Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1875 — Page 7

-THE-INDIANA-ST ATE SENTINEL, T UESDÄY FEBRUARY 2 1875

MONTE CASSINO. BY IIE5BY W. INGFELIXW. From the Atlantic for February . Jautlfal alley, thioushlwbose verdant meads Unheard the liarlliano glide along, The Ltrls, nurse of ruahea and of reeds, 1 he river taciturn of classic song! Tlie Landof lAbor.andthe iAnd of BeW Where medieval towns are whit The bill-side, and where every mountain cresi Is an Etrurian or a Roman wall I There Is Ala?na, where Pope lff? , throna . Was dragged with con tu mely ftomhU throne , Hciarra Cofonna, was that day 's d race The Pontiff's ooJ j, or in part thine own? Thpr is Cecrano, where a renegade TwShPAMÜw, as great Dante . When Manfred, by bis men-at-arms betrayed, .Spurred on to Ueaevento and to death. There Is Aquinum, the old Votalan town Where J a venal was born, whose lurid light Mtlll hovers o'er his birthplace like his crown Of splendor over cities seen at night. Doable the plndor is. that in Its streets The Angelic Doctor as a school boy played. knd dreamed perhaps the dreams that he repeats la ponderous! folios for scholastics made. , And there, cpllfied like a passing cloud That pauses on a mountain summit high, Monte Cassino'sconyent rears its proud And veneraole walls against the sky. Well I remember how on foot I climbed The stony pathway leading to it gate; Above, the convent bells for vespers chimed ; Below, the darkening town grew desolate. t - K lha Ii art-Vi led dark.

Ti, nrt varri with its well, the terrace wide, From which, far down, diminished to a par. The valley veiled In mist was dim described. rl with feeble hands caresied the mountain top; the vales between Iarkened: the river in me meaauw um Sheathed Itself as a sword and was not seen. The silence of the place was like a sleep, iSo full of rest it seemed ; each passing tread Was a reverberation from the deep Recesses of the ages that are dead. For more than thirteen centuries aeo Benedict, fleeing from the gates of Rome, A youth disgusted with its vice and woe, Sought in these mountain solitudes a name. He founded Lere his Convent and his Rule Of prayer and work, and counted work i HWPpen tfeVame a clarion, and his school Flamed like a beacon In the midnight air. What though Eoccacclo, In Its reckless way Mocking the lazy brothernood, deplores The illuminated manujcripts that lay Torn and nejlected on the austy floors? Boccaccio was a novelist, a child Of fancy and of Action at the best ; This the urbane librarian said, and smiled Incredulous, as at some idle Jest. Upon such themes and these with one young friar 1 sat conversing late into tne mam. Till in its carvernous chimney the wood Ore Had burned its heart out like an anchorite And then translated. In my convent cell, Myelf yet not myself, in dreams 1 lay ; And as a monk who hears the matin bell, Started from sleep already It was day. From the higl window 1 beheld the scene which saint Benedict so oft had gazed; The mountains and the valley In the sheen lf the bright sun, and stood as one amazed. Gray msit were rolling, rising, vanishing; The wood lands glistened with their Jeweled crowns; Far off the mellow bells began to rin? For matins in the half-awakened towns. The conflict of the Present and the Past, The ideal and the actual In our life, A3 on a field of battle held me fast, Where this world and the next world were at sirife For, a the valley from Its sleep awoke, I saw the iron-howesof the steam Toss to the morning air their plumes of smoke, And woke as one awaketh from a dream. NEWS AND GOSSIP. A pure bred merino ram was lately sold in Australia ior $3,525. Queen Victoria won the first prize for pigs at a recent cattle saow in ijonaon. The subscriptions to the Agassiz Memorial t'imii thn far amount to 89.192 74. New York has contributed $1,106 96 and Mas paehusetts, $2,555 07. There will be two eclipses of the sun this vear one on April 6, not viäible in the United States, and another on September 29, visible east of the Mississippi river. The ten iron clads in the German fleet are as follows: Three heavy broadside frigates, two heavy broadside turret ships, two light broadside frieates. one corvette and two smaller vessels. Th sanitarv superintendent of Peoria does not think well of well water, which is inakincr many of the inhabitants ill, and advises the adoption of some other system of water supply. The governor of Pennsylvania recom mends that where provision is made by the local school boards for education U applied sciences, the state should be pledged to give proper assistance. The orders received in Sheflield, England, Irom America for files, saws, tools and cutlery were lighter during the last season than they have ever been. This is largely owing to home-made