Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1869 — Page 1

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. PROFESSIONAL CAMS. enwtif p. ncMMOND. rnodAS./. spiTLsn r * HAMMOND & SPITLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rensselaer, Indiana. ajp'Offloe In Court Houso. ttsm k.O. nwmoiss. 3. P.Thompson. D WIGGINS & THOMPSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW, PUBLIC, Real Estate and -•L'l Insurance Agents, Uenssei.akk Inp. tWleo In McCoy's Bank Building, np-stnlia. - i-1.-ly. Wm. l. McConnell,’ ATTORMY AT LAW —AND—yOTAHY 2?UBIiZC, E2HMELAER, INDIANA OCiou In tonje’a 9tooe Bultdlnt. up STfira. ! iii.-ly. GEORGE W. H&SCALL, REAL ESTATE AGENT ASP WOVARY FnDXjIO, Remington Indiana. All buslnoii "attended to promptlyBlank' Deeds ami Mortgages always ewi hand. 1-17-ts. JOHN BALDUS, Real Estate Agent, , j Front St. Rensselaer, Indiana, j. Will luiv find soil land, and rout ! ]umsos-,an<i farms. Those wishing to j purchase tan. *eeurt‘ tmod t'nrtr.s or lotvn properly~«>ii reasonable terms by willing on him. or by letter. Achlrtfis, John Biudus, Rensselaer, Indiana. * organ «'*ort aitob tuommon A. JTIcOOY ft TIIONIPSOM, bankers. RENBIELAERY iNPIANAi Bis ftnd sell Ctlft »u<l Domestic TLvcliai»r*‘* Collection* on all available poijit*. pay l«Ure*t on •pccifled Lime «lcpo*ito&, and transact all builneae In their line with dispatch, Hyofßce hour*, fioiu 9a.m. to 11». nv no 54 17. " DH. 6. Av MOSSt fPppicx—Front room, up stair?, first fO >r, • iMngbal Building, BmteeoUer, Ind. * 1-1.-ly. DH. J. H, Rensselaer, - - - Indiana. <os#-Offtoc on Waahlngton atrei’k SAMUEL FENDIG WILL PAY TIIL HtOHEST MARKET PRICE 11ST CASH! For Hides, Feathers, Rags, Poultry, Rutter, Eggs, ami AU KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. Give him a call before selling elsewhere. t l-16-3mos DU V ALL'S BLACKSMITH SHOP I* in operation, next door above the Express Office RENSSELAER IND. All kind* of blackamUhing dode to order 37-ls __ UaiLY HACK. LIJTE ANII UYERY STABLE. Hacks run dally (Sundays excepted) between JUnsaelaerand Bradford, on the O it L U R,«nd between Rensselaer And Remington *»lh«Tt;ff#,lg, -■ Horses and Carriages to let at reasonable •fas. - TW. dfc'tT.O. Dnval|.

ArtjrSTIJC HOTEL John Ml. Austin, Having leased house lately occupied hy-C. W. Heskle, aWd fitted it up Ift ‘gdbfl sfylfe as a Hotel, would respectfully inform tlfc TRAVELLING PUBLIC, that he is prepared to accoininodate jaU urMiuajr call onhim, - r v * GOOD STABLES . frant, in with the houac, where the stock of travelers will be properly attended *o by good and earefUlnoatter* j‘ ■ 1-IT-Sl'

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOI. 1.

