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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ? ANDERSON, S. C~ THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1879._VOL. XV-NO. 8 THE BOBBERS OF TUE GRAVE. Disgraceful Bickering for the.Boneg of A. T. Stewart. Full particulars of the negotiations between Henry G. JRomaine, who pro? fesses to have in his keeping the re? mains of the late A. T. Stewart, with Judge Hilton, through ex-Postmaster Patrick H. Jones of New York city, have at last found their way into the newspapers. The plate and ornaments from the coffin were returned, so as to leave no doubt of the body's being in the possession of Bomaine ,* also a piece of paper which was found to fit exactly the place in the cover of the coffin from which a piece of velvet had been taken. Failling to induce Judge Hilton to ac? cede to their terms, the robbers next urged Mr. Jones to bring the matter di? rectly to the attention of Mrs. Stewart. The correspondence opens with the let? ter received by the latter from Henry G. Romaine, on the 26th of January last, of which the following is a copy: Montreal, Canada, Jan. 24,1S79. The Son, H. P. Jones, Counsel New York dly: Sib?Surprising as it may seem that such a being exists, nevertheless friends in your city assure me that you are an honest lawyer. Your public career and private character strengthen that belief to such an extent that I remit herewith a retainer of $100. Having thus es? tablished the relation of counsel and client, I request your professional assis? tance in the following matter: That no doubt of my sincerity and ability to perform what I promise may exist either in your mind or the minds of those more directly interested, I in? trust temporarily to you as such counsel the articles which " accompany this let? ter. I am prompted to this for the rea? son that numbers of offers of a similar character from irresponsible persons have been addressed to the immediate family of the late Alexander T. Stewart. The unbroken silence maintained by me un? til now was prompted by a desire to al? low Judge Hilton to exhaust every means and pursue every clue that prom? ised success, and thus himself be con? vinced of how fruitless were his labors. That he has been as tireless in the search as he would be remorseless in the prose? cution were the perpetrators discovered, is known to all. But, sir, he labors to no purpose. The press, the people and the police have been beaten from the start Their the? ories and the progress of the pursuit were daily published in the New York Eapers, and, of course, were read by me. ,et me assure you, sir, that there never was a moment when success was possible. The remains were taken before 12 o'clock on the night of the 6th, and not at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 7th of November. They were not taken away in a carriage, but in a grocer's wagon. They were not taken to any house near the graveyard, but to one near One Hundredth and Sixteenth street. They were then enclosed in a zinc-lined trunk previously prepared, and left on an early train.' They went to Pittsburg, and from there to the Dominion. There they were buried. Except that the eyes have disappeared, the flesh is as firm and the features as natural as the day -of interment, and can therefore be instantly identified. The. enclosed piece of paper is exactly the size of the piece of velvet taken from the coffin, while the small strip sent you will prove to be of the same piece as that of the coffin. If any additional proofs are required, the plate will be sent you upon inserting the following personal in the New York Herald: "Canada?Send P-. Counsel." One word more. If you decline to act, a friend will call for the retainer sent you. If you accept, confer at once with the Bev. Dr. Rylance, Mr. Clinch, Judge Hilton and Mrs. Stewart. Tell them not to attempt to trace the writer of this, as it will result in nothing, for I know that I am perfectly free from extradition, and as no man on earth except myself holds any of the proofs, or knows where the remains are buried, they never can get to me. When you are satisfied that the relatives of Mrs. Stewart will talk busi? ness, insert the following personal in the New York Eerald: "Canada?will do business. Counsel." Then you will hear from roe again, and be referred to my representative. Yours respectfully, HexeG. Romaine. P. S.?To insure safe delivery of the proofs I send them by special messenger. MEANS of identification. A few hours before the receipt of this letter a package containing a screw, four screw-caps and the piece of velvet re? ferred to in the letter were left at Mr. Jones' office at No. 150 Nassau street. On the same day these articles were takefe to police headquarters and deliv? ered to Superintendent Walling. Three days later the "personal" calling for the forwarding of toe coffin plate was pub? lished as directed, which brought forward the following reply: Boston, Mass., January 31, 1879. P. H. Jones, Counsel, New York City : Immediately on arrival of Herald con? taining personal I decided to express the plate from this city, and thus avoid the discovery and publicity which would cer? tainly follow the examination of the package by the custom officials of the Dominion. You will doubtless receive it to-morrow. You will at once confer with the au? thorized representatives of Mrs. Stewart, and permit them to satisfy themselves of its genuineness. Having done that, you will await further instructions, which will be forwarded after the insertion of the second personal: "Canada?will do business. Counsel." You are especially requested to maintain the strictest se? crecy, and you can assure Judge Hilton that any business done with me will never be known by mortal man. Yours, &c., Henby G. Bomaine. The coffin piate was duly received per express from Boston, and on February 1 was delivered to Superintendent Walling. On February 5 Mn Jones, at the request of Judge Hilton, inserted the "second personal" in the Herald, and two days later Mr. Jones wrote acknowledging the receipt of the two letters and the pack? ages, and accepting the retainer. This letter closes with the remark by Mr. Jones that he thought "that the Judge (Hilton) is anxious to recover the body of bis friend, as we all are to see that the real remains are deposited in the place designed and prepared for their recep? tion." the robbers' teems. Bomaine was prompt with his reply, getting forth the only terms upon which the body would be restored: Boston, Mass., Feb. 11,1879. My Dear Sir: Your letter of the 7th inst., informing me of the acceptance of the retainer, and acknowledging the re? ceipt of several articles forwarded by ex ! press or messenger, has been received, j and your action in the premises thus far is fully approved of. Your purpose in j. visiting police headquarters so frequent? ly, of