Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1879, Page 11

s PERRY’S VICTORY. Interosting Reminiscences of a ‘“ Last Survivor,” 0ld John Norris, of Ientucky, Interviowed, Graplic Acdount of a Conflict on the Water. How Perry Banged the Dritish In the Year 181, Epeeial Qorretpondence of The Teitaine, Prrournund, Ky, Jan, f.—In the littie ham- let, located on the Ohio shore, nearly opvosite lawrencehmeg, Ind., and but a short distance from North ‘Beud, O., where Prestdent lar- rison sleeps, has live for aver hall a ceritury old John Nortls, @ “last survivor” of Perry's yictory on Lake Erie. Mr, Norris {8 now in Ifs §9th year, hes for several montna been vonfined to his bed, and was yestewlay reporied dying. Trobably before this chapter reached tha reader ne will have finighed Nla conrse, “Thu writor yislted thio ofd gentleman o tew days sincu and heard hlin rehearso the scencsof nearly seventy yearsozo, "Mhe memory of the stirriog evonts: * in Amerlea’s ently history appeared to quicken Nisalnegist blood, and as ho talked he mants fested all tho ardor of anovice in the lecture- field, 8ave n few oxplotives, THN OLD MAN'S NARMATIVE . {s given to the render as 1t wal to the writers w1 enlisted from Mason Connly, Kentucky, 1n May, 181, and was foon after mustered frito acavalrs company at the old Newport Barrackr, Capt. John Payne, of Augusta, commanded the J/ company, which was mado up of men frofa Muson, Lawls, Lemon, Dracken, and Fagyolte Countles. We were mustered in os six montli? men, and were asslened to Col. Johnson's thre montha’ regimont, nearly every member of whoth was from Kentucky, Almost our fiest roll-ci1l was while we vrere en route to Northern Okilo, where tno Indiang had Ucon committineg se-me depredations. Wo messed in Fort Meigs swd stopped in Camp Bcneca, on the Sandui ky River, In command of Gen. Harrlson, and thien we foined Col. Ball's forces from Maryland, a,nd procceded down towmd Lower Sandusky, Gur nrms coneisted only of ewords and pistols. +On our march wo were AMBUSIED Y A JAND OF INDIANS | numbering only thirteen, We reclprocated | o favor by eurrouniling the savages and kil ng them all. After this akirmish, as tho men em o trooplog back fnto line, over fifty soldii:rn clafmed’ to have *bloodied? his sword in ‘lba nheart of a live Indlan, when, as you know, there were only thirteen of the redskins, hnr,«n‘Sv enougl' to go ‘round. My sword wash 't ¢bloodigd.! : *In tne nelghborhood of Lower Sandusk y and Sencea, we carriod on a predatory warfa e ull summer, Toward thoclose of the seas Commodore Perry sent a messago to Gen, M yr- rison stating that he wanted acompany of fighit- fng men, (on. Hurrlson called jupon our coty- pany for:volunteers. Prior to this ho had tick'led our pride by the remark that wo * Kentucktaus dian‘t know when we wero whipped,! In. the message which he sent to us ho suld he wanted . *volunteers only.” I had been cogerr to see some good fighting before my torm of oi: ¢ months oxg plred, 50 when the message was 1 read aloud to us, 1 was onc of the first to jump tojtho frant with, ‘Pm oue to go! ‘I'm nuotber! and *1'm another,’ passed rapidly down the lue untit twenty members of our cu mpany slone hnd offered’ themselves as volw itedrs. The next day we were taken down the ) dver to TILE COMMODORN'S PLEL! g which was lying at Partage, near *what is now called Bandusky City. LR “Wgo were plnced on board thz Caledonfa, commanded by Capt. Turner. Thedato 1 ¢an't Just remember. I know It wos tlowards tho Jutter part of August, Perry liad 1j1de several ineffectual atiempta to entide the Erltish (com- wsuder from lis stronghold in Mal¢icn to pome out aud engawe him, but thus far Itis attdmpts had been futile, The wilv Britisher 'mainthined his ditnlty all the while, of course, amd strengeh- ened his foree by bulldingand niauning snother ship, catled the Detrolt. Ile ovcasionilly showed his'tecth by a short crulso on his own side of the lake, but ho was carcful to keep ont of Perry’s reach. 1 2 “Forry'a tleet, If T remember right, conststed of elght vessels, Tho British had six. Wa were:, outnuwmberod, however, in men und guna. While: we had only fi{Ly zuns mounted; they had sixty.- nine, and nearly afl heavler thau'ours. I “When the morning of the miimorable dayof | the 10th of Beptember canie, [ was'sleeping on the deck of the Caledonin, and was suddenly | awakened by on exclted converastion very near me. On inquiring the cause, 1 wn}told tliat the! long-wished for thne had come,~—fhat TIE ENEMY WAS APPROACITING UY, With tho naked cye Icould sce! nothlng, but being proffered o spy-iass L reallily discerned, the whole British saundron in batlle arrav, ‘“Engerly as I had wished for’ this day, tho iminediate prospect was not cheering, I spito of me, my knces would inalst fu playing o tattoo on each other, This feeling, howevor, wos scon lost in the oxcitoment of the hour. " When wa met the enemy my knees were ready, and ot my arbitrary comusnd, | **The blue bunting on which was Inscribed in white tho fmmortal words of the dying Law~ ronce, *Never glva up_the ship,' was Tun up to the masthend of the Lawrence, the ship oceu- chd by the Camiodore, and as it was unfurled t seemed to be u signal for batile, The houy Was about noon, our usuwl time for eatitar, but no man thought of hunger. Ordinarily whito drilling, slx, and sometimcs olght, ten had beevs required to move the twenty-four poindens with which the Caledonta was armed; now threa of us could sastiy load and re our guu oy often as ong man could a musket, i TUE SIONT OF TUB DANNEI AT THE LAWRYNCE'S MASTIEAL nerved every man with ulinost superlnman strongth, I¢ scomed to me as if find.hunn tranaformed into 4 ticer. Sudduenly we st the tlagr coming dewn, and then our ll‘::m oy ded,— our hearts went down with that flag, ' Neyer sholl [ forget tho feelings Ithen experienced, Though vver half u century {s eone,— hough nearly seventy years have rollod away sl co that day,—its scenied and the feeling thon experi- enced are 08 vivid o8 m{ thoughts of u Iy ilf-hour ugo, I thouie the day was Jost,—tl at the glory wo had dreamed of was rone beeame reckloss thens wo nil became reckless, 7 .'hoigh wo fouuht desperately wo fought witha ut pur vose, Buon we saw o row-boat, manned by/six wen, leave the Lawrence, awl then, oh jor! wo SAW 0 man ties up o that boat und film.' <t/ the sume old bluo buuthie - Our spivits ravl ved, We were awali fuspired, for we & new that . the ofllcer holding that bur aing was our own beloved — comnus gder, and we knew, therefore, that the day w1 ot yet lowt, Wo aaw tha frafl litle barle ing 1or the Ningara, and soon after saw the [ :;l:l::ll»{l:g llnll Niagura's ‘lllmn. 