Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1875 — Page 2

RENSSELAER UNION. JIBES A HKALKT, PiqiMwi. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

POBKIGN. A Madrid dtepatc* of the Sd says the Alphoneiet troops continued to be success ful in 1) directions. Gating to the improved prospects Spanish funds had sensibly appreciated 1 nrlng the preceding week. Ten thousand people attended the closing religious services by Messrs. Moody and Sankey at Liverpool, England, on the Sd. According to a Berlin telegram of the 4th Tuifcev was collecting a large force with the View of 'ending the Reraegovlnian insurrection at a-stogie blow. The TVcnch National Assembly adjourned on tbe-tth. It will reassemble Nov. 4. A water-spout burst over Kirn, in Rhenish Prussia, on the sth, Inundating the place and doing great damage. A bridge and several bouses were swept away and thirteen persons drowned. A Calcutta dispatch of the 6th reports disastrous floods in the northwestern provinces of India. Many dwellings bad be&n destroyed and, it was feared, numerous lives lost The centennial anniversary of the'birth of O’Connell, the Irish Liberator, was celebrated at Dublin, Ireland, on the sth and-6th. ‘On the former day religious ceremonies were held in the cathedral, at which Cardinal Manning officiated. On the latter tberewere processions and orations and in the evening illnminattoa* and a banquet At the latter a disturbance arose, caused by the Lord Mayor palling on Charles Gavan Duffy to respond to a toast—“ Tin* Legislative Independence of Ireland." Mr. Duffy on rising was greeted with tremendous uproar and calls for the Home-ruler, Butt. The Mayor made repeated and ineffective attempts to gain a hearing and finally vacated the chair. Dr. Butt then began to speak, when the gas was extinguished and the company dispersed in great confusion, leaving unfinished the series of regular toast*. At Rome on the sth, at the chapel of the Irish College, pontifical high mass was celebrated in honor of O’Connell’s memory. A London "dispatch of the 6th announces the dosing of eighteen additional cotton mills at Oldham. The number of idle operatives was about «0, 080. there wea an amnesty demonstration at Dublu on ihe 7th, in the cemetery where O’Connell <g buried. Over 40,000 persons were prenent, including several members of Parliament. Resolutions were adopted favoring home rule and for the imprisoned Fenians. ~ ; . According to accounts-from Damascus to thettd of July, cholera was raging violently. Fourihundred cases were retorted daily, but the seal number 'was thought u. Be considerably larger The ‘ disease was atv> reported as >ragiag at-Antioch and other towu* adjacent. , -f Cspt. 'Bogardus, the American pigeonshooter, recently easily defeated Rimell, the English.champion. There were serious riots in Glasgow beween -Orangemen and Home-rulers during the -OlConnell celebration. Several of the Tioters.aad. policemen'were Injured. f Another revolution h«s broken oat in Kokhand, in Central Asia The Khan is said to have "fled and his troops to have fraternlzed'wttn the insurgents.

