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'-j'jvf '-rM-v jt-j N - zfji t u. v, Volume 1. SAUNA, KANSAS, THUSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1871. NUMBER 31. fie mmt V t TIIE SALINE COUNTY JOURNAL IS PUBLISHED EVERT THUBSDAT, AT SADsTA, KANSAS. OFFICE. Xo. (V) Santa Fe-Avrmie, nmrly oriwite I he Keal Matc office of MaJ. Joun W. BtKXi TEKMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One CodT". one Vf ar. Oue Copy, u months,..! One Cop , three months,. ... s: oo .. IK 75 ADVERTISING RATES: IIVekk. 1 Month. 3MtH. 6SI0-1. ITbae. I square,.... ft 00 S3 00 (IS 00 IT 00 U 00 2raarrs,... oo 400 700 WOO 13 00 isquajva,... 3 08 600 1000 MOO SOU) Isqaarrg,... 400 7 00 MOO WOO 2500 column,... 8 00 It BO SOW 00 SOOO column,... Ii 00 2000 00 SOOO MOO lcolnmn,... a3 uoo SOOO SOOO liOOO Xin linea or Irad ofXonnareil tyr constitute square. Iloujilr column and all ndrtif menu ont of the uual ..IS wyl n charge4 flm-m ir cent, above rates. ltillsfur regular alierti!ng mil be collected quar 'rl y. Wln-re for a less lieriod titan three months pay meat in advance will be required. Ilegular adrertUtroratti U1 be entitled to be changed once 10 three month without additional cost. l-egular adrcrtiseis will le cliargwl fifteen cents per "he lor local notices aJ all others twenty cents per iddrtsa nil eonnnuriicatioa to THE JOURNAL, .Salina, Kansas. SSusinrss Sirrctor). A TVORNE YS AT LA W. J. H.PRE3COTT, -VT LAW, Salina, Kanus. . ATTORNEY SMEAD A. HODCKINSON, ATTOISNEYS AT LAW, Salina, Kan-n?. I"- F. A. . S. A. WILDMAN, ATTORNEYS. JIT LAW. Office, So. W Seventh St., salina, Kanr-i J. C. MOHLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Iron Ave., the )mneicc, f-alinj, Kansas. east of JOHNW.WILLIANS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, salina, Kansas. Particular iiU.ulicn j.itt-n to land contests and any business tn U. S. 1.2nd oitice. LOWEA.HILLER, vATlORSEVS AT LAW., No. '.10 Sauta Fe Ate., Sa lina, ILutaJ,. .. .,iinj:. c. I. IIIIXEII. JNO.C. SPIVEY, A HORSEY AT LAW. Salina, Klns-u. Will attrtll the mijoinin countK-s JOHN FOSTER, ATHilSKEV AXII OUXsELOU AT LW. G.ivtrn mtul Clj'ianl l.aii'1 olicitor. OHicc over Lihle & IMti' Harms Store. A.J. INCERSOLL, VTIORVEV AXII LOUXELOR AT LAW. Office in Comiu IltMiihn?. Minneujiolis, Kaunas. Will iiractiv In becutiiMnvi Dickinson, saline, (matraanil Cloud. JOHN W. BERKS, XOTAItY l'UltLIC. OSice at the Ontral.Kanw Land Aar&cg, . - v REAL ESTATE AGENT. WELT M. DURHAM, HEAL ESTATE AXD INSURANCE AUEXT, Salina, Kansas. PHYSICIANS. J. W. CROWLEY, M. D., LVlKUIH!KON'7i MO VOL. UAV ) Office, Xo. LI r.ijrhtSt., vilina, Kansas J.W.JEHKEY.M.D., IIOMEOI'-YIIIIU rilY-ICI VX AXII MJRGEOX. flee No fl h "t., Salina, Kamw. Of- J. W. DAILY, M. D., il', K.1U.-U, lnsjul receivetla complete cl-e nr llciit -I sorclcil In-Iru:nnts and is iHTjnrrd lo ex- nctr.il Unl of i-etli. DENTIST. DR. R. E. NICKLES, OJiccNn M'NinuIVAirnur, (upstair.). HEY1HT RANKERS. D. W. POWERS it CO., RAXKKU" Kxeiumr soM on all princliial cities of Ihe L'niteil state and LnritK 01IkUui made. Interest allowctl on ilpal. llauLing Ilium-on Iron Aiiime. p roam. j. w. ritns. ii. 11. iiw ta. . LCimr.iu". HOTELS. AMERICAN HOUSE, tl J. LAY, ITonuKTOR Onrges moderate, of atitt IV anJ Iron Avenues. Corner TRAVELER'S HOUSE. .I W TllOM.JToriUETOK Good btable and pood ac- conim-xtatlons.'-Mfniic3po:U, Ottawa county, Kan DURFEE HOUSE, i:. A. bKIVXUU, rrorjafcTOK Comer Xtw IIam- shire and Hackney Mrtt, U'STvncr, Kansas. MECHANICAL. H. C.STANLEY." CAKI'KNI EK, liriLDKUAXIlCOXlU VCTOU. Slwp ,,. -iie KOerhardi'siumieryant ED. ROBAYES, W VGOX MAKING -VXD KLl'AIKING done in firt ri s. s j 1 ; v&hnp In rear of xiiz's III ug Morer NORTON & CONRAD, CrtVrnACTOIBAXIHIL'II.WElH. Xo. lii. Eighth .."alinv IJme, tjr building purposes, Tor aale. J. I .NU3TON'. J. l. M. COMUI). W. B. SCHOLL, BLACKSMITII. Shia, KearorXo. KBSanUVeAv- O.ll.. !.. J 1. IT .. 1 I nt I M.H.I . ...1 .. . (Hr, ..urn.. iw .. . - . . ..."v.j . ..- pins will flnd good material. killfl -woramen ahd low prices. All kimls of Urpairiuc eiecuUl promptly an.1 tisl-ctioa guaranieen. ineoest inn scou coil ai vnVi on hind and (Or sale at a amall advance. SALOONS. THE LOK TAIt SALOON. K USY rtOHAX, PKOFKKToa. Itilliards and qiiors. llrookville, Kansas IJ- HLKHOKN IMLLIAItn SALOON. O. TRl'EY rO., l'romiETOc. Xew BiUiard Ta- MISCELLANEO US. K. T. .WATJMW, unr i.IEIMI RETAIL DEALER IXGKOCEU- i- . . .11111., l'roikn. Etc., Xo. vi sanla Ke 1. n. ciiarMAV. J. 11. Ginsox. Chapman & Gibson, Hi) UsE, SIGN & CABMAGE FALNTEB8. Glazing and raper-oangm done with neatness and dis- !. - .It, tan . a rt rVSaCil LV(, UVU AiriUC WIU Cra)at4jv..