Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1883 — Page 1

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• LADIES’ KAMES. There is a strange deformity ® Combined with coantlews graces. As often lathe ladies’ names ♦; As In the ladies’ faces. Some'names are fit for every age, * -i ■ Some only ftt for youth; Some pßMttig sweet and musical, Some horribly uncouth; Home fi4for dames of loftiest grades, Soma erhly fit for scnllery-maids. "* Ann is too plain and common, • And’Jiancy sounds but ill; Yet Anna is endurable,. And Annie better stilt There is a grace in Charlotte, In Eleanor a*state, j Aaeleganoe in Isabella, . A haughtiness in Kate; And. Sarah is sedate and neat, . innocent and sweet. Matilda has a sickly sound. Kit for a nurse’s.trade; Sophia is effeminate, And Esther, sage and staid; Elizabeth's a matoifiess name, • • Kit for a Queen to wear—- . In castle, cottage, hnt or ball, A name beyond compare; And,Beahand Bessie follow well. But Pfetsy is detestable. Maria ia too forward, And Gertrude is too arruff. Yet, coupled with a pretty face Is-pretty name enough. » And Adelaide is fanciful, And Laura Is too fine, A * - ‘«ss*se?' Maria only suits a high-born dame, And Fanny Is a baby name. Eliza Is not very choice, A Jane is too blunt and bold; Ami Martha soinev/hatsorrowful, ■nd-Luey proud f an<Fcol<l. Amelia is too lighWmd gay, Arid Caroline is vain and shy, And Flora smart and pert; y Louisa is too soft and meek, But Alice, gentle, chaste and meek. AmJ Emma is affwriionate. And Janet arch and wild, > And patience is expressive, AmWrace is old and rare, ■ Aikl Hannah warm and dutiful, ’ Ana Margaret frank and fair; And Faith, and Hope, ahd Charity Are namet/or.glFters three. Ami Aines soy a blushing bride WllQiuit exceeding well. And Pnoebe for a midwife, •' • . Joanna for a prude, Apd Bach 4 for a <*yp«y wench Are all extremely good; And-Judlth fora scold and churl, And Susan for aeailor’sgirl. *'•

MY WIFE LUCIE.

> ■*:<« p - *>*)>' To with —slje was very pretty. I don’t know where tp show you another just like her.' She was straight and J' 01 ’* 1 # fifitoj, fWrtface, golden hair and ,M>ftJwhiter hand#. She had brown and mobile red pn » rainy day certain fine tresses of her* shining hair would escape from the refnainder and curl about her temples in little gold tendril rings Her voice was quiet and melodious, and she wore violet dresses. This is as well as I can describe her. And I am.’ afraid this is about all I knew of her when we were married. We ‘met fi’i set out Wefff. was aloft e in a strange couutay. She, also, was alone. She was a music teacher, living in a boarding house. She was gentle and sad* . d made her acquaintance. I loved her. I promised to make her happy Mdje.wjare married. My Western four..being ended, we came back East and' settled at a romantic little place called Daphne Dell. We had been married just a year when my story commences. I was young, just starting in life, and very m<#h engrossed in my business. either was I a particularly "demonstrative mam jad, as Lucie was very quiet and cOwfiOSM invftiai, we hardly appeared like nei'ly-married people. I had all confidence in my wife. It was. het neatness, frugality and good judgment .that won me, as well as her beauty. All home affairs—the employment of a servant, and bills—l left entirely to lier management. It was a great rest-to leave my counting-room abd return Lonietvard, for I- was sure to find everything right- If Lucie had any annoyances she never confessed them to me, and I never took home my bpsinesit troubl e. *A« l»said, we- had seek married a yeiy.-, when onp evening I came home as usual. t lt had been a fine day, but as I left' tire "tekrs • % gj-eat. drop of rain splashed on myeoset I had ten minutes’ .walk ‘before me, and^commenced the task rather briskly. Daphne 1)611 was within half an hour’s ride of the I had thought it better . for oiuAjiealtli to live out of town, and then ipn|, at least, if infinitely RIeiMHT Lucie, too, had seemed to like the place. She came and examined if before I made ,the .purchase—said tjjaf it®was pretty and would do very well. .. • ' Theirain came down, smartly as I reached my garden jgate. As I entered the sittiftg-JOom, I found Lucie hurriedly puttie gsway «ome papers. “The fain iff blowing up from the west. JXqu.. had, fetter shut the parlor windows, I as I went to the closet .to harig Up my coat and get my dressiilggqjv-n. Yes, Will,” she said, absently, rpmmaginir in a drawer. The storm struck sharply agttiinpte thtopane. She went Wid shut the •paTlor'windOws and* then qame l®ck to the drawer. When she looked the drawer through •he looked over the table, and finally Went tp the escretoire. * * * ' “What are you hunting for, Lucie?” saidl. . “Never mind,” she said carelessly; *!• guess..it will- come. Supper is ready Wfil.” We went out to the dining room. She poftred my tea, and Chatted of her garden ant the incidents of the day. Shed , had pßnted mignonette under the win-* dow that its fragrance might come in to her while she was sewing, she said. The Misses Granger had called, and the, man had been to graft the pear htrees. PleaS&nt ordinary chat that suggested polling of the mystery to come. ' The rain continued all night, but the morning Was clear. I felt myself a ■eery happy man as I stepped from my door into .the baldly spring air. The tulips were in blossom, and the crocuses filled the whole garden with their fragrance. I walked leisurely along the path, unlatched the gate and went out. ' ' ' - A few. steps distant, under the orchard wall, lay a sheet bf paper. It looked like something that should not have a It w|s a sheet wf unEfcwsfcO B' With arrested attention, I commenced a toarCfu! examination of the sheet. With Some difficulty I read as follows| ‘* Mx Deabest Percy : Your entreaties and my own heart wifi not longer allow xne to ref main silent. My beloved, Tam so miserable! These Clandestine letters of, yours which I . receive are ms only t*mfi>rt in the wot Id I '■feed on themS-ltve oft them. They are the only brightness which illuminates my dark •wty. ’■My fife is almost insupportable You know thatd do not love my husband, that I s»#sjft»s#aariss

