THE HERALD.
i'UELISIIED EVEUY THURSDAY
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBKASKA.
O 3? "F- I C3 M
On Vm St., One Block Norta of Main
Corner of Fifth St.
OFFICIAL PArEIl OF CASS IOI XTV.
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JNO. A. "ATACMURPHY, Editor.
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TEEMS: $2.00 a Year
VOLUME XII.
BUUB IV
Furniture,
6AFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
rrti. itc, etc.
Or All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden CofTiris
Cf !! e ready-made, and iold cheap far Oil
With n-.nny tfcatiVa for pat patronage. I InTlto
'! to r;.;i and exmnlut uiy
UP.(iE STOCK OF
Fut nUm unl CofllnN.
)a. ..
SHANNON'S
Livery, Sale ani Fee J
ON JSALjFXJST street,
East of the rialte Ya House.
The Oldest Livery Stable in the Town.
Good Teams Always On Hand.
Cm.-' r .1 Drivers scut with carriages if desired.
'.n i hi ;a sent to Depot to meet trains whenever
Ollll'H i.
Tho Only HEARSE In Town.
Fmieva s attended and carriages fnrnished t
fries. Is. Address
4?!v
J. AV. SUA
PLATTSMOUTII, NEB.
I!, i. WATEIUUX & SOX,
Wliolesa'9 ani Retail Dealer In
PINE LUMBER,
u
SAf',11, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Main St.. cor. Fifth,
FLATTS MOUTH. - - - NEB.
STILL BETTER RATES
For IyiLixL"beL. !
WINTER" STOCK
H. A. WATERMAN & SON.
O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER U
Drugs, Medicines,
WALLPAPER.
AUPaper Tnamel Free of Cliarne
ALSO. DEALER IU
Books, Stationery
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
tz Prescription earefally compounded by an
experienced Drng?iat. at
REMEMBER THB PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PLATTSMOUTII, NEB.
FOUNDRY
lACfflif SHOPS.
joins' wVY3rviv,
PLATTSMOUTII, NEB.,
Repairer cf Steam Enginas, Boilers,
Saw and Grist Hills,
GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS,
Wrought Iron ripe. Force and Lift Pipes, Steam
GauKts, Safely-Valve Governors and all
kinds of Brass Engine Fittings re
paired on short notice.
3j"n.riu. Macliiiiory
Repaired on Short Notice. 49-yl
Sewing
acmes !
WE '.VI LL SELL
All Grades of Lumber Cheap.
I Y. WECKBACH,
GENERAL DEALER IN
DR1T GOODS
Boots and Shoes,
Cutlery, Queensware,
NEW, IMPROVED LOCK-STITCH
GROYER & BAKER
Sewing IMacliirie,
FOR SALE BY
CHARLES VI ALL.
With all the Extras and Attachments,
such as Needles, Oil, Tuckers,
Binders, Etc.
Tho-o who contemplate bnvinz a machine will
do well to m:K the drun-r & linker a trial. Sat
'taction guaranteed, and the cheapest machiiia
in the market. All orders by mail promptly at
tended to. Address
2m5 CHARLES VIALL, Plattsmouth, Neb.
First national Bant
OF Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
SUCCESSOR TO
Tootle, I I;inii:t Clnrlc.
John Fitz rai d....
E. e. I'ovby
A. U I'.-Li--ini.iN..
John O UuiBkt
President
Vice-President.
Cashier.
Assistant Cashier.
-AND
ALL KINDS OF GOODS
Needed by the Farmer or Householde
Corner 3d and Main Sts.,
ri.ATTt-MOCTU NEBRASKA
(GiUhman's old stand.)
In connection with tbe Grocery is &
(The oM and well-known stand of Frank Guth-
mun;, wnere me ...
i af f! 1" r"f9iJ
W Wi..lnn 1
AVill Always Xlo Found.
rv The T.ET rEICEs the market will afford
: iy paid fur Country Produce.
Eemeiiiber the old f-la,
-EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
11 -t'iy
This Bank is now open for bn-iness at their new
room, corner Main and Sixth street, and are pre
pared to trans-ici a teneral
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bords, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available In any pt of the United States and in
ail the Vrinelpai Towns and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
INMAH LINE mi ALLAN LINE
of j-4"nv3iiai!-.
Persons withing; to lirinj out their friends from
llurope can
ri ltrHASB TICKETS FROM V9
XIiiii--!i to Fliittfsmoiitli.
TXEIS OIjD
CLOTHING STAND
Excelsior Barber Shop.
.7. c. jsocxnte,
Hain Street, opposite Saunders Hocse.
VVM. STADELMANN,
Nearly opp. Saunders House, on Main St.
At the old place I till hold forth, and for tu
Cente;uiiul year I offer iroods Bt Tti prii e r.Tti, J
mean. If jou do not believe it, come and see.
A Larjjo Modi oT Clolhing,
ZWcii" uiul Boys'.
HATS, caps OTjOVE3
and JEWELHY.
Gents' Furni-hin? Goods in every variety.
Boots atid Shoe", Canes, Trunks, Valises, Etc.
Mv tock of Boots and Shoe". Furs and Jewelry
I ani po-'tivHy closing out. It is the List year I
sha'.l In ep these lines.
All Coods at a Creat Reduction
In Prices.
Plattsmonth. Neb., Jan. 3, 1876.
PLATTSHOIM MILLS,
fLATTSMOUTH NEERASKJL
Covbad Heisel, Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED,
ajwajs an band and for sale at lowest casbprlct a.
The nijheat Tricet paid for Wteat and Cora.
