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ON-ALDS NVILLE 'C OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF* THE PARISH OF ASCENSION AND TOWN OF DONALDSONVILLE. VOLUME XII. l. DOALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 188'2. • IUBER 9 .... 1., __;.. " ,- I-.,,- - , -" I i N I l e Ii I ! i a iiin i • ' i i m u ' l n i i tmm mm l nu t l t n i l e .. ~ - ml..-- . .-. -.m _. n n. . I . :.-mn= I .l AibiciU Iuamani Generis. C Wide-AwakeRome-~Newsp per P1'blielied IE ery aturday, at Donaldsenuviie,Ascension Parinh,La., s. l N DE E. 1 BE'T L E-W, EuITOR ANs PROPRIITOR. - I'ERfS OF SUB171C3JPTION: One copy, one year,.....r.... ....:..$2 00 )ueo copy, six months, ............... 1 25 lix eopies, one year,....r....... ....10 00 Selhve copies, one year,............. 18 00 *t'ayable invariably in advance. 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Brief communncations upon subjects of public interest solicitcdr No attention paid to anonymous letters. The editor is notresponsii -e for the views of correspondents. Address: CiiiY, 1)onaldsonville.ta. ,U h Or Dr. P. J. Friedrichs, WITH Di. W: 8 CHANDLER, . U....... nroudelet street.......... ~2 New Orleans. Ri. ,J. i. VAXDEGIIF, CORONER, LaOour'ehe street, between Attalkapas and O.elousats streets,: UIunaldsonville. J l). IV. . McGALLIARI) OFFICE : Corner HIoumas and. Ihervillo streets, Donal.dsonville, l.a. 1s. hANSON, M. D. OFICIE: Corner Iloutmas and Iberville streets, near C. Kline's store, UDonaldsonville, La. S.iLW AND NOTARIAL OFF'ICE. It. N. SinS.s, ATTORNEY AT LAW, )onuadsonrille, La. I'ractices in Ascension. Assumption and St. Jiies. F II. EALUAIRT, ATTORNEY AT tAW, Oliice: Opposite the Court-Ilouise, Donaitldson.villc, La. Practices in the T'lwenty-Second .Judicial D)istrict (comprising St. James and Ascen sion parishes). an.; in the Supreme and United States Courts. t. AM. MeCULLOU, ATTORWNEY AT LAW, Doualdsonville, La. ()fice on Att,.nkpas street, near corner of Railroad Avenue. R. N. SNtas. J. E. PocIIs. 4 iItS & t'O( 'lE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, N.t. .I.nanes, Lu. O)slice at F. Po. Poches. Address: Convent 1'. () .lr. Sims will be in St. James every Monday. ------ --- ----- 4- ------ J[OHlN H. ILSLEI, 0ATTORNEY AT LAW, Iffiice: L.afourlche street, near Bayou Ferry, Donaldwonville, La. I'raetliel in the Twenty-Second Judicial Di)isrict (comprisiung tihe parishes St. James and .\iise.nioin). and in the Suptreme and Uniteil States Courts. SItAM H. CAIRVElIt, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DIonnIdIoInville, l.a. Will piuac tive iu a11 the Courts of the State (NUAs. A. I5SAQtE. ATTORNEY AT L'AW, Ilavhuaille, l,a. l'ractic.s in tite -_nd and 26th Judicial istr:ctsr. counprisiug tlie parishes of Jeffer .on:. St. Challl.,il.. St. John. St. James and I 4 ci.tl:.ion. aind ltl flore the Federal ant i :-tlelrlne Courts ilk New Orleans. ioc.i.al atUntlon paid to the collection of ,,,. ,,an ,-t. ial claimi s. -Atldr, ss: H:.nl:nrle P. 0., St. Charles, La. DONALDSONVILLE BUSINESS-DIRECTORY. DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. Etc. R LANDMAN, dealer in Dry .Goods, -e Groceries, Plantation Supplies,Wines, Liquors, Cigars, T6bacco, and General MerchaBdise, corner R. R. Avenue 'and Taylor Streets, one block from Radlroad Depot. JNO. F. PARK, dealer in Staple Sall Fan tJcy Groceries, Provisions, Plantatf'inlfnd 'tteamuboat Supplies. Canned Goods, Wines, Liquors, Bottled Beer. Ale, etc., Dry Goods and Notions, corner of Mississippi and Chet iunches streets, opp. River Ferry. SD. VEGA, Agent, dealer in Dry Goods, L " otions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, fats, Groceries, Liquors, Furniture, Hard ware, Tobacco, Paints, Oils, Glass, Lumber, Bricks, Carts and Wagons; Loeb's corner, Railroad Avenue and Mississippi street. B ERNARD LEMANN, dealer in Western Produce, fancy and staple Groceries, Liquors, Hardware, Iron, Paints, Oils. Carts, Plows, Saddlery, Stoves and Tinware, Fur niture, Crdckery, Wall Paper and IHouse Furnishing Goods, Mississilpi street, corner Crescent Place. I OSEPH GON DRAN, dealer in Clothing, tJ Dry Goods, Notions, laits, Groceries, Wines, Liquors, Boots, Shoes. Hallrdware, Paints, Oils, Saddlery,'Crockery, Furniture and all kinds of House Furnishing Goods, Blue Store, Mississippi street. 