Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1874 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29. 1874.

TOE BAR-TENDER'S STORY.

FELKO ARKWKGHT. Graphic i. "WrKn 1 knowed him at first there was suthln - A ort of a general air That tu very particular pleasln . And what you might call debonair. 1m aware that expression is Frenchy, And ruther blgndaddy.prehaps; AVhich awoont that 1 have the acquaintance OX several quality chaps. II. And such J the way they converses. but, peakin' of thia here youn man, Appearantly natur' had shaped him Uu a sort of a liberal plan : Hed guv him good looks and good language And manners expresMn with vim Ills belief in hisselr. and that others ' Was jufct as good fellers as him. HI. I hev noticed (I'm rather observing That them that is cheerfullest here Is the sort that is seldomlst given To inUulaia' thelrselves in the fear That tbey alnt beln thought of sufficient. Whatever' the company by. Or that somebody, some how or other, Js topi'in' of 'em unto the sly. IV. Eut this chap that I mentioned was plea,:In And neither tack ap nor stuck down J And thought to bejolly agreeable Whenever he went around town. He used to come in for his beverage Quite regular every night; And I toot a con-f erable interest I u tuixin' the thing about right. But be pot to lncreaaln' his doses. And took 'em more oftener, he did, And it growed him faster and faster Till inter a bummer he slid. ' I was rieved to obnerve this here feller A shovin' bisaelf down the grade. And X lectured him onto it some imes, At the risk of its sp'illn' the trade. VI. At last fce got thunderin' seedy, And he lost his respect fr hisself, And all his hlta notions of bonor Was bundled away on the shelf. Bnt at times he was dreadful remorseful Whenever he'd stop for to think. Add he'd swear to reform hlssellfrequent, Andead it by tatin' a drink. vn. What saved that young teller? A woman ! Hhe done it in the Binderest way. lie came into the bar-room one evenln ( He hadn't been drinkln' that day), And be aot hisself down to a table With a terrible sorrowful face. And he sot there agroainin. repeated And callln hlsself a gone case. .VIII. He was thinkin' and thinkin' and thinkin,' And ccssin hivelf and his fatf, And enden his Thinkin' as usual by orderin' a bourbon straight, lit was holdin' the glass in his fingers, When into the place from the street There come a young gal like aspirit. With a face tnat was powerful sweet. IX. And she glided right up to the table And took the class gently away. And she says to him, "Ueorge, it is over ; 1 am only a woman to-day ! 1 rejected you once in my anger, iiat I come to yon lowly and meek. For 1 can't live without you, my darling; 1 thought I was strong, but I'm weak. x. ' You are bound in a terrible bondage, And 1 come, love, to share it with you ; Is tbere shame in the deed? I can bear It, For at last to my love I am true; I have turned from the home of my childhood, And I come to lover and friend. Leaving comfort, contentment, and honor; And I'll stay to the terrible end. XI. "Is there hunger and want in the futnre? I will share them with you and not shrink! And together we'll Join in the pleasures, 1 he woea and the dangers of drink." Then she raised up the glass firm and steady, But ber face was as pale as the dead "Here's to wine and the Joy of carousals, The sccgs and the laughter," sne said. XII. Then he rix np, his face like a tempest. And he took the glass oat oi her band, And slncg it away stern and savage And 1 tell you his manner was grand ! And he says: "1 have done with it, Kelly, And I'll turn from the ways I have trod, And 111 live to be worthy of you, dear, Bo help me, a merciful God ! XIII. Tou have saved me, my love and my darling, On a noble and womanly plan : Go back to your home till 1 seek you in the garb and the strength of a man ! o J seen that sme fuller last Monday, lokm nobby and handsome and game; He whs wheel! n' a vehicle, gen 'lernen, And a baby was into the same. NEWS AND OOSSIP. Great Britain has ordered an increase in the pensions of the surviving soldiers of vaterioo. One of tho Prince of Wales' principal creditors is Poole, the tailor. He panta for nis pay, and wonders who is to pay for the pants, James Vick, the noted florist, of Rochester, If. Y., had, among bis display at the North ern Ohio fair, at Cleveland, oyer 100 kinds ot me double aanua. The United States marshal at Washington Las teen ordered to seize the establishment of Fred. Douglass' paper, the New Era. on -execution, but an injunction has temporari ly restrained mm. In Iowa there is a large annual increase in cattle: In 1872 there were l,065,8ü3 head ; in 1873, 1,173,017 head; In 1874, 1,32",800 head, or an increase over last year of 117,789, which J t i is a very creuuauie euowiug. The California newspapers say that the Chinese have a cheerful custom of gather ing np the bones ot their dead In the grave yards and bringing them into town in sacks on street cars,when they desire to ship them -to China. At the beginning of the present year the Order of Jesuits numbered 9,104 members. Of these 2JVBliveln France, 1,527 in Italy, 1,080 in England and English colonies; 1.58S are on the missions, and 2,700 in the United States. If Mrs. Leason, of Cannon Falls, Mian hadn't planted "morning glories" under aer -window, ber little boy would have been killed, recently, as he fell head first from econd story window, but was caught, un harmed, by the vines. The farmers of Oregon have taken stops to establish a shipping and warehouse com nanv with a capital of 0,000 to Humiliate riaa disDoeal of the surplus crops, und to : save some of the profits which now go into the bands of operators and speculattia, . , The following words of Professor Agassi lJaave bet- inscribed upon the wall of the lecture room at Penlkese: "Study to translate what is. 