which fact the "sentry on guard" But once apprised me, is not approved, though, doubtless, honorable to yourself and just to me. It is very evident that {be sexton who permitted access to the vault was not as reticent as he might have been, else why the reference to that fact which appeared in the Tribune ? It is my judgment that you should confine and confide everything solely and only to Judge Hilton. The responsibility of any publicity will then rest with yourself alone, and as absolute secrecy is essential to success, you will hereafter rigidly ad? here to this course. It was hardly neces? sary to inform me that Judge Hilton was convinced of the genuineness of the proofs, as that will be established by the production of the body. Immediately upon the appearance of the second per? sonal, notice was sent to the principals to assemble and decide finally upon the amount and the manner of effecting the delivery of the remains. This will ex? plain the delay in replying to it. After several sessions they have decided upon the following, and have instructed me to inform you that they have separated with a mutual pledge of faith never to con? vene again until their demands shall have been acceded to: 1. The amount to bo paid shall be $200,000. 2. The body will be delivered to your? self and Judge Hilton within twenty-five miles of the City of Montreal, and no other person shall be present. 3. The money to be placed in your hands or under your control until Judge Hilton is fully satisfied, when you will deliver it to my representative. 4. Both parties to maintain forever an unbroken silence in regard to the trans? action. These are the first, last and only terms which will ever receive attention. You can confidently inform Judge Hilton that detection will be, as it has been, utterly impossible, as you will pay the money to a prominent merchant of your city, and he to one of the most eminent lawyers in Canada. By him it will be handed to me, and by me distributed. State to him also that ample precautions have been taken to preserve by the best scientific means the body in its present excellent state of preservation, and that he will recognize it instantly. Having commu? nicated the contents of this letter to Judge Hilton, you will await his decis? ion, which you will inform me of by a personal in the Herald. Counsel. Canada?Terms accepted. Until that appears you will not hear from me again, and as you never have, nor ever wHl see either myself or those for whom I am acting, you must permit me to subscribe myself, your unknown friend, Henry G. Romaine. P. S.?If the amount demanded be re? garded as extravagant, the answer is that it is insignificant when considered in con? nection with the immense estate of up? wards of fifty millions of dollars left by the deceased gentleman, and the gen? erous, charitable donations of his estima? ble and excellent wife last Christmas, which, according to report, aggregated fully one-half the amount required to re? store him to her. And nothing less will ever be accepted. the terms declined. Upon this letter being submitted to Judge Hilton, he caused a "personal" to be inserted in the Herald, refusing to consider the terms proposed, and declin? ing any negotiations through "personals." Sir. Jones replied through the mail on February 16th, expressing a desire that the business might soon be closed, as he was annoyed by the detectives, and his "business and comforts" were interrupt? ed. He assured "Romaine" that he need feel no uneasiness at .his frequent visits to police headquarters, as there was noth? ing said there which would hurt him in the least. He also informs "Romaine" that "while the police, myself, and, I think, Judge Hilton, believe that you have the remains of Mr. Stewart at Mon? treal, I do not think that he wants them. At least he does not evince much anxiety in the business?not so much as he ap? peared to at first." "Romaine" lost no time in sending the following reply to the last personal and letter: Montreal, Canada, Feb. 19,1879. My Dear Sir: Your favor of the 16th instant informs me of the action of Judge Hilton, in requesting permission to insert a personal refusing to consider the prop? osition submitted in my letter of the 11th, and declining any negotiations through personals, has been received. Though we may admire his promptness we can? not commend his prudence. It is to be regretted that you did not obtain from him some definite information as to what his views were in the matter. His mo? tives, if mercinary, would prove him an ingrate?the vilest of human reptiles? for the fortune of his friend is more than sufficient to secure the prosperity of the living and the peace of the dead; while he hesitates, because he hopes that detec? tive stupidity may stumble upon success, he does injustice to bis owu intelligence. He never, never will succeed in discov? ering the desecrators of the tomb, and his experience and expenses in the past should convince him of that fact. He declines to negotiate through personals. How, then, does he propose to attain the object for which this correspondence was commenced? By personal intercourse with the principals in this affair? Such a proposition is too preposterous to dis? cuss. But perhaps his ingenuity has devised some practical method by which the body may be restored to Mrs. Stewart without disclosing the identity of the perpetra? tors. Let him inform you of it. He de? clines our plan; we await his. What we more particularly desire is some definite information as to what be will do and how he proposes to do it. When that is received we can act intelligently. You will, therefore, communicate with him immediately, and ascertain his purpose, and inform mo of the result. We have decided upon a definite course of action in this matter, and do not intend to be easily diverted from it. Respectfully yours, Henry G. Romaine. In accordance with the directions in this letter, Mr. Jones waited on Judge Hilton and showed it to him, and in a letter to "Romaine," dated February 25, informs him of the result of the inter? view, stating that Judge Hilton asked for a proposition, although in Mr. Jones' opinion he did not care to continue nego? tiations. This letter concludes as fol? lows : "I am satisfied that while Judge Hil? ton believes that you have the body at Montreal, he does not care to recover it, but that he wants the person who took it. He says that he wants the body in New York, and that he does not care to go to Canada. That is for yourself and Judge Hilton to say. My advice is, that neither yourself or the article be in New York, for I will not be auswerable for the action of Judge Hilton in case you are found here. I desire to discharge my own duty to you in the premises. That is my judgment. Do as you please. I am in. receipt of your remittance of ?250, for which I am obliged." APrEAL TO