1'arUciiU atunUon giTca U cuitn waiJu
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Ciittiu? i hiltJren and Ladies'
Hair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon In a
GO TO THE
Post Office Book Store,
H. J. STBEIGHT, Proprietor,
FOB TOUB
Book Stationery, Pictures, Mnsr,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, etc., etc
POST OFFICE BUILDIXG,
PLATTSXOUTB, 2i3.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1870.
NUMBER (J.
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CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Lafayf.tte Lake has been renomina
ted for Congress by the Democrata of
Oregon.
The Metropolitan Hotel at Long
Branch, X. J., was burne J a few nights
ago. Loss $ 70,000.
Barney "Williams, the v.ell known
Irif-h comedian, died recently at New
York, after a protracted illness, lie was
fitty-thrce years of age.
Nearly all the buildings at the Meth
odist summer resort and camp-meeting
grounds at Tarentum, Pa., have been de
stroyed by fire.
The German Imperial Court of Disci
pline has sentenced Count Von Arnim to
formal dismissal from the public service
and to pay all costs of the proceedings.
Twenty-four distillers in South Caro
lina, convicted of revenue frauds, have
been sentenced to an average of two
j-ears' imprisonment in the Albany Penitentiary.
The City National Bank of Chicago
uspended a few days ago. The assets
are stated at about $1,000,000, which, it
is claimed, will more than cover the liabilities.
Seventeen of the persons implicated
in the murder of Mr. Margary, of the
British Expedition into India, are to be
executed early in May, at Bahms, in
Burmah.
The Governor of Massachusetts has
vetoed the bill to legalize the marriage of
James Parton with his step-daughter on
the ground that the act is not within the
constitutional power of the Legislature.
The recent California Republican State
Convention expressed a preference for Jas.
G. Blaine for President of the United
States, but lef its delegates to the Nation
al Convention uninstructed in that regard.
T'.'iE delegates to the National Conven
f."on chosen by the Arkansas Republican
State Convention are instructed to give
their preference to Senator Morton as a
candidate for President of the United
States.
A call hits been issued for the Iowa
Independent State Convention to meet at
Des Moines on the 10th of May to select
delegates to the Greenback National Con
vention at Indianapolis. The Wisconsin
Greenback Convention will be held at
Madison, also on the 10th of Ma-.
Judge Dillon, of the United States
Circuit Court at St. Louis, has overruled
the motion for arrest of judgment in the
case of Wm. McKee, convicted of con
spiracy to defraud the revenue in connec
tion with the whisky ring. The prisoner
was then sentenced to two years' impris
onment in the County Jail and to pay a
fine of $10,000.
The Republicans of California have,
in State Convention, chosen delegates to
the National Convention,, and adopted a
platform declaring in favor of a return to
a metallic currency and the restoration of
silver coin to its constitutional equality
with gold as a legal tender, and in favor
of the payment of the National debt in
gold, and condemning repudiation.
Tuos. W. Piter, con victcd cf the rrur
der of little Mabel Young in the belfry of
Warren Avenue Church, Boston, is to be
hung on the ilith of May. lie now says
the little girl lost her life by being caught
in a trap-door while ascending the tower,
ami that he had pretended to know noth
ing as to the cause of her death for fear
of being suspected of murdering her.
Wester velt, who is in prison at Phil
adelphia for complicity in the Charlie
Ross abduction, has been visited by the
widow of Mosher, the abductor, and en
treated to give some clew to the where
abouts of tne boy. He earnestly declared
that he knew nothing of the matter. lie
went into the conspiracy in hopes of se
curing a part of the reward, but had no
direct part in the abduction.
The Massachusetts Republican State
Convention met at Boston on the 20th,
and chose delegates to the National Con
vention. A resolution was adopted that
the delegates be unpledged. It is thought
a majority of the delegation are in favor
of the nomination of Secretary Bristow
for the Presidency. Among the resolu
tions adopted by the Convention is one
in favor of the resumption of specie pay
ment at a date not later than that already
fixed by law.
The Chicago Journal of the 28th lilt,
says Don Carlos, the pretender to the Span
ish throne, " was recognized in this city
hist Sunday, by those who have seen liimat
Madrid and Paris, vho assure us most
positively that they saw him, accom
panied by three Spanish companions, at
mass in the French Catholic Church, on
Halsted street, on that day. Those from
whom we derive this information are very
positive that it was the veritable Don
Carlos."
A Georgia Phenomenon.
One of the wonderful phenomena of
the country, and of which very little is
known, even to those who have spent
their lives almost within its very shadow,
is Rich Hill, located in Crawford Coun
ty, about twelve miles from this place.
Mr. ("ray Andrews, one of the oldest citi
zens of this county, gave us some inter
esting information which we would like
to pive our readers had we the time and
space. The hill abounds in specimens of
pure limestone rocks, tusks and limb
lones of monster wild animals like the
mastodon, together with the remains of
extinct genera and species 'of smaller
quadrupeds; shells and other concho
logical curiosities of the great deep,
consisting of petrified lish-bones, mol
lusca, etc.
Gen. Bennett, a Northern man, burnt
large quantities of lime from these forma
tions twenty-five years aeo forcommercial
purposes. Mr. Andrews says during the
last ten years one side of the hill has
gradually sunk in, leaving ajiertures in
the rock large enough to insert fence rails.
On top it covers nearly twenty acres, and
there is a farm, with farm houses, and a
gentleman living there far above all of his
neighbors in the surrounding country.
The hill can be seen for miles, and it is
said that on a very clear day smoke aris
ing from dwellings and machine-shops in
the city of Macon can be seen very easily.
Fort Valley (,7a.) Mirror.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
It was reported at Cairo, Egypt, on the
24th, that the Egyptian army was retiring
from Abyssinia.
