Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1875 — Page 2

RENSSELAER UNION. . .A t s* JiIES * HEALEY, ProprioMTs. T[ RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

FORKION. The subscriptions raised throughout Germany to indemnify Prussian priests for the ■withdrawal ofthe Stale grant amount to only *3so.ooo—less than half the sum withdrawn. A steam yacht carrying the Queen and ' royal faAHj\ while crossing from Osborne to Portsmouth on the afternoon of the 18th, tan into and sank the yacht Mistletoe. A party of ladies and gentlemen were oh the latter, three of whom were drowned and one killed. A steamer shipping war materials at Barcelona, on the 17th, suddenly exploded agd sunk. Fifty person® were killed by the explosion or drowned. A Madrid telegram of the Wtb says a royal brigade under command of Gen. Delatre had routed the CariistGen. Dorregaray while endeavoring to penetrate into Aragon, and f&rced him to retreat with his command into Catalonia A Constantinople dispatch of the 30th says later intelliwatce from the scene of the Insurrection in Herzegovina had been satisfactory; a prompt pacification of the troubles was anticipated, it was reported at Vienna on the same day that the siege of Trebigne had been some of the insurgents driven across the frontier. Russia, Austria and Germany had advised the susjxjnsion of hostilties to afford an opportunity to ascertain the grievances of the insurgents. AU the powers had agreed In urging Servin and Bosnia to remain neutral, and the .Vemorial Diptonnitigw says this advice would be backed by •force if necessary. A St. Petersburg dispatch of the 20th says the Russian Gen. Kaufman bad been directed to organize an expedition against Khokand to avenge attacks upon the Russian soldiery. It was reported in Paris on the Hist that Turkey had finally accepted the friendly offices of the foreign powers in securing the restoration of .peace in her northwestern provinces. The late Emperor Ferdinand of Austria left, by his will, >6,000,000 to the Pope, which had already been paid over on the 21st. A Ragusa dispatch of the 22d announces the capture of seven forte near the Montenegrin frontier by the Herzegovinian insur. gents. It was rumored al Santander on the 22d that a plot had been discovered having for its object the murder of Don Carlos. Several Generals suspected of complicity had been incarcerated. The Swiss National Council, has passed resolutions for the suppression of convents and Sisters of Charity.

DOMESTIC. As a passenger train on the St. Louis & St. Joseph branch of the St. Louis, Kansas City Railroad was Passing over a trestle-work over a ravine near Gower Station, on the morning of the Wth, the structure gave way, precipitating the mail and express chr and twopussenger cars down a distance of twenty feet. Feeling the trestle giving away the engineer put on all steam and succeeded in .running his en. gtne safely over, breaking loose from the train. There were fifty or sixty passengers on the train, and over forty were injured, but the only one killed was a man supposed to be <E. J. Anglina, of St. Louis. Several others were likely to die from their Injuries, among them Capt, W. H. B. Warren, of StJoseph, Mo., and Judge R. A. Ehfoolt, member of Congress from the Tenth Missouri District, badly cut and bruised. Prof. Junney, in a letter to the Indian Bureau, dated Black Hills, July 3d, says that in localities in the valleys of Spring and Rapid Creeks toe.gravel bars contain gold in quantities sufficient to yield fair remuneration for labor-economieally and skillfully applied, assisted by proper tools and mechanical appliances, at least a moderate amount of capitai or its equivalent, and such a system of working as an experience of twenty-five years has taught the miners of the Pacific slope to employ. While the valuable placer deposits as tar as discovered are by no means rich or very extensive compared with those of California, still there is enough o. the precious metal to develop the country, and stock-nahing and agriculture will do the rest. The-Cttisens of Augusta, Ga., and vicinity have been recently considerably excited over an alleged conspiracy on the part of the colored population in Burke, Jefferson and Washington Counties to massacre the whites. Several arnests were made, and it is said some of those .arrested have confessed to the conspiracy. An Augusta dispatch of the 20th says effectire -steps have been taken to preserve peace and good order, and no further trouble was apprehended. The ringleaders would be tried at a special term of the Superior Court The troubles in Williamson, Jackson and Franklin Counties, 111., continued up to the 19th. A few days ago J. B. Maddox, swellknown Franklin County farmer, was notified that the Ku-Khix proposed to make him a domidharv visit on a certain evening. The Sheriff was notified and .concealed his posse about Mr. Maddux's residence. The outlaws came as expected and, on beingtsummoned to surrender, opened fine on the Sheriff's party. The fire was returned and one of the nutlaws mortally wounded. The ringleaders were arreate 1 and imprisoned. According to tbeNatjonal Statistical Bureau im migration in o the-United States shows a dec rr-a.r- of-fifi.UUO for the year ending June 30, 1 875, as compared with the previous year. Lo efce'i prtn -works at Bassaic, N. J., suspend*. td va the 19tl\. throwing 300 persons out of work. Jam*, w BL Noe, Sr., leading member of a brush-u laaataeturipg firm in Sew Fork city, while int ifpeetiag his store the morning of the 22d encou wiered a mrgiar.whomhe attem pled to arrest, b*t himself so badly beaten with an Jrd jn bar as to render his recovery, doubtful. ' was bound and robbed by the burglar, wfit • threatened to return a*l kill him if any oil tery was made before the robber had time make good his escape.

