Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 15, 1874, Page 9

THE LOCUSTS IN MINNESOTA, Thoir Operations Last Year and This Year. Tfia Inscots Now on the Wing, Fly- “r ing Qouthwardly, i Jmmenso Damage Dono by ihe Vo- vt facity of the ¢ Hoppersi® £t Over One Thousand Families In Immi« hent Dariger of Starvation. U 0 Varlous Plang for Relloving the Suftering, Speetal Correspondencs of the Chicago Tribune, . .. B Pauy, July 19, 1674, “Thoy are not grasshioppars, but locusts, aud, in appoariuco, mostly answer tho deseription given in tho books of tho common Oaroliua looust, Thoy camo into tho southiwest counties of this Btato . i 2 LESS THAN A YEAR Ado, and destroyod or groatly injurod tho growing oropa, According as they were groen or riponing. Young and tender shvotsthoy appeared to dovour; Vut grain just formng ite leads thoy killed by piercing tho stalk at its softest Joint and suole- ing out all its julces, Doautifal flelds of waving groon grain, upon which thoy settled, woro, i n dny or two, marred by grond patohes of dead, blackoned strnyr, whioh rattled aud broke bofors tho'wind, While thdy ‘covorod largo’ traoks of country, and in. mauy places woro &0 thick as to hido the soll and avory greon thing from sight, yet they did not ontitely. destroy all the orops whora thoy settled, nor did they covor thie wholo faoo of the country, as they have this scason. Tho harm they. wronght. Inst your was gront enough, for it foll upon a peoplo who wora gon- orally poor, and - all depondeut on thoir growing cropa for subsistonce; and who had, many of thom, lost n port of thoir firat orops tho yoar bofore by hail-storms and unfavorable weather ; ‘but tho worse doing of tho loocusts of last scasou ‘was, that thoy dopositod tho oggs whioh bave batchod out the immenso awarma of | this year, Theso, commeneing foeding as soou as thoy ap- poared abovo ground, have grown overy day moro destructivo, until, o fow days ago, asit eatiated by their long foast, thoy consed to eat, and % — ROSE UPON EVERY TREEZE, floating or flying in great clouds for a fow hm\;u at a time, When thoy -dropped, whiol they did without regard to whother Innd or water would recolvo them, if thoy.foll upon a fiold or grain or a garden, they wonld Junch from the touderost plonts ; but, unless o calm provailed, would not halt long. Thowiuds hinve carriod Inrgo swarms of them outsido of tho couutry thoy hud pre- viously ocoupied, and, fn their halts, thoy have dono onough damage to soriously frighten pelghborlioods where tho pooplo lLad bofaro seen nothing aud beard but littlo of tho “hop- pors,” a, \''ue latast nowa from thoe infasted ragions, and from tho places to whioh seattored swarms Lad flonted during the precodlng fow days, was that thoy woronlton the wing and alllying southward, At flrat tho roports agroed with each other, and with tho stateiacuts of those who remembored formor. visitatious, that tho loousts did not nt onco ily sway, but waited for a wiud upon whicl they rose’ and drifted away. Thae later roports ara that . \ THEY ARE REALLY FLYING, although with tho wind ; and the fact of thelr flight is knowh by o whizzing noise, produced by thelr milljons of wings, which ia plaiuly hoard o8 they move along at & hoight of 30 lo 100 yards sbove tho, ground, aud extending up- ard ga for 08 tho eyo ean ronelt, ‘Uheso flying sywarms aro described a8 looking liko great banka of unow whon illaminatod by the bright sun- light, aud agaiu like olouds fossiug aud rolling inn strong wind, ‘The fact that thoy aro really flying, aud . that telograms of Saturday night a{o\md that the adyauce hnd airoady crossed tho Missouri, and was 100 miles atway trom the Routh- arly. Limit of their this season’s oparations, is takon as ovidouco thub tho locusts, following their unvarying instinct, ara moving to svme athor region than that of thoir birth, to doposit theircegs, .. . . *Aa thay do fiot doposit thiole ozgs uutn Bop- tombor, aud thoir dights, nccordiug _to formor,| obseryations, ura long vontinued, it may be na- i ticipated thoy will descend upon tho groat plaing towards the Rocky Mountuivs, or upon tho praities of Toxny. If thoy should, uufortu- natoly, descend upon a _thiuly-sottlod country, and thiore deposit their oggs, tho wisest thingy tho poople of it can do will bo to give, up thoir lund to o year's rest. Thoy would but waste their labor in trying to produco crops next yoar, Lys tho woight of evideuce goas to show ~ that,, the loousts do not huteh out of broken or egltzV vated soil, . The eggs wore lnid. Inst full ety more thickly in tho soil of tho eultivatod _n%‘ thau in tho wild graws-lands, but the mufos ‘which juarched over and destroyed the g l’.‘)"" flelds this season 5 I AME ¥BOM TUE ADIOINING FIELD PRAIMIEg, . Ilence, if thoso migrating locusty should lu; ¥ioi o tlickly-sottled nud closely-cultivated cokly, a3, tlolr numbers might bo, decroased, instond* fuerensed, in tho next goucratiou, 4 .t appoars that tho sottlemonts of Manitobn and Northorn Dakota Lave likewiso boon cove ored by.tho loousts, but that thoy bnvo anly pac- tinlly destroyed the -crops thera, Thoy aro fly- ing aleg, from thowo sottloments, and wick thon are moving great swarms which have como up from tho upscttlod noithern praivies, The dis reotion of tlight of thesouorthory swurms, which wero obsorved from nonr tho Mississippl to the Plissouri, s iu Southwest Minacsoka, Northwas, Tows, upd Southern Dakota, was southward, oaring wostorly. Roports us to'the destruction which haa hoon wrought in the southwest couuties of this Stute aro mostly gonoral in their torms, ‘The Gavorn. or aud the Itolief Committos hLave recoived lote ters from roliublo wen in nearly every township, ... TUE COMMON TENOI OF. WILICH may bo fairly illustiated by briof oxtracts from tlieso threo: - Mo o Winpost, Cottonwood Co,, July 3,—Tho bost Infor- mitfon obtainable fs, that our county fs cloaned out by the' grawshoppers: . ., I thlilt our county will coing oub nuzl yeary A wo cun keop tio popl at work plowisg for noxt spriny's sowlug, but a great many aro prevaring to leave. D. PATTEN, LkkoN Laxe, Jicksou Co,, July 9,—Tho hoppérs v icavig very duy, sud othiors uro coming froin tho southwest. Somo of thew came down last uight whera tlio orops had ot been touchod and_looked good, It tnroported that, In lnif-an-bour after Mgnting, tho 1t killed overy stulk of grain i ono feld hon whie twpy foll. 3. ¥, Banut, ‘Jentuma, Tenville Co., Juno 29.~1hey began to cut a6 Boun s they begau Lo move, and, the furger they grew, thio nore thoy devoured, Butdl, st this proseut erlting, thoy huve destroyed wll our stuall gealn, nuid, 41’00 cases, huvo eatew thu corn and polatpes, They Tave uearly all_got wings now, but use them_ouly to move tho faster from one fleld to anothor, Wo linyo 0 prosyect of a crop, aud thero aro some horo who will sufter for thy cowilnou necessities of lifo if tioy do ngb xecelve uid voon, L. B, 1AL, WiLLIAN Phisap, ; ¥ . W, Davis, Committe for the Towns of Sacred’ Heart und Flora, The Governor's Beorelury, Mr. Wilson, has récently yitited Nobles, Watonwan, and other cqunties, for the purpaso of abtalnlug ware de- tuiled information with a view to tho distribn- tion of rolief, Among the curlositics hie exhibits is & linen-handkerchiof which was whole whon dropped on 8 prairio by n sehool-girl, but whick tHo locusty, In & very sliort {ime, convorted into » picop of opon-work, of which there are just ouough threads . to show tha shape ‘wud pize of tho haudkorchlof, Whilo thoy thoir mont voraviops ‘stage of existe: as just provious to their beginning Lo rlwo, :Léy ‘devoured anything in thelr way which ws not too hard,—ovon to old boots, scraps ¢f Lides apd beeon-rinds, rags, and paper, . g ' THEIR OPERATIONS IN MINNESOTA oxtond over s country 100 milus wide on tho south linc of the Ytate, boing from Kool County east, pvor Nobles, Jackson, aud Martin, into Farlbaule Couuty, Tholr northorn line way in Lo qui Parle, C}yuppn\m. sud Honvillo Conuties; olr oastorn tine uxtpnding northiwesterly avrosy n'cornor of Bhie Earlb, and through Brown futo Ttonyille, . Thoir dostruction {a unegual, fn sqme townshipa . thoy = harmod scarcoly suything. 