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" _ J ~ * VOLUME II. Tiiio cicuitonk or tkonI)HU()(i,V. | Copy righted, lHSS, l?\ Funk ?v WttKunlit*. At the old "Lake House," at the head of Lake tleorge, lone- before th<J spacious "b'ort William Henry"' caravanserv was built. I boearne acquainted with a chaminjr youn?r woman ami her brother, from the vtein itv of the loft \ Kasitsberes frineine the Hudson \ alley. They were luaktn.r a brief tilensiiro turn- V V sudden tempest of wind, rain ami lightning 1 kept tm all within the parlors during a sultry evening in Inly, 1848, ami there the acquantanee liryaii. We voyaged down the lake together the next morning in bright sunshine and invigorating air. ' The young lady was ti modle tourist, intelligent, sensible, vivacious and enthnaiastu. With her brother she hatl encamped among the ehar^ coal-burners of the Kaatsbergs, hunted in the mountains, and lislmd for days in die glens, and was u favorite companion of Thomas Cole, the artist, in lus sketching excursions. While others were afraid of spoiling tneir complexions in the sunlight or of crumpling their smooth dresses or soiling their line bonnets and gloves, she bade detinnce to dust and crowds, for her brown linen sacqtie, with it.i spacious pockets for a guidebook and otlu-r accessories; her lislethread gloves, her jaunty sun-hat and her free buf sweet and modest demeanor twward all, gave herself and brother no uneasiness. And when, at the foot of the lake, 1 cliui e l to the lofty and broad seat of the driver of an old-fashioned stae-en coach, for a ride of four miles through a most picturesque region, to Ticondcrogn, on Lake L'hamplain, she too sprang up, as nifnOIe as a squirrel, to the notable porch of observation for a traveler. As we journeyed simony the hills, en tight glim'pses of the Green Mountains, and heard droll '.stories of his experience from the lips of our Jehu of slow speech, her ringing laughter awoke responsive echoes. A glance, from our seat, of tno gray old ruins of Fort Ticonderga, as we drew near the "Pavilion" on the lake shore, made us as impatient as children to be unions them. With these pleasant companions, and alone 1 spent hours among the remains of the old fortress, listening to the st()* ries of n venerable soldier, who in body hunted the place in the pleasant summer time. We were about to send to the Pavilion for a guide and an interpreter of tho mysteries around us, when this white-haired man, supported by a rude staff, came from the ruins of the northern line of liarracks and offered his services. They were accepted, and after my companions for a day had departed down the lake for Quebec 1 sat at the foot of one of the crumblinir walls and lis% O toned to tho old man's interesting stones 11 is name was [saac Rice; his ago was eighty-Pivo; no kindred of his was loft on t'no earth; by a technical error he lost a just title to a pension for military services in the [{evolution, and he was obtaining a precarious support from the freewill offerings of summer visitors for whom n .ho acted as cicerone. Though feeble in body, bis mind appeared clear ami \i.?oro is. "Did yov. .assist in the capture of this fort?" ! injuired. "No," he replied, "but my oldest brother did. 1 was then nearly thirteen years old. W nun Hurgoyno .? took tho fort 1 was a drummer boy of the garrison that escaped, and I saw the British General deliver his sword to our General Gates 3 months afterward. My brother was twenty years old on the day when the fort was taken. Wo lived near tho old * "Catamount Tavern," in Vermont? did you ever hear of it? where Ethan Allen lived a long time, and where tho Green Mountain Hoys mustered fu the troublesome times before tho Revolutionary War. I've heard my brother tell many things about the taUiu<r of tho fort on that O morning." "Didn't they got into tho fort by a covert wayJ?" I asked. "Yea, and there's where it wps,M ho said, pointing to a hollow among a mass of stones and earth. "My brother, who was a sergeant, lod n W. Y-' ?