A few days at Reading, Binger wps.<ordci vd bf her husband, who had introduced a noth » woman into the house, to leave the premises sad take her two little girls with her, while be would retain their boy. Next»day kbe Went to the canal with the children and, after filling a basket with stones' in which operation the children assisted, she bound the basket securely do her body and, taking the three children in her arms, leaped into the'canal and all were drowned. Jt was yrith difficulty that the pol?ce subsequently

protected the husband froiQ assault by his indignantneighbors, and on the occasion of the funeral, which occurred On the 21st, and was attenfed by over 1.000 people, shots were fired at higb, when he was hurriedly placed in a carriage and driven off under guard of the police. -- According to the Louisiana StaU Rsgurttr of the22d the population of the city of New Orleans, as shown by the recent census, is as follows; White, 145,721; colored, 67,647; total, 203,368, an increase of 11,966 upon the census of 1870. The population es the whole State is: White. 404,361; colored, 450,029, an excess of colored over whites of 45,668, and total Increase of 188,115 over the census of 1870. .

rERKONU. The Board of Directors o! the Winnebago County (Ill.) Agricultural Society on the 16th voted—five to four—to sustain the previous action of the Secretary in inviting Jefferson Davis to deliver the annual address in September. A telegram was subsequently received from Mr. Davis saying that unforeseen events madp it impossible for him to attend the fair. The body of Newton 8. Grimwood, who accompanied Prof. Donaldson in his last balloon ascension from Chicago, was found on the shore of Lake Michigan, between Stony Creek and Montague, Muskegon County, Mich., on the morning of the 17th. The bqdy was partially buried in the sand, and had evidently lain there for some time, and was in a partially decomposed condition. It had on all his clothes except hat and shoes, and in addition thereto a bursted life-preserver. It was found by Mr. A. Beckwith, a mail-carrier, and was fully identified by letters and notes of the trip which were found on the remains. Rev. Charles G. Finney, for many years President of Oberlin College, died very suddenly on the 16tb, ; fit bis residence at Oberlin, of heart disease. Mr. Dunean, of the firm of Duncan, Sherman & Co., has issued a circular to creditors proposing to pay thirty-three and a third cents on the dollar in full settlement of the indebtedness of the firm, to be paid in installments with 7 per cent, interest. The body of young Grimwood reached ■Chicago per steamer on the 19th, where it was received by the father and other friends of the deceased and at once conveyed to Bristol,lll., where it received final interment. A large concourse of sympathizing friends escorted the remains to the grave. The ■watch found on Mr. Grimwood’s person had stopped at 11:20 o’clock, thus indicating that the plunge into the water must have occurred at that moment, which was probably about the time the aeronauts encountered the fiercest part of the storm. Mr. Wood, of the Chicago Journal, who superintended the bringing of Mr. Grimwood’s remains over the lake, stated on the 19th that traces of the balloon —consisting of sand-bags and pieces of the cloth of which the air-ship was constructed —had been found about eight miles north of where the drowned man came to land. The opinion in Michigan seemed to be that the body of Prof. Donaldson had been covered with sand cast up by the waves. News was received at Washington on the 20th of the death at Callao, Peru, of RearAdmiral Collins, commanding the South Pacific fleet. He died of erysipelas after an illness of three days, and was buried with military honors in the Protestant cemetery at Belle Cota, near Callao. The American rifle team met with a heartyreception on its arrival at New York on the 21st. John Gordon, the Black Hills miner who was under arrest at Omaha, was released on parole on the 21st. He subsequently surrendered his parole and then, by direction of his counsel, attempted to escape. He was again arrested by Gen. Ruggles and confined in the guard-house, when he had the General arrested for false imprisonment and also caused the arrest of the General and his clerks for assault and battery.

