Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 13, 1877, Page 12

12 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNL: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1877—TWELVE PAGES, : TEXAS. The Renting System Practiced in That State. What the Renter Does under Each of the Fonr Methods, The Poor Man Enabled lo Earn a Living and Become Independent. Best Way in Which to Move from Ohioago to Texas, Epecial Correapondenca of The Tribune. 8nERNAN, Tex., Oct, 5.—1 now tpach & sub- Ject for which 1 know many realers of Tne TRINUNE n Chicago bave been anxiously wait~ for, in the hope that [t woull open to them a way of cscape out of thelr present trouble and embarrazsmenta consequent upon the lack of cmploymeat, and that is THE RENTING STETEM in this conntry. I have delayed wriling upon thts till this time becauso I wanted time to thoroughly study it, aud ret at bottom facts, so as not to mislead persons or possibly fnvolve them In greater difficulties and troubles than they now hive. In most parts of tha State farms are worked by the renting system instead of by hircd help. Thisis especially so in the central and_ southern countles, where tho imptoved farms ore mainly ownea by men who worked them by slave labor before the War. Thero ars four systems or plans of renting fn coemmon use, known ns the “alf sbare,” the “third and fourth,” *thiri syetem,” and **money rent.” In the hall- ghare plan, the owner of the land furnishes team, tools, and seed, and when necessary ad- vances provislons, to be patd for at the end of tho year. The tenant does ail tho labor of rals- fog and harvesting the crop, which is equally divided between the landtord and tenant, In the third and fourth system the tenant furutshes Lis own team, tools, and secd, does all thie labor, nnd gives one-fourth of the cotton and one-thirdof the corn for the use of tholand. The third syetem fs where single men are renters, tho owuer of the land furniabing cvery- thing, Inctuding board, and recelving two-thirda of the crop. In Lhis case tho renter is expected 10 do chores about the house, getting wood and water, taking care of stock, cte. The moncy Tent s where the tenant pays in cash rent per acre for the Innd, ranging from &3 to $0 per ncre. Inall caees, except the thind Ehm, the owner of the land furnisbes Lhé tenant a housa to lise in, fuel fnthe woods,—the tenant cutting and hauling it,—and nlso _keeps the fences in repair. Lands so reuted, cspecially on the slare plan, are alinost invarfably to be planted fncorn aud cotton. When aman paysa cash rent, he can plant what ho has' o mind to. Twenty acres (s tho allowanco to_ each man, ten 1 ccttonand ten fn corn. If the renter has bova or other help in the fleld he <an have additfonal land, fust in proportion to the force he can put Into the field, The allow- ance of team {s_two horses or inules for plow- iny the Jand, and ane for every twenty acres to cultivate the crop. The imploments furnished are, or should be, a wood ti/o-horse turning. p]lmr, a single shovel and cultivator, or double shovel. . TIOTIL CORN AND COTTON are worked In substantially the same way, the seed belng scattered in a'furrow made by a bull-tongue, and vovered by a plow or by hand, The aftcr-culturo conslsts ikeeping the Zround well worked by cultivator or doubte shovel, and the plants in the rows {ree from grass or weeds. The cotton s a bushy plant, growing from tiro to four feet high acconding o the quality of the ground, sending out branches on all sides nearly horlzontal, It is on thesa side branches it “the Lolls are formed. Trey are from three-fourths of an inch to an inch (n diamcter, acorn-shaped, and divided Internally in four scctions, | When mature thoy burst open and leave the cotton exposed ilkea white flower. The votton In ench of these four scctions nd- hieres at one point and will remain attached for gome time unless beaten down by wind and rain. The pleker corries a bag suspended by his Jelt sido h(y o n|rnB over tho right shoulder. ‘When not injured by droughts or worms the cotton will continuc to blossom and mnture till frost comes, In that cass requir- ing three or four plckings ot intervals of two or three weeks each. The cotton whon plcked I8 piled up in the fiéld or in n rall pen, or loaded In' wagons and hauled directly to the gin. Thoe gluning is dona for toll, like a cus- tom fixlst-mlll. the toll varylug from L-14th to 1-12th for ginning and baling, the owners of the cotton mrnlshln;i thelr own sacking ties, Ofthese the Jandlord furnishes for his share of the cotton. “The cotton when baled will alwnys gcll for cnsh at the nearcst shipping point. The ten acres In cotton aro expected to J:roduca at Jeast fiva bales, worth from $45 to §50 cach, ac conling to the stato of the market, The ten acres of corn will give an averags of thirty bushuls per acre, worth B0 cents per bushel, It will be scun from the foregoing that the renter who has some boys to Lielp him has o great deal better show for ‘getting ahead than the man who has none, s a half-grown boy s rated es & half hand, and laud and team allotted nccon:luglf. In pleking cotton the “ children, girls as well as boys, all come In play, and will beat the old folks, be[ugmorudnxlmun o the usc of their fingers, A boy or girl 13 vears 0ld Is worth s dollara day in a cotton-fleld during the pleking season, whicn extra help is always fn demand, and laud- owners always give s preference In renting to the man who Is rich in children, for the reason that ho can turn out pickers coough to save all tho crap, 3 TIR (OUSES FURNISHED - are, ns a rule, cheap log or buand cablns, wit! {rom one to three rooms each—ruder than mafiy peopla tn Chlcago have ever lived in, In nearly eyery caso they will require lubor to stop up the chks to exclude the wiud and ruin, Where feveral are hear togother thers will be one well {or ull, requiring water to bo carricd Lo soma lutls distanice, "On wmost farma that aro renied there are cabing for abous every forty to Alty acrea of land. Bomctinies thers nro cuscs whiers the owner dos not wish to reside on his Jand; he will rent it all to oue party aud give him the useof the famity manslon,~usually a conifortable houss of scveral rooms,—but a newcomer would hardly et such chauces., Thave made curclul fnquiry, and flud that though tho returns from renting are apparently smull—espectally tor the mau who hos no boys to help hiny,—yet industrious and prudent nen 88 a rule get ahead und in o few yeurs get farins af thelr own, but this can ouly "be dons by in- dustry snd the practice of o more rigid economy und a denlal of luzurics thun mauy peopla have bLeen accustomed to, but without wgwh denfal they cau expect no fmprovement fn thelr condi- tion either North or South. 1 tind that it 15 o common thing for the renter on the hulf-shore systein to In oue year savo c¢nough to get bhn » team and tools, and rent the next year on the third and fourth plan, Oue ‘;vnllanmn with whom I talked vesterday said bie ulmost always 1ost lis tenants the see- ond year, for, haviig seams and tools, by pro- ferréd torent on the balf-share plan, but they would usuuliy inake enough the frst yearto rent ou the third and fourth the next year. ‘There ure apportunitics fu plenty to rent for all who can get here; but men have got to be hero on the ground, as land-owners will not contract Ly letter, nor without sceing thelr man, 1n nearly every town there —are persons cugaged “fn thé land business, who also make it & part of thele - business to help immicrants to homes and farmers to tevants, charging each a fee of aboyt $3. By inquiry fu sy tuwn you can find such persons, who “will direet fmmigrants to ent farmers who arc 1] weut of hands, Usually in every town there is a housc or houses, or the ugent will furnish one, where the family cant stay withiout churgo for rent until an en- gagerwent fe made. [ would advise that fo all tazes the eontract be made in writing and wit- nesied by the ageut. It should