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{l A Bold Bank Robbery, NEW YORK, Oct. 27.Between 6 and 9 o'clock this morning, masked burglars entered the Manhattan Savings baik building, corner of Broadway and Bleekr street, and after hand cuffing the janitor, made him, under threats of instant death, reveal the combination of the safe to them and deliver up the keys of the bank. They rifled the vault of presumedly a large amount of money as, twenty tin boxes, known to have contained bills, were found on the floor quite empty. The building is a Biz story one, the bank occupying the ground floor with an entrance on both Broadway and Bleeker Btreets. Wendel Koblman keeps a barber shop in the basement under the bank and the janitor lives on the second floor. The barber opened his shop at thirty-five minutes past six o'clock. He Bays there was nothing unusual in the bank at that time. At twenty minutes past 9 o'clock he was startled 1 the appearance at the head of the basement stairs of the janitor. Loui* Wertel, white with fright and excitement, with his hands hand cuffed tightly, and the key of the bank clutched between them. He only half dressed and gasped "'thieves, robbers, come and 6ee." The barber accompanied him into the bank, and saw the door of the great vault wide open, and the floor littered with tin boxes all emptied of their contents. Burglars' tools were scattered in every direction. The barber notified the police and Superintendent Walling. Inspector Delk, Capt. Byrnes and Gapt. Kieley were soon on the scene. The doors, windows, and all means of access from without, were found intact and it was evident the theives had entered hy means of keys. Daniel Keely, night watchman. Raid be left his post at 6 o'clock A. M. and aroused the janitor as was his custom, and left the building locking the hall door at ter him. He left the corner at 6:10 A. H. and then everything was right and quiet. A lithographer who does business on the up per floor Hays that at 6 o'clock he arrived at the building and found the entrance open and wondered at the carelessness of the watchman. He passed up stairs and met nobody and heard no noise or disturbance. Janitor Wertel created an unfavorable im pression on cross-examination. He said that at tea minutes past 6, while he was dressing. Beven masked men suddenly rushed into his room and handcuffed him selt and bis wife and demanded the keys of the bank. His mother in-law, an old lady, who was present, screamed, when the burglars drew pistols and threatened instant death to any one who made a noise. They then carried him into the adjoining room and forced to denver the keys ot the street doors. With tnese four of the party went down Rtain leaving three on guard in his room. Three hours passed and Wertel heard a clock strike 9. Just then one ot the men from down stairs returned, and after a whispered consultation they all left. Atter he regained his courage be went down to the barber-shop as described. Wertel admitted to Supt. Walling that he had given the combination for unlocking the doors of the vault to robbers. Be give it under threats of instant death, but he railed to state how he got possession the combination. His wife corroborated his story of the attack, but said there were only five men in the party. Mr Lent, a bioadway merchant, passed the bank soon after 7 o'clock and saw a young man dusting the shelves and desks inside. It is supposed this was one of the burglais endeavor ing to make things look as natural an possible. Orhcers Van Norton and Tnlley said tney looked through the bank window between 6 and 7 o'clock and all was quiet. The vault can be seen Iroin the street. Inside the main doors of the safe vault, the burglars found a space with shelves, upon which were tin boxes failed with jewelry, silver ware or valuable papers. These they emptied. They overlooked one box on the back shelf containing $50,000 in valuables, the property ot Edward Schell. president of the bank. The open space, six feet between the main door of thr vanlt and doors of the inner safe, gave the burglars ample space t- work in. They pried open one com partment, obtami- $11,000 in small bills. They next forced the bottom drawer, but got nothing of value therefrom. The wedges were fo ind in the upper compartments, which they were trying to force when they were evi dently disturbed. A dozen drills, a sledge hammer, three sectional jimmies, and other tools were found scattered around. The officers of the bank ad mit that the jani tor possessed the combination to the vault. It was given him mo iths ago, so that he could take out the boons and make ready for bus iness. The officers of the bank are Edward Schell, president and treasurer C. J?. Alvord, secre tary. The following is the bank officers' statement The Manhattan Savings institution was on the morning of Sunday, the 27th of October, 1878, robbed of secuntie* to the amount of $2,757,- 700, of which $2,505,700 were registered in the name of the institution and not negotiable, and $168,000 are made payable