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VOL. X.
LHE FIRST OREGON CAVALRY.
An A ceo ant of the Serrloea .idnel by
tills Band aff V elanteers from ana
Willamette Valley Daring
the Indian War
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BY A VOLUNTEER, ' "
During the winter "of 1865. I en
listed in the first Oregon Cavalry with
a number of Linn county boys and
was sent to Vancouver, W. T. We
were stationed there until the first of
May, when we were ordered out in.
to the Indian country to try to . civil
ize those two old snake chieftains,
rVinnamucca and Wea-ah-we-wah.
There werp detachments from Compa.
nies A. B. D. E., numbering in all
about 120 men. We had been in
garrison so long that the men were
delighted with the idea of traveling,
especially on those comfortable steam
ers between Portland and The Dalles.
The morning of our embarkation was
beautiful and pleasant, as ever dawned
upon the Willamette Valley, and we
stepped aboard the Emma Hayward
with light hearts and smiling, faces:
yet I think if we had known more of.
the hardships of an Indian campaign
we would tiave felt very differently.
However, we knew nothing of the
future and as we glided away over
Columbia's smooth and Unrippled
waters, we Btationed ourselves in
groups about thfc deck, and talked of
home and friends, snd the "girls we
left behind us," discussed the
probabilities of our being killed, and
left upon the field of battle, for the
coyotes to devour, or what was still
worse if we were to be hooked to
ces by ..the treacherous Snakes, and
our hair hung upon a pole for the
red skins io rejoice over, and shake
through their teeth in boastful tri
umph. These were questions freely
discussed by one and all. We had a
very pleasant time, and those of us
who were not in the habit of using
intoxicating drinks fared better than
those that did, for many of them, by
the time we arrived at the point where
the Columbia scenery is the moat
magnificent, were either too drunk
to see it, or were ordered below.
We arrived at theDalles about
dusk and were marched to the
garrison. After unsaddling our hors
es, we awaited the quartermaster's
presence to assign quarters for our
poor, tired steeds; but not making
his appearance as soon as was agree
able, the orderly concluded to
mount his horse bare back and pro
ceed to liiB office and hurry biro. up.
One of the boys assisted him to
mount, but the Orderly being a hi tie
too light-headed to stay there fell off
upon the opposite side, and in full
ing, the horse kicked him in the
stomach with such force ns to fatally
injure him. He dikd the next day at
2 o clock, and on the following day
his remains were placed on board the
steamer and sent to Vancouver. Thus
after one days' time he returned, not
as he came but a corpse, and all
from tne eflects or rum. Thus died
Sergeant Durfey, Company D., first
Oregon Cavalry. Those of my com
rades who may see this article will
remember the gloom which this sad
event cast upon each one of ns. The
nrst day of our journey terminating
so sadly, what migbt the rest be. It
was a solemn warning to many of us,
which we never forgot while in the
service, and I hope we never may.
We remained at the' Dalles about a
week, and then, uder the command
of Lieut. Hubert, now Captain in the
regular arruv, with bilos repoon, and
James Curry, we started for the In
dian country by the wjty of Fort
Boise, where we arrived about the
first of June. After resting here
about a week, we again took up our
line of march for the scene of Indian
hostilities. 'We arrived at, and es
tablished Camp Lyon, near the west
ern bouudnry line of Islaho about the
middle of .June, This was our head
quarters, and from there we scouted
the couutrv in every direction, and
were some times near two hundred
miles from our headquarters. ' The
latter part of June we were ordered
in pursuit of a thieving band of In
dians that bad stolen tome hones
from Silver City, Idaho. We tracked
them for eight days, and the ninth
day about noon we came upon the
objects of our search on the Malheur
River near where the Malheur Indian
Agency is now located. We had
jolly time chasing them over the rocks
and sage brusn, but did not capture
any that day; the next day we rested
in camp, but while we were resting,
those wary old rogues, We ah we-wab
and Winnemucca were reinforced
with about two hundred of their
braves, and that night they surround
ed. and about daylight opened fire
on us while we were all asleep but
the guard. It is impossible for me to
describe the consternation and disor
der which followed. ' The command-
intr officer, who but a few evening
before had boasted that with his
thirty Linn and Marion county boys
be could whip five hundred Indians,
now jerked his shoulder straps off
for fear they mignt want to see mm
first And I think about that tine
he changed his mind and would have
concluded two hundred as a sufficient
number to pit his thirty men against.
