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I SIX. K O 3P
.JP A. 1ST -
IN THE LIFE OF 1AUL J0XES.
Intke yenr 1773, previous to thenn
'flexafcteu of the Isle of Mnn to the
OEugHrfi crown, the inducemenis for
ifemiifgllng from that well known spot
rwri.'Sf tlio most seductive character,
;n.giTif ..employment to a few hardy
aad staring spirits, whose lare profits
in cWfr perilous trade more than com
pensated tbem for the continued risk
jthey encountered in their nightly
voyas irom tne lsianu 10 me snoren
;of tWfSolway
Island of the Irish Sea, once a
Irwfc'ous for numerous freebooters
Unafgh'jsglers, is now rendered a
plMNM na small commercial import
aueejfes well us forming u military
andteval depot for the crowded
T&nwSaiul numerous fleets of the
.Britttf army and navy. Its produe
tl?e 3l and highly cultivated lands,
its-lt cottages and admirable roads,
RrsaSfctureof modern improvements,
yK whtli
t times it wears a lively and
biHuwStnearanee. From the highest !
K psiwti me lsianu, in ciear weainer,
rt. thktJtSjsltor has a view of the three
u -:. vh. .. .. . . , .
ntjMllWl Kingdoms.
Ijgas at the jglcse of-aSrie dny In
the taiter part af August, 1772, that a
naaiea lugger was seen nuwig
fie anchor in a quiet coveon the
i je of the Island. The craft
'have been of about a hundred
'andlymv tons burden, though her
darkMlow hull gave her the appear
&il9t being much smaller, while the
f rt
wKf
IrxmLGi
m
mini
vTnataiB
mi
jg!Bywetr3 of her spars ana rigging,
tsptwfcjg beautifully at their various!
poiwtHas seen against the sky , showed
hertSbe a craft upon whose rig time
ftandfwcehad been expended. Around
her.kull extended a line of red, bro
ken a-tftwo points on each side by an
openjprt, while the height end the
rC'Watac mowed that it was mtended to
serrjGis a breast work to those who
iiavifftted the vessel In times of dan
ger. Altogether you would have pro-
noad the lugger at fii
S pioicHjHlookhig craft, ai
rstsightasus-
nd unless she
carriMlithe
King's commission, one
6- most Ukely bent upon some mischief.
At the hour of which I write an iu-
dividw5 rather below the usual height
Jrefe ooawnanding in appearance, in a
ieamanls garb, with a broad belt
Atroundhis waist, into which was
thrust couple of boarding pistols,
Ivaa pflng the quarter deck ; in his
fiandlie held a speaking trutnnet.
whlchifat this moment he raised to his
Ilpa and Issued the necessary orders
forgetting under weigh.
Fifas fine fellows as ever handled
aaarlln-spike, sprang cheerfully to
6xe4S his orders, enlivened by the
ahrilUfenes of the boatswain's whis
tle. ft
"White all was bustle and activity
abouuWm, the captain slowly prom-
pnad51tho quarter deck, presenting
the picture of a young hero. Blend-
Jy ed i nth is open countenance was the
SpiritflMfdaring, but yet of noble pur
poeejlliia mild, thoughtful eye belied
his feerwise spirited appearauce.
His ftaffm, as we have said, was rather
belcywttie ordinary height, yet he was
ban&paie in figure, his person evinc-
at power of endurance, with
and agility ; he might have
age about twenty-two years.
are brought to, sir," said the
!r.W
utenant of the lugger to his
"Hiave round, sir,"
was the very
"Heave and
! prompt nautical reply
ikiiw:
anchor being raised and stowed
de urearttu ot canvass peculiar
.vi3Je
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e lugger rig formerly so well
u in the Bay of Biscay and the
wsr
British Channel, was spread upon the
life-like vessel, and bending graceful
ly under the influence of the gentle
west wind she took her course under
a oloud of canvass for the shores of
the Sol way.
TUr. Merrick," said the captain to
.his first officer, "I think we are live
ly to have trouble on this night's trip.
I learn from trusty agents that Intel
ligence has been lodged relative to the
filmrnnter of our swift-footed craft,
and I fear there has been treachery
aboard the Dolphin." So was. the
lugger named.
"I hardly think that, captain," he
replied, "though the crew have had
full freedom on shore, and have lately
visited Carlisle and Keswick."
"They know the rules of the ship,
Mr. Merrick," said the commander,
sternly, "aud how treachery will be
rewarded. Let the crew sleep with
one eye open ; we may have work for
them."
The watch wa3 set, while the re
mainder of the crew "turned in all
standing," which signify in sea par
lance, with their clothes on, ready for
prompt and immediate service. The
enrgo on board the craft that rounded
the mouth of the sheltering cove, was
contraband aud valuable, and the ob
ject of the commander was to land it
safely, and return from the main land
to the island before morning.
