Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1878 — Page 2

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General News Summary.

wma WANUMHM. li< M interview with Baltimore merchant, ' «>•*- (MU IKa rwtinfo Ow 'wfl* ovcy onnmiMffi iikiicml . i uie [hi l® relM apoo *0 relieve the difficulties attend Ing specte reeumptipn aa follows: The pres ent exchange of coin for Greenbacks; the receipt of United States notes for customs dure; Um reatnMMaee of notes at par throurhout the country after resumplton by receiving there for bonds and cast oma. Im his annual report, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs asks for the Indian Service during the next year the sum of 85,200,000, which Is *500,000 more than the appropriation for the current year. The increase h principally for the purpose of extending edicatftreal facilities to certain tribes, and to subsist a number who are unable to help tbemeetvea. The National Bank circulation outstanding, on the 28d, was 8321,852,841. Of gold notes there wore 81,468,830. Amount of bonds on deposit to secure bank circulation, 8840,405,900; to secure public deposits, 010,888,400. Up to and including the 98d there had been coinsd, since their remonetization, 19,814,551 standard silver dollars. Of this number 10,000,000 were ta the United States Treasury, some 4,900,000 were in the mint vaults, and the balance, a little over 5,000,000, was tn general circulation. The total was about 1,600,000 in exeem of the minimum required by law. The Commissioner of Pensions has addressed a circular to all Pension Agents and others interested, calling upon them to take care that the address of pensioners written in vouchers shall be their true, proper and usual address, to the end that the extortions practiced upon pensioners by agents who offer to secure them the money, or identify them at banks where they can draw the money, for a fee taken from their stipend, may be abated. Massas. Hua, Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and A. G. Mills contractor, were arrested in Washington, on the 27th, on an indictment found in the United States District Court at Chicago, charging them with a conspiracy to defraud the Government- They gave ball of 85,000 each for their appearance to answer Dec. 16. William A- Potter, ex-Chief Supervising Architect, was arrested in Washington, on the 29th nit., and held in 85,000 ball on a charge similar to that against Messrs. Hill and Milla, arrested the day before. A meeting of the Joint Commission on the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Deportment was held in Washington on the 29th ult No testimony was taken, but a resolution was adopted inviting the Secretaries of War and of the Interior and Gens. Sherman and Meigs and Commissioner Hayt to testify.

tmm east. Ox the 23d, the Pittsburgh pressed-glass workers, numbering 1,500 men and boys, were locked out because they declined to submit to a reduction of wages. The Vermont House Of Representatives, on the 25th, passed a joint resolution instructing the Congressmen from that State to use all honorable means to prevent the repeal of the Resumption yet Five lottery-ticket dealers were arrested in New York, on the 26th, on complaint of the public-school authorities, for sending lottery circulars through the mails to scholars in the public schools. They were held to bail in 81,000 each to answer. Mjlfleson, the Manager of the English Opera, in New York, has been arrested at the instance of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, for employing twenty-six little girls in ballet At the municipal election in Providence, R. L, on the 26th, Thomas -A. Doyle (Rep.) was re-elected Mayor, by a majority of 1,000 over four other candidates. Robert Heller, the well-known magician, died in Philadelphia, a few days ago, after a very brief illness. A Chinaman was recently naturalized in the Court of Common Pleas, New York City. It was stated in New York, on the 28th, that no trace had yet been discovered of the robbers of the Stewart tomb. A well-known ixjiice official said both the members of the police force and the detectives were growing weary of the fruitless search. The factory of the Wyoming Thread Company at Fall River, Mass., was burned on the morning of the 29th ult. Loss, 8100,000. Gold closed in New York, on Nov. 29th, at 100&. .The following were the dosing quotations for traduce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, [email protected]; No. 2 Milwaukee, 99Xc®81-00. Oats, Western Mixed, 29@ 31c. Corn, Western Mixed, 46J< @4fc. Pork, Mess, 87.65. Lard, 86.10. Flour, Good to Choice, 84.1504.50; White Wheat Extra, 84.5505.25. Cattle, [email protected] tor Good to Extra. Sheep, 83.5005.50. Hogs, 83.1803.30. At East Liberty, Pa., on Nov. 29th, Cattle brought: Best, $46804.75; Medium, $4,250 4.50; Common, $3.3003.60. Hogs sold— Yorkers, $2.7002.80; 2 95. Sheep brought s3.OOo4.2‘>—according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on Nov. 29th, Cattle brought; Best, Medium, $3.0008.35. Hogs sold at $3.5004.12J< for Good. Sheep were quoted at $3.0004.25 for Good

