If . 30KH-S?Kfi? 5-ffi-W!W tvTTTftt&S! The Const Mail. iiriiMHiii:i KVKHY HATUHDAY MORNING The Coast Mail. THIS COAkST MAIL. DEVOTED TO jvx.x ijivan xastrxis. nv WEBSTER, HACKER & LOCKHART, Marslifiold, Coos Co. i Or. , THE INTERESTS OF SOUTH- EHN OREGON ALWAYS FOREMOST. Tonus, In Advance. One year Six mouths .... Til 100 IIIOIltllH ... $2 no i no 00 The Development of our Mines, tho Improvement of our harbors, and rail road communication with the Interior, specialities. Vol. IT. MARSHFIELD, OR., SATURDAY, JTHSTE 19, 18SO. No. 25. oiticial papiir or coos :o. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY, Stair of Offjion. Governor, W. W. Thayer Secretary of Stale, R. P. Enrharl Treasurer, K. Ilursh Supt. Public Schools, .1. 1.. Powell 12d Judicial Dhtriet. .ludgo, .T.F. Watson District AUornoy, S. II. Hazard G'w.i County. County .I tidgo, Commissioners, Sheriff .1. II. Nosier STolnt ICuuyon )R. C. Dement A.U.Aiken Alex. Stand' 1). Morse, .Ir .lolll! LlllM) Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor, School Hiiuriiiloii1uitt, Coroner, .J. F. Mooro T.C.Mackey Curry Co until. County Judge, Dolus Woodrull Commissioners. J T. Hughes f.I.A.Cooley A. II. Moore Waller Sutton A. M. Gillespie M. It. i ili-nii Thos. Cunningham Klu-riir, Clerk, School Supl., Treasurer, Coroner, Story til' ICoItln Atlulr. The horoof "Itnbiu Adair," was well known in (lie London fashionable t-ireles of the hint century by tliu so briquet of the "Fortunate Irishman," lint his parentage and the exact date of his birth in not known. He was brought up n surgeon, lutt "his do (ontiou in an early amour drovu liini precipitately from Dublin," to push liirt fortunes in Kngland. Scarcely had ho crowd the channel when the chain of luekey events that ultimately led him to fame and fortune com. nienecd. Near Holyhead, perceiving a carnage overturned, ho ran to run- lor assistance. The mile occupant of (ho vehicle wiih a -lady of fashion,! well known in polite circles," who re ceived .Mr. Adair's attentions with thanks, and being slightly hurt and hearing that he vai n surgeon, re quested him to travel with her in her carriage to London. On their arri val in the metropolis, she presented l ai iii with a fee of KH) guineas, and gnvo liim general invitation to her home. In afterlife Adair ued to gay it was not so much the amount of this fee, but the time it was given, that wan of service to him, an ho was then almoHt destitute, ltut the invitation to her hou.se wan a still greater per vitin, for there he met the pemon who decided his fate in life. Thin was Lady Caroline lveppel, daughter of the second Karl of Albemarle and of Lady Annie Lennox, daughter of tho llrst Duke of Richmond. Forgetting her high lineage, Lady Caroline, at the first Might of the Irish surgeon, fell desperately in love, and her omniums were ho midden and mi vio lent ax to attract the general atten tion of the company. Adair, seeing his advantage, lost no time in pursu ing it, while the Albemarle and Rich iiioml families wen; dismayed at tin; prospect of Mich a mesalliance. Every means wiih tried to induce the lady to alter her mind, but without iill'eei. Adair's biographer tells us that "amusements," a long journey, an ad vantageous oiler, and other common modes of shaking oil' what was con Hidered by the family an improper match, were first tried but i l vain. The health of Lady Caroline uas evi dently impaired, and the family at last confessed with a good sense that relleets honor on their understand ing as well as their hoirts, that it was possible to prevent, hut never to dis colvii an attachment; and that mar riage was the honorable, and, indeed, tho only alternative that could sceuro her happiness and life. When Lady Caroline was taken by her friends from London to Hath, that she might ho separated from her lover, she wrote, it is said, the song of "Robin Adair," and set it to a plaintive Irish tune that she had hoard him sing. Knelt is the story of this popular song. Tut: hiindry civil appropriation bill as reported irom the Senate commit tee on appropriations, is amended by iiuueasing the item for tho Mare Is land dry dock from $7fi,(00 to 1 15,000, ami the item for lighthouses and steam fog signals at Tillamook Hock, Oregon, from .