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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, y VOLUME 3. GOD ANT) OXTU COUNTRY, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1869. { ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. NUMBER 26, Hints on the Use of Draft Horses. "If a horse cannot lav to his work, and bend his head down wheu he desires to do #io, ho sura that/ he is not properly harnessed." i Whenever a horse is employed for the purpose of drawing any vehicle, it is of j the utmost importance that he should be able to employ all his strength to advan- j tage. Every one who considers ut all, must acknowledge that if a horse has to ?do his Work in a cramped or confined coin- j vlition, cr when ho is inconveniently placed as regards the load he cannot exert, his full power, which is so much loss to his master; or, if forced to per form a certain amount, that he is obliged to waste a great deal more of his strength (or muscular power) than is required, Jto his own great pain and injury. The question how to properly attach ?the horse to the vehicle is, therefore, one ?of the greatest importance to every aias tor who wishes to get a proper degree of work in a fair and rational manner. Yet, .from being unacquainted with the {principle*, few examine closely into the practice; an immense deal of horse ?strength is wasted every day on loads 'Which, if properly attached, might have ?been comfortably mnved with far less 'trouble, exertion and pain, j The act uf pulliug is performed by j leaning forward, with the weight of the \>ody against the resistance of the oppos ing force, and then, by strong move ments of tho limbs, keeping up and increasing the pressure; the weight of the body being nf thentumst importance, ?s any one nitty "try by pulling at a rope fussing over i*nc >h(*ihler, and standing ?upright ail the lime, it Will be found that, what wir? liefere pulled with ease V-nnuot now be moved stall, or, at any rate, only hy the most severe- and con - ?tinned efforts of the limbs. These muscu lar movements, cxhttwsf ing the strength, try the system violently, whereas tfy? body-weight is easily employed without eohstlUiiog the vital energies. i Froea the upright position of a man's body, he is not fitted to draw loads, ft therefore, this great difference is per ceivable with his light frame, how great must be the waste of strength when the horse is prevented from throwing hi* whole weight fairly into the collar? Vet this is constantly the case through var ious causes. First, and, unfortunately, in too many cases, the collar is quite unfit for the animal. A horse-collar is, we are sorry to say, frequently looked upon merely as 1 a ring for the neck, tn which the traces are to be affixed; whereas there is no part of the harness which is so impor tant and which ought to fit accurately. How often is a little collar, only fit for a pony, jammed on the neck of a much larger animal, so that every pull he makes gives the feeling of strangulation, and that will, in all probability, cause some kind of fit, if long continued, be s'rdes its liability to gall and wring the poor animal's shoulder. When this has taken place, the work cannot be fairly performed; and to do it all, the anguish of the poor horse must be indcsoribablc. . J&aeoadly, the Itorse is often prevented front throwing his weight into the collar by a dieck-rcin?a useless and painful inoumbrance, introduced by vanity and retained by thoughtlessness amounting to cruelty. Ask horse-keepers why they use it, and hardly any one will give the aasae answer, although it is generally supposed by them to be a great safeguard in case of ..{maiding. The real object with which it wap introduced, was to make ".very horso to which it was applied, however weak or old or poor, assume the lofty carriage of ike thoroughbred lion c ; and the tossing of the head, the foatu of the mouth, and the restless agitation of the body (mute, but ex pressive signs of patu and suffering) come, in a little while, not only to be disregard ed, but even looked at with approbation. Fortunately this vitiated taste is rapidly going out of fashion as better informa tion is diffused. Few of the London pub drivers ute check-reins knowing them to bo inconsistent with proper work; and when one i? observed it will invar iably be* found to be on some poor ani mnl v.hevf. wearied and haggard appear ance is attempted to be disguised by this implcipput of torture. Thirdly, a great cause of unnecessary pain and labor to many horse*, is a peglect in keeping the r.hceis properly greased. "Some persons may not be aware," says Hteover, in his work on Jt?j?u<* *ftd ' ?'Jrop&ds. "that the trifli.og '? u pujr of wheels, bcirt? com parativoly dry or well greased will cause twenty miles to take more out of a horse than forty would in the latter case; yet wheels absolutely screaming from dry ncss nro often seen, aud heard, attached to carts, and