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FAIRFIELD HERALD
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The Wayside Flower.
She war a wayside Rower
Of lowliest degree,
But as I loved br tenderly,
What mattered it to me I
I saw that she was beautiful
I knew that she was good
In simpleness and truth, the type
Of perfect womanhood.
A farmer's daughter only
Unlearned in fahion's lore
C0ontented with her lot in life,
8he sighed for nothing more.
ter voice was like an angel's
So fresh, so rich, so young,
The lark paused in Its upward flighl
To listen as she sung.
Benator Frank Blair's Fir-t Rpeech-li
"Talks Like a Man."
In the United States Senate, Wed.
teeday, after iMr Morton had conclu
ded
Mr. Blair said the Senator from
Indiana fitly representu the Adminis.
tration in the open and bold mannei
in which he exprejssc his contemupt foi
representative goveriinetit, La st
tiuniiuer it was said that the Senator
was to take a high office under the
Alainistratioii, bat after the election
and the Democrats carried that State,
the Senator coneludeed not to accept
the office for the avowed purpose, a
was siid, of preventing a Denoorni
from beiniesent here to represent the
State. [Mr. M.rron: M isropreset
the State.] I e (.Yr. Blair) would
not, i.so so harsh a term, and say the
Senator mierepresented the petjplo ol
Indians, and kert his -cat here to pro
vcntthetsi from sending one here whc
dIid more nearly represent thein,
In the Chicago platform'the Repub.
blican pirty protiped the peoph
that this principle involved in the
fift.eeuth amendment was entirely in
the control of the States. They car.
ied the election on 'this promise, anc
yet, when Congress came together, it
immediately proposed this amend.
mwent and voted down a proposition tK
submit it to the Legislatures to b<
thereafter elected, and the Senatori
and Representatives from the State o
Mis.-ouri Ka sai, Michigan, New Yo I
and Ohio, voted for the aueudunt,
although the people of those Statei
had voted down the negro suffrage al
the previous election by immense ma
jorities, and the Legislatures of some
of these States-electeo at the
same time-ratified this amendment
In his own State of Missouri, wher
the people had voted it down by thir
ty thousand majority, the Legislatur
adopted one-half of the amendmon
on a telegram, The vast body of th<
people of the North were opposed t<
this thing, and it was forced upon then
by perfidy and fraud, and yet we ar<
to be called revolutionists when we ex
pose it, If this is the way that amend.
-ments are to be put through, what
amendment cannot be put through by
the aid of these carpet-bog States and
the frauds wvhich may be practiced
\Vhant is to prevent the ad option of
an amaendment making the President
and tho Senate hold office for life I
Mr. Morton asked whether th<
Democratic party had net gone int<
the presidential election of 1868 o1
the issue that the renstruction acti
were null and void, and was It noi
overwhelmingly beaten on that issue
Mr. Blair said it had gone in 01
that issue, and, in his opinion it har
been beaten because some of its men'
bers had dodged on this question
Congres4, in its reconstruction acts
went outside of the Constitution
and when it did that its laws wern
cof -no force-it was no mor<
than a mob-no mere than
mere debating -oeiety. lie did no
believe therc wvas a single paragra p1
in the Constitution th1t was not viola
ted by these reconstruction sets. Yet
can'ild not fled one single sentence e
these abomninutions. thiat was niot a vie
,lation of the cor.stitutlion ; and you
gentlemne', know it. T'he unparuallele<
occurrence of. Congress taking awn!
the right of appeal to the Suprem,
Conrt. to prevent a dlecision in th,
AleArdle ease proved that they kne,
that they v'iAbted the Cons.titutions.
If the rebels violated the Constitu
tion,nas they undoubtedly did, the;
abould have been punished by th<
Constitution, and going outside of th<
Constitution to punish thoem mid.