1n othors thoy havo destroyod wvory growing orop exeopt tho pons. Neoarly ovory Toin fu tho southorn tior of conntios havo boon oyerrun by thom. _Tu the next tler north, Wat- orwiy, Cottonwood, ang tho eash halt of Mur- [k ray are nlmost complotoly overrun, North and northwostward, purlu:‘pan fourth of tho nggro- nto orops has boen dostroyod, tho dostruction Hnillg aluiost total In tho foir towua along which they advanced lost year into Renvillo and Clhip- powa Countios, . Bt, Jamos, 1 tho oontro of Watonwan Coun- ty, was ono of tho most prosporous of tho now villagea along tho Blous City Rond, To lo- cousty havo, for tho timo, doatroyod ail itw busi- .nesy, Bome of tho morohnnts Bave trusted out 'all tholr goods and closed thoir doors. Othors. aro abouit to closn, and the villags-nowspapor I8 about (o suspond, Othor villages In thut and ndxnlnlu(iommtlun #ro just ng hmfiy off, t Buttorfiold Btation, Mr, Buttorfleid's 1,800 fores of whoat wan looking splendidly, promise ing n great ylold, whon ono’ dny thora iloated up frowm - the. .south enongh lotusts to covor o brond flolds, and wuow s caroful gloaner “could wot find onough' alive on the wholo 1,800 scres to produco 20 bushols of grafn, “If T conld rafso of grain ny' many busholy to the noro,” enid Mr. Bistterflold, woltilly, * au thoro wore bushols of grasshoppery tothenoroon iy blackenod folds, ona croj «would meke me & very rich mant Mr. J, W. Dagy, of this clty, ownt o large farm fn that vi- \clnity, on which'was growing, iwo wooka ago, 1,600 neroes of wheat, whioh was il dostroyed in o fow days, Tho Governor and Cen. Bibloy, Chalrman of tho Rollef Committee, are advisod of ovor 1,000 famlin in tho countfos montionod boing toft quito deatituto, und many of them fn TMMINENT DANGLR OF STARVATION if lott unnided; while full as many more will ‘nood nesisiance through the ‘wintor if _they ro-: mnin on their homesteads, and in goeding thelr lundis next soason, Tho plans of volief propdsed by differont por- #ous aro varlod and {ngonious enough. The Goy- arnor's plan is to got sll the contributions he can frogn tho older countlon and from individuals, und to distributo tho samo u fast as o can ol thom, through local cammittaos, Failing that, hie will call the Legisluturo togothor, But he haa alroady beon enablod to provide temporary. roliof In all cases roported to hitn, by auticipnt ing contributions, and bopes it wift not ho nocos- #ary to wait for an nmwmb% of tho Legislaturo, oven undor n special call, Tho need is too press- ing for the slow forms of legislation to meot ity dbmands, - . % Mr. Donnolly’s now paper proposes to the most afiliated conotios to uuite a8 countios in wexponding ©100,000 in building tho bed of » rafl- road, comploting tho railroad-systom in the gouthwest part.of the Stato, the manoy to be raived on county bonds, taken at par by indi- viduals and countica willing to oxtound rotiof,— thoro boing, ot tho samo thmo, & general popular cougont that tho Btato shiall guarantoa the bonds, wwinoh &ro to run for tweuty yonrg. Ho ‘would Dave the men amgloyml at thin rallrond-grading who noeed the work and wagos, and would have tho generous give outright enough to provide for the most noedy until this railrond-scheme Lud enabled thom £o again onrn thoir own living. Iu tho moautime, tho Govornor iu sonding cite culars to tho countios and to the Granges, im- ploring them to givo froely or net, but give quiokiy #Bo far tho respouo is .. _NOT A IROMPT AS IT QUGHT 70 DE. A Heouopin County Grange votes that it would Lo illegal for ttiat county to follow tho gsamplo of Hamsay County, which approprialod §5,000, and the county oftofals spuoar to sbaro tho opinion. But a few coutributions—liberal 0nes too—-are coming from sourced whers the Governor bad ot looked for aid ; and theso mny carry on tha roliof-work long onough for tho slow countios aud slowor Grangor to appraointo the gravity of the situation, and the wisdom of cutting red tapo whon charity caunot wait for its untying. 0. HAY-FEVER. Corvmpia Ciry, Ind,, July 10, 1874, To the Editor of T'hs Chicago Tribune: Sin 3 Among your numerous roaders there are some who aro lutorested in anything concorning this subjeat ; tho majority, however, kuow noth- ing about it It mnkes its appenrance as rogulmrly ns do Cliristmas and New Yoar's, nover varylng but o fow lours from the time of its setting in. The majority bave it about tuo middla of August, aod 1t lests with them until the carly frosts bavo killed all vogotsblo matter, Bome lave ibin June. Those who have 1t ot that timo .aro not gonerally afiloted for morae than & wontl, during the ripening of grass and clover. 3y annual slego beglins with unerring certnin- ty on tho first day of June, it not baving failod to put in its npponranco since 1867. It bogins with thonostrils and glands of the throat be- coming irritated, eyos inflamed, face flushed, and eycs and muogo running incossantly; and o partiole of dusk, or smoll of ripe grass or clover-blossoms (and with somo even tho smell of & rose), sels one into n flt of auveozing, eomotimes lasting for Lulf an Liour, aud sowictimos bogiuniug i tho morning ond lasting the wholo day, Toward the lntter part of tho torm there are coughing spells and atincks of ehort bronthing (ns in nsthma) nv night, and somo aro obliged fo romaln in a it~ ting poature tho wholo of the night, to koop off theso attnchs ond enjoy breathing without so much effort, After it is over, & porgon does not fedsl any b tho symptoms aguin till auother year; {opif, boging to feol onco more ms if he too vat’yp human Dbelug again ; for, while the nt- 1 11a 38 0n him, ho cannot tall or hear with any fsomfort; his hoad fools liko & solid ball with no npertures in it, . Houry Ward Docehor, who has heen a’ groat B3oror, fluds roliof among the White Moun- s ; othors find it on sho sea-shiore. A nhm- bor of vietime iu his part go to Mackinaw sud iako Superior, Porsons wart gonorally a few duys boefore it is time for the disvase to put in g nppeazance, and romnin untit the timo for the attack todisappear,—~thoreby escaping it for thpt beason, Bub woo bo to them unless a siml- .[u courso if carried out the next soason, ay it “boems to return with two-fold vigor, It scems tiat tho mountains mvariably afford roliof. This shows that altitude bas something to do with it; ut what, no ouo koows, Thoso who lavo taken the troubla to look |‘pglfimcauy into this anomelous diseaso kuow $fiy Tittlo about ¢, and cannot suttlo on auy coureo of trestmont; but all concur in eaying that thoro is no known cure. 1ow long shall 1t Loso? Wil not tome ono unravel the mystory, and say bo can balllo it? Lsculapians, look fo your nurols} W, TS SR THE BRAIDWOOD COAL-STRIKE. : Branwoon, 1ll., July 11, 1674, T the Editor of The Chicago L'ribune: Bin: Bix woels have now passod since tho strike among tho minors lore commencod, and, up to the timo of writing this, thera does not ap- poar any sign of a sottlomont of tho jssue in question. Tho issue now is about b cants por ton, Tho Cowpnny have demanded 20 cents of & reduction, accompanied with the sssuranco that they will not or ecannot take nny less. The minors, on the other hand, offer to give 16 conts per ton, and uay thoy will not or cannot give any more, The Buporintoudeut of tho Chicago, Wilmington & Vermilion Coxl Company i& mak- ing strong efforts to fuduco workingmen from othor localition to come bero and fill tho places of che strikors, 8o far ho has failed, Truo, ho Las got niue or ton men at work in ono ehnft, whors 200 used to bo omployed ; but no coal had baon ubipped e the fruit of their produst. Two of tho last-montioned number got woverely burned by an explosion of fira-gus in the wita lnst I'riday, It is oxpectod thoy will survive, if praperly cared for, Your corrospoudent Is Informod, on what he cousidors roltubla autharity, that the Minors' Comumltteo have offerd ta accado ta the Compa- ny's torms, 20 conts reduction por ton, on coudi- tion thut they (tha Cowpauy) showld ‘rturn to them (tho minors) b couts of an ndyanco nost November, when it Is oxpected, ay it usually ocs ours, that coul will bo selling ‘at an improyed price. Up to this date no sudwer has been ro- coived