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GEN. ROSECRANS TALKS.
Vigorous Remarks ou C'hlcauiuuga and
Other Things.
POINT Bt.ANK DENIAL Of CERTAIN ALLEGA
TIONS Or COL. II ALLOW A V—AN INCIDENT
Or THE BATTLE - GARFIELD, DANA
AMU STANTON.
Wellington P Mt.
The following editorial appeared in
the Indianapolis Times of March 13:
ROBE< RANS'S REMOVAL.
The discussion which has been brought
on by the publication of the Garfield-
Rosecrans letters, relative to the cause
of the latter's removal from the com
mand of the Army of the Cumberland,
makes the following statement proper:
Immediately after the battle of Chicks
manga, which was fought September 19
and 20, 1803, Gov. Morton received a
dispatch from the then Secretary of
of War, Stanton, stating that the latter
would pasa through Indianapolis on a
special tram, ami asking Gov. Morton
to meet him at the depot at the ap
pointed lime, and had un interview of
some length with Stanton. The latter
was then on hi* way South, with the
intention of relieving Gen. Rosecrans
from command. Goring the interview
with Gov. Morton, he stated this to be
the object of his trip, and fie further
stated that the cause of Rosecrans's
removal was a telegram which the gen
eral had sent to President Lincoln after
the battle, stating that bis army was
beaten and demoralized, that it was
useless to talk of putting down the re
bellion, and recommending an armis j
tice with a view of agreeing on terms of;
peace. Gov. Morton w*a astounded by
this statement of Stanton, and more so j
because he had previous to that time j
had great admiration for (ten. Hose- I
crans. The interview with Stanton fill- j
ed him with apprehension for fhe sue- j
cess of the Union cause, and with grief
at the discovery that Rosecrans, whom
he had trusted and admired, should |
have proved so weak and faltering in
the faith. For some time after the in
terview Gov. Morton was very despond j
ent. It was during this time that he ;
informed bis private secretary of his '
interview with Stanton and the charac
ter of the dispatch which Rosecrans >
had sent to President Lincoln, and
which Stanton said was the cause of |
his removal. There must he some rec
ord of this dispatch in the Government
archives, and perhaps this dispatch
itself is in existence. If so, it would j
be a most important addition to the
literature of the present discussion.
Its contents, stated above from memo
ry, are substantially as given by Gov.
Morton after bis interview with Stan
ton.
Geii. Rosecrans was found at his
residence last evening. The reporter
showed him the item and called his
attention to the fact that Col. W. R.
Halloway, the editor and proprietor of
the journal in qustion, wits a brother
in-law of the late ex-Senator Morton
atid his private secretary during the
tvar, and therefore in a position to
have known most particularly of such
an interview, had it occurred. Gen.
Kesecrans read the item carefully
through, going over some portion*
twice as if to satisfy himself that there
was no mistake, and that the letters
were not willfully spelling themselves
into unwonted and unheard of combi
nations. "Well, what do you think of
it, Genera! ?" asked the reporter, after
he had finished his perusal and laid it
down in frout of him ou the desk.
"There is a record," said lie speak- i
ing slowly and with great emphasis,
"a record, sir, of that dispatch referred
to, and it will show that the writer oi
that article told a lie. No such dis
patch as that described was ever sent.
If Mr. Stanton, the theu Secretary of i
War, said that such a dispatch was
sent to President Lincoln he show
ed himself capable of calumniating a
niau whom he desired to injure. There
were two dispatches sent to President<
Lincoln duriug the battle of Chica
iuauga. These dispatches are yet in
existence, and the time is soon coining
when they will be produced. The first
of these dispatches was telegraphed
about 3 p. nt. At that hour there
seemed to be a likelihood that the
Confederate troops would get down
into the Dry Valley road, ami cut our
wires. As near as I can remember,
the tenor of it was to the effect that
five brigades had broken off from the
right wing of my army."
"Did that dispatch contain any in
timation that it was useless to put
down the rebellion?"
"It did not. It itnted the reason
why it was sent upon its face, and did
nothing further than intimate the pos
sibility of a defeat. Another reason
why it was sent was to prevent any
slanderous reports of the battle front
being telegraphed."
"There is, then, no reason for doubt
ing but that Halloway tells the truth
about the interview?'
