Indianapolis Journal, Volume 1, Number 193, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1872 — Page 2

'THE EVENING JOURNAL: INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1872.

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INDIAN APOL1& JOURNAL C031PAOT, PROPRIETORS. INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1872. TESilS: Single copies, per week, delivered by carrier,... $ 10 By mail, payable la advance, per year 5 00 per month 80 A2YXBTI8INS RATI 9. Local Matters. Notions under this hea I will be ehargcd 20 cenU per line for first insertion, and 15 cents per line for each additional insertion. Marriage Notices 50centf Funeral Notices SCcent DldTLATED ADTERTISBXB XT8, WAXT8, FOR SALS, For Rent, Lost, and Found, five cents per line each nsertion. A liberal discount on longtime advertisements. THE "LIBERAL" COXVEXTIOX. ' The labors of the Cincinnati Convention have come to a ludicrous termination. After months of preparation and a world of noise, loud-mouthed professions of patriotism and reforming energy, of fraternity and peace, and of devotion to practical measures for the good of the whole country, in which the advanced Republicans and the entire Demo cratic party could cordially join, it end3 in the nomination of Dr. IIokace Greeley. The theorist, the doctrinaire, the idealogist.is now the lea ler of the hosts who fought under Jeff Davis and shouted for Yallandtgiiam. The protectionist, whose heart when he dies will be found stamped with the Image of IIexuy Clay and the motto "Protection to American Industry" is now the champion cf Democratic and liberal free trade. His cry is not now 4ton to Richmond," with the Union forces to the rescue, but on to "Washington with the Rebel hordes, greedy as death for the spoils. The Civil Service Reform can now be entrusted to Fenton and the Tammany Republicans, and if they can't make Tweed ashamed of himself, the Devil alone can. "Was there ever on earth such an overturning of all the proprieties! Such a combination of incongruities, such a bewildering change of opinions, such a medley of ill assorted bed fellows is a rare sight under the sun. "We had become accustomed to certain little eccentricities of the philosopher of the white hat. His journey to Richmond, where, a trifle too late, he tenderecMiimself as bail for the arch-traitor Davis, and suffered the embrace and accepted the gratitude of a scoundrel whose hands were red with oceans of patriotic blood, ha gone into the history of the time as one of those little incidents that show the morbid thirst for notoriety that oftentimes crazes men. The journey to Niagara is well nigh forjotton. Then the desire to do some conspicuous thing carried Greeley to the Falls, where, an ambassador without credential, lie negotiated with equally hclpkss representatives of the Lost Cause, and kept the wires busy with accounts of his doings, until Lincoln extinguished him. His other little episode as a politician was a term in Congress, where the practical value of his services is to be measured by what he effected in reducing the mileage of Congressmen. He had there, as everywhere else, his hobby, and he rode it stone dead. Now he appears in a new role and in company absolutely startling. He is a Presidential candidate, nominated by pseudo Republicans, who can only agree on one point which is to "beat Grant" and is holding out a flag of truce and shouting to th Democracy to come to his support. A life time spent in a war of extermination against Free Trade theories is forgotten, and the economist of the Tribune is in accord with David A. Wells, the sworn enemy of the protective system. All this is a small matter when placed alongside what is expected to result from this nomination wlrch is the acceptance by the old Democracy of Dr. Greeley as their candidate. Fancy the burst of enthusiasm in Sullivan county when his name is announced there. How the unwashed will throw up their hats when the solemn Yooriiees steps upon the platform, and, with his peddler's pack of cheap rhetoric at hand, delivers his message as the disciple of Horace Greeley and the Tribune. The Sons of Liberty will be delighted They will recall those happy days when they shot enrolling officers, and organized under Bowles and Milijgan for the rebel invasion of Indiana. They will remember the charming episodes of tbe Sunday School books and the escape of Dodd from a Lincoln bastile as they train under the Philosopher of Chappaqua. But what can they do? It is Greeley or nobody unless, indeed, after all the encouragement their leaders have given to a Republican bolt, they basely desert the bolters and set up a candidate of their own. It is useless to speculate on what they will or will not do. The attempt to carry the rank and file over to a bastard Republican will certainly fail. It is unconditional surrender, and many thousands of Democrats will prefer the courage, standing and good sense, of Grant to the vacillation, timidity and flightiness of Greeley. They will know that their