Congress as guilty as they. And h<
(Mr. Blair) thought that the Presiden
should have refused to execute the s
aotA waich he knew to be unconstltu
tional. The Democratic Conventio
of two years ago did not proulaim fo
the first time that the President tans
himiself judgo of the Constitutionallt
of a law. Thomas Fefferson had pre
clailned that doctrine, atsd Atadroi
Jackson had reiterated it ; and if' en
of thema had haon Preident.he wanul
have communicated his views to Con
g.ess in such a *wy as to make them
pa-ise in their reckless career ; aid
tCiey have continued in it step by step,
bringing in unauthorized persons here
to increase their majority.
He had lately read of the first con
toted election case in Congrcss, tat
of Mr. Preston, of Virginia, who was
r expelled because on the day of the
election his brother had marched a
volunteer company through the streets.
Now no election is valid without the
presence of bayonets. He (Mr. B.)
knew when the military were intro
duced at elections in the South that
it would not stop there, nor did it;
troops were now -at election times
sent int, the very States which bad
furnished the most troops for the
war.
Mr. Morton asked Mr. Blair if lie
regarded the fifteenth amendment as
valid 1
Mr. Blair thought his opinion on
that subject was pretty wellknown by
this time. The form of its ratifica
lion in his State wis legal, but it was
done by the most infamous perfidy
upon the part of the representatives of
the people. The people of Missouri
had given Gen. Grant 25,000 majori.
ty, and at t he same election land vo
ted down negro suffrage by 30,000
majority, although half the people did
not vote. Yet, the representatives of
M issouri sat here, and, in defiance of
the views of their constituent4, voted
to force upon them a measure which
they had repudiated. And this was
the case with the representatives of
other States which lad repudiated ne
gro suffrage, and to which had allud
ed. They talk of their great regard
for the ballot, and the necessity of
giving it to the colored people, and
yet, when it is exercised in the hands
of their own constituente, they do not
regard it any- more than so much waste
pa per.
Mrs Morton would like the Senator
to give hint a specific answer as to
whether he regarded the 15th amtenl
ment as valid.
Mr. Blair said lie did considor it
va&lid) but he did not consider the re
construction acts valid ; and had he
been iu a poicion to do so, lie would
have maintained his opinion, what
ever the consequences might lh'ave
been ; and now, although these recon
struction acts have done their work,
there is some part of the Broadhead
letter, of which so much has been
said, which may yet remain. I said
the army should undo its weak of
usurpationn, and this may be done
yet. If the army is withdrawn, those
corrupt carpet-bag governments will
fall of themselves, and the people of
those States may have some of their
rights restored to them.
-The Partritte -EatingWager.
The Baltimore Sun, refering to
the $500 wager of a man named
Henderson in this city, that he will
consume one partridge per day for
thirty day, says:
"The Washington Star, han had
several notices of the wager, but does
not tell us if the man eats nothing
else besides the partridge during the
the day, wherein is the peculiar hard.
ship of the case otherwise
llenderson eats whatever else ho
likes, the only stipulatioai being that
he shall consume one partridge per
dgy between the hours of 9 anid 10) A.
M. The iairdship in the case is in
the fact that though a single part ridge
is very good eating, it bc'mzes a most
reptbive article of food when repeat
ed daily for any length of time. In
Frases it is a sonmewhiat common
watvger to hot agaist the perform
ace of pigeon-eating of this kinu ;
and somec five or six years ago a nar
rative written by a Frenchaman of his
physlia sfering -tho. nausea, fever
ad postration--endured in un
drn the experiment attracted
considerable attention from the anedi
cal fraternity,--Washington. Star.
Flying IRurori.
It is reported that Colonel E. B.
aC. Cash was called to his door one
night last week by some unknown
parties, and as soon as lie appeared
on his threshhold, the robbers ordered
ahim to give up hais money. The
C:olonel, brave to a fault responded
with his repeater and quietly re
f turned to his chamber, without er.
c itoment or farther enquiry. Hie
was soon after informed that the so
I coun t of oun of the psrty had been
Cashedl-ho wras founad dead necar the
3 Colonel's door. Served him right.
a Tn thaase times every man should
keep his pistol, and ivhen called out
at an unusual hour of the night,
should answer the call like Col. Casah
,did, with his pistol prepared for any
emergenoy.
