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YOL. II.?NO. 43. BEAUFORT, S. C., SEPTEMBER 13, 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
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ir I Should l)Ie To-Night.
If I should dio to-night.
My friends would look upon my quiet face,
Beforo th> y laid it in its final routing place, 1
> And deem chat doa'h had left it almoet fair ;
y And laying snow whito flowers against my i
hair,
Would smooth it down with tearfnl tonderneeB 1
And fold my bauds with lingering caress,
Poor hands, eo empty and bo cold to-night.
If I should die to-night, i
My frionds would call to mind, with loving i
\ thought, I
Home kiudly deed the icy hand bad wrought;
Homo gentle word the frozen lipa had said;
Errands on whioh the willing feet had spod ; 1
Tho memory of my selflshnosB aud pride,
My liaaty words, would all be pat asido,
Aud so I should bo loved and mourned to-night
If I Bhould die to-nicht
Even hea-to ontranged wonld turn onoe more
to me,
Recalling other daye remorsefully ;
The oyou that chill mo with averted glance
Would look upon me as of yore, perchance,
And soften, in the old familiar way,
For who could war with dumb, uuoouacionB
clay ?
So I might rest, forgiven of all to-night.
Oh ! friends, I pray to-night
Keop not your kisses for my dead, cold brow?
Tlio way in louoly, let mo feel them now.
Tnuik gently of mo; 1 am travel worn ;
My falter ng feet are pierced with ma >y a
thorn.
Forgive, oh! hearts estranged; forgive, I
pit ad!
When divamlot-H rout id mino I eha'l not need
The ton.l .lnesd for which I long to-night.
THE RESCUE.
A STORY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
During the Lift years of tlio war I was
nerving in thu capacity of petty officer
ou the United States ship of war E t.ex. ,
Sotue tune during the month ef March, |
18<!.3, and while wo were lying at our ,
station at Memphis, Tennessee, it wa? ;
my fortune to l>o ?u eye-witness to one
of the most terrible calamities pen ever i
attempted to describe. 1 rtfor to the |
burning of the steamer Sultana, caused ;
by the bursting of her boiler from being
overloaded, she having on board at the
time twonty-threo hundred and bixt} i
soldiers, all < f whom had just been re- ;
leaved froth Confederate prisons. ]
These poor fellows, as it were, almost
in sight of their long-lost hemes, were ]
hurled without a moment's warning to a j
terrible death. There were also ou j
board fort}' passengers, men, women and
children ; and, besides this im- j
mense load of human beings, her boiler j
deck was crowded with hor.-es and (
mules. i
I tirst saw the Sultana as she rounded |
the point below Fort Pickering, in plain i
view from our deck, and she presented '
the appearance of au immense moving i
mass of human beings; it seemed as i
though every foot of space, from her 1
hurricane deck down, was crowded. She 1
was loudly cheered by crowds of people, j
who lined the wharves and levees. She <
I steamed up by us, slowly, and tied up j
alongside of a coal barge, just above i
where wo were moored. It being in i
the early evening, and I having busi i
ness ash'.re, I thought no more of her i
for some hours. I remained on shore i
until noar eight bells (midnight), and us (
I came on board my own ship I noticed <
that she was still there; I could distinct i
ly hear the merry song of the rousta- 1
bouts, as they trundled the coal on <
board, mingled with the merry making <
of the soldiers. Ah, little thought they i
of the terrible doom that was soon to be- <
fall them I 1
I slung my liamm<>ck in the port j
gangway, it being the river side of the
ship, and was soon fast asleep. It seemed
to me, however, that I had scarcely
closed my eyes when I was awakened by
a confusion of sounds and discordant
cries, that seemed to come from the
river. Starting up, I distinctly heard
the words: " My God, help I" and I
supposed of course that somo unlucky
sailor had fallen overboard. About this
time the shrill pipe of the boatswain's
whistle souuded through the Bhip, accompanied
by the hoarse call: "Turn
out all hands 1" " Man the boats 1" and
before I could get on deck all the boats
had been maunod, and shot out in the
murky darkness, it being impossible to
see anything a cable's length ahead; but
a more appalling scene can hardly be
oonceivod. The river seemed to be alive ]
with drowning men, somo praying for ]
assistance, some cursing the fate which, j
alter a day or two of liberty, had cou- ]
doomed them to a horrible death, 1
others shrieking aloud in agony, while
ever and anon you could hear the last 1
gulp of some miserable wretch as he, <
screaming for assistance, sunk to |
rise no more. A few words from the 1
officer of the deck told the whole story.
