaae*
itis opinion of ballet <Umporn, incidental
to n description of a recent performance
in that city : Hut the ballot was the
moat attractive part of the entertain
nioiit. ami it was tin' boat one ever Riven
in Klmira. If it ia aniil that onr people
are hardly tip to the tineat kind of inmiic,
liow much more can it lie aail that they
are not up to the ballet. They ditln t
seem to appreciate it. Sonic moat grace
ftil ami beautiful dancing wan allowed to
pass without a murmur, while the athlet
ic jumpn of the maater of the bullet, liia
gymnastic turna and evolutioua, were en
eored. Four of the principal liulieH
were decidedly beautiful in their dnnc
ing, and looked pretty, except for their
white skirts that didn't reach to the
knee. Their dresses were the only onea
out of character, and out of harmony
with the play. The remainder of the
tronpo wore a graceful, neat, and not
irnimalost continue that wan Assyrian,
that gave their bmba freedom of action,
and withal wns very pretty. If there is
an ungraceful ami ridiculous costume for
a woman, it is the usual ballet girl's
dress, the white gauze skirts, that are of
no possible use, either for protection or
attraction. They had much better be
left off entirely. A woman thus ne
eoutered looks like a hen with ull her
fenthers plucked off except a rim around
the center of her body, and lieeomes
rather an object for laughter and ridi
cule thau for ndmi ration.
TNKEE \H\MHIM H ( 1111 HRIN.
% \ t r-OIl • lr I liuitc < itift lruu
lluuirr nl ull*
Mrs, Margaret Dunn, with her *n
year-old daughter Johanna, livixl in the
tenement house in tlie rear of No. yl
Oliver afreet, New lork, Thev hail one
uiuH-rable little r-Nim and tlie ollu-isab-nit
it were all empty, for tin' tenants had
not |mid their rent ami the landlord had
turned them out. Mi*. Dunn went <n a
jirei<, leaving her chihlren alone. Just
when the Hpree begun is not certain, but
the woman wws arrested on a Saturday,
too drunk to answer ijuestioiis mU-lli
gently, aiul wax committed to the City
prison for teli days nit Sunday morning,
after a night at the station house. Oil
Momlay she wan found raving from the
effix-t of the lnim-r and wan sent to
Itcllevue. Here tier delirium passed off,
ami (\>ming to herself she reinomliertxl
her little daughter ami la-sought a visitor
of St. Viuceut de Paul to g-i ami
her liefun- it should In* too late. The
woman w ill die.
Mr. O'tJullivan, of that aoeiety, at
once went to the miserable room, and
found Lite litt! • girl alone. How many
ilava she had Iss-n alone it is iui)ss*ible
to aay. There was no food in the room,
no tire, 110 water even. She wiul in rag*
and filthy, and had tnuvn of tlried tours
on Iter fuee, hut when sin* wan found she
waa done erring, and was sueking eager
ly at her left hand, wlueli ahe hial thus
drawn out of all ahape. Tlte visitor
slmke to her, hut she paid hint liu atten
tion lteyoud a foolish laugh. He sttp
jvaw\l ahe wits merely weak from want
of food and (ld. hut when lie hud taken
her nwnv and hud her fol and sashed
they had to out off her hair for filth—it
wan found that ahe w.ts demented. lu
tiuirv among the neighL>rs showed that
ahe had U.n a bright, intelligent child,
and though her face ia pinched and wan
the features are gmal and the head ia
ahape IT. It ia hoped ahe will nv.iver
with care and nuraing, but u> the
Tomb* jailice oourt ahe laughed foolishly
when sistkell to, alni said nothing.
At the name tune two more children
w ere presented in curt bv other 111-
ward Ch.anli, of the aoeiety fol pn vent
ing cruelty to children. He found tlieia
in a miserable hovel in Front street. It
ia the office of this gentleman to v.sit the
island institutions and the city prisons
to make inquiries for the children of
prisoner*. On Black well's island he <
learned from a Mrs. Burns that her two
children were in Front street. Hi went
there and found lb >ir and Mary Hums,
agist aix and four year* respectively.
They were not in so terrible a condition
as the I*llllll girl l*eeilse the tieighls >rs,
though having more tnoutha to feed
themseh.s than they hud bread for,
gnve them enough to keep b. sly and
aottl together. Mr. Chlnrdl tak tlieni
under his protection, and fed them and
doctored iheui. The mother of thenc
rhildreu had Iwn went to the island fur
four in >nth*. It w.i* nearly u week after
her committal when Mr. Cltiardi he <rd of
tiie ehildren. the mother seeming indif
ferent aK nit them. Judge Huffy Si nit nil
tliree to tlie iMmutisMonerw. \fi* )'>>?&
World,
The t ohtrado Desert.
