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THE HERALD. PUBLISHED EVERY TUURSDAT AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBKASKA. O P X X C 33 On Main Street, between 4th and 6th, Second Story. OFFICIAL PAPER OF CASS COUNTY. Terms, in Advance : One copy, one year $3.00 One copy, nix months .' 1.00 Oua copy, three months 50 IE 8KA EJRAJLT1 J NO. A. MACMUEPHY, Editor. PERSEVE It AXCE COf L'E ISS.' TERMS: $2.00 a Year. VOLUME X. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1874. NUMBER 20. HENRY BCECK, DEALER IN IuTX'nituix'e, SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, ETC.. ETC., ETC., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. "Wooden. Collins Of nil sizes, ready-made, and cold cheap for cash. With many thank for pant patronage, I invite all to call and examine my LARGE STOCK OF Jui-iiittii-c; niitl Collin4-. jamiS MEDICINES J. H. BUTTERY'S, On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth. Wholesale ai.d Kctail Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Patent Medicines. Toilet Articles, etc., etc. 5:rTKESCUHTloNS carefully compounded at all hour, day and night. 35-ly J. W. SHANNON'S Feed, Sale and Livery STAHTiE. Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb. I am prepared to accommodate the public with Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, A No. I Hearse, 0 a Short Notice and Reasonable Terms. A IT A C Iv Will Run to the Steamboat Land ing, Depot, and all parts of the City, when Desired. jan 1 -If First national Bank Or Plattsmouth, Nebraska, SCCCESSOR TO Tootlo, Iluiiun. At Olni-lc. .TolIN KlTZiERAI.I K. (J. Dovev John H Clauk T. W. Evans President, Vice-President. Cashier. Assistant Cashier. This liank is now open for business at their new room. cciriM-r Main and Sixth streets, and are pre prl lo transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government and Local Securities NOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Al lowed on Time Certificates. DRAFTS DRAWN, Available in any part of the Vnited States and in all the Principal Towns and Cities of Europe. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED MAN LINE ana ALLAH LINE or ?sti o,V3i i:i Person? wishing to bring out their friends from Europe can FVUCHASK TICKETS FROM 1'9 rriivonsjii to x'liittKinoittii. Excelsior Barber Shop. ,T. C. BOONE, Main Street, opposite Brooks House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CITTIXG CIIILIH&EVS HAIR Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon in a O Xji 23 -A. 0M IS XX -A. "7" Z nll-ly GO TO THE Post Office Book Store, H. J. STRAIGHT, Proprietor, MB TOUR Boolcs, Stationery, Pictures, Music TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song Books, etc., etc EPITOME OF THE WEEK. Condensed from Telejrams of Accompanjin Pates. Monday, Oct. 5. Germany lias sent a note to the French Government demanding the placing of a French army on the Spanish frontier to prevent the rendering of aid to the Carlists, or otherw ise Germany would station an army there.... The Ministers of Great Britain and France presented their credentials to President Serrano, of Spain, on the 4th.... The annual report of the Commissioner of Pensions will show 3:5,040 pension certificates issued the past tiscal year, of which, how ever, only 0,7S5 were original certificates .... On the .'5d Henry "Ward Bcecher appeared before the Grand Jury, in session at Brooklyn, and secured the indictment of Theodore Tilton and Francis D. Moulton for malicious libel and slander. It is said that when Mr. Beecher gave his testimony he declared that the allegations of Tilton and Moulton with reference to himself, Mrs. Tilton and another lady were " atrocious falsehoods." In a letter to the press, published on the 4th, Mr. Tilton solemnly reaffirms the literal and absolute truth of his charges against Bccehej, and de mands immediate trial. lie declares that this tardy action by Mr. Beecher and his friends in prosecuting him for libel can be attributed only to the fact that the verdict of the com mittee fails to command popular credence. Mr. Beecher preached to a large congrega tion in Plymouth Church on the 4th ....The State Executive Committee of the Democratic and Conservative party of Ala bama have issued an address in which they deny the truth of the charges made by Minis ter Spencer, Congressmen White, Hayes and Pclham, and J. J. Martin as to outrages in that State, and alleging that such charges were made for the purpose of influ encing the elections in the North and West, and to procure Federal troops to be sent to control the election in Alabama The Railway Commissioners of the North western States recently in session at Madison, Wis., adopted a form for reports so that the railroad statistics of Illinois, Iowa, Minne sota and Wisconsin w ill be collated and pub lished in a uniform series of tables. The next meeting will be held at Springfield on the 9th of December, when the consideration of the subject of legislation and classification will be resumed. Tcksday, Oct. 6. The Catholic Vicar of Posen, Germany, having disobeyed an order to leave the country within twelve hours, had been forcibly ejected. ..." Barry Corn wall," the English author, died on the 5th. ....The Sultan of Morocco has issued a decree prohibiting the export of cereals for three years David Valentine & Co., of New York, silk importers, have failed, with liabilities or 500,000. Kup fer S Silverman, dealers in woolen goods, have suspended, and Clews fe Co., bankers, have also stopped payment, but ex HJct to resume shortly.... Congressional nominations on the 5th: People's Party First Illinois District, B. G. Caultield; Second D'strict, C. II. Harrison; Third District, J. V. LeMoyne. Democratic Fourth Arkansas, Thomas M. Gunter; Twelfth Ohio, William E. Fink. ...The New York Times publishes a dispatch from New Orleans stating that, upon the arrival of the United States troops at Coushatta, some fifteen White Leaguers who were engaged in the recent murders at that place left town and fled to Arkansas and Texas A letter has been received at the Postoffice Department in Washing ton from a special agent sent to investigate the murder of a colored route agent in Ala bama a little over a month ago, which says: "The reign of terror existing in this country at present far exceeds anything of the kind I have ever seen. Armed bodies of men are riding over the country, and colored people are afraid to go into the fields to save their crops from waste and ruin." This letter is dated " In the Woods, near Livingston, Sumter County, Ala., Sept. 29." Wednesday, Oct. 7. The failure of II. B. Patterson, broker, was announced n New York on the 0th. There were also rumors on Wall street of trouble in all departments of trade, and the utmost use was made of them to depress stocks, and with good success ...M. J. Townsend has been