Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1884 — Page 5

THE LIBEL ON MRS. BLAINE. History of the Infamous Slander Circulated by Democratic Newspapers, A Storj that Has No Foundation in Fact—Mr. Blaine’s Connection with the Georgetown Schools—Courtship and Marriage. Paris (Ky.) Letter in Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Mr. Blaine and Miss Stan wood both carpe to Georgetown at the instance of Mr. Thornton Johnson, who employed the former to teach in the male department of his school, and the latter in the female department Mr. Blaine, or Major Blaine, as he was called from his military professorship, was a handsome young fellow, tall and well proportioned. He was very particular in his dress, and even this seemed to get him into disfavor with a few hard-handed sons of toil. Mr. Johnson, the principal of the two schools, was a man pf plenty of energy, but little judgment, and this, coupled with the fight of the Baptist sect against his sect, the Reformers, was too much for Mr. Johnson, and he succumbed. In the faculty of the female college were Misses Caroline, Sarah and Harriet Stanwood. The two first-named have little to do with the story; but Miss Harriet, the youngest, and the present Mrs. Blaine, figures as the heroine. Both Mr. Blaine and the Misses Stanwood lived at the residence of Mr. Johnson, and here, as elsewhere, not a suspicion of intimacy between them was suspected. Major Blaine would at times come into the parlor where Mr. Johnson’s family and the lady teachers were assembled, but his attentions were directed to no particular one. During the difficulties of the school, Mr. Johnson received a letter, In 1848, from Dr. Noah S. Moore, ol Millersburg, asking him to transfer his school from Georgetown to Millersburg, offering at the same time the requisite sum of money, which would he loaned without interest for a period of five years. Mr. Johnson weighed the matter in his mind, Bnd, thinking it would be best to leave the scene of his late defeat, accepted the offer, and, together with his family and corps of teachers, came to Millersburg. Here he founded what is yet known as the Millersburg Female College, and leaving the lady teachers' and his family here, he, with Major Blaine and Bushrod Johnson, afterward a noted confederate, made their headquarters at Blue Lick Springs and opened a military school in the hotel building, which was an immense affair, covering nearly an acre of ground. At that time Blue Lick Springs was at the zenith of success, and the large crowds who flocked from the North-and South filled the immense place to overflowing. Colonel Johnson’s bonhomie served him in good place, and, knowing many Southerners, built up the school to large proportions. Through the efforts of parties at Millersburg, the female college was progressing favorably, and Dr. Noah Mqore, who is my informant, tells me that the attendance was very large. The teachers of the school lived with Mr. Johnson’s family, and the circle of their acquaintance was small indeed. One of the few places they frequented was Dr. Moore s residence, and to this place they came quite frequently. Miss Harriet, the youngest of the Misses Stanwood, was of the ordinary height, and, though comparatively plain, was better looking than her sisters. She was a typical New Englander, though not as angular, being slightly inclined to flesh, while her face showed no baby prettiness, but rather the beauty of intellect. Yet she could not be termed ugly, for at times, when discussing an interesting theme, her deep brown eyes would light up, and the warm flush iu her face would soften the rigidity of the features and make her positively beautiful It was, however, not the beauty of form and features that was the charm which attracted, but the beauty of her Intellect Hers was no ordinary one, and her tastes were not bounded by the narrow lines of her day. Her mind, cultivated to a great extent, needed a larger scope than the circle in which she moved, and no one appreciated or understood it better than the handsome Major, who came occasionally from the school at Blue Licks to Millersburg, stopping either at Mr. Johnson's residence or bis friend Dr. Moore’s. Here he met Miss Harriet at' times, or he might meet her at the residence of the principal. Their courtship was very discreet, ana, in fact no one knew or suspected there was anything more than friendship between them. Mr. Blaine’s few visits to Millersburg, as well as his manner when with Miss Harriet aided the belief. There were uo long moonlight walks, nothing that coaid be construed into wrong by Mrs. Grundy. The home circle did not widen, and with the exception of the teachers but few were admitted. Miss Harriet, though reserved, soon became the acknowledged leader of the little circle, and here her conversational powers showed to the best advantage. Here at her home, if such it could be ealled, the frigid reserve wore off, and amongcongenial companions she enjoyed the few hours of recreation, and her charming manner and Interesting talk soon made her a general favorite. At these reunions Major Blaine came irregularly; frequently two or three weeks would elapse between his visits, hut it is not surprising that the intellectual Miss Stanwood should attract the ambitious and brilliant young prosesBor, who, though scarcely past his majority, was at the head of the school. But, if such attraction existed, none but the principal parties knew or suspected it, and their properly discreet manner was an effectual guard to their secret. But though this peaceful and pleasant state of affairs existed in Millersburg, it was not so with the school at Blue Licks. Troubles came thick and fast, and the students one by one began dropping off until vacant benches stared the preceptors in the face, and pecuniary embarrassment pinched the principal. In ineffectual efforts to rebuild his school Mr. Johnson expended money that should have been paid by him to Mr. Thomas Halliday, proprietor of the hotel, for the board of the students. Time passed on, and, troubles pressing on Mr. Johnson, he was unable to meet his obligations. Mr. Halliday, knowing that Mr. Johnson was insolvent, and that he had received the money, determined to get it by force. They , expected trouble, and John B. Halliday, his son, who now resides in Paris, and vouches for the truth of this story, went over to a grocery about a quarter of a mile distant from the hotel to procure a pistol. While at thegrocery he heard firing, and hastily leaving there, pistol in hand, be ran down the road to the hotel. As he turned the corner ho saw Bushrod Johnson coming down the circular road which leads to the hotel on a quick trot. Mr. Halliday halted him, but on the statement made by some of the students that Mr. Johnson had nothing to do with the shooting, released him, and he resumed his brisk trot, crossing the bridge which spans the Licking, and then taking to the fields was lost to sight Hastening up to the house Mr. Halliday learned that his father and uncle Lewis Halliday had had an altercation with Mr. Thornton Johnson and Mr. Blaine at the foot of the stairs in the principal hall. The firing had ceased when lie arrived, but he thought Blaine assisted in the firing. Johnson was wounded iu the groin, but the Hallidays didn't know of it; but Blaine, staying with his friend, assisted him to where he procured a buggy, and with Mr. Johnson started for Millersburg. They drove fast, Mr. Johnson’s wound bleeding profusely and needing attention. When about five miles from the Springs and near Oakland Mills, Blaine heard the souud of galloping horses, and looking hack he saw Lewis and John Halliday on horseback comiiig up. Blaine drow his pistol and commanded them to halt, and their reply was to level their guns on him with the request that he drop his weapon. Seeing his refusal to do so would be foolhardiness, two armed men being against him. he did so, and asked that they should be allowed to proceed, as his friend was dangerously wounded. Tho Hallidays seeing the condition of Mr. Johnson, did not molest them or even demand the money' they had a right to, but magnanimously allowed them to proceed. Mr. .John B.- Halliday tells this ki the manner above related, and makes the statement that Mr. Blaine acted courageously throughout the whole affair, staying by his friend until he had safely seen him at kis own home, well cared for and attended to.. The next morning, Dr. Moore says, about 2 O'clock ho heard a knock, and arising and open ing the door saw Mr. Bushrod Johnson, who,

