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ESTABMSHEB 1S58. l
i. TEf--rm- iii tiic State. J
THE ARMT OF THE TEXXESSBE.
At tho reunion of the Society of the Army
of Tennessee, held at Springfield. Illinois
' nthft of October, an excellent poem pre-
pared for the ocoasloa by tien. Tiilson, was
Jd The eiUire poera is too lengthy for onr
columns, but we mane room iui wc jnycuuitj.. on iviuiuui lui;iihiub was
ing ex tract from It. which will thrill a Rain eJevate(j to the peerage as Baron Coch
thehenrt of every old soldier who marched . ndvanced tothedig-
with Sherman down to the sea : , P-r-,,r- j ,,. ,n
nity of Earl of Dundonald m 16G9.
Aye! never have the incidents oiir reeolleo- His grandsou was gir Jonn Cochrane
tionU.old ..Thp-M-reb" unto of Ochiltree, who. along with Sir Pat-
The sparkling stories of "The. iiarcn u"'u
the world been told. nek Hume, of Pohvorth, was con
its detailed tale has yet to be on history en- Cerued in the political troubles which
rolled. I jn the reign of James'thell., brought'
Lie deep within the mountain's heart a . nn f. Rt,1Jlpf. ,unMt Whil
AVith varied hues that emanate from its ,
nnrwu (rrnirn nr ciil t
ownjewele! light,
Whose mysteries have never been profaned
by human slht.
Enchantment's spell alone can tear
The veil that hides its splendors rare,
And lay its shrouded beauties bare.
Thus, tre.'ured from the world nway
Those thrilling retrospections lay:
Unspoken by the common tonguo.
Their record all uuwrit, unsung;
To only be awkened when,
As now, assemble "Sherman's aiea,"
To flcht their battles oe'r again.
As breaks a meteoric shower
' c ,nmr!s miiieliue. in this hour.
I Of greeting gay, with wizard power
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Evoke thoae scenes of glowing life
The march, the bivouac, the strife,
Recall for us and us alone
The rare adventures we have known.
But no! methink a whisper comes, Boft as
the ocean moan.
To tell us that this day of pride is not for us
alone.
Amid these shining memories lntwine n
shaded thread
Onr living friends are gathered here, Twt,
have we not the dead z
As reunites the ancient band some soldiers
do not eoine :
Their hero hearu. have ceased to beat, their
manly lips are dumb.
We see not on the roster now some notod
names of old,
They've Joined another army, on another
list enrolled;
They have led the forward column, havefar-
..,. u.. r.
They have closed their march immortal be-1
yonil tiie shoreless sea.
Do we miss among our chieftains 3IcPher-
fion's prineely frame ?
That woman smile of courtesy, that hero eye
or flame?
Do we gasse around with sadness in quest of
Hansom true.
The purest, kuightliest chevalier that ever
graced the blue?
Do we look with eyes of longing towards that
honored chair.
1 Wltli ;ilTlftf t fu11.tr.lic hnnn rf cnfmr
Kawlms there?
Is Mower now wanting at the feast, who nev-
r i:iiipi thpfrur1
And Wallace, Falrchlld, other braves, where
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areye'su w-unyr , . .dflMMakjv4:
Grand statue&ln the plllarf&rpast corneaiotl
ejaiflouncallji r?"' riiiilMfta , -
'--'mfPeUr "arae'are resting oh6ulpsjUiejjj
jji
caBie tfei&ihaH ; v ,
Ye instant answered to our want when In
the pride of life.
Ye laughed Death's shade to scorn amid the
llery hours of strife;
And now when group your comrades old be
neath thete banners gray.
At such an hour, from such a band can ye be
far away ?
Amc-Hg a raee of fishermen who sailed the
JEgean sea,
There lived a touching custom, of rare nnli-
quity.
When wives of hardy mariners, whose hus
bands were away,
riaw tokens in the sea and sky of elemental
fray
The cloud, the gale, the thunder growl aud
the ocean white with spray
Leaving their homely little liuts, they'd to
the bench repair
And pour their sweet domestic songs upon
the rising air,
Then listen as the tempest lulled, aud In the
ocean moan
Would fancy that a strain was heard respons
ive to their own :
That kindly spirits o'er the wave had borne
their wortls along,
And from the loved ones far away brought
back an answ'riug song,
And If in the mystic, shadowy world, to
those who have gone from sight.
'Tis given to roam the universe through
with Instant measureless llight.