'I TOBIAS, dealer in Grocenes, Dry l'11 Goods, Clothing, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Furniture. Ilardware, Crock ery, Trunks, etc., corner Mississippi and St. Patrick streets and No. 24 Railroad Avenue. Everything at lowest figures. C KLINE, corner Crescent Place and C* HoumMas street, dealer in Dry Goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Pro visions,. Corn, Oats and Bran. ISRAEL & CO., dealers in Dry Goods, " Clothing, Bonts, Shoes, Saddlery, Buggies, etc., corner Mississippi street aind I aihlroad Avenue. . LEVY, dealer in D)ry Goods, Cloth Sing, Boots., Shoes, lists, Groceries, Furniture. Hardwalre and Plantation Sup plies, at I.nanu's old stand, M issisdippi street. G. FEITEL, Agent. N(). SOLOZANO, dealer in Groceries, tVWines and Liquors. Crockery, Tinw.are, Notions, etc. No. 21 Railroad Avenue. lc twen Conway and St. Michael streets, I)ounldsonville. V- MAURIN, General Fire Insurance / Agent. Mississippi street. over Fer na:detz's barber shop. Represents first-class colupanies with over $50,000,000 of capital. Policies issoed directly from agercy with ont delay. HOTELS AND HOARDING-HOUSES. ) ORT. E. LEE HOTEL. at Marx Israeol' di_. l stand, corner Mississippi and Les i;trd etireCts. Jos. L:lfarglte, proprietor. BItl and billiard room attached. First-class en tertaintuent and aecouinnodations. ( I' Y HOTEL. P. Leferre. Proprietor, l Railroad Avenue, cor. Iberville street. Bar supplied with best. Liquors. IiIJOR AND BILLIAIRD SALOONS. rHE PLACE, Gus. Israel, matnager, Corner Less rd and Mississiippi streets. IHilli:tv:ls, Lager Beer, Best Wines and Lie: o;rs. Fine ( Cigars etc. TINSHITH. OUlIS J. RACKE. Tinsmith. Mississippi street. at Letlaun's old stand. Orders attended to with dispatch and satisfaction insured. iARItIElI SHOP. L L. FERNAND)EZ, Barber Shop, Mis-" * sissippi Street, near corner Lessard. Shaving, hair-cutting, shampooing, etc.. in most artistic sty!re ATTOIINEIS AT LAW. LREI)ER ICK lIUFFEL,Attorney at law F and Notary Public. office on Cheti mitnhes street. opposite ther Court-lhouse. I)WARID N. 1'UGII, Attorney at Law, Attakapas street, opposite Louisiana Squar:e. Visits Nainleonville on Mondays. PAUL L(CIIE., Attorney at Law and No ta;ry Piublie, I)onaldsonville. Olice: One block below the Court-iIouse, on At takapas street. je25 HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING. SINGItl, THE PAINTEI, Crescent Place, G iG opposite the Market-HIouse. House, Sign and Or;namental Painting in all their brantches. Best work at lowest prices. UN) DERTA ER. CIIONBERMG'S Undertaket's Establish t uent, iRailroad Avenue, between Iber ville and Attakaulis streets. All kinds of burial cases, from the pine coffin to the me tallic or rosewood casket. DRUGS AND MEDICINES. B RYBISKII, Apothecary and Druggist, *o Mississippi street, between St. Patrick and St. Vincent streets, adjoining Gondran's store. MILLINERY. RS. M. BLUM. Milliner, Mississippi 1VA street, between Lessard and St. Pat rick. Latest styles of Bonnets. Hats, French Flowers, etc.; also, all kinds of Ladies' Un derwear. SOD)A WATER MANUFACTORY. Cl dA 1iVATEitI XI ATTL'A'TADnTV T i, Nether, proprietor, No. II Mississippi street. Suda. Mineral, Seltzer and all kinds of aerated waters manufactured, and sold at lowest prices. IMATTRESS MAKER. PETER WAGNER, Spring and Moss Mattress Manufactory, Mississippi St. Repairing and cleaning furniture a special ty. All orders promptly attended to. jRS. I. PALMER, DRESSMAKER, l;ailroad Avenue. neai Claiborne street, Donaldsonville. Plain and fancy sewing of all kinds done in best style and on reasonable tems. A trial solicited and sa:tisfaction guaranteed. JOiN P. FOI.A.1, Cistern Maker', R ilroad Avenue, opposite the Post-office, Donaldsonville. La. All work guaranteed and satisfaction warranlted. Prices lower than the lowest. II. DUNN, Carpenter and Builder,. Shop on Iborrille street naer the corner of Houmas, Donaldsourille, La. Orders received through the Post-oflice will meet with protppt afteptiQn. THE B. E. LEE. Thy shrill whistle never more Will echo wake along our shore, Oh! pride of our "inland sea," IL E. Lee. He who trod thy quarter deck, Did all he could to save the wreck, And to his post stood manfully, BE. Lee. Stout was the arm that held the wheel, Stout