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T5w5$6'? - .f fc i . '-j"' i iinijaE:ji ami i - ' P yrf? ir --s-rj MBasaC'Qi&: v. a. i V I, - .vt . SOL. MILLER, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. J DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF DONIPHAN COUNTY. Our Motto: "Talk for Home, Fight for Home, Patronize Home." SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. rr -- -"",M VOLUME XXVI -NUMBER 23. 1 TROT, KANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1G, 1882. TyHOLENUMBER, 1,323. -i--s7 J? IweJfJf A. rCv eiv --m - t yiHlflFI s , w ii H H 1 K --- . - -( Choice gocto; THIKTT EARS AGO. Mr bonk U oat cf i(, Duw , Yoalt find it ti-t ftlow : For tie povple fa It tired, air, TWrtj jeartarj. Thirty fcaijc. VmK jeans, now Tbr ftrrc all r itraose ; Tor fare, chutpe liko ..carta, jtm know, iI lim wvtki maaj change. Tht one f WH. tht wftit J I Voa'd neTer think It, now; Hot then. Jos know, "twu ULea, tr. Thirty jeanafot I hadn't any wrlnkV. then ; Mr hair wu brown, not py x Mr cUla were, .tuft, tbe 're parchmeDt now, And I'm jrtnwinc hald, Ibey aay. AndthUl Ah, dear, bow prettjr, too. That little tinted face ! It'a faded like the rtmt, tboojh, And aadly atil of plate. Pear ! what a girl that waa. air 1 Such erea, and anch a nw; MarriM, snd went to India, thm ; Kbc'a dad now, X aoppoM. Tlia fiHow, anch a noodle, too, A hcwltm kind of apuuney ; Ba acucrmted on a chance. And made a mint of noaey. And this one. on the other pace. Oh, anch a bandnne fellow ! He took a fcar at the Cape, And lhd, they aay, quite yellow . Mrl whatanandaonienuuihewaa! ftoch evea, with aach loor. la-he. j Bach clorioua, clour wbiaker-L too; Both hair, and aach moustache ! The woman In the Ttlret cown An author, yoa know ; he wrotA "The JJIouJy .Ss-rret ! od "The Mttrderer'e Laat lUow " Theae two, a happy coopl then, A bridegroom and a bride; Itwaatbefaabion, then, jera are. To be taken aide by aide. Tby had a Utile quarrel, air. Thirty yeara acu She a a little fs..t, they aar. And be a little alow. Some aar be waa the cause of it. That Irltow all in rar rallinrayj cleared un. to It nerrr waa cleared up. yon know. Bat heard abe ran away. That one, air, with the curtly Lair, She waa a rhamiinj; creature; Soch splendid eyee yoa neTrr taw; No fault In any feature. And thlaone, on the otber nide Dear! Low the color fade! She. too. waa then a Iteautr, ir. She lirinit an olil maid. And that on with the laoxhin; rjv. And treMit bhuk aa jet How well I can remember Iter She waa a aad coquette. How baa the cold world dealt with her. IIuw baa her life been aetf And have thoe laacbins eye, uf hen With maoy team hern wet t Who know 1 I Deter aaw her alnre. And Iifeialwaa no; Hut the photograph waa like ber then. Thirty yeara a-w! Ami thin one. with the annoy hair. And eyea divinely blue t It fa the'deareet in the book. The weett ami mmt true. It iut a face to draw, yoa eef Or to carve in marbh cold ; Itut a liriDg face to bluah beneath A halo or warm pibL It isn't a face ta rare about, Te cut one'e throat, and yet It'a the kind of face that. barin ne n, It'a hard, air, to furet. Shea ranifthed, like the other a, now. The way that all t bine o : Hat I would bate girru my life for here, Thirty j earaaffo It'a only a ahadow picture, too. Of an innon-nt young face. With nothing to ciwoniend it. Bat the grntle, glrliah grace. Bnt, oh 1 the paauonate bmglng. Aa I eee her amlling , St ill awella within me, aa of old. Thirty year ago ! Mr bonk la ont of date, now j Yoo.11 find it old aad Urange i For faabiona fade like face, ir j And time wnrka many a change ! Select 'toiu THE CHABMING LITTLE WIDOW. Voa mut came with nie t-iiislit, Shirley, and I willslioir you oncf the mtwt lievltdiini; little wiiiowa yau ever ItrhrM. I am aurr, o-man-batrr that you are, yon will own yourlf eonqaereJ at once. Sjj, will ynu come ami ie .my beauty t 0r 1 mailK yn, rrjuiffi mii mrim, i haTe Bomethins to employ uir, eaiMially to-, night; but if I hail not, Kllery, I alinnld 1 off, fori Lave all of old Wcllcra fears of 'ridfJis.' I look on them au a most dciuius race with their woe-begone oirea and ever-ready tearw for the dear departed. If I ahould lose my wjnsea so far a to marry one, I ltopefdte would at least have the honor of having her first husband hung; as I believe that would prevent liis vir tue beiu brought up in comparison with my "Ha, liaT landed Kllery, "AM this tirade apainRt widows drawn forth by my luckless in , vi tat ion! But yon are entirely too erdaut, my friend, on the subject. I will bet you something bandaome that you will fall In love with a wid ow, yet. But cood evening; I must ro and make tnyaelf killing; for besides tli widow, there will l Iota of pretty girls at Mr. Enip ton'a to-night, and I ml way, for the honor of the 'bnttous look haoilafnue." This conversation wan held at Shirley room, where ho was Kitting, lazily improvising on the guitar, when" Kllery gave the invitation. Though not a waman-hater, as his friend had stated, yet from his retiring habits 1m did not aeelc the society of ladies. When released from official dnty, he preferred enjoying himself with books, music, and male friend, and thus fudnc vditome of bis brother officers to be-dow upon him the cognomen of woman-hater. "Where is the friend jou promised to bring with vimf inqnired Mrs. Martin of Kllery. "I must confess that 1 have quite a curiosity to be hold Lientcnant Shirley, after all you haiebecn telling me of him." I regret exceedingly not ling able Jo re deem my promise, be replied ; "bat a prior en gagement prevented me fnmi tloiug so. How I do wibyou would enter into a little plot of mine againat him far a week or so. Say .'yes like the child's bargain, liefore- I tell you. "No, excuse, me, Mr. Kllery I shall do no such thing. Tell me, what is your plot ! "Tell me, too, Mr. Kllery, said a young lady itf about twenty, who approached, and whose merry eye. betokened a kindred sinrit to bis own "tell me, too, and I will answer for it that aiater Juliette enters heart mud wml into your plans, whatever they may Iw." "I shall be a thousand fold indebted to you, UiMtJeauntc," aafdIUIrry. "Well, tmw for my plot, or rather the outline of it, if you will ac rept tny arm tolcjd yun 1 that cosy eat ; for 1 miuatronfeiis I mumiM like Home woman wit to perfect my idea. "Kouei'f yonr plots and conspiracies forme; nihatc uoueof Iheui." said Mrs. Martin, the i2nw, as she left them, t oley her auufa pre vious request lor mui, ana wnrre we iuusi lrave her. seated at the tine toned niauo, dis- sHiarmlnj: most excellent music, and holding her . ....i...n.i.-!ri... ; Je..-i."? auuienre ruitiraiiru ii oy nuir. .-ii'i -lery and Jeaunie, they had "no music in their semla," at least for the time, and were, there fare, the bettrr fitted for "treason, stratagems' and plots, in which we leave them engaged. 4 I am sure, reader, had you seen Juliette Mar tin, yon. like Kllery, would have called her a bewitching creature. Her delicate form, large and beantifnl eyes of light hazel, her brown ' hair, nearly approaching flaxen, needed not the sherry mouth, nor complexion like the sanuy side of o peach, to set her dowu-t once as m beauty. Then her manner, too, was so soft, so Insinuating, that yon could not choose but love her. She had married, at her father commaud c m man' whsm she highly esteemed, if she did not 1ot him with a yonuo girl's romantic furore, and whose sudden death had left her with an tnfmnt'da tighter and a competency, alone in the world at the age of twenty-one. Many ofTers of marriage had already been refused by her, al though the neisr asserted that she did not in tend to marry again. Jeancie Martin, ber husband's yonng sister, wns now on a visit to bar; she resided with her aunt, Mrs. Kmnton, and from ber gay, cheerful disposition, had rendered herself a tavurite with Very one oi iueiritciai nrcie. w The plot disclosed by -Kllery un not entirely i revealed by Jeannie to her sister-in-law at bed ' time ; although she obtained from Iter the some wltai reluctant promise of allowing her to er souate th widow for a few days, the farce lie ginning the next morning with an excursion planned to the country. "I do not ask you to fib, sister Juliette," said the merry girl, "only not to nnmask me. I c wish to tea- that jonng fellow, srmehow or other, for a pretty little speech uf his that has come to my ears. ... "Hut 'I wiH not lend my aid in the least, if any one will le injured by your frolic, said Mrs. Martin. "I leg you not to frighten yourself in the slightest," rrtumed Jeannie. "Xo one, I -sun Ivou, can be harmed. "Well, only fra few days, Jjannie. I think, however, you ahould let me into the secret, when yon take my name." Xo no. bidc-a-wee. said Jeannie. 