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The Daily Gazette.
WILMINGTON, DEL., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2 . 1874 .
PRICE I CENT.
VOL. LXXX1V.-NO. 442.
CLOCKS , WATCHES, At'.
O. I. BTJBH 3
HAS REMOVED
REMOVED
REMOVED
HAS HKMOVF.D
HAS REMOVED
HAS REMOVED
HAH
HAS
TO THE
Niraili weit l'orner or Nereutli
■Mill Market. Ntreet.,
A liAltOFi STOCK Ob
W atch.es.
J ewelry,
<fc Silver-ware
Constantly on band.
•» Hepairinf promptly attended to.
»
apr20-ly
407 Market St 407
BENJ. S. CLARK,
A full assortment of superior
Clocks. Watches. Jewelrv and
Spectacles.
Constantly oa hand and for sale at the low
est, market rates. Fartioular and personal
attention given to Repairing any article in
A fine assortment of Spectacles constant
ly on hand, and sole agent for the CelebTH"
te<l Diamond Hpectacles. *narl o_
FINK WiTl Ilbli, ME.OCKS
and JEWELBV.
At Wo.15 East Fourth Streat,
WILMINGTON. DEL..
The undersigned would re
Kpectfully call the attention
of ladies aud gentlemen U>
his fine assortment ol Wateh
es, Clocks. Jewelrv, Silver and Plated VViire,
all of which Is entirely new und '
lat »et tti.d most approved styles, lie a.-Ks
apreial attention to his Amerieiin Lever
Watoh, which ie a superior article, both in
finish and for correctness oi time. A good as
sortment of clocks. Jewelry and silver and
plated ware always on hand, at bn* figures.
Everything guaranteed aa a represented.
Repairing of all kinds promptly and neatly
reasonably terms.
brBPON the
don.
Rablio patronage mç«
No. 15
illy solicited.
MASaE tf.
Fonrth «tr. Dî
octastf
PRESTON AVARS,
Practical Watch Maker;
And doalsr in
I INK AMERICAN AND SWISS WATCHES
OLOCKS,JEWELRY, SPKOTAttLES.
tySu EVE GLASSES. SIlVkRW Altk.ie.,
jgj 404 King St., WII . Del.
PsrttcnUr »ttenttrm pstd to repairlnx tn nil
. branohe. ; also, ohsngiss sp.ot.olo ylaes
iY. ffialood sssortmsnt of gloss., eon
? 'i n h t 1 ! y puV.fiois d 'oordially Invitod to cull und
examine my stock and learn my prices.
22*ftpUy
GEORGE JACK.
:iU5 Market St.
WATCHES. JEWELRY, &C..
LttC1' AOliEB bAH
JFsKrt-tlUbD, .Mb' hR AlNI)
iUHUER FRAMES. ; . . .
He claim from Mpcrier.cc to soil
every paouliarity ol imn»tt«t virtoij. Jf-y
.nil in every eau» «oornntee BauAo»
tion Our facitiiieH aro such ttiHt wo
cun' exchanea gl.rsec to any sha>
to suit the customer m atew hoor,
N. D -Firrt store nbove Tliirh «reet.
llapuirlng in all its branche» aenil
frame
JAMES BRADFORD.
»»AlIITS, OILS, YAÄÜ1SHKH,
WINDOW 0LAR8.
Cement and Calcined Plaster,
PatnU.whUeleaJ.rcd 1«»T wh^to^tlnc.Jjon
P«tot. luhtj" 1 '."® ÖÜ oil! cool oll. Tilden 4
SBAäää
ioohinx gtaM plates. .
Nos.6 and « Third St,
" WILMINGTON. DEL.
n.
apl
wad hltfP
c. S. MORGAN,
in New and Popular Stylej of
Dealer
MEN'S FURNISHING ROODS,
621 MARKET STREET.
WILMINOTON, DEI
excelsior shirts
OUR
are made to order.
t'u! by Measure anil »
toed. _
HOUSTON k PRIZER,
DEALERS IN
TEAS. COFFEES. SOOAB.
.A irm SPICES'
Japanese an.l Chinese CurlosUiee,
No. IX East Fourth Street,
W1LM1NUT0N. DK1.
eir, SPECIALTY :
»SnPTMF.OS, (I1NUE1I. MUsTAUD,
ALLSP1CK. PEPPER
MACK. SWEET A PLAIN
juneG 5m
X
CLOVES.