wmr ai» south. Indictments have been returned .by the Grand Jury of the United States District Court at Chicago against ex-Bupervising Architect of the United States Treasury William A. Potter the present Architect, James G. Hill; Edward Burling, ex-Superintendent of the Cfastom House Building of Chicago; G. C. Pruning, Assistant do.; Mueller and Mills, contractors, and other parties, on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Government of large sums of moneys by furnishing an infe • rior quality of material for the construction of the Government buildings in Chicago. Nkw* was received in Ban Francisco, on the*36Ch, that the Columbia Bi ver Expedition sent out by Gen. Howard for the purpose of capturing the renegade Indians had been a complete success. The Indian camp had been surrounded in the John Day Valley, and the eiitira outfit captured. Eight of the principal Chiefs were ea raafr to Vancouver, and the rema'nder had been sent under escort to the Warm Springs Reservation. Judge Whitaker, of the Superior Criminal Court at New Orleans, on the 26th, charged the Grand Jury to inquire into the frauds alleged to have been perpetrated at the last elec tlo#. He said the Jury WBicorapoeed of members of all political parties, and they couM, as good citizens, make a diligent and impartial inquiry Into the frauds, and he pledged the .support of the Court and Iteofficemto asaial them. A XOVKO man named Frank Turner, * ed twenty years, called receptly at the bouse of Samuel Judd, about six miles from Williamstown, Ky., and invited Judd to drink from a bottle, battue latter declined, whereupon he waa ordered upon his knees, at the muzzle of a revolver, and while In that position, Turner deliberately cut Judd’s throat with a knife. IW Alabama Legislature, to Joint Conventtoq,on the 37th, elected Gov. George 8. Houston United States Senator. There were only two votes in the negative. Hkavt enow storms occurred st Louisville, and Cairo, IIL, en the 27th. s '

The total vpte soc -CoverHor la Kansas a> the late elpfeUon Was as fallows; fit Jotas (Ben.), Goodin (D»), 87,900; Mitch ell Greenback), 97,057. The vote on UM rematMerbf tha Mata ticket aggregates about the same. lx Chicago, on Nov. 29th, Spring Wheat Nt 9 closed at Me cash; 84c for December; 84%c fur January. Cash (torn closed at 81J<c for No. 2; 3Ut,c for December ;*V<e tor January.' Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 20J»'c, and 90)* c seller December. Rye No. 9,45 c. Barley No. 2,97J<«98c for cash, 98c for December. Cash Mem Pork doaed al 86.80. Lard, 85.75. Peeves —Extra brought 84.9504.50; Choice, 83.90 04.15; Good, 83.4003.75; Medium Grades, $8.0003.30; Buchers’ Stock, $9.3003.75; Stock Cattle, etc., $3.2502.65. Hogs—Good to Ultafce, $2.6002.96. Sheep—Poor to Choice, Mjniutt. ♦ roaires ntniintno. According to a Rome (Italy) dispatch of the 94th, the Government had proof of the existence of a vast association, whose object is the assassination of King Humbert. A Sophia (Bulgaria) telegram of the 24th says Information had just been received there that the Turkish redifs had lately massacred 830 of the Christian inhabitants of Chreanttra, In Macedonia. On the 23d, the British column operating from Quettah occupied, without resistance, the Afghan fort known as Sibl, due east from Dazar. Announcement was made, on the 24th, that The greater part of the garrison lately occupying Fort AH Musjid had been captured. In accordance with the provisions of the Berlin Treaty, the Bulgarian Assembly has been sunononed to meet at Timova, on the 37th of December, to prepare organic laws for the Province, and elect a reigning Prince.

Pbince Gobtschakopv, the Russian Premier, has again unconditionally tendered his resignation to the Czar. Russia and Roumania have arrived at an understanding in regard to the passage of Russian troops over Roumanian territory. A Lahore (India) telegram of the 25th says the most of the prisoners occupying Fort All Musjid had been released on parole. Over 10,900 cotton spinners at Oldham, Eng., have struck against the late reduction in wages. Over 100 mills have shut down. J. &J. Fbnton, bankers of Rochdale and Heywood, Eng., have failed for 82,500,000. The news from the Indian army received in London, on the 26th, was to the effect that Gen. Browne’s victorious column had reached a point 100 miles from Cabul, and that the hill tribes, which were expected to be hostile, or at least neutral, were giving in their adhesion to the British. Shere All’s forces seemed to be mainly engaged in the attempt to get out of the way. On the 24th, about midnight, the German steamer Pomerania, from New York for Hamburg, collided with the Welsh bark Noel Ellian, off Folkestone, in the Straits of Dover, and sank in about ten minutes. Of the 220 persons on board the ill-fated steamship, 170 were saved. At Pesth, Hungary, oa the night of the 26th, while Tisza, the Hungarian Prime Minister, was entertaining Count Andrassy, the Austrian Prime Minister, a bomb loaded with dynamite was exploded in an alley adjoining the ministerial palace. No one was killed, but the.palacc was badly shattered. Pbince Charles, of Roumania, has issued a proclamation declaring the annexation of the Dobrudscba, and proclaiming liberty and equality for Mohammedans and Christians. According to a semi-official announcement in the Vienna Political Correrpoxdence, on the 28th, Russia had decided to actively support the Ameer, in the event that England occupied any points in Afghanistan from which Russian supremacy in Asia might be substantially threatened. Henry Taylor & Sonß, grain and flour merchants, of London and Glasgow, have failed for $6,500,000. The Supreme Spanish Tribunal has condemned Moncasi, the would-be assassin of King Alphonso, to death. News was received in London, on the morning of the 27th, that another revolt had broken out in Kurdistan, and that a large military force had been sent to repress the revolt According to a Constantinople telegram of the 27th, trouble was Impending between Turkey and Persia, concerning the occupation, by the former Power, of the Province of Kbotoud. Persia had threatened hostilities unless the Turkish troops were removed and the Province surrendered.

