Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 27, 1874, Page 7

/INDIANS, The Michigan and Wisoonsln ¢ Redskins. Annudl 'Ropoxjts- of tho Various Agents, - * What Ias Deen Dono for tho Savages g Their Present Conditions Tho Removal of tho Wisconsin Winnebagocs to Nobraska. Unsatisfactory Rosults of the Meas- ure. ; Snectal Dispateh to Tha Chicaan Tyidune, WABUINGTON, Nov. 20,~The {ollowing raportn of Buporintondents and Agonts of Indinns wil accompany tho apnual roport of tho Hocrotary of tho Interior ¢ MICITIGAN AGENCY. Orrick 0¥ MICIIGAN INDIAY AoENcY,' 2 Laa1no, Aoyt 14, 14, Bm : T bave tho honor herowlth fo present my an- Dunl report of tho Michizan Indlun Agency for 1674, “Tlie statia and condilion of tho Indiane of this State have undergono. no partioular chonge since my last suunal roport, Tha roligious and civil dnstrumentale ities enguped in lhulrlm}vmvamcut in Christian clvile {zatfon nta Lo fow and feablo ta fnstify a ronsonablo expectation for any very murked hnprovemnent. dusply doplora tho fuct that {ho largest trit, viz.: Ottawas and Chippesras, aro vory tlonal facilitios, " Having no more treaty-funds with whiob (o mufntain echools among thiom, tlioy are rotvo. 5”‘""’?. tho matter of cducation, This, of course, arkons the proapect of tha coming goneratisn, and serlotsly afacts tliolr progres fn the calo of soclal and ebil well-betng, Thoir matorial prosperity; how- ever, i8 gradually ndvanciug, but {s not suhclent g yet Lo cunbls thom Lo mustin schools among thcm, o - 4 annuilies * to X ho lostitite of educa. this tribo_ havo coasod, Do gonoral ouumeraion of it hss been mads, 5o that I cannot dofinltely stato ita num- bor; but, from their geseral conditlon, I would judge tley ure gradually on the increiso, Thelr resorvations oro located in‘an exiremely healthy part of thg Blate, and no gonoral sicknoss or epidemlo s rovalled sinong thoin for many years, Thelr dwell- [5ge aro mostly quito comfortabls og-liouses, aud thoy ‘woar tho dress of vitizens, Tho patenting to_ thom of tholr lands hus_stimulatod them to laborand fmprova thielr farma, Their raligious advantages are Ugtter thon their oducationsl, "Tho Roman Gatholls and Methodist Cliurchios aro doing tho principal work in this regoard, OUIPPRWAS OF uflm‘;:“ BWAN CREEX, AND DLACE vz, This iribo js {ho most prosporous in every partionlar of clther of thoso -fn tho Statc, About one-halt of the tribo only retde on tho reservalin, Tho bolance reaide in soven or clght differont rettloments, where thoy bava pur- chaged londs, and are doing, 1 am of tho opinion, bot ter {n evary rospect than those located on tho restrva- tlon, This 18 owitg to the fact that thoy aro mora cone Uiguous 10, and have o benet of the examplo ofy the whites, Tho agricultural stallatics of this triboe for this year ghow o ot grutifying advauce beyond any pravious year, By apeciul upplicalion for o portion of the.r ed- ucational funds 1o Lo expended for eceds, catile, and farming tmplomunts, I was furnished with the weans of giviag thom the est aupnly of thoto urlcles ant spriug tlat thoy Lad ever had. 1 1ook great paius to suitably distributo theso smong them Just at tho timo requircd for putting in for o spring-crp, and tho re. suit Lus been very satisfustory, and T am convinced thut moncy thus expended for thom ls five trses moro advautage to them than it would boto bo put into their hands, T ar nearly conviucod that monvy dlse bursud to Indiana Is, on he wholo, o dumago (o tuen, In tho matter of school-fucliltics’ thoy ato very wetl furnlshed, The tribo Ja ncarly nll Prolestant dn Taith, and under tho misstonary card of the Motliodist 2ply- copal Church, TLey are a peaceablo and luw-ablding elazs of citizens, gradually rising (o a better und hih- er condition i fntelligence aud respectnbility, Ay of them uro men of sterliug Clriatan fulogrity, ¢ TIOZ CHITPEWAS UF LAXE SUPERIOR arolocated on thelr reservalion, which fa on tho Upper Poninsuta of o State, and on ithor shiore of Kawee- now Luy. ‘They have a beautiful aud oxcellont tract of Inpd, furnisbing them good tsherics and agricaltural adviutages, They a0 a peaccable and improviug tribo of Indlaus, numbering atout 1,200, In religlous character thoy are about equally divided ‘betwoen the Catlolics and Methadists, Tho presgut cucration showe a vast improvement over tho tormer, oy buva two Government achools aud two misslons, During the month of July I maas an allotment of their lauds) as provied {n tho treaty of Sopt, 40, 1854, This pleascd them very much, and § thiuk will ol out extra cxerifons in the imyrovemont of thelr circum. .stanees, This full thoy roceive the lust of twouty une nual appropristions in monoy and goods, 5 In reviowing tho year, I can sve a considerable ae- .gree of progresa Lsa Loon attuiued n tha moral and ‘materiul condition of the Indians, Being vory muoh scattercd und fur romoved from ench other in their “scitlomeits, It In tmpossibla for g 1o ba with Lieon ua much ca I could if they wore collectod upon ono reser— vatlon, aud, tlo ¢letical ondition of iy oillce require Ing ny porsonal attention . (uot Lelug ailowed o clcxk?. T win Dot ablo to devole that persaual stiention-{o tnelt instruction that I could wish, and that T boueve would fislu x‘l(mu\ very uch lu improvement in tho arie of civ- zation, . For toriher partieniars; I yospectiully refor tomy statisticad report, Yery gespectfolly aubluitted, = v ronox I, Brrrs, a Unitod Glates Indiau Agent, Michiiin, *The Ton, Epw. ¥, Butra, Cummisalonor of Indisn Attulra, Washingtos, D, O, WISOONSIN AQENCIES, Unsiep Bratea INpUW AGXKOY, Jsnexa, Wis,, 8opt, 1, 1674, DrAn Sm: Tho followiug repors of this Agoucy, -m:‘ ll)l: year ending Aug, 81, 1873, i3 rospcotfuly sul stted & P statistes of th tribo havo not been completed, nd T cunyot thercfora veler to them 3 N ONEIDAS, Thsis tribe veeelves {rom the Govornment only $500 10 annuity snd about £1,000 in support of schools, snd lo. Agent Lua Leou ' ucauetomed give tiem liitds atiention, Thoir rescrvation s eon plotely surrounded by ‘wlites, A large por- Hop ~of -thom mpesk Eughsh, and many of them Liave good farms, As tribe, they aro ltke oys 16 or 17 yoars old 3 they know to mich to bo [udiaus and too litbia to be wito peoplo, Twa Jmpor- tagt changea o8 least sbould Lo mado: Thoir govern- ‘ment by Emdmry chicta shonld be superscded by ome aimplo but strong systom, and thelr lands ahoul ‘be allotted to individuuls of tho tribo, Liow to uccom- plih thesa Uinge without thoald of corrupt pollt Huns, -or vesorting 0 tho uaual base artifices, 1 have boon-unable to dotormine, Memoers of the tribo hava ontinued to eat and market lirga quintities of wuod snd timber withous much benctit o themsclves, since Wiy huve been extensively swindled by purchsors, \nd bsv duvested 4 lazgo {ractlon of tho proseods i mhisky, Tho late decleion of tho Unitod States Su- preme Court 10 tho Cook case has ohockod tiifa busi- Be:s, aud it Is 0 bo hoped that tho Dupurtment will stop’ 1t cotirely. If individuals ato to e allowed Lo cut snd market timber, momo system saould ba dovicod by which tho tribo shull rocelve puy lor tho standlug timber, A divislon of Jands wil cor- “vect tois cvll, 3 Thu two schools asid missions under the Moy, E., A, Goodnouh, Eyducopal, and the Rov, B, W, Ford, Metli- DAlét, hava beon more than usually uccesstul, Tho combined olorta of tho feachers snd Agent hava avafiod t fucreaso the sitendance of the pupils aud tho Interest of the Indiuns in the subjoct of education, Tutemperauce has continucd to provafl, Tho Onel- doa ore os completely surrounded by grog-shops ua any Soutbern aty was by casthworks durlug the late War. Eifforts to suppress his evil will bo alluded to wider a soparate heud, Durlng the year I havo asked the Department to con- sider aud seitlo tha atatua of thoso Oneidus living on the reservation, called tho *homoless Iudlans,” uud -bope thut tho subject wil be taken up at an early sy, STOORBRIDOES, . Blost of thelr buelness hns ticen transacted by Con- ressiacy, aod Bpoclal Commissiouer Wells, of New .York, who lias mulo three visits (o the tribo durlug the year, I have not been able to sbut Iny oyos to yhot Bave scemed to me great wrongs 1ricticed tpon rion of (s Lribe, bt ke feit, (56 & would b ussless to raise my volco in thelr boblf, [n tbis connoction, s an Agent whose Leen accopted, respoctfully to submit that, for an Agent to perform kis duty intelligoutly and efficiently, .ba peeds to Le Informed of all tho corrospondence bad, or business dove, in connection with tuw tribes of *Agency, whetlier through private individuals, Special Commidsioners, ot Mewbers of Congress, ‘Tho scbiool tuughit by Mrs, J, Blugerland has been ~woll attended, aud the yuplls’ bave mude goud prog. rose, Tho it of Litiducas and hatmony iani(estud w tlio pcliool-room 18 in pleaslug contrast with 1L gol: * Bshinces nnd bitterncas that scem to roijgn whou the . slder poopls gatlier i tho samo paco for bushees, A lurgoaudition hus been madu to the mewborship af the Chiureh, nud it 18 probably no fault of Oalvin luat the frusta of tho Spirit aro no more munifost t \IuN.Ivu of many of tiess peoply who profess Chriutie ity ‘ikhy tonms and tools have been purcharcd by mom. hora of th tribe, sud moro Ground Liaw beew culiivaled Lap vaaul, Allow mie, goution hos MENOMONEES, Tha tribo needs more attention tan tho oftior tw e sty aheiss S SEOm s P T 1nd aro lesa adyanced {n what Is cominonly calicd ely! aation, "o farrer ne racd foFti Tudlans, upon 0 farm at Keeheus, about 200 bushels of corn, (U0 dusticls pmnru 80 tobs of hay, The corn and pofne loea wil) be dintributed among inembora of tho tribo lor seed next your, and tho unusunlly heavy crops fatsed will tend” (o 'siimulato tho Tudians (o & buiter “yaitfvation of thefr lands, 1o has dovoted 4t tho o o could o vislitug tho Lomes of th Tudiai, oachiug (hem ow to cuitivato {holr laud, caro for ek ook, atid build houses and fouces, 1n tha muin iy sppreciato this sorvice aud are snxlous (v jue rave, "l miller v gronnd svant. 