to it, and $73,- 000 are in coupon bonds, and $11 000 in cash. For the purpose oi preventing the loss to de positors, it la deemed advis tble that no pay ment be made without sixty days notice as provided by the laws of the institution. EDWARD SCHEIE, President. CHARLES F. ALVORD, Secretary. The following is a list of stolen se unties: United States 5's of 1881, legistered, eight of $50,000. each, numbers 165, 166, 643. to 616 737 and 738 ten of $10,000, numbers 13,486 to 13,495, inclusive. Total, $500,000. ^United States 6's of 18bl, registered, twenty of $10 000 each numbers 9,276 to 9,-95 inclusive. Total, $20,000. Dinted States 10-40 bonds, registered, sixty of $10,000 each, Nos. 8,744 to 8,761 and 18,903 to 18,942 inclusive. Total, $600,OUO. United States 4 per cents, registered, thirty of $10,000 each, Nos. 1,970 to 2,000 inclusive. Total, $31)0,000. United States 5-20s of July, 1865. $48,000, twenty-six of $500 Nos. 82.006, 82,144. 82.145, 84,908, 85 046, 85,107, 86,080, 86.943, 87,475, 89 7D7, 89,728, 93 319, 90,419, 93,043, 93170, 94,577, 97,928, 97.933, 99,570 99 876, 101.110, 102,792, 102,908, 103,421, 105,- 099, 106,030 twenty-fave of $1,000, Nos. 152,- 410, 152 411, 153,986, 154,410, 157,844,, 161,662, 163,159. 165.120, 165,167, 166.794, 166,821, 169,- 044, 169.747, 171,959. 172,543, 172,544. 173.052, 173,784, 173,785. 175.642. 178,050. 184.791. 187,- 141,194,439, 194,597, 194,742,199,678,212 292, 202,897. 207,085. 208,069, 208,746, 208,828, 209,- 419, 209,686, $35,000. New York State sinking fund, gold 6's, reg istered, No. 32, $30,000. New York city Central park fund, stock cer tificate No. 724, registered, $22,700. New York county courthouse, stock, No. 2, 6 per cent, registered certificates: No. 4, *10,000 certificate. No. 23, $35,000 certificate No. 24, $5,000 certificate No. 32, $10,000 cer tificate No. 33, $47,000 certificate No. 39, $95,000. Total, $202,000. New York city accumulated 7 per cent, bonds, registered, two of $100,000 each, Nos. 1 and 2, due 1886 one of $50 000, No. 1. due 1887. New York city improvement stock, 7 per cent., registeie-i. in certificates of $2Q,000each, No. 1 to 10 inclusive. Total, $200,000. New York city revenue bond, registered, $200i000. Yonkers City 7 per cent bonds, 118 of $1,000 each. No. 228 to 242, 251 to 278, 281 (to 310, 311 to 310, and 531 to 550, all inclusive, $118,000. Brooklyn City Water loan coupon bonds. 25 of $1,000 each, Nos. 2,167 to 2,171, inclusive, $25,U00. East Nestertown bonds, fifty of $1,000, Nos. 27 to 75 inclusive. $50,000. All of said bonds, etp., are registered except the $48,000 5-20 bonds-of July, 1865, and the Brooklyn City water loan coupon bonds. &j#J6e*m H*?iMx mm* A, IV ^s THB veoAUCT inmDia. VrKCENinas, ind., Oct. 27.A strict search made of a farm house, outbuildings, etc., where the Vocalet murder was committed, in hopes to find more definite evidence, resulted in finding $75 tied in a stocking and hid in the bottom of a barrel standing ih the room where the murdered boys and Provost, the suspected murderer, slept. This is believed to be the money received by Vocalet the day before the murder. The jury brought in a verdict hold ing Perre Provost for the murder. Excepting this, no other developements have been made. CBEHATIXO HIS WIFE. NEW YOBK, Oct. 27.James McGloin, 115 Mulberry street, was arrested this evening, charged with attempting to burn up his wife, Mary. She was in bed from injuries received at his hands, and coming in drunk, he set fire to the bedding with matches. The woman rushed into the streets enveloped in flames, which were with difficulty extinguished. Her injuries are considered fatal. HE COMMISARIAT. Annual Report of Commlsmary General Macfeely to the War Department. The annual report of Commissary General Macfeely has been submitted to the secretary of war. It shows that the total amount dis bursed for subsistence stores daring the fis cal year ended June 30 last was $3,510,551, of which $1,011,747 was reimbursed by sales of stores to officers and enlisted men $31,- 824 was paid by the interior department for supplies famished to Indians $73,843 was collected for tobacco sold to enlisted men, and the balance was famished to tne de partment by the Congressional appropria tion. Gen. Macfeely urgently recommends that the appropriations by Congress should be made sufficiently large to enable the de partment to purchase all supplies for cash, ind should be rendered available from the date of the passage of the ac so as to admit of the purchase and shipment of supplies for distant posts early in the spring, and thus avoid the loss in trans porting n.eats, etc., in the hot months of Jane and July. Referring to the complaints made from time to time that stores were not purchased in the neighborhood of the posts, where they were to be consumed, the com missary general says investigation has shown that in most, if not all, cases where this conise has been pursued, it has been done for the reason that stores of a proper quality could not be procured as economically in the vicinity