The (' dorado d< --ft is 100 miles long
and seventy-five wide, cvering an area
of 3,00t,(W0 of acre*. It lies across the
path of all immigrants and all cattle eu
t ring overland into southern California
ami the oblique passage acroa* t* drmd
sl by all travelers. It is ! -t as a baker's
oven, which is caused by its being be
low tin' level of the sea soilie Seventy
fn t, and without shelter of tree*, flow
ing water or herbage for cattle. Tlie
a ljaceut country t* desolated by climatic
peculiarities incident to the Itorvlcrw of
all deserts. Till lately this great ls<.*in
was part of the gulf of California,
(iradnallv obstruetiug tlrifts funnel a
dam tliat cut off the upper end. and m
time the isolnbsl lake <ln<s| up and lo
--came a sunken desert. The marine shells
under foot attcat this. On it* now bar -
reti borders there flourished formerly a
populous race, with cultivated fields,
sheltering forests and healthy climate.
There is occasional raiu, bat it comes in
furious ami destructive storms, deluging
the country, plowing up the mountains
and seathTlUg the surf iw-e soil over the
desert, aiul in process of time preparing
it for agriculture ami forestry in genera
tions to outne. This gives us instructive
revelation of a law of nature more forci
bly impressed than any other, viz.: the
law of perpetual change of forms. In
time, geology tcache that every moun
tain ia destined to seek the plain* bc
low, every sea upheave anil Imoome
mountains, and, literally, the earth will,
so to say, la- turned inside out. This is
not idle fancy. To-day tlie process is
going on before onr eves. Three thoti
siuul miles of eornl islands are leiiig
built np by marine insects from solid
elements of orcun waters, and by gradu
al unheuvid the MM bed biss>nu> moun
tain. These Coral ish-s form a coutiiiu
on* chain, stretching from Australia to
tin l continent of Asia, and t hoy are clearly
ih-stitied to be unit**! in wane future
ages. Holland is drying up ancient seas
and converting them to dry land. Every
where nations are reclaiming submerged
lands. Coal and metaLifurous ns'ks are
being taken yearly in hundred* of mil
lions of tons from the Israels of the
earth.
Sojourner Truth and the Mb.
At one time she was nt a camp meet
ing, ami n mob of voting ruffian* were
determined to br'aV up the meeting.
She, at first, hid herself, from fear, but
afterword said to herself :
" What ! shall I run away ami hide
from the devil -me, n servant of the liv
ing thai? Have I not faith enough to
go out ami quell that mob, when I know
it is written: 'One shall chase a thou
sand, and two put ten thousand to
flight ?' I'll go to the rescue, and the
L<>rd will go with me to protect me."
.She went out into the open field,
among the wild and reckless mob, and
commenced t<> sing in the most fervid
manner ami with powerful voice -
It was early in the morning, it was early in the
morning,
Just at the break of day,
When He r"c, when He ruse, when He roao.
And went to Heaven on a cloud.
.Soon tlie crowd surrounded her, arm
ed with clubs and sticks. As she ceased,
one spoke up:
"Sing on, old woman! noltody shall
hurt yon." Another said: "Talk tons,
old woman !" Another: " Pray, old
woman, and tell us your experience !"
Ho she talked and sung and proved
until the sulslued nml convicted mob
quietly dispersed, and the exercises of
tlie camp meeting prooooded peacefully
to the close.
(•en. Itrlkmip Ih-inatuN a Trial.
Oen. Belknap has been in Washington
since April awaiting trial in court, and
althmigli ten months have elapsed since
the indictment no action looking to a
tri il of the case luis been taken by tlie
authorities. Ho ami his friends think
tlint the ease should bo cither tried or
dismissed, and that continued delay i*
unjust, especially us they have no doubt
of aciptittnl. He tuldressed a formal no
tice to the district attorney demanding an
immediate trial. It reads thus : " Yott
will please take notice that I shall apply
to said court on tin* twenty-ninth day of
January, inst., at ten o'clock M., or as
1 soon thereafter as the sai l court shall
| convene, for an immediate trial in the
1 above entitled prosecution."
The Story Alwul Mrm <• <ti
A \\ asliingtoli letter t'i tin' ( lIK-llilutti
(buititrn-ial any*: The community wu
rather startled by an ammuuoeinatit in *
iniwr if mi eiigngeiui'iit lietuwiu Mr*,
alym Clark Uuura nii'l Mr. Hilly M<-
<iarraluut, whose claim lielori* ('.iitgrnM
1* ail nil) story. A filst finding of tlx
article astonished people, Init a MIIMT
second reading convinced them tluit it
Man a hoax. I'xf.r Mrs. (iniru-s, alio in
wedded t*i hut nno tiling' "The can*;"
and inn anything in thin lit•• ha inure
|*ituihli' than that of a datichtoi strmug
fur thirty or note ynun to establish her
legitimate i-ltuui to |iro|H'rtv left hy ker
own father? From court to court this
'hiiiuttisxi woman ha fought liet ground
to .lay gain Dig au inch, to morrow los
ing a foot, hut never, never giving >P-
Wliat has I men aivor.li" 1 * 11 right hy
one court, lam lami snatched froiu her
hy the next. Hlie in a me hit of a
woman, * ith eye of |iii-iving hrilluuicy;
in ml. >r one moment of the I*l a bent hue,
the next a ntoel gra\, bud the fame eves,
alien softened hy tin- n -itul ol another's
distress, he.•>lining of the moat ten.ler
lilue. Hlie w>-ars her light hair in curia,
ami rarely a|*|*earn without her buiniet.