$50,000 to 7.r,000. Sonoiia, Mexico, has had a revolu tion. This time the revolutionist was Marquoso with 150 men, who delied the (ioveriinieut 100, and when pursued by a force greater than his own ho wheeled about and routed it with heavy loss. He then levied it forced loan on Magdalene and wont oil' on another maroh. Tin: now safe for the nuw bank at Dayton, W. T., weighing 10,000 lbs. litis arrived, The AIiiin T tin Nun thci-lt Democracy. An article in the June Atlantic en titled, "Tho Political Attitude of the ipontli," is ouo worth a thoughtful loading. We make tho following ex tract which shows, in the propositions laid down, what will bo recognized as tho real aims of the South. Tho writ er cays : Tho extraordinary fidelity of tho white element in tho South to tho Democratic party and its intolerance of opposition have secondary causes in tho lingering fear of restoration of (he negro and carpol-hag rule, in the poverty of the South, its lack of edu cational facilities, and in jealousy of the wealth and prosperity of tho Ho publican Slates of the North ; hut its chief cause is undoubtedly a feeling that to vote any other than a Demo cratic ticket is tn some sort to con demn tho rebellion. Tho Democrat ic parly upheld slavery, apologized for or openly justified secession, op posed coercion of the rebellious States, resisted tho emancipation of tho slaves and their elevation to citizenship, and fought all the reconstruction measures. To act with that party is therefore the most natural line of conduct for all who believe secession was justifiable, and hold that the de struction of slavery anil the suppres sion of the rebellion was a triumph of brute force, anil not of right. Tho political leaders of the South sedu lously stimulate this feeling, and seek to prevent it from dying out as time advances. They have definite pur poses in view which can bo accom plished only by perpetuating it. Those purposes wo may reasonably suppose to be : First. To obtain the vast power that attaches to the control of both Ul ogWulivo llll( executive depart meiils ol the Government. J Ins is not an unreasonable ambition, and we cannot complain of it per e. Second. To justify (he rebellion on the pages of history. Of this wo in the North do complain, and against It we do most earnestly protest. The men who dragged the South into war cherish an absorbing and passionate desire to have (heir conduct vindicat ed. This can be done in one way on ly, ami (hat is by the people putting the Government into their hands. If they can obtain control of the exe cutive, as they now havo of Congress, by triumphing at a presidential elec tion, they think that history will be rewritten, and that the whole world will say, "The Americana wero wrong in lighting down secession; tho same generation which waged the war against tho South has taken a sober thought, and sees its error, and now it makes amends by placing the Southern leaders in power." Third. To wipe out in the public mind ovcrv distinction between loyal ty and disloyally so far as the terms lefer to the behavior of men during the war, ami io mako it recogonized as just as great an honor to have fought ou one side as on the other. This involves the pensioning of rebel soldiers, their admission to the na tional asylums, and tho repeal of the laws which keep them out of the reg ular army. There is nothing incon sistent or unreasonable in this pur pose from a" Southern point of view. If an ox-Oonfodoralo general can sit in Congress and make laws, why should not his comrade command a regiment or draw a pension for his wounds? Fourth. To reestablish tho State sovereignty theory as the orthodox constitutional interpretation. To no complitdi this object tho Supremo Court must bo reconstructed by a law retiring several of the old Judges, and enlarging the tribunal through the appointment by a Democratic Proai dent of new Democratic judges to make a majority with tho two already on the bench. This scheme will be perfectly practicable if the Democrats can hold Congress and secure the executive. Fifth. To repeal all laws authoiz ing the Government to suporvisd elec tions, in order that tho negro vole may bo handli.il by tho whites of the South without interference. Hy poll tax qualifications and ingenious re strictions of State law, this vote will he practically wiped out, as far as its power to carry elections is concerned. Sixth. To oll'sot the growth of the Northwest by making three States of Texas and annexing Cuba and a part of Mexico, so as to gain for tho South a reinforcement of political power. It may bo said that theso purposes are not avoided in (ho speeches of Southern statesmen, or the editorials of