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NUMBER 45.
volume III.
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Society of Fenitcntcn, New Mexico.
The extraordinary credulity and fa
naticism of the people are seen in the
Htrongest light, however, during Holy
"VVeek when large numbers throughout
the Territory participate in the exer
cises of the Society of Penitentes, which
is discountenanced by the priests, though
it originally sprang from the Church.
The headquarters of this organization
;ire at Mora, and its branches extend in
wery direction, including among its
-inembers a considerable part of the
population, both male and female. It
meets in the Morada, or assembly hall,
and its transactions are secret, but its
avowed object is the expiation of sin
by the infliction of violent bodily pun
ishment Toward Good Friday there
tsan unusual activity in the society, and
the town hall is occupied nearly every
evening by meetings, which are signal
ized to tho outsiders by dismal cries
groans, and tho mysterious rattling of
chains preparations which result on
Jloly Thursday in tho public scourging
of those members who desire to chasten
themselves and mako atonement for
their offenses. The day is regarded as
a festival, and a crowd of eager specta
tors gather about the hall. After many
preliminary ceremonies, the dsor Is
thrown open, and tho penitentes file
into the April twilight of the snow
'covered street to the doleful music of a
.shrill reed instrument played by an at
tendant They are destitute of other
telothing than a thin pair of underdraw
(s, and their heads and faces aro hidden
in white cotton wraps, so that their
neighbors may not, by recognizing
them, have cause to wonder what crime
they expiate. The leader staggers under
tho weight of a, heavy cross about
twenty feet high, and his companions,
shivering with cold as tho wind beats
their naked bodies, carry thick bunches
of tho thorny cactus in their hands.
The attendants place them in position
and at a given signal tho procession
moves, chanting a plaintive hymn to the
fjme of tho musician's pipo. At every
second step the men strike themselves
over the shoulders with the cactus,
Heaving a deeper scar with each blow,
aintil tho skin is broken and the lacer
'd llesh pours its blood in a carmine
.trail on the snow. Several are bound
t tho ankhis by rawhido thongs, a dag
ger, pointed at both ends, being secured
.between the two feet in such a way that
-when they stumble, it stabs them in a
most sensitive "part. The sight becomes
sickening with horror, and repressed
moms of anguish till tho air as the cac
tus brushes afresh the streaming, quiv
ering wounds. Xo one is allowed to
retire, and when the cross-bearer sinks
to the ground from exhaustion, the at
!ndants quickly raise him and urge
him on again with his heavy burden.
The route is traced along, the white
road in crimson footsteps, and after
parading the alleys of the town, the
procession turns off lowjinl a steep hill,
in ascending which their bare feet aro
cut to the bone by the sharp projecting
xftcks. Tho eminence gained, prepara
tions are made for a new and surpass
ing torture. The cross islaid upon tho
ground, and tho bearer is so firmly tied
to it by lengths of rawhide that the cir
culation of tho blood is retarded, and a
gradual discoloration of the body fol
lows. His arms are outstretched along
the transverse beam, to which a sword,
pointed at both ends like the dagger be
fore mentioned, is attached, and if h
allows them to drop a single inch from
their original position, the weapon
penetrates the flesh. Amidst the un
earthly groans of tho bystanders and
the shrill piping of tho musician tho
cross is raised, and the crucified turns
his agonized face to heaven, while the
blood slowly trickles from his wounds
and a livid hue overspreads his skin.
How long he remains is merely a ques
tion of endurance, for eventually he
loses consciousness, and not until then
is he released. At the conclusion of
this barbarous- performance, which oc
casionally results in death, the peniten
tes return to the Morada, and the cele
bration is brought to a close. Harpe-fs
Magazine for June.
Fashionable Women.
They tell an anecdote at "Wellington
of a certain Congressman who pro
a5ainUl that a rigid system of economy
must be practiced, as the various fail
ures here, there and everywhere had
dwarfed the amount of his annual in
come, "13ut whai am I to do for party
dresses?" asked the anxious wife, "l,eave
that matter to me, my dear, and I will
arrange it to your satisfaction," sooth
ingly replied the legislator. Calling in
a reporter he set before him a tempting
array of edibles, with wine enough to
send warmth through his veins and gen
erous throbs to his heart strings. 'Now,
my friend," said the M. C, "I want to
Cfnploy you to describe my wife's dresses
this winter, or rather, she will describe
them and you can insert the descriptions
in your various papers. Here's ten dol
lars for your trouble and a seat at our
table when you are hungry." The result
is that Mrs. M. C, appears clothed in
such gorgeousness as was only known
to Solomon in all his glory. Yet her
wardrobe- is exceedingly circumscribed.