, i- iTETamon.
-CHOCOLATE.
•fcT. JOHN'S HOTEL,
KO 405 MAIIKKT RTttKKT,
WILMINGTON. DEL ,
JAMES MeLANAN,
Proprietor.
3 1
' j
icso-tf
t]
FI KXismxa attoiiH.
THjkj CELEBRATED
PA HAG' >N SHIRT
PERFECT FITTING,
COMFORT, EASK.KLBGANOE,
Sen<l for Self-Measuromont Circular
J. P. DQUG-HTJEJN,
.No. 410 IM(velvet (Street,
Wilmington. Del.
uiujlTly
WYATT Si GARRETT'S
PATEIN'T
Yoke-Shirt,
No, 603 n:ickH street,
Wilmington, Del.
Now bo Careful
About how you buy your
REFRIGERATOR.
A
the
Don't buy any until yot
••RELIABLK.*'
be
of
a cinim fur it is first, Us perk-ct
it botter eircula
. It L
What
tlryue««:M, m«
tion. with leiaioethan any other i
lined with nard wood, nnd no fine hum* to
corrode.
Call and
40» SII1FL1CY HTRK.LT
R. MORRISON.
r,Strati
St
may«
HOTELS.
J IfS'' fr' J •, 8£ « 0 i4i SJîi'ïi ?« Sv ,
XK It' CASTLE. DKL
JOHN W.GS.AY, Proprietor
This jRrjro ait I beantifnliy
IÜ « V L »iiualcd house baa put
in the very bent repitir lur
JBMPMnL The recoil lion ot vinitom,
£~&29S['will find ut it nil'he iK-coiii
tjüQö ot a FUWT-CIjAÖä HOTEL. It
commanda a duo view oi tho Dolawnfe Bay,
and is one ot tho mo?t pleasant and do
ligbtful place? in the i-.tiite tor excursions
or pic nies The ho'Ho i* kaptiiithebe.it
Htjle, the bar filled with ih » ci
litjuoM and malt drink*,,
with the substantial«
market. Excartiionisu
rail. 1'artiei who wish
ridinit on the noble Delnwate,
modated with suitable boat«. J ho patronuRo
reftpecllully soUnuftd,
J. . GRAY.
mo
of
e8L w.rot,
supplied
1 tu 1.1
■t J
tho
by bout or
go Ikliimr or boat
urr
of thft public
jy ÄÄ it
WESTERN HOTEL.
N. W. Cor. 4th & Orange Streets.
0. J. KYLE. Puoriticroa,
Tlio above House baa b*c
put in
complete repair for tlio reception oi
ttucatH, where they will receive nil the
$&!ilLiicaoiiiinodat>oud of a lint-class hotel.
Bur filled with choioest wineB, liquors,cigars,
Ac., ^ud the table supulied wdh the best the
umrket ufiord«. Transient aud i>ermancnt
boarders - aooorainodated at moderate rate«.
Uood fcUhiuig aud oUenlive hustlers* A
liberal «hare of public putrou&ge is respoct
fully solicited,
au«2-d-tf
pRIME NEW RItNUARIAN
Ifrrass Seed
At W. N. CHANDLER'S.
fill Market Street
mnjH
UNITED STATES HOTEL
4
ponch Ar- Water St*.
T. B. MRllRITT, Proprietor. :
N.W.CJ«
Tho above bouse has been pul in complete
where they
repair f-r the reception oi
will receive »II tho '.aoromm dations of u
flret-ela*s hotel. Bar filled with the choicest
of wines, liqu-u«, Ac., mid tho table supplied
with the best the market afbirds.
,iy3dly
' ~0TICJS.
Indian king hotel,
N
108 AND 110 MARKET STREET.
Wilmington, Del.
John Mealey has put in two new Carom
Billiard Tables at tlio abovo uddress. Tho
room is now open at all times lor the accom
modation of tho public.
ian21-tl
JOHN MEALEY.