But it was too late for a change of
that ki nd now, m e h ad to fight just what
were there, so the boys sailed in like
heroes and after a half hours' hard
fighting and a few rounds of grape
and canuister, the tune was turned
and we took chanre of the war whoop
and ran it from that to the end of
the battle. It was a running nght
from that time and we were unable
to ascertain then number but have
learned since that we succeeded in
shutting off the wind of abont one
dozen of tneir braves, wnue in return
thev wounded two of our men one
in the arm, the other in the body.
We bad to carry tbem near two bun.
dred niilea npon litters, and it was
like torture to theux. Often did Phil
bps beg of us to kill biui, but his
time had not come, for a terrible
death awaited him of which I shall
speak hereafter. Phillips was from
Salem, Oregon. The other wounded
man was William Jones, of Marion
county. We traveled nine davs over
a rough, rocky, barren country, and
by the time we arrived at camp the
wounoed men were nearly used up.
Aster arriving at head-quarters a
messenger was immediately dispatch
ed to Port Boise for the surgeon, Dr.
Cochrane, who came and extracted
the bullet, when both n en were soon
able for duty again. Upon this cam
paign, we came near losing a man un
der tne followingcircumstnnces. ltich
ard Howard had been detailed as one of
the rear guard, the morning after the
battle, and forgetting where he be
longed started off with the advance
guard.' After going gome dis
tance he was told of his mistake. He
stopped by the roadside to wait for
the guard to which he belonged, and
being very sleepy and tired had fallen
asleep by the time it came along, and
as they did not observe him he was
left there- We did not miss him until
we encamped that night, so there
was forty miles between him and the
command, and he in the very midst
of the enemy. Ten men were imme
diately sent to hunt for him, but did
not find him. He came to the main
command four davs after and almost
starved, and in a pitiful plight. Hav
ing wandered night and day from the
time be was left until he reached
camp, ; be was immediately put in
irons. We rested about two weeks
in camp and were then ordered to
Surprise valley, California, as an es
cort. Some four days journey from
Lyon, we found some Indians near
the road and immediately gave them
chose, but owing to the roughness of
the country we could not capture any
of them but a little girl about ten
years old; we kept her until morning
and then gave her some clothing
which, I might say was not just suit
able for ladies wear, but she seemed
glad to get them, and shed many
bitter tears bn parting with ns. After
escorting a wagon train loaded with
quartz mills for Yuba City, Idaho
Territory, we again returned to Camp
Lyons. After resting ten days we
were sent after a party of thieving
Indians, and pursuing them until
they obliterated their trail by some
means, wer compelled to return
without overtaking them. We found
where they had killed a very fine
mule, and after taking from the hams
what they wanted, left the balance to
be eaten by the vultures. Returning
to camp we rested a short time, and
again started upon the trail of poor
Lo We trailed them on to the head
of Jordon Creek, where the ill-fated
Jordon was killed and butchered the
summer before, while fighting for his
life, having been separated from the
command. We found the Indians
encamped on the Owyhee river. We
surprised and routed them without
the loss of n man. They ran, hiding
among the rocks, and we, not know
the country well enough, let most of
them get away, but we succeeded in
killing; three. An old man swam
across the river under the water, but
failing to keep himself entirely under
was killed before he gained the
shore. One of the boys went over
and scalped him, as he said, "just
for fun." We found a quantity of
dried meat, crickets and roots ail of
which we burned with their wigwams.
On returning to camp we learned of
the death of Col. McDermot, of the
California regiment, who was killed
and then horribly mutilated. His
remains were found next day with bis
heart cut out and placed upon a stick,
his eyes gouged out and everything
that could be done toward mutilation,
was done by those fiends.
While we were so busy in this part
of the Indian Territory some of our
comrades were in another part doing
excellent service. A party, under
Capt. L. Williams were stationed in
the country known as Silvie's Biver.
They had several engagements with
the Indians. In one of which ibos.
F. Smith and Griffin were wounded,
the latter was shot in the hip, they were
surrounded and then the grass set on
fire; they had to run and fight for
twelve miles; several times on the re
treat did Griffin halt and declare he
could go no farther, but the rear
guard bad orders to make every man
keep up or shoot them, so that when
the gun was pointed at him he would
hobble on again. In this way tbey
persuaded bioi to travel until they
reached camp. Griffin ia a cripple
from the effects of the wound. Dur
ing the winter this detachment was
ordered out into the Indian couniry
until tbey grew tired of it. One
morning they were told to take their
rations on sleds and start through
snow about twelve inches deep. But
two men obeyed, and they with the
captain marched iust outside of camp
and staid for the night; the next
morning tbey returned and the whole
garrison were placed under arrest for
disobedience, but were discharged
after some weeks. This command
were almost starved by the time they
could get where provisions could be
bad. The command to which I be
longed was very busy most of the
summer, and after many fruitless
scoutings ended the summer's cam
paign sometime in November with
the most complete sell I ever saw.