nominated for Congress by the Republi cans of the Seventeenth New York District .The Conservative State Central Commit tee of Louisiana has issued an address to the people in which they claim that the White Leagues were organized as an otTset to Black Leagues, composed of colored men, which at one time, they say, were numerous through out the State President Grant arrived at St. Louis on the night of the 5th.... There will be a total eclipse of the moon on the night of the 24th inst., risible in this country. The eclipse will begin a little before midnight and end about three o'clock on the morning of the 25th the total occurring about one o'clock. TOST OFFICE BUILDING FLATTSMOUTU, NEB. Thursday, Oct. 8. The report that Don Carlos had been seriously wounded at Durango is pronounced untrue.... Washing ton dispatches state that applications for troops are constantly reaching the War De partment from Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana. Gen. Sheridan has been requested to spare a regiment from his command, and the Thirteenth Infantry has been ordered to report to the Department of the South. The Secretary of War says if he were re quired to comply with all the applica tions received it would be necessary to largely increase the force of the army On the 1st day of October, according to an official bulle tin issued by the Secretary of the National Grange, there were in the several States 20,188 subordinate Granges. During the preceding month 400 new Granges had been instituted. The next session of the Na tional Grange will be held in Charleston, S. C, on the first Wednesday in Feb- ruarj-, 1875 The Rev. Dr. T. M. Eddy, Missionary Secretary of the Methodist Episco pal Church, died in New York on the 7th, aged tifty-one years The State Republican Con vention of Massachusetts met at Worcester on the 7th. Gov. Talbot was renominated on the first ballot, receiving 755 of the 1,042 votes cast. Horatio G. Knight was the choice for Lieutenant-Governor, Oliver Warner for Secretary of the Commonwealth, Charles R Train for Attorney-General, Charles Endi- nott for Auditor, and Charles Adams, Jr., for Treasurer. The resolutions adopted declare in favor of a sound curreucv and such legislation by Congress as shall place the currency on a par with gold; express gratitude to the President for his promptness in suppressing the New Or leans outbreak; declare that the Republican party has proved itself under all circumstances the party of progress and reform, etc.. C. C. Warren, of Princeton. 111., has ob tained judgment for 1,000 against the Chi cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad for ex tortionate passenger and freight charges Twenty-six indictments have been found by the Grand Jury of St. Paul against Charles Mcllrath, late State Auditor of Minnesota, for alleged malfeasance in office.... The election in Georgia on the 7th for mem bers of the State Legislature passed off quietly. But little opposition, except in a few counties, was made to the Democratic can didatcs. The Democratic majority on joint ballot will be about 205 Couzressional nominations on the 7th: Democratic Fir&t Michigan District, A. S. Williams; Second Kentucky, John Young Brown, renominated; Fourteenth Illinois, J. II. Pk-krell. Republi can Fifth Wi-consin, Joha Cochrane. Re publican and Independent Tenth Missouri, Ira B. Hyde. Fhtday, Oct. 9. Count Von Arnim, late German Ambassador to-Paris, was re cently arrested at the Instance of Bismarck, who charged that he had concealed important State documents and was about to publish them. A London dispatch of the 8th says the affair had taken a very serious turn, and that the Emperor had ordered that no stone be left unturned to recover the miss ing papers. The Count had denied that there was any intention of publishing State secrets, and intimates that the documents were removed from-the archives of the em bassy without his knowledge. A Rome dis patch of the same date says the missing doc uments relate to the establishment of a new Government in France and to German inter ference with Spanish affairs Spain has disbanded 10,000 soldiers, the pe riod for which they enlisted having ex pired The Democrats of the Twenty-eighth New York Congressional District have nomi nated Edward S. Esty (Liberal) for Congress The Grand Jury at Salt Lake City, Utah, have indicted one of their own number, Thomas E. Ricks, for polygamy. He is charged with having five w ives, three of whom were married to him since 1802. His own daughter is one of the principal w itnesses The Attorney -General of Wisconsin has stipulated with the general solicitor of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company to unitedly ask the United States Supreme Court to take up the railroad case appealed from the United States District Court at Mad ison, and set it down for trial on the 10th day of December next At his own request the name of Prof. David Swing has been dropped from the roll of the Chicago Presbytery by a vote of 18 to 11 The Con servatives of South Carolina, at their recent State Convention, resolved to support the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor nominated by the Independent Republican party .... John Means is the Republican candidate for Congress in the Tenth Kentucky District Gov. Kellogg, in a reply to the recent ad dress of the Conservative State Committee, as serts his anxiety to secure a full registra tion and a fair election, and declares his will ingness to do all in his power to that end. Saturday, Oct. 10. The President lias appointed Charles G. Hammond, of Chicago, a member of the Board of Indian Commission ers Postmaster-Gen. Jewell has expressed a determination to do away with claim agents in the transaction of department business with railroad or other corporations or indi viduals. He prefers dealing with parties di rectly interested At Buffalo, recently, the United States detectives arrested Thomas Ballard, alias John Davis, one of the most ex pert counterfeiters and engravers in the coun try; also Elizabeth Ballard and Ann Adams, accomplices. In their possession a6 found 110,000 in counterfeit money of various de nominations, together with press, dies, plates, etc At the recent election in Del aware for Inspectors and Assessors to con duct the election in November the Demo crats carried the day by an aggre gate majority of about 450 A New Orleans special of the 7th says Frank Morey, Congressman from the Fifth District, had sent a communication to S. B. Packard, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, stating that intimidation, organized and thorough, prevailed in the parish of Union to such an extent that not more than 300 of the colored voters would register. He stated further tnai a similar state of things existed in some of the other parishes. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. October 9, 18.1. Cotton. Middling upland, lS&lo'nC Lite Stock. Beef Cattle $10.7512. 