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THE OEEGON SCOUT. JONES V CHANCISY, l'lilillnlicrs. UNION, OREGON HITS OP INFOR MATIOX PArsn stovca nro tho latest develop mcnt of German ingenuity. The literal translation of tho term fub rosa is under tho rose i. o be tweon ourselves. It was customary among tho ancient Germans, on festival occasions, to suspend a roso from tho ceiniiEf above tho table, as a symbol tnai whatever wis said during tho feast, by tlioso present, would bo Kept as a secret among themselves. The papaw grows on a branchless trco in tho East and West Indies. It is the size of an ordinary melon, and in form it resembles a gourd. Tho Nortli American papaw grows upon tho rich bottom lauds of our Southern and Western rivers; in shapo it is lika tho banana ; tho color is ornngo, and it contains a yellow ish pulp of tho consistency ot custard. Tub distribution of nationalities in tho Union army during tho great re bellion was as follows: Per Cent, Native American 1,8211,300 75.48 Jlrltli.li American K),MX1 a.CJ Knollah. 4V00 2.20 Irish 144,200 7.14 (leriiian 178,800 8.70 Otlicr foreigner 48,400 2.S8 t orciRiiern, nativity unknown 20,500 1.83 Total 2,018,200 100.00 The origin of tho gamo of billiards is uncertain, although several stories aro told concerning it. It was imported in Britain from Franco, and was known to Englishmen by name as early as tho six teenth century, since Shakspearo speaks of it ho seems to have been little less than omniscient insovoral of his dramas, IIo oven portrays Cleopatra as amusing i i .i i fur t i ..i ii uciscii wiui miiiarus, mil mis is un questionably ono of tho palpable 'ana chronisms to which ho appears to havo been indifferent, and winch lie scattered throughout his plays. Tho gamo itself was in all likelihood mediiovnl, but, as played nowadays, is comparatively mod ern. For two centuries it was played with only two (white) balls, and, wiion tho third (red) ball was imported into llritnin, the red winning hazard, or holing ot tho red ball, was well-nigh tho solo object of tho players. Tho billiard table if tho present is as different as well can bo from tho billiard table of 200 years jigo, as persons Know who havo noticed their evolutions as represented by tho tables of divers eras. Tho greatest biluardists aro tho Hussions, Spaniards, French and Americans, who now play it moro than any other nation. Even' ycur mo popularity ot mo gamo increases. Suicides of Soldiers. A Burgeon in tho Italian army gives aoino curious statistics of tho number of suicides in tho sovoral European armies, and of tho means selected in different countries to got rid of tho burden of lifo. From tho figures sot down it appears that in ono year ono of every 1,830 men in tho Gorman army committed suioido; in tho French army, ono of every 1,881; in tho Belgian, ono of every 2,222; in tho English army, ono of overy 2,031; and in tho Italian army, only ono of every 8,312 mon. "With regard to tho manner of suicide, tho Italian writer assorts that English men and Gormans prefor getting rid of thoir lives by hanging themselves, Irish men and Frenchmen by jumping into tho water, and Italiuns by sending n bullot through thoir brain or heart. Tho tmnibor of suicides, again, is found to bo proportionately great among soldiers in thoir second or third your of sorvico than among tlioso who have moro ro ceutly joined tho colors. During tho first year of sorvico, tho writer suggests, tho novelty of his work and of his sur roundings diverts tho attention of tho roortiit and provonts him from thinking of nolf-destruction, whilo tho duties ho has to perform fatigue him exccsHivoly; and a man does not kill himself because his body is wearied, but becauso his mind is opprcssod. That cases cf sui oido aro proportionately moro frequent in tho army than in civil lifo, as is no toriously tho caso.isnot. in tho opinion of tho Italian writer, becauso of tho hardships or peculiar conditions of military sorvico, but becauso tho ran- Jority of soldiers with tho colors aro ust of tho age when tho greatest incli nation to commit Btiicido prevails. The Kind of VliliHTlmt lira Soon 1'lvkon Up. Tlio postmaster at Gloucester, Mass., has received tho following letter, writ ten in good faith by a man in a suml town Tn Connecticut, who gave his name mid postolllco