Nebraska Newspapers

    THE HERALD.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
AT
PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA.
OVFXOBi
On Main Street, between 4th and Cth,
Second Story.
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VOLUME X.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1875.
NUMBER 51.
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IT All Advertising bill doc quarterly.
f7 Transient advcrUscmcnta mast be paid M
in advance.
Extra coplea of the 1 1 eiu.lt for sale by H.J.
Streirht, at the Postotnce, and O. lr. Jolimion, cor
ner of Main and fifth street.
HENRY BCECK,
DEALER IN
H1"ai?iiit'aie,
SAFES, CHAIRS,
LouDges, Tables, Bedsteads,
ETC., ETC., ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden Coffin
.Of H sizes, ready-made, and sold cheap for cash.
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With many thanks for pant patronage, I invite
11 to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OF
Furnitures mul Coflliiw.
Jan23
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Medicines.
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
rWTRESCRirriONS carefully compounded at
11 hours, day and night. 35-ly
J. V. SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
STAHTiE.
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
3 am prepared to accommodate the public with
Carriages, Buggies, Vagons,
AND
A No. I Hearse,
On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms.
A II A C K
Will Run to the Steamboat Land.
ing. Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired.
Janl-tf
First National Bank
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
SCCCE8SOR TO
Tootle, Ilnnna Clnrlc.
John Fitzgerald
E. U. Dovet
A. V. McLaughlin
John O'Koikke
President.
. . . . Vice-President,
, Cannier.
.Assistant Cashier.
Thin Bank is now open for business at their new
room, corner Main 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
tl' the ?rincipal Towns and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
MAN LINE E& ALLAN LINE
OIT STILVMEKS.
Fersons wishing to bring out their friends from
Euwpe can
rCBCHASB TICKETS FROM C9
Tliroiifj-Ii to l'lut ixmoiitli
Excelsior Barber Shop.
.T. C. BOONE,
Main Street, opposite Brooks House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
CUTTING CIIIL,I)IIE'$ HAIR
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon In a
O X 33 jSl. 3J- SHAVEj
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OO TO THE
Post Office Book ritore,
H. J. STREIGHT, Proprietor,
FOR TOm
Boots, Stationery, Pictures, Music,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Song1 Books, etc., etc
POST OFFICE EUILDI5G,
PLATTSMOrTH, XZB.
o. f. Johnson,
DEALER IN
Drugs, Medicines
AND
WALLPAPER.
All Paper TrimM Free ofClane
ALSO, DEALER IN
Books, Stationery
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
rSTrescrlpUons carefully compounded by an
experienced Proce-ist. . Fi
ItEMEMBER THE PLACE,
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
THOS. W. SHRYOCK,
DEALER rN
Main St., bet. 5th and 6th,
PLATTSMOUTH, - NEB.
ALSO
UNDERTAKER,
' And bag on hand a large stock ef
Metallic Tiurial Cases,
Wooden Coffins, Etc.,
Of all sizes, cheap for each.
Funerals Attended on Short Notice
II. i. w
m &
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
PINE LUMBER,
Lath, Shingles,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Slain St., cor. Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH NEB.
FOR YOUR GROCERIES
GO TO
J. V. Weckbach,
Cor. Third and Main Sts , Plattsmouth.
(Guthmann's old stand.)
He keep on hand a lare and well-selected -stock
or
FANCY GROCERIES,
Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots,
Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
Also, a larpe stock of
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Queensware,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
In connection with the Grocery is a
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Highest Price Taiil fur Country Produce.
A full stock at all times, and will not be undersold.
Take notice of the Sign :
"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
nlyl
WILLIAM STADELMANN
II a on hand one of the largest etocks of
CLOTHING
AND
Gents' Furnishing Goods
FOR SFRING AND SUMMER.
I invite everybody in want of anything in my
line to call at my store.
South Side Main, bet. 5th & Cth Sts.,1
And convince themselves of the fact. I have as a
specialty 1n my Retail Department a stock of
Fine Clothing for Men and Boys, to which we In
vite those who want goods.
I also keep on hand a large and well-selected
stock of
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
jarlyl
PHILADELPHIA STORE
SOLOMON A. NATHAN,
DEALERS IN
Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, Ladies' MsMnt Goods.
Largest, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock
in the city.
We are prepared to sell cheaper than they can
be purchased elsewhere.
GIVE XTS -A. CALL
And examine our Goods.
r?T"Store on Main St., between 4th and 5th Sts.,
Flaltsmonth, Neb. ltitf
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FLATTSMOCTn NEBRASKA.
Cos bad Heisel, Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN HEAL, FEED.
Always on hand mad for al at lowest cub prices.
Tha Eigieat Prices paid for Wheat and Corn.
Particular attention given to cojtota work.
NEWS Or THE WEEK.
Compiled from Telegrams of Accompanying Dates
Monday, March 8.
Attt.-Gev. Williams says President Grant
had told members of the Cabinet, before the
Equalization Bounty bill was passed by Con
grcss, that he was opposed to its provisions,
and would veto it in case of its passage, as he
regarded the measure very crudely drawn
and involving an extravagant and uncalled-
for expenditure of moneys
Pa ktips arriving in New York city on the
5th from Washington, for the purpose of
serving papers on Congressman-elect Schu
makcr, relating to the Pacific Mail subsidy
found that he had just sailed for Europe,
where his family now are.
Hon. James Blffixtox, member of Con
gress from the First Massachusetts District,
died on the morning of the 6th, about one
hour after reaching his home at Fall River on
his return from the national capital. lie was
fifty-eight years old.
The Legislatures of Indiana, Wisconsin
and Kansas adjourned sine die on the 6th.
Gov. Hendricks has issued a proclamation
convening the Indiana Legislature in special
session on the 9th.
Havana dispatches report several engage
ments with the insurgents in which the
losses on both sides arc about equal.
London dispatches announce the deaths of
Lieut-Gen. Sir James Hope Grant and Arthur
Heli.
The famine in Asia Minor has decimated
some districts to the extent of two-fifths of
their population.
