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THE .HERALD PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY PLATTSMOUTH," NEBRASKA. o v y i o u Oa Main Btreet, between 4th and 5th, ' Second Story. Il 00 $1 60 $3 00 $S 80 $8 00 $8 00 f U OFFICIAI. PiVPKR OF CASS COCNTV. Terms, in Advance : One copy, one year .. One copy, six months........ Out copy, three months... . THE HERALD. TvJ Rl T" A a -7! A T .1 i,..!,..i.,.ilm.i.n.:..!.rr. I I XI rilJIIIIIIIliL -UIJ. II II l!1Jfllli II J I I I J : 1 J i J J II IS LI vlv J. IK 7 U W X- U LJ Li Li VI i J 117 J. W J U Jf Q , ,.. I 3 squares 1 6" 18 squares. 1 Oil I W column.1 5 00 I - I Wcolnmn.l 8 00 I I 1 column. JN0. A. MACMTJRPHY, Editor. "TERSEVEUAXCE coxqiers." TERMS: $2.00 a Year .$5.00 . 1.00 . .50 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1875. NUMBER 41. s a. tr, a r m 10 oo t 7Ti 4 00 4 7S 8 (. IS 00 B 00,10 00M 00 20 Of' 28 00 !H 00 15 00 H Of) a." 0" 40 Ori 1 01 soot i: 00)18 on no u on, 40 oo m oo ioo PT All Advertising bills due quarterly. tSf Transient advertisements mutt be paid fof In ad ranee. Extra copies of the TTsrald for sale by II. J. Strrljrht, at the Postoffice, and O. V. JohmHin, cor aer of Alain and Flf in street. HENRY BGECK. DEALER IX IULX-xiituLie, SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, ETC.. ETC., ETC., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. "Wooden Coflins Of all sizes, ready-made, and sold cheap for cash, With many thanks for piist patronage, I invite all to rail and examine my LARGE STOCK OF iriii'iiitiu? dud OoflliiM. jan-H MEDICINES J. H. BUTTERY'S, On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth. Wholesale auU Retail Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Patent Medicines. Toilet Articles, etc., etc. raTKESCKIPTIO'S carefully compounded at all hours, day and night. 35-ly J-W. SHANNON'S Feed, Sale and Livery STArtTiE. Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb. I am prepared to accommodate the public with Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, AND A No. I Hearse, 0a Short Notice and Reasonable Terms. A HACK Will Ran to the Steamboat Land ing, Depot, and all parts of the City, when Desired. janl-tf First National Bait Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, SVCCESSOn TO Tootle, Iliiinitv Si Clairlc. John Fitzgerald K. ;. Do vet A. W. McLaI'ohmm John O'Roibke President. Vice-President. Cashier. Assistant Cashier. Thin Bank is now open for business at their new room, corner Maiu and Sixth street, and are pre pared to transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks. Bonds, Gold. Government and Local Securities BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Al lowed on Time Certificates. DRAFTS DRAWN, Available In any part of the United States and in a!' the ?rinc:pal Towus and Cities of Europe. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED MAN LINE and ALLAN LINE Persons wishing to bring ont their friends from Europe can PITICHASK TICKETS FROM V9 Tliroiifyli to IMnttt-iiiioiitli Excelsior Barber Shop. T. C. BOOISTK, Main Street, opposite Brooks House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CUTTIXG CHILDREN'S HAIR Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon In a n41-ly GO TO THE Tost Office Book Store, H. J. STBEIGHT, Proprietor, FOR TOCB Boob, Stationery, Pictures, Music, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song Books, etc., etc. POST OFFICE BUILDIMU, PLATTSMOUTII. NFB, NEWS OF T11E WEEK. of the Jintteiin, a duel, and the day The next Compiled from Telrsramj of Accompanying Dates. Monday, Dec. 23. Ix an affray In the streets of New Orleans on the 2Gtb, between ex-Gov. Warmoth and Daniel C. Bycrly, manager of the Bulletin, the former stabbed the latter with a pocket-knife and inflicted wounds which proved fatal in short time. The dilBculty grew out of newspaper discussion on political affairs and concerning the rights of the colored people. Personal charges of an offensive character were made and Jewett, editor challenged Warmoth to lutter promptly accepted. (2fth) the street fracas occurred. Bvcrly, who had been character ized as a liar, etc., ty Warmoth, making the attack. Warmoth apparently acting in self- defense. Tub report of the Election Returning Board of Louisiana shows the following nttsult for State Treasurer: Dubuclet, GS,544; Moncure, 68,556; majority for Dubuclet (Republican), 958. The five constitutional amendments recommended by Kellogg and adopted by his Legislature are all carried, according to the count of both parties. The Carlist have offered to restore the German brig Gustav upon payment of the customs duties alleged to be due. Food was reported to be very scarce at 1'ampalona, and all known Carlists had been expelled from the city. The Grand Duke Nicholas, nephew of the Emperor of Russia, the one who was asso ciated with the diamond scandal some months ago, has been declared insane, and placed under guardianship. O. B. Stoct, of Indianapolis, Ind., has been awarded a verdict of $ 500 against his mother- in-law lor alienating the affections of his wife, who procured a divorce from him some time ago. A dispatch received on the morning of the 23th reports the burning of the emigrant ship Cospatrick on the 17th, in latitude 37 N., longitude 12 W. It is estimated that 4o lives were lost. A Washington dispatch says (Jen. Sheri dan had been ordered to New Orleans to re lieve Gen. Emory. - Tuesday, Dec. 29. In the investigation in New York on the 28th before the sub-committee of the House Ways and Means Committee, concerning the subsidy business of the Pacific Mail Steam ship Company, evidence was produced show ing that Wm. S, King, Postmaster of the House of Representatives, had, in May last, drawn from a New York bank $115,000 of the funds deposited by Irwin, on a check signed by the latter.. In a dispatch dated New Orleans, Dec. 25, McEnery says: "The wrong just perpetrated by the Returning Board against the people of Louisiana is a more crowning infamy than the action of the Lynch Returning Board.' He adds that " resistance to the national au thority, represented by a large portion ot the army and naval fleet sustaining the usurpa tion and stifling the voice of the people, has never been meditated." In a circular to Postmasters throughout the country the rostmaster-Gcneral urges upon Postmasters the necessity of curtail ment of all unnecessary expenses in the way of clerical hire, etc , in order that the antic ipated deficiency of f 90,000 in this depart ment of the service for the current fiscal year may be reduced as much as possible. According to the report of the State Treas urer and State Auditor of Minnesota the re ceipts of the year have been 1,112,812.59, and the expenditures 1,1,0.'j9.9. Balance in the Treasury $1S3,151.94, against 21S,3I)S-35 at the end of the year 1S73. Gerkit Smith died in New York on the 28th, from a combined attack of apoplexy and paralysis. Mr. Smith was seventy-seven years old. Wednesday, Dec. 30. A report that Gen. Emory has been super seded by Gen. Terry is not confirmed and is probably incorrect. Gen. Sheridan left i Chicago on the evening of the 27th for New Orleans, under instructions to hold himself in readiness, in the event of an up rising against the Kellogg Government, to assume immediate command tf the Govern ment forces and carry out instructions confi dentially sent him. In the Cabinet meeting in Washington on the 29th Atty.