Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1875, Page 4

4 THE RAILROAD CASES, Somo Extraordinary Affidavits with Reference to tho Illinois Buits, Tt Wonld feem that tho Commisstoners Are Folsting Bogus Cases on {tic Courts, A Batoh of “Agerieved Persons” Who Swear that Thoy Wero Nevor Injured. Anothor Intoresting Lotter from Tho Tribune's Decatur Corre- spondent, To the Editor of The Chicagn Trtbunet ¥ Decatun, Jil, Mares 10,—Zho Bons of Nail- road Commissioners of, this Stato have shown themsolyes grosaly incompotent to preparo tare ifs for the operation of tho different Illinois railroads, They have mado s bad law even moro pernicions in its effects by their mircrablo botch- ing. Their schedules of ratos will not boar tho slightest analyzation, Tho most cursory study shows that, §f enforced, they would destroy cun- petition, and the Commigsioners have, acknowl edging thoir own ineompetency, allowed thoentire sporaticna of all tho railroads in this Stato to bo carried on without regard to thelr own echedutes of “falrand reasonable rates.’ Int, as I inti- mated ino provious letter, something, they ade mitted, was duo from them ‘for deccacy'a sake.” I have a fow facta with regard to thin new department of IaLor entered upon by the Commissioners, which [trast Tne Trvonx will find epace to publish, Tho Commission hos cast tho Stale, since its argauization, €10,000 in salaries, and nenily €25.000 in office and Tegal expensor,—at the rato of 81,431.74 per month for the whole time. Tt 13 boliaved to havo contracted Nabilities amount- ing at tho loast to €25,000, maluly in attornoyy’ toss. WHAT HAS DEEN ACcoMPIARHCD Ly thia vast expenditure of monoy? What ben- efits havo accrued to tho Stato by reason of the exintorce of stich an expensive pieco of govern- mental machinery? What lias tho State to show, in fine, for'ita inveatmant? 16 will not tako long to tell. Tho Board bas waned tanita which aro ridicnlons, and, for practical purposes, aro not worth the paper on which they aro pub- lishod, It vas Juuketed around tho Stato, with no definite result except tho incurring of billa for travallng oxpenges; it has publisied volumi- nous reports, of no oarthiy value except to tho Vublic Printer; it bas inatituted suita “for de- canes's sake,” semarkable only for the indecency which has characterized their concoction. It-ia chietly with regard to tho proaecation of these nuite that tho Commlusioners baso their appeat to the public for further support. How uitorly groundless aro their claimg in this reapect is capable of domonstration. ‘THE RAILDOAD SUITR. Preacentiona havo been commenced against the Illinois Central, the Northwestorv, tho Cireago & Alton, the Toledo, Wabash é& Weatern, and tho Chicago, Burlington & Qniney Toada, Nono of theaa suits havo been decided. They havo, in every caso, been brought by the Board in tho namo of the People of the Stato; and the partion aggrieved havo, in almont ovary case, been discovered during, ome one or other of tho junkotivgs of (he Board about the state. Thoy areallfounded on o elmilar alleged state of fact—excews of chargea or extortion by the railway companies refcired to. Z have iuforma- tion with repaid to somo of thoxe cases, which shows how utterly farcical tho eutire lusinosa Is. THE MADISON COUNTY rAsER, Take the cases agninst tho Chicago & Alton Company, which are fairly illustrative of the whole, nit was brought, in November Jost, against tho Company, in Madison County. Thoro were nino counts in the declaration., Tso flrt, third, fourh, fifth, and. sixth counts = charced the Company wth having charged the firm of I, Poley & Co,, shippers, of Auburn, ex- tortionate ratea for shipping rai, and with having beon guilty of unjust discrimination ; tho gecond count ‘alleges that tho Company tharged extortionate rates for moving certain grain belonging to J. M. Branangh ; the seventh, cighth, and ninth counta cherge the Company with extorlion in collecting an excess of Jegnl passenger-fare from Matthow O'Connor, Joseph ‘Yrohly, and 13, H. Squires, whilo riding on the Chicago & Alton Ross, in Siadivon Connty, The Commissioners havo invored tho ald of ths courte to punish the railroad by mulcting it tin heavy tines on tho goneral complaint, Will it bo betiovod that not » sinyle one of thesa persons, for whose grievances the Commicsion- tra are so valiantly seoking redress by an ox- pendituro of the peoplo's money, Las any com— plaint or gifovance whatoverngainst tho Railroad Company ¢ and that the whole auit ia simply an indocent exhibition of activity on tho part of the Commussionsre,—simply, [ suppose, * for aleceney's sake." And yet, that such i# tho fact ia capable of proof to a demonstration, 1 will quote from some allidavits which I have seen, ROME EXTRAORDINARY A¥YFIDAVITS, E. Poley, of the firm of * E. Polay & Co," states, iu an afidavit dalud tho 1th of Tel- suary, 1875 5 Neither he, nor the firm of FE, Poley & Co,, of which he wana member at the time {he afd Coninieatoners railed on him an aforonald, evor entered any complaint before wai Mailrogd and Warchouso Commmbssloncrs, or ta any other person, of auy extortion, overcharge, or unjust discriminston th thu rates of freight charged on the shipments of gral, a+ svt forth tu the declaration aforesaid, Nor haa he, ortho firm of 1, Pooy & Co, requettod that any silt be prosecuted nyaiust the Chicago & Allon Railroad Company. Nor dova bo wish toappear in such aittt, nor any vimilor suit, aBacomplaining withers againel said Rastroad, Conipany, a» he does Dot complaly of cny extortion oF unjust discrimination, 6 Poley and J. J. by C0." Ane gcleveud parlioa” in tho é SIATTULW O'CONNOM, Tho following Ia an extract from an efdavit mado by the kamo Matthuw O'Connor, at Vuuico, en tho Lith of Fobrusry, 15753 And thia attiant further siatre that he wus not ro carried (aa alleged in the seventh count of the doce wsration) by the wald Raliroad Compauy (theyuhitcazo & Alten) upon or near the date nawed ‘in saldeeclara ton; that he has not pald sald Ratlroad Company tho aum therein named se en extortion or exccna over fhe rates established by law, nor has bo pald ny sum whatovay for such’ service as nated in acid declaration, And this afiant further states upon oath that Le hog never complained to the Hatl- road Commissioners of sald state, nor to uby other person whutsoover, of avy extortion, nor auy pilev= uuce, OF aLy cause Of complaint, sqainat ald Htafiroud Gompany¢ and the anid eult en brought as aforcenld was Lrought without his kuowledgs, aud by parties to him unknown, and agatust hiv wb, and not for tho purposs of redressing any of his gricvauces, JOREPH TROULY, — of Venico, also aworo to an aitidaviton the 10th of February, 1875, in which, after stating that he had never ridden as alleged au the decluras tion, he declares Nor has bo made any complaint before the Itullroad Commfujauers of the Slate of Lllinoly, nor auy othcr perwou whosoever, of any gricvaiicu, bur sty extor Nou practiced wud hin by said Ualiroad Company {the Chicago & Alton]; nor bas be sey cause of con- Walut aguinat sald Ralroxd Companys nor hasauy enit deen brought agaiust uaid Mailroad Company at hla ro. s|ueat, nor by Lie conrent, or upon bis complaint, or tor the redress of avy of ble grievances, RODENT P. MILLER, another of the “aggrieved partios," pivea forth equally certain sound in au altdavit sworn to by hin ou the 12th of Fobruary, 1876, +In it Lo utatous + And thle aMent suriher atates that the sald anit was ‘ot comincnced at bis request or upon hls complaiut ¢ that be bas never Souplained Uetore the Itellroad sloucre of sald blate, nor to any other pervon, of any overcharge or extortion, nor auy other wrong practiced upou lm by the snfd'Utaflroad Company {the Chicego & Alton}; nor tlocs te wish to appear ax a complining wituess against ald Company in auld ‘quit, as he Has bo causo of complaint, pad ult ‘eas uot brought to rodrous any of his grivvauces, BENJAMIN F, BQUIKES, of Nameoki, iu Sladison County, nla made an sfildavit on the 18th of February, 1975, tothe ef- fect that ho believes hunuclf to be the ©, 11, Nquirew” referred toiu the case, and procecds to. say, in terma womewhat similar tothe above, that the Chiesa & Alton Railroad Company buyo gever practived extortion upon him; that he hay uever complaived of suy extortion; that lie duos got wish to appear a4 ocmplaining witnens; that bis relations with the Compauy ollicom aro ndly; and, lastly, thas he never rode on tho cago d& Altun Hallrond. 