address: "Mr. Postmaster If you know any Buxom Fleshy Good Nutuied Widow of Mlddlo ago Y"lio has not more than ono ohlld to take Caro of and Would like a good permanent homo to Ho mistress of as their own if Both tiro Suited plcaso to Send mo their Address or hand this to such an ono if you Can I inn Little more tlum M yrs Have u New house pleasant homo or tho right ono mid Will Show to them tho Host of Recommendation from thoso who havo known for years I havo Lived hero for 21 yours In this village. "please Send tho Address of Such mi ono ii9 I havo Described or hand this to Ono who cures for a good pluco enough to Write Address, " , P O Box 83." Tho postmastor's reply met tho case exactly, ns follows: "Glouckstkk, Mass., May 19, 1882. My Dkau Sin: In reply to yours of tho 10th instant I would state, that Buxom, Fleshy, Good-Nuturcd Widows of mhldlo ago' aro very scarce and do not swim in these waters without being caught up vory quick. "Wo have ii lloatlng population wholly of mon engaged hi llshing, and when ashoro, bo experienced tiro thoy in the 'slioro fisheries' that it wns very foolish in you to think for a moment, JWO miles away, you would havo a chance to oatoh BUoli a widow when no many, moro experienced, uro right on theupot. My aclvJo to yon Is to seek a rosy, clacked, corn-fed country lass of tho Nutmejf state, Imduml of trying , with k Ionk k IIuu or salt-water will, own." ADDITIONAL KM5CTION NEWS. The Count Slow, but Ignotigli nt Ilnnd to Show General Itcniiltx. New Yon. Nov. A. Whore full fleurcs of yesterday's stato election in Now York are rrmlvcd. tlipv will mako mi unusually In- terestlnc study. At present it is possible to consider only tlio jiiuranticsioriiioBiaiu as a wholo. Ilicso Bhow plainly mat u mo votofor Davenport in tlio stato at largo had been as lull as it was in uns city una Brooklyn, ho would have been elected. Ifo was, in fact, donated by what lias always been consldored tlio republican strongholds of the state, the portion north of Harlem river. HHPs total voto in the city falls over 9,000 behind Cleveland's, and Davenport's falls over 14,000 behind Dlaino's. Tho trunsler ol Tammany's total voto irom Illaino last year to Hill this year ought to have niado a greater chango than this, and tho fact that it did not indicates that many imlepondont doraoerats did not voto for mil. Ilicusio.ND, Va., Nov. 4. Additional re turns do not cliango tlio indications teie graphed last night ns to Gen. Leo's major II v of lr,.000. nnd it mnv co to I10.000, As to tlio legislature, BulUcicntrottiriiH havo been received to show that tho democrats havo already GU of tho 100 members of tho house of delegates nnd 23 out of 40 mem bers of tho somite. Tlio republicans havo 10 members of tlio houso and 11 senators. Tlio counties yet to bo heard from, it is thought, will iticreaso tlio democratic mom-bet-ship in both houses to a two-thirds ma jority. Uamimoiu:. Nov. 4. Sufficient returns o tho election held vo&tordoy havo been ro ccived to Indicato that tho mnjority Tor the democratic stato ticiiot will bo nearly 30, 000. The legislature will stand about as follows: Bona to republicans 0, democrats 20; houso or delegates repuuncaiis io, democrats 101. Democratic majority on iniiit ballot. 00. assnrinc a democratic sue censor to Senator Gorman, whoso term will expire March 4, 1887. llosTON. Nov. 4. Tlio voto of Mnssnchu setts, with llvo towns to hear from, is: For governor: Koliinsoii, rcputinenn, i ij,'-i.i 1'rinco, democrat, HO.luu; i.ittnrop, pro hihition. 5.501: Sumner, labor, 2,181 Pobinson's plurality over Prince, 22,207 Dr.s Moines, Nov. 4. Tlio Heglster blip dollnito lotiirns from overy senatorial and representative district of tlio stato. In the lionso the republicans havo 5'.) members, tlio fusionists 111), independent republicans 1, doubtful 1. Tlio senate stands: Thirty ono republicans and 10 fiiHionists. The olllcial returns cannot vary these figures moro than ono or two. Of twenty-four senators elected tills year tho republicans elect 15 and tlio lusionist '.). beveral mem hers aro elected by small majorities. Koin Igor, republican, is elected senator in Floyd iy o, and I'oiorson, inoenoiuiuiiii repinm can, in Grundy by 14. Urloy, republican is elected in Monroo by 2!1, and Ilutchin son, republican, for senator in Wapello by 22. IIaiitfoud, Conn., Novombor 5..