It is reported that IHenry Berry
Lowry, the notorious maurdeoror of
l toheson dounty, N'. C., *ad his, wrife
t passed through thais county on the west
aideof the G rent Peedee, lest week.
ilo was traveling in his huggy with two
adoubled barroed guns by. his side.
r Marion Ster.
y In Cincinnati a rnan recently ap.
plied for insurance oh the lee oover'.
a godtd -hiduWit, btiW u t
coamnaunyto taka tha rlk..
The Bowhn B1iiny Case.
Ia t'e v not alone of the exhautive
ability with which this ea-o w..s cn.
duoted to its submission to the jurv
but in consideration of the well.
known oircumstanoes attending it, the
public bad a ryhjt to expect at the
hands of the jory a do jitive verdiet.
Tn this exptotation, however, ti cy
h ve been disappointed. After thirty
six houis' dV hberation they have
been unable to agree, atid at the open.
ing of the court this moruitig, in an.
swer to the usual inquiry, the fore.
man annoutnced that theie was no
probability of their agreement. The
Court expressed great tunetance in'
being forced to a new trial by the
dhaagrecnient of the jury, but did not
intrust them to return, in order that
a verdict might be reached. Judge
Wylie thereupon, on the announe
ment of the disagreement, discharged
the jury with the remark that if the
prosecution failed to c.-Timict on the
evidence they had produced, they
could not convict on any evidence.-.
If there was one bought juror on a
panel he would be suflicent to defeat
the conso'entious motives of the rest.
The tes tanny of the wretches pro.
duced as witnesses by the defence,
ought not to be believed, and he tiaw
no reason why the jury should dis.
agree in this case.
Mr. Riddle said he felt it his duty
to protest against the Court using
such language in reference to a case
not ditposed of.
Judge Wylie said lie would retract
nothing, and felt called upon to say
what lie had said. Ile reeated that
the totimony of Wilkinson, that he
had married this woman, was enough
to cause the jury not to heed it.
Mr. Merriek said the woman (Mrs.
Parkes Bowen) had told him that she
Was not marriod to B.,won.
Mr. Harring' on remarked that Bow.
en had admnitted that he was married
to her. lie spoke of a warrant
against Wilkinson, and be would like i
to know why he had left so soon if he
did not fear the consequences.
Mr. Merrick replied that lie wis
not responsible for the witnies. Ile
believed if the defence had u.ked the
Court to instruct the jury that th
prosecution had not made out' a case,
that the Court would have done so.
Judge Wylie reinarked that he
would have probably done so if the
motion had been made at that time ;
but the defence had, by introducing
evidence, opened the door to rebutting
testimony, and daniaged their case.
District Attorney Fisher suggested
that as he had under.stood the defen
datit'n bail to be insolvent, lie desired
in the discharge of his official duty,
that the bail-bond he renewed or in
creased. The Court refused to nak I
an order to that effect, saR)ing that:
this case had gone far enough. An
animated and somewhat exciting dis
cussion ensued, very nuch out of the
usual order of judi ii1 dignity and de.
cortum ; whereupon Mr. Riddle, as the I
Court thought, added insult to injury, <
by moving an adjournment. 1
Judge Wylie dlesired the gentle-. F
man now to understand, if they never
before understood. that such a motion I
was at any time a gro:s insult to the {
Co en's friend on te ury is un
derstood to be a deforme negro, who
it 1. well known was the "hanging- a
out" rolitary ruan, who h'. a previous li
case has prevented a conviction.
BoWE N's CON FassrON.
It is proper now to make known the
fact, as alleged by authority of coun
sel, that Blowen admitted to thme Dis-I1
trict Attorney his marriage to Mrs. 10
Parke., and begged and "armaist ice"
of a few days, within which time lie
would shbo* that he had a divdrce
f,'oin Mrs. Parkes. -This was assent
ed to, and the prosedut ion waited be
fore presenting t'he case to the grand.
jury, At the expirationa of the time
the so-called divorce was produced,0
but it bhowed date Septemnber 5, 1870
-five days after the eolemnis~ation of1
Bowen's marriage ivith M rs. King.
