Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1886 — Page 2

The Republican. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. O. E. MARSHALL - - Pri'i-ramra.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

FORTY-SIXTH < «\(.U»>S. Mr. CxnA.au called up the conference report on tbe interstate commerce bill in the Son ato Deo. Si. and stated that he would defer calling for action on the matter until after the holldava There were presented to the Bonato a oommuuioalion from toe supervising architect of the Treasury showing the neccss.ty of additional vaults for the storage of silver, and a petition from sixty ministers of tho Nebraska Conference in favor of the Chinese indemnity hill. A bill appointing James H. Angel, of If ichigan, member of the Hoard of ltegrnte of the Kuiithsonisn Institution passed the Senate. The House of Representatives refu«e<l to consider a Presidential veto of a private pension bill. A RKsonmos instructing tho Committee on Finance to inqulro Into and report what specific reductions can l>o mode In the customs duties and internal taros that will reduce tavra to the nect asary and economical expenses of tho flovemment, without impairing the prosperity of home industries or the compensation of homo lelmr, was taki nup and adopted u the Senate Dec. 28 Senator Hlair introduce 1 a hill making coii prchenllre rhsngei tn the prueton laws. 1 lie bill prseth ally removes tbe limitation of the sircars of pcuslopract and makes the fact of enlistment in the service of tho Vnlted States evidence of physical soundness at tbe time of enlistment. It enlarges the classes of persons to lie entit led to the benefit* of tho pension laws boss to include all who may have boon disabled while actually encaged in tho service of the Vnlted States, whether they were mustered or not. It also grouts a jiension to all female nurses in the lots, war who shall have arrived at the age of 59 years, and are without ttie means of conrfottilde support. It provide* that there shall lie two cla-ses of pentiouable disabilities —viz., specific and non-spe-cific Non-specific disability is defined as one the nature and dorreo of which cannot bo determined without the aid of evidence or of medical examination. Tho pensionable disabiliti s arc graded from one to twenty, according to the degree of injury received. In the House of 1 iepresrrrtattvr s, n bill relative to tho construction and maintenance of telegraph , lines by land-grant railroads was reported from the Committee on I’ostofHc s and l’o*t HMfcle by Mr. Warner, of Ohio The object of the tin a-live is to compel subsidized railroads to maintain tbeir own Telegraph lines. Both houses of Congress adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. -i.

THE EAST.

Governor Him,, of New York, has postponed the execution of Mrs. Roxalana Druse until February 28, to giro the legislature an opportunity to modify th l law of capital punishment in special cages. Unless the existing statute is changed the Governor says the woman must hang. Aided bv her daughter, two sons, and a nephew she beheaded her husband and burned the remains. While mother ami daughter were performing the latter ghastly work the boys were playing checkers in on adjoining room. F. E. Goodhart, of Steading, Pennsylvania, while lounging in a saloon, waß made a raving maniac by a party of friends, who dressed themselves in buffalo robes and rushed at him with uplifted hatchets. ... .Judge Peckham, of the New York Supreme Goylit, has decided that the action of ' the Lecis)wftjre of that Shite last winter in repenliftgdhe charter of the Broadway Street Radwnv Company .of New York City is constitutional. Jacor Mi rth fell on his face at Jersey City while drunk, his nose pressed upon the floor,and he smothered to death;.. The varnish works of Mayer A' Loswen* stein at Long Island City, N. J., were burned, causing a loss of .. .The car works of ScUtdl A King at Middletown, Pa.. were damaged bv lire to the amount of $160,000.

THE WEST.

