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VOLUME VII. CIIILLK'OTHK, LIYINC.KTOX COUNTY, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1S8I. NUMBER 35. CURRENT TOPICS. Mississippi farmers aro planting corn. Robins with mushrooms is tho latest dish in Florida hotels. Tiip.kb nro 1,805 patients in the Napa, Cal., insane asylum. St. Lotus manufactured 23,000,000 pound ( tobacco lust year. Tint average salary for teachers in Mississippi is only $22 per month. Tub Savannah, Gn., cotton exchange does a business of $35,000,000 annually. Fouty-onk out of every hundred Mississippians are classed as illiterate. A Good many pnpers of Texas think that a division of tho state is inevita ble. Wild hogs are becoming numerous in some portions of Howell mountains, Nevada. The annual tonnage of Liverpool is 2,617,872 tons. Now York ranks fourth in the scale. Hereafter postal notes will he printed on blue-tinted paper, instead of the yellow now used. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the live stock in British Columbia per ished during the past winter. The public printer of the United States employs over 2,200 men and uses up every year $2,500,000. Tun calico and print goods made in Lowell in 1H81) would twice encircle the earth and some would still be left. The introduction of I lie Hansom call system in New York city lias led to a war of rates among the hackmcn. Eiiiiiteen thousand knit mittensand wristlets were made by students of the Hampton Indian school last year. Tramps who visit Bedford, Va., arc stimulated in their desire for work by a sound thrashing administered by the public. A i, ate invention is a method of adapting a saddle to various horses, and securing a gooil lit by having a saddle-pad inllated with air. KoIIIN.s have been very plentiful around the foothills of California this spring. These birds are always in de mand in the San Francisco market. Tub live stock and crop value of Illinois for 1SS.1 is estimated by the board of agriculture to he $2.10,000,(100, a decrease of $(',7,000,000 from 1S82. Laiioe lumbers of Chinamen are emigrating from the Pacilic coast to southern cities, where they will work in their historic occupation washing. J. J. Gooih.kt, aged 70 years, and Alice Norton, aged 22 yvars, were married recently at the bride's resi dence in Anderson county. Kentucky. Moose are said to lie increasing in Maine under the protection of the new game law, anil it is not now unusual to see them in droves about the large lakes. The highest wages paid in any of the new cities springing up around the Civur d'Alene mountain is $5 per day, and board is worth from $20 to $.10 week. It is stated that the lumber cut In Wisconsin the present season doubles the ipiantity felled last winter, and, as a result, that prices will he materially reduced. Indian story-tellers very often give their narrations entirely in sign lan guage, and the laughter of their hear ers will often bo the only audible sound for an hour. A I'atent medicine manufacturer advertises for bald men who aro will ing to have advertisements painteil on tho tops of their heads "for a high pe cuniary recompense." A novel feature In tho dining-room of a hotel at Niagara Falls isa collossal mirror, in which the falls arc reflected in such a manner that the guests may admire while they cat. QtTKEN VioTOHiA has developed quite a passion for letter-writing. One of her latest epistolary achieve ments takes the form of condolence with tho khedivo of Egypt on tho loss of his mother. The New Orleans Exposition direc tory is making efforts to secure tho collossal steamship Great Eastern to bring a cargo of exhibits from Liver pool, and then servo as a floating ho tel while the exposition remains open A CKUSADE has boon inaugurated by the tempcraneo people in California against grape-growing, on the ground that it tends to increase drunkenness. Bands of Hope aro being organized throughout tho stato with tho object of tamping out the industry. Mil. Mathew Aknold does not scorn to havo profited by his elocution lessons in tho United States. On the occasion of his first lecture in England, after his return homo, according to London Truth, whenever he wishod "to bo particularly impressive he was per fectly inaudible." A kesponsible Muscatine (Iowa) attorney savs he has tho best of all thority for stating that Mr. C. Magnus, of Cedar Kapids, president ot tne State Brewers' association, has al ready retained Ben Butler and Bob Iugersoll as counsel ,in the proposed warfare against the prohibitory law. Prince Bismck'8 annual revenues amount to about $25,000. He lives quietly, but la hospitable, and wishes , all his visitors to feel at borne while under his roof. When living on his estates he occupies himself with for estry, and his favorite walk is In the oak woods when his favorite flower, the heather, is to bloom. "NOT BEAUTIFUL!" They say tlicm art not boautlful, To me ttiuu art inont fair! Ami slnini'il within uir faithful heart, Thinff linage dear I wear. In ever)- glance, in every sialic, 1 &ec a nameless frracc. ; For love of mine, au aiiKi'l'H soul Ciiinea through thy mortal face ! Tliv hand is rough, and brown with toll, Yet soft as summer ruin; Willi light and toothing touch It falls I' pen t tie brow of pain: The sufferer feels ita licaling ower Hob death of lliilf II sting-, And deems Hint little toil-sluiiicd hnnd White a nil angel's wing. And, sweetheart mine, nowltilering lights Flash from thy modest eyes; Too timid Is liielr downcast glance, To startle or surprise; Yet would I have them shining near, To watch me when I pray. To keep my heart from worldly thoughts, Sweet eyes of gentle gray. No miHlcrn fashions mar thy rolie, So softly flowing down; Yut hangs a nameless dignity Around that simple gown. No pretty simpering queen of art, Nor slave to fnshiou thou ; Tlly pure aud graeioas wumanhissl Is written uu their brow. "Not beautiful !" niv liest Moved! If sweet and humble worth Crowns not with perfect loveliness. Then nought is fair on earth. The children fly from fairer forms, To cluster round tliv knee; And that they derm tfiec beautiful, Hy their fniiil looks I see! Mv only love! I would notdure To change thee If I could : To ma thou art most licautiful, Because tlinu art