The Hultana left the coal barge about ]
two o'clook in the morning, proceeding
on her way up the river ; and just after* <
rounding the point, some live miles
above tho city, her boilei exploded, and {
she had taken flre and was burning up.
Just at this time tho oaptain, who had |
been awakened by the confusion, cime
ont of hiso.ibin, and demanded an ex- 1
planation as to its cause. A few words 1
made tho necessary explanation. Ho 1
instantly demanded if the boats had all 1
been sent out. I told him they had, with 1
the exception of the llrst launch. This i
boat was a large, unwieldy oraft, carrying
twenty oars and a brass twelvepounder
swivel guu amidship. She had 1
no regular crew, a id was used, prin-11
oipally, for picket duty. Tbo instant
tho captain ascertained thnt she bad not
been sent out, ho ordered me to man
ber at once, take command, and pull out
to tbe rescue. Now, although this was
not in my line of duty, I promptly responded,
and soon succeeded in picking
up a motley crow of cooks, stewards,
cabin boys and idlers. But a great
difficulty to our further progress here
Kresented itself. Tho launch was lying
etween the ship and shore, and forward
of the stern line, which was drawn taut,
at a point just above the water line, and
all our attempts to get tho unwieldy
launch under it were vain. Here, again,
tho authority of the excited captain
Bolved tho problem ; he discovered our
dilemma, and shouted, at tho top of his
voice : " Cut iho lino and pull away."
An ax was soon fouud, and the immense
hawser lopped off: and we soon found
ourselves drifting toward tlio gulf of
Mexico. Tho crew beiug unused to
pulliug an oar in concert, were unable
to hold her stationary on the river, the
current boing very atrong. Wo managed,
however, to bring her to a standHtill
at a point nearly opposito to Fort
Pickering. Ordering the men to hold
her stationary, bow up stream, I took my
Btatiou forward bo as to bo able to assist
any who might come in contact with us;
and tho reader may judge something of
tho number of persons in the water
from tho fact that thirty-fiv<j were taken
out by us iu two hours. And light hero
begins tho coincidence which 1 started
out to relate. It was now broad daylight
; wo liatl beeu twice nslioro with
cargoes of living freight, both to lighten
our load and to give thoso that were
rescued a chauce to warm themselves by
tho large fires that had beeu built all
along the shore. Upon rtsnming our
Btation t.ho third time, near tho middle
of the stream, I saw floating tow.ird us
what was evidently tho head of a lady,
juBt abovo tho water ; all tho support
she had was a side casing to a itateroom
door. As she came up to tho bow of
tho boat, I seized her nud drew bor
aboard ; she murmured a fuiut " My God,
I thunk you !" and immediately became
insensible. She wis so benumbed with
cold that her form was perfectly rigid; the
Bailors immediately proffered round jackets
and overahirtB, in which I wrapped
her, uutil we could pull ashore ami deliver
her into the hands of tho Sisters ol
Charity. Soon after we wore towod by
a gunboat to our own ship, and I heard
nothing more of the lady until afternoon,
when I received woid by a messenger
boy that a lady wishe 1 to see mo at. the
Overton hospital. I repaired thither
immediately, and found tho woman we
had rescued lying on a cot, in a verj
leeDie condition, but tenderly cared for.
She poured out her thunkH for her deliverauoe,
but mourned deeply for her
husband and little girl, with whom she
was on her way up the river. They were
from Texas on their way North. Shasuid
h' r husband had four thousand dollars in
gold concealed about his person, and never
sould have kept afloat any leDgth of
time. Her little girl she had not seen
Jineo going to bed in her stateroom.