Southern newspapers, with tho ex ception of a fow frantic sheets of mure ly local importance, No one who has lived in the South, or traveled much thuro, with udvuiitagoa for mingling in tho social life of tho people, goner, ally entertained ; and if any ouo who is wholly strango to that section will lofloct for n moment, ho will see that it in ontirely natural that they should ho entertained. "Mchool In Out." Detroit Free 1'ress. A day or two since a withered up little old man entered tho Central Sta tion and asked to be sent tip as a va grant, adding as ho took a chair: "School is out and vacation will last forever." Doing questioned, it was found that ho had journeyed here ou foot from New England, and was out of funds and broken in health. "I'm sixty-seven to-day," ho said, as ho took oil' his hat, "and I've been a school-teacher exactly forty-one years. First class in history stand up! What is a prison? A placo where an old pedagogue can lay his bones after a life of hard service Correct, my son. What is old ago? Old age is that period in life when you can't help anybody, and are therefore left with out help yourself. It is better to bo a young dog than a poor old man. Correct again. You may tako your scats." 'So you are a school teacher?" queried the captain. "For fnrty-ouo straight years I've coaxed, Mattered and pounded knowl edge into the human cranium," was tho reply. "I hroko this finger in jerking a Vermont scholar over his desk ; this scar above the eye I got from a New Hampshire mother for whaling her son ; I was bitten hero on the back of tho hand in Massachu setts; this scalp wound was received in Rhode Island when I started out to lick forty-seven boys for looking out of the window at a circus procc-sion-I can count up twenty-five sears as certificates of my profession." "And you've had to quit?" "Yes. They don't want old teach, crs like me any more. Everywhere I go I'm told that I'm too old. I'm out of funds, out of friends, out of a job, and I think I'll tako sixty days in tho Work House for a change." "Did you have good success as a teacher?" "Yes, up to fifteen years ago. My plan was my own. When 1 had to ask a bov three davs running how many States (hero were in (he Union, I (piit smiling and coaxing and tied him in a hard knot in forty seconds. I also believe in pulling hair instead of using a whip. Land save yol I coufd lift tho tenth boy in natural history oil' his seat by tho hair of the head and let go before ho misses mo nil the platform! I never made a boy sit on the dunce-block in my life. 1 humbled him by fastening a spring clothes-pin ou his nose. I had various ways of bringing out information as to (ho early settlement of Now Eng land, the longest rivers in America, and the highest mountains in Europe but this modern sweet-milk way of teaching has laid me ou the shelf. Lock mo up and give mo about sixty days in tho Work House." Ho was given a cell, and after a fow minutes was heard calling out to himself: "The class in grammar will havo for its next lesson the sentence: 'In tho prison cell I sit.' School is dis missed." 'I'lio I. line ol" lli Ii-InIi Nei-pcnlw. Suro everybody has hoard tell of tho blessed St. 1'atrick, and how ho druv tho snakes and all manner of venomous things out of Ireland; how he 'bothered all tho varmint' entirely. Hut lor all that, there was one ould sarpiit left, who was too cunning (o bo talked out of tho country, or made to drown himself. St. Patrick didn't well know how to in imago (his fellow, who was doing great havoc ; till a( long last ho bothought himself, and got a strong iron chest made with nine boults upon it. S) one line morning ho takos a walk to whero the sarjiint used to keep; and tho sarpint, who didn't like tho saint in (ho least, and small blame to him for that, began to hiss and show his teeth at him like anything. 'Oh,' says St. Patrick, says ho, 'whore's tho use of making such a piece of work about a gentleman like mysolf coming to see you? 'Tis a nice houso 1'vo got mudo for you agnin (ho winter; for I'm go ing (o civilise (ho whole country, man and beast,' says he, 'and you can come and look at it whenovor you please, and 'tis myself will bo glad to see you.' Tho s-irpint, hearing such smooth words, thought that though St. Patrick had druv nil tho rest of tho sarpluts into the sea, ho meant no harm to himself; so tho sarpint walks fair and easy up to see him and the house ho was speaking about. Hut when tho sarpint saw tho nine boults upon tho chest he thought he was sotild (betrayed), and was for making oil with himself as fast as over ho could. ' 'Tis a nice warm houso, you see,' sayo St. Patrick, 'and 'tis a good friend I am to you.' 