BLACKSMITH” A3srx> WAGOJN SHOP! NORIVIAN WARNER IJT/'OrLD respectfully announce so V * the citizens of Jasper ancl surrounding counties, that he is still carrying oil the business of Blacksmithing and AVagonmaklng in all their branches, at his old stand on Front street, Rensselaer, Ihd. Ho Is now prepared to put up the best of Wagons, Buggies, Plows, out of the best material. He will also furnish you with a IVHKEL-BARftOW nt very low figures, if you want to do your own liauling. lie also keeps on hand, or will make to order, one of Uie Best sixcii.k or noriu.ic Shovel Plows to bo had anywhere, and at as moderate prices. Repairing of all- kinds done in good style, and on short notice. 111, t( H»i.ll!'flllV(i I WARNF.B is prepared to do all kinds of ble.cksmi; hing, on short notice. If you want a horse shod, it will be done on scientific principles at his shop. All kinds of repairing in iron or steel done in a durable manner He keepa-none but the rest workmi x and uses nothing but the best o material, and can warrant all lie sells. Give Norm, a call at tlie old staud ami examine, his stock and learn his prices. Terms cash. May 8. 18(58. 1-21. I. M STiCKillH'llg. t. n. RTICKUeChE RENSSELAER FURNISHING A. IST 3D HARDWARE STORE. - - ' \\J ft i'<“R U-iiv? to Invlfc tlm altentlon o V V the iit-opl# of Jasper nml Newton counties, amt tbu rest of mankinO, to our ful ami coin piste stock of - a i MAIDS; (It. ASS. HASH, DOORS, IHJTTY, LOCKS, BUTTS, STRAP HINOE9, TABLE and POCKET CUTLERT, WHITE LEAD, fciN BRED AND COAL OIU anil Ivervlhlug oUo uenally kept In a well regulated hardware •tore. XZ- —, X — 1 ■■ .i- Jt" , t ALSO. rrOOIUNG AND HKaVriKCI STOVES oj the latest styles aud in endlis variety. '4 , ' ' TINWARE Of «lt kUda; and everything «lsa usually kept ina well ordered Stove store. ■ » ALSO. CHAIBS, TABLES, SAFES " CRIBS, WAiH-STAHDS, r a BUREAUS, and everything else usually kept |n a propcrl condueted Furniture store.

We Seep coneuntly employed the very he«t of tinner, and cabinet roakere, end ere therefore prepared to do repairing or Job work, in either department, at all tiuea. j J ' • . ' #; • T of*ll aiyleiukept eon 1 iße kw etastly on hand or made to order ea abort aotieOfMtbe loweat pos«W*r«te» "METE make 4 oar imitates to furnish yy ererytliing needed to BUILD QB FURNISH s heeee. Oslt and »*• hi before pwrohaaiig amwheae - ■■X '» ■ - 1 t„ ' STACKHOrsa * 880

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, JANUARY 28, 1800,

£?oStnj. A V APOSTROPHE to w AS. Let pale lips abjure and prate about peace ; For this is the fashion of times, ns they go. ■> Let the king on his throne, as he sits at his ease, To his minions and millions preach up “statu quo.” “Statu quo,” to a slave! I’eacc apostles, v« rn-,-oi . ’Tis the peace of the the jail, and the grave! w And this is the gosjxil to peoples ye preaclt, While you tell them by “reason” their freedom to gain. How long might the slave to his masterbeseech, Ere he’d listen to such suasion, and strike off his chain? Nay lengthen one link? But fir dread of thee, War, How soon may we think King, Sultan, or Czar, For reason or rhyme, Would restore to tlieir peoples tlio rights from, them riven The rights that by God aud by Nature were given ? Not till cycle on cycle had ended all time! Men call thee .unholy, And true hast thou been, Too oft In the family quarrels of kings, A forced mediator ’ t wixt .Satan and sin; Thus, the last to defend-thee were he who now sintra. l!li£ diilivcnt far As tbe*noon from the night, Whan thy trumpet, O War! Summons forth in their might, To appeal unt6 thee for their long-rav- • ished right, Tlie “people” long lowly— Oh ! then art thou holy, - As Heaven's own light! • Sacred, as sacriflce rising to heaven, Is five smoke from thine altar—the li'.-ld red, and riven— Holy thy havoc wjhere heroes liave striven. And kings have been crushed ’neaih thy brazen-wheeled car 1 Sacred wo deem thee, Though babblers blaspheme thee; And better t>v Tar In thine anarchy, War— Though mother's may mourn thee, and widows may weep— Than Eternity’s lease Of pule smT'ranee and peace, Under Slavery’s sleep. Thou welcome -thrice welcome—thy pageantry proud Let thy guns be uniiinbored, and deafen the ear, Till the world be enwrapped in a sulphury shroud; Let the shout, and me shock, and the charge, and the - King over f he Earth — Let her valleys be torn— Let her labor in birth, Until Freedom is bora — Until graee-of-God kings from their thrones have beta hurled, - And their hireling hosts have been swept from the world! Then -not till then—let the sabre be , bfi ke, And beat on the auvil to furnish the piiU'd.: Turn the Pineo-to a goad, and the' steed to the yoke, And tear the black laurels of war from the brow. Then, not till then, May war’s ravages eea-e, Ar.ji with olive in hand, A brotherly band, Shull we preach to all men The pure gospel of peace. .. -Thou..-not til 1 -then-;— ; For so long tte on Earth, its fair features to mar, There’s a despot not humbled, A throne that’s not tumbled,, .A crown that’s not crumbled, 3 We’ll welcome tliee, War! —Captain Mxy.ne.Reip's Magazliis Onitatd.

