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The River and Harbor Roguery.
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The more clearly the facts concern
ing the passage of the River and Har
bor job come to be understood by the
country, the sterner will be the indig
nation of honest men of both parties at
the manner in which this infamous
piece of legislative roguery was con
summated. The method of the thing
was as great an outrage on public de
cency as the thing itself upon public
honesty. The defeat of the President's
veto was engineered, like a highway
robbery, between midnight and morn
ing, it being vital to the robbers to get
through with their work before cock
crow. The bill was driven at full
speed through Congress over the veto
simply and obviously because thedriv
ers knew that if it had not been passed
with the haste with which it was pass
ed it could not have been passed at
all.
Nothing can be more scandalous than
the unprecedented and furious hurry
in which the bill was taken up and
huddled through. The traditions of
Congress, founded upon a sense of pub
lic decency, oblige it to receive re
spectfully and with some semblance of
consideration a veto message from the
President. There is no precedent
whatever for the insulting haste with
which President Arthur's veto was
vetoed by a Congress of his own party.
In the House the hill was passed over
his head within three-quarters of au
hour after the House met. Robeson
and Keifer and Hiscock and Page
seem to have been aware that in a
brutal speed like that of Dick Turpin
lay their only chance. Within an
hour the bill as passed by the House
over the veto of the President was on
its way to the Senate! . Here it might
have been and should have been ar
rested. A single Senator determined
to see the Treasury defended against
thieves could have compelled delibera
tion, and deliberation, as the jobbers
in the House had show that tliey
knew, would have been fatal to the
bill. An appropriation bill was under
discussion at the time when the bill as
repassed was received from the House.
Under the courtesy of the Senate,
whatever isjin order at any time is in
order at all 'times. There was nothing
to prevent a Senator, in speaking to
the Appropriation bill, from taunting
the Senate with its eagerness to get at
the hill which provided for carrying
out a scheme of public plunder, not
withstanding the objections of the Presi
dent, and from attacking and exposing
the monstrous scheme. One resolute
Senator could have procured the post
ponement of the bill until the next
day, and the next day the country
would have been heard from. The
next day the country was heard from,
but before the next day the mischief
had been done. .Many of the men who
took part in this galloping rascality are
already sorry for their share in it now
that they authentically know the opin
ion of the country upon their perfor
mance, though it is to he hoped they
are not so sorry as they will he before
their action is forgotten by their con
stituents. But at the time when they
gave their votes, which looked like a
defiance of the unanimous sense of the
country, it is to be borne in mind that
they had had no means of learning
what the sense of the country was
whatever. The veto was not the de
liberate defiance of public opinion it
seemed to be, for there was no delibera
tion in it. The veto was net even
read. Not a single Senator who voted
to pass the bill over it knew what
reasons the President had given for
vetoing it. Not one of them, swept
along in the rush of the leaders of the
rascality, had sense or courage enough
to steady himself for a moment and
ask, we will not say what his duty re
quired him to do, but even what the
sense of the country would be in re
gard to his action.
It was not only in the indecent haste
with which Congress vetoed the Peesi
dent's veto that the traditions of Con
gress and especially of the Senate were
disregarded. Senator Logan, who The
World does not regard as a shining
light or a model ofSenatorial dignity,
but who does not lack for courage and
who upon this occasion was lucky or
sensible enough to be on the right side,
pointed out one of them*. When a
two-thirds vote is required to pass a
bill, a pair to be valid must be a pair
of one member opposed to the bill with
two members in its favor. Senator
Logan asserted, and the assertion was
not challenged, that this had always
been recognized as the rule of the
Senate, and yet, he added, " this bill
has been passed by pairing one Sena
tor with another." In other words,
the opposition to the bill was in great
part collusive. It is easy to verify
Senator Logan's assertion. There were
forty-one votes in favor of the passage
of the bill over the veto and sixteen
votes against it. Five Senators an
nounced that they would have voted
in the negative hut that they. were
paired. If these five Senators had in
sisted upon the rule cited by Mr. Lo
gan, and voted, the vote would have
atood forty-one in favor of the bill and
twenty-one against it, and the bill
would have Men lost. One Senator
avho permitted his vote against the
measure to count as only half a vote
instead of insisting, as was his right,
that it should count as a vote, was
Lapliam, paired with Senator Lamar,
and another Senator was paired with
Senator Hill, whereas it is perfectly
well known that Senator Hill's seat is
vacant and that the Senator who was
paired with him might as well have
been paired with Stephen A. Douglas.
