" sfisun auociti.
gUBVIVO'" MOBY OF THB CAPTCTIB OF
A TUB VIBOINICS. . ,
..Tna are sentenced to be bung to
row morning at daylight, to the yard
9 i this man-of-war."
'CnVi. oke the interpreter of the
sinish flseal.or courtmartial. to the
SSfii pnwn?" taken on
tiwu' ...... .,fl.mer Vircrinus. who
2, toddled together upon the deck of
r. Soni-h gunboat Borgia in Novem-
Z &ii waitieg their doom. It was a
Kht. ForWays and even weeks
5Z men had been manacled, balf-clad,
djew i" .i,:fl,1 tn the vindictive
"t ffUl QU 0 U vjwvww
See of cowardly men, whose valor
Prlt" " wmn dana-er had flod.
"f ,it. hiHtorian once said that the
g'nU People were heroe. ,n peace
awards in war, vu" "'"J-
Swing estimato of the Latin race has
1D'. 8 ... . .nlnma nf tha nhai-.
been opl -F", ", - "
X of the people whose representa
tiZ on thin November night oropt from
jTrs They had all several days bofore
r '..nl tn face the muzzle of a
Z on the very day when the new trial
fj, ordered and the sentence above
aaoted ws pronouuuou.
"Wby this change in the manner
ot
R.Mn the English ' man-of-waf
Klobe had steamed np and anchored in
bay nnder the very guns of the Span
ish fri" which held the surviving
oriioners taken from the Virginius. Its
ioinmauder hod done more than anohor
L formidable ship botwixt the Spanish
teasels. He was within easy range of the
town and knowing well the power of the
nation behind him and its jealous care of
every British subject, had threatened to
bombard the town if another man was
ghot With power enough at hand to
have annihilated this courageous Eng
lishman and the immediate forooathis
command, the Spaniards stoppod their
deeJi of blood and in I tew hours
changed the sentence of death from
(hooting to hanging." .
II.
BIB MOTHER'S rACB TO HIM WAS OIVBX.
Among the group of prisoners on the
Borgia who heard this second sentence
of death was a handsome young Ameri
can boy, not yet out of his teens. He
wu "light of frame, and his fooe was as
email and delicately chiseled as that of a
girl just crossing the threshold from
girlhood to womanhood. His complex
ion was of a hue more fitting to woman
thin man. Hi mild blue eyes did not
how spirit, yet there was something in
them that told of strength and courage.
Hs looked strange c.ough in contrast
vith tbe strong men who sat about him.
He Lad. however, long before this occur
rence which introduces this narrative,
hown that a man's heart and a spirit of
iron filled the slender frame.
"Mr name is Ed I). Soott," said he.as
the officer approached him who was mak
ing a record of the names of the men
who were sentenced to die the noxt morn
ing at daybreak. "My home is in Salem,
New Jersey, just below Philadelphia."
Ths boy gave this information in a voioe
vitbont the quiver of fear. . He seemed
ready to brave death without emotion.
It was, however ordained that neither
he nor his fellow prisoners were to suf
fer the penalty thus prononnced. But
they ran the gauntlet of death by a slen
der thrsad.
Thi. hnv haa now arrown to man's es
tate, and every day can be seen walking
op Twenty-second street toward tne gas
meter works at the eorner of Twenty
second and Arch. He is now a finisher
in tint natahliiitimnnt. and is noted at an
industrious and skillful workman. He
has not materially .changed in appear;
aoce since the day when he was a cabin
boy npon the Virginius and sat upon the
Spanish frigate Borgia and reoeived the
sentence of death, ne has grown a
(light mustache and thickened np a lit
tle in size sinoe then, bnt the same dear,
woman like complexion and expression
it noticeable in his eyea and features.
The American offioers of the ship upon
which ho came home from Cuba after
thfl iliAnlrnnii fllihimtarincr einedition.
tbe story of which he now tells, spoke
i Dim as tbe handsome delioate rxy.
err . a
ne is sun nanusome out no longer uei
icate. I not him by chanoe, a day or two
sine, at ttiA ontttliHslimflnt where he is
mnlnva1 rA tlia Mnvanatinn aHnnt
the Virginius was begun by the ao-
viaental mention of General ityans
name.
''Rvan ria a hr.va fatTnw almrmfc cm-
elto'his men," said he. "He never
talked much about operations in tjuoa
while on the voyage but occasionally he
diil. He seemed to have his heart in the
cause. When he gave a direction to tbe
men it had to be obeyed, and he feared
atuing.
