Decatur Eagle, Volume 1, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1857 — Page 2
_TII E E A(i I.E H. L. PHILLIPS, Editor. ""DEC ATI7R, INDIANA?” FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL IT, IS3T. Ought the Governor to Call au Extra Session of the Legislature. This is the title of an able and well written article, which we copy from the Fort Wayne Jeffersonian, of the 9th inst. It takes a proper view of this question, points out some of the reasons why the general welfare of the State demands that the legislative department of the government should be convened by the executive of the State. The Constitution authorizing the act is in the following language: "If in the opinion of the Governor, the public welfare shall require it, he may, at any time, by proclamation, cull a special Session." Now does the public welfare require that the revenue law should be passed, by which taxes are levied to carry on the government; and does the public welfare require, that this money when so raised bv law, be appropriated to the various objects for which it was levied and collected. Wo think it does, and that the article refered to will convince any unpre- i judiced mind that it is the constitutional; duty of the Govei nor to call a special ses- i «ion, regardless of what the legislature! will do. Then he will have done his du- I ty. We think it is not for him to enquire ' what the republican senate will do if con-' vened. They have each their constitutional obligations to perform, and are responsible to the people. If they tail, and refuse to relieve the State from her embar-rasme-n:, and still prove unfaithful to the Constitution and the people, and re-enact those disgraceful and outrageous scenes which characteriz 'd the late republican senate, the judgment of the people wili be visited again upon them two fold. The following is the article referred to: ''Ought ths Governor to Caul an Extra Session of the Legislature?— The answer to this question is involved in that of another—has such an emergency arisen in the affairs of the State, as to require the iterposition of this extraordinary vxrercise of executive authority? When such an emergency does exist, the war- j runt and the duty are both defined by the I constitution. Gov: Willard in our judgment, ought not to hesitate and consider what tho legislature may nd do, but be governed in his action by what tho Legislature ought to do, and what the people of the Stale require them to do. He is the governor of the people of Indiana, and not of a party; and such is our confidence in his enlighted patriotism and bis profound interest in the welfare of the State, that we believe that no other considerations than those that refer to the good of her people, will be allowed to influence for r moment his public sets or decisions, that he will administer the laws and obey the mandates of the Constitution, taking no counsel from party suggestions or party bias; that in bis official communications with the representatives of the people, be will treat them as a 1 gislature, without any reference to the component political elements of the body. He is bound officially to presume on their willingness to do whatever the Interests of the State require them to do, in their capacity of legislators and to act accordingly. The belief may be entertained by many that the majority in the Senate may etill prove themeelves unfaithful to the Constitution and the people, and rc-enact those scenes of trilling and outrage which disgraced them in the late session—such a contingency may arise, but its probability ought to form no part of his calculations in the diecharged of a public duly like that demanded by lie present emergencies of the State. Let Black Republican Senators doom themselves and the partv they represented to the double damnation of rcper.tnig and persisting in their course of faction and i Lcii' -n—jet the responsibility be upon them, hould they madly refuse to do their duty; but kt no apprehensions that they will do so, deter the Governor from adopting the only measure left for me-tin f the wants of the people and the State. But what is the present existing emergency requiring an extra session of the Legislature? The last Legislature, among other things, failed to pa»s laws essential to the mantainance of the Government, as well as to the prosperity of tne State. The rev-- nue, the appropriation, nnd the liquor bills were all lost in the Senate. The Legislature is bound, bv the command of the Constitution, to pas* a revenue 11 w. By such a law, provision is made for levying « tax ’ufli'-ient to meet rise eurreat exiM-n>*» of th* stafc, till t! <•