5,000 bushels of graln, tawod 160,000 foot of lutber, and supersutended puts Wug 2,000,000 feot of logs fulo the river for tho il v for minrket, Tho tlll-site laa Leen seriously fn- Eueu I:Iy the works of tho Koslous Iwroveiuout onINY, "[16 Lisekemith roporla that ko hax shod 214 Lorecs and 60 oxon ; monded 09 chnd repalrad 100" guow, 62 trip hocs, 62 wngons, 01 sleds, 9 uloves, 0 axes, 8 bolls, .0 plows ; sot 37 wagon- tired? froncd 37 whillotroos, § nock-yokes, 8 ox-yokos 3 Datled 30 kottloa; mended 11 acythos ; froned 1 oultis vator, 23" rakon, B wigon-boxes, 1 wagon-tongue, 25 oW sledy; 8 now ttars 3. mnda 25 Ningom. 14 Kiiven a3 pan-lnhdies, 01 atovo-rade, 14 -wedgos, 60 linapn snd Btaplor, 160 syoars, R4 neodies, 45 acstlio-wodgos, 8 Neel-ribms, 190 cold-shects, |0 shovols, 104 tramimels nul!'u‘l;. H:lup-gnuuu. R4 clovinos, 20 drag-teoth, ond 2 cant-hooks, " oot gves 8 good 1doa of (o stato of udvanco- raout of the trtbe, Tho pbysician, who camo (ho lat of July, han hnd & Inrge numiber of vutients, sud Lns mot witl leas oppos silfon frdm tho medicine-men than was axpectod, ) taught by Aloxaudor Grignon and mnado 20 chaln-hooks . Tha to s Mes, I, B Blsyker, uvo boon amall, - All fforls of tho foachors and. Agont, fucluding n generous dis- tribution of clothiug und a soup-ditinor for the puplls, (o soguro a botter sitondance, woro unavailing, until, at'n ‘courcil held tho lnat_of June, tho words of tho Aucnl{ for Bomo reasun, pr~ Jcod suck sn Inpresaion upon tho Indiana thot' t.4 attondanco for July wus {lirea timea a8 largo aa hofors, I hope thatmy suo- cessor may huvo an opportunity to put iuto oxooution all the dovices Lo can origiuate for builling up schools, Tho Agency buildings nt Kashena Village, founded 11non tha sand, kavo liad stone foundntions put nuder {hom, and bave boou olhorwisa repairod, mostly by Indian lbor, Tlo plau hes boen naugneatod for permnnontly locating tlica Indiuns in u regular manner upon some of thelr est farmiug-land, To this end » road lias been survoyad and purtiully bullt, snd lots of 40 acrca ench Jald off upon jt. This scems to mo to Lo tho beak thing o be: dono for thfs triba nt tho prosent tme, Tho Indiang aro beginning to appraciato tho plan, aud 1 recomnend that s largo portion of thelr annuity- monoy bo used in’ moking roads upon acction-lnce and in afding them In making fsrmn along theso ronds, Oontrary fo th inclinativn of tho Ageut, clrcum= atances led bifm to carry ou tumboring oporations for tho Monomonces tho punt winter, - All tho work of bute ting, sawing, awamping, tesmiug, ecaling, and cooke ing, 'was donie by Meuomonees, ‘Tho milier wns’ the gniy whita poreeit it tho camp, Tho logy bave1iot ot Locn #old, but, If they bring u fair price, tho not pro- ceeils of tUo slonding pino will bo ovor §4 & thonsand, which is moro than tiriceits murket valuo, -1 hiave bos oo convorted to thio poliey of allowing these Indians to cut and market their own pino, and, in & soparata toport, shall urgo (at tho bueiness bo ‘conducted tho cominis sonson on un extousivo scale, and sinceraly Liopo thint 1o one man, nor sot of men, will bo allowsd to provent thls from Leluy dono. t tho beginuing of tho yeur I was hioplog to startn manuallubor schoos, but my oxperienco aud observas tion bava lod me to th conoluston thut it ls jmprag- tieablo for Protestants fo undorlake such on-entor- prise for this tribo, about twoeihlrds of whom aro Cathiolica, ensily and fully controlled by thelr pricsts, who would uaturally creafe opposition. T have, how- over, hud loga broupht to tho mill sultablo for muking Jumber for such bulidings as would be required, Thia tribo 8 slowly ndvancing from yoar to your by bufide ing_comfortublo block-bouecs, clearliig good land, ruising cattle, etc,, oud, if they can bo proteoted frem tlio whisky-scllers und pluo-thfoves that Lover around ttiom like birds of yrey, and too often huvo tho sym- patuyand support of men in bigh places, thoy will bow coino un induatrious aud valublo =logs of cltizous, INTEMPERANOE, 3 Bpecial offorts invo been mado to suppress this ovil, “Early in tho year I employod o detective, Lut Lo wag ot successful, 1 thun oltored o roward of $35 for oyi- deuce sufliclent to convlet, which secured oua cuse, By my own offorts, principaily, eloven persons havo beelt initicted for scliiug whisky to Indfans, - T'hreo of thieso Lavo ot Loen arrested by the Uuited Stato Marebal, Most of tho ottiers pleaded guilty, aud wero fincd $100 and imprisoned ono doy. -l cxtromo penalty in two sours” mprisonmiont aud £400 fn, ud T link thera should o minhoum penalty’ of -mot less thun _threa montus and $100, Publia opinion a8 roflcoted the - Grand and et Jurles, would sustain it Tue conduct of tho District Attornoy has discouragod mio vory mucn, At ove timo lie positively rolused to bring two good cases beforo the Grand Jury ; ho lns allowe.d peraons to go ut Iiberty on tholr owh recoguisanoa, and Lus boon tn- willng to ask for any beuvier penalty than boe Leen in- illcted. Tho churohos aud tomperaiica socroty amo tha Onefdue have L considerabla iniliouce for goo Ju this direction, and tho oliurts of tho Catlolic pricst hmoug the Menomonees liove been: Temarkably stc- ceesful, Ile, howover, thwarted the stiempts of the Agent and employos to'suppicimont i luboes by hold- {ug temperunce mootinga: ut {he council-uouso uud schiopl-liouse upon Sunduy, ., - 4 Tho 180 of tabicco swoitg tho Menowmonces hus boon discouruged, and * free Lybagco " bus Leen sbolished, + Allow 10 o' romarky’ 1n _couclusion, that my futlly ‘offorts to puniali certaln pine-thivves, 'ond to prevent tho oztortions of the Kesbena Improvemont Company, aro familiar o you, aud, while: 1 canuot refratn from oxpresaing my xegrt ot the courss thut baa been pursued, I am aware that tlis is not the pluce to dwell upon these topicy, Very reapectfully, > “T'ros, N, OlAsE, X 3 United Btutes Indian Agent, ‘Tho Ion, B, P, Smith, Oomnissiover Indian Auaivs, Orrioz o Tz UITED STATES INDIAN ACENDY, DBAYPIELD, Win, Aug. 29, 1874, the fol- g July Dean 8m 2 Thave ¢ho honor of suninlil fowing un tny uunual Toport for tho year eu 20, 1574 2 5 o a TATMENTS wero ‘made. to the Grind Portago Lands at Grand Tortage’ 0 Boplombir, at - which nt it was. oxpected (o -tcot 'the Dolso Fort bunds; but, owing to disafiections among tha Chfofe, & portion declined to et tao Agent ut tho desiguated time, The few, however, who camo were paid, aud tlelr proportion of sunuity-goods turned over to thamn 3 tho balonco or rosldiio in goods snd onoy was brougitt back to Duluth, whery tho goods wera placed i a warciouss subject’ to ardors, and tha Do~ rtmont notified, Tho Indfans of Rtod 'OIT, Lao du fiomboay, aud Bid ftivor, woro pald at Dad Rivor fu Heptombez, The Lo Qourte Oralllo Landa were patd Ju October on the'r rescrvaton, belug the frst yay~ ment ever mado on this reservition, Tho Fond du bonda were paid at Norman Station, on Northein Pacifio Rofiroad (within the rescrve), fn Novembor. Up to this time notuing Uad been heard from the Loleo Yorts, who had refused to como -to puyment at Grawd Portoge. In December I had planued fo stod & mescnger to call them, whou ‘a Toport came to:the Agent, throngh. tradars who. lud been inta thew country, thot (he Iudlons wers nat thou en thelr vercryo, but wete bunting, trapplug, oud f.Ling in or near the Canadian line, which put 10 rest ail hopo of gotting them thi Iater 0 tho sason. Un the 20th of January, 1874, T reoeived a dispatel from tho houorablo Commisslonor, calling my utton- tlon to the |lnrv1ug)cond£uml of tho Dojse Forta, Tat onco hastencd to Duluth, whero 1 found sbont fifty wouls bolonging to thesa bands campod about 3 milcs porthwest of o town, Qu makingan investigation, I found that thoy wore enpplicd with park sud- flour, hased with thefr own moncy, tho fruits, of the er’e bunting, I also learuod that others of these bands of Indians Wero then near {ho Canada liug, snd 1n 1o unusually destituta condition, and that tha star- vatfon ttory was manufaoimed out of whalo cloth dealgning Sudinduals, who aro oo well known 10 ne: mention. Messengers wero gont, however, i the di rectdon the Indiaus wero supposcd to be, calliog (liom o paymeat aud, on tUo 2uih day