Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1859 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE. RENSSELAER, IND. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1859.

REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.

! CLERK, D. i. Jackson. j, RECORDER, C. W. HENKLE. AUDITOR, D. T. HALSTEAD. f .' (• ■ COMMISSIONERS, ist District—s. McCullough. 3d District— . BENJAMIN. the new advertisements in this number. Schuyler Colfax is now in Minnesota canvassing the State. We expect to heir a good account of him at the next election there. advertisement of John Goetz, over the way, will be inserted next week—too ltite for this. He says he “will not be undersold by any one this side of Lafayette.” 0C?“Willi8 J. Wright commenced his duties ais Sheriff last week, and ’Thos. S. Peacock ;,as Coroner. Ezra Wright entered upon this second term as Treasurer on tin? 12th Inst. yoke of steers attached to a load of wood ran away through our streets on Monday. They did no harm, but were accompanied with clouds of dust and the uproarops laughter of the lookers-on. Beck, of Delphi, delivered two lectures on Spiritualism at this place last j - Thursday and Friday nights, to large and attentive audiences. She invited questions at the close of each lecture, which were propounded by several gentlemen, and answered by the lecturer to the evident general satisfaction of her auditors. (ttrJ. S. Wigmore, watch and clockmaker, \ of Lafayette, will visit Brook on Monday, September 5; those having work in bis line will niake it their interest to call eatly, as he wijl remain but two days. After that, he mary be found at the store of E. T. Harding, in Rensselaer, until the close of the Circuit Court. American Agriculturist for September contains an engraving entitled,“Going to Law.” The plaintiff is holding a horns, and the defendant by the tf.iL while a lawyer is quietly milking her. itJatrongly reminds us of the cattle case in our last Common Pleas Court. Thus ,t ever is in litigations--the lawyers generally get all the cream. have received the first number of the Laporte Herald, edited by C. C. Powell, formerly of the WestyiUe Herald, which is now discontinued. We see that friend Powell has lost none ol his spice and vigor by the change, for his Laporte paper In bet- | ter than ever his VVestville paper was, ai--1 .though the latter was far ahead of the common ?un of our country exchanges. Here’s our Charley, in your new field. seems to be the prin- j cipal business of the people of Kankakee City, ill., just now. We learn from a citizen of Bunkum, Iroquois county, 111, who here in search of a stolen horse, that fourteen horses have been stolen from the neighborhood of Kankakee City wit.hin;two or three weeks. J_,ast week a team of s two horses, wagon, harness and was stolen from that neighbor- j hood.

JASPER COUNTY AHEAD.

LastiFridsy, August 26, we saw a wagon load ofi this year’s corn offering for sale in The corn was perfectly hard and majture. Some from the same field had been ground into meal at. the Brook mill a few before. We doubt if another countyiin Northern Indiana can boast of the like. ;

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

We are indebted to the following gentlemen for favors received: W. W. Murray, for a couplßMf bushels of very nice apples. L. Thomas, for a bucket of wild plums. Martin Dobbins, muskmellons. Phinfeas Thornton, green corn. W. L. Snodgrass, for watermellons and muskmellons. We had good living for at least a week.

RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

There will be a two days’ meeting held by the jPretestant Methodists, at the residence 6f Rev. John Alter, on Grand Prairie, miles we6t of Carpenter’s Grove, on Saturday and Sunday, 3d and 4th. All are respectfully invited to attend. By order. Tiierfe will be a meeting, commencing on Friday tevening before the first Lord’s day _in September, in the Baptist Church in Rensselaer, by S: M- Houston, of Crawl'ordsvilte, and F. McCullough, of Iroquois ■Paw pa hip in this county. By order.

RAILROAD MATTERS.