the heart, aye, as true as steel, That guided to shore thy burning keel, S L E. Lee. Honor to him who 'mid fire and smoke, And quivering frame and thunder stroke, Open threw thy throttle valve, The wreck to save. We mourn the dead lost on thee, The lisping babe in its infancy, Manhood in its stalwart pride, Youth m its beauty and the bride, Oh! R. E. Lee. But for the manhood of thy crew, There would have been, alas! how few Survived to tell thy destiny, B. E. Lee. Blend laurel with the cypress then To crown the few heroic men, Who at the post of duty stood, 'Mid fire and flood. Sadly we mourn thee now as lost, Horrible was thy holocaust, Naught's left but wreck and thy fame, Linked with earth's most glorious name, R. E. Lee. -N-atchez Democrat. MALA RIA. "The shades of night were falling fast" As through a Jersey village passed A youth who bore, 'mid fog and rain, A banner with the strange refrain Malaria! His brow was sad; his eye beneath Looked like a man in the throes of death; As like an empty barrel rung The accents of that ghostly tongue Malalria! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gloom warm and bright, Above tly spectral visions shone, - And from his lips escaped a groan "Is this malaria?" "Try water hot," the maiden said; -"Take quinine pills and go to bed." "The disease you've got,' the doctor cried, "Oh, yes, I see," the voice replied " I've got malaria!" "Oh stay," the maiden said, "and rest Thy agued head upon this breast!" A tear stood in his bilious eye. But still he answered, with a sigh "It is malaria!" " Beware the night air, fog and blast! Beware the cartoon drawn by Nast!" This was MLss Nancy's last good night; A voice replied, far out of sight " Malaria! " At break of day, as on his way, A pious fisherman of Newark Bay Uttered his oft-repeated prayer. A groan came through the misty air "Oh, my malaria!" t A traveler by a dyspeptic hound Half buried in the mud was found, Still grasping in his bony hand A banner soiled with Jersey sand, a And marked malaria! There in the twilight, cold and dead, A yaller corpse in a malarious bed, c And from the depths, in deep despair, A voice fell through the murky air " Oh, curse malaria." MORAL. Beware, kind friends, and do not feel 6 That every time your head does reel You have all ills that flesh is heir, a And always cry, " Malaria." OUR NEW YORK LETTER. A City Fuil of Cranks-Do1ngs of a Crazy Frenchiman.--Brother B1eechtrr' New De parture-Politics, Weather and Trade. New YORK, October 21, 1882. ED)ITOR CIIIEF: New Yuik is full of cranks, many of them just as well known ax the Astor House or the Post-Office; men and women who ought to be looked after by some one, but what is everhody's business is no body's business, and some one has to get killed or wounded before the police ask themselves if it is their duty to interfere. The incident of the week has been the attempced assassination of a number of women by a crazy Frenchman, on Four teenth street. There was nothing secret about it-it was done in open day, in the middle of the afternoon, when New York fashion was airing itself on one of the most crowded andi fashionable thorough fares in the city. Fourteenth stret, be tween Union Square and Sixth avenle, is filled with rich stores, the wiudon s of wlichl are crow\ded with fine jewels, costly laces, and the rare products of French and Persian looms. It is only a few years ago since it was a quiet, dreary old street, just on the outskirts of the town, and on either side were the mag nificent houses of wealthy bankers and successful merchants, whose business was away down town near Wall street or the Battery. All that is changed now ; the old burghers have been driven away by the necessities of trade; one by one the mansionis have been converted into stores, and the quietest thoroughfare on the outskirts of New York has become the busiest mart of trade. On Tuesday afternoon, October 9, it was crowded with nldies and children, when all of a sudden were heard shrieks and cries of agony, and women and children were seen rushing to and fro as if pursued by demons. If a wild beast had suddenly burst from his cage it could not have created greater consternation. Suddenly women were seen to fall upon the side. valk, and then it was discovered that a crazy Frenchman, armed with a