3, M. URANAUOH, : she last of the ‘‘agerieved parties” in Madison County, that have ip such au oxtravrdinsry minus ited the sympathies of tho Hailroad Com+ nissiouera,—abo bavo boon “aggrioved,” an Bloliere’s tor geoise talxed picse, Withont know- she | hidden ing it,—statea, in the presance of a mitnens, Bn: rtantially tho ramo ad the othere, Ho las no complaint or grisvauco, THIt KAXQAMON COUNTY CASTA, In the casoa in Sangamon County, brought by the Commissiogers against the Chicago & Alton Rartroad, aflidavits siumilar to tho atovo have heen willingls ned by the parties who are nl- laged ta have been aggrieved. Tho Compaiy was charged with axtortion fn coblooting certain charges for transporting grain from Loravzv D, Daun and Wealey Counel, and in olareing ine: konger-rates in excess of tho sam fixed by law, frout William Durtlo, H.W, Ager, and Thomaa J, Nackolla, All those parties deny that thoy ver desired such suite instituted, aud are unuvimons in syneiting that they aro ignorant ef any “erjovanca” undor which they are supposed to ha laboring, LORTNZO 1. DANA ewenr, in bia attdavit dated the 2d of February, 1d7%, that, on the ebipments referred to in tho sit, thero was an exceca in weight of 142.02 ponnds, on whieh he haa patd no freight-charjces, nud that ho bag never been charged uninet, unfair, unreasousble, and ex.dtonate rates of toll,” and ngds: ‘This adisul would tho statn (hat the auit oo instituted agatnat the Ciierygo & Aton Railroad Conte pany Was not hrowzht upon his complaint ut Request, or to redrees avy of Its urinvanices, but var Inauituted Ly other parties, 10 this uillaut tinnowu, and sxaluet dls wich and tesire, ATant wand furition ataty that wlatticd ta the Railroad Comuntasia unjust diveran ita cn pakd alle uplatut, WESLEY COUNEHy of Wililamesille, in an aflidayit dated tho 3d of Vebraary, 1875, swears ¢ This Mant would further etato that esi snit wae commenced without his knowledga or cousent; thnt, previous to much contmencement of fald anit, he was uot consulted either Ly tha Kaliroad Commissioners of {ho Btate, nor by the attorneys acting for the People; that ho lias not catered complaintagainst the Chicago 2: Alton Rallrond Conmminy before rut Commiasionera, hor requeeiod Wat any euit Le instituted in bis behalf for the redyer gtiovanes sustained by him, WILLIAM DUNTL, of Chatham, iu his attidayit dated Feb, 2, 1875, swoarss This aMant would furthar atste that aad anit ao foetituted ns aforesald ngs: the Chicago & Alten Kaltroad Company to Fcover the penalty there claimed, waa not brought by Wis request or ipo his complnints that he has never complained to the Gorn- missioners of any overcharge, Be in said declaration tet forth in eaid court, nor requested tae fostituion of any nuit to recover the penalty, Thomas J. Nuckolls,of Anbura, and Ebenezor Hi. Ayer, of Spiingticld, signed attidavits cone taining a clause gitnilar to that quoted from tho allidavit of Mr, Burtic, on the th and sd days of February, 1875, respectively, Mr. Ayor further ards a clauso to the effect that he "has DO guieyanco nor cantsy of complaint agaimat eaid Rajlrond Company.” ‘he same kato of facts is probably tro in every cazo brought hy the Railroad Commission- ors pgainst the different companiune TUE COMMISSIONERS INDICTED, What, then, in tino, ta tho stato of facts I havo succeeded in proving? Init nota fatretatemoat ofthoacaso torny that tha present Board of Railroad Commiesioners aro convicted af an al- most criminal dierenard of the common princi- pilosa of honesty ; that they aro shown by tho record ta have trumped up fictitious cases againet railrond companies, aud to haye oxpond- ed tho people's money for the prosecation of suite which should never have beon commenced ? Is it not fa:r to hay that thera gantiemen bare robbed tha Pubho Wtenaury merely for tho purpozo of resting in the pnilic mind tho false impression that they wore doing needed service to the tate? How uttorly ridiculous it 19 for the Stato of Illinois ta como into court and demand heavy damazes to satiety the griovances of one of ils citizana, when tho citizen, on oath, declares ho bks not, avd never hay bad, the shadow of 6 griovanco of which to complain, aud he has nover complained, Ought not a oard that will perpetrate such a counumiate pieco of folly to be kicked out of doors forthwith ? ‘Tho Granger mind is prone to economy. Tow doca it like tho expeuditure of $75,000 for tho purpoes of obtaining redress for persona who do not know that they nro Injured, who steadily re- func to boliace that they nro.ond who ewoar that they aro not? It is not necessary, I think, to add another word on the anbject. VIxDEX, MINNESOTA, Both Farz and Court Ont—Mot Cofice for OnecotiiMing by a Sheriff—Keroe reno Cnininity=Not Silver, but fron Sulphate. Special Corresconidenee of The Chicnao Trityne, Sr, Pavt, Minu., March, 8—At Willmar, in Kandiyohi County, Friday night, a Justico’s jury of six merchants of that villago wae looked ap for the nizkt, after having twice reported to his Uonor tho Justice that they wero unablo to grec. Tho sult was about the owncrahip of a bucksaw ; refreshments bed been refased to the Jurors by the court; and from noon to midnight they had only water todrink. ‘This last waa a deprivation not to be borne, and tho jurors broke out of a window and oscaped. Saturday might thay wero brougnt into Court and severally fined $5 or £15, accoiding to the amount of coutompt in their oxplanations; so that the jury ia out, and tho Court waits o verdict, both indofinitely, Tho Minneapolis Zribune appears to havo really ovor-ostimated tha property of William 5. King, ip conuting bis possesgioua in Minno- spol at over €600,000, A part of tho city property described in tty lst is assossed to othor persons, and tho remainder’ ia valued at little moro than $100,000. A well-digger at Wastings flods the earth thoro frozetu 814 feat deap, a James tart, an ongineor ina milt at Toward Lage, throw n pot of boiling coffec, Saturday morning, into bila wife's face, Healding her badly, Uf Jaimca had not promptly tled, the neighbors would hayo tried and puuished him, without Judgocr Jury, 3 In Cambridge, Ieantt County, Friday, Deputy Bhorif? Smuh undertook to arrost Willam Kostermann, 2 retail doalor, on the churgo of theft, whon Soutermann resisted, wherenpon bmlth drew a rovolver and shot him through the bead, causing his instant, death. In Hareteld, Frockorn Connty, Thursdey night, tho explosion of a kerosene lamp caused tho burning of Christopher Eilison's houyo, the death of Diru. Eltison, aud vorious injury of tro chitdran, Ina barn in Kandlyoht Connty, ono night laet week, o cow wnsnttacled by rats, which ato a Lolo {n her btp large ouongh to hold a teacup, Tho suppored silver ore recently fount near Chesfor Crook, on tho Lake Superior & Misuis- eippt Railroad, proves to boa sulphate of iron, A 5-yenr-old eou of Mr. Kroeger, of Jancsvilio, Waseca County, while bolding a stick, 0 fowv days ago, for his brother to chop with an ax, had bis and cut quito off at tho base of the thumb, Lhero sro four now cascs of adultery on the District Court calendar for Wright County for tho March term. ‘The Intest ia that of Joseph Vlspenter, indicted on the confession of tho wife H ui) freron John Fispentar: Mortuuntely ght