-Gen. illiams emphatically reiterated his opinion that there was a neces sity for the Government to sustain the report of the Louisiana Election Returning Board at all hazards, and that its decision is right in law and in fact. The general term of the City Court of Brooklyn, Judges Neilson and Reynolds on the bench, has given a decision reversing the order of Judge McCue which required Mr. Tilton to furnish Mr. Beecher a bill of particulars in the suit of the former against the latter. Br arrangements recently concluded be tween the United States and Canada, on and after Jan. 1, 115, or as soon as the neces sary measures can be perfected, the domestic mails of each country are to be transmitted in closed pouches through the territory of the other, free of extra charge. A Presbyterian pastor in Washington re cently committed suicide after being detected n the purloining of some books-froin a book store in that city. The death of Don Espartero, Marshal, and at one time Regent, cf Spain, is announced. He was eighty-two years old. The Mississippi Democratic State Conven tion has been postponed from Jan. 8 to April A battle and a Carlist defeat are reported at Rod a, in Barcelona. Thursday, Dec. 31. In the Pacifie Mail investigation in New York on the 30th the Secretary of the Brook lyn Trust Company testified that John . Sshumaker, Congressman for the Second New York District, bad received in payments and credit the sum of $275,000 of the amount disbursed by the agent of the Pacific Mai Company. Rufus Hatch stated before the committee that he wished to introduce cer tain witnesses to show that Irwin's intention in coming back from Europe was to break up the Pacific Mail Company. A partt of Indians, belonirinz to Spotted Tail's band, have reported a gang of twenty one miners encamped in the Black Hills. They were not molested, but the fact of their intrusion reported to Indian Agent Howard. The Congressional sub-committee to inves tigate Louisiana aflairs held its first session in New Orleans on the 30th. The Vicksbwg committee reached that place oa the 30th. Ex.-Gov. Warmoth had a preliminary examination on the 30th on the charge of murder for killing D. C. Bverly, in New Or leans, and was discharged from custody. The Freemasons in New York gave King Kalakaua a reception on the night of the 30th. A large number were present. Saturday, Jan. 2. Madrid dispatches of the 31t ulL announce the collapse of the Spanish Republic and that Alphonso Lad been proclaimed King of Spain bylthe army and navy, and that the people had gladly acquiesced, la the moyetueut. The King had announced hlg CMnct, and had telegraphed to the Pope asking hi blessing and promising like his ancestors to defend the rights of the Holy See. Gen Campos had entered Valencia at the head of the troops that were sent to oppose him when he pronounced for Alpbonso. The new Ministry had telegraphed to Cuba directing the Captain-Gencr al to proclaim to the army there the accession of King Alphonso. Dig. patches of the 1st say that Gen. Dorregaray had laid down his arms and that other prominent Carlist leaders were about to give in their adhesion to King Al phonso, and the Spanish Ambassador at Paris had resigned and the Duke de MonU pensier and the Orleans Princes had congrat ulated Don Alphonso upon his accession to the Spanish throne. Great excitement was caused atYinita, T., on the 1st by a report that 200 well-armed Ross, or Piu, Indians, were marching ori that place with a view of attacking the town The cause of the disturbance is said to have grown out of party feeling, the Ross party net favoring a Territorial government. Nearly all the white people had left Yinita on the 1st. While walking on the streets in New Or leans on the night of the 31st ult. in company with a friend, Fabius McKay Dunn (colored) Assistant United States Appraiser, was shot in the side and almost instantly killed. Con servatives say the shooting was accidental. Gen. Moroax L. Smith, of Bioomington, 111., died recently at a hotel in Brooklyn, N. Y. His remains were taken to Washing ton, D. C. A Constantinople dispatch of the 31st ulL says 25,000 persons had perished from starva tion in the city of Adana aloue. The internal revenue receipts for the month of December were tS,9S4,G30. For the fiscal year to Dec. 31, $52,273,430. Samcel J.Tilden was inaugurated as Gov enior of New York on the 1st, in the presence of a large concourse of citizens. The Connecticut Republican State Conven tion is to be held on the 20th inst. THE MAHKKT8. New York. Cotton-HflliHc. flour Good to choice, $5.0Of&5.60: white winter extra, $.Y6iKr9 H.15. Wheat Ho. Chicago, $l.lltl.l3; No. i Northwestern. S1.12i1.13 ; o. Milwaukee Spring, fl.14ai.13l4. Kyt Western. JMffic. JlarUy 1.4.V(j.l.50. Corn 788c. Oat Mixed estern, bei,7iic. m-flew mc, $su.37'-i(S an.30. Lara ISHWiaic. VHe$e I2Vi&15c Wool Common to extra. 4-'?HSc. Tttrte 10.00 Gcis.oo. lloy ureesea sx&va&xi'h', live, Stf.7;37.0 . Shtep Live, $5.00o.o0. Chicago. Beere Choice, $5.750,6.00; cood. S4.7T.&5.50: mediom, 4. 25444. 75 : butchen' stock, S7534.a5; stock cattle. $i.o 3.75. Jloqn Live, good to choice, gi.7o 6t.00. Sheep Good to choice, $4.7S?t5.2o. Mutter Choice Yellow. 3037c. Fan Fresh, 242-c. Pork Mess, new, 18.7S5H9.0O. Lard $13,005.13.10 Cheese New York Factory, lW7.15!4c: Western Factory, 14'46l5c. flour White winter extra. 1.2.C6.50: sprinjr extra. $4.U)tf4.6. Wheat Spring No. i. 8!'4,90c. Corn No. 2, new, boc'o 6:A4c. Oatt-'So. 3, 53K&Me. tiyeo. i, ml,".S9c. BartevTio. . sl.&afitl.324. Wool Tab-washed, 45f?'.57c; fleece, washed, 4D 4Hc; fleece, unwashed, Z7((j35c. Lumber Urst-clear, KB.UUftr.'A.iv; aecond-ciear, 4.(iu S'O.IO; common boards, stl.uu&r.Mu; lenc ins. .12.00G.i:i.ou; "A" shingles, $:J.00(&3.i!5; lath, $2.0uai.25. Cincinnati. Fotr ft5.00r??i.V50. Wheat Red, Sl.(s&l.l. Corn-New, T0a71c. Rye $!. 9& i. wir smm-x. ttariey si.Z7xi.27!4. JorK $18.0oai9.0U. Zarrf li14c. St. Locis. Cattle Fair to choice, 1.50ii5.25. Hogs Live, ( 5O3.7.00. flour XX Fall, 4.75fj 4.so. heal No. Red Fall, fl.OSi&1.0KV Corn No. 2, new, fiSH- )at No. 2, 57s c. RytJ01P.S&. Barley Ho. 2, S1.30& 1.35 fork Mess, 18.50048.75. Lard Ufc.lic. MawAi-Kii.