Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1874 — Page 1

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JfU^ielhnw. “THE BOYS.” “The boys are coming home to-morrow I” Thus our rural hostess said, Whilst Lou and I shot flitting glances Full of vague, unspoken dread. Had we hither come for quiet, Hither fled the city’s noiße, But to change it far the tumult Of those horrid country boys ? Waking one with wild hallooing Early every summer day— Shooting robins, teasing kittens, ja Frightening the wrens away? Stumbling over trailing flounces. Thumbing volumes gold and blue— Clamoring for sugared dainties, Trackiugdirt the passage through? These and other kindred trials Fancied we with woful sigh. “Those boys, those horrid boys to-morrow!” Sadly whispered Lou and I. * * * * * * * I wrote those lines one happy summer, To-day I smile to read them o’er, Remembering how full of terror We watched all day the opening door. They came—“the boysl” Six feet in stature, Graceful, easy, polished men; X vowed to Lou behind my knitting To trust no mother’s word again. For boyhood is a thing immortal To every mother's heart and eye; And sons are boys to her forever— Change as they may to you aud X. To her no line comes sharply marking Whither orwhen their childhood went; Nor when the eye-glance, upward turning, Leveled ait last, then downward bout. Now by the window still and sunny, Warmed by the rich Ootoberglow, The dear old lady waits and watches Just as she used to years ago. For Lon and I are now her daughters; Wc married thonu tAva-’i country hoya," In spite of all our sad forebodings About their awkward wayaandn _.«l. 1.... Lou springs up to meet a footfall; I list no more for coming feet; Mol her and X are waiting longer . _ For steps on Beulah's golden street. But when she blesses Lon's beloved And seals it with a tender kisH, I know that loving words go upward— Words to another world than this. Always she speaks In gentle fashion About “tny boys”—she always will; Though one is gray and one Inis vanished Beyond the touch of time or ill. —Ethel Lynn.

REMARKABLE BALLOON VOYAGE.

Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 6. TnE balloon “ City of Buffalo,” which started from the park in this city at 11 a. ni. Friday, made a most interesting voyage of nearly 500 miles, and landed at 11:20 p. m. near Smith’s Creek, ten miles from Port Huron, Mich. Its course was at first northwest from Cleveland, until when about five miles from Cleveland it rose into an easterly current and was carried down the lake to a point beyond Erie. Then the balloon was brought down several thousand feet into a westerly current and carried to the mouth of Detroit River, thence northward over Detroit and Lake St. Clair to' a point of lauding. A special correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, who accompanied Prof. King, says of the voyage: “At noon our altitude was 2,971 feet, and we seemed almost stationary for a short time. The professor gradually discharged his sand ballast, hoping to find a sea breeze at a higher altitude, and thus be enabled to pass over the land. After a short experience there, however, it was found that we were destined to a voyage lakeward, and perhaps to Buffalo, which would have been a satisfactory arrangement. At 12:30 our altitude was 2,527 feet above the lake. At 1:30 p. m. the Buffalo was off the air was still very light and “variable. Prof. HoHen sat with his instruments constantly* before him, and he consulted the barometer and thermometer from to time, reporting to -Commodore King the status of affairs, whether we were rising or falling; while the Leeuier man took the bearing and held the compass. After a good, substantial lunch the members of the expedition joined in the chorus of several songs under the leadership of Prof. King. At two p. m. we noticed the singular but well-known phenomenon of the different currents of air in the upper deeps. The schooner which wc saw far beneath us was making short tacks with the wind from th<j Northeast, while we at a height of 1,752 feet were borne slowly in that direction, —that is, wc were under the inlluencc of a light air (It could hardly be called a breeze) from the southwestward. “ Capt. King on- getting over the lake let down his drag-rope, a two-inch manila cord about 350 feet in length. This had a tendency to steady the air-ship, so that its motion Vas almost imperceptible. At 2:30 the masts of a three-masted vessel were seen standing about ten or twenty feet above the surface of the water off Painesvitlc, or between that point and Ashtabula. Our highest altitude up to three p. m. was 2,09(5 feet; at 3:15, 4,200 feet above.the level of the lake, or 4,780 feet above sea level; at 0:45 p. m., 1,000 feet. Just below the Erie peninsula Capt. King decided to approach the lake and try the merits of the drag-rope. Descending until within about fifty feet of the water, wc struck the northeast current of wind, and instead of reaching Buffalo, as we had hoped to do at one time, we were borne swiftly on the hack track, and were swept along about westsouthwest. Soon afterward the current again changed, and our course was thence about west-northwest, and we gradually neared to land, to our satisfaction. \\ c flew past Point-au-Pin, and, slowly descending, we eagerly scrutinized the shores to distinguish any permanent point or settlement that might<lie in our path. At seven p. m. we ran in over the Canada shore, and sweeping down close over tljc land we ascertained that we were just below Point-au-Pellee, in the town of Morsea, in Essex County, and crossing thence the township of West era*? and tlie widest portion of Lake pt. Clair, soaring away above the clouds in our transit. This was one of the most intensely interesting and remarkable experiences of our trip. The feeling awakened in me was similar to that I have .known on witnessing some of the in the “ Black Crook at Niblo s. The great globe above our heads seemed poised in a tier feet foTsome mYnft" 01 * W ,° rd SK£‘ for some minutes, as the minds of nil seemed thunderstruck at the st™ imposing: scene. b wunge, “ White sweeping over the County 0 f Essex we had frequent bxcliangef of words with the inhabitants, whom King *'* tak ® h ?'. d of our drag-rope 8 One fellow, an Irishman undoubtedly SW* “ 0ch > >’ ee ' B too fast for that So on; we swept on our airy flight, pow rising, now slightly falling, and discharging ballast from time to time as circumstances demanded A

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weird and imposing scene lhy below us, while at times we were borne along on the wings of the wind literally, ana all the time a solemn stillness reigned. “At one point of our passage across the Canada shore our drag-rope caught in the trees and we were steadily anchored, as it seemed, hut not so steadily cither, for the wind blew in strong gusts, and the aerial monster swayed fearfully above our heads. Finally, after a most exciting experience, we manage, by throwing overboard sufficient ballast, to tear the rope loose, and tlie balloon shot upward with a tremendous jerk, almost throwing the passengers from their seats.