-f --.. EVKT ONE IS SUITED!!.! Tlie Pacific House Is complete, beilg entirely new and well furnished with coot rooms. It is located nearly opposite the county boUdings, where good board can be obtained at all times with or without rooms, bausuctioa guaranteed. JKVVatlHH MSTSWilT, rraaitolan.1 FBOMerB IEIAS CeEK8M3fBaT. Wise ConuTT, Texas, Aug.,22d 1871 tv. the Eibtors ol Tui &U4K Coociy Jocs-tai.. Sirs : In compliance with your ro qucst that I should write a communica tion for your paper descriptive of this Rcction of Texas, the manners and cus toms of the people, the nature of the country and its chief resources, I now set about the tasK. xnougu n van ua.uy ii ..viMf ted that I can treat of these matters in full as the" subject is too ex tensive in its nature to bo cmbodiod in a single letter, yet 1 hope to be able to scan them over in a manner interesting to vour readers. Starting then with the first item, the people, in their manners and customs, I should say that .they are totally unlike the Fategonians, who arc said to be with out manners ana addicted to horrid cus toms. In fact I find the people here very much like those of other States. The men here as elsewhere make love to tho women, which conduct as usual is dis- tastful to the female sex. 'Tis truo the girls wear ornaments and strive to ren der themselves attractive, but this is only to please their mothers. Some of the men are said to be fond of money. One can meet with plenty of rogues and ras cals, here, but also thcro can be found men of the highest stamp of honor and integrity. The most marked difference between Texas and other States is in the subject of popular education. In this re spect Texas is far behind her sister States. It is not unfrcqucntly that ono meets hero with a man worth a hundred thou sand dollars in property, who cannot write a sentence in English grammatical ly. Cattle being the principal wealth of tho country, boys hero learn to ride, and read cattle brands boforo they have learned the alphabet. But this state of things will disappear with the introduc tion of railroads. In fact, a great deal has been done in the last few years to ward the introduction of schools. One important ohango for the better has taken place within the last year. That is brought about by a law, enacted by the .Legislature at its last session, prohibit ing tho carrying of deadly weapons; ex cepting in the frontier counties. Form erly ovcrj- man used to carry a revolver ana bowio knile on Ins person, and tho appearance presented by a crowd of poo plo "armed to the teeth," without anv apparent cause, was calculated to shock the sensibilities of one from the midstof civilization and refinement. On the frontier where one is likclr to meet with hostilo Indians, it would bo foolish to go unprepared. Uut thcro is no reason for carrying weapons in tho interior conn ties of tho State, and tho people certainly present a more civilized appearance with out tncm. But whatever maybo wanting in polish f manners in the Tcxans, they make up r . I. - .!....: ; ' - ,T ?..i! ir muiii-iii-ii-iicy, i ii genuine iiosjiiuuiiy, which trait of character seems to disap pear with tho inarch of civilization. No better illustration, can be given of this virtue in its native grandeur than in the anecdote often told in this country of a Toxas ranchero sitting in front of his house, said house composed of picket wall, elap-loard root, anil grounu floor. A traveler rules up, on horseback. Texan. "Stake'outyour horse, stran- gor. The strange docs so, then conies up to the cabin. Texan. "Yer'llfind some corn bread and meat, in that skillet, holn ycrself." Ho pitches in and cats his supper. Texan. " Beckon yer must be tired, ifj-cr want to Ho down, jost spread down that 'ere raw-hide and turn in and rough it over thcro in tho corner." In northern Texas, as in tho middle and southern portions of the State agrcat amount of attention is paid to stock rais ing. This business has gencrallj- bcon considered the chief source of income to this section. Tho cattle arc branded by tho owner, when calves, and turned loose upon the prairio. Beared in this way they aro ollon as wild as the game. Tho princi pal labor connected with the business consists in what is here termed "cow- hunting." Tho owner of a large stock of cattlo will keep in his employ from ten to twenty cow-boys, who may bo said to live in the saddle. Thoir business is to hunt the range, gather tho calves and brand them, and to gather beeves for tho purpose of sale, or driving to a foreign market. As a matter of necessity, a great many calves grow to bo yearlings without be ing branded, and when they are weaned and quit following tho cows, it is impos sible to tell who is tho owner. It has thereby becomo the custom for all stock raisers to turn out in tho winter season for the purpose of "conscripting," that is branding yearlings. Ono can then brand in his own brand all the unbrand ed yearlings which he gathers. A brand ing scene is an interesting ono; a fighting yearling will sometimes mako it lively lor the hands. The cattle of this section are of a. su perior grade to those raised the more southern parts of tho Sstatc. It may be said to bean intermediate grado between tho thorough bred or Durham stock and and the Spanish stock of the Gulf coast, (boves long horns.) I should advise any ono desiring to purchase beeves for n.!nl.J- : IT. . 