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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. | AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY PAPE?, PUBLISHED BY JTOI-IX KERSHAW. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, in advance.... ..........$2 50 Six months 1 50 Three months 76 JSsaf Transient AdYert\semcnts must be paid for in advance. From tiii*N".'?v York Herald 7th lns> MURDER OF FiSii A FAR3HI AND A TKAOEOF. Fisk's Dying" afternoon Mr. .Tames Frgk Jr. w.Ksj-h'jf in the Grand Hotel,.Broadway, it VOL. XXXI. CAMDEN, S. C? THUBSD^p, JANUARY X?, 1S7S, NO. ?0 ! is liarod fatally, by 31r. lid win .s. Ftokes.? I.iko the ease of .Mr. Albert It. II:<-h ?nl-. =?; d. alu< ! like thousands -.1 other eases, tin 1 alluring iufluonccof lovely woman has been 1 tin? maddening cause that lies brought about this almost tragedy. 3Jr. Kisk bad the misr f'flutie sometime ago to become infatuated * about. Mrs. Josephine Mansfield. This infat- ^ u so pew upon hiiu that it appeared as 1 though, had he been a king instead of 4 1 i'ihe would have declared to Mrs. s Mansfield. ;Tde crowns resign to call thee ' loine. ' lie did give up n great deal to her, fi ..::J he not only enriched her. but made her c ?t ' i -'iiodaut, of his remarkable schemes of ' -g gi'itic- speculation, and it is said of politi\ .11 .n.iu'j.ulations. The course of this infutuatiott and passion did not run smooth, and 'U'.o-c was ultimately a disagreement that res yd in ten- nge : ent, and under hostile in ri nonces something that looked like vin- P dtctiveness ai?^ enmity. The consequence ^ uf all this was thA* Mrs. )Iansfield was dis- 0 carded, it is said that "green eyed jealousy" K brought all this billing and coomg to an un- ? timely end. and that it' Mr. Fisk had not favored another lady of whom he became ai (equally enamored, 31rs. 3Iansficld would have ' ? ? *?? <3k? ka. "been iiis true-iove umn una uaj. wiCaiuc acquainted with Mr. Stokes, and wo- ( man like. spited her old lover by taking a w paw one. This irritated Mr. Fisk and by way of obtaining the sweetness of revenge lie became up with Mr. Stokes' iner< jatile concerns, and eventually the latter * was arrested for enibezzeluient. Then com- f1 inonced the tug of war. Front the gilded lc parlors and bowers of love in the twenty-third n! street mansion, the fierce fight was transfer. re 1 t > the law courts, to crimination in the p ;blic prints and to threatened publication al o ' a compromising correspondence. In this P e iconnter 3Ir. Fisk seemed to be getting the ^ best of it, when yesterday eveuing he was ?' struck down by the hand of his cowardly " enemy, who played most effectually the role ai of an assassin. Whether death, the great levelur of us all; will bring this fierce and bitter controversy to its own final appeal on ^ Mr. Fisk's case will stand in doubt, in all r< probability for several days yet 10 come.? a< .dr. Stokes will have to auswer for his criino a' - " n , . , J, in any case, before a jury or -ms peers, ana to him will be meted out even handed jus- 11 tice. lie had very few friends in this city w lust night, and the corridors of the hotels, ^ aid especially the Grand Central, from eve to early day showed by their crowded appearance, how one touch of nature makes the . t3mpt which Mr Ei*k's questionable practices of speculation have so universally aroi|sed. not only in America but in Europe. The la t consultation of the physicians last night w tile it gave no positive hope .of recovery * of >lr. Eisk, indicated that there was good * re ison for hopefulness. Like the late Mr. * ltichardson, Mr. Eisk's condition will for s me time stand trembling between life and d .'nth. and the public will in their excite- 1 ijjcnt have to lcain to wait with a sublimity of patience, that will try the moral strength w of the best conditioned natures. tl THE SHOOTING OP MR. FISK, a Col James Fisk's private coach drew up 0j half past four yesterday afternoon in front of w the lir.tud Central Hotel on Broadway. It g was about the time that New York's great thoroughfare presents the pleasautest- sight. Jlen of business were walking leisurely homeward. troops of ladies were lingering among the glories of the shops, state? carriages g lined thecnrfesUmes waiting th^pleasure of th ir mistresses, and the colors and soundAf ^ 1 .c were more subdued and harmonized than at the busier hours of the day. The rumble o?" vehicles was not so noisy, For the heavy d tys-and tracks had done their incessant dragging hither and thither, and had left Broadway, going home through the bye- \ ways. li As Mr, Fisk's carriage dashed over tho e p ivemcnt before reaching the hotel, guided 0 tle.vtr usiy through the tide of other vehic- * h*s. a coupe at some distance in tlx; rear v wa seen following in a mysterious manner. ? Uu tlie box sat an upright aud sturdy look- v i ig man. li<c held the reins firmly in his F h ?:il> ;?im! seemed to be looking continually 1 a the back .