** * Eftgfcay * V * :l\ ? .' . .. - . "3E TRIT1 I : ><> IM'ON. I-Mltoi*. I. <i. UO(;i;ks, l?ui>ll*lior. t squad of men just behind Colonels Allen and Arnold. ' "Arnold Benedict Arnold?" 1 said, inquiringly. "Yes. Arnold joined the Yorinontors and others at Castleton on the evening before the eapturo." The veteran then told the storv elearlv as his brother had related it to' him. Arnold camo without ollieers or troops?only one servant. He iutro, dueed himself to Colonels Allen and ; Hasten -Hasten of Pittsfield and taking from his pocket a commission us colonel from tho Massachusetts Committee of Safety he claimed the rioht to command the whole force fathered there for the expedition. Allen disputed his claim. Arnold persisted, when the indignant (Jreen Mountain Hoys declared that ot iv Colonol Allen should lead them or thev would shoulder their muskets and jro home. Arnold was compollod to yield, and all prepared to cross th3 narrow lake that wVht. Boats were scarce, and only about eighty men were imiabled to cross over. Allen took wit I. him Nut hud Be mat , a farmer1* hov, who had been much at tho fort and knew all about it. At lavbrenk they wero readv to el'" tub the bank to tho sally port of the fort, when Arnold j.ojiin claimed the rirjht to command. Allen disouted his claim. Arnold ; swore ho would command. Allen swoie he shouldn't. This quarrel was in undertones, so as not to be heard by the sentinels above. The men interfered, and i: \yu > arranged that Allen ami Arnold should enter t side bv side, Allen on the riohtas j commander. Then thev all nu.ved ! to tho sally-port at the covert way, led by Allen and Arnold. The sentinel snapped his fusoo and ran into 1 fort, followed bo the Americans close upon his heels; and before tho ^ari ison could spring from their pallets a.id seize their arms the invaders had possession of the parade within the fort and took them all prisoners as thoy I came out. Vo?n(j Heinan then led Allen up a rickety stairway to the apartments of Captain Do Laplace, the commander. Knocking loudly j on the door with his sword-hilt he | commanded the aptain. in a stern I voire, to appear instantly or the garrison would perish. At that moment I l)e Laplace, who had keen awakened by the commotion on the parade, | clad only in shirt and drawers, sprang to the door, the frightened facy of his pretty little wife appearing over his shoulder. "Surrender!" shouted Allen. They were old acquaintances, i "liy what authority do )Oii com! maud me to surrender this fort?',' said l)e Laplace, indignantly. "In the name of the Groat Jehovah and the Continental Congress!'' thundered Allen, raising his sword ... " I over tho captain's head. De Laplace began to speak, when | Allen shouted "Silence!" Tho com| mander obeyed and an unconditional surrender followed. "You said von were a drummer j boy. hero when IJurgoyno took the fort?" "Yes," replied tho veteran; "1 was then a lusty lad nearly thirteen years old. My brother was one of tho garrison." "And so you became well acquainted with every part of tho fort, 1 suppose. Will you point out tne principal localities?" I asked. "Yonder," said the guide, pointing toward tho best preserved line of tho barracks, built of stone, two j stories in height and forming a quadrangle, "were the officers' quarters, j A wooden balcony extended along ! the. second story, which was reached I by a flight of stairs. The first door on the second story, on the left, was the entrance to the commandant's