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THE STAR.
8. RICHMOND, EiiUr and Proprietor
PASOAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI.
NKWS SUMMARY.
TIIK NO! TH.
Mississippi lias seventy-four CDUnties
vi iiinaoiiniiin.
The growing cane in Louisiana gives
promise ol Due sugar crop.
Not drop of rain Ml in Austin
(Texan) dining tlie month of August just
past.
There are 1,025 convicts reentered on
the book of the Tennessee penitentiary.
The southern papers generally express
hopeful views of the trade outlook.
An excursion party of Pennsylvania
nml Ne York land buyers auil capitalists
are visiting Texas.
Sora, a little black swamp-bird of the
snipe family, is not? the favorite game of t he
Virginia sportsmen.
The Memphis Avalanche estimates the
loss by cotton wories at having been some
years as hnrh as t2",000,ls 0- It thinks a
iree nse of Paris green the best antiilole yet
found.
Horses are dying along the coast near
Roi'kport, Texas, from n accumulation of
san 1 in the stomach. It is supposed they
pt the sand in cropping close gross in the
ciry, austy season. ------
The Charlotte (N. C.) Observer says a
ncn pocsei ot goia ore nas oeen inscovereil
near that citv. The first bucketful taken
out is one-half gold, and in the ore are strata
ot pure gold the site of a man's finger.
The Charleston News and Courier
published a letter from a Virginian, saying
he wished to purchase a desirable farm in
South C irolina, and in ten days two hun
dred answers were received.
Borne of the Tennesseo papers are
agitating the question of withdrawing the
convicts from competition wilh honest labor
and putting them to work upon the public
roads. Many convicts are so employed in
Virginia,
A gentleman who was sent by the
authorities of Savannah to eianiiue and re
port upon the fever nt Fernanilina, Florida,
his telegraphed back; "Do not find any
yellow fever here. The other fever is of a
mild form."
The Advertiser says thnt vast swarms
of yellow flics, about four times as large a
the ordinary fly, and whose tails burst on"
w hen they alight, congregate about the street
lamps in Montgomery. Ala., and in the stores
nt night. They appeared about three days
ago. In 1875 they were very numerous.
The next session of the Georgia legis
lature will elect a United States' senator to
succeed (Jeneral John It. Gordon. Among
the candidates mentioned are Gen. Gordon,
"en. loonihs, exGov. Drown, ex-Senator
Norwood, Gen. I M. It. Young, Mr. Julian
llartridire, present member of congress from
iiic in uismci, ueu. a. it. i.nwion, Gen. J.
" Girtrell, ex.Gov. Smith. Hon, Thomas
llardemnu, Jlon. W. K Smith, Gen. W
Woflbrd and even Mr. Stephens.
t'OHKlUN.
Gamlwtta has been sentenced to three
months' imprisonment and to pay a fine of
J,i ou trancs.
The Russian government has ordered
all arrears of taxes to be paid at once or
they will be douhled.
The poe's health is reported wotse.
His limbs are partially paralysed, but no
immediate danger is apprehended.
M'me Christine Nileson is to perform
In HI. l'etersbug nnd Moscow twice a week
for three months, receiving $1,500 for each
appearance.
The gifts of the pilgrims to the pope,
during the celebration of his jubilee,
amounted to $.1,2!j,27 20, of which H,818,
Out) was in coin.
It is suggested to English and A men
can travelers abroad not to have their letters
addressed "Ksquire,"s foreign posioflices
fancy it is a name hence delays and losses
of letters.
There is a report that Queen Victoria,
the 1'rinceof Wales and the Duke of Argvle
are all investigators of spiritualistic phe
nomena; and furthermore it is said that
"Princess Beatrice is a very fine medium."
It is said that the judicial decision
sentencing Gambetta to three months im
prisonment deprives him ol civil rights fur
hve years, thus depriving the republican
party ol France of one of its eldest advocates.
A letter from Latacunga, Peru, gives
an account of the eruption of Cotopaxi, duly
25th. The total loss of life is estimated at
one thousand. More than two thousand
head of caltle were destroyed.
A Paris dispatch shows how Gambetta,
by. tsking C'Jva..tage of all his technical
rights, can prevent judgment against hi m
from becoming definitive until after the con
firmation of his election as deputy, which
would protect him from imprisonment.
Mexican troops are to replace the local
military on the Rio Grande, the latter being
so hostile to the Americans that thev cannot
be used to enforce the terms of the treaty
between Mexico and the United States.
The New Orleans Democrat says that
a colored woman living in St. Mary becam
union incensed against lier liege lord, an
sviiile ho was standing thinking over the
last quarr. I, she c line behind him, and will
one i-rnod sweep with that formidable an
ivi,nitnuiiii ni ine race, the razor.cn
ins lliroit from ear to ear. He dropped deai
on the instant. On her being taken prisone
sne seemed much astonished at the turn
affairs had taken, and expressed much grief,
...... bu,,, i. nm an uune ill piy.
of
POLITICAL.
The state democratic convention
New York will he held at Albany, Oct 3,
William L. Banning is the greenback
cuuuionie ior governor ot Minnesota.
'PU ,u: i . . m. ..
normrigiiiens party ot rfaltiniore
nas nominated Joseph Thompson for mayor.
The latest returns from the California
lec.inn snow mat the democrats will have
unij irny in tlie legislature.
It is announced from Washington thnt
Juring the campaign .Secretary Kvnrts will
iieuvr a political address in New Yruk city
.... iiiiiuiMii-iinuuu aim j is j'oucy.
l he vote in Maine on the 10th was
"ne ,i..,oiii less than last fall. Connor's
(Iteo.) majority is about 6,0(0. The demo-
ratselected 4 of ,11 senators, and the repub-
cans have an overwhelming majority in the
house. The greenback vote for governor
"a. shout 3,500 and they elected two mem
bers of the house.