MRS. STEWART. Romaine's reply directed Mr. Jones to break off all communication with Judge Hilton and lay the whole correspondence before Mrs. A. T. Stwart herself. Its date shows equal promptness with all his other correspondence: Montreal, Feb. 28,1879. My Dear Sir: Your favor of 25th in? forming me of the future of the negotia? tions between yourself and Judge Hilton has been received. It is labor lost to con? tinue this correspondence. The question has now resolved itself into an issue be? tween the possessors of the person and the possessors of the property of Alexan? der T. Stewart. You will herafter hold no communication with him either di? rectly or indirectly, but will proceed forth with to place in the possession of the per? sons originally mentioned accurate copies of all the correspondence which has passed between us, accompanied by a statement in writing from yourself rela? tive to your action in and connection with this matter. It is needless to inform you that we have the greatest confidence in your fidelity, judgment and discretion, and will not for a moment entertain any proposition looking to a substitution of other counsel. Accompanying this let? ter is a facsimile of all my communica? tions to you which you are instructed to deliver personally to Mrs. A. T; Stewart. She can have, if she desires it, secure possession of the body of her husband within forty-eight hours after the re? ceipt of this letter. We now submit the matter to her discretion, confident that the paltry pittance demanded for the restoration of the remains of him whom in life she loved will be by her consider? ed nothing when compared with happi? ness and peace which the possession of them wil afford her. Inform us prompt? ly of the success or failure of your mis? sion. Respectfully yours, Henr-?; G. Romaine. the amateur detective. Sometime in March Judge Hilton sent Dr. Sidney H. Carney to Mr. Jones, as described in the Tribune of last Saturday with a formal offer of $25,000 for the body without the conviction of the robbers. This offer was communicated to Romaine to which he made the following reply : Montreal. March 30,1879. My Dear Sir : Your two letters, dated the 14th^and 24th instants, respectively, have been received. Abscence from the city delayed their delivery till Saturday, which will explain my apparent neglect in replying to them. The terms pro? posed will not be accepted, nor will we entertain any proposition emanating from the same source. If Judge Hilton persists in his refusal to visit Canada fur the pur? pose of identifying and accepting the re? mains, we will allow him tosend a substi? tute in the person of the Hon. Henry Rus? sell his son-in-law. Our reason for refus? ing to permit Dr. S. H. Carney to accompa? ny you is that, though ostensibly a physi? cian, he is in reality a detective. If you, after having received it from us, choose to surrender it to him that is your affair. He doubtless desires to be the person who shall restore it, knowing that his reward in gratitude and gold would be proportionate to his service. That is a matter, however, for you to determine. This letter closes our correspondence on this subject. We are engaged upon a matter that promises to be profitable, and cannot longer occupy our time with this affair. You will immediately inforn the representatives of Judge Hilton that his munificent offer of $25,000 is respectfully but firmly declined. Whenever he is prepared to pay a piece worthy of the position and fortune of Mr. Stewart, and thus relieve the mental misery of his suffering and sorrowing wife, he will ob? tain it, but not until then. Respectfully yours, Henry G. Romaine. In acknowledging the receipt of this let? ter on April 2d, Mr. Jones gave his client some advice which was promptly accep? ted, as shown by Romaine's next letter: Montreal, April 5, 1879. My Dear Sir: Your letter of the 2d inst. has been duly received, in which you suggest the decision contained in our let? ter of the 80th ult., we declined to hold any commmunication with Dr. S. H. Carney in the matter now under consid? eration. You are informed that our de? termination is modified to the extent you desire as you very sensibly state that it is a matter of no consequence who pays for or receives the remains. Respectfully yours, H. G. Romaine. This closed the correspondence between Mr. Jones and "Romaine." mr. jones indignant." On Saturday last Mr. Jones, who be? lieves that he has been subjected to im? proper reflections in published inter? views with Judge Hilton, sent him the following open letter: No. 150 Nassau Street, New York, \ August 1G, 1879. J Hon. Henry Hilton: Sir?In regard to the Stewart matter, which has occu? pied the attention of some readers of the newspapers, I understand from a repor? ted interview that you state that I know more of the matter and the personnel of the thieves than has been printed. Be kind enough to assert squarely what you mean. It may lead to judicial investigation. If so, I say that I will not commence any civil action against you for defamation, and will not seek any other redress than to make you tell the truth if lean. This is an opeu letter. Patrick H. Jones. He Thought It Was Her Hand He Squoze.?An Ohio merchant tells the following old story about himself. Where he lives is a secret except that i t is not a mile and a half from Xen ia Court House: When I was about seventeen years old I made a trip to Cleveland, Ohio, in the old fashioned stage coach, with its spank? ing four horses. At Mount Vernon, about 4 p. m, a pretty girl came aboard. She sat on the back scat, next to an el? derly, farmer like looking man. I was on the middle seat immediately in front of her. I soon struck up a pleasant chat with her. She was a charming talker, and almost as brilliant as she was pretty. It looked as though wo were mutually pleased. When dark came I concluded there would be no harm in giving her hand a gentle squeeze by way of a feeler. I reached behind and got "hold of the hand. I was a little startled at the hardness but it returned a vice liko pres? sure. I squose again and it squose back. A sense of disappointment would steal over mo when in my mind I would con? trast the seeming toughness of her hand with the tenderness and sweetness of her voice. The contact did not seem to ar terealize my blood quite up to the point of exhileration. At last she reached her destination and left the coach. After we bad started again the old rooster who sat beside her addressed me tbusly : "Young man, do you feel all right? You had a nice time tugging at my old paw for the last five miles; hope you en? joyed it." The two young ladies on the front scat giggled all the way to the next station, and the gentlemen passengers didn't for? get to smile when I looked up. I have been more successful siuce in that line. The bad effects of imprudence in eat? ing and drinking are