of Fobruary, they were pald at_ tho 'Bt, Louls River, 60 miles northweat of Duiuth, thus closing \ho snnunl payment for 187, The payments have Lecn spoken of by those who woro prescnt as being charactcrizod by lesa drinking aud sowdzlum of sy paymont over wads Lo tho Cllpposus of tho Luke; the gooda wero esid to bo of Lotler quality, snd 8urc it is thuy guve goncral fatisfuction, N nED oL, 5 = This Ferorvation I situated on tho shore of Lake Su- perlor, comMMORCING aba holut 3 millos north of Bay- Hold, und rusning uorth about 3 miles by about 1 wile dagp, or back trom e lake. Tuo Ageuey buildings belng located on this roserve, togetlier with the Gov- esum.nt aw-mill, furmer’s -Bouso, and carpentor and cooper shops, muia lted Oliff'ona of thie points on tho loke. Tho Indlauspf thig reserva’ huvo adopted tho white man’a mannor of ving; without a singlo excop- tion, Thoy -all dress, and 870 i bouses, up do {uo whifes, Tley zend tliolr cluldzen fo 8cliool, and most of thetn will worlr, and ork well, if tho work 13 pro- vided nnd they ead_gobyald for it They nek not for ligh wages, but are willing to worlk if & comfortable liviug 8 ussured, On tho Jst of Deoembor lust I was weited upon by tho Tudiaus of this rescrvo en masic, ‘Thoy luformed e that thelr women and chil- dyen weso starving, Many of them bad not eaten n_monthful uf food in tour _dsys, and nono of thiem had food for the next meal, I toid thewm I woald sce what could bo dons, Tinstuuted a thoroughin- veatigation, and found, ‘alus 1 (oo tru, thay bad uo no meat or Lread, Iatonco decided (o sot tuow Lo work, nd o Infarmed them that thoy werato go lnto the woods snd cut logs, for whieh T would pay tiem in rovisions, 'Thoy wenk to work, and T Inid the matter [iforo tbo Dputiment oo (he hoves of goling the necossary ausistanee, 1haldmy pian bofore tho Do- purttmont, and kxkad tho sum of $4,000 to start thia work, Lobiug in kino to ba able to refund out of tha tho profits of thelr labor, Tlils, at tlio end of Lwo months, wia denicd mo, and I found myself in dobt for tha aupplica I Bod_furnished, and o monoy. I could not stop, for the Indiana would starve; I could not go on for Want of moucy, I, bowever, undo ar- rungoments by which I wus ewabled to procedd, and tho Indians wore kopt at work, I was furnlshed the neces- sury supylics, or wliicl {ugrecd to pay Iumber on tho opeulng of navigation, ut tho rato of $3 for overy 1,000 fect, mfll-run, This'was a good ptice for tho nmber, ¥nd X feit And have had causo o foul unnkful almost dally #iuce, &8 no bappier and (mora] contontod people ovor Jived' than the Indine on thisresorve aluco tho lst of ~Decomber lust, I bave addod 0 feot of dack, msling ft tho most por- fect harbor on ' tho luke, Have uwilo a -toom at (o wnill, — feet In_ leigtl, putting in cribs and filling thom Wwith stone; huve bulilt a coopor and carpenter shop, boarding-house for tho men, snd e difioun] waroliduscs, beatdes furnianing all tho lnm- Dor requiced for Uad River, Grund Portago, and Rut Qllr, for bnilding Luusos, uiid this dono witiout luni- dling ono cent of movey, » ho goods wera furnished at fulr prices, aud tho lumber pald the bills, ‘Tuo apricditural depactmont fa in charga of I, O, Waker, who relioved Ar, Millisn 1o Apell, sud bus given hilroustisfacton, (e uoil 1y untndayfod touny Sory preat yesulte ; but 14 bu found awgple for gardes, apeelally for eniull vegetubioy, poluloos, uto, Oliered o reward of a goud Hult of clotlies foi: tha beat ardon, and Jearn that thls hud put lifo und netivity (o tho gardens of many Who horatoforo roceived tho ted to dow Jt upan M elony ground,¥ or est it uy soou a6 tho farmor's buck was turned, "Tho Tudians! gar- ‘ens are woll tonded, and are really handaowme, 'lio Oifefs of this resorve are huxdly kuown iu the affales of goverument; (hoy are siever commulted, wud, e “oxcoption of liead Ohicf-Uuftalo, o hurdly kuows, Duffalo, howoyer, takes au xctiva part in ull tho buelness of tho Agency, and i ono of the hardest-working Indine I lnve, 1 18 activo dn providing labor for his men, und uswally has from fivo to teu tncn at work, and from tho Jubor af bt owis hiawls bat accumulated quito s property cattiy, hoves, obc, nAD BIVER, This resorvation {8 eitunted in Avhland County, Wis- counln, 1yhng on hoih sidus of Bad Jiver from tho luko to 1ho Talw, w great pontlon bebug Umber 3 thero 1, Towover, quite w contldorablo tllavla Jaud” within its boundarye Ju fact, the only e Innd within the Agenoy 3 fowud o Jiul Biver's hivro wo il about 00 Hultle, Dbioots of aur Caritaw churity, fu that Loy ara poury witlnit uny of tho cemforts of eivilized iy, yob withln tho bousidury of “clyilfzation § they bunt, fsh und trap, bond Wielr Garueus, tuuko oy, eat, sleop, sud THE CHICAGO DMLY . TRIBUNE : FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 874, mmoka thelr pipon. A quloter and moro contented ;’Bfl]lh‘l can hardlybo found, I'or statistics of tho rming . nd otbor oporations, X would ask that il tables Liorowith transmaltted recoiva your atlontio, * Tho nioxt best rororvation 14 that ocoupled by tho LAQ COUITE OREILE DANDS, | nituatod fn tho inforior of Wiconstn, 1:d mifles east of Ttiiah Olty. Tho Umber in this Tesorvation was sdld by privato oontract in 1871 or 1872 but, through tho futorferenco of the Hon, E. P, Smith and tho Rov, Goorge Whipple, tho contrack wis nob_approvad intii tho partios contraoted to offor an additlonal £40,000 ; this, 3t was thought, was an atnplo sum, ond thio'tins ber hareod Into the hada” of lumbrrmon, who, as I wan {uformad by tho logaiug superintendont, cut Inat wintor about 14,000,000 foot, Tiio cantract runs tiven- ty yosrs st nn nnnual payment of $10,000 for fivo Y, aftor which $3,000 por year for fiftoon yoars, With s Judiclous oxponditura of tho monoy, "1t 15 thouglt this pum wilt put, thom o o solf-suyporting conditlon, Thoro had beon bitt Tittlo done in the way of atarting {hia pooplo in the way of ednoation, cf lention, or morslty, until my aerival n July, T er and farmor had beon_providod, and tho work com- menced t Lao ConrtoOrellio, Wo hava buflt quita n number of hotees: obo Achool-lioiiao, £50-story, 2txdI feat, and furn , stablo and warohousd ; and lisvo bought and_farnislicd snathior houag for school-purposes st Tabekwa-n-wal Villago, 18 nilles frotn tho Inke, This latter Lins nover boen openad for o actiaol, biit It 18 hoped wa will bo ablo o @ot u toacher this winter, Tho other houso ban beon opoiad sinco Decombor, and is now o flourisbing od It complota : chool, - ., . Aboiit 35 sores of timbor woro cloared and plowod Int fall for thiu spring, all_of which bas_boon under ciltlvation this scasom. Roada huve beetr aut ont ncrosw thio resérvo, bridges butilt, snd tho resorve put 10 shupo for active oporations thia next spring, whon it i8 Liopod tho embarzissments of tlo Jash year will have Veeu dong away with. ¥OXD DU LAG, Thls rercrvo is situated ou tho ‘North Paciflo Tail- rond, Junt west of the Junctlon witl thio Luke Shoro & Michigan Rationd 3 { bt of littls valus selde from tho thuber ; thorea_somo tillable land, howover, and {hls soason, Tam _Informed; tho Yudiana hovo ono nobls. Thoy, s ol the Tndfaus of this Agoncs, aupplicd with overything in tho way of scod, Itis estimuted that twics the amount of accd was furnished (s summeor over any preceding year, Theso Indisus aro within tho boundary of civilization ; they ara poor and vory suspioious, biving ad (roubic, first with tho railraad, thon with {bo_Agency and thio Deportmont ; and, when I nrrived, I found wome thirty or forty o tho young men ongaged in building houses; and cloar- ing {he timber off of a rortiou of Uad River Reserve,— thin, o8 T underatand from tho former Agent, for tho pucos of permanantly scitliug ioreon. Bippoeing B thiage hisd toon sottled, T did not. fiterfora e tll, coming to payment at Dad Rivor, Gen, Whitticsey, who was 11 atitendatce upen my peyrucat, and mysolf, had a talk with theso mon, when for tho firat ttino it was dlacovored that thoy lad uovor coueent- el to tomova o this reservo, permaiiently, but hud come Lsoauso tho former Agent had offered them bots for ygas an ihoy could ot olsowlioru, Lot onco dinchmaged tho mon nnd patd tiiom off, BIX weeks Inter thio Commissfonto appratao their land mot at Normon tatibn, on the reserve, whoro & lengthy counell was lield, at which I learned that thoy bad ~olthor nover given tholr cousont af all, or, i1 thoy had, it waa dono tirough b freo uso of whiky (uot by the former Agent) or othier deceptions, ‘The matter was roported by miysolf and tho Board of Commissloners, who thoughit beat 1o postpono by furihier action for tho rosent, since which (ime notiing bns been done, with Lo oxcoption of thres or four *falks¥ with thio In- diane, in which 1t bus heon my ondenvor to impross thiem ‘with tho fuct that tholr coudition will bo much improved, and that thy Dopartument will bold thom to a fulthfol perfcrmance of thcir part of tho agreement, This removal should be oTocted, and tho Tndians atarted in tho way of improvoiuont, mentally, morally, sud physically.: : . FLAMDEAU DANDA, . * Thotr resorse fa situated fnMarathon County, Wis- cansin, sbout 180 milea north of Wausau, Tho Indiuns substat outiroly upon tho prococds of ther hunting fishing, nnd trapning, ‘Therojs no white settlemen witlahi 60 miles of thio reroiva, Thero aro no iouses or Agency bulliings on this reatevas fu fact, they havo nothing but fho land and the timber, and ‘such game o fikh a8 tio ood God sends thom, Loor, faoluted, neglectad, and fatgotten poopla! No misefounry Lins over raised bis volce within thefr hoarlugs uo Crois lun_gvor heen Liold up to thow 3 no Lacou-light hos avor beeh shown thls peoplo to Jéad them to o lovi Buvlor's urms. Ahont. 