POLITICAL. The Louisville Courier-Journal of the 16th gives the official returns of the Kentucky State election, which show a majority of 36,139 for MeCreery. The House will stand ninety Democrats to ten Republicans. The Democrats of the Fourth Congressional District of Maine have nominated J. C. Madigan to fill the unexpired term in Congress of the late Samuel F. Hersey. Mr. Hymen, colored, Congressmattf-elect from North Carolina, who arrived in Washington on the 17th, says the delegates to the convention in his State stand sixty-one Republicans to fifty-nine Democrats, the two delegates claimed as Independents having been elected on the straight Republican ticket. The Democratic State Convent ten of Massachusetts is to meet at Worcester on tlie 22d day of September. Hon. D. M. Key, of Chattanooga, has been appointed by the Governor of Tennessee to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate ■caused by the death of Andrew Johnson. Mr. Key is forty-five years old, and is said ■to. be quite popular In his own section, but is no| generally known throughout the State, never having figured much in Teunes■see politics. The Republican Convention of the First Mississippi Congressional District met *at Senatoria on the 18th, and split, one wing nominating G. Wiley Wells, ex-Uuited States District Attorney, and the other A. P. Howe, of Pareda, for Congress—the latter being favs red by a majority of the colored voters. A call “has been issued for the second anaual meeting of the Woman’s National Chris tian Temperance Union, to be held in Cincinnati on the 17th, ISth and 19th.of nextNovembez. Each State is entitled to as many delegates as it has Congressional districts.

The u timers” used by horsemen are splendid pieces of mechanism. and cost from S4OO to SSOO each. The favorite maker is Judes Jurgensen. The best of them will time as close as the fifth of a second, and they are gotten up in magnificent style. The latest invention in the world of “ timers” is one gotten up for a driver to use while driving his trotter. It is carried in the inside poeket of his blouse, and a small rubber tube runs from it close to the driver’s mouth. Just before reaching the quarter post he puts the end of the tube in his mouth, and as he darts by each quarter he givea a quick, short blow in the tube and the time he passed is recorded upon the dial of the timer. These newly-invented timerascost S6OO. We are informed that they are just I being introduced in this country'—Ptrughisteptie\N. Y.jßagle. '. ' , j

