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POLITICAL COLORS.
BY GICABLES GODFREY LELAND
"Blue is the holy color in which the Gods are set
=forth."—Ruseusprcep. Buono. ill, IL
Gray is thebolor symbolic of disaster and despair.
,Hence the Phorcyades, the three greatest horrors of
the Greek mythology in their worst name were known
:as "the Gray." "We would not endure such dreadful
,beings in the worst of our hells," says Mephistopheles ,
.of these prinueval seceders, the children of Chaos.
<4 Vide .Fizust, Second Part)
Two colors in politics
Plainly we view ;
The gray of disunion,
The patriot blue.
if blue cloth be shoddy
And rotten, they say
it loses its color,
And changes to gray.
But if gray cloth be good
When it changes its hue,
By the side of the shoddy
It looks like a blue.
The books of the ancients
On symbols all say
'That bad luck and despair
Are both emblemed by gray
But all that is fortunate,
Noble and true
Is presaged by the color,
Celestial and blue.
'Wail, *ail in your ashes,
Ye traitors to-day!
For the color of ashes
And sack-cloth is gray.
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FEN TANA.
THE LATEST MOVEMENTS TO
WARDS CANADA.
Fenianism in the Old World,
HISTORY OF, THE ORGAN
IZATION.
What Head Centre Stephens Has Done,
Curious Parliamentary Speech, &c.
Fenian !Movements Canada ward.
PORTLAND, April 8, 1866.—About seventy
O'Mahony Fenians arrived here, from
Boston, by the boat, this morning. About
five hundred stand of arms, with accoutre-.
ments and ammunition, have also arrived
from New York.
FREDERICTON, N. 8., April B,lB66.—There
are new rumors of an intended Fenian in
vasion at St. Andrews, seventy miles above
Campo Bello, in the St. Croix. No import
ance is attached to them in government
circles, though all precautions are being
taken.
Penianism Abroad—Mr. Whiteside, M. P.,
on the Fenian Organization and British
Spy System in America.
In the House of Commons, March 22, Mr.
Whiteside, in rising to put a question to the
Government on this subject, said—it is not
my intention, in dealing with the circum
stancesto which I am about to refer,
to enter'into any details with respect to
the causes of the late Fenian conspiracy,
which has done so much to distract the af
fairs of Ireland and to damage her interests.
The notice which I have given relates to
Mr. Stephens. and the first question which
arises is, who is Mr. Stephens? I became
acquainted with him—[laughter]—but not
personally, during the trial of the late Mr. S.
O'Brien, in 1848. I was engaged for Mr. Smith
O'Brien and General Meagher. When I
first heard of Mr. Stephens he was aid-de
camp, I believe, to Mr. Smith O'Brien, and,
together Mr. O'Mahonv, he got into conflict
with the police. fir. Stephens was
wcunded, and then, with his accustomed
dexterity, he mana.ted to quit Ireland, and
fixed his abode with O'Mahony at Paris.
There, I am informed, he studied French
and other revolutionary accomplishments
[laughter]—and everything which a gentle
man undertaking so serious a matter as the
overthrow of the Irish government ought
to acquaint himself with prior to embarking
in so perilous and desperate an effort.
[Hear, hear.] He afterwards returned
ttnd was introduced to many respectable
families as a teacher of the French language
and I have heard that he was much es
teemed and admired for his qualifications.
Towards the years 1858 or 1859 a conser
vative government. was in power,
abd then Lord Eglinton, from his habit of
reading the police and magisterial reports,
perceived plainly_ the peril of a conspiracy
in Ireland, and after sometime it was found
to be connected with persons in America.