speedily removed, and the depression following eating is quickly banished by the use of Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills. Price 25 cents. SURGERY'S ROMANCE. The Discovery of the Properties of Ether? The Accident Which Led tu its Use?A lit? tle Nigger In Georgia Tho Original Vic? tim of its Application. Correspondence of the Chicago Enter-Ocean, New York, Augusts. "The two greatest gifts that science has conferred upon humanity are vaccination and anaesthesia," said an eminent physi? cian the other evening at a social gather? ing. It occurred to your correspondent that in walking through the charming little park adjoining the Boston commons had been observed a stately monument of white marble upon which was carved the simple inscription, "To the Discoverer of Anaesthesia." Name and date there was none; but to give character to the stone, the figure of a wounded soldier was rep? resented upon the top. "Who was the discoverer?" I wondered and inquired, without being enlightened, and not until last night did I strike the source of information, and put the ques? tion direct, with an apology for my igno? rance. "Well," said the aforesaid doctor "if Dr. Sims was here, he would tell you all about it, but he is still in Europe. Call on Mr. H. L. Stuart and he will relate to you a ROMANCE IN the HISTORY OF SUR? GERY. Mr. Stuart I had heard of before as a veteran journalist and a level-headed, genial man of affairs, one of the founders of the Woman's hospital, and an intimate friend of Mr. Horace Greeley, to whom, by the way, he introduced Whitelaw Reid, when the latter was the youthful correspondent at Washington for the Cincinnati Gazette. How this introduc? tion led to the present position of the editor of the Tribune must be reserved for another letter. Mr. Stuart was found, and I will give the readers of the Intcr-Occan ns nearly as memory permits in his own words, tbe history of anaesthesia. "You came at a very appropriate time," Baid the gentleman, "for while we are talking Alexander Stephens is deliver? ing an address at the commencement ex? ercises of the university of Georgia on tbe same subject. "To beghi with, Sir Humphreys Davy was the first to suggest the use of nitrous oxide gas in surgical operations. Forty years rolled by, and no advautage was taken of his idea, and nothing more was heard of the matter until Horace Wells, of Hartford, Conn., came to Boston in 1845 to lay his discovery of anaesthesia through nitrous oxide gas before the medical profession and the world at large. "He dated the discovery at 1844, his mind being turned toward the subject by a desire to prevent suffering during the extraction of teeth. He noticed at a lec? ture, where several of the audience look "laughing gas," that one of the number fell over a bench and was badly injuired, but unconscious of pain though the blood ran down his '.eg. Struck by this fact, Wells experi? mented upon himself bv having a molar tooth pulled while unter the influence of the gas. The operation was painless and, filled with enthusiasm, Wells pro? ceeded to Boston and persuaded tbe cele? brated Dr. Warren to use it during an imputation. Unluckily, the gas-bag was removed too soon, the patient screamed aloud, and Wells was hissed out of the amphitheater and called a humbug. The mortification nearly killed him. "In 1846, Morton, the former pupil und then a partner of Wells, pursued the experiment, and at the suggestion of a ihemist, substituted sulphuric ether in place of the nitrite oxide with great suc? cess. He then went to Boston, adminis? tered to the patients of prominent sur? geons with the best cf results, and from that time it came rapidly into use by the profession throughout the world. "In October, 1846, Morton and Jack jon (the chemist) procured a patent for their anaesthesia "Lothen," which was nothing more nor less than pure sulphu? ric ether. Jackson soon after resigned his interest in the patent to Morton, and sent a com? munication to the French institute claim? ing the honor for himself. A brisk warfare then ensued between the two, and, while it was raging, Wells sailed for Europe to present his claims as the real discoverer of anaesthesia. He was denied by the French institute, and returned homo to draw up the papers which should prove his rights. This brought on a tripartite battle. Morton and Jackson declairing Wells' anaes? thetic devoid of the necessary proper? ties. To silence them, Wells' immediately gave it in several prolonged operations with success, but, notwithstanding this, he saw that nitrous oxide gas would be sup? planted by sulphuric ether. Disappoint? ed, dispirited, and disheartened, he made one more effort to prove his claims and rights as the discoverer, in this city in 1848, but became suddenly insane, and killed himself. "A few years after (1853) Morton ap? plied to congress for a grant of money for the discovery of anaesthesia. The friends of Wells came to the front, and opposed him, and this controversy, strangely enough, brought to light THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERER, Dr. Crawford W. Long, of Athens, Ga. Where he had been all this time may be briefly explained. "It seems that between the years 1S30 1S40 the young people of tho country towns of Georgia indulged in a novel amusement in concluding a dance or a quilting bee by what was called an "ether frolic;" that is, they inhaled ether. This was, of course, productive of great amusement, as affecting different temperaments in different ways. Some would laugh and sing oth? ers weep mournfully and a general romp frequently ending in a fight, would ensue (what a picture of social life). At one of these parties, 1837, was a rogu? ish boy of 17, called Wilhite. "Having all inhaled the ether some of them more than once, and in search of amusement, they captured a negro boy who was passing to experiment upon. Frightened, he tried to get away; they held him, and Wilhite, pouring some ether on a handkerchief pressed it over his mouth and nose. He fought furi? ously for a few minutes and then became unnaturally quiet, to the surprise of his captors, who expected some ridiculous performances. "In vain they tried to wake him from his death-like stupor, and in alarm they sent for the nearest doctor five miles away. When ho arrived the girls had fled, with a dim idea that they would all be hung for murder, and Wilhite was ready to fly the country. Dr. Hees heard their story, and immediately gave the poor little darky energetic treatment twith cold water and rough shaking. Finally he roused him from a stupor that had lasted while the ride to Athens and back(ten miles) was taken. "This was the first cose in which sul? phuric ether was given to tho extent of PROnUCING COMPLETE ANOiSTIIESIA and the administration, it must bo re raerabered, was accidental. "A few years afterward Wilhite went to study