so gissl. To me thy gentle face must be The loveliest ever seen The fairest face in all the world, My love, my star, my queen! " Chamber' Jtiiirutil, MRS. HAZARD. Sybil Stanion stood lit a window, looking at the stars and wondering whether anything lay before her be sides the dull monotony of life, which seemed wearing her out. Companion toanoldladv well.it did not seem such a hard iife, after all, to others. A good, luxurious home, a liberal sal ary, light duties; vet oh, ves vet it was so dull! Oilier girls, not so pret ty, had been wooed and w on, and she had not one lover. I suppose I shall die an old maid. sighed Sybil. "There's no romance in store for me, no poetry. II is all arsh prose. There ought to be some thing more in life, or why should I long for it." Miss Stanion, it's 1) o'clock, and Polly's cage isn't covered yet," cried Miss Hazard from her inner room. Sybil sighed. The parrot was part if her prose. There were the parrot, the canary and Hie poodle. She near ly hated them all. There w as the col lection of sermons to be read at nights, mil there was Mrs. Hazard s false front to curl in the morning. There were caps to make anil bows to put upon them. There were the long shop ping hours. 1 oiiglil to reioice in the canary. she said, bitterly. "If I wele.liko oili er girls, perhaps I should; but I only long to open Us cage anil Id 11 go. And yet the cage is the safest place for tlie bird, as this house is for inc." And then Sybil who had thought ill this not uttered it read the for ty-ninth sermon by the Rev. Paul Pro- lestine, and bade Mrs. Ila.ard good night. She overslept nerselt next morning, mil awoke to the consciousness Unit it was late, and that Mrs. Hazard's false front was not eiirltd.biit lay, rumpled with that lady's latest nap, on a stand near by. Sybil dressed herself in haste, and then dressed the front; and, lerchingit upon her hand, bounced it into Mrs. Hazard's dressing-room, in an impetuous manner peculiar to her self. In the middle of the room she stood petnheil with astonishment: Mrs. Hazard, in a shawl and mourning cap, was holding audience with a vnung irentlcnian a very handsome young gentleman who strovo to look sedulously unconscious of the "front." "No matter, Miss Stanton, said Mrs. Hazard, "it's only niv nephew. He knows I wear curls. Why not? It's customary. Fred., this is Miss Stanton. Suppose you put them on the bureau, Sybil." And Sybil escaped to the adjoining room. She a pretty, said rred to his aunt. She's very good that s better, said Mrs. Hazard, lleniity fades. I'll see you at breakfast, Fred." And Mrs. Hazard retired to her bed room, leaving her newly-arrived nuph cw loaniuseTiimsclf as ho chose. He prudently betook himself to tho gar den. That was the first of it, not tho last. The nephew, a sort of rolling stone gathering no moss, had been sent to Aunt Hazard to bo done something with to bo recommended somewhere or to get into something good. A puzzled mother, with many other responsibilities and a very small in come, had suggested this in an inco herent letter which accompanied hor cldost son. And there was nothing for it, as Mrs. Hazard said, but to try to help that ridiculous ltty, who never knew her own mind oven when she accepted Fred.'s father, for whom she never cared a farthing, and who. after ruining himself and family, shot himself In a gambling saloon to add to their troubles. Frod. stayed it Aunt Hazard s, and, slie, with a rich woman's influence, soon placed him where if ho had per- sovorance and ability there was a prospect of a good career for him. Lo! now there came a now face into tho household a new step, a new voice. Tho dull, quiet ovenings wero over. Chat and laughter tilled tho little parlor. Airs. Hazard woke out of tho lethargy which, being quite alone with each other, will lung about tho lives of women, aud declared Her self ten yoars youngor. She went to tho opera with Fred., taking Sybil along. She gave a little party. Sho grow astonishingly gay; and as for Sybil well, the world was growing very bright to hor, not so much because of the opera going and tho general wnkinmii) as because a lit- tlo poetry had at last been brought into her life. Fred. Haliburton had begun lo make love to her. There are men who feel their way to women s hearts, slowly, cautiously prudently. Frod. Haliburton was not one of them. His looks, his manner said from tho first, "I lovo you, and I mean to make you love me. This wild young Fred., sauoy and gay and charming, always looking handsomer than men who wero really finer of figure and feature, won his way easily and naturally with Sybil. If ho was not gravely sensible and se dately prudent, Sybil liked him all the better. She had had enough of gravity and prudence, o trouble and serious thought. Some one to laugh and chat with, some one who saw the ridiculous sido of every thing and had no liru- aVnce whatever, was the very man for ner. It might havo been better for her to have admired the professor witli snulV colored hair, who was writing a dic tionary, and who came to Mn. Haz ard's tea parties with some of it in his pocket; but she didn't She could have thanked Heaven for the fresh young springtime that seemed to have come into her life with this lover, who had no moro years to remember than she had herself, and who had never known a sorrow, or taken one to heart if he had, which is much the same thing. And perhaps we have told enough in telling that he loved her and that she returned his love. Where Mrs. Hazard's eyes were, or her ears, or her brain, that she did see what was spring on, it is impossible to guess, mat she did not seemed certain, when, one morning, entering the parlor suddenly, she found Fred, with his arm about Sybil's waist, in the very act of popping the question. Mrs. Hazard stood still, glared upon the two ferociously and iiiiiiir'd with sarcastic politeness: .May 1 ask what this mcan-ir It mean.-," said Fred., "Hint I have just nsked Miss Stanton to be my wife." And what has she said?" asked Mrs. Hazard. What could I sav, when I liked Fred, so much?" asked Svbil. Mrs. Hazard sat down in a chair. "1 suppose I was nobody," she said. "Oh, no," cried Fred.; "we nicanl to tell you." thank you, said Mrs. Hazard, more sarcastically than before. 