DonEsnc. - . A Bohemian woman anti babe were fearfully burned in Omaha on the 3d by the explosion of a can of .kerosene oil with which the woman was attempting to kindle a fire. The house was destroyed. Bbe public debt statement for July is as follows: Six per cent, bonds $1,095,858,550 Fiae per cent, bonds 613,632,750 Total- cola -bonds $1.i09.4«1.8J0 Lawful mono? debt .'... $11,678,000 Matured debt 10.678,307 Legm-tender-wotes 374,834,985 Cert: flea tee of cepoeit 64.275,000 Fractional aarrency 41,145,393 Coin aertifieates :.. 22,725,100 Interest 27,110.460 Total debt $2,264,928,445 Cadh jn Treasury— Coin $68,912,700 Cmreuosr .... 4,3i6,969 Special -deposits held . for the redemption of certificates of deposit, as provided by 1aw....... ..... 64,270,000 Total da Treasury _ $167,529,669 Debt less cash in Treasury $2,127.398.72b Decrease -during .July 1.294.887 Bonds issued to the Pacific Bail way Companies, interest payable in lawful monev, principal outstanding. $64,623,512 Interest, scented and not vet paid.... 323.117 Interest paid by the U nited States.. 38,20i,807 Interest repaid by the transportation of <nails,.etc 6,214,159 Balance of interest paid by United States 21.588.647 The census of New York city has been completed, and the total, population is shown to be L-064,272 —an increase in five years of 91,166. A severe hail-storm, accompanied by an earthquake shock, vi&ted Omaha, Neb., on the morning erf the 4th. The hail-stones were no large that they demolished the windows mad roofs in the city to the extent of several th oosand dollars. '.The heavy rains which continued in many sec Haas of the West up to the sth caused the hea . neat floods known for many years, at,lhis seasc <o, in the Ohio .sod Mississippi Rivers and sever. Uof their tributaries. Immense damage ha * been done to harvested and growing crops, 1 arge tracts -of land being inundated. Railroai t travel was-suspended pn some of the roads in the flooded districts, and much damage to i woperty other than crops was inflicted. ; Fifty do! hu* of conscience money, due for income tax, was received at the Treasury in Washington <w the sth irons Pittsburgh, Pa. The comm ittee who made the count of the funds in the United States Treasury have completed the- *r work and report all correct except the $47,. *9 deficiency, which robbery, they think, was committed bysome one connected with the d ’epartment An Indianapolis - dispatch of the f>'h gays that from the most reliable information the loss from the recent floods in the central and southern portion of I'adiaaa would aggregate 50 to 60 per cent, of t.he entire crop. In the low lands along the W ahaah Biver it was es timmted that 2(*0,000 ac.’eaof corn bad been entirely destroyed, wbic b alone, at fl 5 per acre, would aggregate SB, OftOJIOO. The finding Of two bo Ute# on the lake shore near Chicago, contain tog messages purporting to come from Doua'-Maon and Grimwood, the missing aeronau to. ha* been reported to the Chicago dailies. I'wt their genuineness is questioned by parties competent to jq4c*r Phi of the documents reads aa fol

lows: “ July 15—2 a m.—We cannot stay up more than an hour longer, as the gse is rapidly escaping, N.8,G." A tornado passed over a portion of Knox County, Ilk, on the evening of the sth, doing considerable damage to life and property. Mrs. Jqhn Anderson, of Henderson Township, was killed outright, and many others of the injured were not expected to survive. In Wataga eight houaea were blown to pieces and several persons wounded. To the north of Knoxville the new residence of Mr. Burton was totally destroyed and all his family injured. A number of local architect* who were appointed to investigate the disputed questions relating to the new Custom-House building in Chicago have unanimously reported in favor of continuing the work on the original plan and with the same materials. This report has been forwarded to the Washington authorities. There arc now on the Government rolls the names of 228,034 pensioners, a decrease of 4,871 since last year. The amount paid out in 1874 was $1,225,000 less than in the previous year. A number of journeymen printers, -under the authority of the Washington (D.C.) Typographical Union, have accepted the employers’ terms of fifty cents per 1,000 ems for genera] composition and forty cents per hour Tor time work, and the strike may now be regarded as over. Benjamin B. llalleck, a clerk in the cashroom of the Treasury Department in Washington, was arrested on the 7th under suspicion of being concerned in the $47,000 robbery. Wm. H. Otman, a saloon-keeper, and an old gambler named Brown were also arrested as accomplices in the theft. A special telegram of the evening of the Bth says Hallock had made a full confession, saying that Otman put up the job, Brown being used by him (Otman) as a go-between. It was thought $40,000 of the money would be recovered, aud that Otman’s property in Washington would be sufficient to cover the balance. An explosion occurred in a Government arsenal near Philadelphia on the morning of the 7tb, and one boy was killed and eighteen others wounded. The entire business portion of the village of Victory, near Auburn, N. Y., was destroyed by fire on the night of the 6th. Forty buildings were consumed. Loss estimated at $250,000. An old woman named Patterson and a boy, Charlie Watson, were burned to death in one of the houses. Peter Barnes, a fireman, fell from a ladder and was instantly killed. ~