to tholr proposition, s Quiot aud good order are prevailing, Both Companios and miners appoar Lo bo dotorminoil that ull thelr movamonts skult ba wade within tho faw, and aro so conduoting_ thomsatves, not wibhiseatiding tho appoarance of certuln rojorts to the contrary ina geneatioual paper published m Chiengo, bt Opsenyex, ‘I'he Dobt il Boston, Tiio incronso of the Mublio dobt of Doaton in unusually largo this yaar, The total funded and unfundod dubb Aprl 0, 1673, wis 841, 187,468, 12, Of this amount 99,876,540.0 hus Lioon nddod by the nunexation of 'Charlestown, Wost Roxbury, and Brighton, Tho total grous dobt Aprii 90, 1873, was §31,841,160.44, nud the incroase is therofors $11,200,000.68, and it wo deduot the dobi sdded” by aunexation, the inoreaso of the debt of tho city propor.hns boon, §7,419,700.02, which Is unyl‘ucmlemnd In tho financial history of tho cfl,[y. L'ho means on hand for the redomp- tion of tho dobt -have Inoroased ©1,400,704.53, which shows thut tho gross dobb has Inerepsod 2618 por cont, and the mewns of ppying the samp ouly 9,60 por gent, v ; THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY: JULY 15, 1874, : DAKOTA. . Ouster's Expedition-~-Reoent Indian Troublog---The St, Joseph = . " Mnssaore, ' Torvitorial Polities—A Bolt Throatenod ** o the Nowination of Delogates ——— Bismarck and’ Ils Prospects--=End of the Town.Site Trouble. The Indlan Ring on tho Upper Missonrt sesporations of n-Band of '+ Horse~Thieves,. Speetal Correapondence of The Chicago Tribune, Ao e Bisaanox, D, 1L, July 0, 1074, CUBTER'S, EXPEDITION iloft one wook ago to-dny, Last Fridny acourlor jeamo in, veporting tho command 20 miles wost jof tho river, with no - indications of Indians, ‘Sunday, howovar, about forty of the rod dovils ‘mado It dooldodly intoroating for thn small gar- rison at tha fort, though thoy ouly camno nonr ouongh to bo ronchied by tho atillery. : Trod Girard, tho Intorproter at the post, is opouing a farm about 2 miles from hore; and from his placo thoy sinmpoded thirty-fivo hond of utock, principslly milch-cows and young cat- tle ; nldo, five hoad of mules owned by & goutlo~ man named Liengy, : Tho Sunday provious, e YOURTLEN SI0UX, dressod only in broooh-olout, war-palnt, snd feathors, mado their appoaranco, but wero promytly drivon off by tho Infantry posted on tho bluffe about 2 miles below tho Fort, Bomo two montha ago, three Indinns made thelr apponrance fn front of the Fort, and sue-~ ceodod in stampeding a hord of sixty horsos, Custer, with five companics of cavalry, was i tho saddle within ton minutes aftor tho slarm was given, and, though the Indiaus had 8 miles the start, ho rocaptured tho stock 10 miles ous, and followed tho Indinug 10 milos farthor, ox- H\wfing to strike tho main body, but failing to, 0 0. Lt wook, s man named Joo Putnoy, from® Wigcousin, who hna been hianging sround the Indian Agoncics and military canps for about threo yoars, got luto a quarral, at Fort Tiice, with au Indian, and_was killed by him ; but, o8 tho Iudian isuob blamed for tho aol, nobhiug Lias boen done abous it. NO 'THOURLE, oxcopt that noted above, has ocourred with the Indiaus in this vieluicy sluce June, 1873, Fort Liucolu was attncked glx timos lust senson np to that time; but Blanloy gavo tho Indians so wovore & drubbing thon that thoy have remulned «quict until Custor stirred thom up again this spring, l).'Lm Dismarck Tribung yostordny published o Tull acconnt of tho recont magsacrs in tha vicinl- ty of Pombina, following whioh thero wug CONSIDERABLE EXCITEMENT HERE, and oursos lond and doop wero poured upon Custor by oortnin clnssos of our citizens, Thoy alleged that, whilo he was sont to this volnt to protec tho sottlements, bo bnd stripped tho forts of tholr garrisons, Ab-ndonlng the settlory {0 their fato, and gono 1nto tho Indian country, knowing that he would stir up troublo, and fu- tending to do so. It wns ‘Ympnuad 10 orgnuize volunteer companies for defenso, establishing outposts at once ; and the building of a stock= ade was suggested. Thls was the view taken by' “tho moro excited, anu the monsures suggested by those most timid: but, bofore actiou waa taken, the Indians who porpetratad tho St. Joseph murdora passod through Jamestown, displayiug the scalps, whiol, they allsged, Wars TIOAE OF CHIPPEWAR on tholr roturn to tho Wotten Agonoy. It soems thore wore Lut saven engaged :in tho massucre, iuntoad of 100 as reported ; and tho masssero did npt grow out of tho Custor expodition ot all, but out of an old_tribal feud. Tho fact.that their horses wers shod proved nothing, except that. thiey had preked up sotno of the stovk stampeded from the camp of the Northwestern Police dur~ ing o recent storm. Phose Iacts bocoming gonerally known, the oxcitomont passed nway, and Bismarckors turned to thoughts of corner-lots, and the discussion of the absorbing toplo of who shall succeed Arm~ strong as Dologato for this Torritory. THE CANVASS FOR DELEGATES romises to bo an oxcoedingly lively one. The Suu\'cnuun for tho nomination will bo held at Tk Point next Thursday. Tho two factions of the Republican party have united, and the two Committees jolued in the cull for the Conven- tion; all tho newspapors aro talking harmony, But, ifter the Convention, tho troublo wil begin, Tor Jotn Lawrauco, sn ex-Doputy-United-Scates Marshnl, and an ol contractor, whoso aso- ciztes huve all got rich, as controllod a major- 1ty of the primary muotings, and will no doubk réceivo tho nomination. 1ut the doy has puswed in the West when a nomination is equivalent to an clection, aud, should John Lawrence be nominated, tho better class of Republicans, in the soutliern partof tho ‘Lortitory and the northe oru part, will A UNITE IN A TOLT, They will prosent at the Convention the name of Judgo Barues, at prosont ore of tho Askocie ato Justicos of tho Torritory, formorly of Jauey- ville, Wis., and nominate him if they can, It thoy fail in that, and tho Judge Lins plnck onough to run indopendontly, or some otherequally-goad man can bo found who will run_indepoudontly, tho rings will bo tanght thint the peoplo know tholr rights, and, kuowing, dare maintain thom, T'ho long contost relating to TRE LIHMANCK TOWN-5ITH is now In n faix way for settloment ; Gon, Cass, Presidont of the Nortliern Pacillo, was hore yos- terday, and mado certain offers to tho contost- nuts, whick having boon acoapted, it now only romalng for tho entry to be made at the United Btates Land-Oftico, whleh, having beon estab- lished at the lass session of Congress, will prob- ably be opon nside of thirty days. Bovoral Chicago partics have alrendy “Invested, or ar- rnugufi for investing, largely in Bismarck prop- orty, DBismarck will improve vory rapldly hioro- affer, and, within the noxt fifteon yoars, will make as'grand a town us 5t, Panl now s, Of this noue can have any donbt who will examine nll the faoty bearing on the ‘case, And this in true whether it remums tho tormiuus of the Northorn Pacilicor o town at the crossing of Lio Missourd, OF TiE COUNTRY BURROUNDING DISMARCK, the writ . hes only this o say: Those engaged in farming—und twenty or thirty furms havo beeu ngouud tho post soason—aro nll satisfied with the country for agricultural purposes, Thero has boon an sbundanco of ralu’ this sen- son and for the two rensous provious, Soms timo ngo, the Now York Times publishod along account of what it was plonsed to utylo “a thioves' colony” located in tho British pos- sesslong, a fow bundrod milos northwest of us, It was alleged that the principnl business of thils colony waa the monufacture of whisky, which was oxchanged with the Indinng for furs, Bome onomy of the Indian Ring which ig oporat- ingon tho Uppor Mlesourl has probably boon imposing on the Times. This ling ship im- mouss qiinntities of furs, whioh are supposed to cowa fram the British porsassions, buv Custom- Iouso oflleinls are bafled in their attompts to Qiscovor If this i g0, 4 Whothor thore is such a colony a8 the Times sponks of {4 » mooted question; but thero can Lo no doubt of the loeation of n DAND OF NOBBE-TIIEVES in this Immodiate vicinicy. A dotashment of cav~ ulry was sont after them a fow days ago; and, ust night, two Deputy