Eight inches of snow fell at Cairo, 111., on
the 7th, and fifteen inches at Memphis, Tenn
Gen. Sheridan left New Orleans on the 6th
for the West.
Tuesday, March 0,
Tkk Bcccher trial was resumed on the 8th,
the sick juror being in attendance. Mrs. Put
nam concluded her testimony and was fol
lowed by Anna Augusta Moore, who at one
time boarded with Mrs. Richards, at the time
Mr. and Mrs. Tilton were members of the
same household. Her evidence was 6imilar
to that of Mrs. Putnam's, and mainly referred
to Mr. Tilton'a shortcomings as a husband
and church-member. Miss Oaklev was next
called to the stand, but Mr. Jeffreys again
complained of feeling unwell and the court
adjourned.
Ax engagement is reported to have taken
place between the Carlists and Alphon
6ists near Figueras, which lasted 6ix hours
and resulted in the substantial defeat of
the latter, whose loss is said to be over
300 killed. The Carlists have commenced the
bombardment of Oria. It is reported that
Alphonso desired to abdicate in favor of the
Duke de Montpcnsier. The Carlists have
entered the province of Santander in 6trong
force, and the Government has forwarded a
large number of troops from Bilboa to oppose
them.
Junes Wilcke, a German saloon-keeper of
Chicago, was found murdered in his 6aloon
about niue o'clock on the morning of the Tth.
The murdered man was an inoffensive person,
somewhat miserly in his habits, and it is
thought the atrocious crime was committed
about seven o'clock in the morning, the ob
ject being to secure money supposed to be in
his possession.
Representative Wheeler has received
at Washington, from New Orleans, his articles
of adjustment, signed by forty-four members
of the Conservative caucus, an ample number
to secure the desired result.
TuEVirginius difficulty has been finally
settled by the formal signing of the conven
tion between Spain and this country.
Wm. S.King, Congressman-elect from Min
nesota, arrived in Washington on the 6th
from Canada.
Wednesday, March 10.
Samuel E. Belcher, a Deacon of Ply
mouth Church, testified in the Beecher suit
on the 9th, and said that Mr. Tilton had
read to him at the time of the Bowen diffi
culty papers alleging improper proposals on
the part of Mr. Beecher to Mrs. Tilton, which
Mr. Tilton emphatically asserted she had re
pelled. Mr. Tilton told witness he had in
formed Mr. Beecher of Mrs. Tilton's charge
of improper proposals and that he (Beecher)
had said it was false and the woman must he
crazy. The witness 6tated further that Mr.
Tilton said his wife had retracted the retrac
tion she had given to Mr. Beecher, and that
he (Beecher) had confessed and apologized.
Other witnesses were examined relative to
Mr. Tilton's Winsted exploits, whose evi
dence was confirmatory of that given by
former witnesses for the defense.
The Ohio State Grange met at Columbus
on the 9th. Over 200 delegates and about
300 visiting members were present. The
annual report of the Secretary shows that
at the beginning of the year for
which the report is made there were
517 Granges in Ohio, while now
there are 1,146 Granges in the State
in good working order, with 65,000 members.
Last year only about one-half the counties
were represented at the State Convention,
while this year every county was represented.
Got. Garland, of Arkansas, has issued a
proclamation appointing Thursday, March 35,
as a day of thanksgiving for the many bless
ings showered upon the State during the past
twelve months.
TnE aggregate sum in the twelve general
appropriation bills passed during the late ses
sion of Congress is about f 175,000,000, apart
from other bills containing appropriations.
The nominations of Hon. Godlove S. Orth
as Minister to Austria and Horace G. May
nard as Minister to Turkey have been con
firmed bv the Senate.
Thursday, March 11.
A. C. Bcell, who was some time ago in
dicted by a District of Columbia Grand Jury
for libeling ex-Senator Chandler in a letter to
the Detroit Free Press, was recently arrested at
St. Louis under the provisions of the " Poland
Press-Gag" law, taken before a United States
Commissioner, and on hearing remanded
to the custody of the United States
Marshal of the District of Colum
bia. By agreement, a writ of habta corpus
issued out of the United States District Court
of Missouri, and, after argument extend
ing over several days, Jndge Treat, on the
5th, rendered his decision, holding that the
Press law did not apply to the Buell case, and
that recourse must be had to the law of 17S9.
Under this decision Buell was released, the
United States District Attorney giving notice
of appeal.
According to the latest news from New
Hampshire the recent election in that State
has resulted in no choice by the people for
Governor. The Republicans will probably
have a majority in the Legislature, thus in
suring the election by that body of Cheney,
the Republican candidate for Governor.
Jone6 (Dem.) is elected to Congress in the
Third District; Bell (Dem.) in the Second,
and Blair (Rep.) in the Third.
St. Clair McKelwat, of the Brooklm
Eatjle, Oliver Johnson, of the Christian Union,
and Isabella S. Uakley were witnesses in the
Beecher suit on the 10th. The defense sought
by their evidence to corroborate the charges
gainst the plaintiff of immorality, irreliglon
and neglect of family. Mr. McKelway testi
fied that Mr. Tilton had once told him his
etory in the form of an allegory, In which the
charge against Mr. Beecher was that of im
proper advances.
The different departments at Washington
have issued circulars announcing the aboli
tion of the civil-service reform rules govern
ing their respective departments wherever
operative, and announcing a return to tb
former method of the appointment of em
ployes. All the sub-boards of the civil-service
reform throughout the country are abolished
by these orders.
Tilfc report that Gottsciiakofl had demanded
the recall of Wm. Schuyler, United States
Charge T Affaires at St. Petersburg, is de
clared to be untrue. -
It is officially announced that M. Buffet has
succeeded in the formation of a new French
Cabinet.
Friday, March 12,
As Omaha dpat?h 6ats (Jen. Ord hSs
UsUed orders that the military shall occupy
the mining districts in the Black Hills,
dividing into small camps and employ
ing a large number of Indian runners, so
that no persons can enter the district with
out discovery, and when found they will
quietly be escorted out. Gen. Ord says
tho treaty with the Indians shall be
fully carried out, bo far as is in his power,
A St. Paul telegram says Gen. Terry, com
mander of the Department of Dakota, has an
nounced that he shall deem it his dutj', un
der the former instruction of Gen. Sheridan
not since recalled, to disperse and oppose the
movement of any and all parties intending to
encroach upon the forbidden territory.