pair of steel compasses, was just runninga-muck through the crowd. The result is yet difficult to be summed up; some of the wounded people may die, and others suffer the effects of Tuesday's onslaght. The question arises, who is responsible? For years this maniac has paraded Broad way with a couple of boards slung over his shoulders on which were recorded several supposed incidents in his history. Everybody knew he was mad-m-ul as a March hare-but nobody seemed to care for the poor witless wretch till lie had killed or maimed somebody; then every body wonders why he had not been con fiued before. While he was at work he stabbed right and left, and he had suc cepded in doing terrible execution before he was stricken downi. Not ten minutes after I was walking up Broadway anld I met another Frenchman who had lived on the sidewalk for tgeuty years; hei rarely speaks, but it is his custom to stop and plake faces at umen anid womnl, and sometimes to offer a pinch of snuff from his snuff box, which if refused it is his common practice to stand off and fence at the offender with his walkiing stick. There are hdndreds of others! daily seen on the stnets, who at any moment may be reasonably expected to do what this crazy Frenchman did. Years ago when only a boy he robbed his father of several thousand dollars and fled to Europe with his plunder; there he spent it in rioting among gamblers and harlots, and when the last dollar was gone he returned to find his father a pauper and in the poor-house. There the old man soon died in abject misery, and the miserable son, stnug by remorse, became a wandering maniac in the streets. Society which should have eared for him, did not perform itgduty in this respect, and now it reaps what it had sown. Many families. are plunged in grief, numbers of people are grievously wounded, some will ni doubt die, and now we will &ro wliiit 4nightto orve beeji dolne years ago-place this unfortunate wretch where lie can do nI further harm. Next to the crazy Frenchman the sen sation of the week has, been Brecher's new departure. To a .w of us sentinels on the waatch-towers of society, we who keep our weather eyel constantly open to know what is going n, the proDnucia mnuto of the Plymoutl pastor is by no means a surprise, but if was like an ex- I plosion of nitro glycerine orgiant powder I under the Congregational council which l assembled in New York last week. When i Brother Beecher got up and announced his belief that the bottonihad dropped out ( of Gehenna, there was consternation in every countenance, and it is said that in I the first heat of excitement there were a I lnmber of exclamations which but for the t modifications of the -rrevised edition I uig III, IaVU sOUII(LCI very uiucu use pro fanity. A stout old minister from a fashionable uptown church started to his feet exclaiming, " What in Gehenna does lie mean ?" Another, terribly ex cited at the attempted upsetting of the Westminister confession, roared out, " Oh, let him go to Gehenna; we can get along without him." The offender was immediately seized oy a tall, slim, melan choly looking man, whose head was buried in a high black stock, who said, "Hold on, Brother J., hold on; how in Geheuna are we to get along without himu?" The uproar became so great at last that the moderator who had been using a hymn book for a gavel, at last seized the water pitcher, and pounding on the desk in a manner that threatened instant demolition aotr. pitcher, de clared that their conduct and la;guage was most unseemly, and that the meet ing was uno better than that of the Bible society. This broutght them to their senses, and Brother Beecher vwas allbwed to finish his discourse in peace. Though he let go his hold on brimstone, held fact to the Trinity, which lie confessed he did not understand, and finally in the most affectionate manner, slid out into the broad and comfiortable sea of universal ism, and if he gets in no worse company than - Chaiing, Clinid, Bellows and Collier, the presumnltion is that his lines will not, have fallen in \cry unpleasant places. The broaderingl of religious views was never made more manifest than at the closing ot Presbyterian coun cil, when they bid Brother Beecher God speed. Fifty years ago when old Lyman Beecher was a power in the land, such flagrant