The member for Cockermouth, Lord Naas,
recommended that a faithful man should be
despatched to America, to discover whether
there was any reality in the truth of the
statement that the conspiracy had a connec
tion with persons in • that country, and the
man returned and reported that it had, and
that in his judgment there was a dangerous
confederacy in America in connection with
the movement in Ireland. After a time it
was discovered that Stephens was the per
son who organized this second conspiracy
in the year 1858, and after full inquiry by
the government of that day, and in the case
for the Cittown, prepared by a most effi
cient officer, Sir Mathew Barrington, the
following facts, which were afterwards
proved in evidence, were stated!
It further appears that the members of this
treasonable confederacy have bound them
selves by oath to carry out their designs;
but no trace of passwords or secret signs
has been discovered. The earliest fact
which has been ascertained appears to be
that a person named Stephens,and who was
also known by the soubriquet of "Shuke,"
and who was implicated in the insurrec
tionary movement of 1848, was in this coun
try last summer, and that he traversed the
localities mentioned,organizing this society,
and giving to certain persons the form of
oath which they were to administer to others
for the purpose of extending the operations
of the society.
That oath was proved on evidence,and the
terms of it will give the House to understand
what an unhappy event has been the escape
of Mr. Stephens. The loath which these
persona took was in the following terms:
I, A. 8., do solemnly declare, in the pre
sence of God, to renounce all allegiance to
the Queen of England, ands do my utmost
endeaVors, at every risk, to make Ireland
an independent democratic republic; and
that I shall take up arms and fight at a
moment's warning, and shall yield implicit
obedience to the commands of my supe
riors: and that I will preserve inviolable
secrecy with regard to brotherhood; and,
finally, I take this oath without any mental
reservation—[a laugh]—so help me God.
Two or three witnesses proved the connec
tion of Stephens with these proceedings; and
to show the character of his friends, who
acted with him to the last moment of his
arrest, and were so properly prosecuted by
thegovernment-and I admit that from the
time the government acted we have reason
to be thankful for the conduct of the officers,
magistrates, juries and judges—[hear, hear]
—I will read a short extract froln a letter of
one of the conspirators:
.Dear Sir—l am ever, ready to do my
utmost to promote the cause and achieve
the reality of nationality; I am, therefore,
your servant in any undertaking to obtain
that result; but I differ with some senti
ment expressed in the seventh paragraph
of your prospectus, inasmuch as I do not
believe that the Saxon will ever relax his
grasp except by the persuasion of cold lead
and steel. No, never ! Cold steel; to that it
must come at last, nor quake to hear it
spoken; by the blow alone which we strike
can the chains of the despot be broken, and,
if I take the liberty to offer another remark,
I would say that too much is said about the
divinity of our own creed, and when a
principal object is to promote union among
Irishmen. Excuse the liberty I have taken,
and wishing God speed to the cause.
I should mention to the House- that the
following statement was made in 1859 as to
Mr. Stephens : •
It appears that a person,
who I deeply
Ilament to say has escaped the, hands of
justice, who was known by the name of
"Shuke," but whose real name was
Stephens, appeared about a year ago in this
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 9 1866.
country, sometimes in Skibbereen, some
times in Bantry, sometimes in Kenmore,.
sometimes at Killarney. He is described as
one of the patriots of 1848, and therefore
more qualified than another to guide the
movement of 1858. I will prove that this
man Stephens was the person through whom
it was understood the Americans would
come over to Ireland, aided by the French,to
conquer the country; that the conspiratOrs
were to have money from America and
soldiers from France. This man "Shuke"
you will findly constantly referred to as the
person through whom foreign aid was to be
obtained,and that bears directly on theovert
acts laid in the indictment. •
The result of the trials at that time was
that the men who were tried at Killarney
were convicted, and the judgment, which
was not severe, considering their offences.'
was ten years penal servitude. A motion
was made for the discharge of certain per
sons who were not tried which I though it
my duty to resist, believing them to be all
guilty of high treason, and the court refused
to discharge them. Accordingly, they were
left in custody , until the government of Lord
Derby was obliged to retire. _The present
right Hon. Secretary of State forthe Colonies
then became Minister for Ireland, and I will
ask him hereafter to explain his policy.