'lie courageous enough to aay I do not know.' "A laboratory is to me a eanc'tuary, and I would have nothing done in it unworthy or its urea Auinor. - The importation oi dried froit into this la increasing annually. A dealer in aw York estimates that the total amount imported will exceed $15,000,000 per annum of which $5,000,000 worth is of prumes Jj.000.000 is of raisins, and the remaining $5,000,000 worth is made up oi currants, figs. apricots, eic. A will has been recently filed for probate in the Surrogate's office, under which prop erty vatued at more than 3,000.000, consist inrof a larce number of houses in New

York and Brooklyn, miRaS? .f6?, Roman Catholic churches lu SM city, and government and other bonds, has rD given to residents of the republic of Spain. .ce testator, Don Bartolome Blanco de Lema, was born in 1S00 in the village of Cee, in the province of Gallcia, In Spain. About fifty

years ago be went to Cuba, and having invetted his small means in prouuem ui iu Tnrt hrono-ht them to this city ana sota them, realizing a considerable profit. With the proceeds of this sale he bought goods and taking them to South America sold them, and returning to New York brought with him South American products suitea to the New York market. This business ne followed several years. At .length he became immensely rich, and made a will as above indicated. A boy ofWillow Creek. Cal., last Febru ary was bitten by a wild cat, and soon got apparently well ot the bite.- He is a muscuar boy of 17, and lately be begun to be cruel to bis younger brothers ana orten aeixeu with a strong desire to eat babies, uis brothers ran from him when the nt was on him, and babies were carefully kept out oi bis reach. lie took it into his head that it was not wrong to kill little children and a very slight crime to murder grown peopie. Ilia peculiarities began to attract general attention and the people of willow Creek became airaia oi me uoy. Tbev called him a human wild cat because when he was attacked witb bis insane specialty he imitated tbo motions of a cat. At length he wss caught and taken to Yerka and put in lau rorsaie seeping, lneuwwrs heard of the case and bA a consultation over It. Tbev can nis maiaay raunt leiiua, which means cat madness, nd the disease is said to be exceedingly rare in this country. THE NEW JERSEY FIRES. ORK AT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY OVElt HALF A MILLION DOLLARS SWEPT AWAY THE DESTKUCnoa BULL OOIKO OX. The correspondent of the Chicago Times writing from Kgg Harbor City, N. J., the 10th Inst., gives the following account of the destructive conflagrations near that city: The great fires which originated about two weeks since in the immense pine and cedar timber-growing and cranberry-producing district of Atlantic andBurllngton counties, this State, are still on in th ir path of destruction. Every day additional ferocity follows the trail of the tire fiend in the ex tensive sections of Southern ew Jersey, de voted to agricultural, pomological and timber pursuits. The soil upon the roads and fields is nice asnes, me wooa as n flamm able as tinder, and vegeta- . i j i a tion or ail Kinas scorcnea, aarxenea, and withered by the rays ot old Sol. When a conflagration is once commenced, it spreads as rapidly as upon the prairies, and, as the underbrush is very dense in the woods, the heat is retained so long the fire penetrates some distance in the ground. Since the flames started, thdr continuation has been incessant. Although fires of this character are frequent at this period of the year, noth ing or such an extended ana disastrous nature has ever occurred previous. At the present writing, the apprehension is general that the consuming element will not cease ta work of destruction until everything com bustible has been devoured. It is now beyond the power of mortal to stop the flames, tbey have gained so much headway. The torridness of the weather is extreme, and there is not the least indication ot rain. Tho wells are unusually low, and if the conflagrations continue mach longer, the water supply, now sbort, must become entirely exhausted. The people, as well as animals, are suffering from the effects of the oppressive heat and smoke, and some men have been seriously overcome. About 30,000 acres ot timber and cranberry lands are burned over. The loss, up to the pres ent, is very heavy, some parties estimating it at $500,000. Mills, dwellings and Darns nave fallen IN THE GENERAL, RUIN. Green Bank and Washington, Atlantic county, having been burned; many starr Ing people are without homes. Shelter will be provided for them, however, by kindhearted and sympathizing citizens of this and the adjoining towns. Atslon, Pleasant Mills. Elwood and Old Columbia, well