When she was awakened by the explosion
she fouud herself alone in her room,
ind rushed out into the cabin, where
the utmost confusion prevailed. The
ire was already sweeping aft, and driving
hundreds iuto the river ; and her
51)ly oseape from a lingering death by
tire was to jump into the river, nlieady
i surging mass of drowuiug horses,
mules, men, women and children. What
11 ap for a fragile woman ! but desp< rite
as it was alio must make it. Thrice
ihe had secured a partial support, iu the
shape of a door or a bale of goods, but
was ouch time rudely thrust aside by
strong men, frantic with terror. At
List she secured the little bit of board,
ivliicli was her only support until taken
ant of the water some three hours afterward.
God only knows what that poor
woman suffered in those hours of terrible
ng;>nv. Bereft of husband, child,
foi tuue,every thing gone, and nothing but
i frail piece of hoard between her and
h ath. The scene iu the hospital was heart reading.
A large portion of those rescued
u/V Korllu ono 1 /Iorl #-?? - ?
T* *w DV? L/UU1J U\-MIUOU| V/* UVI1C1 WIW 111*
lured. that they were in extreme agony,
?nd afterward died. Ont of twenty-five
limdred souls on board there were but
ibout three hundred Baved alive. 1
sailed upon tho lady two or three times
luring tho Riieceediug week, each time
liuding her a little stronger, but much
lopreated in spirit from the dark prosp.-ots
for her future.
Ten daya after the calumity I was
itaudiug near tho ?-teamboat lauding
watching a tiuelid as it slowly rounded
to and made fast to a wharf boat. As
soon as the gangplank was thrown" out a
nan sprung ashore with a little girl in
liis arms. Ho approached the spot whero
L stood, and, judging from my uniform
that. I belonged to the navy, addressed
m , inquiring if I knew whero tho survivors
of tho Sultaua cal mity were.
1 told him that I did, upon which he
ink ul me, with trembling lips, if there
were any ladies saved 1 told him
thoro were, aud, suspecting liis identity,
isked him if his name was not Euuis.
"My God! yos," said he, grasping
my baud.
"Thou, sir, your wife is ulivo and
well."
Tl )O rpflllnl1 /Mill luiffill* 1 mom'lin ln'o
than I can describe it.
" And tliip," said J, " is your little
girl."
Ho answered in the alllrmativo, and,
as we proceeded toward tbo hospital,
bold me bis singular story. On the night
of the accident, be bad taken bis littlo
girl from the stateroom into the cabin
to procure for her some water. Not
binding any in the after pArt of the
cabin, he left her there and went forward.
While forward the explosion occurred;
the boat parted in the center,
and thus separated him from his wife
and child in the moment of their direst
peril. Being a strong swimmer he kept
himself afloat in the vicinity of the The
wreck, and just as ho had secured for
himself a door, some white object drop- A
Eed into the water within four feet of Im
im. He immediately grasped it with Gf
a wild hope, that was gratified at once. Kai
It was his own durling baby, who had Din
been thrown overboard,to save her from pKi
tho fire, by Edwin M. Safford, a member ttn
of the Tenth Indiana cavalry. This his
Safford was saved by our boat, and was to 1
my guest on tho Essex for three days gelf
after tho accident; and from his descrip- ho i
tion of tho littlo girl I had recognized cati
thorn so readily at tho steamboat laud- ser
ing. Mr. Euuis kept himself afloat by mu
means of the door until ho reached a trai
point somo ten miles below Memphis, par
where he was rescued by an old colored des
man, who lived on an island near by, tho
who took them to his cabin and nursed of
them through five days of delirious in- Cac
sensibility. Upon regaining his mind, er
Mr. Euuis hailed tho first boat bound up onl
strenm, and was taken on board and goll
brought to Memphis, whore he landed ap<
with tho faint hope of finding out some- (
thing in regard to his wife. Ten min
utes' walk brought us to tho Overton; I r<
tlio meeting that followed I shall not ver
attempt to portray. Tho entire family
woro reunited. Mr. Ennis had saved offi
hi* money, nnd ten days afterward they ?
took passage on a steamer for Cairo. tha
opi
tie;
Coins of the World. 0V(i
Tho following is the valuo in round ?j.u
numbers, in cents of our currency, of ?..
tho coins of the world :
Australia?Gold, pound, 532, sover- Ut>^
oign, 185,
Austria?Gold, ducat, 228, sovereign, ,
675, crown, 664. Silver, old dollar, 102, P ,
old setido, 104, old llorin, fifty-one, new ..
do., forty-eight; new dollar, seventytwo,
Maria *1 lieresu dollar, 102. P1"
Belgium?Gold, twenty-live francs,
472; silver, five francs, ninety-eight.
