Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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k/ ?^JiK* t<#V^^ r J[ ^ roF^^iir | r-^*,*" TT' ?' 'V* Devoted to AQficulti^e, Hort o .' . ?._. ?? - I 1^ ?? ---^^^HMIKj^gtriO T n 01 siSs^s',i^?^ anv?,s, SUOVRr,. j UNION c. 11., Som^c-ARQJJNA, MARCH 7, 1800." Nr^HIcTS^ ii uni.n I LttUU ML The StraDgc Mystery Sorroonflini lis Disappearance. A STORY CF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST, EY FEANK DARBETT. C l!Al Tl H L Joe brace W ??-: B^r eat, ^f: nail armw * ' ' ^ W^1|,J1 ^ ? with a black fell on the back of hls^hnnda. a , dark board growing high upon hi? olieokbones, n great bunh of iron-grij- hair sticking out all round his .head, and a foremi* &? - .? ? "Heavens!" he exclaimed ?T V is*- - * ? * lock hanging down over hla oyo. One oould e| . . see nothing of his features but a long rod nose and docp-sot. beady black oyos. His fustian jacket was worn to rags at the ol; 1 bows?and bo was mine, aa for that?split in ^ i ii" tU6 SHHIllH UfllWt-OTI UIU KUVU..V.. constant strain of tho laboring arms. Onco upon a time hts top-boota had been black, but now they wero all the same yellowk clay color with tho trousers that were tucked Into thorn, and just us badly In need of repair. v*" I followed with Van Hoeek. Ho hffd raj^ arm, not for support but for guidusto. bo-* cause he wus stono blind. He was thirty or thereabout. I believe; but he lookod twenty ears older than I, who am now about twenty-six. Though ho was Dutch by birth, he lookod like an Asiatic, being a small, dark Jew,-with nil the characteristics of his people; while I. with my fair skin, light hair, and large frame, am pretty true in appearance to my Northern race. IIo was hotter dressed than any of us, for though he had accompanied us. and roughed It so far as board and lodging wore concerned, ho had taken only a financial part lu tho enterprise, bis blindness naturally debarring him from a laborious part. (lis clothes retained something of their original appearance. Alboit he had worn them day after day for v eighteen months at least; whereas mine, whut with exposure to tho sun. tho sweat of work, rough usage, and the strange dovices employed in repairing them, were scarcely recognizable Christian clothing. Ills fnco gave morchign of strain and fatigue ft an either the Judge's or mine, which might wff 11 bo, seeing how groat a relief to the mind physical labor Is. There wits a furrow botwoen his broils, deep lines do!jf' Boending from the Inner angles of the eyes, a pinched look about the nostrils an'd'ftask.r-'-~ f JttSUS fearful, stronuoue /inu mat ?X|'?enn.wj? ?,??. > wVnw, nai, HaUOS-* _ewu repulslvei though his features- w?k * not lll-ehnpoU. ana it was auo oniony 10 uh peculiarity of Ills eyes. Mont peopto of 'lark complexion, Mke hi*, have a dark iris to the eye, Dut his wis of steely (tray, and was the more noticeable because there was the trie and nothing else; there was no pupil?nothing but that gray patch upon the yellowish ball of the eye. Me kept his eyes Open whor his mind was preoccupied. Often, when h< was sitting near ine whllo I. worked, I hav< Ma ohanged my position that I might not so< those ghastly eyes wide open to an Afrieai nun. jet unconscious of its glnro. Then was something terrible in his blindness. EW Our rear was brought up by the "Kid. > Tho name by oonstant urto and fainiliarit: had long ceased to bo slangy to my ear. Poor Ilttlo Lolal Bho was the ruggodes Em *- and most disreputable of tho lot. though 1 was not for that reason that she wiilket behind us; indeed, hud sho suspected tha to follow Implied Inferiority slio would han L marched ahead of hor own father. Thn was her character. The ohlld wore a ragged red flannel pot Bp.* ilooat, a oamtHolo that ??:<.| once boon white and a colored handkerchief tied looaol p ' round hor neck. Bho had a airing of colore* ~fceSSl8UVon ')Pr wriat. but neither hat ? hefhoad nor afeau Mr hetUout, - Her pUrpl black hair grow low down on Jier tempi* I and broke Into cnrl over the care at th \ nape of her nook, and whorever it wae un b controlled; It wan matted toirethor in - thick, loose plait that fell down to herwnlc* T and tied at tho ond with a atrip of red flan [ nel. torn from her petticoat. m>o hod tn r prettiest little hr_nds nnd feet, a dark oliv I akin, a large but beautifully shaped roontt P with the finest teeth I have ever seen, an K v" a pair of glorious black oyos. full of audaelt I and betraying only too faithfully lior wll I; .and ungovernable disposition. Troporl ? dressed (and washed), she mlfht hat K- paasedfor a Spanish princess; In her prei I ant condition ther<\ was no mistaking he for anything but the oa If-willed llttlo saviia I she wan. E The Kid ha-,1 given us a deal of troubleI had wsforesoeo how much. I do not thin ?M.v? <iv& latiioii J the Judge, induced us to subscribe. t I "The Kid has eyes in her hcnd for to soo with." tho Judge said, in urging hor claim ( upon our (uturo consideration, "end sho | kin use 'em as well as us in lookin' for t _ stones, end llkowiso. beln' a fcmalo. she kin ? | cook our meals for us; sho kin wash our l ? shuts, ond sho kin sow us up. end keep us | nice end tidy." Whether sho was cnpablo i of helping us in these matters I cannot say; j all I know is. that sho didn't. "What kin t you expect?" asked her father, in extonua- ? tion; "her mother was the darter of a durncd p greaser, ond it ain't the Kid's