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,- -., -t- - F'tlfir7eH135 0 9 "I 7 7 I t SOL MILLER, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF DONIPHAN COUNTY. Our Motto: "Talk for Home, Fight for Home, Patronize Home." SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. VOLUME XXV.-NUMBER 27. TROY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1881. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,275. L - ytesMe r mWmT ii Mrsn, iff Matty r s ft .- I'i r In J i I . h. feu Mtt Itato. From tie Sew York IalfpeaJreJ-1 tussutsu no tut hcwum or .umiorr tisdt.1 sr wnxiti uw. braes la jocr purees. ST. Maithsw, x, a . Trie ure-i eU iu tod asd ""fifH TjSwUiiSSifuinewltlUiiU.. chinch.' Lo! fhmUelnasaliriireIaain-lll . .j.i.tMM.i.llfi'- Kama LTe sad eoUladt J-. h laetre Wme s AelfdeToUoa.safMttwr.lcn'e X TlieDeTer here to prayer SMetpeeatonat, ? "" JJd 5ueraiMV God had wilh Uf.to.toaJ' Thoe show ills 7ee drriae beatiude. Eee i ranlt a para i abate aarh era" a atone j Yet be taoir proud tortjtkme reeaeth net : Ha teeth toward an ancient, eacred ep.t. To Hlm,alaa lit la lint t well known Tt eft la nodwerted tha BaUerlne praise Whkh npuo atcmea man ofles tho. earreee. Though now -U aad, aoon brlebter rjo.e 1IU race, Manduic at the Apostle Felere grane. Ha ccntli leva npan tha atone hta band i The tbarrh and porch recrfce a aiirbt j ebock I Tbe fTanlte colons, of tbe tomb oalork. Tha abeplug eorpie beneath, at Ilia command. Shales off tha drum of eighteen handrart jaera. And, etepplnj forth. tramWinr with bopea "d '. Il.riciroiia.lnthadawniclillit Hie Uatfar Great, Divine and Inflnitol lie fill, npnn hU kneaa. and. bowlnl low Ilia hoary head, ha klaue on the laet And band, the acara of woonda eotb.ni: ace 1 UlaonthabroMt. which i. with lue repleU. UMnWBlul il.rtar of earth and aeo! UaVtarofall'- . . He beckon. -Xiroa wltk na. Coma, let na find bow men eonuneraorite Mj reanrraction. fUllai on thia data. They leaaa tha church. Ttltbont tha faBinl nl'ht . i m -"" rrr r -!". iT.i . aw-a a . uTtl ....1 auM iha tit hi ttklB WiU rlctrT fiuiihrd, brineing tl breakluc ly. Tbe ann. a tn ' -vodt down hi llrtt rJ OnttlInUIi, " in tC wtbJJ. .. bUoda there III : l f1 Im nd Thou Ia-I In rj with 1Mt. In iaf. Dot IUr?pUra -Wr-JlbdHaleTfTttwnl IfulDKtlxmr, the lKJmt 1I IBJ Hajil Tbvo knortt that m- nd lore a"1 With tbw nfcli i t o tltoauiKl jr bo, Th wort.l I AA naorn. Cwdul tlvHi abatlt Ivmw Wbitbrt- th Moml I Mrrifiorrf old flow, An4 vhst fruit from thn dew divine did grow 1 TuiDt l"t sw nra tlw) way ar lelra now wend, T. Itvurr ranch juun anI C"' tcwM tU ? !U-h curw alxl nlmck which to my liear'n wtcend, Irn? in it rraIl thuu halt Kuiiy hear ; L"t na how is WJ bebt obyrd B aimple. lilaia. and with th lnor Wnl j Lore tliou Micb man ftr LI wu nakr. and aid, hhunn;; hit ButTf rinja wjti thej nunt altmud. Thb--II tlnitcat, finxUlmin;laoJi.U la rl Ppieodur all th chnirhes at-era JL coldm nuwk, whirl, bright ci-ma arrB". A apaxkhos liaR and chstn whrr La.nti Klram TbMMt), with a iumd nUH where dianHmds U, llaxk oar .hnm thr obrinant ciowd di ralw) Upon their abooldcrs on a throne all rrd. While un vch grn a ray of ann ia ebWL SUodlnc erfhtt, the Maater wait tUms by. To watch the TOMinc of (be Macnate'a ahow. ItowncmionrkwwarKiieHdtiwn!" Irate, they cryj A halbdicT rlla : "ltcmen, beccar, Ct'' n-Une him i?ly wlUi hia ran-, Ue baud. That touch ... drop cf blond from oat JIi aid 1'alla to thn earth- "And wh la thia an pI t" ' Know yoo not f Tia ChrUt's Vicar nancUfird I "natChriUwaapourl" " In wnJth him Vkar nXl." C'knrt talked aX41' M l'-ot borne aloft by men la bi, we uw, who Chriatrnibtu control, t ' "And Cbrit drore n awar tbe bejnrara. when Tb-T came to him. lie atiil allarrd their craana. And enred and blwd them, filling tbem with hope ; lUrwril cTro Iboae who threw at bias with aUmr. -VcU,bcwMCtrUt; lHitUiU.thialatbelepe. ''Come, llat-r, Irt oa jk Around na all la jay. AVe are not wanted here. Tuelaintbrnf,oihrlrway. Jfrenbti; haa come. Thepria4apiliotnetodlej la all refcrtorie bouattxHu boanli are airrad. Laden with dicacia and fine wine, AH tbewurid'a pwI ttrfuga to thWpjp?c3or add. An atntetixla fraanee forth doth now. larUiac to their doora a bungry hordes. Atraeej thrae the Maalrknekelh low. "OWe, and it ahall be eiTrn thr,n tbe Lord. Tobrill Oobrtire,yelaiybcraalL Wait fur the kiUrhe-Mraia, wrre ou not told I In golden Irttera craved ia vn the wall: 1u abepberd there ahall tbu be, and one fuld. jlnd. atrk at heart. lie pn away, and eeea Upon the walla tbe w.rka of tuanter old. Whieh many pictured drvde of aainta on fold llartin the baiot. who care bia cbmk away; Elixabeth, who alma did Darer aparet The loaTea and fiabea famooa from Ilia day. The Of tree cunwd becauae it did not bear t -And then the Lird Cbriat. u&ng neath tbe rroaa. .How beautiful all thia 1 He. at aloe. AakaPetert -What la thia place I Tell me! Cotne!H And be repllea i "Thia U the JeauiU' borne 1 TVlthont, open tbe hot atonee of the street, A meiHlicant and a wretched crod await i Tarryias tilL feastinc o'er, they pet thct treat. Their Uirat and hoaxer all the time are gnat. One of the crowd, a moat unhappy wretch, Slandeth alone, while teara roll down hit face. JnU thia crowd, which man could hardly akctcb, (Stepped the MeaaUh, with bland, codlike crace. -What alia tfcee I aaka lie of thia wretched one. MI for ut children einned. Denied to me WuabtMlutktu!'' "hure, tU known to tl thee That God forctTea ! MVea, but when feaatb.g'1 lew. I ahall to-day for thia cet nauzht to cat 2anjht for myatdf or for my children sweet- 2fow como the prieata. ... Tbe baaqnetlog U o'er. . . . Then, let us ro," the Upjar aaid. fc we Will aura be driven off." Hut Chrut doth asy: I have no hotue." "Then oome alone with me. Urn bread have I, but where thy bead to lay. That which I hare I will divide with yea." The klaatcr at theae wonle moat happy gnw. Therewith the mendicant cooTeyeth Him Tbrwu-h many a deviooa. dark, and Ltttly aUeet. A hundred aoundinc bella their ran do jreet. Which ctJebrate ChrUt a riaioe. Kve era dim. And in the distant cat. ujion the k Bright, cleaniing aUra aUine forth to beautify. TUg dat alMire, fivut every quarter round Tbe hallelujahs (aeeauin aatire) auund. Thia ia nT but," the bepear now doth say. Within, four almont naked children cry. The klater then bia rluak doth aat away. Fire bWdtne wound- hU pwrm-o fvnty. Jlia forehead bleeda, the tlHnta oe mav dearry. "Knowme,"beca!mlyiiaiUi. "La1 tthl" " O, Master, I WWve 1 ily handa I fold In reverent praer! X love and 1 believe I for oura thou tn ' rtm thee we now receive AW fa this wretrboti Lome, au bare and cold ! Ilut not for wealth or earthly y crave L Thee are but vain awl altry. Grant me tbiat Before Thy bleedire uail-ecarred frame to die. That were, indeed, to me tbe jrrratcat bhaa." In crlef profound the Ma-ter then doth apeak. "Yea, be ia ncht. Jits hliaa. indeed, eicei. TTho on hi mouJ a clean wing to Heaven la borne j .Not bia who on the earth uncertain dwell. . . . Cow.e with me, then, and teatimony bear. That precept holy, for which wrour 1 bore, for which, two tbounands jeer ao, Xdtrd, Toar are aoouted from th nch mu'a dNri Tliat oa thi eartJi. redecnied by prce divine. The hut and aepnlchre alone are ii me ! " 'ricrt Jtotu. THE VHiLAGE 23JK". Tbe quirt ind oHcrly little tillage of , la the State of llainr, was oua uiomiii); iu Dr ceojbor, 1 the scene of tretueudoua ruinuio tion amnngtbepxMliuhabitantH. Hrnda wrre son paeringout ofeery window, lialf-drauM fonns were in every dour, and nearly the whole male iopnUtion were quickly nvn weiidniR thair way to the vtllase inn, Vryt ly a jolly old fellow, Abraham Taxbox. And what was the cause of all. this uproar f Wlij, a coach and fonrhadjnat before driven np to the door of the inn, stopjied, and an unknown gentleman had alighted, and taken up his quarters in the inn aforesaid. Such a thing had never hanieneJ before, within the memory of the very oldest in habitants. What could it mean T each one ask ed of hia neighbor, llad war been proclaimed between the United States and England! and had orders come on to onlcr out the militia and march them to the field of carnage T or was the President dead, and had a new election for suc cessor taken place f The peaceful villagers were boiling over with curiosity, and each man seem ed to have suddenly concluded to step te tha inn and there learn the cause of this sudden and un expected arrival. The old bar-room of the inn was soon filled to overflowing, and whiskey punches, gin slings, peach braudies, and apple toddies, were in continual requiaition. Round the fire were seated some dozen of the most in flueatial tnoa of the village, with eld 'Squire Spiker at their head. Alter looking round and seeing that no stranger was in the room, the 'Squire, who could restrain his Impatience no longer, exclaimed to the ion-keeper, who was at Ills post behind the bar, jingling glasses with an art that demonstrated him to be an adept at handing ont the drink "Mr Taxbox, who is that strange gentleman that's 'stopping here with you! The one that came in the eosch and fonr, this morning." -, With due Importance, the inn-keeper set down a glass w hich he was about to fill, arid Pking lowly and distinctly, so 1hat every word might be caught and swallowed by his gaping hearers, Answered "That's more than I can tell. I don't know who he ia, nor I hain't found out yet; bnt one thing I do know, and that is. he coin from the City of New York." "Good gracious ! Come from Xew York ! Who .ean ha be f was spoken by a dozen voices, as if by oce impulse. The old 'Squire had another question to propouud. "Didnt you look at his baggage f Too mutt have seen that, when he got out. Where is he nowf "No. I didn'tsee bia hao-a-ao- a.. .... a41. tag tat a little roll of paper, and that he car- Iieatiw1 'S? ?P t0,?U room' j P .ood talk with him, If you want to," ais proposiuou mo 'squire uianot tntm to relish, but It being backed by all the villagers assembled, he thoaght it Incumbent on hiiu to show his rsnk and