At London, on the 28th, Lady Annie Louisa Gooch, who had been arrested on a charge of attempting to pass off a spurious child as the heir of her husband, was committed for trial. A Peshawvr telegram of the 29th uIL says that Gen. Browne’s communication* in the rear of Fort Alt Musjld had been cut by the Afghans, and that a serious attempt to force the pass between the fort and Jumrood had disastrously failed. > James Ramsay, a Dundee (Scotland) merchant, failed, on the 29th ult., for $400,000. The Porte has directed the withdrawal of the legation from Washington and suppressed many of the minor consulates. Since the conclusion of the war with Russia, Turkey has received twenty-nine vessel loads of rifles and cannon, mostly from the United States, so that her army is better armed than ever before. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lome, in their progress'through Canada, reached Montreal on the 29th uIL They were most enthusiastically received. The city was gorgeouslyulecorated and the uopuhur. demonstrations unprecedented. An address was presented by the municipality, to which the Marquis made appropriate reply. In the evening the city was splendidly illuminated.

A Brave Boy.

A correspondent of the Boston Globe, in giving an account of the frightful railroad accident in New Brunswick, says: “ Amidst all this reign of terror, however, stood one figure, cool, calm and heroic, intent only upon one object, to aid his friends if possible; and who was this who stood upon the brink of eternity holding his life in his hands and ready to give up even that to save his friends from destruction? Not a strong man, not a resolute woman, but a puny boy, whose heroic soul only wished that his frail frame was of herculean dimensions that he might render more effectual aid to those he loved so well. The Hames were spreading rapidly, licking up with eager tongues all that came in their way, Sparing neither animate nor inanimate objects, and seeming only longing to add human life to the list of their victims. In the face of all this horror of chaotic destruction, hissing steam and crackling flames, this brave boy rushed into the ruin again and again, until, in his heroic disregard of personal safety, he fell a victim to the horrid Moloch of destruction and expired, his lips murmuring a last prayer that'those whose lives he had lost his own. to save might be rescued. Poets have sung the heroism of Casablanca and other boy heroes, bat who shall record the bravery of this one? Pitv that his name was unknown, for who would not gladlv rtodtodohimhonorr “Do you see what a fine country residence I have here, PatF’ “Ah, yis. sir; Ido that Here could I live forever, and die in peace," —Rochester Express.

The Indian Management.

Th* Chicago papera of November 22 contain much of the oorreqpondenco which haa recently passed between Gen. Sheridan, the Secretary of War, Gen. Sherman, the Interior Department, etc., relative to the Indian question. To the summary given in the InterOcean we have added liberal extracts from Gen. Sherman’s letter of November IS. The synopsis and letter read aa follows: . The discussion In reference to the attitude of the Interior Department toward the army, concerning the conduct of the Indians, has bad added to it an Interesting chapter this morning. The present correspondence is altogether In regard to events that occurred previous to the letter of Secretary of the Ivterior Schurz, which that official publish jd the other day in reply to certain statements made by Gen. Sheridan tn his annual report Last summer the Indian Agent at the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, in the Indian Territory, communicated to the commanding officer of Fort Bill that the agency under hts charge had been ordered consolidated with the Wichita Agency. Gen. Pope, commanding the Department, and Gon. Bneridan, commanding the Division, both protested against the contemplated consolidation and removal of agencies that saved only the salary of ar. agent to the Indian Bureau, but at the cost of many thousands of dollars to the War Office. The Very vigorous protest of Gen. Sheridan was baaed upon data In his possession and an experience of over twenty years. This naturally developed a reply from Sec’y Schurz, under date of Oct. 7, which Is anterior to tin letter fiom the head of the Indian Department, published the other day. •

Sec’y Schurz addressed the communication of Oct. 7to Sec’y McCrary, of the War Department, and says, after going over the case, that Gen. Pope reported be had no troops to furnish the agent at Wichita, and that ha called attention. to tha fact that Fort Sill was located and constructed, at great expense, for the protection of these very agencies, and the control of the Klowas, Co- ■ Ranches and Wlchitas. The Secretary then reviews the Indorsement of Lieut-Gen. Sheridan, which was io the effect that he (Sheridan) fully indorsed the views of Gen. Pope, and was well satisfied, after an experience of more than twenty years, that the principal objection to troops at Indian Agencies, and the removal of Indian Agencies away from military posts, had for its main motive a desire to cheat and defraud the Indians, by avoiding the presence of officers who would naturally see and report it. Sec’y Schurz then says that the removal of the Klowas and Comanche s was. done by an executive order by the President, under date of Aug. 9 last, and that the reasons which led to this action were: That the water in the vicinity of Fort Sill was bad, and the location occupied by fie Indians unhealthy. The land was of inferior quality and comparatively unproductive, and the buildings were old and dilapidates, while the buildings at the Wichita Agency were comparatively new, and the land in that section of country was much better adapted for the purposes of cultivation, and the water of an excellent quality. Under the provisions of sections in the Revised 8 tatutes, by the consolidation of the agencies, the service of one agent and a considerable number of employes would be dispensed with. There had also been some complaint on the part of the Klowas and Comanches that their stock had been stolen by raiders from Texas, within one mile of Fort SUL It was believed by the Secretary of the Interior that, by removing those tribes to the Wichita Agency, they would be thirty-five miles farther from the Texas border, and Fort Sill would be between them and Texas. The Secretary then discusses the statute laws of the United States, providing for the employment of the military forces in apprehending persons violating the Intercourse laws. It was with great regret that Mr. Schurs found himself compelled to take notice of the supercilious and offensive tone In wliicli military officers, not infrequently, in their official correspondence, referred to the acts of those entrusted with the conduct of the Indian Service. He then says: “ I beg leave to call your especial attention to the indorsement of Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan, on the request of IndianAgentHuut (of Wichita Agency.) Of the reasons which had induced this Department to determine upon the consolidation of the Kiowa and Comanche and the Wichita Agencies, the Lieutenant-General was evidently ignorant. And knowing nothing of these reasons, he jumped at the conclusion that ‘ objection to troops at Indian Agenclea-and the removal of Indian Agencies away from military posts, has for its main motive a desire to cheat and defraud the Indians, by avoiding the presence of officers who would naturally see and report it.’ And this in the face ot the fact that In-dian-Agent Hunt in this instance had addressed a request to the Department Commander not to keep away the troops from the agency, so ‘as to avoid the presence of military officers,’ but to hate troops stationed at the new agency, so that the officers might make all inspections, etc., thereby avoiding the weekly ride from Fort Sill to Wichita .Agency, as heretofore. It seems, therefore, that when writing an indorsement containing so insulting an insinuation, Lieut-Gen. Sheridan had not even taken the trouble to read the request of the Indian Agent upon which the indorsement was made. You will oblige me by informing Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan that the consolidation of the two agencies above mentioned was ordered by the President of the United States upon my recommendation as Secretary of the Interior, and that my recommendation to the President was made upon consultation with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, at which the good of the service and the interests of the Indians were carefully and conscientiously cousMered. “It would, furthermore, be well for the Lieutenant-General to understand that the gentlemen who determined upon this measure are, in point of integrity, honor and sense of duty, fully his equals, and that to indulge in opprobrious reflections upon their motives is an act of impropriety so gross that it cannot pass without a corresponding rebuke among gentlemen, and especially among high officers of the Government”