PERSONAL. All of the Executive departments in Washington and also the offices of the District Government were closed on the 3d, out of respect to the memory of px-President Johnson. Like tributes of respect were paid in New Tork, Boston and other Eastern cities, and also in many cities and towns of the South and West The second annual meeting of the National Bunday-School Assembly commenced at Fairpoint, Chautauqua Lake,N. Y., on the Sd. A Beaver (Utah) dispatch of tire 3d says tM Indian chief Beaverite had toid the Associates, press reporter that Lee secured the aid of the Indians to kill the emigrants by an offfer of clothi&g, guns and horses; that Lee commanded during the fight; that the Indians had no animosity against the emigrants; that the story about the amigrants poisoning an ox or spring is all a lie.- that Lee, the coward, wants to throw all the awme on the Indians. Judge Boreman charged the juryon the afternoon of the 3d. The funeral of ex-President Johnson occurred at Greenville, Tenn., on the 3d, and was conducted by the Masonic fraternity, of which the deceased was a -member. The ceremonies were of an imposing character. Many distinguished citizens were among the large number of people in attendance at the fuueral. Hans Christian Andersen, the Danish poet and novelist, died at Copenhagen, Denmark, on the 4th, aged about seventy. The National Educational Association was recently in session at Minneapolis, -Minn., and was largely attended. The officers elected for the current year are: W. T. Phelps, of Minnesota, President; W. D. Henkle, of Ohio, Secretary; A. P. Marble, of Massachusetts, Treasurer. Thirty-three Vice-Presidents were chosen, the first being D. B. Hazar, of Massachusetts. A Colored Editorial National Convention was recently held in Cincinnati and was attended by representatives of all the colcred newspapers in the country and by some leading men of the colored race not connected with the press. The question of civil rights was discussed. The O’Connell centennial was observed in many cities at the East and West on the 6th, tile celebration in some places beginning eu the sth and ending on the 7th. Commander Andrew Jackson Drake, United States navy, died at Newark, X. J., on the night of the 4th.

A New York telegram of the sth announces that Drexel, Morgan & Co., es that city, had made arrangements with Duncan, Sherman & Co. and Alexander Duncan, father of the leading member of the firm of D., 8. & Co., by which the branch houses as the former firm in Loodon and Paris will cash all orders and letters of credit of the latter firm held by travelers in Europe. A committee of the creditors -of J. B. Ford & Co. have recommended the acceptance of thirty-five cents ou the dollar, in twelve monthly installments, commencing Dec. 15, with interest. The jury in the case of John D. Lee, charged with being the leader in the Mountain Meadows massacre, reported on the 7th that they Vere unable to agree and were discharged by the Court It is said they stood nine for acquittal and three (one Gentile and two Mormons) for conviction. Hon. Charles Schaeffer, State'Treasurer of Minnesota from 1860 to 1868, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver in a cemetery at St. Paul on the morning of the tfch. He was about forty-five years of age, and is supposed to have been temporarily iasasts at the time of the suicide. His former wife is buried in Oakland Cemetery, where he took his own life. POLITICAL. The Mississippi Democratic State Convention met at Jackson on the 3d and nominated W. L. Hemingway for State Treasurer. The platform adopted is mainly confined to Bute matters. . Rev. Charles Thomson has been elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation over Cot D. W. Ross, by a large majority. A* the recest election i a Alabama the call for a constitutional oomention was carried by 15/100 majority, A Louisville (Ky.) telegram of the 4th plas6* iUcCreery's (Dem.) majority for Gocernbr it between 90,000 and 40,000 , . The Massachusetts Republican State Con-

ventljon will be held at Worcester on the 28th of September. Private Republican advice* from North Carolina, received in Washington on the 7th, indicated that the Republicans had tarried the Btnte at the recent election and Would have a majority of ten in the Constitution*! .Convention.