1 ‘lcll }on it Yould nave done any puteiotle w 2 Sy L) y I tie wan's imll' Bood TUR YRIL TIAT WENT UP WITI TIAT DA wnEn, We fouzht then as it the fate of our o num‘-} were fu u halance, o8 it on tho fssuo of t1 s bag- 119 bung the sulvation of the world, as 3:2" fudividual responsibility were a o atonul e Ninwrara crowded fn between th my's mew-of-war's-men uid vomited for broadsides, Iy the order of Perry, the Cale- donla closed np nesrer, snd gavo 1t'to & W - budent Brjtish fresh from the inouths 3t har twenty-lour pounders, The wholu lne fo'. lowed the example. ‘The effeet was terrible, ‘T’ wiiole :‘nll'.gkyu‘fim:\mz“un‘l:u e“‘;fll{l’petd in flamte and 'y ¥ was ful 4 :I‘““l"“m“l':‘"""“"- ot flyinge frts 3 any 10 British hnd not expected, ard his prid #oan conjured. One by one the unuml:l X L‘l’uflf Kivaed the deck, and onie by oue lis guns b came - silent, untll just before 4 o'clock—tures 1'ours and forty minuices after the strugelo beg fan— h tast gun was tired, and that gun was o o the sznx!:';‘:ul;ln:fi::u: Kuflmnunedchv myself and 1theee s o cobie i {thers, pud o ¥ dtenben Chaplaln, os Im’s Veen TUR GUN PINISUED TuE nA cad fnislied its work ot tho same llm-nxr that Iaat ahot ut the British disabled her. Al hep bLreach n segm was made wido cnough to lusert & case-kulfe, Discoverlug tho sewm I cadlog ' Cavt, Turner's attention to i, when he ox- tlalmied, *My'God! how we have cscaped: an- ather shot aiid we would liave been blown to ‘l.ljzlil‘: lt |th {ll‘!':‘:d.mul’ distinetly that this was “eng" esu recali’all tho clrewm- *Woof tno Caledonta felt very ticularly proud when we beard of Drogg‘.ny:;. thy t_le;:tlh:‘x,%‘anuu, now of lousehdli famlllmty. § s one- AN her tho Caled: d:‘g Inoie real dutango to the anemv° nx'r!f: ".’23 busous were ry'a l It was a recention + whieh | THE CHICA TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1871—-TWELVE PAGES. st dvhen Col. Todd told us nmodore Perry say to Gon, zof the mon which the - 1t 4f it hind not been for thiose twenty men 8¢ nt him from Rences he be- Heved he wotnld havt 1 lont the battle, i Notwithalanding ¢ the fact that on tho deck of tha Caledonfa it ¥ roulil nave bten nard, aftar the battle, to have f ounfl aspot larger than o man's hand fot TORN OR DAMAORI) Y THE PILTING M1saILRS, T eseaped withnut 8 serateh, Thére were ol many dead find wout ndedl on the ghip, however, ‘The dend n’ fvates M 'ero thrown Into the Inke, the dead off [ceis were ¢ardiad dshore and burled, and tho w-ouwnded were all tenderly cared tor. ‘Then we taok 4 short trip over to Malden, atier which wo \efe mac.e arain invd-(ubbers, * About this time our term of service had ex- fred, and we\vero marched buck to Washing. on, Htasoti Co anity, Ky., and were there mus. termlout.” Tn honor of thig ocenslon a grand cliampagno su pper was givan. 1t was at this supptr that Cu bt. Oraham, of the regular army, fimpumd. T tibink for the first tine, the well- nowh tonst, ¢ Here's ehamyague to our real frientds, and re 11 pain'to our sham friends,' 5 OLD REL ' At the concli1slon of the old gentieman's n- terestinge narn wtive lie fell back oy his blilow wxhausted. 8¢ on after hu requested that some of hisoldrelles nnd souvenira he brought out und gxhibited. At one them was o ¢old medal pro- eented to Mr, Diorrly fn 1600 by the Leplsiature ot s own Statie. 1t 13 cunsidernbls Iarzar than nkdoublu eagle. On ont sfdo i1t rellef {s a rep- risentatlon of the battle of Lake Erle, ant agound this, o rither cnclreling t, ara thy wurdg, *¢ W0 hee met the enemy nudf they are onre! Uuder/ this fs “lnke Erle, 8epf. 10, 1.0 " On e opposite side are the words: Lo Jolm ortls, by resolution of tha Kene tacky Legisb:Ature, Febroary, 1360, L;\s the wefter shook Itands for the list time with tnt old patriarch and hero e recelved the aveustoned Invitation to Kentucky hoapitatity, 10 bis weak nets the amenities of 1o were s I3ortant Lo 3hg old centenarian ns was courape under the d ya of Cominodote Perry, Dylng in eblivion, Jtbn Norrisbelonas to nband thauwill aver five {u natlon's grory, @ D. G, R Almost ready o bt Heteus, 15 uskin reison, In fer nag sbrt o, U VOICE OF TIE PEOPLE. Prallibitlon ve. Tubliec Sentiment, ‘0 the Iiditor of The Tiftune, Crtreseidy, Jun, 3 —To establish reform withe out public] seutiment fs quite as difilcult ns to run & sleam-coging without a governor, In the State of Muloe just such a mistake was made. 11837 Neal Dow wns before the publie ns o teinperance advocate; a soclety wos formed which deelared In favar of Prohlbition. In 1846 a law passed with strong probibitors provistous, which from timo to time las been amended, untfl as late ns Feb, 9, 1877, when the lnst armendment was passed, and now the law is sitpposed to bo perfect, With each % comma " aud * sewml-colon” properly placed. In 1837, nor yet in 18(0, were tho people of Malna {n favor of the lnw of Prohlbition. It is trué the law was passed by thoss who were stip- pesed to represent the people, but the facts aliow that public sentfment was not favorable, Wiat was doue next? Nenl Dow anys “ Maine wa} sown knec-decp with temperance ltera- ture,” and then fndeed publie ssnthnent dld beitin to awale, and now at this day the tnost prominent representative of the State {s able to stiind fn the United States Senatoand denouncy thé liquor truffic as the “gigantic crime of erlmes. ! 1 1877 wo recefved a clear fdea of tho results of probibition in Maine fu the following testi- flony from dov. Nelson Dingley, Jr., of Maino. ¢ suya: “’l‘fmm Inwe have accomplished great good, and bave proyed far more cffective in supyress- fog dram-shiops and in restraluing the evils of Intemperatico than any other system of leglsla- tlue restraint ever tried in this “State.! In moro than three-fourths of the State, particularly in the rural sectfons, apen dram-ahiops are aluiost unkuown, aud seeret sales comparatively rara. In somuof the cities and larger villages, where pudlic seitiment o the temperanve question ls not g0 well sustained a3 in- the rural districts, tho luw is not so etilelently enforced ns to pre- vent obtn sales to somo cxtent, althougl even in such places prohibition §s not without sonse {utluento for zood."” ‘Thiais o fair aud {nipartial statement of the resnlt! of Prohibition in tho State of Majue. And it s only falr to oy tant consldering the absento of public sontiment on the part of o tnajolity of tho people in many of the towns ot Muiuo, durlog the thirty-two f‘curs of tha work- foes of the law, that Probibitlon has not ten s fwdlidre by any means, Lot us look at the worklugs of a system of Proltibition under the name of * Local Option,” favared by publie sentiment, and see it we can- not find thie truc channel {nto which the Gospel temperanee work, the ribbon work, and moratl suarlon reuerally may trust thele ships frefuht- cd with such precious cargo, and In which thoy oy safely sall, sure of a fafr hayen. An 1872 the Btate of Pennsylvunia gavo the people Loeal Optlon,~a Inw vf” cholee, wiieroly the majority were perinftted to say whether they would have intoxicatinz Hquors sold in thelr several munieipal divislons; or not. The vote of the people the sameyear resulted in ostab- Jishine Prohipition fn forty-one of tho sixty-six counties of the State. The result was a redue- tiow of nearly one-half In the sales of wholesalo audf retal fquor dealers for the firat vear. In the Btate of Marylund at her lagt Novem- bert elections six and” one-hall countles out of twenty-threo voted no licenso under the Local- Opition law, .