(next meeting of the General Assembly.— The money so raised is to be appropriated to the payment o f the salaries of tho i State officers, Judges, Prosecuting Attorneys, <fcc.’ «fcc.; to the support of our ‘ Benevolent Institutions, and to the payment of the interest on the public debt.—- ■ It has never been the policy of the State : to keep u large surpluss iu the treasury, 'or more than was nessary, te meet the actual expenses of the Government. It is not probable, therefore, there is much money in the treasury; and as the next regular sesssion of the Legislature does ! not take place for two years, no considerable amount, without taxing, can come in till after that session. Some of the I State officers may be able to hold their ! places, and trust to the future for their pay, but bow will it bo with the great body of Judges and Prosecuting Attorneys, on whom the administration of law and justice depends, and who subsisted on their meagre salaries? They will be compelled to resign. And now what citizens of the State can contemplate wthout serious anxiety and apprehension the state of things that may ensue—Stata repudiation; the disorganization of Courts; crime triumphant and unpunishable; civil grievances unredressed; the blind, the deaf, the dumd and the insane, driven out of the asylums which the benevolence of the State had provided for them? These constitute a part of the emergency requiring the executive of the State to call an extra session of the Legislature. The failure topass the general apportionment bill, is a denial to die Treasurer to pay out one dollar of any public funds, on the warrant of the Auditor, except al bis own peril, and for doing which he would be held responsible on his official: bond, should future Legislatures refuse to 1 legalize tho act. The Legislature also failed to pass any law to regulate and re- j strrin the sale of intoxicating liquors'— The neglect of this salutatory measure demaned by the universal sentiment of the people, has opened the floodgates of demoralization, which will pour their burning tides of crime and wretchedness all over the State for the next two years, the melancbolly fruits of which will exist and operate for generations to come, unless Legislative preventives are speedily applied, and these floodgates of ruin closed up. The failure of the appraisement law will resultiu an inequality of taxation, as a vast amount of lands that were unimproved have been brought into cultivation since the present valuation was made, and are worth greatly more than their assessed value. It would be safe to I say, as au proximate value, that the in-: crease has been at least twenty-five pei ! cent., and on this increased value a lax ought to be paid. It is not enough U tell the oft repeated and true story, that for all these failures Black Republican majority in the Senate is responsible, and that the people will hold them to an account. We yield to no one in cur adhorance and detestation of their proceedings, and if we have fervently and earnestly dcnouced them, it has been because we thought they well deserved it— But another question aiises. May we not hope that an awakened and returning | sense of reason may have brought these men to their minds, and that, forced by the clamorous demands of the public, j they will be commpeiled to do their duty ! —and above all this, ought not the imj pcrative wants oi the people be sufficient |to control the discretion of the Governor, and induce him to call together the Legislature and advise them of their duty, and enforce his recommendations by pointing out the present emergencies of the State demanding immediate Legislation? jTSFWe would call the attention of our readers to the advertisementof Geo. Nutn- ; hers, as Cabinet Maker, which will be ; found in another colmn of to-day’s paper. I'l.ose who desire to be accomodated with j the right kind of furniture—manufacted I in a workman-like manner, and upon the most fashionable styles—those wishing j anything in bis line, would do well to call und examine his stock before purchasing elswhcre, as you cannot fail to be suited, both in style and prices ZtJ'Dr. D. W. Chamfer, has perma- ■ nently located in tiiis place, and will at all times be ready and willing to relieve the ! di:,tressed, when his professional services are needed. See Card.. - ; Murder in Davenport, lowa.—Mrs. Martha Krebs, who kept a millinery store I on the corner of Second and Perry streets, j died on Thurday evening last. It was i first supposed that her death was the result of intoxication, but from some sing. , ular circumstances, suspicion* have arisen against h/>r daughter and her son in-law, with .whepj sb* resided.