The lugger held oil her course" till
rounding the northern point of the
island, when the captain, who had
not yet left the deck, discovered ofl'
hisstarboard bow a vessel whoae indis
tinct outlines, alone discernible in the
darkness of the night, appeared to be
those of a Iurger craft; at the same
moment the look-out forward discov
ered and announced a sloop of war
under easy sail.
The course of the Dolphin was
changed two or three points more
northerly, in the hope of passing the
strange sail at such a distance as not
to be noticed by the crew. The effort
was suocessful : the commander of
the sloop not expecting his prey at
this hour, was not on the lookout for
the smuggler. On board the well
regulated lugger all was silent as the
night itself, while everj' sail expand
ed with the freshening breeze.
''Mr. Merrick," said the captain,
when silence was no longer necessary,
"pipethpfvo,. quarters-sin; I
ha vjeoroe thing tolsay to them,, that
mayServe as a rough night-capeveu
for these-ea dogs."
The wakeful crew, mosi of whom
were already upon deck, having
heard of the proximity of the stran
ger, gathered quietly aft near the sa
cred precincts of the quarter-deck,
where they stood with their hats off'
and their hair waving wildly in the
night air. A well disciplined ship's
crew look upon their captain with
much tlie same respect as does a cour
tier upou his King, save that if possi
ble the former is most profound, as is
the authority of his superior more ab
solute. "My lads," said the young com-
m'im,er
addressing his attentive
crew, "most of 3'ou saw that strange
sail that we passed within the' hour;
do 3'ou know that nothing but treach
ery could have placed that Vessel in
the direct track of theDolphin's night.
course ?"
"It does look mighty 'epiclous.your
honor," said aTT old seaman in the
front ranks of the crew ; "but shiver
1113- timbers if I believe we've got
a 113 bod3T on this 'ere craft but loves
the sauc3 Dolphin and 3'our honor
too well to play them ti scurvj' trick."
"There has been treaehe, I have
said; is there one of my crew that
can tell me its penal t3T aboard this
ship?"
"Death at the yard arm," sounded
from the deep, gutteral voices of the
crew, who shrunk beneath the pierc
ing eye of their captain.
"It is my duty," said he, "to watch
over your interests and my own with
a jealous e3o. I never deceive 3'ou,
ni3' men ; the traitor shall receive his
punishment, though I pursue him to
the foot of the throne. Enough ; to
3'our dut3"
The hours passed on the busy
crew had landed the cargo, and in the
hands of confidential agents, it wo's
soon hidden from the most careful
search of the revenue officers.
The greatest danger was jret to be
encountered. The cargo landed, the
lugger must again sail for the shelter
ing protection of the island ; but the
rising moon now threw its mellow
and unwelcome light unwelcome at
least to those on board the Dolphin
across the heaving swells of the Irish
Sea.
Hardly had the iugger got under
weigh, before the oruiser was again
discovered lying midway between the
English coast and the island ; the
course the Dolphin steered, and In
fact the only route she could take.
"UUIU onugner in full view of the
cruiser, and within range of her guns.
The captain of the lugger viewed th6
dilemma with a calm aud quiet coun
tenance, giving his orders in a tone
that inspired thoe about him with
fresh courage. The two vessels were
now fast approaching each other,
when a coarse hail came down across
the water from the sloop "what ves
sel is that?"
The captain of the lugger, knowing
that evor3T moment he could gain in
j ucioj Hiuui iue uimusb Jiupurmuce,
in the furtherance of his purpose to
run the gauntlet of the cruiser's
broadside, made a mumbling and in-
audible reply through his trumpet so
that the querry from the sloop was
j put, "What auswer do you make?"
. - i - i
The breeze, still Freshening, drove
the lugger, wilh her wide spread can
vas, swiftly through the Water. She
was already nearly abreast of the
cruiser, which, having tacked, now
stood on the same course as her ad
versary. "What vessel is that?" was the
question again put from the com
mander of the sloop, to which he ad
ded, "dnswer, or I shall fire into
you
M
Xo reply being made to this hail,
the captain of the York, for so the
cruiser was called, ordered a shot fir
ed into the lugger, "to wake her up,"
as he observed ; the ball passing thro'
the white field of the main sail,
struck the water far to windward.
The compliment was immediately re
turned from a heavy gun amidships
of the lugger, the ball of which, aim
ed by the hands of the cautain him
self, shot away the foretop-mastof the
York, which fell with all its hamper
upon the deck a fierce broadside
from the cruiser followed this dis
charge, making sad havoc among the
symmetrical rig of the Dolphin.