pop nlated and prosperous villages, have suflered to some extent. The citizens are busily employed, day and night, in numerous places, combating the destroyer. The tire which started yesterday about tbree miles from Atslon, spread witn amazng rapidity, waiter Kaieigb, owner ot the town and improvements, put a large force of i .ii. ; . v At ji men ab wont tu uaino wiin lue nery mon ster, and although smoke and names enveloped them, its progress was checked. For some time another squad of men nave been engaged in stopping the fires about four miles northwest oi the town. The Messrs. Raleigh own 37,000 acres of valuable timber now surrounded by the fires. It is thought it will be saved from destruction. This town and some of those contiguous may yet be destroyed. At Ilammonton, below nere, on the Camden and Atantic railroad, the "Meadow Company's" mmense cranberry bogs are ruined. A. II. Richards' berry patch, near the main road, mown tract, was partially burned, tne balance beiDg saved by ploughing the ground outside of it for some distance. L. Li. Piatt's swamp, on which there were thousands of bushels of cranberries, is in a demoralized state. E. Towers' patch is de stroyed. The burning of valuable cedar timber is immense. It is Lard to estimate the loss, but it will amount in the aggregate to thousands of dollars. There is bt little insurance on anything. After thefeshlon of the Indians upon the prairies, "backfires" are built to check the progress of the element,' and several rich berry bogs and costly buildings, among them the old Ilammonton school house, were thus pro tected. The Davis and Atlantio swamps. near here, have fallen a prey to the re,and by the time this appears in the Times, muck more- property of the same kind will have penabed. These eonnagrations are so terrificthat travel upon the public turnpikes is interferred with. The mail agents are afraid to trust the mail pooches to tae usual stage conveyance for fear of their burning. One mail stage was last week detained on tke- road for a day. It is thought that ALL. THESS DISASTERS ' are attributable to incendiaries. A very destructive fire is destroying the prairies about Slassborougb, Lancaster county. In other parts of South Jersey conflagrations attributable to incendiaries. A and a worse drouth are doing great damage. Bear swamp is one seethin s: mass of flames, and the animals living within it are runniDg wildly about seeking protection from the fearful beat. Vegetation is burning up. The corn in the ear, which is but half way ripe, is drying up and the stalks falling to the earth. Potatoes nave ceased growing, and the leaves of the plants are going to dust. The pear and apple trees are becoming leafless, witb the fruit clinging to the trees. What is not ripe becomes unfit for nse. The morasses and bogs are dry, and the native reptiles are dead and putrifying in the heated vapors. There is a remarkable fact in connection with the fires in the boundaries of Southern Jersey. After the element has burned for some time every atom ol the organic substance of the land is exhausted. Nothing is left but a barren waste of sand. - For the production of crops tni organic matter must be reproduced, at d it is wonderful how soon this end is effected. In a few weeks arter the fire is subdued, the ground recuperates its vitality, and grsns and other vegetation will grow and nourish Muxuriautly,

THEJTWOJ AN CHORS. T It. It. STODDARD. From Harper's Magazlneor October. It was a gallantsallor man Had Ju&t come home from sea. And as I passed him In the town lie sang "Ahoy !" to me. I stopped, and saw I knew the manHad known bim from a boy ; And so 1 answered, sailor-like, "Avast !" to his "Ahoy !" I made a song for him one day Hla chip was then in sight "The little anchor on the left. The great one on the right." I gave his hand a hearty grip. 'So you are back again T They say you have been pirating Upon the Hpanish Main; Or was It some rich Indtaman - You robbed of all her pearls? Of course you have been bieaking hearts . Of poor Kanaka girls !" "Wherever I have been." he said, "I kept my ship m sight 'The little anchor on the left. The great one on the right.' " "I heard last night that you were in ; I walked the wharves to-day, But saw no ship that looked like yours. Where does the good ship lay ! I want to go on board of her." "And so you shall," said he; "Bui tbere are many things to do When one comes home from eea. You know the song you made for me? I sing it morn and night The little anchor on the lea. The great one on the right!'" "But how's your wife and little one?', Come home with me," he said, Go on, go on : 1 fobow you" I followed where he led. lie had a pleasant little house ; The door was open wide. And at the door ibe dearest face A dearer one inside! Be hugzed his wife and child ; he sang His rpirits were so liht "The little anchor on the left. The great one on the right !" Twas sarper-time, and we sat down The sailor's wife and child, And he and ; be looked at them. And looked at me, and smiled. I think cf this when I am tossed Upon the stormy foam. And 'boogbs thousand leagues away, Am anchored here at home." Then giving each a kiss, he said, "I see In dreams at night This little anchor on my left, Thls.great one on my right." THE F AT.Ti RIVER CATASTROPHE.