Wood-Pulp Milller was of course in
favor of the bill, as he has been in fa
vor of every job that has appeared in
either house of Congress since he has
been a member of either. A man who
sits in Congress simply as the guardian
and representative of a Treasury boun
ty by which he personally profits must
be prepared to roll logs with the' ad
vocates and attorneys not only of all
other bounties but of all other roguer
ies whatsoever. It is to be hoped that
the people of the State of New York
will not forget either the share of Lap
ham or the share of Miller in this busi
ness.
It is not so distinctly any business of
ours, but we may call the attention of
the people of Massachusetts to the ease
of Dawes. As might perhaps have
been expected, Dawes contrived to
make this vote the occasion not only
of an act of treason to public honesty
but of an exhibition of petty maligni
ty quite unique. For Dawes, who had
voted against the passage of the bill
when it first came up, actually voted
iu favor of the the bill when it came
up to be passed over the President's
veto. What had happened in the mean
time to change the opinion of Dawes ?
Nothing, except the fact that the Presi
dent had vetoed the bill. This bill
was more than enough for Dawes. The
President had offended Dawes by ap
pointing Mr. Worthingtou to be Col
lector of the Port of Boston, the ob
jections of Dawes notwitsauding. So
Dawes, representing the Pilgrims and
pretending to vote on his honor and
his conscience, deliberately took his
revenge upon the President by voting
away twenty millions of other people's
money intrusted to his honor and his
conscience, and which he had been
opposed to voting away until he learn
ed that the President was also opposed
to voting them away.
There are sundry ravelled ends of
this lliver and Harbor job to he [tick
ed up hereafter. But we are not like
ly to come upon anything more base
than this action of Dawes, nor upon
anything more characteristic of the
Pharisees of whom Dawes is a type
and an exemplar.— Nm> York- World.
The Dying (Jeorgia Senator.
SEXATJOI! 1111.1.'s CALM AI'I'KOACII TO CER
TAIN DEATH.
In modem annals there has not
been a death so full of horrors as that
which Georgia's great orator and
statesman, Benjamiu Harvey Hill, is
now suffering, nor has the resignation
and Christian philosophy exhibited
been excelled. Slowly dying of one
of the most loathsome of diseases, he
is yet cheerful, patient and resigned.
Talking to-day with his physician and
son-in-law, Dr. Ridley,/V learned the
details of the case aspresented.
The patient is put to night
about eight o'clock willfulhypodermic
injection of morphine and does uot
awake until eleven o'clock the follow
ing morning. He is then assisted to
dress, and sits during the day iu an
easy chair, placed near the window of
a pavillion attached to the uorth side
of his residence, with a window and
door opening to the east on a veranda.
There he sits the whole day, the sub
ject of the most assiduous attentions
from his devoted family. He reads a
little in the newspapers, his mail and
some devotional works, writes down
his passing impressions, indites letters
and communicates with those to whom
his almost inarticulate murmurings
arc unintelligible.
Three grains of morphine are ad
ministered daily, the patient never
being allowed to come thoroughly
from under the influence. His food
consists of milk, into which the yolks
of eggs have been beaten ami a little
whisky added. About three quarts of
this mixture is passed into the patient's
stomach every day through u lube, no
portion of the fluid touching his palate.
The cancer, for such it is acknowl
edged to be by all hut those who have,
not had any connection with the case,
has destroyed all the tissues of his
throat and mouth on the left side, as
well asthe lower jaw or suh-maxiliary
bone. The opening is so large that
two or three fingers pass freely up into
the mouth from below, and the palate
can be seen when the patient is lying
down and one approaches him from
the feet. The outer carotid artery is
exposed and pulsation is plainly seen.
