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I At the Harden Gate.
H They lingered at the garden gate?
B The moon waa fall above;
|1 He took her darling hand in his,
H The trembling littlo dove,
H * And pressed it to his fervent lips,
Sa &nd softly told his love.
gj Abont her waist he placed bis arm;
He called her all his own;
; His heart, he said, it ever beat
For her, and her alone;
And bo was happier than a King
Upon a golden throne.
I "Come weal, come woe," in ardent tones
This youth continued he,
** As is the needlo to the pole,
So I will constant be;
No power on earth 6hall tear thee, love,
Away, I 6wear, from me!"
From out the chamber window popped
A grizzly night-capped head;
A hoarse voice yolled: " You, ScBan Jane,
Come in and go to bed!"
And that was all?it wsb enough!
The young man wildly fled.
THE GAMBETTA DUEL.
HOW MARK TWAIN r-ISTING CISHED HIMSELF
AS THE STATESMAN'S SECOND.
Mark Twain writes for the Atlantic
Monthly an account of his participation
^in the recent dnel between Gambetta
and Fourtou. When he had heard of
the outbreak in the Ausembly he says
that he called on Gambetta, whom he
found 44 steeped in a profound French
calm." Mr. Twain ifter being embraced
began the couvursation :
-I said I supposed hi) would wish me
to act as his Focond, and he said : " Of
course." I said I muut be allowed to
aot under a French name, so that I
might be shielded from obloquy in my
. country in case of fatal results. He
winoed here, probably at the suggestion
that dueling was not regarded with re
spect in America. However, he agreed
^to my requirement. This accounts for
the fact that in all the newspaper reports
M. Gambetta's second was ap-;
parently a Frenchman. First, we drew ;
up my principal's will. I insisted upon
this and stuck to my point. I eaid I
had never heard of a man in his right
mind going out to fight a duel without
first making his will. He said he had
never heard of a man in his right mind
doing anything of the kind. When we
had finished the will, he wished to proceed
to a choice of his "last words."
He wanted to know how the following
words, as a dying exclamation, struck
' me:
" I die for my God, for my country,
for freedom of speech, for progress and
the univeral brotherhood of man 1"
I I objected that this would require too
I lingering a death ; it was a good speeoh
I for a consrmptive, but {not suited to
L the exigencies of the field of honor. We j
p wrangled over a good many ante-mortem ;
i v.; !
P UUIUUIOW, bau JL i-LU.auJ JJirn IV VUb
his obituary down to this, -which he
oopied into his memorandum book, purposing
to get it by heart
I die that France may live.
I said that this remark seemed to lack
relevancy; but he said relevancy was a
matter of no consequence in last words
?what you wanted was thrill.
I then wrote the following note and
carried it to Mr. Fourtou's friend:
Sib : M. Gambetta accepts M. Four
ton's ohallenge, and authorizes me to
propose Plessis-Piquet as the place of
meeting; to-morrow morning at daybreak
as the time; and axes as tho weapons.
I am, sir, with great respect,
Mark Twain.
M. Fourtou's friend read this note,
and shuddered. Then he turned to me,
and sf>:d, with a suggestion of severity
" inhist&ne:
"Have you considered, sir, what
nrnnl/1 tfio inoTnfnhlA rpnnlf nf Hn/>V> n
meeting as this ?"
" Well, for instance, what would it
! be?"
"Bloodshed!"
"That's about the size of it," I said.
"Now, if it is a fair question, what was
j yotu side proposing to shed ? "
I. I had him there, he saw he had made ;
r r'ulunder, so he hastened to explain it j
away. He said he had spoken jestingly.
Then he added that he and his principal
would enjoy axes, and indeed prefer
them, but such weapons were barred by '
the French code, and so I must change I
\ my proposal.
After proposing Gatling guns, rifles, :
navy pistols and brick-bats, Mr. Twain
left the choice of weapons to the other j
second, who fished out of his vest pock-j
et a couple of little things which I carried
to the light and discovered to bo j
pistols. They were single-barrelled
and silver-mounted, and very dainty and
pretty. I was not able to speak for
emotion. I silently hung one of them
on mv watch-chain, and returned the
,-_oiher. My companion injcrime now un- j
rolled a postage stamp containing several
cartridges and gave me one of them.
I asked if he meant to signify by this
that our meh were to be allowed but one
shot apiece. He replied that the French i
oode permitted no more. I then begged j
him to go on and suggest a distance,
h for my mini was growing weak and i
confused under the strain which had i
been put upon it. He named sixty-five
* yards. I nearly lost my patience. I
h said:
" Sixty-five yards, with these instrn-1
? ? ments? Pop-guns would be deadlier at.
fifty. Consider, my friend, you and 11
are banded together to destroy life, not ]
*' make it eternal."
But with all my persuasions, all my !
-- "arguments, I was only able to get him
to reduce the distance to thirty-five !
\ yards; and even this concession he made
? " with reluctanoe, and said with a sigh:
, "I wash my hands of this slaughter;
v. bn your head be it."
There was nothing for me but to go j
" home to my own lion-heart and tell my j
K' humiliating story. When I entered M.
it Gambetta was laying his last lock of
* . hair upon the altar. He sprang to- i
i-- ward me, exolaiming:
" The weapon, the weapon ! Qaick ! !
what is the weapon ?"
. **" This!" and I displayed that silver- '
-mounted thing. He caught but one i
.glimpse of it, then swooned ponderously J
; -: tb the floor.
,% fWhen he came to he said, mourn I
~ nilly:
* " The unnatural calm to which I have 'V-Bubjected
myself has told upon m.v j
"*" nerves. Bat away with weakness! I
4 , will confront my fate like a man and a
f : Frenchman."
v He rose to his feet and assumed an
attitude "which for sublimity has never
'?. been approached by man and has seldom
{ been surpassed by statues.
After a long silence he asked:
" Was nothing said about that man's
v family standing up with him as an off'*
set to my bulk? But no matter; I would
not stoop to make such a suggestion; if
is not noble-enough to suggest it
' himself he is weloome to this advantage,
, which no honorable man would take."
- i'At what hour is the engagement to ;
bean?"
-* **- ^-Half-past nine."
* ' 1 -"Verygood indeed. Have you Bent
the facts to the newspapers?"
"Sir I If after our long and intimate
'friendship you can for a moment deem
V S? Stable* of so base a treachery"?
or -"Tat, tut! wnat words are tnese, my
dear friend^? Have I wounded you?
- Ah, forgive me; I am overloading you
with labor. Therefore go on with the
other details, and drop this one from
~ your list. The bloody-minded Fourtou
will be sure to attend to it. Or I my'
sdf?yes, to make certain, I will drop a
note to my journalistic friend, M.
t Noir "?
* s " Oh, oome to think, you may save
i ' yourself the trouble; that other second
- has informed M. Noir."
??H'm I' I might have known it. It
Is just like that Fourtou, who always
*. wants to make a display."
At hall past nine in the morning the
' procession approached the field of Piessis-Piquet
in the following order: First
came our carriage?nobody in it but
Gambettaej.i'l then a carriage
containing M. Fourtou and his second;
. then a carriage containing two poetorators
who did not believe in God, and
these had MS. funeral orations projecting
from their breast-pockets; then a
^Jwriage containing the head surgeons
and their oases of instruments; fc]
eight private carriages containing c
suiting surgeons; then a haok oonta
ing the coroner; then the two hean
then a carriage containing the head 1
dertakers; then a train of assistants i
muteB on foot; and after these ci
plodding through the fog a long ]
cession of camp-followers, police
citizens generally. It was a noble tr
nnt nnrt wnnlrt havfl made a fine
play if w? bad had thinner weather.
The police noticed that the public
massed themselves together on the ri
and left of the field ; they there:
begged a delay, while they should
these poor people in a place of saf
The request was grnnted. The po
having ordered the two multitudei
take positions behind the duelists,
were once more ready. The weal
growing still moro opaque, it was agr
between myself and tbo other sec
that before giving tho fatal signal
should each deliver a loud whoop to
able tho combatants to ascertain e
other's whereabouts.