coutaln the entire agreement, stating specitically the kind und quality of teawns and tools to be furnished. WIHELE THE TENANT HAS MEANS BUPVICIENT he hiad better furnish hinseif aud rent ou the tord and fourth plan, also furuish nis own provisions aud groceries, a3 by getting thamon s eredit at the store orranjzed by the landlord, be will Lave to pay et Jeast 50 per cent h‘ifher than §f be bouglit for cash, The tenaut, if not able to buy, shonld endeavor to_secure the use of & inilel cow, which can usually be done In mllflnfi 4 contract. Hie should al secure grouu enouyl for 4 wood large garden, and plant, and conttoue to plant, a variety of vegetables, 50 s to bave @ liberal supply at all times. He can fearn what sud when to plaot when bere, [ Jave beew particulirly requeated to ascertaln (f Northern men could EXPECT FALS AXD HONORABLK THEATMENY i comiug bere as renters. Well, buwan oatare is sbout the same the world over, ‘There arg goud wen and wean men everywhere, aud tho risk bere would, I think, be 'ss sreat aud no reater than o Ilinois, I would adviseihe minigrant to act under direction of the azeuts of whuw I bave before spoken. for I think it thelr Interest to do the fair thing frow & busi- uess etacdpofut. ‘They koow all the farmers, and, as 4 rule, would not koowingly send en Juwnlzraut to 8 bad wan. Do pot contract with ' QY vy WU will uoL euter luto a wrikten con tract pronerly executed. J would adviee any one who fssatlafled that Texaa is a zood country to emigrate to, 1 satisfied to start na n renter, and has means enough to get him here, to pack up and start, deciding beforchaud what art of the Btate he will make for, and making rhc best arranggements possible for transporta- tion. I do not know what those are, but they can ba eafly nacertalned in Chieago, It is of no nee for people to wait for others to do for them wnat they are sble to do for themeelves. Asarule, it will be better and pleasanter for eevernl families of acquaintances to come to- gether. They can frequently sottle on the same farm of gear together. [ think that three or four famiiics could club together, charter a box freight-car, put thelr housclold effects in ove end, ani themselves In the other, set up n little stove for comfort and cooking, take thelr provisions, and so come at small rost 1o each. It wouldn't bo liko comine in n Pull- man, but il you could come in thnt way the money you would save would be worth more to you lere than II apent in a more comfortable and etylish mode of traveling, You can Ascer- tain if'the rallroad companies woulld admit this method of passenger travel by inquiring of their agents, It secms to me that, In caxe of poor men wanting to get Lo thiscountry, they would, Now, In regard to deciding WIAT POINT TO START FOR. Thero arc persons In Chicago who are in direck. communication with farmers here who want tenants. Among them Is Mr. Noel, at 113 Madison street, who, 1 Lelieve, is an hon- reliable man, and can femd to parties who want tenants, Allce, the agent, of tho Houstin & Texns Central Rallrond, whose office is, I think, at 101 Clark street, wiil furnish maps of Texas, on the back 6l whicn are deacrlruun: ot the different countlés traversed by the road, with the namea and address of responsible par- tiea in each county who will give {nformation to immigrants, 1 have met several of these pen- tiemen, nnd found them lvt‘;elllacnt, thoroughly relisble men, who will take plensure in giving ald, advice, and asslstance aa may be oceded. From those descriptions you can select your Eolnt. of destination, which I think had better e sauth of Dullas, und start with the nssurance that at the end of your route you will find some ona thoroughly acquainted with the wuntr* who _wilt . aid you In sccuring a lome. ‘would not advise inen past middle age, or those not accustomed to manual lator, rnd whose musctes are soft and Asbby, to go lo Texus ns renters, because renting In Texas meaus work, and a good deal of 1t, It is nat, however, neces- sary that a wan should be a practical fariner to raise a crop of cotton and corn, As clean ard well-cultivated a crop as [ have seen In the Slate was made by an old Scotchman and his four boys, who came from Terre Haute, Ind,, last full. They were fron-workers, and not one of them did”a stroke of work on land till they Janded In Texas last November, They rented eighty acres on the half-share plan. They hd enough to Keep themselves, so that they did not havo to run In debt for thelr lving. They have made a grood erop, and are now busy securing it; have rented n placo of 113 acres for next year at a cash rent of 8400, with o good housd to live in} and have already boucht one team, ahd will buy others and ell uécessary Imple- ments, With a falr crop next year they will have £1,200 to 81,500 cash, and thelr teams and tools with which fo commence farming on_ their own neenunt. ‘They think rontlng in Texns o much better show fur a poor man than mcchanical work In cities, but they have worked hard and lived plain. i five yéars they will be forchand- ed farmers. AND NOW WHAT OAN T SAT to that 1ariy class of worthy, hut destitute and unctployed, men, who have hoped that out of my trip to this State some way of dellverance would come to them? There Is work nnd bread cnough tor you all here, if you could hut get fhiere. But that is the trouble. No one here will pay your fare. The railroads will not bring you witliout pay, and I don't know where the inoney s to come from that would be required to bAng yon hLere. While plans of col. onization ~ such a8 have advoented are, [ am more than ever convinced, practical and would be largely remunerativo to mnncycd men, yet even If such men were ready to ‘en- gage in them, they could not be inaugurated and gotten under way In time to do you any good this fall, nor on a scale large l:nmlfih to render nssistance to one in ten of you. Rent- ing {s the only thing open to you. Chicago cannot afford to fecd you in enforced and un- willing Indlencss through the long winter that is beforo us, and you cannot afford to be so fed. Youwould not bo tho samoe men in tho spring you are now. Men demoralize rapldly under such conditions, and, while now you only ask for “work or bread,” you may then be ready to ery * Bread or blood.” The mone; it. will cost to sunport you {n Chi- cago through the winter would put you in cab. ins ‘on Texas farms and give you n stanfing cround to work from into self-support and comfort. But I amafralilthatas s community we shall not riso to the magnitude of tho occaslon. Personally, 1 am as holpless toald you as you are to help yourselvos. [ have ascertalned and reported tho facts in the casc, and here my abill- ty and respomsiblllty end. It is for Chicazo to fecido whother you shall ba supported through the winter in cnforced and unwilling kiloncss, or sent to homes and salf-support In l'c(x’n. D08, e ' TO A BLUE GENTIAN, Bweet blossom that ‘mid Autumn-felds A miniatdro refloction yields Agaln to Heaven, Thon'rtdesrer than If Summer-hour The azure cup of thy small flower To us had given. ‘When rose and lily hide the head, And fickle vioiet fs dend, Thy falthful bloom, Set "mid the meadows Urown and sore, Doth linger atill to deck tho year For wintey tomb. No palated motts thy chalice IIP, And on thy frinzed and eilken lip Cold fall 3 s tho dews St1i] L the wido aud forma) sky Berenely turos thy quict eye Of honest blue, dost light the sobar mend, e the Loo inconstant weod d at thy aide: Pore as the kecn alr ‘rorind thee blawn, Ty modost boauty naught baih known Of baneful prido. Not thine 1o smile when, Iately sprung From wintry birth, the year lsyoung And gay with Lope, But the spont seasons’ steps to greet, Tralllng with tired, reluctant foot ‘The downwanl slope. Like hearts of men that falthfal stay Thoauh youth and fortano pass away 1o {ife's docline, When no companion bads rematn, ‘We hall thee on the frosty plain, Flow'ret divige. Dear flower, thy slender stalk shall know The bitter blast, the blinding anow, And perish then Nor can the Hummer, when onco more She leads ber train afong the shuze, thoa again, . en all other Row'rs are fled, mn hath fnherited ecay, (ul Irlvduam-l l&llno .