The soft or connective tissue has been
eaten away, and only such tough,elas
tic substauces as compose the walls of
the artery are left intact. What is
left of the tongue is attached to the
right side by a very slender ligament,
and constaut fear is felt that it will
become detached and fall into the
patient's throat when asleep and thus
end his suffering while yet sufficient
strength exists for a further continu
ance of the contest with the dread
destroyer. His mouth is kept filled
with absorbent and antiseptic cotton,
which is frequently changed, as is the
dressing on the outside. For three
years Mr. Hill suffered with an ulcer
ous sore on his tongue before he told
even his wife. Then, by advice of his
friends, he consulted Dr. Bayard, an
uncle of the Delaware Senator, who
practices homoeopathy in New York.
For eight months this physician treated
him and reported constant improve
ment, hut the patient was growing
worse, and he finally realized that he
was in danger aud placed himself in
the hands of Dr. Gross and the Phila
delphia Hospital staff.
No internal remedy is now giveD,
nor has any been administered since
the abandonment of the French can
cer cure, which consisted in the injec
tion into the blood of purified carbolic
acid, tho object being to destroy the
cancerous germs in the blood. The
evidences of the sufferer's entire resig
nation are numerous. The final change,
it is thought, will come from sheer
exhaustion. If tho morphine treat
ment was suspended lie would soon
sink from the effects of pain. Now
all that can ho done is to alleviate
the suffering and prolong the few days
which, in spite of his terrible condi
tion, lie seems to prize more than
those upon which he gained his glory.
—New York Times.
"The Star-Spangled Hanner."
The Woman Dead who Made the Flag that
Inspired the Song.
lii New York, .Inly 20th, Mrs. Mar
garet Sanderson, tlie lady who made
the flag for Fort Mcllenry, which in
spired Francis Scott Key to write "The
Star-Spangled Banner," died at the
ago of eighty-five years. At the time
of the bombardment ofFort McHenry
in 1814, Mrs. Sanderson, who was on
ly fifteen years old, made tho Hag out
of costly silk will) her own hands, and
presented it to Major Armistead, the
commander of the fort, just before the
British appeared in the bay. During
the subsequent engagement the Hag
lloatcd over the fort. After the war
the flag was returned to its maker,
and the original Star Spangled Ban
ner is now one of the treasures of the
Sanderson family. The State of Mary
land has made several unsuccessful ef
forts to buy the flag, but the venera
ble lady could never he induced to
part with it. During the celebration
of the 150 th anniversary of the found
ing of Baltimore in 1880, a special
committee was sent to New York to
induce Mrs. Sanderson to go to Balti
more with her flag and allow it to be
displayed in the procession. Although
a special car was placed at her disposal
Mrs. Sanderson, owing to feeble health
could not go, but sent her Hr.g, the
historic I'raginents of silk being placed
in the special car in charge of a detec
tive.
This occurrence will recall to many
the peculiar circumstances under which
the son, "The Star Spangled Ihinuer,"
was composed.
On the return of British to their
vessels after the capture of Washing
ton, (August 2-1, 1814), they carried
with them I)r. Jicuues, un influential
and well known physcian of Upper
Marlborough, Md. llis friends begged
for his release, but Admiral Cockburu
refused to give him up, aud sent him
on board the flag-ship of Admiral
Cochrane. Francis 8. Key, a resident
of Georgetown, D. C., well known for
Ids affability of manner, was. requested
to go to Cochrane as a solicitor for the
release of the doctor. He consented,
and the President granted him per
mission. In company with John 8.
Bkiuuer, a well known citizen of Bal
timore, he went in the cartel-ship Min
den under a flag of truce. They found
the British ships at tire mouth of the
Potomac, preparing to attack Balti
more. Cochrane agreed to release
Beans, but refused to let him or his
friends return.
