Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1876 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL MONDAY, JANUAKY 2-4, 1876.

THE STATE AT LARGE.

Greenraitle has two cases of Bmallrox. Terro Haute Is ßolnj to have a soup bouse. Small pox Is said to be spreading in Ripley county. The VLo county J til contains sixteen prisoners. Blufftonl aa a Centennial Loan acd Savings Association. The Chic so Times says Terre Haute ships whisky to the Indian territory. The Warrick county farmers are reluctant to sell their tobacco at current prices. A prtv 1 beinir organized In New Harmony to'hunt the Poaey county r anther. A new bank sflirted up in Bowling Green last Monday, with Brighton and Teter m proprietors. Judge C. E Walker, of MRdison, is a republican candidate from the eecond district for the Supreme Couit. Alamily bv the name of Hules, in Jennings rxmntv.'has fallen heir to 582,000,000 by the death of ah eastern relative. By order of the postmaster general, the Bluffton postoffice has been made a money order office for iore'n countries. Ghosts and apparitions have come to light in Allen county tecaum of the discovery ol human rcmaics tertatn a hautea house. The Knox County Republican wants Judge Denny el'Cd governor, but it this can't te Juice Niblack is 1:3 second choice. Three thousand four hundred and five car loads of coal were shipped from Clay county during December, which was fair lor a summer month. In Ohio county there are but threa delinquent tax pavers, and the auditor has declined to publish any delinquent tax list as a matver of economy. The Mount Vernon Democrat says about all Posey county intends to do for the Centennial is to give a rousing majority for Thomas A Hendricks. Thre was a public meeting at Vincennes on Saturday to take action with regard to the building ot the Vincennets, Peteraburgh ft Owensboro railroad. Two gay and lestive Terro Haute youths paid a visit to Cincinnati last week, and now complain of bad whisky and that miserable one hors9 station house. The Ft. Wayne Sentinel says, on good authority, that Wall, the negro murderer, if executed, will direct that his body shall be ueel for the purposes ol Bcience. Reed fc Blair, proprietors of a dead animal renovatine fHCfory at Col umbu, have paid out over $30,000 tor dead animals during the three month endir g December 31. Ltfayette Journal: A Francisville, one day last week, one of a party engaged in a charivari was shot by a companien, and died on Monday. The dead man's name is Henry Eidrldfie. The people of Henry ville, Indiana, con template erecting a cheese factory at that plac at an e3rly dy. Oar 'end man" says it will undoubtedly be a mite-y affiir. EichaDge. The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company offer a reward of ?50O for Information leaiing to the detection of the party who turned the switch at Winchester a few nights fince. Several members of the Madison Y. M. C. A. are conducting a protracted meeting at Vernon with remarkable success. At the meeting night beloie last about fifty persons were up tor prayers. The sureties of Mr. Sansom, the late city collector oi Evansville, whose books thowel a defioit of some 5,000, are attempting to obtain a reduction ol ?3öö on the amount to be made good. When Edward Egleston taught school in Indiana he divided Posey county into four parts, "civilized tribes," Yahoos," 'Mungeroons" and "unexplored regions." "L ckin and larnln" was his motto. Owing to the excellent condition of the roads grain has commenced moving in large quantities on the Pan Uandle read. Twentyfour thousand bushels were received at Goodlacd one day last week. Steward, the amateur detective of the O. A M. railway, is now under bond for 20,000 for the killing of John Chapman, recently. His trial will come up at Shoals, the present term of court, cow in session. Petersburgh Press : A Daviess county woman, who recently followed the remains of her irregular busband to the grave, remarked that she bad one consolation, she knew cow wbtre he slept at nights. Hoosier State: The Hon. M. C. Hunter is looming up as the next republican candidate for congress in this district. Tho republicans of Owen county, in convention Assembled, have already instructed , for him. The skeleton of a man, supposed to be that of an Indian, was exhumed, a few days ince, on the farm ot Jesse Winters, near Darlington, Montgomery county, which is supposed to have been buried tor more thaa a century. Mr. Jeff Carr, of Rashville, has a two shilling note of old colonial currency, issued