Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 13, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 September 1870 — Page 1
Vol. i.—No.
The News.
T)OMESTIC.
Corrected census returns of New Ilinipshlrenhow the population of the State 31 ,- 970 decrease In ten years 8,079.
Colonel J. K. Kelly was Tuesday elected United State* Senator by the Oregon lature, to succeed Mr. llllams.
Onsus of Indiana cities: Terre-nautc, 10,'.01, «ain sine 1 S'JO, 7,012 Richmond, 9,431 gain, 2,S» Vlncenncs, 5,W.
Hon Jttlm L. Dawson, ex-member of eongress from the Twenty-first District of Pennsylvania, died at Brownsville, Fayette
w.'ls
intoxicated and laid on the track. Th Jackson, Mississippi, Clarion, of Sep'Yeliow fever has again nier 10, says: vWlt'tl New Orleans, and has made such rapid strides that it is now an epidemic. Last week them were nineteen deaths. We have not yet learned the fatality during this week. F.vcrv train from the city, we are informed, Is crowdctl to overflowing with persons fleeing the wrath to come."
The following State ticket was nominated at tin' Rochester, N. Y. Democratic Convention Wednesday, bv acclamation or Governor, John T. 'Hoffman Lieut. Governor, Allen C. Reach Comptroller, Aslier I". ols Canal Commissioner, long term, J. Jl. Day short term, George W. Chapman State Prison Inspector, Holomnn Sclion. All renominations. Adjourned.
At Knshvlllc, on Saturday evening, a young man named Thomas Long went fn* tiie resilience of William Jackman, who had rwentlv married a lady who had formerly refused' to receive his addresses,and attempted to break into the house, declaring lie would kill both Mr. and Mrs. Jackman, both af whom, however, escaped but a neighbor Mr. Rice, who came to their rescue, was
Hhot'tlmmgh
nK (jy.
Tin-Swiss, American, and Belgian. Amluivr tWvUiu'tl to quit I mK
It Is reported that the Pinsslans investing Pails have been defeated In the plain-, ol Melldi.11 and Seni lis, with heavj loss. battle was fought between the 1' rencli and 1
inue was fought bet... Prussians at Corhell, on the Orleans R. ii Tuesday In which the Prussians were
reiiiils«'ti"with''heavy loss. ilUimlehes from Florence nnnounce the cl covered with Hags In honor of theoceu-
tion is nearlv crazed with dilight. Itouie^hvs been occupied by Italian troops, •,, ., shed. The Pope torbade any lesislaiice. Romans received the Italljms with the greatest enthusiasm.
The following news l.s otllclal. "While Napoleon was at Namur, he eulogized tin Yllselliline and
courage
the Imperial exists dr Jur\ We shall with that offering the best eondt-
The Red Republicans of Paris, continue to placard the walls with hand bills, announcing a new Government apprehended.
The Italian troops'entered Rome through the portlo pla, tiring on the niereenaile.s as ,u vaiie.d. At hist the Pope ordered the''white tlag to be hoisted, and host litles ceascd. The national forces then quietly occupied the city. trer from the front and the KlngV
slileratloii, but the other condition is absolute. A formidable )«pulnr ilenionstnUion wns held In Vienna .-Saturday, before tin hall of
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procession, and
w'cre r:Vlssl for public. The crowd was dispersed by th- police, and a fiw arrests were made, but no lives were lost.
It is said that Gen. Werder Jbmatens to
the^ l.andwehr, notwlfhslundlng a galling rltle tire. \dvices from Namur Hiy Unit the lH^tlleiiee of Sedan Is snn-ading
The Berlin correspondent of
The excitement of the people of till
Coun
ty, Sunday night. James MeXalrv, an unmarried man, formerly residing in I'larrlshurg, Pa., but for some time post cmploved on the construction train of the Indianapolis and St. Louis railroad, was run over and cut to purees by a train on tlw track of (hat road in this city Monday liiKht. The remains were found Tuesday inorning, and the indications r.re that lie
swept
of the
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russlan sol
diers. and said nothing could keep them out of Paris." Russia's attitude Is still one of reserve It has come out that Gortsehakoft was askul J!v Knul .nd to Join in a fresh guarantee or llcluluui. He answered es, It you Will Include Holland."
