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Condensed frcm Telegrams of Accompanying Dates.
Monday, April C. Active operations
in front of Bilboa were resumed on the 3d.
A Carlist General is reported to have sur
prised and captured a detachment of OK)
Republicans April 29 has been fixed for
the eulogy at Bostoti upon Charles Sumtier by
Senator Schurz. The Mayor will preside, and
Wendell Phillips will introduce the orator....
A meeting of persons who favor burning
dead human bodies, instead of burying them,
was held in New York on the evejing of the
4th. The Rev. O. B. Frothingham 6aidhewaa
not prejudiced against cremation. Charles
A. Dana regarded the present unscientific
mode of disposing of the dead as discreditable
to the race. Henry Bergh, President of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals, declared that inhumation sati.-fied no
reasonable demand of our nature. It is pro
posed to form a permanent organization, in a
few weeks, of those favoring cremation....
The teuth joint ballot for United States Sen
ator was taken in the Massachusetts Legis
lature on the 4th. Only 250 votes were
cast. Dawes received SS; Hoar, 75; Curtis,
04; Adams, 13; Banks, 5; Pierce, 2; Whit
tier, 1; Gaston, 1; Phillips, 1 The snow
storm on the 5th was pretty general through
out the Northwest, and is said to have been,
in many localities, heavier than was expe
rienced at any time during the past wiuter.
From 6ix to twelve inches of snow fell during
the day . . . . A Commission of Lunacy has ad
judged Col. James Mayo, State Treasurer of
Virgiuia, to be insane, and he was sent to a
lunatic asylum.
Tuesday, April 7. Under date of March
25 President Goiizales, of the Dominican
Republic, announces the failure of the Sa
mana Bay Company to comply with the terms
of its lease requiring prepayment of the rental,
$050,000, to the Dominican Government, and
the consequent lapse of all privileges and
rights grauted to the company. The official
decree is promulgated resuming authority
by the Government over the terri
tory granted that company .... San
born was before the Ways and Means
Committee in Washington on the Cth, and tes
tified that he talked his contracts over several
times with Secretary Richardson, and that he
has no doubt Mr. Richardson knew all about
them ; and that he went to him (Richardson)
for information about them. Sanborn avows
that none of the 1 100,000 which he had to pay
out of the $2 10,000 he recei veu from the Govern
ment wen to any internal revenue officer or to
any member of Congress, directly or indirect
ly. He had paid Gen. Butler no count-el fees.
He had subscribed to the fund for helping him
to the Governorship of Massachusetts. Ac
cording to Sanborn's statements, his share of
the money he had received was less than $50,
000. He declined to sta'c how he had spent
the sums he had to give for infoimation. . . ; A
Xew York dispatch announces the
death of ex-Judge Edmonds, the well
known lawyer and Spiritualist.... The Con
necticut State election on the fit h resulted in
the re-election of Ingersoll (Democrat) for
Governor. Both houses of the Legislature
are Democratic. A Hertford dispatch of the
morning of the 7th says returns from
all towns iu the State except seven give the
followine result: Ingersoll, 45.95R; Harrison,
Republican, S9,2tti; Smith, Prohibitionist,
4,504.... The vote for United States Senator
in the Massachusetts Legislature on the 0th
was as follows: Whole number, 191; neces
sary to a choice, 9S. Dawes had 07; INar,
57 Curtis, 53; Adams, 7; Batiks, 0, and
Washburn, Whittier, Phillips and Pierce
received one vote each.... The Indiana
Supreme Court has, in a reeeut decis
ion, unanimously affirmed the right o?
colored children to attend the public school
of the State.... The Mississippi Legislature
adjourned nine die on the Cth. Among the
last bills passed was one requiring the major
ity of mules over twenty-one and females
over eighteen, in a city, town or township, to
siirn a petition for license to sell liquor bef re
such license shall be issued. The Governor
signed this bill.
Wednesday, April 9. An application
has been made for a new trial in the c ise of
the Tichborne claimant.... A dispatch from
the City of Mexico states that six of the as
sassins of the Rev. Mr. S'ephcns, the Ameri
can missionary, have been condemned to death.
... .South Carolina Senators and Representa
tives, with delegates from the Republican
State Central Committee of that State, called
on the President on the 7ih to answer to the
charges made against them by the delegates
from the Tax-Payers' Convention. The delega
tion made a long statement to the effect that
the taxation was not so burdensome as had
been represented, and was imposed for the best
interests of the people and the State. The
President expressed himself satisfied with
their explanation of affairs in that State....
A Hartford (Conn.) dispatch of the 7th says
complete returns give the following result of
the vote for Govern r: Ineersoll, 4rt,7S4; Har
rison, 40,042; Smith, 4,820; scattering, 19.
Ingersoll's plurality, 6,742; Ingersoll's major
ity over all, 1,897.... Two ballots were tuken
for United States Senator by the Massachusetts
Legislature on the 7th. The first resulted as
follows: Whole number of votes cast,
209; Dawes, 97; noar, 7S; Curtis, 72; Adams,
10; Banks, 3; Wa-hburn, Whittier, and
Phillips received each one vote. The
same number of votes was cast on
the seciid ballot, divided ns follows:
Dawes, 90; Hoar, SI; Curti-, 71; Adams, 1C;
B. F. Butler, Speaker Sanford, Washburn,
Whittier and Phillips received each one vote.
....Municipal and town elections were held
in various portions of the West on the Cth and
7th. In many instances the temperance
question was made an issue and the anti-license
party was generally defeated in the
larger towns and cities, and met with various
dejrrees of success in other localities. Wash
ington Court House, whtre the temperance
crusade originated, was carried by the anti
crusaders. In the small towns in Southern
Ohio the temperauce ticket was generally suc
cessful.... The Cincinnati election on the Cth
was carried by the Democrats by between
4,000 and 5,000 majority. Cleveland
and Columbus also went Democratic...