On the 24lh, the Hungarian Ministers
tendered their resignations to the Em
peror, in consequence of the disinclination
of the Austrian Government to consent to
the establishment of a Hungarian Na
tional Bank. The Emperor refused to ac
cept their resignations, and directed a
conference with the Hungarian liberals..
A "Washington telegram of the 2tth
says Gen. Belknap had written a letter to
a friend, denying in positive terms that
he had made nny confession whatever
concerning the charges against him rela
tive to the Fort Sill post-tradership. His
counsel, on the 24th, filed with Secretary
Gorham a rejoinder to the replication of
the House in the impeachment matter.
He denies that he was Secretary of War
until after a committee of the House
had investigated his official conduct.
He also alleges that Mr. Clymer had
stated to him on the lstot March that, un
less he (Belknap) should resign his posi
tion as Secretary of War before noon the
next day, he (Clymer) would move his
impeachment in the House; that he (Bel
knap) yielded to the intimation thus given
that lie might, by resigning, avoid a pro
tracted trial before the Senate. This alleged
agreement on the part of the Chairman of
the Investigating Committee, it is urged,
should stop the House from prosecuting
the impeachment.
An immense Radical demonstration oc
curred in Paris on the 25th, on the occa
sion of the funeral of the wife of Louis
Blanc. Over 200,000 persons participated
in the ceremonies.
The Emperor of Brazil and his suite,
arrived in San Francisco on the evening
of the 25th. To avoid any demonstration
on his arrival, his car was detached from
the train at Pleas mton and run into
the city half an hour ahead of the regular
time.
The Theater des Arts and several ad
joining buildings in Rouen, France, were
burned on the 25th. Several lives were
lost and many persons were seriously in
jured. A telegram from Omaha on the 25th
says orders had been issued to the com
manding orllcer at Fort Laramie to as far as
possible protect travelers between that
point and Custer City, but his force M as
inadequate to the task other than occa
sional scouting parties. Serious trouble
was apprehended from roving small bands
of Indians, who will not attack large,
well-armed parties.
A bill to remove the electoral disabili
ties of women was defeated 152 to 239
in the British House of Commons on the
20th. The leading Liberals supported the
measure.
A Ragusa (Austria) dispatch of the
20th says the garrison at Nissa were re
duced to great extremities. The soldiers
and inhabitants were compelled to subsist
on horse-flesh.
Complaints having reached "Washing
ton that at some of the Sub-Treasuries
fractional currency continued to be paid
out for legal-tender notes, and that at
others it was refused. Treasurer New
stated, on the 20th, that there was nothing
in the law which prohibited him from
paying out such currency not received in
exchange for silver, the same as previous
ly, and that it would be done in small
amounts at all Sub-Treasuries. There
was about $700,000 in fractional currency
on hand, in Washington, which could be
paid out. Mr. New said, however, that
he would not allow it to be paid out in
large sums, but in a linked quantity.
TnE advices received in London on the
27th from Mesopotamia show that the
plague was rapidly increasing. Since the
previous report there had been 553 new
cases and 283 death s.
The recent New York Democratic State
Convention recognized the Tammany del
egates from New York city as ' regular,"
and gave seats, without voice, to the anti
Tammany contestants. Delegates to the
National Convention were chosen, and
resolutions were adopted indorsing the ad
ministration of Gov. Tilden, and recom
mending him as a candidate for the Pres
idency of the United States.
The Prussian Chamber of Deputies, on
the 28th ult., passed a bill for the incorpora
tion of the Duchy of Lauenburg with the
Kingdom of Prussia.
According to Vienna specials of the 28th
ult., the Porte had sent a circular letter
to its representatives at the various Euro
pean courts, demanding military assist
ance in the suppression of the insurrec
tion, and citing as a precedent the sup
pression of the Hungarian insurrection by
Kussia, in 1849. A report prevailed that
Austria had ordered her army in Dalmatia
to be increased to 30,000.
The royal assent was given on the 27th
ult. to the bill conferring upon Queen Vic
toria the title of Empress of India, and on
the 28th the Gazette contained a proclama
tion announcing its assumption by Her
Majesty.
It was announced on the 28th ult. that
the Straits of Mackinac were open, and
that steamers had succeeded in effecting a
passage.
Judge Cartter, of the Court of the
District of Columbia, granted a writ of
habeas corpus on the 28th ult., in the case
ot Hallett Kilbourne, the contumacious
witness, but remanded him to the custody
of the Uuiled States Marshal to answer an
indictment. The prisoner then gave bail
and was released. The action of the
Court was reported to the House, and the
matter was referred lo the Judiciary Com
mitte. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Saturday, April 22. No session ot the
Senate A bill was reported fron? tbe Commit
tee on Foreign Aflairs in regard to citizenship
and to define certain rights of United states citi
zen in foreign counlri. and the dniiea of Dip
lomatic and Consular officers. A uhrtitnt
offered for the bill reported from committee to
amend the charter of the Freedman g Bank.
Monday, April 24 In the Senate, the
bille to abolii-h the office of Supjrvieor of Inter
nal Revenue, and to amend the laws relating to
the lepal-tender of silver coin were debated. Mr.
Jones, of Kevadi, making a lone argument lu
favor of the double standard of gold and i-ilver
money Among the bills iu'roduced in the
House were the following: To increase the cir
culation of National Hank notes; to relieve tbe
National Hanks from the tax on their circulation ;
to liquidate the National debt and to strengthen
the puhlic credit; to reorganize the navv. Anoint
resolution waa paesed, requesting tbe President
to take aucu atepa &a mj tend to obtain Uis
arly release of Edward O'M. Condon from his
imprisonment in England. A re-solution was
offered for the appointment of a select committee
ofnlnetomake examination into the manage
ment of the New Orleans rn-toni House und
other tVderal offices in that city, wilh power to
s!t In New Orleans during the recess, and a mo
tion to suspend the rules and adopt ihe resolu
tion was rejected MS to T7. less thau two-ihirds
in the affirmative. Mr. "J aine made a personal
explanatirf is regard to the newspaper charges
connecting him with the Uiiou I'-cilic Raiiruad
Company.