75. Hogs Dressed, $8.2ja8.6'.itf . Sheep Live, n.out.ao. BBBADSTurrs. Flour Good to cnoice, $a.owa 5.80; white wheat extra, sa.BW&o.w. nncsi-u. 2 Chicago, $1.11&1.12; Iowa gprrng, S1.13&1.1-J; No. si Milwaukee spring, $1.11.13. Kye west ern and State, 920,95c. Barley $1.301.35. Corn Mixed Western afloat, 9G4&'.)6&c. Oats New Western, 6163!4c. Provisions. Pork New Mess, $23.008.5i.l'i. Lard 14?4ai4?c. Cheese 12;ii5,c. Wool. Common to extra, 45'j6c. CHICAGO. Livk Stock. Beeves -Choice, $5.50&6.O0; good, $4.255.25; medium, $J...y&4.i; duic crs' stock, $2.50&3.50; stock cattle, $2.25 3.50. Hogs Live, $6.25S6.75. Sheep Good to choice, $4.004.50. Provisions. Butter Choice, 305.Joc. ts.ggs Fresh, lg,i9c. Cheese New lorK factory. 14&15c; Western, 1314c. l'orn JNew Mess, Zl.W&X..&lxi. Lard 14&14ic. BitKADSTurrs. Flour V hlte winter extra. $5.5O&7.50; spring extra, SL75QJ5.5U. v neat Spring, No. 2, P23.924C. Corn No. 2, 79 Tiic. Oats No. 2, 49'it"Oc- Barley ro. s, S1.07S1.08. Rye No. 2, 8484Kc. Wool. Tub-washed, 4:57c.; fleece, wasnea. 40o0c.; fleece, unwashed, 273.:c. Lumber. First Clear, $50.0053.00; Second Clear, $47.0049.50; Common Boards, Jiu.su 12.00; Fencing, $10.5O12.00; "A" Shingles, $'1.00&3.25; Lath, $2.00&2.25. CINCINNATI. BRKADSTurrs. Flour $5.155.:. Wheat Red, $1.05. Corn 83(&S5c. Rye 97c. Oats 5-135. c. Barley S1.10&1.3"- Provisions. Pork $23.0023-2j. Lard 13'4&14?c. ST. LOUIS. LrvK Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $4.53 6.00. Hogs Live, $5.50S6.1X). BRKADSTurrs. Flour XX Fall, $J.25a4.75. Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.145!i&1.15. Corn No. 2, 82&83c. Oats No. 2, 5152c. Kye No. 2, 91&'ttc. Barley $1.101.15. Provisions. Pork Mess, $22.2522.5f). Lard 13?iai4?4C. .911 LAVAL h..C Breadstutm. Flour Spring XX, $5.255.50. Wheat Spring No. 1, 97(&98c; No. 2, 923 92;4c Corn No. 2, 78.79c Oats No. 2, 493 4!t!4c. Rye No. 1, 87tt'8Sc Barley No. 2, $1.09 Cil.u9"4. BREADSTrrrs. Wheat Extra, $1.161.16?i- Corn 89&90c. Oats l!K&50c. TOLEDO. B re ADSTurrs Wheat Amber Mich., $1.07 1.07; No. 2 Red, $1.061.064. Corn Mixed, S384c. Oats 51&52c. CLEVELAND. Breadstutw Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.101.11; No. 2 Red, $1.041.05. Corn 83&84C. Oats 52&53c. BUFFALO. Live Stock. Beeves $406.40. Hogs Live, $5.006.75. Sheen $ 1.50&5.25. AST LIBERTY. - Live Stock. Beeves Best, $6.00S6.40; me dium, $5.253,6.00. Hogs Yorkers, $i.003 6.50; Philadelphia, $7.007.25. Sheep Best $5.0tS5.25; medium. $4.25&4.75. SEEING WITHOUT EYES. Remarkable Case of a Little Girl Stricken Blind Who Yet Sees. II. N. Lowry, of Cascade, Mich., writes to the Grand Rapids Eagle inclosing the follow ing letter from his brother-in-law, Hclliar D. Perkins, of Kinsman, Ohio, in relation to a singular gift, faculty, power, or whatever it may be called, affecting a little daughter of Mr. Perkins. Mr. Lowry 6ays the little girl Jessey is about nine or ten years old, and the sister Louesa twenty or over. Susan, spoken of, the mother of the girl, is his sister: Kinsman, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1874. Brother Henry: We received your letter. You want to know about Jessey. 'About the middle of April Louesa came home from Port asre County with inflammation in her eves. and was blind for some days, and Jessey stuck right by her from Monday noon until Saturday noon, and bathed her eyes with cold weter.when she (Jessev) be :r an "to complain of her eves,- and in two hours 6he was stone blind. We noticed that she could get around without running against things ana help her self, but thought nothing of it for several days, untli a coueiu tent her a very nice book, She sat holding it, with her eyes bandaged, with the tears running, never complaining, as patient as a lamb, and feeling of her book, until she could tell when she came to a pic ture, and finally she could describe them by running her finger over them. She soon got so she could read by running her fingers over the letters, and in a few days after sh e could read without putting her fingers on the letters. I tell you it looked curious to see her sit and read w ith a wet cloth on each eye and a bandage over that. She was stone blind for three weeks, and the doctor gave her up. Susan was almost crazy, and more for her sake than Jessey's (for I bad made up my mind she never would see) I took them to Cleveland, and she got her sight. She can see as well now as ever, but she retains her faculty now. She can see, can read both behind her back and before her face, and describe pic tures, tell colors, thread a needle and sew as well as any little girl, with her eyes bandaged in the mot-t thorough manner, so that any one will be satisfied she cannot see. Now w hat this means no one pretends to know, but the facts remain the same. She can do it, and that is all we know ubout it. Yours, II. D. Perkins. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. He who by his biz w ould rise, must either bust or advertise. The first essential for a good, perma nent sward is a deep soil. Old Pkoij. hit it eighty-eight times out of every hundred, last month. Yocn bonnet is to be worn nearer your nose this winter, my dear. lioxton Globe. "Why are ladies thieves? Because they steal gentlemen's hearts and hook each other's dresses. The strongest propensity in woman's nature, says a careful student of the sex, is to want to know what is going on, and the next strongest is to boss the job. A Missouri agriculturist tells a story of his having corn thirty-three feet high, and expects the public to give ear to it. The Canada thistle has got such a foot hold in Missouri that the Legislature is called upon to take immediate measures for its extermination. A recent combination of Mrs. Peters, of Jersey City, and a lighted kerosene lamp has resulted in serious damage to both. JV. 1'. Telegram. John Fork lent a stranger a dollar at Richmond in 18515, and the other day the stranger paid him back ijO.OOO. Step this way, strangers. Detroit l'rcss. A Vermont paper recently closed an obituary of a young lady by remarking that " she had an amiable temper and was uncommonly fond of ice-cream." Harris Lewis says he has found as high as 30 per cent, of cream in the last pint of milk drawn from a cow, when the first pint from the same cow had only JJ per cent. Not long since a juryman in making terms with a lady of a boarding-house in Lowell, Mass., wanted a reduction made in his board bill, because, he said: "He didn't use sugar in his tea." In repairing the Norwalk (Conn.) hotel the workmen found a large quantity of honey stored behind the front cornice, by a monstrous swarm of bees which had been at work for some years. The shingles upon the roof of the First Congregational Church in East Haddam, Conn., says the Xew Haven Iiegiiter, "were placed there seventy nine years ago, and the roof