[n this Stata 1t fa safd that durlug tho past edr at lcast one-third of tho towns voted no [cinse. tatistics of many pluces throughout the Unlted Btates where Local Optlon exists it be eiven with tho excellent reaults, " hin successful prohibltion hus been the result of an vducated public sentiment, ‘I'lie most thougntful of temperance advo- cafey have come to appreciate thia, amd theres fope the subject of legal sunslon Is very littlo Brioki en of In public meetings, for it ia fuithiutly pudil:ved that when public sentlment fs tight tho Jaw wiil follow, The one great hingraves to this creation of public sentlment Ia the slow- neag with which men learn tho jesson of the wropgs of the rum trafle, Many of the women of o United States having feurned the fessun m.ore quickiv, perhaps from bavine been the k eoner aufferers, havo taken on advanced atep 1)y petitioning for leglslation thae will permit “ehem to enjoy the frints of their dearly-learned vxperlence; that o luw ol Joeal option” may bo put dide by side with our liconso laws, snd that they nay bo permlitted to vote on thils onu ques- tion of Heense or no licenses ‘The lleense Inws) standing nlone, are unjust aiid burdensome, in that they pernit the men in power to forco upon wanv communities the 1o truflle araihst the consent of wmajority of the people realdens therefn, What we want 13 1 Local-Option law,ready to bo used when public ‘sentiment favors it. = 10 o recent lectura fn New York Joseph Cook spalie ably in fuvor of local option, and hu favor of thirvote of Women on this une pe lits elosing remurks on the liguor tratl worth the study of every loyal wan who has & voto in this untr‘y. He safd: *“tiod paralyze {my arm it T ever Mt It to casta ballot tn favor Lol the ficense of lecelics on lugitimate trade, or for the fegatization of mauufuctorles of paupers ond madmen.” Utve ns o Loeal Ontfon law, and the law of nomo protection asked for by the Christion temperanvo women of this State, so that when publih sentiment s rive the busket may bo ut Lo o which may full the lusclous fruit of sucevasiul reform, W. A. Banxgs. . Au Open Letter to Hornco White. Tlorace White, Esq—Dean Bin: The natlons ot Europe, sufferlnz liky oursclves from the rise in purchaslug power of EZola and conse quent sbrinkoge of values aud prostration of 4nflustry cpused by the demoncetization of sflver, Jia va ot a8 yet como to a realizing scnso of the Tl causo of thele dilliculties, Ou the cons trpiry, their Governments aro Just now deluded with the fdes that relief can Lo found ju the abfogativn of commerclal treatles, oud 8 return | to'tlie priucivles of protection. In confinmation of ¢his etatement, your at tentlon 13 respectfully called to the followiug dlwpatenca: # Wasnixarox, 1. C., Dec. 20.—Mr, Kasson, Ahister to Atsteia, i o communication to the Blute Departnient, 'calls the aitention of Br. Evarts to thy fact (hat it fa_not only the tendency of Austrla, but of all European countriod, now 10 ncrcasy the ratea of @utlus un asticles competing oo successfully with national mbuufacturcs, 1lo suys: * Many Europoan commerclal treatics oro expiring, Hach Goversment, much moro carefully than furmerly, 18 advising with the reoresentatives of fte varioos industrics 1o ovuid any inhataken arising from lenorauce of detalls,” and - lu Order o put their intorests on such a footing that . thefr ‘homu markuts canuot be suddenly nod rulnousty flooded from abroud, Indeed, it bouine to e that all Europe 14 entering upou whot ay e utyled dn erd of national selfishness, bolh in its vulftical and commercial relatlons. Rvery Govornment, Inits political relatious with othiets, and cupecially In connection with the Eaxt- 1llls the alr with the assevoration, not, of maintstuing old treatlva of tha wer,' bat of the resolution to *pro- tect ite own Jutervats.’ Whether in England, Avs- tria, $taly, Frauce, or Germany, therv ia tho same cry. 501t s, alvo, b rewpcct 10 commercial futers calw, Thore Ju uoga Cabinet Minfster ou the Con. tinent, whote declarailons have fallén under ny obsvevation, wha does uot take thls erousd when fneaking of new commercnl trootlcs, or of read- Justments of tarige, Loxnox, Jan, 2,~A Beriln dispatch sa; Qarernment has dotermined ta give notl the termination of all trentics of commerce at the end of tha present year, As vou liave secn fit to throw the influence of a distingalshed chajnpion of frec trade in favor of the crusade agatyat silvor, you cannot fail to bo interosted in this returnlog wava of protee- tion Tewslation, tha resuit of which must be to +8top the growthaf our cyport trade in manu- factured koods, and to drive us_into the ndop- tion of rctnllnlnré mensurcs. How do you like i FANDAID BILVAR DOLLAR. How tho ' Burean” Works Up ** Publio Hontiment,” To the Huwor af The Teibune, Cnicaao, Jan, 2,—When menof some repute. Lo asplre far public oflice they stiould certati- Jy bo guldgl by that well-known axiom, Tt payato bo honest and when (lon. Logan'a friends and Gen, Logan himaell encouraged the kcheme of having lotters written to the Inter- Ocean and dating them from various parts In tha Htate Inorder to mialead the people and glvo themselves a borus Indotsoment, they committed ar sct of moural dishonesty that cat best be nopreclated when the facts are fully kbown, The ntan who would falthfully ropre- scat this State n thy United States Senate inust be above such petty tricks; e must o a twah’ ruck-routed In priveiple of charscter us well ns devoted to partys o man whose name will be an- other name for hanesly and fategrity; and I fully belleva I do nol violate any rule wlhlch should govern one tman epeaking of another, wheu I assert that the name of Johu A. Lotou dogs not fill the bill llmz{lmva spoket of. Wo have {n the city u lady ensfon Agent who was