The North-German -(iaxcttc says the Republican Government /(Ifto, "treat lions.
of France exists tic
Trouble Is
The citizens declare that they
prefer Pr'ussliin rule to Communism.
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In vidlnii 'irnileji. It is aifgravat«\t b\ \\ater of lime stone districts, and the nnusisl to cani|ialgn life anfultv. This state of tilings Is fartl er inrnh woiWbv dreadful rnlu stornis ayd prema tnnMy cnlll nxui wouthw.
A teUnrraphic dispatch fnmi Orleai.s SHli', «»ys an enir.mement t»xk p!ae^ at N issuux. Twenty-live thousand reneh nuvs^l near the northerly part of the town ed by fifteen thousand Prussian*. 1 h« •J stans were mow«l down t" the ncn artillery. but after considerable lo«* they eecixshisI the river In good onler auu i«ii uaen on another army cori«.
the Tribune
writes on the l.'»th: "Bismarck t« no*j «u Rhelms, settling various ttlplomajie. matu rs relative So the
non-intervention
by
ny In Italy. It is agn^i that the
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twny occur Homo nmlHnvoy and NUhn if j* wldh to renounce their fornu-r «vur other Kuropean Cabinets have been notified accordingly.
It announooit frroin Brussels that the International Kocletv hrv* Iwuun to tl^ei»n
(lemanil the nltollUon of the nobllltj an«i monarchy. It Is certain the Bnvnrtsn «»rtimeni ha*
lKH»n
forrwl to
tion Ion.
declare
in Prague,
Brunn and other cities of the Empire Is on the Increase. The walls of tl.e Roiner, In Frankfort, were f»und covered, Wednesday morning, with huge placards calling on the people to prepare for a proclamation of a Democratic Social Republic. Similar placards were afllxi-d to the main entrance of the Pablus Kirche. The placaids were printed in French and German, and headed "By order of the Universal Committee of the European Republic." Groups were gathered about them and the jwlice tore them down, but no demonstration was made.
Mr. Mal°t, Seretarv of the British Embassy has had an interview with Rismark whose answers to Ids inquiries were plain and to the point, lie asked for an ultimatum. "We must have Metz and Strasburg' said Bismarck. "Dismantled?" asked Malet, '•Np," replied Bismarck stronger than ever. "Irieu suppose the French Government finds your terms Impossible?1 '•We
invent and starve Paris and if that does no. succeed, we shall try sharper means. "Would you bombard the city?" "Certainly, and burn it, if forced." "The necessity Is sad, but how to escape It
Distress is so great in the departments of Moselle, Meuse, Meurtlie and Ardennes, that the authorities have nrepared an appeal for aid to all neutral nations, especially America and England, saying the people were dependent on their crops and cattle. Nothing is left remaining. Their houses, stables and barns have been destroyed, their fields ana meadows trampled. They have had no harvest at all. Their cattle, sheep and swine have been seized and their laborers pressed into the army. Not even corn enough isleft for seed. Starvation and pestilence impend. "You, our American brethren, must know the desolation in which we live yet you have been quickly restored. our country is naturally rich, and ours Is naturally poor.
Our
the neck and seriously wound
ed He then went to the residence of the laiiv's parents, broke In the door, and shot Ihe'mothcr, who had disapproved of his attentions to her child, fatally wounding her. lie then tied to his own father's house, told his parents what he had done, and then, wallcing out of the hou-e, blew out his own brains. formal application was filed, Monday, with the Attorney General of State, requesting him to bring proc'dings tor the suspension and removal of Commodore Vanderbilt from tin' I'reNidcney of the Iluds River and New York (Vntial Kail road Company. The application is based on Her ground that Vanderbilt Is Injuring the stockholders ot fills road hv iking low rates of fare and freight in order to compel the Kric managers to withdraw their personal claims against lilni in a well known five-million suit. At a recent meetIng of the representatives of rival trunk lines westward, risk and Gould oil'-red to withdraw the suit upon satisfactory arrangements being perfected as to the division of business, but an lei bllt insisted on a withdrawal of the suit first. This Klslc and G.mld refused. The meeting broke up without accomplishing anything and th«s present ruinom competition se.uins likely contimr"." WST' W
resources can not compare with yours. Consequent I v, our sufferings are unspeakabtv m-eater. We implore you to send us it
tiif. stor of a fa itjif
ut
HORSE.