I now returned to my principal,
was distressed to observe that he
lost a good deal of his spirit. I t]
my best to hearten him. I said : "
deed, sir, things are not as bad as t
seem. Considering the character of
weapons, the limited number of b1
allowed, the generous distance, the
penetrable solidity of the fog, and
added fact that one of the combatant
one-eyed and the other cross-eyed
near-sighted, it seems to mo that
conflict need not necessarily be fa
There are chances that both of you 1
survive. Therefore, cheer up ; do
be down-hearted."
Thie speech had so good an effect <
my principal immediately stretched fc
his hand and said :
"I am myself again; givo me
weapon."
I laid -it, all lonoly and forlorn, in
center of the vast solitude of his pa
He gazed at it and shuddered. 1
still mournfully contemplating it
mrnrnred in a broken voice:
"?)as, it is not death I dread,
mutilatiDn."
I heartene 1 him once more, and v
o-nstU oMrtAoco fV?of Vio nr^npntlv a\
OUV/U OllV/VtPO VUMW M. . .J
" Let the tragedy begin. Stand nt
back; do not desert me in this solf
lionr, my friend."
I gave him my promise. I now aas
ed him to poiut his pistol toward
spot whero 1 judged his adversary t<
standing, and cautioned him to lie
well and further guide himself by
fellow-second's whoop. Then I prop
myself against M. Gambetta's back,
raised a rousing " Whoop-ee !" G
was answered from out the far distai
of the fog, and I immediately shon
" One?two?three?fire 1"
Two little sounds like spit! s]
broke upon my ear, and in the si
instant I was crushed to the ei
under a mountain of flesh. Buried i
was, I was still able to catch a f
accent from above, to this effect:
" I die for?for?deuce take it, v
is it I die for ??oh, yes?France
die that France may live ?"
The surgeons swarmed around \
their probes in their and app
their microscopes to the whole arei
M. Gambetta's person, with the ha
result of finding nothing in the na1
of a wound. Then a scene ensued wl
was in every way gratifying and insp
ing.
The two gladiators fell upon
other's necks, with floods of proud
happy tears; that other eecond embrs
me; the surgeons, the orators, the
dertakers, the police, everybody
braced, everybody congratulated, evi
body cried, and the whole atmospl
was filled with praise and with joy
speakable. It seemed to me then 1
I would rather be the hero of a Fre
duel than a crowned and sceptred m
arch.
Necessity of Sunlight.
Instead of exoluding the sunli
from our houses, says the Manufaci
er and Buiidcr, lest it fade carp
draw flies and bring freckles, we she
open every door and window and bi
enter. It brings life and health
joy; there is healing in its beams
drives away disease and dampn
mold, megrims. Instead of dc
this, however, many careful hoi
wives close the blinds, draw down
shades, lock the door, shut out
glorifying rays and rejoice in the i
and musty coolness and twilight
their apartments. It is pleasant
not unwholesomo during the glare
the noontide to subdue the light
exclude the air quivering with heat,
in the morning and in the evening
may freely indulge in the sun bath
let it flood all our rooms, and if at
very fiercest and brightest it has
entrance to our sleeping rooms, so m
the better for us. Wire netting
doors and windows exclude not flies
mosquitos only, but all other inse
and those who have once used it
continue to do so. With this as a ]
tection from intrusive winged c
tures, ono may almost dispense ^
shades and shutters and enjoy all
benefits of an open house without
annoyances so frequent in warm wet
er. But better the annoyances v
sunshine than freedom from them w
out it. Statistics of epidemics h
shown that if they rage in any part <
city tliey will prevail in houses -wl
axe exposed to the least sunshine, v;
those most exposed to it will not
at all or slightly affected. Even in
same house persons occupying ro<
exposed to sunlight will be healtl
and repulse epidemical influences be
than those occupying rooms where
sunlight enters.
Bijah's Boots.
"What on earth ails you this tira<
sharply demanded the court as B
limped across his path to the desk.
"Boots," was the briof reply.
" Who booted you ?"
"I want it understood that I've g<
new pair of boots, and they hurt
feet!" answered the janitor.
" Where are they?show them
me?"
Bijah limped into the corridor
brought out one. He was a little ]
around the mouth, and his voice tr
bled as ho said :
" It's plenty big enough, but the 1
don't set right."
His honor looked from the boo
Bijah's foot and back, and a look
horror settled do^n upon his face as
said :
"Well, I'm now ready to lie di
and die! When a man seventy-el
years old, bald-headed, ugly-look
and with hands as big as wail-bask
will deliberately try to crowd a No
foot into a No. 12 boot, we might as
go under ground."
"That boot is even too big for n
persisted Bijah.
"Too big 1 Too big! Bijah, 1:
yon decided in your old age to {
notoriety as a falsifier ? Too big! G
guns! but they'll have to have a sec
story lidded before you could wea
stocking with 'em 1"
Bijah walked away with quivei
chin. It isn't right for any one to ab
another's feet. Feet are something r
of us can help, especially big fee
Free Press.
They Were Not Prond.
We find the following in a recent ii
of a St. Paul (Finn.) paper: "Yes
day morning, about ten o'olook,
young ladies were seen going d<
Third street, one leading and the ol
driving a cow. The young ladies x
good looking, and trudged along ti
dry-goods store on Third street
reached. Here they tied the ani
and disaDoeared in the store, whereu
a young man was seen to rash out of
back door, and it was some time be:
he oonld be fonnd. . A few eveni
since Mr. Lyon aocused the yonng la
of being too proud to utoop to the dn
of a farmer's daughter, and promisee
each a $50 silk dress if they would ]
form the above act. So, yesterday m<
ng, attired in a farmer's daughters' i
tames, they drove Mr. Paber's cow f:
the barn, attached a rope, and w
Miss Faber led the anifnal, Miss ?
dricks walked behind with a brooms
to hasten the trip. /Without fear t
paesed down Third, f;om the Seven (
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NEWS SUMMARY.
inges;
eastern and Middle States
1111 * Thomas Lord, tho aged New York millionarid
aire, is dead, in his eighty-fifth year. Ho was
ime best known to the publio by the excitement
3ro_ created and interest aroused last year when
, he married the dashing Mrs. Hicks, despite tho
ana wishes of his sons, who instituted unsuccessirn
ful legal proceedings to have the marriage andis
nulled on the ground of their father's alleged
unsound mental condition. Tho sons charged
that their father had been kidnapped by Mre.
, , Hicks and had never dreamed of marrying
S"1 her till five minutes before the ceremony
fore took placo. The matter was finally comproput
mised. Mr. Lord aiguing an agreement giving
e{;yt to each of his children a yearly allowance dur'
irg his lifetime, and at his death all were to
? eharo alike in tho proceeds of tho estate. He
3 to leaves several million dollars.
we Recent Iv a glass ball match was Bhot by
liov in Oilmore'a Garden. New
eed York, and at tho time it was claimed the
011(j marksman had bit 5,680 consecutive balls without
a miss. Tho feat was hailed as an unparalleled
one ; but Wilkes' Spirit of the Times
cn" comes out in an article giving etrong proof to
ach show that tho glass balls had nearly all been
broken before they were shot at, and that the
and " ma*ch " wa8 a fratJd.
]ja(] Jacob Schaefer takos tho flrst prize in the
j three weeks' billiard trurnament in New York,
ri. a winning every game. The second, third and
In- fourth prizes "were won by SloB6on. Sexton aud
hey Daly, respectively.
the The congressional commi'tec examining tho
jots charges made against United States Supervisor
:m_ Davenport of interference in the last election
* in New York city, has concluded its labors and
returned to Washington. A large number of
8 16 men who had been arrested for voting or tryand
iug to vote upon naturalization papers which,
this was charged, were illegal, as well as many
deputy marshals, testified.
naI An embankment ?.t Zigler'e ore beds, fifteen
J miles from Allentown, Fa.. caved in, burying
D0' fifteen persons, instantly killing one man "and
seriously injuring four others.
ihat John Hope has been arrosted in New York,
)rth charged with being one of the burglars who
robbed the Manhattan savings bank so myeterioualy
one Sunday morning last October.
Hope is the sou of a notorious burglar, and it
is claimed that his capture will lead to the ultitne
mate arrest and conviction of the whole gang
,1m. engaged in this, the most audacious and succeasful
burglary ever committed in this counlie
tr?Edward
II. Thompson, a retired commodore
, , of the United States navy, disd in Philadelphia
out a few (jayB 8g0) ueventy.