700 souls lving in the utmo durkness, degradation, and i, Bholl we let thom live, e, nnil 'be lodt, or will thin good und great Govern~ meht of aura cofna to the resoio 7 4 OBAND IORTAGY BANDS. This §4 the smailust Teacrye und most neods, Lelog sltuatod on tho north shord of Lako Superlor, abou 24 tulles hortheast of Diututh,—8o for north it hut ittie can ba dono 4n tho woy of farming, even though tho land would odimit tlereof, But much i8 not (o onset but- litts -land haa beon found that 18 relly worth tho clearing, except for the minorale. Thara {s auppotcd to ba somo coppor and silver wiibin o Loundary of ths rescreo, whora f8 hot positively known, ne tho Indiuna will ot roves o seoret, 1 havo bad, lawuver, gormo fair apcimo af ore hrought to me by the Tndluns, They Lave o Qatliolto chirel, school-hanse svarenunse, ani nioat of the Tndians live'tn comfortabla log houses, They sub- sis entirely from tholr Ashing; Lutuling, and tranying, snd tho Jtle ald the Ageut {8 enablod 0 give ihem, It was upon thin resorvo that I fried tho experimentof local Indinn government, Tielng compelled to remain thoro somo throo weeks longor than I expeetod, 1 fownd that whisky to soma extent hud_fonnd ils wn; into camp, and complaint Liad baen mado of mu rowdyinm among the young men. 1 instituted seareh, found sud deatroyed tha whisky {n presonco of tho Indina, pormiliag thom at my suggestion, to olect fiva polltemen, with ono Gaptain, who were commfs- aioned to keop the peace during the years to arrestand bring befors the Judges (throo old Ghlofs) any one charged with wisdomeanor, theft, or ofher infmical practicos, The threo old Ohlefs were constituted & Court, tho volco of tho majority ruling, who wero to Bear the avideaconnd pasé judgmont, bolng carcful to inflict no_bodily injury, The policemen wore uni- formed, and all’ wero commireionod and thoroughly intructed in thelr dutios, They wera proud, vory prond, of this distinction, and kont tho peace withoiit ntermiselon during our stay, snd I bave no canse to Teqret tha experiment siuce, A simifar axperiment will bo tried at Ited OUO snd Bad River this year, I41SE FORT BANDS, ‘whose roscrvation ig within {he 1terjor_of Minnesota, 160 miles northiest of Duluth, 15 0 fsolated, and with” i a district 80 diflioult of acceas, that 1t scoms sn im- poesibility to do anytling moro' than pay thom thefr annnitios, I bave, however, for tho first ‘tima in thelr urcd throe employes,—~Vlucksmith, farmer, who have been_ sont to Vermillion Lake "where a sehol-houso and o blacksinlth. this scason, shop tiave heon erccied and o sobool opened, Seed haf beon furnishied them, and nuite o farming interest lins ‘boen secured, Thoy'have n annual incomo {n monsy of 3,500, t:ouidos goods and provisons smple for.pres cat ncad, through treaty-stipulations mada i 1663, 5 .. EOLLOOLS, : Wove but two séhool, migorted entiely by Gor- crament : Grand Port: go and Red ONIL, Tho former is fanght by » Catholic, and §s n_every ‘way_satisfnc- tory, 80 far an I have been able t1 {uform mysclf, Tho Indiaus are well pleased with tho teachier, and I am in- clined to think that this school i doing s much good a8 apy day-school, You will undorstand that wy ex porience doea nat’ favorably {mpress we with day— lichools, ‘e otlier school, supported entirely by Gov= ernment, ia on Red O 'Rescrvo, 3 miles north of Buyflold, This school has prospered bLeyond ox- poctations, , Tho leachor 'has been falthful; overy - encouragemont has heen given him, and the scliool has reaclied degroo of prosperity boyond my expectati but fafthful mon uro iy domand, oo my teachor (M, Fiandors) has been culled to anatlier feld of abor, aucrely bocatisa I could 5ot pay bim o largo walury ODANAII MISSTON, on DA River Resorve, Ia an Industrial, agricultura), and boarding-sclivol for Loth soxes; §s supported al- most ontiely by tlio Presbyirian Bascd of, Torolga Miesions, sud 18 in chargs of tho Rev. I, Baird, us- sisted by most oxcollent assistonts, Twenty-five or twonty-alx boye and girls aro hoirded, clothod, and tauglt, for_which tho Government pays $381.60 per juarter, The balance of thislarge expenso da mot by tho Doard, _‘Thoy Lavo kept up a day-achodl all tho sear, snd & groat, poridon of tue tim o night-schaol, 3l of which bavo prosrered, ond aro indeed tha foyn’ tain of clvlization within tils Agoncy, - Wa can poiut witl pride to our Odanal Misslon, (Ste snecial recom- mendation nccompanylng this_roport, and mnde part theroof; also report of tho Ry, L 'Baird, Buperin- tendent,. O Rotomber wo worn enabled 1o commentafho schiool at Lac Courto Oreille, beingt tho first attempt evor mado for those Iudfans, Tho school, undor vx- cellonk Mra, Holty—a ludy fitted for the ovorous, frk- some, und Jaborious work of o misslonary among the Indinua,—was opened, and, by bnrd work and closo nflpllr:nllmx. Kiudness, and 'ber Iudylike deportment shosoon gccured the' confidence of tho Indfans, und her schiool was so0n filled up+ oud swhion T visited the reaervo, in Murch, many of hor scholirs could read anywhero in tho Firet Keader without difliculty, Lus showing what cun be done, This echool i suparted entirely froin the procecds of the salo of thelr tunber, - In March last wo hind w0 far progresscd with air operations for tho Bolso Fort bands that o sehool was opened at Veimiltion Lako, Progress connot bu zo- portud for want of Suformaifon, : UECONMENDATIONS, In viow of the near oxpiration of (ho treaty of 1834 I would respectfully suggest thut o Gommission Lo uu- thorized by Congress, or tho Dopurtment, o visit this Agency for tho purnca of instiiuting fuquiry fato tho Dueds and domands of theso Indlana; aud, aa the Indians clafm, with somo degrop of ustice, Irge ar- Toatages on -aceount of okl tromids, oto, I would Focomtiend that o sutas aproprtatiobs fof t come ini sear bo made, ‘Tho littly that Lua beon guiued fu thoir progress towards clvillzation wonld bo lost wero they left without {his guardiun care of tho Covern- ment, In addition, I would respeotfully rocomniend that an amount equal to $2,600 for cuch reservation bo spproprinted for Jabor, to bs exponded s the Honora. blo Buceotary auuy (LAK proper b Curululing laber to the Indiutw, An approprintlon of at least $1,000, in addition to that already provided for, for school aud educational urposes o Bad Liver Hoservo, I8 recom- mended, - ‘Ll lurgo amount of olfico-business necesary i complotfug papors and_reports for tho Dopartmiont, guaued by Lo wyatem b civitzation Dow being pract ticed,—that in, {u_furnfsbing labor to the Indlans,—~ nocessltates this appointment of s clork for thf Agency, abua annual eatary of not lovs thian 31,500, §t fa hopod hin want, will be supplled withou? furthor wards, This Agoucy is litcrully a Superiuteudency, and cer: {afly “zequired tho ., fucllles for poiforialug i Art. 2, Bee. 7, Teeaty of 1854, provides tliat eaoh head of a fanily, or’ kinglo nerson over 21 yeurs of sy, of tho ubxend bloods, shiall Lo entitlud ta 50 cres of lupd, It {8 ulso provitled, by Art, 9, that esch boad of o fam 31y, or sliglo poraon over 3t years of age, shull bo en= uitlud 10 80 ucres of lund, ta'bo selacted by themsolvea under (o disection of tho Presdent, In viow of thosa urticlos, 1 would respectfully rocome metd that a competent person from tho Laud Division of the Tudisn Burewi bo dosfyauted ta visit (s Agoucy for tho purposs of ussliguiug, (0 thows Who Ao pro- e Lo Tecelyo wnt tako euro of (11,] 0 ucres of liud, and that patents Lo texued accorilngly, Att, 0, Treaty of 1854, provides thut nn examination shull be made, und_ ol sims found Lo be due the In- dlaus on secolwt o€ former trentios shall by padd usihe Ohlefs muy divect, I would recommsent! vt u dolegu= tion of Chicts " bo allawed to viait \, anliglon with a viow of Laving this watter debuftoly sotlied, This ls ono of 1o principal priovances, and cortaluly descrves tho atlention of the Dopartment, MULCELL LuR, Tha firo which destroged {ho ofllco and warchouns st Daytield, Juno 4, 1871, occaeloncd bt lttlo lows to tho Government, us moat of the poodn and furnlturo ‘wora savad, homa of them, Lowaver, damiaged, Tho hanil-loom onterpris of Jast summior has not rruvnd sll it “might have beon," in cousoyquento of ho finperfeot condltion In which it was loft by tho ontleuu n ohargo, Throo looms Were put up, but mporteolly, ar lofl witiout sy ono knowlug er- feolly tlio todus oporandl, or how {lioyshonld bo worked (o ndvaninzo. About 8300 ‘of tiio 81,600 propriated for thle exporinient wus