The first thing that occurred was the
discharge from custody- of • all those
nersons, who, alter pleading "not guilty,"
had withdrawn that plea and pleadd
"guilty," and among them the writer of the
letters have read, and then, as we under
stood, Mr. Stephens fled the country and
got away to America. After some little
period he returned to Ireland for the third
time. Ido not make any charge of motives
against the right honorable gentleman the
secretary of State for the Colonies. My be
lief is that he failed to comprehend the cha
racter of these men. The right honorable
gentleman is amiable and courteous, aeons
trilled to live among plausible politicians—
[laughter]—and could not comprehend the
character of Mr. Stephens. In one sense I
have a respect for Mr. Stephens. He is a
daring revolutionist and enthusiastic re
publican, and the right honorable gentleman
was no more able to deal with such a man
than a child would have been. [Laughter.]
These men had a policy and a conviction,
and I do not understand how the right
honorable gentleman could have dreamt
that he could ever succeed in changing their
opinions. We did not hear anything of
Stephens for some little time afterwards;
but after the right honorable gentleman
had been the Minister for Ireland for about
fifteen months a grand demonstration was
got up in honor of the memory of McManus,
who was described as having risked his life
for his country. That procession did take
place. No prayers were said; but they did
not want prayers said; what they wanted
was revolutionary speeches, and these were
delivered at the place of interment without
any interference on the part of the govern
ment of the day.
The next thing we hear of Mr. Stephens
was the formation of the present conspiracy
which dates from 1853. In America its later
development, I rather think, began in 1863.
Stephens was there. He must certainly bo
a man of considerable ability, because he
influences the masses with more success
and secrecy than any man who has been in
Ireland since Wolf Tone. But it does also
appear that by means of passes begot access
to the troops. He addressed himself to the
regiments of the American army, to a great
extent composed of Irishmen, and he held
out to them the prospect of paying us a visit
and those compliments the result of which
would be so very ;agreeable to themselves.
[A laugh.] Then we hav - e an account of
what he did in Ireland. A remarkable paper
was produced at one of the trials in Ireland
which gave a description of Stephens,
from-his own life. It said, "I dined at the
tables of the rich; I slept in the cabins of the
poor; I traversed the country from end to
end"—and I wish I could say I disbelieved
him when he adds—"l enlisted, that is,
brought into the Fenian conspiracy, about
60,000 men." He accomplished that in about
two years, from 1863 to 1865. He paid seve
ral visits to America. He organized a con
-piracy there, said to consist of 250,000 men;
and then he founded in Dublin what the
honorable member from Kilkenny so well
described as the revolutionary journal, the
People, every line that appeared in which
ui g the two years of its existence was
ti easonable. I purchased one number of it;
but the fact that Stephens was the conductor
~f it was quite enough to explain this. For
or 3 yea rs he was estensi ble manager of that
journal. When I say "ostensible manager,"
I mean that he directed all those persons
whose names have been heard by the Honse.
The government of the country most pro
perly placed a detective, named Nagle, to
watch Stephens. He followed him in April
1865, to Cork, where he stated that Stephens
had no fewer than seventy visitors in one
day from America, engaged in the concoc
tion and development of one of the most de
testable conspiracies that ever existed in
our own or any other country. While the
conspiracy was thus developing itself every
day, it did occur to the government, I be
lieve, in September, 1865, to act. I quite
agree with the statements made by the
judges and law officers, that there was over
whelming proof of a general conspiracy
among certain classes inlreland—not,
as in our time, confined to parts of Cork and
Kerry, but a general conspiracy, composed
of persons of a certain chiss—quite distinct
from the middle class and the small sub
stantial farmers—but a very large and effec
tive class, complaining of no particular
grievance, but organized, controlled and in
fluenced by Stephens for one object—the
overthrow of the British government in Ire
'land. Right honorable gentlemen opposite
may talk as they please of the fiddle-Paddle
of reform to these men—they may offer them
any reduction of the franchise; what they
want is the country, the redistribution of the
land, the abolition of landlordism, and the
establishment of a system of republicanism
similar to what exists in the United States.