They were placed on board the Bur
prise, where they were courteously
treated. When the fleet went up
Patapsco Bay to make the attack, they
were sent to the Minden with a guard
of Marines to prevent their landing
and conveying information to their
countrymen. The Minden was an
chored within sight of Fort McHenry
which commanded the entrance to the
harbor of Baltimore, and from her
deck the three friends observed the
fierce bombardment of the fortress,
which soon ensued. It ceased before
the dawn (September 14th). The anx
ious Americans did not know whether
the fort had surrendered or not. They
awaited the appearance of daylight
with painful suspense. In the dim
light of the opening morning they saw
through their glasses the star spang
led banner yet waving in triumph over
the fort, and soon heard the fate of the
land expidition against Baltimore and
preparation of the discomfited Britisli
for speedy departure.
When the fleet was ready to sail,
Key and bis friends were released,
and returned to the city. It was dur
ing the excitement of the bombard
ment, and when pacing the deck of the
Minden, between midnight and dawn,
that Key composed the popular song,
''The Star Spangled Bunner," the first
stanza of which expresses live feelings
of thousands of eye witnesses of the
scene. The rude substauce of the song
was written on the back of a letter
which Key happened to have in his
Kicket. The night after he returned to
altimorc he wrote it out in full and
read it to his uncle, Judge Nicholson,
one of the defenders of the fort, and
asked his opiuoin of it. The pleased
Jndge took it to the printing office of
Captain Benjamin fides, ami caused it
to be printed in hand bill form. Sam
uel Sands, living in 1876, set up the
song in type, printed it, and distribu
ted it among the citizens. It was first
sung by Charles Durang at a restau
rant next door to the Holiiday Street
I Theatre, Baltimore, to an assemblage
of patriotic defenders of Baltimore,
aud after that, nightly at the Theater,
and everywhere iu public and private.
0, H ay can you by the dawn'M early light
What H<> proudly wo Irailod at the twilight'ii l!t
gleaming ?
Whose broad atrlpe* aud bright stars throiihg the neri
lons tight,
O'er the ramparts wo watchod so gallantly streaming !
And the rocket's red glare, the boruhs bursting in ai r
Oavo proof through tno night that our flag was stll'
there;
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and tlio bouic of tile brave?
On that shore, dimly seen through the mists of the
deep,
Whore the foe's haughty host in dread silence
reposes,
What is that which tho bivo/.a, o'er the toweling
steep,
As it fitlully blows, now conceuls, now discloses?
Now It catches the gleam of the morning's first beam 8
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream;
'Tin the star-spangled banner! O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that hand who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should have us no more ?
Their blood liuh worthed out their foul footstep's pol
lution.
No refuge could save the hireling ami slave
From the terroref Might and the gloom of the grave;
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O or the land ol the free and the home mf the brave
O, thiiN he it ever when freemen shall stand
between their loved homes and the war's desolation !
blent with victory find peace, may the haven-rescued
land
Praise tho Power that has made and preserved us a
nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it IH just,
And thin he our motto, "lii God is our trust
And the star-spangled banner in triumph hliull wave
O'er the laud of the free and the home of the brave!
The Mound ISuilders
Dr. j.sauicl G. Brinton lias sought
to answer the question Who were the
mound-builders? by inquiring whether
and to what extent the tribes who in
habited the Mississippi Valley and
the Atlantic Slope were accustomed to
make works similar to the mounds.
It is clear from, several accounts
that tho Iroquois were accustomed to
construct burial mounds, and their
neighbors, the various Algonquin
tribes, occasionally raised heaps of soil.
The Cherokees do not appear to have
been real mound-builders, but they ap
preciated the convenience of mounds,
and put their more important build
ings upou tliem when they had them
at hand. The tribes among whom we
can look for descendants of the
mound-builders with the greatest prob
ability of success are the tribes of the
Chahta-Mdskokee family, which in
cludes the Choctaws, Chickasaws,
Creeks, Seminoles and Natchez. They
"seem to have been a building race,
and to have reared tumuli not con
temptible in comparison even with the
mightiest of the Ohio Nalley." Cabe
za de Vaea, who accompanied the ex
pedition of Pamfilo deNarvaez in 1527
mentions a place where the natives
were accustomed to erect their dwell
ings on a steep hill and uig a ditch
around its base as a means of defence.
