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VOLUME 3.
SATURDAY MOJtNlHG, MAY 15. 1869.
*n* Reported Cuban Expedition.
The New York Tinvx of Thursday,
contains the following with reference to
the vessels that left that port for Cuba,
lea is supposed, on Monday:
There ia no doubt that an expedition
Of warlike character sailed from this
port on the 4th iust., as stated in oar
issue of yesterday, and there Is little
reason to doubt that ita destination was
Cabs. We gave, as fully as our reliable
information warranted at the time, the
facts of the departure oi the steamers.
We are enabled this morning to give a
?tore oircumatantial statement of the
taovement.
Active secret enlistments of men for
ihis expedition have been going on in
this oity for some time past, and one or
two drill rooms have beeu open for the
purpose of drilling the recruit*. A re
cruiting station or headquarters is said
to have existed at Nu. U97 Broadway,
\mder the care and supervision of au ex
officer of the Union army, who claims
that during the rebellion he "pressed
things" with Sheridan in the Valley.
It is said that during the lost two months
this officer has recruited about 450 men,
and the expedition which sailed on the
4th was composed of this force, and per
haps of others.
The attention of the authorities was
directed by those having the manage
ment of affairs to the wrong ship. Re
ports were circulated. to the effect tho*
the steamer Arugo had departed fV*"6
West Indies with warlike iuten*A,u8> nnd
that she carrir*1 1?000 n,en>to*
to&X? -with an ample'cargo of guns and
cartridges. Tho new Uuited States
Marshal, General Francis C. Barlow, or
dered his subordinates to enquire into
the matter, and they ascertained that the
Argo was cleared from the custom house
for St. Thomas, W. I., on Friday last,
and that uhe ^sub?eqaonilv aneho.vi-1 at I
<lv.tvenf.-ud ' Bay, on the Long Island
course, nine miles distant from the bat
tery, going from thence to sea on Mon
day afternoon, instead of the following
day, as was announced in snmr* of the
?Morning journals. Her pilot was found
by the marshal's officer, and ho stoutly
C0uU.<<!!cted the statement that thei?:
Were men nod arms on board the steamer,
pronouncing it false in every particular,
.lie v,us corroborated by uuother pilot;
who was a witness to the departure ol
tho vessel.
The tug boots Yankee and I'hilip. be
longing to the Atlantic Submarine
Wrecking Company, were mentioned in
the reports as having conveyed troops on
board the Arugo. Captain Hazard, of
the former boat, was visited lust evening
by our reporter, nnd furnishes a new uud
authentic version of the sailing of the
expedition.
STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN HAZARD.
He says that he was coming up the
Bay ou Tuesday afternoon, when he was
hailed by Mr. Waters ol the Wrecking
Company, from the Battery, and told to
go to the foot of Spring-street, North
ltiver, and receive a cargo of passeugers.
He accordingly did so, and (bund about
seventy-five men on tho dock awaiting
his arrival. They had no baggage, and
were apparently very anxious to get
away. The roost of them talked Span
iah, and behaved iu a manner calculated
to excite suspicion.
After they came on board a man who
acted as their leader requested the cap
tain to put them on board the steamer
Pierrot, which was lying near Governor's
Island. On the arrival of the tug boat
.at the latter vessel, a lurge assemblage of
?dark compiexioucd men were discovered
ton her upper deck. About 125 of these
er ere brought there by the tug boat Yau
kce from the foot of Kighth-street, North
Stiver. The steuin tug Martha was also
reported to have conveyed ntcn on bourd,
including the loaders of the expedition.
?he was seen lying alongside the Pierrot
by Captain Hazard. The comiuauder of
die steamer, ('apt. George Fletcher, in
conversation with Captuin Hasard, di
vulged to him the existence of a large
cargo uf arms and ammunition iu the
hold of his vessel. He said that they
were obtained from Governor's Island,
?nid that he had them transferred by a
tug boat lo his ves el ou 'lbursday last,
the luttcr lying at Atlantic Basin, Brook
lyn, at that time. Captain Hazard re
garded this iuforwjation as reliable.
