And other printing, including
Larg and Heavy PiMJrr, and Show
. Hand-Bills. -
Neatly aud expeditiously Executed
Al PO.nrcANOPaiCEC.
Om Year
Six Months...
Three MnUu.
t M
"Independent in all Things ; Neutral in Nothing."
These an ths terms for thou paying in SsV
Tance. The IxoKrrsnKirr offers fine indues
masts to advertwrs. Terms reasonable.
VOL. 4.
IlOSEBUllG, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1880.
NO. 42.
P. f. MULLE57,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
OAKLAND,
OREOOS
Office in Ir. t'age's Drug Store.
GaiiyonviUe Hotel,
D. a. u:vi,
- PROPRIETOR
HAVING RECENTLY PURCHASED THE
Caoyunvi le I Intel, 1 am bow prepared to
urn in travelers wr h Hit beat ol nccommuuatiuns.
Feed and stahl.ng for jlu-k. D. A. LEV12JS.
W. D. WOOUCIM'X.
H. W. CHUBCIUM,.
Wooi!cK & Churchill,
NTRTLK ( KEEK, - - ! OREGON
TEAMSTERS FROM JACKSONVILLE
and the resnlcms 111 Myrtle Creek will find
the best hoiwtiliuem at this establishment. In
thi line wa da. in Hi lu work equitl to any in tlie
State. New work manufactured and repairs
made on tbe shortest notice. Give us a trod, and
if we cannot suit you none pan.
WOODCOCK A CHURCHILL.
AS. THOBNTON.
W. E. ATKINSON.
JACOB WAGNER.
E. K. ANDEBSON
Ashland Woolen Manufacturing
Company, i
Manufacturers and Dealers iu
White & Colored Blankets
Plain ad Fancy Ca.hntcres, Doeskins,
Flannels, Etc. alto, 1
OYER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING
Made to Order.
W. II. ATlilNSON, tico'y
ASHLAND. Jackson Countv, Oregon.
H. C. STANTON,
Dealer in
Staple Dry Goods!
Keeps constantly on band a general assort
ment of 1
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
woon, WILLOW ASD GLASSWARE!
ALSO I
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of !
SCHOOL It O O K
Such as required by the Public County Schools
All kinds of STATIONERY, TOYS and
FANCY ARTICLE i
i
To suit both Young and Old.
BUYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
Drafts on San Francisco. 1
Metropolitan Hotel,
AOSBBlttG,
OB.EOOS.
Perkins & Ilcudriek, Prop'rs.
. ! .
Tit Only First-Class Hotel is the City
AND
Depot of the C. O. Stag C's.
TTTELL FURNISHED SLEEPING APART
menu, the best of beds, and the most atten
T housekeepers, and a table supplied with the
basso everything. ....... j
STAGES FOR RIDDING
Jbeve the house every day on the arrival of tha
tsrs from Portland. !
Th traveling public, and all who favor us with
loair patronage, can rest assured mat, uiey wn
be enteuin
ea in
the best possible manner.
HBAJDRICK A PERKINS
MAHOrtEY'S SALOON.
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland.
Jas. Mahoney, Prop'r.
The finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Soup
las county, and the best j
TJIIIIHr TA.BJ1-B3
in tha State kept in proper repair;
Parties traveling 00 tha railroad will find this
place very handy to visit daring the stop
ping of the train at the Oak-;
land, Depot. Give me aeall. ;
JA8. MAHONEY.
- SAIiEM. : ! -
Foundry and Hachins Shop
B. V. DRAKE, Proprietor.
SAIL. EM.
OREGON.
Hteatm SxtKiacai, 3tw MUWt
Grlnt: Mills, Reapers, Pump
and all kinds and Style ol
Machinery made to Order.
Machinery repaired on
Short Notice.
TVtara mailing done in all it various forms,
and all kinds of brass and iron casting fur
nished on short notice. Also manufac
turer of .Enterpriser Plainer and
Hateber, and Suckers and
Sharpers. I
PATTERSON'S
Jas. II. Tipton, Prop'r.
ALU KINDS OF LUMBER,
Including
fHuffa.x Pine,
Cedar, JTir,
FineandOak
Lumber,
Always on hand, j
A ud Orders promptly filled on
the Hhorteait; Wotloe j
All kinds of dressed lumber constantly on
hsnd. Lumber furnished at any
point in Roseburg without extra
charge, and bt application to,
, me it will be found that j
w, Lumber is not only the best but
tbo cheapest in the market. Try
me and see. Address all letters to
TIPTW KO., Fatteraost'a Mlla, Or
oraoiispiTiiiriD,
WADKINS BROS.
VTooU iafbrm the public that they have: leased
the Urge Blacksmithing shop lately occupied
by George Mickle, and that they sre
, prepared to do
All Kinds of Blacksmithing:
' la first-class style, 1
And at prkea tower than the lowest. They hare
; many years' experience in the line of
Horse Shoeing!
And dai.mUHS point, in tradf',th,? "
eoiopoWt to do ths best o11k.to""
asLsfaaOon of patrons. AllkiBdsof
MaatiiBery repaired, Plow ;
Work, Ete.
ClTStbamasall. Bhop opposite B. Mark A Co.
JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Furniture,
WILBUR,
OBKGOX.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses,
Constantly on bond.
Etc.,
I have the best stock o
lurolture south ol Portland
And all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
Rcjtidenta of Douglas county are requested to
give me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
tar ALL WORK WARRANTED . -8
Furniture Store !
JOHN GI LUERSLEVK
HAVING -TURCHASED TUB PCRNI
ture Establishment of John Lehnlierr, is
now prepared to do any work in the
UPHOLSTEfllNC LINE.
He is also prepared to furnish
In all stylos, of the best manufacture, ami cheaper
than the cheapest. His
OlmirH,
j Tableti,
! Bureaus,
XScdsteadtii,
Wnsjlitatumlss
j ETC., KTG., ETC.
Are of superior make, and for low cost cannot be
equalled in the Slate. Tbo
Finest of Spring Beds
And tbe
Most Complete
Jrofas
Always on hand. Everything in .he line fur
nished, of the best quality, on the shortest
notice and at the lowest rates.
COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED.
And orders filled cheaper and better than can
any other establishment.
Desiring a share of public patronage, the un
dersigned promises to oiler extra inducements to
all patrons. Give n;e a trial.
, JOHN GILDERS LEV E.
J. jASKULEK,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
i AND JEWELER.
I - ' ' -
noseburg, Oregon,
NO MORE VSE TO SEND YOUR FINE
Watches to Portland for repairs. A fine
assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec
tacles and Eye-glasses always on hand.
The only reliable Optometer in Koeeburg for
tha proper adjustment of Spectacles and Eye
glasses, which will preserve and strengthen the
eyesight.
-! AH work warranted.
EPOT
HOTEL-
AAKLAKO,
OBKUOH.
Richard Thomas,
Prop'r.
rpHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
for a number ol ycare, and has become very
popular with the traveling public. First-class
SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the taWe supplied with the best the market
.afford. 1 1 otel at the depot f the Kailroad.
T. C. SMITH t C J ,
Chemists and Pharmacists!
PaUon's Block, 8tate Street,
SALEM, - '-. OHEOOS.
Particular attention given to prescriptions, and
ail orders by man or express nnea
promptly and accurately.