1-. 1 ......mil; hi xvaiisM u mane nts pur chase in this section of the State. The difference in Texas between the price of Bed river cattlo and Spanish cat tlo is from two to three dollars, whereas, d when wintered over in Kansas and ship , tho margin is from twenty to thirty lars in favor of Bod river beeves. One great draw-back to the stockmen of this country, and in fact, to the ad vancement of tho whole section of Texas frontier, is tho Indian troubles. It is im possible for ono to manage wild cattlo without a large number of horses, and when the Indians Btcal these, he is ob liged to buy again at once, in order to keep his hands on the move and treanen. tly tho Indians will steal htm out again as soon as. bo gets "a remounL" One large stock raiser on the Braxoa,(Mr. Rivers,), has lost in this manner about fifteen thousand dollars, worth of horses, in the last eighteen months. This is not the worst feature of their depredations. They have broken up many settlements, and couynitted many horrible "outrages in the last five years. In the fall of 1868 a large force of Indians made a raid into this country, murdered several families and drove off about five hundred head of horses. They came very near depopu lating the country as the settlers started on a general stamped, leaving every thing behind them. 1 was connected with the U. S. Army, at that time, and on a scont up Denton creek I passed several aban doned farms, where tho owners had ap parently been- in very comfortable cir cumstances. Tho crop were gathered into tho cribs, calves in tho pen, chick ens and everything else which goes to mako up a well stocked farm were in abundance, everything was left behind and tho owners fled. Starvation was be fore them, and Indians threatening from behind. As if to add to the aggravation of the case as much as possible these same Indians have been fed and other wise cared for at Fort Sill, by tho U. S. uovcrnraent. Tho raids into this part of tho frontier have been made principally by the Kiowa Indians. In September, 1869, 1 went to Fort Sill, in company with some citizens of this part of the State, for the purposo of trying torccover somo stolen horses. Gen. Gncrson was then in command of that ost, and is yet. Ho at first prom ised fairly enough, but when a horse was identified by ono of our party, and proven oy, a disinterested person, the owners brand found on the horse and other items to establish ownership, then Grierson could not compel tho Indian to givo up ino norse, wo came to the conclusion that instead of having the Indians under con trol he was actually afraid of them. I was somewhat surprised to learn from the interpreters that General Philip Sheridan liad yielded to the Jviowas, in the matter of the surrender of the Texas horses. Ho was at that time a Major General, expecting promotion to the rank of Lieutenant General, and he did not dare conipromio hisptospects, and bravo the Indian ring by an act ot simple justice toward a lew Texas Iron tiersment. Frequently sin to tho establishment of tho post ot rortbill, ransoms have been paid to tho Kiowas by their agent for women and children carried into captivi ty trom Texas, thus placing a bid and a premium upon thoir rascality. Xiastj'car seven hundred dollars were paid lor tho ransom of women taken from the town of Henrietta, and when the money was paitHhe chief remarked "me go to Texas, get more." But it seems as though the Indians have met with a chcck'at last. General Sherman paid a visit to this country du ring the spring and while at Fort Rich ardson, tho Kiowas, about one hundred and fifty in number, headed by their Chici'Sataiitcc, attacked a train of wag gons about twenty mile- lrom thep ost, murdered seven men and took oil foity mules. Gen. Sherman visited tho scene of the massacre and tlion wont to Fort Sill, where he arrived at about tho same time the Indians did. As it has turned out, this occurrence, hard as it was upon the suliorers, was about tho best possible event, for this lronticr, mat could have happened, den. Sherman being the Goneral-iii-chiel of the army and lucked by his military ropu.n tion, w:ls perhaps tho only man in the nation capable of grappling successfully with the Indian ring; but above all ho is a man of an independent mind and am bitious to uso his high position for a good purpose. It had been the custom of the Indians on returning from their raids into Texas, to come into the reservation