Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1877 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING-," MAY 2.. 1877.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2.

EXPORTATION OF CATTLE AND DRESSED MEAT. Within a few years a branch of business has been established in some of the Atlantic ports which promises the most gratifying results to western fanners and stock raisers. We allude to the exportation of dressed meat and live stock to European countries, It is well known, owing to the high prices demanded in Europe for fresh meat, beef, mutton, etc., that only a comparative few of the people can indulge the luxury. It is stated that in March, 1875, the average price of beef in London was 16 cents per pound, which we presume is a fair average for other cities in England and on the continent. The exportation of dressed meat and live stock from the United States is rapidly changing the situation, as in March, 1S77, - the average price of beef in London had been reduced to 12 and 13 cents per pound, a change attributed directly to the introduction of American dressed beef. For a time the people of Great Britain were disposed to doubt the success of the enterprise, and it was with some difficulty that their prejudices were overcome, but it was found upon a fair trial "that the lniported meat was sweeter and more juicy, and in every respect superior to the beef to which they had been accustomed. The de"mand for American beef, therefore, became 'so great that it was soon readily disposed of in London, Birmingham, Manchester and other cities of England, while it is now also 'to be found in the principal cities of Scot'land and Ireland and in some parts of the continent." The experiment of exporting dressed meat was attended with many difficulties, chiefly growing out of the construction of the cooling apparatus necessary to keep the meat in good condition. The method of keeping the meat frozen wholly or in part by placing it in contact with ice was found to be injurious to the meat. This brought omt the inventive talents of those familiar with the wants of the business, and finally a refrigerator was produced that answered every requirement. "This refrigerator," says the New York Tribune, "is constructed in the space between the decks of 'the vessel, and is called the meat chamber 'or chill room. The sides, ceiling and floor 'of this room are thickly sheathed with wood 'and resinous paper, and are rendered abso'lutely air-tight. Into the beams hooks are 'driven, on which the quarters of beef are suspended, inclosed in canvas sacks, and so placed as not to come in contact. In the 'middle of the chamber an ice-tank is built, 'capable of holding from 3ö to 40 tons of ice. 'The floor of the tank is constructed of zinc, nd has two small gutters for carrying off the water. In the tank, but separated from the ice by a wooden box, is a fan blower, worked from the deck above by a small 'steam-engine. Connected with the fan'blower is a large piie, which runs through the ice-tank to the floor, and there branches into a number of small tubes, 'which radiate over the room, terminating 'at the bottom of the sides of the meat 'chamber. Other small tubes lead from the 'blower to the top of the chamber. When 'the refrigerator is in working order, and 'the fan-blower has been started, the warm 'air which has ascended to the ceiling of the 'meat chamber is drawn through the upper 'tubes into the ice-tank, where it is cooled to 'the proper temperature, and it is then forced through tha lower tubes into the 'bottom of the meat chamber, replacing the warmer air, which acends to the ceiling and 'again goes through the cooling process, A 'constant stream of cold air is thus kept in 'the meat chamber, the temperature being 'from 35 to 37 degrees. About 25 per cent, 'of the ice is usually found in the tank at the termination of the voyage across the ocean, 'and the meat is invariably in good condition." The cost of these refrigerators varies from two to three thousand dollars, and contain from fifteen hundred quarters of beef to seven hundred quarters. Similar refrigerators are constructed at the slaughter houses where meat is prepared for shipment, as also in London and other cities where it is received for sale and for distribution. The principal point of exportation is New York, though Boston and Philadelphia have engaged more or less extensively in the business. Up to the 1st of the present month "there had 'been exported from Philadelphia 4,677,500 'pounds of dressed beef, valued at $438.044. 