Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1880 — Page 1

M 0 4 ill: YOLV XXYI1I. NO. 35: INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1880. WHOLE NO. 1544.

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GENERAL TELEGRA3IS.

POLITICAL- ! I : GRANT SPEECH AT OA LENA. Chicago, Anno 2. A Gafc-na stxsjUl .ys: "Last night Hon. Philo A. Orton, in his Kpeech to the fcepubliean Mas Meeting, leave bin reasons for leaving tbe Democratic party, with which he had awl tbr twentv year. Jle Introduced General Oint who lludd toJndn Orton'a speech aa follows: I did not intend topek when I came hre to-night. I äxa. very much like Judire Orton: I have never niwio Republican speech iu Juy life, or any kiwi o political inmh. I am Mir it would require some time and much preparation to make one of aav lengta. 1 can, of course, go a little further Üu J ub.i! Orion and say that 1 never voted Republican Presidential ticket iu my life, and but one Democratic ticket, and that was many Tcamflg", when I was qwitea young mau. Lnt. J will ledj;e you my word here ociht that, if I am siired, although V Khali be soiae distance from J' cm on the eroud day of November, I shall return to Ualem. to cast one Kepublican vote for President of the '"nited State, and I ho. the city of Galena will wt a round Republican vote such as it has never cast before. ' fHEItSCAS's SPKlH ,tT mcISXATI,' r Cincinnati, Auiptxt 30. Hon. John Sherman, Secretarv of the Treasury, delivered bin tirst speech tit the e aiapaign at like' ( iera House tonitht. Major A. T. Goshorn presided. The Opera House was rof UHly and nrn-t uitefully iecorated with Hajo awl flowers, and Wat crowded with people lnir before the .akini began. Tho Jeoretury had an enthusiastic greeting w hen he w as inmälucetL la reply to question, by. one of the audience, as u the cauie of the removal of General Arthur, as .Colic tor of Customs at New York, Mr. Sherman said: "1 have never aaid one won! impugning General Arthur's honor or iutejrrity as a man or gentleman, but be waa not in harraouy with the views of the administration in the management of the Custom House. While I would not perhapa have recommended his nomination, yet I would vote for him for Vice President a million times before I would vote for William H. English, with w hom I nerved In Congress. THE SEVVBLICAX'S Or KANSAS. Topeka, Ka., August 30. A large number of delegates to the Republican State Convention, and a quantity of candidates.have already arrived. It is very uncertain who will be nominated for any office, except there in no opposition to Judge Valentine for Associate Justice. The Convention Convene at 10 a. m. on Wednesday, comino together. Newt York, August 30. Irving Hall this afterr.oon sent to Tammany Hall a series of resolutions looking to and proposing a conference, to adjust the diß'erenccs existing. The communication was responded.-U by. Tammany, who appointed a Committee of eleven to confer with a similar one from Irving Hall ou Wednesday evening. WILL BE THE CANDIDATE. rcadink, Ta.. August 2S. Returns received np to miilniht make it apparent that State Senator Enuentrout will be the Icmocratic nominee for Congress to succeed Heister Clymer. hoes sot want office. Boston. Mass., August 2. In a speech at Fanucil Hall to-night, tierteral l?'itler declared he is not and shall not be ft candidate for anyotticc, elective or appointive at this election or under the incoming administration. DOMINATED FOR CONGRESS. Alexandria, Va., August SO. General James 11. Williams has been nominated for Congresa by the Mah(ne Keadjusters of the Eighth District. A Thrilling Scene In a Coiurt Room. LorisviLl.E, August 2S. A thrilling s-ene oc curred in the Court room at Nicholasville. Ky., last evening. For a week past James II. Arnold has rieen on trial for the murder of his brother-in-law, Hon. Robert Little, at Richmond, last winter. C. J. Brouston, for the State, replied to Senator Vorhees, one of Arnold' counsel, and in his summary denounced a part of the testimony for the defense as forgery, when Senator Vorhees interrupted, saving '-may it please the Court, no Mich testimony" as that has been introduced in this Court. I denounce the statement as untrue." Bronson. turning to the 5enator, said earnestly aud emphatically that there wa such evidence, and his statement w as true." The buzz of voices became louder, and the w omen's faces liegan to pale. Again the Senator said it was untrue, and rcain the attorney asseverated the truthfulness of the statement. A third time the Senator viid: "I sav it is not true." Then Itronston aid in' reply:I say it's true." A man narainl J. T. Lerrell.who was sitting on the lower step of the Judge's stand, a friend of the prisoner, said nothing ot the kind had been öfteren in the testimony. At the same instant some ierson in the audience, close to the bar. shouted. "It was a d d lie." Immediately following that came a woman's scream, and then ensued a scene of confusion and riotous disorder almost impossible to portray. While this was going on a struggle took place inside the bar near the jurors. A brother of the prisoner had, run up to Mr. Bronston, the prosecuting attorney, and pointing a