-f the head of the coachman 1 w was perched upm the stylish equipage H of tl.e i riuce of i.rie. All the way down 1 Br <ad a^.. this curious proceeding was con- c i\i. u-d. A few blocks from Bleekcr 8treet & t door of the coup was flung open and a ? m-r> prang quickly out, reached the side- 1 i - am . j i. c anil ran svviiuy iiimugu me moving ? t iviig ??f pp.cfestjrjaps ii) (lie saine direction * j wliieb the carriage hujj hitljprto pecn gi> J } g. '1 his man was Edward Stokes, knowa ' p> the world by this time as the bitterest en- ' eaiy of the man who had beep riding ip ad- ' yance of him in his glittering carriagp and 1 challengcing public observation of himself.*-1- ' p .rtiug through the crowd he ran for some distance until ne reached the entrance of the .Grand Central Ilotpl He passed into the main corroder jpst ap the carriage of Fisk stopped iu front; then jvpnt up the stairs, and it was observed by thosg iyho saw him that he was very pale aud much agitated.-rNo one fancied, howpver, that iherp was much significance in this fact, and bo the momentary surprise of hig hurried ingress passed only like a ripple ovpr thp minds of those lounging near the door. Stokes ascended the stn.ii 8 to the fir$t floor end then went down the ladies' private stairway. He reached the first landing. Fisk had entered the vestibule and was going np the seven steps which lead to the pall. When he reached the last step, Stokes pbove him standing near the balustard, rested a revolver on the rail and fired at Fisk? The shot struck him in the left arm, another immediately followed it striking him in the abdomen, and Fisk oried out, For God's sake will any body save me. The impassioned Stokes glared at him fiercely, fired two more shots aud then turned and ran up stairs. At the top of the stair case he was met by a gentleman who had heard the reports and was hastening to see what the matter was. He passed Stokes and saw nothing singular in his appearance. Fisk was still crying. "For God's sake, will nobody save me?" The gentleman who is a resident of Boson and a surgeon, lost no time in putting lis arm under the head of the prostrate man vho was gasping. The people in the hotel md those on the street at the time crowded ground in intense excitement, and gazed and iutonnd hre?it,li]<>sslir nnd with Mime hnrrnr it the sight of blood that was running out if Mr. Fisk's sleeve on the floor. The quesion was asked him, "What is the matterfr" He laid with an effort, "I am shot.'* He was then jifted and carried up the tairs into the ladies parlor. There he was >ut on the sofa b'J? it was thought better to ike him to another room acro&S the corridr. Here he was laid upon a bed, a messed-- 1 er was hurriedly dispatched for a surgeon, l ome one asked him, 1 "Where are you hurt? IIow many wounds < re there?" "Two or three of them." I His coat was quickly rciuoyed hut it was . jund more difficult to get his shirt off; so it i as cut into pieces, and in this way the ound in his arm was disclosed, the blood < om which was running in a great stream. ' The Colonel looked at it bravely, and ? ithout any apparent shrinking. The shot { ad passed completely through the flesh aving a large, ugly looking hole, like one ( lade by a bullet used in a navy revolver t ould appear. 