panting and exhausted, asked for shelter, saying he had killed Thomas Halliday. The Doctor took him to a room up stairs, which Mr. Johnson kept until the next day, when the news of the affair spread, and it was learned that Thomas Halliday, as well as Lewis and John, were uninjured. He then learned of Mr. Thornton Johnson’s injury. The publicity of the affair did much to injure the school at Millersburg, and in the year 1850 it succumbed, and vanished, as the many schemes of its bnergetic projector. The faculty broke up, Miss Sarah Stanwood marrying a Mr. McKim, a man of prominence, socially and financially. Miss, Harriet and Miss Caroline left for their home in Maine. The faculty of the military school also separated, Thornton Johnson and Blaine going to Drennon Springs and founding another military school. Drennon Springs is situated in Henry county, not very far from Eminence, and was considered a good place for the school. A branch establishment was founded in the adjoining county of Franklin, and still survives under the name of the Kentucky Military Institute. After the school had been in progress for some time, Mr. Blaine took a short vacation, and went to Maine, where he married Miss Harriet at her home, Mrs. McKim, her sister, going there also to be present at the ceremony. Mr. Blaine then returned to Drennon Spriugs and taught out the term of school. In 1852, the last year of the school, the tailor named Winn, and mentioned in the first of my letter, came on the scene, to get some hills due him either from the students or from Mr. Johnson. His malicious and envious mind originated.the report that Mr. Blaine was compelled to marry Miss Stanwood, something up to that time unheard of. There was no one to force Mr. Blaine to do anything he did not wish to do, as Miss Stanwood’s father was dead some years before she came to Kentucky. Her brother resided in Maine, and never came to this State, and the “forcing” is as false as the rest of the story. Before Miss Stanwood left for home, she visited at her sister’s, Mrs. McKim’s, and also at the residence of Dr. Moore. Mrs. Moore was one of her few friends in that place, and she also stayed with her prior to her own departure. On the day before she left, Mrs. Moore went out with her to do some shopping, and that evening bade the small circle of her friends good bye. The stage left at night, and Miss Stanwood left by that medium. The stage driver. Jack Hook, who still lives in Paris, has been cited as proof of Miss Stanwood's “interesting appearance,” and Mr. Hook emEhatically denies everything of the kind. Miss tanwood went directly home, where, as stated above, Mr. Blaine followed and married her. The year 1852 saw the last of the school. During the prior year Mr. Johnson, worried and harassed by debts and the pain of the wound received in the fight with the Hallidays at jllue Licks, laid down the unequal burden with his life, and partook of the first rest he ever knew, in the dark, narrow chamber allotted him after death. Major Blaine then returned to the East, where his honorable, manly course and rapid advancement are too well known to need repetition.