pistol at his bosom, exclaimed: "Oh! G d d n yon, I've got you now!" Before he could fire the pistol, not having been cocked when iresntcHL some bystander grasped the weapon and turned the muzzle aside. Mr. Bronston backed to the Judge's stand and cried: "Give me a pistol. Give me' a : pistoL somebody. . lHn't you sie that man Is trying to shoot me," "Judge Buekner gave his commands to the oflicers, w ho, numerous ts they were, were almost powerless to control the vast and raging throng. Beholding a man with the pistol, he shouted: "Mr. Sheriff, disarm that man." The Sheriff had already his hands full guarding the prisoner and attending to the jury, and the order not being o?ved instantly, he called to the Clerk and. bystander to at once disarm the man, who was struggling to hold on to his weation. Among the bystanders was Mr. Walter Kodes, Deputy Sheriff of Fayette, who took a hand Instantlv in assisting to make the arrest, while Slew Baldw in, the Circuit Court Clerk, clearing tables and chairs, succeded in getting hold of the uplifted pistol and w renching it fmiri the man's' grasp. On the instant he was ordered to prison. During the excitement the primmer was locked up with the jury in an adjttning room. When order was restored Senator Voorhees arose to explain to the Court that he had not intended to raise a disturbance by his remark, and after an earnest conversation between the Senator and Bronston, the gentlemen agreed that their remarks had been the result of a . misunderstanding. The jury and prisoner were then ordered to be brought into Court and the v trial to proceed. Arnold came out with his wife clasped about hid neck, and w hen he took his place beside bis conngel the sat upon his knee, refusing to be separated from him, and looking defiance at any and all that should attempt separation. - - '"-t ' t j v ! ! . - ' The trial ot Arnold 'for the mnrder of Little Closed at .NlrholasviUe to-day w ith a verdiet of notguiltv.' Tbe killing occurred on the fflh of December, at Richmond, w hen both men w ere prominent and respected ritirens. The mother of their wives had died a few month- previously, leaving an estate of Sl.'iO.OOO, w ith Little as executor. The administration of the estate led to iersonal ill feeling between the. two men, w hose wives were to share it equall y, and on th morning named Arnold went to Little's otSre, and, in the absence of any w itnesses, khot hiiu dead. The theory of self-defense, ujon w hich Arnold was acquitted, waa based less upon the testimony of witnesses than upon tbe probability that tbe altercation would take place when two iorties met. The verdict caused intense excitement in the Court room. , Arnold's friends shouted and surrounded bim, w hile hU wife covered him with her body to prevent his being killed. A strong guard took the prisoner to his room. The examination of Arnold's brother for drawing a revolver on Bronston was concluded this evening. He was fined f 1,000 and sentenced to State Ilison for one year. The KfTesrt of Chief Ourajr'a Death. Washington, D: C, Attgnst 28. The d-ath of Chief Ourar w hioh is rcjrted to-night will not, in the opinion of the omcers of the Interior IeDartment. seriously impede the business of the I'te Commission. mnch less break off entirely the negotiations now pending. Acting Secretary Bell,- while conceding to Chief Ouray cousiderablo influence among the Southern L'tes. thinks there still retains amongst them other Chiefs and head men favorably in clined to treaty, w ho w ill induce the members of iieir tribe to agree to it, auu consequently icei quite omiident that the negotiation will pc- conducted to a suceessful ending. ' ' " " Five Young Men Killed. Lowell. Mass.. Ansrust 20. A shocking acci dent occurred on the Lowell and Lawrence Railroad Saturday night, by. which Ave yowthsnf this city josr tneir lives, a aiMAiijaa yiejuc was held during the day at Smith's Grove, In-the town of Andover, where these young men had been participating. Either for lack of money or for sport tney con tri red te cL-mberon top of a passenger car in the trala which left Lawrence at 7:30 p. m. When the train reached Pprague's Bridge two miles from this city, in the-town of Tewkabury, all five were swept off and killed. At the time it was only known that one had met hia death la this manner, This was Jota Shcaiiick,

sixteen years old. He was thrown down between the cars on the plaUormr-where-the conductor found him. He lived about twenty minutes bus was unconscious. His body was brought here and hlentiHed, Some time later the trackmen found the boilies of the others lying in the ditches, three on one side of the track and one on the other. A freight train waa sent from here and brought them in about midnight. They were William Maher, fifteen years; John McNamara, sixteen years; Timothy Nolan, seventeen years, ami Iatriek Ryan, fifteen years. There is a space of twenty-two inehes between the cans and the bridge, therefore it is conjectured that the lads were sitting up w hen struck, Proiwblv all but Shctinick was almost instantly killed, as the wound on their heads and baeks were terrible. The undertaker's rooms where the bodies lie have been thronged to- -y.