WfJY is a man who is confined to his house by illness like an absent boy who longs to go home? Because the latter is homesick and the former is home, sick, too.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Vigo Gqi ntv will.Uy to ran a fair without race.-d < t Evansville will have, no exposition this full. A Newtonville lady was badly bitten by a ferocious hog a few days ago. ■ Tramps arc relieving some of the Posey County farmers of their best clothes. Tuk I’eru Times sets down on the people looking for gold in the soil of Indiana. Work has ceased ih the Daviess County mines because (fee coal cannot be shipped. Terre Haute has fourteen saloons on a single square, and its thirsty inhabitants are clamoring for mere. < The boss of the Logansport chain-gang superintends the operations of his force seated in a rpcking-chair. Indiana has eighty-nine cities (of 8,000 inhabitan's and upward), 203 incorporated villages and 1,011 townships. A social fish-fry has been arranged for on the26th and 27th inst., at Mussel Shoals, White River, near Petersburg. Mrs. Sarah A. Oren, late State Librarinn. has been elected Assi-lant Professor of Mathematics at Peru University. Uriah Young, a farmer residing near Frankfort, recently committed suicide by cutting his throat in a corn-field near his house. The Democrat claims that Rockport has more pretty and marriageable young women than any place of its population in the State. A six-yeabold son of Thomas Thomason, at Mt. Vernon, was kicked to death a few days ago by an old horse whose tail the little fellow caught hold of. R. W. Burk, of Lawrenceburg, formerly road-master of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway, committed suicide the other day by taking twenty grains of morphine. William Taylor, the Spencer County tobacco king, says out of 200 acres of tobacco planted this season he will have 160 acres of the. weed that will be very good. Dr. B. J. Woods, of Angola, was recently murdered at Dundee, Mich. Over SI,OOO in currency and notes, besides a watch and valuable papers, were taken from him. A musical convention, under the direction of Prof. B. F. Peters and E. McDon-' aid, will be held in Washington, Daviess County, beginning Aug. 30, and continuing five days. Another Baptist church of colored members has been organized ip Indianapolis, located on the corner of Morris and Maple streets. This is the sixth church organization of colored brethren in the city. During the recent floods the people of West Point, Tippecanoe County, were considerably exercised by the discovery <sf a human skeleton which had been washed out of the middle of the road by the waters. There has been a bitter revival of the war between the Indianapolis Sentinel and the Journal of the same city. Senator Morton having furnished a copy of his recent speech to the Journal, the latter took such precautions as would prevent the /Scnfittel from getting it, the Associated Press agent being ordered not to let the Sentinel have it. In some way the Sentinel obtained proof-slips of the speech from the Journal office and printed the speech several hours before it was delivered. The following postal changes were made in Indiana during the two weeks ending Aug. 7, 1875; Established—Heckland, Vigo County, Edward J. Keplinger, Postmaster; Dox’s Mills, Wayne County, Robert fox; Forest, Clinton County, Joseph T. Shackelford, Postmaster. Dis-continued-Abbey, Sullivan County; Prosperity, Madison County. Postmasters appointed—America, Wabash _County,Daniel E. McNiel ; Arba, Randolph County, Squire C. Bowen; Blountsville, Henry County, Laurens G. Higgins; Hagerman, Porter County, Henry Dabbert; Hector, Jay County, John Dougherty; Jerome, Howard County, John H. Stone; Riversi de*'Fountain County, Henry Campbell; Slash, Grant County, J. B. Lore; Slate, Jennings County, William Deputy; West Shoals, Martin County, Thomas O. Daggy.

The district affected by the recent inundation, a Terre Haute dispatch says, was confined chiefly to the valley of the Wabash River, beginning about twenty-five miles above Lafayette and extending to its mouth. For that distance the bottoms, from one to two miles in width along the river, were overflowed, the waler being from two to twelve feet deep. A careful estimate, based on a comparison of reports received by the railway companies whose lines traverse that region, and which agree with the reports from other reliable sources, shows that the area of the bottomlands inundated was between 450 and 500 square miles. Of this not to exceed 250 were under cultivation. The crops have been totally destroyed, much of the growing corn having been swept away, while the rest is left ruined. Reckoning fifty bushels to the acre as the probable crop of the overflowed bottoms under cultivation, the loss exceeds 8,000,000. bushels. Besides, the overflow of the tributaries of the Wabash Sas causal a lass of about, as nearlv as can be estimated, a quarter more, which would make an aggregate of 10,000,000 bushels. The figures look big, but the fact is that there are no two of the counties which suffered in which the area under cultivation is hot equal or greaterthah that of the inundated strip along the Wabash and its tributaries. There has been great exaggeration of the damage to the low lands not 'lying on the. Wabash or its This was a few days since estimated as equal to 50 per cent of the entire crop of Central and Southern Indiana. The panic is now subsiding, and the better estimates place the damage at not more than 15 per cent of the crop of Central and Southern Indiana