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tied him. Well, he is my husband, and I fay to be a good wife, but this existence is like some dreadful nightmare oream, Percy. It does not seem as if it could be me who lives and breathes and answers to my name. I am so desolate and oppressed—so despairing! I have the feeling, sometimes, that lam under a spell, that my faculties are paralyzing and that I shall lose my mind in this dull, void living. Only when your letters come I am alive. I feel that you love me, and I live and feel,and am exquisitely happy and miserable. both together. “My husband—as long as I perform my daily duties he is contented. He knows nothing of my feelings. He considers me a machine for his comfort Sometimes I loathe him. Usually lam indifferent to him. “But to-night it seems almost as if I dared escape to you. Freedom, love, happinessmay they stll be mine? Before long I will grant you an Interview. I will promise you nothing more than that now. Percy, my only love, God bless and keep you until we meet “One word more Pray be cautious. If my husband should discover this correspondence I cannot answer for the consequences. Though he has never ill-treated me, I know him to be a hard man. But let me hear from you soon. Yours ” The name was illegible, for the sheet was much discolored and blotted by the rain. But it was Lucie’s fine, delicate chirography, and I felt as if a thunderbolt had broken around me. After a moment’ blank bewilderment and strange, bewildering pain, I put the sheet in my pocket and quietly continued my way. Such a flood of emotion was stirred within that I summoned a superficial calmness from an instinct of self-preservation. . I was conscious of one predominant feeling as I went to the city—hatred against my wife for her duplicity. I must have looked wretchedly when I reached the office, but my partner was too much excited to notice it.

“Knowles,” he exclaimed, “there was a terrible fire in Philadelphia last night, and our branch house is burned to the ground. Here is a dispatch from Weiss. He wants you to come on immediately.” In two hours I was on my way to Philadelphia. There was much to do to restore our interests, and I lent myself to the work with all my energies. It was the best thing that could have happened to me. It gave me no time to think of Lucie. I wrote her once, telling her very briefly that I should not be at home for a month. It was six weeks before I again arrived at Daphne Dell. The maid was washing 'the hall. “How do you do, Dorcas ? How is Mrs. Knowles?” “Very comfortable. I think she is sleeping now, sir.” Somewhat bewildered by this reply, I went into the sitting-room. No sign of Lucie or of her work. I mounted to the chamber and quietly opened the door. , The room was darkened. Lucie was sitting up in the white bed nursing the infant. Sweetly and calmly extended her hand to me. I went to her— I put my arms about her —I kissed her. L could not help it, for I felt that the child upon her bosom was my own. The nurse came in, took the infant from her, and bade her lie down to rest. She was very weak. I' cannot express my contending feelings as I watched her fragile face upon the pillow. Slowly she gained strength. It was midsummer before she was about the house again. The little one had,ljeen prematurely born, but it throve, and the mother’s health was finally restored: I iVas rejoiced at this. I should have been perfectly happy but for the letter. The memory of it was like an ugly devil that mocked me. One - day as Lucy sat tending her child in a low chair by the window I laid the sheet before her. I had fixed my eyes upon her face, and saw a slow surprise dawn upon it “Where did you find this, Will? I lost it months ago. ” “Under the orchard wall. What does it mean, Lucie?” “Well,” with a slight blush, “you have found me out. It’s a leaf from a story I was writing.” “And Percy—” “Was the hero. The sheet must have blown out of the window that rainy night last spring. You see, dear, I don’t like to tell you, because I thought you wouldn’t fancy having a literary wife, but I had been accustomed to writing stories, sometimes, and when I knew baby was coming I thought I would earn the money myself for the embroidered flannel and cambric dresses. I knew you needed every cent in your business. I had to rewrite this letter for my romancd,” she continued, “and I didn’t get it quite the same,” examining the sheet. I looked at her sweet face for a moment, and then fell down on my knees beside her. I confessed all. Slow amazement dawned in her countenance. At length her soft eyes filled with tears. She drew my face down to her bosom where the little baby was slumbering. “Another lover?” she murmured. “Why, Will, nobody but you ever loved me in all my life!” Then, again, I knew that she was once more my Lucie!

TO REMOVE PAINT.

One eveiflng there was a tea-party at the residence of a deacon,, and after supper the gentlemen went to the smok-ing-room, and smoked and told stories while- the ladies visited and exchanged pieces of sillVneckties and ribbons for leaking silk quilts. The men got to talking about the changes that occur in peoples liyes in a few years, and each had some illustration in liis own experience. The young minister had been a quiet listener, and smoked his cigar in a dreamy sort of a way, and when they had all had an inning telling stories, the doctor said to the minister: “Elder, you must have noticed, as much as anybody, the changes thaL. time brings. Can’t you tell us some 2 thing funny in your experience ?” “I was just thinking,” said the elder, as he threw his cigar stub in the cuspidore, and took a fresh one and lit it, “of something that happened to me last winter in Chicago, and I will tell it to you to illustrate how added years bring intelligence to the most of us, though it cannot bring forgetfulness, and to illustrate also how a man may be reasonably smart in knowledge of the world, and not know enough to keep his mouth shut at the proper time. About twen-ty-five years ago, when I was 8 years of age, my people lived iff a little town, and I was allowed to run loose about the neighborhood. You wouldn’t believe it to look at me how, but I was a terror. That is, I was full of fun, O, so full. I was up to all sorts of miffchief, and my good father and mother feared- that I would never amount to much, and I guess they fear it now, but that is neither here nor there. Among my playmates was a little girl of my own age, a bright little thing with blue •yes ana brown hair, and a dimple in