The captain had sent out ten men to
Sud out their whereabouts and report
as soon as practicable. Ttey started
with the first snow and the supposi
tion was that they would find Indian
encanid for the winter. After being-
stiaent about eight or tn days
they returned with the intelligence
that they iiol lound about twenty
lodges some eventv-five miles south
of camp; they had found these lodges
alter mgnt. naa wen tue nro aim
counted the bouses. - Accordingly we
marched out of camp about fifty
strong, with (he snow about one foot
deep and still snowing. Our coure
lay over a cold and barren country
with nothing but sage urosn to nre
np with and most of that covered
with snow. The second day we ar
rived within alunt three miles of the
ALBANY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1875.
supposed encampment and were halt
ed until about 3 o clock the next
morning. How we kept from freez
ing during the night was almost mi
raculous. We were not permitted to
make a fire, and we were compelled
to walk Or rather run until ordered
to march. We danced the war dance
in all its varied forms and every
other kind of dunce we could think
of. It was rather a novol sight to
see men thus engaged who were ex
pecting to be marched into battle be
fore the dawn of day, but it was
Hopkin's choice with us, and I don't
think we could be censured for dano
ing under such circumstances; at
least my conscience never troubled
me over it. At three we were order
ed to mount and proceed to the scene
of action. We did so, and at first
Bight we saw all that the others had
seen, but after a closer inspection of
the place we found wo had been de
ceived.' . The camp was nothing more
than twenty huge rock lying in luch
a manner as to resemble a camp with
lodges in rows after the Indian mode
of forming camps. It is easy to im
agine the chagrin of the Capt. and
men over such a sell, and it was a
long time before the boys heard the
last of the Owyhee sell. For my
part I had not lost anv Indians and
did not care to be sold on that part
of the question.
We then returned and wintered at
Fort Boise. We had a very pleasant
time and little to do until spring.
While here we had the misfortune to
loose two of our comrades under the
followiug circumstances.: . One of
them by the name of Shea was placed
in the guard-house, for some misde
meanor, and the prisoners obtaining
whiskey tbey got on a glorious
drunk, some of them being almost
like maniocs. Thev run the auurd
away from the guard-house and tak
ing possession of it threatened the
lift of any one attempting their ar
rest, and being well armed, it was
dangerous to go near the windows
or door, as they were ready to shoot
the first who should do so. The
cavalry was ordered out to the num
ber of thirty, and marched to the
guard-house and ordered to arrest
tbem, and to shoot the first man that
resisted. As the door was forced
open the prisoners all fled to their
culls except Shea, who was shot and
instantly killed by one of his com
rades, but being in obedience to or
der and to save his own life, he was
not to blame. The next was Perry
G. McCord, of Lane county, Oregon.
There had been a man nluced in the
guard-house by the civil authorities
for murder, and the citizens organ
izing a vigilauce committee came to
the place where he was confined, ami
surprising the guard, took the man
out and hunged him within sight of
the tort, this somewhat excited the
soldiers, as there was still another
prisoner confined there, and tbey
were fearful thut an attempt would
bo mado to hung him also. One
night McCord came running into the
guard-house at full speed, und some
ot the boys supposing it to be anoth
er vigilance raid, tOuot McCord os he
entered the door. It was a sad affair,
and one cannut help but think of the
old axiom thut "intemperance kills
more than sword, for of the num
ber that loft Vancouver, in that com
mand, three were killed directly or
indirectly from the influence of in
toxicating liquors, and one was slain
in battle, though many were wounded.