United Stateg Marshals arrived, who will try to hunt them up, " A fow daya ago, elght mulca wero stolen from the Gov- orumont, whilo thoy wors waitiug for n stonmor fo orous them over tho river, A soore or moro have beun stolon within the past fow weoks, Tho Liosdquarters of the band i supposed to be lo- eated {n the Puinted Woods, about 20 miles nortly of Bismarck, with n rendezvous in the timbor at Devil's Lake, about 100 mites noythienst, Bissanok, — A Olergyman and Hiv Wifo Killed by o 'rh (derbolt While at Worship, Falls Chureh (Vi) Correapondence of Washington Star Ttichard 8, Blirave was tho Methodist preacher of tho Notetourt Clroult, and tho Rov. John Bhrevo wau tho Mothodist-proachior on an adjoin- ing olroult, 'On Tuosday lust, thesa brothors, with tho wife of tho firat named, had boon visit- fug a friond und returued to the hipuse of tho firat-named uear night. The evenlng moal had ‘beon prepared, aud bofore gn.rln'klng ‘of it, fami- ly prayer was _proposed, Mr. It, B, Bhreve hns sovoral childron, the oldest of whom_ is 7. The ynnufiunt of thom being frotful, the mother di- Tooted the eldest to tuko all of thom into an ad- &uinlng roomn and to quict thom dining worship, Tho adult porsous thou ascated thomuelyey for fanily worshilp, Mtr. John Shrove ono side of the window, Mra, Itiohnrd Sarovo sat opposite hint, Mr. Tlichard Bhrovo nontluy bimwolt by front. of the windaw, and tho sorvant girl was uonted nonr # tablo fu tho cuntro of tho room, Tho Bible hind but fust boon pavwod 1o John Hirove to commonco the servico, whon the deatli- dealing clootrig utrnl_!u"’c_ngis,' The hony- chs 'wore ' dvercast with dnrk, nugry olond, nnd a fow hr(;e neattoring dropu of water Tiad fallon ao tho only promonitiops or precurn. ors 6f thint ayfil aledtrio stroko, ' Tho oldost of i childron ‘onmo “hito “the ‘room immediatoly atlor o roporl, wnd survoyal tho weano, and slves (o only hitbliigible accdunt. Hor fatlior and mother wete prosteato on the floor. Ar. John Burove wan staggoring avout the roo, tit- toring sotuo fricolieront words, and soon’ fofl to tho floor, ‘I'ho orvant girl wak paralyzed sitly torror, Tho little girl thought‘to plnce her hand over hor fathor's hoatt, and 16 was still bepting. 1I'h6 nearost nnl(fllbm' wad half & milo (llul.nli%. The. sorvant girl was unndquatuted with tho rond, and finally the eldest pitl, leaving tho other ohildron {nthat house of doath, piloted the morvaut girl through tho atorm to'tho nonrost *| neighvor_for aid, 'Pho Rov, John Bhrove ro cavored, but o olectrio bolt Ad it porfoct worl with Tuchard 8, Shrovo and his wifo, furniuling oo of o mout iarlling exbouplincations on rocord of the trath of the lin in tho burlal nar-" vicoz 1 tho Book of Common_Traer, “1n"tho mldst of lifo wo sra ity dontl A PIASE' OF THE LATE CRUSADE. Anothier Chaptor in tho Froddy Bne gHsh IKkdnapplag Coses +yom the New York World, Froddy English’s fathor loft homo on tho 4th of July luut, nnd loft bohind bim tho following lotter, telling bow ho kidnapped his sons “ BATURDAY N1ont, July 4, 1874, Axyat By tho time you got this I shall bo away from this God-forsalten country, in which T hinve bind notuing but trouble and hear nothing Lut cant and hypoerisy, I owo you an oxplana- tion about tho part I fook n theevonts relativo to Frod. It s to you and for you only that I doign to confoss, for I wonld ‘not mark ono stroko of my pon to enlighiton all or auy in tho world bosides. Whou you first commonced the rald I wos not aware of it, und hed I been I should hayo shown you what a foolish, quixotio atrunglo it wonld bo for ono somaai, poor and unkpown, to batsle agaiust the wholo rum Intorost in-a great city liko Brook- Iyn, Aftor youlud gathered your. first onses, ond on the Mondsy whon Gralinm camo tq mo to go to work, it was then, ns.you now, I was made awnre for the firyt time . that you wore en- gaged to pronconte Suuduy violutots of tho Ex- ciso Inw, 'I'hat day (Mouv)uyz, ay you had to go to prefor charges, I could not.go out, but bad i, slay at homo to mind tha childron, ~You had tc 0 tho vext dny, and wont..: When you told mo ou bad stood thero alono amid tho joers and i’ibm ©of Lho crowd of mon I smd nothing, but L foltit. On tho Thursdny tho same thing way ropeated, nugmonted by a throat to shoot you. I thon. mado up my mind that I would ‘put a stop to itj. but at. tho ssmo. timo I did not wish you fo :Iunow, as I knew you would not consont orallow . T algo wished to go and arraugo it, thatno bla. throw of the complaints could by or tho boy, aud, s thero wore twolve 53 P8, bmufiht up the noxt day (Friday), I~ x to follow Fred whon .you sont hi to thy , storo aud keop him out of the way for tho ne... dsy or two, thiuking that tho enses when ealled and tho wilnossos uot appearing they would bo dismissed. I came home thut night_lato; if you remeinber, aud did not mention ¥red’s namo till IYAD“ awoke ma in tho morning, tolling mo he ad not boen &t homo all night. Forgive me, Aunn, for tho poin and. sugaish T hove caused you through it, Ididit with the sols notion of #aving you and the boy from those torrible ordeals at the Excise Board ; and bind thoso solf-styled temperance women dono their bounden duty by you inaccompauying sud ntrauEth«mmg you thig yrould nover have bappenod. Y was dotermined that this thing shoutd not go on, and I am not o wnn to sheinls from any moaus {0 accomplisl an ond. Imot the boy coifing home. I took bim whoro T thonght propor after I heard thoy hed adjonrned tho cases, mstond of their being dis- minsed, 8 I cortaluly calonfatod on. I fouund that I might ns well bo Lung for & shoop a8 o Jamb, 50 I still detained him. And though your guuguish and distress of mind made mo. Waver {n my purpose, yot when I lookod at tho whole thing and the sinte wo were in, sho_timo it would ocoupy to go through thoso abomi- nable cagel, your family neglested, your life threatonod, your namo s by-word, your homo a desolution, I bardened .my beart thinking that my way of getting. you out of the foolish, wiclkied (in your caso) scrapo, though sharp and eruel, was the bost. I wrote tho lattor ko' onse your mind, that you thouglt enme from Frod. T sout him to Boston, and (old him what to do (undor foar and threats), becanso I found Lhat Lis continuod shuence was unuammfi our ren- gon. 1did it all, and what has anybody got to do with it? Not the ladies surely.” Thoy made & catspaw of you, and afior you pulled the chestuuta out of the firg they nte thom nnd gavo you tho luwka. You may thiuk I was in longue with* the liquor” mon and got peld for what I did. was not. God {8 my judge. I nover spolto fo one or ono to mo, ‘and. I defy a solitary individusl in Droolklyn to say I profited a cent. Whether I did good or ill it was for yoursnko I did it. Love our childron anud sowotimes thiuk of me, I guesa wo shall novor moot sgain. Perhapsit may bo botter for, both, DBut of ono thiug I wan you o bo suro—you, and you only, woro my thionght whon I tried my lovel bost to thwart you, and mouoy had no place in ng thoughts. TFavewell, Auna, and kiga little Ulara for mo, ' (Signed.) Hanny, . S, T'his iw for your oye slone, Do not lot auyenp sco it. - to-wit 1 4An Iunocent Mnn Lynchod and Left . for Dead. The New AlbauyZLedyer-Slandard relates o villainous pleco of business in Brown County, Ind. While at Seymour on \\’oduuedu{‘lnal, wo learned from Mr. Bugene Culley, of Nashville, that one of the most daring aud yob cruol aud cowardly attompts at lynching that ever oour- rod iu that part of tho State huppened in Brown Couuty, near Nashvillo, on lJast Mouday night, A quiot aud inoffeusive man, by the nama of Yedlro, wns taken from his home without a, mo- ment's warning and boaton with olubs and sticiks until lifo wa3 alinost extinet, aud Iu fact was Talt by thia cowardly suffiaus as dead. “Cho rogn- lators were maska, nudngpumyl ab tho yosi- denco of Padro ab tho dondof night; and whon aukod what Lo had doue to bo takon from Lis fawmily at that tine and \w‘:xu\uhnd. Was answored ihat lie had cruolly whipped and mistruntod his wife, :ho wifo at ouve donied tho chargo, oud stnted that they lad always Hved 1 fho utmost harmony, .and . that. at” that timo ‘tho most