y Pennsylvania the 1st day of October, 1773. It was printed by Hall &. . Sellers, and contains the solemn warning that "to counterfeit this is death." Wheat is not looking well in Washington Township, Pike county. The farmers have lost more of their bogs by cholera, but, nothing discouraged, are -preparing to raise an immense crop of corn six dollars an acre rent being offered for land. North Vernon Sun: William Eblins, of Reddington, Jackson county, was found dead near that place Thursday last. The accident was caused by the overturning of a wagon. In which he was seated, while crossing a bad bridge on the night previous. A state temperance camp meeting is being talked np for next summer, to be held Borne where In the central part ot the state. It is Intended to hold several days, and every temperance organization in the state is to be invited to participate. The Lcgansport Pharos is in possession of an original copy ot the journal of the first continental congress of the United States, which met - at Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, September 5, 1774. The book is lmcs as much of a curiosity typograph ically as it Is on account ot its age and associations. Chicago Times: The tramps who have marked out lunch routes through Indiana say you can't go 10 miles in that state without findiDg somebody who has fast been left fSOO.000 by the death of an uncle in Germany, and tbat that very mm is the one wroe:s rorghom molasses on his paacakes Instead of maple syrup. Lafayette Journal: Corn is moving into Fowler and other stations along the Short Line railroad at a lively rate. On Thursday of last week J. Barnard A Co., of the town named, received and stored 198 wa go a loads, Or 6,300 bushel and on Friday 217 wagon

loain, or 7.18G busb6ls. The receipts have not been leas than two thousand bushels per day for two weeks past. A large and intelligent audience assembled in Frankfort, Clinton caunty, to Lear an address from the state financial agent in relation to Centennial matter. Committees of ladies and gentlemen were appointed wto will set about the work of preparation to exhibit the interests of the

county. The fcbools haye rjrade a contri bution to the Centennial fund of f 10. The North Vernon Sun, in ppeaking of the plow which carried of the gold medal at the last state fair, fcdjstbat the Advance, since its introduction has stood the test of several trials for the championship, coming out first-best in every instance. Mr. Butler has rss.de the manufacture of plows a lifetime study, having expended thousands of dollars iu experimenting in order to produce a plow per.evt in etery.ro pect. The peculiar shape of its share is wherein its merit lies, being so constructed as to make it run steadier, wi'h lighter draft, turn a better furrow, and wear longer than any other plow now in use. Butler's plows are kr. own the world over, as they have been on thmarket tor year?", but the Advance, as its name indicates, raLks ahead of anything ever yet introduced. Lafayette Courier: About three years ago a young man in the eoinloy ol David Bent ford, a farmer, living near Thorntown. on the I., C. L. road, disappeared under very mysterious and suspicious circumstances. At the tlje a ot his disappearance there were many rumors sfiiat, and hints of foul play were freely circulated throughout tee neigh borhood: but, in tte course or time, toe excitement quieted down and the affair would have been forgotten had not tte gos sips revived the old rumors, and cow the people are thoroughly D?nt on a rigid luvt ttcatiou burg made. Some have gone eo far as to associate tee supposed de th of the young man with the name of his former employer, who is a rtspec able and honored citizen, but the damaging reports era believed to be without foundation in fact. A letter from Blootnlngton, Monroe county .dated January 17, gives the following account of Hhe suicide of Joseph Frost, a farmer, living two miles north of ßloomington: He was found partly resting on some bay lying on the floor ot the tarn. His legs were lying full length on the hay, with bis head within two leet of the fl xr. The upper ends of the plow lines were fastened to a log eight feet from the floor. These lines, were doubly stranded. The fatal noose, instead of being about his neck, was found aerosg his mouth and the hollow of his chin. His neck was broken by hia headlong tall, his body weighing something over 200 pouuds. He muse have died instantly, as the bay was undisturbed. His disconsolate wife noted his singular