(Centre §1 mural. Terms 51.50 per Aunum.in Advance. S. T. SHUQERT and R. H. FORSTER, Editor.. Thursday Morning, November 25, 1080. A DAMN AM) JFFFFKSON. Political ItcmiiilscenrcH of bong Ago. The administration of John Adams was far from being a success. The alien and sedition laws, enacted during that term, have caused a blot to rest upon it, which time cannot efface. It punished men for being foreigners and gave the President the right to send them out of the country; because of the suspicion of not being right in their politics. The sedition law punished as a high crime the writing or printing or speaking disrespectfully of Con gress, the president or other high offi eials, and the federal judges, sitting in judgment upon these " seditionists," so constructed the law that no one in dicted could escape. For a loiter written and dated before the law was passed, and printed in a distant news paper before any one in the State of Vermont, where the letter was pub lished, had knowledge that it had, or would he passed, Matthew Lyon, an anti-Federal Congressman from Ver mont, was indicted, tried, fined and imprisoned. These laws, which in fact expired by limitation the day Mr. Adams ceased to be President, roused party spirit almost to frenzy, and from the date of their passage the doom of the Federal party was sealed. During the latter part of Mr. Adams' administration a law was passed creating twenty-four new judges of the United States courts. The bill creating this hatch ot judges —intend- ed and the law made them life officers —lingered in Congress until after the fact of Adams' defeat and Jefferson's election as President was known. Be tween the time this fact was known, 12th of December, 1800 —aud the 4th of March following, several valuable offices became vacant, one of which was that of chief justice, and with thee twenty-four judges newly creat ed had to be tilled. To the chief justiceship, Mr. Adams appointed and the Senate confirmed John Marshall, on the 31st of Janua ry, after it was known that Jefferson was elected president, although, as previously stated, Marshall held at the time, and continued to hold until after Jefferson's inauguration, the office of Secretary of State. All the appointees were Federal, of course, and under the circumstances, Jeffer son felt deeply indignant. Writing to Gen. Knox, who had written t<> congratulate him on his election, Mr. Jefferson, in speaking of these ap pointments, said that Mr. Adams knew he was not making them for himself, but for his successor, and hence Jefferson characterized them as an outrage on decency, which should not have effect, except in the life ap pointments, which arc immovable; " hut as to the others," the newly elected president said, " I consider the nominations as nullities, and will not view the persons so appointed as even candidates for their office, much less in possessing it by any title meriting respect." And every man so appoint ed in office when Jefferson was inaug urated was promptly removed. The twenty-four judges confirmed, some of them, it is said, by the Senate on the night of the 3d of March, could not lie removed because their office was a life tenure ; but, upon the accession of Mr. Jefferson, and with him a Demo cratic Congress, the law was repealed, and " Mr. Adams' midnight judges," as they were called, had hut a short lease of power. A tale told anil nev er denied, and for this reason has be come history, says that up to the last hour of midnight, at which time the administration of Adams ended, the Secretary of State (Marshall) was engaged in signing commissions as he got news of the Senate confirming the appointments, some of whom had been sent to the Senate as late as nine o'clock that evening. While thus en gaged in commissioning officials for a new administration, Secretary Mar shall and his clerk, at twelve o'clock midnight, were startled by an appari tion in the person of Levi Lincoln, of Massachusetts, whom Mr. Jefferson had selected as his attorney-general. The conversation between Lincoln and Marshall—doubtless related by Lincoln himself —is given as follows : " Lincoln—l have been ordered by Mr. Jefferson to take possession of this office and its pa|icrs. " Marshall—Why Jefferson has not yet qualified! " Lincoln—Mr. Jefferson considers himself in the light of un executive, hound to take charge of the papers of the government until he is duly qual ified. " Marshall (taking out his watch) — .But it is not yet 12 o'clock ! " Lincoln (taking a watch from his Packet and showing it) —This is the President's watch aud it notes the hour." Seeing that Jefferson was master of the situation, and casting a woeful