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12 STAGE AND PULPIT. Tha Pecuniary Reward, of Actors and of Preachers, Some Hlstrlons Who Make as Much as $150,000 a Tear. Tlit lllttest ministerial Salary That ol Dtcthtr, Him Gels $20,000 per Annum. THE STAGE. Few York PemM, The announcement that Mr. D. Boudeault re ceived from his managers n check lor S3OO each night-—and that before the performance was concluded—during three consecutive weeks sug gests the consideration of salaries paid the stage people in general, mid “stars” in particular. It is evident that while successful artists make, if they do not keep, enormous fortunes, the aver age actor is no better oft than I bo average dork, for what ho makes up in salary Is lost In ex penses. The chief stars here and In England coin money fast. Sothern, Booth, Ncllson, Owens, Maggie Mitchell, Clianfran. and a few others have the cream of the business, leaving the skim milk for managers and pretty hard tack for the minor people. Thu past and pres ent seasons have been far from prnlltablo to n majority of metropolitan managers, and ruin ous to many provincial managers, but the popu ar stars have carried harvests of cash outside of New York, which place, (or some Inscrutable reason, has proved ft very Golgotha to nearly every one who bid for public lavor. A GLANCE AT BOOTH. The great nrusperity of Edwin Booth dates from a period in the easy recollection of thu present generation of theatre-goers. In hts ear lier days ho had no drawing power, mid when William Stuart, tho veteran manager of the Winter Garden, announced him for n season, ho was looked upon with unaffected wonder. For tune and the quick wtt of Mr. Stuart favored Booth that year, and to tho bright suggestion of the manager that, ho should play Ifiim'et, be Jlatn'e!, and look JlattVel off os well as on the stage, can fairly be credited tho sudden jump he made Into public favor. From that time his star was In the ascendant. 1 n spite of his bank ruptcy Edwin Hooili Is regarded ns a very wealthy man. Ills invariable terms are SSOO a performance, and for this sum a check must be given “before Edwin cun go on.” The present Airs. Booth Is a capable business manager, amt to her Mr. Booth owes mpeh. In Boston. Phil adelphia, and Sun Francisco Edwin Booth is a powerful attraction. In. Brooklyn lie played an enormous engagement, clear ing* in two weeks tlie sum of $35,000, which, however, was but little in excess oMhn amount drooped in tlm Lyceum uf this oily, lllvlsst engagement in this city was a terrible blow to him and to Die management. Ills terms were SSOO a performance; but the receipts were next to nothing, comparatively sneaking. It ts un derstood that Booth declines to plav more than thirty weeks In n year. At his terms of SSOO tor each performance, or, including a matinee. $3,500 it week, this would give him an annual income of $100,000; but lie could easily play forty weeks at the same terms. now SOTHERN RAKES IT IN. Mr. K- A. Sothcrn estimated his property & year or two ago at the pleasant figure oi three quarters of a million. Beul-estato values have fallen some since tlum, but Sothcrn lias made money still. Ills terms are alwavs SSOO a per formance, unless lie plavs on shares, mid in the latter specially he has liad ns high as 80 per cent of the gross receipts. An en gagement made fur him by Mr. Uar ry Wall netted him, in Canada, ilint extraordinary percentage, mid the manage ment made monev at that, Unlike Booth, Sotli ern tarnishes the piny. He either owns or vir tually controls all his specialties, an* a* a rule Insists that certain specified artists shall sup port him lit the principal rotes. Although he Ims made much more than $3,500 a week, It would bo u fair average (or forty-live weeks In each of tbc past ten vears. In other words, he can calculate definitely on $157,500 annual In come, not counting benefits, of which he always has one In eaehdtv of his circuit, or the large sums made when ho elects u percentage on (lie gross receipts. Some years ago Sothcrn Invest ed largely in real estate In this city mid else where In thu United States, making a mistake common .*n those times, from which he not only derives ncrlneome, but on which he has to pay heavy taxes. Occasionally Mr. Sothcrn has ea saved the role of manager, but generally with Indifferent success. In new nlays he has found but little profit, hut " Our Ain'erlcau Cousin " «nd " Garrick" are mines which, although worked incessantly for mativ years, give no signs of being used up. it was said some years aao mat the man who would write a first-rate melodrama ior Edwin Booth would make a for tune for himself and mid to Booth’s fame, as Well us give him a monumental estate. 'Hie actor has long wanted a play in which Napoleon the Great should figure, lie, of course, to play the leading rule. In this respect be differs from Sothcrn, who has had many plays written for him, wlillu none was ever written for Booth. Line Booth, Sothcrn is nurried. lie. however, lives in style and spends liberally In entertain ing, while Booth carefulty saves and pula away ■or aridity day. NKII.SON AND DAVKKrOhT. In some respects Adelaida Ncllsun was the most fortunate star our American heavens have seen. She net or hud an uneuccesslul season, mul made money where other fuvorlHia dropped money. When she first came hero she was well heralded, and sprang ut once into favor, tibo bus made as much us SI,OOO a night six nights a week for lour consecutive weeks. At times she has played as low us SI,OOO a week; but she found nodllllcultyln closing contracts for fifty two weeks in the year at SOOO a performance, matinee Included. Indeed, the Ndlson matinees In Now York and Boston were always features of the week, as ladles could attend'without es corts,—a fact which out-of-town uml suburban residents fully appreciate. Miss Neilsun’a property, real and personal. Is valued at $500,- (RKi, of which a large part Is Invested In real mate In Now York uml Chicago. When she was out West the surprising growth of Die country Impressed her, and she waa persuaded to buy heavily of properties already well bal looned. Ihe subsequent heavy decline affected her seriously, ami hud It not been for the kind aid of business friends her losses would Iwvo lier ; Still, n woman who can make ♦a.500 a week, not counting benefits, of which the averages ten annually, cannot well bo dis abled pecuniarily. Miss Nelleon wisely declined to purchase new ploys, but contented herself with utilizing her old repertoire. Him is now placing In the British Provinces, and dolngwell. ft it said that she contemplates another visit to this country, and managers are ready for her at her old-time terms. A veteran manager said recently that, next to Adelaide Ncilson. tunny. Davenport is the most valuable star In llie emm try. By that ho meant that she could always command big rates, and that her managers need have no fear about draw ing ability. It Is but a lew years since Miss Davenport played In burlesque in Ilooley’s Min strel Hall in Brooklyn, dressed in boy's clothe* uml appealing to the sympathies u! 'the gaib>ry youth. Her fortune is nut lorge, but she has «»ado a great deal of money, ami is always good fur $1,003 a week and a benefit, when she nlays In popular dramas. In new raw Miss Davenport dues not make so much money, tiliu purchased the play of “Olivia,” umi, wlihacomuunvof her own organization, travels over the country. Dramatic agents say Uml Fanny Davenport alone is one of the best paying stars In the list, but, wiili a company and Iter own plays, she Is like many others,—good here, bad there, and In different elsewhere. OWBNS ASA MONBY-MAKBU. Mr. John 13. Owens is repuled to bo the wealth* lest aetur In the profession. 