apostasy would have brought on the head of the offender a Calvinistic anathema mnaranatha that would have miade the crinmial's hair stand on end like quills upon the fretful porcupine. Not so now ; the world stilLmoves ; even those who have been bitterly opposed to him for years, advanced and shook hint by the hand, and grim hard-visaged men who could have stood by Calvin without a quiver, while Servitus roasted by the stake, begged Mr. Beecher to remain in their company, and one of the most orthodox of the conclave declared that he saw no reason why Brother Beecher should withdraw. It is a new and wonu derful revelation in modern ethics, and I would not be astonished if at the next session several other of the elect would follow BrotherBeecher's newly discovered northwest passage to the Promised Land. But while ethics and -lunatics may have engrossed a good deal of our attention, we have been by no means entirely dependent on these two sources for our instruction and amusement. The engrossing business of the week has been politics, aind the black eye the Republicans got on Wednesday has not improved the temper of some of our New York politicians. As they say in the P. R., " the chicken came up groggy but smilin'," and many Republicans seemed to think that the Ohio defeat was a sub ject for congratulation, and calculated to, exercise a very healthful influence on the future; perhaps so-we shall see. The weather has been-well, it has that is to say-well, I don't know that I can describe it, but-but-it has been a little ofall sorts. The Fall openings were a little late, but it has been quite common during the week to hear exclamations like these, "Did you ever see a more perfect day, I my dear-isn:t it delightfiul weatler?"' Next (lay, the same parties meeting each other, would say, "Ugh! isn'mt it horrid- i never saw such weather in my life." The truth is, that we struck the tail end of the cyclone, and it brought us anything' but comfort. We are getting out our uvercoat alnd winter wraps, and in many Y of the houses fires have been started in a the furnaces. 1I Trade still continues brisk, and one of the gladsome tidings of the week. has s been the tumble in beef. A Chicago house has come t' our rescue, for which Allah be praised, and once more we hope to get our porter-house steaks for20 or25 s cents a pound; for the past eighteen I months, since the butchers got up the l corner on beef, we have been cutting our tenderloilns from between the horns and r near the hoofs. Perhaps the day of our i redemption is near-at least, I hope so when the butcher man may be compelled to repent of his misdeeds. Money plenty, but tight, a paradox for the solution of which I offer your readers the Broadbrim medal. Our Russian Jews-Their Riot on Ward's Island-Division of Political Spoils-A Libeled Actress-Vanderbilt Anathema, etc., etc. EDITOR CHIE: -Nw Yosa, October 28, 1882. We had almost forgotten that there was such a thing as a Russian Jew in New York. The motley crowd that filled Castle Garden two montdlwago has disap peared like Roderick Dhn's men, or like Shakespeare's baseless fabric of a vision -they had left not a wreck behind. They were aui unsavory lot, and we were nct sorry to get rid of them, when it suddenly transpires that we have not got rid of them, and are not likely to get rid of them, unless indeed that wo can get up another Judenhetze, and massacre the whole lot, horse, foot and. dragoons. Our friends, th# English, American and German Jews, who constitute a goodly portion of the wealth and intelligence of New York, do not seem at all proud of their Russian relation,' and it iscnrrent ly reported that the New York Israelites have sent a secret circular to the Emper or of Russia that they ivill consider themselves under a personal obligation to his magnificent highness if he will massaicre two or three millions of them on the occaion of his co"ing coronation. It would solve a most difficult problem the present at least. But to return. We were wondering what had become of the Russian Jgws, when we were startled from our propriety by the news of a terrible iot on Ward's.Island. Now you may want to know wbere Ward's Island is and what it is. Well, Ward's Island is one of three islands which are in the East river, between New York and Long Island. The