-ftoiir-Sprine XX. S5.2.VJV1.50. Wheat Sprinsr, No. I.MWfcSic; No. 2, SSfj-'c. Com No. 2, B4u65c. Oat No 2,5HS.5iHc. Hue'So. 1, 97&96c. Barley "So. 2, $1,284 1.29. Cleveland. Wheat No. 1 Red, fl.ll'lQl.VJ; No. 2 Jied, $l.O5Hftl-0S. Com New, 71e,7-Jc. Oat No. 1, 574'5i8c. Detroit. Wheat Extra. Sl-lSVCffM-lSS. Corn V'4ftt70c. Oat 5342j54c. Dretted Hogs $..75C(i.ai. Toledo. Wheat Amber Michigan, $1.10ff?. 1.10'i; No. S Ked, $1.08'431 .09. Corn Uigh Mixed, new, 69"4&,70c. Oat "So. i, 56&56VtC Buffalo. Beere $4.75f?.6.00. Uog Live, $ti.207.10. Shtep :Llve, $L75&5.50. Fast Liberty. Beeves Best, $6.2t6.75; medium, S-.75a6.00. Hog Yorkers, $S.r07a 6.73; Philadelphia, $7.00a7.10. Sheep Best, b.OJJ'i.S); medium, $5.0J$.75. 'ew Postal Arrangements with Canada. Washihoton, Dec. 9. For the purpose of placing communi cation by post between the United States and Dominion of Canada upon the most liberal and advantageous basis, the following arrangements have been agreed upon, to be carried into effect on the 1st of January, loTo, or as soon thereafter as the necessary measures can be per fected for putting them into operation: firtl Unification of the postal systems of the two conn tries in respect to correspondence ex changed between them; each country to forward aud deliver, free of charge, correspondence of nil kinds, written and printed, received from the other, which correspondence mast in all cases he prepaid at the established domestic rales of the country of origin. Second Each conntry will transmit the domes tic mails of the other in closed pouches through its territory, free of charge, by its ordinary mail rontes. Third No account shall be kept between the Postoffice Departments of the two countries in regard to international correspondence of any kiud exchanged between them; each department retaiuing for it exclusive use all the postage it collects on mail matter sent to the other fur de livery. fourth It is understood to be the desire and iateution of our respective Postofllce Depart ments that the provisions of this agreement shall eiteud to an international money-order exchange a ' soon as practicable. fifth The provisions of this agreement, as far as relates to the rate of letter postage, will be carried into effect on the 1st of February, 1875. Sixth All provisions of existing postal con ventions inconsistent with this arrangement are hereby abrogated. Seventh Formal articles, embodying the pro visions of this agreement, shall be prepared lor execution as soon as possible. (Signed) W. H. Gmrrnt, Deputy Postmaster-General, Canada, actiug for and subject to the approval of the Postmaster General of Canada. Marshall Jewell, Postmaster-General. Army Statistics. Washington, Dec. 29. The Paymaster-General of the array in his report for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1874, gives the following state ment of receipts and disbursements: Balance on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year (July 1, 1873) $il52.9'.U 81 Received during the fiscal year from the Treasury 14,241.096 12 Received from soldiers' deposits.... 346.609 5t Received from other sources. 697,04:i 91 Total... $17,437,741 43 Disbursed to the army $11,785,168 P6 Disbursed to the Military Araderav. 195.9-.i8 47 Disbursed on Treasury certificates.. 1,284,734 11 Total disbursements $13,202,830 44 Surplus funds deposited in the Treasury 837,794 85 Paymasters' collections deposited in the Treasury 697,442 30 Balance in hands of Paymasters June 30. 1874, to be accounted for in next report 8,639,673 84 Total $17,137,741 43 The number of re-enlistments during the last year has been 1,400 more than during the previous fiscal year. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S74, there were 2,000 less desertions than darine the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. A little of this reduction is due to the diminution of the number of enlisted men, but it is fair to presume that a large share of it is owing to the increasing contentment with the service by the full operation of the acts of May 15, 1872, for gradual in crease of pay and for soldiers' deposits. The Paymaster-Oeneral recommends to favorable consideration an annuity scheme lor officers of the army, first presented by Gen. J. 13. Fry, of the Adjutant-General's Department. Under it, officers could, by making certain month ly deductions from their pay, secHre to iii:r widows, heirs or nominees a month ly annuity which will commence on the death of the officer. It is contemplated that the operation shall in the end be a safe one for the Government, and shall involve no loss to the Treasury. It contemplates that the War Department shall have power to prescribe from time to time the rules and tables to be em ployed in the execution of the plan. 1 he average annual mortality of officers of the United States army dur ing the last fifty years (including deaths in war) lias been 24.1 per 1,000. Postofa5 Reorganization. WASiiixoTev, Dec. 23. The Postmaster-General will soon send to all Postmasters of leading cities a cir cular, of which the lollowing is an ex tract: "The increasing deficiency in the Postoffice Department is assuming such proportions as to demand a strict and rigid effort to reduce expenses, with a view to curtail this great deficiency. One of the largest items in the annual xpenditurcs of this department is the expenses of the Post- offices. This, upon examination, is found to ditler very materially in offices of the same class which are in fluenced by the same condition of service. Ihe appropriations lor these expenditures for the fiscal j-car are 3, 250,000. The expenditures at the present rate will be J,340,000, leaving a deficit of 'J0,000. 1 have determined upon an investigation of all the offices, to be made by agents of the Postoffice Department who are thoroughly versed in all the de tails of Postoffice work and requirement, with a view of discovering the amount necessary to be appropriated for the next ensuing year. " In connection with this 1 deem it ad visable to reorganize the clerical force of all the offices of the higher grade, systematizing the labor and basing the compensation of the clerks upon the quality and amount of the service per formed and introducing a system ol ap pointments and promotions tnat will enable 3'ou to reduce the force and ex penses to the lowest limit, and increasing the efficiency of the service to the greatest extent; wane ai me sauie nine me pay to individual clerks may be increased if increase is demanded. This reorgani zation is absolutely . necessary to carry out the object proposed, and will receive the attention of the agents. detailed for the examination of the offices." The Postmaster-General suggests to Postmasters that they forthwith submit a draft of such a scheme of organization of their respective