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THURSDAY. MAY 15, 1879.
UE.VTU Or JL'XIGi: MEXjAIIAV.
Ex-United States District Judge Mark
W. Delahsy, of this cily, died yes'.erday
mftrning at about 2 o'clock, at Kansa? Cityf
from the effect of injuries received in fall
ing down a stairway. The Lady was
brought up on the noon train yesterday,
and the funeral will take place from the
family residence on Third Avenue, at 10
o'clock this morning.
Judge Delahay was at one time one of
the most prominent men in Kansas. He
n on of the old guard of free Slate men,
and editor f one of the first free-state
pilars published in the Territory. He
was an active aud prominent politician in
Illinois before coming to Kansas, and was re
garded a." one of the ablest jiolitical Jwriters
in that State. He was an intimate friend
of President Lincoln, by whom he was ap
pointed Surveyor General of the State and
afterward Judge of the I'nited States Dis
trict Court cf Kansas, which position he
resigned about five years ago. Since leav
ing the bench he has not engaged in any
active business. His family consisted of a
wife and four children, all living, and all
highly esteemed. Oae eon holds a position
in the Auditor' office of the Kansas Pacific
Kailroad, at Kansas City, another is a
Lieutenant in the navy, stationed at pres
ent near Xew Orleans, and one cf his
daughters is the wife of ex Governor Oj
borne, of Kansas, now United States Min
ister to Chili. At the time cf his death
Judge Delahay was abjul sixty-five vears
of age.
Pairmouiitiii;;-.
Farmers in our vicinity ire beaming
with smiles and shedding a courteous in
fluence to a much larger dtgree than com
mon, probably owing to the fact that the
wheat crop is promiing great things and
last year's crop is bringing a more satisfac
tory price.
lbc H. v. side-tracK is lined with car?
which are being filled wilh wheat, recently
sold.
Air. "W. V. Coffin has just returned from
Cincinnati, where he has spent the winter
in preparing to have an M. D. affixed to
his name.
The air in this locality frequently re
sounds with blasting explosions from the
premises of TL J. Humphreys, who i3 reek
ing new aqueous supplier irom uencaiu
the solid bed of limestone that underlie a
greater portion of Leavenworth county.
Mr. George Clingsn is the jierson who i
creating the aforesaid disturbance C.
The Cnuor of JJ...nii ihili-.i.i.
Xew York Tribune, C JJ
The evils with which Russian society is
now threatened are attributed by the . 1 ijcna
llusxt to the prevalent laxity of family dis
cipline, and to the utter absence of religious
and moral training. The young idea thinks
itself superior to its elde-s, and respect is
something that his fallen out of vogue.
There are multitudes of beardless jouths,
with wan and emaciated countenance, who
think they must show their superiority over
their parents by expressing their precocious
weariness of life and chattering about tran
scendental theories. Then there are little
girls, hardly arrived at matnrity, who al
ready condemn modesty as so Jiethin tint
is behind the age, and who hurl indolence
at their betters in inoutbfils cf tobacco
smoke. Then there is the race of iedants,
who know enough to pull down but not
enough to build up; too well educated to
take to commerce, but not sufficiently so to
embrace an administrative or a judicial
career. Dicintented and envir-u, and in
difficulties, they naturally grudge others
their success, and heartily iletert everything
that is superior to themselves. As a neces
sary consequence cf such feelings, it i tbiir
Iresm to drag eociety down to their on
leveL
Taliiiasp It ... nr Out all i:ilit
INew 'i ork Tribune, C J
The views expressed yesterday by mem
bers of the Itrooklyn Presbytery of the
question o! Mr. Talmage's "guilt or in
nocence will illustrate the curious diversity
of men's minds even when trained in the
same schools of thought and having the
same lofty standards of raoraiity. The
charges against Ml. Talmage were of false
hood and deceit, and much of the evidence
which was adduced to support them eeenis
to be accepted, so far as it goes, even by the
members of the Presbytery wiio declire
themselves in favor of his acquittal; but
the verdicts aie conflicting as verdicts can
well be. Oae clergyman llieve that to
acqurt Mr. Talmage would be "to put the
stamp of approval upon dihonet acts and
words," and another, no doubt equally tic
cere, declares that he wishes he was Mr.
Talmage with all bis faults; he has le-
than u 4 all." One clergyman declares thai
Mr. Talmage's conduct "eeems sinful,"
while another announces his belief in " the
fundamental simplicity and innocracv of
the man." These conflicting views are fiir
indications of the whole differences of opin
ion that prevail in a body of men slmo-t
all of whom are no doubt sincerely anxious
to do justice, and that alone. Thus far
Mr. Talmage has a large majority of his
colleagues with him, and a verdict agiinst
the prosecution seems certain.
Just lo l'lra-. lli Ho-.
Times-Jourml, 7 j
It is confidentially averted in ultra par
tisan circles in Washington now that if the
Democrats pass bills repealing the jury
test oath and prohibiting the presence of
military force at elections, the President
will veto them. This, however, is hardly
probable. The jury tet oath has lecn de
clared unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court and no repeal is necessary. In the
opinion of the President no repeal of the
law concerning military interference with
elections is necessary. In his veto message
he said : "Under existing laws there can
be no military interference wilh the clec
tions. No case of such interference has in
fact occurred since the passage of the act
last referred to. No soldier of the United
States has appeared under ordtrs at any
place of election in any State. No com
plaint of even the presence of I'nited Siatts
troops has been made in any quarter. It may
therefore be confidently stated, there is
no necessity for the enactment of section
C of the bill before me to prevent military
interference with elections. The Us
already in force are all that are required
for that end." Yet, if Congre. insists
and no change can rome from such laws
the President may sign the bill repealing
the jury test oath and prohibiting military
'nterference at the polls to please the
boyi.
One or the I'npuui-lird Crime-.
Washington National Kcpubltcan, April .
Two years ago this day SCO of "the best
citizens of Kemper county, Mis," banded
together, and brutally murdered three men
and two children the latter a delicate boy
of thirteen years, and a young, brave and
beautiful girl. The bodies of the principal
ill-fated victims of this bloody drama have
been removed to a peaceful spot in Penn
sylvania; but their blood yet stains the soil
of Mississippi, and cries to heaven for ven
geance. For what were these murders
committed? Judge Chisholm who fell, and
gainst whom the fury of the assassins was
principally directed, said to his wif- as he
lay groaning under his death wounds: "My
precious wife, I am about lo die, but when
I am gone I want you to tell my children
that their father never did an act in bis
life for which they need to blush or feel
ashamed. I am innocent of the charge
inese men nave prelerred against me, and
I have been murdered because I am a Ke
pcblican, and would live a free man."
His noble and devoted daughter, with
l& ier body riddled by assassin shot,vainlv
jgf. dung to her father in an effort to shield
f?! isatrom the dastardly work of his mur-
jfji, t oae was nora cirpei-DSgger otl-
-'-- " spring. loyal Southern blood lowed in
Mr TeiBS, and she could claim that ances.
4ry as far back as any of the assassins who
took her life. It was not in this instance
the carpet-bagger nor the Southernor that
they aimed to destroy, but the Republican.
The eroir Cornelia exclaimed: "Mamma.
they hare shot me again!" as she clung to
7- her Kepublican
father, and then received
mt swath wound.
Hr. Mattkell afKaaiuw What be says
Akwat the Xesro Exodas.
IFUUadelphla Bulletin-!
Tt correspondent had a long conver sa
i
ve ilassell, oi Aan-
He'ia a perfect type cf the J
tHe-is a sew an I
3 j a i
as, and bss had bin principles, as he says,
pounded into him," from the time when as
boy he was punched and gouged by other
boys for being a Yankee. He regards the
negro exodus as the worst thing for the
South, as tending towards the depletion of
her population by the insane acta of the
Democrats in allowing labor to leave the
Southern States while they cling to their
party ideas. '-Why, eir," and hi clenched
fist came down on the desk in front of
him wilh such force as tcmake the timid
scribe i-tart. "do vou know that the North
has Uei too magnanimous to the South?
We have been more like'amother to a spoiled
child. We have conceded everything,
done everything, to fchow our desire for
harmony and good will, and how has it
been retnrned? While the jeople of the
Xbrth were toiling to (end them relief dur
ing their epidemic theje very men we now
fee in Congress were working out their
own political ends and aims."
'What has been the result in the West?1
a-4-d ihs corresj-endent.
t Yhl has been tbi result'" asked Mr.
ITa-kill. "Well, look here," and he dis
plaj'd a huce bundle of letters, "the result
has been, as these letters show, that a solid
Republican rarty is being lormed to meet
the designs of these n.en. J am receiving
scores of letters every day from men, who
before I came here, were the most earnest
in iavo- of conciliation, bu. who now say
the coun-e of the Democracy has strength
ened Republicanism ten-fold throughout
the wesL Minor party questions have been
sunk, and the Republican party stands to
day solid to the center in its determination
lO rwiai luee. in.euj.CB ut uui ..-........