We are informed by Judge Crane, General Superintendent of the Fort Wayne Western Railroad, that it is the intention to renew the work on the section of the road in this State next spring, and that they are pushing the Illinois section bravely on, a part of the iron for which being already purchased. The last Montidello Spectator came to us quite jubilant over the fact that the Toledo, Burlington and Log«n*port Railroad had been completed between that place and Reynolds’ Station, on the New Albany and Salem Railroad. The first locomotive entered Monticello on Monday week. One of the prominent members of the Toj ledo, Burlington and Logan snort Railroad, | informed one of our leading citizens the other Jay, that if the people of Jasper county would grade a road from Rensselaer to their road, (on an air-line in the direction of Lafayette,) that company would iron and stock the road. This is a liberal offer, but we think that the general di-trust of the people of Jasper county would preclude all hopes | of effecting such tin arrangement at present. | Yet. the fact that the road through the soutlii ern partrof this county, ; Iter having lain in statu quo for so many years, is now pushing ahead, and will be completed the coming fall, is very encouraging, and shows that i railroad affairs arc looking up. The most sanguine friends of this road, after it had j been graded most of the way hetweeen Logansport and the Illinois State line, almost ga/?e it up in despair, and many actual did g*vo up all hope. Tite building of a brunch road as the one under consideration, would he of immense advantage to our peopl ■, in the absence of any road through the center of the county. Besides giving us an outlet for our produce, •developing the country for miles in every direction from the road, furnishing an easy I access for strangers to visit our county who i • are in search of cheap farms and rich land, thus filling up the county with substantial [farmers and increasing i»s wealth and pros- ! perit'., it would form the nucleus at no dis- [ ! tant day, we believe, for an air-line road he- j | tween Lalayette and Chicago. The Cincinnati, Logansport air) Chicago Road will i probably be completed during the coming fall or winter. That road will be lorty-four miles shorter than the present traveled route between Cincinnati and Chicago, and when ■ completed, it will of course monopolize the [ greater portion of the passenger and freight i business between those two poinst. This j will greatly reduce the income of the Cin- . cinnati and Indianapolis, the Indianapolis ; and Lafayette, and the New Albany and Salem Roads, if it does not, indeed, cripple 1 | them beyond recovery. These roads, then, ! must find a shorter route, in order to successfully compete with their Logansport rival: i and that shorter route cannot he found except by building an air-line road from Lafayette to Chicago, or, what is very nearly the same thing, from Battle Ground (thus j avoiding the expense of bridging the Wa-j hash) to the mouth of the Calumet river, and thence running into Chicago on the track of the Michigan Central. Such a road would strike Rensselaer and Crown Point. That the road will he eventually built we firmly believe.

JOHN McCARTHY.

! Thp gentleman, whilom editor of the £ta. nner ' afterward postmaster at this place, recently has removed to Delphi. No public iinnouncetijent ol his business there had ever’ been to our knowledge, until the publication of the follow complimentary tjotiee jn the last Delphi Journal, from which iL appears that he is keeping up the reputation he gained in this comm unity: “We have read John McCarthy’s report of the Republican meeting at JRockfield, as published in the last Times. His report curifiTms'cme fact only, and that r.'as as to his inquiry and information as to who Mr. Gould was. AB the rest wiis apoehryphal. But then J lin didn’t mean any harm by it. ‘There is no malice in your soul,’ is there, John? You intended to report so that noli dy would he so- 1 enough to believe you, didn’t you, John? YVelI, you succeeded w>-l I, John. You are a farmer, ain’t you, John? You have read ‘Sinbad the Sailor,’ and ‘Biron Munchausen,’ hadn’t you, John? Wouldn’t you like to he a Baron—a real live Baron Muncliauson! ' Ah! we know you would, you rogu Well, John, you used to be one of them fellows that the Times calls Tories and British YY bigs, didn’t [you? Then yon turned to be an Old-liner, i didn’t you, John ! Now you nre ‘ Conservative,’ ain't you, John, very?. YVhat are you going to be.jnext year, John? YV-ill, John, we are going to have another meeting next Saturday in Jefferson, and we wun’t you to be over there with us and report. It you can get the report ready by adjourning time, it would he a good idea to read it, as the last exercise; but if you can’t John, perhaps you can finish it next Sunday at the Recorder’s office. Come to our next meeting, John, and if you won’t report lor us, report for the Times. If anybody don’t appreciate that report of yours, John, you shouldn’t care a bit; it’s only because they never read ‘Gulliver’s Travels,’ and have dull imaginations. ‘Good bye, John.’ ”

D. T. HALSTEAD.

We copy the folk wing paragraph from the Laporte Herald of last week: | “We notice hy the last Rensselaer Gazette that our old triend, D. T. Halstead, formerly of Laporte county, has been nominated lor Auditor by the Republicans ol Jasper county. YVe hope and believe we will chr nicJe his election by a large majority, !as lie is a worthy man and is deserving ol I the post.” » a

A SINGULAR HORSE TRADE.