offices as they may think necessary. THE HOME HEART. The in my arms coos for nie lives but with babe that nestled but in dreams. The prattler crowned with golden curls in memory s gleams; What marvel then that loving fear blends the pride and jov That watches on his manhood's verge the bold and bonny boy? The happy smile of infancy still wreaths his rosy lips. The fearless light of childhood's eves knows nothing of ecliuse: But firmer tread and stronger clasp attest the rolling Years. While growing, daring thought and will awake the woman fears. My son, a wiser hand than onward way, A greater power soothe thy night through the day. So, in a patient impotence, I apart. Only praying, for thy father's sake, irank home heart! mine will shape thy and guide thee strive to stand oh, keep the Keep the pure, unstinted charitv, the- trnst in all thini;s fair. The hope that mid each earthlv cloud still feels the sunshine there. The faith in goodness, love and truth that, spite ot lault ana tall, Looks on the bright world God has made and owns liis touch on all. So shall the light foot spring unharmed along the perilous path. So shall the brave hand clasp and keep the one immortal wreath. By the yearning ot' the lonely life, whose chiefest Joy thou art. Oh, darling of our severed lives, keep still the fresh home heart. TinUy' Jtagasine. Russian Etiquette. As soon as the imperial party were seated everybody else satdown; it would have been great rudeness for anybody to sit while thev were standintr: and if the Emperor had risen at any time during the performance it would have been the etiquette for every other person in the house t follow his example. This is the case everywhere, no matter where the Emperor may be, and the rule of eti quette includes all the members of the family. Royal and imperial personages are no doubt greatly boreu by the con stant ceremony going on around them, and most of them would be glad to es cape at leist a portion of it. The Em press Catht-ine succeeded in doing so to some extent when she built the Hermit age, or small palace which adjoins the 1'aLiit dCLliter. She arranged a series of frequent reunions, and the rules govern ing them were conspicuously placed at the entrance of one of the principal halls, where they may still be seen. Here are some of these rules: 1. Let each one who enters here remove his rank, his hat and. above all. his sword. 2. Leave at the door your dignity, your pride and everr sentiment that resembles them. 4. Kemain standing or sitting, or promenade, as you like, witboat recarulng anyone. The fourth rule did away with the ne cessity for all to rise when any member of the imperial family passed through the hall, and was no doubt a great relief to all concerned. A gentleman who has- lived in St. Petersburg for some time, and has the entree of the court, tells me that one evening he happened in a little circle which contained the Grand Duch ess Marie, sister of the Emperor. Con versation went on quite rapidly, and the Grand Duchess was in the best of spirits. After a time she said, in the most friend ly way : 4 1 have a favor to ask of all ol you. l want to join that party on the other side of the hall, and I don't want to make a commotion that will break up the con versation. If you rise when I do they will, of course, see it; Isow I want all of you to keep your seats, and I think I can get there without disturbing them." Uf course every body obeyed tne in unction, and paid no apparent attention to her departure. She succeeded very fnirlir in lr H"irt no clip rr.ii n a ffrl to get quite in the niidsf of the party before she was discovered. She dropped into a seat with a merry laugh before more than half the number were able to assume an upright position. JNot many years ago an American Jun- ister when presented to the Emperor coolly sat down while His Majesty re mained standing, and furthermore placed an antiquated and by no means comely hat on the table between them. They carried on a brief conversation in this ay. The Emperor made no sign of affront at the time, but a remark which he subsequently dropped showed that he was not unobservant of such a gross in fraction of etiquette. Tho. W.Knox, in Uarer'8 Magazine. A'ovel Expedient of Besieged Men. A private letter from an officer at Fort Sill, Indian Territory, gives the follow ing account of an ingenious expedient adopted to aid some soldiers in a strait : Corporal John Smith, ol the rortietn Infantry, with four men, was employed on some detail some twenty-five miles rom this post. While thus engaged he was surprised by a body of some hundred or more mounted Indians, he thinks either Kiowas or Comanches, from this reservation. .As their purpose was un mistakably hostile, he and his men lost no time in taking to the only available shelter, an old buffalo wallow, where, in a very uncomfortable, constrained posi tion, they managed to protect their bodies and keep their enemies at a distance lor the day and night. The next morning, however, their sufferings for want of food and water became rather serious, and something had to be done. Corporal Smith was equal to the occasion; taking a piece of his own white shirt, the only substitute for paper to be had, he wrote a note describing their situation, secured it with care to the neck of a small, shaggy mongrel dog which had followed them from the fort; then battering up a can teen he fastened it to the dog's tail and et him co. Ihe dog. to quote the Cor-; poral s own expression, 'just humptcd mraseir. l he Indians, taking it to be a mere act of bmvado, I presume, made no attempt to stop him, and within two hours from the time he started the dog reached the post. Succor was immedi ately sent and the brave Corporal and his comrades brought in, the Indians making oft at the tirit sieht of the rescue party, at thp distance of several miles. A fashion- exchange says: "Light trouers should be worn only in the morning ana dark trousers for scmi dress." " Spo&a'" you have only one lyeui .