first of the three is Black well's Island. This is the island on which we keep all the nice young men anil .vinen, and for matter of that, all the old men and women who never do anything, but who are prosecuted by society ; in fact, it is wouderful how all these large buildings ever got filled up with such nice, innocent peo~le. In brief, it is the place where we keep all the people we don't want to send to State's prison, and in addition to these we keep most of our lunatics there, or that portion of them who have neither money nor friends. Beyond this paradise istRansalVs Ivhrtd, ---w re we- keep the city's juvetlele wards, about as hard a lot as any city in the world can furnish. These are the children of crime and siin; hundreds of them never knew the sight of a father or heard the sound of a mother's voice; they never knew wl.at home was, nor brother, inor sister, nor God. They were the flotsa.m and jetsaun on the great ocean of crinle and sil ; they owed nothin; to society, foIr society had never d(one anything for them. No, won der that the hands of these pigmy Ish Inaels were raisedl "against every iman, for every man's hUand was raised against them. It is a terrible thing to see hun dreds of hardened criminals crowded together in their cells of stone ; but it is simply horrible to see boys from r.ight to twelve and fifteen years old with faces` just as hard as stone or steel, all seared and scarred with crime. Close to Ran dall's Island is Ward's Island, and it is here that the city keeps its pauper wards who have emigrated to this country. A tax is collected oni all passengers lande:d in New York, and this tax is devoted to the expenses of those who are unable to sustain themselves. The Russian Jews have been led to believe-like the darkies down South after the war-that every one of them, on arriviug il New York, would get forty dollars* and a mule. Many of them did not expect to-work, and openly declared that if they had to work in the United States they might just as well have remained in Russia. Men of their own persuasion were put in charge of them, but' every concession made to them only served to make them more insolent and exacting. Their de Imand for money was incessant, and they appeared to think that some rich treasury existed, on which they were entitled to draw. The matter culminated the other day, when they broke out and attacked the agents in charge of them, and if it had not been for the police they would have killed them. As it .was, the police were roughly handled, and it was not till reserves were called out that the riot was suppressed. They are an ugly, dirty lot, and I am satisfied that if the new Emperor of Russia should take an appeal to the American people for the recent Russian Judenhetze, that the unaninmous verdict on the part of the American people woukl be justifiable homicide. One of the instructive sights of the week has been the harmonious conference between Tammany Hall, Irving Hall and the Reform County Demtocracy. The division of tho spoils was a dilffiult question to manage.- Each wanted ~to get ,the lion's share. There are thirty millions of dollars to handle annually, and the point with each of these patriots was to see who could get the greatest, grab. TheComptroller's offic,the Sherif'aq office and the County Clerk's office were tlM prizes to be contended- fr,1 and each one was worth a fortule in a tear. John Kelly knew all about the Comptroller's office, Jimmy O'Brien knew all abont the secrets of the Sheriff's tffie, 'vhilo the County blerk's,ofice Sna theo feather that broke the camel's back, when Gumn bleton, of historicfame, was punt in limbo by Lucius Robinson, the last Democratic Governor. "Great trees from littlescorns grow." It was the ousting ofGambleton that produced the Democratic revolt. It was Gnmbleton who relegated Governor Robifleon back to private life. It was Gumbleton who laid out Sammy Tildeu with his bar'l, and it was Gumbleton -whlkeptGeneral Hancockon Governor's Island instead of the White House. It was Gumbleton who elected Garfield, and of course it was Gnmbleton who killed him, for if he had not been elected he would never have been killed, so that Gumbleton is directly responsible for that. No wonder then that New York trembled in its boots when the name of Gumbleton