couduct tnis morning, when frequent and mysterious trips were made by bim backwaid and forward from the bouse to tne ham. Mental anguish, born of financial trouble, was the cause oi the rash deed. South Bend Herald: The new er cine of the South Bend Iron Works has been placed in position, ard tor the first time steam was let on jestertfay and the ponderous machine moved eff with perfect satisfaction. We said ponderous, for the great engine h&s uiore tbn five hundred horse-power under eighty pound pressure oi s'eam, which is equivalent to lilting 16 500,000 pounds one foot bin per minute, which weight would fill at their maximum lead 825 railroad cars tbat would make thirty-three full traits of twenty-five cars each. This monster has a thirty-inch cylinder, with a stroke ot sixty inches, and turns a driving ehalt of eiLt iuches in diameter, upon which is a fly-wheel of tweuty-four feet diameter and fifsy-four inch face, turned for two belts. This ehalt and wheel revolve fifty times per minute aud we'ith 56,000 pounds. The cylinder weighs 7,800 pounds; the bed 9,(00 pounds: the pillow-block 6,000 pounds; the connecting rod 3,000 pound; piston rod and cross-heads 2,000 pounds; valves and connections 600 pounds; making a total of 84,400 pounds, besides the bolts and small works not figured In. The engine is the William A. Harris improvement on the Corlies engine. Richmond Palladium: Mr. Waddles is a picas old gentleman who lives a short distance out ot town. Mr. Waddles has a son of about fourteen summers, who is lamentably prone to fall Into the ways of the wicked, and who is rapidly acquiring all the bad habits that go to make up the average young American. Last Sunday evening when all tne jamily, with the exception of this wayward son, were assembled In family worship, and while the old gentleman was pouring forth his soul in prayer, a regular Comanche warwhoop was heard out side and the boy came in. Flinging the door to with a thundering bang he roared out: ' Hooray for our side! Cbeese yer racket old feiler, (hid) Why don't you hire a hall SAy?" Mr. Waddles stopped short in his prayer, and seemed to reflect a moment, and then rising from his kne is he gravely gathered the young peace-disturber by the collar of his coat and the slack of hia trowsers, and walked bim Spanisd out of the room. Raising him halt-way up the stairs with one effort ot his cowhide boot. be mildly remarked: "Wait for me in your room, I will te up there presently." The boy has used two bottles of arnica, and it is thought : that with careful nursing he will recover in few months. - , ; Jasper Courier: One day latt week one Joseph Leistman, living near St. Anthony, had $35 in money stolen from bis house while be was at church. Haying no clue to the thief he consulted an old man named Rothdecker, living near Huntingburg, who proteases to be a kind of sorcerer or diviner of hidden things, and telling him bis woe at the loss of bis ready cash, the old man's sympathies were aroused, and drawing a bucket of water from spring, he conjured It to reveal the face of the dishonest despoiier ot bis friend's wealth, and then bade Lietman to cloee and rub his eyes and upon opening thorn to gaze steadily into the bucket of water and see the faces of the thieves. He did as be was bid, and lo! be said the water revealed the races of two young men living at St. Anthony, William Bubr and John Nlcbaus, and upon this evidence be hastened to Eq. Dainderfer, and made affidavit against them for stealing. The Justice issued a warrant, and als ordered the constable to search them tor the stolen money, which was done and nothing found. In the meantime the young men have lnsti tuted civil action against Leistman for damages fjr false imprisonment, and bis belief in the utility of an old man and a bucket ot water to discover thieves bids fair to be shaken. So much for superstition. The champion tramp la Gadson Davis, colored, Ft. Valley, Qa. Davis went to the bous ot the Rev: E. 8. Busett, and finding only a young lady at home, tapped her on the head with a stick and ordere i her to prepare dinner. San went to the dining room , and put some cold victual ou the table. lie tuer Slid that he didn't eat on a bare table, bu must have on a cloth, which she spread fo him, be telllDg her mearwhlle that he in tended to kill her after finishing his meal There were no biscuits on the table, and h' ordered her to get some. She left the roon., and ran toward s neighbor's house, shouting for help. Davis was captured

THE DYNAMITE MACHINE.