Well; when the government began to act,
they acted vigorously; and when the dis
turbances connected with the election had
subsided, on the 15th of September they
made a seizure of everything that could be
found in the office of the People. That
office is within two minutes' walk of the head
police office and within three minutes of the
Castle. It was a weekly journal and had a
circulation of eight thousand. It occurs to
me here simply to say that I think as the
seizure of Stephens would have been more
advantageous to the country than that of
ten thousand peasants, it does appear some
what remarkable that when they had de
tectives on his motions it never occurred to --
them to arrest him first, because he was
really the head-centre and leading man of
the whole movement. Mr. Justice Keogh
is on the trial of Moore to have
said of him:
They bad heard a great deal about a per
son named James Stephens, and he thought
there could remain little doubt in the mind
of any one that he was the heart and soul of
this confederacy; that he was even the prime
mover; that he was, in fee% its great (Aeon-
five officer, and, as it struck him, that those
who were acting in America, even J. o'-
1 1 / a liony himself, were acting under the sug
gestions and under the control of this very
Jantes Stepbr•ns.
bat is the description which was given of
him by the learned judge, and there can be
no doubt of its accuracy. On the day on
which the People was seized Stephens was
in a house in Denzille street; and when told
of the seizure he said he said he had always
anticipated that would occur. He then
pocketed his six barrelled revolver and
went out. When he went he did not appear
for nearly two months. Diligent search
was made for him, but he was nowhere to
be found. He had been three times engaged
in insurrectionary movements against the
Queen, and while they had seized I do not
know how many of his confederates,, the
great thief and head of this conspiracy was
for a considerable time unheard sif. He
was lodged in Richmond Prison in Novem
ber; and here I may be allowed to pay a
passing compliment to the admira
ble officer who conducts the Dublin police,
a force whose conduct has been mast ex-.
emplary; and I take great pleasure in say
ing so, because eleven twelfths of them
are Catholics, and their fidelity has never
in any instance been shaken. [Hear, hear.]
One morning Col. Lake surrounded a villa
about a mile from the town, and Stephens
was arrested. Three or four other persons
were in the house with him. I don't believe
there was any cowardice in the case. Every
thing was done so suddenly that the whole
tarty were taken as by surprise. There
was a knock at the door. Stephens, who
had expected some one, came down in
his shirt-sleeves. He was told that if he
did not open the door it would be broken
in. He knew his position, and accordingly
he-surrendered. I suppose the House never
heard of such a scene as occurred when he
was brought before Mr. Stronge, the
magistrate. Stephens denied his au
thority. He told him with the
utmost composure he could not recognize
his jurisdiction, because the Queen had
been deposed. Every word he used that
day would have convicted him on his trial.
They warned him that they would take
down his revolutionary statements, but he
met them with courteous defiance. He
turned round to the detectives and told
them what he thought of them and their
schemes in arresting him, and under the
circumstances with a defiant air he main
tains his position. He was committed
for trial. I think with such evidence as
they had of his own language no jury
would have hesitated one instant in con
victing him—for the conduct of the juries
in Ireland deserves more respect and praise
than they have received. In every part of
the country their verdicts have been dis
criminating and firm. Stephens is lodged
in Her lffejesty's prison, and he was as
safe in Richmond prison as her
Mejesty was in Windsor Castle. I have, I
think, sufficiently described the character
of Stephens. He had been three times en
gaged in insurrectionary movements, and
having been brought before the magistrate
the responsibility of the executive govern
ment now began. That responsibility is
not to be fixed on any inferior or subordi
nate person. [Hear, hear.] The executive
government cannot escape the responsi
bilit of telling the House what was their
conduct in the matter, and how it happened
that Stephens escaped. He could only es
cape by a combination of three circum
stances; first, that no military guard could
be sent to the prison; second, if there was a
sufficient guard of police it must have been
withdrawn; and third, the inmates of the
prison—l mean the officials—must have
be en greater traitors than the rebels they
were intended to guard. These three
circumstances must have concurred.