medicine with Dr. Long. Dr. Long (now dead) was born in Daniels ville, Ua., in 1815 graduated at the uni? versity of Georgia, in 1835, and while there was the classmate and friend of Alexander Stephens. He practiced medi? cine for several years in Jefferson and in 1S45 took a number of students, all bright and rather jolly young men, and one day they begged the doctor 'just for fun,' to give them some ether; he laugh? ingly complied, and took some himself. Alter this, on several occasions, they in? dulged in these 'ether frolics,' Dr. Long becoming so excited that he had forcibly to be controlled, as he injured himself. Noticing afterward how he bruised his hands and arms, and that his pupils suffered in the same way without feeling any pain whatever, he spoke of it and announced his determination to experi? ment during an operation to see if it could be made painless through ether. Wilhite encouraged him by relating the adventure with the negro boy in 1839. "In 1842, on the 30th of March, an op? portunity offered, and Dr. Long removed a tumor from the neck of Mr. James Vcnable, safely and without pain to the patient, to whom ether was administered upon a towel. This was the first time that anaesthesia had ever been intention? ally produced, aud antedated by two years and eight months the discovery by Wells, and four years and four months the discovery of Jackson and Morton. "Dr. Long followed this up with a large number of other operations, all successful. but waited for a capital one before de? monstrating his discovery before the public. He took no patent for it, neither did he secrete it but went quietly on his way, using no public claim until 1852, when his rights were presented to con? gress by Senator Dawson with such un? questionable proofs that the movements of Morton were immediately blocked. "The controversy waged long and se? riously. All the great men of the day took an active interest in it, but in the end congress took no step in the matter. Wells was dead, Dr. Long remained quietly in the background, and Morton, after years of unceasing endeavor to ob? tain recognition from the government, became morbid and disheartened; con? gestion of the brain ensued, and one day escaping from his room he drove wildly up Broadway, through Central park, leaped out of his buggy, jumped over the fence, fell down insensible, and being carried to St. Luke's hospital, died there an hour after. "Jackson, embittered and defeated, consumed with jealousy and distrust, became hopelessly iusaue, and is now in an assylum. What a sarcasm of fate that three of the four men instrumental in the use and discovery of anaesthetics, Vi'hose aim was to soothe the suffering and alleviate the pains of countless thou? sands, all became insane. "The matter rested quiety for a time, in fact, until 1877 when a Dr. Wilhite of South Carolina, while in New York wit? nessing some of Dr. Sims' operations, made the statement that he had witnessed the first operation ever performed under the influence of ether. Dr. Sims was at once interested, and questioned his informant closely, to find that he had assisted at the operation himself, and was the young Wilhite who played the trick upon the little darkey. "Dr. Sims entered into the matter with spirit, declaring that all Americans, in? dependent of party prejudice of section? alism, ought to demand of the govern? ment a proper recognition of the discov? erer who had given to the world a gift equal only to that of Jenncr; and that remembering how gratefully and gener? ously England acknowledged James Simpson, who was knighted and enriched for the introduction of chloroform we should blush for the blind unthankfulness we had shown our countrymen. "Dr. Sims called a public meeting at which Professor Doremus, the Bev. Henry Ward Beecher, Dr. Frank Hamilton and others made speeches. Hardly was the movement in fair working order before he was obliged to go abroad. Since then I have done what I could, and Alexander Stephens has taken vigorous hold of it. Next winter a bill will be properly drawn up and presented to congress asking for honorable recognition of Dr. Long's service to his country. "To-day, in his speech at the com? mencement exercises, Stephens will? after placing the matter before the alumni, including tho most distinguished men of the state?appeal to them to recommend the state legislature, now in special session to honor Dr. Long by choosing him as the subject for the companion statute to that of Governor Oglethorpe, to be placed in the house of representatives, where, it will be remembered, each state is to be represented by two of her most distin? guished men, not chosen from the liv? ing." "Then Dr. Long has died." "Yes, over a year ago, of a severe ill? ness beginning with softening of the brain. I forgot to add that Mr. Ste? phens will also recommend that the university order a life-size portrait of him, to be hung in the main hall, and to be painted by that eminent artist, Frank B. Carpeuter." "Yes," said Mr. Stuart, warming up in enthusiasm, "could there have been a grandeur tribute science to from science, or from science to humanity than this? Thank of the terrible wars that have rav? aged the world the last thirty years; think of the millions of wounded and bleeding soldiers it has comforted ; think of the thousands of tender and sensitive women it has helped to bear disease and terrible operations ; think, even of the brute cre? ation, now sent to a painless death when they died tortured, and you can appropri? ately turn the old quotation : When pain and anguish wring the brow, Administering angel thou, 0 ether! "CltESS." An Old Soldi er Found in* a Mar? ket Garden.?A curious (supposed) relic of the war has been found near the city which atTords not a little interest to those who have seen it. It is an old ter? rapin which was captured a day or two ago upon the farm garden of Mr. Lewis, the Governor's gardener, a few miles northwest from Richmond on the Brook Road. The terrapin appears to be very old. The right front side of the upper shell has been broken, apparently a num? ber of years ago, and the edges have since grown or rubbed very smooth. On his back there arc one or two scars which look as if they had been made by an axe. But the most curious fact about this stranger remains to be told. Upon the undcr-shcll a number of letters and figures have been cut, and are now much disfigured by time. Some of them, how? ever, are very legible. The letters "Co. C, 33d R. I." are very plain. On the same line with the "11. I." are two let? ters which seem to be "N. C." The "C" is quite distinct, but the other letter looks almost as much like an "M" as an "N." On the line below are the word and figures "Ts., 1862."