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^wmurousi Department. A PHILOSOPHICAL DARKEY. An elderly darkey, with a very philosophical and retrospective cast of countenance, was squatting upon his bundle on the hurricane deck of one of the western river steamers, toasting his shins against the chimney, and apparently plunged in a state of profound meditation. His dress and appearance indicated familiarity with camp life, and it being soon after the siege and capture of Fort Donaldson, I was inclined to disturb his reveries, and on interrogation found that he had been with the Union forces at that place, when I questioned him farther. His philosophy was so much in the Falstaftian vein that I will give his views in his own words as near as my memory will serve me. "Were yon iu the fight?" "I had a little taste of it, sa." "Stood your ground, did you ?" "No, sa, I ruus." "Hun at the first fire, did you?" "Yes, sa, an' would hab run soona had I know'd it was comin'." "Why, that wasn't very creditable to your courage." "Dut isn't in my line, sa?cookin's ray profession." " Well, but have you no regard for your reputation ?" "Reputation! nuffin to me by de side of life." "Do you consider your life worth more than other people's?" "It's worth more to me, sa." "Then you must value it very highly ?" "Yes, sa, I does; more dan all dis world; . more than a million dollars, sa; for what would dat be wuth to a man wid de bref out of him? Self-preserbashuu is de first law wid me, sa." "But whv should vou act unon a different rule from other meu ?" " 'Cause, sa, different men sets different value upon derselves; ray life is not in de market." "But if you lost it, you would have the satisfaction of knowing that you died for your country." "What satisfaction would dat be to rae, when der power of feelin' was gone?" "Then patriotism and honor are nothiug to you ?" "Nuffin' whatever, as?I regard dem as among de varieties." "If our soldiers were like you, traitors might have broken up the government without resistance." "Yes, sa ; der would hab been no help for it. I wouldn't put my life in de scales ginst any guberraent dat eber existed, for no guberment could replace de loss to me. Spect, dough, dat de guberument's safe, if da all like me." "Do you think any of your company would have missed you if you had been killed ?" "May be nc\ sa. A dead white man ain't much wid dese sogers, let alone a dead nigga; but I'd a missed myself, and dat was de piut wid me." "ALL HANDS BELOW." A goocl story is told of a parrot who had always lived on board a ship, but who escaped at one of the southern ports and took refuge in a church. Soon afterward the congregation assembled, and the minister began preaching to them in his earnest fashion, sav ing there was no virtue in them, that every one of them would go to hell, unless they speedily repented. Just as he spoke the sentence, up spoke the parrot from his hiding place. "All hands below!" To say that "all hands" were startled, would be a mild way of putting it. The peculiar voice, and unknown source, had much more effect on them than the parson's voice ever had. He waited a moment, and then, a shade or two paler, he repeated the warning. "All hands below !" again rang out from somewhere. The preacher started from his pulpit, and looked anxiously around, inquiring if anybody had spoken. "All hands below!" was the only reply, at which the entire panic stricken congregation got up, and a moment after they all bolted for the doors, the preacher trying his best to be the first, and during the time the mischievous bird kept up his yelling: "All hands below!" There was one old woman there who was lame, and could not get out so fast as the rest, and in a short time she was left entirely alone. Just as she was about to hobble out, the parrot flew down, and alighting on her shoulder, again yelled in her ear: "All hands below!" "No, no, Mister Devil!" shrieked the old woman, "you can't mean me. I don't belong here. I go to the other church across the wnv " ?J ' Why Sam Didn't Marry.?A yankee calling himself"Sam Hopeful," who has written some very good things, tells right out in "meeting" why he never married after three attempts. He says: "I once courted a gal by name of Deb Hawkins. I made up my mind to get married. Well, while we were going to the deacon's I stepped into a mud puddle and spattered the mud over Deb's new gown made out of her grandmother's old chintz petticoat. When we got to the deacon's he asked Deb if she would take me for her lawful wedded husband. "No!" says she. "Reason," says I. "Why," says she, "I have taken a misliken to you." Well, it was all up then, but I gave her a string of beads, a few kisses and some other notions, and made it all up with her. So we went up to the deacon's a second time. I was bound to get even with her this time, so when the deacon asked me if I would take her for my wedded wife I says "No, I should do no such a thing." "Why," says Deb, "what on the airth is the matter now?" "Why," says I, "I have taken a misliken to you." "Well, it was all over again, but I gave her a new apron and a few other trinkets, and we went up again to get married. We expected j that we would be tied so fast that all natur couldn't separate us; but when we asked the deacon if he would marry us he said, "No, I shan't do no such a thing." "Why, what on the airth is the reason?" says we. "Why," says he "I've taken a miskken to both of you." Deb burst out crying, the deacon burst out scolding, and I burst out laughing, and such a set of busters you never did see; and that is the reason I never got married. My chance has gone. ? mi i /? I'nl 1 1 wotr ine granaraa 01 a nine iour year oiu had been telling her one day not to say that people lied, but rather that they were mistaken. Her grandma, to amuse her, told her a bear story, which was a tough one to believe. After she had finished, the little girl looked up into her face, and exclaimed, "Grandma, that is the biggest mistaken I ever beard." A close-fisted old fellow, in treating a friend to some liquor, poured out a very small drink. The latter, taking the glass and holding it above his head, remarked very skeptically: "You say this is forty years old?" "Yes," replied the host, "Then," replied our friend, "all I have to say is that