'Another firm, it is reported, has begun the 'shipment of dressed meats and poultry, and 'it is thought the business will soon become 'more extensive in Philadelphia. Two firms 'in Boston export dressed meat, and up to 'April 1 had shipped 2,387,040 pounds of beef, for which $283,025 was received." The first shipment was made from New York in the month of October, 1875, and "the follow'ing table shows the amount of dressed meat 'sent from New York each month, together 'with the prices obtained, from October, '1875, when the first shipment was made, up io April 1, 1877, a period of 18 months: 1'.75. , Foundn. Amount. October ... 24 ..IK) 2,ft4J November. 31. 4 2,SH December lJU.uW 10,ai0 1876. ' January 11,TJ0 February - 2i70 3i,U)0 March. 261, 19 i j;m AprlL.- l.VMZX M,-'U May IfliiAjm KZ,4) June Ijiwujinii hli8 July....:.-. ... 1,1, &4.Ü10 August ......... 124,-W VAflfi Hrptember. 2.017 .21 IKIAM O-tober 2,-t;W) ltio November -.. 3tfi&0 KM.ISO December . ... - ZfiUfl-iO . a.7,4U0 1)77. - ' January ..... '. 2&n,t9 2r,7n February IjmjM 3i,i0 March ... 5,7'717 6ui;v Total 2l,727 Tiie Tribune says that during the previous rqonth 750,000 pounds of meat, or 1,000 Lead of cattle have been shipped each week, it be 412 that of the finest western corn fed cattle,

which is said to be preferable to that of the Texan cattle. The entire amount of dressed meat sent from the United States to Europe from the inception of the enterprise, together with the sums realized, is as follows:

Pounds. New York .....................29,6H,670 Amount. 12,&,727 4:tx,044 283,025 Philadelphia 4 .877 ,560 Boston . Z,3S,IHU Total 36,669,270 Wfiil&ti The exportation of live stock, though at first attended with Josses and discouragements, has at last been püt Ott a firm basis, and is steadily increasing in magnitude. The business was commenced in New York in 1874, and the following table gives the number of cattle shipped from the United States up to April 1, 1877, with their weight and the total receipts for them : Number. Pounds. Amount New York mm 1.565,780 SlUV-M Philadelphia 1,(J 2iM,3iO 13,247 Boston-. 84!) 101,278 7,314 Total 10,213 1,871,418 $125,707 The total quantity of both dressed meat and live stock exported from this country, with the sums realized, is as follows: Pounds. Amount. Dressed Meat............ ...36,k)9,270 83,247,: Live Stock..- .. 1,871.418 125.7U7 Total ,540,088 $3,573,193 These figures satisfactorily indicate the possibilities of the United States in supplying Europe with fresh meat, for the production of which American resources are practically frexbaustible. The business is now in its infancy, but has been attended with flattering results, and the demand is steadily increasing in England and on the continent for American meat. The capacity of Indiana for the production of beef it would be difficult to estimate, and as every new outlet to any of the products of forest, field and farm, increases the demand and enhances values, the exportation of dressed meat and live stock is well calculated to excite inquiry throughout the state." With the prospect in the near future that Indianapolis will become one of the most important live stock markets in the country gives the subject a local importance, and it is quite possible that before another year has passed we may have located here agents for the purchase of cattle for European markets exclusively. What is wanted are facilities, and these the Belt railroad and slock yards will furnish. THE EUROPEAN WAR. The civilized world is once more aroused by the tocsin of war. All Europe is shouldering arms; Russia and Turkey are engaged. The latest advices indicate pretty conclusively that the great powers of Europe will be drawn into the conflict. The interests of England and Austria are vital and immediate. Italy's interests are to a certain extent involved. The territory of Prussia is not directly menaced, though the situation is such as to require the violence of her statesmen and her armies. France, though from a