wagons, and thuB would the brute in human furm lot them scream till he reached his journey's end or finish ed his day's work, though his horses were drawing from such cause at least ono ton iu four of resistance more than they would if the defect were attended to." Men who have loaded carts and driven horses all their lives, ought to know how a horse should be worked to his master's advantage and his own com fort; but the fact is the generality of working mou kuow little aud cure less on the subject. If this is not so, how is it that we frequently see tlu following er ror? A disproportion between the vehicle and the animal. May not a person every where observe a fault of this kind t?a little horse Btnggering under the weight of a high and heavy cart, which, if the load he in front of the axle, shows the .shaft.-'- running absolutely down-ward; or, if behind the axle, nearly Hits the un fortunate creature off his legs, placing him in a position in which it is impos sible he can exert his power at all favor ably ; aud, on the other hand, how often is a tall horse seen between the shafts of a low gig or cart, pulling the shafts up wards at a sharp angle ??a position just as awkward aud disadvantageous, and wasteful of animal power as that mcn ti Mini before. Fourteen Years Asleep.? Miss Susan Caroline Godscy, the sleeping wonder, died at her mother's home, some ci^ht miles from Hickman. Kentucky, on Wednesday, the 14th Juky. The history of Miss Godsoy is well known to the public, a statement of her wonderful condition having been pub lished extensively bytffc press of the United States. A* the time of her death, Miss Godsoy was nbout twenty-six years of ngc, and had bcou asleep, as described, about fourteen years. The existence of this wonderful caso of coma, or preter natural disposition to sleep, has been doubted by many, but the fact is indis putable. Indeed, some twelve months ago, Miss Godscy was taken to Nashville and other places for ex hi bit i to. but we understand many even of the physicians of Nashville looked upon the case with suspicion. Tho history of the case is briefly : When about twelve years of ago ehe was taken with a severe chill, and treated accordingly by her physician. As the fever which followed her chill subsided, she fell in a deep sleep, in which condition she has remained ever since, except at intervals. It was her custom at first to awake regularly twice iu every twenty-four hours, and singu larly, within a few minutes of the same hours each day ; but of later years she awoke ofteucr, so much so that many considered it an indication of her final recovery. She would remain awake five ten, or perhaps, fifteen minutes, and gradually drop off to sleep again. When asleep it was utterly impossiblo to arouse her. She never complained of any bodi ly pain, though when asleep she was vory nervous at times, aud appeared to suffer considerably by the violent twitching and jcrkiug of her muscles and iimbs, and her hands clenched tightly as if en during severe pain, but when awake she did not appear to suffer except from drowsy, gaping inclination, and persis tent effort to cleanse her throut of phlegm. She generally passed into jileep through violent paroxysm, which would lust perhaps five minutes, und she would then sleep awhile as eulmly and quietly as an infant. Miss Godscy was of medium size, and her limbs and mus cles were well proportioned aud develop ed, and grew considerably after her afflie tiou. Mis* Go'gey, on tho day she died, in dulged in a little prophesying, which we give as related for what it is worth. She said "the sun would bo a total eclipse on the 7th of August," (this is remarkable, because parties assert that she could have had no knowledge that this was ac cording to calculation,) "and that the sun would never shine as bright after that day. This would indicate the end of the world, which was speedily ap proaching." Thirteen of the principal clothing houses of New York City having refused to p.iy an increase of 35 per cent, de manded by tho employees, the latter, nniaberin^ 15W), have struck, by order of tbe Tailor'b Ufiiop. Josh Billings on the Goto. The gote is koarso woolen sheep. They have a split hoof and whole tail. They have a good appetite and a good digestion. They swaller what dicy oat, and will eat ennything they kan bile. Their moral karakters are not pol ished ; they had rather steal a rotten turnip out of a garbage box than cum honestly by a peck of oats. The male gote has two horns on the ridge ov his hed, and a mustache on his bottom lip, and is the plug ugly of the neighborhood.' A maskuline gote will fite enthing from an elephant down to hiz shudder on a ded wall. They strike from their but end, in stead of the shoulder, and arc as likely tew hit as u hammer iz a nailhed. They are a hi seasoned animal as much so ar. a pound ov assifidity. They are faithful critters ; and will stick tew a friend az long az he lives in a shanty. They kan klime ennythirig but a grcast pole, and kno the way up a rock az natural az a woodbine. They az certain tew raise az young ouos?sum families arc hafF gotcs and the other haff children. They arc good eating when they are yung, but they levo it oph as they git stronger. They are alwus poor in tho body, but phat in the stuiuick; what they eat seeuis '<?