"No, sir; it is my belief that the in
terview between Morton and Btanton
occurred, and that Halloway tells the
truth and Stanton lied."
"What was Stanton's object in say
ing what he did t"
Gen. Rosecrans replied with an in
credulous laugh. Suddenly growing
serious, however, he said : "I d-o-n-t
know; Stanton was Stanton, you know,
and Stanton was always for Stantoo.
The Government committed the crime
of refusing the Army of the
Cumberland by the Army of the Ten
neasee, or even to have a diversion of
the march by the Anny of the dapart
meat of Louisiana, to prevent lbs
Confederate troop# from concentrating
on the Army of the Cumberland."
"There wa# another dispatch rent
that same afternoon," continued Qen.
Rosecrans, after a short pause, for the
purpose of lighting a cigar. The sec
ond dispatch was sent about two hours
after the first one, and was a simple
chronicle of victory and of the fuel
that we had undisputed possession of
the field."
"So, general, you said nothing in
that first dispatch about being 'beaten
and demoralised,' or nothing of un
'armistice' and the advisability of'let
ting the rebellion alone to itself?' "
"Not I," said Gen. Rosecrans, proud
ly drawing himself up to his full
height; "not I, sir. That's not inc."
All that stuff is an infernal calum
ny. My dispatch breathed not a word
of any such things.
"What was Mr. Stanton's motive for
thus slandering you, and w hat was his
particular connection with this affair ?"
"Well, now, let me tell you an inci
dent," said the general sealing himself
in his chair, and preparing himself for
au anecdote. "This incident I am
about to relate will pcrhuiis enlighten
your mind on the subject.' The gene
ral then went on as follows: "Shortly
after the battle of Chicaiuauga, I was
seated in my tent at head quarters.
Gen. Garfield was present, and was
reading to me the repot ts of the corps
ami subordinate commanders. He had
finished reading one report, and had
arisen for the purpose of fetching
another. He suddenly stopped, stand
ing directly in front of me ami with
his back to the door of the tent, and
said, apropos to the subject matter of
the report he had just read : "Gene
ral, this army has been put in gn at
and needless peril, ami somebody bus
got to answer for it in history, at the
same time bringing his hand down
upon the table with great force. As
he began speaking Charles A. Dana
entered the doorway unobserved and
paused until I motioned to him to
eome in. This he did without being
seen by Gen. Garfield. Mr. Dana
heard this speech; as lie did my reply,
which was as follows: 'Yes. general,
that's true!' 'And now,' said Gen.
Itosecrans, stopping a moment in or
der to add additional force to what he
was about to say, 'the thing which is
to be answered, is whether the Army
of the CumlH-rland was ordered to
move on its perilous expedition
three mountain ranges and a great riv
er, the narrowest bridge across which
was feet long, why was that it
went without the cooperative sup
port, in any way directly or indi
rectly, of first, the army of the Ten
nessee, which bad thou been lying idle
on the hanks of the Mississippi since
the battle of Yicksburg, and without
the co-operative support of Ilurnside,
who with 4<>,<HMl men w-s chasing a
paltry <<><H> of the Confederates tow
ards Abiugton—while Reck tier with
all the Con federate forces hud gone
down to my front. There was no help
extended to us from the department of
the Gulf, whose spare forces had been
sent to Texas under Herren, instead of
being operated to create a diversion
of the rebel forces. All thi®—and the
Army of the Potomac, which was #o
weak that (Jen. I>ee was able to dis-
patch Gen. Longstreet with his veteran
corps ami tend it by rail to concent rate
on my front.
These things wore done when the
commonest military judgment would
have predicted that the whole availa
ble power of the Confederates would
he concentrated with the intent to pul
verize the Army of the Cumberland.
So certain were the people of the Con
federacy that this would he done, that
the Keutuckians, who were living in
the South, had assembled their (ami
lies and were making arrangements to
return home, in the van of the Itcltel
army, when it should carry the (lag of
the ('onlederacy to the very hauka of
the Ohio."
"When Secretary Stanton," contin
ued the (ieneral branching otT the sub
ject of the attitude which Stanton bore
to him, "when Secretary Stanton gave ;
an order on the 4th day of August to
move the Army of the Cumtierland ;
and continue it in motion until it was
in Georgia, it telegraphed him that
every facility had been strained to pre
pare the army to make that cani]mign
a success, ami it would Ire yet leu days
lie fore the preparations necessary lor
moving could be completed ; that if a
movement then would Is- in accordance
with the instructions, all good and
well, if not, it would lie necessary for
the Government to designate another
commander for the Army, ami the
sooner the better."