An Incident in Early Life in Illnois

In 1828, ftjrty-seven years ago, Mr. John O. Vrcntfc® reaided in Hillsloro, Montgomery County, 111. Hillsboro was then a frontier hamlet of some Jess than a dozen houses, built of logs in the old-fashioned style, without any ceiling other than the roof of split boards. During the year mentioned Mr. and MrS. Prentice, desiring to visit their son, who resided at Vandalia, the then capital of the State, left their little family of three children —two boys of seven and nine, and oue daughter thirteen years of age—to take care of the premises ’during their absence. The sister, the eldest, had invited a neighboring acquaintance, another girl of about her age, to stay with them during the parents’ absence, as they would be gone some-time, traveling in those days being slow, and especially as they intended visiting relatives, which meant more than the fashionable call of to-day. One night, when the two boys had retired, and the girls were about to do likewise, a well-known scream was heard in tlie woods near by, soon followed by harsh scraping or scratching sounds at the front door of the dwelling. The noises at the door, like those awful premonitions which often occur in one’s lite, when something terrible is at hand, at once aroused and horrified the household of little ones. The sounds were ineffectually continued for some time, none of the half-frightened-to-death children daring to open the door. Presently the rasping noise ceased at the front, and after a few moments of terrible stillness the same clawing and scratching commenced at the back door, but with the same result as at the first. Finally it ceased altogether, and soon was distinguished something clambering up the corner of the house. Next was heard, a heavy tread, like that of a good-sized calf, walking over the roof, approaching the chimney, down which the animal proposed to descend. By this time the Whole" household of youngsters was aroused and thoroughly alarmed. Something must be done more than noise. There they were with retreat cut off or impossible, and a persevering monster, with which the forests of Illinois then abounded, determined to make his way into their midst down the chimney. In vain they called for help, and a large family dog, which had never before failed when his services were needed, but no one responded— not even the faithful watchdog. The chimney and fire-place being of the old-fashioned large kind, matters were getting desperate, when, with that quick readiness for emergencies of which the female mind is so prolific, the daughter, Miss Prentice, conceived a plan of getting rid of their unwelcome visitor. Being a true heroine, and acting at once, she snatched up a straw bed which was to be their “ downy couch of case” that night, and thrust it into the fire. At once there was a glaring blaze in that grand old fireplace—the flames shooting up to the top of the chimney, and then, too, there was a hideous, angry growl heard on the roof, and with a tremendous bound an immense panther leaped to lße ground I The bloodthirsty prowler immediately beat a hasty retreat to the woods near by, and not until he was at a safe distance and gone from the premises could the “ faithful watchdog” be induced to come forth from his hiding-place. The nine-year-old boy is now Rev. Wm. S. Prentice, of this city, now well known throughout Central and Southern Illinois and Presiding Elder of the Metlfcodist Church of the Decatur District, who related this incident of frontier life to us a day or two since, and says for years afterward the great terror to him were the panther-claw marks on the door of the house, and when he heard the panther scratching the doors and walking on the roof of the house that memorable night he began: “Now I lay me down to sleep,” etc. — Springfield ijdl.) Register.

Fun at the Branch.