Many years ago there lived on the banks of the Brandy wine, in the State of Pennsylvania, an old Quaker gentleman, who possessed an old and faithful servant. This servant was a horse, and his name was Charly. Now Charly had trotted before the family chaise for many a long vear, to the village post office, to the Sabbath day meet ng, and upon all kind of errands. Old Charly was over ready lobs "hitched up." Not one trick had he shown, nor had hooneo proved unfaithful, and grandfather always rode him upon such errands of business sis he might have about the farm. The river divided the farm, and it was at times necessary to visit the lot on the other side there'was a bridge a mile and a half from the house, but there was a good ford just down by the bank which was always used when tlio water was not high. One day}in the Spring time grandfather had to go over the river, but the freshet had come, the banks were overflowed and the iee in great cakes and fields was coming down with a rush, so lie mounted old Charly and set oil' by way of the bridge. Arriving safely on the othersidejiespent. brought him over, and it was nearly sundown when he got ready to go borne. He looked up toward the bridge, said it was a long three miles
around,
the
ami that
he believed he would try the toid. "Old Charly can swim," he said as ho rode down 'to the bank of the stream, "and it is but a short way over. Charlv looked reluctant, but after conr sidera'ble urging ho entered the strearti. In a moment he was striking out bravely for
opposite shore, but in another
moment a great cake ol ice came pounding along, overwhelming both man and horse. Tliev both rose, but grandfather had lost his seat but as ho was
along by the powerful current,
caught the'drooping branch of a large sycamore tree, and was soon sale from immediate danger. The riderless horse pursued his journev towards the house, ami soon reached the shore. Hero, appearing to miss his familiar friend, he looked around, and, its it seems discovered his master clinging to the branch of the tree immediately and without hesitation, turned around and swam boldly for the tree, and beneath the branch lie stopped and permitted mv grandfather to get. on his back, and then, although quite exhausted, started at once for home. The whole scene had been witnessed by the family, and
from his perilous position
A I S S O .4 JV IRISH MA A1
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Til A RATTLE SNA
snake
that It In _.T ..
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lit- Take# it up hi/ the Xrek—Otrncs it lhtlj'-a-mUe—.SV-ir.s- up its Mouth Bitten by it— Whisky Sctrrs Hun.
An Irishman by the name of Thompson, driving a mail sulky between this place and Fort Gibson,on Monday last, coming down here with the mail, came across a very large diamond rattlesnake in the road. His mule shied at it—he jumped out of the sulky, grabbed the snake with his le 11 hand around the neck, held it up, and jumped into the vehicle, and drove lialf-a-mile to the station, got out, walked into the house where there were two or three Indian women, called for a needle and thread, which was given to him by one of the women, when he sat down and delileratelv sewed up the mouth of the snake re it or a told the women to keep it until his return. While he held the snake by the throat in its writhing it hit him on the finger two or three tunes, but as he was under the influence of whisky, and as the Indian women gave him a few more
drinks be experienced no harm from ,nore
After the Irish-
the bites on his finger. man left, some Cherokee men belonging to the house came in, killed the
and skinned it. our informant, George Strong, ot the mail line, says he saw the skin of the snake at the house where the Irishman carried it, and af- false curls, yes terwards saw Thompson, who had a
few marks on his finger, but was "all
"^'he bite of the diamond rattlesnake is considered bv the Indians as incura* b\e.— Ft. Smith Ilrraltl.