The organizer of ihe expedition is re
presented to be General Domingo dc
Gt.-isouria, who has devoted hie whole
life to struggles for Cuban independence,
besides engaging iaj ou morons lillibuster.
iog movements. In 1850 he fought
against the Spaniards under Lopez, and
he afterwards participated with Walker
in his raid on Nicaragua, He is de
scribed as a man of medium height,
spare built, long gray beard, nnd very
dark and piercing eyes. After the* Pier-!
I rot had received the men from the tug
boat Philip, she weighed anchor and
stood out to sea. It was intimated to
Captain Hazard that sho would land her
passengers somewhere along the Cuban
coast, and that they would subsequently
unite with tho insurgents. He was not
mado cognizant of this fact,. however,
until it was too late to be of use to the
authorities here. Tho Pierrot, it is al
leged, is owned by Spofford, Til est cu &
Co., nnd is regularly run between ihis
city, Havana, New Orleans nnd Gafvcs
ton. Tho Arago, which left ou Mfnday
is believed to be on her way to ,oin a
Peruvian squadron which is fittiig out
near New Orleans. She was formerly
owned by the North American Steam
Ship Company, but was sold by them on
the 20th of April to parties unknown,
tho company giving a bill of aalo in
blank.
The Washington correspondent of tho
Times has the following with reference
to this subject:
The Spanish to this country
has repcatedbi within the last four or
five wcek*-V .called the attention of the
Stet' Department to the fact that ships
?Tiden with guns and material of war
have left United States ports under
American colors, their ultimate destina
tion being some obscure bay or harbor
in the Island of Cuba. The American
agents of the Cuban insurrection appear
to have condurtjgs} their operations with
the utmost discretion, and up to this
time there has not been, so far as cither
our owd or the Spanish authorities sre
nware, tho slightest infraction ofin
^?HMNtoRusr. T*ue reports that large. ;
expeditions have cither sailed or will sail
in a short tioic, arc very greatly magni
fied.
Some t*;n thlyB ago Colonel Roberts,
the representative of tho Spanish au
thorities here, waited on Secretary Fish
and handed him a list of eight small
vessels which recently left New York
with nraiB und ammunition. Suid Colo
nol Roberts, ,4I know, Mr Secretary,
that I cannot complain of tuis. These
vessels have cleared from New York for
Nassau, where they hoist the English
colors and watch a chance to slip across
aud land their cargoes. 1 merely bring
you the list to assure you that I urn
correctly informed. In a few days wo
shall hear of cither the lauding of these
vessels or their capture by our gunboats."
Colonel Roberts talked much more on
the same subject, but at present there is
no reason to apprehend auy entanglement
between the United States and Spain.
A gent Is ?man in high oflici.il positiou
here expressed the opinoin to-night that,
on an average, about one vessel a week
leaves New York for Nassau, but the
resources at the command of the re
volutionary agents do not enable them
to accomplish any more than this.
There is not the slightest doubt that
the United States authorities arc anxious
to maintain a strict neutrality, and will
call the full force of tho Goveremcnt, if
necessary, into operation to prevent a
violation of tho laws. No statute of the
United States has been broken so far,
and consequently no complaint has been
mnde to the Executive. That the Cubans
are hard pressed for money may be jud
ged from another fact. Soino weeks ago
a prominent rifle manufacturer, a Now
England man, was given a largo order by
the insurgent agents for breech-loading
rifles. The order was promptly filled,
arms were packed in cases, but the manu
facturers refused to deliver them nut ill
their full value is paid. No information
whatever, ofhciul or unofficial, has been
roceived at the Stute Department to day
relative to Cuban affairs.