6CENES AND INCIDENTS. PERSONAL NARRATIVES AND EXPERIENCES THK NARROW ESCAPES FROM DEATH THE CASES OF HEROISM AXD DANGER HE ABTRENDINO SCENES. The New York Herald of the 20th inst. gives an account of the tragic scenes and in cidents connected with the Fall River disaster. A correspondent says: Only one person out of all who leaped from the win dows escaped without being killed or terri bly bruised. This was a lad about sixteen years old ; and, incredible as it may seem be jumped irom tne upper story ana tanaea on his feet, and was only somewhat jarred by bis terrible leap. Besides those who were killed by jumping from the windows some - were burned to. death, but exactly, how many is not yet known, as it is impossible to examine the interior of the ruins at this writing. There were, indeed, numerous scenes of the most harrowing description. Mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, were running hither and thither in wild despair, seeking to learn the fate of their kindred, and the eround around was covered with the dead and wounded. Nearly all were children of tender years, and the piteous moans of tne maimed that tilled the air were truly agoniz ing. Miss Smith, a girl who was among the saved, says that her first knowledge of imnendins: danger was irom some girls at the other end of the room running toward her, shrieking and crying, many ot them so ter ror stricken that their limbs be came almost useless. Some oi them, she t ays, were praying, others wildly lamenting, and others, who were so para'.? ted with fear, stood in mute agony and seemingly almost unconscious of their danger. Tne hero or tne calamity is a younsr fellow named Boswortb, who lowered one woman on the end of a rone and then took another in his . arms and descended safely w ith her down the same rope to the ground. A moment later and the flames had burned the upper end ot the rope so that it was no longer available. One man, beln ir completely cut oil. made his exit to the roof by means of the scuttle, and with rope, lowered himself over the root to the eround in safelv. When he reached terra flrma he stat-d that a companion who was fust behind had fallen back sunocated. J CXI A coffee's story. A young girl named Julia Ccfies states that she was first alarmed by the cry of "Fire!" and at the time heavy columns of smoke burst through the spool room door. The overseer was surrounded by a crowd of little children, and as soon as the alarm was given he rushed for the staircase, but was forced back bv the incoming flames. He then rushed for the elevator, still surrounded by the shrieking, terrified operatives. A crowd of the children were placed on the elevator, but when he attempted to send it down it would not work. A number of the children were taken off, but even then It failed to respond to the bel. A rush was then made for, the window, and a number of men in the room began uncoiling a long rope to let the terrified crowd to the ground. Quite a number bad been let down in safety, when the rope.about twenty feet -from the ground, was burned in two. The overseor had in the meantime descended the line a ad reached the ground with but a few injuries. By this time the smoke had become bo dense that all who remained were compelled to crowd to the windows for air, many of them plunging head foremost to the ground, and their brains were scattered around for several yards. The impression of the young girl Coffee seems to be that if an attempt bad been made to descend - the staircase, it would have been successful; but wben the help saw the overseer fall to attempt the feat tbey gave up all hope, and sought safety at the windows at either end of tbo building. It being in the attic, low windows were on the side. The girl also states that she sat for several minutes on the window sill oi the south end, and by her side was an elderly man, who, wben he found the rope burned in two, started away, and disappeared in the smoke. She the,n grasped the rope and slid down several feet. after which she lost all consciousness, and fell to the ground. where were the men? A man named Harrington states that he saw the fire and rushed into the mill. Pass ing up the first flight of stairs, he tried the door of the room, but found it locked. He then hastened to the ground. At this time the upper story was in a blaze and the help were jumping from the windows. Johanna Heley corroborates the story, and narrates, with thrilling eSect, the terror of the women. She sprung f.om tbo window, and her sister, who did the same thing, had her brains dashed out. Isabella Moorbead, who escaped with a few bruises, gives the same account, adding that the overseer reached the ground long before many of the women. T nomas u. crimen, or l'rovidence, saw the breaking out ot the flames, and the help jumping from the window and a crowd ot men attempting to save cloth. On bis order tbev turned their labors to the saving ot life. Before bis eyes fix women, one boy, and four men dropped to the ground and were instantly killed. About one hour after the fire bad enveloped the entire Ury blow the attic, and had worked its way, preceded by immense volumes of snicke, to thespo0 room, a young girl was seen to present her