TiikSi-kz. Casau—'"Russell"
ir»»in the Sue* Canal to the Boston Trorriirr, that while it j« a success, the difficulty with it is found in the fact that it
International soclety ha* ix-pm to is not, and *«™T ^mhin^toVw nuto throntriioui Soulhcni flermany Baud uuu
Ihdu
nienls ciilllnn mmn (he|oopleto msKfConij, object for which this avenue mon eauso with the |Hxn»le of Fninoe, nn«|
no way ndh^rcM to tlio project of couswlUta- [t clear of s»ud bars a COn^failt reiH. with the North-Ucn
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[For the Sal unlay Evening Mall.) J) HE A MIN (r.
When in dreams we drift unsconscion.s ^'O'cr the night's chimerlan sea When the soul forsakes its mortal
For its Immortality When the night is night eternal, And that night a night of fear, And darkness reigns unmeasured in this realm sublimely drear When the spirit wanders lonely
slall
To this unknown land of dreams. What a world of dark realties This realm of darkness seems .,1
There are pictures there of beauty Which no wakerul eye can see There are thoughts that seem but folly
Which in dreams are misery ji There is horror there—a horror
And li?w strange when
]?y "all law'S,' human and divine, the snake is my natural enemy. This antipathy to tho reptile species dates back to my first introduction to civilization, something less than half a century ago. Association has not overcome my prejudices. One tact alone, in connection with tho divinity of the Bible, is sufficient to establish the affirmative of that proposition, and that is the clause in regard to snakes, which runs thus:
The heel of the woman (or man, as th. case may be) shall'bruise the serpent -M Wy**** vision and should be enforced I have contributed, in my own feeble way, to promote and carry out the object of this law. As a bruiser.—while I have not won laurels in the P. It.—I have been something of a success, and can look .back upon mv past with pride and satisfaction while contemplating numerous viotorios over these crGCpinginonsters. In early life I would not hesitate to fire a hay stack, if I supposed it afforded an asylum for snakes. Generally speaking, my tactics have been of a defensive character, and by a well-reg-ulated system ot police deception havo prevented my enemy from get ting info my boots or hat, or otherwise demoralizing my forces but history has proved that, notwithstanding we may be ever so watchful, we will sotneinics be taken by surprise. I was subjected to one of these surprises it happened, as described in the following words and figures
In tho summer of 1S50,1 was sojourning at Fox Springs, Fleming county, Kentucky—one of the most delightful watering-places in the country, distinguished for its excellent water, superi or accommodations, and good livingin the latter particular not excelled by any hotel in th"1 land. It was also noted for the numbers and varieties of the snake species that infested the walks, drives, runs, and other places connec ted with this classic rural retreat There were all sorts and sizes, from the garter-snake to the boa-constrictor with a large preponderance in favor of rattles ami copperheads.
To attempt to specilicanyAnClition each particular kind would bo as ardu ous an undertaking as taking the census of China. Notwithstanding the Springs were located amidst an interminable chain of mountains and forests, still the rocks and hills were insufficient to hide the snakes, and the consequence was they were lying around loose and made themselves at home under all circumstances. If you had occasion—and you sometimes had to wear a clean paper collar, you would find upon opening your collar-
his SCrpentine
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siidos connui€ 10 ucs
wustrurt4Hl,and
nothing but a per-
tiettial dnnlging will keep it in a nassa bio condition, making the worn of keep-
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Confalcra*
tj(jon 0f
original work.
playiug draw-poker used snake-heads for chips, and would go twenty-five blind, with a pririlego of raising, with perfect nonchalance
One would suppose that, In cOriseqtience of my familiarity with snakes, my prejudice against them would be lessened but it was not true. With me they did not improve on closer acquaintance. The opposite proposition
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Never human tongue can tell, To the dreamer who lies dreaming Liic In his own peculiar hell.
wj
renu mher
While our bodies slumbering lay, That our souls are freely wandering Are wandering far away And at times to realms of beauty,
To ethereal realms of love, Where the day beams pour celestial" From celestial skies above.
It is beautiful to dream a dicnm* When in beauty thus we roam Asleep on earth, though wakeful
In the dreamer's .sleepless home Aye, how many a sleepless hour When dee]) grief our souls does weigh, Onr forms sink down in darkness ,.