It seems hard that Mrs. Blaine’s fair name needs defense from the army of dirt throwers so numerous in this country, but the charge has been made, and needs to be refuted in the courts as well as elsewhere. Dr. Moore and his wife are well known throughout this section, and their intimacy with Mr. and Mrs. Blaine would enable them to know them better than any one else. The Doctor emphatically denounces the slander story as a lie, and says that a wellknown lady of Millersburg congratulated his wife and herself once that they were about the only ones of that time who resided in Millersburg that the tongue of slander did not reach. Some of the reports say the slander originated in Georgetown, but I have the letter at hand of Judge Milton Stevenson, of that place, asking of Dr. Moore for information of the matter, stating that he never heard of it until within the past month or so. Judge Stevenson is a prominent man, of sterling integrity, and lived at Georgetown during the time Mr. Blaine and Miss Stanwood taught there. The several correspondents who came to ask information of Dr. Moore were told he would willingly give them the truth, but he knew they did not want it The same correspondents met with many rebuffs at Carlisle and Millersburg, where they went to seek information derogatory to Mr. and Mrs. Blaine. Men who were taught by Mr, Blaine at Blue Licks, and women, living now, taught by Mrs. Blaine, never heard of the slander until within the past month. Strange to say, the Doctor continued, the persona endeavoring to throw dirt are ones who have the ghastliest skeletons in their own closets. I could name three or four well-known parties who made trips to Millersburg, who, if the past deeds of themselves or their families were retold, it would throw the family secrets exposed by Gath at Lexington in the shade. The numerous scandals are not secret, either, and those men instrumental in trying to put a skeleton in Mr. Blaine’s closet should lock their own doors before they left home. The miserable, frail scheme of the Democrats to gain votes by throwing dirt will gun Mr. Blaine thousands of votes right here in entueky where he taught, was respected and loved. Mrs. Blaine’s conduct was everything that a lady's should be, and her best friends in this State are those school girls, now grown women, who were taught by her example modesty and all womanly accomplishments. If those vile slanderers must invent lies, let it he against the man, not against a woman. Shame on Kentucky chivalry that atacks a woman, and stabs in the dark at a man, who. if such a thing were true, made the reparation of a man, and this should be sufficient to atone for the sin. But it is not true, and the action of Mr. Blaine in instituting suit against the Indianapolis Sentinel is applauded everywhere by men who have the courage to defend their families from the foulest slander ever uttered.

A MAGNETIC MAN. An Old Leadvllle Character—Dr. Daggett and His .Tamping Walking-Stick. Leadvllle Democrat. The widely published accounts of Lulu Hurst, the magnetic girl, who is creating such a furore at Wallack’s Theatre,in New York, has caused a great many old-timers to recall an old character who flourished here in 1880, and was known as Dr. Daggett. He pretended to be a regular practitioner, but made a specialty of peculiar ailments, and had a sort of office and sleepingroom on lower Chestnut street, below the old site of the Capital restaurant All his patients were among the sporting classes and he devoted the bulk of his time to patronizing the faro and stud-horse poker games of the city. He was probably a broken-down sport himself; at least he had the airs, manner and language of one. The doctor had a very remarkable power he was fond of exhibiting to bis friends when he felt in the humor. A favorite demonstration was to make a cane dance up and down by simply moving his hand, held open, palm downwaid, several inches above it In this position the cane would stand perfectly erect, and, as he moved his hand slightly up and down, would follow it in a series of spasmodic jumps. It was an ordinary blackthorn stick, which he said his brother or soma relative had cut for him in Ireland. He would also take a metal napkm ring, whirl it around several times on his little finger, and then raise his hand, finger downward. The ring would, apparently, adhere to the finger at one side, and had to be shaken quite briskly before it would drop off. The doctor never attempted to explain his remarkable performance beyond sayiug vaguely that it was “mesmerism.” On one occasion he was in the down-stairs front room of the Texas • House. Harlan & Chapman were the proprietors of it then, and there was quite a crowd in the place. The doctor gave one of his canejuraping manifestations, to the bewilderment of everybody, ami then walking over to the woodbox, rubbed one of the sticks smartly with his open palm. This done be replaced it on the pile in the box and requested someone present to ask the negro porter to fix the fire. The darkey poked at the stove a moment, and then approached the box and picked up the identical stick. He dropped it instantly and jumped back with a surprised expression. When questioned he couldn't exactly tell what was the matter, but could not be induced to touch the wood again. A number of people, still residents of,the place, saw the incident and remember it well Daggett’s name does not appear in the directory of 1881, and the probabilities are that he left the camp iu the winter of 1880. What became of him nobody knows. His manifestations w©ro just as stated, aud there was apparently no trickery about them. If it was jugglery it was certainly the cleverest tho writer'evev saw, aud without any visible apparatus certainly baffles comprehension. Mali weakness aud loss of power cured in thirty days. Book, three letter stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.

THE IKDIAHAPOIiIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1884.

CRITICISING LIEUT. GREELY. Army Officers Fail to See Anything Heroic in His Conduct in the North. lie Is Also Charged with Deception and Prevarication in llis Attempts to Conceal Facts About His Expedition. Washington Special. An interview with a prominent military official was published here yesterday, stating that Lieutenant Greely’s course had not met with approval of high army officials. This statement has produced quite a sensation in army circles here, and is repeated with additions this afternoon. “It is learned from certain army officials,” the Critic says, “that Lieutenant-general Sheridan has frankly stated that he saw nothing heroic in Greely's conduct, and that there was some Question as to its being up to the standard of the duty of a commander." It is alleged that when Greely was urged to promotion to a vacancy in the Qurtennastergeneral’s Department, although the Quar-termaster-general recommended it, the Lieuten-ant-general stated that he did not regard Greely as entitled to promotion or qualified for the position.