territorial point of view the least concerned, may be one of the first to take action against the aggressions of Russia, owing to treaty stipulations. If Turkey is regarded in a condition to be parcelled out the fight will be over the choice slices. A territory of 140,000 square miles, with cities, towns, villages, cultivated lands, navigable rivers, sea ports, etc., is a prize altogether too large to fall into the hands of the czar without resistance. England might be content with Constantinople and the control of the straits leading to the Black Sea w'h all of their defenses for in that case she could check the aggressive spirit of Alexander. Austria would demand large additions to her territorial domain, and would be in a position to assert her claims. For France, there would be nothing at all, nor is she in a geographical position to take care of possessions in that quarter. It is not intimated that Prussia wants more territory, but it is hardly probable that Bismarck would be content to see Turkey divided up withouT asking for so much as a tail feather. Manifestly, the great question involved is that of territorial aggrandizement and the power that such acquisitions would certainly confer in moulding the future policy of Europe. England, which professes to be intensely Christian, will not hesitate to become Turk if thereby she can the better protect her Asiatic empire, and in so far as Christianity is supposed to have any influence in determining the action of European governments in declaring war or making peace, the people have been most egregiously fooled. Russia cares little for the Christians who have been subjected to the rule of the sultan. The pretext, however, that Christianity prompts the forward movement answers an excellent purpose, but awakens no response in Christian Europe. Russia wants an outlet to the world for her commerce. She is ambitious of being a great naval power. She possesses half of Europe and almost half of Asia, and the war undertaken ajainst Turkey is for the purpose of aiding her ambition in the direction indicated. European powers are jealous of RussiaEngland intensely so and we doubt if Russia will be permitted to fight the sultan only. Scarcely a week has elapsed, and already all ' Europe is shaking as if in the grasp of an earthquake. So far as the United States are concerned it may be thought that the bigger the war the better. Europe can not feed herself under the most favorable circumstances, and with her producing classes in camp and on the .tented field, her necessities will be indefinitely increased. If the war involves all Europe, there will be a remunerative market not only for food products, but for manufactured articles, and I iy is possible fbat the war will give America An era of unprecedented prosperity. Already prices are advancing, dui mis so far is not a matter for special gratulation, as consumers pay the advance without any compensating benefits ia the way of more labor or higher wages. Bat we mnst not expect all the benefits at once If the war eventually sets more plows at work, more

spindles in motion; if forge and foundry increase their productions, if America's share of the carrying trade of the world is again secured, then indeed the war will have been a godsend; and since 'the United States can not prevent such catastrophes, it is in the line of duty to make as much out of them as possible. Evidently the voice of the United States is for war.

These seems to be some misunderstanding in the "white house." Whether to run it on temperance principles or not is the questinat issue. About the time the temper ance folks thought they had Mrs, Hayes well anchored on the rocks of total abstinence there came into the white house a lot of Cincinnati and Columbus bummers, who reported afterward that they had all they wanted in the way of drinks, and that it was "whisky straight" Others reported a suspicious smell of light wines around the presidential sideboard, and now last week, mirablh dicta, at a grand state dinner given to the grand duke of Russia and the minister plenipotentiary from that state, we find wines and brandies flowing like water. This, of course, is creating some little excitement, and there is talk like this abroad among the quUl nunc: That in future it is