Thk contract for the construction of the new building for the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce has been awarded to«Norcross & Co., of Worcester, Mass., for $524,860. Worcester t ranite is the material chosen. This bid does not include excavation and carving, which will make the total cost SBOO,OOO At Medina, Ohio, five men worked three hours on the safe of the County Treasurer, which contained $30,000, and were compelled to abandon their attempt. During 'hat time they held Marshal Frazier aa. a_. prisoner, bound and gagged, in a corner of the office. A kumbek of wholesale liquor dealers of Ohio have tak.-n joint action by employing oonnsel to bring suit iu the United States Supreme. Court to test the constitutionality of the Dow liquor-tax 1aw.... A ‘‘Patriots League” has been loaned in Chicago, the object being to antagonize the socialistic.movement. A platform has been adopted and » fficers elected for the ensuing year. The prospects of the organization . are-good. „ ..The Wonnhago.lndians aroundBlack River Falls. W isconsin, are reported as .dost itute—on account—of. re of the Qoverumeiit to pay them their annuity. The recent theft of,soo,o(Mi from an Adams express car on the St. Louis and San Francisco Road, for which Messenger Fotberingbaui is now in ariest, has been traced out by the Pinkerton agency. “Jim” Cummings aud two, of his accomplices were last week captured iu Chicago qadtaken to St. Louis. The tracks of Cummings had been very closely followed up by Robert Pinkerton e'er since the 10bbery, says a Chicago d spatch. It was d scovored some w,-« K s ago that he was infatuated with a trad woman of St. Louis who was preparing to move to Chicago. Her movements were closely watched. and she was soon located at a house on Halsted #ue, t near Madison. Shortly alter Jim Cummin;s wrote his last letter to St. Louis thr* e strange Yuou arrived in Chicago and took up their residence at the same house as the woman from St. Lon s. They were much-looking iallows witn the swaggering gait pecul.ar to brakemen. They kept eery quiet during the that r.veek of their stay in the city, but after that -t gsu to frequent gambling hdusi s arid other notorious resorts. At one resort ■Jim’ displayed his money quite freely and indulged iu queer methods of getting rid of it. Several tine s he op lied his pock* tl>ook and throw a j&f bill rih the ßoot, and directing that every pers m residing ia or employed in the house should bo given ?1. Alt the small t»ills in the house had to l>e kept- itr ■active circulation to make change. On one occasion when he tnrnw u ISJdJn ite On the poor the proprietor pl od it up. Ties ca tsed him t> remark, r\\ Hv do you heep end bark course If- Wl nt are your servant.-, for ?" A short time afterward "ha held a glass of wine before him and said : “Some people fear death. I don't. I would just as lief put n piatol to my head and die right heie as drink ibis glass ofwine, ’ He drunk tjm wipe, .however Becoming tnerere-kless w ;th his lmmey on *of hi# partners took the red pockt tbcxiK *«m' fr-ui “him. TBJif“Tse "lutstffPdPtt “tjrini >< irtmtifisr about to lake some money out of, the old stocking that encircled his waist, but stopped when the jocketbook was bunded back t-,i him. Turning to a i ystander ho remark* d : "ll you knew who I atn you v onldu t #i*eak to moyou w uld leave mo “ The answer wos; 'll. Ijneis n t; but where did you. get so much, money r’ Ha laughed h-artijy and repb.d. rt. I stoppjd a train down lierc.' Then, as if realizing that he ha-1 made a s. no IS slip of the toui-Ue, he suddenly b came quite aobir tiud I**st all liis volubility. The lavish manner in which they n*~ul their money attracted the atfe nliou ol ■*cciiprtnts of the house •Where they were living. The information in the posaessi nos tho I’inkert u; agency caused an hsusUfUly sharp lookcwiTtd I>r h-; t On thu house cm Hi:lkied street Things seeming ripe for n capture, a body of detectives made a descent iil*ou the house and found Jim Cummings and ti.e it. I ouis wo.rn.HU in bed. A package of Ss .(KTi Ttfis foend in vest l-ocket. fti.tl

tL' identified aapart of the prorfoai of the I rxprexa ear robbery. The two other accouipllcce of dimming* were also arretted.

THE SOUTH.

The Supreme Court of Alabama has do> rided that all sales of lands made by (be Alabama and Chattanooga Road before it* completion aro void. Millions of dollars' worth of territory in the richest mineral district* are involved.... Fire at Galveston, Texas, swept away twenty-eiuht dwell-ing-houses and two groceries, 'iho loss is about $'.10,000, w'jth insurance aggregating $50,000.... Some swindler gathered three hundred South Carolina negroes at Itock Hill to meet a special train for New York, en route to Liberia. They w ill need to be provided for by the charitable. An explosion of gaa in the coni bunkers of the British steamer Suez, at New Orleans, fatally burned the second engineer and three Chinese firemen, and dangerously burned three other Chinese.

WASHINGTON.

The report of the Board of Managers of the Nntionul Home for disabled Volunteer Soldiers, just made public, says that the average number of inmates during the last fiscal year was 8,040, iigainst 8,050 for the preceding ycnr, an increase of 11.15 per cent. This ratio of increase is said to be likely to continue for a decade to come. The survivors of the war are growing old; their disabilities arc Severer, and the number who are unable to support themselves is rapidly increasing. Notwithstanding the completion of the home at Leavenworth, Klin., there are yet many disabled and destitute soldiers cared for in almshouses. If Congress should provide for assisting in maintaining the soldiers in State homes, by authorizing the payment of one-half of the cost of their support, the necessity for building additional homes might be avoided, except in the case of that recommended (or the Pacific slope. The report says the home is gradually becoming n great hospital, and the necessity for additional ih< spifal accommodation is more urgent every year. The expenditure during the ytar was $1,000,700, anil the estimates for thfi next year ure $1,000,574. The Naval Board of Inspection which surveyed the United States steamer J nessee has reported that tho vessel cannot lie repaired within the statutory limit of '2O percent., and will have to be condemned. The total value of the exports of merchandise from the United States for the twelve months ended Nov. 50, 1880, were $705,320,237; same per od in 1885, $702,--100.540. The imports for the same period in 1880 were valued at $577,828,140; for 1885, $050,318,057. .. The maiu event of Christmas eve at Washington was a party given to their own and seventy other children by Secretary aud Mrs. Whitney, which -was attended hy a large number of representative adults.