-0or- rected returns of tlio voto throughout tho stale show Hovcral changes. According to thrsu the republicans gain a representative in Helhany, Chaplin, I'litnaiu ami Grotou, and the democrats elect one of tho Mcridcu representatives'. Dr. Davis' corrected tables show the house to bo composed of i:i2 republicans una 1 lodemocrats. There will proliauly Do several contests. Ni:w YoitK, Novonilier 5. Witli reports on the ticket missing Irom eight counties, Including tlio countiesof New York, Albany and Krio (which includes buffalo), tlio vote lor liMHcom, proliiiiiliou candidate lorgov- ernor, is 10,017. Tho total voto for St. lohu in tlio presidenlal election was 18,- ho.i. iNo estimate is made of tho pi-olnhi-lion voto in tlio missing counties. Di:s Moinks, Iowa, November 5. Tho KeglHter has complete and dollnito returns from nil tholoislntivodistrictsln tliostato. Tlio only changes niado is that Ca o (Iiislon), lor Heuator, is elected in the Moyd dlHtriet over IteiiiHgar by llfteen majority and that in Cedar county, Corrigan (repub lican) Is elected hy 1 ins majority. Tim sen ate will theieforo stand thirty republicans to twenty fusionists and tlio houso sixty lepuhlictins, thirty-nine fiiHionists and one Independent republican. Tin) counties re- Killed in lull bIiow 15 per cent of a reptib lean stny-at-hoino voto, us couinarod with tlio polls of two years ago, and 5 per cent of a democratic stay-at-liomo vote. Huiio.v, Dak., November 5. A dispatch from Hugh Campbell, to whom the returns were sent, conceded that Huron carries the apital location by fully 4,000. NEWS NOT",. Nino plans for tho monument to be erect cd in Chicago ta tlio memory ot Gen. Grant are under examination by tho trustees ol tlio fund. Tlio estimated cost varies irom 5115,000 to 500,000. I'reasurer Abbott, ot tho Wisconsin Ct- tral road announces that tlio Great West ern terminal srhemo at Chicago will be ear lied out, at an uxponso of about 0,000, 000. Prancls L. Whito, a moinbor ot tho Bos ton council, guvo 510,000 ball whoa ar the elmrL'o of secreting from bis creditors 525,000 worth of hides. Ho do dares himself totally innocent ol tlio of fense altered. Tliooxccssof reservolntho bank vault in New York, which for months has stead ily increased, is now 28,4:11,808. ::-. Kllati Finn, ot Cincinnati, on plead- illtv to druwiiiL' a pension after hoi second marriage, wuh sentenced to ouoyear in tlio penitentiary. The secretary ot tho Interior confirmed tlio action ot the eoinir.awionor id tlio hind olllco In restoring to tho public domain tin tract ot laud in .Southorn California at tin intersection ot tlio Texas Pacllio ami Southern i'neillc railroad grants, lho sec rotary, in his decision hold that the Southern Pacific grant included only such lauds as wero not covered by otherrailroad grunts, and therefore could not iucluiU the tract in question, which formed partof the forfeited Texas Pacillo grunt. Tha cus had come up to tlio secretary on auiippeal by tho Southern Pucille railroad couipauy from tho coinmUsioner's declslou. A report from tho Oklahoma country Is received that freighters and boomers have been toning muh-s mid horses to a great number within the past few weeks. Tlio enmmuiilly is greatly stirred up, and it the thlevi-s are ruptured wholesale hanging will follow. That country Milled with settlers, and they say they will not bo removed by tho government. William P. Smith, tor many year foro uiau and night editor ot tho Now York Herald, and one ot tho best known jour nalists in the United States, died of kidney dlveaso at IiIh residence in Brooklyn. Gov. Hill was serenaded at the executive iniiimluu by the rititeus ol Albany and the JiirkMouiau club. In his reply to tho greet ing Gov. Hill made these points, "that the democratic victory In New York will circuit hen tlio liiiuds ol our provident and aid him In his effort lor tho inirlllcatlou of the public fccrvho; that New ork ran never bo curried upon any Umieot trtloual hate; that lie had not pruuiUod a uou-piirtUiiu nilmbilMtratloii ot utato nlfulnt, but would uiulu uu hoi.cit one," Orders have been received nt Roach's ship-yard to start up at once, and tho ma chinery is being put in order to that end. Navnl Constructor Steele, who will havo chnrgo of tho completion of tho cruisers, has arrived at tlio