EARLY REMINISCENCE OF JASPER COUNTY.

BY HORACE E. JAMES.

CHAPTER V. It will be remembered that Jasper county was organized in 1838, and that Newton was attached to Jasper for civil purposes. The first court held within this organization was held tho same year it was organized, at the bouse of Mr. Robert Alexander, in Parish Grove, within the present limits of Benton county, so that the first county seat was nearly thirty miles south of Rensselaer, The members of the first Board of County Cbmmiesioners were Amos White, Joseph Smith and Frederick Kenoyer. At the January, 1 fills, session of the Board it was " u Ordered, That the Circuit Court, Probate Court, and Commissioners’ Court ho held, hereafter, at the house of George W. Spitlcr, provided, a majority of Pine township he in favor of it, which is to be known by Amos Whiß* taking a petition through said Pino township, and getting every voter, to sign the petition for, or against tho removal.” j? ‘' Pine township was a small settlement on Big Pine, and the proposition was tot remove the county seat to a smaller settlement on the Iroquois, about twenty-five miles awayi Pine township proved herself nobly generous, and by a vote of sixteen to eight her sous showed "themselves truly patriotic in yitlding their persoftal interests and convenience to the interests and oonseaience of the public, Mr. George W. Ppitler, father of

OUR COUNTRY AND OUR UNION.

Mr. Marion L. Spitler, the present iiKminbent, was the firs,t County Clerk. His residence, as we have seen, was made the Court House, and Second county seat. It stood on'fin eminence about ono half mile south of Lyons’ Mill, in Iroquois township, Newton county. In March, 1830, the Board of Commissioners mot at the new capitof, and, among other business transacted, ordered a division of Newton county, (or njore properly, as then situated,Newton township,) into two townships; all the territory north and west of the Iroquois river retained its original name, the remainder was called Pinkamink township. They also appointed an election to be held the first Monday in April* in 1839, and created twd voting precincts ; one at the house of Joseph D. Yeoman, in Newton township’, and the other in Pinkamink township, at the residence of .Mr. William Donnhoo, who, we believe, then lived two miles a little north .of west of Frauecsville, on the farm now owned by Mr. Jones. The first session of the Circuit Court at the Clerk’s residence was attended by His Honor Judge Isaac Naylor presiding, assisted by Mathew Terwillinger aud James T. Timmons, Associates; Joseph A. Wright, afterwards Member of Congress, twice Governor, United States Minister to the Court of Prussia, and United Stales Senator front Indiana, prosecuted the the ideas of the State;

Unfits A. Lockwood was one of the lawyers in attendance. Mr. Lockwood afterwards became distinguished as an attorney. He was employed by General John C. Fremont to establish his claim to the celebrated Mariposa tract containing some 172,000 acres of the most valuable land in California, and was paid therefor the neat little fee of §IOO,OOO. Mr. Lockwood perished at sea on board the ill-fated Star of the West in 1855. The court room was sixteen feet square, floored with hewed puncheons, ar.d after serving as a Hall of Justice during the day, was transformed at night into a Temple of Morpheus, where the learned bench, the astute counsel, and the “discreet, good and lawful jurors’, joined with a psalm of deep nasal basso in their nocturnal devotions to the drowsy god.

The fivst State case was filed against J. T. Timmons, but as the record docs not aliow the cause, and the Prosecutor promptly entered a nolle jirosegui, the charge is supposed to have been wrongfully niacTi\ ~ The next criminal prosecution was against Jonathan Hunt for assault and battery. It seems that the defendant waived an appearance and was Himt-eJ npt only in Jasper, but in two or three other counties, writs having been issued for his apprehension in each. It is supposed he was never brought to trial. The first petition for divorce was filed by Louisa Barr, against Andrew Barp. The first cause on the civil docket, was Ilepsey Montgomery, Administratrix vs. Ed. Boon,' Administrator.