The Ohio State Grange has chosen the fol
lowing officers: S. II. Ellis, of Warren Coun
ty, Worthy Master; J. W. Ogdcn, of Cham
palgnyjOverseer; W. W. Miller, f Erie,
Secretary; R. Stevenson, of Green, Treasurer;
M. N. Kiinmcl, of Montgomery, Chaplain; II.
S. Piatt, of Logan, Lecturer! Thomas Fletch
er, of Clermont, Steward; Frank Ford, of
Portage, Assistant; Mrs. S. H. Ellis, of ar
ren, Ceres; Mrs. A. J. Love, of Knox, Po
mona; Mrs. E. J. Malstcr, of Washington,
Flora.
The following changes in department
commanders have been announced
from Y ashington: (ien. Augur goes
to New Orleans, to succeed Gen.
Emory; Gen. Ord to San Antonio, Tex.,
to succeed Gen. Augur; Gen. Crook to the
Department of the Platte, to succeed Gen.
Ord; Gen. Kautz takes command in Arizona.
These changes indicate the retirement of Gen
Emory.
The Independent Reformers met in Nation
al Convention at Cleveland on the
11th, about sixty delegates, represent
ing twelve States and the District of
Columbia, being present. M. M. nooton, of
Ccntralia, 111., was chosen permanent Chair
man; Andrew Cameron, of the Workinqmanfa
Advocate, Chicago, Secretary.
One hundred and thirty-nine delegates,
representing Ohio and Western Pennsylvania,
assembled in convention at Columbus, Ohio,
on the llth, to take some action relative to
the adoption of a religious amendment to
the Constitution of the United States
Lengthy resolutions were adopted, express
ive of their ideas and desires on this subject
John Mitchel has been re-elected to Par
liament from Tipperary by about 1,000 ma
jority.
U. S. Minister CcaniNG presented his
credentials to King Alphonso on the llth.
Saturday, March 13.
The National Independent Labor Reform
Convention, at its session in Cleveland on the
12th, adopted a series of resolutions, and
voted to continue the present National Exec
utive Committee, giving them power to add
to their number and to select a sub-committee
of thirteen. The committee was instructed
to issue an address to the people of the coun
try setting forth the ideas and platform of the
party and asking their co-operation and votes.
The committee is also to decide upon the place
for holding the Presidential Nominating Con
vention. Gen. Wingate, of Missouri, addressed
the convention and several other speeches
were made, and letters were read from vari
ous persons in different parts of the country
expressing sympathy with the movement and
regretting their inability to be present. Ad
journed sine die.
The principal witness in the Beecher trial on
the llth was a Mr. Charles Cowley, a lawyer
of Lowell, Mass., who testified to having been
at one time counsel for Mrs. Woodhull, and
that in 1871 he was introduced to Mr. Tilton
at her house, and there heard them avow
their sentiments regarding the marriage re
lation. They also told witness of the alleged
immoral doings of Mr. Beecher, Mrs. Tilton,
and other members of Fly mouth Church, and
how Mr. B. was to be coerced into presiding
at Mrs. W.'s lecture. This witness thought
Mr. Tilton and Mrs. Woodhull evinced great
tenderness toward each other.
Br an enactment passed Just before the
close of the late session of Congress the rate
of postage on mail matter of the third class
in which is included transient newspapers and
magazines, hand-bills and circulars, and
merchandise is doubled, being now one cent
per ounce or fraction thereof, which must be
fully prepaid to insure transportation in the
mails.
Biugham Young refused to comply with
the decree of the court granting alimonj' to
Ann Eliza, and was fined 35 and imprison
ment one day for contempt of court. He sub
sequently paid the fine and submitted to the
judgment of the court by advice of his friends,
who wish to carry the case to the Supreme
Court.
Two colored waiters of a Chicago restau
rant went into another restaurant in the city
on the evening of the llth and ordered
6upper, which was refused them. They then
called upn Commissioner Hoyne and de
manded redress under the Civil-Rights bill.
The Ohio State Grange, on tho 12th,
adopted a resolution refusing to sanction the
action of the National Grange recommending
Congress to grant Government aid to the
Texas Pacific Railway.
Archbishop McClosket, of New York, has
been appointed by the Pope Cardinal of the
Catholic Church in America.
Gen. SnERiDAN left Washington on the
llth for New Orleans, via Chicago andLeaven-
worth, Kan.
COTVftllESSIOXAL.
In the Senate, on the 8th, Mr. Morton
advocated his resolution for the admission of
Pinchback as Senator from Louisiana, arguing
that his credentials constitute prima facie evi
dence, and he must be seated, any question as
to the character of the body which elected him.
the manner of his election, etc., to be inquired
into afterward A skort executive session was
held.
In the Senate, on the 9th, a communi
cation was received from Vice-President Wilson
announcing his absence from the city for two or
three days, and a ballot was had fur Iresident
pro tern, of the Senate, which resulted in the elec
tion of Thomas W. Ferry, of Michigan, bv a vote
of thirty nine to twenty-five for A. O. Thnrmau,
of Ohio The list of standing committees was
read, after which Mr. Morton concluded his argu
ment in favor of the resolution for the admission
of Mr. I'inchback, Mr. Merrimon. of North Caro
lina, following in opposition to the resolution ...
Executive session and adjournment.
Mr. Merrimon concluded his argument
on the Pinchback resolution in the Senace on the
10th. and Mr. McCrecry, of Kentucky, obtained
the floor, but yielded for the executive session,
which was of short duration.... Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the llth, the ques
tion as to the resolution for the appointment of a
committee to visit the Indian Territory during
the recess being in order, came up, and. after dis
cussion, the whole subject was laid on the table
89 to S3. ...Executive session and adjournment.