'I thank you kindly, St. Patrick, for your civility,' Bays the sarpint; 'but I think it 's too small it is for mo' meaning it for an excuse, and away ho was going. 'Too small,' says St. Patrick : 'stop, if you please,' says ho ; 'you re out in that, my boy, anyhow I am sure 'twill fit you completely ; and I'll tell you what,' says ho, 'I'll bet you a gallon of porter,' says he, 'that if you only try anil get in there'll ho plenty of room for you.' Tho sar pint was as thirsty as could bo with his walk; and 'twas great joy to him the thoughts of doing St. Patrick out of the gallon of porter; so, swelling himself up as big as he could, in he got to the chest, all but a little bit of his tail. 'There now,' says he; -I've won the gallon, for you see the houso is too small for mo, for I can't get in my tail.' When what does St. Pat rick do, but ho comes up behind the great heavy lid of tho chest, and, put ting his two hands to it, down he slaps it with a bang like thunder. When the rogue of a sarpint saw the lid com ing down, in went his tail like a shot, for fear of being whipped ofT him, and St. Patrick began ntonco to boult the nine iron boults. 'Oh, murder! won't you let mo out, St. Pa(rick?'says the sarpint; 'I've lost the bet fairly, and I'll pay you the gallon like a man.' 'Let you out, my darling?' says St Patrick ; 'to bo suro I will, by all manner of means; but you sec I haven't time now, so you must wait till to-morrow.' And so he took the iron chest, with the sarjiint in it, and pitched it into the lake here, whore it is to (his hour for certain; and 'tis tho sarpint struggling down at the bottom that makes the waves upon it. Many is the living man besides my self (continued Picket) has heard the sarpint, crying out from the chest under the water: 'Is it to-morrow yet? is it to-morrow yet?' which, to bo sure, can never be. And that's the way St. Patrick settled the last of the sarpints, sir. leulli ot'LoiiK Tom Cttflln. Lifting his broad hands high into tho air, his voice was heard in the tempest. 'God's will be dono with me,' he cried : 'I saw the first timber of the Arid laid, and shall live just long enough to sec it turn out of her bottom ; after which I wish (o live no longer.' Dut his shipmates were far boyond tho sound of his voice before theso woro half uttorcd. All com mand of tho boat was rendered im possible, by (ho numbers it contained, as well as the raging of the surf; and as it rose on the white crest of a wave, Tom saw his beloved little craft for the last time. It fell into a troueh of the sea, and in a few moments more its fragments were ground into splint crs on tho adjoining rocks. The cockswain Tom still remained whero ho had cast ofl" the rope, and beheld the numerous heads and arms that appeared rising, at short intervals, on tho waves, some making powerful and well-directed efibrts to reach tho sands, that wore becoming visiblo as the tido fell, and others w'ildly tossed, in the frantic movements of helpless despair. Tho honest old seaman gave a cry of joy as ho saw Ilarnstable, Iho commander, whom Tom had forced into tho boat issuo from tho surf, whero ouo by one soveral sea men soon appeared also, dripping and .exhausted. Many others of the crew wero carried in a similar manner to places of safety ; though, as Tom re turned to his scat on tho bowsprit, ho could not concoal from his reluctant eyes tho lifoloss forms that wero, in other spots, driven against tho rocks with a fury that soon left thorn but few of tho outward vestiges of hu manity. Dillon and tho cockswain woro now the solo occupants of their dreadful station. Tho former stood in a kind of stupid despair, a witness of tho scone ; but as his curdled blood began again to flow moro warmly to his heart, ho crept closo to (he side of Tom, with that sort of selfish feeling that makes oyon hopeless misery more tolorablo, when ondurcd in par ticipation with another. 'When tho tido falls,' ho said in a voice that betrayed (ho agony of fear, though his words expressed tho re newal of hope, 'wo shall bo able (o walk to land.' 