The first sitting of the Probate Court, was in February, 1839. The whole proceedings of this term is recorded, in tho -entry, as follows, viz :—“There being; no business before the Court, it adjourned.” “David McConnell, Judge.” (To be Continued.) . . ■ -■ , 157'Fivt!' young men in Berlin lately made an agreement, for a wager, to afeo who of them could keep awake for a whole week. They all held out for about, five days and a lialf, by drinking largely ot strong coffee, and keeping up a constant found of active exercise and exciting amusements. At the end of that time, two ot th£m yielded to drowsiness ; a third soon fell asleep while riding, tumbled from his saddle and broke his arm; a fourth was attacked by severe sickness, and compelled to retire from the list; the fifth held out to the end, but lost twenty-five pounds of flesh in winnirig the wager. Long ago, Frederick the Great and Voltaire tna<m a similar experiment, making use of the same stimulenl of .strong coffee, but they did not succeed in driving for more than four days., . —— ———' Two thousand women, wives, eto., of the Rajah of Jeypore, iatelv set upon their guardian, who was keeping them too strictly, and beat him most unmercifully. He barely escaped with his life and a broken arm

Capital Punishment.

"Within IheMast quarter of a century much has been said and written in ftvor of the abolition of cap--1 ital punishment. Such punishment is virtually qbolished, for in those States which have not actually prohibited hanging a murderer, the Legislatures have provided that juries may determine whether the penalty for murder shall bo hanging or imprisonment for life. For number of years past we have had experjpnce in the workings of this law, and its results, and are confident that in every State, murder has increased after the abolition of the death sentence. To-day, murder is much more frequent than twenty-five years ago, when, to prove the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, resulted in hanging by the neck until dead. The fear of imprisonment for life does not deter men from murder—there are a thousand ways of escape, and the red-handed murder of to-day fancies that he can manage to escape punishment, somehow or other.— These facts suggest the propriety of Legislative A ssem blies considering this subject, by a comparison of the frequency of murder under the death penalty, with itsfrequency under its abolition. llow stands tile case? Let the records of our courts of justice tell, Let judges' and attorneys and juries answer. — Let outraged, communities throughout the country speak upon this subject. And if this high and diabolical crime rages more unmasked now than when the law was more stringent, then let .our Legislature . repeal the present law giving to juries the prerogative of substituting imprisonment for hanging, ! Bvit before they do this let them inyestlgate the matter "thoroughly. Let themselves be satisfied that such repeal would be a stay put upon crime, and a means lasting to the better protection of society.— HTfliamsport Republican.

The Alabama Claims.

Y,S 1 The New York "World of the 21st inst, published in full the text of the Alabama claims treaty, which differs somewhat from the summary heretofore published. The text of the treaty is as follows: Article 1. Provides for the settling of all claims since February 8, IBtfa, by two commissioners on each side, and an arbitrator to be chosen by the commissioners. Art. 2. Disagreements to be referred to tbe arbitrator; and a sovereign of a friendly state may be made arbitrator, who 6hall be reported to and agreed upon by the respective governments. goveminent may have an agent ta support its claims, and to answer the claims made upon it. The decisions of the commissioners or arbitrator are to be final. Art. Requires all claims to be presented within six months from the day of meeting, unless good reasons are given for delay, when a month will be given. All claims are to be decided within two ycafe. Themeeting to take place in Washington. “ Art. 4. Makes payment of claims in coin within eighteen months after decision. Art. 5. Makes the result of the proceedings a final settlement of all claims, and a bar against all others. Art. 6. Provides for keeping a record of the proceedings, and employment of clerks —the expenses to be equally shared by the governments. Art. 7. Provides for the ratification of the convention by the United States Senate, and by Her Britannic Majesty, as soon as possible, and within twelve months from January 14, 1809.

Guard Against Vulgar Language.—There Mas much connection between the words and the thoughts as therp is between the thoughts and actions. , Tlie latter is not only tho expression of tho former, but they have a fiowcr to react upon the soul, and the stain of corruption there. A- young man who allows himself to use one yulgar or profane word, has not only shown that there is' a foul spot upon his mind, but by tho utterance of that word he extends that spot, and inflames it, till, by indulgence, it will pollute arid ruin the soul. Bo careful of your words and of your thoughts. If you can control the tongue that no improper words are pronouuced by it, you will soon be able to control the mind, and save it from corruption. You extinguish the tire by smothering it, or by preventing bad thoughts from bursting into language. Never utter a 5 word anywhere which yon would be ashamed to speak iu the presence of the most refined female, or the most religious man. Try this practice a little While, and you will 60on have command of yourself. -