- SliilUS, THE DOG-STAR. " 0"E star differeth from another star in glory," and among the six thousand stars visible to the unassisted eye in the celestial sphere, or the twenty million revealed there by telescopic research, the greatest glory surrounds tne peer less orb known under the name ot Sinus. It belongs to a little constellation, Can is Major, a cluster ot thirty-one stars, pos sessing otherwise no noticeable feature. situated south and east of Orion, and universally known from the unrivaled luster of its leading brilliant. Sirius is a superb object in the winter sky, com ing to the meridian on the 11th of Febru ary, and surpassing in size and lustrous light its nearest rivals, Betelguex and Procyon, with which it forms an equilat eral triangle, whose angular points of starry glory sparkle like diamonds of the nrst water. For the origin of the name of this glittering brilliant we must go back to the early history ot astronomy, among the people who dwelt in Egypt around the river Nile. The rise and overflow of the famous river was to the ancient in habitants at first a source of annoyance and distress, on account of the inunda tion of the land adjacent to its shores. Tho occurrence was considered as acci dental until long observation had shown that it was an annual event, and then its cause was a source of still greater anxie ty. Ihe heavens above an the earth below were carefully studied for a solu tion of the mystery. At length patient study was rewarded: the problem was solved. A few days be fore the river began to rise a bright star rose above the morning horizon, just be fore the sun's appearance. Every year the mysterious star appeared at the same season and in the same position, or at least so near it that the slight deviation was not recognized br the unpracticed astronomers of the time. Every year its appearance was followed by the rising of the waters. Therefore those who dwelt near the river lett their dwellings and sought temporary homes in more elevated localities, while they watched the overflow with mingled feel ings of superstitious fear and bright hopes of agricultural prosperity. Thus the star was like a watch-dog, giving warning of the approach ol the enemy, aud for this reason it received the name of Haaut, or Tayaut, signifying dog in their language. As the star was closely associated with the sacred river, it was honored with a second name, Sihor, one of the names of the Nile; or, according to other authority, Sins, the Egvptian word for the rising of the river. This is the derivation for our name lor the star, Sirius. To the Egyptians this star was the most important one in the heavens, for it marked the commencement of their agricultural year. The slightest varia tion in its color was carefully observed, and from its greater or lesser brilliancy, indicating in reality the condition of the atmosphere, they eagerly gathered omens of fruitful harvest or desolating famine. They paid to it divine honors on account of its influence in producing fertilizing inundations, and superstitiously believed that the conjunction of sun and star caused the excessive heat of the season. On account of the prevalence of malig nant disease at this time thev associated with it a malarious influence. This be lief prevailed universally in ancient times, and the superstition still survives in the modern dog-daj-s. The star had a peculiar god, called Typhon, to whom a cruel sacrifice was made of red-haired victims, usually for eigners, who were annually seized for this purpose. Ihe ureeks adopted the superstition and the Komans followed their lead, sacrificing yearly a brown dog to Sirius to render it propitious to their flocks and herds. The evil agency continued for forty days, twenty days before the heliacal rising of the star and twenty days after the event, lhe.se were the "Dies caniculares" of classic times. At that remote period they com menced on the 4th of August and lasted till the 14th of September. But the rising of Sirius varies with the latitude of the place, and in the same latitude is percept ibly changed after a course ot years by the r recession ot the equinoxes. At the present time Sirius rises with the sun about the 12th of August, and the classical dog-days extend from the 24th of July to the 1st of September. As modern dog-days extend from the 3d of July to the 11th of August it will readily be seen that they have no reference to the rising of Sirius. It was naturally supposed that Sinus, from its superior size, was nearer to us than any of its companions, but modern observation has established the fact that this is not the case. The stars that we call fixed are, in reality, moving onward through space in obedience to laws that are not yet fully comprehended. The movement, though apparently imper ceptible, is, in reality, rapid beyond con ception. The Milky-Way, to which our sun belongs, is revolving in avast orbit around some undiscovered center, and the motion of our sun may be the cause of a portion of the measurable motion of a lew of the stellar suns. iow, the stars having the greatest proper motion must be nearest to us, just as a man seems to walk, faster at a little distance from us than when he is much farther off. In the great majority of stars not the slightest trace of movement can be de tected by the most careful observation. As the earth sweeps on in her orbit round the sun she is, at opposite points of it, 1S3,000,000 miles nearer to some of the surrounding stars, and yet this enormous distance does not change the position of most of the stars a fraction of a hair's breadth; therefore, the vast orbit of the earth is a mere point as seen irom these distant orbs. But nine or ten stars have been found to give evidence of movement proper mo tion, as it i called and thus afford data on which their distances can be calcu lated. Alpha Ccntauria, a southern, first-magnitude star, has the most rapid motion, and is considered the nearest to ond of a degree, and it is separated from us by the enormous distance of 224,000 times the earth's distance from the sun, this bemg the unit for starry measure ments. Therefore, for 20,000.000,000,000 miles a traveler beyond the boundaries of the solar system, passing through space with the amazing velocity of light, 184,000 miles a second, would be three years and six months in reaching the nearest of the stars. Finite power ut terly fails to comprehend the dimensions of a universe fashioned on so vast a scale ! Sirius has also a proper motion, five times as slow as Alpha Centauris. It is 1,375,000 times the earth's distance from the sun, which is yi.430,000 miles. It takes light twenty-two years to traverse this distance ; so that if this star were to-day to be blotted from the sky it would continue to shine there with un diminished luster for twentv-two vears Not only has the distance of Sirius, been determined but its size compared with our sun has been approximately measured. The only method for com putmg the dimensions of a star is to measure its light. There are twenty stars of the first magnitude and nineteen arc much farther from us than Alpha Centauris, although many of them are nearly as brilliant. Therefore we reason that they must exceed that star in size and mass. Now, Sirius must far surpass this spark ling gem of the southern sky, for it is four times as bright and five times as far away. Since it is five times as far away it should shine with one-twenty-fifth of the light, and, being apparently four times as bright, it is in reality 100 times as bright. As Alpha is three times as bright as the sun would be, removed to the same distance, Sirius