Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1879, Page 12

‘12 GOLD. The Allegod Rich Discoverics in Lake County, Dakota, Plenty of Rumors Aflont, but Nothing Positive Kvown as Yets ¢ A Lively Stampode for the Now XHl. dorado. ' Btouz Falle (Dak.) Times, Fed, W, Bloux Falls has been In n furor of excitement #ince Suoday Inst. * Gold" has been, and Is, the topic of conversation. This excitement and fover wos causcd by o plece of gold-quarlz, ot unsurpassed richuess, Lelng brought to this point from Lake County on Soturday evenlng of Insy week. 'The specimen welghs about, an ounce; and, for quality, old misers aud mon of experienco pronounce it the richest specimen hey have cver scen, Of course, when the plece was brought I, the very iilea of gald belng dls- covered fn this immediate section prompted every ono to ery *'Bogus," or “A plant.” That the yellow substance which {he apecimen contained 18 pure gold, has been proven from thg fact that it has wihstood cvery test; und, as forn “plant,” fature developments will alono deter- mine. ‘[he quariz was brought to this placo by J, 1. Flutchins, who drives on the ptage-line betwaen Bloux Falls and Lake Madison. Me obtalned 1he speeimen from H. N. Luce, one of the most prominent cltizens of Lake Connty, nml gave aa account of the discovery of the samo on Mr, Lutce’s lawl, but later returns from the * gold- fields " show that there was o mistake as to the Jogality In which it was found. The quartz was kept on oxhibjtion during the weck; and, a8 peo- ple began to realize that there was no humbug 18 to the ricliness of the same,—tho fact being that the quartz wauld run BRVERAL THOUBAND DOLLATRS 70 TIE TON,— the oxcitement Increased. Some of the most sanzuino of our citizens determined to visit the supposed place whers the quartz was found, {n- terview Lhe dlscnvimr. r:;\d n]hmln such !ntorr:m- possible. Last Monday n party consist- }m{nnnla T. M. Brown, John D.y (:n‘v’nergn} W. H. Daveuport, niul Measra, Winters nnd Summers, wo Uhivugo gentlemen, started for Lake Mad- son, R “I'lie prospectors returned on Wednesdny, but the infurmation whicli_they obtaingd was mea- ger. Whey visited Mr. Luce, md, on making in- quirles In regard to the **find,” he sald it ho Tt never veported that the quartz had been dikcovered by i, Hoobtaincd the spechnen from his neighbor, Mr. Shephierd, the yerson who hut foumt it. Tle Jatter zentleman was found and questioned, He stated that it was a fuct thut ho hied discovered gold-bearing auartz 11 thut gectlon, but, s (o the paylng quality, he was upable to give any rellable information at present. As to the exait placo where the gold wis pbtained, that fact he did not pronose Lo re- veal “to any d—d Sjvux_Falls sharper, Ho Diad written to relatives in Wisconsin, and, upon thelr arrival, and after the “Jlun's sharo’ of he bounuza had been obtatned by bimsell and kin, he would MAKE FOSLIC THE LOCATION OF THE VEIN, He would not coneent to obtain specimens for them until they bad Jeft the scction, but gave them a small pleco of quartz which he' had wlth him, which proved, on comparing with the Ilutehing spechmen, to have beon broken from the samo plece. However, e ngreed to send sune specimens 1o Sloux il by tp-morrow’s stage. ‘Ihe neighbors of Mr. Shepherd state they regard him to be an upright and teuthful mnan, nid ure confldent that ha bas reully found uld a8 he cluims, Lukes Herman and Mudison ave located about forty ifles northwest of Sloux Falle, ‘The sec- tion. betwveen the lakes fx very broken, largo, Diuls, but enpot by ealled * mounisinous. About these blafls and ledges the Sloux Falls party prospected, but with very little satisfne- tlun, as Tuesday’s storm prevented them from muking any eXtonded cXplorations: yet they found quartz vock of 1he same quality that Hutehins brought