State Fair* (or 1875. Illinois ..Ottawa Sept. 1«—1« Ohio Columbus Sept. 6—lo Indiana Indianapolis... .Sept. 27—Oct. 2 lows K<‘«*ki:k Sept. 27—0ct,2 Wissonsln Milwaukee Sept. 6—ll Nebraska Omaha Sept. 21—24 Alii hji'xu Hast SagiuaW Sept. 1:1—li Minnesota Ht. Paul Sept. 11—17 California Sacrameuto Sept. 15—25 Colorado Denver... *, Sept. 21-25 Chicago Industrial ..—Sept. B—Oct.* St. I.ouis Hair Oct. 4—9 Cincinnati Indus Sept, (t—Oct. 9 Connecticut II art ford Oct. s—B Georgia Macon Sept. 18—25 Maine PortTaud.... Sept. 21-21 Maryland Pimlico. Baltimore. Sept. 14—17 MaaVeaVctU Hort.. 110.-ton Sept. 21—21 Montana 11 plena Sept. 27 —Oct. 2 'National.Expos...Koine. Gu.,., ..Oct, 4—9 New Knglaml. .... Manchester, N. H. ...Sept. 7—lo New Hampshire.. .Manchester Sept. 7—lo New Jersey W'averley , v ,Sept. 20-21 New York.' Elmira Sept. 27—Oct. 1 Oregon Salem Oct. 11—16 Pennsylvania...... Harrisburg Sept. 27—29 Itbode Island Cranston, Providence.. Oct. 5—7 South. Wisconsin. Janesville Oct. 5—9 Virginia Richmond .Oct. 26—30 West Virginia Clarksburg Sept. 7—9

A Remarkable Balloon Ascent.

Mr. Henry Coxwell has written the following account of an ascent made on July 19: A public ascent having been announced from the Crystal Palace with my balloon, City of York, I was determined, notwithstanding meterological difficulties, to carry it out. At the specified time I rose, with five gentlemen, and we passed about eighty feet above the nortli tower, and in less than two minutes passed into a cloud of a misty, undefinable character, and soon became lost to view. At this moment, 5:33, the barometer stood at 8.8, and temperature was reduced six degrees; but at 5:41, at an altitude two-tenths less, warmth had increased five degrees; and at 5:50, barometer 28.2, the thermometer was still 68. At six o’clock, when we were only 1,000 feet over Sydenham hills, the, mist we had passed through assumed even at this elevation wave-like nebulous contour, such as cumuli have on their convex side in fine weather. The sky overhead, however, lacked the customary Prus-sian-blue aspect, and the sun’s rays were acting on an oppressive, murky atmosphere such as I have rarely seen. There were'really no clouds above, but a few noble-looking gatherings were trying, as it were, to mount up, but could make, apparently, no headway, ow ing to the thick state of the atmosphere. At five minutes past seven the barometer marked 26.1, and the thermometer 57. The fluctuations of pressure and the temperature were most capricious, but the chief feature of this ascent—and it is one which deserves notice —was the place of descent. As compared with some of my most noteworthy journeys in England, it stands out conspicuously, not for height or speed, but for another point, which I will explain. The quickest and longest trips I ever made in our own country were from Woolwich to Tavistock in five hours, a distance of over 200 miles; also from Winchester to Harrow in sixty-six minutes, a run of more than seventy miles. Now on Monday we had been up more than two hours and a half; we twice peeped through the clouds and observed open country, then reascended, and, finally, a little before eight o’clock, we were on the point of landing for good, when, to our astonishment, on breaking through the mist, we found ourselves almost perpendicularly over the north tower of the Crystal Palace, instead of miles and miles away, as we had anticipated. It would have been no difficult matter to come down in the company’s grounds, but as there was a dense mass of people in the neighborhood I was apprehensive of damage to the flower-beds; so we kept up a while, and ultimately fell in with a gentle breeze near the ground, which wafted us half a mile from the palace; hut if we had not had enough ballast and to spare we might have made an unscientific descent upon the housetops instead of a proper aeronautic halt in a grass-field at Dulwich.

O’Connell’s Wit.