Mr. Lawson denied, with some warmth,
the insinuation that the general election had
anything to do with delaying the breaking
tip of the Fenian conspiracy, and asserted
that the Executive-had done all they could
to insure the safe custody of Stephens. Rich
mond jail, he said, was not under their con
trol, and, having offered the assistanoe of a
military guard, they were not responsible
for its being declined. He created much
amusement by the ridiculous light in which
he placed the Phoenix prosecutions conduct
ed by Mr. Whiteside, and contended that the
Irish government had done all in their pow
er to suppress the conspiracy.
Mr. George asserted that the Phoenix
and the Fenian conspiracy were identical
in origin, and censured the Irish Exe
cutive for its dilatoriness in making the ar
rests.
Sir R. Peel protested against the assump
tion that this dilatoriness had anything to
do with the general election, stigmatizing it
as "mean and paltry," and challenged the
fullest inquiry into the conduct of the go
vernment. He denied that the Executive
had omitted any precaution in their power,
they had offered a military guard and were
not aware that it had been declined, and it
was by internal treason alone, against
which it was impossible for any government
to guard, that the escape of Stephens was
effected. He praised the conduct of the
constabulary and of the juries.
Lord Naas and Mr. S. B. Miller vindi
cated the conduct of the Irish Executive in
Lord Derby's time, in regard to the Phcenix
con epiracy,and censured the present govern
ment for allowing the conspiracy to run its
course so long, and for not taking greater
precautions to secure Stephens. Mr.Scdlivan
defended the government, and Sir G. Grey
stated that Lord Wodehonse had acted with
the entire concurrence of the Cabinet.
Mr. H. Baillie pointed out that the pub
lisher of the Irish People had previously
been convicted, and might have been called
up for judgment at any time.
Stephens in Paris—How He Voyaged and
How He 119 Engaged.
[Paris (March Z. , ),Correspondence of Dublin Express.]
I write to give you positive information
of Stephens, which I think will be the first
authentic account of him since his escape
from the jail. He embarked from Galway
in a small sailing vessel, and, after being
out some time, was driven into Belfast,
where he was detained by stress of weather
for two or three days. From Belfast he
sailed to Scotland, and from thence by pub
lic conveyance to Dover, and on to Paris,
where he arrived 'on Sunday the 18th of
March.
1-Paria (March W.) Correspond'oe of the London Globe.J
For some days past subdued whisperings
were to be heard anent the presence of Head
Centre Stephens in this capital, and on in
quiry into the grounds of such a report, it
was found traceable to John Mitchel. None
of the French authorities seemed cognizant
of the intelligence, and there were sufficient
reasons for hesitation in forwarding to you
tidings not perfectly authiticated. All
doubt on the point is now removed.
It is openly proclaimed by Mitchel's
sympathizing editor of the Opinion
Nationale. But there are two versions
of his mode of escape ; one that he
got on board a Galway hooker and steered
for Normandy ; the other that lie got clean
off to Glasgow, and reached France via
Scotland. He is at present staying at Mit
diet's residence, and means to take the first
packet for New York, starting from Havre.
The Head Centre atilt Vnshaved.
[Paris (March 23) correspondence of the London Tele
As I told you
. yesterday Stephens, the
Irish patriot—that is, if he be a patriot who,
by his machinations, puts back the clock of
his country some quarter of a century—is
here on his way to America. He must
rather laugh in his sleeve at the Irish police
who could not trace him. Mr. Stephens has
not even shaved off his beard.