The Chief Signal Officer is outspoken in his admiration of Greely as a soldier and scientist, and General Hazen’s praise is apparently' the only official tribute that has been conferred upon the explorer. The importance of General Hazen’s commendation is differently estimated by different people, and praise from other sources would be a more important recommendation. * m A Critic reporter consulted one of the highest military authorities to-day on the subject, and asked him upon what the opinion was based that Lieutenant Greely had not been equal to the duty to which he was assigned. “Lieutenant Greely," he replied, “was a student and a scientist of more or less ability, but an utter failure as a iqilitary commander. The diaries of the members of the party reveal a startling story. I am informed that they show mistakes, errors of justice and discipline almost from the very start; orders issued that could not he complied with, ill temper, etc. “As for errors of judgment, think of a party abandoning a post full of provisions and going southward with so uncertain a prospect, and carrying tons of coal that were unnecessary, when tons of provisions in their place might have saved the whole party. Errors of judgment of that description render a commander totally incompetent. Besides that, Greely quarreled with his officers and men from the start. In the latter part of the stay at Cape Sabine there were two factions living apart and refusing to speak to each other. Sergeant Brainard headed the party which included Greely, and Long headed the other. As for heroism on Greely's part, when the trying time came and the opportunity for heroism, flrmess or trying discharge of duty, Greely was mentally ana physically incompetent, and was managed and fed like a child by Brainard. “The quarrels and dissensions in the party reflect verv seriously on the commander. Another point against Greely is his intense egotism. When he sent instructions for his relief he urged that no more experienced authority he consulted; that no Variation from his plan he' made. Poor fellow, his egotism and his error brought awful consequences. “Greely has been guilty of deception and prevarication in his endeavor to keep from the public the facts about his party. His official report is not candid nor honest He intimates clearly that Henry was the only man accused of stealing provisions, qnd shields other members; os, at least, another member whom the diaries accuse of thefts of provisions, after their distribution, from their weaker comrades. The diaries also disclose a mystery shout Dr. Pavey's death that Greelyjshould not have allowed to remain unexplained. “Lieutenant Ray is the only man who has read all the diaries and records. Other army officers have read portions of them, and these facts have come to my knowledge from time to time as they have to the knowledge of other officials. If the Lieutenant-general would consent to be quoted you would see what an impression has been created by these disclosures.” The “prominent official” referred to said that when an Investigation into the Greely expedition was made by Congress all the unfortunate particulars concerning it will become known, and not until then. “What do you think will be shown by such an investigation?” asked the reporter. “Well, they will bring to light the contents of the individual diaries of tho men, which will show that there was a great lack of discipline in the party, and that Greely has not • been very consistent in the reports he has made. Greely had Henry shot for stealing rations, but it will be learned that stealing rations was general. In one of those diaries there is a memorandum about as follows:

“ ‘Private has just died from starvation. Dr. Pavev stole and ate the last supplies which were given to him.’ "Now mark my word, it will be found that lots more of them stole food. The men who were detailed to hunt game are known to have eaten part of the gameTcilled, and to have hid the remainder in the snow. That seems just as bad to me as stealing what was on hand." “The men's diaries make no allusion to eating human flesh, do they?’’ asked the reporter? “No,” was the reply. “And I don’t think any official information has been received on that subject But then Brainard told the story the very first thing. You know he was much stronger than any of the rest. When he came aboard the Bear surprise was expressed at it, and when asked why it was he said: “Oh, I could eat the stuff and digest it, but the others couldn't” When someone of the rescuing party remarked about the absence of Dr. Pavey's body and expressed wonder as to what became of it, Brainard said: “He's all gone; I finished the last of him just before you arrived.”

Brainard and Long Enter a Dental. Cleveland, 0., Sept 3.—Sergeants Brainard and Long and private Connel, of the Greely arctic expedition, are here, under engagement, at Crew’s museum. They were'shown, this morning, telegrams from Washington, stating that an army officer who has seep the diaries of the expedition says the survivors, when found, were in two parties, one headed by Brainard, the other by Long, living separately as two tribes, and refusing to speak to each other;, that Greely was an invalid for the last few months, and that the party headed by Brainard cared for him like a child; that stealing of rations was a common offense, and that hunters sent out for birds concealed them for their own use. Each of these statements, Brainard, Long and Connel dony emphatically. All iuaist that the party was not divided, but, while five slept in the wall tent, Brainard and Long slept together under the fly of the tent, because the interior was not large enough for all. Sergeant Brainard says Greely walaed out every day, and was able and compe-' tent to command the party, which he did throughout. All agree that nobody except Henry whs shot A special dispatch reports that the same array officer says that when Brainard was found ho was much stronger than the others; that when he came aboard the Bear surprise was expressed ai it and when he was asked why that was, he said: “Oh, I could oat tho stuff and digest it, but the others coulduV’ When someone of the rescuing party remarked the absence of Dr. Pavey's body and expressed wonder as to what had become of it Brainard said, “he is all gone: I finished tho last of him just before you arrived.” This being' shown Sergeant Brainard he said: “I don’t know: who the army officer Is, but whoever he may be, he is a slanderer. I was not the strongest of the