Itnrnecl on the Lake SeTeral Persona Drowned. : Detroit, Mich., August 29. The Post and Tribune special says: "The Marine City, on her way down from Mackinac with a full load of freight and passeegers, left Alcona at 3:30 this afternoon. About 4, when' oT Sturgeon Point, fire was discovered in the hold, and ; before effective efforts could be taken the names las-amu- unmaiumeablc. The efforts of the crew were at once directed to saving the passengers. The tug Vulcan was fortunately in sight, and hastened to the relief, as did also the boats of the Life jSaving Station at the Point and several small boats from the shore. These picked up a large number of persons in the w ater, chiefly from the ietroit. Port Huron and tip-shore ports: also the following: Mrs. J.J. Moore and son, Otturawa; O. IeVitt Coville, Toronto; Misc Margaret and J. J. McConnel, Mrs. John McElroy, Charles Clemens, Latimer Thompson, and Frank Warner, all of Toledo; Isaac Tagner, Montreal. The following are the only missing, yet know n: Richard Shultz, James Griftiu, Frank F.mmctt, Guv McKlroy, of Toledo; Dr. Pomcroy, of Ohio. A number have la-en taken to Sturgeon Point, w hose names have not been obtained. Caotain Coiner and the crew of the Marine City acted with great coolness, and Captain Hackett and the crew of the tug Vulcan rendered valuable assistance, as did also the Life-saving crew. Those rescued are all at Alcona." ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Detroit, August 29. The Steamer Marine City, running between Mackinac aud this port aud Cleveland, took tire at 2 o'clock this afternoon, two miles off from Alcona and thirty miles below AJpena, and burned to the water's edge. She had a large load of passengers. One hundred and thirty are reportea savea, wnue some, are known to be lost. The Wheat Crop Pushing On. Chicago. August 30. A careful examination of the condition of the wheat crop in the great wheat belt on the line of the rortnern raoirtc Railroad has been made for the Associated Press, and it can be stated that the reports of its being in danger in consequence of the weather are unwarranted. The late spring delayed seeding and harvest fully two weeks, and the last week of cloudy weather along the line has interfered with thrashing, but the crop is safe, and. with favorable weather, will commence moving largely this week fully three weeks later, however, than last vear. The'Dalrymple farm alone will require thirty-live cars a day to take care of the grain as thrashed. The contraetintr force engaged on the extension of the Northern Pacific Railroad, west of tho Missouri, w ill complete the grading to the Yellowstone early in October. The President of the road has directed the Chief tngineer to transier the working force directly across to the located line of the Yellowstone division, w ith the intent to reach and pass Miles City and Fort Keogh next July. : The Colored National Guards. St. Lons, Mo., August 29. A reunion ot the Colored National Guards of the United states w ill be held here to-morrow, and continue three days. Companies A and B, of the Sixteenth Illinois Regiment, under command of Mnior J. W. Scott. arrived to-day from Chicago. The Zouave of Memphis will arrive to-nignt. ana tne .mci leiiau Guards, of the same place, will come to-morrow. Captain Kd Brown and Lieutenant B. J. Payne, of the Palmer Guards, of Columbus, )., are here, and will represent that company, and a corcpany is extected from Davton. O. The two Chicago companies were received at the depot by the Attuck tiuarns. oi mis city, ana were cscoriea io the Cnion Hall, w here they now are, and w here all other visiting companies will be quartered. To-morrow there w ill be athletic sports at the Fair Grounds, a competitive drill, ana an inspection and review. Tuesday, the officers of the National Guard I'uion will hold a Convention, and on w ednesdav there will be a parade in the alternoon and reception in the evening. Suicide Fatal Accident. Cleveland. O.. Aneust 30. J. S. Morgan, of J. S.Morgan & Co., job printers of Cincinnati, ar rived Here this morning, lie ainea at tne notet w ith a friend, then called at the St. Clair Place on Mrs. Luehrs. who holds his note for S2. G00. After an interview with her in tbe presence of the wife of the proprietor of the Place, Morgan said to Mrs. Luehrs she better send ner note to t incinnau, as a meeting of creditors would be held there to-morrow, saying w hich he arose from his seat, walked to the other side of the room, and, w ithout warning, drew a revolver and shot himself through the head, inflicting a wound w hich terminated fatally a few hours later. John Fiukbinder, employed at Quaylc's shipyard, was holding dow n the tongue of a twow heel cart, to-day, w hile a heavy log was being loaded. The weight of the log threw the tongue violently up, throw ir.g Finkbinder face down on a large plank, and the tongue fell on the back of his head, killing him. A New Departure. Plattsmocth, Neb., August 30. For more than a year the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Road has been building a railroad bridge over the Missouri River a few miles below this point, the object being to have a crossing independent of the toll bridge, at Omaha. The structure w as tested to-day in the most thorough manner, 400 tons weight of locomotives going over each span. The bridge stood the test easily. There ls no draw in - it, but its center siar rises to such a height that steamers readily pass beneath it. It is made of steel. The inspecting partr was composed of atsnit sixty prominent railroad engineers and railroad officials from different scctious of -the conn try , and a considerable number of journalists. All of . these gentlemen express themselves as thoroughly satisfied with the test. This new departure in railroading is regarded as highly important in this part of the country, as it may lead to results benehcial to the public. The Ute Commission. Washington. D. C August 30.