4Twill promise you a merry laugh, one of these days, j jor lie iin. Thus ended their conversation. The next morning, Kllery came before breakfast to beg leave to bring a friend to take the fourth seat in their carriage; which was the more readily granted, as Mrs. Km p ton had already started with little Annie Martin and the essentials to where the picnic was to take place. Dear old Mrs. JZmpton site was certainly the nicest old lady ou earth fora picnic; always ready to at tend to that most necessary part, the "eating; bet, withal, so deaf that never a word of any thing did she hear; nnless shouted through her car-trnrnjiet. About ten of the ladies were awaiting their beaux. Kllery soon arrived, and, oh, "rairabile dicta r accompanied by Shirley, whom,, by some powerful eloquence, be had pressed into the service. In the hnrry of setting out, 'and misled also by KM cry's description, ft is Trot to be wondered at if he mistook Jsinnie for the widow; whilst the girlish looking blondei an swered his own idea of Miss Martin. He, there fore, true to his prejudice. left to Kllery the tak of entertaining her the widow with the merry black eye whilst he was himself enjoy ing the bewitching smiles and swset-toned war bling of his fair vis-a-vis, Juliette. "I am sorry that we can only ofler you such poor fare for" your first dinner party with us, Mr. Shirley, said Jeannie, in ber assumed char acter, "but a hearty welcome and our company is the extant yon" must expect." -, 7 This, of course, brought forth a polite dis claimer from the gentleman, 'with more truth than the generality of aach speeches, for in the mile over which they had already passed, he began to think the widow's sister, at least, was particularly Interesting. At this crisis, the sudden stoppage of .the carriage, and the hurri ed exclamation from the drivsrof "open the door, Mr. Kllery, quick, please; and let the la dies ojitP showed that something was """. The widow" screamed as she clung to Kllery's arm; and even at that time of danger Shirley could not but admire the calmness of the beau tiful Juliette, for ho he had heard her caUeJ, as she eudsavored to soothe her sister. It w as found that one of the horses hail got his foot over the trace, and was already rearing and pluugiug, so as to make the samage very unsafe. After some trouble, they succeeded ia extricating him ; but aa both the horses contin ued very unruly,' the ladies proposed walking to their destination. So forth they set, en route: the widow pro (cm. on the arm of Kllery, and Juliette following with Shirley, langhiug and chatting. Insensibly ShirleMConvorsatiou with his fair companion took a (ieejter tone, for their path led through a thick forest, where the tall, stately trees, like the pillars in wme old hallowed min ster, shed theirpccttliarfragranceun every pass ing breeze that nuept through their fdiade. Kl lery aud his lady were far ahead. Shirley felt surprised at himself, at this very first interview, at feeling such a sentiment springing from his heart for the fair creature leaning so confiding ly on his ami in the depth of the tore-tj ''How glad t am Nuliloquizcd be,Vtbat the widow did not fasten herself ou me, instead of her enchanting sister; for, joking aside, they are always soexactiug, and by no means de pcudeut. There is certainly an exquisite charm in the timid reserve of this fair Juliette. Me thinks I shall liegin to play Homeo in very truth; for I wisheteu now that I might bea gloe upon that hand, so that I could kiss her cheek. And Juliette, to judge from the bright smiles, dimpling her nft e becks, and the interested look which she turned upon his face ever and anon, was niually well ideated with her escort. What a delightful listener he funml her! Ho felt to pleased with her with himself with the whole world, when they arrived at their destination, that Shirley was ready to declare it a perfect Paradise, and felt himself tempted to utter some Mirh nonseusical speech to her, so jenttrly levutchd was he by the charm of her maimer. lu f.icj, woman-hater as hisfriends styled him, there w.is not a more susceptible Wing on earth thru this same retiring joung man ; so he play ed the game into their own hands, a MarztWt. They found Mrs. Kuipton "on hospitable thoughts intent, busy in setting ont to the het advantage their dinner; whilst near them lay the little cherub Annie, fast asleep. Shirley the more readily anweresl the question "Did yon ever set snch a little beauty V from its sup itohed mother, as he imagiued hn detected a striking reMemblauco to Juliette, who was kneel ing to kiss the soft lips of the sleeping babe, and, Jjs ,'pok and toue would have satisfied the fond heart nf any mother, as he repliedV'she is" au angel ! and also'stooped to kiss her lips. Kllery and Jeauuie seemed determined to en joy each other's society for that day, at least, ami thus Juliette and Jshiriey were thrown npjjn their own rcwources. They, however, appeared well contented; fur he told her of all bts adven tures "by flood and field, while she was almost ready to exclaim with the gentle Desderaona, "that she loved hhn for the dangers he had1 passed. . i What a delightful tlay it was to al, aiiaes-, per tally to Shirley! The dinner, though plain, appeared to him delicions; and what laughs the absence of many conveniences caused! How beautiful did Juliette seem In 'his eves, as she ! held the little Annie in her lap, feeding her from Iter plate, though begged by tier sister not to tease herself with the child, tint to give her to the nure, Shirley could uot refrain from sharing with the dear child some of the dainty little pate to which las neighbor nad nelpeu mm. "There, there! That will do, Mr. Shirley; I 1 beg you will not give her auy more. Carry her away, Lury, orthenogood people wijl kill her with kindness. Thus was she borne off, notwithstanding her entreaties to stay with "mamma. Shirley had another fault to set down against the widow her thoughtless unconcern towards her beauti ful child, as she sat smiling, chatting, llirting so earelesslyvwith Kllery, whilst Juliette went away occasionally, lunccu mo tiiuoun; nas properly attended to. About sunset they set ont on their return, and the drive was as delightful as the morning ram ble, as they watched the early stars peeping forth, and he listened to tones that to bin) seem ed sweet as the rippling musie'of the Summer rills. He ha'd, in truth, begun to see everything coalewr'dt nwe lud how trne 'the words of the 1 toe t, when pea king of the firit step in Love's labyrinth: i "Utile wr rvrk f oar coming year We fancy them joat aa we cboo ; For whatever life a afterlight may be. It color Ita find from the rose. Then, the evening was as happy fur him as the whole day hadlieen; for the ladies insisted that their escort should enter and spend it with them. When the tea was handed round, Shir ley had the extreme felicity of putting cream into Juliette's cup, aud better still, of sitting near her for several honrs. Then, too, when te was over, sho was bis antagonist' at chess, mud he looked with much delight ou her taper fin gers, looking still whiter by contrast with the nil pieces moved so daintily and skillfully over the board. Her delightful oice was still ling ering ou his ear as he closed bis eyes in sleep, for no othertrain of thonght had "broken the en chantment. , His friend aud himself did uot talk much, as they wended their way home tbat, night ; but Shirlev was not quite so morose as to decline his friend's invitation, given at parting, "What sny jou to calling on the ladies to-morrow. Is see if they have recovered from their fatigue! The next day they did Indeed call, and paid them an unconscionable visit if oue can trust Miss Henderson's account, who lived oppiMte, aud who actually lost the whole morning ieei ing through the blinds to sea when they would leae. And the next Iay, ami ngam the next,. Shirley had an ever-ready excnse for calliug. Ta-day it waa, I must take those drawings I promised ; at other times, "I hae a piece, of mu-nc winch I mtist take," or a new boak; till at last, rrowu Udder, he made no excuse at all. but visited; there qnite ru famitl or, to nse the prying neighbor's expression as she watched with envious ejes the earnings and goings of the handsome Lieutenant "he had hnttg up his hat there for a dead ee rtainty.TJ One morning he sat with his friend Kllery jt was two weeks since the opening of the story in the same room; and bis face was not listless as then, but wore a pro-ocenpied aud rather tronlded look, as, turning with a sigh to his friend, who was w atclung the wreaths of smoke curling over his head from his cigar, he said: "Kllery, what do you think will le ray chance for success with Miss Martin F "Miss Martin!" replied Kllery, with a pro voking smile, as he knocked the ashes from his cigar deliberately against Ids boat? "why, to be plain with you, my dear fellow, I think you have bnt a slight chance Take my advice far better try the widow. ,"Ob, hang the widow I-exclaimed Shirley. "But, joking aside, why do you think ao(f ' She appears to like m; ami, without vanityItnay le considered handsome and agreeable enouzb for any girl with au unoccupied heart to love, rorciAiij mini a . "AH, yesl imt lucre the rub, Mm ley. iue unoccupied heart! There is no apartment to let in that heart, I flatter myself ; at least, if I can trust to woman's vows, as Tarn inclined to d in this case. "What do jou mean, Kllery T That you love her. and that she rtshaw H 'Voutmay pshaw as mnrh as von lite, Irrrsihtlldr. bnt 'tis trap, notwithatandin ir., am invM-lf engaged to that Tery same Misa Mar tin." For once in jonr lifs, be seriona, Ellery, if yon can." Serious! Well, if yoa willnot take my word, HI swear to it. Shirley. And if yoa still doubt uie, go and ask for yourself ; I giro yoa baT.c But Ton had lietter take . friend, advice, .nd inform the widow of yonr matrimonial propel sal, whilst in the spint. Shirley came very near saying that which-l were better left nnsaid, as he rose from his chair and pared up and down the room. EHery sat siuilinir to himself, as. tilted back in his chair, with his cap set jauntily on the' aide of his head, he finished his cigar, tempting the now lunrouguiy imuini ?uiriCT, ny nismucsv ing air, to knock him every time be approach ed. At last, having finished smoking, Kllrey rose, and as lie was drawing on his gloves, rnak ing reaily for a start, he said : "Come, my good fellow, dont be cast down. If yon caut get Miss Marti u, take Mrs. Martin. 