look on severnl unsigned commissions spread on the table, Marshall left his midnight visitor in possession. Relat ing the incident in after years, Chief Justice Marshall laughingly said Lin coln allowed him to pick up nothing hut his hat. Forgetting, or else remembering but to forget, the conduct of Mr. Jefferson four years before, when Adams was inaugurated, and the graceful compli ment paid to him in Jefferson's Vice Presidential inauguration address, the ex-President had his carriage at the White House at midnight and left the city, not willing to remain while his rival was being inaugurated. A few days before his inauguration Mr. Jefferson, as is the custom, called upon Mr. Adams at the Presidential mansion in Washington, where the President then resided, the govern ment having been during Adams' term, moved to Washington. The outgoing President, although they had been friends, accused Mr. Jefferson of visiting him to crow over his misfor tune in being beaten for president. Of course, Mr. Jefferson denied it—his visit was intended as but a mark of respect. Mr. Adams could not be appeased, and Jefferson left. It was many years after belore Mr. Adams was convinced of his error and his want of courtesy to his old time friend but then successful rival. This fact, and the belief Adams had of the cause of Jefferson's visit may account for his refusal to attend the inaugura tion. A federalist more bitter than Judge Marshall was not to be found in the days of Adams and ultra federalism, lie even resorted to trickery to aid his party friends. When on the bench, and during the remainder of his life, he seemed to throw aside his politics, and by common consent Chief Justice John Marshall is looked upon as among the purest and ablest judges the country has produced. An ultra Federalist before he was a judge yet many of his decisions were the reverse of federal, and no man in reading his judicial decisions, can tell what politi cal principles he had. Whltticr's Poem. "The King's Missive, I tit*.l." The following is the greater part of John Greeuleaf Whiltier's poem, from "The Memorial History of Boston," just published: Unl*r the great hill sloping hsir* T< mil mHluw arid Collititott |t#t, In hi* • ouuril chamber an-i tuken ■ hair, Kit the u HI hi| tul Governor Klidimtt, A grave, Ntrong man, who knew u> | *r In tit*- pilgrim hind, where he rulrd in h-nr of God, not man, and fr go*d or ill Ihdd hi- trust with tin iron will. The door NWtitig open, and I taw son, tin !• rk KnteniJ, ami ahuperel umhr breath. "TIIT* waita H*lw lor the hangman - work A fallof I*i.;-ti••• IOH ; lilt I loth Hiattm k, of Halrni, un)ii-ale| of the whip, liruught oft-r in Maatrr G<>ll*iin(li' alnp. At tiiirhnr here in n < lirletian port. With freight "f tilt d- ril and all Ida -• rt Twice nml thrice on hit < hwmher floor, Mriding flerrelj from wall to wall, "The |,.ri| do to to ne, and 'I he Governor cried, "II I hang not all * Ilrmg hitlo r the Quaker " Calm, e*Ut% \S ith the |<ok of a man at with fate. Into th.it preaefM e grim and dread <Hue Simin I J*haitu k. with hat n head. **OtT with tip- knave'* hit An angry hand Snmta down the ifTen<e, hut the wearer aahl. With a |uet -mile, "Itv the king's romman i 1 hear Ilia ItiMMUtg* and aland in Ilia tra<l.'' In the Governor'* hand a nu**iv* he laid With the royal ariua on the *al dipl i>* d . And the proud man |>ake. a- he ga/el thereat, I neovering, "Giie Mr Miattmk Ida hat." He turned to the G'laker, l-uing low "The King cominandrth jour friend*' rcbtaa, Poobt not he Khali Im fda*ye<l, although To hi* euhjert*' sorrow and ain'a im ream \\ hat he hare enjoliieth, John Kn Intt, Ilia loyal aervatit, <j neat lone th not. \ <>ii ar- free' God grunt the apint iron own May take you from to re to pari* unknown. So the dOor of the jail o|*n cn*t. And, like |iaiile| out of the ||.n - den, Tender youth and girlh<*d pw*ed. With ago-|mwe<l women and gray -locketl men. One moment thejr on their way to |.*.k On the martyr gran* t y the Common aide, And mm h-erourged Wharton, of Salem, took Hi* burden of prop In - v up and cried : "H**t, Ktuile of the \ tliant ' .Not in vain Have lairne the Mweter a hm of pain ; \ e haie fought the tight, ye are victor* cn-wned With a l urf 'ld chain ye h ve Satan bound Th" autumn haze lay soft and at ill On wood and meadow and upland farm* On the I.low of Mi-m Hill the great windmill Slowly and lazily ■* ung Ita HI III ; Itroad in theannaldne stretch" I nwai. With itacapov and island*, Gm tiiP|U"ie hay And oti-r water and duvk of pine® liltje bilU lifted their faint outline*. The pipgr leave* of the walnut glowed, The all uia< h added ita crimtoii fl-< k. And double