self at a window'of the fifth ato'y, in the south end, and, throwing up her arms in a pitiful, agonizing way, her lips moving apparently in prayer, fell back In the burning room and disappeared. In other windows the same heart-rending scenes were ea acted, and the people far beneath, l unable to aid the poor, suffering creatures, looked on in horror. The men and boys were the first to commence jumping from the windows In the fourth and fifth stories, but soon after tho girls employed in the different rooms began to leap to tho ground. Every window w as crowded with excited persona, all eager to jump rut, but upon stepping on the window s.ll they would hesitate a moment about the distance, and then with a wild shout spring as far a; possible out into the air only to fall to the ground frightfully crushed. Many who had sustained only slight injuries by their fail

woiua oe rendered almost helpless bv some one jumping upon them. THE CRIES OF LITTLE GIRLS in some of the rooms for assistanco were awful. One girl, apparently about nine years of age, was observed to crawl to an unoccupied window In the third story, lay her little hands on the window sill, and then with a weak cry she fell back exhausted. Another girl endeavored to de scend on a rope, but as she was noticed three or four others attempted to lower themselves at the same time, tbe rope was broken and tbe young women fell to the ground. The operatives continued jumping from the burning building, and but few, If anv. were rescued by tbe firemen, as some difliculty was experienced In getting the ladders above the second storv. One woman . was observed running about among the killed and wounded, exclaiming in pitiful tones, "Oh where's my Nora?" She had fonnd one of her daughters, who had been almost instantly killed byjampiog from the building, and at last accounts had not found the other, who is aupposea to nave shared ans rate. A. boy. evidently welve years old, jumped from the building and was caught on a mattress. being uninjured. He immediatelv ran into the street and started of in the direction of the city hall as fast as possible. All tbe medical skill at hand was summoned and commenced rendering medical treatment to tne wounded. Teams were obtained and tbe wounded parties conveved to the tenement houses near bv. where they were promptly cared for by tbe surgeons and nurses. Hap pily tbe loss ot life is not so extensive as at first reported. REVIEW OF THE DISASTER. WHO ARE TO BLAME THE INVESTIGATION UNSATISFACTORY RKUF.V FOB THK SCF' FERERS. A special to the Chicago Tribune, on the 21st Inst., gives the latest results of investi gations into the causes of the great calam ity: A calm review of the mournful mill tragedy on' Saturday morning, and its nu merously attendant incidents, leads only to the belief that a great deal of blame remains to be attached to some one. The lad Young, who forgot to oil the fatal mule head, must bear his portion. The action of the various overseers in their rooms, on discovering the danger, was sot of course, criminally wicked, but, to say the least, was brutally careless. Tbe machinery was allowed to keep up its ceaseless motion, and from the very confusion of noise pre vented the situation from being understood at a glance. Tbere were four independent fire-escapes running up to the fifth story, but the attic, where the loss of life occurred, was unprovided. There was a fire alarm, but it could not be reached. Ibere were am pie arrangements for extinguishing fire on every story, but they were useless, because tbe operatives had not been instructed bow to use them. Then, outside, the fire de partment came to the scene in such i bungling way that it seemed as if they bad been kept more for ornament than lor use. Their management and working af ter assembling was open to serious criticism and condemnation. Last, but not least, la the blame that must come, like an anathema, to the corporation for allowing girls of such tender age, as many were, who are now among the dead, to work in the mill. True, they Bay they did not employ them, bnt they were allowed to beip Bister or mother, and sister or mother drew an additional salary for such steady help. " It is sincerely hoped that the lesson or this disaster may be heeded, as it gives a new and unpleasant shock to the community in the thought ot the ereat daneer tbere la of its repetition, and where is the remedy? Not in inside stair cases, say the superintendents at Fall River, bnt in outside balcony escapes in the form of stairways. All of tbe girls wbo were spoken to on tha subject said that the ladder form of fire escape is almost useless, even if it can be reached. Tbe excitement in tbe city of spindles is suddenly abating, as all known distress was relieved. To-day ar rangements were bum further perfected lookintrto tbe care or tbe wounded, and committee of citizens is to co-operate with the corporation in caring for tbe wounded and THE FAMILIES OF THE KILLED. . The following card has been issued by the corporation: Saddened beyond expression by , reason of the distressing casualties attending the burning of the No: 1 mill on Saturday, the 19th inst., tbe officers of the Granite Mills for themselves and the corporation they represent, desire to express In this public manner tneir deep ana neartieii sympatny for tbe friends of the deceased ones, and for the injured and sunertng, and to assure tbem that all that lies in their power will be done to allay and assuage their distresses. Tbey desire in like manner to thank tbe tire department ana citizens ror tneir humane and untiring efforts on this occa slon. '. . Communications were . received from nearly every other corporation, containing assurance ' that they would furnish ' employment, to their ntmost ability, to those wbo have been so. suddenly thrown out of work by the dis aster, and a committee was appointed to see every person employed in (Jranite Mill JNo 1, and procure employment for tbem where needed, or to xurnisn them witn ail tne pe cuniary assistance required. The coroner's jurv met this forenoon, at tbe court house, at . 