Thus ends this faree until thbe March
Term of the Court at least-a teran
when, as suggested by District Atter
ney Filsher, flowen uray not be forth
coming unless placed under additinA
alseourity forhis appearance. lie.
made a motion to that effect. which
was overruled, the Court remarking
that this thing had gehe f ar enongh
if the Government ebuld not obtain a
verdict on the evidence they had pro
sented they could on no other.
About one o'clock this .afterngon
Bowen was ngain arrested pn a1 charge
of'marrying Mrs., King when lta bad
another wife 'livihg, to wit, Franoes
Hicka King, whoma ho is said to 'hee
mariried in 15 in Augusta, Georgia.
This usakes three al,oged livinig wias
for, HIweli thadi gve turngd, up htis
The warrantm'*aa placed sIn the
hands of De.eteetIee Olarvooi of .then
MetrepQ~t r'polic4 force for. aergipe,
Detective Cagge~ went to Mr B e
u'esidene albout i ~ oook and served.
the iranP ~ ?he bita dipr~~ssed uid
surrise 6thee thaa"toi kek. when they
wld heage coming after, hinr4 anmd
etwith, the Gomesir, t9 the Poice.
ut.- fiWeyhIkpyJIri t.a
A Patriotic Jury.
Charles M. Leo was a well known
criminal law) or of Roohester, N. Y.
io bulummoned up a case with a super.
fluity of gesturc, and an afiluenco of
perspiration that would have astonish.
ed even John Graham in his vehe.
ment and wol-ing moods. Lee was
defendiug an old revolutionary soldier
for pas-ing a forged promissory note
for some thirty dollars. There was
hardly the faintest doubt of hit guilt ;
but Lee contrived to get before the
jury the fact that the prisoner, when
a dare-devil boy of nineteen, was one
of the storminr party that fillowed
Mad Anth.t:y Wayne in hiadesperate
night ass. ult upon Stony Pvint, and
helped to carry the wounded general
into the fort during that terrible
fray. In summing up, Lee, after
getting over the ugly point of the evi
dence its beat he could, then under
took to carry the jury by escalade, on
the ground of the prisoner's revolution.
ary services,. lie desoribed in graphic
language the bloody attack on Stony
Point, the impetuouaa valor of Wayne,
the daring exploit of his client, and
wound up with this tunning inter.
rogatory : "Gentlemen of the jury,
wvill you send to the Scate prison, for
)assitig a contemptible thirty-dollar
"orged note, an old hero of three
score years and ton, who, in his south
heered the heart of his country in
he darkest hour of the revolution by
stornming Stony Point 7"
This was a poser. The chins of
tome of the jury quivered, but the
ureman, bluir farmer, put on an air
vhich seemed to any, that storimig
3tony Point was aL good thing enough
nt its line, but what had it to do with
'.a~sng this forged note t After be
ang out a couple of hours the jury
returned to the court room, when the
.leik went through the usual for
nuin
"Gentlemen of the jury, have
ou agreed upon a verdict I"
"We have."
'Do you find the prisoner at the bar
ruiley or not guilty t"
"Not guilty, because he stormed
3tmny Point," thundered the stalwart
'Jrentan, who, it was afterwardsleari.
ad, was the last to come to an agree
The audience apglauded,the crier
apped to order, the district attorney
ibjectetd to the recording of the ver
hot, aMid the judge Eont the jury out
gimm, telling tile foreman in a rath.
r sh irp tone, Ihat they must find an
neonditionatl verdict of guilty or not
nilty. After an absonoe of a few
ninutes, they returned, when the
oreman rendered a simple verdict of
,t guilty, adding, however, as he
hopped into his seat. "It was a
ood thing, though, judge, for the old
evolutinary cust that he stormed
Ituny Puiut."
An Editorial Adieu.
J. R. Eggleston gets off % racy
arewell in rertiring from the editorial
'harge of the Mobile Tribune, from
vhich we take the following as a
pecciuten -
"It was more through accident
han depign that I first beoan.e en.