Truss Si Brace Department
H AVING a Btonk of Transes, «race»,
Nu|tporterH,SiiHpenN«ri€Nando li
er mechanical appliances,unsurpassed in ex
tant and variety by that of any other simi
lar establishment in the country, and with
upwards of
Twenty Year»' Experience
In applying them, we feel confident of our
ability to give entire suLisfactton to all tho°*»
i reciuirina «ur services in this directiou.
OUR liSTUriWEXTR
Aro constructed in the best manner, of the
best materiold, and of various nuoh to suit nil
oti8osfromfche sBiallost Jnlant the laraost
adult. (Vehave
A PRIVATE ROOM
Fur their adjiuluieut. while our nrlcea .tru
moderato and bo varied, by our extonsi/o
axsortment, u to eutt the rockcta all claseet
llundrode of perîon.t
after trying thu larser
cities, hove expressed
^ \ their crRt.ificiition ot tho
« Uk facility und coo n o m y
with which they bnvo
been auitolat our estab
lisbBieut.
i? HRTNGIIURST A tsH Apotbocnno«,
B - s«?
%
9
rf YOU WANT A P ! N K IMPORTED
ÎMiftjSS.
Urs» tKSei of Bi»îly/^
câu"ry Ut iïemPISS * 1 -**• - W*"°
selling very low.
arc
W W. N. CHANDLER.
till Market street.
From oiiv Extra of yesterday.
The Election!
m
T1AK RETUHiN 8
GREAT DEMOCRATIC GMIS!
The Ring Beaten in
Eight Wards!
Tiift Street Commissioner Arrested.
The Cltfi Election,
A qillKT CONTEST A NO A LAKHhi VOTE—
I» k'MOC RATIO GAINS—AKKEST OF
COLONIZERS AND BKPKATKRX—
THE COMPLETE RETURNS.
Thu City Election for nsscssor» anil
Ward officers took place in this city,
this afternoon, and was closely con
tested, causing quite a largo vote to
be polled.
The Election, liowerer, was a quiet
one, no disturbances of any account
occurring at any of the Polls.
An was expected tho Ring made a
desperate fight, and had their repeaters
and colonized negroes in every Word
Rut tlie friends of reform were vigi
tant, und several violators of tho purity
of the ballot box were promptly nr
\slwl.
In tlie* Third Ward, Street Lomrnis
siyuer David 11. Coyle was arrested by
olfletr \\ uodward, for aiding aud abet
ling Jobu Haggerty to vote Illegally.
Haggerty lives in the Third Ward,
but not having paid bis tux ut the
proper time, he was returned on the
us therefore dis
When Coyle wan
last, error list, unci
qthdilled for voting.
ttrreMted Haggerty Bed.
Coyle was lakeii before Escpiire Ha
guny, who held him to bail, in the sum
of $r>00, for appearance at Court.
Warrants were also issued by Estjuhv
Hrtgany, as follows :
For .Simon Washington, col.,
complaint of Z. McD. Uoberts, tor
voting illegally in the Sixth Ward.
For Thomas Shay, on complaint of
John L. Richardson, for repeating—he
liuving voted in the Second and Fourth
Wards.
For Janies Tilgluuan, col.,
plain!, of Hugh Sweeney, for voting iu
the First Word, and being a resident
of the Third.
A negro named Joseph Tad, tried to
vote in the Tenth Ward, and could give
no satisfactory account of his resi
lience. lie also presented a. tax re
ceipt signed by Lewis McCall, Collec
tor for tho Northern District, which
gave rise to sirong suspicions that ho
Une of the upper
ill
com*
haded voted in
Wards, lie was arrested by officer
Mullen and taken to the City Hull.
Alfred Graves, Cyrus Pritchett, Geo.
Ward, Andrew Lopov, Andrew, Jeff, and
James Tilghmou were arrested for at
tempted repeating, and are now in tho
cells. They were going from poll to poll,
headed hv Gravos. One of them, while
in the cells, said :
"'Fore God. if 1 over gits out of dis
scrape, I'll never vote agin."
Tho result of tho election, as will l>o
seen by tho figures, is very gratifying.
Wo have carried 7 out of tho ten wards
an«l reduced tho Ring majorities in the
others.
In the Seventh Ward the fight.iwas al
most exclusively between the White
Voters and tho Negroes, led by a few
Ofiico Holders find Office Seekers.
The Democratic majority in tho City
is between throo and four hundred.