Bolivia?Gold, doubloon, 1,559; sil- . "
ver, dollar, seventy-nine, half dollar,
thirty-nine. '
Brazil?Gold, twenty miireis, 1,090; J'11!
silver, double malreis, 102.
Central America?Gold, two scudos, 8n^
368; silver, dollar, 100.
Chili?Gold, doubloon, 1,559, ten wt 1
pesos, 915; silver, old dollar, 100, now
do., uiuety-eight. .
Denmark?Gold, ten tlinler, 700; "sil- '1 ?
Vi r. two regisdacn, 110. ,.u.^
Ecuador?Gold, four escudos, 755. v?
England?Gold, pound or sovereign, J,1"
480, do., average, 484; silver, shilling, J?"
new, twenty-throe,do., average, twenty- ,
two.
France?Gold, twenty francs, new, Wlis
385, do., average,384; bilver, five francs, Bmr
uinety-eight. , t
Germany?Gold, ten tbaler, 790,
krone, 004, ducat, 228; silver, old
thaler, scveuty-two, now do., seventy- Jjj
three, llorin, sixty-five. ,,
ureeee?uoiu, twenty drachms, 344; ,
silver, live drachms, eighty-eight. ,
Hiudostan?Gold, Mohur, 708; silver,
rupee, forty-six. 4 ?
Italy?Gold, twenty lire, 384. , .
Japari?Gold, old cobang, 444, new ^ _
do., 357; silver, it-zobn, thirty-seven, v?"
new d >., thirty-three.
Mexico?Gold, doubloon, average, 0
1,552, now do., 1,561; silver, dollar, .. .
average, 106, new do., 107.
Naples?Gold, six ducati, 505; silver, ,
sendo, ninety-tivo.
Netherlands?Gold, ten guilders, 390;
silver, two and one-half guilders, 103.
New Granada?Gold, doubloon, Bo- c_')
gota, 1,561, do., Popaytui, 1,537, ten () a<
ncsos, 967; silver, dollar, ninety-seven. ?
Peru?Gold, doubloon, 1,555; silver, . 4
dollar, old, 166, do. of 1858, sixty-four, 1 1
half do., thirty-eight.
Portugal?Gold, crown, 589.
Prussia?Gold, ten thaler, 797, crown, 44
664; silver, thaler, old, seventy-two, ?' '41
new, seventy-three. ,
Rome ?Gold, two and one-half scudi, ,'n<
260; silver, sen do, 105.
Russia?Gold, live roubles, 397; silv.
r, roublo, seventy nine. !l'
Spain?Gold, 100 reals, 465, eighty Q
do,, 386; silver, pistercen, twenty.
Sweden?Gold, ducat, 223; silver, rix ,
dollar, 111. . J1?}
Tunis?Gold, twenty-live piastres, ..
299; rilver, five piastres, sixty-two. ^
Cremation. oud
ure
Not more than five hundred persons ?
met at tho Cremation CouRress hold in tbii
Dresdou in Juno. All tho Gornmu gov- the;
ernmeuts except Saxe-Gotha are said to
by opposed to cremation. The Saxon roui
government has refused to accept largo prci
sums bequeathed to the charitable insti glai
tutions of Dresden by Professor Eber- fori
hard Richter because he had attached to the;
the legacy the condition that his body the;
should bo burned. Dr. Richter died a ?
short timo ago, and his body, which has zuti
been embalmed, will bo Hunt to Milau to oxel
ho burned. The rainisier of tho interior,
who has forbidden the cremation
to tako place iu Saxony, is the samo
Horr Nostitz-Wallwitz who allowed <
Lady Dilke's bony to be burned at .'
Dresden two vears axro.