Tho venerable Peter Cooper's eighty-ninth
Fitli birthday was celebrated by a reception in his
aid: honor, given by his daughter, Mrs. Hewitt, at
mv her residence in New York. William M. Evarts,
' Samuel J. Tilden, Mayor Cooper, Thurlow
Weed and other well-known gentlemen were
nvaaant Tho<loor<>ft nf T.Ti.D. was conferred
iiflt- upon the aged ptnlanthropiBt by the regents
the of the University of Now York.
) be The Now York legislature hae appropriated
iten 1011 thousand dollars for expenses to prevent
the spread of cattle disease in the State.
ped Western and Southern States.
and Grief caused a young farmer named Posset,
?his living near Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to shot
ices himself through tho heart on the day following
kgj the death of a recently married wife.
Advices from Belleville, 111., say that Georgo
.. . W. Sieber, treasurer of St. Clan county, is a
. 1 defaulter to the extent of about $30,000.
ln?.e Members of two families at Qaeensville,
irth ia{jM were mt?de dangerously ill by eating
18 I buckwheat cakes in which atsenic had been
aint unintentionally placed.
A fatal landslide has taken place at Kansas
fhat City, Mo. At half-past seven in the morning,
I t as a gang of thirty-six men were working in a
cut immediately beneath perpendicular walls
eighty feet high, small particles of tho earth
Vltli above began to fall. Joseph McCarthy, the
lied contractor's clerk, called upon thejinen to stop
j 0f working, but they laughed at him, and he left
_D_ the place alone. In a few momentB larger
f"J lumps of clay began to fall, and the foreman
;nre ordered the gang to leave the spot. He and
lick most of the gang had barely got away when
irit- suddenly the south wall crumbled and came
down with a rumbling sound, covering men
v and teams beneath about G,000 yards of fallen
Jr earth. Notwithstanding the imminent danger
flttd 0f another Blide the laborers dashed into the
iced mass and began digging for the victims. The
hq. most extravagant reportB in the city brought
em. thousands near the spot, but the dangerous
looK of the wall overhoad kept the crowd from
BTT the scene of peril, and the work of rescue went
iere on unimpeded. At two o'clock six dead and
un- three wounded? one fatally?were taken out.
that A gentleman who has recently returned to
nch St. Louia from a trip to the South, confirms reon
P?rtB of yellow fever prevailing in certain
places. In New Orleans there were several
deaths during his stay, and in Yicksbnrg ho
witnessed the funerals of four victims of the
disease.
gbt Judge Baxter, of the United States court,
has appointed ThomaB J. Latham receiver, to
take charge of the effects of the city of Memet8,
ptiLs, including unpaid taxes amounting to
?uld nearly ?3,000,000, with power to collect by gard
it niehment or otherwise. All the creditors of
nnd the city are ordered to make themselves par.
u ties to the action, and file claims on or before
? the third Monday in Mav.
PBS
. ' At a meeting of the Northwestern Dairy'ino
men's association, held in Chicago, it was re166
solved that the Western dairy interests be reptke
resented in the great agricultural fair to be
held in London, England, noxt summer, and
that a dairy fair be held in Chicago noxt No,
vember in connection with the fat stock show.
The first North Facific train, loaded with
an~ visitors and railroad iron, crossed tho Missouri
of river at Bismarck, Dakota, upon a track laid
and on the ice, which was three feet thick.
bn* From Washington.
, Thj President has nominated ex-Governor
at*Q John .F. Hartranft to bo postmaster at Philalts
delphia ; James Pollock to be naval officer at
full Philadelphia; A. Louden Snowden to be super
UCll lntCHUtJUl Ul IUU ruiiBucifimit liiiub luauui
, Parry Kernard to bo assistant treasurer of tho
1 j United States at Boston, >IasB.; Thomas Stevand
enson to be collector of iuternal revenue for
cts, the fifteenth district of New York.
will The naval appropriation bill, as agreed upon
aro- by the conference committee and passed by
rea- both houses, appropriates $14,029,968.05, berith
?122,634.75 less than the appropriation for
,, the present fiecil year, and $157,412 50 lesa
tue than the estimates for next year.
Tho secretary of the treasury has iesuod the
kth- eighty-eighth call for the redemption of 5-20
ritli bonds of 1865, consols of 1867. The call is for
ith- $20,000,000, of which $10,000,000 are coupon,
ave and $10,000,000 registered bonds.
jf a From the bureau of statistics it is learned
i that tho number of emigrants who arrived in
' tho United States last year is 153,207 ; an iubile
crease of 22.704 over the previous year.
bg
^ Foreign News.
3ms Qrevy, the new president of the French
rennhlin. has pent in nis first messaeo to the
national assembly. Ho Bays he will never enter
tter jDt0 conflict with the national will, conveyed
no throngh its constitutional organs, but will be
guided by the wants and wishes of France.
M. Gambetta also delivered his inaugural address
as president of the chamber of deputies.
The St. Petersburg pi-ess bitterly denounce
3?" the precautions taken by Germaisy and
i Austria to prevent the plague from reaching
J n their territory as attempts to ruin Russian
trade.
Frederick Lewis Malgarini, of London, has
failed for $935,000.
a A Singapore dispatch says the Chinese crew
my of the Australian bark Kate'WaterB, from Hong
Kong, bound to Foochow, mutinied a&d murdered
their officers and Bouttled the vessel.
Strikes in England are frequent of late,
j Ovor 30,000 laborers are idle in Liverpool, and
a a dispatch from London savs 800 engineers had
pale struck, and 1,200 more would follow their exem
ample the following day.
While the British troops so far have been
ieel uniformly successful in their campaign in
Afghanistan, they have not been so fortunate
. i in Soutli Africa, where the Zulus?a powerful
c 10 Caffre tribe, under King Cetywaya?have de>
of fied England's authority and are in open revolt,
i he A British invadiRg column, consisting of a
portion of the Twenty-fourth regiment, a bat-rpjj
tery of artillery and six hundred native aux.
, . iliarits, was utterly annihilated near the
ight Tugela river, the dividing line between Natal
mg, and Kaflrland, by 20,000 Zulus, who captured
etfi, a valuable convoy of 102 wagons, 1,000 oxen,
18 two cannon, 400 shot and shell. 1,000 rifles,
*tj 250,000 rounds of ammunition, 60,000 pounds
weight of provisions and the colors of the
t Twenty-fourth regiment. The British lost
le ! forty-eight officers and five hundred privates,
while the loss o? the Zulus is estimated to have
iave cached 5,000 in killed and wounded. Lord
?aj Chelmsford, tho commander of the expedition,
? ^ was forced to fall back, and the utmost conreat
eternati >n prevailed for a tune in Capo Colony;
ond but seven attacks subsequently made by the
x a Zulus were repulsed, aud the colonists recovered
eomewhat from their fright,
ing A London dispatch says the report printed
|Q | in New York papers that "the British governI
mont- tiaun nn nrrlnr fnrhirldinof lirA
lone cattle from the United States to land at British
t.? porta," is incorrect, no such order having been
issued
General Loris Melikoff, governor-general of
the plague-stricken districts in Russia, has
summoned tho governors of the governments
JSUe ?' Astrakhan, Samara and SaratofT to Tzaritzin,
and proposed to them that all the old
' paper money now circulating be exchanged
two for new through the Kama-Volga bank and aeown
Btreyed. The St. Petersburg sanitary comthei
mittee have proposed to cleanse the canals and
cere organize barge hospitals on the Neva, which
11 could be anohored in the gulf of Bothnia, and
8 also to organize sanitary committees in each
was district or the city and province of St. Petersmal
burg. The president of the board of health,
pon speaking in tne Italian chamber of deputies,
the predicted that if the plague penetrated Europe
F re lt W0Q^ destroy a third of the population.