"And what did Mr. Stanton re
r'y
"Missilence was expressive," said
Gen. Koaecrans, with a peculiar smile.
"Did you wait until you were ready
to move?"
"I did. It was about this time,"
remarked the General, lighting another
cigar, "that a very curious conversa
tion took place between Andrew .John
son ami myself at my headquarters at
Winchester, and alter I had received
the dispatch from Stanton, Mr. John
son said to me with great feeling, re
poating his remarks several limes:
'The man who will relieve Kast Ten
nessee from the grasp of the rebellion
will do a great and glorious work, and
will be the most popular man in the
Nalioo.' This provoked me, and I
said: 'Governor, do you remember
that when 1 met you in December,
1801, and greeted you so heartily, I
told you I had begun preparations to
wrest the control of Eest Tennessee
from tlio rebellion, iiml that nothing
but the active campaign of (Jen. Lee
against me bail prevented it* execu
tion?' From that hour to this i have
never altered my view of the iuqior
tanco of that nor of the sympathy
winch the loyal men of East Tennes
see merited, and there never hail been
a moment since 1 took command of
this army when I have lost sight of
that. Every step 1 have taken—and
I have taken all 1 could —has been
with a view to accomplish thai work,
for the commencement of which—the
capture of Chattanooga —I shall in a
few days ho ready. 1 don't know
what you mean by telling that the
man who takes East Tcnnesse will be
the in >st popular man in the country,
for if 1 knew that all the people in the
United States would get down on their
knees and curse me for not moving—
or if 1 knew nil the people in the
United States would throw up their
hats and bless me for moving, 1
woiild'ut move one bit later or sooner.
1 shall undoubtedly therefore make
such preparations us I am capable of
making and us soon us it can be done,
and 1 think that I shall relieve Fust
Tennessee even though the Govern
ment should not cooperate."
"What did Mr. Johnson say?"
"Oh, he up|>eared to be consoled,"
replied (Jen. Kosccrnns, quietly laugh
ing to himself, lie never explained
what be meant, but I took the oppor
tunity of letting him know I was not
hankering after popular approval or
disapproval. Hut to return to those
telegrams. About a month after 1
sent them the villiany of my removal
was perpetrated. When it took place,
(Jen. Grant telegraphed to Gen. Thom
as to 'hold on tor God's sake until I
can arrive,' which meant to imply a
lie—namely, that there was any dis
position upon my part of giving up
Chattanooga."
"What were Stanton's ideas about
that East Tennessee business?"
"I don't know ; I never discuss Htau
ton's ideas."
"What was Stanton's object in re
moving you ?"
"Stanton."
"What do you mean, general ?"
"Why that Stanton was for Stanton
first, la-l ami nil (he time. A little
while after the battle," continued (Jen.
Hosecrans,"(Jen. (iartield told rue that
Gen. Thomas hud requested him to
give ine a message. He said : 'Tell
the general that 1 say I would regard
any change in the command of the
Army of the Cumberland as a great
injustice to the public interests and to
the Army, as well as to himself, and
that I would iteunw illiug to serve any
longer in it if done."
"And now let me say in conclusion,"
said (Jen. Hosecrans, "that these fel
lows have been lying about me these
eighteen or nineteen years, but the
time is coming when some one who
least cxjiecta it, will get his heel bitten
in a vital s|Ht." This terminated the
interview.
Sherman ami Pitney.—Some of the
Small Heal 111 cm of f.rcat Financier*.
WASIHSOION, March 6. —It is gen
erally known that when Secretary
Wiudom wax at the head of theTrea*
ury department, ami the investigation
of the expenditure of the Contingent
Fund was in progress, O. L. Pitney,
the custodian of the fund, made a
statement touching the rejmrt submit
ted, which the secretary suppressed
and did not send to the Senate with
the re|H>rt of the investigating com
mission. During the progress of the
investigation the fact of the suppres
sion of this re|vrl was developed. The
committee th<rcu|M>n summoned Mr.