Below will be found the full returns:
ASSESSORS.
LOWKR DISTRICT.
[•on Tine
a
c
3
B
p
ft
a
B
181 162 10
25» 107 1PÏ
I4W 107
1.0
FiiBtjWavil.
Second Ward.
Third Ward 250
Fourth Ward
Tenth Ward
00
<;s
oo
187
>07 1U5 102
00
It52 710 442
ooo
Totals
Majority for F*
ruiar, Dot
412
t.iP. VaK t'PPKH 1)I:1THI'"I'.
3
e.
4
i %
'V
00
4
2.
s
'i
Fifth Ward.
Hixtli Wai-tl.
Seventh Ward..
Kivrlith Ward
Ninth Ward
211 05 uG
313 00 34
187 2ÜI • 00
279
. 279
te
121
ou
.209
133 134 00
1
—
35 I
i Totals
03« 447
134S
35
Majority for Provost, Rep.412
UAJOKlTIKri ON THÜ (.'ITT COUNCIL.
Dem. Rep.
CO
First Ward, Johnson.
Second " Mclntire 111
Third " Blokta__Ill
Fonrth " Hayes.
Fifth " Wm. Canby.
Sixth " McMenamin. 71
Seventh" W. M. Canby. In. 5
" " Lichtenstein
Eighth " Downing
Ninth " Farrell
Tenth " *Lynch,over Bing 128
108
74
21
101
205
Democratic majority
Republican "
Net Dem. maj.
•Over both Ring and Independent. 87.
50«
. 205
001
MOJORITIKS ON THX INHPBiTOKS Of' THE
HLBOTION.
Drei.
Efj).
First Wutl. a..
" " Assistant
Second "
Third "
Fourth "
Fifth "
Sixth "
Seventh
Eighth " .
Ninth "
Tenth "
1
137
1)1
0)5
71
08
20 V
107
101
Democratic majority. 46G
Republican " 440
Deni, majority in the city 20
LAUT YBAR'h MAJORITIES,
rha following table of last vear'n ma
jorities on the Inspector's ticket, will
show how decisive a victory we have
gained :
440
Dem. maj. Rep. maj.
17
First Ward
Second " .
Third "
Fourth ** .
Fifth "
Sixth "
Seventh " ..
Eighth "
Ninth "
Tenth "
12
H
190
ira
280
ISO
iAt
U
îh»:î
( Totals
88
i :
Republican majority, 1873
820
HARD TICKETS.
FIRST WABD— City Council.
Ralph McCall, Dam
Thomas Johnson, Rep .
f aspect o,.
Michael Laity, Dem
James L. Riley, Rep
Assistant Inspector*.
Hugh Sweeney, Dem.
Henry M. Mullen, Rep.
i 15
904
171
172
172
17u
•SECOND WABD—City Council
Hen** It. Mclntire, Dein
Christian OUvey, Rep
Inspector.
Joseph Bradford, Dem.
E. F. Wiggles worth. Rep.
As.vwf/cii.f Inspector*.
Daniel < ullaUaii, Dem.
George McCall, Rep
W
109
218
111
2'.
.109
THIRD WARD —City
August Bickta, Dem.
William H. Shoeu, Rep
Inspector.
258
147
218
James Clark, Dorn.
Uen j. S. Clark, Rep.
157
Assistant Inspectors.
Daniel Mullin, Dem.
William F. Robinson, Rep.
248
157
FOURTH WARD- Cit y Council.
James P. Hayes, Dem
Jornmn J. McMullen, Rep. .
Inspector.
William J. Morrow, Dem.
W. Bowen. Rep.
Afttbfant Inspector*.
Edward Mclntire, Dem
William B. Hyland, Rep. .
FIFTH WARD— City Council.
William A. Murphey,
William Canby, Rep.
Inspector.
M. B. Oeheltree, Dem..
Benj. T. Bye, Rep.
Assistant Inspector*.
John Henry Puhl, Dem
Bamnel F'ile, Rep.
271
.188
354
188
250
189
210
Dem.
284
210
281
231
SIXTH WARD —City Council.
William McMenamin, Dem.
George H. Tindall, Rop.
Inspectors.
no
256
James Davis, Dem .311
Thomas W. . Saville, Rep. . .283
Assistant Inspectors.