County. haa no dai! ra, or it might rival the fame of ‘Brooklyue ue I, i ————_____— Mount Davidson a Volcano. Yirainta (Nev) Enterprise, Leb, 21, Aconeiderablo yolumo of sioke ‘rolled up from the penk of Mount Davidson for some hours yestorday afteruoon, atlracting great ate tention in tho city, Crowds wora to be ween on ey- ery street gazing Intontly up at the summit of tho mountain, aud in pagelug theso tho words “Burning laya, clouds of aguos, and hot rocks,” Weso constantly beard. Tho wholo faco of tho mountain toward the -city being covered with snow, the column of smoke riving from Sta top and wafted off to tho south. ward wan strikingly volcano iu appearance, AH old residents wero of course aware that the smoke atogo fiom a fire built on the peak uf tho inountain by wome wasty of explorers who bad aucended tho eouthen face of the mountain, Where there is no snow, but strangora in the elty ond in the Jand gazed open-monthiod at tho awful phenamenon, Wo observed that our people, overywhero, wore tallsing of the eight as though it wan quite com 10D, 6H w Kenutne yolcanio eruption, ‘Choy wero culcntating the chauces, somo eald it might Leconic ko Lad that it would yct be neces. eary to vacate the town heforomorning. Others cited instances, tolling how 3, waa in 1807, when tho mountain smoked for ubont ux weeks befora the graud eruption occurred that swopt away all of tho middia portion of thatown, All of this conversation hada strango, foschfating intorout for the * pilgrim” ju our mid — — Matches to Come to an End, ‘Tho Paris currespondent of the Loudoun Daily News bus teen shown an apparatue which will probably sweep away the match trade, It [a called the electrical: (iuder-box, aud ia etal enough to be carried bie cgarcdso, Opening thiv box, you seo a platlouu wire stretched ‘Touching w spring, the wira reddeus ly to bght octgur, At will yon can wee Jato a tiny Beouce o iwesh of cotton eteoped in spirits of wine aad petroleum, which, tahing tire, docu ¢ervice ay a nurve'a lamp, ‘Tho eucy which heata tho wire isa very small electrical battery, set In’ action by tno touchiug of the spring,” ‘The trade rico of tho “electrical tinder-box" will bo half a fraue, or fivepeuce, lta inventor prowiess thut it witl Lo en economical wubntituco for the lucifer matea, THE: CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 18765.---TWELVE PAGES. —— = =—>————————Ee——e=———E—=———eEeEeeEE—E a —EESESSSE—SSES>ESESSS>S=E=E{E{]—e————EeeeeeeEEEEEo——E——————o——————E—E—E—Eo>——————————_—_—_—_— PITTSBURG. The Lahor-Troubles Approaching a Crisis. Colored Puddlers Taking tho Place of the White Ones, Riotous Demonstrations of tho Strikers wreMany Threats, but No Blooil- shed as Yet. Tho Qoal-Mining Diffoultlos—An Una- = venged Massacre—Faroical Logal Proceedings, dreeial Correspondence of The Chicano Tribune, Dorrsngre, Pa., dlarch 9.—During tho past week, our Isboretroubles Lave throatoned to coma to a crinia, ‘To puopla living outside of thia nection of the Biato, tho real oxtent of our induatriat pursuita can hardly bo known, or tho enffering that is entailed by the stoppago of our fron-milly. Durlug all theso months of a long, hard, and rolontiesa wintor, tho lium of our factories has been huehed, it is but o fair catimate to say that tho puddlera’ atrike, in this locality alone, throw out of employment over 20,000 men, nearly all of whom hayo families depending upou them for support; yet thera aro but about 3,790 puddlers amplosed in our mills, Taking a fair estimato of tho money tiny havo kept out of circulation in four montha past, it ts uot lesa than TSN aMLLION DOTLANS; and vow antmbor of ihe atrikers commenco to ery, ‘*Our families aro starving; wo cannot atand this much longer.” Our papers, without oxcoption, {havo advised tho men to Itston to rosxon,—to .go to work. ‘Lhey scornci tho advice, Tho loaders publicly stated that the Papors wero but the tools of tho capitalists,— wore bought up. ‘This is the mereat bunconibo, and nevor und the slightest foundation in fact. On the ove side, the mannfacturers hold thoir mootings openly, aud invited public ao.utiny. Thoy allowed reportors of tho press to soo their pay-rolle, costs of ora, freighta, coat of pig-iron, —evorsthing that would throw fight upon tho matter,—and lny the facts bofore the public. ‘That the strike has proved an unwiso one, ovonts Lave proven, THE comPRUssE offered by the manufacturers Inst fall, before the etriko waa inaugurated, was o fair ono, They proposed then to roduce but 1 per ton, tho card-rate,—siiding acalo having gono ont of existenco by iron falling below % cents, for which no sliding ecale had beon arranged. At that timo, $6.60 was belug paid for puddiing ; tho operators proporod to pay 25.50," Wo will take &0 or nothing,” was the boilors' reply. ‘Thera was (hen no chance for a compromiso, and the nian went out, throwiug out of work, not morcly 1,700 foolisl; persone, but over Gu,109 innecent ones, in various sections of-tha country. A FOOLIARDY ACTION. ‘Tho action of tho puddlors nt that timo shows it tohave been foollhurdy, ay subsequout aveuta proved. Instead of irou going up, as tho mon predicted, if went down, until to-day, when it gan bo boogit for 21-10, Yet tho strikers rofused te listen to anything. Take it at bost, tho manufacturers vow cannot afford to pay over @4.50 per ton for boiling, es tho prico for tho manutactured articlo would nat juatify them. I know further, from actual observation, that, should the men oven now conclude to jo towork, not over one-tuitd of thoir number wou'd tind employment, a4 there sro no orders ou Land at many of tho mills to start work on. COLORUE MEN TO THE FRONT. As months wore on, goma of the mills found ibincumbent upon therayolves to reauma opera- tiona; but they could not, and pay €6,60 per ton forbviling, without losing monoy. ‘Then came the offors from nearly overy part of this Rtato aud Ohio, offering to furnieh muck-bar at the rato of from 39 to S49 anton, Eveu at tho Iat- ter figure, this was choaper than the same could bo mado here, It ia needions to soy that firms having ordora on hand availed themseires of this opportunity, and notably Mersra. Lowis, Oliver & Philllps contracted for 4,000 tons,—rocelving tha same at tho rate of (0 tons per day, ‘Lhen tho “f{nvroting" process was put into opcera- tion, This is dono by making a box of muck dar, and filling tha game with serap, which, melted together, makes an excellent and durablo quality of iron. At Inet tho Pittsburg Holt Company received application from the colored puddle:e Ssaplerad. by tho Lredecar Iran Woras, of Richmond, Ya. These mon had beon thrown OUT oF wonkx, owing the depressed condition of the iron-trade. ‘They would como to this city and work for £4.50 perton, and, it fuer. did not giva satisfaction, their contracts could bo immodistely canceled. ‘fhe proposition of the men wns eccopted, and forty-eight of thom cameou. On Wednesday a emall squad arrived, andon Thuraday tho ro- malnder, Qu Tuesday uight tha Bolt Company oficinls notified their old puddiers that thoy must yaeate the dwellingy of the corporation, aa mon had been secured who would work. Thia raised conalderablo {udiguation, sod throata that the “d—d nagura wud niver work here,” from the old bands, It soemed very hard to driv out tho families of these men; #0 the Company cou- cluded to lot them stay, providing they behaved themnelves and vacated onough to give the com- Ing force honge-rvom. Yo this nestly all as- aented, A MoD, On Thursday the colored mon proceeded to work, and pitched in as mon would accustomed to the busivess. Vory soon aftor thelr arrival, o mob of ovor S00 atalers gathered on the seeno, and threatonod dire yongeauco,—thero boing, 18 might bo expected, many hot-hoated onos among them, Fortunately, somo wisa Lends were prose ent, and their counsel provailed, In tho interna between Tneeday and ‘'hursday, a