'One of the name is as good as the same. as the old saying has it ; and I really believe she has a fancy for yon. He did not stop to hear his friend's answer, as he left the room with a laugh. Shirley con tinued his walk now rapidly, then stopping till be came to a dnad halt in front of the win dow. ''Impossible ! There is no truth in this world, if it exist not in Jnltette Martin. I have beard her express an opinion concerning Kllery, and even laugh at him, which no woman overdoes at the one she loves. I will go, by George, and ask her, indeed. Jf 'tis tree, I will never trnt womankind again. And walking to the glass, he brushed his dark locks as carefully as ever did one of the weaker sex, and then taking his gloves and hat, he started for Mrs. Einptou. His own heart was thumpiug as loud as the old-fashioned knocker to hie nervous rap, as he stood on the door-step. He was ushered into the comfortable parlor, where the sun's rays came slyly iu through the cloesd blinds, play ing hide and seek with the roses of the carpet, and where the red glowing light from thefiru. fell upon the bright face of Jnlistte, a she sat on a low ottoman, playing hith the curley-head-ed Annie, whoso silvery laugh was echoed by the mellow, cheerful one of the mother. There was no one else in the room. After the morn ing salutations, Shirley said: "Has not Kllery been herel" Yes, she replied ; "he and my sister are out visiting." Shirley moved his chair closer to the low ot toman. "Excnse tne, he said, "if I ask yoa ono ques tion, and do not, I beg, deem me impertinent; I entreat you to answer ins frankly, for I assure yoa my whole earthly happiness dejiendt on the answer. Are yon really engaged to Kllery P "Who, I, Mr. Shirley f Von muet be dream ing, said Juliette, and sho opened her large dark ayes still larger in her surprise, her face and neck coloringdeeply as she met his glance. "There is some 'mistake in this, muttered Shirley. "He told me this morning thst be was engaged to yon, and bid me ask yon, to convince myself, ( "Why, the man roust bo crazy, surely. Vet I wouder still more at yoa in believing bun. You, to rwhoin and again the face was bent over Annie's ringlets, to hido the tears welling up in thorn eyeswhiUt the child sat demurely listen ing, aa if bound to recollect each and every word. "I did not I do not believe him, said Shir ley, "thougliha told me that ho was engaged to Miss Martin." A merry laugh roso to her lips, as she quickly raided her face, still crimson with bright blush es. "Ah. yes, I see it all now" aaid sho. "He is really engaged to Miss Martin. But who on , eart h do you take ma for I I t neuiy, w bile the gwneral led his men under her "For Miss Martin, of course Miss Juliette, J guidance to the welcome fonl. was his amazed reply. j The sequel can Iks told in a few words. She "1 am Mrs. Martin, and the mother of this lit- remained mi the bankof Illark creek Ioug enough tin girl, she replied; and she stooped to kiss to tee the last soldier safely over, aud then wav Annie, for she was sadly afraid the langh would j ing her band shu bid them all good-bye, God again break forth, snch a bewildered face met jqwed and a splendid victory. Keturning home nerview. It would bo impossible to deliueate the differ ent emotions that chased one another through Shirley's minu, as he thn sat gazing npou the graceful creature, ns she sat in that riilt light. rride, shame, a wee bit anger, at thus being duped by Kllery. Hut high above all, the strong, the enduring struggle for mastery. Of course, the last conquered; and the. little cher ub, sitting on her mother's knee, listened to a declaration as the heart prompted. .What she replied, I leave to the reader's im agination ; but when Jeannie and Kllery enter ed from their visit, they tonnd them sitting tete-a-tete and smiling. All was explained; Jeannie and her affianced magnanimously tak ing the blame, win to Shirley, in his happiucs, readily pardoned the plotters who had lecu the means of giving him such a store of present fe licity. ATJTUMN. HTJCIUXCKT, The aatcr slowa the falling learea beneath. The golden rod gleams by the hedge-row brown, A though the dying Summer in the froat kings teeth Had bnrled her gauntlet down. So, when the ahadea of solemn silence atnk Upon na, and we reach life a latest breath. The sonl exultant bid, e'en on the prate a black brink, Dcfianre unto death 1 We periah not. The monntins spirit towers In coaeciona immortality anulime. And faina. beyond deaths feeble, Heeting winter hours. Eternal Rammer time. i m s-s AN EABLT KANSAS INCIDENT. From the Atchison Champion.) The following, though it reads like romance, was written by Kev. S. M. Irvin, the venerable missionary of Highland, Kau., aud may, there fore, be relied upon as veritable history. It was written for the Chicago Historical Compa ny's History of Kansas, now in preparation, aud the manuscript has been given by Mr. Wm. G. Cutler, historian of the company, to the State Historical Society: Earlv iu the summer of lrft, at the Iowa rand Sac Mission, there walked into one of the halls of the mission house, a tall, stout aud Itold looking mau, roughly dressed, and carrying on his back, wrapped in a blanket, a nice little girl, seven ar eight' years old. "My name, said be, "is Thomas Jefferson Sontherland. I am knowu as General. Sontherland, and connected s-nne-what iitb the;bnrniugf the Caroline, on the Canadaborder.inlfCr;. I wasaprisonernnderthe Hritish authorities for more than three mouths; they intended to bang me, and erected the gal Jowa in aightof my prison window. Hat upon toy trial by Court Martial I was allowed to de fend my own cause, 'aud they detected in uiu a milifary man, and for this or some other reason they let me go." This was, in fact, all w ever knew, true or false, of who the man was. In regard to the little girl he carried with him: "This, said be, 'Jis not my child. She Is adopted. Xor do I know who she' Is, only this," said be: "lam au acute, phrenologist, and, in cholera times I was travelling ou the Mississippi, iu a steam host, and happened to see a widow travelling with three little girls. My skill in pkrennlogy enabled me to seo that the mother had but little loe or affection fur her her children, and that this was a very intellectual child, aud would make a good teacher. I asked her if she would gi this little girl to me. She nt ouce said: Yes J'"" uiay uaTc ufr' ttM nrr ll,tp,l her, and her name is Viola Southerlaud." The oirct of his visit to the Mission was, he said, to make arrangements to le.-ivo the little Sirl. few daj-n t tlir Mission, till lie, villi two tllllfriurlJ, WIIOWCIC in cuiuiuu mum mm, .u Vkiio.vfcn in cunip ucar, fimjltl t-xplnri IhU nir tiu of the Indian Trmtiiry. Hr- rut mi tn arUo tliat tun Uovrniinrnt bail mi rixbt ti k?i tlifse good lands, writ uf tlie Iuduu ltr rrtatinn, rxclusivelr for tin Indian; that mili tary Tcttrictions tdin'tild b rruiovnl ; that thvy wrrr wttlili tlc 1'jciUe innt Willi llnjiillllty. anil that he was going l test it here, or out some diltani-e from I ho Miw.iri Uier, if the cynqtry pieatetl him, etc. IfB left lh girl. "and after au.Mil three eeks absence' returned greatly delighted with his trip, and confident that.west of the Iowa anil Kickapoo Reserves there w. utie of the mit beautiful and prmluetire. iutitries. Hi. leso tntinn iii funned to organize- a colour of vmug men, and go at core and po-vsess Mine part of this inviting field, lie -till wanted to leave his little girl at tueaiissien niuii ue count rem with his colony. This was agreed to, and th. General left for Missouri. ,lu about tare months, two covered wagons were driven up to the mission. We were soon informed that it was General SuntherUnd's out fit, destinidTor a new settlenieut west of the Indian Reserves, but that the General himself raa in one "of"tbe wagons, very sick. He was 'brought into the Mission house, and welt carru for, hat hie mind was gone, and he never ral lied. A few days of nnconscions existence, end ed his career. He was evideully a man of intel lect and will, and may have had considerable Scholarly attainment. In his trunk was found a large quantity of mauuscript, niado up of biography, history, and poetry. Much of it was areiniuglv prepared for tho press; bnt nothing was found to throw any light on his ancestry or personal nistory. iue joung ocu .uu m,j were led to conclude that bis home or his cor MMmt.nM was somewhere in eastern Ohio. They said he wrote for some paer called the .V.anarrif. in that recion. With himself ended r-aJUhia-Vlans for coloniting the West. The I a .,. .,.. 2 -1-1. l.ol- yonng lueu reinnieu 10 jiissutui. sue mur girl grew; up to womanhood, was rnairied. and -,.-rr .i knoivn. has . irood record. This is all tbat waa known at the Mission of General Soutberland. Xo dobbt be has friends some- vbere who would be interested in knowing ,m.tliim. of bis last daVS. - This little piece of Kansas history has never uetore oeen wnuen, auu it piwtwuni .U.K. reach the eyes of some one whs would be inter ested. It eras the privilege. r the writer to 1 in charge of the Iowa and Sac Mission where thia occurred, and he can vouch for the correct ness of it. .Tn brief tale of "Solomon Grundy, born on Monday," is long drawn out, compared to that which might be told of a Chinaman of Passaic, New Jersey. He waa taken sick in the morn ing; at noon be shot himself; at 8 o'clock he tellditcou.o. wa.' dead ; at 6 o'clock he was buried ; at night- American iron and steel goods are driving Brit falthls effects were bnrned; and before the next ish mannfactnres ont of the South African and rday he was forgotten. A WAB REMINISCENCE. Cat. SHreiahfa Cemmaad Ilorr It waa Cap-4 lured Xhrteih ifce JJCTtce aiji seeia erai Jlaideau In the mouth of May, 1SG3, the Army of the Cumlvrlaud, under command of Kosecraus, lsy at Chattanooga. Gen. Garfield, the chief of staff to the commanding geueral, being anxious to strike a blow at the railroad system of Georgia, penuaded Hosecrans to authorize the fitting ont of a raiding expedition agaiuat Kome, in that State. Garfield undertook with joyous anticipa tions, as we learn from his letters to Secretary Chase, the formation of this force, and it waa at his suggestion that Col. Streight was placed in command of the expedition, composed of nearly 2Tl0U picked