fault if she's $ 1 got gieuser blood in hor." t Wo came up with the Judge at the dock \ gates, whero lie stopped to address a police- ? man stationed there. g "Kin you tell mo. my friend." he said, "whore tho best bank in this town is lo- H catod ?" I think tho policeman's first impression as ^ ho regarded us was that wo had felonious purpose in asking this question, for he did q not roply immediately, and with reluotance j CHAPTER IL G We marched on to the High streot. our x appearance attracting a good deul of atton- ,, tion. and creating some amusement and s, speculation doubtless. Persons on tho opposite side of the road stopped to look across at us. others rogarded us askant in passing hi and turned round to watch our progress, a few children lollowed us. thinking, maybo. .. | that wo wcro about to give some kind of .. i street entertainment. Wc found a bank and streamed in. a small Wl crowd collecting round the door, as it swung . tolohind tho Kid. The fllnrlta TneTroperations and looked at us In open- j mouthed astonishment as wo ranged our- "1 selves along the counter. or "Is the manager of this concern In?" asked tho Jndue?"Hands oiTl" he added, in a roar. 9,1 as the Kid. slipping her lithe hand undor the P? brnsswork protecting the counter, began to , finger the scales. "r The Kid. unmoved, satisfied her curiosity, tnen. withdrawing her hand, rested hor ol- it bow on the counter, and dropping her chin st< in the palm, gazed at the clerks with stolid he indifToronoo. t "Tho manager Is In; what do you want?" dr< asked the clerk. tan "Let up. Israel." said the .Judge, falling coi back a step, and waving Ids band signlfi- for oantfy toward Van Iloeck. - .tun "Wo wish to negotiate a loan on the Be- Are jurlty of a largo diamond that wo havo Drought homo from the Capo." said Van puj Hoeok. "Eight hundred and twonty carats, fust js 1 water," added the Judge; "the grandest "J01 etono in this almighty universe 1" "e' There was a whispered consultation ' among the oloiks, and one went into a prlvato room at the back of tho hunk, from which he presently returned with tho man- roi ager. . "I am tho manager; what do you want?'" Van Hoeck repeated hitf*stntemfcr.t. thl "And what seoority can you give me that 08 tho diamond is genuine?" asked the mana- P? ^rhi gor. with a pleasant smiie. or mnv >? .o legitimately your.. ?.o dispose of?" tw "You will allow, sir, if any one hed lost a 118 stone of this kind he would have made it 601 unsafe for us to walk about with it in day- Wf light," replied tho Judge, "and n? for its c* bein' genuine, you kin hev the security of your own eyesight." "I do not profess to be a judge of diamonds. J*1 and I can have nothing to do with it," said he the manager, definitively. We streamed out of that bank as we had streamed into it. and tried another, but witli *n no hotter result, the manager telling us that 'n transactions of such a kind were altogether beyond tho rango of his business; and we Jc found a third, but tho inanagor was absent. >r and by this time, boing convinced that the 111 plan we had proposed was imprnctioublo. wo put our hoads together in counsel at the corner of the streot to determine what course we should take. ' We were disgusted with Southampton, and, hud wo possessod the means, should ii have gono on at onco to Loudon, where wo might have found some former acquaintance to help us out of our present difficulty, Hut " T IPd-feAfL nothing?nbtniug In the world but * yi.^aijutuno. ? our implements wo had sold at Natal to > make up enough to pay our steerage home. I and our spare clothes, our knives overy * ) available thing?wo had bartered away on f > our passage Tor food to supplement tho ? mlaop.Mo InfihflliilAnf atAnrilfPH F,i rn I " "We kin not pawn tbe T(id." said tho c Judge, "end that s about tho only porklslt e as wo oould well do without." r It was now woll npon three o'clock, and wo felt the need of food, having eaten nothing slnco six. when our last rations were 1 served out to us on the "Southern Cross." ( Our position was u desporato ono. With , millions in our possession, wo might starve , in the stroet, or have to take rofuge in tho * work-house. It was odd. indeed, and very ? unpleasant also. At length, being unablo < to see any way out -of our difficulty. wo j made our wny to a police-station and laid ' our oaao before the Inspector. "Woll. my good fellow." said ho. having 1 heard us out, "I don't soe how I'm to help #bu. Tho Mayor is the propernerson to go to, but he's away yachting. Tno only person I nan think or." he nuded. after a mo- i meat's reflection, "who might serve yon is Hir Edmund I asoelles. He's got a kind of 1 museum, and buys up curiosltios, I know; 1 and a kind old gentleman he is. too. Now. i if he's at home??" ? Wtfnsked mm nurHmlJ wh<ire Sir Edo mund lived, and hs replied that It was out T.vminoUon wnv?Monkon Abbey?eight or a nine miles, and any one would tell lis the t. way. Well, there wns nothing hotter to bedonu; o so wo got tho Inspector to give us a more e definite dlreotlon, and then started off in i. search of the Abbey. The Judge swinging d along ahead at a good four ml lei an hour, y the Kid had to trot to keep up wlln us; but a I ggvo her my baud, and she did not comy plain?It was not in her naturo to show suf? taring tn the ordinary way. i* It must have been about six o'olook When ir wo found tho park entrance to Monken Abie bey. and there we were stopped by the