The Independent greenback party of
Massachusetts held its state convention ht
Jioston on the 5th, about one hundred dele
gates being present. Wendell Phillips was
nominated for governor. The resolutions
demand the repeal of the specie-resumption
act, restoration of the silver dollar as a full
r ii i j' . 'TR" ne '""her issu
... j,,,.,. ,,. ,r soie in loreign niarkets.an
..n i V, . ' "'"""iiures, and recom
men! that all money issued by the govern
..c..t.Muiu oe lull legal tender, convertible
...... ,JU8 oeariog a low rate
Thft U'iAn.l n l.li , .
-. ...v..n, icpuiincnn state con
vention onthe 11th nominated William E.
........ ,r novernor. resolutions
Ajlonrpil ilanl..in. a t
. , ,,.,, uuuuuence in tne piesi
dent spurpo.es and patriotism; demanding
inenopeator results from his southern
policy do rot follow, other measures whinh
will secure to all citizens tbeir rights; ap-
, .....imn, io improve tne civil ser
j ii ."',' rcsw.rauon 01 the silver
dollar to its former place as money; express
ing sympathy with the unemployed working
men, and favoring a congressional appro
priation to wsist laboring men to settle on
public lands; opposing further land granU
o railroads, and urging the establishment of
...jrueuu,i regulation of inter-state rail
One of the curiosities of next year's
great exhibition at Paris will be the building
ot tne i ersian national palace, which is
cover not less than one hundred and seven
square meters, and is to be erected by Per
sinn architects and workmen. These have
just arrived in Paris, and are to be set
work immediately on its construction ; tli
walls are to be of course, Persian-wise
covered with fninue, and the windows are
to be ot colored glass.
A IOndon dispatch of a late date say
that advices from India state that the har
vest prospects are somewhat improved, but
severe distress will pruoanly continue foi
some months longer, there is cnnsidernbl
anxiety in southern India. An appeal to th
British public, issued by a public meeting ii
Madra8,says: "The rainfall continues to he
insultinient. The population of 20,000,000 is
affected, and the numbers absolutely dc
pending on charity are large. In Madrat
presidency alone 1,750,000 persons daily re.
ceive assistance, ine mortality is increas
ing. 1 he distress is now reaching the hettei
classes. The pressure must continue unti
the crops are gathered in January. The tie
cessity for assistance is most urgent and
pressing." Latest advices from Calcutta
state that Nepsul, as well as Itiirmah and
Assam, hate had sufficient rainfall, and re
now safe.
from whence his people immigrate to Cali
fornia, for the purpose of checking or limit
ing any further immigration,
A circular was issued by the apostles
ot ine sinrmon cnurcn ai nail l.ske on the
10th, saying that Ihey held a meeting and
waited upon the Lord, who blessed them an
revealed the steps they should take. Joh
Taylor is sustained as acting president of the
twelve, and a quorum ot the twelve apostles
is tne autnority ol the church. J. W. Young
11. II. Wells nnd (I. i. Cannon are ordered
to assist presidentTaylor, It is claimed that
the last days are at hand, and that all saint
must be faithful in building temples and
paving inning.
U'AMIIMJTO.
Changes will be made in all the lead
ing positious in the New York customhouse
at the convening ot congress.
The message and accompanying docu
ments to ne sent to congress at the openin
of the extra session will relate only to th
business for which the session has been
called. Oulv the estimates for the support
the army for the present fiscal year will
he sent in. These have been prepared by
the war department and sent to the treasury
department, which will transmit them to
congress. .
The instructions te Ufe Mttini?"IiuJl
oommisaion are to treat with the chief u the
basia of a pardon to himself and all his war
rUirs for past offenses, and to demand the
unconditional surrender of their arms, am
munition and ponies, and that they proceed
forthwith to such reservation as shall be
selected for them. If this is declined nego.
tmtions will he suspended and the govern
nient will wage a vigorous war upon these
hnsti'cs if, at any time, they return to the
United Slutes.
THE KEKI Or I.fcYKES.
A Hussian official dispatch from Pore-
din, Wednesday night, savs; "We cannon
aded Plevna from daybreak yesterday until
.5 o'clock in the niteruoon, when an assault
was made by our troops. Ily evening three
lurkish redoubts had been taken bv
Skobalolf, while Gen. Rodionorl- had carried
tne Grivica redoubt. Gen llodionofl was
wounded slightlv. Adjutant Schlitar. com
nianderof the )7th infantry regiment, and
Gen. Dobrowolsky, chief of the 3rd rille
brigade, were killed. Six Russian battalions
and one Roumanian battalion took part in
the assault on the Grivica redoubt. We
captured two standards and five guns. Our
loss in woilnded alone exceeds live thousand
men. The number killed had not been as
certained. At daybreak to-day a vigorous
artillery lire was recommenced i long the
whole line. Our troops are in front of the
Turkish fortifications, in the posit ous taken
yesterday.
TftE WAR.
Prince Gortfcbakoff has declined nil
mediation.
The Russians in Asia Minor are con
fining their themselves to a defensive atti
tude,
Nicsics surrendered on the Oth. Tlie
garrison mid inhabitants withdrew to Ga'
schko.
Further accounts of horrible atrocities
ave been sent out by Russian and Turkish
uthorities.
u? ne 'th conference of free-traders
i i n r,,t0a- J'avid A. Wells pre
Mrted. Resolutions were adopted attrib
inng the present depression to the erroneous
nnancial and commercial policy pursued by
..... ....... uu.c,,,, .mn mi war, wnieh makes
it impossible for ns to dispose of the surplus
productsof our indunry to other nations
. t! accept in return the surplus pro
duct of their industry; charging that Aaier
can shipping has been swept from the sea
, ....runi.iK me, ior other purposes than
'7""' nemandinga thorough revision of
and commercial treaties with
t,M.;;,:r.''J " T,ne. ."-cproe.tr
1 1 , , " "nn "'gin? tne forma
tion of local organisation.
"KKNOSiALITIt:.