of the posts as from other points. The number of contracts made by officers of the commissary department during the year was over 26,000. From tabies accompanying the report it appears that there was a marked decline in the cost of the components of the arm} ration daring the past year as compared with the preceding twelve months, and the esti mates for appropriations were reduced ac cordingly. The policy of famishing the supplies for short periods has been con tinued with satisfactory results, and the amount of accumulated stores condemned has been very small, amounting to less than $23,200. The cost value of the rations is sued to yellow fever sufferers since the 15t* of August last (up to the 7th inst.) is stated at $24,649. The department has famished supplies for Indians to the amount of about &43.000 in excess of reimbursements from the interior department. Referring to the statements made by the board of Indian peace commissioners, and reiterated in Con gress, that the purchase of beef and flour by the Indian servic' at some points is at less than the cost of the same supplies purchased for the army, Gen. Macfeely denies that the articles purchased were of the same grades. In the course of his remarks on this subject, he says: "I know of but one reason why the sub sistence department can purchase supplies cheaper than the Indian department, and that is that its stores are, as a general rule, Daid for whenjdehvered, while the stores de livered to the Indian department are not paid for until the accounts are sent to the Indian commissioner in Washington, thus causing a considerable time to elapse between the deliv ery of stores and date of payment. With this condition of affairs eliminated, I know of no rea? on why the subsistence department should be able to purchase supplies of the same class and quality cheaper than the Indian depart ment, but I certainly can see no reason why it cannot purchase them as oheaply, and I be lieve that it has in all cases done so, provided the stores which were contracted for were de livered." The commissary general recommends that the present limitation of sixteen ounces per mouth as the maximum amount of tobacco that may be furnished to enlisted men. and charged against their pay rolls, be enlarged to twenty-four ounces, as it appears that a majority of them desire to purchase more than they are now allowed thus to obtain. The jdifications in the army ration au thorized last year, it is stated, have given general satisfaction. It has been proposed that cheese should form a portion of the authorized radon for general issue, but on account of the difficulty of procuring cheese of good quality and at a reasonable price, which will keep for such a length of time as is desirable for an article of ordinary is sue, the commissary general has not yet deemed it proper to recommend compliance with the suggestion. He refers, however, to the fact that Gov. Seymour has offered a premium for a form and quality of cheese which will be best fitted for the use of the army (to be exhibited at the TJtica fair this month), and says: "Should it be found that a cheese of good quality, which will keep a sufficient length of time for ordinary issue to the army, can be made and sold at a rea sonable price, I am of opinion that it would be advisable to add cheese to the components of the army ration." I N FAVOR OF A 1KANSFER. Gen. Crooks on the Proponed transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Depart ment. The following is the substances of Gen. Crook's testimony before the Congressional committee on the transfer of the Indian bureau: Senator SaundersDo yon think the trans fer of the Indian bureau to the war depart ment would insure better management than the present system? Gen. CrookUnquestionably it would. Senator SaundersWhy do yon think so? Gen. Crook,One reason is that ^rewards and punishments should follow immediately in order that the Indians may understand them. It is necessary that the authority Bhould have the power and force to back its decisions and for -this reason both branches of the agency should be in the same hands. The present management is like having two captains on boards ship-sure to cause trouble. I Oregon, where I first entered mmmmm the Indian service, there wexe^aa wild In dians along the Pacific as there are in any part of the coontry now-a-daya. I bring to mind two tribes who happened to fall into good hands, and to-day scaroely a farming oommunity in the country is more industri one and thrifty, more well behaved and law abiding than they are. One of these tribes a the Simooes, and the other the Warm Springe. Congressman HookerDo yon think that religious instruction should be introduced among the Indians or could properly be? Gen. CrookI think so. The great mis take made is to commence administering to their spiritual wants before securing their physical wants. An Indian whose whole life is given to the probl. how to live and how to protect himself from the the aggressions of others wants something more than mere