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THE OLD PIOSEEK. BTTHKODORt o'UAKA. ruvtten at the crae of Pa011 I w r.uen a. h cemetery. Daniel Boone, ranita dir for the brave o'd placer ! Knhcb t-errant of the wood Calmly fceneatH the green od here HerestB from fleid and flood; Thi "wwboop and the pan ther's screams Nore bis soul hall rouse. FoYv 11 tbe aped honterdrearas lsido his good old Piuse. A dir for the brave old pioneer! Hushed now his line's pealThe dews of many a vanished year or Hees the fierce wild boar. A dire for the brave old pioneer! Olddruliol the West! HI offering was the lleet wild deer. HI sbrln-s the mountain f rft. Within bl wildwood temple a space An empire' tower nod, "Wher erat, alone of all hU race, lie kDelt to nature' Uod, A d'.rse for the brave old pioneer! Columbus of the land ! Who pained freeuoin's proa.1 career Beyond the conquered strand: An' gave her pilgrim sons a hoaae No niouarch's step profanes, Free tu the cbimew winds that roam U ton i J boundless plains. A dlrga for the brave old pioneer! Tne ninlMed dram resound ! A warrior is slumbering here Ecu alh the battle ground; Fo not alone with beam of prey The b:o xiy strife he wai?-d. 1'oremost wrier'er Die deadly fray Uf savage combat raged. A dlree for the brave old pioneer ! A cirgrn tor his i?'Kl old spouse! For her who hirst ht: torest cheer And kept ht blichen house; Now soundiv by her chieftain may The brave old dame sleep on ; The red niRU's step is far away. The wolf's drcd howl Is gone. A dlrg? for the brave old pioneer! Hi fcilscrimsttelsdone: He hunts no moie the grizzly bear About the selling sun, Weary at last of cuksj an1 lire He laid hi n ht re to rest, Ior rtcSs he now what f port or itrl!e Would tempt him further west. A dirge for th brave old pioneer! Tbe patriarch of his trib3 ! lie sleeps, no pompous pile marks where, No hn s his deeds describe. They raise no stone above him hre. Nor carve hi dauntless name An Empire Is his tepulchre. His epitaph Is Fame. GENERAL NOTES. iL number of candidates lor Drew Theological Seminary have been turned away for want of room, as the utmosS capacity of the buildinns ha been reached. The Roman Catholic temperance societies propose erecting a aiatue in Central Park to the memory of the late Father Matthew, at a cost of $20,000. No temperance advocate was ever more worthy of the honor. The Fairbankses have just been shipping ?C000 worth of scales lrom St. Johnsbury, Vt., to Russia, and their product far the first six months of 1S74 foots up scales, with a larRor pr ceuc of truck and hay scales than ever bt-ore. Third As-rf,tant Postmaster General Barber reports that 13S,Slö,500 stattpod envelops were furnished t postmasters during the tiseal vear which emi JuneiiO, 1574, against 117,215,550 during tht proceeding year. The unfinished Stevens Battery, which has für many years received in silence the pepperings of the public press, is at last to be knocked down by the sheriff's hammer, the Governor of New Jersey haying ordered its tale. A person who has it at llrst hands says that Browning wrote, "ilow they brought the news from Ghent to Aix" when once becalmsn on the Mediterranean. It struck him how he should like to have a good gallop, and he wrote the poem forthwith. The trustees of the Plymouth Baptist church of this city state that an attempt has been made to assassinate tue pastor, the R?r. D. Henry Miller, owing to a sermon delivered by him la vorlag the reading of the bible in public schools. Two she is were fired into the pastor's study during his absence, and he has been sent a threatening letter. It Is proposed to place a memorial window in the new memorial hall of Harvard college, in remembrance of the christian philosophers of Cambridge, England, who have taken the lead in liberal culture from the seventeenth century to tbe nineteenth. The noted men of this school in the seventeenth century were graduates of Emanuel college, to which John Harvard belonged. Quincy College, Illinois, is to be reopened this fall with favorable prospects. Arrangements have been made for suspending Johnson College of Macou City, Mo., and transferring its proceed, together with all its subscription!, which will amount to nearly ftO,0)0, to Quincy. Ptff. E. W. Hall of New York, who has lately been President, of Johnson College at Macon City, has been elseied President. A late vUitor to Pari3,en route for Boston, baa seen the sculptor, Mr. Thomas Ball. Ihs statue of "emancipation," tor tho Wash ington Freemen's Monument, is being cast in bronze at Munich. He made a slight chaiigin the figure of tbe slave, themby modifying the oaiy possible fiult ia a work which, of all bis works, the artist declares to be the most ot inspiration. Paris Letter. A copper piece, affecting to bo of ten centimes, haa got into a certain circulation in Fruf-e, of which a note may be fittingly mi. It tears the head of Napoleon ill in Jt Prussian helmet. Around the neck Is a cIo'm ollar with a ring; upon it is inscribed "JMiau." The circular legend i?, "Napoleon III, le Miserable: SO.CWO prisonnairts." On the reverse an owl perched on a cannon, around, "Vampire Franca!?, 2 Dec 1S1: t 8e; timber, IfeTO. By a simple proseis, steel may be made so bard that it will pierce any substance bat a diamond. Jewelers, lapidaries and miners, who wish to give their drills this degree of lardness, hare but to subject thein to the fjUowing.treatment: The tool U first brought to a wbile bait, and then pressed into a stick ,cf fcealingwax. left there for a second, and 'removed and inserted into the wax in another piano. .This operanon sbould be repeated ua;il thj ius'.rumant is too cool to enter the wax. T&nkeri and ob33rver3 hare long noted th deterioration of pbysicil manhood in out cities; Ina bent t.irm, iho linaeriug step, ths di.iike ot even the commonest exercise, And i lie c (sequent tendency to di.