General Longstreet is now a -itin r
""K's, in wnicn state Ii i
'heeufarm. He is a candidate fcr United
niarsnai ot that state.
Ir. Hans Von Bulow is reported to
" .'V. 'n piaying; If I stop two days,
J" friends notice it; if I stop three days,
the public notices it."
Mrj.H. K. Ingram, a Tennessee lady,
21., 7' ron'idered one of tne
4 , of ,h. day. She . ., f u mtn).
K I. if "'"'fir congress recently held
' N-hT.llr..nd chose for her tw.pic, "At-
th auT. destroyed by a concussion of
lo t rl!"? hT" ""e 'ther of the
h., Rr',iB interview,
e hi. r'! 7 1 ver my bov, or els.
elr np th, ioT.trT. so that I csn be ti
t U mort "ndonbtedly contract
--, Charli. 1, Uv'r'bVrv"
On the sixth Eyoub Pasha's corns de
feated the twelfth Russian corps, which res
crossed the Lorn in disorder, abandoning
their fortified positions near Kechlowa. The
Russians lost 3.000 killed and wounded.
A Russian official bulletin, dated Pore-
lin, 14, says, we made no further attacks but
bombarded the Turkish fortifications and
the town of Plevna at short lange. Towards
four p. m. the town begau to burn, and two ex
plosions were observed within the fortihea-
tioiH. 1 he lurks made little reply to our tire,
anil directed all their etloits against ourlelt
wing, which threatens their rear at thiB point
General Skabeloff repulsed five furious at
tacks, but was compelled in the evening, af
ter the sixth attack, to evacuate the fort i fi
cations, which he captured Tuesday. Du
ing Wednesday night our troops entrenched
themselves in tneir positions.
The experienced military correspond
enu oi ine limes ana iiiy news, alter wit
nessing the attack on Tuesday, arrive at th
conclusion that Plevna must be taken by
grouuni piruni;ueB. job tornier, writin
from the Russian headquarters, savs th
" Emperor and Grand duke Nicholas were
on the nattteneiii until nine o clock Ins
night. The emperor returned to headouar
ters here (Poredin) late last night. The bat-
tleneld ol tne last five days is silent th
morning, and there is talk of submitting the
i urKisii position 10 s regular siege and sap
pins: up ine reuounra, wnue a close blockak
is is instituted, with mtent to starve Oama
Pasha's forces. The villages enclosed with
iu Osman Pasha's lines are full of supplies
for the simple wants of the Turkish soldiers,
and the fields groan wiih heavy crops of
uiniAc. me iubwi wis morning are spoaer
of here as beinir about five nr tt,..can.i
but there are no details. The emperor, this'
murmur, wrm hm'i w me osiiieneld to visit
his soldiers. Unless this position of affairs
is snoruy cnangea ny a decided Russian
success, the events of the campaign will turn
on me movemenisoi juenemet All and Suae'
man fas ha, rather than en the fate of
l'levua, DUt information concerning ih
generals is of the most meagre description
Mine Million llollnra Lost I.usl Year ror
Wttut or Tliem t'laures nml I'hi'ui
fur CwiiicrrMnia-n'.
The St. Louis Republican says: Ap
proximate estimates of the cotton
crop for the year ending September
1, 1877, show a falling on ot
274,000 bales from the proceeding
year tlie figures being, tor the year
ending September 1, 187li, 4,(i9,000
bales; for the year ending .September 1,
1877. 4,-4iri,OllO bales. It is further esti
mated that 280,000 bales ol the deficiency
was the result ol the overflows in the
lower Mississippi and its tributaries in
the spring and summer of 1870, and of
this ii7,00 bales are apportioned to the
lower Mississippi, .i l.OUO bales ot the
Arkansas, and 07,000 bales to the Washita
making 1117,000 bales, together, lost by
high water on these three rivers. Esti
mating cotton at ten ceuts a pound, and
4.W pounds to Ilia bale, the loss was as
lollows : 97,000 bales on the lower Mis
sissippi, ff,S()0,iM)U; ;j;i,(iui) bales on the
Arkansas, jhjw.iiuu; tw.i'uu Dales on the
Washita, :i,00ft,000 ; total, $8,8ri,r),0l)0
nearly $0,000,000 lost to the country by
inundations that effective levees would
have prevented. The expenditure of
half this sum would probably provide
the three rivers named with the levees
needed to piotect the plantations irom
overflow, and guarantee the country
against such losses in future. The cot
ton crop is one of immense value and
importance; it constitutes much the
urgent single item in our table ol ex
ports, our cotton shipments abroad having
iccn f r.i-j,ti,Y.i,(Hu in and 11,I1,
000 in 1871, while our exports ot bread-
stalls, the next largest item, were $1,11
2I A00U in isu, ana iiis,n,tn u in
1H77. Whatever can be done to increase
the cotton crop ought to be done not
lor the benefit of the south and the cot
ton planters, but for the advantage of
the whvle country since the manu
lactures of the east and the grain and
meat growers of the west are scarcely less
nterestcd in the matter than the people
of the south, lhe must productive cot
ton districts are those bordering on the
three rivers mentioned as the scene ol
these devastating inundations, the lower
Mississippi, the Washita and the Ar
kansas, and it is tluse districts than an
enlightened national policy suggests
should be effectively protected by levees.
THIIKK IIKNII.MF.N.
Three rosea nod and talk
A prone s louden walk ;
tine, liftiny up her head,
- t'lsd all In daiimak red,
'rlM,gsTlr, In hr pride,
"To-iiiKht, full far nd mile,
Ml beauty shall lie seen,
Adorning Bewuty'l qui en."
"And I " the blllnh-mae fries,
"Mhftll tie the envied prir;
A lover shall conrer,
Hifore the er.it ot day,
I'iiio a lusiden (sir,
Aud sin- will kirn slid wear
My blushes In her tirrast;
'there 1 ihsll sleep and rest."