it is very small for its age." 9&T At an infant Suc<Jay school the teacher gave the Bible story of the "Prodigal Son." When he came to the place where the poor ragged son reached his former home, ana his father saw him a "great way off," he inquired what his father probably did ? One of the smallest boys with his fist clenched, said: "I dunno, I dessay he set the dog on him." Hiran Green, says: "All the difference I can see atween the lait Artemus Ward and U. S. Grant is, that Artemus was willin' to sacrifice all his own and his wife's relashuns to save the country, while U. S. Grant is willin' to sacrifice the country to save all his own and his wife's relashuns." i Agricultural fkjwtttwent. From the feurul Carolinian. CLOVER! CLOVER! CLOVER! The following letter will not fail to interest those who advocate the development of South! ern agricultural enterprise. The time is surely not far distant when the can't-grow-clover party in South Carolina, will be compelled to strike their colors, for the advocates of grass culture and stock raising are increasing in numbers, and ere long will introduce a stream of four-footed immigrants that will bring fatI ness to the soil, as well as wealth to the State: SOCIETY HILL, ?. U., dune 6, JL5/Z. Col. D. Wyatt Aiken:?I regret very much that you did not see my clover and other grasses when you were here. As I have just finished cutting, I must give you some account of ray great success. My experiments with clover and the grasses date back to the spring of 1868, and all my plantings have been as late as March, not, however, from choice, for 1 am convinced that the early fall is the proper time to sow. I have one field of five acres, one year old from the seeding, from which I got sixteen four-horse wagon loads, equal to eleven and a quarter tons of hay, ascertained by weighing one load and estimating the whole. This clover was cut in the early bloom, and before any of the blooms were turning it stood uniformly over the land about two-and-half feet high and as thick as it could stand. The land upon which it grew is what we know on the Pee Dee Riveras Sweet Gum laud, very stiff' and of dark color. Such lands wheu fresh are productive in corn and cotton, but become very hard and stiff, and therefore unprofitable, requiring the expenditure of more time and labor than we are able to give them in these times. That they are still valuable is evidenced by this growth of clover, which was unmanured and the soil very poorly prepared. I had, also, rather less than two acres outaide of my embankment, and immediately upon tne river Dans, planted in a mixture or clover, orchard grass, timothy and herds grass, from which I got a still larger crop of what I think is better hay than the clover alone. The yield was five large four-horse loads of well cured hay; but as it was not weighed, I cannot give you the exact product, only it surpassed my most sanguine expectations. The grasses seem to do quite as well as the clover, and especially the orchard grass, much of which was four feet high. My success will induce me to plant largely this fall, with the hope of raising sheep profitably ; and I write now mainly to ask your advice as to how I can best get twenty ewes and a ram of pure Merino sheep. Yours, truly, SAM. W. EVANS. P A WI 0 RSES. I bought a horse the first of last winter which appeared to be all right?in good condition, hair looked nice,' limbs all smooth? harnessed him to a sleigh and rode away. As often as I stopped and hitched he would paw with his fore feet and also with his hind feet; sometimes he would lift his hind feet so high as to get over the trace. Rode home and put him in the stable. Soon heard him pawing lustily. When I went into the stable he rushed up into the stall as far as he could, snorted, trembled and looked back at me as though he was frightened. This told me as plain as any language could, that he had been whipped for pawing. Here I found a trouble worse than pawing. There are but few more dangerous faults in a horse than to be frightened when you come near hira. I first went to work to cure this fault by petting him, feeding him from my hand and in the stall with apples, pears, gingerbread, popped corn and everything I thought would please him. Finally made him understand that we never use whips in our stable. I watched him to ascertain the cause of his pawing; found he was inclined to rub his sides and neck, and his mane was mostly rubbed off. On close examination, found small patches of eruption on the skin; also found just below the lower end of the short ribs, a soft wart about an inch long and half an inch thick ; this yielded to ashes, and was well in less than two weeks. I concluded that pawning was caused by itching, and that, whether the itching was caused by parasites, such as lice or itch, or by a humor on the skin, sulphur would be the thing; gave a large tablespoonful every day in his meal. Turned him out half an hour three times a week to prance and roll, and decided if this course was not effectual, my next would be to give him more work and less grain ; but he is cured. I never saw a better horse in the stable or hitched at a post. He has worms, which I shall treat with an injection of brine.?Cor. Country Gentleman. ? -? Clover.?In the fall of 1866, I selected about an acre of grey land with a heavy clay subsoil, and sowed it in wheat; strewed broadcast fifty bushels of green cotton seed, and nlowed them in with the wheat: then on the fresh plowed land sowed six quarts of Red clover seed, and left the ground without brushing or harrowing; obtained a fair stand. The next summer I reaped twenty-seven and a half bushels of wheat from this piece of ground. Suffered nothing to glean orgraze it that year, 1867. In February, 1868, I harrowed off the old wheat stuble and weeds, which disclosed a beautiful sward of young green clover two inches high. I commenced mowing the clover in May, and for six weeks I filled my racks each night for six head of mules?saving many bushels of corn and several hundred pounds of fodder. I believe it to be the most profitable crop I ever grew on an acre of land. The second crop of that year, or aftermath, as it is called, grew knee high, and loaded itself with blooms. This I let calves, sheep and goats eat, as it is this growth