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Turkish ministers abroad to call attention to the absolute necessity of a strict observance | af the sovereign rights of the Porte; Germany has advised the Sultan to accept tlie English proposals as they are, in the interest of Turkey itself. THE CIMBRIA DISASTER. Th** Iml iru.it ion AgiiiiiM the Cn|it:un of tlu* j Sultan Almtii>£. Ha.'uUlku, Jan. 25.—Tiie irritation against | the captain of the ship Sultan is rapidly j abating. Two Germans, who were on board ; the Sultan at the time of the disaster, were \ examined before a magistrate and fully con- i cur rad in ilie captain’s statement. The Sultan is detained by order of the court, not by the police, as at first reported. Her captain and crew are perfectly free. It is stated that the owners of the Sultan will not deposit the large amount of caution money demanded by the court, the vessel not being worth it. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. A Spanish Statesman Who Proposes to Mix Monarchy and Democracy. Madrid, Jan. 25.—The Marquis I>e Sardoal, recently appointed first vice-president of the C hamber of Deputies, in replying to a toast. -aid: "We believe monarchy and democracy compatible. The monarchy daily becomes more respected. I drink to the liberty of the press, to democracy, and to King Alfonzo.” His remarks were greeted with cheers. The Over dank Agitation. Trusts, Jan. 25.—The new Irridentist club, the Overdank: club, having issued a paper of an insulting nature, the police visited the members and arrested several of them. The burgomaster of Versa; who arrested Overdank, asserts that he is constantly receiving threatening letters. He intends to dispose of his property and leave the neighborhood. The Peruvian Assembly Sues for Peace. Cajamarca, Jan. 25.—The Assembly has passed a resolution: to treat for immediate peace, with or without Bolivia, provided the republic retains its independence and is not ►tripped of all resources of regeneration. Logan’s recall is expected, because of a letter directed to Montero. The Revolution in Ecuador. New York. Jail. 25.—The following dispatch has been received here: “The Guavar quil revolution in Ecuador continues. Guayaquil, is still quiet, bin. the government refuses to he responsible for the safety of foreigners and their property.” Hurricane at Limerick. Dublin. Jan.. 25.—A hurricane at Limerick occasioned serious damage. Houses were blown down, anti vessels in the harbor sunk. A trai.n from Galway for Dublin ran oft the tliete, and the engine, with six carriages, was wrecked. of Fletow. WnaniA-DKx, Jan. '£>. —Flofcow, the composer. 4e dead. Gable Notes. A St. Petersburg dispatch denies the reported fire at Nicolaieff. The Moscow Telegraph has received a second warning* for violation of the press laws. A British gunboat has gone to Inn ismurray Island, Ireland, with provisions for the inhabitants, who are reported starving. The president of the German Reichstag announced that he received 42,000 marks from New York brewers and hop and malt dealers, for the relief of sufferers b\ r the tiood. The Liquor Traffic in St. Louis. Sr. Loris. Jan. 25.—The grand jury of the Criminal Court made a special report to .fudge Van Wagoner, this afternoon, on the subject of the city dram shops, which they were particularly charged to examine. They say they examined the matter thoroughly, and obtained incontestible proof that at least 80 per cent, of the crime and pauperism of the city comes directly from the saloons. They recommend that a minimum license for iiquor saloons be fixed at SI,OOO. and those that sell only wine and beer at SSOO. Curtailing Mr. James’s Freedom. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 25.—0n Tuesday night last, Frank Janies was permitted to attend t tie theater at Independence, occupying a box in company with Deputy Marshall Holland, the keeper of the jail. In the Criminal Court session here to-day, Judge White, after reciting that the circumstance had come to the knowledge of the court, ordered that the approval of the appointment of Mr. Holland as deputy marshal be withdrawn, and he was dismissed from office by the county marshal. DeliHitre Opera-House Itarocd. Toledo, Jan. 25. — The opera-house at Defiance, 0., was discovered to be on fire at 9:30 to-night. The fire department responded promptly, but the fire was on the stage, among inflammable material andcould not be checked. The firemen turned their attention toward saving adjoining blocks. Heller dr Waterman, dry goods, on the lower floor of the opera-house, saved a good portion of their property. The opera-house was completely gutted. Loss estimated at $45,000; insurance about $20,000. The Cave-In at Wilkealrtrre. Wii.KLSBARRE, Pa., Jan. 25.—Further inquiries confirm the theory of fire in the mine as the cause of the cave. It is feared the cave-in may extend, although no immediate danger is apprehended. People living in the locality of the accident are seeking residences in another part of the city. The location of the cave-in is on the outskirts, and the thickly settled portion of the city is not endangered. A Bone-Ball Man With a Gift. Troy, X. Y., Jan. 25.—Charles Briody, catcher for the Cleveland base-ball nine, now at his home in Lansing burg, asserts that he is rue seventh son of a seventh son. and intends to try to heal the sick, after receiving instructions from Andrew Coran, a spikemaker, who has abandoned that business to heal the lame, the blind, the deaf and the dumb, being the seventh son of a seveuth son. Atfftiznment of Conrad & Cos. Pt. Lorre, Jnn. 25.—Conrad Cos. have made an assignment of the entire property of the firm in favor of Charles C. Reuss, manager of the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association. Charles W. Conrad, a member of the firm, filed nn affidavit that the nominal valneof the property assigned is $407,793.81, hut that $150,000 is the full actual value tuereof. General Thomas** Fame. Troy, N. Y., Jnn. 25.—The Grand Army of the Republic of this Htate lias adopted a resolution deprecating the attempt of a United senator to detract from the fame of *eneral Thomas, and ordered the resolution transmitted to the Senate. The People'* Telephone Company. Boston, Jan. 25.—The dispatch yesterday .connecting the People’s TelenhoneJCompany Tf-tli the suit against the Dolbear patent, was in error. The People's is entirely a distinct .organization, and is not affected by this decision. Steamship News. TiOlcpox, Jan. 25. Arrived: Hermann, Nedftderland, from Now York; Prince Soltykoff, tom Galveston.

STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP. Atlanta’s Hisning Girl, 3liss Hoblitt, Discovered at Columbus. Shoot liifj Affray at Rockville—Extending the Scope of the Evidence In the Lafayeite Slander Suit. Special to the rmltaonpolls Journal. Columbus, Jan. 25. —The Miss Myrtle ' IToblitt, mentioned in yesterday’s Journal ! as having mysteriously disappeared from Atlanta. Hi., has been discovered in this city. • She came to tiie St. Denis House a week ago. I on her wav to Brown county, she stated. She was detained by lack of conveyance : anil cold weather, the landlord. Mr. 1 Fuller, permitting her to assist in the housework to pay her board, she being out of money. Mr, Fuller saw the report of the disappearance of Miss Iloblitt, and the address and description corresponding, at once guessed the truth, that Eva Holiday, as she gave her name, was the missing girl. After considerable trouble, the girl being unusally bright, he made her acknowledge the truth. He at once communicated with her friends, and will care for her until they arrive. She was unaccompanied by any one, and itisevidently a mere girlish freak, and she is guilty of nothing worse than indiscretion. General Horey and tjie Hattie of Shiloh. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Jan. 25. —General Alvin P. Ilovey, of Mount Vernon, ex-minister to Peru,.and a distinguished soldier in the late war, read a paper to-night, by invitation, before Farragut Post, G. A. R., of this city, on the battle of Shiloh. General Hovey, participated in that battle as colonel of the Twenty-fourth Indiana, and rode at the head | of Lew Wallace’s command from Crump’s I Landing to the scene of the conflict. He as- | serts that General Sherman was surprised on Sunday morning of the light, and repels the charge often made that Wallace lost his way in the march to battle and deserved censure. The Bartholomew Poor Asylum. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, Jan. 25, —The Republican this afternoon published a damaging exposure of the management of the county poor asylum. It charges that the inmates are in a wretched condition—filthy, haif-clothed and starved, and brings a strong array of testimony to sustain the charge. Mr. Williams, the superintendent, took tire contract for much less than had previously been paid, and he now evidently seeks to economize at the expense autd comfort of those under his charge. The matter is causing much comment, and will probably force an investigation.