?Richmond Via patch. A MODEL WAREHOUSE. Description of Messrs. P. W. "Wagencr & Co.'s contemplated New und Commodi? ous l'litco of Business. Ar?.? and Courier. The property southwest corner of East Bay and Queen street, together with the property next south on East Bay and the three adjoining buildings to the rear on 1 Queen street have been purchased byCapt. F. W. Wagener, and workmen are now busily engaged in taking down these several buiiding3 to make way for a structure that, for convenience and ele? gance in design, will be unexcelled in tbe South. The building which wo are about to describe is intedeud for tbe large and growing merchandise business of Messrs. P. W. Wageuer & Co. Mr. Wagner lira contracted with Mr. R. P. Southard for the erection of the building, which will be commenced dur? ing next week and pushed forward for completion and occupation by the 1st of January, 1SS0. the building is to be of the style of architecture known as the Victoria Gothic, in common use in London, New York and Boston, and of imposing grandeur and proportion. The building is to be three stories in height, GO feet from the ground to the roof, hav? ing a frontage of G7A feet on East Bay, continued by a round corner (similar to the one of the Carolina Bank on Broad and East Bay) running into Queen street, and continuing to the depth of 206 feet. To the back or rear it runs out to an L shape, which will be 73 feet wide by 66 in depth. The building will be three stories high from the front to the depth of 150 feet, and the remaining 56 feet re? duced to two stories. It will be con? structed of brick. The front will h- of pressed brick plain and moulded, laid to ornamental patterns, to be made by the Peerless Brick Company, Philadelphia. The first story will be 16 feet in tbe clear, the second 15 feet and the third 13 feet. The building on East Bay will be en? tered by four large segmental arched doors, 8 by ]4 feet, ornamented at the top with transom lights; the second and third stories front will have each five large ornamented windows. The front on East Bay toward the roof is designed in three portions, the center portion being higher than the two sides and projecting a little beyond them. This will be rich? ly ornamented. The round comer which turns Queen street will be twelve feet front, and this will be the most ornamen? tal and attractive face of the building. A large segmental arched door wtih glass side lights will take up all this space, and this door will be the entrance to the offi? ces. Over the entrance at the second story will be a projecting balcony to be ornamented in taste and elegance, and to form the imposing feature of the de? sign the windows to the third story will correspond with the front, crowned with ornamental cornices, and the whole is to be finished with a flag-staff twenty feet high. On the Queen street side the building will be rough-cast. Toward East Bay there will be four large win? dows and then a large door. From this door, which will be near the center of the side, there will bo six small air windows, and at the end of the building another large door. The second and third stories to the side will each Lave ten large win? dows. the interior of the buiiJing will be one large open space. The second and third floors and the roof will be supported by a row of iron columns twelve feet apart, running the entire length of the building. The first floor will have a storage capacity of twelve hundred tons, tiie second about one thousand tons and,tbe third about nine hundred tons. There will also be a cellar of from six to seven feet clear un? der the building. The goods, wares and merchandise will be transferred from one floor to the other by means of elevators. One of these elevators will bo situated at the front of the store on East Bay, and the other to the renr of the store near the Queen street door; the latter will be a steam elevator with a hoisting capacity of two tons. There will be located in the cellar refrigerators for the keep? ing of cheese, butter, &c, iu summer seasons. the offices will be entered from the round corner door, and will be located on the first floor on the Queen street side. First we enter the sample room, dimensions 12 by 20 ; from this the business office of same dimensions, and from this latter Capt. Wagener's private office, a room ten feet square. These offices will be separated one from the other by a fancy panel rail? ing, which will render them easy of com? munication, one with the other, and with the store. In the business office, there will be a firep; oof vault four by six feet. In the rear of the private office will be a staircase running to the second floor, and from thence to the third, aud this will be the only stairway to the building. When this structure is completed it will be an ornament to the city. This build? ing is of the model plan now adopted in tho large growing cities of the great West and in New York and London, and it promises to be an enduring monument to the thrift and enterprise of the firm for whom it is built. Grew the Woon for His Coffin.? A remarkable story is told of the late Capt. Stone, of Moundsville, who was buried at the beginning of this week. Thirty-five years ago he came from New Orleans to Moundsville to make his home, and brought with him two seeds of a mahogany-like tree that flourished near his former home. These he planted, re? marking to his family that he would have his collin made from the tree. One of the seeds died, but the other flourish? ed and grew. From a shoot it became a sapling, and finally, in the course of thirty years, grew to a fine tree. About eight months ago a severe wind storm passed over Moundsville, and Captain Stone found his tree laid prostrate. He had it dried, sawed into lumber and sent to a t'ittsburg firm. In a short time it was returned to him iu the form of a beautiful coflin, and for four months it was preserved in his residence. About two weeks ago he contracted a sickness that culminated in his death, and his de? sire being fulfilled, he was laid away in the coffin he planted thirty-five years ago.? Wheeling ( W. Va.) Register, Ana. 6. His Occupation Gone. Had the Arkansas "doctor" that "tap? ped" the fat man, thinking he had "drop sey," that finding no water pronounced it "dry dropsey," living to-day, he would, like Othello, liud "his occupation gone," for Allan's Anti-Fat, a purely vegetable remedy, safely, but positively, reduces corpulency from three to six pounds per week. Sold by druggists. ? Says Josh Billings, "Whenever I see a real handsum woman engaged in the wimin's right's bizzness, I am agoin' to take off' mi hat and jine the proces shun." Agricultural Progress. The many agronomic heresies both in theory and practice which we observe around us here in Fern Bank, and which it is to be presumed obtain more or less over the whole country, have set us to cogitating upon the cauoes thereof, and we have unwillingly come to the conclu? sion that agriculture, "the nursing moth? er of all the arts," as