“ After an hour and a half of this cloudexperience, as near as we could judge—for, as no fire was allowable near this gassy monster, we could only judge of our course and time by guess-work— King judged it wise to approach our nether world more closely to take observations, for it was the opinion of several familiar with lake navigation that we were going in the direction of Lake Huron, a course that was to be carefully avoided in the present state of our ballast and gas, which had both been largely drawn upon. “ Sighting the earth once more we saw lights and fires of charcoal-burners, and the top valve was opened freely and often to expedite our descent. Nearing the abodes of our fellow-men once more we found that our course had been changed in all probability, and the lights of a large town were discerned. As we approached the earth and could distinguish the dwellings we rent the upperair with repeated cheers at the extent of our voices. By and by we could even distinguish the French Canadian patois. On our right hand-lay a river. which I hardly supposed wide enough for the St Clair, and hundreds of lights were gleaming in every direction. “Our drag-rope was now sweeping over the tops of the trees and the roofs of dwellings, causing the basket to sway violently to and fro, and rendering a good, firm grasp almost ineffectual to hold us in a place of safety. Swiftly now we approached the earth, calling lustily from time to time for aid from those below who might hear our earnest shouts. Still we were doomed to disappointment, for no answering halloo was borne to our expectant cars. But now the time had come for decisive and im-

mediate action, and Mr. King pulled frequently on the upper valve*-rope, causing a rushing discharge of gas and a consequent rapid descent of the inflated monster which had borne us so swiftly and safely over tlie perilous passage of 450 miles, two-thirds of which was over the waters of Lakes Eric and St. Clair. Down, still down we descended until a clear spot seemed to be close at hand, and on a sudden plump came our basket upon terra flrma once more. “ Iving and Cozad grasped the stump of a burnt tree, and while the latter Clung to it with all his might and main the Commodore quickly passed the lanyards attached to the heavy iron rings at the base of the balloon around the tree. Another one took hold of the drag-rope and securely fastened it around a neighboring tree. Each one was cautious not to leave his seat in the basket/as all the weight was needed to make -Our anchorage secure. Thus we remained, the airship meanwhile swaying fearfully overhead and threatening to tear out anchor and trees from their earthly hold. One of our number was dispatched to rouse the neighborhood and get such aid as we greatly needed in order to bring our unruly ship to the ground with as little damage as possible. “ Our highest altitude was attained at three p. m. of Friday, being 4,697 feet above the lake level, and our mean altitude was 4,000 feet aboye the sea. In passing over Mersea Township, Essex County, on the Canada side, we descended to within 500 feet of the lake level, thence sweeping tfver West Tilbury Township. We crossed Lake St. Clair about half a mile above the clouds. The lowest temperature indicated by the' thermometer was while over the lake, 58 degrees, and the highest at 73 degrees, Fahrenheit.”

Hints to Sitters.

. How many people there are in the world who, though really fine-looking, do not make a good picture. Sometimes this is the fault of the photographer, but oftener the sitter is alone to blame. For the benefit of those who would like tc know the most successful way of producing a picture of themselves or dear ones We condense a few valuable hints. Early in the day is without doubt the best time to select for sit!ing, as then you are not so fatigued -or harassed. It is a mistake to rhoose a very bright day. The best light is obtained when the sky is clouded and the sun shining through the clouds. Some fancy they can sit without tlie head-rest; but that is not so ; as even the mere act of pulsation will cause a movement that ruins the photograph. Wink if you must while sitting, but keep the eyes fixed on one spot. Avoid all forced or unnatural expressions. * Do not give the photograph r a thought, but try to fasten; your mind on some pleasant train of ideas. Do not be taken in the height of fashion, for when that changes, as it usually does in six months’ time, it makes you look absurdly conspicuous. Ladies with lung necks should wear side curls ahd arrange their hair low. the hair on top. Ruffs in the neck are becoming, as they take oft the long, look. Short-necked ladies with broad'faces need to dress exactly contrary, wearing dresses low in the neck, with the hair done up high. Low foreheads should have' the hair combed back, while high foreheads can add curls and frizzes on the brow. All colors may be worn if it is a real artist who is taking the picture, as he can produce beautiful results; but ordinarily, black, very dark green, olive or brown look best, A rich brown will look nltpost like velvet. Pure white, unbroken by colors, takes nicely. Do not “ get yourself'up for the occasion;” that is, do not curl your hair, when you never wear it so, but dress about as you generally do every day, so that your friends will recognize you, and you will hot be obliged to Bay: “ That’s me; but I wore toy hair curled just then. I don’t wear it so now.” With regard to children, let the person accompanying them get them into a real good humor beforehand, then leave them in the hands of the operator. Never threaten a child if it won’t sit, for he then imbibes the idea that it must he a dreadful undertaking; nor coiix it with sweetmeats. Avoid startling plaids or gaudy colors, but do not put dark dresses on them. Let the operator choose their

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RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER 17, 1871.

LATEST NEWS.

Death of Guizot, the French Statesman, Terrible Accident on an English Railway. Extensive Fire in Meiiiintren, Germany. Mr. Moulton’s Reply to the Beecher Statement. Interesting Personal, Political and General Ne ws.