HI air and water ihovel The tinted maple* along the Neck ; Through frowt flower fringe* of j>| tarmist. And gentian fringe* of amethyst. And royal plume* of golden rMt, The grazing attle on Ceulry tr.al. Through lane and alley the gazing town Noisily followed theiu up ami down; Some with aenffing ami Brutal ,i*er, Botne with pity ami wonla of cheer. One brave voice r*® aUive the din, Cpall, gray Willi hi* length ol daya, Cried fmm the door of hi* Bed I Jon Inn: "Men of lto*ton. give God the praie | No inore*hall innocent hliMMlrnll down The bolta of wrath on your guilty town. The freedom of wurahip. dear to you, I* due to all, and to all i* due, "I aee the vi*ion of daya to come, W hen your beautiful City of the Bay Shall l* Cliri-tiari liberty * ch<m<*n home. And none *hall hie neighbor** right* gain*ay. The varying note* of worth in *hall blend And at one great prayer to (lod aaceud, And hand* of mutual charity raise Walla of ealvation and gate* of praiaa." BOSTON, November 13,1M0. THE Russian Crown Prince under whatever title he may assume the active government of his im|>erial lieritnge, co-regent or other, is general ly expected to come forward as a rad ical reformer at home, and a rigorous supporter of the Panslavanic pro gramme abroad. His antipathy to all German men and things is no less no torious than bis sympathies with the attractive qualities of the French na tion. A LADY says that a woman in choosing a lover, considers a good deal more how the man will be regarded by other women, than whether she loves him herself. Home women may; but the men they smile upon will f>c regarded by other women as jolly green to be taken in by them. A MAN who would not die in spring time may be killed by a fall.—N. 0. IHrayytnc. DAN OTONNKLL'N TRIAL. A REMINISCENCE ill IH i t-I THAT Is NOT WITHOUT INTEREST NOW. The London <S it. Jamm' Gazette in a recent issue says: "The impending prosecution of the leading Iri-h agita tors brings back to memory the great trial of the ({uecn vs. O'Connell and others. It is reported, too, that the proceedings botii of the prosecution and of tin- prosecuted will be framed 011 those in that case, and even if they are not. there must be enough of re semblance between (lie two to make that which occurred thirty-seven years ago interesting to-day. The proceedings were taken against Daniel ()'Cont>ell, his son John ()'('on nell, Steele, Ray, Charles Gavcu Dul ly, the Rev. Thomas Tierney, tin- Rev. Peter James Tyrrell, and Richard Barrett. No fewer than twelve coun sel appeared for the prosecution and fifteen for the defense. The proceed ings commenced by < I'Connell and the other defendants being held to bail on the 14th of October, 1843. This was followed bv the charge to the grand jury on the 2d of November. All sorts of interlocutory contests over technical points were then fought from time to time, so that it was not until the loth of January, 1*44, that the trial actually commenced. Meantime, Mr. Tyrrell had died. His attorney could answer to the court that "The reverend defendant had been sum moned before the Judge of Judges. His soul and hotly are alike beyond the power of this court." The counts of the indictment were eleven in number, and are summarized in Townse.id's "Modern State Trials." They consisted of six distinct charges. First —A conspiracy to raise and cre ate discontent and disaffection among her majesty's subjects, and to excite them to hatred and contempt, and to unlawful and seditious opposition to the government and constitution as by law established. Second —A con spiracy to stir up jealousies, hatred and ill-will between different classes of Iter majesty's subjects, and to promote among them in Ireland feelings of hostility and ill-will towards her ma jesty's subjects in other parts of the 1 uited Kingdom. Third —A con-pir acy to excite discontent and disaffec tion in tin- arniv. Fourth—A con spiracy to assemble large numbers of per-otis in Ireland, and by means of intimidation to lie thereby caused and the exhibition ami demonstration of physical force thereat, to obtain change- and alterations in the govern ment. laws and constitution, and es pecially to ctfeet a dissolution of the legi-lativcunion between (treat Britain and Ireland. Fifth—A conspiracy to bring into hatred and disrepute the courts by laws established for the ad -111 inistration of justice in Ireland, and to diminish the confidence in the ad-' niinistratiou of the laws so as to induce the adjudication of disputes to be drawn from thorn. Sixth —A con spiraey to assemble meetings of large numbers of persons in Ireland: and by means of seditious and inflammable speeches, and by the