and boat of their murders even to Gen. Grierson, exhibiting in corroboration of their state ments the scalps they had taken often women's hair. At the same time Grier son was making tho most extraordinary statements in his official reports in re gard to tho peaceable deportment of these same Indians. As usual these Indians came to Fort Sill and commenced to boast of their achievements, whereupon Gen. Sherman ordered tho arrest ol all tho chiefs, connected with the cxpidition to be sent to Texas, and turned over t3 the civil authorities for trial ior murder. There were seven chiefs in the party, three were arrested. Satantec, and his son Satanic, and Big Tree. While en route to Texas, Satntik who wa in a wagon with two soldier guards, slipped his handcuffs and attacked his guards with a knife, wounding ono of them in the leg. lie was killod by the other guards, who shot him fifteen times. The other two were taken to Jacksboro, tried and sentenced to bo hung on tho first day of September, 1S71. Since this arrest was made there have been no raids made into Texas by tho Kiowas, and from the present appearance ol things, l think that ticn. Onerson, may hereafter trvthfnlly report the Kio was as quiet. 1 have now shown how much Texas has suffered through the imbecility and mismanagement ot Gen. Grierson, and what a great advantage to the frontier it would be to have an able otlicur in command at Fort Sill, but the State ha been equally unfortunate in tho officer who commands tho Licparuncnt ot lex as, Gen. J.J. Reynolds. This officer has enjoyed the command of tho State ever since Gen. Griffin died in the fall of 1867, with only a short in UTTtgium, yei he has not once in nearly four years 'reign paid so much attention to the frontiers as to visit his outposts. For a long period the reconstruction laws had the monoplyjof his time, but for more than a year the civil aathority has passed out of his hands. The ques tion then arises,what w it that keeps him from achieving a military renown upon the frontiers? I have .been credibly in formed that it is the army contractors, and that bm time is bow as completely monopolized in Jhumnerhtf with them, as it formerly was by tho acts of Con gress. If such is really the case, ono must not judge him too severely. If it is true that he is now living in Sau An tonio in a fine manMon, the gift of an army contractor, revelling injsplendor, and" enjoying all the luxuries which money and a corrupt 1 should s.13- ob liging" Quartermaster, can prove. Why should he trouble himself in reg?rd to the-sufferings of the bleeding frontier? And as ho is an ambitious man, it may be that be is an aspirant for presidential honor, and in practicing recqttions, is only trying to perfect himself in the form of deportment peculiar to that higli office. A friend of mine has suggested that if he were called upon to improvise a motto for the Presidential coat-of-arms, ho would only take the first words of an or dinary conveyance. "Know all men by these presents." It is vcll to do things in a magnificent scale, even in tho way of receiving prvents ; it charm-, tho :ul miration,but thus far it has notterqed to stop Indian raids. sometimes thc"whito men would get theadvantaguofthclndiun. Olo method ot baiting for Indians wo to stake out a horse during the full moon and two or three white men hide near him with shot guns. In tho night tho Indians slipping about to steal houses, sees this horso and coming up to him suddenly finds him self enfiladed. The success of ono of tlicso experi ments inspired a dog-latin poet to get oil; tho following effusions : Iadianns fn the woods Intentus lie on white man's goods, Michasequim; While man eee him mulis, "-urfeJiii," dixit he, "Iituis" "Yourliltle ludem." Tuir Hie lakes h.irse. aud states lilm In loco wtu'Ve a shot-gun rakes him, si Ii'juniookil; Injun ovei Hit Lam sdente, (.Vl the luck-?hot si im iu ventre, 1 unc LirLs the bticVet. The ti;ul nou c?:I.-c, Seili.ulem I k.ww ibis liiou,J.: He never stole n.nn. Cum inemitiiscilur n ancient Vlns Qui unus poet once did einr. lie n:Vir .m again, Iujuns o-mes nunc 1 el ly, Auns Ure rd ill 111, And Inteii V) my p.-ic!:iniitioa: smut ult on.-sc-i'p'oliw, L't leTeiHi-ouilSpupltnuxe, Juit t..iy upju jour re-irvtt Ion. For if! Tes.' venunt Wninr, eslres com ujrcluit, AIM viri 'II tiy lo chid, 'tin, LI i ill pnrlo Jon arc t.mk. Am. rim vtsiitmihey will cook, Lt fi-jngire niclum. Passing from the Indian difficulties to tho nature of the country, I can find no better means of describing its general appearance than by comparing it to Kan sas lt lias, tuc same roiling Droi;en prairies, but an abundance of timber in the bottoms. From Red river, which is tho northern boundary line of the State for about two hundred miles, there ex tends southward to the Brazos river, a belt of timber known as tho "cross tim bers." This belt is of an averago width of about twenty miles. Tho timber on the uplands is principally scrub-oaK or black-jack, but in tho bottoms", the wal nut, pecan, Spanish oak. burr oak, elm and ash are to be socn in surpeihitive grandeur. The bur oak is a very hard wood ami when seasoned a nail can with difficulty be driven into it. The .Spanish oak is the most compact, .firm, and dur able timber in the country. 