must be 300 times as bright as the sun. If we assume that the intrinsic brightness of the star s the same as the intrinsic brightness of the sun, we shall have an immense sun fourteen times the diameter of our sun, with a volume exceeding his more than 2,000 times. This gives Sirius a diameter of more than 12.000.000 miles. .Let us imagine a blazing sun stretching from the earth s center, filling the intervening space between us and the moon, and ex tending more than 5,500,000 miles beyond, and we have some taint dawning of a conception of the incomprehensible di mensions of this immense globe or nre, the greatest aggregation of solar matter measurable thus far by terrestrial instru ments! Great changes have taken place in the color of Sinus since it was first observed In the early ages of astronomy it was of a fiery red, after which it gradually faded to a pure white, and it has now taken on a bldish or greenish tint, it holds a leading position in the class of white stars, which includes the highest condi tions of development in the astral uni verse. Uunous and unaccountable vagaries have always marked the movements of this star. It was found that it did not move in the heavens in a straight line and with the uniform velocity of the fixed stars, but varied its motion in such a way as to indicate powerful disturbing lnltuences in its vicinity. Here was a knotty problem that astronomers did not fail to attack, but no solution was reached until about half a century since. Uessel, a German observer, was convinced that the disturbance was caused by the at traction of an invisible satellite revolving around the shining orb. Other observers calculated the orbit of the attracting body, independently reaching the same result, and they even went so far as to indicate its position at certain times. At last no doubt remained as to the ex istence of the disturber, but it continued to elude the search of the best telescopes. In 186'i a telescope, with an object glass of eighteen and a half inches in diame ter, was completed by the famous opti cians, .Messrs. Alvan Clark cc oous. nie new instrument was pointed to Sinus as a test of its power, and the long-looked- for companion came immediately into view, at the distance oi ten seconds from the primary. The glad tidings went quickly round our little globe, and all the great telescopes were pointed to the bright star. When the exact position was known, the companion was easily detected by skillful observers. It took nearly four years to settle the question whether the observed satellite was really the disturbing body. It was found that its observed position and motion corre sponded so nearly with those predicted from theory that no doubt of the iden tity between the theoretical and visible satellite remained. Another modern discovery concerning Sirius relates to what is technically called star-drift. Certain 6tars appear to be drilling from us, others to be drift ing toward us. On account of the brightness of Sirius Dr. Huggins se lected it for a beautiful and delicate ex periment to determine whether stars have a proper motion in the direction of the line of sight from the earth. As tronomers can determine if a star moves up or down, to the right or left of a cer tain mean position, but they cannot de termine if the star moves backward or forward. But Dr. Huggins solved the problem from a spectroscopic applica tion of the laws of light. Light moves in waves. If the wave-length of a particu lar ray from a star varies in length from the normal wave-length of that ray, then the star is approaching or receding, ac cording as the deviation varies. The spectroscopist has a delicate way of elu cidating this law. The rainbow-tinted spectrum of this star is crossed by known dark lines. If one of these lines is changed toward the red end of the spec trum, the observer knows that the star is swiftly receding; if it changes toward the violet end, it is swiftly approaching. After a series of the most careful meas urements, it was found that Sirius is re ceding at the rate of twenty-nine and a half miles a second. We cannot yet tell whether the earth is moving from the star or the star from the earth. Even with this incredible speed, the passage of a million jears will make no perceptible diticrencc m the appearance of the king star of our universe, and the lifetime of the present inhabitants of the globe is a period too insignificant to be thought of when deal ing with this far-distant star! The question naturally arises: How can it be proved that the Mar is in reality a sun, made up of consiituents like those of our sun, and giving forth heat and light under similar conditions? The revelations of the pectroscope have sat isfactorily settled this important matter. Sirius gives a spectrum of great beauty, although its low altitude renders the ob servation of the finer lines very difficult. Its spectrum is composed of ra3-s of the seven colors, crossed by four dark and broad lines, and by numerous fine ones. As its spectrum presents the same gen eral appearance as the solar spectrum, it is proved that the star is incandescent, and that it3 light comes to us through certain vapors like those forming the sun's photosphere. The four broad and dark lines indicate the presence of hydrogen, and some of the faint ones are due to sodium, magnesium and iron. Therefore Sirius is a real sun, consti tuted in the same way, and containing elements identical with our sun. Thus we see that this resplendent star was an object of wonder and delight, as well as of superstitious fear, in the earliest ages of astronomical observation, and that the patient research and un wearied perseverance of modern observ ers have met with a brilliant reward in the marvelous discoveries that have fol lowed their efforts. It exceeds a million time9 the distance of the sun from the in con- But its motion is not quite one eec- earth, anl is a gigantic globe, wjth ft tli-1 formity to the laws of their organization. ameter of 12,000,000 miles and a volume more than 2,000 times greater than that of the sun. It gives out heat and light in a proportion to which that given out by our lesser luminary dwindles into nothing ness. It is made up of constituents ex isting in all the bodies of the solar sys tem, and it rules over at least one huge planet of proportions corresponding to its great principal. Its color, changing from fiery red to blue-tinted white, gives evidence of vast commotion around its huge circumference. It is so faraway that light, with its amazing velocity. takes twenty-two years to reach us from its far-distant confines; and yet so near that, while running away from us at the rate of twenty-nine and a half miles a second, we can see its light, feel its heat. measure us circumlerence, weigh its mass, dehne its substance and