assurances of the benefits arising from adopt ing our religion. It is hard to get an Indian to adopt our religion on an empty stomach. An Indian would have poor opinion of a God who couldn't keep his belly fall. A SenatorWhat do you think of the necessity of breaking up the tribal relations of the Indians? Gen. CrookThe Indians in this depart ment are anxious to have farms and own them in severalty, and have them fenced off something that they cannot be deprived of, and which they feel that they own them selves. When an Indian can have his little house and farm, and his cows, pigs, chickens, etc.,sometuing that will insure his future something that he can call his own, it will do more than all other things together toward breaking up his tribal relations When the Indian's future is secure, he will care little what the opinion of bis chief is, or whether he nas any chief. You might as well try to break up a flock of sheep by an order as the Indians. It is their great desire for the most part to have some provisions made for their families. The Indians com plain that they may die and leave their families "on tLe world." They like to be provided for like the white people, and have the feeling that when they die their families will be provided for. Senator SaundersShould the Indians be made self-sustaining? Gen. CrookUnquestionably they should I see no reason why any portion of them cannot. Senator SaundersIs it practical? Gen. CrookI tb'nk it is. Gen. McCraryOf the Indian outbreaks what proportion do you think is due to dis honest contractors and agents? Gen. CrookFully ninety-nine one hun dredths could be traced to that source and to the bad faith generally with them. A Husband's Hobby. From he Alta California Mr Waite is a model husbandthat's to say, in a g od many respects. Ht neither drinks, smokes nor chews, stay home at evenings, never gambles and uives hid wife all the money that she wants. It is said that all men have some idiosyncrasy or hobby. Mr. Waife. has his It is a deep-rooted mania foi auction sales and buying articles of every description, a toToodles, without regard as to whether tbey will ever be of any practical or imaginary use to him. As longr as he sets them at a bnrgain, he is satisfied. A good joke about this pe culiarity of his was related to me the other evening by a friend of his. Mr. Wait* went on to an auction sale of a dealer in sporting goods. He bought 200 dumb-bel's at twenty cents a pair and carried them home in triumph. He stored them in the cellar, where they re mained for six months or so. Mrs. Waite got tired of seeing them occupying so much space, especially as she wanted the cellar for some purpose of her own. So imagining that her husband had forgotten all about his novel acquisition, she sold the dumb-bells for a mere song to an auctioneer. That evening Mr. Waite re turned home with a hand-cart. His face was flushed, but triumphant. "What have you got in the hand-cart my dear'" asked MM. Waite. "Dumb-bells, darling." 'What.'" "Dumb-bells. Bought two hundred pairs at thirty cents a pair. Paid more tor them than for the others I got, but, you know it will never do to let the price of dumb bells drop." Mrs. Waite took one look at the arti cles. Her worst fears where realized They were the same old dumb-bells that she had sold in the morning. Mr. Waite had chanced to be iu attendance at the ^ale where they had been offered, an had bought them at one-thitd advance over the price he had tirst paid for them Seals ana Whale*. Orkney game includes seals which have their favorite haunts, such as the Wire Skerries and the Kilns of Brinno van in Rousay, and it requires as much skill to bag them as to stalk a red deer on the corries of the Highlands. The seal is about as amphibious as a benver, and the rapidity with which it "slidders" off rocks into the water, on the approach of danger, is higbjy creditable to the promptitude and agility of this very queer fish. Whale-hunting as well as seal-shooting must also be numbered among Orcadian sports. In the autumn season great "draves" of ttle nosed or ca'iner whales, often 300 or 400 strong come down among the islands in pursuit of the herring shoals and the visitor may consider himself highly fortunate if he is enabled to take part in the exciting hase. Hundreds of the island boats,some speed ing under sail, some prpelle by oars, follow in *the wake of the shoal, the efforts of the boatmen being directed to drive the whales, if possible, into the shallows of sandy bays, where tbey fall an easy prey to the destroyers, who are armed with harpoons, ware forks, three pronged *4graips,!' and any other letha weapons which come to a point. There is a regular battue when some hundred or two of bottle-noses are driven ashore by the pursuing fleet of small boats. The tourists will find this spcr' lecidedly more entertaining, as well as novel, than wandering over the abounding moors and heathy hill-sides, gun over shoulder, in search of snipe or plover, rabbit or hare. London Society. J Of Ml lottthfFl Days of my youtb, ye