lodge-keeper, who refused to let us pass ? without jtarmission from Sir Edmund; but k when he heard that we had been sent by nu sent his wife un to tho house to know if the baronot would see us. We sat on a bunk nour the lodge-gate for close upon an hour before wo learned our r fate; for 8lr Edmund was at dinner when tho message reached the liouso. and-tho * 11 servant did not choose to dolivcr it until lio F ind dined. A servant led us through tho ^ pork to tho Abbey, and took us into a beau- ^ tiful hall, wainscoted with dark oak. and 1* lung with antlers, old armor, and other V. suitable docorations; and hero wo waited y intil Sir Edmund I.nseollcs camo to us. Our ipirits rose at the first glimpso of tho hand- 11 lome, portly old gentleman. There was it icnovolenco in tho little curls of his soft tf vhito hair, and tho promise of kind treat- .. nent in tho gonial emilo with whioh ho " [rented us, M "Well," Bald ho. ohocrfully. "you have omothlng to sell me. havo you?" . "Yes." I replied. "?f yeu can buy it; it la a 31 liamond." n? diamond^ ^Ah, Ui^sacostly kind of lvAthor cose ^ trapped to my wrist, whioh contalnod the w ireat Hesper, as wo called our diamond. w< ho baronet was thunderstruck by the N< rodlgious size of tho stone, for he could i?, so that the leather fitted it closely "You tell mo that this is a diamond?" he ?u {claimed, lifting the case as it lay on my iu >nd. "We had it tested at. Vnini " ? tivwu ooiu T Hit ? oock, "it is a white diamond, and if not of 0 first water is certainly of tho second; it on jighs 82" carats." sta "Is it possible? Como with me. Eight , indreo and twenty carats 1" said Sir Edund. in great exoitcrnent. "Bring a light f?o'. to tho library at onco," ho callod to one Df the servants. . We went into tho llbary, whero I cut tho son tchos of tho case, took out the Grout Hes- Bii r and put it Into Kir Edmund's hand, by' lich tlmo a reading lamp hud been* ,, ought in. "t? Itistruo! itlstruorho said, examining b?r under a powerful light. "A wonderful bjr >no?a porfoct form?a prodigy I Como . ? re. Edith; look at thisl" ruC 1 young lady who hod onterod tho room u,,d ?w near. It was only by looking at tho & j icet we had had cut and poliihed that sho lid distinguish .hat this wgs a diamond. it was dull and gray, and looked like a N. t ip of glass that had passed through the of a - -- ??? ? ^ ^^ f^?? ^ ^^Bw^Vbtfor*me io- IM CAI nl ILalon ' *"5 a aRJWBiHWllW^ Five bSMB^\ J part la rs H Bgfiifj Rah' gJh/jftKgljjfcM blow J. k usure iu the world." cote, H. ( cere it is an extraordinary size, is it not, of tc a?" she asked. er 8e Extraordinary, indeod! The Koh-i-noor .. lot a fourth of tho size! See what the " >k says about that; got down Haydn, my ?ou| ir. (tioi liss Lascelles fotchod the book, while father still examined tho stone, as an ueo ist might a masterpiece, and presently wit id aloud? but Its original weight was nearly 800 carats. . t it was reduced by the unskillfulness of 1 lov' i artiste Borpjiose, a Venotlan?to 270 Coi rats; its shape and size resembled the t0 1 inted half rose cut of a small hen's egg; T . ) value is scarcely computable, though J* 1 o millions sterling have been mentioned we - rv?in? jf enloulated bv the mi il juouuauio |/i?w. .. _ ale employed by the trade. Thin diamond I n is recut In 1852, end now weighs 102% j rats." "Good.goodl" cried the baronet. "With | asJ illful cutting, a diamond of such form as Jol is need not lose 1U0 oarats. Heavens I" ? oxclaimed. turning to us, "you havo the entest treasure in the world." "Give mo your hand. Thorne; hold mo." da ,id Van Hoeck in a low voice, and speakc thickly. , 1 turned quickly and caught him as ho ?' leled tor ward; for ho had fainted, either Ni om the want of food, from intense excite- je ent, or both. [TO BR CONTINUED.! ? nt Nature's Own liridges. O The most remarkable natural bridge E a tho world, Bays Golden Days, is he Jisrcl Hajar, which opens a gorge hi iot far from the ruins of the temple of m Ulonis, in the province of Lebanon, in ?s lerfcotly arched on the under side. tl rhe gorge is alnmt one hnndred and B l.ty feet across, and tho bridge is j, ibout ono hundred feol from the bed , if the torrent below. The bridge is to broad and level that a good carriage oad might be made ovor it. This bridge is surpassed in height '' >y the natural bridge in Rockbridge t bounty, Virginia, about one hnndred 0 ind twenty-tivo miles west of lliohnond, and about two miles from the lames River. It oxtends over Codnr t reek. The height of tho arch is two t nindred feet, and the upper surface of ii ho bridge is two hundred and forty ? feet above tho stream. Almanac. The word almanac is from the Arabio articles nl and manaeb, to count? j a word received by the European nations from the East, denotingia book or table containing a calendar of the civil \ divisttt* of the wjtr, the times of tho } various astronomical phenomena, And % other nsefnl or entertaining informs- ' tion. Till a comparatively recent date this additional mattor consisted of Astrological predictions and other analogous absurdities. The Alexandrian (Ire ks nad almanacs. The first printed almanao was comj>osed by ltcgio Montanns, a pupil of Purbach/in 1475. After that they were composed and printed in 1487, 1401, and 1524, from which last date they were pretty regn- , lorly issued. A cheap way to lay in coal?tleop in j the coal bin. >,T 4W-J 1 MIS frUTS, ^ A ? Samuel B-ltand Robert be are tender ar est at Lebanon, Ind,, on tUcbargOof hav ng attempted to murder' fru. Randall. ty the explosion qf a boile in Jamos Hun' ;r's saw mill in Cagpline c inty, Va.