Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 29, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 January 1872 — Page 1

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Vol. 2.—No.* 29.

THE MAIL.

Office,

15 MAN APOU8 A HT. ia)t7I8 B. R. Arrive from Krut. Deport for Went. 6:45 I. »n Fast Express

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142 Main Street.

TJSR RK-HA UTE PRINTING HO USK,

O. J. SMITH

Co.,

Steam lob Printers,

/faimao Block, 141 Main Stwct, f- T*RK*-HA^T"'U1®

Railroad ft Commercial Printing Specialty.

KnIIroad Tim# Table.

VAilDALIA SHORT {.1MB. 1W

Jndianapoll* Division.

tern*. Xrrttw. 12:50 a. inl New York Express—..5:50 a. m. 7:0 a. 111 Day Express 11:5'. a. ro. S:J5 |). tn Lightning Bxprew..._llMO p. m. %V) p. m....lnd'l Isocnl i:10 p. m.

A si, Jjouit Division.

Is-tvt. Arrive. ftA't 1. Pacific Express 12:40 a.m.

I2:nu Noon Diy Express .& I0 p. m. ll:lo p. tn

St.

L. A Cairo fix 10:1" a. m.

O:50A. IU.

10::*) 11. in I)tiy Express 10:35 a. m. 10:4 p. in .Night Express it»:-4i p. m. 1:07 p. MI —.Mattoon Acc'dn 4:10 p. m.

Prom the West. For the Bait. 3:H p. in Day Express 15 p. m. 12:40 a. in Lightning Express.,.12:43a. m* $:4. »i. tn Night Express 6:50 a. m. 10:15 a. in MutW»on Acc'dn JOiGOa.

KV AN8VILLI 4 OKAVFOiMVIUI R. R. Leave. Arrive. fcfiO H. Express uo p. .... Mall 3:25 p.

4:15 p. .:J..Mall...L.^..IL..ly^a.in. R.,

T. U. CHICAGO RAILWAY.

heave. '1- Arrivt CIS i». Express Mall. 9*45 A. m. TFCTO A. Local Preiaht......... 3:30 P. M.

Markets.

TERkE-HAUTK MARKET, TBRR»-HADTB,

Jan. 11.

The following figure* are paid to farmer* Rod others by dealer* In this oltjr: BEEHWAX-Yellow, 259d0c. '*"*1 7

BUTTER—Bent. I5t»20o. ".» CORN MEAL-5UO. I \v.

?KATHFresh.»Vt»0c.

(JUS—

ERtt—LIVH Ueese, ttAflOc.., Old 10(9400.

V- FLOUR—Fancy brands. *7 0(f (§7 50. I O A $ 1 0 0 4 1 4 0 Dried Apples, 4^6c.

Dried Peaches, OiglOq. j^t

,«RAlST-Coru.J)5il»L-.

w'Oat*,SUftiJMc.

Rye,T0(S7.)C.

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White Wheat. 1146.1^ Ai ktmmn, 1 40. Mediterranean, 11 S&.

11 NHENG-r-^oo. URKAHE—Brown,5®«c. HIDEH-Oreen Trimmed. 8^0.

pluiVmiONrt-Jpoik—markH dull aew 8»4«AI4 ijiK okl me** S14M14 18% prtii market la atnuty mini wvru in**de of ion* at 8^9! I and extra at 8II9I8. am* a quiet miN at IB|1\ Ti* roe ii\'mI» ui bmw at #14918. at IIMK8L -AreduR sates at4H9

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BOFFAliO LIVB STOCK. BprrALO.Jan.il. BEEF CATTLE—Sales were ra ide to-dny of 92 IIWMI of Michigan »te*rs averaging L812 pound*, at li 80 of 80 Illltiol* mt*lt% I.010In &n pnuii'l" avera«a, 8SttsSfl!i of#l lndla'in eittlrt, l.W« to 1.730 pounds average .it I696 40 of 78 Mt-wonrt cat-tlj, 1,210 to 1.514 pounla nverag at S& 7096 60 and of HI bmd of Kentucky cattle, average ln« 1.4W pound*, at 88

RHEEP AND LAVIBH—Halwi of 418 head of Michigan gttoep. avwage 81 pounds 85 50 578 Hilo. average 87 i«ounds at W 00 1.038 Indiana, av«nuce 8t to 10Z noun-Is, at ID 2^: 000 Canada, avwage 118 to 110 pound*, at IB 2Ho8 S7S 241 Canada lambs, average 8ft to ftJ pounds.

HO(J4—&nles at 84 6591 80 for common to choice.

The News.

DOMESTIC.

