The Emporia news. [volume], May 31, 1862, Image 1

About The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881

Image provided by: Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, KS

                
Vol. 5- No. 33.
EMPORIA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, MAY 31. 1862.
Whole No. 241;.
Cfje (&mpxh Ifrtojs.
PUBLISHED ZTZfiT SATURDAY XOKXEfG,
Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas,
BY JACOB STOTLEE,
EDITOK AJTD PiOPRIXTOR.
At
Office News Building, corner of Commercial street
and" Sixth avenue.
Teems Two dollars per annum, in advance.
Clubs of ten, $17. Clubs of twenty, $30
All papers discontinued at the expiration of the
time for which they are subscribed.
D. A. PAINTER,
CLEB IKL O r COURT,
LTOX CO., KANSAS,
WILL PAY TAXES FOB NON-RESIDENTS.
ET P. 0. Address Emporia. Kas.
C. F. OAKFIELD,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor
Has a copy of the
GOVERNMENT FIELD NOTES
Or Ltojc County.
VESIDENCE on his farm, adjoining Emporia
.ilX on the east. 149y
A. P. GANDY,
REGISTER OF DEEDS,
FOR CHASE COUNTY, KANSAS.
WILL ATTEND TO PAYING TAXES
for non-residents. Post Office address,
COTTONWOOD FALLS, Chasi County, Kan
sas. 219-31
P. B. PLUMB,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
JAMES MEANS,
Stone Mason. Bricklayer and Plasterer,
FS ready to take contracts for any work in his
X line. iSUlJ-ilJlvi w aiuj!iritnaruAoiiiv
INO HAIR for sale.
Emporia, Kansas, August 3, 1861 202
P. B. ril'MB. H. O. PLANTZ
PLUMB & PLANTZ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
And Notaries Public,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
IT" Office under Masonic Hall, Commercial si
R. M. RTJGGLES,
Attorney at Law,
153y EMPORIA, KANSAS.
J. H. WATSON,
Attorney at Law,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
WILLIAM T. GALLIHER,
A ttor ney at Law,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
S. Ii. KENYON,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
Vmnnrin 7". won Clauntii. Kansas.
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
1.13 care, in tne uourts ox toe ruin ouuiciai uia
trict.
A miniatrntinn rurnpra carefullv drawn and the
i equiiite legal advice given in the settlement of
otlatts. nio-jy
J. A. MOORE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
EMPORIA. KANSAS. 152m6
G. M. WALKER,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor,
LYON COUNTY, KANSAS.
Also -County Surveyor.
1 ESIDENCE on the Lawrence road, five miles
ii j Northeast of Emporia.
ftOT For the present, orders may be left with
V. O. HUNT, at Emporia.
Harness, Saddlery,
AND CARRIAGE TRIMMING
ESTABLISHMENT,
Commercial Street, east ride) EMPORIA.
IT V. BUNDREM, a practical workman in
Ji the above "branches of industry," would
r ypectfully announce that he has opened a shop,
and will manufacture to order and keep on hand
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, and all other
.m tides in his line, at satisfactory prices.
(ETTarticular attention paid to Repairing. 23
JOHN HAMMOND,
Carpenter and Joiner,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
C COFFINS, Pannel Doors, Window and Door
J frames, and other job work, done in the best
stjde, on the shortest notice. may7-tf
A. O. WILHITE,
HOOT AND SHOEMAKER.
. Shop No. 93 Exchange St.,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
Repairing of all kinds done on short notice,
and in the best style. 184
EMPORIA HdlJSE.
N. S. STORES, Proprietor.
' IHE traveling public can be well cared for at
I this House, on the most reasonable terms.
Good Stabling connected with the House. 14
Probate Court Lyon County.
Regular Terms On the first Monday of Jan
mry, April, July and October.
Persons having business with the Court, in va
cation will be waited upon at the office in Empo
ia, on the first Monday of Moh month.
NOYES SPICER.
December 14, 1861.-tf Probate Judge.
BLACKSMITHIITG7
MADDOCK & THOMAS
HAVE opened a nw Blacksmith Shop on
SIXTH AVENUE. in the west partoftrwn.
and are prepared to carry on the business in all
its various branches. ,
Emporia. November 23. 1861. . 215
OB PRINTING, ot every description, neatly
and promptly executed, at tb6 JTncs Orricz.
Notice of Appraisement.
John Scott
vs.