that acts so powerfully on the salivary glands of horses. Not being exactly satisfied with the stand of clover, I again in the fall of 1868, seeded it to wheat and clover, with the same application of cotton seed. I reaped twenty-three and a half bushels of wheat in 1869 ; kept off the stock ; harrowed off the old stubble and weeds this week, and the young closer is now three to four inches high, owing somewhat to the warm winter for its S1Z6. Tell "Young Planter," of Pleasant Hill, if he has land with a clay subsoil, even if it is sandv. not to be discouraged. Manure heavi ly, and when once the clover roots get down into the subsoil, it will stand the summer well and yield him an abundance of forage. Many advocate sowing in February or early in March J with oats. This certainly will avoid the winter freezing, which sometimes injures the stand J of fall-sowed clover.?R. W. Bonner, in Talj bottom ( Ga.) Standard. Paste that will keep a Year.?Dissolve a tablespoonful of alumn in a quart of warm water, and when cold stir in as much flour as will make it as thick as cream?mixing the flour in a separate cup so that it will not be in lumps. Add as much powdered rosin as will lie on a dime; and throw in a dozen cloves, to give it a pleasant odor. Put a tea-cup of boiling water into a tin dish, and pour in the flour mixture. Boil for fifteen minutes; if cooked in another pan of boiling water it will be less likely to burn. Let it dry away, and when needed, dissolve a piece in a little boiling water.?Country Gentleman. Chicken Cholera.?A correspondent of the Southern Cultivator says: "I know a lady who in the fall of 1869, began to feed her chickens on the seed of the plant known as Worm seed or "Jerusalem oak." Prior to that the cholera had been among her chickens almost incessantly. In a week it disappeared, and has not returned since. She continues 1 the remedy to this day, mixing it in the feed ! of the chickens, from one to three times a j week, using sometimes the leaves of the plant instead of the seed. These are the facts. I I cannot say what put a stop to the cholera." Department. THE LITTLE BOY THAT OKIES. I know a little dumpy boy, He's almost five years old, And he is but a baby yet,? I grieve to have it told. His eyes are black, but often dim With tears that freely fall; We've other babies in the house, But he out-cries them all! Sometimes we have a doleful wail RaJ/wo Iia'o Aiif rtf And while lie's dressed you'd be surprised To see the tears he'll shed. He hurts his finger?then he screams, Falls down?screams ten times louder; And if you laugh, you might as well Set off a keg of powder! He cries for bread, he cries for cake, He cries when some one teases; * And when he's washed, you'd really think He'd cry himself to pieces! But I must say?to speak him fair, lie is not always screaming; His black eyes often shine with fun, His face is bright and beaming. And he can laugh, and jump, andsing, And I am glad to tell you, His lips can smile and kiss as sweet As any little follow. And don't you think this little boy Should try to stop his crying? Weall should lovehim so'much more, It's surely worth the trying. SWALLOWING ^FIFTEEN COWS. "Swallowed fifteen cows!" said Bertie, in astonishment, looking up from her play. Her ears had caught the words in a conversation that was going on in the room. "Yes," answered her brother. "He drank them all up." "Drank fifteen cows! I don't believe it," answered the little maiden, firmly. "Hesold them and bought whisky and beer with the money," explained her aunt Katy. "Oh, oh, that was it. I see now. Well, it is funny." "No, not funny, dear, but sad," said aunt Ivaty. "The man had a wife and two little children, and he sold the milk from the fifteen 1 cows and bought them food and clothing, i But now, having swallowed the cows, as we were saying, his wife and children go hungry and cold, and he, a poor miserable drunkard, is in the alms-house. Isn't it dreadful to think of?" The children looked very sober. "You'll never catch me drinking up fifteen cows, nor one either, said George very positively. "I don't know as to that," repled aunt Kate. "The man we were talking about was once a little boy like you, with a healthy taste for food and clear cold water. As to ever swallowing a cow, much more fifteen cows, such a thing never entered his head. But you see what he came to be at last. How was it ? He began by taking a glass of ale or beer, or a little wine at parties now and then. This corrupted his pure taste and gave him an unnatural thirst which only strong drink could satisfy. After ale and beer came whisky, rum and brandy; and the more and oftener he drank the more his thirst increased, until he became a poor, miserable drunkard. So you see, George, that no man can tell what he may come to. Maybe, instead of swallowing fifteen cows, you will get down, one of these days after you become a man, forty or fifty cows, and a house into the bar gain." "Now, aunty, this is too bad!" exclaimed George. "You know I will not." "So hundreds and thousands of little boys might cnce have said, who, now that they are grown to be men, are drunkards. There is only one way of safety." "What is that, aunty," asked the boy, looking up with serious eyes. "It is the way of total abstinence, as we call it?the only way of safety for boys or men. If you never drink a drop of intoxicating liquor you will never be a drunkard. If you depart from this rule no man can say to how low a depth of wretchedness and degradation you may fall. The worst drunkard in the laud was once a pure and innocent boy." "I'll never swallow even a calf!" exclaimed George, starting up and speaking with great earnestness. "Touch not, taste not, handle not, the unclean thing," said aunt Kate, "and all will be well with you. But indulge ever so little in drinking as you grow to manhood, and none can tell into what a great deep of hopeless ruin you may fall." THE LITTLE GIRL AND HER COPT. A little girl went to a writing school. When she saw her copy, with every line so perfect, "I can never write like that," she said. She looked steadfastly at the straight round lines, so slim and graceful. Then she took n? n *-? A flmi/lltr rvllf if An fllQ T"*Q rVQ1? U17 liCl uuu UUIJUIJ |yuu IV uu i/liu Her hand trembled ; she stopped, studied the