11c is fond of piny* l ll £V.!l and often nets from *3.000 to *I,OOO a week, exclusive of bcmdlls. Heims ovcumulatcd a property estimated m *2.000,000. touch of which is the outgrowth of real estate ventures. For twenty years, liuwevcr, Mr. Owens has laid away a handsome fortune annu ally- Like all the most successful actors Air. Owens Is a specialist. As Smln-rn has his JJun t/reary.Uouth lilt liumltt, ami Jelfersun his /{in 1 an winkle, so Owens has his A'u.'tm XMuwe, Mr. Owens bus avutued speculations In his art. and never goes on the road with companies of ids own. lie plays on an average thirty weeks in the year, gives ids reccluts lor about *90,000, ami spends the rest of his time on his larm. jurruusoM, uiuuib mitciiei.l, tom, and ' IIUUCIOAUI.T. Although Mr. Jefferson is a delineator of one character rattier than au actor os generally un derstood, he stands near the head of the rich men m his profession, lie generally plays uu shares, and makes from *3,000 to *5,0J0 a week forty weeks In the year. Ills terms with tlie fifth Avluue Theatre manage tueut were extraordinary—'half of every dollar that earns in until *I.OOO were received, and three-quarters of every dollar above *I,OOOI Mr. Jelfersun bos been a pecuniary favorite fur muuy years. Ills fortune U variously estimated at hum *500,000 to *1,000,000. lie owns prom cm lit New York, New Jersey, and Louisiana, and U very careful of it all. Alisa Maggie Mitchell la another favorite on whom pecuniary fortune has lone smiled. Sho ran Hoar #30,000 to #.’>o,ooo n year with ease, ami having cleared 11 she knows how to keep It. Miss Lotta Crabtree averages SI,OOO a week, and bids fair to do better yet. Mr. llouctcault’a drawing nower cannot bo very well estimated, because ho appears in Ida own ploys only. Ills last engagement, with bis otfn dramas, netted him SSOO each performance. If ho could continue the same terms fortr weeks In a year his annual Income would he SIIO,OOO from that source alone, lie Is also one of the well-to-do men In Ids profession, n great part of Ids fortune being made from plays bearing his name. OTHER ARTISTS. It would bo illllHilt to class Clnm Morris, Mary Anderson, Lawrence Harrell, Mrs. Bow ers, 'Frank (jhanfrnu, Frank Mayo, Oliver Doml Uyron, Hose Kytlnce, Joseph Murphy, Hobson and Crane, the Ungnrds, and others less known, because, while they are enormously successful In some places, they arc said to be quite the re verse In others. While they make o great deal of money In some theatres, they play to bud business In others. Mmlicskn, for Instance, made a hit and a fortune here last year, but her next engagement was a failure. TUB STOCK COMPANIES. From the foregoing It may bo inferred Hint actors arc coining money, whether the managers are or nut: but these favored ones are thu for tunnies, distinguished in every sense from the rank and file of ibdr onerous profession, Lending men and lending women have to work linrd for their pay, and Inferior men and women work harder yet for their compensation. Here and there a Cogldan earns SUOOn week-for forty weeks Inn year, a Thorne receives s2oofortlilrtv live or forty weeks, a Montague draws $350 for forty weeks, ami n Gilbert geissl3r>lur the same period, but SIOO Is considered a large salary, while many of tlie best artists in slock com panies work like beavers for SSO to SBS a week. ”Fascinating” young men and “attractive” Juvenile women find no difficulty In obtaining SIOO to 5150 a week; but flic average stage Is a bard road to travel, and many a mock Duke and acting Frinccsa strut their brief hour In gor geous garb, knowing that the Sheriff’s officer awaits their coming, and that no butcher, baker, or eandlcslick-maker counts upon n fortune from their patronage. “ SHARING” 11BCBIITS. It would be Impossible to lev down exact pro grammes for slurs ami stock-actors, as their courses ililTor in nearly everv clt.v For Instance, Booth Is known as a “slider,"—l. e.. lie makes terms of one sort in New York and another in San Francisco. When lie played In 1 lie Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, he had To per cent of the gross receipt* and furnished himself and Ids support. Alter an absence of thirteen years he netted $33,000 In six weeks, and the nnmace incut cleared the same amount. Jt is well known that he refused SI,OOO a night to play 100 ulchts in Booth’s Theatre in this city; hut there was n case In which sentiment played a part. Of late years It Is a prevalent custom for certain stars to “share alter ex penses," hut even that has Its pccullarltes In dllforent cities. In New York 11500 are allowed; In Boston. $375; in San Francisco, $500; in Phila delphia. $350: In Cincinnati, $300; and in I’ltts burg, S3OO. The point Is here: Stars are glud to share, because thrlr self-esteem bids tlicm look for a bur week’s business,, and managers arc willing to share, because when business falls off they are sure of expenses In onv event and have nothin}; to pay (or the attraction. Lester Wallnck generally gets SOOO n nlirht, but he has made as high us $3,000 a week In Brooklyn, where he is u great tavonte. Managersgeneral- Iv share with Lawrence Barrett and with John T. Kuytnoud. Mrs. Bowers is said to be worth €IOO,OOO. E. L. Davenport was alwuvs good for €GOU a week on salary, hut he was ton'd of travel ing and sharing, and died poor. Lotta Crabtree, now a mature woman, is considered good for $350,000. Maggie Mitchell prefers traveling with her own company and in her own ploys. Last season she netted about $1,500 a week. McCul lough shares after expenses. Frank Mnyo has worked long mid hard, and his Crockftt espe cially. Is said to have put over SOO,OOO in Ids pocket. John 8. Clarke shares after extienses, ami Is very rich. Thu Florences make here ami lose there; their San Francisco engagement of four weeks netted them $33,000. The late Bur ner Williams was fortunate in having a careful wife, and when ho died he left behind him about *350,000. Nod Adams made but kept no money. That Montague leit so small on estate was a surprise to all who knew him. lie hud $350 a week tram Wallaek’s, ami was permitted now and thou to star. Hu made 31,100 In one night In Brooklyn, and In Boston about $l,lOO a week. I’linl he would hare done well la "Diplomacy" seems probable. Miss Clara Morris would have one of America’s greatest fortunes If her health was reliable. Managers would gladly pay her SSOO a night for fifty weeks In the year if there were any certainty of her playing. As it is she makes money fast, hut thus far, it Is said, has not been able to save much. TJTR PULPIT. Clergymen as a rule are poorly paid. Iu fact, os Dr. ilopworth once said, “They don’t like to talk about their Incomes, they are so very small.” The Herald recently treated of “Mr. Beecher as n Money-Maker,” showing that in thirty yuara that distinguished preacher had drawn into the colters of Plymouth Church the round sum of sl,ooo,ooo,and accounting for 5730,- 000 that ho had made in Ida several callings on his own account. Thu subject thus staled scorns to.huvc attracted universal attention,and in places the unfair inference is drawn that ministers have big pay and au cosy life. Tin: fact is, Unit the average compensation of clergymen of all denominations, city and country, Is less than SOOO par annum. A few favored dominies arc paid from SIU,OOO to $45,000, but there are thousands who have from $250 to S3OO, and arc lucky to get thot,—half of it possibly iu vegeta bles and “ Iruelc.” TUB PAT IN CITIR9. Clerical compensation In cities Is greater than In the provinces, but so are the expenses. Mr. Beecher worked many years on a $350 salary, half of which was paid by the Home Missionary Society, and he supported himself literally by the labor of his hands. Now his salary Is larger than any oilier paid to a preacher In this coun try,—s2o,ooo. For this he preaches twice on Sunday, and presides ut the Friday evening prayer-meeting. Formerly he also lectured on Wednesday evening, but that habit was given up several years ago, partly because It Inter fered with Ills out-of-town work, but largely because what used to be u regular old-foshloneil pruyer-iucctlnghad run into a pastor’s “talk.” Nobody scorned to care to pray or speak; they preferred to listen to Beecher. The late Deacons Corning, Fanning, uml Fitzgerald were fond of asking questions, to which Mr. Beecher made long response.!; and occasionally Brother doe Knapp enlivened (tie proceedings by pon derous pleadings Iu behalf of sinners; hut as a rule Mr. Beecher did, us he now* does, the bulk of the work. lie bus a three numlhs’ vacation each year, so that Ids salary is mild him for three services a week, or 108 in nine months, say $185.18 for each pub lic appearance. .Mr. Beecher does not give much time to parochial duties, the majority of them devolving upon Dr. Jlulllday, who visits the slek, drums up religious delinquents, prays with the dvmu, uml looks out fur the Church missions, earning Ids $3,000 by real hard work. im. TAI.MAOU. Brooklyn has more higb-priecd preachers than any other city in proportion. Next to Beecher, DuVVIU Tulumge has Urn largest biliary iu tho City of Churches, It was made $12,000 hist vuur, uml will he kept at that figure this year. Dr. Talmaue has nut yet developed into a uu- Usual teacher, and confines himself largely to tiio duties of the Tabernacle, the Lav College, mid ihidr outgrowths. Jlu has two'preaching services ami a prayer-meeting every Sunday. Ho lectures once a week uud attends also a prayer meeting. Ho supervises the Lay College, and makes a point or visiting the Sunday-school, fn addition to mis he is somewhat, uf a pastor. 