Physicians and country dealers will save money
by examining our stocu, or procuring
our prices, before purchasing else-
wheei. 40
Ore aeon and California
STAGE !
TREGUSH TO SAN FRANCISCO
FOUR DAYS.
THE QUICKEST, SAFEST AND
EASIEST EOTJTE.
STAGES LEAVE ROSSBURO
Bvery T Ta0 r. M.,
Ifaklni ouick connection at Reading with ths
cars of the C. AO. it. R.
7or full paiticolars and passage apply to
PERKINS k HEADR1CK.
4 gent.
MAMMOTH
LIVERY AND FEED
STABLE.
This establishment is the
Best in the State!
and connected with it is a large
Wagon Yard and Shed Room 1
Capable of accommodating any
horses and wagons.
number of
Best of Hay nnd Grain
always in full supplyand atlivinr prices.
And no one is allowed a go away iliasutisfied.
Don't fail to give us a call, fur we are
determined to suit you iu T-ax-tity,
quality and pm.
COTICE IS II EHKli V" ' : V EX n i
mav concern llutt the a!i'-r-t;-M
..ir'-nrn
,1 .111-
awarded thecontract fif k:;i; -tr ' i'
Conn ty paupers for a period ol year
persons in need of aisiaurfl from .' ;"'.v
must first procure a eertiilrau; to t!i:it vu vl fr-mi
any member of the County rVmnl and present it
to one ot the following named jwr&'ii. wii" are
aathorized to and will care for lb..;- preMMthrj
(neb certificates: Button A rrkin3. ii.fbar.': L
L. Kellogg, Oakland; Mrs. Brown. Iy-kine
Glass. Dr. Woodruff is authorised to furnish
radical aid to all persons in nwl of ili- s.riu'.t!
who have been declared pann-r .tf ix.u jlaj
Ossjaty. ' W.Rf'LAIU.:
SEEDS -3EEDS !
!
ALL KIDS i'F Ek&T QCALIl Y.
A. 3L, JL, OJl DEBS
Promptly atleuded to and Goods shipped
with care. ,
Address,
Jlaeheney A Bent,
, Portland,0
on.
TELEGRAPHIC.
EASTERN.
Printer.' strike at Kansas City.
Ka.nsajiCitv, Jan. 20. The compositors
on the morning papers have struck.
W'reatllns; Mattli.
New York, Jan. 20. The long talked of
wrestling match between Police Oflicer
MnUloon and Bauer took place to-night
and resulted in a victory for Muldoon,
who won the first and third falls.
Telegraphic Arrangement.
Philadelphia, Jan. 20. It is stated
that the contract between the American
Union Telegraph Company and the Penn
sylvania Railway Company, for right of
way over tbe latler's telegraph lines, was
finally approved at a meeting1 of the tele
graph committee and railroad company
on Saturday, and that papers were
signed yesterday.
Starling of a Big 111.
Silvkr Cliff, Jan. 19. Rarino Boyd
mill, owned by the Silver Milling and
Mining Company, started up yesterday
anernoon. A large number ol citizens,
invited guests anil members of tbe press
were present. Mr. fcinerry, of New York,
who built the mill, and T. J. Edmondson,
one of the largest stockholders and an
associate of Keene, came on to see the mill
started. The motive power of the mill is
200 horse-power. The Buckeye Corliss
engine set 40 stamps and all the machin
ery in motion with 80 pounds of steam
and made 58 revolutions to the minute.
The stamp will tun !X itrops each to the
minute. Everything worked as smooth
as a watch, and tbe owners and citizens
are in ecstacies over the lino working of
the mill, which cost over $150,000. The
first bullion brick will be turned out on
Thursday week. Yesterday was the big
gest day in the history of Silver Cliff.
A Rich Strike.
There is great excitement in the vk'in
ity of Rosita over recent rich discoveries
in the Silver Horn mine. It is believed
that it will prove another Bessick, a four
foot vein of chlorides and horn silver,
milling 292. ounces. It developed free
milling ore on a crosscut of forty feet and
shows small rich veins dipping towards
the main lead. Assays shows over SW00
ounces of silver to the ton.
A Convention of Heirs.
St. Louis, Jan. 20. Some 500 heirs to
the famous Springer estate, involving the
site of the eity of Wilmington, Deleware,
and large money deposits in the Bank of
Sweden, met this morning, and after n
little prelimiaary business adjourned until
this evening.
Celebration of Lee's Birthday.
Mobile, Jan. 20. Tbe Lee association
celebrated vesterday the anniversary of
General Lee's birthday by a grand parade,
in which foreign consuls and city officials
took part
Prosperous jahovvlng.
New Yokk, Jan. 20. A meeting of the
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad officials
in regard to the Pacific const extension,
called for to-day, has been adjourned until
to-morrow. The freight tratlicof the road
has increased so rapidly of late that 700
new cars and 12 locomotives have been
ordered and will be ready in May next.
The road is now in full connection with
the Atchison & Topeka.
Secretary Schors on Pending I to Ques
tions. Wa.iiixotos, Jan. 20. Secretary Schurz
said to-day : "It has never been held by
the department of the interior that if any
individual member of the Ute nation com
mitted a crime that the whole nation
should be held responsible and punished
therefor; but under provisions of the
treaty of 1808 if certain offence are com
mitted by the Utes against the whites, the
Ute nation is hound to surrender the
offenders, and this fact is fully recognized
by Ouray. If a peaceful settlement can be
made with the Utes there is no one in the
department 'that desires to deprive them
of their reservation without allowingthem
the most lineral compensation. It is
thought by some members of the Ute del
egation now in this city that a good many
Indian? will be willing to settlo down in
severalty upon agricultural lands ou their
present reservation and yield the balance
ofthelandto the government, and that
those who will not do this will go
peaceably to tbe Unitah reservation.'' In
some further remarks the Secretary taid i
i aeenut myamyio tto an l can to
ward settling the present difficulties with
out an Indian war and without doiutr in
justice to any one."
Counterfeit Colun.
The solicitor of the treasury to-day ren
dered an oinciai opinion classing the so
railed educational toy money with coun
terfeit coins.
Matters of Interest to Oregon.
In the senate to-dav there was rr
sented a petition of II. Villard, nresidci t
vi uicjuii iMuinay a, iiuvigaiion KjOt,
praying that the duty on imported steel
rails shall be specific and not to exceed
ten dollars per ton i also, a petition of the
Portland board of trade for the annroDria-
ticn of S250.000 for the improvement of
1 1 . 1 : ..
Lite ouiuiuuja river.
A Land League
Mrellng
Priest.
Disturbed by k
New Y'or.K, Jan. 20. A London di;
patch says: On Sunday an unusual scene
occurred at lialla m county Mavo at
meeting of tenant formers to join the Balla
tenants in aeienee otr the association
After I be mass meeting the members at
tempted to explain the purpose of tli
irish natu rsal league association. While
the rules were being read, the parish
priest, Father Sheridan, entered and in a
r.ige called on the people to dispersu. He
said that he would not allow interference
in the parish, nor allow any secret organ
izalion. A gentleman said that it was not
a secret organization. These are the rules
of the national land league, he said. I
represent it, and so does Charles Stewart
Parnell. Great cheers were iriven for.Tar
nell and Davitt. The crowd was excited
The priest said that the gentleman was
blackguard ami wanted to extort monev
from the people. The parish priest vainly
commanded ana Deggea Ute people to dis
perse, and finally went away discomfited.