William Bond
NOTICE is hereby given, that I will cause to
be appraised, according to law, on the
premises, on the 16th day of June, A. D. 1862,
the following described property, to wit: The
nortnwest quarter oi secuon numoer ininy-ure
(33). in township number seventeen ill), range
number eleven, east of the sixth principal merid
ian, situate in the county of Lyon, State of Kan
sas. Dated at the Sheriff's Office, this 21st day of
May, A. D. 1862.
jaiijs it. uua, anenn.
By J. A. Fkxlib, TJnder:Sheriff. 240-2 $3.40
Notice of Appraisement
George Stevenson
vs.
James T. Hollidav.
"VTOTICE is hereby given, that I will cause to
1 oe aDcraised. according to law, on uie
premises, on the 14th day of June,. A. D. 1862,
the following described property, to wit: The
nortnwest quarter or section numuer ten .ivj, in
township number nineteen, range number twelve
(12). east of tne sixtn principal meridian, situate
in thn eonntvof Lvon. State of Kansas.
Dated at the Sheriff's Office, this 21st day of
May, A. D. 1862.
JAM .3 JJ. UUA, onenn.
By J. A. Fciitn, Under-Sheriff. 240-2 $3 20
'THE subscriber has in his possession a span of
JL horses one a bay, about eight years oia; tne
other a sorrel, about five, rather large size. The
above Ttronertv is smvDosed to have been stolen
The owner is requested to call, prove property.
pay charges, and take them away.
Li. ti. 13U ItlJl..
Fremont, Kansas, May 24, 1862. 240-2 $1.60
Legal Notice
TS hereby given to all persons interested in the
1 estate of B. T. CLARK, deceased, late of
Lvon county, Slate of Kansas, that, unless the
contrary be shown, on the first day of the next
j uiy term ot tne frooate court in ana ior saia
county an order will be made for the sale of the
south half of the northeast quarter of section num
ber nine, township number nineteen, range num
ber ten, of the said estate.
238-40 $2.20 ELI L. DAVIS.
Black Warrior.
THE celebrated Jack, BLACK WARRIOR,
will stand for Mares, the ensuing seanon,
commencing this date and ending July iiota,
1862, at the stable of JOUH D. SI. AUK, four
miles southeast of Emporia, on the Cottonwood
river. .Black Warrior is of the best Kentucky
stock. Young stock or produce taken at market
price, for service. An owner parting with a mare
before foaling, or persons bringing mares and not
attending regular, forfeits the insurance money,
For further particulars, inquire of the undersigned.
JUiLiN SL.AUK-.
Emporia, May 3, 1862. 237
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP.
TAMES W. BROWN has opened a Blacksmith
oj Shop near Plymouth, in this county, where
he will be glad to see all persons wanting any
work done in his line of business. He flatters
himself, from long experience at his trade, that he
can give saustaction to all. Uive him a trial.
237-88 JAMES W. BROWN
PLOW FACTORY.
ISBELL A WAIT
TTAVE opened a shop in Emporia, on Sixth
I I avenue, nearly opposite the Hotel, for the
purpose of manufacturing fLOWS, HAKKO WS
CULTIVATORS, and all kinds of Agricultural
Implements. Thev are now Duttinsr ur fiftv
Double Shovel Plows, and fifty Single Shovel,
for use this season.
They will REPAIR Wagons, Buggies, and all
kinds of Agricultural Implements, on short no
tice. Give us a call.
225-50 ISBELL & WAIT.
Chronic Cases Treated.
T" WISH it to be understood by my patrons and
a tne community generally mat x win pay par
ticular attention to the treatment of Cheojuo Dis
eases or all kinds. Old Sores, Soee Etes, and all
eruptions of the skin. Also, particular attention
paid to diseases ol women and children.
I have had many years' experience in the treat
ment of these diseases at the West, accompanied
with universal success, and respectfully solicit the
patronage of the public.