> nil go to appetight. Yu might az well agree tew phatt an injuu rubber over shu by filling it with klam shells az tew raise enny adipozc membrane on the outside bust of a gote. A phatt gote would be a literary cu riosity. They use the same diulckt az a sheep, and thjp yung ones speak more fluently than the pareuts do. There arc only two animals of the earth that will eat tohukko?one is a man and the tother iz a goto; but the gote understands it the most, for he swallows it?the spit, chaw and all. The male gote, when he is pensiv, is a venerable und philosophic looking old cuss, and wud not make u bud professor uv arithuictick in sum ov our colleges. They arc handy at livin a long time, reaching an advanced age without arriv ing at any konkluaiou. How long a gote lives without givin it up, there iz no uiau now old cuuff tew tell. Mcthuzcler, if his memory was had at forgetting, mite give a good sized guess, but, unfortunately for science and this Kssu, Methusaler ain't here. Gutes will live in enny klimate and on any vittles, except tauburk, aud if they ever cuiu to a square denth it iz a profound sekret, in the hands ov a few, to this day. I wouldn't like to believe enny man under oath who hnd ever seen n masku line gote aektually die, and stay so. Speaking ov Mcthuzcler puts me in mind of the fact, if a man should liv now-u-duze as inttch as he did, and only have ose eye tew sec things with, he would huv tew hav mi addishuu built onto the back ov his hed tew sto away things into. The female goto iz cither the mother, or sister, or cuzzin, ov the male gote, ac kording to the circumstances iu the ease, or else 1 labor under a delusion, I forget which. They give milk iutuitively about a quart, before it iz watered, in twelve hours, which is the subject ov nourish ment iu various ways. This milk, which is extracted from tho female gote, iz excellent tew finish up young ones on, but is apt to make them bcllvcose and fightful. It iz not uncommon for a babe, while inhaling this pugnacious fluid, to let oph his left colleckshun or diggit and Vetch tho nurso on the pinnakleof the smeller, and tap it for claret. This a konimou fakt among Irish ba bies, and uxplaius the reason win, iu af ter life, these same babes make such brilliant hits. In writing the history ov the male and female gote tew adorn the pages ev future time, I flatter myself that I have stuck tew the truth, and haven't allowed my imaginushun tew boss the job. A great many ov our best bilt histo rians are apt tew mistake opinyuns for facts. '1 his iz an easy mistake to make, but when I strike a goose, or a bed bug, or gote, you notice one thing, I stay with them. Fi nti is, A Voting ?Irl Stabbed by her Lorer. About 10 o'clock Friday night in the City Park was made the scene of one of the most shocking tragedies that has oc curred in our city for years. The vic tim is a young girl, about 17 years of ago, named Caroline Ketchum, whose, parents reside in Algiers, but who has been employed for the last two years as a milliner's apprentice.. About eighteen months since she mane the acquaintance of a young man named Salvador Car lot' e, a butcher. The acquaintance on the part of the girl ripened into affection, and under promise of marriage, as she alleges, he succeeded iu depriving her of her good fame and woman's honor. Young, inex perienced, nud al but a child, it appears that she has clung to her seducer, des pite of outrage ami violence which his fierce and domineering disposition has frequently subjected her to. About a year since, in an outburst of passion, he struck her with a knife, and inflicted a severe and dangerous-wound in her left side. She recovered from this, and, undeterred by this attack on her life kept up her evil intercourse with him. But, about a month since, he an nounced to her his intent ion of marry ing auother person. "I will make you ashamed if you do '." replied the heart broken girl. *Tf you fool with me I'll lay you out!" was the savage reply. But not withstanding his dark looks and threatening aspect, the girl did not believe he meant her personal violence. And when he invited her Friday night to aeeompauy him to the City Park, she received the invitation with joy nud went- with him nroordiugly. Arriving there they proceeded to a secluded place, ucar the ceutre of (he Park, where the young man attempt ?1 to exact front her u promise that slij^vmld not attempt to interfere with his contcmplnt.'d marriage. This promise she refused to give, and al most on the instant Ik; attacked her with the most savage ferocity. Three