TESTIMONY OF THE MAKERS. INVKfcTIOATTONS IN BERLIN STATEMENTS OF THE CLOCKMAKERS-THOMASSEN'S NEGOTIATIONS HI3 FATAL MISTAKE PECULIARITIES OF TUB QKEMAN CODE. A letter irom Berlin to the London Times gives ecme interesting facts connected with the Investigation into the dynamite horror: Thanks to the unwearied activity of the police and the ready co-operation of every right minded person, the preliminary contrivances of the assassin Thomas are beleg completely unravelled. All the workmen employed by him are coming forward of their own accord. One of the most Interesting depositions ba been made by one Herr Rbind, a watchmaker at Vienna. Thij gentleman having exhibited an eight-day clock la April, 1874, received a visit from a gentleman wlio gave himself out for a Russian, and cer'ainly spoke very indiif.-rent German. Toe visicor, whom Herr Riind has had no difficulty iu identifying as Mr. Thomas, or Thomasen, elnre he has seen the photograph, desired Herr Rbind to construct the in del of a twenty -day clock which should bo noiaehs?, ar.d at the end ot the time fixed give a single stroke. To indicate the force required, Thomas took up a hammer and dealt a powerful blow on the table at which the two were standing. Herr Rbind declaring his willingness to carry out the order, a price of f 100, In gold, was agreed upon. A fowdajs later Thomas called again to inspect the designs made by Herr Rhlod, and after expressing satisfaction paid SÖ0 on ac count. Af;er this the designs were put into the hard ot an operative named Carl Gluckachall, who constructed the model in five months. Upon the delivery of tho finished article Herr Rbind had tho mortification to find that Thomas would not take the clock unless a more powerful spring was inserted. Two cr three more spnugs were tried before THE FASTIDIOUS CUSTOMER was suite 3. After three months' experiments Thomas at last was content and paid 40 extra for the trouble he had given. He, however, was obliged to leave Vienna, as he said lor St. Petersburg before the mechanißm was ready to be delivered. He therefore re quested .Herr Rhind to send the order to the address of M. Petro Wiskcff, pott restante, Eudenbach, leaving a printed card witfc this name on it. Herr Rhind did as be was told, and, about Christmas, 1874, despatched the model to its destination. It was only called for in the beginning ot February, 1S75, on which occasion the 550 remaining unpaid was liquidated. Herr Rhind, who has handed over the card, ss well as some of the rejected springs, to the Vienna policp, stated that nothing could be more natural and unsuspicious than the asiassin's behavior in the fhop. He played the part of a distinguished foreigner to perfection, and, giving himself out for a RussiaD, assumed a Sclavonic accent in speaking German. He was a portly man, with fcair inclining to red, elegant mar ners, and a jovial countenance. He would laugh and crack jokes in giving his orders like a warm-hearted, genial man of the world The only thing tbat seemed in the least to upset the equanimity were those insufficient specimens ot the mainspring he successively rejected and replaced. And well mis bt his temper be ruffled by these retracory spirals. After what has come to livbt his last lew days, we know tbat the ominous spring killed him and subverted his design. Tbomaa, as your readers are aware, took bis model to one Herr Fuchs, a clockmaker at ßernburg, Doch ol Aohalt, whom be desired to make a powerlui clock alter this pattern. Herr Fuchs complied, and framed the macblne, but the Vienna model remaining in his hands was trans ferred by him to the Bremen police dlrec'ly the terrible news of the crime got abroaa. Two days ago, at a scientific lecture given at Bremen by Dr. Hapke, this model was produced witb the consant of the authori ties. Considerably smaller and more simply formed than THE MACHINE made from it, it yet displays all the charac teristic features of the latter, and allows scientific judges to form an exajt opinion of the merits and deficiences of the work. Dr. Hapke, therefore, was enabled to demon strate that the spring, though strong enough for the complicated wheels attached to it while the machine was stationary, could not withstand the strain consequent upon violent and sudden motion. This opinion was con Armed by Herr Brans, a clock maker at Bremen, to whom the assassin gave his machine for a final brush np before consigning it to the murderous chest. It is likewise stated to be the view taken by Herr Fuchs at