AN ADVEHTTRK AT SKA.
"Where did yon join the expedition?"
"Myself and another young man ran
away from home and went to New York.
It wag too quiet at Salem, and I wanted
to see more of life than I could see there.
I saw more than I cared to or was
healthy. I did not intend to go to sea,
ben I left mv home, but when I got to
New York I' found that the bright
dreams of freedom from parental re
trsintl had painted to myself were not
realized. I was too proud to return
home so soon, so I shipped on board the
teamer Atlas as a lamptrimmer. On the
y to Jamaica I first became acquainted
tith General Ryan and the other Cuban
officeri, who had shipped on the Atlas as
pAseeneera. I occasionally heard them
talk over the details of the expedition
and their expectations as to the future of
the Cuban insurrection; but I had never
thought of joining it, because I wai
young and very small for my age.
hen we reached Kingston I tired of the
Atlas and left her. I knocked about the
city for some time, was taken quite t;ck
wd went to the hospital for a few days.
When I got out I met the mate of the
irginins and asked him to give me a
place on board of her. He took me
down to the ship, introduced me to the
toward, and I wan employed as pantry
cabin boy. We lay in thej harbor for
ome Jays Retting ready to .sail, and
finally, one Friday evening, we set sail.
The crew were superstitious about sail
js? on Friday, as they regarded it an nn
"cky day, but Captain Fry, who com
manded the Vfssel, insisted upon going
J aea, and we put out I shall never
forget the sight aa we weighed anchor in
the harbor at Kingston. It was a per
fect eVOninir mnA ihar w.a at lata a
thousand negroes congregated on the
wunn vo witness our departure. ave
cruised around for several days, waiting
io mice me arms on board, as I heard.
This was done with great secrecy and I
shipped, if shipped at all, after the ves
sel left New York. The first time I
acew oi there being arms aboard was a
Jn - A .
uuj ur iwo vwore we were capiureu.
They were nicely packed in cases and
carefully stawnd TIipm n
little of interest transpired between the
time we left Kingston and onr capture
off the coast of Cuba. We touched at
several ports in Hayti for repairs, for
the vessel was in a very bad condition
wnan we sauou. A jeremie, in llayti,
General ltvnn and Vrr whn
the vessel, were going to fight a duel
over some disappointed point of
authority. General Varona, however,
interfered and prevented it.
III.
THB CBA8B AND CAPTURE.
"The day the Virginius was captured
I shall never forget; for it was a day of
great excitoment. I was awakened in
my berth about eight o'clock in the
morning by the report of a cannon and
the hissing sound of shot. I rushed on
deck as quiok as possible and there saw
a vessel bearing down upon and occa
occasionally firing at ns. I knew, of
course.that it was a Spanish man-of-war.
Captain Fry put on all steam possible
and soon left her out of sight, and we all
snpposttl that wehad got away from her.
Captain Fry was exceedingly anxiona to
make the Cuban coast and land the arms
that day, and after we left the Spanish
gunboat behind we began standing in
toward the Cuban coast, Everything
went smoothly for awhile, and all of ns
thought we were going to land safely,
when all at once we spied the Spanish
ship again bearing down upon us. This
time she had us between her and the
mainland, which, of course, put us at a
great disadvantage. Captain Fry at
once put on all steam, and the final
chase began. You can imagine that it
was very exoiting, for every one realized
the peril of being captured. Soon after
we began to put on steam the seams in
the bow of the vessel opened and she be
gan to fill with water. There was at one
time eight feet of water in the forward
hold, and of course this prevented her
makincr headway. At first we all thought
we were going to outrun her again, but
finally she began to gain on us. Our
hope then was that we could continue
the chase until after dark and that it
would be a stormy night and we could
then elude her in the darkness. But it
was a beautiful evening. I dou't think I
ever saw the heavens more radient in the
niebt time. Thus our only hope of es
cape was gone, and minute by minute
.1 . 1 .L - I - . f ,
ana nour oy nour me war vessel gmmi
on ns.
omxa UP THB SHIP.