She in one of the li*>t eotivematioinxlintn
you eser listened to, and one of the moat
agreeable women it wan ever mv fortune
to Weet. Her " laugh " iin-s liertli cele
brated for forty yearn, turd time, that
ruthless destroyer, lraa neither marred
uor destroyed the rippling qualities
which make it *o infectious that who
ever hears it must smile, if they don't
join in with it, whether they know oru>>t
the subject which lias provoke 1 the
tninli. The supreme court has finally
ami um|ii(wtiouablv decided in her favor,
and if she can collect it she will have
thereby 936,(KJ0,0Ui of money, h-aa the
98,000,000 or $10,000,(MX) to lie deducted
for lawyers' fees, etc. When slie gets
final fMMMMiaicm she intends erecting in
Washington a grand hotel, where mem
bers of (Vmgresa and their families will
l*e able to live off their habure*.
Pi>r \f.-t liuitilmn, whose uante is
<Miipie.l with that of .Mrs. (iaimw, is here
tins winter; but what cluuice lias he to
will even an hoin->t claim? He is poor.
He cannot fix Up the members. Hecall
not push his affairs forward over "cwil
vas 1 nicks" and I Voce fYi'yuof. If his
claim is fraudulent it serves him right
that he is deprived of the means of car
rying his hill; but if, like Mm. (iaines,
hie is struggling for an honest right, then
"(tod help Hilly M.<iarralian " nvcotnoa
more tliivi) the frivolous utterance of a
h<-artless politician whom 1 heard make
the exclamation several days ago.
Fur the >orth I'olr.
Captain 11. W. Howg&te in a recent
-letter says his polar-onkiuijuitiou scheme
iiatundly divides itself under three hemls,-
as follows ;
1. The organization of a properly
equipptx] expedition, witli ample menu*,
Is'th t<* maintain a colony and to prose
cute effort* to reach the north j*>le. To
this end Congressional aid i*tole sought
and a hill lias been introduced into the
lower House and projwrly n-b rrel.
Flu* provide* (list 950,000 Is* appropri
ated, to Ie used under the diroeti.'ii of
the I'rinxdeiit, m organizing o*:e or
tuore evjKslitions, and tha! tie natural
academy of arieucea l iuct'-J t-> assist
with its advice. In case l!i > bill fails to
|ui*s. tin- necessary funds, it is Imped,
could be rained hv private -ulrncripthm.
"2, The retalil iwinnit iutd mronti-uauce
of the colony. Propci material for
shelter, rendv to IH' immediately put up,
sh.aild !• tak' i) by the vessel carrying
the eokiiU'l*. With tins precaution
tlleV could l*e mode a* rvuitorlable as
the signal <i. us- oflici't.s at pis-siuit are
ui the summitof Ptk.-'g I'-nkorof Mount
Washington, although the exposure of
these last mentioned would Is* for a short
er iM-riisl. Proper focal alnutld In? provid
ed in pn.jier ipmntities and auflieient vari
ety. Fresh meat iu proper quantities
ei.ii l*e had in the immediate vicinity >f
the prqsiaod colouy. With pr-*j*cr f.asl
lUld shcitcr there )• Uo trouble alsmt
keeping men even at such latitudes iu
robust health.
3. Explorations to the pole.—The
officer in charge being mi the sjiot would
l*e nbl- t-i take ailvantage of all favor
able opportunities, ami no iloubt, in
tints' years' time or les*, would dis
cover tin* js*le itself, if such a feat is
within the reach of human efforts. The
vess'-l taking the colonists should re
turn immediately, and the colon v lit
provided Willi sleilges and aui'dl 1 * >ats
for their jM'iietnitions northward.
Captain Tyson, of the Polaris party,
enthusiastically indorse* Captain, llow
pute's scheme. He charncterixe* it as
the m.wt prnetieuble v t devised, and
tJmiks tin- scientiHe societies of the coun
try ought to memorialize Congress in
favor of the bill before mentioned. If
tlie United States, he says, prove* tis*
niggardly t > prosecute tins enter, ri*i*,
Gnglniid or (lertunny will undoubtedly
move in the matter and m-cure the honor
of iuvsimplinhiug the desinil result.
An Kittrlncer'* Snlrlde.