Notwithstanding the success of the anti-
temperauce ticket at Dayton, Ohio, thecru-ad r
ers repaired to the curbstones on the 7th,
and continued their praying efforts. At
Rapp's saloon they were surrounded by a
furious crowd. Knives were brandished and
a riot appeared imminent to that degree that
the Police Commissioners were obliged to in
terfere and request the women to retire from
the street. The Mayor subsequently issued
his reclamation forbidding street crusading
....The Iudiana Supreme Court, on the 7th,
held Section 17 of the Baxter law, which de
clares places whtre liquors are sold to be com
mon nuisances, unconstitutional and void;
also Section 18 of the same law, so far as it
attempts to dispense with a statement of the
name of the parry to whom liquor is sold.
Thursday, April 9. The steamship
Europe, owned by the French Transatlantic
Company, foundered at sea, on her recent voy
age from Havre to New York. Her passengers
and crew were taken on board the steamer
Greece. The loss by the sinkii.g of the steamer
is estimated at $2 500,000. Nolives were lost.
.... William Kaulbach, the celebi ated German
historical painter, died at Munich on the night
01 the th . . . . Solicitor Banfleld was examined
la the Sanborn Investigation on the Sth, and
testified that he had never drawn any contract.
6lgned any paper, written any letter or done
any act In connection with the San
born business except by the direct
order of the Secretary of the Treas
ury. He said that he had never been con
sulted aliout any of the contracts under this
law except the first, to Kelsey, on which noth
ing v. as collected. Everything else done by
him was under specific instructions from the
Secretary of the Treasury. Gen. Butler came
before the committee and complained that a
witness had been examined in reference to his
private affairs and that he had not been
notified to be present to hear the testimony
and, if he deemed it proper, to cross-examine
the witnesses. He had much experience in
committees, and it had been his uniform
prac'ice whenever a witness made a statement
iuvolving a member of either house to sus
pend the examination and to send for the
member. He simply asked for that measure
of courtesy to himself. He denied any con
nection with the Sanborn matter, except what
he would be glad to tell.... Four ballots were
taken for United States Senator by the.
Massachusetts Legislature on the 8th.
The last two resulted as follows: Sixteenth
Whole number, 209; necessary to a
choice, 135. Dawes, 93; noar, C3; Curtis,
72; Adams, 19; Sanford, 13; Washburn, C;
Judge Dcvens, 2; Judge Colt, 2; Phillips and
Whittier, 1 each. Seventeenth Whole cum
ber, 201; necessary to a choice, 131. Dawes,
82; Hoar, 00; Curtis, 72; Adams, 10; Sanford,
11; Banks, 7; Washburn. 5; Devens, 4; Charles
Hale, Amasa Walker, Whittier and Phillips,
I each.
Friday, April 10. A boiler of a fac
tory in Hamilton, Scotland, recently exploded
with terrible effect. A large piece of the boiler
was driven stveral hundred feet through the
air, and crashed into a school-house full of
children, three of whom were instantly killed
and thirty more or less injured....
Dispatches from Pott au Prince state
that the announcement of the death
of- the late Senator Sumner was re
ceived with great sorrow by the Dominicans.
Flags were placed at half-mast from the forts
and public buildings, and a solemn and im
pressive funeral service was held at the
Cathedral, which was attended by the Presi
dent, Cabinet and diplomatic corps....
The steamer Tigress, of the Polaris expedi
tion, while seal fishing off the coast of New
foundland, recently, exploded her boiler. Two
engineers and twenty of the crew were killed.
Sanborn testified before the Ways and
Means Committee on the 9th that his collec
t'ons amouuted to $427,030, of which one-half
went to the Government. His total expenses
were $150,483. The expenses attendant upon
his late trial in Brooklyn and in coming to
Washington are not included in this amount.
....Four persons were instantly killed at
Pattt-iiburg, N. J., on the Sth, by the ex
plosion of a steam boiler. A number of per
sons were injured by 'the flying debris ..
The ballot for United States Senator in the
Massachusetts Legislature on the 9ih rc
sultedas follows: Whole number of votes, 273;
necessary to a choice, 137. Dawes, 91 ; Hoar,
72 ; Curtis, 74 ; Adams, 15; Sanford, 9; Banks,
7; Washburn, 4;. Whittier, 1 A Salt Lake
dispatch says a man supposed to be John T.
Bender, the oldest of the Kansas mur
derers, has been brought to that city
from the Severier Valley, and that a
young man supposed to be his son was also in
custody at Salt Creek During a receut
gale, two fishing 6ina?k8 were capsized off
Kenosha, Wis., and eight persons drowned.
A similar accident occurred near the harbor
of South Chicago, which resulted in five per
sons being drow ned. '
Saturday, April 11. Jean Luie end
Capt. Br.iwn, witnesses for the claimant in the
Tichborne trial, have been found guilty
of perjury and sentenced to five years penal
servitude A special telegram from Calcut
ta reports that the famine in that country is
everywhere under control ... -The German
Government and the Kcichstag have
compromised their differences on the Mili
tary bd!, the former consenting to 401,000
men as the peace maximum, and limiting the
term of service to seven years. ...In the San-bi-rn
inquiry on the 10th an expert testified
that there were millions of withheld taxes
which could ouly be collected by some such
instrumentality as the Sanborn law. He,
himself, had information of $50,000,000 of with
held w hisky taxes. Mr. Mudge, Chief of ihe spe
cial agents in the Treasury Department, stated
Sanborn's couction with the department and
his duties as a special ageut. Those duties
were in his capacity as an employe of the
Adams Express Company to detect and give
information of the cases of smuggling that
were constantly going on between Canada and
Boston A b:uid of Italians stopped a train
of cars on Staten Island uu the 9th, and secured
the cash-box of the train, but the robbers were
subsequently arrested and locked up....
Two ballots were taken on the 10th for
United States Senator from Massachusetts :
Nineteenth Whole number of votes cast,
208; necessary to a choice, 135. Dawes, 87;
Hoar, 09 ; Curtis, 72 ; Adams, 13 ; Washburn,
4; Whittier, 1; Sanford, 7; Banks, 8; Bul
lock, 7. Twentieth Whole number of votes,
209 ; necessary to a choice, 135. Dawes, 83 ;
Hoar, 06; Curtis, 72; Adams, 13; Bullock,
12 ; Sanford, 7 ; Washburn, 4 ; Banks, 8 :
Whittier, G. F. Hoar, Reubeti Noble and Mrs.