The meeting then chose delegates. The
retiring delegates were escorted by large
crowns.
Indictments for fraud.
Uakbisbvbo, Jan. The grand jurv
indicted Representatives Ramberger and
Petroff, State Treasurer Kemble and
others, for attempting to bribe tbelegisla
tore.
A Defaulting Postmaster,
Providence, R. I.. Jan. 21.-A eovern-
ment draft upon Postmaster Baryton for
$13,000 was disuonered Saturday and he
resigned, it is donbtiui if this sum rep
resents tne lull amount ot the dencit,
which will be made good by his bonds
men.
Practical Charity.
Nkw York, Jan. 21. Whitelaw Reid
sent forty homeless New York children
west this afternoon under ti'e care of an
agent of the Chiidreus' Aid Society.
Homes will be found for them in Iowa,
chiefly among farmers. Mr. Reid expects
to tjcnd another party about the same
size before spring.
Card Hal McCfowkys Receptloa of Par
nell, ;
Cardinal McClosky says that ho lias not
received a dispatch from Rome relative
to bis reception of Parnell. That he
knows of no reason why he should ex
pect one, and considers the story sensa
tions!, Arrest of a Party of Counterfeiters.
Oswego, Jf. Y., Jan. 21 David Bonnell,
gylvanus Reynolds, Lafayette - Ingersoll,
Neva Ingersoll, Frederick Ingersoll,
Frank Gibson, Lucy Ingersoll, Ida Inger
soll and Lavina Look were arrested last
night while manufacturing spurious oojns.
Metals, dyts, acids, etc., besides S700 id
counterfeit American and Canadian coin
were seized.
..." Fatal Explosion.
New Orleans, Jan. 2h A sugar boiler
at D. R. Carroll's plantation on Barratarya,
exploded to-day, killing Arthur furrier,
chief epgineer, Willie Wright, (colored
and another colored man,'natne unknown,
and severely wounding thirteen others.
Some are not expected to recover. The
sugar house was damaged to the extent
of $8000.
Kellogg's Saeuaaor.
New Orleans, Jan. 20. In the demo
cratic causus to-night, Ueneral A. Gibson,
on the second ballot, received 55 votes
the number lequired to nominate. This
nomination was mad"? unanimous for U.
S. senator to succeed Kellogg, whose term
expires in 188".
A Valuable Relic Recovered.
Troy, N. Y, Jan. 21. President Lin
coln's walking stick, stolen from his box
at the theatre on the night of his assas
sination, has been recovered.
Critical Situation.
Pottsviij.e, Pa., Jan. 21. At I this
morning the surface of the earth over the
workings of the Miller, Hoyt & Company,
mine, at Mahoney Plain, caved in. The
earth is still cracking and liable to sink at
any moment.
A Dividend.
New Yohk, Jan. 21. The Panama rail
road has declared a dividend of four per
cent payable February 2d.
A Kailroad Director.
St. Pai-l. Jan. 21. It has just trans
pired that Augustus Kountze or the New
York banking firm of Kountze Bros., was
chosen director of the St. Paul and Siouz
City read, at a recent election. He is
understood to be intimately connected
with the Jay Gould interest. There is a
previous rumor that Gould has an ar
rangement with the Sioux City road for
the transportation of lumber to the Union
Pacific.
Fatal Row at Alpine, Colorado.
Dk.wkk, Jan. 21. A serious shooting
affray occurred at Alpine on Monday
night. I he parties engaged were l'aii 1
Picket, Jas. Louch and Dan'i Jenuison,
miners, and J. I), rorrester, a driver on
the Barlow and Sanderson stage line. The
row originated in a dance house over one
of the girls, and ended iu the miners beat
ing iorrester severely, lhe latter swore
out a warrant before Justice Knowles.
and Constable Stanton undertook to serve
papers, lhe officer met the meu in Cutt's
saloon. They resisted arrest, and Stanton
called on citizens uresent to assist hint.
The miners showed fight, when the con
stable drew a revolver and emptied its
contents into the crowd, killing Picket
aud wounding Louch and Jennison. The
constable gave himself up, and is under
arrest at Alma. Forrester is also under
arrest.
In Xew Handa.
Ntw York, Jan. 21. The Tribune this
morning publishes the following: A syn
dicate of the prominent bankers, which
ncludes a number of persons largely in
terested in- the Wabash & U. P. R. R. sys
tems, has been formed for the purpose of
buying a large block of Central Pacific:
slock. Negotiation for the purchase of
the stock has been in oroirress for the last
two weeks, but the contract was not com
pleted until yesterday. C. P. Huntington,
vice president of the Central Pacific Co..
in behalf of himself and other owners of!
the road, has sold to fhe syndicate 50,000 i
shares of the stock and has given option
on 50,(i00 more. The price paid for the
stock is said to be 75, but a higher price,
said to be 80, will be paid for the second
lot in case the syndicate shall take the
option. This privilege extends over six
montns, but it is believed by prominent
me Dbers of the syndicate that it will be
taken long before it expires.- Payment
for the stock is to be made in cash, and
no change will be made at present in the
management of the road or its managers.
It seems to be probable that, in case of
the full success in marketing of the stock,
the present transaction will be followed
others. No condition in regard to
future purchase of stock, or the manage
ment of the road, has been included in
the contract. It is purely a cash tran
saction. The owners of the road have
been induced to part with their stock in
order to share with others the control of
the road, believing this divided control
will add to the value of the property. Al
most the entire stock of the company has
been held by the original builders : Le
land Stanford, C. P. Huntington, Charles
Crocker and C. F. Crocker. It is said that
they consented to the sale of part of their
stock in the belief that public attention
ill .ii .,! . .,
wouiu oe attracted oy tins means to ine
value of the property. The members of
the syndicate which has secured an in
terest in the C P. road, are R. P. Fowler
& Co., Prince & Whitley, Hatch & Foote,
John Loebe & Uo., and llall,'.iarteu & Co.,
May & King, Marx & Co., I. S. Wormser,
Phillip fepeyer & Co., r isk & Hatch, Brew
ster, Sweet & Co., Of Boston, W in. II.
Trayers, August Rutten, Morton, Bliss &
Co., Speyer Brothers & to., ot Holland,
Kussell Sage aud Jay Uould. An execu
tive committee consistins of R. P. Flower,
J. D. Prince and .T. D. Probst, was chosen
to conduct the affairs of tbe syndicate.
The stock will not be sold by subscription,
but a portion of it will be ottered early
next week on the stock exchange. The
stock has beeu on the list of the exchange
for many years, but dealings in it have
been almost nothing, for the reason that
the stock was held in a few hands. It is
tbe purpose of the committee to make the
stock one or the active stocks on tne ex
change, and to this end a small amount
will be offered, probably on Monday. One
oerson who had been admitted Ho the
syndicate yesterday sold hii privilege st a
very large advance". It was stated by a
prominent member of the syndicate that
outside offers for Dart of the stock had
been ma le at a price f r above that to be
paid under contract, it was stared also
that a broker had been authorized to offer
a much higher price for the control of the
road, lhese oilers Have been refused ov
the present holders of the stock.
Terms Arranged by the Ctvs.
Washington, Jan. 22. An important
meeting took place at the interior depart
ment to-day, m which the Colorado del
eeation in congress. General Adams.