The armament of the lugger con
sisted of four small pieces of ordin
ance and one gun amidships, revolv
ing upon a pivot, which was of supe
rior metal to that of any gun on
board the York. From this instru
ment of death the missiles of destruc
tion wereBo faithfully aimed, that al
ready had the foremast of the cruiser
come lumbering upon the deck, con
founding the crew, and greatly re
tarding the means of defence. The
lorK earned sixteen gum, with a
complement of about one hundred
and fifty men. She was now unable
for several moments to return the
constant and destructive fire of the
lugger, the wreck of the foremast
having fallen along the larboard bat
terry, being the side nearest the Dol
phin. Both vessels were so cut up in
their rigging as to make but little
headway, and were now rising and
falling on swells of the sea within a
few j'ards of each other.
Several of the heavy shots from the
lugger had penetrated the York's side
at the water line, and a large number
of the crew of the latter vessel were
piped to the pumps, as tne craft was
fast making large quantities of water.
At this moment, the eye of ..the cap-
f tain rested upou the person of one of
UU own foremast men on board the
enemy the. truth flashed in a mo
ment across his mind j trie1' treachery
was accounted for, and there stood
the traitor. In an instant the grap
pling irons were ordered to be thrown
aud the boarders piped to duty ; a few
hasty words from the commander of
the Dolphin, sufficed to inform his
followers that the traitor of the crew
was on board the York ; and headed
13' their brave and daring captain,
the lugger's men leaped on the cruis-
er'S deck.
"Secure the traitor, and back with
3'ou all," cried the captain, pointing
with one hand to the trembling vil
lain who had betra3"ed them, while
with his other he kept a score of men.
at baj with his flashing sword.
After seenriefg their treacherous
comrade, the Dolphin's crew retreat
ed swiftly to theii,lrown vessel, amid
the.astoriishtheht'of the crew of the
'York, whoJiad been' taken complete
ly by surprise, the deed being accom
plished in far less time than it requir
ed to relate the particulars.
Regaining his own deck, the cap
tain of the lugger now backed his
topsails, while those that remained to
the York continued full ; thus the
two vessels parted. The Dolphin, as
she fell as'teru of her antagonist, gave
her one raking shot, which did fear
ful havoc upon her deck. The cap
tain of the cruiser was forced to make
all speed' for the shore, when the York
was run aground in a sinking condi
tion. Thus ended the fight between
the lugger and the man-of-war, show
ing what cool couraef and skill can
accomplish against superior force.
The Dolphin sailed for the cove on
the eastern side of the Island, sorely
shattered in hull and rigging by the
King's cruiser.
The lugger is ogain anchored in the
quiet cove, and alt hand's are piped to
witness punishment. The traitor
who had betrayed the ship had con
fessed his guilt, and the price of his
treaoher3' was found upon his person.
Thp nrffw were at their stations, all
save six seamen chosen b3' lot, who
stood apart from their companions
with downcast e3es and trembling
forms, for they were the agents thro'
whom a fellow creature was to be
launched, In cool blood, into eternity.
Those hearts of oak, that a few hours
since stood fearlessly at their guns
dealing death and destruction around,
and with blood flowing like water at
their feet, now trembled ' A strange
quiet reigned throughout the ship;
even the wounded seamen below had
suppressed their groans, aud the tick
of the captain's watch could be heard
a any part of the quarter deck. The
miserable man who wa9 now to sutler
stood upon a gun, his arms confined
behind him, and a rope around his
neck the cord was roven through a
block at the extreme end of the yard
arm, and reaching down again to the
deck, the opposite extremity was pla
ced in the bauds of six chosen by lot.
Contemplating this arrangement for
a moment, the captain said :
"Why. men, next to mutiny, I
kuow of no blacker or more accursed
sin than treacher3' ; that man has be
trayed qs may heaven forgive him
as L do at this moment; he was se -
duced from his duty in an evil hour,
j when under the effect of liquor he is
now penitent, and you see how brave
ly ho will die you have had related
to you the peculiarities' of his case,
whlbh I think has many extenuating
points 'ou are his jurors; shall he
die? Shall we send your old mess
mate into eternity? Speak, my
men."
"No! no! and if the captain for
gives him that is enough." said the
generous-hearted crew.
"Blow me," said the old seaman
who had before spoken in this story,
"if I doii't believe a man who could
betray such a commander and such a
ship, must find punishment enough
in his own conscience, without send
ing him to his soundings."
The feelings of the criminal, for he
is a criminal who betrays those who
have confided in him, may be better
imagined than described ; he left the
gun an altered man. He was forgiv
en his sin.
Well knowing that the boldness of
nis lost adventure with a cruiser of
the ro3'al na'3' would draw down cer
tain destruction upon them, the cap
tain rind orew of the lugger rati her
into a French port, where she was
sold, and the proceeds equally divid
ed among the crew and officers, who
were thenceforth disbanded.
