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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1874.
AX OLD CHRISTMAS CAROL.
So. now Is come our Joyful feast.
Let every man be jolly;
lUcit mom wi'h Ivy leaves Is drest.
And every pot with holly.
Though sirne churl at our mirth repine.
Hound your forhead garlands twine;
Irown sorrow in a cup of wine.
And lei us ail be merry.
Now every lad wondrous trim.
And no man minds hi labor;
iir lasses have provided them
A lwK-iiie and a tJbor:
"Ynmm ni-n and maM. and girls and boy,
iiive hf to one anoi her Joys:
And vou anon Rhali by their noise
fvjveive that they are merry.
Ned sah has fetched his bands from pawn,
A nd h!1 his tst arprwel ;
!ttlk Nell hath honjflit a rnfT of lawu
With lircjjpinsotf the barrel;
And those that hardly all Uie year
I !. I l-e.l to eat, or raus to wear.
Will hBve bolh lothes and dainty fair.
And ull tiie day be merry.
Now kyrsn and queens poor sheep cote have,
And maw witJi everybody;
Thf honest now mar play the knave.
And wise men play the noddy,
Nome yov.ths will now a mumming go,
jstne oSh'T play at Howland-ho,
And twenty other gameboys nio,
B.f,iai.e tuey will be merry.
Then wherefore In these merry daies
.-hr.!,l we. I pray, be duller?
.No. lei losing wme roundelayes,
To inaxeour mirth the fuller,
And, whilst thus inspired we sinir.
l l :ill the struts with echoes riii,
v '.od and tills and everything,
1- ar witness wo are merry.
MISCELLANEOUS DRIFT.
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
P-ston boys are called hub-bub.
I 1ot3 in a cottage have any reference
to war in Ash&ntee?
I'ull many a turkey is now a ghost that
one hort week ago was a goblin.
Kaleigu hasn't a public school in the city,
Init there are thirty-nine saloons.
Th Baltimore oyster war promises to con
tinue so long as the shells hold out.
Beside the great consistory on the 22d, at
Komc, there v. ill be another held there about
Kaster.
IViiTereaje between a tute and a Dutchman :
i ne is a hollow cylinder, and the other a
Hilly Holunder.
Corn cribs, cows and choirs contribute to
tha noli lay entertainments. They luruish
.mush, milk and music.
There were something like 10,000 weddings
Christinas eve. The divorce statistics have
not been prepared yet.
I'residect MacMahon and bis wife have
contributed 5,000 francs to the sufferers by
Ihn Vilte du Havre disaster.
A distinguished Irish gentleman, visiting
A'ermont, said he never before saw land so
plenty that it had to be stalked.
A clear inconsistency When a man's oir-
-u instances become most crooked ami twist
ed, they are said to be straitened.
t -hica jjijwisbesjto be considered,! he metrop
olis of art on this continent on the strength
of numerous valuable importations.
A Wisconsin school teacher fell a distance
of eighteen feet, and ten minutes after was
hearing the class in geography recite.
The stockholders of the National Trust
'onipany offer $5,000 for the apprehension of
TL .T. ;rier, the absconding cashier.
The Indian? around Omaha have a tond-
ness for putty, and chew great puds of it
probably to prevent their lights from fallin
out.
The Fair flower of the Facific Slope is get
ting ready to develop another pistil. In
other words, Laura D. Fair is again mar
rind. The snow is very deep on some sections ot
the Central Pacific Ilailroad, requiring, in
the Sierra Nevada section, five engines to
draw one train.
They have been convertinx the Baltimore
sinners at the rate of 400 per day for a month.
Well, the oysters are put up la better shape
than they were.
An obituary notice in a Western paper
contained the touching intelligence that the
deceased "had accumulated a little money
and ten ehildreu.
When Shakespeare made his observation
about patience on a monument, he didn't
allude to doctors' patients. They are all un
der a monument.
The llev. William V. Feltwell. rector of
Grace Church, West Farms, X. Y., having
Joined Bishop Cummins, has been compelled
to resign bis position.
All the Chicago newsboy has to do, is to
bawl "coaimnnist" at the top of his voice,
nd then the old ladies and editors in hear
ing scamper cfi in a fright.
There is a town in Massachusetts where
there has not been a wedding lor fifteen
years. It is the place where good bachelors
and old maids go when they die.
The Cleveland Plaindealer says: "Does
Tw eed hold a trump card?" Wo can not
way, but there la no doubt that If lack well's
Island holds a "knave." Toledo Blade.
A Baltimore paper speaks of a boy who
-was bitten by an alleged mad dog. This is
to avoid hurting the dog's feelings should he
merely be laboring under a temporary
al:rration.
The Newburypcrt baby show was a suc
hen. A young la?yt aged twenty months,
took the prize. It has not been ascertained,
whether according to the laws of her State,
he can hold it or not.