Will not our wealth of honor and ove, from
their beautiful homes on high,
Bring the shades of comrades departed, as
ours to their presence would lly ?
They are with us -when moves the nation
with sad and rev'rent tread.
To scatter the garlands of spring-time over
its martyred dead,
They join in the. long procession: they
breathe on the falling flowers.
While felt, though all unseen, they blend
tlieir sorrow and pride with ours,
And their gentle presence now we know In
these rejoicing hours.
Aye! their lorms are floating around us and
hallowing the air;
They list to our kind remembrances, and
echo every prayer.
They are sitting among their comrades, old
comrades of the blue;
They are whispering sweetly, softly, the
names of you and you.
They are touching those proud inscriptions
their tablets ol renown.
They rest in those sacred banners, so tattered
and dim. aud brown .
And from those couches of glory their spirits
look smiling down.
Oh soldiers who sit before me, oh braves who
have gone before,
Was ever a richer mine revealed of patriotic
ore?
Can there a higher heritage, or a prouder ti
ne oe.
Than to have one's name on the roster of the
old Tennessee?
There rloes its monumental shaft uplifted to
the sky ;
Columned on names which symbolize per
petual victory.
Henry. New Madrid. Donelson, Iuka and
Beutouville.
Corinth, red Shiloh. Vieksburg and glorious
Champion HIIL
.dSr1"' AtlaDta and teionmr
MCBridTd A1Ujaaesboro andRIver's
arClnaiSlUorv:5freShneSS-Il-
f rownInS arch
n . . i Tne Plorlus march.
O that glorious march to the bpa t
O that wonderful march to thnVo t
What will its living memory be- !
How will it rest upon history's p'ace -How
the attent of th ran i, ir i
Twill be read of, dreamed I of oftan.1 1
Tenderly told In nurerv sori d lonB'
tfZViJ?1!. nnrery song.
...miifc luo bwiiesman's thouhtfni
ken.
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I Rt?UClns nh flre e poet's pen,
Btirring the soul of the soldier hnin '
"Till v,r. . , :; ..
"Till the Stars nr nlrt
,.. ,, -fnd the sun grows cold
fold!" aVeS Qf Vxe Jcdument day un-
STORY OF GRISELL COCHRANE.
, The Cochranes are an old family in
gcotlaud- Th rose to distinction in
firfMlltll 0f . .
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ways been remarkable for courage and
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Hume was bo fortunate as to escape
abroad, Cochrane was taken prisoner
in the rising under the Earl of Ar
gyle, and being conducted to Edin
burg. was ignominiously lodged in
the Tolbooth, on the 3d of July, 1685,
there to await his trial as a traitor.
The day of trial came, and as a matter
of course, he was condemned to death.
Sir John Cochrane was married and
had a family of several sons, and at
least one daughter, Grisell, about
eighteen years of age.
While lying under sentence of death
in that gloomy Tolbooth, Sir John
Cochrane was permitted to see mem
bers of his family. Afraid, however,
of implicating his eons, he forbade
them visiting him until they could
take a last farewell on the night pre
vious to his extcutiou. His daughter,
however, was allowed to come as of
ten and stay with him as long as she
pleased. The chief subject of their
conversation was an appeal to the
King for mercy. Although several
frieudt. interested themselves in trying
to procure a remission of the sentence, i
there were no sanguine expectations
that they would be successful. As the
j time wore on iriseH'0 fears increased i
to iuteuaitv ; aud without explaiuiug inm imo w nJC" ine Ioar ot llie man
herself to any one, she resolved toiaui!iB during her recent occupa
make a bold attempt to postpone her
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father's fate, if not to save him. A
short time before the death-warrant
was expected 03' the Privy Council in 1
Edinburgh she mentioned to her !
father that some urgent affair would !
prevent her from seeing him for a few j
days.
ISText morning, long ere the inhabi
tants were astir, Grisell was some
miles on her road to the Borders. She
had attired lmrscif ass young serving
woman, j urpying on a borrowed
horse to the -house of her"ihother.
So.equifue'a, gnd'welT mouutetl7"'gCe'
on the second Usy reached in safety
IthebodetpPhoteiknUrse.wliiolived
ohafejSiJ3h cide oT hs-Jlweed,'
four miles beyond the town of Ber
wick. In this woman she knew she
could place implicit confidence, and
to her, therefore, she revealed her se
cret. She had resolved," she said, to
make an attempt to save her father's
life by stopping the postman, an
equestrian like herself, and forcing
him to deliver up his bags, in u iiich !
she expected to find the fatal warrant.