articles taking the place of British throughout the country. Why have birds with long legs short tails? Boca use the tails of birds are used to guide them through the air by steerage, When birds with longleKS Aake to flight, they throw their legs behind,and they then serve the same purpose as a tail. A few days ago Mr. Phillip Deidesheimer, the mining ex pert,' who estimates the value ot the ore in the Consolidated Virginia and California, silver mines, of Nevada, to be worth f 1,500,000,000, was honored with a serenade by the California Club in San Francisco. Special attention is called to the propriety of forbidding the use of submerged net-weirs in the waters of Lake Champlain, for the capture of white fiah, a custom which, in the opinion of the commissioners, win inevita bly result, in a few years, in causing the practical destruction of this valuable article of food. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, is to report at the next meeting ot the Ilouse committee against all bills before congress for the regulation of the transDOrtation of cattle by rail, and will .recommend instead that a method be devised for transporting the carcass, instead of on hoof, a3 the only remedy for the evils of the present system. "Wibel describes a new mineral from the Peruviaa guano, under the name ot guanovulite, occurring in the eggs of birds found imbedded in the guano, in the form of pale yellow laminated crystals, with silky luster, and almost completely soiuoie in water. The most remarkable feature of the mineral is the presence of a snlnbate,. hitherto known onlv in the rare volcanic mineral misenite. .. Barn um Is going to travel through New England the coming summer with his Roman hippodrome entire. He will use 125 railroad cars and eive exhibitions twice dav under immense tents 8C0 feet long. He will brinc SO0 men, women and children, C00 horses and ponies, besides elephants, camels, etc. This will be the biggest enterprise the old tnan has ever undertaken, but as years are auaea unto him he prrows more venture some. It will cost him 7,500 a day. IJeut.-CoL Delaney, a colored citizen of South Carolina, who was the candidate forlieuterant crovernor on the creeu tk-iet

at the last election In that Etat e, called on Mayor Wlckhani yestenlay, to pay his respects to the chief magistrate f the city, lie Bald that the colored people of the South would get on all riht, if carpet baggers and other auch odious persona were kept out of

the way. Uol. Ielany intends to address the citizens of New York at Cooper Insti tute; at an early day, on the condition of the South. riew York World. The Nashville Banner of a late date speak thus of the Fisk University jubilee finders Of tba twelve singers who now compose the company, seven are old ones and five new ones. The combination as it stands is in every respect equal to that of any previous campaign. All of them, with one exception, were students ol the university. l ney represent the advanced class of the institution. One of them, a miss, is Just ready to graduate irom college, havine gone through the full college course, with tne exception 01 nve months' study, havine studied Cicero, II o race, Homer's Iliad, Demosthenes on the Crowr., and corresponding studies' 01 me course. Many ot the others have studied Latin and Greek to a greater or less extent. A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY. A 8HOCKI5Q MUBDEB SEA R HAVERHILL, TV. II. THE PARTICULARS OF THE CRIME. A special to the Chicago Tribune from Haverhill, N. II., on the 13th lnst., gives the facts thus far elicited in regard to a terrible j murder briefly mentioned by the telegraph: j A murder was committed on Friday morang in an old homestead near here, which for shocking brutality and terrible wickadness is hardly paralleled in the criminal history of the state. The house is about two miles from Piermont Village, and nearly the ... i ä i TT a ryv. same distance irom uraaiuru, iuo victim was, before her marriage, only a month ago, to John P. Emerson, Miss Alma Merrill, and she belonged to one of the best families in town. She was born in Oxford, but had spent the greater part of her life in i'iermondt, where ehe had good eaucationai advantacee. and the past six years she had "been employed on the Boott corporation in Lowell. She was a woman or prepossessing appearance, a little below medium height. She was in the 25th year of her age. The family consisted of Mr. Emerson and wife and Moses B. On Fridav moraine, at a little past in toTrihlft exDlosion took place in the house. Mr. Emerson heard it at his barn distinctlv. and started at once for bis dweling. Tho nearest neighbor. John Flanders, about 40 rods northward, also heard it Dlainlv. Mr. Emerson went through his doorvard, where be saw