apartments. Between the ruined wall on the extreme left is seen Mount Defiance, on which Burgovno t - 1 l ereeicu a nailery. i;ome with mo , and 1 will show you the bakery." The aged cicerone took mo to the , southeast angle of the fort. Near it was an underground room twelve feet wide and thirty feet long arched with bricks, with a ruined fireplace and chimney at one end. On each ! side of the firoplaco was an oven ten feet doep. On the right was a window and a door opening toward the water. For nioro than half a century tho 3 TO TOUH -WOTZ2D . COX \\ A V. walls of the fort haul been the common spoil for all who chose to avail thorn- i selves of such a convenient quarry. These ruins presented a most attractive object to the tourist ami the his- 1 toreal student. ! W hen liurjrovne ouincup the lake, you left Ticonderoim in a hurry, di I'i't yet1 inquired. "Not exactly," i< 1 tin* veteran, "(ieueral M. Clair felt strong enough t?> defend tin; fort against an expected direct assault, and would not listen to a demand to surrender; 'jut when, in course of a few days, it was found that the British had planted a battery <>f heavy irons on the mountain yonder Mount 1 )eliance from which they could send pluujring sfo0t into the fort, the general saw that he ( must lose his army or evaouato the post. lie chose the latter way, cud. at midnitrlit (hi July -Vti we left fort as silently as possible, the of the. oirrisdn crossing o Mount Independenee, yond^|||||ps^ uiarc'.iino' rajiidly toward oui Wh I. At . | t;m about two hundred hai^B -||6 den with bnjffjajro, ami . stores, guarded by armed jH'-Tr'C. were sen' up the lake .owigwKfe; same place. \\ e were pu.^Rfpw^ Vermont by tho British, < ? aiiiono- the hills at 1 ltd where we wore H MIlJ and were dispersed. The was also pursued and was dci^HzjgHggyJ Many of St. Clair's men tinall^HSBH ed Cienexal Schuyler at Fort My brother was si..., "'" tflEMSgnaj his leo at 11 uhbardton. and a ^He?H olV of e, and made a ! head." ' J "Vou say you saw Coiierul Burtroyne" surrender hC sword to Conoral dates?" - - B did, and foil very lisij?i?v,"* .said tin: old man. "Did ihat surrender take place L when the British army laid down i their weapons on the Hat at Sarato- : 1 , <ro, near the river?" 1 asked. 1 x- 1 "No," said the guide. uW hen the , arms were all laid down, (jloneral Burgoyne and his principal ollieers . rode toward (ienernl Gate's ItoaJ-1 ; quarters. Thev wore met by Gates and his stalY at the head of the camp, i ] where the olliecrs of hoth parties , were introduced to each other. Bur- j| gov no wore a rich coat of scarlet, and 1 gold. Gates wore a modest blue 1 frock coat. The whole party then went to headquarters and dined. Af- !. ter dinner the American troops were j? I drawn up in two lines, between 11 which the British Army passed, es- ^ cortod by cavalry with the American j | flag, and a band of music playjngtj 'Yankee Doodle.' Then the two1 i ; generals caino out of Gates's mar- 1 quoo and faced the halted procession, when Burgoyne stepped back a pace . and j>resented his sword to Gates be- j fore the two armies. Gates bowed, < took the sword and immediately \ handed it back to Bnrgoyno. Then , | the British army filed olT and started for Boston to embark for home. I . < was a drummer in the escoriinc hand, 1 j and stood not more than three roiis from the generals. Burgoyno was a . large, stately mart; Gates, who was \ about tho same ago, was smaller and ? less dignified in appearance and J 1 manner." The sun was now passing behind | the great hill on which the British, planted their menaeino" cannon, and r n named the eminence in consequence ' 'Mount Defiance." As tho aged < cicerone sat lcanin," against a ruined wall I made a pencil sketch of his form and features, under which, with ( a treml>lin?r hand, he wrote his name , and a?f<3. ? n As we walked slow I v t< <2"?