Tuesday, April 25. The Senate re
fused yeas 4, nays 41 to recede from its amend
ments to the Consular and Diplomatic Appro
priation bill, and also insisted on its amendments
to the Deficiency Appropriation I'll I, ami Con
ference Commitiees were appointed. Mr. M' Mil
Ian was appointed on the fspecial committee to
investigate the Mississippi election, in place of
Mr. Oglesby, excused. Mr. Jones concluded
his remarks" on the Silver Coin Legal tender
bill The House, in Committee r the Whole,
considered and amended tbe Legislative Appro
priation bill. Thu Chairman of the Impeaehiiient
Man.- gurs Mr. t.oid presented a rejoinder to
Ihe demurrer filed bv ex-Secretary ISelkn.no.
which as approved and ordered to be tiled with
the Secretary oi the Senate; it i- to the efl'eit
that the Senate has jurisdiciiou in the case be
fore it, and that, as the defendant had not an
swered the articles of im oearhnient or in any
manner denied the same, the House prays judg
ment thereon according to law.
Wednesday, April 20. In the Senate,
a resolution was adopted caliinn on the Secretary
of the Treasury for Information as to the number
of persona employed as revenue or Internal reve
nue agents, their rate of compensation, expense,
etc. The bill to establish an educational fund
and apply a v rtion of tbe proceeds of the puhlic
lands to 'public e lucatinn ws taken tip, ami a
substitute was offered. The Silver bill was further
coDsidered. and an amendment was offered by
Mr H'.ennan In the House the Conference
Committee on the Deficiency Appropriation bill
reported recommending that the Senate recede
from three of its amendments, and that the Ilnuse
concur in three oihers, which repoit was agreed
to The Legislative Appropriation bill was further
considered.
Thursday, April 27. The report of
the Conference Committee on the Deficiency bill
was adopted in Ihm Senate. The Impeachment
trial was begun at 12:3' o'clock, and a motion
was made and aryU d that the trial be postponed
till the first Monday of December next; which
motion, after retiring for consultation, the Sen
ale denied. Adjourned, the pending motion be
ing thai Ihe evidence Elating to the queti n of
jurisdiction be Kiven before the arguments were
beard relating thereto In the I oiim the Sen
ate amendment to the bill defining the tax on fer
uiented or malt liquors was agreed to. A Consti
tutional amendmeul waa introduced aud referred
authorizing the President to approve or disap
prove of separate clauses or provi-don-" of a bill.
The Legislative and Executive Appropriation bill
was amended in Committee ef tbe Whole and
reported to the House.
Friday, April 28. No important legis
lative business was transacted in the Senate.
The impecthment trial was resumed, and a re
quest w as made aud argued for a post ponement
for two weeks, aud orders were agreed upon that
the Senate proceed to bear and determine the
question of jurisdiction, and that the trial pro
ceed on the 4th of May. and that the opening aud
closing of the argument be given to respondent.
Adjourned to May 1 .... A number of private bills
were passed iti the House. Several of the com
mittee amendments to tbe Legislative Appropria
tion bill were agrred to, and tbe point of order
wa made and snrtained by the Speaker that the
section transferring the Indian Iiureau tothe War
Department was no! germane to the bill, and it
was stricken out, and the bill was passed Mi
0 n.
1 m m
President Grant's Salary Veto Mes-sai-e.
The1 frnrnvinrr 5s the messan1 of Presi
dent firunt vetoinf 44 An act fixing the
salary of the President of the United
Suites" :
To the Senate of the United States:
Herewith 1 return Senate bill Xo. 17'2, en
ticed "An act tixinir the salary of the Presi
dent of the United States," without my ap
proval. 1 am constrained to this course from
a sense of duty to my successors in office, to
myself, and to what is due to the di.i-uity of
tbe position of Chief Magistrate of a nation
of more than forty millions of people.
When the salary of the President of the
United States was fixed by the Constitution
at $5,000 per annum, we were a tuition of
but three million of people, poor from a
long aud expensive war, without commerce
or manufactures, with but few wants, and
those cheaply supplied. The salary must
then have been deemed small for the respon
sibilities and dignity of the position, but jus
tifiably so front the Impoverished condition
of the Treasury and the simplicity it was
desired to cultivate in the Republic. The
salary of Congressmen under the Constitu
tion was fixed at ?0 per day for the time
actually in session, an average of about PJO
days to each session, or t'JO per year, or less
than one-thirtieth of the salary of the Presi
dent. Congressmen have legislated upon
their own salaries from time to time until
finally It reached $5,000 per unuuoi, or one
fifth that of the President before the salary of
the latter was increased.
No one having a knowledge of the cot cf
living at the .National Capital will contend
that the present salary of Congressmen is
too high, unless it be the intention to make
the office one eutirely of honor, when the
salary should be abolished a proposition
repugrant to our republican ideas and insii
tutiotis. I do not believe the citizens of this
Republic desire their public servants to sere
them without a fair compensation for their
services. The sum of S-io.OOO does not defray
the expenses of the Executive for one year,
or has not in my experience. It is now one
fifth in value what it was when fixed by the
Constitution in supplying demands and
wants.
Having' no personal interest in this matter,
I have felt, myself free to return this bill to
the house in which it originated w itti my ob
jections, believing that in doing so I meet
the wishes and judgment of the great major
ity of those who indirectly pay all the sala
ries and other expenses of the Government.
U. S. GllANT.
Executtve Mansion, April 18, 18TU.
