Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 7, Number 2, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 July 1876 — Page 4

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AdditionaL!

STYLES OF

LADIES'LINEN SUITS OVERDRESSES, Ulsters and Busters.

We are continually adding new and novel styles, not to be found elsewhere.

Low Prices are the order of the Day at HOBERG, ROOT & CO.

OPERA HOUSE.

Closing Out!

i'A A

Closing Out! At Low Prices, At Low Prices,

If-diffir

Summer Dress Goods, SUMMER SILKS, Black and Colored Grenadines

WHITE GOODS,

Lawns, Linens, Etc., •fSV.'l? v. Lace Points and Jackets, Summer Shawls, Etc

rpHE MOST

HOBERG, ROOT & CO.

*M'Vt "n

Seasonable Gkods!

Genuine Turkish, Russian and Cash Bathing Towels, Prluce of Wales and Soodrlnaliam Bath Uloves, also Friction Gloves and Brushes for ilry use. Fragrant Magnolia and Florida Waters for the toilet and baths, and Colognes of the best Imported brands, and their own unexcelled "Ihlang Ihlftng'' and "Hedyosmla. The English

Plate Cloths" for cleaning china and removing tarnish from silver plate, glltornarments, etc., etc.

BENTIN & ARMSTRONG, Bra»|i*la, Cor. «tkMd Main streets.

MILLINERY! Grand Promenade

-AT-

Prairie City Emporium, TO-DAY! Trimmed Hats at a bar-

fain.

UntrimmedHats,

lowers, &c. at reduced prices. "We are going to the "Centennial' and we must close them out. Will open next week another stock of Brigand and Derby Hats.

Millinery Goods

AT WHOLESALE. 1000 pieces Gros Grain Ribbon in all the new shades. 200 dozen latest styles hats from the cheapest school hat to the finest imported chip.

Cashmere laces and nettings, real and imitation, the largest .assortment in the city at lower prices than elsewhere, at

S.L, STRAUS, M9 Main Street,

Wanted.

WANTEDbestreoelpt

TO KNOW WHY YOU ARE

worried to death. Bend twenty-five cents for the for destroying Hies. No

Dot

son. Cost to prepare ten cent*. Novel way, but sure. MEYERS BROS., Pwl'i IU*._ rANTED—ALL TO KNOW THAT THE W*8ATUKDAT*EVITIN'I«O MAIL has ajarg•r circulation than any newspaper publl shad in the Btate, outside of Indianapolis. Also gM. P?Uyand_thomugh^ «i in the homes of Its very best advent ndlana.

and

patrons, snd Quit It Is the iking medlnm in western

For Rent.

FOR

RF.NT-THEDWELLING

PART OF

the building occupied by A. Rltchey as A shoe store, south side of Main, between Fifth and Sixth street*. There are six largo rooms on seoond snd third floor*, Willi a kitchen and cellar in i»w basement Also brick fuel honse and cistern, all in thorough repair, and desirable as a residence, ot for business ,V?.° ^i^r of the biwt business part of the cit. J.O. JONES.

F)Rsve

RENT-ASI BXPECT SOON TO RKfrtira the city, I desire to rent my nrawnt residence, southwest corner of 9tfa

Ohio street*, one of the most beantiful and pleasant places in the city. For particulars and terms, inquire on the preml-

L. FINKBINER.

Faecoad

)R KENT-TWO FRONT RtK)MS IN story above 8chli« clothing store on Main street. The S°2? 1« the finest lu the city. Apply to WM. E. McLEAN. POR RENT-THE ROOMS ON THESEOFond and Third floors, over Seudder's C^fectloW-v*«T boarding house. Apply to W. H. »tui DKR.

A.B.DePlJ¥,M.».

Office Demlng block, corner Maln and. greets, orp*"« new bank building. T$e Haul* fad. City calls promptyaT I Additional to general practice. I _tii ntxclal attention to disease of the

Son, Throat, Catoirh,

slaving recently obtained some of the 2Si ".SlcSf p.bii.hrf a.-.jb-

tatmnhMi, not expecUng however to

ted and llfe-orolonged on or^an prtnclples than specific other way. "d will b«WH» str»t«this fart by

££.

gard to the circumstances of the patient.