influence in the vilisge, and nntioainie the landlord to lead on. he signi fied his willingness to gratify tbe curiosity of himself ana toe rest, oy Tjeuiug iu. cause Ui mo uproar. lie followed the landlord into the room of the mysterions personage, where at a table covered with writing implements, sat a very gentleman ly looking man, about thirty-five, who very kindly sated him to take a chair, and sit down. The 'Squire, however, remained standing in tbe middle ef the room for at least ten minntes. when, feeling that ho mnst say something, and not knowing what to say to the purpose, or how to explain the cause of the intrusion, said, "Very cold to-day, ain't it f This was all he could say of course, and when he had said it, he felt mure comfortable. "Pretty cool, but yon seem to be well off hare. You have a very pretty little town, 1 believe." "Yes, Ignessit ia as as as well, I won't say that it aint full as good as some others." "1 tninx it is, answereatne stranger, nuxi tor some moments there was a dead silence. The '.Squire at last mustered np sufficient courage to break it. ' 'Yon come from New York, I calculate. Now, say, don't youl" "Yes." "liusiuess rretty good there, aiu't It 1" "Yes." Here there was another dead silence, each sp pearing anxious that the other should apeak hint, Tho stranger, ha ing waited some time for the 'Squire to apeak, addressed him '"Squire Spiker I think that is jour name, ia it not r The 'Squire nodded. He couldn't speak. Some thing w as coming. "Well, 'Squire Spiker.I hae soiurthiugwhUh I wish to say to you, aud if our good friend Tar box will retire, I will say it now in a very few words." The landlord, who had lieen standing in tbe door liateniug very attentively, now withdrew, and the 'Squire said he was ready to hear. "Ahem! 1 seeinon, 'Squire, a man who I think is worthv of the highest coiilidrnce ; one who, although i hare been here but a few hours, I am willing to entrust with uiy cunfidinee. My name is lEobert Simpkic, ami I prupuse to issue a weeekly newspajier in this ton u, to in called the Maine Adrvcalc. The snbacriptiou price is three dollars per annum, to bo paid in ad ance. I know you to be the mau of the greatest authority in the place; one who can away the minds of the inhabitants with ease. Now, 1 propose to call a meeting to-nit.rrow night, of ail the villagers, and lay the matter before them fully. How many sous have 3 on P "Five," said tho 'Squire. "All grown f "Alloier seventeen." "What do they doP "Work on my farm." "Wlitit do ou think their laloris worth to you a day !" "About seventy-five cents a day." "Well, now, 'Squire, 1 will tellou what I will do. If jon will go on the morning after to morrow aud furuish them with boh, and send iheiu out to get subscribers to the new pax r, 1 will ghe ou three dollars fur each of them ever day tliey are gone." "I'll do it!" exclaimed the 'Squere, in raptures ut hi- good luck, mid not a little tickled by the llatnry whech tho stranger had heaped upon him so plentifully. "All right, so far,"said Mr. Simpkini. ''Now, I'll Kit uire, lor every subscriber ou gel oureif. Toil tntutr-firfl ceiita." The iN.uJre conlj nut aiH-ak: Le wan too fall of joy; absolute! j running in it. The ut ranger again snoke. "If yon want to have things go right, t not. I lwg of yon. liap a sellable of what I hare toM ou.toa IinghouL, You might mar the wliulo UuHineK. I wish to oatumali the illagrrs to morrow. You can leave me now." The 'Squirt took up bis bat and alowly left tbe room, .lunrraaod w ith the highest opiuion of tho generosity ami talent of Mr. MntpkiuH. Tbe villagers iu the hat-n-oni were all agog to hear them., as the 'Smurr cnteml. thev ro-w un aiiunltaneonsly, and vrbo ia he!" "what .loci be want 1" "what U be going to dor How 1out the ohl room, llie'tiiire anauimltiot tsati factorilyf-bathaklaig has biiad,nrtuii.Tid'f'ienrwiKht- than aoiuo of our that they would know all about it In the morn ing. Tbts only Inllatned tbrir deaire the morn, but an they could learn nothing farther than that tMitufthiug would le done tho next day. th(tr HOerally departwl to their bomen aud ai rations, to await the oeuta which thr next momiug was to bring forth. The next momiug, flaming baudldlN urre neeii MattMl up iu every portiou of the iUjge, informing tbe giKd folk that a great meeting was that evening to be held in 'Squire Spiker barn, concerning a matter In which ever leody waa iuterutd. Tbe news aprvadlike wildfire, aud in the even bin nearly two hundred illa- gers and countrymea were found axNeinbled iu tne'qnireaiaru. itie lanuioni ot the inn hail lern rjomidetely drained out. and was coniiWl- edtetuuid a lad to the nearest town for a new eitpply of hqiiora. to till tbe throat of the throng Tbe meeting was organized, hy anjM.iut lug SiuirH Spiker chairman, aud Major Hobum, a little farmer from tho. country, aecretarr. The fttrauger. Mr. Sitnpkiua. then aroae, and taLing roll of paera from bia ocket. sulectnl one. wbicb be proceeded to read to tbe crowd, as fol lowa : "The lrrowini: import an c of tlie town of . demand tlut mdice and at ten tie n which has not heretofore been given to it. Its righU mind let maiutaincxl. and its standard elevated. Thi I iiroitoaa to do by publishing a weekly patter iu the town, to Iiecalled the Haiae Jdcocate. Kach namlNT will eoutaiu remarka on Agriculture, e tectal!y lrsigur.l for the benefit of tbe jN-op.e of una portion 01 luernnniry. J'oliliir, Lsitrrature. the nritesof nnxluci. Kxcbanro Tablet. Poetrv. Marnasea, Iiirths, Deatb. the Vivrideut' 51 et sage, News from all part of the World. Engra titigs. Advertiaemeuta. Hnrrid Mnnlers. Awful Catatronlies. Accounta of KartlHiuake. War. Kauiiue, etc. etc., will have a eonpicuus place) iu every paper. To be puldiabed weekly, at tbe enormounly low price of threo dollar a ar, pay able In advaure. I am now ready to rcrtT Hymeutx. The presses and comiilete fixture will be hero in a week, when I (.hall issue the firat number of my magnificent journal. I have the extreme pleasure of putting down my friend 'Snuire Spiker fr two copies. Mr. Situpkina here wrote down 'Siuire S pi ker's name, for two copies. The 'Squire put hia band Iu bia pocket, aud pnlledontalx dollar, which was immediately transferred to the tst ran ger. This was a settler. A newspaper! Why, it was hardly possible that the little embryo town bad became of o much importance iu so short o period. Dollars were shelled out like com ; the landlord of the Inn took and paid for two copies for the bar-mom; nearly c cry mau wa down f.ir one, aud when Mr. Simpkinsleft for the iun. be had upwards of three hnudn-d dollar in bia pocket. The next day tbe 'Squint's sous wrre dispatched, to procure subscriber aud returned intheevcLing with twenty each. The next day, aud the next, ami the nxt, th names aud cash of new snbacribers were j-ouring in, ho that on the day before the preves were to arrive, Mr. Rimi-kin bad fobbed tbe neat lettle cum of elcten huudred dollars. Tbe next morning, the oua which was to bring tbe pivwa, wagnetetl bv the il!agen with exceeiltug joy. At an early hour, .be iuu was filled with auxious faces, waiting tbe ap'K-ar-ance of Mr. Simpklns. lie did not appear, i'or hours they Kit, until their impatience would no longer brook restraint, when it was rroIed that a deputation of villagers, headed by thr landlord, should watt upon tho stranger, aud learn tbe cauw of his non-appearance. They proceeded to his room, opened tbe door, and marched iu, but be was not there. While some were delilierating concerning this, one of the number happening to look out of the window, percehed a small rope ladder, leading from tbe window to the ground. This then, was the way he bad gone. And from that day to this, noth ing farther has been heard of lEobert Simpkius, Emi Editor and Proprietor of tho Meime Jdco catr, by the villagers. Beatoring Solomon' Temple, Heuf Pasha, tbe Turkish Governor of Jernsa leni, baa recently received imperative orders from Snltan Abdul II amid to resume tbe work of restoration of Solomon's Temple, commenced un der tbe reign of Abdul Axix, bnt discontinued soma five years ago. The Pasha has also been instructed to clear the great square fronting the Temple, of all the rubbtah and rank vegetation with which it is at present incumbered. Iu this square stands the famous Mosqne of Omar, which derives a revenue of some XlOtx) a year from pilgrim contributions and ether sources. Hitherto the greater portion of this auin found its way annually to Stambonl. The Snltan, however, has decreed that henceforth it shall 1e applied to defraying the expenses of tbe works above alluded to, the present resamptlou of which, as well as their original inception, is due in reality to snggestiena made at different times to the Ottoman authorities by members of the Austrian imperial family. The restoration of tbe Temple ruins was begun at the instance of Francis Joseph, during his visit to the Holy Land, shortly after the acceaalon of AlnlalAxiz to the throne ; and It was the recent pilgrimage of tbe Archduke Itudolpb to Jndea that impart ed a fresh impulse to the interrupted enterprise, Not only has the Commander of the Fa i thiol sig nified it to be hit sovereign wiU that the works should be carried ont without further delay, bat two officials of the Sublime Porte, Serid and Raif Eflendifn, have already left Constantinople for Jerusalem, -with instructions to take measures, on their arrival, for Insuring tbe literal fulfill ment of hia Majesty's decree, Tbe gratitude of Christiana and Jews alike U tine to Abdul Ham id for lending his high authority to so generous and enlightened an undertaking. Loarioa Ttle erwpa, The Pall! Mall Gturttt calls the United State the most iKjwerful cation oa the lobe. mtllnttm. AN ZKQLISH 80HO, (1800.) HeiVa Bonaparte, tbe Ceraican, To rain a CenauTa robe, blra, IVa bv ambitiua madly nrge4 To atrUe schm tbe W, Sirs. II ktrode e'er l-'rano. then threw hi le 0 er Saitu rland and Ital j. And a little ferule epo befure bin aaw A paradine appeared ta Ue. Ta tbe garden