1 Fisk was asked if that was the only wound ? ad said no, he said he had another one and j V? ! o ofAmonk Tho r\l? O n Tl'lin f UiUlVU IAS UXO OUVUiacu. jl iiw |/ujuiv1mu ivmv ad arrived uncovered it and found it a large ? ac like the other, with very little blood vis- ? )le. After the doctor had finished his ex- ' ruination, for the time, Mr. Fisk asked for ( mie brandy and water. After he had drank ( , the doctor probed the wound, but found ? xat he had no insrrument long enough to i ;ach the ball, if indeod, it could be reached 1 t all. While the operation was proceeding, s ad a largo 'number of persons were around ( ina, Fisk maintained his composure, the ] luselos of his face never quivering, and 1 etching the movements of the surgeon < ith the greatest coolness. < After it was through he said to Dr. Trip- ( it who was the first to attend him: i "Dr., if I am goiug to die I want to know 1 . I am not afraid to die, but then, if I am 1 jing to die 1 want-to xnoir it tTBmrorratrct'< The Doctor replied: "Colonel, you are not going to die to-night, id not to-morrow cither, I hope." The gentleman who had first found Mr. isk after he was shot, asked him who it as that attacked him. lie answered, 1 "Stokes." Captain Burns after a short time entered le room, and after saying a few words to tpo u-tor went out again. Then he returned ith Edward Stokes, well guarded between ro policemen. He was made to approach le bed, he wore a rigidly dignified air, with face perfectly immovable, expressive only * f intense passion strongly suppressed. There \ as a singular light in his eyes, which he ^ xed upou the man whom he had assassina- ' :d. I lie was asked by' tho captain, 1 "Is that the man who shot you ?" ! "Yes, that's the man who shot me. That's J tokes." Suh>6 one asked him if Stokes wanted to 1 ill him. "Yes, he wanted my life. 1 Sketch of James Fiek Jr. I James Fisk Jr, was born at Bennington < rermont, in 1832, and began his business i fe us an attendant on Van Amburg'sinenagrie. His father was a pcdler, driving one i f those capacious wagons still so common in he rural districts of New England, stored nth calicoes, tin ware, laces, trinkets and lousehold utensils, at which the farmer's rife and daughter do the most of their shop)ing. From Bennington they removed to Irattleboro, where James obtained all the ittle education he ever got, ut a district chool. It was nothing more than a modeate acquaintance with the alphabet and the ;opy book. He never mastered the art of polling and to the end of hislile had a corneal contempt for grammar. The elder Fisk lad the same commercial instincts and the iauie tact for variety in his enterprises whicl} ifterwards distinguished the son.' He built in inn, and iu default of a satisfactory tenant rsed often to mauage it himself; the' son at juih times was employed as waiter. But his ambition was to'be a pcdler. He began by traveling with his father. Pretty soon he was entrusted with a separate wagon, and he ended by buying out the business, taking his worthy sue as a hired man to drive one of the vehicles. With the biggect wagons, the showiest harness and and the best horses in the State and with an, abundance of that ready wit and good natured impudence for which he afterwards became so famous. he prospered bo fast that he was soon one of j the principle jotters in the whole of the Statp of Vermont. The B&atou firm of Jordan Margh & Co. wpre glad to receive him'as a partner. Subsequently they bought his interest in their pern, and in 1S53 he came to New York, where he was employed by Daniel l)rew to negotiate the sale ot the Stonington line of steamers. Under the patronage of Mr Drew he went into Wall street speculation with varied success, and formed in 1805 the stock brokers' firm of Fisk & Belden. In 1807 he entered into tho directory of the Erio railroad company with Jay fcrould, and his career eversince has been peihaps. the most notorious of any man in the United States.? The Yanderbilt and Belmont Erie litigations and the immense and daring gold conspiracy of 1869, the bold push to gah possession of the Albany and Susquehannarailroad, which almost involved the State in civil war, the contest with the English swek holders of the Erie railway, the prologue of which is just drawing to a close by the restoration of the English stock seized?all are familiar, but all, tf.er the vast amount that has been wiitten and talked about them in the courts, the legislatures and the newspapers still re-, tain much of the mysterious. ' They have fixed the reputation of the ohicf actor however, as a man remarkable for patriotism or philanthropy in the ends at which he aimed, or scrupulous in the means by which he carried them out. AN INCIDENT IN HIS LIFE. James Fisk Jr. conceived and executed a brilliant stroke at the closo of the late war between the Statos, the particulars of which never have been published. With that sagacity that distinguished him in all his career Fisk saw that when on the 2d of April, 18G5, Genl Loo was driven from Petersburg his