'Thank yon very much. "What if I say I won't have it, eh?" Fred.'s eyes Hashed. "I am of age," he said. "Your bread and butter depend on my word," said the old lady, "I am rich, as you know. I mean to leave you well oil', Fred., if you obey me: and, Sybil Stanton, your place is worth something to you, and I should not forget you in my will. So, have done with tiiis nonsense. Marry, indeed; a pretty pair you'd make. There's Miss Roberts, Fred., quite a little heiress: and as for you, Sybil, why Professor Sturgeon such a ilictionarv as lie is writing, clever man, von might to be proud of it is really serious in his at- pantions. t ve said enoiigli. 1 hope. 1 1; forgive all this nonsense, it it slops hero; but don't make me angry, or I'll leave you a beggar, Fred., and Mrs. Hazard marched oiilof I be room, beckoning Svbil to follow her. Hut Sybil lingered Fred., with his cheeks flushed, and his eyes glowing. Hew to her .side. 'Darling, he said, "promise mc that you will not let her part us." 'You must not give up so much for me, rred., said Sybil. "Kemeiiihcr he is rich; she "A Ng for her money!" cried Fred. 'I have hands and eyes and health. I'll make my own fortune. I'd rather have yoii than all the wealth of the universe if you'll share Hie life of fellow wlio haint much to offer you. just yet, but his whole heart. And Sybil gave him her hand aud her lips, and the compact was scaled Hid they parted. Two days after this a note came to Sybil, through the hands of Barbara Driller, the housemaid, and through the same instriinieiilalily an answer was returned. That afternoon Sybil took a walk. It was a long one, lead ing into Hie heart of the city. There, at a corner, Fred, met her and offered his arm. Sybil wore her best dress; Fred, also was attired with taste. I hey took their way lo a little parsonage, which stood in the shelter of a very huge church, and Fred, rang the bell. I hcv were ushered into a parlor, jnere, as they waited, each drew oil' an outer pair of gloves, and revealed white ones beneath the deceitful covering. There was something on foot, plainly. The sorvantgiiessed what it was, and an nounced to her master that "that young couple had come." And down stairs walked tho clergyman and his wife, with the benignant mixture in smiles and gravity which seemed lil ting for the occasion; for, as we may suppose, Sybil and Fred, had entered the parsonage lor tho purpose oi iiemg made ono for life. A few polite words a blush on the part of the bride a little nervousness on that of tho bridegroom a soft, ex pectant fluttering of the clergyman's wife's black silk, and they were all standing, ready foi tho marriage ser vice, when tho doorbell rang furiously, and, as it was opened, a voice they well knew, cried: "Not at home fiddlesticks. Keep mc out if you dare! I will go in," and in walked, or bolted, Mrs. Hazard, very red in the face, and very much excited Bridget behind her, crying in anxious explanation: "She would como in. Murther, I couldn't knpe her from yez." "Ah! I'm in time, I see," cried Mrs Hazard. "You'ro not married yet. You thought to deceive mo. eh? Come, Fred., I'll give you ono chance for you are poor L.ctty s child; givo up tins folly and come home with me, and I'll leave you everything." "You'ro my aunt, madam," cried Fred., "and an old woman, so I'll try to bo cool; but, by George, 1 won der what you tako mo for! I I sir, if you please go on with the cere mony." "Stop a minute," said Mrs. Hazard. "Sybil, my dear, I've been very good to you. Como homo with mo; you shall have all I leave. I cut him off. I-" "Mrs. Hazard," said Sybil, "you have boon kind, and I griovo to offend you, but all the world could not bribe me to leavo Fred, now." "He'll bo a beggar," said tho old woman. "Then I'll help him beg," said Sybil. "Why, don't you know you wero once a wife yourself that there arc things more precious than gold or silver?" And then Mrs. Hazard coming close to Sybil caught her in her arms. "Why, yes, I do," she said. "Didn't you know that before, childP Have you been so completely taken in? I've been trying you both, children trying your love for each other, and your hon esty and truth to me. If for tho sake of my money, you had broken faith witli each other, not a penny should either of you ever have had from me. How could I know it was not my heir you were willing to marry, Sybil Stanton? How could I know how earnest your love was until it was tried? I've put you both to the tost knew of rour lovo makins all along. read your notes, and hoard all your &ians. And, oy tne way, mere a poor arbara Druler in the carriage yet and I must have her in to see your wed ding.". And o, with Mrs, Hazard in high glee, Barbara nil a chuckle under her best bonnet, the clergyman blandly tolerant of human absurdity; his wife in sentimental tears ; the bride blush ing, and the bridegroom smiling ; the little seeneended blithely inn wedding. After which. Mrs, Hazard conveyed the young people home witli her, and has, so rumor declares, followed Captain C lit t lc s example, anil made her prop erty over "jintly." The Murder Record. Fifteen hundred and seventeen mur ders were committed in Hie year of our Lord lxx;t in these United States, two hundred and fifty-one more than in 1HX2. According to the same rate of progress, we ought to have about 2.0110 murders this year, and shall. Thus far everything looks favorable for it. So much for the debit side of the account. Let us see how the cred it stands. Wo Mini there have been 9.1 executions, exclusive of tile eases which have been adjudicated in Judge I. Mich's court , leaving a balance of about 1022 red-handed murderers' who have escaped the legal penalty due their crimes. We do not assume that all of them were equally guilty and alike deserving capital punishment; but it is pretty certain that the great bulk of them were so. It is also safe to assert that few of them will ever serve their full lerm of imprisonment. This is an appalling state of affairs, and, us might be expected, is beginning lo produce its natural effect. The wild outburst of indignation in Cincin nati is hut Hie legitimate result of a failure of justice that has become chronic in its character all over the land. What with tho legal obstruc