In the Senate, on the f2th, a memorial
was presented and referred from the heirs of Will
iam K. Sebastian, Senator from Arkansas in IStil,
aHkin; that the resolution expelling hiia from
the Senate be rescinded Consideration of the
resolution for the admission of Pinchback was
resumed, and Mr. McCreery, of Kentucky, spofce
in opposition to it. lie wa followed by Messrs.
Sauishurr of Delaware and Chrlstlancr of Mich-
ienn, the latter areuiuc against the resolution.
and holding Congress and not the President re
sponsible tor the allCRfd lllesiil Kellogs; Oovern
inent in Louisiana. i.iKxecutive session.
New York. Cotton 16'4Kc. Ftonr Good
to choice. SS.OO'ao.SS: white winter extra. 5.40i9
6.00. Wheat No. 2 Chicago, $1.1 1(1.1 4 : No. 2
Northwestern, Sl.lisSl.lt; No. i Milwaukee
Sprint;, 1.81.15. A'y Western. (fiCiMCx-. Uar
lfV 1.30(iil.35. Corn as81',4c. Oalo Mixed
Western, MWiBHc. Pork New moss, fifl.li'i
r.5. Jard li?i(&i33ic. tviwf-i:iM.
Wool Domestic fleece, R-'(65c. Reeves $ 1 1 .00
Hogs Dressed, Western. "-'i'Ut'i-io:
live, $6.87'i7.)i3. Sheep Live, $3.75G7.50.
CntrAoo: Uteres Cho'Ce. "i.7?0.JS; good,
$5.S'(&5.C3; liledium, fl.75O3.00; tllKhcr"
stock, $:l.50(i4.75; stock cattle, $1.0tKa
4.25. Hog Live, good to choice, 5"-75.7.25;
dressed, $7 .KbfTr S.ioii Sheep Uood to choice,
$5.25c.25. H utter Choice yellow, 30T3ic. Egqs
Fresh, 255;2tic. Pork Mess, new, $1S.1(V,18.20.
Xarrf tl3.-J0e.l.l.22'4. Cheese New York Factory,
17(i17,,4c: Western Factory, ltil417c.
Flour White winter extra, f4.35vib.50;
spring extra. $!.00i.50. Wheat Spring
No. 2, t!7f(i7?c. Com No. 2, Blifrj)
lC. Oflo-No. 62?..52Vc. Hue ISO. 2
97,Mr:. JlarletfVo. 2. Jl.orl W. Wool
Tnb-washcd, 4.v5Sc; fleecn, washed, 4iXH
Nlc: fleece, unwashed. 27Cw7c. Lumhet
First-clear, f52.(Xir,fS5.00; second-ciear, $46.00
fr?,50.(X)! common boards, Sll.uur&r-S.tiu; leuc
ine, SJ2.UI?? i:ux; "A" shingles, $J.UUj3.:io;
jatn, f i.u'Jttyi.isa.
Cincinnati. Flour 1 1.!5?5.10. Wheat lied.
fl.071.10. Corn -r 67ti.sc. Jtye $l.i
,m. Oats 593fi2c. ZJarey$1.20ai.25. rork
$18.75ai9.00. Lard U&Uc.
St. Louis. Cattle Fair to choice. 5. 40.6.00
Hogs Live, $5.757.75. Flour XX Fall, $1.4(VTJ
4.50. il'Ai(-Xo. 2 Red Fall, $1.0ti(T'.1.07.
Corn 'So. 2, 64'tl5!Jc. Oats No. 2, 5',(7a
57e. SWc-3? ?1.00. Hurley "So. 2, $1.2vft
1.32V4. Pork Mess, $18.ti35418.75. Lard 13
13c.
Milwaukee. Flour Spring XX, ?l.Pi?.-.oo,
Wheat Spring, No. 1. 913il7ic No,2,Wi
PTC. torn no. a, KKMHc. uats No. a, 51
51Hc. llye No. 1, $l.OO;41.01. ISarley No. 9,
$1.01.10.
Cleveland. Wheat No. 1 Rod, $1.11!JQ1.12;
No. 2 Red, $l.O7;i1.08. Corn 71&72C.
Oats "So. 1, 60Q61C
Detroit. Wheat Extra, ,1.13!4(&1.14. Corn
ti!K&ti'J.l4C. Oats 59lJ(LKc. Dressed Uojs7.5Q
ft,7.75.
Toi.i:to. Wheat Amber Miehipan, $1.074f
1.08; No. 2 Red. $1.07'41.X. Corn High
Mixed, K8J4Z&6c. Oats No. 2, 57&57!4c.
Buffalo. lieexes $5.0W?5.87'4. Hogs Live,
$7.00&7.BO. Sheep Live, $5.5013.50.
East Liberty. Beeves Best, $6.iV(7j6.75;
medium. $5.40;i5.75. Hogs Yorkers, $ii.8540
7.15; Philadelphia, $R.0ttra8.50. Sheejliu6l,
$8.50(&7.uu; medium, 5a.7j(ttb.3a.
Senate Standing Committees.
The following is a list of the standing
committees announced in the United
States Senate on the 9th :
Privileges and Flections Morton. Chairman;
Lnsan, Alcorn, Mitchell, Wadleigh, Cameron
(Wis.), McMillan, Saulsbury, Merrimon.
Foreign Jtelation Cameron (Pa.), Chairman;
Morton, Hamlin, Howe, Frelinshuysen, Conk
ltns, McCrecry Bojry, Johnson (ienn.).
Finance Sherman, Chairman; Morrill (Vt.
Ferry (Mich.). Frelinghuysen, Logan, Doutwell,
Jones ( Nev.). Bayard, Keruan.
Appropriations Morrill ( Me.), Chairman ; Wiu-
tioni. w est, argent, Allison, Liorsey, .talon,
Wallace, Davis.
Commerce. Couklinjr, Chairman; Spencer,
Boutwell, Cameron (Wis.), Burneidc, McMillan,
Gordon, Dennis, McDonald.
Maniifactiires Robertson, Chairman; Booth,
Bruce. Withers, Wallace.
Agriculture Frelinghuyscn, Chairman; Rob
erts, Harvey, Davis, Gordon.