was mentioned. It.vwas said that John Kelly had swotw by St. Patrick and St. Tammany that he wonld vindicate Gumbleton if it took" hfi' a hnumdred years. The conference was long, and bitter, and the surprise was great when it was declared that for the sake of harmony Johan Kelly waived bis right to 11e coiuty Ulerk's olile, wiich was f.ood for a hundred thousand a year. There is a hu'ge Af4icau'inthe fence somewhere, but where the colored gen tleman is concealed .no fellah can find out at present. The motley crowd that haunt the City Hall are hungry and lean; they sigh for the flesh-pots, and, as Frank Spiunola says, "Let us hang together and get 'em." If they do they will, and if they don't they won't. Wlhtever may be the result the bargain was most dis graceful, and the parceling out of the offices was very nmuch in the same style as those who cast lots for the garments of the Saviour. Another sensation of the week has been the libel suit of MArie Prescott, the actress, against the American News Comn p.uy. A dirty dramatic sheet published a most infamous article about Miss Prescott, and as the impecunious vaga bond who published it had not a dollar in the world whi.h could be o.: o Prescott sued the" 2m ifws crictiis pany, which had helped to circulate the slander. It then transpired that the article was written by a wretch named Ilarvier, whom Miss Prescott had form erly employed as agent. In the confiden tial communications between principal alt.l agent, Miss Prescott had writtefi this fellow some thoughtless letters; these, with others, which she claims were forged, were .put in the evidence against her, and Ilarvier himselif took the standl to testify to the truth of the libel. Our New York criminal courts are calculated to blunt a man's feelings and harden his heart; but in an experience of maniy years I have seen nothing viler or more contemptible than that ruisera ble wre.h. If what he testifiedl to was true, it only made him infamous; for he said the woman loved him and trusted bhim, hit whelher true or fdase, the marr -if mnann he can le called-who would testify to his own infmity fir the sake of ruining the woman who loved him, is a thing so degraded and mean that tlhe P.nrl;l ih .m n...,,.. ..2,:. .;... :. :.. :.. .... of invective ,and execration, has no term vile enough to describe him. We have not altogether recovered from Brother Beecher's flip-flop of last ,week; it set all Brooklyn and New York by the ears. Some of the goody-goodies thought that he was going to Gehcenna right away, while the more moderate portion very logically said if there is no Gehenna, how is it possible that he can go there? But we are so busy with the actual matters of to-day that we will have to get a slight discount on the future. Politics, trade, the weathe llAd ks and several other very importaut things en gross us so that we hardly have time to think. It is now settled, that Vanderbilt dlid not say "d-n the people." You will doubtless recollect that he was speaking with a Chicago reporter about railroads and inadvertently Mr. Vanderbilt re marked that he had had considerable trouble with one of his britges over the Illinois river, and the reporter asked "What he wasgoingtodoabout it " and he said, " Dam the river." The reporter knew that he could get two dollars and a half more for his article if he lpunt it inl different shape; lie had a darm to work on, so he made it "d-n the people." The weather has been miserable for the past few days and everybody has been grumbling; perhaps after the elee tion is over we may have a clearer sky; it looks cloudy fir Folger now, but no mnan can tell what a day may bring forth. T,;e dry goods business is exceed ingly brisk and stocks are bobbing around. One of the victims of the crazy Frenchm:tan died sdddenly on Siunday. Yours truly, BROADBRIM. Are yea suffering from'iedigestion? If soask your druggist for a bottle of Sherman's Prickly Asitters. Taken as directed it will care yos. These Bitters havre nowee been tfore th.e public for a number of years, haves been thcro~gbly tried, and give t.rtire f atiso ,it" GENERAL NEWS TUl1 AIr. Domestic. Mrs. Langtry has artnied inrNew Iork.: A brother of Kingr aikataa, -Isu ia ting Sa% Frapiiaco. Two shockbf eathquake wrere -felt it torth Texas October 24. The verdict in the