This communication was referred by Sec’v McCrary to Gen. Sherman, who returned ii to Gen. Sheridan “ for perusal, to be returned with any remarks he may think proper to make." Gen. Sheridan made • statement, under date of Nov. 15, in answer to Sec’y Schurz’s communication, of which the following forms the chief points: The indorsement referred to in the communication of Sec’y Schurz, said Gen. Sheridan, was genera), and intended to cover operations for the period of twenty years, and it was hoped that it might put an end to such a waste of army appropriations as attended the following: The Agency of the Ogallalla Sioux, ten or twelve years ago, was at Fort Laramie, an expensive post, built to control these Ind lans. The Agency was removed from it by the Indian Bureau to Camp Robinson to avoid the presence of the military. Shortly afterward the necessity of a military force compelled that bureau to ask for troops to be sent to Camp Robinson, and a new post was built there at an expense of which the General of the Army can well comprehend. T . The Spotted Tail, or Brule Sioux, were at the Whetstone Agency, on the Missouri River, not far from where Fort Randall had been built, to give it and other interests protection, but these Indians were removed to Cainp Sheridan, 250 miles further west; and being unable, after a time, to get along without t roops, a new post had to be established there at great expense. These Indian* have been again moved, and two morel'posts established since; they are now at. Wouuded-knee Creek and Big White Clay, and by and by the necessity of having troops will compel the erection of two new posts at each of these localities. These removals have cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars, and no one can tell how soon a new change may be made. Gen. Sheridan then states that, from long experience, he is led to the conclusion that the main cause or these removals was hostility to army officers, because of their reports tpst came in tbe line of their official duties. For six y ears and a half on the Pacific Coast he had observed the same thing. These changes were only some of the expensive conditions attending the Indian Affairs administration which have to be borne by the army, and which : cried out loudly for reform. The Secretary of the Interior could not undertake to defend the Indian management for the last twenty-five years. Gen. Sheridan asks: “Then why should he have used such language toward me as he has in his communication to the honorable Secretary of War I There can be no excuse for this but his want of knowledge on tbs subject, and that does not excuse the stilted tone and the language used. " J Gen. Sheridan then concluded bis communication by stating that he had established Fort Sill in person after the Kiowas and Cqmanehes bad been established at that point, and spent several months in that country. The Waler at Fort SHI, coming from a fine mountain stream, is the best for over 10(7 miles. The country is beautiful, the soil rich, ai d the grasses abundant and varied. The buildings at Fort,Sill are in good condition, and there was no reasonable cause for the removal. The General’s object in making the indorsement was to put a stop, if pos-

tibia, to Um appalling waste of the army’s appropriations. Cedar date of Nov. 18, Gen. Sherman teMa an indorsement to Bec’y Bchurz’s letter sbov« 3uoted, In wblchhc says: “IVe (Gon. Sheri‘til Ilk* 11V I-Ismll celt has been practiced by somebody to Inilu ence these high officials (the President, Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affalrrf) to remove the large tribes of Klowas and Comancbca to the small tribes of U'tchitas so as to save the expense of one agent Whilst the Interior Department may thereby save a few hundred dollars, tbe.War Department will be subjected to the expense of tens of thousands of dollars, because Fort Sill Is a costly poet, built specially to. watch those hitherto most nutneroaa and dangerous enemies, and its removal will naturally result from this change. The request for a company of cavalry to go to the new ajrency looks like the beginning of a new post when we have already two good and sufficient poets located by Sood judges for tire very purpose of guarding lese very Indiana, viz.: Forts Bill and Reno. Both Gena. Pope and Sheridan attribute this change to evil motives. Neither of these officers attribute such motives to the President, the Secretary of the Interior, or Commissioner of Indian Affairs, but they do reflect on the agents, who have advised this measure. Their object was uot to prevent a consolidation of these agencies, but If possible to influence these high authorities to pause in an unwise act and to induce them io change the location of the consolidated agency to Fort Bill, which is admirably adapted to the purposes of farming and grazing. It is distant forty miles from Texas, and is on a par with Wichita as to horse and cattle stealing, at which game the Indians are the equals of the Texans, the most accomplished thieves of that quarter. “ Disclaiming disrespect to anybody, I assert that the consolidation of these agencies Is a wise measure, but the removal of the Klowas and Comanches to the Wlchitas is a most unwise measure, and I advise the Hon. Secretary of the Interior to send a disinterested inspector, who will find that Fort Sill of all places is the best in the whole Indian Territory for water, soil, climate, everything. “To change Fort Bill to the Wichita Agency . will cost the War Department at least 8100,000”