copy, and began again. "I can but try," said the little girl; "I will do as well as I can." She wrote half a page. The letters were crooked. What more could we expect from a first effort? The next scholar stretched across her desk, and said?"What scraggy things you make!" Tears filled the little girl's eyes. She dreaded to have the teacher see her book. "He will be angry with me and scold," she said to herself. But when the teacher came he smiled. "I see you are trying, my little girl," he said kindly, "and that is enough for me." She took courage. Again and again she studied the beautiful copy. She wanted to know how every line went, how every letter was rounded and made. Then she took up her pen and began to write. She wrote carefully, with the copy always before her. But 0, what slow work it was! Her letters straggled here, they crowded there, and some of them looked every way. The little girl trembled at the step of the teacher. "I am afraid you will find fault with me," she said ; "my letters are not fit to be on the same page with the copy." "T /1a v\r\ f fln/1 -To it If tuifh tTAll eot/1 flto X UU UUb UUU lUUlb It 1 I'll JUUj OIWU bliu teacher, "because I do not look so much at what you do. By really trying you may make a little improvement every day ; and a little improvement every day will enable you to reach excellence by and by." "Thank you, sir," said the little girl; and thus encouraged she took up her pen with a greater spirit of application than before. And so it is with the dear children who are trying to become like Jesus. God has given us a heaveuly copy. He has given us His dear Son "for an example, that we Bhould follow his steps." He "did not sin, neither was guile found in his mouth." "He is altogether lovely," and "full of grace and truth." And when you study His character, "I can never reach that," you say ; "I can never be like Jesus." God does not expect you to become like his dear Son, in a minute, or a day, or a year; but what pleases him is that you should love him, and try to follow his example. It is that temper which helps you to grow, day by day, little by little, into his likeness, which /Iaoiwao 4-r\ oaa rin/l 1 rtttoo tfAll (a?? fi?ir_ UUU UCOIICO tu C3CC. UUU v to J\J U 1U1 UJing, and will help you. ? ?? Rich "Without Money.?Many a man is rich without money. Thousands of men with nothing in their pocket, are rich. A man born with a good, sound constitution, a good heart, and good limbs, and a pretty good head piece, is rich. Good bones are better than gold ; tough muscles better than silver; and nerves that flash and carry energy to every function, are better than houses or land. It is better than landed estate, to have the right kind of father and mother. Good breeds and bad exist among men as really as among herds and horses. Education may do much to check evil tendencies or to develop good ones; but it is a greater thing to inherit the right proportion of faculties to start with. The man is rich who has a good disposition, who is naturally kind, patient, cheerful, and who has a flavor of wit and fun in his disposition. The hardest thing to get on with in this life, is a man's own self. A cross, selfish fellow?a desponding and complaining fellow?a timid and care-burdened man?these are all born deformed on the inside. Their feet do not limp, but their thoughts do. Heading fov the J&Matft. CONDUCTKD BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] LIFE. In the word of God life ia compared to many things, all of which are calculated to impress it upon our minds that the days of /? T 1 *1 11 -1 A? man are iew. in cniianoou we sometimes come to the conclusion that manhood will never come; and in manhood we conclude that old age is far in the future. These are vain conclusions. The two extremes of life are not far apart. The years that hang heavily on our heads in childhood pass away rapidly in the latter part of life. Hours pass with the rapidity of moments as we near the western shore of life's voyage. Life is not only short, but it is full of trouble. None of Adam's race are permitted to pass from shore to shore on the sea of life without a storm. In most men it is storm from the cradle to the grave. Not unfrequently the breeze, gentle at first as the evening zephyr, is increased into a tornado. It fills the soul with sadness to contemplate a world peopled with immortal beings whose hearts are so often filled brim-full of grief. What countless millions of the human family groan beneath the oppressive burdens of care and anxiety ! The young mother's heart is rent with a grief which no mere words can describe as she stands over the grave and sees her tender babe laid in the dark tomb. How the father's breast heaves with grief as he stands watching with intense anxiety his dying boy. Life is full of sorrow to us all. Siu and misery are wedded. Wherever sin nrnpa misorv fnllnws. Ts t.hprp nn rp.mprlv fnr life's sorro# ? Is there no place where sorrow is unknown? Yes. The blood of Jesus cleanses from all sin and removes sorrow from the heart. There is a happy home for the believer in Christ. In heaven the turmoil and troubles of earth are unknown. God will dry every eye and soothe every heart in heaven. f Original.] PROSPERITY OP THE WICKED. Many a pious man has gazed with astonishment at the worldly prosperity of those who have no fear of God before their eyes. This troubled one of the best men the world has ever seen. Unless closely examined it is a difficulty. From the many gracious promises which are made in the Bible to the righteous, we would be led, on a partial examination of the subject, to conclude that every thing the good man touched would be turned into gold. On the other hand we might be led to conclude that the home of the wicked would be filled with squalid want. Such, however, is not the case. At present, as of old, the wicked often have more of the good things of this world than their hearts desire; while the righteous are supplied with only daily bread. There are many ways of accounting for this seeming inconsistency. Worldly prosperity depends simply upon strict obedience to the laws of God's providence. In the bestowment of the gifts of providence, God does not propose to discriminate between the believer in Christ and the infidel. On the contrary, in the