What will lie the result of this negro
exodus?-' was next asked.
'.The Sju.h. by its course, has driven
thi" labor from them, and unless the South
erners adop. measures to protect the black
wan in his rights, their Slates will become
nothing but wastes. Instead of inviting
capital and labor, and protecting them,
they have diiven both from their borders
by their in-ine policy. No man will labor
and n3pital will be invented where pro
tection is not granted. What the South
needs is mere wise etatesmanbip, and less
of their infernal demagoguery. Our State
will protect these people in their rights to
the utmost extent. We have been accud
t.t win- amonr the Sjuthern neonle to in
fluence them to come to ua. We haye done
nothiog of the kind, but the time is com
ing, if the South does not change lW
course, when, all over the North, aid so
cieties will be formed to give tbee poor
jieople a chance to exist where the shot gun
and bowie knile are not used as a means oi
keeping them down."
a in.i::t ji:kskv colon .
i:i-!.t Vratx ot 3INrfriiatIoii ami
Ifltl-MlK.
irhlladelplila Itecord
A colony of intermarried blacks and
whites is lecated about eight miles from
Millville in ew Jersey. lhe place is
known as Gou dtown, and was settled about
eighty leara ago by John Gould, after
whom the town was named. Now it num
bers about 500 in'u-bitanU. These are
scattered, howeyer, and the land occupied
by them co ers within an area of about six
miles. The town is so rear Bridgeton,
which is a tfew miles further south, that
nearly all the dealings of the place occur
there. On this account there is scarcely a
sign of life about the place, and were it not
for a toll-gate and its charye, the passing
etranger would hardly know that the place
was inhabited.
The dwellings are all frame, some aspir
ing to architectural style, while the major
ity are but a slight improvement upon the
railroad tool-hou-. Two painted signs ate
visible, one announcing the location of the
K)-to!lice and the other designating the
t-chool-house; but thae are so nearly effaced
by the welar of time as to be in keeping
with the lifilcss aspect of the village. The
church is the mot artitic building in the
place, and its pistor is the ruler of the
town.
The women of Gouhltown are white and
their husbancts are negroes. Men or women
who arc not willing to comply with there
conditions of marriage cannot live in the
village with ease or comfort, for the Gould-to-vners
will have no one about but those
in sympathy with their notions. This was
the "ropiest of its founder when he pas-ed
away. And this request their decendanU
are determined to carry cut. Gould's in
tention in founding the place was to develop
his the jry of tte equality of the negro in
his right to marry into the white race.
Gould was a colored man, and before
founding Gouhltown wa3 in love with a
young white girl. This is supposed lo have
induced the remarkable theory which he
evolved. Gould at the time of this love
affair was residing in Camden
where he married the girl and where he
started to inaugurate his theory of
equality. He Foon fund other negroes
who hail riaiilar designs upon females if
the white color, and iiea they were con
summated Gould and a few others friend
less and jf nniless started to dig a liveli
hoodout of South Jeey land. The place
they f-rlccted was indeed a Jersey Sahara.
Wtether ihey paid frr the land is not
known.
From time to time the settlement in
creased bv the aldition of negroes who had
taken uuto themselves white women as
wives. The offspring of thee people were,
of court c, mulattcc, some of whom re
mained at Gouhltown and intermarried,
and others sought matches elsewhere; so
that iu fruition of time white men joined in
wedlock with mulatitocs and mulattoes
joined with white women. This state of
dflVtrs pj-sd on unt'l to-day the colony
presents a mixed condition of society.
The young people of the town are very
light in cjlor, but there is no difficulty in
distinguishing the negro blood in the fea
tures of the lightest. The men are mostly
strong, healthy-looking, and the girls hand
some. Their "hair grows long and thick,
and is worn ater the old style of making
a topknot on the back of the head. They
are tidy and einiple in their dress, are
jKjIite and attentive in manner and particu
larly courteous to the stranger who may
pass through their lonely settlement.
There are two extremes, however, in the
appearance of the girls. While the major
ity are leautiiul in the face, of medium
height and symmetrical in proportions,
there are others who are repulsive to the
gsze. Thef-e are the results of marriage
between clce relatives. Their off-spring
are diminutive and crippled in form, with
withered and hard, bony faces, small heads
and useless brainy sunken eyes with a va
cant expression as human beings, harm
less and useless, and altogether deplorable
specimens of humanity.
Honesty is one of their strongest char
acteri'lics ; in fact dishonesty is hardly
known among them During school hours
a basket of candies is left in the corridor
of the school-house by a woman peddler
who brings it from Bndgeton. she marks
the price of the candy and other knick
knacks in the basket, and goes back to
town About the close of school time
she returns and always finds in the bottom
of the bsslct an equivalent in money for
the candies taken.
In the school as much attention is paid
to the inculcation of good moral principles
as is devo cd to that of looks. Most of the
children learn readily and some at the age
of twelve are studying Latin. On Sunday
afternoon every member of the village big
and little, unless prevented by sickness,
must attend church. 1 he forms of religion
are as simple as their habits. They sub
sist by tilling the soil,', and manage to
grow enough to support them comfortably
with very little lelt lor exchange pur
poses. Among the peculiarities of these people is
their fondness for long and distinguished
names such as George Washington Jackson
Buchanan. The father of a large family
boasts of the name of Daniel Webster Clay,
and reeently attached Charles Sumner to
it. This attachment occurred in a novel
way. The fathers in the town were called
together by means of little posters pasted
on the fences, and the man whose name
ended with Clay announced officially that
henceforth he would be known as D. W. C
Charles fcumner. Alter this announce
they were all permitted to drink a glass of
water from a silver cup handed down from
the time of John Gould, and this legalized
'the change.
thf. FITZ
JOHN' POIITCR IX
tll'EST. Hon" the Finding 1h Itecardrd by an
Able Lawyer Conversant with the
. Ca.-e.
One of the finest lawyers of h- Cincin
nati bar, who likewise was one of the
"bravest and most honored soldiers of the
Union army, reviews tersely the recent
decision of the Porter Commission. He
says: ;
The sentence of the court martial that
tried Porter, when approved by the Presi
dent, became a finality. The law provides
no Beam of setting it aside, or opening it
up. The Executive en bo more sit
. , . tfcankeeaaat M
cnit .Court. The President could not confer
upon these three officers any such author
ity. When they assumed of their own ac
cord to sit aa a court and try Porter's case
anew, they were guilty of a usurpation
without precedent, without parallel.
Assuming a function which the law dees
not give, these officers found themselve
without the ceiM of exercising such func
tion in any adqeate way. They could not
entorce the attendance of witnesses, they
could not administer an oath or require
volunteer witnesses to be sworn. They
could not bj sworn themelves,as the mem
bers of a court martial are always sworn.
Assuming to act as a court but without
authority, they could only listen to such a
case as the parties presented, however one
sided the presentation might be, and listen
to the unsworn s tatcments of volunteer,
and therefore, presumedly biased witnesses.
The parties were Filz John Porter, plain
tiff, and the people of the United Slate, de
fend int. Porter had been for sixteen
years preparing his case and enlisting sjui
pathy in his behalf. Of the several able
counrel who appeared with and for him.
one stated at the opening that he had
been at work a whole year preparing for
the hearing. Ilut after the trial had
begun the self constituted court f innd that
the defendant, the people of the United
Stale, had no notice of such a proceeding,
and that the government was whol'y ua
representtd. Ihereupon the board notified
the officer who had been detailed to act as
their recorder that he should appear for the
united elates, cuch a trial must neces-
earilv go fubstantially by default. The
young officer so called upon undoubtedly
undertook this additional duty with won
derful duck, and in his conduct displayed
remarkable opacity. Ilut picked up with
out warning, without preparation, without
even a knowledge of the cae, not knowing
whom to call on, and without power to
compel the attendance cf any, groping his
way into an acquaintance with the case as
it progressed, hampered all the while with
his regular duty as recorder, he had little
opportunity to cope with the elaborate
preparations of Porter and his counsel, or
to meet the witnesses whom their eolicita
tions could induce to appear.
The pajier published as the report of the
board shows no recognition of this peculiar
state cf the affair. It proceeds with the
gravity of an authorized court deciding a
regularly conducted case. But the rulings
made in the report are as etracge as the
mode of procedure.
The: regular army officers would natur
ally le more interested than civilians in
questions of technical military dicipline.
'the people are more concerned with Por
ter's animus, his motives his deigns, his
purpose. Now, it was certainly generally
understood at the time, whether justly or
net, owing to one oi the bickerings in the
army of the Potomac, Porter and his set
set were so inflamed with a personal pique
that they were willing to gratify it even at
the cost of a defeat of the national arms.
Certainly some of the most trusted men of
the west still say that tLcre were rejoicings
in that set over the defeat when it came.