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her cheek. If I was a terror she was a terroress. She could climb a fenee quicker than I could, and outrun me and wasn’t afraid of anything, and we were the best friends yoh ever saw. Her name was Susan. One day we were playing in the back yard, barefooted, ana something induced us to go into her father’s barn. In looking around for something to amuse us, I found a couple of pots of paint that her father had been using about the house. One pot was red and the other green. We took the brushes and painted the stall in the barn red, and one wheel of her father’s wagon green, and finally she suggested that we paint our feet. So I painted,, one of her feet green and the other red, and she painted mine, and then I rolled up my pants and she painted clear up to my knees, and then she got jealous because Thad more style than she did, and so I painted her legs abo, but I striped them, the stripes of alternate' green and re.d running around like a barber-pole. Being a girl, we argued that it was right that she should be more gaudy than me. Well, I have seen beautiful paintings since,’ and have done a little with the brush since arriving at man’s estate, but I have never seen anything that gave me factiop, as a work of art, that the work of that afternoon in the studio of the barn did. I have seen marble sculpture of the human form divine, in the* galleries of the old and new world since, but I have never seen anything that could hold a candle to the landscape that I painted on Susan. She was so tickled that she had to go right in the house and show the chromo to her mother; and it was not more than a minute before a solitary horseman, about 8 years old, with ope leg green and the other red, might have been seen going over a picket fence just ahead of Susan’s mother’s mop. I got home alive, and presented a picture to my mother that she had never seen in her wildest dreams'. Paint everywhere And she warmed me, and Susan’s mother across the street warmed her, and us two young artists mingled our cries across the dusty street. I need not dwell on the weeks of agony we endured in having that paint removed. There was some sort of dryer in the paint that made it dry and shine, and it seemed to penetrate clear to the bone. At least it did On me, and I suppose Susan was made of the same kind of clay. Any way, all the time we lived in that town after that, Susan wore stockings, and I judged she was having the same trouble I was, being washed every night in benzine, until I almost wished there was no such thing as being an artist. I had almost forgotten the circumstance, in a busy life, until last winter I was down to Chicago to. a missionary convention. There were delegates from all over the country, and many of us took our wives. One evening, after the business of the convention was over, ([here was a reception at the residence of one of the directors of our society, and I was introduced to the wife of a brother minister. There was something about her eyes that seemed sort of familiar, and finally she told me who she was, and, as sure as I am smoking this 5-cent cigar, it was Susan. Well, we talked about old times and old friends for a long t,ime, and of the good work her husband was doing out W est, but for the life of me I could not keep my mind off of the paint. Here ehe was a grown woman, the glorious byes she had in youth were even more beautiful, and her smile was enough to oreak up a prayer-meeting, but I could snly see her as she looked when I got through painting her. Becoming familiar, I finally said: ‘By the way, Susan, I would like to ask you one question,’ and she said, ‘ Certainly,’ and I allowed my eye to twinkle a little, and I asked: “ ‘Susan, tell me, did you ever get that paint off your— ’ “‘Sir!’ said she, her whole frame showing the greatest indignation, and just then a bald-headed preacher came up, and she turned to me and said, ‘ This is my husband. Husband, this is an old friend of my youth, one who knew me when we went barefooted together.’ “ ‘Ah,, indeed, glad to meet you,’ said the brother. ‘My wife has often told me about how you and she used to handle the paint brush and transform nature into high art, and, eh,,..sb® i 3 gone.’ I looked around for Susro, knd she had taken the arm of another minister, and gone to the refreshment room, and before I could see her again she had gone home, and I never saw her after. But for several nights my dreams were filled with visions of hand-painted, articles, barns, indignant mothers with brooms, benzine and sweet oil, and a pair of the loveliest eyes that ever were seen. But here is my wife with her things on. What, time to go home? Well, good night, but for goodness sake, gentlemen, don’t say that I told you about that paint business.”— Peok’s Stun.

New Cure for Balking Horses.

It is thought that a new cure has been discovered for balking and cribr bing horses by the application of electricity. A gentleman of Baltimore, who has a horse subject to. balking, placed an electric battery, with an induction coil, in his buggy, and ran the wires to the horse’s bit and crupper, and as soon as the horse came to a standstill the current was turned on, and, after the horse was-relieved of his shock, it is said, he proceeded without showing any disposition to balk. The same application was successfully made to a horse who indulged in cribbing, whereof he was soon cured through the unpleasantness of the electric shock. Those who have balking or cribbing horses may give the foregoing a trial.

The Baggage-Check Racket.

A new trick of thieves to get possession of a traveler’s baggage is to borrow a baggage check of a man in a passenger car for the purpose of opening the catch of a seat, so that the seat can be turned, over. The unsuspecting traveller lends the check, and the borrower fools around the seat with it, and hands back another one in its place, and the owner of the check never knows that he has been fooled until he gets to his destination and goes after his trunk, when he finds the other man has got it. Then he goes out on the platform to get a breath of fresh air and swear half a string at himself. When a man wants to borrow a baggage cheek in a car give him a soft answer. Tell him to go to Cheyenne.— Peck’s Sun. Jb you think it is right to differ from the times, and make a stand for any valuable point of morals, do it, however rustic, however antiquated, however pedantic, it may appear; do it, not for insolence, but seriously, as a man who wore a soul of his own in his bosom, and did not wait until it was breathed into him by the breath of fashion*

RENSSELAER,’JA«PER GOWNTY. INMAfSi; WlilAY, JtSX

& BAB BOY#/® 4, “There, you drop that ’’ eery man to the bad caire limping into the store arrß begmr fumble around a box of strawberries. “I have never kicked at your eating my codfish, End crackers, rind cheese, agd herrings and applea, but there; hae flft to be a dividing line somewhere, apCI make itfsfc strawberries at 6, a box, and only two layers iff » b<fe. *n only bought one box, ' hoping «ome plumbet or gaa man would come aloag and buy and, by guim everybody that has been in the store has s sampled ,a strawberry out of that bdt, *fehivered as though it was sour, fflhd*goha4ff without asking the price,” and the grocery man looked mad, took a hatchet and knocked in the head of a baia?el of apples, and said “There, help yourself to dried apples.* “O, I don’t want your stmwberrief or dried apples,” said the boys as he Parted against a showcase and looMtedKatW bar of red, transparent soap. “I trying to fool you. Say, that bar of soap is old enough to vote. I remember seeing it in the show-case when I was about a year old, and pa came in here with me and held me up to the show-case to look at that tin tobacco box, and that round zinc looking-glass, and the yellow wooden jiboket-comb, and the soap looks just the sfime, only a little faded. If you would wash yourself once in a while your soap wouldn’t dry up on your hands,” and the bdy sat down in the chair Without any back, feeling that he was even with the grocery man. “You never, mind the soap. f lt is paid for, and that is more father can say about the soap that has been used in his house the past month,” said the grocery man, as he split aip a box to kindle the fire. “But ,we won’t quarrel. What was it I heard about a band serenading your father, and his inviting them in to lunch?”