is still tight." It is altogether too absurd to say that "man is not perfect." Who is there who has not met with many who were perfect strangers and some who were perfect rascals, and not a few who were perfect fools? A "Washington belle has forty-eight pairs of shoes. Some curious wretch calculates that if they were arranged, heel and toe, in a straight line, the shortest possible lenglh would be a frac tion over 110 feet. Williamport licyixter. It is strange, but nevertheless true, that the old-fashioned cloak the regu lar affair, reaching to and sometimes be low the knees is to be revived in all its ancient and modern glory. They are macle of quilted silk, cashmere and vel vet. The Springfield Republican calls upon Massachusetts to believe that it knows a black-and-tau terrier that, being troubled by another dog, summoned a canine f riecd to his assistance, hid him behind a tree, and then enticed the enemy up to be killed. Somebody having excused frequent pardons because " the State's Prison is very crowded," the Uongregationalt'st thinks that the next thing may be a justification of reprieves of men sen tenced to be hanged " because the Com monwealth is out of rope!" Give a man the necessaries of life and he wants the conveniences. Give him the conveniences and he craves the luxuries. Grant him the luxuries and he sighs for the elegancies. Let him have the elegancies and he yearns for the follies. Guve him all together, and he concludes that he has been cheated both in price and quality of the articles Record is made of the preternatural sagacity of a horse in Lockport, N. Y. He trotted alone into a smithy where the day before he was shod. He was lame, and in pulling oil one of his shoes it was found that a cruel nail had been driven into his foot. It is not every man who is wise enough to go to the doctor when it is necessary, or to keep away from the doctor Avhen it is unnecessary. A man eighty-four years old, who left Weymouth, Mass., thirty-seven years ago for parts unknown, has just returned to spend the remainder of his days. The cause of his abandonment of home was the loss of his property through his love for drink. He left a wife and eight children, taking with him a yoke of oxen belonging to a neigh bor, and it turned out he has been at work in the est all tins time. It's a Boston lawyer who tells this story: " lwenty years ago, just alter l was admitted to the bar in Maine, I called one evening on the young lady who has since become mv wife. I made friends with her little brother, Addie, and when he ran out of the room heard him ask his mother, confidentially: Mamma, do you think angels' wings are strong enough to carry lawyers to heaven?' The good woman's answer was lost in the 4 Hush, dear!' but in the battle of lite since then the question has comeback more than once." A prisoner in the State Prison at Charlestown, Mass., has just been de tected in an imposition which he success fully maintained for two years and a half, honing to get a pardon. He took to his bed nearly three years ago ana lias lain there ever since, stating that his lower limbs were paralyzed. A few days ago the prison surgeon, who was bv no means satisfied with the fellow's state ment, administered ether to him, when he got out of bed and danced around the room. "When the effects of the ether passed away the prisoner got into bed again, where he still remains. A singular fish is found in great num bers in the coat rivers of Alaska. It is about eight inches lonsr. transparent, and the fattest of all the tinny tribe. This lat, however, lias not the oily, rancid taste ot other fish, but is like fresh lard When these fish are dried the Indians often turn them to a novel and practical account burn them instead of candles. They give a clear, brilliant light, and are not liable to be blown out by the wind. Mr. Manson, Superintendent at Fort Simpson, says that the tail should be lichted instead of the head, and each Sh will burn about fifteen minutes. THE TWO AXCHOIiS. It ww a gallant sailor man Had just come home from sea. And as I panccd him in the town Jlv panr, AhoyT' to me. I stopped, and caw I knew th man Had known him from a boy; And so I answered, nailor-likc, " Avast !"' to hi "Ahoy!" I made a sonjj; for him one day His ship was then in sirht "The little anchor on the l ft. The great one on the right." I pave his hand a hearty prtp. "So you are hark uainY They say you have been pirating Upon "the Spanish Main; Or was it some rich Indiaman ua robbed of all her pear)!' Of course vou have been breaking hearts Of poor Kanaka -rirls !"' "Wherever 1 have been." he said, I kept my ship in si;ht 'The little'anchor on the left. The ureal one on the rijrht.' " " I heard last niirht that yon were in ; I walked the wharves to-day. But saw no ship that looked like yours. Where does the sjood ship lay T " want to po on board of her." " And so you shall," said he; "lint there "are many things to do When one comes home from ea; Yon know the consr you made for me? I cinirit morn and" nicht 'The little anchor on the left. The Kreal one on the riht !' " " But how's your wife and little onei1' "Come home with me," he cuid. " Go on, go on ; I follow you." I followed where he leu. He had a pleasant little house; The door was open wide. And ut the door the dearest face A dearer one inside! He hn:''d bis wife and child; he sanj; His spirits were so liirht "The little anchor on the left. The jrcat one ou the rijjht.' 'Twas supper time, and wt sat down The sailor's wife and child. And he and I: he looked at them, And looked at me und smiled. "I think of this when I am tossed Upon the stormy foam. And though a thousand leagues away Am anchored here at home." Then, :ivin each a kiss, he said, " I see in dreams at uifrht This little anchor on my left. This great one ou my right." H. II. fitoUiiard, in II(trjer's Magazine. WHO WAS HE I BY G. M. MARSHALL. On a dreary November afternoon in the vear 18GG Mr. Blonger, senior mem ber of the well-known firm of Blonger & Co., machinists and manufacturers of marine engines, established in 1803, was sitting before a blazing hre in his ollice in the east end of London when a visitor was announced. "Show him in, James," , said the old gentleman, and continued the perusal of the Junes. A moment after the door opened and a young man, apparently about twenty-four years of age, plainly attired, entered and stood, hat in hand, awaiting the leisure of the eentleman. who merely glanced at the stranger and immediately resumed his paper, evidently ininKing ins visitor io be a person of no importance. After a silence of a few minutes Mr. Blonger laid down his paper and, looking up, ab ruptly said: " Well, my good sir, wuat. uo you want with me?" "Are vou the elder Mr. Blonger?" in quired the stranger with an unmistakable American accent. " I am." 44 1 heard of vou and came to see you. I understand