The Sagacity of Sheep-Dogs.
The following remarkable instance of
the sagacity of colley dogs was related to
the writer by Charles Hancock, Esq., the
celebrated animal painter. Mr. Hancock
said :
" I was once sta3-ing with Lord Kin
niird, at his seat in Scotland, when his
Lordship expressed a wish that I should
see some of his prize sheep fetched up as
quickly as he could. Theshepherd whis
tled, when a fine old sheep dog appeared
before him, and, seated on his hind-quarters,
evidently awaited orders. What passed
between the shepherd and the dog I know
not, but the faithful creature manifestly
understood his instructions.
"'Do you believe that the dog will
bring the sheep to us out of your flock V I
asked. .
" 'Wait awhile, and jou will see,' said
his Lordship.
" The dog now darted off toward the
sheep, at the same time giving a signifi
cant bark, which immediately called forth
two younger sheep dogs to join in the
mission. Accustomed as I was to the re
markable sagacity of colley dogs, I was
aiazed at what now took place. On one
side of the hill was a river, on the other
side a dense forest. One of the younger
dogs, on arriving at the foot of the hill,
turned to the left, while the other darted
off to the right hand. The former sta
tioned himself between the sheep and the
river, while the latter stood between the
sheep and the forest. The old dog now
darted nto the middle of the flock, when
the sheep scampered right and left, but
were kept at bay by the two watchers.
The old dog speedily singled out the par
ticular sheep desired, and in a few min
utes the three dogs were quietly driving
them toward us.
" Within aliout anhourof receivine the
instructions, the dogs brought the sheep
up to the door of the mansion!"
A correspondent of The Etamjeliut
recommends to all the Presbyterian con
gregations that are in debt, or that have
unfinished buildings, " to make a centen
nial offering to the Lord Jesus Christ of
every Presbyterian church iu the United
States, free of debt, by or before the end
of the year." He thinks that such a
movement would greatly advance the spir
ituality and benevolence of the churches.
Hall's Journal of Health recommends
people to get up at five o'clock in the
morning and spade up twenty square yards
of garden for somebody.
SENSE AXD K0SESE.
When is it right to take one in ? When
it rains.
In San Francisco there is one divorce to
three marriages.
" Let no single man escape" is the leap
year motto of the ladies.
Punch says that this year woman pro
poses, but God disposes.
What are they which, though always
drunk, arc never intoxicated? Toasts.
Many a lady in Washington has come
to want come to want diamond ear
rings. A dignified answer to a beggar girl
is: "Go, waif, from rue." N. O. llepub
lican. Honesty lias nothing to fear. Dis
honesty should be made to fear all
things.
" What shall we do with our Chinese
population?" is the que-uestion in San
Francisco.
Scr anton. Pa., had a haunted piano
until the top was raised and a rat allowed
to jump out.
Two years from this summer the
French people will get up a great exposi
tion in Paris.
A ekoci weighing 150 pounds was ex
hibited at Nashville the other day. It was
a railroad lrotr.
It used to be considered " poor doings"
to smoke a five ccut cigar, llailroad con
ductors smoke them now.
Said a philosopher: "My friend con
ducted his wife to the altar aud here his
leadership came to an cud."
Rhode Island people never write let
ters to places w ithiu the State. When
they want anything they "holler."
There is one man in Philadelphia who
does not expect to make a fortune this
year. His funeral will take place to
morrow. Daniel Drew was worth $9,000,000
when he was seventy years old. .Th it was
the time to quit; but there's no fool like an
old fool.
There is a valuable piece of real estate
in Host on which is leased for ninety-nine
years ou an annual rental of twenty tons of
pig iron.
A North Carolina man has conceived
the brilliant idea of exhibiting the fifty
ugliest men in the United States at the
Centennial.
What is the difference between a trum
peter and a hornet? Why, the trumpeter
is a cornet of horse, and the other is a
hornet of course.
The Centennial proposition that it
eliall require a hundrid years for a note lo
become outlawed doesn't seem to take
with a large order of patriots.
Hint for the season to husbands accord,
ing to the Rochester Democrat's Gregorian
calendar: "Weed all the letters "out of
that winter overcoat."
During the last year eight women have
bceu admitted to the ministry in this
country, and five of them are scaled over
thriving congregations.
The Philadelphia Bulletin, calls atten
tion to the fact that, though few individual
Jews are ever hung, yet no people ever
hunjj together like the Jews.
Last j'car the town of Winter, Cnl.,
was a wheat field, and acrop was gathered
from it. To-day it has 1.200 inhabitants,
and town lots are worth $G00.
"You are a brilliant and versatile bou
quet of loveliness," with a voice that was
low and soft, and in return she warbled.
"Dry up, George; you've said enough."
WnEN the spider left the ark, did he
walk or take a fly ? Exchange. We can't
Bay. There antenna data as we know
of bearing on that question. Globe-1km-ocrat.
The Forsyth (Ga.) Advertiser thus
philosophizes: " The soil is the farm
er's bank," says an agricultural writer.
Oh, if more "people would break that
bank.
A Chicago paper has an article headed:
"A 1'oet among Poet." A " Poete-s
among the Kitchen Pots" would have
been more interesting. Detroit t'rei
Press.
Mrs. Sheridan thought a parrot mifht
amuse the baly, and said so, but when the
eightcen-pounder Parrot gun came up on
a dray she saw that Philip had misunder
stood her.
A jury in Carroll County, Ga., recently
brought in this verdict : "We, the jury,
agree to disagree." The judge unani
mously agreed thereupon to tine them live
dollars each.
A Kentucky girl was burned to a crisp
the other day while ironing. If she had
been playing the piano while her mother
was irouing the accident could not have
happened.