Let us. follow for d moment, gentle
reader, the lifo of this captain of the
Dolphin, this smuggler of the Isle of
Man.
Still actuated by a love of adven
ture and fondness for the sea, ho pro
ceeded to Loudon, where he was soon
entrusted with a large merchant ves
sel in the West India trade, as cap-
taiu,-in which capacity he led a lu
crative and adventurous life for sev
eral years, subsequent to which he
visited and settled in America. On
the breaking out of the war with the
mother county, his ardent love for
the principles for which our fathers
contended, led him to offer his serv
ices in behalf of liberty. He was ap
pointed captain of a noble vessel, the
first of the American navj', and his
was the hand (hat raised first her flag
upon the blue water. With this ves
sel, and others with which he was
subsequently entrusted", he gained
some of the most brilliant naval vic
tories ever won. Through his whole
service there .was oue faithful follow-er.nwbo-ncvoi,,
left him, ,aud .wiiose.
protecting firm t&ce savedihis life in
the memorable battled betweentbei
ison xtomme jci&iara'nniiiew&era7'
2iis, the fbrfner of which he com
manded. Reader, that follower was
the pardoned criminal of the Dolphin
lugger!
Would you follow this commander
still further ? Congress passed a pub
lic vote of thanks to him for his gal
lant Service, endowing him with the
highest rank in' the American navy,
which this day is embalmed in the
grateful hearts of a free people.
CANADA B1LL-THE MOMTB KI.G.
There was published in the Inter
Ocean on Saturday last an article
clipped from an eastern paper heuded
"Robbers on the Rail." One of the
parties mentioned was Win Jones, of
Omaha, a man who has acquired a
national reputation as "Canada Bill."
He is best known arrfo'ng his class as
:ong his clou na
and .loubtl
"ThelMonte King,"
the most skillful and successful shark
in the west. Several 3'ears ago, be
fore the Union Pacific was construct
ed, turned the highest trick on rec
ord S3S, 000" It was on a Mississippi
steamboat, and his victim was a
wealtli3T planter who was blindly con
fident of his ability to win or so des
perate' bent on making good his loss,
that he fmmediatel3T staked the bal
ance of his fortune, some $S0,0CO, on
another throw, when Bill was placed
under arrest. Of course, had they not
been interrupted, he would have lost
the money. Jones is a power in the
city he has made his home owns
three hotels aud a number of saloons,
and employs thirty or fort3T men as
deco3's or "cappers." His operations
are bold and almost invariably suc
cessful. Only once in hi6 life, so far
as it is known, did he suffer n worst
ing, and that was at the hands of an
Iowa farmer, who deluded him into
paying for a wagon load of cheese one
day in Council Bluffs. The aroma of
that cheeso still clings to him, and is
the one sore spot in his memor3' no
one can touch without ruffling his
temper. The Omaha papers, about
two years since, inaugurated a war
against the gamblers, and attacked
Jones as the most prominent figure
among them. His misdeeds were so
raked up and paraded under "scare
heads," that the half reluctant au
thorities were obliged to look after
him. The sheriff, after a tedious
week vof unsuccessful watching,
caught him one afternoon in the very
act of fleecing a countryman, and
took him into custod3-. Out of defer
ence to popular feeling he was order
ed to jail for twenty days. B3' a con
venient technicality, his counsel pro
cured his release on the thirteenth
da3'. He instantly departed for the
farthest west. In just one week he
returned, and meeting the city editor
of the Herald on Farhnam street,
1 took him into a bar room' and exhib
ited a roll of moneys "There's Just
$12,000 there," safd he. "I made it
since I got out. Take suthin.'' The
next morning he was moneyless
again. Over night he had stranded
into a faro bank and had lost every
- CTC5
cent of it. The stories that are told
of his shrewdness and folk (for he is
'aman of weakness)
would make a
verv amusing book.
His dunes are
j not always of the clodhopper sort.
Occasionally he shears men who, from
their calling and experience, one
would natural' suppose too sharp for
any such foolishness. The city edit
or of the New York Herald lost his
money, his luggage, and his wife's
jewelry while stopping at Omaha on
a trip across the continent. On an
other occasion, a Boston detective of
considerable renown "took a walk"
with him, and left his watch and wal
let. There is nothing at all in his ap
pearance to indicate the rogue. Tall,
stoop-shouldered, angular, awkward,
with weak eyes, an idiotic half smile,
a piping voice; and a plainsman's dia
lect, he ia a picture of uusophistica
tion, and therein lies half his success.
Exchange.
CAUSE OP SMUT IX WHEAT.
In a letter from Paris, France, the
Weekly Herald is advised that Prof.