The ifather of James Fisk h»8 *|fone crazy from the a*sa*nlnHtlon o. his son. A Columbia (South Cirolinii) letter state* tlml the defense In the Ku Klux ra.aeH htn entlrfly broken down, and those limvticated an* flwlng. The Kltin

Sotel,

Hulled, IMo. Sn

Dry 14(915c.

.. .. Flint. 10c. 8beep«klnii 159117$, TALLOW-7HC.

PROVIHIONS-Ham* lOAlSo. H1(Im MQ8CU.: 1", Blionhlen HifTo. ~tt LA RD—Country, 798c. POTAT0ES-76»Wc. POULTRY—Tnikorw, alive per 89180 ^'6- iVe'Ked 10®lo

Duoka per doien, ftS 00. Oeeiw WfiO. ChlckeuM, old,perdoten,12 BO.

II 509a 00

young,

3J BEEIXS-Klax.tl 4*. Clovur 991O0. i,ui d-i' RAU«—Cotton, Mftltte. -UE.T-

WOOL#—Tub-wiwhwd. 80(M5c. ,lf ,w Kleeoe 60(«5o. Unw&Mhfel. 40$43o. UOOS-Packed 2J.OOO. Price, 13.50 to 84.00 Kro«t II-t5 to H-50 net.

NEW YORK. *J*« NEW YORK, 7M.'(1.

COTTON—I*

ntrong and lower sal en 3,800

toalrH middling uplNtitlH lit Sl^o. PliOUR—Hupcrflno W«t« rn and State. |8 0098 40 common 10 KHHi,887097 00 good to cliolot, ft 8597 45 wiuie wheal extra, 4697 80 extra O.4I0 KJ HO97 55 f4«. Lou In,

R-nC KLOITR—Sal** at 84 MM 85. t»r.N MEAL—Market l-aulet. WIII8K V—Market ut steady, with aalea at

W\^H8AT—No.

I spring. In store, 81 519

1 No. 1 aprln* afloat, fl 50MI 80 Wlutrr red w««tern, fI 8Mt ttS au«lW Weateru, 8170 91 Ti: white W«kUrn. 81 7091 76.

RYE—U unobaugeu* wlwot Wee tern at 80c. BARLEY—U unchanged sal nor Canada Went at 81 ft.

MALT—la quiet aalea of Onada Went at Si CORN—New Weatern mixed, afloat at 78 9?8Ho old 7tM79c In store 81c afloat.

OAfn-Wwmn and Ohio In store and •float at 64*9"**. EOOH Aiv Arm *1859870.

HAY AND HOIM— Are unchanged. LKATHKR-Flrm sale* of tiemlock sole at349/7o HueiiO" Ayrex and Rio Uranl» at «Mi% California, «^9Ho Orlnooo, 849Ws.

WOOL—Is qul**t nal ^of t-xu Ohio, at Bc pulled at 81M«7!jo Texaa. 1*9l5o Oal lornlaat40o rail clijpatSIAtto.

OOFKKB—t* finu sales of Rio at ll%9 HCtQ AR-The roarknt la flrra fair to good refining MIKo Cu IMKe.

1 PETROLEUM-Crude re&nsd

(nlrtalffMn.

Are dull and unchanged. tlv»«, steady aal»* wars jMtmat 89iHc ateady: aalee it UfMo. nuue at

aa. It.

denlned

bo|«r Pebrua «lug nowtf

8mm Anil awl a

odn^-Dia tow n#i ffPlfY—Demand good at Mil prloss •aim at Cflto.

URKKN MKATR-TTNKRTaad weak sk«i t««a aides, 8H«: nams 89*V-

almost effec

tual ty broken up. Iova is wild with enthusiii'ift over tl,e nomination of Hon. W. B. Allison for Unit**! Sfii»or by th« Joint CHUCU^ of h« Republican membemo the Leglalature. The whole nuo'ber of voteb cast werei.O iieoeiwary to a choice, 61.

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The Lower House of the Kansas Legislature WHS organized Tue^Juy by tne uniiniinous fleciiou of A. Cobb,of Wyandotte, Speaker, A. Banks, of Luwrenoe, I'blef Cl rk. S. F. Burdett.or Leavenworth, as Asshlant, J. M. Matheny, of W ubunie county, 8eigi?ant-at-Arms, tfn«f Mhm Carrie Haln, ISnrolllug Clerk.

A San FraneUwo dispatitb «ys The latest advices from (he headwaters or Kern river, where a fight occurred between Chan. Jones, aa eHca|ed convict from the Nevud 1 rtiale Prison, and

FIUUCIH H.