Military Affairs Lo;ran, Chairman; Cameroji
(Pa.), Spencer, Clayton, Wadleigh, Ransom, Burn
side, Randolph, Cockerill.
Saral Affairs Crairin, Chairman; Anthony,
Morrill (Me.), Sargent, Conover, Norwood,
Whyte.
Judiciary Edmunds, Chairman; Conkling,
Frelinghuyscn, Whyte, Howe, Thurman, Steven
son. Poslofflces and Post-Hoads Hamlin, Chairman ;
Ferry (Mich.), Dorsey, Jones (Nev.). Dawes, Pad
dock, Naulsburv, Johnson (Tenn.), Maxcv.
Public Lands Orlesby, Chairman: Windom,
Harvey, Boutwell, Paddock, Booth, Kelly, Mc
Donald, Jones (Fla.).
J'irate Land Claims Thurman, Chairman;
Bavard, Bo-ry, Ferry (Conn.), Allison.
Indian Affairs Allison, Chairman; Oglesby,
Morrill (Me.), In-ralls, Clayton, Bovry, McCreery.
Pensions Ingalls, Chairman; Allison, Hamil
ton. Booth, Bruce, McDonald, Withers.
Revolutionary Claims Stevenson, Chairman;
Johnson (Va.). Goldth waite. Morrill ( Vt.). Wright.
Claims Wright, Chairman; Mitchell, Vd
leiKh, Christiancy, McMillan, Cameron (Wis.),
Caperton, Cockerill, Jones (Fla.).
District of Columbia Spencer. Chairman;
Hitchcock, "Robertson, Dorsey, Ingalls, 31erri
mon, Eaton.
Patents Ferry (Conn.). Chairman; Windom,
Dawes, Johnson (Va.). Kernan.
Public Buildings and Cround Morrill (Vt.),
Chairman; Cameron (I'a.), Paddock, Cooper,
Whyte.
Territories Hitchcock, Chairman; Crairin,
Patterson, Christiancy, Sharon, Cooper, Maxey.
Ilailroads West, Chairman; Hitchcock, Crag
in, Howe. Hamilton, Mitchell, Sargent, Dawes,
Ransom, Kefly. Caperton.
Mines and M inina Sartrent, Chairman: Ham
lin. Alcorn, Harvey, Sharon, Goluthwaite, Ran
dolph.
Jitrision of the Laws of the United States
Boutwell, Chairman; Alcorn, Christiaucy, Ca
perton, Wallace.
Education and Labor Patterson, Chairman;
Ingalls, Morton, Ferry (Conn.), Burnside, Bruce,
Gordon, Eaton, Maxey.
Civil Service and Retrenchment Clayton. Chair
man; Wright, Oglesby, Sherman, Patterson, Mc
Creerv, Randolph.
To Audit and Control Contingent Expenses of
the Senate Jones, of Nevada, Chairman; Dawes,
Dennis.
Printing Anthony, Chairman; Howe, Sanls-
bury.
Library llowe, Chairman; Edmunds, lian-
80111.
Rules Perry (Mich.), Chairman; Hamlin, Mer
rimon.
Engrossed Bills Bayard, Chairman ; Withers,
Anthony.
Chan-man ; Kelly,
Enrolled Bills Conover,
Robertson.
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard m-
dom. Chairman: Sherman. Conklins. West. Con
over, Mitchell, Norwood, Davis, Johnston (Va.).
On Lerees on the Misstssippt River Alcorn
Chairman ; Clayton, Harvey, Cooper, Cockerill.
The Mental Attitude of the TriinitlTe
Man.
Comprehension of the thoughts gen
erated in the primitive man by his con
verse with the surrounding world can be
had only by looking at the surrounding
world from his stand-point. The ac
cumulated knowledge aud the mental
habits slowly acquired during education
must be suppressed, and we must divest
ourselves of conceptions which, partly
by inheritance and partly by individual
culture, have been rendered necessary.
JNone can do this completely and lew
can do it even partially.
It needs but to observe what unnt
methods are adopted by educators to be
convinced that even among the disci
plined the power to frame thoughts
which are widely unlike their own is ex
tremely small. When we see the juve
nile mind plied with generalities while
it has yet none of the concrete facts to
which they refer when we see mathe
matics introduced under the purely
rational form instead of under that
empirical form with which it should be
commenced by the child, as it was com
menced by the race when we see a sub
ject so abstract as grammar put among
the first instead of the last, and see it
taught analytically instead of syntheti
cally, we have ample evidence of the
prevailing inability to conceive the ideas
of undeveloped minds. And if, though
they have been children themselves, men
find it hard to rethink the thoughts of
the child, still harder must they find it
to rethink the thoughts of the savage.
To keep out automorphic interpretations
is ucyond our power, lo look at things
with the eyes of absolute ignorance, and
observe how their attributes and actions
originally grouped themselves in the
mind, imply a self-suppression that is
impracticable. Herbert Spencer, in Pop
ular Science Monthly for JIarch.
A Tfirva larlv nf Trnr "V "V rprpiTrfid
. T J J -' -
a singular valentine in the 6hape of a
box contnininor a lippPa hpnrt niprnvA
with a golden arrow of elegant manu
facture, set with jewels, and estimated
to be worth at least seventy-five dollars.
She fed the heart to her net doc unci will
retain the arrow as a memento of the
calf who sent it.
rortcr's Fall.
Danbury and Detroit are not the only
cities where ludicrous events happen to
demure and well-meaning men. Collier-
ville produces an item of interest of the
same kind so frequently related by
Messrs. Bailey, Max Adeler and others.
Some days nno Mr. Porter, who does
business on the east side of the public
square, but little more than a stone s
throw from the depot, had occasion to
Mcmt'b.ir'i end prepared himself for
going upon the mail-train which passes
thereat 9:15 each morning. liecomlng
deeply engaged in discussion with
some of his friends as to the propriety
of taking ladies to the approaching
Mardi Gras, he was startled by the shrill
whistle almost at the depot and the train
moving rapidly. The little negro boy
had only shined one of Mr. Porter's
boots end taken the other oil" his foot
for the same purpose. Jfo time was to
be lost, however, as the train is allowed
but one minute at a station, and Mr.