It is a beautiful sight to attend an
Arizona wedding. The bride in white,
the happy groonl, the solemn minister,
the smiling parents, and from twenty-five
to forty siiot-iruns stinding against the
wall, ready for immediate use in cite
there is a row, or an Indian attack.
One of our Boston banks recently sent
some business paper to the West lor col
lection, and this week it was returned pro
tested, wiih the following response to no
tary: " Tell 'em I'm busted," a concise
if not elegant way of telling a story that
has become quite familiar these days.
DiMon Pvtt.
The serenity of the bench ana bar was
somewhat disturbed at Independence, Inyo
County, Cal., the other day. A wiine-s
had taken the stand and t lie usual oath
was being admiuistei ed, when the wi:ness
suddenly interrupted by exclaiming: "He
jabcrs, I'd teil yez the hull truth, your
Honor, if theelivil shfood fornenst me wid
his horns so long," and he illustrated w ith
his amis outspread before his head how
old Zamicl and his hoins would appear.
The Danbury Neirs man is an usher in
one of the Danbury churches, and on ob
serving a gentleman come in with a la-iy
he always whispers: "Married?" If the
gentleman 8;i3-s 3-es, the uslicr scats tne
two as lie best can, even if it is five roels
apart. If the answer be in the negative,
he gets both of them in one pew if he has
to split some one in two to tlo it. Five
years ago he was so kicked by an indig
nant young swain -whom he inconsiderate
ly sej arated from his affianced, that he
has never forgotten it.
The London JSaturday Review re
marks: "It is said that the practice of
making their scholars learn by heart is
now almost abandoned in our grammar
schools. If this is really the case, a
greater mistake has not been made in
Knglish scli'X'ls since the revival of learn
ing. The bases of all sound knowledge
and of all true appreciation of the litera
ture of any language is a careful, reverent,
pondering study tf the text of the best
authors who have written in it. And in
the process of such a study learning by
heart is a most important, it might almost
be said an indiensable, element. No
means, for example, are so effective tor
helping the young scholar over the form
idable difficulties which he must encoun
ter when he first breaks cround in a liter
ary language. No other process gives
him so easily or so quickly a vocabulary;
none gives him so speedy or so sure a
mastery of genders and quantities, of the
combinations of case, of exceptional in
iections, of the right order and relations
of words in a sentence, and of the other
rudimentary idioms of construction."
OUT OF Mr HAND.
Osi by one. one by one, '
In the kindred light of the April sun.
While primrose and snowdrop irein tne grotiril.
And the birds are mating and building mound.
While violets blossom their steps to greet.
With laughing voices and dancing feet,
N ilh wakening lanrv and building hope,
Itevond my reach ami beyond my scope
They pass, while in lenr nuil doubt 1 stand.
Oat til my baud, out of my hand.
Haby pleasure and baby care.
Not one of them hut was mine to share ;
N.t a l ear, but I dried it wiih a kiss ;
Not a smile, hut I joined in its ea rer bli-s.
Now the Viuug kuight arms for the comiiijv
strile.
The sweel grl-fancies start to life;
They nesile. thu maiden shyness beneath.
As Hie briiiht buds hide in llieir silken sheath,
Hy spring dews nourished, spring breezes fanned.
Oat of my hand, out of my haiid.
A Providence (R. I.) man, who was
recently bitten by a dog supposed to lie
mad, has settled up all his business and
made his will, and is waiting for the hy
drophobia to take him off.
I dare not trench on thy realm, my boy,
Nor rob ihy sway of one virgin Joy :
I dare not touch wiih my talteiing fingers
Tbe blooms where :be light of sunrise lingers,
N r drug to the yurish lisjlit of day
What jouth's proud letic. nce would delay.
I can but wait outside i a'l.
Where the cold winds Mgh and the brown leaves
lull.
Oh! the castles I built ! oh! the joys I planned.
Out of my baud, out of my hand.
Yet did I not bear them in peril and pain:
Did 1 not lavish and atcti and refraii. ;
luilling the pleasures of na-'ting youth,
'i he glories ot science and art and iru:h.
That Hie iialhs for those lulle feet niigj.t he
Fresh and sunny and safe and free?
Scheme aud vision ami hope of mine,
I hey were but lhos golden heads i,, shrine.
Now, alone and tired, slow drops the sand,
tirtiu by j;raiu, from uiy falling hand.
Father of all. Savior of all,
II. -hold a Thy altar-steps I fall.
Thou wilt not d'sdain lhal 1 come at last,
nil my treasure spent and my noonday past.
Take Thou the guida ice. lhal 1 resign;
Take this bard, embittered heart of mine;
Take the baffled ambition, uugrautcd piajcr,
Haeless terror, repii. lug care ;
Guide each f.nry bark to the heavenly strand.
luke uiy darlings, my darlings into Thy hand.
All the 1'ttir Hound.
AX AMAZOVS RECEPTION.
AN INCIDENT OF 1771).
" Tryon is coming! Tryon is coming!"
was the cry that blanched many a cheek
in Connecticut in the month of July, 1771).
This news that spread like wildfire
about the towns of Fairfield and Norwalk
was well calculated to excite alarm in pat
riotic breasts, for Tyron was a merciless
invader, and wherever he went the torch
completed his work of destruction. In
the month of February of the year just
written he had ravageel King-bridge and
Horse Neck, and now, for the second
time, had entered the State.
His soldiers committed, under his viTy
e3-e, atrocities of the most shocking ele
scription; they plundered without dis
tinction; old and young, rich and poor,
felt alike the merciless h inds of the King's
man. East Haven, Fairfield and Nor
walk were reduced to ashes, and a thou
sand acts of barbarous cruelty were per
petrated on the homeless patriots. A force
sufficient to check the advance of the in
vader could not be raised in the State.