party is disbanded and each elector remitted to his own independent judgment, unbiased by party prejudice and unawedby party associations, to vote precisely as he pleases. The result is easily foretold. The Cincinnati Convention, respectable as it may have been in numbers and the character of its members, will not be forgotten soon enough for the men who will be making affidavits to prove that they had nothing to do with it. Long-haired Theodore Tilton wa3 entirely ignored at Cincinnati, notwithstanding his appointment as a member of the Committee on Platform. Not a plank was inserted in favor of free love. It may be doubted whether Chief Justice any longer "gratefully thanks God for sickness" as his driveling, puling, childish letter failed to create the desired sympathy at Cin cinnati,

POINTS OF FACT. Bores that most people have to put up with Neighbors. Dew is poetically termed tha perspiration of pale Luna. A cow in Dover, Tenn., excites the envy of her companions In fly time. She has two tails. It is gratifying to learn that Mexican Generals are now shuffled oil at the rate of one per day. Ingenious Sucker shoemakers have utilized the comparatively useless knee strap for suicidal purposes. Dalton. Ga., has a female pieacher, accompanied by a beautiful "sixteen year old," who does the praying. A fellow with a steam carpet-beater "beat" the Green Bay folks out of almost every yard of carpeting in the town. The cable brings the mournful information that the health of the "3Ianof Sedan" again gives cause for anxiety, though it is puzzling to know who is anxious about it. John Stuart Mill and Sismondi both insist upon the necessity that every married pair should bring two children into the world, and no more, to make good their places therein. The New York Herald, with its accusg tomed modesty, mentions the circumstance that Dr. Livingstone was discovered and rescued by the expedition sent out by that paper tor the purpose. If Implicit reliance can be placed on the statements of the Herald, Titusville, Pennsylvania, possesses superior advantages as a "point," and is destined to become the oil and iron center of the world. All three of the counsel employed by Stokes, the dandy murderer, have withdrawn from the case and the New York press inclines to the opinion that the cowardly assassin may now receive his just deserts. A man out "West undertook to piny with a lion at the menagerie the other day He says he findsit mighty hard to write with his left hand, but that he misses his eye more than anything else. His nose was always a trouble to him. The father of the late James Fisk, of New York, may be met frequently on Broadway. He is a plain, quiet, old man, who has seen a world of trouble in his wayward son, beside those other misfortunes which brought him to a lunatic asylum. A female Joe Smith is endeavoring to make proselytes in Egypt, Illinois. She advocates the doctrine of a plurality of husbands, but as she is blind in the ofT-eye, wrinkled and toothless, the number of converts is limited. Her temple consists of an old army tent. A Missourian has actually succeeded in bamboozling his mother-in-law, and she has been compelled to resort to the law to have a deed obtained by undue influence set aside. It is the first and only case of its character recorded in all the annals of history, and the Benedicts whom he has vindicated ought to reward him handsomely. A Milwaukiean dropped his old clock the other day and discovered papers conclusively roving that he is an heir to a three million dollar slice of the Anneke Jans' estate. Of course he went crazy at once, but he will undoubtedly be granted permission to "draw on sight" after the manner of our Indianapolis millionaire.

salaries of actors. A New York paper gives the following particulars regarding the salaries received by the leading o;eratic and dramatic artists in that city. It appears that Carl Rosa gives Wachtel foOO a night and half the house above $3,000. It is not unusual for $ 7,000 to be taken for an evening's performance of opera, in which case Herr Wachtel takes $2,500 as his share. Charles Santley, the eminent baritone, receives $6,000 in gold per month; Miss Adelaide Phillips $1, GOO for the same time. Mrs. Yan Zandt receives a pleasant little income of $1,500 per month, and then we come down immediately to salaries of $100 to $200 per week, such as are received by Anesley Cook, Madame Doria, Seguin, Tom Karl, and so on. The Nilsson opera is more expensive. Mr. Strakosch pays Mile. Nilsson $1,000 per performance, and shares all over $3,000. The houses average nearly $5,000, which makes Miss Nilsson's share $2,000. Besides this, all her expenses of residence, traveling carriages, etc., are paid by the management This great singer returns to Europe with very nearly $300,000 of American money. The Strakosch brothers have made $116,000 each on the Nilsson engagement of twe seasons. Of the other artists of the Nilsson troupe, 31. Capoul, the French tenor, received $3,200 per month; Miss Carey, the