!aged in the newspaper business
ud a very little experience in
it served to convince me flhat there
onld be neither groat profit or pleas
ire in following, it as a permantent
~rofesion. With a contemnpt fora the
otor iety -it'- confers, a horror of the
Irudgery inseper~abhe from it, I have
waited imnpatiently the opportunity
rhich has at leng th arrived of throw..
ng off the ahnelea of the sanctum:
nd having done so, I feel as Ariel
lid when released from the exacting
'ale of Pro.'pero.
I am aware -that ii have often
rested 'the newapaper of twhich I had
ontrol very miuch h a boy would a
alow-gun. I htave not been able to
'esist the temptation of Bring it into
ny target thut presented ite-elf, and
all out td the diowd to ao'e how the
truck victitm was rubbing the Nole
Ilatoe. While amusing myself in
hat manner, I know that I hsve ian.
lulged In a: license uad haranhdssthtt:
cormed 'incom ,atIble -with dignity
imd jttstice. Noet for my own sake,
3atfort that. ofotheia, I regr et hauvIrg 30
>ften given too free a rein to my pen;
~or while I amn whollj indiffeaaent as
~o the effect it muay have'had on peo'
phe's opinions of nayself, I would,
yore it in nay poker, hastent to heel
every wound I may have itailloted eoa
thme character, the op~nolons, o'r .vyn*t
the tidicuhous varity of orb~evs. It. is
too mtuneh trouble to b'est lhl-wilh
tgaintst onbe's folhow-cre turles.
Ther First Gamie Bagged.
The tangbl.aturd~ of Masmins'ppl set a
tratp to eVith the Ku Kittx; and the
Drat game bagged was na trooly loll"
Radical niegro schookamaster of Mai.
dian, named Price. Diegsaised, witti
e'ight or ton others, he dr~ghed an old
negro from' his house and treaty bqa
hiu to dath
How lB liax hlores Oigihte.
On the trial of the indpeaos tdt~ of
Governer flliean a.adgtt 'tted' oiu
F~rda hhed that himN)lf ' ai~ four.
otiaere negroeshia ressed 'as Kui
Mr. Greel wil pleas.e w.
A Corpse Drlivng a Horse throigh the
Stret,
Dr. Wm. Burdett, who resided
at No. 389 South Cherry St., diedi
at 0 o'clock last evening under the
mo.t peouliar oiroLmitances. About
half an hour previous to his deuise
be had driven to the residence of Con
ductor Edward Wells, near the Do
oatur depot, %ho lay very ill of in
flammutory rheumatism. After leav
ing some instructions with his patient
he got into his buggy and started
homeward.
Sudden death, like a stroke of
lightning, overtook him, probably
before he had driven more than a few
hundied yards, and the late living,
speaking human being, who a few
moments before had talked calmly and
and quietly, after his usual manner
to a patient and that patient's fami
ly, and had even joked with a little,
boy whom ho -met by the street side
as he entered his buggy, still sat stark
and stiff, upright upon his seat, the
reins clutched in his hands staring
eyes looking out upon the street, driv
ing homeward-a corpse. Father
of us all ! what, was it that those who
met that horse and vehicle saw in the
face of the driver that made them
shudder and hurry on a little faster?
Death looked out from those lifeless
eyes, and it, was he who guided the
unknowing horse, plodding on to his
musters door, and those who looked
into that vehicle relt a something aw
ful and indefinable, and made them
shudder, perhaps, and hasten invol
untarily forward.
The horse drew up at the family
hitching post, but no master descend.
od and be stood pawing the ground,
anon jeaking the lines, but lie got no
answer to the signals, bowevar oft
repeated. No familiar voice which
had so often chided or cbeered him
in long jaunts. Then he pricked
back his ears and jerked the reins a
little harder, and liztened, but there
was no response, save the grating of
the leather over the dash boarJ.
What could it all mean I And now
Mrs. Hurdett looks out of the window
and says, "Well, I declre, the doc
tor's come, but why don't he get out?