Remarkable Narative.-Escapa from Savages. William Btiiiy, formerly of Lynnville, Ogle, Co., 111., has just returned to bis home after an absence of a year and a half, end has given the Springfiled (Ill.,) Repulican, a thrilling accout of his adventures, for the truth of which that paper j vouches. Mr. Baily was with a party of nine others engaged in driving teams from the Gulf of Mexico to the Rio Grande.— While camped out and asleep at Neuces River, their rnules were stolen by the Indians, with whom they engaged in a fight the next day. All of Mr. Baily's companions were killed, and he was taken prisoner. The Indians then plundered tho wagons, stripped their prisoner of his clothing, and bound him upon a pony. — The remainder of the story we give in detail: They then started for there encampment in the Witchataw mountains, which place they reached after eleven days bard Tidin'*. They remained incamp week, and then started on a robbing expedition to attack a train on the Santa be I road. They remained about five days j waiting, when a merchant train came along. 0 They proceeded to surprise the ! train and killed every person with it, took j the goods and mules belonging to the j train, and started for the Kickapoo settlement, traded of the mules for ponies, and returned to the Witchataw mountains. The prisoner was kept strictly confined during tho day, and was tied up evjjry night with pieces of raw hide, by the i hands, to a limb of a tree, as high up as | he could reach and stand on the ground. During the day he was allowed to lie down and sleep a few hours. During the time Mr. Baily was with them they went on j five robbing expeditions, taking him always along with them. The last tner- | chant train they robbed they took two men prisoners who had bravely defended i themselves till their weapons were all disi charged, and who had killed twelve of the j red skins. These two were then taken and tied to a stake and skinned alive. Mr. Bailey was placed close to them and comoelled to witness this horrible scene. Every time he would close his ayes they would punch him with sphears and bayonet.- until he would open them, and look upon this picture of revolting horror. — They then took the skin, reeking with warm blood, and slapped him around the the face with it, covering him with blood, and telling him if he tried to escape this should be his fate. One of their excursions was against the United States mail wagons. They killed the five men with them, tore open the letters, got out the money and cutting out the pictures from the bank bills, threw them away, they cut ail the newspapers that had any pictures in them, throwing every thing away that was not embelished. For three nights after this they did not tie him up, but kept guard over him. — Tiie third night they had a big war dance and in tho excitement forgot Mr. Baily. While dancing around their fire, in front of their tent, he crawled out under the back of the tens, seized one of the ponies, and escaped. He was soon missed, and was followed five days. At the expiration of that time they came so close on him that they fired at him, which obliged him to b>ave his horse and take to the mountains. Fortunately, he found a small cave jast large enogh to crawl into in which place he remained fora day and a half, the Indians being so near him that he could hear their footsteeps as they searched for him. I He remained in this possition until he was assured his pursuers had left, when 'he emerged from his concealment, and , made a strait shoot for the Kickapoo settlement, about 6UO miles distant. In about a month he reached the longed for point, where he hoped to find friends ami assistance. Nor was he disappointed in this, lie was kindly furnished food and clothing by the Kickapoos. He had subsisted for the whole month previous to this on birch roots, which he dug with his • hands on bis lonely march. While with the Camanches he was fed on raw horse flesh. Not a very pleasant diet, truly.— The Kickopoos treated him very kindly, and showed him on his long journey to civilization. After leaving them, four days’journey brought him to the Chickasaw's camp, from whence he proceeded to the Choctaw nation, who treated him in the most humane manner. He journed on to the Shawnee nation, where he was welcomed to the best they had in their lodges. Leaving them he next reached the Cherokees and then made for Missouri, which State |he made sone twenty miles north of the (Neosho. From thence he came to Sc. : Louis, and then to this city; having traveled steadily and constantly on foot for i the last two months. St. Louis, April Bth.—Full election I returns from this city give Winer 5,487; Pratt, 3,759; L ine 1,831. The emanci- | pationists have a large majority in both i branches of the city Council and al! the ' city officers. It is now said that a large i number of Americans voted for Pratt, believing hitn to be the only candidate able . to beat the emancipation ticket. Buffalo papers say there is at present I much ice iu the lower part of the lake land navqjaUGU will not open for some lime. *