Mr. Sawyer at work. Coming to the house, he opened the rinor lead in or into the kitchen, and lor a moment stood almost paraiyzea at tne signi. Then be raised his arms and gave a shriek of angulshand rushed to the Btreet crying, "Mvwifel" "Mvwife!" and appearing al most like a maniac. Sawyer exclaimed, "Is she dead?" and went quickly into the house. In a chair by the stove was THR HEADLESS BODY. OF MRS. EMERSON. About three feet irom her and lying on tne floor was a heavy double barreled shot gun, the muzzle pointing toward the chair. Al most the entire head and neck were blown from the bodv. All that remained was a small portion of the lower jaw, which hung upon her breast, and a small remnant of the neck near the backbone, not over an inch in width. From this headless body blood was spurtintr in copious streams, and gathering in pools on the uoor. The neaa was aimosi whollv blown to atoms, ana seauerea on me cfiilins? and west and south walls of the room. The largest portion oi tne neaa found was a piece ol Bkull about three inches ... sa in leneth by two In width, wnicn uaa passea through a window, breaking a place ot its exact size in the glass and lodging in the door-yard, some ten feet from the house, and within about that distance were oawyer was at work. On the stove, ceiling, walls and floor were scattered blood, flesh sad hair, lormine a scene chastly and revolting to all who witnessed it. The body rested in the chair as natural as in life. " The feet were on the fender of the stove; one hand held a piece of cloth, while the other grasped a needle and thread as if to take another stitch in the work. The position of the body showed unmistakably that not a movement occurred alter the weapon was fired. Tne news of the tragedy spread with wonderful rapidity, and the house was ere long thronged with many peeple. Many came from neighboring towns, and belore dark hundreds had visited the scene. Sawyer appeared wouderlv calm and collected. He said that Emerson went into the bouse a lit tle while before the explosion was heard, and that he was the last to enter the bouse before the murder occurred. Sawyer talked freely about the matter, Dut SHOWED GREAT INDIFFERENCE. In the afternoon Deputy Sheriff Newell went to Piermont and arrested Sawyer. He man 1 fested no surprise, and said he expected it, and was willing to go. When the officer put the handcuffs upon him the prisoner said there was no need of it, as he should not run away. The crime was no sooner dis covered than suspicion fastened upon Sawyer. and the excited throng at the house freely expressed the opinion tnac he was the officer left with from Bradford, Vt., be lynched, and, was feared that guilty. Just before Sawyer some men proposed that he at one time, it an attempt would be made to take the pris oner from the sheriff, but wiser counsel pre vailed, and he was taken to Haverhill jail. Emerson, who was almost insane yesterday, was taken to bis father' last evening. Iiis reason is almost dethroned, and he can give no Intelligent account ot the affair. Last evenme a Dost mortem examination was made, and the body was found to be in a perfectly natural and healthy condition. It is believed that Sawyer took the gun and went iDto the kitchen on bis way out of the house. It is believed that he sat down on the lounge, nearlv in the rear of the victim. He then. most likely, pretended to be examing the weapon, and then, at a favorable opportunity, suddenly sprang up, and placing the muzzle of the gun close to the woman's head, discharged it. Then he must have placed the weapon on the floor, and then returned to the yard and resumed his work. There was but little flesh or blood thrown into that portion of the room where he would have been standing. On his coat, however, there were FOUND A FEW SPOTS resembling blood. Sawyer said they were caused by cider being spilled on the garment The coat will be sent to Boston to be exam ined by a chemist. Sawyer Is a native of Newburvport. Mass., and 59 years old. He is unmarried, and his parents are not living, He has two brothers in. Lowell who keep a carriage repository. -ne has brothers and sisters in Amesburr, Mass., and a brother-in-law in New York City. He Is a . blacksmith by trade, and worked many years on carriages iu AuiHuury. vi jam years ue uhs iraveieu a good deal in Massachusetts, selling vehi cles at time-'. During the past four years he has been in Lowell a portion of the time in the employ of Dr. Wellman Jennees. While in that city be became Intimately ac qoainted with Mr. Emerson snd with tho murdered woman. He came to New Hampshire to visit them, and to find employment for the winter. He dresses with, neatnees, ap pears quite Intelligent, and has riot a criminal appearance.

LONGING. BY ASXA C BRACKETT.