THE OliD WORLD. A London telegram of the 7th says the laying of the new cable from the Irish to the American coast had commenced. A London dispatch of the 10tli reports the burning at sea of the ship Euxine, on the voyage from Shields to Aden. Twenty-one of her crew had arrived at St. Helena, in two of the ship’s boats, after a voyage of 1,100 miles. On the 12th tho operatives in the Bolton (England) cotton mills struck for better wages. Seventyfour mills employing 13,000 men stopped work. A Berlin telegram of tlie 7th states that aa extensive fire had occurred In Melniagen, which rendered 700 families homeless and caused a monetary loss of about $2,000,000. A Lisbon dispatch of the 7th says the Portuguese Minister of the Interior had given public notice that the plague had broken out at Arabian ports on the Red Sea. A terrific collision occurred on the Great Eastern Railway near Norwich, England, on the morning of the lltli, in consequence ?>f which twenty persons were killed outright, and fifty injured, some of them very badly. Guizot, the distinguished French statesman, died on the 13th.

THE NEW WORLD. Congressional nominations on the Bth: Republican—Third Ohio District, J. Q. Smith, renominated; Fourteenth Ohio, Wm. W. Armstrong; Seventh Illinois, Franklin Corwin, renominated; Ninth Tennessee, Barbour Lewis, renominated. Democratic—Tenth Ohio, G. E. Scney. Congressional nominations on the 9th: Democratic —Gen. John B. Clark, Eleventh Missouri District, renominated; Hon. Milton Sayler, First Ohio District, renominated; Gen. Henry B. Banning, Second Ohio District, renominated; Col. 11. Casey Young, Tenth Tennessee District. Reform and Libortvl — E. 6t. Julicu Cox, Second Minnesota District; Prof. D. G. Pinckney, Fiftli Illinois District; Freeman Kelly, Seventh Indiana District. Congressional nominations on tho 10th: Republican—l.loyd Lowndes, Sixtli Maryland District, renominated; Wm. S, King, Third Minnesota; 11. B. Strait, Second Minnesota, renominated; Stephen A. Hurlhut, Fourth Illinois, renominated. Democratic—Henry Boyle, Sixteenth Ohio; W. A. J. Sparks, Sixteenth Illinois. Reform and Independent—Col. Jeff. A. Seay, Fifth Missouri; A. V. Pendleton, Sixth Indiana ; A. G. Cook, Second Wisconsin; Alexander Campbell, Seventh Illinois. Further Congressional nominations: Republican—Col.C. W. Thrasher, Sixth Missouri District. Democratic—Col. John F. Phillips, Seventh Missouri; Dan. B. Woods, Nineteenth Ohio. Dispatches received, at the Executive office in New Orleans on tlie 9th stated that tlie officers of Bienville Parish had been forced to resign by tlie White League. A New York telegram of the Yth says the members of Plymouth Church had been contributing to a fund for the relief of Mrs. Tilton, and that $1,700 had been so far collected.

The President of tlie C. &N. W. R. R. has written to tlie Wisconsin Railroad Commissioners in reply to the statement by Gov. Taylor to tlie effect that under tlie Potter la-' tlie railroads would lose less than 5 per cent, of their gross earnings, that tlie Northwestern would, under those circumstances, lose 20 per cent, of its gross earnings. The Interior Department has issued a circular forthe lienetit of those contemplating an invasion of tlie Sioux Indian Reservation, reciting Hits' treaty stipulations with tlie Indians, and forbidding all expeditions to the Black Hills until Congress shall throw open the country to settlement. * Donati ons for the Nebraska sufferers from the grasshopper raid should be scut to E. B. Chandler, of Omaha. The suffering is great, and aid will lie needed during the entire winter. The Massachusetts Democracy on tlie 9tli nominated William Gaston for Governor and William 8. Smith for Lieutenant-Governor. Tlie platform adopted favors specie payments and a suitable license law. The Minnesota Republican State Convention was held in Minneapolis, on the 9th. J. R; McMillan was renominated for Chics-Jus-tice and F. R. E. Cornell fer Associate-Jus-tice. On the question of finance the resolutions deelnrc that the preservation of a sound currency against any ruinous inflation inspired by speculative interests may be hailed as a sure guaranty of the earliest possible return tb specie payments consistent with the just right* of the debtor and credit classes of the people.

Tue Michigan State Reform Convention met at Jackson on the 9th and made the following nominations: Governor, Henry Chamberlain ; Lieutenant-Governor, i erome W. Turner; Secretary of State, George H. House; Treasurer, William F. Hewitt; Auditor-Gen-eral, F. M. Holloway; Commissioner of the State Land Office, Chaunccy W. Greene; .At-torney-General, Andrew T. Mcßcynolds; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Duane Doty; State Board of Education, Carrofl S. Frazer, The platform, among other things, favors a speedy return to hard money, free banking, a tariff for revenue and equal taxation. Tue lowa Woman’s Suffrage Association met at Des Moines on the oth and elected the following officer ffcfor the ensuing year : Lizzie Boynton Halbert, of Des Moines, President; Mrs. Lande'ss, of Davis County, Recording Secretary’, and Mrs. Orwig, of ’Des Moines, Corresponding Secretary. The usual resolutions were adopted. The Nebraska State Independent Nominat-