One of the most effective weapons of O’Connell was his wit, which was always at his command. There are hundreds of stories detailing instances of his power in this respect. One of these is a*Btory where the victim was Dr. Bussell, known in this country as “ Bull Run Russell,” the famous correspondent of the London Times. On one occasion, when O'Connell was to address a monster meeting in Ireland, Russell was sent over by the Times to report O’Connell’s speech, the purpose being to get evidence that could be used against him in case he should utter language capable of being interpreted as seditious. By O’Connell’s advice, Russell was provided with every possible facility for his work. He was assigned a seat near O'Connell where he could hear every worjjL O’Connell, before beginning his speech, informed the thousands of people present that there was a very able Englishman present, who came all' the way from England to report his.speech; that it was to be printed in the London Times, and that the gentleman was very desirous to get an accurate report, so tliat he could swear to it if necessary. He therefore appealed to the Irish present to be quiet and orderly; to make no noise, and to do nothing that could disturb the English gentleman, or cause him to lose a word of the speech to which he was to swear. During these remarks he pointed out Mr. Russell personally, who was placed so conspicuously as to be easily seen by all. Then, turning to Mr. Russell, he asked him if there was anything he needed, if he was, comfortably seated, if his pens were in order, and if'he were ready to begin. By this time Russell had become the most interesting and conspicuous man in the crowd. Again appealing to the crowd to become quiet and let the gentleman get such a report as he could swear to, he informed Russell that he was about to begin. Russell dipped his pen in ink, ana O’Connell began his oration—in Irish! The multitude saw the joke, and Russell was painfully impressed with the knowledge that he was laughed at: At intervals O’Connell would appeal in English to the crowd to be silent, as the English gentleman did not seem to get along very well, and would not be able to swear to the accuracy of the report. Evety moment made Russell's position more painful, until at last, mortified and humiliated at the exposure of the real purpose of his visit, and at its defeat, he rose from hi* seat, left the meeting, and quitted Ireland.— Chicago Tribune. —Letter* and. packages from foreign countries which are suspected of containing articles subject to duty are hereafter to be opened by the owner ic the presence of a Custom-House officer. '

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Scarlht fkvkr prevails in Lafayette. Fourteen daily mails are received at Vincennes. The Northern Indiana Fair offers $25,OOQ premiums. 1 The Boone County potato crop gives great promise. The Lafayette Courier? calls it the “ reign of terror.” A Lafayette saloon hangs out a sign: “ Drugs for sale here. ” The fishermen of Peru daily violate the State laws by using nets. A permanent medical society has been organized in Pike County. John Madigan was recently killed in a fight at Spring Hill, near Terre Haute. Thb blackberry crop in the Green River bottoms is reported to be simply enormous. The Tippecanoe County Auditor recently paid out S2O for a full-grown wolfscalp. According to the Timet the jail at Peru is in a worse condition than the Calcutta Black-hole. - During ten years 27,462 money orders have been issued from the Richmond Postoffice. Northern Indiana, according to the papers, is absolutely overrun with tramps and beggars. A Lafayette young lady, socially, morally and financially well fixed, adver tises for a husband. School-lands in Center Township, Posey County, at a recent sale, brought as high as $44 per acre. Judge Drummond,, of the United States District Court, has ordered the sale of the Wabash & Erie Canal. The Clay County Teachers’ Institute will be held at Center Point during the week commencing Aug. 23. Hon. John C. Shoemaker has purchased the Indianapolis Sentinel. Lucian G. Matthews assumes editorial charge. Mrs. Riley chased a small boy who was stealing wood from her yard in Indianapolis, the other evening, and dropped dead. —— A four-year-old daughter of George Bow*man, of Indianapolis, recently fell and fractured her skull. She died shortly after. The Daviess County Democrat puts the wheat crop at two-thirds. Hay and potatoes magnificent—far above the average—and corn immense. Lincoln’s foundry and machine shop, at Logansport, was burned a few nights ago, involving a loss of about $15.000. The fire had incendiary origin. Herman Russell, living near Lafayette, was stabbed the other evening by his son, w r hom he was fondling with a leather strap. The old gentleman was fatally injured. J. R. Davis, of the firm of Elphinstine & Co., coal operators in Knox County, recently committed suicide at the Everett House, Indianapolis, by the use of morphine.