friendly nid tilial feolings oxisted botweon thent, Iuspito of the itoous imd niost eloquout pleus of bis wife, and tho Inmontations of the husbaud, ho was_selzed, a ropo put about hiy nook, and draggod noross rough ground and over « fonce, terribly mutilating and lacerating hix flosh uutil lie was o complotely overcoms with pain and foar thut e could giva no ularm. The coward- Iy villuius loft the rcone undor cover of darkness, snd doubtless flatior themsolves that they will nob bo approhionded. The most intonse excltes ment provaily in the neighborhiood, and stopsare beiug takon to hunt down the infornal hollinus who committod the outraxgous deed, Judge Sawey 8. Loster, of thut cirenit, has, ordered an investigntion, nud will hold his conrt opun, whicly would ' have adjourued on Tuesdny, uutil tho despersdocs ean bo arrosted and brought to tho judgmout bass and e spectal term of tho court will be luid it nocosinty, Judge Huslor will_do all in Lis power to sco “that tho laws pro vindleatod. ———— Sad Futd of o Nevada inventor, d'rom the Virginia City Enterprise, A gontiomnn who hus just arvived from the horax-floldy of tho desork rogiou mirronnding tho town of Columbus, in the eustorn part of this Btato, gives ua the following account of tho snd fute of Mr. Jouathan Nowhouso, s mun of considorublo Iuveutive. goning, Br. Nowhoino lind constructod what bo eallod & * solar armor,” | an nmluu'nfuu intended to protect tho wenror from the florco heat of tho suu in orossing des- erts aud busning alkall plaiow, The armor con- sistod of n long, cloxe-leting jncket, made of comuion Bpongo, and & eap or livod of the snme wmatorinl, both Juckot and hood about an inch’ in thickness, Doforo starting across o desort this arnior was fo besaturated with water, Undor the yight arm was suspended an India-rubbor auck Allod with wator, aud heviug o small gutis- l)ulclm_tube louding Lo the top of the hood, u ordor to keop tho urmor molst all that was necossary to be dona by the traveler, s he progrossed ovor the buning sands, was to pross tho sack occnelonnlly, when i swall quantity of wator would bo forcod up and thoraughly,satus rata the hood uud the Jackot Lolow it, ~Liins, by iho evaporation of the'molsturo in the armor, it wau caloulated might bo produced atmost any dogroo of cold, Alr, Newhoute wout down to Douth Vulloy, detormined to try the oxperimont of crousing that terrible plice in Lis avmor, HNastartod out nto tho valloy one moming from tho camp noarost ity border, tolling the men nz thio catnp, un thoy laced his armor on his baok, thut he would return in two dsys, Tho noxt day au Indiun, who conld spoak but a faw wordy of Engllsh, camo to tho camp in & groat stato of. oxcitoment, 1lo mpdo tho men ulidor- stpud that he wauted thom' to follow him., At the ;dlstance of about 20 miles out into the desort tho Indian poluted to a human fignra sontod ngalusta rock, Appronching, they found 1t to bo Newhouse, still in his armor, e wus doad and frozon sl 1lls bonrd was covorod with front, and—ihongh the noonday sun pourad down its florcest m?m—nn leiclo over a foot in longth hung from bils nowo. Thore ho ingd ‘porisitod miserably, bovtuse hig armor had workod but too well, and becauso ' it was Incod ;m behind whoro ho could ‘ot ronch the faston- ugy, —_— A PHYSICIAN’S ORDEAL, Onreful Experiments Upon Alimwelf in n.Onse of SnukestSite—Jodlne as Itomudy. g i “I'ia following I o copy OF n prisnto lettor ad- drossod by o Toxan Py to Mr. B 1L Cunbing, o citlzon of Monston, and formiorly oditor. ‘and propriotor ,of the Zelegraph of thet city; by which papot” tho letior hus ™ boen mude publie. In roproduclug it, the New Orloans Times wayn: "*Tho lottor fa from tho vetoran Dr. Ashbol Smith,fono of the oldest and most distinguishod oitizons of Toxus, & thorough physiclan and accomplishod scholar and gantoman, o lins moryod Toxas yiile n Itepublio, and then s o Stato, in varions. public and honorablo oflicos, with talont and disting- tlon. Hnving had tho pleasuro of knowing Dr. Bmith intimately, we can vouch for 1t that this Iotuor was not written for publication, and that the wholo teying ordoal—in whick his lifo oo biwg susponded in the Ynlenco for honrs—tovk place Jusb a8 ho describoy 1t o combination of tho cool courago of the old soldier—for such ho is—with thio highor morat cournge of tho vetoran phy- sician and cloar-hoaded, Intolligont sooker, atter sclontiflo faots bouefiolal to tha profession, fs so steikingly shown In_this lotfor that wo glvo it ontiro. “Dr.” Smith's discovory, from by own - porsonal oxpetionve, of thoofficiey of jodino in poisou from n ennko-bito, will, of courno, bo duly ioted by physicisna,” "L followisg I tho lottor 3 & Lvenaneny, Murrls County, June 24, 1674, E. L. Cuahing Lag. MY Diant Hun ' 1 ean’t walk, bub with belp, linyo hobbled to the table, If 1 improve reasounbly fu hobe bliug by Friday uight, Taball bo at my post, In your city,on Batardny. 1 ' Tamoness would descrva but tho'shortest montion, . for sowe ficts aonucctod with Lo catino, wiiich ay, porhaps, bo of {ntorest fo othors du simdtar cirewmstunces, “About dark Baturduy last, as I'was walking np tho Lill from tho_ buy sliore, I folt & hoavy neuilling nbofit ‘ono of 1y logs, sud ot tlo smno fhstant the Dites of sharp teoth, Reaching the housy, I saw by thu lighit threo soveral Uttlo wounds, with blood eguds dug from thom ou leg, 3 iuclies above the unlld, “Ihora sero two “puncturcs fo ech wound, mado by thie tno fangs of the snake that lnd bit me, Byolling lad alrady commened—lots than five miuutes froin tho biting. BHIl I determined to do notlifug, for awhils at least, in ordor to obsorvo the effects O tho polson unmudifiod Ly troatmont, Tho swelling Jucroased rapidly, and in fificen mivutes 1horo the paiy had beconis bxeruetating, and I could 7ot boar sy wolght on the leg. ' i obliged now o lia down, T now ook, {n o wiueglaes of water, o' half teas spoonful of saturated tucture of fodluo, About fit- tuen minutes afterwards I ropealed the fodine—about twenty drops, A whort i affer, perhiops fifteen or twenty minutes, s third doee of lodine—fifteen drops ; in twenty-five or thirty minutes aftor, the fourth, - “Dhg longtu of these woverat fntervals is conjeotural, T hiad tho orlfices of 'tho wounds soveral times touched “vith tho tincturo of {ndine, und tho leg, which was olou froia tho wuklo to tho knoo, was patuted with “ndino, The pain was exericiating, but- by or 11 o'lock—two ol a half or three hours after tho bite— had abated seusibly, - About 1:90 in tho wmorniug I fell usloep, sud wwoks ot suuries with complots stiffnees oud superticial soreness of the Iimb on couch, niow swollen to doublu its formor afzo, but with no pain worth meutioning, Nor have Isince liad sutiuring further thau complota dfsour of thy leg, nutil this momuu;, and buing obliged to hava it ot all tlmes. clovated, Tho fout irticipated In the ewelliug, aud {f the leg hung down it beeamo l&’"l"l‘ udeed still does) in o few minutes perfectly ivid, ¥ “To fntoreet of the matter fn question Hos in ho uso, ths oifigaoy, of fodlne s o romedy for venomous bites, Nothiug else than jodine was used ; uo spirits, 20 harlahorn, nof tho least posstbla thing fu e world, internally ‘o oxternally, excopt ioding and ono small drink of “water, . Former” oxporlence had given me confidenco fn- dodlug by its uso with otliers, I was deturiufued to glvo 1t o fujr showing i iy own caso, uunided and uuobstricted by sny ofber medintion, I huvo at- tached the groater ‘iterest to 'y cass bocauge, though ono 18 soldon & safo Juugo In bLis own caes, the present Lite hns been by long odds the soverost suske-bite I ever kuew, If lefi to itaelf it would, my opluion, huvd Leen fatal ‘in & very fow lours, That the anoke was & vor Inrya one, I kuow trom bls heavy scufiug about my lega, and, I may add, from the dopth to which I feit Wi fangs outer. My Luntoutincous susplcion, fron the weight and severity of the biting, was that my namaflant was 6 wildeat, or somo such sulmal, Tho oxcruclating paln folt subsoquently, as beforo mon- tioned, secmed to mo ke tho ferocioua cramps of tha amusclck fi- malignant cholors, excopt that thoy woro not n any degree spastmodic, 