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ing Convention met at Lincoln on the 9tli and adopted the following ticket: J. E. Gardner for Governor; Henry Weib for Secretary of State and J. W. Davis for Congressman. The platform adopted favors the resumption of specie payments as soon as possible and also cheap transportation; opposes land grants to railroads; favors a reduction of taxes and tariff for revenue; condemns the patent monopoly and favors a uniform license law. The New York State Liberal Convention met at Albany on the 9th and adopted a platform, but decided not to make nominations. The resolutions declare against a third term and favor free banking and a speedy return to specie payments. The President of tho Milwaukee <ft St. Paul Railway recently sent a letter to the Wisconsin Railway Commissioners similar in import to the one sent by the President of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Thomas M. Patterson (Dem.) has been elected Delegate to Congress from Coloradoby between 1,000 and 2,000 majority. Mrs. William Stonehouse, of Grand Rapids, Ohio, and Rose Dennis and her mother, of Sterling, 111., were burned to deatli on the Bth from the incautious use of kerosene as a fire-kindling. The Chicago Inter-State Exposition opened on the evening of the 9th. Tlie Chicago papers pronounce the display excellent. The Indianapolis Exposition opened on the 7th with a fine display of goods for exhibition. The attendance was large and the prospect of success flattering. The Nebraska State Demorcatic Convention was held on the 10th and the following ticket placed in nomination: A. Tuxbury for Governor; John Atlierly for Secretary of Ktate; R. C. Jordan for Attorney-General, and J. AySavage for Congressman. The platform favors a speedy return to specie payments and opposes monopolies etc. The State Geologist of Minnesota, who accompanied the Custer expeditfon to the Black Hills, in .his official report says he saw no gold, and took the “ gold reports with a large grain of allowance.”

According to a Memphis dispateli of the 10th a squad of United States troops had captured seven of the men said to have been engaged in the recent massacre of prisoners at Trenton, Tenn. The Michigan Democracy met in State Convention at Kalamazoo on the 10th, and nominated the following ticket: For Governor, Henry Chamberlain; LieutenantGovernor, Frederick Hall; Secretary of State, George H. House; State Treasurer, Joseph M. Sterling; Auditor-General, John 11. Graus; Commissioner State Land Office, Cliauncy W. Green; Attorney-General, Martin V. Montgomery ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Duane Doty; Member of Hie State Board of Education, E. W. Andrews. Tlie platform demands the abandonment of all efforts to rule States for corrupt narty purposes, the repeal of the law increasing salaries, and tlie “ gag lawthe reservation of the public lands for the benefit of the settler; the repeal of the Legal-Tender act, and a spe•cle basis and free banks with a secured currency, etc. The Nebraska State Prohibition Convention was held on the 10th and tlie following ticket nominated: For Governor, J. S. Church; Secretary of State, W. G. Ollongcr; Treasurer, Thompson Bissel; Attorney-General, present incumbent, J. R. Webster; Superintendent of Public Instruction, .1. N. McKenzie; Prison Inspector, C. B. Parker; Congressman, J. G. Miller; contingent Congressman, J. A. Fairbanks. : I . ..".r...

Tiie Arkansas State Democratic Convention was held on tlie 9th, and Gov. Baxter, tlie present incumbent, was unanimously placed in nomination for Governor. He peremptorily refused to run, and A. H. Garland was subsequently nominated in his stead. Tlie resolutions adopted invite the people to ratify at tlie polls the Constitution framed by the Constitutional Convention. —— 1_ Five suits have been brought at Burlington, lowa, against the Chicago, Burlington A Quincy Railroad, for violating the State Railway law and for ejecting passengers from trains for non-payment of fares in excess of legal rates. Elsewhere appears tlie substance of tlie reply of Mr. F. D. Moulton to the allegations of Sir. Beecher in his recent statement to the Investigating Committee of Plymouth Church. Tlie full text of the reply covers twenty-one newspaper columns. The Captain-General of Cuba has’ordered a draft(if 3,000 men audit forced loan of $500,000 gold and SIOO,OOO paper. IN order to insure the consideration of a claim for a pension for permanent disability, tlie Commissioner of Pensions has decided that the applicant must show that lie requires the regular aid and attendance of another person, under the act of June 18, 1874. Fifty dollars per month is allowed in such eases. The Grand Jury of the District of Columbia on the 12th indicted Col. Wliitely, Harrington, Ncttleship, A. B. Williams and Michael Hays for complicity in the safe robbery at Washington some months since. Wliitely ha<f resigned ilia position as Chiufc of the Secret Service Division some days before. The two men who blew open the safe Were indicted for burglary. According to a St. Paul dispatch of a recent date, Gen. Custer in his official report fakes strong grounds in favor of the immediate occupation of the Black Hills for military purposes. On tlie 12th the South Carolina Republican State Convention nominated D. 11. Chamberlain for Governor and R. H. GlcavesbJor Lieutenant-Governor; R. B. Elliott was appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee. >

THE MARKETS. Skitesibek 12, 1874. New York.—Cotton—l7@l7>ic. flour— Good to choke, $5.50®5.85; white wheal extra. $5.85® 6.40. Wheat— No. 2 Chicago, $1.14®1.18; lowa spring. [email protected]; No. 2 Milwaukee soring, $1.20® 1-24. Rye- Western. 88®92c. Rarity — Corn— «s®96c. Oats — Western, 87®«8c. Pork— New mess, [email protected]. Lant— l3H®lle. Cheese—.WootDomestic fleece, .ttkt/ji-c. Beer**— sl(7.7s®i2.7s. Hog*— Dressed, $8.75®%t50. .Sheep Live, $4.25 ®6.25. ? CMtOAOo.—Seeres— Choice, ' [email protected]; good, $5..YK&5.75; medium. [email protected]; batchers’ stock, [email protected]; stock cattle, $2,256-1.75. Hogs -Lne. gootl to choice, $6.90©7.4<). Sheep— Good to choice, $3.75®4.50. flutter—Choice yellow, 2h@33c. COOS- Fresh,- 15®16c. Port—*, Mess, new, $3.75®2t.00. Lurd- 14H@15c. Cheese —New York Factory, 13W®14c; Western Factory. 12VtfM8uc. Flour— Whitewinter extra. $5 506.1.50; spring extra, $4.7565.50. Wheat —Spring, No. 2,9569544 c. Corn— No. 2. 77®77V4c. Oats— No. 8. 48@4Stic. Rye— No. 2. 81683 c. Barley— No. 2. 98c®$1.00. Wool —TupTwashed. 45©55c; fleece, washed, 406 48c;" fleece, unwashed. 27®S5c. Lumbei— First clear, $50.00653.00; second clear, $47.00® 49,50; Common Boards, $10.50612.00; Fencing,