called r"t"l lie thrrateneil tn land on. That little fruitful epo of pound John Hull bad clapped hi hand on. He atretcbed LI Vc to act hia fuut Upon old Albion a bore, hira. ATben he aw that crave old rentleman. When he atepped hi coming er. Sir. Wboa there darea auy my bold earver I " Ti 1, criea Johnny Boll, "Sir. And If yon anv nearer come, I-o yonl til crack your BkaH. Sir i For in reaolved for to protect, Whilat I've an Inch t atand on, Thia little fruitful apnt of aroond, e lraae, I've to my band on. "lYoa.l Coralcan what, t It yon t 1 Ctm what you'd be doinr;; Yon wbtb t reap onr abundant crupa, Wilboat the Uil of envnie. And hither bring your hungry troop. Half atarved with emtin frog nonp. All our oxen to devour, and eat Out ponltry and pi:a np. Ytmr acbrue to ctiiae on pl tdrkan. It arema a very plain one. But my beef and pudding 111 protect j Ti an object, and a grand one. "If yon in France are Emperor, Be content in your attia, Furiff.MKnnndyoainv.tdt You'll find no cunwdatinn. For Britain' wooden wall they all Br Nelon are defended. Anil there tbe lad will drab tihj well, Thuasb they are alngle-bauiied. Your fwolifth mrtloo to roine here. Yon d better twiw abaodon i For while thi tmd land jielilalstf and ber, John Bull will keep hi band on. THE BOBINXTT BATTEE.Y. laeident at ibe Battle af Crlata. BT GlAi:C,r. AKNULIi. Travelling, the other day, I fell in with a smart, bright, black-eyed fellow, with one anc He bad juat filled a his pijw a well-smoked briar-wood aud I was juat lighting mine, so be asked for some lire. It was ou a ut earn boat oue of tboHc whereon we poor smokers are com pelled tosbherin winter and roaet in summer, uny where except "abaft aud shaft ;" and we hail recourse to tbe casing of the boiler, which kept us w arm when we tnrned our backs against It. Being thus brought into propinquity, we mutn ally auatbeinatired tbe wruUhed meanness of nearly all steamboat compauies, as exhibited in the total want of accommodation for a cry large aud respectable class the users of tobacco. With oue exception, I neer saw a decent place allotted to gentlemen who smoke, on any boat. That exception was the old "John Potter." AU this em paant. It served to open a con crsation; and before we got to the port where our paths dierged, I liad lcaruod something from my cliauco acquaintance. lie was, I discovrred, a Sergeant of artillcrj-, wounded at Corinth. Ills arm, (shattered by a ball, was ampntated hastily iu a tield-hoipjtal, and be was then ou bis way to Xen York, to bae another amputation performed. HTpy to mn e him. I irave him & note to mr old friend. Charley 1 lowland oueof tho best fellows, great est story tellers, and most skillful surgeons in America. Of course, mr artilleryman was grateful enough; especially as, with my recom 'Hernia tion, his treatment would cost him nothing; and be begged me to tell him what be could do to prove how he valued my favor. "Tell me about the fight at Corinth, I said. "Oive tue some good, bhaqi incidents, that I cau write np. It is my profession, aud nothing but war stories will do now-iv-daj s." That I can do, easy enough," said be. "I will tell von about the battery I was iu the Kobinett Itattery and hotr the rcbeUdid not take it; althongh I can honestly say, they trooii finht now and then." "That lsjnst the sort of thing I want, Ser geant. Tell mo t.ii n pie farts, now1, and neer mind the pathos aud ilutoric. I'll put them in." Thns warned, bo took a ftrw igoniM whiffs, straightened bis back up agaiunt the wanu boil-er-caaing, aud began the following narration: "Well, yon we, the battery I was at work ou was one of a lino of earthnorks that wo had built aronud tbe town. Onr troops were outside of tliOMj batteries, between them'and the rebels, and on Friday morning, the first day of hard fighting, the anemy made a very plucky attack along our line. "I don't believe onr fellows could hao stood italoue. They hadn't enough artillery, except in the redoubts; ami we couldn't open ou the rebels, of course, without hurting our own men mure than them ; so our line gradually fell back, fighting like good fellows, but not qnitn able to stand before the heavy gnns of the rebels. It was In this fight that Gen. Ilackleuiau was killed, and Gen. Oglesby was wounded. "Finally, Oliver, who was in command of our left, Kent for reinforcements. They ought to havo been sut to the right iustead, for that was the weakest, and directly the rebels found it out. They flanked ns there, about noon, and for awhile we came about as near l-eing whiqed as I ever waut to lie. I bao heard, too, that a couple of onr regiments made a mistake, about that time, aud fared iuto a chargiug column of their own side. Somo say they did, aud some say they didn't ; but if it was true, it's a wonder we held out at all. "The enemy had the advantage, anyhow, that day, and our 1m.)h were pretty glad to see them haul off, toward dunk, aud prepare to bivouac in the woods hi front of our line. "We didn't do much sleeping, that night, 1 can tell 3 ou, sir. We received reiuforcements, and disposed of them on our weakest points, picked up our wounded, aud buried our dead, till near tia ureas. "By morning, we had got onr forces in close enough fnrthe batterustoplayocr their heads; aud then came the turn of us artillerymen. My battery was a go!, strong redoubt, mounting Parrot guns thirty-two pounder, and some eight inch howitzer. Wo opened the ball by giving thun a volley from the Parrots, about four o'clock. They auswered. bnt did no dam- agf, and advanced their Hues a little too far, for Williams and Phillips batteries were able to ?:ive them an enfilading fire, Itesides onr iu rant. I never saw such a scattering. Their guns were slleneed right off, sir, aud they got back to the woods again as quick as the .Lord would let them. The Sixty-third Ohio infantry rushed in aud got a lot of their canteens and ammnuition, which they had tn leae, and a detachment of regulars took a rilled gun. The Thirty-ninth Ohio also took back some gnns the relels had captured from ns tho day before, ami ahont a hundred prisoners were brought iu at tbe same time. This was a little more encouraging, as yon may believe, sir; and the rebcli begau to see that our battery was a bad customer for them to buck against. Lieutenant Kobinett, who was in command of our work, knew very well that they wonld make a bard kick to take it, as it wan tbe front door to Corinth and all its dtfeue. If they could hae drhen nsout, good-bye vic tory! Tbe other batteries couldn't hare stood tc3 iniuntes. Then began some pretty work. The rebels took a new position, and charged onr line across the railroad to reach the village. Our men cenldn't begin to make a show before them. There wasu't any such thing as checking them. Our light artillery made no more impression on their front than throwing peas would, ami our hue was driven, neck and heels, into tbe village. "The two lines were formed over again, about the public square, and a regular rough-and-tumble fight began, hand to band, and foot to foot. Still, tbe rebels seemed the strongest. Our men fell back again, nntil they got to the Coriuth House, when tho eneraj'a reserve came in range of our heavy guns, and we began to drop some big shells among them. They fell into confusion at this, and General Konecrans rode up and down our line, en con raging the boys to make a good, square, old-fashioned charge. Thpy went Into it with a will, and dove. the rebels clear back to the timber, hayo netting them by scores, as they went. Mean while, we kept a good shower of heavy shells, that made some of them see stars, I suspect. "Before this charge, ihe enemy had formed a line of reserves to attack our redoubt, and when the first line was driven hack, the second ad vanced. It was a risky bit of business, and tbe troops that led the assault were Tolnnteered for a forlorn hope. They were Arkansas men, and from what they did, I should say there wasn't a soul of them that had ever known what It was to be scared. "They formed In line eight deep, I think, and came in close order, just like a machine: You might as well have tried to frighten a locomo tive off the track, as to turn that line. "Battery Wiiiiams opened on them, throwing shells into their front, and every explosion must hare knocked over twenty men, at least, killed and wounded ; bnt that didn't make any differ ence that yon could see. When a mau fell, the ranks closed np, just as even as before, and kept straight on, as if they had been on dress parade, That's the way tbey attacked us. They came np squarely, tbe first time, to within fifty yards of the onter works, where our fire was a little too hot for them. Yon could imagine, sir, what mischief a good stout battery could do against such a close column of men. I think it wouldn't have been so bad. If they had advanced In open orjler; but I don't pretend to know much abont .infantry tactics. Artillery' WJ business, "They fell back a little, and we, inside the rtv uouuia, niNU a cuvci, iuiuuiix kd imu uimcu them. But they weren't whipped yet. They reformed and came on again a bit faster, but we mowed them down so that tbey could hardly march for the dead and wounded under foot, so that they had to retire once more. "The third charge, sir, yon'd ought to hae seen. The three principal batteries kept np a perfect shower of shot and shell, front and flank, and the infantry supported them with close vol leys of musketry, firing by file tbe whole time. The noise was awful, and tbe fire and smoke filled the space between na and the timber so thick that wc couldn't see a thing. Would yon believe It sir, they took heart all the more, and made their best assanlt through all that. It was like charging through hell, sir, bnt they did it. Before we knew where we were, they were upon us. tumbling ns over our parapets and plauting their cursed flag there. It was shot away tn ice, aud set np again both times. They fired on n shooting down onr gunuers through escapements, and bung ou to the work like a swarm of bees on to a inve. I never saw such desperate pluck and daring before, aud I net er want to see aucb a fight agaiu. "It was uo ue fur us to stay by the gnns ; we should all Imve been killed on the spot. We fell back then to our supports, and the other batteries turned their gnus npou Kobinett. For some time thoy kept the big shells popping ofT every second inside the work, and flesh and blood couldn't stand it, no way. The relxls stayed as long a any lire men could, bnt they bad to leave, and nut over half of tboso who en tered went ont a sain. Thcy poured out of the redonbt in some con fusion, and made for the timber. Just as they got started, the order wai paused to the two reg iments that had supported ns. to charge. 