Extending the Scope of Evidence. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAtAYSTTi, Jaa. 25,—1n the Gougar-Mim-dler slander suit, Judge Gould! held, this afternoon, that the defendant could offer evidence outside that which substantiates the all egation set forth in the defendant’s plea of justification. This throws open a big field, and will protract the case two weeks yet. The first witness, W. 8. Weed, of the Lake Erie & Western railway, was examined this afternoon, and testified that he saw a clandestine meeting of Mrs. Cougar and Captain Wallace, at the latter’s office, late at night. The Shooting at Eminence. Special to the Indiimapollg Journal Mariinhvillk. Jan. 25.—Later news from the sliooting scrape at Eminence, Tuesday night, conflict with yesterday’s report. It is now pretty clear that Ogles did not do the shooting. A young fellow named Hazelett has been arrested for tiie crime. The matter is being investigated to-day, and it is hard to get at the facts. Justice to Ogles demands the above statement, for your correspondent desires to do exact justice to all parties concerned. The young man who was shot, Burgess, cannot possibly recover. Shnofinr Affray at Rockville. Special to rhe Indianapolis Journal. Rockville, Jan. 25. —A rattling shooting match took place early last night on the south side, near Joiner’s saloon, between Joiner and Jim Low and Cute Stith. The two latter were drunk. Low was shot in the side of the head, but not seriously hurt, and Joiner had one ear clipped and his face burned with powder. Joiner claims he was attacked, and shot in self-defense. Several shots were exchanged, when Stith and Low fled. They have not yet been apprehended. The Nomination of Mr Garrijjus. slpcctal to the Indianapolis JournaL Kokomo, Jan. 25.—The nomination of Captain Milton Garrigtis to be collector of this district is received here with general satisfaction and delight by the Republicans. Mr. Garrigus is an old wheel-horse in the Republican party, has a magnificent war record, and served one term in the State Senate. The appointment is one eminently fit to be made, and President Arthur has shown his good sense in so doing. Kokomo is proud of the honor. Hotel Burned. Special to the IndiunapohH Journal. Wabash, Jan. 25. — Hoover’s Hotel at North Manchester, this county, was burned to the ground this morning. Loss, 3,000; insured for $2,000 in the Springfield, of Springfield, Mass. The fire was caused by a defective flue. The hotel has not been occupied for some time, but a portion of the lower floor was used by a grocery. Most of the contents were saved. An engine was sent from Wabash, but it arrived too late to be of any benefit. A Railway** Contempt for Law. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Wabash, Jan. 25.—Sheriff’ Ross, of this county, has a number of unpaid executions against the Wabash, St. Louis & Facific railway. The company has had ample time to pay, bnt has refused to give the matter attention. This evening the sheriff* attached the engine of freight train No. 29, bound east. Orders were received by the engineer to move on. and lie did so, breaking the chain placed on the engine by the sheriff. Graveyard Insurance In Shelby. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Shklbyvij.le. Jan. 25.—The “graveyard” insurance agents this week struck our county and began taking policies on the old men and women, from sixty year* and upward. The company ii called the Royal

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American Benevolent Association, of Indianapolis, and the agent here is a man named Hume, from Hendricks county. Numerous policies have been taken in this county. One Dollar Instead of Sir. 6pecial to tlia Indianapolis JournaL RocKviLbHt Jau. 25.—Gk W. Collins, excounty attorney of the Democratic persuasion, whose enormous bills for services were mentioned some time since in these dispatches. has compromised his several cases, accepting $1,150 for $0,590 of claims. Hi all he has received $4,375 for his work of various kinds, all done within two years. The people will have to be satisfied with thij.

An Important Df-ciftion. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Anderhon, Jan. 25. —An important decision was rendered in the Circuit Court to-day against Weems Heagy on his bond as treasurer of Madison county. When Heagy was treasurer lie deposited money belonging to the county in Stillwell’s bank. The bank subsequently failed; hence the suit The amount recovered is $10,346. Judge Moss, of Noolesville, rendered the decision.. Lost on the Cimbria, Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Bloomington, 111., Jan. 25.—Miss Emily Lallman. who was on her way from Landau. Germany, to Kappa, in Woodford county, twenty miles north of Bloomington, was one of those lost on the Cimbria. The news reached her relatives at Kappa to-day. The State's Coal Mines. Olay County Entorpnse. If the Indianapolis Journal will examine the report of the Inspector of Mines it will find that there is just one little mine in Pike county, and further, that there are only eighty-six mines, all told, in the entire State. Os these eighty-six mines. Clay county has thirty-five, or nearly one-half. Parke county, which has the next lanrest number, has eleven mines, most of them immediately adjoining Clay county. We would also call the attention of the journal—and of Governor Porter—to the fact that of the entire output of 1,771,536 tons of coal mined in the State during the past year, Clay county alone produced 921,238 tons, or 70,910 tons more than haif of the entire output of the State. The entire number of miners in the State is put down at 4,567, of which number Clay county alone has 2,256, or nearly one-half of the entire number Is it any wonder that the miners of Clay county insist that the Mine Inspector should be appointed from among those 2,256? From: Exchunees