A Liverpool hospital refuses to accept a
gilt of a thousand pounds until the donor
5?ivcs Ids name. That hospital won't flourish
until it is put into the hands of a competent
buinoHs man like Dawes.
Gail Hamilton says;, "Not the least of the
many benefit wrought us by the clergy is
"the Mveet somnolence which so gently and
IxMiiguly broods over a weary and happy
n erection on a nultry Sunday alter-
OOI1
It U rumored that Geo. W.French, general
freight agent of the E. and C. H. R., haj ten
dered hU resignation, to take effect on the
Ist of January, and that he will be succeeded
by K. S. Babcock, Jr., general agent of the
ho. Louis and souincru.
A Green Bay woman, whose husband
kir ka her down stairs every second night,
mys sho likes to Icok over his old letters
commencing witi: "My dearest, darling
little anzel Minnie, Heaven alone knows
the depth of my love for you."
'Have we a Bourbon among us?" asked a
pa blie speaker cf a Kansas City audience.
Wall. I reckon, stranger, said a long-haired
man, neatly arrayed in the Terean costume;
I've a bottle of the red eye hyar. Will you
have a nip? The lecturer wa sorry his
meaning Lad been misconsiruetu
American armyj officers have been era
ployed by the Khejlive of Egypt for five
yearn. This is to build up his army on a
solid basL. While in the Egyptian army the
onicers will be paid in gold at the same rate
. ... . . . v t t . a i
Ii reiiinnAratiiin !it in ma united omw
army for a similar rank, and the terms and
date of payment will bo promptly carried
out according to the specifications of agree
ment. Among those who will leave during
the next ten days are Colonels Iteid, Martin.
Rogers and Basselt, aU well known as hav
ing been connected with the United States
service in varioas parts of the West and
Southwest. It is understood that General
II. II. Sibley, of Sibley tent fame, has re
signed his connection with the Egyptian ser
vice, but the cause of his resignation conld
not be ascertained, although supposed to be
connected only with domestic or family mat
ters. AX IM PORTA XT LEU A I. ijUKSTIOX I'X
DER TUR TEMPERAXCE LAW.
A case, involving an important legal ques
tion, is now on the docket of the Supreme
Court for hearing. It is the case of Casper
Reinhard vs. the State of Indiana, brought
from Jefferson Circuit Court. The original
caewas that of the State against Casper
Reinhard, for selling intoxicated liquors
ithout a permit. Reinhard was a bar-keeper
of one Johnson Conway, and was prose
cuted individually for havingsold spirituous
and intoxicating liquors without a license,
in violation of the statute. Using convicted
of the charge h ) was sentenced by Judge Al
lison according to lawt A motion for a new
trial was made by the defendants counsel,
setting forth that the finding was contrary
to law and the evidence, ud that the court
erred in permitting the plaintiff to introduce
a judgment against Conway, for Belling
liquor to an intoxicated person. The court
overruled the motion, holding that the
judgment against Conway forfeited his
license to sell liquor, according to the tem
perance law. The points in the affidavit in
reference to the sale of intoxicating liquor
by the defendant Keiuhard are admitted by
the defendant, but the permit of Conway's
is produced. It is also admitted by the State
that at the time of the sale of the liquor,
Reinhard was a barkeeper of Conway's, the
owner of the saloon. But it is claimed by
the State that Conway was convicted of sell
ing intoxicating liquors on the 15th of Sep
tember, 1873, to an intoxicated person, thus
forfeiting his license. The legal question in
volved is whether the act of selling liquor
to an intoxicated person forfeits the li juor
license under the temperance law.
THE WEEK OF PRAYER.
PROGRAM TOriDE THE DEVOTIONAL EXER
CISES OP KXT WEEK.
The services and subjects for the coming
week ot prayer. will lo as follow?:
Sunday, Jan. 4: Sermons The Unity of
the Christian Church; the real (tlieness of
all true believers; hindrance and motives to
union; the blessings to be hoped for from
the union of believers in prayer John xvii.,
21-23.
Monday, Jan. 5: Confession Our com
mon unworthiness and guilt. Thanksgiv
ing For national, domestic and personal
mercies, temporal and spiritual. Supplica
tionFor special blessings on the Week ol
Prayer. Dan. ix., 7; Mai. iii., 10.
Tuesday, Jan. 6: Prayer For the Chris
tian Church; for our increase in laith. holi
ness and love; for persecuted and Buffering
Christians; for Christian liberty; and for the
more abundant outpouring of the Holy
Spirit. Col. i., 9-1 1; Heb. xiii., 3; Heb. iii., 2.
Wednesday, Jan 7: Prayer lor Families.
Home and parental influence; sons and
daughters; the absent, the sick, the erring;
inmates of prisons; all educational institu
tions. Ps. cxv: 1214: cxliv: 12.
Thursday, Jan. 8: Prayer for Nations.