have gilded ways: Hairs of myyquth, you are roete&aad g-ay Eyes Of my youtb, your keen sight is no more Cheeks of my vouth, you are furrowed all o'er Strength of my youtb, all your vigor is gone Thoughts of my youth, your gay visions have flown. Days of my youth, I wish not your recall Hairs of my youth. I'm content ye shall fall Eyes f my youth, you much evil have seen Cheeks of my youth, bath'd in tears you have been Though of my youth, yon have led me astray Strength ot my youth, why lament your decay Days of my age, ye will shortly be past Pains of my age, yet awhile ye can last Joys of my'age, in true wisdom delight vt Eyes of my aire, be religion your light Thoughts of my age, dread ye not the cold sod Hopes of my age, be ye fixed on your Hod! St. Oeorge Tucker.' mm THRILLING Su* NES BY RAIL. Thirty Ye* as Baggage-Heater on the Rri* Road. "In the fall of 1849 I commenced running baggage on the New Tork and Erie Railway," *aid Mr. John Camp, one of the oldest through baggagemen in the company's einploy,in con versation with the writer at the Erie depot foot of Chambers street, "and a rough time we had of it, too. Railroading was at that period in its infancy, the steam locomotive was anew thing, and was everywhere regard ed as one of the wonders of invention. Doing away with, as it did, the old tedious stage Hues. *nd making the distance in far less lime, with none of the inconveniences of the earl} methods of conveyance, it was, of course, gene ally attractive. "But ttill, when I look back and compare ourold cabooses, email wood burning engines rickety cars an cheap rails with these modern coaches and solid locomotives, comfortable fare, heavy steal rails and reliable air brakes, am as much astonished at the improvement* as people were at the first invention. You -ee. we had no reliable arrangement in the matter of brakes, and these terrible oW machines used for that purpose were smpl a chain worked ateach end by a sort of wheel, which, when turned by strong exertion, pressed a block of iron made to tit the face ot the wheel, tightly against it, similar to a like construction on a heavy wagon. Well, he boys detected these brakes, which were a dangerous thing to handle by an inezpe i lenced man, with ihe train going at full speed Ytore than one poor fellow has received his rluatl., from the breaking of the chain while perating these bungling machines. In the ibsence of a name for the brakes of that day, the boys used to call them the 'Armstrong Brake,' which was well apt ied, as it required a full amount of muscle and nerve to operate them "I began running from New York, by wav of Piermont, before the roat was open to 8ut- fern's. We used to transfer passengers and baggage up the Hudson River to Piermont from our old deoot, which was located at the foot of Duane street, on two boats owned bv the company, and from that place westward hy rail. The completion of the road down through New Jersey is of more recent date. \fter a few months the road was opened to Elmira, and thence up to Jefferson (now Wat kinsjatthe foot of Seneca Lake, and our traffic was transferred from that place by boat to Ueneva and on to Buffalo. The year after we ran to Hornellsville, and about 1851, or thereabouts, we reached Dunkirk, then the western terminus. 1 think that the section fron PortJervis to Deposit was about the worst and most dan gerous of any in the country, beinj* either cut in ihe rocks cliff* em aukingthe river, where in case of a slight accident the whole tram would have been hurled down the precipice fully 10.) feet, into the foaming waters be neath, or laid through the low woodland marshes, clear down to the river's level. It was in these high cuts that the danger of rocks on the track was most feared. A slight rain or he moistening of the ground octas toned by the frost leaving it in the spring of the year, woul 1 start a lar'e rock, which would fall to the trapk, arid should a train collide with it in the night, the chances were in favor of a wholesale slaughter. Fiom Lackawanna to Hancock we were pretty near down to the low water mark, and with a slight freshet our track was subject to being washed out for along distance, I bus re quting a great deal of watching and repairs and in each case of such a washout I have known trains to be blocked for a day or two. 