nnd Correspondence. A>i soon as a charter can be procured, Mr. F. T. Crump will begin the construction of a street railway at Columbus. Hettie Stewart, of Hartford City, took one grain of strychnine on Wednesday, and died a few hours later iu convulsions. Rev. Mr. MoKiilip, of Charlestown, is conducting a series of successful revival meetings at Uio Third Presbyterian Church. The bar of Clark county has adopted resolutions against the bill now pending in the Legis--1 ature, proposing a change in the number of terms und the time of holding court in that county. Jeffersonville News: “There is a current report on tiie streets among the knowing, ones, that Mayor Warder will be a candidate for penitentiary warden before rhe new hoard ot directors. This publicity we give for what it is worth.” Dr. £>. T. Showalter; of Montpelier. Blackford county, did on Tuesday evening. A post-mor-tem developed that he died of cancer, the origin beginning at the spine and filling ail of rhe right side. Ho was one of the finest pnysicians of the county. Everett. Riner, the boy who ran away from his home in Richmond, I mi., last week, and was followed to New York city by his father, R. M. Riner, was found by the police on Monday in a West-street hotel. Mr. Riner and Ida son have returned home. Hon. 8. ML Stockslacer, member of Congress from the Third district, writes tlmt he lias great hopes of getting through Congress ut the present session rhe hill for the erection of a public building at New Albany for the postoftioe, revenue offices and Federal courts. Daniel Howard, aged twenty-two, a section man on the Vandalia line, at Brazil, charged with raping Jessie Hutchinson, niue-year-old daughter of a policeman of Brazil, on Tuesday, was brought to Greeucastle on Wednesday to escape from a mob organized to hang him. Benjamin T. Price and Harriet J. Lem aster, of Lexington, Scott county, were married on the 11th of January. On the fallowing day Mrs. Price was taken ill, and has since lost her reason and does nor recognize any oue. She hud beeu u title ted with spasms previous to the marriage. Charles Keith, a special constable of Windfall, arrested John Lawson on a charge of assault and battery, and brought him to the office of Justice Price for trial. Before the case was disposed of Lawson und Keith engaged in a regular ttst-tighr. knocking down tables, stoves, etc. They were finally separated by Justice Price and others. A year or so since the narrow-gauge railroad bridge near Vincennes floated away, and some of the timbers were saved by a man named Chambers. He demanded pay for his services, and not receiving it, retained the property. The company had him arrested on charge of stealing. The case has been tried, resulting In the acquittal of Chambers, and he proposes to bring suit against the company for false imprisonment. Fire at Plymouth, on Wednesday, destroyed four one-story buildings. They were owned by G. K. Wheeler, whose loss is $12,000% with no insurance. They were occupied as follows: Mrs. 8. A. Baxter, nullinery, a total loss, four houses, insured for SI,OOO in the Fireman’s Fund, California, SSOO in the Westchester, California, and SSOO in the Hartford, of Hartford, Conn.: M.G. Tuttle, photograph gallery, loss SI,OOO, and insured in the Westchester, of California, for $500; J. E. Firestone, harness-shop, loss $3,000, insured for S9OO in tils Northwestern, of Milwaukee; Mrs. 8. E. Dunham, millinery, loss SSOJ, insured for S3OO in the Northwestern, of Milwaukee; B. E. Kayder, shoe store, loss S4OO, no insurance. lb© fire originated in Tuttle’s photograph gallery. ILLINOIS. Mrs. Lucinda Washburn was fined S2OO and cost at Eluiwood, for keeping a gambling-house. (h-orge J. Weber, commission merchant at Pekin, failed yesterday. Liabilities about $5,000. Richie Brothers’ grain elevator, at Warren bburg, was burned ou Wednesday. Loss, $7,000; insurance, $3,000. The village trustees of Varna had Mr. Hogg up for selling liquor without license. After hearing the case the justice imposed a flue of $2.78(X.10. Col. William H. Fulkerson, Judge P. D. Cheney, 11. A. Shephard, Wallace Leigh. Steuben Bowman, Elias Cockrell, Robert C. G led hum und George C. Cockril have formed a stock company to erect and furnish an opera-house in Jersey viile. Roger Phelps, of Milo township, about eight eeu miles southwest ot Princeton, was followed by a man named Lnugmuu, armed with a butcher-kmfe. Plielps warned him to go away, but Longman persisted in following, whereupon Phelps fired with a revolver, and killed Loumuan on the spot. Tue quarrel involved the sum of 50 cents. Preparations are being made for the opening of an immense trunk caual in the northwestern part of Mason county and the southern part of Tazewell county. The canal is to be fourteen miles long, coining out uear Forest City. It will be ten feet deep and fifty wide. The canal when finished will drain forty-seven thousand acres of land, and will beeue of the most important improvements made in that region, The estimate cost Is $150,000. Ou '1 iteeday night the dead body of a man was found on a highway, two miles from Btreator. The man had been killed either by the accidental discharge of his shotgun, or had committed suicide. Tna charge haa passed clear through the head, going in at the neck ami out nt the crown, lie has not yet been identified, although hundreds have inspected the remains. He was clad like a farm laborer, had $l2B in his pockets, and seemed about thirty years of age. He was smooth-shaven, und had curly hair. Beds of Down Feel HardAll beds seem hard to the rheumatic. Then harken ye peevish sufferers! Applk Dr, Thomas’s Eriectrio Oil to your aching joints and muscles. Ri*!v upon It that you will exnprienra speedy relief, buch. at least, Is the testimony of those who hove used It. The remedy Is likewise successfully resorted lofor throat and lung diseases, sprains, bruises, etc.

