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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY, APRIL 15 1875, UAIN AN'D LSS. BT C. BROOKE . From th8 Sunday Magailne. x. with the "W'bei we are waary world's rough teaching, . Too tired to euK4 at lire 'a perplexed meaning Too worn to fjilo In its eager quest, w kV hnt room beneath still summer sklea To dream In rest, and, waiins, dream ga.n Calmly to ber what suit neiore us ues, feulfer ua.hand tne woes that yet remain. -ti ihon i (hink. ci(vt nda Ills special spirits, Who straightway open our cold slumbering hearts . , , With love that yie ds far more than It Innern NVlth love that claims as mucu s n iiuyai -tu irinroii irnnn nf nntrr-'.a. Dure and sinless. vnriuinti wtin. mo. crrew weary ol the rarlh Hut little soul wbose lue Is frefch sod guileless, Of human weakness and ol nutnan duiu, The little child ran. with their wistful pleading km irv an.l renzth to feed their lender Tettve1 us warmth and sunshine, a'.l unbet-d Unconscious teachers of life-giving truth. When haby fingers twine within our own, Wecin notpusu their cliuginx love away ; IXTa ., unt aallr ttl M tKl iOUM O&lb alOUO Wnen little leet wan' strengthening on the way. When child sh eyes grow b lghter with the sun Hour can westiun ine glowing gmueu n&nn xiir h ii t 1 1 iIi,-i.ti i Ii n mid Ins one by one. We diire not shut the trutli out from our sight. ri.l. If.lr. Ufo ilsnonrlonFf full 11 'J BWet. nu..ii tun! tH"d with fuller love and ..FLtf. Vorth! will hrln 111 to III feet W fco jeeUi tue birds, uulo-da tbe opening tlower. And doubting souls first know a God above V neu they have f ilt the spirit's moiher-bllss And weary hearts Uod gathers to his bosom When in His father love He sends us this. ii. She took the brown seeds in her hand. And softly turned them oue by ona. Baying. "Kor these I only want A little raio, a little sua, A s'aort-live 1 sleep within the earth Unt 1 the winter frosts ba done. 'Quickly the spring days come again, quickly the snowdrops follow snow, little babe shall Dluck Flowers where 1 p'ant these brown seeds now ; God ! send Thy sun and rain to ieea Both flowerj when they together grow. Bright shown the sun, fat fell the rain. The bands that sowel were clasped lu rest. Over some flowers a baby's hand Had laid upon it- mother's breast; Uod took the seel His band bad sown. And planted it wnere flowers grow best. NEWS AND GOSSIP. Vice dig's its own voluptuous tomb. Iowa can boast of 763,106 miles of rail way. Mankato, Minn., has an artesian well 1,800 fdtt deep. Where tha woodbine twineth on the new bonnets. Kiss shots In billiards are now called 'Brook yn caroms." The currr.cv of Cuba is getting tobe worth bo li.tia that it doas not pay to coun terfeit it. Come, young mat?, trot out your new hat, and lat's see how it compares with the bonnets. Green peas have get as far North as Macon, Ga., and are Macon rapid progress hitherward. Uncle Sam has raised seven hundred and twenty-five millions of dollars worth of cotton in three years. Josh Eilhng3 and retraleum V. Nasby probably feel that t'sis spelling mania is a personal reflection on both of theai. One of the great attractions of the centen nial will be Susan B. Anthony' relation ol her personal recollections of the t'ilgrim Fath'-rs. They Bued a man in France for a libel he wrote with a sharp stick on a green pump kin growing in a field. The indictment was squashed, however. Brcwnlow is warmiDg np with hia work, and the tvay he calls acntemporary a tooth less, fangless old rp'ile" would make a Cincinnati editor envious. YouDg Walworth, the parricide, now con fined in the Auburn asylum for insane con victs, is rapidly declining in health, and it is said he can tot long survive. Owing to a late severe storm, Orange City, Iowa, was ten days without a mail. The in habitants will never catch up in reading the proceedings in Jude Neilsou'a court. Phil adelphia Times. Worcester Prass : It 13 said that Jayne, the notorious ex detective for the treasury department, will appear as a witness in the scandal trial. It Tiit on has had bis arm around Jayce let's know it. Susan B. Anthory wants to find the au thor of the story which placed her in an im proper attitude toward Theodore, and pro poses to be a mother-in-law to him in all that the name implies. Detroit Free Press The residence at Washington, In which Bancroft is completing hia History of the United State?, has had for its tenants James K. Paulding, vVastiiiig.on Irving, John P. Kennedy, William Wirt, Peter Force and Jared Sparks. Washington wore a sst of false teeth made from a solid block of ivory. This is asUti mentoffact, and it isn't wonderful that the father of his country didn't have a kindly expression of countenance under the circumstances. Gan. McCbllan will remain abroad with his family until August. They have been up the Nils, and especial att3ntlnns have been paid them by the Khedivo. Cincinnati Cjmmercial. All quiet on the Nile, else Mc. wouldn't be there. A gentleman in Oswego.New York.has an earthen tea-pot presented to his grand mother by Gen. Israel Putnam in 1773,on the occasion of her marriage to a lieutenant in Putnam'a command. It bears sn eagle, shield and patriotic mottoes. At a sale of merino sheep at Fresno, Cal., the other day a single ram brought 