She looks a moment, but he doesn't
move, and e4he says, perhaps lie wants
somthing, and then he trips out to
the street, looks up into the buggy
and says, - Well William, what is it 1
No answer. And then she bends
forward a little, and the light shines
fuller on the figure there. It is her
husband, but the face is livid and
the eyes blindly staling. "William I
oh, W illiam !" and slograspa him by
the hands, still clutehiug the reins;
they are cold and stiff, lie is daud.
Thi ough the assistance of teveral gen
tlemen Dr. Burdett's body was
taken into the House, where Coroner
Brieii hold an inquest over his re
maians. The jury returned a verdict
that he came to his death from disease
of the heart.
,the small Pox ilmaru in New York.
Seventy-one persons in New York
died of small-pox during the week
ending on Saturday last, and twenty
seven in the previous week. In all
ninety-eight deaths in a fortnight
fiom this terrible disease. The rapid
inorease laat week has created a well
founded alarm, and It suggest. the
necessity of protn't and thorough
vaccination. Dr. Morris, the city
sanitary inspector cautions the public
against serious error which may lead
to still worse results--namely, 'heo
impression that a mild case of 'varie
ld will not reproduce small pox.
The prevalence of this idea has caused
a: neglect of sanitary precautions.
It is proved that smal ox is as eusi..
ly conmmnicated to other persons un
proftected by vaccinations, from tho
mnildest casecof varioloid as from thme
,worst form of Small-pox, The poison
la only one of degree, .beibg the same
in both instances, varioloid bein~g
simply anialligoz tuodified by the
vaccine of cow.pox.
A Swindle.
Mr. Cyrus Fisher, a well-known
gunomith in this city, read an advet-.
tisemnent in Pomneroy's Weekly Demo.
erat from a character styling himself
Prof. J. In, Thomipson, Drnidgewater,
Conn., who proposecd to futnish an
extraoi'dinary chlop and. valuable
p istol for tbe small sum of three dold
larP, an dat. the same time claiming
very extraordinary attractions for the
pistol. Mr. Fisher wrote to the bogus
professor, directing him to forward a
sample pistol, in accordance with his
advertised proposal, per express, C.
0. D. The package came on FrIday
last by A dams Express in the saple
of a clgar-box marked one pistol, C.
0. D., $3,80. The express messen
ger who delivered th~e package, having
a curiosity to see this new diovory
or improvement in firearme, waited
until Mr. Fisher opened the box,
which was found to contain nlotthn
except a parcel of old envselopes -di.
rooted to the aforesaid professos 'froiar
all parts of therqoyntry, by parties who
had been guilled in a elm ilar manner.,
Mr. Fisher attoohedhbimoney back.
in the agent's bande, and got' It
-Lnchburg Virginine.
r ~ Jules Fovre.
The career of this distinguished
Fr nch statesman is assuming a new
and peculiar interest. In many re.
speots, he is an extraordivary man.
Fot nearly half a century he has
been the idol of a large portion of the
people of Paris. Itising from the
ranks he gradually attained distinc
tion as a lawyer, especially in the
management of criminal cases. The
name of "tUles Fav" is as familiar
am-1rng the workling classes of France
as a household word. He is untgnes,
tionably a sincere friend of the peo
ple. They may well trust hin.
In his personal appearance, in the
hall of the Corps Legislatif or in the
court room, M. Favre resenibles our
Daniel Webster. ie has the same
majestic form, the broad shoulders,
the mns4ive head, the overhanging eye.
brows, the large, cavernous 03 cs, the
grave mien, the dignified step, the
expressive view, of our grreat Ameri
can orator. The resemblance is some
times rendered the more striking by
the fact that Favro frequently dtassas
as Vebster used to dress-blue cluth
coat and pants, cut large gilt buttons,
long buff vest, white necktie, and
cnpacious shirt collar. Thus attired,
standing in some appropriate pince of
power, a Republican at heart, a cham.
p ion of his country, "one and indivisi.
ble," a giant in intellect, an orator of
unwonted force, this French stranger
has endeared himself to every true
American. We can not but wish sue.
vess to the good caur,e he represents
in the establishment of a French Re
public, and no German Republican in
our own country, or in Germany
should expect us to wish otherwi.ie.
