Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 32, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 April 1889 — Page 6

STRAIGHT FROM SAMOA.

mt Apia.

ffeerjr f tn Mwm -. (Hvamvst ttmm TtMNM.

Ha FRA9KWCO, April 14. The steam, ec Alamed arrived ia this city at babf-M-t o'clock y4trdav morula. hrlnfMMf advice from Apia u to March Th steamer 4'opped at the Smiou spioital and took off many of the shipwrecked sailor. The following facte with regard to the hurricane are giaud Immm the shipwrecked men. The storm sMitaMd at about two o'clock on Satwday aaoraiBg. te Nth of March, and TmrtrA until Sunday, a little after five o'clock in the sioruiug. The Kbr wa shriv. on the bore reef. She broke up i Mt pieces is a few initiate, only ow oat- '

wr and four men being saved. Pieces of

a tn h or, wbltfi was ampthl without accideat. AH wr removed betere sight. Oa Monday twenty. nra Sanaa from Mataafa's camp and th ma. e-war sailor were working hard alt day aavta prorty from Um Treaton, and mat asuaoaaa a4 tailor ware a la Man workiaj- oa Um other ships aelrar. X live were liMl. Tk Trenton in a total wreak. (W

Um ta wa MUed early am Um awrnia

of Saturday by briar trwii! among the timber af tor the colHsam. Hi Maata waa

Joseph Xeatlett. a colored man.

TIm Olga, aMr sliutda kr eabl and

getting elear of Um Trenton, mauaeed to

make headway against Um for some

time, aad bap were entertained that

this vmL to last left afloat in the har.

hoc, would be saved, but within half an

hoar sb wad run into on of the best positions for beaching ia the harbor.

Captain Pouj-Uss of Um schooner Lillr.

th lately appoint.! pilot, wa oa board Um Lilly when she suak, aa4. af ur nat

ftruKiittr. maaawd to xrt oa hoanl thr

Ohfa, aotl km maialf ioatrumcRtal, by hU knowIdc of th harlwr and vain-

OUR REPUBLIC

TlM OMtMilal Oolabratioai C It Birth.

Itmimwmttn f ;tHFt WattlHliHt m VUrtt IWttl-HUTrtHMttiHl Mwtvh

MihhiI Vwrawa Hrlr H. cra4,al Ha4h.

fife

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Klr are now trewa about th Iwach nZZZ? v2hm2 TT Tt" r,II:!!;ftl

rerf .he levied orr int d.vp walv ami fSS.TJ!?. "J? -W,Ul:1 "I' ,y

firoiauiy jsr snas, which wens of jtrat

w-ijtlit. ai.ftrd ia sma-.hi&x at lhn v

1 qaickly. The offlrrr tnl tho raea im- . woJiatoly wt-nt to ihe American Consala, where all a?taac jH)ibl w jwaderct! thm. Shortly afterwanl tb Aiiler also tlriftcil oii the ref a littl further westward. It woaM hanllr b credited by any M?r0 who bad aot sees it that ?such a bea-y shij a the Ariler a!d Iw lifted so hils oa the ref, which Is uncovered at low water. She it now lyiaROa her lrt side. hsh and drr. onlr

a few feet of h?r side beia uuder wtr at MnU tide. H havy learned tho exact naniher of the officer an I men (tweaiv) who were lost from the Adler, Karly on Saniar worain the work of recue comaseiiceJ. Boats aiaaned by ji.irtiefrom hore were exa?ed ia atiusr the live of the oMcers

aatx crew, who were oat oa th wreck nearly

ii.cuijr.iuHr Hour.. iattaia Frit sufr4 oat iujUrie. and had to be aii-!t-4 w the Genann rm'. preati, and weveml others were alo iajared. It is sarirliajf from the forw with which the v?at on the reef that more fatali-tte-sdid not occur. The shoci arm hare W fearful, and the Adtermmt have ea a strongly bnslt resel to Mnd it so well. Sailors and Samoaa since Sanday were baiily cn?aq;ed ia saving saiall artas aad other property of Um ship. The United States steamer Nipsie vas the next oa the lUt of casualties. It was ob-H-TTable from th shore that she woald at be able to hold oat. She was drifting

toward the reef, and at about uiae o'clock sb started for the shoreand jest toached Ute piKt of the reef with her rodder, rhich was carried away, to-ether wuS iwrtera po-,, but bkj!ful tnaaaemeat f ihe Caitain aud officer ih-v s;i.i.j

X I . . -

... oearuicz ner on the sand; Great credit dae for the wanner in which the Nips;? w baadled. for if she had son oa the Teef a larger cumber of lives would anllonbtedly have been lost. As it R we Jeara that evea taen were drowned, bat all would hare been saved if they had 'if hij. A? we bow write (Tttesday) she float? at bih water, and a

-wmuv-j- oi saanwj aad ail the crew of

satn are uumiv cf !... fr.