From the Harper's Mazagine for February . J would I were an unblown rose Uose shut in leave of green Ho shut that none had ever guessed The color hidden in its breast üy blush of -pink between. . Then when your face but turned my way. As now, the crumpled sheen Of crimson hid so safe away Would stir the llveloDg summer day, Within, unheard, unseen ; But, when your footstep nearer drew. Would burst the green apart, . And petals glowing in the sun Would chronicle to every one The new life at my heart. And tally sweet of all the leagues You passed of sea or shore The clasping calyx still should !hold; For every one, there would unfold One velvet petal more. Bo when at last, no space between, Your own from stem you broke. And in your hand my perfect grace Perchance you lifted to your face, Although no word you spoke Ah, then, indeed, the petals all Down on the dewy sward might fall Before you as you went; And if perchanoe your eager feet Mlebt find for them the way more sweet. Then I were all content. For so methlnks the one lost word That mocks my various q uest Slight uttered be, though never heard, And that were liest! TIIE LOUISIANA PROBLEM. COL. MORROW'S TESTIMONY, INTERESTING EVIDENCE. 8ENTIMEST9 OF THE OFFICER WHOM EMORY SENT OUT HB IS A GRANT MAN BUT THINKS THE PEOPLE WOUED ABIDE THE RESULT OF A FAIR ELECTION THE CAUSES OF THE TROUBLE NO HOSTILITY TO THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT. New Orleans, Jan. 2S In the course of the congressional investigation to-day Col. Ilenry A. Morrow, lieutenant-colonel of the 13th infantry, testified: I have been in the army since 186'i 1 nave been twice ap pointed by the department commander to inspect the different portions ot the state to Bee what was the general condition. I have been through Coushatta, Lincoln, Washing ton and Caddo, and all the parishes to the month of the Red river, and have never heard anv citizen express any hostility to ward the United States. I attribute the un certain condition of the state in the first place to the deep seated opinion on the part of the people that they have been defrauded of their rights at the election; secondly. that they feel themselves to have been imnosed on by some ot the processes of law. There is alo a lot ling on tne part oi tne peo ple that is more imaginary than real In re lation to the negro. They do not regard the blackraan as exactly entitled to the position that he occupies, .tor instance, in the parish of Natchitoches, a jury of blackmen, not one of whom could write his own name, naa sat on a case in volving 8180,000. That was regarded by both parties as something that was not risht. I foutd elsewhere that there was an opinion that the colored man had been placed in possession of more importance than his education entitled him to. I did not look into the character of the state officials, as I did not deem it my duty as a military officer to do so. I talked freely with all classes of people m relation to the negro, and, thinking at that time that the elec tion had been carried by the conservatives, I was anxious to know what etlect it would have upon the condition of the black men, whether the power that had been acquired would be allowed to go forward and enjoy the privil eges guaranteed to him by the general laws ot the land and the constitution. With a few exceptions, I was answered that the ne gro would have none of his rights taken away from him. These rights would be guaranteed to him; there would be no effort to curtail them in any respect. There were exceptions where it was said that the darkey would have to take a back seat, but as a rule the best class of people, I could name some of them it nflffissnrv. exorensed the former oninion. I had little opportunity to witness anything n r J O A DISTURBED CONDITION between the races. I was told everywhere by officers and citizens that there was no dif ficulty. At Shreveport I saw Gen. Merrill and other officers, who gave me an account of a disturbed condition. I talked with a great many colored people when I could get hold of them, but very tew could give me any Information. I saw but one colored man who could give information worth anything. He was a Baptist minis ter. He seemed to deplore the condition of the state and bopbd things would get better. He seemed to be conservative in his views, but a friend cf Mr. Kellogg. I reported that there was no necessity for troops in North Louisiana. I balieve that mv report was considered very acceptable, for I know that i: was so received by Mr. . Morey, representative for this district, who expressed himself to me to the effect that it was an entirely fair and manly report, it was a part of my special duty to look into the case of Lieut. Uodgson. The result of my investigations was that I em bodied charges against him ot having used the military harshly and nn necessarily. Col. Morrow read from his report the result of his examination in the Hodgson affair. Substantially the offenses of this officer were his rude treatment of Mr. Huey, whom he had arrested in the night time, and insulted while be had him in charge, bis indecent reply to Judge Trible when the latter issued his writ ot habeas corpus, and his implication in cutting the wires of the Western Union Telegraph. Company. He continued: From my observation throughout the state, I think that il, under a free and fair election, republicans of ordinary ability and honesty were elected, the people, would submit to the officers so elected, for the reason that