-e.ise. Bat wuen ti:ey rVad ot tbo long trainhig, thi ptthn h ,.hly labor of the students, and grand culuiiiiatuin tf months ol steady application in the short but keen strul f jrriuormicv, snci ai too" pUeoon Sarat3& Like, even the weakest will feel at

least a temporary wish for self Improvement

in those qualifications of manhood displayed b winner and loner alike in the battle of the boats. Erooklyn Eagle. Prof. Clark Seelye, in his address at Abbot Academy, Andover, made a plea for the in struction of women, "showing," the report sajs, "that if we give the best education to men to tit them ror mo learnea proiemions, rncch more should we give it to women, noon whom, more than all preachers, de pends the care of human souls; uporr whom. more than physicians, aepenas tne ceaitn oi the human bodies; upon whom, more than unon all lawvers. depends those conceptions of law and order which are the foundations of justice." From the official agricultural statistics ot Great Brit ian, it seems that less than four per cent, of the whole surface of England and Wales that is, 1,153,000 acre3 out of a total ol 37,319,000 acres is occupied by woods, coppices and plantations. Sussex is the only county that returns more than 1C0.0O0 acres of wood, nearly eleven per cent, ol its are be-ing thus clothed. The woods o! Hampshire are next in magnitude, embrac ing 87,000 acrs, or 11 per cent, of the area of the county; Kent follow, with 75M) acres oi woodland"; and then Surrey, with 43,000 acres, nearly one-tenth of its area. The veteran statistician, E. P. Mansfield, contributes a very interesting article to the Cincinnati Trade List on the railroad system of Ohio, which contains some points that are quite suggestive. He slates that while the agriculture and merchandise ol the state furnished the railroals 8,2.r0,000 tons of freight, the mines slone lurnished 9 605,417, or more thau both tbe agricultural and mercantile products. Four-tilths of the mining business has been developed within the last ten year?, and Mr. Mansfield thinks that in ten years more the mining and manufacturing "business will be the controlling industry ot the state. The Liberty (Miss.) Herald has lh9 following in reference to the ravages of charbon in Amite county, Miss., and the parish of East Feliciana, in Louisiana: "There is great consternation among the planters in the southern and southwest portion of the county on the account of the ravages of tbe charbon. It 13 gradually extending all over tbe county, and is carrying havoc to horses and cattle all along its path. A large cum ber of valuable horses have been killed by it, and although in moat cases it readily yields to treatment, if applied oon enough, it is so rapid in its course that it generally proves fatal before a remedy can be obtained and applied. IMAGINATION AND DEATH. 1IOWKAST IT IS TO DIE TRICKS CP THE IM AOINATIOX AXD THEIR FATAL POWER. The Brooklyn Eagle, apropos of the hydrophobia fright, gives some strange facts connected w ith the power ol the imagination. That the imagination will kill is certain. Many of our readers will remember the case of the gardener at either Heidelberg or Gottirjgen. This man was working in the garden on a fresh spring morning, in the very prime of health. A student passed him witn the words: "Ah, Fritz, passed a bad night, eh?" "No, sir. Never lelt better." "I'm glad to hear it. Thought you looked pale. Your garden looks beautiful, Fritz." "Thank you. sir." Comes along another student. "Good morninij, Fritz." , "Good morning, air." "System a little out of order?" "No, sir." u You look bad, heavy eyed, and pale." "Didn't know it, sir' "A mere spring debility, I suppose. Good morning." Eritz (solus) -I do tsel a sort of queer like. Comp along a profesor. "Well, Frit., how are the violets? "Beautiful, sir, beautiful." "You don't look very beautiful. What is the matter with you? Let me see your tongue. Your forehead clammy, too. I think yon bad better go home to bed, Fritz." "I do feel queer, sir." "1 should think you would. Go to bed. Keep quiet for a few d?ys." "I believe I will, sir." "I see Dr. Broeck coming this way ask nim. uoou uay, i ritr, i in sorry to see you in this state." "Good day, sir." Up comes the doctor. "Doctor, what is the matter with me? "SrlnnoliaDa, Fritz, evidently. Go to bed my man. And here, send this to the dis pensray, ana take a tablepoonful every hour. Don't eat till I see you again. I'll bring Dr. Wolff wit a me to see you. It's a curious case, very curious." rruz wem id oea. ine doctors came. They walked on tiptoe; spoke in whispers, THEV DARKEN ED THK ROOM. They gave him medicine, I. e., spoonsful