The jeople are more intere-ted in'the truth
of such a charge than in the technical ques
tion of military dicipline. And upon the
matter submitted and that could be submit
ted by the President of this board, the
truth or untruth of this charge is immate
rial. For the exerciec of executive clemen
cy in acase oftechnical disobedience merely
is one thing.and clemency in case of treache
ry is a very different thing. Ilut these three
officers waive such questions out of view,
according to the published report, with the
remsrk that the evidence of bad animus in
Porter's case is immaterial.
If the ruling of the report upon Porter's
"animus" is extraordinary, its ruling upon
military discipline is so extraordinary that
it is incredible it could be actually made
by three respectable officers. Porter was
oidered to move at a named hour in the
night and arrive at a named point by day
light; and the order stated that the matter
was urgent. The order was absolutely un
heeded. The report justifies this disobe
dience on the ground that the night was
dark, and the road was obstructed in places
by moving wagons. It is not claimed that
l'orter knew these wagons were in the way,
or that his disobedience was occasioned by
any such belief. This, however, is not re
garded by the report, as it had already
stated that evidence of Porter's bad animus
was not material. The licding is that the
subsequently discovered facts of wagons in
the road justified Porter's disobedience.
The road was wide and smooth, and
there were wagons moving on it in places,
and the night was dark; yet mounted men,
singly ard in (quads, found no difficulty in
passing to and Iro all night. Other parts
of the army were marching the same night,
in the simple faith that an order should lie
obeyed. Jrckson's whole army in the near
neighborhood, was marching all night in
steady tramp. A little further off, the
same night, Lee's main army was marching
over a mountain pas and along the roads
beyond. In the whole of both armies, Por
ter alone wss unwilling to march in the
dark. Of what dainty stuff docs the re
port assume that Porter was made ? What
sort of dilettanti campaigning does it sup
o?e he wis engaged in, that it declares he
could not li required to march over a good
road after dark There never was a ar
hen armi. sdid not march by night and
over bad n ids. Many of our army corps
in the war marched habitually outside of
the ro 'd, when the way was so narrow that
a waj. a filled it. They marched thus
outsid the road through dark nights and
rainy t ights, wading all night long through
swsmp and tearing their way through
thickets.
1 1 it is incrediM that three officers could
be four.d who would say an army corps
cculd not march over a turnpike road by
night if the road was obstructed by moving
wagon', it is cq'ially incredible that they
should hold anj such incumbrance an ex
cuse, or even a ) alliatiou, for dibeyiDg an
urgent order to march at a named hour.
The recommendation of the report is as
bizarre as its finding. . Instead of zdvi ing
the President, who convened the board, to
grant a pardon to Porter remitting the un
expired jiortion of his sentence, which is
all that the I'resident can do, the report
reccommends that the sentence of the court
martial be set aside, which cannot he done
either by the President or by Congress; and
further, that Porter be restored to the posi
tion of which the sentence deprived him,
such restoration to take effect from the
date of his dismissal from the service.
Such restoration will carry with it back
pay of a Major General for more than tix
teen years, something over 8100,000. It
would not be res'oraticn to the rank of
Major General in the regular army, aa
Porter never held such rank, nor would he
now hold it if he had always remained in
the regular army, for his seniors have not
reacted that rank. The restoration to the
rank of Major General is to be in the vol
unteer army. Bat where is the volunteer
army for htm to command. The volunteer
army disappeared twelve years ago. Is
Porter to be singled out from all men who
ever served, to be kept alone in rank and
pay after all others are discharged? Or
shall an army corps d'elite be mustered
back into service, with hack pay, to give a
basis for the honors and wealth to be
heaped on this child of fortune? Many a
Major Genera, and multitudes of less rank,
against whom no t-uspicion even of excusa
ble disobedience, or even of "bad animus,"
was ever breathed, was discharged against
his will twelve years ago. Shall not they,
too, be restored, with back pay?
Iir.STKOYF.I) BY IIIS LOVE.
How Moritz Kralimcr wax Jilted by
a l.'erman Girl. Traveled to Ameri
ca, and Huns HlmHcir in a I.nnatic
Asj lam on IVard".-. Inland.
New York Herald
An inmate of the Etate Emigrant Luna
tic Asylum hung himself last Monday even
ing. An official investigation yesterday by
Coroner Woltman resulted in the discovery
that deceased was a man wilh a history.
Through all his wanderings, misfortunes,
and mental aberrations, he carefully guard
ed certain family mementoes which, at the
time of his demise, served to establish his
identity. But for this happy accident his
icuiBiua .uym LC IUIU1CU IU AUl.. O A tuu
and his family would never have learned
of his sad fate and his place of burial. He
entered the asylum under an alias.
Moritz Krahmer, alias Krauss, was born
in Brohan, Saxony, thirty-four years ago.
His parents belonged to the best society.
Their four children were carefully educat
mm.:.... -... .1 tw. :.i..i ... Paii.j. tr?T.i
ed in the best schools and colleges that the
c" nntry afforded. Moritr, after comp'eting
his course of studies, applied himselt in
April, 16GS, lo commercial pursuits. He
was received as clerk in the con ding house
of Louis Andres at LichtensttkD, Saxony, a
house that did an extensive business in the
colonial trade. Here he remained until he
was offered a more advantageous position
in the firm of William Eckstorm & Co.,
merchants, of Gcennera, where he was em
ployed as chief clerk.--Testimonials from
these firms bear ample evidence of his in-
teUtgme-aad reliabniry. The turning-1
em taUshiatarywaaialStt. He he-1
of aristocratic family. She resided with
her parents at their ancctral seat of Eise-
nache. J edging lrom the number ol letters
received from this young lady, and loving
ly guarded by the poor demented emigrant,
she fully reciprocated his affection. To all
her several missives she merely signed the
initials "T. N." The-e youthful love let
ters bear ths impress of a fond, sensitive
nature, hut are pervaded by a sense of duty
to her parents. She deplored that owing to
the opposition of her family, their corres
pondence should cease. She did not, how
ever, bid him despair; if at any time her
parents relented she would welcome the
restoration of their old relations aa lovers.
Thus dismissed, the swain abandoned busi
ness and traveled through many lands.
He visited Egypt and the East. He
spent his time and money among the Capi
tals of Earoj, and visited historic scenes.
With his patrimony considerably impaired,
he visited this country in 3S7C. Still suffi
cient funds remained to lead him an ex
tended round ol travels. He visited the
Pacific Slop-, and joined hunting excursion
parties to itie plains, iiis letters ol mlro
duction always gained him admittance to
the bet society. His genial habits, affable
manners, and handsome appearance made
him a favorite wherever he went. He still
communicated regularly with his family.
From his brother Ilobert, who is a Director
of the Chemnitz Bink, in Saxony, he re
ceived remittances, ue al-o corresponded
wiih his brother Paul, a celebrated chemist,
and the latter kept him informed of the
young lady whom he still loved passionate
ly, lie never abandoned the nope oi Deing
one day recalled from hisexile and restored
to her love. At latt the fatal blow came,
and Paul conveyed the distracting intelli
gence that she htd married a rival Morilz
never recovered from the shock. His mind
tottered. At this painful crisis in his his
tory, his fitherditd and left him a large
legacy. With an unlimited amount of
money placed at his disposal, he plunged
into reckless extravagance. He lavished
money like a prince, and in a few years
found him-elf bankrupt, pbvsically and
financial!.-. In this predicament he nought
further relief from home. Belore the an
Ewer came his mind was permanently dis
ordered. Being always on the tramp, and
still living under an alias, the money in
tended to relieve his warns never reached
him ; and in these straits he found employ
ment as a cotton picker on a southern plan
tation. But his malady grew worse, He
made his way to Cincinnati, and on the 27th
of June, ISTs, was admitted as a patient to
St. Mary's Hospital. He was attended by
Dr. J. C. Machan, of that institution, who
was interested in his case. He was dis
charged from the hospital on the 2.U of
September in comparatively sound health.
When next seen he was found in Novem
ber, 1S78, at Ca-tle Garden, showing symp
toms of insanity. He was sent to the state
Kmiirrant As-flum. Ward's Island. His
malady was ot a mild form, and he wa3 not
placed under restraint. On the evening
lhst he was, admitted to the asylum he tried
to commit suicide by jumping into the river
at Little Hell Gate, lie was rescueu ana
placed under the care of Drs. Fauborg and
Salman. He developed symptoms of mel-
ancho'ia, hvpochondria, with suicidal ten
dencies, lie was placed in a cell and kept
there for five weeks. His condition im
proved considerably, and two montlis ago
he was transferred to the convalescent
ward.
Yestcrdav he was sent out to the exercise
yard w ith a number of other patients. L n
nntirm! ho went to the ton floor cf the asy-
Idm mhora ht- i-srripil w ith him a chair.
He adjaeted a sash cord to a gas bracket,
wnicn was nine icei irom uc to. .......
mii i.;t the cord and knotted the end in
10 a noose, be stood on the chair and placed
it, 1rvm. rnuml his neck. Having done so,
he kicked the chair from beneath his leet.