i v aptain tu , naf iKiKea tn verr

i complimentary term of tfce manner ia I which be was treated by the Captain, I officer acd men after he struatzle I oa to j the Otea in an exhausted condition, j The io.e.i in the merchant hippituf

wrre: in ,tMUfZTOi, dark. HJ2 tons; a total wreck. The Lilly, schooner, from which two seaman wer Iot, a total wreck. The. L!a, echotner, ixty.ei!u tonf : very likely to beconwr a total wreck. The Fituen, cutter, Biaet-a ton; total wreck. The Taftta, schooner, total wreck. The. Mu'-canono, sketch, -h re. The H'aitelle. cutter, sixtees :oa., had her mast c:it away. The Utamipii, schooner, suffered .iras ,aiall Ue--aje.

but i now repaired aud ifoinir with tht maiis to Tatuili. A litt! schooner, belonsrfaar to Mr, Mcridith, about five ton-, went ashore, bat i not m:h iaiare.L

I Kerer before, it u believed, in the hbtry j wreck ia aay harbor ha. such a cleaa

swep oeen made. Tlws lairacttlons ecapa of some poor fellows who were washed overbard front the different wrecks and terrible tima Utev mmt hiva had, some of thm beia? hours in the foamine surf. U fearfal to contemplate. Th ber. th first vessel to j?o ashore. lot sereaty-ive Hyes. T1m Adler lost twenty mea. Folio wiay art the aamei: OiHcerj Rachke and Petty; Fireatta Yomz- : naan. and s-amaa Fischer. Remti v

sm. Mebwnger. Lor, U'ahreaher?. Peters, Fischer. Kusch. U'eufV. uitiim

Scheedsky.Yan-wh, Marka. L?ake, Keifr, Blauel. Lawbsen. Araonsr thwe who

can.? upon th Alameda wer r.hUf

Stocker and Cadets Hibbs, Dacker, Well. Cloke. Sackland, Lejure, Wiley and I. -raaofthe Vandilia, aal Dr. Cord?rr. of Ui Vaadalia, whoe thigh U iajarel. Lieutenant Ripley came upon the Alameda with thirty iea, bat they sto:nl off at Honolulu. The officer of the'Vandalla were d4ia? their utmost to gave some cherished me mentoes and hired native diver. A .

X New York City April , 1TS, 0rr WaaiMt-tH waa Jhautrurated nrt 1'rwi. det of Um l'nlMt State. Am kmt km Uw Xatioa exist , xayit the Chicago Hhhik, titli day ilt hence forUtlM mnxMl iwly U the Fwttrtb of

July. ahin(rto u. after a week, jour aey from kix h4me at .MmiMt Yenum -adk-

taaee now eacilr covered in five or six hour had arrival in Xe w York City ArH SI Tbo Jurney had au ovation, aud h( recetioa at various townn and cities had Wen

moat contial and iniiHwiu. X'ew trk wel

comeii hint as tdto had welcomed iioue be

fore. The r4x never-to.lie-forjftHta tiays

ietweH his arrival aud inatuvurauott Mere

devoid to the, perfection of jtreparatkn

Iiht Uw impoiiMr eereiuouiaL TlM city ojiened its hiMpft.tbl doors u theeater-

trtintoent iA jrueti from all itartx of Ute

I ii Km, TlM crnh Iwwi ikiria:. Every public houoe wa tilled to it utni(-r capaci

ty ai the iwtvato Miau.t(w ovcrHowetl

Xew York had never before botucd aud fed

a pratherinr of sitch maraitisde. Everv

ihIv rtruirfcrlctl for a xhwiM-) ttf Waihfmr.

tou. The atred even ileclared their wil!iti(f-

nesa w ate u ta-v eouui ouc beboki hw

i,face, and th yoB$r le,cribed him as lookin more irraud and aobie than any hauiaa betafr Uey had ever !eca, The iaaumtration .should have takes placa Xarch . m Conjrres. had, after the constitution had been ratitied by the requMte number of States, nauted that day for the meeting of Congreos and orjcanlcation of the new (iovernment Tiie Electoral Colhjro had Met the nit Wedneday ia Feb raary, and by waiiaou vtrtu had chosen Washington President ami John Adams Vice-Pr extent Owiiur, however, to joor facilities for tratitortatiofl ami to other

causes tl.ere was a d lay of a month ia forming a nuoruwi of Congres, aad the

electoral votes were ast couatetl ofHcially until April . when the Senate declared Washington elected IVehident for four years

ath of oMoe reHuirtHl by Ut oouMituUoa. Um oath waa aduUHi.terel by Um t'haa. 4lor of Um JbM uf w Vork la a batoimy m front of Um Seanta ohambr. aad ia full view of h imaMMM. audieiMM v.upyiair Um rtroet, Um wiatltiwN aad Um root of attyaoeat ksHMtM toHtMiawiiHg a vmw of Um iwreivit oaratmmy. Th bateony formd a kiad of ojh-u resM, with krfly eolummt MiMHH-Uag Um roof. In Um oentor was a

tanw wjut a oovertug of crimoa velvet, im which lay aMierbly.lHam IHIim m a crim. mm velvet cushion. This waa all Um iraidMraalia for Um aturut kcom. A II eyW were ryI Umu Um balcoar wImm. at Um aimdHtml hour. ttaaaiairtoR

tWHM his apearamM. Ha waa clad Ih a

tun sun ot (Urk.Urowii chUi ot AmericaH lHSHUfactttre, with a stoel-hlitsNl dre. word, white Mlk (.tookingN. and idlverKhoohitckbM. Ilia hair waa drd ami ik)w-

deretl ia the faohion of the day, a ltd wore in a Img aut wdiialro. Ilia tHtract on Um balcony waa hailed with uiiveral about, and he wa evidently moved bv this demonstration of publie atlectioa, "Advancing