Confession of Return J* M- Vlard. Through the politeness of our worthy Sheriff, 8. J. Springer, Esq., we last evening paid a visit to R. J. M. Ward, who | | gave us the following confession in rela-, | tion to the murder of his wife. Ward t I seemed to be deeply ’effected, frequently | interrupting his disclosure, by exclama- ■ tions of deep sorrow and regret for the : J crime which he had committed, and giv- j i in" us a full and complete disclosure of ‘the same. After taking down his confession, we read the same to him whei he pronounced it correct, and we give it to our readers as we had it from his own lips, in presence of the sheriff and others; CONFESSION. On Tuesday evening February 3d, 1857 Mrs. Ward and myself had some words during which Mrs. Ward struck me on the head with a fluid lamp, also on the right side of the nose causing the same) to°bleed freely, I begged her not to strike i me, and took the lamp away from her, then went to bed. We arose between six and seven o’clock on Wednesday■ morning, I spoke to her about the olow she had given me, showing her where she had struck me the evening previous, also ; I tWb blood on the bolster and tick, she said she wished I had bled to death and ' picking up a stick of hickory wood she ' j attempted to strike me, I warded off the blow which fell upon my right thumb, ‘ ' lameing it severely. The stick fell from ; her hand and as she stooped to pick it up, , i I seized a flatiron and in the heat of pas- ! «ion struck her with it on the right side • of the head, upon and under the right ear, driving the ear-ring into the flesh.— 1 She fell to the floor exclaiming: ,Oh! Ward you have killed me., I dropped [ the flatiron and went to her, she was ly- . ! ing on her side. I turned her over on her ’ back, and placed a petticoat under her head, supposing she was o.nly stunned.— I made use of such means in my power to , restore her, but in about half an hour j after the blow was given she died, having . only spoken once after the first exclamation, ‘Oh! my Nellie,’ meaning, as I supposed, her little girl. After she was dead I wrapped her head in a pettieoat and drew the body under the bed, to conceal it in case any one should come in. About half past eight o’clock Wm. H. Nathens, a mulatto boy, came to the door with some milk, came in the shop, took the milk from him and he left. I then went to Liba Allen’s grocery, bought a pound of sugar, told him I was going away. I then returned to the iiouse, and after a short time commenced cutting np the body, I tore the | clothes open from the throat down, I then : took a small pocket knife and opened the I body, took out the bowels firstand put) them in the stove, upon the wood, they filled with airaud would make a noise in exploding, took my keife and picked holac through them to prevent the noise, then took out the heart and liver and put them in the stove, found it very difficult to burn them, had to take the poker and frequntly stir them before they could be destoyed, found the lungs very much decayed. Then took out the b'oud remaining in the cavity of the body, by placing | a copper kettle close to the laine and I scooping it out with mv hands, I then dipped portions of her clothing in the . same and burnt it together, fearing if I i put the blood in the stove alone, that it | might be discovered. I then made an in- : cision through the flesh along down each I side, broke off the ribs and took out the breast bone throwing it into a large boiler, then unjoinled the arms at the shoulders, doublt-d them up and placed them in the boiler, then severed the remaining portion of the body, by placing a stick of wood under the back, and breaking the back bone over the same, cutting away the flesh and ligament with a knife.— Then tried to sever the head from the body, it proving ineffectual, I then put the whole upper portion of the body into the boiler. Then took a large carving knife and severed the lower portion of the body, unjointed the legs at the knee and again at the hip joint, cut the thies open and took out the bones and burnt them up, they burned very rapidly. On Thursday night I commenced burning the body, by placing the upper and back portion of the same, togeather with the head in the stove: on Friday morning, finding that it had not been consumed I built a large fire by placing wood around and under it and in a short time it was wholly consumed, except some small portion of the larger bo.ies and of the skull. The remaining portions of the body were kept in the boiler and in tubs, under the bed, covered up with a corded petticoat and were there at the lime the first search was made on Saturday by Consta- ! Lie Curtis. Hearing on Saturday evening that the citizens were not satisfied [ with the search made by Mr. Curtis I pro- i ! ceeded on Sunday morning to destroy I the remaining portions of the body, by burning the same in the stove, cutting the fleshy parts of the thies in small strips the more readily to dispose of them. On Monday morning I took up the ashes in a small keg. sifting out the larger pieces of bone with my hands placing the same in ray over coat pockets, which I scatter- ; ed in various places in the fields, at different times. Also took the major portion of the trunk nails togeather with the hinges, and scattered them in different places, I then burned her trunk and every vestige of her clothing, disposing of : small portions at a time, to prevent their l creating too much smoke. i ‘I say, my little son, where docs the i right hand road go?’ ’ ’Don't know, sir; it hainf bc»n aowhere ■ einoe »* iiv*d htre,’