Armlstadt,

who was pursuing hlin, confirm all the pnr1 iculurs at first regarded .tpouryphal. Jonett was hit twelve times and AruilNtadt nine times, with Hemy rltt.-s at tw.mtv pac«". Both died. The tWht Is considered the moi-t deHperuteever recorded. »yH y,-.? ci

A Richmond dispatch*sfat'es that the Legislature has appointed a committee to ascertain the amount of theHtate debt and the character th- reof, to iov.stigate the dltfereut dates thereof, and the unionut bondM, and lor what purpose they were used and also appointed a committee five to Investigate the charges that the Funding bill was passed by the last

HOUM-

ot delegates through the coin mission of a combination of siieculators in Richmond uud an lufltiential attorney ol New York.

Governor Baldwin, of Michigan has issued a proclamation, to the people of the United tttaten, in which he says that he now take* the pleasure or announcing that fur iher contributions of money for the reliei of the sufTtt «rs by the late dlsasuous flrei* ure unnecessary. The Governor tenders the hearty thanks of the whole people or Michigan to those whose earnest sympathy and liberal aid have so greatly alleviated the sntlbrlngsof many at Ihe cltueusof Michigan. sines Plsk, Jr., was shot in the breast

l&dward Stokes, at the Orand Central twenty mlnui-s past tour o'oiock, Sntunlay aitumnon. The affair look uluctla the vestibule. Flsk wasasslstedto a cquir Stokes was tlrrested and conveyed to the Fifteenth Preclnt station bouse. Fisk had Just alighted ft-uin his carriage and entered the hotel when he was shot. At4H P. carriage stopped at the entrance to the Oranu Central Hotel which contained Flsk and a companion. The former alighted and entered the hotel far the purpo«e of pr»eeedlng to his rooms. As be ascended the first steps, Htokes came out of an adjoining passage-way, uuperceivud by Flsk, uubuitoned his coat, drew out a revolver, and rapidly discharged three shots at Pisk. The first lodged In Fisk'x shoulder, the secoud whlstleu close by his head, and the third, with more fatal direction, took effect, iu the abdomen, Inflicting a mortal woun t. Fisk at once itugg*reil and fell, while Stoker-, casting a look 01 hatred upon tue prostrate orin of his victim, said In savage tones, "1 have done for the s—11 of a b— this time. Ki^k evideutly reuognlaed his ossaliatTt 1 efore falling, but made uo remark. Immediately after the shots were fired ttie n»u-i employes rushed to the xeeue, and wulle some cared lor the wounded man othei sela

Stakes,

FOREIGN.

Arrangements have been made for the Introduction of American can on every Eogllah railroad.

It ii announced that the Pope will shortly aend an ultimatum 10 the Roman Catholic Bishop- who have not accepted the uogius 01 infallibility.

Elections have been held In seventeen districts tn the pmvtnee* to fill vacant see is In the French A«mbly. In three districts thr Kadieato were sneoessfal.

Nsro1eon will soon publish historical work In which startling revelation* will be in de In regard 10 the French military ay»tem duriug the late war.

London Journals, In articles on the SrtMMinariOii of Jam-« tf»k,elte t»e ca»-s o» Richard*MI aiul Crittend 'n, attnbat* the r»qor«ey at such deeds tn the peculiar civIttiAttou ot America, and deuouuM the laxity of public seaiinaent^^.

In oonaeqnence of an noderstUmllng with tlx* United fttalea, idutland s»l Oermany, for the supi»rew Jon ol piracy in Chiaeae waters theSpanisli fleet have attacked Galileo, an i^Und of the Malacca gioup, fur the iorp«s»e of ponlahlng the |4r*ltwl sultan, TWliate. H» veml flirts were demolished. and several boabahells strock.t|»e BvUanVi psfam .-'fj

Madrid specials of the 9ih stale that Oeucml Hiierman and Ueuieoant Grant ar nv.d there on th«7iH. They weie pr^entWt 10 King Aituwtrus by the Aioeii an ChargeA'AFF.»ti*. The Klug is r*p«rt«d a» Mtylng that he was plea^l vo see MI atnous a repivaentailve of America as Mhetmsn, sml thai he ai«ays entertained frtendatilp and wdiuitation tor the Am*rtcnn prople. and dt«treu that the woet owrdlal relations as 1 etween lirighbon whose Iniere-ts can only lie In he preservation of pe*rr, may always exist between the United Stat*and

Tociro woman only needs one lover very much in etraent t* brin# aronnd her several others equally devoted, as until are sometimes flke sharp and ailAiUof wtere one lsada.

Tioum

TAIL,

[From the Cincinnati Enquire's sit cial dUpatch of Monday morning.] APrEARANCK OF Fl*ICS A88A&-8IN-FISK'6 MISTRESS.