1 hat Is, he dues not confine himself tu tne per luuclury duties of preaching abate, but calls around on ids people, talks with tho mothers and the children, ami interests himself lo an extent in their domestic troubles. TUB ÜBV. MOUOAN CIX. Trinity Corporation is liberal in Us dealings with Us servants. ■Morgan Dlx, tnu Hector, re ceive* *15,000. lie Is responsible to llio corpo ration lor the entire parish, ami has much alike work that makes uo miuUe show, lie Is Use disciplinarian of the parish, lie preaches regu larly In Trinity Church or Bt. Paul’s, attends meetings, looks out for the tiumlay-schools, now and then marries or reads the funeral serv ice, mid literally holds Use utfuirs of the church, us he does Us kuvs, in his hands. It is often said that Uecehcr, Du, Um yuutigcr Pot ter, Hturrs, ami others would he able to make four limes their salaries us lawyers; hut, how ever that may be, ihu fact remains that what they do make they make us cburvmuen, and each lu Ids way dlllers from all the rest. Dr. Dlx was at one time designed for (lie law, but having entered the church-service under Dr. Uerrlaii, his predecessor, he found uu diUlculty in securing the prominence ho now has. Ilfs father, (Jen. Dix, Is Comptroller of Trinity Parish, and hU salary Is also reported at *15,000. 1)11. TAYLOit. Dr. William Taylor Is probably the best-paid CuugregutiuuuUst orator In New York, recelv- THIS CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. FEBRUARY N, 1870—TWELVE PAliUa. Ing $13,000 or $14,000. lie works bard, preaches regularly, lectures, presides at prayer-meetings, Is active on Hoards amt Committees, looks out for the Sundav-scliool Interests, and pavs special attention to'pastoral calls. This feature of a pastor’s life Is much neglected by elergvmen who are pressed hv nubile duties, such as lectur ing, editing, and attending conventions. There are many ministers whoso chief success Is bunt of their sympathies. They make a point of knowing personally ev*?y man, woman, and child In their congregation,«uid go from house to house seeking opportunity to sympathize with, dicer, and succor their (locks. Olliers have no faculty of that sort. They arc merely preachers, and In no true sense pastors. Dr. Taylor Is a pastor, and, although he Is paid a largo salarv ns a preacher, Ids chief merit Is thought to lie tu his social and kindly nature. WHAT DU. IIBI'WOUTII HAYB. The Hcv. Dr. llepworth stands on tlm other siduoftbe line. While lleochcr, Slotrs, Tnl mage, l)lx,Taylor,TllTanv, Holier, ami Tyng can vomit their tens of thousands. Dr. llepworth Is compelled to support himself hy his brain work outside ol lus pulpit. As ho puts it, his situation Is rather Inter estingly suggestive. A Herald re porter found the Doctor yesterday morning hard at work in his cozy study In Forty-seventh street; and, In response to a question, ho said: “ All 1 that’s a subject In which I take great in terest. 'The uiider-payment of clergymen I* why. certainly, the world is full of It, am! here’s a bright example.” “ Why, I thought you were rolling in riches.” “Nuiiseusol Whv, If 1 didn’t clo work out side of my pulpit, I’il have nothing to live on. Whim I started my ehureh I was crippled by thu death of a standi friend. We had a debt of $300,000. That is reduced to $85,000. Mv salary was $3,500: but I didn't get It. It is now and has been lor two years $5,000; but I don’t gel It.” “Are clergymen generally underpaid!” ” They are, decidedly. They don’t get half what they could make ns lawyers, for instance. If money is what they are after, they arc in the wrong place. Then, too, ministers are fearfully neglected. Just ns soon ns any thing baupunsto tiu-m, they arc bundled into'the street. The Catholic Is Ibe only clmrcli Unit takes euro of Its liillnu mid aged ministers That wonderful orgi'iiization understands what tu do with its servants. If a man Isn’t good In one position, they put him in another, where he ts of bcnctit. The Dutch Church makes belter provisions than unv other Protestant denomination.” “But your city ministers have an easy life ami plenty of money-” *• Well, you don’t know anything about it. I sec Du* oilier side. When you see a man with bis hoots a little broken and bis coat somewhat rusty, you may at least Infer that, bo Isn’t over whelmed with cash. Out of the 500 ministers In New York 1 don’t believe there are half a dozen wiio can save a cent frou their salaries, 't hey have to live In respectable stylo; they bare to give continually, and they are quite as likely tu no taken side ns anybody else, and then where are they! ” “ What Is your salary! ” “Nominally $5,000; but if it were not for my work 1 couldn’t live. I don’t get it, and I sup pose others are in the same Pox.” pw-’v mu m i.iu natnu uu.\« Dr. Uepworlh bears his troubles like u mau, and his church gives evidence of growth. DU. HTOkUS. Dr. 1L S. Stores, of the Church of the Pil grims, has SIO,OOO salary, lie has lived over thirty years In a fair house In Plurrepont street, In Brooklyn, ami keeps a very modest establish ment. Hu visits a great deaf among his people, who are generally men of means, and make him valuable presents, send him to Europe, and so on. Dr. Starrs preaches twice on Sunday, al though he frequently exchanges or Introduces a brother, who pleads for one or other of thu sev eral "causes" In which thu church la Interest ed. He also lectures.attends the regular praver niectings, the social gatherings, the Sunday school, mid the. Church Committees, of which he is Chairman. DR. CUTLER. Dr. Cuyler, just now prominent as one of Dr. Tnlmuge’s betc unices, Is one of the oldest pas tors In Brooklyn, where ho has SB,OOO per an num. lie is reullya pastor. Ho preaches tocu larly, mid attends to all the sessional demands of tin; Lafayette Avenue Church; but his forte Is pastoral visitation. He goes from fnmiiv to family, makes himself n help In season ot trou ble, and literally leads his flock like a shepherd. DR. HALL Dr. Hall earns his $15,000 In a similar man ner. His preaching is but a small part of his work. This he dues twice on Sunday, but ho is as well known on the avenue usmiypromenadcr there. His people are avenue people, mid he visits them, lie has young ladies’ classes, ami attends them, lie makes his cbureh-huildlng attractive to bis congregation, and they delight to go there. All through thu week there are devotional services, at which Dr. Hull attends, and he devotes all Ills time to the people ami Ute interests of his parish. OTHER CLERGYMEN. Dr. Potter has SIO,OOO and hh house: Dr. Tiffany, SIO,OOO. Dr. Tyng Is credited with SB,OOO. A number or New York mid Brooklyn ministers get from SO,OOO to S4,(MO, In Ban Francisco Or. Stone has SIO,OOO. Occa sionally clergymen litre a hall, like the Music Hall or Tremont Temple, iu Boston, and de pend on Sunday collections for their Income. Oltentimes the congregations (here arc from 2.000 to -1,000 in numbers, but It is doubtful if the collections would average SSO each service. All the year Dr. Hupwortli preached In Stein way 1 Jail he received nothing In the way of sal ary. Dr. Chapin has from SB,OOO to $10,000; Dr. Morgan Is reported at $15,000. “ Fashiona ble ” clergymen sometimes receive a good sala ry In the guise of fees. Mr. Beecher was given a check (or SSOO for making a couple man and wife. Of late years it has been the custom to pay clergymen who attend funerals, particularly when the dead were not members of their con gregation. Small salaries arc occasionally eked out by free trips to Europe; but us n rule to them who have much (s given, and those who have nut have to get along as best they can. The pastor of the Summenlelcl Methodist