in Natchitoches parish, the sheriff being a fair man and fairly elected, told me there was no disposition to interfere with his work. The conservatives never clalmell more than that they were entitled to be inducted into the officos to which they were elected. Gen. Merrill and Judge Levizee informed me that there was such a f-tate ot feeling there that the United States marshal could not execute processes unaided. The question became a practical one whether I could get reliable persons of Shreveport who would accept the position of United states marshal and perform the duties. Gen. Merrill informed me that Judge Levizee had tried that but could not get any body to accept the position. I made inquiry and determined to see if I could get any citizen to take the place. Some names were given to me. I handed the names to Judge. Levizee, who said that they were EXCELLENT MEN arj(j DQ would be glad to give office tony of them. On the day following I appointed a deputy marshal, and for all I know he is ihere yet. 1 was informed by the citizens that if this deputy was interfered with that they would furnish a posse and go out and assist him. Mr. Leonard 1 saw In relation to that, He informed me that he himself would make one of a posse to go out and assist this posfe. If the repeated protestations of the people

are to bo relied upon, there is nothing that they desire more than to have peace restored to the country, and, to look at the

country, I should say it needed it. The fences are down, houses aban doned, etc., throughout the whole country. It looks to me like a country an army had marched through. I do not know whether it can be attributed to bad government. People always complain of the government. The people seem to have lallen into a state of despondency. There does not seem to be the ordinary American vitality about them. I was told at Colfax that the general com plaint was that money and not justice determined the decrees of the courts. I will furnish a copy of my report. It em bodies the results of my investigations in the Red river parishes. In answer to the question what would be the proper remedy to apply to the cure of this despondency, the witness saiu: l am not a statesman, and the Louisiana question has staggered the best minds in the country, and it is hazardous for an army officer, inexperienced in statesmanship, to hazard any opinion on that subject. I am sure of one thing, that if it were possible mat natives or Louisiana could be brought under a state gor-' ernment, it would have a most ma terial effect upon public sentiment. I made inquiries in more instances than one in regard to schools, i stated to some per sons the negro has his freedom, lie has somethinz that can not be taken from him, the right of voting, lie is to live wiin you and you should educate him. The answer was that the money had been LEVIED, RAISED AND STOLEN. The people desire of all things to live peaceably and quietly, if their statements can be relied on. From my knowledge of the American character, 1 believe that every American community would prefer peace and quiet to turmoil and disorder. There is scarcely a community in the Unit6d States that would not submit to an impaitial election. I was told many times by the conservatives and thorough repuou cans and army onicers, that the urn versal assertion of the people was that tney infinitely preferred a military government to the present state government, tor they thought things would be lairly adminlstered by the oilicers. If they got control of the government they thought they would not be plundered. I have no hesitation in saving that were I a capitalist, and anxious to invest mv money, Louisiana would be the last state in the Union where I would in vest. Anyone acquainted with South em character knows mat tney are more intolerant of differences ot opinion than those persons who come from a more northern latitude. I would not hesitate to take up my residence In any part of Louisiana, or express my re publican Ideas. Where a white man is thought to consort with negroes there is alwavs a feeling against him. There Is no disguising the tact that the former condition' of the negro affects the minds of the white people. I do believe if an election were held la the state of Louisiana in a perfectly fair and Impartial manner, without tho presence of united states troops to influence voters and without any ol the ordinary clap-trap means of Intimida tion on either side, l believe tne people oi Louisiana, from my knowleoge of them ex tending irom one section of the state to another, I do believe that the people of the state would submit quietly to the election and abide by the result. I don't think a white man would be upheld for swindling a darkey of his property. They would despiso him. Col. Morrow read the result of his examination ot Dr. Boult, the republican editor in Natchitoches, be sides other prominent men of the party. Dr. Boult made no answer to the Questions, as he had determined to ab stain from politics. The conservative an swerto the query whether resistance would bo made to a United States marshal making arrests, was that it would not if he con ducted himself like a gentleman, bo far as an army officer has any politics I am a Grant man and a friend of the president, CoL Morrow safd further: I have no doubt that if the people of Louisiana take the gov ernment Into their own bands, a monstrous effort would be made by them to keep per feet order. I entered the armv in 1862. am from