'There was One and only One (o whoso feet the waters wero the same as a dry deck,' relumed tho cock swain; 'and nono but such as have His power will ever bo ablo to walk from these rocks to the sands.' Tho old seaman paused, and turning his eyes, which exhibited a mingled ex pression of disgust and compassion, on his companion, he added with rov crence : 'Had you thought more of Him in fair weather, your case would bo less to be pitied in this tempest.' 'Do you still think there is much danger?' asked Dillon. 'To them that have reason to fear death. Listen I Do you hear that hollow noise beneath ye?' ' Tis the wind driving by the vessel 1' 'Tis tho poor thing herself,' said tho aflcctcd cockswain, 'giving her last groans. Tho Mater is breaking up her decks; and in a few minutes moro, the handsomest model that ever cut a wave will be like the chips that fell from her framing!' 'Why then do you remain here?' cried Dillon wildly. 'To die in my colIin, if it should bo tho will of God,' returned Tom. 'These waves arc to mo what the land is to you ; I was born on them, and I havo always meant that they should be my grave.' 'But 11 shrieked Dillon, I am not ready to die I I cannot die! I will not die 1' 'Poor wretch ;' muttered his com panion ; 'you must go like the rest of us ; when the death-watch is called, none can skulk from the muster.' 'I can swim,' continued Dillon, rush ing with frantic eagerness to the side of the wreck. 'Is there no billet of wood, no rope, that I can take with mo?' 'None ; everything has been cut away, or carried ofl" by the sea. If yc are about to strive for your life, take with yc a stout heart and a clean conscience, and trust the rest to God.' 'God!' echoed Dillon, in the mad ness of his frenzy ; 'I know no God! there is no God that knows incl' 'Peace!' said the deep tones of the cockswain, in a voice that seemed to speak in (he elemen(s; blasphemer, pence!' The heavy groaning produced by (he wa(cr in (he (imbcr of (he ArieU at that moment added its impulse to the raging feelings of Dillon, and he cast himself headlong into the sea. The water thrown by the rolling of tho surf on (he beach was necessarily returned to the ocean, in eddies, in different places favorable to such an action of the clement. Into the edge of one of theso countcr-currcn(s, that was produced by the very rocks on which the schooner lay, and which tho wnter-men call the 'uridcr-tow,' Dillon had unknowingly '(brown his person ; and. when the waves had driven him a short distance from the wreck, he was met by a stream that his most desperato efibrts could not overcome. He was a light and pow erful swimmer, and the strugglo was hard and protracted. With the shore immediately before his eyes, and at no great distance, he was led as by a false phantom, (o cond'nuo his cflbrls, although they did not advance him a foot. The old seaman, who had at first watched his motions with careless indifibrenee, understood the d.ingcr of his Mtuation at a glance, and, for getful of his own fate, ho shouted aloud, in a voico that was driven over tho struggling victim to the cars of his shipmnle on (ho sands : 'Sheer (o por(, and clear (ho untlcr-(ow! Sheor to the southward! ' Dillon heard the sounds, but his faculties were too much obscured by terror to distinguish their object ; he, however, blindly yielded to the call, and gradually changed his direction until his faco wa onco moro turned towards tho vessel. Tom looked around him for a rope, but all had gone over with tho spars, or boon swept away by tho waves. At this moment of disappointment, his eyes met those of fho desperate Dillon. Calm and inured to horrors as was tho veteran seaman, ho involuntarily passed his hand boforc his brow to cxcludo tho look of despair ho encoun tered; and when, a moment lator, ho removed tho rigid member, ho beheld tho sinking form of tho victim as it gradually settled in tho ocean, still struggling with regular but impotent strokes of tho arms and feot to gain tho wreck, and to preservo an exist ence that had been so much abused in its hour of allotted probation. 