Porter, pulling on his boot, ran out hur
riedly and made good time toward the
train. It was one of those cold, windy
days about the 1st of February, and, as
if to aggravate the uneasy Mr. Porter,
off went hi3 hat and ran like a thing of
life quite a distance up the street in an
opposite direction from that its owner
would have desired. It would not do to
go ollwiih no hat, so Mr. Porter regained
the same with some delay, and made
faster time trainward than ever. Now
this fast speed made matters worse, for
Mr. Porter, stepping upon a brickbat,
which turned, fell full length upon the
ground. Just then a countryman's horse,
which had broken from the rack on the
approach of the train, came running by,
which caused those who had nt seen
Porter's fall to say: "Porter's
horse has throrn him." Others
cried out, " Catch Porter's horse."
Mr. Porter was obvious to all
this, and rising up made again for" the
train, which by this time was steaming
loudly and beginning to move. Mr.
Porter thought he could make it, but.
knew it would take good speed. The
new platform at the depot over which he
must go, unfortunately, is so flat that
after a rain nearly half of it remains
covered with water about one-fourth
inch in depth. On this occasion the keen
winds had frozen the standing water in
to a sheet of ice. Mr. Porter would have
gone around this but for cotton bales
that had been laid on the dry places, lie
pressed intently forward, therefore, re
ceiving no drawback on account of the
ice until he had nearly crossed over,
when both feet slipped from under him
in the easiest possible manner. He sat
down as gracefully as anyone would
have done under the circumstances, but
the descent was eo forcible he broke
through the ice breaking a space about
the size of a wash-tub. Here he came in
contact with the coldest water he had
ever felt, just underneath the ice, which
caused his up-rising to be about as rapid
as his down-sitting. After this he walked
leisurely to the train, presenting a ludi
crous appearance, with mud on coat and
pants at some points, and water on his
pants at other parts. His remarks re
minded his hearers of all the heathen
deities, and also of the old gentleman
who tempted Eve, when he found the
train referred to was only a gravel train
that had run in upon the side track to
await the arrival of the mail train. Lou
istille U our ier-Journal.
An Ingenious Swindle.
A most unique swindle is reported in
the Evencment as perpetrated by a Par
isian. About a month since the Havre
correspondent of a large banking-house
in Paris received the following letter
from the head of his firm :
Paris, Jan. , 1875. Dear Sir: I write to
warn you that the son of our principal cashier
has disappeared with some 200,000 francs in
bills drawn upon you by us. He will prob
ably present thcin in Havre shortly after the
receipt of this advice by you. Of course j-ou'
will refuse payment. As his father is a very
old aud valued servant, we have concluded
not to cause him the dicgraco aud mortifica
tion of knowing that his son is a felon. You
will therefore allow the scoundrel to go free.
If you can manage to get rid of him by send
ing him to America, advance him two or
three hundred louis and let him go and hang
himself. Confidentially, .
The day after the receipt of this letter
by the Havre house a young man of fine
address presented himself and attempted
to negotiate the stolen bills. The letter
was shown him, and he fell on his knees
in a flood of repentant tears. He ex
pressed a willingness to come to America,
and 250 louis (:$ 1,250) were given him,
with many cautions to reform.
The joung man sailed for New York
next day, and the day after the Havre
house received an answer to its letter of
advice detailing the facts. No bills had
been stolen from the Paris house, the
letter originally sent was a forgery, and
the principal cashier has no son. ihe
police of New York were notified to look
for this remarkable swindler, but no light
has yet been thrown on his movements in
this country.
Unappreciated Miakespeare.
A few da3rs ago young Gurley, whose
father lives on Croghan street, organ
ized a theatrical company and purchased
the dime novel play of "Hamlet." The
company consisted of three 003-3 and a
hostler, and Mr. Gurley's hired girl was
to be the " Ghost" if the troupe could
guarantee her fifty cents per night.
loung Gurley suddenly bloomed out
as a professional, and when his mother
asked him to bring in some wood he re
plied :
" 1 hough I am penniless thou canst
not degrade me!"
" You trot out after that wood or I'll
have 3rour father trounce you!" she exclaimed.
The tvrant who lava his hand unon
me shall die!" replied the boy, but he got
the wood.
He was out on the step when a man
came along and asked him where Lafay
ette street was.
" Doomed for a certain lime to roam
the earth!" replied Gurley, in a hoarse
voice, and holding his right arm out
straight.
" I say, you where is Lafayette
street?" called the man.
"Ah! Could the dead but speak ah!"
continued Gurley.
Ihe man drove him into the house,
and his mother sent him to the grocery
after potatoes.
" I go, most noble Duches?, he said, as
he took up the basket; "but my good
sword shall some day avenge these insults!"
He knew that the grocer favored the
atricals, and when he got there he said :
" Art thou provided with a store of
that vegetable known as the 'tater, most
excellent Duke?"
""What in thunder do 3-ou want?"
growled the grocer as he cleaned the
cheese-knife on a piece of paper.
" lhy plebeian mind is dull of com
prehension!" answered Gurley.
" Don t try to tret oil any of vour non
sense on me or I'll crack your empty
pate in a minute!" roared the grocer,
and " Hamlet" had to come down from
his high horse and ask for a peck of potatoes.
' What made you so long?" asked his
mother as he returned.
"Thy grave shall be dug in the cypress
glade!" he haughtily anwered.
hen his father came home at neon
Mrs. Gurley told him that she believed
the boy was going crazy, and related
wbat had occurred".
" I see what c:lt hm," mused the
father; "this explains Why be hangs
around Johnson's barn so much."
At the dinner table young Gurley
spoke of Lisf itheras the "illustrious
Count," and when his mother asked hi in
if he would have some butter gravy he
answered :
" The appetite of a warrior cannot be
satisfied with such nonsense."
When the meal was over the father
went out to his favorite shade-tree, cut a
sprout, and the boy was asked to stop
out into the woodshed and see if the
penstock was frozen up. He found the
old man there, and he said :
" Why, most noble Lord, 1 had supposed
thee far away!"