Mary A. Livermore received each ooe vote.
Discussion ensued New Orleans dispatchis
say that, serious crevasses have occurred in
the lower Mississippi and caused extensive
damage. The levee in the vicinity of New
Orleans has broken in not less than a score of
places. The plantations in the Suiflower,
Tallahatchie and Yazoo bottoms are also
threatened.
FOUTY-THIHO CONGRESS.
Saturday, April 4. Senate. Not in
session.
Hoiue. A bill was passed amendatory
of the act of Jaly 18. 1793, in regard to the enroll
ment of coasting and fishing vessels Leave was
akcd and objected to, to report a bill from th
Judiciary Committee providing that any civil of
ficer of ihe United States except the President or
Vice-President, who shall be impeached for hiph
crimes and misdemeanors by Ihe House of Repre
sentatives, shall be suspended from office tin til be
shall be discharged from snch impeachment
by the Senate or nntil withdrawal of im
peachment... On motion it was ordered that
the Speaker's warrant be issned for the attach
ment of (i. II. Patrick, of Monteomery, Ala.,
and that he h brought, before the House for con
tempt for refusing to appear before the Judiciary
Commitiee and testify in the matter of the im
peachment of Judge Busteed .. A large number
of private bills were pa-wed. ...The Currency bill
was further debated.... Adjourned.
Monday, April 6. Senate. Bills were
Introduced and referred amendatory of the act to
limit the liability of ship-owners, providing that
the non-liabili'y clause of the act of March s,
ISM. shall apply to all vessels, steamboats and
other craft eugased In inland n.vrignion; to re
lease the Government of Japen from the payment
of the balance of the Japanese indemnity fund,
amounting to $375'0O The bill to provide for
the redemption and reissue of United States
notes and for free hanking was taken op. and. after
a lengthy discussion and the disposition of several
proposed amendments, the bill was finally passed
in ihe fo'lowing shape yeas 29. nav5!4: "Sec
tion 1. That the maximum amount of United Stares
notes Is hereby fixe! at $4'i0.0Of.U00. Sec. . That
$46,000,000 in notes for circnlntion. in addition to
such circnla ion now allowed by law, shall be i
sned to the Rational Backing associations now or
ganized and which may be organized hereafter,
and ench increased circulation shall be distributed
among the several States as provided In Sec. 1 of
the act entitled 'An act to provide for the re
demption of 3 per centnm temporary loan certifi
cates, and for an increase of National Bank note",
approved July li. 1S70; and each National Bank
ing association now organized or hereafter to
be organized ' shall keep and maintain, as
a part of its reserve required by law, one-fourth
part of the coin received by it as Interest on
bonds of the Unted States, deposited as security
for circulating notes on Government dcDoeils. and
that hereafter only one-fonrth of the reserve now
nrescribed by law for National Bankine associa
tions shall consist of balance due to an associa
tion, available for the redemption of its circulating
notes, from association in cities of redemption,
and upon which balances no interest shall be
paid.. ...Adjourned.
House. Several bills Dot of general in
terest were Introduced and referred The Sen
ate bill extendiug to the Slst of December, 1876,
the time for completing the Central Kaiiroad of
Wisconsin was passed A report was made from
the Committee on Elections in the Kentucky con
tested election case that Youiig. the silting mem
ber, is entitled to the scat.. ..Notice w s given of
a motion of the previous question on the Currency
bill at the close of the debate on the 7th. ...Ad
J Hirned.
Tuesday, April 7. Senate An unfavor
able report was made from the Finance Committee
on the Senate bill providing for the resumption of
specie payment and for fre bankitfrr. and it was
ordered that the bill, tocelher with the adverse re
port, he plated on the calendar Rt-so'utions were
presented and referred of the Michigan Legisla
ture for the relief -f certain settlers on the public
lands; of the fienerl Assembly -f the Slate of
Illinois in relation to the rare of freight and pas
sage on the Union Pacific Railwsyand fis branches
An unfavorable report was made on the bill to
refund iiirernal revenue taxes erroneously as
sessed and collected, and the bill was placed on
the ra'endar wiih the adverse report The Sen
ate bill for the relief of certaiu contractors for
the consiruction of vessels of war and steam ma
chinery was real and laid over. ...The Hone bill
providing for the assignment of Judsres in Terri
tories was discticsed. ... A bill was introduced and
referred to relieve ships and vessels from compnl
sory pilot fees in ceriain cases... -Executive ses
siou and adjournment,
House Various bills of minor interest
were reported.... An adverse report was made on
the bills granting 1,0(10,000 acres of the public
land to the Trustees of Brown's Institu'e. in
Florid, and doiiatmg the former United S ates I
Court House building, at St. Augustine, Fla.. for I
educational purposes, and to promote education j
in the Territories.... The Currency act was takn
up and debated at considerable length. ...Ad
journed. Wednesday, April 8. Senate. A reso
lution calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury
to report to the senate the amount of the defalca
tions of the various disbursing officers of the Gov
ernment was referred The House bill providing
for the assignment of Judges in Territories was re
committed Some discussion took place upon
the bill lo provide for the incorporation and regu
lation of railway companies ia Territories, and a
motion was made to recommit the bill. ...Execu
tive session and adjournment.
Ilmise. Bills were passed giving con
sent for the erection of a bridge across the Arkan
sas River at Pine Bluff, Ark.; to provide for the
sale of the present Marine Hospital and Its site, and
the erection thereon of a new Marine Hospital, at
Pittsburgh A report was marie from the Com
mitiee on Public Buttdinirs to the effect that ihe
Eisht-IIour law was not being violated in the work
done under Government supervision in the New
York Postoflice building, and that, as to the work
done under contractors, there is no way of enforc
ing the law A bill was reported from the Com
mittee on Civil Service Reform, providing that no
officer of the United states shall, directly or indi
rectly, receive or be paid for his own nse or benefit
any money or property of the United Slates
except his salary or compensation, and that no
poV.ic properly shall be used by officials or by any
person for private purposes, the act not to be so
construed as to prcveut thepayment cf all actual
and necessary traveling expenses when traveling
on legitimate and necessary duties pertaining to
their offices The Cut rency bill was further de
bated. ...Adjourned.