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

S. WESTFALL,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

1KRRE HAUTE, JULY 8, 1876

TWO EDITIONS

Paper are published.

The

FIRST

EDITION, on Friday Evening

alat»»circulation in the surrounding towns, where it is sold by newsboys and a^enM. The BEOOND EDITION, on Saturday Evening, goes into the hands of nearly every reading pereon in the city, and the fiurtn era of this Immediate vicinity.

Every Week's lasne Is, In fact, TWO NEWSPAPERS,

A BIO foreign war would put a speedy end to the hard times in this oountry.

THOMAS JEFFERSON FORREST says, if there is any thing in this world he does understand, it is Finances.

IN many cities throughout the country the business houses were closed on both Monday and Tuesday.

ENGLISH criticisms on Bret Harte's novel, "Gabriel Conroy," are not favorable. Conftision to the critics.

MANX a boy has learned this Fourth of July that it isn't safe to cram powder and matches into the same pockel

THE people of Texas celebrated the Fourth with great eclat. They saved up all their horse-thieves for the occasion.

A LUCKY man. Governor Hayes, *f Ohio, came into possession last year of a fortune estimated at three quarters of a million dollars.

WITHIN the fiscal year jusf ended the public debt was decreased to the extent of nearly thirty millions. Last uionth the amount was $3,881,377.

EXCEPT upon the tariff question, there does not seem to be a great difference between the two platforms. The contest will be of a personal character.

AN Illinois judge has decided that a washing bill cannot be collected.—[Exchange. We presume that Chicago washerwomen disfeovered this fact long ago. ^ssssxssssesx

SENATOR BAYARD occupies a seat that has descended from his great-grandfa-ther through his grandfather, his uncle and his father to himself. This beats the AdamB family. •,

THE New York Sun traces the nomination of Hayes through Cameron to Grant. The Sun has a way of attributing everything which it dislikes to Grant, and Its logic leaks like a sieve.

WELL 1 at last those diamonds sent by the Khedive to Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch, have, in accordance with a resolution of Congress, been taken from the vaults of the Treasury at Washington and delivered to her. We're truly glad to have this thing off our mind.

DEMOCRATIC politicians are very much pleased, and apparently with reason, at the prospect of an "Independent" county ticket, as it would be certain to draw three-fourths of its strength from the Republicans and make the election of the straight Democratic ticket sure.

THE Conference Committee on the Postofflce Appropriation bill has agreed upon a report. Third-class mail matter, transient newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, books, and all printed matter except circulars Is to be paid for at the rate of one cent for eyery two ounces.

LTITLK did the almond-eyed Mongolian, when he invented the resounding cracker, imagine that he was contributing to keep alive the spirit of liberty in a remote quarter of the globe, yet uiould this nation have lived hundred years without the aid of Are crackers A

AFTER being aoninattd by the President, confirmed by the Senate, discussed by the newspapers a week or two, and accepted by the people, Mr. Morrill took the matter into consideration and finally made op his mind to accept the appointmentof Secretary of tbe Treasury. Mr. Morrill Is a deliberate statesman.

THE new State Constitution of Colorado, has been ratified by an overwhelming majority. Denver polled a full vote and gave 5,000 majority tor ratification. The day was treated by all classes as a holiday, stores and other places of business being closed, and exclusive attention given to the election. They propose to vote for a Preaident this year.

AIA tbe nominations of the Republican party for President have been Western men, via.: Fremont, of Missouri Linooln and Grant, of Illinois and Hayes, of Ohio. AH tbe Democratic Dominations, excepting Douglas and Breckinridge, ttnee 1866, have been Eastern men, vi*.: McClellan, Seymour, Greeley and TUden—all of New York, excepting McClellan, of ^ew

Jersey. —BBS^HBBHBHHB Sou Errorai, the artist, and 2baa. Ejtinge, tbe reader, are oousiua of Rose Ejtinge, the actresa, of whom tbe Graphic says:

"She

is the moat talent

ed member of a talented family." Tfce Eytinges are of Hebrew extraction, and in as much noted for their beauty aa for tbeir talent. Miss Eytince Is In belief a Swedenborgian, and baa a pew In the oburch of that denomination in Thirty-fifth street.