uged in paying the Balary of the goutlomun who liad chargo of tho intro. duction, lsaving but & small amount for the purchasy of matotal and fnatruction of tho Indinn women, I lavo givon this brauch of (bo Work lito the handa of the mflmuqmnple at Ocdanab, whoto, if any placo, ‘1t oan bo macle succesful, : Thio lumbor oporations, with facts and figures, will bo mada the aubjeat of. a'special roport, With regard (o tho Fond du Lacremoval, T have but Mitlo to ssy, Tho_Iudions ara detormiuod to remnin where thoy are, My own opinlon i8 this : thot tho should be given to undoistand Just what the Dopart ment intends to do, If they aro 1ot to bo held by the formor agreoment, I would rocommond that a largo Portion of thele rokorvo b, sold after An lg;phlnnmunt, and that tho proocods bo expouded iu providing nchools and furnlsting bouses, &o,, &o,, for tho In- diuns who Iive on or noar tho roderve, Tho lnmbeau band should bo induced to removo ta Dad River, under act of Congress passed somo yoars nince, nnd thir roserve sppralsed and sold for thelr bonetit, T would respeotfully call your atteniion to tho repors of employon, statistica of farming, education, olo,, i« clossd, kud pinde part of thig roport, Thahlkivg you for past favors, and expresaing s hopa thay tho poaco policy moy bo contiuued L fts sncossatul altort to oduiesto and Chiristianizo a poor, ignorant, and denpisad race, I sm, with great resprot, your most'oboe dicut sorvant 2 1, L, Marax, United Blates Indian Agent. ‘Tho I, 1, I, Ssuzar, Cownilesioucr Iudlan Affairs, Washinglon, D. G, § TIE WINNEDAGOES. Cougross, somathing more than o year ago, n‘pnropdnmfl $25,000 to scouro the romoval of tlio nomadic Winuebagoes of Wiscousin Lo gomo Indion resorvation. Soveral monthe were ro- Buixml to discover a location for thom, and to ud 5 tribo that would nocept them o4 associatos. When both thoso objacty wore securad, a show of Fedoral bayonots was found necossary tocon= vinco tho Wiunocbagoes that tho. Governmont monnt somothing, and that the pooplo of Wis- coustn wero tirod of their thioving ways, T lor Bradloy, United Statos Indian Agont in Ne- braskn, iu Lis aunusl ropore to the Seoretdrv of tho Iutoror, tolls, what lne como of this ro- moval, Mr. Taylor says: < That porlion of the tribe known s tho Wisconsin Wiuncbagoes, who wera romoyed Lero lask winter, Duve boeu tho meuna of rolardlug clvilization in the triby to a very great oxtent, ¥rom tho moment of thielr arrivul thoy uct up the cry of dissatifuction, and have kopt 1t up until thoy huva unsoltled and demorale izod a numbor of the youny mon of the reservation, or Nobruska Indians, who previously lind taken some stops toward Industry and solC.aupport, and buvo fu- ducod oovoutoon of {lieso to retura with tom to Wis~ consin. Moro than®ono-holf of tho Wisconsing ro- moved bero last winfer havo returned to that Btnto within tho laac four monthe. On tho 19th day of Inst Fifthmontls T rocolved notico that s Special Agent, in the person of D, H. Bon, Iind been nppointed to'ald moin reiafuiug theso Indiana upon thin reservation, aud to provido for their comfort, and_also to asslst mo in advaciny thom in (ho arts of civilization, A quans tity of clotbing, blankots, shoc, ele, lind heen pro- vided by the Department for their beneft, which tho largor partion of tho Indiana rofusod to accopt, claim. ing that thioy had beon promised muck more, 'Speclal Agont Bon urgod tho necossily of dssuing tio gooda to thioas who were willlug to remniu, in order to ke them tho botter contented, I reluctantly cousented (knowing thelr fufidelity) ; asud tho result 1¥, that many who received yoods have icft the rescrvation, notwitli- stunding ull our eiforts to reluin tiem, A portion of tho Wisconsin Indiuns who wera removed aro at work on their laud, doing whot they can with the meaus at band towurd moking - nomes for thomselves, ond de- servo tho favor of Lo Governmont, Provious to ny sssumiiug charge’ here, n mumber of Winuebagoes from Minncsota, moatly hait-bloods wha had becomo eltizens and recelved tlieir propuction of tho tribal fund, had come among tho tribs, Tholr in- Suonco with tho Indinns was bad, and T feoquoutly ro. quested thom to leave, without offect, I then noiified the Department of tacir unlawful presenco hore, and rocoived nuthority to bave (lem cemoved, which I Lave done, and hope now to banble to kecp cloar of thoir contuminating influcnce, 1t s my opinion that, it the Winnobngo Indians aro %opt undcr the curo of 'somo_religiaus denomination that will direct and protect thew in a straightforward courae, the timo fa not far distant when_tliey will be~ como sclf-sustalulng and tadopendent, 1 do nol think It would bo wiso polloy (o citizoniza thiom; a fuw might prosper under uchi aa arraugement, but the groster aumber would squuiidos tholr propirty nud Lacomia ponpers and vagrsnts, I bollsvo thers 18 now great roaon for enconrugermont, and, if oy can Lo lept utder the proper intluonces, aud_guided and directed Ly honeat officers, that iho timo will eoon como when they will be & proaperous and bappy people.. Very ro- spoctfuily, TATLON BRADLEY, Daited Btutos Indina Agent, Tho Ton, Edward P, Smith, Commisslonor of Iudian Allairs, Washington, D, G, “UEBER ALLEN GIPFELN." To the Editor of The Chicago Tribuna: Bm: I lucloso a translation of Gootho's “Uecber allon Glpfoln," which I made somo yoars go, but have never published, and in which I have endeavorod to follow the sonse and motro a4 closely us possiblo : O'er every mounta{n-peak Is rest, Wo breath of uir doth break On each crest ‘Thao stilineas now, The birds bavo hushod thelr song Ba pattent | eralong estest thou, I think, howover, that a porfect translation is {mnonstble, Cuxosgo, Nov. 23, 1874, A Monster in n Canadian RXiver, Fram the Araprior (Ont.) Review, On Friday lust, as Mr. R, Young, accompanted by two young ladies, was rowing in a boaton the Ottana, o littlo helow tho mouth of the Mad- owaskn, lio saw what sppeared to ko o ledgo of rocks ataading out of tho wator. Nover having observed anything of the kind in the same placs before, though famliar with tho spot, ko was curious to ascertaln what it was, Oo approach- ing the object for this purposo, it began to move, its prograss being sinuous and wavy, like that of o hugo kerpunt, whilp tho water slong its _courso was splaghed about in n way that scomed truly alarming, the wake it foft bohiud being liko that caused by an ordinary steamer, The mon- stor, for such it scemed, was about 15 feot long, and at its largost rin appoaraed to he about the stzo of & cummon but~ tor firkin, Mr. Youug, who had his ritle along, would Lave firod at tho crosturo had it not been for tho young lndies, who beeamo torrtfied, eaus- ing him at onco to pivo up the putsuit. Bince tho appearance of this mysterious visitant, many storics of Lugo snakes and othor monstors that bave from time to time bacn sgon [n the Ottawa havo been revived. Mr, Carmichacl, of tho Cal- wmot, talls of a snake which ho suw killed thoro about, forty years aga, which mensured 9 fook in longih, and hod & mano, Anothor report speaks of a snako 18 feet long, lulled somoe years ago at Portnge-du-Fort, ounwlilo speculation ia rifo as to tho naturo of the creature secn by Mr. Young, but as yot no ona hag beon ablo to givo any salisfuctory acoount of it. A, ZDMMERMAN, o sl diastibe b A Fightat Night in o River Ictween o San, a Dog, wnd n Deers - From the Crawford County (Mo.) Expreas, o loarny tho following from Mr. John T, Wright, of Heatla: Qu the night of tho 23d s, Mr. Robort Harrlson, wbo liven on_the Rober LEltiowt farm, near Hurrlyon's Mills, heard somo dogs choslng & door. Ia roso and wout Lo a point on the river whore Lo supl»oaml it would cross, but found ho bad ariived too Iato, an tho deor bad alrendy crossed. Ho heard anothor coming, however, and stepped bahind a troe to get n shot ut it It did not iako the wator..closo onongh for lum to sae it, and he ran to whero it liad jumped in and fired atits loud, all tho part vipible. "Ilo struck it, and s little dog that wus with him awam to tho gamo in tho middlo of the river, A florco contest epsued, in_which the dog. wa about to bo drowned, and Mr. Harrison plunged v to save his canlne auxilinry, Ho soon urrived on tho scona of sction, o imme~ dintely ** gathorod " it by tho iail and tried lo drown it, but fouud _that tho probubilitlos wore all fn favor of the deor. Theyall threo—dog, doer, and man—tloated down-strenm into shal low water, whero Mr, Harrison got foothold on tho bottom, whon he snccoaded in cutling it thront with n pockot-knifo., It was found that tho animal bud only been croagod in tho back of thenecl, and of courso dr, Harngon has tho lonor of sowing off victor in & sauguinary etrug- glo with an unwounded door, e Forty=nine Days Without Foods #rons the Mucomb (HMeLonough Ce., 114.) Journal, Thero occurred & doath near Industry, in this couuty, last wook, tho patjont living forty-nine dayy without isking any food or nourlsumeut, T'he person, & womun by tho namo of Nopor, has been for yours o firm ‘bellover in 8piritualism, und wag, Wo bolloye, o modium in