At Fort (eorg ami tba haMry a rraat rowd had aembMsl. Governor Cliwloa w aa Umt U rcdv WasalugUm ausl m waa (Mttwal Knox. leUnlag to o,ti r a oarriaif ia waiUng Waablagtoa walkad to his kMiiMtf at t Woola bouse on I'Wrv turtt

It.. 1 , . ...

ivMweu a long eivw nasi military r

wh. i.ini wwr (in uw rtmw waa tMe oratsMt with rtaga and nlken baaitors. gar

Matw ot nowers aad evergreens. Every window to Um hiyhost Mory waa HlMd wiU

latr women ami uravti mmh. Ever)' Inaa. imato object se-noHl ahv wiitt Um waving

h MuwMrmw ami mus. rrom Um skies anmrontly fell Mowera like ttnowiiakes tn a Mtorm, ami In uvwry MsilM form of unhiw

Mvioti ami ingeiMOwa ornauMMUtlun Um

nam irf "aaehingkm" was wnRpemied from

roM vo root ami upon raaotful arches otm Mtruetod for th occasion.

Haahlagton U. d wlU. Cwventor CHaton ami at night Um howw waa ItriihanUyliluminatosl. as were imloest most hon-ws in Um dty, and yet with all UOs tlemonMration of

conltoteHoa ami agocuon WmtblngtoM hatt sad MuaathMM -"simitio an sad aa pleasing, in view of what might Im," as ho wrow in hia diary.

THE HEATHEN CHINESE,

WASHINGTON TAKING THE OATH.

general thin the native were honest, but f one cae stands oat in marked contrast. . Ode Easiaeer Green of th V.-n..nHi. '

to bed ye her off.

Early ia the raornin? the Olga collided wit it the XSpic, doin- th- latter consid-

e oamase, carryia? away hr smoke- c-nfe, to having VQea all "the money sHack, f.team launch and part of her bnl- lnt jl.'s. B W0IW7 .

wnr. ui account cf tfi c.v,.,...v

had ia his state-room between

rw goiu. reen hired a diver who said he could not save th? armey. as the state-room door coald not be oiwaed. Greea hired another diver, who averted

wBSOk

GEORGE WASH150T0S.

drav Jr.. li t .

" p -" eu i Meia on.

jMceimBjrior tni accident the Xiic.

wBit a n4 powertnl engines, might have

Ktui uie gaie in saJrery.

u& inursuay mornisg the Xipi u

.wiuuy noa.eu oat to her old aacborag. Her propebr w too much injured to repaired ia Samoa, and her rudder i gti. We believe it is the iatestioa of r iMral to fil rudder aad send MSnwica4er sail to either Auckland r Sydney. Tiw Vaadalia was the most nafortnaate rejel of the United State-s suadroa. hf drifted, about ainv o'clock, to Um CaUiip- aad OJg. aad cam iato colliaiom with both. The C-!lioj M rack her wkhxreat force oa the port, doing considerable damage. The Van lalia still coatianed drifting almost ia company fliUi the Calliope, bat the latter vessel, 'baria? lost aearly all her anchors, pat 'fas stem oa aad went -iteadilr out tn

aaa. She was matched a? far a coald le wem throaa th mist with great interest, a art many surmise were expressed a to whether she would get out ia safety. The Calliope retnrnttl to jrt oa Tuesday, aad hsd suffered very little damage except tae loss of her iKiwsprit aad some hoal. "'fke Captain of the Vandalia, eing no hoptrV.l savin? hi ship, headed her for the shore, aad In endeavoring to reach the .sandy beach nafortaaatejy struck the r vt an l filled and sauk Wfore ah could beach, vitata fifty yards f roa the tara of the ipk. The Captain, paymaster, pay cVV LAeatcsaat of marines aad many mjB, were washed orerlwrd. The vessel "was completely sabmrged. and all .basis had to take to th? rifgtag., where ey remaiaed natll th! Trenloa was driven alongside, abost eight o'clock In the night, when most of th crew got on Um Trenton, excepting Lieatenaat Kiplev, whojnmped into Um sea jat before the wast gave way, aad with great diOralty awam to the abore. He then procured a whale-boat, aad with the aid of Ha moans a line oat to the wreck. Tim I044 of life ia the Vaadalia were Um Commander, three oftcers aad thirty-nine seasMa .aad marise. t The Trenton, meanwhile, was coming c"wer to the land. Her bridge ports were broken in, which left aa opening, aad tho ea came la great quantities: Uiroagh this opeaiag ami the hawse pipe, getting iato the ire. This waa, Bafortaaatcly. fatal to the chance of the Admiral' ship. JUl bands were ordered to the pamps, which were kept constantly rots? all dar.