Pennetier, who has made this subject
one of life-long stud3', states that
smut is owing to the presence of ani
malcules, not unlike the tiny eels
which exist in the smut balls as whit
ish filaments. Although dryness
suspends the life of these worms,
they immediately regain it on being
plunged into water. The humidity
of the soil effects the same change.
When the sound grain germinates,
the larvaj of the diseased seed are at
tracted to the 3'oung plant, live on its
pulpy matter, forming tttrflors on the
stem and leaves, and ultimately lodge
on the ear. They are now in an adult
state. The sexes become distinct.
The female deposits her eggs, from
1,200 to 1,500, ns man3' thousands be
ing found in a single grain of wheat.
The new larvse remain in a desicated
state till the following season, and
ma3' be dried and restored to life sev
eral times with impunity. In France,
when such grain is sifted, it is roast
ed in an oven and given to fowls.
Steeping the seed wheat in solution of
arsenic, or blue vitriol or ammonia
kills the parasite effectively. Placing
the seed for twenty-four hours in a
solution of one part of vitriol and 150
parts of Water is a favorite remedy.
The presence of the field mice and
their numerous cousin is also rapidl3'
rising to the dignit3 of a plague.
When the same little barbarians in
vaded France in 185G, Bousingsault
cpnquefed them by steeping grain in
an arsenical solution :two ounces of
arsenic to one quart of water stir-
,iunirar.eQuentij,aiiawinKithe,Eramito
soak fofan hour and thlnryEiirn
poisoned grains will settle a mouse,
but care must be taken that it does
not do the same for barn-door fowl or
game. N. Y. Herald.
A DUE AM.
From the Aurora (III.) Beacon.
On Wednesday night Milo Bying
ton, of Elgin, dreamed that the barn
of his brother-in-law, the Hon. Geo.
S. Bowen, was in flames, and so im
pressed was he by the vision that,
having partial dressed himself, he
seized his revolver and repaired to the
barn. Hearing persons inside he se
creted himself to watch operations,
when shortl3' two men curate out and
passed around to the south end of the
building
' :, Mr.jB.- follo,vved aud heard
&9?mY7Zr..r-:.-T. .- -.i
ggheorseffand I"lffe;t
tess oa wn,.I10t,-
one rem
nirii1:;row, yjju go iu auu
the thing."
unid Air
B.. when he was 'immediately fired
upon. The fire wasinstantly return
ed with interest, when the fellows
took to their heels, oue of them sa3'
ing that he was hit. Both escaped,
and afterward a ball of rags saturated
with kerosene was found at the end
of the barn, together with matches.
On the night previous several build
Jugs were burned, resulting in dama
ges of several thousand dollars', and
doubtless the work of incendiaries.
VALUE OP FODDER CORN.
At a meeting of Massachusetts
Cheese Factor Association, Addison
H. Holland, a BarrG farmer, read an
essay on fodder corn. With seven
teen cows he experimented to see
what its value was in producing
milk ; during the month of July he
turned his cows into a good pasture
after having fed them with fodder
corn, and the3 showed a large falling
off in their milk. He then, through
August, soiled them in the stable,
feeding fodder corn, and there was u
gain in the production of milk.
In September they were agaiu turned
into the mowing (full feed) and they
fell off. Mr. Holland cures his
corn b3r spreading it upon the
stone walls, and regards it as a valua
ble feed for milch cows, when well
cured. He thinks fodder corn the
best orop there is to bridge over 0 dr'"
time with; fed sixty or seventy
pounds per cow when the3' are kept
ia a short pasture. Mural New York
er. We are pained to notice that papers
taking our items, and appropriating
them as their own, seek to palliate
the theft by publishing a column of
religious misceIIau3T. This 0133- look
well enough iu the e-es of Heaven,
but it don't satisfy us. Danbury
News.
The practice of saltin'g around pear
trees to prevent blight is becoming
general in Central New York. Year
ly applicatfons of 400 to 600 pounds to
the acre hs the custom.
A sturgeon weighing 1,250 pounds,
measuring twelve feet in length and:
two and one-half feet across the back,
was recently caught in tha Columbia
River.
Written for the Advertiser.
AT LAST.
We were friends, and yet some way
Our friendship died.
But we could not tell the day,
When from our hearts It fled away
If e'er v?o tried.
We know 'twas on an autumn day,
And that is all.
With colors bright the trees were gay
But the beautiful flowers had gone away,
At chill frost's call.
Yon liked me once, I liked you too,
I own It now,
And yet my heart has gald to you
A last farewell, a sad adieu,
And broke no vow.
I gaze In memory on the faco
I ve treasured long,
And In your dark eyes there, I trace
A look that time cau ne'er elTace,
As If I'd done you" wrdug.
We'll meet no more as friends, I know
That dream is past.
But in that world whore we shall go,
In the great hereafter, there I know
We'll meet as friends, at last.
Abbie.