yard. About 300 men will be put to work. Wesley Uurchnrdjcnsliierof tho Farmers' bank at Grass Lake, Michigan, is missing, being a defaulter to tho amount of $18, 000. Ho was in tlio habit of taking $200 or $H00 at a time. When confronted by tho directors he acknowledged having done wrong, but promised to mako the amount good. Ho was not nrrested, and disap peared that night. It is thought tlio funds wero sunk in wild speculation in Texas. Agents of tlio general land office in Utali aro looking up frnudsinthoMormonchurch acquisition of U0.000 ncrcs of land in Cncho county. Soino years ago, it is claimed, frauds weie found enough to ovne uato tlio patents. Tho Ohio and Mississippi hdlwny com pany has astonished the railroad fraternity by making a Inst trip witli ono of its pas senger trains, from Louisville to St. Louis, tlio time uiudo being tlio best (for the dis tance) over mndo by linjr lino running into St. Louis. On tlio morning of October 25th nt 2 o'clock tho train, consisting of llvo cars nnd having on boanl tlio Itobson it Crano theatrical combination, left Louis ville After making- thirteen slons and changing engines twice, it arrived in St. Louis at 10:45 a. m. Tho running time of the train wns 8 hours and -15 minute, and the distance covered was :t24 miles. Thus it will ho seen tho train averaged within a fraction of forty miles an hour including stops. Tho road has been ballasted and equipped with steel rails and there is now no butter lino In the country. AChicngoun bus incorporated inMissouri a company to construct conduits in tho streets of St. Louis for tclegruph and tele phone wires. Tlio purchaso of tlio dispatch boat Dol phin by tlio government has been com pleted, tlio negotiations with Mr. llonch having been secretly carried on for some time. Tho tipple crop of Champaign county, III., is not sulllcietit for homo consumption. Last year lifty thousand bushels were shipped away. Moro than hall tho trees have been winter-killed. Tho shipping of apples to Kuropenn cit ies is being largely carried on by farmers in the Hudson river valley. It is estimated that there will bo exportcil from that re gion about 0,000 barrels, mostly Xewtown Pippins. A number of fruit growers will export largo quantities of cider. An agent of tho Connecticut Humane so ciety broko into tlio houso of George Peck, Jr., in Now Haven, during tlio absence of the family and released Mrs. Caroline brooks, widow of a soldier of 1812, who was being supported under a contract with the towiiNliip of Soiitliington. Site was in rags and had rccoi veil only ono meal of cold mackerel and potatoes each day. Thomas James, n colored man residing near Gaiiisvlllc, Ga., has a family of lifty four children, thlrty-threo of them being now at homo with their lather. Ho has had threo wives, and tlio three wives were all living at ono time. Only one of them is now living, and sho claims nineteen of the children. TROOPS SENT TO PANAMA. Serroturv Whitney DUimtelies Two u'...- si. i ii. to llio Intimitis. Sm.i-nt.irv Kndicotthns sent instructions to the military commanders whoaroBta tlm neighborhood in which up- -Sui., .n.niiwt tlio Chineso aro apt to oc cur, to havo their troops in readiness to enforce tlio provisions of tlio president's proclamation issued Saturday. In refer ence to Secretary Whitney's order in send- ing tho Tennessee and Uuiona to uiu ioni ums of Panama tho Star Bays it is inferred that ho is anxious to prevent another out break similar to that ot last spring, which ii i :.,ii,..iu trutmifc. rendering Will UUUHUger mi""""' - - this government liable for damage, and quotes the naval ollicor tu saying: " e haven't received bills for tho burning ol AHpinwidl vet, but Uiey. will bo along lis winier, uu" . 