Cliurles Collins, a civil engineer of the
Shore rmul, on which the Ashta
bula ealiunity occurred, waa found dead
in his house, having evidently ooni
mitted suicide by *lu*iting. lie wn* U'-
fore the inv<>*tipiting committee of the
Legislature n few- dnys ago, and was
closely (jnestioned regarding the acci
dent and lack of ran' which might per
haps have prevented it. Bin! this, coupled
with the fact that public opinion would
not be snti*lii\l of his innocence, it is be
lieved led to the rush net. He hud ap
peared vcrv deapoudeut previous to and
immediately sneceodiiig the exAiuina
tiou, and Wl beim missing ninee the
day following. Tt is anppoaetl that in
stead of going to Ashtabula t<> join his
family, who were visiting there, he re
pair's! to his house, and fell to brooding
Over the terrible affair. He had jwssisl
the ordeal of the examination by the
coroner and the legislative committee
with gn-nt satisfai'tion to all his friends,
the member* of the legislative com
mittee entirely exonerating him in pri
vate. lint he was nimble to withstand
fears that the general public would not
so deride. The deed wii* evidently com
mitted on the tinv snooeediug the exami
nation. Mr. Collins was highly respect
ed IH an engineer and a gentleman, mid
enjoyed the complete confidence of Com
modore Vaiiderlnlt. lie hml lieen iuthe
position since the consolidation. He was
a graduate of the Troy Polytechnic In
stitute, and former chief engineer of the
Hoston and Albany road.
Iteiloui|>tlon of Ibiiids.
The secretary of the United Htate
treasury lias issued the thirty-eighth call
for the redemption of 5-20 Innids of
1H5, Mav and November. The call is
for $10,(100,000, of which 97,000,000 are
c: an on boiula The iirineipal and inter
est will be paid at the treasury on and
after tlie twenty-fourth day of April
next, and the interest on the bonds will
cease on that day. The following are
the descriptions of bonds :
C-oiipon bonds—9loo, No. 21,551 to
25.505, both inclusive; 9500, No. 2(5,701
to 31,500, lsith inclusive; 91,(XX1, No.
(52,401 to 70,550, Iwith iimlusive.
1 legist e red I Hind*—9so, No. 301 to
500, both inclusive; 9100, No. 4,501 to
5,300, both inclusive; 9500, No. 3,251 to
3,(500, lmtli inclusive; 91.000, No. 12.-
IKWII to 13,350, Isitli inclusive; 95,000,
No. 4,751 b> 5,100, 1 x>th inclusive; 910,-
' 000, No. 8,201 to 0,300, both inclusive.
TERMS: #2.00 a Yoar, in Advanco.
TIIF (DUFHOKIMf HIM..
The I'u.lilnu uf InrflMim an liar ((aarailaaai.
Kx-( ioveriior Hendricks was inter
vii'Unl as to his Jlidguia-llt of tin- OUtl
stitiltlonnlit >• slid efficiency of the mean
are rejsirtisl by the loint Congressional
committee on the elwiorwl count. He
said first ;
" I am pratitiasl tlmt so fair a bill luua
IMI-U reported. It luar not satisfy those
who ileiUMiid KtiivesH in advance, but I
think it will be iwccptod by tlie country.
(Vrtuinly tlie rvminiisai.mefs may makt
a proper anil rigbleoiis decision under
it. It will allow soeli latitu'la- of inves
tigation and judgment a* will <x>ni|M*l
them to dis'ide tin- right. If iu its pres
ent aha|ie the bill witi not allow tile
eoinmiaaiou to conai.ler all matters of
evidence as fully as the two houses of
dlougrvMs could do if considering Ull
ijui-stious directly, tin- iieccaaury ametid
liu-iits can easily lie maiic ; but its pro
vision* apjaear ample in that respect."
•• You fvmauler, then, tliat tlie bill is
likelv to bring nUmt a fair soltgiou of
the liiflicttilV
Mr. Heiidrieks -Not exactly tliat. 1
suy the com miss ton may deliver a fait
dis'lsloli. It is clotheil with IsiWerw
sufficient to enable it to do ao. Whether
it dooa so or not will depend upon the
ehariu-ter of the lueu who eomjaate it.
Heiug imkiil to give hi* opinion upon
tiie constitutionality of the 101 l Mr.
lleinlrick* said :
" That would ri-qiiire au elals*rate dl
ctisaioii too long for the present IOXXMUOU.
Tlie matter is one in which the power*
of tj.nigr.ivK and the luetic sis in which
they Klll add lie executnl are not definitely
prewnlied. It mav l*e dOiiparixl to the
iclmissiiiu of ritafe*. int.* tin- l ucai. The
Gouatitutiioi confer* UJKIU ('.ingress the
jsiwer to almit m-w States but ii.*-* not
prenrribe the nietli.*! iu which it is to be
exerciissl. Hence t%ingress may act
timntgli a x>-ordiuate .U-piutmeut o/ gov
ernment, as was rceiiily done in tlie ad
mission of a Stale by Piesi.h-ntiai pr>>-
clamatii m."
" Yon do n*t reganl Congrma a* alsh
i-ating ita Mower tli ?"