PKOHIDITION.
Editor Nebraska Advertiser.
It is evidentl3r becoming a living is
suo in this Stute, whether the whole
people shall continue in the business
of drunkard making, or shall cut
loose entirel3' from the business
bj- abolishing the license S3'stem. I
notice that 3Tou have introduced the
discussion of this subject into 3'our
columns, though it is but justice to
3'ou to sa3T that 3'ou do not put the
question exuet' in that shape.
You discuss prohibition. But, if I
understand 3Tou, 3'ou doubt the expe
diency of prohibition. You think it
would be ineffectual in suppressing in
temperance. Let it be granted that
with a prohibitory law on our statute
book, or a prohibitory clause iu our
State Constitution, there would be no
less drunkenness in this State than
there is now ; would that fact be an.y
argument at all against such law or
constitutional provision? If the fact
that the law does not suppress drun
kenness be a valid argument against
the law, then this fact is now a valid
argument agoinst the license law:
Does the license law suppress drunk
enness? What proportion of the very
men who are licensed are drunkards?
Is notjthejiroportion quite large?
TheTfoJa certainly a largo amount of
drunkenness in this State, and the
lioenseiiaw-hasmot suppressed it.
Now islt possible for a prohibitory
law to work less effectively in this re
spect than the license law does? I
am persuaded that it is not possible.
In the first place a license furnishes
for the business a claim to legitimacy
and thus makes it respectable. It al
so covers the whole stocK in trade
with the protection of law. Were
the business prohibited and the stock
made contraband is it likely that cap
ital would be risked in the busiuess?
Would not the ver3' pacsage of such a
law diminish the amount of sales?
It certainl3' would diminish the
amount of open, public sales. What
ever sales were made would be made
clandestinely under restraint. Tho
business would labor under diflicult3',
and it seems preposterous to say that
it would thrive just as wdll. There
are two objects tosbo accomplished D3
a prohibitory law i the curtailmentof
the pres?5tfamount of drunkenness,
and the prevention of drunke"iineisa!
in the future. There is a largo class
of drinkiug men who would be glad
if it were impossible for them to get
any liquor at all. While it is easy to
get it they will continue to drink.
They declare that they are too weak
to resist the temptation. They cau
not pass where the fumes of alcohol
fill the air without falling under the
power of an appetite which is become
their master. Now, is it net fair to
conclude that the majority of this
class of drinking men would bo sav
ed by the removal of this business out
of sight, even though tho business
were not entirety suppressed? Then
there would be less immediate drunk
enness. But I conclude also that if tho pri
mary school be closed and the educa
tion be not commenced at till, the
scholar will never be made. And so,
if the saloon be shut up, if there be
no place kept for 3'oung men to treat
and be treated to intoxicating drinks,
the3' will be less likely to begin the
career of drunkenness.
There is a class of men who would
probably continue to drink, if, by any
means they could get the liquor.
They are the men who would degrade
themselves to clandestine drinking
and who would perjure themselves to
shield those who are guilt3T of carry
ing on the clandestine sale. But I
am unwilling to believe that this class
is verv large, and therefore, I con
clude that the prohibition of the traf
fic would diminish the amount of
drunkenness.
But now let U3 suppose that prohi
bition would 7iodiniinish theamount
of drunkenness, then would local
option be desirable? What is local
option ? If I understand it, it is sim
ply the submission of the question of
"license" or "no license" to the peo
ple of a precinct or county. If they
vote license, the usual course of pro
ceedings is followed by those who
waut license. But if the people vote
"no license," then, for that jurisdic
tion, there is prohibition.
Certainty', if prohibition is ineffec
tual in suppressing drunkenness
within a State when the prohibition
is uniform throughout that State, it
must be more ineffectual when here
aud there, throughout the State, there
1 are ureciuots in which the traffic is
licensed. All the precincts in Ne
maha county, except Brownville,
might vote "no license," but if
Brownville licenses the traffic the
whole county would feel the curse of
it. Aud yet I should b& glad to have
local option if nothing better could
be had. But if local option be the
rule, I would have it so that it would
require a majority of all the legai vo
ters of the precinct signed to the pe
tition for license. But in aii3' event
let it be borne in mind that if the ma
jority should not vote for license,
then there would be local prohibition.
Would that be a good thing or not?
I have extended this article beyond
m3' intention. With 3'our permission
I shall bo glad to follow it'with some
thoughts upon other aspects of the
question. W. B. Slaughter.
Brownville, August 22d. 1871.
A CAROLINA WATER-SPOUT.
A Singular Phenomenon nt LnnIey
Mill Pond-Six Hundred Acres of Wa
ter Lifted Vp td tlio Clouds.
From the Augusta Chronrclo and Sentinol,
August 12.