Ouray, Jack, Wash and Sawanott partici
paled. Schurz laid an injunction of se-
crccv upon all members of the confer
ence So that details of the meeting can
not be had It is understood however
that the land question had been thor
oughly talked over and an agreement was
reached which was satisfactory to all
present except Senator Teller. This
asreement is that the Utes f Southern
Colorado shall be removed to Grand river
valley, in the western part of the state,
Tbe White river Utes are to he removed
to the Unitah reservation in Utah. Bel
ford and Teller were at the outset, hostile
to this arrangement, but Belrord now
ieems to be satisfied with it. Teller on
the con rary will opposn it with all his
influence, and without his vote the sec
retary of the interior is afraid that the
publication of that port ion of the deliber
ations of tbe conference relaUna to the
final disposal of the Indians themselves
will not be well received in Colorado, as
the people ot that state will not be pleased
with any arrangement which will fail to
remove tbe Indians entirely from the
state. It is believed that the Utes will
accept the settlement decided on to-day,
and it in intended to send some one to
the Indian country to get the signatures
of three-quarters of tbe Utes to an agree
ment. As to the murderers ot Meeker,
Ourav has already triven bis ultimatum
He will undertake to brina them in later
in the season, when spring opens if he
has to kill them j ana ne aoes not Deneve
there js anv other wav of doing it It is
not probable that any" final steps will be
taken towards closing Hp tha agreement
until after the arrival of Governor Pit
kin, who is expected in a few days.
The Cle Outbreak.
The house committee on Indian affairs
tordav continued its investigation of the
canaea of tha recent ute outbreak.
Indian ifiiri ILtvt
concluded his statement, which embodied
a general defense of his administration.
1:hmrv. of the 5.h cavalry, adjutant of
ThombnrgH's command, gave an interest
ing history of military movement, but
exoressed'no opinion as to any remote
causes of the outbreak.
' The ? Annexation Scheme.
New Yout, Jan. 22. A meeting of
i British-American i colonists was held at
Union Hall yesterday to organize a BfCi
ety to aeitate the annexation of Can; da
to the United States.
Sales of K. V. . II R. II. R. stock.
New York, Jan. 22. Bids for the New
York Central Hudson River Railroad
Company stock were opened this after
noon by the New York committee at the
office, of Drexel, Morgan & Company.
The committee, after receiving advices
from London, where subscriptions also
Closed this af ernoon, disposed of 200,000
shares. The prices ranged from 131 to 1?,
New York bids being without reserve,
were allotted in full.
Dlwutrr at (lueenstAwn.
Boston, Jan. 22. The steamer Bavarian
from Liverpool reports running down at
Queenstowu,Irolaud,an English schooner,
ller captain and two nen were drowned.
Heavy Snow Vail.
Milwaukee, Jan. 22. Lumbermen are
jubilant iu Northernl Wisconsin over a
fall of snow tc-dtw from 20 to 40 inches,
senator from JMIwlaalppl.
Jackson, Jan. 22. The joint assembly
elected J. Z. George, senator.
A Big Purchase.
New York, Jan. 22. To-day Senator J.
B. Chaffee and S. B. Elkitis completed the
purchase of the- Ortiz mining grant near
Santa K, New Mexico, containing 69,000
few. on the line Of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroac,
Court House Destroyed.
Little Ruck, Jan. 22. Incendiaries de
stroyed the couny court house at Evening
Shade, Wednesday night. Loss, $-520,000 ;
uninsured.
The Springer Heirs.
St. Louis, Jan. 22. The Springor heirs
placed the matter of securing their right
to the land on which Wilmington, Del., is
situated in the hands of a committee, who
were Intrusted with monev to present tbe
claim. The session wasr turbulent.
Death of Commodore Ulake.
New Y'ork, Jan. 22. Commdore Homer
C. Blake, of the United Stales navy, died
to-day from a malarial disease contracted
during a recent cruise in the Asiatic
squadron. He was at Washington about
six weeks ago, when he passed an exam-
nation ior promotion to commodore. He
was confined to his house only a week.
He leaves a widow and one daughter.
Takoob Bey's Condemned Children.
Wasainrtos, Jan. 22. The president of
the New Y'ork Society for the prevention
of Cruelty to Children memoralized con
gress to-day through Senator Kernan,
calling attention to the barbnrities prac
ticed on certain .Chinese children. He
has sent to congress and the president a
communication in relation to a pitiful
appeal which has reached him from the
Pacibc coast, lie says that in 1877 Yakoob
Bey. the famous Central Asian Chief and
Chinese Rebel, was captured and put to
death Dy tne Chinese government by a
slow and painful process. Those of "his
family who had not fled on his death into
Russian territory were cruelly executed.
As u the exile or slaughter of every adult
kinsman of his were not penalty enough,
fonr of his children, ranging in ages from
fourteen to five have been solemnly ar
raigned for'hereditary high treason to the
bmperor of China.' One would naturally
conclude that the complicity of the boys
being disproved, their acquittal of guilt
should follow, especially in view of iheir
tender years. On the contrary they are
consigned to a doom moro horrible than
death. In brief, they are to be kept until
a certain age in prison and then cruelly
emasculated and consigned as slaves to
he soldiery for uses and practices un
happily to common in the east, but which,
Lord Coke says, "are not so much as to
be named among Christians." ''This."
says President Gerry, "is no overdrawn
picture." lie implores immediate action
in the matter, and abates that if the Chi
nese government will commute the sen
tence of these wretched children to ban
ishment this Society stands ready. to re
ceive and place them at its own t xiense
where they will be properly maintained.
educated and cared for.
A Big Cnaolldatlon.
New Y'onic.-Jan. 24. It is rumored that
the consolidation of the Union Pacific,
Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Rail
roads was accomplished this afternoon,
the new company to be known as the
Union Pacific Railway Company. The
following persons were elected officers :
Sidney Dillon president; Elisha Hatkins,
vice president ; Henry Jlotarland. secre
tary and treasurer; Fred. Ames of Boston,
Carlos S. Greeley of St. Louis, Ezra Baker
of Boston, J. G. Dexter of Boston. G. M.
Dodge or Iowa, Russell Sage. Jay Gould,
Solon Humphreys, David Dows of New
York, W. C. Scott of Erie, S. II. II. Clark
of Omaha, T. T. E kert of New Y'ork,
Joha Sharpe or Salt Lake, with the presi
dent and secretary are directors.
The Paclfte Coast Railroad Extension.
Conference committees of the Atchison.
Topeka and Santa Fe and St. Louis and
San trancisco railroad companies had
another meeting in this city yesterday to
discuss tne comnination ot the two roads,
and the building of an extension to the
Pacific coast. It was stated bv the officers
of the St. Lonis and San Francisco com
pany that everything had been satisfact
orily arranaea except to draft necessary
papers, and that the entire sum needed.
520,000,000, had been provided for.
Edison Talks about hla Light.
Thi3 attention of Edison havinc been
called by the doubts of some Parisian crit
ics. concerning the sUbilitv of the carbon
horse shoe, and claim that It eventually
wastes away by decomposition, said : "A
complete answer to that is tho actual re
sult. I can state that the oldest, lamp in
mv laboratory, after burning 50j hours.
bad its electrical resistance measured, and
there was not a difference of one-tenth of
an ohm from the time when it was orig
inally put in the circuit. The surface of
this carbon which burned 505 hours, is as
bright to-day as it was the day when first
put in. whereas oxidization makes carbon
black." Edison says ho has not sold a
share of his stock. !