Mr. llcndrick*— Not at all Tlie
I tower of Oougm to cmiut the rote and
to de an- IIJK.II all iptestions that arise in
the pnigmt* f the count is exercised
directly by itself uial through tlie agency
which it i maina, witJi dual sutlerviHiirti
and control by agrimincut of lxrtii houses.
The caucus of lt.*pubhmn member* of
tlie ludincm ljcgisbUure, after along KMS
SI.'U, iidopte,! the following resolutions,
which Were presented ill House for
action :
It',/(>./, That we lwlieve the inter
cut of the conutry d- riuuid* : First, a
fair vote of the Ji-Vple, without fear or
favor; suvmd, a fair munt of tlie legal
vote- so cast; and, lastlv, a willing and
prompt •nbmisaiou by all parties to the
result so declanx] by and tliniupii the
legullv ivmstitutixl uuthoritie* estab
lislie.l for that purpose is necessary to
insure is aee and prosperity of die ixnni
trv, una we denounce a* revolutiounry
all attempt*, of leaders of the lAetiioeratic
party to jutiuil.late the |>eople of die na-
Ia in by threats of aiuireliy and war un
less the |x iron of their choice shall lw
iln'laml elected 1 "resilient. We lwliere
that HnUierfonl 11. llNyes l.n* Inwu
electiil President aiid that Wilhani A.
Wheeler has been elected Vice-l*wo
--ili-ut, of the I'mle,l States, and that it
only remain* for the president <*f the
Semite to declare the result, according to
the CoiisJitutiou of the United Stall*,
and thnt when die resnlt of the lab'
election shall he w dedaml, whedier
such result shall tv in favor of the K<-
jmbli.-Hii or IVmocnrtic candidate, it is
the duty of ail good eitiaeus to acqnies.*-
m such decision. We w<mld raniud die
1 letiKs'riaie |*uty of the fuct that it
him l*ecw but a few abort year* siiuv ai'v
eral State* of the Union, all having
Democratic govenunenta, were led intu
revolutiou and war by many of the lead
er* who are now at tlie head of tliat
jvarty, and we would respectfully submit
tlinf mat Wvperieie'e in *jqealing from
the ba11.4 ls>x to the cartridge Imx has
jirovnl decidevlly unprofitable.
The caucus aim. adopted a resolution
indorsing Senator Morton for withhold
ing his name from the report of the
electoral cummiltev. Senator Morton
was the only inetntwr who psik tins poi
tioii. Every other memlier signed the
rojvnrt.
The Business Prospects.
Au iuffnenfial New Knghun) mauufac
turix, who hua I oven in Washington, re
marked that the positiou of tlie country
is now iu every way favorable to a gener
al revival of industry if onlv .xinfideuoe
in the future is itwtomL "the crop* of
the year are all either ample or very
large. The cum crop was within two
per oeut. as gr.wt as the immense crop of
1h75, and in the form of jwirk is bringing
g.sid priinv, with a gissl foreign denxauiL
Flu' wheat crop i* g.ssl, and mild at pay
ing prici-s. The cotton crop was large
an.l profitable, and waa combiuisl with
a larger production than ever before of
fo.sl supplies bv the Southern Stati*.
Wail ha* paused the extreme (mint of de
pression, and i* bringing fair price*,
riie *ngar crop of Lonisiiuia *w enor
mous, and is selling at fair price*.
Leather has ]Missed the poiut of depres
sion. 'Die export* an* large at full
prices and the price ha* advanced from
four to six oiuit* Jit pound, with tlie
home demand brisk. All the New Eng
land cotton mills which arc up to the
time* ore now aide to earn dividend*,
and the aggregate export of cotton g.nsls
i* largi'r now tlian liefore the war and is
steadily, though slowly, increaMiig. The
most important sign of all, iu his view,
is the sense of stability and hopefulness
for the future, in ease the Presidential
difficulty is jMweably settled; n fivling
which has not obtainevl since the panic
of 1873, and which reaches every iiu
jv.rtant branch of industry. This feel
lug only mwds tin* settlement of the
Presidential ijuimtiou, and then of tlu
curreuey question, he says, to take effect
in eonstnictive enterpi new of all kinds,
to make np for the complete stoppage of
all such undertakings during the last two
or three year*. Tliu. he thinks, lalmr
now unemployed would iuuneiliately find
employment in the building of new mills,
warehouses, railroads and other large
works.
The Centennial Addresses.
It is not so generally known ns it
should lie, says u Washington paper,
that Congress invited by siweial joint
resolution, approved March, 13, 187(5,
that all counties or towns whore histori
cal addresses were delivered on the cen
tennial day, Julv 4, 1876, should tile one
copy of such addresses in the library of
Congress, at Washington. Up to this
time ulxiut 150 historical document*
illustrating the origin and progress of
as many American towns and countries
have been received and flhxl at the
library of the United States. M.uiy of
these are in manuscript, many more in
newspaper form and others iu quite
elaborate books with illustration*.
Twenty-seven States and four Territor
ies are represented in this collec
tion, and others are still coining in,
which, it is hoped, will be continued
until printed sketches or manuscript
histories of American towns are gathered
together at the seat of government.