4 There woro other clroumafances, symptoris which T should dotail were 1 wrillng to s pnysicia, bug they yrould only still furtlior bore you, 'To sul forth truly the oftleacy of fodine must excuse my length, Ido not know what kind of suake it was, but suspect it to bave been a rattlesnako, Very truly yours, vtz Batrra, A 'Tale of Two Citicw. Aew Tork (July9) Disyiateh to the Noston Poat, Ono of tho morning dailies hero tolls a story that may bo wholly true, or may bo talen with salt. A fow duys ngo au oldm‘lfi. digmifled gon- tlomen from Boston” arrived in this oty with his wife aud daughtor, and put up at tho Fifth Avo- nuo, praparatory to starting for Lurops, Tho danglitor is a - bosutitul and socomplished young Iady of about 17, who has attracted for n yonr st hor_ghare of admirors, as_all such young ndtes will, notwithstauding the fact that Lier pr- rents did uot encoursge thie addresuos of young men to thelr only child. at such auago. = Tho favorad suitor, Lowaver, was a residont ot this alty, who, in her estoom, staod just as high ns thongh posuessini somathing ‘élso thun good looks, woll-fitting clotho, and an ngracable nd- dress. A'somoewhal socrob correnpondence was Lent up betwoen the partics for somoe time, until the money-punio of lust fall, when the impocu- nious young wuitor, boing out of a position in this eity, wont to Boston to Jook for s situation, Hisattoutions bogan to be rather pointed, and thio young Iady's fathor, & woulthy gontieman, not relishing such o son-in-faw, forbade him the houno, and said that'all further communication must cense. ‘L'hoso orders wore rospeoted uutil the Boston party atrivod lioro, when the young couple mot and ugreed upon'a plan of olope- mout, and murringo, whioh Was duly ourvied out, "Aftor the niarringe the bridegroom did not seom to know what to do with his now prizo. 1lis ohums, howover, to whom ho confldod hia cago, advisod him to make o cloan broast of it to the futhor, which e did, Tho decoived gontlo- man took the mutter vory philosophically. e politely asked bl visitor to socompany bim for & wulk, 'The Inttor complled, and iu o short timo thoy woro ongaged ino'most coufidential and spirited conversation in tho parlor of an np-town botel. Onlya fow words woro noces- wury to deoido tho quostion ‘of - forgivoness, Afior sundry oxpostulations, tho youug man wee inducod to ' ropuir wit tho forbonring fathor-in-law to tho ofico of a neighboring Justico of tho Penoo, and there, in considoration ot a fow thousaud dollars, a froo pass to Europe, and a receipt for out- standing bonrd and tailors' bills incurred sinco the panie, was {nduced to sigu o papor to absout bimael€ from the countrs for an fudallnite pori- od, and novor agrin to seek an intorview with his uowly-made bride. 'This business boing sot- tled, the bridegroom sniled for Furope on tho noxt stermor, and the fathior, wile, and daughter raturnod to Toston, tho_ protty brido to ropont her folly und, aftor due'time, to got divorced, it i Lo be loped, for the youny man s evidontly not the husband hor more muture years would Luvo chosen. e ulceaStory, . From the Knoxville (I'-fnu.i(‘hram’clt. July 0, ‘A correspondent of tho Morvistown (azelte, writing trom Musrysville, Cocke County, Tenn., undor date of Junoe 30, gives the most ~singular t;mx}mmtory wo hove licard yot. We elip tho fol~ owings ¢ " '.\b.'\lrs. Konnedy, a woman of about 40, the wifo of an Irfsh luborer living on Ironch Brond streot, hus for sovernl yonts sufforod groute ly from _ill-hoalth, Iur svmptoms and complufuts *wore singular, She was afilicted with almost constuut paius, so that she could soldom or taver ront ut night. Bho_stated thut sho felt something ruuning up and down in tho abdomon, thut elio frequontly osperienced the croopiug_sonsation whick s ‘ealled {rritability. She itnd beon in the houpital heve, und hud beon trontod for varlous complaints, but fouud no velief, As hor uneasiicss and paiua continued, 50 woro tho nuolli}lla to rollove lior, but with- out success, Not long sinco Dr, Perrium Gyles was callod 1nto requisition and took charge of tho case, . “# About a wook ago she beeame subjoot to un- controllabilo unensinoss, and_begged Dr. Gyles to perform au operation for hor yoliof, ‘Lhin ho wus roluctant to do, thinklug it would hazard hor life; but ho persisted in” the royuest, and ut last ho yiolded ‘to hor Importunitics, whon, on I'rlday afternoon lust, assisted by Dr, Janes Davsls, of thls pluco, aud Burgoon Willinm Allon, of Swaetwater, ho proseeded to porform the o p oratlon, o flrst mado un Inoision wbout 10 inchos long along the modinl ling of the abdo- mon, Mo found a tumor projooting Inrgely, about 26 inchos in_diwmoter and frrogular form, 1o oponed it and found thoroln fwo rattlo- snakos, ono 80 fuchos, uud tho other 425 luchoy in length, Ono of tlio suakes had flvo rattles nud tho other four rattlos and & button, Thoy hiad yollow und black #pots on thow, with white belltes. Thoy weroquito livoly, and would rattle and strike with yongoanco whon disturbod. Thoy wero killed, and their sking and rattios aro fu tho possossion of Col, John Btophions. “ho tumor botng romoved, Mra, Konnady sas Instantly rolioved, and 1 now doing well, " The doctor calls tho snakes orofalus forridus, Mrs, Kenuedy says sho swallowed iwo umnll, soft, whilo oggs that sho found, sovoral yorrs ago, as #ho was walldng out In u flold near the Warm Bprings, North Carolins, aving just como over from Iroland, sho was not acqualntad with the bird-ogas of America, nud_swallowed tlicso 0358 suppusing thowm to bo pattridge-ogge.” e e LILUT. WOODRUET. A Noblo Son of 1 Noble Mother. Frow the New Orlpuns Preayunc, July 10, ‘When the yollow ;uvnr broke ons in Shroves port Iset sunnnor, and eo foarfmly scourgod that unfortunuto place, Liout. Woodruff, of the United Btatos Engitovr Gorps, was tomporarily in the town, on duty conncotoed with the arduous and dittioult work of clearing away tho great Rod River ratt,—n work whioh lio hnad beon cn- Engoflin for somo wmonths, and which, undor i nwpleos and through his sldliful dovices, way drawivg stoadily to n succossful cluso. No goouer waa tho apatling uaturo of tho opi- domle in sllruvoEDrL avidont than this young oflicor—impolled by high senay of duty, o o crouy u‘vm;mzhy with Lis sufforing follow-mer promptly volunteorod his sorvices to tho hards prossed, newly-vrganized Ivwird Assoolation, and beoane nb onoe one of its most active nnd zonlous nasistants, 1le knew full well that hin post of duty wos not. in Blroveport; that he ‘was unnoolimatod ; that bo was ux}mulug his lifo ovory Lour of tho day aud night. for strangers; aud that he had “a_ perfect right to leave tho infoeldd town and Tojoln his parly ab tho raft, whoro thoro wias no siokuoss and no dangor,, Not oneodlid ho falter, howover, in hin migsion of disinterosted huwanity aud churity. 1o was stricken down with Llio post; ha was.tho objuct of svery atteution frum skiliful physi- clnns, nesiducus nuruos, and dovoted fricnds; and, whou he diod, thongh almost every house~ tiold fn Blireyoport was . mournfig over its. own grioly, the fato of this ‘gonercis-hoarted, thin noble young soldior, iaflicted theros pang of deop rogtot, and, dgapite tiolr dvu sorrows, the, survivors of tho post ayon now rocall, from timo . to timo, tho sad fate of the Youus srungor who Toit bia'lifo’ {u'their bhulf, fupelled wofuly by n moral cottrage aud o Bouso of duty rare indeed in modern annals, Our rowarks arise, naturally onough, aftor the {m‘nnl in tho Bhrovoport Times of tho follow- f ng. ldtter from tho mother of the lwmonted Woodrulf.. 1t is dated Indepondoucs, In.— ber residonce,—~and is nddrosuod to a young ludy at Shroveport, The Times well eays: *Whilo wo douht if tho writer would eare for hor sorrow to bo thus wmude publie, wo yeb clulz au juterost in whnt portains to Lim, and know thiat our people will symputhize with the mother iy lor doop aflic- tion. And_ to thiu noble mother the son was poouliarly dovotud—sponlng of Lor alinosk cons stantly in big last moments,” . < THE LETIER, My DEAR Miry ——: low cin I expross my thunke for the Times, containing an oriiclo tolating to my dear soit, AL thik e I go back with deop rozrat azid mouruing tothioso timoa lien lie was xecustoined to como hoino to mo nnd gladden s all with is dear presence. 