Ainong the graduates of the Columbia
College Law School in Xew York the
ojher night, was Ulysses Simpson Grant
son of the President
Jeanne Dare.
It is moro than four hundred and fifty
years, since, in the village of Domremy
on the river Meu.se, was bora a little girl
to whom they gave the name of Jeanne
(in English, Joan or Jane). It is proba
ble that her father, a joor and resecta
ble peasant, was named Dare. Later,
when the little girl had grown famous,
people altered the name and called her
Jeanne d'Arc (of Arc), which is as
though one of you should bo called
Kate of Rochester, or Lucy of Minne
aiKjlis. France was not then the rich
and iwwcrful country which it has since
become. For a long time it had been
governed or misgoverned by a king who
was insane, and first one party and then
another, getting tired of his rule, had
thrown it off, so that the nation was in
a state of civil war.
It was in the midst of these unhappy
times that Jeanne was born, and grew
to be, first a hardy little girl, and then a
vigorous maiden, with a noble, beauti
ful face, though its expression was
thoughtful and sad. She had a rough,
hard life, working in the fields and
caring for the farm animals; and when
feeding the oxen or tending the sheep
in the dim twilight, she had plenty of
time to think of tho miseries amid
which she lived. The peasants in that
part of the country used to repeat an
old prophecy tkat France, in her time
oi deepest distress, would be saved by a
maiden. Nobody knew who made the
prophecy, but every one believed it, for
those were superstitious days, and peo
ple put great faith in legends and old
sayings. There were no books and
newspapers, as there aro now, to make
persons wide-awake and intelligent.
Jeanne believed with the rest And
when she felt sad and hopeless at the
sufferings she saw and the worse suffer
ings she hoard about she thought a
great deal About this prophecy, and
wondered when the wonderful maiden
would come to aid them.
She dwelt so much upon these things
that at hist it seemed to her that a voice
spoke, whether from within or without
she could not be sure, and said that she
was the maiden'appointed to save the
land from its troubles. Just then the
crazy king died, and his son, Charles
VI I., a young man of twenty, succeeded
to the throne. It was a miserable in
heritance truly, for few acknowledged
his authority, and he w:is too poor to
pay for soldiers, who in those days were
always to be had for pay. lie and the
little army which he contrived to get
together, fought two or three times with
the English and were beaten, and at last
the only important city left him, the
city of Orleans, w:is closely besieged by
the enemy. For months it held out, but
little by little the foe gained, till it be
came evident that before long Orleans
would be forced to yield, and with it
would go the last hope of the royal
family of France.
Jeanne Dare was eighteen years old
at this time, and the "voices" which had
been speaking to her for five years were
growing each day louder and calling her
to do something, she knew not what, to
save tho country. At last she becamo
so certain of her divine mission that she
could keep silent no longer, and she
persuaded her uncle to take her to
Baudricourt one of the king's officers,
who w:is governor of tho town of Van
eouleurs. To him she explained about
the voices, and begged him to send her
to the king, promising that if he would
do so she would raise the siege of Or
leans, and that the king, in less than
three months, should be crowned in the
city of Rheims, which was at that time
fast held by the English. The governor
did not believe in her a bit at first, but
matters had got so desperate that ho
was willing to try anything, so at last
he sent Jeanne to Chinon, where the
king was residing.
It must have been a singular sight,
Jeanne in her simple peasant's garb in
the midst of the gay court. 15ut she was
too much in earnest to think about her
self or be frightened. The king stood
among the other gentlemen, dressed ex
actly liko them, but Jeanne went
straight up and knelt before him with
out a moment's hesitation, which sur
prised everybody very much.
So eloquent was she, so full of enthu
siasm and confidence in her own powers,
that the king and his counselors believed
in her at once. They gave her a suit of
armor and a horse, which she knew
very well how to manage, for she had
often ridden the horses to water in
Domremy. "When they fetched the
sword which belonged to her armor, she
rejected it and begged them to send to
the Church of St Catherine of Fierbois,
where, buried in the ground, would be
found a consecrated sword which it was
meant she should carry. They did so,
and, sure enough, the sword was discov
ered just as she had said, which made
people believe in her more than ever.