soldiers. With what success this Federal force made its raid on Home, and just how much of the railroad system of the Empire State of the South Col. Streight contrived to de stroy, are matters of familiar history. The raiders reached Rome, it is trne, but they went as prisoners of the brat e Forrest, who, with a brave little band of 400 men. ill clad mud poor ly fed, sent the whole invading force to Itich inond over the very railroad they set ont to de stroy. Gen. Garfield was never known to speak of the painful result of his military skill with half the enthusiasm with which he put this for midable souadrun in the field. The capture of Streight by Forrest, ma' before staled, is iaumiar History; imi wuo nas ueen introduced to Miss Emma Sansom, the brave Gadseti girl of sixteen summers, by whose fore thought and prompt action the capture was made possible f The great war developed many deeds of daring on the part of women on both sides of the contest, but it seems to me the heroic conduct of Miss Sansom deserves to rank aa a conspicuous example of female courage and of womanly devotion to a caube she believes to be just. So far as known, there never has been auy recognition of the value of her services, except ou the part of Gen. Forrest in his official report. The State of Alabama did, indeed, vote her a section of land, but has never been able to con vey to her a valid title to the same. The part Miss Kmma took in the dramatic pur suit of Col. Streight by Forrest's force may he briefly stated. Hani by her bumble home, was a stream which Inire the suggestive name of Black creek. At t he date of our story, the stream was greatly swollen by heavy rains. Col. Streight, after passing over the bridge, took care to burn it. Forrest was at his heels, bnt fiuding no way of crossing Illack creek, gravely medita ted an abandonment of the pursuit. Hiding up to Miss Emma's house to siieud the night, be was quickly informed by her that in a secluded spot, a mile'distaut up the creek, a ford could be found, for his cavalry, which would enable him to cross aud continue his march. Startled by this nnex' fleeted intelligence, he requested her to accom pany him, aud to itoiut out the place. Z?o time was to be lost, aud, although Col. Streight's skirmishers were tiring arross the creek, which now apeared as a mighty river, Mts Emma at once commented to go. Having no horse of her own, she vanlted up liehmd rorrcst, and hravelv rxnooed her life to the bullets of the through the open fields alone, she sent no a si lent prayer for the capture of Col. Streight and his raiders. The answer to that prajer was not long delayed. Two days later, while in camp rooking, eating and carousing, little dreaming that Forrest was on the I tome side of Illack creek, Col. Streight's entire command were themselves raided and forced to surrender. No wonder that Stieight, on learning Forrest's ac tual strength, exclaimed, "I am sold. Kmma Sansom must have liceii an exceedingly (catitifulgirl. Oueot her former lovers describe her as "a lovely blonde, with clear, sparkling blue eyes, and long, tlowing golden hair." She was of medium height, of tine form, and in her movement quick aud graceful. She is now the happy mother of three children in the nourishing StaleVf Texas. Knotty. Eagle. XRS. LINCOLN'S BROTHER. Tr.aic Dratb .fC.I.MCl Ham T.4d( f Kri ark;, RIHhil.k. When the war broke out Mrs. Lincoln had two brothers, I)r. Todd and Sam Todd, residing in Never Orleans anils' doing business Were. J)r. Todd was early appointed a surgeon in the Con federate arui and we believe came to Virginia. Young Sam Todd was a gay and happy youth, not over thirty, of good social standing and pleasing address, handtome iu person and very iMipnlar, ami in e,ery respect a manly fellow, lie was, of course, known as the brother-in-law of tho President, or "Old Abe," as he wasgener nll) called; but being an ardent Southerner that did not affect his relations with his friends. In March. lG-, when Iteanrrgard was appointed to the West, and sent out to stay the progress of the I'ederal army under generals Grant and Sherman through Kentucky and Tennessee, be ! made a call uitou Louisiana, his native State, to come to bis aid. This was promptly responded to by several thousand yonug men of New Or leans, of all grades of society, who eagerly vol nnterrrd, and among the numlier was young Sam Todd. He enrolled himself iu the Crescent regiment. A month nfter volunttering the great battle of Shiloh was fought. On the day before the battle the writer and others gave "a dinner" to some half dozen of their personal friends of the Crescent Regiment, Washington Artillery, Seventh Texas, etc., and Sam Todd was ene of the favorite gnests. Jovial Sam Todd! Who that knew him can ever forget him J All sonl, all fan, and all fire, too! They separated for the march and the next day were all in tho midst of battle by sunrise. The first day went merrily enough for onr side. It was a delightful game nfliase ball, and thnngli the battle was fierce, desjierate and hotly contested, when night came we had scored a great ictory. That night was a fearful one, aud we slept on the field iu the most drenching rain storm that was ever exerieiiceil. accompanied by the very loudest thunder, which cnnld onlr lie distin guished from the roar of the coltimbiads fired at int rvals on the gun-lMiats by the fact that the first was harmlras, bnt the latter lieing loaded, their shrieking shell and rolling shot caused our fellows often to change the logs selected for tlieirpillows. Betimes on the morning of the Till we were all up and in line, but rested for a while to cook breakfast Wfore advauring. While engaged over a pot of lmiling j.sttnes, while somebody else was preparing eofiVc, surrounded by many of the stalT and the correspondents of Beaure-l-ard's armv proper, the Louisiana aud Texas men, a jonng fellow in the uniform of the Cres-. cents came np and expressed a wish for "one of tne mnrpnys wiien iney were none. luimug and recognizing our young friend Todd, we grasped his hand and congratulated hint npou bis good fortune in the tight; for although the Crescents were ill reserve they had yet partici pated largely in tho battle, ami it was the lead In. reL-inient in the captnre of l'reutiss and his men, its Colonel, Marshall J. Smith, of Norfolk, receiving bis sword; but the next moment a num lier of round shot came plunging over the field in which we were assembled, one of which over turned our potato it, aud tho order was to fall in at once, as the enemy were advancing in force. It was the new troops of Uuell and Nel son, and were at once hotly engaged. Sam Todd's regiment was thrown to the tront promptly, soon followed by ours, when almost tho first ob ject tbat met nsas we passed over the field waa the lifeless body of poor Sam, Mrs. Lincoln's brother, with a'bullet bole in his forehead. Dri ven back ami still back, onr dead were left on the disastrous field for Grant to hnry. Among those who shared these grim aud hasty funeral rites there was no Is-tter man or more devoted soldier of the Confederacy than the gallant oiing brother of the "Lady of the White House.' Hirjimoad (Va.) Matt. Why Blaine Left His Native State. A correspondent, w riting to the Boston Herald reminiscences of the Blaine and Gillespie fami lies, relates the following incident, iu relation to the life of James G.; The reason why Mr. Blaine left his native Elate, where his relations were of the best, and his opportunities excellent, is a question which is often asked, but never answered. This glance at bis boyhood and familr traditions shows tbat there was no apparent reason why he shonld go to a Sonthern Mate to beirin his career. There is. bowever, one who does know, but the queer changes of life have made that reason a sealed liook, 1-oth to the one who is acquainted with it, and to all the friends who have been intonat ed with the secret. I need hardly say that toere is nothing discreditable to either of the parties, for the conduct of both was beyond reproach. Both occupied the same houorable position in society. It was one of those youthful misunder standings that nfteu separate persons who think they are starting life to enter together on a smooth sea. bnt who strike a rock early in the voyage. The party doubtless most disappoint ed by the mtsappreliensioii whicb. aa event. proved, changed the current of Mr. Blaine's life, has never 1-een welded, and has devoted all these years to self-denying charities. For twen ty years she has followed the ways of her Chris tian life in Washington, heariug of and often a witness of Mr. Blaine's trinmnbs and disappoint ments often sitting under tne spell of Lis elo quence, without his being aware of the pres ence which to him In his youth was the chiefest charm of his life. Tiieee is a town called Wingville, in Oregon, wbicb. according to a correspondent of tlie Norton Connty People, derives its name from tbe fact that most of its inhabitants served in the left wiug of Gen. Price's Reliel army. The reaaowoer. an English paper, sava that ' Australian markets. "HEnsaANa.