A Divorce Granted by a Conlred Justice.
The Shubuta (Miss.) Times chroni.
eles a very rich divorce case in that
county, that for brevity, cheupness
and dispatch, beats Chicago a long
way. It appours that Jas. Chapman
and Jennie Willians,or James and
Jennie Chapman, had "tuck up"
with each other, and that Jim got
tired of the old woman and courted
Mies Linda, who promised to share
his bed and board, provided he would
get a divorce from ;ienny. Jim,
therefore, hastened to the office of T.
H. Clay, one of Alcorn's colored
magistrates, and offered him five dol.
lars for a divorce. Clay pocketed the
"five" and wrote out the following oer
tfloate of divorce.
Miss Lindy, this is to certify that
James Chapman and Jenny Williams
has this day seperated before me, and
you and him are at liberty to marry
when you will. T. 11. CLAY.
This is deoidedly the cheapest and
speediest divorce ever obtained in the
United States.
Closing of the Cuban Rebellion.
HAVANA, Feb. 20.--The insurgents
Colonel Miguel Macbado, Major Da
mitro Castello, and eleven men, sur.
rendered at Puerto Principe on the
14th ; Majors Lorenzo Ca.tilla and
Ricardo at Ponce Leon on the 10uh,
aid Captain Gotiziles at Neuvitas.
People come into the cities in such
numbers to surrender that the into
rnor is depopulated.
Troops surprised 'the Riepublican
Assembly, in session at Mardal. The
members, however, escaped, but their
documents were captured.
Prefect Ardrino Garcia was killed
at Buena Jagna.
The Newberry icrald notices th'
return to that place, from the WVest
bf Mrsi Robert Pratt, Mr. R. B.
Bollinan, and Mr, 0. D.8smith, and
says, "several Newhorrians, now. in
the West,-are anxious to return with
their' families, but cannot because
there are no ttacant'd'wellings. 'Phis
we-regret4 and -hope that our public
spirited oitiaens owniug lots may find
it convenient to put up suitable and
I rell-appointed, houses. We would
like-to moo all of our friends 'home
A ensible Juror.
n a ria beorotho Superior
Court of Now York City, after, the
jndge hadecharged the jury, and eon
iderablo time bad lieen spent in try
Infg to get liis Honor to charge this
Iand not tocharge that, andi tbhe merits
of the case getting into confusion worse
confounded,'ajryinan ~o,ld stand its
no longer. "I prqtest,' ho ealled out to
tbe Jutl g, "againsnt t ls sore of talk.
INg, Zt. i only bewildering the jury,
and i~ .kept up will get us in such a
mudd le that we won't know anything
aboaut the oaso."
.Imitation of liuman lir.
In a recent article upon the trade
in hornan- hair,. It Iis stated that a
patent ihas recently been -taken out
for converting goats' halr Into hair for
the ladl~a' use- ;and tbat tbe expert'
ment Is so sueceofal as to render it
almost lipoawible to distinguish the
real artlole from the Imitation.
G&reat afe 'eia~sin Now York
cli on apt of the prevalqne f
aj, pp(., ~oerenooo persoPP i)
o e irese darr last wee($~
tatanty.evmon the Arevou an,.a
1. Thiers as the Read of the New Provds.
ional Government.
According to all our latest accounts
M. Thiers is the conling man in
France-not the man who is to re.
m tin, but the man who, more than
a y other, is to give shape ai-d char.
acter to France under her new con
d it ions. The resolution introduced
in the Assembly propasing M. Thiers
for chief Executive is clear and un
mhtukable proof that France is not
wholly lost to reason-that in the
midst of her sorrow and all her mad.
nets she is neither indifferent to her
interest nor blind to the way of es.
ospe which promises better times.