Money Wanted.
A committee has been appointed of the
clerey and laity of the Piotestant Episco
pal Church to devise a plan for raising
$750,000 to insure the payment of the gen
eral theological seminary's current ex
penses; to provide for library, dromitor
ios, lecture room, a new chapel ; support
the faculty andestablish a few fellowships.
For n longtime there has been a want of
funds at the seminary. i
. The Celebrated Riot Cast lllsmimed.
In the case of Leopold Westhoimer,
agent, vs the Pennsylvania Ta lroad Co.,
in which he sues for SI, 710, the value of
goods shipped over the road and burned
at Pittsburg during the railroad riot, Judge
Wallace denied a new trial, holding that
the pompany was not responsible for the
acts' of the mob,
A Successful Opera Veaaon.
Chicago, Jan. 24- The Mapleson opera
company to night concluded the most suc
cessful two weeks of opera ever given
here, the receipts being over $00,000. Col.
Maoleson has received overtures from
California manacers, but just now is not
likely to accept them. If he does go to
the east, it will De after June.
A Fearful and Perllnns Accident.
New York, Jan. 24. At 2 o'clock this
morning an accident occurred on the ele
vated railroad on 144th street, by which a
car contaiuing workmen was wrecked and
several men seriously injured. Tbe en
gine, while running at the rate of 30 miles
an hour or more, dragging its single car
with 25 or more human beings, employes
of the road, struck a switch with a jerk
that threw every one off bis feet, run over
one middle track, jnmped off, breaking
tbe rail guard and rail, and ties for a dis
tance of twenty feet or more, and landed
below squarely on its-wheels in the road
way. Tbe three that were in the cab went
down with it. Those in the rear were ex
cited by the crash and shock, and reali
sing their danger, ran for the doors, ex
pecting every second to follow, but the
car stopped abruptly at the broken rail.
One end tipped over tbo abyss below,
the coupling broke and only the engine
fell. Had the car followed and fallen on
it, instant death would have been the fate
bevond a doubt of those who esi-aped
with comparitively slight bruises. Those
in the car above managed to make their
way out and along the track to a depot a
block further back, and thence into the
street. Many were bleeding from t-';ght
cuts t-nd braises, and one braktmm
named Hayes was taken from the piat
f inn of th to r into which the tram had
rn, tost ed over fit m tbe platform of his
own car by tbe concussion, much bewild
ered, though little hurt. Those who ran
to the engine ezpected fully to see its
three occupants dead under the wreck,
but to their astonishment met half way
the engineer and fireman who had
climbed through the shattered cab win
dows. The conductor was helped out the
Btme way. He of all was most badly hurt,
one leg being broken in several places.
Murder by Texan Cow Hoys.
St. Locis, Jan. 24. The Republican has
a special from Trinidad, Colorado, which
says : Several cow boys, from the Pan
handle of Texas are said to be camped
between here and Las Vegas. Forty-five
of them entered Ijs Vegas on Thursday
night, killed 'he city marshal, two citizeus
and wounded five others.
Associated Prrwt Meeting.
Philadelphia, Jan. 24. A committecof
the various press organizations through
out the country, met in this city to devise
a plan for the consolidation of various in
terests and to make arrangements for the
belter collection of news.
One Way to atop an Esodus
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 24. Two men with
out license, who were found enticing ne
groes to go to Mississippi, were fined $150
and costs each.
Parnell at Cleveland.
Cleveland, Jan. 24. Parnell arrived
this afternoon, and was enthusiastically
received. He had a meeting to-night.
Parnell Gets SOOOO at nunTalo.
Buffalo, Jan. 24. Charles Stewart Par
nell and Dillon addressed an immense
audience here this evening and received
subscriptions to the amount of $0000.
Aid from Brooklyn..
New Y'ork, Jan. 24. St. Patrick's soci
ety of Brooklyn, to-day, sent $1000 by
cable to the Mansion bouse relief com
mittee, Dublin.
PACIFIC COAST.
Sulelde.
Sak Framiisco, Jan. 19. Frank Horan,
aged 27, who has been stopping at the
American Exchange for a few weeks past,
shot himself in the breast and head in his
bedroom this evening. The wounds aie
probably fatal. Horan attributed his act j
to the tortures of dyspepsia. 1
The Infected Steamship.
San Francisco, Jan 20. The board of
health has decided to transfer the crew of
the Chinese steamer City n Peking to the
quarantine hulk at Saiicelito, and keep
them there until satisfied that no further
danger exists. The ollirersof the ship
and white passengers will remain on
board until it is determined whether they
are infected. They will probably be re- j
leased next Sunday. The captain of the !
steamer will be allowed to come ashore
after being well fumigated, to attend to
necessary business. All freight on board !
wiil remain untouched until the passen
gers come ashore, when the ship will be
thoroughly fumigated, j after which the
goods will be landed.
Lady Bryan Drops.
San Francisco, Jan. 21, After the morn
ing board Lady Bryan took another drop,
going down to ninety cents, with sales at
that figure.
Mining Company Elections.
At tho Sierra Nevada election to-day.
John Skae retired and Messrs. Drexler,
Lyle, Fish, Graves and O'Connor were
chosen directors.
Californiare-elected the old board.
The report of the secretary of the Sierra
Sevada shows tbe following: Liabilities
cash due Aevada Hank, $230,443; bills
payable, and balance on Eureka mill, due
March 1, 188 , 37,501', No cash o.i bund.
lhe report of the secretary of the Cali
fornia shows a cash Biiriilus nnd bullion
on hand iiKan Francisco and Virginia,
?."0.243 ; overdraft on the Nevada Bank,
$28,0oo.
Loss of a Valuable Pilot Boat.
The pilot boat Confidence, the newest
and largest of the fleet, and valued at$15,
000, while going out to sea about noon,
drifted on Mile rock in a fog and sunk
soon after. The pilots and crew were
taken off by a tug.
The Lady Bryan Strike.
Virginia, Jan. 21. Captain Kelly has
just returned ; from Lady Bryan and re-p-rts
the drift east five feet from a Kiiit
on an incline of 90 feet on a slope below
the 750 level, and facing the ledge. He
brings simples of ore there encountered,
which are certainly very rich. The mine
will be open to day till 1 P. M. to allow
all who wish to see the formation, and
the livery stables are being exhausted for
team to take visitors there. Kelly says
nothing further than the foregoing, and
to all questions replies, "Go and see for
yourself." Assay offices are busy on the
work. .. - . "
The Bubble Has Burst.
Virginia, Jan. 21. It is almost need
less to say that the Lady Bryan bubble
nas Durst, visitors report tne ledge reg
ular in formation, but ihe rock assays only
from SI to $2. Everbodv is thoroughly
disgusted. The native silver said to have
been horned out of the ore proves to be
solder. Kelly says that the miners salted
.l-.'ll L Ll .... ,
urm nines on mm, anui me people say
mat iveiiy Baited tne mine on them.
Why the Central Pacific Men Sold.
San Iranusoo. Jan. 22. Concerninz
the sale of 50,000 shares of Central Pacific
stock to a syndicate of eastern capitalists,
Governor Sian ford said yesterday to an
AUa reporter: "I do not know that the
sale will cause aiiy change of policy. The
amount sold was not such as to indicate
nny change in the control of the line
Tbe stock was sold without any special
object in view ; but simply in accordance
with the desire of stockholders to put the
stock on the market and to enable them
to sell at fair prices. The stock has been
on the board before, but I do not know
that any was sold, l would like to see
oar own people take stock and keep it at
home. The road is in inch a condition as
to pay 6 per cent per annum without any
t entile. By dispersing the stock into a
number of hands, there will be a large
number of persons taking active interest
in the company.