The following were the postal changes in the State during the week ending July 24 : Established Patronville, Spencer County, Edward P. Harrison, Postmaster. Name changed—Grand Rapids Crossing, Noble County, to Otto. Postmasters appointed Jordansville, Knox County, Thomas Myers; Mansfield, Parke County, Calvin Pruett; Moscow, Rush County, A. E. Washburn; New Comer, Delaware County, Philip W. Woodring; New Era, De Kalb County, George H. Post; Ray, Steuben County, George D. Avery. The following is a showing of the assessment of real estate and personal by counties as corrected by the State Board of Equalization. The average decrease from the assessment of 1873 will be about 5 1-6 per cent.,-or a falling off of about $50,000,000: Adams, $4,273,690; Allen, $20,674,425; Bartholemew, $lO,731,528; Benton, $6,555,630; Blackford, $2,686,423; Boone, $12,296,170; Brown, $1,642,750; Carroll, $8,379,233; Cass, $13,255,034; Clark, $8,858,067; Clay, $7,664,216; Clinton, $8,503,665; Crawford, sl,322,255; Daviess, $6,671,160; Dearborn, $8,976,142.; Decatur, $9,992,931 ; DeKalb, $6,441,837 ; Delaware, $10,352,914; Dubois, $3,107,677; Elkhart, $14,268,963; Fayette, $8,047,695; Floyd, $10,294,932; Fountain, $8,990,324; Franklin, $8,046,. 472; Fulton, $4,759,515; Gibson, $9,824,009; Grant, $9,239,158; Green, $6,785,023; Hamilton, $11,863,163; Hancock, SB,-* 439,808; Harrison, $4,400,160; Hendricks, $12,744,401; Henry, $13,933,120 ; Howard, $7,133,935; Huntington, $7,469,393; Jackson, $7,332,662; Jasper, $3,879,950; Jay, $5,960,905; Jefferson, $8,958,504; Jennings, $3,606,398; Johnson, $11,637,640; Knox, $10,295,295; Kosciusko, $6,654,685 ; Lagrange, $7,461,229 ; Lake, $6,001,905; Laporte, $11,788,960; Lawrence, $6,792,591; Madison, $11,387,858; Marion (not reported); Marshall, $7,016,945; Martin, $2,070,307 ; Miami, $8,534,137 ; Monroe, $6,430,115; Montgomery, $14,904,718; Morgan, $9,256,000; Newton, $5,004,638; Noble, $7,836,835; Ohio, $1,904,488; j Orange, $3,877,096; Owen, $5,946,775; Parke, $10,941,891; Perry/ $2,927,559; Pike, $3,888,468; Porter, $6,320,154; Posey, $7,510,505; Pulaski, $2,745,008; Putnam, $14,323,945; Randolph, $11,797,- 1 616; Ripley, $4,091,506; Rush, $13,236,945; Scott, $1,592,529; Shelbv, $13,604,515; Spencer, $6,606,607 ; Stark, $1,154,765 ; St. Joseph, $13,048,350; Steuben, $5,233,360;' Sullivan, $6,588,857; Switzerland, $3,979,518; Tippecanoe, $22,157,324; Tipton, $3,912,420; Union, $5,101,880; Vanderburg, $23,577,052; Vermillion, $5,882,165; Vigo, $24,218,355; Wabash, $9,840,566; Warren, $7,648,538; Warrick, $6,040,745; Washington, $5,866,925; Wayne, $23,369,913; Wells, $6,011,410; White, $6,680,505; Whitely, $5,670,611. Total, exclusive of the assessments for Marion County, which cannot be obtained until after the meeting ofthe. County Board of Equalization, $761,160,346. Of this amount $216,012,686 rep resents the personal property, exclusive of, Marion County. \

The Empress Eugenie.