-Acting Secre tary Bell, of the Interior Department, rewired A dispatch this evening from Mr. Monypenny, Chairman of the Ute Commission, dated Southern Ute Agency, Angust 24, which confirms the published report of Chief Ouray's death. Up to the time of he receipt of this telegram, which, it will be observed, w as six days on the way, Secretary Bell was inclined to discredit the report of Ouray's death, and the dispatch -received this evening state that Ouray died this morning. The Commissioners fear this may embarrass them in their work. They held a full council yesterday, but no Indiana signed the ratification. Ignatio and other Chiefs opposed It. Ouray Successor. Log Pixoa AENCT, Col., August 2, via Lakk Citt, August :tO. ThevGrand Council assembled to-day to decide upon Ouray's successor. Chief Saporanari w ill undoubtedly be the man. He had charge of affairs last winter during Ouray's absence in Washington, '-and showed considerable executive ability. He 1 not the equal of Ouray, and there is no irui in the Nation who Is. The Commission has ruromplished nothing since Ouray was first taken sick. Ignatis, of the Southern Utes, is bitterly opfiosing the treaty. The time in w hich the treaty must be ratified expires on the löth of October. Five Case of Yellow Jack. Memphis, Angust 30. Dr. C. A. Rice, Inspector of tbe National Hoard of Health at Vicksburg Station, telegraphs that he has taken five sick people from off the tow-boat Raven, which arrived Saturday evening from New Orleans, but that the boat Kroceeded up the river against his protest. The eallh authorities L tc arc on the alert, and the Raven w ill not be permitted to land at this port Financial Mutters. - Washington, D. (? Ang"st 30. The Treasury Department Intimates that ahont $4.000,000 of foreign gold w ill arrive at New i'ork each week until the 1st of November. The Treasury Department has directed that fJ0,0O0,0O0 in gold coin in the New York Sub-Treasury be placed to the credit of the Superintendent of the assay office of that city to pay for foreign bullion as it arrives. The Burning of the Steamer Marine City. Drraorr, Mich., August so. There is little news from the wreck of the Marine City. The boat has floated ashore but is burned to the water's edge. The latctt stuteiac&ta axe that her books aud

papers were lost, so that the work of ascertaining just how manv were lost aud who, will tie a work of some difficulty. It is estimated that there were 1J0 itassengers and forty crew on hoard, and about ISO reported as saved. The rest, it is feared, are lost. Three bodies have been recovered, but their names are not known. On one cuff was found marked Watson. The proximity of boat to thc;iife-saving station at Stiirpeon Point, the near neighborhood of the tug Vulcan aud the fishing tug Grayling, the coolness of Captain Conner and his crew of the burned steamer, and the fact that it was daylight, all aided iu rendering the loss of life comparatively small. Death of Hon. Robert McClelland. Dktkoit, Angust 30. Hon. Robert McClelland died at ten minutes past 10 this evening, having never recovered conscionsiiesa since his attack Saturday afternoon. This death leaves but two of President Pierce's cabinet still living, his Postmaster General, Judge Campbell, of Philadelphia, and Jeff Davis, his Secretary of War.

The Population of Kanu, T( teka, August 30. The United States Census Supervisors give the following as the population of the State, ac-ording to the returns of the Fnumerators: -First District, i'rfi.Jfcter Second, 335,620; Third, 404,344. Total of Svate, y.6,300." HUSUM K OF TIIK WEEK'S JfKWS. Secretary Sherman will maKC two speeches in Indiana next week. , Some interesting discoveries have recently leen made among ruins in Mexico by M. Desire Charnay. Several factories were destroyed by fire in Philadelphia, on Thursday, causing a loss of over $200,000. The Colorado Republican State Convention completed their nomir ations fur the State ticket on Friday. . A detail of regular anrir officers attended the funeral services of trcneral Myer, which occurred at Buffalo last Friday. Two citizens at Taylorville, 111., evidently sanguine in temperament, have sued a country editor at Edwardsville for $40,000 damages. Severn! events in Rensselaer and Washington Counties. New York, combine to make the Demo-CI era tic outlook there exceedingly favorable. General Mahone, the Readjuster leader of Virginia, publishes a complete denial of all the stories of his insinuated bargain with the Republicans. The cotton crop of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama and Georgia is rejiorted as favorable, licking has begun and the yield promises fairly. Colonel Grierson has given up the pursuit of Victoria, who is making for New Mexico and Arizoua, where Generals Hatch and liuel are in command. ' , - The Secretary of War explicitly denies the report that (icneral Schofleld was remove,! from the command of West Point, and the order afterward rescinded. There was a reunion of the Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Regiment last Friday at Cleveland General Garfield's regiment. lie attended and made a long sieech. The sessions of the various sections of the American Association for the Advancement of Science were continued at the Institute of Technology iu Boston, on Saturday. The colored militia companies of the United States are assembling at St. Juis, w here they will hold a reunion this week. Two Chicago organizations are on the spot " A young man named C. A. Van Duzen, of Passaic, N. J., induced a shop girl at that place to eloie with him. At Cincinnati he took all her money, and deserted her. In a fight letween Reyes, the Mexican bandit, and Sheriff Butner with a posse of men, near Tucson, Ari., a few days ago. tne former was defeated and some of his band were killed. The citizens of Staunton County, Virginia, are circulating a paper denying that General Wade Hampton, in his Staunton speech, made the remarks attributed to him by the Tribune. In declaring that he would lote the Republican ticket in November, General Grant took occasion to enlighten the country in regard to the fact that it would be the first Republican ballot he ever cast Mr. A. K. Owen, an American engineer, has re ported that the Bay of Topolobumpo, in the Mexican State of sinaloa, is available as a harbor. This will be an incalculable advantage to the State. Important changes In the overland lines, connecting with the Anglo-Amerin cables, have been made by which the cable facilities between this city and the Old World have been nearly doubled. Galusha A. Grow made a speech at Titusville, Pa., on Saturday evening, in the course of w hich he said he w as In favor of killing some more Democrats, if it became necessary to protect the rights of citizens. The twenty-ninth meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science begau last week in Boston. The Association was welcomed to the city by addresses from Mayor Prince and Governor Long. The steamship Cybele, en route from England to Montreal, has been wrecked off Anticosti. her fifty-six passengers