Cuban generals gave orders to throw the
arms overboard. Tbe boxes containing
them were hurriedly brought on deck,
broken open and the arms, one Dy one,
thrown into the sea, and the boxes
thrown in after them. This manner of
disposing of the arms proved a serious
mistake. If the arms had been thrown
overboard in tbe boxes all would have
ornna to the bottom, but bv throwing the
arms over and then the boxes, the Span-
. . W W 11
lsh vessels coma sena men oui in smaii
boats and pick up the floating boxes,
which, of course, was evidence that the
vessel was a filibuster. I think it was
ahnnt fiicht o'clock in the evemnir when
the Tornado bore down on as so olosely
that fnrthnr efforts to escaDe were use
less. When the Spanish commander
finally demanded a surrender, uapiain
Fry ordered tbe vessel to stop; and sig
nifio.l tn iha Srmniard hia comulianoe
with the request. One of tho Spanish
omoers, wun a tew ueu, uuuuw tug
Virginius. Nearly all the passengers
and the crew were on deck, as witnesses
of the thrilling soene. The officer, who
came to take possession oi tne snip, was
an arrant coward, and sroceeded with as
mnch eaution aa if he was comins alone
among a gang of cutthroats, armed to
the teeth, instead oi receiving me sur
render of a lot of nonoombatants who
were powerless to defend tnemseives.
'Whn in th commander of this
ship?' he inquired. 'I am,' replied Cap
tain rry.
'What lira van loaded with, and
whence bound?' retorted the Spanish
officer. 'We carry passengers, coal and
provisions, and are bonnd for Fort
Limon,' answered Captain Fry.
"There waa some further parley, and
then quite a number of us were removed
to the Spanish gunboat Tornado, that
had cactured us. We were all tied to
gether very securely. I waa tied within
one man of General Ryan. After we
had been sooureiy bound, we were lasnea
tn tli a niflfl nf the shin, and I can never
forget the sufferings of that man tied to
Ryan end me. IM poor jngusnman
suffered tbe most horrible agony. He
was tied so tight aronnd the arms, above
the elbow, that the veins in his hands
burst, and the blood ran all over Ryan
n,l mvlf. Wa both thonsht he was
going to bleed to death. Ryan did his
hoot tn nhoar liim nn. and AVOrT ODDOr-
tunity we could get we would beg the
Spanish officials to loosen tne ooras on
his arms, but they refused, and he snf
farad nntold affonies all niffht. The next
morning he was a terrible sight.
IV.
buffering; and dxath.
Tli nTt mnminor after canture tliev
came around and interrogated each one
r,t aa tn whn wa were. Rvan had a
handkerchief tied around his head and
his long hair tucked inside of it. When
ik aakaii liim who ha was and where
he was going, he said he was an English
traveler knocking arounu ir ni neauu.
n nf th ftnaniab. oflicers snatched the
handkerchief off his head, and as his
long, black hair fell over hi snouiuers
they laughed, and pointing at him said:
" 'That is liyan. ini
"TCi.on wa rfliiched the port of Santi
ago Ryan and some of, tbo other wero
loosed from the gang in which I was
chained, and taMn asliort-. a, wuu sbt
...l nhara wm removed to the Spanish
man-of-war Alarma, theu lying in the
bay. There we were snacxiea ana man
.ij half lal ami warse than half
fed, were chained together to the side of
the ship, exposed to tne tropica
...i .Lti Wa were kept there
some time, and one day they came and
took three of tbe men next to s away,
and wheu tbey brought them back they
said they had had their trial.
"The day of the execution of the four
Generals they woke ns up just before
sunrise in the morning, and told us that
the men were to be shot. We were
lying within full sight of the slaughter
house, and just about sunrise we could
see the people coming towards the place
of execution, and the soldiers, with
bands of music, preceding them. We
could distinctly see tbe preparations for
the execution! They stood Cespedes,
Verona, liyan and Del Sol in a row, and
and forced them to kneel down, back to
the soldiers. Just before the fatal word
"flrel" Ryan got np and turnod his faoe
toward thorn. We could distinctly
reoognize bis long hair. They forced
him down again npon his knees, but he
would not let them shoot him in the
back.
"I had been taken out for my trial
just before Ryan waa executed, and they
treated me with great severity. They
offered to set me free if I would swear
that there were arms and ammunition
aboard tho boat. I declared that I had
seen noither arms nor ammunition.
Then one of the Spanish officers turned
to me and said: '
" 'You have been well taught, but
what yon Lave said is a lie, and we are
going to shoot you like a dog.'
A XI0HTT MURDER.