publication of seditious writings to intimidate the lords Npiritnl and temporal and com mons of parliament, and thereby to bring about changes aud alterations in the laws and con-titutiou. On the 12th of February the trial came to an j end. Speeches, good and had, prosaic ! and declamatory, had been made ; the attorney general had been so irritated by the comments made on bis conduct of the prosecution that —incredible as it inav seem now—be bad sent a chal lenge to one of the counsel for the tie fense, Mr. 1* itz-Giblmu. O'Goiinell had defended himself; Sliicl, then member tor Dungarvnn, had made an eloquent and illogical speech for John O'Connell; and Mr. Whiteside, the future chief justice of Ireland, 011 bo lialt of Dufly, spoke both eloquently and logically, and carried nwav the honors of the contest. <ln the 12th of February the jury returned a verdict of guilty against the defendants. On the 2->th of April proceedings began on behalf of O Council and his com panions to obtain a new trial and an arrest of judgment, in which endeavor ' they were unsuccessful; and on the 3<>th of May O'Connell was condemn ed to pay a fine of 12,000, and to be imprisoned for twelve mouths, and the others received lighter sentences. The scene was then shifted to the house of lords, where, after elaborate argument before the judges and the law lords, a majority of the house— namely, Lords Gottcnliam, Denliam and Campbell—decided in favor of the prisoners against the opinions of Lord- Lyndliurstand Brougham. Sev en Kngii-li judges agreed with the latter and two with the former peers. The main point upon which O'Connell succeeded was thus stated by the Ird ( bancellor: "The indictment," he said, "consists of eleven counts. A general verdict lias been entered. Some of these counts are stated by the unani mous opinion of the judges to be de fective with respect to other counts. I here is a defect on account of the findings of the jury. The questions whether, under these circumstances, a general judgment can lie sustained." Of course on this result of the case O'Connell and his companions were released, having alrcndy sutiered more than three mouths' imprisonment, with much advantage to the tranquility of Ireland. An imprisonment, under jike circumstances, is now, however, impossible since the passing of the act (8 and 9 Vict., cap. I>8) to stay execution of judgment for misdemean or upon the purlieu giving buil in error. ({IHNCH LFSS LI It MS. CO AI MINES TIIAT HAVE BURNED TOR MA VV YEARS. From (hti Won eater Gnytte. The failure of all tho ntlemptH to extinguish the fire; which has been raging in the Keeley Run Colliery, near I'ottsville, l'u., for several weeks, it is feared, will add another to the perpetually burning mines that now exist in the Pennsylvania anthracite regions. The greatest id' these is probably that in the .Jugular vein, near Coal Castle. This has been burning since 1835. D-wis F. Dougherty opened this in IM.'J.'J. The upper drift <d' the mine was above water level, and a huge lire was kept in a grate at the mouth of the mine in the winter to keep the water from freezing in the gutters. One night in the above year the timbers id' the drift caught fire from the grate. When it was discov ered that the lire had been carried down the air-hole to the lower drifts and was beyond control two miners entered the mine hoping to recover their tools. They never came out. The mine was abandoned. No effort was made to mine any of the coal near the burn ing vein, although it was considered the best coal in the region until 1853. Then John MeGinnis put in a slope on the east side of it, below water level. He struck the vein at a place where the coal was so thick that two miners could keep a large breaker supplied. When 100 yards of gang way had been excavated the heat from the burning Dougherty Mine began to bother the miners. Mediums at tempted to open an air-hole. The heat became so great that the men were paid double wages to induce them to work. They worked entirely naked, and were relieved every ten minutes. Finally the heat became so intense that work was abandoned. The mine was flooded. After being pumped out men could again work for a few days. The mine was flooded nine times. Mediums finally failed, and the mine was then abandoned. The fire has been raging in the vein ever since. An area of half a mile in every direction has been burned. No vegetation grows on the surface. In places the ground has caved in, form ing chasms a hundred feet deep. There is but a thin shell of earth over the pit of fire. At night blue, sulphurous flames issue from the crevices in the ground. It is dangerous to walk across the