143 J . r . JN W JjUiN , M. JJ.
MME. DEMOREST'S
QUARTERLY MIRROR OF FASHIONS
The Spring number contains
Three Large & Splendid Fashion-Plates
THREE FULL-SIZED PATTERNS,
Comprising the very lastest Paris styles of
Mecif , Child's Apron, k the Ladies' new Spring Walking Coat,
Together with nearly 100 Engravings of all the
novelties for
Spring Bonnet?, Cloaks, Trimmings, Chil
dren's Dresses, Etc.,
And valuable information to Milliners, Dress
Makers, Mothers, and Ladies generally, present
ing the largest and best Fashion Magazine in the
world. JFu bushed at Hi Broadway, and sold
everywhere at zio Uta., or sent by mail post free
on receipt or the amount; yearly $1, with the fol
lowing valuable premium:
Each yearly subscriber will be entitledjto the
selection of fifty cents' worth of plain patterns.
from the designs in the book, or from the show
rooms, or they may be ordered and sent by mail
any time uunng tne year, uy paying tne postage
Splendid Inducements to Canvassers. Spring No
now ready. 23b
GILLISS HOUSE.
WEST LEVEE KANSAS CITY, MO.
CJIX LINES OF STAGES leave this house dai
ly for all points in Kansas and Missouri.
Omnibusses and Hacks leave this house twice a
day for West port and Wyandot.
165 HOPKINS 4 STARR- TWriHw
R. L. FRAZER,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
TVEALER in Watches, Clocks, Fine Jewelry
XJ Silver and Plated Ware, Revolvers, Fancy
Goods, and lankee Actions, Eldndge House
Lawrence. Kansas. . 57
P. G. HUNT,
REGISTER OF DEEDS,
Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas.
XXTILL attend to the payment of taxes for con
T residents. Will furnish Blanks, and make
out and take acknowledgment of Deeds.
January 13, 1862. 223
DR. J. P. MORRIS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
rrENDERS his professional services te- the poo
I pie of Neosho Rapids, Breckenridge county,
Kansas. Office and residence in Neosho Rapids
l?.6tf
THE CROWN OF A HUNDRED SOUS.
It was past midnight, and the bride had
already been some time in the nuptial cham-1
ber, when the young spouse succeeded at
last in escaping from bis friends and leav
ing the ball . room, when he ascended the
stairs, upon one of the landing places of
which a waiting maid met him and told him
to enter.
The new husband rapped lightly upon the
door, and threw himself at the feet of a wo
man, who was waiting for him, seated near
the fire, in an elegant night dress, such as
rich widow might be expected to wear
whose desires had been satisfied by a new
marriage.
"Rise, my friend,' said she to her spouse.
giving her hand. v
Ho, no, madam, replied the young
man, seizing upon a white nana which he
clasped between his own, and carried to 13
lips.: "no, leave me at your feet; and do
not withdraw your band, for I fear lest you
escape me; 1 tear that ail this is only illu
sion: it seems to me that 1 am the hero of
one whose fairy tales I used to hear when a
child, and that at the very moment of be
ing happy, the malicious fairy is going to
fly away, to laugh with her companions at
my sorrow and despair.
fie assured my friend, that yesterday I
was Lord Mellville's widow; and now, sir,
I am Madam de la Tour, your wife. Dis
pel from your imagination your childhood's
fairy. The tale is but a fable."
M. ireoeric ae ia lour nad some reason
to suspect that a superior genius interfered
with his anaire, for, within the last month,
either chance or inexplicable good fortune
had rendered him rich and happy beyond
his desires. His age was 25; he was an or
phan and barely lived upon an employment
in which he was engaged, when passing one
day through the street bamt iionore, a splen
did coach stopped near him and an el
egantly dressed lady leaned over the carriage
door and called out to him, though not by
name.
The driver descended, let down' the foot
board, and hat in hand, respectfully invited
M. hrederic to be seated by the side of this
woman, glittering with jewels. The coach
man then drove off.
"Sir," said the lady, who had thus taken
him up, with a sweet voice, " I have re
ceived your letter, but notwithstanding your
refusal I hope yet to see you to-morrow at
my evening party.
"Me, madam replied Frederic.
"Yes, sir, you Ah ! I beg your par
don," cried the lady with surprise, "I beg
your pardon, sir, but you so much resemble a
person ot my accquaintance that 1 took you
for him. Ah, sir, excuse .What must
you think ? Indeed the resemblance is so
striking that any one in the world Jvould be
deceived as I have been."