500, and fifty ewes were sold at forty dollars each. New York Sun. Now let the sterner sex brace up for a blast from Aunt Susan. Why should the male sheep sell so much higher than the female Is a question that should be settled by the sorosia. John Paul Jones must have had a wonder ful collection of crockery on his ship, if the auctioneer's catalogues - are to be believed. We notice in an account of a recent sale in London a pair of flat Oriental vasci, sup posed to have been paiute I at Chelsea, which Hre said to bava coaie off the Bouuomme Richard. They sold tor .18. The Bironne de Talleyrand, who is de scribed as a lovely Circassian, with melt ing dark eyes and pearlv white shoulders and arms, wore so rainy jewels at a recent costume ball in Florence that she took pendarmes along with her to escort her. There were jewels everywhere on her OJa lisque dress, which looked one shimmering cascade of diamonds, rubies, samphires and emeralds. JL'&rson Newman, who has recently re turned from Palestine, testified bis sym patbv with Mr. Beecher by forwarding him In rare, of a trnsiv m8seniz3r. a bottle of Jordan water. Tbe pastor promptly d.ew Lh cork, tasted the dtbcIous nuio. ana afifr smackina his lips, to be Bare of get ting the flavor, he turned to the messenger and said: "lull Brother Newman I prefer Vicby." Smokers should paste this in their hats for reference when purcba?lrg tbe fragrant Havana. How many smokers know what tha brands on the cases of Havana clears mean T The names Pkegalia. Londre, Damas and Entr'operas, do not refr to quality, but to sizes. The aualitv is Indicated by super- fino. fino. suierior. end bueno. iladuro means tbe tobacco is very strone, bscuro for that not so s'rone, Colorado for medium acd claTo for mild. SOCRATES SECOND. THE HEMLOCK POISONING CASE. TESTIMONY OF THE PHYSICIANS WHO TREATED THE PATIKNT WHO DICTATED HIS TMP TOMS WHILE DYING FUOSI CONIUM. AN OVKRDOSB CF Concerning the case of hemlock poisoning in Brooklyn al.eady reported in the Sectl nel.the New York Sun has these conditiona details : The case of F. W. Walker, the electrician, who died from a draught of hem lock which he took on Saturday as a rem edy for spasms of the facial muscles and the twitching of the eye lid3, which were the re suit of an accident in New York In 1S71, was the talk among medical men in New York and Brooklyn yesterday. Coroner Simms received a telegram from Dr. Seguin askinz him to spare no pains to make thorough investigation In the ictsrett of science. An inquest was begun in tbe ait ernoon in Dr. Walker's parlor, at 300 S:ate street. The jurors were Dr. B A. Seirur. suoenntenaent of the board of bealtr-: David Chauncev, president of tbe Mechanii-s's Bank; Dr. A. N. Bell, editor of the Sanitarian: Samuel Booth, ex-post ma&tar: J. J. Studwell. Alderman Kipley Ropes, D. D. Whitney, William Richardeoo, Dr. Albert Y Ickers, and w. r. L.nty, presi dent of he Brooklyn City Gaslight Com pany. Tbey viewed toe ooay, wnicn wa3 laid out in the cofSn, te handsome face bparluir the serene expression that the stim ulaticg and fatal poison eave to it in the last moments of lite. Drs. Webster and Acnew noticed the simrtaritv of the death to that of Socrates and Phocion, and especially to that of the former, lnasmnch as he drank the poison and spoke to bis disciples np to tbe ast moment, ana toe aeaa electrician uttered the passing symptoms or bis ap proaching end to his wife, the only known cjses in which tbe victims conversed about themsflves until death closed their lips. Other physicians deny that THE POISON THAT SOCRATES DRANK was the same that was taken by Mr. Walker, Mrs. Alida Walker, who wrote down the record of her husband's approaching death, testified to the facts as they were related in j-esterday's Sun. She said that after 5:15 p. m . no hemlock was taken, ana that alter that for an hour he slowly made known his symptoms as ho experiefced them. Fora year he had been troubled with phostopllo- bia. fear of light, and diplopia, double sight. The directions for taking the hemlock were given to him by Dr. Squibb, from whom he purchased It, ana ner nusoana sat a oeiore e took it that Dr. Webster bad told hiin in detail all of the symptoms of Its actloD, and when to cease taking it. She bad cot tbe slightest apprehension that the drug might prove fatal, llerhusDana naa never com plained of the ordinary disease that might end in sudden death. When hl3 symptoms ere w worse she tried to give him some coffee. He lay Lis bead in her arms and made one quick motion and was dead. He died shortly after half past six. Dr. Webster, of 19 East Thirty-ninth street, detailed his acquaint ance with Mr. Walker, which began in 1837, n tbe Manhattan lue and lir llosp.tal, where Mr. Walker, who was then 63 years old, and a special ageot of the Mutual Life nsurance Company, went to nave his eves treated lor diplopia. Af:er the accident, to the affection of the eyes was added the blepbaro-facial spasms, which not only in terfered with his sight, but produced a hid eous deformity cf his whole lace. Dr. Brown Sequard failed to do him good with the moxa, and Dr. ebster determined on a cautious trial of hemlock, which was aD proved by foreign phvsicians. He 6ays ol last Saturday: "In order to watch the enact, asked him to come to my ofhee