spot. Several persons have mysteriously di-appeared in the vicin ity during the pa-t twenty years. It i- IK lieved that in a majority of the cases they have fallen into the burning mine. Dougherty, the original pro prietor of the mine, attempted to go across once. He sank to his arm-pits through the crust, and was onlv saved bv courageous friends who ventured to bis assistance. The stones on the ground are hot, ami snow never rests there. Itain turns to vapor as hist as : it tails on the roof of the burning 1 mine. Millions of dollars' worth of the best quality of coal have been consumed by the lire. The Summit Hill Mine, near Mnueh ("hunk, has been burning for twenty five years. It is believed that this mine was set 011 fire by discontented miners. Thousands of dollars have been expended in fruitless efforts to extingui.-h the fiamcs. The Duller mine, near I'ittston, has leen hunting three years. It was set on fire by a party of tramps, who built a tire in the mine in 1*77. The tire is in the upper drifts. It is con 'incd to an area of forty acres by an immense ditch, 40 feet wide, which was excavated between the burning drift ami connecting ones. The dig ging of th" canal cost $20,000. Hut for that obstacle the tire would have communicated to some of tho most extensive mines in the Lackawanna Valley and a subterraneous conflagra tion would have swept under the whole of West Pittston. Miners have work ed in the lower drift of the Butler Mine since the fire broke out, but there are but 40 feet of rock between them and the field of fire above. The water that trieles through the roof is scald ing hot. The temperature is so high that the men can wear hut little clotli ng- m DURING a conversation between two Baltimore lady teachers on the queer responses that children often make, each of them gave her exjierience for the day. ()uc of them was endeavor ing to teach a primary class the ruda mcnta of arithmetic, and asked one of the scholnrs which she would rather have: "Ten apples or two?" The prompt respons" was " Two." An other answered that she "would ra ther have ten, because it was more than two." The first one then respond ed that she knew that ten was moae than two, but that " ten would mala* her sick nud two wouldn't." The other teacher had recently lost her mother, and she took occasion to ad dress the children on the subject of a mother's love and devotion, and what a disaster to either young or old the death of a loving mother was. She then asked if any of them had ever lost a mother. Several responded that they were motherless, while one with evident eagerness, jumped up and declared that "she had lost two moth ers." Serious as was the subject, both teacher and children could not restrain a laugh, and thus the moral lesson of the day came to naught. "WHAT MY LOVKK HAIR," A CII AMINO I'OEM ATTRIBUTED TO IIORAi E OIIEEI.EY. Nttw York (IcrrMipoD'laucM to L'lilU<lH| IIIH TIVUM. The Park Theatre was just out and a number of actors and newspaper men hud gathered in the Palette Club beer rooms on Twenty-second street. There were present Barton Hill, his son Henry, of the editorial stuff" of the Herald; the veteran night editor. Dr. J. B. Wood, and W. A. Curtis, Tom Maguire, of San Francisco ; Colonel (oilier, who recently came back from Arctic explorations with Lieutenant Schwatka; Chief Judge Duly, \V. F. Sheridan, Cyrus Scurle, Dander P. Richardson, and one or two other fel lows. Townscnd Percy came in and there was chaff to him about the plav of the "Baffled Beauty," which woke angry answers from him, and made it necessary that tlie conversation should change, lest something he said to the author or by the author of that rather peculiar drama for which there would be regrets. And this is the way the conversation turned. Tom Maguire said to Burton Hill : "Why don't you repeat your evening with 'Unknown and Forgotten Poets,' Hill?" and Hill said "the atiair was so much of a per sonal compliment to me by the p-ople of San Francisco that I'm afraid it won't work here." "It was so personal," said Maguire, "that the tickets were put ut 85 and the great hull was crowded, i sus pect it was the most remunerative piece of work that Burton ever did." The title of the entertainment at tracted attention and the question was put as to how and from what sources the poets had been brought. There upon Mr. Hill drew 11 programme from his pocket and read the names of his selection and the authors of each when tlicv could be had. As he ran through the list In- read :—"What Mv Love Said, written by Horace < tree lev,' when Dr. Wood interrupted, re marking:—"Greeley wrote some poet ry, but 1 don't remember that. How does it go?" And half a dozen voices called out: —"Yea: let'.