"And I." the white rose sighs
"Offnre the aiinshllledfes,
I shall lie hid fioin slant
wiihlH a giave's dflrk night;
Hut not In vsla tnr hloom,
If I have cheered the gloom,
Or helssl to soothe and Mais
A mourner's loneliness."
.Vs-fift l'rrrti, in tlarjifrt Jintmir.
SA1I FA1E
l he Mexican Sit tint ion.
People with Mexican schemes,
who
RUtKLLAtUl'l.
Spencer, the absconding president of
tne Chicago estate Raving institution, la re
ported to have sailed from Quebec for Ku
rope on the first.
Taylor, the acting president of the
Mormon church, is a most hitter and bigoted
t .. - ci l . . - , n
rc-ngiuus luimuu, onii ua&e aispaiCQ says.
The Shakers at Enfield. N. H.. have
lost four girls lately by marriage, and are
trying to prevent turther decimation bv
h iving one of the husbands prosecuted for
abduction.
Spencer, the defaulting president nf
he Chicago savings bank, which went under
with several millions of the hard earnings of
tne poor wonting people, nas been tracke.f
to hntland, where, it is expected, he will be
arrested and brought back.
The ap wiles ot the mormon church at
tsajt lAlce neve arranged the.t a qnorum of
posues next in order to tne president shall
Hsme control of the church. JohnTavlor.
the tint of the apostles- is now virtually the
au ui tie m or uioa cnurco.
A San Francisco dispatch of the 14th
ays Fung Pak. a prominent Chinese n,.
chant, leaves for Hong Kong to-day by the
sUainer City of Pekiu. lie goes to carry
out a request made by 1 oltse, tni endoise 1
by Chine eoaupaoiea, to visi, tbf disuicu
want to see that country precipitated into
war with the Unitedtaates, are prophe
sying thnt the recent movement of l,o00
troops from Vera Cruz to the Itiolironde
border has been made by Diaz with the
intention of satisfying the revolutionary
spirit at tne Mexican capital, wlio leel
incensed at the instructions given to Gen
)rd. Ihey assert that with such
general indignation at his capital, he
ould not nave dared to send troops to
the border with the open and avowed
urpose ot nclpmz the Americans entry
those obnoxious orders into effect. These
notions are generally discredited by state
department olticials and army men here.
It is thought Diaz, fully recognizing the
necessity of diplomatic relations with th
government. Las taken the reins in h
hand, and intends to force the issue on
the revolutionists and have the question
settled one way or the other. This pres
ent movement toward the Rio Grande is
significant. N'o president of Mexico has
ventured to draw troops from his capital
and send them direct to tlie border since
Santa Anna dispatched his regiment to
meet Gen. iaylor on the Kto Grande,
and it argues that Diaz has plenty ol
nerve and independence. While Diaz,
Lerdo and Iglesias were in the field to
gether the Mexican army numbered fifty
thousand men ; now it is down to a peace
footing of sixteen thousand, ouly two
thousand of this number being perfectly
armed and equipped. It is plain, there-
lure, mat in detiiilini; fifteen hundred
men to the distant border, Diaz is pre
Burning on ine popularity ot nis govern
ment with the people at large. Cincin
nati Commercial.
Praying; and Flowing; for Rain.
a very interesting ceremony, quite
novel in character, was held on the 20th
ult.,at lndore,at which all the folksof the
town, from the Maharajah down to the
Humblest peasant, joined together. Early
in the morning the whole town, led by
1. 1. : .1 l .1 i . i , .
uiBuigunrnsaiiu uie rovai family, wended
their way to a village called Uangunga,
two miles off from Indore, wheie they
were to pass me wnoie aay, it beini!
strictly enjoined that no one should light
nis Eitcneo nre, Dut enjoy a general pic
nic in the fields. Men. women and chil
dren all were there to the number, it is
said, of 15.000 perwsns. The gathering
was to invoke tho gods br pravers and
poojani to seua aown rain. After the
pooiahs were over, the Maharsiah took a
plow in his own hands and tilled a por
tion of the grounds, and her highness the
Jianaraui. wne played tne part or the
peasant wife, wailed on her lord in t,h
fields wilh his daily meal wrapped up in
the folds of her cloth. The irods were
really moved br such a cathetic scene
for immediately afterward showers came
down, and the crowd dispersed amid irreat
rejoicings. 7"Mr of India.
or th Hntighter of nn Kx-f Jovernnr of
Florid From Honor, Atlluencf
and Knse lo ahamei, Ileicrn
tliilliin. IHsarnr, and
Ileal h In a I'oor
( - house.