of pure water, and pills made of bread. vw i s: rx. I rw . xney leu uim. inai nignt i-ritz grew weaker and weaker. And in the morning the students and the faculty were shocked with terror and horriiied, in the midst of their laughter at poor Fritz'a fears, when his weeping daughter came to teil them that her stout, strong father of 30 odd years lay dead at hotug, died of a phantasy. There la no case better authenticated. Another case Is that of the French ciiminal condemned to death, and given to the doctors to experiment on. He pleaded for an ea"y dea: h, and they give it to him in this wie. They stretched him, naked, on a table, blindfolded his eyes, placed basins of water at his arms and knees, pricked him with a pin, not drawing biood even. Thev dropped from four v:als little drops into the basu s, so that the unfortunate man could hear a continuous drip, caused, he supposed, by the trickling of his own blood. The doctors held their watches. "Another ball b our and it will be all over. You don't foel any pain, do you?" "No, doctor,, bat I ieel my strength going." "Of course: ot course. It will be like falling into sleep." In an hour and quarter the poor fellow was dead. Saveral other examples of the power ot imagination over lilo, as well authenicated hs either of the foregoing, might be cited; but thse will sufticei Wo now come to the 1-ist C3. t hit of the maa Entwistle, who did yesterday. Iu this last " case Entwistle' imagination w worked on by the Ktir In tbe papers rosarinz hydrophobic, H.s iiTMziuaii n be I cann expired a, the nirr.t'ives told him in tnw papers, and out of them, about its d;Cit1ful elTec'. The fear it Logot ot watc-r. th irrPDressible tendency to imitate the con tort ion-be bad read or heard of, displayed the mtnia that attends an imagination excited to the uttermost by f-ars of what U will S'ltf-r, and which accepts as present that which at first it only leared for the tu turc. As thenars grow, the imagination otrenzUVnod, jutnsin the Vae alr.-ady quoted, and the result has been the same.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1874.

"PISTOLS FOR TWO." THE CODE IN CINCINNATI. JUDGK P. U. MAJOR DEMANDS A i:.n.AAT10X OP JOHN A. COCKERILL TIIE MANAGING EDITOR SENDS A NOTE OP CONCILIATION (IF.NERAL. nODGB THE COURTEOUS THIRD party soMis man rEEtisos arovsed AND A DETERMINED STAND TUB OHIO KIVEU PREVENTS BLOODSHED. The Cincinnati Enquirer of the 25tb inst. contains the following detailed account of an attempted resort to "tbe code" in that city Involving two distinguished gentlemen: As our readers are aware, tbe Enquirer, during the past week, has contained Borne rather severe strictures upon the o -called legal proceedings at Burlington, Boone county Kv., which terminated In tbe release of air. Terrell, the murderer of Jiarvey Meyers, upon bail in tbe sum oi nu.uuu. i ne pressing judge was P. U. Major. Upon in herniation lurnished us we had reason to believe that Judge Major had transcended his oflice. and had made a burlesque of justice. With that understanding we spoke of the case and the Judge In language which seemed appropriate to the case and in keeping with our duty as public Journalists, Yesterday afternoon Gen. George B. Hodge, ot Covington, a gentleman of distinguished mien and undoubted valor, appeared at the Enquirer offics arrayed in a suit of immacculate white, and gloved as only a gentleman can be gloved with the thermometer ranging in tbe nineties. The courteous and lofty manner of Gen. Hodge, coup!ed with our knowledge ot him as an individual ever rcadv to lend himself as a mediator, at oaco led rls to believe that his mission was one of great delicacy. He handed us the following missive: "July 24, 1S74. "John A. Cocke rill Sir: The Cincinnati Enquirer, of which you are understood tobe managing editor, contains an editorial in Hsis3U9 0f July 23, 1S74, in which these expressions occur: 'The judicial larce at BurliDgton is ended.' 'The trial proceeds ex parte in a double sense.' 'The court and the counsel for the prisoners refusal to hear to the naked law in the case; the testimony is beard perforce to give ground for the predetermined result. 'Tho court reviews tbe testimony publicly, interpolates important matters into it revealed by no witness,' 'declares extra-judiciously that the case is one of manslaughter,' and in Us isme of Jnly 21. 1874, 'All accounts acree that the performances at BurliDcton during the hearing of the Terrill bail trial were of the most shameful and humiliating character. Judge Major disgraced the Judiciary of Kentucky, and should bo impeached.' "These are rejections upon my character as a man and a judicial officer which 1 could not permit to pass unnoticed from even a private individual; much more objectionable are thev when promulgated as tho utterance s of tbe editor aud conductor of a great daily journal. I have the honor consequently to respectiuuy request mat you win recai. THROIilECTIO NABLE ASSERTIONS, and explain and retract them in as public a manner aa von have made the charges. My friend, Gen. Geo. B. Hodge, is authorized to receive any communication you may have to make in reply, I am respectfully, "P. U. Major." We at once assured Gen. Ilodgo that the articles published in the