let th£geLQßt qr p& will kfll me deacL It a joke. <sT!B7JWnese Bohemian bands that goes about town some of his friends who had neara we had a baby at the house had birMLd band and was coming in a few miniMf to serenade him, and he better prepwre to make a speech. Pa is proud of Be* ing a father at his age, and he thought it was no more than right for the neigh* bors to serenade him, and he went to loading himself for a speech, in the library, and me and my chum went gut/md told the leader of the band there was a family up there that wanted to have some music, and they didn’t care for expenses, so they quit blowing where? they was and came right along. None of them could understand English except the leader, and he only understood enough to go and take a drink when he is invited. My chum steered the band up to our house and got them to play ‘Babies on Our Block’ and ‘Baby Mine,’ and I stopped all the men who were going home and told them to wait a minute and they would see some Inn, so when the band got through the second tune and the Prussians were emptying the beer out of the horns, and pa stepped out on the porch, there was more nor a hundred people in front of the house. You’d a dide to see pa when he put his hand in the breast of his coat and struck an attitude. He looked like a Congressman or a tramp.' The .band was scared, ’cause they thought he was mad, and pome of them were going to run, thinking lie fvasgoing to throw pieces of brick-house at j them, but my chum and the leader kept them. Then pa sailed in. He commenced, ‘Fellow-citizens,’and then went back to Adam and Eve, and

worked up to the present day, giving al history of the notable people who had; acquired children, and kept’ the crowd interested. I felt sorry for pa, ’cause V knew how he would feel when he came to find out he had been sold. The Bohemians in the band that couldn't understand English, they looked at each other and wondered what it was all about, and finally? pa wound up by stating that it was every citizen’s duty to own children of his own, and then he invited the band and the crowd in to take some refreshments. Well, you ought to have; seen that band come in the house,. They fell over each other getting in, ami the crowd went home, leaving pa and my chum and me and the band. Eat? ; Well, I should smile. They just reached for things, and talked Bohemian.’ Drink? O, no. I guess they, didn’t pour it down. Pa opened a dozen hot-* ties of champagne, and they# fairly bathed in it, as -though they had a fire inside. Pa tried to talk with thqm about the baby, but they couldn’t understand, and finally they got full and started out, and the leader asked pa for $3, and that broke him up. Pa told the leader he supposed* the gentleinen who had got up the serenade had paid for the music, and the leader pointed tdmfe 'and said I was the gentleman that got ft up. Pa paid him, but he had a wicked look in his eye, and me and my chum lit out, and the Bohemians came down the street bilin’full, with their horns* on their arms, ana they were talking Bohemian for all that was out.. They stopped in front of a vacant house and began to play, but you couldn’t tell what tune it was, they were go full, apd a .policeman -came , along..and drove them home. I exy stable to-night, cause pa is offqjunreasonable when anything costs Jiim $3, beside the champagne.” . “Well, you have made a pretty mess of it,* said the grocery .man. “It’s a wonder your pa does not kill you. But what,is it I hear about the trouble at the church ?, They lay that foolishness to you.” , [: “It’s all a lie. They lay everything to me* It was some of them dupksJhaX* sing in the choir. I was, just as surprised as anybody whgn it occurred. * You see, our minister is laid *up from" the effect of the ride, to the funeral' when he tried to run over a stn® et. can, and an old deacon, who had- symptoms of being a minister in ink youth, iwas‘ invited to take theminister’S place, and talk's little. He is an absentimihded old party who don’t keep"-up with the events of the day, and whoever played it on him knew that he was too pious to even read the daily papers.. There, was a notice of a choir meeting to be read, andl thinkthe tenor Smuggled in tile other notice between that and the one about the weekly prayer meeting. Anyway, it wasn’t me, but it like to bvoke Up the meeting. After the deacon read the choir notice he took up' the other one and read, ‘I am. requested td announce that the Y; M. C. Association will give a friendly entertainment with soft gloves, on Tuesday evening, to which all are invited. J Brother John Sullivan, the eminent Boston revivalist, will lead the exerrrjtfl?, assisted by Brother Slade ( the Maori missionary from

.ygr •" ( Australia. .There willJje ng. slugging, but a collection will betaken, up at the door to defray expenses.” * Well, I thought the people m would sink through the floor., JThere was not a person in church, except the poor old deacon, but what understood that some wicked wretch had'deceived him, and I know by the way the tenor tickled the soprano that he did it. I may be mean, but everything I do is innoeent, and I wouldh’t be as fiiean as a choir singer for $2. I felt real sofry’fiM? tie old deacon, but he never knew wtht he had done, and I think it would be ireal mean to tels him. He won’tbe atthte slugging match. That remark a collection settled the deacon. I mhst go down to the stable noW to help greast a hack, So yi>u wffl hive to excuse me. lipa comes here looking for me, tejl hmryou heard I was going to drive a picnic parta out to Waukesha, and jnay ngt be back in a week. By that get over that Bohemian serenade,” and the boy» filled hi J pistok pockfit with dried apples, ana went out and hung a sign in front of Aha grocery, “Strawberries two skillin a smell,* ancif one smell is Peck’s Sums ~ ; b-

Gen. Butler and Jefferson Davis.

The Democrats failed io qpite at Baltimore, but I will not trench pn’politics to tn# more than' such was the foot, but I may say that a committee of fifteen from the Breckinridge wing was chosen to meet about Christmas at Washington to take measures for future organization. I was one of that comrrijttee, and when I went to Washington I found the delegates from South Caeoliffa bringing the ordinances of seoessibn. 1 conversed with them and I conversed with others qf that committee, and Koundr that they had no intention of doing anything but to foiffid an empire, "the corner-stone of which was to W slavery,*and to gtet ■ the roof fromjh'e* Ufiited 1 told them ‘ that fcbpdyC terrible wti? woyld" be the result; but it is omy fair to th’bse gentlemen to say right herb that they honestly did not think so, because they werejpf opitoon that ilp. Nprth net Aly qpsweiji to Ahem w»s: “The North will fight, and don’t yon* make ally «mistake about that.” “The Nortii will flght?”^one'>fcxas'gentleman asked; «wdH, who -will fight?” His j Wood ffot up ( abbut that time.' I replied: "I’ll 1 fight for fey si®.” The ’answM was: “There 4 plenty of men to take care of yofl-’t I s|fd: “I hhve argued'' and. voted nor uniog for twenty years, and,’ (xod helping me; I,will fig|it | year or ty;oif. necessary for the same thing.”,, J After ! had boneluded to return home, I called upon. Jefferson Davis, then Senator for Mississippi. Shad previously traveled with him<when he tv as on a-visit to New England, and I believed him then to be a-firm Union man. I sent a note to the Senate Chamber, saying J should-like to sqe l the note in my possesion . now wgiqh contained his reply, in which he says: “Gall and .take tea with me this evening. I shall be glad to see you.” I went, and I said“ Can not you stem this torrent? Can hot you stop this terrible catastrophe which is breaking on ns? What course are you gMng to take ?”He stayed 4 to think for a time, and then said: “I shall go with mysjde.” pe continued and are a Democrat; what course will you take ?” I ." jnhall go with my side”—and I did—“and my side will go vrfth md” There was no anger, but piore of sorrow and, wliile the Tears stood m himeyes, Mr. ljg.vis saidi “Is fr posable that next time mee& we shall meet as enemies?” I sobbed in my reply: * “That, depends on you.”-— Speech of Gov. B. B. Butler.'‘ ../» •dittos*-e -d'. ;

Old Si Talks About Suicide.