on the morning of April 3. At 10:25 o'clock I gave 40 drops ol EN EXTRACT OF CONICM. At 10:50 gave 40 drops more without any efiect whatever. At 11:16 gave 40 drops md still no effect. At 11:15 gave CO drops, lie remained in the ouice about an hour and a half after the last dose. We pent the time iD conversation, and just te- tore be went away be showed me some methods of applying electricity, standing up as be did so to apply the poles of the bat tery to my fac3. After an hour and a half he left, convincing me that either the ex- ract which he bad taken was inert or that. rom long use of nerve remedie?, he had ac- ulred the power of resisting their ell set?. We discussed the pbystolog cal eflacts nf hemlock, and I warned Mr. Walker to stop the use of the drug the moment he felt the effect coming on. I gave him a prescription on which was wri:- ten "Fluid extract conil, one oz ," and signed my name to it. I told him to see Dr. Squibbs himself and tell him just how many drops be bad taken in my olhce. 1 told him to stop taking the medicine ss soon as he felt any muscular relaxation, diz-zine-s, numbness, or other physiological fleets of tbe drug. r.ir. waiker spoke oi Socrates's death, and said that he understood that the taking of hemlock was a very Pi a? ant way to die. He did not seem de- presse! in spirits, 1 was willing to trust nim with the drug because he was of un usual Intelligence. I never gave hemlock but once belore in a similar case, and then t an infant, which was troubled with pho tophobia. My treatment was concurred in by Dr. Agnew, Death from Lemlock is occasioned by PARALYSIS OF THE SPINAL MARROW. It does not affect, the intelligence until the last stages. I would not, as a rule, consider it safe to allow a patient to take the medi cine unless prescribed in small dose?, unless a physician was with him. I tid him to take the dose Dr. Squibbs prescribed, as the dose varies wltn the extract. Dr, C. It. Ag new corroborated the testimony of his part ner, Dr. Webster, and added that be beard the conversation about the use of hemlock and the warning to stop taking it as Boon as he noticed any effect on his muscles, stom ach, head, or elsewhere. He felt justified in using hemlock lor the extreme case he had In Mr. Walker. He believed that Mr. Walker had an appreciation of the danzer ot the drug. Dr. Agnew explained that the drug is intoxicating in some decree, and., like brandy, leads on from one draught to another, and in this way he accounted for Mr. Walker, who was exceedingly precise, taking an overdose contrary to bis know ledge and Judgment. Tbe inquest was ad journed until next Monday. A council of medical men are to make a post mortem ex amination this morning in the house. One or two physicians are already outlining a treatise on this wonderful case. The body is to be buried to-morrow from St. Peter's Episcopal Church, UN der THE DAISIES. It Is strange what a great deal of trouble we take. What acrl flee TnoKtofns willingly make. How the lips will sml:e, though the heart may ache, And we bene' to the ways of the world for the sake Of lis poor and scanty praises. And time runs on with such pitiless glow That our lives are wanted before we know What worx to finish before we go Xo our long rest under the daisies. And too eften we 'all In a useless fight; or wrong is so much in the place ot right, And the end is bo far beyond our sihtr '111 as one starts on a etiase by night, An unknown blade pursuing. Even so do we see, wheu our race is run. That of all we have striven for little is won. And of all the work onr Mrenyth has done, How little was worth the dclng. So most rf us travel with very poor speed. Failing In thought whefe we conquer In fleed, Least brave in the hour of greatest need, An I making a riddie that lew may read Of our poor life's intricate mazes. Such a labyrinth of right and wrong, ! it strange that a heart, once brave and strong Should falter at Jat, and most earnestly long l or a calm sleep under tbe daisies? Hol If one poor troubled heart can say, "His kindness softened my life's rough way." And Ibe tears fall over our lifeless clay, We Khali stand up in heaven in brighter array. Than If all earth rang with our praises. For tbe good we have done shall never fade. Though tbe work be wrought and the wages paid. And the wearied frame of the laborer laid All peacefully under the daisies. AN ANOMALY. DICTATIXQ DETAILS OF DEATH. OXE'S OWN SEQUFL TO AN EVENTFUL LIFE A CHRONIC INVALID TAKES POISON AS A REMEDY AND DIES WHILE DICTATLNQ HIS SYMPTOMS TO HIS WIFE. The Sentinel has already announced by telegraph the death of Mr. F. W. Walker, grand master of tne Masonic fraternity ot Illinois. The New York Sua has the fol lowing particulars of his eventful life and strange death: A most remarkable death in Brooklyn on Saturday night promises to make a page of scientific history un equalled by anj thing in the treat ment or nervous aisea.es. air. t. w Walker, an electrician of 300 State streft was, in November, 13 I, run over by a pork truck at William and Cedar streets, New York, and wheu he was picked up nis faci was trampled In gashes by tbe horses, and his right hand was so mashed that the fiageia could not be distineuished from discon nected flesh. He was carried to the Wash ington Lite Insurance