'Hie pecan is a magnificent growth, it resembles the hickory tree, but the lhnbs are larger, and extending out somo distance from the main trunk they form a Ifnc shade when the tree is 111 foliage. -o pine grow" in this part of the aute, though ihnronru lariro nine forests in Eastern Texas, and pine lumber is delivered here at from three to five dollars per hundred feet. There is an abundance of gamo in the cross timbers, such as wild turkeys, ot which there arc countless thousand, deer and antelonc of which I have often seen from twenty to thirty in alien), and alo nlentv of bear, panther and wild .cat. The buffalo come into Texas in Winter and migrate northward on the approach of warm weather. The land in the cross timbers is of a light, sandy appearance, but very pro ductive, eiiuallv as good as the best Kan sas lands. The principal streams pass- m-' through the upper or northern cnu of the cross timbers are Sandy and West Fork of Trinity. The crons this year arc a failure on account otthe severe drouth ; there has been no rain here for nearly ninety daj, and everything even to the grass seems to lie scorched and burnt up. The climato here is much warmer than in Kansas, being in a latitude about six degrees further south than Salina. This has the effect of producing earlier crops and a more luxuriant growth o: vegeta tion ot all kinds. But one does not suf fer so much with heat as in Kansas, as tho Gulf breeze prevails hero in the sum mcr, blowing generally from 3 o'clock I'.J-l. until midnight Besides the fine climate fine, soil and fine timber, this part of the State has great mineral resource. On tho upper Brazos is a anc coal region. hen the troops wero stationed at Fort Belknap, Young count-, they Used to get their coal from the" out-croppings. Wagon trains sometimes go to these regions from the distance ol one hundred miles and load with a first-rate article ol bitu minous coal. Xo effort is made to sink shafts. r.Vn abundance is obtained from surface digging. On the Wichita river there are fine copper and silver Iead. Prof. Rc?ler, Office, visited these copper leads last year and pronounced the ore as fine as any tn the United States for smelting. His party werc attacked by Indians, and be would have been "gobbled but .escort of soldiers from Fort Ricbardjon. Two of his party were killed. This spring there was a" prospecting party or Tcxans who went to tno same countrr to prefect for silver. They struck the lead aad broaght away some of the ore which when smelted yielded a largo percentage of metal. I am afraid to mention the percentage yield for fear that yoxr reader might thiok law ex aggerating. This party was also attack ed by Indians, and one killed, the rest escaping by hard running. Jn Hopkins and Lampasas counties, there are fine sulphur springs, which places Will some day becoiio famous stunraor resorts. In this county (Wise) there aro salt licks as fine as any in tho world. In the south-west part o'f tho comity is what is called the Salt Lake, where salt was manufactured during the late civil war. Within a quarter of a milo from .where I am writing there is a very fine salt lick. Wild animals frequent" these pla ces. Deer and domestic cattle go there for the salt, while the wolves, panthers and wild-cats watch the licks to prcytq 011 them. A good way to kill deer is to watch the licks from a scaffold built in a tree. I passed a 11 ght once upon a scaf fold once built in this manner. It was then 1 first learned to appreciate the term, " howling wilderness." An Eng lish f-ockiiey could make no mistake in describing the noise, for I heard both 01m and tiOicls that night. This, dear sirs about completes mv description of this State. To those who desire filrther information my advice is u visil me oitne aim sec ior llieiliseives. Very trulv your obM't serv't, 310SESAVILEY. A StartHus Exp-oscre. Tho particulars of tho wreck of tho ship Golden Rule, oh tho J0th of .May, 1865, while on her way from Xew York to Greytown, are too well remembered to bo repeated. Since that circumstan ces havo transpired tending toshow that the vessel was puqioscly run 011 shore to cover up the robbery of a largo amount of U. S. treasure which was on board, and for upwards of two years tho dete"c tivcs worked diligently looking np the facts, and havo made reports from time to time to the Treasury Department. These reports hao been examined by a member of the New York Sun editorial stuff, and some interesting and startling facts have been brought to light. .the united states treasure on board the Golden Rule was in an iron safe e.v asod in a wooden bo:: made of pine boards an inch and a half in thickness, tiul consisted ol ono million dollars in greenbacks, 5161,850 in 7.30 Trotwurj- notes, andS.JOO 111 coupon bonds, making a total ot 51,102,150. The safe was in trusted to the caroof liuftis Lcighton and ictor hinith, special agents of tho De partment, ana they were instructed not to leave the safe alone until they deliver ed it to the Assistant Treasurer at San Francisco.