detail of po- lico had heen furnished by the city tg tho Bolt Company, for protection of their works. Sheriff Aare was aleo on tho ground with a posse, and ho had asked Ciov, Hartranft for uasistance in cnso of an omergency. During ‘Lhursday aftor- noon all sorta of threats wero mado, aud foartul Tumors wero afloat, which caurod ‘TH MOST INTENSE LXCITEMENT throughout tho city. Gov, Hartranft had sent word that the militia should not be used until all othor forces for matutaining order had boen exhausted. Gen. Pearson had all proparationys made; but, fortunately, no ontbreak took placo. On Friday and Saturday o largo forco of puddiers Rathored around the works, but ail wak quiet, nother fores of colored men is to be brought ou, a8 thoy make a vory good quality of iron. 3INING TRODNLES, Trtho pudditors bave given us troublo, tho minora hove done likawlyo, Of all laboring elo- monts ina community, the miuiny iy tho worst. No doubt thoy hava grievances, but thay aro tao sol(-important. ‘bo average miner ia iguoraut aud uncouth, He assumes no argument but forea, Of all tho classes in Alloghcuy and Wext- woreland Ovunties, the mining clement ix tho most lawless and worst to coutrol, 'Thoy have au utter disregard for Inw, and they imagine that nothing inthe world cau bo carnod ou without the coal-minor. 8 Last fa!], whon tho miners had been on a pro- longed strike, some of the Pan-ifandle opera- tore cmployed Italiana to take thelr placos, but they could not bo placed at work until epring, Fiald-muskets woro piace iu their bends, and this in the Koystono Btato. 4 LLOT ON THE PAGK of tho history of our Conuoonwoalth bas boon qaado by the minors of tuia section of thu Bate. Last fall, Charlea Armstrong's men struck and guit Lie pila, Hin imines aro located on tho oughisgheny River, in Wostmoreland County, on the line of Allogueny, .2lr, Armutrong ci cluded be would try Italiuns, and 60 cngayed 1’ of thoxe men to yo work tur hin, iu charge of one Guscstti, who was to ac ea = Buperptendent and {utorpreter. Before tho arrival of the meu, out fhreats were made that these " forelgucia" should not ba allowed to work, Ir. Anuetroug Wav furnisl tho protection of one Deputy Shoriif frou Weatmorolaud County, Beareely had his men been housed when ting commonced froin tho Allugheny side of the river. For welt. protection, Armutrong armod hiv Tlalias, and placed in their hands Apringweld rifles, bought y bimslf for the protection of his own prap- erly, Au order camo, after » consultation bu- twoan tho Sheri. of thy two counties, that Armutroug should divarm hia men, aud thon all would be well, In accordauco with this and a prowixe of protection, the arns were taken from ae bands of tho diabans and left ia the store. use. & TENUILLE TRAGEDY, After the men had laid away thelr arms, the firiug continued from tho Allegheay County sido; but the Ituliaus opt quict, On Saturday night, tho 22d of Novewber, 1874, ona of the Ttalians was shot, Next morning, a uumber of them proceeded to go over to Buvna Vista ws fint, inordorto geta physician and havo tho tiuma’a wound dressed, An noon as the populaco saw tha Italiaue, on alarm was yaleed, anda force sith Speucor tillea appeared. and drove tho Ttaliana bre to their houses, Then commenced, on that bright Sunday, a battle which Jastod all day. Intheafternoon the forces crossod the river, surrounded the [talinns, killed seven and wonndod five, and then compolled thom to sign a compact to loavo the place noxt day, TAW A FARCE. ‘That samo night a Bhorift’s forco wan on the scone; but nothing was dono, Armstrong's Wnitdings “oro set on flro, but pnt ont and sayed, Noxt day, being Monday, the [tnlians were taken away, Tho bodies of tho dead were placed in hoxes mado of the deal-tablos used by the mon. ‘There not being enough wood to make covors for tho coftjus, the correes wore held in their places hy alats boing placed aud nated across, ‘Thus theso govon friondices men wero buried in the Catholic Cemetery in MeKecrnort,—not oven a Mass holng offered for their repose. Au inquest was held, Another farco. The Ttalians wero shot—but by nobody, Then cano Jnvestigations by Grand Jurica, That of Alle. gheny County thouzht nobody but the Shorlit of this cannty wav to Llamo. Next tho Westmoroland County Grand Jury inves- tignted (2). They ‘Had Armstrong = and Guecettl, and threo otbers, guilly of being accessories to theso murders, Armetrong and Quacettl promptly furnished ball nnd wero released. Verily, this neoda no comment. Is shows that wo havo laws, but that they aro not enforced, olvo men, no matter who they are, or whera thoy come from, would bo allowed to work for their lying, ANOTIEN OUTNREAR. Oaly Tagt weok, anothor riot occurred fn Wert moreland County, This timo at the Loy hanna Mines, near Latrobo; but no ona was unrt, thongh considerable shooting was donc, This originated out of a strike, Sho Company Bat nie towork for less than tho Union men wontld. We, too, have bad recent troubles; but onr miners have some great griovances. Thoy sak 3 conte per bushes for mining, allcash, An it is now, they got literally nothing.—the companins taking all for xtore-goods, snd paying but 237 vents. Somo of the operators. ara paying the % conta, all east, including W. DP. Rend’ & Co., of Chicago, M. E, LOWA. Denth of n Nonacgcnarinn—Sorlous Ace nt—Koetntio: of Revenuc Oitte cinth= Stealing & Gravesconduna- tion. Speeial Correanontence of The Chicago Trisune, Des Moses, In., March 8.—A fow days since, Richard Cotter died ot Pleasant Township, Caea Couuty, aged 92 years, For several years 0 haa been supparted hy the connty, at tho residonco of David Robinson, a farmer in that townelip. lo was an Evsliehmau by birth, 0 was asol- dior in tho War of 1812, and, when that war clovod, bo pasaod several yoara on the een. Tho gnn of every clima on tho globe hag shone upon ita fece. Ho was very roficent about his early history, and Le died without a relative, eo far ng is known, a8 ho never, in all tho ton years ho lived 8 panper life, montioned tho name of one, He was buried in tha Potters’ Field, A Str, Andrews, 1 milo west of Wiota, 1a9 loading ‘a gnu, oun barrel of whicts had boen reviously loadod and capped. In somo way tho loaded barre! was iliecharged, tho coutents on- tering hin faco, tearing througl the lips and mouth, carrying avay a portion of hfs teeth and tongue, and horribly distiguring bis faco, His recovery is barely posible. ‘Yho Lntornal Rovenuo Supervisor for thia State, Gon. Hodtick, has received orders to change all the Gaugers and Storckeepers under hia control from ove district to another, and to rotate them periodically util furthe: ordor, ‘he object 1 to tiod out what thoy Lave all boon abont, aud how they do it, W. i. Turner, “a lawyer of Sibley, Osecola County, courted Miss Rhoda Farnesworth tor & {ime, and suddenly quit, Now sho is courting hun in tho District Court, with a living child aud written promiso of mariage to offer in beball of her snit, A curious caso of Iareeny occurrod in Craw- ford County in mid-winter, A grave sas to bo dug, and aman agreed to do it for 5. Ho wont tothe cometery to perform the job, and found a Swede diggivg a crave, from whom he Jearned that tho prave ho was to dig would not be wanted until after thac which tho Swada was digging. Ho retired from tho¢cmetery, and wailed tha coming of tho body for which he way to dig the giavo; and, whon-the precession arriyed, he very. eedately conducted jt to tho grave tho Siwedo had dug, where tho body was deposited. When the othor body camo, tho grave was occti- pied, ond it required four hours’ hard digging to provido a grave for ft, Binco tho ‘Lilton-Beachor business bes grown into such lingo proportions, tbe pecele are dis- cusalug itin all its moral, social, aud legal pects, and especially ay to whether Tilton’s fc givencss of bis wife, by Uving with her after his discovory of hor