4, . i i n,.i,,n,.,j tn tho extent II HOWl lllinni. ''" , , of a good many million dollars were caused liy mo uuriuiiK ""i and it looks vory much as it tho Rovcri - nient would no couqieneu ku 1. dm traiiRit oncu. l o gu iiriiiuevii ' , , i i . - - . i.i .., .1,. it nml In tha event loiumoui i-oiiiii uuu -. -- of its failure, tho respons.b lity reste.l on . . .If- .l 4 1. n t.lllUir Milt our shoulders. ou'"" V,' """" " , before It was dono Aspluwall was Imrned and inlllious ot dollars worth of property was destroyed. The pooplo who suffered win .iv-iu.i.t, imiiuneration. and as I said will send their bills to us." Tlio sudden ordering oi Aiiminw jwiieiu tlio Isthmus of Panama, is tho solo topic of I.. ...I....1 rireleu. It is Sllill COIIveiHIllluil in . , that the peoploof Aspinwall b.ivo pro e rred ihiiins nggregaiiug uot.euni, ... ...i.:..i. ...;il K. nr.. Mf.nl.nl In roil- Ii3,UUli,ouu, niutii , , - " , - gross for payment. T ,ls U , a .to . foi property destroyed miring wiuuiiunw"'i ami tor which it is alleged that this govern ment is responsible. Admiral J ouott smis sion is in connection with this matter. A -EKMHLE CYCLONE. Scattering Deulli uiul Ilmtriit'tlou In u l'utli I'orly ItllleN In Length. Selnui (Ala.) dispatch: Friday night one ot the most tcrrillc and disastrous storme ever known In this stato passed over this section of country, washing away bridges, railroad-beds and growing crops, and level ing foreslB and houses for miles. The cy clone was accompanied by torrents of rain and appalling electric discharges. It start ed on tlio Cahaba river and passed through Dallas, Perrv and bibb counties, leveling all In its path. Kxploring relief parties suy tho track ot tho cyclono was half a mile wide. They havo gone over forty miles, picking up dead and wounded, and do not know how much longer the track is. Thir teen norsnns huvo been found killed out right and forty or lllty dangerously wound ed. A number ol persons cannot be accounted. Hales ol cotton were blown Irom gin houses and burwted and scattered everywhere. Growing crops, pettitoes, etc., were torn up from the ground; oven trees were narked. man driving a load ol cotton to thin city has been lost; cotton and wagon were Mown a uuurtor of a mile, and man and mole carried oft and cannot lie found. belief nurtlcs are searching tor the dead and dying, and everything is being done to lelleve the destitution. Tho negroes are frightened nearly to death and huddle to gether or squat alone unclad in the hushes and under talleu trees. The city Is living canvassed for money to liury lho dead and relievo the destitute. LiniKg who wear soalskin sucks nro very liublo not to wear thoin, for in Del gium rabbit-skins tiro Btuvossfully pro puml to ivsoniblo sealskin, and tlum bunds of rabbits aro annually killed in Khglunil whoso J wits go to lielKium. mid louvo Uiut country aa gouuino nouUUiu, UnrbiM'iiiir Hns Clininrpd. "Do you want your hair div-sod?' nskod a harbor on Hm.nl way a day i two ago after ho bad linlsliod 8liavin his oiistouiur. "Yes, of course," said tho custom er. "You will excuse mo for asking," said tlio barber, "but 1 suppose on know tho stylo has changed now, so that tho harboring business ain't what it was by about 800 per cent. Our swoll customers don't havo tlie.r hair dressed at all. They simply run a comb through it, mako a half-way part, and lot it lio as it will, it looks kinder carolcsj and distinguished, you know, and not tn though gotten up for the occasion. A few of our custoiuors havo their hair brushed dry and part ed accurately, but they nro in the very small minority. As for oil, wo no longer keep it in tho shop, though wo havo a little trreaso constantly on hand for tho old-fiishionod customers who like it. As near as 1 can understand from what our swoll oustouiors say they hate to smell as if they'd como from a barber shop. A good many chili men who conn) hero just have tho razor passed ovur lho face onoo, and do not have bay ruin put on tho chin or on tho hair. It looks protty voll, too, to my mind, becauso people wear thoir hair short now, and if lho hair is cut short and allowed to grow ns it will it is apt to givo tho appearand) oi tlio bond a better outlino than if tlio hair is oilod and plastered down sol idly. "It is tho sanio way with nion who wear boards. Only a few years ago customers always had a little some thing put on their beards to mako jhem stay right, and thoy took kindly to a spray of perfume after tho work was done. Nothing of that sort goes now, however. Hoards are usually trimmed close and brushed dry. It is a big dillereneo from what it was when I went into tho business. At that liino oustouiors kept bottles of lavender-water at tho shop, used groaso, cosmetics, and coloring mat ter, insisted on being shaved clo30 to tho chin, and when thoy went out of the shop and walko I abroad anybody know where they'd been if ho didn't eonio within