- Notwithstanding-the inten tion of the Government lo keep tho fact that the treasure was on boai d n secret, by some 'iieaus one man got s'-ent of the treasure, who said ho was going out in the Golden Rnle on Governtmoiit busi ness. Hardly had thcshipstartodon her voyage when ono of the pasiongers, out of the G;0 who went out in hor, named Montgomery Gibbt, was seen lo be on terms of intimacy with the captain, whose name was Dennis. Gibbs had a chum by the name of Walker, and tho above three were on unusually good terms, which is strange, as tho captain testifies ho had never scon Gibb.still he came on board the vessel just before she left the wharf. This Gibbs is summed up as follows by tho S'J.n : "So it stfcnis that Montgom ery Gibbs, the sinoolhcd-fiiccd, full-chcstr ed, clerical looking man, above medium height, straight hair combed back over his cars who repeatedly inquired at Mr. Carringtoii's office it Victor Smith was going out in th Golden Rule ; who followed tho safe containing the. treasure on board; who pretended to bo in the omploj-mcnt of tho Treasury Depart ment, but whom the Treasury Depart ment then knew nothing about; who was very thick with Walker, tho hanl ease, who slolo on board tho ship as she wjif leaving ..uw l orii ; who iiumciiu tcly became Captain Dennis's most inti mate and beloved companion, and told :mn nlKiut tho trcasnro being on board, and who was looked upon with aversion bv Victor Smith, one of tho agents in cnargc of tho treasure took passage on the Golden Rale, under nil assumed name." From the testimony of the snrvtving passengers of the Goldeti Rule and from facts brought to light by the detectives there is no doubt whatever that the ves sel was run on to IJoncador reef on par. pose to cover uji the robbery of tho sale by tho threo indi.iduals mentioned above. When the passengers were res cued lrom the reel by U. a. men-of-war a long time after the wreck, Victor Smith ; otic of tho agents in charge of the safe reftucd to leave the spot until he ascertained fo-a certainty thatthe funds were lost. This heroic man slaved alone on the reef two weeks before tie wreckers came to help him hunt, up the .safe containing tho treasure On June 2Gth they found a bundle of 7-30 notes, amounting in all to?160,330. This bundle contained f7 pacKagcs ot notes, made payable to a many different pron and firms in San Francisco. From a package numbered 1,057, payable to David Ilayn, and orig inally containing 10,000, three notes of of 25bQ each had been abstracted, and the whole bundle .smelt stronglr of bilge water. ThU showed that it had emerged from tho safr and been manipulated be fore the ship went to pieces, and had lxn long enough in the hold to become saturated with'bilge water. The safe was finally found, broken open, and empty. hen it was broken open, or by whom, it was of rore impotsible to "J- The Maine papers y that the daa- . 1 . dtstnets almost tic cnUre grain crop i swept awav. . , . age done by the gras.-botmerj ia tLall: 'ln gratcfalrcjceabracwofafcair Stale. this "vear. watt be estimated by crown pie that ? kind trsajrrUc-i millions r.f 'dollar. In some exteaire "" '"' bttnat girl ovrrtO The ex-Erapcror Xapoleon tas scat;tyitretarncsl tohi-a. his iKirtrait. with his aatosrrsnh. to cve-i - ' ry deputy who voted against the dedu - cxtc in Xatiooal Asaessblr at Bonfeaax. AX E.VGLXSU ST0HT. "Pleae, sir, will you bay my chest- nntsr" "Chestnuts! Xo." returned Italnh Moore, looking carclessh- down on the upturned face, whoso largo brown eves, shadowed by tangled carls of flaxen lia.r were appealing o pitifully to his own. "What do I want with e-iesttiutsT" "But, please, nir, bin 'cm," pleaded the little one, reassured by the rojgh kindness of his tone. "Xobody seems to care for them, and and " She fairly buna into tears, and Moore, who had been on the point of brushing careless "past her, stopped instinctvely. "Aro von very much, in want of the money ! " "Indeed, sir, wo arc," sobbed the child ; " mother cnt me out, and "Xay, little one, don't cry in uch a hcart-brokea wav," Mild Ralph, smooth ing down her hair with at atvless gentle ness. " I don't waut your chestnuts, but here's half-n-crown for yon, if that will do you any good." llo did not stop to hear the delighted, incoherent thanks the child poured out through a rainliow of smiles and tears, but strodo on his way, muttering be tween his teeth, " That" cuts off mv sti ply of cigars for tho" next week. I don't caro, though; the brown-eyed object realh- did cry as it she hadn't a friend in the world. Hang it 1 1 wish I was rich enough to help every poor creature out of tho slough ol despond." While Ralph Mooro was indulging in these very iKitural reflections, tho dark-eyed- little damsel whom ho had comfort- pd was (hashing down the street, with quiet, clastic footstep4, utterly rognrd- less ot tho l):is!