[email protected]; “A” Shingles, [email protected]; Lath. [email protected]. Cincinnati.—AVour—[email protected]. Wheat— sl.o6 @1.12. Corn— 79@Boc. Aye-90@95c. Oats- 47® 52c. Harley— [email protected]. P0rk— [email protected]. Lard- 14@14fcc? St. Louis,— Cattle— Fair to choice, $4.00®6.00. Hogs —Live, [email protected]. Flour-XX Fall, $4.25® 4.75/ meat—No. 2 Red Fall, [email protected]. Corn— No. 2, 76@77c. Oats— No. 2, 51@52c. It ye—--89@91c. Barley — [email protected]. Port—Mess, $24.00® 24. 10. Lord—l4}i@ls>4C. Milwaukee.—AYoiir—Spring XX, [email protected]. Wheat— Spring, No. 1, [email protected]; No. 2, 96 @97c. Corn— No. 2, 69®70c. Oats—No. 2, 47@48c. Bye—No. 1, 85@86c. Barley—No. 2, [email protected]. Cleveland.— Wheat— No. 1 Red, [email protected]; No. 2 Red. [email protected]. Com— B2@B3c. Oats— Np. 1, 51@53c. Detroit.— Wheat— Extra, [email protected]. Corn—--79@80c. date—49@soc. Toledo.— fvheat— Amber Mich., [email protected]; No. 2 red, [email protected]». Com— Mixed,Bo@Bo«c. Oafs—s2@s3c. Buffalo.— Beeves— [email protected]. Hogs— Live, [email protected]. Sheen —Li ve, [email protected]. East Liberty.— Cattle — Best, [email protected]; medium, [email protected]. Hogs— Xorkers, [email protected]; Philadelphia, [email protected]. Sheep—Host, $5.00® 5.50; good, [email protected].

CURRENT ITEMS.

It is not a pleasant topic, but a scientific amateur lately found twenty-six varieties of parasitic vermin in one set of city car cushions. Fall flowers of French manufacture are, if anything, handsomer and more beautiful than ever. Never has the autumn foliage been so successfully imitated. Authur A. Miller, of South Antrim, N. 11., lost seventeen half-grown turkeys a few days since, on account of their partaking of some rock aalt that he accidentaily dropped in the yard. A ratiier peculiar man is Judge Keith, of Virginia, w-lio r after issuing warrants for the recent arrest of Mosby and Payne for dueling, mounted his horse and rode out to see the encounter. Snooks’ boy heard him say the other day that there was money in hens, and he proceeded to investigate the old man’s poultry-yard. He had gone through a dozen fine specimens when the old man descended upon him, and the boy now wonders if there’s a balm in Gilead.

“ Pa, who is ‘ Many Voters ?’ ” asked a young hopeful of liis sire. “ Don’t know him, my son. Why?” “ Cos I saw you signin’ his name to that letter you wrote tlie other night askin’ you to run for Al-derman.”'-“Sh-h-h, my son; here’s a nickel; go and get some candy.” A somnambulist jumped from a train on the Pan Handle (Ohio) Road, a few nights ago, when it was running at the rate of thirty miles an hour. The train was stopped and backed a half-mile, where the sleeper was found lying beside the track, considerably bruised, but hot seriously injured. A girl in Nashua, N. H., in her youth was terribly scalded in her face, whereby her appearance is awful to behold. The other day she appeared upon tlie street, whereupon one or two ladies fainted. When the family formerly resided in Lowell the authorities would not allow the girl to appear in public. An Essex (Conn.)’ man made a toy boat about five inches long and an inch and a half wide, with all the rigging, and having attached to it a small American flag, suspended it with a hair from his own head by a nail in the ceiling of his shop, twenty years ago, and there it has hung all this time in spite of tlie jar of the shop. Elmer Fairchild, of Fewtown, Conn., recently lost seventy out of 111 newlypurchased Michigan cattle by a disease which the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture thinks was caused by drinking impure water on their way East. Other cattle in the town have died tvith the same disease, hdNvever, and there is some excitement about the matter. A negro living near Atlanta, Ga., stole a shot-gun from another negro, and on being arrested proposed that instead oi being locked up lie should allow the owner of tlie gun to give him a whipping. This was agreed to, and lie was given thirty-nine lashes on the bare back with a stout strap, a large number of persons going to the punishment, which was relenyejsly inflicted and philosophically borne. The other day forty parishioners, men and women, of Rev. Geo. Wheeler, of Concord, N. llmet at the parsonage* and cut, cured and got in fifteen acres of hay, concluding the day with ancxccllent supper. Among tlie fancy mowers present was Miss Emma Wheeler, of Providence, R. 1., who mowed a wide swath twenty-five rods long, which handsomely beat every snatli-mun on the ground.

An unnatural marriage lias recently taken place in Topsliam, Me., according to the Batli Times, tlie bridegroom being thirty-five years old ahd tlie bride eleven! “We are further told,” adds the same paper, “ tha t two clergymen refused to perform the marriage ceremony under circumstances so manifestly improper, if not unlawful. A third one was found, however, who was less scrupulous in the matter.”