Stokes Is sbnut Ave fort- nine inohee in height, his body is well-knit, his he id Is covered with glossy curls, his complexion la clear, his features mgn* lar and his eyes dark-blue. Hia forehead la white but not bluh. He dresa e« In the bight of fashion, with tendency to g» nd mess, and generally wears large diamonds. He is a fluent talker, and very quick of motion. He speaks r«pidly. and uses many gestures. Ool Fisk seems tn have confided entirely to Stokes* sense of honor and to Mrs. Mnsfleld's sense of gratitude. Apparently be had not the least notion that Stokes would endeavor to supplant biin tn her affection*. Stokes, nowever, appears to have f«llen in love with Mrs. Mansfield at first sight. His attachment was apoarently reciprocated. m1 the readiness with which she transferred ner affections f/otn Colonel Fisk to his assassin gives an air of atrong probability to the rumor that she had deliberately trapped Colonel Fisk foi bis money.

The Coionel became acquainted with her accidentally wuen she was 111 want, •aid Hotbed her in silks -aud satin* sprinkled her with diamonds and other ifein-, gave her a rich mansion with hrown stone front, ftirnished It sumptuously, and pia*d irri iges and serv ants at her disposal. So infatuated did lie become that he repeatedly appeared in public with her, despite the «iriiee protestations ot bis friends He laugh ed at the newspaper exposures of bi shame, and was finally debarred from fashionable society. Colonel Fisk'e friends were deeply grieved, but they, remained true to liiin for whatever inav have been his faults, be always stood to bis iriends to the laat. The\ repeatedly endeavored to extricate him -t'rom tbe toils of the Oiroe, but in vain. His genial nature, rollicking hum .r. open-handed generosity ajid energetic business qualities endeared hiui to all who were intimate with him, and tbey finally resolved to endure what they could not cure—tbe Colonel's open attachment to Mrs. Mansfield. i-

[From the Chicago Tribune.

THE RICHELIEU OF AMERICA. From all that can be, understood. Warmoutb is tbe most extraordinary ind precocious leader in the South. He it represented to be six feet thre« inches high, of a slender, wiry build, but with a fine Kentucky-looking face, large nose, full at the nostrils, Iteen. measuring eyes, a superb jnusUMcbe and well-cut brows aud chili.' fl is a native of Louisana, began |ib lie life when eighteen years or age, tie iug then a fluent stump speaker, and now, at twenty-eight, he Is an arrogant xeen-witted and successful man. worth probably half a million of dollars, ol which he bad accumulated more than one hundred thousand In the practice of law in New Orleans. He is unmar ried—is much scandalised on the mar riage point, however—makes h,ls own Maine, and is thoroughly' skeptical about men, having a pretty rough school or it in Louisiana, wnere nearly li tbe polltians—rebel, negro and Northern—are iuslncere hollow wretches. who would turn their backs upon him, or Grant, or anybody, to-morrow, if tbey supposed hia power was grow in* less. Warinouth's weaknesses are his rashnes, boyishness and iuiplaca bility. He spends a short time in every o'ise of dilfixuUy, to effect a cotn-

fmunise,

who, seeing escape was iiu-

poiwlbie, made no resistance, aad was Immediately hauded ovei to the police. Fisk was quickly conveyed to his room, where soritiion Hate! was soon in attendance on hlin. Meanwhile telegraphio dUpatoh«M were sent lor further Hurglcal aid and Ibr thufTleudsorFUk. A tew iiioments b.- o.eil o'clock, A. M., Sunday. Kink explr.d. All that tinremlitlng m*llcal skill and attention coulil do, had been doue, but of 110 avail. Jay Muold wwi In attendance from an early hopr this forenoon, lllsface woie, while there f§um yet hope that his frieni might r*-cover, lu» usual calm expre««loii. No sooner had Flsk oled however, than Gould's fortitude gave, way and his griet fbuud vent In tears. The t-xauiluiug puy.ilcian "tales that Flak's brain welgheu fifiy ounces. Flsk was bailed at Brattleboro, Vermont, on Wednesday.

and this failing he resolves

uto an enemy, and is !enoi forward unpicifi'ible. Glutted with power at an age when men are generally still poring over school-books or learning some vo ml ion, this extraordinary specimen of American opportunities in time of political choas has alieady hid an epic career, and lives In much a lonely llfi —the loss of youth poorly compensated for by premature dominion.. His courage, mental and physical, has been duly tested. He will run again, and will doubtless be elected Governor 01 tbe State.