The farmers out on the “ Ridge,” two to four miles east of town s are a clever set of fellows, and as sharp as a two-edged sword, cutting both ways. They always come to town in squads, and they never come without astonishing our citizens with their excessive good nature and hilarity, and right, welcome they always are by our people, for not ten minutes passes after their arrival before the ringing laugh is heard from one end of the street to the other. Their hilarity is contagious, and during their stay boisterous laughs nnd smiling faces are to be met in all directions. They are continually playing tricks anti telling jokes on one another, which is always taken in good part, for they arc all too jovial to become angry. The latest joke is the following., and when told in town by one of their number last Monday, roars and shouts of laughter followed, fo>- the parties concerned are both as sharp as they get them up. C. and M. had each a horse that each desired to trade with the other, and neither horse, we are told, was worth more than what his hide would bring. After taking in a roundabout manner without coming |o the point for a long time, they resorted to “marking,” a plan much in vogue among jockeys when they are ashamed to boldly let one know how had they intend to “do” him. They agreed to observe “honor among neighbors,” and mark honestly. C. marked th.it lie would not takers thin S3O to boot, and M. marked that he would not give more than S4O. On comparing figures there was found to be a difference between them of $lO. Here was a dilemma. C. declared that, as they were trading up n “honor between neighbors,” lie wi u d not take more than S3O; while M. as strenuously insisted that, as they were trading upon “honor he- ; tween neighbors,” he would not give ess than S4O. Both were determined, and’it was evident that no trade could he effected; so it was agreed to fall back on the jockey system, atid throw “honor between neighbors” to the winds. Alter this they soon 1 effected a trade, M. giving C. forty-five dollars to boot, when both the neighbors went on their way rejoicing, each believing that he Imd the best end of the bargain.

THE DAILY ATLAS.

We have seen the first number of this Republican paper, (for which, however,we are under no favors to its editor,; edited and published by John D. Delrees at Indianapolis, It typographical appearance is neat and creditable, while its editorials evince the [highest order of journali tic talent. Mr. Defrces is well known to the reading public of Indiana, and wo doubt not the Allas will receive the encouragement it deserves. We extract the following from his introductory articl ?, which is terse and to the point: “We shall oppose the continuance of power in the hands of the party now controlling the affairs of our National and Lt.ate Governments. because— I “1. Ii denies the powder of the people of a Territory to prohibit slavery therein by legislative enactment. “2. It opposed and defeated t’ne passage of a law, at the last session of Congress, securing homes to actual settlers on our public lands. “3. It bus, for the purpose of maintaining political power, forced upon ihe country the agitation ol questions affecting slavery, culeulu ed to disturb the harmony and endanger the perpetuity of the union ol the States. “4. It has endeavored to extend and to perpetuate slavery in Kansas by its efforts to force the Lecomptou Constitution upon ] the people of that Territory, contrary to II heir w ishes. - “5. It i- pledged to maintain, by Congressional enactment, the dogma announced by Mr. Calhoun a few years ago, ,nd more recently recognized by a dictum ol the Supreme Court,) that slavery exists in our Territories by reason ol the Constitution itself. “6. It has failed to enforce the law. against the slave trade, thus encouraging the revival ot that infamous traffic, in accordance with the wishes ot the leaders of the party in the slave States, who demand a repeal of the law itself. “7. It lias become corrupt and’extravagant in the management of the affairs of the State and National Governments. “8. I* has failed to give that encouragement. to the constru. tion of a railroad to the Pacific, and to the improvement of rivers and tiarbors ot national character, which the interests of the country demand. “9. It has, for partisan purposes, permitted persons from Indiana to occupy seats in the United States Senate, und to vote as Senators, who were never chosen by the Legislature o this State. “10. It has created a national debt, by bur owing money, witliuut providing means by discriminating du ies, for its repayment.”

DOUGLAS TURNED REV E VER.