A short time after the execution of
Ryan and the other officers, throe of the
men shackled with me were unlocked
from the chain. Roid, the colored man,
who had stood next to me, said:
" 'Soott, we are going to be shot, but I
think you will be saved.'
"Hassel, next to me, inquired, 'What
is to be my fate?'
" 'Oh, there's no hope for you; you
will be shot, too,' replied the colored
man. And so he was.
"At the second execution there were
nearly forty shots, and that morning
they again awoke us that we might wit
ness the frightful murder. Their whole
scheme, from first to last, seemed to be
to force some of us to turn against our
comrades. I waa in no way connected
with the Cuban enterprise, but I could
not be forced to tell what occurred ou
tbe ship.
"I was sentenced to be shot with the
thirty-niae who were to have been exe
cuted the day tbe English man-of-war
Niobe steamed into the harbor and
stopped a further massacre. The day
she came in we were taken from the
Alarma to the. Franoesca de Borgia and
given a second trial, as it was called and
sentenced to be banged' to the yardarm
of the vessel. I was then, with some
others, taken baok to tbe Alarma, the
hanging having been stopped by the
commanJer of the Niobe.
"Oar suflVing ou the Alarma was ter
rible, but one of the offioers of the ship
seemed to be kinder to me than to the
other prisoners, and would occasionally
bring me a little something to eat that
tbe rest did not have. One day a lady,
whom I afterward learned was It is sister,
oame aboard, and coming over to look at
the prisoners, saw and spoke to me. The
shackles aronnd my legs had worn into
the flesh, and my ankles had festered
and were sore and bleeding. . She
seemed to take an interest in me, and
went and got some lint and cloth and
wound it around the iron, and gave me
some other little attentions which allevi
ated my sufferings. She also brought
me a hat and some other doming to
protoot me from the sun and elements.
VI.
HUNTING. FOB A PLACE TO DIB.
"The Amerioan vessels, Wyoming and
Juniata, came in. We were then re
moved from the Alarma to the jail in
tbe town, and there nearly 100 of ns
were crowded in one dungeon. We were
wedged in so thick that we could not
lie down or even stand up with any
oomfort. Our sufferings here were ter
rible. We were swarming with vermin;
had fare enough to keep life in the
bodv. and treated with a cruelty inde
scribable. Tbe Spanish officer seemed
to have been doubly angered by tbe in
terference of tbe English commander of
the Niobe, and vented his spite on us.
"While in the oity jail Commander
Braine. of the Juniata, and Lieutenant
De Long, now commanding the Jean-
nette on tbe Arotio expedition, eame
down and had all the Amerioans brought
before them. Tbey assured us that we
were not to be harmed, and supplied
each ono with a little pocket money and
some tobacco. About two o'olook on
the morning of that very night we were
taken from the dungeon, tied together,
and marched at a rapid pace to the castle,
the fort at the entranoe of the harbor.
Most of ns were barefooted, and the
distance is several miles. Here we
were thrust into a room smaller
than the one we had occupied in
the oity jail, and notified that we
wore to be executed next morning. A
little after midnight, however, we were
aroused, taken out, securely bound and
marched down to tho water s edge and
taken on board the Spanish gunboat
Bazan. When out to sea we were noti
fied that we would be taken to Havana,
and given to the volunteers who would
make short work of us. We were con
stantly taunted with the fact that we had
but a few hours to live, we put in at
Cienfuegos and remained there a day,
when he headed back for Santiago. The
next day, while sailing in that direction,
we run aground, and they killed the
pilot for his negligence or incapacity.
"We remained aground for two days,
when a Cuban mail vessel came along
side and took us aboard. We were
thrust into the hold of this vessel a
damp, dismal, filthy place, unfit for
brutes. Already hall starred ana cnok-
ing for the want of water, we were sub
jected to all the cruelty that a oowardly
mind could conceive. Several of our
comrades grew sick, and the scene in
tbe hold of tbo vessel when we arrived
at Santiago would have made the stout
est heart sick. We reached there on the
11th, having spent eightdays of horriblo
uncertainty as to onr fate, and been
drapced to different points on the island
for the cowards to find seme place where
they dared to executo us.
"We spent from the 12th to the lolti
of December in jail, and were than
taken back to tbe castle, from which we
were taken on the morning of tbe seven
teenth of December aboard the gunboot
Juniata and bronght home.