Thomas Morine, Dem .
John R. Gallaher, Rep..
310
.285
SEVENTH WARD—City Council.
William M. Canby, Ind., 2 years. . . 324
A. H. GrimBhaw, Ind., 1 year..310
Jos. R. Phillips. Rep., 2 years 319
M. L. Iiiehtenstein, Rep., 1 year
Inspector.
Jehu Pyle, Dem .
M. B. Rtotsenburg, Rep
Assistant Inspectors.
asi
187
4M
Walter Cummins, Dem
Roltert Lee, Rep.
182
327
EIGHTHWAED.—Cif, Council.
Edwiu F. Morrow, D
Henry W. Downing, R.
John T. Richardson, Ind
Inspector.
James Paterson, D.
1 « win Zebley, R.
Assistaut Inspectors.
Geo. C. Ward, D.
ShuiT Chadwick, K.
98
109
000
197
204
94
205
NINTH WARD.—City Counc,l.
Martin Fori-ell, D
Joseph G. File, R.
134
132
Inspector.
12»
Samuel Smith, D
Wm. U, Talley, R
la
Assistant Inspector*.
George Cloud, D.,
I Alfred Wright, R.
134
131
TENTH WARD.- City Council.
Loiÿs P, Ly&eh, D
7,198
Paschal IL Petersou.lt ......
Daniel F. Stewart, lad
Inspector.
David W. Hughes, D.
Charles Solloway, R.
Assistant Inspectors.
Bernard Hanghey, D.
Ezra Lukens, R.
Lichtenstein has 21 majority over
Orimshaw and Wm. M. Canby is elected
over Phillips by C votes. Crlmshaw will
contest the election.
This gives the Democrats seven Wards.
The Independents one Ward, and the
Republicans two Wards,
TUB BBfiULT.
The result, ia brief is as follows : Ed
ward Farinai - , Democrat, has been
Assessor in the Southern District, and Ed
mund Provost, Republican, in the Northern
District. The Ward tickets elected are as
follows ;
First Waid— Council, Thomits Johnson,
R.; Inspector, James L, Riley, R.; Assist
ants. Hugh Sweeney, II. M. Mullen.
Socond Ward—Council, II. JL Mclntire,
D.; Inspector, Jas. Bradford, D.; Assistants,
Daniel Callahan, Geo. McCall.
Third Ward—Council, AugustBickta, D.;
Inspector, James Clark, D.; Assistants,
Daniel Mullin, Wm. F. Robinson.
Fourth Word—Council, JamOs P. llayee,
D.; Inspector, Wm. J. Morrow. D.; Assist
ants, Edward Mclntire, Wm. B. Hyland.
Filth Ward—Connell, Wm. Canbv, R ;
luspector, B. F. Bye, R.; Assistants, J. II.
Paid, Samuel File.
Sixth Ward—Council, Wm. McMenamin,
IV; Inspector, James Davis, D.; Assistants,
Thomas Morlne, John K. Gallaher.
Seventh Ward—Conned. Wm, M. Canbv,'
lod., M. L. Lichtenstein, R ; Inspector, M.
B. Stotsenbnrg, R.; Assistants, Hoheit Lac,
Walter Cummins.
Eighth Ward—Council, llenry W. Down
ing, It.; luspector, Lewis Zebley, It.; Assist
ants, Samuel Chadwick, Goo. C. Ward.
Ninth Word—Council, Martin Farrell,
D.; Inspector, Samuel Smith, D.; Assistants,
George Cloud, Alfred Wright.
Tenth Ward—Council, Louis P. Lynch,
D.; Inspector, David W. Hughes; Assist
ants, Bernard Ilaughey, Ezra Lukens.
. 70
41
. 200
105
.200
... 104
elected
WHO IS RUSSELL?
IIÏ UEORGB CARY KOOI.r.sTON.
I saw him for the first time in 181.2.
1 was stationed witliuiy battery on the
coast of South Carolina, and never was
there tut idler set. of soldiers than we.
Wo were in tho midst of a great war it
is true, and mine was a fighting battery,
composed ehiclly of stalwart mountain
eers, but on the coast wo hat) literally
nothing to do. Once in camp we knew
we were to stay there. There was no
marching to hodone and no biyouaking.