- BT XAX1K JULK5K BltUXGS. Z hare come hove. The eea has toaaed X half-wrecked ahlp upon the strand. IIow proudly strong she aailcd sway j The ennlirht shot acroaa the bar. And like a "bow of promiae spanned The waters. So my heart it eroaird How soon Ita flcamisg Ufiht U loat T I hare come home. O'er stormy waves The veaae dnfteth Into port ; The helm ia gone, the aaila are rent Ah, mel my Ufe ia nearly spent. For ocean billowa bnt a sport ; Aad thoae my beart'a wild tonkins crsvea Abu ! alaa ! theaa silent graTea 1 The little chore h the dear old spot! The Tyrol hills, the twilight sky t The mountains wrapped ta ahadowed ntUt, And aU the air by ailrnce kbwed Tbeaame ahl yea Indajegoueby. Bat those I lored. they hare forgot t I call them, bnt they answer not. The shadows fall acroaa the snow. Their aahea aift arros my heart. I hare come home. Mother, one klsg j O. father, speak I I'm dreaming this I cannot help the tears that start i The xrar old clooda po Bailing alow AboTe these little mounds of snow. And thoa. my lore, ray light of life, Tboa wOt not amile to hear mv tread. Send Death to me j J. too, would win The place that, thoa art shrouded In. Uy little blossom, art thou dead I UdjU I fight on, work on. In life. Without thy aid, my wife, my wife t A aOence faUa on all the air. Thoa silence claim, bnt what U said Of thoae whoae hopes are buried all : AVbo sleep, yet alrcp without the pall 9 What pVace la fur the hrimj rfeaa Why can I not tbv shrouding abare. When all my heart Is buried there f Twaa "coming home, I thought of late t Tie "going home" I bare none ber. My home ia yonder, far away, Eerond these clooda of peail and gray And Tyrol's bills are not an dear. I watt beside the broken gate (rod grant 1 bare not long to wait ? ON SOUTHERN FIELDS. Watlka Over the Rrtuod Where Jehason aad n at era a Fire! Jlet in C!eraia Iteaaew Af ter Klshleeai Yea re Michla War lb Mcelaa: .K Plcntifal Uemiadcraar the Nharp Hirnggl ConrsiNMiileore Phiuwleliiliia Time. ItESici, Ga., September 21. I found all Rasaca playiug checkers. When the Chattanooga express, dropping its only pas senger for this point as though I were a mail pouch, instead of u bag of lioues, had shrieked on and away across tho Uostanaula l.iver, 1 1 coutrss that tuo small uoya i-want-io-go-home" feeling crept over me. What I saw up on looking aronnd were four rows of small frame houses, forming a sort of feouare, a dozen vil lagers seated on a store iwrcii drawing excite ment from the aforesaid game, aud the upper red rim of the sun fast sinking beyond tree-tops in the west. At this first sight, Kesaca, named from General Zacb. Taylor's battle-gronnd of Resaca de la Talma, "ravine nf th. palm," was a disappointment. I had expected from the uame to find the town iu a narrow valley, but there was no hint of a ravine any vv here in sight. Iudced, it occurred to the object of distress in a duster that he had mistaken the station, and he was gazing down the railroad with the idea of wtiistiinr- to the vanishing train for heavetifl sake to come back aud pick him up, when one of the checker-players advanced and toon nun nos pitably in. a I'LAcr. or xuxr BvrTt..:-CAr.s. But in spite of I he displeasing first impresion, Resaca proved to bo a nico little village, aud here, so to say, I was destined to cut the water melon of my battle-Ccld trips. The place grew upon acquaintance, and o did the people, for iu tho moniiug all whom I met took pains to show me what was to lie seen. The objects pointed out were such things as 1inl!ct-marks in weatherlioarding, holes mado by cannon balN, and iu oue corner of the store room I saw lead and iron enough to start an 1'gyptiau war, or to run a ride match for a week. "Are you not afraid or soldiers ghosts JT I asked a lad who was leading me into a dark cellar, that he might indicate some of Sherman's relics there to lie found. "No, Indeedy," replied the little shaver; "loJ' what I'm feared of, though!" and he in troduced mc to a ten-pound shell, which, hav ing passed whirling and whirling through the hnildimr. had imbedded itself iu a sill, there to Jrsin nnexphidrd for eighteen j ears. 'rORTS THAT WILL OCTLIVH THE Bl'lLllI'-li Veteran Joe Johnston, worn with the rubs or war, and marked under the harness of many political beats must end his campaigning soon in surrender to the grim fellow with the scythe, but the cover tbat be built for his army at this place bids fair to stick the century out in per fect form. When Storekeeper Ilrowu, who be came my gnide, shut up shop and led me a few hundreit paces westward, to the southern end of the Rebel line of works, I was surprised to ae, how well the fortifications are preserved. We were near the Oostananla River, and it was our purposo to walk along the works more than three miles to the Connasauga. At the time of the battle, Johnston's army was in tho elbow made by the two rivers, which unite above Resaca, and Sherman waa stretched across the country to the northwest. On some battle-fields it is hard to uuderstaud the positions of the op posing forces, hut at this place the scratches upon old Mother Earth are ton plain to let the visitor lose the trail. The reason for the good condition of the works may be fonnd in the ,e cnliarity of the soil, which is of yellowish slate. Bits of slate cover the sides of tho mound, which runs waist high on an average, wherever it pass es through tho timber. A WALK OM TIIK BRrASTWOltKls, At the poiut where we struck this remarkable relic, we went up a bill, climbing constantly over banks of upturned snVsnil. Passing out of these rcmuauts of artillery fortifications, we followed a path that wound along the top of the embankment for infantry. At short intervals we came upon transverse sections where there were double lines, and, down the slope, we saw many rifle pits. As it seemed to me the line was more complete even than Hancock's line, which remains undisturlied along the Brook roi.t in the Wilderness. I was interested to I learn that the planters use the trenches as out lets tor water, nor WHS IV less tiwuiti.t that the banks left by Johnston serve in the place of fences here and thero over the battle field. As we tramped along through woods of ash, elm, and water ojk, we. saw wild ipecac and sweet-william growing at the sides of the old pathway, aud having asksd thenameofa curious kind of grass, I was delighted at tho story that thru came out. A BONANZA LEFT BF.IIIM). That," said the guide, iu answer to the ques tion," is what we call Egyptian clover. We didn't have it before the war, and none of lis ever saw it or heard of it nntil Sherman aud Johnson came. The seed was left on the ground by the armies, and now we wouldn't take any thing for it." The grass, which has a tiny leaf more like that of the native white than that of the ret! clover, grows an over iue uuiniui-, .. the edges of the woods, along tho earthworks, and even forces its way into the tilled fields. In its growth it chokes ont other herd grass aud all weeds, thnngb fortnnately it may be killed itself by plowing, or there might lie too much of the good thing. Horses and cattle get fat on ;t so thst on the batttlo-field there is pasturage in places where, before the fight, nothing of lvalue grew. This, truly, was an odd revelation r"Sr ,1.., u.n ..mwisitifr liftsfs lmltinr- bere. like beasts of the jungle, to snap up trees, to tear the ground, to burn and to slay, should leave behind not bones to bleach only, but seed where from have sprnug daintr carpets and soft bor ders of green that enrich the waste places. MANY MCKli OP GALLANT WOKK. Along'strode the gnide, and after bini plodded the sight-seer. Now on the right we mv a stretch of lowland, with a few darkeys picking cotton, and again, looking through trees far to the west, we caught sight of the range of hills beyond Camp Crk. on the crest of which had been the Federal line. It seemed that we bad walked more than three miles, never losing trace of Johnston's line, when the guide, halt ing aignificantly, said: "This is the place of Hooker big fight; look at the trees!" The trees are always the tell-tales oa a battle-field. Here, where hundreds of large oaks and pop lars, now fallen snd hair wasted away, bore their innumerable marks, the Twentieth Corps had breasted a bloody tide. Every foot of cart b roundabout bad been trodden by the qntck heel of advance. The stream of spring water now trickling at tho foot of the slight slope had caught red drops that belonged of right to t he hearts of boys in the Adirondacks. and of frl- Iowt wbo still snonia ue-cnoppiug ior o.c.u .u the Northern "Tier. Good Asa Cbnrchlll once sat on this hill pressing his death wound as he sent bis Bible and his lore to his wife in Brad ford, and even now may be found pitiful relics ofother men who here left the ranks of the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania, not 'again to see their homes. AX KXrZBT AT BULLHT-riCKISO. Pieces of cartridge boxes, mstyiMLteens, breast-plates and the What-not scattered in tlie onslaught, were engaging my attention, when a man came striding op through the underbrush. His home was a short way beyond, near where the Federal line had been. "Pickin' 'em np like hitkarynota, sre ye V he said. there's til at sTTl T 1 1 tV Snre enongh. he was rictt, and after that I did not doubt hi aaaertion that he had ldcknl np ten tboaaand pooiida of irou nd lead on the. ...itias-fi.M .ifi-s. thm firht. He lirooubt tin th mf a. w. arf.ib.s- alnntT the e-Lrihirorks. ami it waa lmnunir. nnuii. crta uHm'iui, - -- , pointingtosnumijeroi duiicisioiuj woo... Xo; I.havent fonnd many." It's kase to dnnno how to apx 'em'out; one by ver toe, an' there a another by hlmsay.every half minute, fere's another."! Tomaijoeii iuvecomrnceuinvauinBrcao NolthJ'leuTgrimof tbienterUiqing. BaUve-.