dispensations of his providence He is good unto all. He sends his rain upon the just and upon the unjust. The laws of God are of two characters. The one is, by universal consent, appropriately called the moral law; the other may with great propriety be called the natural law. Neither of these oan be broken with impunity; but the punishment which follows the violation of the moral law is very different from that which follows the violation of the natural law. The penalty in each case is different, both with regard to their character and with regard to the time of their infliction. The violator of the natural law suffers in his body, and usually immediately. The violator of the moral law suffers in his soul, and mainly in the world to come. Men in the world to come will not be punished, we suppose, for violating the natural law of God; but for transgressing the moral law. Obedience to both or either of these codes is followed by a blessing commensurate with the obedience. The same difference obtains with regard to the rewards that it does with respect to the punishment. Those who obey the natural law of God are blessed in their bodies; and those who obey the moral law of God are blessed in their souls. The former receives his reward in this world; the latter must wait until time ends and eternity begins. "When we make an application of these principles, we can in most cases satisfactorily account for the prosperity of the wicked men. If food and raiment were in some mysterious way brought to the homes of the ungodly, then there would be a real difficulty in the c-.-i. i uuse. OUU1I, UUWCVCI, ID IIUI bllC UiUC. lUUOC wicked men who prosper in the things of this world, are obedient to the natural laws of God. They are industrious and frugal, aud in perfect accordance with the natural law of God, riches increase. The prodigal always comes to want. This is the law of God and the hand of the dilligent maketh rich. The rebel against God's providential laws must inhabit a parched wilderness. When obedience is rendered both to the moral and natural code, the greatest amount of happiness is secured. Then the soul basks in the smiles of a reconciled God, and plenty of the good things of this world is supplied to meet the demands of the body. We are persuaded that a practical understanding of these two codes of law under which the human family are placed, will explain many seeming contradictions in the circumstances of individuals. 967* Should prayer offered in public be an oration? A few mouths ago we went to i ? ^ o J ! v^nurcn oil a ouuuay evening iu ? inigc wuutry town, and heard something which so impressed us that we have since thought about it very often. It was not the sermon ; there was nothing memorable in that It was a prayer, or, at least, when the minister began he said: "Let us pray," and the people bowed their heads as if in supplication. Then we heard, first, a brief eulogy on human nature, setting forth its dignity and independence. Then there was a description of the horrible and enslaving effects of superstition, and of false views of the character of God, which have always been entertained in the Christian Church. After this, the results of modern theolopical'orit.ioism were summed UD. and the prayer concluded with a sketch in outline of the "good time coming, when man will be emancipated from the bondage of traditions, and rites, and superstitious usages, and will reverence and worship only the Divine in his own nature." This is no caricature; it is an accurate report of what we heard on the occasion referred to, and in important respects it is much like that we have often heard in our own denomination and in others. There is a great deal of praying in public that closely resembles speech-making. Of course we intend no criticism of the obvious ideas and opinions of the minister whom we heard ; we only ask, whether such an oration can properly be termed a prayer ??Liberal Christian. ' fgtaHanctrus fUMiwj. THE ABDUCTION OF DR. BRATTON. FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL. The Free Press, published in London, Ontario, Canada, in its issues of July 16th aud 17th, gives the subjoined detailed report of the proceedings in the trial of I. B. Cornwall, on the charge of the forcible abduction from Canada, on the 4th of June last, of Dr. J. Rufus Bratton, of Yorkville, S. C.: The charge of forcible abduction against J. B. Cornwall was yesterday at noon brought : up tor turther hearing before ilia Honor Judge Elliot. Mr. Barker appeared for the prose: cutor, Dr. Bratton; and Mr. Bartrara for the accused. The cabman Bates was first called, and testified as to having been engaged by Cornwall ! on the fourth of June last, and recounted the circumstances of the arrest on that day. On being asked he denied having given any assistance to Cornwall in the matter, beyond performing his duties as driver. Dr. James Rufus Bratton was next called, and deposed that on the afternoon in question he was walking out on Waterloo street. He saw a cab standing in the distance, and three men ; two of them were standing in the road and the other was seated on the box; as he walked on the two men separated, one going towards Mr. Evans' kiln, the other coming towards him ; the latter he recognizes as Cornwall. When within about six feet of him Cornwall sprang toward him and seized him in a rude and violent manner by the arm and shoulder, telling him he arrested him under a warraut. He (Bratton) demanded to hear the warrant read, and desired his assailant to show cause why he should be arrested. Cornwall returned that he would do that soon enough. Witness resisted and still demanded to know the reason of his arrest, but received no satisfaction beyond being told that he would find out soon enough. A struggle ensued, in the course of which both of them fell to the ground. Cornwall knelt on his body and arms, and proceeded to put manacles on him. He called the cabman to help him. Here Mr. Barker asked him if he knew who the cabman was; if he could identify him in the Court room. Witness, after closely scanning those in the room, and especially a number of people seated on a bench inside the railing, among whom was Bates, failed to identify the man. savins "his annnaintanee with him had been too short." Witness proceeded?As soon as he