jbeaviiig Boise in the spring the
command was marched into the In
dian country, and were placed under
the command of regular officers, and
employed as scouts for a part of the
summer. They were kept busy, and
during the lout campaign of tlie first
Oregon cavalry, William Phillips, of
Company D. was killed.' A com
mand of one hundred and thirty
men, under the command of an offi
cer, (I shall not mention his namo)
were scouting upon tbo head waters
of Owyheeriver. Theyhad justeross
ed the river and were preparing to
camp. Thecommandingofficerorder
ed Phillips and one other man to as
cend the cliff, by the way of the
trail, and see if he could find anv
late sign of Indians. They immedi
ately obeyed, and had ascended but
part way when the Indians fired
upon them, knocking Phillips from
bis horse. The other man jumped
from his horse and run for dear life
down the hill to the command, but
Phillips was lassoed and drawn up
over (he cliff in sight of the com
mand. Lieut. Pepoon immediately
started with ten men to rescue him,
but woe ordered back, and the men
had to stand and see their comrade
tukon to torture, without being able
to render him any assistance. What
was bis fate has never been known,
as his remains were never found, but
it is supposed that he was taken to a
distant camp and then tortured to
death. Poor boy, there is no spot
marking his last resting place, but
his memory is ever fresh to his com
rades who knew him, as a brave and
true hearted boy, and should this
meet the eye of any of his relatives
they will know something of hi fate,
and that he died manfully discharg
ing his duties. May I never witness
such a scene again. A retreat was or
dered immediately, and after crossing
all but four men by means of a raft, the
rope parted, leaving them on the op
posite side of the river, and strange
to say there was nothing done
to help them, but the command or
dered to full into line, and we're
marched off without the privilege of
assisting their comrade. 'ilieae
men traveled four days and nights,
and had nothing to eat, before reach
ing a plu-e where they could obtain
something U satiisfy their hunger.
Tbey vowed vengeance uon the
head of the officers in command, but
never had an oportuuity, as they
were muotered out soon afterwarJ.
I care not who may hate the credit
of subduing thoae Indiana, whether
it be General Crook or some one
else, I know that the First Oregon
Cavalry were the firat to carry war
into the very heart of their country,
and did service which they never re
ceived credit for. , Many of our
comrades fell and are now sleep
ing where no flowers are strewn
upon their graves. I might mention
the names of Lieut Watson, Wil
liam Philips and Bodder, and many
more whose names I have forgotten.
JBut suffice it to say hat there nover
has been an Indian war upon Oregon
soil without it taking some of her
best sons as a sacrifice to savage cru
elty and blood-thirstiness, and to
day I would rather take from her old
Volunteer ranks, (Indian fighters
whom I believe to be good and
brave,) than from any class of men I
know of. Hoping that some day
there may be a re-union of these vet
eran warrior that, we can talk over
old times, I close.,
POLITICS MADB PnaKITABt,H.
To day I met Gen. Beverly Nash
who is considered one of the shrewd
est politicians of his color in South
Carolina. Hi ; Alrioan . progenitor
could . not have surpassed him , iu
blaoknees. He was a slave until
treed by the Emancipation Proclama
tion, and during the war .was a Con
tolerate officer' body servant. Re.
construction brought him lo the sur
face and threw him into official life,
whet his hard sense and quick wit
gave hun prominence in his party arid
great popularity with his race. Ho
now represents Columbia in the State
Senate, and is regent of the lunatic
asylum and director of lhe peniten
tiary. 'His devotion to the' public
service has been a profitable invest
ment. He resides in a . fine mansion
in a pleasant quarter of th city,, and
is reported to hav $100,000 laid by
for a rainy day.
"What do you think of the . third
term question of Grant for a third
ternil"' I asked.
"It ain't no use talkin,' sab, ef
Grant get tie nomination, we're gwine
for him. South Carolina'U vote for
de devil ef he runs on de Republican
ticket."
"What do you thiuk of him a
candidate for nomination)"'
"Dat's little harder question.
Mebbe he don.t tand. well up yo'
way, but he" a mighty strong man
with us, ah; mighty strong. Dc cul
I mi people stick right squnr up lo
him rivbt straight' along, just like he
stood alongside of us in de Kn-Kltix
business."
"But, Senator," said my companion,
"we can't carry the eloalion with the
vote of South Carolina alone. The
Northern State inaiat upon havim.'
somebody else. Whj can't we all
sree upon some man such as Uluin r
' Well, aali, so tar as I go I havn'l
not nniliiu' ag'uial Blain, ef he is put
fonthd. ( like Mr. Blaine well enough,
lie's got sonic good friends down heah.
Bluinu was mighty kind to mo once
Mebbe you don't know that me and
Cor. I.iisa were the first oullud men that
eversut on I he fin' of de House of Rep
resentatives, and Blain he was Speaker,
and paid ns a heap ot attention,"
I remarked as we were about to
drive sway that I should like to talk
with him again.
"How long are you (jw'iie to slay,
sali?"
"I expeot lo remain until Monday."
"You might have a talk to morrow,"
suggested my companion.
' "No, ash, not to morrow; to-muf-row'i
SfBilay; I has to keep de Saii
bath holy; I'm a High. Chnroliman
bout dnt; I am."