SENATORIAL. The Colorado Caucus Vainly Attempting to Select a Candidate. Denver, Col., Jan. 25.—N0 choice was made in the senatorial caucus to-night. The following is the last ballot: Pitkin, 15; Ham-mil, 1-0; Routt, 1; Tabor, 21; Bowen, 5; Elbert, l. The Voting in Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 25.—The eleventh ballot for United Senator resulted: Boyd, 32; Millard, 22, Thayer. 16; Saunders. 14: Cos wen, 12. Conner, 9; Stickel.B, Manderson, 7; Morton 4, Lake, 2; Crounse, 2; the balance scat tering. Twelfth ballot—Boyd. 31; Millard, 22; Thayer, 16; Saunders, 15; Cowen, 12: Conner, 9. Stickel. 8; Manderson, 7; Morton. 5; the balance scattering. No Result in Michigan Detroit, Jan 25.—First ballot: Ferrig, 49; Stout, 40. Perry Hannah, 15, Hanchett, 9; Willits, 7; necessary to a choice 65. Second ballot; Stout, 46; Ferry, 48. Hanchett, 8; Willits, 9; Hannah, 16; Scattering. 20. There were three absentees. Adjourned. No Change in Minnesota. St. Paul, Jan. 25.—One ballot taken: Windom, 50; Wilson, 33; Dunnell, 10; Cole, 17; Hubbard, 9, Kindred, 6; Davis, Farmer. 3; Start. 4; Wakefield, 2; Scattering, 5; total, 143. GUSTAVE DORE AT HUME. Mrs. I.ucy H. Hooper Visits the Artist Only a Month Ago. Letter in Philadelphia Telegraph, Dec. 15, 1832. I called on Gustave Do re the other day to confer with him about the design for a monument which an American wished to obtain from his pencil. 1 found him, as usual, hard at work in his studio on the Rue Bayard, for pore, like most of the great artists of Paris, is one of the most industrious of men. My mission was a failure so far as mv friend’s wishes were concerned. asDore positively refuses to furnish any desigu for work to be executed by another hand. “I am a sculptor myself,” he very, sensibly remarked, “and if any other artist were to attempt to carry out my ideas he would probably make a mess of it, and then I should get the blame and my reputation would suffer on account of the shortcomings of someone else.” I do not know if his last important series of illustrations, those of Poe’s “Raven,” have yet been brought out by Messrs. Harper Bros., but he told me that the work was in the hands of the great New York publishers, and nossibly it has been issued among their holiday books. There are some twenty illustiations in all, and I expressed my surprise at his being able to furnish so many for a poem so simple in theme and so monotonous in treatment. “Many of the scenes were barely suggested by the poem,” he answered. I asked him then how his illustrations to Shakespeare were progressing. “Only slowly, lam sorry to say,;’ he replied. “I have been so very busy for a year past that I have not made much headway with them.’*' “Ah, yes; the work on your new hotel must absorb a good deal of your time and attention,” I remarked* “Not at all; in fact, my new hotel is an imaginary building that exists only in the brain of our Parisian journalists. I did buy a lot in the Park Moncean, and someday I shall put up there a spacious studio—twice as large, perhaps, as this one,” he continued, glancing around the immense apartment as he spoke. “Then I shall have- a suite ot rooms above it for my own accommodation; and that is all. 1 have no taste for. splendid rooms and elaborate fittings. I care neither for palaces nor bonbonnieres. My tastes are simple. I never entertain. I live for my art, and after I have worked all day I so out sometimes to tiie theater or to pay visits in the evening; that is all.” He then showed some of his latest works, the monument of the elder Dumas, which is to be placed on the Place Mulesherbes, being the principal one. It is now neatly finished, one statue only, that of “D’ Artagnan,” remaining to be added. The figure of Dumas himself. placed on the summit of the lofty pedestal, is very spirited and characteristic. He sits with his pen in his uplifted hand, and looking around with a beaming, kindly smile, as though he were rejoicing in the depths of his big genial heart over the pleasure his works have given to the world. The figure of “D’Artagnan” is to be placed at the other side of the pedestal. It represents the young hem of “Les Trois Monsq-uetaires” in his Mosquetaire uniform. The fine, delicately outlined and intelligent countenance looks upon the spectator from the shade of a broad plumed hat, with a look of eager expectancy, as though “D’Artagnan” was awaiting a summons to some perilous enterprise.