watch the movement of its dark satellite. And yet this glorious leader of the starry host is but one of twenty million visible to telescopic sight, many among the distant glimmerers doubtless its equal, or far exceeding its inconceivable mass. It is not given to finite power to comprehend the dimensions of a universe created on so grand a scale. But mortal imagination may seek to picture the glory of such a sun, the highest tj pe of starry development, and fancy the planetary orbs revolving around the beaming center, manifesting the various and complicated conditions of physical existence It may also picture some of them at least as fitted for the abode of intelligent beings of an order adapted to a position so exalted in the economy of the universe. We have occasionally, on this planet, glimpses of vastly higher orders of in telligence in the existence of a few in dividuals gifted far above their peers, whose fame will be borne from genera tion to generation as long as the world endures. Why should not the inhabitants of the worlds revolving around Sirius be as far above these exceptional specimens of the human race as a Shakespeare, a Milton, or a Sir Isaac Newton is above the most untutored barbarian? E. M. Converge, in Appletoii1 Journal. " As Blind as a Bat." A good many years ago," when we lived in an old-fashioned country farm house and used tallow candles nnd whale oil lamps, we remember certain intrud ers upon our peace that always came after dark. During the warm summer evenings, when the windows and doors were open and the rooms were very dimly lighted by one feeble and sputter ing candle, these crazy-headed interlop ers would suddenly make their appear ance. They would fly from corner to corner and from floor to ceiling with the greatest rapidity. They fluttered and quivered and darted about in such an unsystematic and unpremeditated kind of a way tlytt we never could place any dependence upon them. Indeed they seemed to be perfectly aimless, though us children stood in considerable fear lest they should unexpectedly aim at our faces aud bite us with their terrible teeth. We recollect the time when one was at last taken prisoner in broad daylight, and what a satisfaction we experienced when we were enabled to look at and even to touch the curious and homely little animal. It had previously been a mystery, and even after examination it was somewhat past comprehension. " As bund as a bat," says many a hoy or girl who, perhaps, has never seen the shadow of one or stopped to inquire whether bats are by nature w ithout eyes or having eyes are unable to .see through them. Yet bats not only have eyes w hich they use at certain tunes, but they possess a peculiar instinct or capability by which they can control their move ments almost equally as well after their organs of vision have been destroyed. Certainly the v ha vc been created in such a wonderful manner that they are worthy of consideration and even admiration in spite of their seeming deformity and ugliness. Ihe ancients were somewhat puzzled over these strange creatures and were undecided as to whether they should be called birds or quadrupeds. Aristo tle calls them "birds with shiny wings. l'liny saj-s tuey are oirus wliich suckle their young." Another writer thinks they are 44 most marvelous beings because they can walk without paws, fly without w ings, see when there ! If 1. .1 1 .-I . . 1 1 . is no ngm, anu ueuome Mgmicsa iuu dawn appears." Our own nrst impressions w ere mat they were winged mice. I hey are similar to birds only in one respect: They can fly, and they live in the air, mostly, instead of on the ground. They appear very awkward when they attempt to walk, proceeding witn an ir regular hobble and jump, their limbs not being formed for walking. Their forearms are ;rr much elon gated, tbe finger-bones are still more lengthened, and over these is extended a soft, delicate, leathery membrane which answers the purpose of wings. Ihcse curious wings are provided wiih a short thumb which has a crooked nail and w ith this hook they climb the sides of caverns or suspend themselves when they wish to rest. iheir hind leet are small and weak, each divided into five toes, also armed with nails. Their most usual method of alighting is by attaching the hooks of their posterior extremities to the projections of caves or old buildings, where they hang, with their heads dow n and their wings folded. The mouths ot these strange animals are very large and provided with three kinds of teeth sufficient, probably, to place them among 44 beasts of prey." Their eyes are very small and possess the faculty of seeing only in the night. The presence of light blinds them quite effectually. Their ears are as large in proportion as their eyes are small, and in some species their nostrils are developed to such an extent as to render thei.- physiognomy perfectly hideous. But let no one look with contempt .. ,i ..1. upon these disagreeaoie mue auiiuais. I hev have tlieir own work to penorm. Their food consists of various kinds of inspcts which go abroad in swarms dur ing the hours of darkness; and the un sightly bat may have been treated as much for our well-being as many other creatures far more beautiful and attract ive. They arc surely marvelous in one respect. It has been ascertained that after their eves have neen put out tuey will continue to go in search of foo 1 as usual, avoid all obstacles put in their way, and even pass between threads sus pended in the air w ithout touching them with tlieir wings. Their wings are sup posed to be so peculiarly sensitive as to perceive the reaction of the air against the surface of any near object. When cold weather-approaches oats retire in great numbers to some oaric place of security, where they remain in a torpid state till the return of the warm season. A boy once captured a young bat, and, after keeping it at home several hours, he started in the evening to carry it to the museum. Passing near the place where it was caught the mother-bat made its appearance, followed the boy several squares, and finally alighted on his shoulder and entered captivity also rather than forsake her oflVpring. This shows that bats arc capable of aflection for their young like other quadrupeds. The idea that these inferior little creat ures choose the nidit for their appear ancfMrom desire of concealment is alto gether too poetical for belief. They, like all other hemes, only Jive " Down-Trodden " W hile Leagues In Louisiana. The agent of the Associated Press In New Orleans, with his customary liber ality to the White League, sent the ad dress of the seventy member of that organization to the people of the United States, in full, and that address was pub lished yesterday. The insinuating style of the document, and the pleading and plaintive tone adopted