surrender could not bo far distant. He immediately went to Boston, consulted some of his financial friends and made them partners in his scheme. This was to get the news of the collapse of the Southern Confederacy for use on change in London in advance '6f the mails. It will be remembered that the Atlantic cable was not then laid.? A small, swift steamer, formerly a blockade runner, was purchased, fitted out and sent to Halifax in ballast. Neither the captain nor ifficers of the steamer knew her destination. Fhe secret of her mission was confided to an lgent of Mr. Fisk's who was the only passenjcr on board. Steam was kept up day and night, and evsrything was in readiness for a start across he Atlantic. Days went bj and still the ressel lay quietly iu the harbor of Halifax iwaiting the expected message from Fisk. it length it came. If James Fisk Jr? had ,ried his best, ho could not have indited a ihorter dispatch. It was dated at Boston, itrmnrl nnrl ftontained hilt OHO word '&)!" The blockade runner started imrneliately for Qucenstowp, and got there two lays before the mail steamer. Tbo agent speeded across Ireland to London and comnenced his operations. Before twenty-four tours had elapsed, he sold short, ("that is, he sold what he had not got,) $5,000,000 in Confederate bonds, lie ^had orders from Fisk to sell as long as he could' get buyers, jut was restrained by a partner of one of ,ho Boston men, who was cursed with prudence. But the operation wap pretty suc:essf\xl, the Vindicate," as the story goes, dirided between three and four millions, the jropeeds of the "speculation." * This wati a 1ft for James Fisk Jr.w^ejJ, JOMC. T ' .. - ' 1 *' 1 rr~ Montal Prodigies. A correspondent of a New York paper ^ives the following: A wonderful mental calculator in Scotland, vho is a port-runner between Nain and Cawlor, is said to have "carried out" the folowing entries in less than one minute: 2 chests tea, 80 lbs each, at 3a 6Jd lb. 12 bara 8onp, lbs. each, at 4.}d jjj? lb, 17 bars soap, 4 Ids. each, at64d lb. 8 bag asago, 27 lbs. each, at 4jd lb. 7 bags barley, 19 lbs, each, at l^d lb. lie answerd the following questions in a lew seconds, without noting down a single igurc; "Find the amount of ?500 from March 1st to January 1st, both days included, at 4 5 8 per cent, interest.' Ho was asked how many letters mere wouia De in a year's file of a daily newspaper of eight pages, each page having seven columns, each column 190 lines, each line 32 letters? The true answer, 139 873 440, was given in ten seconds. Among tho interesting things the wonderseeking public is called upon from time to time to admire, mental prodigies arc not unfrequent. Each generation produces abnormal specimens of intuitive talent which cannot be accounted for. Hut, sotting aside calculating boys, infant musicians, baby elocutionists and child chess-players, who traverse America and Europe on exhibition, there is another class who make no parade of their powers, whatever value they may attach to them. Let me cite some cases which have come under my observation. The first is that of an illiterate man, live, ing twenty years ago in New Hampshire. Beyond the capacity of fluent reading, he was wholly uneducated?could not spell, write his own name, or do the simplest sum in arithmetic, lie was regarded in his own neighborhood as an "innocent," wanting in responsibility, and utterly shiftless. Ho was the associate of boys, who made him a con*?V/^f Im rvAnr fnlltw Slant OUjCl'b U1 nuauic. x w ui^, had a memory that was amazing. ' In a town containing upwards of six hundred houses, he could repeat the name of every householder, going through Btrect by street, and reciting them in the order in which they dwelt, and giving the names and ages of the childron in the homes he was accustomed to visit. After reading through a column of newspaper advertisements, ho would recite the whole in the order they stood, or in the inverse order, or beginning at any given line going to the foot of the column, then down from the top to the column, then down from the top to the starting-point. At times of agricultural fairs or circus exhibitions, it Was not unusual to sec him surrounded by a crowd of people, for whose amusement he would read the placards on the walls, and t x 1*2.