Pitney as n witness before it, and un
der oath he verified the statement
which he submitted to the Senate com
mittee. The full text of Mr. Pitney's
statement is now made public, and it
leaves both ex-Secretaries Sherman
and Windom in anvthing but an en
viable plight, and Mr. Sherman will
require a much thicker coat of white
wash than that recently so vigorously
applicd by one of his restrained jour
nalistic news purveyors to cleanse his
reputation.
Mr. Pitney'a statement respecting
the manner in which the ex-secrciary'*
political headquarters in Washington
tor conducting his campaign fur the
Chirago nomination was furnished and
supplied with stationery, lemonades
and lunches for his clerks, and charg<>d
up as "candles" and "official file hold
ers," and how serenades for himself
were pan! for. exhibits about ax mean
and contemptible a system of petty
thieving from the public treasury a
can well be conceived, and appear* the
more contemptible and pieayunish
when it is laid at the door of a million
aire holding the high and responsible
|M>sitionof secretary of the treasury.
Mr. Sherman himself placed Pitney
in communication with the men who
were managing his campaign, assuring
them that "he has my .confidence;
speak to bim freely." Pitney under
stood what Sherman expected of him
and furnished the articles they called
for, after consulting with Mr. Upton,
who was then chief clerk, and Mr.
Powers, bis successor, the latter sign
ing the vouchers for the expenditure,
so that the money could be drawn front
lite treasury. During the progress of
the examination of the accounts in the
office of the chief clerk of the treas
ury department an item for file holders
of 162 was reached, and an explana
tion asked of their disposition. Neither
Upton, Powers nor Pitney cared to
attempt to demonstrate that file holders
were officially known as lemonade, or
that candles served as luncheon ; and,
besides, there were additional items of
like expenditure awaiting explanation,
it was therefore deemed best to carry
tlie matter to the secretary and u*k
him to advance the means to cover the
money, amounting to a few hundred
dollars, which they hud expended in
his behalf, hack into the treasury. To
tuis request J'itney says that Hherniau
replied that he could not pay the
money, for if he did it would connect
hi in immediately with the matter; he
complained that he had already sja-tit
over $'2,000 in conducting his cam
paign for the Presidential nomination,
and that he hud been compelled to
pay an exorbitant hotel Li 11 at Chicago,
and, finally, coolly suggested that l'it
ney should borrow the money and re
pay the department, trusting to his
generosity to pay it buck to him—at
K-nst a part of it. Eventually the
matter was arranged between the sev
eral subordinates implicated in the
|M'tty pilfering for their chief's benefit
that each should contribute a propor
tion of the "steal," Khermun magnani
mously aiding them by giving $250,
and the money was covered back into
the treasury. Upton also returned
other email stealings after the investi
gating committee had been appointed.
The damaging statement ol I'itucy
is a lengthy ami comprehensive one,
and gives details of other similar petty
pilfering* from the (Jonlingent Fund.
His sworn statement has never been
controverted, but Mr. Sherman has
been very busy of late writing letters,
marked "confidential," to his |K-rsonal
friends, who promptly give them to
the press, in a futile endeavor to mnke
the public believe he was innocent of
all the irregularities in the disposal of
the Contingent Fund charged against
hi in. But, supported as t'itney's nar
rative is by figures, dates and official
citations, it is impossible to discredit it.
But there is an odium attnebiug also
to \\ indom's action in so carefully
suppressing this testimony before the
investigating committee, l'crhups he,
t'>, will by und-bv issue am xplunatory
epistle.
The IHirnity "f labor.
The great mass of mankind are la
borer*. The broad sweep of that urii-
V' r-al law, that in the sweat of our
face we shall cat our bread, lays on
the race the stern alternative—work
orsturve. In some light* this looks
like the law of a hard master; and
the philosophic friend of humanity i
saddened at the spectacle of wcarine**
ami toil, barren alike for Ixhlv and
soul, and very naturally wonders bow
this drudgery and care can In- made
to harmonize with the dignity of man's
nature, or the benevolence of mutt'*
creator. What relation has the bent
bark and the furrowed brow, and the
hard hand and the woroout frame, and
the ovcrta-ked brain and the weary,
sinking heart, with the growth of the
immortal mine), and with all those bet
ter aspirations of the soul —those m<wt
characteristic murks of the divine fing
er which formed it ?