wines for the foreign ministers and Potomac river water for home folks. We feel sorry for the Cincinnati and Columbus radicals, who will have their supplies cut off in future during their visits to the Ohio pretender. They will probably meet the crisis by taking pocket flasks with them, and a few grains of cloves or burnt coffee in the next pocket Secretary Shebmax, in a recent interview, alluded to the radical party as having "all the elements of reform in it, and good 'principles, and general good conduct" We wonder if he had in his mind's eye that brilliant tableau in New Orleans last fall, of which he was a spectator, viz: the returning board caught in the act of manipulating the returns of Vernon parish. He for one brief moment but only for a moment is dazed and stunned at the infamous swindle, while Stoughton, of New York,ialls him to his senses by whispering "only a clerical 'error." The scene only lacked a professional stage manager to throw on the red and yellow lights at the precise moment to have made it second only to some of the old revolutionary scenes now in the rotunda of the capital at Washington, or say a companion piece to " Washington Crossing the Delaware.' Some of the radical organs complain because Packard's method of getting down "lacks dignity." Packard thought it was very much like getting out of the fourth story window in his night shirt with the building in flames not a matter of dignity, but of necessity. From September l, 1876, to April 1, 1877, fiere have been placed on the English market from this country 49,751,000 bushels of wheat, against 02,240,000 bushels for a corresponding period of the previous year, showing a decrease of 12,489,000 bushels. Tue advance in gold, caused by the European war, is not expected to continue long, since shipments of produce and manufac tured articles will inevitably produce its return to this country. The Boston Post charges that Senator Anthony, of Rhode Is1 and, bought his seat in the senate. The price was about what it would cost to lay in a week's supply of sardines. Commodore Thompson has given up the reconstruction of the old whig party for the presen, and will attend to pumping out a few old ships called the American navy. A cosvict in a western penitentiary who got the.zebras for voting early and often for Hayes asks for a pardon, and addresses the presidential fraud as "Dear Boss." The New York Times says all the legal arguments are on the side of Packard's government That is a great deal more than can be said for Hayes. The Louisville common council have made May 22 a holiday, so that everybody may attend a horse race called the Kentucky Derby. There is really nothing more funny than to hear a bloody shirt or&an apologize for Hayes's southern policy. Po6Txa8Ter Gekeral Key thinks it will be an easy matter to build up a new party in the south. Well, name it Washington gave his guests rum and water instead of wine, and John Adams said his head was level. ' The colored people of the south have already learned that the carpet-baggers were their worst enemies. SEW BOOK. "Dvspepsia and its Kindred Diseases," by Dr. W. W. Hall, published by R. Worthington. is a little volume, written by an expei ienc d 1 h s't'n. and valuab .e for its sug gestions and bints as to prevention and cure. Dyspeptics will be glad to find a work so admirabfp suited to their needs. Price, $1.50. For sale by Be wen, 8tewa"t fe Co., city. "From Traditional to Rational Faith," by R. Andrew Graham, published by Tvoberts Bros., is a volume whose matter the author declares to be intensely personal, being a record of the means which made an orthodox believer at last rest safe in the bosom of the Unitarian church. Price, f 1.00. For sale by Yohn & Porter. '"The Wine Bibber's Temperance Society" does not bear on its title page the name of its author, but it is published by Lee & Shepard, Boston. Its dedication is to "unpledged temperance men, to moderate drinkers, to hotel keeper?, saloon keepers and bar keepers, as well as to the faithful who have signed the pledge, in the hope that it may contain a kuggestion, this little volume is respectfully dedicated." Price, 75 cents. For sale by Bowen & Stewart, city.

Professor Cox and Party at Wyandotte Cave Pursuing Science Under Difficulties.