* three eraons were kHftd and 1 t wounded. lichoel McDonoug^ lost b life at Akron, iiio, in removing an obi uotion from a nek to save a railrflkd tra The Union ock yards of Cbic/co are kely to be eold ' an English syudtcie for 30,000,000. Walter Marshal), ;?Ll si: son years, of .edia, Pa., waskillemn a fo bunt by being irown from bis borai. ^Claries Robbing, ' Piles eouaty, 1*1 dafcht his little iphew bow ^bUBSlhnaiwr, using an *tolktt^B^|B^^^Mtbe trig. r, and kilieS^Btotly. Four young itnen were AWifrom a carriage near mark, N. J., tpm tbem, Miss May Tyler, iug iusutntly iKfSt. ftnt* l'w others scrlsly in j ired. jy the explosion of a boiler the Arujojr-Claby packing house, in naha, soveral m wero fatally and a eoore others seriousll hurt. >Tbo governors il congrcstmonftf the tbirtooh original itos mot in Plmdelpbla, and took the itial steps for tilmroposed memorial peruating ivonts lmling to the toundation the governms.??'Twelve thousand ool children Blebrated Washington's -thdny in the M Auditorium Bulldimr cago. (Joorgf Do well, of Chillicoto, e>t a shotgunjfoiT for a thief in his iij oud bis wife^ftpoiiing the door of tbo Q^Wtts iustauUv killed.-?The tobacco tdries or the Mirham Compuny, Alexler Camoron ftlp ,sn<l A. & C. Cameron );x>r, tu Kichmid, Va.J were burned. I -J. it. Ltuiur'?i-at SUUbury, | 'J., was blown to the bursting j boiler, and two men wsro killed and two | illy injured. a cob 8c hoop and TbomM J. Cole were ' iged In Philadelphia forauirder.?Wm. ly Uatkios was banged lit Bellefonte, Pa., j killing bis wife and mother in-law. | oung woman passenger on tbe steamship emia at New York, from Hamburg, comtod suicide by jumping orerboard in mid u Several persona were struck by tning iu Indiana. Warner Bloom shot fatally wounded Warner Adkins, near imbus, Ind., in a quarrel over a' (am) irds. Both are twelve-year-old toys, dt. John's Roman Catholic Church at mbusb, N. Y., was burned. Loss $75,000. n>e ^aeT'eries of (Schneider Bros., and e & Blee, at Springfield, Ohio, have sold lo an EoglisbiriDadicate. Bishop ter, of North DakMpsAvill travel over ta'te and bold ooug^.,4t i ... ^Bank, Indicted by rand Jury en n cbw|NKr^rand Iaroeny. murderers will be f Ijged in different j of Pennsylvania oJ jKvrll ft Burg. forced tbeir way inW tbe PostofBce at way, N. J., and tried unsuccessfully to open the big iron safe, with dynamite. The flee street car lines of Newark, N. iaee been sold for $1,800,000 to a syndi, composed of ex-Secretary of the Navy Whitney, and bttferf.?X"fc?Ttnng niony in fun, performed through the aid Dophones, uniting a oouplo who bad ne /" ten each other, and lived in diiferent In* ta towns, is proncpnced,binding, and the ;>le will have to seek k divorce unless f agree to live together The wife of rge Kaegi, of Newark,If- fell in love h Gustav Berllog, a Frenchman, and bor iband promptly banded, her over to her er. The Chicago and Alton Railroad mpany proposes a plan to th| government tiuy the ralfroadPdT"?P*ountry. J. Duiwer, of Brainerd,.AQnn^died on bts dding night.? Rev. John \ Lance was irdered by roconshiner* in bnhn county, 'ohn llottmam, a patient in tfe Insane dum at Kankakee,III. ,tri?d to kit Joseph Diver, a butcher, by a. rIking hiiA on the it .th ? iila.tvfr. Samuel Uaveu. of rfc Woyne, Ind., who ont twilty oue ) without food or drink, owing t j hia inility to swallow b?c*u4 of couwuiption the throat, died of exhaustion! Ei. land, an ice packer nt FJbdulac, Vjis., au 1* uly became iasnnc aid atmeked bit followDrkinen, who, tbrougi lev, fell upon and 'arly beat bim to dealt. >? Firo al Toledoi .destroyed tbo tinwira manufactory of , P. Br.ckeuridgo & <k, the elevator faory of Smith A Holdtusn, and two otb?r nildlnga. Total loan' about $140,000, cor* od by iuiurance.-?4X, P. l\rcy'j store, ear Donaldsonvilie, ki, was burned, and a aupg-AdlP WlpJ AB*q.-^~algrk, and a oiorWlMjy jerTTng of "roof of the Gran<fSbj%-n flou# in Pbib delpbia, while some workmate w<J? raising >, eight of tbem i?j>ir.id: ?kfalcolir obuson, colored, stabbed Charles pushing an, at Huntington, W; Va., and daiperousl] iijurod him.?There were 23J$)usiut? ailures in the United States aid 41 h Canada the past week.??After nhbty day f deadlock and filibustering the Mod tan ?gislature adjourned without fining ingle bill. Firecraokers, careleesl,r.tbrow >y the members in the jolifljation sttendin ho olose of the se?sioo, e.t fire to Ike built ng, and all the legislative books and papei vere destroyed. AN UNABASHED BURGLAR. ??_?? lie HI'* on n tVInd w-sill *>n4 fall to tlio Woman Ho Bobbed. A yonng ma > raneackod iLb residence y F. Bolter, of Toaiieka, Kan if he other eve ng aai took fd^^L^MJ^and diatooatl vatrhe* and J>r^,^w6fue<^tt $1000. Mi Joker v.as ?w?<4n#(j at9oVlook and fou hj burgln- s,,r rooii. 114 spoke to I ind sat down ot . window-sill an 1 talked I .>1# hi.n. Ml,.' lULsik. Mr?Mt a inking ber for tbe - ,uon*y. Ho cautioned I wuinen to n?k? nv, ou'cry, aisorlng ih but if they r*ra?lnei\fi?let until be d*p*r 10 would hart no ooo* ^y|nrn ho got rot to go be bade them .fiU. ^^btaud went >f the front dqf >f tbo moy.U hM h Ho Mid f year. h window tf A? bo ent B> ?lectrlo 11/ in tA. biro. W 'o^ JOIN J. A8TOB DEAD. Sudden Demise of the Wealthiest Man in America. i The I'rlnrrljr Iletiolnet ion of tlio Mill* .loiiHlrc?The Only llclr to Mill. ioii?