Senator Douglas, in order to rally his faltering followers, and turn back the wave of opposition so strongly set against him in the Democratic camp, has come out in a long article on his hobby of “Squatter Sovereignty” in the last Harper's Magazine. The Chicago Herald, (Administration,) in commenting on the article, winds up as follows: “Against the clearly-expressed wishes ol conservative men ol all parties, against the successlul endeavors of Mr. Buchanan to allay a most mischievous and profitless agitation, and against the palpable interests of the nation, this ambitious aspirant is determined to keep ulive the slavery excitement, with the hope of riding into power upon the whirlwind and the sKirin. ’Lt him ride on. YVe trust that his political career is near its end, und that the day ot redemption is at hand.”

LONG ISLAND ITEMSS.

A Walk and a Talk with the Jockeys. Cypress Hill L. 1., Aug. 18, 1859. Frieiid Davies: Thou wilt be surprised to learn that thy wandering friend has alighted on this island. The Union Course is a queer place fora person of steady habits; the mere mention of its name sends a thrill of horror through the bon.-s of rickety old maids. How I came here I am hardly able to state. The most I know is, 1 woke up in what I took to be Paradise, and although now fully alive to realities, yet I have not been able to pursuade myself differently. The only circumstance that has a tendency in that direction. is the fact that Flora Temple, Ethan Allen, and a host of noted horses have been cutting circles in the air not. a great way off. j According to my idea of the matter, qnadru- : peds are excluded from Elysium, and. I a j compelled to take the Earth again. Why I came is of little moment to any one. The Union Rice Course, renowned in song and in story, is situated upon the Ja maca Plank Road, six miles from the city of New York. It has a dilapidated look, and gives the stranger a cold reception, quite dilTerent fiotn what he has been led to expect. The fences, made of rough boards and cedar poles, are unpaintc i and point awry. I’lie s’unds are on the decline and the accomodations poor. No buildings are connected with it —it stands alone in its decay. The track is exceedingly good; said to be the best, trot) ing ground in the United States. In former days it was used exclusively for running horses, hut afterward came over to the side ol the trotters, and has be°n the field (or some ol the best t iin •in this cut itry. Its patrons range upward from Geo. M. Patchem to the famous Eclipse. In its earlier days it was in the hands of honest men, with large hearts and liberal hands, who not only had the old English pride in a good horse, but also knew how to appreciate the royal brute. In those days it was fashionable and respectable for all classes to attend a race. Then, mechanics and millionaires could feat their families to a day of healthful enjoyment; could pat the neck o! a noble steed and feel the breath of his flaming nostrils, and take an interest in Fiis welfare without the fear of ridicule or excommuni-

j cation. In these latter days, however, an improved moral sentiment, that like a blind horse, steps high and at random, has shaken the turf into the arms of a class of persons ot had morals and worse humanity, who hug it with miserly love for the gold it brings. The Course will, probably, never regain its former position. An increasing value in real estate, a strange inertness on the part of its managers, and a steady degeneracy in respectableness are pushing it to the wall. The growing interests of horsemen in the performances of the turf cannot save it. Its days are numbered. For the good it has done, for the impetus it lias given to the rearing of horses by the development, of a better strain of blood; for the extraordinary powers of speed and endurance of the American horse, excelling that of every nation in the world, which it has served to bring forth_ and for its principles of systematic training, a science by itself, let it have full and just praise. For the good it has failed to accomplish, and for the evil it has done, let the j blame rest on the censors of public opin- : ion and not upon the jockeys. Although they are wanting in the.principle of sell-de-nial, the foundation of a complete man, ajtd are adicted to many vices, yet the jockeys as a class are possessed of noble qualities,such I -s are seldom found: A great deal may be | gleaned by a walk with them, and he must jhe weak indeed who cannot separate the I wheat ,from the chaff. It takes all sorts of I people to make a world, anti thy friend has I I little faith in hand-box morality, j At the head of those who are horsemen hv I j profession stands the veteran Hiram YVoodj ruff. In person, lie is abcui the medium jsize, thick set and full formed; has a full, good-natured face, and an intellectual-look-ing head. There is a peculiar comical expression to his eyes, which, under a joke, flash like diamonds. He wears a broadbrimmed hat,a roundabout and.flowing trowsj ers, and altogether looks like a jolly old t.ir j just off ship. He is courteous to all; is | cheek by jowl wit'll the aristoora y of the city, the peanut hoys and Flora Temple. He is | past the prime of life, full of energy and fun, ! honest, intelligent and m inly; keeps a pub- ' lie house on a grand scale, nnd a large stable. Dan. Pfifer, another horseman, is a heavy, well-m ide man, lias a red face and a I heart, is generous and affable, has less fun llian Hiram but as good a knowledge ot horse-flesh. He thinks more of a horse than ke does of a woman, and is wed only to his profession. Geo. Spicer is a good-looking man, and his countenance would indicate his admiration of the horse—he always drives a good team. He looks as though he was not easily frightened, notwithstanding Lantern carried too high u wick for him in his race against Ethan Allen. With the other courtiers of the ribbon thy friend lias no acquaintance* und can only say j that they delight in long whips and fast j nags. I Ol the system of training pursued here no ! adequate idea can ho conveyed by the pen; j it is one ot the sciences that must he learned i Jby experience. So far as mv knowledge I