appointed through the effurts of Gen, Logan, and it ia asserted aud bellov+1 hy many to be true that the lndy to whom I rafer was compelled for a Jone thng after seewnas her place to pay Jobn A, Logan 4 royatty out of tier salary or the perquisites of et olllce, Lo yens ago, when ).oenn at Spring- fiold was dolug his utmose to eleet o Democrat Deenuso his conld not eleet. himselt, This wns su fully betieved that, It dispugted many mem- bers who would huve_wiliingly voted for nuy other Ttepabifenn had Lognu stepped nsidd and todsy tho very men who alded Jdohn A, “Logan in “dofeating Lawrence, and Washburn are strugzling to repeat tho gaine of bluf that wap played two years azo, and which cost the Nepublican Dagty & Unfted Brates Benator, by nzain bringing *fortly this man for the samo vilice he thon souuht, uil to which under no posslbla clrcumstances can ho_be elaoted. The prople aro slow to farget, and they re- metuber only ton weil his counoction Wwith Lo Credit-Mobiifer awindle fn 1873, when be, with other ledders of the party, proved falthicss to their trast and betrayed tho confldence reposell in thent, Gen, Logan, as much as aony other man in the countty, by his complielty in that fraud, und by his vote on tho beek-pay steal, 18 respensible for the Denmocratic tldat wave of 137 and for the close_voto which rendered ft ndcessary Lo huve an Electoral Commission In 1874, B All over the country the Republican party Dato putged themselves of men of Lowau's calibre, and it only remalus for the people of 1llinols to raise thelr volee {u protest at having this aalarv-grabber azain to ropresent them, to awuken their representatives at 8pringdicld to o senso of v.hcirdmr. “The party whien produced a Liucoln, and which freed the” slave uud saved the nation, hus too much at stake to azaln con- fer thelr honors fn thils Btate upon a man who las proved himsélf unworthy of their high trust. If wo nre to succeed in 1880, the leadur- ship of the coltumns of tho party must be given to men who, like Crosat’s wile, aro abovesuspi- clon, and uot to him whose selfish nature would cause him, if he could, to seerifice the party {teclf, If by sodoing he could advanee his own intorest. JUSTICE. John M. Mwwloy for Yonator, T the Edutor of The Tribuna. { Moxsoutn, 1L, Jan, 2.—The readers of your dally paper are often seminded that ex-Gov. Oglesby and Gen, John A. Logan ave each work- ing to become our next United States Sonator. Wa {n this portion of tha State bave our chiofce, belluvini that tho Hon, Johy B, Hawley of all otliere is the man, ilo has tho abitity, the hou~ ¢t manhood, gud trie mlmmlf to do right, Theroforo the Rapublican party In this part of our great Commonwenlth woulid rojolew to sco Jilm our noxt United States Benator. REPUBLIOAN, CONFESSION. L Ilove you, That faall. Life Lolds no more. Ttere In your arma | have no ather world, Wharo fx thy inad ambition known of yore? AR! fled away 1o somu fur forelrn Ahore. And lost forever, Yea! I love you, Swoet— Yomonly, you sione, My lesrt, my lie, Iay, a pioero oftering, at your fot, AVitn tonrs beentiso 1t 18 80 Jittie worll You ara iny soul, my all—my iloaven and Earth, ~ O Jove wel say of love thers §s no dearth! 1,003 ot e Wwith warin, brown eyes, my own, And baulsh fear, sird vatn, and doubting sirifes Kiss nio with enyer 1ipy: und nover moan Bhiall tel) you that I grivve my falien throne, 1. R Aud you liavo [oved mo alf these weary veara? O paticut heart| O man's hoert, stroni end true! Nay, 4o not kisy nway theea silent tears— I could weep out my basstonato heart for you— Foryow, 0 iny awn Love, ing onu truo Luvo. Can tho white, ahining Angols up above Tinve moto of patience and of tenderncas? Thore! lot me stop your lips with ny careess, And presa the whito Jids down, as falr, cool snow Shata out the violets from the Winter's wo. Now pruss ty wan, Whito chuek sgainst your neart, And let mo rest here, from the world apart, Foravermore, Love—ani! facevermara— All e’ grim sllonces and pan are o'or, FARNT DRI4COLL. BAYARD TAYLOR. Thomas Ratley Aldrich in New York Tridune, Inother yonra—tost Youth's enctianted years, Been now, and overimore, through blinding tesra Aud empty longfng for what may nol bo— The dusert gave him back to me: the soa. Yietdedunim up; the ley Noriand strand Lmred bim not long, not that soft dernian afr Ile foved could keop him. Ever hid own land Fettered his heart and brought him back nzain. What sounds are theso of farewell and despole Hlown Ly the winds across the winiry inain? What unlnown way 1 thie that ho has gone, Onr Bayard ch silence, and alano? What now, ngo yueat hns tempted him once miore Toalunave us? Valnly, sanding by the shore, We "fl\l"-m[‘{“’“. Dut patience! » o o whe ho P! * Bpring gales aro blowing aver Cedarcroft, W bitentn the hawthorn; when the violets bloom Along thu lirandywine, and overhiead Tiso sky fu bluo as lialy's—ho will come? Aye, ho will comel 1'cannot make hlin dosd) e t—— — Another Lincoln Ancedote, Nouah Hrooka fn New York Times, Lincoln, during his torm of oflice, used to secure tho support in Congresa of any Ben- ators and Hepresentutives by appuearing to defer to thelr suprrior knowledgs of the fitness of candidates for place, /e nuad wo eholee, Would the Cun:grcnmun ba 80 gond a8 to name a sulla- blo muni Of courso, lis wis named with enthu. siasin; and the viclous systom by which, tatter- 1y, Congresamen were tho real apholnting power, and the Exceutive simply u replster, undoubi- edly was strengthened by this practivo, It fa o molnncholy refluction thut the good Presfidont’s anxleries wers thus Increased, and that he was ubliged to se from members of bis own warty, by theso artifices, the supoort to which o was jyuauy enthled, On one oceasion, whea rival Congressmen could not agree, and rival In- teresta worried the guod old wan boyond endur- unee, o delegzation fn favor of o certuin appll- cant's clams walted upon bim with crent solemnity, ‘The spokeaman, u person of wuljght sud {nfluence, having in mind tho conditlon of the country,—for it was just after the secand battle of Bull Run,~began somowhure down tho uges aud traced tho course of eivil Hverty up ta that time, showlng how the Prestdent now bors upon his shoulders the hopes of munklnd, BSowutimes hu (the spenksr) feared that the welght would be too much for the President, Lincoin, fmpaticntly interrupting the orator, sald: **Ob, I can stund all that, " I1t's this con- founded Byracuse lost-Olficy that's worryiug tho Jife out'of e, e Dwight's Will, Xmg York ferald, Dec, 81, Mr, Walton Dwight becawme jnsolvent lost e He had alwoys bolloved fn fnsuring bis {lx , and after poinx through bankruptey he