' A High Churchman about that
true, Nash4 is a lliiili Churchman
about that. He is regular attendant
upon Divine rvioe ami make 'a
powerful prayer,'', and i( eouIou in
bringing people to a ' perles.ion of
religion." But ot all his one hundred
thousand dollars, how many were
not received in bribery or stolen
from the pockets of the oppressed
people of South Carolina!
(
A Fnstu.it Fiknd. The woman
vrhosa nature U so nearly fiendish a
it is possible to conceive of livot a
Bastrop, Louisiana. Her name is
Luna McBea, and she is now in pris
on upon the charge of murdering a
mall child. At her preliminary ex
amination the testimony indicated
that she had taken a diabolical pleas,
ure in killing the child by inches, and
after the accomplishment of tho deed
to have felt no compunctions or any
of the ordinary dislike of a murderer
to having the body of the victim in
any place to serve a a reminder. The
woman own on, little boy of
twelve, was the principal witness
against her. She made this mere
child dig up and remove the body of
her victim two or three time within
the space of a week. She first buried
the murdered child in garden, and
when it disappeared and excited com
ment and cauaed tbe institution of
search, she attracted tbe attention of
the officers to another point, she her
self accompanying them, firat telling
her little son to dig up the body in her
absence and bide it in the chimney.
Tbe boy performed thut task, and at
night he waa made to carry tbe body
to a cotton pen and subsequently to a
thicket, where it wo finally dis
covered. During the course of the
trial, with ber own son giving sncli
testimony of her atrocity, the woman
evinced little feeling of any kind,
passing through tbe entire ordeul
wilb an unruflled demeanor.
Thkri is some talk of piercing the
Alps by a third tunnel, tbi time un
der Mount St. Bernard. At the cen
ter of tbe tunnel it i proposed to
excavatea shaft to the surface, Ui rough
which visitor could be drawn up lo a
hotel, and tho obtain the view with
out fatigue. The project for piercing
3 tunnel under the Strait of Dover
seems lo be really approaching def
inite shape. It is proposed to place
it in tbe lower cbalk, and though the
whole undertaking will probably be
the moat stupendous of it kind that
the present generation will attempt,
it i not exported in he very costly.
"1'IKtiJN" PH1U PII.LOBIKB.
Senntor Bayurd, of Delaware, in
the debate on Louisiana Affairs, at
the lust session of Congross, drew a
fearful, but true picture of the po
litical situation in the Pelican State,
and incidentally alluded to "Piegan"
Phil. Sheridan in manner which
must have made man even : ot his
coarse and vulgar nature, wince,
when brought to his attention. Mr.
Bayard, at the) time referred to, said
of Louisiana: It is but a leaf out of
the book of the sad story of that
State., Two years ago it was under
pretonded forms of law, that not only
made the fact ' mare loathsome by
mingling wore fraud with force. The
act now is more bure-faoed, and in
that there may be some; security to
our fellow countrymen. What has
been the policy of the. President of
the United States? Has it been mod
erated or modified? Nay, it has only
been doggedly intensified. . There is
not in that State one jcase of. abuse
of power, of peculation, robbery and
filthy dishoDOBty, with . which the his
tory of its government is filled in
the 'last two yean, in' which hi dis
pleasure , has ever been signified by
the removal of an improper official,
not one word of rebuke. On the
contrary,; there has been personal
and official encouragement of men
who stand before the nation branded
as disuonesUnd.unworthy, and whom
no roan would trust with his private
affair or give power to in matters of
focting himself in' any way.'
In the nutiat of this excitement, in
the midst of: this: blow at the : very
hoart of popular, government, whom
did. he select to preside over the affairs
of that Stale? Lielitenant-General
Philip Sheridan, sent by him to New
Orleans secretly, sot by publio order
known to the people. He was sent
down to dragoon the people of Lou
isiana into slavish, fearful, cringing,
un-American obedience to his 'will
and pleasure. He arrived there'only
three days before the assembling of
the Legislature. He - saw none of
those who bad the .welfare of the
community at heart, from Kellogg
and his adherents, the men who had
brought tbii trouble and sorrow upon
the State hy their own corrupt and
t-eltish unibitiou , he took his account.
They informed him, they inspired
him, and from the recesses of his
pocket, he suddenly .produced the
authority, and "assumed the com
mand of the, military district," over
which there waa already a competent
commando regularly and publicly
ussiguod. Instantly, without other
publio order, that commander is sq.
peraedad, other officer both higher
and lower id rank than ueneral Suer
idnn were passed by, and he was per
sonallv selects'! to undertake the tahIi
of unfnwf til interference with the rree
government of a sovereign State of
tms union.