" 1 m not so far away but what 1 in
going to make you skip!" growled the
father. " I'll teach you to fool around
with ten-cent tragedies! Come up here!"
For about five minutes the woodshed
wa3 full of dancing feet, flying arms and
moving bodies, and thtm the old man
took a lest and inquired:
" There, 3-our Highness, dost want any
more?"
" Oh! no, dad not a bit more!" wailed
the 3Toung " manager," and w hile the
father started for down town he went in
and sorrowfully informed the hired girl
that he must cancel her engagement till
the fall season. Detroit Free Press.
The Louisiana Compromise.
The opposition of the Democrats to
the resolution recognizing Mr. Kellogg
as Governor of Louisiana shows their
desire to keep open the difliculties in
that State. The resolution does not de
clare that Mr. Kellogg was elected be
j'ond question, but that, upon the whole,
and as the election of McEncry is quite
as much tainted with irregularity and
fraud, the person who has held the office
for two years, and whom the President
has recognized, shall be declared Gov
ernor de facto. Whatever we may have
thought, there seems to be no alterna
tive. To order a new election raises
constitutional and practical questions
not ea3' to settle. To recognize McEn
cry is to overturn the existing order with
out any more reason than that order
oilers for itself. To do nothing is to
prolong the evident mischief of uncer
tainty. To abandon the State to violent
revolution is a violation of plain duty.
To recognize Mr. Kellogg and to con
demn the Hoard of Registration is appar
ently the only practicable course.
The weightiest reason for adopting it
is that it is the substance of the Wheeler
compromise, which has been approved
by a majority of the caucus of McEuery's
partisans. This fact should be conclu
sive with all good citizens, even if they
have doubted whether, under any cir
cumstances, the Kellogg administration
should be acknowledged. It is this ap
proval also which makes the Democrat ic
action in the House more significant.
That action was determined by the pro
testing White League ' minority of the
caucus. Thus once more the Democratic
party in the Northern States, by the
virtually unanimous action of its repre
sentatives iu Congress, shows all its old
servility to the extreme lire-eating
Southern sentiment. And this is the
point which all intelligent men should
ponder. It is not Gov. Tilden aud such
Democrats as Mr. Thompson, who suc
ceeds Gen. Butler, who represent the
spirit and tendency of the Democratic
party. It is the White League and gen
tlemen like Mr. John Young Brown who
show what may be expected of Demo
cratic ascendency. It was not the
Girondists, the mild, honorable, judi
cious men of the French Revolution,
who controlled it, but Robespierre, Dan
ton and Marat.
This country has seen something of the
Democratic party w hen its Cabinet in
the White House was a nest of traitor
ous conspiracy ; when its ex-President,
Pierce, wrote that the blood of the war
would flow in Northern streets; when
its Mayor of New York, Fernando Wood,
tried to smuggle arms to rebels; when
its Governor of New York, Horatio Sey
mour, in the midst of war, denounced
the Administration, and warned it that
the doctrine of public necessity could be
proclaimed by a mob as well as by a
government a direct incitement, under
the circumstances, of the mob that nine
days afterward ravaged the city; the
country, we say, has seen something of
the Democratic party and knows that it
has been always controlled by its most
reckless and desperate element. And
now it is with the White League, with
the determination that in the unfortunate
exigency in Louisiana no kind of com
promise or settlement shall be made
save that of a revolutionary overthrow
of the existing authorities, that the
Democrats in the House ally themselves.
This they do when they are upon their
good behavior, when their policy is to
play . the part of Christian conciliation.
The tendency is irresistible; and when
they control the House the same servili
ty to the violence of their party w ill be
tray itself still more.
The danger to the repose and prosperi
ty of the country in the ascendency of a
party whose most vital and resolute ele
ment is composed of those who most re
lentlessly hate the settlements of the
war, needs no emphasis. It is not neces
sary to suppose that they w ill take up
arms. Should they acquire control of
the Government that would be needless.
We have but to ask the man of any party
who sincerely wishes the honest observ
ance of the amendments what he thinks
the condition of the colored citizens
would be in the Southern States with a
Democratic Administration in Washing
ton, coerced by the White League senti
ment that rejects the Wheeler compro
mise and dictates the policy to which
the Democratic members even now bow
down. Harper's Weekly.
Bark-Cloth.
Tm.- n!iiin rf 1'ranflii. one of the dis
tricts of Central Africa, are sxpert in the
manufacture 01 barit ciomsoi a very une
quality. The mode by which they pre
pare these fabrics is simple and rapid.
species ot ng-tree yieius me oarK
niti.l lit tlit muniifiirtlirp. This 1A de-
LJ UA i Vv liVf av -
tached from the tree in strips about six
tcet long and as wine as pussiuie. me
outer rind is pared off with a lance-head
held in the two hands, after the manner
f using a cooper s arawing-Knuc. 1 ne
rt ; tbpn enrp4fl nnon a wooden beam
nnnn tlm crriiiml nd hammered with a
maliet grooved in line cuts, which, with
every blow, stamps tue DarKwmi lines
somewhat resembling corduroy. The
bark is exnanded bv the pounding, and is
repeatedly turned during the process,
vhich is continued until 11 is Deaien mio
l cloth of fine texture.
When taken from the tree the bark is
vhitc ; but it soon assumes a delicate
hade of brown. The best cloths arc
ornamented with patterns in black.
which are produced by drawing the de
sign with water from iron springs. This,
rrmbinintr w ith the tannin in the bark.
immediately stains it black. Sheets of
r. Jt 1 11 1 1
bark-cloth are oiten a3eu uiacK uy nu
mersinfr them for a short time in springs
tinctured with iron.
That was an irreverent youth who, to
his aged parent, desiring to retire from
the retail trade and take a Government
position, said: " You in the postoffice!
Nice old party you'd be in the postoffice.
What could you do in the postoffice, ex
cept stand in the doorway with your
mouth open for folks to wet postage
stamps on your tongue!"
ALL sou rs.