"From tbe moment tbe Lnguah-man-
of-war interfered in onr behalf np to the
time we reached the Juniata, we were
treated with great cruelty. Especially
waa this to when they failed to got ns to
Havana, and were obliged to return with
ns 10 Santiago. Tbey were not only
cruel in treatment, but insulted the
Americans with Unuta of the laok of
courage of their government, and a con
stant threat of execution. The officers
of the Juniata were very kind to me;
bad a fresh suit of clothes given me.and
I was the only passenger on the atoamor
who had a wardroom passage with the
officers of the vessel.
"I arrived in New York little less than
three months from the day I sailed from
that port on board tho Atlas. They wore
three months of adventure and suffering
suoh as few men ever see and live."
F. A. B. in Philadelphia Tress.
Joeh Killings' Phllooopbj.
If you want to sit down and wait.young
man, at least one-half ov the good things
ov life will at sum time eddy around
near yo, while the more yu chase them
the more they will break iuto a run.
All of nature's works are a part ov
a perfeckshun ov a plan. She makes no
mistakes, creates no vacancies, and
guesses at nothing.
Ideas are what wins, but if a man hain't
got bnt one he is very ant to run that one
into the ground, and take himself along
with it.
Loffter proves nothing. Wine men
luff and ideats grin all the time.
Cunning is a weak imitoshuin of wis
dom, and is liublo at euny time to merge
into fraud.
Happiness haz no abiding place, but
often iz very near at band, like the old
womau's spectacles. After hunting for
them hi and lo she found them at last
safe on her noze.
Gravity iz bekuming to a phool at all
times, but only to a wise man on state
ockashnns.
Verry menny seek knowledge, not so
much for the truth az for the speokuhv
shun there iz in it.
Heroizim iz simple, and ytt it iz rare.
Everyone who duz the best they kin iz a
hero.
Buty iz a dangerous gift. The vanity
it inspires, and tbe base fluttory it at
trakU.its possessors are not to be envied.
Good breeding iz the only thing that
kan make a phool endurable.
Servitude iz so unnatural that an hon
est man iz the rarest ov all things.
There iz great art in knowing how to
give without creating an obligation.
As selfish and as ill-bred as tbe mass ov
mankind ar, I prefer to live with them
rather than to go into solitude and try to
live by myself.
Gratitude ii a word that you will find
in the dictionarya, but yon will not find
much ov it anywhere else.
If a man haz got the right kind ov
religion he kan pick up a kreed anywhere
that will fit it.
A true friend iz one that you can chide
for his faults, without giving offence, and
who, without giving offenoe, can chide
you.
Nature haz never made ennytning per-,
fekt, and she lnvs variory so well that
she never haz made enny two things just
alike.
Indolence is a quiet malady, bat it haz
eat up more foundoshuns and tipt over
more superstructures than wild ambi
shnn ever haz.
Abstinenoe should be the eicepshun,
and temperance the rule.
A honthera Gambler's Traits.
Colonel Starr, who was arrested a few
days ago for taking part in a confiden
tial game at St. Louis, was the friend,
companion and confidant of Charles Mil
ler, known in the South as Kid Millef,
who was shot and killed by a saloon
keeper in New York last November.
Though there was a great disparity in
their ages, tbe Colonel and the Kid were
for many years always together. The
Colonel had a habit of flourishing his
hand, bowing low, smiling blandly, and
introducing himself and the Kid as
"Colonel Stah, sib, from Mobile.sih.and
my son, sih!"
The Colonel and the Kid had at one
time the reputation of being the most
expert men in their line of business in
the South. But the Kid was the most
acute and daring of the two. In New
Orleans, about five years ago, his atten
tion was called to a wealthy planter for
whose money many a plan bad been
laid, but who had thus far escaped the
olutohes of the smartest of Miller's col
leagues. "Watoh me," said Miller.
He walked behind the planter.and sud
denly raising his long right leg, gave
him a kick that sent bis glasses and hat
flying in one direction, his cane in an
other, and himself sprawling in the mud
within sight of hundreds of person con
gregated about the St. Charles Hotel
and vioinity to witness the Afadri Gras
festivities. Having kicked the planter,
Miller hastened to pick him up.
"I beg ton thousand pardons, sir,"
he said, as he assumed an air of humil
ity; "I mistook ynn for my brother."
He oontinued to talk in bis easy, grace
ful style till he had mollified the planter
and made a favorable impression on him.