Thus equipped, with a white banner in
her hand, she took command of ten
thousand troops headed by the brave
Dunois, and marched straight to Or
leans. The news of this wonderful
event spread everywhere. The Eng
lish, who were as superstitious as the
French, took fright Whole regiments
deserted "for fear of the Mayde," for
there is nothing like superstition to
make cowards even of brave men.
Jeanne's own soldiers, fired by her
noble courage, fought as if inspired.
In less than a week the siege of Orleans
was raised., and tlie enemy in full re
treat Other battles followed, in all of
which Jeanne was victorious. Ilheims
was given up without a blow, and there,
in three months from the time of Jean
ne's first appearance at Iho court,
Charles was solemnly crowned king
the "Maid of Orleans," as she was now
called, standing beside him in full ar
mor, with her white banner in her hand !
She had kept her promise, and the work
was done. From "The Little Maid of
Domremy," by Susan Coolidge, Stint
NicJiolw for June.
How They Buried the King of Onnyoro.
The Journal de Paris contains a let
ter from an eye-witness, giving the fol
lowing particulars of the atrocities com
mitted on the occasion of the funeral of
Kamnisi, King of Ounyoro, in Central
Africa. An immense grave or pit, ca
pable of holding several hundred jieople,
had been dug, at the lxttom of which
the wives of the defunct King had been
placed in the form of a ring, to be in
readiness to receive uion their knees
the corpse of their late tyrannical and
barbarous master. Several regiments
of the Royal Guard had been sent on the
preceding night to silently surround
some of the neighlxjring villages. The
first human being, be it a man, woman,
or child, that made its exit from the
surrounded huts, was forcibly seized
and carried off, and the captives en
trapped in this manner conducted
towards the pit prepared for the funeral.
Here there began the most horrible
scene. The limbs of these poor crea
tures, arms and legs, were broken by
the soldiers. The lamentations and cries
of despair of the victims intermingled
with the shouting of the fanatical crowd,
and one by one they were thrown into
the gaping gulf below. Then began the
beating of drums, flourish of trumpets,
the piercing sound of the whistle and
pipo, which, together with the violent
vociferations of the crowd, drowned the
cries of the victims, The soil dug out
of the pit the previous day was then
thrown back into the monster grave.
The fanatical spectators of tho dismal
drama, as soon as it was filled up, com
menced a dance on the summit of the
grave, stamping the soil down with all
their might, so as to form a hard com
pact layer above those buried alive. All
the lamentations having ceased, nothing
w;is left to indicate the ceremony of the
abominable sepulture; the noise of the
instruments h:ul ceased also, and the
jissembled crowd retired, satisfied with
themselves, and admiring the greatness
of the King whose manes .demanded
such sacrifices.
How a Dojr Interrupted a Prayer.
An amusing incident occurred in one
of our village churches on a recent
evening. The pastor is proprietor of a
large, bright-lookingXewfoundland dog,
which, among other traits, has a re
markable fondness for his master, and
occasionally comes around when he is
not wanted. On the evening in
question the dog followed, his master
to the church, to which he was not ad
mitted by the minister, but sent home, as
that gentleman supposed, lint if the
dog went homo he did not stay there,
for, after tho meeting had been begun
some time, a late comer made his ap
pearance, and on his entry the dog,
watching his opportunity, slipped in
also and made at once for his
master, who at that time was
on his knees, engaged in prayer.
But the dog, without any regard for the
fitness of things, at onco leaped on his
back, much to the amusement of some
of the worldly minded who chanced to
see the affair. The good man jumped as
though he had discovered a hornets' nest
in the floor beneath him. That dog was
taken by the long hair of the neck, and
instead of kickinghim as no doubt many
of the spectators would have done under
the circumstances, he quietly led the
Vanimile" to the door and left him on
the outside. And, returning, the parson
resumed his""prayer where he left off as
if nothing had happened to disturb the
gravity of the occasion.
Hanging in China.
I observed a model of Chinese capi
tal punishment known as "the cage."
The "cage" used was between two and
three feet square and over six feot high.
Xear the bottom was a close floor of
plank. The four sides were open work
of wooden palings. The planks com
posing the cover were made to fit around
the man's neck, close enough to hang
him, but not close enough to strangle
him. The condemned man was put into
this cage, his head projecting above, the
cover fitting around his neck, and under
his feet a number of bricks, one above
the other, just enough to enable him to
stand on tiptoe. When this position,
from weariness, becomes unendurable,
his only relief is to hang by his neck.