ten feet of tlioni. Any man could bo a barber nowadays; but it took an artist to arrive at any emi nonce in his profession when I started in." New York Sun. Tribute to n CoiTec-ilouso Keeper. A good deal of literature has been inspired by oollbo; but few men of letters havo sung its praises, and it seems to havo buou reserved to a Yionuoso collee-liouso keeper to erect tlio first statue in its honor. Towards tlio end of tlio seventeenth century one Kolseltit.ky, who had rendered good service to tho besieged during tlio leaguer of Vienna, opened tho first eoll'ee-hoitso ever seen in tho Austr ait capital, and now ono of his own cloth has put up a slatiio to commeniorato Kolschit.ky's two great services to his follov-eiti.on3. Tho statue, which is to bo "a line work of art," represents Kolsohitzky in a Turkish uniform (tho disguibo ho adopted when carrying through the Turkish lines intelligence from the besieged to tho duko of Lor raino), holdintr a cafotioro in his right hand and a cup in his left. At his feet lies a bag ol coilee. Tho realistic pieeo of sculptuio has just been un veiled at tho corner of tho Kolschit.ky strasse and thu Favontenstrasso, and has been formally made over to tlio city; and, as the Yionuoso loves his cafe noir with a porfoot all'ectiou, thoro is much lituessin the gift. at. James's Gazette. An Impressive Appearance. Tho other day Judge lloncook pur chased a now and stylish suit of clothes, and wheu ho put it on and blacked his boots and spruced himself up ho was about as line u lookingspec i mo it of niunlioid ns was over exhib ited in a stato of captivity. Tho Judge had somu business to attend to at a private residence near tlio out skirts of the city on the highlands and went out there dressed up in his most lnngnitieont stylo. When ho rang tho bell tho lady of the houso sont hor swi'Ot little four-year-old daughter to tho door, and tho littlo ono toon re turned with a look of tlio deepest awo on bur pretty face. j "Did you goto tho door, daughter?" the mother asked. "Yes, mamma, and oh! oh! oh! Oh-li!" "Why, daughlor, what's tho mat torP Is there homo ono thoro?" "Yes, mamma, thoro is." "And who Is It, dear?" "1 don't know; luainma, but I think It's God!" Tho Judge hoard tho conversation, and when tho lady got to tho door she just caught u glimpse of him as hu How across tho railroad track. Albu querque Democrat, A Kiuiioih Phrase. . Tho Latin phrase, "Whom tho gods would destroy thoy lirst inako.-ad," Is itself a translation from a fragment of Kuripidos.tho (Ireuk pout, and wtu! lirst brougnt into notice by being left on thu tablu of a Cambridge under graduate, who shot himself in his loom nearly two centuries ago. lly. sou's famous kuutunuo, "Whom thu gods lovo die young," was taken by him from tho (iruok pout Jdounudur, llotton (Holt, THE NEGRO IN LOUISIANA. Ki n Cnronrr He Was Queer, but Ho Sl.ikrs a Stroiij,' Juror for the State. Inlh!s pnrndi. writes a Plaquemines correspondent to The New York Sun, thoro nro ninoteen hundred colored to four hundred whito voters. Our stnlo senator is colored, our represent ative as black as tho aco of spades, our sheriff, clerk of court, assistant clerk of court, and six out of ten justices of tho poaco oro all black or shaded. Tho only white olectivo ofllcers wo havo aro tho judeo, district attorney, and coroner. Tho two last only aro demo crats, for thoy must bo from tho law and medical professions, and tho re publicans and nogroes had no man to iill tho bill. Up to a few years ago tho coroner was invariably a negro, thoro being no professional roquiro uiont. Thoro aro sovoral woll authen ticated cases of curious interments along tho river shore by these irre sponsible coroners, only instead of a human "lloator" a log would servo for both po3tiuortom and burial. Tho collection of tho 100 feo win easy, lly law tho coroner's simple cortiiicato of sorvico was niado receivablo for taxes, subject to no manner of ap proval, examination, or revision. This was twelvo years ago, however, bo foro tho military had bidden us eooti- by. Until republican lawyors got scarco in Now Orloans, ono was actually ex ported to this parisli to act as district attorney. Tho polico jury, who hold tho purso-strings, aro appointed by the governor, and responsible men are selected from tho whites. I do not mean to imply