A dense cloud was first seen ap
proaching the pond, being apparently
a considerable distance up. Nothing
particularty was thought of it, the
citizens of Laugle3' being occupied at
the time in tr3Ting to keep cool, a hard
thing to do, with the thermometer at
100 in the shade. But presently n
startliug circumstance occurred. The
cloud had halted over the pond and
established connection with the lat
ter. A genuine water-spout had, iu
fact, been evolved, and an immense
quantity of water was rushing sky
ward through the liquid conductor.
When first seen, the water spout was
near the dam, and traveled slowty
across the pond until it reached tho
railroad tre3tlo work, a distance of a
mile and a quarter from its starting
point, when it disappeared, and the
cloud moved majesticalty off, carry
ing with it thousands of gallons of
water which had been drawn from
the pond. The latter covering an
area of GOO1 acres was, In fact, lowered
fully two inches. The huge column
which joined the upper region to the
expanse of water below resembled a
cone iu form, and rotated horizontal
ly with exceeding rapidity. The
marvelous speed with which the col
uran tiirned'"irapres3ed tho beholder
irrimediately with the Idea thaUtiwcs
associated with a whirlwind- his-
tw8njstpj:p.Dauiyelcase1aAaAtre
mendous wind passed over Augusta
from the direction of Langley some
hours afterward. The heavens were
brilliant with incessant flashes of
lightning after the spout described
above had disappeared. There was
no rushing noise connected with it,
as is the cose in sorzfe instances. The
water underneath the clouds just be
fore the spout formed was in a state of
great agitation. Waves rolled angri
ty and a perceptible bulge wag seen.
As the cloud haled a sort of funnel
protruded from it and dropped slowty
down, becoming larger as it length
ened, the broader portion or ba3o be
ing at the surface of the cloud. When
it reached a point about one-fourth
the distance between the cloud and
the pond the bulge on tho surface of
the latter rose to meefflit. and the two
at length joined, w:beutbe water from'
the pond commencedaoVcending into
cnoiuiouu, wjiiuu uioveu siowiy tow
ards ih'& trestle work. Theuwaves In
the water all leaping and tending
toward the spout and the snout it
self continued the verticle motions
referred to above. The outside of the
water' funnel was dark and not well
defined, while the centre was much
lighter, being rather a bluish cast.
This would seem to indicate that the
column was partly hollow, the dark
portions representing the sides. There
can be no doubt but that the immense
quantit' of water which was trans
ferred from the pond to the cloud was
literalty sucked up. The spout final
ly disappeared, as if it had been
drawn bodily up into the cloud, while
the latter quietly moved ofl" to parts
unknown. Not a drop of rain fell
during the occurrence or afterward.
The formation and subsequent mo
tions of tho spout are described as
having made up a spectacle grand in
tho eztreme. Nothing of the kind
was ever before seen in that section.
The strangest part of the phenome
non was the fuct that the cloud, so
burdened with water, moved off with
out dispensing an3r of it in the form
of rain in the neighborhood.
The following interesting statement
was furnished by a gentleman who
requested Mr. Wm. Phillips, civil
engineer, to make the calculation :
Area of mill pond, 600 acres : depth
of water diminished, 2 inches 03' a
water-spout, vhioh prevailed for
about ten minutes. The superficial
area of one acre is 43,560 square feet;
the decimal for the depth of two inch
es is 0.1600 of a foot; hence 4S,5G0x
U.JbuYJj uu cudic feet is the quanti
t3' taken from one acre and then 6,
869.60x600 gives us 4,IST.780 cubic feet
as the whole quantity taken from the '
mill pond. The cubic root of this last
is about 161 feet, so a cube of that size
would uearty measure the quantity of
water taken off This quantity would
make a column ten feet in diameter,
53,243 feet high rather more than ten
miles. At G2 pounds to a cubic foot,
the above 4,181,760 cubic feet would
weigh 261,360,000 pounds.
According to the census there are
onty' two men in America who make
a speciality of the manufacture of
hand-organs, and" yet the still live,
and are free from tho fear of nssassin-
oUon
36 00
GO 00
100 09
Lcgaladvertlacments atlegalrates: One sqna r
(lOllne or Nonpareil spaoo. or less.) nrst Insertion
J1.C0; cacbsubssiinentlnstlon, 50?.
jeSTAlltranscieutadvertlaemeals mnstUe palO'
or! n. advanco.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNT If-
THE PLATFULPECTJL1ARIT1ESOP
A SAN FRANCISCO WIFE.
From tho Bulletin, August 11.