Chief Orderly Yos found him suspended in
t Iiia i-nmlilinn and hastilv'cut down the
hotly. His family will be tdviied of his de
mise.
sm.:TiKic imxogki'jss.
The I.ate-t Itecnrdi-d "onni:i".t- f
3IInd l-i-3Iatt-r.
M. Ilert says that in absolute inaction
ilip tt.imi-ature cf both sides of the brain
is equal ; but as soon as any hrainwork is
undertaken, the left side shows the higher
temtxrature.
H. W. Vocel has photographed the
f pECtrum cf pure oxygen, using for the pur
pose the celatine bromide of eilver plates
prepared in inland, inese piaies ibic
only recently been introdccdj and are said
to le fifteen times more sensitive than the
most sensitive wet plates. The photographs
will Kon be published.
A metal has been extensively produced
in France, which is a combination ot iron
and Fhcl. The two metals are run sepa
rately into a mould divided into two parts
by a thin plate of sheet iron, when the
whole becomes welded together. The new
metal is particularly adapted for armor
plating, anchors and eafes Revue Indus
trielle. Not the least jopular among recent
inventions will be that of Willtam Moore,
of gypt Grove, Fla. Mr. Moore is an or
ange planter, and has bent his mind for
several vears to thj task of sending oranges
to the northern markets just as they come
from the trees He now says that he has
the thiDg down fine, but his invention or
process, or whatever it may be, is not de
scribe.'. A new tyi e wr.ter machine comes from
Copenhagen. The aim of Hansen, the in
ventor, was to simplify the mcchanicism
between the keys, which are pret-cd by the
fingers, and the device which directly ef
fects the imprint. The key-board is abol
ished, and a semi-circular copper cap over
the circle of type arms made to do the
work. I!y means of a rod, this cap connects
each arm with a single spring-push button.
A French writer estimates that 1,000,
000 tons of rails are required every year to
renew the worn-out stcck on the railways
of the world already in operation, besides
what are needed to lay down new roads.
The average wear of a rail is ten years.
The rolling mills of the i'nited States have
a capacity of nearly 2,000,000 tons, though
the consumption of rails, including imports,
is not half that amount.
J. Blumel. a younc mechanic, of San
Francisco, has invented an ingenious device
to prevent lalse alarms ot are. ins design
is to manufacture new doors with his at
tachment for the boxes now in use. The
door has an opening in the under edge
through which a hand can turn a knob
opening the door and disclosing the appa
ratus. The revolution oi tne KnoD, nowev
er, causes two iron bars to shoot out, one on
either side, and catching the intruding hand
in a vite-like grip, from which it is impos
sible to extricate it until a fire engine ar
rives and the trap is unlocked. In that
way the iierson who turns in an alarm is
imprisoned.
Herr nerb, of Pubnitz, has recently
patented the queerest cine ever known. It
is for university students, tourists and bot
anists. The tourists' variety of the stick is
thus described : One side of the handle is
a signal pipe and on the other side can be
fixed a knife, which is alxve the ferrule.
In the middle of the handle is a compass.
The handle itself can be screwed off, and
within is a small microscope, with six ob
ject glasses. In the stick, under the han
dle, is a vessel containing ether or chloro
form. Outside the stick there is inserted
on one side a thermometer and on the other
a sand or minute-glass. Above the ferrule
is the knife already referred to, and to the
serrule can be screwed a botanists spatula
or an ice-point (for glacier parties.) Last
ly, a metre measure is adapted to the stick.
Of course the arrangement can b: altered,
and the vessel will, cf course, hold ffaer
lixuidlhan chloroform.
The lrgest bridge in Europe will be
completed next year. It will cioss the Vol
ga in the government of Samaria, I.ussia,
on the Siberian railroad line. The Volga
at the point of the bridge is arxrai lour
miles
tumn
tVil-t?
with ice-cutters thirty-five feet high at a
distance of every 364 feet. The ice cutters
are covered with granite. A temporary
colony is established for workirgmen em
ployed on the onuge; u occupies "-''-ty-five
acres and has sixty different build
ings, insured at 100,000 roubles. Two
thousand men are employed, and among
them are 100 Italian masons. Three steam
ers and seventy barks are. used constantly
for forwarding wood, stone, iron and other
msterialr. The bridge will coat 4.600,000
roubles, or about $3.500,000.
Cool ailBBeaeu
By a recent arrangement, the Kansas Qty
Bt. Joseph ACouncllBlnns railroad laenablea
to offer quicker time and better accommoda
tions to Minnesota passengers than ever be
lore. By leaving Iieavenworth at 11 A. x. yon
reach Council BlnlS at SU0 p. x.; Sioux City
at 1:18 A. X-, and St. Paul and M lnneapolls at
1:80 r. su only XM hours from Iieavenworth
and ten hours quicker than by any other lln
Splendid sleeping cars through betwee
UDunQl lUUuS ana ow.rn.ii. gwruinK "
.nniiMifiAnamaallYaootl.
- a. c. !!, -
wide in the spring season, nu m u
is 4,702 feet. Thebridgewill beeup-
hv twelve mere eichty-hve leet high,
CONVERTED TO SFI1 ITU UISM
Superintendent Kdd!e' Footsteps
on Ilia Borders of Another
Yorld -Guided by Ht
Daughter.
The Mighty Dezti Mska Her Their
iVTedium of Ocmmuircatlon---
lYIany Interesting Com-
municst ons.
Pop. St. Peter, Lifjyctte, Prince
A'bcrt 2nd Byro".
lew York HeraM, Si
The greatest i-ensation was caused yester
day by the announcement tha. Superintend
ent Kiddle, of the rubl.c schools, had be
come a Spiritualist and had published a
work on Spiritualism. A Ihrali reporter
being cent to Mr. Kiddle to learn his Spir
itualistic experiences ard plans, enjoyed
yesterday quite a pleasant chat with him
at his o.Eue, corner of (Ira id and Elm
streets. Mr. Ki.idle looked a3well and
hardy as ever. There was nothing about
his fine, clearly cut, intellectual counte
nance lo indicate a disordered brain or
morbid imagination, although ths deep
rings round his eyes aud a certain fixed
look in them spoke of much mental labor
and of wakefnl nights.
"Mr. Kiddle, will you tell me eoinething
about your Spiritualistic experiences for the
"I would rather not fay anything lor
publication leyond what I have already
stated in my book," was his reply.
Mt lias been announced l.ial you are
about to retire from your position as Su
perintendent of Public Schools; is that
true?"
"I have no right to aay anvthing about
that," Mr. Kiddle placidly returned. "It
will entirely depend Ujion circumstances."
"Do you consider that your Spiritualistic
views might render it necessary for you to
retire?"
"Why should they ? Is a man unfitted
for teaching in the public schools because
he is a Christian ? Are my views not those
of Christianity '!''
"Of orthodox Christianity, Mr. Kiddle?"
"What is orthodox Christianity except
the religion of Christ, and I claim that my
views on Spiritualism are in perfect conso
nance with these taught in the New Testa
ment." xo deception;
"Hut aie you not being deceived, Mr.
Kiddle; I ask with the greatest respect, but
still I must ask it?"
"Can 1 be deceived as to whether thif
chair which I see before my eyes is here or
nof"
"15ut, Mr. Kiddle, yoa did not receive
these communications yourself?"
"No, they came through my son and
daughter as I have explained in my book
most of them through my daughter."
"How do you know, then, that she ac
tually received these communications."
"I was present and saw her write them
down."
"Why, could she not have written them
by her own inspiration?"
"Why, it was not even her own hand
writing; don't you think I know her writ
ing'" "Yes; hut could the not have disguised
it?"
"Why should she? 'What interest could
she possibly have to do so ?"
"nd did the writings of the different
spirits differ?"
'Of course they did," Mr. Kiddle ex
claimed ; "even the way of holding the pen
cil was entirely different with every spirit."
"You were present when she received
there corninunicaiions ?''
"Yes."
"Was your daughter, when she received
them, in a perfectly healthy and noimal
physical condition ?"
"Perfectly so."
"I'ardon these personalities, but they are
imxrtant for the purpose of eliciting the
truth. Has she ever been a subject of hys
teria?" "Never."
"Her sleep and appetite were good ?"
"Excellent; never better."
"Was her nervous system overstrung
from anyeai.se?"
"Not in the least. (With great con
tempt) There may be explanations given
by oine stupid doctor to cover up his own
ignorance, but they don't apply to this case
at all."
"And how has it been wilh you for the
last nine months, duting which you say
these experiences have occurred ?"
"No chanse. I never felt stronger, never
felt more thoroughly able to fulfill all my
duties in life than I do now."
"These nianiftstations of spirits did
they occur in the day cr the night?"
"At all times; not necessarily in the
night at all. Most cf them occurred by
day."
niErp.oors.
"And you are sure that in every case it
was a spirit that moved your daughter, and
not her own free will acting under some
powerful impulse?"