Before this explanation was ended, the
coach stopped in the court of a superb man
sion, and M. Frederic could not but offer
his hand to Lady Mellville, Frederic, daz
zled by so much grace, was easily subjuga
ted, lie congratulated himself upon the
happy chance which gave rise to his ac
quaintance with Lady Mellville; he accept
ed her invitation, and in a few days became
one of her most frequent visitors. The rich
widow was surrounded by admirers; but
they dropped off one by one, and things
were so arranged before a week had rolled
by, that the little clerk had made the wid
ow's house his home. Marriage was agreed
upon, but it was she who nrst proposed it
Frederic would sometimes place him eelf
in the morning before his little glass, and
consider himself with some attention. He
was not ualy, neither was handsome. His
dress moderate, as must be that of a clerk
with a salary of eight hundred francs, did
not permit him to attribnle his good fortune
to his tailor. He was forced to the conclu
sion that he was loved for himself, or else
that Lady Melville was fascinated. When
the marriage was settled, when the future
spouse was before the notary, his astonish
ment was redoubled. lhey declared his
property to be over a million. He owned,
according to the contract, a farm in Nor
mandy, a house in Paris, in the street Saint
Honore, and other real estate which he had
never before heard mentioned. The widow
was rich in foreign wealths. She had farms
in Wales and pastures in Devonshire. . All
was to Frederic a golden dream, and he
longed to awake from it. The mayor and
the curate came to sanction the union, but
neither the marriage solemnity nor the law
was able to dispel his doubts, and he did not
leave his wife's feet, but grasped in his hand
the embroidered muslin of her night dress,
through fear that the dream would vanish.
"Rise, Frederic,' said his wife again,
"come to this arm chair of mine, and let us
converse ."
The young man at last obeyed, though
yet unwilling to release his hold of his wife's
hand, and Madam de la Tour commenced
as follows:
"There was once on a time "
"There," cried Frederic, "so I was not
deceived. It is in truth a fairy tale." -
"Listen to me, my friend. There was once
on a time a young girl, born of parents who
had formerly been wealthy, but who,
when fifteen years of age, had to subsist
upon the industry of her father. They re
sided in Lyons, but some hopes of better
fortune brought them to Paris. Nothing is
60 difficult as to recover a lost fortune or to
regain a lost rank. This young girl found
it so; for four years she struggled with mis
ery without being able to vanquish it. In
the meantime her father sickened, and died
in the hospital.
"The mother soon followed the husband,
and the young girl was left alone in the at
tic, for which the rent wa3 unpaid. Its only
furniture was two beds. If there were a
fairy in the tale which I am relating, this is
certainly the moment when she should ap
pear; but there is none in it. The young
girl remained at Paris, without friends, with
out protectors, without aid, having a Lyons
debts which she. was unable to pay; and in
vain seeking for labor, the wealth of the
poor. Vice, it is true, stretched its arms to
her, but there are pure souls that can pass
vice without suffering themselves to be sul
lied by its breath.
"Meantime life was necessary; the hunger
of the day redoubled at night, and the mis
ery of night was added to a second day
passed without food. You rise from a ta
ble groaning under its weight of dainties,
where wine, too, abounds to satisfaction, and
although it is since yesterday, Frederic, that
you are rich, you have no idea of the misery
speak of, and you wonder that in the
midst of the luxury that surrounds you, upon
this arm chair of gold and silk, where I am
sitting, I can point to yon such a picture;
but listen to me -farther. Hunger led this
young' girl fo beg She covers! her. head
with her mother s veil, tne only heritage she
received; she inclined her body to imitate
age, and went down into the street. There
6he held out her hand. Alas! that hand was
white and fair, and there was danger in
showing it; that hand was then wrapped by
the young girl in the thick cloth of the veil,
as if it had been eaten by hideous leprosy
"The poor child took her station against
a post, far off from the lamp; when a young
girl of wealthy appearance passed by, the
untortunate one would hold her hand and
ask for a sous. A sous to buy a little bread
At Paris, young girls have something else
10 ao in tne evening Desiae drawing a sous
from their pocket. If the begging girl saw
an old man passing she ventured to implore
him. Age is often avaricious and hard
The old man passed. The evening had been
wet and rainy, night was approaching, and
the patrols, the night guards, the city ser
geants, were about to take possession of the
streets 01 .fans, when the young girl, faint
ing with want, once more held out her hand.
She addressed herself to a young man, who
stopped, felt in his pocket and threw her
a piece of money, so much did he fear to
touch the wretched one. A police officer.
who was apparently lying in wait for the
heggar girl, all at once appeared, and laying
his hand upon her, said :
" 'Ah, I have you; you're begging. Come
along, my beauty.