-Nk?ltb of Ills Career. John Jacob Astor, head of the great family of that name, and grandson of John Jacob Astor, the founder of the family in Amurica, died of heart disease at six o'clock in the morning, at the family mansion, at the northwest corner of Fifth avenue ami Thirtythlrd street, New York. I ^tramlly in thi^ountry". Ho was 07 years old, and his lite had been a qu.st one, his time being largely occupied with the care of his vast landed estate, estimated to be worth from $150,000,000 to $200.00),000. For over two v?n? m- a - - -j ...... njiui nun not riinto ! bom himself. lu D comber, 1SS7, hu wife ' died, and from that tuno on tboro was u j noticeable change in him. Mrs. Astor was f n daughter of Thorns* Uibbs, a wealthy Houtherner, who in 1S40 cumo with his fumily to visit New York. Tbo Astor House built in 18J6 by William li. Astor, futhcr or tbo deal man, was at that time not only the fashionable portion of the city, but uttrncted tiio interest of the wealthiest visitors from all p:irt3 of the country. Mr. Uibbs a ml bis family becatuo guests hero. William 11. I Astor invited Mr. G.bbs and his daughter Augusta to coino to his country place at Kin 110beck, on the II u Isou. It was hero tnat John Jacob Astor at the age of ?C met bis future wife. Tbo following winter tiis engagement to Augusta was announced, and in lt>45 thoy were married, l'lio | only issue of their marriage was William Waldorf Astor, formerly a member of tbo legislature and later iniii.stor to England. Among tbo heiiotgntiiuui nf Mjt -* ? - ,M his ? !( ?su oi-nTJoly the Newsbojs' I Lodging House and Children's Aid Hociuly; ! no,ikjo was given to solid struct waifs to homes in the West. Schools, too, wore endowed with fortunes by Mr. and Mrs. Astor. I When Mrs. Astor din.l she gave $'.150,000 alone to the Skin nul Cancer Hospital. Her diamonds valued at '{,000,0 HI, she left to Mrs. William Astor, who succeeded birrs tliu l. ttdor of New York society. Mr. and Mrs. William Astor, who have lately spent much of their time in Europe, live in the other half of the block on wiiicli lived WillIain's brother, John Jacob, who has just died, it is a co incidence that at the tuno > f Mrs. Jobu Jacob Astor's death, t?o years ago, Mr. and Mrs. William Astor, us at the present time, wero abroad, and unublu to bo ut the bedside of the dond. John JmcoIi Astor was a lino specimen of inanlmoJ--tall, erect and vigorous. Though (17 years old, bis brown moustache had not yet whinnied, unit but for tin dentil of his wife, which weighed hrnvily upou liiiu, In) would probably liuvo lived to a good old ago. He took little part iu public air&irs. During the war ho wan an aid-do-camp ou the ntalT of General McClettau, serving with cn*ii^^llo Uus uujtmbtf ot the Union fltnTj fjBwa* economical and in 17-<0 MtMilL'i ''1" i" Water street. Iiisiur ii~ ? , ?rz?2iiZ~?=&viiJtLxu,<xi>,. OUU, Be founded the A?tor Library. His residence was on Broadway, opposite Nil.lo'a and bis olUce Was on the site of the Aster House, built iu l^dti by hia son William B. Astor, to whom* when no died, iu lt>4t>, wore left tho Astor millions. William li. Aster married Margarot Aruistrong, a daughter of General Armstrong, Madison's Secri*?r> of War. Thoir children were (1) Ein<b. who married Samuel Wnr i; p>) Marg- jtt. who maritiid John Winthrop Cuuule-; P) John Jacoo; (1) O ivia, who -parried JoUn Carey; (>) iwiurn, who married Frank Delano, ana (?l) William, who married Caroline Scbernieruorii. Thus to John Jacob Astor, descondoi the iuiuieusj 'fortunes of the As ors. Taumus U. Shearman, a recent attorney of the family, estimated it at $ loO,tX>J,000. The only child Jeft by John Jacob Astor is the Hon. William Waldorf Astor; Minister I to Italy duriug the Arthur administration, the author of two Italian uovelsuud a you a; man of laudnt-lo ambition in both politics and literature. ?? SHATTERED BY DYNAMITE.' BfmiintwM. nf Mxl'cisoni ( from Instant IteatTi. I Aa the family of William Taylor, 01 i on^ipaburg, N J., was about sitting down to breakfast, a terrible explosion occurred, and, though the room with all the furniture in it was badly damaged and the walls partly demolish -d. no one was killed, though the injuries received are very serious. A border named Kelso, a quarrymim, had put soven dymnnite cartridges, each weighing a pound, in the oven of tho cooking stove, lie hud not informed anyone of it. He to 'k out six, but, as be says, forgot the soventb. It was exploded by theoven door being closed sharply by Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Taylor was t adly cut and btirnod on hi-r right log and shoulders. Mr. Taylor was cut aud burned about tl.e bead and m ok. A little boy, Joho.wasseverely cut and burned about the head, face and arms, and Arthur, anottn r son, b. sides leing burned about ho faoe, had Ids oollar-boue bioken. It is feared Mrs. Taylor aid two children ore very severely, if not fatally injured from tho effects of the concussion. Mr. T.iylot's daughter, Cora, and a friend, Miss Hulxizor, were stetiding in the corner of the room at the time of th" accident, but escaped uninjured. The table, chairs, and in fact, every vestage nt furniture was broken Into small pine s. > The four doors leading from the room were I ' totally demolished. anil the window and n . I portion of the side of the house were blown out, a greater portion of the floor torn up, ' and nearly ail of the plastering whs tori s from the celling. ! When the explosion occurred a cat wr< qu.etly sleeping under the stove, and w.u driven clear through the floor and mashed * The tea kettle was split in two. ? MARKETS. ,K Baltimore? Klour?City Mills,extra,$4.1 a $4.40, W heat?Southern Kultz, Mlabi 's Corn?Southern White, 4la42 cts, Yelio 3&a30c. Oats?Southern and Ponasylvani VWaMlcts.; Hye?Maryland & i'eunsylvan: 54a60cu?., Hay?Maryland and i'enusylvan 12 60a$13 OOjStraw- W beat,7.50a9&. 