escaping without injurv, and reaching Montreal last night after a week's detention on the island. John Hochstrasaer. a teamster, and two brothers named Snurr, drank beer at a Fort Wayne (Ind.) brewery, liecame drunk, and quarreled. The Snurrs finally seized clubs and hit Hochstrasscr on the head, killing him. Ouray, chief of the Uncomphagre Utes, died last week at the Southern Ageucy in Colorado. The Commission has accomplished nothing as yet, and his death may delay the settlement of the question over a year. The news of the effectual union of the two branches of the Democratic jvarty in the State of New York in support of Hancock and Knglish hag produced a most favorable impression on Democrats all over the country. The President on Thursday signed the commlasions of Horace Mavnard as Postmaster tienernl, of D. M. Key, as District Judge for the Kastern District of Tennessee, and of General Longstreet as United States Minister to Turkey. Five young men who attended a picnic, near Andover, Mass., climbed on top of a passenger car in a train bound for Lowell, for the purpose of securing a free ride. When the train issed under a bridge, near their destination, they were all swept off and killed. There Is as much dissatisfaction In Mexico over the suspected interference of the Government in the recent Presidential election, and (icneral Gonzalez, the President-elect, has gone w est with 15,000 troops. The Government U also organizing guarus, ju we, uinauvvwu ies. Squire T. Dewy has filed acompUint in the Superior Court in San Francisco against John W. Mackcy, Jamc C. Flood, William O'Brien, the Nevada Bank, and other persons and corporations In California, for alleged frauds and breaches of trust. The sum involved is about tlO.OUO.OOO. George Howard, a young lawyer, was murdered in Brooklyn, N. Y., at an early hour Sunday morning, by three roughs. He was going home, when two women, who were being followed, asked his protection. He escorted them several blocks until the deseradoes onme up with him, and, after a brief altercation, stabbed him to the heart. An immense meeting at Faneuil Hall, in Boston, on Satnrday evening, listened to Chairman Palmer's reasons for leaving the inconsistent Republicans, and to General Butler, who, after declaring he would not take an elective or appointive office, thoroughly reviewed the imbecility of the Administration and the public cowardice of Garfield, and then closed w ith an appeal for Hancock. At Hyde Park, on Saturday night, Michael Boylson had a quarrel with his wife. His stepsou. Charles Hirschman. who was tip stairs, heard it and came down, but found thr.t Boylson had gone out to the pump in the back yard. Hlrschluaa met him on the steps. They clinched, separated, and Hirschman shot Boylson. killing him almost instantly. Hirschman was held for murder by the Coroner's Jury. At 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon the side-wheel steamer Marine City w as destroyed by fire on Lake Huron, off Alcona. She had 130 passengers on board, many of whom, it Is feared, have been lost. When the flames were dlncovered. a panic ensued and before anything could be done, toward saving life a laree number had uimpea into tne water, A tug-Kiat which waa passing succeeded in rescu ing several, and others got ashore in yawls. The steamer was valued at txJ.OOO and was insured for $13,000. The Sweet Singer. New York World. A Villi J V V V . AUI IJ va ui s . Louis whisky rincr. and later of the Missouri Penitentiary, has come out for Garfield, and is writing camjwlpn Hongs, to be tmng at meetings addressed by becretary bcnurz ana Mr. U. w. Curtiss. .Now, by tot. raui, the

good worJc goes araveiy on.

THE DRAGOX FLY.

Something About the Natural Enemy of Mot ha, Mill era and Mosquitoes. Onecif the must beautiful ami leneficial inseVLsof the- summer season, and services are least appreciated by the agricul turist, is the coiniiKntragon ny. I here are many varieties, cum prising an extensive ami lcaTitiful group of largciwd insects, rivaliiur our butterflies in gracefulness of form ami brilliancy of coloring, while they excel fhem in rapidity of night. anous lmpuiar names have been given them in lifl"erent countries. Tbe French t.Il them "demoiselles," the fierman "ganze Hies" ami "virgins of the water," while among the English they are known as "dragon fiies,M "horse stingers" ami "devil's darning-needles." The first of the English names is appropriate to the character of the fly, for, among other insects, it fully earns its title of "dragon." It is not a "hote Minger," however, can neither bite, sting nor jajison, apd as a "devil's darning-needle" does not sew up the mouths of those children who are given to romancing. They arc perfectly harmless to man, and can be baud leu without danger. The dragon fly belongs to the order "Xeuroptera" and the family ''Lildlulida" They have six legs and four wing, in average seciinens the body attains a length of an inch and a half or two inches. They are almost universally dressed in the gayest colors. The btalv ii variously Landed with rich shades of blue, green and yell.ow, and the wings give off the m-t beautiful iridescent and metallic reflections. The substance of the w ings is a delicate network, covered by a thin, transparent membrane, combining great strength w ith lightning, which enables it to fly and dart upon its prey with the greatest rapidity. The long tail, or "needle," undoubtedly acts as a rudder to steady its flight. The large head is provided with two enormous compound eyes, comrxiKKi of many thousand facets, and their great ower or vision is still further increased by three simple eyes or ocelli, on the upjer portion of the head. The mouth is quite a lormidabie structure. ihe upcr lip is broad and conceals. , powerful toothed mandibles, and there are other organs ot the mouth armed with strong teeth which enable it to rend and masticate its food. The most remakable fea ture of thenonth is the lower lip, a large, flas, lobed organ, closing the luoiitli from the under tide, and which can be projected forward to a comarjtively great distance when seizing its prey. During Jn1y and August the various siecies of Libellula and its allies most a'jound, the female at this time bcinc actively engaged in the disposition of eggs, winch are glued in bunches to the streams of leaver or grass stalks just beneath the sur face of the water, lhese eggs soon hatch aud produce larva which bears a distinct resemblance to the perfect dragon fly. The larva is very active, and