tions that have been woven into our criminal laws, the notorious incapacity (lo call it by its mildest name) of our juries, ami villainous and unscrupulous methods adopted by criminal lawyers and, to crown all. the weakness of our governors in undoing what has been lone, Hanging lias lieconie "played mil, and, as a consequence, crime is growing more rampant every day. He are iimpicsiioiiahly a patient anil long-siiffering people. For years wo tolerate evils that we could brush away in a moment. Hill ivc keep on bearing and complaining until some day the last .straw is laid on Hie camel's hack, and liien we' explode. and like a pack of fools ami savages we go lowork, cry havoc and hurnaml destroy propcrtv which wo have to pay for. And after all this riming and indignation, who is responsible for the defective laws, and its inefficient or venal administration: where docs the ignorant or corrupt juryman conic from:1 Who is it that elects the weak or wily head of Ihe slate!1 Why, wi the people, the source of all power, j ii isoui own worn, such as u is, aim we have no right to complain. If we will till our legislative halls Willi law yeis, what can we expect but that they will make laws Hint can he intcr pcrtcd any way they may he wanted. Thev are looking after their own pro fessional interests, mil after ours. If we allow them to enact laws which ex elude intelligent men from the jury box, as is practically the case, wbal right have we to complain, however foolish or oulragcoiis may he their verdicts, if we must insist on retain ing I lie present form of n unanimous verdict, where one knave or idiot can neutralize the obstinate eleven, why should we lake exception lo it. If we still continue to permit ihe pardoning power to remain in Hie hands of one man, why grumble at him. when he uses it to pardon sonic assassin, who has cheated tlte gallows, bill who can render service at some future election to further gubernatorial ambition. There is one remedy for these evils, and that we have in our own hands. Wo simply have to apply il. It is not riot, arson, or Judge Lynch. It is far more potent than all these. It is the true weapon of freemen the ballot. Let the people elect u better class of men to make our laws and a better class lo administer Hiem: and then we shall no longer see such a humiliating contrast, as fifteen hundred and seven teen murders in one year, and only ninety-three legal executions. Sun Franrim Daily Itejinrl. Forest Fires in Georgia. Atlanta, (in., special to Ihe St. Louis Hluhc-lkmoirtil, April 10: Details from Taylor, Webster, Sumter, Jefferson, Glasscock, and other sandy counties of Georgia, of recent forest fires present a harrowing picture of destruction. Great tracts of thesis counties wero in preparation for truck planting, farm ers having spent the last six weeks on that work. Much new ground had also been cleared, upon which tires were burning in brush-heaps. The wind eamo from the southwest, travel ing northeast. It increased in force until farmers in Hie fields, blinded with sand und unable to see, retired to their houses for protection. Then they awoke to a new danger. The winds had fanned the Haines of the briish lieap fires and scattered them in all directions. The fencing of pine quick ly caught, and long streams of crack ling flames could be seen all along the course of the fences. When the fences were consumed the dry stubble and dried vegetation of the past year caught, and the lire slowly eats its way closer and closer to the house, making escape with even life miraculous. Women and children wero crouching with fear. Men could only hastily clear away patches of earth, and " by lighting back tho fire from the edges keep a spot clear upon which it was possble to stand until the fire had passed over. Ileuses caught and were swept away, not oven an ar ticle of furniture being saved. In Doo ly county eight litiuses wero burned, and the loss in fences, etc., destroyed cannot ho less than $ 12,000. In Taylor county tho loss is about 910,000. In Sumptcr county, $8,000. In Webster county, $o,000. In Jefferson county, $10,000. Tho greatest loss, perhaps, was suffered in Glasscock county. Tho path of tho tiro took in the town of Gibson, and it was only by 'heroic work that 200 men fought tho fire back Tho loss is, perhaps, $20,000. Since the lire has passed oyer the faot has been discovered thathugo sand drifts, blown about by the winds, havo covered the ground which has been prepared for planting, rendering a re newel of work necessary. The Whitehall Tiu discourages graveyard Sunday evening courtships. We inOBt vehe mently protest that we never experienced that peculiar sensatlaa which would prompt ui to hug a pretty gtrl In a cemetery. We have al ways tenaciously embraced tse theory that the proper place to bug a pretty girl la about the waist, and not In the region of the cemetery. Chicago A'un. There la a man living In Laurent county Cia., 74 years old, who la father of forty-seven children. . Dr. Sanaf ord'i Liver InTlgorator vegetable. Try It when gentle cathartic action Is needci SHIIOII'S FIELD. Tin' Excursion of Ex-Federal Soldiers to the Scene of the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. Tha Visit to the National Cemetery -.titdg lllckev's Tenrhlng Uemllllleeiieea. The Kxenralnn. A special from Shiloh Battle-Field to the Chicago Time. April 7, says: The excursion of ex-federal soldiers and citizens from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio lias been magnificently man aged. The greater maiorilv of three hundred present are from Illinois and Iowa. The scenes on the steamers Nisbel and Gilbert were those of gen eral jollity, everyone, and especially the officers of Hie boats, doing every thing lo make things pleasant. Before reaching Savannah it was ascertained from wild rumors that smallpox was raging In that town to an unlimited i tent. Tho excursionists were much disturbed over the reports, and would not let anyonu come uu the stcatitcis from that town. The disappointment of not being able lo go ashore and see the two-story house occupied as Ihe headquarters of Gen. Grant was very great. The two steamers remaTiied oyer at Crump's landing, four miles distant, in order to come by N.