'Tis not the most agreeable thing in the world to be thus delated, and not a house within ten miles of the spot Perhaps more accidents have occurred on this division than any other two divisions combined, and it is a wonder to me that w,e have not all been hurled into eternity. Fiom Deposit to Suquhanna it is up and down hill, the grade running for eight miles on each side of the summit at a sl*p of 60 feet to the mile Along the section was the old Cascade Hridge, familiar to tourists as the highest structure of this kind in the State, and wnich being washed out was subsequent ly filled in wuh gravel, over a stone culvert, making a yawning rauhe on cither side fully 100 feet deep Along the Susquhanna and Chemung Valleys the road is good, the scent ry through this section is not sui oassed for picturesqueness throughout the State, and hundreds of dwellings and farms dot the tiidside and valley, th here and there a neat httl" village. The principal stations on this division are Bmghamton, Owego and Bimira. In those early days Owego was the largest and mostethrivingdof nected by a hope TW^'^TI ft'mm^'w^mt^ any, and was con- railroa with Ithaca but time's changes have more favored Elmira and Binghampton, until in fact they have far ad vanced bejord their sister-village. The road was in fair condition the remainder ot the way to Dunkirk. "Our cars were a rather poor affair com pared with the palace drawing-room and ho tel coaches, but people were just as comforta ble then seated in an old boxcar with six windows on aside as those on the improved plan. The engines were of a smaller pattern than the heavy coal-burners at present in use, and though not as strong, were capable of pulling quite a load. Sometimes, in case of delay, our ood supply would run out, and then the whole force on the train was ooliged to turn out and cut enough wood to enable us to make the nearest station. "In the matter of baggage, where now a spacious new Saratoga or an ornamented can vaned-covercd russett is a necessity, an old painted wooden chest, with iron handles, was usual, while a hair-trunk and a carpet-bag seemed a luxury. 1 here were no 'baggage smashers' then they came with modern im provements. Our taggage-ears were simply ordinary box-cars, painted yellow, with adoor on each end, and a wiodo -v and door on vhe sides the platforms were witiout railings. But very few of th se cars had even a stove in them, and were decidedly uncomfortable, be ing too hot in summer and very cold in winter A ride of thirty or forty miles in the dead of winter, ant not even time to run into the coach to get warm! Isn't it a cheeerul thought? But such was our busine-s, and such was rail roading twenty-five years ago ''Speaking of accidents, I'wll give you an account of a few. Among the many such fa miliar to al railroad men there was one which most impresses me, sn& wbici hap ene ti the tr* on which I was running, at Deposit, in the winter of 1853,1 think. We. were eastward bound, and whJe stopping for -PT dinner at this place, the scene occurred, had scarcely,seated myself at the table in the dlnning.ruom before there was heard a great yelling and shouting among .the crowd en the train rand at the station. Ji was useless to ask the cause of this suddeu outburst, as in a heat of ex. itment nooody -eeme to know anything. Upon rushing out Peoon discovered a freight train coming at a fright, ful speed down the grade from the summit, and that she muBt run into ns: It was but the work of a mom nt s&e couldn't stop we bad no time to get out. On she crashed, col liding with terrible force with the rear of our train, and making a complete wreck of ev erything. As boon as the passengers became aware of the approaching danger there was a general panic in that train each one strug. gling with the other to reach the door, and consequently the loss ot 1 fe was large. A party of Mobawk Indians were in the rear car, ana being ignorant of this sudden out burst aud unable understand its meaning, tan hither and thi her, some jumping oft the doom car and others roshmg into the forward cars. Among them was a young squaw the brightest-looking Indian I ever sawwho ran for the forward platform of the rear car, which she succeeded in reaching just as the train crashed into its rear. So sudden was the j^r that she was thrown upon the track, directly acioss the rails, and her head was severed from her body We gathered up the remains, placed them in"a box and gave them in charge of her rienda. She was buried in Owego, where through the influence of the late Judge C. P. Avery of that place, a large and elaborate monument of white marble was erected, w.th this inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Sa-sa-na-oft by birth a.Child of the Forest, by adoption a Child of God.* Here her people come every year and pay respect to the mem ory of their lamented sister. In a quiet cor ner of Evergreen Cemetery, at that place, stands the "Indian Girl'o Monument,' familiar to every ene in the Susquehanna Valley its lone and seemingly sad seclusion in its shady reserve upon the mountain over-looking river and railroad, and the bit of romance connect ed w|th it, making it attractive to all visitors at Owegoonce the home of N P. Willis, the poet. On the same train was a little girl be tween 12 and 15 years of age, journeying from Great Bend to her home' Otisville. She had been at the bend to attend the funer al of her aunl, who was buried on the preced ing day. She too, was in the rear car, and in the excitement and panic was unable to es cape. With a terrible crash the engine of the freight train forced its way into the rear end of the car, filling it full of scalding steam which emanated from the boiler of the loco motive. With the sudden jar the girl must have been