And onr souls awake to day.
jFor the Saturday Evening Mail.]
How I Was SnakeBitten.
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11Y HOCKKSTKK.
4 cf rf i. ./ k. S,
TEltUE-HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1870. Price Five Cents.
approximated more noarly to my status. 'J
occupied a room in conjunction with Col. Will
Fleming, one of the
most genial and jolly good fellows south of Mason and Dixon's line. Our room was on tho ground lloor and easily accessible to snakes. This fact caused me, every night before retiring, to institute a diligent search in every nook and corner of our room—including the bed—for snakes. Still, from some cause, we had never seen any there. They may have been aristocratic in their ideas, and a little particular about their company, yet this fact did not cause me to neglect my precautionary measures—I performed this duty more frequently than I said my prayers. These nocturnal reptile investigations caused me to be the unhappy recipient of many unpleasant jests and remarks from the visitors. Some of the ladies inuendoed that I was wanting in physical grit, etc., &c. Still it made no difference the serpents hung like the sword of Damocles over me.
Finally, Col. Fleming, always ready for fan, it mattered not at whose and what.oxpense, entered into a conspiracy with some mischievous young la-diesr-and there are some at such places —to ,'ive me a big snake scare, and thereby cure me of my timidity. In a garden, near the house, there grew in great profusion a peculiar kind ofbe-tn, known as tho ''Washington bean." They were about three inches in circuinl'erohce, and about two feet and sometimes a yard in length. Whether nature had given them these snakelike proportions to keep people from eating top many ot them, or whether it was the eflect of climate and association, I know not but certain it is they were the best substitutes for snakes I ever saw. The conspirators selected one of these vegetable reptiles as appropriate for the occasion, and coiled it up very snake-like upon my side of the l?ed. In the evening, beforo bed time arrived, we were regaled by Mghtful snake stories by ditterent persons, And ny sensitive nature was so worked upon that I felt creeping etfititions all over ine.
The company finally dispersed. The Colonel and I taking seats on the verandah (at his suggestion) for a quiet smoke before retiring, tho Colonel deemed to be in an exuberance of good -spirits that evening that struck me forcibly. I understand now what Was the matter" with the Colonel. After finishing our cigars wo went to our room and divested ourselves., s^cfc-in^C^onel blew the light out, and remonstrated with me l'or being so foolish as to suppose there were snakes in the room. I wTent to bed, but with tmnv misgiving. The lady conspirators,'as I afterward learned, were ported in and around my door, to await results. They didn't
have
P,l°lmd
long to wait
and get lots of results, as the sequel
just straightened myself out in
bed preparatory to sleeping, when the bean having been lifted Irom the bed bv aVoid in the bedclothes, let loose and fell across mv legs. Simultaneous with this, the Colonel began irantically to veilV Snake! Snake!" Oh horror ot horrors! the intensity .ot that moment is too much for me even now mv teeiin"S were indescribable. I made one mad. desperate leap ed midst ladies, costumed standing, alas! too near inv doo for theirown comfort for, striking them amidships head on
lad. desperate leap for the door, openit.and rushed tumultously into the lidst of a bevy of beautilul young •dies, costumed a la Undine, who were
I knocked thorn
down and piled them up in one heterogeneous mass of night-gowns, wi sprinkling of caps and open ^rksa ks that was terrible to realize. But I final
lit out, the shrieks and yells of the dis comfitted females lent wings flight. So with a heavy spread of tot ton canvas I rushed into the ocean of darkness,
without
I'had only doubled thc house about six times not having time to respond to the
lig!SS
of lliatrcss that o««».on»l£
110
of thes0 innoccnt
rep-
tiles in the gents' furnishing business jn fact, you would find them occupying prominent places in all branches of industry: hats, boots, bonnets, trunks, and false breasts (for highness does sometimes seek such localities), were invaded bv snakes. Our literary characters used* the smaller ones as book-marks, the gentlemen who amused themselves