building and attended by a police surgeon. Then he was removed to his home in Flainfield, N. J., and there he recovered, but he carried a maimed band, and tha muscles or bis face were thoroughly involuntary In their action, nn'lmir his features into everv sort or con tortion. His eyelids drooped heavilv, and the muscles were powerless to raise them. so that for hours ho would be as a blind man. lie managed a large insurance busi ness, and his aliliction made him unfit to continue Lis occupation. He was a man of very large acquaintance acd culture, well known to all the bangers cn at Washington and many famous spuators, was an intimate friend ot Andrew jonnson, ana as csm spondant ot the Express, belore and after the war was begun, be was known at tbe capitol and in this city. Ills family was exceptionally cultivated, and the large society of friends who visited him triad to alleviate his suflerlng. He sought Dr. Brown-Sequard, and put himsell under the treatment that Dr. bequard had used in Charles Sumner's nervous auection Tbe physician seared his forehead and fac with an iron heated to white beat and cut many facial muscles, taking a small b;t out and then searing the ends of tbe incited muscles. He frequently returned from Dr. Sequard'a presence with Lis lace scarred and SEALED BY THE HOT IRON. Mr. Walker was bald headed, and over the scilp was passed the hot iron in long fur rows, back and forth, until it was marked ke a checker board. The scars healed away under proper treatment. Dr. Sequard gave series or ao3es or strychnine, nopirg to have it act as a sedative on the nerves so that wben tbey once came to a rest tbey mijrLt bek'pt so by the use of the drug. It did not prove strong enough, and its use was abandoned, Dr. Brown-Sequard putting more faith in tbe nioxa. Alter Dr. S- quard's wife died he went to Paris, leaving his patients in care of other physicians. lie sen". Mr. Walker to Dr. Agnew, tbe cel ebrated oculist. Mr. Walker's eyes began grow worse, and he was troubled with diplopia double sight. Dr. Brown-Sequard, when he sent Walker to Dr. Agnew, advised mm to nave tne internal rectus muscle of the eye divided as a remedy for tbe quick twitching of eyes. This did not work weP, and the eyelid the right one was cut dropped bavily down on the op posite side. Mr. W alker teen ussd court plaster to make the eyelid tri-e azain. He intended to have i stitched, but Dr. Agnew had tbe cartilage of the eye divided with no better success. The Interior ot the eyelid filled with little granules, which inflamed the eye so that it was very sore. Mr. Walker began to ex periment on these himself, and by a gal vanic process he removed them. He studied electricity with the aid of his wife's and son's eyes, experimented largely, and pursued the subject so far that he deter mine'4, to use it as a medicine. He was driven nut of every calling almost by bis great aflliction, and ho began to search for patients for static, farad ic and galvanicelec tricity. He hoped in this way to ac quire a more competent support for his fam ily, and by research, perhaps, to find a per fait remedy for bis own case. lie moved to Brooklyn last December, and opened an office at 300 State street, aud put a H'gn on hi3 house making known tuet be wa a medical, faradic, static, and galvanic elec trician. His social and genial nature at tracted to him a large numbar of friends, who submitted to his practice, and in many cases were beneätted by it. He turned into his sixty-fift h year, and hale, hearty and buoyant in everyway, HIS AFFLICTION WAS THE JIOItE INTENSE. He went to Dr. Agnew again and favored a sedative drug. The doctor on Saturday had him in hia office and began to administer extract of hemlock. Trof. Harley, of S' Thomas Hospital, London, had directed tbe use of hemlcck for nervous diseases, and one day last week Dr. Agnew used it suc cessfully on a little girl who was troubled with the terrible affliction. Dr. Agnew and Dr. Webster on Saturday gave him in their office forty drops ot hemlock, and in a halt hour they gave him foity more, and lna half hour forty more. Tbe drug was ex pected to act directly on the nervous center, controlling all of the muscles of the b d y, Sroducing a state of relaxation. The 120 rops did not work. The doctors then gave sixty drops more, and the 180 drops of tbe most energetic poison did not move the pa tient. A tea mad9 of hemlock had killed Socrates, and three grains cf the extract as home made nowadays ought, the doctors say, to move almost any person. One bun dred and eighty drops had not moved Mr. Walker. Dr. Webster advised Mr. Walker to stop on bis way home and get some of Dr. Edward Squibb's fluid extract of hem lock, which is the strongest, repre senting one grain for every minum or diop. Mr. Walker bounded into his house on Saturday afternoon, and seemed lull of health. He Baid to bis wife that Dr. Agnew had given him much hope, lie went to his library table and began to dictate to his wife a medical circular. He dictated a moment, and then said that be wonld take his medicine. Since his earliest treatment he had dictated avery symptom of bis dis ease, and every effect of his medinine to his wiie.maklng a valuable record of Dr. Brown S?quard's treatment. He lay down on bis bed with his hemlock beside him, took