she is rightly claimed to be, lags far behind her chil? dren on the road to progress. The dear old lady has gotten into a rut and we fain would lend a hand to pry her, and to do so, we must endeavor to "persuade her of a fact which she certainly does not prac? tice, even if she is aware of its existence, aud that is, that brain work is quite as necessary to successful farmiug as what is called in rural parlance "elbow grease." Hercules, the Samson of the polished pagans of antiquity, shouldered a heavy job when he contracted to clean out the stables of that untidy old farmer Augea, in which 3,000 oxen had been stalled for many years, but the enterprising Here, worked with his brain as well as his hands; he saw at once that with bis dung fork, his shovel and his barrow, it would be impossible to get through with the job, so he set his brain to work and turned a couple of rivers through the stable and so filled his contract. To be sure the waste of all that valuable ma? nure was a crime against good husbandry, but there was no stipulation for its sal? vage specified in the contrct. Moreover, the place could not have been cleaned in any other way. So we faucy that if our good old nursing mother would make a little more use of her brain she would get along much better and march in the front rank along with the other arts, all of which are the fruits of her womb and the nurslings of her breast. Nor does it seem to us that agriculture gets her fair share out of our costly public schools. Far lrom it. Indeed it strikes us that the tendency of these schools is to incline the rising generations to shun the hon? orable toil of the husbandman, and the equally honorable mechanical employ? ments, and to seek among the unhealthy excitements of the cities to live by the uncertain chances of trade and specula? tion, or the more than equivocal pursuit of petty politics. As the ignorant re? cruits of the French armies were taught to believe that each carries in his haver? sack the baton of a Marshal, so are our farmer boys taught by the schools that they are all destined to fill some fat pub? lic office, and the girls are made to be? lieve that thumping on a rickety, un? tuned piano, makes far sweeter music than the revolving churn, or the rustic hum of the spinning-wheel. Do any of our public schools, even those in the very hearts of agricultural communities ana remote from cities, im? part to the farmer's children these ele? ments of natural science, such as geology, entomology, botany and others absolute? ly essential to the proper understanding of the rural industries to which they are destined ? If they do we are not aware of it, and among their text-books we certainly have never seen one directly and exclusively devoted to agriculture. SIIEEP HUSBANDRY. One of our neighbors, probably the most extensive, landed proprietor in this section of Ohio, has gone into sheep rais? ing on rather an extensive scale for this part of the country. Previous to his do? ing so, we had many discussions as to the variety of sheep which he should intro? duce as best adapted to the topography, soli and climate of his farm, and its loca? tion in reference to a market?all vital questions to permanent success, and not lightly to be decided; the problem to be solved was whether he should breed ex? clusively for meat or wool, or for the two combined. Finally and fortunately, as it turned out, he consulted the great work on "Sheep Husbandry," by H. S. Randall, who advises as follows: "No one breed of sheep combines in the high? est perfection all those points which give value to these animals. One is remark? able for the weight, or early maturity, or excellent quality of its carcass, while it is deficient in quality or quantity of wool, and another which is valuable for wool, is comparatively deficient in carcass. Some varieties will flourish only under certain conditions of feed aud climate, while others are much less affected by those conditions, and will subsist under the greatest variations of temperature and on the most opposite qualities of verdue." In selecting a breed for any given lo? cality, we are to take into consideration, first, the feed and climate, or the sur? rounding natural circumstances; and, second, the market facilities and demand. We should then make choice of that breed which, with the advantages pos? sessed, and under all the circumstances, will yield the greatest net value of mar? ketable product. ltich lowland herbage, in a climate which allows it to remain green during a large portion of the year, is favorable to the production of large carcasses. If convenient to market where mutton finds a prompt sale and good prices, then all the conditions are realized which call for a mutton, as contradistinguished from a wool-producing sheep. Uuder such cir? cumstances the choice should, undoubted? ly, in my judement, rest between the im? proved English varieties?the South? down, the new Leicester, and the im? proved Cotswold or new Oxfordshire sheep. In deciding between these, other and more specific circumstances are to be taken into account. If we wish to keep large numbers, the Down will herd much better than the two larger breeds. If our feed, though generally plentiful, is liable to be shortish during the drouths of summer, and we have not a certain supply of the most nutritious winter feed, the Down will better endure occasional short keep. If the market calls for a choice and high-flavored mutton, the Down possesses a decided superiority. If, on the other hand, we wish to keep but few in the same enclosure, the large breeds will be as healthy as the Downs. If the pastures be wettish or marshy, the former will better subsist on the "rank herbage which usually grows in such situations. If they do not furnish so fine a quality of mutton, they (particularly the Leicester) possess an earlier maturi? ty, and both give more meat for the amount consumed and yield more tallow. PREMIUM CROPS. Now that the season for agricultural fairs is about to open, a few words on the subject which gives title to this article may be opportune. We confess that we do not see any good reason for awarding premiums, as is the custom, to the heav? iest ox, the fattest hog or the largest crop made upon a given surface of ground, without reference to the cost of pro? ducing such results. Would it not be more .wise to award premiums to those crops which have realized to the culti? vator the 77103/ profit ? We find among our papers a letter ad? dressed to the late John 8. Skinner, the pioneer of the Agricultural Press in America, which letter, though written thirty-two years since, illustrates our po? sition so forcibly that we give it entire: "About fifty years have elapsed since a wager of fifty guiueas was laid between Mr. John .tcveus, of Hobokeu, aud Dan iel Ludlow, Esq., of Westchestcr, who w ho would make the heaviest crop