“'ti: " s an ed graaacs thro Cheerlag her Vl:;. ¥ G And oftan, when the North wind's breath ‘The storme af Winter sumuioncth v bleak retarn, the rustic Lard sball panse, nd. fous of Nature's laws, ‘Thy leason leam} And. from thy tranquil, lowly grace, Bhowa Just Moral th bl race’ o With lovis art— Pleaulng th that hesr bim or lmlnhlt; uty h‘o-n:l:u L A copstant héun. N d RanLes NoRLS GREGORY. =Prom (As Youlh's Companion, witk corrections, ——— 5 ) M. D, Tot, wh And Auf Rus i AR AN Gl TLlnge that pusione i list, of Healing the sin-sick soul, he went and cate, With wnfen peraasive, but no biot of Llawe,’ The lowest wrelch his sympathy evoked; L G s 2 An , In groupiog gran \\fe':n '||a'h m oo his mission, hand o hand, Teaching thet God alons intemperance heals— s ow:'\flull( soul the touchstone thal ~evesls g him the bruls-ed spot tuat fesioring makes Ench life a burden till the worn beart broaks, 1iumsuity alone doth human nature know, And who s one like woanded shares our wo? O tender, Christlike heart, that Snds & brother In every nan who owns & comimnon mother! O geatle Eve, sad mother of our race. How more than sad the fruis of tby m-funl Of all the griefs entsiled upon thy kin Noz ono but in the Kealms.of Rum we find. Bouxd in unylelding chalos, too willing serf) Men drown awakening pange In maudiin minl Welcome the mu\l{ wau, who, fetters broken, Tewembers those [eas happy, wretched sisves, 0d bleea bim for thio words, 80 ** Stly spoken, " Thatsave & brother frow 8 droukard's grave ! flnd“flua him o his labors everywheroly tho tise from Cbristian hearts, & constsnt rayer. God Wees 1a word and deod to honor tras £45h 008 who weata the plelza's stablcin blue— Hemeubering, 1hough he UBRAvErIY BLALY, Eoue weakey friend way bevd & helpiog band. . Byzugs, » Ok, 7, 1877 CW. B TIIE OLD WORLD. Gleanings of an Elder Woman Therein. Ghent and the Beguinage--Bruges and Blakenberg. The Iong -Journey from Aniworp fo Berlin. Vislt to a Baronial Residence in East Prussia, Special Correspondence of The Tribune. BrnLN, Scptember, 1877.—1 reserve to my- self some future studies of Belgium. which [ will make and report, D, V., when the eourse of travel shall bring me back to this small but fodividual country. When I visited it ten years ago, 1 should have supposed it to be the very 1ast place in Europe from which anclent super- stition woulil cver be unlovsed and nllowed to depart, Dut the industry and enerey of the Fleminga are clements of progress, and, though Belgium {s stil] a' Catholle country, it is not a country in which the fosslls of belfef will for- evertake the place of the trao ahd iving divine, Commerco and manufactures Lring in the cra of practical intercats, , Cominon-senso sets its ‘“limits” {o the extravagances of belict and projudicc. Thé Flem- ing to-uay desires constitutional govern- ment and ratfonal education, and, Insofar as the Church of Romo opposes thesc, insofar will she find herselt obliged to give place and to compromise. The vigorous young Present will not nlwnys ngree that its one task is to nurture and keep alive the deereplt old Past, It has fts Futuro also to provide for, and new generations wiil have. new nccessitics, and will clamor till their wants are provided for. Belgium to-dny 18 in the very Leat of this strngagle between the old order and the new, Iwish I1rere Letter able to speak of the manner and degree In which It goca on. - A DRIEF VISIT TO OHENT showed us tho clty greatly Improved and quickened during the last ten years. Wo vis- ited the Cathedral, which contains n magnificent” plcture by Jobn and ITubert Van Kyck. Its subject fs the '* Adoration of the Immaculato Lamb.” The interest of the picture is not In the legendary animal, but in the wonderful figures which surround t. o ought perhaps rather to call this work a series of pletures, as its several panels would cach make a distinct work by Itscll. The figures of Christ, 8t. John, and the Virgin arc of life-size,—the first heing represented In tho trlumph of His priesthood and majesty, crowned and robed, Yet the Jewels which the palnter has lavished upon His attlre do not scem to be the gems of sulgar urchase' and adornment. Thy plety of Ilia eart shines and fames in these amethysts and Bcnm. which carry our thourhts rather to the ook of Itevelations than to the jeweict's shop, 1n this church, too, ts a glory of my Rubens, —a pleture representing the Baron, the patron of the Cathedral, in the act of forsaking tha military for the pricsily profession. In this work Kubens has introduced the fiqures of his two wives, who share his canvas as they could not have been coutent loshare hislfe. The most striking fgure in the pleture fs thntof o woinan who kneels with her back to the speeta- tor, holding a child behind her with oné arm, a babe npon her breast with the other, and still managing to extend ons hand to reccive an alms, This figure makes one think of Michacl Angelo, by tho exellence and power with which it is drawn. 'The wonderful Kneeling figure n Raplisel's Transfiguration s hardly moro strik- lnfi or more powerful, hent was formerly romarkablo for its BHOUINAGH, ‘This was a eort of smallcr city, In the heart of the town, entirely given up to the residouce of certafn women of family, who, not dosir- fug tho absolute sequestration of the clolater, yot wished to live separats from tho world around them. I havein former times visited these neat ard qulct houses, whose inmates, if they talked st ull, spoke only of tho rest and ace which they found in thelr scclusion. I have socn, too, thelr evening-seryico, lu widch cach Beguine stole softly into the chapol, en- veloped In o gredt white ‘linen cloth, which, at the closo of the scryice, sho took off and folded in o _somewhat prosaie manuer. I found the Bezuinage removed to another part of tho town, und the wholo region formerly ‘devoted 1o It uccupled by tradespeoplo of tho sinaller class. One only of the Beguines re- mnined inber lttlo stidl house, 8he, thoy told us, ‘was tao ojd and too poor to temove to the new quarters assigned to tho Bisterliood, on tho outekirts of the city. We gave ler a anall feo, but declined to pay two franca for Her very ugly norllmll, at which sho cried out in great ‘indig- natlon. Flecing from the wrath of the piteous old Beguine, we went by rall to tinish the day I % BRUGES, Here wo found tho old Uathedral gofweously restored as to tho interlor, but rathor glaring tn its effect. In the Chuich of Notros Dame aro some valuable pictures, and a marble group by Michael Angelo, representing the Virgin and Child, flera wo pald nu extra fec in order to 6eu the tombs of Charles tha Bold, Duke ot burgundy, and of his daughter, wife of the Emperor Maximillan, FEacli tomb bears o life-slze recutnbent Ogure, riehly gilt, resting upon a marble nm?