Connecticut's able-bodied patriots were
absent in the army, and their homes
were as defenseless as the lion's whelps
when the p:t?ents are away in search of
fooel.
Gov. Tr3on knew that he would find
Connecticut completely at his mercy, and
congratulated himself on the easy con
quest that invited him to her shores, lie
succeeded iu his errand of devastation,
and returned to his superiors wit'j victory
in his baud. But he made his name
odious thioughout North America, and
his memory execrable to every patriot in
the laud.
Not far from Norwalk stood the plain
home ot Barbara Bidlack, whose husband
was an artillerist doing dut3' under Knox.
She Wits a large, muscular woman whose
strength was piodigious; it has gained
for her the tudiriquet of " Mrs. Hercules,"
a title of which she was rathei proud
than otherwise. Her features w;re rath
er inclined to coarseness, ami a close
physiognomist would have concluded
that there was Celtic blood in her veins.
As she had no children, she was the sole
occupant of her house, atul her nearest
neighbor was a young woman named Ha
ven, who had lost her husband at the bat
tle of Brier Creek.
Mis. Bidlack, who seldom exchanged
visits with the 3'oung widow, was not
aware of Tryon's second in vasion until he
began to approach Norwalk. The terror
of the inhabitants, many of whom were
abandoning their homes, acquainted her
with the disastrous state of affairs, aud her
eyes flashed fire when she exclaimed to
the fugitives :
"You may go if you wish; but two
hundred such rascals as Gov. Tryon can
not frighten Barbara Bidlack one inch from
her home! If the reel-coated scoundrel
enters 1113- house he'll meet with a recep
tion he'll never forget!"
More than once she was urgeel to fly,
but disdained with a prouel and defiant
curl of the lip, aud awaited with eagerness
the arrival of the invaders.
She was soon treated to a sight of Nor
walk in flames, ami saw the torch upplied
to her neighbors' houses. But the specta
cle moved her not; she did not even bar
ricade her door, nor suspend for a mo
ment the performance of her household
duties. But all the time there was an in
dignant gleam in her eyes, and more than
once she glanced at the old musket which
occupied one corner of her kitchen.
It was near the hour of noon one sultr3
day in Juty v. hen Barbara Bidlack.'about
to discuss the frugal meal she had pre
pared, was startled by a heavy footstep.
Lilting her eyes from the steaming meat
that grace 1 the little table, she beheld a
British officer standing in the door. His
aspect did not frighten her in the least,
though she knew from his uniform that
he was a soldier of lofty rank.
"Another plate, Mrs. Hercules!" he
commanded, in a haughty tone, striding
forward, and at the same time putting his
hand on the hilt of his sword, as if to
lrighteu her.
She smiled derisive' as she slowly rose
to her feet.
" Who are you, sir?"
" 1 am a man mighty well known
hereabouts, and 1 dare say that the rebels
will not soon forget me! My name is
Tryon!"
" Governor Tryon, the British rascal
the man who burns houses over widows'
heads, and robs the babe of its cradle? If
you are Governor Tnon I know you for
the meanest villain that ever trod New
England soil!"
Tryon's face grew crimson, but smoth
ering his rage, he burst forth into a cruel
laugh.
"You are just the vften I heard you
were!" he exclaimed. "They call you
Mrs. Hercules throughout this region,
and I must say 3'ou resemble the stable
cleansing god in build. Where is your
husband ?"
" Under the flag that wouldn't own 3-011
as a defender," was the reply.
" He's a rebel, then!" said Tryon, with
a sneer.
" Like his wife! He's a soldier, too,
aud not a house-burner."
"Mrs. Hercules, I discover that my
clemency is not recognized b3 the people
of this State, and that my King's heart is
supposetl to contain no good. Why, my
tlear woman, the existence of a singie
house on the coa-t is a monument of
King George's mercy, and mine! But
we will discuss this subject at the table. 1
have ridden several miles to enjoy a tete-a-tete
with a woman of whom I have
heard much, ami besides, 1 am hungry.
That meat looks palatable."
"It wasn't cooked for a British Gen
eral!" exclaimeti the fearless woman, with
flashing eyes, and the next minute site re
moved the meat and thrust it inio her rude
cupboard, to the consternation of the Governor.
"Come, come!" he said; "I do not
want to sit down to a cold dinner."
" Then lto somewhere be and ;rct your
dinner! There arc sneaking toru s about
ISorwalk who would rejoice to ticklc your
tongue with the best they have in the
house."
The Briton's finger rose again.
" I command tii.it moat to be replaced
upon the table!" ho said, drawing his
sword. " Your accursed indolence is not
becoming to one of voitr sex; and I will
bear it no longer! 1 can assure you now
that to-morrow's sun will shine- upon a
heap of ashes instead of this hot bi d of rc
bcl!io:i. Now bustle about and get the
last elinncr you will ever sit before a
guest beneath'this roof."
" You pre fcr a warm dinner?" Mrs.
Bidlack said, in a tone half interrogative.
"A warm dinner, of course!" answered
Tryon. " A British General does not sit
dewn to cold meat and potatoes."
The strong 111 1 tided woman did not re
ply ; but ctepped toward the fireplace; 011
whose smoke-begriined ctane hung; a
large iron kettle. A volume of steam
that rose from the water in the kettle
showed that it was boiling, and the Brit
ish officer did not divine her intention
not even when he saw her si ize a gourd
dipper from the wall and thrust it into the
hot caldron.
" You sh ill be trc ib d lo a warm dliincr
in one minute if you don't leave my
house!" crieel Barbara, wheeling sudden
ly upon the renegade Governor. "If ymi
iio not instantly make your eidiotis self
scarce, 1'li scab! you !"