POLITICAL.

WASHINGTON special: “There is some talk hero about the President calling an extra session of Congress if the present one adjourns without taking some action toward the reduction of the surplus, but there is no authority for nnv such report. It is saiil at the White House that the" President has given the subject considerable thought.” A New York special says that_“llenrju-. George will never be a candidate for any office again. Gaybert S. Barnes, Secretary of the Land and Labor Organization and a dose personal friend of Mr. George, is the authority for this statement.'

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

»K-yri; 'Wnwux I*oWDl'-ULV's ortler, prohibiting Knights of Labor assemblies to eontribut • funds in aid of the condemned Chicago anarchists, has caused no little excitement among Knights who nre tinctured with socialism, and many of them avow an intention to withdraw from the order.

THE RAILWAYS.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company is seeking to buy the South IYnnsylvnnirt Line.. .The New York anti New Engkvbd Hoad, -it is reported,, will be managed by A. L. Hopkins, formerly connected with the Wabash system. The Secretary of the Treasury has accepted the -offer of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Lon is lioad to pay Sl r >3,(>oU in compromise of the claiamf the Tb»ernm<‘nt. for. unpaid in-ti-rest on bonds transferred by the State Of Tt nnessee. The Federal com t a. Cincinnati has ordered the sale of the Kentucky Central and Cbattaroi 11-onls by a special commissiorier. The former! as art indebtedness Of ShrhOO.tHH'. ” The" to | aval lei the -Cincinnati, llichmond and Chicago lioad by building a track from Hamilton to llichmond.. The coal bids of the New York Central lioad will be s')o<t,lUkl less than for the prev ous yt arc

FOREIGN.

THr. Empert'r dF-Jstpan hits adopted tit.; etlqueito oTJim llma-i m Court, ami has appointed Herr von ilohl. form ily Germau Consul at St, Petersburg, as master of ceremonies. The French factories of arms aml ammunition are being worked t« Mfceir utmost capacity. . . The corporation of bt rat ford-on-Avon lias voted the In n'lie-t lhanks of tie town to George \V. Guilds for the gift of a drinking-*.ounta n... . Judge Putt, of London. iu dismissing toe divorce petitions of Lord and Lady Campbell, granted full costs to toe . latter and to ilie Lbnke of Mjtri borough:. A: the regular "fortnightly meeting of lire ' Executive ComhiiU y of the Itish National League at Lublin it was announced that stuee the last meeting there had been received iu donations from Ire and f'i.SO't and lrom America ftimittki. .11:- .s©bn Piilon said he would continue to c.irrv out the plan of campaign in dedancv of the Government. “Nobody, he said, "h-'.s £ r ghto say t e plan of campaign is illegal until a jure has decided, on the facts.” Mr. Dillon also said that leaders in this new movement desire <0 bet etit tenants iu Ireland without assistance of tlv moonPghters. —The-- resignation —of—Lordltandolph Churchill, says a Loudon dispatch, splits the Tory party as effectively as Chamberlain's defection from Gladstone split the Liberals. The Irish ,-oer ive proposals of the Government were tb6 primary cause of Churchill's sndden nVolnron. There were otlie! points on which Churchill was unable,to agree with his cdl« agues’—the county Kovemmeut board lull sad - the" proposed el dure rules l>eing ti e most tin - poitnuf. Tlie roper yd disagreement on tie armv and* navy estimates between CfemcfaiU-aiidtfav ininiaters 1 e-peethyly* rc-~ 5? sponsible for those departments ha u ;turallv been cion a prominent pi «e iu reports rehitiug to the res g nation in connec- j tion with war rumors. It is, how ever, sale i

to say that Churchill's opinions on the question of coercion are the chief consideration. Churchill, it is now stated bv his personal organ*, was the the only friend of Ireland in the Cabinet. He hates coercion, and regards it as no remedy for disaffection. Churchill expects to he joined by recruits from Hnrtington’s following when the smash conn-s in Parliament. The British ironclad Sultan ran into and sunk tbo French steamer Ville do Victoria while the latter was lying at anchor in the Tagus. The Ville de Victoria had ‘250 persons on board, and most of them were drowned.