-t sylvanU. W. now nF"" Unff stories was one to tbe effect that be got a shock j on wind." PiaWp Ores kU-Hmli. several years ago at the sight of six skulls ranged in a row nnder the head-log of some Fed eral breastworks. These works are not nearly as nnmerons nor as well preserved as the Reb.1 lines, because Sherman, being the assailant, built few fortifications. In this way, Gnide Brown showed me the whole line of defense, nntil we came to the thick timber on the western bank of tho Con nasauga, where the works end. Having seen this line, and having visited several points oc cupied by the Union troops, we found ourselves almost at the end of our Resaca rope. A rained house or so, with chimneys standing in the midst of rank weeds, particularly fine patches of Egyptian clover, to which now clang roman tic interest, and a few forgotten graves in the woods, served to make the rest of the ramble interesting. Nor were those populous acres fimnd at averv nlaeo of combat left uuvisitcnl. The Federal dead of Resaca were moved to Mari etta, but the Southerner wbo felt remains on tbe field. Many Georgians, Alabamians, Teunessee ans, and men from Mississippi, rest in a ceme tery near the village. Seme of tbe graves have white headboards, while others are marked by iron plates shaped like scrolls. A marble mon ument is to be seen iu one corner of the enclos ure, w bile in tbe centre is a granite cross topped with cannon balls. TIIB GAMC OF TIIK STRATEGISTS. When a person finds a perch npon souis grass grown fort hare at Resaca, and looks out beyond the hills, there come thonghts that feel more in spiriting to the thinker than they seem in every day type. For it was at this spot that one graud army, handled by a great strategist, was brought to bay by another grand army, at the bead of which was a leader equally skilled as a follower of Mars. Two men of Ciceronian pitch put as antagonists in debate, two Goldsmith Maids sweeping the circle, two Jacks of brawn bruising each other in a ring with a dozen like circumstances, wherein the cry is give and take catch the eye of the people, fetch from them the shont, and cause the hat to be tossed high iuto tho air. And if such contests, with noth ing other than trifles at stake, please us; if a iiorrc race can cause . cuiuuiuuii, iu p". i throat, or if a base ball match cannotuten thousand sjiectators liendiug forward in acnte suspense until they lose their suppers how ought he who follows, even in books, snch a campaign of giants as this to bite the sunny side of history's peach. There can not be found in the chronicles of any land a defense more ad mirable than tbat made by Johnston ; nor was there ever anything iu strategic scieuce more perfect than tbe way Sherman drove his sword clear to the hilt into tbe side of the Coufedera- cy. G.M. CUSPIDOBA LOO. A I.lvrlr R.sae I.J.IseJ in 7 Pari? .f ue.lles.esi la n.i.... In a saloon not a hundred miles from the cor ner of South aud Baltimore Streets, a group of well-known citizens all prominent in business circles stood, on Saturday afternoon, quaffing Bass' ale. Iu consequence of repeated doses of this exhilarating fluid aud a couple of lucky combinations garnished from the Turf Ex change, they were all feeling rather well, and, to use a vnlgar expressiou, were "up to any thing" au) thing foolish, for it is iu this state of mind that a man throws his money away in a fjro bank, or backs a ping to win against tho f.ivorite in a horse race. One of the gentlemen, who had an old cigar stump in his hand, turned toward ucuspidore that was standing against the wall, alKint fifteen feet away, and address ing bis companions, said: "Bet any man n quarter I ran pitch Ibis butt iu the spittoon." "Done aud doue," was the ready response from all hands. The butt was pitched, but with an aim so faulty that it fell a foot to one side. Nuthing daunted, the pitcher went iuto his cigar case, and, pulling out a tfO-cent Reina, said: "Bet you again, double or quits, I'll throw this in." Again bo was eagerljr taken up, and again ho was downed." In this way tbo lrentleman threw away a case ot cigars, a bunch of keys, a little silver match-safe, a gold cutT button, a piece of chewing-tobacco, and three twenty-five cent pieces. In very few cases did he succeed in pitching the articles in question in the spittoon. The match-safe and the bunch of keys, being weighty pieces, were pitched successfully, but while he won alwat $1.50 on each successful venture, he could not reclaim his property from the dirty receptacle into which it was thrown. This charming little pastime was carried on amid roars of langhter, and it attracted a considerable ring nf specta tors, who watched the game with absorbed at tention. After the original pitcher had gottsu rid of all bis portable personal effects in this way, one of his friends took his place, and so the game went on, until oue of tbe more reck less of the jolly boys proposed a game which be had played wheu a boy, with soldier buttons, which ho declared passed iu the time of bis youth as a sort of currency among the boys of his acquaintance. This game was as follows, anil it was prooscd to play it with half dollars, instead of bnttons: Each man in tnrn should pitch a filty-cent piece at tbe aperture in the enspidore. Those who failed, were to let their money lie on the floor, and tbe one who first succeeded in striking the hole was to scoop in the entire pot. The pruiositiun was uproarious lr received. "Just the thing!" "Bully." "Ah. old fellow, what a great mind you hare got!" etc., were the exclamations of delight over this novel uioile of winuing or losing money. To make a long story short, tbe game was begun. Each time around there was fl in pool for the lucky marksman. Sometimes the tnrn would go round fonr or five times before one of the silver pieces found the spittoon. Then tbe man who won it always set np Bass' ale or chain- Fagne. For about two honrs the game went on. foliar pieces, instead of half-dollars, were free ly used, and sometimes the pots were as high as tlO or $1 The spittoon liecams more plethoric with lucre especially filthy under these cir cumstances that half a dozen poor boxes, snd the stores of the entire neighborhood were scoured for silver coin, and side bets were freely given and taken on favorite pitchers. There is no telling to what enormous proportions this game, comparatively innocent iu its origin, might not have attained, had not several of the participants been obliged to stop Isscause of en gagement? elsewhere. When they did stop, and the losses and gains counted up on both sides, one gentleman was fonnd to nave lost fVTS, another had lost $100, while two of them stout winners to the tune of about trVOO apiece, and tbe others wound np not far ntf either way. In the cuspidor the colored man who cleans np almnt the place fonnd S&iDO, three roatcb-ssfes, several ciitf-buttons, one of which was a valua ble bloodstone; three dies, some square pieces of cheese from theliinchcounter.two penknives, five bunches of keys, two pieces of chewing tobacco, and a Bnspender bntton. It was a sprightly game while it lasted, bnt was not one which might le recommended or indulged in often as a healthful and recreative pastime. The gentlemen, however, swear that they are ready to play it again, any time. Hallmort JuericaH. . . i i s. Oliver Perry Morton. To-dav is the anniversary of tho death of ntieer 1. Morton 'who died November 1. Ib77. Senator Morton was M years .Id when he died, and his health hail been broken several years before thai event. He died, as years count, in the prime of life. With the constitution which he had by natnre, and with bis temperate hab its, one would have predicted fur him a luDg life, and would have said tbat at u!) he would scarcely have reached tbe zenith of his powers and usefulness. Tbat wonld b. his age if be were alive .now; and if life and health had been spared to him, who can doubt that be would ta-day be the foremost figure in Ameri can iwliticst There is no other Republican leader in pnblie life at all comparable to blnf, even as be was during the years of his long ill uess, when disease was breaking his iron will, and slowly sappiug bis tremendous vitality. Morton sick was a giant in politics, a recognized leader among men; Morton, alive and well, and still in tbe prime of years, would easily be the greatest man of these times. He fell in tbe prime of life, in mid career, with bis harness on, a victim to overwork dnring the war, and to bis gigantic labors in behalf of the State and Na tion. It is not granted to many men to impress themselves on the times in which they live as Morton did. It is easy to aay that circumstan ces made him great ; the same bas been said of Lincoln, Grant, and other great men. Bat cir enmstances do not make small men great; na tnre mnst first mold a man for greatness before circumstances can do anything. Morton was a great man, nnder any cireamataneee, and if be bail not become known as Indiana's great War Governor, be would have fonnd some equally sure roand to fame. His influence in tbe etats waa all for good. He did more to give II hon orable prominence among tbe other States thsn any other man liefore or since bia time more, probably, than any other ever will do. He was not only a great political leader, but a grest ahaper of events. He was greatest in time of need, whether in law or lu politics, snd when the crisis was most imminent, be was most fully eqnal to it. A loyal son of Indiana. Jie was still more loyal to the Union first tbe Nation, next tbe State an ardent partisan, but a still more onlont nstrint. It is not snrnrisinr tbat the memory of snch a msn seems like a living pres ence, and that those- who followed bia lesder ship still miss bis magnetism and power. The tanner wbb-li he rtsed to hold with SO firm a hand, full high advanced, has lost something of its rallying power; toe weapons wnicn u. wielded with soch tremendous effect are too heavy forother hands. UditnmptlU Tisu,.Vrr. I. "It wu. tidal wave tbat will not swamp. bnt thoroughly wash, th. Republican party. It waa needed. It bas come, Th. party will b. better for it. Clnelmmd (O.) Herald. i ., ,, , THE ZJLITD WiLRHE OTTS DBTfATttS COXE TBTJBt BT KkMA ALICE BE0WSS. sar over some mlst-hliLlfu river, Asst ander s wanlerful sky. Wkere the rsin Ter blots oat tbe saasluae, An4 su laves Dever wesrr or dl. i Whsr lb. towers Beer fsd bat In chsazuic. Tsslr msck-s aweslaes Teosw, Lies a eloriBeil reslm ef enchantment. Tae una whsra oar ilresm eomo trne ! Bv mystical STmbnls and Wkens. "We know or that keoatinU land Bat. Bias t on the threshold of manhood. The frail cine ahptoutofoar band t And