For peace" among men; for public virtue
and righteousness; for the banishment or
intemperance, dishonesty, infidelity and
superstition, and for the effusion of pure
and Christian literature. Is. lx: 17, 18.
Friday, Jan. 9: Praver. For the evangeli
zation of all nominally Christian countries;
for the conversion of Israel ; for seamen ; for
missionaries; for the spread of the Gospel In
Moharrmedan and heathen countries; for
the conversion of the world to Christ. Ps.
xxi:31; exxii: 6; Heb. xiii: a.
Saturday, Jan. 1U: Prayer. Prayer for
Christian ministry; for Sundry Schools; for
revivals. Matt, ix: U8; Deut, iv: 1; Heb.
iii: 2.
Sunday, Jan. 11: Sermon. .Subject:
Christs's kingdom universal and everlasting.
Ps. xcvii: 1, 2. Results of the Sixth Gen
eral Conference of the Evangelical Alliance.
NECROLOGY OF 1873.
THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD.
The illustrious dead of 1S73 foots up a long
list. The following is a tolerably complete
catalogue.
January. The ex-Emperor of the French.
Napoleon III.; Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton;
the Rev. Adam Sedgwick; the Dowager Em
press Amelia, of Brazil; the Honorable and
Rev. Baptist W. .Noel, and James Lianna v.
the English novelist.
February. The Dowager Empress of Aus
tria Caroline Augusta, widow of Francis I.:
J. W. Geary, of Pennsylvania; Caroline
Caesebro, and Gustave luchard, the eminent
French artist.
March Bishop Mcllvaine, Judge H. II.
Leavitt, Viscount Assiagton, Speaker of the
British House of Commons; Charles Knizht.
the Marquis Cbasseloup Laubat, Amadea
Thierry, Domenlco Donelll, and Prince
Nicholas, Brother of the King of Sweden.
April y . C. Macreadv, Justus Von Lie-
big; the wife of President Flgueras, of Spain;
George Bliss, Earl De la Warr, who com
mitted suicide.
May W. II. McGnffey, the Earl of Zet
land. Chief Justice Chase, Oakes Ames,
John Stuart Mill,. Joel Parker, The Kev.
John At wood, Daniel Pratt, Thomas Robin
son. Alexander John Couza, Prince of
Moldavia and ex-IIospodar, and Alessandro
Manzoni, Italian author.
June Count Venullle. Mansfield T. Wal
worth, Ratizzi, Prince Adelbert of Prussia,
F. l. u. von itaumer, norace f. Clark,
Lewis Tanoan. Hiram Powers. President S.
Talbot, of Dennison University Ohio, and
Jesse R. Grant, father of the Prcsideat ot tha
United States.
July. J. G. Wilison, member of Congress
from Oregon; Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop
of Winchester; Lord Westbury, ex- Chancel
lor of Gieat Britain; Baron Wolverton, and
Mrs. Cllve. author or "Paul Ferroll."
August. R. S. Storrs, D. D., of Braintree,
Mass., Gardiner Spring, D. D., of New York;
the Rev. John Todd, D. D., of Pittsneid,
Mass., and noioraon tiowaru, i). u ex-
President of the Ohio University , at Athens.
September Count Charles Esterhazy com-.
muted suicide at Vienna; lien. F.d. S. Mc
Took was murdered at Yankton, Dakotab.
The wile of Prince Bismarck; Dr. Aug. Nel-
aton, the Irenen surgeon; J. J. Coste, the
French naturalist; F. Guerrazzi, Dictator of
Kome under tue Ke nubile or 1H4'J; Prince
Croney Chanel, who claimed tobe the lawful
King ol Hungary; and CJara Mündt, known
under her nom de plume of L. Mumbach.
October Sir Edwin Landseer; Robert
Bigsby, the English antiquarian; Silas Tot
ten, LL. D.; King John of Saxony; Sir Hen
ry Holland, and Cyrus Wakelield.
November. Sir William Bovill, Levris
Oaylord Clark, of Knickerbocker fame;
John Early. Laura Keene. General W. J.
Hardee. H. C. le Eham. Mrs. R. E. Lee,
Daoud Pasba, the lurKisn statesman; (Jen
eral Delalield, James H. Lucas, L. R. Bisch
offsheim, ex-Senator John P. Hale, Con
stantme Costi, Governor Richard Yates, of
Illinois.
December. Bishop Armitage, of Wlscon
sin; Charles McAlister, one ot th Peabody
trustees: James W. Johnson. Eouitv Judtre
of Nova Scotia; Ambrose White, Louis
Agassiz, Samuel Nelson, ex-Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States; John S
Hopkins, Frederick Dent, father-in-law of
I President Grant; Francois uogo.
THE SUNKEN STEAMER.
LAST OF TUE VIRGINIUS.