offense, would oot cut olf a ro- covory of damages, In Iowa, condonation is no defense against damages, ‘She Suprema Court bas decided (22 Iowa, p. s2) that “Tho do- fondant can uo more rely on tha condonation to defend tho action than upon the ples of reariml- nation, or tho ground that his accuser had bean guilty of the same offonuo.” In action for di- yoros itis a valid defense. TiaAwkerg, A CONFEDERATE FALSTATE ThoStory Told by a Candidate for a Gnbornaturial Nominitign to an Ase tantshed Voters From the Harlford (Ky,) Heralt, “You aco, I was gottin’ rusty, and wautcd sharp work, 1 intorcopted a dispatch from Gon, Burbridga to Geu, Giltner, saying that he In- tonded to attack aud dostroy tho saltworks Oct, 10, and gavo the wiuntor of his mou aa 10,009, ‘“Daah it to dash, that wag (le bost nawa lovor hoard. Thad ouly 250 mon—all tho balance off on furlough—but thoy wero rogular rippers, you can bet your battons dollar, * Lordored adrees parado, and read tho dis- Patch to thom. 1 thou mado odash of @ ypeech a rogular heart-atirrer, blood-boilor, such a wo- bedy ontaide of dash dash but mo can make, tald thom the dashed Yankves wore coming, and that dash would probably ho to pay, I spun to tho n whole daihed lot of cloquont atuit about Toomdas and his Spartan baud at tho Pass of ‘Trigonometry, I told thom the oyes of their mothers, wives, and sweethearts weron pon{themn, that tho fate of the Southern.Confederacy Wwonld hang upon their gallantry that day, “Far, you seo, I knew that old Lee had got him. self corucred ina way ho could not got our of short of a surrender. 1 Knew that dashed fool Hood had got t'other army destroyed, and I waa vouscious that the whole dashed fabria rested on my shoulders, «Tha boyu wero Just a4 witd for the fight ay L wad. “Well, the morning of the 10th of Octobcr, 1864, which ny own good mvord hav cut from tho calendar of ordinary days and pinned upon the tcroll of fame as tho epoch of tho grandest victory mow in tho history of armu, arrived, aud fo did Durbrindgo and hia'20,000 men, “They hadn't more than got in sight, till my dashed braves wore epciling to beiu tho battle, “Lut you nee, there must bo systematic work: on suek occasions, and I ain a dash of military ning. I totd’em toe wait until tho dashed Yankeo lind mado bis dispositions, and then wo would go in and whip dash nutof thom by detail, “Durbridgo wou not backwant in taking up is positions. fo: posted 22,000 infantry on ome rletug groonlon his right. Ilo then put 25,000 Infantry in position on his left, and held back nap reserve force 05.000 moro of infantry and 25,000 cavalry, Bewides theso ho hud 240 piecos of artillery, “You may welllook astonished, my honest friend, ‘Things wore u dashed bilious look. Mut then each of my men wah equal to a thounand Yankees, Ani they knew that I was there to hond “em. If Dob Lee had been in my place, ho wonld have rotreated on Richmond; ut dash my eon! to dea if thero is sock a word ay ‘retrest' in my mihtary dictionary “When all of his dispositions, I turned to my braves and shouted ; * Hoya, follow me!’ and charged upon the enemy's right, and, before Burbridge oonld realize what I was up to, hod routed it ontirely, aud captured 16,000 prinonon and elglity-four gang, leaving 12,000 Yunkces dead ag dash on that portion of the field, 4 thon charged his contre and resefye, and avon had them tying in overy dlrection, Hero L captured nearly (1,000 prisone ersandi7Scannon, Itwasthen that 1 divcovare ed thet the enemy's left, having wituersed tho destruction of their right and: centre, bad flod from the field and wore out of reach, leaving oll thelrarillery behindthem, amounting in all to 213 pisces. i had tho dead Yankees connted and buried, aud they amounted to que 45,000, Noxt joruteg { started the 112,000 prisoners and wonuded, und tho 640 gine I had captured, to Jobn C. hreckinridge, who was Secretary of War. "That, elr, te the oxact truth sbout the battle af Baltvillo. It was the greatest battle ever fongbt on the top of the earth. Julius Cavar was theonly Goucral who ever captured at one timo ay manyprisoner agIdid. 1am o candidate for Governor, snd if you can find a better General, @nd one who bas.woo more famo thau me, voto forbim. But Vindashed if you won't bave » hurd time scaring such amanup, Lot'e take a drink, old follow,” bawthat the dashed Yankeo Lad mada - GRAND HAVEN. Tho Severity of tho Past Wiuter---A “Cold Wavo,” he Dreary Panorama Presented by inke Michigan. Penchos Gonerally Killed, but Othor Fruita Damaged Inconsiderably, Ayectal Correaponenca of The Chteayo Tribune, Quanp Ilave, Mich,, March 8.—When, ar tho close of tho autumn montha, a pleagant tribute was rondored to tho many benutica and attrac- tions that had heen enjoyed during the provious summor,—then passing away and merging into tho splendors of tho bright autumnal time, with {ts unrivaled econtc effects and baautlfal pictur- esquonesa ; and while thus placing the ‘ Iaven” {n such pleasant contrast with olher ‘tsummer resorts," and promising a freonces from ox- tremea during tho whitor soagon,—baaod upon formor oxporioncor,—J was far from auticipat- ing _ TNS REVERE WEATHER that has proyailed hero at intoryala for tho past two months, and which {n aomo instances, ao far as this placo [a concernod, might bo regarded a5 phenomonal, being tho soverest ever exporionced in the momory of tho oldeat settler, Notwith- standing the unparalicled long continunnco and severity of tho wenthor, it is to bo found that the “Saratoga of tho West” bas beon more than favored from preat oxtremes, and with what might be considered a real mild- nesa when placed in comparison with other places in this section of the canntry, whose ro- markable extromoes offer euch a peculiar contrast, Of all tho direst winda that may blow, wero tho cold, bluatering, searching blasts visited! upon ug for tho past two months by off Dorens, who seemed in most ungractous and angriest mood, judging by tho chilling reception given by this ‘uniolcome visitant at hie ononing of the season, —which Jasted four days, and has sinco contin- uod at intarvale,—when tho olementa soomed to Lo lashed into their greatest fury, tho shrioking, marrow-plereing winds and the blinding snow en- tering, in fitfal gaste, ovorynookanderanny, and, with furious whirls, piling up hugodrifts, making | traval almost on impoasibihty. Ono thing pare ticularly noticeable hero is the peculiarly bigh winds which prevail ; but nover bofore has there been such prevalences of stormy winds, Almoat continually TIM HAILNOADS BECONK NLOCKADED, not allogether because of tha amonnt of snow- fall, but rather on necount of tho fact that tho anow Is precipitated at rnch s low tempera- ture, Losldes drifting badly, it packs so lord that it offera almozt as much obstruction aw a gand-drift, Ono of our sad experiences. of blockaded railroads wan that of a short timo since, whon, for four whola days, wo wero ns complotely Isoluted an if placed on Rome lone- Jy island in tho Pacific Occan,—tho only commu- nication with tho outside world, in any way, be- ing by the telegraph, which lost resourca was fortnnatoly left ne, instead of giving out, as fre- quently happens. Aftor exporiencing snch ns dire gsearon of disagreeable weathor, It is far from opreeabla or encouraging to bo forced into unpleasant anticipations by the contemplation of thoad prophetic sugrestions put forth by the Now York Times, to the effect that it is not ob allan improbable supporition that wo have en- tered upon o eyclo of cold wintora, which may last for years. Aa though tho relentless grasp which savage old Boreas fsatenod upon us, making bis pros- enco so frequently and sovoroly felt, by tho mercilors, stormy winds, was not enough, we wero mado tonuffor by that Inst atraw, tn “COLD WAVE,” which immediately followed tha fonr days’ stormy weathor at tho firatof Inst month. Al- thongh tho cold