Then he bought the man a new suit of
broadcloth, a new nat and a new cane,
and took him off to dine. That evening
the planter went off to the rooms of the
"club" to which Miller belonged and
won $2000; but five days thereafter he
had lost nearly 97000, and started for
home with a steamboat ticket for which
he owed St. Louis News.
Self-Coitrol.
A rnntlaman attending one of our
churches wih his wife, tbe other even
ing, placed his silk hat on tbe seat the
courteous usher had led them to. Tbe
lady, not noticing the hat, sat down upon
it with such effect as left no doubt about
her weight. The circumstances was tbe
considerable merriment to
the observing persons near by, and
especially did the husband enjoy tne
crnshing effects of his wife's movement
tnwarrla tha seat. A lodv tellinOT of tbe
circumstances at breakfast table, said:
"I really did not think the couple
were married, the gentleman took the
matter in such good humor."
"What," said her neighbor, "did you
expect to see the husband drive bis wife
out of church with a frown, or knock
her down, for the mishap?"
"Ob, no; but husbands are so incon
siderate!" was tbe reply.
Mr. Wbittier has lately grown exceed
ingly deaf. He is at present far from
atrong.
Two OdJ Duels.
A singular and fatal dnol waa fought
aome yoara ago in New York by the late
Strpben Trice, well known in Enurlaud
as a former lessee of Drnry Dane Thea
ter. Benjamin Trice was considered the
handsomest of bis family, though his
brother Stephen waa not to be despised,
either as regards good looks or abilities.
I ton jam in ouo evening hod escorted a
vory pretty woman to tbe Tark Theater,
when during the performance a British
officer in an adjoining room took the lib
erty of sUriug her full in tha face. She
complained of it to Bun Trice, who, on
its reetition, seized tbe offender by the
nose with "his finger and thumb, and
wrung it most effectually." Tbe officer
left his box and wont to Ben Trice's.
Beu in answer to a knock opened tbe
door, when the officer, whose name was
Green, asked Ben what he meant, re
marking at the same time that he meant
no insnlt to tbe laxly. "Oh! yory well,"
replied Ben, "neither did I mean to iu
suit you by what I did." Upon this they
shook hands aa swoin brothers.and aome
timoartor Mr. Gren went to Canada to
join his regiment. The faota of the af
fair, however, had reached Canada be
fore Mr. Green did, and of course got
noised about. An officer of his regiment
having a pique against him was partic
ularly active in airing the scandal and
brought the matter so strongly before his
brother officers that one of them .Captain
Wilson .insisted npon Green being ostra
cised unless he went baok to New York
immediately and ohallengod Trice. Be
ing no shot, however, Green was a'low
od time to got up hia pistol practice to a
favorable standard, and having practiood
for five hours daily, until he eoulld bit a
dollar at ten paces nino times out of ton,
then he went to New York and challenged
Ben Trice. They fought at Hoboken,
Trice being killed at first fire. The sec
onds at once decamped, while Green
wlm h&il nlitAinnd leave to ao to England
on urgent private affairs, took a small
boat, crossed tue river, ana got ou uooru
a vessel iu the bay ready to sail for the
old countrv. Trioe'a body was fouud
where he hod fallen, with a piece of
paper attaohod to to his breast, on which
was written the following words: "This
is Benjamin Trice, be boarded in Vesey
streot.New York; take oaro of him."
Tha IwxrlT was hronffllt to the CitV
quietly, and he wai buried in New York.
Tbe death oi uen rrioe was, nowever,
but one-half of tho tragi 3 transaction
that resulted from the pulling of Mr.
Green's nose. Some years later Captain
Wilinn whn has ben alreadv referred
to, arrived in New York from England
on bis way to Canada, ana put np at tne
vr.uhlnirtnn TTntat. - Tlinra one ilav at
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dinner the eonversation turned on the
death of Ben Trice and the manner there
nf whan fianlain WilBon. who had
joined in the conversation, took credit
for having been mainly instrumental
in bringing aoout me tiuei, ue
tailing all tbe particulars con
nected therewith. This statement was
carried immediately to Stephen Trice,
who was lying ill of gout at borne, His
friends said that he at once implicitly
obeyed the instructions of tho physician,
and obtaining thereby a cessation of the
gout was enabled to bobble out of doors,
his lower extremities being swathed in
flannel. His first course was to seek tbe
Washington Hotel, where his inquiry
was "Is Captain Wilson within?" "He
is," said, the waiter. "Show me np to
his room," said Stephen, and he was
shown np accordingly. Hobbling up
stairs with mncb difficulty, cursing al
ternately as he went with the gout which
caused the pain, and the captain who
was the cause of his having to hobble
with equal vebemenoe, he at last reached
Captain Wilson's room, his feet encased
in moccasins and his hand grasping a
stick. Captain Wilson rose to receive
bim, wondering all the time who his
lame visitor could bo, but his mind on
that point was soon relieved. "Are yon
Captain Wilson?" eaid the stranger.