A Halifax (Nova 8ootia) dispatch states
i-? there are several cases of Cyprus fever in that
dies 0ityt brought there by the 101st regiment, and
ties the question now asked is, "Has the terrible
i to plague reached the shores of America ?"
per- The following communication has been reJrn.
coived at the British war offioe, in London,
from Lord Chelmsford, commander of the expedition
against the Zulus in South Africa :
rom ? j regret \0 have to report a very disastrous
hile engagement between the Zulus and & portion
[en* of No. 8 oolumn, which was left to guard the
tjofe camp, about ten miles in front of Borke's drift.
The Zulus came down in overwhelmingnum*
bers, and in spite of gallant resistance by five
Jor' companies of the first battalion of the Twentynal,
fourth regiment, one company of the seoond
* - battalion of the Twenty-fourth regiment, two
??
guns, two rocket tabes, 164 mounted men an
800 natives, they overwhelmed them. Tk
oamp,Icontaining all the Burplus'ammunitio
and transfer of No. 3 column, was taken, an
bnt few of its defenders escaped; Oar loss,
fear, mast be set down at thirty officers, an
about five hnndrod non-commisBioned offioer
rank and file of the imperial troops, an
seventy non-commissioned officers, rank an
file of the colonial troops. A. court of inquii
has been ordered to assemble to colleot ev
donee regarding this unfortunate affair, wnic
will bo forwardod to you as soon as receive*
It would soc m that tho troops were enticc
away from their camp, as the action took pla<
abeut a mile and a quarter outside of it. Ti
remainder of Colonol Glyn's column reoccupi(
tho camp after dark the same night, havir
been with me twelvo miles away all day. C
the following morning we arrived at Rorke
Drift post, which for twelve hours had be(
attacked by from 3,000 and 4,000 Zulus. I
defense by sornq eighty men of the Twent;
fourth regiment was most gallant. Thr<
hundred and seventy bodies lay close arouc
the post. I compute the Zulu loss at 1,01
hero alone. At tho camp where the disait
occurred, tho loss of the enemy is computed
over 2,000. Colonel Pearson, commanding N
1 column, has been attacked, but he repuls*
the Zulus." Newa of this disaster cansed i
tense excitement throughout England?som
thing like the horror with which intelligence
tho massacre of Custer and his soldiers by tl
Indians was received in this country. The d
raand for newspapers in England was great
than at any time since the outbreak of the w
between France and Germany, and the Britii
government at once took steps to forward ree
forccments numbering 7,C00 men to Soul
Africa.
Emperor William opened the German pa
liament in person. In his speech from tl
throne ho thanked the members for assistu
in the suppression of tho Socialist agitatio
and hoped they would continue to support tl
government in that respect.
Tho strikes among the Liverpool 1 abort
paralyzed trado there and caused the detentii
of a large number of vessels. Laborers fro
Scotland were brought to the city to fill tl
the places of the strikers.
The majority of medical men in Halifax 8,
there is no snch thing as the Oriental plagi
in Nova Scotia.
Tho sultau of Morocco has had a stroke
paralysis, and anarchy prevails throughout 1
empire.
Fifteen steamers were chartered by the Br
is^i admiralty to convey troops and supplies
South Africa.
I'ONGKKMHIONAIi 81/IHMAKY.
nenuio.
The debate on the Edmunda resolutic
affirming the validity of the last three consi
tutional amendments was resumed, and M
Whyte, of Maryland, argued against the
adoption and againet the right of Congress
control elections. A long debate ensued. He
eral amendments were offered and rejecte
and then a vote was taken on Mr. Morgar
ubst ituto, and it was rejected by thirteen
twenty-fix. Mr. Edmunds' resolutions we
then adopted by twenty-three to seventee
and the Senate, at 11 o'clock p. m., adjourne
Sir. Paddock submitted a resolution instruc
ing tho committee on agriculture to inquire
regard to certain reports recently circulated
thiB country and elsewhere in regard to infe
tious diseases among horned cattle in tl
United States. He sent to the clerk's desk ai
had read letters between the Canadian mini
ter of agriculture and Gen. Le Due, our coi
missiouer of agriculture, in regard to bui
diseases. The resolution was agreed to..
The bill providing for the taking up of the ten
and euosequent censuses was passed, wi
amendments, by 46 to 4. Adjourned after i
executive session.
Mr. Matthews, from the select committee
inquire a* to the best means of preventing tl
introduction of epidemic diseasee, reported
joint resolution authorizing the committee
sit during the recess of CongreeB, and to r
tain tho services of three experts, who sht
visit Havana and such other places as the coi
mittee may direct, to inquire into the histo;
of yellow fever. The joint resolution also r
quests the President to invite the co-oporati<
of the Spanish government in the examinatio
Placed on the calendar... .The bill permittii
women of certain attainments and experiem
as lawyers to practice before the supren
court was passed Mr. Harris, from the s
lect committee upon epipemic diseases, r
ported a bill to prevent the introduction i
contagious diseases in the United States, ai
to establish a bureau of public health. Plaoi
on the calendar. Adjourned after an executi'
session.
The Houbo bill authorizing the issue of te
dollar certificates of deposit iu aid of the r
funding of the public debt, was amended )
making the rate of interest four instead
three per cent., and then passed.... Mr. M
Greery spoke in favor of the proposed transf
of the Indian bureau to the war department.
Mr. Paddock called up the resolution submits
on the fourth of Deoembor last by Mr. Davi
of Wost Virginia, instructing the committee <
agriculture to cousider what can or ought
be done by the general government to bette
advance, encourage an 1 foster agricultural 1
tereBts. Mr. Paddoek spoke of tho importan
of the agricultural interests of the countr
and the necessity for Congress taking adit
to build np that interest. Ho referred to tl
locust plague, diseases of cattle and swine, i
of which were subjects for prompt action
Congress. He favored the establishment of
national academy of agriculture, similar
D/*in( aVicro all thn uf?innp.AR rnlfttinc
agriculture should be taught. At the oonol
pion of his remarks the resolution was agrei
to. Adjourned after execative session.
The Senate conferees on the naval appr
priation bill made a report, which was agrei
to, and the bill was passed... .Mr. Camero
of Pennsylvania, offered a joint rusolutio
which was* referred to the committee on cor
merce, for the appointment of a commissi!
to consider what legislation is needed for tl
better regulation of commerce between tl
States The postoffice appropriation bi
with tho Senate amendments thereto, w&e i
ported and placed on the calendar.... 1]
Sargent, of California, submitted & aeries
resolutions calling on the treasury departme
for information regarding the methods of pi
duction and preparation, etc., of import
adulterated wines and liquors, and they we
referred to tho finance committee. Adjourn
after an executive session.
A bill regulating the restoration of na^
offiaers to the active list was reported to t
Senate and passed....A joint resolution w
adopted for fhe appointment of a select coi
mittee to inquire in regard to the reoenteeca
and slaughter of the Cheyennes....!!
SaunderB spoko in favor of the bill for t
temporary tranbfer of certain tribes to t
war department. Mr. Saunders argued th
the government should help the Indians
become an independent people and fina!
citizcns of the republio....The congresBion
library bill was then taken ap, and Mr. Coc
ling's resolution providing for a commission
experte to examine and report a plan in rega
k.u..
(0 CU&Dgt'H 111 tuu uapivui iui mo uulvoi nwuj
modation of Congress and the library, aftei
discussion, waB agreed to. Adjburned.
Home.
The House, in committee of the whole on tl
army appropriation bill, adopted, by 101 to ?
the amended bill to reorganize the army, ai
voted by 93 to 90 to expunge from the revis
statutes the provision allowing troops at t
polls to preserve the peace,
i Mr. Manning, from the committee on weigt
ana measures, reported a bill intended to m&i
tain silver coins at a par with gold. The b
was discussed by Messrs. Burchard, Patterso
Stephens, Garfield and others. A substitul
i offered by Mr. Brewer, making silver coi
exchangeable for treasury notes to the exte
to which thoy are a legal tender, all defect!
coins to be sent to tho mint for recoinage, w
passed. Adjourned.
Mr. Foster introduced a bill to diecoura;
usury and promote legitimate rates of intert
Mr. Buckner presented a bill calling upi
the secretary of war to report a plan to rec
ganize the militia.... A motion to suBpend tl
rules and pass tho bill repealing the statutes
regard to tho test oath required of jurors, ai
in regard to the appointment and payment
supervisors of elections and special depu
marshals, was lost by 126 to 118 ? not the d
ctssary two-thirds in the affirmative. A loi
debate on the legislative, executive and ju<
cial appropriation bill followed, after whic
adjournment.