fifty drops, and began slowly to dictate to his wite. Hi mind was clear, and his manner lucid. He told his wife not to be alarmed at any eymptom, as Dr. Agcew had told bin just bow the symptoms would follow each other, and just bow he would pass out from urder the drug's influence. The ob ject of all was to relax all the muscles so that the twitching of the facial muscles would cease, and when this was done, a con tinuation ot the hemlock in smaller doses, it was hoped, would relieve him' eutirely. He took the Gist dose, and his wife wrote his words down as follows : 4:10 p. m , took 50 minims Squibb's fluid extract of conium (hemlock); SO minuUs to 5 p. m., effect, very ueciuwu in aizzmess, RELAXATION OF MUSCLES AND LIMBS ; 50 minims more then taken; difficulty of walking immediately and want of power to control movements; forced to lie down, but no mitigation of spasms, limbs and legs weak, unable to hold up head, speech thickenicg, some pain and heaviness in top and back part of head ; pulse 5G. 3:15 p. M., took fifty drops; some nausea, some tremor at base of clavicle and muscles across tbe chest, just above the sternum; no dimin ution of spasms about eyes nor of photos- phobia. 5:23 p. M., drowsiness. Inclined to sleep. 5:40 P. M., eyes difficult to open. speech difficult, fulloess in throat, prostration nearly complete, dip lopi (double sight) vastly increased. 6:10 p. M. Nausea, twitchings on right side, unable to articulate, ejes closed, lullness almost to suffocation in throat, pulse about sixty. In part six ne called lor water just before he began tbe sentdnce that was never finished. His wife ran to get some coffee, and as she returned she saw ber husb wd dead. His la$t utterances were thick -tongued, but he bad anticipated this symptom, and expected to pass from it into the relaxation wherein Uy the cure. lie was dead from 150 drops of hemlock, and died quietly. The eventlul death was a sequel to an event ful lifo. In 1861 Mr. Walker was sent to T. B , a place twenty-two miiesfrom Washing ton, by Gen. Manchester, to capture Enack, the reb-1 Bpy. He took a cavalry troop and made the capture. He put the soy under the supervision of two men, who allowed him to escape. Emack dr&w a bowie knile, and as Mr. Walker known then as Gen. stabbed bira in tbe abdomen, running the Walker was washing his face, the rebel knife through the back, and inen stabbed him twice again, but tha blows were cut ofl by a memorandum book. Emack scaped, ard was alter ward In charge of Libby Prison, where Col. Wood and Gen. Michael Corcoran heard him boast of his exploit. He was afterward known as Bawie Knile Euiack, the Yankee Killer. Mr. Walker was poisoned in the Natioeal Hotel iu 1SÖ7 in Washington, and as he narrowly escaped death then, so he did four years later. After the war - he was a broker at 81 Beaver street. He was atterward deputy internal revenue collector. He leaves a family of five children, one a minister. A large number of friends visitc-d his bouse yesterday, aud bis funeral cn Wednesday lrcm St. Peter's Episcopal Church is to be under Masonic supervision. Mr. Walker was ps3t grand master of Illi nois. The coroner's inquest is to be Leid this afternoon. Already the case has excited the most intense interest among Brooklyn physicians. Tbe death record is preserved as an unprecedented document. LEGAL. ROMANCE. A CCEIOUS CHARGE AOAISST THE GIRARD ESTATE COMES UP IN COURT. This curious case Is reported by the Phil adelphia Times: In the United States Circuit Court yesterday the judge gave a tearing to an equity proceeding which was based upon averments of a peculiar and novel character. The plaintiffs in tbe bill filed are residents of Louisiana, and claim to be heirs of Nancy Brown, who was a daughter of Elizibeth Butler, of Baton Rouge. The bill sot forth that in 1S24 Elizi beth Butler, at Baton Rouge, deposited with tbe late Stepben G Irani tbe sum ot J 60,000 lor tbe use of Nancy Brown, the deposit to ontinae for 93 years unless the money was sooner called for by Nancy Brown or her heirs. In 1S43 Abljah Ruf, one of tbe ieir?, armed with the certificate ot deposit given by Mr. uirard to lliziboth Butler, and a power of attorney, started to this city to procure tho money, but his funds being nsurliclent he could not complete the jour ney. Subsequently he bad a domestic difii- culty with his wile, who in a fit of rase threw the certificate and letter or attorney into the fire, where they were destroyed. In the meantime Mr. Girard died, leaving A WILL CREATING CERTI AN TRUSTS, which are well known, and naming the city of Philadelphia trustee under hia will. Ba- og in indigent circumstances, the com plainants were unable to take further steps in the matter until very recently. Their counsel applied to tbe trustees tor leave to examine Mr. Girard's books for Jhe entry of this deposit, which application was refused. Wherefore they pray the court to order a discovery and account by the city as trustees under the will. A de murrer was filed to the bill, upon which the hearing was had. The argument was made bv Mr. Frank Cheney for the com plainants and ex-Judge Brewster for the eity. The court sustained the demurrer. holding that tbe complainants's remedy it thev were entitled to one was not against the trustees under the will, bat