FOREIGN."
Distress In Ireland Acute and Extending,
Dublin, Jan. 20. An appeal of the
Mansion committee to the people of the
United States, says: It is now admitted
that the distress is of acute aud except
tonal character and certain to involve
actual starvation if extensive aid be not
promptly aud liberally forthcoming. The
distress daily increases .in intensity and
area, and it seems almost impossible to
avert, until next harvest, absolute famine
lu very many places. I bis central com
mittee distributes its relief through local
committees, of which the clerev of all de
nominations in a district, rich aud poor.
. i . i i . .i- ., 1 . '
iue law iinu meiiicai oiucers, must be
members, and requires that relief be given
oniy in amo ana not in money.
The Famine In Ire'nnd.
London, Jan. 25. A land meeting was
neiu to-uay in tne conaemara mountains,
at wnicn several thousand persons at-
tenaeu. uavitt anu Daiey were present.
There were also land meetings at Buhola.
a. w iijcu bucio nciv tvw pcr&oiia.
John Bright speaking at Birmingham
yesterday reverted to the Irish quesiion
at lengtn ana urged the government to
take energetic action for the relief of
sunerers in Ireland. ?
Appeal from the Lord Mayor of Dublin.
Tbe Lord Mayor of Dublin has issued
an appeal through the London press in
behalf of the Mansion House relief com
mittee, stating that the committee is not
connected with any organization, and that
it consists ot representatives of ail creeds
and all Bhades of politics. The appeal
states that e videnoe accumulates that there
is scarcely a ceunty in Ireland in wbich
terrible privation does not exist in some
portion, though it is more severe in the
western counties and on tbe northwest
and southwestseaboards. The lord mayor
fears that the public of London does not
realize tbe gravity of the crisis, or -.that
unless prompt assistance be given, thous
anpe of people must die of starvation. He
cannot think that if they did, they who
gave hundreds of thousands to avert the
famine in India, would have given less to
the Mansion house fund, than had Syd
ney or Melbourne. The lord mayor states
that 8000 have already been distributed
out of the $20,000 received, but that this
is a mere drop in the ocean of need. He
fears the recurrence of the disaster of 1847,
when abundant assistance was forth
coming, but too late to save life.
At Saturday's meeting of the Dublin
Mansion house relief committee 80 appli
cations for relief were received and 55
grants were made amounting to 2685.
The total amount so far e ranted is 8340.
Five hundred pounds wt t) :e: ived from
Washington and 1500 tr.un New Y'ork.
The SnlTerlng Poor Stl.I Call For Aid.
A deputation of unemployed laborers
of Dublin yesterday waited upon Right
Honorable James Lowther, chief secre
tary of Ireland, to ask bis influence in
providing means to relieve-distress among
the laboring and poorer classes. Tbe
spokesman for the workingmen "aid that
i here were four thousand laborers unem
ployed in Dublin, whose families are des
tituie. Lowther expressed his sympathy,
but said he could not see in what manner
tbe ttovernmetit could (five them employ
ment. A lareely attended meeting of
tenant farmers was held at Ballymoney,
county Antrim, last evening.
. Intensified Distress In Ireland.
The distress in Ireland is intensifying
under the influence of hard frost and
biting cold, which during the last four
days succeeded the mild weather which
had prevailed since Christmas. Clare
Lowell Read, addressing bis constituents
at Diss, Norfolk, yesterday, detailed his
experiences of a recent visit to America,
and highly eulogized Americans.
Telocity of a Rifle Ballet.
Prof. Robert Spice, the Brooklyn
chemist and physicist, appeared one
evening not long since at the Cooper In
stitute in a lecture on projectiles. The
greal hall was crowded in every part
many standing in the aisles. . When the
well known face of Mr. Cooper appeared
the audience, as usual, gave him a very
hearty welcome, and the applause was
renewed when, on the introduction of
Prof. Raymond, the lecturer came for
ward. : ;
The task which Professor Spice was to
accomplish was to determine the actual
velocity of a rifle bullet fired across the
stage. The distance measured on tho
platform was 33 feet, which, the lecturer
explained, was shorter than usual, as the
ordinary distance used in determining
this question was about 200 feet. To
carry this performance out he had se
sured the co-operauce of Lieutenant F.
Memam, of the Brooklyn ldth regi
ment, who has gained some reputation
at the Creedmoor range, as evidenced by
the medals which he wore, in the hrst
place, Professor Spice explained the ap
paratus to be nsed. He called the atten
tion of the audience to a mahogany base,
12 inches by 15 inches, on which were
placed two levers which carried bent
wires to make marks on a piece of smoked
glass beneath the points. One of these
was connected with a pendulum attached
to an Attwood machine, vibrating sec
onds. By means of electric Currents the
lever connected with the pendulum came
down On the glass precisely at the be
ginning of each second, making a -series
of lines separated by spaces, somewhat
similar to the old Morse alphabet. - Con
sequently thedistance from the begin
ning ol one line to tne beginning of
the next represented one second of
time.
The second lever, exactly oonosite.had
a string attached to one end which kept
the point off the glass. It also had two
electro magnets, one at each end, which
had electric currents passing through of
different strength the weaker eurrent
tending to pull the lever down on the
glass; the Btronger current tending to
keep it elevated. In addition to this the
current from stronger ' magnet
passed through a loose wire rest
ing on tbe globules of mercury,
and immediately in front of this wire was
to rest the muzzles of the rifle. The
weaker current passed through a pre-'
cisely similar loose wire, also on two
globules of mercury, which wire was
placed thirty-three feet distant from the
Lfirst wire.
Lieut. Merriam now came forward and
loaded the rifle. It was a regular Croed-
moor 42 calibre, 34-inch barrel, and
placed in it a cartridge containing a 450
grain ball, and 45 grains of powder, ex
plaining that this was not a full charge.
He took his position, The object was to
shoot away the wires on the mercury.
A box of sand was placed to receive the
balll.
The pendulum above described was
then set in motion. On its striking the
fifth second the plate in smoked glass
was drawn along by the descent of a
weight on the top of a column of sand
which ran out of a tube. On the sixth
second, Lieutenant Merriam pulled the
trigger, and both wires vanished. On
the first wire being broken, the point of
the corresponding lever descended on
the glass, but immediately arose again
by the action of a spring, when tbe
bullet broke the second wire. The con
sequence of this was that the point con
nected with this lever scraped a very
short line on the smoked glass, with the
other point, being kept lown during the
swing of the pendulum, scraped a longer
space. ' -.
Then the glass was withdrawn and
placed in tho steieoption, projecting a
magnified imago of the lines of the
screen. The relative length of the lines
were ascertained, thus obviating any
source of error in measuring the minute
lines on the smoked glass. This method
of measuring the lengths was claimed to
be original by the Professor.
On this measurement it was found that
the shorter line was five inches long.and
the other line nine feet two inches.