50; Butte Kastern Creamery, 2tia23c., near-by rooeip 10a20cts; Cheeue-Kastern 1< uncy Cream. 10 ' ah % eta. ?Western, WValO cts; Kggs?12 a 13)^; Tobacco Leaf?Inferior, f la2.oo, t*o< cf t/xuiimon, 8 00a#4 00, Middling, 96a7.00 Got n. to tine red,8a#9; Kauoy, 10a?l3. ? ew Tome ?Moot?Sou thorn Common ' > fa3p\?*t?-, fl.?U?Si.8H. WS,u,? .Mnl VVhi rs KMLfksttK ; Rye-State. 57a60; Corn-Sou the i i Yellow,a6%d30><. Oats? White,8t?te27a2^ ?- u-ti., ?State. 8al7X ota. Cheese?Ste ler ! v*? ?-.-?? (or 10al0>^ ctt; Kgga? 14at4>{ eta. ,nd Philadelphia ? FiOur ? Pennaylvai (ho f mcy, 4 25 i4 75; Wheat?Pennsylvania a am Southern Ked, 7V9?ai>o>f; Kyo-Pennsylvai tad 5>atS0c; Corn?Southern Yellow, 30a.S? t idy OaU?'-dlaau^ ots; Mutter--State,. c out Chaaae?N. V. Factory, UailU oU. Kgu una State, 14>{;*15 ?ta. CATTLB ?ck Baltimore?Heef. 4 COai 75; Shoon?51 oni. a6 00. Hoga-*4 75a? 00. (be Mtw Yohk?Beef?43 85a4 70;Sheep-? rery it UT; Hogs?44 15.4 55 0 iu Eabt Libkhtt?Beef?#4 25*4 50; 8he< 6 7oa5 90; Hogs?$4 Wa4 45. FIFTY-flRST CONGRESS. *rnnli> Ntssln:.* , 40th Dat.?-Mills wore reported appropriating ftf, 1200,000 for tho con si ruction of a deep water harbor at Oilvcston (not moro than n million to bo expended yearly,) and providing for the admission of Idaho to tho Union. After an exccutivo session, Mr. liloir spoke for an hour tin 1 a half in support of his Education bill. A conference report on tho bill ;to include in the census an escerlaiuinent of farm mortgage indebtedness was agreed to. After an executive sesdou tho Seuate adjourned. 418t Day.?Advorse reports were ma !e ! from tho Committee on N .vsl Affairs on the j bill to regulate tho pay of employes at the i . Washington navy y?r I. Mr. Halo gave no- ; : tice that as soon as the Elucat'.onnl td'l was > ( voted on and out ot the way, ho wou'.d ask > consideration /or the MII-jj rf, futlg Speech on his Elucntional bill, in tho g course of which be said: '"Tuis grtiat Atnerl- ? can press of ours Is tho source of moro mis- f chief in the country than there would bo if . we had no press at all. There may come a i g time when a dog fiibt will not be more iin- I g; portant. in the opinion of this press, than a p great school bill; but that t me has not been ! () reached." After nn executive session the ? S mate, nt 5.30 o'clock, adjourned. j, 42nd Day.- -Tho reso'u: on I orotofcre o"- tl fered by Mr. Chandler, callngon th-? At'or- , t| ney General for Information as to th> m-sns- >>< sination at Q lincy, Flo., of W. 11. Saunders, tj United Stales deputy marsh ill, was taken w up, nnd Mr. P.isco ro-i m?l his remni ks in regard to it. Ho off icd nn nmondn cut directing the Attorney General o inform the w Senate nlso whether nny off-rls have been 'fl j mailo by tho Department ot Justice to cor- j? I reet tho action of tho oilWrR of th? court /|'| I which has result-d in pariDan juries, ma le ' u, up mainly from ono political party, and. If , 60, to report the sntno to the Senate. Afb-r j0 a boated discussion, on motion of Mr m?..?? ler Mr. P..sro\? amendment was laid on tiio lab.*, }*oas 25. nay* 18?and t ho rosolu ion | oj c?. ln^on the A'torney G moral for inform v m tioiinf to the reeded with his nrRuiiion' in support of it, I ijj) and concluded his areuinent. At the close | " of Mr. Blair's sperch Mr. Faulkner obtained j q, the floor to speak upon the bill, and the Sen- ta ate. at 5.2), adjourned. I ol| 45hd Day.?The Senate on motion of Mr. j{| PIuiiip. proceeded to tho consideration of t he ^ House bill to provide for town site entries of j|, land in OkImIimiii'i. After being diacu.-srd by Senators Berry, 1'itimb, Dolpb and Ve-t, tho j1(, bill wt nt over. Tiio following bills were 'p inssed: Granting permission to ollicors mid fu enlisted men of the United States army, jp nioiuburs of the Society of tho Cincinnati, cj the Artec Society, the National Association rttl of Voterausof the Mexican War, tho Military , M . Order of the Coyul Legion of the United : Stales, and of the U. A. lb, to wear the bad- i ges adopted by those orders. Tho bill to ' ]1(, urucud the law relating to copyrights having | j | been reached oil tho culoudur. Mr. G.-orgo jj objected to its consideration. After a brief ! ( executive session, the Sciiut-3 adjourned. ! l>e House Kcmiioiis. tli ^vnj ?'jn motion nay, March I man of the Com mitt f?oiP)W6?s, riv# no- | I Ufa that ha would Watt Vuyluf* j Cj I con tested erection case of Atkinson vs. Peii>x[ " dlcton for consideration next Wednesday. C Tue House in connnitt.>e on the w.iole (Mr. ** Paysop, of Il'ino ?, in tiio chair.) discus-eJ w the hill to authorizi the appointment of an k a-sist int secretary of war. Tho bill was fa- sl voratde reported, and tho Oklahoma bill was *c discussed. On motion of Mr. Wiikinsou, of ftl Tunisian. Kul.