'They went tearing down ou the rebel rear, into a perfect river of smoke aud fire, and 3 ou could ut see either friend or foe for five minutes. AU we knew was that tbe rebels didn't get to tbe woods in force. Only a scattering few of : that Arkansas brigade eer cut off that field alive. It was tbe bravest charge and bloodiet defeat of this war, sure. "After the battle which was ended then we had a chance to ace what we had done. Our in trench menta were full of the enemy's dead, aud piles of them lav along in ranks, just as they were marching when they fell. An officer told me that.nigh unto three hundred of their dead lav in a narrow space a hundred feet long. What do yon think of that, sir V "It was a reception worthy of a valiant foe, I said; "hut. Sergeant, yon haven't said a word about yourtelf bow yon lost your ami, what you did, and so on." "Oh, there's nothing tn tell about that," said the brave fellow, modeNtly; "I stood by my gnu, and we worked her w ell enough till a round shot came through au embrasure, from one of tho rebel field-pieces, and happened to smash my elbow. I was a fool to hate my elbow in the way, I snppoe. Can you spare me a pipe-full ofiour tobacco, sirf Miue seems to hae given ont." DATS OF MYSTEBIOUS DARKNESS. The strauge darkness at midday, caused by a yellow haze filling the sky, which awakened surprise and alann in Boston, Providence, Port laud, and other Eastern cities on Tuesday, is not withont parallel in meteorological history. Ev erybody has heard of tho Dark Day of ITcU, which is sometimes spoken of as Black Friday. The year 1780 resembled lcWl in its wonderful physical phenomena. It was a year to drive weather prophets mad, and It impressed iU memory indelibly uro:i the minds of the people. Its freaks culminated on May 11, when the light of the sun seenied suddenly to fail, and all of Xew England, and portions of Xew York, lVnti as lvania, and Canada were jdungeil in mysteri ous gloom. Birds and fowls retired to their roosts; dinner was eaten by candle light. Tho air seemed of a brassy color, aud tin. re was a sulphurous or sooty smell pervading It. Very many were in me greatest, alarm, iniuking mat tlie nay ot judgment nadcouie. luo Connecti cut Legislature was in session when tho mysteri ous darknew fell upon the face of nature, aud the Senate Chamber was ahrowded in gloom, so that business could not be transacted. The gen eral alarm spread to the lawmakers, aud nuo of them solemnly moved that the Senate adjourn. Col. Abraham Davenport immediately arose and opposed the adjournment. His speech, though brief, was & remarkable one, and it had the ef fect of restoring composure of mind in the as semblage : "I am against the adjournment. Either the day of judgment is at hand', or it U not. If It Is not, there is no cause for adjournment. If It s, I wish to le found in the line of my duty. I ask that candles bu brought." Xobody whit saw that da c r forgot it. Tlie Xew England coast was shrouded in dark nest, which turned an ay Incoming ships. EWdeutly, the phenomenon nhacned on Tuesday was of the same nature as that of 17c0. Such darken ings of the sun's light hate been witnessed in various parts of the world. Iu the year iWG, the whole Itomati Empire was covered with a red dish Miadow, caused by a strange haze in the air. Iu 173, all of Europe, mot of North Amer ica, and the western portiou of Asia were cov ered with a great dry fog, of a pale blue color, wbicb dimmed the light of the sun, and at times almost extinguished it. It lasted for several weeks, and was accompanied by violent electri cal storms. It spread alarm everywhere. "It was" aays one writer, "a time of terror, of tu mult, aud of universal excitement." Iu lctl, there was another great fog, that made the sun look green or bins, and tinted all the objects of the landscapes with similar huts. Sometimes these phenomena are confined to comparatively small areas of country. The fogs of Iondon are examples. In December, l7.I, Iaondon was darkened for a week so that trafllc had to be suspended on the Thames, street travel became aim ont impossible, aud many ersous lost their lives through accidents. A 3 ear ago last spring a mysterious darkness overspread a portion of Minnesota. The inhab itants, as in 17c0, ate their dinner by caudle light, and all ordinary occupations were eus ended. The causes assigned for these phenomena nie various. Sometimes they are due to the smoke arising from the burning of great forests or vast peat bogs. Occasionally, these fugs have leeii ascribedto the passage of the earth through the tail of a cornet. In letfl, when tho earth is ui to have passed through a portion of the tail of the great comet of that year, a slight haze was difcernable by day, and at night the air eeemea aglow with a strauge phosphorescence, which, in some ldnces. rendered it possible to read nriut at rnidmirht. The same phosphorescence at night was witnetsed during the great fuss of I St and 1NH. ihe country within a few hun dred miles of large volcanoes is sometimes dark ened by matter thrown into the atmosphere from the craters. At times there seems no way to ac count fur such darkening of the heat ens, except tinon the sniiiKisitlon that the earth, in its sweeti through space, suddenly encounters a mass of attenuated meteoric matter, which spreads through the kttnosphere. This does not apjear improbable, when it is recollected that the earth, in revolving about the sun, does not continue to the sun's own motion, is every year passing through new fields of spice. The son Is carry ing his squadron of worlds ou a stupendous voy age throngh tbe vast ocean of ether, or whatever fills the interstellar spaces. If some of these phenomena are really due to matter that the earth ploughs throngh in her marvellous cruise. we may conclude that therein lies another peril to the mad and merry crew of onr rock-ribbed ship, for some of the great dry fog of history brought epidemics with them. In 1783, especial ly, men aud beasts were seriously affected with a discae resembling catarrh, that prevailed as long as the fog lasted. AVer I'orJL 5. Death of a Noted Critic Dr. Robert Shelton MeKenzie, the well-known literary critic, died yesterday afternoon after a brief illness, at bis residence, 2337 Walnut Street, West Philadelphia. On Friday last, he was in comparative good health, receiving visi tors and attending to his usual literary duties. Dr. MeKenzie was borcm Limerick County, Ire land, iu 109, and was the second son of Capt, Kenneth MacKenzie, author of a volunio of Gae lic poetry. He studied medicine in Cork, and graduated iu Dublin, bnt never practiced the profession that he appeared to have chosen. From his eighteenth year, he devoted himself to literature, beginning as editor of a newspaper In England, in which capacity he continued in va rious localities until ls, being successively connected with the Liverpool Jourmal and other British periodicals. In lc43, he became Private Secretary of a railway company, which position he resigned in 1831. In the interval, he contrib uted largely to leading periodicals and annuals in England and America ; and, writing a week ly news-letter to the Xew York Evening Star from 1&I4 to the suspension of that publication, was the first regular salaried European correspond ent of the American press. He received the ti tle of LL. D., from Glasgow University, in 1634, and D. C. L., from Oxford, in 1844. Ho publish ed "Lays of Palestine," in lt23; wrote a consid erable i-ortionof the "Georgian Era," 1334-3; Titian," a Yenitlan art novel, in 1S13 ; a life of Gnizot, in 134; "Partnership," "en command ite," a legal commercial mark, 1844 ; "Mornings at Matlock," a collection of stories, in It&Q. In 1S32, he came to America locating in Xew York City, and be was for. many yean literary and foreign editor of the Xew York 77. In August, 1357, the year in which the iYrsa first saw tbe light of day, Dr. MacKenzie came to this city and Itecame connected with that jonrnaL hold ing the position of literary and foreign editor until three years ago, since which time he has been engaged in a similar capacity on the JTrea 15 AVir. Among his other literary productions were "Bits of Blarney," lt3; TreeiJian; or. The Stery-Tellers," 1637; "Poetrv andToetsof Ireland," "Men of Xinety-Eight," Actors and Actresses," and tho "Life of Charles Dickens." He alt! edited with copious notes ami original biographies of the anther's many sketches. Dr. MacKenzie leaves many friends who wiU regret to hear of his death. PA iZo. iVraa. Br constantly jumping np and interrupting proceedings in Court, Gitean Is tiring to prove himself insane. He Is wrong. All lawyers do that, Pica jraic. At his death, Washington was tha richest President we ever had. He left an estate worth 1300,000, THE HAJf WHO CABBD F0& NOBODY. BV ULUX B. UIL toartk The aelfUh miller of Dee r "I care far nobody, no, noli. And nobody care for ma. Be ate and drank, and worked and slept. Money and had had be. But never a poorer mortal atept Than tbe aelllah muter of le. The TilUce maid crew rood and fair. Bat tbey crew dC near hi life , Hi brarth-etoae onlj held one chair lie bad no room for a wifo. Xo woman fooUten, qaick and U;bt, Came down tbe aiient atair. To hie bint, every morn and ni'ht. With klawa ana ware. The TiBaxe lad and Uaaea knew Tbe