tho wiU river winders between as. Tho white rates sro hidden from view, And only m sW. wo remember Tho laind where oar dreams eomo tree! Wo shall ind the loat trounres we aerk tjt. Revealed La thst wonderful sphere i AH the Sims snd tho dreams of tbe by font. AU tho food that eloded aa brrsi Tbo Innocent faitha of oar rhildhtMsL, Tho ono BswtoM friendship wo knew, Arrsyod In oar vanished Uluaiuna, la Iho land wbers oardroaias corns trno We know, la diviacat falAUment, Our VBla noeoo sro gathered at hornet Tho fsweU wo mooni here sro hoarded Where tho moth snd the rotf mnnot corns And oft, when tho sonnet Is fslroat. We rsich. throosb a rift In tho blno, A far-away cumpoo of tho clones Of tho Und w her. oar dreams oomo true 1 There nrs rsruerod tho pesvors of oar motbors. And lbs soft cradle see that thoveusri Thero Ury move ta tbo midst, with white (snnonts. And fact. LmmorUUy voobc 1 And oat of tho mlata of the river Their awort banda ball reach aa tbo clao Thst lends, tbtoach tho VaHer of bhsdow. To the land where oar dnjoma eomo true So. woiiac. wo lay down oar Viols, And bary oar loves oat of aifht. Though wsknow, Lo oar hearts, we shall And them. By and bv. La tho Uanauwa of Light I And tbe aall teara thst fall on their Mhos, And bluoaom ia panay snd thuf Oorr tlera ahaJl bo lllleo immortal. la tbo Land whore Oar llreoms Come Tiue' fjajfE OBEY 8WISSHXLSI ON PBOHI- A1AA1UXI. The prohibitionists everywhere have built a theory on a foundation uf quicksand; and in at tempting to raise a permanent edifice on it, must resort to many expedients. They persistence with which thoy nrge their hobby on old Aboli tionists amounts to personal persecution. Any one who ever opposed chattel slavery must op pose whiskey slavery, or stultify himself. No one can opiiose whiskey slavery except by pro hibition. All nh. are not with them are opposed to temperance and in favor of drunkenness. Those who worked topull down the Whig party, that from its ruins they might build au anti slavery partv, ore bound to work tor the over throw of the Repnldican party, that from ita ruins they may build a prohibition party. And they never weary of comparing their movement lo thst of nolitical abolition. Those who rushed to the rescue of the chattel slave, must rush to the defense of the whiskey slave, or bear tbe name of deserter. Remind them that tbo slavery of the one is voluntary, while that of the other was iuvoluutary, and they say, "So much tho more need for his rescue." This may b. true, but does not prove that oue who may have devoted a life to the overthrow of involuntary servitude is by this fact bound to run a tilt against the voluntary article. If the southern slave hsd run iuto slavery, and the Abolitionists had built walls to keep bini out, consistency might require them to build walls to keep drunkards out of the slavery in which they love to wallow; bnt, as the case stands, the Ab olitionist shonld be spared the abuse of those whose hobbv he refuses to ride for the reason that it heads iu an opposite direction from that in which be has been travelling. If Abolitionists had made war ou pen and pa per makers, becansc pens aud paper were used to writ, the slave laws and bills of sale, consist ency might require them to attack liquor manu facturers because loiksgeittrunit oil vueirwutcs. If they had advocated a doubtful remedy for the evil they attacked, they might I required on the ground of consistency to advocate prohibi tion: but no one ever doubtrd that alwlition would abolish. They speut no strength to prove that their remedy mnst be effectual, bnt gave their whole force to the business of getting it applied. They spent no time on impossibilities or doubtful expedients, but were tbe clearest headed set of statesmen that this world has seen ; and for one of them now to run off into the pro hibition craze is to show that he bas fallen from Abolition V foundeft on the bed-rock of Christian philosophy. Prohibition is a chimera at war with that philosophy. Christ put it into few words in his last talk with his disciples: "I pray not that ye be taken out of the world, but tbat ye be kept from the evil." He did list propose that evil should be taken out of the world by way of keeping people from it. He did not sanction the evil by recognizing it as a fixed fact, as a something inseparable from the world; aud, of oil things, did not teach that its existence was an apology for getting into it. His prayer was that each Individual soul should be kept from that evil by its own exertions and divine aid. He nowhere taught that temptation was an excnse for sin. Bnt the basis of prohibition is that the drankard is the victim, not tho sinner; and that the responsibil ity rests with tho man who furnishes the means of gettiug itrunk. No other device of Sataa is so well calculated to weaken the moral sense of a community as this: that the man, or boy, or womau, r girl wbo opens his ur her month and pours liquor down his or her throat is the victim of the mau who hands the liquor across the counter. When liquor dealers catch folks, force their mouths open, and pour the whiskey in, they are respon sible for the consequences: and when they knowingly furnish any one the means of getting drunk they are accessory to the crime, and as accessories they should lie punished; bnt tbe man who gets drnnk without phjsical forre is principal in the crime. And so long as temper ance advocates devote their attention to punish ing the accessory instead of the principal, i Ioug are thoy demoralizing public sentiment and doing an smnnnt of mischief that is simply in calculable. , Their entire work np to this time is to teach that liqnor sellers are tho only free moral agents; tbat all others are lumps of dough to be molded at their pleasure ; tbat they alone are responsible for the form given to each. No one save tbe liq nor dealer is accoantable to God or man for "tho deeds done In the Imdy." And, if their pbiloso- fihy is correct, all the drunkard bas to do in the ast Judgment is to play Adam over again, mak ing the liquor seller take the plea of "the woman whom Thon gavest to be with me." The inebri ate will come liofore the bar of Eternal Justice and plead, " Lord, the liquor dealer whom Thon didst suffer t. be with me, he gave me, aud I did drink." Then, as "drunkenness is a disease," the poor lellow will be sent to the hospital, while tbe liqnor dealer will Iks handed over to "th. worm that uietn noi sou iue mo iu , o quenched." Tho evil of intemperance never can be reached till the sin of intemperance and ita penalties are placed by human law just where God and Nature placed them: and this is on tbe drunkard. When a man gets drunk, God does not pnnish with headache aud fiuaucial ruin the oue who gave him the liquor, bnt drives it all homo to the one who drank it. And temperance people mnst tnrn around, aud get on God's side of the con test, before they can have any reasonable ground to hope for success in their labors. .The Departing Comet. One evening last week, Prof. John K. Rees r.a.1 a paper on the comet of IrVU before the New Tork Academy of Sciences, in which he said it shonld be termed Gonld's comet, since Prof. II. A. Gould, of Cordova, was the first to see it. He read extracts from letters from Prof. Toung, of Princeton ; from the director of the National Observatory: and from Messrs. Chandler and Wendell, of Cambridge, Mass., and be concurred with Mr. Chandler in combatting rrof. Proctor's theory thst tho comets of liM3. 1S0, and 188 are identical, and tbat the comet now vanishing from view will return within six months. Ac cording to" Mr. Chandler's computations, which are based on all tu. ouservaiiono ww - mads at several points, tbe comet of lc2 will not return in less than 4.000 years. The comet, as seen from tho Cape of Good Hope, transited on the 17th of September last, and at tbe instant of ita entering the atmosphere of our son, it was I,6tW,nou miles Irotn the snnsce or rue sun. a m comet's tail, which wss only 100,000 miles long when first seen, hss since lengthened to millions of miles, and as this vast body crossed tbe sap a .It.lr In tarn Iinnro the enormoUS VeloeitT With which it travels may be conjectured. As its light wss visible nntil It toncnen tne euge oi iue snn. disk, the inference la that the light is not borrowed from the sun, bat that it is the comet s own incandescence. Tonehing npon other celes tial visitors, the lectnrer said that tb. comet of 1843 approached within 00,000 miles of tbe cen tre of the son, or within 70,000 miles of the snn's circumference, and thst it mnst yet plunge into tbe sin and be absorbed. Tbe lecturer threw npon the screen represeatstions of a number of comets, and then a star shower, such as is seen one. in thirty-three yesrs, aud the next of which will be seen when tbe earth passes the track or a star shower in 1K. These shooting stars are meteors from disintegrated comets, snd the aer olites that fall to the earth come to ns from in terstellar spsee. In conclusion, tbe lecturer said tbat all tbe sans of the universe have comets circnlsting sboot them, and tbat tbe universe is as fall of comets as tbe sea is of fishes. Basses, tbe revivalist, says bis mission on .rt s. la two-fold, "to a-lorifv God and worry tbe devlL" Tb. Philadelphia htu is glsd to hear this assurance thst urotner names mm straight Republican ticket. rulLoeoruic view of tbe returns, by the Sa ltan Jatnalx "There is one good thing which can be said about the election, and that is tbat the aatnmn foliage is very besutiral." JOHN BKOW1T3 RAID. I.lereoti.s; Ifenai.loc.Mceo .f Harper's Perry O.lrO.eA.ai X.w s,lvi.a: tVBj. waa Ac ta.lly I. Ike Battle. Wasihxotox, D. C, September 23. The re cent remarkable discovery of the skeleton of Watson Brown, tbo fourth sou of Captain John Brown, shot at Harper's Ferry, on the 17th of October, 1&9, has brought