Old Si y-as slightly unwound when he made his morning. you been drinking?” dsked the business “Ng, shh—dat is ter ’say, -not drinkin’ jess fqj de drinking but T went ober heah ter Marse Pat Otis’ ter get sumpin ? ter kinder kyore de misery in my stummiefc, an’ he muster drugg’d me, fer ahol Welk he say he -gimme er le<tle of dish ’ere French brandy* an’ I say I like dat moughty well, ant jess as I wuzAetchfti’ fer hit hesqunrt aum gheen ftmdfrin lift whuthe ffay wuz ‘absinoe’— dat*? Miat ife ''say, but hit lock’d moughty" ku’us ter me! But I tuck hit ip !’k “Did it cure you ?” “Yes, sah; J’se bleeged ter saf mt did?~but hit addled up my hedpow’rful. W’yjw’en I num crost Broad stteet I Jett jess lak I didn’t keer ‘ef I jump over -an.’ hah er suinside in.de fgiubly.” “Why (I’l n’t you? It have good item ’megiber’ddaA I ■ode-seberal gen’lmens ’bout town er few thatieeveral gep’lmens odo-me sum dollars, an’ I jess ’lowAd dat I wuz too hopfrbullteri (sheet nfy creditirts an’ loo?' ipo’r ter; fergib’tay debtors, «o I didn’t lak dat-way er goin’ fitter brffikrupshun, nohow’’ Yh& Geordi# W

Manufactures in the Green Isle.

* many persons in this Country that 5 the in Ireland. Buch Jpersdffs rffe*bbviopsly 5n ignorance thi(j I’lstju.linen thread.lor* profigbly nearly half the ’forld, The linen manufactory of W-.fcEf elfast, » one of e thV ments in the United. Kingdom, factories of aU kinds are found in numbers in and around large alriah Mties, jmd, welfc the ebuptry in a calm condition, thete would be manynnofe. Distilleries ‘and breweries flourish>fepeeiaMy in Cofk’and Dufilrh, where -Splendid fortunes Have’beeii made in tfieifi. Ireland ‘does not contain Coal ft vailktW domestic. use, "butfif TjW cbal beds’have allowed to liedqpnant, it has been because it wag thought that working them would'hbt pay. So far as apy industrial occupat«m.ia.PQnfiemed, a man is as ;free to»work qp, in Ireland as in England'or Scotland.

M Supported by? Evidence. » “Gossler? ,Who was Gassier?” said Mrs. Beckram t * her husbagfl. VJIe was a tyrant, mv dlaj, and also alife insurance "I “What do you mean nonsense?” t ; “There is no nonsense about it, Mrs. Behkrsm, I assure...jyou. JJoes mot William-Well • shy to Gassier in the third act’. -Hai tyrant,'haste thon übt givhn ine*assUrance of myi-life ?’ Your husband,’•madftdi, jievbr makhs - a -statement that he -is Art prepared ho FunpQrt by dbifflffit&taw evidence.”— Texas Sttiitiqrf:’ •*" 1' 4 r kiiugsU gets t a-i efSvery body who R®* 1

TWENTY YEARS AFTER.