fusitred mora than ever, Hoinads o witl and then he died, There was some tulk among tho olarmed lusuranco companita of contesting the clafia of his estato to tho insuranca monevs, on the ground that Mr, Dwighs had nsllclously don himself to death for tho benetit of his family; but this was wisely abanduned, and the moueys, 1t 18 nnderstood, witl be hauded aver to the exceutors. Tho will was probated at Blughamton ycmrd\\r. While providing com- fortably for ils family, and expressing sume common-senso ldeas on the way the testator de- sired hia surviviug son to be broughy ug. it de- yotes sum, 1area in tho aguregnte, to his per- sonpl friends and to @ yariety of charitable and hilantbrople objects. Ho ‘evidently belioved E: dinuers. Ho leaves !lohtu) for "Christmas dinners $o the poor of Blughwaton, $5,000 for au aunual diuner to the ¥ire Departwent, and $1,000 for nu snnual divner to the cowspaper wes, AMELIA’S AMOURS. An Injured Husband Brines Bult Kgainst John W, Mackay, and Demands $200,000 Damages. Mrs. Amelia Smallman the Vietim of Man’s Duplicity-—Her Many Prof- Itable Bxperlences in the Same Line. Sian Fyancired Chranicie, Dee, 41, A sult of unitsual mognitude ln the estimate of doynoges was cominenced In the Fifteenth Districs Court yosterday, the complaing belnz that of Willlam H, M. Smallman azatost John W. Mackay, of Virginia City, claiming $200,000 damages fur the seduction of piatntils wite, Amelin H. Bmaliman. The complaint alleges hat the dofendant, contriving snd unjustly fo- teuding to tojure the plaintif, by depriving him of the cumlort, fellowelidp, sutiety, and sasisi- anpe of his wife, Amelia $1., and to alienate and doatroy her aflection for him, did, on the t3th of May, 1878, accomplish a villainous desion against Tier chnrnetor, the unlwirful intimncy continuing until tha 39d of October followinz, By reason of these acts of defendant, the wife ot plaintift bLas become and now fs lusane; and plaintiff s informed and believes and so charges that ehe will never recover her former strength and vigor. \Wherofore he prays udzment agulnst tho defendent for the sum of 200,000 and the costa of this setlon. sented Ly tho attorneys for plamtiil in thiscase, Mrs, Smallman 18 o woman of remarkable per- sanal charms, aud Las Leen lving for the past year with her hushand at 1ho Grand and Palace Motcls, At a former period, she resided in this city a8 the wife of one Fritz, from whom she was dfvoreed, as roprosented, lo consequence of bis dissoluto habits. LI PUESENT TIUSPAND was formerly purser on tha steamer Oceanic, of the Oceldenial and Orlental Ling, und he made the uequalntance of his wite while she waa re- urning from China, sbout two and a lmllxmm ago. In consequence of Mr. Mackay's insidions advances, i¢ 18 alleged by her attorncys fn this case that Mrs, Smallinau lost betweet $25,000 and §30,000 In the lust stock deal, the poluts Mr. Mackay wuve her developlng adverscly to oxpeetation. It Js further ryopresontoid that Mrs, Swmallman {a now in the St Mary's Hospitdl, fu a bopeless state of Insanity, Buch {8 the complexfon of this sult and its surronndings as presented o the part of the rosceution. But a much nioro extended und uteresting narrative heacrlng upou the case rg- malus to bo spoended, from Which It wil abpear that the unfortunate Jady has been subject to n loniz serfes of just such calamities, and quite cnough to drive any woman distracted, The alleged victint of Mr, Mackay's perfidy has fu- decd had an evenifl history, many of the leading incidents bejug tamlllar to the knowl. cdge of mahy prominent resilents of San Fran- elsco, The lady sccmhu:ll)' belougs to an ndven- turous closa of hicr sex, of which Cora Peart §s au advanee prototype. IHER MAIDEN NAME was Amella Miles, and sho wus born luthe Town of Bucksport, Me., her father belug a iaboring maun, ‘There is somo doubt a8 to her aee, in conséquance bt o diserepancy o the dates of birth which sho has glven st different timos when taking out marriage lcenses, Tals may be owing, however, to her lack of mathematlcat computation, as the lndy's educational acquire- wets form uo part of hier remarkable powersof* fascinntion. Bhe 18 sald to bequlte Hliterate, aud much of her correspondenice, which s widely dlstributed lu this iy, Iy the hand- writhiez of ah amanucusis, Miss Miles atartod for California fn 1803, making the joumfif‘. it is understood, I conséquenica of the uuplensant results of mistuling a young mau's attentious, “Nho cnne as o stoornge pnasenzer to Panatia, but from that point a resident of San Franclsco named Jumes Hall gencrously provided for her transier to the luxurious accommoiations ot the cabfv. Oa reaching this city, I the month of Septewber, 1865, Amella took up her quat- ters nt o boarding-house, No. T3t Iownrd street, where ITall also engnged lodgings, She repregented that sho was o mushe-teacher of Itirh aceomplishments, but when tha landindy propesed that she should compensute her Tor somo portlon of her 'fare by teaching the chil dren musie, 1t was foind that she did pot know ond noto frot another, or scarcely auything clae that one ludrns out of a book. Shortly after beng installed In these quarters she gave her attention to extending JER CINCLE fiF ACQUAINTANCES, and soon had a prominent inerchant of the elty as un srdent admirer, tnuch to the disgust of her benefactor Ilall, but whowisely concluded to buul out of his usaociatlon with the fickle female, ‘The sucomd Cullfornia suitor became 8o infatunted with the woman that ho intro- dueed Dier to bs own reshlence, and the resyly was the commencement of n sult for divorce by bis wife. Amella encournged this domestic con- “flict, in the hope of succeeding to the estate of the Injured wife, but when sho found that she could not accomplish that feat, she had the ellrontery to go to the wife and offer herself as n witnoss of her husband's (ofldelity, The gentieman fnally gravted a divoree and settle- ment without piving the caso publicity, and Awelin's services us n sbaticless witnesa were not required. 