The design is to make a man suffer as
much as possible, but not to kill him too
quickiy. Usually after a criminal has
been standing this way for a day or so,
one of the bricks is removed, and then
another, until he hangs by liis neck al
together. It is said that a strong man
ordinarily will endure this torture sev
eral days before life becomes extinct
Christian at Work.
A girl in Pittsfield having been struck
dumb by the firing of a cannon, one of
the papers of that city declares that a
number of married men have, in conse
quence, invited the artillery companies
to practice near their premises,
THE XLlVtb CONGRESS.
FaiDAT, May 'jo. Senator cat from
the Railroad committee, reported back
Senate bill to create a sinking fund for
the liquidation of Government lmds
advanced to the Central & Western Rail
road Companv, with amendments, and
a written reirt on the subject A Io a
new bill to create a sinking fund for the
liquidation of Government londs :ul
vanced to the Union Pacific Kail way
Companv. and for the settlement of
claims of the Government on account
of said IkhuLs placed on the calendar.
Committee on Appropriations rejiorted
several amendments to the House bill
making appropriations for the legisla
tive, executive and judicial expenses of
tho Government for the fiscal year
plated on the calendar. The naval ap
propriation Kill received from thclIou.se
yesterday, was read by tit to aivt referred.
Legislative business was sustended. and
the consideration oi the artirles of im
peachment was resumed with closed
doors. Without decision the Senate
adjourned.
flaf.
Mr. Bunnell introduced a bill for the
relief of certain settlers on public lands
passed. The bill for the relief of G.
B. Tyler and E. H. Luckett passed, not
witlistanding the Presidents veto lrfl
to 140. A resolution w:is adopted aj
pointing J. H. 1'atterson Doorkeeper of
the House, and he was sworn into oilice.
The Speaker presented a message from
tho President vetoing the bill providing
for the recording of deeds, mortgages
and other conveyances affecting real
estate in the District of Columbia
message rtfid, and bill passed. The bill
making an appropriation for the pay
ment of claims reported allowed by the
Commissioner of Claims, also passed.
Mr. Luttrell introduced a resolution
calling for a rigid investigation into the
alleged fact that SWO.OOO had been ex-
f tended by,tho Pacific coast to procure
he passage of the Hawaiian treaty bill
adopted. The House agreed to the
Senate amendment to the bill for the
retirement of Judge McCandless, pro
viding that he resign six months after
the passage of this act. Adjourned.
HrBRIr.
Satukday, May 21. The articles of
imioachment were considered with
closed doors. Before reaching any de
cision tho doors were reopened, and the
president pro tem announced Mr. Pat
terson as a member of the board of vis
itors to West Point in place of Mr. Clay
ton, excused. Senate adjourned,
nouif.
Mr. Singleton, from the committee on
conference on the disagreeing vote of
the two houses on the consular and di
plomatic appropriation bill, retried
that the con ferance had been.unablu to
agree report agreed to. On motion of
Mr. Banning, tho House proceeded to
consider the bill to promote the effi
ciency of the army, and to provide for
its gradual reduction. After some time
spent in considering the bill and various
motions made to delay action, the House
adjourned without disposing of it
ttenatr.
Monday, May uu. TH Senate re
sumed the consideration of the articles
of impeachment with closed doors.
flonac.
Mr. Adams offered a resolution to the
effect that any legislation affecting the
tariff is at "this time inexpedient.
The resolution under the rules went
over until Monday. The House
went into committee of the
whole on tho bill to devote the pro
ceeds of sales of public lands for edu
cational purposes. Some discussion took
place on the tariff bill which w;is par
ticipated in by Messrs. Kelly. Chitten
den, Kasson and Morrison. Mr. Kasson
said he did not believe it would bo pos
sible to bring the House to an agree
ment on a tariff bill embracing
such a complete revision of the
tariff unless it bo first prepaid
under tho direction of a joint
committee of tho House and Senate as
proposed at the last Congress. He
thought there was yet time to provide
for such a joint committee to take testi
mony and consider the subject fully
during the coming vacation. The matter
passed over without action. The bill
providing for the sale of the Osage
ceded lands in Kansas to actual settlers
passed. Adjourned till Wednesday.
Mraatr.
Wednesday, May at The considera
tion of unfinished business the bill in
relation to the Japanese indemnity fund
was resumed. The amendments were
agreed to, but before disposing of the
bill the Senate went into executive ses
sion, and soon after adjourned.
nounr.