The report of the conference committee i
the naval appropriation bill was agreed to..
In committee of the whole on thelegislatn
judicial and executive appropriation bill,
Patterson opposed that part which proposes
transport the coast and geodetic survey fro
the treasury to the interior department... .11
Atkins defended the proposed change, and tl
debate was carried on by Messrs. Page, Wi|
gintou, Patterson (Col.), Maginnis, Hewil
Duinell. Butler, Garfield and Hale. Witho
acting, the House adjourned.
Mr. Cox. of New York, moved that tho 8e
ate bill in regard to tho census, and the amen
ments of the House committee on cenp
thereto, be printed. Tho Senate bill wbb su
stantially tbe same bill that he had introduce
and the committee proposed only two impoi
u tJix trmilrl nnt rrnoa fhA h
in opposition to the appropriation bill n<
before the House, bat would call it up as soi
as that bill was disposed of. The motion w
agreed to. After submitting various amen
ments to the legislative, executive and judici
appropriation bill the House adjourned.
?
TI1K CIPHER DISPATCHES.
Invrni'vntlon by the Potter Snb^Commltt
In New York.
The Totter sub-committee appointed to ta
testimony in New York in regard to those ciph
dispatches having reforence to alieg?d corru
practices in the Presidential election of 187
arrived in New York and began their examin
tion of witnesses. The following members
th6 Honee composed the Hub-committee: Ge
oral Eppa Hunton, of Virginia (Democral
ohairman; William 8. SteDger, of Pennsylvan
(Democrat), William M. Springer, of IUinc
(Democrat), Frank HiBcock, of New York (B
publican), and T. B. Beed, of Maine (Bepub
can). The first witness called was Smith 1
Wand, a lawver of Plattsbureb. N. Y.. wl
testified tbat he was in North Carolina ai
South Oarolina soon after the last President!
election; in Baleigh, N. C., he wn" told th
General Kilpatrick had made inqnines to see
the State could not be given to Hayes, b
that Kilpatrick was informed by the returali
board that the Demooratio legislature won
impeach them in two weeks if they did as 1
requested; the witnese reported this to Nc
York, and was then asked to go to South Oar
lina; he waB informed that the South Oarolii
canvassing board, while admitting private
that the State had gone Democratic, woold 01
give a certificate to thia effect unless th<
were p?id for it, as they wore candidates fi
office the same election, and firmly believir
that tHe Democrats bad carried two at lea:
[ VM. -, 'j ?-? ' , --, ' :.-^ ' V . ? -'# - j
d of the three disputed States, bat that a conie
spiraoy had been formed to oount them out
n and that a proper declaration of the vote of
d one of these States would settle the matter, he
1 telegraphed to New York asking If money
d could be famished. Witness said ne oonld not
R, refer to any particular dispatches ; he would
d " give the bones of the transaction all the
id dispatches which he oent were directed to
y Henry Havemeyer ; finally a proposition was
i- made to him by the returning board of Bouth
h Carolina, offering to give the State to the
3. Democrats for eiihor $00,000 or $80,000; he
>d telegraphed this fact to New York, and reje
ceived an answer which he understood as an
ie assent to the proposition ; he had never said
;d chat South Carolina had gone for Hayes ; the
ig face of the county returns was to that effect,
in he understood, but theprecinctretnrns showed
i'b that the State had gone Democratic; when he
in left South Carolina a representative or tne rets
turning board, named Hardy Solomon, went on
y- the train with him, bv arrangement ; at Baltiso
more he met Colonel Pelton,who informed him
id that the matter had come to the knowledge ol
DO Governor Tilden, who refused to permit any
er money to be used; tho witness informed Soloat
mon of this fact, but the latter insisted on
o. coming to this city with him, to see if the
sd money could be raised outside of the Demon
cratio national committee ; tho returning board
e- kept their decision open two days, as ho waf
of informed, waiting for the result of the monej
le negotiations ; on the day when the board waf
e- compelled by law to decide, he told Solomon
er that the money oculd not be furnished ; Soloar
mon then sent a dispatch to South Carolina,
sh saying that the "goods" could not be obtained
n- Solomon stated "the other eide " had beer
th bidding. Mr. Weed said that Governor Hamp
ton, Senator Gordon, Mr. Randolph, Mr. Has
.r- kell and other persons prominent in Soutt
ie Carolina at that time had no knowledge of th<
ig dispatohes or of the negotiations to which the;
n, related ; although ho had destroyed his ciphei
tie key, he knew that all the dispatches published
in the Tribune were not correct!]
rg rendered ; not a dollar was ever paid bj
3n him or by any other person to his knowledg<
m to the South Carolina returning board ; the]
tje morely made a proposition, which was declined.
Witness testified further in regard tc
tho Tribune translations of the cipher dis
- patches, saying some of them were mistrans06
lated and that he had never sent one dispatel
which the Tribune published, with translation
of as having been sent by him to General Gordor
lis from Baltimore ; the dispatch which he sent
General Gordon waa entirely in reference t<
it- court matters. After the announcement of th<
to South Carolina vote witness was taken U
task by Mr. Tilden for entertaining a proposi
tion to buy the State; "he said I should hav<
known better, and that I ought to have knowi
he would not consent to take the presidency oi
any such terms. I explained the whole mattei
as I had engaged in it, and he repliod that ii
'? the presidency was to be sold he would hav<
!l" nothing to do with it and that he woulc
. not boy it of felons did not know fron
!,r whom he expected to get the monei
t0 to buy the South Carolina doctors
in explanation of one of the disp&tchcB h<
would say that he would have bought Louisi!B
ana and Florida, as well as South Carolina
10 for they were all for sale. The next witness
re Mayor Cooper, made the following statemeni
to the committee: " I saw Mr. Pelton just be?
fore he went to Ballimoro. It was in the hal
. of Governor Tilden's house. He was about tc
P get into the oarriage. He eaid bo was going t(
m Baltimore to see Mr. Weed and some South
J" Carolina people, and that he might want Bonn
money. I roceived a telegram next day, parti]
1(1 in cipher, and asking for a large sum of money
8" $60,000 or $80,000. I was very much surprised
at tbia, and Mr. Tilden said Mr. Pelton musi
come home immediately. I don't know if Ian
swered the telegram. No money was sent. ]
[P know nothing about any arrangemunts tc
spend money in South Carolina. I was treas
in urer of the national oommittee and made man3
. disbursements. I am ready to submit these t<
-? the committee." Witness, continuing, said he
ae believed Mr. Weed went to Baltimore to make
& some negotiations with the South Carolina re10
turning board; he did not think Mr. Tilder
know thiB, for as soon as the telegram was re^
ceived he (Mr. Tilden) ordered Pelton home
n* he thought any propositions by returning
*7 boards were known to Mr. Pelton alone.
Colonel William T. Pelton was sworn, and
)D testified that dispatches from 8mith M. Wee<]
D- and others who had gone South after the
lS presidential election in 1876 were received bj
06 him in care of Mr. Henry Havemeyer, who
:e was a personal friend of witness. After teetie"
fying in regard to a number of dispatches Benl
to him by Manton Marble from Florida?some
of which he thought were correct as translated
by the Tribune, while as to the authen"
ticity of others he was not bo certain?witness
r* said he had received and acceptcd a proposition
to purchase the vote of Florida for$50,00(
a" from the returning board, but his acceptance
came too late to take effect. Regarding the
W South Carolinia dispatches from Smith M. Weed
"" witness siaiea ne asseniea co mu prupusiuuL
?" to buy the returning board for $80,000 ; th<
er day before going to Baltimore be had a tall
: with Mr. Cooper in regard to the purchase ol
the South Carolina vote, and to the best of hii
B> recollection that gentleman disapproved of the
'n proposition and considered it impracticable: the
t0 next day, when in Baltimore, ho received twt
ir? dispatches, one from Mr. Cooper to the effect
n" that the money could not be raised, and th<
00 other from Mr. Tilden, telliDg him to return
after returning to New York with Mr. Weed
)n he eaw Mr. Tilden, who mado seme emphatii
remarks on the proceedings in question, an<
ll| expressed the opinion that tbo witnoss had n<
?r business to do as he had done; ho had pur
a posely oonoealed the transactions from Mr
|? Tilden, as he knew the latter would diBapprov<
10 them; he did not think that Mr. Tilden knev
a" of his visit to Baltimore until afier ho hat
3(1 gone there; Mr. Tilden, so far as he knew am
believed, waa equally ignorant of the negotialions
in regard to Florida ; the witness did no
intend that Mr. Tilden should know anythinj
Q> about them: the information which ho re
n' ceived from Mr. Weed and Mr. Marble relativi
Q~ to the intended purchase of votes was not im
>n parted by him to Mr. Hewitt or other member
of the Democratic national committee. Upot
?e cross-examination it waa brought out that wit
"? nose did not recollect the origin of the ciphers
'e" and his memory as to other intereoting point)
tr" was not clear.