SOMRWH

A son of ttie fkmons

Seminole chief of the MM name, Middles pumpkins at Key Wesi,

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FRETTING.—How silly*is the habit people have of fretting over tbeir troubles! And often tliey are not much more ibm imagiuiry. It is good old maxim to follow—"Whatcan*' bo cured must be endured." John Wf sley said once. "I dare no more fret than to curse and to swear." One who knew bim well sai-l that he never saw him low-spirited or fretful In his life. He says 01 tbem "To have persons at my ears murmuring and fretting at everything, Is like tearing the fl"sh from my bones. By the grace of God I am discontented at nothing. I see God silting on His throne and ruling all things." If every one waa of John Wesley's spirit, it would revolutionise the world. Christian* lose all tneir wayside oom orts, and dishonor I be Master, by their fretfulness ov»-r little trouble*. Some, who o-m bear the urest sorrows of life with a martyr's faith and patience, are utterly overthrown by sum* trilling Incident. The teiupT is an uiiruiy steed, which must be kept In band every moment.^

AT PARTICULAR.—As the 4:80

train reached Stamford, Saturday, antique looking dame thrust her head nut of the window op|M»ire the refreshtnenl r»H»m door, and brh fly shouted "Sonny!"* A bright looking boy mine nptntlHi window. Little Imy," w*ld she. "have vof* motberf* "Yw. ma'atii." "lio you love her?" Yes, ina'sm." "Do y*»n go to nehoolT" "Yes, ma'sin." -'And are yon fkithful to yowr stu les "Yes,' iwa*«m." •»Do \-ru swv vow pr»iyers every nlgbiT" '•Yw ma'am." "Osri I twist ymi to do an errand Ibr met" "*Yea, ma'am.'* *1 think I cm, loo,**

Ssid

tbe lady,

looking steadily down on the manly fare. HT*ISfive rent* to get me an apple. Remember Gud sees you.'' [Hartford poet.

Wmt.« th* collection wag being taken up in a t^hnppequa, «ssa«,hu*»*tts, church,a feloni'**s worshipper graltb -d a hsndful of money, sent the pi tie flymg, and escaped during the confusion.

WHAT raheilliius

TU then he Ibr

tbe endearments of one's slater?** exclaimed Mary. "The endearments of some other fellow's sister," replied John. -fAt

•fcteirilMIMMiii

TERRE-HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13,1872.

A WOMA ITg OONGL PSIPS. 1

-*T RUOMIICART.M

'L«M,I( I nlfhl bwl ttaiti T6 the wry hour arid place

of mt

birth?

Might have my Mb whatever I ehoss. AMUtfultlaanyvMtof the earths Put perfect "unshioe Into my sky,

Banish the shadow of sorrow and doubt tfavealt my happiness multiplied, And all my Buffering stricken out ?!*.

'If leonW hsve known, in the years now gone, The .uitt a woman comes to know oald h*v« had whatever will make her

Or Whatever she thinks will make her so: 1m Have foand the highest and purest hllss That the bridal wreath and ring enclose And gained the one out of all the world

That my heart as well as my reason chose

tnd if this had been, and I stood to-night By my children, lying asleep in their beds, \nd could count In mv prayers, for a rosary,

The shining row of their golden heads

'Yes! I «sirt, if a miracle such as this Could be wrought for me at my bidding, still I would choosr to have my past as It Is,

And to let my future come as it will!

"I would not make the path I have trod More plca«ant or even, more straight or wide Nor ehange my course tbe breadth of a hair,

This way or that way, to either side..

"Mypa«-tla mine, and I take It all? Its weakhew—its folly, If you please— Vay, ev-n my sins. It you come to that.

May have been my helps, not hindrances!

"If I saved my body from tbe flames Because that one** I hid burned my hand Jr kept'myself from a greater sin

By doing a less you will understand

"It was better I suffered a little psln, Bette sinned for a little time,' If the smarting warned me back from death,

And the sting of ttln wilhheld Iroin crime.

Who knows its strength by trial will know What si ength may be set against a sin Vnd how temptation Is overcome

He has learned, who has felt its power within!

'And who knows how a life at the last will show? Why, look at the moon from where we standi Opaque, uneven, yon say yet it shines,

A luminous sphere,«oiupleie and grand.

"So let my past stand, Just as it stands, And let m^now. as I may grow old I am what am, and my life for me

Is the beat—or it had not beeu, hold."

1 la,

»»*rf

[From Chambers' Journal.]

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A ROMANCE OF HISTOR Y.