party,, and. moreover, I was not on the Bear, but came home on the Thetis. The story is a lie out of whole cloth.” Sergeant Long and Private Connell corroborated his denial. A HERO OF MANY WARS. General Harney, the Great Indian FighterHow He Saved the Life of Mr, Lincoln. Washington Post. Every schoolboy has heard of General W. S. Harney, the great Indian fighter, and will be glad to know that the old hero still lives, at the age of eighty-four, and. with the exception of a somewhat impaired vision and a slightly defective memory, enjoys excellent health. He is now on a little pleasure tour from his home in St. Louis, and, with his adopted daughter. Mrs. St. Cyr, is comfortably quartered at the Ebbitt House. During his journey he has been the recipient of many flattering attentions from hosts of friends and admirers.

A reporter of the Post had a long and pleasant chat with the General, who, when he rose, towered considerably above his visitor, his height being six feet three inches, and his figure still erect and soldierly. He injured his leg a few weeks ago, and is a little lame, but treats the matter lightly. He spoke with modesty about his exploits, and several times allowed Mrs. St. Cyr to relate incidents of his long and adven- : turous career. “I was in command in Missouri when the Rebellion broke out,” said the General during the conversation, “and had I not been relieved by ' President Lincoln, in May, 1861, I am sure there would have been no bloodshed in that State; but I never blamed Mr. Lincoln, for he and I were friends. So much political pressure was brought to bear upon him oy Frank P. Blair and others that I suppose he had to relieve me. And yet,” continuea the General, smiling, “Mr. Lincoln never saw me without reminding me that I once saved his life.”

“How was that G-aneral?” ‘‘Well." ihe General, laughiV, “Mr. -Jr** Was “P* 4 ' ll °f a company of volunteers and I was captain of a company of regulars during the Black Hawk war. I remember well how Captain Lincoln used to come to our rendezvous General Taylor’s headquarters—and -tell stones that amused us immensely. He used to lie on the grass, and very frequently would say: 'That reminds me,’ and begin a fuuuy story.” “One day Lincoln said to me: ‘I say, Harney, let s pick out four or five good shoots from our commands and go gunning for Indiana on outown hook.” ‘All right, Lincoln,’ said I; ‘but do you know anything about Indian fighting!’ ‘Well, not much, but Pm a pretty good shot.’ “That will do to start on,’ said I, ‘but let me tell you one thing; never look for a redskin in front of you; look out for your flanks.’ Well, we started out, and soqn came on signs of redskins. All of a sudden, while I was watching the flanks, I saw an Indian drawing a bead on Lincoln. As quick as I could possibly do so I leveled my rifle and fired. I didn't hit him—at least he didn’t fall—and lie ran away. Ever after that Captain Lincoln insisted that I had saved his life.”

• ■ “You are not a graduate of West Point, General!” “No, I was born at Hayshorongh, near Nashville, Tenn. Down there the boys indulge in athletic sports, and as a rule grow up to be 'pretty strapping fellows. When I was a young man I went to Baton Rouge to visit my brother, and met General Jesup, then colonel of the First Infontry, and afterwards quartermaster-general. One day he said to me: ‘Young man. how would you like to have a commission in the army?’ I said, ‘First, rate, General,’ and thought no more about it. A short time afterwords on came a commission for me as a lieutenant in tho regular army, and that’s how I happened to be a soldier.” “How many wars have you served in. General!” “Oh, I don’t know,” laughed the General, “I don't care to talk about my own services.” “Let me see.” said Mrs. St Cyr. “The General was in the Seminole war in Florida, in the Black Hawk war, in a war with the Sioux, in which he fought a bloody battle at Ash Hollow, on the Blue Water, in the Mexican war,"and in the late civil war. The General, you know, was the hero of Seminole war, and hung thirteen of the hostile chiefs, which ended it Billy Bowleg used to say: ‘lf Harney catch me, me hang; if me catch him, he die.’ It was the General who captured the hill at Cerro Gorao, hut he never boasts of his own achievements.” Subsequently General Harney spoke kindly of the Indians, and told how he came near hanging an Indian agent for swindling them. “They all know me,” said he, adding with laudable pride, “and if to-day there was an outbreak among the Sioux, I could go to them alone and stop it, for they would listen to me. There's no trouble getting along with the Indians if they are treated kindly. It’s a shame that they should be swindled as they frequently are. I wish I had the punishment of the thieves,” and tears of indignation came into the old hero's eyes as he said it It is impossible, within the limits of this article, to give more than a mere outline of General Harney's distinguished career. He was commissioned a second lieutenant by President Monroe, in 1818, aud subsequently captured two of Lafitte’s piratical vessels. HA served on the staff of General Jackson, who, when President, in 1833, made him paymaster of the army. In August, 1836, he was made lieutenant-colonel of the Second Dragoons. He fought gallantly through the Mexican war, but early incurred the enmity of General Scott, who endeavored to deprive him of his command, but was frustrated by William L. Marcy, Secretary of State. He disobeyed an order once and achieved a victory, in view of which his impetuosity was overlooked.