Sinking of the Steamship Pomerania Over Fifty Lives Lost.

A London telegram of Nov. 96 gives the following particulars of the sinking of the steamer Pomerania, in the English Channel: The steamer Pomerania, of the HamburgAmerican line, Capt. Bchwensen, sailed front New York, on the 14th InsL, for Hamburg, with a crew and passenger list aggregating something like 250. The Pomerania reached Plymouth about three o’clock on the morning of the 24th, which port she left for Cherbourg, after loading some passengers and mail. About midnight last night, in a dense fog, and about three miles oil Dungeness Point, she collided with the Welsh bark Noel Eillan, of Carnarvon. The Pomerania went down in a short time. The steamer Glengarry rescued 172 of the passengers and crew. The Noel' Eilian was also badly damaged, and is anchored off Folkestone, with her bows stove in and her forward compartment filled with water. The passengers of the wrecked steamer, who have arrived here, give graphic accounts ot tlie collision and of weir rescue. They all unite in praising the conductof Capt. Schwensen, who unhappily went down with his ship, but whose courage, coolness and command over his crew contributed largely to the rescue of the survivors. The Pomerania, having touched at Plymouth, proceeded to Cherbourg, and then steamed slowly up the channel. The weather was very thick, but a good lookout was kept and no uneasiness was felt by the passengers. It appears, however, that some miscalculation bad been made as to the exact course of the ship, for when the collision occurred she was only three miles off Dungeness Point, while her right course would have placed her at least ten miles from the shore. The shock of the collision was very severe. The other vessel was the Noel Eiliap; a Welsh ship, coming from Rotterdam and bound for Cardiff in ballast. She struck the Pomerania on her starboard side, nearly amidships,* and stove in her upper and lower framework. There were some passengers in the saloon, but the most of them were in their berths and asleep. The shock awoke them, but they were scarcely aware of the danger berorethey were apprised of it by the exclamations of the passengers and employes of the vessel. The Captain behaved most splendidly, and there was comparatively little confusion. The boats on the port side of the ship were and lowered away in good order. There was, of course, much pushing and crowding, but the excellent example of the Captain aided greatly in maintaining order and discipline. He sent for rockets that are always kept ready for signal purposes, and in a few moments the dense __jog was. pierced by these signals. The steamer Glengarry was fortunately near at hand, saw the signals, and came to the rescue ot the sinking ship. The sea was calm; this aided the efforts to save life. In lowering one of the boats, her bow was permitted to strike the water too soon, and she filled and sank. The boats on the starboard side had either been crushed by the collision or had become so jammed that they could not be lowered away. Nothing could be seen of the Welsh bark until some time after the collision. She did not run away, as was reported, but she was severely injured, and, being under sail, could not be handled expeditiously, and the wind was from the northeast. The crew behaved well, and there was a general disposition among the passengers, with some few exceptions, to save the women and children first. The Captain absolutely-refused to leave the ship ahtu ev&ry one else had got off, and as this could not.be done he went down with her. When last seen he was standing on the bridge, giving orders in a calm, determined voice. The ship sank slowly, going down by the head and settling gradually. The survivors all speak in the highest terms of the officers and crew of the Pomerania and of the kindness they have received at Dover and here. It is now believed that fifty-eight of the passengers and crew of the Pomerania were lost

a survivor’s story. One of the rescued passengers makes the following statement: “ I had retired, as had most of the passengers. Shortly before one o’clock there was a sudden, sharp shock, which shook the ship as it she had run upon a reef. .1 heard cries and orders from the officers, and ran on deck immediately. There I found everything in confusion. The ship was wrapped in a dense fog, through which the ship’s lights shone dim and ghastly. The crew were running about, ana seemed utterly demoralized. Some of them said we had been run down by a large ship, and we were sinking. The passengers began crowding on deck, and soon there waa a complete panic. Many of the passengers were only half robed. When it was learned thjta the ship was really sinking the scene recame terrible. Men were looking for their wives and children, and halfdressed women were shrieking and crying out for their friends. The scene when the boats were being lowered was terrible, anfi makes me shudder when I think of it The passengers all crowded and struggled together to get places. One boat was overloaded, and sank as soon as it reached the water. There was a collision between two others, in which both were stove and lost. All the while the ship was filling and sinking. The only one who was cool and collected was the Captain, who sent up rockets and gave orders. I succeeded in getting hold of a boat, and was afterward taken on board of the Glengarry. Capt. Schwensen would not leave the ship. There were a lot Of women on board, and a good many children. I don’t think many of them were saved. Among the prominent persons drowned were Capt. Schwensen of the lost steamer; Count Bodisco. son of a former Russian Minister to the United States; Mr. Clymer, brother to Heister Clymer, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Funk, of Milwaukee, and others. lowing story of the sagacity of a dog” “ When the dog wishes to cross the river where alligators abound, he goes up the stream a great way off and barks with all his might. The alligators go there and wait for his getting in to go across. The dog knows what he is about. When he sees from the number of snouts above-the water that his enemies have al 1 gathered to the feast, jhe runs down the bankas fast as he can and swims across before the alligators are aware of the trick that has been played upon them.” . —A Baltimore dentist says that eight children out of ten ihherit the father's teeth, not the mother's. "Fall fashions” always send a chill through an aeronaut '