Church has $4,000 and a parsonage, and his trustees think they will give him a present of SI,OOO. Methodist clergymen In cities range from SI,OOO to $0,000; INesbnerluus frumsl,2UJ to SIO,OOO, a majority being $2,1)00; Congrcga- Homilists from $1,500 to s2o,(XX),—the latter ligure being found but once, and $5,000 being a fair average; Episcopalians average $0,000; Baptists are not overburdened with this world's goods, and their average Is $2,000; Unitarians average SI,OOO. In old times parsonages went with die churches, but nowadays there are few of them only. In the country, where $2,500 would bo a large salary, a parsonage Is generally provided, and the average salary Is under SI,OOO. Boston pays a few big salaries—four of SIO,OOO, and quite a number of SO,OOO to SS.OOO. Popu lar preachers make more monov than simple pastors, and, if Ur. Hepwortii is correct In sav ing that churches us a rate do not take care of broken-down clergymen, it is obvious that what ever savings die average parson has must bo treasure laid up in Heaven; he certainly bus none to lay out on Earth. Light Ducks Ulllml—Thu Exploit of a Moxi etiu I’urtyoti tho Uiu timiidn. Santa Umi (iforfco) Utttr in Sor Orltnni 'limet. rutting themselves in connection with some of iho traders that dealt with the bands, Ihev succeeded by promises and threats m getting these Indians assembled at a prearranged spot, mid by these means captured the whole of tho noted Chief Colorado's band of Mescaleru In diana. In the short struggle to resist their capture eight of the bucks were killed atid twenty-two taken prisoners, with sixty squaws ami children. Unfortunately I lie bam) of Lilian Indians had, about eight days before Col. (iurelii’s arrival, parted from the Mescaleros, and were out on the raid towards Durango, elan the wnutu of them would finely have been bagged. Tho expedition returned wit It their prisoners, as before stated, on the 18th, and were enthusiastically received by the Inhab itants of (lie town. The only loss this force sustained was the stabbing of u sentinel by a squaw the first night out on the march, Thu squaws were ut the time given Die liberty to walk about In uamp, hut after this tin y were searched, u number ot hidden knives taken away from them, and all of them fettered the same as the warriors. One of the remark able coincidents of tliis eaulure is the fact that the father of Chief Colorado turns out lo bo a brother of one of the must prominent merchants in Santa Itosu, who had been rubbed frum a rancho cio*u by thin town in 1822 by the Mescale rus, us a buy 5 years uld. Ills name, which (hey did nut change, and sumo peculiar deformity of uno'of his leet, us well us (he corroborating stories uf some very aged Indians in the tribe, put his identity beyond doubt. lie has, of course, entirely lorgulien his origin, mid would, by inclination, have preferred to stay with (he rest of the, tribe, hut the relatives insisted to take cure uf him for the remaluder of hU life, uud he was utadu’ovor to them. Hml I'lVorts of a Pair. Onslon Caiitintnlat fntllelln, “ Where were gum lasi night P* said the Judge *'Carnival Authors,” said the prisoner. •‘Btald ’ll! U oclock: was a little Uryuen. and went out and 4 Uoethu drink. 1 couldn't pay the Bcott, and a Longfellow at Ihu Wayside Inn asked my name. ‘ Hubert Hums,’ says 1. * Put him out,' says ho. *TT*o Dickens you will, 1 says 1. “My Holmes lu Ihu highlands a drinking' the beer.* * Vou’ll got no Moure hero,' says he; and me Little Hoy blue came along ami run mo tu. That's Walls tint matter, Judge, 1 would nut tell you a false Hood; I’m innocent as u Lamb.” And the Judge thought so, fur he sent him bemud the bars for thirty days, a wiser If nut a Whittier mau. SLEEPING-CAR FARES. Cost of Operating Pullman’s Pal- ace Cars. Georgo E. Whllo’s Bill Simply Confiscation. ttathcav Age, Frb. 13. The tendency so strongly developed In this country of into years to limit railway charges for freight and passenger fares by State Icglslu tlon Is now Inclining some of our law-makers to n still more doubtful exercise of authority, In* dlentcu In the Introduction, In snrcral Stales, of bills |)diiclng by one-quarter or oue-hnif the present ’charges for sleeping-car accommoda tions. Thera is no doubt Unit laws compelling the sleeping-ear owners to furnish berths for So or 50 cents each would bo “popular,’* ns nil legislation against Unit pceuilnrly-helnouß crime known os ‘'capital” Is with the un thinking mosses; but we do not believe that Ibe Intelligent and honorable men forming tbo majority of the members of Legislatures intend to pass unjust and oppressive laws, the object of which is to take one man's property and give it to another, simply because the oilier man wants it; mid wo believe Unit it will require lint n moment’s Intelligent reflection to show Hint the movement contemplated by these bills Is neither warranted by Justice uor honesty, nor ns a matter of policy. The splendid sleeping-ear system of American railways Is one of their greatest contributions to the comfort andsafetyof the traveling public. It affords accommodations vastly superior to those offered in any other comitrv, and is the object of ceaseless admiration and praise on the part of for eigners traveling over nnr long tines of commu nication. It is but a few years since the first slecrdng-car—a rude adaptation of the ordinary coach—was attempted; liml it ts much more re cently that the necessity of frequent changes of cars by day and night, In u Journey over several roads, was obviated by tho establishment of 'continuous sleeping-ear lines, bv mcansof which not only the hurried business-man. but also sol itary women, children, and Invalids, are con veyed In a luxurious car half wav across the continent without a change, and with astonish ing ease and freedom from anxiety. Wo believe even’ candid traveler will admit Unit there Is no expense of bis Journey which ho pays so willingly, and with such a feeling «l re ceiving an equivalent, us that of his sleeping and drawing-room ear accommodations, lie floes not often, however, stop to consider what an outlay of money, skill, and executive ability Is required to provide him with ids exclusive privileges. The car In which lie rides cost twice as much as n resilience of the belter class; trained servants prepare bis easy couch and minister to his call; the most perfect mid ex pensive appliances for heating, lighting, ventila tion, mid (lie toilet minister to Tils health mid enjoyment, and the great strength of frame worn and Increased weight—tho best sleeping cars weigh from two to four tons more than the ordinary coaches, necessitating,of course, greater expense in moving them—cause a delightful steadiness of motion, mid greatly diminish the danger In ease of accident. In (lie ordinary car tilts passenger takes bis chances of a scat when he enters. In the sleeping-ear ho Is the abso lute owner, for the journey, of a certain sc- K eted portion, the purchase of but one berth entitling him to a whole scat, or twice the space belonging to him In the day ear. The posses sion of that berth menus that the railway com pany must draw about 1,200 pounds of dead weight for him individually In excess of the average dead weight uor passenger in a dav ear. This is on tho supposition that every berth Is occupied, but os u matter ol fact the whole twenty-six or twenty-eight tons of the car are often hauled tor tne accommodation of half a dozen person;, or oven a less number, Secure in the possession of his berth, section, state-room, or drawing-room, the fovored pas senger can sleep, sll, read, write, cat, converse, or, comfortably stretched out, gaze through the wide plalc-glasa windows at the flying land scape. 