"That is my name," replied the captain.
"Then, sir, my name is Stephen Trioe.
You see, sir, I oan scarcely put one foot
before the other; I am afflioted with the
gout. My object in coming here is to
insult yon. Shall I knock you down, or
will you considor what I have said suf
ficient insult and aot accordingly?" "No,
sir;" repled the captain, smiling; "I
shall consider what yon have said quite
sufficient, and shall act accordingly.
You shall hear from me." In due time
there came a message from Captain Wil
son to Stephen Trice; time, place and
weapons were arranged; and early one
morning a boat left New York in which
were seated faoe to face Stephen Trioe,
the oaptain and two friends. They all
landed on Bed lee's Island, the principals
took their positions, and Captain Wilson
fell dead at the first shot. The captain's
body was interred in the vault there, and
Trice and the two seconds returned to
New York. Captain's Wilson's friends
in America thought he had departed
suddenly to Canada, and his friends in
England thought he had either died sud
denly or been killed in a duel on his way
to join his regiment. f United Seryice
Magazine.
A Brimmer's Brilliant Idea. (
Some people seem born with a faculty
of raising the ancient masculine juvenile.
fnlka who are minding their
own bnainessand merely want peace and
quiet into all sorts of scrapes. This
faculty is peculiarly developed in the
commercial tooriit, usually referred to
as a drummer. He's the man who makes
love to all the pretty aervant girls in the
hotels, and gets their notions so high
that tbey won't notice the porters, and it
makes the latter want to "slug" the
drummers. One of this class of gentle
men waa at an np country railway
station some days ago, and disooverod,
while waiting tor the train.a waep's nest.
An idea at once struck him. How he
achieved the feat withont getting hnrt
we don't know, Trobably the wasps
were dormant and cold. But at any rate
be got that nest down and tied it to the
tail of a large yellow dog, that waa fool
ing around tbe depot. The dog started
to run and that stirred up the wasps that
they sent a courier out to investigate,
and as he did so in a man nr disagreeable
to the dog, he only ran the harder and
made three wild circuits of tbe depot.
Tbe train, meanwhile, came in,
and as the train don't atop
long at country stations, it wa just
starting aa the dog came around the
third time. Wild with pain, the dog
leaped aboard the train and plunged
into the crowded door. Tbs poor brute
got beneath a seat and tried to curl up.
The car was not and it warmeu uu iub
wasps and they came out, and in about
half a minute the men in that seat
jumped up so hard that they nearly
stove holes if tue rooi, anu me way nicy
clawed at their leg was a caution.
Everybody looked. Then otunr became
interested. And the dog started on the
ruu through tbe car. A wild scene took
iloce. Men cursed and olawed wildly.
kYomiin trot niton tbe seats and danced.
and the dog, which everybody thought
waa mail, tore up ana uown
tbe isle, howling. The con
ductor came in, thinking the peo
ple insano. He promptly joined tbe
show. As tho train was flying, folks
oouldn't jump off. No mad house ever
saw such a scene. There waa profanity
enough to sink a ship, and the brakemen
gazing in at the door, said it beat any
thing he ever sow in a variety suow.
Fnally, the oonductor stopped the train,
folks eotout. and the car waa cleared of
wasps and dog. But the passengers
dnlu tgetoverit. iuey weresu -w.m
moil set, and occasionally, after they
ho.1 irnt Hhtrtad airaln. a man woald find
a stray wasp in bis trowsers and rise and
yell. They talked of sueing tbe rail-
road, aud u iuey cuuiu u b u"
ilrnmmnr. liih lifo would have been
frightful. But he had gone on the train
tho other way.
Danlil Webster's Creed.