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Cnarises Burger, n farmer, living near Rushvillo, Neb., returned borne from town Christinas evening and found hie wife and three children dead in the house. His wife had been subject to temporary tits of insanity, and it is supposed that while out of her head she killed the three children and then cut her.owu throat with a razor. A riot took place in Man Frauciscoj the drivers and conductors being driven from the street-cars and property wrecked by the strikers. The poliee, in trying to stop the lawlessness, were attacked w’ith stones. One officer tired into the crowd and two persons were injured, but not seriously. The glass-blowers employed by . two , companies at Baltimore withdrew from the Knights of Labor and returned to work on tho terms of the employers, viz.: a 5 per cent, reduction in wages, and the assignment of two apprentices to each furnace. The Temple Theater, in Philadelphia, ono of- the handsomest in the country, was destroyed by fire. Three firemen were buried under a falling roof. Representative Springer says he intends to secure, if possible, the pus-igi by the present Congress of his bill to provide an enabling act for the admission of Dakota, Montana, New Mexico, and Washington Teiritor.es. The death of Senator Logan from rheumatism has caused people to direct attention to t'-o illness of President Cleveland, who sutl'ers from the same trouble. It is not generally believed that there is any danger of a fatal termination of the President's indisposition, but, inasmuch as he suffers much the same disease as did .Senator Logan, he is this subject of a good deal of concern to-day. It appears that Gen. Logan received very little money from his book, of which he had great expectations, and was sorely disappointed at its failure. A Washington dispatch says: He was offered J;,OX) cash for the manuscript and a royalty on ail sales by a Washington publisher, hilt concluded to accept an oiler fr-m a Nov/ i ora house which promised hiru a larger royalty. Although tho hook was issued nearly a year ago up to October tie had -reecivt-d but S"2BJ from the publishers. At the time of Arthur's funeral he wont to Xew York and succeeded in getting a chock for S2,OJJ, which was needed to moot r.ouio pressing a ■cessities, but that not only exhausted all that was due him from the 'stiles, but the publisher allowed him to anticipator future receipts. At the rati tho book is now selling, Mrs. Logan will derive no income from it for months. In Washington, whore it was expected there would be a large demand, the agent says that scarcely a hundred copies li ivo been sold, and tue General only received li cent : u copy. Tho TitiTurS of Tits book was the souroc of great distress to him and weighedtopon his mind. Ho tv as not only mortified at its lack of popularity, but expected to derive a largo revenue from it, and was sure that its proceeds would vac for his house. He had been offered by the publisher qf a weekly paper Si 0,0 a) for his reminiscences of the war, but preferred to write tho political volume. No Lse. Backwoods school teacher (to boy) —“How far have you gone?” Boy—“ Ain’t never been very fur, ’bout ten mile frurn home, I reckon.” Teacher—-“I mean how far have you advanced in your book?” Boy —“’Over ter this here pietur.” Teacher—“ W’y. that’s where the first lesson begins. You can’t spell, can you?” Boy —“Ken spell dog an’ dam’, but I. ain’t no great shakes on bird an’ hossfiy.” . ■ Teacher—“ You little rascal, yon must not talk that way? Did your father ever hear you talk that way ?” Boy—“ Nome.” Teacher—“ Then I’m glad that there’s -some bnecAvhom jmLxesmdi;"— __. Boy—“No use'u talkin’ that way befo’ dad, fur he’s deef. Es er boss waster fling dad he couldn’t hear hise’f hit the ground. ” —Texas Sif.inys. | ' '. v , : , ' ‘ ''' '' .■' • . . ' '■* The morning cocktail is tho early

THE MARKETS

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DEATH OF GEN. LOGAN.

End cf tlie Busy and Brilliant Life of the Illinois Senator. The Gallant Soldier Passes Away Painlessly After a Fortnight’s lilness. The Last Sad Scenes—A Biographical Sketch of the Deceased Statesman. [Washington special.l Gon. John A. Logan, United States Senator from Illinois, died at his rpsidonce in this city on Sunday afternoon. Dec. 20, after an illness of only a fortipfiht, Gon. Logsu appeared in the Senate for the last tiriio on Friday, Hoc. 10. On Sunday bo kept the privacy of hiß room, rheumatism making its first approaches. He grew rapidly worse. Dr. Baxter prescribed the remedies that had before been efficacious, and before tho week e»d,ed there was every indication that the disease had been counteracted. Then a slight cold was contracted, and the rheumatic torture returned with grontor acuto-no-s. Tho suffering Senator xvas unable to turn in his bed. He had lost control of his limbs. Fever developed, and a Hequenco of tho complicutions was delirium. This subsided for a time and a semi-comatose condition ensued. Ho was treated with alcohol bath-—an heroic remedy, whose employment when discovered