Iu pursuance of this design ?he had
brought with her a brace of small
pistols, together with a horseman's
cloak, tied up in a bundle, and hung
on tiie crutch of her saddle, aud now
borrowed from her nurse the attire of
her foster-brother, which, as he was a
slight-made lad, fitted her reasonably
well.
At that period all those appliances
which at this day accelerate the pro
gress of the traveler were unknown,
and the mail from London, which
now arrives in less than twelve hours,
took eight days iu reaching the Scot
tish capital. Miss Cochrane thus cal
culated on a delay of sixteen or seven
teen days in the execution of her
father's sentence a space of time she
deemed amply sufficient to give a fair
trial to the treaty set on foot for his
liberation. She had, by means which
it is unnecessary to detail, possessed
herself of the most minute informa
tion with regard to the places at which
the posnatru ru&tvd on their journey,
oue of whit-ii y.usa small public house
kept by a wrdow on the outskirts of i
the little town of Belford. There the
man who received the bag at Durham
was accustomed to arrive about six o'-
clock in the morning, aud take a few '
hours' repose before proceeding farth
er on his journey. She arrived at this
inn about an-hour after the man had
composed himself to sleep. Having
put her horse into the stable which
wa3 a duty that devolved on the guest
at this little public house, from its
mistress having no hostler she en
tered tho only apartment which the
house afforded, aud demanded some
refreshment. "Sit down at the end
of that- table," said "the old woman,
"for the best I have to give you is
there already ; and be pleased, my
bouuy man, to make as little noise as
you can, for there's ane asleep in that
bed thar. I like ill to disturb."
Miss Cochrane promised fairly; aud
after attempting to eat some viands,
which were the remains of the sleep
ing man's meal, she asked for some
cold water.
"What,' said the old woman, as
she handed it to her, "ye are a water
drinker, are ye? It's but an ill custom
for a change-house."
"I am aware of that," replied her
guest, "and therefore, when in a public-house,
alwaj's pay for it the price
of the strong potation, which I can
uot take."
"Indeed! well, that is but just,"
responded the dame; "and I think
the more of you for such reasonable
conduct."
"Is the well where you get this
water near at hand ?" said the young
lady ; "for if you will take the trouble
to bring me some from it, as this is
rather tepid, it shall he considered in
the reckoning."
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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1874.
It is a good bit oil," said the wo
man ; "but I cannot refuse to fetch
some for such a civil, discreet lad, and
wil.1 be as quick as I can. But, for
any sake, take care and douH meddle
with these pistols," she continued,
pointing to a pair of pistols on the
table, "for they are loaded, and I am
always terrified for them."
Saying this, she disappeared ; and
Miss Cochrane, who would have con
trived seme other errand for her had
the well been near, no sooner saw the
door shut than she passed, with trem
bling eagerness, aud a cautious but
rapid step, across the floor to where
the man lay soundly sleeping, in one
of those close wooden bedsteads com
mon In the houses of the poor, the
door of which was left half open to
admit the air, aud which she opened
still wider, in the hope of seeing the
mail bag, aud being able to seize upon
it. But what was her dismay when
she beheld only a part of the integ
ument which contained what she
would have sacrificed her life a thou-
sand times to obtain, just peeping out ! prize off about a hundred yards, stop
from below the shaggy head aud ped while she called to the thunder
brawny shoulders' of its keeper, who , struck postman to remind him of her
lay in sucli a position upon it as to advice about the wood. She then put
give not the smallest hope of its ex- both horses to their speed, and on
traction without his being aroused turning to look at the man she had
from his nap ! A few bitter moments i robbed had the pleasure of perceiving
of observation served to convince her i that her mysterious thrtathad taken
that if she obtained possession of this effect, and he was now pursuing his
treasure it must, be in some other
way ; and again closing the door of
the bed, she approached the pistols,
aud having taken them oue by one
from the holders, she as quickly as
possible drew out their loading, which
having secreted, she returned them to
lheir cases, aud resumed her seat at
the foot of the table. Here she had
Larei" time recover ftom the agita
tion naa turowii her, when the old
woman returned with the water; and
having taken a draught, of which she
stood much in need, she settled her
ceout, much to her landlady's con-
tent' b-v P11"1? for the water the Price !