"What else could it be but a spirit? I
know it was not unconscious thinking or
cerebration. How could she know about
the matters which my friends communicat
ed to me, and to some of which she had
been a total stranger? There is the com
munication frcm Dr. "Watts, for instance,
our former family physician, in which he
speaks of the 'ticket of prize,' meaning a
check paid by me to him twelve years ago
for medical services. Now, how could she
have known of this? Does it not prove
that it was a spirit and nothing else?"
"How is it, Mr. Kiddle, that the pcetry
sent by the spirits of Shakespeare, Shelley,
Byron, Toe and other ioeu is eo vastly in
ferior to their publsihed works?"
'My dear sir. don't you see that these
spirits use another person's brain for their
poetic communications; it tney could
manifest themselves without the aid of a
medium they would always be equal (o the
highest quality of their earthly works ; but
they have to act upon another mind and
manifest themselves at second hand."
"If these poetic effusions were not sent
by Byron, Shelley and l'oe could your
daughter have written them herself?"
"Impossible!" Mr. Kiddle declared with
I much earnest emphasis; "she would have
had to be one ot the greatest poetical gen
iuses in the world."
'And has she not sometimes displayed a
bent f jr poetry an unusual talent for it?"'
"Not at all. Why, its perfectly absurd
to talk about it, even". -Why, look at some
of the things EJgar Poe communicated to
her; they are as fine, if not superior to any
thing he ever wrote during his earthly ex
istence" coxrrno' of the enr.ns.
"You believe that these spirits are in a
beatific state, Mr. Kiddle?"
"Some of them are, no doubt some of
them are lower and some of them higher."
''You had a communication from James
Fisk, Jr.; where was he?"
"He was in a suffering state."
"In their communications have the spirits
given you an exact description of Paradise
or Heaven, which we are all eo curious
about?"
"O, Heaven is only a general term ; so
Paradite."
"But do they say anything about their
particular state thoee who have gone to
Heven, I mean?"
"Well, we know it is a spiritual state."
"What are their pursuits, enjoyments or
pleasures?"
"Oh, that we don't know. A'J we know
is that the greatest beatitude is to see God
and to do good, "ion may rest assured
that all these angel spirits do good."
"Then, do they spend their time visiting
the lower regions to convert the devils ?"
"They undoubtedly go to lower regions ;
they go wherever they can do eood. (With
mrch intensity of feeling) We know that
thev cannot et to the lowest."
"And are you enaoiea, .air. rvicaie, to
tell by means ol this bpiritualistic com
munication to what places your friends aie
going?"
"No. sir," Mr. Kiddle replied, solemnly ;
"your own conscience must tell you that"
"Bat might I not be mistaken ? Now, I
think Fm a pretty decent sort of fellow,
and ought lo go to a nice pl'ce. still, might
I not be in error in my belief ?"
"Well, do right, live a pure and honest
life, love your neighbor as yourself and
follow Christ's teachings generally, and yon
cannot be mistaken. But of coarse we
can't tell where we are going. Now. I
think I'm a pretty good sort of a fellow, too,
and still I don't know where I'm going."
"Yon are not a medium yourself V
"Ko, air. I am sot ; Miy son and daughter
are.
I'ASvtoaantsisiiNM?' -
alistic gift possibly be explained ? That is
one cf the mysteries of life."
THE VALUE OF ffrKITUAtlSSf.
"But what is the practical value of these
Spiritualistic communications?'"
"it is very great. Do we not all wisn
for a higher and better life? And is it not
a great encouragement to ta to lead pare
and blameless lives when we receive word
from those who are already enjoying the
reward of their virtues?"
"Mr. Kiddle, can you tell me something
about your future plans?"
"No. I prefer to maintain silence for the
present."
"I do not mean as to you retaining your
official position, but as to the Spiritualistic
propacanda."
"I have no special plans. I have pub
lished this book because it is the truth and
becanse I felt that 1 must publish it."
"But ihis work will probably make you
the leader of Spiritualism iu thi3 country.
Will it not?"
'Oh, no. There are fir more prominent
men in it than I am. I am but a disciple.
These principles are not new ; they are as
old as the hills."
"Are you a follower of Swedenbors?"
"No; Swedenbors was a Spiritualist, to
be sure, but I am rot specially wedded to
his peculiar doctrine."
"Will you form an association of your
own to propagate your theories? '
"No, I have no such intention."
"Then may I ask you what you will do,
Mr. Kiddle ?
"That is for the future to determine.
You can readily see that I am in earnest,
or I should not have published this book.
Now do me the justice to read it, for by
this book I mean to stand or to fall."
This terminated the interview, and as
Mr. KicMle was called away by Auditor
Davenport on business of importance, he,
with a genial smile, bade the reporter good
Dje.
EXTRACTS FB03I MK. KIDDIE'S OBK BT-j
BON, raiXCE ALBERT, SUAKESrEAUE,
rOE, ST. TETEB AND LAFAYETTE IN THE
SriBTT 1V0BLD.
The few extracts from Mr. Henry fid
dle's book entitled "Spiritual Communica
tions ; Presenting a Revelation of the Fu
ture Life," presented below, convey only a
partial idea of the variety and curious na
ture of the conversations and messages from
the dead contained in it. Among other in
teresting facts it will be noticed that Shakes
peare spells his name "Shakespeare." This,
it is hoped, will forever set this disputed
question of orthography at rest. Nearly
all the saints, many of the prominent min
isters, philosophers and scientific men of
former times ; poets, like Byron and Poe ;
ew lork politicians, such as 1 weed and
Fisk, are all to be heard from within its
pages. To journalism much consolation is
lound in the statement by Elizabeth Lin
don that pens are not used in Heaven.
KABQUIS DE LAFAVETTE.
Beginmug with a few words from the
Marquis jde Lafayette, it will be found that
the English is a trille shaky, but as good as
could be expected from one who has not
spoken it for half a century. When he
drops off" into Ollendorf we mean French
near the end, he hastens to close up the
communication.
Marquis de Lafayette called. "I am
here by your call the commander under
the command of the General of the Ameri
can army, in the time of Washington, the
true follower of peace in the United fctates
of America, in which cause I have the sac
red memory of having been enlisted. Most
fervent friend in jurisdiction to H. K. pre
siding, I am most happy to greet you to
night, in the words of a foreigner, and by
the light in which I am situated at present.
It is with fond pleasure I accept this posi
tion, and also with the feelings of a great
spirit that has suffered his punishment
through penitence of living. 1 was a man
born in the flesh, and now I am a spirit
born again, but into the spirit world ; and
that, too, of glory ; and indeed, kind listen
ers, it is a sacred glory also. I am the
most unequal of spirits in my mission,
sometimes being satisfied to feel an exist
ence with God, and again in the utmost im
patience to do a wondertul thing lor my
Saviour, and for mankind. What can J,
in the merciful sight of a Divine Judge, do
to assist Him? But you will sympathize
with my intense desires in the height of my
ambition ; and, indeed, I am satisfied that
you will lend me a helping hand in this
holy direction. I am very happy in this
life ; but still I am a restless spirit ; but, I
assure you, this is through the inheritance
of a fiery or impassioned nature, that I
have always carried with me; and I do not
consider myself responsible for my impa-
u-nce, so far as it is in a righteous direc J
Hon. While! have a spirits ire, i nave
also a spirit's lore. Pardonnezmoi ; I am
(peaking too much. I will bless you in a
moment of joy, and say, farewell !
Lafayette."
SIIAUESrEARE ON TTtE FUTURE LIFE.
"Itelncarnation, my kind hearers, you will
never hud.
Hut In the line of fervency of mind.
For the treasures of earth
Are of heavenly birth ;
And, unless on repress Hie longings of flesh
The pleasures of heaven will lluw not to the
breast ;
Ilut within the depths of tho basin of rest.
You wilt Unit yourselves kept by a hand of
dissension.
Which, perhaps, you may call, In your
heart'-, best Intention,
Jnajrccruhoii, but not Incarnation."
Many communications were received
from this spirit, some in a poetical vein
others being "beautiful in thought and
imagery, but imperfect in expression," in
consequence of the inadequate powers of
the mediums. At the close of one, he sign
ed his name, "chakespeare, the poet, who
s eelw not to know it r" and, subsequently
endeavoring to send a poetical message, he
wrote as follows :
"O, people of earth,
It yuu knew the sad heart
You cause your dear l-at..e-,
Your eye would be lifted
To things far hlsher.
llelleve me. I am
Tho SDlrlt oi .shakes penre.
' ho writes through a child.
Whose years will be longer
And better than many
Who know thes things
Ilut find then, rejected.
William Shaklmxue,
"The poet, wl'o seeks not to kuow it.' "
LORD BYBON IN TR0SE AND VERSE.
One day Mr. Kiddle sat with his daugh
ter with the intent to call for the spirit of
the gifted poet Byron, "believing that the
experience of this man of genius in spirit
life must be peculiarly interesting to many
poor benighted mortals here on earth."