A lotter has recently come into tbe
bands of a writer in the Congregation
ii. t in whinh Danlol Webster has sot
down a few propositions in the shape of
articles, wniun ro iuwuuou w
a short summary of the doctrines of the
Christian religion,' as they impressed
his mind. The document is dated Rosea-
wen, N. H..August 8, 1807.. It is thought
th.t thiu iii tha statement whioh he read
to the Congregational church in Franklin
upon his being admitted to tue mum war
ship of that church. This is not unlikely
as the date of his admission was Septem
ber 12, 1807. The recent centennial an
niversary of his birth has, to a great ex
tent, revived the iutorestin Mr.WebBter,
n,i thi. "Annfaasinn of faith" will un
doubtedly be read by many people with
interest: ,
t hniinra In tha ex istenoe of AlmiKbty
God, who created and governs the whole
world. I am taught this by the works
of Nature and the words of revelation.
I believe that God exists in three per-
Nor 'is it any objoction to this belief that
nn.. tiiia I inarn irnm revelation aiuuo.
I cannot comprehend now ono can uw
three or three one. l noia it my muij k
believe, not what I can comprehend, or
account lor, but what my Master teaonea
me.
v t..i;.a tha Rnrintnrea of the Old and
New Testaments to be the word and will
of God. I bolieve Jesus Christ w oe ins
Son of God. The miracles which He
M-winffht autahliah in mv mind His per
sonal authority, and render it proper for
me to believe what ne ass.
lieve, therefore, all His declarations, aa
.ii h.n Tia tanUre Himsolf to be the
Son of God, as when he declares any
other proposition. And i oeiieve taer
is no other way of salvation than through
the merits of his atonement,
I believe that things past, present and
to come are all equally present in tbe
mind of Deity; that with him there is no
succession of time, nor oP ideas; that,
therefore, the relative terms past, present
and future, as used among men, cannot,
with striot propriety, be applied to
Deity. I believe in the doctrines of
foreknowledge and predestination as this
expounded. I do not believe in those
doctrines as impairing any necessity on
men's actions, or in any way infringing
'ree agency.
I believe in the itter inability of any
human being to work out his own salva
tion without the constant aid of tho
Spirit of all grace.
I believe in those great peculiarities of
the Christian religion, a resurreotion
from the dead and a day of judgment.
I believe in the universal, providenoe
of God; and leave to Epicurus and his
more' unreasonable followers in mod
ern times the inoonsistenoy of believing
that God made a world which he does
not take the trouble of governing. Dr.
Sherlock. ' t .
Although I have great respect for
other form of worship, I believe the
Congregational mode, on the whole,
preferable to any other. I believe relig
ion to be a matter not of demonstration,
but of faith. God requires ns to give
credit to the truths whioh he reveals,
not becausd we can prove them, but be
cause He declares them. When the
mind is reasonably convinced that the
Bible is the Word of God, the only re
maining duty is to reoeive its doctrines
with full confidence of their truth and
practice thtim with a pure heart.
I believe the Bible is to be understood
and reoeived in the plain and obvious
meaning of iU passages; ainceloannot
persuade myself tbot a book intended
for the instruction and conversion of the
whole world should cover its true mean-'
ing in any, suoh mystery and doubt that
none but critics and philosophers can
discover it. ,
I believe the refinement and subtle
ties of human wisdom are more likely to
obscure than ea lighten the revealed will
of God; and that he is the most aooom
pliihed Christian scholar who hath been
educated at the feet of Jesus and in the
college of fishermen.
I believe that ail true reunion ooni
in tbe heart and in the affections, and
that therefore all creeds and confession
are fallible and uncertain evidences of
evangelical piety.
Finally, I believe tnat unnsi una im
n alt Ilia disfliDles a life of active
benevolence; that he who refrains only
from what he thinks to be siniui nas per
formed but a part, and a small part, of
his dutv: that he is bound to do good
and to communicate; to love his neigh
bor, and to gge food and urin- to nis
enemy, and to endeavor, as far as in him
lies, to promote peace, truth, pioty and
happiness in a wicked and forlorn world;
believing mat in me great uuy wim u .
to cone there will be no other standard
,i .it nn nthor pritarioti of character.
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than that whieh i already establihed.
"By their Iiuita ye &n" mow mom.
A prize of about $1000 is offered by the
Ilealt Institute Veneto for the bet his
tory of the "experimental method in
Italy, The application of thi method to
the bysical science is chiefly to be ex
pounded. Memoir must I sent in be
fur the end of February, 1333.