'Hie wealth,of a railway bondholder cannot give greater .luxury or privacy In travel ing than the poorest man can command for 82 for a journey of hundreds of miles. Is there any need for further State laws ih behalf of this favored traveler! Looking on tho sloe of Urn sleeping-car own ers, would any furlliyr restrictive legislation be Just, or have even tfiu semblance of Justice! A large amount of money is invested In this pub lic service. The Pullman Compaiiy, for In stance, represents, n cash outlay of about 612,(WU,C00, and yet this great venture pays only B per cent dividends, and Its shares are quoted at 80 cunts on the dollar. Tills cash In vestment includes targe works in Detroit, em ploying some TOO men, mainly In repairing the tars. Enormous ns Is the outlay for the cars tliciuselves—approorlatcly turmoil “palaces,” —the continuous outlay lor luiiiiitnlng the curs and their furnishings,—the rich seat coverings, (he mattresses, linen, cunalus, towels, soap, brushes, combs, and tho many articles, large and small, that make up tho lurnlture of tne well-regulated palace cor, Is much beyond tho popular estimate. The aumnd average cost of operating u Pullman ear, Including Us repairs, together with maintenance of upholstery, bed ding. mid equipments, and pay of employes, Is about 81,000. The average number of trips per annum, including the whole number of cars run by the Pullman Company Is 105. To earn the mere cost of maintaining and running, without any return to the owners, the number of berths sold must average seven per night. And vet who has not seen along train of. these palaces starting out with the greater part of the seats vacant, each cur with u separate destination! tor It will not do to concentrate the passengers in one or two ears and require them to change at the several Junctions. Koch Important city must have Us “through ears,” and they must run with unfailing regularity, full or empty. It must bo remembered., too. that the Company must own a large number of ears to meet the demand In the season of heavy travel, which have to be laid up iu the winter. One very heavy Hum of expense is the ear service, in addition to the conductor mid porter of each cur many other employes uro re quired In Urn general conduct of Imsliiess. The Pullman Company-rue refer to It as Us organ ization is the most systematic and (nets In re gard to It are most readily obtainable—has a thoroughly military system of Inspectors, who are constantly moving over the 20,001) miles of lines upon which 000 ears of the Com pany mu, noting the cllleiencv and deportment of every eumiucior and porter, marking his conduct according to a eer lain scale of excellence, and making formal re port to their immediate chiefs. The admirable discipline of this service Is not the result of luck: It comes Irom a thorough system requir ing the exercise of constant watchfulness and u higher order of executive ability—a system whose ramillcutioas extend over d network of connecting lines from Halifax to Houston, from the sea coast to Bt. Paul. ’llm splendid courage of capital that has risk ed miliums in establishing this Intricate busi ness, the risks of winch are greatly increased ny ihe fact that the contracts nro made with many dllTereut roads for a dcllnile period In uadi ciuo. and may suddenly cease, and hy the perishable nature of the property and Us expo-mrn to destruction by accident in various forms: the far-sighted enterprise that Is con stantly mercujdng the cost ami completeness of appointments,—that is nil Urn time experiment ing with new novices to mid to the traveler’s comfort, and that nut only keeps pace with the public demand, but In advance of It, and at fre quent Intervals brings out a new marvel of lux ury ahead of all that preceded It,—all these con tributions of money ami genius to the public are fairly entitled to handsome reward. Com mon gratitude would prompt the recipients not to grudge even a splendid return on ihe invest ment. Certainly when the actual return is no mure Hum that received by men who loan lliclr money on the safest real-estate security and take no risks and contrltmlo nothing whatever to hu man happiness,it would bo a gross Injustice fortbe law toslop in and seize the prullts of the enter prise, moderate us they are, merely because the honest farmer had rather pay a dollar than two dollars lor a berth In a sleeping-car when he as lotdshes himself with an annual journey to the cltv. The law does not compel the honest but frugal ugileulturist to ride in a palace cur Tnu duy-coacn wherein ho cun ride and save his cherished two dollars, offers comforts and luxu ries fur two or three cents per mile as vastly su perior to the stage-coach In which his lather used todrng wearily along ut the cost of 10 cents u mile, as the sluge-cuaeh was superior to Ihe ox-tuum. The palace ear Is a luxury otfered to those who choose to nay a moderate unco fur It, but forced upon nobody. The law Ims no mure right to seize that luxury and give it to the poor man who wants it for nothing, than it has to seize the ylch man’s house and present It to the impecunious politician. But waiving lor lliu momoutltho question of Justice to lliu stockholders of sleeping-car companies,—in the Bulluiuu Company they number some fifteen hundred persons,— it would be pour policy for the law to cm down the charges to an unprofitable basis. Men will not furnish the money to build and run palace cars merely for the fun oflt. While t lie public are not required to ride in these cars, neither are the companies required to furnish them, and they will not do it at a loss. “ Boor pay, poor preach. 1 ’ Cut down the rates at which these splendid ears can be run, and cheap cars with hard hunks, tier upon tier, will lake their place. Then what a mourning there would tie fur tho return of the happy davs of nnlacc-cars! Ills far easier to pull down thin to build up. It lias taken the toil and study of years and the expenditure of millions to establish Uie magnificent system of Ameri can elaoplug-cnrs. of which the country is so justly proud. Short-sighted and foolish bo jond compare would those law-makers bo who. to uander to popular selfishness and stupid prejudice against corporations, should attempt toucstrov It. To sliow how the question of what constitutes reasonable rates is utterly Ignored by some of the proposed legislation respecting steering cars, wo quote the rates demanded In tlm bill of Georgo E. White, now before (he Illinois Legis lature, and compare them with (be present rates upon which the sleeping-car companies Lundy earn Interest on their money,—on many lines tint even Hint.. It is to bo noticed Dint Die rates named In Die bill arc for u liventy-four hour* or less,” while Die present sleeping-car charge Is generally $3 for a night, or about twelve hours, mid a dollar or so for the privileges of Die ear during the day-time. The presentomi proposed rates would compare as follows: Pretent Proponed Propoted For 24. hewn, rate. rale. reduction. Berth $3.00 SI.OO OH*, Horrent Section 0.00 1.50 75 percent State-room (4 norths 8.00 * S.OO 75 percent Such a reduction would bo simply confisca tion. It would compel the sleeping-car owners either to nlli tlulr palaces at u heavy loss or to stop running them. There Is no fear that such hare-brained legislation will pass. Tlie/iVt I way Aye has no Interest in sleeping cars or sleeping-car companies, except that of the public generally, hut os a representative of Dm ralhvnv Interest it docs’strongly oduosu a freak of popular selllshncss and prejudice look ing toward depriving that Interest of one of Its chief attractions to travelers—Dio through pal ncc-cnr, night and dav, service. Inasmuch ns Dio question of sleeping enr charges is now somewhat prominent in the pub lic mind, and similar bills have been Introduced in oilier Stales, It would seem eminently proper for the Legislature of Illinois to appoint a committee to make a thorough Investigation of the whole subject, and report the facts, so that no hasty legislation should bo bad, but Dial every member should llrst have the informa tion necessary tu InteSligent action on this sub ject Involving no many and vast interests. TILE BED MAN. Those Cheyennes, nml Other Indians— Views of a Glorgyinan. Tho Hov. Dr. J. Ambrose Wight, of Boy City, Midi., bus, under Die caption of “Those Chey ennes—ami Ollier Indians,” a most excellent ar ticle In Dio Now York /'vauifeUst, it bristles all over with Dint stcrllngeommon-seiine for which Dr. Wight has ever been distinguished. Com ing from a Doctor of Divinity, amt appearing in Die Now York Frnnyetiit, It commends itself especially to religious readers: “It seems to mo that a class of newspapers, religious mid semi-religious, aro making them selves uselessly unhappy, mul misleading their renders so fnr ns the,*v do lead them, by tliclr llippant and objurgatory comments on the late Cheyenne massacre. What aro soldiers set to do when put In charge of prisoners, Indian or other? If prisoners fire on their guard and break away, they forfeit their lives, as they well know; and the duty of the guards Is to retake them, alive If they can, and dead It thov can not. If a policeman has a thief In custody who breaks from him, mul Is shut on refusing to stop, and the law sustain the of ficer. Why should n Sioux Indian be treated mure tenderly!