The Inundations In Germany. Correspondence London Stnudard. On arriving at Manheim from Frankfort I seemed suddenly to find myself in a beleagured city. In truth, the state of things here at this moment almost defies description. Almost all the ordinary vocations of the population are entirely suspended. The town appears to stand on an isthmus in the midst of a vast sea. The whole of the Pfalz, or Palatinate, seems to be under water. The great Rhine dam at Ludwigshafen gave way before the rushing waters this morning, and the lives of hundreds were therewith placed in the highest peril. Up to noon, however, 410 children had been saved by the help of boats, which took them from the falling houses. One hundred and fifty sick persons, who were bedridden, were also rescued by a steamer. From the environs of Ludwigshafen upward of 2,500 persons have had to seek shelter in the town, and are now housed there. The number of bouses swept away or ruined by the inundations is unprecedented. To describe what has happened in this neighborhood, I may mention that the village of Triesentaeim is entirely deserted, and sixty-eight houses there are destroyed. One-third of the inhabitants of Oppau had to abandon their homes and seek shelter elsewhere. Yesterday there were 500 in the church and 400 in the school-house. No fewer than 112 houses have been destroyed at that place. The condition of the large number of persons who have been relieved, and who are now under shelter, is one of the deepest distress. Thus, there are three school buildings here crowded with fugitives who have lost everything. They are now sleeping on the bare desks and stools, and none of them have saved a change of clothes. Reported Discovery of a Comet. tt&Taniiab (Ga .) News The discovery of a comet reported Saturday by Captain Catharine, of the steamship City of Savannah, from New York, was made by Mr. W, L. Burton, second officer of the ship, at 2 o’clock on Friday morning, 12th inst. Tiie vessel was about twenty-five miles southwest from Cape Lookout. Mr. Burton was on watch with Quartermaster Neitzell, and was tracing the constellations, when he detected a pale streak of light southeast from the belt of Orion, lt was difficult at tirst to distinguish more than a faint bar with the naked eye, but with the aid of amarine glass the characteristics of a comet were plainly visible. Mr. Burton reported the discovery to the captain .of tiie ship, and nn observation was taken. It was impossible to determine the movement and path of the new celestial wanderer, as the body was faint and imperfect and the means of observation were limited. On Friday evening, as early as 9 o’clock, while coming up the river, it was again visible, and was observed by the passengers on board the ship. Its location is 10 degrees southeast of Orion, the tail pointing obliquely toward tiie constellation. The clouds Saturday night prevented any observation with a view of determining whether the uew visitor is a nebula or comet.

It is possible that this may prove io be the return of Encke’s periodic comet, which, with a period of about three and three-tenth years, has already paid us thirty visits since its discovery in 1786. ANCIENT OHrO MEN. Resurrectiou of a Prehistoric Race Along the Little Miami. Popular Science Monthly. About ten miles from Cincinnati, along the Little Miami river, is a locality which has long been known to the country people as the “Pottery Field.” The ground was strewed with fragments of pottery, bones, arrow-points and other remains of like character, and the place was generally considered to be the site of an ancient workshop. The- primitive forest still ocoupies the locality and is made up of oak, beech, elm, maple, walnut, etc. All around are found numerous mounds of tumuli, most of them small. A few of these were opened by Mr. Florian Gianque, in 1870, and some interesting things found. But rn 1S78; Dr. Charles Ketz and other gentlemen interested in archaeology commenced a systematic exploration of the country thereabout, and so much has been found that we are enabled to form some idea of the habits, and get a glimpse into the life of the people who once lived in the immediate vicinity of the city of Cincinnati. During the four years that the excavations have been carried on, between 650 and 700 skeletons have been brought to light- Many of them are inan&dvanoed state of decay.and crumble to pieces on the slightest touch, while others again,are in a very good state of preservation. It can, therefore, hardly be inferred that, because some of the skeletons are much decayed, they are necessarily very old; for, though we have well-preserved remains of bones from Babylon, Nineveh and Egypt, which are certainly twenty-five hundred or three thousand years old, still the cases are exceptional in which they are found in good condition after the lapse of many years. Different kinds of soil and differences in climate have much to do with the matter, for in a dry ami equable climate bones may resist for a long time the influences which would cause their decay, while in. a moist climate ami with sudden and extreme changes of temperature, such as we have here, any bone, unless buried in peat or subject constantly to heavy pressure so as to become partially fossilized, is liable to soon decay.