Bernburg and Herr Rhind at Vienna. All agree tbat It tbey bad been told that tbe mechanism was likely to be rudely handled and thrown About when woun.i up they would have either inserted a different sort ot epring or modified the wheel work connected witb it. But this was tbe very point tbe assassin would not reveal. Giving out his infernal machine sometimes as a contrivance for breaking silk threads, sometimes as a peculiar description of clock for controlling wcrkmen, be never was in a position to betray that its allotted task would have to done by traveling. Knowing bis own secret designs, he certainly bad an idea that the spring ought to be more powerful than any presented to bim by tbe unsuspecting mechanicians; but though he rejected several in euoceeBion, he failed to secure tbe strength required to prevent aocidents on the road. He came to grief on the very point where bis hellish secret began. Viewing tbe explosion in the light of these facts, there can be no manner of doubt that tbe hammer fell when the chest was thrown on the pavement, and that the dangerous liquid was set ablaze by the regular action of tbe igniting apparttus, not by the mere concussion consequent upon tbe sudden crash. The machine as we now know, was about thirty pounds in weight, thirty-five centimeters long, and twenty-three centimeters broad. It contained two spring!), the one somewhat stronger than the other, from eight to nice centimeters in width and three-quarters of a centimeter in diameter. Tbe springs were inclosed in brass cases provided with teeth fitting into the revolving shaft of themain wheel, to which, six minor wheels were at tached. . THE HAMMER, which was to come into action after a week or ten days, fell with a force ot thirty pounds. Imagine a machine of this size and latent energy devised on the supposition that it would not be disturbed when at work, and it is easy to comprehend that it did not answer when precipitated from a wagon in tbe hurry-scurry oi a departure for America after the second bell bad rung. Tbe question whether capital punishment could have been pronounced against Thomas under tbe German code, had he survived, is making a stir in the legal world. . Yoar recent leader on tbe subject, bavitg called forth many approving re-marks, has given a frebh impetus to the discussion. A day or two ago the cth cial Berlin Gazette joined in the controversy, giving It as the opinion of tbe crown lawyers tb&u the aasaafcin, in tbe prebetii state of the code, could not have been fceld responsible for murder, but ouly for attempt at murder. Had be beeu found guilty on tbis count the punishment awarded would bave been Lard labor of from three to fifteen years, buch a sentence, however, could only Lave been passed on tbe supposition

that the mechanism was wound up and everything prepared for the explosion of the ship when the chest wa about to be carr.'ed on board. Had this been denied by Thorans, and had tbe Jury, in tbe abff nee of any tangible proof, f iled to satisfy themselves thai tbe mechanism was actually at work, it is firobabie tbat the crime to be brought home o the assassin wool! have been ouly arson, or, as the crime was not actually completed, attempt at arson, in this tase hard labor for something like fourteen 3 ears would have been th severest penalty that could have ben inflicted. Considering tbe universal abhorrence testifies at tbe crime, it la only catutalthe Gazette should doubt whether thepe provisions would have satisfied tie put-He had Thomas appeared io the does. There being a rage for Thomas's portraits, it may be as well to say that there are many tpurious ones going about. The one rub-

litflied by Ro-umler A Jonas, photographers at ure&aen, is stated to be taken from life. THE TRE A STJKY. TROUBLES. SENATOR DAVIS'3 INVESTIGATION. THE -GENERAL FEELISO BOCTWELls AT TEMPTED REPLY 9TARTLINQ DISCREPAN CIES Tns GENERAL TENOR CF THE CHARGES. A special to the New York World from Washington explains the charges of Senator Divis: As yet the attempt of Senator Davis, of West Virginia, to secure an in vestigation of the treasury department, under Mr. Boutweli's regime, has not attracted any very marked attention. Tbe general feeling is that Mr. Davis is not the man, nor tne enate tne place, to undertake so difficult a task as a verification of the correctness or incorrectness of the treasury books must necessarily be. But if any imagine tbat Mr. Davis was anxious only to figure as an early advocate of honesty and reiorm, and will