Michigan, and was a collector of cus toms for the state of Michigan during the ad ministration of Johnson. The witness related a conversation he had with Mr.Leonard.of the Shreveport Times, severe article in his i , . who stated that the paper meant that the people should exert themselves to the utmost to protect their rights. Col. Morrow said that the condition was not wholly due to bad government. His evidence was lis tened to with a great deal of attention. COLLEGE CONTESTS. SHALL THEIR SCOPE OF SUBJECTS BE EX PANDED A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT M'COSH, OF PRINCETON COLLEGE. The question of inter-collegiate contests has been -agitated until it is claiming the at tion of the ablest minds of the country. President McCosh contributes his views upon the subject to the New York Evening Post, as follows: I am exceedingly glad to find that the scheme of an inter-colle giata competition has taken a step in ad vance. I expect that in a short time it will supply the one want of the American col leges bv furnishing a means bf elevating the scholarship or America ana makmg it eauii to that of Europe. I further hope that it will enable these numerous American colleges to come to such an understandins and compact that they will not dra down but pull up each other. I rejoica to find that in January next there is to be a competition in two such high branches as Greek and mathematics. A good beginning, I say, but not an adequate conclusion. Let it be observed that bo long as the competition is confined to these two branches it will not furnish a stimulus to all the colleges ; It certainly will nit hold out an incentive to all the able students in the colleges. I venture to assert that every- college joining in the union will not be able to prepares a student la mathematics or Greek daring the coming year to appear worthily in the competition. Of this l .am sure that In all, or nearly all, the colleges there will b able, scholarly young men ready and anxious to enter the lists, if not for classics or mathematics, for other higher branches. In every college jolnlsg in the contest, as indeed in every high class college in the world, mental philosophy and physics are taught and have a very important place allotted to them. Why should not these two be added in the trial of next yeai? I know that such an expansion would interest a a wider range of students, and call forth a larger number of scholarly youths PANTINO) TO JOIN IN THE BACK. If it be said the difficulty is a want ot funds, then let the friends of the mental and physical sciences supply the means. For myself I am willing to take charge of any funds that may be contributed for the encouragement of philosophv and morals. Possibly there may be persons found to do the same for the department of physics, it it be objected that there may be a diflicultv In finding a competent examiner in philosophy, I answer that 1 could on the instant name half a dozen fit for the task. Yale and Harvard have not seen fit to join in the competition; and I name the president of Yale, the vice-preidect of Harvard, and the professor of moral philosophy in Harvard as certain, any one ot them, to secure the confidence of all the colleges. Since I am writing, at any rate let me suggest that the whole movement should be treated for the pr sent as a promising experiment. Let us go on for a year or two in the way we are

doing and gather lessons from experience. In due time tbera must ba a board appointed

uing tne oonnaence Doth of the college authorities and of the students, and their fellowships will corns to call forth and reward (ae very higbtest learning. Another point wtu require to do auenueu to, suggested by Dr. Field, of the Evangelist. In the end the competition in the .higher branches will not be open to students in the midst ot their course which it will distract bot only to those who have taken their degree. raeanwnue let our wealthy ana trsnerona mends provisionally supply our wants. May i nope mat tnere win oe persons ready to supply the means of providing for a compet ion in pnuosoptiy, to which the Ameri can colleges have always devoted a large amount of attention, thereby rearing a body ot inoughtiui men? ARISTOCRATIC SMUGGLERS. THE MAHTfKR IS WHICH BOMB OF THE LADIE OF NSW YORK OBTAIN THEIR PARK DRE33B A NEW CHANNEL Or INFORMATION FUS NISHED BT MADAME JOUVTN. The New York Sun ot the 23d inst. gives the facts connected with a strange case of smuggling in that city: Mademoiselle Leon in juuvin, tue i'aris aressmaKer seastenced bv Judze Benedict to three months imprisonment and to pay $2,000 occupies rooms in the north wing of Ludlow Btreet jail. She receives almost every com fort and attention that money can com rased. She Is waited upon by Mile, Palmeyre, wno accompanied her from raris to assist her in dressmaking. The expenses of the two are borne by some of her Murray Hill f3atnJJg Their only interest in her fear that she may tell of their transactions with her. To have their rivals in fashion learn that the elegant robes which they have been wearing were smug' gled would be a mortification too great to endure, and their payment of Mile. Jouvin's Dins is the price they pav lor her silence, The fair smuggler is about thirty-five years ot age, and has all the grace and vivacity oi a frenchwoman. She is visited in the jail by an Italian gentleman from Maillard's confectionery, to whom she is enzaeed to be married. The ceremony was to have been performed about New Year's. Mile. Jou