—or u hundred of them, for that matter! “Unless 1 am mistaken, every one of these Indians—the pappoooses excepted—was a thief ami a murderer. They hail lied from their reser vation in the South, stealing and killing us they went North. The exact number of their mur ders 1 have forgotten,but It was a dozen or two. They were pursued by tlm army and retaken; and the decision of the Court was, that they should ho returned to their reservation; ami the soldiers were ordered to return them. The Indians concealed weapons, tired upon mid killed a part of their guard, lied, tiring as they lied. Tito cltort was to retake ns manv of them us possible, if tliuv cbosc death Instead of sur render, they were entitled to their choice. They that take the sword nerish with it; and no ex ception is made for Indians. “It Is unfortunate that so manv who rent their opinions on the Indian question seem to have studied It so little; and so generally take the extreme of one of two sides: either that the Indian is only lit fur extermination, or that he Is an innocent and amiable creature, to bo made and kept sweet by pouring molasses on his head. Any one who studies the question long mid carefullv will (hid it to have a good many sides in place of two; mid the more ot them the longer ho examines. For one thing, the Indians are not all alitte. There are seventy two different reservations of them; mul these Cheyennes are among the worst to deal with there are. “ Tim whole Indian question Is underlaid with one which Is continually cropping out In our history; and not In ours alone. The British Government in South Africa has tha same question on Its hands. That question Is: How far Ims a people In possession of a country the right to say who else shall, or shall not, loin ihem In their possession! The Caimanltua held Palestine; but the Hebrews pushed In for all that. '1 lie Indians were in New England; but the Puritans wanted a ulaco there 100. King Philip said they had no business there, and should iro or be Main. But they did not go. Thu Humo thing has been repeating Itself ever since, till it ban reached the Puellte Const. .Mr. Hitting Bull tuokthosamovlew with King Philip, ‘This Is our country. Wo wunttt. Wo do not want you here. Begone.’ Dennis Kearney, and Ids * Irfahcrs ’ of the Hand-Lot variety, talk in the same way to the Chinaman. And lor the simple reason that ho does not like him, without thinking that as many people dislike the Kear ney and his Sand-Loteruw as dislike John China man: possibly more. “A good mnnv of the people of this country have not liked their after-comers. Them was once a ‘Native American ’ pnrtv. Wo make no pretense now of any fondness for the Commun ists, Socialists, tramps, thieves, and hummers, who have been thronging across ihe water these lUtcni years past. Wo could spare Dennis Kearney without a tear. Wo have never sent for the Jesuits: but they come. Holliercdimm is not the only complainant. As between us and him, the que*tion gets narrowed down to this: Hindi 1,000 Indians possess n whole Statu, wnlle iI,(XJt).OO(J of while men want llirec-fourihs ot it I 'Hie Indian says: ‘I cannot live on less ground. I am a hunter, us my lathers were, mid game must have room. If vuit come, you will kill It and drive it away, and I must starve,’ Thu white limn replica: ‘Keep cows and nigs, and grow wheat, an 1 do.’ But that, is nut the red man's trade. Messrs. * Bed Cloud’ end ‘Tiger Toll,* or whatever their names are, debated all this matter with our Commissioners a few years ago. ‘They hud never worked: did nut Know how; and would not learn. They wished to go where they pleased; the country was theirs.’ “Our (lovernnicnt has considered their philos ophy, as n general thing, In Ihe light of Chris tian obligation and of epnnmm-sense, especially of lute vears. It admits the truth, quuUllcdlv, of tlie lndl.m statements. Jt says to him: ' \Ve will touch you how to live from Urn earth. We know 1 1mt the effect of our settlement Is to drive uwny vour means of living; inn wo can not prevent that sett lenient. Anil, us the host wo cun do till you learn to live ns we do, wu will lend you.' “'1 he red man docs not like it, and proves a troublesome subject while Urn thing is In proc ess, Jin assumes that he Is wronged. Tho young men take nil opportunities to get upon lliu war-path; tor war Is the trade of their lath ers, mid Us Impulses arc In iludr blood. “A second factor In lliu enso Is, Hint our Gov ernment is not well constituted to ileal with this Indian question. What Is wanted Is a Btendv, immune, hut firm pulley, followed from year to year; with u rigid accountability of all Us agents by whom it deals with them, lint our Government changes owrv four years. New men, who know very llulo about it, and lack, very llkuly, administrative ability, arc called to deni with It. A system begun is perhaps over turned with a now Administration. Agents aro appointed for political reasons, and little or no accountability Is demanded from them; and they cheat ami steal, mure or less. “Tho British Government, on tho other hand, is stable us to its administration. There are no four-year changes. A policy begun Is continued, ami its agents made accountable. Hence It has fur lobs irouble lli.in wo with tho Indians. But that Government Is finding, us said, that the Innate dllllculiy Is not always to be shunned, by Us Houth African experience. They have Afri cans to fight; with the origin of our lodmu wars. Iho original aim of our Government, In its foundation, wiu/mt/om. To gain Umt wu rlsK ut sumo open doors to evil which a strong Gov ernment cseaiies; lor uvcrv good thing in this world of good ami evil is offset bv a liability to a correspondent ovil. Hence, both by our own want of a sulllelcnt system of dealing with the Indians, by the innate dilUcultv of the wholo question Involved, and by the savage nature of the Indians themselves, wo are kout lu hut water with them continually. No question of greater dllllcuity besots us. “ Ami now wo aro debating, with a great deal of heat, whether tho Indians shall bo retained lu the care of the Interior Uoimrtment, or cum milled to Uiat of War. And, us eight ablo meu have been studying thu problem -for n whole venr, mul nro exactly divided, four against four, it would seem as if nn opinion of an outsider would bool little value. • Hut, with all the Unlit shlnlngln three part", even from those two suns, tielmrz mid Sbcrldun, It would seem us If It wore nut so much u ques tion of principle as many think, which Depart ment Imd them In charge; only so that two things nro scoured: “/.rsf—lheannv must police them. They arc no safer than n lot of smokers nbout n pow der-house. They mid their white neighbors both want sharp looking After by some competent authority, with a sword In Its Imml. Ami there Is nobody to do this police-work but the army. “ JS'miMiZ—'Whoever has charge of them, the work of Instruction mid civilization must-bo prosecuted. The minister of religion mid the schoolmaster must have free access to them. No other course Is for a moment to bo thought “Now, which Department can do this work best! Is a question for fair opinion. Why 1s it not supposahlo’ that ono Department might manage some tribes best, and tho other other tribes best? The more civilized, milder, and smaller tribes might he committed to the Inte rior; mid the wilder ones to the War Depart ment. Why not? At all events there seems at this distance to he no occasion for n new mir between these two Departments of tho Govern ment. “Hut, manage it ns you will, there will ho outbreaks, mid the turbulent mirages will need a strong arm near enough to strike them. And, when they maraud mm murder, no good will come of n mawkish sentimentality Justifying • heir villainy, or complaining of their punish ment.” , PUTNAM’S HIDE, Proposed Centennial Celohmtlon of Gen. INitnuin’s Kneapo from the llrilisli—lllg. torlcnt ICemlnUronnns. CorrfUDonilence’XtiD Tor* Herald. Gugbnwioii. Conn., Feb. B.