that fuith, Bomething over two mouths ago she conccivod the iden tunt- #ho was posseused with au evil epitit, and that jt was necossary to starve it to death, Accordingly sbo bogan to abstain from food of any lind, She rofused all offars, and whon, aftor soveral days bad olupeed, aud from exhaustion, sho was confined to hor bed, uoighbors prepured tho must savory dishes, hops ing to tompt hor into eatlng ; still #ho uttorly ro- fused all offors, informing thom that sha was fod by a more appotising food thun the one thoy of- forod. Kho supposed that her strongih was mir- seulously kept up, aud in_this boliof, singulsr to relato, shelived within aday of two months with- am. lrlllyhu,'. and was sousiblo to the day of hor cath. o GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITAL. A Tallk with Sener—Hig Little Flec- tionoaying Difficulty. Virginia and Hor New Congressmon—(il- " herb Wolker and Hlis Ase pirations, Bret Harte's Impressions of the Southern States. Something About the General of . the Army. . From Our Oion Correspondent. g Wasnnazox, Nov, 29, 1874, Astrangor In a ponny-nowspaper office—it could not bovo been st Philadolpbis or Balti- more—was onoe surprised to seo that two por- sons who prosentod advertisomonts of doaths in tholr reepective familMos wors greeted by tho olork at tho countor with a hilarjous cry of “Ono ‘Afliction Sorol' And ono *Dearcat Jobnuy " # Graclons heavons!” he said, *‘do they mock emamity in this way?* But prosontly it was oxplnined that tho oxola- motions aforesaid wore ouly tho first worda of woll-known obitnary-pootry, shouted up tho pipes to tho priaters, to nccompany the death- notices, . * Bo of the fato afilictions. When wo hear the renctionary yoll of victory, and sco tho Robel goldlory eo jubllant, it ia only Dearost Johnny and his momontary Afiliction Bore. Withont a 11tlo pootry and bathos ho could mob well bo publicly intorred. Thia was suggonted to me by talking to . i BENER yoslerdny. Boner reprosonts the part of Visginia where tho mother of Wasbington lived and is burled, Frod- erlcksburg i tho chiof placo; Gnrrtot'sibarn, where Booth was shot, {8 in tho District; it con- tains moyo rulued churches, first families, old flolds gona to waste, aud immemorial fover-and- ague,than any Copgresslonal District in Amorlea. Itapans the Bay, and takes in Accomao, the home ot Wiee and Upshar, ond tho sont of the cam- paign of 'Capt. Bob Bhorty and tho Mackerel Bri- gado, Tho homes of the Lees, Musons, aud Washingtons, are in it, In short, everythiog of East Virginia abovo York Rivor {s in Sener's dis- trlck. . Jimmy Son¢r {a a pative, & Rebel war-corres- pondont, born thirty-sight yoars ago, in sight of the tomb of Washington's mothor, Ilo 18 & plamp littlo mun, with a smllo upon his faco, and his nearly-tlosed oyes are of very imporfeol sigbt. Thbat ho s o good follow can bo infarred from tho fact that Col. Beard,who formerly com- monded tho Ewghth New York Voluntoors, stumped his diwtrict for him, while stumping noighboriugdistr lots for Democrats,—sverything having beon ecleitio thora this year, Bonor i8 a gradiato of tho Untyorsity of Vir- ginfa, aud of Washington & Lee Law School, Electod to Congross in 1872, by a majorty of only 374 votes, ho mado a livoly and bustling campaign this yea s, and, in o district which gives 2,600 regular Democratio majority, was only beaton ' by violenco about as many vates as electod him. Yestorday I'snw Scner on the Avends, with Lhis noso donted, his faco tied up, bis trm in a sling, and one foot lame. ** Now,” sald I, **tell me about the fight.” “Oh! there's nothing," ho ewid, *‘oxcept theso bonds, Iwas munking a bot campaign with my opponent, Bov. Douglas, who had boen n Confedorate oflicer aud folt surly. At Kiug Willinm Court-House wo wore addressing tho crowd from tho front steps of a tavern. Both of us wero hurried, 28 wo bad t6 ga 6 miles niter speaking to catch a train on tho York River Itailrond. I eaw that thero wore rough clements around, and that Douglas wag sulliy. I took og- casion to epcak of James B, Deck and his enforced rotivemont from’ publio lifo, whon Douglas sald s +¢ [le didn't leavo that way. Is withdrow.' ‘1 corrected tho statemont : If he was sure, I was mistakon. 4 Coufiue, yourself to facts,’ Donglas. 4T alwaya do." * ¢ You bavan’t dono it ta-day.’ “Horo I gavo bim a Oat doninl, IMe roised a tumbler to throw at me, and I eaid, ‘If you throw that glays, I'll throw tlus ono.” “\Vao did “throw. It was in his own county, st bis bome, that I was spoakivg, Thoro wore soveral Kiog and Queen men thoro, looking dag- gors at mo. + Inatancly I was got upon, knocked ssnsoless, ~pitchad over the eud of tho steps, & distance of feet from tho ground, and fallon upon. Whoo L came to, my arm was broken in two places, and I was disabled for tho reat of the campaign. Douglas made right off to address another moot: mg, L}anvlng mo thore helpless. and I undorstand bo eaid ho_wished I had beon broken in tho hoad iuscend of tho arm.” Benor was of use, whila in Congreas, to very many Conservatives; Lut thoy generally rotain o recolleotion of theso favors, His assailsuts were not arrested. . Ho has, slnco tho olection, stopped his paper, of which bo was the editor, ob {;lndcriohfibm’g, and sold his faraiture au offcots there. Ineked him how the Domocrats in Virginia would bobave aftor they got to tucir own Con- BroEs, ©Well yon'll _see,” ho eaid. !*Nothing can control them. Thoy want oflice, aud bunger for it; ond, ss thore js a whole year to elapso beforo Lfm Oongress moote, they will throw off all disguises,” VINGINIA A THE LEADER. ' Thero has never becn any systomatle carpot- bagglng in Virginia: no flciitions obligations have been added to the public burdens thero ; aud tho bobavior of that Biato will, therafore, bo indieative of the vory best to be oxpeoted from tho Bouth. Benor knid ¢ *Thoy will sand juat two good men tothenext Congross: Randolph Tucker and J. L. Cabell, Tbo rost will do them no fiood.“ - Gilbert Watker and J. L. Cabell are tho two men of groat deportment in tho Virginia delega- tion,—both fino looking, grandiose, aititudiniz- g, % Walkor,” enid an onthueinstio Vieginlan to mo, to-day, “ia tho most populsr msn in tho Btuto of Virginia. If Dob Loo would get out of tho grave and run against hin, Walker would take the poople,” ¢ Why so 2 # Woll, the country-people and the young men all liko bim, The women do, univereally. Ie bhes splendid appearanco, flne mannors, goniali- ty, nnd copacity, A fow old politiciaus ~dislike Lis popularity ; but thoy cau do nothing to Liu- der it. The Yoto this yonr sattles thom, Oabell was a Confederate Colonel, tha brothor of the leading Profossor in the f!uhmn.y of Virginin; ho beat a native man, Thomas, with case, in the Danville District, Walkor's success in Km aroso from a foollsh. Ropublican division. Fadoral office-holder, Tush Burgoss, gathered tho Convontion against the regular Congrossman, Amblor Smith, who is only 27 yoars old. Smith bolied aud ran inde- poudenily. Walker ran in betwoon, ‘* You watch Walker,” eaid Soner, ™ Ho's n thin, showy man. After ho got's hore, ho'll want the nys and Moana Committos, or tho Prosldenoy, or somothing,” 5 Indeed, I am told by Walker's friends that thay do dot oxpoot him to bave the Speakarahip, but they do expect to putLim on the Natious tiokot for Vice-Prosident, Tho truth about Gilbort Walkor liea remots from ofthor Trejmllcc or prajgo, Fow porsons woro #o woll qualied to ploase the Virginia poople, Tho samoe tactics would have made stablo citizons jn their roepective Statos of Powell Clayton, R. K, Beott, and Adolbert Ames, ITo was & lukewarm Iltepublican, brought fur- ward by Gen. Mabiono sud Franklin Btoarus for dlffereut purposos; by the formor, to favor oxclaimed his ysilroad and internal _policv; by tho Intter, to raiso Ropublicanism ont of the dopthy of uogro-losguos wud Jncobin hmangues to which it “was radueed by Hunuieuct, and tho floree, roproesory policy of tho Woeilsos, Thoss mou \\’ollu, Tather and son, hike & number of Northern rottlors and politicisny in tho Bouth, are of that motile of onesty and candor that thoy dofoat Lonouty by autsgonizmg, on points of principle, tho vory pnnlrlu noediul to Lo won over, Walkor had not tho suvore prinoiple of (heso men, Ie fouud the way 8o casy to be wolcome, and the Blato ituolf so well girded up agulnst Bolivnlos of plundor, thst e never stumblod, Ho walked ,liko ono botwoon marblo walls, from nraiso to praiso, from placo to placo ; and ko 18 the only aaptura of any staturs, not tosay consge once, that the Bouth ins mado from the North elnce tho War, Thero 8 no way for Lalf-way mon in tho Bouth, All ronds out of tho orgauization load to the Domooraoy, Walkor wony to Norfolk at the oloso of tho War, to take clinrgo of & now Natlonal Bauk, Mobhone's raliroad torminated at Norfolk, Io Y’muuud Walkor upou Frank Stenros, the richost nfonlet in the Biate, au old Vermonter, who Lad morriod auccessivoly two native wivos, and who dotorminod to try tha Virgiulane wi:h soto- thing Northoro, mora raspoctabls than, thoy Lad boon usad to sooing, Walkor's fnce, specoh, and promisos, took the sveinge people, 1o beoamo Govornor on tho rulus of tho Rapublican party, which was thon rovivad by Judgo Hughos, & ig“nf firo-oating Rebel editor. Walkor Lolpod Ih:lxn v‘n{m‘s‘h H{ug‘hu!. nzu.l 10"&{ Gsmnz ralned 8t londor of tho party iu tho State to Unitod Btatoa mnmnn‘:lunlygu. be Thus Walker graduatos as s full-flodged Con- sorvativo Virgioian, 1ike Mulford, Jong tlie Unlon Commiselonor of 'Exohango, who resides in mond, like Ould, the Coufcdarnte Exchange- Commissionor.” fughos, tho Robol wiio taok u tho bauner of tho prm?