TnuitsDAY. April 9. Senate. House
bills to facilitate the exportation of distilled spir
its and to increase the pensions of soldiers and
sailors totally disahled were reported with amend
ments and placed on the calendar An unfavor
able report was made from the Committee on Pen
sions ou the resolution of the Minnesota Legislature
asking an investigation into the affairs of the
Pension Ofllce ... A bill was introduced
and referred to authorize the Librarian or Con
gress to send books to the Governor of Iceland....
The House bill for the inspection of disburse
ments of appropriations made by officers of the
armv was parsed The Senate bill to provide
for the incorporation and regulation of railway
companies in the Territories of the United states
was taken up. and several an.endments were
agreed to Executive session and adjournment.
limine. A bill was reported from the
Committee of Ways and Means, ordered printed
and recommitted, to repeal all moieties.... The
bill to prevent officer of the United States from
receiving or being paid any money beyond their
fixed salaries came up and was discussed, and re
ferred, hv a vote of 159 to tiH, to the Committee of
Ways and Means. . .The Currency bill then came np.
and after considerable debate, and amid much ex
citement, a motion for the previous question was
voted down veas 7", nays 142; a motion was then
made and carried IXi to lit to postpone further
consideration of the bill until the 14t. after which
a motion was made to reconsider and lay the mo
tion on the tuble, but a motion to adjourn was in
terposed and carried 117 to luO Adjourned.
Friday, April 10 . Senate. The House
bill exempting boats employed on canals and in
ternal waters of any State from payment of all
customs and other fees was passed A number
of petitions were presented and referred from citi
zens of Ohioaskine that a specific duty be imposed
ou tin plate instead of an ad valorem duty . . . An
adverse report was made from the Committee on
Commerce mi the petition of citizens of Indiana
and Kentucky for the passage of a law compelling
bridges over the Ohio River to be constructed w ith
a 4 O-feet span and lt'-feet pivot draw . A bill
was introduced aud referred providing that post
age upon documents printed by authority t Con
gr s. or bv ei her house thereof, shall not be re
quired to be prepaid, but mv be left to be paid by
person receiving them The bill to provide for
the incorporation and regulation of railroad com
panies in the Territories of the United Slates was
further considered, and several amendments were
agreed to.. ..Adjourned.
Home A bill wa.s introduced and re
ferred to repeal so much of the laws relaDg to
the army organization as establishes distinctions
to the prejudice of American colored citizens.... A
motion of Mr. Butler to lay on the table the mo
tion to reconsider the vote postponing the Currency
hill was called np and an exc.ning ehate enue.i,
in the course of which Mr. Butler intimated t.is be
lief that the President would not veto ihe Senate
Currency bill iu the event of ita passage by
the House. He was called to order for
this statement, and the Speaker said such
allusion was unparliamentary. The motion
in lay on the table the motion 10 reconsioer was
then defea'cd yeas llii, nays P26 the Speakei
castini; his vote in the negative. The mmwii to
reconsidt r was then agreed 10 18 to 120. The
previous question was moved and secouded on all
the pending amendments, several of which
were rejected. A motion was agreed t ,
to strike out the seventh section of the
bill, which allows banks to be organized
without circulation. The eighth section, provid
ing for the m nth!y i-sue of $i.0 W.DOO in gold
notes as a substitute for that amount of legal
tender notes to be canceled and destroyed and not
reissued, was also stricken ont 14' to .'. Pend
ing the consideration of other proponed amend
ments the House adjourned.
The Recent Fatal Duel Sear New
Orleaus.
then stated the terms of the cartel, which
stipulated that the combatants should stand
with their weapons held in such a manner
that the muzzles should be pointing to the
ground; that the words should be : " Gentle
men, are you ready?" that silence should be
interpreted into consent, when the words,
" Fire! one, two, three," would be given; that
they could raise their weapons and tire after
the word "fire" and before the word "three."
The question was asked: "Gentlemen, are
you ready ?" Silence gave consent, aud the
fatal words: "Fire! one!" were given. At
the word one Mr. Phillips delivered his fire,
and almost simultaneously, but perceptibly
afterward, Mr. Bienvenu's gun was dif charged,
and he fell dead, shot through the brain. The
word two was not given, as both part ie- had
discharged their weapons, and the one lay a
bleeding, lifeless corpse, the other staudiug at
his post until permitted to retire.
The b II entered the right cheek of the dead
man, crushing the jaw bone, ranging upward
through the brain, aud then ranging down
ward into the spinal column. Death must
have been instantaueous. The seconds of Mr
Phillips asked and obtained permission to re
tire their friend from the field, and after the
usual civilities and expressions of regret at
the fatal termination of the affair accompa
nied him to a neighboring residence, where he
remained until the train for the city arrived.
The dead duelist belonged to the aucicnt fam-
l;y of that name which has for many years
been identified with the history of Louisiana.
The Little Lamb That Mary Had.
A contemporary fires a blast at " a very
disagreeable clasa of correspondents,"
who are constantly sending in familiar
poems with the request that they may be
published. We have long been accus
tomed to this description ot " literary per
sons," and receive an average of half a
dozen per week from them, asking us to
print copies of verses that are to be found
in all the school readers. The latest re
quest of this kind comes from an Oakland
subscriber, who wants us to print "the
beautiful little pastoral about Mary's Lit
tle Lamb." Not having the original at
hand, we are forced lo quote from mem
ory :
Mary possessed a diminutive sheep.
Whore external covering was as devoid of color as
the congealed aqueous fluid which occasion
ally presents insurmountable barriers to rail
road travel on the Sierras;
And everywhere that Mary peregrinated
The juvenile Southdown was certain to get np and
gel right after her.
It tasged her to the alphabet dispensary one day.
Which was in contravention of established usage;
It caused the other youthful students to cachin
nate and skyfungle
To perceive an adolescent mutton in an edltlce de
voted to the dissemination of knowledge.