- have it." I lie ill-tor set back in bis chair and repeated it. It is impossible to convey any idea of the reading, of the soft modulations of voice, the tender and delicate phrasing of the thiee lines at the cud of each verse. When lie had finished there seemed to be a finer sentiment pervading the little crowd, tin* next order for lieer was in lower and less authoritative tones, so that the bar-man catne half licsitatinglv, as ; it fearing some outbreak, and copies and history of the piece were generally asked for. 1 his i. the jioem : By Hi- chain-*. in 11,- gl.~-.rii, lii tbr .r br<) |iitli Li fn t rn* In th- ull wet w*,tli ita faint |*rfiirit. An) I tri#~l | j hut he irftj|e n ro-.ti. Oh! ! trhtl, I ut he sr. mid not let r* I eh--I arid hluMie.J till the gr" Kr*w red, VN 11 h fit- tw-i,f <}..<• ti abuvr- ft. w hil■ I-* look Ml hood,s• IM whftvfor&ng MM ll'iw the clover lifted ea< h |4nk, wet he* 1 T" lieten U> all that rut lot* r aal 1 ' Oh the closer in Mown—l lute it' In the high met gra. ent the path t. hide. Ar*l th* lorn. e| |eat<>* liung oiel, Hut I no 11 Id riot p*a on either aide. I of I found mtaelf, when I tainlj tried. In the arm* ..f mr ateadUat lot* r. And lie held me there and he rai-d my head. While he do el the pth tiefure rue* And he looked d wn Into my • yea and aai I llott the loa ♦- l*ent down f'rotii their bough* o erhead. !To lit-n to all my loti-r anid. Oh ' the leasoa hanging lowly o'er rue Had he moved meide hut a little way I n.uld aureiv th* n have |*od him. And he knew i roiild lii-Wi with toatas. And Would not hate heard what h*- had to an Could I only a*ide have <-a*t him. It wa almost dark and the moment* aped, And the -searching night wind found u* But he drew me Uoarcr and wtflly aaid— II"W th* pure. •*. < t Wind grew Mill instead To |jat n to all that m> lot. r ar.id, Oh ' the whi*|*ering wind* around u*. I am sure he knew, when he held me f^at. That I mint l*e all unwilling. For I tiled to fo,nnd I ould liaVe paaa*-d. Aa the night m <v.me with its .|ews at last. And the skv with ita Mar* was filling . Hut h- claaped tm eloav,t WMlM teft M, And he made me hear Ilia •!•• >, An-1 lua a*.u| came out from hie ilpa and aaid— Mow the atara crept out when the whit- taooil let To listen to all that my lover mid. Oh ! the ut oo ll and atara ID glory ! I know that the gra*a and the leaves will not fell. And I ni aure that the wind, precious rover. W ill carry bia accret too aafely and well That io Iwing shall ever diarover One word of the many that rapidly fell From the eager lip of my lover. And the m<Mn and the a| H ra that h*>ked over Ahall never reveal what a fairy like apell They wove numd aMuit us that night in the dell In the path through the d< w Ud.-n clover. Nor echo the whispers that made my heart awell. Aa they fill from the lip* w | my lover Then Mr. Hill said :"I was in Seat tle, California, some years ago—two or three—when Mr. C. H. Larabee, of thut place, recited this poem. I was so pleased with it that I obtained a copy and committed it to memory. : Mr. Larahee told inc that he had cut it from the Evening of New- York, some tweuty-five years before. ■ In that publication it was ascribed to i Horace Greeley. 1 promised to look I up the history of it, hut all my en deavors up to this time have proved unavailing." "I remember the poem," sjnike Cur tis: "I cut it from IIICIS'MD some six teeu years ago. I think it was the Sun ; anyway it was given as anony mous, and if Greeley wrote it certain ly Mr. Dana would have known it, and probably have seen that it was duly credited." This statement hav ing so many hy]K>thetical conditions was not regarded as important, and a committee formed itself then and there to settle the question and make the history a matter of record. Although they have made search they have so far found nothing. Urns RAYMOND. HENRY CLAY DEAN, one of the greatest real estate lawyers of this or any other age, says that the title of this country is now vested in "Jay Gould, Vanderbilt, the National banks, the New York Central, the Pennsylvania Central and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads." Ijiw .tin out? Indian*. ONK IIIM)Rf.I I.ASIIS* ON Tilt. ISWIK IHIK I'OK RTKAIINO, Kfrn ili'* Hm Dt'-go (hrunU !*. M. H. Hoot, a gentleman who*- vor acity will not In: questioned, give u the following statement of u seejii which he witnessed a short time fiur-< in the eastern portion of thi- countrv •' I wan at Caiiipo on < >etobcr J. An Indian had been found guiltv of breaking into the bouse of Mr. H-r rick and stealing some blanket*. If. was tried before .Justice of the JYao. .Haskell and turned over to the old Indian Alcalde and fix chief* for pun i ishment. They sentenced him to i ! eeive one hundred la-he*. Tin v wi|. just getting ready to lie him tip a- I ; started for dinner after putting out tin 1 team. The priKoner wu* a I young man, six feet high and well proportioned, lie wa- tied up bv t!.