against the personal representatives ol Mr. Girard; and also that, as thesui; was for the recovery of personal estate, it should have been brought y the executor or administrator of Nancy Brown, and not by her heirs. The judges aid the claim was strongly colored with improbability, but that no difficulty should be put In the way of counsel's efforts to ex amine Mr. Girard's books iu order to ascer tain whether there wa3 really any ground for prosecuting the demand. RELIC OF GEN. HARRISON. DISCOVERY OK A DESK USED BT HIM WHEN GOVERNOR OP THE TERRITORY OF IN DIANA. A Madison correspondent of the Cincin nati Enquirer writes concerning a relic that should be sought by the state for preserva tion and exhibition : Tbe widow of the late Judge Jer. Sullivan, from old age, has be come partially demented, and her friends are looking alter her affairs for her. Many old documents and rare scraps of the history of early Indiana have been nneaithed, and, among other things, the identical desk or secretary used by Gen. Harrison when he was governor of Indiana territory. It is still in a good state of preservation, and was in constant use by Judge Sullivan in bis study at home until his death, a'oout four years ago. There is no dubt about the desk once belonging to Harrison, as it came into the possession ot Judge Sullivan while he was on the Supreme bench of the state, and always prized by bim as a relio ot Gen. Harrison! As the old lady is past caring for herself, this old relic of by-gone days should be secured by the state and placed in the state library at Indianapolis. DOM DORADOS. CEOM THE PORTUGUESE BT MATTH ER LEWTAS. Ftom the Athenaeum J' The king said to the fair Infanta, Daughter! to the window nee; I can hear tbe mermaids singing In the midst of yonder sea." "Father 1 they are not the mermaids That you hear to sweetly sing; But, my love, my Dom Dorado, Ca'ls the daughter of the king!' "If, in sooth, als Lora Dorados, I will have bis traitorous head "Father, if you kill my lover. Let my biood be also hed." Ko they slew young Dora Dorados At th moonlight evening' close; And the infanta's bead lay lowly Ere the morning's sun arose. One was buried in the chapel; The other, near tho portal fine. An olive tree grew from her body, And fron his a royal pine. Thrives the one, and thrives the other; And entwined their branches grow. Then the father, f rough t with anger, Kids his woodman lay them low. From the olive, milk flows gushing; Koyal blood bursts from the pine. Then the Queen, with envy burning, lias them cast into the brine. Fishers seek the beach for tressure ; Empty nets bring prayer and plaint; liut they see a lovely chapel. An aitar.and an imaged KainL iratght they call the priests together, Call the priests from near and lar, Tnat they may baptize the chapel SSam Joaui de Baixa-mar, And the Ralnt upon the altar Blessed Virgin do Pilar! Hoon the people thronged together, me kidu, among tne crowu, Struck with sorrow and repentance, Smote ht8 breast and wept aloud. ''Cease, dear father, cease yeur fcorrow. Dry your tears, and weep no more; No earthly power can Bever lovers Joined by God forevenuore." t.Johnof the low tide. THE MEXICAN INVASION. SECRETARY ROBESON'S PLEASURE YCHT. Utr A REMARKABLE EXPEDITION EXPLO- . . A., eiut ur TUB SENATORIAL BOMB THE r HAÜMEM3 ON THE HOME STRETCH. ace tjentinel having given the senatorial side of the Mexican invasion on the author ity of Senator Morton, now reproduces from the Philadelphia Times what "Olivia" ha3 to say for the other side. She writes from Ti . I . .1 1 1 a I asumgbuu auu fuuuiu Know woai EDO IS writing about: At last the Mexican reustorial bombshell bas exploded in New Orleans, and tbe fragments scatter to the different pointi of the compass Col. Scott and Bn. Perley Poore. noj lo be bßfile.d. like fair r fnclent cru- sadera press forward to the Halhof the Montezamas. Senator Morton turns back wara in nisuignr, ana mes to the swamnv gia-ies oi inaiana, wniiss me genuine man rauders or the expedition are wooing the mermaids off tho Florida Keys, at a cost to tbe government of so many hundred dol lars per diem. Skimming the waves near the Tropic of Cancer a queer craft may be seen cruising. Ostensibly a part ot the L nit eel States navy, yet ber armament con Bists aione oi a nan a uozen senatorial gura of the old style, smooth-bore pattern. The histDry of this vessel will bear recording, for sue is tne nrst Doat purcnased by the gov trnment for private use since the Republic was icmnciea. uver tne waters of the muddv Thames glide the royal yacats of England pretty toys, wrung irem tne lolling people, and now that we have a republican court, should we begrudge a few hundred thousands to keep ap the dig nity of tbe aristocracy? Apprehended diffi culty with Spain was the reason Secretary Robeson gave for buying the yacht for errand purposes. But it this were the de J i i i a t. sign, way nas ne duu& upon ner aecx a room exclusively for himself and wile? "Would you like to Bee tbe secretary's state-room v inquired tne sailor who was detailed to show visitors the yacbt so soon to De laden witn sena'oriai rubbish. "Cer tainly," replied tho modest representative ot the common people. I magine a room, smail in size, but dainty and exquisite as a jewel- box, witn