'Ho will soon moot his God, ami learn that his God knows him I' murmured tho cockswnin to himself. As ho yet spoko, tho wreck of tho Ariel yielded to an overwhelming sea, and aftor a universal shudder, her timbers and phmks gavo way, and woro swopt to wards the dill's, bearing (ho body of (ho simplo-hearlod cockswain among (ho ruins, llustKKSS at Emery, tho presont terminus of tho Canadian Pacific, is lively. Tho contractor has cleared tho lino from Emery to Yale of brush and trees, and is proparing to grade. Now buildings aro going up in every direction. The stoumer arc running full of freight. Itoiimncc or n Poor Young "linn. The sensation caused by tho trial of Mile. Bicre for attempting to shoot her lover has barely begun to subside before another case equally extraor dinary, but far more painful, is on the point of coming before tho Paris assizes. Tho origin of the story dates as far back as the summer of 1809. In that year a young man named Al fred Gilbert fell in love with a young girl of the name of Gabriellc Coran. They both belonged to poor families, and both lived in the neighborhood of the Palais Royal. After courting in secret for some months, the young man demanded (he hand of his sweet heart, but her father, who was an ar dent Donapartist, and occupied a stall in one of the public offices, refused his consent, on the ground of the Re publican opinions held by Gilbert. The young couple then resolved to run away together, and one night the girl disappeared from home. After a week's search (he father found them living together in a suburban resi dence. On the promise of forgive ness and consent of their marriage, the girl returned home to her parent-, but tho father declined to keep his word and began to look aroiind for another son-in-law. Driven to de spair, Gabriellc Coran again eloped with her lover, and the two deter mined to commit suicide. For this purposethcy hired a room in a small inn at Plcssis Piquit. The young man bought a revolver, and the young lady a package of lucifer matches. Gabriellc Coran first of all tried to poison herself with a decoc tion of the matches. This failing, she (old her lover (o fire a bullet into her heart. Alfred Gilbert fired, and without waiting to see the effect of the shot, discharged a second bullet into his own head. Neither wound was, however, fatal. Both were taken to the hospital, where they remained two months. The bullet in the girl's body was extracted, butthcothcr bul let still remained in the skull of the young man, where it has over since been. Gilbert was about to be tried for attempting to shoot his mistress, when the war broke out and put an end to the sitting of the Assizes. As the German's marched into Paris and the seige became imminent, the au thorities, wanting all the able-bodied men possible to defend the city, con sented to let him out of prison for the moment, on the condition of his en rolling himself in somo active corps, and promising not to seek after Ga brielle Coran. He joine (he sharp shooters of the Ternes Buartier, and distinguished himself so much in the Buzcnval sottie that he was mentioned on tho military order of (he day. The war over and peace proclaimed, he returned (o (ho hands of juslico to undergo his trial but once moro fate stepped in and postponed it. The Commune arose, and all the public powers having withdrawn to Versaill es, tho city was left in the hands of the insurrectionists, who opened the doors and enrolled the inmates, among (hem Alfred Gilbert. The young man does not appear to have taken a conspicuous part in the in surrection. However, ho was tried by court-martial in lS71,and sentenc ed transportation to New Calidonia, where he remained till a few months ago, when ho was amnestied. He has just arrived in Paris and given him self up to tho legal authorities, to go (hrough his (rial for the deed ho com mitted at Plcssis Piquit ten years ago. But tho painful part of the story re mains to bo told. Gabriellc Coran is how the wife of a well-to-do merchant with several children, highly respect ed and of irreproachable character. Forgetting tho folly of her tender years, and believing Gilbert dead and buried, she married, but kept the trag ic lovo-drama of 1870 a secret from hci husband. Tho sad consequences of this unexpected resurrection of the young man can bo moro easily con ceived than described. An Important IVorli IVcurly Ionc. Somowhoro about 3,000 workmen, COO or 700 wagons, 17 or IS locomo tive engines, 3 steam "navvies" and a quantity of minor machinery of vari ous kinds hayo been engaged sinco 1875 at tho southeast end of Loudon in a work compared with which (he building of (ho pyramids with mod ern appliances would have been no very signal feat. Hitherto tho ono entranco to (ho Victoria docks from tho Thames had been at Blackwell point, but now thero is a dock capa ble of receiving all vessels no mattor what thoy might bo. Threo and a half miles of walls have been built en closing 90 acres of water. Theso "walls" are 40 feet high, 5 feet thick nt tho