‘ agus. Tt of Charles beara bis motto: ¢ I havo undertaken its ma; good come of {t." 1o recalling thls mndcr. um uclived to charge the oxtra francs which wa paid for this brief satisfaction to tho account of Walter Scott, whose novel of Quentln Durward rives so graphlc a pleture of the impetuous uke. ‘The Bt. John's Hospital at Bruges contains severs) very valunble works by Memling, Chief among themn s a reliquary, sald to have been ordered for this establisluncut by its Governor, In 1150, 1ts sides ars divided into panels, upon each of which some sccue In the history of Bt Ursula {s painted In oil with the perfection of winlature. But this day of merclless sizht-seelnz was not mlliclenl.tuwula my {ounz companlon, who desired to leave Bruges for . BLAKENDERQ, o bathing-place on tho coust, easlly reached by rall. 8o we lett -behind tho belfry of Bruyes, the pictures, and the churches, aud by nlchtlall found ourselves onco more on tho ascashore, surronuded by ail the appliances and fentures which mark a place of summerrasort. There were buthing-vostumes, Includiug hats and slioes, and **rouph, reactionary towels,” There was an unwholesome hotel, In which they crowded and flecced us, And hero was @ Cursaal, In which duncing went on, and to which wu ubtalned fogress Ly paymeut of ouc pouce cacl, The muslc was gay, the company (rjvad- ly sud cheerful. Bome of the duncing wus rather wild and rapld; somoof it was quick enough, as the ludles contentedly danced with each other, wheu o partner of the obposite sex offered himaelf, After the dance, they sat on the veranda of Cursaal and relreshed them- selves with collee and Leer. Returalug to Antwerp, wa commenced the LONG JOURNEY TO BMKLIN, which occuples seventeen hours. Starting at ¢ 8. m,, aod traveling withou? luterinission, we yeached Berlln ut 11 p, m. Vart of the journey was very uninterestiug, but a \r‘uu of it lay through the territory of Brunawk! , whose bold, mountalnous features seemed to us very pitcur esque. The road passes through a number of tunnda one of which scemed aitost jntermin. able, The adwinistration of the rogd sceigs to be military ju its siyle. Whenever the traln pasded the but of a road-tender, the ofliclal ap- peared at his door, presenting his flaz. The Juen who waited upon us were most curt aud arbitrary, even when they futended to bo polite, *Bolp—snap—lold your tongue!” was abuut what they had say. On our arrival at the Herlin station, ‘an ofticer of some sort gave us a tiu badge with a number o fi. This entitled us to engage & drosky for our- selves, 'The rallway-porter informed us that thers was a tarill Gxing bis cowpeusation at 40 pfennlogs, which is not far frow sixpence sterling. We found our hotel quite handsome and spacious,—in fact, the best we have seen lml;uluo ;)u the Continent. f Berlin, 1 will efurring my account ol r now speak of 3 vislt of sows weoks ab 2 A BAKONIAL LRSIDENCE fu the heart of Eust Prussia. In order to reach this place, weleft Berlin by a uight-traln, not enaging o slecplog-berth. Indeed, we were Dot at this tiue aware that such au aceominoda- tion was to be obtalued iu Prussfa, Having comfortable scals {u the railway- carriage, wo left them for a womeut to purchase §ome provisions, aud, lound our swall lugrage A'lhp) scals occupled by partles who retus to give thewm up, The night was very weary and un- comfortable; aud one of the persvns who had ousted us—a woimau—added to my discoin- tort by crowding 1w wé jnuch as she ibly rould. There were varlous stops, of which pas- seugers availed therwsclves to swallow conlous drofts of beer, Towards dayhreak, cofles was 3 brought, to thocars, Gladwery wgwhea tho traln stopped at Crerwinek, and when we saw thero the an! of kind friends waiting for ux, A earringze and fine pair of horses koon hronght us o L., where wewere tobetho euests of Baron and Baroness von —. A few outlines only can be given of the days, l‘llllct but Iull of Interest, which we passed In this to us unknown region. The life hero fs COUNTRY-LIFR, depending vpon internal resources, and con- templating little interconrse with the great cities, To hegin, the country {tself fnce formed a part of Poland, and has only belonged to Pras- :dn since the partition of that unfortunate coun- 52 Koppikowo, Venkowgari—sufliciently attest tho former Polish ritle, Peasants and acrvants hero speak the Polish language when conversing with cach other, addressing their masters only In German. Their names, too, are Polish,— such as Kolakowskl, Zalinski, cte. ~ Yet thelr lug eyes and fair hnfe betray thelr Gesmanie wrigin, _This country, in fact, has bLeen fought over and connuered more than once. THE TRUTONIC KNIONTS of the thirteenth century found it In possession of the Vens, an untamable Finnish race. They exterminated theee people so pompletely that three familles only of Ven orizin ate sald to ex- ist In Germany to-day, The proner names Wenceslawa and Wemdelind are sald to bave sorune from relations with this extinct race, At Marlonburg, in this neighborlicod, the Knights buflt on immense fortreas and castle. They were of n sollitary religions Order, but sectit to have proferrel the argument of the sword to any slower and mtlder method of con- quest, They must have been extremely san- vuinary to effect so complete a destrues tion of the aborigies ns Is claimed for them. They hrmuihl. emigrants from othier parts of Germany to fili the depopulated waste, but the country remains to-day sparsely sottled. In the en, they verlfied thio Master's prediction that 9 They that use tho sword shall perish by the aword," since they themsclves were in turh exterminated by tho Poles,—the last Supenor of the Order falling on tho field, at the head of his warliko followers. We discuss theso exciting themes In tho quiet of the frlendiy dinner-table, or around tho aftec- noon tea-bonrd. Life here 1s AIMPLB AND REGULAR. We are waked soon after 8 a. m. by the girl who brings our coffee and bread-and-hutter. We ramble in the nhafl{) grounds until 11 a. m., wihen a substantial broakfast is served, which would answer very well for s dinner. After this comes” solitary reading = fer thoso who wish {t; for “the rest, con- versation, nuudle«vmrft, and musfc. At 4 . 1. the horscd comao to the door, There are usually two palr, with two carrlages attached, and the guests. and fawmnlly drive off to visit same point of Intcrest, or some good nelzhbor. When we donot drive, we take afternoon tea sooh after 4, and this {s considered so necessary that, in'casc of a drve, we take with us tho necessary provision for this refreshment, and make our tea fn some quict spot in the woods, or stop for beer and coffco at some waysile “ Wirth-haua.” Dinner comes at 7 o'clock, and thie ovening closcs soon after 10, ‘The reeidenco is JUCH OAYER at certain seasons of the year, when its wide halls are open to receive the, whole variety of o Inrye family connection, Then our uncle, the General, and our vousin, the Adjutant, como down, ond the bluc-eyed maldens wake the tong corridors with thele music and laughter, Noty comes the whirling waltz and {ts concom- ftants, and I should not wonder if youthful pairs of lovers walked up_and (down thcee suiles of parlors {n which I can hardly find my way. Such a company had doparted just before we camne, loaving a certain ghostly sllence in some puris of tho great house, Bomo of our number fmprove this opportunity to re- Jatc the most astounding tales of ghosts and spectres, averring for the truth of cach par- ticular ‘clrcumstance, After thoso perform- ances, it mnst be confessed that we look about ua o youd deal as we zo up-stairs at bedtine, and put out the candloswith a certain tremor, # N1l do mortuls" now becomes an carnest say- Ing with us, We are like the_Medicl, who was porfectly satlsfled with the Pittl Palace, and desired no ghostly comforting. JuLia Wanp Iowa. THE DEAD DEVIL-FISIL Bprawled in His Enormous Froportions on the Aquarlum Floor, New York World, Oct, 10, Architenthls princeps was taken outof his cask of brine yestordny morning and spread out at full length on the floor of the Aquardum, - When the hoad of tho cask was remaved tho brino and other preservative dgoots employed soon filled the bullding with pungont odors. The dovil-fish itsel had been deodorizad, but at the oxponse of the surround- ing llquid. " Tho creature had mangicd fts tafl among tho rocks whete It was eaufim., and its body also was dcoply gashed. Soveral of "fits long tentacles” had been chop- pod into two or more pleces, but all tho parts had been packed In the cask and wero roadlly fitted to cach other, The cyes of the fish had been dcumflnd, the cartilaginous sockets alone remnining, but it is the intention of the proprictors of ths Aquarlum to replace them with elght-inch oyes of glass, Tho head had beon entirely severed from tho body, but the gelatinous masses havo now been so closely Jolnad that the scparation i not npparcot. the monater Iy on tho