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Agent for Them. "j1'
kill
In n thriving town of Michigan, a rnig
year or two ago, when the country was the
full of agents, ami almost everybody was ncei
agent for something or other, a ct rtuin the
infant of that town being blessed by the son
advent of a baby brother, was very in- con
quisitivo as to where the little stranger fasl
came from. Being iuformed that Dr. but
8. had brought it, he stood in a brown he <
study for a moment, when, with the in- hru
tolligent look of oue who lias solved a ing
difficult matter, lie asked : 8ay, pa, is ami
he agent for them?"?Harper'a. the;
THE STOUY OF A SCOUT.
i Mloux Indiana?How Many There An
?Incidents.
i correspondent, with the army, says
inde a visit to the pack train in searcl
an interview with the half-breec
aaka scout, Grouard; and, thougl
e o'clock in tho morning, I was sur
jed,.until I lenrned he had been on
night, to find him still Bleeping anc
breakfast nntasted. Determined no
ose the opportunity, I amused my
by wandering about tho train nnti
should bo presentable and communi
ive, and was much interested in ob
ving tho intelligence of the pacl
les. As there aro fivo differen
ins, of seventy-five animals each, tin
ticnlar one to which they belong ii
ignated by a peculiar clipping o
mane and tail; and at tho twinklinf
the led inaro's bell, not only doe;
li mule repair promptly to tho prop
train, but, with much precision am
y occasional mistakes, he places him
f in front of and faoing .his owi
irajo.
Irouard was feeling much refreshei
h his morning's nap and meal whoi
ijoined him, and the following con
sat ion ensued :
Frank, what do you think of th
caey of artillery against the Sioux?'
* Wpll T /In tmf lriinm mn?V*
.. W| \*v Auvn iuuvu uuuu
t branch of tbo sorvioo. Iu m;
mou, however, frequent opportuui
> may occur whore the possession o
'U n single piece would bo advantage
i. Tbo Iudiaus nro very much afrsii
cannon of nny description. In thi
days when C. F. Smith, Phil. Kear
r nud lleuo were occupied by govern
tit troops, it was notorious that thost
iglit trains which conspicuously die
yed a howitzer wero uovor attacked.'
' You lived so long with the Indiani
t you must be ablo to very closely ap
xuuato to their strength?"
'If the entire Sioux nation were to en
;e iu this war, I am quite Bure Sitting
11 could muster ten or twelve thou
d warriors. As it is, I think he am
izy llorse have not less than half tha
ubor. The latter, you know, is Bah
iavo been killed iu the Custer mas
re."
' Thoso are very euphonious titles
e their possessors equally hand
10 ?"
'Well, no; Sitting Bull is a swarthy
rt ami thick set, muscular and power
but ugly Iudiau. He is about forty
i years old, ami of a fierce and sonsua
uio. He lias cast away three dozei
aws, and still owns four. Crazj
rse, ou the contrary, was consideret
haudsomest buck in the village. Ht
slender bur athletic, and possessed
ill and regular features. His do
mor was quiet and modest. Tht
nor directs affairs ; but in a light tin
ng warriors always looked for hit
o popular lieutonaut. His deatl
be deeply regretted."
This is very iutereftiog, Frank, bul
me?cau a Sioux marry, and with
the intervention of some form oi
iree desert his wives, ad libitum ?'
Among the Crows a host's hospitalio
his guest extends twon to the tern
my possession of his wives and
gliters, but most of the Sioux girls
virtuous. With the Minneconjoui
marriago relation is held iu verj
li> csieeiu. xi is iaiseiy supposed mat
event is heralded l>y considerable
n. Occasionally tho proposal is
le by nu elder of the suitor's family,
ho shape of a gift of ponies. If nc
tublo. tho biido, nccompaniod by at
2tly equal number as a dowry, t
iph te buckskin wardrobe, ombroid
I by her own dusky lingers for hei
:ro lord, and attended by tho ole
non of her ledge, carrying smoking
s of stewed dog, set out for liei
>r'n home, where they indulge in f
u?l least, the groom remaining away,
loitering in tho vicinity-until th(
ivities uro concluded and tho garru
i guests have departed. This is theii
f ceremony. If his suit is not favor
f received, the ponies, whiek bav<
II picketed near the lodge pending
siderution, are returned. Squawi
revor bought except by whites ant
'breeds. Tho most common methot
y elopement, mntual consent being
tlmt is requisite, and, in any ease,
wife is dismissed at her husband'*
isuro, going back to bor own people,
probably marrying again. Tliej
exceedingly jeidous, and "?