-.'lo a. in. The pleasantesl part of the whole trip was when the two steamers, lashed to gether as was often done during Hie war, passed up to Shiloh. Ihe Grand Amiy of the Republic band, of Deca tur, 111., and the Audubon band, of Iowa, playing alternately. All the old soldiers were much affected by the band playing "Home Again" aiul 'Anld Lang Syne," and gave three heers for the old flag. Having hind d, a line was formed, when llicy marched to the beautiful national cem etery, on a bill overlooking the Tennes see fiver. It was staled in explana tion that the reason that there were not more people of the surrounding country present was in conseipienco of l lie smaii-pox scare, lor wnieii more was no p-j.rticular need, as Savannah had her thirty negro patients quatan liued. The exercises were brief, with appropriate addresses, which wcreelo- ouciil nservative, and patriotic. In the course of his remarks, D. ('. Smith, of Hie HHi Illinois, expressed his belief thai the north ami south were a united and indissoluble people; it was honor able to light for one's convictions, and the result was the inspiration of divinc providence. Judge Dickey, of the Illiiioissiipi-etiio court, told of Hie death of his son-in-law, Gen. Wallace, with great emo tion, at times being unable to speak. Willi trembling voice he said he was reminded by Gen. Campbell, of Jack son, Tciin., in passing through dial place, thai his division confronted that of Gen. Wallace. On that fatal day live connections of the family wore slain. His daughter, having deter mined to visit tier husband, found on reaching here that the battle was raging wilh great fury, and the mes sage she received was that he had been killed. Judge Dickey had been told of an incident thai was worthy of per petuation: A confederate wasbetiding over a wounded federal placing w ater to his parched lips when both were swept away by a cannon-ball. God worked all things well, though the confederates would probably not for get their defeat. He predicted thai Ihe south would be one of Hie most prosperous seclions of tlicuiiion within the next twenty years. He believed that nine-tenths otf the ex-confederates had no feeling in tic matter. It had all passed away. The federals fought without malace and for the preserva tion of Hio union. Large numbers went over the battle field to-day to see whether they could locale Ihe old landmarks of Hie battle and to find relies. Capt. Duncan, of the steamer Nisbet told me that since the war he had transferred tons upon tons of lead in cakes of every de scription, which had been melted in every species of vessel, from hullcls picked off the field of carnage. The canip-lires of peace are ablaze to-night, and Ihe veterans say they are a strik ing reminder of twenty-two years ago. THE ORATION OF THK DAY. Hon. 1). C. Smith, of Illinois, was the orator of the day, and delivered a stirring speech eulogistic of both the federal and confetiorate dead, and concluded as follows: "As quiet as tho steadily-flowing current of the beautiful Tennessee, which perpetu ally halhes the feet of the hill in which rest our beloved dead, coming down from the uplands of the south to join its water with that of the great rivers of the north, so may the current of patriotic love of country come from the south land and join others from all parts of the country until all arc em braced in ono sentiment of love and respect for the inseparable union of the states." HEN. T. LYI.E U CKF.Y, judge of tho supremo court of Illinois, spoke, of tho motives that animated the parlies to the contest and the substan tial benefits that resulted to the south, even from tho lire through which she had passed and the terrible experience always realized hy people of the soil where armtd hosts come together to prove tho earnestness of their con victions by appealing to arms. He said that from the terrible civil war that had become a political necessity the south had suffered greatly, it was true, but was recuperating so fast that within the next decade it would ho far more prosperous than before the war. Ho then related some personal ex periences of tho battle and the inter esting particulars regarding Gen. Lew Wallace and his command. He spoko of the great sclf-sacrilico of Hie soldiers of the north, and tho union had boon cemented together by their blood. Tho entire audience, which by this time had been largely augmented by people from across the rivcrand neigh borhood, then sung "Nearer, my God, to Thee," tho band leading with its cornets. The children of a neighbor ing Sunday school sung a hymn found ed on Stonewall Jackson's last words, "Let us pass over tho river." This af fected many of the audience to tears, and was well received. This was all that was said or done IN MEMORY Or THE CONFEDERATE DEAD who lay buried in the surrounding fields without a stone to mark the spot. The audience sung "I love to tell the story," led by the cornets, and the veterans then dispersed over the country as far as old Shiloh cluirjh, looking for places wbore their com rades fell, and they fought and many wero wounded beside them. Great in terest was manifested in searching for old bullets, buttons, and the like, and a large number being found on the field near by, every member of the party carrying away some relio of Shiloh a dreadful day. There was an old-time camp-lire last night on the battle-field by the spring hardtack, bacon, und beans being cooked and eaten from tin-plates. Tin entire day to-day was spent in visiting points of interest on the battlo-flelu The flattie. The battle of Shiloh, or, as it is some times called, the battle of Pittsburg Landing, was one of the most fiercely contested of Hie war. It was fought at Shiloh, a locality so called from a church situated there near Pitts burg Landing, on the Tennessee river, in Hardin county, lcnnessee, April 6 and 7, Ili2, between the union forces under Gen. Grant and the confederates under Gens. A. S. Johnston and Beauregard.