that you transact a large and successful business, but it is not on that account that I have called upon vou. I am told that you have consider- able influence wtn me cniei persons in this Government, and it is for that reason that I pay you this visit." Mr. Blonger placed ins goia-rimmcci spectacles on his nose and gazed in mute astonishment at his visitor, who continued: "I am the inventor, or discoverer, rather, of a secret of nature, a process which will revolutionize the world, which will reverse natural laws, which will inaugurate a new order of things: a discovery the results of which are so vast that no human mind can compre hend them. In short, I can suspend the law of gravitation." At this monstrous assertion a look oi alarm appeared upon the countenance of the listener, but as he compared his own brawny frame with the slight figure of the lunatic before him it gave place to a contemptuous smile as he answered, some what impatiently: " Well, well, mv dear sir, pernaps you can perhaps you can; but I am not in that line of business and you had better apply to somebody else." The young man went on with imper turbable gravity: "I can swing the mightiest man-of-war England possesses into the air with my little finger. I can lift the largest cannon at Woolwich like a cork ; 1 can 44 1 es. ves. I know but 1 am busy now," replied the manufacturer, rising and ad vancing toward the bell to summon a servant. 44 Wait, Mr. Blonger," said his vtsilor, in a tone of such deep earnestness that that gentleman hesitated in spite of him self "wait a moment. 1 am not mad. I know vou do not believe me and I do not wonder at it; but I will show you that what I say is true." He laid Ins hat upon the tabic and drew from the breast-pocket of his coat a glistening blue wire. There was an iron anvil in a corner of the room. He wound the coil of wire round the anvil in a moment, lifted it like a feather from its place to the middle of the apartment, and then stepped proudly back. The anvil floated like a Imbble in the air. To say that Mr. Blonger looked as tonished and aghast wouTd convey but a mild idea of the expression of his coun tenance at this moment. It was one of absolute horror. He stood gazing first at the anvil and then at the man, and at lasf, with a sigh ol relief, he ejaculated: "Perhaps this is only jugglery," and dropped into a chair. The young Amer ican snatched the coil of wire from around the anvil, and it fell at once with terrific force, crushing in a portion of the floor. 44 1 beg your pardon, sir, but is there any jugglery about that, think you?" he asked, with a smile, and also sat down. The conver sation that ensued was long and earnest, and resulted in this conclusion: Mr. Blonger was to notify one or two of his personal friends in the Cabinet, sev eral scientific men of high repute, and two or three prominent foreigners, the whole number not to exceed twelve, that he wished them to meet him in order to investigate in concert a wonderful dis covery in science, the nature of which would then be communicated. The young stranger agreed to repeat his ex periments on the occasion of the meet ing, and explain the process by means of which they were accomplished; lor tue present he declined to make any further revelations. On the night of the 23d of November, 1SGG. there assembled in St. George's Hall, in London, three members" of the English Cabinet, four gentlemen well known in the scientific world, two prom inent Frenchmen, and two Italians eleven in all, exclusive of Mr. Blonger. At the earnest solicitation of that gen tleman these persons had come to meet thev knew not whom and see they knew not what. On the platform at the end of the hall lay a small cannon, a heavy piece of iron shafting and several large iron wheels. What these articles were for thev could not imagine. At half-past eight o clock the young man arrived and was introduced by Mr. Blonger to his friends as a voung American who did not care to have his name announced. The siraDger was dressed in & rough suit, THE HERALD. 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He was evidently but little used to the society of distinguished persons, and at first appeared somewhat embarrassed at his posi tion, but there was an expression of firmness about his mouth that showed a strong will and a habit of having his own way. When he spoke it was with the air of a man who knew the ground upon which he stood, and his manners were those of one who felt that he was the inferior of no man. The janitor having been dismissed and the door locked, Mr. Blonger proceeded to explain to those present why he had called them together. His young Ameri can friend, he said, had convinced him that he was in possession of a prodig ious secret, of the magnitude of which they could judge when it was presented to them. The whole affair at this point came near being broken oil in disgust by an unexpected requirement which the un known stranger exacted. He declined to proceed, unless all present entered into an agreement not to communicate what they might witness to any living person for a period of ten years, with out gaining his consent. The Kiglit Honorable G was on his mettle at once. He washed his hands of the whole matter, and desired to retire immediate ly. The others were equally indignant, and expressions not considered elegant in high society were heard. It required all Mr. Blonger's sagacity to quell the storm. But the young man was immov able, and at last, at the earnest solicita tion of Mr. Blonger, the guarantee was given. The stranger then took the stage, and his auditors the seats immedi ately in front of it. "Gentlemen," he began, "from what I have noticed of your incredulity this evening I am satisfied that if I should in form you that the attraction of gravita tion could be so suspended that objects upon the earth's surface would have ab solutely no weight, and, further, that I was in possession of the simple means whereby this end could be accomplished, you would onlv greet my assertions with jeers and ridicule. 1 shall therefore show you what 1 can do first, and talk afterward. You see in my hands this coil of wire, blue like tempered steel. This cannon weighs nearly three tons. I wrap the wire around it. If you listen carefully you will hear a burring sound, similar to that made by an electrical machine. But that has noth ing to do with the matter. The ends of the wire are joined. This cannon now weighs no more than a soap bubble. You see I move it about through the air with my hand, with two fingers, with one. Here is a strong oaken chair. I place the cannon upon it, and when I withdraw the wire, mark the result. The chair goes crashing to pieces on the floor under the weight of three tons of iron." This conclusive proof of the grandest discovery ever yet made by man brought every person present to his feet. Mr. Blonser stood apart in triumph. I he young exhibitor alone remained un moved. " How is it doner cried they all. How did vou make tins wonderful dis covery?" They now looked upon him with the awe one feels in the presence of a superior being. He raised his hand and requested si lence. "The action of this simple wire," said he, 44 is not confined to metallic sub stances. Its affects on all objects is the same. I put it round this wooden bench, as you see, and the bench weighs nothing; around this chair, and" the re sult is the same. Here is this large iron shaft, and these wheels. You perceive that it effects all alike. Perhaps you think it has no power over living sub stances, l ou are mistaken. 