Hut the mothers-in-law, Frauk?
ik of forty of tbem I What dc
v"?
Oh. the Sioux mothers-in-law anc
s iu law always avoid each other'i
seuce, and, indeed, never exebuug*
ices if it can bo preventod. Modertj
>ids their further oequaintanoo, am
y avert their faces, abashed, wliei
y accidentally meet."
An aboriginal Atalia! Such civili
ou is of a higher order than ours!'
laimcd a gruff voico behind us.
How They Live.
omu of tho most crushing dandiet
> loaf in the parlor door ut the fash
lblo hotels nt. T.onor Ttrsneli Oliv.
can te.lls xi?, when the Saturday uighl
op" is oil, fuii It lean in attire and
iugly eyoglasr>cd aiul mustaohed,
;ht he traced to humble abodes it
buek region behind the tbeatrioa
ies when they Haunter homeward it
hour approaching midnight. The}
u times condescend to join the dan
i oil the floor, and they bathe at tht
lionable hour with groat assiduity,
whore they eat and sleep can onli
j-uijectiired. They are just as well
d, we' 1 mannered, and well appear
g.-ntloim n as any nt Jjeug Branch
are just as well received by what it
to eidled society.
The Loudon Tailor.
s The death of Poole,* the great IiOi
tailor, remindB the un of tome i
. eating reminiscences. In order to
" come one of roole'a customers, it
j necessary to l>o introduced and vou
for bv aomo patron in good atanc
but wlben onco admitted to tho n
j. circle, the customer was treated li
> brother. Poolo'8 shop was, in ft
t free clubhonBe, and every morning i
of hiB resident customers dropped
I drink tho free ahorry, smoke the
cigarettes and read the papers.
" tomcrs who lived out of town empl
{ Poolo's as a sort of friendly agent
j procure them anything they dee
from a book to a dozen of wine.
H tomers who lived in other countric
? fled tho revenue authorities; for il
quite the thing for Pool to ask
* This to take with him in hiB trunfe
Paris, Vionna, or New York, Ga]
j That's trousers, or coats, and tin
quests were never refused. Bettor
~ all, Poole never sued for an accouni
you paid him cash, you astonished
, very much, and ho deducted fllteei
cent, from your bill. If yon die
pay him cash, ho charged you tlvi
Ut-Ut. lURTCTl, UUU U'l IUO account
along until you were ready to sett
>> "Poole was bettor than a fatb
j, mo," paid one of his uoblo pat
Ho dressed mo for nothing till I <
_ of ago, and then loaned mo the m
j to pay his bill."
'1 ho practieo. of Poole's Amo
j cuBtomers has been to have their el<
Q sent over ill care of travoling fri<
( and to pay their accounts when th<
vh-it Europo. Poole was perfectly
i?-li? d with this arrangement. ]
bills meant more clothes, and his j
upon an American's outfit on Lo
3 and the Continent was not to be
pi sod. On the other hand, his cue
ers did not have the troublo of pur
iug gold or buying bills of oxchauj
order to f-ettlo their accounts prom
\ In this way many of them have ru:
I pretty largo debts, extending over
^ three, four and tivo years. Now
j groat Poolo is dead, and his execute
sists that these accounts must be se
forthwith. The first application
. civil letter, requesting a remittam
' tho account with interest to date;
the hand of iron beneath the glo
kid is shown in tho concluding ph
' " that needless litigation may be a'
Cd."
I Tho peculiarities of Poole's cl<
^ were tho excellence of materials
workmanship. Wear them out, ]
j them away for a few months, and
j turned up agaiu apparently as go<
I new. In this respect his garments
uuequaled. As to cut, his strength
j in coats. Ho conld never bnild trot
s to lival the New York and Paris tai
^ and of late years the best dressed
( in Loudon have ordered their coats
waistcoats from Poolo and their trot
from others.
r A Dog Case.