Ecqnirer had been published upon information furnished lom trustworthy sources, and that we Ielieved them to be iastiiiod by the facts. We ex plained that it was impossible for an editor to have personal knowledge of all events transpiring in his vicinity, and that his opinions could only be made up from in for mat ion broucht to his desk. We cave him to understand that we had no desire to do Judge Major injustice, and that after inves tization. if it should be found that injustice had been done him, vre would take ereat pleasure in setting him right. Mr. Hodge's bearing and conversa tion at this point smacked very much of tbe "code." Thereupon we informed him that we did not propose to transact business upon the Kentucky basis; that we resided in tbe State of -Ohio, and that tho editorial rooms of the Enouirer were accessible. We expressed a desire to have Judge Major pay us a visit and present bis side or the case, feeline satistied that an interchange of views would be highly advantageous to all parties concerned. Gen. Hodze, to all this, bad only to sav that he could not be the bearer of a verbal message. At his re quest we wrote the following and submitted t to hun : "Enquirer Office, "Cincinnati, July 24, 1874 "Hon. P. T. Major- Äir. In reply to your note banded nr e this atternoon by Genera Hodge, I r.Ave to say that the articles which have appeared in the Enquirer touching yourself and the recent judicial proceedings at Burlington were written in good faith upon information furnished bv gentlemen who have my respect and confidence. The columns ot the Eoqulrer are at your service as they are open to every man who teels that injustice has been done him. If I have been imposed upon I will onlv be too happy to set you right. Before asking for a re traction it would be well for you to furnish the evidence that tbe En quirers statement were based upon false data. I have no desire to do you an luiury and can say to you, in all sincerity, that the Lnouirer'a course has been dictated by desire for the public ßood and not to gratify any personal malice or malignant feeling. Yery respectfully yours, JOIIN A. COCKERILT It was the opinion of Gen. Hodife that this would not be satisfactory, and that it would simply necessitate anotner visit from him After a protracted conversation, touching tne rigbts and duties of a journalist, uen lioage, who ror A MAS OP BLOOD ia marvelously snare and courteous, took his departure. Last evening, at 6:30 o'clock, he called again at the Enquirer oflice, and laid the following communication upon our table: "July 21, 1S74 7 P. M. "John A. Copkerill ,irv Yours of today has been received. In my note to which yours is an answers, I pointed out certain very otlensive and injurious reüection on mv character as a man and a public ottieer contained in the columns of your paper, and asked for their retraction. You speak of your informant, and tender me the use of your columns in which to defend myself. I slid 11 enter into no controversy as to the truth or fal-bood ol the charges you have made against me. Tbat they are m-lamon-dy iale every gentleman ia attendance upon the jiid;-iai proceedings in question ki,owp. limit, is suilicient that I l;r.,w t'im to be wrestled calumnies, and I a!ra!n demand a retraction. A9 the rponsilde ' ediior ot a leading journal, yen tan rot be permuted to hhrlUr yourself behind others, uulrss you surrender an infrntiHht as re-l sponsible as yourself, llß-pfcttuiiv, "P. U. Major." This communication, as will b3 seen, assumed tbat Jiiilga Major i.ad bf-en pro-sly maligned, and tbat an instant retraction w aa

necessary. The editor of tb? Enquirer at this time had been unable to satisfy himself that tbe matter complained of bv Judae

Maior was fllseand nn warranted IIa nnnld make no retraction without investigation. He bad been unable to communicate with parties to whom be was indebted for the information npou which tbe articles complain ed of were based. He could only reassert the proposition male by him In his note to Judge Major. He, therefore, informed the punctilious Gen. Hodge that he bad SO REPLY to m akb to this last commmunication, and would re fer his friend, the judge, to the columns of tbe Enquirer of Saturday morning. Tne belicose general insisted upon a written reply to the communication which be bad fust deiyered. It then became apparent tbat the general and his friends across the river were conducting business under "the code," and tbat there was to be a vast amount of correspondence, out of which some gentleman would reap a tountitul crop of glory. Aa be editor of the inquirer had done all that could be demanded of him under the rules of gentlemanly intercourse, be dedeclined to receive any further communica tions from Jndge Major, and declined to furnish nim with the names of tbe gentle men who had placed the Enquirer in posses sion of information relating to the judicial and social proceedings at Burlington. Gen. Hodge desired to know whether tbe editor of the Enquirer held himself responstble for what appeared in his columns, and was assured tbat he did. He wanted to know, then, whether a gentleman was to be assailed without the oppor tunity to obtain satisfaction. He was informed that Judge Major would receive satisfaction