THE FLOOD IN WISCONSIN •
Barns and Bridges Over the Milwaukee
River Swept. Away—Fearful Ray.ges of
UM Torrent—Loss Over $1,000,000.
[From the Milwaukee Sentinel of Thursday.]
So tar as we can learn in the present in
terrupted state of communication, the ef
fects of the freshet of Monday and yester
day throughout the State are very severe.
From the southern counties, the interior,
and the eastern shore, the accounts are the
same—bridges and dams swept away, rail
roads flooded, and other havoc caused by
the watery element. Here in Milwankea
the disastrous result has provedvery exten
sive, the Milwakee and Menomonee rivers
being higher, and the current more swift
than has been known for many years. Im
mense ice gorges had first formed above the
dam in the suburbs of the city, and after
ward above Spring street bridge, menacing
the safety of all the shipping and bridges in
the stream below them.
This morning about 1 o'clock the dam just
above the city on the Milwaukie river, gave
way, letting loose an immense volume of
water. It rushed through the gorge with a
thundering noise,arousing the whole neigh
borhood.
The cataract thus let loose carried every
thing in its way—docks, boats and houses.
In a moment the water raised the river over
eight feet. Cherry street bridge was swept
away like a straw, and a number of work
shops and sheds adjacent were also carried
with it. The bridge descended the river at
a tremendous speed, crashed into Chestnut
street bridge, throwing it violently open,
and almost demolishing it. Not hindered
in the least by this obstruction, the mass of
timber rushed down the stream with mad
dening fury, carrying everthintr with it.
A vessel lying in its course was badly
stove in. Coming to Oneida street bridge it
crushed through, throwing the entire struc
ture off its foundation,bnt happily notover
throwing it. In less than a minute it had
struck Spring street bridge directly in the
centre, shaking it to its foundation. This
checked its course, however, and after re
maining stationary for a few minutes it was
carried through,:breaking its strong timbers
like so many reeds. This ended its power
for mischief,and the broken timbers floated
down into the lake.
At the hour at which we write, we can
form no estimate of the damage done. Day
light will probably reveal more ravages of
the deluge. We will give our readers far
ther particulars at the earliest moment.
_LATEr.-1. A. M.—Since writing the above
we have paid a visit to the scene of the dis
aster. The dam is torn away for nearly the
whole breadth of the river. The first rush
of water and ice shattered the bridge just
below the dam, and at about half-past 2
o'clock the whole structure gave way with
a deafening crash.
Nothing butthe stone abutments are left,
and they are very much shattered and may
give way at any moment. The torrent in
its course carried away several small build
ings and out-houses on the banks of the
river.
The Wisconsin Paper Company's barn,
about six feet above low water mark, was
flooded to the depth of three feet, and four
homes, which were in it, were only rescued
at the imminent danger of the life of the
workmen. The water flooded the lower floor
of the mill to the depth of three feet, extin
tingnishing the fires in the furnace in an in
stant. The wreck of the old steamer Nile,
which has been lying in the river above
Cherry street bridge, was carried down
against the east end of the bridge with such
force as to sever it from its abuim'ents, and
sent it down the stream. This carried with
it quite a number of shops and small frame
buildings which were in that vicinity. Chest
nut street bridge was struck on the west end
by the floating wreck of Cherry street bridge,
and turned completely round with a whirl,
-which drove it oft' its centre. All of one
side of the bridge is torn away. The piers
of Oneida street bridge are considerably
damaged, and it is otherwise out of gear.
Spring street bridge is greatly damaged.
The upper pier is completely demolished,
and a part of the bridge torn away. Hu
ron street bridge is slightly damaged. The
wreck had become so much demolished by
the time it reached that bridge that it sus
tained no serious injury. We have not been
able to ascertain in regard to Walker's
Point bridge, but presume that the mass of
ice and the violence of the current must
have injured it considerably or wholly swept
it away.
It was a grand but terrible sight to wit
ness the immense body of water bearing on
its bosom, with resistless force, the dark
masses of timber, houses and logs, crushing
everything in its path as if it were at sport.