"At this the young man interfered, with
some warmth; he took the arm of the beg
gar, which a moment before he would not
touch with his. glove, and turning to the po
lice officer, said :
" 'This woman is not a beggar, but one
of my acquaintances.'
" 'But, sir, ' the executor of the law
against beggary was going on to say.
" I repeat that I am acquainted with the
lady. My poor good woman,' added he,
bending over to the ear of the youDg girl,
whom ne took for an old woman, 'accept
these hundred sous, and let me conduct you
to the neighboring street. By this means
you will escape this Cerberus who pursues
you.'
"The crown slipped from your hand into
mine, continued tne Driae, "ana as we
were passing under the lamp, which I had
before avoided, 1 saw your face."
"My face!" ciied Frederic.
"Yes, my friend, it was I whose life and
perhaps honor you thus saved. You gave
a crown to Lady Melville, to your future
wife."
"You," said Frederic, "so beautiful, so
young, so wealthy you have begged ?"
"Yes, my friend,-1 received alms once
and that was from you."
"The next day after this, and which I
now reckon among the happiest days of my
life an old woman, whom I inspired with
some pity, took me into her house, as seam
stress. My gayety returned by labor; I
became the friend of the respectable lady with
whom I lived. One day Lord Melville came
into the room where I was working, and sat
down by my side. He was a man of sixty
tall, spare and of a repulsive aspect.
" 'Miss,' said he, 'I know your history.
Will you marry me?'
'Marry you ! I cried.
" 'Yes, I have immense property which
I do not wish to leave to my nephews and I
have the gout, which I do not wish to be ta
ken care of by my domestic. From what I
have been able to learn of you, your character
is upright as elevated. And it is in your
power to become Lady Melville, andjto prove
that you are destined for good fortune, since
you know how to support misfortune.'
"I loved you, Frederic," continued the
young woman. "I had seen you but once,
but it was impossible forme to forget you
and something in my heart said to me that
our live3 ought to roll together. As I look
ed at Lord Melville, as I saw his melan
choly countenance, and his sharp and almost
wary eye, I said to myself that the step he
was taking was nothing else than a step of
revenge, and I was loth to be the instrument
in it. If the noble lord did not receive a re
fusal, he at least easily perceived it, from my
agitation, and like all men, who are only ren
dered more ardent by rejection, he redoubled
his solicitations.
"My companions induced me to profit by
the folly of an Englishman with his millions,
and a part of whose fortune could not but
soon be mine. As for me, I thought of
you I adored you with all my imagination
could lend to my memory and the image
of a man whom I had seen but for an in
stant, almost induced me to sacrifice my!
fortune, as well as yours, Frederic. But Ij
had passed through too rough a school for
romantic ideas to hare the better of reason, j
You were rejected by the young seamstress
and I became Lady Melville.
"It was a fairytale, my -friend! I,, a
poor deserted orphan, was the wife of one
of the richest peers in England ! Seated in
a carriage loaded down with servants, I was
able to pass through the street where I had
begged a few months before, and clothed in
glittering silk -and diamonds to mark with
my eye the curbstones whereon lsat. lhe
eport of chance, the caprices of fortune, the
passions of men, my friend, are the fairies
of this world."
"Happy Lord Melville ! he was able to
enrich you."
"He was in truth very happy," contin
ued Madam de la Tour, "and he proved to
me very clearly that since my inclinations
were honorable, this marriage, which I
looked upon as a very foolish act, was the
most reasonable thing in the world. He was
rich beyond my desires.
"He could never spend his income, so
that he had no need of new possessions; and
he thought very justly that gratitude would
attach to him a woman whose fortune he
would make. He never repented having
married a French woman.
I intrusted myself to that noble lord for
the care of my fortune, and assisted him
in his last days. When he died," he left me
all his property, and I then made myself an
oath never to marry any one except the
man who aided me in the most miserable
moment of my life.
Ingrate !" added Madam de Ia lour,
giving her hand to her husband, who yet
came no neater to her who wished to love
and enrich him.
But, sir, do you never go into the
world ? Do you not attend shows and
concerts ? Ah ! if 1 had known your
name."
So saying, the new bride detached from
her neck a collar of rubies, and drew from
a small bag of silk, which was attached to
it a crown, of a hundred sous, set in gold.
This is the very one," said she, put
ting it into Frederic's hands. "At the sight
of this crown, I was furnished with suffi
cient bread to support me till the next day.
and I also obtained credit for a few hours.