Brutality of Peter the Great's Son to hit Wife—The Princess Feign* Death and E*capes Disfft+ised to Louisiana *ith

Trusty $ervqnl,who Passes as her Father -.toeath of the Prince her Husband— JIrr Romantic Marriage with an Infantry Officer, and Subsequent Life. To Louisiana, early in the last eentu ry, came an old German emigrant with his daughter and settled there. She was remarkably beautiful, and attracted much attention, especially that of Diuband, an officer of the ••olony, who *0 ingratiated himself with her father that, after a brief time, thev kept house together. The officer had Wen in Russli and what first struck bitn upon seeing the young lady was the remarkible nmeiublauoe she bore I be late wife Usirowita Alexia, son of Peter tbe Great. Tie history or this princess had tieen a very sad one. Thoimli a highhorn lady, and slater-in-law to the Bin peror Charles the VI. she had been rested by her husband with as much brutality as though she had been bis slave. He bad attempted on more ban one oeoasion to in «ke away with her by poison snd at last ne had struck her with such violence, when lar gone with child, that be had oansed be deal or both herself and her infant. All the courts or Europe had gone into mourning for her, and vveiytiody but ber husband pitied her unhappy rate. After a great lapse of lime be Ccarcwita himself died snd to luband's watcbfUi eyes it seemed thai hat the Intelligence of that Prince's decease was received by Ms fair fellow lodger with such suspicions interest ana excitement that he taxed h-r with being in truth with that exalted but unhappy lady whom all the world held to be dead and burled. If sucu were the case he declsred himself devot«d

her service, and prepared to at once sacrifice bis prospects In the colony in order to escort her to Russia.

The Cb .rlotte Christena Sophia de Woollen butt el (for such had been her maiden ime) narated her pitiful story. Sue was indeed tbe pcrsotisge lie itntgined her to be, und had mule use of a pious fraud to escape from h" cruelties of ber late husband. Tbe blow thst had been given ber h.«d alsost caused her death (an It undoubtedly did \bit of the beir of dl the Kuseias whom she carried within her), but she had in truth recovered from it. By helpof tbe Countess Konigsmark, mother of Marshal Saxe, she ined over tbe women of the bed chamiter, so that is waa given out 1 hat she was no more, nd a funeral wss arranged accordingly. Then, being conveved to a secret place, she was i-1 refillly tended, and when strong enough removed in the guise of servant girl to Paris, under ttie uuardianship of a trusty German servant, who passed as h»*r father, and tin illy from France to Lonl«t*na. II iving heard he story, Dni*and renewed Ills devoted olfrr'tw ftirnish the means of Iter return to that sphere from which she had fi.*d under such pitable cin-umutants** but •heyouna widow thanked him, and said (hat the only service she required of him wis that b** shoo Id dntain absolute eeeresv regarding tbe p«si aud ecnduut hitnseff toward her ex etly as h* had hitherto done, for th* future. He ende ivored t«» oltey her In both •peits, but I is affection for ber was stronger ban his loyslty he was young and handsome a« well ae !'iipr»*a»doiiahle and perhtps the ex-Pnneees. on her part, was not sorry wh it. her pre tenited fat ber dying, and it being no longer poesible tor Dinbitnl and .herself to he under tbe Mine roof without reproach, he off.-red himself to h**r as a husband. If she bad illy reno .need all thoughts of resuming ber r-«nk. he signed, why should she INH W «n honest man wbo loved her? Though not a qween. In him she slwwrtd •hrh'.ve a devoted sut^set. She eriwmted, and In so doing ulfrtsd one of the strangest examples of vicissitudes of fort One that history has recorded- the

a a it a of In IT O W a a wrrf^

fantry ot one who had been destined for the throne of Russia, and whose sister was actually occupying that or Austria. The marriage waa a happy one, and bore fruit in an only daughter. After ten years, Djuband, troubled with some disorder which the practitioners In Louisiana could not cure, removed with bis wife and child to Paris, to get tbe beat medical advice, and, on his recovery, solicited and obtained an appointment in the Isle of Bourbon, while in Paris the wile and daughter went to walk In tbe Tuilieriea. and, conversing in German, were overheard by Marshal Saxe, who stopped to consider them. Madam Dauband's embarrassment confirmed his suspicions, and his recognition of her was complete. 8hedrew blin aside, and persuaided him to promise secrecy. He called on hor.howevcr. tbe next day, and often afterwards and when she hud departed for Bourbon informed the King, bis master, of what he had discovered. Orders were sent off to tbe island that the greatest respect should be paid to her, and the King of Hungary was also acquainted with the position of bis aunt. He sent her a letter inviting her to bis court, but on condition that she should omit her husband, which she refused to do. In 1747 Dauband died, having been preceded to the grave by bis daughter, and the widow came to France with the intention of taking up her residence In a convent. In place of doing so, however, she lived iu great retirement at Vitri, about a league from Paris, where she died In 1773. What strange experiences must 1h.1t old lady have had to tell, if it had plfeugfd her to do so, and how she would have astonished any qdiet toa party by commencing an anecdote with "When pay fktber-in-law, Peter tbe Great," dr, "When my husband, the Csarowitaaf Russia!"

FIMIC8 PERSONNEL.