passes its existence in the water, feeding on young mosquitoes and the larva of other noxious aquatic insects.. It 1 possesses a curious ldraulic apparatus,' y which it discharges ' a stream of water for the distance "of two or three inches behind it. propelling the insect forward. The notion thus given is verv irregular, and its direction apicarsto be beyond the control or the larva. The curious apparatus serves for respiration as well as locomotion. From the larva it jmsses into the pua state, and still more resembles the perfect insect. It is verv attractive craw ling over the bottom if the pool or pond in its search for;fuKl; preying mostly ujon those insects jhich are injurious to man. It. only acts well its part in maintaining the balance of life, but cleanses the swamps of mismata, thus, purifying the uir we breathe. Ihe natural term of life of the dragon fly is .about one year. Most of its ex istence is passed in the water in the condition of larva or pupa, and it inhabits the air only three or four weeks. ; When about to complete üs final transformation, the pupa climb up some suitable place near the surface of the water, attaches itself firmly to some object, and inn short time the skin opens along the back; and from the rent there soon apjears the perfect dragon fly, who, after drying his moist wings, trusts his untried pinions with the fullest confidence to the new element, in which he lives but a few short summerä,ayK", Tennyson . beautifully describes , these changes iif the ''Two Voices:" ...... "To-day I saw the dragon fly Come from the wells u here he did lie, An inner impulse rent the veil f his old husk; from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings; like gauz they grew; Through crofts and postures wet with dew A living flash of life he flew." Dunne its existence ot three or lour weeks above the waters, its life is a continued good to man. It hawks over jiools and fields and through gardens, decimating swarms of mosquitoes, flies, gnatsand other baneful insects. Their rapid flight and enormous range of vision enable them to capture these insects withcase. They destroy inultitudesof moths and millers, whose lame are injurious to vegetation, wuue xney ao noi injure any product of the agriculturist themselves. A few of them shut into a house would soon rid it of flies, bugs and mosquitoes. They are jMrfectly harmless, and can be handled with impunity, and are an interesting subject for study, as there still remains much to be learned of their natural history. The dragon flv is widely distributed over all parts of the globe; but few, however, exceed in size or beauty those of our own country. , Lying: Tactics. . New York Truth (IftdA, August 2C. For many months past Republican journals throughout the conntry have teemed with quotations from an obscure paper published in Mississippi.callcdtbeCkolona States. Its utterances reeked with ribaldry and treason. , It advocated the most ernicious doctrines and filled its columns with insults to the Union and its teple. Extracts from this Hijer were every where heralded by the Republican press as an expression of the real feeling and sentiments existing at the South,' and doubtless contributed no little toward spreading such erroneous belief among the Northern public. During a long jieriod the patient inhabitants of Okolona and its vicinity were content to view its editor as a harmless but amusing idiot, little dreaming tliat his absurdities would ever jcnctrate beyond the little circle in which thev were laughed at. In time, however, and that very recently, they learned better learned how systematically and infamously they had been misrepresented and insulted learned how they were coming to be regarded as a desperate rang of partisan cut-throats, instead of a body of peaceable farmers as they are. They commenced to inquire into the personality of this red-hot editor, who he was and where he came from, and soon found out that he was a Northern importation with; a very hazy history. In their righteous indignation they rose, and it was not many days before he was making the fastest time on record across tbe Ohio River. Since the the Okolona States has been dumb. ... . The most prominent among the Western new-rpnjiers which had given widespread !iblicity to the Okolono editor's infamous nsults was that stanch Republican journal, the Chicago Tribune; and, strangely enough, when the fleeing editor landed it was in its sanctum, where he has since been engaged as a member of its staff. Now, the inference is unavoidable that this red-handed Rebel, who wanted to use the American flag as a door-mat, shoot every

negro and lyncli every white man who voted the Republican ticket, refuse to pay taxes and 're-establish the Confederacy, with saintly Jeff Davis as its Chief Executive, was, after all, onfyr paid -ReTmblican spy, in the service of some of the unscrupulous managers of that party. Nor is this the only case. A few years ago an almost similar instance occurred in one of the Parishes of Louisiana. In fact, this sort of thing seems to Ik? a part of the Republican tactic, and doubtless the. entire South is now being stuffed full of just such mendacious Bohemians instructed to misinterpret and misrepresent speeches made in the South by its prominent leaders to the same extent that Wade Hampton's silly vaporing were recently tortured at Staunton, Va. There can be no longer a doubt that the Republican leaders' stock in trade will le made up of just such manufactured evidence. The bloody shirt is the only standard they can carrv into the contest; and as the Southern ieople refuse to wave it, hired scoundrels wil be sent in their midst to wave it for them. In encountering this disreputable mode of warfare, thinking o!ple should recollect that whatever the Stttitbern ieople may la? they are not absolute fools nor stone blind to their own interests. After their bitter lesson of fifteen years ago, they naturally have no desire to" rcjieat it.- The" doctrine of secession is as dead with them to-day as the alien and sedition law of John Adams is with the people of the North. If anyone tells them that Hancock fought forthe same principles that Lee and Jackson fought for, they will sot him down as a liar. All the money in John Sherman's coffers would not induce them to consent to the re-establish-ment of slavery, even were it iossible, which it is not. They raise the staples cheajer, and are making more money in one year with the new lalor system than they ever did in two years under "the old.