rat Man's Misery i nrnit Ä Pugrn Back Prorewor JorUu Lt and Badly Injure! In the Cave. (Staff Correspondence of the Sentinel. Wtanpotte Cave, April U6. Professor Cox's party to the Wyandotte cave, consisting of the professor, his wife and daughter; Professor Jordan, of Butler university; Professor Bell, editor of the School Journal; Major Smith, U. 8. A.; George J. Langsdale, of the Greencastle Banner, and W. W. Woollen and daughter, reached Levenworth, the shire town of Crawford county, on Tuesday night about midnight The party went in a body to Ourbacker's hotel and remained there until yesterday morning. By one of those unfortunate accidents so common to travelers the baggage of Professor Cox, containing instruments necessary for his contemplated explorations, was left at Louisville, so when the sun arose next morning with the professor on his examinations, it found him, like Samson, shorn of his locks. He was up betimes examining the rock foundations north of the town, but he had not his geological hammer to lay bare their hidden mysteries nor his barometer with which to test the altitudes of the ground and to measure the weather. Leven worthy is a small town with frame bouses and contains some S00 inhabitants. It has nothing to particularly attract the attention of the traveler. During a short ramble through it the writer discovered nothing worthy of record, except a sign, which was intended to inform pilgrims to the Wyandotte cave this is the Mecca of most strangers who stop at Levenworth that the town has a merchant. The sign is as follows: CASH PAID for. HIDES. S. COOK. Professor Jordan suggested that the "S" in the sign was a mistake. That it should be: Cash paid for Hides 2 Cook. A debate sprang up among the gentlemen of the party as to whether they should liquidate their bills at the hotel before leaving for the Wyandotte or wait until they came back to Levenworth. Major Smith sug. gested that it was immaterial which was done, "as if we left without settling, the otel proprietor would be 'Ourbacker'" until we returned. Professor Cox,like all good commanders, looked out for transportation as well as for supplies. He procured a furniture wagon, drawn by four stout horses, and in it the party took passage for the Wy andotte. Our route was up the Ohio until we struck the Blue, then running north near the beautiful waters of that river to the cave. The road is a rough and tortuous one, seldom level, and often almost precipitous. At a lively trot and sometimes at a gallop we were driven on to our destination, and when the wagon wheels would strike a stout rock embedded in the earth, tossing the party into the air by the shock, more than one member of it wished for a smoother path and a better road to the cave. We reached the Cave house about 9 o'clock, and soon procured a guide and started for our objective point I shall attempt no description of Wyandotte cave. Those anxious to learn its hi&tory, so far as it has been written, and to know of the geological treasures hidden within its murky chambers, must look elsewhere for information. It may be found in a book published by the owners of the cave, and in the printed reports of Professor Cox, our state geologist, whose present trip was made with the view of increasing his already extensive stock of information upon this subject To these works the reader who desires to know something of the history and natural formations of this wonderful cave is most respectfully referred. The party entered the cave under the guidance of Mr. Rothrock, the proprietor of the Cave house. Each was provided with a lighted star candle and a supply of lucifer matches. How necessary the latter were to the safety of the party will appear farther along. The opening of the cave is large enough for one to enter without difficulty. When insjde the cave the party leisurely inspected the objects of interest that came to light under the blaze of the candles. Professor Jordan soon had his pockets full of bats, but when reminded of the fact that they could be caught just as easily upon his return as upon his entrance, he carefully replaced them upon the rocky sides of the cave and bade them remain there until he returned. The tenderness with which he restored these little imps of darkness to their perches reminded one of a young mother placing her first baby in its cradle to sleep. Prof. Cox, although the oldest member in the party, was its most active member. McGreggor in the highlands of Scotland was not more at home than was the professor in Wyandotte cave. As the guide sang out the names of the various chambers through which we passed, our leader would step about from place to place and from one person to another, expatiating upon the peculiar wonders of the spot with ail the enthusiasm of a lover when depicting the beauties of his sweetheart. Thus did the party proceed in its underground Journey until it reached "Fat Man's Misery." Here an opening was found, about three feet In diameter, which had once been closed by a wooden door set in a frame. This opening is not of an inviting appearance, for to the eye it seems but a dark hole in the floor of the cave, leading from a place of security to one of uncertainty and doubt Therefore, although the guide and Professor Cox spoke eloquently of the wonderful things to be seen in the cavern below, Mr. Woollen's heart failed him and he refused to take "pon himself any part of the Fat Man's Misfry. He saw hu? companions descend one by one into the opening and disappear ia the darkness below, and not relishing solitude in a cavern 150 feet below the earth's surface, he turned his face from Misery's hole and started for the mouth of the cave. Candle in hand, hf felt his way among the broken rocks as carefully as a politician In eearch of an office leels the