through the paper if it could be demonstrated tbat be had Leon misrepre sented. General Hodge then drew from one of tbe pockets ol his immaculate linen coat another note addressed to the editor of the Enquirer, which he said he was Instructed to deliver in tbe event that an immediate rfplv was not 'vouchsafed his second epistle. We declined to receive it. General Hodge grew vary indignant at this stage of tbe proceedings, an J said tbat be was fatnilar with the contents of the note, and that it was a peremptory demand for satis faction ; in other woros, a challenge. As we bad already assured him that we didn't propose to indulge fur ber epistolary pastime, either with himself or his high toned friend, he returned his warlike message to the receptacle from whence it came, and, with a shade of disappointment marking bis highly intelligent face, took his departure. In summing up this matter, we desire to say that at this writing wo have NO REASON TO RETRACT ANYTHING that may have appeared in our paper concerning Judge Majpr and Jjis conduct at Burlington. If it could be shown us that we have done him injustice we would read ily give him the benefit of a free and frank apology. The course pursued by him yesterday waa not exactly the proper one lor a gentleman who believed that he had suffered an outrage at the hands of a newspaper. He started in with an assumption of bravado and a determination to bold somebody amenable under the "code." He wa's not willing to .accept the friendly.. -surancesof one vsho certainly desired to do him simple justice, and who would at this moment be glad to wipe away the bitter criticism complained of if heconscieniionsly believed that bis duty as a public journalist demanded it. It wan well understood at this oflice yesterday that the band of dlgnllied gentlemen who rescued Mr. Terrell from thejail at Burlington were closeted with that individual skilled lc the delicate uses of words and the usages of the code -plotting for tbe murder of the editor of tbe Ecqnirer, or J some ore . who was instrumental in giving their recent shameful conduct to the world. It was all to be done under tbe code." When we feel called upon to recognizothe "code" we shall do o, and until we do the duel hunters on the other side ot the river will have to obtain their "satisfaction" In methods not prescribed by individuals who spend their time in carousing, card playing and advertising themselves as "gentlemen." If their public conduct is ruch as to demand newspaper criticism, they w id receivAitat our bands fearlessly and honestly, and they will find us at all times ready to defend ojrselves in the fashion which prevails on this side of the rivr. . THE INDIANA'MKDICAL COLLEGE. A REVIEW OF ITS 0I1A5IZATI0X AND GROWTH. In another column of this paper will be found the circular1 of the Indiana Medical College. The institution has bdea in successful operation for the last five years. It was organized nt lhe instance, and under the auspices, of tbe Indianapolis Academy of Medicine. It embraces within its educational force such proiessional gentlemen, both within and out ot Indianapolis, as were willing to lend their aid without pecuniary emolument. The enterprise wasconsidored, at the period ot it inception of at least doubtful success. I The obvious demand, however, for such a department of learning in the center of a grat State, which bad been sending its pupils to other States lor Instruc tion, determined the faculty, at whatever sacrifice of money and labor, to make the movement in which they had earnestly embarked a suecess leyond peradvonture. The gradual but positive growth of the school to already largo proportions in an incredibly short time, has demonstrated the appreciation of the want, as well na eenerous confidence extender the enterprise by the profession at large. Notwithstanding some important losses by death and otherwise ot tbe corps of teachers their places nave been so happily supplied, as to impair in no degree tbe integrity of the faculty, its capacity to teach, or, as is believed, its confidence with the people. The growing popularlry of the school is Indicated by the increase by annual accessions to its classes lrom 'less than sixtv at Its first, to ono hundred and seven at its last session. It will be seen by this shor account of the rise and progress of tbe Indiana Medical College, now, and for the last three years a depaitraent of tbe State University, tbat its usefulness is rapidly and widely extending, and that its affairs generally are in a highly prosperous condition. It offdrs to students "without as well as those within the limits of this Scate. facidties for instruction probably not surpassed by those of any similar institution In tbe wes'ern country, and claims Justlv, a continuence of thai State patronage which has hitherto cor,tribut! so bountifully to its maintenance and advancement. The Sm.lusky Reg'.ater contained no editorial and only one lceil item for four day?, on account cr repairs to too om.f. 'lis repair" consisted ot putfinsra lock on a door and washing tbe windows. Detroit iuej Press. The lad Us of Mount Vernon, O., are vrrkirg in behalf of asoMierV nonument In memory of the Knox ooun'v men who lodt their lives during the rebellion.