| f MISCELLANEOUS ITBMS, | —The end <rf time—TH letter”*.** •-Owego Reoord. —Behavior is a mirror in one shows himself. —lt sounds paradoxical to say of a man who repeats an untruth, that he i* re-lle-able. —Whenever women get together yon may be snre.of tongues ana sounds.— Boston Post. —As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise. ‘—“He ta,well fixed,”said one young man of Another; “he has no need of deaths in the family.” —To get cheap dancing lessons let the hired girl drop a flat iron on ypur bunion.— Wheeling Leader. —Artificial teeth are nowmadyof paper. Oiice fixed in the moiith’, they remain stationery.— New Orleans Picayune. —When a tramp demands a meal of an Arkansas woman, she sticks a pistol under his nose and tells him to “ eat that.” —According to a salesman of experience in one of the largest houses in that city, the average New York woman wears a 5j shoe. —A Pittsburgh man has manufactured a glass speaking-trumpet. Isn’t this rather a novelty, when a man throws tones with glass Hawk-Eye. —The average thief makes very little by his plunder, the bulk Of profit being reaped by the receivpr. In fine, it is a case of millions for the “fence.” —At the last lunar eclipse, Raho Sahib, a pious Hindoo, weighed hiipself, and gave his weight in silver coins to the poor. Go thou Hindoo likewise. —lt is as much as a rich man’s life is Worth to die, nowadays. If hi* relatives don’t try to break his will thieves will endeavor to carry off his body.— Cincinnati Saturday Hight. —The Boston Post wants some one to tell it how earthquakes are started. Well, the wife says yes, and the husband says no, and then the earth begins to quake.— Cleveland Sunday Voice.

—Two long feathers, curling round the crown, are seen on ladies’ hats.— Fashion Item. This is another sure sign of a hard wintew-a hard winter for men to buy hats for their wives and daughters.— Norristown Herald. —When a Chicago editor gets mad st his wife he twits her of having her feet made to order in St. Louis. But the genial St. Louis editor, when in the same condition, merely remarks, with contempt, “Madam, I saw your father’s name in the Chicago directory.” —N. Y. Graphic. —The peculiar sensation which melts into a man’s soul, and meanders down his spine when a black-eyed beauty whispers something particularly soft in his ear, is only equaled by the feeling which thrills in him when, in purchasing a ham, he lays down a $5 bill arid receives $8.35 in change.— Flying Leaves. ■, —An exchange prints fourteen rulee for spoiling a child—and the quickest and most certain rule is omitted. If you want to spoil a child, give the youngster a dicin’t-know-it-was-loaded pistol to play with. It goes right to the spot, ana ro postponement on account of the weather.— Norristown Herald. —“ Good night, sweet art, good night,” sang a level-headed youth, as he slammea the front gate and paced off down the street. Then he took out his handkerchief to rub the rouge off the tip end of his nose, and wondered how much pearl powder cost a pound when purchased in large quantities.— Elmira Gazette. —A bright little Shoreham, Vt., boy, who had been engaged in combat with another bo,V, some time agd, was reproved by his aunt, who told him he ought to wait until the other boy “ pitched upon” him. “ Well,” replied the little hero, “but if I wait for the. other boy to begin I’m afraid there wouldn’t be any fight.” —Springs are little things, but they are sources of large streams; a helm is a little thing, but we know its use and power; nails and pegs are little things, but they bold the parts of a large building together; a word, a look, a smile, a frown, all are little things, but powerful for good or evil. Think of this, and mind the little things. —People complain a great deal of hard times, and wonder what makes it It is as plain to us as a wart on an old maid’s nose. If the law would compel hash factories and clothes-venders to be lees rigid about lucre, until we could have time to get on our feet, there would be a wonderful change for the better.— Cincinnati Saturday Night. —“ Be a man or a mouse,” says an old adage. This isn’t fair; it don't give a fellow a show, for who wants to be a mouse, and have every.woman he approaches elimbing up on u. chair, or jumping over the piano, and when he isn’t thinking about it, setting traps for him. It's too one-sided, is that adage, and leaves a fellow no choice except to be a man.— Keokuk Constitution. —The Cincinnati Gazelle, having investigated the tramp question, has come to the conclusion that “ Superinduced cerebral uneasiness, without a counterbalance of digested and assimilated knowledge, ana a memory plethoric with the husks of a vapid erudition, constitute the proper receptacle for those half ideas and one-sided ratiocinations which impregnate men with the belief that they are in advance of the age in which they live, and were bom to be the renovators of society and the harbingers of a new dispensation.”

Virtues of the Cactus.