of a Pot oi l,eer' U"1"? tuen
Care-
les&ly aked and ascertained how !
much longer the other guest would
likely conlinuo his sleep, she left the
house, and mounting her horse, she
set off at a trot in a different direc-M"to
tion from that in which she had ar
rived. .Making a.icirtiuit ;of-ttRoorr.Uvree
milesrBheonce more fell into the high,
road between - 3eilford,.ianuji4Bers
wick where' slie walke"d?,her horse
irently on. waiting the coming up of j
the postman. Though all her facul-j
ties were now absorbed in one aim. ,
and the thought of her father's de
liverance still reigned supreme in her
mind, she could not help occasionally
figuring to herself the possibility of
her tampering with the pistols being
discovered, their loading replaced
in which case it was more than likely
her life would be the forfeit of the act
he meditated. When she at length
saw and heard the postman advanc
ing behind her, the strong necessity
of the cae gave her renewed courage;
and it was with perfect coolness that,
on his coming close up, she civilty
saluted him, put1 her horse iuto the
same pace with his, aud rode on for
orae way in his company. He was
a strong, thick-set fellow, with a good
humored countenance, which did not
seem to Miss Cochrane, as she looked
anxiously upon it, to savor much of
hardy daring. He rode with the mail
bags strapped firmly to his saddle iu
front, close to the holsters (for there
were two), one containing the letters
directjrom London, and the other
those taken up at the different post
offices on the road. After riding a
short distance thus. Miss Cochrane
deemed it time, as they were nearly
halfway between Belford and Birwick
to commence her operations. She
therefore rode close to her compan
ion, aud said, in a tone of determina-
tion. "Friend, I have taken a faucv
to those mail-ba:s of vours. and must
have them; tiierefore, take my ad
vice, and deliver them up quietly, for
I am provided for all hazards. I
am
mounted, as you see, on a fleet steed ;
I carry fire arms, "and, jnore over, am
allied with those who are stronger
though not bolder thn myself. You
see yonder wood," she continued,
pointing to oue at a distance of about
a mile, with an accent aud air meant
to carry intimidation. "Again, I say,
take my advice, give me the bags, aud
speed back the road you came for the
present, nor dare to approach that
wood for at least two or three hours
to come-"
There was in such language from a
stripling something so surprising that
the man looked t u Miss Cochrane for
an instant in silent and unfeigned
amazement. "If," said he, as soon as
he found his tongue, "you mean, my
young master, to make yourself mer
ry at my expense, you are welcome.
I am no sour churl to take offeiiea at
the idle words of a foolish boy. But
if," he said, taking oue of his pistols
from the hoslter and turning the muz
zle toward her, "you are mad enough
to harbor one serious thought of such
a matter, I am ready for you. But
methiuks, my lad, you seem at an
age when robbing a garden or an old
woman's fruit-stall would benefit you
better, if you must turn thief, than
taking his majesty's mails from a
stout man like I am upon his high
way. Be thankful, however, thatj'ou
have met with one who will not shed
blood if he can help it, aud sheer off
before you provoke me to fire."
"Nay," said his young antagonist,
"I am not fonder of blood shed than
you are, but if you will not be per-
suaded, what can I do? For I have
told you a truth that mail I must and
will have. So now choose," she con
tinued, as she drew one of the small
pistols from under her cloak, and de
liberately cocking it, presented it in
his face.
"Hay, then, your blood be on your
own head,' said the fellow, as he
raised his hand and fired his pistol,
which, however, only flashed in the
pan. Dashing the weapou to the
ground, he lost not a momentin pull
ing out the other, which he also aimed
at his assailent, and fired with the
same result. In a transport of rage
and disappointment, the man sprang
from his horse and made an attempt
to seize her, but by an adroit use of
her spurs she eluded his grasp, and
placed herself our of his reach. Mean
while his horse had moved forward
some yards, aud to see" and seize the
advantage presented by this circum
stance was one and the same to the
heroic girl, who, darting toward it,
caught the bridle, and having led her
way back to Belford.