(sWt unsold nuts that still dangled on her arm. Down an ob scure lane she darted, between ruinous rows ol houses, and up a narrow wooden staircase, to a room whore a pale, neat looking woman with largo brown eyes like her own, was sowing as busily as if tho breath of life depended ou'everv stitch, and two little ones were content edly playing in the -.unshino that torn poranly supplied tho place of fire. "Maryl back already? Surely yon have not sold your chestnuts so on? " " Oh 1 mother, mother, pee ! " ejacula ted the almost breathless child. "A gen tleman gave mo a whole half-crown. Only think mother, a whole half-crown." it italph Mooro could only have scon the ranturo which his hall-crown gif diffused around it in tho poor widows poverty-stricken home, he would hav regarded still lees tho temporary priva tion of a cigar to which his geucrosi'.y had subjected him. i cars came and wont. The little chest nut girl jrawed as entirely out of Ralph Mooi 's memory as if pleading eyes had ne-er touched the soft part of his heart -. but Man- I,e never forgot the stranger who had given her the hall-rown I lie crnnson window-curtains were closely draw n, to shut out tho Morm and tempest of the bloak December night; tho lire ui glowing choorily in thcjwell- nueu grate, aim tno iimncr-iaiuc, in n glitter with cut gin4, rare china, and polished silver, was only waiting lor the presence of Mr. Audley." "What can it be that detain papa!" said Mrs. Audley, n fair, Imndsomn ma tron of about thirty, as she gl'inced at the dial of a tiny enainhd watch. ''Six o'clock, and he dot s not make his np penrance." " J here a a man with hirp m the study . . I ... - W 1l - mamma, come on business, " citd Rolert Audloy, a pretty boy cloven yonts old, who was reading by the lire. "I'll call him again," Kihl M rs. A udley, stepping to tho door. But as slio opetied it, the brillintit gas light in the hall fell full on tlw faco of an humble looking maiiin worn and thread bare garments, who was leaving the house, while her husband stood In the doorway of hi tndy, apparently re lieved to be rid of hi visitor. "Charles," said Mr. A ad ley, wfio cheek had paled ami flushed, "who Ja that man, and what dors he wnnlf" "His name is 3Ioorc, I bellevi, and he came U) see if I would bestow upon him that vacant clerkship in the bank." "And will job?" " I don't know, Mary; I rsust think aliout i:." " Charles, give him the ita-itiot" "Why, my love I" "Recaue I ask it ol you as a favor, and you have said a thousand time yor. would never deny me anything." "And I will keep my work, Mary," said tho noblc-bcartcd husband, with an affectionate fcws. " I'll write the fellow a note this very evening. I l-cliercl'rc got his addrvs al-ont me, wimewrHrre." An hour later, when .Bobbie, Fran 5: and Eugene were snagly tnekod i:i bed, in the spadoon mir-wry ap Uirx, Mrs. Audley tokl her husband why i.be was o interusted in the fate of a man whom ? had notf-een for twenty year. "That's right, my little wife," replied her hasbaad, Aadlng her foldly to hi brcAst, when U Siap"eiarf waaeoodnd cd. " Xvr hr-gct one who wjmi Vnd to yo in the . -ys whn yo needed kinJi.js-rj.t. Ralph Moore wa it- ung in bis poor wjriiig ih-wuo m- aj. ing wife a mck ixJ, woen a iivenea ser vant broaghi note from the rich baakcr, Mr. Charles Aadiey. " Good nets-, Bertha, lie exdairaed, as he read the brief word. " We ahall not xiarTL ; Mr Aadley prowisc rae the vacant a: AMioft. Yoa tiavc drorriiod something frocj tbe e letter,Italph, ail Mri. Jloore, poll , foint Snc tn a Kt. cf natr on thi",or. iwn stooned to recover tbeertray, j It was a City poawl ncte, ccaUy folded j " a J VTrt oa f ttJ " ' J",p"' ... .. . , J . " i. .. -.-r,.-.-w. , i trea4 npon tie vatenf al slur najy 1. The doers of the bcaotlfsl depends tp- ' oa the dors et the serricieab! TTcH Bow, Girl. Sunday evening, not manv One nights ago, tho Rev. Mr. Thompson fWt fonncd a marriage ceremony at tho Tab. crnacle both parties said Ye at tho proper time, and the reverend gentle man said Amen. ' I wantyott to perform the same thing for mr," said a well-dressed, vounci-h gentleman to Mr. Thompson. When!" ".Now right off to-night" "CaVl you put it off a liti littlo! It will make it rather late." "Xo tho lady says now or nover, and I am very anxious. Will vou go !" "Yes, where is it 1" !" C losk by only a few steps west o He park. Wo are all re.