of In (Uan com on three acres. To avoid all doubt as to measurement, a precaution was taken which I recommend to all agricul? tural societies, to be enforced against competitors. Mr. Stevens sent a man to measure LudWs land, and Ludlow sent one to measure Stevens'. Stevens won, making on three acres 354 bushels and 6 quarts, being one hundred ami eighteen bushels and two quarts to the acre ! Mr. Ludlow 98 bushels and 4 quarts. "I send you the process for publica? tion if you will provide that no more premiums will be offered for heavy crops, except on condition that the crop shall exceed these, made fifty, (now eighty two) years ago, and that it be done by the instrumentality of some new and economical and profitable (implement or mode of culture, that shall be pronounced a discovery in agricultural economy, and worthy of being followed as a new and profitable application of labor and capi? tal. For, after all, that's the philosophy of the case, and the only view or condi? tions on which such premiums should now be awarded, after $10,000 has been bestowed for the same old things; and the same may be said of many others besides heavy crops on small patches, if you overhaul the old standing lists." We fancy no useful purpose can be served by publishing the details of the processes by which these remarkable crops were made, but it may serve a use? ful purpose to state that Mr. Ludlow ap? plied 200 horse-cart loads of street dirt, and Mr. Stevens plowed in 700 loads of street manure! Is it not unwise to encourage such ex? travagant farming as this? It reminds one of the turnips that Horace Grcelcy produced at a cost of two dollars each. ?Agricultural Editor of Cincinnati Times. Project of a Marine Railway Aceoss the Isthmus.?Captain J. B. Eads is in Washington. Having opened the Mississippi River to commerce, he is now turning his attention to another great engineering feat?the establish? ment of interoceanic communication across the Isthmus of Daricn. This he proposes to do by means of his marine railway. His plans for this railway have not been exactly completed. He has, however, gone far enough to demonstrate, to his own satisfaction at least, the entire feasibility of the marine railway. Ho will submit his plans to the govern? ment at an early day, and expects to secure national co-operation in his work. Captain Eads purposes to take a ship out of the water on one side of the isth? mus and transport her across in less than twenty-four hours, without injury from straining or otherwise, the cargo to re? main intac*. The ship after being taken out of the water, is to be placed in a cradle. The railroad tracks will be perfectly straight, and have no change of grade iu them. He would avoid curves by turntables and change of direction when necessary. Turntables that can be elevated at one end and depressed at tho other are to overcome the grade. He does not expect a grade anywhere of over fifty feet to the mile. His railway would cost one quarter as much as a canal, he estimates, and could be finished in one quarter the time. He says he has talked with capitalists and others in New York and elsewhere about this ma? rine railway. Men acquainted with work of this character are perfectly satisfied as to its entire feasibility, and he states that capitalists can be found willing to assure its completion.? Washington Star. A Native White Race in Africa.? Major Pinto, a Portuguese explorer of South Africa, who has recently returned, claims to have discovered an unknown race of white men in that country. In a lecture he said : "I here made one of the most curious discoveries of my journey. I one day noticed that one of the carriers was a white man. He belonged to a race entirely unknown up to the present day. A great white people exists in South Af? rica. The name is Cassequere; they are whiter than the Caucasians, and in place of hair have their heads covered with small tufts of very short wool.? Their cheek-bones are prominent, their eyes like those of the Chinese. The men are extremely robust. When they discbarge an arrow at an elephant the shaft is completely buried in the ani? mal's body. They live on roots and the chase, and it is only when these sup? plies fail them that they hold any rela? tions with the neighboring races, the Ambuelas, from whom they obtain food in exchange for ivory. The Cassequeres are an entirely nomadic race, and never sleep two nights in the same encamp? ment. They are the only people iu Africa that do not cook their food in pots. They wander about in groups of from four to six families, over all the territory lying between the Cuchi and the Cubango. It would seem that from a crossing of the Cassequeres with the negroes of other races, sprang these mulattoes of the south whom the Eng? lish call bushmen. The latter are, how? ever, better off than tho Cassequeres, and use pots in cooking their food, while their dispositions are good, though-quite opposed to civilization. How the Sea is Salted.?Many peo? ple imagine that ocean water is naturally salt, and will be surprised to know that the salt comes from the rocks, and is washed into the the sea. The sea de? pends on the disintegration of rocks on land for its saltness. It does not origi? nate in oceans and seas. Rains wash it and hold it in solution as particles are liberated by violence, decomposition, and gradual action of many natural forces. All streamlets and rivers, therefore, are constantly transporting salt to the sea. If there is more than can bo held in solu? tion, then it accumulates in masses at very deep points, which in therevolutiou to which matter is subject, may again be a stratum of salt somewhere remote from where the mass was formed. Thus the salt mines of Portugal, and tho vast hori sontal bed of pure salt in Texas, as well as that mountain of rock-salt in Domingo, was collected at tho bottom of ancient seas, which are now dry land, remote from water. There are places in Africa where the process of disintegration of salt from water is regularly going on, but there is not water-power enough to force it onward to the sea. Hence, the particles are spread abroad and mixed up with soil. Care In Selecting Food.?The first conditions of healthfulness arc secured when care is taken in selecting the arti? cles which enter into our daily food. Let all the articles used be as pure, whole? some and easy of digestion as Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder, and we warrant that the health of tho family will not be likely to suffer. ? The culture of silk worms have re? cently been undertaken in West Felic iana parish, La., with such success that an effort is to be made to establish the industry there on a permauent basis. No country is b jtter adapted to tho silk culture than the islands in this coutry, and no crop could be made to yield a bet? ter return for the labor and capital em? ployed.