THE RAIN.

Is the rain over, Is a question we Would all gladly have settled. For weeks now—we forget how many—It has rained almost every day and, with good reason, we are tired of rain. An occasional rain In the summer time Is delightful, bnt between showers one likes to see a little sunshine and blue sky. True, there has been variety In the kind of rains we've had. There have been rains of the daahlng, roaring sort, that strangle .the gutters, splash a

gain

which all Advertisements appear for ONE CHAJWK IT is,now reported tbat Sunset Cox's next book will be "Why we Crow."

ft the windows and take one's breath away with whole pallsfull of water at once. There have been blustering, whirling showers that swept up the street before the hurrying passenger in sheets and made him think of banuers and a furious oharge in battle. There have been the old-fashioned "steady" rains tbat began to get ready in the morning, with the wind "a swooping ovet hollow grounds," most all the forenoon, drip, drip, all the afternoon* aud a setting-in to a regular rattling, pouring rain, that rained you to sleep—that you heard when away in the middle of your dream—that rained when you woke up —that kept raining, till you began to think of the old Covenant, and bless yourself, as you turned over, that the seal of the rainbow had not faded from the dark scroll of the storm.

There have been whole broods of little showers, that came unexpectedly out of the clouds, one after the other, every other one of tbem while the sun was shining—which we knew meant that it would rain again the next day. There have been rains impromptu, rains progressive, rains premeditated and. rains with a "to be continuedthe oblique, the perpenJioular, the driving, the dripping, and the* sheet rain and nobody can tell how many more If he tries. We've had the dull, drizzling, dreary rain, that dampens the day and the spirits and makes one remember old sunsets, old "flames" and, old friends and we've had the bright, meiry living shower that oomes dancing down in sunshine or moonshine, or any time, all the same. We've had the one described by a eharming poet—as indeed all of them have been described—aa creeping along stealthily, first a haze, then a mist, then a wet blanket, then ona drop, then two, and "so on," as Japhet's Apothecary— was it Japhet's?—was always saying and the other one-"a clear sky a moment ago, but all at once a cloud—a cloud with an Engine in It and all at once a shower that drops exactly down then intermits, then down again and the cloud, instead ef hanging about like a smuggler, goes right on and there It is, doing the same thing by the corn, tbat It, a minute ago, did by the clover." We've had them all, and may perhaps be exoused for thinking that, for the present, we've had enough. Farmers, we are sure, think so, and they are the highest authority on rains in this oountry. In fact there is no elass of people so fastidious about the quality and quantity of summer rains as the farming /1a«g. it may even be doubted if there ever was a raid that came entirely up to a farmer's idea of what a rain ought to be. However, at present, they are quite unanimous in the opinion that, at least, nothing is suffering now for lack of rain.

PUMPKINS AND ENTERPRISE." Does anybody remember—but of course you all remember If you have ever read It—Benj. F. Taylor's exquisite little prose poem, published years and years ago, under tbe abovo title Haven't you got it now pasted safely away in your "scrap-book" with other treasures, and don't yon turn to it every ysar, about this time, and read it over with freah pleasure on each occasion Of course you do—that is if you have ever seen it, and if you never have, why, here it is:

Last summer, I remember, a little vine—a Pumpkin vine—came out of the ground in a cornfield, 'up the road,' and there it was, in the midst of the corn, unseeing and unseen. So there was nothing for it, but to make the best of its way out to the fence tbat bounded tbe road, eom9 eighteen or twenty feet distant, where there would be some prospect of Its being appreciated, if it could. Could But it did, tor away it went, vine and leaves, baggage and all, through tbe corn, this way and that, out to the fence, and up the fenoe, three rails, aud through tbe fenoe. And what do you think it did then? Just unravelled a delicate yellow blossom, and held it there, for every one past-ing to see, saying all the time, as well as it oould—and it could as well as anybody «Il»a met See what I've done—this! Isn't it pretty Well, there it held it and every body saw it, and nobo1y thought anything about it.