floor of tho Aqua- vium Ita pruportions could for tho first time be accurately monsurcd, Itstwo lonz tentacles each strelch out more than tweuty-four feet, and the length of the body from head to tall is nine fect, so that the totul lenuthof the creature Is rather moro than thirty-threo feot, The furthcet sprbad of fts téntacles is noarly ety foet. ~ Tho hreudth of the body is nbout four feet, and it {s ncarly a_foot in thickness, ‘The elght short arms vary in longth from seven to uino fect, 1t Is Impossible, howcyer, by this statoment of measurements to ' convey any {dea of tha size aud_ fornn of tho creature, Undoubtedly, It docs not approach In bulk or wcluhl tho proportions of the living monster. The tentacles aro flabby and shrunken and the body had & collapsod appearnnce, Thoso who have framed their falth on tho monster de- scribed hy Victor Huxxl){ or who expect to such a creaturc as tho tisherman of Catalinasaw antangled (n the rocks, will almost certalnly be alsappolnted at firat sight. Imagine s -flah toneue, swollen to an coormous size, with lopg, tralling, snaky arms of a lvid color attache to ta ront, aud this is a rough plcture of the squid. The original color of the fish was sald to have bccvudu-l:{ red, but it has now boeu bleached by the brine and other agents to a dirty white, The body looka like a bag of ulp coated with a tough elastic skis, Tho hack and belly are lighter colored than the aldes, whbich asro tloged with a dusky pink, " Tho: tentacles” are Lrown In jmru but the provalling color s a soddon whitc, The crushied sockets of the eyes scarcoly protrude from tho head, and thero is o trace left of the tube or funnel on the side of the head through which the watcr was cxpelled as (2 by s bydraulic engine, ‘The beak of the sf‘luld rcsembles that of o par- vot. It 1s of a dark bouy substance, aud ls placed on the under sido of tho hoad cqui-dis- tant from the rootsof the tentacles. The boak of this specimen is broken, but it has been so re- placed that its original position and structuro are readily scen, The tongue Is lke that of a snall flcrhlpl three Iuches in length, avd coat- ed with tine'teothi. Tho stomnch can bo seen through the vents fn the Pulpy vag which eov- ers it und o few bits of thin " brown lone, the rennants of the gllls, can be pulled out to view Iag anybudy who cazes to introducelils hand inf the cavity of the head. ‘Tha devil-fish i3 not_a *sea vampire,” as Hugo declares; but his frightful” deserip- tion of the process by which *the bydra In- corporatea tsclf with’ tho man and tho man bocomes one with the bydra is scarcely moro appalling than tho real inauner of tho victim's death, The prey of tho devil-fish is drawu under water by tha resistiess suction of its wi tentucles, and the arins are wouud closer an closer about the helpless body, pressing it tightly to its own gelutinous lm* Then the beak of the sl is brought in play, and the softer portlons of the body are torn out wud erushed between the mandlbles. There Ia po doubt that the squid catches and swallows piccemeal tho creatures within ita resch which it considers eatable, It is in the hizhest order of the invertcbrates. It has & rudimentary bratu sud clearly-deined fn- ternal orizaus, Whether the fish can * hate,” as Hugo would have us belleve, can hlrdl, be al- Ared, but wheu lrritated or alanned for ai reason the expreasion of {ts huge sturing oyes is :;hl. on good wuthorily, to be peculiarly fero- ous. — + SLANDER, 3 A whispered word from a woman's lips, Aua sltmy snake through & faiz Aeld alipe; A sbrug, or s glauce, a8 palson-dart Ammcd from behind at 8 creature’s he The suako ylides staalibily on fts w And s laughiing cuild s kliled st pla; Tha whispered word galos force, and Tol A fawe {4 black thal was while as snow, Dead In her track falls the boundllf hing, Slaln by the arrow shol fron bebind; The shrug and the glance bave galoed apace, And the light goes oot of 8 falr young face. Pulloat the dast, does this hind swnke? Doositbring back life thouzh you kil the snake? Prove the tale false, yet the heart Is wrung— Ot curwe of God on & slasderuus tongue By Wuxsiss, The names of estates—such as Czerwiusk, . MAN’S. INHUMANITY. A Father Kills Himself and His Little Girl. < A Tennesseean Commits Suicide and Two Murders. Torturlng n Child«e-Love and Lucreess Mnd from Jealonaye THE MANN TRAGEDY. Kanaan Olty Times. Oct, 7, A smAll brick cottage on Central street, near the carner of Eleventh street, was the centre of public atiraction yesterday morning. Between 7 and 8 u'clack a group of three persons stood uvon the sidowalk on Eleventh street, talking of the new building just belng built next door to the lttle brick cottage above mentioned, whed suddenly the quietness was broken by thie report of two pistol-ahots within the house. hen & alde door opened, and an aged Jady, pale ond agitated, called to the thres men standing talking, requesting them to pleass come to the house) as something was the matter. On entering the house the lady, who had catled them In and who proved to b the house. keeper, pointed to the front rodin door, and Mr. Thatcher opened the door. The room was filled with smoke from exploded powder, and a scenc presented fteell which will never be for- gotten by thosa who beheld {t. On adouble lounge opencd out and used as a bed Iay a young wan named If, . Mann. In his left hand, which Iny upon his Lreast, was a silver- mounted revolver, still warm and smoking from a recent discharee, Ha was upon his back, his left hand hanging carcleasly by his side, his head upon the plllow, upon which a strenm of blood was slowly flowing. 11c was still hreath- Ing, but 8 white froth, streaked with blood, had commenced to appear at his mouth. Tlorrible as this sight nppearcd, thero was another still more shocking, and one which drew tears tothe eyes of manywho afterwarida beheld jt. Lying upon its back, with {ts fert towards its father's body, was letle Edith, the fair-hafred littla pet of the Immediate neighborhaod s atiny little child, between 2and 8 years of nge. A pile of plllows gave to the little one n half-sit- ting posture, and at first glance b might have been mistakon for n sleeping infaut, 20 natural did it appear. Its pretty, pale face was slight] dlscolored by powder smoko around the mouth and chin, Its arms wero thrown above tho hend, where it had thrown its doll when the crucl bullet had plerced fta heart. Tho night- dress of the child had been unbuttoned and opened at the nock asuflclontly to oxpose s sunow-white bosom, and thore in the centre, was an ufily black spot, burned by the powder of the piatol, and a ghastly hole over the heart, where ho bullet had entered, It was A alck- ening sight, ono which unnerved tho three strong men standing there beside the blood- stained couch in horrified amazement. The door was closed to hide the foul.sight, and doctors were sont for, but bofore the first_one arrived tha aplrit of the sulcide had fled, The child had died on Lhe first instant the shot had been fred. The suiclde's lnst farcwell was weitten uvon a card, and told the story (n afew riefwords, It merely aald: i * Love of wifo nnd child has caused this act. Bhe can never be replaced by another, and [ canoot lenve Edith. MaNN." Thoasulclde ovidently alludes to his wife, who died last spring, and to his little girl Edith, whomn he murdered just bofore killlng himsulf Abhout 10 o'clock” the County Coruner suc- ceoded In obtaining a jury, and procceded to B W St et deposcd gs fol . W, Scdewlck, belng sworn, deposed as fol- lows: Iam freight agent for tho l{nnm Pacifie Railway CumYuny at‘Kansas City. I recorrnize Mr. Mann. He 18 myson-in-law, and I rucoznizo tho child as my grantdaughter. Since the death of his wife, which occurred abont six months ago, he has not, I think, been right {n his mind, In talking he would say things that a ratlonal man would not un( ‘e very freauently tatked of taking tho chifd, and wanted him to coms and live with us, too, but