These, and a thousand questions
like them, which pass through the
thoughtful mind, would be hard to
answer, if there were not a brighter
side to the decree. But once find in
this law the noble purpose and the
beneficial result* of labor —let down
upou this busy, toiling some of life,
the beautiful light of the Creator's
love, and the difficulty vnnishes.
Work is man's appointed ta-k—the
great mission he is sent upon. Labor
is not mere n necessity, hut a duty—
the fulfillment of a responsible trust —
obedience to a wisely imposed and
beneficial law.
You are obliged to work ! Thank
fowl and all your stars for it! < tut of
his infinite treasure house of gifts, we
know not that the Creator could find
a more precious one than this same
necessity of labor. In the midst of
your weariness and pain, think a mo
ment — labor of some sort lies at the
foundation of all progress, all g<wwl,
here or hereafter. From first to lat,
life is a school to teach activity, effort,
labor. Every sense and every muscle
of the Iwnly must be trained ; every in
tellectual and moral power within us
ha* to he brought out and cultivated.
Nature is a vigorous old schoodame;
and her morning greeting and eveuing
charge to Iter pupil is, what the voice
of God is, and what the voice of con
science within u* is—he that will not
work shall not eat. We are not scut
into the world In lie sheep, to crop the
spontaneous herbage of the fields, and
then recline on full stomachs in
thoughtless repose. Nature gives noth
ing hut the raw material, which we
must work up for our wants.
Thoughts, as well a* wool, must
be combed and spuu ; virtue, as well as
gold, must lie dug out and, cleansed
and assayed; honor, station, power—
all good must be built up, course by
course, toiling and anxiously every
step to the top. If nature had her
way, the monarch of this world would
be the greatest worker, and the ouiy
order of nobility conqioeed of thoee
that achieve the largest and best re
sults. Ixabor is life's great function.
With spade and plow, with shall and
furnace, with fire ami steam, amidst
the noise and whirl of swill and bright
machinery, abroad in (he sileut fields
under the roofiug sky—everywhere
and always man must work, always by
experimenting, pushing, progressing.
He is a man onlv when he worke —he
is faithful to life's great law and
God's express will, only as he toils on,
in imitation of the nature that supports
him.
es, thank CJod for labor! It is
the only way of happiness and self-re
spect. Luuriou* indolence never yet
did do lor u man, ami never will.
There is a law against it. Every good
thing in this world lins its price.
Whatever is obtained without effort,
by a necessary law of the mind, is
used without pleasure. To enjoy a
thing we must strive for it; and usual
ly the measure of the enjoyment will
be the length and stress of the toil hy
which it has been obtained. The
mother loves not one of the group
that clusters around the fireside, and
claim lier affections, as she loves the
|Mior fragile plant whose life and
growth have been the fruits of mani
fold watching*, ami cares ami tears.
No dividend nor instalment i* half so
sweet to the possessor of millions, as
the first precious dollar that rewarded
his early toil. The heart gilds with a
thousand precious affections, the ob
ject it strives for ami toils for. Tin
world over, labor ami peace, toil
ami pleasure, work ami happiness, go
hand in baud. Die sweat of the brow
turns into diumouds and drops upon
your path.
Nobody has a right to live who
does not labor in some way. A lazy
man is u defaulter in the most precious
trusts ; ami, tried by a just standard,
lie ile serves to IH* shunned—if not shut
up. Nature has no respect for the
man that will not work, Hbe use*
him very roughly indeed. If it were
not for hi* friends and for bis crimes he
would be starved uml put out of the
way. If you a-k stars, or the ever
swelling M-H, or the untiring forces of
• anil and air, they will tell you,
lie only is living like a man, and
worthy the honor of manhood, who
masters his task, ami goes about his
ap|K>iiited duty manfully. All others
are intruders, drones, or something
worse.
IT in asscru-d that Stanton, while
Secretary of War, iU|ipraiNd a tele
gram in answer to one Garfield sent to
Gen. Kosecrans from the Baltimore
< ->nvention in otfi-ring him the
\ ice I'twiilcncT, which he accepted.
It cost him the Presidency. But here
ie another suppression, w.'.ich wait not
quite so serious.