jtrr.i inree O'cioct th -drifted down toward the 01

The X.pstc Is fitted as uri-h th VaJ,

lia's furaitare. TheTreatoaishard aad fait oa tha reef, IItr bottom is f nil of holes, and filled with water uj to hr gaa deck. The crews baT beea working t-a hoars daily trying to fave tome of the riggiag aad personal effects and florets. The Vardalhi is totally hxt. Xothin; can be save J from her. Xearlv every day since the wre-k of thst ves-ls holies of Um drowned are Wing wasbel Bp. greatly d-ecompoied aad Bareeognixabie. A rumor i current ia Apia that the Admirals and Consul are easleavorine to

arrange matters between Mataafa n.i

TaatAse?. mm to iadoce them to retnra

tr ftoasw an til after the Samoaa conference.

Th? Admiral command ia? th Awr;

caa let was the hut to leav? the Trentoa, his g-r-hip. The Americans. .

eer and sailors, were alike alsul in "i..

jackets" naiforta. that heiac tin onlv

oct of clothimr accessible after their try

ing experience. Admiral Kimberlv nU h coasi.lered faulty coaotructton of the Trenton' hawse-pifMS as iadirvctly tho cae of her wreck. Within a few dayj af tor the storm a onditioa of things resembling onkr had been brought aWml. The marines and Mataafa's yAice has been actively at work in this dtrecti.vn. The safes of Ute Trentsm and Vandalia

, 7? recover!, toethr with a con

meran:e quantity of other from the wrecked vesek.

Ajlay

ot the

property

Ihf Krape r tw CnlUnpe. Sax Fkancisco, Apol 15. TIhj Cfcroa. le!, emmntiatr on the details of the Ifk war-ships at Apia, says: "This account Xtl all doubts; in regard to Um reipoa4ibility for the disaster. It prove that ta Aatricaa aad German coamaadera did every thing that goo.1 seamanship con Id do to save their vessels, aad that the escape of the British ship Calllop was owing to the great strength of hr eagia. American olfieers proved their claim to superior jwhmansUip, aad the saving of Uie crew of the Trenton aad N'ipsic was due the skillfall aaadling of the ve-ssels.

f rma March 4 preceding The long eugue more forcibly the cwiditioii

country at tliat time than volames of w'oriht could Ascribe. After eight years of war!

anrt lx year of ilomestic rtrif e th; coan-

try ha at 2a: decided apon a Jorm of gv

ernmen totert iw ctHi-ti mtion and elected itfTehlef othcen. and ycUhesc otttcers wares not inetalted till nearly two monthtf atier the iby ap!K.InU-l " John

Xangdon. kr 4lt ff th Senatsj, had immediatly writtesa Wachimrton aa ofttcial tetter informanr him ot his electtoa, which Chark s Thompsost, Secretary of thi Continaul Cmijres. enrried to Mount Tcrnon, arriving Uerr April 14. Two days later Washington; wm mt his way to Xew'Vork. The inauguratHB waa dolayed for c.versl daye by a iu-tioR which hall arten aa to Um form or 11 tie by which the Presidentcket was to be Mrtnd, aud this had teen tleliberatfd hs a committee of lmth hsm-es. It was naailrrt-solved that Ui ddresa should Ui ciMpiv -The Prudent of Um t'nited .Sute.s." withMit any aihlltioii. A Xatioual rnluto sbirHl in the morning of Ajiril ti. .U bith:e4 was oiHHMietL The streets were tilled wth m;ii and wonten ia holiday attire, while constant arrivals fr the adfcdniiur co unary by Um oohiiuoh roads aad ferry-boat aad by packet which had been alt uhrhton tW souikI or coming down the Hudson swellciithe cmrer throng. At nhte o'clock th hMU waled merrily from every tcc nh) in Ow city, thn iaibcl:

f and prei-ently lit k)w, inensured tones atim-

moned th eopl to tlM eburchea "to imrdore the blessings of Heaven on the Xatifm and ita chosen lT4k'." At noon the military, marching from rhoir respective quartMn with unfurled Ijanners and inspiring hihsxx fomtHl ojmHt Um PrecidstntMl lmtioa nnder tlot immesUate direction of Colonel Morgan IaswIs. The priKwdon tnovetL im the following order: The military, Um jdtertn of the cltv

and county of Xew York, the committee of Um Senate, the President-elect, the committee of the H)Hfe of Reireaentativea, Chancellor Itobort It. LivitMt'n, Secretary meary Knox, Um CuiHiaasitmorg of the

to the front of the balcony he laid hhs hand

uoii nta heart, bowed wvi-ral times, and then retreated to au anu-chair near the

talde. The itopulace aniieared to under

stand that the scene had overcome him, and were hushed at once into profound silence. After a few momenta Washington

rose and airaln came forward. Th Xh

Prrsiilent st.wl on his richt: on hia left watt

Robert II, Livingston, the Chancellor of State, and somewhat to the rear were Alexander Hamilton. Roger Sherman, General Knox, General St. Clair, Baron Steuben and others. The Chancellor advanced to administer the oath and Mr. Oc&i. Secretarv of

the Senate, held up the Bible on ita crimson cushion. The oath was read slowly and di. tinctly, Washington at tho aame'Ume lavlag his hand on the open Bible. When the ceremony was concluded he replied, solemnly: '! sear; m help me God." Mr.