fine contralto, who returns here in the fall with Carlotti Patti, gets $1,600 per month; Mile. Duval, $1,400 per month; Brignoli, $1,600; Jamet, $1,000 and so on down. The following is stated to be the salaries given at Wallack's: John Brougham is paid $200 per week; Mr. Charles Matthews, $500 per week; Mr. John Gilbert, "the veteran," $100; Mr. J. H. Stoddard, $75; Mr. Polk, $50; Miss Plessy Mourdant, $100; X'iss Helen Tracy, $60, and Mrs. John Sefton, $75. The nightly expenses at Wallack's are $700, and the receipts average $1000. At Daly's Fifth Avenue Theater Miss Fanny Morant receives the highest salary in the female line $120 per week nothing less could induce her to leave Booth's. Miss Fanny Davenport is paid $100, and what seems strange, Miss Clara Morris, who is the best drawing power in the theatre, and an actress of wonderful ability, only receives $40 per week, and up to within a short time furnished her own dresses. Now, Mr. Daly pays half this expense. Mr. Wallack has offered Clara Morris $200 per week, but she is unable to accept it, as she has signed a contract with Mr. Daly for two years. Nor is Mr. Daly to blame, for he employed Miss Morris when every theatre in town refused the proffer of her services; Mr. James Lewis is paid $150 per week, the largest salary in the companv; Mr. Parkes, 50; Mr. Davidge, $80; Mr. Crisp, $40; Mrs. Gilbert, $60; Mr. Harkins, as stage manager and leading parts, $75, and Mr. Robert Stoepel, orchestra leader, $80. Mr. Roberts, scene painter, whose artistic productions have been so generally admired, receives $100 per week. The expenses of the Fifth Avenue Theater average about $500 a night, and the receipts seldom fall less than $800 or $1)00. The place, when packed, will hold about $1,100. Mr. Daly is said to have made some $50,000 on "Divorce," not alo.ie by his production at his own theater, but by the sale of the copyright elsewhere.

A YERERAN TYPE-SETTER THE OLDEST PRINTER IN THE UNITED STATES. From the Missouri Republican. William Lawson Barry, the oldest printer in the United States, having entered on his ninety-third 3ear, is now on a visit to this city stopping with his son-in-law, Mr. John Hagon, whose residence is on Thomas street. Such an extraordinary instance of longevity, will render some particulars of the life and habits obtained in a personal interview yesday with the subject of more than ordinary interest, as Mr. Barry is trUly a worthy example of what cxcrcisercgular habits and a cheerful temper can contribute toward the promulgation of existence "in this vale of tears." Mr. Barry is uncommonly well preserved for a man of his years, and would not be taken at first sight to be over seventy-five years of age. He is of middle statue, well built, rather stocky, the back portion of the head covered with iron gray hair, while his cheerful, expressive face wears an expression of integrity and sincerity. He says his general health isood. and he is only troubled with his feet, which hinders his walking. lie asserts that he can still do a tolerable job in type setting, although he has used spectacles for over forty years. Handling old type don't allect his eyes like the glare of new type metal. In February last Mr. Barry, with the assistance of a young man seventy five years his junior, set up the proceedings of an Odd Fellows' convention. Mr. Barry, in reply to a question, said that during the cour.e of his long life he had drak intoxicating liquors immoderately at times, but that his habits in this particular alternated with seasons of abstinence from liquor. He had been twelve years at a time without indulging, and now belongs to a temperance organization. Thinks it would kill him to drink now. "The life of the printer," he said, "leads to dissipation more than it ought," "I never had," he said, "a headache or a burning fever. I was always active, and never ate the bread of idleness. I'm like a fish out of water, if I don't get about. I always take plain food, and find it bet for the promotion of health. My grandfather on my mother's side was an Englishman and lived till he was 10G years of age. My father, an Irishman from Dublin, died at 76. He was a brother of John Barry of Lexington. Ky., and the father of Win. T. Barry, United States Minister to Ghent, who died in Liverpool. I was born April lGth, 1780, at Barry's Ridge on Meherry river, near Lunenbcrg county court-house, in Yirginia. My father was a soldier in the revolutionary war. I emigrated from Yirginia to Nashville, Tennessee, in 17D4. At that time Nashville contained only a fort and three blockhouses. The fort was garrisoned bv a small force under Gen. Robinson. The indi ins, principally the Choctaws and Chickasaws, committed depredations on the settlers, but were not dangerous. In continuation of his reminiscences, drawn out by our inquiries, Mr. Barry said he went into the printing office to learn the art in 1797, at Nashville, enrared with J. B. Bradford, who published the Tennessee Gazette and New Advertiser. He was a son of John