pulse of the public upon his ',rAv!t4 iu Having confidence in his 1 J?Ä' and bei n p rrH , n 1- rs?n. of . location,

ings, he moment h",vp" IT' nd task in the sunshine of -u Aftersome 15 or 20 minutes traveling rift reached a place which seemed familiar to tuni, but he was uncertain whether it was the mouth of the cave or Fat Man's Misery. He peered down into the opening and discovered that it was indeed the place from which he had recoiled and drawn back some time before. He had traveled in a straight line for 20 minutes and had reached the place from whence he started! . He concluded that lines underground must run differently from those upon terra finnn, for he had carefully pursued a direction .that, according to all rules with which he was familiar, should have taken him awayj from the Misery he was seeking to avoid, whereas it had brought him back to it. He placed his mouth in the opening and lustily hallooed for a time, but his voice did not bring back even its own echo. It lost itself in the vastness of the cavern, which did not give back a resounding note. It was but a whisper in chaos. Nature in her vastness, her solitude and her grandeur, refused to be disturbed in her repose, and the cry was unanswered. He knew that by remaining where he was for about two hours he would meet his friends from below, and concluded to do this rather than make another effort to leave the cave by himself. Seating himself on a rock near by, he commenced considering the situation. Darkness to the right of him, darkness to the left of him, and darkness all about him, the feeble rays of his candle made but a small impression upon the great darkness of the cave. It was as the light of the firefly on a night of Plutonian darkness. The solitude and the darkness were so oppressive that he resolved, to make another effort to escape from the gloomy abode. Again leaving Fat Man's Misery, he threaded his way carefully in the direction which he thought led to the opening of the cave, but after proceeding some distance he stumbled and fell. The light of his candle went out as he touched the floor of the cave, leaving him in total darkness. The darkness of the damned can nci be greater than the darkness of Wyandotte cave. It is murky, pitchy, absolute and total. No ray of light reaches the eyeballs, and to one who has experienced it it will never be forgotten. Mr. Woollen retained the extinguished candle in his hand and in his vest pocket were five matches. He had been more prudent in preparing himself for contingencies than had some of the scientific members of the party, but of this more anon. Striking a match against a rock, the end few off without igniting. Never had he valued matches so highly before, and taking another from hia pocket he felt carefully for a dry place upon the rock before attempting to light it He struck it lightly upon the rock and it gave forth a flame. Blessed flame! The light which broke out in Judea testifying that a Savior was born was not more welcome to the wise men of the east than was the light of that lucifer match to the eyes of the one who beheld its rays. He relighted his candle, and proceeding upon his way, soon beheld that which appeared to be a "large hall lit up by moonlight It proved to be the first chamber in the Wj'andotte, lighted from without through the mouth of the cave, and through this mouth the pilgrim from Fat Man's Misery again entered the outside world. Some two hours after Mr. Woollen reached daylight, Professor Cox and his party came out of the cave. It was observed that Professor Jordan was not with them. Professor Cox declared his belief that the young naturalist from Butler university had not mistaken his way. but was out 01 the cave and pursuing his researches in natural history. Mr. Woollen was uneasy. He hunted a guide and endeavored to have him go into the cave in quest of Professor Jordan, but Professor Cox declared this to be unnecessary, as the absent one, being a scientific man, was in no danger of being lost The party had dinner, and still Professor Jordan did not appear. The guide decided that he was lost in the cave, and declared that his candle was burned out, and he in total darkness. The party with the exception of Messrs. Langsdale and Woollen, who had resolved to tickle the appetites of the ba3S in Blue river with dainty minnows that afternoonstarted again for the cave under the