The next day things were so arranged that
I was able to Dreserve vour crown. It has
never left me. Ah, how happy 1 was when
I met you about- a month ago ! With what
quickness did I stop my horses ! I leaned
over the carriage door, and to attract your
attention, seized upon the first pretext
which presented itself to me. I had but
one fear: I feared you were married ! If
that had been the case, you would have
known nothing of this story, and poor Lady
Melville would have enriched you in secret
She would have returned to England, where
she would have grown old in seclusion, at
her castle in Wales."
'Frederic let go his wife's hands, be let
fall from his grasp the embroidered mus
lin of her cisrht dress, and he seized the
crown, the cause of his fortune and his hap
piness.
"So you see," continued Madam de la
Tour, "that I am not a fairy. On the con
trary, it is you who gave me a talisman."
f rom the Jfrench of M,ugene uuizot.
BERDAN'S SIIARF-SIIOOTERS.
This corps turns out, as Was expected,
to be one of the most valuable arms of our
service. The exploits of the men before
Yorktown are truly marvelous, and have al
ready put to flight a pet theory of Southern
braggarts, that Northern men can't shoot.
Such marksmanship as is displyed by these
sharp-shooters was never heard of before
not to speak of the Southern States in the
world itself. While about the best shoot
ing that has been done on the battle-field,
outside of America, is one man killed for
every -eight hundred bullets fired, Colonel
Berdan's men, at any distance that they can
sight a man with their telescopic rifles, give
an account of at least every other one. At
a thousand yards which is nearly three-
fifths of a mile the rebels have now such
a wholesome fear of these terrible marks
men, that they dare not show their heads.
Parties of five or ten are able to keep a gun
upon a distant battery perfectly silent, pick
ing off the gunners as fast as they appear.
Colonel Berdan has already been complimen
ted in general orders, and his men are kept
constantly in the advance. One of the most
noted shots is a Californian, named Head,
an old trapper and miner. He is said to be
worth 60,000 in money, which he has de
posited in a Philadelphia bank, to be distrib
uted, if he should fall, among the widows
and orphans of his regiment. It was he who
made the great shot at the white shirt bo
som of a rebel officer, at nearly a mile, kill
ing him instantly.
The target rifle which has produced the
crack shots of Colonel Berdan's regiment,
is a very peculiar instrument. It is made
with an increasing twist; it has a false muz
zle a contrivance which preserves the fine,
true edge of the real muzzle from wear in
the act of loading; the barrel i3 of steel; the
balls are made of compressed lead, and the
weapon is fitted with a telescope of such
power that at four hundred yards it is possi
ble to distinguish the color of a man's eyes.
This rifle does execution at a distance of more
than a thousand yards; and Col. Berdan has
in his regiment no man who cannot kill an
enemy with at least two out of every three
shots, at the distance of a quarter of a mile.
These are the men who now are teaching
the rebels a severe lesson before Yorktown.
A party of thirty such shots can pick off
every man from a battery of light artillery
in one minute, at a distance of nearly half
a mile. N. 7. Post.
A man out West was lately indicted for
felony. His innocence was proven; but
notwithstanding, the jury found him guilty.
The judge was shocked, and arose and said:
"Gentlemen, the man's innocence has been
clearlyjprovea !" . "Yes," said the foreman,
"he is. innocent of the crime now charged
against him, but he stole my gray mare last
Christmas!" 1
Why is there such a demand for nurses
in the army ? Because of the rapid increase
of infantry.. 1
AN INCIDENT.
- "V
The gallant and gifted GeneralfThonias
Francis Meagher, now in the field under the
flag of his adopted country, relates au inci
dent which snows - the patriotism of the
Catholic clergy in this momentous struggle.
The unctious humor of Meagher in telling
the story gives it more than half its charm.
Very early in the war Governor Sprague sent
here two Rhode l6land regiments, which
soon became famous for their fine appear
ance, discipline and decorum. Attached to
one of these was a young prst, the head of
a large congregation in Providence, and a
learned and loyal man. He was known as
"Father Tom" by the boys, and in his oc
casional visits to Washington soon became
a general favorite. He was a believer in
Meagher, and loved to converse with the or
ator-hero. One evening while Meagher was
lying ill at the National Hotel, in this city,
Father Tom entered the room of his friend,
and was presented to the well-known Alexan
der Dimitry, . who. although personally a
stranger to the Irish chaplain, was at once
remembered as a man of great genius and
greater eccentricity. Dimitry had just been
recalled from Central America, to which
country he had been sent as American min
ister by Mr. Buchanan's patriotic Admin
istration; and as Mr. D. was not only a cit
izen of New Orleans and a furious pro
slaveryite, but an explaceman, he was in no
complacent mood. An earnest Catholic
himself, his first greeting to Father Tom was
a grunt of disapprobation at seeing him, a
Catholic priest, in the "Yankee uniform.