- After the evacuation of Nashville, the confederate forces in Ihe west were concentrated near Corinth, Miss., while Grant was preparing to move so as to cut oil' their communications in west ern Tennessee. On April 1, with about .12,(100 men, he reached Pittsburg Land ing, w here he was to be joined by ien. Bin II. On the morning of Hie battle his divisions were the commands of Sherman, MoClernind, Prentiss, Hiirlbiit, and W. H. L. Wallace. They had no intrenclitnenls of any sort, on the theory that as soon as llucll arrived they would march to Corinth toattack Ihe enemy. The rebel army, commanded by (ien. Albert Sidney Johnston, was, accord ing to his own reports. I.'i.iioo strong. Moving wilh this force from Corinth, he fell upon Grunt early on the morn ing of Sunday. April li. Tin attack first fell upon the divisions of Sherman and Prentiss, bolhof which wen driven back, three regiments of the latter be ing captured, and Ihe whole army torced back almost to Hie lauding, (ien. Sherman says ill his report: "From about Hie 1st of April we were con scious that the rebel cavalry in our front was .getting bolder and more saucy: ami on Friday, the Ith of April, it dashed down and carried off our picket guards, composed of an officer atul seven men, posled a couple of miles out on the Corinth road. Col. Biicklaud sent a company to its relief. then followed himself with a regiment, and. fearing lesl lie might he worsted, I called mil his whole brigade and fol lowed sonic four or live miles, when the cavalry in frottl encountered ar tillery. I then, after dark, drew back to our lines, and reported Hie fact by letter lo Gen. Grant at Savannah. Saturday passed in our camps without any unusual event, hut on Sunday, the lita. early, there was a good deal of picket tiring, aud I got breakfast, rode mil among my lines, and. about four hundred yards to the front of Appier s regiment, received from some bushes in a ravine to Ihe left front a volley which killed mv orderly, Hollidav. About the same time I saw the rebel lilies of battle eoiiiiiigilownon us as far Hie eve could reach. All in y 1 1 ps re in line of battle and I he 'ground was favorable to us. I gave the neces sary orders to Ihe battery atlached to llildcbrand's brigade aiul cautioned I Ih iii,-ii to reserve their tire till the rel els had crossed the ravine of Owl ci k and had begun the ascent: also lit stall' officers lo notify Gens. Mc-. demand and 1'iviiliss ot the coming blow, in a few minutes the bailie of Shiloh began with extreme fury and lasied hvoilavs." When Sherman and Prentiss were attacked 1 here i as a wide gap belwccn their lines. A I it t It- after 10 o clock the federal line was connected. Sher man on Ihe right. Mcdcrnatid next. I lien W. II. L. Wallace, ami next on his left Prentiss and lliirlbut. and Me- Arlliur lilling Ihe space between Pren tiss and Stewart. Ihe right was gradually forced back on a curve till at half-past I o'clock there was a wide gap between McCleriiaudaiid Wallace, lliirlbut held his ground till I o'clock. but by half-past I he retreated, leav ing Prentiss left in air. Through the two gaps thus made the confederates left and right poured in and encircled Prentiss and Wallace. After their surrender there was little lighting that day. In the afternoon Hindi's advance had appeared on tin opposite bank of Hie river, and a single division had crossed during the battle. In this day's lighting the union loss was nearly ten thousand killed, wound ed, and captured. The rebel loss was as great ill killed and wounded, but the loss in prisoners was small. One of the notable incidents of Hie day was the killing of Gen. Albert Sidney John ston. The 4.ith Tennessee coiild not he urged up a slope to dislodge the ,'12d and 41st Illinois regiments from their position. Squads would leave the ranks, run up to a fence, fire, and fall back to place, hut Hie regiment would not advance. Gen. Ilrcckenriilge, foiled and irritated, rode to Gen. Johnston and complained he had a Tennessee regiment that wouldn't light. Gov. Harris, of Tennessee, who was with Johnston, remonstrated, and riding to the 4oth appealed to it in vain. Gen. Johnston moved to the front of the brigade now standing in line, rode slowly along the front, promising to lead them himself and appealed to them to follow. The halting soldiers wero aroused to enthusiasm. Johnston, Hreckenridge, and Gov. Harris in front, followed by the brigade, charged up the slope and down the hollow beyond. Unchecked by the hot lire of tlio'lllin- ois regiments, they pushed up the higher slope and the position was gained. Tho Illinois regiments fell hack slowly, hailing at intervals to turn und lire, and wero not pursued. Ono of these shots struck Gen. John ston, cut an artery, and no surgeon being at hand ho bled to death in a fe w minutes. Gen. Beauregard, at his station at Shiloh church, was notified and assumed command. Beauregard assailed tho union cen ter and left, on which the most of the artillery had been concentrated, and which were also covered hy two gun boats. The attack was repelled, and at night a bombardment was opened which compelled tho confederates to withdraw a little. Tho remainder of BiicU's command crossed the river during the night, raising tho union force to about forty-livo thousand. Gen. Grant and (ien. Bucll met ul Sherman's headquarters in tho even ing, and it was there agreed that Bucll with his army thoiild in the morning attack on the left, and Grant, with his immediate command, should attack on the right. Gen. Beauregard still held hia own position near the church, and as the lino of retreat was by tho road passing the church, it was necessary that his force should hold this position to the last. It was a centre to which stragglers and fragments of commands had drifted during the night. Monday morning the greater part of Beaure gard's array reported there. Grant opened the action of the 7th by an ar tillery fire before which the confeder ate advance fell back. It was not long before the conflict raged around Shiloh church with a fury surpassing any por tion of the battle of Sunday. The lines wero pressed closer atid the tire was hotter than ever. At one time (ien. Grant called two regiments, and in person led them in charge in McCook's front and broke the enemy's line. Kn duranee has its limits. Beauregard saw his men were beginning to tlag. Shortly afterward he posted a battery and a brigade on the rising ground south of Oak creek, commanding the ground about Shiloh church, anil with drew his worn troops behind thein. The