direction of two guides and with a good lunch for the lost naturalist they proceeded to the place where they supposed Professor Jordan would be found, and the guide hallooed. There came back a response, but the party concluded it was the echo of the guide's voice. Proceeding farther along the guide hallooed again, and again came back a feeble answer. It seemed as though the voice of the guide having struck the walls of the cave, was dashed to pieces and that its shattered parts formed the noise which was heard. Still farther on, and in answer to the guide's call, the voice of a man was heard. It was not John crying in the wilderness, but Jordan making known his distress in Wyandotte cave. The party soon came to him and found him in a woeful plight One of his eyes was bruised, his foreliead was bleeding, a gash was cut in one of his temples, and his whole appearance denoted that science is sometimes wooed in dangerous paths. The lost professor had kept in advance of the guides during the morning trip, and being fatigued, had "sat down by the wayside to rest and refresh himself." He fell asleep; the candle dropped from his hand, and its light went out He awoke to consciousness just as the last candle of the returning party disappeared in the distance, and having no matches with him, at once realized the disagreeableness of the situation. With a halloo, he started on a run in the direction of the receding light He soon ran against a rock, which brought him to a standstill, with somewhat the sensation experienced by a man when a musket ball strikes him in the forehead; but recovering himself, he started again toward the spot where the lights had disappeared.. Again he came in contact with a substance which was harder than his head, and suffered by the collision; but. nothing daunted, he kept on his way until he stumbled and fell sprawling in the roud. This had rather a depressing effect upon the professor, and served to cool his ardor as a traveler. He concluded that he could not make headway against the solid walls of the cave, nor - keep in the paths .which . led to the outside world without light or compass, so he philosophically went to work to obtain a knowledge of his surroundings. By the throwing of pebbles he discovered that he was in a large chamber, and by feeling the floor of the cave with his hand he detected the imprint of a woman's foot in the mud. He at once determined to stay where he was, and felt for a rock upon which to sit for he knew that where a woman had been a man was sure to go. He was found three hours afterward, sitting upon his rock, shivering like an aspen leaf for his bones were chilled to the marrow with hia faith in the talisman of a woman's footprint strengthened and confirmed. This morning when the -party got ready to enter the cave, it was observed that neither Mr. Woollen nor Prof. Jordan accompanied it. Mr. 'Woollen seemed not to be interested in the further explorations of the Wyandotte, and Frof. Jordan was obliged to shoot some birds for the fox he had picked up in this wilderness. BstTeeahuiiirfor' hia fox's dinner juii t-. .1 .iriiY riueciea 10 emeree

caressing the bucketful or two of bats hehas gathered up, this eminent naturalistseems to put in his time very well without, seeking to penetrate the mysteries of Wyandotte cave without a candle in his hand or &. match in his pocket

Louisville, April 27. Professor Cox and his party left Wyandotte cave veterday afternoon for home and stopped at Leavenworth for supper. Here we were called upon by Mr. John T. Crecehus, editor of the Levenworth Democrat, who had accompanied us to the cave the day before, and to whom we are indebted for many courtesies. The two scribes of the party made a call of honor on Dr. Hawn the fat man of the pocket, but that eminent disciple of Esculapius was not in. It will be remembered that the Rev. Harding, of the Herald, once wrote up the cave and immortalized the doctor by connecting his name with Fat Man's Misery. After supper at Ourbacker's hotel we took the steamer Morning Star for this city. In the wharf boat Professor Jordan saw a string of fish hanging against the wall, and noticing one with a gothic tail, he pronounced it a rara nn, and forthwith added it to his collections. On the steamer "the j-arty divided into twos" and selected state rooms for the night. The sleeping companion of the professor of natural history was Professor Bell, and these men of science soon retired to room No. 37 with their baggage and collections. Soon after the professor with the ringing name had resigned himself to the arms of Morpheus, he was awakened by a noise made by many sounds. The bats purred, the fox barked, but the fish lay still and uttered not a sound. The voices of the bats and of the fox were music to their owner and lengthened his slumbers, but not 60 to his brother professor. He turned on his bed, now on one side and then on the other, and anon on his back, seeking rest and sleep, but the chattering of the 'varmints' drove the s'eepy god away. At last exhausted nature succumbed and the troubled professor fell into