vin is the first woman ever tried for smuggling. The revenue antborities know of two trips that she has made, and they suspect her of others. On oue of her trips in the Ville de Paris she had five great tr units with her. One of tbem was addresed to the wife of a Broadway artist, and was filled with newly made up apparel, worth over si, i iw, gold, 'ibis was separated from the others during the unloading Irom the steamer, and was seized by Inspector Wil liams of the surveyor's staff and other officers. CAUGHT BY CHANCE.' They did not know at the time that It was brought by Mademoiselle Jouvin, as she did not come forward to claim it. When they looked into tho other trunks she told thenx that they contained costumes tor the Aimee opera bouffe troupe at the Lyceum Theater. She exhibited a paper which the said was a contract tor ber engagement in the troupe, it was aated I'aris. and ostentf bly Signed by Mr. Chizzola, the manager Of the theater. Believing her representatlons to be true, the officer permitted ier to take away tbe trunks free of duty, but the next day they learned that she was unknown to Mademoiselle Aimee, and that the con tract she had shown was a forgery. They went to a suite of rooms rented bv her at 145 East Sixteenth street, and there Inspec tor Williams seized tbe four trunks and some papers relating to her business. There was another trunk vrbich the Inmates of the house say the officers left behind, and which a friend of hers subsequently took away. The solicitude of the custom house detec tives ended with the capture of Mademoiselle Jouvin's goods, and nothing more would have been heard of the case but for District Attorney Bliss. When be received the of ficial report of tbe seizure, be iudgad that tbe smuggling was too flagrant to go unpun ished. His action in causing the arrest of Mademoiselle Jouvin incensed tbe customs officers, as they feared that it would put a stop to the genteel smuggling, a source of revenue to them, 'iney tried in every way to conceal tbe facts. The appraisement of tbe goods was made with closed doors, in the presence only ot tbe seizing officers and the examiners. Lach trunk contained ladies complte outfit, dress, cloak, bonnet and all ready for wear. Thev were valued at $5,755 90 in gold. The counsel for Mademoiselle Jouvin sought to have the goods bonded, so that the ladies for whom they were made might get them to wear on New Year's day and at tbe charity ball. A TELL-TALE BOOK. In one of the trunks Inspector Williams discovered a memorandum book with the names ot the ladies for whom Mademoiselle Jquvin intended the dresses. There were five names on it, belonging to leaders of fashion. The list in the trunk and the papers found in the Sixteenth street bouse were locked up in a safe in the custom house with strict orders from Collector Arthur that no one should see them. Among the papers were two orders from Mademoiselle Jouvin for dresses by ladits in their own handwriting. Collector Arthur, when asked for the list, said that it would not be proper to give tbe names, and they had to be obtained irom other officers of the government. Some of these ladies are of families that pride themselves on their Knickerbocker ances try. The husband of one is a distinguished lawyer, another is a congressman, and the third a millionaire banker, one is a repre sectative family prominentia New Jersey history, one is a rich railroad manager and Union Club man, one is a gentleman whoa name is conspicuously linked with science one fs . an auctioneer who has an important government trust, and one is South street merchant. The unmarri d ladies, whose names appear on the list, are Erominent in society. One of the iadiee ought from Mademoiselle Jouvin ths trousseau in which she was married laae spring. There was no duty paid on it. tn government official who took an im porta A, part in Mademoiselle Jouvin's case, tolt, the writer that it was not fair to say that aid the laaies whose names appear on her listl had purchased smuggled goods of her. A WONDERFUL INVENTION. A VAULT THAT TRAVELS ABOUT GETTING CP IJT THE MORNIXO AND GOING TO BED. The Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise gives ths following comic sketch of a curious mschanical invention: The fire-proof vault in our coust house, in which are kept tbe book, records and all or the public documents, is a vault tbe like of which is to be seen nowhere else in the world. It was planned and built by ex-County Commissioner Andrew Fraser. Mr. Fraser was ths leading spirit in the late able board of county commissioner in planning and Eerfecting tbe many improvements that ave been made in all the county buildings during the past year. He Is chief engineer of the Gould & Curry Mining Company, and is a most skillful machinist and ingenious oiechanic. The county was sadly In need of a large, tire-proof vault in which to keep its books, tbe almost priceless mining records and the many valuable documents of all kinds. Mr. Eraser's mind bsgan to run on vaults, and, after studying all of the Vaults that bad ever been built or invented, he hit upon a vault unlike any ver seen or heard ol a new Invention, in fact for which he has secured a patent. His vault consists of two or three parts, which travel about, which are sometimes separated and sometimes united. Of nights

all the prts get together nni c o J to bsd away down In the basemsat of tie court bouse. The; principal parts arö the vault