?f Mr. Manton Marble testified that he wen
nt to Florida, on biB own motion, to watch th<
'?T count of the electoral vote in the Domocratii
ed interest, but not at the request of Mr. Tilden
Mr. Pelton gavo him & cipher at the Everet
^ house. Witness asserted he found no Demo
cratio frauds, but plenty on the other side
I*1 and countenanced no corrupt dealings, bu
be transmitted to Mr. Pelton, *' as warnings t<
M the Domocratic committee," two propositioni
n- ?one of $50,000 and the other of $200,000Pe
to sell the electoral vote of the State. T<
[* one he received the answer, " Proposition acne
ajptedif done only once;" he put it in th<
are aDd Baid nothing to any one about it
at During his stay in Florida he sent and receivec
to dispatches in this cipher almost daily, but h<
"y had sent none to Mr. Tildenand none fron
him. His understanding was th the dig
patches reaching him from Now York were eon
?r by Mr. Pelton. Of the published cipher dia
rd patohes he identified a number as haying btoi
m* sent or received bv him, and as having beei
' a translated with substantial correctness; other
had been mistranslated, or had had a wronj
meaning put upon them. He had not retaine<
he his copy of the cipher, having burned all hi
II, Florida papsra when he got through there
ad Witness said he had nothing to do with an;
ed dickering for the voto of Florida, and denie<
be all knowledge of the despatch of December 4
which, according to the Trflmne translation
itB road : " Marble says plan sent you Saturda;
n- must be acted upon immediately." He ro
ill pulsed all " plans " of that sort on tho spot
n, Mr. Parris, who wrote the dispatch in question
.e, was IU0O CttlltJU, piuuutcu Ulo upum-nuj uui
Q8 showed tbat for "Marble" the Tribune ehoaJc
nt have read " Woolley"' the "indiscreet" mat
ve with whom Mr. Marble had declined to act
ft8 MB. TILDES ON THE STAND.
Samuel J. Tilden appeared before the com
8? mittee, was sworn, and testified as follows
l8t He had read the translations of the cipher ditj
an patches in tbe New York papers, but did no
r" recognize a single document, either in ciphe:
9? or translation that he had ever seen before
"J He never entered into any arrangement to pur
chase the vote of South Carolina or Florida
of and had no information or suspicion tbat suet
Cy arrangements were being carried on until hi
ie" saw the dispatches in the New York Tribune
?K He had no knowledge or dealings with an]
u* parties to these negotiations. On the morning
"> of November 20, 1876, Mrs. Col. Pelton men
tioned in hiB presence that her husband hac
ou gODO f0r the day. and later in tho day he wai
called upon by Mr. Cooper and told by hin
^e, that he had received an offor from some part]
to obtain for money tho vote of South Caro
lina. He (the witness) said he would author
'm ize no such transaction nor spend money foi
tr. any Buch purpose. He obtained Colonel Pel
he ton's address in Baltimore and telegraphec
5~ him to come back ; he did not use any cipher
and knew nothing of any ciphers passing between
Colonel Pelton and others, and could no
have translated them if he bad. In regard t(
?" Florida, he never saw one of the telegrams
either in cipher or in translation, and was no
?8 infoi d even that any negotiations we'<
b" goint on in regard to obtaining illegal]]
the certificates of the returniog board
Mr. Marble called occasion-illy, and told hin
111 abont tho corruptions of the Florida board
)w In regard to the Oregon dispatches, ho did no
Dn know they came in cipher until after the meet
" ing of the committee appointed to investigati
d- them. Gen. Grant wrote him a letter a fev
al days after the election, recommending tha
tbe oommittee should go South to Bee a fail
count. He had nothing to do with these com
mittees, and never heard from them but once
I and that was in a communication signed bj
e? Mr. Ottendorfer snd others. Uuder no cir
cumstances did he enter into any compotitioi
ke to secure electoral certificates by vonal induce
sr ments. There never was an honr or a minnt<
pt in which he entertained such a thought Tc
'6, the people whom he believed elected him Propi
a- dent of the United States, and to the four mil
of Hons of citizens who were defrauded of thei]
n- rights of suffrage, he owed the dnty of pro
t), claiming that he would not yield one jot 01
ta tittle of his rights ; whatever evils might result
lis from this subversion of the electoral system
e- he resolved he would enter into no auction foi
li- the purchase of tho chief magistracy of the retl.
pubfio. He was resolved that he would protest
10 against the wrong by which the people had
id been defrauded ont of their rights. Upoc
al cross-examination Mr. Tilden said he had ar
at interview with Colonel Pelton, after the lattei
if returned from Baltimore, and his expression!
at were &n outburst of impatience and displeasure
Swith Colonel Pelton'a conduct. Colonel Peltor
was sometimes oalled acting secretary, but he
le had no money and no power to do anything
>w withont the concurrence of another man. He
o- did not know that Pelton bad made any enta
gagement or encouraged any offer in regard tc
ly the sale of the South Car iiila vote. After witDt
nesa had promptly and 'Yectually stopped, all
jy proceedings of tho so" J did'not suppose thej
it would be renewed; J ?derstood that Colonel
? Pelton had merely f ind an otter. Mr. Til II
u*..W," - <?- v'.V." -. '
puroh&se an electotal vote before the ptLbli*
lion of these dispatches, and he regarded th<
m nftflmntR to Mil. not to buv: he VU flj
told of the Florida matter by Sfr. Marble, w
remarked to him that the Florida vote h
been for sale. Mr. Tilden said he knew 8mi
M. Weed, bnt hia relations with him were r
more confidential than with any other proi
nent Democrat; he did not know of ft
Weed's presence in South Carolina nr
after his return. He then had a br
conversation with him. fie took him
task for engaging in snoh transactions. Wb
Mr. Cooper informed him of the South Cai
lina proposition he (Mr. Cooper) said nothi
to indicate that he had encouraged Coloi
i Pelton to believo that any money would
furnished. Witness supposed that the gent
men who went 8outh were competent to p<
i form the duties for which they had been eele
, ed by the national committee, and ho nei
, gave them any instructions, or undertook
. exercise any supervision over them. He v
, irritated with Colonel Pelton for having ai
' thing to do with the South Carolina propc
tion. If he (.the witness) had any dupositi
. to engage in any such transaction, Colonel F
i ton was the last man in the United Statos wbi
i he would have permitted to have anything
. do with it; he regarded Colonel Pelton's acti
[ as a piece of officious meddling. In the cf
i which the witness had published he did not
> fer to the Baltimore transaction, because
i did not think it was necessary; all that ho s
i in that case was strictly true. He knew no
. ing whatever about the ciphers, and did i
, hnow the negotiators had been refused; but
; knew the Baltimore negotiation had been era
i ed, an1 that he had crashed it. He had
interview with Weed before he went South,a
. did not know of the Florida offer until Decern'
i 6. 1876. He did not watch the presidenl
j contest carofuliy, nor with absolute indifl
r enco. He did not expect to be fully advii
: about what was going on. He was positi
. at any rate, that he never saw a dispatch fr
r Marble, and had no recolleotion of ever hav
r heard of it nntil the present time. The ?