The Washington correspondent of the"
New York J/vralJ says:
One important fact rognrding the
probability of our Government interfer
ing to prevent tho departure of war
material for the Cubans has transpired
to-day. It is, briefly, that our Govern
ment has resolved not to prevent the
departure of any vessels, whether loudod
with nrtus or not, provided their apparent
ustiuution is not direct for Cuba. In
othci words, vessels cleared for Nassau,
Jamaica, Mexico, or any other piaco
with which we aro nu friendly terms,
will bo allowed to loave no in: ttcr how
much war material nor bow many pas.
sengtrs they may carry. In reply to
inquiries from parties interested, includ
ing, it is said, the Spanish Minister, oar
Government has declared that such war
material must be regarded as merchandise,
and the people on board such vessels as
travellers or persons leaving our ports
03 legitimate busiuess. This is a vary
important announcement, as it will en
tblo the Cubans to send off as mauy men
and as much war material as they choose
i ? ? ?
without embarrassing interference In
formation derived here to-day is to the
I effect that two formidable expeditions
left New York for Cuba yesterday.
The New York World, of Friday, as
I certs moat positively that the account
given by it on Wednesday of the de
put tare of reinforcements to the Cuban
insurrectionists by the steamer Arago
from that port was correct, notwithstand
ing the report to the contrary mndo by
Capt Hazard, of the Yankee, who as
serted that the troops wero conveyed to
n vessel named the l*ierrott' Tho World
declares there is no such vessel as the
Pierrolf, but that the men on board the
tugs Yankee and Philip were transpor
ted by them to a fast sailing vessel, from
I which they were transferred tz the
Arago, which was all ready, with am
munition and arms, out at sea, or, more
properly spcakiug, in side of the Capes,
waiting under command of her officers.
All the arms and ammunition had been
placed on board the Arago a week before.
Every thing up to tho embarkation ot
the men had been done in the most secret
manner. The A mi/;.- ? hen proceed od on
her voyage. The World then gives the
following additional information in rela- j
> tiou to*tue.uffair. *
For the. feiMjM'topjrw^^!' ,jWtWtf SS?
give a complete inventory of the arms
aud urn munition wh'ch were placed on
board of the Arago a week before she
put to sea. They are as follows;
10,000 stand of arms, 6,000,000
rounds of fixed ammunition, 12 six
pounders, (J twelve pounders, 2,000 sad
dles, and 2jUQ0 bridles.
Besides these articles of contraband,
there were carriages for the guns, luts of
pork and beef, medical Stores, crackers,
uud a largo quantity of rum to cheer the
patriots.
\ NEW YORK'S CONTINGENT OF F1LLIBV8
TENS.
To show the extent aud .secrecy of this
movement against tho Spanish Govern
mcut we will now give the names of the
officers in command of the different bod
ies of men who sailed from thi.- city
duriug the past three weeks, in such a
manner us will convince those people
who arc still incredulous. It was neces
sary to keep back this in format ion us
long as possible from tho public, in or
der to avoid implicating those who gave
it to the journal. The vessels sailed as
follows, in the following order, and with
the following number of men on bjmd :
First vessel, commanded by Co). J. 11.
Johnson, carried 052 men.
Second vessel, commanded by Frank
I). Spinola, (not the General F. H. Spi
nola, of Brooklyn,) 300 men.
Third vessel, name of officer in com
mand withheld, 632 men.
Fourth vessel eotumauded by General
French, 580 men.
Fifth vessel (the Arago), commanded
by General Thomas Jordan, formerly
Chief of Beauregard'fl staff, 420 men
and eighty-four officers, of all ranks. Of
this nuiubor of officers, four belonged to
the French army, on louvo of absence in
this city, aud no one hindering, they
took French leave for Cuba. There
were also seven English officers of high
rank, who wero in the batch of eighty
four.
NAMES OK THE OFFICERS.