Bradford of Lexington, who establishd the first newspaper in Kentucky. In 1790 I set up Washington's obituary. Since then Mr. Barry has set type on every paper in Nashville. lie was 13 years oa the Uepublitm Baaner. Then worked on the ImjKirtial Review printed by Thomas Easton. Has since in the course' of his tramps set type at Clarkscille, Tenn.; Russellville, Ky. ; Bardstown, Ky. ; Glasgow, Ky.; Natchez, Miss.; New Orleans (in 1810), Lebanon, Tenn. ; Gallatin, Tenn.; Franklin, Tennessee; Pulaski, Tennessee; and now resides at Nashville. Of course during his long connection wyhthe press he has had opportunities of seeing and becoming acquainted with many historical characters who flourished during the early half of the century. About 1806 he saw Aaron Burr at Nashville. Patten Anderson had some boats built for Burr, to use in his celebrated expedition. Burr bought up pickled pork and stores for the trip. lie visited frequently Andrew Jackson while at Nashville. In due time Mr. Barry volunteered in the expedition with three or four hundred others. But the boat in which they went was stopped at Fort Massac, while Burr was arrested at the mouth of the Black Warrior and taken to Richmond for trial on a charge of treason. Mr. Barry is of opinion that Col. Burr had no treasonable designs against the government of the United States. His object was to get possession of a slice from old Mexico, and he simply attempted to accomplish what Gen. Houston eflected long afterwards. Burr while at NashviU roomed at Dr. Claiborne's, an honorable, high-micd-ed man. Mr. Barry was an eye-witness of some of the' incidents connected with the difficulty between General Jackson and Colonel Benton. He was present after the shooting, when Colonel Benton, on his brother Jesse's horse, rode around the square at Nashville, and coming up in front of the old City Hotel, where an excited crowd was assembled, Colonel B. undauntedly proclaimed if there was any man present who had any complaint to make he was read' to answer him, then and there; if not, they knew where he lived, in Franklin, Williamson county. No response was made, and Colonel Benton rode off. Mr. B. saw General Jackson when setting out for the Indian war, with his wounded arm in a sling. He also saw Lafayette, on his arrival at Nashville, on his tour through the Union as the Nation's guest. One of Lafayette's old soldiers, named Hagar, walked from Iluntsville to Nashville, a distance of seventy-five miles, to see his old commander. The two on meeting embraced each other, and hugged and kissed like two sisters. Mr. Barry was always a warm admirer of Henry Clay he was a bosom friend. Clay was at the State Convention in Nashville in 1844, and made a speech. He stopped at the house of Dr. McNeary, also a warm friend. He never believed the charge of bargain made against Clay. He was too chivalric and honorable a man one incapable of doing a dishonest act. Mr. B. knew Gen. Sam Houston well, and also his wife.who was Miss Saunders, daughter of William Saunders, of Hendersonville, Texas. She was an amiable lady, and Houston was an honorable man. No one knows whv he deserted her. He was Governor of Texas. He got up one morning and went to the Indian country. He could only attribute the cause of this desertion to disparity of tastes, and the discovery that his wife did not love him. Gen. Houston was a cabinet maker by trade, threw aside the plane and saw, and took up Blackstone, studied law, and then buckled on his sword and went into the war. lie was a man of tremendous perseverance. Mr. B. had known him,while engaged as a lawyer, to get on his horse at night and ride from Nashville to attend the court at Carthage, 40 miles distant, and get there for breakfast next morning. Mr. Barry has been witness of several affairs of honor. When he worked for Gen. Felix Zollicoffer, he set up the editorial that resulted in a fight between Gen. Z and Martin. The former was editor of the Banner at the time. Gen. Z. learned that his antagonist was waiting for him on the street, armed for

an attack. The general went into his room to get his pistol. His wife, who was a daughter of Capt John Gordon, an old Indian fighter, saw that he was excited, and divined his purpose. She was a brave, intrepid wdmah, and said, "General, the pistols have been loaded for some time; better examine them." He went Out, met Martin on the street, and both fired. Martin was shot in the mouth. He lived several years, but the wound was thought to be the cause of his death. Mr. Barry also witnessed the duel between Dr. Snppington and Dr. May, growing but of professional jealousy. Dr. May shot down his antagonist at the first fire the bullet entering the center of his forehead. Sappington's bullet clipped off a lock of May's hair. Mr. Barry cast his first vote for Madison for President. He voted for Monroe, Hugh L. White, Clay every time, Harrison, Tavlor, Scott, Fremont, Bell, McCleUan, Seymour, and now stands ready to vo'e for any white man the nominee of UiC Cincinnati Convention