"Personally, Mr. Fisk was coarse, noisy, boastful, ignorant the type of a young butcher in appearance and mind. Nothing could be more striking than tbe contrast between him and bis future associste, Gould. One was amall ami alight in person, aallow, reticent, and stealthy, with a trace of Jewish origin. The other was large, florid, gross, talkative, and obstrperous. Mr. Flak's redeeming point was hi* humor, which had a strong flavor of American nationality. His mind was extraordinarily fertile In ideea and expedienta, While his conversation waa filled with an usual Images aud strange forms or speech, which were caught up and made popular by tbe New York press, in reririfect to honesty as between Gould and Ffsk, the latter was perhaps^ If possible, less deserving ot trust than the former. A story not without a keen stroke of satlricsl wit, la told by bim, which Illustrates his estimate of abstract truth. An old woman who had bought of the elder Fisk a handkerchief which cost, nlnepence in New England currency, where sjx shillings are reckoned to tne dollar, complained to Mr. Flsk, Jr., that bis father had cheated her. Mr. Fisk considered the case inaturelv, and gave a decision based on a priori principles. "No" said he, "the old man wouldn't have told a lie for nlnepence and then, as if this issertion needed some reasonable qualification, be added, "though he would have toid eight of them tor a dollar I" Phis distinction as regsrds tbe father iy have been jus*, since the father seems to have held old-fashioned ideas as to wholesale and retail trade but in regard to the son even this relative degree of truth cannot be predicted witb any trnth, since, if the Investigating Committee ot Congress and its evidence are to be believed, Mr. Fisk seldom or never speaks truth at all."—[Charles Francis Adams, Jr., in North American Review.

THE A RKANSA W TR\i VELLEB. A Memphis reporter thus skeUrbes a queer character The Ark ansa Traveller" is universally accepted as a myth. This was a mistake. Tbe original "Arkansaw Traveller" was, and is, flesh, blood, bones and marrow. He still lives, and ysterday stalked into the Avalanche office, bowed, threw his ancient wool bat Into a corner, and told hia story. His naino is George Benson, aud he is strong enough to balance a stem wheel steamboat on tbe point of his chin, with both bands tied behind him. Uncle 'naon Is a native of New York, but something less than a hundred years ago emigrated to what is now Izard county, Aik., where he at present resides. He is a millwright and ginwright. His postofflce is Blue Mountain, and he surrounds his Bour bon straight. He is travelled afta»tback over everv square yard of Arkansas, the Indian Territory, Missouri and Kmsas, add only three years ago inouuted a mule and rode from the Indian Nation, through Missouri. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, to Oswego, N. Y., where Uncle George's orbs first opened on this sinful world. He made the trip in thirty-two days, at an average of slxtv-two snd a half miles a day. He aould have done better, but wasn't in a hiirrv. During hia trip be read Homer's*IH«d and tbe Odcesey In the original Greek, translated the word* of Confticiiis Into Optic, snd whipped the mule in twenty-two different funguaaee. Th.* animal now sleeps in the valley, but Uncle ll^naon Is hers, hale and hearty, *»w ihlng a packet to carry liitn to the b»ad-waters of tbe raging Arkans«s. iy h«* live as long as the tallied Wandering Jew.

NOTABIT PROCO.—It is now fiftyseven years since the bittle of New Orleans is iotig*it, and yet we hive condder »bly over a hundred veterins In lbs ctty. One of tnein. in his statement to the Pe ision A^ent, who Inquired his *g". a ild. reckon I'se 'bout forty sir 'pear* 10 'me I*ae it old.'*

But. my in in, I'm rsfering to the warot 1812," explained the official. Of n»ur*e you are." "Well, then, if you are only forty veam of ags you ooukl not have been ihere.'* ••fVnildnt If*' 1 "No!" "And I ain't no veteran ••o."

Well, then, boas jli mike me a volunteer. I alat proud about

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[Pram the indlanapoUsJoornal «T the IMtJ MAJOR GENERAL HA&1BCIC.

Th telegraph this m*rning_f«pQrta the death of Ma|or General ifafleck, U. S. A., which event, occurred fmh-r* day In the city of IymtsViUe Ktmvpki.