The Hindoos are said to have no word
for "friend." The Italians have no equiv
alent fur our " humility." The Russian
dictionary gives a word the definition of
which is, "not to have enough buttons
on your footman's waistcoat ;" a second
means to " kill over again;" a third " lo
earn by dancing." Tho Germans call a
thimble a "finger-hat," which it certainly
is, and a grasshopper a " hay-horse." A
glove with them is a " hand-shoe," show
ing that there w ere shoes before gloves.
The French, strange to 113', have no verb
" to stand," nor can a Frenchman speak
of "kicking" nii3on. The nearest ap
proach he, in his politeness, makes to it
is to threaten to " give a blow with his
foot," the same tiling, probnbh", to the
recipient in cither case, but it seems to
want the directness, the energy, of our
" kick." The terms " up-sttiirs" and
"downstairs" arc also unknown in
French.
A parrot has just died in Lowell,
Mass., at the venerable age of thirty-four.
Deceased emigrated from Mexico at the
close of the late unpleasantness w ith that
country, and has since resided in the City
of Spindles. He was an accomplished
linguist, being able to answer in three or
four languages.
Sensible newspaper men have about
come to the conclusion that time and
energies spent in quarreling with one
another are worse than wasted; while
every ellort in the public's behalf pays
an abundant profit.
If you never had a busted penstock,
a lame wife, two children down with
mumps and a washerwoman weeping on
t lie door-step, j-ou haven't any idea how
it tones a man's enthusiasm down. De
troit Free l'ress.
New Hampshire lias a law to line a
person $5 for pointing a loaded gun at
anyone, but after the loaded gun has
peppered a fellow to death what amount
of consolation can be extracted from t
line?
It is a great thing to be an astrono
mer, and discover comets and such, but
the man who keeps his flour barrel full
and his woodpile level has a right to pat
himself on the hack and feel proud.
A solitary dog was ruscued while
floating down the East River on a cake
of ice yesterday. A little more nnd his
bark would have been on the sea. Nca
York Commercial Adcerliscr.
The Agassiz memorial fund is now
so large as to give the committee in
charge of it the assurance that the orig
inal amount contemplated, $ :i00,000, will
soon be raised.
The maddest man in America is that
Louisville lawyer who didn't sell his
George IV. book for .f 2,000 when hehad
a chance. It is now worth from four to
five dollars.
13 it possible for one of a crowd of
boys to run after a f-lcigh while the oth
ers stay back, without the latter shout
ing at the top of their voices: " Whip
behind?"
What sort of grammar is it which
compels a person lo ta3': "I saw four
deer in one drove," but won't let him
say: "There are ten hog in the garden."
It is high time that those "eminent
physicians" were predicting a visit from
the Asiatic cholera. The country must
have something to look forward to.
A Canadian paper lately recorded
the death of a j-oung woman iu Tilson
burg, caused by the habit ofblccping with
her tightly-laced corsets on.
The Spanish word " bonanza" having
come into general use It w ould be proper
to adopt its antithesis, " borrasca," mean
ing a mine that don't pay.
Rhode Island will build a new State
IIousc if Connecticut and Massachusetts
will tolerate the rain drip from the roof.
Turner1 h Falls Reporter.
Large flocks of snow-birds arc mak
ing a living in Kansas by eating Ihe eggs
ol the grasshoppers w hich the frost has
heaved out of the ground.
The goose-quill pen w ith which the
Judge signed the death warrant of the
bandit Vasquez is now owned by a man
who values it at $1,000.
Stains on wall paper can be cut out
with a sharp penknife and a piece of
paper so nicely inserted that no one can
see the patch.
A Williamsport (Pa.) woman tried to
have her husband arrested because he
"winked at and nudged the girls at a
party."
The Maine Legislature has rejected a
bill to compel the sale of eggs by weight.
' A pound of eggs" is still a dream of tho
future.
Mrs. Shaver, of Pennsylvania, wanted
to die on a panel bedstead, and her bus
band went out and borrowed one and the
died happy.
One Pittsburgh street car took in
130 bogus nickels in one day, and it
wasn't an average day 1)3- any means.
The Financial Chronicle estimates
that there is now- ovi r $ 300, 000,000 of
specie in the United States.
The Iiural Sun says that " geraniums
will drive oil' snakes." Rut simply swear
ing oil' is quite as effective.
The time is near at hand when the
gpoon will be heard scraping the bottom
of tUe last pre rve jar.
The weather hasn't been cold enough
in Florida this winter to stupefy the ave
rage bedbug.
Indian corn, according to a French
physician, is " an infallible cure for con
sumption." Danbury has contributed four barrels
of cast-ofl thermometers to the Wcfctern
t-ull'erers.
He who is in love is like a man on a
slippery street between two water-pails.
During the year 174 there were CS7
deaths from scarlet fever iu Cincinnati.
A statistician estimates that court
ships average three tons of coal each.
It is sail that a ride-bullet cannot
penetrate thirty sheets of paper.
Beaded work continues to be gener
ally fashionable.
Solid men Iron merchants.
Shoeing a Camel.
A travki.kii from Pekin to Siberia,
across the great desert of Gobi, tells us
thtt whenever a camel's feet become
very tender and horc from long marches
the poor creature lies down. The driver
knows at once that his feet hurt him
and looks to find out if the thick skin of
the feet is blistered. Whenever a blister
is found, two or three strong men, usual
ly Mongols, keep watch of the camel until
it is not noticing them. At just the right
moment they make a rush altogether
ujMm the camel, throw it over upon its
side and make it fast. Then with a
needle made for that use they sew a
square piece of leather large enough to
cover the hurt place over the camel's
foot, the skin of w hich is quite thick
enough to sew through without hurting
the animal. With his new shoes on the
camel is quite ready to get up and march
on. The pieces of leather arc very care
fully prepared for this use. It sometimes
happens that a camel lies down in the
midst of his long march across the des
ert and dies. The natives take the
thickest part of his skin to make shoes
of. These bits of skin they take out day
after day, w hen on the march, and pull
until they become so toft and yielding
that a camel with blistered feet seems
grateful to have shoes made of it, al
though he would resist the shoeing to
the la6t were he not held so thatjie
could not move. S. B. Frichard.