- vAnonf ffin inntonfa tlieil lUrillllg Uia uaia.j ^ ? word by word. II is memory was purely mechanical. lie derived no information from what had read. Of thesimplcstprocess of reasoning he was incapable, llis mind was a blank. And yet this one talent, had it been united to iutclligcucc, lpighthave raised him to renown. Another case was that of a cobbler, living in London, England, who worked at his trade from morning till night. He was a man of very infgBW powers m an respects duc one? in resoWrejproblems in figures he was unrivallejtj^ He made this talent of use to himself by'$MUj?ing a small charge f >r ex'rl iting it, kfeejung in his stall a black-board and a piece^fUjfimk. Any one who paid him three pcpSlmightgive him any problem in figures hoUsffise. The cobbler would take the chalk jjgd write down the solution on the instant. 'wot a-shillibg he would answer questions fir anTiour: He would multiply l-mg rows oif, figures by e^ch other, apparently without a . moment's reflection, dealing as rapidly ana unerringly with fractions effractions af with integers, and would set down the equivalent in a simple fraction of any number of compound ones the moment he read thim.Beiug asked how many lls.73-4d there wjroin ?10 987,453, he replied im mediate^J w en there will be a romainaer ?eo muet?(^iting down the figures;) and them^^fjfejfatres for atf^er," (jotting them c(bwn as -ftat as Bis fingers could move.) One of his ;?H?fytional Exploits was called "corresponding yakesOne wrote down an amount^ of money, or goods, or land, and Slid what he wanted as equivalent in?whether mone^weight or measure. The momeqt the sum ifas given the cobbler would writo down the-"corresponding value." The correspondence consisted in this: When both amountaiwere reduced to their lowest terms, such lowest terms were found to be indentical. Far examplo: suppose the examiner had paid to the cobbler a shilling, put to him the following sum: "Give me the correspondence of 24 tons 12 cwts. 5 qrs, avoirdupois, in sterling money-" $ , The man would reply without a momemcnts hesitation: ?57 10s 2d., and whoever would find the1 figures expressing it identical. This, however, gives but a fuint idea of the mnn's fTo wrmlrl tinv<>mnolrAil nt.an simple a test, and would have preferred dealing with millions at the left hand and fractions at th^Tight. Perhaps witha scholar many say there is no great difficulty in this, since an algebraic formula might be readily devised for solving the problem with ease. But the cobbler knew no more of algebra than he did of art; he belonged to the very lowest class of London poor; he eked out a precarious livelihood by patching and soling the brogans of tramps; his associations were of the most degrading sort; his habits intemperate, and he was wholly uneducated. The wonder was, not only that such a thing could be done, but that a man of no training should be able to do intuitively, without study, what others, with all the advantages of first rate training, can do only by scientific method, l^pt the least curious feature in the cobbler's case was the fact that he seemed to have no intelligible notien of the means by which he produced his results: at any rate, if ho had, he' was quite aaabje to give any explanation of them. 11 a TTT nn 1 M ?? ff A/1 >f\ /?? IIA M KA nf M MAaIi i^ughJfef wWto a ap t Alartev Itau&aj!- W p fitted hinfup in decent, second-hand apparel, and he vent with his long blJck-board and chalks. .-Most astonishing things he certainly did in the calculating way, detaining the audieucfc to a late hour as he performed one marvel after another. But neither by close attention nor exacting questions could there be gained the least inkling of the processes that were passing so rapidly in his mind. He had no information to give. It was utterly impossible for him to teach others what was as easy to himself as breathing. His replies to question put not only betrayed great irritation, but were vague, confused and contradictory. Sayings of Prentis. "An editor in Michigan, talking of com, professes to have two ears fifteen inches long. Some folks are remarkable for the length of their two ears." "Doctor, what do you think is this rush of blood to the head?" "Oh you know its nothing but an effort of nature. Nature you know abhors a vacuum." The editor of the G , says he hopes to reach tho truth. He is laying out fur himself 4 long journey. He had better make his will Before lie starts. "Will you have the kindness to hand me the butter before vou," said a gentleman to an ancient maiden politely. "I am no waiter sir." "Is that so : I thought from your appearaucc that you had been waiting a long tiu-e." "A Western rhymer sayq he writes only when an angel troubles his soul. We don't know that the fact of his own soul being troubled gives him the right to trouble other poople's souls." "You seem to \yalk more erect than usual, m^ friend." "Yes, I have been straitened by circumstances lately.7' "A well known writer says that a fine cocflffcoirers a multitude of sins. It is still truer t|at such coats cover a multitude of 3inners'? f "Landlord, you do mo too much honor, you let me sleep among the big bugs last night."0! don't fee too modest, my dear lodgenll doubt not they have your own blood runni^ in their veins." A German doctor iu New York, who is nnfimfs than lie can atr DOW UtlYlll^ uiutu tend tt>, obtained his wife, a few years ago, in a cutrious way. A mechanic called upon him fcb obtain treatment for his wife, a feeble lady who accompanied him. Her case was pronounced consumption. The man, in dismay, inquired if she could be cured. can eyre her," says the doctor, <;but not for you?I want her myself. I will give you $1,000 for her if ypu will leave her to be my wife." The dumbfouuded husband hosiT tatcd. It was death to his wife on tho ope hand, and life to her and loss to him on the other. Then he said, {,13ut I have two children." "Very woll," replied the doctor, "I will tako them too." The lady consented, the necessary arrangements were made, an^ she has since been the happy wife of a devoted but eccentric husband. A V jjr W ah .cjiinnoiiu ' Of late years a new and cnrions profession has come into vogue. We allude to that of * "experts" ia 'handwriting. These gentlemen's services haye for some time been re- I peatedly called in request in England, especially in disputed will oases, but they seldom g made much impepaion either on Judge or Jury until there arose a master in the craft, _ Mr. Chabct. It was through a case which occurred a few years, sincq iq the London Probate Coqrt that this gentleman was a brought into the first rank of his very limit- 8 ed profession, of which a Mr. Neth.erclift had up to that time been the chief. Theground ^ of dispute was in relation to the will of a wealthy old yeoman. One side claimed that F iVio toiII wna crAnninn. t.llA nthar that it was a "V ?>v? t> forgery.. When the turn came for Mr. Cha- ^ bot's evidonce to bo given, the. counsel for gj give a contemptuous sjrcilo as the. axpert ascended the b,ox, a"hd my lord leaned back in bis chair in a manner which indicated " "know how much this sort of testimony is ?1 worth." By degrees, however, matters underwent a change. Counsel against the will w became particularly assured in his bearing, Counsel for the will fidgeted in hi? seat, and, what was more important, my lord aroused ,, himself and began to take notes. When Mr. *! Chabot descended from the witness-box lie had broken the will. The Judge, in summing up, said that he must confess that pre- b< vious experience had not disposed hirn to pi place much reliance on testimony of this description, but the present case was qn excep- ca tion. Mr. Chabot's evidence wan certainly w most remarkable. The point to which this accomplished gentleman drew special attention was the fact that he had examined page ^fter page of writing which was admitted by sti ts\ Ka nf flift finrl in CilUlU CiUU (Ay UV/ VUuv vr* vuv uvvvwwvwj no case had he found the vowel (;o" connect- 0f ed with the other lcttors in the word in which it occured; whereas in the document alleged w. to be forged "o" sometimes stood alone, sometimes was joined on the the neighboring letters. Mr. Chabot's services arc now in constant demand, and he ought to be making a very 18 large income. The Tichborne case must alone have put- a groat many pounds in his w: pocket. Quite recently ho has been employ- ar ed in two notable suits. One ofthesc?"Fire- so brace vs. Firebracc and others"?