Mr. Jones, of Kentucky, offered a res
olution declaring it to be "the sense of the
House that Congress should prohibit
any further contraction of the currency,
and if necessary to meet the demands
of the people, should provide for its in
crease, and should provide for the dis
placement of National bank notes with
United States notes, and should also
provide for tho speedy return to gold
and silver referred. The House then
proceeded to consider the Louisiana
contested election caso of Spencer vs.
Morey, and was addressed by Mr. Mc
Crary,. who supported the minority re
port of the committee on elections', de
claring that Morey, the sitting member,
is entitled to the s'eat. After a lone dis
cussion the minority resolutions were
rejected 100 to 72, and the majority re
port was adopted. Mr. Durham, from
the committee on the revision of the
laws, reported a bill to ierfect the Stat
utes of the United States postponed
until to-morrow. Adjourned.
Root Beer. Take dandelion roots
sarsaparilla roots, yellow-dock root, bur
dock root, sassafras root, and wild
cherry bark, black alder bark, prickly
ash bark, and 'birch bark ; put one large
handful of each kind into a large pot,
and pour in one gallon and a half of
water; boil the roots and bark long
enough to get the strength all out; then
strain it and sweeten with molasses.
When cooled to blood warmth add yeast;
let it stand twelve or fourteen hours,
until it ferments, then strain it off the
yeast and bottle it, or put it into a small
cask, and it will be ready for use.
Architecture exhibits the greatest ex
tent of the difference from nature which
may exist in works o'f art It involves
all the power of design, and is sculpture
and painting exclusively. It shows the
greatness of man, and should at the
same time teach him humilitv. Co7.
I ridge,
GENERAL NEWS CONDENSED.
Samuel J. Frost was executed May
20th, at Worcester, Mass, for the mur
der of his wife's brother. July 4th, lTO.
Thomas A. 11 per, formerly cxto:i
of the Warren Avenue Baptist Church
in Boston, was executed in the jail in
that city. May 20tlu He was convicted
hist February, on a second trial, for the
murder of Mabel Yo nig, aged five years,
in the tower of the church on the 23d
of May. 175 James Johnson, mayor
of Middletown. Ohio, while attempting
to jump off a train. May 'joth, was in
stantly killed The fast mail train
jumied the track at Albany, X. Y
May 20111, and the engineer and fireman
were killed. ...A few days ago, while
taking a pleasure sail in the bay at San
Francisco, E. E. Smith, Frank Iliggings
and Charles 1 1. Bowlan, employes in the
Cornell watch factory, recently from
Chicago, were drowned By the sink
ing of a small pleasure steamer at Sun
cM)k, X. Y., May 2oth, three iersons
were drowned. . . .Andreas Fuchs, who
killed Win. Simmons in Brooklyn, X.
Y and then cut up the body in a horri
ble manner, has had his sentence to
death commuted to imprisonment for
life Thomas ami Robert Re:isonover
May 2Mb, shot and instantly killed S.
M. KIlis, a well-kuowu planter, near
Germantown. Tennessee, for slandering
their niece and refusing to sign a paper
they presented to him Burrell Spink,
(colored) was executed at Lebanon,
Tenn., May 20th, for the murder of
Robert Hamilton, a white citizen, a year
ago Wm. Henries shot and killed his
brother-in-law, Ed. Hathaway, near
Shrevoiort, Louisiana, May2ith. Cause,
ealousy. Both wero recently from Ohio
James Campion was arrested in
Chicago, and held for trial in the crimi
nal court, under circumstances which
led to tho belief that ho murdered his
own mother. Tho two had been en
gaged in a drunken tight shortly before
her death, and the woman's body was
badly bruised Tho Union Hotel, and
several adjoining stores, were burned in
Tamaqua, Pa., May 20th. Loss, $S0,000.
A $1500,000 fire occurred in San
Francisco, May 2.rth Tho Hollings-
worth paper mill at North G ret ton,
Mass., was burned. May 2lh. Loss.
$140,000; insurance, fso.OOO Vaude
ville Theatre in Iouisville, Ky., burned
May 20th. lx)ss, $15,000 Three wood
en buildings wero burned in Omaha,
May 20th Cincinnati Inula disastrous
fire, May 20th. The losses foot up $160,-
000 The Globe furnace at Jackson,
Ohio, was destroyed by fire, May 25th.
toss, $15,0)0.... The Medlicott Manu
facturing Company, of Windsor Locks,
Connecticut, has failed, with liabilities
stated at $109,000 Samuel Sloan,
President of tho Delaware, Lockawana
& Western Railroad, has been named
for the Presidency of tho Michigan
Central, :is successor to Joy, resigned.