A dog case, tried in tho circuit c
. at Saginaw, is fully reported in
I Michigan Lawyer. Tho plaintiff ri
, berries for tho market, and had a i
: dog that industriously drove away
r birds from the crop. The defen
I owned a big dog, and one day tbo ]
5 do-* chasing birds into the defend:
j premises, was bitten by the big dog,
mortally wounded. The plaintiff pr
the uncommon value of his dog, au<
, mauded damages. The defendant j
i lied the conduct of his dog und
. statute which says that it is the dm
r every police officer or constable to
I unlicensed dogs. The plaintiffs
, was not licensed. The judge, in
r charge to tho jury, said : "It doei
k appear from tho record, and the c
will not presume, that defendant's do(
, eitherrfc jure or de facto a police offic
. a constable ; and that if he held uei
of these positions at the time, then ch
. it was not his duty to act in so sumi
j and severe a manner. It does not ?
j factorily appear that defendant's
\ had sufficient intelligence or discrV
I to act in an official capacity in
I cases. As an offeer, if ho claimed t
r in that capacity, ho only had tho rig
| kill pluintiffs dog in case he found
4 going at large not licensed ; and wht
defendant's dog had examined tin
, cords and ascertained thereby that p
tiff's dog was not licensed, docs nol
. pear. Even if tho plaintiff's dog ha
> collar on, and the defendant's dog k
him, not because in not wearing u c
| he was violating the law, tmt becaui
j some malice entertained toward
) thon it is clear that he could not a
j ward come in and justify under
1 statute."
1
Wanted to Leave.
j A Calcutta paper relates that a 1
mighar iu the employ of a gentlomt
that city, having tho other day <
pleted his month and feeling disincl
to remain in the service of liis empk
probably because ho had a better
i ploymeut elsewhere, feignod illnos
the endo? his month and took leave ea
> than usual. The following morninj
t employer was waited upon by a hof
I people, meu and womeu, who, olaii
, relationship with tho servant, atl
i themselves as if in mourning and
I bibiting the deepest emotion, unnon
i with tears in their eyes tho death 1
r cholera of tho unfortunoto man, at
- same time begging the master to pa
i liis "duos," which wero urgently
, quired to defray funeral expenses.
r master, sympathizing with their dist
I " paid up," and even offered to :
- the charges attendiug tho demiso, r
, it was ascertained that the man repc
* dead was in porfect health, in |
spirits, uud employod elsowhero.
\
Fashion Notes.
idon Bilks will be higher priced in the fall,
titer- Striped stockings are no longer fashbe
ionable.
Dress skirts are becoming longer and
p.nPfi ?
. vJBulaoI>
? Lace and ribbons aro the favarite
kTa trimminfre just now.
ict a Polonaises are intended to supersede
some ha? ques in the fall,
in to Turkish toweling is used (or the most
free stylish bathing suits.
Cue- The new sleeves are ooat shaped, very
oyed tight, and have quaint, narrow cuffs.
?.y Grass linen and crinoline are usod for
Cus^ iong slender bustles now in fashion,
s de- White dresses and delicately sprigged
^ was muslins aro much in vogue at Saratoga.
Lord Low Newport ties are worn in preforms
to once to button boots in this warm
ptain weather.
a re- Dark blue and cardinal rod is the
than fashionable combination in oolor at the
t. If moment in Paris.
Cardinal colored parasols of foulard,
j1 Pe* trimmed with cream colored fringe,
i not grow jn favor in Paris.
? run Lark red silks are brought out for
jo jt petticoats, to be worn under long polocr
naises of dark and quiet colors.
ronB. Blue black or ink oolor, seal brown
came and myrtle green are the colors most
oney frequently seen in the new silks.
English tourists, both gentlemen and
rican ladies, wear white scarfs around the
jthcs erowns of their straw and Leghorn hats.