oxperienced hero was nowhers in comparison to what was elaowhoro reported, yot it wos somothing AO unusual ond uncxpocted that {twas a matrer of tho greatest eurprizo to avery one, ‘Tho cold- est tomperatnro reported hy the United States Bignal Ofice horo was 24 dogroes below, whilo roports from tho near vicinity and surronnhng sections ranged from that to 40 below, natin ‘one or two instances it was roported necessary to “eplice” tho thermometer, Evorything | seomed to bo poculiarly favorable to the ocenr- renco of such a dogroo of cold, tho like of which has wover bofore been experionced, 18 bolow being the next coldvat snap. Tho many Chicagoans who remember this piaco from frequont visite will readily recall to mind tho UNFORDIDDING AKD DESOLATR AEPECT of tho shoro on this side of Lako Mithigan, pre- sented to thom whan approaching on a trip from acroga tho Iake,—tho immonso, dork, and ebeorloss gand-bluif, strotebing sway to tho oxtent of vislon, aud down to the shoro, whoro tho aver wilontly rolled and dashed; naught? to break the dreary monotony, ravo hore ani there s growth of scant, scrubby pine, with occasionaliy a great, toworing homlock, which, with ita dark and silont ahadowa, added, if anythlug, to tho droary desolatencss of the scone, No oponing in any direction, oxcept tho ono between the sandhilla atthe ontranco to the harbor, which stand as pratectora, In deflance of tha storms’ violanco and fury, of those who onter tho “ ffaven,” either to week wafoty, or to enjoy tho pleaa- ant attractions which, by their promircn, antica them to an entrauce, But this was oss nothing in comparison to the SCENT OF PRIMEVAL DESOLATENESS which hay Loon presented to view for somo Ulmo ast. Chlicagoaus will especially remember tho immense sand-hill directly acroas tho river, which tho ever-changiog winds havo formod, by eon- tinuslly sweeplog around tt, into hugo, cone-like shapo, of spiral curves and drifts, surmounted by a crest of sermbby pines,—whero they obtained auch splendid pauoramic viows of the changes. of Naturo during the summer-season. Occaslonally amalh partles crosa the river on tho ico, acd olimb to the aum- mit of thia mountain of eand, whore is presonted to thelr astonished gaze n econo that is wall cnl- culsted to compet thoir admiration and sot them to studying in wonderment at tho grand and ine finite workings of Naturo, Far away on cithor side ara to bercen those dreary-looking sand- bills that cannot claim primeval ago, so compar. atively short ja tho timo since they have ariech from the depths of tho lake. Cumpfatoly covered with snow, excont whoro the trees pro- trude, upon which a thin glazo of ico haa formed, they present s truly remarkable appear anco, tha covering of goow and ica looking like tho frosting on cake, Au furas the range of virion oxtenda in front, isto bo eoen grand old Lako Michigan, covored with immouso flelda of vo, thrown up in groat sidges, and In somo Snatances, near tho — shore, piled almost mountain-high, Tho beautics of the scono aro grontly enhanced by occaylonal bureta of light of the glorious sun through riftsin the cumulous clonds, whose radiant beame aro refracted and roflectod from tho ive-ridges, the glaring frosting of tho hills, and the ny arkling ico-pendants trom tho trees, in beautiful forma and colors, a8 numerous ns thone presented by thoever-clauging viewsof tha kaleldoscope, While contomplatiog thie recone, wa wonder will there ever be 8 chango in its ap- pouranca, Ueforo closing this totter, a reforenco to tha PROSPECTS OF THE FRUIT-INTERERTA will bo briody made, as asubject of eapccial ine torcst at’predout, Thougt the fracnoss fram ox tromen, aud the goveral mildnoss of tho climate, havo ulways beon the boast of this frnit-soction, andalwayé put forthin favoruble contrast to other eectiony, yot, a3 alroady doseribed, we hayo boon visited, by a cold spell, aa phevoronal in ita wa- yority es unorpected, and which has beon of reat Injury to @ portion of the fruit-crops, loav- ug the fruit-growers ec{erera to a consideravle extent, Tho cold snap destroyed all tho peach+ buds hero, and, inoneor twolustances, the trees. Thsro will bo no crop of poaches next xouson, oxeept some of the lator varictica; but none of the other fruity havo auffered to any great extont, and all promise largo cropa, OF coursio, peaches bave a the stuple product, aud tha losing of the crop will be seriously felt. ‘Tue 'Thipcxe gaye evidence, in a recent articlo, of a complete comprehension of the atate uf the fruit-prospecta, for which it will recaiva the thanks of all frait-growera in thia section, in piotcaing agaluxt the groundless prognose ications of curtain nowampern jn ro- gard to tho Scale prospects, swiich throw consumers gonerally into mournicg. Acknow!: edging that tho Into sovera weathor did great ii jury lo the peach-crops, and, iu many dnutancas, destroyed them, if wo will Juok et it in another light, we tad that [t ja rather tu bo vonsiuered blessing than aughs olue., Speaking mora-pare tlcularly for this section, wo find that ouly tho buds were dostroyod, Ag is probably well Luowwn, it is but comparailvely @ short timo sinco this secon has obtained auy” promincuce as a fruite growing ono. Its greatest start ahead wna Inst jear, when It was favored with crops of ruita that were not to bo surpassed cither in quality or quantity. Tho trees aro all, na yet, young of growth, But seldom haa it been known where tro full crops wore slelded In anecersivo years. If contiauod successive crops could or waro lo bo raisod, tho trecs would roun give ont wilh tho constant drain, and die, Isut fow fruit- Towore will bo hoard lo express regrot atthe ate killing of tho cropa; for, as the trees are nat Injured, thoy will bo pormilted an opportu. nity to gain tho requlalto strength tint promises another abnazil int crop, whieh thoy would fail to obsain if Uics tt borno what promieod to bo at beat but an inisuilicant crop, ‘Turron, —_. ALMOST A GHOST STORY, “Did vou ovor geo a ghost?" was tho appont, “Well, Icamo douced vear ft, I cau toll you," end young Howard, “Wow near?” cried the company, drawing thoir chaira to tho fire, “It was fu that deeolato, God-forsaken part of Now Jetzov," gail Moward, “near Barnegat Shoals, What with tho nature of tha soll thero, ils barrennesa and aterility, the jagged, ropoll- Ing grinmoss of tho rocks, and tha ltd, deso- Jato infinity of the waters, thero’s something about Barnegat that breeda an afiluity with Fhosta and spectres. Thore had been s wrock of aconating achooner in tho vicinity, and, although tho nows didn’t make much of sonsation in tho newspapors, it brought doypalr and desolation to one heart nt lenst—that of tho young mato's mothor, Ho waa an old schoolmato Rud waem friond of my own, and I volunteored to go down and seq if tno budy could bo found and brought homo, “WhonT reached there tho whole aspect of {he place struck mo aa forbiddingly wild and lonely ; and when, toward tho cloao of s atormy day, poor old Jack's body waa washed ashoro, stark and stiff, and distorted almost boyond recognition, I wasn't ablo to lond tho fellow down there a holpiug band, I was setzed with a nervous chill, and went in-doora to tho brandy flask. Dropped up with on nrtifcial courage, IT went out again and found them hauling thelr helpless burden toward o fisherman's hut closo by. They had flung ft in an old tarpanlin blanket, and I couldn't olp protosting inwardly against tho rude way in which thoy bumpod it along through tha breakers and over tho rocks. “Tthought of that tender, womanly heurt at homo in the Enst, and the gentle rovorence that hodged nbonteven hor overy thought and feeling about Jack, andI dotetmined there and then that hoshould be taken homoto herin somo shapo that wouldn’t appall or horrify hor. ‘Foy Innghed ot mawhon I spoke of a coffin, bnt nevertheless I resolved unon gotting one, if such o thing could bet had for jove or monov, Not thats coftiu ia absolutely requisite In all cades, Lt wouldn’t have mattered a pin to eltuor Jack or myself if, tied up iu tho old tarpaulin, wilh a weight hoavy as deatiny iteolf, wo woro forced to tho bottom of tho sea, But ta nwom- an, & conveutionel woman, a victim to cirenm- stance aud vustom, a cofin was tho ouly thing that could rounder the affair reepoctable, or in- docd bearable, “T posed a sleeptess night, and wont off be- foro daylight in search of an old man that boro ® quear reputation about thore for Bopropriating auything that camo inshore, and rondoring it usoful or oroamental wilh o rndo knack ho had in tho carpentor live. Tho boys told mo thoro was a little of ovarsthing ju hla old rookery, and they hadn't tho loaat doubt L could find oven a coin thero, or something that might be modeled. iuto one, “Ip was good league to ils dwelling, and I reached thera with a foroboding that my journoy was for nothing ; but, uoon broachlng tho sub- ject to him, ho statod his rendinoss at once to comply with my demands, + But what wilt youdo for material?’ I asked, ‘Ho amiled grimly, aud, opening a door that Jed up ton sort of loft, ho beckoned me to follow lim, In that loft thera was wood readily adapt- ed to build ashis, o hougo, a theatro—auything and everything that might be desired. Not com- mou wood, mark you, but wreckers’ matersal-— panels of French walnut, exquisitely carvod in bag-ratief, bits of precious ebony, of sandal- wood, of box, and somo of that delicate white pine thot axhalca a delicious porfumo. Tho hoya had eald that ho was yery clover in thocarpentor line, I wasinspired witha sort of trust iu bia capnelly, aud his willingness to undortako tho Job was ouly equated by his dotcrmination to bo paid well for doing it, *** Don't you frot, young man,’ sald tho old skoloton, ‘I'lifix it for you in n shape that ‘IL sult. I'll hayo it as scrumptious as a nut—that is, ef yo’ro ablo to boar the hoft of the expanse. It'w costly, yor know, to hoy things pious and meco down this way; wo can't ollers afford It; thon the sea bein’ handy, it’s a temptation to sava time and mopoy; but ef tho expense ain't counted in-———" “*Novor mind the oxpense, pard,’ Toxclaimed, ‘You do the thing up nicely for mo, and I'll BoD fe through ; but it must be done at once ; the body in almost beyond saving now, and I want tho cofiln by to-morrow night. It must bo ready to be shipped befora daybronk tho noxt morning. - “AN right," gald tha old screw, ‘I don't toind losin'a little sleop to be obligin’, of only the oxpenses—’ *¢You uid valtnro,’ I roared, ‘Tit pay you half‘on tho spot!’ And I counted out to him enongh greenbacks to make lis slarp old novo como down and chop over his chin with an uno- tuous smack of appreciation, SeoT'll bey itthat seruinptious,’ said tho wretch, with greedy enthnsinam, ‘that yon'll clap your hands over it. It'lt bo that poart and piona that you necdin't bo ashamed of it ina church |" “Lnodded approvingly, sud started on tho home stretch with tho comfortable feallng of a tan who has done ail ie cond to ameliorate an irromediablo auttoring, All that day thero was a throntoning aspect of the winds and waves that boded mora mischief on that malevolent storo. Marssivo leary cloud. hung black as ink over the sharp jagged rocks, aud a fierce under-tone in tho clements told of » coneplracy for a tom~ pestnous Gebaurk. “My poor old Jack had been washed and ehaven, bis last tollot rondered with all tho cara that his old friond and school-fellow contd ba- stow upon o melancholy labor of loyo; afew hot tears barat from my burning ores, and fell upon. that strange and oufamibar faco: and, finding it become lews and Ices reengnizable as I gazed upon it, Icovered it roverently with my band- korchicf, aud sat allout and alone with it and tho carte, waiting for tho old man with tho cotin, * Astheday waned ond twilight gathered, a wail Uroko forth from tho rocks and tho waves } 8 fow belated gulls Hopped their wins hoavily ovor the water that began to lash furjonely tho low, sandy abore. Presently a fow drops fell, the procursora of ono of thosa fsuslons storms that riot ou that dosort coast, “Anagony of impationce seized me. I pot upon any fect, aud paced to and fro the Jouse boards of the hut. “Was I, thou, condemned to stay hero, power- loan to savo my poor Jack from being tho pup- pet of yonder mutiguant flends of the shore and thesea? I know if the coftin were dolayed un- Ul tho wtorm increawod tu fury, tho road to tho old wrocker's homa would ba impassablo, flooded, aud without a clow. by “Was it, thou, dostinod that be should be thrown luta tho groody maw of tho sea, alter all, and bie placo in the dear little churchyard at home know him no more? There were prayor evon then offered up for him in that denr litda villago in tho valley, not ouly by tho thin and withored ipa uf his moshor, but swect aud roso- ato ones wore trembling in his bohoif that Jato hud cluug to his own iu rapture, and gontlo young fingors would gather flowors for hia grave, wud turiaur benisous thore for niany year, Oh, was it, then, impossible to givo this joy to my poor old duck ? “I atarted up with » malediction upon the atorm and its surroundings, and with an impulso of desperation wrapped myself in the uld tar- paulin, ond voutured forth, * Tsupposo wy nerves were pretty well une atrung, for the dead faco of my lost cowrads followed mo with a grotusque and horrible per- aistoucy. Lastruggled against tho feoling, but it ecmed to me the murky air was full of shapo- Joan ‘sous and bodiloss spirita of devilish pro- quitics, Lar Stumbling along, the wind beating marcilass- ly down, iaking tho rocky path perilously smooth, I mado my way slowly in tho direction of tho o'd wrocker’s abode. * Fooling tho path stop by atep iy this wilder- neag of darkuovs and storm, it wut haye taken me mavy houry to accomplish a mite, for I hat wearcely gona half-way whon I found by my watch it was nearly midnight, The same lurid gleam of lightning that showod te the faco of my watch guve mo alvo @ tect glimpso of bwoma- tuing Jying.ip the road bufoxe ime, alwout at wy fect. looked, and started back in horror; p}c- culiar scusation catna to my sealp; I felt mys hair, 60 to apoak, riying on ore for thera, In a deilto of the rogd, hulf wodged Jo tho sholtor of ®@ Tock, Was ®*oullin, Tho peoullar slizpe of i¢ wos our dimly discerviblo, ard elthor oxayperat- ed by thia dimncus or else thu coftin was of gie ganuo size, Mow did tb gotthuse? Didtha flends abont mo contrive this slaps to de my half-dotirlous gensoa? I looked pen ti slowly Laaw the ponderous Hd rise, a ake! leton haud come forth; thon nn ara. At last half tha form emorgod from this toriiblo resting-p'acg and, wrepped about with a winding sheet! Beained wirngyling to leave tho coffin altogother’ “Lecized iny pistol with a trembling baud. i cocked it, - {+ Don't shoot, young man!’ cried the spectro, *Ye'll wptla tho polish ef yor do. This cu, i aa bas Sona faux flons crit siremuy. Tt may pious and pratt a spell Lack, but it’s pret! riled now, I'm arent BRNY we t wan my old wrecker, enrpontor, and maker. Ho oxplaluad tomo that held eter; oo time with thocolin, and kapt up ti] the storm had como upon him, and ho waa forcod to rest awhile under the overhanging rock. Ho thony ht, very properly, that no better ahelter cout found than the colin tteelf; aod he wan Take We inight, both havo erept inside, and ther wontld atill havo beou room for moro, “*Why on earth did you mato it ro big 2 said, ‘1 don’t want my poor Jack to lis Stoung rote Walls metas tho odd? sald tho secon * * Well, where's tho jn?) said tho secom. modatiug artisan, ‘You dido't weam to epate the expensa; fo I thought I'd loaye plouty of elbow-room, Wocan flud authin or other for ballast, I reckon, down botow.? “Poor Jack lies to thia day In the sinzula coflu thus