On the 25th of May, a robber entered
the residence of Col. C. II. Branch, near
Cincinnati, called the daughter of Col.
Branch to the door, threw snuff in her
eyes, then obtained possession of the
cabinet containing $3,000 in government
bonds and fled to the woods Troup
& McCullop's woolen mills at Kankakee,
111., were partially burned a few days
ago. Loss, $17,000 A flouring mill
was burned in St. Louis, May 27th. The
mill was known as the Anchor Flouring
Mill, was six stories high and one of the
largest in the country, with a capacity
of 240,000 barrels per annum. Loss on
mill, warehouse .and machinery, includ
ing 2,000 barrels of flour, $110,000; in
surance, $08,000 A dispatch from
Cheyenne, of May 27th, reiorts further
outrages by the Indians. John Farn
ham, mail driver on the ranch from
Sidney, was killed and his stock stolen
on tho 23d, on Smoke Creek. The body
of David Hannan, foreman of the Balero
cattle herd, was found near the ranch
four miles from tho Sidney crossing of
the Platte, shot through the head and
side. His coat vest and revolver were
gone. It was supposed hewjis killed
by the Indians Robert Mutch, an
engineer iu the Cleveland Rolling Mills,
was killed May 27th, while oiling ma
chinery, being struck by a crank An
explosion in a colliery near Pottsville,
Pa, May 27th, fatally injured four men.
Ten others were badly hurt
Loomis' moulding and planing mills
in South Brooklyn, X. Y., were burned
May 2Sth. Loss, $40,000 The Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern, the Mich
igan Central, and the Pittsburg & Fort
Wayne Railroads, announce the follow
ing reduction on passenger rates, to go
into effect immediately: From Chicago
to Boston, $17; Chicago to New York,
$10; Chicago to Buffalo, $12. The Pitts
burg & Ft Wayne also reduces the rate
to Philadelphia to 814.40. Further re
ductions frem Xew York are announced
by the Erie Railroad Company, as fol
lows: to Toledo, 814; Columbus, $22;
Kansas City, $31;$an Francisco, $132;
Quincy,$24; Omaha, 832; Milwaukee,
819 A fight occurred at Indianapolis,
May 20th, between tho union and non
union bricklayers at the Insane Asylum
building, during which one man was
killed On the night of May 19th the
Indians attacked Custer City and
burned the ammunition house in the
center of the city. Several other houses
were destroyed. Bobberies, murders
and scalping were common sport of the
Indians, and the whites were leaving
in great numbera, . . .Michael Concord,
on the morning of May 29th, fell or
jumped from a'fourtli story window of
Hum's Hot! in St Imis to the Mono
pavement and was instantly Ulled. He
wai night porter at the hot! . SovonU
iron mills chovd at Pittsburg. May 29th.
owing to the failure of the committee f
of loiler maker and manu torturers to '
agree as to rates for puddling . The '
lody of a woman was found ilo.iUng. I
May 27th. in the lake near Lincoln lark. I
Chicago. The Ix-die of two infant
aged resji-ctively two years and llv
months were discovered near the same
place, and they were identified an bring
Fredenka Teclian and her two children.
The woman was 2ti )eur of age, and
had liven subject to lit of derangement
By the cajtfiziug of a saiJ-Uvit on a
fish pond in Brighton. Ma- May 30th,
four persons were drowned . . .G. M. D.
Bloss, one of the editors of the Cincin
nati Enquirer, w:is instantly killed by a
moving engine while walking on the
track of the Little Miami Railroad near
his residence, on the evening of May
2Sth. lie was in his With year, and had
been connected with the Enquirer for
22 years V tire at Grand Haven.
Michigan. May, 30th, deatned tl
stores and one dwelling. Loss, $lS.Ot,
insurance, $:i.o.io - Rev. Timothy Jen
kin?, editor of the only Welch magazine
in this county, died at L'tica X. Y,May
20th, aged 7;t ears.