that our prosont color ed ollleials are inollicient. for tlio fact is contrary, and 1 may say that our shorill" and clerk of court, ollicors of long experience, havo given thor ough satisfaction. Harmony prevails tlirougout the parish, and no attempt has ever been made to do tho niuch-talked-of counting out or bull-dozing. Tho election macliiuo is in tlio hands of tiio democrats, for tlio governor ap points tho returning olliccr, and tlio latter names the commissioners of eloetion. Public sentiment U in lavor of a f roo ballot, for, besides tho moral ity of thing, fraud cuts both ways. Tho schools aro separate, and 1 havo never heard any suggestion of mixed schools from persons of either raco. Tho school term lasts about ten months and naturally from thoir numorical superiority tho blacks neod and havo a majority of tho schools. On our stoamboats, however, no crroos nro not allowed in tho ladies' cabin or at the lirst table, and thoro has novor been auy pretense of giving them equal accommodations. This division has been and is a soro point with them but they themselrcs have niado it nocossary, and I do not think it can bo properly attributed to any projudico against thoir raco or color. Hoforo tho war many plantat'ous on the coast wore owned by colored or nogro men, and it was no unconion thing for tlioni to associate on terms of equality witli whites of tlio upper classes. Hut tlio line has since been moro strongly drawn, and why? Short ly after the war was over I reinomber a woman, a negro liold-hand, going to tho back stops of a mansion to ask for tlio mistro-s of tho plantation. She said to tho house servant, "Go in and tell that woman a lady is hero and wants to seo hor." No oll'onso was mount, but it was and is tlioir way. Plowmen, hoe-hands, coal-wheolors, roustabouts, cooks, washwomen, and fiold-workors, all did then and do now consider thomsolvos gontlemeii and ladies, and would bo tho last to allow any social or so-called civil pro omiuuuco to colored guntlumou and ladies of polish and culture. The 7ino is drawn among tho whites now, but wlioro and when can you draw it among the colored? .Negroes sit us jurors in all tho courts of Louisiana, and hero, of course, thoy aro always in the majority on tlio jury, sometimes thoro being only ono or two wlutos among tho twolvo. I havo novor heard any complaints of tlioir verdicts, and in cases botwoon tho races I havo novor known tlioni to show any partiality to thoir own color. Last autumn a nogro, Charles Camp bell, killed a dago, Theodore 1'riplo vitch. This spring a nogro jury found him guilty, and on tho 17th of Juno ho was hanged at tho Poiulo a la llaoho court houso. At our last term of court there wore thirty-two convictions out of thirty four trials. It is said that the darkies don't think thoy nro earning thoir jury foes uuloss thoy bring in a vordict for tho stato. At auy rate, tho district attorney told mo ho preforred a negro jury in criminal cases. Ho himself is popular with all classes, and tho fol lowing 8iigOstIvo conversation oc curred on tho Junior plantation a fow days ago. Tho jury was asking ouo of his hands what ho had dono on tho jury Inst term- "Me? 1 'greed 'zaot ly with Mr. Jimmy (tho district nttor uoy). You know he's the stnto's olli cor, nnd when ho dono tell mo what do law is 1 know it's bo. 1 joss goes by him." It is refreshing In these times of ac quittal on hair-splitting ami technical ities to get hold of jurlui who aro in for business. Ot course, hero as else where, lareeuy is tho most common orlino of tho nogro; but assault and battory, wouudliig, and uvon inurdor, aro not uueommon. Thu sentences must bo mooted out alike to both' races, olse I should have heard. Black justices of tho peaco somo times givo queer decisions. Not long since, in ono of tho lower wards, Mr. Johns was suing Mt. lioziur for tho ownership of an ox. Many witnesyis woro called, and long arguments pro and con followed. Finally the justico said: "I decide dnt do ox bolongs to Mr. Bozicr, and dat do ox bo sold to pay do costs of court. Coustablo, carry out do judgment. Liko their whito brethren, thoy hold that ono of tho lirst principles of justico is to mako sure of tho costs of court. It is a favorito proceeding with tho darkies to sottlo their personal or family quarrok before a justico of tho peace, and