The beach at Long Branch, writes a correspondent, is getting to be the scene of riotous fun ana jollity row that the number of persons who face tlie rolling surf is comparatively few, and of ladies only five or six. It is not that the rollers are enormously high, though at intervals one does get caught by a monstrous fellow eight or nine feet in altitude; but they come in so fast that a bather has no sooner picked himself together after the attack of one than he is prosU’atcd by the onslaught of another. Some of the gentlemen lately got up a little comic interlude when the bathing w ; as at its worst, when the rollers were fiercest and the undertow the mpst dangerous. The guests at the hotel en masse came down regularly to the sandr and encouraged the bold swimmers by their presence. One of the gentlemen donned over his bathing costume an old calico gown, and concealed his ruddy face and heavy’ beard beneath a sun-bonnet. A handsome shawl, lent by a female accomplice, completed his costume. A party of bathers came rushing through the surf over the sands, seized upon the apparent female, hurled down the shawl, and, grabbing her with vigorous hands, carried her off bodily and plunged her into the sea. Shrieks arose from every hand, and there were cries of: “Gentlemen, will you allow this outrage ?” “Are there any men here—any gentlemen?” “It’s a shame to sllow such things.” “ Blood will be shed for this,” and a hundred other remarks whose incoherence was excusable under tlie completeness of the deception. While some, deeply agitated, exclaimed: “She will be drowned,” the calico dress fell off, the old bonnet was washed away’ by an angry’ wave, and one of tjie best swimmers of the Branch rose.buoyantly on a wave in the place of the old woman, amid the inextinguishable laughter of the lookers -on.

Can Birds Converse?

Dr. Charles C- Abbott cites the following occurrence to show that birds possess I some mode of conveying ideas to one an- ■ other: In the spring of 1872 a pair of 1 cat-birds were noticeci carrying material ; for a nest to a patch of blackberry briers i hard by. To test their ingenuity Dr. Ab 2 * i bott took a long, narrow strip of muslin, ' too long for one bird conveniently to cany, and placed it on the ground in such a position as to be seen by the birds when searehingd'or material. In a few moments one of the cat-birds spied the strip and endeavored to carry it off; but its length i and weight, however he took hold of it — i and he fried many times—impeded his flight, and after worrying a long time over i it the bird flew off for assistance. In a few I moments he returned with his mate, and ! then standing near the strip they appeared ;to hold a consultation. The chirping, twittering, murmuring, and occasional ejaculations were all unmistakable. In * few moments these all ceased, and the work commenced. Each took hold of the i muslin strip at about the same distance in I I each case from-the ends, and. taking flight j i simujtaneously, both it away. Soon there I I was much jabbering at the nest; the birds ! qquld not agree how to use the strip, and it : was finally abandoned; but so, too, was the 1 lest, and the birds left the neighborhood, j

The Great Salt Lake.