Prior to and long after the Mexican war he was actively engaged fighting hostile Indians, in which he won extraordinary distinction. He had command of the expedition against Brigham Young, in 1858, but learning that Harney intended to hang Young and his twelve apostles, he was relieved by the Secretary of War, and General Johnston succeeded him. Ha was captured by the confederates at Harper's Ferry, April 25, 1861, and taken to Richmond, where he was implored by old friends to espouse the “lost cause,” which he stoutly refused to do. His skill aud gallantry secured him steady promotion from the time he entered the army, and he was retired in May 1861, with the full rank of major-generaL The General, who has two daughters and a son. will remain in the city only a few days when he will return to St. Louis. Both of his daughters are married and living in France. One of them married Count de Noue, of the French army, and the other Viscount de Thilry, a French gentleman. The son of the General lives in St. Louis. Mrs. St. Cyr, the General’s adopted daughter and companion, is a native-of Frederick, Md., her maiden name being Miss Lizzie Cromwell. Her husband, a Frenchman, died about fifteen years ago, since which time she has been attached to the General’s family.

Scientific Dissertation on Butler. Pittsbnt-g Dispatch. General Butler’s mother and his two rugged brothers worked hard to help him pay his way through college, but even with their aid he had to work three hours a day in a cabinet-shop, besides doing' odd jobs about the college, in order to make ends meet It is evident that he earnestly desired an education, and hod aspirations to something higher than merely being able to make a living. There was that within him which prompted him to do this, and without which no would never have been what he is, even if he wpro a runt. No doubt his delicate physique was due to tho fact that he was unbalanced when born. The vital currents set moro strongly toward the brain than to the stomach, and his nervous energy appropriated by his mental organism instead of the physical; consequently his digestion was weak, his food imperfectly assimilated, and moro of the vital elements obtained from it appropriated by the brain and nerves than by the muscular and osseous systems. He had vitality enough to make him as rugged as his brothers, but it went to his head, and the chances are that if he had not been compelled to resort to physical labor his brail would have starved his body to death by appropriating all of the vital elements derived from food, air and water. His enforced physical exercises diverted the vitality to the points where it was most needed, and thus his body was not only sustained, but his brain was prevented from developing into that spongy condition which absorbs all that comes its way and gives nothlngsout without continual ' Burnett’s Goooains Softens tho hair when harsh and dry. spothes the irritated, scalp. ■ Affords the richest lustre. Prevents the hair' from falling off. ' * Promotes Its healthy, vigorous growth.

THE LATE W. S. DINGLE. Arrival of the Remains at Lafayette—Arrangements for the Funeral To-Day. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafaybtte, Sept. 3. —The remains of tho late W. S. Lingle arrived from Waukesha, Wis., at 10 o'clock to-night aud will bo taken to tho residence of his son-in-law, Thomas C. Scantlin. The funeral will occur at 2 o.'clock to-morrow afternoon, at Trinity. Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Rev. H. A. Buclitel will officiate. The City Council and officials will attend in a body, as will the newspaper fraternity. A special train from Indianapolis, bearing editors from different parts of the State, will arrive about noon. A citizens’ meeting will be held at 9 o’clock to-morrow forenoon to pass resolutions in memory of the deceased. Particulars of His Death. Lafayette Courier, Tuesday Eveniug. Just as the forms of the Courier were ready for the press, the following startling telegram came to us over the wires: < Waukesha, Wis., Sept. 2. T. E. ScantUn: W. S. Lingle died suddenly here at 3:30 with uu-. ralgic trouble of the _ J. B. HOOPER. Mr. Lingle left here yesterday afternoon, called to Waukesha by a telegram from his wife announcing the dangerous illness of her mother, Mrs. Hiram Dodge. Mr. Lingle had for some days past complained of a pain in the region of his heart; hut this Dr. Smith, the family physician, attributed to the fullness caused by eating. Before he left yesterday he stated that he felt better, and bade his family farewell in good spirits and apparent good health —when the terrible tidings came this afternoon of his sudden death. Lafayette Journal, Yesterday.

A short telegram from Waukesha, Wis., received a little before 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, by Thomas C. Scantlin, brought the startling intelligence of the death, at that place, of William S. Lingle, editor of the Courier and postmaster of this city. The dispatch was as follows: “Thomas C. Scantlin: “Waukesha, Wis., Sept. 2.—W. S. Lingle died suddenly here at 3:30 o'clock, this afternoon, with neuralgic trouble of the heart. * J. B. Hoopeb." Mr. Lingle was called to Waukesha on Monday afternoon by a telegram from Mrs. Lingle, announcing what was supposed to be the near approach of the death of her mother, Mrs. Hiram Dodge. When Mr. Lingle left here, his every appearance indicated the best of health. During his life he knew little or nothing of illness. He had never been sick. He was of good build, erect aud active. So he was also when he left here on Monday afternoon. The news, therefore, of his death could hardly be believed. Particulars of his sudden death are meager. So far, but two dispatches have been received, and neither detail the attack of the fatal ailmont.* All that is learned is that upon arriving at Waukesha he walked rapidly, and upon reaching a room felt quite exhausted, sat down and immediately expired.