Mr. Buyird declared that it was
.not Ilia purpose in any degree to de'
tract from whatever of renown may
have rested npon the ' brow of this
officer. He would be incompetent to
rritiuiso his military career, and that
is, an be bus. it is career of force,
a career of vigor, a career of rough
war, of which Mr. B knew bat little,
and therefore was incompetent to
criticise bira a to. that respect. ' But
ne is tin oiticer- of .Hie Army ol the
United States, he is fed and clothed
b.y the United States, "and he is the
servaut of those people, and not in
any just some their master; he re
ceived the military education that hs
enabled him to become so eminent at
tbo national academy, and at public
cost. Tbe CoriKtilution of tbe United
St'ites is still text-book of that In
stitution. " It was text book when
ttiis officer received bin graduation;
and yet it saetna that while lie tuust
have, read it, while be must have
known that hit - commission as an
Army officer took its root in the prin
ciples of civil liberty which that Con
stitution was intended Ao eecure, yet
he has forgotten almost it firat and
most necessary, instruction, Ha be
not forgotten that, "a well-regulated
militia boinptnecewiary to the security
of a free twite, tne nglit of the peo'
pie to keep and bear arms shall not
be Inf rlngodr Has be not forgotten
"that tbe right of the ' people to be
secure in tbsii persons, house, .pa
per, and effect against unreasonable
searches snd seizures shall not be
violated?" That "no peraon shall lie
hold to answer for s capital or other
wise infamous crime unless on a pre'
sentment. or, indutuient of t grand
jury,, except m case arising in the
land or naval forces, or in tbe militia
when in actull service in time of war
or public danger?" Nor that any
person shall be "deprived of life,
liliertyi or property without due pro
cess of law?" That "io all criminal
prosecution the accused shall enjoy
tbe right of a speedy snd publi trial
by tin impartial jury of the State and
district wherein tbe crime (hall have
been committed, which district shall
have been previously SHcertiud by
law, and to be informed of the nature
and cause of tbe semination, to be
confronted with the witnesses against
him, to have compulsory proces for
obtaining witneHae in his favor, and
to have-tbe assistance of counsel for
Ins defencor
If these things ware read by that
officer, surely be must have forgotten
tbem, or else haa the more guilty au
dacity to ride rough-shod over tbem.
If he has forgotten, be should be
taught anew. Ijnt us see who i the
stronger. The iauwecsnnot come too
soon. If this cavalry officer, with
whatever renown he may have gained
with his blooilyaword, shall be strong
er than these guarantee of personal
lilwrty which we supposed were se
cured to us, let us know it now. We
cannot have (lis inane raised ton soon
. a . i . ,
or too uisiincuy cieeiaea.
At s Western plling-match on
recent night only four persona were
present, but the next nay on the pub'
tin green more than40u cilisati found
time lo witness a gm ol, quoit wiih
norae-snoe.
NO.' 47.
OLD MKMOItlfCS.
Yesterday a hand organist sat
down before a house on Congress
street and begun to turn out sweet
nieladios, but the first tune hadn't
been finished when an odd-looking
man about ltity years old, having a
game log and a general forlorn look,
came along aud halted in front of
the Italian.
'Now that is sweet!" he said after
a moment; "carries me right back to
the days when me and Hanner sat on
the hind stoop and squozo hands and
told our love."
"Op-era muzeek," replied the Ital
ian, smiling at tbe enthusiasm of Iuh
audience. , ,
" Wall,' now, but.it touches me
fight here," oontinued tbe man with
the game leg, laying his hand'on his
heart. "I haven't felt so much like
cryin' for fourten years before.
Seems zif I'd heard angels buzzing
around in tbe air.
He rested his game leg on a horse
block, folded his arms, and his look
and attitude wero thut of a man
whose heart was filled with sad
thoughts and painful memories.
Just as the tears were starting to his
eyes the. organist moved the atop,
increased tbe Bpeed, and "Captain
Jinks" was monily rattled off. i
"Home odder kind of mu-zeek,
he exclaimed, and the handle 'hadn't
made four revolutions when the man
with tho game leg began to) smile.
Then he pushed bis bat over the side
of his head. Then ho hitched up
his trousers, smiled some more, and
exclaimed:
"By gum 1 if that 'ero tune don't
just make me bop all over!"
"Good mu-zeek, replied the Ital
ian.
"Good! Why ie durned tune is
heavenly I I believe if I was dyin' it
would stand me on end! I'd give a
billion dollars if Hnnner was alive
and could hour that!" .
He stepped out, spit on his hands.
and then waltzed up and down the
flags, his game leg floppind around
like a loose woatlfer board, and his
hoarse voice bawling: ,
"Ifnm OalMlliift Jinks
' ' Her 'oss marine."