The result ot this call is given below. At
first the following was written from the ed
itor's spirit daughter, Mary, so faithful in
guardianship, so earnest in good woks :
"Mollie sends her love and hope for the
success of your efforts to night and forcrer."
dm you bring Ue rpiril cf Lord Eyron t
"Yes ; in one minute."
rChanee of coi.rol.l "'Lord Byron
(this mode of writing his name "Xora"'
Byron sicnificantly expresses his disclaim
er of the title) in name, bat mere'y the
spirit of a emlul mortal, whoe birth was
given by a woman, born of sin and the
flesh. One need never feel elated with his
life on earth, for it is never more than a
bright spot to point him up to higher
realms of glory, at his desire. Aimless is
the man who knows no rising beyond de
spair, but unending is the life that suc
ceeds, unraveling the meshes of pain into
the will of a destiny ordained by Heavenly
King in command of the universe and this,
too, with the love of a sovereign potentate.
And ye are his subjects of trust and should
ever be in subjection to His authority.
Merely to show you that I still lire I will
endeavor to recite to you a weak poem in
the light of Heavenly revelations :
nVBON'S wiak rora.
Oh! long have I Buffered. Transfixed with
pains
My spirit's agony met nanght but disdain ;
But amid mv tormentors' horrible Iters.
Lo ! a heavenly llKbt irora the upper spheres
Mv destlnv upward and onward sealed :
And unto my raptured eyes was revealed
A vision of hope. O bettateous and bright
Was the glory of that celestial llzbt !
That yon may nneerdy accept tbts. I pray
With Amen lln the depths of your hearts,
and say,
O Father In heaven ! Thy will Is my love !
Be tby will done on earth as in heaven
above." "BYROX, in ucrtt."
This poem the editor informs his readers
is here given Bomewhat pharaphased. and
with a few amendations, but the thought
and imagery are strictly as given through
the medium, and generally also the rhym
ing words. The medium has found consid
erable difficulty in taking the fall impres
sion ol poetical language; the images, how
ever, appear to be very readily received.
The following "interesting and impress
ive colloquy" then ensued between the spirr
it and the editor:
Was your condition at first one of happi
ness? "More so than it should have been I
was in the esteem of good spirits, and had
to grow to the fruition of good ana mighty
workings, such as I knew not of, in order to
be in their miid. What a man creates for
himself, that he will possess unto his final
perfection, together with what he wishes, or
hoDes. or (Oh I Almighty help 1) praya for.
Hyoaoaly ksev the extent of hwHitr
ing a home upon your arrival upon the
new plane of existence and endursccc."
AS A itORALET.
Do you desire lo say anything else?
"My mind is at vour service, but I am
only a spirit."
O, is it not bette. to be in spirit than in
the flesh ? Does not a spirit enjoy grander
opportnnites than are possible to a mortal
here below?
"Yes; bat only in proportion as you in
the body, have winged your flight for that
enjoyment of progress. I am, in aim with
the angels who weep, in the possession ol
love for the fallen ones, and who are ever
beseeching God with pure strength to in
crease their powers of goodness to help the
world, and to bring all the creatures of
God's love into one blest companionship of
ill you wnle a brief communication on
the world of dark spirits
"Oh ! my friends In God's love, whose hap-
le-ii Lite
It Is now to feel, when, lias, too lite.
The sorrows lhatcoine from (..sinful career,
Not mine to exult ; but In auKlilh and fear.
To eaze into tnat dark atiyxs of woe, wlieru
TtieJ-aresutlVrlcs the horrors of black de-
spitr;
Willie &I:;hn2 and mourning, and lingering
awhile
Round the sacred n.hes of a fnneral pile.
Uli.darKlslhe vision for them and to-me;
For alas, too plainly my spirit can see
That no ray of lieht Is around them thrown.
a ii;uope in me mercy ri uou naviug nowu,
But, lo I from above comes a slender thread,
Tohft u papain thebe dark spirits of red.
The small ones the dear ones Uod'e. angels
or love
O, see their blest angling In regions above!
And see tne spirits In drcad.no escape being
nigh.
Catch a glimpse fof the light coming down
iromon riigu,
And, tlcallv caushtln the heavenly snare.
Arelitted above the dread realms of despair;
Then are waited still wafted t.tll- upward to
the mightier bsnds
Of the seraphs on hlirh by wbo-e blessed hands
They are borne .dill alolt, O, far, far abo e !
And Dually reach the li.t-l ruau-ioiis of love:
Where wa.sbed their dark blalns, their sins
all forgiven.
They taMeof thejoysof the Father In heav-
pn.
"I can s circely speak of evil wlifri so much
Hi-Mn.v. Iw. It .tfir. f.r tnn ItYKO.
brightnevj U In btore for j ou." "II YKOX
ED3AR ALLEN TOES "FAJIILIAr. SriFJT,'
The spirit of "the gifted but eiring" Poe
was present on another occasion and wrote
the following, which Mr. Kiddle "officially"
declares "worthy to be compared, in power
of thought, imagery and style, with any of
his writings while in the tlesh :"
"Mr dear friends. I am Edcar Poe. Do
you not remember the man who wrote the
Tales of Woe? Too well I ieel that I was
cropicir for a cood life, but the dancers that
beset me thwarted any prompting that came
lor good; and when death announced that
my life of follies was done, O God 1 I shall
never forcet the heart-felt remorse that
stopped or choked my spirit out of its hap
piness. On earth I was 3 drunken and be
nighted sot lest to many loves, lost to
much rood, Given to many temptations, and
feeling no insight into my future victory or
destruction. . Alas . 1 now can vividly ce
nict mv first entrance into eternal life 1 It
brings me right upon a thousand ills that
have caused me the stings of a myriad of
horrors. One does not realize the enormity
of his crime when the tide is upon him, nor
when the crime is present, for the moment;
nor when he makes his life a fortress of
crime. But when the light of day has past
away forever, then does he seek relief when
there is no one near to hear. My God ! I
felt aa in a desert of black despair or
amonc a set of ravenous wolves, ready to
devour me with hate, or laugh me down to
perdition. My God ! did I deserve such a
meeting? Alas ! I can but say that God is
inat nnil T nm what I milp mvself. e?Cent
that He never forsook me in all my wick
edness, nor pointed me to my hateful life.
His spirit it was that has lifted me up, up,
up. My Heavenly Father has shown me
his tender mercies, and l have reacneu a
goal of bliss that 1 never deserved ; but in
the Book of Life it is written lhat it is the
wandering sheep that need the shepherd.
And I will ak all weak and erring people
of God's creation to give up BUM, to cha-e
away the devil, to tlee atl temptations, and
to lollow Uod. .:xjar roe."
ST. r-ETEK IIA3 SOMETHING TO SAY.
In marked contrast to the preceding is
the message from St. Peter. "The influence
of his spirit," says Mr. Kiddle, "was calm
and beautiful and spiritually joyous." The
medium (Miss Kiddle) was property enonsh
surprised when her hand traced the lollow
"I am Teter. the saint. My name is
Eiblical and sacred. I thank the Lord for
my calling to gocd undertakings. Bear in
mind, my beloved ,ieopIe, that nations
should reioice at their procpect of a great
regeneration for themelves: Does not God
ofler you a sanctified hope, couaterbalanc
ina vrry mulortune that may arise ' is
not your life created and ordained by the
Giver of life ? Thank God for it by every
emotion, and never weep or be cast down,
as in a dunzeon of despair the hoieles8
punishment for a sinner's gain. But thanks
be to God, who giveth in the victory
through JesusChrist, our most blessed Lord
and Saviour !
"May you find yourselves lifted upand
purified by these most eacred teachings.
Not ixm one who saith. 'Lord, Lord,' can
enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but
only he who doeth (and that kindly) the
will of his Father who is in Heaven , and
by your glorification ye will know and per
ceive him truly.
"Bemember the saints of old, and the
history of the Jews ; and then you will un
derstand the words of Saint 1'eter, the en
lightened of God. Thanks be to him forev
er and ever ' Amen ' Teach this to God's
people."
SriEIT OF A rr.OMINENT NEW YORKER.
Among other important communications
from prominent New Yorkers recently de
ceased may be included the lollowing :
A. T. Stewart called. "You are very
kind to call for the depised millionaire, led
astray through ignorance and blind folly,
In the name of justice avenge me the out
ragous onslaught upon a few bones of a
former life. That it matters not to rue now
'where the dead bury their dead,' you may
well see. Stewart."
Then in a remarkab.e manner spirit
friends intervened to warn the interrogator
agains: seeking forbidden knowledge, and
it was written :
"Linger not with eager eyes upon the
tempting goal of money. F.K.. your friend
around your path. lean tell you that the
remains of A T.S are under the ground,
wherelthe light of the eun cannot effect
their dissolution."
You have probably learned that your
spiritual advancement win depend upon
your aiding others?
"That is soon to bs discovered, in thi
new life of learning, in its true meaning.