) intimation he had of the contest he lean
r from the newspapers. He had no idea v
- waB at the other end of the wire from visit
> statesmen in the South. He assumed, h<
fV.n nafiAnol T\omn^rofift rtnmmtf
. was in consultation. He didn't trouble b:
i flolf to learn what members of the commit
, were looking after the affaire in the 8on
i He was not aware that Col. Pelton was act
t for the committee. Pelton was not a man
> be trusted with any momentous iBsue. Wi
3 out excusing Pelton in the least, and such \
) not his intention, be would say that there 1
- been rumors of venality about those th
3 States, Louisiana, Florida and South Caroli
i and he declared before God and his conn
i that he thought these States were bought, i
r that the presidency was controlled by tl
f purchase.
j Mr. Hiscock here asked witness to name i
I evidence proving that any of the return
i board had beon bought, and Mr. Tilden repl
j that MoLin, of the Florida returning boa
; bad sworn that he had given a false certifies
3 Mr. HUcock replied that witness was mist&k
. that McLin had sworn to nothing of the e<
, Mr. Hiscock said that McLin bad testil
, that he had been approached by Manton LI
t ble with an offer for tho purchase of vol
. He (Mr. Hiscock) deemed it his dnty to m
1 this refutation in the face of Mr. Tilden's
> persiona on McLin's character. Mr. Tilden
> plied that he would be just to every i
t in this examination, and " shall protect i
j self fully without going into matters c
r nected with my family relations."' Mr. I
, cock disclaimed any such intent. The witn
1 was then asked if ho had any information
t the time that the returning boards of So:
Carolina and Florida were for sale, and if
[ could give the names of the gentlemen' v
> told him so. He replied that he could
. give the name of any man. He admitted t
r up to the time that Pelton went to Baltimore
> bad no knowledge excepting newspaper
> formation about the alleged corruption of
> Itepcblicans in dealing with the return
. boards. After a few more questions not
t special interest, Mr. Tilden's examinat
. closed.
; Mr. Parris was then recalled and testil
; that he wont to Florida in 1876 ae counsel
look after the Democratic interests, but t
| while there he knew of no action looking to
1 infl uencing of the returning board by mon
Goorgo W. Smith, Mr. Tilden's private see
tary, was the last witness called, and ^
briefly examined concerning the reception
telegrams at Mr. Tilden's house, after wh
the sitting closed, the chairman stating th
would probably be no more witnesses examii
in New York.
The National Census in 1880.
The bill as passed in the Senate p:
vides that a census of the populate
wealth and industry of the Unil
States shall be taken on or before Jx
1,1880. It provides for the appoi]
ment of a superintendent of tho cent
by the President, by and with the i
vice and consent of the Senate, and a
the necessary clerks and copyists in ]
nflfifft. The secretary of the interior
' directed to appoint on or before the !
3 of April, 1880, one or more supervis<
; of cenBns within each State or Territo:
, such persons to be residents of eti
J State or Territory. The total numl
* of supervisors is not to exceed 150. 1
. supervisors are to apportion their d
. tricts and designate to the superintei
3 ent suitable persons to employ as ei
[ merators; such persons to be selecl
! solely with reference to their fitne
. and without reference to their polit
t or party affiliations. Each supervii
; is to receive 8500 upon tbo comp
* tion of his duties; enumerat
I are to receive two cents for each livi
8 inhabitant reported, two cents for ee
i death reported, ten cents for each far
* fifteen cents for each establishment
> productive industry enumerated and
' turned. The subdivision assigned
t each enumerator shall not exceed 4,(
3 inhabitants according to the census
3 1870, nor contain less than 3,000 win
: the last preceding census shows the
. habitants thereof. The bill furtl
t provides for the punishment of enum
t ators and others for giving informati
? to outside persons, neglect of duty, e
] It is made a misdemeanor, punishal
j by a fine of 8100, to refuse to answer 1
. questions of enumerators; andofficere
3 coroorations who refuse to answer th
nlinll no-n o flno n( nnf. locn t.hfVn ftROO 1
' DUUli jk/?^ 1? UilV V? JUVW AWWM _
! more than $1,000,and be imprisoned i
1 exceeding one year. All census mat
- is to pass throngh the postoffice fr
t The schedule of inquiries is the same
" now provided by section 2,206 of t
JI revised statutes, -with various exc<
3 J tions and additions. It furtl
provides for the employment
experts and special agents to investig
in their economic relations the mai
facturing, railroad, mining and otl
industries of the country, and the s
tisMos of telegraph, express, transp
tation and insurance companies. 1
enumeration is to begin on the 1st c
of June, 1880, and be completed bef<
the 1st day of July following. In cit
having 10,000 inhabitants, the enum
ation of population shall be taken wi
in two weeks from the 1st of June,
limits the cost of the census to $3,0C
000, exclusive of $250,000 for printi
and other preliminary expenses. A
State taking a census of its populate
etc., according to this bill, in 1885r
etc., shall have one-half of the expem
wni/l V?tt 41m TTnifp/l ftf.tlfA.q nr
llicicui k>j miuu vm4?vv> m?h.vw, ..f
, depositing a full and authentic cc
> with the secretary of the interior.
Pneumonia,
\ Hardly any one who has a large
\ quaintance, or who reads the ol
j nary or death notices in 1
3 public prints, says a New Y<
1 paper, can fail to have noticed h
[ fatal a disease pneumonia is, especio
in this city. It really seems sometin
r as if it caused half of all the deaths tl
- occur. Each winter it appears to gr
1 more dangerous. This season it 1
[ been very virulent, owing, probably,
t sudden changes and the unusual amoi
> of snow. Pneumonia invariably beg
with a cold, to which scarcely anybc
1 attaches any importance, and the colt:
b. neglected until it results in tho painf
and always alarming, disease. " Onl;
cold!" echoed the renowned Abernetl
"A cold is always to be feared. Co!
' have killed more men than batt
have." There seems to be no way
guarding against pneumonia. One p
son is as subject as another to it. Ri
ged constitution, vigorous health, g<
eral attention to hygienic laws, have
power to prevent it. Pneumonia slny
giant as quickly as it slays a pigmy ;
accomplished athlete as quickly as
puny invalid. One meets this morni
a friend flushed with youth?enerj
Within three or four days he is dei
Pneumonia has cut him down. Persr
who care to live?and the fact that tt
do live shows that they care to?cam
be too watchful of the beginning
* I rmanmnnift which is one of the m
insidious and formidable foes of bun
; existence.
1 "What kind of testimony do j
[ call that?" said the county attori
. to one of the witnesses before the gra
i jury, who was inob'ned to be a lit
> evasive. "Jackson's best," was I
1 prompt reply. The lawyers who wi
! in the habit of using tobacco s
i the point and smiled all over th
faoes.
i
An English traveler says: "Put
| American baby six months old on
[ feet, and it will immediately say, '1
. ohairman,' and call the next cradle
i order."
Lead Poisoning.
^ A New York paper says: A few dayi
bo since a man died in West Tenth street,
ad this city, of a malady known as " paint:th
ers'colic." This disease in reality is a
^ form of chronio poisoning from tne ab<
Ir" sorption of lead through the lungs, the
itii skin, and the saliva, and which too freief
quently proves fatal in its effects. Wellto
marked symptoms of this " colio " ofter
show themselves where they might be
ng least expected to ooour. Oases are or
aei record in which colic and paralysis hav<
bo occurred in persons who had done no
Je- more than sleep in newly-painted rooms,
One medical work mentions a patient, t
rer servant at a pnblic house, in whom lead
to poisoning was brought on by frc-quentlj
rae handling and cleaning pewter pots. A
celebrated physician of Edinburg hoc
oq among his patients a retired militarj
'el- officer who, after working at oil- painting
am for some time in a studio, eight fee
to square, with a large stove in it, was at
[05 tacked with what is known as "wrist
I dr<*p "?the most marked symptom o
he I lead poisoning?and soon after witl
aid paralysis in both legs. Paralysis of th<
th; neck has been known to follow the us<
of a hair-dye containing litharge. Mea
ah- an<* vegetables cooked or kept in newly
no glazed vessels have actually proved fatal
ntl At Claremont, during the residence ther<
j** of the ex-royal family of France, thir
fg?' teen out of thirty-eight members of thi
household suffered so severely from lead
ve, poisoning that the nails of their toe
pm and Angers actually acquired a bluis]
discoloration. Under the ordinary con
jre8d ditions of life, the chances of lead-poison
?ho ing are many and almost ubiquitous
ing Our houses are painted with lead, ou
)w_ water comes through lead pipes, ou
j^? food is cooked or kept in glazed vessels
our tea, chocolate and many other arti
th. cles of domestic use are wrapped up i
tog lead paper and tin-foil, and tea whici
1*? has been " sceeped" in a britanni
metal teapot is often tainted with th
iad poison. Mosi people know that the c]
reo fects of lead are extremely variable; bn
na, Tve cannot be too cautious, and certain!