1 will agree to put this little wire round my waist and step from the dome of St. Paul s. I will show vou." A ladder extended from the Coor to the lofty ceiling of the hall. The stranger climbed to its very summit, adjusted his belt, and sprung bodily oil. lie slowly unclasped the ends of the wire, so that they scarcely came into contact, and descended gradually and safely to the ground, to the infinite relief of the spectators, who gazed horror-struck at the scene. 44 Thus you see, gentlemen," said he, again ascending the stage, "what pow ers lie hidden in nature, until they are accidentally stumbled upon. You all think that there is some powercontained in this wire. I must tell you that the wire has but little to do with it. And yet I will agree to go down to any of your sea-ports, and put this wire or one ike it round any of vour old seventy- four-gun ships we read of, and lift it into a dry-dock with a line no stronger than pack-thread, if the wind is not blowing at the time. Ihis wire, at which you all gaze so curiously, has no power in itself. It is only the means of communicating a power; still, no man shall examine it, except under certain conditions; and this brings me to the point I intended to make by calling gen tlemen of your high standing and intelli gence here to night. I wish to sell my know ledge to the Lnglisii Government. "And why to the Government?" cried the Hight Honorable B. I and the Honorable Mr. S in a breath. 44 Because no private individual is rich enough to buy it. I once thought to dis pose of it to my own Government, that of the United States, but I shall not en ter into the reasons why I abandoned that idea and came here. Besides, it be comes public property after ten years. I would not agree to sell the right under any conditions for a longer time. The benefits of the discovery are univer sal, and in justice belong to mankind, and mankind shall have them." Said a member of the Cabinet: 44 Your idea of selling such a discovery to the Government of Great Britain seems chi merical, and, I may add.it savors of self ishness to keep your knowledge from the world. But may I be permitted to ask how much you demand for your knowledge?" Here the joung man rose to his feet in an excited manner. 44 You talk of selfish ness," said he; "I know what it is to labor and to suffer, to be lost amid moun tains, and tormented with thirst upon deserts. I have labored hundreds of feet underground w ith pick and shovel for my daily bread. I got tired of it; I swore off. I hold in my possession what will make me independent for life, besides conferring inestimable benefits upon my fellow-men, and I intend to use it so far. Selfishness indeed! What did Morse or Fulton make from their inventions, except what was given them almost as a charity, after they let their knowledge go out of their hands? No charity for me. I hold my discovery alone, and I will part with it onlv on my own terms. You ask me what I demand for it. I want $3,000, 000." 44 Five million dollars is a rather large sum," Prof. T ventured to remark. "A large sum! Have you taken into consideration what this discovery is des tined to accomplish? Why, I tell you. it will revolutionize the world. Take the dock-yards of Great Britain alone. What, think vou. will be the saving m a year, when every object, from the greatest to the smallest, can De movea to any dis tance, without expense? How long will it take to build your largest edifices, when your blocks of marble weigh noth ing? Oh, gentlemen, when you have con sidered this subject as I have done, you will stand overpowered with the magni tude of the results that are to follow. Think of its effects upon means of trans portation. Vv hen there is no weight to cam-, may not even the air be nav igated ?" "'4 Do you object to informing us how you happened to discover this mighty and mysterious secret of nature?" 44 Mysterious! Why, it is so simple that any child can understand it. I stumbled upon it. Since I have discov ered it, I wonder that it is not found out a thousand times every day. But, gen tlemen, arc you aware that I doubt whether I am really a pioneer in this field? There are books, written thou sands of years ago, which 1 read when a boy, that have led me to believe that this is one of the lost arts, though it was known perhaps only to a favored few. I feel sure very sure that the simple law by which the attraction of gravitation is suspended was known in ancient Peru, Arabia and perhaps in Egypt also, and went down into oblivion with other lost arts, in some general catastrophe. The same law I rediscovered while working in a silver-mine, 1,000 feet under ground, and my knowledge I am ready to commu nicate, under the conditions that 1 have named." 44 But should you die in the meantime. would not your discovery be again lost, and the world be deprived or its bene fits?" 44 Oh, not at all. I have taken care of that. Whether I live or die or what ever may happen to me within ten vears trom the present time the world will be fully informed upon this subject." After some further consultation a se lect committee was appointed, to meet in three days, to fully investigate the secret and take some action upon the proposition of the stranger, who, after reminding all present of their promise of secrecy, departed and was never seen again. Several months ago a distinguished gentleman, a resident of a great Ameri can city, received the following commu nication from a prominent solicitor in London : No. , Oi.r n UO .411 Stiiekt, London, Sept. , IS. 3. , Esq. Dear Sir: A short time since, u Italian, who was the confidential clerk of one of my much esteemed clients (Sigimr Su.zini. of the house of Snz.ini. Isola.v. Co., of London, Naples, and France died suddenly, leaving in writing the statement which uccoinjiunics this It-tier. What transpired at ft. George s Hall in Novem ber. lStii, concerning a subject of the most ab sorbing interest to those present has been kept a prolound secret, under a solemn pledge, but, owing to the strange circumstances of the case. ana the almost certain oeatu ot t lie rcmnrkumc stranger, supposed to be an American, whose re appearance has been awaited with the most in tense anxiety for years bv those informed on the subject, Siguor Su..ini has considered himself so far absolved Trom his obligation as to convey to some trustworthy barrister in your city the iu- lorniation nereiu contained. All communications received from von will he kept strictly secret; but. in any event, if you suc ceed in discovering the bank. Impress npou the managers the supreme importance of carefully preserving, at all hazards, the documents com mitted to their charge. I have the honor to remain, etc., liKllltl.E Matuiot Mausiiai.l. The following is the statement of the Italian clerk: 44 In November, 180G, a very impor tant congregation came together in St. George's Hall. Strange things were seen. I was there. Much money was to be gained. A young man a Yankee had a secret in his pocket. It was a wire worth millions. He left the hall. It was a dark night fog and smoke, thick and black. 