A GREAT CRIMINAL.

PRISON Lira OF BOSS TWEED. TWEED'S ASSISTANT ORDERLY" HOW TIT.E BOSS SPENDS HIS TIME THK FCRNiSHi!o OF MIS BOOM HIS MYSTERIOUS WRITING AND CORRESPONDENCE HIS FREEDOM AND EASE OF ESCAPE H IS VISITORS AND WHAT THBY BRING HIM. TheNsw York Graphic contains the following interesting account of the prison lifd of the great criminal, Boss Tweed: James Donobuewas discharged from Black well's Island on Thursday last. He bad been sentenced to a term of IS months for felonious assault and battery, and while serving out his sentence acted as orderly in the hospital In which William M. Tweed is assistant orderly, nis story of the daily prison lifeol the ex-Boss is tbo first minute account that has reached the outer world by a channel which permits of its publication. That Mr. Tweed was allowed to wear his beard became known onlv when be appeared in tbe witness stand several weeks ago in a suit brought by Lis private secretary, Mr. Fcsrer Iewey. How be passes b:s time, where be takes bis meals, who are bis visitors, how he dresses, and, in a word, what special attentions are shown him by tbe prison authorities have hitherto remained mysteries. Newspaper representatives have frequently visited the island, bearing ich Irorn President Laimbeer of tbe Board of Commissioners of Charities and Correction, as well as notes from that gentleman requesting Warden Liscomb to grant tbe bearers all possible favors, but ah was in vain. Mr. Tweed invariably refused to lie seen, and when the visitor had pressed bis way into the hospital-room, if he was fortunate enough to penetrate so far, he was always told that Mr. Tweed was on duty elsewhere. An assistant orderly's duties consist in waiting on the physicians, administering medicine", applying oandages, etc In addition to this he is to keep a small book in which a reccid of all medicines ordered daily must be entered. Mr. Tweed, Donohue assert. has never yet waited on a patient, and all stories of Lis fatherly manner in "binding the wounds'' of patients and eooJing their burning brows with patient appications of water inuät b ct down to the Imaginations ol writers wto have had imperfect acd un reliable eouiecs of information. His duties are performed Ly one of the convalescent inmates ot tbw hospital. The record of medicines ordered daily, however, is duly enteied in his little book. He records tbem on?e every two weeks from tbe doeter's book, w hich is left with him for that purpose. Sometimes this duty becomes irksome and it is omitted. As, for example, when the grand jurv was expected to make their last visit, Mr. Tweed' book had not been wrkten up for four or five weeks. Mr. Douobue's book, however, was brought into requisition, and Mr. Tweed copied the curious characters cf tlie apothecary's table from it, until be bad brought up bis record to tbe date vt the visit. now HE PASSES THE DAY. Mr. Tweed rises about 7 o'clock in tLe morning, and after reading the morning newspapers, of J which be takes tjx, r to breakfast. - This involves a pleasant wlk of a little less than a quarter of a mile to the Warden's house. After enjoying the sociability of the warden's table until about 9 o'clock be returns to bis dun peon The dungeon, meantime, has been carefully pat in order by one of tbe prison charnberinaxK At his private secretary reports to him. and Mr. Tweed transacts Dullness witn bun and converses with other visitors who may call until 1 o'clock. Then he leaven his dungeon and takes a leisurely promenade to the warden's bouse again, where bis midday meal is taken, followed by a iet.ta which lasts until 5 or 4 o'clock. His supper is brought down In a basket, by "a prisoner employed in the warden's house, about C o'clock and given to the nlgbtwatchman of the prison, who sends it up stairs to bis rcom. On neither of the occasions of leaving the prison for his meais is he accompanied by a keeper. The commissioners, Mr. Donohue Rays, evidently have perfect faith tbat be will not try to escare. There is nothing to prevent bis escape to a tug-boat, Bcorw of which are passing every da, and before the alarm would be given he might be on board some outward-bound steamer. BelngVconvitced only of a misdemeanor he could not be extradited, and his recapture would be Impossible. Mr. Tweed is waited upon every day by bis sons, who bring him wines, liquors, and all the delicacies of tbe season, ot which be always has an assortment. James Carey, the hero of the bogus express company, who was sentenced a tew months ago. performs the duties of a valet for him. He blacks bis boots, keeps his room in order, and in general make him comfortable. Tbe