Passing that way In the Fall, lol a PUMPKIN, rotund, golden, magnificent, held out at arm's length by the little vine held In th* air—held week after week, and never laid down, nights, nor Sundays, nor any time.

Now, 'man your brakes'—rig your levers, ye Archlmedes-«», and pxmp op from tbe earth, and along that vine,and from the surrounding air, the rate material for auoh another article aa that, and yon shall have two summers to do it in. Bring on tbe Alembic, wherein shall be distilled from the falling rain, the essence of Pumpkin, and we'll let it go without painting."

There isn't It pretty? And dont yen feel under obligations for having had your attention oalled to it There's no extra charge for it. The prioe of Tbe Mall will remain aa before.

Tint Turkfefe troops on the Servian frontier, have reeelved orders to be to oommenee hostilities at the ftfst signal. Abdul Kefim Paaha oomtbe army on tbe Servian frontier.

TERRE TTA.TTTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

AT PHILADELPHIA.

The oelebratlon at Philadelphia of the Centennial Fourth was one of those grand events which now and then challenge the attention of the entire civilised world. We are glad to record tbe fact that in all respects It was a demonstration befitting the oocasion and one in which all Americans may foel an honest pride. The day was ushered In by the firing of a national salute in Fairmourt Park and by tbe ringing of ohltnes and church bells throughout the city. A stand had been erected in front of Independence Hall, from which the troops were reviewed by General Sherman. To the right of him, upon the platform, was Prince Oscar, of Sweden, and on his left Secretary Cameron. Besides these were a large puraber of other dlstlngulsbedpeople. Tbe commemorative exercises of the day were held In Independence Square. General Hawley called the immense assembly to order and the rorobestra of two hundred and fifty musicians, under the leadership of Gilmore, opened with the grand overture "Tbe Great Republic," arranged for the occasion. At the conclusion of the music General Hawley advanced to the standi and made the following address:

Fellow Citizens and Friends "of all Nations: One hundred years ago a republic was proclaimed on this spot, and we have come together to celebrate today, by peaceful

and

simple observance,

our wonder, our pride ana our gratitude. These presences to-day prove the good will existing among all nations. To the strangers among us, a thousand welcomes. [Applause.] To the land, we love—liberty, peaee, justice, prosperity and the blessing of God to all time. By direction of the commission I have the honor to announce as the presiding officer of the day Hon. Thomas W. terry, Vice President of the United States."

President Ferry made a short and appropriate address, Rt. Rev. William Bacon Stevens offered up a prayer, and the choir sung the hymn "Welcome to all nations," composed by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Vice President Ferry then introduced Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia, who read the Declaration of Independence. The original manuscript of that document was brought forward by Mayor Stokely, to whose care it had been intrusted by the President of the United States. It was placed upon the speaker's stand, facing a vast multitude in the square, and for five minutes the vicinity rang with cheers. Finally, quiet being ifcstored, Mr. Lee read the Declaration in a clear, ringing voice. Tbe reading was frequently interrupted by cbeers, as some patriotic sentiment would be heard. Following the reading of the Declaration came greeting from Brazil, hymn for the first centennial of American Independence, composed by Carlos Gomez, of Brazil, at the request of His Majesty, Dom Pedro II., Emperor of Brazil. The announcement of this portion of the programme was received by the assemblage with every manifestation of favor. The Emperor arose te his feet with the rest of the distinguished personages present, and listened with

greaf

attention.

Bayard Taylor then recited the National ode composed by himself for this occasion. It was heartily applauded, as It well deserved to be, for it Is a grand' poem. The Grand Triumphal March, with chorus. "Our National Banner," by Dexter Smith, of Massachusetts, was then rendered by the orchestra and chorus, after which the orator of the day, William M. Evarts, was introduced, and was the recipient of loud and long Continued cheers. His oration was a masterpiece ef patriotic sentiment embalmed in the purest English and will take its place'among the classics of the language.

The Hallelujah Chorus, from Handel's "Messiah," was performed by the orchestra and chorus, and the ceremonies were then concluded with the singing of the doxolegy, the Old Hundred Psalm, in .which the entire assemblage joined.