All the accounts of those who partici
pated in Ferdinand de .Soto's expedi
tion describe the Southern tribes as
constructing artificial mounds, using
earthworks for defence, excavating
ditches, canals, etc. Thus, La Vega
tells us how the caciques iu Florida
formed earth into a kind of platform
"two or three pikes in height, tho
summit of which is large enough to
give room for twelve, fifteen or twenty
houses to lodge the cacique aud his
attendants. At the foot of this eleva
tion they mark out a square place ac
cording to the size of the village,
around which the leading men have
their houses." Biedma says that the
caciques of a certain region " were
accustomed to erect near the house
very high mounds (tertres ires e/evees)
aud there were some who placed their
houses ou top of these mounds." The
liuegeuots who attempted to settle iu
Florida described similar structures
as marking the site of the houses of
the chief. William Bartram the bot
anist, who visited the Creeks in the
lust century, found tliut they hud
"chunk-yards" surrounded by low
mounds of earth, at one end of
which, sometimes on a moderate ar
tificial elevation, was the chief's dwell
ing, and at the other end the public
council house. Large burial-mounds
are also spoken of as being made by
these tribes. Many of the mouuds in
the Gulf States are very large. One
in the Etowah Valley, Georgia, has
a capacity of 1,000,000 cubic feet.
The Messier mound, near the
Chattahoochee Iliver, contains about
700,000 cubic leet, and is twice as
lurge as the great mound near Miamis
burg, Ohio. Dr. Bhutan's views are
parallel, if not identical with those
worked out by the late Mr. Lewis 11.
Morgan iu his " Houses and House
life of the American Aborigines."
(Jot the Hotter of Iliiii.
"Is this seat engaged ?" he asked of
the prettiest girl in the car, and find
ing it wasn't, he put his sample box in
the rack and braced himself for solid
enjoyment. "Pleasant day," said the
girl, coming for him before he could
get his tongue unkinked. "Most be
wildering day, isu't it?" "Ve-yes,
miss," stammered the drummer. He
wasn't in the habit of playing pitcher
to this kind of a match, and the posi
tion of catcher didn't fit him as tight
as his pantaloons. "Nice weather for
travelling," continued the girl; "much
nicer than when it was cold. Are
you perfectly comfortable?" "Oh, yes,
indeed," murmured the drummer.
"Glad of it," resumed the girl, cheer
fully. "You don't look so. Let rae
put my shawl under your head, won't
you ? Hadn't you rather sit next to
the window and have me describe the
landscape to you ?" "No, please," he
muttered ; "I—l'm doing well enough."
"Can't I buy you some peanuts or a
book ? Let rae do something to make
the trip happy! Suppose I slip my
arin around your waist! Just lean for
ward a trifle ao I can !" "You'll—
you'll bave to excuse me!" gasped the
wretched drummer; "I —I don't think
you mean it 1" "You look SD tired,"
she pleaded ; "wouldn't you like to
rest your head on my shoulder? No
one will notice. Just lay your head
right down and I'll tell you stories."
"No—no, thanks! J won't to-day!
Fin very comfortable, thank you!"
and the drummer looked around hope
lessly. "Your scarf-pin is coming out.
Let me fix it. There !" and she ar
ranged it deftly; "at the next station
I'll get you a cup of tea and when we
arrive at our destination you'll let me
call on you V'and shesmiled an anxious
prayer right up into his pallid counte
nance. "I think I'll go away and
smoke," said the drummer, and haul
ing down his grip-sack he made for
the door knee-deep in the grins show
ered around him by his fellow-passen
gers.
"Strange," murmured the girl to
the lady in front of her. "I only did
with him just what he was making
ready to do with me, and, big and
strong as he is, he couldn't stand it.