by friends first suggested his dangerous condition and the feebleness of his system. But such baths had been used in the previous attack, and thus the intimation they conveyed was modified again. On Saturday afternoon, Dec. 2.", Drs. Baxter and Hamilton called in Dr. Lincoln The result of their examination for the first time v. arranted a change in the current of popular impression as to Gen. Logan's illness. It was folt that the chances wore against hisTailying. and that his life would fade out. Tho watchers by his side last night wore Surgeon General Hamilton, Representative Symes, General Beale, and the family. They began their faithful vigils with the flush of a new hope. At 9 o'clock the .patient rallied wonderfully, until the improvement seemed- substantial and indicative that the crisis had been passed, and ultimate recovery might bo. indulged as a hope not too sanguine. But after midnight he relapsed into tho unconscious condition which has marked his malady. The doctors' instructions were to arouse him lrom his lethargy at least every fifteen niTnutes» “He" was thus aroused and given medicine and nourishment. During the liouts of his apparent change for better he had regained the use of liis limbs and readily turned himself in bed. He was not allowed to talk, but did articulate distinctly a few phrases. At about two o'clock the doctor again sought to wake him into consciousness by merely speaking to him. Finding it impossible, Mr Symes spoke to him in his usual loud and rather gruff voice. Gen. Logan.responded to the call, opened his eyes, and gave a look of' recognition. Then there flitted otter his face an expression that was seemingly to bo translated that he comprehended that liis end was near and that the debtor sought to inform him of the fact. To this silent self-translation of an idea that had not been conveyed to him, Gen. Logan said : “I have very little to say ; if tho time has come, let it be that way." This was the last of the clear and certainly the longest of all of the sentences the dying man spoke. At 3 o'clock the doctor bent over the prostrate form and ciluld detect no boating of the heart. Respiration had apparently ceased, and tho family hurried toward the' bed, believing that death had stalked in unawares. But presently life was again perceptible, but there was no subsequent rally. All through the morning hours the patirntlay in unbroken coma, except for omr gratefu l moment-of slight eoneeionsn cKS during which tho devoted wife gained a glance of recognition. All the morning it was hopeless, without a ray to dispel the gloom. There v. aS nothing in the aftein-orehours to bring encouragement. At 2:57, unconscious and painless, tho heroic sufferer died. Just before the last sp r, of life flickered out the llcv. J. P. Newman had concluded a prayer at the bedsido. •The approach of'dissolution was plainly foreseen at r.oon. Tber ■ were presest in the room when deuth came Mrs. Logon, her daughter, Mrs. Tiicker and Map Tanker,,and the only son,, Manning 1 ogan, Gen. Boole, Senator Cullom and daughter, Gen. Henderson of Illinois, Represetative Thomas, Dr. Powell, an old Chicago friend: Gen. Green B. Ranm, Daniel Shepard, a ” form!TsecreTiTi'y C'ffrTfittmafe fr-eud, the llev. J. P. Newman, Miss Mary Brady, and Messrs. Taylor and Hall, private secretaries of the dead Senator. The death chamber is at the southeast corner of the second floor of Calumet place, the quaint and cozy home whose comforts have been so often told. From its windows the day’s aspect was bleak, and when tho bulletins of death had been posted down in the city and people began calling to condole, the show commenced laying its bleaker mantle over the hillside home. Carriages came rolling up the heights in uninterrupted succession. Within an hour after the sad news had become known, prominent men, with their wives, were crowding the lower apartments of the residence, conversing in hushed tones of the traits of the dead, the grief brought upon a loving family, and the loss the c< untry hail suffered iu the latest additiou to the remarkable necrology of 1886, BIOGRAPHICAL. A Career Crowded with Incident. John Alexander Logan, soldier and statesman, was bom iu Jackson County, Illinois, Feb. 9, 1826. His father, Dr. John Logon, who came from Ireland to Illinois in 1823, served_seyeraL terms in the State Legislature. His mother was Elizabeth Jenkins, a Tennessean. He was indebted for his early education to his father and to such schools as were maintained for short periods in the new settlements. When the war with Mexico occurred he volunteered as a private, but was soon chosen a lieutenant in the First Illinois Infantry. Ha did good service as a soldier, and for some time was adjutant of his regiment. return from Mexico he began the study of law with his ußcle, Alexander M. Jenkins. In 1849 he was elected . Clerk of Jackson County, Iu 1852 he graduated at the Louisville University, was admitted to the bar, and commenced the practiceof his profession. His popularity and success led to his election to the State Legislature in the fall of that year, and in the year following as prosecuting attorney for the Third Judicial District—a position he held till 1837. He was elected a member of the Legislature again in 1833, and was re-elected in 1836 and 1857. He was a Presidential elector in 1856 on the Buchanan and Breckinridge ticket. In 18 8 he was elected a Representative from, Illinois in the Thirty-sixth Congress as a Douglas Democrat, and was re-elected to the Thirtyseventh in 1860. In tho Presidential campaign of that year he earnestly advocated tho election of Stephen A. Douglas, but on the first intimation of coming triable with' the South he did not hesitate to declare that, in the event of tho election of Abraham Lincoln, he would ‘shoulder liis musket to have him inaugurated.*’ In Juiv, P-01. during the extra session of Congress called by President Lincoln. fired by Abo enthusiasm—of—the hour, ha left -his seat, overtook the troops that were march-, ing out of Washington to meet the enemy, and fought with distingui.-hed bravery in the ranks of Colonel Richardson's regiment at the disastrous battle of Bull Run. being among the last to leave the field. Returning home the lat-