pravidod for him, and over bin the arbutun bluoma, aud tender violets, and all the dainty flowera dear to a young girl's fuucy of ay old woman's love,"— Harper's Weekly, —_—__-—___. FRANCE FALLEN, “Yatton, fallen. fallen, falton, Falion trom Dlali vatato, Aud wolt'ciog ba thy blood f"—Drydeg, Fate Franco! that onco amfdst tho nationa stood, Vocriuss in beauty, matchives tu thy grace! Low srt thou desolate fn thy widow!ood | How bant thou fallen from thy “ pride of place *t Mow wball the eniniug years tao marke ota Left du the track of stern, relentless War 1 Deop-yawning furrows plougi’d fis tho height £209 Of thy uright tind, as, fnte, ils ponderous car, Shaking the uate, fase, wita Worah ond Ursety at Over thy rons, War's Jnqgernant hath roll, Aud left thoe Frenzied iu thy grief aud duntet Whero wan tho prestigo of thy past? Uufold ‘Tue record, sud wo fad a ploriona namo ; Turcrilied thereon in churactera of flint! ‘ ‘Thou, Europe's mixtrewa ouce, before whore glance Her nationa trembled] Thy proud aplril tanis Scoms grown at last! Tue majesty of France, Harl'd to te earth, Lice low ‘boneaia the Goms ance ; 4 And thou, the wonder of our afotarn Axe! ‘Third of Marth's conquerory, aud miydity Klaz Of Hattlos! Mouarclt grand and Stateraian mast Where eicpt tay thunders?) Where tha ciurion ting OF thy proud voico? ‘Ihe power with which to tia Thy tors unto destruction? Thon aloue— Grestost of warriors I—for thy Feauce could bring Nietury from such defeat, whou ako lay prone, Holle deer Empire lost, her monarch and bis iy Thon, sleeping silent on the hanks of Raine, Auiidst the pcmpio thou Ladat lov'd Fo well f Goud but one hnue uf theo Lave come again, ‘Ta turn defeat to victors, and to tell J ‘ey story of o‘armastering Genlus! Well For {uy Inna’a conquerors thet iu tho arene ‘Thy AvLtter of Couqueat sleeps! Ther haell Nad else, long ninco, been rung, in timo to. eid Franco and her sous from shine, tat wlelus the lik a ware. And yet bor futo sin tempted! Doeatiny Proc:imi'd oxcu moro agaiust ber wayward child] |. Khe was ber own destroyer! Thus we sco {Foenten retiring) her misducss wild Turd guelinily to roud heirol€! Woes pil'a On woes for thoe, zad Land | and fer thee nu'er Moves {alo enuld direst haste dowlra, | Exu'd “roi reason and Crom Judgment, thon inst bear ‘Thy welf-Lullicted yaugs iu augufeh and dospalr | Thon wert tho slave of Glory t—fatad wordt 1— ‘Yo which thon ow'd'st thy qreatuess, an declinoy And, at her bidding, thon the unsparing aword Drew ahontingly, and towards tho heacctal Khing March’ thy proudcohimnal 3fan may not cowbiry Evou numbers against Fato! 71'ts thus wo sco Franco crushd! the victim of bereelf | Condiga Tho punlsment of Horven, thut, fravulngl ‘Thrust back tho madden'd hardes of Solletdolatry| Anobler watchword, Francot the German tongue Pronouuces unto Earth, beforu which thine Sinke tnto insignifteance,—loud sung With a wild fervor from thelr watch on Rhino: ‘God and our Fatherland!” That souud tn line Rallied thelr worried renke, and sti}! shall be Thelr fuaplration, holy and beufgn, “Glory and France!” palea {noftectnaty Before thy rising etar, United Gorman And in this strength an earnest nation stood, do conquer Freedom and 4 noble name, Welting ler history tn her own Leart'y blood, Aud waving out (ho record of her wlawme: And, sith her, Freemen everywhere exclaim, God aud our Fatherland !"” ‘Thar, Gurmaus, yh ‘Uttcring @ batilo-cry te atir the tine: Of pstriot-hearts, have left posterity ‘This watchword Of the Houl,-—this cry of Liberty! Yet, fram tho wrock of {hy Dead Pant, ariso With a now hope, thou foru and Uleeding land! And, from tho Iusplration of tha siice, Renew thy etrength, remain thy arlf-command! ‘True to thyself an to thy Gud, reill stand, Heuceforward, ouly where tha Right shall bo ‘Tuy guldel ‘hon Justieoaball go hand in hand With thino advance, and thus tho world lial sea Franco rhe, despite her fall, to woblordoatiny 1 Cntcaao. a. W, Dicxrssoy, Congressional Funerals, Inono of his lotters tothe Boston Journd “Parley” writen: “hanks to Judge Poland, Chairman of tht Conmitieo of Arrangcmonts ot tho funeral of Mr. Samuel Hooper,.thero was no display of tht fanoral regalia which has beon hithorto invari bly worn at tho obsoquics of a Congressman Vor tho first timo ata funeral held at the Caziv tol, nuither tho mombera of tho Committee of Arcangements, tho pall-boarers, the chnple, tho physician, nor tho mourners wore gcarls ct white or binck eili, with roucttes on tho eo! dors. No bands of waite or — bik muslin floated from tho Jiats of th hoaras and hack drivers." Neithor was theraa ‘teri dietribation among tho Congressmen of lack gloves, accompaniod by an intaration thst thoy could be oxchangod for fanoy lida at tt? stora whero thoy lad been purchisacd, Tuts) traditionnry funeral adornmeute wore all cite poused with by the direction of Judgo Poland, who koew tha unostontatious tuatos uf tho de ceased, and who felt thatho was doing abit would have been acceptable to bin dopartel {riond iad he bocn consulted in life. In the days of Democratio rule tho expensa of these fun trappings and adornments, with the usual ‘cou tingoucies,’ often exceeded $2,000, wud oa ond occasion tho funoral exponses of a decostd Senator amounted to $2,760, Perliaps our ‘19° depondant’ ila frionda may admit that in this roupeck tho Republicans haye establisuod a tt Orth, “Attho commoucemont of tho present cet tury thera way anoiber class of funeral es penditurea unkuowa in this dogonorato aco, fur hupplio of creature comforte to tho monrmidg colleagues of tho doccayod. Among the ites of tho accounta presented for the funoral e+ ponsoa of the Hou. Francis Malbouo, a Benttor irom Rhoda Ialand, who died here in June. 13% and whoso rotuins woro intorred in .the ‘Coa gresslonnl Lurying ground, are tho followings 16 pounds crackers, te 144g pounde cheoao ** Tho Committee, to aud contingent et pensos of tho Kenate, diructed thas payment Lo inade for tho crackers, but rejcotod the clelm for the cheese. ‘I'ho next youohar proscntad 0 thent Tor theix approval road thu: : ‘Vnallons Lest Madeira wino, 4 galluns Cognac randy, 14 pounds almonds, at 40° 10 pounds raising, ut 60 conte “OF thia account tho Commilttes would outy allow ‘forfour gallous wiuo and throe ao a brandy, 223.’ but thoy pasgod guother vous mi for ‘fourtcon poands of pound cake, £1) Le chased from Monsiour Julien, a contectioné pugialse swuppligd *twolva pounds oracker® 5 ——__-+__—__ Ruaslan Mousew in Winters "1 The windows aro invariably donble, eo) U space between the washes invariably cove! with wlayor of fina Band, dosignod to0pe mojsturo and provont tho froat from silver 4 tho psuos, ‘I'wiatod horns of paper eoul ae salt ato sot in aul gomotiiney the aud bt be cented by w bad of mouy, ‘Thora ara no out! sbultersor blinds, for they would be ole ujuce tho windows romain closad- all 4 being carofully tUled in around ¢he odes cement, Heavy curtaiuy of alch materia a furthor deadon tho offoct of the cold per 2 plss.g aubatance much moro ‘pormeable pas ja wonérally bellevod. Oper fire-placeaare : wheu they do exist, they are only used ia sp! aud autumn. ‘They ‘ara closa ni ssi with fowors,—forwers, which aro & Sealy best} Inaury!’ he houses overiiow with, tog lowers receive you at the door, and Lattin uptho stairway; Iris ivya fostoon bor. 12 jardivieres adorn the landiugw ou overylOr™ he embrasure of tuo windows bauanes sly Out their broad silken loaveu; tallvot pat teiy noliag, camellia growing like troow, oerolest Dlvasorus with the gildod volutes of sho ratte orohids hover lika buttortiies Broun ll: thades of crystal, porcelain, aod anes wrought torracotia, Wrom horn-sbape Neced 13 Japanese porcolain of Bohemian gles Pp aide sue cautraof a tablo at tho corner dal board, gy porb exotiess abet, thie tot i a Lio Bous the street you are at the pole, milght boliove yoursolf in the trupica o- Re F