OUs would baverateed the" Bible to hin 11, but he bowed down reverently and kbdft The Chancellor now tepped forward, waved his hand and exclaimed : "Ing live George Washington. Prej-ldent of the United St.?" At this moment a tiag was displayeil on the cupola of tho hall. Um si-nal

tor a general discharge of artillery on the battery. All the 1 .ell in the clt v ramr out a

joyful peal, and the multitude rent the air

with acclamations.

Waahioifton asraln bowed to the newde

and returned into the Senate ebamlwr. where be delivered to both Houses of Con-

grow hu inausrural addreM with a voice alightly tremulous and s low as to demand

cIomj atfeiitioti oa the u-t of his H-teiicrji.

,rter tu-i m proccedc! with the whole as

semblage on foot to Sc Panl's Chnrch, where

prayers mieti wi trie ihx-4oh Were real by -v. I)r 1'revo.vst Bi-lHiifrf Ue Protetfant

t.pcpai chHrcli In Xew tk, and who hal '" apiKdntod one of tins chatdaina of

Congreji. The M-hoie day wm given over to rcjoktiur ami the eveimnx to brilliant HkHMnatious and nrework. Under wach circumstance? Msi with ench a jjdrit dhl the immortal Waihiiurton enter upon Uvr dftchsrge of his lu Uie rirK f a losnc Uue of l'reslitenta.

tMHirrihlisl. GtHMYe Wafhlugum was Iwt IVWuarr

Couwty, Va, and dhni at Mount Vernon. Va..

Devemlter 14, He was a sou of Augustine Waiiurtoii, whose iarlist-kitown an-

'ceator came from England in lift-. Hebe, came a idantcr. a county maeirate. a

mcinlfer of Um Hoiim. of Iturycms ami a Colonel of militia at the time the Seneca Indiana were trouldeMHiM. Atnrtistine Wrjdt-

irtgton died in I7i:t, but hfa wite, Mary, lived to M-e. that ou tho great' military

ami civic hero of bis day. lieorge Washington attended the emimtou schottls. bat

never entered j-ollcge. He waa toreiuost h athletic sttorts, was a tcarlctn rhler and was

I feml of jdaytng soldier. lut always insisted on mdmr commander of t!ie JuatL l!e.

cau. of his houcstv and excclk-ut iiwl.

ment he was frequently telected as umpire i In various di'tmtea that - amonir

ooy companion. lsrolhr lawrence.

an officer in the Brltitdi navy, two time jwrmm1i.hI him to enter his Maj s-ty's j-ervice and went h far as to get a midshipman's warrant for him when be waa but fourteen years of age. but his mother :revailed oh

aim not to accept But for her gentle

TtMyAf rHMgat,,,,.minne ami LUm u ftnnsaagnssd. Th Chinese itre full ! ftupetvti-

mme, ami many of them Hrwly lm llro Uiut the foreigner make nmli. ciueti out f human Iwin, The mae. M?r at T1H-Tain in lg70. in which twenty ftHrfgHersi were killed, and awoni; them a Number of Kreiioli hhhs wh caused by the report Umt th-j U. tei H were IcllllHg children to got their heart ami ye for mcdiual pnrMrt, ami the trouWe in Core but spring wan i-Huucd by th eirettlaUon of the htoritsrt that the missionaries Wt,rj RHmliiiK "! o.Udreit' botHa to mk medicine. TI1I14 reiMirt vr,u AUwted by t Chlntwe, Mnij the latest attempt of the kjml I Sim! to-day here at Shanghai. j .,. Iean! in a tri-monthly lltittratfi! ,.,. azi which the Chine publish which sells for ve cente a cojiy. contain n full deriptioii of how ti,e forvijprww mnke thuir modictnu. w(h Khatstly illustratiottt of the "evrcd trunk! and the cut-up limbs of human lvynffs. In one cut men in American

clothf. are )HmliitK over great funine s in which tho heads and lejfs of men

are iKnlinRv ami be-dde whiclt

jfrcat baskets and ttilw of cttl-up human! He, The men are tlrrin"tb..