Reunim of the Army of Potomac VetK » erans. •*. *4. :—— M.L v Reviewed by President Arthur- * * ? Gen. Newton Chosen r- President. * • ta ■ fffci ——— 1 » •<* •- Abort 500 nu<nbera.of the Society of the Army of the Potomac attended the fifteenth annual reunion of that body in Washington. The parade \ exercisea The veterans, about 300 Of them, escorted bv the United States troops qpd the District militia, paraded some of the princL pal streets, and, passing by the Executive Alansion, wert reviewed by President A» >ur. The veterans were also givenarecepTion by the President, who was introduced to them th the blue-room. '• <<< ,* * At the .business meetingof the society -unite, a spirited contest arose over the election-bf A President for theVsatateff year. Gen. Mann, of North Carolina, nominated Gen. John and MM; Stone fioininated Gen; Grant! The eligibility 61 the latter for the position was ati once Questioned,' he being only an honorary member ofthA society. Gen. Newton was electbed, receiving J 55 votqp to Gep. GrantDtooklyn. NT X., was selected, by a rising vote, as Mie next place of meeting. Jr a A The-exetolsee in the evening utAhe National Theater consisted of a poem by Georgia Alfred Townsend and an oration by the Hon. Martin Maginnis. Every available 4 eat in the thgpter was occupied. 'Mr. Townsend’s poem was greeted With much applause, especially those portions deifying TAncota, the martyred Commanderdn-Phiaf of the armies,jthe vast audience rising reIpeatedly, cheering and waying their hats. Mai. Maginnfi, the oratory was enthuslas--1 tically cHeerdd throughout ms effort. At the coDclutiorAof Marianis’ oration which was cheered ,at every point, Gep. Shermanwasjcalledfor. . He came forward ’ and made oneof his characteristic speeches! He addressed the gathering as “friends and comrades in ,a common cause," and made •his first joke uy etatfhg that a ne’ghbbr to the platform had told him they did Wot want to hear from bummers to-rfignfi He toe*, in a quiet way, twitted the A’otomap fallows thought the great West contribute * a little bit toward downingHeff. Davis arflWiiEfcfollowers. -’“Wti-'ot the West, ’ksaid hspfhavaa fancy that th* Mississippi-is censtdepable pf a stream. We beliqpe that its armsj. the Ohio and Missouri, cmbra<« a large scope of country. We know., tbit it is densely populated. We know tnatvfc is peopled by intelllgeht, industrious an® sober classes. They “think themselvesot same importance. When they vtare cut off from thfoGuJf as Mexico and the ocean, I assure you that the opening-of that river to New Orleans, by the "Joint efforts fff the Stray and navy er> the United itatgs, subztantiaJly achieved the success of the cause for winch we fought.” GenTitz Jdhn PorteTs oldjcorps—the Fifth —adopted a Resolution urging voted ing the dav, and a banquet in the evening GEOTmtiwttFKEiiAfWlrstoto’b poems ■ The pcern of George Alfred wgs a tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Compaander-in-Ohief 'of a> the armies- ft warf<>pteeeof smoothly-flowing verse, and is undoubtedly one of the: best productions of tlie poetjournal‘st K is as rolkrws? Civil sOMiers, reassembled by the rivar of year Ye who saved She virgin city bathed in WashingWhich°of 8 past* commanders *doth tfils day yo« memory haunt? SoottiMilJowell, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, McClellan, Halleck, Grant? There is one too little mentions® When your Sroud reunions come, e thoughtful love of country dies upon We Let muster! Let me wake Mminyfrur grief! toe Captain by constitution, jti’am was Ever nearest tb his ye were Ms defense and shield; U- ■’« He alone of your commanders died,, upon the All your Generals were his children, ieanlngfon him childish-willed, >!k £t And they all were filial mourners round the mighty tombhe fllbed. f Tender as the. harp of bavi<| his soft answers now become. When amid the cares "bf kingdoms rtae and fell sortie Absolom; And gilds his mepiory like a light Or tfie sunken yun that lingers ofi the lofty monument? Like the slave that saw the svnrise with his face ■toward tee West,. - As it flashed, while yet ’twasTiidden, on a slender Rteeble's cr^str,*’ J So while Victory turned herdtrom him, ere ths ifeetfc aftar Feeling Jlr tlft doomed desefter, feeferg for the drtifted*hire, ’ • *■■ * a. For the. cmnty Northern hagrUistxme and the Southern home afire,* Mercy kept mm grimes Moloch, all "vhe furore "babes to free, - * ' .;V> ?• Rg , And etetmal peace to gamer for the millions yet • to be. *. , , w Not a soldiesof the cissies, he could see through leamedjpretense, • ‘ Master of me greatest sotdhcdj military c<rtnmon sense; Ashewatchefi your marches, comrades, hither, thither, wayward years, ***;"' On his map the roads yotl followed, yW can trace tMMn by his tear* A■■ .*i-4 . In the rear the -peopla-clamorted, in the front the In critic and antagBut heruled* them WitU $ 0 “X e & bliatoß Faint of faith? we locked belilnd us Mr am*of * -hftheriinei * - ■! » < While tee voice that drqwyed the trqm»ets Ever GtriMs haAis by the hand, Ji's# ; Walking on tee tempest with us, evgjy cßslg.to coinmand. - t <, Like tlsbugje blown evening Lincojn’s words, unearthly qui*er 1 4n the wni- ' vSrsaKeatft, M ' Notaiibeho Jeftpf malice, scawe of JfiynpE in As When summer tlffenßer AurmurtHta pathetic showe* of rai*. ! .... -tn fe * ’’Years frttever consefinfted, fipre he Mved wkere , Never cryjng on the tee tail’s m Here hjs darling boy he-buried, and tl|p Might in Lika iSsf ga^en> i* 4 How his call for mW‘ Wen# rlngii?i*ro%ndFthe wibrld, a nrighfy MH I > *«. di 'S' ■ And thy races of, creation cape the ]ROud revolt Standmg hf the hfit rea ctfon on the rodfc of * ’ twHuarfiris-hts, * . Mfc I a, Worn grew his featuresjn the Once, - When fiie slaves in bufirinftßltemqydknelAand t<i thought him Washington! x Then an envious hteyft snatcheq him from the theater of tlfflßtsrJ * > '. ■» To became a saint sis JWtunelnthe Pantheenof lings’ vM .. Fadedr*re t|R golden chevrons, vanished l%tbe Mild in hen Ven bis ’ moral glory lingers Ilk# the mornirtfc ■ And tae.freeman’a «mqpf eytton his white spirit And the barest, bea? his army's -U/W -reveiMe. » ' ■ AlFAfcohnd 11m spoiled rtr freedy, Women Vain > anelMmr spa»te« - > t Still his faifh in human nature lived without dtaeouragpment; ' ■' ’ s -** For his oouftvf; which eodM raise Wm barefoot, CouJcLhe mack her, or his Ji other, tlimighher could not write? , ' • Deep, the' wells of humble ’ childhoiSil, ooof the springs beside'the 1 huM- • Millions nMre as pour' as Lincoln *ee t&e door he ha* not shut, v 4 »t »i Not tilf. wealth has made its Canker every poor white ertbin through, Shajl the gfieat. Republic fiither o» the infidel . subdue. • 4 y ... * ~ BtandM»ro<id your great Lay ear Mortt a ' hundred years. ' And wheadhe nt for soldiers, rolls 4)ong Look to riser" and mirch, the*eitfr, Arid hewhofirrt'iiwtiie sun rise shfitrid be inaie» KW. -A stave Med teK back t# the snu and looked up tfi c shaft of aJiigh temple the wUeit

NUMBERdn.

THE IRISH.