Kitty Hood died~at her home in Jennings"county last week. Kitty was a colored woman, one hundred and four years old, and probably the last revolutionary pensioner in' the State. She came to the State in 1807, and to Jennings county twelve years later. Her pension was drawn by virtue of a wound received by her husband in the battle of Guildfer Court House, in 1780. •>.«£

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A tight fit—l)eHrium tremens. Imports hns a skating park. Still life—Whisky manufacturers. Cherry trees are in blossom iu Missouri. Chioago is to have another tunnel at Adams street. SmaN-pox is announced as bein" epidemic in St. Louis. Out of 0,000,000 women of England, 2,500,000 are uptnarriedj The illustrated paper having the largest circulation—greenbacks*. About 4,000 divorces were granted in this State during' 1808. Extensive plate glass works arc to be erected in New Albany, Ind. . . ' • ry*' \ s The navigation o f Peruvian rivers has been declared free u> all flags. r Major Andre’s watch is owned by an aged widow jo Foil du Lac, Wisconsin. Abput. 20,720 marriage licenseswere i*««u**d in all tire counties of this j ■State last year. A hog weighing one thousand pounds sold in Dubuque last week foor sll6 50. Brigham Young taxes his five drinking and billiard saloons about S3OO a month each. The granerics of California are overflowing with the surplus product of 20,000,000 bushels of wheat. It is said that every Federal office in this State has been “positively promised” to not less than ten aspirants. •• • The Great Eastern is now taking on board the new cable, FrancoAmerican, that is to be laid next summer. Robins have already appeared in lowa, and are causing great agitation on the part of the weather prophets. Col. Loomis, of Coldwater, Michigan, was recently advertised as dead. In a card to the papers ho denies the fact. The number of insane poisons in Indiaua is from 1,800 tp 2JH>D?the ratio being but one to each 324 of the population. •Cholera has reappeared at the capital of Persia (Teheran), and deaths, at last advices, averaged fifty per day. More than twelve thousand elephants are slaughtered annually to supply England and the United States with ivory. Ice has formed an inch thick at St. Augustine, Fia., this year, the weather having been colder than lor thirty-three years. Rev, H. C. Hovey, of New Albany. has received a call from the-Presby-terian Church, at Peoria, Illinois, at a salary of t‘2,500. The clergy costs the United States $15,000,000 annually ; tho criminals $40,000,000 ; the lawyers, $70,000,000; rum, $200,000,000. During the past year the Terre Haute Furniture Company, managed by S. K. Allen, manufactured thirteen hundred bedsteads. Attorney General Evarts has issued a circular of instruction to the District Attorneys, directing all suits for the crime of treason to be discontinued.

A black walnut tree was felled in Putnam county, Ohio, last week that has been cut into four logs, each worth $l5O. It is “curled” throughout and perfect. In the Chinese language, the same word frequently has several entirely 1 different meanings, according as it 1 is more or less drawled, or is pro-! nounced on u higher or lower key. j The second trial of Clem for I the murder of Young, the broker, will commence in Indianapolis on February 9th, the motion for a change of venue having been overruled. The wood-chopper in Sullivan-Co., whom rumor has made the possessor of 880,000 in gold, has confirmed the. report by giving in $52,000 in gold for taxation, the tax on that amount being SBOO. According to David Dale Owen’s geological survey of the State; the highest point of lUnd m India nil is on James Murphy’s farm in Orange township, Fayette county, about seven miles west of Connersville.

It is reported that negotiations are pending between, ship builders aiid the agent of tho Greek government for the building of a fleet of war vessels. It is freely stated that Greece does not intend to abide by the decision of tho Paris Conference. ;. . ■" * ' "U.s i .. - * • It is a frequent thing now for the Ifiuglish. t© get their most important news from China by way of America and through the telegraph from New York. - - Recently, they have-in this way been getting the latest news of the movements of their owh fleets in Chinese waters.