Col. Forney thus writes in the Philadelphia Prett of a visit to the Empress Eugenie: We were conducted from the ante room into the drawing-room by achamberlain, where the Empress received us, and I was immediately impressed by her exceeding grace and beauty. Time has dealt very gently with her. Born May 5, 1826, she is now in her fiftieth year, but does not look forty, and she seemed in better health and wore a brighter aspect than when I saw her in the Paris Palace of Industry on the 2d of July, 1867, when the Emperor Napoleon distributed tiie j prizes to the successful competitors at the | Universal Exposition of that year. Dressed in deep mourning, without the slightest ornament, and speaking English perfectly, she opened the conversation and asked questions without reserve in regard to our International Centennial Exhibition.’ I described the extent of Fairmount Park, the several groups of buildings now in course of construction, the amount of money raised, the action of the National Gov&nment, and the visit of the President of the United {States. Here she quietly interrupted me by stating that she had read with great pleasure tha statement of his visit and of his satisfaction at the progress of the work. She seemed to be anxious to know w-hether any of the French Princes had been invited, and when I told Her Majesty that the President had simply invited existing Governments, and that none of the royal Princes of any country had been specially asked, she seemed to be relieved. To the question whether I thought the Prince Imperial would be well received, I ventured to express the opinion that his welcome would be most cordial, and that our people held the fact in grateful remembrance that to the statesmanship and liberality of the first Napoleon we were indebted for the acquisition of the valuable territory of Louisiana, and that this, together with the recollection of French sympathy during our struggle for independence, was one of the most cherished of #ur national reminiscences. The gentleman who kindly accompanied and introduced nfe, our good friend the Chevalier Wikoff, who has placed me under the deepest obligations by his assistance dufring my stay in London, inquired for the Prince Imperial, when we were informed that he was with his battery at the English military camp at Aldershot, and she regretted that he was not present in order that he might participate in the conversation. Before retiring I expressed the hope that Her Majesty would send us some token of the interest she manifested in the Exhibition, to which she responded by saying: “ Ah! what have Ito send ? What can I send ? I am here simply the tenant of another’s house; all you see about me I have no control over.” But lam not withoutihope that the suggestion will bear good fruit; and on renewing the request that she might consent to let her son come to America next year she said: “1 fear that is impossible. I should like myself to be present in Philadelphia. I have always felt the greatest interest in the United States, but we are the creatures of circumstances. We cannot tels what may transpire to-day, or to-morrow or a few months hence”— evidently referring to political contingent, cies. It is impossible to convey an idea of the winning grace and candor of this lovely woman. I should rather sav cordiality than candor; nor would the word “ dignity” fairly typify the peculiar charm alike of her manner and her conversation. She talks fluently, articulates her words clearly and surprised me by her stores of information, showing that she was a close reader and thinker. Others were waiting in the anteroom as we passed out into the park, and on our road to the station I did not hesitate to give utterance to my satisfaction at one of the most delightful interviews of my life.

A Story With a Moral.

One day, twenty-five years ago, four gentlemen, were sealed around a table in a restaurant in San Francisco. One of them was the Postmaster of that city, and all were, or have since become, distinguished in the politics of the Pacific coast. The Postmaster took a letter from his pocket and said: “See what 1 got to-day.” It was from a young woman in Central New York, and directed simply to the Postmaster of the city of San Francisco, she never having heard of him except officially. It stated that the writer was poor and depended upon her earnings as a teacher for a living. Salaries in Central New York were low, and she wrote to ask if the Postmaster would not send lier the n&ney to pay her fare out, she engaging to repay hun when she should get a position to teach in California. Here was a most singular proposition; but she had not reckoned without her host in appealing to the generosity of a California man of that time. Our four politicians made up a purse, large and full enough not only to pay her expenses, but also to provide her with a handsome outfit. She came and they exerted themselves to get her a position to teach. Of course she married in-a short time, but not before she had repaid them the money that they lent her. They lost sight of her for years, until one of them, happening to be in the town in which she lived, inquired for her. He found that her husband, having been for a while Postmaster of the town, had been displaced, and that she had left her baby with him and gone to Washington to have him reinstated. In thisshe succeeded, and it is to be hoped that the reward of all her efforts was that they, as the story-books say, “ lived happily ever after.” This woman, with her “ clear grit” and indomitable pluck, is a type of a large class of her sex in New England and New York. They are to be found all over the country, sewing, teaching, practicing medicine and, sometimes, even preaching. In New England, when the father dies, leaving but tew of this world’s goods behind him, his daughters do not, as is too common in this part of the world, depend for support upon their brothers and other male relatives, practicing a pinching economy, injurious alike to their bodies and their minds. Having been fitted to support themselves they soon find opportunities to do so, and thereby enjoWtheirown respect, that of others, and the contentment which is the result of both of these.— San Francisco Paper. 4 pertain publisher in this city gets his wife to read the manuscripts of juvenile hooks offered to him to his little daughter, and if (he child enjoys the story he accepts it He argues that his little girl has about the average child intelligence, and if a book failed to please her it woulcLnot please other children. The idea is not-a baa one.— S. T. Herald. “ Work, work, women of America,” elo i qnently urged Miss Myrtle Hooke Bo* ne in her*lecture in Philadelphia Jhe other evening; “put your hands to the plow.” And she ..gracefully gestured with her snowy-gloved hand and stamped with her shoes of most delicate white! A latchkeytudinarian—a bachelor.