It was impossible to get a list of all
the officers who went in tho Arago un
der General Jordan, but wo give all the
names we could get. and it will be easy
for thoso who aro acquainted with
them in thin city, where they arc all well
known, to deny tho fact that they have
gone oil the Arago it they choose to do
so. Among tho officers were :
Colonel aud Brevet Brigadier-General
Charles May.
Lieutenant J. F. McGill, of the Brit
ish Artillery.
Lieutenant Edourd Hurra, Freneh
Cavalry.
Major George Inman, Seventh lihode
Island Infantry.
Captaiu L. C. Bailey, formerly of the
Fifth United State? Cwn*Uy.; , ,
Lieutenant T houias Fitzgibbon?, Quar*
tcrmaater. , ? ,.. .,
Major E. B. Martin, of the Twentieth
i'ennHylvania Cavalry.
Colonel Warren is to have command
of the body-guard of General Thomas
Jordan, who is to command the entire
revolutionary army. The body-guard
will be .selected from the eighty-four
officers.
Colonel Charles Kcid.
Colonel Charles .Lester.
oen. jordan, the commander of tbi
curan expedition.
General Thomas Jordan, who has gone
out in com maud of the expedition to
Cuba, is an old West Pointer, and one
of the most accomplished officers of the
lute Confederate army. He served as
chief of staff trj| General Besuregard
during the first thrco years of the war,
aud was with him at Charleston and
Vioksburg, and in Virginia. Daring
the Shiloh campaign, General Jordan
conceived the idea that Jefferson Darts,
the Confederate President, was hostile
to General Beunregejd, and he resented
an ullcged slight to his chief then and
after tbo close of the war. Whoa, the
Confederacy fell, Jordan, like many of
his brother officers,,. came North. His
fortunes were entirely broken by the
contest, and he sought to obtain a liveli
hood here in writing.for the press. His
old grudge against Davis took form in
articlo in Harper's Magaiine, which at
tracted considerable 'notice at the time.
General Jordan also wrote upon military,
agricultural, and political subjects both
for the magazines and the metropolitan
newspapers. . IJo h^rs been living in
New Jersey, near the city, until the be
I ginning of the* Cuban outbreak. Since
?theo, Iiis presence at various places on
the coast, and particularly at Charleston
always in connection with some rumored
movement in favor of the Cuban cause.
General Jordan is a man of medium
height, spare in form, and with a quick,
nervous manner. He bap au intellectual
head ami features, and fine eyes, and
when off duty is exceedingly courteous
in demeanor. During his military days
in the South, though, he was often ac
cused of brusquenesa ami had the repu
tation in the army of being a martinet.
That he is a thorough soldier by instinct
aud education cannot bs questioned. He
saw and participated in some of the most
of the hardest fighting of the war, aud
aside from bis own merit, had the ad
vantage of a lung personal intercourse
with the first military engineers of the
war. If Jordan has half of a chance in
Cuba be will make himself famous.
Wear a Smile.?Which will you do.
smile ami make others happy, or be crab
bed and make everybody around you
miserable? You can live among beauti
ful flowers und singing birds, or in the
mire surrounded by f gs and frogs. The
amount of happiness you can produce is
incalculable, if juu will show a smiling
fnec, a kind heart, und speak pleasant
words. On the other hand, by sour
looks, cross words, and a fretful disposi
tion, you can make scores aud hundreds
wretched almost beyond endurance.
Which will you do? Wear a pleasant
countenance, let joy beam in your eye
and love glow on your forehead. There
is no joy so great as that which springs
from a kind act or n pleasant deed, and
you may feel it at night when you rest,
and in the morning when you rise, and
through the day when about your daily
business.
A Word on "Being Settled.?The
great error of tho ngc in rearing cliil
dreu is the holding marriage before them
ns the groat aim and end of their exis
tence. A distiuguished man has said :
''If I were talking to my own daughter, I
would entreat her never to allow her
self to dwell upon marriage as a.i object
of life. Dignity and delicacy sink, I
cannot *ay bow rapidly, when once that
idea has taken possession of the mind ;
and so, for happiness, there is no more
miserable being in existence than the
woman, past the excitement of youth,
aiming to bo married for tho suke of
being married."?London Paper.