8o bright, 60 Joyous wora those daya | Dy cart suema broken whiosi 1 know that never agai slail wo welcome lifn, 1had boon {binking for somo thno past that T would writa you, sud sey that T w8 walliny until bis attalrs shontd bo quito softied iu Sbreveport, to fuqulre what could bo done about the dvar gravo, Very procious ia thut spot 0 mo, and I hail Loped to visit it Had it Ucon possitlo to uve had tho denr re- ut to mu bofors futermont, I would linvo bad . ButI have geeat repugnanc to disinter Ad proferrod, under tho cirouustances, that wharo ho folla victim t0 thnt miont, thoy 'shiould_rewain dreadfal acourgo, My dear young frlend, X eatmot describo to you the agony which coustantly 'minites pe wlhion 1 think aud roalizo that my Bugeno iu dead ! So devoted & son ; so o0 s a0 promilng, Bk o ukd dovwn hia its udbly —iofo nobly (lian {f on the feld of batfie, I was i great moaours depoudout on Lim, and thoreforo ap- yliod for tho pession whleh fs dio to amoy-oficors. \Wiiat was my surpties to flud my application denfed, and upon tho plea'that my dear fon * was not i th 1uo of duty. ‘Thly idos uroso from soine of the no- tces of his death, In ono cuso it is teus, but in polutof fact hi4 station, me Toported by Mal, Tow- ell, wus Iu Shroveport, 1lo only mado ¥ialts to tho Tiaft to nscortaln tho progress of ths work, and to su ‘what was neoded for tho working orco, But Goverument ofiichals are 1ot tandor-hentted or appreclative of noble ducds, Communitica sometimes aro, and uch aro the citizeny of Burovoport, 1 foel, my'dear young friend, thnt it Is meot {o luy dawn ono'a 1ifo for near relatives, but still moro self-dncrifiving to lay it down'for comparalive strangors, sud for the oo und fowly, I am very gratoful for tho remembranco which tho clifzeus of Slirevoport evince, but et 1t ba no “ costly monument,” No such la neadod, e willlive in your momory aa s largo-heurtod Crlstlan, ond, It bix plans With rcgard o tle Raft o carried out, tho_slmplost . memorial to mark tho spot whoro e rosts will bo all that Iy noeded, o . o Last yoar ot this {imo T wos proparing for ‘the mar- Flugo of iy yonngsk duUgtor, and Logyed my desr 801 to camio bom with liis brothor, - Hut ks reply Was, © L inuet Gulsl tho work {€ possibio befora Novon ber,'anul make the most of the appropriation ; sud,” o Jiayfully addad, “ you know, wiothar, Tmiist work ittlo for glory.” Tio felt Justly prond ‘that he bad ao- complisliod 80 much for ‘the Govorument which em- ‘ployed hit, and for tho good of thio peoplo for whose Donefit it whe undartakon. 1 trust thay more pmlmrom timesaro coming to tho Btato ; and, for mgsalf, I, tlko 1y son, nover know ‘Nortly, South, East, or Weat, but tho- Union ouo and indivisiblo, Tettha paat be yast, and lot us pray for tho time wiion ¥ Pescaon oarth, good will to nien,” shall bo tho universal song, 1 Lrust tho apldomlo may not reach yon this yenr, Dut thiat the destroying angel 1nay sy, it is euoiigh,’ ¥ith dooy regad, your friemd, " Hanmtree A, Woobnure, ‘The Last of tho Brond Guuge in Enw iy gland, The London Telgraph of tho 24th ult. says: “0u Fridny last tho Groat Westorn liatlway Gon pany began o combined and_carofully-organized oporation for couverting thoir Bouthwostorn linoy from tho broad to the narrow. gauge, and Land the eatire job sinished in threo days, Lho abnndonment of the gaugo, which way riiel's specind prido, and which 50 ong gavo the lino bo cangmocred 18 distinctive volobrity, hay boen'no- complishod 5o quiotly ns to oxeite fittlo notice. Siucs tho deyg whon tho « groab “battle of the _pauges’ was fought 80 flercoly m Pevlismentaxy commitico- roomy, and in Parlinment itsolf, a now gons tion bog nrisen which soarcely uudorstauds tho vehemonco of tho original: dikpute, for it is now muny yeurs siuoe, on gronnds of oconomy anong othors, the narrow gAuzo was loft to ramify it- sell wll over Eucland. That point settlod, tho spolition of the broad gungo in tho districts to sehicli it was coufined beenme 8 moro qitcation of time. Accordingly tho Greut Wastern proprio- tury some timo ngo rosolved to sot wsido o el capital for tho work of conversion, und it I inco beon parforwed by stages. Lo task for tho wouthweatorn .branches soous to have bean admirably mouaged, Late on 'Thurs. dny ovening oach stition-muslor gave o cortificnto that - his district was cloar of broad-gaugo rolling-utock tho lust traing of which arrived ot the Chippenhsm ond of tho linosbout midnight thoir work finally olosed, aud wero thon sout to appointed dopot, whero, wa s Bmo, the engines und corringos wilt be broken up. Lhe traius fafely shunted out of sight, an mmy of ouginears .and. platoloyors—2.000 1 number—descondott on tho spot and sot to work, iy dint of bivounching along theliua, und labor ing for soveutoon or eightoen hours out of the Lwonty-four, tho tnult waw gob through withoub biteh or accidont, ''ho result shows what can bo doue under prossura with such Industrisl ap- plinncos ns wo possess.' If the engineors alono woro {u ?\lefltlull. railways could ba constructed more quiokly and soundly, and theroforo moro chouply In tho lon thut in any othor run, throughout England vilizod countr; Albert Grant, Zondon Corresponence of the New York Times. Me, Albort Grunt would probably not. be thought vory much of on your sido ; but for an old vountry ho i sufllolontly mdvanced. A Gor- mun by birth, and a fow yoars ago u olork in morobant's oflice at & vory mnodost salary, he has rapldly rison to be ono of the grout fmuncinl wire-pullors of the Oity of London, has goba sout in Puris, sud is nowv building a maguiticont paluco at Kunuhuiwu for which tho Ducliess of Edwburg I euid to bo vainly sighing. Ono of hig most recont iuvostmonts was a pleturo of himsolf, with o loudatory blography, in Vanily Fabr, roprosouting him s a gon. tleman, Idonot know whothor this has had much offoct, but thore fe groat toronoss fn Lon- don au»t now nt tho succosaful auduoicy with whioh Mr, Grant has coutrived to oconneot hig namo with a sort of publio monument to himsotf, Lelcostor 8quaro Lins for somo yeury past been n divmul whdorness, surrounded with a fow broken stumps of railings, and adorned with a mutile atod #tatio of ono of tho Georges nn Liotaobck, horso and man having onch boen reduced to tho fragmont of a torso, Thore wore disputes between the ownor of tho ground and the rate payora as ta who shoul kullll it in ra- puirs, and so it was utterly neglocted till Mr. Grant waw his opportunity and camo to tho front, Ile bouglt tho square, hiay bad it lald out as protly garden, with a fountain, statios, and gl rmllng& and on ‘Thursdsy noxt ho s to prosent it to tho publio, Dosporato of- forts have boon made to induce the Princo of Wales to honor the ocoasion with his prea- onco, but tho Princo hns rofusoll, aud it Is not yot known whether By, Grant will nat bo left nlono In hia glory, Peoplo aro vory glad, of oourso, that aho square should bo put lu A de~ cont atnto, but thoy do not like to accopt the fa~ vor from Mr. Qraut, Dlacards have hoon jxsued annouucleg that tho coremouy will Includs n procossion of prompoctors roproscnting g valua in pald up oapitnl of $24,000,000 and odd, which haa a prosent ysiominal value of somo 4,000,000, 'Thon follows o list of aomo thie~ tyslx gompanios, inoluding tho Emma Bilyor Aino, Houth Aurora Bllyor Mining Compuny, Toiaila Goffao Compairy, and Various Chitioso, Uruguayan, Daraguayan, dapancso, and othor companion, * Bavniots,” 1t Is added, “ will ha supplied to any doputations roprosenting tho above companics who may attond the coremony," A story is told of Mr, Grant’s acutoness, which, if not truo, i perhaps chiatnetoristio. 