AN EXTKAOKDIXAKY CREATURE. A Dwarf Who Ceased to (irow When Six Months Old, And Can N'elther Walk Nor Utter a Sound. . New York Herald. Mr. r. T. Tiarn'um will jn-rhaps read with regret that there has arrived in this city without bis knowledge a more remarkable dwarf than any .with whom his name has ever leen connected. One of the passenpers by the steamer Wisconsin, of the Gtiion Line, which arrived on Tuesday morning, on which ship the parents of the strange little creature journeyed as emigrants, tells the following story of its history and antecedents: "Bridget Sujrhran is the daughter of John Sughran and wife, and was Ihjiti thirtv-one vears ago on an island off the coast of Jverry, Ireland. For six months after her birth the child continued to devölopjas seven brothers and sisters before her had done. . It is said to have Wen a remarkably pretty infant. At the end of six months, however, it suddenly ceased to grow, and all the intervening years of the child's life haye witnessed no development in its stature. Its head - alone lias . grown, and is now the size of the bead an average adult woman. Its limbs are rather more chubby than those of an average infant of six months, but its skin is as pale and delicate in appearance as that of a newborn babe. Itshairistwoorthreeincheslong, but thin and fine like that of a baby. All attempts at training have been unsuccessful in getting it to walk or talk, or even tp utter a cry. Though there is apparently no malformation of the tongue, it does not give vent to any noise even under the influence of pain. Yet it is by tio means idiotic, for it understands conversation and is keenly sensitive to remarks that may pass concerning itself. It also appreciates and remembers kindness it may recieve, and appears to have a good memory for faces.' It eats but little, its food consisting of a very small quantity of milk with a pinch of bread. It is very good-temiered, as may be presumed, and gives its parents little trouble. .For thirty-one years the parents have nursed and cherished it, never giving it over to a charitable institution, though often suffering for the necessaries of life. They speak of the child as an affliction sentin kindnesses by the will of God,- and do not wish in any way to get rid of tbe burden. , The account they give, 'of the origin' of the affliction accords with the superstition of the country. They term ii an 'overlook.' A case of 'overlook' they say, is when some witch out of evil motive calls down a calamity upon the object of its illwill. The father relates how on one occasion, about the sixth month of the child's age, two women were in the house, and one said1 to the other, 'See what a beautiful child that is,' and ' from that time tbe child ceased to grow. The father substantiates this theory of his affliction by relating an instance in which a 'fairy-woman,' or witch, pointed to a jarticularly beautiful cow among a drove and immediately it fell dead. At all events he deems it an affliction from which only the pleasure of God can. free him at the procr time. The child is now on its way to Mahanoy City, PaJ, where its parents intend to settle with some of their other children." The physician at Castle Garden was much interested in examining the curious little being. The' child is partly bald, and has lost many of its teeth. Bristow'a Experience. (Missouri Republican, 27th. Six years ago Benjamin H. Bristow was appointed Secretary of ' the ' Treasury; '" A gentleman of high social, professional and political standing in his native State, Kentucky, his appointment was regarded by both parties as entirely unexceptionable, and likely to be of material advantage to the important Department over which he was called to preside. The new Secretary soon gave indubitable evidence .that public confidence liad not been misplaced. lie discovered the existence of a secret and powerful organization engaged in the fystematic robbery of the revenue. The robbers were officers of the Government . hitherto implicitly trusted. Their lines of operation extended in various directions, having a common center in Washington, from which intelligence was promptly sent to any point threatened by Treasury detectives. This intelligence emanated from the Treasury Itself, and not ' infrequently from a quarter utill nearer the Executive. Never, doubting that he was doing his country and party an inestimable service, while at the same time doing no more than the imperative obligations of duty compelled him to do, the Secretary proceeded to expose the robbers and bring them to justice. He soon ascertained, to bis sorrow and shame, that his efforts were not only unappreciated by the President, but that hostile influences were at work in Presidential circles to embarrass and defeat them. A dishonest man would have made a bargain and shared the plunder; a timid man would luive retired from a position which promised so much annoyance and bo little satisfaction, and allowed the rebbers to go on unchecked. Fortunately for the people, unfortunately in many respects for himself, Bristow was honest and brave. With a courage and fidelity worthy of the highest praise he persevered in his thankless undertaking until the whisky ring was completely broken np, and such of the whisky thieves as the Administration did not interfere to save were lodged in jail or penitentiary. Long before the end was