No one who has traveled In the Northern States of Mexico, where grass for long distances is. sometimes unknown, can have failed to observe that but for the cactus, freighting through those sterile counties would be impossible, as it furnishes the best of nourishment* io the famished cattje, who find neither water Mfr grass in those wilds. The cactus on being ent off and roasted on a long stick over a fire, so that the thorns becomes softened and do not hurt the mouth of the cattle, is eaten voraciously by them. Men who have spent their lives in these regions told me that with only occasionally a little grass, cattle could not only subsist on them but also draw heavy loads, feeding only at night, doing without water for four and five days.'! myself have proved the truth of this assertion, as owa trip a couple of years ago in the State of Coahuila we'were three days without water or grisa for our stock, and the oxen m well- as mules ate the roasted cactus with great relish. The Mexican name for this plant is noysal. In the central State of Mexico a large variety exists, which bears a nig. purple-colored, pear-shaped fruit, which is very much esteemed by the

people of that o<mntrf. Iqhthg State of Oaxaca and ail the soutibern hWH land Mexican States the oqnhineal Insect is raised on it, and no other vegetable prodnrthaayet been found Sat grows with less care in any place provided it be dry, as it never flourishes in tbs lowlands, that would answer the purpose. There exist, I believe, over fifty varieties of the plant that will not grow at an altitude over 8,000 feet in the central or northern latitudes of Mexico, nor will it flourish in timbered land.—Letter in Sall Lake Tribune.

Revival of Seetional Issues.

If a sectional issue arises, or has risen, it cannot be charged to the Republicans that, they have brought it about. They are dot responsible for it Their policy has been for peace. The Republican party has fought for free speech and for free ballot-boxes, and if sectional issues are brought upon the country by the conduct of the Southern people, then it will be met, because of necessity, as a matter of self-defense, and in the defense of the free institutions of the country. Then it will come, if. come it must, not fronj any desire-or movement of Republicans,, but frdtn the lawless action of the Southern people, in preventing a free exercise of the ballot in the .southern States. The recent campaign has been fought by Republicans on great National principles. The financial question—important alike in the North and South—has absorbed the attention of the Republican party. The Southern question did not enter into the campaign in the North; it was ruled out and treated as settled. Financial matters were pressed upon the people, in platforms and in speeches, with ability and spirit; but nowhere in the North was there any attempt to arouse sectional feeling. In every Northern State the financial question stood foremost with the Republicans, and the issue was pressed with unusual vigor. Was this spirit met by the South in a manner calculated to inspire harmony, and so as best to avoid sectional feeling? How was this appeal to the honesty and intelligence of the people upon a public obligation—that was not of a sectional character, but concerned the good faith and highest interests of the whole country—answered by the Southern people ? The Albany Evening Journal answers these questions-thus; “By the campaign of the rifle-clubs and the tissue-ballots in South Carolina. By the campaign of the White League in Louisiana. By breaking up Republican meetings, terrorizing Republican voters, and practically extinguishing the Republican vote. The truth is clear and indisputable. It stands out in the undeniable facts of the canvass, in the undisguised warnings and declarations of the Southern press, on the face of the figures themselves. An honest Republican majority of 80,000 in South Carolina turned into a Democratic majority of 70,000; practically no Republican vote counted at all, and the unanimity of fraud and force on the Democratic side—this itself tells the story. It needs nothing but the plain figures to show the character of the campaign. The South itself raised the Siestiou by undertaking to crush out e Republican party altogether and making a solid section through such agencies. What is the Republican party to do with this question thus forced upon it? What is the North to do? Are they to lie down under such a crusade without offering an objection or making any resistance? Are they to submit to silence while free speech and free elections are blotted out in the South? Are they to look supinely on while a South made solid by such means moves forward to the control of the Government? Neither the Republican party as an organization, nor the North as a section, raised this question; but since it-is forced upon them, we mistake the spirit and the resolution of both, if they do not meet it in a manly way and rise to all its obligations. Wisconsin State Journal.

A Word In Season.

There are a good many Republicans, doubtless, who were misled into the “National” party. They went into the “National” party believing, prob-ably,-that the resumption of specie payments on the first of January next could be prevented, and they then thought, perhaps, that it ought to be prevented. They were told that the approach of resumption would make times harder, money scarcer, and would do other harm of a vague nature. They thought that the country needed more greenbacks; and they hoped to be able to compel the issuer of more. They were told that it would, in some way, help them if they could overturn the National Banks, and pay the National bonds in paper. The elections are now over, and their results have settled it that resumption will take place on the first of January. There is no longer' any ‘feaSdn tor disputing about that, or struggling against it. The evils which were predicted as to be caused by the approach of resumption have not appeared. The times are not harder, money is not scarcer, and no other harm has happehed. Further, the banks are r.ot overturned, and it is settled that the bonds will be paid according to contract And- there is no longer any reasonable expectation or hope of obtaining an increase in the issue of greenbacks. There will be an increase of circulating money, because gold coin will be added to the green backs, and go into circulation 'all tJve/ the country. What reason, therefore, is there for Republicans any longer staying out in the cold, away from the old party wigwam .and fireside P Why not come bom O-The Republican party is now confrcußed by its old onomy in a new and threatening form—the solid Squth. It has to tight part of it* old battles over again, in defense of human rights not only, but in defense of the rights of the honest voters of the North. The conflict of business interests was deeided at the recent election; and now the conflict of moral principles has to be renewed. The question now# is whether this country shall have honest elections, or whether it will submit to be ruled by men never elected, but only counted in,- and by men who owe their elections to ballot-box stuffing,;to intimidation, outrageand murder, whether there shall be free speech, a free press, and free voting ihropghout the party has Inscribed upon its banners the watchwords of fair elections, free ballots* frafi speech and honest counting.* Rtolaiits itselfA* of old upon the sieves th rights honesty, justibe, liberty and fair play, to rally around its standards. Tlbere is no good reason why any whosejmpulses are honest, patriot-