'The miszulded man, however, again ylelded tothoe allurements of the siren, and gavo her encouragement of her hopes, sho protending that tie was the first person who had ever possesaed her affections, At ono time she was token slok, und Ler admirer sent o venerablo physielan to make a'diaznosls of lior ease. This professtonal gentleman was ENTIRELY TOO ATTRNTIVE to the falr paticut, maklng his visite frequently znd continulng then ns regularly long after there remafned ne uced of "lis services. Tho terchatit beeatne susplelous and intcusoly jeal- ous? but, being nnable to obtain direct evidenco of the falthlesancss of his charmer, o procured the Tandiudy to asslst i ralioving his suspense, by ncting the part of a deteetive, The engage- nient was catfrely successful, and the result was a discjosura that hot ouly the veuerable physi- clan, but other sollcitons fricnds, wero frequeut visitors of Amelia, and ot all forts of unsenson- ablg hours. Tho blaw fell with cruahing welght upon thu unhallowed sffectionsof the merchant, and, to recover bl equanimity, ho found it necessary to obtaln a chunge of alr by a slort triy to the East, When le returned, tho com- Infnt In on actlon, No. 5,045, in the Fifteenth fatrict Court demanded Wis {minediato aiten- tlon, It was filed on tho 22d of January, 1870, and over tho seul and algnaturo of Amelin Mites it charged bim with bavise, (n June, 1849, with foree and nrms, ussaulted and 1ll-treated the plaintllf, still a feme sole. In consequence of this nssault, it was allegzed, platutift was pros- trated with Nlness, sufferfoig great pain and ungulsh for the perlod of three months, and UER PUTURE PROSPECTs n )ifo ind been ruined o cohisequence of such sct, Dmmnawes, were claited it the amount of $10,000, with costs of uction. A, M, Hestep acted ns attorney for plalntiff. On thoUdth of February, thirty days afterthe fitini of this com- plaint, the plaintif signed an order dirceting and authorizing ner uttorney o dismiss snd discon- tinue the action, s it had been compromised and amlcably adjusted, The peeuntary constd- eration of the discontinunucs {8 expressed In w document commonly known as n ** releuse from all dunanda,” slgned by the plaintllf on the same date, and a copy of which 18 hercwiih given. The name of the defendant 1s oinitted, 1 common with the names of a_score or mord of athor prominent citizens who bave boen con- nected with trouble growing out of the wiles of this tusidlous eharmer, and which nvrenr on the papers flled In thls case. ‘The folluwing lsa copy of TIR RELEASE: . Know ali men that 1, Amelia Mifes, of the City and Connty of Hau Francisco, State ot Californla, do heroby remise, release, and forover quit elalin uita =, of tha sume {\lll‘l hls heirs, vxecur tors, and alministrators all, and tlous, causcs of sction, devts, dues, claims, and dewands, both in Jaw and equity, which against unjd ——- 1, sald Ameha Milcs, ever had, now bave, or ought (o have, for OF by ronsn of incans of auy matter or thing from Lno begiuning of the world to the day of theso presonte, all in cosidera- tion of 8200, gola colp, tho receipt whercof s hereby acknowlvaged, AMELIA MiL¥s [¥EAL. ) Higned, sculed, nud dellvered in prosvice of Dun- can ¥, McDonald, Aug. M. Hosiop. . Tn the courss of this brlef judicial proceed- ing, Awmelia’s attorney seemed to liave fallen 8 viethy to tho frresistiblo fascinatfons of his clicots but his old-oxpericnced and rellabio af- fectlons appear not 1o have beew requited, or ot least with any purmancut dogreo of good taith, for the aftarncy subsequeatty deplored with upraldings the pernicious day that hie had burtered his heart su unwisely, ‘Amnclia then touk up her residunce on Btockion street, where she decoyed A BWAINM OF ADMINELS, to the digeomtlture of cach, in & greater or less degree, uud invaviably her own substsutiul guln st an extravagent rotlo. From a promiuent susicdealor shy obtatued s high-priced plane; frown 8 Juweler, a rich recognition of hur match less beauty d uncqualdd urace; and many othicrs puld her generoua tribute, either voluu- tury or otherwise. Soun folluwiug tho congate- natlon of corrodiug reverses in lovo that atiend- ed tho fate of Amclia Miles, ou May 3, 1870, she found oue who was falthful amoug the faithless, und on that dute Judge Morrlson “usited her In all janner of ac- | martage with Honry Fritz, more familiarty kuowh at the timons ¥ Macuira's Fat Boy.” Tuis gentleman rosc from an humblo estate to b n peron of elegant lefsure, under 1he tute- lazeot theatrical manager Thomes Magufre, his- obesity rdmirably adapting him for aseden- tary ocenpation, ‘The bride appears to have been mueh struck, suon ffter the marriage, with the philegmatic temperament of her hisband. 1n the application for_the license Amella gave her age u8 30 yesrs, Fritz was 81 yeara of ayre. This couple resided In differcnt localities about tho city ap to the time of their separation. The farriape relation, however, did not n the least deter Mre, Fritz from her persistent tendeney u; Rirtation. In 1671 Amelia created something o > A BENSATION at Bacramento by Winning & prominent dentiat of that city from hls allegiance, and in the [all of that year she devoted het aris Lo tho legisia- tive dighitdries at the Capitol, Her most nota- DLle conguest was that of & well-known Senator from an Interfor coduty, Tn the course of thls 1lalson o correapundénce ensued, anil Mra, Fritz got poasesslon of six letters from the unwary Benator, all wlowing with exoressions of ardent love. ‘This was suflicient lor Mra. Fritx, aud she wrolte n final letter to the Benator, intimat- Inez that those six letiers were srorth just 81,000 each, and tioless he forthwith inot the demand the tell-tale uiasives wonld e placed in posses- elon of his wife, ‘The Senator was stricken to consternation, having s family shose position hatl never bofore been tafnted with disgrace. Hurried negotiations cnaued throuzh the me- dium of the victim'a brother, and a compromise waa finally reachicd on o basts of 81,000, which amonnt was pald Lo the unscrupulous ‘\oman, After this the Senator was competled to furthor compensate his folly by baylne the hotel bill and other expenses of his Detraver, About this thnu Mrs. Fritz was proseculing 1ER BLACKMAILING INDUSTRY in al} directions, and the names of many vie- tims, with _the details of her onerations, are known, Blic kent a oy for tiie purpose of de- livering her letters about the city, and also reg- ularly employed an amanuensis. In January, 1876, Mry, Fritz brought suit agalnst \ells, Fargo & Co. to recover 8000, the vrlue clalmed for a trunk filled with clothing, supposed to have been 1ost, But no proof appeared that the plaintill ever possessed such atrunk, or that de- fendante had' cever had it in thelr posscasion. On the 22d ot December, 1870, Mra, Fritz com- nenced n suit fn the Ninetcenth Distriet Courc ar & divoree froes hee hushaud, Henry Fritr, The grounds of action set forth in the compiaint were desertlon for smore thay three years, thon 1inst vase, and a failure to provide tiie cotnmon necessaries of 1lfe. It may be surtnised that Aly, Fritz cousidered any effur to provide naees- snrfes for his wife of noy kind superfluous. In the examination, the plaiutifl testified, under oath, that she had always behaved properly toward lier fusband, and no eause existea for his abandoninent, The sult was not defended. tho " fat huy » evidently being contenc to be cut luose on any terms, and a decree ol dlvoree was 1ssuod to Mra. Fritz Dec. 20, 1570, Immedintely attor the release, Amelta started East, oceupy- fog an apartment IN A PALACE CAR with one Livingstone. 