Representative (1. A. Hardenbergb.
of New Jersey, under whoso auspices the
work has thus far been done, is still giv
ing the subject his earnest attention,
1 and hopes to be fully successful in com
pleting this great commemorating reoord
of American progress.
NUMBER 7.
Ike Fnglueer'* NnirMe.
Additional details of tlie fatal art of the
late chief engineer id the Lake Hliolt
road are furnished by the Cleveland
Main /UaJt-r : lie was found dead in
bed in the morning in Ins-resilience.
Two nights lefore lie was seen alive for
the last time, Isuiig then at work in his
I'tllce, wherein l tailored until about nim
o'clock. Nothing in Ins demeanor indi
cated any purpose of self-destruction.
Mr. Collins was stone in the house, bia
wife having goue to ('-oniinsrtirut to
visit relatives. A lured man built fires
in the house every morning. The lio.lv
lav Ui the Im-,1, on tiie front able, the
pillow and sheets liemg drcuclmd witli
blood. At the left of the corjiae were a
large revolver and an unopened razor
At tlie right was s double-laurel pistol.
Three chamliers of tiie revolver wen
fomid t.. lie empty, hut only ue wound
whs discovered. Tlie coroner derided,
after eumiustion, that Mr. Colliua luul
thrust the muzzle of tlie pistol into his
mouth, the tadl going through tlie roof
of tin* month ami coming out of tlie head
near tlie back. There was ne bullet
mark on the hoadliuard of the bed and
mi bail was found- Hut on the wall
of the ehamls-r was a hole wlnii lunl
evidently lawn made recently by Mich a
liall as tiie revolver would carry. He
hod gone to l*d as usual. On tlie stand
in frutit of tlie mirror lay his collar with
necktie inside. His shirt, cost sad pants
were tlirowu over a chair near tlie led,
and near by were bia stockings and
allocs. A search for his vest resulted
in finding it under the mattress at his
head. The owuuer is of tlie opinion thai
death was instantaneous. At least th er
aeems to have lieen no movement uf the
body, for the bedclothes were sesmelv
rustled. The pistols and razor found
lav under tlie clothes as if the intent to
commit sinciile was premeditated. In a
basket on a stand was an envelope ad
dressed to " Mrs. C. Collins," his wife.
It was thought that this might con
tain sometluug of interest in relation to
liia strange death, but <Si opening it h
was found to refer hi tiie time table.
While uo oue, we believe, held him in
auv way reepousiblefur the Ashtabula dis
aster, it is probable that the tliought of
the calamity ami the ooMtrijHeut over
work on him caused him to taks bis life.
When be aw the wreck he wept like
a child. He waaa kind hearted, amialde
man, and the acetic* he witnrWiw l at the
bridge impressed themselves *o uu hi*
mind ax to no <kult bring aU.nt teni
jirarv aberration of mind.
The Fiend Twin's Mary.
January.—Am born. Didn't want to
be. Object immediately aa loud aa 1
can. 1 ouuger brother born area min
ute* later. like n fool, but may
improve aa he mellow * with age.
February.—Catch a ooUl. (live it to
younger brother. He's sicklier than I
am. Very nearly settle* him.
March. —Catch a nice ra*h. Pa** it on
to tlie other cove. IYetty well wimla up
liia clock.
ApriL—Thev've christened u*. I'm
Augustus and he's Alexander. Don't lie
look IUI Has of an Alexander ! I*ll kick
him when he sleep*.
May.--Oat tlie nettle rash. Hooray !
So'* he ! only worse.
June.— They don't think they'll la
able to rear him. He's to have cod
liver oiL Can't help laughing.
July.—He's lieeu squalling awful.
Nurse says it's his uaaty temper. I
know it's a piq, but I'm uot going to
sav.
August-—We've got a new name, who
talks to tall soldier. and leaves j*raxu
hula tor ktuskiug in the nun. Alexander's
Rut a blister ou his none. They don't
know what it i*. aud they're going to give
him a jmwjer.
September.—l've given him the scar
latina. He seems resigned. I've nailed
hi* feeding bottle.
October.—l've got a new game now—
poking Noah's wife into his ear when
the nurse ain't looking.
November.—We're Degitraing to walk.
He's winker on hin pins than I am, so I
can above him over easv.
Deoetnber. —Fa la-ginning to cut my
first tooth. As soon as it'a through I've
made up my mind to bite Alexander.—
/WA.
Rank Clerks.