New York Dispatch : A week ago
there died in the almshouse at Newport,
Kentucky, opposite Cincinnati, a woman
whose social record on the western conti
nent is a remarkable one. Her story is
well knnwn to nianv. A brief resume
of it, however, will be of interest to all
readers of the Dispatch. Helen Maude
Moscly was the only child of a late ex-
governor ot florida. Educated in a
French convent, reared in what is termed
the " lap of luxury," she was, two years
before the civil war, the belle of the
southern watering places and a leader in
llie society to which her lather s wealth
and social Btandmg gave her entreo. 1
Iso'J she married a prominent physician
in Savannah, Georgia, In 1800 she was
attended at childbirth bv another well
known member of the Esculapian guild
ot mat cuy. lue acquaintance tlni
began ripened into illicit intimacy, and
the discovery of the liason resulted in a
divorce and the abandonment of tlie
young wife by her husband. Her lover
soon tired of her, and the outbreak of
war found her penniless and friendless
n ravatinah. Nie then made the ac-
juaintauce of a man who afterward be
came n commissary-general and a large
contractor in the service of the confed-
racy, aud lived with him until the entry
ot tlie union troops intonavanuah, when
he fled with Bragg's army. On the morn-
ng alter the occupation ot the city by
tne lederal armv, a young olhcer ot an
Ohio regiment, who had been posting
uards in the street, saw her at her gar
den gate, and asked her for a glass of
water. Learning that she was
alono, he posted a guard over
her house,and by various other attentions
soon came to occupy the place of the ah
seutcoutraclor. Her house, during this
period, was a lavortte resort ot many
tnon officers, but she is said to have
been unalterably faithlul to the one
Iu conversation with a Dispatch reporter,
one of the then habitues ot the house de-
scribes " Jselly Walsh, "as she called her
self, as a lady in every sense, ol social
and intellectual development. Previutis
to the war she had written for various
papers---notably the New York Ledger-
over the nams of "Flora de Forest. " She
was a woman of a deeply devotional na
ture, and to use the informant's own
words, "drank and ate opium to kill he
memory. When the regiment of her
lover left Savannah, Nelly Walsh applied
to one of the generals in change a sol
dier whose name stan Is among tho first
iu the records of tho rebellion for a
continuance of the protection. The
general did more. He assumed the duty
himself, and when he took charge of a
department, one of his adjutants escorted
the fair rebel to his tiain. She lived
with him several years, and when he was
appointed to a mission abroad he took
her with him. His efforts to secure her
social standing there, and, alter his re
turn, iu this country, caused great scan
dal and a fluttering in high society. He
clung to her faithfully, however, and it
was only when the opium habit gained
a ruinous ascendency over her that he
left her, even then giving her a consider
able sum of money. Off this and the
products ot her pen shelived for a couple
of years more, writing for several of
the local serial papcrsjbuther besettingsin
brought her down step by step until her
brain refused its office, and she disap
peared. How she lived from that time
until, halt crazed and wholly broken
down aud hopeless, she obtained i dm
sion to the New York poor house, w
never be known. Her identity was es
tablislied Irom her incoherent ravin
and a few Jremnants of letters in her
porgets. b or weeks before she died she
was insane. Every night and morning,
instinctively, as it were, she repeated the
prayers learned in per happy youth in
tier r rencn school, and her last word
were a supplication to her creator.
her maddened moments the recital of
verse of poetry would calm her. Sli
asked continually for her child a little
girl long since dead the very child in
giving birtli to whom sne had met her
seducer. No word ever escaped her as
to her own lite since 18if. lhe physician
report serves as a pregnant comment on
the trighttul habit to which she was
slave. For two weeks previous to her
death she consumed two ounces of laud
anum a day.
though it his liitheit) occurred in isola
ted cases only. For instance, tho widow
ot M. hafltte, the great wine-grower, was,
several years ago, stung while walking in
one ol her own vineyards, aud Jell a vic
tim to the eik'ctsot the bite.
THE KISSIAN PKOfiKAM.MK.
Tnlnnhlei Tlille l.osi-'riie S'amnnlau lo
Assume a New I'lias.
The Osmanli have fought well on the
defensive. Will their offensive move
ments lie enuallv successful? I think
not. Their generals are losing much
valuable time. At present their nunier
ical superiority over their adversary is
immense, but each day this advantage is
being diminished, and, should the gratia
duke succeed in slaving on a general en
gagemeut until the arrival of all his re
enforcements, the campaign may yet be
terminated by a very unexpected coup
de theatre. The Turks will resist like
devils behind earthworks, however in
I'OTOI'AXt
Hater Ponrlna from All lhe ra-Irri-llne
Thousand Persons
nnd las Thousand Head
of S rtllle Unlrored,
A letter from Latacungu, Peru, gives
the story of the eruption of Cotorwal
which took place on July 2otli. 8traui
ol water poured from all the crate at
once, on the Callao side, sweeping away
everything in their course. Another
irresistible torrent followed the course of
the Sanuimal river, 't he hacienda of
Signer ltonosa is in ruins ; the very swil
ie gone. Of the place of Signor Larrea
nothing is loft: the river carried off five
hundred head ol cattle nt pasture in the
fields. Tho A antics river overtlowea
and caused great damage. TheCutuclilo
overflowed, carrying everthlng belore it.
splendid machine-shop went down like
l card-house at the first rush of the
waters : so did various mills. The entire
district was like a sea, and the inundation
sign.ncant these may be, nut ney can (J , destroy(,(i lhe clty had not
not maneuver in the own held, where .., . ., ' , , ' ,:,,
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their deficiency in cava rv will make it
self particularly felt, and whenever the
imprudence and want of sound military
experience ot their generals snail nag a
battle in the plain, their defeat is cer
tain, although it will not, be decisive, for
their lines of retreat are, in the case of
each ol their armies, admirably secured
liut the campaign will assume a new
the course of the floods been timely
diverted into the river channels. The
total loss of life will reach, if it does not
exceed, one thousand persons. At least
two thousand head of cattle have been
destroyed, aud of smaller animals the
loss is much greater. In the midst of the
roar of tlie waters and the crashing of
houses, the volcano poured out enormous
quantities of cinders, which gradually
..i ', .v , :n :.,i I ( uaniiiies oi
.mse; ov. er c.e,,,e lis w.ii euvr. ... v darkenpd thfl who,a face of tfae hea7en.
and left Latacunga in the profoundest
obscurity Irom one o'clock in the after
noon until ten at night.
struggle, and, while Greek and Servian
fanaticism will vie in cruelty with the
fanaticism of the Moslem, lhe Russians
wiil go systematically to work, as with
j their ignorance of the art of war they
should have begun nt the investment and
reduction of the lortrfssesol the Danube,
Such is, I think, the winter programme,
for even in the event of a great victory
at the end of August, the season is now
too far advanced to hope for the prosecu
tion of any regular operations beyond
the Balkans, where every pass, except
that of the Shipka, is strongly held by
tho elite of the Turkish army. I do not
look for the unfurling of the prophet's
standard befwre the feast of the liairam,
but if there be no liritish troops nt Gal
A Lesson in Entomology.