he always sald that ho would tako carc of the child, Inever haa any scrious approlicnsions about him, but Mrs. Bedgzwick hias been alarmed for some time. 118 lins sald to me that he wished both himsell and child had dled when bis wife did. Whon ho was In these moods I would talk with him and got him to Inughing. For some time past ho Ens heen drinking some, but not cnough to cause him to comuiit this act. Thls weok Mrs. Sedg- wick wanted him to como down and occupy rooms at the house, Lut ho objected. The bagv 1s 8 yoars nja, L don't know exactlv what his ago was. Ho hud a slster residing in Now York, Oa wego, I think, whom_ho was expecting to vislt. Yesterday ho recelved a lettor from her which stated that sho had flvun up her visit to Kansas City, and would visit o elster at Milwaukee. Ho'scemed greatly disappoluted at the recep- tion of this nows, and went, as he thought it sho came out he would bo all right. I bollove that he has not been In his right mind slnce tho death of his wife. o owed 850 or $00, which hotold mo he wished was pald. I do ot think his fnanclal condition bad anything whatever to do with causing him to commit the act, I aiways understood that he resigued his position at tho Btock-Yards. Ife told mo o week 8o that ho had resignod, that ho thougit thoy were trylug to get him out. I talked with Mr., Morag about it, and to asked e it Ithought Mr, Moun was In his right mind. A statemont was modo at the Inquest by Mr, B, Rlchardson, tho Becretary n? the Kansas Btock-Yards Company, which threw additlonal light upon the mystery. IL appears that when Mann, the decemed, returned iast soring from l’cun:flylvnuln, whore hoe bad boen to bury his wile, lie appeared much changed in his sppears ance and bis habita, Ilo labored constantly un- dor the hallucination thatho wastobe discharzed from his situation in the Stock-Yard offices. e beecamo morose and suspiclous, and fre. quontly demanded when he was Lo be replaced by those whom ho suapectod wers cudeavoring to take his situation from him. e becamo addieted to drinking sprees, and his melancnoly seemed to lncrease, Last Baturday hs demanded and recelved his monthly pay In'a way that in- dicated insanlty. While the trensurtr was mo- mentarily abs¢at from the oftice, Mann leaped outof the window witha bundlo in bls arms and drove nway., Mo wasnot agaln scen in the Btock-Yard offices. Anothar trouble which affectod hls mind was the Ides or suspicion that an effort was being mado by his wife's parcnts 10 tako his child from him,” When ho lost his situstion ono week ago, he announced Lis inten. tion of breaking up his howe and gulmf away, but seemed ta be inuch excited over tha idea ot belog parted from bis child, und announced his intcotion of dylng with it befors wiving IL up, It was whilo u this state of mind that fis com- mlitted the murder and suicide. THE CARPER TRAGEDY, pecial Correspondence af The Triduns, Nasuvie, Toun., Oct. T.—Mavy years ago there lived fn & littlo by-atrect fn this city an odd Inalvidual by the mame of John Carper, Tle waa looked upon by everybody as & mono- maniac, and his whims were humored and his eccentricities tolerated $o the last degrec. He followed tho trade of a locksmith, and, 'when not at work, apent hours snd Lours por- ing over the mysteries of the Bscred Volume. He muat have gotten his {deas confused by the reading as he read it, for be, although kuowing tho book from ouo end to the other, professed a thorongh disbellet in 1t and all its doctrines, Mo seofled at preachers and scoffed at the various sccts a8 proving that the Bible had not been read aright, For himsel! ho expreased an utter dlabelief in God, in Christ as & Bavior, sud snd el other ‘truths set forth in the Bacred ~ Work., In those days, when Universalism, Materialism, ln& Bplrit. ualism were unknown terms, his neu;hgmn. frieuds, and acquaiutances ralscd thelr hunds in nl‘y horror ut his diabeliefs, and, In whispers full of awe, declared he wasan fntidel, 'The man delighted n polemical dhguuunu, wud loved argument for its own sake. Nothiug Klmml bim better than to go tu the market- ouse, whero e was always sure of an audience, mount 80 old barrel or dry-gzoods box, and maks an erratic harangue, begloving with religion and ending with politics. The crowd would langh, jeer, applaud; sud all come to the samg coucluslon, that **O1d John Curper was crazy.? MHe seemed, never io lack for a word. Expes- sion tlowed as smoothly from his Jips as it could | bave come from the most Holshod ocator. One of his peculiaritics was in walking the strects with his haods behind him, holding s ball of runy.' which hLe rolled and rolled, and passed rom one hand to avother, lnwuand{. For o while tho old man was lost »ight of, un- il the breaking out of the Rebellion, when ba again came to fim fore as s stanch Unios mau, He_ found bis old place at the market-louse, aud thera took up the new theme ol Becession, which he bitterly denounced. His assertions were not witbout reason, and, although his fleree vhlllrv(u were tolerated becauss “mfi came from “crazy old Joln Cu%r ! they saul deep {nto the minds of wany of hearcrs., “Old John ™ was. lu bls youuger days, con- sideruble of s pugillst, sud delightea fu a et~ and-skull 8gbt. On obe eceasiou, & professivaal rize-Dglter cams to tbess parts, and Carper kle him. He therclore souxht M Meulty, and was cight times knocked down; but he did not. feel himeell beaten, and, ernwl- ing ta the boxer, scized his legs, and sucreeded, amidst a shower of blows from the boxer's fists, in throwine his antagonist and finally “'getting the hest of him."" The hoxer sald ft was hia tirat defeat, For some years after Carper's anti-Sccessfon u,mul'hrn hewas lost sight of, but it now trans- y_ res that in 1573 he moved to Cleveland. Tehn, roin thero now vomes the etory of the horrible ending of the (nfldel, seoffer, nod monoinaniac, Yesterday ho entered his home, where sat two youne virls, all unsuspecting ol theterrible fato avout 1o overtake them, They were couelus,— one the daughter, and tha ofher Lthe nfece, of arper. Tha latter, without any preliminarics, deliberately drew n pistol, and tired first at one girl. then at the other, killing both {ustantly, A third shot buried ftsell {n the vilals of tho murderer, and lald him a corpss Leside his vie- thns, Dox. —— LOVE AND LUCRE. Dispatch ta St, Loutr Globe-Dmoerat, New Yonk, Oct. 0.—There was n curfous hit of romance {ndirectly connected with the falluro of the Merchants' Loan & Trust Company, of Paterson, N. J., which has just come to light. It seems that last winter an olderly widow of this city, a Mrs. Woodruft, living in East forty. Arst strect, applied to Mr. Preston, as Treasurer of the Compsany, for a loan on certain Paterson real eatate. 8he was rofused, but she eamo again and again, accompanled by her danghter ond Mr. Il. B, Fenton. Thelr story was thia: Mrs. Woodtult had heen left with very band. some propurty, $70,000 or $30,000, and upon tho marriage of her daughter 830,003 or $00,000 more would .come fnto their possession, In antlcipation of this they had lived Dbe- yond thelr income and iwere *asliort? of ready money, 'Tho daughter was to he married on Feb, 22 and motiey tvas needed to completo. the rrepamtlous: $3.00. would bo suflicient, and then the newly-acqulred property would bo placed in the cistody of the Mer- chants' Loan & Trust Company, as trust fund, 1o remaln so {ndelinitely, to the grent ndvantaze of thls Institution, In considerution of all these inducements, and upun the assirance of several New York brokers that the representations of the Woodritfls were correct, Mr, Proston last January lent Mrs. Woudshff 3,000, without other aecurity than her note, Indorsed by Mr, Fenton, On Feb. 22 tho daughter was ill, and the marriage had to be postponed, inaking neee essary another loan of $1,000 to the ladies so rich and yet 8o _poor. Atinln the day was sct, but this timo, addly enongh, the bridegrnom was unable to be presert, In