steanitn mass and the picture innkes one think or the witches' caldrmi in ".MmcIkhIi." In another cot is howii the machinery for the briujfin;- up of the boueri'suid fleh. A dozen old skeletons lie ujwn the floor, and a man with a shovel puts the ghasth mxkt ufwii tho scale for weighing. In another room the medicine its pacUod tj te Inj sent away, and younj; Indies in American drc with waterfall.s and French heels are Inisy at iu I askinl

ouiinoiio acceL mux ioc aer gentle en- it,,, ,.,.. ,1 . . treaties bow different mhrbt have Isien the h WKfot the magazine whothefate tf Ute Xatkm: j no lHUieved in such stulT. and ho re

set was tlnn about tiv.- haadred yard from the reef. Jtoi.1 ships tried to avoid torching, bi a collision was inevitable. The Olga now struck the Treatoa oa the qaarier, opeaisx a large breach aad doing Mhcr daiae. and the Oia's bow wm xawvihed. Alter th Tosek chared each other, the Trenioa drifted still further toward 4be reef, ami at one time held fairly well her ant horn; but at aboat eUrht o'clock cropped down just cear of the reef ami en the Vaadalia. The Trenton's atera tn agrouad. .She waa Woa4nle sm Um Mwken vessel, asd the poor feilew who had bee on the Vaadalia'.s yard aWat twelve boats got wnt Um Treatoa, being awiHted by the Admiral's crew with line aad other coatrivaaee. On HtMsky beat- were hl!y engaged may laraiaevmj Um bms fram Um aUj

Slaicirfv nf Cantata Kentt, PLATTsacnfl, X. Y.. April 15. Abeet half paat eleyea o'clock Saturday night Captain OgdeB B. Read, of the Eieveath United States Infantry, statiooed at Piatt burg Barracks, committed salchte by shooting himself ia Um heaL lie bad just returned from town, where hi had gone to obtain ad mist ion to the court bouse to-day to hear the argument la the Harrkon murder trial, bow being eond acted there. After greeting his v ife he went into the rttinsr-room. A m ment

Trentoa bad 1 later Mrs. Rad iMard a shot and ran Into

a. which res- 5 Um room, where fche ftmad her hM4lmnd

lying on the floor, with blood it wiii ' from a plttol-shot wound la his KVuth. He bad placed a revolver m his moaUi and the ball penetrated the brain. Cr.ptaia Read was forty-six years obi, and a native of Colchester, Vt. He enlist' as a private la the Tenth Vermont Vwiuatecrs in lstig. and gained promotion by brave aad meritoriottst service to the rank of Brevet Major. He took part in many hatties, including those of the Wilderness and the siege of Petersburg. He waa severely wounded by the explosion f the Peters bnrg mine ia 151. II was for some ttrnj ia Um general recruiting serrke in the West, aad for two years has leeacom maadfag offleer at the PiaUsbnrg Barracks. He waa highly respected in this eMnmNity. He leaves a widow and thret ehiidren. The msHivM fur UMSM4e m asHkasrwa.

x.taraa washiitox. Treasury, and the citbteo. Thev marclieft from Cherry street through Pearl and Broad street to Wail street, Within two hundred yards of Federal Hall, where the ceremonies were to take jdace, Washington and hit suite alighbHt ami on foot passed through the troojei lrawn p either rfnie into the Senate chamWr, where the Tkre.Preshlent, Uie Senate ami llonseof lpresenUtlves were asssenibled. Tiee.prefMent John Adams, who had quietly taken the oath of onke two day before, mlvancesl and (imdnetesl Washington to a n4r r Mate at Um upper eml of Uie kalL A Sfdenta t4lenee lurevaited when the ViceI'reeMent arese and infermed him that all iitfne wete wetMKed fee Mat b tnti tt.H

A Right IMyn .loarmt'. Beforer setting out on the direct Journey toXew Yack. Washington wenfcto Freslerlckburg te- bM mlleu to hLs mher, then neaaly eighty yean of age, and, as-yhc tl'en pr(.dictcd, it ws their last mtrnfng on cartiu tm ilic mrrulng of Airll lt. 1TS Wa4iiMrtshad- adhm to Mount Vsraon. to private lifirand desm-stic felicity, a.ul with a ti:ihd oppreted whh anxious and ;alHful seiiaatlons w-r. osit fr Xew York wth Mr. Thornton ani Colonel llninphreys. He was eight days ok the rand, traveling in b&spri' vate aarriuge; preo-tltnl in a atao by his private wiuretacy, Telmi Lear, It vas )d de4rot niak- she journey jrivately. 'itt mi great wa thi-pt.tbosfcom all along Use- Uim

that thta was Hiilil. Imb-oil, a Ute

vory lareMiOMi oc itas own cute lit was

met bya-cavaVasbjof the citizens of Ahix

andria. hh. rndghlMRH ami friends, and in

vit'jtl U attend a-puldic dinner in tbacitv.

which mvitatieu be reluctantly accai4.-d. and wbroHt bet ai welcoiuudby the niayor

in a toiicmitg .ii-.ceh. i-roni this iHjat on

his trip was a cmtlnned ovation. AiHtatach

nr Philadelphut he wasnietbv a cavalcmie

under theomiMMl of hfs old companion

In-ju-ins.Gciicrai St Clair, and escoed to

the city. At tlw crossing of the Sch jylklll a touching InchUiit occurrmL Froir. a tri. umpluil arch Uttentli which he Mued a little girl ierch-d akft dropp;d nin bis head a vij crown amid the wild loo nabs (f

twenty. Utonsand assembled to greet htm.