ARRIVAL OF THE SANTIAGO TRISONKRS RETI
CENCE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE OSSirEE TO
IMPART INFORMATION THE VIROINIUS
GOES DOWN IX A GALE NEAR CAPE FEAR
LIGHT-HOUSE.
New York, Dec. 9. After the landing at
the yard last evening, of the surviving
members of the passengers and crew ot the
steamer Virginius, they marched in an ir
regular line to the Fulton Ferry, taking the
boat there to New York, and thence pro
ceeding to the Cuban restaurant, in Pine
street, where they were hospitably enter
tain!. They were clad in navy uniform of
the United States, and marched through the
streets, showing no tigns of the recent suf
fering. When transferred to the tug boat
from the Juniata, which carried them to this
port from Santiago, they gave rousing cheers
for their several lienefactors. leading off
with three for the commander of the British
steamer .Niobe, to whom they feel indebted
for the preservation of their lives,
When the United States steamer
Ossipee was boarded after her
arrival here, the absence of the steamer Vir
ginius, which vessel the former whs com
missioned to bring into port, was explained,
and the startling intelligence communicated
tbat the Virginius, which, being all along in
a leaking condition, had, when off Cape
Fear, and in sight of land, in spite of all the
efforts of the crew aboard her, settled and
gone to the bottom. The Times furtheradds
that the officer of the deck of the Ossipee
said he had strict orders not to communi
cate with anybody in relation to the circum
stances attending the foundering of the Vir
ginius. He would not give the date of the
occurrence, or the place where it happened.
However, he made no attempt to deny the
accuracy of the report as to the
FOUNDERING. OF THE SHIT.
The Capjain of the Revenue Cutter Grant,
who boarded the Ossipee, is reported saying
that the captain of the latter vessel informed
him the Virginius had bt en lost off Cape
Fear. Although no official announcement has
been made of the loss of the Virginius, no
one doubts the truth of the statement.
A dispatch from Wilmington, North Caro
lina, rejorts a sunken vessel, supposed to be
the Virginius, nine hiiles south of the main
bar.
The Herald has a special dispatch from
Wilmington, North Carolina, having that
Captain Wiltbanks, of the steamer lonawan
da, which arrived Sunday, reports passing a
sunken vessel nine miles south of the main
bar, with only the top masts or the top
gallant masts out of the water. A
steam tug sulsequently visited the spot,
ner onicers concurring in the opinion that
the sunken vessel was undoubtedly a-squarb
rigged steamship. A pork barrel was float
ing about the wreck, attached to it by a twelve
inch hawser, the hawser having evidently
been used as a tow rope. Pilots at Bald
Head, at the mouth of the river, state tbat
Friday last thev observed near the spot
where the vessel lies a large steamship in
tow of a lull rigged ship. The above facts
taken in connection with the telegram that
the steamer Georgia, from Charleston, had
spoken the Virginius in tow off Cape Romain
on the 24th inst., at two o'clock p. m., reo- i
ders it tolerably certain that the sunken
ship is the world-renowned Cuban filibuster
vessel "Virgiuius." The pilot boat from
Smith ville visited the spot Sunday evening,
and the men who were on her fully agreed
in the opinion that she is the steamship.
Only a few feet of the main mast is
VISIBLE A ROVE THE WATER.
It is thought that when she wan abandon
ed the pork barrel was placed as a buoy to
mark the spot where she went down.
Lieutenant Commander I las well, of the
Ossipee, mado the following statement to
day concerning the loss of the Virginius:
The Ossiroe left Tortugas with the Virginius
in tow on the morning of the I5in inst. lhey
bad fair weather until the afternoon of the
Saturday following On that day a
gale sprang up, and they continued to have
rxd weather, and the Virginius signaled
that she was leaking badly. Captain Wal
ter therefore determined to shape his
course for Charleston, S. C, but as
they got into smoother water the Virginius
behaved better, and the water was kept out
of her fire room. On the morning ot Christ
mas day, however, tne severe weather hav
ing continued, the Virginius was again leak
ing badiy as ever, and the vessels put into
Frying Pan Shoals, about ten miles south of
Cape Fear light-house, where smoother
water could ue ootainea. nero the vessel
came to anchor, Capt. Walter hoping the
Virginius would nae out the gale. Before
daylight the next morning (Friday), Com
mander Woodrow signalled with lights that
the Virginius was leaking rapidly, with the
fires out and the pumps stopped, and that
the crew wished to be taken off. The boats
were lowered lrom the Ossipee at daylight,
and by seven a. m. all on board the Vir
ginia
WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE FORMER VESSEL.