T r I ter part of August, he resigned his seat in Congress, believing he could serve hiß country better in the field then fn toe legislative h 31s. He organized the Thirty-first Illinois Infantry, and was appointed Colonel Iseptemlier i:i. His fir.-t encounter wilh tho foe was ut Belmont, in November, when be led a successful bayonet charge, and bad a Lo.su shot tinder him. Ho led hl3 regiroentjn the attack on Fort Henry, and at burt Donelson, while gallantly lending tho aseuult, he. Was dangerously wounded, which incapacitated hbn for active eervice for tome time. Reporting again for duty to General Giant, at Pittsburg Landing, be was, March 5, It 2. made a brig.ulier-ieneral of volunteers. He took an important part in the movement against Corinth, and subsequently was given tbe command at Jackson, Teim.. with Instructions to guard the railroad communications. In the summer of 1862, his constituents urged him to become a candidate for re-election to Congress. In a letter declining, be said: “I have entered the field to die, if need bo, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established." During General Grant’s Northern Mississippi caui|Jhi<rn, General I.ogan commanded tbe Third Division of the Seventeenth Army Corps, under General McPherson, exhibiting a skill and bravery which led to his promotion as Major General of Volunteers, dating from Nov. 26, 1802. He participated in trie battles of Fort Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, and Champion Hill. In the siege of Vicksburg he commanded Merthersoh'g center, and on made the assault after the explosion of the mine. His column'was the first to enter tho captured city, and lie was made its military Governor. He succeeded Gen. Sheridan in tbe.command oi the Fifteenth Army Corps in November, I«6*. In May, li-ti , he joined Gen. Sherman's army, w hich w as preparing for its march into Georgia, lad tho adv nice of the Army of the Tennessee in the tight at Kesacu, repulsed Hardeo s veterans at Dallas, and drove tho enemy from his line of works at Keuesaw Mountain. At Atlanta, July 22, where Gen. McPliersou fell in tho hottest of the tight, Gen. Sherman says, in his report otthat battle : “Gon. Logsn succeeded him, and commanded the Army of the Tennessee through this desperate battle with the same success and ability that had characterized him in tho command cf a Corps or division." After the fall o' Atlanta. Sept. 1, DWt. he went home and tobk a prominent part in tlie Presidential campaign of that year. He rejoined his troops, who accompanied General Shenuan in his famous “march to the sea," at Savannah, and remained in active service with Sherman's army til! the surrender of tiie Confederate forces, under General Joseph E. Johnston, April 20, INIS. On May 28, hewas appointed to the command of the Army of tlio Tennessee, but as soon as active scry ive in the field was ovor, he resigned his commission, stating .that he did hot wish to draw pay when not on active duty. He was appointed Minister to Mexico by President Johnson,, hut declined. In iKIiG he was electi d a Representative from Illinois to tho Fortieth Congress as a Republican, and served as one of the managers of tho impeachment trial of President Johnson. He xvas re-elected to tho Forty-first Congress, and did good sendee a 4 Chairman of the Commitoee on Military Affairs in securing tlie i assago of an act for" the reduction of the army. He was re-eleet.d to the )•'orty-seebud Congress, hut before that body convened Le was chosen by the Illinois Legislature a Senator of the United htates for the term beginning March -1, I*7l. He’sujceedeil Vice I resident W’ilscn as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Mili.ery Allans at the beginning of the Forty-second Congress, Deo 2, 1872. After tho exfiration of his term of service, March I), 1877, he resumed the practice of law iu Chicago. He was again returned to the United States Senate, and took his seat on the convening of that body in extra session, March 18, 1872. He was re-elected in I*Bs, his term of service not expiring until March:!, 1821. Both in the House and Senate he. maintained his reputation for brilliancy and success gained in the field. While a Iti prt sentutive his most important speeches were: “On Reconstruction,” July 12. 