One of the most interesting insects
that climb the morning glory vine, and
lounge on the peach-tree leaf is the man
tis. 1 1 is long, slender gre?n body ; his ex
traordinary lorelegs, with their tremen
dous knees ; his head, which must lie
confusion to all phrenologists, are worth
hours ot inspection, llis skill in fly-
catching would delight the boys if they
were to watch him. fie reaches for a ny
with his lorelegs, and takes it up so
naturally that puor Floppy seems really
uut ii incre oe no iiniisu troops uu vmr l,,, .11 j r
lipoliat that time, and if the army 0f to belong to him-to have dropped out of
FACTS AND FANCIES.
j
A Proverb
I'm not s superstitious nun,
With snv blind brllef In fste,
Hut through my veins s shiver rsn
At something tthleh f lesd of Isle.
I glsneed s Isiok of piuverln thrniiKk,
To im Mime moments spent slum,,
And there the saving met my view,
'j liat "Moon or istesll Uitugssre knovo.'
I Isld the hook sshle snd thought
About the seeret of my life,
A wild csreer, Willi fslllnss frauglit,
And long-reia-nted errors rife
What maltered Ihst shovo the heap
The lapse of years wound hail thrown,
1 he ax of Kate goes atrat;ht ana1 deep,
And "Boon or laleall lli'utfs are known,'!
Kaf, ffantte render, do not start
And pii lore me a man of crime1,
het-ause I'm film and aad at heart.
To think of wlutt may cume in tlniCr
Let hltn lie first to raise Ida hand
And east at me t he ci urf stone,
Who feels he tan unHinchliiK stsnd
wnere "ouon or late all tbiui
uuKS art known.'"
"Genti.emf.n, I introduce you to m-
friend. who isn't as stupid as he appears
the Serdar-F.krem should sustain a crush
ing ilefWit, tlie situation of foreigners
even at Constantinople will be terrible,
as neither merchants, consuls, nor em
bassadors will escape the massacre.
About llahies.
The following piragraph will be read
with pleasure by all who own and love
babies. It is no less admirable as a de
scription of a biby than as an example
ot a keen sense of proper placa at which
to put a lull stop :
Did you ever watch a dear little baby
his pocket, as it were, at Borne time previ
ous, lie takes the ny between nis Knees,
turns it upon its back applies, himself to
its throat, and then all is up witn floppy.
Sometimes when those watching him
make a noise, he will turn bis head to
ward them suddenly, with a look that
seems to express the greatest astonish
ment, and to show them that he is aston
ished he drops the prey to the ground,
where the ants, waiting for their manna,
immediately seize the corpse and drg it
away, tugging as Lilliputians might at
the body ol a deid giant, lhe mantis is
n it frightened atjthe interruption, and he
waking from its morning nap ? It is one takes his loss very philosophically, pro
of the prettiest sights in the world.
There is a crib with its small proportions
nnd snow-white drapery that covers
something, outlined, round and plump.
mere is nothing to reveal what it is, not
tlie slightest movement of tho pillowed
wniteness that is visible, no sound to in-
Iicate the keenest actual life until the
hour hand of the clock that stands sen
tinel, like yourself, has twice made its
circuit. Ihen thero is a slight pulsing
of the white drapery, a pink, tremulous
land, fair as a rosebud, is thrust out
and from the nest thus broken into ap-
. . . . . . . .i
pears a round, diminutive face, with wide
open eyes that have not much speculation
in mem yet.
boon, however, thev cease to staro, and
become questioning, serious, as if won
dering what kind of worid it is they open
utxin: and the head lilts itself iut a
utle, and two snow-white feet stand up
spasmodically, with simultaneous move
ment, each toeot which has an attendant
dimple. H;:t the head is too heavy it
lulls back on the pillow with its own
sweet weight, the hair all damp and
golden the cheeks peachy the mouth
outed as if the angels kissed it in its
reams. A first lingering go-o-o comes
irom its rosy depths, sweeter than any
bird's song, for it has a spirit tone, and
yet retains a thrill of its native skies.
he chubby hands are lilted imploringly,
persuasively the baby is awake and
ceases to be an angel.
ceeding to clean his chops after the man
ner ol a cat, rubbing his lug knees over
his face, and moving his head precisely as
puasv does hers. Tho cat, the housefly
and the mantis very much resemble each
other in their toilets. After the mantis
has thus cleaned himself, he moves on,
and in a few minutes is helping himself
to more flies, just as if he hadn't washed
himself at all. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Fight for Ufe With a .Mud Dog.
A Fatal Fly.
The French papers are devoting
some portions ot tneir scientific record
just now to a terrible epidemic which
has broken out at the French penal
settlement of Noumea, in New Cale
donia. A number of cattle having
i i i -.1 j. "
ueen aitacaeu witn epidemic tLVer.
under its influence rushed into the for
est where they perished entang'ed
amid the interlacing vines and close
tree trunks, lhe flies that fed on the
flesh of these poor creatuiea returned
to the settlement, where their bite
has proved invariably fatal to human
beings and animals alike. The sting
is said at nrst to cause no inconven
ience, but a small pustule soon forms.
tolled witn a brawnish waterv fluid
which speedily assumes the form of a
hard inflamed swelling, accompanied
by intolerable itching and intense dart
ing pains Death usually ensues in
from twenty-four to fortv-eight hour
after the appearance of the pustule.
r.very remedy poraioie nas been tried.
including applications of caustic acd
cauterization by red-hot irons, but in
rain, the deaths from this source
1 ready numbered over sixty on th
receipt of this last report, the evil be-
ng aggravated br the exceedingly
filthy condition of the slaughter honses
around Noumea, the refuse portions
ot the animals killed there being left
to decay unneeuea. a prominent pork-
ntcher of the town, to whom remon
strance had frequently and vainly been
addressed respecting the nnclean con-
it ion of his sla j liter pen. was overtaken
by a swift and dreadful retribution; he
Aoconmxo to the chairman of tho
fraud Trunk railway that road has lost
tl, 750,000 in two and a quarter years was stung by a fleh fly from bis own
from competition, and railways in Amer- I garbage heap, while at work, and died in
irahave lost H7,H Hj,ooo i the same I twenty-four hours. This dreadful mode
A fearful encounter with a mad dog
occurred inl liridgewater, N. II., on
hursday last. On the alternoon of
that day a large mastiff entered the
house of Widow Huckins and sprang at
the throat of a young woman, a daugh
ter of Mrs. Huckins. Shs threw up her
arm and the dog bit her in the tight
hand. The mother, who was in another
room, hastened to herasaislaoce,whenthe
dog sprang at her, biting her in the same
way. The dog then ran down the road
to the house of Giltnan Fletcher.