M. Thiers is one of the great men of
Europe, who is dear to us for the
reason that his father was a workiog
blacksmith, and that he himself is a
man who owes his immense success in
life to his own genius and his own
industry. M. 'hiers is a man of
letters and a statesman. Ile has
written for the pres with success,
and through the press his first tri
umphs wore won. As a lawyer his
sucuess was not great. This, however,
is not to be set down as a fault, for
at the time that Thiers was attempt
ing law he was engro sol in those
historical studies the result of which
we have in the "History of the
French Revolution" and the "History
of the Consulate and the Rmpire."
No man has written so warmly of the
empire, nor has any man who has
written of the empire written with
muore caution. le was the favorite
Minister of Loui.4 Philippe, and sineo
the downfall of the kingdom, in 1848,
all the world 1.as looked to him is
the undying friend of the House of
Orleans. The coup d'taIt of 1331 sent
f. Thiersinto exile, although there
were many who thought that the
eulogist of the first empire would be
the first Minister of the second.
Since 1848 few have doubted that the
great historian and the great states.
man was at lcart an Orleanist.
It has been impossible to doubt 1,is
prcelivites. His appearance in the
Corps Legislatif under Napoleon the
'hiid's ref6rm, marked the beginning
of the dw ...11 .4., e. Hre has
always been ill r.%-, 1)" Fronoo hav
ing reetored to her the Rhine bouida.
ries of the first empire ; but he was
1pposed to this war, because, as le
mid France was not prepared to fight
with Prussia, far less with united
3ermany. With his European tour
ad his eforts for peace we are fa
miliar. Should be succeed to power
we have no choice but say ho will re
ttore to the throne of Prance the
grandson of Lous Philippe. lecause
ae loves his country even more than
ie hates Louis Napoleon or lveos thu
house of Orleans, he is not lil:ely to
talk any more aLout Rhine bounda.
ries. M. Thiers am Chief Executive
Means the restoration of the 1louse
)f Orleans and peace for France-N.
Y. icirald.
Falling MIe IHndfed and Fifty Feet
Down a Shlaf.
At the Illinois Valley Coal Mine
3ompany's 'shaft, three miles- from
tasalle, on Friday . Inst, a miner,
lamed Knowles, stepped into the
age to descenad to his work. The en.
lineer instead of lowering the cage
aised it, and Knowles7 apprehending
langer fromt contnet with the pulley
jumped for-the landing from wich hie
mad started, but instead of alighting
>nI it he strtuck his head against a post
ind was dashed backward in the shaft
mnd fell a distance of five hundred
i.d thirty-six foot. The bones of
>ne of his legs were. forced up into his
body. -
The 7thnessee- What General Shermaif
Says,
General Sherman says the Tennes
tee was built cvt sharp at the bow
tnd plhate to be used as a rams She
tad heavy engimges and,eats well dowti
lv the water. Daut the haeav-y engines
were taken 'out and light~ones put in,.
mud whe~n that .was dIone sbe stood
above the mark of s ,teadinegs ifi the
water. In other words, she , wac top.
beavy, and thecengines were too light
ror thme vessel. As she had a very
ight load on thim trip, the effect in a
hmeav3sea cain easily be im~agirned.
('or ofthse Journl( of. Conmnerce.
A Pound of Fleshi.
Anm English~oheaiist anid ggiecultu,
rist lhes calpulatedl thg to' obtain a
ponrd~of flesh on domestic animals,
tile followitag quanitities of .either of
the various kinds of food mnutioned
below, moust lbq used * Tu'rsiips, 100
pounds ; p'otstoea, 50Opou~nds ; earrote,
50 pounds ; Milk, 15 pouda oat
omcal, 9 pounds ; cprn moda, 8} pouands t
pounds ; and heatis Si pouinds.
It Nev'er Explodea.
MJr. Gray, an ligetious gentleman
of Stassez county, Delaware, Inyented
a new,. .gongxplosive~ burnipg.a fitaid
enmd invited his friends to come- and
witnqssaa test ofi Its:' qualIties.. He
gatbeted g select, oirele arqtqad as bare
rel of the fluid in. a garret, and toc
prove how non-egplosive it , was li
stir d 'it with e~d Ihot polk~ere I
toof.