wounds were inflicted upon her with n keen, sharp-bladed knife, either of which will prove mortal?one over the left breatt and two iu the side. The girl then grasped the knife with her hind and held it so tightly that the keen blade severed one of her fingers, and begged piteously for him not to kill her. Whether a momentary pity took pos session of hi in or not, he at ..II events consented to spare her in ease she would swear never to tell who had stabbed her. This oath the dying girl has faithfully adhered to. heaving her, as he sup posed, dying iu the Park, he made his way back to the city. But the girl had strength enough left to drag herself to the street, and from thence to residence of Mr. linker, at the head of Bienville street. To the family of this gentleman she told her loiidition, and a carriage was immediately Hupplied, iu which she was brought to the office of the Chief of Police. Dr. Ritchie, was immediately scut fur, and alter examining her wounds pronounced them mortal, and directed that she be sent to the Charity Hospital. To the repeated solicitations of Cap tain Cain she refused to reveal the name of her assassin ; but in her delirium she uttered his name. Dil this clue the Chief aud Officer Marks set out to arrest the murderer. After long and patient search thoy found him, apparently asleep in the Dryadcs Market. The Chief at once proceeded to the residence of Re corder Becker, and, getting a search warrant started for his residence. Here his clothes were found. The pants and shoes were plentifully besprinkled with blood, but his coat had just boon washed by his mother. Indeed the clothes were found under her nrm just as she was in the act of leaving the house with them. Notwithstanding the thorough washing to which it hud been subjected, the coat still discloses oue or two deep blood stains. At 9 o'clock lost night the reporter, in company with the Chief of Police, visit ed the wounded girl at the hospital. Site was sleeping at the time, her face flushed with fever, and breathing heavi ly. Her light brown hair, hing and dis heveled, lay iu thick shining masses on tho pillow, where it pictured, as in a frame, n face singularly pretty. The slender, almost fragile form, outlined be neath the thin covering, disclosed a frame ill prepared to sustain the fearful wounds she had received. She looked as if life was slowly ebbing away. .j.8 ?000 ?.s she awakened fr-.r.-j J><-r (Jr. ful slumber she asked the Chief, whom she recognised, if he had brought "him with him," meaning Carlottc. "No," said the Chief, "but I will to morrow." "Oh, do," she said, "I want to see him. You won't punish him, will you ?" And the eager eyes and parted lips showed how warm at hor wounded heart dwelt the image of the ruffian stabber yet. The End of four Great Men.? The four conquerors who occupy the most conspicuous places in the history of the world arc Alexander, Hannibal, Cav 'sar and Bonaparte. , Alexander, after having climbed the diz/.y heights of his ambition, with his temples bound with chaplets dipped in the blood of millions, looked down upon a conquered world, and wept that there was not any other to conquer, set a city on fire and died in a scene of debauch. Hannibal after having, to the aston ishment aud consternation of Rome passed the Alps and haviug put to flight the armies of the mistress of the world, and stripped "three bushels of gold rings from the fingers of her slaughtered Knights," aud made the foundation quake, fled from his country, being hated by those who once exultingly united his name to that of their God. und called him Aani Raal, and died at lust by )k>ison administered by his own hand, unlamented and unwept, in a foreign land. Caesar, after having conquered eight hundred cities and dying his garmcut iu the blood of one million of his foes, after having pursued to death the only rival he had on earth, was miserably as | sassinated by those he considered his nearest friends, and in that very place the attainment of which hud been his greatest ambition. Bounpartc, whose mandates Kings and Popca obeyed, after, haviug filled the e;;ith with tho terror of hi* name?atV. r having deluged Kuropc with tears and blood, and clothed the World iu sack cloth?closed his days in lonely banish ment, almost literally exiled from the world, yet where he could sometimes see his country's banner waving over the de pot, but which did nut and could uot bring him aid. Thus these four great men. who seem ed to stand the representatives of all those whom the world calls great?these four men, who each in turn made the earth tremble at their simple tread, seve rally died?one by intoxication, or as was supposed, by poison mingled with his wine?one a suicide?one murder by his friends?aud one a lonely exile! How wretched is the cu^of such earthly greatness. A Marine Phenomenon.?A phe nomenon of most extraordinary nature has lately been witnessed by the inhabi tants of