Hie Boston
says that the bank clerks of Boston are
as capable, industrious, and faithful a
set of I tank officers as can be fanud iu
any city iu the world. But after all, it
states, the place to find an extensive
army of well trained bank clerks is in
the Bank of England. This institution,
villi its capital of ninety millions of dol
lars and dating back to liftH, to-day em
ploys nine hundred clerks. The build
ing* in which these clerks do their work
©overs live acres of ground. It has not
a single window upon tlie street, the
light of day lw>ing admit tod only through
open courts. It has a clock in the cen
ter of the Iwuik with fifty dials. The
Bank of England is instituted in the
center of Londou ; but it has cue branch
at the west end of the city, and many
branches in the provinces. Though the
Bank of England employs a very heavy
force of clerks, it would seem, from a
glance at its business, that it ought t
kaep tliem well employed and fairly
remunerate them. Its sole work in its
issue department js to give out not<* to
the public. The profit the lauk derives
from its issue dejwrtuieut is the interest
received upon the (70,000,000 govern -
ment debt and soenritiea, which, at the
rate of three wr cent., is $8,100,000 a
rear. By its dealing in coin and bullion,
it has the rcpntatiou of making $150,000
a year. The amount of Rank of Eng
land notes afloat generally averages about
$100,(100,000, and ha* lately reached
$105,000,000. The detsisite iu the Rank
of Enghuid. out of which it of course
makes a great deal of money, range from
$60,000,000 to nearly twice that stun.
Troubles of the Fishermen.
A sorrowful story from the ocean comes
to us by the way of the old seaport of
Gloucester, Mass., ten vessels being re
ported missing from the fishing fleet
These craft usually carry alsmt ton men
each, and the loss of life, if these ton
schooners are wrecked, as is probably
the ease, will be large. It is a heavy
loss for the hardy little community in
Cape Ann to bear. The fishermen of the
North Atlantic coast endure many Hard
ships in pursuit of their dangerous call
ing. This cold and stormy season has
witnessed many disasters ; but tliia latost
is one of the saddest repetitions of the
old and tragical story of suffering, danger
and death on the sea, and of hope de
ferred, despair and lameutatiou ou the
land.
Ills Safe Investment.
" Te-he ! I bet I've got even with
that 'ere concern," chuckled a big, over
grown lubber of a Michigan boy, as ho
came out of a minister's donation party,
in liis town, the other evening.
"What did ye do, Jim?" asked a
comrade.
"Do ?" echoed Jim, boastingly. " I'll
tell ye what I done. You know they
charged toll cents to get in there ?"
" Yes."
" Wal, I gin 'um their ten cents, but
after I got iu where them eatin' tLxin's
was, if I didn't git mor'n tliem ten cents
back, then I'm mistaken."
None ofthe lxys seemed to doubt bis
word.
Sweet Hwr of Prjw.
ftwsst boor of prayer, moat bow of prayer.
That sail* me from t world of ears,
And bide me at ay Father * throne
Make* all my want* and wtaboe known )
In aaaaona of rlltr> and grift,
My aonl baa often found relief,
And oft escaped the tempter * anarr,
By thy return, aweat boar of |wayer.
Hwnet bow of prayer, aweat bow of prayer,
May I thy ooeotatkm attars.
Till from Mount rtgab' lofty height.
I view my home and Ink* my flight ;
Tbl. robe of tmh 111 drop. Mid rlaa
To aeta* the evrUaUug twine,
And about, wlnle pseatng through the air.
Farewell, farewell, aweet hour of prayer.
'Vme f Intercut.
Kvery day of your life ia a page in
your hiatory.
The best portrait of happiness in a
laughing child.
California shipped 3(1,000,000 ponuda
of wool lant year.
Many n tnnit blown the bellows of the
organ that wotin<la hie praiae.
"A" in easy enough, but the lent
letter of the alphabet isartt Do you
/. it?
Home goodness is like tiie glow worm
in thin, that it ahiue* moat when no eyas,
except thone of Heaven, arc upon it
A faahion paper aaya tlmt laniA*a-*
will lie popular with the Indira this win
ter, and society wen hare taken fresh
hold ut life.
A mother remarked: " Yea, I want
my daughter to study rhetoric, for she
can't fry pancakes uow without smok
ing all the house up."
A philosopher who went to a church
where the people name in late said it
ra " the fMillion there for nobody to
go till everybody got there."
Frank Walworth ia etill in the Htate
lunaticeavium in Auburn, N Y., and Bu
|>eriutendeut Gray Iwbeve* that he was
insane when he lulled his father.
A Nashville man answered a Chicago
advertisement, "How to win at poker,"
and received for his two dollar* the fol
lowing : " Hald four anes or don't
poke."
A lazy fellow, falling a distance <4 fifty
feet, and escaping with only a few
scratches, a bystander remarked that he
waa '' too alow to fall fsat euough to hurt
lii—flW."
Tlie Baahi-Haxouks hare lieen de-
Ncribed as " irregular Tartar troop* who
are quartered on the inhabitants in time
of lwre, and quarter them in time of
disturbance."
The State of Main* pay* a I*s bounty
for every bmr killed within ita limits.
Last rear wa* apparently good, or rather
a bad' year ft* bean, for 549 were killed,
ousting the Btu- §2,745.
A postal clerk in Dubuque opened a
letter jturt to ace if a arrtaiu girl waa
very karret on a certain fellow. She
was, and the government i* ab very
sweet on the portal clerk.