Tributes to His Character. Lafayette Journal (Editorial.) In some respects Mr. Lingle was a remarkable man. Like most men of strong, positive character, he also had many faults, but there was nothing weak about him —he gave and took blows bravely. A man of splendid moral courage, of undoubted abilities, of strong likes and dislikes, of warm temperament and quick impulses, liis life has been a stormy but successful one. During his life as a journalist he has probably said many unjust and unwise things, but he lias also said and done much that must be placed to his credit, and over his coffin lid we can afford to pay tribute to his many good qualities and blot from memory all real or fancied injuries. In journalism his methods were original and unique. The newspaper was merged in the strong individuality of the man—the personality of the man ran through every line or the Courier and cropped out between them. He was an intense partisan and his political articles were always vigorous, crisp and telling. In personal intercourse he was a perfect gentleman of the old school —always " courteous, affable and polished; and to this quality may be attributed, m a large degree, his success as a journalist and as a man. Os Mr. Lingle’s family relations too much cannot be said. He was a devoted father and husband. All the happy traits of his nature played in full force here" In the seclusion of his home and in the midst of a devoted family he passed his happiest hours. Here the blow will strike hardest. Others will forget and pass on with the busy affairs of life, but here the scar will remain forever. The aged mother, too, down in the hills of southern Indiana! How hitter this cup of affliction must be to hor in her declining years. To the family of Mr. Lingle, and especially to his grief-stricken wife the Journal extends its heartfelt and unqualified sympathy. During the life of IV. S. Lingle the opinions of the Courier and those of the Journal often clashed; and opposing interests caused many hard and bitter words, but in the hour of death, and before the door of the sepulchre we put aside the past, and pay our tribute to the memory of tho dead journalist. Indianapolis News (Editorial.) Seldom does the announcement of a death produce a greater shock than did that of VY. >S. Lingle, of Lafayette. In the prime of life and the full vigor of maturity, he seemed to be one destined to live many more-years. Though having some premonitions of enfeehiement, resulting from unceasing labor, lie ascribed no serious importance to them, believing that under rest he would recuperate fully. He had made up his mind to take that rest as soon as the necessary business arrangements could be made, but the insidious disease did not wait upon his will, and he was stricken by death with scarcely a momeut's warning. This event will bring to many, as it does to the writer, a keen sense of personal loss. A prominent figure has gone out of Indiana journalism and from public life, and his place can never be filled to his friends. Ho was a man of prepossessing appearance and winning manner, a most genial companion, and his unfailing good spirits anil sound sense made him a valuable friend and counselor. He was an eloquent speaker, probably the most brilliant raconteur in- the State, and an original and forcible writer, though of late years he has written but little, comparatively. He had all the qualities of an ambitious, virile manhood, and he had his enemies just as he had his friends. But there was a steady growth noticeable in him, and his powers seemed to increase in force rather than to diminish with years, while wider experience of life and the chastening of bereavement developed the moral side of his nature, and added a mellowness and kindliness that took off the shaip edges of his character. He had of late years a higher ideal, and strove more earnestly to attain it To his own household he was always a prince, and the pen falters at the thought of the great grief that has fallen there. If his friends are stricken sorely, what must his wife and children be? They will have tho unbounded sympathy of the friends of the husband and fathor. but that is poor consolation.

The Old Bed School-House. Now Ifork Graphic. Next Monday the school-teacher, for the first time in several weeks, raps on the window with his ferule to call in the boys and girls. The older readers of tho Graphic will recall the cus tom. The school-house of their day was painted red, was very small, was located on a cheap bit of land that couldn’t be profitably used for anything else, and appeared to have got there by accident, and in winter—the winters wore cold at that period—afforded rather more protection than was furnished by the truly popular architecture gouerally mentioned as roil feuce. The man who rapped with his- ferule then is dead. There are no reminiscences—for he hitfextremelyjhard—whose obverse is not productive of some measure of consolation; though it is but just to say that his blows were at times inflicted solely upon tlie palm. Peace to the ashes of the old-time teach - erl They deserve nothing of the kind; but if the pupils who have themselves reached the infirmities of prolonged existence are not generous in things which are as cheap as words, it may bo apprehended that no ferule will ever mp fbr them to enter tho heavenly mansions. Stringhalt is diseaso, aud & very difficult and sometimes impossible to;cure. It is caused by failure of certain nerves to act* by