=is a divorce case, A maid servant, as often happens in ^ in such 6uits, is a prominent witness. She, ^ it appears, kept a d'mry, in which she recorded suspicious circumstances in her mistress's conduct;, This diary the mistress got hold of, and, the servant alleges, interpolated sh passages which reflect sadly on the morality m of the servant herself, and are tlrus calculated ar tq weaken the eficct of her evidence against be Mrs. Fircbrace. Mr, Chabot is of opinion that the alleged interpolations arc not in the sc frrUVJ'TlilWUjj U4 kt<V The other case was one of libel, in which ^lady named Dilks was plaintiff and a Mr. l, Shepard defe idant. In .Tnnury,'T9T0, a Mr. Birket, to whoso son the plaintiff was engaged, received a letter imputing to her improper b; conduct. On the 15th of Febuary, Valcn- be tine's day, plaintiff herself received two let- ST tcrs, one containing some indecent vcrccs and the other some lines from Chaucer. a! The expert differed strongly in regard to the h. similarity of the writing with that of Mr it Shepherd. In summing up, the Lord Chief 0j Justice pointed out ihat the great merit of Mr. Chabot in such cases was that he gave cogent reasons for his conclusions, and was 9; not content merely to stato-that ho was of such and such an opinion. The jury found 0 | for the defendant. Mr. Chabot lately brought his ingenuity to bear upon the vexed ques- ec tion of Junius, and has helped to strengthen st the already overwhelming evidencp in favor ir of Sir Philip Francis's authorship of the fa' mous letters.?New York Times. id A Terrible Penman.?We do not vouch 0| for the truth of the following which wo clip ^ from an exchange: There is a banker in Philadelphia by the side of whose hand writing even the penman- P: ship of Horace Groely looks sywetrfcal and ^ beautiful. Well this banker was persecuted <*' by a life insurance agent who minted him to take a policy in the company. The vict- Cl im stood it for a while, hut finally he one r, day kicked the agent out of the office. The 8( tormentor oegan to seiuj ?uiw m iuo uum^- tl I py wretch, explaining tlie endowment priiiciple, and asking if any one of his aunts ever suffered from torpidity of the liver. At last . the banker wrote to the heartless fieni as follows: - * 'You diabolical scoundrel if you writo an- ? other line to me, I will cotnc round to your (l office and blow out what little brains you have 1" . ? "When the life insurance man received this u he turned it up and d nvh aiid held it sideways. and stood before a mirror with it, and d examined it with a microscope and called in a six or seven experts, but after ali he couldn't b dctorminc with any degree of certainty what ti it meant. To ascertain, lie presented it at i: ! nnvmnr tnlWs desk at the bank, and that o u"v 1"V ?p ! ; # . worthy without hesitation paid ?5,000 op it, e believing it to be a cheek for that amount.? There is one less'agent in this city than there t was a week ago and one moro banker who betrays symptoms of insanity when tho subject of life insurance is broached in his presence. a A man in Ohio wild" had somotimo ago j voluntarily offered and paid to tho chief of police, of Cincinnati, 0.,'a reward of ?150 for the recovery of certain stolen goods, and J the ijrrcst of the thief, got the amount back J in a law suit, in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Tuesday of last week. The Judge of the * court held that the officer being under the pay of the city expressly for the performance c of such service, had no right to ask for nor 1 receive additional compensation from a rob- 1 bed citizen, whom the authorities are bound ? to protect. Which isgood law and good sense ; ' though it may seem otherwise to the disap pointed officer, who appears ro have acted in ! good faith in this particular ipstanca. ?' f . c APVESTISING BATES. SPACB. 1M. 2% 8M. 6M. X Y, 1 square Too' 6 00 " 8 00 * j? OC ' 16 OQ 2 square? 6 00 9 92 ^ 52 oa n* nn 8 square? 9 00 18 00 1'6 00 24 <X 86 00 4 squares 12 00 16 00 20 00 SO^OC 48 00 i column 16 00 19 00 24 1)0 84 00 *0 00 A column 20 00 80 00 40 00 66 00 80 00 1 column 80 00| 50 00 60 00 90 00|160 00 All Transient Advertisements will be "Charged One Dom.au per Square for the firft and 8*vb* rr-riT* Cbxjs per Square Ipr each subsequent insertion. ' *' * . PARAGRAPHS-. ' ? The champion rgapgr Jfhich the rrgest harvest?