thrown to the floor, and was there scalded to a frightful mass, so intense was the heat of the steam. As soon as possible the ca.1 was foreed open and the body of the poor unfortunate, who was still alive and suffering beyond description, was removed to more comfortable quarters. So terrible was the effect of the hot vapor that in her removal, though every possible care and attention was Jfiven, the flesh would peel off her body with tbe merest touch. in this painful trial she exhibited the most wonderful patience, and was conscious of her condition to the end. "After we had got her in a more agreeable position she gave a brief accemtpf herself, with her name and place of residence. The fortitude and meekness she displayed I have never seen equaled. With out a murmur, and with a smile of gentle peace and resignation, calm s the departing day, she passed away within an hour after her recovery from the wreck. I have thought of this sad sight a thousand times, and as often have I ferveutly thanked God that as yet no child of mine had ever met such a fate. It is sad to witueas the decease of a strong man, or to assemble at the death-bed of departing friends, butte see a young a/beauti ful maiden. Just verging into a happy woman hood, thus cut off. is fearful. "One night about 11 o'clock we left Port Jervis on time, bound westward. It was in the spring of the year, the weather was bad, rain had been pouring down incessantly the vihole dav long, and I did not like the prospect ahead, Dark! you couldn't see your hand before your faceand we were running along those rocks and cliffs at about thirty miles an hour. To tell the trnth, I was uneasy in mind regarding the safety of the trip. A horrid, dismal feeling, such as I have neverexperienced before or since, seemed to creep over me, notwithstanding my endeavors to shake it off with the idea that it was simply nervousness. Hurrying through with my work, and after a close inspection to see that all was right within, Hit a cigar, and repair ing to the smoking-car, seated myself by tbe stove. Scarcely five minutes afterward, and hardly before I had time to direct my thoughts from the mental gloom from which I was suffering, there came a shrill sbort whistle, known to the boys as a sigrral of danger, fol lowed by a series of crashes, a terriblejar, and then along and awful silence. With the rest I rushed out to sue what was the trouble. There was the engine cut loose from the train lying upon its Ride, nearly parallel with the track, close up to the roeks, while my ca^ was precipitated over the cliff into the river, about thirty feet down. It appears that a. large rock had fallen to the track, and as the front of rhe lomotive struck it she glanced to the left, and turned over on her side, while the baggage-car, following next, had glanced in the opposite direction, broke her coupling, and gone clean down the bank. The fireman was killed outright whi the engineer was hurled out of the forward cab-window to the track, and the boiler of the engine cams down upon him resting upon his legs and hips His name, I think, was Tallomana good fellow, tooand there he lay with about twelve tons of- red-hot iron crushing him to the ground. We had no 'jack screws or derricks to prop or raise the engine with, and were alone on the rocky cut in the middle of the night, with nothing on earth to rescue or relieve the poor fellow with. His sufferings for tbe few awful minutes which preceeded his death were fearful *o contemplate. 'Oh, save meI' he cried, with an expression of painful horror and desperate agony. 'Foi God's sake, if you are men help me! I don't care if I lose my legs, only save me from this terribie death. My wife and child will starve. Ob, God! its killing me!" An' there he moaned away his life, while, perhaps, his dearer fries at home were awaiting with eager expectancy his welcome return. Powerless as we were to save, it was a period of horror for us strong and willing men to witness this sight. Not unt'l morning could the wreck be removed, and then a large corps of trackmen and la borers were obliged to clear the t'ack. Those are about the worst accidents I have ever witnessed. I had five dogs with me when we left 'the Port,' and up going doWn to the car I found those canines as healthy and frisky as you could wish, barking lustily as they saw me approach, and not bair singed or scratch upon them. Funny, wasn't it? My rasidence i* in Owego, and I make the entire trip from New York to Buffalo twice a week, having every other Sunday off in New York. Our road is now in a condition second to none in the countryroad-beds smooth, nils solid and reputation as a trunk line unex celled. In the Erie of to-day there remains not a vestage of the clumsy contrivances w^ich all new railroads then possessed. m/ mm It is a lamentaole lact that a piece of pastboard with a verse on it, given as a reward of merit in a Sabbath-school, has not half the charm for a boy as tbe same sized piece of pasteboard with the simple talismanicwords,''Admitone.",, vi ?& si: 'ftf