An inexhaustiblo bed of plaster, such
as is ground and used for fertilizing
purposes, has been discovered about six
miles ffmn Fairfax Courthouse Va. If it
turns out to bo as represented, it wili be
a groat sourco of wealth for those who
have the good fortune to own it,
Why Cut Feed is Best
?f. i. - rj'-oaa | * .
Among our farmers generally, too lit
tle attention ia given to the method Of
feeding their animals. Although it may
be u little more trouble, we have found
it pays us in the long run. v7e know
that there are many who will disagree
with us, yet, upo.i a little investigation
into the truth tn this question, and Its
natural effects upon the animate fed, it
cannot but seem very apparent.
Cutting fodder does not add any more
nutriment, we admit, but it changes its
mechanical condition and enables stock
to consume it in less time, and thus have
more time for rest and digestion.
It is a well known fact, admitted by
all, that a man who eats regularly?say
three times a day?is far more healthy
than he who is constantly eating; for
by so doing the digestive organs are re
quired to act three times daily, and then
they rest, whereas, if kept in a constant
state of action, and without rest, which
produces weakness, which if continued
in, will ultimately throw one into dys
pepsia.
The digestive organs require as muoh
rest as the body, although one would
t'iink it preposterous if any one were to
go without sleep for days and weeks, yet
we see in to have no regard for our di
gestive organs. Tho same facts hold
good for our domestic animals, for are
they not classed among the mammalian
order of tho animal kiugdom the same
as man, and thoir composition relatively
the same ? Therefore should we not re
spect them as well as our own organism.
Especially is this a valuable considera
tion for hard-worked horses.
Again?cut hay or straw, slightly
moisteued and sprinkled with ground
grain is much more palatable, and pre
ferred by stock to unmixed lood, and
Mapta. .t? u?iuUia a. mor*. k Vgorou*
p?te. than when-confined to unprepared
food.
Again?it is tho faculty of mixing
food right that pleases the palate, and
though there is no more nutriment in it,
opportunity is given to get more from it,
und a less amount is passed off In ex
crement.
A dish of potatoes, well seasoned with
butter, salt und pepper, would not be
turned from by the most fastidious, but
if a person were required to eat eaoh
separately it would bo turned from iu
disgust.
The question of economy in this mat
ter of course depends upon the value of
labor and of food iu different localities,
aud under various circumstances. But
wc have found on our farm that it is pro
fitable, notwithstanding the seeming high
price of labor.
The Superintendents of several city
Horse Railroads, iu cities where horses
j are very much worked, have told us they
! were obliged to give cut food to keep
their horses in good order.
Nothing can be gained, however, by
preparing food that was not good before.
Many think that by adding meul to cut
straw, butts of cornstalk, cabbages, and
the like, and inducing their stock to cat
it, that they have made a gain, but it is
impossible for something to come out of
nothing.
Wherever digestion can be helped, a
point is gained, nnd if a less amount of
food cut will go further, another poit.'. is
gained. If better digestion secures more
nutriment from the food administered,
and a less amount is wasted iu excre
ment, n less amount of food will be re
quired. Several of our neighbors will
joiu us in the statement, that nearly fifty
per cent is saved by preparing food, and
if it could be steamed it is still better
We should like to hear the opinion of
some of our readers, who undoubly have
given this mutter a thorough practical
test.
The Duty of a Housekeeper.?
is to preserve the health of her house
hold, and to do this sho must carefully
study the methods by which food can bo
ma i hit able, without being too rioh
tor me stomneb. In tho first place, use
os little salted meat as possible. Avoid
frying ; broil your steak and chops in
variably. Cook vegetables so that thoy
will retain their natural flavor; do not
drown them in melted butter, which is
the most indigestible and unhealthy of
all ingredients.