A fire in Geneva. X". Y May 3lst
burned two men to death and destroyed
much property Peter Cooper has ac
cepted the nomination of tho Inde-
jKMident party for President The
Presbyterian General Assembly has
adopted a resolution approving the use
of the word "Sabbath," to designate the
first day of the week in preference to
the word "Sunday." It is thought tho
Belknap impeachment trial will lo jNist
Ioned until Xoveinber next, when the
Senate will reassemble for that social
purjHse.
FOREIGN NKWS.
The steamer Pandora which last year
made a voyage to the Arctic Regions
for the purose of discovering memori
als of Sir John Franklin, has leen re
fitted for another voyage to Smith's
Sound, to bring to L'ngland hhv dis
patches dcH.sitcd there by Capt Xare's
Arctic Kicdition The most exten
sive fire that ever visited Bristol,
Kngland, occurred there May 2lth ...
Much uneasiness is felt in London re
garding tho Eastern question, and is
affecting securities of all classes. Turk
ish and Egyptian bonds were on the 2.Mh
of May at the lowest j)itit yet touched.
Such is the uncertainty and uneasiness
that the supply of money available for
short loans was very large and not in
demand at any price.
Prince Arthur, son of Victoria, is
shortly to marry the daughter of the
ex-King of Hanover The Pandora
has sailed from England to Smith Sound.
In the arctic region There seems to
be little better than a panic in stocks in
London. It Ls said that the Rothschilds
are sellers of Consuls to the amount of
nearly one million pounds sterling,
which transaction is supposed to le
based on knowledge that the iolitical
situation is likely to grow worse
The usual festivities were indulged in
throughout England on the occasion of
the birthday of the Queen.
The Berlin Conference on the Turkish
question have agreed upon an ultima
tuai to bo submitted to tho Turkish
Porte. The principal jioints are: 1 A
two month's armistice. 2 Tho Porte
to restore to the Christians their homes
and church projerty, and supply the
owners with wood one year, and exempt
them from taxation for three years from
their return. 3 Such relief to be
distributed by a commission of repre
sentatives of the two religions of Iler
zegovinia, with tho Christian presiding.
4 The Turkish troops to be withdrawn,
except from six fortified towns, until
the complete pacification of the country.
' The Herzegovinians not to lay down
their arms till the Moslems have laid
down theirs, and the reforms have been
faithfully executed. 0 The consuls or
delegates of tke Powers to superintend
generally the execution of the reforms
especially the return of refugees. The
note concludes by stating that if the
armistice expires without the accom
plishment of the programme, such
effectual measures will be taken by the
Powers as may appear requisite A
London dispatch of May 2Gth, says the
painting of the Duchess of Devonshire
by Gainsborough, recently purchased
for 802,000, has leen cut from the
frame and stolen, and a reward of 5,000
has been offered for the apprehension of
the thief A telegram from Belgrade
says there has been serious fighting in
Bulgaria The Turks have hanged sev
eral chiefs and priests at Pasavick. It
is also rumored that there has been a
general massacre of Christians in that
neighborhood, and the insurgents are
returning to the mountains A special
from Alexandria Egypt says a rumor
is current that another battle has been
fought in Abyssinia, and that a remnant
of the Abyssinian army succeeded in
cutting its way through tho Egyptian
lines.
It is maintained in Paris that if the
United Powers ask Turkey to cede Her
zegovinia to Montenegro and Bosnia to
Servia, charging the new principalities
with their quota of the Turkish debt,
and settling the internal condition of
those countris in a manner meriting
general confidence, tliat Turkey will
unhesitatingly agrja. ... A dispatch from
London ja j U" Government dottl
intend to nurrmdT Vink' lo the
t'nitM Stttcw. .-u$l Its only dlTCcuHy u
to find the mma of doing gnu-fttftj-.
MemNrsof larlu:ueat f a! I rart1r
agrw ru to the Jtntior of the Brr!or.
. . . The arviuU to.v-lun fctry -i
Cartagena. Siviin. bunl May w.!i .
England wnii to pceiwriag tar
trouble. The unvr of tke lvik
Yard has uuvU an oUloraln lvU
gaUun of the work in howl i tf
Portsmouth janl. with n Mew of .wtfttr
timing the time and tmmei rtjum! tv
prvjwire f or m v agr fclj now- tiM
ing.includmgthe mm turret Thmu!rxir
and Indexible, and the simmer Hwervt
This vtsit .strengthens an lmjrwvkn
prevailing at Purtmulti Hurt Uu Gov
ernment purper taking a Urfd jos4U
resJecttng the Eastern ipxrailoti.