1807; “On the Impeachment of Brest- . dent JulUlkOn.” February 22, 1808 ; "Principles of the Democratic Party,” July 16, 1808; on a resolution introduced Ivy General P. Ft Butler protesting against counting the electoral vote of Georgia, February 12, I 860; "Removing the Capital,” January 22, 1870. Iu the Senate his most noted speeches have been: “Vindication of President Grant Against the Attack of Charles Sumner,:’ June 11, 1872; a reply to Senator Gordon < n the “Kuklux in Louisiana.” Jan 12, 187ff; - “Cn the Equalization of Bounties of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines,” March 2, 1875; “Outlie Power of the Government to Enforce United States Laws,” June 28, 1870. On June 0, 1880, ho delivered an able and eloquent speech on the “Fitz John Pgrter Case,” which has added greatly to his reputation as a lbreible and effective speaker. In the Presidential canvass of 1880 he favored tho nomination of General Grant, hut did most effective service for- General Garfield in the campiaign. In 1824 he Was presented by his State as a candidate for President On the nomination of Blaine he was-made the candidate for Vice President by unanimous vote. General Logan was a man -of fine presence, rendered striking by his jet black fiair and strongly marked features. He possessotLin a high degree those traits of character which win success—a strong' personal magnetism, undaunted courage, and untiring industry. Nov, 27, 1855, he was married to Miss Mary S. Cunningham, a daughter of Captain Cunningham, Register of the Land Office at Sluivviieetown, 111. Bhe is a lady of superior education and rare social qualities, who has takon a deep interest in her husband's career, and has done much to aid in his advancement by hor genial intercourse with his Supporters, and the care with which she has attended to his largo correspondence. HIS HOME LIFE. The General’s Devotion to His Family— Logan n Poor Man. [From the Chicago Daily News.] Gen. Logan's home life was always attractive, and his political campaigns were conducted from the family circle. His wife and his daughter;' to whom he was always devoted and toward whom he,always showed the most afieetioiiate demonstrations,were his confidantes in political matters, and always participated aet.voly in his campaigns. For fifteen years, und until he purchased his new home on Columbia Heights, he always lived in the same hoarding house on Twelfth street and occupied the same rooms—a modest parlor, and bedroom. The new house cost him $16,C00. He bought it ol a syiKlicato TfiTCreStetr ih auloiirbTui liniperty, vtbo gave him a price much less than it was worth, as they knew that his residence there would attract people to the neighborhood. He gave his notes for 815,000, payable- in five annual installments, and borrowed SI,OOO from Don Cauioiou to make the cash payment. The house is fully worth 520.00 J and peruaps more. , ... The General was always poor. He was never successful in business enterprises, and has lived on his salary. His honesty iu legislative, life was proverbial. There was not a lobbyist in Washington who dared approach hint. When the bill to distribute the remainder of the Geneva award was p,ending in the Senate, Gen. Logan was favorably disposed to the claims of the insurance companies, and one of tho attorneys for them went to his rooms to talk on .the subject. The General received him Very coldly, and when the man asked to see him in private a few moments, he flew into a passion and ordered him out of the looms. There were rumors that pecuniary inducements were being offered to the supporters of the bill, and the General supposed that the man had come to make some proposition to him. Whether it was t ue or not. he resented the suspicion by opposing the bill that he was inclined to favor. He once narrowly escaped riches. Some years ago Johu L. Routt, formtrly of Illinois, hut now of Colorado, came to Washington to raise money for the development of the Evening Star Mine, of Leatlville. General Logan subscribed for some of thh stock, and paid a small assessment. The outlook w as unfavorable, and when the second assessment was made on the stockholders, Logan refused to pay it and surrendered his shares to Routt. Within a few mouths a rich lead was discovered and the stock sprang from less than nothing to away above pa". It made big dividends, and.was finally sold at on. enormous figure. Routt and all those interested with bint were made rieh. hut Logan got only his original investment, which was refunded to him. He leaves no property worth speaking of. Hig lesidence in Chicago is mortgaged for its fun value, and the little property he has in Southern Illinois, and < n which h ■ sunk some money in prospecting for coal, is comparatively worthless. A year or so ago a life-iu'surance agent asked him to take out a policy. Tbe General said that he had no insurance on his life, and always thought ho onght.to take some for the benefit of his family, but did. not feel able to pay the premium, as he had drain d his resources fixing up his house. The agent Baid that if he would take ajteljcv for«2o, o<X) he would arrange for the acceptance J of hi* note f. r the premiums for two or three years in advance. Logan thought over the matter. but tefugod what was an unusually generous offer, as he did not wish to involve himself in any further financial operations. • —His daughter is married to Maijor Tucker, an officer in the army, and John A. Logon, Jr., bia only other living child, is in the real estate business in this city. He is expecting soon to be married to a daughter of Cbauncey Andrews, of Youngstown, Ohio, one of the wealthiext men in that State. - -