plaintiff nml defendant aro invariably accompanied by a long string of friends and witnesses. Tho judge usually lines both partios, and justly, for both aro generally in tho wrong; but what 1 never can under stand about it is why botli parties al ways return homo satisfied. Tlio Hues aro usually $4 to $6, and however scarco cash may bo tho amount is al ways forthcoming. They rarely bring suits in tlio civil courts excopt in tho matter of divorce Most of them formerly changed wives according to fancy; but, as thoy havo become educated up to the respoota bility of the licenso anil tho minister, many of them now Hud it necessary to look to tho law for release from tho irksomoness of tho martial tie. Thoro is a littlo villago of about forty fam ilies called O.ikvillo, just twonty-livo miles below Now Orleans. Thoy havo a church thorj ami also :t bonovolont association, tho members of which, paying 25 cents a month ouch, aro in caso of sickness entitled to medical at tendance, and in case of death to n free crave and funeral. On tho co operative principle, six of thu men Irom tins villago went up to a lawyer in Now Orloans a fow months ago to mako application for divorces, tolling liiiu, as they wanted to obtain thorn cheaply, they had clubbed together so that ho could "got it dono in a hi nip.'' Human Gullibility. Ono of tho most incorrigible jokers ou record was an oilicer in a regiment quartered at Nancy, named Do Portia Piles, who, having no bettor occupa tion for his leisure hours, conceived tlio project of addressing letters to various pcrsouagos, sinned "Calllot Duval," which, although full of tho most outrageous absurdities, wero nevertheless in almost every instance takou au scricnx by bis correspond ent:?, whoso answers, together with tho original epistles, form tlio contonts of a voliiinu published in 1795. In ono of tiiom ho implores the lieutonant of polico in a provino al town to mako in quiries respecting his daughter, who, aftor secretly eloping with a captain of hussars, is presumed to havo takon rofugo in the locality under his juris diction, and subjoins a "lifelike" de scription of tho youug lady. "Dark rather than fair, tlio eyebrows nearly black, the chin pointed, tiie arm plump, tlio nose ordinary, tho mouth and oyes liko othor people's." In re ply to this entreaty ho is gravoly in formed that "Notwithstanding tho most active research, no truce of tho fair fugitive bus boon discovered" In another ho tuggests to a Parisian saddlor, "whose reputation," ho says, "is European," tho idea of a marriago botwoon "his littlo Caillot, his only oldest son," and his correspondent's daughtor, "always supposing him to bo blessed with one." Incrediblo though it may appear, ho roeoivod the following answor by return post: "I havo a daughtor aged 1G, and consid ered to bo protty. I had no intention of seeking a husband for her at pros ont, but your proposal is so nattering that 1 can imagino no greater happi ness for her than to bocomo a member of so eminoutly respectable a family." His mastorpioco, however, is tlio oiler niado by him to a well-known book seller ot a magnificent volume printed in 1400 (boforo tho invention of tho art), and adorned with spleudid en gravings, tho titlo of which was the "Entrauco of King Priam Into Pans." After some preliminary negotiation, tho dealer having expressed a dosiro to seo tho work, Caillot," replies that ho has sold it tonne royal library for 3,000 livros, in iwflitioti to a pen sion of 300 livros, ono moiety of which, after his decease, is to bo paid to his graudmothort Temple liar. A Historical Point. Do many of tlioso who travorso the Brooklyn bridgo know that it goea over a spot which must over havo an interest for tho rcadors" of American history, tho sito of Ya-hlngton'a first rosidonco in Now York after In became President of tho Uuited States! This houso stood at tho coruor ol Franklin Square and Cherry Street, a short distance from tho sito of the Messrs. Harper Brothers' groat estab lishuient, nnd hore, on May 29, 178, Mrs. Washington held hor lirst roecp tlon. Now tho houso is gono, nnd itii occuplod by a llat-roolcd, ono-storj structure containing a hardware utoro a cigar store, and a harbor shop. Tin bridge cars thunder overhead, and I fow foot away runs lho ear of the o!o vatod railway. -Yew Voik. LtUer,