Miss Cochrane speedily entered the
wood to which she had alluded, and
tying the strange horse to a tree, outjjected, This is as it should be; but
of all observation from the road, pro
ceeded to unfasten the straps of the
mail. By meaus of a sharp penknife
which set at defiance the appended
locks, she wassoon ml? tress of the
contents, aud with an eager haud
broke open the Government dispatch
es, which were uuerriugi' poiuted
out to her by their address to the
Council of Edinburg, and their im
posing weight and broad seals of of
fice. Here she found not only the
fatal warrant for her father's death,
but also maI,y other se"teuces iuUict"
Ine imiereui uegrees ui jiuuisiiuiciil
: is. . ... - . :..l....t
on various delinquents. Ihese, how-
j ever, it may readily be supposed, she
ud uot tlieu stoP to examine; she
j contented herself with tearing them
small fragments, and placing
them carefully iu her bosom.
'The intrepid girl now mountedhor
teed.atid rode off, iDavlug.alLthe pri-
A'ate, papers where she had found
them4fiinagining .(w.hat eventually,
'proved the case) that they wwufd bo
discovered erelong, from the hints
she had thrown out about the wood,
and thus reach their proper places of
destination. She new made all haste
to reach the cottage of her nurse,
where, having committed to the
llames not only the fragments of the
dreadi'd wairant, but also the other
obnoxious papers, she quickly resum
ed her female garments, and was
again, after this manly and daring
action, the simple and unassuming
Miss Grissell Cochrane.
Leaving the cloak aud pistols he
hind her to be concealed by her nurse,
she again mounted her hon-e, and di
rected her flight back to Edinburgh,
and by avoiding as much as possible
the high-road, and resting at seques-
tered cottages, as he had done before,
and that-ouly twice for a couple of
hours each time, she reached town
eariy in the morning of the next day.
The time gained by the heroic act
related above was productive of the
end for which it was uudeitaken.aud
Sir John Cochrane was pardoned at
the instigation of the king's favorite
counselor, who interceded for him in
consequence of receiving a bribe of
five thousand pounds from the Earl
of Dundonald. Miss Cochrane after
ward married Mr. Ker, of Morriston,
in the county of Berwick, and there
can belittle doubt that she proved as
affectionate and amiable as a wife as
she hadulready been dutiful and de
voted as a daughter.
Sir John Cochrane succeeded as
secoud Earl of 'Dundonald.
Long vs.liort Lamp Vlcli.
A correspondent of the Scientific
American says :
"Allow me to give your numerous
readers the benefit of my experience
with long wicks. I cram all the wick
I possibly can into the lamp, fill up
the interstices with sponge, and satu
rate the whole thoroughly with ker
osene. I have always found the sup
ply sufficient for the longest winter's
night. As long as any oil remains in
the wick, the lamp remains burning.
I have had this fairly tested. One of
mjT little ones a two year old con
trived to upset a small table support
ing a lamp. With the exception of
breaking the glass, no further damage
was done, not even soiling the carpet.
In fact my plan was brougiit about by
a similar accident, and a narrow es
cape from serious damage. As the
wick burns away I keep filling up
with sponge, and I think I have the
nearest approach to a safety lamp.
There is something entirely too in-
' definite about this kind of attire ; it
is too primitive for a mixed crowd :
"He'll come to-night ; the wind's at rest
Themoon is full anil fair;
I'll wear the dress that pleased him best
A ribbon in my, hair."
Scarcely a day passes without the
record of some wonderful surgical
operations. Sallie Brown was lately
taken in hand for a broken knee and
dislocated rib taken outand new ones
put in, and sheds now as good as ever.
It may not injure the the story much
to add that Sallie is a canal boat.
Ttie Reorganization of tlic Rebel
Aruiy.
There maybe many ZSTorthern Dem
ocrats who honestly believe that the
Southern Democracy is friendly to
peace, and that the charge often made
by Republican journals, that the great
design of Democracy in the South
was the early resurrection of the Dost
Cause, is simply a political dodge to
frighten the loyal element of the
Korth into continued support of the
Republican party. To all Buch we
commend the following article taken
the Atlanta JFetUs, of Georgia, Oct. 9,
1S74. It is but a sample of others
published throughout the South, and
ought to convince any fair-minded
citizen that the success of the Dem
ocracy means war, the restoration of
the Southern Confederacy, and, is
possible, the re-enslavement of the
brack race. When a leading Demo
cratic organ advocates openly the re
organization of the-Oonfederatearmy
which surrendered to Grant and Sher
man, is it unreasonable to ask that
the party which saved the nation from
the first effort of treason shall be kept
on guard to prevent the possibility of
a second demonstration in the same
direction :
REORGANIZING THE VETERAN COM
MANDS. Xiatterty a general desire has sprung
up in favor of a renewal of war asso-
ciationBi Numerous reunions of con
federate regiments have already taken
j place, and numerous others are pro
wo believe that the fraternal bond
would be strengthened if a step fur
ther was taken. Why not reorganize
these same commands, fill them up
to the maximum with the young men
of the South, and thus form a large
and powerful defensive force?