Firfrt Meeting of the American F t s Council-of Severl An Address to the Friends of Ireland Everywhere. * • 1 » The Council of Seven, the executive bead of the Irish National League in AmeHca 1 held the first meeting at the residence of Bet. Dr. Bellly, Treasurer of thexeague, in Detroit The council consigtectf Dr. W. B. Wallace, of New York; James Keynoldg, of ■ New Haven, Ct trudge 9. G. Ddtanelly, of M V. Gannon, of Davenports, lowa;RD?A. McKenna, of Hu<|on, Mass.; John F. Armstrong, of Augusta, Ga.; ana Senator Fair, Qf Nevada; all of whom were present except the last two. Dr. Reilly and »Aldkander Sullivan .of Chicago, President tpf thg League,, took part in the meeting. The council definitely determined the functions of Dr. Rally as •Treasurer, pnd Jfrovided that he'should at stated times transmit altmoneys to the Treasurer National League in Ireland. The status of the Jeagua in America was fixed as simply auxmary and Bubmdinatfi to the organization In Ireland. All funds from the focal branches in the United.-Htateß and Canada must be sent to Dr. lieilly, A plan for the urfifoim organization of oranches in every State and the Canadian provinces »Was adopted. M >* . .>,• Quarterly statements were ordered to be issued by the TreasurerWtrd Secretary, after being first submitted to the Auditor; and the president appointed Rev. Father McKenna, Of Itudsen, Mass., tauditor of the council for the ensuing year. Thfi members of the council, while they haqno'powei', officially, fb take part in, the Pai-pell testimonial fimd, gave* tne urevemefit their most, hearty support personally, and authorized their names to he appended to an address in its behalf. The address Is .beiiigprepAed byllev. Dt O’Beflly and Rev. Fatabr Mditenna;rihd, WtAhe request of tho President, fihe Rev Father 'jhomas J.lConihtjtapf Worcester, Jttass.- has consented to act as Treasurer for Amenca of the Parnell tesWndbial fund Detailedplans for State and local organization wew prepared and ordered prated and circulated All localities desiring lectures by Mr. Thomas Brennan, of Ireland, were requested to the National Secretary, whdwill answer through the National Committeemen of 1 , The following address was approved: ’ To Ibi®-Amebioan Societies and ‘All Frßwd* The convention oA the (Irish race which assembled in Hliiladelphia haa parsed into history. f The Laud haring becu forcibly suppressed in Irerand, th®" Irish people,' still rising intellectually above the force and tactics of thdinopprefifiOte,^formed T themselves into a>ew organization, the Irish National League, preeervmg the aims of ittf predecereor, enlarging its scope, and gathering within itsriines thefiefitbfo popufotibn except the foSlgn (garrison and its beneficiaries. The Land League of America, who® glorious if brief career shall be forever® remembered hs a srfijndid testimony of the devotion of a seadivided race to its distressed JrindrifiLjicceding to the desire of its Irish exemplar, mlfiiwfrrtfhminary ite befiiaL adjfiurned s he die and ifi| delegates, together with those of numerous other Irish-American societies, aggregating more than twelve hundred, entered into convention fort jibe purpose of uniting all the elements of the Irish race in America, the to aid their countrymen, at home. ; The and wisdom wlfch oharacteHfed. the deliterations of the great body tnus ebnstituteu commandedihewapectof reflectiag mem Unreservedta accenting the platform of the Irish Natiouai of Ireland, of wmeh Charles Ste Waft Krnell Is President, it solemnly organized the Irish National League of Ameriesi and fih*s inaugurated the most 00mpitit, tpEng mAvemeut of the time for the pyomotfori*OTmn bbjept at oticehurtiane anapolitical. That objfict is the restoration of f elf-government to a people whose poverty, fiejuentiy descending to famine, and always on tile verges of it, is not dtie to the EOff.but result of the blind vicionltaess of-t hostile -foreign power whfoh, annSually drafting put the naturally created capital, mgbitains. a systgm qf terror and lawlessness, ininbus of peace and a fatal barrier in the wfty oftaduitrial and soOial development The substitution by legitimate means s os mational self-government for this coerbive and desfruotti% force is the chief aim of the Leaghe. The direction of the movement in America was unanimously intrusted Hy the oonvention to a council consisting of a President and executive council of seven. This oody is now formally organized. * ' In ooniplianceMdth the duties imposed upon us, we request all Irish-American bemilitary, literary, sortMpfitriotlc and musical socteties sppteseTteed, i> tfie <jK|pventipn or,' desirous of afflnating.withtffi Irish National League of Amertcamnmediately tintend to the Secretary, Ro<#n 5, Nd. 84 Clark street. Chicago, Ilfiv theirtiull name, ‘wish tine and plage of meeting, the name and correct postofflee address of their respective Presidents and Secretaries, that they may be supplied-with the platform, rates of organization, aqd literature to be issued in the future, by means of, which, the dosesb union netweew this cduntry 'and lieland will be constantly fiilintaliied. Ejfieh eoofety will continue ite special work tfoder itfoownitame; hfit, as. members of the Irish National League of America-each will be designated “Branch NIT— ’’ffi the orfler in’U hlch they comply wfth sfeeffon 11 of the plan of organization. We that all -sooietita belonging to, the, league, and alltintendtag to join in Shml meet singly or in groups on the evenl-rffc- OT Tuesday, Julfe 5, fdf the purpose ofVatify.ng thft*ffrbcetilings otathe convent||n;.and'we suggest that, in Mjhlition to apaddresses, tire platform of the th? platftfrmdf the Irish National Leagde of America bte read. ■ We earnestly appeal to menfibf our race, not members. of. societies, conscientiously to f consider the critical condition of tffar Kindred irr Ireland at this time. The platform of the Irish Itetionalleague te one upon which all reasonable men of Irish blood can hontetly stand together, method is one by which all can, work vigorously and deficiently together. !• objecfils san®oned hylhe highest niorallt» aad the experience « mankind that it may be achievecf t>y persistent, determined and tiWteti effort. The syirtpathybf our Ameri•nfrimeawe earnostlyipvite tor the Wliest Shwn dFrebelMbtt in the American effiorties so the latest Motif off American in*p“ae»w’xSl«^vS' w "* alliei . • A . President 4 --A iff OReAiA, 01). it t **.» .<€ . tit l>» fiTreasyrer. .joR/- Hynes,

PRESIDENT ARTHUR.

It Is Positively Asaertnd Tbato 1 ® W » Candldatfffor Me-eleetion. The Washington carresppßfient qf the Chicago Tribune telegraphs as follows: The jpospecte of the Illinois candidates for Comxrtissioner of Internal Revenim have not improved. Senator Cullom hSS retired from the field, although when he lift heretiie did twJ. indicate that he had abandoned the contest* Said a ptomlnftitlllinbie politician, whove wrice would be one of authority at home if he should permit his name to be. "stied: -<t Would not have msfile anyfliffer-rttoce-if both the Senators had joined, in the earnest recommendation at the st ait. It Was not-in tne books that Dlinois Should have the place, and it la not Jn. the books that John *Logan y shale have much more InfltWßCe with President >Aith«rj**Tbe teaubieffis that Arthuffltenows uertainlv a Candida tfie Presidency. *Riere ifrno’ .'onger anVrloirbt about nr Ido anything about it- I knowlA. I know itby everything that a public man can db tb indicate rais purpose. Gen. Arthur imnselt, ojoourse, dpej. not toy it He poeBiply might deny it’ nut he is a candidate, •ad-ta tA ing tofihake a good adininirtration do. and he is dfffog a great nmny things that they do not wa it him to do. He is not goii« to 4° an. thing toDaild up Logan in 1111nois“or Harrison in Indiana, or any of the rmmerctiH rivafeWestern eancjidatcß in their own State* ■. , . FgJtl'l l ....iA-A -v J—- ■ { A a lizaxd and began making H mearot it aA It ran, nut, ndt relishing dining oa the itfofitued itaiody in the shape of a hook and caugjjt onto a stout «?l eed - .J* 11 ® waanot strong enough to iff oak Nrose arw the canniball’tentife ate its aSEEFWKM-'ea

THE DEMOCRATIC SENTINEL. •ctkjob anting omes Has IkittAjfarilKite titan toy oflteu Ito NorthWetofte InJtaaatioitiibe wnteutktal! ; of all branches of 0-OX3 ym....— > T PROMPTNESS A SPECIALTY."tofi ' 4 r . ; - J-.T . from a Pamphlet to a'Poster, WSta orcrTOrcff, plain or fanev. Satisfaction guaranteed.