proper, which is down in the basemsut we mixbt say down in ths ground. This is a massive brick' structure, the only entrance to which resembles the top of a very large chimney. Then we have the bookcase, in which are placed the books and document, a case which not only holds all of the book and documents at present in the keeping ot the county.but which is large enough to bold , an that will ba accummulated for many years to coma. Next we have the cover of the vault, that part which covers the chim-nsy-iue opening t its top. At night the bookcase is down in the vault, wber it is shut in by the cover, a massive htractura made of two thicknesses of heavy boiler iron who eignt inches of cement between. Tbl cover, which is in tbe shape of a scow turned Dottooiup. is heavily riveted, in all directions, and is A PONDEROUS AFFAIR. It was manufactured in Cincinnati, O., af ter drawings furnished by Mr. Fraser. In the morning the ianltor of iha hnildin takes hold of a crank and begins turning It. This anauses the bookcase. It gets up and taking its big iron cover upon its head, fc thougb.it wan a hat, it leavea the vault and the basement of the building, going to it post on the eecond floor. There it standi all day, with one face In the office cf th county clerk -and the other in tbe omce of the county recorder, holding out all tbe books and documents readv to the hands of the clerks. All day it stands m this position, with its big iron hat (the vault cover) on iU head. At . night tbe janr.or again turns the crank, and the big book-case knows its bed time. It starts at once for tha basement. Down, down it goes to the vault. into tho depths of which it disappears, leaving its big hat to cover the bole bv which it entered and there it roosts all night in its hole down in the ground. By a very simple arrangement of clock-work this book-case could be made, to open up shop itself getting up at the proper hour in the morning and going up to the offices with its tons of books and documents, remaining on duty all day, and then at a certain hour in the evening suddenly making its bow and descending to the basement, there to shut itself up in its hole. All this it might be easily made to do, so that no man need ever look alter it or think of it. All that would be required would be a small pips from on of the water-mains, and a simple bit of clock work to keep the time and to let on and shut off tbe water. This additional mechanism has been thought of by Mr. Traser, and is included in his patent, bat for economical reasons was not put in her. the county commissioners thinking it quite as wen ior tne janitor to run the apparatus by means of a crank. Even as it stands tb vault is really a wonderful invention, yet is simplicity itself. blood diseases. . The blood being the source fiom which our systems are built up, aüd from which we derive our mental as well as physical capabilities, how Important that it should be kept pure. If It contains vile festering poisons all organic func tions are Weaken! thorphr &ttlinonwn Important organs, as the lunes. liver or kldneva. the effect is most disastrous Hence it behooves everv ona to n twir ... , fM healthy condition, and more especially does this apply at this particular season of the year than at any other. No matter what the exciting cause may be, the real cause of a large proportion of all diseases is bad blood. Now Dr. Pierce does not wish to place his Golden Medical Discovery In the catalogue of quack patent nostrums by recommending it to cure every disease, nor does he so recommend It. Oa the contrary there are hundreds of diseases that he acknowledges it will not cure: but what he does claim is this, that there is but one form of blood disease that it will not cure, and that disease Is cancer. He does not recommend his Discovery for that disease, yet he knows it to be the most searching blood cleanser yet discovered, and tha t It will free the blood and system of all other known blood poisons, be they animal, vegetable or mineral. The Golden Dis covery Is warranted by him to cure the worst forms of ekin diseases, as all forms of blotches, pimples and eruptions, also all glandular swellings, and the worst form of scrofulous and ulcerated sores of neck, legs or other parts, and all scrofulous diseases of the bones, as white swel lings, fever sores, hip Joint and spinal diseases, all of which belongs to scrofulous diseases. CONFIRMED HIP JOINT DISEASE CURED. - W. Gbovk Station, Iam July 14, 1S72. Dk. Pi kbce, Buffalo, N. Y. : i Dear Sib : My wife first became lame nine years ago. 8 Wellings would appear and disappear on her hip, and she was gradually becoming reduced, and her whole system rotten j with disease, la 1871 a swelling broke on her hip, discharging large quantities, and since that time there are several openings. Have had five doctors, at an expense of 1125, who say nothing will do any good but a surgical operation, July l,1373,he writes thus: ilywife has certainly received a great benefit from the use of your Discovery, for she was not ab!e to get off the bed and was not expected to live a week when she commenced using it, a year ago. She has been doing most of her work for over six months. Has used twenty bottles, and still using lt. Her recovery Is considered as almost a miracle, aud we attribute it all to the use of your valuable medicine. 1 can cheerfully recommend it as a blood purifier and strength restorer. J. iL. ROBIN SON3 Discovery is sold, by druggists. S123VJD FOR IT. 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