I really think women have stronger
stomachs than men, and, besides that,
there isn't any smoking-car for them
to fly to for refuge. I don't under
stand this thing." But she settled
back contentedly all the same, and at
a convention of drummers held in the
smoker that morning it was unani
mously resolved that her scat was en
gaged, so far as they were concerned,
for the balance of the season.—Chim
<jo Time*.
The Chiiiß-pHM.
SOME OUHEKVATIONS OF A RACE OF I'F.Cf
-1.1 A R I'EOI'I.E.
In our journey from Sayang, in
Yunnan, to Bhamo, in Burmah, we
became acquainted with a race of
mountaineers who are called Kacheen
bv the Burmese, but who call them
selves Chingpos. They are a small,
delicate people, whose brightly-beam
ing eyes contrast strongly with their
reserved behavior. The faces of the
men as well as those of the women
I cannot hs called unhandsome. The
head is oval and well-shaped, the eyes
are horizontal, the nose is strong and
straight, the ruddy lips are finely out,
and the teeth are blackened with betel
juice.
All the hard work among tlie Ka
cheen is done by the women and girls,
who are up in the morning at their
household duties while the men are
still in bed.
The woman does not dare to raise
her eyes when she speaks with her
husband or her employer. She has no
concern about the business or enter
prises that lie is engaged in, but con
siders everything good and unques
tionable that he orders ; and the sub
jection of the women goes to the extent
that the death of one is lamented as a
pecuniary loss, because the laboring
force is diminished by it; and a family
that has several daughters is for that
reason considered rich. The women
are all the time at work—cutting
down trees, splitting wood and bring
ing it to the house, cutting roads
through the thickets, driving the cattle
to pasture, cleaning the house, getting
the meals and weaving cloth. The
men perform no manual labor; or, at
most, will onco in a while go out into
the field aud show the women in a
rough way how the tillage ought to he
done. Their principal business is to
visit their neighbors, to drink sheru
(a sweet drink made from rice) and
smoke opium. Only in ease of press
ing need will they take their mules
and their women and go to Bhanio
and get loads of goods to take to
China. Marriages among the lower
classes are mere business affairs, in
which the dowry and physical strength
of the bride are the first considera
tions. Among the higher classes wed
dings are regarded as important events,
and are distinguished by particular
usages and ceremonies.
A Precious Stone Found in Georgia.
Near Norcross there resides au old
German geologist who loves to live
among the peculiar specimens of min
eral and vegetable matter which he
has unearthed aud housed. He is an
elderly gentleman of little sociability,
hut of great mental acquirements.
His physical cndurunce is simply as
tonishing. For days at a time he
wanders over the hills and through
the dales near his home, collecting
rocks and stones, limbs and roots, the
properties and qualities of which are
unknown to all but himself.
The room in which his collection is
is wonderful. In one receptacle are
arranged a number of Btones whose
bright rays remind the observer of
diamonds. In the centre of this long
room there rests a stone half the size
of a hen egg, which was picked up by
the owner months aud mouths ago. It
was found by its owner one rainy
afternoon. Uor nearly a week he had
been on a tramp through the bills and
dales near his home, and weary with
his ceaseless toil, he was wending his
way home, when his eye fell upon
something from which the rays of the
sun were scattered in a thousand di
rections.
With little thought of what ho was
doing, the geologist stooped down and
picked up the object. It was nearly
the siae of a hen's egg, and of an irre
gular shape. It was covered in many
places with thick, heavy clay, which
was removed with great care.
It was found to be exceedingly hard,
and whenever struck with a hard sub
stance gave forth but little sound. It
was almost colorless with hue and
then a tinge of green. # lts form was
that of an octahedron, but some of
the faces or sides were inclined to be
convex, while the edges were curved.
It was subjected to acids and alka
lies without experiencing any fierceoti
ble change.
Some friends induced him to place
it on the market, and only a day or
two ago he received a letter from a
diamond dealer in New York offeriii"
him $46,000 for it.
Franklin Tierce's First Case.-lion
the-Voung Lawyer Won a Case
Against Ilie Facts.