the borders of the Caspian sea. This huge suit lake is dotted with nume rous islands, which produce yearly a large quantity of naptha, and it is no uncommon occurrence for fires to break out iu the work and burn for many days before .'hey can be extinguished. Karly lust mouth, owing to some subterraneous disturbances, enormous quantities of this inflammable substance were projected from the naptha wells, and spread over the entire surface of the water, and be coming ignited, notwithstanding every precaution, converted the whole sea into the semblance of a gigantic flaming punch bowl, many thousands of square miles in extent. The fire burnt itself out iu about forty-eight hours, leaving the surface strewed with the dead bodies of innumerable fishes. Herodotus meutious a tradition that the same phenomenon was once observed by the tribes inhabit ing the shores of the Caspian sea. Contracts with Citizen* ok Merei. States.?.Tudgo Lowell, of Massachu setts, has just made a decision of mnch importance in relation to tho validity of contracts with the citizens of rebel Stute*. In lHlil! tho b.irk Lamplighter was distroyed by the Alabama. Among her owners were four cif iions of rebel States Mr. Payne, the muster, collected the insurance and paid it to the owuer living in Massachusetts, holding that those liv ing in the rebel States had uo title to participate. One of the four owners, who lived in South Carolina, recently brought suit against Mr. Payne's admin istrators, and now recovers by the de cision of tho court. ? -???-??? ?? Boston is to have a new Post offico, built of g- itiite. Sateheion ?od Flirts, by josh bilm nu*. Some old bachelors git after a flirt, and don't travel aa fast aa she dos, and then concludes all the female group are hard to ketch, and good for nothing when they are ketched. A flirt is a rough thing to overhaul unless the right dog gets after her, and then they are the easiest of all to ketch, and often make the very best of .wives. When a flirt is really in love she is as powerless as a mown daisy. Her impudence then changes into modesty, her cunning into fear, her spurs into a halter, and her prunning-hook into a cradle. The best way to catch a flirt is tew travel the other way, from which she is going, or sit down on the ground and whistle ? some lively tone till the flirt comes round. Old bachelors sake the flirts, and then the flirts get more than even by making the old bachelors. A majority of flirts get married finally, for they hev a great quantity of the moat dainty tit-bits of woman's nature, and alwus have shrewdness to back up their sweetness. Flirts don't deal in poetry and water grewel; they hev got to hev brains, or else somebody would trade them out of their capital at the first sweep. Disappointed luv must uv course be on one side. This aint any more excuse for being an old bachelor than it is fur a man to quit all kinds of manual labor jist out uv spite, and jtne a poor-house bekase he can't lift a ton at one pop. An old bachelor will brag about his freedom to you, hit relief from anxiety, his indipendence. This is a dead beat past resurrection, for everybody knows there ain't a more anxious dupe than he is. All his dreams are charcoal sketches of boarding-school misses. He dresses, greases hiz hair, paints hix grizsly mus tache, cultivates bunyons and corns, tew please his captains (the wimmen.) and only gets laded at fur hix pains. I tried being an old bachelor till I wuz about twenty years old, and came near dicing a doxen times. I had more sharp paiu in one year, than 1 hev had since, put it all iu a heap. I was in a lively fever all thj time. Execution in St. Lor is?A Hor rid GALtowa Spectaci.r.?St. i.ouis, July 23.?William Edwards, a colored man, convicted of killing Lewis Wilson, another colored man, at a colored baM last winter, was executed in the jail yard this afternoon. When the trap was sprung and the man dropped, it was discovered that the rope was a little too loug, allowing the culprit's toes to touch the ground. An awful scene then occurted. For a moment the body re mained perfectly still, after which violent contortions commenced, during which the man's legs and arms were swung and drawn in every direction. The rope was immediately shortened by drawing it up but the writhing of the poor wretch continued for some minutes, and it was not until ho had struggled fearfully for thirteen minutes that he was pronounced dead. On cutting the body down, after hanging twenty-five minutes, it was found that the neck was broken. Advantage or Law.?A young man who had studied law in Connecticut be came acquainted with the following facts, which are very remarkable, thou; h not so very singular: A farmer cut down a tree which Btood so near the boundary line of his farm that it was doubtful whether it belonged to him or his neighbor. The neighbor, however, claimed the tree, and prosecuted the man who cut it for damages. The case was