T/iE PREDOMINANT LANO UAOE. Dr. Weisse, of New York, in a recent lecture at the Cooper Institate, on the "Origin, Progress, and Destiny ol the English Language," maintained that at no distant period it will become universal. Besides citing the excellencies and capacities of tbe language itseir, and its room for improvements, which the speaker suggested, he presented some curious statistics and advanced certain linguistic theories, which we pass without comment. In support of the view tbat tbe English language will become universal, Dr. Weisse said tbat it is now spoken by active, enorgetlc people,, In every part of the world, and of all races. It commands most of tbe world's mechanical skill, and most of its pollti cat, moral, and social, and religious influence.

Wherever English has been planted, it has taken strong root, and borne abundant fruit. How the language has spread Is shown In tbe following proximate if not exact statementsOnefburtb of the habitable area of the world is governed by Engllah-apeaklng people and thia fourth of the world supports one-filth of Its inhabitants. Of the commercial navy of the world over one-third, and of tbe war navy onefifth, belong to tbe English speaking racee, including nearly two-thirds of the tonnsgt. Over one-half of the railroads, nearly one-half the telegraph wirea, and the ocean cab lea almoat entirely, are controlled by tbe speakers of English. Of tbe letters dispatched by poet from 1806 to 1871 inclusive, over one half were by tbe mall service ef the United

Great Britain, and berdependen-

dea. One half the maritime commerce of the world, as shown by import and export tables, la In tbe hands of tbe speakers of tbe English language, and they expend over one-fourth of the money spent for governing the world.

SANTA ANNA died in the city of Mexica on tbe 28th of Jane, aged eighty-four

HARVET BATH, SR., one of tbe first settlers of Indlanapolla, died at his residence in that city, Thursday, the 6th tnst., sged 82 years.

THE House has unanimously paased tbe Joint reaolutlon to complete tbe Waahington monumeo t, acoording to tbe original plans, at government expense.

IT is a saddening thought to know tbat none of us shall wear rosettes and trioolored hat-banda on tbe occasion of the biennial Centennial.—[Express Editorial.

Very saddening, Indeed. Bnt what In tbe mischief is a "biennial Centennial?"

ANNA DICKINSON has oompleted her New England dramatic tour. Financially she was successful, and her acting Is said to have steadily improved. Tnls summer she will take lessons of J. W. Cooper, a Boston actor, and next winter she will act in "The Crown of Thorns" and several standard plays, vi a

THIS expedition in which General Custer lost bis life, was not, as many suppose, an invasion of the Indian Reservation in the Black Hills, bnt for tbe purpose of compelling Sitting Bull and other wandering and hostile Sioux to go upon tho reservation assigned to them by the Government.

THERoyalSociety has, at fast, yielded to "the logic of events." At a recent conversazione ladies were invited. The experiment was eminently successful, and the various scientific apparatus and other objects of interest contributed for the entertainment of the oompany were apparently appreciated to the ftall, as much by the ladies as by the gentle-

THE society in which Mr. James Gordon Bennett moves is much exercised over tbe retirement of bis sister, Miss Bennett, to tbe seclusion of the Sacred Heart Convent, at Manhattanville, where she expects to devote her life to self-sacrifice. If successful In her posulate, some month hence, will be one of tbe most impressive services of the kind ever held. Miss Bennett entered the convent June 15th, the feast of Corpus Christi. ___________

ONE hundred years ago this daj'— the 8th of July—John Nixon, the Sheriffs deputy, with a little group of Associators, mounted a little platform in front ol Independence Hall, Philadelphia, and road to the assembled multitude the immortal document tbat began with tbe words, "All men are created free and equal." Tben the old bell on which was incribed the passage from Leviticus, "Proclaim liberty throughout all tbe land to all the inhabitants thereof," began its joyful peals. Independence was proclaimed. It was years before it was secured, years rich in historic memories.