DIFFERENT SIEOES OF PARIS. We copy the following from tho St. Louis Republican-. "With every new step the invading German armies take towards Paris, the question about the ultimate fate ot the queen of modern cities becomes more and more momentous. Under these circumstances it mast necessarily be of some interest to inquire into the history of the numerous sieges it has sustained from the time of Charlemagne down to our present age. The first attack on Paris we find recorded in history was made in A. D. 845, by one of those bold, Northern pirates who infested, during the nth century, all tho European countries, named Regnor, who, sailing up the river Seine, surprised the city, laid siege to it, entered it, and was finally bought off by King Charles the Bold. "During.the hundred years' struggle for tho crown of France between the house of Plantagenet and, the house of Valois, Paris Was successively beleaguered three times. When, in 1356, t\t Poictiers, the black Prince had defeated and made prisoner King John the Good, tho population of Paris and peasantry of the surrounding country, making use of the helpless condition of their sovereign, rose in rebellion, seized the government and placed at their head one Stephen Marcel, the Robespierre of that age. Indeed, the proceedings of these wild demagogues very much resembled, on a small scale, those which were enaetod at a later period at Versailles. At the approach of the Dauphin with the army, the city was hastily placed in a state of defenco, and martial law proclaimed. All attempts of the Dauphin to take the city by assault failed until the besieged, tired of the terrorism of Marcel, slew tne despot and opened the gates to the Royal Prince. In 1359, Edward III., King of England, encamped at Montrouge, devastated the country to the walls of Paris, but recoiling from before it, and retired to Chartres. One of the most interesting attacks on Paris is perhaps that made in£l429 by Joanne d'Arc, the Maid of Orleans. After having by her inspired heroism required the English to raise the siege of Orleans, and having led triumphantly her beloved Charles through the midst of the.enemy to his coronation at Rheims, she did not think her mission ended, though longing for her quiet home at Dom Ileiny, until she had re-established. the king on the throne of his ancestors. All places on the march to Paris fell agaili into the hands of the king, and the fortifications ot St. Denys was carried by storm. The attack on the city which was defended by Count Bedford was lead by Joan herself. But notwithstanding she fought with more thanJier \ypntjedcoiir'tran&nys, she was'tiriven back ».«d had to withdraw the army without nccomplishing her noble design ,1 Am Puns "Wo next decent on Paris was m»do in 1404, bv the Count ot Charolais, alteiward Charles the Bold, Duko ol Ihirtruiul v. Charles had already nenetrated into the suburbs of Paris, when Louis
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•eared on the varandah near my ro »i.„ however. I licara
room, ter-
rinepciu^Maugl'ter eniJinrttinf? from CoK Fleming—for the flnj Iniie tho o( or of a full-grown mice attracted the attention of my
olfi4^ri^s'
^jjgrc
heaved to. After ""fji?:®1r® was
snakes fastened to mj gg g.
and that my limbs
bore
no ^e^ce of
Kro'l nftS'theWlinel aSWrfh?n
sLlraboutrfearing
wreck and
debris
c^iised by m^oUis
ion with the females fillinsr a two-bushel basket with ous afitdes of female wcaring^PPjrel -sufflflWit to have start^ li"1^1^ ladies' furnishing and Ulforo Uiere lishment. I never knew before there was so much of them. „ttend^no.-
rK?n^i7«^"K^^V,0rnroKi iST a"
CrMUTATIVE Votino. motive do not know exactly
^hat
voting" (about which much is said I means. The thing is simple. A State being entitled to he tives in Congress each voter has the privilege of d*v,d,"PllJ" rj sem imoni as manv candidates as ne seee
Si Sing one for each he can select 12 names and east
two
XI., fomenting a rising sit Liege, a place newly conquered by Chyries,
compelled iiim to abandon the siege, in order to return to prevent rebellion spreading over his vast dominions. A train in 1542, tho Emperor Charles ., great grandson of Charles the Bold and
rival
of Francis I., took up his line ol march with40,000 Germans and Spanish troops toward the lrench capital, reducing all the fortified places Noug hts route in thn neighborhood of 1 .11 is. The peace ofCrespy, olleml by King Francis I., saved tlu capital Irom a sie«-o and probably from a surrender. vn'er the St. Bartholomew massacre, and (luring the intestine wares between the lloly league and the Huguenots, Paris sustained several sieges. lh° luke of Guise, the chief of the Holy League, having been assassinated at lilois in a most dastardly manner, by order of King Henry III., the leaguers were onlv roused by this atrocious crime to more vigorous massacres. They assembled a parliament, deposed the king, and created the Duke ot
lieutenant-governor
any particu
lar destination every ades ot grass seemed to be an anaconda, and vcry little cluster of rose bushes—^ didn't havo time to «0/'0U11^tT :kes to be an ambuscade lor the storm of fright mv spanker sheet was fast dJMOlwng into ribbons, it was cvi«l bark could not hold out 1 ,i^..Kir.H thn house about six
Pans,
8U"
IlTcan distribute them ainong
ballots foreach he
can narrow down his 1 ist to O, and cuim ulate four ballots on each anv lower numkr, or he can
lbe
whole 21 votes on a single candidate.