Just prior to the fir-t battle of Fred
rickshurg, while Gen. Burnside wan
in command, (Jen. Kufu* A. Ingalls,
who was (Quartermaster of the Army
ol the I'otomac, and another distin
guished general desired to telegraph
i to S nnt<-r Xesmilb, of Oregon, then
in Washington, a private matter.
I hey wi r<- well aware of the espionage
of the War Department, and how to
convey the desired information to their
triend puzzled them for a while. A
brilliant idea seized them, however, to
send it in theChcnook tongue, which
they, being old l'acific coast officers,
were conversant with. They were also
aware that Senator Xesmith under-
I stood it. The dispatch was according
! ly sent in that tongue, directed to the
: Senator and signed "Ingalls." It fell
into Stanton#hand*. All the expert*
and linguist* in the country were
handed the mysterious telegram, none
could read it. Stanton Ix-catne suspi
cious, and worried and desperate, and
finally sent to New York for expert*.
None could translate it. After four
days ha<l elapsed Stanton addressed a
note to the Senator to call at the War
Department, and on his arrival handed
him the telegram and demanded to
know it* pur|M>rt. N'esmith, who, as
well known, wa a thorough war I)e
-tnocrntaud a friend of Lincoln, looked
at the date of the dis|wtch, and after
reading its content* a—umed hi* Sena
torial dignity and went for Stanton in
a severe tougue-lashing and refused to
tell him the contents. Ncsruilh im
mediately weut over to the White
I louse ami protested against Stanton.
Old Alh: asked what was the nature
of the •iiejsntch from "Uufe." Ncsmith,
translating it, read as follow*: "We
are going to have a battle in a few
day*. All are out of Whisky. Come
down and bring some, and we will
have a nice little game of poker." Lin
coln laughed heartily and said, "Go
down, I will give you a pa** for your
self and friend*." Nesmithand party
went down taking *ufhcient commis
sary along and for several day* en
joyed themselves. While they were
all sitting in the tent one night en
gnged in the seductive American game
of poker, the orderly brought in a
telegram for Gen. Ingalls which read
a* follow*: "Gen. Ingalls, if you ever
■cud a dispatch in such language again,
you will be cashiered from the service,
K. M. Stanton." Ingalls toned the
message to Nesmilh, who, on reading
it replied, "Stanton ain't President of
the I 'uited States yet by a d—d sight.,'
llk wasn't saying anything: "Man
and wife are all one, are they V said
she. "Yes; what of it ?" said he sus
piciously. "Why, in that case," said
his wife, "I came home awfully tipsy
last night and feel terribly ashamed of
myself this morning." lie never said
a word.
Tim Milton Churn and Novelty
Factorv, has, since last November,
when the enterprise was started, man
ufactured over 5000 churns and sold
4000. The capacity of the factory is
60 per day.
"Pa, are you an agnostic?" asked a
young New Haven miss at tea last
evening. "No, my dear, I am proud
to say I am a Itepublicao." "Well,
that means the same thing, pa. No
Republican knows what he believes
nowadays."
A celebrated lawyer once said that
the three most troublesome client* be
ever had were a youn# lady who
wanu-d to las married, a married wo
man who wanted a divorce, and an old
maid whodidn't know whattbe wanted.
About the toughen story we have
w-eu laU ly i- the statement that nine
per cent, of tiie Yale graduates lie
come clergymen.— J'hi la. New*. The
story in not ao tough when you become
acquainted with the clergymen.
"I thought, Mine K., that you hated
that flirty minx. Yet you went up
and kiaaed her." Mi-* H.—"l do hate
tier, ami that j* why I did it. Iy.,k
at the big f reek len on her cheek where
I kinged ili<! powder oft
"No, air, ' mi l the old gentleman,
my daughter will not marry just at
present. lam not wealthy enough to
support a son-in-law."
GENERAL NEWS.
j Miss Blaine. daught-r of the ex-
Secretary ol .Slate, u i„ Florida.
Only thirteen or the thirty three per
•on. composing the crew ol the J tan
■ rutu are known to t.e alive.
The Michigan Legislature ha. passed
j a bill appropriating ti.0.000 l-.r the re
j liet of the sufferers by last lall'i fire*.
Mr*. Ko, widow of the late Profe*or
of Chinese at Harvard, left Boa'on for
'> her native country, accompanied by her
j .ix children.