Our business was simply to meet any
forco which should attempt In leach
the railroad,mid to keep it liaçk if pos
ai l.le.
Everybody, that is, except, Kiusell
His coming wnsn mystery. He did not
come at all. Ho simply appeared one
evening as a looker cm at roll call. He
a total stranger, and there was no
way liy which lie could have come to
the neighborhood except on the train,
and as we all regularly attended the in
coming of every train, and promptly
pumped all tlio nows out of every ar
riving passenger, wo know perfectly
well that Russell hud not come by rail.
Ho was a comely young fellow, us lie
stood there in the rear of tin; first ser
géant, and listened to tho calling of the
So shapely were liis limbs and so
exact, all the proportions of bis frame,
that no one looking at him would have
suspected him of possessing eitraordl
nury strength and activity. Ills haul
was a study for a sculptor, undlinUmh.
feature, complexion nnd bearing, lie
stood there a very model of manly
beauty.
When Hie roll-call was ended, lie
up to me, and, touching his hat
gracefully, introduced himself :
"My name is William Russell, i
shall lie glad if you will let nut remain
with your men to-night. I snail pro
bably wish to enlist in your battery to
morrow.
Next day lie expressed a wish to
onlist with us, and persisted, ill liis
purpose in spile of our
that our rude, uncultivated mountain
eers were not fit companions for him.
Alter liis enlistment he carefully
avoided everything like presumption
upon our previous hospitality, or upon
his own evident gentility, lip knew
and observed tho distinction between
officers nnd men, and while I was glad
to seek him out when I wanted a corn
pan ion, he never once came to my quar
ters uninvited, though X often urged
him to do so. IIo was quiet always
and modest, and it was only liy acci
dent that wo learned, little by little,
how many and how varied liis accom
plishments were. Not only did he
abstain from boasting—bo Was shy
even of letting uh learn for ourselves,
how many things lie could do surpris
ingly well. The men had built a
number of gymnastic structures, and
of afternoons their contests of strength
and skill wero attended by everybody
iu the neighborhood. Fur more than
a month itussell held aloof, merely
looking at the performanees of tlio
others. One afternoon,however, some
of our best gymnasts were trying to
accomplish a nexv and very difficult
feat, and when they were ready to
abandon Hie attempt as hopeless, Rus
sell quietly said to the most persistent
one among t hem :
•T think if yon will reverse the posi
tion of your hands, you can be able to
do that."
WOi
roll.
«me
assurances
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Tho man reversed his haml|S, but
rather awkwardly.
"Not that way j let me show you,
said liussull, aud
94
«aid UuMoll, and going to the bar he
quickly did the ihiiig himself, vrith —
apparent exortion whatever. " hen, as
If in mere wautonnoss of strength and
skill, he went rapidly through a «net
of gymnastic: feats of the most difficult
sort, ending the performance with a
number of somersaults which would
have done honor to an acrobat, j When
he had done, aud we all dapped hands
aud shouted our applause. ^ Russell
simply blushed as a woman might, and
went to his huf. 1 never kneiv him
to tpuçh Ut« bars sig&iu, so ayerse W&»
no
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he to anything like display. When!
asked lnm iu private, one day, how
and where*he had acquired his skill, he
replied :
"Oh, I have no skill to speak of in
the matter. I picked up a trick
of the sort at Heidelberg—that is all."
In this way we learned- one thing
after another about the man, though
he vouchsafed us no information about,
his past history, except so much as we
had learned in mustering him iuto ser
vice. It consisted of but one fact—
that William ltussel was bom in Ken
tucky ; and that single fact was a false
hood, ns Russell afterwards informed
or two
mo.
One day, some months after lila en
listment, there was an explosion in
camp. A chief oï caisson had been
tinkering with n shell, which burst
in lias hands, literally blowing one them
off about midway between the wrist
and the elbow. When I came to the
poor fellow he was lying on the ground,
the blood porting nut from the severed
artery.
The surgeon had ridden away, no
one knew whither, nnd lavas comple
tely at a loss to know what to do
Before I had time to decide anything,
however, Russell poshed his
through tho crowd: drew out his
kerchief, knotlod it and quickly tigh
tened it nround the man's arm.