There are many reasons why this
should be done. Principal among
these is the one which would advise
the policy of our possessing a force
composed largely of veteran soldiers.
While the reunions of our regiments
may form but a skeleton, still their
experience in the drill, and in all the
manoeuvres of a battalion, would ren
der them of great service and facili
tate the studies of the raw volunteers
in the manuelof arms. A dozen men
experienced in war can make vete
rans out of green material in a very
feh.ortfipace of time, and can add
greatly to discipHueand to esprit.
It would not be a difiieul-t matter to
reorganize th&.Old-iregimeutBj be.oaus6f
the several companies composing each
in most cases belonged to contiguous
counties. Once each month, or quar
terly, if more convenient, they could
meet for regimental drill, aud twice
each year they could form encamp
ments of brigades and divisions, de
voting a week to manceuvering on a
large scale, and to such study of the
art of war as can be obtained from
mock battles, camp life, marching and
countermarching, &c.
There would be more esprit in a force
reorganized out of ihesurvivors of our
old regiments than could be imparted
to entirely new material. Associa
tions cluster around the veteran com
mand at once honorable and glorious.
No matter that four-fifths of the men
would be entirely new material the
fact that theirs was Gordon's old bri-
gade, or Cobb's -legion, or any other
veteran organization, could uot fail
to inspire them with pride. In most
cases these fresh recruits will be the
sons and younger brothers of the men
who served iu the same commands,
and they will be the rightful inheri
tors of the glories of their fathers and
brothers, even as they will be, aud
are, the successors to their courage,
constancy and patriotism.
Besides, the revival of the regi
ments, batteries and squadrons which
fought on a hundred battle-fields will
preserve and strengthen tiie fraternal
relations existing between the seve
ral States of theSouth. Recollections
of individuals inaj fadeaway as years
intervene, but the memories of organ
izations which together breasted the
deadly storm of war remain unchang
able in their brightness. Long after
seven-eighths of the men who had o-
riginally formed the Stonewall brig
ade had passed away, the brigade con
tinued conspicuous for its bravery.
Gordon's brigade and similar com
mands are simply immortal, so long
as their organization is maintained
Review them, and every man who
joins them feels the responsibility thflt
re3ts upon him ,to maintain their
glory untarnished. Their reputation
alone compels the young soldier to
rise to their height, and thus is per
petuated all the honors they won.
We throw out the suggestion of re
organizing these veteran commands in
the hope that our cotemporaries will
consider it favorably aud urge its a
doption. It would not be a difficult
matter to arm them. The best breeeb-
loading army rifles can be purchased j
in large quantities at from twelve to
fifteen dollars each, aud there are cer
tainly forty or fifty thousand men in
Georgia who can afford that sum of
money. With artillery companies the!
work of obtaining guns would be
more difficult, but a systematic effort
at obtaining subscriptions would
doubtless enable us to raise monev
enough to purchase sixty pieces, in-j
oluding fifteen or twenty Gatlings,
Is it possible to reorganize the old
commands throughout the South ?
We think it is. Such a reorganiza
tion would prove of incalculable ben
efit to us. It would jnve us an armv
of at leasthree hundred thousand
men, with every branch of service is worth $1,200; and teams sell any
well represented, and Each a force where from that figure to $5,003.
would enjoy immense prestige. The
VOL. 19 NO. 19.
mere fact of its existence would, we
firmly aud honestly belisve, put
an end to our political troubles.
Radicalism oppresses -and tramples
upan us because we are weak. Let us
show ourselves strong let us exhibit
great physical strength, and the cloud
of wrong and despotism that rests up
on us now will disappear like a fog
before the morning Sun. An argui
ment for liberty backed by three hun
dred thousand breech-Ioader3 would
be simply irresistible. We do not ex
pect the North to be afraid of us; but
the moment we compel her to respect
our physical strength, that moment
her people will hesitate before they
continue the reigu of t'rannv and
misrule.
OUE T$m YOEK LETTEE.