The Noble Red Man. Difimarck Tribune. Yesterday about forty Sioux Indians from Standing Rock agency arrived in the city en route to Berthold to visit the Rees for a couple of weeks. Among the chiefs were Running Antelope, Big Head, Good Bear, Two Bears, Wolf Necklace and Black Eye. The Indians were accompanied by George Papier, interpreter. Several of the chiefs called on the Tribune to say “How.” and through the interpreter the Tribune learned that a good feeling exists at Standing Rock. The Indians like their agent, Major McLaughlin. He speaks their language and they consider him the best agent tlxey ever had. Buffalo are reported by Eagle Trapper as beiug only a few days’ ride from the agency on Cedar creek. In the recent hunt aoout 200 Indian** were engaged. They made three chases and rounded up 1.4*80 buffalo. Several interesting incidents occurred on the hunt. One Indian had his pony torn to pieces under him by an in furiated bull. Two other Indians on the chase fell into a ravine and both men had tlieir arms, dislocated. They had a glorious time, however, and are thankful to the agent for the permit to go out on the range. Bernhardt Loses Her Money. Paris Letter to Loudon World*. In the midst of all talk about Gambetta and the prospects of the republic, Sarah Bernhardt has contrived to get her share of attention, although the odds against her were terriblei Sarah has just lost 420,000f., the balance of profits from her American tour. This sum Sarah deposited in a banking establishment belonging to “a member of her family.” (Does Sarah refer simply to the great family of the children of Israel?) The bank broke, and Sarah lost her money. Thereupon her creditors—Sarah still owes heaps of money, Lt appears—fell upon her; Sarah appealed to the press, explained the facts of the case and the prospects of the year, and finally, thanks to the success of 'Fedora, prevailed upon the creditors to accept new arrangements. Now all is settled, the creditors are happy, the journalists have received letters of thanks from the grand tragedienne, and Sarah Bernhardt has succeeded iu getting herself and her affairst talked about in a week which ought to have been wholly devoted to public mourning. What a woman Sarah is! Mr. Vanderbilt’s Pleasure Party. New York Special. William H. Vanderbilt and his party, to the number of twenty-five, will leave here for the West a week from to-day. The train will consist of a baggage car, two sleepers and Mr. Vanderbilt’s private coach. The party will stop at Chicago for three days, and at St. Louis for the same period. They will then go on to San Francisco. The trip to California and back will occupy twentyeight days. When the party is obliged to stop at small towns they will live in the cars and their meals will be prepared under the direction of Mr. Vanderbilt’s steward. The party will consist of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick K. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. Willie K. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Sloaue, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot F. Shepherd, Dr. and Mrs. Seward Webb and child, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. ami Mrs. Chauneey M. Depew, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Toucey, and five others who have not yet been determined upon. A Remarkable Crystal. Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise. Augustus It. Richer, of La Grande, Ore., who was in this city yesterday, lias a most beautiful and interesting specimen of crystallized quartz. It is a fragment, live or six ounces in weight, of a large crystal, and is as transparent as the clearest water. Within the crystal, like flies in amber, are to be seen a dozen or more mosquitoes and small gnats. Several of these are seen with outstretched legs and wings, just as if floating in water. The crystal, of whieh the specimen is a fragment, seems to have formed in a crevice in hard rock, of which it bears the impress on two sides. The piece of crystal came from the vEtna mine, El Dorado county, Cal., and was found at a depth of 100 feet below the surface.

But Freddie Didn't Go. Atlanta Constitution. If Mr. Freddy Gebhart will refer to the filesof the New York Evening Post he will discover that he is about to enter that fervid land where the glittering results of capital do not stand in the way of the shot-gun and revolver. We mention this because it is currently reported that Mr. Gebhart recently made some unfriendly advances to a St. Louis reporter. In the land of the orange, the clime of the sun, where the songs of the birds to melody run, the reporters are primed for this sort of fun. ’Tisthe beautiful land where gushers are gashed, and mashers are most everlastingly mashed. A Dead Shot with a Pickax. San Francisco Chronicle. A decrepit old mule at Fort Missoula, M. TANARUS., was condemned to death, and the crack shots of the garrison Were detailed as executioners. At a distance of sixty yards-thirteen shots were fired successively, and the mule was only scratched on tiie ear. The guard, feeling that everything else but the nuile was in danger, grasj>ed a pick and killed the animal, while the crack shots retired to tell yarns aoout their exploits in sharp shooting.

A MILITARY HERO. Brilliant and Gallant Career of Emperor William's Late Brother. New York Herald. Prince Charles of Prussia, brother of William, Emperor of Germany, was born on the 29th of June, 1801. He was the third son of Frederick William 111., King of Prussia, by his lovely and sagacious Queen Louisa Augusta. His father was a man of whose character it is difficult to form a sober estimate. His reign was a record of irresolution and inaction, of humiliating compromises with France, and of untimely alliances with other powers, and of disasters and defeats which despoiled him of twodhirda of his kingdom. The great Napoleon by the buttle of Jena, fought on the 14th of October, 1806, annihilated his army. Fortress after fortress capitulated without a blow, and the kingdom which Frederick the Great bad made invincible lay open to the victorious march of the conqueror. On the 27th of October Napoleon was in Berlin, and by the terms which he finally exacted, Prussia was dismantled and the King exiled to Konigsberg, and afterward to Mem el, the extreme northeastern point of the kingdom, on the Baltic. In this sore extremity the King gave way to despair. Not so the heroic Queen, whose attributes