Henry Wager Halleck was 'front Weaternville. near Utiua, Near York, in the year 1816. fie graduated ftoqk West Point in*M89, ranking third in a clsss ot thirty-one, and ^as kpfnifted brevet Second Lieutenknt 6fBngWieer|u Until ISIOhe held the position of ansistant Professor of Engineering In the Aoademy. From 1840 to 1845 be wag employed on the fortifications of New York narbor, and In 1845 traveled oyer the greater part of Europe inspecting the different military estab lsumenta of the old world. 3e was brevetted a captain. He greatly distinguished himself at San Antonio and Todoa Santos, having at the former place, with a few mounted volunteers, af era lOrced march of 120 miles in 28 hours, surprised a Mexican garrison, and came near eapturing the Governor. After ita capture he was made Lieutenant Governor of Masatlan. He was Secret*** of State in the Province of California from Deoember 1847, to 1849. He held a seat in the Convention of 1849, whidh met to adopt a State Constitution, and *B a member of the Drafting Committee^ful a large share In the preparation of the Instiuinent uuder .which California waa admitted to the4 Union. Between 1850 aid 1854 he discharged the duties of Judge Advocate and Inspector of Light Houses. In the latter year, haying attained to the full ranlc or Captain be resigned the army and engaged in the practice of law. At the outbreak of tbe rebellion be was at tfre head of a large lair tirin in San Francisco, wheuce h« was culled to Washington by President Lincoln, and by him appointed a Major General or Volunteers aitd ordered to the uotnmspa of the Department of the West, to relieve Fremont, witb headquarters at St. Louis.

Geueral Halleck arrived at St. I/uii on the 18th of November, 1861, and entered with much activity upon tbe details of the operations in the Southwest—after Fremont's mafch after Price—whioh ended with the attr.ender of Corinth, in March, 1882. The history of the famous siege of Corinth—not the one immottullxed in verse by Byron—will be readily recalled, and 11 will be remembered that Gen. Hallock's reputation as a military 00mmander suffered In something tne samemanner as did General McCilellan's by the operations in front of Yorktown.. The country thought Halleck very slow, and when he did finally get inlo Corinth, it Vtras found that Beauregard and his confederates —"Had folded their tents like the Arab,

And silently stole away," One of the first acta Of General Haltleek alter assuming command in 8t. Louia was to Issue nis celebrated order No. 3, which created the greatest expiternentat the time. It was dated Nbvetnber 20,1861, and directed tbUl "no fugitive slaves should be permitted to enter the Hues of any camp, or of any forces on the march, and that any now within such Hues should be Immediately excluded therefrom}" the reason being that important Information waa often given by such persons. Thig "pro slavery" order, us it was called', brought upon General Halleck tnuch indignation, and he wrote an explanatory letter to F. P. Blair, Jr., explaining that the order was a military not a politioal one, observing: "1 am willing to carry out any lawful lust ructions in regard to fugitive slaves which my superiors may give me, and to enforce any law which Congress may pass but I cannot make law, and wiU not violate It. Yon know my privato opinlou on tbe policy of a law confiscating the slaves of of rebels found in sfinss If Congress shall pass It you may be sore I shall enforce it."

The disastrous campaign of the Chickahotnitiy having suggested to tb» President the appointment of a pereoa of military experience to reside ia Washington, General Helleck was. on July 11, 1862, appointed Generd-io-Cbiefol all the land forces of the United States, and 011 the 15t of the month entered upon his duties. He remained In that position until March 13, 18H when he was superceded by General Grant being appointed Chief of stall of the United States Army. After the close of the war he took command of the Military Division or the Pacific, in August, 1865, remaining there until relieved by the lute General Thomas. He has since been living in retirement.

General Halleck was tbe author of a number of works of a military character. In 1845-6 he published "The Elements of Military Art and tjM:lenoe, with a prelatonr chapter on "The Jnatifiableness of War," of which an additional edition appeared In 1881, at the breaking out ol tbe rebellion. He has also produced a "Report on Military Defenses," a treatise ntitled •International Law and Laws of War, and a number of works on practical mining and engineering.

A COMJHNITS MAN NtFPK».-Prich-ard

commenced

speech at Uiluin bus

recently, thus: Gentleman and ladies —I reckon I ain

the

GKKKLKY

fullest ol a story

lust now, that I ever waa. Coming from

Jefferson

Smith,

ville the other day, Mr.

our worthy Recorder, stepped

aboara the ears at a station, and just opposite me was an empty aeat, the end next to the window being occupied by colored man. Alter looking in vain for a seat, Mr. Smith look that one, and soon beg^n an impudent and asreaetlc quizzing: "Are you travelling?" "No not

particular." "Are vou go

ing to Columbus?" "No." "You had better stop off—a good chance-, for a barber there," etc., etc. No satisfaction being obtained iroin bia sable companion, Mr. Suiitb subsided. Then it was hliauru to submit to questions: "Do yon

reside

at Columbus?" "Yes, I am

the Recorder of Bartholomew oounty." "Well. I outrank you. I am a member of Congress from Alabama, and am on my way to Waabington 1"

an advocate of the one

term principle. His one term la, "Yon lie, you yilitiln, you lie."—{Chicago Poet.

ooncxpoitARY anys of

It."—

general

prominent

hat -bia

»w»rd

waa MJV

OIWD but onoe, rod then^sjriffle.