My dear friends in the Christian universe,
send all your efforts abroad in the heavenly
direction not for the vanities of earthly
existence. Defend and protect the poor
and friendless ; enlighten the errrin; ; ani
lvzethe motives of your lives; and com-
Erehends the Lord as he liveth ! Many I
ope to convert, if a life of a spirit has the
the calm judgment of a past texperience to
show him how to benefit the world he has
left in Krkness. O God! that the work
was rare. A. T. S."
TBISCZ ALBERT AND III3 "iIIGII-TONED
QUEEN."
Prince Albert has several communica
tions to make. He is finally asked ;
Perhaps you would be plea-td to ad
dress a few lines to your wife the Queen.
"Beautiful wife a purer title than high
toned oueen would that I could greet you
as of yore ! Bat the river of life is short,
and the boats of time are swilt, to carry yon
farawav. and near the shore on which
stands your dutions consort, now a subject
olheaven. Am higher, blessed wile, (."see
I love to repeat this term of private en
dearment; although coming through the
public, you may, I fear, regard it as a des
ecration.) But no harm can befall you on
earth, or in heaven, if you haye gained the
true power to bring joy to jour home. I
am near you, as near as ever, and watch
and protect you by every means of strecglh
and comfort I possess.
"Bless God, Queen Victoria, your days
are passing into the bright realms of joy
and peace, there to accept the reign of love
from God, oar Father, 'and the giver of
life.
"Feel sympathy for me, who was born in
sin, and pray for the people, that they may
sing the hymn of praise 'Gloryto Gcd on
high'peace on earth and good will toward
men. Amen 1"
We hope to be able to send these mess
ages abroad.
"Bepeat and spread them far and wide.
This will at least, open a free channel.
I am so earnest to show to the world, God
is love! o bondage shomld exist on ear
th, while heaven is so free PURLEY
FBEE. Bless you.
ALBERT."
On the Track ror tbe M-natorhIp.
Globe-Democrat, 8.
John Sherman is fairly on the track for
the Ohio Senatorship. This is the meaning
of his recent movements, and not any hope
of the Presidency. We observe in some of
the Bennbh'can papers of Ohio a decided
objection to the arrangement, becaaseit in
terferes wilh the ealcuUtioaf Mr GarMd
M a. taw mhh. -
THE IMP OF Will! T3FPT Gould's connection with the paper than are
int imr Ur WALL Sltl.uI.enb7Mr Qould for the same end. I.
deed, the-Wall street man seems to be rath-
J2V Gould Floatina a Nf.u TM- "Proud of his newspaper connection. He
graph Company in New
York City.
fXew York Litter to St. Louis Ilepublican.
Jay Gould has a fever for forming,
managing or manipulating telegraph
companies. He took the Atlantic and
Pacific when it was in distress threw vast
business in its way, and soon made it so
formidable that the great Western Union
hail to give it shelter, which meant another
million for the Gould hopper. The Union
Telegraph company, which was incor
porated day before yesterday, with a
capital of ten millions of dollars, has Jay
Gould as'sabscriber of one half the stock.
Mr. David H. Bates, the general super
in.endent of the Atlantic and Pacific
co npsny, and Mr. Charles A. Tinker of
Baltimore are tbe other two ol the three
iccoporatos, and each have twenty five
thousand shares of slOO etch. The plan
is said to be part of a scheme to make a
line fro n the Atlantic to the Pacific The
incorjiorat'ou artie'es give the company
the power to run lines through ail the
states aid .en i'ories. The Central Union
Teieg aph copanv cf this state, which
hasabcut fif. r miles now in operation,
forms the udcIcus uf Gou'd's new company
and it is des'gmd to complete a line to
Caicsgo and perhaps to M. Louis within
three months, but its main reliarce for
extension is the .co-operation of railroad
companies with local lines already in
operation along which there is much local
twines done, ihepre-ent line ot the
Central Union company extends from the
Produce exchange in this cily to High
Bridge, tfcencs poles have been distributed
as far as A'bany, and are in position as
far as Schenecady. The line is in actual
operation from Syracuse to Oswego, and
it is partty constructed from Albany to
Buffalo, at which point the Western con
nections will be made. There are two
routes chosen to Chicago One connect
ing at Buffalo with a Canada line and the
other by way of Baltimore and the line of
the Biltimore and Ohio railroad. To
make these lines complete the new company
mut build lines from Xew York to.l.slli-mo-e
and from Xew York to Oswego and
from Chicago to delroit.
ON TIIE Q.CIET.
The work of perfecting the new companv
has ben done quietly. Work was begun
a week azo on lines east and south of Xew-
York. and the lines from Xew York to
lloolon and to Baltimore are so far advanc
ed that they will be done in about ninety
days. These lines completed, the tew
company is put in direct connection wni
the lines to the Pacific slope. The scheme
depends upon the consent of all the rail
road companies to rcruiit connection with
their wires, and if this con-ent is obtained
then Gould's new company leaps into life
a giant. The railroad companies, not
withstanding the fact that Senator Jones
of Florida introduced a hill into the last
congress to enable them to do a general
telegraph business, have done such
a business and claim thit they have a
right to do it, and cite in support of their
claim a decision of the supreme court
of the United States, where in the only
decision ever uttered on the suhjct, the
right was defined. The Baltimore and
Ohio road, the Pennsylvania Kailroad
company and the Wabash roads r-e said
to have exercised this right without
respect to the Western Uuion company.
By joining the new lines with the Wabash
road lines, those of the St. Louis, Kans s
City and Xorthern, tbe Kansas Pacific am.
the Union Pacific there is almost instauUr
a through line to the Pacific, and izuui
the eastern terminus of the Wabuh roads
there are diverging lints to the Atlantic
sealioard.
The scheme is eminently characteristic
of Jay Gould, and i-hows his skill at device.
Mr. Joseph Owen of Oiwego, who projected
the Central Union line, has always had
charged it. He will lie secretary of the new
company, and Mr. David H Bates, who
yesterday resigned from the Atlantic and
Pscific company, becomes its new president.
The new suiierintendent ol construction
will be Mr Dennis Doran. All of the3e
men have had long telegraphic experience
The company found on filing its articles
of incorporation that the I'nion Tele
graph company was the name of a company
lhat had beta chartered twenty years.
Therefore a new name has to be choeed.
The company will continue to be known in
this state as the Centril I'nion. The new
company is denounced as.
A STOCK JOBEfNO OPERATION
To hear Western Union stock, so a? to save
some persons who are short of it. 'ihe
Western Union officers admit that the
fcherae may break the market for their,
stock, but they1 say that it will take any
company cf a capital of twice ss much as
the Central Union five years to at all
auect the hulk ot their business. ltiv
place the organization in the category wiih
the other crop of telegraph lines which
have suddenly appeared and as suddenly
appeared in the last t-'W yeirj.
Jay Gonld is a restlesi gold-bag. He
has the alchemist's art of turning into
precious value all that he manipulates.
He makes of life a grab game and by day
and by night plans, schemes, contrive",
wickedly or honorably, to seuire the
success of his ends. He is most secretive,
believes in the efficacy of dl-simulation.
The cuttle-fih, when it makes an attack
upon its prey, exudes an inky liquid,
which clouds the water and hides it while
it seizes its victim. This shark of Wall
street persties the same general methed.
Te has a number of glib young men wh
make their living off of him in various
wavs and when he n ready to make a foray
uion some financial field he rendi tlic-e
sleek-tougned emisarics out in different
directions to cloud up and di-color things
so that he can make his attach rharp,
short and effective. It is amazing how
skilfully they do their master's work.
They are bountifully supplied with reasons
why this stock is worth more than live per
cent, above the stock exchange quota ions
or that stcck is immenely overrated, and
those who hold it had better unload and
stand from under. Gould keep) his
intentions to himself. Ife expects every
man under his command to do jJst as he
is advi-ed or told to do. He is so active
and malign in his work that he has we'l
earned the title of
LITTLE DEVIL.
He seems to expect trust from no man,
and he certainly teems to have faith in
none but himself, for he doubles upon every
one he ues in important enterprises, so as
to checkmate any sudden deposition to
act for self instead of Gould. In his Fifth
avenue home he keeps numerous telegraph
operators, and he keeps them apart from
each other. He gives his orders in
ierson and it is one wire into Wall street
a message to buy one stock to one broker
and then to send simultaneously to another
b-oke- to sell, ile then takes his seat at
the ctcck-exchange tape, and sees how it
works. He wa3 until a few months ago
more thanhalf owner of the Union Pacific
Railroad company. Every ni;:ht before
he went to bed he received a dispatch of
the earnings of that road as estimated for
that day by some competent official. The
figures were carefully entered into a book
kept solely for that p"urpo-e. The man
of many millions would then estimate on
the increase in his wealth in the last
twenty-four hoars, and then go to bed.