These numbers were brought down to
the common fraction of inches, the
result giving 110 inches for the longer
space. It , was then ascertained how
many times the former was contained in
the latter, and thi fraction thus obtained
was clearly the fraction of a section that
the bullet took to pass from one wire to
another that is, 1-22 of a second. Multi
plying the distance between the wires
(33 feet) as above, by the denominator of
the above fraction, the velocity of the
bullet in feet was obtained, namely 726
leet in a second.
The result was long applauded; and
the lecturer, to make things snre, deter
mined to repeat the experiment. ' The
second attempt was equally succeaafuL
Professor' Iiwe then proceeded to give
illustrations of experiments of the well
known magicians, showing how science
and art are resorted to to receive tbe
sences. His performances and explana
tions were of great interest to his hear
ers. JV. Y: Trilum.
In forming jndgment.layyour hearts
void ot loretaken opinions; else, whatso
ever is done or said will be measured or
said .br a wrong rule; like them who
have the jaundice, to whom everything
appearetb yellow. Sir Jf tulip money,
-II thou desire to see thy child vir
tuous, let him not see bis father's vices;
thou canst not rebuke that ia children
that they behold in thee; till reason be
ripe,examples direct more than precepts;
uch as thy Dehavior is before thy
children's faces, .: such commonly is
theirs behind their parents' back.
Quaeries. -
Jffgro Witchcraft.
The superstition of Southern negroes
is proverbial ; but that it has sensibly de
clined in recent years is evident enough
to those who have seen much of the race
since the war. This fact is the strongest
sort of evidence to my mind of that
capacity on the part of the colored peo
ple for permanent improvement and pro
gression, wnicn nas oeen so strenuously
denied them by those who triumrhantlv
cite Hayti and Jamaica in confirmation of
their theory, itace superstition is a diffi
cult thing to control or modify, much
less to eradicate, and too often it becomes
fixed in the popular character, a perma
nent taint in the blood of a race or na
tion, retarding civilization and paralyzing
the most enthusiastic advocates and be
lievers in "progress.' In the "Holy
Russia" of onr day, for instance, we have
in the witch-burnings reported not long
ago, a conspicuous example of the tenac
ity with which an ignorant peasantry
clings to an ancient delusion in spite of
vigorous efforts on the part of the Gov
ernment to suppress their more violent
manifestations as well as to educate the
people out of them altogether.
In the South American countries, too,
in the islands of the Caribbean sea, in
Mexico, and even in Spain and Italy,
witchcraft is by no means obsolete. On
the contrary, we occasionally hear of wild
on t bursts of popular fanaticism on the
subject in those countries, accompanied
sometimes by loss of life. The signs,
therefore, of very marked improvement
in this particular among the negroes of
the South are all the more welcome when
we find that in countries where slavery
does not exist at all similar superstitions
are still flourishing. Much of this im
provement is due to the mania which
seized upon the Southern negroes soon
after the war for sending their children
to school. No matter how poor a negro
family was, the boys and girls were sent
regularly to school for at least a portion
of the year, their parents gladly subject
ing themselves to every form of privation
in order that their children might be
"educated." The "learning" thus ob
tained has not, of course, banished super
stition altogether, or even in great part,
but it has certainly had a sensible influ
ence for good not only upon the chil
dren, but upon their parents.
Religion, too, has done much for the
colored people, and it is a significant fact
that the negro churches as a rule are
much more prosperous and better attend
ed now than they were in slavery times.
Freedom, in itself, has done more for
them than religion and education put to
gether, for it has forced them to shift for
themselves, giving them but little time to
dream of ghosts. . :
There is still, however, a great deal of
superstition among them, especially
among the negroes of the far South,
where Yondooism rises almost to the
dignity of a religion. In his story, "The
GrandiB8ime8," now running in Scrihner,
George W. Cable gives a vivid picture of
the Louisiana Voudoo woman in the per
son of Palmyre Philosophe, whose "pale,
yellow forehead, low and shapely, with
the jet hair above it, the heavily-penciled
eyebrows and long lashes below, the
taint, red tinge that blushed with a kind
of cold passion through the clear, yellow
skin of the cheek, the fullness of the red,
voluptuous lips and the roundness of the
perfect neck gave her a bar
baric and magnetic beauty that startled
the beholder like an unexpected drawing
out of a jeweled sword. ' This woman
practiced regularly in New Orleans "the
less baleful rites" of the Voudoos, along
with the business of a hair-dresser. Pal
myre is a more pleasing type of wrtek
than the antiquated, toothless crone of j'
tradition, nut uie average southern witcn
is apt to be an old woman, whose very
infirmities, instead of attracting pity, ex
cite abhorrence and suspicion. Occa
sionally, but not often, the " witch" is a
man. : .. Ui.J: ."..v -
I remember once an old negro
hunchback who lived in my neighbor
hood, who was regarded by his people
for miles around as a "conjurer be
cause of his extreme ugliness and vis
cious temper. His name was used in
every negro household to scare ' refrac
tory children into submission. In
TT l t. . . . ....
najri, wnere vonaooism is still prac
tised in its most horrible forms, some
impression has been made upon the
negroes by the Catholio missionaries
and by Protestant ministers under
BiBhop Holly. Ia the rural districts,
however, it flourishes almost undis
turbed. Voudooism, conjuring, witch
craft, etc., are not by any means con
fined to the ,ir.ore; son them localities.
Even in large cities of the north, ne
gro charm doctors and seventh sons of
seventh sons, are consulted eacerlv bv
a class of negroes, who, one would sup
pose, were too intelligent to be duped
Dytuem. Probably the most astonish
ing manifestation of superstitition .ever
brought to light in this country, occured
within the past year in Cecil county,
Maryland, not many miles from Mason
and Dixon s line. I refer to the case of
negro woman who is serving a term in
the Maryland penitentiary, who shot and
killed an old negro because he had "con
jured" her. , In this case, the testimony
aunueea in court, snowed that the wo
man, who was in bad health, firmly be
lieved that the old man had ''buried bot
tles," in order to injure her, and unless
she found these bottles, or shot him
with a silver bullet, she could, never re
cover her health. Unable to find the
bottles, she laid in wait for the man and
killed mm.
I remember, as a boy, listening night
after night, to the stories of witchcraft
which were told by the negroes in front
of tho quarter fire. Some of them were
undoubtedly the production of idle
boasters or of the stronger minds among
the slaves, who took delight in frighten
ing their more credulous companions.
In the majority of cases, . however, they
were traditions handed down from father
to son, and were accepted by the fascin
ated auditors as literally true. Of win
ter evenings, when all the negroes were
assembled indoors, I often stole from
the honse to the "quarter," and, perch
ed upon a stool in one quarter of the
hearth, in which blazed a roaring fire of
pine knots and hickory logs, listened
with rapt attention to Uncle Perry or
some other accomplished raconteur, as
he related the most harrowing tales. On
these occasions the banjo was hushed, it
being an article of the superstitious ne-
groe's creed that tbo sound of the banjo
while these stories were being told, was a
sort of invocation to the devil to grace
the , entertainment with his presence.
The negroes invariably crowded around
the story teller and listened with ashy
faees ana staring eyes. Among these
stories was a number of local traditions
connected with the estate. Thus it
asserted confidentially, that blue flames
had been seen to, issue from the grave
yard at night, and that one occasion
wicked negro named Oeaar, while seated
on a grave picking a banjo, was startled
by the apparition of an enormous dog,
which rose from the grave and chased
bun all the way to tbe house. A negro
girl on the estate asserted once that she
had been bewitched and that grains of
rioe a teacupful, in fact had burst
from her swolen knee-caps. Another
middle aced woman declared with equal
positiveness. that lizards and : toads
had issued from her mouth. An
antiquated dame who lived somewhere
in the back country, was charged in both
these cases with producing tbe spells,
being paid for doing it by persons who
had grudges attains the parties who
claimed to be aHiictcd.