Alfred Dickens, a citizen of highly
respectable and intelligent, though
somewhat mutilated appearence, was
called before the police court to-day: to
answer to the disgraceful charge of"
beating his wife. The complainant
Mrs. Dickens, related a pitiful storyr
of the manner in which she had been
kicked and cuffed and cha3ed out of
the house- for no apparent provoca
tion whatever, so far as her statement
disclosed. When Mr. Dickens was
permitted to take the withesa-stand.
in his own behalf, it was with tears hi
his 03'es and the aspect of ono who
had suffered a great moral or meohan
ical wrong, particularty notiedbte
about his head. The gentlemau in
formed the judge that he was not the
same mau that he appeared three daye
ago. At that timo his head was or
nato with hyperion curls that drop
ped upon his shoulders, while a ma
jestic beard flowed from tho lower
periphery of his countenance. Tho
judged gazed upon Mr. Dickens, andV
observed that the present appearanca
of his head resembled a cocoanut in
tho husk. This metamorphosis, the
gentleman further explained, wao
brought about b3' the pure deviltry of
his wife. Ho returned homo tho oth
evening from a social entertainmontr
with a few friends, aud lay down on a.
sofa for a, short nap before reposing;
himself ftnalty for the night. While
thu3 wrapped in slumber, his wifa
procured a dull pair of scissora an
wrought tho abominable havoc which
the court was now permitted to in
spect. The wretohed man pointed
out several places whera the scalp
had been abraded in tho operation,,
and c sort of crest which had been,,
left on tho summitof tho cranium,
rendered his aspect exceedingly gro
tesque. The purpose of the outrage was
not explained From tho oircuriisianca
of having left a long tuft on the top
head convenient for attaching a pig
tail, it was probable that Mrs. Dick
ens designed converting her husband,
into a Chinaman. Notwithstanding"
this extreme aggravation, the cour
held that the defendant was not justi
fied in taking the law into his own
hands. It m this tendency to ac6
bsstfJy-Otf-the irupui8eTofsudden pas
sion that so frequently disturbs Jh
harmony of families.
.s? - . i -'.?
A; HUSBAND CALLS.ISUJOVE1
IliS WIFE.
The Galaxy for September tells tho
following 5tory : At the gaming tablo
the duke of Richmond incurred a
debt of honor to Lord Cardogan,
which he was unable to pa', and it
was agreed that his son, a lad of 15,
who bore the title of earl of March,
should many a stiIl3ounger daughter
of Lord Cardogan. The bo was sent
for from school and tho girl from tho
nurs'ery ; a clergymen was in attend
ance, aud the children were told that
they were to be married upon tho
spot. Tho girl had nothing to sa-;
the boy cried out, "They surely ero
not going to marry me to that dow-
d3'!" But married the' were. A
post-chaise was at the door; the brido
groom was packed off with his tifitf
to make the'gramf- tour, and the bride?
was sent back to her mother. Lord'
Marclt,rpmninol aKmoJ, ..,.
years.'arter wnieh.ne'returnea to xon--
don, a well-edncaterha'ndsome'yotins'
man, but in no haste to meet his wife,
whom he had never seen except upon
the occasion of their hast' marriage.
So he tarried in London to amuse him
self. One night, at tho opera, hi9 at
tention was attracted to a beautiful
3'ouuglady in tho boxosWho is
that?" he asked of n gentleman he
side him. "You mustJ,bo c1 stranger
in Loudon," was the reply, "not to
know the the toast of the ioxsn, the
beautiful Lady March." The earl
went straight to the box, announced
himself, and claimed his bride. Tho
two fell in love with each other on
the spot, and lived long and happily,
together; and when the the husband
died she also died of a broken hearS
within u few monthd.
.i&
This is the wa3T a Florida man ex-
pects to get a partner to his bosom.
He advertises as follows : "A'ny gal.
what's got a cow, a good featherbed,,
with comfortable linens, SoOO.CO in
good, genuine slap-6'p' greenbacks,
that has had the small-pox, measles
and understands tending children,
can find a customer for life by ritea a
r. small William ducky, addressed 5Z.
Y. Z , and stick in a crack of iTnck
Bilty Smith's barn, jinin' the pig-pen,
where Harrison Reed is now planniu
for future operations."
"Dad, if I were to see a duck o
the wing, and were to shoot it, would
you lick me?" "O, no, my eon j- it
would show that you were a good
marksman, and I would be proud ofj
you." "Well, then, dad, I peppers
our old Muscovy duck as he was fly
in- cvar tne lence to-aay, and if
would have done you good to see hiir
drop."
A man who had" saved the life of
daughter of a Boston millionaire re
ceived $2.50 from the grateful parent.
Ho was so overcome by the magnifi
cent bounty that ho paid out everj
cent of it to seventeen organ grindery
to simultaneously serenade his benq
factor.
The proposition to Introduce-IadJe3i
nci rfllrnrd ftndti'ctors Is obiected to
iu view of the fact that "their trair
&-,' .
sWiTir
, are alwaj'e behind'
1 jm.