ThePay of Actors and "Writers Hors
es Co-operatlbn, "Worltlnjr JJIeu's
Club-The Brooklyn Trouble SukI
ncsn. isBv Yor.K, Nov. 2, 1SZL
THE PAY' OF PEOl'liE WHO AMUSE tJS
They who do the world the most
good are not those who get the most
. pay for it. The clergymen who gets
$700 a yeariii the country has to bring
to his profession talents of the high
est possible order, and is compelled to
do an amount of labor that would kill
an ordinary dray horse, and the same
ma3' be said of the country editor, the
lawyer and the physician. But the
popular actors or singers they have
the good thiffgs of life unstinted.
Sothern, for iustance, has played Lord
Dundreary 5,000 times, for which he
has received an average of $400 for
each performance, making the snug
sum of $2,000,000 for the one piece.
Joe Jefferson has played Bip Van
Winkle 2,000 times, antl ha3 averaged
over $500 fo each performance. He
has made (and has it yet) over a mil
lion dollars. Booth gets $600 a night
when he plays for a certainty, but he
has received as high as $3,000 for 6iu
gle performances.
But the Opera singers beat the actors
in enticing money out of the pockets
of the people. Nilssou does not open
her mouth short of $2,000 a night, and
Lucca and the other song-birds get
but little less. They live like Prin-
cesses and tbrow away money with
both haiids. - - -
But the writers and .artists do not
fare so well ; $109 for aonagazine arti-
cie looKa ratneraai;gQ,iuiiutnenjitor
Partou weeks'towrite-on&. Wlfcn'a
poet gets fifty dollars for a-little poem
it looks like paying a great deal for a
small piece of work, but-remember
that the poet labored weeks and weeks
constructing the poem, and polishing
and finishing'the-lines after they were
constructed. The highest pay jour
nalists get in New York is paid
Whitelaw Reid. of the Tribune, who
gets $7,000 per annum. Bromley,
who is the clearest wit on tiie N. Y.
press, does his delightful sarcasm on
the Tribune for $o000 a year. But
these are exceptional cases. From $20
to $60 a week is considered good pay,
and the men who get it are counted
lucky.
The authors of books make but ven
little by their work. There is occa
sionally an Uncle Tom's Cabin which
has made a fortune for the write and
two or three for the publishers, and
the Lamp Lighter was just about as
successful. But these are two out of
the million. Out of the one hundred
books published one hundred are fiat
dead failures. Of the remaining ten
probably one may reach a sale of 10,
uOO copies. The author gets for his
cop3right ten per cent, of the retail
price, which on a-$1.50 book would be
fifteen cents. If it sells 10,000 begets
$1,500. But the chances are as a hun
dred to one against its having any
such sale. A book that sells $2,500 i s
considered a fair success, which gives
the author $375 for his labor. The
moat of them manage to run their
work .through a paper first, thus get
ting double pay. Bret Harte makes a
gootl fair living by his pen, but as yet
has saved nothing. Messrs Henri
Brown, Col. Thomas Knox, and that
class of writers make more monev be
cause they work harder.
The women writers do just about
the same aa their brethren Shirley
f'Dare, Nellie Hutchinson. Mrs. Run-
kle, "Olivia,'' Nellie Hutchinson, aud
the great army of correspondents and
magazine writers manage to make
from $3,000 to $5,000 a year, though
there isn't one of them who oughtuot
to have twice that.
How these ladies must envy Nilsson
with her $2,000 a night.
PAST HORSES.
This is tho season to see fast horses
iu the parks and on tiie travelling
roads iu the vicinity. The cool, crhp
weather makes driving a delight, and
I doubt if any city in the world can
show so much in the way of spsed.
Commodore Vanderbiit is the heavi
est patron of rapid horse-flesh next to
Bonner, of the Ledger, but there are
plenty of men unknown to fame who
keep stoek quite as .progressive as
either of them. There is one team "
be seen every day on the road that
can make iU.mile in .2:22 easily. The
horses have been driven singly, one
iu 2:19 and the other in 2:18. It wag
sold to a. California speculator last
week for $40,000.
Aud by the way there is no business
so profitable, that I know of, as the
raising, training and matching of car
riage horses. Any kind of a matched
team that will do at all fora carriage
These teams, understand, make no !