"I am horrified, sir," said the learned seces
sionist, "that you should dishonor your
Church by wearing the livery of the op
pressor of the South the miserable Lincoln,
who, instead of walking on all fours, is per
mitted by Divine Providence to stand on
two legs, as if to caricature humanity."
"Oh, Mr. Dimitry," responded Father Tom,
"we will not quarrel about personal matters,
or I mght call your attention to the traitor and
imbecile, James Buchanan, who produced
the war, and whose wages you took." "Im
becile !" roared the noisy scholar; "imbe
cile! Down on your knees and beg pardon of
your Maker for this insult to one of the best.
of men, or I will make an example of you,
holy man as you assume to be." It was
now the turn of the soldier-priest to lose his
temper. "If I am a holy man, sir," he shout
ed, "I am not, as you are, a traitor and an
ingrate- to my. country. There," he said,
pulling off his glove and flinging it in Dim
itry's face, "there is my pledge that I carry
a brave heart under my rosary, and if you
are not a coward you will take it up and let
me prove it to you." After waiting for a re
sponse from the astounded blusterer, Father
Tom bid General Meagher good night and
left the room. In a few days the linguist,
philosopher, diplomat, and professor, shook
the dust of Washington from his feet, and
is now, we believe, cursing his bad luck and
lhe Southern Confederacy in New Orleans.
Death of the kBcarded Woman.'?
Julia Pastrana, the "Bearded Woman,"
who was exhibited for some time at Bar
num's Museum, and subsequently in vari
ous parts of this country and Europe, died
in Moscow, in 1 860. A London paper gives
the following strange particulars of her
posthumous career :
On the following day she was embalmed
by her medical adviser at the request of her
husband, on the understanding that she
should be his property, he paying the ex
pense of the process of embalming. A dis
pute arose subsequently as to his right to the
body, which rendered it necessary for him
to produce the marriage certificate, to fetch
which he went to America, and having trans
mitted the necessary document to his agent,
he died in New York. The body of the
nondescript thus fell into the hands of his
agent, and after being shut up for two years,
it is now exhibiting at the Burlington Gal
lery, Piccadilly. The figure is dressed in
the ordinary exhibition costume, worked by
her, and used during her life, and her bust,
face, and arms present pretty much the ap
pearance of a well-stuffed animal. The em
balming is effected by injecting a fluid at
an opening in the chest. The limbs are
plump and round as in life, with the excep
tion of the fingers, which are somewhat
shriveled, and as a specimen of the art of
preserving a human body Julia Pastrana
is as great a curiosity now as she was when
alive. Her child, which lived thirty-six
hours, is also exhibited; its flat nose and!
thick hair on the head give it an appearance
which is most unpleasant to contemplate.
Statistics or Human Lira. The total
number of human beings on earth is now
computed in round numbers at 1,000,000,
000. They speak 3,064 now known tongues,
and in which upwards of 1,100 religions or
creeds are preached. The average age of
life is 33 years. One-fourth of the born
die before they reach the age of 7 years,
and the half before. the 17th year. Out of
100 persons, only six reach the age of 60
years and upward, while only one in 1,000
reaches the age of 100 years. Out of 500,
only one attains the age of 80 years. Out
of the thousand million living persons, 330,
000,000 die annually, 91,000 daily, 3,730
every hour, 60 every minute, consequently
one every second. The loss is, however,
balanced by the gain in new births? Tall
men are supposed to live longer than short
ones. Women are generally stronger pro
portionately than men till their 50th year,
afterward less so. Marriages are in propor
tion to single lifebachelors and spinsters
as 100:75. Both births and deaths are
more frequent in the night than in the day.
One-fourth of men are capable of bearing
arms, but not one in 1,000 by is nature in
clined to the profession. The more civil
ized a country is, the more full of vigor,
life and health are the people. - The 'notion
that education enfeebles and degenerates the
human frame, ia not borne out by fact.