ic and right should not respond heartily to this call, as they did of old. Even as a matter of business interest, without regard to right, justice or moral principles, it is the interest of Northern voters to rally around .the Republican standard. This country, it is plain, will be ruled by the Democratic party or by the Republican party. The Democratic party is ruled by the solid South. In Congress, the Democratic party is made up of a great body of Southerners, with a Tew scattering Northern Democrats. Theßontherners can absolutely control, aud do control,that party. The Republican party, though driven by violence and fraud out of the South, is still the representative party of the North. Its main bulk is nude up of Northern men. The North Is the commercial, industrial business portion of the JJnion. As a meret question of business ihterest, every Northern voter should ask himself whether it is better to have the financial and business legislation of the country controlled by the solid South, With its peculiar sectional interests, its deplorable lack of manufactures, commerce, and business institutions, its great number of ignorant, prejudiced and lazy population, its humcronM schemes' for plundering the National Ireaaury and wasting the public money for Southern benefit at Northern expense; or to have the intelligent, industrious, enterprising and public-spirited business North control the business legislation of the Nation. Merely ps a matter of business interest, the wisest thing a Northern voter can do in the present condition of political affairs is to join the Republican party.— Detroit Post and Tribune.

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—A singular individual in Boone County, Ky., becomes deathly sick upon seeing a fat hog. —Another lunatic has been boiled alive, this "time at Toronto. The attendant left him in a bath-tub for a few minutes, and he naturally turned on the hot water. —A little girl at Heeley Falls, Ont., while straying around her father’s faro, came across a young bear, and, mistaking it for a dog, tied a string around its neck and lugged it home. —ln a gambling room in Nevada the janitor, pn opening the place in the morning, found a man sitting dead at a table, with cards still in his hands. He had been shot at poker by his adversary, who had fled. —Mrs. Jamas Snavely, at Mount Ajry, Va.. was recently shot and ’instantly killed by her Son-in-law, Col. Ballard Lambert, because she opposed the return of his wife who had left her husband because of his ill-treatment. —A man was crushed by a heavy wagon in Aurora, Nev., ana left writhing in agony. His companion, reasoning that he could not recover and that it would be merciful to end his suffering, deliberately shot him through the heart.

—A few nights ago, Harry, a son of Col. Younger, of San Jose, Cal., aged fifteen years, was shot by Elton Moody, about tfie same age, and died next evening. The trouble arose from Younger ordering Moody off his father’s premises, where Moody was hunting. —For stealing a penny apple a little boy, of Coleford, Eng., has been sent to jail for fourteen days, with an additional term of two years in a reformatory. Mr. Cross, the Home Secretary, inquired into the matter, and an answer was returned that the boy was an incorrigible little rascal. —A fellow walked into a house at Eureka, Nev., and calling for the lady of the mansion unbottled a centipede and a tarantula, remarking that he would make them fight for the pleasure of the family. It is unnecessary to say that the woman retired quickly, and when the room was looked into again the man and his menagerie were gone, as was also the jewelry of the household. —Frank Lane, who ended » quarrel with his sweetheart on a recent Sunday night, at Bridgeport Conn., by kneeling at her feet and shooting himself through the head, died a few nights after. He neVer rallied from the utrconscious condition which immediately followed the infliction of the wound. Miss Martin, the maiden to whom he was engaged, was constantly at his bedside. . —A poor Irishman at Rochester owed a rich man some money and was unable to pay, The rich man obtained a judgment and an execution, but there was nothing on which the Sheriff could levy. The Irishman had two large pigs, but the law allows a man two, and the Sheriff cquM not take them. Thorich man then bought two little pigA had them presented to the Irishman, and thereupon took his two large Qneß.-<sN. Y. Post.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

—Prof. Arnold, of Rochester, N. Y., denies that tomatoes produce cancer. j—The present .Mrs. Ole Bull is the - second lady that has borne that name, and is an American. - —Senator Christiancy’s health is so poor that he is unable to perform any mental labor, and cannot even answer his correspondents.— N. Y. Evening Post. —Mr. Arnold Hague, a son" of the Rev, Dr. Hague, of BostafirliM been engaged by a Chinese Viceroy to look for minerals in the mountains of Northern China, q . —Mr. W. W. Corcoran, the Washington banker, has presented the State of Louisiana with an historical painting of the Battle of Nbw Orleans, by a celebrated French artist, and costing the stsry of the Yorkshire Post, about go home to dinner with him, is only & piece of imagination. —“A few years ago,” says the Cleveland (Ohio) Leader, “ Mr. W. J. Stillman, the American Consul at Greece, married the daughter pf the Greek Minister at London. She was a woman of the rarest beauty and accomplishments, and the wealth and rank of her father made her a belle in London society. Her marriage with the American diplomat was regarded by her family a mesalliance, and she was .discarded by her father.” * ; —Mr Lewis Swi/t, the Rochester astronomer, who is a hardware merchant in that city, was standing in his shop the other day when several with shelves attached, loaded with iron bars and other nieces of hardware, fell not dangerous wound, i He was standing so that he could see the falling tpass coming toward him' or he must have been killed.