As a heavy sea was running, the work ol
removing the crew was one of much danger
and difficulty, and therefore no lives were
risked in endeavoring to save their personal
effects or any other property on the Vir
ginius. The hawser of the irginius was
cut and a buoy attached to it to mark her
position in case she sank out of sight. The
Ossipee remained at anchor during the day,
and at a quarter past four p. m. the Virginius,
which had been gradually settling, went to
the bottom. She sank in eight fathoms
ot water, and her top masts re
mained above the surface. The Ossipee then
resumed her voyage to this port. The naval
officers were very reticent to-day, and the
above statement was not obtained until the
United States District Attorney was com
municated with and removed the seal of
secrecy.
The released captives of the Virginius
remain at . the uuoan restaurant on
Pine street, and the scene theie this morn
ing was one of the greatest enthusiasm.
Resolutions were adopted giving thanks to
Captain Israine. of the Juniata, for his kind
ness, and expressing sympathy with him in
the loss ot his son. The ex -captives also re
solved to attend the funeral of the child.
The released Virginius prisoners to-day
passed votes of thanks to Commander
Braine and the other onicers of the Juniata.
Engineer. Knight of the Virginius, said the
original sentence at Satiago was that the en
but the Captain of the Isabella Catbolica did
not wish a gallows made of his vessel, and
ohtcined a change ot sentence to death by
shooting and a commutation of sentence of
seventeen ot the crew to the chain gang,
Knight, the Quarter Mater and one or two
others were accordingly sentenced to the
chain gang for life, and the other thirteen,
all of whom were boys, to eight and four
years hard labor on the gang. A life sentence
or this kind was regarded as worse than
death.
STORY OF THE CALAMIXT.
Lieutenant David C. Woodward, who was
in command ol th Virginius at the time of
her sinking, says in his official report, that
when he took command on the 17th at Dry
Tortugas, the vessel bad water in all her
compartments. Stores were receieved on
board, and a working party from the Ossipee
coaled the ship all night. Next morning she
stopped coaling, and put the hands at work
pumping and bailing, the water having
gained two feet during the night. At eight
o'clock In the morning the water was up to
the grate bars in both fire rooms. The for
ward compartment had a depth of four feet,
and the after compartment two feet and six
inches of water. At four p. m. she was so
much reduced that fires were started under
her boilers. Capt. Whiting expressed himself
satisfied that the Virginius was in a fit
condition to start north, and about two
o'clock she went to sea in tow of the Ossipee.
As lonj,as the sea was smooth everything
progressed favorably, but the storm arising,
the vessel leaked so badly that he had to
plug up the timber holds in
the forward bulkheads to keep the fire
rooms clear. On the 22d he threw overboard
part of the bower anchor and all heavy
weights in the hold, and shifted tho coal to
lighten her forward. On the afternoon of
the 23d there was eight to ten feet ot water
in the forward compartments. The men
were worn out, bunks drenched, and no place
to sleep. Under these circumstances. Wood
ward ad vi35d the captain of the Ossipee not
to go further north, but to take the Virgin
ius into Charleston, where there was a dock.
On thelth the boiler was in such a wretch
ed condition that it was impossible to carry
more than five pounds of steam. At five a
m. on the 2Gth tho water gained so fast
88 to put out the fires, and Wood
now signalled to the Ossinee . to
take the ere crew off the irginius
immediately. At this time the forward com
partment was full of water, and up to within
a loot and a hait of the spar deck; live feet
water in the hold, and water over the grate
bas in the fire room and the af
ter compartments. The sea was very
rough and it was blowing a gale
When the boat from the Ossipee came un
der the Virginius' bow the landsmen were
put in first. It took fine work to take all
the officers and n;en off the sinking vessel.
At seventeen minutes past four in the after
noon, the Virginius sank, the bows first, in
eight fathoms of water. For lour days the
men in the fire room worked in water up to
their knees, and at the time .they left the
ship, were nearly exhausted.
THE WORKER'S APPEAL
The cold winls whistle through the leafless trees.
The Know flakes fly before the chilling gale,
While atliuence, with rich, luxuriant ease,
No pity shows, nor hears the worker's wall.
Oh God ! I ask not tor the beggar's bread :
TtlPS' U'illint' limiik nrn rou.1v na hufnriii
But starving eyes stare 'round my 'wildered
And wintry frosts creap thro my lowly door.
The dear ones of a mother's tender care.
With shivering limbs are gathered near her
form,
Alas! with them she's naught but want to
share,
And turns to view the unrelenting storm.
Compassion have, ye great ones of the laud,
A pittance Ki ve from out yonr ample store.
Extend to honest toil the helping baud.
ii'uo i-an oe very ricn wnere none are poor.
Nw howls the bitter, piercing blast ncaia.
The dear ones closer to their mother "cling;
In vain fell from hereyes theburniu? rain.
sne wetps uo more, yel MJunt sorrows wring,
Oh ! can it be that here in freedom's home,
Such scenes as these are coldly looked upon?
Is there no spot 'neat h heaven's arching dome.
unc JU3UCU rcigus or mercy lias DCgiiUT
Mnt fctlll the world In love of hell-born gain.
mis nose juh goui, wniie orothers starve
around.