union loss as officially stated was 1,700 killed, 7.4'.io woiimjcd, and I. 022 prisoners; in all 12,217. The con federate loss, as reported hy Beaure gard, was 1,72 killed. H.012 wounded, and '.loll missing: in all lO.b'J'.i. The Older Klectrieity. Yesterday afternoon Prof. Tyndall delivered ilis third royal institution lecture on "Tho Older' Electricity, its phenomena and investigators," before a full theater. He began with some supplementary remarks and experi ments illustrative of induction, on which Kpinus, as he showed, had shed a good deal of light. It was next dem onstrated that tlte charge of a con ductor depended upon the extent of its surface, and not upon its weight. Moniiier proved this. He found that an anvil weighing 200 pounds gave a smaller spark than a speaking-trumpet weighing ten pounds. De Roi and D'Arcy observe I that a hollow sphere accepted the same charge when empty as when filled with mercury. The lec turer illustrated the perfect ellicieney of a hollow conductor by the experi ment of suspending a bat fiom silk strings. Klectncily was poured into the hat, but produced no effect upon he electroscope, Ihe two gold leaves f which, however, llew asunder the moment the nap of the hat was electri fied, proving that all the charge was distributed upon the surface, lie re peated also the ilcmoiist ration devised by I raiikhu, who placed a long metal lie chain in a silver leapol, which he electrified. Then connecting this tea pot with all electroscope he produced divergence but on lifting the chain by a silk string the electricity spread in part over Hie outside of the chain, and the divergence was very sensibly diiiiiiiishcil. Faraday built himself a chamber of laths covered with paper and wire gauze, and suspended it by silk ropes. Within this chamber no trace of electricity could be detected, while from its outside edges and corners the electricity streamed vehemently into Hie air. The importance of the electric action of noints. as illustrated experimentally by Franklin, who af terward turned that action to such inn niciiloiis account in his invention of the lightning conductor, was next ad verted to. The lecturer retraced the American philosopher's reasoning, and jiistilicil liis deductions by corrobora tive ilcmoiist rations, pointing triuui phanth to the electroscope charged hy a point. The fluid passed through his ow n electrified body, through the n die he held in his hand, and out at the steel point swift as lighthitijr to the delicate index of action. Of course, as the live conductor, he was standing on the insulating glnss-legged stool. His electrical condition was plainly shown by Hie paper thongs, yards apart, ot ihe mimic whip in connection. Then, as lie stooped down for the stool, flabbily enough, thus ilcniou.straling the instantaneous discharge of elec tric charge by a point. There followed the clcctrilication of the air ill the I he aler by a point. The electricity was next carried oil' at a point through the discharging power of llaiue. Prof. TvniUll hero remarked that by the discharge ol elcctricilv from a point the surrounding airliooamivdeelriticd; it became as a consequence selt-repcll ed, that a perceptible "wind" was (ell when the hand was brought near a point whence the electricity thus is sued. It was on this principle that Hamilton founded his electric null which the lecturer forwith showed in aclion. A pretty experiment which followed was often performed by Far aday. It was the fusion of sealing-wax under the action of electricity, which canted it to shoot forth into long Ida nienlsof extreme delicacy and beauty, l.owlon Tiinrs. The Cincinnati Mob. Cincinnati has been in the hands of a mob, and it required a great portion of the militia of the state to be placed under arms, in order lo quell mc dis turbance. Tin trouble grew out of the indignation i f eitizensover an out rageous verdict in the case of a mur derer, named Berner, and tho lax en forcement of justice on murderers generally, and in an evil hour a mob undertook to take tho law into its own hands. The indignation of the people was righteous and just, hut their methods of redress was wrong, and, as a result, Cincinnati's courthouse, with all its valuable records, was burned, some business places were sacked, and much valaable property destroyed, not to speak of the hundred or more lives that were saerinceii. vtnen caneu on for troops, the governor temporized and hesitated. When troops were called nut, a mere handful was sent to n-iiard the iail. where tho mob sunnns- cd the murderer to be, and was placed there with empty guns. As a conse quent the riot went on for two days, until it was finally suppressed with much bloodshed. No matter how much cause the origi nal leaders of this mob may have had for their indignation, the act of taking , il- U..-.J.. ........... u. Hie law liuu its otvu iinuiin liiuiiu, ud admitted to be right. A mob always goes further than the intention of those who start it. it iieeomes a wnu oeasi, an ungovernable animal, an intoxicated lunitic, without sense, aud without rea son. There is but one way to deal with it, and that is with cold load, promptly and plentifully administered. There is no mercy in temporizing with a mob, or in tiring blank cartridges; it always results in more bloodshed than if decisive action was taken at first. And yet, while the action of the riot ers in Cincinnati is not to be excused, there is a lesson in the outbreak which may well be takes home, not only by those meting out so-called justice in Ohio, but in Tctas as well. It has be come too common for murderers to es cape a just punishment through the in fluence of money, of friends, or the sharp practice of shrewd lawyers. It has become too common for trials to be a travesty on justice, and little b, tter than a farce, and it is scarcely to be wondered at, that an outraged and in dignant community should lose pa tionce at last, and take the law into its own hands. What has occurred in Cincinnati may occur in other places, where the administration of justice may be lax or tardy. It is to be hoped that the light from the burning court bouse in that city may serve to illu mine the niindi of law-makers every where, so that they will be enabled to so frame