10 o'clock, elected Job B. French, fore man. and. aller a few preliminaries, ad journed to meet in a large committee room in the City Building at 2 p. M. At tbe after noon session several witnesses gave their testimony, among them bupt. McCreery, whose statement was substantially tne same as heretofore published. The jury adjourned at 6 o'clock r. M to meet again at 7:30 P. M. At the evening session a large number of witnesses were present, and the testimony was very voluminous, but in substance is merely repetition of the statements which have al ready appeared in print. Samuel J. Young, a bac-boy, who was. clearing tbe mole beads, testified that he saw Dennis Learv oi the mule which subsequently took fire; also saw Lieary throw water on the fire, wbicn be had obtained from a sink two-thirds of the length ot the room from the fire. At the afternoon session, Alfred Buckley, second overseer ot tbe attic, testified at great length. He stated that if any one bad come to the attic, as McCreery says he did, and entered the spooling room, be could not help bearing the screeching of the women and girls in that room, who never ceased to scream his (Buckley') name, and entreat bim to save them. The impression prevails eenerallv that ibe results of the investi - 1 gation will be very( unsatisfactory. . . ,

".ML DESPEK4XDUM." bv ACGCsrrs aioosE. From the Journal of tommerce.1

I King it back to thee, beloved, from the dark, tossing sea, OVr which you 6ent It, like a

tlrd. To alng of hope to me. My bark has made no haven yet, Htorms follow on my track. And to an angry, threat'nlng sea An angry.sky glooms back. Biit strange, aweet peace within me grows : My courage does not fall, when bends the mast, and sails are rent Before the howling gale. ' Though tumbling billows rudely shake Ana strain my shattered bark, Though dawning caverns all around Are opening deep and dark. I know whose hand tson the helm, 1 traat my Fdot true. And, carelesi of the raging storms, 1 about -Allhall!" to you. Never despair! Our bright brief day Of youthful glee harried; Long to 1, short triumph we have known Of ten our hearts have bled. Toiling apart, through long decades, We could not sorely know The "word in seaeon' meet to send To soothe each other' woe. Joying apart, in sunny days, - Ho soon, ao soon o'ereast. We could not always share our joy Till all the Joy was past. Thou, Queen amid tby.rjousehold band, I, in my watch alone, Lovng each other faithfully, Yet each to each unknown ; And each with earnest heart and hand, With utmost skill and might, Doing the work Uod gave to do, Seeking to do it right. "What could we, in the stress of life , With all our devious care, More for each other do than hail, "Ood biet you ! He' er aeapair ' . '. Never despair, the sun runs low, The dew begins to fall, The almond tree is soon to bloom, The ripe leaves deck, the wall. Far down the western sky I see Thn sunset clouds are bright; My Helmsniau smiles, and utters low, "At eve It shall be light." And thou and I, perchance, on earth May meet la peace once more, And sit delighted, side by side, To "count our mercies o'er." But, if not so, the river shore Upon the other side Shall be our tryst, when we have crossed Earth's desert drear and wild. There where no foe, no friend again Can harm us, or molest We'll alt and read each other's past. Where all the. weary rest. And there, indeed onr watchword brave, Kane back and forth so long, Bhall die away amid the strains Of our new heavenly song. Chelsea, Vt., Sept.il,lS7l. TENNESSEE TRAGEDIES AN OSTENSIBLY UNPREJUDICED NARRATIVE OF THE TROUBLES IN GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSES THE EFFORTS MADE TO BR ISO THE KC-KLTJXTO JUSTICE THE TRUK CAUSE OF ALL THIS BLOODSHED. The Chicago Tribune contains the follow ing letters, written to a gentleman in that city, who vouches for their honest narra tion: Trenton, Tenn., Sept. 15, 1871. Dear BrotherJand Sister: In reply tc your Inquiry, I will try and give you a his tory of our .recent troubles, stripped ot all prejudice, and . as nearly unvarnished as possible: On Sunday night, August 23 two young men were riding to church near Pickettsville for Gibson) when tbey were fired on by a number of negroes. Their animals were wounded; but the young men dismounted quickly, jumped into a cornfield, and escaped. I ought to remark that previous to this, a large number of negro meetings bad been held in the country, and, without noise, all the buckshot and powder in Milan and Trenton had been : purchased. These proceedings had caused a ! vague ru mor to be set on foot that a general Inaur rection was contemplated by tbe blacks. After the shooting above referred to, a number of men were deputized by a board of magistrates, and proceeded to arrest negroes who baa been Known to be, absent