UeUf. neyr uniforms, and is never, as la alnUiing. - ="nTT of a piece.” The tdJttmri isVa&F to be, that when a Lieutenant, ho was one day at Washington,emitting ' WiraoWfthiMi bran new outfit lit the door-of his hotel,-where a crowd of , boys gathered, rffid one of tbcflUSnquired—“blister, where’s your eii; gine tft -f " * Baron James Rothschild'said, one day, he always knew, when |>gc%slc ‘ . were, talking about Ida’fellow-Hc-brcws.-yybether the latter Wdfe rich # or pp.t'. Upon being asked to t-x----pladU how he eante to know that, he' Replied: “V\ by, you sw>, when people are talking about a wealthy mail' I ! »y proed, they call him an Israel- , Uo, but if he is poor, they call him a Jew.” j An inquisitive young than visited the New Jersey State prison, the) Other day, and among other questions asked a girl the cause of. her being in such a place. Iler answer was,; “I stoic a saw mill and went hack, aller the pond, and was Arrested.’’ , Tn tho last illness ol the witty George Coßman, the doctor being | later Ilian the appointed hour, apol- | ogiaed to his patient, saying that ho ; had called to see a mail who had I fallen down a well. “Did he kick I the buoket, doctor ?” groaned iiStioemakers are proverbial for 1 their excuses, but one in this city' C4U fake the lead. A man brought a pair of bools that had cracked open after three or four weeks’ wc#K “Don’t yourfeet sweat a good deal ?’t anxiously inquired' the *sou of St. Crispin.— Terre Ilavte Erpreu. ' Ilenry Clay’s son, Theodore, is an inmate of the lunatic asylum at | Lexington, Kentucky", diets small in stature, and thin, with a ba(d head, and gray hair and whiskers/ He seldom speaks, but recognizes those w ho address him by returning the salute politely and with dignity* When Charles Sumner was a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate, te refused to visit the State Jlonse at Boston, for fear that it would look as though he was trying to influence members of the layislature in his favor. Since thit time all candidates for the United States Senate have followed hi* oxample. Such is the force ol a nobis precedent. '■•■ ■ ■ • - ”'*• A darkey in Natchez waa boasting to a grocer of the cheapness of ten pounds of sugar he had bought at a rival store. “Let pie weigh the package,” said the grocer. Tho darkey assented and it was found two pounds short. The colored gentleman looked perplexed for a little while, and then said: “Guess he didn’t cheat dis child much, lor wliile he was getting the sugar, I stoletWof pair of shoes.

No. 18.

Saventy-two persons have recently joined the Methodist Church at Wabash.- At the close <d! one meetings, the congregation adjourned to a neighboring saloon and held a pray er meeting there. The proprietor extended all the facilities hi his power for the accommodation and comfort of those present. 1 Joining church has a very difier* ent efiect on the people of Rensselaer. They quit visiting the saloons. Out of all tips Southern families that went to Brazil at the close of the war. only seven “or eight remain. The ,k llastings colony,” on tho Amazon, has been reduced to a remnant. Those that arc left are in a destitute condition. v Five gallant Frecchmen perished at Boulougne on Sunday, December 27, iu the attempt to rescue the crew of a disabled English'schooner ashore* oil’ the jetty. They formed part of the crew of the lifeboat, which was overturned, A meeting of the prominent merchants of Boston has .been held", and a committee appointed, to take "the necessary steps to memorialize Congress for a renewal of the reciprocity treaty with Canada. *

. Somo workmen excavating a cellar in Peoria, Inst week, unearthed a crock con mining oVCr SI,OOO in large gold coins. It is supposed t 6 have been deposited there by a deceased miser who owned the prop ; erty. A man died in Washington from “glanders.’?' He had driven ahorse suffering from tins disease; andthfe physicians, after a J>o*t mortem examination, and several scientific,experiments, ltifve decided that ho caught it from the horse. A-Aii dish fuss,” said the Hebrew in the yating-housji when a thun-der-storm came up, “shirt! pecause a poor Shew eats a bit of bacon.” Chignons arc sold in England as higii as SIOO. Tho average‘priro i$ about sls or £2O. In a recent lawsuit several hair-dealers estimated,a woman’s head of hair as worth to them about 60 cents. A wide margin for profit. '■*

fwfThe pistols used in tho BuvrIlamilton duel are in the possession of a gentleman in Newburg. Burr* is marked .with nmX. They arc of the old style of manufacture', flmt locks, mahogany stocks, the barrel carrying a half ounce ball. The barrels are of the “double-nnd-twist” make; they bear the mark of “J. Twiggs, London.” The pistols resemble each other exactly. These weapons have been used jq some ten or a dozen other duels, besides the one which has made them historically unions. We are not informed hopiliauy lives have peen sacrificed by tlw use of them- The last; owner* the |ate Commodore 'Salter, United States Na-vy*, clelrtjiod them and fired them off ouoo a mouth regularly while he lived. It is Said they IrtVfer miss flye. it*