*t! *r to- ] ward t'ne Pavilli >n in tho evening ! . twilight 1 inquired of mv voneralde ( instructor if he was in tho military j i service of our country aft r the sur- ,( rendered of Hurgoyne. "For ii while," he answered. "I 11 enlisted as a private in a company of , j which my brother was captain, and | was stationed in Eastern Massachu-, | I setts. W'e went with General Sul- ' livan to Rhode Island to drive tho' ; British aWay, and wore in the battle /on Quaker IlilL My father,an aged!j man, (lying in tho spring of '711, I I1 left the army and went back to Vor- JJ inont to manage our little farm for | m; mother. .Misfortune overtook us! i ' and v/e lost tho land. I had married 1 -A-3ST3D s. ('.. 'Ill IJ US DA V, A but hail no children. . Mv wife died.' mid i have been alone in tho world over since, laboring with tny hands ' for dai'.v bread. 'The oood Lord is 1 kind to me, for I huvo never been seriously sicd< in inv life. I believe . I V he will take earo of me to the end ,, vvliit'lt on nnnl lw^ f.??* -\4V " IiKNSON .J. I.OSS|N(i, 1). v * < Tho Tai ill ami the Trust*. f | !i Wo hnvo received llio following v * 441 o tho hditor of / h< A < ten mm ('otn'i<r: Will you explain to your j readers how tho people are to be li 1 1>\ a reduction of the tariiY. n >r freo trade, when monopolies and trusts are permitted to combine and )| uroauize to increase and inaintal' prie^ftHfe^iriit'h's for consumption trusts to our j i have heeu ( "'S Ull'/ ( on- li occasions, but '> . i 1 <i l-~ . .Ml ? I. ', at (. : ' .. -, :*. , t,; I H. an.-\\erinti cur i V vtes .is spool li- h "l' h __ - Bo out ot t he " reduction of " ev *nt. iV.-et >i of all ariig^ji^^esy^ka^yM^jiik nopol.es anu i j i i hHSH^HBHH^^Vn to permit the' I^HH^BBCEm^Kriihlh < . t > 111 .: i i. . i .. iUHRfiKSgraj^B?^e of maintaiuiniy H|H?V'^'a;i lssaehar a nBKi\ heavy taiiif burden 1 WPBBB^ai . i.i'.iy years, h,ven no * \yili kiolc, however, when lie under- ?' stands . .ai he. h- iw.pos'd upon, and '' he has nearly reached that whole- a some understanding. t i. A proper reduction of the tariff *" on any article will place that article '" beyond tlio control of the trusts and ' monopolies in almost every instance, 1 ind the people will he heneiited, v therefore, to tiio extent that the pro- ' cess of reduction is famed. it is lv for them to say, of course, how far it shall &o. ' 1' r> ~ The general conclusion is this: 11 That if a trust bo formed in tho i 1 United States to keen tin the price c of any particular article, to, by wuj if illustration, tin plates, (a1 steel h rails, or coal, it can onh be made affective by bringing into it all tliG . producers of those articles in the I o I nited States. When all those pro- \ lucers liavo'agreed that thev will', not produce more than a certain < unount, or will not sell at loss than 1' i fixed price, the public lias no rein -s 3(1 v whatever, so long as the selling1 t r . ' price is helow the price at which the u ante articles can be imported, i>ut ' . If there be free trade, no such com- ; ' filiations can bo made, unless all the ,l producers of the several articles in j v the civili/ed world can he brought s into the combination, which would v fe virtual) v impossible. In lil.ol manner, a reduction of ptho tariff will prevent the combinations, or trusts, 11 From bringing their respective arti-h des to a jioint higher than the point i p it which the foreign nrt'ele can bo p importoi], and the people, again, will ^ >e benefited to that extent. The trusts and combines are the a creation of the protective system, and s will be broken up whenever the pro* , n tivt s\stem is abolished. There is1 Fair prospects, too, that they will be i.okon up in any event, inasmuch as there is a disposition to bring these () iombinatons before the Courts on the p iroad ground that whatever tends to '| t: i iv;.