And so the preoeptor ejected him from the inte
rior. But he continued to roam in the immediate vicin
ity. And remained in the neighborhood until Mary
Once more became visible.
What causes the juvenile sheep to hanker after
Mary so?"
Queried the inquisitive children or their tutor;
" Why, Mary bestows much affection upon the lit
tie animal to which the wind is tempered
when shorn, you must be aware,"
The preceptor with alacrity responded.
San Francisco Chronicle.
About the 20th of March Mr. Alfred B.
Phillips, an attorney-at-law in New Orleans,
was conducting a case in the District Court of
that city against the wife of Mr. Aristide
Bienvcnu in behalf of some milliner. At the
termination of the suit Mrs. Bienvenu at
tacked, verbally, of course, the attorney, and
applied to him all the unpleasant epithets
known to the femiuine vocabulary. Mr.
Phillips replied that, his assailant being a
woman, he could offer no resentment, but that
he would notify her husband that he must re
strain such exhibitions. At that momeut he
left the room to place the matter before Mr.
Bienvenu, and met that gentleman on the
threshold. Mr. Phillips said: " Mr. Bienvenu,
your wife has grossly insulted me and I de
sire you to prevent any further repetition of
such conduct." To this Mr. Bienvenu replied:
"If my wife has insulted you she has done
just right, and I myself will take occasion to
insult you still more." No sooner did he
utter these words than Mr. Phillips, provoked
beyond endurance, knocked Mr. Bienvenu
down, at which juncture Mrs. Bienvenu, vocif-
erati lg her indignation, made a rush at Mr.
Phillips with intent to attack him, but, being
at once prevented by bystanders, committed
no damage. Subsequently Mr. Bienvenu
sought the assistance of two friends, a chal
lenge was passed and accepted, Saturday,
April 4, named as the date, 6hot-guns and ball
as the weapons, forty paces as the distance,
and Bay St. Louis as the place.
On the 4th the part es were promptly at the
appointed place with their seconds. The
ground was measured, pegs driven, and a
toss for choice of position and a word was
had, which was won by the second of Mr.
Phillips. This delay occupied about half an
hour. The principals appeared to be unex
ceplkmably cool, calm, ai d collected. Neither
evinced the slightest symptom of nervous
ness, nor srave any indication of personal ap
prehension, although there was no levity of
manner, but, on the contrary, rather a serious
ness of manner in keeping with the terrible
tragedy so near at hand. The weapons,
double-barreled shot-guns, were duly loaded
with ball by the seconds, and the principals
were placed in' position. Mr. Du Bertrand
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MISCELLANEOUS ITE3IS.
Tite fashionable umbrella for ladies
is of blue silk.
A gambler, like a carpenter, is known
by his chips.
No matter how new or costly an um
brella may be it is always; used up.
It helps to show what a great country
this is, that we are beginning to raise our
own volcanoes.
A Maryland farmer has a goose which
has passed its eighty-first birthday, as
near as can be figured. It ia a great
goose for living so long.
Leather on the bottom of street skirts
is a failure. It cracks, collects consider
able dirt, and cuts through the dress
material.
That North Carolina Vesuvius don't
amount to shucks as a fire-works exhi
bition, but still it's something to have a
mountain which groans and rumbles.
The latest way of expressing it: "You
might as well try to shampoo an elephant
with a thimbleful of soapsuds as to at
tempt to do business and ignore adver
tising." Courting receives a fresh impetus from
the advent of maple sugar. Twenty-five
cents' worth of maple sugtr will go inr
ther than two dollars worth of candies.
" Will the coming man steal queries
the New York CommerciaZ, and likewise
answers: " We believe he will if there
is anything left when he comes."
Prof. II- R. Palmer of Chicago, Prof.
L. O. Emerson of Boston, and other noted
teachers hold a four weeks Musical Insti
tute at Dunkirk, N. Yn beginning J uly 19.
WUEX YOU GET MARRIED.
It yon should e'er get married, John,
I'll tell you whai to do
Go get a little tenement.
Just big enough for two;
And one spare room for company
And oue snare bed within it.
" If vou'd begin Love's life aright,
You'd be.ter thus begin it.
In furniture be moderate, John,
And let ihe stuffed chairs w ait :
One looking glass witl do for both
Yourself and loving mate.
And Brussels, too. aud oiher things
Which make a flue appearauce.
If you can better afford it, ihey
Will belter look a year hence.
Some think they must have pictures, John,
Superb and costly, too;
Your wife will he a picture, John,
Let that suffice for you.
Remember what the wi-e man said.
"A tent and love within it.
Is better than a splendid house
With bickering every minute."
And one word as to cooking, John ;
Your wife can do it best.
For love to make the hi-cuit rise
Is better far than yeast ;
No matter if each day you don't
Bring turkey to the table.
Twill better relish by and by.
When you are better ahle.
For all yon buv pay money, John,
Monev earned every day.
If von would have your life run smooth.
There Is no better way.
A note to pay Is an usrly thing
(If thing you please to call it)
When it hanir o'er a man who has
No money iu his wallet.
And now when you are married, John,
Hou't try to ape the rich;
It took them many a toilsome year
To gain their envied niche;
And as you gain the summit, John,
Look well to your beginning,
Aud then will all you win repay
The care and toll of winning.
NOT LOST.
Let me recount to you a true love
story ; a story of love pure and undetiled
love as it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end.
For love is all things in one to us. It
is hope and fear and joy and despair; it
is truth and it is falsehood; it is any thing,
in short, that you are pleased to call it,
and it can represent the brightness of
heaven or the blackness of perdition.
" Love is a melting of the soul."
It was late in the afternoon of a dull
autumnal day that a group of young peo
ple came chatting down the flight ol'stone
steps leading from the door of i. cathedral
church, in an old Atlantic seaport town.
They were members of the choral society
attached to the church, and they had
evidently been there for rehearsal. With
in, the great building yawned black aud
lonely, save in the gallery, where, over
the organ, a gas-jet spun riys of light in
the gloom, and the sound of softly-sub
dued voices broke through the stillness.