heard Cornwall call to the cabman, he called out to him that he (the cabman) should rather assist him (Bratton) for Cornwall did not know who he was arresting. After some further struggling, the cabman came to Cornwall's assistance, and held witness' arm ; the handcuffs were then placed upon his (Brattou's) wrists, and he was led between the two men, Cornwall on the right and the cabman on the left, to the cab, into which he was pushed. Cornwall gave orders to drive to the station by the back streets. Witness asked that they should drive around by his boarding house on Wellington Street, Mr. Hill's, to get some of his clothes, but this was refused. While on the way, witness repeatedly protested against the degradation of the irons upon his person, and demanded to know the authority upon which Cornwall proceeded. Cornwall told him to keep quiet, and not create any outcry lest he should expose himself with the handcuffs upon him. Witness returned that he did not fear to be taken before any Magistrate or Commissioner for examination, but objected to the humiliation of the irons. Upon again demanding to hear the warrant read, still protesting against the arrest, and telling Cornwall that it was not law, but force and violence, Cornwall read a warrant in his hearing. He (witness) then said the warrant did not embrace his name; did not call for him, and afforded no legal pretence whatever for his arrest. Cornwall then said that it was not his province to discriminate between persons ; he (Bratton) would have to go to Windsor, where he would have a chance to vindicate himself before Mr. Commissioner Caron, by whom the warrant was signed. Witness objected to go to Windsor, saying he was prepared to submit himself to any authority of this city, and he thought that in a place of 20,000 inhabitants there should be some authority competent to deal with him. He was told that Mr. Caron was the only Commissioner for this district, and that he should have to go before him. He could also get 11 1 1 _ TIT* 1 TITt il . gooa iegai aavice in vvinasor. vvnen ine cab arrived at the station it stopped, and the driver said the train (Pacific Express) was late. They then drove up and down one of the back streets until the train arrived. Then the cab was stopped, and the driver came to the door and asked Cornwall for his money.* Cornwall said, "You know me; I shall be back in the morning; then I shall pay you." After that he produced a 810 bill, and asked him if he had change. The cabman got change, and some 83 or 84 was paid hira. Cornwall then took witness to the Pullman car, and thrust him in the anterior part of it, into a small apartment with one or two seats. Afterwards the conductor provided them with a better apartment. I remember no one getting into this apartment except the porter on the train; Cornwall said we ought to get to Windsor by 10 o'clock; no one except the porter came into the compartment until we arrived at Detroit; Cornwall and the porter conversed together in the car, and after they had done, the porter locked the door; neither Cornwall or I had tickets, and I saw no money paid for our railway fares; I spoke to hira of the various lawyers in Windsor, and he mentioned the names of O'Connor and Prince as two very able men ; I had no other conversation with Cornwall, except as to the lawyers, until we arrived in Detroit; I did not hear Windsor announced from the train either by the conductor or porter; when the conductor called Detroit, he could not pet in. and Corn ~ 7 - C3 ' wall opened the door for him ; so soon as the door was open, Hester, the detective stepped in and said "You go with rae nowwitness here described Hester's appearance, which corresponded with the description of previous testimony ; I saw Hester before the day I was arrested, once at the Corpus Christi festival at Mount Hope, and also on the G. W. R. station platform before we started; the same man was on the field at the time I was arrested; I replied to Hester when he said he wished me to go with him, "No, I'm under Canadian law, now; that warrant does not allow you to detain me here, and I, under protest, refuse to obey you ; neither your government, or you, sir, have a right to detain me here, and if you do, you will pay for it." At the conclusion of this sentence, the crowd in Court made demonstrations of approval, which the Court immediately suppressed. Witnsss continued?Hester then arrested me on a United States warrant, having the signature of the President of the States written thereon; Hester, after I remonstrated with him, said, "I will show you that I have a commission to arrest you," and we then proceeded to the room where there was a light; he then showed me a commission, both as Detective and United States Marshal, but my name was not on the warrant; Cornwall was present during this conversation; we then went to the police station, and all my papers, pocket-book, money, <jK, were taken from me; I was afterwards put into a cell in the police station; I was there for a? hour or two when Cornwall and Hester came and called me, and the Superintendent of Police let me out where Hester and Cornwall were; the former then asked me to go with him and Cornwall to an hotel, and I gladly accepted the invitation ; we got a room in the hotel, with three beds in it; I told them if they had no objection, I would go to bed, and did so. Cornwall sat up all night, with the exception of a few minutes; there was a good deal of whispering between the two, with a third party at the door, but the conversation was inaudible to me ; I do not know who the third party was; Hester frequently went out during the night; there was a rustling of paper and \ an examination of my memorandum book , while I was in the bed ; I also heard in the i room a sound as if some one was counting ! money?like as if a payment of bills was be-' ing made; there were very few papers in the j book; the leaves of my memorandum book were too stiff to produce the sound I allude to ; I did not see Cornwall put anything in his pocket at that time; between three and four o'clock in the morning Cornwall left the room, and before he left the two detectives had a whispering conversation ; I saw no more of Cornwall after that; I was taken to Yorkville, South Carolina, by Hester, and was not allowed