The darkness lent additional terrors to the
scene, and the shouts of those who had con
gregated to witness the destruction the tor
rent was creating, added to the roaring and
rushing of the mass of ice and water,created
a perfect pandemonium. .
The loss cannot be less than a million of
dollars, and probably will be double that
amount. The ravages of the freshet are not
yet finished, but will probably continue for
several days. It is supposed that Hum=
boldt dam, about five miles up the river,
has been swept away. This, giving way
first, sent a volume of water down upon the
lower dam, which created too great a press
ure for it to bear. We shall have fur
ther particulars as soon as daylight will
enable us to discern with more Irtainty the
extent of the devastation.
The railroads have suffered severely, the
Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien and Milwau
kee & St. Paul worse than any others. The
former lost two bridges near Milwaukee on
Monday; and on Monday night,lafter two of
the trains had been sent west, by using the
east end of the St. Paul Railway, some
bridges gave way between Brookfield Junc
tion and Waukesha, again cutting off com
munications. Bridges are • also said to be
gone near Edgerton, but nothng definite
can be ascertained, as the tele raph poles
are down in many places and e ectric com
munication therefore impossible.
The same is true on the Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway, the damage by the flood
being greatest in the vicinity . of Columbus.
The Western Division is all right, as is also
the Eastern Division, or Milwaukee & Min
nesota road. Both the Milwaukee & St.
Paul and the Milwaukee &Prairie du Chien
Railways are making the utmost exertions
to repair damages,having sent out numerous
work, parties, and willairobably have trains
running to-day or to-morrow. •
F. L. FETHERSTON. Publista
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS
The Western Union has, we are informed
by telegraph, lost a bridge at Beloit. Con
siderable damage to shipping occurred at
Racine, which . is recorded elsewhere.
From the North we hear, by telegraph)
that the mail c 3 mmunication has been cat
off by the loss of bridges between Cedar
burg and Port Washington. At the latter
place the flood is described as being almost
equal to that of last fall, which washed
away mill dams, and carried houses into-
the lake.
Several members of the State Legislatnre
are detained in this city by the impossibility
of getting to Madison.
Altogether, the flood is one of the most
extensive that has ever visited our usually
very equally watered State.
Wonderful Freaks of Lightnin.^ ' .
The Lebanon (Pa.) Courier of Thursday
nilates the following curious freaks of light
ning: Sheridan, this county, was, on Satur
day evening last, the scene of the strangest
freaks of lightning that we have ever heard•
or read of. It was about eight o'clock,:julst
after the up train of passenger cars had
passed the railroad station, and when, for
tunately, almost all in the vicinity were in
their houses, that a startling flash of light
ning broke upon the place, playing about,
for a short time, with dazzling electric
streaks and balls, and then all was as quiet
in nature as before. But the effect was de
structive to property, and it seems provi
dential that it was not fatal to life. The res
idence of Col. D. W. Leeds was struck, and
it was left almost as if it had been gutted and.
abused by a mob. The porches in front and
rear of the dwelling were hurled from their
places, the floors in several of therooms were
torn up and all the boards left in finders,
the ceilings were knocked down, and much
of the furniture knocked into a mass of de
bris. The lightning rod on the house was
torn into four pieces. The house, inside of
the walls, was pretty much a wreck. But
the most astonishing thing was connected
with the inmates. Mrs. Leeds and two
children were the only ones in the house at
the time.. Mrs. L. was sitting on a rocking
chair 'Which was split in two by, the fluid,
but she received no injury further
than being somewhat shocked. Willie, a
lad of some fourteen years of age, was sit
ting on a chair which was knocked into a
dozen or more pieces. His I clothing was
torn into shreds, leaving little on his person
but some tattered remains of his coat. He
was picked up apparently dead. Water was
at once pumped on him, and he soon re
turned to consciousness, but was very se
riously burned from his breast to his feet.