1v 8 soid that whoen ho mado “P his mind to bocomo n emmfidnto for Kiddorminator (nno of the seats ot the onrpel trade), ha weut round to_the londing ynnufnctirors thore, confidentinlly, and fne formed then tht ho was furnishing & larga houso avd wonld buy their bept tarpets, Ho thus acquired the support of a large numbor of imlnom]nl electors, and also the commaud of the market. Ho lio gob tho seat aud cloared s good profit, MAKING HHAND-ORGANS. o Stroot Musiclons Buy Thesr duve Wnom Ke Prdred—Ehe Mysterics of the Mand= Orgaa. From tha New York Sun, On tho front of a dingy brick building at the boud of Ohncham: siroct, wonthior bosten and dim, hangs tho sign, * ond-Organs,” A ro- portor kaw the sigu yostordny, and wont in, Up ttwo flights of stalis, through tho low door to tho lolt, aud ho stood in the only land-organ manu-~ factory in tho United Stutes, Slanding oy -bonche, loaning over old organ boxore iinted, bofora lfisle stands, five mon woro ut \G#, It tho midilo of the room stood soveral old hand~ organs, On tho walls Lung littlo pattoray, num= bored and dingramed 3 iu the furihor cornor utood & wachine 7 or 8 root high, looking for all tho world like & (hrenlnln« maahine, **In tho propriator in?" asked tho roportor of the worluman noarost the door, Tha.. workman tmmed, pointed: toward the othor ond of the room, and went on cutting oub, Toug strips from o gront eliost of pastobonrd, Sittibyg on a low chair, with a tow tablo "bofors’ him, wn a short, stout, jolly-facod man, ovis dently » Gorman. On tho boush in front of him; monnted on two woodon rests; hung a wooden cylindor 16 inghoa Jong, porhinps, aud b Inohos in dinmeter, Ighiud tho cylinder was a small caso, a Tilliputlan typo enso, *contalulng thirty-si% littlo boxes, and” ovory little box: full of little bravs pine, : y *What do you chargo for a common-sized organ " nuked the roporter,. . 1t doponds ou tho kind,” anawered tho pro- rictor: “Ican muke you a flute organ, with wenty-four keys, to play nine tunes, ‘with a black walunt caso, for 100, If you' want an organ to play ten tunes I can make it for you for 810, An orgnu of this sizo will woigh twontys o to forty-uix koya, will cost you from 8150 ta 450, A side-show organ, to play nine ‘tunoa, with !le{ koys, thirly-live Lrass trampots, and Jlarge and pmall drums, ond trianglos, I can wake you for £2,000,” B B o . Whilo he was talkiug, the jolly littlo man eat -pegeing away nt the eyiindor boforo bifm, driviag [with n'little pairof pincliors, and Hattening them +with a Littlo light hammor, ¢ i " What aro you driving thoss pegs in thers for 7" aalked tie roportor, **"Thig is an ol oslinder, It was mado twon Lfi yoars ago,” ho answerad; “'thotunes that worgal the go thon don't draswy out the pounies worth n ‘cont now, I am putting now ones in it. I take the oylindor out aud pasto s sheot of cloan whita papor around it. hon I mark it for the tuucs, ond drive thodo Jittle pins in, and the thing is dono. It's very casy to do.” It looked vory onsy. The. eylinder wns cove ored with hundrods of little blrck lines, soma hinif.en inch long, ofhors. searcoly moro than a dot, The roporter asked how Lo knaw whero to draw tho linos, | *Iho tttlo man took a handful of the little pins out of his apron on bis lap, took a.fow dozons. moro out of hig mouth, got up aud bogsn to twn tho erank of u dismontlod organ that stood near. *You sep," snid he, ¥ & hand organ is made Iilco any common organ. It hes o bollows and pipes, and keys, Wlon you want to play on o church organ, yout push down on tho keys ; wher, you waut to play on a hand organ, you lift the itoys, You uso your fingord when you play on o church organ ; “thoso littlo brass ping nre the tiugers on a hund organ. You ‘see those little wiros that kaug down from tho onds of tha keya? ‘Well, overy time oue of thoso wires strikes cuos of tho bras pius, whon the oylinder s goin; round, tho koy is raised and tno noto is soundad 11 the brass pin is ono of thosoe long, ‘half-inch Lonos, tho koy stays up a good whilo, and tha notois a long one, If tho pin is just o littlo dot, the koy falls right back, "and ‘tho noto is sbort.” ¥ e ‘¢ But how do youImow whero to matk the cylinder tor the tunes?™ 5 ** 'Phat's a secret of tho trado,” anowared tha littlo man ; “*bue I guess Tll show you. You s00, tho oylindor Ia_covered with clean papor, and-all roady ; now I ang it by the iron rod that aticks out nt each end. Uhe: tune I want to marlk it for I play on tho koys, only [ pross the Leys down Instend of lifting thow, for I kuow what noiso they would make just as woll na if thoy did minke it. Every timo onoe of Lhoso little, wires strikes the oylindor it makes o littlo dent, 11 1 hoXd 1t down for a long note it makes s long marlk, for a short noto it makes just o dot, Then 1 go ovor tho marks with & pon” to make them plain, * Whon one tune is marked I go on with the next, Whou the tunes are all marked I put the pius in, a8 you see.” e “ 1ow do the orgau-grinders shanga from ona tuuo to huother whilo they ere playiug. in tho stewoty #” inquired the roportor, “ Yyory orgau,” rospoudod ho little man, plays from soven to ten tunce. This one I am warking on plays oight. 1o you seo these little grooves?" aud Lie pointed to ono end of the cyl« inder, whero a picco of the wood had boon loft, nhont 2 inchea loug aud 134 inches in diamoter, "Thoro wore cight liltle grooves around tho pro- Joction, **Whon tha amnn-qrinder wantg. to clmnge tho tuno ho lifts thav littlo spring, shoves the eylindor i or out one groove, and tho tune is chunged.” ‘¢ Ta my organ done yot ?". ‘Tho propriotor turned round. Tho volco wag from Jong slia, hungrs-looldng wa, drosed inarmy blue,with'a pnir of dark groen spootacles hiding hig eyes, who bad come in go quietly that nobody had uoticed him. “No, it’s not done yet,” said tho littlo many to-morrov it will be all reudy for you.” I'ho man in blue turued slowly round, fol hig way witha long stiok, found™ tho door, snd groped down tho dotl stairs. *That man,” anid the proprictor, “owns the organ ovor thore on the floor, Ho foll in the straot n woek ngo, snd his organ waa broken. 1o brought it hero to bo mended. He' was in {ho the snmo company that I was in in the army, A Dullet grazed pasod both of his oyos, and took ofF tho bridge of his noso. . Ho is totally blind, Ho only wanted the box of his orgen fixed, but Tam changing tho tunos for him, sud’ it shan't cout him a cout.” * Tlow long will i6 tnko you to change the tunes ?" askod the roporter. “ About throo dnys. Icharge 84 a tuns for ohnnging—somolimes &3, ou 3 larga organ.” « Whut is that machine fu tho cornor 7" “ That's o saloon organ. It belongs down horo in — stroot, 'Choy've gat tired of the old tunes, and aro golng to have a sot of 1ow onos. 1 mudo that muolino fiva yoars ago, and ot 2,000 for it, “Tint' nlong o for one sot of tunes. Tlow long do orguns gencrally lagt 7" asked the raporter, 4Ol bless your aoul,” snld tho litile man, ¥ five yomrs is no thno ab all for & hand organ. . Why, thora's many un organ traveling the streots that's boon used every day, weok in and weole out, for Lhe Insk thicky youts. " 'hat's just what Lills tho business, Thoy last too long. " ¢ ow many organs do you malo in o yoar " nalkod the reportor,” “ Well, from soventy-five to a hundred. When times nro hard, more mon have, to go grinding orguns, and thon the businoss 1 Lettor, I shul wmske a hundred this your."” 4+ What ought to make & profitablo businoss,"” “ No, it don't, Matorluls uro so high, that thoro's not very much proflt on organs, I liavo to do somo work iu ather branohes to make it pay. I make a grent many automatio fignres for teavoling shows, and_ropair 'most all kiuds of musical fnstramonts,” *I'hon there nro u hundred now organa turned logso to proy ou the publio ovory yont L + More theu that," ald tho littlo man, *Thiy in the unlf‘ hund organ manufactory in the coun. try, but thore is a firm ‘round in —— streot thng {fmporta them from France. They sell ahout ‘na many ovory yoar as I do, and sell” thom for the Huno prican" ¥ “lsen thoro fs no compotition 2" « No, uo cowpetition.” ** Cott any of your workmon mark the oyline dors for now tunow 7" * No, thora ara only Lwo mon on this' 8ide ot tho Attantio who can !mt tho tuties fn w oylindor —tual;n'r.m Wwho imports organs from Frauce aud mysolf, 5 g ""Ara thore many Qermans grinding organa " =4 No," respouded tho orgun-makor,” © the «rizfilum_rm nowely all Latluug aud old Amerigan, soldlory, Hivo pounds. - A parlor organ, with from twentys n pin bors ond s peg thero, straightening them ¢ S R v ¥ i