charm of tbe aid mill race Ob. what a happy little crew Oft made It their plajlnj placet But none of them climbed the miller' knee. When tbe evening- shade fell dim j lie cared fornebodr, no, not be. And nobody cared for bha, ,& Sa he lived alane, he had no klr ; And ia all tbe country stde. There waan t a mortal cared a pin Whether be li ed or be died. The women cave him never a smile. The men had notbinr ta y 1 Xo friend e'er crned hia jrardeu stile, X atranjer wUbed him rood -day. lie lived alue, and be died alone, fto bis eiab life was aped; They found him cold on hU cold hearth stoDo Tbe miDer of Ilea wan dead. And no one cared to are hi face, So eye for him crew dun ; II cared fur nobuuy, no. not he, And nohttdy cared for him. To bare our life 1 to douU eur life ; And wht If it double It rare f Loving can li-hten tbe hardest strife. Lot in( can make it fu. Better to love, thu;h love ahoaM die, Than aay, like the miller or Dee, "I car for nobJy, no, not I, And nobuly cares for me." FBOLt SEDAN TO WATERLOO. Au occasional correspondent writes from Les Quart re Bras on June 17: Frum Sedan, tho grave of the Third Empire, to Waterloo, tho grave of the First, is but a short day's journey. Having left Sedan at 8 a. M., this morning, I have already reached Les Qnatre Bras, and with four hours of dav light efore me. Leaving the railway at Charlerui, I there took a carriage and fallowed the poplar lined highway which leads from Charlerui to Brussels, throngh quart ro Bras and Waterloo. It was byr this road that Xey advanced, while Xa poleoti, also starting from Charlerui, took to the right, that leading through Flunrns to Lign. At Les Qnartre Bras the high mail from Char leroi to Brussels cuts that from Xivelles to Xa niur at right angles. Already on the evening of Jane 15, Xey's ad vanced guard commenced the attack on the al lied position at Quatro Bras, which at that mo ment was defended by a single batalion of Or ange Xassanrers, commanded by the gallant young Prince of Weimar, who did such good service on the English left at the battle of Wa terloo. Had Xey continued his attack he must hate carried the position, bnt bis men were tired, and he believed that the pmt was defcuded by a strong force. Whan the attack was renewed the following morning the Prince of Weimar was strongly re inforced by Dutch and Brunswickers, whose Duke, as all the world knows, was killed here at the head of his troops. It was not till the early part of the afternoon that any English troops reached tho scene of action, the first to arrive and stem the tide of the advancing French beiug the Re serve Division, under Pictou. frum Brussels, con sisting of Packu and Kemp's Brigades. About 5 r. M. Cooke's Division of Byng's and Mai Hand's Brigades of Guards arrived, with Halket's Bri gade, all by the Xivelles road. Xo English cav alry arrived in time to take part in tho action, during the earlier part of which French Lancers galloped clean through the allied position at Qtiatre Bras, and nearly captured tho Duke of Wellington, who had arrived at alniut 1U a. m., in advance of Pic ton's Division. The action not having commenced at that hour, tho duke rode off by the Xumnr road towards Ligny to consult with Blncher, who mounted with the Duke iuto a windmill, whence they surveyed Xapoleon's disposition of his furors jn d b fore the commence ment of the battle of Lignv. From about noun, June 16, to nightfall, the hattbsof Liuy and Quatre Bras were fought simultaneously, result ing in a French victory at Ligny and a drawn battle at Qratre Bra, where the English pasNed the night ou the field of battle, the Freuch'.retir imr on the tillaneof Frasnes. Had the French advanced on Quatre Bras at early dawn on the 17th, and had Xey renencd bis attack simultan eously, the EngH-.Ii iniit have lieen taken be tween the two fires and the posttiou carried. As It wa, Xapoleoti fulled to put his army in mo tion from Ligny till the afternoon of tbe 17th, which gate the EuglUh ample time to retire leis urely to Waterloo. Captain Siborue, In his well known htstary of the Waterloo campaign, relaU s that high was the rye at the battle of Quatre Bras, that the English infantry were completely concealed by it. I have Just measnred the finest crop of iy e I et er beheld growing on the Water loo road, aud found It to he seven feet high. In another letter from the field of Waterloo, written on the following day, our correspondent says: Iu his admirable lectures on the Waterloo cam paign. Colonel Chesuey ia, as far as I know, the first English writer who din's full justice to the importance of the part placed by the Prussians at Waterloo. As you approach the field from Quatre Bras, about a mile before reaching La Belle Alliance, jou perceive ou your right, Tving about 1,000 3 ants off the high road, a tillage half concealed tu a wooded hollow, from which the church spire emerges conspicuously. The name of this village is Plancenoit, and around that church took place the fiercest and bloodiest fighting which June Idth witnessed. Between 4:3' I. M. and SCSOi. r.. In four hours the Prus sians loot more men than the Engliah did the whole day, the Prussian loss iu killed and woun ded being about 0,300, that of the English, ex clusive of tbe allies, (J, IUU. There were, in fact, two battles of Waterloo the battle of Mount St. Jean and the battle of Plancenoit and Xapoleou had to do with two distinct armies. It is common! r believed In England that the Prussians merely came up at the close of the day, and assisted the Eugliah to crown their victory; bnt It is the fact that Bil low's corps came htriously into action by 430 r. M.. and that twelve out of the twenty-four bat tallinnsof the Imperial Guard, besides Lobau's corps and fsveral other divisions, weredctatcbed to Plancenoit, 011 the French extreme right, nt the very moment they were most required to take part In the assault of the Allied position ou the ridge of Mount St. Jean in front. From that ridgeof Mount St. Jean, where 1 am now writ ing in the calm of an early summer's morning, the village of Plancenoit is quite invisible, and on the day of battle the English were quite unaware of the Prussians fighting there. It was uot till Ziet hen's Hussars coming from Wavrc touched the extreme English left on the Chain road, at about 7 P. M., that the Dnke of Wel lington received the welcome intelligence of the arrival of the Prussians on tho field. Compared with that of Sedan, the battle field of Waterloo is on a wonderfully small scale, and easily to lie apprehended. At Sedan the circum ference of the held is at least, fourteen miles, comprising about a dozen villages, completely bidden from each other by intervening height. At Waterloo the whole field, exclusive of the vilisge of Plancenoit, may be taken in at a glance. The French irosltieu on the ridge of La Belle Al liance was bnt 1,J00 yards from that of the Eng lish on tbe ridge of Mount St. Jean, and the ex treme length of both positious, from eaat to west, f. c, from Smohain to Hougomont. was about 2,500 yards. The intervening valley, which is bnt a slight depression, was converted into a qnagniire b the tremeudons rainfall on the afternoon and eveningof the 17tb, the ground being impassable by cat airy and artillery, iu tha early part of the day of the Ith. The state of the ground was extremely disadvantageous to Xapoleou's attack, which was thereby delayed till 11 A. it. That tbe French, with a total forte of ahont 70 thousand men, should have failed to force the strong position on which the English, nearly eqnal to themselves in numbers, were posted In frout, havingat the same time to detateh about a third of their strength to meet the 35,000 Prussians who fell on their right flank and took part in the fight at Plancenoit, with 40,000 more Prussians arriving later on the field, can cot surely be considered any reproach to French valor. Grave of Henry Clay's Daughter. Bat few people, perhaps, are aware that a daughter Henry Clay lies buried in the old Bap tist graveyard, in the western part of Lebanon, Ohio. The tomb, or sepulchre. Is in the north ern part of the graveyard, in the shadow of the old Baptist Church, and near a sycamore tree. whose wide spreading branches reach out and droop over it, Xear by is the grave of Joshua Collet, one of the first lawyers of Lebanon, and afterwards Supreme Jodge of tbe State, Hen ry Clay was Secretary of State in the Cabinet of John Qnincy Adams, and was on hia way from his home to Washington when hisdaughtertook sick here and died. The Inscription on the large flat stone that forma the lid or top part of the tone vault or tomb, is almost illegible from eon stant exposure to the elements. It reads as fol lows: To the memory of Elizabeth IL Clay, daughter of Henry and Lucretia Clay, who died on tbe 11th of August, 1-J5, aged 12 years, dur ing a journey from their residence at Lexington, Ky.v to Washington City, Cut off in the bloom of a promising life, her parents, who hare erec ted this moonuest, console themselrcs with the beUef that she now abides in hearen." Ciacia mati CommerdaL Last week the Hartford Ceantaf celebrated Its X17h birthday. There are now In existence fire newspapers which were published at the be ginning of the Revolutionary war. The others are the Xew Hampshire Gazette, the Worcester 8p$9 the Newport Afrrrsry, and the Maryland t5 ff-afasTHwae, THE SWEET BT-AND-BT. JL Talk With th ConawsaM-r tbe Beaatlfal Uraaa Dr. . Plllaawro Bennett, of Kira tnoa. III., Detail Ik rirc-antaaew fader Which He aa Jaweph IP. Weavier IV rote tha Inanaorlnl fSowg How If IVaa slrel H roast t On I It HapJd Prs:rea Into Pahlie Favor. Dr. S. Fillmore Bennett, a practicing physi cian, of Kichnioud, III., a small town ten miles south-east of Lake Geneva, was vUited and con versed with, yesterday, with reference to the authorship of tbe word and muic of that re markably popular Christian hymn, called -'The Sweet Uy-and-By." Dr. Bennett U 45 yrars old, and the father of a rotumlcrahle family, includ ing a son who is a recent graduate