Horrible CroeKy to k woman aud Proba- • •la Murder. The Madison (Wis.) Journal, of the I Istinst, contains an account of the most; fiendish piece of cruelty perpetrated towards a woman in that vicinity, afid, ! whose dead and mangled remains werej i just discovered in Lake Monona. The I body was that of an American woman i named Mrs. Mauley, but lately a resilient of a shanty in that neighborhood. — It is supposed that she was murdered by her husband, who had often attempted it by beating, kicking and stamping upon her. He has since fled toparts unknown. A young lad gives the paper above al luded to, some particular of his horrible, treatment of her, as follows: Having heard Mauley threaten to kill his wife, our informant proceeded him to his home, in order to warn the woman of j I what was in store for her. He found her ' seated on the floor, clothed in rags, and I, ' with a face and person which showed ev-', idence of recent brutality, reading from a , small Bible. She received her visitor | courteously, ‘very much as a lady,’ as he ( expressed it, and thanked him for his , kindness, but told him she was -a miserable, heart, broken wretch, and she only , hoped to die soon!’ She said that for two | or three years past she had ‘suffered all , that hell could compass, in mind, person ( and soul!—that she had been forced, time and again even to doubt if there was a God!—but that, so long as she still pos- r sesed the Bible she then held—the »ast gift of her dead mother—she could not be entirely lost; but that her husband had tried of to take it from her, in order to pawn it for rum; but she had managed to hide it from him so far.’ While they were talking, Mauley came ■ in. In the confusion of his sudden ap-j, pearance, Mrs. M. bad forgotten tosecret the book. As soon as theT"uffian saw it, he attempted to snatch it from her, exclaiming with an oath, too horrible for us to pen, that he had 'the d—d bitch light this iirui!’ Mrs. M. put the book in her bosom, begging him, on her knees, ‘for the love of Heaven, for the sake of her soul, and by the memory ofhis own dead mother,’ to let her retainit. He bad taken everything else, he might do as he pleased with ; her and hers—only let her keep that Bible. During the extraordinary scene, the I I visitor had been toostupified with amaze- I. ment to interfere. He says ‘if an angel were to be catched praying he wouldn’t I hold a candle to the way that woman , pleaded.’ lie now stepped forward to interfere between the two, when, before i he could make an effort to prevent him, Mauley raised his foot, covered with a;. heavy doublesoled cowhide boot, and ; kicked the poor woman full in the mouth, ] as she was on her knees before him!— , Without even a groan she fell over back- : wards, and Mauley jumped upon her, j striking his heels with all his force full i upon her breast! The lad then caught' a stick of wood from the floor and knocked the ruffian down. He sprinkled water iu the face of the woman and brought her to, after an hour of hard labor, duri ing which Mauley got np and went out, swearing vengcnce upon him. In return- * ing to consciousness, the woman vomited I great clots oi blood and ‘talked queer’ | I before she opened her eyes. After getting | ! her comparatively easy, and laying her | | upon a straw and rags, which formed her bed, in one corner of the room, he secur- ; ed her Bible, told her where he did it, | and went away, being very much afraid ■ that Mauley would 'take the law of him’! for knocking him down, or else return J and beat him; and he did not dare to visit: the woman again, more especially as the neighbors abvised him to keep clear of them. It is supposed that subsequent to this, | he had murdered her outright and fled;, but whether he murdered her by his di-1 reel actor not, it is very evident that his treatment of her—which is quite equal to anything to be found in the annals of wife beating Saxondom—was sufficient to cause death. We trust that the officers of Madison will succeed in arresting the murderer. From Dr. Livingston's Travels in A/rwa. A Desperate Conflict between a Lion and an Antelope. Dr. Livingston gives a very interesting description of a fight he witnessed in Africa between a lion and an antelope.— The Doctor and his guides had just cm-: erged from a narrow defile between two j rockey hills, when they heard an angry howl, which they knew to be that of the ‘monarch of the forest.’ Ata distance of! not more than forty yards in advance of I them, a gemsbok stood at bay, while a huge, tawny lion was crouched on a rocky platform, above the level of the plain, ev- ; ! idently meditating an attack on the ante- I : lope; only a space of about twenty feet' I seperated the animals. The lion appear- ! ed to be animated with the greatest fury; ' I the gemsbok was apparently calm and resolute presenting his well-fortified head to the enemy. The lion cauciously changed his possi-; tion, descended to the plain, and made a ' circuit, obviously for the purpose of at- ’ inching the gemsbok in the rear, but the ! latter was on the alert, and still turned his head towards his antagonist. The manoenvreing lasted for half an hour, when it appeared to the observers that gemsbok used a stratagem to induce the j lion to make his assault. The flank of | the antelope was, for a moment, presented ' to his fierce assaliant. As quick as lightning, the lion made a spring, but, i while he was yet in the air, the gemsbok turned his head, bending his neck »o as to prerent otja of hie »pe»r-lik« horase at