Lincoln, a little curly headed fellow,- was
sleeping in his bed, and awoke, entirely un
harmed, to inquire what all the noise was.
about.
But the effects of the flash did not end
with the residence of Mr. Leeds. The win
dows of the depot, fifty yards distant, were
pretty much all' broken, and Mr. Shultz's
hotel, twenty-five yards yet farther, was
reached by the fiery visitor, to play about the
building and astonish the resting inmates.
There was a larg,etable standing by the side
of a window, and on it a person was lying
conversing with a friend sitting by his
side. That window was smashed to-pieces,,
and the gentleman at the side of the table
leaped through another window under the
impression that the boiler in Mr. Banff
man's furnace had exploded and was com
ing through the house with all the force.
with which unchained steam could impel
it. The hotel was not very seriously injured,
but the marks of the lightning were visible
in many places. A few persons who were
out of doors in the vicinity at the time,
were knocke:d down by the shock, and the
earth was torn up in many places.
Fourteen millions of eggs per annum' are
consumed in Paris. Must be a mistake. All
The eggs in Paris are not much more than
nn cruf.
A morning contemporary advertises the
cap rack of a "superior barber" for sale.
The same excellent journal also remarks
that " one fourth of the postmasters recently
appointed in the South are women."
Mrs. Pipp informed us the other day that
her favorite cat had presented her with a
fine lot of kittens. We were constrained to
reply, " What a family of bluestockings you
must be, if you have such• a Litter-at-your
how."
Rev. Dr. Osgood, of the Church of the
Messiah, in New York, was on Sunday last
presented with a basket of flowers, in which
was concealed $1,530-. Nothing micv,to arrange
flowers with a Green-background.
It is said that Edwin Forrest never shows
his great versatility of expression so perfect
ly as when he Metamoraphizes himself.
The Chicago Opera House is to be disposed.
of by raffle. The man that won the elephant
in a raffle will be nowhere, after this.
A French physician reccommends garg
o. -
lin the throat with lemon juice as a cure
for diphtheria. The same gargle is exten
sively used in this country—with a stick
in it.
An exchange tells of a man who left off
chewing tobacco several weeks ago, and has
already gained twelve pounds.
Twelve pounds of what?
A legal wag calls his marriage certificate,
strange to say, "a writ of attain'd her."
JEWELRY OF A 'PRINCESS IN THE INTERIOF&.
or AFRICA.—Dr. Livingston, in his recently
published account of his voyage up ft%
great river of Eastern Africa, says the sistar
of one of the chieft wore eighteen solid brasa.
rings as thick as one's finger, on each leg.
and three of copper under each knee; nine—
teen brass rings on her left arm, and eight
of brass and copper on her right; also a Large)
ivory ring above each elbow, or seventy
one rings in all. She had a pretty head
necklace, and a bead sash encircled? her
waist. The weight of the bright brass:rings
around her legs impeded her warkins , and
chafed her ancles, but as it was tho-fashion.
she did not mind the inconvenience, and
guarded against the pain by putting soft
rags round the lower rings. So much for
fashion.
A NORTH CAROLINA RHINR-lAND.—In.
Chowan county, North Carolina, a gentle
man cultivates a hundred acres of vine
yards, which embrace a large variety of tha
grape. His success has been remarkable._
In one year he sold wine from his cultivated
grape area to the extent of five thousand
dollars, and we are informed the an
expense was eight hundred dollars. He
has been offered for his grape crop, on the,
vine, six cents per pound.
num up a child in the way he should(
go seems to mean, in Pike county,Missouri,
to teach a boy horse -stealing. Several cases
have recently occurred in that section or
this kind of thieving. The St. Louis Demo
crest explains it by referring to the State lavr
which provides• that any criminal under
eighteen years, convicted of a penitentiary
offence,. merely coned Mei
countyjail. _
Facts and Fancies.