->^*5ii ^?iii jji-.ui Lion III OUSIIICtlH IS, io-;iiiist public policy ami is unlaw- j nil.- -A *"' >' <iml (.'oi'i'iri'. ?? i> ?r? II What Constitutes iv Kn(ion. n quarters lays dowr. this rule as to j t iv'uit a soldier's ration shall ho: "By direction of the secretary of war. paragraph :t. of the rejjpila* h [ions, i auionmtd to : id a- follows: o "2,1 oO. A ration B the establish- s "(1 daily allcvanco f food for one : e person. Kor the I'nitcd States army 'n it is now coin] osc-d ;e follows: t 1'wclvo ounces of pork or nacon or t r.umcd heef (fresh or corned) or one e [)onn<l and four ounces of fresh heef, a or twenty-two ounces of salt beef;jc ! trill !???!! r\linPi)U {\\ U/?l' Keon/1 i - X/,?|?W.7 Ml ?^\/I V I'l U1 I * ' (lour; or sixteen ounces of Imrd l>r?*acl,1 p :>r oho pound and four ounces of corn h meal. To every 100 rations liftoon | r pounds of beans or peas, or ten, ii pounds of rice or hominy; ten pounds' c )f green coffee, or eight pounds of ii roasted (or roasted and ground) oof-'t Fee, or two pounds of tea; fifteen f pounds of sugar; four quarts of vino- v irar; one pound, and eight "ounces of c adamantine or star candles; four t pounds of soap; four pounds of salt;' <1 four ounces of pepper, apd to troops in the liold, when necessary, four pounds of yeast powder to the 100 } rations of (lour."-. <.'/#?Vv/f/o Times. ! v ^visriD -youB coi PRIL 19, 1888. A Al MI( ICWS SII.VM K. IMu' l niioil States the Lan^liijj> Stock ol' the Mc<li(eramatii. , The situation at I'anijior ronuiins , 1 . ' inenanired. 1'ho Moorish i^ovornuent is quite content to lot it reit,lin unelmuoeil till the crack o' I loom. For the incidents ot the past t ?w <lays have evtineuisheil what , * . . I moment o; prestige remained o* us nn l liiivo moil., it,., I I t~' ' ;"' , *,,v' ? " i" | bates \v;ir ship Fntorprise, which in ppoaraneo is not imposing, tho ( uu<>"hino stuck of tho Mcditoranoan. Imvc boon in many out of-tho-way | arts of tho world, but uo\or till now | lavo I acq u insect I in the saving of so iiany American travelers that, when ' broad, it is best to bo under llritish roioction. Invents lioro have mi- | lermiued, in this respect, my patriot- . sm, and 1 join in tho ch.otus. A few days of (inn, dignified acion after the arrival of tho Knter- ' iri.se would have settled the ditiicul y. Two days afterwards, ho.vever, 1 iie local French and Spanish pnpors , ere republished a cablegram which ad appeared in the Madrid j ndor Washington date, station that ( ecretaiv Hayard on hoiwg inter- i iewed had said that Captain McCal- , I ;i, of the Kntorprh-.e, had (orders uu- , er no po-siblo t outinoency to use is Lpms. Had tins naive .vcmurk [ rith'which Secretary iJavnrd is erod- toil never beer, utti there would > lovor have boon the slightest, dan- r ;or or necessity for aimed iuterfer-| uce. Now, I. waver, some sliow of , arncstiiess \\ 11 have to bo made, ' ml even at this late day, 1 think the doors will come to their senses. |? >.di-Mohammed forrus, tho For- . i^ii .Minister, started yesterday from ^ icrc e ouiftuir tlu Sultan. Tho ne... . , . i < [ouuiiond .11.' ix'iintime entrusted to:' 'aki-el-Al.i, u much more s^inpa het4e [.< > : ta.^v . Terras is laimvn i o liav' \i *1. ait ji.ts< ' al dislike to ! , rards Consul Lewis, a; >1 has Irentod iiin throughout i111 trfoss discourtsy. 