Gould has nosociety. He is fond of the
classics and it is said that he takes his
only recreation in reading them. His
liberality flows far under the surface, if he
ever ltels a shock ol that kind. His
brokers tell a story of a little soa of his
already worth several hundred thousand
dollars, by speculations his father has made
as a sort ot past time in his name, oould
is bound to have this boy undent and the
methods adopted for this end is to encour
age him to buy lrom other boys at under
rates new postage stamps, and to tell them
to his father at full price. The boy
exhibits much of his father's shrewdness.
acd will doubtless grow up to fill his shoes
GOCLD'3 JtlLLIONS.
Gould is said to be worth twcaty-fi7e
millions of dollars. There'are occasional
stories but afloat about his great losses,
but Ihere is always a strong suspicion
about them, and as there are never any
such stories to be encountered about bis
corresponding gains it is suspected that
they belong to the class that uould him-
sen sets aiioai, wnn a psrpcte. ile is
ever busy, ever shrewd and. ever making
money. Uould b worst lavcstmrathnaneial
ly, perhaps, is the Xew York Tribune. He,
however means that it shall pay hin in
directly. He has estopped the dividends
on the paper until the S400, 000 mortgage
on the tall tower is cared for. Gould
frequently writes for the Tribune's editorial
columns, and more frequently jots down
ideas and suggestions for editorial articles
oa ssch mattes as he cares to hare ad-
Toeatad there. Mora Miss f takes by
tkllinaf " " ' to eaBaaal Mr.
wu once an ecuor anu is s-uu 10 nave
ruber a love for editorial work. S. V.
White, another Wall street millionaire,
was once a reporter on one of your St.
Louis newspapers.
FOItT KII.KV.
Tin- Timc Team. Attracted by lta
i:ea.it.e. 1'aj It a VNit-GlowiBs;
Accounts of It-. JIaiiy Wonders by
Onr Correspondent.
Correspondence Times J
Fokt Billy, May 7. If nature and
man had formed a combination for the
purpoe of selecting a desirable site for a
military pest, a prettier place than the one
upon which Fort Riley is located could not
have been chosen. Situated upon a com
manding eminence, it would be, in ease of
hostilities, capable of controlling the sur
rounding country, and with a few good
guns could make things lively for any
force presumptive enough to make an at
tack. The post is situated three miles
from J unction City and is a favorite resort
for its citizens, who frequent there a good
deal to witness
THE TAKADE OF TUE TROOPS,
and listen to the concerts given by the 16th
Infantry band Fort Riley is "the head
quarters ol the loth l. b. inlantry,
Ueneral 1 ennypacKer commanding,
and until Company A, Captain
Morse, was ordered to Southern Kansas to
assist in preventing the entry of the immi
grant iccursioni'ts into the Indian Territo
ry, there were three companies of troops
besiiUs thee. This post was, or, for that
matter, is now, a cavalry outfitting depot,
there being a large cumber of stables here
for the accomnicdation of army horses, ex
tensive corrals, etc. It is one of the neat-e-t
ots in the country, aud the parade
ground is as
FAIR AND GRASSr A LAWN
as a soldier's foot ever trod upon, being as
carefully kept up and attended to as
though it were the front yard of a palace.
The officers quarters and the barracks for
tho troops are kept in as good repair as the
limited appropriations allowed by a liberal
fjngress will allow, although there is a
good deal of inconvenience experienced
through the medium of leaky roofs and
such other concomitants of what follows
the lack of
THE NEeESARY SCrTLY OF JIONEY.
A fact, which probablv beinir well known
r.te Is no repetition, is that Fort Riley is
I tcateil m th exact geographical center of
ihe United .ates, and the plain shaltwhich
rises as a monument to the memory of
JIaj. I ;i!en, U. ?. A., ho died at this post
during the cholera epidemic of 1S53. is
shown ss the exact center point of our great
and glorious country, ilaj Oldens re
mains are now, I believe, at rest in the
beautiful Xa'ional Ceineterv at Fort Leav
enworth. While at the post The Times
enmmirsioner did not haye the pleasure of
meeting
GEN. rENNl PACKER,
who is at present absent in Xew Mexico as
the presiding officer of a court of inquiry
convened to look into some Territorial
matters. General Pennypacker is one of
the youngest colonels in the army,
and his a record of which any soldier
might be proud. He has been shot all to
pitces, more or les, and carries many an
honorable wouni u-on his body, received
in the
DEFIN-iE OF THE UNION.
Col. Roe, commandinir the post, in Gen.
Pennypaeker's aUecce, has also something
of a history, having been the engineer in
charge of a famous tunnel through which
a large number of Union prisoners effected
to e-cape lrom the bomlige of Libby, but
which, unfortunately, fell through. A
good story, and eminently characteristic, is
told by one of Col Rose's brother officers,
to the etlect that at the time of his capture,
surrounded by the enemy, he
KErX THEJI AT DAY
wiih his revolver until an officer came
up, to whom the plucky Colonel surrendered
with the remark, "III give my revolver up
to you, sir, but I've put bullets into six of
you , anyway." It isn't neces
sary, I presume to, give tile Colonel's re
mark entire, but every expression used by
him, with one exception, will be found in
the Bible, so that he cannut be accused of
having been proftre upon that occasion.
The anecdote goes to show the character of
the man, who is cool under all circum
stancs, and although his surroundings at
that time were
ANYTHl.NO IllT TLEASANT AND CHEERFUL,
he mauaged to extract some comfort there
from, fcince the departure, early Monday
morning, of Co. A, Captain Morse command
ing, fur Wichita, and a detachment, under
Lieut. ( U'hruan, for Coffevville, the post
has been comparatively quiet, although
there are still two companies remaining.
Tbe bovs have gone in pursuance of the
President's order, or proclamation forbid
ding the encroachment of the whiles upon
ihe Indian Territory or their settlement
there, and while it is not pretended
that suih a handful of men can do much in
the way of keeping back twenty five hun
dred, the moral eflect of the pre-ence of the
troops, it is believed, will be all that is
needed.
THE LUNACY OU VILLAINY
which induces some men to enroll them
selves as leaders of and some newspapers to
champion such a cane as is calcu
lated to ui'Iead thousands of inno
cent immigrants and induce them
to throw themselves into the way of
the national government as thf direct vio
lators of its express, law, is deprecated by
the army more than by any one else, for
purh a duty as the army is tow called up
on to perform is not a pleasant one to
either ofhYers or men. The end must in
evitably be that the deluded immigrants
will lie the sufferers, while the ringleaders
will escape, and not only that but will
make money by the operation. Captain
Moses company is to be
DISTRIBUTED AT VARIOUS POINTS
along the line between Wichita and Ar
kansas City, while Lieut. Cushman and his
detachment will remain at or near Coffey
ville. As a resort for travellers who are
spending '-unday at Junction City, ani or
thrsc who are roaming around in search of
pleasure, Fort Riley offers many and su
perior attractions, and upon that day
more than any other the visitors are nu
merous. There is no siot in Kansas, tak
ing all in all, which is more attractive
than this little pot, with one exception
Fort Lctvenwortb, the headquarters of the
Missouri,
THE LOVELIEST TLACE
ujon the continent, the garden of the coun
try. There is something irresistibly at
tractive about the army to the average
civilian, and he therefore taken advantage
cf any and every opiortunity offered to
witness the pageantry and glitter which ac
companies the soldier. To tell the truth,
there is no place a visitor can go to be
better treated or received with greater
courtesy than at Fort Rdey. During tbe
stay of TlETlMn'ccmmm'ioners at this
post, they surely couldn't complain of a
lack of consideration, as everything was
done to render their vieit pleasant. To
Capt. Richards, Regimental Adjutant, more
especially were we indebted for many marks
of favor and kindcesx, as, indeed, to every
officer with whom we were brought in con
tact. Fort Riley is still convulsed over the
recollections of the 7isit to the post, a short
time ago, ol
ErP.DETTE, THE IIAtVKLYE 1IUMOBIET,
And from all that could be learned it
was evident that the funny man had
a good time and enjoyed himself
exceedingly, lor as the evening
wore on his recollection began to waver, his
memory regarding the cumber of times he
had told an anecdote prew confused and
somewhat indistinct, ami he found himself
telling the same story over three or lour
times, to the same audience, laughing heart
ily inj the meantime himself. Bob
wasn't tihr I truess. but they say he was
feeling pretty j'dly and entirely free from
bad fceliog toward anyone. John.
Xo
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Credit f3stem.
St. Louis Itopabllcan, 8
Tr.e indiscriminate credit system is a
speciss cf bondage. XopopIe can thrive
under it; all classes are viciima oi ii; me
laboring claa suffering most. The su
preme need of the South is disengagement
from it and in the effort to secure this,
tbe planters, who are the most influential
class, and whose example Is most looked to
lor imitation, ought to take the lead. It
cannot be overthrown, perhaps, without
years of painfal effort and self-deoial; but
the freedom, thrift and new Me mat wouiu
follow iu oTerthrow.wculd amply compea-nUeferalV
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