of courage and wisdom better fitted her to rule than the King. It is to her that we owe the character of tiie Emperor and the Prince just dead,and also the achievements which have made Germany one. “We have been sleeping,” she said, “upon the laurels of Frederick the Great, who, the master of his century, created a new era. We have not marchea forward with that time: therefore, it has surpassed us.” At the disaster of Jena, Prince Charles was only five years old. His eldest brother, Frederick William IV, was eleven and William nine. Instead of disguising from her sons the calamity which had overtaken their country and tlieir house, Louisa set it before them plainly, and, as a fresh stimulus to their education, she followed them to Sclnved, whither their tutor had carried them, and incited them to be mindful of their former glory. While training her children by precept and example to derive good from the sorrows which encompassed them, the Queen lived a cheerful, hopeful life ill her family. She died in August, 1871, but she had already impressed her character upon the mind of at least one of her sons, and the Emperor William’s chief glory lathe capture of Paris in 1870-71 was that he had avenged the insults of Napoleon I upon his mother. Asa son of the House of Hohenzollern Prince Charles entered the Prussian army at an early age. That army was then in the course of reorganization upon Schamhorst Gneisenau’s plan, which was well adapted to the requirements of the time. The young Prince devoted ail bis energy to the study of war in all its branches. After the overthrow of Napoleon on the field of Waterloo he pursued bis military studies. His advancement in the army was rapid, and he made artillery hi*favorite branch of the service. In 1827 he married Princess Maria, of Saxe-Weimar, and the fruit of their marriage is Frederick Charles, the famous Red Prince. Prince Charles’s marked predilection for military affhirs brought him into close qontact with leading officers of the army, and jte had much to do with carrying out that reorgauii zatiou which his brother William perfected I when he ascended the throne. After that j event untiL the day when his brother was proclaimed Emperor at Versailles, he did what ho could to make the army invincible. | He was not permitted, on account of illi health, to take an active part in the FrancoPrussian war, but his son, the Red Prince, distinguished himself from firai ,to last, and fought with double energy for his absent sire. For many years past Prince Charles lias been the chief of the whole Prussian artillery force. He was a Prussian field marshal and grand master of the Order of St. John. In 1881 be celebrated a service jubilee on the occasion' of the seventieth anniversary, of his appointment as an officer of the Prussian army. Not long ago he met with a severe accident, from the effects of which he never quite recovered. He left Berlin for Wiesbadf..., * -..ugu# terrained to break his journey at Cassel where arrangements had been made for hi dining and sleeping accommodations. His foot slipped while he was rising from the table after dinner, and lie fell heavily, fracturing his left thigh.

A Mu AT that Means HunineM New York Letter in the Newark Advertiser. I have recently heard of an invention that* ha3 been patened by a lady of a muff with an inside receptacle for holding hot water or aav other fluid, the same being introduced through a mouth-piece on top, which, when in use, is kept securely corked. A horrid man says: ‘‘Here is presented a grand opportunity. The same muff that holds water will also hold less temperate fluid, and there can be containedia it not only warmth for the hands, but warmth for the entiro body, and the woman who bends gracefully while raising her muff, burying her face in its furry surface, ostensibly' to warm a nos presumably red with cold, can draw in a draught more potent than the limpid Croton Other articles can be utilized in the same way, and in a convocation of strong-minded women one may expect to liear of one tapping sherry from her boa, whisky from her muff and a variety of cordials from small sacks concealed within the folds of her sealskin or cape.” Oscar’s Future Undertakings. London World. Mr. Oscar Wilde arrived in London on Saturday afternoon, characteristically and cyclonically conveyed across the Atlantic on board of the Bothnia. So rough was the passage that not only was the steering-gear, on one fatal night, fatally devoid of artistic merit, but upon his arrival at Liverpool Oscar was bound to admit, to the eager inter viewer that his previous criticism on the Atlantic was “possibly somewhat harsh.” His American pilgrimage has been a success, both financially and artistically. From Park street he goes straight to Paris, where ► means to work out some new and startling notions of a literary, and possibly dramatic character. His impressions concerning America generally are paradoxical, ptizzli and. as yet, unpublished, but I can vouch f< . their originality and graphic eccentricity. He goes back to America in the “Fall.” then to Australia, apd ultimately to heavdii. The Census Man of 1880. New York. World. To make the census of 1880 nature create . a man of genius and then broke the mold of him. We cannot be too proud of him, or too lavish in printing his unlimited figure More than this, we must guard him as thd apple of the countrv’s#ye. Let the Grand Army of the Republic see to it that the census man of 1880 receives no detriment. Let a prize be offered for the invention of an anti-rule-of-three hat, under which that precious head, unvexed at ancient rule, may elaborate yet more startling puzzles to deli the world. Why should not the census 1880 be made a permanent feature of ouf national existence, and be provided for n: regularly as the army and the ghost of 1 navy, till the Chinese conqueror looks dow-, upon the ruins of Washington? Washington Net Handy with the Sex. Dr. Kcclcboh’b Lecture. “Washington was very susceptible t< female influence, and had several seriov love affairs, which his diffidence, however* prevented him from bringing to a success! issue. It is not known how he got courng finally to propose to the Widow Custis, a.. it is suspected that she availed herself of he widow’s condition and experience to giv . occasional encouragements to Georg* [Laughter.] Rut she brought the Genera £40,000 in cash, besides her large estate anj her children, and was uo mean acquisition '