top and IS or 19 feet nt tho lot- torn, tho whole of this enormous mass being composed of solid concrete, for which 80,000 tons of Portland cement have been used'. Somo 4,000,000 cu bic feet of earth havo been dug out. It may assist the imagination some what to state that if it were filled into ordinary carts, tho vehicles would form an unbroken lino 7,000 miles' long. The excavations havo gono through a submerged forest, and among other curiosities dug out have been a reindeer's horn, a Roman vase, and what is supposed to be an ancient British canoe carved out of solid oak. The latter is now in the British muse um. Tho new entrance below Wool wich will savo about Z miles of river navigation, which, in the case of vessels of heavy draught, is of course, a matter of great importance. The London and St. "Catherine's and Vic toria Docks Company are now prepar ed for vessels of all kinds, not cxclud ing the largest ironclads of the British navy. The cost has been estimated roundly at 1,000,000. It is expected that all will be in readiness for the admission of the water about the sec ond week of May. The docks will lake about a fortnight to fill, and ho ceremoninial opening will be celebra ted sometime in June. Alone -with the tlnn I Killed. It would be difficult to find in the while range of fiction a moro affecting: incident than is .contained in the fol lowing extract from a letter, written by a British seaman to his wife. It was his first service as a soldier, when I c was sent on shore with a boat's crew of marines to silence a fort and take some guns : "We dispersed at a few hundred yards distance from tho beach to keep' (ho coast clear while the boat's crew made prizes of tho guns. The enemy had adrantagc of the wood, and also knew the country well ; and a troop of them showed in advance. We were ordered to fire. I took steady aim at my man at about sixty yards. He fell like a stone. At the same time a boadside from the went in among the trees and the enemy disap peared, we could scarcely tell how. I felt as though I must go up to him and see whether he was dead or alive. He lay quite still, and I was more afraid of him than when he stood fac ing me a few minutes before. It is a. strange feeling to come over you all at once that you have killed a man. He had unbuttoned his jacket and was pressing his hand over the front of his chest, where the wound was. He breathed hard, and the blood poured from the wound and also from his mouth every breath he took. His face was as while as death, and his eyes looked so big and bright as ho turned and started ai mo. I shall never forget it. He was a fine young fellow, not more than twenty-five. I went down on my knees besfdo him. and my breast was as full as though my heart would burst. lie had a real English face, and did not look liko an enemy. What I felt I never can tell ; but if my life could havo saved his, I believe I should havo given it. I laid his head on my knee, and he grasped hold of my hand and tried to speak, but his voice was gone. I could not tell a word ho said, and every time he tried to speak the blood pour ed out, so I knew it would soon bo over. I am not ashamed to say that I was worse than he, for he never shed a tear, and I couldn't .help it. His eyes were closed when a gun was fired from the to order us aboard, and that aroused him. Ho pointed to tho beach whero tho boat was jus, pushing off with the guns wo had tak en, and whero our marines were wait ing to man the second boat, and then ho pointed totho wood where tho en omy were concoaled. Poor fellow! he little thought how I shot him down. I was wondering how I could leavo him todio and no ouo near him, whon ho had something like a convulsion for a moment, and then his face roll cdovcr, and without a sigh ho was gone. I trust tho Almighty has re ceived his soul. I laid his head gen tly on tho grass and left him. It seemed sostrango whon I looked at him for tho last time. I somehow thought of everything I heard about tho Turks and Russians, and tho rest of them, but all (hat seemed so far off and tho dead man so near." The empress of Russia died when asleep. Tho imperial family was not present at dissolution, not awaro that death was so near. On Saturday tho remains wero bourno to tho palaco chapel in an open cofiln by tha Cfyar. and his 18 grand dukes. Wild dogs abound in tho hills near Boiso City, and do more damago to sheop than tho coyotes do. About 15 of the wild hounds havo been killed,