mirrors, bureau, dressing-caie, wntng-desk, ail constructed, as a part cl the polished wall3, snd A FAIRY COCCH OF FINE LINEN, on which Aurora might recline after her weary race with Cupid. Ruffled slips en close the downy pillows, and the perfect draperies are tinted like the pale silver gray of the morning. But, nevertheless, the patriotism of Secretary Robeson is sbown by bis using in the improvement which he has added to his yacLt only American hard wood, 6uch as bird's eye maple, walnut and tbe beautirul cherry with which our ribrth er n forests abound. If this boat was pur chased simply lor a despatch or errand boat, why is sne ntted in an ner appointments re gardless of expense? And it costs as much to keep her a II oat as a man-of-war. The sailor was again Interrogated: "Does she carry any weapons of warfare?" "Only swords for the officers. A Bingle eun fired iromneraeck would shake her to pieces, This is a pleasure boat, to be used bv the secretary and his lriends." said the blunt, out-spoken sailor. Beside the purchase money, the improvement and the excursions cost the government $140,000 last year. Tbe secretary has named bis yacht "U. S. Dispatch," instead ot U. S. Grant, and all this is done out of deference to the feelings of tbe honest people of tbe country. This naval plaything was built by iienry smith, a wealthy Danker ot .New York City, for holiday excursions lor himself and lriends, but as soon as she was launched he found he had a treasure likely to prove worse than a white elephant on bis bands me c-na sought nrst uy Mr. smith was great speed. He tried to make her tbe fast est thing afloat; as a consequence, a grave mistake was made. After being completed it was lounu sne was too long for her width and depth, and therefore she wa3 no match for the sea. So long as the waves behaved themselves, Henry Smith's yacht was as safe as Theodore with Susan near; bat at tie least approach of storm the pretty thing would assume as many airs a3 a blue blooded servant eirl on reception day. Sr Henry Smith's darling, which cost him 200,000 htrd money, snuggled close to the coast of New York, or flirted her clean white sails in the huge harbor, COSTINO HER MASTER A SMALL FORTUNE monthly to keep her afloat. Although per fectly innocent, for her fault was her mak er's, such was her character that no man of sense would tonch her in a financial way ; but she was in tbe market, and Secretary Robeson, with a naval appropriation could afford to buy her. Alas! the vast sums which pass through the hands of a secretary of the navy unquestioned! Is it net a won der that we have not run aground before? Secretary Robeson took his Toodle piize to the navy yard at Norfolk, and the workmen built ner a pair ot fal-to sides. This was done according to the DarwiDUn theory, so tnat sne might in time evolve some sea-go ing legs. Then Ehe was crowrjed with a new upper-deck to accommodate tbe guests who were expected at times to partake of her hospitality. An old sailor, stationed at the Washington navy yard, says: She is no more fit for a cruise In tbe West Indian waters than a flat boat of tbe Mississippi river pattern." At tbe fiit white squall, at this seas. of tbe year sure to follow in those lat tude?, she woo'd go down. At least ber only safety would be that Senator Cameron is aboard; but be. with his usual wisdom, having no taste for a bed of coral, glides away to the safehaunt I of the buccaneers, the spicy groves of ora-o b.cssoms, the lovely peninsula where the last red man buried his hatchet this side of the I ather or Waters. Coming back to tbe Dcat, which bears upon her costly bosom our fragrant senatorial bouquet, Jtt it bo chronicled that ber state-rooms and cabins are finished and furnished in the most ele gant and substantial way. The vessel is 1 feet long, and said to be 33 feet beam acd .'.iV Vhe TeltUT- u tak8 frtv men, all told," to man her, and aeven of these areofheers. When viewed from the shore, a long, low, rakish hull is seen huyeir.tr the water, painted black with a band of iellow marking the waterlico. Three huge mats pierce the air, and an uIy fcuiokj stack shows that steam and wind unite It push the naval toy over the grest punch bowl ol waters. Lasd, year the yacht carried a sens orial excursion party, composed of admin istration friends, but the court, not grown so beld as now, attached a mission to ir.that -the people might better SWALLOW THE SUGAR COATED DOSE. The senators were to report what navy yards had better be abolished. The navy yards of this country belong to the perple. and the senator, or secretary, that attempts to steal one, will find that it can never be came I away by means of Secretary Robe son's yacht. This year a maneuver ia not deemed necessary to carrv out an Innocent senatorial pleasure plan, paid for by tho sorely taxd citizens of the republic. Sena tor Cameron announced through the col umns of the Philadelphia Press, that busi ness has nothing to do with' the trip. It took weeks lor Robeson and Cameron to make up this disgracelnl party, for thpse men have no more right to appropriate the property of the Rovernmert than the weakest vagrar t of tbe street. Before the yacht left the Washington wharf, 300 tons of ice were taken aboard, besides tbe most lavish outlay of sea troing provision?.. Canned