who can be supported br Democrats. Mr. Barry says he always adhered to the principle of studying the interests of his employers. He said he lias many times disobliged himself in order to oblige his employers, and that's the way he thinks all ought to do. He has had nine, children, three only of whom survive. FLIGHT OF THE SONGSTERS. From the New York World, May 4. "The winter has passed and gone, and the time of the singing of birds h:;s come." The sweet singers of the opera troupes have considered this fact a warning that it was time for them to leave. Accordingly there was quite an exodus of them yesterday, and the Cunard docks were thronged with the friends of the departing artists. Parepa Rosa received quite an ovation after arriving on the deck of the Cuba. She will remain awhile in London and then start on the Continent, and will return here in about two years with her husband, who is a naturalized American and very fond of his adopted country. Miss Nilsson had spent the previous evening at the house of Professor Doremus, where she was entertained with amateur theatricals and banjo playing by an original Christy Minstrel on a $500 ban jo which the Professor has given her. She, with the others, had been brought on the Andrew Fletcher from the New York side to the Cunard dock, and the orchestra of the Philharmonic had enlivened the passage. Among the other passengers on the Cuba were the following: Mr. II. C. Jarrett, who goes to Europe to arrange matters for the coming of Lucca and De Murska. He has been the business agent. of Miss Nilsson during all her tour in America. Max Marctzek, who is also going abroad to arrange for the Lucca season, in the management of which he is associated with Mr. Jarrett. Mr. Maurice Grau, whose journey is made for the purpose of securing the i ia'nist Rubinstein for a concert tour in this country. Miss Clara Daria, the voung English prima donna, who has been singing of late very acceptably with the Parepa troupe. Miss Doria will probably return to this country next fall. 3Ir. Charles Stan t ley, who leaves behind him the reputation of being the most admired baritone who has ever visited our shores. Mr. Tom Karl, the tenor, expects on his return to England to sing in English opera. Mr. William Castle, the tenor, who has for several years been a favorite interpretor of English'opera in this country. Mr. and Mrs. Aynsley Cook, who have shown versatility and ability in the minor operatic roles. Wachtel, the tenor, will leave in the German steamer to-day. On the 18th inst the Yille de Paris will convey from our shores the baritone, M. Barre, and the basso, M. Jamet. On the same day the City of Montreal will take out among her passengers Mr. Fryer, the courteous operatic agent. Mr. Kax Strakosch is also going to Europe, and when he returns will probably bring with him Carlotta Patti. When the Cuba left the dock the crowd checrd heartil', and the prime donne waved graceful adieux to their admirers. disappointed:in love AND TIRED OF LIFE. From the New York Sun. Early yesterday morning the police learned that a young woman had committed suicide at 40 First avenue. The officers found the dead body of Lena Hirschfeld, who had been employed as servant by a family named Walck, living in the same house. She had evidently taken Paris green, as traces of it were found by her bedside. A Sun reporter visited the house, and ascertained the following facts: Lena, at the age of seventeen, married, but her husband soon died. She had a child, which also died. Thrown on her own resources, she was compelled to accept a situation as servant with the Walck family. While there she became acquainted with John Peters, employed in the Singer sewing machine manufactory. Their acquaintance ripened into a courtship. Everything went on smoothly, until a short time ago Peters ascertained that Lena had already been married. His visits grew fewer, and when she upbraided him with neglect he told her the reason, and refused to have anything further to do with her. Lena from that day became melancholy, and was several times heard to declare that she did not wish to live. On Tuesday night she went to bed at her usual hour. In the morning.as she did not get up at the regular time, Mr. Walck, her employer, knocked at ner door. Receiving no response after continued knockings, he forced the door.and found Lena dead on the bed. The following lcter was in her trunk, addressed to Peters: April 30. My Dear John: Forgive Hie, as I hope every one will forgive me. My dear John, I know that you no longer love me, and although I am still so young, and the world is before me, yet I want to die, and all is over. I know that you are going away to a strange land, and I would rather die than leave you forever. Farewell, dear John. God be with you all your ways. Lena IIirschfd. Coroner Schirmer held an inquest yesterday afternoon. The jury rendered a verdict of suicide by taking poison. Lena was twenty years of age, and extremely prepossessing. She had no relatives in this city.