CONCERNING DIAMONDS.

t'ecnliar Formations of the Mine* in South Africa. tf/memm’* Mngoiiiie.] And now the most interesting questions present themselves: How did the Suutli African d iamonds ever get there ? How mucltdeepor are we going down? Are diamonds going to be found in as large quantities as at present? There are various theories as to how these mines have been formed, but all agree in attributing them to volcanio action. They are all funnel-shaped, the sides of the funnel being composed of a dense igneous rock, known in miners’parlance as “reef.” It is of a Boapy nature, easily acted upon by the atmosphere, consequently most dangerous, as large pieces, in some instances weighing hundreds of tons, get detached. 1 There are no means of shoring it up, and without warning these slices will slide off into the working portion of the mines, burying the claims, and sometimes killing the employes. The hole of this funnel is filled with this “blue” ground, the reef sloping at various angles, but on an average of one in fifteen. The theory is, that fin time the Bides of the reef will meet at some great depth, supposed by some to« be 1,000 feet, by others more; and that then we shall arrive at the aperture forming the bottom of the funnel. Whether that hole will again expand into a further cavity, is, of course, matter for speculation. It should be remembered that the diamonds were not formed where they are now found. The hot liquid containing the diamonds was forced by some great cataclysm of nature through the solid earth, the bulgings in the sides of the mines being very soft and shaly, showing where the rock was not sufficiently hard to resist the enormous pressure. Now it has been observed that in Kimberley there must have been ten distinct upheavals; in Dutoitspan,'twenty-five; in Bultfontein, three or four; and in De Beers, three ; and this has been proved by tlie varying nature of the ground. If one upheaval only had taken place the center of the funnel would have contained one particular kind of soil. As tlie miners go deeper a great alternation is noticed in tlie character of the soil. They have actually found pieces of the top reef and top soil at a depth of 400 feet. This shows that in the succeeding upheavals vacuums were formed and the whole funnel became in a state of tumult, the upper layers of oxidized earth returning to their ancient depths to give place to the Othor carbonaceous matter which, by successive exposure to the atmosphere, became oxidized and assumed the yellow color seen so frequently in the heaps and embankments of rejected debris.

The Sailing; Packets of 1842. At the period of which I speak the sailing packets which ran between London and New York and between Liverpool and that port were ships of 500 to 600 tons burden. The state-rooms —as the little cabins ranged on either side of the saloon..were, termed—were below the sea level. They were incommodious, dark, and ill-ventilated; in fact, the only light they enjoyed was that furnished by small pieces of ground glass inserted in the deck overhead and from the fanlights in the doors opening to the saloon, and this was so poor that the occupants of the state-rooms could not even dress themselves without making use of a lamp. The sole ventilation of them was that afforded by the removal of the saloon skylight, which, of course, could only be done in line weather. The consequence was that the closeness of the atmosphere in the state-rooms was at all times most unpleasant, while the smell of the bilgewater was so offensive as to create nausea independent of that arising from the motion of the vessel. In the winter, on the other hand, the cold was frequently severe. There was, it is true, a stove in the saloon, but the heat from it scarcely made itself appreciably felt in the side cabins. In other matters there was the same absence of provision for the comfort of passengers. The fresh water required for-drinking and cooking purposes was carried in casks, and, when the ship had a full cargo, many of these were placed on deck, with the result that their contents were sometimes impregnated with salt water from the. waves shipped in heavy Mmaa. JJia.. wfttefcjffiM--most unpalatable, it being muddy and , filled with various impurities from the old worm-eaten barrels in which it was kept. Not only w r as the water bad, but the supply occasionally proved inadequate, and when the voyage was an unusually long one the necessity would arise of placing the passengers upon short allowance. There was cow on hoard, but there was no other milk to be had than what she supplied, ho way of preserving it having then been discovered. Canned fruit and vegetables were equally unknown. There was commonly a fair provision of mutton and pork, live sheep and pigs being carried, hut of other fresh meat and offish the stock was generally exhausted by the time the vessel had been a few* days at sea; refrigerators at that period not having been invented.— Chambers’ Journal. Restlessness That Ruins Homes. Thousands of farmers every, year leave pleasant-homes in the older settled States and make long and tedious pilgrimages to newer States and Territories, not driven to it by necessity, but by a chronic restlessness—ah idea that it is possihle somewhere else to get on a little faster in the world. In nine cases out of ten the man would ,bq better off where he is, but he is never satisfied until he has made at least one or two changes. Homes are destroyed in the most ruthless manner in pursuit of tlliSzfr phantom of bettering one’s self—homes which can never really be restored to ** the family, for home is something more than the roof which shelters ns. The associations of childhood, the friends of early days, the memories bf ihe'paSt, the ancestral graves unou the hillside —are these nothing? It will take more years than the most of ns can afford to build up a new home and get into it the feeling with which we regard our present one, be it ever so Imfahlo. If yon always live with those who are lame you will yourself learn to: limp.