fruits and vegetables were carried In by t he wsgon load, besides bamDers,bakets kegs and barrels, all paid for out of the naval fund. A clerk from the treasury de rattment was annexed, to act as 6xtra steward to the party, beside the one attached permanently to the boat. Only a pleasure yacht! Senator Cameron made up several parties before he could get one thst would dare, in tbe face cf r-u'"-ic opinion, to carry the scheme through, for this is an xperi ment to see what the people will bear. At fmt the number was composed of six 'force bill" senators men who lent their influence to the passage of this administration crime in the "House," and a f6w democratic carpet-baggers. "Irrespective of party," pays Senator Cameron, but the dastardly carpet baggers fled before the first fire of the New York World and the weak, infamous repub- licans melted, like tbe witches of Macbnth into thin air. When Vice President Wilson was urged to go, he replied: Ti:oe in power can not be too careful In guarding tt laws. We must stop somewhere, and the s--onerthe better." Chandler, of Miohi wbo still believes himself a senator. wnt . cheerfully along. The newspapers still call him "senator." although the oeonle -1 a a BADE HIM STEP DOWN AND OUT. Daring the late sasion of the Senate bo spent a great deal of the ime in the saloon. which used to be the committee room of foreign relations when Charles Sumner pre sided as chairman. Here during the night sessions, when the hours grew weak and small, he swallowed huge bunipprs of old Bourbon, while Cameron deliciously pickled himself in champagne. io the" iiails of the Montezumas." said this mighty pair. They started. Let the lightning tell tbe story: jnew Orleans. April 5. The Unit! Slates steamer Dispatch, with senators Cam-- eron, Actnony, Dennis, Chandler and Pat terson, left yesterday for Florida. Tom Scott and Ben Perly Poore sailed for Mex ico. Senator Morton and wifr. and rav dir ector Cunningham go to Indianapolis in Tom Scott's special car. This ends tbe sena torial invasion of Mexico. THE SELL. OF THE SEASON. A LARGE NUMBER CF FOOLS HAVE EU3INFS! WITH THE CALIFORNIA MILLIONAIRE, LICK. Probably the biggest and best sell perpe trated on the first instant is the one reported by the California Alts: The celebration of April Fools' Day yesterday was marked by one ot the best "sells" of the scaon. A large number of lawyers, lawyers' clerks, promi nent business men and members of tho newspaper fraternity, received a copy of the following letter: Lick House, April 1. 1S75. Dear Sir: Mr. James Lick requests to see you at bis chambers, at twelve o'clock to-dav. Re spectfully, W. B. Holmes, Agent." As tbe hour of midday drew near, the saloon, billiard room, office, hall and cor ridors of the Lack House were filled by an anxious assemblage, each and every one apparently filled with anticipations of con sultations on important matters of business with the millionaire in the third storv. The clerk was besieged with requests of various gentlemen to have their cards sent ud to Mr. W . B. Holmes, agent." Each distin guished advocate and practitioner at the bar regarded all the rest with uneasy sus picion, wondering in bis mind what all the others were doing on the scene. As tbe hour spproached. when the Citv Hall bell strikes out its deep-eounding"one.' two. three," the odor of a large sized rodent began to pervade the atmosphere. After 12: M tbe vague doubt became certainty, and the exodus was sudden. The immensity of the distrust of all who were present can more easily ba conceived than related. However, though our reporter sought most diligently, up to a late hour last night be bad been unable to find one single person who had responded to the beguiling note of "Mr. Holmes." A HOAX. THE YELLOW FEVER RETORTS SEMI OFFI CIALLY CONTRADICTED. The Washington special of the Chicago Tribune and ether administration news-to pers deny that there is any foundation for the reports of yellow fever at Vera Cruz and other points, as promulgated by the senato rial party. The Tribune's special says upon this subject: The yellow fever scare seems to bave been a hoax. Iniormation at the surgeon general's office shows that there were but one or two light cases at Key West, and that they yielded readily to treatment. Tbe surgeon general states that there is not the slightest ground for anv un easiness whatever on this account; that tber' Is not tbe shadow of a reason tor believing at present that our Gulf ports will be visited with the scourge in an epidemic form. A party of wealthy and educated Mexicans, who arrived here to-day direct from Mexico, were interviewed as to the alleged preva lence of the disease in that country. They assert that there bas not been a single case ol yellow lever either in Vera Ci uz cr any ot the Mexican oortsthis year. Besides the English and German expedi tions to tho North Pole now fitting out, Cap tain Allen YouDg is to command a private one, to start very soon, and James Gordon Bennett, of tbe aew lork Herald, and Lady Franklin, whose husband was lost In hia lamous expedition, are to supply gome of the funds. The English authorities re fused to allow her to help pay the expenses of the expedition from England and t expedition ironi England allow her nephew. William Franklin, to rr with It.