While be was doing bis level best
the musician touched the stop again,
and the tune changed off to "Birdio,
I Am Tired Now."
"Ah! that soothes me, that does!"
said the old man as he sat down on
tbe horse block. "That's sunthin'
more to touch the heart and make
me think of my poor Hanner 1"
'Vary Bweet mu-zeek," remarked
the Italian.
"Sweet I Great skies! but ils molt
ing! I've known that tune for a long
time, but I nover could shig it with
out weeping. If I had a million of
dollars I'd buy a hand organ and
play that tune straight along for six
months without stopping tbe crunk!"
He put bis lunula over his face and
appeared agitated, and tbe Italian
didn't seem to care whether he col
lected a cent or not. Ho ground the
tune out, touched tho stop, "and re
marked :
"Vary gran-do mu-ek ilia time
ha!" .
And "Yankee Doodle" rollod from
the little square box like Bhoet-light-
nlng sliding clown tne side ol a hay
stack. "Great Concord!" yollod tbe man
with a game leg as the tune reached
"Doodle Daudy;" "hold on a minute
till 1 got this log under met Thar
lot her come now "
"Wheoille, poodle doodle-dool
III, sky, doodh dandy 1"
And he leaped urouud, slapped the
Tl , J... , I. 1 7 L -i -
Italian on me duck, turnw ins nut on
the walk, and continued:
"Snaix and reptilosl but don't that
tune ruuke glory stand right out like
mud on a white housol 'Bub, for
us!
The Italian saw that a crowd was
gathering, and ha broke the tune
short off nnd sailed away on the
"Suwanoo ltivor."
The first strains of the dear old
melody had- scarcely left the box
when the man with a gnmo leg leanod
up against a tree box, wiped the
sweat from his brow und said :
"There's something more to re
mind me of my lost Hanner! Isn't
that pervirn'on for tho hungry soul,
thought What strains! What tears!
What a bulging of tbo heart!"
"Very soft mii-zeok," remarked the
Italian.
' ','8ft! My heavens! Man, if
you'll pay my board I'll travel the
whole country ovor and carry that
organ, jiut to hear you play that
tune!"
He reached out his arms, made
motions as if to draw the tune to his
breast, and whispered :
"G-lory! When I die let me die
listening to them strains of Suwanee
Biver I"
The orgunist shouldered hi box
and moved on, and the man with the
game leg leaned against the fence
and wiped his oyes.
Obthoobaimioiiia aki) Love A
correspondent of the Boston Advtr
titer proposes the following sentences
as sn exercise for spelling matches:
Looking up into his voluptuous
(yen, slie uid: "And ia it, indeed, true,
Alfred, that oor soul, in the transmog
riflestir.il, explunctifiea itself through
the whole osboo'lle of eternity?"
'Nuy, dearest," replied Allied, and
his countenance betrayed an expres
sion of h'uacilicutiou, not to say (lis
griinlleinent, which cavorted over his
feature for mi instant,
'Oar souls cannot become snftiuient
ly nintl. rulc.l to admit of the neces
sary apillliuilioti which"
The sentence w.is never finished,
lor a he spok ho seated himself up
on s chair whose le.'r had been exscrra
led two inches snd be cumo down un
expectedly kerchunk.
Among tho iitosent at a wooden
wedding in Allcntown, IV, lately
wa an immense cuke it being rs
serv.l for the lust. When tbey cut
it I hey found it was only t choose box
frjvered wilh U'iiiff.
TttlftinoM notions t Oia I.mI rv.1...
20 cents per line. - '
Vn. bairal a.wl .n...ut.., ..1....
II OOpereouare of 12 lines, lic tho llit
insertion, and &9 centn per aquam fur eai-n
inioaoiiieni inaemon.
- WHO 1IIKTUS PVOUI
Who sre the poor, Notalwaythn.
Who have the least to show.
Nor are they always found among
The darkest haunts of woe :
For one may wear the richest dres t
And roll tu wealth's Kaiorv,
And still. In Heaven's perfect sight, .
Bo poor, nye, very poor.
The brlxhtest ekles may ever shine
- Above tho mansion proud.
And he who dwells within Its wells
With wnnt may ne'er be bowed ;
The sweetest music ever heard
May feed his Ustenlr.R ear,
And mtrth and pleasure fill the cup
Of ail the gladsome year.
Yet poor, Indeed, must be the man
Who owns snch Joys as these,
if e'er his heart is coldly closed
To others' miseries; .