THE BIG SPRING IN LAUREL IIILL. About three miles east of Jones' Mills, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, is one of the most remarkable springs in the State. It is six hundred feet above the valley, and about four hundred feet below the top of the mountain. It is strong enough to drive a mill, clear as crystal, and very cold. The stream flowing from it abounds in trout, and many a Pittsburger has enjoyed himself in hauling them out. A number of ponds were put up last summer by several gentlemen from that city. The spring is close by the Pittsburg and Cumberland Pike. Around it is some grand scenery. About two miles northeast of it is Baker's Knob, from which there is one of the grandest views to be found, extending into West Virginia, Maryland, and westward almost to Steubenville, seventy-five miles. No one visiting those springs should fail to go there with a good spy-glass to look over about six thousand square miles.

ANCIENT TROY. Marshal von Moltke, during his military mission in Turkey, found time to pay a visit to the supposed site of Troy, and he describes this visit in his recently published book I "I directed my foot eteps (he says) toward a spot to which are attached the oldest' of historical souvenirs, but where time has probably blotted all traces of man's handiwork, toward Uion. Strange to say, one still has pointed out to one with great Appearance? of probability the theater of events which weie Mated centuries ago by a blind poet, and which occurred centuries again. before his day. Nature has remained the same. Here are the two streams where the women of Troy washed their 'shining robes,' there the Simois descends from Mount Ida and confounds its turbulent waters with the calm flocd of the Scamander. The waves still roar around Cape Sigeum and the islands cf Imbros. The white peak of Mount Ida) from whence Jupiter contemplated the doings of 'gods and of men, is visible from every point in the plain, and Posseidon, 'who made the earth tremble,' could not indeed have found a more splendid seat than 'the loftiest point of verdant Sainothrace, from the height of which he witnessed the strife and its issue.' In the 'Iliad' it is necessary to make a distinction between the truth of the events which oc curred and that of the poem itself. That all the princes of whom Homer speaks combated beneath the walls of Pergamos may be as doubtful as the geneology of his demi-gods; but one thing is certain Homer made his story fit in with the locality which he must have known most thoroughly. The site of the city is determined by the fact that the Scamander's source was just beneath it, and that the waters of the Simois washed its walls. When it is necessarry to fix it more exactly, the opinions of the savants vary considerably; I, who am not an authority in science, was merely guided by military instinct towards the spot which o"ae would choose for the erection of an impregnable fort. If, after leaving the Turkish fortress of Rumkalih, at the southern issue of the Dardanelles, you sail up the Simois , for three hours, you will find that the plan leads to a chain of hills at the foot of which is situated the village of Bunarbaschi. It received its present name from the source of the Scamander which here springs from out of the chalkstone. Let us now ascend the slight incline, and we shall reach the spot where most travelers place Troy. Farther on about a thousand yards oil there is a deep gorge, and beyond a still higher plateau about live hundred feet long, which is undoubtedly the position of Pergama. A small mound is held to be the tomb of Hestor. And now, starting from this supposed tomb, take eight hundred steps forward in the same direction toward the mass of stones which is perhaps the fallen tower of the Sca?an gate, whence Priam watched the combatants and whence the son of Andromache started back in terror befare the plumed helmet of his sire. You then see before you a piece of ground about five hundred feet each way, and behind you some heights which served for the citadel of Prinm, with its six hundred apartments. These heights are bounded on three sides by inaccessible dill's: the fourth side is practicable, and it is there that must have been situate the Seaman gate the only one, indeed, that is mentioned as existing. From thence the view embraces the source of the Scamander and the plains where the battles took place, the windings of the Simois, the tombs of Achilles and of Ajax, the position occupied by the fleet near the sandy shore, Mount Ida and the verdant Samwthracc. Nor is this all. Along the heights I found foundations of walls cutting each other at right angles, and built of stones of various kinds without cement. I will not argue that thec are the walls of the houses of Troy; but it is well known that temples have been raised and towns christened in memory of that city. It may be that some such monument hrs sprung up from the ruins of ancient Troy, and that they have furnished the numerous