of Kush Med ical College. Iu stature, the doctor is of medi um height, and quite square. He is thin-vis-aged; wears a thin mnstacbe, aud goatee, and is of a not very light coiuplexiou. He has a lock or hair, slightly gray, overbaugiug bis brow, which gives hiiu (umieithat the look of a person with the poetical faculty. In his conver sation he is clear, practical, serious, and poi titr. He said: I "Tim story of the origin of the hymn The Sweet By-and-By, is a short one, and soon told. From Iptil to ltf71 I resided iu Elkhart, Wis., where I kept au apothecary store. Aud during that period was associated ith Joseph P. Web ster, a music teacher, in the production of niutdcal works, I composiug the words, and ho the music. Our first publication was 'The Signet King,' onr second, "The Beatitndcs,' onr third, 1 he Sunday-School Cantata,' and our fourth and last, "The 'Great Rebellion.' It was iu the fall of 174, when we were nt work on 'The Signet Uiug,' that we composed 'The Sweet Hy-and-By.9 It was cxmiprwed for that work, and published first iu it. And this was the way we happened to compose it. Webster was an extremely .sensitive and melancholy man, aud very proue to tbiuk.that others had slighted him. ne was always iiuagiuiug tlut some old friend had spoken to him coolly, and then dro ping into bottomless desjioiideucy about it until some casnnl meeting afterward dispelled the illusion. After awhile I understood this weak ness so well that I knew how to take it, and it gave uie 1.0 trouble at all. On the nmtrarj-, I used to aid him in getting over these sjtells, gen erally by puttiug him to work, which I learned by exiM?rieuco was sure to relieve him. So. one dav in the fall of 174 I could give jon the day if I hail the copyright here I was standing at my desk in my drug store, writing np my I took, when in came Webster, looking micomuionly blue. Iknewataglancewh.it ailed him, but said to bim plexsautly, 'Webster, what is tho matter with 30a! Ah,' said he, 'nothing much. It will be all right, by-aud-by.' 'That is so, I said, 'and what is the reason that wouldn't be a good subject for a song By-atid-By V With that, I snatched up a piece of paper and went to writing, and within fifteen minute I banded him the paper with thet-c words writ ten upon it: "There 1 a land that Is fairer than day. Anil by faith we may nee it afar. And tbe Father atand over tbe war. To prepare na a dwellin place there. We ahall sine on that beentiful abure. The nieluflkjaa mmiji of tbe blent. And onr aptrita ahall aorrow no wore. 2ot a aieb for the bb-tiii; of rent! To oar bountiful Fatlter above. We will offer tbe tribute of praiae, For tbe KJortuaa rift of ti bive. And the blcMin that hallow onr da v." "There.' I said, 'write a tune for that.' Web ster looked it over, and then turned tn a man named Bright in the store, and said, 'hand me U13 fiddle over the coiiutef, please.' The fiddle was passed to bim, aud he went to work at once to make a tune. Aud I hardly think it was more thun thirty minutes from the time when ho camo into tho store, that ho aud I w ere sing ing together the werds aud music just as 3 ou see them here, on the nineteenth page of the 'Signet King.' We liked them very much, aud were singing onr song off ami em. the rest of tbe day. Tow anl evening. Uncle Crosby, as wo used to call him, uiy wife's uncle, came into the store, and ne sung it to him. He was deeply affected by it, and when it was ended the spirit of prophecy came over him, aud he said, 'that piece is immortal.' And he was right." Has tbe song been corrupted any by so many publications P "A little. The tune it frequently written now In the key of G, instead of the key of A, which is no improvement. As to the words, 1 wrote a different repeat for each stanza. Tlie first was, We shall meet on that beautiful chore;' the mc ond was We shall aiajT on that 1. antiful shore,' uud the third was, We shall prufuvoii that beau tiful shore.' As it ia printed now, tbe first re peat is used for all three stanzas. Then, too, the Methodists hate added two whole stanzas to the hymn. I can t repeat them, but I don't like tbem." "Were not yon aud Webster Methodists f "Xo, sir. Wo were ImiiIi lil-erals, bnt not mctnlters of any church. We were Unitarians in eentiuient. Webster bad never been connected with any church, bnt I had lieeu a Methodist in my vouth, and until I was aUint 19 years old." "There is n story going aronud that you and Webster were drnnk when yon composed this hymn. Is there any truth in it! "There is not. Webster was In the habit of drinking, but I know he wasn't drank tbe day bo composed that tune." "What has become of Webster P "He died at Elkhart, of heart disease, five or six years ago. His life went out like a flash. He was a married man, ten 3 ears older than I, and left four children. His daughter is travel ling now, ami singing Tlie Beautltndes.' Web ster nscd to advertise himself as 'author of Lo rena, until he wrote 'Sweet By-and-By,' but after that he never said any more about Lorena." "How did ou first learn of tho popularity of your hymn V "Well, we got Lyon & Healy, of Chicago, to bring out The Signet King, and they avked ns to pick out three or fonr pieces to be printed on a circular, to advertise the work, and we select ed The Sweet By-and-By fur ooe of them. Tlie orders for the book came in so very freely that luey sold W,iRiu copies in a very short time. And it was not long before we traced the en thusiasm to tltis our hymn." in wnatoiner lorni has it been pnitiisiiedtr' 'Lyon &. Healy, you know, were burned out, and turned over their business to Oliver Ditnou A. Co., of Boston, who iud the hymn in sheet form, and it has had a great mil. In that funn, ever since. They cold SO.(M) in the firt six months, and they have sold from G,X to 10,01)0 a year ever since. It is also published In every hymn Itook that comes ont, and the fee for nsing it in this way Is never less than $.7." Clicago -Vctff. A Prophecy UtersJly Fulfilled. In the year ldi'-J, when the late J. W. Gray was editing the riaindrater, ho wrote and pub lished a grandiloquent article pitching into John Bull. It was a time when there was an intense excitement over the trial of a Canadian bv the name of McLeod, in Rochester, Xew York, Charged with bring a member of a detachment of British soldiers which had crossed the Xiaga ra three miles altove the falls, and cnt ont the steamer Caroline, on tbe American shore, and set fire to her and sent her over the falls, result ing in the loss of an American seaman. The cause of this outrage was the fact that tbe Caro line had been employed in conveying Canadian "patriots" from Buffalo to Xavy Island, then the rendezvous of thr insurgents, during the Canadian rebellion of lcCC. McLeod was arrent ed on American soil, and Indicted for mnrder and arson. While be was being tried, the Brit ish gorerameut formally detuanded his release, and gave our government to understand that his couvictiou aud pnnuhmeut wonld 1m consid ered a MIL The country was much exci ted. The trial proceeded, bnt McLeod proved an alibi, and was discharged. Tlie riaindrater In its article prophesied that the day would come when ''Hail Columbia" would be played In the streets of Loudon, if John Boll didn't be have himself. That year, Charles Dickens was making bis celebrated tonr throughout the Union. While coming down the lake from De troit, the steamer he was on stopped at San dusky, and there he saw th riaindtatcr con taining the pngnaeions article we have alluded to. This excited either his indignation or amuse ment, for in his SotcMn be described his visit to Cleveland, and how, while walking throngh Superior street, be noticed the sign of that pa per, and made some sarcastic remarks about tbe absurd possibility of "Hail Columbia" ever be ing played in the streets of London, Little did tbe great novelist imagine that the prediction wonld eventually be fulfilled. In the account cabled acroHNj of the recent inauguration of the new Lord Mayor of London, it is stated that tbe stars and stripes were carried in tbe procession; the band of the Fourth Battalion of the London militia plajed the "Star Spangled Banner;" the band from the training-ship Warspite played "Yankee Doodle ;" Dan Dodirey'a famons band, attached to the Grenadier Guard, alo played the "Star Spangled Banner; and all the bands, as tbey marched by tbe American Exchange, at Charing Cross, played "Hail Columbia !" J. W. Gray's prediction, given in a patriotic ebulli tion, was thus canvd ont, in spite of Dickens contempt nous belief that such a thing would never occur. Of course, neither dreamed that that air wonld be played by tbe bands of a Lord Mayor's procession as evidence of the friendly feeling now existing to such a great extent be tween the two most powerful nations in tbe world, both of the same race, religion, and lan guage. Time works out strange results. Crre tand Leader. Gcnxac finds self-control impossible In the presence of tbe jury. But be was the very em bodiment of coolness, calculation, ami silence, when he was carrying around the pistol to kill tbe President. lie even took tho deep precau tion to wrap the pistol np to protect it from the moistening of the body. Few assassins have been sane enough to keep their powder as dry as that. A Socth Caxolcta paper mourns for the fate of Virginia, bnt the old State has a singularly chipper appearance sitting among her black rains and other stage properties. THE KING'S CADAVER. wrrT, a. c 31h) amiuci, a. n. iMi. -Bameaia. Kin; of Ecypt, tbe moat htfh And mlzbty pott-nUt of earth, mtut die." S aaid the aout heavers, who worked in vain Their hw-antati-ms. U relieve hU pain , N said tbe wNe men. priet. maekUaa. One And all to aave fct- hie their beat had dose. rnmorej he heard hia doom. For year a rere Had lie held awav earth 'a ereatet empire o'er, Fmm wbare the. UM jau, hr firt ksp take. Oat of tho UkMioi vf the might lake. Amidst the ktoonUui of tbe tnn, to where, Crown alnrzUh, heated by tbe cortblng air. It seatly nierjTe. with tbe waiting ea. Hi word w Uw The Kinr aorm-me waahe, Bijeht rnvally bed reigned, aud all hi pnue Came to hi reorne. Like a Kiaj he dird. ButtboncbDofrarofdeath Us heart availed. There was one a Ml tba-fat at which be quailed j Tbe thousbt that oonna hi- Ulv should devour, Waa ttftur to him hi Ids dlin- bmr. He railed tia alchendt. and made them awear They wonld tbe means disrovev to prepare Htm for Ibe ton..