furniture of tbe "dismal cell" that overlooks tbe river to the east is of French walnut. There is a cabinet washstand, a desk, and three or four chairs, all of tbe same handsome material. Tbe ordinary prison bed consists ot a straw mattress covered with one sheet. Mr. Tweed is forced to lie on a spring-bed with two hair mattresses, a hair bolster and two leather pillows. There is a patchwork quilt and a white counterpane. A green rep sofa,wbich when ordered, was found to be too large to be taken into his room, stands just outside, and serves as a convenient seat to lounge upon, reminding bis callers of the old elegance tbat met their eye while they were cooling their heels in the ante-rocm of the famous brown stone building on Broadway. A selection of standard books adorn the shelves of a commodious library, anU tbe floor is nicely carpeted. WHO VISIT HIM. Among those who call upon bim ia Dr. McDonald. It has been reported that bin visits are professional in character. Mr. Donohue says he is not treating bim for any disease. Tbe elder Mr. Bartlett, one of the counsel, calls generally three times a week. Coroner Kessler has been there three or four times. Dr Shine has called half a dozen times. Alderman Lysaght has visited him at least a dozen times. His sons, Richard M. Tweed and William M. Tweed, Jr., call everyday. They cross by tho Kiity-first street skiff ferry about 4 o'clock, and stay until tue "an nignt - oen rings, at trl'U p. m seldom later. The ladies of his family call every Saturday afternoon, about 2 o clock, and leave him about 4:30. He generally meets ibem at the boat-house, and occasionally at the Warden's house. They always ci ess by tbe Sixty-first street ferry, and Capt. MeLouehliri, who has charge of tho skiff, has orcers, it is understood, to attend to the friends and family of Mr. Tweed to the exclusion ol those of lees favored pi isoners. Commissioner Mever Sterne is h!so a frequent visitor. On ths 1st r,r 2d of Julv Cotunsls-doners Laimbeer and Steru visited tbe prisoner about noon and rent up Tor Mr. Twed. They remaintd clofetrd with him fr UDwanl ot an boor. . When they lft certain empty chsnipaipco bottles and the remains of a dinner indicated the character of the busines-s that wastraneactd On a aide-table were writing material that had apparently Just been umvI. On Sundays Mr. I weed replaces bis old ßf er noon siesta in bis spacious s'ables with a first Uay loaf iu the coal yard. Thia is his Inva

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riable retreat when be wishes p-rtien-larly to aTJd visitor or -x elude bioiseif. iie has learned to fel an aflecti'n for tbo place. Lsst 4th fit Jnlv 1,A lrw-iLn.1 downcast, and his thoughts were evidently i vuoiiuiwwnwi tie ruled the gteat city from rrbich he beard the myriad souods of rejoicing. In company with Keeper Itirlerty h left the hospital at 9 o'clock, aad after having his breakfast, went to bis old retin-p)ace in the coal-yard. There he remained all day. Several vi-lu.ni called ou him, but when their cards were sect to his room an answer was returtu-d tLathe w aUtiug the physician in an operation, and would not be at leisure dnrina the dv n v iwuiu Muring iutj uay, returned to the prison about G p. m. fiiimediately retired. He did not maki - j . - and aks nU apoearanco again until next morning at S o'clock. On Sundays this is his uiual hour of rising. Then be goes, im soon as te is dressed, to his breakfast. After that ho retreats to t he coal-yard on tbe west tide of t.je prison. Here he remains all day, only le rlrg it to go todinner. THE VLSIT OF THE CRAXD JCRT. On c recent visit of tho grand iury to th insti:utlon he remained in the hospital all day, wearing his prison sui'. Alter the gracd jury bad inspected the prison and had expressed their satisfaction with all that lhy i-aw, they proceeded to the hospital. On entering several of the grand jurors, w ho were acquainted with Mr. Tweed, advanced tohiniwitb great cordiality, and. In turn, grasped him by the hand. "How do yoc do, Mr. Tweed?" they exclaimed; i:ia there any thing we can do for yon? If there is let us know, and we will seo it it can bo brought abont." He replied that he was getting alorg as well a coo Id bexpected, but yr very much, obliged for their kind cfTcratd for the interest they expressed ia hid welfare. He receives the evening papers about 7 o'clock, and siends a couple of hours In th:r perusal, after which be retires. He occupies a great deal of his time in writir?. Alter be has written several pages be oftf n destroys them. He seems to yery cautious that nobody shall see what be has written. This extreme caution