"Will you please hold that firm!)
nnd steadily V" said he, in the calmest
possible voice, to one of the excited
men. Then tumingto men, nnd touch
ing his cap, lie said:
"Will you allow me to go to the
doctor's quarters for some necessary
things? 1 think I may help this poor
fellow:"
"Certainly," T replied, "If you can
do anything for him, do it by all
means. '
IIo walked rapidly,lmle without a
sign of excitement, into tho hospital
tent, and returned almost immediately
with some hottles und a ease of instil
ments.
"Captain," said he, again touching
his cim, "will do me the favor to put
your linger on the corporal's pulse, and
observe its heating carefully? If it
sinks or becomes irregular, please let
me know immediately?"
With that he saturated a liaudkei
chief with chloroform, and directed
one of the men to hold it to the wound
ed man's nose.
"What are going to do?" I asked in
astonishment.
"Iam going to amputate this man's
arm,if you have no objection,captain,'
he returned, as he opened the case <>1
Instruments. And umpulule it he did,
In a most skillful manner, as the sm
goon testified on his return. The opera
tion over, he gave minute directions
for the care of the wounded
returned to his tent.
My astonishment may well he iju
lighted. The men, however, were not
surprised. Their faith in Russell wa
unbounded already. They had so
often seen him do, as an expert, things
nobody had imagined him capable ol
doing at all, that they come to think
him equal to any emergency, as indeed
it seemed lie was.
way
hand
:rt». nnd
For myself, 1 am free to eonl'ess that
my curiosity was sharply piqued, and 1
determined to question Russell in detail
about himself anil his past, at the first
opportunity. When tho opportunity
name, however, the mail's modest digui
tv and evident gentility so impressed me
that T could not bring myself to do any
thing so rudo and discourteous. 1 con
tented myself with saying:
"Why, Russell, I did not know you
were a surgeon."
"I can hardly claim to be that," he re
plied. "though I gave some little atten
tion to the subject while I was abroad."
It then occurred to me to suggest the
propriety of his asking for a surgeon'.,
commission, as it was really a pity that u
man so accomplished as ho should re
main a private in a company made up
almost entirely of illiterate mountain
eers, but ho refuse«l to entertain the
idea for a moment, saying:
"I am entirely contented with my lot.
captain."
One day, not long after the occurrence,
playing at chess with Russell, and,
of something or other, J. told
I
apropos
him an anecdote illustrative of Japanese
character.
"Pardon me," lie replied, "but you are
misinformed," and straight-way ho pro
ceoded to tell mo many int oresting facts
with regard to the Orientals, all of which
wero evidently tho result of observation.
It camo out, presently, that Russell hud
been an officer in the United States Navy,
and that ho had gone to Japan with. Com
modore Perry's expedition. Tn subse
quent conversations lie told mo many
aneodotos of tho expedition and of sea
life generally, with which he was appar
ently very familiar.
TO BE COMPLETED'TO-MORROW.
Tlio Philadelphia, hedger has collected
and digested tho brief itemsof crop intel
ligenco transmitted from England, and
has arrived at the conclusion—wo hope it
may prove true—that wo will have a
market this fall and next winter for alt
tho wheat wo can spare, and ,at rates
which will be remunerative. Tt finds that
this year's wheat crop in England, whilst
somewhat lielow an average, is alwut on
fourth more than the crop of any of tin
last tluoo years. Tho estimated yield is
twenty-eight bushels to tho aerO, and the
wlieat area is usuall three and a halt mil
lion aeres. In round numbers, tlie crop
of 1874 may be estimated at one hnndreil
million bushels, whilst the annual aver
ago consumption of wheat m Lnglana vj
one hundred and ninety million bushels.
T'nF. Fat Ken's Clam-Bake. —The
eighth, annual clam-bake of the Fat
Men's association took pince at Nor
walk harbor, Conn.,onthe25lli mstanl
Previous to partaking of dinner the
usual weighing took» place, when n
was found that fortyeight men aggie
gated 11,844 pounds, or an average <d
24(11 pounds each.—After dinner An
Willinrd Perkins, of Waterbury, Conn,
aged'twenty two years, and weighing
369 poundä, was elected president ol
the association for the ensuing year,
and tthc cane and chair were transie,
red to his keeping. Eleven ot the
heaviest men were, chosen vice presi
dents.

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