is well calculated to deceive and lead the people of the North to pity these downtrodden patriots ; but before we have a gush of sympathy, especially from the Republi can press of the country, we beg to call attention to a few facts and queries. First: Can a citizen of Illinois gain a residence in Louisiana? If lie can, then Gov. Kellogg ought to have gained it, for he has been there for years, and lias business interests of great magnitude there. If he can become a citizen we know of nothing to prevent the people from running him for and electing him to the highest office in the State if they wish to do so. One would think from the indignation of these people that none but natural-born Louisianians had any light to locate in that State, and that all others were interlopers and ineligible to office. This not being the case, but only a delusion of these gentlemen, let us proceed to the next point. The committee of White Leaguers de clare that Kellogg was put over them by a drunken Lnited States Judge, sus tained by the United States army. What are the facts? Kellogg was first "put over them" by the people, at which they rebelled. His election was certified by the Returning Board, composed of men superior to any of this White League com mittee both in Judgment, ability and honesty. The action f the Bqjird was sustained by the local court, by the State Supreme Court and by the Lnited Slates Oiurt. In fact, every tribunal be fore which the)' have taken their case from that day to this has decided against them. Yet they have tho hardihood to come up before the people ol the North after attempting to assassinate the Gov ernor and State officers, and with this falsehood in their mouths ask for sym pathy and support. But they say that they are being plun dered and their property confiscated by ( exorbitant taxation under Kellogg. Why do they not submit the proof? Not a figure is adduced nothing but the bare assertion. It has been clearly shown, so clear as to defy contradiction and prove this statement of the committee a bald falsehood, that the State Government under Kellogg has been in all financial respects a success; that taxation has been decreased, the public indebtedness reduced and the reputation of the State advanced. So much for this part of the address. The committee then say that after hav ing beaten their adversaries in the late election they are about to be counted out by the Returning Board. Indeed! Now the Returning Board is a creature of law. Fortunately it is composed in this in stance of some of the very best men to be found in Louisiana, all of them native-born Southerners, and all but one, we believe, natives of Louisiana. They are sworn to discharge their duties faith fully, and only ignorance or knavery presumes to say they will do otherwise. They will probably throw out the returns of some parishes where the systematized plan of intimidation by the White League kept hundreds of voters from the polls, and if they did not do so they would be false to their oaths. The White League committee need not come before the people of the North claiming a fair election. Every reader knows better. These men declared openly and boldly before the election that there should not be a free ballot, and right well they kept their w ord. Whole parishes were debarred from voting at all or compelled to vote the White League ticket, and the perse cution of those refusing was kept up after the election until a life in that re gion to a Republican became the vet iest torture. This is no secret. Who denies it? Why, it has been boasted time and again by tlio press of that region, and the outrageous appeals for violence in this regaid taken from the columns of Southern papers have been published for months and inontns in the columns of the Intcr-Owm. Col ored men are to-day walking the streets of Shrevcport w ith bits of paper called by them their 44 insurance," and containing the certificate of some prom inent White Leaguer that "the bearer voted the white man's ticket." These no torious facts lend a grim sort of humor to the statement of the committee that they carried the State by :i,.")0 majority. But before putting aside this very re markable appeal, we w ish to notice one more point in it. The committee tays: 44 In the case of the parish of De Soto, the Conservatives won by 10,000 major ity." The original returns, it seems, were not forthcoming, whereupon the White League filed duplicates and asked that these "be counted. This they hay was refused. Now, let us look at this case: De Soto parish has a total population ml 14,77.. This, counting the ordinary proportion of votes to population, would give S.Oii.j votes in the parish, assuming that every adult male voted. But of the total pop ulation, 10,753 are colore!, which would give SJ.l-'iO votes to the Republican ticket, saying that there are no white Republi cans at all in the parish. Now, will some one be good enough to tell us how this immaculate White League committee got 10,000 majority for the 44 white man's ticket" out of a total of less than J,000 votes and out of a party vote of less than 1,000? Let us make this ttill more absurd by citing the returns for 1872, when, accord ing to their own count, but 1,875 votes were cast in the whole parish, and when for State Treasurer in that year the Re publicans cast 1,032 votes and the Demo crats 713! And yet these men appeal fox sympathy for rympathy, mind you, be cause an infamous Returning Board re fuse to give them 10,0t0 majority in a parUh where heretofore there have been less than 2,000 votes cast altogether! There may be a mistake in these figures as given by telegraph, but to claim a Democratic majority of any kind in that parish is the height of absurdity and the jtuinlter claimed makes very little differ ence. We put this sublime piece of impu dence on record in order that when the poor 44 down-trodden and oppressed" white people of Louisiana next open fire on the constituted authoiities of the State our readers may know what they are fighting about. nter-Oiean. Foit full dress Kalakaua wears a fash ionably cut black broadcloth swallow tail coal, studless white shirt front, boots of the box-toe pattern, a parti-colored ribbon in his button hole, three immense plain gold rings, a bracelet on his left wrist, a turn-dow n collar and a black tic. He also wears a pair of pants. JJotn Post. The Milwaukee Sentinel says : " The bears and wolves in Northern Wisconsin, which get nothing to eat from November to May but Indians who happen to die in the woods from delirium tremens, are getting so thin that a respectable shadow will scare one of them to death." 4 ' A MN in Rutland, Vt., eating roasted chestnuts, put a hot one between hn teeth and bit. The nut thereupon ex ploded, and seriously l.urucd and lac-r-ated hi pioijtji.