Ihe lowa legislature have passed a
| prohibition amendment by a large ma
jority. It n.w goes to the peot le (of
i ratification or rejection.
; The Hartford 7V* a y tlmt a Justice
I of the I nlted Stalev SuprWue Court I*
| the .lave of hi* body servant. whom he
can not choose for himself,
j Congressman Uugro, of New fork,
and file wile, are lUe younge.t Couple
among Congressional fatnilie*, he *.. r
only twent) six and she several yeai
! younger.
Ihe President has au: hoi ;zed <• use,
! of the Culled Mate* troops in Nlhr.ska
to aid the Governor ot that State t<*
• uppress the disturbance* among rail
road employes reported a> existing in
< 'msha.
The Treasury ha* been notified of an
un*uccealul ailempt to smuggle over a
ton ol opium into San Francisco. When
the offender* were arrested thev offered
t<> give all the opium and f IIMKJO to l-c
releaaed.
The recent n.uni.-ipal election* in
New York are u. cepted a* a Virtual ex
pr< *ion of Opinion concerning I to.
Kelly Itarga-n With the KepuMicatis.
rhe election, show a univers.il I>rtno
oratic gain.
The Wheeling Intfl'.jr .rrr sa\ : "It
i* suggested that inasmuch as Mr. Ten
ni'snti ha* mitten a |MK-ll| on the Light
Brigade and the Heavy Brigade li*s
miglii now erne one on the charge oi"
the 306."
Ernestine Bernstein ea* cut to piece*
by t lie West t-on lid train on the Atcfil
-on, Topeka aini Santa Fe railroad or*
Thursday night la-L Portion, of hia.
tso.lv were scattered along the iracK for
two hundred yard*.
Sophia I tower, an aged widow of a
veteran soldier of the War ot 1812, not
being a'.le to obtain a pension out of
lire millions et apart to pay * U ch claims,
died at Petersburg. New York, a few
day* ago of starvation.
Kx Governor Fenton. of New York,
ha*ju*t re entered jeihtic*. having been
elected a tru*tee of Jamestown, the vil
| lage of his residence. 1* he looking
forward to ISa.'i, when Senator L*| ham's
term expires?
Fratici. Murphy, the Pennsylvania
temperance advocate and originator of
the "blue ribbon" movement, haa been
conducting successful teruf-crance ma**
meeting, in Manchester, England.
Bdtimore baa the hardihood to tack?e
the World's Fair project, which New
York and Boston wrestled wub in vain.
VS hen it comes right down to a question
of doilaia and cents, however, Balti
more will drop it "like a hot potato."
The secretary of the interior ha
i given permission to the Indian agent at
the Crow agency in Montana to send
i one hundred of the children under hia
j care to Ohio, to be bound to certain
farmers "lo be educated and reared up
in usefulness."
The finding and sentence of the court
martial in the case of Sergeant Mason,
who shot at Guiteau, have heen issued
by order of Major General Hancock.
Mason is sentenced to be dishonorably
discharged from the army and to be im
prisoned for eight years.
Half the silver half-dollars circulated
in Montana are alleged to be counter
feit* made by Cbineee in San Francisco.
They are deaenbed as exactly the weight
of the genuine ones, and one thirty
second part of an inch latger in diame
ter. They contain only sixteen cents'
worth of silver, which is all oo the sur
face.
The committee on Indian affair* of
the United States Senate have agreed
upon a bill providing for the allotment
of landa in severalty to the Indian* on
reservations, "and extending the civil
and criminal laws of the respective
states and tern lor tea to each Indian to
whom land ia allotted with their bound
aries."
Lieutenant Vedder, detailed for duty
in Arkansas to ascertain the extent of
the suffering caused bv the overflow,
haa arrived from Little Rock. He eti
mates that the government will have
to provide for 20000 destitute peo
pie in Arkansas for sixty day* from tbo
2Uih instant, aa the suffering to increas
ing and will continue long after the
water* have subsided.
A woman'a skeleton has just been un
earthed at Pompeii. Ona arm was
clasping a child, whose emaciation in
dicated serious illness a boy of ten
years, probably. Two gold bracelets
encircled one arm of the female, and on
on# hand were gold rings, with an
emerald setting in one, on which was
engraved a horn of plant* | the other
•bowing an amethyst bearing a head of
Mtreury,