8he took a trip to Eu- raoe, aud I next heard of withia Parlstan banker named M. Selller in her tolls. To what extent ber artitice succeeded on thisvietim does notap- Eenr. but [t 18 belioved chiat the lady’s ?'mm of lackmniling was not entirely practicalle under Fronch volive remulations. ~ She returned §n Au- wrust, 1876, and took up her vesidence st No. 609 Bush street, where she made the acquaintance of William Henry Mazinnts Smaliman, After the two had lived together about six tonths they were married on Feb. 19, 1878, the ceremo- w belug performed by the Rev, W, 1, Platt, of raco Clinreh. In this anplication for llcense the Jadv gave her wameas Amelin Hodgden Frita nod her ago as 81 years. In what manner she obtained ber middlo nsme, and now sho fig- ured that shie had only INURRASED I(mRt AUE by five years since 1870, whe sho rave it as 10 yenrs, when taking out a license for tmarriago with Fritz, there are no paners t show. . Small- man was born at Duudalk, County ot Louth, Ircland, and lins been enployed ns clerk on the steamer Donahute. Soon uiter this latter allf- ance, the pair took up thelr quarters at thu Graud Hotel, and Mes. Smaltman added to the practice of lier amntory uvoeations the oceupa- tion of n atock sharp, Bhe professed to be in the confldence of o leading Superintondent on the Comstaclt, who kent hier constantly oosted on the prospects, and by (his wmeans defuded many persous otit of coli on hier generous prop- sitibns ta Invest for them on “*dead certain- tles." Among her more unfortunate dupes is Mary Tack, hotsckeober a6 thio Grand. Hatel, who has been swindled out of 81,000 of lieg earnihes, On the 15thof Auwust last Mrs, Smalitmnn was arrested for embezzling 82,000 from an Euelfsh geatfeman rofournfifz ag the lwuse through ber mimug-stock trick. The charge of 8 GRAND LARCINT wonld not stand under the cireumatances, anid tha victln was quite conteat to compromise by recelving back ove-half of Lils money, and as u condition of his coucession lie signed un abject apoloy for having liad Ars. Sniltman arrest- ed, which was published, About the same tine sha stole u lot of perfumery from the drug store ol Lefevre, and escaped nrrest for this venture by paviog for the plunder. Mrs. Smallman and Uer husband huve Jatterly sojourned at the Pulace Hotel, and have not been lmrlll‘ullrl{ consplenous outside ot that caravausary untll the tustitution of the prescnt suit acalust John W, Mackay ot the bonanza firm. Tha first Inti- mation that defendant had of the actiou was conveyed {n the followine SIGNIPICANT LETTEI Parace HloTeL, SAx Fraxciaco, Nov, 20, 1878— Mr, Jdohn WV, Mackay—Sin: When 3ra, Smallman called upon you at Virginla City on laat Thuraday, and you so peremptorily refused to see_ tur, you littlo ftnagined tha couse of bor viet, 1wl ‘ex- plain it to you. ~ For vome tim pasi L inve boen In receipt of Jotters relatine to Mre, Smallman's nc- tious with you, and thinking then that they were merely wriiten by romie Jealous individual, with the intention of breaking up my bappinoss, 1 pald little nttention theroto, Ilowever, iy eyes hove Jutoly been opened to the fact that Mre, Smaliman's rolations with you have bovn auything bat thoso of o faithtul wife, Having accused Lerof such con- duct, she denled my accusation, and forced me Lo accompany her {o Virzinia City, In hopes, I pro- sume, that o genial of oo facts from your fips would paclly me. These, and_thess only, were, #0 far as [ om aware, tfic only reasoms for our Iato visit to your city. It woufd seum, hawever, that youe recéption upset Mrs, Smaliman's eslen- lations, for fmmediately upon her arrival hero she astempted to destzoy hor lite, and would huve in all probablilty succeeded but for the timely arrival of medicat ald. On the following moraning 1 ro- celved permnail o letter fram M, Smaliman {ne forming mo_of her rash act, and also confesving her guile with you. Immodistely upon receipt of Jnt lottar Mre, Smallman and 1 coased to live ttogothier, und 1 was ureparing to leave this hotel, whun Dr, Sawyor, Mre. Smullmaw's physician, prevatiod upun” mo ta Femain n few days ta see thi result of AMre, Bmallman's rash act,” am now awaiting tho Doctor's decision, but be it good or bad thiera 4 but ono conrxo loft for mo to pursue, namely, suo for divorca on tho ground of adultory’ Apart altogether from Mrs, Bmallman's cone fowxion, 1am #n & position to prova 1o the sutls- faction'of any Court that your rolutions with her wore anything but those of an hunorable man. Tue mwueme!l Iy wow past mending, bot to avold the cerialy scandal and disgrace which Is sure to follow tho opening of thiy cuno T maky the following proposition to {ml for conalucration 1 wantnothing tromy you, [ om cupablo and avle to provide for my wanis, but the tnfortunato wowm- a0 you huve abusad ie demented and heipless, with- out wonay, and {u dabt, In her present condition, ne an houoruble man, 1cannot turn ler into the siroots. liaving, throueh your advice, lost our monoy, Tum nutin position to have ter takon caro of. You are, 3¢ you will thercfore providu the wmeany by which your victim can vettle with her creditors and leave here, 1 will tey and gut o di- vorce quletly, anid thux end this drendrul matter, Snould 1 recolvo no_ anawar (0 Uhis letter within the next five dave, I will know that you do nok fu- tond to do anything about at. ~ And 1will then have to begin my actlon In the courts, fully assured that Justice \vll{hu given Lo him whom you have ruined under tho cloak of mmawlp. Lospectlully, M, SMALLMAN. Mr. Mackey did not improve the opportunity to compromlse, so benevolently tendered by tho injured husband in bis curclully-constructod sl courteous eplatle, as may be fnferred from the sccond commusleation, which followed promply on tinio, 1t eamy YROM BMALLMAN'S ATTONNKYS, 8ax Fraxciaco, Dot, 10, 1876, —Jodn IV, Mackey, Ewg., Virginta Uity, Nev,—Dan Etu: Mr, Smail- wan haa left a matier i our bands agalost you for tho purposo of ystituting Jepal pruceedings to ob- tafn redvoss for the wronga infilcted on himself and family by you. 1f you have any deslre to setile the mattcr without resorting to (he courts, vou will please call at our ofiice at onco. Ruapectfully, MeJUNKIN & LAWTON, From the forcrolng it may bo inforred that another scandal caso of