the lion’s breast. A terrible lacerate was the consequence; the lion fell on .os haunches, and showed a ghastly wound in the lower part of his neck.Z He uttered a howl of rage and and backed off to a distance of fifty ’seeming half disposed to give up the contest, but hunger, fury, or revenge ones more impelled him forward. His second a§sult was more furiom and headlong; he rushed at the gamsbok, and attempted to leap over the ble homes in order to alight on his baek. The gemsbok. still standing on the defensive, elevated bis head, speared the j lion in his side, and inflicted what tl l# spectators believed to be a mortal wound, as the horns penetrated to the debth o( six or eight inches. Again the lion retreated, groaning and limping in a manner which showed that he bad been se. verely hurt, but he soon collected all his energies for another attack. At the in. stant of collision, the gemsbok presented a horn so as to strike the lion immediately between his two fore-legs, and so forceful was the stroke that the whole length of the born was buried in the lion’s body. For nearly a minute the two beasts stood motionless; then the gemsbok, slowly backing, withdrew his horn, and the lion tottered and fell on his side, his limbs quivering in the agonies of death. The victor made a triumphant flourish of hi, heels, and trotted off apparently without lhaving received ihe least injury in tho , conflict. FOREIGN NEWS. Nkw York, April Sth.—The steamship Canadian arrived at Portland at 10:50 last night, with Liverpool dates to March 25th. The City of Washington arrived out on the morning of the 22 1 ult.; sailed again for New York one hour after the Canadian. The Niagara arrived or. tho eve of the 23d ult. Previous to the dissolution of Parliment, Lord Palmertson, in reply to questions, started that no direct overturs for the return of embassies had been made from Naples —but indirectly. It was asked whether sending political prisoners to La Plata, would be considered sufficient. The British government wonld not be satisfied with Naples merely emptying the pi isons to fill them again. Letter from Marseilles say the American ship Adriatic, being arrested in consequence of tiie collision with the steamer Lyonnais, the Capt. demurred to the jurisdiction of the French Court and appealed to an American tribunal. The injection was over-ruled and the cause will be heard before the tribunal of commerce. News has been received from Algiers announcing that one-fifth or more of land had baen sown with wheat this year than last, and the growing crops promise an abundant harvest. There is a progressively rise in the prices. The corn and flour markets are excessively dull. Spain.—The following is an extract from the London Times: Cadiz letter* state that the fort of Verra Cruz fired on the boats of the Spanish war steamer Ferolana, whose commander has demanded an explanation. The Mexicans boast that they have assistance from the Uniled States. Swizerland. —The Neufchatel conI federation world probably meet on th* I 25th ult., Russia having demanded exi planations of the recent landing of 300 i Polas and Turks under Me'nemet Bey. I from the English steamer Kaukaroo on i the coast of Circassia. I The party has appointed a commission i of enquiry. Persia.—An armistic of 3 months has been agreed upon between the British and Persian governments. An insurrection had occured in the Persian Kuris. I Diplomatic relations are suspended bsi tween Austria and Sardinia. ! The Piedraonte Gazette announces the i recall of Count Paar, the Austrian Minister with the* whole of his legation from ! Turin. The Austrian citizens are transferred ! to the protection of the Prussian minister. The recall takes place without r rigorous rupture. There are reports from Naples of some relaxation in the prison severities, also of an unofficial of M Pienelli to Paris, to conciliate the Western powers. Japan.—The two British steamer* I forced fort Mangaretta in Japan, because . they were refused admission contrary to I the treaty. Communications however wer* made to emperor, who published an edict I giving orders that three ports should ba opened, but the crews of any foreign vesi seis are forbidden to penetrate to the inj terior. Advices from Constantinople say that ■ civil war was raging in Persia. The London Gazette contains a notice ’ of the Board of Trade that Denmark has ' agreed to abolish the sound dues from the i first of April. St. Louis, April 7.--A collision oo- ’ cured at four o’clock this afternoon on , the Ohio <fc Mississippi and Terre Haute Alton Railroads at tho crossing at lllinoistown. Both engineers were thrown from the track, badly injured. Daniel Jackson, a runner on the O. & M. train, was killed. A brakeman on the T. H. ! <fc A. train had a leg broken. No injury | to passenger cars or passengers. Ripe strawberries, raised in Washington, graced the table at the Inauguration | Ball. . r ... I’m done, a* th* beefsteak said to ib® gridiron