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pretensions to speed or any approach
to it. They are simply, handsome,
well-matched, stylish horses, that
have fairly decent actiou and look
well In piuted harness. They must
have sqme blood In them must bo
well broken nhd.kind, liut, above aH,
must look well. To look well in hor
ses is the same thing in New York a3
it is in everything else. Most every
thing goes here by looks. The demand
for horsed of this class is always brisk
and the market is alway certain. The;
life of a horse in this city 6 necesaar-.
ily brief, even though they are as
carefully takeu care of as carriage
horses usually are. The- close stables
and hard pavements finish them sap
idly. COOPERATION CLUJBS.
Some of the working men of tho
city have made a move iu a direction
which I count good, aud the result of
which I shall watch with interest.
There is located at 113 west 20th .street,
a wotkiugmen's club, modeled after
those so successfully maintained in
Euglaud. Although of recent origin,
it has a membership of one hundred,
composed entirely of workingmen.
The reading, grime and conversation
rooms are not only neately but taste
fully furnished, thus providing a
pleasant, home-like place in which to
sspend their eveuiugs. All the daily
and weekly papers are on file, not to
speak of a library of fair proportion?.
It must be borne in mind that this ia
entirely a workiugmen's movement,
that all, the"; members are poor, arid
hence the success is more of a sur
prise. Attached to the club in the
lower part of the building is a co-operative
store, where groceries of all de
scriptions are sold at wholesale rates.
This branch, only a few weeks olii,
has been attended with gratifying re
sults since its inauguration. I am net
so certain as to the co-operative store,
but I am entirely sure as to the read
ing room and that part of it. Any
thing thai will keep workingmen oufc
of doggeries, and give.them a ration
al amusement combined with instruc
tion, is a good thing and cahnet bo
too much encouraged. It is a success
that is the library and club part of
it and there is no earthly reason why
there should not be hundred of them
in this city, and one or more in every
t city or village.
THE -JKCJOKItYX TBOTJULE
has settled down .into thescourts, nnd
f tf.1omfte. eRnfiRrrtfts viMii'iwti
all his lecture engagements, because
he has to give i is whole mind to his
suits; and Tilton ha announced that
he will accept no engagements till af
ter the first of Jaiiuar3', for the same
reason. He is with his counsel every
minute in the day, and is as busy as
he cau possibly be. Mrs. Tilton, con
trary to expectation, maintains her
attitude tf hostility to Theodore, aud
is co-operating with his enemies
Florence, the eldest daughter of the
disunited pair, has taken a position in
one of the public schools of Brooklj'U
as a teacher. Theodore is very poor.
His lecture business was killed 03 tho
Woodhull business, and his enforced
quitting of the Indejiendent was an---other
blow from whioh he never re-
covered. He is financially ruined.
Beecher is not troubled in that wa3
for he holds his pulpit aud his salar-,
and besides he was well off" when the
trouble began. But Tilton has friends
who will furnish him with the muni
tions of war, and he will make a des-
fight for his life. Such men don't die
easiK or quiet.
BUSINESS
is picking up a little, but it is not what
it ought to be at this season of the
3ear. The merchants from abroad
are buying just as little as they can.
buy aud bu- anything. None of
tiiem know what is the matter thc
all 383' there is produce enough in tii6
country and that times ought to be
good, but they are not, and they dare
not risk an-thing. So trade languish
es. But the theatre does not, aud the
bar-rooms, are doing a. rushing busi
ness. In fact the kinds of business
that one would suppose hard times
would kill, are doing well. The traf
fic in articles of neoessitj- is dull, aud
the trade in articles of luxury, is as
it can be. Curious world this! It is
going to take the country a 3ear or
two to get back to its normal condi
tion. PIBTRO.
Useful Hints on Ilouc linlldinj,.
A paper on this subject read b' Ed
ward Roberts, F. S. A., before the
Ro3'al Institute of British Architects,
close as follow :
1 Never allow pervious drains ok
pervious suilr,-.
2 Never alluw a cesspool or drain
near a well.
3. Never select gravel 83 a building
f site f well drained elav can be btain-
ed.
4. Never allow drinking water to
be drawn from a cistern supplying a
water-closet.
5. Never allow waste-pipes t be in
serted iuto water-closet traps.
6. Never allow rain water tft run to
the ground if it is required above.
7. Never allow water to stand in.
pipes exposed to frot.
. ,. Never allow pipes to be fixed so
the3' cannot empty themselves.
Never ventilate except by pipes or
tubes; inlets and outlets btdug af
equal size.
10. Never use glazed earthenware
pipes for upward flues.
11. Never allow chandeliers. t be
exclusive light merely bense
it has been customary.