- iv, and l!t only detain you a lew iniuuU's on vonr way home." Mr. T. went to the place which was a respectable boanling house, and, every thing evjnced decorum. The lady, young and pretty, neatly drcssotl, and "altogcth er a de-irab!o partner for a gentleman, and nshurtpraj-or, as usual upon 8nch occasions, o tiered, and then hands joined. " You, with a lm -nso or tho obliga tions you assume, ao promise, hero in the pretence of God and these witnesses', on take this onien, whoe right hand yon clasp in yours, to Jio your lawful wedded wife, and as such vou will love and cherish her forever!"" "I do." "And yon, Miss, on your mrf, will VOU tnl.f thw min in K-. .-..l....r..i i band ? "Xo!" Wo havo heard in ttniM past, when showers were ," -hionablc, some pretty heavy claps of . .under, but none that aver rattled abor. tho tympanum ol tho bridegroom was quite so loud as that stunning littlo niOiiojyllahle. 'No, I never wilf." said ho most emphatically, and walkod away to her soat, leaving her almost husband looking a id probably fooling the least trine in the world foolish. Mr. Thompson remonstrated not ) induce her to charge that Xo for Y.i", but for trilling with him in tho solemn iitiy ol his call 1 1 ing, anil asked for an ex iilmmtion. " L meant no disrespect to you, nir, or to trillo with your doty, or the cere mony yot, wore onllud upon to perform, but I had no other way tn vindicate my ciianu.nr, i come io tne city a povr sewing girl. I worked for this man. He made profcsnioits of lovo to me, but from other citxaimntariof I doubted hta sincerity, and loft bin employment and went lmcfc to the emirtry for n while When I returned 1 found the door of my former boarding hour rioted again! me, ami this lady, whom I had esteemed as a kind fnend, cold, quite indisposed to renew my acquaintance. And I In (tinted iition knowing tho rea'oii I teamed that this man had blackened my character, denied lit proposals of mar ringe, and nid I was no nnttcr wh it. I said to tho lady, let tno come back and I will provo my innocence. Will you Wiieve what 1 say If ho will marry rnf f" " Yva, I certainly will, and will all u ho know you." "I renewed thn aoquaiiil.-inco, ho ic nowed his piuposmJ. I ncceptrd t a I ntd ' Y, thu minister at ini' If slankmd mt J dirioved him. I rn ed my vor.I true, and hi fal.c. It wa the only way jKior, helplcs girl hail l avenge herself upon a man who hid prov .d him-df unworthy U) be her husband t was only at aright lime, to sty otic urJ ne If ate wont. I havo aM 1, I hone it wHS be a lesson to inn, an ex ample to other eirl. and that in mam- other and diffrrunt firwimstantcs tlfy may learn to y 'Xo.' " " If I ws angry for a ulngte moment,' aM Mr. Thompson, "I carried non tf it over Ihe thrmlwid. It woj a mvcf leMMi, btitweJI aj.r.'iH. went Jkwo '.oTVsrir on the w ua of the wnrd AO. I -r Love Of all Ik henrsie- llut ofciiet IttM north, Use moat abominable w that called Free Art. It ha tbne mor ' la the) lat tr-'ve'm'ntl to poUon v ely than t trr idea offrror that Ijs4 ever hsefi i semtnated. As an iiwtAnfs) of iu -rkiujf, Uki Laura Fair's testimony in 'Jit Crittenden trial. rhe wasaked"if lv wwt Critten den' wife and she replied that he v&. " When were you married lo lilm ? " asked Ue attorney. " God married me to Wni when ws were both hvrri God made him for ?09 and pie for him J" "Did yoae standtng before Dr. Hcotl mak- yoa'3Ir. Synd9r wf fn 1 wikM tbs atwmer. " X'oi in the fght el God ; bccacM I did not love him, nor he tne. There. hat one ,vron borh Air anothrr in thi world. 1 flt w different trarl Mr. Cnttcnden than I did toward upy oth er human bein;j. I woatd hare wHilrijf ly died for hlw.' I was CritteO'lVaVi wil bocaavj my tcry Hf was bound up m his ; be ofte said I wa h only wjfr, and the only w .mett he loxyl , aad th last time I wr him, be VtUl me I w the only wife that ho liad, ad the oaly wife that ki-"-" Hath i Free Ire, 7ih beve great teitadiy of life. It if ! believed that the crab liat attained tbe zot sc handrcl afldfifty rctn, 6A.J Urn jn ke a stiff greater age. A A k? w raaght 1 a lake in Koeifc Gcreiacy Tn 1 , ew whSeh wa find a riw 18113; tb laser .- ou : u I m tirf Ai whj'ii mm fi-i . a pat tuln iitt L-J if ths bafed! iie Gorernor of tlj Caarerw, FrvUri .' II., the SJ of f Jtiober, 133ff, Itwfa-hd tliree hatxlrcl awl flSytwo jiosfd, and was 19 ftt kg. t U rmt I . fie Cosnt d I'arif, li UrcacUt oh - jte far J t"rw f Irsace, tiwc, bd ". .! os theToakrsrd ot rrw, sda hsfe la re Wts far tr n... Kr t, !nrr. irsariarwf tia V bewaatryfolk, nli-rwtW gJe,rcfaiw'r3,lIi7 "v.v. to fa-l UtA6 t S&U i