INDIANA NEWS.

•At Indianapolis William Montgomery, Jgaac Slay and Isaac Baker engagedin a tynrrel, which resulted fit the killing Of the lafiter, ; ' In Union county, the other day, a citizen borrowed a horse, to ride to a neighbor’s, about two miles distant, and then walked and led the horse. Buchanan, of Evansville, was robbed, on Friday night; Of and a 51T5 watch by a burglar who had entered the residence and chloroformed the inmates. <JCapt. R W. Blosser, of the Salvation Afmy, has leased for one year the Uniwrsalist Church, of Albany, andwill conduct ißeetingq.there eprery night meeting of ex-Union prisoners was lUfld at the Court House, in Columbus, on Saturday, May 19, to organize an association |yr the Fifth Congressional district ||Gbn. T. W. Bennett, the retiring Mayor of Richmond, was tn office for six years, and during that time liquidated the entire indebtedness of the oity, which amounted to Bps,ooo. • Efforts have commenced toward the Erection of a jsew Presbyterian Church in Vincennes. Tht congregation has grewn so that the presentiplace of worship has inadequate accommodations. - Henry Kniselt, Guyer and Lewis Guyer Iqive died from the result of the Injuries received at the boiler explotion near Nappanee. This mates five who lost their out of the six employed. The prospects of the Rose Polytechnic, at Terre Haute, are very flattering. It’ js expected the number erf applications for admission to the JTesiynan class of next year Will be greater than th® school cab aocomtnodate. * Joseph Case, 6f New Albany, while raving In delirium tremerts ou Monday evening, tried to kill hisAvife with a, hatchet, inflicting several severe wounds on the head. He afterward tried to hang himself, but was prevented. - The Infant son of Rev. John Poucher, of

Indiap*poJin, osgwlod between the tUuts of t|e bed a, few, mornings since, and* when found was hanging by the head in an unponsclohs condition. He was brought to with difficulty.* John Bterb, of Madison, owns a > large Prussian rabbit. A jlarge dog made an attack the »bby> showed fight, jumped q,t the dog and bit its ears and head until the canine was hiiffiself glad to tuck his tail under his legs and run, while bunny h<d the tort. « 0 -? 1 ' •* -■ i Gen. Geo. the Adjutant General jof the State under pov. Williams v ia jjow in Texas, where it is reported he is prospering. His wife, Mrs. Emma Russ, has been granted rf* divorce from him on proof of abandonment, together with the Custody of ths There was practically an agreement between ihe parties looking to this result. Judge AixEN*of Terre Haute, fined 8. 0 # Davis, an attorned, t‘2o for contempt of court. Davis was engaged in a suit in which a law partner of the Judge was a witness. While the latter was on the stand Davis lost fils temper, and exclaimed that he was not to bei’bulldozed because the court wdh a law partner of For that the Judge promptly assessed a flpe of Sip. Mr. Davis, in a sarcastic manner, Invited the court to fine lilm again,'and the court*did so, adding another #lO. ' - ’•< * ■ AttoiwAy Generat. Hord has given a long and elaborate 'opinion. upon the Insurance bill passed by the Legislature for the guidance of the insurance companies cannot organics under the * Voluntary act, but must organize like all other For eign* companies must file certificates as to their standing from their home Insurance Commissioners, and also such articles statefiaonts, ejjc., tuaare required filed by Indiana ■companies. He holds that the law does not apply to the Ifijlge system of insuymce. The Bthte Mtedical Society aidjoumsd after passing a resolution instructing the dele--gates from Indiana to the American Association to voto ! *ngtrtnSt a y Change in the ethical code, Bo far as consultation with irregulars was concerned. The Eclectic Medical Association Elected the fallowing officers: President, 8. 8. Boots, 'bf Greenfield; Treasurer, 8. H.'Riley, of Milroy; Corresponding f&cretary, J. M. Westfield, of Springfield. The charges for unprofessional conduct madtf agafnsf Drs. A. J.* Smith and D. Lisle, of wert refterfod to a special committee, to repttrt next year. They grew out of ihe college troubles last wfnter, resulting in the organl&tioh of a rival institution. Judge Hammond, of has been designated by Poster to succeed Judge Williayi A. Woods up op the Bppremg bench of this State, Judge, having been oallefi, to succeed*! udge Gresham. Judge Haygnond was born at Brookville,' Franklin jnd., Nov, 20, Hh father, Nathaniel Qammond, a man of marked character gndfintelligenoe, was in Mabie, Noy^2,l7B6,_flpd cajne to*lndiana locating at Brpokyille in 1820. He moved to CohMßbus, Ind., in XtH7, and thence to Jriswl»era»b«4ied, Jpb. 2, He left surviving bin* tout sons and-five daughters, emong the fosmsg Abram A, Jgrmerly Governor oL the State, and William P, a Representative inAhe Indiana for Morgan county. < The subject of this sketch in early life eagagedda farming and otheriUabors, enjoying Much educational advantages as were afforded hi, the pommon schools, and In the seminary at Qjgumbua He became adaw student in 1855, in the ofhis litaf-brothcr, Ahsam A, and Hon Thome* A Neffion, in Terre Haute. •, In the ’wlnt*B*of 1856-7 he was admitted to the Sentar lawtalass of the Asbury University, at Green Castle, Ind., where he graduated with the degree of BUehelork»f Lawa: HonAlexander* W Dowries was the professor in the HniveisW. In 18% Judge-Hammond jlocatod at Rensselaer, Ind;, a»dg>pened a Jaw office. Althfegh young in and in experience in his'profession, his jgttention to business soon brought him a respectable and growing practice. At the outbreak of the war he closed*hi* office and enlisted underCaptrin*aftefward Gen. Robert H. Mfijroy? in -the Winth Indiana volunteers. He was elected and commissioned afrthe organipatfon’of the company os Second, and subsequently as First Lhiutenant, and nerved three fnohths wittf’h’s regifhent in West tn October,’ 18fii, he was elected-without opposition't4 611 < vacancy as Bapresenta tlve Irf the Legislature from thocountips of Jasper fed Pulaski, that his place was in the army, and .accordingly he re-entered the service. In August, 18Q2, he was made Majbr, and Nov. 21» IJB3, Lion tenant Colofiel At the close of Use war be was appointed by the President of, jthe United Spates Colonel by brevet. Im£uxl*ately after his army service he entered, on the practice of jaw at RensMfiaah';sfe-1872 he was appointed by Thomae 'Hamfi-i<>k» to the Circuit Court 1 bench ofthaTMtafijufeiial