goes, it consists mainly of two qualities: grooming and exercise. The former is thoroughly understood and thoroughly practiced. Horses designed for training are placed in the hands of the professional horseman, who has entire control of them. The trainer has |in his employ a well-informed groom, who has under him several hoys, so that between them all, the superfluous flesh is rubbed off’ and nothing but muscle is left. From this continual friction the beasts become sore and cross, and their coats shine like mirrors. The uttmost attention is paid to cleanliness and many ot the stables resemble parlors. There are many men, worth many dollars, j who do not get half the attention which these animals receive. The boys become identified with them, they sleep with them, they talk to them and fight for them. Each horse receives one hour’s walking in the morning and the same quantity at night. Tuis is done under heavy blankets and hoods. ! and in the trotting season when large numbers are out, a novel and quaint sight is presented. In addition to this they are treated to work in lint ness two or three times in a week. By this training the horses are kept in good condition, and their muscles and sinews become hard and servicable. All honor to the system, even if it did eminate from a race course. -Day before yesterday Flora Temple heat Princess, over the Eclipse i'nurse* in 4:51, at two mile heats, to harness, making her second mile in 2:23. s A week prior to that, she outstripped the Cali ornia m ire, at mile heats, beating herowti famous t ime of 2:24.\, 'and closing the secoiid heat in the astonishing quick time ol two minutes, and twenty-two seconds; the fastest, on record. These have been the great trots of the season. Yours. Broadbrim.

JASPER COUNTY FAIR.

The members of the Agricultural Board are requested to meet, at the Auditor’s otfice oil the first Saturday in September The Board mast attend, each one without tail, as it is* the las.t meeting before the Fair. Arrangements are to be made for fencing the Fair grounds, and other important business. N. B.—All those hawing taken stock in the , Society are notified to pav their subscription in to Mr. McCoy, Treasurer, at the Bank of Thos. McCoy &. Co. in Rensselaer. By order. Robt. Parker, Pres’t. 18. Donaldson, Sec y.

AN Idiana Elopement.