sliort, the wedding has not taken place yet, and the Merchants’ Loan & ‘Trust Company “hold $11,000 of Mms, Wood- rufl's unsecured paper, and that lads's fafluro to meet lier obligations was largely tho cause, Mr, Preston avers, of the Compahy's untimel collapse, Encmica of Mr. Preston have intl mated that this loan was not altogether *square " on his part; that ho profited by it to tha detriment of the bank, but the ovidence on which these insinuations are based las not yot come to Haht, James Frederick Preston, the ‘Treasurer, and one of the Directors of the late bank, gave o bond to tho Recelver to-day to in- demnity the stockholders and "depositors for any money that may have Leen lost to them through his nllm.']nd mismanagement, Mr. Wil fam Howakd, of Brooklyn, Mr. I'reaton’s broth- er-in-lnw, was the bondsman, Mr. Praston hina thulxlv saved himaell by this from a formal ndictimont by the Urand Jury, which Is now in scyaton, It fs understood that the Grand Jury had agre=d to fnddiet him, hut had not presenteit the Indictinent to the Court, and it Is likely that they will now take no further nctlon till Mr. Preston’s transactions have been reviewed by tho Chancetlor of the State. CHILD-TORTURE. Troy (V. 1) Timer, - One of tho most dastardly cases of child-tor- ture by an fnhuman father cver perpetrated has Iately developed ftself in SoutPGlen's Falls, A French Canadian named Nicholas Lavoy has fot some time borne a bad reputation, and it has been kuown that on several occaslons nelghbors were compelled to Interfers and prevont bis ter- rible crucities to ono of his chlldren, who is boy nbout 4 years old. Apalnst this harmless croature Lavoy scoms to bear an unnatural antipathy, although in genernl his normal desiro has been to Infliet revolling torbdra on all the mombors of his family, his doeds in this dircetion being aufficient to warrant o life-fonz confinement in state-Prison. Last week Dr, Btrecter,of Glen's Falls,was summoned to examing and treat the child, when the case was flrat glven publicity. 1t is astonishing that auch things should bo permltted to go unchecked 5o long. Lt seems that Lnvoy nt onc time be- camo angored at the ehild for an finaginary rea- son, and taking tho littlo fellow by tho hair dragged hl"kdown to tho river, and then puehed him under the wator and hold nim thero until alinost drowned, so that on _beloy relensed tho poor child staggered nround whilo the water urod (rom lils nostrils and mouth. Not sat- aflod with nearly sufocating ifm i thls man- ner, the father kicked tha child, und only ceased when tired of the llendlsh actlon,” On another occaalon he scized the hoy by ono ear,and, lifting him bmm‘y from tho ground in that wanncr, twistid him around so suddonly that tho car wus thflly torn from tho sida of tho head, and hung loosc, while blood streamcd from the wound. The chilld’s lips wore scarred and mis- aliapen, which It nppears comes from the father taking a smoking pipe, Mlled with burn- ing tobacco, and, while ho held the boy firmly ' to revont his rosisting, placed thu ipo “againat tho little follow’s mouth and eld it thero until the lips wero bllstered and scorched g0 that tho tlcsh was dlscolored and burned quite deep. Not content oven then, ho wrasped the child's lips betweon his fingers, pinching and twisting them until the burned ficsh was torn from Its position. Ono dav_ last week Lavoy gavo the same child o frightful beating, so'that now {ta back, from the hips 10 the shouldlors, s n maas of blue, pulpy flesh, that feols like jelly, and prescuts o sickening sight. [Ils wife this time vontured to interfere fu Dbehalf of the almost murdered boy, when Lavoy turncd on hor, and, bestdes on awful beating, struck her with some sharp Implement, lnm:tlng a long and deep gush across the fore- head. Bingularly cnough, all this was perimtted to occur, and no attempt made to euuse tha ar- rest of this base scoundrol, who wus workin, moanwhile fn W, A, Bhermau's lumber-mill, Tlearing of the casa, fliram Rockwell, proprictor of the Rockwell Houee, of Glen's Lalls, had o warrant lssued tor Lavoy's arrest, aud it s expected now that justice will be meted out to the dangerous and inkuman wretch, ——— SAVED ¥ROM TIIE GALLOWS. RuaDING, P, Oct. 10.—This was tho day set apart for the cxecutfon of Allen C. Laros, the young law student of Easton, who was found eullty of polsoning his father and moth- erand unclo last year, near that place, by put- ting arsenlc In the coffec prepared for the fam- ily supper. The entire family, excepting him- self, were polsoned,—ouly thres cqses proviug fatal, however. Tho dcfense bf the prisoner’s counscl was {nsanity, but it falled. Siuce then Lasos haa been sublect to terrible epl- Jeptic fAts fo fall, and has been reduced to a mere skoloton. Many wero the opluion that he wns uverfectly and that he waa folgoing the epileptic fits, escape the gallows, A Commlssion was ap- pointed by tho Court to examina him, buth mentally and physically. Ous of the teats tried on Laros to ascertain If his Ots were genuine or {alse was the administering of other duriug vue of his convulslons, and It Ts sald that while un- der {ta futluence raw whisky was droppad into bhis oyes, without produciug & wink or aign of pain, Laros remuiniog alinost motionless, It {s stated that the fits are not shinulated, for the ether test s said to be the one relicd upon by nearly all physiclans as vosltive fn cascs of {nsauity. The physiclans on their fors mer visit, after hearing the lullmcn{ of the prison offlclale, and piskinga shortatay In Laros cell, futimated that he was [nsane, and the Gov- ernor granted 3 stay of 'r;mccedlnum Other very sovere tests wero mado by pryaiclans, such as applylng bot irons to Laros' feet, ‘The prisoner was wade to undergo the most palnful torture iu his cell, and during his dts ho never showed auy signs of pain, aud was perfectly uncon. scious, ‘The Commlasion will report him insanag this week, sud Laros will be taken to an asylun fustead of to the gallows. 1lls relatives, broth- ors, and aisters are perfecily satiafled, as they arg nclined to Lelieve he was fdlotic whon he pull‘ormetll "Il;:n“"{;hh:. :‘llwl.halwmmrled to wake people believe ho soll tho tihe of tha deed. aitay ————— MURDER FROM JEALOUSY, ‘. M, Louls Republicas, Oci, L1, What scems from prescnt appearauces s will- ful murder wos committed yesterday sfternoon on the Letmoy ferry roul about two sud o lalf miles below Carondelet, near tho junctiou of tho telegraph road, Beasley, the murdere wan, and the one whokilled bim were stfangers, and merelv passing through the country. 1t 8ppears that & man by the name of Joseoh Boasloy kisd been employed to move one Jumes Willls“and bls family, cousisting of bis wife oud plece, from Edwardsville, Ili., to Pied- mout, Mo, where Willis bad formerly lived, Ho had only lived at Edwardsville about two mouths, aud having become dlssat- isficd, concluded to resturn to bis ld howy. The wagon eontalning the partles pssed thy the ¢ty somo tlime” yesterday miormng. ey Wilils, whilo walkinzz along the street, no {ng aceuatomed to thie bustle and contusion the city, hecame lost from the wagon. Bumgin drove on until he -reached tha place where n,' murder wns committed, when he sloppet to w i antfl Wilifs contil catel up. Willis oveanis the wagon about half-prat 3o’clock, ann Whon he came up he scemed to be In a lcrrlm.: rage, He accused Deasley of having o tempted to run away with his ity Beasley scerhed astonished at the strange con. duct, and wanted to offer an explanation. byt Winiis while in the heat of passion caught up an old musket. out of the wazon and fired, Heng. ley fell to the cround monnll( wounded, his breast and abxdomen befne literally riddled with ghot. Dr. Btarkloff was immediately summon. ed to the acene of thetragedy, but within a few minutes after his arrival ‘the man expired, Thero scemed to hiavo been a thlrd man 1 the party, who was on his way to Texas, and " an cye-witness to the murder. Wi, I8, nd soon as renllzing whot he hal done, immediately took to_the woods and made hig cacape. Tho news of the affalt reached Capy, WO'Nelll, of tha First District, soon after it oe. curred, and _Sergeant Rochow way detailed 1o work up the case, hut up to Inte accounts thy fugitive was atill at large, 'The country fn thy vicinity nffords numerous hiding-places, hut jp fs hardly probable that the man can escape, Willis is described a8 boing 81 years of age, nyy fect clght tuclies high, of light complexion, and has Jong red halr and whiskers. Hao wore d pajy of dark jeans pants, gray f!t'"“ coat (loft aleer rmlywrn off), striped shirt, and black sloucy hat turncd up ob the sides, 3 othing is known of Beasley, but it s thought' that ke lived gt Pledmont. LEIPZIG. Military Lifo in n German Garrison-Town. tow Mon Are Moratly Improved by the Strict Discipline—Early Rising—The Annual Cantonment—A Fletureaquo Market-Placs Bpecial Correspondence of The Tribune, Latrzia, August, 1877.