capitals and sculptured columns which cover the whole cemetery of the wretched village of Bunarbaschi. Among the most remaikab'e objects in this very interesting country are the tombs that of Achille3 is especially easy of recognition by the description given of it in Homer." THE PRUSSIAN NEEDLE-GUN. A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette complains of the delay of the military authorities at Berlin in adopting a new breechloader for the German army. He says that the War Office unfortunately still preserves its attachment for the old needle-gun, and that the older issued at the beginning of this year for continuing the alterations in that gun which were commenced before the Franco-German war, shows that the preparations for introducing a new rifle are still very much behindhand, and thnl meanwhile the'Government is disposed to retain the present weapon. The correspondent thinks it would have been better to arm the troops with the Chassepot (hundreds of thousands of these rifles being at this moment in the German artillery stores) until a new rifle is decided upon. The Ger man army would then in any case have had a better weapon than the "patched up needle-gun." "The faults of this rifle were recognized so long ago as 1800-61. It is too heavy, has too great a calibre, and fires to slowly. The first alterations in the gun were made in those years, but unfortu nately the same defects remained. In lsijo, when the Jagers required a new rifle, they were supplied with a needle-gun, which. however, contained the old defects. After the Austrian war of 186G the needle-gun ol tained a high reputation, but for a short time only. In the spring of 18G France adopted the Chassepot, and it very soon became known at Berlin tliut this rifle possessed con siderable advantages over the ncedle-jrun Notwithstanding this, the authorities could not make up their minds to adopt a new weapon. But it was necessary to do something in the matter, whic h grew nwc pressing every day; and accordingly 1he War Office adopted the new regulations (known as Beck's) whose completion was interrupt ed by the outbreak of the r rench war, During that war the defects of the needle gun became evident to all, if they had, not been so already, and a committee was to have been appointed at Verseilles to deliberate on the adoption of a new weapon for the infantry. But even now no conclusion has been arrived at on the subject, which is the more surprising since the French succeeded, in a twelvemonth after the Austrian war, in constructing and arming the troops with the Chassepot, a rifle which in many respects is better than the needle-gun." L A PRINCE LIYTNO OFF THE PROFITS OF A MILLINER SHOP. There is a law in England, by which a woman is compelled, under certain circumstances, if she has money or means of making it, and her lord has none, to support him, be he ever so worthless, that the expenses of his keeping may not come on the parish. Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte seems at present to be existing under this law. A coarse, rough, brutal man, received in societv under the empire on suflrance, he was constantly doing something which

BY J0HX S. SPAXX & CO.,

REAL ESTATE AGENTS, SO East Washington Street. In. a few days we shall be ready tpl&oe in market a subdivision of ihcyp most beautiful tract of lind adjoining: t e' city on. the Eust, known as the Stone, "Witt, Taylor and Iloyt tract. The fine native forest trees on the land renders it -unusually attractive. Fletcher Avenue is to be extended through the tract Iilast, and other streets and alleys of convenient width and position, making it the most desirable property in the market. The now bridges and tunnels soon to be in use, will make a rush South and Eastward. Our customers at a distance had better look after this very soon, as tlere will bo great bargains here. JOHN SS. SPANX & CO., April 26, '72. Ileal Kstate .Agents. COLCLAZE R'S ELEGANT NEW JEWELRY STORE -IS ATNO. 14 EAST WASHINGTON ST., SIGN OF THE BIG CLOCK. DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, SILVER-WARE, GOLD HEADED CANE?, SILYERPLATED WARE, IN GREAT VARIETY, fcb27 ly R.ULR01P TIME TABLE -TAKES EFFECT OX AXi AFTEIt XAECII 10, U72. Trail h'P'it. Train Arrirt. C, , ii INDIANU'OLIS It. W. ("I5EE LINE.") L ca! ?:I5 ! ?iR prt-f? 6 '45 A. M Kxprc.