a small pet dop was tied in front of the
house. The mastiff sprang upon him
and killed him. Mr. Fletcher, who was
the only one at home, raised a window
to ascertain what the trouble was, when
the dog bit him in the left arm, making
an ugly wound. Mr. Fletcher then
seized a pair of large tongs and stepped
to the door, when the dog sprar.g at his
throat. A blow from the tongs knocked
him back, but he instantly rallied and
made another spring, with the same re
sult. Thus the fight continued for a
long time, the dog becoming more infu
riated at every blow, when finally he
ucceeded in driving bis fangs into
Fletcher's right arm, tearing the flesh
into threads. It was now a fight for life.
and by a desperate effort the dog waa given
a blow that partially stunned him.
This was promptly followed up, aud the
dog soon dispatched.
A Mysterious (irnsshopper.
Grasshopper wonders will never cease
Yesterday, about one o'clock, a 'hopper,
one ot the green and yellow-striped
species, Hew through a window into the
laundry ot rlnlip Ninth, luvz Washing
ton avenue, and alighted on the window
sill. On examination the insect was
discovered to have in its claws a silver
half dollar, which it continued to hold
firmly while seated on the sill. The
hopper was srwedely eaptund by the
daughter A Mr. Ninth and the com
taken away, lhe latter bore the date of
187G, and was so bright and new in an'
reirance at to indicate that it had not
been in active cireuladin. Where the
'hopper got the hall dollar, or for what
purpose it was transporting it around
was, of course, only a matter of specula
tion, lhe circumstance is a curious
one, and its truth is duly attested by
Mr. Smith anl d lughter, and Mrs. Dough
ertv, Mis. Calvert and Kattie Mulligan,
laundry women, lhe hopper is a mon
ster specimen ot his voracious tribe, be
ing nearly three inches in length and
evidently possessed of unsual muscular
trtnth. He is sate I v caged in a glass
jar at the lauudry, bt. J,outt Ulobe-
Democrat.
The Keligioug of llie World.
Will you be kind enough to let us
know through the Sun which church lias
the largest membership in the world?
Are there more Catholics in the world
than Don-Catholics of all kinds? Sev
eral Iniys here are more than anxious for
you to settle a Question that we are in
. . i . . .
iiere dispute about. 15. t . 11.
lhe lluddist religion is the one most
extensively accepted in the world, hav
ing in round numbers, 310,000.000 adhe
rents. There are not more Roman Cath
olics in the world than people of other
religious classes. The total number of
Roman Catholics is aliout 200,000,000,
against about SU,(i(J(UMl(l ot tbe Greek
church, 100,000,000 Protestants, and
0,500,000 of other Oriental churches
than the Greek. Of the 1,400,000,000
people in the world, about 1,000,000,000
are not Christians, but with the excep
tion of the G,0i 0.000 Jews, are what are
called heathens. It will be observed from
this that there is still a great field left for
the spread of Christianity.
Children's Hooks.
The Rights of Witnesses.
ime Irom the eame cause.
I of death is not unknown in France, 1 tuink " too. Y. Evening 'ost.
Both before and since the days of Ser
geant Buzfuz, lawyers in court hare, at
least occasionally, asked witnesses imper
tinent and not pertinent questions i and
expecially when cross-examined, have
these indispensable allies to the adminis
tration ot justice seemed sometimes to
Dossess no privileges which loirs I .nm,..
and brow-beating considered worth re
specting. The rights of witnesses at the
present time areljy no means either de
fined or secured ; and many persons who
suffer wrong in quiet rather than suffer
long in the witness-box, or who know br
smarting experience the misery of both
conditions, will lie pleased-perhaps even
elated to learn that a Mr. Hilton, a
inaon lawyer, nas Deen pub ic v re-
buked for endeavoring to cast a stigma
pnn ion rrpuiuaiion or a witness by
'in sua au impuuem question.
nave you ever oeen convicted of ner-
ury?" inquired the lawyer. Nevir "
warmly responded the witness. "If
here is not sufficient ground for it" in-
rposed the judge, "the question is a
most lmproiier one to put. Have vs,n
(turning to the witness) ever been
charged with perjury?" Never." was
the quick reply. "I think," resumed
the judge, with the faintest tine of
sarcasm in his tone, " I think that an
advocate should make some inquiry and
have sorce root be ore him before he
puts such q ii. si ions to a witness." We
One great fault of children's books as a
class is that they are about children.
Heroes and heroines not yet in their teens
run their important careers, they are
martyrs, ueneiactors, geniuses, wronged
and blighted beings shining forth at last
in a blaze of recognized virtue oi per
haps they are villains who do their exer
cises with the help of asurreptitious crib,
and bully their immaculate schoolfellow
but at all event thev are personages.
Little boys and girls ought not to re
gard themselves, as these stories teach
them so to do, as possible personages.
nor should they bs set analyzing their
own characters and, as it were, watching
1 1. n .1 ti i u i , ;
iiiciuscMcs IS'"". iury snouiu oe leu
to the happy humility of unspoiled chil
dren who do not discover that they are
worth thinking about, and who postpone
an meir visionary promotion to " when
I am grown up."
to be. " Introduced friend, with vivaci.
ty "That's precisely tho difference be
tween my friend and myself. " '
It makes a boy's heart sick as th
winter's wood begms to loom upiu steadily-growing
piles.in the back-yard, and he
sees his mother making preparations for
organizing him into "a working maa'i
party. "Hawkeye.