1 followed him. Down Kegent street, under the gas-lamps, he went on foot. I followed him. Across the Haymarkct, across Leicester souare it was eleven o'clock and throusrh a dark and narrow alley toward St. Mar tin's lane. I could have done it there, but others came by, and I shrank back into the gloom. Through St. Martin's lane to the Strand, down the Strand to the turning to Waterloo bridge, still I followed him. I saw he was going to cross the bridge on foot. I crossed the street and got ahead of him, and in the middle of the bridge I hid myself behind the parapet. By and by mv man came along, slowly walking, his hands behind him, and his eves bent upon the ground. When near to me he paused and looked toward St. Paul's, whose huge bulk loomed up still hugor as the moonlight tried to struggle through the log. I was near enough to hear him. He said: 4 Oh, mighty monument, the pride and glory of an empire, thy renown is gone forever. All I see around tne, though the work of centuries, is but the amuse ment of a child, the labor of a day. How pow erful am l!' here I stole up behind him without noise 4 in future ages my name shall be ' my stiletto fell be tween his shoulders, and Ins dropped like a lamb. His pockets yielded up i coil of wire and a bundle of papers, and his body went over into the river. Ah! I knew how to do it. 1 had done it often before at Ferrara, on Hie Po. 14 'I he secret w as mine. I was frantic with excitement. 1 hurried home to my apartments, double-locked the door, turned up the lamp and examined my prize. It was the wire the identical wire which had swung a cannon in the air, not two hours before. I was impa tient to test its powers. I seized an iron poker from the hearth, wrapped the wire around it, poised it aloft, let go, and it fell clattering upon the floor. A train I tried, and again it fell. I tried di tic rent articles. I wound the wire in every imaginable shape, and still with the same result. Morning found me haggard and exhausted w ith rny labor, and unsuccess ful. Business at the office prevented fur ther attempts until evening. I worked fruitlessly until midnight, when sudden ly I thought of the papers I had also seized. Fool that I was, not to have thought of them before. They undoubt edlyontained an explanation of the se cret. I tore them open with eager fingers. All were blank, except one, and it con tained the following: 4 Knowing the un certainty of life and the dangers of travel, I have on this day (July 7th, 18GG) placed in the vaults of a reliable banking house in the city of a sealed packet containing the details and ex planation of the means by which the laws of gravitation are rendered inop erative. Ja case of my death or failure to return the officers of said bank have explicit instructions to open said packet on May 1, 187G, and spread the facts therein contained to the world. My knowledge is at present confined to mv self, but will not long continue so, as I shall soon proceed to Europe to impart mv information to the most renowned scientific men in the world. My only obiect in making the bank a depository is to provide against accident and secure to the world, beyond all perad venture, the benefits of this mighty secret.' 44 There was no name nor signature After this I labored for months in vain to discover the secret workings of the wire; until at last it occurred to me that the stranger had said at St. George's Hall that "the wire itself had no power, but was only the means ot communtcat ing a power. Infuriated to the last de gree I threw the coil which had cost me so much misery, anxiety and suspense, into the Thames, one night, where it could tell no tales. When I am dead the company w ho assembled at St. George's Hall on that eventful night may be re quested to cease their painful wonder ings at the failure of the mysterious stranger to return. He will never come backrgentlemen. The Thames received his bodv nearly eisht years ago." This finishes the case at present. But Jn what banking-house H the iavaluabh packet of papers deposited, who was the man, and, in May, 187G, will the ancient but lost secret of suspending tho law of gravitation become again known to the w orld? Orerland Monthly for October. " Aothlng to Fear." The boasted chivalry of the South ap pears in a very bad light, in view of re cent events. Southern newspapers have dwelt strongly upon the alleged fact that the slaughter of the Pcnn rioters in New Orleans was confined to white men 44 not a negro was killed," say they. And Mr. II. II. Marr says in a recent address to the people: 44 Nay, lie (Kellogg) boldly attempted to disarm the white people. The result was the 14th of Sep tember, 1H74. That memorable day hat conrinced the colored poople that they hare nothing to fear from their uh ite fclloir-citi' genu." How impudently false this asser tion was is proved by our dispatches of this morning from New Orleans. Fail ing to hold the Government they seized through force and bloodshed, the White Leaguers now propose to coerce the ne groes into a relinquishment of the privi lege ot voting at the approaching elec tion. The White League of I'nion par ish have adopted the following resolu tion : We pledge ourselves not to patronize, employ, nor favor iu any manner now, nor aller the elec tion, those persons, while or colored, who belong to the Radical class, vote the Radical ticket, or refie to take an open and decided stuud with th people of the State. Here is an assumption that a certain class, numbering less than half the popu lation, namely, the White Leaguers, con stitute 44 the people of the titate." The resolution quoted has been circulated for signatures in a half-dozen parishes. And this is the manner of its circulation: Planters call their "hands" together, read them the resolution, and present for their acceptance one of three alter natives, namely: To sign and vote with the White League, or refuse to vote at all, or quit the place at once. And yet Mr. Marr says 44 the colored people have nothing to tear from their white fellow- citizens." Mr. Marr s mendacity is un equaled. His attention t-hould be called to a certain law of Congress which reads as follows: "Any person who shall in cite, set on foot, assist or engage in any rebellion or insurrection," upon convic tion thereof, shall be punished with a fine of $10,000 or imprisonment for ten years. If it is impossible for Mr. K. II. Marr to stop lying to the people of Louis iana and the whole country lie should be brought to trial for the crimes he has committed, which are punishable bylaw. Iuter Occan, Oct. 8. The Outrages In Sumter County, Ala. V ASIII.NUTON, I). ('., Oct. 7. Atty.