and threaten
ed to reduce the faithless town to a
heap of ruins, when the knife of aTanat ical monk, Jacques '°/lnct
t^
end to the life of Henry III. «tSL Cloud, 011 the first day of August, ,ljrt9\.An?5
this Henry iV. tried for a long time to get possess!on of his inheritance by he sword. He laid siege to I ans in the year b»90, and caused thoe.ti/.ens to fee all horrors of famine but he at last becamo convinced that ho could not irain peaceable possession of the rcnch fhrone by battles and victories. He thought the crown of I ranee was worth a mass and went over to tho Catholic church. Paris now threw open its gates and welcomed thebringerof peace with loud acclamations. Franco was now, under the reign ot the Bourbons, fiist becoming the first power in Europe, and during the following two ccntures Paris saw no enemy before its gates. The two great invasions of 1814 and 1815 are too well known to bo recited here. How the present one will end nobody can tell with certainty but if all signs do not deceive, Paris will be subjected to a siege,
again
Th Three Questions.—Itwasf
red
eriek the Great who was accustomed to ask his new recruits the questions, in regular order How long have ydu been in the service? How old are jou? Are you satisfied with your paj rations?" Thereby hangs a talc
A young Frenchman, having left his own country, entered the Prussian service. Not a word of German could he speak but his captain began to drill him for his
examination—with
success remain to be
cumulatne
How long have you been in the service?" "Twenty-oneyears,your majes-
""is it possible? How old are vou One vear. vour majesty." Donncr und blitzen I Either von re mad or I am!" Both, your majesty. —SI. Louis Republican,
EN OLA NIK
Immense Republican Demonstration' in Ijomlon Monday Night—Popular Feeling in Favor of the French Republic.
Via New Youk,
granee,
ficanism
roseeuto
Maj
ence brother of the murdered Guise,
of the kinpdon.
Despised and forsaken, Henry III. saw no other way to safety open to lum than an alliance with Henry of Thev laid siege to
September
20.—A
special dispatch to the World, dated London, September 19, says: Tho demonstration of the people of London to-night, in Trafalgar Square, is one of the greatest popular assemblages over seon in the British capital. For nearly two hours the streets leading to Clerkenwoll, Bethnal Green and llolborn were alive with successive processions of workingmen's societies and democratic associations of the metropolis.
Each body of men as it advanced along the crowded thorough fti res, preceded by bands of music and illuminated by torches and transparencies, was followed by repeated cheers from the people who thronged the sidewalks. Many houses and shops on the line of the procession were illuminated, and from the windows of many others de-
3nd6d in the gas-light the flags of England, and America. I counted no fewer than thirty Ainerican flags displayed along the Strand.* between Somerset House and Trafalgar Square. By 8 o'clock Trafalgar Square was one dense mass of people from the front of the National Academy to around the statute of King Charles. Perfect order prevailed along the route of the procession, and throughout tho .• proceedings of the evening.