—Long before this bcautllul little town was made famous by the presence ot William Al. Tweed mid his Amcrlcus Club It bad a name hi history as the scone of Gen. I’ulnam’s daring gallop or plunges down tlie Horse-Neck gorge to escape from n party of Hessians who wore pursuing him. Students of our Ucvolutlonary history need not be told that Putnnm’a ride occurred ou Feb. 20, 1779, though It may bo news to others. Occurring 100 years ago, It now comes forward ns a centennial event, and the good people of Greenwich propose to celebrate it In loyal mid patriotic lushlon. The projected arrangements are In good hands, the Committee embracing some of the mostlnflucn tlal men of the place. The programme has not been completed, but it will have sumo in teresting features. At sunrise a salute of 100 guns will be fired, the belts being rung at the same time. During the forenoon o procession will be formed at the place where the British were first discovered, and the march will bo taken up to Putnam’s Hill, a distance of nearly a mile. President Haves, dens, tihunnun, Han cock, and Tcrrv 5 Gov. Hubbard, Gov. Andrew mid staff; President Porter, of Yale; mid tue Hcv. Dr. Leonard Bacon have been Invited to rldo In tho procession, which will embrace mili tary mid civic organizations. Besides tho exer cises at Putnam’s Hill there will be speeches, poems, etc., at the Congregational Church, fol lowed by a collation at the Lctmox House. The anniversary would bo the 2fith, bur. that being Ash Wednesday, the Committee voted to cele brate Feb. 22, wasnlngtou’s birthday, thus no ticing two historic events, and giving a better opportunity fur attendance. The entire Con necticut Legislature will probahlv be present, and the day he marked by patriotic fervor. Visitors to Greenwich are invariably shown the old building known os Putnam’s head quarters, situated on the old Boston turnpike, about three-quarters of a mile from the present railroad station. The building lias been modern ized mid added to until It hits become almost a now creation. It Is a pile of small stone rough ly mortared together, a story and a half high, having two entrances, one of which is shaded hy a latticed porch. A modern chimney of fresh red brick somewhat chocks the antiquarian, but was no doubt necessary. Tho windows arc very small, and to reader it habitable each contains twelve diminutive but heavllv-rramcd panes of glass. There is but ono room In each story, tho one on the ground flour being about twelve feet hy ten. The addition to U, which forms by far tne greater part of the present structure, Is like a modern lodge. Tho front and cldcs arc shingled In the old New Knglmul fashion, but the design is nutmideiit. From this building, according to local tradition, Putnam storied hurriedly to ride to Stamford. Nut many rods distant lay the cliff which shared, with adjacent pasturage lands, the name of Horse Neel;. The best published representation of “Put’s Hill,” which is now a portion of “Putnam avenue, 1 ” ou which Tweed lived, is foung on page of “Barbour’s Historical Collections.” There has been u great change In the hill since Putnam's dav. The turnpike bos been straight ened, mid in doing this it was necessary to cut directly through the storied ledge. Below the ledge the valley has beeti lllledupat least thirty feet in the tine of the roadwav. The old road way has been discontinued mid fenced In. From the lop ol the ledge to the old road below must bo considerably over 109 feet, mid all this slant Is within two or three rods. Thestono does not crop’out to the surface mid did nut all the dis tance, but the way was ragged w|ih hushes and undergrowth, which made the way doubly dllll feult mid perilous. On one part of the clllf stood the old Episcopalian Church, which Is rep resented In all pictures of the exploit, mid It was to this church that the stone stops, u (light of seventy, led. Thu church has lung since crumbled away or was destroyed, but the churchyard contains gravestones dating back to 1710, and marks the silo of the edifice. To have ridden from the brow of un almost ab rupt precipice down these steps la apparently Impossible, though such was the feat performed by Putnam, ’llio best authorities agree that Putnam rude down obliquely mid emnu out near the foot of the steps, mid then tool: the turn pike to Stamford, the “ Tories ” meanwhile fir ing at him Iroin the bight above, one bullet passing through his hut. The Hcv. Mark Mend, who died not many years ago, was told by Gen. Ebcuvzer Mend—the latter ol whom stood ou his porch near the “ Neck ” that memorable day—that he saw the whole nlfolr ami that Put nam rode, net down the steps, tint through the glen, ami, riding over the ground, pointed out with fils whip the localities. As a matter ot interest I append Gen. Put nam’s own stow of Ida nehlevimiuut, given in his report to headquarters. It is as follows: “Camp at Bedding, March 2, 1770.—A de tachment of the enemy at KlngnbrUlge, con sisting of the Seventeenth,- Forty-fourth, mid Fifty-seventh British Ueglment»,—ono of Hes sians and two of new levies,—marched from their Hues for Horae Neck on the evening of the linth ult., with the Intention ot engaging the , troops at that place mid destroying Hie salt works. A Captain mid Miirtv men were sent from our advanced lines at ’Jlurno Neck, who discovered the enemy at Now UoehPilo in ad vance. They retired beldru them undiscovered as tar us Kyo Nock, where, It growing night, Hie enemy observed mid attacked them. They de fended themselves ss well as possible, mid made their way good to tjawplts (now Portelicster), where they look advantage of u commanding piece of ground ami made some little stand, but the superior loreoof the cnomv obliged 1 belli to retire to Hvrnm Bridge (bearing iho same unmo still), which they took up, and hv that menus hud an opportunity ol reaching Horse Neck In safety. As I was’there mvsv'K to sec the sltuuU6o of Hie Guards, I had Hie troops formed on u hill hy Hie meeting-house ready to meet the enemy as they advanced. They came on brlsklv, mid I soon discovered that (he design was to turn our Hank and pos sess themselves of u defile In our rear, wnkh would cifecluullv prevent our retreat, mid there fore ordered parties out ou liuth tlauks, with directions "to give me information of their approach that wo might retire In season. In tho mcontlmo a column advanced hy the main road, where the remainder of the troops, amounting uulv to about sixty, were posted. Wo discharged some old field pieces wnlch were there alow times, ami gave them u small lire 6f musketry, but without any considerable ulfoet, Thu superior force of the enemy soon obliged our small detachment to abandon the place. I therefore directed, tho troops to retire mid form ou a hill a little dis tance from Horse Nock, while I proceeded to tilauford (now called Stamford) to collect a body of militia and u few Continental troops which were there, with which I returned Imme diately, and found that the enemy, after plun dering the inimbltanta of tho principal part of their effects mid destroying a few salt-works, a small sloop and store, were ou their return. The officer'commanding the Continental troops at Horse Nock misunderstood my orders, and went much .farther than 1 intended, so that ho could not come up with them to any advantage. 1, however, ordered Hie few troops that came from Stanford to pursue them, thinking that they might have mi opportunity to pick up some stragglers, lu this 1 was not mistaken, us your Excellency will seo by the Inclosed Hat of prisoners. I cannot tell to whut particular regiments they belonged. One ammunition and one baggage wogou were taken.” Thu report goes on to give tho contents of the captured wagons and the list of prisoners, but nowhere mentions that the ride to “titan ford” for reinlorcemcuta was lu the least he roic. THE PLAGUE: Some Experiences from One Who Has Been Amongst It. " But JldW of Ming llx rro ? r,„... Pr ., (In of Hu WtilOT Firip" ' ; SUM" from an OM Trnr.l.s, r , „ . '"nil //.ml3, ‘ ®' M *. >n On* I wns In Turkish Arabia, In May i B7 , , llio rumor cams to Bsmlstl that ’ , '" 1 broken nut at lllll.b, a TlHawSon tl" e °F,fT near tiro rnlna of Babylon. 