vividly before the public mind ouce more the wondrous stury of the Harper's Ferrr raid. It has impelled Richard J. llinton, of thiscity, the editor of the Sitxdaj iiozette, to contribute to his paper ot to-uay a is sue, a chapter as to what became of the others who were with Brown at Harper's Ferry. The known members of the Harper's Ferry party were the following persons: John Brown, of Kansas and North Elba, N. Y. John Henri Kagi, of Virginia and Kansas. Aaron Stevens, (known in Kansas as "Colonel Whipple,") of Connecticut. Owen, Waloon and Oliver Brown, brothers and and sons of Captain Brown. John E. Cook, of New York and Kausas. Charles P. Tidd, ofNew York and Kansas. Wm, Lehman, of Kansas aud Maine. William aud Adolphus Thompson, of New York, (North Elba.) The former had been in Kansas and they were tbe brothers of Henry Thompson, who was the husband of Ruth, Capt, Brown's eldest daughter. Then there was Albert Hozlett, of Pennsylva nia aud Kansas. Edwin and Barclay Coppic, of Spriugdale, Ce dar County Iowa. Stewart Taylor, of Canada, and Fraucis Jack son and Mrrriam, son of the abolitionist, Fran cis Jackson. These were the white men actually present and participating. Tbo colored members of the party were Jeremiah Andersou, from Canada, supposed to bo a qnadroou, and belonging, to onto of the fngitive slave colonies in the neigh borhood of Chatham, Canada West; Osborne Pe ter Anderson, a bright mulatto, from Canada, a Virgiuian; Dangerfield New by, from Missouri, one of Browu's rescued slaves iu lor. quite black; Shields Greene, a dark man from Roches ter, New York, familiarly knuwn as "Emperor," and introduced to the ivarty by Fred Douglass: John Copeland, of Oberlin, Ohio, a light colored man; and I.ewis Shcrrard Leary, a light mulat to from North Carolina. This makes twenty two persons iu all, of whom Captain Brown was chief. Of the party of raiders John Browu was woun ded, captured and hung at Charlestown, Ya.. Decembers, 1300. In tho tight Henri Kagi, the most brilliant intellect of the party, and second in commaud, wasslaiuat HallsRitle works, or rather at a rock in the Sheuandoah river. His body laid there two or threo days, and was al most riddled to pieces, every brute who passed over the bridge with n loaded guu tiring into it as the water washed its liuihs. He was report ed to have beeu bnried by the river bank, in a shallow grave, which the hogs rooted tqien. The b.sly then disappeared, and was, it is believed, taken by some doctors as a "sulycct." With him fell John Copeland, Sherrard Lewis Leary (colored). Stewart Taylor, Jerry Anderson and William II Lehman. What became of their bo dies no one can tell. They weredonbtless taken liy the students of the Jeflerson medical school, of Winchester, Va. At the engine-house, besides John Brown, there were Watson and Oliver Brown, Stewart Tavlor, William and AildolphnsTlioiitpsoii.Aarun V.' Stevens Shields Green and Edwin Coppic. Of these Oliver Brown was shot in the gmiu on thouigbt of the 17th. and died 111 great agony What lH-eame of tho liody nntiody knows. Wat son Brown was shot on the 17th, and died after tho United States Marines, under Robert E. Lee, captured the engine-house. The Iato develop ment as to bis body shows clearly that it was taken to Winchester, Va., ami that it was there arranged as a subject. Dr. Jarvis J. Johnsou, uf Morgauville, lud.. was snrgenu of thetrjth Indi ana regiment, and iu thespringof I waswitll Banks in the Shenandoah valley. In the Medio. cal t'ollego Museum a IkhIj- finely careel, for was found, reported to be that of uuo otJvm , Brown's sons. . y IMwin Coppic and Shields Green weroTOp. tured, tried and hung at Charlestown, Va. Cop pic's Iwdy was delivered to relatives, and bnried al Salem, Ohio. Green's ily was buried at Charlestown, and probably taken by the Win Chester doctors. John Cupolaud was captured at the rifle works, and aftertrial, washung with Green. His lsidy was delivered to friends and taken to Oberlin. Aaron I). Stevens was shot several times, and was taken with a Hag of truce. With Albrrtt Hazlet, captund for Wil liam Harrison, who is still .livr, Stevens wss executed, liazlett wascaptnrrd at ChamNers bnrg and delivered to Virginia. William Thomp son was shut ou the ICtb at the railroad bridge, and taken iuto Foulk's hotel. While in the par lor, wounded and a prisoner, armed men came iu, tisik him ont, shot and threw him into the river as lie fell. Miss Foulk at the time gained praise for endeavoring to save his life. The fact was however, that her only endeavor was to prevent his Wing shot in the bnnse, because "it would s'wil the carpel." Stewart Taylor wis killed of the leth by the United States Marines. What liecame of his body is unknown. Dauger. field New by was shot at the arsenal gate. Now as to the bnllanre of the party left tu guard the farm and the school house with the arms, Owen Brown, the eldest son of Captain Brown, escaped through Pennsylvania to Ohio, where, on the Western Reserve, he was guarded and protected. Ho Is a man fifly-fonr years of age, ami lives in the Jay Cooke house (as acare taker)at Gibraltar, Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio. John E. Cook was sent iuto the ueigh borhoodof tbe ferry to make arrests, aud es caped into Pennsylvania on the 17th with Owen Brown, Barclay Coppic, Albert Hazlett and Francis S. Merriam. They were afterwards joined by Osborne It. Anderson ami Charles P. Tidd. Cook was captured, taken to Virginia, ami afterwards hung. His body was buried at Williamsburg, New York, by a brother-in-law Mrs. Virginia Cook afterwards married a Union soldier named Johnson, and moved to Blooming ton Illinois, where she now resides. Barclay Coppic got away and went to Iowa, When the war began he joined the Third Regi ment, Kansas Volunteers, and was commission ed Second Lieutenant. He went to Iowa, re cruited some men, and was rtiroute with them to the regiment when killed iu Angust, lCftl, by a rail of a train through the Platte river bridge, seven miles east ofSt. Joe, Mo. Tlie bridge had len burned by guerrillas. C'oppie is buried on Pilot Knob, in the Leavenworth, Kas., Cemetery Charles P. Tidd went to Ohio aud Canada, thence to New York. Wheu the war began be entered the Volunteers, and died on a gnu-boat, of fever, at Roanoke Island. N. C. Francis J. Merriam succeeded in reaching Canada, and af terwards went to Hayti the second lime. During the war he was in the field most of the time in Virginia and Sonlh" Carolina. In the latter Slate lie was engaged in raising colored troops His death is involved iu some donbt, but he went to Mexico to enter the Republican army. and, s far as is kuown to the writer, died tberr. Os'twroe P. Anderson escaped to Canada, and came back after tbe war began. He served as a recruiting agent, aud was a lion-commlssioneil officer. He died in Washington In 1871, and is buried here. Thenuly survivor or the- Harper rerry par ty, actually present, aud in tlie fighting, is Ow en Brown. Or those othcrwiao identified with the movement, Luke F. Parsons died a volun teer officer, and was baried in the National Cem etery near Fort Gibson, Indian Territory. The person known on the record as William Harri son, wbo did not reach tbe Ferry in time from the west, is a well knowu journalist. Messrs. Sanborn, Redpatb, llinton, and Morton are known. George II. Gill, whose, ill-health alone prevented him from being with Brown, live, on a small farm near or at Spnngdale, Cedar Coun ty, Iowa. C. L. Leonhar.lt resides at or near Manhattan, Kansas. George Henry Hoyt, the brilliant young lawyer who defended Captain Brown, was Licutennaut-Colonel of the Fif teenth Kansas Cavalry, and afterwards Attor- . ney-fjeneral of the state. Ho returned to Mas sachusetts, and was State Senator at one time. He died some years ago at Athol, Massachusetts, and is buried there. Mr. Wattles live, at Mo neka, Linn Connty, Kansas. As to the membei t of Ibe Chatham Convention, bat few of them are known to fame. Frederick Douglass resides here, and has told his own story. A ClIAHACTkK at THE TtKCOXnTBUCTlOS P- riod. Asron Alpeoria Bradley, tbe notorious colored Lawyer snd politician, fell dead in St. Lonis. on the 19th inst. Bradley's history is a singular one. He wss about to years old, wss abont three-eighths negro, and had long, ently white hair that gave him a peeuUarappearance. II. was orominent hi Georgia political circles dnring the period of reconstruction, acd was elected to the State Senate in let) from the first district. Bradley made himself the subject or much comment by having a valet ride twenty paces behind him wherever he went. He drew nine dollars a day aa a member of the Senate, and committed many freaks that stamped him as a crank. In &l be was convicted ofsedne llon, iu Brooklyn, N. Y., ami was sentenced to and served two years in tbe State prison. This fset became known, snd n special Senate com mittee, after a thorough investigation, reported thereon, causing Bradley's expulsion from the body. CI-t'mios Smmmi Courier. It is said tbat Secretary Folgers name was originslly spelled Foolger, and that his first an cester in this country esroe from Norwich, Eng land, in 1635, and settled npon Marthas Vino yard. This worthy had a son, Peter, wbo was tbe grandfather of Benjsmtn Franklin, and not only served as a miller, weaver, and interpreter of tbe Indian language, bat was a poet a bad one, however, tbe record says. TiikXow York Jf.il sd rBrrs tersely re marks: "Mr. Cookling bas lounu out mat mom flies are caught with molasses than with vine gar." It is a lesson worth learning. Mr. Conk ling can be one of tbe most sanve and nrbans of men when he tries, bnt in politics be bas not of ten thought the gam. worth trying. - . sevrf - 'Tik6iSStrr2sim'ia JlG3BG&E&a2ESlA T3 i3jar.-i.-k, .1 - sWr-smss.' 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