The first step made by President
Franklin Pierce towards distinction is
thus related. One man had stabbed
another in an affray, the knife enter
ing the left side, below the eleventh
rib and in consequence the injured
man had died. The murderer was to
lie tried, and some tyro could avail
himself of the opportunity to defend
the doomed man. The task fell to
young Pierce, just then entering the
profession of law. The ease was so
clear that most lawyers of even more
experience would have been content
with a moving appeal in the jury.
Not so the embryo executive, who set
about in good earnest, dispite all evi
dence, to prove the man innocent.
First, he adroitly managed to have
the trial postponed three mouths, lie
then went to the ofiiee of a phvseiau
and asked him if he would take a
student, imimating his desire to pur
sue a course of study in physiology.
The practitioner started at the propo
sition, but responded in the affirma
tive, and Pierce began to study, and
he persevered for the intervening three
mouths, taking care to make himself
thoroughly couversant with the human
frame, and charging his memory with
all technicalities so that la* had"every
tfiin at his tongue's end. Tl/ trial'
eommeueed in usual form, three sur
geons were sworn, who testified that
the man thus wounded must have
died of the wounds inflicted. At
lengtli Pierce was permitted o eru—
examine the surgeons. Jle demanded
what tissues and membrane the knife
must have passed. The surge ms, who
had not supposed it incumbent upon
them to "study up," could not explain;
they were of course, positive that th
victim was murdered and that the
prisoner ought to be punished : hut
under the close questioning of Pierce,
they halted and blundered. This pre
pared the way for thedefense to make
an effective plea. He cautioned the
jury against being swayed by men so
ignorant that they could not even till
the nanus of certain tissues, and thence
cunningly argued that the victim < i I
uot die of the wound, and that the
prisoner was not, then fore, guilty of
murder. I bus lie won upon the jury,
and to the amazement ol'all theguiliy
man was acquitted.
♦
VanderliiltN Car.
I THE MAGNIFICENT I'AI.ACB CAR OF THE NEW
YORK RAILROAD kINU.
It is said that Mr. Win. 11. Van
derbilt's ear is the most expensive
private vehicle of any kind in the
world. Its cost is said to have been
$40,000. It is by no means the most
complete aid serviceable, and it has
no need to he, tor it suits the pleasure
of that railroad monarch to ride only
in the daytime. If he ever departs
from this rule, the Wagner sleeping
ear Duchess is couphd on behind his
coach, and nothing remains to lie
wished for then by night or by day.
His cur is named tile Yaudcrbih; and
whereas the exteriors of all other
private cars are modest in color and
simple in ornament, this is yellow,and
bears oil each of its sides three oil
paintings in panels. Oue represents
the Grand Central depot, another the
entrance to the Fourth avenue sunken
track, another Niagara Falls, and
others Iligh bridge uud the {Suspen
sion bridge. It is longer than a Pull
man ear, and its wiudows are wide
and long. It was built in the shops of
the New York Central railroad. The
interior suggests a plainer taste, and,
though every appointment is of the
best, comfort was more sought there
than elegance. One half the interior
is a grand saloon, walled in by big
plate glass wiudows tastefully draped,
and furnished with a table and plush
covered arm chairs and lounges. This
saloon serves as an observation room
and dining room as well. The other
half of the ccach is sub-divided into
smaller apartments —a kitchen and
pantry together, a Baker heater iu a
closet by itself, with pipes running
from it ail around the sides of the car, a
passage way, a toilet room and a priv
ate sitting room, containing upholster
ed furniture. One of the end plat
forms is very wide, and when the lids
over the steps are shut down there is
room upon it for several arm ohairs,
in which Mr. Vanderbilt and his guests
may sit out of doors and get an
obstructed view of tbe couutry theyfl
may be passing through. " 1
JOSEPH NEUMANN 'aged 20 years,
was found murdered in a H,eld near
Warsaw, Va., on Saturday. A woman
named Amanda Ball has been arrested
for the crime and lodged in jail.
DAVID RIOGORY, a colored man of
Dunning?, Lackawauna county, has
deserted his white wife, and eloped
with Mrs. Wilbur, a white woman of
the same place.