A Berlin dhpatoli rwiwd at Jm1u
announces news from Constant Jitflo
to the effect that the sultan h;w Uim
dethroned, and that Murnd KiTtidl tovt
been proclaimed sulun. Th- detUrrmcd
Sultan is kept under guard tti a kkjuo
at the extremity of the rtaii. Tit"
revolution was hhwliW, and infet
tranquility pro ailed . A pial tu
the lAiudou Ttlt'jmph, dated Mil !.
from Pans, sns the liisurgvnln hmo
attacked and burned Bihees. In lkui.i,
killing I0 Turks. At a wmd encoun
ter in the amt!ieighlMtrlHl the Turks
were defeated, lea Ing Utidend on tho
field ...A Ixmdon dispatch s.tys Mis.
Maria Jury, sister of the Tleldrno
claimant, and one, at tho witnesse
against him in the famous trial, ho
Iktii sentenced to seven jouis jonal
service, having boon conwelcd of
stealing.
A great fire occurred in (Juelnv, May
:10th, caused by children phi) lug with
matehas. Aloitt Too house wero
burned and 7.000 jcople rendered home
less. Three or four children are mis
sing, and are supposed to have Mr!hcd
in the Humes. Junt thirty ears Ix-fote
on the same day the name district wiu
burned over ..A Loudon dispatch of
.May .'51st, says harvest has tcgu!t. Tho
rains have destroyed the locust, and
cereals have not promised such croi,
for a hundred years past .. Telegrams
from Cuba say, "Insurrection is Incioav
ing." All the London journals arguo
favorably for Turkey iu consequence of
the revolution. A jqM-eial from lUiiHu
says tho newspapers unanimously io
gard the change favorably.
Gould and Vnn.Url.llt
Jay Gould, who has been repotted
sick of late, was seen quietly looking
over the stock tape in President Dillou'u
office this morning. The great operator,
who has virtually led tho stifet for
years, is a small man. of dark feature.
:uid boars the marks of severe mentd
straining. Nor is this surprising when
it is considered that he has been dep
into scores of millions of securities at a
time, a sudden fall or rise in which
would drive nine men out of every ton
to the. mad-house. Jacob Little, in hh
day, was a powerful operator, and no
was Dan Drew, but their operations
were but as a drop In a bucket com
pared with those of Jay Gould. Jacob
Littio is dead. Dan Drew is dying,
Vanderbilt Is out of tho iictivu field,
and Jay Gould is believed t. have wen
las best lays.
Speaking of Vanderbilt, nlout all ho
or his son seem to bo looking after or
caring for at tho stock board Is Xew
York Central, and this is not allowed to
dtop below 110, though every other
stock on the list should go to mortal
smash. The "U-ara" are afraid to !! it,
knowing Vanderbilt's power, and they
therefore let it severely alone. Ar. Y
Dispatch in Baltimore Sun.
The Differeace.
An ttstbetic Ohio editor writes: -I
don't know how it is or wliat it Li, but
one woman steals over the senses like a
lower of honeysuckles, twined with
graceful tendribi and odorous blossoms ;
she is harmoniously perfect throughout
as a faultless vine of flowing gladiolus;
there is no touch of color or fold of drap
ery lacking; one would a3 soon think of
adorning a rosebush with elephant's earn
as to imagine any evolution of anymore
fitness in the perfect symmetry of fonn
and color. Another estimable in quali
ties of mind and heart, looks like a
Dutch farm-yard in Pennsylvania, with
hollihocks and sunflowers dabbed on
with a tack-hammer, on the side of her
head, the flat of her back, or wherever
there i3 vacant space among the gardeu
vegetables. Men and brethren we can
not be expected to know why this is not
otherwise. The same wise Creator tliat
gives us apple blossoms gives us also
onions, and we can only be silent and
adore."
, It Is positively asserted that the
Prince of Wale doesn't want to be Em
peror, and has oeen opposed to the new
title all along. He would prefer to have
his dear mamma kep up the dignity of
a Quen in a proper manner before sho
assumes new and more gorgeous titles.
The Prince's sentiments in this respect,
it is thought, gave special zest to his
reception by the people of England on
his return home.
Gerjllx Potatoes. Mashed pota
toes well seasoned, and plenty of cream.
Hake in little cakes an inch thick (made
some hours beforehand they are better)
beat an eg? and dip them in itjbrowa
nicely on both sidtii.
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