Scoville inisanitty case, declares Mrs. Scoville insane. The flint mill at Fnl! River, Mas., burned October 28. Loss, $800,000. A Cincinnati widow first banged her pet poodle and then committed enipide, Acting Secretary of the Treasury French to-day has de6ided 'that frog's legs are unt fish Three hundred thousand dollat worth of land in West Texas was sold in Now York recently to an English codipany. An eloping bride of Hope, -Id., i, suing for a divorce, beeasoe the grooan got drunk an hour after the ceremony. Eight persons were killed by explo.. eion of the iron mortar at tl;e bi-~snteno Hiat pisplay of ireworks atPhiladlelphia. Theo. law prohibiting Chinese immi gration is so clnmsily drawn that decli iuus with regard to it are -constantly demanded A Providence, R.I., woman wiripid her son, made hinm drink a quart of dth water and thel, burned his tongue with a red-hot poker. A portion of the Jackson, Mich,, cop per minEe has accidentally daved in, re vealing it large body of ore, aaearly forty feet thick.. Foreign. The revolution in Ecuador has ended. Sir Garnet Wolseley has returned to England. Jon:s Arany, celehbrated Hungariab poet, is dead. A dynamite factory has been discov ered at Lyons. The Germani Empress is in a critical condition of health. An attempt was mmade,to assassinato King Milan, October 23. The sit nation in Sondan dwarfsArabi's revolt into insignificance. The population of Western Ireland are threatened with starvation. The peasautry at Panama have been eoxempted from military duty. Tihe minor state of singe in Hamburg will be Iprolongtl for oae year. The Bey of Tunis died October 28 and has been succeeded by his brother. The relent earthquake in Panama in. jured the railroad to the extent of flo,ooo. The ie s by fire in the timber yards on The greater part of Manilla in the Philiphine Islands has been destroyed by a typhoon. The Lyons Anarchists arrested a few days since have been released on their own reognizance. The financial detalils of the terms for the restoration of King Cetewayo are on the way to England. The Lyons rioters have been discov ered to be in correslondence with promi nent Russian Nihilists. Archbishop Croke will be suenmoned to Rome to confer with the Pope in re gard to the state of Ireland. The ttial of authors of the riots in Montecaux-los-Mines has been postponed owing to attempts to intimidate the jury. Malac'aL and Boolacon, Philiphhne Islands, were devastated by the Manillt typhoon, and sixty thousand families rendered lhomIelessi Arabi Pasha's correspondence during tho last two years- has been seized and deposited with Sir Edward Malet, Brit ish Consul General. The tiran accused of stealing the body of the Earl of Crawford and. Balcawes has been found guilty and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. EGYP'TIAN NOTES. The false pr1phot has reached Kordo.. Sondan and Upper Egypt are in a state of rebellion. Arati's faihily shift their residence al Imost daily in order to avoidiolhence. I-m:ail Pasha Eyoub will be placed at, the head of the forces against the false prophet. It is ruinored tlnt the enltan L-as or dered the -proceedings against Arabi Pasha to be stopped. The minutes of a Cabinet Cotuncil, held before the war, have iee i.tl :iultd ,to Arabi Pasha's papers. Among the eorre(sliondel.ce of Arali Pashla are several letters from Alhnedt Eisad, Sheik Ulisial. Two notables, who aroaccused of aid ing Arabi with money, ate chainttd together in an unldergrottnd dungeon. The rcest of the war s ill atounlt to nearly .l:0,(;fOO, exclusive of the ex Sen.ses of the arrmy osf orcnlpation anit the Ih dian contingenit. The Englih iutise of Parli:aintwu.t on behalfOfIl te Ei:glistth uv-rnlientit gate at vote of than:ks to the t:iie ae anid lit-ia Iof the Brit isih army in Egyltt. A Ksa3 By LstIEldanl--TheBSLaih $ st udent Victorian became desperately eramrrel with the personal btat ad ldehalm of P'roeperina. daughter to the KiR ef Naples. -uLb freqaet .y CatLe tlha wall at riabt k ord r to stpi a kits by mo>htz lt whii dtom- ee matobeiwm were playing aun-m her eltd fureatie, and at oni. tien ia mthr:,as p cttahe at'f, " WiIat iast made the so b utilal?" W al sifs gariton proponrded to our pretti.t w wmad - tnmes, the reply wravid be'. sf Eshlih Fetale tAt Ie:ttrr irtr c it arA n,!.;r It ;a