When a negro is banrred in the South,
the colored people oiten tiock to the
scene. of the execution and struggle for
bits of rope or fragments of his clothing
if they can be procured, to be worn as
charms." An old fashioned Southern
negro can seldom be induced 'to kill a
cat, and there are certain things which
he never does unless he ia ctanpelled
except in particular seasons. He is a
firm believer in luck, and will search bv
the hour for a four leaved clover; he will
never begin a piece of work or begin a
journey on FTiday; if his path at night
leads past a graveyard, he will make a
r.?01' lf possible, to avoid it. His gul
libility is unbounded.. His fear of witch
craft and ghosts is thoroughly real and
intense. - -
But why should we wonder at all this
orpity the credulity of the more ignor
ant colored people of our time, when we
recall to mind Cotton Mather and the de
lusions, equally wild, which he accept
ed, and which were firmly believed in by
some of the most intelligent minds in
the New England States of his day?
PhiUuMphia Times.
; Tersallles and Psrli.
voqueuisn tousannahs are finding out
teat, from their point of view, it was bet
ter for the parliament to sit at Versailles
ban on the Quai d'Orsay. Serious leg
islative work having been impossible
when the Chamber met in the Depart
ment of Seine-et-Oise, legislators often
applied their heart to amusement. The
journey to the Chamber and the journey
back took, with the half hour passed in
loitering at gossiping at the St. Lazare
terminus, the best part of the afternoon.
Hardly had the Deputies arot tn their
destination and settled down to their
places before it was time to start off Par
isian!. In running to and fro, they con
tracted a vagabond and adventurous
humor. There were agreeable recontres
in the railway trains with the fair dames
who adorn the tribunes. For these re
presentative French ladies everything
was for the best in the Versaillist regime.
n omen are never so happy as when the
unforseen is always disturbing the dailv
course of their lives. And what a fine
part the unforseen played in those ex
press Deputies' train, and what delight
ful incidents crooned no 1 The moat
trifling circumstance mieht be a himre
on which great events were to turn. A
parliamentary session meant a parliament
with a numerous femaler-foliowiner con
tinually cn the wing. This vagrancy in
duced bustle, activity, and brisk excite
ment, and rid the fashionable world of
Pans of the languid blase strle of bean tv.
The stage which was afforded to fashion
able women between the parliamentary
"meet" at St. Lazare and the return
home in the evening was most atnule.
public and never overcrowded. There .
was room and to spare for all. On the?
eve of great debates there were at cer- s
tain dressmaking houses private exhibi
tions of the costumes wbich leading
belles who habitually graced the tribune ;
were to wear. Newspaper chroniclers
were invited to attend the shows. Fore- ;
women went round to prompt descrip-,
tions, and to enable scribes in their pic- ;
turesqne jottings on the morrow to ren
der full justice to the robes no less than
to the wearers. Explanations were in-
tersper8ed with chit-chat, which were
down in the note-books and worked into t
evening for boulevard journals. Tho
house which took-tllfijnitiative in this
kind of exhibition was soctahlsu
its forewoman a salary of 100,000 francs
a year. -
There is no such field at the PtJais
.Douroon. ine parliamentary helle drives
there, and is shown to her place without
loss of time. The sitting over, she hur
ries down a narrow stairoase gad out 4o-
tue qnai, wuere her brougham awaits'
her. As Deputies congregate in rooms
sacred to themselves, and as the reporters
enter in by the Rue do Bonrgogne, there
is little to be won by a coquettish Susan
nah in promenading in the Salle de la
Paix, which is used as a lobby between
wnwing Laocoon ana stern Alinerva. A
country cousin may here see Gambctta
proceeding from - his residence to
take the chair. He is escorted by a
picket of infantry and by a fine-
looking Colonel Rich and a Lieu
tenant in command of a detachment of
soldiers, who walk, holding their swords
bared, beside him. He carries his crush
hat in his hand. The picket keeps off
p.ow umiwio iuu iiitx-ixif eruu? aumirers;i
Ministers also pass from the Petit Bour-.
postal reformer, Cochery, who will turn
up in a new Cabinet if Waddington is
defeated next winter, breakfasted on the
opening day at the Presidential Palawt,
wnere ne met ijepere, uen. t arre, De
Freycinet and Henri Brisson, for whom
Grevy may be obliged to send. At Ver
sailles, both in the Senate Honse and
in the Chamber of Deputies, the public
tribunes were admirably disposed to
show off the bonnets and busts of the
ladies. The first tier was a wide ballon,
a i i - i - l , , , .
auu we parliamentary ueiies contrived
to keep possession of the front scats.'
Skirts aud pretty feet were displayed ia
but, wbul wruM uie vuimivuQ pbv r an u t
of the Place d'Armes. In the Palais
Bourbon there is no balcon. The first
tier is disposed like the dress circle of a
London opera house. Kp unbroken
line of delicious bonnets and charming
faces will rejoice the eye of M. Gambetta
as he sits in th-chair. Pillars "aLd
partitions cause solutions of continuity,
and impede thysnstanianeous transmis
sion from onejiXtrenuty to the other of
the semi-circular gallery of those electri
cal currents Hrhich an eloquent .speaker
generates. .
The press, which is lodged in the sec
ond or topmost gallery, resents being
placed on a less-favored footing than a
lot of idle women. A member of the
bureau, on whom a grumbler called to
expostulate, refused point blank to grat
ify the fourth estate by turning ladies
out. Ha thought it was for the interest
of the republic for the latter to come to
the chamber. This consideration 1 will
not go into, but I think the bureau of
the chamber shows a wise discretion in
keeping tho ladies on its side. When
Parisiennes bond against government,
look out for jts fall. The fate trf cabi
nets is often decided ia boudoirs and
talons. Chief among the dispensers of
official patronage are ladies. A parlia
mentary Ulvsses with whom I have been
talking about this state of things did not
see that it was to be regretted. French
women, he said, did not make a corrupt
nse of their power to give away places.
They are generally moved br an amiable
wish to please, or by pity, when they are
not actuated oy natrea. pmiu
tions on the part of public men secure
their gratitude, aud they are prone to
avenge trifling wrongs. It is mistake
to think the cocotte sways parliamentary
groups. She is too unstable in her
ideas to be a directing mind. Nor is tbo
.:. tiondaome woman a power.
An isolated man may be her slave; a
number of men will not simultaneously
be enslaved by her. Ulysses went over
m list of fair contemporaneous wire
pullers. , There was not one of them, be
Lid. who was not more or less good-
natured, and they have all arrived at
that time & W vrben women enjoy do
ing kind actions.... Vanity, no doubt,
was one tf their ruling passions.
Falsehood, like poison, will generally
be rejected ' when administered alone;
bnt when blended with wholesome in
gredients, may be swallowed uoper
cieived. Whately. ;
We ought always to desJ justly, net
only with those who are just to us, but
likewise with those who endeavor to v
jare us; nd this, too, for f ear If st, -y
fndcriug them evil for c. i, we shr.iv. ;
fall into tbe same vice. i Lieroclss,