AT Lafayette, on the 4th, Charles Felix had his right arm shattered and a splinter blown into his side, by the accidental discharge of a cannon while loading It. His arm was amputated near the shoulder. His recovery Is doubtful. John Short, a hot-air balloonist, made a balloon ascension In the afternoon. The balloon caught on the corner of the court house roof, tearing a hole fifteen feet in length. The balloon went up but a short distance, and ooming down dragged Short over the telegraph wires on Sixth street, knocking him off his trapeze to the ground, breaking both legs and one arm and badly bruising and cutting him. One leg was amputated.

will probably die.

v:'

TfiE WORLD'S PROGRESS. Rev. E. F. Howe, of this city, delivered, on the Fourth, tho centennial oration at Grafton, Massachusetts. Lengthy extracts from tbe address were published in the Gazette of this city, on Wednesday. We copy the following in reference to the improvement in methods of transportation and communication. There are other passages more eloquent, but none, perhaps, that so vividly and in so few words illustrate a certain phase of the world's marvellous progress in the period named: "What would he have thought," (referring to a Mr. Brigbsm who In 1835 prepared a history of the town in which he spoke of the wondorrul improvements of that time,) "ir told that, when in forty-one vears the town should desire to celebrate the Centennial of the Nation, it would send for one of I to sons a thousand miles distant, and that be would be able to leave his boraeon Monday morning, and be here on Tuesday In ample time for the celebration? What would he have thought If told tbat, oa tbe coast of the Pacific, three thousand miles away, there would spring up within tbat forty years, one of the richest, and most populous, and powerful states the Union, aad tbat within thew forty year* alao the iron rails should span *11 the disU^ce thither, and that, on this Centennial year, one of these trains should fly across the continent in three and a half days What would be hav thought, if told tbat tbe means of communication would be such that the politician might sit In his own private office in Waahington and direct, each moment, the action of his friends in a convention a thousand miles away, that the editor In New York might write hie editorials alter tbe close of the public activities of tbedav, and have tbem printed before daylight in Cincinnati? What if told that.in case tbe god of day were to turn gossip, and attempt to tell upon his arrival over New York, what he saw and heard on rising over

EngUnd,

edge

the neiwpaper re

porters would cut hinl short with the assurance they had beard of it five hours before? What If told tbat the great dtv in tbat new and far off western atete. on tbe shores of tbe Pacific, began each day's bosinees with a perfect knowl

of the business tranmcted that •ffSut day in London."

THE piscatorial odor of geraniums drives flJesotitof a room.

THE SONG OF THE RAIN.

With hair all toweled and torn. With a frown on his face beneath. A fanner stood In the farfa-faouse aoor,

And savagely gritted his teeth—. Iilpfdrip! drip! T- I Curses like prayers were in vale

And still with a voice of dolorus pitch. He sang the "Song of the Rain.". "Drip! drip! drip! In the morning—at noon—at night!

Aud drip—drip—drip,

Till the way the ground's soaked is a sight! It's oh! to be a duck And waddle about In the rain, With never a care for thespolling crops,

And uot enough-sense to oomplaln. Drip—drip—drip—

The ruination's complete!

Oh, -clouds with watery eyes! Oh, clouds that weep o*er the earth! It Is uot kindness your doing now,

But the deoeitfuleet kind of dirt] Give us a rest, I say You're overdoing the thing, Bry up, do, and go away

Vamoose the ranch till spring!

Till the weeds nave taken the corn, Drip—drip—drip— Till I wIMi I'd never been born! Wheat,aud clover, und grass, (iniss, and clov*r, and wheat They'll all be ruined—they're ruined now

But why do I talk of spring? Of course it will rain till then, It'll never let up till we're 'Urownded' out,

Till

everything's rutiied again.

Till potatoes have tak«in the secODd growth Till pumpkins are rotten, aud stink

Till rences are floating aud barns uuder water -u And farmer's have taken to drink.

S 4 h-

Oh! but for one short hour! .' A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope,

But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop,

Helps to increase the flood."

:hlh

With hair all towzled and torn, With a frown on his face beneath,

)jE

A farmer stood in the tarm-housc door And savagely gritted his teeth— Drip! drip! drip!

No wonder ne went Insane, .in And still with a voice of dolorous pitchAs he kicked a youug one Into the ditch-

Kept eroonlugthe "Songof the Rain!"

THE SLAUGHTER.