While writhe their souls with hunger's mad-
Ut-fllHK HIIJ,
nd north winds pierce with cheerless, Iipjhj
les sound.
PERSONAL.
If John L. Samp, of Joliet, over has a son.
won't he be'Samp-sou?
Mr. Hamuel Wire, the Sherrtf of New
Haven", Is the oldest Freemason in Connecti
cut.
Dr. Mary Walker is not sick as reiorted.
Ah ! thero are many bitter disappointments
in this life.
Mrs. Williams would never do for the (od-
dess of Justice. Her eyes are too bright and
wide open.
Ion. Butler's cross and crabbed temper is
said to have leeu aggravated by his failure
to ride a velocipede.
A highwayman said "Git ofL'n that ere
boss" to Mr. Thomas, of Dasco, Iowa, and
Thomas died of fright and dropped off.
Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian Chancel
lor, is at his desk every morning at six
o'clock. It i3 a habit which he ort t' bhako
on.
Gov. Beveridge was selected to deliver the
dedicatory address at the opening of the
Champaign County College in Illinois. All
very appropriate.
A sawmill ifras stolen the other day up in
East Saginaw, from a man named K. K. Ker-
choff dreadful time for a code in the head.
Cincinnati Times.
Susan Gray, of Iowa, was tied up by the
thumbs lor disobeying the rules of school,
and after her brothers got through shooting
the school was closed for want of a compe
tent veacuer.
Rev. Lang, of Fremont, Ohio, has had
charge of a congregation in that place for
thirty years. His father kept tavern, and
the sign board far and near was known as
the original Auld Lang feign.
Mr. Richard Grant White passes a whole
dust heap ot provincialisms and equivocal
words through his critical sieve, and shows
himself a most accomplished and Judicious
literary chiffonier. Ed. Galaxy.
"Who is John Bard?" asks the Boston
Post. That's it, who's John Bard? When
one reflects that ho may go to his grave
without knowing John Bard, it makes the
strings of his heart curl up like straws on a
hot shovel.
Christine Nilsson has erected an enormous
cow shed on her land at Peoria. She will
doubtless thank the author of the following
from the bottom of her pail for the informa
tion he so pleasantly places before her. The
author it may not be necessary to say, is a
Chicago bard: "Christine, Christine, thy
milking do, the morn and the eve between,
and not by the dim religious light ot the fit
ful kerosene. For the cow may kick and
the lamp may 'bust, and tho fire fiend ride
the gale, and shriek the knell of the burning
town in the glow of the molten pail."
Poor old Dan Rice has come to grief. After
a successful snmmer tour, he rented the
Louisville Exposition building and fitted it
up at great expense. But it didn't pay.
Prices were reduced in ' vain. The whole
concern has been attached and sold, the cel
ebrated blind trick horse bringing only $128.
The performers, musicians, and all the em-
E loves were minus their wages, IJan not
aving a dollar left to pay them. During the
summer Dan himself, with his blind horse,
etc., was traveling with another company in
Canada at 91,00) per week, and that, too,
went up, leaving him minus $26,000.
The Evans ville Journal reports that quite
a serious accident occurred on the E. and C.
R.R.OU Saturday evening. Col. Sharra's
train, which left here at four forty r,
the sufferer. The accident occurred about a
mile this side of Princeton, near what is
called Relief Switch, and was the result of a
broken rail. The locomotive and tender
passed over safely, but the baggage car and
first passenger or smokiug car wero ditched.
There was but little damage done to eith'jr,
and no person was lnjureu.
WrASHLNGTCX.
OFFICIAL NEWS FB0H THE VIROIXirS DIS
CHARGED FROM CUSTODY THE JEW MINIS
TER TO SPAIN ASD HIS PROBABLE INSTRUC
TIONS. Washixotox, Dec 30.
The appointment of Mr. Cushing to be the
successor of Gen. Sickles as Minister to
Spain continues to excite comment con
cerning the character of the instructions he
il receive from the Department of State
after the confirmation of his nomination by
the Senat. Although usage is opposed to aa
open declaration of the line of diplomacy to
be pursued, it can be stated with truth that
one of the subjects to which Mr. Cushing
will give his attention will bo the policy ol
political and administrative reform in Cuba,
as the best means calculated to restore peace
to that island, and promote its prosperity,
and among those reforms is inctded the abo
lition of slavery in the Antilles. These views
have respectfully been enforced both in the
President's annnal messages, and in
the otlicial correspondence ot Secre
tary Fish, have been often communicated
to the Spanish Cabinet. It will be
recollected that several years ago our Gov
ernment tendered its good offices to Spain,
in the hope of Cuban pacification, but these
were respectfully declined. On the basis
suggested, it is not improbable that a similar
tender will again be made by the new Minis
ter, as the administration will resort to every
proper expedient for the purpose of restor
ing peace, and of protecting American in
terests in Cuba and adjacent waters, and
there can be no doubt that an effort will be
made to conclude a new commercial treaty
with Spain of friendship, limits and naviga
tion. The Secretary of the Navy this afternoon
received a dispatch from the commander of
the Ossipee, announcing that the Virginius
sank on the night of the 23th, off Wilming
ton. SOME SPICY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SEC
RETARY FISH AND EN. SICKLES RF.LATIVE
TO THE RESIGNATION OK THE LATTER.