-, . that be ahon.! defv Worm and decay, his shape atiU ejwt the eye. They kept the oath. Wlthrn tbe tomb was Uid Bute, tbe Qrt funmmr ever made. Hark to the ham and buUe of tbe crowd. The bray of Lraxen Inntruhwat. the hmd Vta Iferatvm of tbe peanut man. In abort, yon see, n lUrnum a caravan The abow of animal of every aort . Of rcatlemen and bdie who cavort la little ck4fain with tbe greatest cae. Of manr costly cnrloaitie. And la tbe Uttrr rUu voq mr beheld Tbe bul v of Kin i:m-is of old. HI wUb I emoted- Deed five thousand years, rnehanced each fratareof hi fare appear; Antttotbat very fact 1idue, that while H's fathers Bleep 'iteath Cheops' towrnng pOe Aahepofdut,hebnmsht to this far land. Ami mad a abow. Ahmjc with a bra band. He a abown all day, and ndr at night oa trains. In at le fatiguing e'en for a remain. J'erbap If rUmeais could tweak todar. He would own nptobiamuitate. awl war. A man once d leau a no Hood, the he lterat , the better for hbuM-tf twill be. NOBLESSE OBLIGE. The Forti'-seventh Congress will soon assem ble, under peculiar circumstances. Xearly all its members were elected ou the supposition that they would be arrayed as friends or foes of the Administration of James A. (I a tried. Tber will 1111 come logeiuer as tn representatives ot a Na tion that has lieeu unified by the sufferings and death of Garfield. As regards the duties owed by the Legislative branch of th Fetleral Gov ernment to thn memory aud family of its mur dered Executive, there can be nonparty or sec tional lines in Congress. The natural instincts of every patriotic and right-miudtd ihciuImt of Congress wonld lead him to consider it his first duty to net with re gard to the great tragedy and its results, which tilled the world with mourning aud gave us a new President, whooo first olhiial declarations set for Congress a touching example of the tcu der recognition of the greatness and goodness of 11 is predecessor, iieiore cougress gits into the heat of the Inevitable contests that are before it, it should act as one man in regard to tho duties imposed by the martyrdom that made all our people one. These duties are sacred, solemn and of nnitersal obligation. Their discharge baa precedence by right. First Congress should make its ofllcial reeoir- nitiun of tha character, career aud services of danield, as all tbe other representative hodlea of Christendom, and many outside of that limit, hate dour. It should, also, appoint a Joint Committer, cotnpriniu the ablest and best men of both parties, to consider aud report on tbe legislation needed to prevent and puuUh tbe crime of killing Presidents, and to lessen the un certainties that bate prevailed as to the snccesA loii to tho Presidency by the Vico President. Second Congress hmild vote promptly to the widow and children of Garfield, tbe nudfawn re maiuder of his salary for the first year of his term, a pension of $0,000 a year, and the frank ing prit dege for life. Thr liberality of the people towards Mrs. Gar field and her children, will not be pleaded by anj-1 literal minded andnelf-respecting Congress man as a lcasou why Cotigre should fail to perform Its obvious duties. On tho coutrary, the free offer in it of the people, of all classes aud sections, should warn illiberal Congressmen of iiia ejBicuccr 01 u universal puuuc sentiment that demamls ot Congress such prompt and gen erous action, as will ! worthy of our people, and up to their requirement. As the fund for Mrs. Garfield was unprecedented in its raisiug mid amount, mi thr action of Congress should not lnt limited by precedents, nor should it be cold, tanly or calculating. Gartleld was killed in tho official service of the peoplr, killed liecaus he was President, and liecausa h was just such a Premdcut as he was. He dial not M-ek the Presidency; it sought him. It took him from the congenial duties ofa train ed legislator, and exposed him to thr slanders and attacks of hit foea and the bullet of Guitran. Tho people drafted Inui Into their service as President, and put him in the way that led to death and an immortal fame. Only throngh Congress cau the people oflirially recognize and jnstiy reward the services of the slain (servant, and assume thr duty of providing for the na tion's wards. Individual generosities, however great in the aggregnte, have nothing to do with thedntyof the people's representatives in Con gress. The Xation's duty to itself can not be discharged by private individuals, nor in tbe least diminished by private liberalitv For the payment of tho eight months salary that would have been eaniedby Garfield, had he lived until the 4th of next March, there is the precedent of thr action of Congress in the case f Mrs. Lincoln. As to this there will, trubably, be no discussion. In fact, it would rcoine the Xation, with it overflowing Treas ury, to pay to Mrs. Garfield the salary of her husband for his whole term, lessthefourinonth's pay received. It was not his fault that ho did! not servo out Ins term. Thr pension of $3,W0 for Mrs. Garfield wonld be inotfest as compared with the Iilerality of the Government to the widows of army aud navy officers. That only t3,C00 pension was voted to Sirs. Lincoln. I a black Stmt on the Irtrialation of Congress, and a national disgrace that ought lobe wiped ont, and would be if Congressmen knew the circumstances and privations of the widow of Abraham Lincoln. As tn the frank i n r ttrlvilerm fur Mnc HardeM. that has been enjoyed by the widows of other .'residents, who had far less need r it, fur her correapondence, greatly to her annoyance, is Im mense, and is iikciv to continue such. A. J Mali. AN OLD OtJESTION SETTLED. The Vale for Cat-Held la ihe Caicaxa Ceafca- Two or three correspondents of tbe Cincinnati Gazette recently dicned the qnestiou as to the tote ot Oeneral t.ariieid in tbe Chicago Conven tion. One corresj-ondent claimed that one Crier, a delegate from Pennsylvania, began with Gar field on the first ballot and stuck to bim until he was nominated. Another correspondent disput ed this assertion, and attempted by quotations irotu mo newspaper reports 10 give the correct record. Both correspondents were mistaken. The official record is the only reliable authority. and to that, we can safely apTwal. On tho first ballot, Mr. Garfield did not secure a single vote. Tbe vote on that ballot stood: Grant nialno shenaaa.. ... .. Edmnnde ....... Waahbume..... Wtndum ... 304 9 ...... S3 31 , 10 This was tbe solid strength of each of the cau didates. A chauge fur tetter or worse amount ed to nothing, no far as the candidates named were concerned. The talk of 300 (tho so-called Old Guanl) fur Grant, was all nonsense. Grant's strength was justSUt. On the second ballot, Grant received 305, and Garfield 1 vote, tbe vote for Garfield coming from Pennsylvania. On the third ballot, Garfield again received 1 vote, that from Pennsylvania. On the fourth and fifth Garfield received one vote. Ou the sixth he received two vote, one from Alabama and one from Pennsylvania, the Alabama vote hav ing been taken from Grant, On the seventh ballot, he received tbe same two votes. On tbe eighth ballot, Garfield lost the Alabama vote, and held only the Pennsylvania vote. On the ninth, be held the Pennsylvania vote, and got 0.0 from Maryland ; and so on the tenth and eleventh. On tbe twelfth, be got only the Pennsylvania vote, and also on the thirteenth ballot. On the fourteenth ballot, Grier, the Pennsylvania man, abandoned him, and be re ceived no vote, nor on the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth. Qu the nine teenth, Grier went back to Garfield, and stock to him on the twentieth, twenty-first, twenty second, and on the twenty-third, Garfield receiv ed two votes from Pennsylvania, which he held on the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty sixth, twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, twenty ninth and thirtieth. On the thirty-first ballot, one of tbe two Pennsylvania delegates abandon ed him, and be received bnt one vote. On the next two ballots, Garfield received bnt one vote, that from Pennsylvania. On the thirty-fourth ballot, the jump was made by Wisconsin, and Gen. Garfield received seventeen votes, and then he took the lead. The actual number that stuck to Grant, was 303, and not 3UG, the vote for Grant on the sev en teeth ballot beingSOO, one less than he receiv ed on the first ballot. The mea who stuck to their candidate throngh thick and thin, and en dared insults for doing their duty, were the sa cred nine, of the Ohio delegation, who never wavered for a moment, tn their devotion to James G. Blaine. Sandstlj EegMer. Mxsox, the soldier who attempted to shoot Gniteau, Udeacribcd as "a tall young man, with rety regular features, and a clear, clean skin, that makes him look younger than beta, while it bears out the testimony of his ofBcers, that his life has been exceedingly orderly, free even from what are called petty vices, Hia pres ence is dignified and quiet, yet frank His dark: blaeeyea glance at yon clear aad direct," - GEN. JACKS02TS NOSE. Haw It was Palled hy a. Tfmrj Llenteacat. ..." !? f,lct not creditable to the civilization of t irginia, that one of her aons, who Wlonged to a first family, set the example of making a vio lent assault upon the President of the United State. This national disgrace occurred on board a Potomac steamer at Alexandria, May 6, 1833. Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph, of the Xavy, on hoard of tho frigato Constitution, was ap pointed by Captain Patterson, in the year l&y, to assume the duties of Acting Pursnr. In place of John B. Tiiuherlake, tho lurser, who in a fit of drunken delirium, hail committed suicide. Timberlake was the first husband of the future Mr. Gen. John U. Eaton, nee Peggy 0XcaIe. who enjoys the dubious honor of having caused the dissolution of General Jackson's first Cabi net. Randolph took charge of the office or du duties of Parser- and, in his statement of the case, he oraplains that the survey and invento ry required by the regulations or the law were not made, and that ho was held accountable for an amount of stores which were not ou hand. After some years he was found to be a defaulter, on what he insisted was an assnmed state of facts when he took charge of the Pursershlp. A court of inquiry was appointed to investigate his accounts. Their reperts ei ho n crated him from au intentional misuse of the pnblie proper ty, but not from the default. They repor ted him to 1ms careless or neelectful. thnnirii nnt dishonorable. Otherwise he was an efficient offi cer, who hail rendered the country valuable service. On this report General Jackson dis missed him from the service, iu spito of the stre nuous efforts of influential firiends in his behalf. It was to avenge himself for this injustice, as he regarded it, that he made the violent assanlt npou tho iTesident The friends of General Jackson were never willing to admit tho fact, but his opponents Insisted that Bandolph pulled the old hero's nose. That seems to have been the purpose of tbe ruffian, at any rate; and the blood upon the General's face would seem to prove that tbe attempt was successful. The opportunity for this outrage was furnished by a trip of thr President, a portion of his Cabi net, bis private secretary, and other friends, down the Putomac to Fredericksburg, in Virgin ia, to witness the ceremony of laying tho corner stone of the monument to tho memory of the mother of Washington. Tho boat stopped at Alexandria fur a few moments, and while there a number of persons came on board, and among tbem Mr. Randolph, tho late lieutenant in tho navy, who bad recently bee a dismissed from tho service. He entered the cabin where the Presi dent was seated, aud engaged in reading a news paper. Ho advanced towards the President as if to address him, and seemed to bo in the act of drawing his glove. "The President," says tho account in the Glohe, "not knowing him, and supposing it was some person ahont to salnte him at some diffienlty Iu getting off his glove, stretched out his hand, saying, 'never mind your glove, sir.' Randolph having then disengaged himself from his gloves, thrust one hand vio lently into the President's fact, and before bo could make use of the other, received a blow irom a gentleman standing near by him with au umbrella. Almost at the same time two other gentlemen in the cabin sprang upon htm, and he was dragged back and thrown down. t "The moment he was assaulted the President siczed his cane, which was ltiug near hiiu ou the table, and was forcing his way through the gentlemen who had crowded round Randolph, insisting that no man should stand 1-etween him and the villain who had insulted him; that he wonld chastise bim himself. Randolph by this time bail leen borne toward tbe door of tbe cabin, and pushed throngh it to tho deck. Ho made his way throngh the crowd on deck and the wharf, being assisted, as is belie ved, by somo ruffian confederates, andmadohia escape. lie stopped for a fow moments at a tavern In Alex andria, and passed on beyond the district line. The groud Jury, then In session, in a few min ntes found a presentment against him, and tho court issued a bench warrant, but before tbe of ficers could arrest him he was goue," Au rye witness, writing to tbo Kichnioud Em- ?ninrt givrs some additional particular, as fol ows: '"When the Iresident said, Never mind your glove, sir,' Randolph said in a low touo that he came to 'take his revenge by pulling his nose,' uniting the action to the word. The Pres ident exclaimed In astonishment, 'What, slrT Randolph on the Instant was struck by Mr. Pot ter with an umbrella, a very severe blow, which knocked him against a berth. Capt. Brown siezetl him and dragged him witli violence front thr President, and Major Donaldson rushed to ward the table In his auxiety to protect the Pres ident. It was the work of au instant. Tho lVesident exclaimd, siezing hia stick, 'Let no man interfere between me and this personal as sanlt; I am an old man, but j-erfectly capable of defending myself against, and punishing a dozen cowardly assassins.' It is said that a person named Thomas approached tho President, and tendering his hand, observed that if he would prnmisr to pardon him ho would mnrder the das tard. The President put by his hand, saying: Xo, sir; I do not wish the majesty of the laws insulted fur me. I am capablo of defending my self against insult.'" There was a general expression of condemna tion of the outrage npou the lreident. Tbo Ad ministration organs expressed themselves In strong terms, bnt not stronger than tho case called for, Bnt It most be confessed that tho censures of the opposition press were uttered in measured phrase and not without appologctlo suggestions. Even the conservativeAdfioMaf a teltujenetr, while condemning tbe act, used no term of reproachwhich could wound a sensatlve nature or warrant a demand of redress from a punctilions observer of tho code of honor. It was styled "a violent assanlt," und tbe editors "considered tha occurrence as one deeply to bo lamented in every relation in which it is con sidered, and In every view which can be taken of it." This mild censure accompanies the bare announcement of the fact on the mornlnc after its occurrence. The next day the Intelligencer copies from the Globe the leading facts stated above, while three columns are devoted to a his tory of tho charges against Randolph and bis vindication. Thee papers are referred to edi torially as foil ws: "We bare thought that onr reader would expect us to lay before them the history of the dismissal of Lieut, Randolph from the navy. We have accordingly tlone so to-day. Withont tbe disposition to extenuate in any de gree (far less to justify) the personal violence which he has since offered to the President on the ground of his dismission, we must say that he has been hardly dealt with. To an officer of his standing and gallant services, if tho finding of the court of inquiry was not satisfactory to the Execntive, tbe privilege of a trial by his peers (a legal court martial) ought to have been allowed." TheorganofthennllifiersandofMr. Calhoun fn Washington, the United Statt$ Telegraph, took no notice of the assanlt, not even to publish an account of it, nntil the ninth of May, three days after its occurrence. On that day it jpoke of the assault as "a violation of laws which no one can justify," and aa aggravated by the fact that it was committed on the President on account of the manner in which be had discharged his offi cial duty. The only palliation of which it is susceptible are the aggravating causes which produced it. In making np an opinion of the act, the peculiar circumatancea and the educa tion and opinions of Mr. Randolph should be taken into consideration." It was ''Intended to retaliate on tbe President, in the only way In hia power, tbe Indignant and cruel Injustice done bim by striking bis name from the navy list." The Telegraph states that the citizens of Freder icksburg were so indignant at the dismissal of Randolph that tbey debated the propriety of withdrawing the invitation extended to Gen. Jackson to attend the corner-stone ceremony. Tbe Telegraph says: "We learn that Mr. Randolph left Alexandria to attend a wedding party iu the neighborhood, and proposes to return and deliver himself up to the civil authorities in a few days. The story in the Globe about his escape Is 'leather and prunel la,'" This Is from the Telegraph, May 9. The Charleston Jcrrwry spoke of tbe affair as a "necessary result" of an abuse of discretionary powers" to "purposes of private and personal re venge." The Richmond TThig, edited by John Hampden Pleasants, one of the most briUiant parrnpolets of the day, reveled in fan over the anslr, and amused its readers by a chapter on ''Moses." At a public dinner given to Mr. Coke, a Vir ginia politician of tha Xnlhfiers' school, the fol lowing toast was given: "Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph, late of the United States Xavy May he yet receive Justice, though at present withheld by corruption." The Globe charged the Xullifiers with aiming to break up the Un ion by bringing the Government and the Presl ident into contempt. It says: "To attack tbe person of tbe Chief Magistrate, we were before apprised, was a cherished feeling with many of tbem, and we do not doubt but that he would be assassinated If tbey could find a wretch reckless of life willing to perpetrate tbe act," Randolph waa never brought to tbe bar cf Jus tice for this outrage, and his immunity may hare emboldened Lawrence two years later ta to at tempt the life of tbo President. .V. T. Snn. Faulty Exglwii. The revised Xew Testa ment is not used by the churches of Xew Haven, Connecticut. The Protestant clergymen of that town met in solemn council soon after the work was Issued, and decided that instances of bad English were too numerous to ad nit of the edi tion being used. One of tbe gentlemen tbe Rer. John E. Todd states that be has counted one hundred and fifty instances of faulty En glish In one of the Epistles to the Corinthians. Ir Mr. Blaine were to go and have his picture taken(cabinet size) and put np at some p-tint where General Grant could convenlentlyfilnd It, would the hero of Appomattox consume more than fire hours a day to eaziutf nnon those well- remembered Ilneamentsf GcTTtineooUv stands before tha Court-and Bleeds for exemption from punishment oulb ground of his own iBuaktr? En falc CotnmtnUd trtt ' ; it CP- -S .rf j-SS--" -" -" " ' x" - '- ..-lj: w . ,. . is&..-ifn;y. .'. -.r ',5 ',?' -- .- 'SS.'iSj?.r--S--:' -"i fr i..aj l 1 iQi ,m illlie. "II. 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