?nds, Old fashioned looking gauzes that
r^~ suggest the idea of their being fished up
8at" out of one's grandmother's trunks aro
>r 'dit 'a8^on *or h"1"58*
ndon Crinoline muslin bustles, made with
jeg four crinoline flounces on a crinoline
itom- foundation, are worn by ladies who oannot
"look well" with "onlv one netti
geYn ?oafc*"
ptly. The favorite fan of the Parisian this t u
up season is navy blue silk, mounted on
two, tortoise shell sticks, and ornamented
r the "with puiutiiigs of Indian and other bril>r
in- liaut plnmaged birds,
ttled Cherries, enrrants, and other small
ia a fruits aro used, not only for bonnet and
:e of hat trimmings, but are scattered in
; bnt bunches nud sprays among the draperies
ve of of white muslin and tulle evening dresses,
rase, Every girl has four sets of ribbon
void- bows and sashes to wear with her white
and sprigged muslin dresses this sumjtnes
moi.?one Bet of cardinal, one of blue,
' 1111(1 one of black, and ono of straw oolor or
maize.
id as The new polonaises are prinodss
were (lresRes looped so as to show only a
j waa sm J1 part of tho jupon or pettiooat on~
isers eft0^ 81(le* The only ornaments whioh
lors relieve the plainness are one loDg pocket
mea on the side and a very largo bow in the
au(1 back, both placed very low down.
isers '
Hotel Keepers' Trials.
The New York correspondent of the
Chicago JYibune says: Tho old saying,
" he can't keep a hotel," has more real
iourt significance than most persons imagine.
tho Too trials of hotel keepers at seaside
lisod hotels this season are unusually great,
Little owiDg to the hard times and the neoessity
the of i.trict economy. One of the promidant
uent Saratoga hotels has changed stewlittle
ords threo times already, and good,
ant's tirst-class persons in this capacity are in
, and demand. Lately one of the Long
oved Branch stewards took one drink to?
1 de- many, and all day Sunday (while it was
usti- ruining in torrents, and everybody was
er u cooped up in the honse) kept the waitty
of ers, kitchen help and proprietor in an
kill uproar. The man became abusive, the
dog cooks refused to work, the waiters were
hi* panicky, and when he drew a pistol and
i not threatened to shoot tee proprietor, the
?nrt engineer and porter had to interfere aild
J was disarm him.
eror Another hotel keeper, presiding orer
ither a mugnitioent hotel on the sound, found
arly himself tho other morning minus cooks,
nary chambermaids and waiters. The help
istis had been on a spree the night before,
dog ttnd it being pleasant, engaged the owner
ition of a sloop to take them across the sound,
such Getting over was easy enongh. When
o act they undertook to return the wind had .
lit to lulled into a dead calm, and they were
him powerless to move. It was eight o'clock
ither in the morning before they returned,
3 re- and tho indignation of the landlord may
lain- bo imagined. Far from having an eaay
t ap- time of it, the hotel proprietors out of
d no the city ore so dependent upon their
illed help that it is a souroe of oontinual
ollar R xiety with them lest their waiters or
ho of cooks should fail them. Moat of the
him, hotels have standing arrangements with
iter- intelligence offloes especially devoted to
this hotel service to send them a force of
waited at a few hours' notioe. Add to
this the dread of bad lnok in drawing
boarders and a poor season, the summer
Boniface is to be pitied.
iu Only One Kind of Matter.
,omined
There arc many emine&t chemists,
>yer, Prof. Cooke among the number, who
en- believe that, instead of there being aixtys
at four elements in the universe, there ^is
mer i>ui one. mat mis one universal eiel
bis ment Assumes more than sixty forma
t of (according to the velocity with which
uiDg the atom moves), which constitute the
tired molecules, or their arrangement, or
, ex- number, is not more wonderful than the
uced changes which some of our so-called
from elemcutary bodies suffer in their allotro;
the pic modifications. Sulphur, phosphorus,
y up and carbon are, to a oertain extent,
r re- protoan ; but they are distanced in the
The allotropic race by teomorphous hydzoresa,
carbons. Dr. Wars defines organio
meet chemistry as the ohecnistry of the hydrovheu
gen compounds, for he believes that it
>rted is protean hydrogen, with ita evergood
changing atomic volume that makes or*
ganic chemistry so oomplex.