—Even the most yup. military person cannot fall, while living in o Rartison-town In Germany, to become intereated in the military movements he sces about him, He need uot nceessarily become a convert to the conscription-system, but he must, upon ae quaintance with some of {ts particulars, come to feel that to the men thero aro advautages, ay well as dlsadvantages, connceted with 1. To g youth who bas, up to the time of entering thy service, lived in a careless, slip-shud way, the enforced lifo of* reguiarity, Industry, and neat. ness, for twoot threa years, cannot butbes lasting blessing. Habitsare formed in that time which are not eaally dropped, nnd probablya good proportion of the men beeome worth far more to themselves and Lo thelr fricnds tn cone sequence of this tralning. , Thev commence at the outset on " A COUNBE OF GYMNASTICS, which soon works an almoat fncredible change; and in two or three months the pale, nasrow- chested youth becomes o nruscular, rugeed eres- ture, searcely recognizable; and, by the time they are tratned for tho long marches, he carries lla burden of musket, knapeack, ete., ete,to tho welght of about.sixty pounds, with perfect ease. To-day, ns areglment passed my windows at noon, on thelr return from a six-lours march, thus laden, and the heat scorching, I was particularly struck with thelr clastle, swing. ing galt and apparent streuzth. One would have supposcd them just starting forthona vleasure excurslon. Most ot thoe Captains become quite ntcrested in thelr mon, and Jook after them lnquite a fatherly way, making many little arrangetnents for thelr comfort which they could not other. wise iave. Ihavein my mind at present one who knows by nama each of his 150 Y CHILDREN," A8 he calls thom, and who vould hardly bo more delighted with their development woere thes really his children, This satma Captaln will very” suon become Major, and ho has often nesured ‘me that he shall almost regret the change which must prevent his close counectlon with these men. An attachment must fnvaria. bly spring up between persons thus assoclated for such n length of umo‘( notwithstanding thelr wiae separution by rank; and I believe that many men leavo the service and thew strict Lut Iatherly~Cantains with regret. ‘Thoro are, of vourse, numerous cuses whers the private hins not an kdea of moral roctitude, nor of self. respeet,—his only care being to find opportu- nitios for wrong-lolug; suchia men has a hard time, and undoubtedly leaves at the ond of s thiree years without n pang, and with a good, round hate in his heart for the Captaln who haes teled to make a an of him. Just now I am particulorly interested In tho casc of a youth who camo ten months siuce as a recrult, and who had nover before In his difs doue a duy's work,—boing a professional beg- gar, aud knowing nothing of sclf-respect. At present there s not o better man in the com- pany. He is necat, orderly, nnd respeetful,— neyer requiring o reprimund, and most soldlcr- lyin his bearing. Doos any one suppose that, nt the end of three years, he will retum to bis old busincss? Neverl : 1E WILL DE A MAN tothe end of his days, and will in his beart Dleas the day when be was obliged to enter the sorvice, ¥ During the hot weather, most of tho sovera exerelaing 18 dono in tha carly part vfthe day,— thie start belog made at 3 or 4 o'clock. That s, the march commences then, for all aro astir two hours before they guout, Thero ure beds to make, rooms to clean, breakfasts to got and oat, aud varfous matters to koep all busy, Tuls enriy rising scoms to becoms quito casy, and the "being abrund in the ceol, quivt hours a luzx- ury, judging from what I hear oflicors aay on tho subject. I kiave never heard ouo complaln of it as s hardship, but, on the coutrary, lave heard them oxpross pity for tho people who apont those Lours In bed. Ono has mccmdj suld to mo that his only rogret was that his wilo could not he with him to sce for hersclf what wos to nlin tho lovellost part of the day. Bhe quietly remnurked that shio was * willing to take lls word for jL1" * It 1s my opinion that, a8 a rule, the German TBE EARLY NABINK than do Ameyicana, The schools hore commence In summer at 7 o'clock, and in wintor at 8; sud noono thioks it a Lardship for the clilldrento b ready ut that timo. ‘This, of course, invoive carly rising on the part of mothera aud sorvants, aa well as 0f the children. At thy end of this month comos the annul Cantonment, with fts three or four weoks of camp-life and mimic war, nt tho close of which tho troops Wwhose term of servico oxplro En home, aud ieave thelr places to bo Qlled up by the recrutts who come up from city and country to loarn the right use ol legs, arms, cte.y fu the wmilitary sense, 4 sm'no fricnd of war, but Ido nolieve that, 50 Jong s wars must come, it s a splendidthing to have troona well preparsd for it, as all know they arc in this Ewplre, to the minutest partic- ular, A tho veports came fu from day to d,fi of the strikes In Americy, and tho utter fallure in wany cases of the inllitary to render ald, it was a littlo Intercsting to listén to the comments vl my military fricnds. They cannot concelive of such a state of things, and not a man will be- MNevo that our country can Jong do without 8o aniny of considerable slze. Yo are now In the cn]:{mnnl. of an abundance of fruit of an excoptionally good quality. Idv not remember to have soen, ever ra in this ;uun&rr. auch perfect spocimens as are nOW ound {n TU® MARKET, 5 and 1 really onfoy u stroll Lhmuqh nmalonzlfllg‘l 1o ssy not! of varlous proofs of tho g things in the tasting way. The Mar- kot-Flace, as 1 ave before told our readers, s oxceedingly pictoresque n its surroundings; but, on the thiee markct-days of the week, it Lecoines even more 50, with 1is flns show of fruits, vegetables, sud flowers, aud the bronzed faces of the markels wowen looking out from bfll'z.hwoloml Lioodd or Kerchlefs, It is sych a plcture ns one never sees in Amerlca, 1 am now about to bld good-bye, for a time, 10 all those ateractions, and run away for s trip to the Drkneynf wliere one aces nothing of sol- diers, sud but fittle of fruits sod fowers. Pere haps they kuow “thers that Russis sod Turkey are ut wiir, but [ doubt not that wauy of the rood Orcadiuns are ln bllssful ignorance of tbe Tact. OBsERVER. FEAR NOT. Firm suod troe, God io viewy Bla sud vice cver eschew, Let digat divine forever shine From out the deathiess soul of thine. Though dark the way, God 1s qur stay, Aud angols guide us 0o onr wfi}. Why ueed we fear, though dark and droat Our pataway be through deserts here? Firm Lo our will for good 'gaiust ill, Man'e noblest mfssion to fuldil, Let foe o vain the ru,lh: disdain— The cad shall prove the victor'sgsla. Paith is our shicld, the world she feld: Guforth to conquer—never yield. Heed nol the tauut tbat's brought to bear Upon tby soni ju conflict there. 'l;gr heaven ml I;:n llufl W‘A'll Tedress @ wrouge that heavlly on tbo press. xoazus, I, lyhvw B, Msrcacr. D