cow let the matter rest, they are very much mistaken. In a conversation on tte sutject, tbe night that his speech was delivered. Air. Davis epoke yery freely as to wbat he had cis:overed, what be thought might be discovered, and what it was piopoäed to do. He aimitted at the outset the uifficulty of getting a republican b6cate to appoint an investigating committee who would really have a heart and propose to investigate, bu; as Mr. Davis expressed it, tbey can hardly do less than put two democrats on the committee, for it tbey ebould refuse us tbat tbe world would at once eay tbey dare not allow the department to be iuveätigated, and they know it. On the other band, if tbey put two de mocrats on such a committee, those two may not indeed be able to secure any ierorm measures from the Senate, but if there taj been fraud or mismanagement in tbe treasury department, they can make it so evident that REFORM WILL HAVE TO COMB in spite of the Senate. In his attempted reply to Mr. Davis Mr. Bout well insinuated that Mr. Davis bad not taken the trouble to go to tbe treasury department, where he might bave got all tbe fact?, and tbe ex-secretary also threw out the gratuitous in sinuation tbat the present treasurer. Mr. New, would bave been only too glad to bave assisted in uneanhlng any lacts detrimental to Mr. Boutweli's adinini&tmion. So fr irom there being any foundation for theso insinuations, Mr. Davis declares tbat be has already obtained all tbe information be possibly can from the treasury department without an investigation, and tkat ail the figures be has given are Irom tte .Üic-iai rec ords. As the World bas already learned by telegraph, Mr. Davis's pptech fall rather fiat upon the Sonata for several reasons. Nevertheless it ex hibits some startling discrepancies in the treasury account?, and new that tbe figures are in print they are beginning locausconsiderable discussion here. From all the reports of the register of the treasury previous to 1S70 he shows the iotal aggregate expenditures from 1860 to 1866 inclusive to have been o,85ü,9l7,iyo 16; but the register's report for 1870 gives the total aggregate ex pendltures tor thote years to have beeu $5,892,189,160 59. That is, at the close of Mr. B.mtweirs first year in the treasury department, the government was charged witb having spent from 1860 to 1866 the very sizeable little sum ot 3,271,970 43 more than tbe reprts for those years declared bad been spent. THIS DISCREPANCT Mr. Boutwell bas not yet attempted to ac count for. Again, Mr. Davis declared that many cases were found in tbe accounts ol the navy, war, pension and Indian expenditures, where figures have been changed in tbe finance report of 1S70, that is, tbe amounts for one year are officially stated at such a sum, and when tbe same amounts for tba same years are recited in the report oi 1870 they are stated indifferently. The fact of these changes having been made Mr. Boutwell acknowledged In the Senate when directly pressed for an answer. Mr. Davis's tables make Mr. Uoutwell'a reports show total discrepare'es in these four departments of f 13,265,055 91, and, singularly enough, this total is all an increase. Tuat i, Mr. Boutweli's report says the govern ment, in those tour departments and within tbe space of seven years spent f 13,265,055 91 more than previous reports bad officially declared that It had spent. Mr. Boutwell professes to be able to explain tbis all away, tut has cot done it yet, and tbe first inference is that tbe government books did not balance and the char ges were made to make them balance. In tbe matter of revenue collections, Mr. Davis discovered, or thought be discovered, a new system ot book-keeping, the cardinal principle of which, to quote his own language, appeared to be, "when a sum is required to make the total receipts agree as to tbe same year, it is added to or Bubstracted from 'loans and treasury notes ' ss tbe case may be" which kaa ma to be the column In which to merge all differences, increase or decrease all amounts, so as to make tbe balances tbe same, no matter wbat CHANGES AND MANIPULATIONS may have been made under other beads, and if there be errors or frauds, giving an opportunity to attempt tc cover them up under that head. Tbe greatest changes of figures in the finance reports appear to have been in the annual public debt statements, where in the years from 1862 to 1876, inclusive, Mr. Davl finds an aggregate dif ference of 5218,000,352 9-i more as reported in 1S70 irom what . it was as