<rS..u 1I...I. OO f' I was sot opart for tho delivery of eulogies v< upon tho lot j Representative K I war 1 J. Gay, w of Louisiana, and at the instance of .Mr. ui CuinmiiiRs, of New York, Thurs lay evening-, us April a, was fix'd for the delivery of eulogies .'upon tho lato Representative S. S. Cox. of ? New York. The House, at 5 8> o'clock, ad- 2H jourued. J< 40TI1 Day.?Mr. Honk, of Tonnrsiee, from the Elections Coinmitloe, gave nol.vo that w next week, imined.ately al ter the disposition 80 o* the West Virginia election case of Atkiu- be ron vs. l'endletou, hd would call up tho Arkausas case of Feathers tone vs. Cate. A m -s- 1>' sige trout the President was read lelalive to h< the fcSisseton and Wa'ipeton Indian agree- ki inent. Mr. Morrill,of Kansas, presented, tho h< conference report on tho iSenute hill to in- - H creaso the pension of helpless soldiers. Tho I agreemeut mukts the proposed increases (uko j f? ellect froin th? date of passage of tho bill or [ m | tlio i?<uo of tho Vurgeou's Bertificate. Mr. i I* Morrill explained that the ahU involved nn ? expeiforrttirc m ?**?.?" - ? I , year. Tho report w.-.s adopted, lue remain- i tl <ler of tho session was devoted to tho discus- ! ^ sion of tho World's Fair bill. I 8' 47th Day.?Mr. E. II. Taylor (O ) from the Judiciary Committee, presented a resolution I' calling upon the Attorney General for infor- c matioii respecting the number of murders j uud assaults in the District of Coluinbiu dur- j, ing the paBtsix years. Also, the numtier of ? oonvictionsof persons for carrying concealed c wenpous. Adopted. The regular order being demanded, Mr. Hooker (Mi<s ) proceeded to * nddii s; the Hous> upon the World's Kuir bill. At six o'clock a recess was tuken until eight * o'clock, tho evening session to bo lor thocou- ' sideruliou or private bibs. j UNDER A FALLING ROOF. J I tiglit Workmen Injured at IheUrniiil A j Opera-House, lMiiladclplitn. Whilo that portion of the roof immediately , I over tho auditorium of tho Uraud Opera- i I ilouso was being raised the wholo mass, j weighing fifty tons, fell, burying many worknion beneath it. Eight reenvod injurios and 1 wore removed to the hospital. The rooi weigh# 50 tons, ot 351,000 pouudx, 1 nnii formerly rested on iron columns. la [ order to raise it this great weight was at' tnched to ropes running through pulleys supported by ten derricks, four on each side of the roof and ono at each end. The ropes wero then drawn tnnt through windlassesor crabs, ' onch manned by eight men. At a signal ull began hoisting, and the roof was lifted 8 feet. While in that position columns 8 feet long | were inserted and bolted to the columns that previously supported the roof and to the roof 1 Itself. J: The cracking of some boards caused a w panic, and the men who were managing the ? ' ixiii.ihisKi'M ran away, allowing the structure ia | to tall with a crash. About rflfty workmen la j were under the roof at the time, ami the r, wildest rumors prevailed as to the number t-? killed and injured. Wben the debris was % cleared away it was found that eight men % were hurt, none seriously. The iron columns ad supporting the gallery broke the fall of the i id root and prevented more sorious damage. ss great hr.f.r.fmrsivvdm Two Persona Injured in a lt?marka? ble Manner In IndlnuN. lit A fearful bail and lightniog storm prend .Tailed for several hours in Bruzil, Ind.^and adjoining counties. ' A h . John Deoker's frame resldenco near Br^il |a?' was struck by lightning hIkuiL nocn. The current first passed down the stovepipe, complot ly shattering thu stove and then crossing j 50 lie fl >or, on which Mrs. Decker and Miss Florence Ball were standing, it tore the floor 4 50 from under their feet, paralysing their legs. Their feet have siooa tliOKer.ed and buml >D_, ?n 1 are badly lacerated. The girl is serlou*'.) injured. The house is badly wreoked. SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTUKNATIONAIj LKSSON FOfl MAIICH t>. Fitwoii Teal: "Tlio <Jrrnt Physician,'* I.iiko Iv , 33-41 -Golden Text: Matt, viii., lO?Commentary on tl?? Lo.-roii. 33. "And in tlio synagogue thero was a nan. which hurt ? "" a ~r * . , . , ?-r"""" ?" uncie.in rtevil, ! cn^1 out with n loud voice.'' After lT'iJwtod bv IIis own townsmen of NazII nil, ilo caine to Capernaum and taught u he synagogue on the Habbath days The our losy"je record of an in- ^ ilo vent to church, some with one " object, onu another, and then, as now, Satan went l?o anions; thorn. As far ns we can learn rem the Scriptures there is but ono devil iroperly so called, the loader of all wieked pints, whose other names are Ha tan, the old srpent, tho dragon, tho god of this world, lie prince of the power of the air, the father flies, etc., hut ho seems to hav ' associated ilh him innumeralilc other wieked spirits, ropcrly called demons, and so translated in ie It. V. margin; and the great business of io devil and his demons is to enter into and issess nod control people for their dostrucoii. A man possessed by one of Ihese demons us in tho synagogue on this particular Sabit h day while Jesus was teaching. !U. ''I.ei tts alone; what have we to <lo ith Thee, Tlion Jesus of Nazareth? Art lion come to destroy us:'' Thus the demon the man cried out as Jeans was teaching. Itey hate Jesus, they Into the Word of Uoa, ley sconi to know that there is a place of rinent prepared for the devil and his nngels, r in Mutt. vii\. 