has attracted the at tention of all who ha V6 Keen him at work. YV hat it is that he is encased on can onlv be imagined. It is possible that this particular action is merely a peculiarity in the transaction ot his business. When he first came to the prison he was seen to deetrov a srieitt many letters. These were not carelessly thrown into tbe stove, bat burnt separately, with great care. The letters were torn into. and each half placed In the stove ami watched until it was completely oonsumfrJ. He receives a great many letters, which be also destroys as soon as to er have been rea-1. o one will ever know who bis correspond ent are, or w hat they have had to hay to hun. He carefully studies each letter Le writes, after he has'liniahed It. nis PRisox SUIT. His summer suit consist of an alpaca coat, black pants, white cravat, and straw hat with black band. lie changes his linen every Uay. He no longer wears the great diamond watch which Is generally associated with him. He carries an cpon-faoM god watch, guarded with " black chain ; wears plain gold studs and black rabr sleeve-buttons. A plain gold ring Is on the little fiDger of hU left hand. He has a "lar ceny" prison suit, which he keeps carefully motten nnoer ms pea. iie uas worn it f u.st tour times since his incarceration. The first occasion was when he was visited bv tbe grand jury, tbe second when Sir Lamberton Lorraine was expected to . nit tho prison, the third was when the prison inspectors examined the prison, and the : lurth was when the full Board of Commissioners of Charit" 8 and Correction visited the prison several months ago, durirg a time ol considerable public excitement ou the subject of his prison life. Over each ct-U in tbe prison and over each bed in the hospital is suspended the occupant's "tallv." It is a record of his crime, name, age, nativity, religious belief, occupation, date of conviction and his sentence. Over the head of Mr. Tweed's bed in the hospital was tacked a card bearing the following inscription: Conviction, by the verdict : I ofa jury, of Misdemeanor, i William. M. Twkko, j "P." Xew York, statesman, j 12 years and Tbe"P.' iudicates that he Is a Protestant. In conclusion Mr. Donohue says that Mr. Tweed has always a kind word for everybody, both prisoners and keepers, and a better loved prisoner is not on the islaud. On tho other hand, he insists tbat be Is surrounded by all the comforts that eo to make life happy. He does nothing but what be pleases, and there are many men Mr. Ioriohue think, after his IS months' experience who would readily exchange bis freedom for each confinement a? Mr. Tweed suffers. He goes where he pleases and returns when he pleases, and if he wished he could escapo at any time, and would be absent for bourn before be would be missed by the prison authorities. END OF A DESPERADO. WHITE COUNTY, (ILL.,) FARMERS FISISH HIM. Tbe Kvansville Journal giyes the following: A few months ago a fellow named Davis came down tbe Little Waba?h with his wifeand family and a lot of plunder. He "squatted" iu an old "log but, a&d socn proved himself tobe a somewhat troublesome character. He always went arOand. and on several occasions threatened th-j lives of bis neighbors, and kept them In a continual state of terror, by pr.mrse tobum their Louses, and do other mallciou work. A few days since ho stopped au old Citizen of the township, and arawintr a revolver, threatened to "blow his - braius out" if he ever talked about him. A peace warrant was thereupon issued against him, and to assist in making tbe arrest the constable secured tbe services of sixteen farmers, knowing that Davis would make resistance. Last Wednesday morning the constable proceeded to the douse of Davis and stationed his po?se in a fitld. Aa soon as the constable made his appearance Davis ran out of the house into tbe field, net as he persisted in running tbe party opened fire on bim, and brought him to a. stand with about twenty bullets in bis body, killing hiin instantly. Iast evenlrg tho constable and tbe sixteen persons wera arrested and brought in a body to Car mi, wbero they will be tried. Much fe-Jir,g prevails in the county over the afTir. but all good citizens, while deploring that th law is thus dispensed by a mob, are e ratified th it they bavo been rid of a clapgtroua desperado. The Indiana Farmer ba s the naj;d Jl'.ud herd of sbort-born ca'.tle, belonging to Claude Matthews, of Clinton, Vermillion county, will bs sold at the Teire Hau'e Fair Grounds, August 13. This is an excfcllect herd. Mr. Matluws is one cf the youc.-; brf ertors of this s'Hte, and he haa fakeu great pains Willi bla Etcck.