The banners borne by the societies were inscribed with mottoes proclaiming the great doctrine of liberty, oquality and fraternity. One in particular, carried by a society firom Hackney, on i_, which was incribecl, "The United States of Europe greet the United S't'ate3 of America, with peace on earth, to men good will," was hailed with rapturous and repeated cheers.
The meeting was presided over by Mr. Merriman, who uiade an effective speech, in the course of which he allnd- 7 ed to the fact that while the London press ridicules and slights that Republican movement in England to which their own daily denunciations of tho wortlilessness of the royal family give constant encouragement and strength, the American press, three thousand milos away, recognizes its importance and lends "its moral support, and generous sympathy, as the American Republie lends its priceless support and a glorious and successful oxample. These remarks were received with a perfect tempest of cheers for tho United States, and a spirited address to tho Uepuhlic of Franco was adopted, in which ic was declared that tho monarchs of Germany
the war now against Kopuband not against France, and
The address tells the people of 1 ranee that the English people have demanded and will not cease to demand the recog
nition
of the Republic of France until
thev shall have wrung complience with their will from a vacillating and cowardly Ministry.
The demonstration increased, am
bearing ... ... the United States, a huge white binnei surmounted bv the cap ot liberty, and inscribed in golden letters with the single word "Republic."
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1 low She once Reeams I'Jiu/aged to a Virginia Gentleman—The Match off by 4he Lover's Aunt—A Wonderful,^
Change of Destiny. ICorrespondence of the Lynchhnry 'jiil!lcnn.l 1 1
In 1S.")1 the uncle of the writer resid"l as American minister at Paris, with a largo familv around him. At tins time appeared in society there Eugenie 1-., rie de Guzman, Countess ol Montijo, a lovelv person and an aristocrat 10 11 mie securing her brilliant conquests in tlnl society, and constituting her one ol hn am ad in a is thought, and indeed frequently 1 marked, that her mother was more ambitious than herself, that the form r• esigned for her some gre.it allmu while Eugenie herself appeared a mod-:,
cm...nli'
sincerity, a girl who wounl
cl of simple sincerity, ... chooso to consult her heart 111 any 111 rimonial affair. Her Histor .d b» married the Duke of Alba and Berwic ., a lineal descendant of Jamen II.o, M., land and the worthy mother Doanii Marii, no doubt designed at is-' equal itrimonial destiny for beautiful of her (laughters. Bu •ho heart is not always to In com roll, even in the most aristocratic life, or vield to its exuetions or conveni.-i c'!. Engenie lont hers to a fino-looknu blondo Virginian, voung Willi un Rives, son of the Ameriein ruin.s r. Thev were engaged to be married, not
Aunt Judv Rives, a Virginia iinti", very decided and singular bi her sc uplesf interfered and hrokeofi the countess was too fast for .!• jtd Virginia views of social society. 1 worn .11 for Whdm future had re^'i so much escaped the com pa rat 1 iy humble life her lieart had deeded upon a a f,» to ascend the throne of I't in., -. Alas, what othor contrasts iy vet r--main for her! If an eve.il e.i oordered differently, if 0 mother-in-law hml proved 7'np'^."J the empress, who has adorn throne ot France and world the charms of another -J'"P
might
at
this
moment bo a qtm
try matron living in a farm-h mv jr Cobham deiwt, county of Ail in... -•--I of Virginia.
The
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number of ls
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answers were learned perfectly. Review came. Old tritz walked np to the new comer and, by some strange freak, began this timo with the second question. The following dialogue cn-
in
SdrtJionury,
what
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lengin is |.
to bc
found in
still longer words arc to bo
S3 "Don Juan Nepomuoctio do Burionagon ictorccagogeazcooch .' the name of a person employed 111 .00 flnan-'e department of Spain a few ye rs
He ought to have Wn appoint superintendent of "Kaminag-ideya. hoortXjomokanoogonagira," or of Ar.Mlernaravasaljeloovaradoovou,
two
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tates in tho East Inifies, respiting which a lawsuit was pending in tho English courts whilo he was administering Spanish finances. -u