They do bnaineaa with ib*jitch in
Texa*.' A man in a certain neighbor
hood who had had, a valuable marc, re
ctavrd the fullowing by telegraph: ' 'Mare
here. Come get her. Thief hang."
The time is at hand when a fellow
Iniyt for hi* chum'* mater a highly orna
mental valrntiue, the great center of at
traction at which ia a picture of the
fabled boy who ha* decidedly mure
wuiga than overcoat.
How a Ht Lout* bankrupt got rid of
§fl,oUo in three weeks waa explained to
the satisfaction of the creditor- )iy a wit
ness, who explained that be waa a
" genial " fellow, that he played jioker
and booght lottery tickets.
Norriatown Herald f — Lore makes
128 pounds of girl feel no heavier than
a feather on a fellow'* knee. Fulton
Time* .-—And the same fellow would
have his leg cmmied all out of ahape by
seventy-five pound* of wife.
"latitat a friend of yours?" aaked a
New York gentleman, pointing to a
party who waa sailing rapidly down the
street. " Can't tell you till next Satar
div," returned tlie individual adilmwed.
" I've just lent him five dollar*."
The principal of a l>e* Moines (la.)
aehoul raised a false alarm of the
aa an experiment, just to see how quick
ly the pupils could get out of tlie build
ing. Tlie panic was a striking success,
and several children were slightly hurt.
In the following there is a good deal
of truth : There are plenty of good but #
weak women in eretv community who'll
work, and starve, and scrimp, in order to
furnish their parlors, and then won't ait
in 'em for fear of injuring the furniture.
Oue of the beauties of corner lota
<xiues out strong at PitWbld, Mass.,
where the Methodist church has about
1,500 square feet of sidewalk to take can
of, and has shoveled 50,000 cubic feet erf
snow from it, so far, with twenty -seven
snowstorms to hear from.
The correspondent of a Western uews
papex says that Claude Burroughs, on
lieing sent from the Uuion Square Thea
ter to art in the Brooklyn Theater wrote
a note to the young woman to whom he
was engaged, saving that he wished the
Brooklyn establishment would burn
down.
This is a dreadful winter for the poor
icemen. Every time, says the ltnrling
ton Hawk*y< , they live raised the
piteous wail that "there will be an
other ice famine next season, the ther
mometer goes down to bed-rock, and the
Miaaiaaimu freezes from top to bottom
ami half way back.
Mr. Holly, the engineer, will attempt
to heat the entire city of Lockport, S.
Y., by steam. The city is divided into
districts, sad each district is to hsve its
separate boiler. Main* from each boiler
are run to the different bonnes, and all
the occupant has to do is to turn a faucet
and obtain all the heat he wants.
The newsboy* of Washington are uni
formed. This is a departure from the
ancient and accepted uniform of the
uewsboya, whit., usually consists of a
man's coot, one suspender and a cigar
stump. Stuiietunes, under stress of very
trying and destitute arcumstonoes, the
suspender and coat may be omitted.
Three million* in twenty-dollar gold
pieces arrived in New York from San
Francisco. The weight of the gold was
six ton*, it filled fourteen iron safe*, and
it took aeventeun men to guard it on the
way. Suppose Vanderbdt's sixty mil
lions were in gold, weighing one hun
dml ami twenty tons, what a trouble
some tiling it would be to have about
the house.
One of Queen Victoria's first measures
on coming to the throne was to take
steps for the payment of her father's
debts, and on October 7, 1839. a deputa
tion from the Dnke of Kent's creditors
waited upou her to preaeut an humble
address of thanks. The debts amount**!
to aotue $250,000. A monument to the
duke is now iu course of erection in the
Chapel Royal, Windsor, at her majesty's
expense.
The Lake Shore railroad company, it
is said, will contest suite for damage* on
account of the Ashtabula disaster, claim
ing that the breaking of the bridge
" an act of God," for which they canuojL
le held responsible. Tliey will endeavnjf
to jirove that the bridge was ordinarily
safe, aud that cold weather weakened it.
Should they la- defeated, the amount of
judgment* would amount to about half a
million dollars.
A Tragical Occurrence.
A correspondent with Gen. Crook was
an eve witness to a tragical occurrence at
the headquarters of the command. Five
prominent Sioux chiefs approached the
post about noon with a nag of truce.
When within a few hundred yards of the
post, and before their approach was
known to a single oflioer or soldier of the
garrison, they were pounced upon and
killed by the Crow scouts who belong to
the post, and who, of course, entertain a
deadly animosity toward every Sioux.
General Miles was indignant beyond
measure at the bloodv tragedy.* He
thinks it probable that they were coming
iu for the purpose of surrender. If tliis
conjecture be correct it would have ma
terially weakened Crazy Horse's force
and would have had an important effect #
upon the winter campaign against the
hostile*. General Miles regrets the oc-
both on account of it
atrocity and by reason of thfc possible im
portance of their mission. ,
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