In an article on Utah in the September Ga'utKy Capt. John Codmitn writes as fallows : We reached the shores of the great lake after a drive of three hours. Such is the optical illusion caused by this rarefied atmosphere that the city left eighteen miles behind us seemed to be only four or five miles distant, the houses being distinctly visible. The formation of the land contributes to this deception, ridges of mountains running north and south, and inclosing yalleys of a width of about twenty-five miles, with no intervening elevations. We drove for an hour along the southern bank of Salt Lake, fanned by the breath of its sea air, and looking over its waste of waters dotted with mountain islands. It required but little imagination to transport ourselves to the shores of the Atlantic, for, extending as.it does ninety miles to the north, no land-could be seen beyond the line ofthe clearly-defined horizon. Some years ago a steamboat of 300 tons was built for freight and passenger traffic, in connection with the Union and Central Pacific Roads; but her fair prospects were-ruined by the construction of the Utah Central, and she now lies at the wharf, her only value being her aid in making our imaginary ocean seem more real. How this great basin of salt water came to be deposited in the interior of the continent has been a study for geographers and naturalists. The changes that are takIng place in its character at tlie present day are observed with much interest. It was first discovered by a party of trappers long before the religious discovery of Joseph Smith. When they had tasted of its waters they supposed that it was an arm ofthe sea coming in from the Gulf of California; but on their attempt to sail into the Pacific by that route they experienced thesame disappointment that fell upon the Dutchmen in their exploration of the North River, although they might been led to the same conclusions from different tests. The trappers should have realized that the water was too salt, and the Dutchmen should have found that the water was too fresh, to communicate with the Pacific Ocean. Salt-making has been a business of great importance on the banks of the lake since the occuption of this Territory by the Mormons. The water is so densely saline that it is impossible for a body to find the bottom. It is a capital place to acquire tlie art of swimming with perfect safety. In former times three barrels of fivater left to evaporate would produce one barrel of salt; but the freshening within the last twenty years has so weakened-it that now Tour barrels of it are required to obtain that quantity. It has become fresh therefore in a proportion of somewhat more than 1 per cent, yearly. Hence it follows that in less than 100 years the name of Great Salt Lake should be changed; for by this time it will, like Mormonism, be cleared of all its impurities. I have previously noticed the regular water lines, called benches, which are so distinctly defined on all the mountain ranges surrounding these various valleys, and which afford such unmistakable evidence that in former days they inclosed vast island seas. The deep alkaline soil of the bottoms has Jed to tfife supposition that these seas were of salt water, and that all of them excepting this have been completely evaporated, Salt Lake being the sole survivor, and that being destined to dwindle to a puddle and then to dry up forever. But the last part of this theory is negatived by the evident intention of the lake to assume somewhat of its original proportions ; while it is becoming fresher it is growing larger. Within the twenty-seven years that the country around it has been settled it has encroached all along its low banks nearly a mile upon the land and deepened five feet. Several fine farms are now permanently under water, and the road on which we traveled has been moved far inward to accommodate its aggressiveness. At the same time this change is going on atmospheric causes for a part of it are apparent. The climate is becoming more mild, although it is still excessively dry. But each succeeding season brings a greater rainfall. This has doubled within twelve years. The lake is fed by Bear River on the north and Jordan on the south, besides some small rivulets that find their way into in. Every year their volumes increase, and contribute to the filling up of the great basin into which they pour themselves. Notwithstanding this, the increase of the lake cannot be thus accounted for, as they are still but insignificant streams. It must be true that new fresh-water fountains have burst out from the-bottom and are the chief causes of the increase. A like phenomenon has produced gie lake, near which we afterward passed, at Stockton, where on the ground encamped by Connor’s army there is now a body of water two miles square, and of considerable depth. If these changes go on as they have commenced the Zion of Brigham Young will ere long become completely submerged. His enemies will say that a second flood has been commissioned to overflow the desert that he has , reclaimed because of the sins of the and that, like Sodom and Gomorrah, these modern cities of the plain have been overwhelmed as a punishment for their unnatural crimes. But these judgments are yet afar off. Brigham teaches that when Utah is destroyed all the earth will perish likewise, except tn at favored spot, Jackson County, Mo. ° There it was that a divine revelation commanded him to build a temple which, although destroyed by the ruthless Gentiles, is destined to rise again from its ashes. All the low lands around it will rise again at the same time, and the chosen remnant of mankind will flock to this elevated plateau, from whence, like Noah looking over the bulwarks of tlie ark, they shall behold the drowning Gentiles struggling in the deep waters, while Mormons, in dry, white robes, with harps in their hands, shall touch the strings like heroes, in ! mockery at the ruin of the universe. Then ; Jackson County itself is to be caught up, | and its glorified saints are to be distributed among the stars of tlie firmament, where, with crowns on their heads, they are to reign for ever and ever. Thus the gradual rise of Salt Lake is not an indica- i tion of their destruction, but a harbinger of their glory.