- when Walkor laid it down, {8 on tho Bonok for ifo, Whnt porvarelty g:r‘l'lzuulu in man's corcer, ond tho lssue of Stoarns, who brmmht out Walker, dislilkos nm 88 a ronogado, Mahone, whio wag disappoiuted at Walkor's rofusal to ald his schomes, slso apoak of the palitician's Inguatitude, . Tut in [mlnlalunu thera Is no ingratitude, nor nay grati- udo, Their mottois that of tho City of Paxl s \nV'n m‘;“]';flf“ butwo nevrur Bmkl: » sudolph Luckor comes from tha vory Almn Bator of tho Confedorscy. Iois !’mf:yusor of Law at tho College of which Tobort E. Leo dtod tho Prosident. During the War bo was Attornoy- Genoral of Virginia, Iis homo la at Loxlngton, whero Loe and Jackson lic buried. Doverly Douglas 18 a country lawser, of rather congonlal habits, ITo was a Confederate Major, osud an orator in tho Confedorate Government, John T, Horris, tho_membor from the middle part of tho Valley of Virfimln, was a monibor of tho Amorican_Congrosa beforo tho War, of tho Confedorate Congress during the War, and he is wvoyw a Congrossman, IIo resides at u'nrrluh\lrm Jobn Guode, who beat Platt, Northern Ro- Y,ubllunn. in tho Norfollk District, was a mom- er of tho Confederato Congross, Mahone's Iawyer bofore thoy quarroled on mccount of Ma- lono’s flory temper, and Lo is & fine wpeakor, 1t Is gnid that ho will be the noxt Governor of Virginia. Platt, whom ho succoods. obtamed o great granito contract for tho Richmond quarry~ men to build the new Btato Dopartment. Gon. William Terry, who will reprosent tho monntein smn of Virginis, noxt to Tonucssoo, was a lebol Brigadior-Goneral, and at one timo, I bolieve, commandod tho Stouowall Brigado. Ho ltves at Wythovillo, Thus, all the delegation of tho Old Dominion is ronctionary,” oxcept Stowell, of Potorsburg, Norlhf{n Ropublican, who received & vory large majority. 1 agked nman to-day. who wae woll informod, and a Consnrvativo, whnt Virginia would gaiu by o chango of National pohtics. “ Nothing," ho anid, *‘except moro oflice- bolders. Everybody down our way is crazy for oftioal employment, Thero_is but ono poiut of polioy, and that tho wholo delogation ie pledged top—tho 0 on(np of tho Bt. James Niver & Kannwha Caual,” *“But that i o Fodoralist, not a State-Rights, moasuro,” Y Oh, pshaw ! A chango of parties willlead to no changos ef genoral policy. Look at this, from a_pampblet cireulatod all through Virginia by tho Midiaud Railway Company. it will show you the future policy of our Conservative poli- ticiaus, Thoy want to.have & pull at tho I'ed- on;} teat.” o Frasl 3 6 gave mo & book froshly published at Lynchburg, and it said ; **In the past, Virginia has elmply pormitted her more euergetic noighbors to outwit, as woll a8 outskiip her, in tho raco of prosperity and iznin. Her public mon were gonerally Blate- tights mep and etrict constructionists, 'T'hoso of other Etates wero willing, and did receive ald from the General- Governmont, and availed themaolves of evory means to succoed, and, though loss favorably located, adopted the views advanced by Washington, which led to their prosent prospority.” 8o a change of "dynasty morely mosus * Holp to the Soutl,—Fedoral Liolpl" ‘Walker is, bimsolf, ono of tho authors of tho polioy of Fedoral assumption of Stato dobts, Virginia has but one railrosd which psys ox- pouses und fa owned within hor borders,—that from the Potomac to Richmoud, DRET JARTE IN THE SOUTI. Tho poot rot Harto, tho moat folicitous ehort- atory writer since Hawthorn, has just rotmned frow the Soutt, whero Lie bas beon Jecturing at tlanta, Macon, Milledgevillo, and other places, His refined naturo and indiferonco to politica gives him some valuo as a critic of things below tholine of war, o ssid to mo: * Those poople bave suffared beyond any iden I have entertained, but I do not sco how the prosent generation is to recover, 1 nover got rid _of the ides that I was fo o forelgn country.; and. often, proceeding to talk with Bomo man Busormr in lus noighborhood, I found that we had no point of agreemont as to & primary prin- ciplo, Our very thoughts have been planted in ualiko oils, ~‘Entnrlnfi a comotery of theConfederato dend in -, 8aid Harto, ‘I was touched with this romarkable sigh over the portal: # ¢\Va moura our dead, Porkius aud Smith,” “1 callod my friend, the town-men's, atton- tion to the powerful contes: of Porkins and Bmith; and thon the matter was oxplained. They were o couplo of Yankees, looking out for something to epcculate in, and by that timo tho country kind beon picked clean ; eo they began to stic up tho impulses of patrio‘io bereavomout and orgauize Confederato comaterios, Yoor fol- lowsl “Thoy are in tha Infavcy of thar Lind of eharp-wittodness which has built up the riches of the North. « Their women of the suporior familics,” said Harto, *burpass ours in real intriosio strongth, and aro very fur superior to their mon, I nover beard such English spolon 28 at some of the privato houses I visiled, Proprioty without fig- 1dity, and & classical amiability, met me very fro- quently, At {he same tine, some of the littlo convenioncos, without which wo could not get along, ara wholly absent from housoholds other- \\gundvary porfect. Thoir cuisine might bo rem- edied. Georgin is a suporb State, with such latitude of olimate aud scovory that it rominded me of California. 1 sawesome views thore, atmospheric, florid, aud scenio, that I never saw gurpossed, Aud, in chaiacter, costumo, and that unamoloss aorial relation of Knoplo and things which makes eoffeots, the South is wuch bottor adapted to il- lustratlon in litoraturo than the North, *'\Vhy, at——, 28 Leat in tho botel, in that drowsy, satisfying oir, I felt that, if I were to stay thore a year, I would be just Jilce the rest or tha people, and waat to put my logs higher than muy hv.;;ul, and baudly talk, 50 much was the offort.” . Harte thought that one ovil of tho Bouth was tho surplus of political discussion. Tho press wae not enough & nows press, but redundant in controvorsy and polltical porsonality, He ulso thought the Northorn pcoplu were iguorant of tho South. *I'or my part,” bo sud, *I hud not the faintest idon of tho country.” Brot Harto bas cscapod from the cramps of Boston, and, in the larger latituds of Now Yorlk, hng recovered his spirits and the subtloty of art. o is now writing a novel, to be completed be- foro Now Yoar: and it ig rlready passing through the press st Hariford, No young writer las ‘boen more murnllnnnlrv annoyed by tho imitators of bin atylo, who, fallivg tosoll thoir pieces at his figure, boldly put Lt name to thom, and then claim that tho morits ot .tho imitations tloated the counterfeit, Litorature in this countty is moav, bocanso it is nowsy. 3 Ilarte Las a rofinomon{ as to things literary, to which bis laughlng manner does iujustico, o mokos no display. s shop s in his mnd, 1o is a glow and consclontious worler, aud littlo of a morchant in his wares. I toolchim to Ford’s Thentre, aud showed him the way Booth escapod by tho roar door, *' That will mako a groat soono in art somo day, won't it P" = #No," enid ho, " bocause thoro was nothing genuine 10 b, 1t was choap and fuluo, all the way through, Not tho fnintest tonch of real motivo posscesod it Tricky, sonsstioual, more. triclous, aud cowardly, a8 3% wag, it cannot b dignifed.” T also sob Enfinr A, Poo ag o story-toller bo- Jow Hawthorne, bacouse Poo aimed to possoss the superfcial omotions of mystery and terror, sud produco offocts below the ,digmity of o thoughtful and plous artist, . GEN, SHERMAN, ?un. Bhorman is fu thus city, looking thin and palo, It 18 a growing suporatition that ho will be tho nomiuoco of one party or tho other, though Lo sturdily says nay to both, Buill T know that his most intimato frionds, whilo they got no comfort from him n the prome {aon, havo nover abandonad tho idon of bringlug biw forward, intho oxtromity of ono purcy or tho other, a8 an indopoudont candidato, Domo- cratio by tradition, but tn support of the proge rous und libarulization alroady attalned. Bhorman bad to keep mua sorvants in Wash- ington, of whom ho gets rid of ouo-half in Bt Louls, Hosold his proporty here for a vory emall sum in oash, taking for the rest unim- provad roal eatalo in a more contral pars of the 7 city. Aalowas about to o, the crodll tho eako-baker who supplied 'i‘lffl dnlghlur‘?