While Mr. Lewis Barlow, of Newport, Mass., was fishing, lately, back of Fort Walcott, he noticed a huge swordfish coming in the direction of his boat, and before he could prepare for the emergency tlie fish ran his sword through the how of the boat and made a hole about a foot long. The boat immediately filled witli water, and Mr. Barlow’s situation was anything but pleasant. Fortunately a man was passing who rescued him and towed his boat to the shore. A Frenchman went into a store'at Quechec,Vt.,the other day, and asked for a bottle of liniment, the name of which tlie clerk didn’t clearly understand, but a bottle of “ointment was handed to him. and he was asked if that was the kind he desired. “Oui, *oui!” replied the Frenchman, “ she be it, she be it!” The next day a doctor was calleil to attend the family where the ointment had been carried, when it was discovered that it had been freely used in seasoning pies, in the " place of extract of lemon, for ’'which the man had been sent tp the store. A noTed pearl-diver of Atlantic City is making arrangements for a hazardous undertaking. He proposes to test the virtue of a newly-invented life-preserver by being carried from New j; ork in a Steamer to a distance of not less than , twt) hundred miles from land, and there left to the mercy of the waves until he shall .jneet a passing vessel. He will carry with him rations for a week: also signal-lights and flags, all being stowed away in a rubber bag about two feet Square. He is confident of success; but the undertaking looks, to common minds, like a hazardous one.

NO. 52.

Mr. Moulton Makes Another Statement.

The New York Graphic at the 11th contains another lengthy statement by Mr. Frank I). Monlton relative.to the charges against Mr. Beecher and in reply to the explanation made by the latter before the Plymouth Investigating Committee. Mr. Moulton recounts in detail how strenuously he labored to prevent the exposure being made before the committee by Mr. Tilton; and how he and Mr. Tracy—Mr. Beecher’s counsel—acted together to this end; but owing to their inability to prevent the meeting of the committee on the appointed evening their effort was a failure—Mr. Tilton having promised that if the committee was not prepared to receive his statement on that fmrtlculur evening he would defer making it, at east for the time being. With regard to Mr. Beecher’s statement that the only copy of Mrs. Tilton’s confession was torn in pieces in his own presence on the night of the 80th of December, 1870, Mr. Moulton reiterates his assertion that the document was held by him and returned to Mr. Tilton after the tripartite agreement, to be returned to Mrs. Tilton that she might destroy it. Mrs. Tilton’s letter requesting thiß return is again published. With regard to the interview at the time Mr. Beecher gave up the confession Mr. Moulton sayß: “When I demanded the retraction from him, he asked me: * What will yon do with it if I give it up?’ I answered: * I will keep it as I keep the confession, if you act honorably. I will protect it with my life, as I would protect the other with niy life.' I may be allowed to say here that at this remark I made reference to the pistol in my overcoat pocket, which I always carried in the night, as emphasizing the extremity of my defense of the papers. Yet Mr. Beecher says: ’He made no verbal threats, but opened his overcoat, and with some emphatic remark he showed me a pistol.’ Why misrepresent? Is it possible that he gave his confidence at once to a man who extorted the paper from him with a pistol? Yet Beecher’s committee make a point of this prevarication in their argument for the accused.’*

With regard to Mr. Beecher's letter of contrition, Mr. Moulton explains at length the circumstances under which it was written. Bessys, as before stated, that it was written out according to the dictation of Mr. Beecher, and that the exact language of Mr. Beecher was used in the letter. He (Moulton) was not in the habit of using such language, and could hardly have composed the letter in question. He says: “ I should not the^phrase God.’ I was not need to that kind of expression; nor the phrase, ‘Toward the poor child lying there praying with folded hands." I never called a woman of nearly forty years old a ‘ poor child’ in my life. I did not know that she ‘ was lying’ anywhere with folded hands. Beecher did, because he says in his statement to the committee that ‘She lay there, white as marble, like a statue of the Old World, palm to palm, like one praying,’ thus reproducing four years afterward almost the identical phrase and picture which he conveyed to me, and which I put in the ‘ letter of contri tion.’ I could not have used the phrase ‘ I have her forgiveness,’ because I did not know whether he had tt or not, except as he told me, and if I had acted on my belief in the matter I should suppose that he had not. This letter, after being prepared by me, was read by him before he pnt his signature to it. The explanation put by Beecher in his statement that ‘ this paper was a mere memorandum of points to be used by bind,(me) in setting forth my (his) feelings; * * * but they were put into the sentences by him (me) expressed as he (I ) understood them, not as my (his) words, but as hints of my (his) figures and letters, to be nsed by him in conversing with Tilton. * * * It is a mere string cf hints, hastily made by an unpracticed writer, as helps to his memory in representing to Mr. Tilton how I felt toward his family.’ All this explanation is a mere afterthought made up for the purpose of explanation merely. Beecher always treated this letter as his own in all the after conversations upon the Subject with Mr. Samuel Wilkesdn, Mr. Beecher’s friend.” In a subsequent conversation with Mr. Moulton Mr. Beecher had alluded to the document in question ns his (Beecher’s) letter to Mr. Tilton, and asked Mr. M.: “ Can twe hit noon some plan to break the force of my letter to Tilton?” etc. Mr. Moulton again brings forward his proofs that Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tiltou renewed their Intimacy after the confession was made, and after both had given assurance to Tilton that they would not meet except through him. After again printing Mrs. Tiltons note to Mr. Beecher, concluding with the expression “ Of course, I should like to share with you my joy,” Mr. Moulton protluces another letter from Mr. Beecher to Mrs. Tilton, which is as follows:

“The blessing of God rest upon you. Every spark of light and warmth in your own house will be a star and a sun in my dwelling. Your note broke like spring(sic) upon winter, and gave me an inward rebound toward life. No one can ever know, none but God, through what a dreary wilderness I have wandered. There was Mount Sinai; there was the barren waste, and there was the alternation of hope and despair that marked the pilgrim age of old. If only it might lead to the promised land ! Or, like Moses, shall I die on the border? Your hope and courage are alike amazing. Could God inspire you to restore and rebuild at home, and, while doing it, to cheer and sustain outside of it another who sorely needs help in heart and spirit, it will prove a life so noble as few are able to live, and in another world the emancipated soul may utter thanks. If it would be of comfort to you now and then to send me a letter of true inwardness (sic), the outcome of your inner life, it would be safe, for I am now at home here with my sister, and it is permitted to you (sic) and will be an exceeding refreshment to me, for your heart-ex-periences are often like bread from heaven to the hungry. God has enriched your moral nature - may not others partake ?” “ This," says Mr. Moulton, "is in Mr. Beecher's handwriting, but without direction or signature; hut the note inclosed in pencil tells ustiie direction of it, as the words “Your note broke like spring upon winter" tell also to what note it was in reply, because that quotes the words of Mrs. Tilton, ‘ Spring has come.' asking him to ‘ share her joy,’ she being .‘ail right' now. The inclosnre is on a slip of paper marked * O,’ but which I do not produce here, reserving it for presentation before another tribunal. Was there ever a plainer case of renewal of intimacy, to say the least, than this! Mark also, amid the prayers to God contained in the longer note, Beecher’s suggestion that Elizabeth can write him now with safety, because he is living at home with his sister, i. c., his wife is away.” Mr. Moulton then gives in detail Beecher's alleged confessions to him of bis adultery with Mrs. Tilton, lie says: “It has been said that, being a man of the world, I drew inferences from his (Beecher's) pure and unguarded expressions which they did not authorize, and therefore as to these letters I have lett inferences to be drawn by those who read them in a light which dates ami facts have now thrown upon them. But to answer this criticism in another direction, and to show the impossibility that I could be mistaken, not seeking to shelter myself under any supposed misunderstanding, but taking all the burden of veracity between Beecher, Tilton and myself, 1 now proceed to give such portions as are necessary of some few of the conversations in which Beecher made confession of adultery. I have before stated that the first confession was made on the niaht I went for the ‘retraction’ of Mrs. Tilton; that I there told him; ‘Mr. Beecher, you have had criminal intercourse with Mrs. Tilton, and you have done great injury to Tilton otherwise.’ and I say further in my published statement ‘that be confessed aim denied not, but confessed,' as he did not deny this charge so explicitly made by me. Whatever inferences I have made from his words at other times he certainly could not have mistaken mine at this time. When speaking of the relations of man and woman, ‘criminal intercourse' has but one legal or literal meaning, even to clergymen. It. however, seems necessary that I should go still furl her. which I do, and I say that on that evening he confessed to me his relations with Mrs. Tilton in language so vivid that I could not possibly mistake, or forget it. He said; ■ My acts of intercourse with that woman were as natural and sincere in the impression of my love for . her as the words of endearment w hich I addressed to her. There seemed to be nothing in what we did together that I could not justify to myself on the ground of onr love for each other, and I think God will not blame me for my acts with her. I know that at present it would be utterly impossible for me to Justify myself before man.”

Mr. Moulton then calls attention to the assertion made in his former statement that in the presence of himself qnd another witness, whom he still feels reluctant to bring forward (oT course, not Mr. Tilton), both Mrs.... Tilton and Mr. Beecher admitted, in langnage not to be mistaken, the truth of the charges against them, and asked advice as to the course to be taken by them. With regard to the question of blackmail. Mr. Moulton says it has never occurred to him that the procedure ,Hv which money was obtained from Mr. Beecher was an extortion. He (Mvulton) himself, hia business partners and others were, subscribing money toward sustaining the Oolden Age, and he had no thought that Beecher" was doing anything other and disTerent from what the rest were doing, except that be (Beecher) bad, |>erhaps. an additional personal motive to abstain an enterprise which all fjvored ' and the results of which were looked upon as an honor to journalism. A careful examination of Mr. Beecher's statement will show that the suggested payment oi $5,000 first came to him (Moulton) from Mr., Beecher, and was not made bv Mr. Moulton to Mr. Beecher. He (Moulton) told Mr. Beechgr Mr. Tilton would not receive the money if he knew It came from, Mr. 8.. and therefore it was arranged between them that it should be given to .Mr. Tilton ifa small turns, at coming from Mr. Monlton. The letter