that night there was a banquet at tl "dtv

tavernt ' atteids-il by the State and mould jwl olticiaK ami the olty was brilliant with illumination ami tsrewtttkx. A.mllitary e-a-ortwas to have prmceded wiUi, Wa4dngtoti to Trerm the next dav, Iwt raht prevenUtl the jmgeant and he and his mite went alone in a close earriage. Thenec oh Uirough Xew Jersey he went by the same- road over which his little armv had tied la 1776. At Elizabeth Point he was rtoeived by oomniitteKs of the two house ot Congrejss, Federal, State and. munlcliwl ottieial, ami a great concourse of citizen To- earry him across the Imy tu Xew York City a tilendld large had bcwi prepantd, manned, by thirteen master pllew In white, under command of Commmlore James Xichelsssii. Tlwre were other I urges, almost fjually handsome, for the Congreslmal cmimittees aud heads or departmenU, ami private barges fell Into line, forming a grand flotilla that moved across the beautlfn! bay. the oars keepituf time W th Mraltw of vocal and instrumental music All the vessels in the hrlor but one were gayly decke.1 with Hag awl iijwn some f them j sir tie, tf huUeand gentlemen snug congratulatorcde. The Sjianlsh man-of-war Ualve-mn alone displayed no token M re.-iect. lrta and indignation were linOimr cxpreshkm wlien. in an in-tsnt. as the President's lasrge came alweaat of her, her vardis were manned m if by magic; evciy jWt of her rigging displayed nags of all awi, with the effect, as husdng says, f an immenee shmb bursting nwldeHly lnU gmxeons bhom mid tlie roar or thirteen cannon, discharge! in quick succssMdim, attesMsl the resHct of Ute Spanish Atttnlral riH-Um tirst Preeident. The efteet Hinm the multnde waa electrical, and oyer bay and dtv a shout, hmtr ami hmd, ttoawl uja the neon. Udsealr.

(mUnuing his stmlics and tmving special

attcnUtm to nun eying, to which he was I

jmrtial, at sixteen he became a purveyor. At nineteen be was apjioiuled AdjutantGeneral of the Virginia militia aad ordered to make an inspection of tlM force. SsibseqiMutly he went to the West 1 miles with his brother, who was in feeble health, ami then had the small- jox. Before he was twenty-one he was sent as a commissioner to the commanding- o nicer of the French troi.'is, and so successfully tlht he terfonn the work that bem-eforth' be was a prominent man liefore the country and the civilized world. Oh his return he was appointed LieutcuantColoiK'l of a regiment.

was soon promoted to a Colonelcv and afterward terved with distinction in the campaiira asrainst the French ami Indiana, When Braddook was ifi over to take cnnmaud of the British foires Washington 1mjcame a volunteer aldir dc-cauip on his staff, was with him at the disastrous battle on the Mo:vmgahela atove Pittbunrh and was the only mounted olier not wounded or ktlletL

Afterward he had the honor of planting the British Hag on FortlniqiK.tie. January !, ,, he was married to Martha Cuatis. widow of John Parke Custls, ami resigned his cominlv-fsi in the army. PreVlHsly. however, he hml been lects;d dele, gate to the House of Burge When he attended for the tirst time he was, by ireconcerted arrangement, nu)4kly Utan kid

for bin disttngaifbed services, and was so

rreatiy emhaiYacd at Us? unexiected

UHiipliment tht he ctntR not utter a word in- aknowledgnnt, lie was continued

a-a dele-gate for many yeaw, ami alUKMtgh he made no set hi eecbes lie wan conceited

to "S the ablest business member In 1771

ns was eiectesi uy me nr.H t tMnrress. re-

ehHiel in 177, ami tiwn by Umt lody ches-n Commander-ht-Chicfef all tin? continental forces. Jul, :! of that year lie twk commansl irf the anny- in front of Bostn. Tim History of the t-trngv h nw.f not be retohL Ho took final leave of the army OctoIhtP, 1745, resltntesl his cofm-tJs4on Ie-

ceml.i- J.:. and the folowlng day Ht ont

for M aa Vernon. As a private citizen delighting i) agricultural iwuit and thorowrhlr enjoying the

home oirtde the comllticiof the etntry he had sweil was never absent arimt his

thoughts. Itchtctant as he wa agaia

aud

WAsHrKOTON's NEW TOBX. SCSIDCVCX. engage in pnblie life, when elected. Pre"dent hi K.-veted a first and attcrwartl a second term, 'tositivcly dccUn.-d a Udrd. and reUn;d Ut his homo full or honors ami followed by a Xation's graUtude. But mt even then, was he iMrmitt-d to remain hg in seclujvwt Troubles with France- aro-e and all eyes were instinctively turned to Washington At the urgent solicitation f llamiltct. Madison and others he ant-opted the cotriniwion of Lieuteaant-OeiKMl ami liamedaoly Iwgan the work of preparitM; for wac Happily the ntliunderstaitding '' arrn-aldy settled, aril once more and for the hvst time he reiminsl to Mount Vernom Ills last words should meerer be his epp.iph: "It is welir

They Work Hard. Mis IJoofuis, will von tileuee dirsct

these tnveloj)cs for mc sonie thme to-day P and me chief of division lakl tfce work upon her Jesk.

fVposo I'll have ta." she hUHCuhllv re-

plied, as she took Im; pen and. eommenced th-t'task.