-s 10:10 a m Express 10:30 a m l.!r(.-'1 2:'! a m !.o. al 3:15 P M r::piV!- 7 5 V V Kspivss 6:10 P X I!TTrrKfi, CINCINNATI A ST. LOPIS RAILROAD. F:ist. !.:r. 3:?: a m Southern Y.x... 2:15 a x M iil Kpress.. . li':lt a ! Sumlaj Ex 8:15 am F.zpne f..'0 p m KxprfM 8:45 a X Sunlrv ICx f:;X) r v T;it Line 5:55 r m TE!:i(i: IIAVTC, VAMALIA A ST. LOl'IS RAILROAD. Purlf.e Fx 3:1 A i F;fnFtLine 3:15 A x St. Louis liavl'c !:')) a m Mail 10:15 a x Fvmsv-,1 I iil 1:!) pm Tc rre l!aue Ac 5:"J0 px St. L. uL-ht h'x. :ti0 r Atlantic Ex 6:10 P x INWANAPOLIS A ST. I.OIMS RAILROAD. SMmiit Ex... 7:15 a m LiLTlitnin Ex... .3:10 am Mirttx n Ac 1 :u y m NLrlit Ex 10:00 a x Ni-htEx 8:00 r a 'accommodation 5:30 px .Day Ex 6:20 p x CINCINNATI RAILROAD. IViltimore Ex... 3:20 a m IVUtimore Ex... 2 35 a x Vail 10:15 a m Martinsville Ac 10:05 a x Ms tinvillo Ac. 2:' 5 p m Mail 12:35nox Hul:iiniv Ex... 6:15 p m F.altimore Ex.. 7:50 px LAPAVHTTK RAILROAD. Chi.-azoEx 3 10 a x 'Chicago Vx 2:'0 A X hieai't M.-.il. . . 12:.."nos C. A: J. Ex 10 30 a x C Ex b:V0 p m Omaha Ex 6:25 p x INDIAN AIULIS, ri.(OM!N;TO & WESTERN R. R. Pacific Ex 4:05 a m Fxtife!-? 3 05 a x iViv Fx... Ni.'lit Ei. 1: 0 r m E pres 10:a a x 8:05 p i Pacific Ex 7:05 P X CINCINNATI JINCTIUN RVILROAD. 4:0-1 pm Mail 12:40 px MJ1. Express... .. 10:45 a Express 7:45 FX VINCENNE RAILROAD. Vinccnne Ac. fi:0 a M'Spcncer Ac 10:00 ax M.i'l and Ex. 1:00 p m Yincenne Ac 5 :50 p x Spencer Ac PERC Ch. A T. MailToledo Fx Chicago Ex 3:35 p m Mail and Ex.... & ( IIK ACO R ILROAD. fi:o a x Chicaeo Ex 2 50 p 31 Toledo Ex S:00 p m Mail & Chi. Ex. 6:20 a x 7:25 a x 9:55 a x 5.15 p x JEFKERSONYILLE 4 VAD1SON RAILROAD. LonisviJte Ex... 3:0 a x! Louisville Ex.. 3:O0ax L & Mad. Mail. Co'imiousAc... I.oni-vill' Ex... Sundav Train... 8 ( 0 a x OolumJins Ac. 3:20 P M Lonisville Ex. i::30 p i L. A Mad. Ex 8:00 a x Sunday Train. 9:50 a x 12:45o'x 7:40 p x 4.40 P X IXDIANAIVjLIS 4 FORT WAYNE SHORT LINE, VIA. REE LTNE Ft rWftvreMrul. 10:10 a m Ft. Wavne Mail 6:10 p Ft. YVayr.e Ex.. 3:35 p m Ft. Wayne Ex.. 10:40 a X X shocked the taste nr.d sensibilities of those with whom he was connected, ending by fallinz in love with a handsome peasant jrirl, scandalizing his friends hy establishing her in Paris, for she was not then his wife. When she did become the Princess Pierre, she received scant courtesy at their hands; there being so much ignoble blood among them the stream would hardly bear more pollution. Compelled to leave Paris, the couple took up their residence in London. Here their funds soon gave out. The Prince could not, of course, be expected to exert himself for their support, but the Princess cast about for something to do, and finally decided to open a millinery establishment, which she has done, appealing to the public by means of an advertisement through the newspapers for patronage. She is now in a fair way to make a fortune, which, no doubt, Prince Pierre will condescend to spend for her. ft There is acharmto those living under an aristocratic government in the idea of one with a royal title being reduced to work for a living like other people, which will conjure her plenty f customers, to say nothing of curiosity, and the eclat of a bonnet made by the Princess Pierre. A woman of more thorough good sense than refinement or culture, she is much attached to her husband, whose only redeeming point is that he returns that attachment. AFRAID OF THE "SNAKES." Since the fire in Chicago the whisky in tint forlorn city is worse than ever. By way of illustrating the fact the ' Times tells the following: "Speaking about the bad weather of last Sunday, they tell a good joke on a wellknown young man, who figures extensively on 'Change. About 10 o'clock on Sunday forenoon lie stepped into a popular restaurant for breakfast. When he had finished he started to go out, when he saw for the first time that it was snowing. He trembled, looked up at the sky, glanced in at the large mirror over the cashier's desk, and turned pale Beckoning to one of the proprietors he said. 'Charley, is it snowing out of doors?" 'Yes, indeed, it is,' was the reply. 'Thank heaven !' said the poor fellow. 'I wasn't sure about it; I knew it was raining when I came in.' Then grasping the pr prietor by the hand and lowering his voice, he said, 'Old boy, I thought I had 'em again!' " Tun man who was "moved to teara" compl.iins of the dampness there.