The Aurora Commorci d tells the following story of a Housier elopement, and what came of it: A man by the name of R. M. Dunlap called at the office olj.the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad on Monday evening of list week,.and deposited some baggage, saying jhe wanted to go to Cincinnati on the ten o’clock train, it he could make his arrangements. Later lie called and said the train would he too early for him, and he would have to take his baggage down to tire wharf and goon the packet.- Mr. Bush then told him that the train was four hours behind time, when lie appeared to be joyously elated, and said that that would suit, him exactly. lie then departed; but “a short time before the train arrived (between two and three o’clock) lie returned, having in his company a woman closely veiled. After pureoasing tickets they went out and sat on the back platform till the train came along, j when they got-on board, and were rupidlv j whirled a way to their destination. In five minutes thereafter a mail came riding up in hrea.th.le s haste, and in great excitement asked Mr. Bush if thejtrain was gone. “Yes,’) was the reply. “Did / man and woman get on here!” “I believe so.” “Can’t I catch trie cars?” was the next query ot thee-cited individual, as he gazed wist fully up the track. “No. No chance of that.” “II 1 and d tion !” growing hopeless j and desperate—“l would have give a thouI sand dollars and the g;ay mare il I had only j got here five minutes "sooner.” Thereupon,he told the“t.ale ofhis wrongs,” His name is Augustus Harvev, and lie is a renter on the lurm of Moses Turner, in Ohio I county, about one mile below L uighery. ! He had hired Dunlap to assist him in his ! work, when, it is presumed, that an “affini-! ty” sprung up between him and Mrs. llarvey; and tii it they had just eloped, she carrying: off all her clothing and .forty dollars ot his; hard-earned money. No other course being *ett, a dispatch was forwarded to Cincinnati, requesting t. e arrest ait the eloping couple; and when the live o'clock train came along, Harvey git aboard and toilowed in hot. pursuit. When he arrived at the depot in the city, he found a police officer watching the b iggage. P e*ty soon a baggage wagon. Irom the Madison House, arrived, into which the Officer and Harvey seated themselves, and repaired at once to the hotel. There they were found: and alter some persuasion the woman was induced to return. Sliehad spent twenty dollars oft).he money for a suit of clothes lor Dunlap; but the balance, with the baggage, was recovered. He returned with his truent wife on the ten o’clock train, and when he reached here lie appeared to he in the greatest good humor with himself and everybody else in general. Why shouldn’t lie! He had got his wife, whom he had almost given up for lost, and the future, with its wealth of domestic bliss, was again smiling joyously before him. But the end was not 'yet. On the next night (Wednesday) Dunlap returned. It is presumed that he prowled around the premises till ti late hour, when lie supposed the now happy inmates were locked i n't he drowsy embraces ol Somnns. He then ipproached the house, and, clambering up to a window, endeavored, by punching the fair lady in the libs with a long stick, to awaken her. But this “gentle hint,” intended for her alone, reached the I' iI is ol her siloaring lord insteae. and iroused him from Ins pie.is mt dreams j Veaiigetully lie awoke from his sleep H. intuitively lelt that his “evil genius” h id nr-j I rived, and tens bent upon again biirglaroiisly !

obf.a in ing possession ofhis heart’s treasure—the wile of his “boosom.” With in rderous intent he hastily seized fire-arms, and discharged a heavy load at the midnight destrover of his happiness and—sleep. It failed to take effect, the persevering individual returned the fire, and several shots passed between the parties without doing anv damage. But Harvey gained the victory,for his annoyer retreated and left the field'in quiet possession of the intrepid husband. Fearing, however, that Dunlap would return the next n ght with a sufficient reinforcement to carry ot)'his wife vi el ctrmis, he called in a number ol neighbors to assist him in guarding the sanctuary ol his domestic bliss, which had been so ruthlessly invaded by such a gallant foe. And here we must abruptly break off our narrative. We have heard nothing further from the belligerent parties, but live in hopes that thuT campaign is' closed and that a treaty of peace has-been entered into by the hostile parties.

The Norwich Trage dy.