prodiglons dingnsious {4 on the tapis, and ghe {ssus will bo mwulted with much iuterost, et “LIKE A FLOWER." [F¥ons tne German of Heine,) Au! llko s blowson, lovely, ‘Aud pute, and aweet thy Yt, as 1 gaze upun thea, ‘A'saducys DM my hears, 1 foln would touch Wy teeases, And pray'slully cateeat That God would ‘ever kaop tyee Au lovely, pure, and awést. Oaurosy, Wi M, ¥, Harxox, ezt ———— Mr. P'urton's Doy, Albauy Times. Jupigs Parton’sa wifu bas & baby-Loy, who, under the peculiarity of Mr, Parton's relation- ship with his wifo, & Mr. Parton's step-graudson, the stop-son of bis graundmother, the step- brother of his mamma, and ls viherwise fuex- tricably ouwgzlca-‘ -and alaa une for Ezeklol. —Sharpen THE PUZZLERS’ OORNER, [Originsl contritutions will be pablished In thls department. Correapondents will pls nd thelr realnames with tholr noms de plume addrested to ' Puzzlens Corher.' Answera fvill bo published the following week. ] ANSWERS TO LAST WERK'S PUZZLES. No. 580, As tho Cratan |-\-&vlnlb of ald, With a thousand doors, a thouegnd winding ways, A wandering maze, with mauy s*winding foid, Involved the weary feot without radress n a round erroc which dented tecess. No. 81, ‘b 18 R ES NIUCTATE A 1 -n v PALETTER 1 N . T B i3 8 EMS No, 182, No, B85 LI, Mura L& M'E A DreuX Ca fl y X No. 183, — KATD n No, 680, & }’\l fi (‘1 g Courtship. 0G1vVvE No. 687, BOD E Moineses, No, 784, No, 588, LT A deumule, TERNGR No. 580, TROJA Tufésible. ATRAX WHOEEL-NO. 600, 1 ¥ * g* » *3 * » - « » o« . = P S | . # R S - - - o . "y . é 5 ddess: 3, ablrd; R A river InSming % acting;* 8, a girl ame. The perimeter, 8 noted resort. The spokea read from the contre out. Cuteauo, E. F. K. REVERSED RIEOMBOID-NO, 601 Across—Integrity; probity: uprigntnes : falthluinesas Justicas oauity, Do In nanterjection: an abbreviation fora title: shnrpen; more than one stone; falr; candor; 8 {nctoanras abounding in nests; o surname; & Spoke No. 1, medicines; 2. u Greek jettery cheel 10 slngie tumor: i wufliz; fn Rose Mayile, FuLTos, Iil. SQUARE WORD—X0, 502, A plant}neero witchicraft; a magple. Unsasa, 1it, Townzan, Rosrsn, SQUARNE WORN—NO. 603, Sen-weed; o large bird; o water-course; o river in Californla. Cavo, Susix Wraos CHARADE—NO. 604, My second, @ fish, 1 inay cateh, i 1 wish, In my first, which Is rather t, And I'm Japped i deil iy the whoie, o1 1 write, + Thougzh tho Mudam does think it v, g. {u1can Ezi L'en ns aho epoke, awe filled her cyes, Why, what cun be the matter? Bo chauzed its fora, so khrunk its size, No pancake o'er wan fatler, Auother glance, and lo! she saw i A second (ruunformation, 1t had become o crafty paw— Ul whose this conjuration? ‘then swiftly changes cawne nbont, e paw siipped to the fioor, vat hecame, then pany wtout, And ambled out the doar. 1t joge slous at cary pace— ki, hide your treasnred gold1 For wow it wears the thireatning face And Torm of robber bold, A momont more it fades away Tuto tho path it followed, Tho earth has opencd, ane may say, And Polty's cashion swaliowed, Dixoy, . EseNa Ciaxadna, NUMERICAL ENIGMA-X0. 506, 1 am composed of four letters, and am ten bushels ot vystera, 2, 4, 2, v fence. 1, ban berry. M 4, s a tree, Souri Bexy, Ind. Brotuen Ixx. NUMERIUAL ENIGMA~—NO, 697, 1 am composed of thirtecn letters, and have been the themo rmnnr orsons lately. Inmntion, U, 16 o afllrative. My 7, 11, 10, was a fumony General, Evasetox, 11, Itosk Mayias, NUMERICAL ENIGMA—NO, 508, T1am composod of clghteen letters, and am an old-thma author nad one of hiv works.: My T4, 16 8,10, 1, i achracter In Nieh- iy {0. 13, @, 7, 18 rupplication, 18, 4, [s an abbroviution fur a State. aro moors. Frre, ENIOMATICAL TREES-NO. 600, (2) Tetl-tale. (3) Near- eol the scu. (4) WiIl fight. (0) Dalotivet, (0) Warmest clad. (7) Tho soclable troe. CittuaGo. Pz, CORKESPONDENCE, ‘Yonngater,clly, hasonly beenable to find three, —the ccuan, tae rhembold, and **Iuflextide,” Thoy are ure much cuaier this week, Master Y, Only Mo, Highland Fark, I, gol twisted fu the labyrinthine maxe of the first puazle, and also on wome of tho others. He niado out Now, 681, 582, 58U, and 580 Huapoy Jack, city, commences the New Yearwlth five currect anvwers. —tho reat betn (0o hard and the westher too cokl. The solvablo uncs were Nos, D81, G2, b80, G87, and 580 Tyro, city, knocks alt the puzzles ovor but seven, —the calls of tho Naw Year und the freozing of hifacars beoventing much utudy, ile found the crass, tho rhombold, and **Infloxible, " ‘Tho holiday acavon haw acrved to make the cor- respondatica this week lghter tuan usunl, but it s hoped thut horeafter all will windy thefr weekly lemmon, aud roport progresy 1o the Man at the ool Eroklel, *Meln clty, myslio wHI **novor go hack on thonuhi tho tawiea mxy yo hack on mo. 1o hopes this will not necessitaty ' Bejladounn, " forif it doew he will be obliged to du something fearful, 1lo has already donu wo, »s witnces his charade In this issue, WIIL, city, {s the anly correspondent, aslde from Mise Constant, who sout in the **Cratan labyrinth ofald" asit ahould bo. s % il but the Wouble scroutlc avd Fritz's guare, and with the cxcuntion of tha ** Sfelasses ' ano they are corruct, **Flume ™ was what Will tried to feed on broud, Snug, clty, has a worata say on tho '*Melasses ™ quostion: 1 o handsome man, the ladies 5o they told me Now Year's Day, Antl that's tho reason, i ‘Ihat all tho **laseer ol 0, Towhead, Fultor, 1ll., saye No. 580 18 some- thing about **a windiug Jabyrinth " and u ** weary 20 way," or words to that effect, but tima 1o huie it up, = Hugends therhombold, **Conrtahip, * and **Molaseus," (o suys the latteris u **thweot ono,"* which is a compliiment for Musa B, O. Law a curioslity fu tho Hat this woek. ¥rancos Constant, clty, follows the Knlght in bis darious ways correctly, although she scknowiudges het acquatnitauce with Virgil o very luited, dy huy ning nearly corroct, tncluding Townead'a AXIX, " Mies Constant’s one fallure was uot knowinu the eweet thiug that Hiss Enens wrote about, **Watar'* was Lo answyr scst. Euena Chanagra, Dixon, 1L, Lo her recita- tlon ot the paint where the Kolsht Jeaves off, Sae ways: ) Nothaving u covy of Mr. Visgll's poems ut hiand, 1 niust revuat the achool girl's joke of * Arms vientgua cany's1, sud leavo thi * winding ways’ to other of K. U.'s meces ond nephowe.™ “'tie lady has evary ouo of the puxxlcs soived ux- cept the ono of Towlicad, atd she thinks tbut ought 1o b **A good tiwe," *tfrozen toes. somotling, who's 1ot snzo whal, Buo lucloso a puzzio for thu beuudt of the Vullonlal Jour wits, F""' for thie coming contlict, ‘The lady closes e er nota s follows: ** K, U. 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