'ill. the demons in the poor adarono cry out, "'Art Tliott come hither to rmcnt us before the time?'' Woknowthat , he SS'in of Gtxl wan manifested that lie<l front this earth ?and in this ivc do ice. "t know Thee who Thou art; the Holy no of Cod." On one occasion when cerin men who knew not Jesus tried to cast it demons, the demons cried out; "Jesus I iow, and Paul I know, but who are ye?" nd the man with the demons leaped on em, and overcame them, and prevailed ;ains them, so that they lied out of that tuse naked and wounded (Acts xix.. 1">. 1<>). ie devil and his angels do not know Jesus r their good in any way, hut they know im ns the Son of Cod. the Holy One. tho irist, and they fear Hint, and they know id fear those who are truly His, as Paul is. "5. "And Jesus rebuked him, saying . Hold y peace, and come oat of hint. And * * " came out of hint, and hurt him not." e addressed the demon in the man, and is word compelled the evil spirit to leave o man, and ho was healed. There is no Mbt tl it tho devil and his nngels poss ss ioplo to-day. and through them say and do e fearful.things of which we itear and read id uhlih li II '' 1 2' j^^H5555WP^^^^resscdof tho devil, " nr CSnZI IVa* with Hfni ' ST. "And the famo of Iliin wont out into vary. place c? the country round about." lis name is as oftitinent poured forth (Cant. ,3); andns Saul of Tarsus was chosen to sar His naino, and to sudor for His name's ike, so wo are chosen to hear llis naino and ? suffer with Him that His fame may lie read abroad (Acts ix., 15, 1(5). Ifwechooso i please ourselves and prefer our own way id our own glory, that will disqualify ua ir His service, and we shall bo sel asiiio as ssels unlit for His service. but if we are filing to be purified we shall become vessels lto honor, sanctified, meet for the Master's so, and prepared unto every good work. 88. "And lie arose out of the synagogue, id entered into Simon's house." In Mark i., \ it is said that Andrew ami James anil >hn went with Him; quite a party to tako >nie from church, and especially to a liouso here was sickness. Had Simoii's wife been mew hat of Martha's spirit she might have en careful and troubled that day, and perips have informed Simon that ho should ive known better than to bring company >me when lier mother wns so sick. Not lowing how she did feel or act, we can only >pcthatsho joyfully received her Lord and is followers. 39. "He stood over her, and rebuked the iver, and it left her; and immediately she osc nni' ministered unto tliein." A little efora lie had rebuked the unclean spirit, and ow He rebukes the burning in this woman's le'nmnTitffrilV fc'Wtfspirit fled from lino Almighty Word, ami the wohTaTTfS 'to tantly well; so well that she is able to minster unto them, and slio doesitut once. In mblic and in private Satan works: in the lunch and in the borne, causing disturbance iml weakness and suffering, but Jesus is rSrinceof Feace and Prince of Life (Isa. ix., i; Acts iii., 15), aud l>efore Him all the power >f the enemy must fall. .ni Ho lniil His hands on evcrv one >f them and lieftle<l tliom." Tidings from he synagogue and from Simon's home soon oread through the oifcy, and jieoplesick with ill kinds of diseases are brought unto Him, very one of whom is sent away healed. Oh. the wondrous hand of Jesus 1 41. "And devils eanio out of many, * and lie, rebuking them, suffered hem not to speak, for they knew that llo vas Christ."' llow many happy homes there vero in Capernaum that night ; people now orfcctly well who had long been sick and md buffered much; peoplo now about on the tieets and at their work who had not been ecu there for many a day; people now meek find gentle to whom you could not speak liefore without being insulted; and all because Jesus had eome. His >tord and His hnud diil it all, and He still lives, and is nccessiblo to all who truly seek Ilim 4'1. ''Anil when it was day. He departed, and went into a desert place." Mark says that He rose a great while before day and went away to pray (Mark i? 3?>). What hungering for communion with His Father, what abstraction from the things of earth! But this is tho secret of power. A hold upon God, a clinging to God, n waiting upon llim nlouo, n whole hearted reliance ujion Him, a living in His sight, a witnessing unto Him that He may beglorifled, a studying to show ourselves approved unto Him, seeing no one hut Jesus only. This is for us the way of power. "And tho people sought llim, and came unto Him, and stayed Him, that Ho should not depart from them." What a contrast to tho conduct of the people of Nazareth! But were these people seeking llim for llfs own sake or for tho blessings to he received at liis hands? A more practical question is, "Do you seek llim, dear reader, on the day after the Sabbath as woll as on the Sabbath?" And why do yon seek Him? Is it for llis gifts, some blessing from llim or 41 I* ksns the fellovTft..j>of Hi? suuer.jugsr tliC'kfivgdom of God to other elites Arvflacj, therefore am I gent." The It. V. nay a] i must preach tho good tidings of the kiugdom of God." Matthew adds that He preached tho Gospel of tho kingdom and healed all manner of sickness and all manner of dionse. 44. "A nd Ho preached in tho synagogues of Gal ileo." Matt how says that Tie went about all Gallilee. The rommiuion to all His followers now is to "Go into all thq world and preach the Uospol to every creature;" and if , any believer Is content simply with his own salvation and Indifferent to tho great command, what ia he but willfully and selfishly ; disobedient, and how can he be filled with thA , Hpirit or hnve fellowship with the Father and the 8on.? Leeson Helper. *"