They have some remarkable church choirs in Norwalk, Conn. One Sunday evening a clergyman gave to his organist a hymn—to be sung last —but so peculiar in meter that no tune would fit it. So the organist wrote a four-part melody during the sermon and the choir sang it from . his score. Length of sermon not stated. I A Philadelphia dog ate sausages, and ! died of mortification when he discovered that he had masticated a near relative. . Living on your relations is considered disreputable, it ‘seems, even by the lower torder of creation. j-_ _ The Troy Times is assured by the chief signal officer that, notwithstanding the periodical excessive rainfall, the aggregate rainfall in the United States is not increasing. ,

Mercantile Integrity.

The late Samuel Brown. Esq., a merchant ofithis city, President of the Union Bank arid the owner of “ Brown’s” wharf and of a large amount of real estate now the property of the Boston Gas-Light Company, is still remembered byour older citizens. When the elder Quincy was Mayor, with his wonderful sagacity he saw the necessity of moving the Almshouse and House of Correction (then on Leverett street) to South Boston. Mr. Brown owned a very large, vacant estate where these buildings now stand, and Mr. Quincy called upon him and stated his purpose to induce the city government to remove the institutions to South Boston, and asked the price of the estate referred to. The reply was $30,000. Mr. Quincy said that would do, and asked thirty days’ refusal and a bond of it, in order to endeavor to persuade the City Council to agree to the measure. Mr. Brown replied that he should give no bond, as he said his word was his bond always. The Mayor took his word and in twenty-eight days had obtained the proper authority and again waited on Mr. Brown, saying that lie had come to complete the sale of that land. “What land?”said Mr. Brown. “ Why, the South Boston land we spoke of,” said the Mayor. At what price, sir?” asked the former. “ Thirty thousand dollars,” replied the ■ latter, “ the price agreed upon.” i “ Did I say that amount, sir?” “You did.” ! “ Have you any writings to that essect?” “ No, sir, none.” , ! “ Well,” said Mr. Brown, “ since you were here I have been offered $60,000 cash for it, and can you expect me to sell it for ' $30,000 to the city?” • “ I do,” replied Mr. Quincy, “because you agreed to.” “ Have you any proof of that?”- “ Yes, I am the witness.” “ But you, being an interested party, can’t be a witness. Have you any other ■ witness or proof, and do you ask me to refuse $60,000 for the land and sell it to the city tor $30,000?” “I do.” ' “You have no bond for it, have you,Mr. j Quincy?” “ None, sir, whatever,” replied the Mayor, stretching himself up with great dignity—“ none whatever, but year. word, and that you said was your bond." “And,” replied’ Mr. Brown, stretching himself up with equal dignity, “so it is. My word is my bond, ana for $30,000 the land is yours.” And it was. The buildings were erected upon that estate, and there they stand; a monument to Mr. Samuel Brown’s mercantile integrity. To-day that land is worth millions of dollars to this city. Can any person but feel proud of this instance of sterling integrity? In those times $30,000 was a fortune, but the world could not bid high i enough to bribe Samuel Brown to a mean action.— Boston Traveller. The New Orleans Times says the rice crop is one of the most profitable that can ; be raised in Louisiana, and requires but ■ small working capital. It estimates the 1 entire cost for preparing the land and for seed at $3.50 per acre. ■ Its cultivation ! and shocking amount to sl3 more, and : the expenditures, $6.50 for threshing and I handling, sum up $23 for twelve barrels I of rough rice, which can be produced on ; one acre. Milling, freight, package, ini surance, drayage and commission will | amount to $13.40 more, making a total ex- > penditure of $36.40 for 1,200 pounds of , clean rice, worth SB4. It will be seen that i a net profit of $47.60 per acre is thus i given, making allowance for the wages of laborers and every other expense. One hundred acres has heretofore been considered the task of three men, which would , pay each $1,586.66 for six months’ work. ! A mountain of iron has been discovered ■ near Theophile’s ranch, in the Gabilan , Range, about twelve miles from Hollister, i California. —■ « ♦- [ # Prof. Baird says all the 400,000 shad destined for the *“ o’ershadowed Rhine,” ! have died on the voyage.

THE MARKETS.

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