A Goofr Newspaper is like a sensi
ble and sound hearted friend, whoso np
i pcarauco on one's threshold gladdons the
i mind with the promise of a pleasant and
profitable hour.
The Popul?r Trough.
About sixty years ago, a man lived on
the edge of a forest, whose rather had
raised him very tenderly, and loved hixn
very trustfully, and finally given all his
property to his son, as his wife and other
children were all dead, and he' intended
? 4 * A.
to stay with his beloved son as long as
he lived.
Bat the old man lived too long. He
became blind, and lame, and foolish. He
lost the sight of his eyes, and he lost the
good use of his hands, and alas! he lost
the love of his son. His hands became
so weak and trembly that he would drop
the spoon or cap while he was trying to
drink. He broke so many cups and
plates, and made so muoh grease on the
carpet, that his eon's wife used to scold,
and said, "He's good for nothing, and in
the way; he does nothing bat break
crockery, and make grease." And so
the old man's life was very unhappy.
One day the man saw his old father
drop a plato and break it. He burst out
into angry scolding, and said, "I will
stand it bo longer. I will make yon a
trough. You are dirty as s pig, snd you
shall eat like the pigs." Poor old fath
er 1
So he started out into the woods with
his ax on his shoulder. His little son,
about six years, old followed him. He
soon found a poplar-tree, eut it down,
and began to hew out a block for a
trough. After a little he was tired, and
stopped to rest.
"Pa, what are you going to do with
that tree ? Are you going to burn it V*
"No, I'm not going to burn it."
"Are you going to make rails out of
itr
"No, I'm not going to make rails out
of it."
"Well, pa, what are you going to do
milMrPm-^--7r~
"I am going to make a trough, my
son." m
"What for, pa 1"
"For your grandfather to eat out of."
"For grandpa ?" And then the little
fellow stopped to think. After a while
he added, - Yes, that will be so nice; and
I'll make you a trough, too, pa, when you
get old and blind.
The man let go his ax, and he began
to think. His little boy had uncon
sciously touched him in the only tender
place. He sat down, and began to re
member all his father's love to him when
a little boy. He went back and told his
wife what had happened. From that
hoar the good old man was kindly cared
for, his wants supplied, his mistakes
overlooked, his weakness provided against
by constant attention, till he died.
Do you ever feel worried with the care
your parents or aged relatives need 1 Re
member how they eared for you once *
and how you may need kindness from
your children.
The Living Lost.?Seldom in pub
lio prayer or private, in preaching or
conversation, is allusion made to the
greatest trial, the saddest Work of sin.
The strokes of death, the disappoint
ments in business, the ceaseless change
ot human life, are the common topics of
remark upon the mournful realities of
human life, and are mentioned in the
prayers of the Sabbath assembly. But
there is an affliction, not rare, which
puts all of those under its awful eclipse.
We recollect, several years ago, spend
ing a night during an ecclesiastical meet
ing under the hospitable roof of a wealthy
layman in the church. The conversation
turned upon wayward children of pious
parents. Suddenly tho mother present,
Mrs. L., rose and with a groan that
haunts us st?M, left, tho room for her own.
We learned afterwards the cause. Her
only and petted son had forsaken years
before, his home, and tho solitary hint of
him that had come to bis homo, was of
death in a prison.
Said another mother of her living
beautiful daughter, "She went to New
York ' with her intended, and I have not
heard from her since."
Tho living lost?lot prayer bo offered
continually for them, for they are many;
and for the praying hearts whatever may
have been their1 want of faith, or with
their want of faith, or with good old Eli
the defeot in discipline that can truly
exolaim amid the mourners and weepers
around them, "There is no grief like our
grief." A peaceful death is the light of
any dwelling in comparison with it?it
is sorrow Jhavon alone can heal. -Ad
nance..
Good company and good conversation
ate the very sinews of virtue.