to come back to Canada; I was not taken before Commissioner Caron, at Windsor, nor any other Canadian magistrate; I certainly was taken across the lines out of Canada against my will on that occasion by Cornwall. At the end of the above witnesses testimony, Mr. Bartrara asked for an adjournment. as he had been taken completely by surprise by the appearance of Dr. Bratton here. He desired an adjournment in order that he might prepare the defence. Mr. Barker replied that he never was asked if Bratton was not coming. The Court replied that the case was postponed until Bratton should arrive, and as he was present he could not see the necessity for an adjournment. Mr. Barker?At the outset of the case, the defendant's counsel (Mr. Bartram) desired to have Dr. Bratton here so that he might prove his client's innocence. The Court?Let the case proceed. Cross-examined by Mr. Bartram?I came first to London about the 22nd of May ; I did not come here under my own name, but under that of Simpson, for prudential reasons. Witneee here declinod to state the reAflone unless ordered by the court, which the latter did not press. Continued?I was charged with an indictable offense, and changed ray name so as to avoid arrest; remained at the Revere House here a few days, and walked out night and morning when the weather was favorable; I did not hide in the house; when Cornwall arrested me, he said lie did so under a warrant ; I then demanded that he should read it * 1 l .1 1 - A J 1 ana snow nis autnomy; ne reiu?eu, uuu grasped ine round the throat; I resisted and endeavored to strike him with a cane and choke him; he was the strongest, however, and mastered me; he had one hand cuff on me when he summoned the cabman to assist him ; the latter assisted Cornwall by holding my arms; I then told the cabman to go and get a person that I was acquainted with ; he replied he could not, as he had to obey Cornwall ; the cabman walked to the cab on my left side and Cornwall on the right having hold of my arm ; I did not notice any person on the common while the scuffle was gong on except a woman and two children on the northern part of the green; Cornwall did not read the warrant to me until we were on Richmond street; it purported to be a warrant signed by Mr. Caron at Windsor; the name on the warrant was James Wm. Avery; I told him I could give him every satisfaction that I was not the person, and he said it was not for him to discriminate ; he also replied that at the proper time there would be a person able to testify as to witness' identity ; I never saw Avery either in London or Canada ; when we were riding down Richmond street, Cornwall said to witness, "I know you are Avery, because I saw you walking down street with your daughter the other day;" I told Cornwall to let me see Mazyck before I went away and he refused me; I wished to go before a Canadian magistrate, and consequently yielded the more readily to the arrest ; Cornwall gave me no reason why he would not take me to my boarding house; after we drove south of the track, Cornwall told me the train was behind time; don't remember Cornwall telling me that he had not time to go my boarding house; when we went into the car Cornwall said to the conductor, we will go into the parlor, and when we had been in there a few minutes, the train moved off; Cornwall told mo, in reply to a question, that we ought to reach Windsor by 10 o'clock; since mj^wrrest 1 have thought that the place where we stayed some length of time was Windsor; at that time 1 asfced uornwau wny we stayed so long here, and he replied that he reckoned something was wrong; no one that I heard called Windsor, and we stopped at the place twenty minutes or so; I swear positively that I did not know I was crossing over the Detroit river; I had no idea but that I would be taken to Windsor, according to promise; I did not hold conversation with any one on the train except Cornwall; when I reached Detriot I asked the conductor if this was Windsor, and he replied in a gruff, indifferent manner, "I believe it is;" I then said "you must be a curious conductor that can't tell positively whether this is Detroit or Windsor;" I then appealed to three or four parties who were standing close by, whether I was in Detroit or Windsor, and they all assured me I was in Detroit; the person who was to identify me in Windsor as Avery, knows both him and I perfectly well; the cabman took hold of me by the arms and held me until Cornwall put the handcuffs on, but did not after I got up ; I made no effort to get out at Windsor from the fact that I did not know I was in Windsor. To Mr. Barker?The person who was said to be able to identify me has not been called to give evidence against me ; I did not object to go to Windsor, but desired to be tried by Canadian authorities. Chas. Hutchinson, sworn?Cornwall is not a constable of the county of Middlesex, nor was he on the 4th of June. E. M. Moore sworn, and testified that Hester. whose aDDearance he had heard Dr. Brat ton describe, boarded at the Tecumseh Hotel from the latter end of April until the 5th day of June. John Ready, one of the cabman, sworn and testified to being hired by Hester the night previous, and was also told by that gentleman that he would be required the next afternoon by four o'clock, if available. Mr. Barker?That's the case, your honor. Mr. Bartram asked for an adjournment until morning, in order that he might have time to prepare the defence. The Court adjourned at 3:50, until 11 o'clock this morning. The adjourned investigation of the charge against Isaac Bell Cornwall for kidnapping Dr. J. R. Bratton, on the 4th of June last, was resumed yesterday at 11 o'clock before His Honor Judge Elliot, and in the presence of a large crowd of spectators. The following is a copy of the warrant upon which the arrest was made by Cornwall: warrant to apprehend. to all or any of the constables or other peace officers in the said county of essex Whereas, James William Avery, late of the State of South Carolina, hath this day been charged upon oath before the undersigned, a Commissioner for the purposes of the Act respecting the Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America, for the apprehension and surrender of certain offenders, for that he, on the second day of March, A. D. 1871, did, at