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of Mrs. Morse (Mrs. Tilton’s mother) to M* 1 Beecher, in which she addresses him as her son and signs herself “ Mother,” is given in full. After stating her pecuniary difficulties, she writes: “Do come and see me. I will promise that the ‘secret of her life,’ as she calls it, shall not be mentioned. I know it’s hard to bring it up, as yon must have suffered intensely, and we all will, I fear, until released by death. Do yon pray for me? If not. pray do. I never feit more rebellious than now; more need of God’s and human help. Do yon know I think it straßge von should ask me to callyon * son?’ I have told darling I felt if yon conld, in safety to yourself and all concerned, you would be to me all this endearing name. Am I mistaken?” Mr. Monlton then says: “ This letter bears date Oct. 24. I ilx tbc date to be in 1871, because it was at that time that Mrs. Morse had the house for which she was payin gsl ,500 rent, and in the time when Tilton wus allowing his wife S4O per week for household expenses. This letter was given to me by Beecher as written by Mrs. Morse, Elizabeth’s mother, and ts a call on him for money, which may explain the necessity for mortgaging his house otherwise than by paying $5,000 to me. It is the onlslde family that is always the most onerous to a man. » * » Th e trouble is, Beecher mistakes the persons who blackmailed him. It was Mrs. Morse and Bessie, and nobody else, and they are now repaying him by testifying in his behalf.” If to obtain advantage to oneself by nsing tlfc nnfortunate situation of another is blackmail, then Beecher himself was a blackmailer. lie protected himself from Bowen bynslsg Tilton to get the tripartite covenant ont of him, and yet he puts the facts in a light exactly contrary to the trnth. Beecher, in fact, nsed Tilton’s position with Bowen to extort from him (Bowen), a certificate of good character, after he had preferred several grave charges against him, one of them being described as brutal rape. It was not Tilton’s accusations but Bowen’s that Moulton had in charge, and the real point was to avoid “an appeal to-the church and then to the council.’* Monlton then gives the charge of rape as contained in Tilton's letter, recapitulating Bowen’s cause of offense against Beoebvv, and then significantly asks: “Could an innocent clergyman have allowed such a charge to be made, and more than once reiterated, however guardedly, by a leading member of his church, and rest content until his innocence was fnlly and clearly established, if in no other w ay, in a court of justice?” Mr. Moultoii said that in his former statemcnt.he endeavored to state the facts of that brutal offense with as much delicacy as their wickedness would allow, but that his very reticeireetrert been made the ground of accusation - that he had mistaken the purport of what Mr. Beecher bad said, or that if he were telling the trnth be would give his exact words. He was therefore compelled, in relating the circumstances attending the afi'air, to overstep tiie hounds within which he had set himself in his former statement; and If something was published which ought not to be published, it was not bis fault, but a necessity made by Beecher and his friends for his (Moulton’s) own vindication. Exactly how the matter came about was as follows: He showed to Mr. Beecher the letter of Tilton to Bowen, bearing dale Jan. 1,1871, containing the charges alleged to have been made by Bowen in the presence of Tilton and Oliver Johnson, and Beecher deemed it necessary to tell? 1 Monlton the truth concerning his adultery with the woman to whom he supposed Bowen referred. Mr. Moulton here gives Beecher’s confession or narrative of the affair, which, in the interest of decency, is here suppressed. He suggested that unless Beecher obtained a retraction of the story from the woman he would some day find himself at Bowen's mercy. Such a paper he obtained on the 10th at January, 1871, hut it was not so direct or satisfactory as the retraction he obtained from Mrs. Tilton. Beecher denied the allegation of rape, but did not deny the fact of adultery. Mr. Moulton also stated that that connection and intimacy was still continued, as he believed,-but declines to give either her name or copies of her lettcrs“'in his hands, because he did not wish needlessly to involve a reputation which had thus far escaped public mention by any of tlie parties to the controversy. The last episode of crime had been related to him in the presence of witnesses. In relation to Mr. Beecher’s proposed suicide, Mr. Moulton states that Mr. Beecher told him, and showed to another in his presence, that he had within reach in bis own study a poison which he would take if ever the story of his crime with Mrs. Tilton should become public. He told me of a visit he had made to a photographer's gallery, when he learned that one of the employes had mistaken a glass of poison for a glass of water, and, having taken and drank it, had fallen dead with scarcely time to drop the "lass. Mr. Beecher said that was what he wanted for himself, and, under the plea of making some photographic experiments, he procured some of this same poisoirfrom the photographer, which he told Moulton he intended to use. if an intimation of his crime should be made, and then he said “it would be simply reported. that Beecher died of apoplexy, but God and you and I will know what caused my death.” If those who blamed [ Moulton "could have looked into Mr. Boecngr’s grief-stricken face and listened to the tones'of his voice in great einergeu, cies, in which he said there was no refuge for him but in death, they would have felt impelled to do as generous and open-hearted a service as he (Moulton) had practiced toward him. It wouldhave taken a harder heart than his, being witness of Mr. Beecher’s sorrows, not to forget his sins. The remainder of the long statement is only interesting—not important—personal matters,.

The Menatee.

Both the Indian and St. Lucie Itivera are filled with a coarse, rank grass, which takes roat at a depth of twenty or thirty feet, and rises to the surface. It is called menatee grass, because it is eaten by the wonderful menatee, or seacow. Florida is the only spot on the North American continent where this animal is found. It is amphibious and herbivorous, and weighs from 800 to 2,000' pounds. It suckles its young and has a head like a seal, a nose like a cow, flippers like a sea-lion and a tail like a whale. Such is the description by those who have seen it. Of immense strength, when at hay it can knock a boat to nieces. The body is powerfully built. The bones are like iron, and the ribs are short,'thick and heavy and as while as ivory. The menatee is very shy. Once in a while ono is shot. Several |iave been»netted. ,-A)ne was captured a year ago and taken to Savannah alive, but it died within a few months. The meat is eaten bv the people living on the upper Indian River, and is said to be sweet and palatable. Indians arc extremely fond of it. While on the way up from Lake Worth Moore and Hammond had a narrow escape_fromamenatee. They were sailing at twilight in one of the sluggish and tortuous lagoons leading to the Everglades. While rounding an abrupt curve in a mangrove sw amp they startled a menatee.' The monster was sleeping under some low branches. Thinking itself cornered, it made a rush for the boat. Fortunately the water was deep and it slipped under the bow. Its back, however, scraped the keel, and the craft was lifted from the water. The menatee lashed the waves with its tail, barely missing the boat, and raised such a swell tiiat she half filled with water. The palefaced men bailed her out and continued their journey. Years Indian-river hunter was caught in a similar fix. The sky was overcast and the night very dark. A frightened menatee shattered his boat and she went to the bottom. The hunter caught the boughs of the overhangingmangroves and tried to pull himself ashore, but was barred by a network of roots. All night long he clung to the mangroves. Clouds of mosquitoes and sandflies surrounded him, and he suffered almost intolerable tortures. At daylight he managed to gat into the swamp, and after incredible hardships worked his way to a point opposite Jupiter light, where he made himself heard was rescued. —Florida Letter in, If. T. Sun. ~

The hair is now arrayed on the top of in a series of graduated 41 puffs coming from over the forehead almost to the nape of the neck- The puffs are made from what ladies call the “ comb savings.”