\rv'eg! ding lind 80 Wit'o dolicaoy that thoy garnisheod (ho bill, and would Lavo .attachod his proporty for it, lind not Lls wifa Loan tho negotintor and ku;z a ugjmrntn ostate, Y ho Catholiclem of tho Blhorman family it confined to tho fomaly branch, ‘Tho Goneral it nob o sootarian, and was- ronred in aflinity with iho Protostant Church, If ho was a Catholia, with his tomporamont and spoutanolty, thert would bo na conconltnant ahout it. 1 liavo bonrd Indica sny, who know Mra. Sher: mon bost, that aho aid sho would not roturn t¢ Waehinaton whilo her chilaren wore young and thelr minds unformod—* not If thoy would make tho Genoral Presidont, A gontlemnn told mo to-day that Shormnn 8ald, whon ho reaclied Bt, Louls, that hin furul turo was just asufliclont to furnian his houso, 4 And," he added, ‘It T had beon compellod ta buy wmoro, it would have bamporod me,” Qarm, —_— MISCELLANEQUS, Tho band played * Little Brown Jng" Prohibitory moeting in Worcestar, Mn-n? s —dAu Indiaua fasmor crawled under a corne erib and wopt whilo s daughtor marcled an ng. trm\%mur. i G - ~T1vo of the Alabama Congressmon wore na. sociated in tho Touth Alabama Roglmont of tha Counloderata sorvico, —Somo of the Ithodo Island people are talklng about President Robinson, of Brown Univorsity, to tako Bouator Spraguo's place, —A Jorsoy City lady lately shot a hackmar throngh u.u, hand for ovorcharging her, and 51;; Dow recoivos 100 congrasulatory lotters por —The Duluth Tribune eatablishment was gold ot Sher{fl’s salo on Wedaosday, sud 8 now the Emg:;gy of Mrs. Lorinda R. Hulburd, of —A good meal, it 18 snld, 18 sorved in o rostau. Inab m the Rua de Trinito, Paris, for 0 conts, Tho mouu comptises a plats of ment, & plate of vnggfnhlos, destert, and balf n bottlo of wine. —** What you beon a doin'?” asked n boy of bid plavmate, whom Lo saw coming out of tha houso '\\-nh tonrs in bis oyes, *‘I'vo boen g chingin’ o birch rod round my fathor,” was the suarlivg ropl{. —Col, W, 11, Mollistar, one of tho ploncors and woalthicst farmora of Culifornia, ia proposed a4 Lbo noxt Ropublican candidate for Governor of tuat Stato. " Ho is n mativo of Obio, and former rosident of Licking Conaty. —Whilo Capt, Drow, ageut, of the James Rivor line of stenmors, was sitting in his chair at City Poiut, Va., adny or twoago, loa siate of Pro« found sloop, Bomo rascal slolo out of bis mouth & sot of artilicial tooth. @ —Mivers, & man on trisl in Loencaator, N. 1, for mnm(u;,v 100 many women, is szidto have rematked that ho lind rathor serve s ronsonabl shurt term In tho Btato Prison than to Lve \\'Hg any ono of his tive wives. y —The Williams famuly is dostined to takd fully a8 largo o pluco in the now Congress ns tha Wnabburos did iu_times post, Alsbams, Delne ware, Indiana, Now York, aud Wisconsin eond ouo each, and Michigan tiwo—total, sevon. —Apropos of Nous Buhib, the' Paris Figara filvuu tho nccount ¢f a correspondont who repotta 0 hind an Interviow with that distinguielied Hine doo in Now York City, In Nana Balib's own draw. ing-room, ** in a littie house in Wall stroot.” —DBonstfnl Yoxns shoet: “We know soma men who take tleir pint s day, and some wha take thor quart, but to find o man whoso staud. ardis as high 0s o gallon is raro. Bhorman hus g meu who borsts of chambaring that quantity,” —'* Why do thoy eall tho poople who live in the South Sea Jslands *caunibaie ' asked an old Indy of a pmlor. * Decuuse u.\o,y live on othor peoplo,” auswored tho satlor, _ Then my sou-in-law must bo a canuibal,” said slio, pous sively, *“for lio lives on me." —A Mrs, Graut, who lives in Poll: County, Oregon, killed two deer rocently in one day, and a foiy days proyviouslv killed & vorvy large fok buclt. She haa kiltled cightoon deer siuco she rosded on tho Luckiumuto, and is one of tla mout successful shots iu that section of the country, —LDcople may deny, a8 thoy will, that thore's any spureclation of the huniorous fn snimaly, . but an Altoonn man swenis that ho saw o hroad grin ripple over the visngo of & hog at which ha Tiad thrown o huga bowlder, auly tahave it graza tho bruto and smash a $140 piato-glass window beyond, —A Snmlogu tombstono lifts up o warning vaice to single women in the fcllmvin;s monners “Emms, dau'r of Abrabam and Matilds G——, and wifo of Theodors S—, died Ang. 10, 1808, A5 26 yrs, lenving five obildron—marrlo too young agaivst Ler fathor's wiil. Single women, take warniug. —The Bcllglnn Journals montion the death, at the ago of 10 yoara and 11 months, of Frederia Vau do Kerkhove, & young painter of the most wondorful precocity. "Ho was a native of Bruges, ood had oxecutod not loss than 850 pictures, ~ Ik bLas boen proposed that thore should bo 8 public. oxhibition of his warka, 3 —Liverpool is oxperimonting with & now cuve for druukonness. ‘I'ho plan, suggestod by Mr, Gladstono, is to publish the uamos of thoss wha wero gcon in public druvk, Every Monday morning o list of tho public drunkards is pube lished in all tho daily papers, giving tho names and occupatious of tho transgressors in full. —A Trench journalist in search of information inquited of & man working in n vineyard which of the candidates was likoly to bo elected in that district, ** Well," said the Iaborer, * no one can toll, All that depends on tho vintage, 1f tha vintage is good the Conservauve will ba electod. But if people ars dissatisfied with the harvest tba Radical, who is against tho Govercment, will be chosen.” —Tho death (Nov, 4) {s annonncod ot Cracow of Count Andreas Zamoyakl, one of the richest proprictors of Poland. 1le was Ministor of the iulurlor in the Polish revolutionary goverument of 1831, Tu aftor years ha founded the Vistula Steamship Company, the Polish Land Debenturo Bauk, and tho Polish Agricuftuial Society. In 1863 ho was oxpellod from Y'oland by the Hussian Govoroment. —Wien old Bam Crowder, down in Pike, wag runniug for Justice ot the Peace, his wife, in au- ticipation of hovors in storo for hor, said: ** My dear, when sou get to bo Justico of tno Poace, what will 1 be?" *You," said old Bom, *why ou'll bo tho same old fool you slways was!™ T'bis is about what tho Denocrats would ssy to the Indepondents should thoy ask, *‘Inecsseofn Democratio victory, what wil we be ?"—Aevada aper. s E’A‘hu Ttalian journals of the 3d of Novomber aunounce the deuth, on the 27th of Octobor, o? Mgr. Limberti, Atchbishop of Florence, He lad dined at his villa'in company with M. Paciui, his cbamborlain, whon he was suddenly eo1zed with a shivering fit, and called for his cloak to wrap round mm, Shortly aftor ho ceased to speak, and in balf au hour wos dead. Thede~ consod prelato was born at Prato Julv 18, 1821, and was conscerated Archbishop of Florence in the catbedial of that city, by tho hauds of Pius IX, Au{:, 28, 1857, —Col. Isnac O, Pugh, and old citizen of De- oatur, and Iate Postmaster of tho city, died in that place on Thursday oveniog last, altor au i~ noss of sovoral weoks., Col. Pugh was widely aud favorably known throughout the State, hav- ing been o membor of tho Logislature and tilled othor importaut oflices. 1o also sorved In the Braok ITawk and Moxican Wars,and distingulahod himselt 2s Colouel of tha Yorty-firat Nlinola Volunteors in the lato War, entering the sorvico July 27, 1861, Lo was an ' origival Republican, ardout, enthusiastio, and patriotio, Io wars nenrly 6 yonrs of age ab tho timo of his death,-~ Slate Journal. ~Tho long-pending suit of the State of Mary- land ageinst tho Baltimoro & Ohlo Railroad Company tocompol tho payment by tho Com=~ pany in gold of tho fntorest ou tho loan made it y tho Biato was flunlly deoidod i the Supremo Court on Friday, The unauvimous opinion of this tribuual of finul resort was in favor of tho Coupnuy—that tho intorest can bo logally paid in ordinary eurrcucy, aud thut thoro ia no nu- thority in tho contract for ‘compolting paymont in gald, T'his confirms the provious decision in favor of tho railrond given by tho Marylund Court of Appoaly, ~Tho work for the prasorvation of the !:‘nlln of Bt. Anthony commenced noug too soon. ‘Lhie ongincors In chargo, as thoy have erograuxsed with the work of iilling up tho Nicollot Islaud ‘Munuel, havo met with soams fu tho thin over- Iaylug stratum of Limostone which would inovi- tably hayo caused tho destruotion of tho Falls it not filled up, Ouo was roackiod tho gfl.3r duy of an oxtromoly dangerous qunnwwx;lxmdd which, waa stoppod up with cousiderable dillloulty, It 1y bolloved that the work now balugdono s of £ thorough o obaractor that it wil pnm\nnnm.\[\( stop ol lonka in tho sholf of limostoua whiol liave horotoforo throatencd the disintegration of tho Falls.—Sl Paul Press, —A strango potato was found at Nunda, N. Y., recently, which the Dauville Adverfiser do- serives as follows ¢ “It was du‘; in that town, woighod about 8 pounds, and contaitied withiu it- ol o vory elngular thing, A atom-liko some- thing profruding from ouo end was seon to wove as it It bad life. ‘Tho potato was out open, and the stem was found to o the tmil of somothing insldo, which seemed to bo hal? potato aud hal? animal, 1t was about ay largo 83 & mouso, with u brown color, was shapod ko a potato, with fu- dontations like potnto eyes, and yot soomod to Lo composed of animal Llesh, and’ hod life and motion! No one had scou snythlug at all re« sombling ft. It was to bo takon to Boohostop and shown to selontlsle,”