* wri-l with a long rope, and the roj,. wa* parsed through tin spring* of a high seat on one aide of a wagon and : over the other ride, the victim In in.' | drawn up *o that his feet would ju-t touch the ground. Hi- feet w>r< ; spread and each tied to the wagon ' spokes, and hi* hodv war tied at th 1 hip*. Hi- rliirt wa- removed, and then a Mnlwart Indian administered I the punishment with a leather Iriat, | by whirling it around hi* head and bringing it down with hi* iitru -• force upon the naked body of hi pri*oner. Ihe blood poured from tie writhing man'* back. " After a strong man had admini tered fifty stroke* he wa* *o exhausted by the ta-k that he gave wav to an other friend, a younger and mor<- mu-- ; eular Indian, who continued the in- I famou* torture. Fifty lahe- hud already been laid on, and the v ui devil continual to cut into th<* fh - of the prisoner fifty time* mop . | rpare a recital of the awful -hriik ! and cries of the poor tortur- i <r. ture. When the hundred la*b.- had ; been thus ndmini-tered, tl Indian Alcalde told the almost dying man | . have the countrv or h<- would l>< hung if he ever came back." Mr. < ru-k'-il ' -ay* : "After one of these Indian- ha* i been whipped once he never will steal ■ again ; it make.- a 'good Indian of him. 'I hi* prisoner, when lef down, fell to the ground, and could not move without support from hi- sister." t ionic Pha-e of Snicide. J ■ rn Iti< \ H ► j*r in jII.M T lejrtiijli. It i- not ofter that suicide or even an attempt at self-destruction, a*umc* a comic phase ; but surely it did so the other day, when, on a bitterlv cold afternoou, the jiolice arre*te<l a man who wa* running about on the bank* if the Sine in a state of absolute nud ity. tin being taken to the station -1 house and supplied with clothing, he j told the following piteous tale. He had made up hi* mind to drown him self, rolled his clothe* up into a bun dle, threw them into the river, and and then waded in himself. Hut the water was cold, and, a- he lamenting- Iv said, " it gave him a contraction of the stomach," so lie waded out again. Hut his clothes were at the bottom of the Sine if he was not, and so lie wa* obliged to wait, half-frozen and very much undressed, till he fell into the stern clutches of the guardian* of the |M-acc. < treatlv to his surprise, he found that ho had rendered himself amenable to the law by his abortive attempt at telo dc *e, or rather by his preparations for the event, and that a tine and a term of imprisonment would lie the penalty trom drowning hi* clothes before he drowned himself. Moral—Never begin any ini|>ortnnt piece ot business at the wrong end. (ar Hiilliting. The Altoona car shops will turn out about 4,(Mi1l new freight cars this year, and more thuu 1(H) new passenger cars. The company keep* an average stock of 10,<MH),0(iO feet of lumber in its yards, in order that there may l>e no doubt about its being well seasoned. They make up into cars from 6 (MH - <HX> to 8,000,000 feet annually, con sisting ot white ami yellow pine, live oak, black walnut, white wood, French walnut, maple and various other orna mental or cabiuet wood*. The cost of a freight car is about f V 25, and the average "life or duration is about fourteen years. The average cost of passenger cars is about iOO each, the greater cost of these over freight cars being not only in their more elaborate finish but also in their great er size ami stronger principles of con struction. A passenger car is usually about 60 feet in length, and a freight car from 30 to 4(5 feet. The "sills" or body sus taining limber* of a passenger ear being longer are made stronger and more numerous than those of a freight car, in order to resist the deflection which might result from shock, and the iron stay bolts are of better quality. Kvcry part of the car is made in these shop* from the crude material, excepting only the plush and other textile fab rics which are used in the upholster ers' rooms. The squared timber is hauled iuto the saw mill and cut up by saws of every conceivable descrip tion into every shape and size necessa ry, and is then planed, bored, drilled, turned, warped, molded, bent and carved as required. Sknatoh Sharon, of Nevada, ad raits that he was Fairly defeated. Thk "face of nature" is often fur rowed.
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