The following is the telegraphic corres
pondence between Secretary Fish and ex.
Minister Sickles concerning the resignation
of the latter:
Madrid. Dec. 6, 1873.
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, Wasn
ington: It is publishei semi-oCScjally that the
Government disapproves of my conduct in
the case of the Virginius. If, in the opinion of
the President, my resignation would facili
tate a satisfactory termination of the ques
tion, or be otherwise advantageous to the
public interests, such resignation may be
considered as hereby respectfully tendered.
(Signed ) Sickles.
Washington, Dec. 16.
Gen. Sickles, Minister at Madrid:
The alleged publication of disapproval of
your conduct is entirely unauthorized. No
dissatisfaction has been expressed or intim
ated, and it is deemed important tnat your
resignation at this time would not be accept
ed, as It would interfere with the prospects
of an accommodation. Signed,
4 Fish.
Madrid, Dec. 16.
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, Wash
ington: I respectfully request that my telegram of
the bin instant tendering my resignation
and your reply of tho same date be now
publishqd.
Signed Sickles. .
Washington, Dec 17.
Gen. Sickles, Madrid:
Your tender of resignation was only
hypothetical, and your telegram referred it
to alleged publications unknown here, at
tributing a dissatisfaction which had not
been expressed. Under these circumstances,
the publication is not deemed necessary, and
cannot be authorized.
Madrid, Dec. 20.
Hamilton Fish, Secretary ot State, Washing-
ion:
I respectfully renew the tender of my re
signation, which I trust may be accepted
now without interfering with the prospects
or an accommodation.
(Signed) Sicklks.
Washington, Dec 20.
General Sickles. Madrid:
l our resignation will be accepted. Letters
of recall, with instructions, will be lor-
warded by next mad.
(Signed.) Fish.
THE VIRGINIUS.
THE VIROINIUS TO BE SEIZED AND LIBELLED
THE REPORT THAT SPAIN WILL CLAIM
THE RETURN OF THE VESSEL NOT CREDIT.
Washington, Dec 2. '.It has been ascer
tained from an official source that on the ar
rival of the Virginius at New York she will
be seized qy the Collector of the port and li
belled by the District Attorney in accordance
with instructions. If, on Judicial investiga
tion, it be shown that the vessel's register
was obtained by fraud, sne win ue sold, and
the proceeds paid to the United States. Spain
can make claim to the vessel; but if she
should, it is positively certain our Govern
ment would not entertain sucn a claim.
The report that the Spanish Government
requires ot the Lnited States the restoration
of the Virginius and the payment or in
demitv is not believed in official Quarters.
no authentic information naving oeen re
- .
ceived here to that efiect, and besides such
requisition would be contrary to the terms
of the protocol between the two nations.
The reference of the. Spanish affidavits and
other papers by the President to the Attor
ney General was known only to those pres
ent and to Secretary Fish, the matter having
been kept perfectly secret until the opinion
of the Attorney General was delivered to the
last named gentleman on the day ot its date,
namely, the 17th inst. The first intimation
of such an opinion was furnished the press
four days later, and the full text obtained
next day from tne ueparttneni or justice.
LETTER FROM JOHN F. PATTERSON, OWNER OF
THE VIBOINITS.
New York, Dec 29. John F. Patterson,
of tnis city, has sent a letter to Secretary
Fish, dated the 26th, declaring that he is the
registered owner of the steamer v irginius.
He protests against the opinion ef the Attor
ney General, by which he and the vessel
were condemned on ex parte testimony iur-
nished bv Spain. lie states tbat the Solici
tor of the Treasury gave him a bill of
aale of the steamer. Thereiore he.
Patterson, truly swore that he was
the owner, and the Government gave
her an American register, which has ever
since protected her. Any statement cnarg
ing perlory on his part is false. He has
hitherto kept silence by the advice of coun
sel, and because he has not been notified or
called upon by the Government to testify or
defend himself in relation to the matter. He
requested that a copy of the evidence upon
which the Virginius and he were condemned
by the Attorney Genaral.be sent to him.snd
that he be notified of the time and place for
the examination oi' any other witness. A
copy of the letter has also been sent to the
Attorney General.
THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
governor kemper's majority officially
ANNOUNCED THE MESSAGE THE NEWLY
ACQUIRED RIOr.ITS OF THE COLORED RACE TO
TO BE DEFENDED AND MAINTAINED.