And vain la all his store of gold
' lr selfishly he lives,
And always reapins; harvests new,.
No charity e'er gives. .
Real poverty la In the heart,
' "Tla want of love for man,
Ti. failure to perform a good, 4
To bless whene'er you can i
Tls lack of love and lack of faith
In God and Hts decree.
That th areateat virtue one can own
Is loving charity.
So let us, then, do all we enn
To help each otheron,-
And show that wealth of mind nnd h urt
Which Uvea when gold la gone; .
B And let ns keep this truth m view
Where'er our steps may lead :
- A man may be a mllllonare.
And yet be poor Indeed.
MORS ct-aJHiuai. THOl'Hl.l-:.
The Revi Olymnia , Brown, some
what widely known as a lady
preacher, is in trouble. Rev. Olyui
pia Brown preaches at Bridgeport,
Connecticut the town of which P.
T. Bnrrium is Mayor where she 1ms
been , pastoress of the Umveraalist
Church for some years. Rev. Brown
hag been a Btrong advocate of wom
an's rights, and her marriage to n
grocer named Wills does nut eein
to have affected her views, thcuh it
has somewhat limited her expression
of them, since Bev. Brown hns a
baby. This marrying and raising a
family seem in some unexplained
manner to have impaired the female
preacher's popularity, and during
the past year the attendance at lmr
church has fallen off. When the
time came for making arrangements
for the future, lately,- one clique in
the church wanted more: Brown and
another clique wanted a change.
Thore Wos a wrangle, ratherdiKgrace
f ill, in which the pastores herself
was by no means silent, and the
trouble finally took such a form oa
to get into the Courts, where the
case is Dow pending. It may be that
female preachers have more of tbo
peace and good-will toward men in
their hearts than clergymen of the
other sex have, but Rev, Olympia
Brown has failed somehow to demon
strate tie fact. " She has done well,
however, in marrying a grocer jind
having a baby, and she has never
trified with tbe ladies of her congre
gation. A Jokino MiNRTitfx' Exploit
Charley Backus, the practical joker,
was in a small town in Connecticut
the other day, and as he started for
New York he stood on th rear plat
form of the lunt car of the train. Just
as the whistle was blown and the ears
began to move, Backus espied a big
fellow lounging in the depot, and
baking his nut at him in asnuuied
rage, he shouted:
"0, there you ar. you villain. Iv'e
been looking for you all over this
cursed town. Oh, you knave, you
thief, you scoundrel.
All this time the train was rapidly
moving out of the depot, and Backus
wildly shook his fist at the astonished
stranger, streaming, "Don't 1 wish
I had time to get off and thrasb you,
you scoundrel!"
To the horror of the minstrel joker
the train was stopped and backed in-,
to tbe dopot. Backus made a rush
for his compartment in the drawing
room car and locked himself iu, juat
as the brawny-fisted lounger boarded
the train and howled:
"Where is that damned duffer who
ha been looking all over thie 'ere
town for me?"
Backus kept himself In bis prison
until ho reached New York.
Whi Sas Hadx't Wbitikh. With
iu the last fow days an old beggar
woman, having been admitted iuto
the kitchen of one of our most prom
inent citizens, was mournfully relat
ing to th lady of the house the mis
fortunes of her life. She said her
husband went to California to dig
gold a great many year ago, but bad
never been able to find more than
enough to keep himself alive, so, of
course, be had never sent her any;
that, until a few years, they had con
tinually written each other lette, s full
of love snd ympothy. At this jioiut
the flood-gate of her grief burst
opon; she sputtered snd fcighed at a
terrible rate; and finally, after sever
al ineffectual efforts, ejaculated thut
she had not heard from, or even writ
ten to her darling iu a long time.
The old woman drew a long breath,
ami' was about to continue, when the
loily of the house asked her why she
bad not written to her husband. "An
mum!" she sighed, "after I lost my
front teeth, I couldn't pronounce
very good so I had to give up writ
ing. Toledo JSlaile.
Speaking about the ladies' fusliions,
it is worthy of remark that there bus
been this year a revival of calico.n.
It is snid that Madame Thiers, wlin
now sets the French tadiions lwie;i
of the Kmpress Kii,'.!Ciiio, is ri:uii;si
bis for their rc-dored ivor in ll"
fashionable world.
In the .hymn-book of li'e ! !
I'reebylerisu Cbui'"i in (.m
in MontL'oiuetVs " . ilt n
Annoiiitad," th lid " ''''
dew" was clur ;' ( to "the I "
dew," "mountm , i ' i
Hin'.fyini; jl-si rd v. . v,