-Gen. Williams has received from official sources, which he considers en tirely trustworthy, the following state ment as to the difficulties in Sumter County, Ala.: The white people have an organization throughout the county known as the White League. They arc determined that the negroes shall not vote at the coining election unless they vote with the League. To eflect this, everything is done to intimidate the black people. The two most active Republicans in the county Billings (white) and Ives (col ored) have been assassinated since the 1st of August. I hese murders have had a very great eflect upon the colored peo ple. To keep up the fear among the blacks the whites get together almost every day and night and ride the road.1 in squads or Irom thirty to nity nu n, armed with shot guns, prete nding that the negroes are arming and gathering to at tack the white people, which is not the isc. I here have been ix parties ot negroes of any strength together. Another Document from Got. Killogg kw Okleans. La., Oct. 7, 1H7-. The follow ing letter is in reference to the address of the Conservative Com mittee, which was telegraphed hence last evening: Statu ok Louisiana. Kxkcttivk 1 ik r a htm k nt. N kw Ohi.kaS". Oct. 7. is, i. ( Hon. It. II. Marr. Chairman HeimtrraHe Stale Cent rat Committee : Sib I have Just read with surprise and regret he address of the committee of which you an; C hairman. The occasion of vour address is the announcement of your acquiescence in the propo- llon in regnru to tne method or holding the coming election, recently agreed to in coiilerencu both by the Itepubiicaii Stale Central t'oiniiiilleo and by your committee. I ask you to contrast the manner and spirit iu which this proposition bus been received and lifted upon by these com mit teea respectively. I he Ki pulillcan Commit tee, actuated by a spirit which was naturally sup posed to inspire such measures of adjustment. refrained from any allusion to recent occurrences in this city and Slate and abstained Irom any denunciation of their political opponents. In vour address you take occasnm to re capitulate the old charges of oppression and cor ruption brought against the Kepiiiiiican party ana the present Mate lioveruuieiit, nolwil lislunding the uncontradicted and uncontrovertible stale, ments ill mv published address ol the ;)0lhult- show that the present Mate lioverniui iit is not responsible lor either the present Male (lent, or taxation, tint ban reduced both, and also shows that for most of the debt and taxation of both Male and city the Democratic, parly is directly accountable. You explain that the police juries of parishes are swelling tho taxes, but you fail to stale that the taxes are highest in iome of the the strongest. Democratic parishes, i oil assert. as a reason tor the recent oisturiiunces, tnai we have been engaged in inciting hostilities between lutes and blacks, ann that arms nan nceii auu were being furnished the latter. This 1 emphat ically deny and challenge you to produce any proof to sustain the assertion, on the other iianii ou are fullv aware that large quantities of aims iiave been shipped to Ihis Slate lor the purpose of urniin'' the whites againstthe blacks, with a iew not omy to intimidate the colored people, but also to overthrow the const tilted authorities of tho Slate. Uut perhaps the most extraordinary staiemcnt coulained in your address is the lol- lowinir: "Hence, the presidential proclamation was no sooner heralded but he (referring to my self) managed to inaugurate conferences to ad just the troubles. A Committee of Conference, selected by bun, met a similar committee se lected bv iov. jk r-nery and Lie ut.-uov. I'enn. So uncalled for and groundless is this statement that I cannot for a moment believe that those who represented your party in the Committee of Conference were consulted before this publica tion was made. I was not present w hen a com mittee from your side first called upon Mr. Pack ard and others at the Custom-House, directly lif ter the events ol the l it h of September, though I was much gratified at the prospect that the con ferences so held would secure the people a fair registration and an election uninfluenced by vio lence, intimidation or fraud. This 1 have from the lirst desired, and stili earnestly wish to see. I took part for a few moments, by invitation, nt two or three discussions entered into wilh this object in view, but the statement that I manag'-d to inaugurate the conferences is entirely nut rue, as is also the assertion that I selected the com mittee who acted in behalf of the .Republican I"r,y- . , . I refrain from saving more on this point, ex cept that land my friends will faithfully carry out the terms of the agreement we have entered into, which I desire to remind you was strictly confined to matters of registration and election, and I trust your Party, who virtually assumedthe. responsibility of the violence and intimidation heretofore existing In the State, will carry out your part of the agreement by suppressing l lie same. In vour address, 1 perceive yon suv W e merelr pledge ourselves to lend our aid and lu ll ueuce to preserve order, provided the agreement is in its spirit fairlv executed iu all respects." In the formal protocol, signed on the 21 u of Septem ber, your representatives said: "The committee representing the Conservative People's party pledge themselves to cause all violence aud in timidation, ir anv exist, to cease throughout the State, and to assist the constituted authorities in maintaining peace, and In insuring a strictly fair and impartial registration and election." Permit me to sav, in conclusion, that the w hole fonor of your address, which assumes toward the Republican party a tone of iuperioi ity and acri mony, iil becomes the subject or the occasion. Very respectfully. (Si"ned) W illiam P. Kellogu. Michigan has thirty-two charcoal blast furnaces, nearly all of which are in operation, three that run on bituminous coal and coke, and one on anthracite. It has also four rolling mills for muck and merchant bar. and one rail mill. The blast furnaces have an aggregate daily capacity of ubout 1,000 tons. Sr.vENTELJf new bonnet styles nrc out.