the county of York, in the State of South Carolina, one of the United States of America, feloniously aud of his malice aforethought, kill and murder*one Anderson Brown, and hath on account of the said felony fled from the said State of South Carolina, and come into the Dominion of Canada, and is now residing at the city of London. These are therefore to command you in Her Majesty's name forthwith to apprehend the same James William Avery, and bring him before mo or before the Judge of the County Court of the oounty of Essex, to answer nnto the said charge, and to be further dealt with according to law. Given under my hand and seal, this 21st day of April, A. D. 1872, at the town of Windsor, in the county of Essex aforesaid. Francis Caron, Commissioner, Under 31st Victoria, Cap. 94. The first witness called was? William Bartlett, of Windsor, sworn.?I was present at the time Cornwall laid the information against the man Avery named in the warrant, and it was understood that he (prisoner) would be back in a lew days witn the man Avery; he also said that the U. S. detective had gone to Detroit to procure further evidence, so that the wrong man might not be arrested; Mr. Caron said to Cornwall 1 to bring the man named in the warrant before him ; Cornwall said he would bring him before him in a few days; witness has crossed the Detroit river on the ferry boat, and should think that a person who was not awfully sound asleep would be likely to hear it; a person awake would be sure to know when the cars were going on the ferry; the machinery of the boat does not make much noise. To Mr. Barker.?Mr. Cornwall stayed at my house all night; ray wife is a sister of Mrs. Cornwall's; was present at the interview between Caron and Cornwall; did not hear Cornwall say to Caron that he was a constable ; there was a general conversation about a man named Avery who it was supposed had committed murder and was at that time (April) in London ; Cornwall told Mr. Caron ^ . iij ..1. T ?a? ...K/v tnai ne nnu seen tue iuau iu uuuuuu nuu miu U. 8. detective wanted; the sheriff of this county, Cornwall told rae, had introduced the U. S. detective to him; Cornwall found out afterwards that the man he had arrested was not Avery; I had several conversations in London about the matter with Cornwall; I have frequently crossed from Windsor to Detroit in Pullman cars; I don't think a person could go over the Detroit river on the boat without knowing it. Dr. Bratton was called by Mr. Bartram, who asked the court to be allowed to ask the question, given the day previous, whether the witness had been charged with grave offenses. The witness said there was a charge of murder against him, but so far as he knew there was no truth in it whatever. If any of those present were there, they could form some opinion of the state of society. Witness continued?I gave an affidavit to be laid before the Canadian Government; I presume they will lay the matter before the U. 8. Government; I. was taken from Detroit to Yorkville, South Carolina; I was placed in jail on the charges against me until I got bail; when they found I was not Avery I got many persons to go my bail; Hester did not know I was Bratton, at least he did not call me that when I was arrested in Detroit; the charges against me were conspiracy and murder; I presume the man, Hester, thought I was Avery. To Mr. Barker?In every indictment in these cases there is a count for murder in each of them ; they never push the murder count, but go on with the conspiracy cases invariably. R. Bates, sworn?Cornwall did not call him over to his assistance while the arrest was being made; when the arrest had been accomplished, Cornwall called me over; I did not assist in putting on the handcuffs; when I came up, the doctor had two of. his fingers caught in the handcuffs, and I heard him ask Cornwall to release him. To Mr. Barker?I did refuse to tell, the morning after the abduction, until I was told if I did not I would be prosecuted; "you told me it would be better for me to tell you all about it;" I visited your office and told you all about it; am not sure whether this was after I was told I would be prosecuted if I did not; when Dr. Bratton swore his fingers were not caught in the handcuffs, he says what is not correct; at least I think I am right, (laughter). Chas. Hutchison sworn.?There was a person called at my office, and showed me extradition papers for a man by the name of Avery; Cornwall was in ray employ as Deputy Clerk of the Peace. That was the case for the prisoner. Mr. Bartram then addressed the Court in a long speech on behalf of his client, contend A I- ? * An a r\f lrirlnnnnintf I LI ^ tliat tlic UOQC TT OO UVb UUU v/4 ai\iuu>|>|iiu^ j that Bratton went over to Detroit of his own accord, and that Cornwall relinquished possession aud all care of him after the manacles were removed. He spoke for an hour. Mr. Barker also reviewed the evidence, and showed most conclusively that the prisoner had committed the felony charged, and on both counts of which the evidence was very direct against him. He recounted the testimony adduced and mentioned that the evidence given by Bates and Bratton was similar, except in those points where if the former " * had told what he really knew about the affair he would have criminated himself. The whole matter, he said, was so clearly proven that no other conclusion could be arrived at than that the prisoner was guilty of the crime of which he was charged. His Honor spoke of the offense in terms of condemnation, especially when the prisoner was known to be a man of undoubted ability, and well versed in criminal law. The supposition was that the deed had been committed for gain, and for his part, he could not, reviewing the evidence adduced, find any other verdict than that the prisouer was guilty of the crime. Mr. Bartram?On both counts, your Honor. His Honor?Yes ; the charge on both counts has been clearly proven. Mr. Barker asked that the judgmeut of the court might be pronounced upon Isaac Bell Cornwall, convicted of the crime of kidnapping. His Honor enquired of the prisoner if he had anything to say why the sentence of the court should not be passed upon him, to which Mr. Cornwall replied "I have nothing to say, sir." ? 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