Hore, Thomas. ll give fM Ulf a dol

lar it ymtdotlus wask," stm sanl to a colTeed, messenger, :s seen as. t a rider was gone from the room. The whs complied, aud Mis Bcofuls rcMimetl beg oftb-ml tatting

and yawning. Ijuly clerks work hard for their living.

Th- Fts-st I'utule Theater. The first theater, that nf Bacchus at

Athens, was dullt by Philoa 4) It. C. Marccllus Th.Hster at Heme was begtm by Ctusar and siwdicated by Avgustus, VI R. C Prior to tWtt time dramatic readings ami recitations, were enjoyed only by the wealthy

.f.-ftVrwuolttH NlmplMty. "Papa, what ia JpSTersonlan sim4leilyr' That, my son, is baby feed fer weak politicians, whose stomachs, are aeeretl m the present. "Bewr do they use it, papa I" 'They in It u pctUUm far weak nU4."

plied that he did not know

if it was not really true.

The Chinese themselves do not believe in dissection, and there is no body-stiatchinsr here. Tlioy lwliove that the heart is the seat of thought, that the soul exist in the liver, and that the gall bladder is tho seat of courage. For titles reason tho gall bladders of tigers are eaten by soldiers to inspire them with courage. The Chinese doctor ranks trb higher than the "ordtnarv skilled workman. Ho gets from fifteen or twenty cents ji vitit. and he often tikes patients on condition that ht will cure them within a certain time or no pay. He never sees his female pntleiita except behind a screen, and he doe not pay a steontl visit unless invited. His pay is called "golden

j thaRks." and tho orthodox way of ! sending it to him is wrapped in red

IKijwr. The dentists look uiKin pulled teeth a trophies, and they go about with necklace- of deeayed teeth about their neek or with them strung upon strings and-tlesl to slicks. Toothache U supiw-H.HVts come from a worm in the' tooth, ami there are a set of fcmnle doctors whomake a business of extntet-' ing these warms. When the nerve is expo-ed they take this out and call it the worm, end when not they use a sleight of hand by which they make their patient behove certain worms, which they sdiow them, came from their teeth. I have heard persons tell of Chinamen who claimed to have had ten worms taken from their mouths in a single day. aud I saw a woman actually at work upon a patient in tho street here. Shina is as full of superstition as the West India islands, and the people like to be humbugged quite as well here as- we do in America. Frank G. Carpenter, in Chicago Time.

Origin, ef " Uncle Sam." Speculation baa recently arisen regarding the origin of the term "Uncle Sam" as applied to the United States government. In the war of 7S1J, between this country and Great Britain, Elbert Anderson, of. Xew York, pan-based in Troy, X. Y., a largo amount f pork for the American army. It was inspected by Samuel Wilson, who

was popularly known as ''Uncle Sitiu" The barrels of pork were marked "K. A., U.

B.." the lettering being done by a facetious employe of Mr Wilson.

lien aked by fellow-workmen the mean-

!ng of the mark (for the letters U S.. for

united Staler, were then almost entirely

new to them), aid "he did notknow.nnleM it meant Elhtrt Anderson and Uncle Sam,"'

an tiding to Uacie Sam Wilson.

The joke tk among the workmen, and

passed currently, and Uncle Saai" himself being present, was occasionally rallied

on the increasing extent of his possessions. Boon the incslent appeared in print, cud the joke gained favor rapidly, till it penetrated and was rseegnlaed in every part of the country, and, saya John Frost, the Boston

historian, will no doubtcontinu3owUile IM

United States remains a nation.

It is now firmly Imbedded in the Mosak

ef our lauraage, like "Tippecanoe,' "Log;

Cabin," aad other short but expressive, phrasestarhkh refer to importaat events ia the histdwy of the Republic, Both "Tippecanoe"' and "Loc Cabin" have taken oni

renewed, force and vitality since their adop.

tkmbttiTon.il. H. Warner, U Safe Cure

faint.Bt the naming of two of his greet

staauhrd remeilies, the principal onekuowa as Warner's Ijg Cabin Sarsiparilla. They

are- based upon formulm hi successfully used by our ancestors In "aie cure f Uie

emnMn ailments, to wbic their arduous-

huVors rendered Tdtem liabl in the gwud eld.

Log Calda days. The name of Warner's. Safe Cuee,, like wise, will he bd in high, esteem, as familiar as a honsetokl vtm. while it rentintiesj to rnrt the worst fors.f Kidney Disease, whkh the asedlcal psofessloa eon testae Uself unable to do.

A rwfHttable wither suy that th skull ft John Thoach, known tit Il1ackbeitrtlt't the Virginia pirate Ol 1718, is in the sswsoeeioH Of a Virginia family, in the form of ft silver-rimmed drinking cup.

- Xaii, ia anvr carried between Xew Yeri ad Han Kraaeinee im MM kaadrf4 Mtf abirteM keva,