The visible occupants were two, a man
and a maiden young, and with the caba
listic word " lovers" gleaming, as did
the mysterious hand writing of old on the
wall, on their foreheads. Robert Field,
the organist, was turningover bouie sheets
of manuscript music with an absorbed
air, while by his side stood Hester
Ileathersleigh, her pretty face full of
anxious interest as she watched his move
ments. A little cloud of uneasiness
wrinkled her forehead now and then as
she saw the rent edges of angry clouJs
scud by the narrow slit of window giving
to the east where the gray sea lay tossing
storm ily.
Well, Robert!" she said at last, drop
ping her slim hand on his shoukler.
" Well, Robert, what is it?"
The musiciau's dark, serious face
lighted a moment gloriously, as he
turned and took the little ungloved hands
in his.
" I asked you to stay, Hester, because I
wished to play tor you 6me passages
from my new piece. 1 shall submit if to
the society at Music Hall to-morrow
evening, aDd I want your opinion in
advance."
The young girl laughed a little, rip
pling laugh of gleeful enthusiasm.
" My opinion! Why, It bert, you know
beforehand what that will be. It would
be nothing but a form asking it."
Robert raided the little hand tenderly
to his lips.
" I know that love makes gentle critics
of us all," he said, wisely. " But now I
want you to forget who is the author of
the melody, and to exercise yt ur judg
ment without stint. Remember, too, that
love is the theme; love which, wisely or
unwisely, hopes all things, believes all
things, and endures all tilings unto the
end." And then he turned to the organ.
He played slowly at first. It was a
lonely opening, full of 6traue, sad
chords, as if a soul were waiting some
where in shadow. Then, as brightness
entered, the theme asserted iiself. The
wonderful tones climbed higher an' I
higher, expressive of a great taiih, of a
fond, mad triumph, aud bewildering j-y.
On tind ou the chords swept; it was as if
a living chain of light ran round the
world.
When he had finished there was silence
for a moment between thes two. The
lingering echoes rolled back and forth
till one by one they, too, escaped into
siiliness. Then Hester Heathersleigh
stooped, and, with quivering lips and
tear-wet eyes, reverently kissed the beweu
forehet.d of her lover.
"Oh, my darling!'' she cried, "it is so
beautiful! I am so orodd of vou. Who
taught you to play like that?"
A. prouu anu saiisnea smiie curveo
Robert Field's lips as he listened. " My
love for you taught me," he answered.
" My love for you, which is so great, so
all-absorbing, that my music seems t-
be but a poor expression of it."
Then lifting her head he gazed for a
moment with wistful tenderness into the
rose-pink beauty of her small, sweet
face.
" You think it is a triumph, then, dear?
Ah, Hester, are you sure you speak for
the music itself, or only out of a tender
mercy born of your love for me ? "
An indignant light brightened the pret
ty violet eyes out of the drowsy languor
ot youili's enchanting dreams.
"Tender mercy for you?" the repeated.
Then her voice changed. "Ah, Itouert !
if my love can make you write like that
now, then your future life shall lc full oi
inspiration, for I shall love jou more and
more the longer I know you. I shall love
you more and more forever."
She wound her arm about his neck, and
with tender, maiden sweetness kissed hi
forehead, and kissed his wavy hair, and
kissed the thin, pale hand which lay nerve
lessly on the yellow organ keys. And
then a snllness crept about them, a still
ness mitre fraught with eloquent joy than
anj measure of golden speech'could have
been.
While they thus stood hand in hand
talking, the curtain behind ihem partition
ingoil the long gallery parted, and aoark
face peered through. "It was aman'sface.
handsome but cruel in that purt 1; g'oom
of gathering shadow. It was no iriendh
face, ei:her, that with its many changes
of hate and jealous anger and furio ui de
spair seemed, while the lovers talked, to
be playing a dark and stormy accompa
niment to the idyl of their love.
A sudden anefy burst of wind at the
narrow window roused them unpleas
antly to a sense of night and the nearing
storm.
"Oh. the rain!" cried nester, with a
pale face. " How thoughtless of us to
stay.and you have that loDg, desolate walk
over the cliff- in the dark ! "
" Never mind !" cried Robert, stout.y
" There are such light and warmth with
in me that I 6hall not heed a passing
touch of wind and water. I will see you
to your door first, and then good-night."
" My cousin Conrad promised to come
for me," Hester answered. . "I wonder
what detains him. It is too bad for me
to take you all this long w?y out of j our
route."
" 1 like it better so," the young min
said, gravelv. " I do not likeyour'crusin
Conrad, and" I am not willing to trust you
to his care. v Oh, my darling !" he went
on, earnestly, "il niv music but brings
me fame and fortune I can then makeyou
all my own, and there will lie no ni-re
good-nights, no more partings in the storm
for us."
They passed down the stairs and out
into the street together, unconscious of
the shadow closing upon them, nearer
and blacker. At the door of Hester's
home they parted with a lingering good
by. " My precious music," cried Robert,
buttoning his coat closer about him. " No
harm nmt come to that. It represents
fme and fortune and love and honor tor
thee and me, my darli. g."
Hester lifled a small wet face to peer
into the gloom.
" I wish vou could stay," she snid.
" And oh, R ibert, be careful of the dill's
the path is so lonely and dangerous. I
shall come early to rehearsal to-morrow
tot the sake of knowing that you are
safe."
"Do!" he answered. "I shall bring
you glad tidings. Success is too near lor
me to miss it now. Good night, good
night.tny sweetheart!" and so speaking lie
passed from her into the shallow of his
waiting doom.
After that night of storm the day
dawned clear and c ol. At St. I'aul'n the
choral society, just then in first Hush ot
enthusiasm over a new oratorio, gath
ered early. One Two Three! the great
bells chimed the hours and the singers
waited impatient tor their leader. Some
thing had detained him, most likely; he
would come soon ! The hour struck Four
and he had not come, and Hester Heath
ersleigh, with 41 heart heavy as lead in her
bosom, lei 1 on her knees ii an agony of
prayer. "Oh, my God!" she cried, reck
less of who might hear her. " He is dead
My Robert is dead ! He has been lost iu
the cruel storm !"