The news from the Western trontier is of tbe most startling and tragic^ character. General Custer's expedition against the Sioux Indians has resulted in the bloodiest fight and most fatal butchery of modern times. The follow-, ing dispatches tell tbe story briefly:

BISMARCK, D. T., July 5.—I have just arrived here by boat. Gon. Custer and thirteen officers, and 2£9 mon of the Seventh Cavalry have been massacred by the Indians. The warriors numbered from 3,000 to 4,000 strong, and were better armed than the troops. The light' occurred on June 25, en the Little Big„ Horn, eighty miles from assistance.

SALT LAKE Crry, July 6.—The Times publishes a dispatch from Boseman, Montana Territory, dated July 3,7 p. m.

Mr. Taylor, bearer of dispatches from -, Little Horn to Fort Ellis, arrived this evening, and reports tbe following:

The battle was fought the 25th of June, thirty or forty miles below the

Gen. Terry arrived at Gibbon's camp" on a steamboat, and crossed the command over, and aooompanied it to join Custer, who knew it was coming before tho fight occurred. Lieut. Crittenden, son of Gen. Crittenden, was among the killed.

Later dispatches only confirm the above. Reno was surrounded by the' Indians and held for one day, until re -, lieved by the arrival of General Gibbon with reinforcements. -f/l'

Little Horn. Gen. Custer attacked an Indian village of frbm 8,5000 to 4,000 warriors on one Bide, snd Col. Reuo was to attack it on the otuer side.

Three companies were placed on a hill [. as a reserve. Gen. Custer and fifteen officers and every man belonging to the five companies were killed.

Reno retreated under the protection of tbe reserve. The whole number killed was 315. Gen. Gibbons joined Reno.

When the Indians left, the battlefield looked like a slaughter-pen, as it really was, being in a narrow ravine. The dead were much mutilated. The* situation now looks serious. 1

THROWING COLD WATER. Some people are always throwingcold water on everything. One of them will effectually extinguish the most san-. guine man in tbe world. Theygoabouts a joyment. 1 heir chief happiness consists A in making son.ebody else anxious and foreboding. They look for tho cholera next year. Tbe small-pox Is on the in- -, crease. Everybody almost is liable to paralysis. They like to read aloud the statistics ol death and disease. Tbey.. like to attend funerals. Tbey frequent cemeteries. They are fond of talking over signs of death and ill luck.

The crops are sure to fail this year, they invariably say. Hops will have tbe flv. Potatoes will rot, and the' wheat will be smutty. Epizootic will^ rage oolds will flourish, and colds gen- .A erally end in consumption, they sajr J* they have observed. The banks are all going to break, and there will be a reg-,? ular panic. Tbe man who likes to thrown cold water will stop you in the street to inquire after your health, and he will tell jou tbat you look just as his friend ,. Simpson did, and Simpson died of apoplexy when he was just about your age —ill only three hours, and left an inconsolable wife and eight small children. He says you look bilious, and remarks tbat his mother had just such a complexion a few days beiore she was taken,3 down with typhoid lever, and suggests to vou the propriety of taking Jenkins Antlbilious Pills, which his brother has for sa!e.

If you contemplate going on on excursion into Ihe country he is sure it ia^*»r, going to rain—he never knew clouds^, "ike those In tbe South to fail of brings ing wet weather. If you are going to ride, he will tell you that tbe roads are in a fearful condition, and the mud up to your anklefe.

If you have any particular friends, aud happen to speak in tbeir favor, he will roll up bis eyes in pious distress, and say that If you only knew what he knows and then he sighs again and says, desperately, "Well, we are all poor creatures."

And when you insist on being told what he knows he sighs louder and more dismally than before, and says tbat it is against his principle to say anything to injure anybody, or to make tbem feel unhappy. 'A'**.,

ON THE DECLINE

(Correspondence Chicago Journal.] It Is worthy of remark that there was little or no drunkenness at this convention. Perhaps the weather was too warm. There was no whisky exposed iu the Democratic headquarters for tbe free use of delegatee. Not very long ago it was the fashion at conventions to keep open house and the whisky Jug went round and round. The practice of drinking among publle men seems to on the aecline.