tfy prevention is better than cure any time
^ There are certain obvious precaution
rcViiph nn ditto beadoDtedin evervhouBt
iny hold; and where there is the slights
'.nK chance for lead-poisoning, skilled med:
cal advice cannot be called for too soor
if a m^mmm
en'; "Pith and Point,"
3^j The new French president is so Grev
ar. he rarely smiles at his own jokes.
t?s- Some men are insensible to honor an
t*6 virtue, and never recover consoionsnesi
as- ' .
re- Whether your motives be pure or in
alio pare, the world's verdict hinges on yon
ny actual deeds.
onlis
Who can give us the name and tu
lees dress of the shoemaker that first tried i
cobble stones ?
he Every year this country manufacture
fho a trillion of pins, and yet there ai
not thousands of people who haven't hea
h1ft enourh to see the :?oint.
> D0
in- One half of the earth's populatio
tho I consists of those whose hearts are a
in8 right and their heads all wrong. Th
other half have level head3 and ironcla
pulse kickers.?New York News.
Jed * ??
to A Honrco of Much Bodily Evil,
hat M tbe hsbit of body becomes irregular, mno
the ?vil ia inflicted on the system. The stomac
ey. beccmee dvppeptic, bilious symptoms develo
;rc. themselves, the circulation is contaminate*:'
iras and the nerves share in tho general disordei
of It ia of the utmost importance that tho bowel
ich should be thoroughly and speedily regulate
ere when they grow derelict. The corrective agen
led best adapted to this purpose la Hostetter'
Stomach Bitters, a wholesome, nongripin
vegetable laxative, worth all the rapping ca
thartics invented since the time of ParaceTsui
People who have been in tho habit of neiDg bin
ro" pill, calomel, and other drugs and cheap noi
)n, trams for constipation, ebonld abandon sue
;ed hurtful and useless medicines, and substitut
l]y for them thin pleasant and gentle aperient
which not only produces the purgative effec
naturally, but also strengthens while it regc
lates tho bowels, stomach ar.d liver. It mort
id- over cureB and prevents intermittent and rc
lso mittent fevers, gout, rhenmatiem, debility an
[jjs nrinary troubles.
XS A a T1 CO to CODMinPtTVM*
. The celebrated physician, Dr. Paul Momeyei
l8r' fifives the followincf valuable suggestions t
Dra I personfl suffering from lung affection# : "Th
ry, patient must with sorupulouBcon?cientioiiinM
,ch insist upon breathing fresh, pure air, and mm
)er remember that the air of oloeed rooms ii alwaj
i, more or leas bad. No man, howeve
fe nncleanly, would drink muddy, dirty watei
is- A party which occupies a room for houn
id- breathing the same air, might bo oompared t
in. a party of bathors drinking the water in whia
eLj they bathe. The patient must keep the windo
of his bedroom open. Night air is fresh ai
?8? without daylight. In closo, crowded roomi
ics tho patient buffering from lung oomplainl
sor breathes consumptively." By taking thee
le- procaati0118 aid using Dr. Pierce's Golde
Mcdical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pe
ets, fully one-half of the caees of Ting com
plaints would be oured in six months. Fo
ich oough and irritation of the lungs do not alwaj
in, Indicate the presence of consumption, althong
0* it may resuli in that disease, and if consump
tion has already become deeply stated in th
r?" system, this is the most efficient course c
to treatment that cm be pursued outside of an
)00 institution that provides special facilities fc
0f the treatment of this disease. Dr. Pieroe
,re colebrated invalids' hotel is suoh an institutioi
: Send stamp for descriptive pamphlet contair
m* ing also a coroploto treatise upon consumptioi
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er- of treating it, together with valuable hint
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nw TOHK.
I UMf Oftill* 08 A 11
Text! and OberokM.. OS* A if
I aril^h flnvi.................... 1)01 ($15 ?.
8C- I Qtgg ; Llv* ..< >... 04 @ C4
lit- i Dreaec! C??(i 08
n,? Bheep. C4Jt$ CC
[il? o-.xa (6
>rk Cotton : Middling 0j,\'? (5
nw Klour : Wertern : Good to Cliolo?. 4 0) 6 M
i, BUte: Fair toObolo#.... 8 85 ? 6 M
llJ I Wheat: Bed No 1 1M <? 1 10
ies i White State...?? HI 0 11:
Unt r.y?: ?0 (rt 61
Jal Sarlay: 16 0 8C
ow Parity Malt 1 i8 <4 1 K
1.18 Oils: Mixed Wcatern BO & :1
Corn: MixodWestern Ungraded... 46 <? 4J
^ Ii*7, per cwt 3' >4
int Htrsw. p?T o*Tt 45 i& 51
inn EOPI : New Crop, State.........?. Ort <A H
j Pork: Family men*.... 8 12M0 8 6C
?y Lard: Oltyisteau .< .06.80 ? .CC.
I is Flib : Macierel, No. 1, new 16 C.i <?ld UC
i ' No. lPrlnce Edw'diO 00 ?J0K
U1? Dry Cod, w: cr?rt 4 23 4 2J
y a Ileizlng, Scaled, per box 17 0 If
iV. P?trf-'6nm: Cruds.......BeOced. C9
ii* I VToc' CaliforniaFieeco -0 0 2!
<08 | Vas.33 Fleece 15 0 ?<
les i Anstrallin>'leece....... ? 0 3;
nf ! otato XX S3 (? 81
i Uct'.rr Slate Creamery............ 10 9 2(
er- | Dairy 1] M 1!
Iff. j Creamery.. 11 Q 8(
an i Factory. ....*? 07 i* 2v
| i!n?r?f su:&Factory............. 06 14 OS
110 1 guts fliiniraed. 01 <? n
q ? j vwwr'j OS 0 0:
i Ki?: i-'i'e and P?nu?ylv?n!?.... 51 Q 21
flD 1
^HILlDaLPDU.
* & Float? Penr*yIvai)l?Extr* 4 55 $ 4 5(
[Qg WhMt?EeC Pennsylvania 1 05 (g 1 0!
RjO' .. 41 41
ad. Sail Mixed 41 0 U
)T1n Ijiti?Mlie**. 28 0 2c
uo Pctroleum-Crad* 07,S?<.8 Beflned, C?
ley Wool?Ooioredo tJ 0 2i
not Term IMIIII 18 0 K
q? Oftivfomlt?*.-% **? 2C (j) 2i
nqf *11**41,0
fiOur??.?(.?kitMi 175 ^ 4
lan WhMt-No.l tfliwftKfcC6.v?,..??tf 05 & 91
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I uorn?*r?inr*T??e??? ?? ? w ?<
Oat? 28 t4 2:
Rye. M ? 5f
rOU Rarley 75 ? 8!
16y Birley Mall....*?- 110 t4 1 2C
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B*ef Cattle.. 04 ? 04
tie Sheep * 03 (? U
he Hog 03 9 09
IT.our?Wlaconsln and Minnesota.. 6 10 9 8 0C
are oom?aiiied. io a n
aw Oats? " * SI ? 52
? Wool?Ohio and Fenneylvenla XX.- 84 <A M
elT California Spring 14 & 26
BBIOBXca, Kill,
Beef Cattle...m. 08% & 04
An Bheev. ?? ? ? 03if? 0t
Lam be 04 # 04
^ HOgl.a.M. 08^f? 08
(fr. winwowii man,
n?ef Cattle?Poor to Oholoe 04 9 CS
hoop* IMHfl 09?? 04
IAJ&M 04k9 04
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unosg the organa Of Mention, digeaticm and
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