irom home that night. When found tbey had without exception arms and ammunition in plenty. They were taken from Picketts ville and regularly tried by a bench of mag istrates, and unanimously admitted that an insurrection was on loot, and. that the intention was to organize the night of the shooting, and .first kill John Moore (a brother of our nearest neighbor), a Mr. Hale, and a negro who bad divulged the plot. They asserted that this year had been a failure in crops, and from their share they could not get a sufficiency to keep their ram-. ilies until spring, ibey proposed to kill every white man in the county, and take possession of tbe farms. These conlessions were made without constraint, and in the presence of fully 300 citizens. t They also said that this uprising was a general thing, and they would be taken : out ot jail if put In. The excitemtnt produced by this confession was fearful, nor was it confined to ex-rebels, but all classes near the scene of action armed, and taking the women and children where they could be most easily defended, prepared for a struggle that ' 4 I BELIEVED WOULD COME. , , ' , After the. trial, the" prisoners, sixteen in number, were remanded to the calaboose till arrangements could be made to take them to Trenton. At night, some masked men presented themselves and demanded the prisoners but the guards refused to give them up. They left, swearing; tbey would have tbem yet. Next day, twenty-five men were denntized to take the prisoners to the county jail. These guards were - well armed with Do in guns ana pistois. on tne roaa to xrentoa, masked men again made ' their appearance and renewed there demands. Finding that nghting alone would get the prisoners, they disappeared and the prisoners were duly handed over to the ft roper authorities. Up to thia time tbe very ! etter and spirit ot the law has been obeyed, through the midst of the most intense excitement. Next day a trial was ordered, and, by some hook or crook, the lawyers generally sided witb tbe negroes, and people were convinced that, through fear of the' government, nothing would be done, for tbey did not ' propose to even investigate. Believing, aa we all did here at tbe seat of war (we are within four miles), that turning the negroes loose in this manner was . equivalent ' to admitting thsi we were afraid to do anything with them, (for they constantly asserted that they would be released), the most serious apprehensions were entertained as to the tesult. Our best citizens were afraid of mob law, and feared Just what did follow. The night following the examination, some eighty masked men rode up to the jiil and demanded the keys. The jailer replied that he did not keep them (tbe sheriff keeps tbem). Sheriff Williams, hearing noise in tbe street, as in duty bound got np, and, going to the men, commanded them to disperse. They replied by demanding the keys. The sheriff refused, and again commanded them to disperse. Some ot the men then cocked their pistols, and, holding tbem to thesherfTs bead, swore they would blow out bis braics if he did not give them up. The reply was (I dve his -own words. 1 "Shoot a? A t e I d d!" . Tbey tbca swore they would

burn the Jail, in which were nov

20 persons besides the neeroes. ani .Ara about to do so, when, to prevent to horrible a thing, which mutt have reeultea f n the death of all in the house, the shenn gave up the keys, and then , did his best to lind out who the men were. The nf groes were tied two and two, and then tied in gangs ot six, six, and four. Tbey were marched out to the levee, pushed off, and fired at. Four were killed, two are known to be wounded, and tbe rest e caned. Next day tbe negroes were reported to be marching on Trenton, 500 strong. It was generally felt : that tbe togcf war had come. Every able-bodied man within five miles of here, who could get arms, prepared lor a fight; but, fortunately, tbe danger was averted by surrounding towns pouring reibforcementa rapidly. Since that time every effort has been made to ferret out the ku-KInx. ArreM hir been made by the dozen. Gov. Brown and the entire bar of Trenton have worked con stantly with what success is among the secrets of the grand jury. Memphis and other city journals have commented most un justly on this affair, and have MOST WILFULLY AND MALICIOUSLY LIED in nearly every important particular. Whether there is actually 'anv dancer or not, I will not say; but this much I do know: That many families! are afraid to sleep at home night; and even now several iamuiesget together when, night comes. abandoning property to secure life. The action of live Ku-Klux waa certainly a mcst atrocious violation of law, and should be punched in such a manner as to forever declare that the majesty of the law must be upneia. , nut ne wco lives nere and knows how the case stands, and then says that this act was without palliation, violation of law as it was, I say that be who takes this position must either be a knave or a fool. Whether there was dinger or not, no negro denies tbe existence of this organization or its aim. Whether danger or not, there are women who were so affected bylright that the grave alone'will be the end of ics effects. And ot this number is one who looks to mo for protection. Tbe law is making no effort to punish the ringleaders of the negroes. All its thunders are burled upon the