A Good Ill?stf?ti?ii4
., u-)U- ? ? f?submit: ? .? -I ?? ?';sr
?no of the best illustrations of'th?J
benefits of advertising which wo have
notioed, was given: eoutcr years ago \u
Barnuru's Musen?, New-York. It was
In the afterdOOtr, just preceding the
exhibition in1 the grand lecture-room, a
time when thousands of people of all
ages, sexes, and nationalities, always
throng every part of the building. The
great showman, who was always presefflt
attending personally to the wants of \m
patrons, noticed that Mr. ???r,- Well
known as one of the wealthiest men in
America, was present, arfd that he ap
peared to be anxiously in search of some
one whom he could not find.. As he
was a frequent visitor at the Museum,
no particular attention was given to the
fact at that time. Some time after, how
ever- ~Mr. Barnum noticed him grain in
another part of the Museum, forcing his
way through the crowd, and still eviden
tly pursuing his vain searches. ? With
that spirit of accommodation so charac
teristic of|the man "Mr. Barnum approcb
ed him to offer any assistance in his
power, when Mr. A-r petulantly
accosted him as follows:
"Mr. Barnum, I am discouraged. Ihave
been here for more^than an hour looking
for Mr. M-, of Boston. I have search
ed your Museum through seven stories
from basement to attic. I know he is
here, but to find him in this crowd is
impossible. Can you or any one else
tell me why it is that so many people
come here7"
"There's nothing more easily accounted
for," replied Barnum. "In the tint place,
I get something worth seeing, and then
make it known that I have got it. That's
the whole secret."
"Nonsense," said Mr. A-r j "people
have jrot into the habit of ^nnijng^rjlh Mis
ami would come any way. I don't be
lieve in this advertisiog; it amounts to ?
very little, that's my opinion." *
"Well, indeed, I am happy to learn
that people have such good habits. But .
now, to convince you that you are en
tirely mistaken, I will just do a little
advertising for your own especial benefit,
and then you may be induced to change
your mind on that point.
Thus saying, Barnum stepped to the
door of the lecture-room closely followed
by Mr. A-r. In front was a sea of
upturned faces anxiously awaiting the
rising of the curtain and the commence
ment of the play. While Mr. A-r
was wondering in what way advertising
could be done to benefit him, or how
any one could discover his friends in
such an immense throng, Barnum step
ped upon a seat and calling in a loud
voice, said:
"Is Mr.-, of Boston, present f li
he is, he will oblige me by coming this
way."
In a moment a man rose iu the audf'
ence and commenced making his way to
the door. "Now," said Barnum, "you
have spent over an hour trying to find a
man whom I have found for you in IeW
than a minute. Instead of taking the cob
iest and cheapest way, you took the most
roundabout and costly one. Now, when*
ever you want any thing, let people
know it, and, if it can be had, you will
surely obtain it; and if you have any '
thing to dispose of, do tho same. In
other words, advertise. I advertised,
and you did not You have seen the
jesult- Now, are you convinced?''
What a curious book might be written
on the history of suicides! The ingenuity
of distorted minds in discovering str?ng*?"
modes of death seems inexhaustable. An
English carpenter a few days ago turned
his mechanical ?de ill to -?*cot*ot in rar
structing a guillotine for his own de
capitation. A New York merchant very
recently hanged himself, and after put
ting on the noose adopted a most in
genious way of tying his hands between
his legs, so that he could not release
himself should his heart fail him ut the
last moment. Religious mania has been
known to drive men to selferuoifixion.
The most horrible case of suicide, how
ever, that wo remember, occurred a few
days ago in London, where a man em
ptied a can of parafine oil all over his
person, aud then set himself on fire.
This, we believe, is as far as anybody
has yet gone.
The Bain bridge Argus notes the fact
that Methodist camp meetings are about
to be revived in various sections of the
South. We once heard a Tory distingu
ished Methodist clergyman advance the
opinion that oAiup-iucvi-iMgn were tu?
"ioventiooB of the d?1." V*?>