Richmond, January 1. The Legislature
convened ri noon to-day. After organiza
tion, botji Houses went into a joint secret
sessioa to oanvass tho vote of Governor.
Kemper's majority is officially stated at
27,239; Withers, 27,546. The. Governor's ines-
sege was then received and road. Of the
relations between the races he says: I do
not hesitate to affirm that so encouraging
and decisive has been the progress In the last
four years, and so clearly dveloped
by the past are the obligations of to-dav,
that if we are but guided by prudence, if wo
go forward with courage tempered with for
bearance, and if no federal legislation shall
intervene to disturb the relations between
the races, we can not fail to bring our great
experiment to a successful and prosperous
issue. Recent events prove how futile and
how disastrous to its authors must
be any future attempt to array
the colored race as a political
combination upon any principle of antag
onism between the races, and further, that
non residents, whatever their claims to emi
nence, ability, or philanthrophy, can never
understand the character and circumstances,
or wisely administer to the want of our col
ored population. Ourseh e s, and none oth-
s, are oualihed to perform the task assign
to US bv Providpnc. 'nt l-Avtrainasl ,nJ
thwarted by superior power, will per
form our dntv resolntelv and pff-tiiniiv i XT-
pro mot in? the best interests of both races.
We intend to perform it by scrupulously
guarding the newlv amuiml ti rhianf ti.,
colored man.
The Lafayette Courier says : Shortly after
the passenger train on the Toledo, Wabash
and Western Riilroad, which was due hero
at fifty-five minutes past six this morning,
had passed Wabashon itdown trip, the en
gineer sighted an engine just in advance of
him and going in the same direction. The
engineer of the passenger train whistled
down breaks and reversed his engine, while
at the same moment the engineer of the
"wild" locomotive became aware f the
danger and opened the throttle of his engine,
thus increasing, his speed, just in time to
avoid a serious collision. As it was, the en
gines struck with such force astoMiake up
and alarm the passengers considerably.
The engineer and fireman of the pas
senger train leaped froui their engine.
the latter receiving a consider
able shock but no serious injury. A circu
lar from C. W. Uradley, Assistant Superin
tendent of the Toledo, Wabash and Western
railway, announces the following appoint
ments on that line: Mr. W. Kirby, Train
Master, first district, Tolek, Ohio; Mr. Ste
phen Ball, Train Master, second, third, eighth
and ninth districts, headquarters at Lafav-
ette; Mr. W. S. Iin(ln, Resident Kngiueer
eastern division, Toledo, Ohio; Mr. R. A.
Houghton. Road Master first district, from
Toledo to east switch. Fort Wayne, head
quarters at Defiance, Ohio; Mr. A. Adams,
Koad M aster second aist net, irom east switch,
Fort Wayne, to east switch. Peru, head
quarters at Huntington. Mr. II. S.Dewey,
Road Master on second district Imm east
switch, Peru, to east switch, Lafayette;
headquarters at Logansport. Mr. K, S.
Miner, Road Master of the third, Hgbth and
ninth districts, from east switch, Ijafavette.
to West Danville, also of Bloomington
division. The Indianapolis, Cincinnati and
Ijafavette road have paid up both the Lafay
ette and Cincinnati divisions to December
II having but once failed to pav on the lltn
of yie month, their usual pay day, since the
panic commenced.
The J. M. & I. R. R.. during the year end
ing November 30, l!73, shipped over their
line from Madison 499,325 bushels of ceai,
32,945 barrels of Hour, 4 05 casks of ale and
beer, 89,4iM packages of starch, and 2,193
bunches of saddle-trees. The total exports
during the year was 57,651,619 pounds; re
ceipts, 4l,716(M0. The above is a handsome
showing by itself, were the exports and im-
Krts by fiver added, the sum locals would
very largely increased. ,
A Mr. McMahon, agent and operator at
Tunnelton, on the O. k M. railroad, was as
saulted by a man named Gosling and killed
Thursday night. A vigilance committee
from Medora came to Tunnelton for the pur
pose of lvnching Gosling, but could not find
him. He had not been arrested. The mur
der, it appears, was of a very brutal charac
ter. It is the opinion of the Kokotno Democrat-
that the new regulations of tho Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad, compell
ing passengers to show theimicketa before
getting on the cars, has already destroyed
much piety. The grand footing up of the
profanity sheet, caused by this rule, at the
end of the year, will be fearful indeed.
$20
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Have determined to
REDUCE PRICES,
And will hereafter sell their $63 Machine for f 15,
and otaer fctyies In proportion.
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back walk and forward, or to riant ana left, m
the purchaser mav prefer. II bm Dee greauj
Improved and sInipltUea. and in far better
than any other machine in the market.
IT IS KOW THE CXI K A PEST,
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