VARIETY AND HUMOR.

—Jesse Pomeroy says he’d like to live so that he could go around lecturing next winter. —The (toryphora decern limeata is alt around us. The reader needn’t pack up for Europe—it is only the potato-bug —“ Can a gentleman bet?” asks a correspondent of the New York Evening Post. He can, but he had better not. — Boston Post. 1 • —Still full of trouble in Nevada. A citizen can’t put out a solid silver doorplate without having to sit up all night to watch it. —Boston papers are rejoicing over the fact that the health of that place, compared with that of other great cities in this country, is very good. —Prof. Tice says that we shall have snow in October, but if he can fix for spring weather in January the public won’t growl. P —Chicago has a floating hospital. Patients can hear the sad sea waves beating against the planks as they imbibe their mutton soup. —This year the waiters in the White Mountain hotels are students of Bates College. It has been more or less the case for several years. —Winchester, Va., which was fokenand retaken seventy-two times during the war, has not varied a hundred in population in tw r enty-five years. —The sea-serpent needn’t expect any further favors from the press unless he wriggles into sight oftener than he has for the last two months. —At a meeting of doctors in New Orleans the other night it was unanimously agreed that New Orleans is the healthiest city in the world. —During a thunder-storm in Maine the lightning killed a horse worth S3OO and never touched an old cow which had just kicked a woman senseless. —“ Mrs. Mary Coffin” is credited with an unsuccesslul attempt to smuggle a Chinese cargo into California. “ Honest tea is the best, Polly C.”— Graphic. —Parasols, except in the middle of the day during the “heated term,” are pernicious things, as are the veils with which so many fashionable ladies shade their faces.

The dawn of freedom for woman |is seen in Kentucky. It is seen because Mrs. Lovejoy left her husband and seven children when given her choice between that and lecturing on woman’s rights. —We have seen dyspeptics who suffered untold torments with almost every kind of food. No liquid could be taken w ithout suffering; bread became a buring acid; meat and milk were solid and liquid fires. We have seen these same sufferers trying to avoid food and drink, and even going to the enema syringe for sustenance. Ana w r e have seen their torments pass away and their hunger relieved by living upon the white of eggs which had been boiled in bubbling water for thirty minutes. At the end of the week we have given the hard yolk of the egg, with the white, and upon this diet alone, without fluid of any kind, we have seen them begin to gain flesh and strength and refreshing sleep. After weeks of this treatment they have been able, with care, to begin upon food. —Medical Journal. —A curious incident is related by the Newport (R. I.) Postmaster. Afewdays agoaletter arrived there directed to a gentleman who owns a lock-box. Upon lobking at it, without opening it, the gentleman said that it did not belong to him, and it was advertised. By some means, however, the letter was again placed in his box; this time the owner opened the envelope, and found that it contained information of the sickness of a child who bore the same name as one of his children who, had died some years ago, and the name of the writer was the samq as that of his first wife, who had also departed this life some time ago. In other particulars the letter would have been just what the first gentleman might have received years ago. Ihe letter has since been delivered to the rightful owner.

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