Some one, pitying, touched her arm. It
was her cousin, Conrad Chatteris; he was
looking down at her with a pale face a
face paler far than that with which he
had spied Upon her yesterday from behind
the gallery curtain. Her piteous cry had
touched even his atony heart.
" Hush!" he whispered ; " here is news
from him from Robert; come and hear
what it is."
A note had been brought by a swift
running messenger, and a shudder ran
round the wailing circle of listener when
its contents were made known. It was
signed by a leading- physician of the city,
and stated that R Uvi t Field hail been
picked up that morning at the foot of the
cliffs and taken home lor dead. I!e was
now, at the date of writing, lying in an
insensible condition, and it was impossi
ble to tell what the extent of his injuries
w ere, or if there wcie any hope of his ul
timate recovery.
A horror-stricken silence followed the
reading of the note, broken at last by a
low, sobbing cry from Hester Heather
sleigh'j white lips.
1 must go to him oh, I must go to
bin.! Who will take me? You! you!"
and she caught Conrad Chartcris by th
arm.
He shrank away from her with a ges
ture much as if she had pierced him with
a knife. His black eyes dilated ho li
bly. "I? I go with 3ou to see him?" he
cried. "What are jou thinking of?
What do you take me lor?" Then noting
her astonished look he made a tierce
struggle tor composure ; but his hands
shook like withered leaves.
Why do you wish to go tohiui?" he
questioned, angrily. "He would not ret:
oirnize you and it is no place for you !
Let uie take you home."
Sue snatched up her shawl and bound
it with trembling fingers about her shoul
ders. "I tell you I shall go to hi ill,' she
answered. "1 was to have been his wile
and, living or dead, my place is now My
itis side. You can come with me if you
like!" And she Hew down he steps.
It seemed an age to her, that short time
she was on the road leading to ihe lonely
houseof Robert Field's widowed mo her;
and when at .a-t, by dint of her 1 -ravers
and tears, she was suffered to approach
his bedside, she looked down ou a very
different Robert Field from Ihe one wilii
whom she parted in such high hope the
night before.
The bruises were chuflv about the he.-el,
the physician said gravely, and even if he
recovered it was doutiitul if his mn.d
would ewer be sound agtiin. Hester heard
Mm. and w I'll a treat ,blellon her kni t s
by the bedside." Where now were tl e
brilliant aspirations, the tender hopes, ihe
gay curage and stout hearted faith of one
short day gone In ? Lost! lo-t! Success
so near to him, and v t to fail. Triumph
so nearly won, und yet to pass by ou the
oilier side.
"R.bert, oh, my Robert! Look up!
Speak to me, or I, too, shall die!"
Ah! but love remained. Love un
changed and unfaltering. This then was
left the blessing of a love which In lieves
all things, hopes all things, aud endures
all th ings unto the end.
Tht? drawn white face on the pillow did
not change at Hester's cry, but under the
half-closed lids the dull eyes gleamed
feebly and the slender hand outside on
the coverlet groped helplessly. Iloter
took his hand in hers and then, quick as
lightning, by s-vne strange, sub' le nistiniv
lather than by any demonstration of his
she felt that the poor, stricken si n-e
were trying to break througo the dark
ness that enveloped them and make l heir j
unknown want understood.
" Robert. R dcrt! what is it?" she cried
" What is it that you want to in ike us un
derstand ?"
The helpless movement of his lips, the
helpless groping of his finuer-. were
enough to make one weep. Hester bi nt
her ear to hi- mouth.
"What is it, Rolierl, dear? Tell me
what is it you want?"
The stiffened lips strove with a terrible
effort to move, and this time oLe word
was feebly articulated :
" Music!"
Hester looked up with a startled excla
mation: "Mus.c! He calls for his music. Di
you not hear? Where is it? Who know
about it? Is it lost?" she questioned
eagerly.
Again that terrible attempt at speech.
The dulleyes openi d wide, the leeble
ringers clenched themselves on Hester's
hand, and, with a last niad effort of ex
piring, desperate strength, he raised him
self and shrieked :
"Myniu-ic! Find it! Rave it!" and
then he fell back on his pillow like one
dead.
" You have killed him," said the phy.
sician, angrily, and at the words Hester,
with a moan.'dropped down insensible.
Not dead! But when, after months nd
weeks of painful illness, he fared the
world again, he looked like a thadow out
of the nast. But bent and aired, with
scarred forehead and whitened locks, the
wreck of his body was not the greatest
evil that had befallen him; for of the
brilliant genius of other days no vesttiie
was lef- Saddest of all, the miserable
gho-tofhis los hopes haunted htm, and
in the ruined chimb rs of his darkened
it tellect he was forever errop:ng. trying to
gather up the myet'c chords of HinHul
thought which no longer vibrated to hi
macic touch. The lost manuscript music
had' never been recovered, end, though
his feeble mind failed to take in the great
ness of his loss, the shadow of something
beautiful which was to have hern, but
somehow failed to le, lav on him, and
gave his face a wistful look, which was
sadder far in its mule endurance than any
wa'l of speech could have been.
Music was to him now something akin
to the sound of "sweet bells jingled, out
of tune and harsh."
One day in curly spring he went to the
church for the first tune, leaning on Hes
ter's arm. "The old. familiar look of the.
place struck him forcibly and roused his
dormant w its. He sat down to the organ
and glided his hands over the keys; a few
jingling, discordant chords followed,
wandering and disconnected ; the his face
rhanged, and, with a terrible cry, he
flung his head down on his arms.
"Oh, Hester! tell me what Is it I have
lost ? Sometimes I almost reach it il is
in my mind, something beautiful which I
almost grasp, ami then it eludes tne and
t ides away. I have losl it now. Hester!
Hester! take tne hoiHt'l"
She kUsed him ami soothed him with
sweet, womanly words, and when he was
more composed she led him away.
Soon atler iha. they were married. In
vain Hester's friends threatened and op
posed her. She was quietly determined.
" He loved me when friends and for
tune Mil i led on him," she answered them.
" He would have given me every great
gift whih the world was ready to bestow
on Ii i tn for lovt, of his beautiful genius,
and shall i desert him now when misfor
tune has overtaken him? Perhaps oh,
perhaps some time God may restore to
him his lost mind." Tears filled her
lovely, soft, pathetic eyes. " It I dared
to hope it oh, if I but might bopo for
it, how willingly would I give my life to
have it so."