committed from court to court.? Time, was wustcd, temper soured and temper lost; but the case was finally gained by the prosecutor. The last my friend knew of the transaction was, the man who "gained tho cause" came to the lawyer's office to execute a deed on his whole farm, which he had been com pelled to sell to pay his cost! Then, houseless and homeless, ho could thrust his hands into his pockots and triumph antly exclaim, "I've beat him !" Tho Colored Lahor Convention at Baltimore, yesterday, passed resolutions that the objections of white men to work with negroes must bo overcome. A National Negro Labor Convention is called to meet in Baltimore, in Decem ber, when Cougre** will he invoked to drive Chine** tabor out of the Country. Hi* name is Lew. Benedict. Has father was a well-known Hew York lawyer, who died when the oldest detti was fifteen years old. The property left by the father the boy turned over to bis mother and fiater?, and determined to strike out for himself. At soretaajeW years of age he entered ? Uw nfaVei, and at twenty-one he completed hat studies, and was pronounced a young lawyer with a bright future before him. About this time the young lawyer fell in love with the daughter of a wealthy New York merchant, and the tore being reciprocated he asked pa for the daugh ter's hand. Ps was indignant, and, to forever kill the young lawyer's ambition, he told him that when he had 150,900 cash, his own, ^?e might ask for the young lady's hand, with a hope of sue. cess. This was all very nice, hut to the young lawyer just putting np his shingle $59,000 ?ES9 a great deal of money, at least the young lawyer thought so as he figured np how many briefs he must have to make that amount. The result of his deliberation* was the conclusion that if he wanted to make this sum at the bar, he could do so, but by the timo he had done it, he would be so old that the romance of lore would he all gone. For a long ten days the young lawyer bemoaned his fate, and then, af ter obtaining a promise from the young lady that she would wait, he disappeared from New York. In enrly life the young lawyer had quick wit, and one ?las; meet ing a negro minstrel manager named Duprcs, the latter, told him he had a talent which would make him $50,000 in five years. Iu the young lawyer's frame of mind it did not take Ions; to convince him, and, dropping Coke nnd ISUekstone, he took to burnt cork under the assumed name of Lew. Benedict. For a time the new bnsiness was har der Ifap |h* young jawyerUryinad for, but he made a oney so fast that his pre judice was soon overcome. At the end of tho first year he had laid up five thous and dollars, at the end of the second year ten thousand, and now it is said that be has nearly reached his figures of fifty w ousand dollars in bonds. Alf tue time he has been in the burnt cork trade he ha* improved his spare moments by s study of law hooks, and iu another year he will go back to New York with fifty thousand dollars in his pocket, claim the hand of her he so fondly lores, and who has been so devo ted to him, and at the tame time again embark in the practice of law.?Xatinttol Chrontdr. Tbsriblk Fiout with a House.? Mr. George Hamlin of this place, had a very narrow escape from death es Sun day morning last. It seems that tho' large black stallion owned by Hamlin L Well man had beoome unruly oa Satur day afternoon, bat after a conflict with* Mr. Hamlin had considered hiss tub dned. On Sunday morning, however, while he was being fed and taken ears of, he watched an opportunity, aad ntshoA at Mr. Hamlin, catching him by the head with his mouth, and inflicting a sc verc bite, tearing the scalp loose from the skull, and rupturing the temporal ar tery which runs over the head. This trr stunned Mr Hamlin that he began to fall, when the horse would, no doubt have pawed him to death; but at this critical moment, when the horse was fn* rious with rage, tho hostler ran into the stall and struck the beast a heavy blow between the eyes with a harsaer, not however, before he had again bitten Mr, Hamlin several times oa tho arm aud shoulder. The blow given the horse partially stunned him, and enabled Mr Hamlin to get ont of hi4 reach. Mr* Wellman, hearing of the affair, under' took to punish the horse, when the ani mal ovule for him and seised htm by the waistband of the pants, reared np with him, not letting go his hold until at tacked by men with deb*, aad the* com pletely tearing the pants off Mr. WeW man. Again iu the afternoon of Sunday last he got loose sod out into the barn yard, when it became neoeesary to actu ally choke him down by mm as of a slip noose before he would permit any one to get within reach of him. During the choking process his frensy was fearful to witness, as he straggled to get hold of those nearest to him.?Eaton jfiapftm ( ArVrA.) Journal. Commodore S. S. Lee, brrther of Gen. R. K. Leo, died at his home in Stafford County Va., recently.