semi-unconsciousness. But his rest was troubled and of short duration. Nightmare seized hold of him, and he imagined himself in Noah's ark fighting bats and throttling foxes. The bats flapped their skinny arms in his face, and, driven to desperation, he seized the fox by the throat with one hand, and with the other grasped convulsively the fish with the eothic tail. Regaining consciousness he discovered that instead of being in Noah's ark he was in a state room of the steamer Morning Star, and that the bats he was fighting were singing a lullaby while their master slept and the fox he was strangling was adding his treble notes to the song. Disgusted with the orchestra, he left his berth and sought repose in another place. Our trip, which is nearly ended, has been a pleasant one. It was undertaken for recreation and in the interests of science, and has not been without good results. Professor Cox originated and planned it, and planned it well. By the courtesy of the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis railroad company and of the Louisville, Evansville and Henderson mail company tbe party was furnished with free transportation, and to the officers of these companies it desires to tender its acknowledgements. The clerk of of the steamer Morning Star, Mr. Loyd Whitlow, was particularly kind and obliging, and his many courtesies will be long remembered by the party. llye on Ills Policy. Washington Special to the Chicago Times of Yesterday. The president does not appear to be very much concerned about the rebellion in the republican ranks to be led by Blaine. In a recent conversation with a friend he said that the threats of Blaine, Ben Wade and other extreme republicans to antagonize the southern policy amounted to nothing. The president said he saw no reason for uneasinesson that score. He did not see how thee gentlemen were going to give practical force and effect to their opposition. They could not do so by thwarting any personal plans or prospects of his own. because he had none for them to thwart They could not do it by defeating his nominations in the senate, because he never would send any name to the senate in whose confirmation he had any interest beyond that .inspired by his general views as to the good of the public service. He did not see that they could do anything beyond denounce his policy in speeches. Even if they could find a majority in the senate opposed to his southern policy, thesenate could not undo what had been done could not restore troops to the stalhouses nor could it rehabilitate the governments which have vanished as soon as the federal troops were withdrawn from their support. To a suggestion that tbe opposition might seat Kellogg as senator from Louisiana, the president's reply was that that would be the senate's affair and not his. The senate was the judge of the qualifications of its own members. The general tenor of the president's observations on the subject of Klllogg's contest was to the effect that he hd no personal interest in the matter, and did not see how the Beating of Kellogg could disturb the even tenor of his administrative policy. It could not, at worst, be regarded as a reversal of any decision of his as to who was tbe legal governor or which the rightful government in Louisiana, because he had done nothing but withdraw federal interference, lecving the government of the state to adjust itself according to the ruling sentiment of its people. Leavenworth Democrat: G. W. Dietz, the great idiotic Centennial walker, who walked From New Albany to Philadelphia last fall, writes to Mr. Wm. Rotbrock of the "Wyandotte Cave" for particulars of tbe cave. He intends to write the history of Indiana, and will note the "Wyandotte" near this place. He starts out on tbe 2(th of this month on loot for New York and Boston. This is his birthday, he being 80 years of age. By Their Works Te Shall Know Thm.' The Irishman who thought the druggist stingy because the emetic was so small, is only surpassed in his parsimonious drollery by those who persistently adhere to the use of those nauseating, disgustingly large and drastic pill?, while Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative PelleU, which are sugar coated and little larger than mustard seeds, will, by their steady and gentle actiou on the liver, correct all torpidity, thus permanently overcoming constipation. In South America they have almost entirely superseded all other pills, and are relied on fully by the people, and often used as a preventive of the various affections of tbe stomach, liver and bowels, so prevalent in that climate. Pierce's pocket memorandum books are given away at drug stores. Smybsa, Aroostook Co., Me., Nov. C, 1870. R. V. Pierce, M. D.: Vzkvl Sib I write to inform you that I have used your TeHets for some time, and find them to be the best medicine that I everused. 1 have also used, your Favori te Prescription in mv family with entire satisfaction. I have seen your People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, and I think it is u.ebest thing that I have ever seen. Yours truJyv C. Eqzbxaju.