whites. There is no excuse for tbe riot. Gibson county is, and has been, as law abiding as any county in Illinois, and this is the first exhibition of mob law since I have been here (nearly three years). In Indiana, mobs hung horse thieves took: them out of jail to do it; aud yet, though there were many such cases in five years, nothing but threats were made against the lynchers. Perhaps horses are worth more than life. The civil rights bill is the prolific cause of all this; and, although the bill did not become a law, yet the negroes were acting on the belief that It would pass, and the traveling public were subject to such annoyances as cone but a New England philanthropist could endure, who sits in his parlor, waited upon by white' slaves, and meditating on Lo, the poor Indian ; T.ng, tbe poor Chinaman; or bam, tbe poor African. At IIumboLdt, in tbe course of a speech, a negro said, pointing to a 'female college: "They won't let us go tbere now; but the time will come when we will have the sayso. And I hope the time will come wben I can ride in the blood of the whites till it reaches my saddle skirts' This speech had its effect on the negroes. At a picnic given by negroes two white men were abused and ' even chased off the grcund by negroes; and these men were politicians, too, and you know they would not insult a negro. Taking it all in all, I never did see the tables turned so completely In my life, and it confirms mein my belief that justice is a thing the South NEED NOT EVEN HOPE FOR. Tennessee has given equal provision to ber population. The negroes pay but little tax, yet tbey get their full portion of the school fund, and the whites can't touch it. This I know, because I keep the accounts of this district, and can swear that, in this county at least, no distinction has been made. People will have their own way of looking at things. I have told you nothing that I do not know Irom reliable testimony to be true. I don't believe the - trouble is over vet. I may have to send my family North ; but, believing, as I do, that the people are disposed to do right that tbey will execute the law as soon and as rigidly as any other people in the United States I shall stay with" them - if the whole United States army is sent here. The federal court, contrary to the constitution, has arrested men for this very act, while the grand jury, assisted by all The State' authorities, were doing all in their power to' bring these assassins to 'justice. - Men have been arrested by United States troops, handcuffed, and taken to MempbH. on the ' testimony of negroes, when dozens of white men can testily that they did not leave borne for several days during tbe fuss. But thfa is nothing. State sovereignty may be violated, homes burned, (as they have been) and our wives and little ones threatened with slaughter, insurrection proved, and tbe whole category of crimes made manifest; but, if negroes art tbe perpetrators, we must say, "Poor, deluded creatures! how tbey ie led astray, to be sure!" And that must be the end. Avery strange discovery interesting to geoligists, is reported by the. Osage Mission (Kansas) Journal. A human skull was recently found near that p! ice imbedded in a solid rock, which was broken open by blasting. Dr. Weirley, of Osage" Mission, comf tared it with a modern skull which he had n Lis office, and found that; though it resembled the latter in general shape, it waa an inch and a quarter larsrer in greatest diameter, and much better developed in some other particulars. He says of the relic: "It is that of the cranium of the human species, of barge size, Imbedded in conglomerate rock of the tertiary class, and found several feet beneath the surface. - Parts of the frontal, parietal and occipital' bones were carried away by explosion. ' The plecoot rock hold ing the remains weighs some forty or fifty pounds, with many impressions of marine shells. Neither Lyell nor Hugh Miller, it is stated, nor any of the rest of the subterra nean explorers, reports anytning so remarkable as this discovery at Osage Mission. The XTaanA man sw m am fKa nAaVAat. tA If. iTv f. the Neanderthal bones were found in loam only two or three feet below the surface, whereas this Kansas ekuu waa discovered in solid rock." Prof. Ilaxley has been relating tbe case oi a rrencn soiaier wnoss leu parietal oone was fractured by ' a ball received in battle The paralv8is which ensued has new passed away, and the Frenchman leads two lives I normal and abnormal, in tne former ne ha: full possession ot his faculties and is emi nently honest, in tbe latter, while the & pearances are much the same, he has on the sense or toucn in a state ot activity, and steals with all the activity of tbe most obdu-j rate kleptomaniac The normal life lasts about twenty-seven days of each month and lapses suddenly . into tbe . abnormal whicL bolds during tbe remaining day. Some o our public officials must have received pa rietal fractures and of so severe a character! that the normal and abnormal periods art just the reverse of tbe above statement. At a marriage ceremony performed by justice of the peace the other day, his bona was somewhat embarrassed,' arid at the clos of the ceremony Instead of saving "Whorf God bath joined together," , ci., be is r ported as taving: "You .ill now ttan committed until the fTne and cysts are paid J c?ucinuau woininercui, ,T ,