\ A Whole Neighborhood Burnt—the Incendiary Slain. ' j From a distance of five miles from the Preston City toll-gate, through Preston City. ( over the hill on the road to North Stonin<f- , ton. and into the borders of the latter town, from eleven o’clock at night until four in the morning, an incendiary's torch was busy with ■ the work of destruction. Stigftnjr.g on ly to • apply the match to the propfjgy of the vicj tims of his cowardly revengajUfcs'^wonld-lio assassin w.-s hastening on all nGgjlive-loiig night, leaving behind him the charred reinnants of the burnt, buildings, and the smoul- . dering ashes of the garnered grain. The incendiary and assassin is a man 'named Henry Chapman, about thirty-two' years old, tall, slender, a >d dark corople.xioned. Soiijie ten years sin.ee he married a ■ daughter of Mr. Eleaxer Wheeler, but his conduct.was such that she was compelled, , l°r her own safety, to have liitn imprisoned in detail It ot bonds, to keep the peace. Since that time she has refused to live with I him, and with her three children, has remained iit her father's house. On S i turd ay last lie e.-.ine to the house and asked to see her, but she relused to meet him. Finding I their second son, lie took him awav to Nor- . wich, and then started on hot for No ink. lie walked all night, draggi ng his bare-to.nod hoy with him, and reached Xoank Sunday lorenoon; and, Irom SaUu’day morning until dinner on Sunday, the brute gave the child not a morsel ot rood to sustain him during his toilsome truifp. He was followed hv his,wile’s friend-, and overtaken at No,ink-? bv . ffieer Chappell, who took the child a war, and at the same time S'-rvcd upon him his i w it e s petition tor divorce. Chapman then returnee to Preston in a per ect Irenzv of rare. lie was last seen before the trugodv. ; about ten o'clock that 1 night, near the tollbridge. At eleven o'clock the barn of Mr. Henry 1 I ii vey, tola-gate keeper, was discovered to be on fire. It was destroyed with all it< cotilents. Other buildings were with dilli ultv saved. N.t long alter, the burn of Russell Fitch, about a mile beyond, was tired and destroyed. About twelve o’clock 11 -nry Haskell's barn, ahoijt a mile and a halt iurtfier on, was fired and destroyed. A little alter twelve, a barn belonging to Mr. M. T. Richards, in the more thickly settled portion of the town called Preston City, was fired. It was destroyed, and the . flames spread first to a carriage house adjoining, and a!terwards to a store occupied ; by Mr. Richardson. A short distance beyond, Mr. Brown’s i barn, filled with crops, was destroyed. Only a few rods beyond was the hart) of Win. 11. i Prentice, which was destroyed also,. The next building fired was the barn of Noyes F. Meecii, fifteen rods off the main | road; the scoundrel going out of Iris wav in ; order to satisfy his old grudge airuin.st "\lr Meech. About three o'clock the barn of Robert G. Latham, on the edge of North Stonington, was destroyed, with a corn house and wamon- | house. Halt a mile beyond stands t.ie house of [ Mr. Lleazer \\ heeler. It was nearly tour | o’clock when the family was awakened by Mr. Latham, « ho came for assistance to ex- | tinguish the fire last mentioned. Mr. Wheel- [ er’s son Charles told his father, as soon as the family were aroused, that this wiis“some | of Henry Chapman’s work, and they had j better not. leave the house unprotected.” ! Before they could get ready to go to the as- ! sistanoe ot their neighbors, they' discoveted | the 11 lines issuing from their own barn | Charles’ suspicions were confirmed by this, ! and while they were endeavoring to extinj guish the flames, Chapman was discovered j endeavoring to set lire to the house. The j alarm was given, and Mr. Wheeler and j (.Maries arrived with an axe and shot-gun, | and met Chapman at the door. Charles fired 1 him, hut tilt' gun missed fire, when Chap- [ man shouted, “Now, by G—. I’ve got yo !” I and drew a pistol on r. Wheeler and snapped it. twice at his head, but it missed fire both times. Mr. Wheeler struck at him with the axe, hut missed him. By this time Charles had primed his gun, and punchiriff out the glass in a second-story window, ho fired, and Chapman staggered and almost’ fell. Ho then fled, probably taking with him a heavy charge of shot. Mr. Wheeler followed, hut he escaped into the woods. LATER. Willi scarcely a single exception, the dwellings and barns in the vicinity of Preston City were watched all Tuesday night with sleepless eyes. It was believed that Chapman having secreted hirmfell in the swamp during the day would sally forth at night and complete his work of vengeance. Mrs. Chapman was removed, as it was beI eved that Chapman w . u |d attempt to murder her. Early on Wednesday morning parties started out. to search the woods. About halt past ii no o clock he was found lying on Ills lurk 11. ar a spring, a few rods fruni'thc road, and about a third of a mile from the house ,>i Mr. Wheeler. The dead body Was si ill warm, so that i: con Id have been dead but a few hours. His ■clothing was stripped down from his legs, evidently lor the purpose of bathing his abdomen, where lie received the charge ol shut tired ty the \\ lieeh'r hoy, oil Tu 'sday tnornmg. No pistol or other weapon was tound upon him. He had probably thrown them au.iy, lor he was known to have a doilhle- ■ harieled pistol and a dirk in his belt on Mon- ;‘ "V U'flh!. A orwi ’i (ConnA Bulletin.