reached, the pressure for-hi - resign nort krame disagreeably Ktrong, and as soon as jossibIe afterward be yielded to tliU pressnre ami returned to private life. All of his subordinates who Lad show n any zeal and efficiency in assisting their chief, were at once dismissed, and the journalistic friends of the ring took iarticular pains to let the public know what they were dismissed for. " 9 The ex-Secretary prolably console 1 himself with the Iselief that the s andalouü treatment he had rocciyed-frorr a Republican administration would be atoned for by the Republican party. JJe therefore allowed his name to be used as a Presidential candidate in 1S7J. It was practically hooted down in Convention. As Mr. Haves' letter of acceptance contained many " eloquent passages in regard to reform, there seemed to la? some foundation for the industriously circulated rumor that Bristow would he offered a scat in the cabinet. But the offer was never made, and the ex-Secretary dropped out of sight and out of mind In-ing now, we believe, a successful lawyer in New York. When the third-term business was demolished by the nomination of Gartield, it was thought that tbe only Republican who had ever distinguished himself as the enemy of the ring element in that combination of iniquity called "Grantism," might be called from olscurity aud utilized as an exoncntof the cleaner side of Republicanism. But there is not the slightest indication of such intention. Belknap and Robeson are in the field for the Republican ticket; Joyce is writing Republican campaign songs; Babcock considers the election of Garfield a indispensable to National salvation, and a!l the.bigand little rogues, with scarcely a single exception, who figured in the most rascally periol of National history, are lalsring vigorously in tDo same direction. If pKr Rristow united in himself the mental and moral characteristics of Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot, he could not be more studiously ignored than lie is by the party whose reform professions be endeavored to put into practice. He is considered of less consequence to-day by that party than the exconvict who is furnishing it campaign songs, or the ex-military Secretary w ho came so near being a convict himself. When Grant told John Russell Young a:td Young I rinted it in his Look that .'.'Bristow was a ad man, and that if he had been nominated in 187G he (Grant) would not have voted for him" the Republican party Ktid "Amen," and there is no. prospect of his ever escaping from the double condemnation. As an illustration of the real principles of Republicanism, so far as honesty and integrity are concerned, there can be nothinj; clearer or more conclusive than the extK'rience of Benjamin H. Briptw.

A KKLIC OF THE WAR. Tli Button That Waa Shot Trom General : . Hancock's Coat at Gettysburg:. Little Rock tiazette. ' ; Yesterday a well-dressed man but this is not a fashion article; what's ' the use of describing a man's dress? Anyway, the man entered a store, and taking a brass button from his pocket he handed it to a bystander, and remarked: "Rather a valuable relic. This button wa shot from General Hancock's coat at the battle of Gettysburg. My father was on Hancock's staff and picked up the button when it fell from the General's coat." "I should think that it wa valuable," said the man, examining it. "From Hancock's coat? Well, I declare. W'hat'll you take for it? Excuse ne, sir. I should not have asked such a silly question." "No offense, sir.. .1 wouldn't sell the relic, of course, as it is bound to me by more than one tie. My father is dead," and the man looked away while the other, party turned and made a foreign remark to a noy that stood by the counter lazily , turning tho leaves of a lot of sheet music "No, I wouldn't sell it," continued the man, "but as I am in straitened circumstances, I am going to the jawn shop and paw n it." "Don't do that. Let me take it," ! "Well, loan me $V' . : ' The money was handed over, , and after the relic man had carefully taken down the address of the capitalist he walked out. About five minutes afterward the clerk in a neighboring store" entered' and exclaimed: "See here, fellers; I reckon I've got the boss relic a button shot from General Hancock's coat at the battle of Gettysburg." He t lien unwrapped a lot of oil aper" from around a brass button. "Where did you get it?" aked the man who had a similar curiosity."I fcot it from a man wlmse father picked it up just after a bullet had clipped it from Hancock's coat. The poor fellow had started to the pawn shop. 1, lei him have $10 on it." .. ' "What, ho! boss," exclaimed another man, entering tbe store and holding tip a brass button. . "Here's a relic for vou. Snot from General Hancock's coat during the " . "Say, there," said a man looking throncrh a doorway, "do you fellers want to tee a rehc of the late war, shot-" "I've got one that'll beat it," said a man stooping and fumbling in his vest pocket. "Hole on dar," said a colored man. "Lent me show ycr de boss curyasity. Hit's a but- . ton got offen" "Oh, let up," exclaimed several voices, while the noise-of .buttons rolling on the floor was heard. "Less look for that feller.'' said the first victim.' "Why, bust my buttons, somebody must have drawn: -on .Hancock with a double-barrel shot-gun." The party went out, and the only information learned of him was that he hä I just cut the buttons from an old army coat and' started for the next town. ' , , The Presidency. Forney's Progress. There is no qualification for the Presidency more vital than unblemished integrity. Over and above all other things, the executive head of this Nation should be an honest ra. He should ' be not' only pure, but ve suspicion in all matters- affecting bis pecuniary relations with governmental affairs. ' There are so many cogent reasons for the recognition of this palpable truth, that; ; until the present year, no party has ever dared , to defy them. It is vain to talk of the pure administration of subordinate local affairs, if a man tainted with corruption is placed in the highest station within the gift of the people. The whole tone of . American politics will be lowered if the verdict rendered in November next, gives the slightest reason for the belief that tampering with grave public trnsts will be tolerated. In ,our free and easy way we . have , already done . far too much to make it possible for men with blemished reputations to obtain inferior offices. We know that councilmen, legislators, and congressmen, who are not above accepting bribes, have been elected and re-elH,Udvbut--imreml -of sinking to lower depths by extending tolerance of official knavery to the claimants for a higher grade of honors, the welfare of the Nation imperatively requires the reverse process. . . . A Republican View of the Constitution. Trenton (N. J.) Gazette (Rep.), A.ugut 25. The Federal Constitution of late years lias been the refuge and plea of traitors, Rebels and frauds. -