IN the Mount Auburn cemetery, Bos.
ton, is a lot containing five stones, one
at each corner and one in the center.
The latter is inscribed : " Our 11m.
band. " and the others respectfully bear
"My I Wife." "My IT Wife," "My IU
Wile," "My IV wue."
The gala days at Savannah, Ga., are
on the occasion of the review of the U.
M. troops. There are at present three
soldiers there, bv which the city is gar
risoned, and when they drees up and
come out for a show a thrill of excite
ment runs through the city.
Aocordino to the most recent statis
tics, the inhabitantson the earth number
1.423,017.000, or twenty-eight persons to
every square mile of surface. London ii
the most densely packed spot ot popula
tion, containing 3,4S0,4 souls, more
than Mine continental kingdoms.
Until lately it was not uncommon for
the excited and delighted Cubans to throw
doubloons in place of flowers to a favorite
actress or dnnseuse, ujion the stage.
Miss Adelaide Phillipps was thus greettd
at the Tacon theatre on a certain occa
sion ; so were Lola Montes and Jennie
Liud.
It was very careless leaving the parrot
in the parlor Sunday evening, but she
never thought any thing about it until
Monday morning, when ho aroused the
whole house by making a smacking noise
and eying: "Darling Susie 1 Darling
Susie. " He kept it up all day, too, and
the old folks are much interested in the
case.
A juvenile test of prayer: Not long
ago two little girls in the west filled their
shoes at uight with corn, and then prayed
that God would turn their corn into
money. The next morning, when they
looked into the matter, their shoes were
shoes nnd their curn was corn. At this
failure their faith was shaken, or rather,
as one of them expressed their feelings.
" We were rather-spunky when welouim
the corn just as we left it, and no
money. "
A yoi'xo man of twenty-one named
Bayer, lately drawn in the army con
senptitn at lieaune, iu France, was in
despair at the thought of being separated
for five years from a young sewing girl to
whom he waa bttrothed, and retired
with her to Veijus, on the river Saone,
where they agreed to drown themselves,
With his cravat be tied her right arm to
his left, her left arm being thrown around
his neck over his right shoulder. The
handkerchiefs of each were then linked
together and tied around the bodies of
both. They walked steadily towards the
center of the stream until the rapid
current .carried tbem away, and their
bodies were found, still enlaced, at some
distance below.
SiTTIXU-KUMi
rincls ni.dli.n null Too Hot for lllm
nail Ills Muriloroiifl Crew.
A correspondent tells the story of the
cause of Sitting-Hull's leaving the Hrit
ish possessions. Ho says the British
officers and Sitting-ISull had a council,
and after the council the tribe performed
the usual dance, a young half-breed, Hill
Culverson, at present agovernmentscout,
joined in the dance. A ftcr it wasover he be-
J . . .... a ..:J
came excited, counted his scars, ana mm
to Sitting-Hull: "Look 1 have killed this
many of your hostile redskins." Sitting
Hull drew his revolver, a movement
imitated by Culverson, but before either
could shoot Maj. Welsh, with his revolver
drawn, sprang between them, and told
Sitting-Hull to put away his pistol.
Turning to Sitting-Hull he said: 1
want you to understand you can't com
mit any of your deviltries hero as you
do in the United States. I will give you
and your tribe just five days in which to
leave this country ; if you are not gone
then, or if you ever return, I will hght
you ; and if you are ever caugut iw"
again, or if you shoot this man, I'll bave
you hanged by your neck until you are
dead." Sitting-Hull left next day.
Other Disguised Americans.
Although Osman has been so unaccom
modating as to be born in Hungary, and
not in Clay Crawford's native country,
the Western press ought not to be dis
couraged. There are several other Turk
ish pashas who may be Americans in dis
guise. Mehemet Ali. for instance, may
turn out to be Col. Hlanton Duncan, of
iveuiucay, lurmrriy cuiei nr san, camel
driver ami pigeon-tamer to Gen. Beaure
gard. This suleiman who has been ham
mering away at Montenegrin and Cossack,
may prove to be the flag-bearing Sergt.
Hates. Then there is Private Dalzell. of
Ohio, wbo hasn't written any letters te
the papers for some time. Is it possible
that he is masquerading in Armenia si
Mukhtar Pasha?
Wales' Indian Presents.
I doubt if Solomon ever saw anything
so gorgeous as this collection at Bethnal
Green. Fancy a whole large gtass i
full of gold and silver gems. All ablaze
with diamonds! Imagine a bedstead
whose coverlet, pillows and curtains are
rnAdn of India shawls of the finest texture
ever turned out from the looms of Cash
mere 1 Conjure up a dressing-gown com
posed of the plumage off the backs of
million of gergeous-hued humming-bird8 !
See fur yourself a palanquin of torteise
shell, inlaid with gold, with downy
cushions covered with strange stuffi
whose woof seems as if it were diamonds,
its web rubies and emeralds. One gla
case is full of jeweled swords, all el
enormous value and great beauty. Th
handsomest came from Delhi, and with
its jeweled hilt and scabbard and want
bell is valued at $50,000.--London Letter.
Catholic Colonists in Siorth Carolina.
A Raleigh (N. C.) dispatch says: A
lively interest is lelt here in the coming
- .... . . . r.Ll
Koman Catholic immigration from rnn
delphia, Boston and uther points. One
colony has purchased 30,000 acres of land
in Henderson county the mountain
region, where the soil is lich and tbe
people holiest and free. Agents
looking for more land. The Catholic
colonies will be novelties in the western
section. Catholics arc few and scattereu
there, and churches and schools and fac
tories will be erected where they hv
never been seen before. Henderson
county is about forty miles from HontU
Carolina, and about seventy from the Ten
nessee line. The labor of the whites who
emigrate here will be appreciated. The
color d population in the western coun
ties is not one-third so large as in the
cotton region.