The day before her wedding she re
ceived a visit from Conra-I Charteris.
" It shall not be!" he cried out vhe.
mentlv. " Do ou realize what OUnre
doing? Why, you had better far die at
nice." for Robert Field is but little belter
than an idiot."
"And if he wre an idiot," returned
Heste r, bravely hiding her hurt at the
brutal words, "even then I would marry
him. I love him. and if not .tne vestige
of his glot ius intellect remained I would
be Robert Field's wife, and a proud one,
too!"
"And en T liclii-vo vnti would"
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aupi leu voiiii&vj, jmiMii wiiii n iimii,
mad longing into the small, pale face,
lifted so undauntedly to his dark gn.e. '
' llnti.r ,'fiit it 1 1 1 ilriei. trio rufol f
would to heaven that Robert Field wan
dead. Why did he not die that night last
winter?" and he struck his hand furiously
oil the table in a blind frenzy of despair.
"God knows it was fr -in no lack of
purpose in you that he did not dii," re
torted I Jester, spiritedly.
She spoke at random, but Conrad
shrtmk away with a white face. The idle)
word evidently hit him hard. Tiny cut
close and sharp assteel in their unexpect
ed descent, anj wheeling abiuptly about
he left her and did not seek her again.
They were married fiuieily, ami uHer
that, in ihe tender security of his modest
home, under the bind anil cherishing cure
of his wife, health and strength came
slowly buck to flic shattered frame of
Robert Field.
Slowly, too, out of the darkn"ss he be
gan to wrench, one by one, the secrets of
his prisoned mind. Old melodies began
to shape themselves under his touch, dis
cordant and fragment iry at first, but grad
ually assuming symmetry and power.
" Not quite a wreck," he would sigh,
wilfully. " Some d iy some good ff'fii
will unlock my prisoii door and set mo
free."
In the child that was born to them, a
beautiful b y who sang sweet music in
every tone oV his childish voice, his pride
was gieat. He talked of him, listened to
him, wa'chtd him, aud dieamed of him,
predicting a future of which Bertrand
was to be the perfect flower, the very gold
en rose of joy So the jears passetl, and
sweet Hester Field's air face grew heav
enly beautiful to see, with its tiled look
of pa-it nt waiting, (hid only knows how
her heart failed her now at times; or with
w hat fierce power she wrestled with her
growing doubts, and prayed tor strength
to help her bear this cros-t whose shadow
fell even darker and deeper on her young
lite.
Had her love, then, been a sacrifice in
vain ?
Rut one day the answer came!
R turning one afternoon from along
walk, Robert Field stopp -d in the hall,
spell-boiliid by the triumphant strains of
some new and b-Htitilul iu lotly lloaling
through the room. His worn 'ace
fli-l ett wiih the old light of inspiied
thought; his eyes diluted ; his whole loi in
shook w ith a 111 s" rioiu en. o ion.
What is it? " What iiiir' beaked of
hi w ;f who came 10 me t fiin.
" 15 it'Hiid's u.usie!" "misweicd roud
mo'h r Hester. " H-ha been eri;a-id
with it a long time. II - meant it to be a
surprise for j on."
R iherl Field threw up his arms with a
joy tu i t ry.
"It is mine! mine! My lost mu-ic!
the mu-ic I pl e-l tor you that lo.ig for
gotten dm ! Hark, H- -ter!lo you not.
recogni.e" i- now ? Oli! to think that it
fins s'ept so long and now c one back 'O
me so fresh nn I fair. This is what I have
mi scd out of my life! Tii i my 'p-hh-tire
which was lost to 1 e and now i re.
turned 10 me after m-tny tears. IJroiiiht
back bv a little r-hild ! O ir child, II-liter!
Oil, ttiHtik God for thai !"
If iwliin.r into the liarlor he SWf nt IIiT-
train! tr--tn the stool, und, h- n'ing himself
ui the firgin, with one powerful sweep of
hi hands over the key lie summoned his
God given geniiM from the lom b of his
011tl1 :n-d hade it Mattd resurrect ion i el
in new life before him. On mid on the
music swept; not. a note wa- lost, riot a
chord dropped on of the sj-lendid work.
Shonttngly. exultantly the tones leaped
torth, "and their name whs called Won
de.ful." On! on! Up and up!
At last, from sheer exhaustion, th" mu
sician dropped to the floor, and lying
there at Hester's feet he w ept te irs w hich
weie no shame to him.
" It i the very s i t e!" he cried. " Rer
trand ha written it out note for note, a
eoiinterpitrt of uivown work. I it not
an awful thing to think of ? My own
work, and ct hi-! Wh but God can ex
plain it. And oh. Hestir! Thedirkn.ss
is all gone now ! Let me thank God for
th.t".
Then, wrapping his arms about her,
R leri Fi.-ld kissed his w fe's pale face
mimI kissed hir lender m-nuli, lu-r wavy
hair, and her slim, pule, faithful hand.
"Mv wi'e! my wife! Oh. wi.r if your
love had failed you. Hester? If in ti ose
urrible first hour of my misfortune,
your true heart had been one whit less
true, then I should have been hingin
my i-rave to-day, a broken and forgotten
man!"
S fame and success In the later days of
his 1 f..: came, n t tin weh-oinely . to R'l rt
Field. The world welcomed hi fatuous
piece w ith cone the Jess ncelaim for its
lo-,g delav. nd for "the strange s'ory
which accompanied it. On- truth only
concerning that fatal night R .Iw rt with
held known alone M his fat htul wife.
But Conrad Ch uteris had long ago disap
peared from thftt.wn. and was seen no
more among ihem. So he ami Hester
buried ihe secret in their hearts, content d
that it should be so for God is His owa
nVThTyr' had been taught a wonderful
lese.,n;too, by One who. having I'ved on
earth, knew what -he f .11 r-M.,o . f
e .rthlv We must be, and who go-.-, ere Me
nas-e.1 away from among men. the crown
ip.V blessing of His wisdom in a last, new
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