which the contraction of the muscles is not controlled and the limb is lifted up involuntarily. This excessive muscular action wearies tha horse and interferes with his usefulness. It may be beneficial to give ten grains of nux vomica daily for three days, thgn to stop for a week and repeat, and do this for three weeks. Brisk rubbing of the limb, especially from the stifle downwards, with a rough woolen cloth for fifteen minutes night and morning may be useful. The Ft. Scott & Gulf, As is well known, is the short and cheap route from Kansas City to all points in Southeastern Kansas, Southwest Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Indian Territory, with through ears and daily trains to Olathe, Rich Hill, Fort Scott, Lamar, Springfield, Girard, Columbus, Joplin, Parsons, Cherryville, etc., etc. It is the only good route from the West to Little Rock, Hot Springs, Eureka Springs, Vanßuren and Fort Smith. Via its Memphis Short Route South, through trains for Memphis, with Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars and Elegant Day Coaches, leave Kansas City daily, making this the only good route from the West and Northwest to Memphis, New Orleans, Chattanooga. Nashville and all Southern cities. Tourists' Tickets to all the winter Pleasure Resorts are on sale via this route at lowest rates. The country tributary to this line in the States of Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, offers inducements to home seekers not to be found elsewhere. Send for the Guid an eight-page paper, givte- ” , fr. — • —e, mil and reliable m...,unon as to the development and resources of the country. Send for a large map of this line, mailed free. Address, J. E. Lockwood, Genl Pass. Ag't, Kansas City, Mo.

“Blaine’s Book" Bure to Live. “It is just because the author has completely risen to the large proiiortions of his task, and ' has utterly effaced the partisan in the aistorian it is because he has veiled nothinp’ and distorted nothing that 'Twenty Years of Congress’ is sura to live. —New York Sun. .?* j* a bonanza for book agents.' J. E. Haskell, 19 and 20 Sentinel Building, has the management for this State. School Shoes Just Received. Spring heels aud other styles in Kid and Goat, best custom work, at 21 ‘North Pennsylvania street C. Friedoen. Or old or young, or grave or gay, Those who now let their teeth decay, With breath we can’t endure; The thought their after life will haunt, That they neglected Sozodont, That would have kept all pure. Lund boro's Perfume, Edenia. Lundborgs Perfume, Mareehal Niel Rose. Lundborgs Perfume, Alpine Violet > Lundborgs Perfume, Lily of the Valley. Young men from the best families in the city are attending H. B. Bryant's Chicago Business College. Nervous weakness, dyspepsia, sexual debility cured by “Wells’s Health Renewer." sl.

GEiJSSf FOR FAIN. CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, Sore Throat Swelling*. Spraliu, Vrabes Burnt. Moulds. Frost Bite*. AND ALL OTHER BODILY BAINS AMS ACHES. Sold b j Druggists and Dealers every where. Fifty Cents a bofttUk Directions in 11 Languages. TUK CHARLES A. YOGELER CO. (BaMMMrs to A. VOOKLER * 60.) Baltimore, Sd.. B.S. A i

AMUSEMENTS. DICKSON'S GRAND QPERA-HQOSE. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and Saturday Matinee, Sept. 4, 5 aud 6, IHE BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN COMEDY DRAMA, By CHAS. F. DUNBAR and FRED R. WREN, “DISTRUST!” After a Most Successful run at tho Fourteenth-street Theater, New York. Produced with the Original New York oast. New Scenery and Music. A Powerful Company of Metropolitan Artists. I!®*“Popular prices. Seats secured at usual places. Sunday Evening, September 7, One Night Only, MR. GHAS. SLADE, The World’s Greatest Spiritualistic Medium, will give a PUBLIC SEANCE Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and Wednesday Matinee, September 8, y and 10, HEWETT’S MUSETTES.

SCHOOL Satchels, Straps, Slates Paper, Pens, Pencils And Inks. Lunch Baskets. Largest Assortment and lowest fa. CHARLES MAYER & CO.’S, Nos. 29 and 31 W. Washington Street. BRUSH LIGHTS Are fast taking tho place of all otners In factories foundries, machine shops and mills. Parties having their own power oan procure an Elec trio Gonerator and obtain much more light at much less cost than by any other mode. The incandescent and storage system has been perfected, making small lights for houses and stores hung wherever needed, and'lighted at will, day or night. Parties desiring: Generators or to form companies for lighting cities and towns, can send to the Brush Eleotno Cos., Cleveland, 0., or to the undersigned at Indianapolis. 3. CAVEN. PI PR WROUGHTIRON ’ II Ij LAr.WEI.DED, 1-8 to 12 Inches Diameter. S, W. ADAMS, 161 to!67S, Caul, CHICAGO, ILL

Send 91, $2, $3 or 95 for a ta t r sample retail box, by express, of ( ft V J Y the best Candies in America, put Vfl A 1 JL/ A •up in elegant boxes, and strictly Suitable for presents. Express charges light. Refers to all Chicago. Send for catalogue, TANDY VJ fV 11 JL/ 1 . c. F. GUNTHER, Confectioner, Chisago. IMPROVEMENT OF WABASH RIVER, INDIANA .AND ILLINOIS—STONE FOR LOOK. Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will bo received afc this office until noon (local time) on Tuesday, tho 30th day of September. 1984, for furnishing stone for the construction, of a lock in toe Wabash river, near Mount Carmel, lU. Approximate quantity of stone reqnirod, 7,245 oubic yards, or as muc: thereof as the present available funds (930,000) will permit. - proposals will U. 8. Engineer Office. 82 West Third street.

5