11c is Spanish by descent, and li his influence has been thrown in-ji o the* scale [ijraiiist the I oiled j | dates ('onsul, hoping to secure his , eeall and the return hero of the onner Consul, Matthews. The Inter's real name was Matheo, and Ite r las ;i Spaniard by birth. It is to be J iimed that llavard and Cleveland , kill love Lewis for the enemies he , ias made. It should be known that! lis present position is untenable, and ' mless more earnestness is shown by 1 he State Department he will be I oinpelled to leave here immediately. - o Prosperity ami Adversity. The conditions and surroundings ' ffifqore larirelv what wo make 1 hem. This is the case, first of all, ! hrou^h our direc.t influence. Pros- ' lerity and adversity are often the ' implo effects of conduct. Industry, ' hrift, skill, discretion and principle * . i i: . i . . < < . inuvr: m mo uiiuj UXuava??il I1CO, SOU- * luliiioynce ami folly tlin other. Ah ' ounural thino wo roaj) that whicl \ re have sown, lint whoro it is not | o. whore circumstances over which i ve have no control come in the form < a" trials aiul joys, even those are modified by tho spirit in whicli they re received. Who has not seen j lovorty, or sickness or bereavement lorne so heroically and cheerfully < hat the alllictcd one seemed rather 1 n object of envy than of oompas- | ion? ()n the other hand, who has j . ot seen one witli every outward ad* I antum- that earth has to bestow ' < nth i himself and otbers miserable1 y fretfid complaints of troubles tool] ietty to deserve a m -nent's notice? 'he faithful endeavor to do rioht' n nd to bear quietly wlmt must bo lorm s of itself a fruitful source of appiness and serenity, while a murlurino' and discontented spirit may ' icison the richest blessings and turn 1 hem into bitter evils. ' The cotton fin .. of New Y ork have 1 oen e.xpoi nierttiiio- with a new covrinp; for cotton huh , which it is tate i is . > -t"ni;.. .is : ? resist evere ' ft'ort to to r it. It is roproser ted as 1 icino- nmcii closer in texture than I lie old material, it being impossible) 0 see the cotton through its intorsti- 1 cs, and it:, surface is much smoother i 1 ml therefore much less liable to j( atch lire from sparks. The cost of 1 he new material will be about 20 j ier cent, greater than the old. It is ; oped, by the use of the now mate- i1 ial, to diminish the waste of cotton )1 ii transit, and also lessen the chan- , ' os of loss by fire which have of 11 ate very greatly increased. The toal number of fires since September nets up sixty-nine on ships and | rharvos, in which the quantity of otton at risk was 181, <88 bales, hree-fourths of which was totally lestroved. -dolmnhia Ut< >>'(/. J "Witness, did you ever see the irisoner at the bar?" "() yes; that's t here I got acquainted with him." I 9$ * ntsrrriE^r." Sl.no INm1 A nnuiu. ' llow our Statesmen i'ruy. < )no of tho most interesting features of the Waito funeral service ol>jorvahlo from the gallery of the House of H 'prosentativos a as the way some grout men pray ami the fact that some ?^r?;?t nen do not prav at .ill. When the uvayer was announced the President et the example to his ('abinot 1 ?y >y dropping hi" head until tl > bridge if his nose rested on the !>rim of his }ill< hat, which he held in his right mod. I lis loft arm was bowed and lis pudgy loft hand rested < n Ins iiioo, with tlin linger tips turned out. l'liis easy but devout attitude the President has studied in his attendmee on Dr. Sunderland's soivioo, the m 1 y feature lucking tliere being the lat. Secretary I'ayard, silting on the President's left, covered his face l with his black-gloved left hand, his whole body bent forward and his left dhow resting on his knee. Secret as" h'aiicluld, who looked exceeding v short, placed between two sueit all men as liaynrd and Kndieott, sat i >olt upright, with his eyes almost dosed, but lie followed t n> service ;ery closely and was roady with the; espouses. Secretary Kndicott iudincd his head slightly, raising his eft