Tryon's checks grew pale when he saw
the steam that rose from the dipper which
the patriot woman had suddenly jvrKed
from the kettle, lie saw by her flashing
eves that she would carry her thieat into
execution, and involuntarily moved
toward the door.
. " Get along!" she cried, advancing with
her novel weapon. " I wonder what John
would say if he knew that the infamous
Tryon had entered our house. Twill
take a week's scrubbing to erase your
footprints from the floor."
" No need of scrubbing, madam!"
hissed Tryon. angrily. " J ' in jiiij to
burn them mit .'"
" I lien you will save 1110 work," retort
ed Barbara; " but move along! my water
is getting cool, and might not hurt your
braen checks."
The officer retorted with a furious oath,
mid for ;i moment turned his back upon
the amazon.
11 is action changed the scene, f r Bar
bara suddenly elropped the gourd and its
steaming contents aud seized him by the
collar.
" I'll hasten j'our retreat, you miserable
dog!" she exclaimed. " For a shilling
I'll shake your bones into a heap ;" and she
almost lifted him from the Hour, as if to
give him an example of her celebrated
strength.
Tryon, who at times enjoyed a joke
could not appreciate the ludicroiisiiess of
his situation. He was mad with passion,
and it was well for his enemy that her
hold was secure. She bore him tow ai d
the deior, and all at once sent him wlm 1
ing from the threshold into the yard where
he had left his horse.
"There! it is the best reception I can
give a B.itish General!" she-shouted, when
Tryon had checked his course. "Now,
go back to your house-burners, and send
them here as quickly as possible. I've
got a musket in the house, and a goodly
supply of ball. And mind you, red coat
Tryon, keep 3'our elistance !"
Standing near the steed which had w it
nessed his master's inglorious exit from
Barbara's domicile, the" Governor listened
to the last threat. I daresay that never
before had he been so angry. He bit his
whitened lips till they bled, and the hand
which he had lifted tone heel the butt of a
pistol in the holster.
" I'm coming back!" he said, " and in
the fire that consumes your house my men
shall cook their suppers."
"But they will not enjoy them as you
have enjoyed your dinner!" said Barbara,
sarcastically.
The Governor did not reply, but sprung
into the saddle and gathered up the reins.
"Good-by, Mis. Hercules!" he said,
with mock gallantry.
" Come again when you arc hungry!"
she shouted after him, as he put spurs to
his horse, and galloped aw ay toward Nor
walk. He disappeared in a minute, and Bar
bara Bidlack re-entered her hou-e with a
smile of triumph on her face.
"I allow that he will not soon forget
me!" she said to herself, and then quietly
resumed a discussion of the repast which
the haughty Briton had interrupted.
After tlinner she gathered up a few ar
ticles which she called valuable, and de
stroyed others which sbu thought might
be called prizes hy the plundering sol
diery. Having done this she left the
house to the mercy of the f"-, and satis
fied with her victory over Tryon, sought
safety in flight. A longer stay beneath
her roof would be the he ight ot folly, for
she knew that Tryon would carry his rage
to attempts on her life.
About sundown a company of the Gov
ernor's troops swooped down upon the
house like so many destroy ing eagles, and
having ransacked it from cellar to garret,
applied the invader's torch. Tryon was
not among the destroyers; he feared the
giantess who had given him such a warm
reception, and her last threat admoni-hed
him to keep his person aloof.
Mrs. Bidlack lived to help her husband
build a new house over the ruins of the
old one, and to recount to amused listen
er, long filter the war, her story of Gov.
Tryon's reception.
The Journal and Mfsnrmjer claims
that Georgia "has a larger 11 umber of
Baptists and a larger proportion to popu
lation t'.ian any "Mate in the Union."
Taking both white and colored, there are
nearly 200,000, about one to every eight
persons in the State. Of the: whole- num
ber, 14,217 are classed us " n utr;d"Jn
regard to Christian missions, and L',721
are " anti-missionary."
The good of a man's life cannot bo
measured by the length of his itinera
proc-sdon.
THE .MARK I, I !S.
NEW YOKE.
LIVE STOCK-CatMe
Sheep
FLOUR Good to Choice
WHEAT No. i Uhic.uzo
CORN Weterii -Mixed
OATS Western Mixed
R YE-We-tern v
PO UK -Mess
L K l steam
UUEESK
W OO L Domestic Fleece
CHICAGO.
Al-nn.80. 1ST
f'l.oO (&fll
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5.: I
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21.ts
13 4"
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ISEEVES-t'hoice $10 ft $V2
Good 4..,0 (Vf, 4.'f
Medium 4.oJ Or, 4.J.'i
HOGS lijht 7 41 (c T..V.
Heavy Tfst (". T N
SHEEP-G'M.d roo
Choice ( V. ti-'f
IJUTTEK Choice Yellow -H i .:c.
Good as .'-H
EGGS Fresh ... 1 1 M
FLO UK-Choice Wiht.r T'H L6 T.S1
Clio re Spring f I" (6 ?
Patent ? ! "
GRAIN W hmit. No. ', Spri.ig. t .T'
Corn, No. 4 v ' -I .4 J
Oi's. No. l(ri .Ml
I've. No. - H'P.f.
Marley, No. 2 .Sfo'-C
PORK Mess .21.IM 21 OS
LARD 1- f ' '. ' g
LUMI5EU Common anil Fenc'g l .';" ('(, 1 HI
Sliinge- 0'. -'.'"
l.uth 1 ' C .(
EAST LIIJEKTY.
CATTLE-"fst $' d ?'
Medium " (''
HOGS- Yorkers 7 : ". T !
Philadelphia S-'
SHEEP Rest b-Ot) fcft .!
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