-advertising. Tfon??A ?J ~>u JL a uyVV-ViH AO OMI?i OUU DUWflW IW'* anch is a blind man worth $ .... Mrs. Wharton will not aHoyria plea of inanity in her defense Doad letters contained $3,00(^00(1 last o r. Colds should be wanned over frequently nd sore throats should be taken. in before, undowq. It is a singular fact that not an actor stmded the funeral of Hackett. All the western trains, except George 'rancis, are stopped by the feather, This year is called leap yeap because the earts of the ladies leap for joy at the prhjv. Iege.it affor^them. An item m a lawyer's hill to his client rqu ius: "To lying awake at night, thinking, per your case, forty-five dollars. Mr. Archer, of Indiana- struck at his dbg ith the butt of his gun. The forgiving, sqst now howls above his master's graye* A. vigorous Connecticut preacher actually ickcd his pulpit to. pieces, and it was with ifficulty that lie was fyhed out of the ruins' a _ T_ J: : _i-- 1-- J_?x . _ i i '- ? / .a.u muiauiau w:iu uuua ta wnoie pair 04 )ots or trousers received three silk hats qs esents at Christmas. Boston furnished every newsboy in Chji go, at Christmas, with a pocket-book and ith a dime in it as a "nest egg." A Western editor speaks of a potemporary bo is "so dirty that every time he gope up lirs there is a rise in real estate." Xcnia, Ohio, girls have a pleasing hahit kissing strangers in the street, and then Idly exclaiming: "Oh my! I thought it is cousin Charlie." ' s The boy who makes the moat noise ip tfie >rld, when he is a boy, is pot the hoy vrhp ikes the most noise, in the vyorl^ when he a man. A colored Georgian drew his rifle out of a igon muzzle foremost. Wagons and rifles e not used ip that country where he is pa^ journir.g. - ' - , \ youi.g lady upon ope occasion requested >r lover to define love. ** Woll, Hall, said ! "it is an inward impressibility and an itward alloverishness." 4 sneak thief recently stole ? coat at Mar-i laltown Illinois, which had been hung jross the fence to be disinfected of snub pox, id, as a consequence has gone to that mrne&c. The happy people of Paterson, N. J,, will on keno how it is themselves, as that little nqe has just bepn opened there, and the ost popular song among them is "I k$no 4 ink." - " The lT'orM snys j "S. Ppok, of Ohio, baa, j au eccentricity on the part of Mrs. P., sea made the father of three simultaneous rls; "rK:"k " - n'irf thfl" bf ^ Penkifid." ^ * A young lady who had many admirers ~~ uong the limbs cf tha law, on being asked jy she escaped heart whole, supposed that * was owing to the fact that in a multitude f counsellors there is safety. The salaries of pastors in the Episcopal lurch iu Philadelphia are from $1,000 to f,000 per annum, St. Stephons being the nly one paying the last named amount. The Spencer House at Niagra Falls charg1 the Grand i)uke and his party $1,500 for ayiug there three-fourths of a day and eatin one meal. A love letter pioked up in Springfield 111lois contained the following paragraph: 1 My est loved one, I chawed the postage stamp i your last letter all to thunder, because I nowed you had licked it on.' There is a great demand in England for irtridges delivered alive and in good eqnition." One house in Richmond has an orer for one thousand birds. A citizen of Connecticut being unexpect; dly called out to address a suuday school ise to his feet in some confusion,-and after ome desperate but vain efforts ta say someT ling appropriate, hoarsely murmured, "dear ttle children, never fool with powder." A man having fallen into a slough, an Irihman palled to another person standing by ^ The latter who was busily ngaged in cutting a log, leisurely inquired: IIow dapc is he iu ?" "Up to his ancles." then there is plenty of tiuie." "No there i$ ot," replod the first, "I forgot to tell youha > iu head first." " .; A-Ccrrmm gothig'datnJc* Tip the otheu ay on the arrival of a second pair of twins, nd said to the family physician: "If you lees, toctor, it ish pettor dat a schtop bo pu? y. -o desc tings. Von pair of squince, I dings 3 alius rccht, but more ash dat ish blaid ut, dont it? Dats vots de matter ruit ae. You know how it ish, myself." A contraband who found his way to Boson \yitl) returning troops related his cxpprimee on the battlefield as follows: "Yog see nassa, I was drivin an ambulanpc, when a nuskct baU com'd along and killed my hoss, ind (Jen pretty soon a shell com'd along, and ic blowd my wagon to pieces, and den I got iff. John B. Cough tells the following storyj housh the joke be at his own expense.? )nc<Twhile 011 a traveling tour in England, le was introduced to a viUage audience in hese words: ''Ladies and gentlemen, I 'ave he honor to introduce to you the distinguishid lecturer, John B. Gough, who will address is on the subject of temperance. You know bat temperance is thought to be rather a dry iubject, but to-night, as we listen to our friend, lie horator from hover the hocean; we may ope to 'ave the miracle of Sampson repeated md to be refreshed ^'ith waters from the jaw bone of a bass." M 1