statutes that there will be some hope of promptly and surely pun ishing those who are guilty of the crime of muwler Z'ew Sifluigt. . XOTKS OF THE DAY. Twelve thousand pounds of dyna mite were taken through Johnstown, Pa., the other day for the South Penn sylvania. Millions of wild geese are reported in the swamps near Adiu, Cal., and hunters are slaughtering th'm in large numbers. The matriculation and library fees and the price of Imard in the commons at the University of Virginia have been reduced. According to 77n' IMmUr (N. Y.) Herald, there is extreme need among thu Seneca Indians on the Cattaraugus reservation. Interesting news from Oregon: The day of Irovine jubilee has come, aud the cows roam the streets again, seek ing things to devour. Cough drops bought from a peddler have made many Syracuse, N. Y., people sick. They are said to havo contained belladonna. Burlington, Vt.. boasts a witty Irish man who refused to pay $12, the regu lar price, for pasturing his cow because she had only three teats. Apples sell at the rate of three for .it) cents in the Cieur d'Alene mines, and silver coin commands a premium of HI cents on the dollar. It is reported that a Chinese bank. with a capital of .iki,ishi, will shortly be opened at Victoria. British Colum bia, by a Hong Kong firm. A negro soldier had his nose com pletely laken oil' by a bullet at Fort Stockton, Texas, and the same ball striking a German rendered amputa tion of his limb necessary. A Mississippi man writes to Denton county, Texas, for a runaway wife, and describes her "wilh high cheek-bones, upper front teeth out, crippled ill one foot, cross-eyed, and quick spoken." A Chinaman attempted to run a res taurant at l.orilsliuug, .New .Mexico, re cently, but had to give il up after three days' trial ivithoiit giving a single meal. Kvcn the "greasers" are too sen sitive. It is said that the recent Georgia cy clone blew n bible a half-mile from a farm-house. When lirst found it was lying open, and the lirst thing that greeted Hie finder's eye was Hie sixti eth psalm. From the letters forming Ihe word "incomprehensibility" a Westport, Mc, woman has forniod Mo intelligi ble words without the aid of printed I matter, und n rival, a loan, has formed ol 1 words. A boy was convicted in Toronto, Canada, last week of profane swearing in Knglish on the testimony of an Ital ian who did not understand "Ingli.se," and wasconipelleil to testify through an interpreter. The Si it Ilium .Vees has forbidden its legislative reporter to accept the gift of $200 voted by the Connecticut legislature, and says it wants no sub sidy from thu siuto fix 'loiiiu; its duty lo the public as a newspaper. A New York policeman admitted in court Hint he was on the sick list for six months because the night air did mil agree with him. He drew his pay and also salary for day work in a hat store during the same period. A Chinawoman recently applied for admission tolhe Portland. Oregon, jail, in order to be safe from a fellow-countryman, who had threatened lo kill her. She has been there a week, and still deems il unsafe to venture out. At San Francisco. Kmil Nov, who claims to be a distant relative of the great French marshal, was recently arrested in the free library on a charge of having destroyed public property. He was cutting items referring to Mar shal Xey from one of the newspapers on file.' Mctaire, the most fashionable ceme tery ill New Orleans, was a race-course a few years ago. It then belonged to an aristocratic club which blackballed the president of a lottery company when he made application for member ship. By way of revenge he bought the grounds aiul gave them to the city for a cemetery. A Lawrence (Mass.) Irishman who says he can prove that ho is only 2.1 years old is contesting the claim of a woman with two children, ono 14 years old, who claims that the man is her husband and the father of her chil dren. He has had the woman and her aunt, who is backing her claim, arres ted forconspiracy. A walking-cane made out of nine decks of old playing-cards, six thick nesses out of eacli deck pressed togeth er by machinery, with a steel rod run ning through Hie middle, is owned by William Gale, of Kureka, Nevada. The cane is very heavy, smooth, nnd supple, nnd is decidedly a curiosity. A little boy was buried in Meridian, Miss., the other day, and behind the. hearse in the funeral procession wnlked bis pony, with its saddle draped with crape. Strangers even looked with moistened eyes upon the little fellow's pet, upon which ho had often been seen to ride through tho streets but a little while ago. In Richmond, Va., the Cincinnati riot caused great excitement. Many tolegrams were sont away, among them the following important one to Senator Sherman: "It is suggested here tha' the Richmond Blues nnd a detach ment of howitzers, who quelled the Danville riot, aid in suppressing the riot in your stato. Upon proper ap plication Gov. Cameron might onlor them out." Hail-stones recently fell in tho vi cinity of Daingerlield, Texas, as largo as goose eggs or a man's two fists. Ono eyo-witnoss saw thein piled up by tho wagon-load. The storm tore limbs from the trees, knocked through tho roofs of houses, killed calves, sheep, and fowls, totally destroyed the fruit und gardens, and forty-eight hours after hail-stones were taken to town as large as hen's eggs. A very aged man, clothed in rags tnd with a long flowing beard, who car ries a bundle of papers, which state that he was born In 1791, fought with the great Napoleon at Waterloo, Austerlitz, and Leipzig, and took an active part in the Polish war of 1631, was captured and sentenced to Siberia, but escaped and came to this country with Carl Schur in 1851, was recently brought to the police station at Tren ton, N. J., charged with vagrancy. Al though 70 years of age, he fought in the war of the rebellion, and since then has led a nomadio life, traveling from one place to another, and relying on members of the Grand Army for sup- Eort. He is known as Count Znwaski. is appearance gives him a striking resemhlance to the make-un of Kip Van Winkle, and the resemblance Is strengthened by the old aoldier's strong foreign accent. He ralher In vited a sentence of thirty day) in jail hiub the Juitiou imposed. .