hand to support it. Secretary 'A minor's left hand was raised to his thin, but his head was not inclined, nid there was no evidence that he i\..s oa dieipating in the prayer. Mr. .iarD. id raised his left hand to lis faco and played peoK-u boo bowucu the tin>. .n - <>l his black cotton aloves. \'ilu and Dickinson rover. i i I.I i i i ?t iiiiy inciiaeu #iiic r ncaus and .Mr. \ iliis made nn 1T??rt to follow the service, hut his tongue tripped and in: finally stopped. Senator Kvarts a-as nervous during the prayer, and liis fhno, lean lingers played a tatoo >ver liis face. Senator Sherman restad iiis faee upon liis riolit hand and maintained that position throughout the prayer. Senator Allison wa**ilic .>ii 1 v one of the t'on^ressional coiiiniitte appointed to escort the remains to Toledo who showed no interest in the service. lie sat holt uprioht, looking straight ahead of him. Senr> n itor Kdmunds, sitting almost directly behind him, his head covered with the little silk skull-Imp which lie sometimes wears, had plunoed his I'aco in his two Imnik wlii/'li vvoi-rt dasped in front of him on the desk. Senator llisoocK, like Son.*. >? Allison, sat bolt upright, Senator hansom was uneasy, lie rested his foroiiend fust on one band and then on the other and thou on both hands. Senator Palmer had a little black leaded cane in his hand, and during lho prayer ho held it up to his right lyo as a sort of mjitn apology for his .ack of devotion. Senator Cockroll md Senator Ibtte leaned very devoutly forward and covered their faces with their hands. Senator Dawes doubled himself up in his jhair?a favorite attitude of his in the Senate Chamber and touched the finger-tips of his right hand to lis forehead. Senator Walthal md Senator Morrill bowed their lieads dovoutiy. Meanwhile, in one ?orner of die Kxecutive gallery. Mrs. Cleveland and Miss Bayard, sitting side bv side, had inclined their heads devoutly in the attitude of orayer. A r/r ) tit'/: 11 '//*/</. -*? tV Christian Co-opcration. * The Rev. Josiah Strong, 1>. 1)., is axpoctod to arrive in the city this afternoon, and will, during his short stay here, be tho guest of Dr. Thompsen, pastor of tho Scotch Presbyrorian Church. Ho will deliver a lecture to-night at Trinity Church, at S. P. M. Dr. Strong D tho author of "Our Country," a volume which has nt traded what might bo called univorsal attention in the United States 1 )r. ?Strong, arguing solely from bis very familiar work, is a scholar and a student. An author who writes so elegantly and so fluently must be able to entertain even so largo an . . audience as his reputation will demand. His address to-night will lie on the subject of "Christian co-operation." The pastors of all the churches in the city and Christian people generally are expected to attend. New# and (Courier. Col. Fleming Gardner says that the Augusta branch cf the Atlantic Coast Line will bo in operation from Sumter to Orangeburg by Jun< He lias graded this much already and it will soon bo ready for the iron, sixteen miles being now jeiuly. lie is chief engineer of the lino and is now building a bridge over the Santee. Nl'MHEK 10. l(itndal): 1 KunocrnUi are beijinnin^j ? utlderstaud that for member.- elected as DemoerutH to oppose and prevent needed legislation and I'arift reform is to pla) the part of trtii ur? or hyp- # oerites. The man who stands by * Republican opposition to tax reduction and 1 arilT reform, and does all he can to break down tho Democratic party and elect a Republican candidate lor the I resiliency, is not true and sincere in his prof? -sions wliitovor else he may bo. lie is an one m\ with a fatso name. Ilo identifies himsolf with tho enemy and deserts his own colors. Is not that so? in North Carolina, tho very Democratic papers that 41 r praising I'nn( 1:i 11 and pattinu* I nn On tho back, worn about iho lir t to lay on t>he lash when thp kickers -larted their Republican sido-diow a f? \? years a^o. Somo of those very papers ppivo Col. Jones, of the Charlotte (>/>.?