reported in 1871. Mr. Boutweli's only explanation for this difference of nearly a quarter of a billion was tbat the public debt statement was made up June 30, and the register's report the next day, and that considerable business Intervened. These - cit allots are ; sufficient to prove the . general tenor of Mr. Daviit's discoveries and charges, and the question of real interest is wbat is going to be done about it? As we have already said. Mr. Davis declares bis in tention of pushing the investigation, and feel confident that the House will take it up if the Senate refuses to. He confesses that be bas uo certain knowledge going to show fraud, and thinks it impossible to g't uch ktowledf, except through an investigating committee. Personally he is on irlendly terms witb Mr. Boutwell, but be can rot and Mr. Boutwell does not explain away tbe lacts which be has discovered, and he does not consider that personal regard for tbe ex-treasurer should Btand between tbe Senate and the people, as to the scope of tbe Investigation, If ordered, he is of tbe opinion tbat it should and will in-

code all the branches of th treasury department, including the Internal hiatcry of the lmou syndicate. ROBESON'S CHOICE. THE NEW NAVAL STATIO.N PORT ROYAL REASONS FOR 8ELIVTINO IT. A correspondent of tte Charleston News and Courier supplies some information concerning the lately selected naval station: Port Royal is located four .miles below Beaufort, at the confluence of Pert Royal river and Battery creek. It bas f j, rung into existence since tbe war, and in appearance and design differs form Beaufort. Tie build ings are new and erected with 8.u eye to business. The most Important fixture o! the place U the wharf and depot or tle Port Royal railroad. The road extends aVi.agtbe

water-seage, ana terminates directly upon the wharf, thus affording facilities for transferring freight. Tte depth of tbe watt r at tbe wharf is twenty-five feet. Along the wharf are lying several barks and srhon ers waiting to be leaded. But the chief interest attending Port K7311I now is the probability that sbe will iecome a natal andcoaline station. The nrenenr ol the vessels already there bas sddtd to her income. It is estimated ttat several thousand dollars a month bave been disbursed by tbe navy for fcome time raät, and if the whole squadron be ordered to report here there will be about a hundred officers, betides several hundred men, all of them with money to f pend. a id tbe revenue of Port Itoyal will be largely increased. There are now in the harbor several vessels. Of these the Ossipee is aucbored about two miles below the wharf. Tne Ossipee ia a corvette, cirryicg six nine-inch Dahlgrecs, two eleven-inch pivot gun, two twelve-pound h"wltzis and two Gatling guns, ix commanded by Commander Livingston Breese, and has within the past two months returned from Barbadoes. Next comes the Swatara, also a corvette, one of the swlf.e6t and neatest In tLe service, carrj leg eix nine-inch guns and one eleven-ir.ca pvot DabUren, a sixty pound Parrott on ber top gallant forecastle, two twelve pound howitzers on her poop deck, two Git lieg guns and tvo twelve pound howitzer on carriages. She is commanded by Commander A. B. Cook, and has la ely returned from Para, Brazil, whither she was Bent to bring home American emigants who went there alter the war, and cf weem it was reported tbat they were in a pitiable condition and desired to return home to the United States. She found only one family tbat expressed a desire to return, and even this family declined to leave at tbe last moment. It seems tbat the colony is not prospering. But fruits are abundant, and Hie can be maintained without labor, and the colonists prefer want without labor to want despite labor. Lower down the harbor is tbe storeship Pawnee, used simply as a receiving and storesbip and hospital. By the way, it is stated that the health of THE FLEET has tean very good since reaching Port Royal. Next comss the Pinta, a tender and dispatch beat, in charge of Lieutenant Com mander Dwyer. Last but decidedly not least, is tbe monitor Dictator, the most formidable ironclad in the navy. Sbe lies fast above tbe water like some sluggish leviathan, and Cm be submerged during action until toe turret can alone be seen at any distance. Sae is plated wltn tnirteen inches of iron over ten inches of teaking. acd carries two fiitten-inch guxa. Belüg submerged over twenty feet in the water, ehe is necessarily ventilated by machinery. Tbe interrior resembles