1 P lral '' an excursion In that direction. l“t iE;.I! h , nn , 1 "* nllo reports rlhl not Ester mLrom n ~ " ,to| - ray oxpcilttlon, thoush aealoat Bin I ” 50 " Borne prudent Moods araoni the E * dcnla of wnora 1 was Ibc eucsL , , "*■ alter, when X reached o'” Ibo Mahoinctans, eonlalnlou tire of 3 ’.?' twoErandsona of the Prophet, and a i '."" sort of Persian oll g rlra., 1 founj bud reached that place and the InhabluSu In n a Into of panic. Ami then in f ,lr ' waaratormed that the Pasha o I #.l . , DEOIIAnED A quarantine of the Infected district, with strict shoot any person who attempted . cr * 19 lino lest ho mlcht brine ike dSad, . W * "» that city. I was Inalde the Sn .iSf*, 1 ’ ami my . native attendants were ?n ai S?' There worn noEnroncans nearer thiS n!W anti all commonlcatlon with that plm cut olf. How X escaped by a nleht ml. 1 the desert 1 do not hero nroo ««♦„ a , cros * sunice It to Bay that I reached BaeMaSl.'f'’' anil was received hy my Irlomls with or |J ' almost as ona risen from Hie dead.TlV/K Blven ran mi, and were prcoarlnE to .end lit? next "dromedary mall" to I)ma,l J 'fi thence to London, an “ohllnarv" tin.! L. hava brouEht grief to rclnll"c7l„ 'J' When X came afterward to reallxoJySi escape I was not surmised at nollcloß a reserve ot manner amuDE llio moretlmti . that I won tabooed for a few daSTrta“it'd SrEe. BUh m ° lll ° Bo,ds bt “rite! TUB NAME BUOOB9TIVB OP nORUOIJ The people of the West have no coticcotlon n p Hie horror which Hie very name of the S! suggests to Oriental nations. To us it thing indefinite, associated, twrhanVwii?ft “great lire ” that devastated London 200vrlft ago. But to Ilium It Is an ever-present rrillir Nearly every year there are rumors of £ breaking out of this terrible scourge In som! part of Arabia, Persia, or the southern portS Hie Mediterranean. In the memory o SI?! persons vet living In Turkish Arabia thS rors of 1831 arc yet vivid, when m a «inX month 50,Cu0 people, nearly naif the wholeS illation, perished miserably In Bagdad. I while there a wealthy Italfan. the only survivor ofnU his family during this visitation of the plague, ills thrilling accounts of the incidents '« n J ( u . Med , under his own eyes bad n borribls fascination to mo In view of the panic which I saw around me In coffee-shops and bazars. BVBKT HOUSE A CASTLE. In Oriental countries Hie houses of the better class are always built with solid outside wail* round nn interior courtyard, which suddUm light mul ventilation to the apartments. To this there is usually a single heavily barred cate way opening on the narrow street. In cacti of these dwellings, at the tlmoof the ocstllenn were gathered the family and servants, ’,’,l communication was had with the outside world as complete Isolation was their only Impo whila the Angel of Death was passing by. liadi hou«« was provisioned as for a siege, mul those whim eapud were indebted to Hie etrimrenev of tbit mm-iiitcreourse. When by some accident tie disease was Introduced all medical treatment seemed InelTcetual, mid ns ono after another of the Inmates perished their bodies were thrown at nlgnt over the walls Into the street to be dragged aivnv to the river. There were no sol emn riles of burial, mid all human affection seemed deadened In the struggle of each torhU own life. TUB BRITISH RESIDENCY was situated us now, surrounded bv garden*.ou the bank of thu Tigris. The disease was Intro duced by u cat which had crawled over the walls mul was fondled by ono ot Hie children. Id sic days, out of thirty urns inmates, eighteen bJ perished, mul the survivors saved themselves i>r embarking ou u boat mid flouting down Hie river to thu Persian Gulf. In very many eases whole families peristal, and their jewels mul other valuables bceamo the prey to robbers. My narrator did not tell me, but! heard from other persons, that the foun dation of Ids wealth was Inlet at this time ot ten end anarchy mul lawlessness. In It<2 the plague was still moredesirartlrs of human life. At that time over 1,000.000 peo ple perished In Arabia and Persia. IHsserib, then u nourishing city of 200,000 inhabitants, at the month of the Euphrates, was dcuopulutiJ, mul has never since Hint time attained one tenth Its former population. EXPERIENCE OF AN ENGLISH SDIIOKON. Dr. Colville, an accomplished surgeon of the British army, who has been for twelve years stationed at Bagdad, ami made this diseases special study, stated to me as the result uf his experience that with, earelul treatment about uue-tlilrd tho persona attacked could be saved. The plague Is nut In any sense an epidemic, like the cholera, but Is strictly a contagious dis ease, oven muro so than the smallpox. Like Hie latter It in more virulent during the cold weather than In thu warm months. mid tilth, which arc hut-beds of cholera, ellmu- Into the ravages uf the plague only eu lar si they would Increase the fatality of any oilkt malignant disease. If once Iniroduwi Into i village swept by the pure alruf the desert, U will be us fatal as lu Hie slums of cities. It h a mistake to suppose that the plague lias its origin In tho filthy habits or Impure air whldi are supposed to he characteristic of all Oriental towns. Tho personal habits of llieae people are, us a rule, cleanly, although their largw cities arc usually crowded within walls, sanitary regulations are rarely cmorced by their rulers. HOW TO CHECK THE DISEASE. Complete {solution and thu strictest non-in tercourse enforced by quarantine reguliiwjH are the only pruventlvo to Us spread. H d'' 9 Turkish Government Is efficient In nothing else. It Is most stringent and unyielding m matter* relating to quarantine. It would be more than his life Is worth for u I'aslm to yield to favorer bribery, mul thereby permit cholera or pla-Mietn bo Introduced lulu the province nr eltv he of* crued. Tho populace woufil storm’ and raze lit* palaco to thu ground, as they once did la m-* dad. That portion of European Husda whew thu plaguu has appeared is situated la the to«rr valley of tho Volga, near thu Caspian Sea. too Infected district covers but a small area, ami llio Government of Itussla, now thoroughly urmma. Is determined to stump It out by emurdng a a lentless system of isolation anduon-inierour»e. HOW A DESPOTIC GOVERNMENT CAN DO IT. It has given tho roost absolute authority to it* officials to utterly destroy, if necessary, a»J town or village where It appears and reuw™ Hie Inhabitants to some spot where they can l quarantined until thu danger has pass’d. I'w not bellovo Hie dread scourge will ; Western Europe, as the coming warm will check Us progress, and a thoroughly ‘U polio Government like that of Hussla » •>■» fitted to act In such un emergency, “‘v 11 too, the pluguo will receive such selenium m* leal treatment ns will disarm it of ,Vf- .mt rorit bus Inspired la the East, lint Uj* . Improbable) that If once Introduced into Km Its seeds may lie dormant during tho ** UII , , f J end bo tho source of frequent alarm* «*• after. « TUB WAY THEY DID 200 TEAKS AGO. The evil demon of pestilence cannot m ago of scientific Investigation Jbe y** 0 ' 1 ’”, 1U a “book mid candle” or Interposition j .... Saints. More than 200 years ago ants of the little Village of, Olwram" t in tho heart of tho Bavarian xyrol, u, M the “ I’asslun Flay ” should bo i* r , ; r . ni s‘‘ l them yearly for alt time to come f the »■» would avert this scourge, wlddt 0 f sweeping through Germany. 1° ! .f/L-jucd their piety It is recorded that, as thO ■ * s f „ tho plage, they mid their ir religiously kept their vows. It l» M suuie, however, that to their isolated among Hio mountains they were ' m,r pj® than to their prayers for oxemplkm fm pestilence. Movement to Hupprcas the Onelds C<m ,nl Syiucusb, N. Y.. Feb. 10-— A been called at tho Syracuse Uni\t r *liJ a day aUernouu, Feb. H, lo tube die iW in reference to the Oneida jjcsr* cull for such gaiherltis? Is signed bj »• j of HamiltonCulleuu} a Syracuse University 5 Bishop i. u ,V L . tu-v b f the Hloceao of Central New lork; d*. % urc n, Beard, of Plymouth CouurctrutMai bf . By rue use; the Bov. Mr. Tnurber, of 1 0i |(!¥ell J lerlau Church,' also t * vrUL>l i !K J niiia“ j 0 other clergymen of different |rtl to Invitations have been extended }°‘“/ft;,, gist* attend from alluho principal citu# o» jM) , t ho Between 100 and SOO dckgatu, iD| 1 4te , Presidents of the several ..unferefl^- uru expected to be present at n , aV e" ieDß Wo ore assured by tho leaders of th'* " that the lime has now come the Kmolro State must bo reonmu*