< r.'t i', a lively time when lu> ran .as an Independent. Bui Randall can se.li out his party three different imos in throo difT'-rent I lon.*iv: ves and hois <.1I rieh;?asV en ! i- a well pre erv hI and aultoit North Carolina her* rinjr. 1 tmi?la 11 is a b . cunning, plausible troach Ton: i henior. Vou te.it tnako him i.ottir j e. ?. ; Tho \\ ashinj^ton /'oxt speaks to tho point in tho following: "As t ? Hhr< ats * f boititr driven . .... from tlx . y.' it is oniy necessary | to say timi a. / Conirre; si.i;' n elected I as a Detuoe.n. would take hinisel! out of th ' party, bag and baggage, if ho wero to vole against, the Dcnio| craoy on tho leading issue between tho two parties tho issue on whh a the Presidential campaign is to bo fought. It would bo as absurd for a Presbyterian divine,* in a Presbyterian pulpit, to preach universal salvation, or a Calvinist Baptist to preach sprinkling, as for a Democratic Representative in tho Fiftieth Congress to vote against the issue and the candidate of his party. Tl/o High Protection Democrats see this point, ami that is guile sufticient to account for Mr. Randall's comparative lonelinoss." Randall is in a had fix just now. I lie holds his seat hy permission and arrangement of tiie Republicans of I'ennsN lvania. if he fails them now he will he done for at home unless the I'i'of, ' '/!?/isf.s can find some other uses for him. jf on the other hand ho defeats th<^ miocratic measure at this critical 8. he kicks himself completely out of his old party and ho is hound hand and foot ii. the lap of tire Republican De'iluh. "Pity* the sorrows of a poor old man. II i/nu'iii/tnn Shir. Sonic Old Men. Emperor William, aged 90, W. W. Corcoran, 89, Mr. Aleott, 88, and Chief .Justice Wait*, 11, have all died this year and these deaths, says the (Joii'uer *Tour>f >1, call attention to the longevity of active and famous ? men in all lands. In America, George Bancroft, li.e ! historian, is 87. Neal Dow. onlv a few weeks u<^n defeated when a candidate for Mayor of Portland. !s 84. Simon Cameron, who was in I.inj j coin's cabinet ts 88. Hud Mr. Lin" I coin lived until now ho would have been 78. D.ivi ' Dudley Field :s 82. ? I General J >se >*. 17. .Johnston and 1 John 1 i. W'iiiita i' art 80, Jefferson Davis 70. OIL or 'Vended Holmes and llannihal liun.: :i arc, with Gladstone and Tunny on, 78. President i MoCosh, of \; melon, and President Noah Porter, of Yale, are 70. Prosi lent Barnard, of Columbia College, is 78. Professor Dana, General Fi\finont and ex Senator Sherman are 174. A !ii l- d Porter is 78. Gen. Jubal l?ai!y is "2. Justice Miller, Justice !' it:d and Senator Dawes are 11, the a^o of Chief Justice Wait?. Louis Kossuth still lives, at the a<re of So. < atdinal Newton is StJ. Yon Moltke is S7. Ferdinand Do Lesseps i.- 82. Cardinal Manning is ^ 70. The Pope is 77. John Bright, Marshal Ba/aino and Kin^lake, the historian of trio Crimea, are 71>. Cohort Browning and Meis&onior are 75. Bisniaek, Karl Granville and Pawlinson, the historian, are 72. . ('Jt von ic/c. Two brothers, not living inoro limit i\ft\ miles from 1 larrodsburg, i lot'U so much alike that when one of them joined the Baptist church and was about to bo immersed, he fouml that he had no clothes suitable for * the occasion as he expressed it. and paid his brother 10 cents to bo baptized in his place, which was done. This story seems incredible, but it is nevertheless the fact ami would never have been found out had not one of the brothers gotten angry and ' gave it away.