tbe devil's work?hip. Near half a hundred furraces roar and blaze srud emit smoke out of a stack as large as an ordinary room. Sfce is a formidable monster. But tne inge nuity ot man bas devised euns whose charge of powder alone is one hundred auu tv. enty-üve pounds, and whose immense projectiles, weighing near half a ton, are capable of crushing throusrh even the solid armor of the Dictator. Fortunately these guns have not been generally introaucea, and the Dictator can still assume to en )oy invulnerability. The Dictat.r is tbe flag ship of Commander A. W. Weaver. Several other vessels are on their way. Tbe Con gress, one of the finest in tbe navy, and the Juniata bave been ordered from the Euro pean squadron, and, it is said, will report at Port Royal. It is also said tbat the Hartford will soon reach Beaufort, and will become the fl9gsblp of tbe North Atlantic squadron. Hear Admiral Delaney is at present ino mmand, but he will soon be retired and s rew commander will be appointed. Tbe officers of the fleet are in ignorance of tbe cause of these movements, and some are in doubt even - whether Port Royal will be made tbe naval station of tbe home squad ron. Others think tbat in time it will supersede Key West. The assertion of the New York Sun that lands In Port Kojal are owned by Secretary Robeson's friends, if true, may serve to explain tbe sudden conversion of tbe department to the doctrine that Port Royal is to be the coming city ot the South. The situation of Port Royal may be summed up thus: Na'ure has bean lavish to It. But it needs tor development capital, Increased prosperity in the state and some inciting cause that will give it an impetus. Its fortunes for tbe present are in tne nanas of the navy department. AN INDIANA D ISRAELI. GEN. LEW WALL AC K AS SOLDI KB, HOVBLIST AND PAINTER. Says the New York Sun: Gen. Lew Wal lace, of Indiana, now on a flying visit to this city, has displayed unsuspected talents since he gave up the business of politics and war. A couple of years ago he puDiisnea a novel, surprising to his friends, who bad not been aware, even from bis speeches, that be possessed such a glowing imagina tion ; and some of them could oniy account for his work by saying tbat be had purloined it from tbe trunk ot some unknown genius. He followed up his literary success by entering tbe field of art as a painter, and we learn from the Western papers that he has finished a gieat picture, which tbey eulogize in terms . not often used by critics. . He should bring this artistic production to New Tork, where he will bave justice done it, and where connoisseurs are more plentiful than they sure In Indiana. . Wallace has shown himself possessed of a greater variety of powers than Disraeli. Disraeli is a politician, a nov eilst and an orator; but Wallace is a soldier of two wars, a politician, a novelist, an orator and an artist. He may win great renown In tbe artistic world, wblcn be bas ust entered. We- bave few first-class painters in the country few who are able to take up grand historical or imaginative themes and treat them worthily. We do not know whether Wallace intends 10 exhibit, the picture he bas just completed at tbe Centenniil exhibition in Philadelphia; bat we can eav. without having seen It, that it is doubt leta better than many of the pictures tbat will be on tbe wails there. Oakey Hall has not succeeded as an actor; but this is no reason why Gen. Lew W al lace of Indiana should fail in anything. , ' A timid young man was visiting a beauti ful and accomplished young woman on Peoria street last night, when, after a pause, she said, looking si him closely: "Now I want to propose to you " "You are V6ry kind." f-aid the timid voune man. between gaepa and blushes, "but I am not worthy of so much happiness, and. In fact, none of our family are marrying people, besides my inMoody, and I'm airald m be late." Tuen,

without waiting to put in hli overcoa, he tried to make his exit tfcroHh thodor of a cupbeard. -Why," tLe yours woman, lifting her exebrows in 6urpr s, '"I wanted you to escort me to my e's ei's on Adams street." O, in that esse," answered her swain, 'if your head's level, aid tbe boot is on the caber foot. I phall be cnlv too hapoy, but I was arraid that is, I almost dared to bepe in fire. I am utj ct to these seizures," and he F&t down on ttse coal-scuttle, acd said it was a very cold dav; hadn't een such weather since the Jourth of July. CbicacoSuuday Tribune.

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