down lnst Suturday. Wilitam Lee, no old realdent of that section, says thal a few years ago ¢ snan eame througl Madison with some very fine quurtz spociinens, which he sutd he had obtalnetd ou the Ver- mill{un, sixteen wiles fartther wost. LATEM. Stouz Falls (Liak.) Tines, Feb, 18, It wus"1noucht, when tho gold excitement first commenced, that in less -than a week the bubble would burst, aud tha facts fn regard to the mastter would be known; but, to the contra- ¥y, the gold-discovery 1s ghrouded in o deeper “myatery, and nothing of reliability hes beentob- tained sinee our Friday's isswo. Instead of otnting, the exeilement is ou e fnerease, made so by the many false reports reaching Sloux Tulls na to the munner in which soma purtics had *struck {¢ Lig? fo tle Herman gold-flelds, and oy 1o the 1ich development of e new wnes, Pegort alter report of the most favor- ablec character nre heard nearly « u) hour ou our streets, but they eaniot be traced to aoy re- huble zouree. #hould every report bo true, the Hermow dfs- trlet fs tae BICHRST GOLD-VIRLD IN TIIE WORLD, and the stampede for that polutb i3 even sur- ussingg the wne for Pilke’s Peak, We hear of arge numbers who have departed from Yank- tan, toux City, Vermiillon, Worthington, knd other nol.xhhorlupj pojnre, he arrdval of the Madison stage was awnited with consfderable inpatienee last Saturiny even- g, os it waes expected thag wore specimens would be recelved rom that quirter, Shephierd had promised 10 send nore plecea of quartzs ut, conslidering the fact that bis movements werp clasely watelied, he was tnable to visit his “lne” and obinin wdiditional specitens,—so none srelved. hmmedlately nfter tho arrival of the stagee, however, sone specimens of Califor- nia quirtz wero extunited on the streets, nud every une tovk it for granted that they esmg from Luke Conuoty, aial the excirenent for some thue ran bigh. "It wus unlortunate that the quartz was exbiblted at this tinie, ns people wilt hereafter have buw Jittls contidence hy the re- ports Lhut ny srelve from the tleld, It appears thit a few of our cittzans hald o meeting last Friday evening and determined to SEND OUT A VAREY to vislt the ficld of attraction, wake o thorousgh exploration of the Henmau district, and, i€ noth- fug of juortiney was disvovered there, 1o push on to the Vernptilon River, ainl vrospeet in that scetion. Accordingly, on Baturduy morning, Albert. Willlams, ot 1he firm of Williams Bros., nud E. Fiah, a Colorado miner of considerable experienee, staried on o proanecting tour, de- termlned that Wi faets Ju the case should be known. Sluce their duparturs rumors of various kinds have been in eireadntion, The eity was thrown Lo a fever of excitement lust svening Dy the news reachlme bere that Willlams wid Fiah had obtained ¥ome splendid specimens, and Jiad really struck u bunanza over oi theVermill - fun. Jilie e rest, nothing has been received 1o corruborate such reports up to the thne of Eoiugr 1o press, Oa'Saturday Jobn D, Cameron recelyed A BOTTLE OV “ pust" from [, N. Luce, with the request thut the same be thoroughly tested,—that ho had a sutlicient amount of the sune to “erado o rosd fram Heraan to Plandreaws’ She *dust ! was carelully tested on the following daygnud gulid to he amount of nhout 30 cants—ihe fesult of ony yen of divt—wwus ubtained, But very little satisfuction was obtained from tbis, huwover, us the dust conld pave been very . eastly #sulted,” A l)lcvu of Hermun quurtz wiis assayed, aid the gold obtained from it cotmpured exactly in color with that which the dit produced, The ques- tion which troubles the *boys " now Is, whether thie aust was sulted or not. Yet, pold or nogold, u_large number have 1efiBloux Falis for the flelde, willing to * rough 187 ural prospect nutil they were sutisfied with the charucter of the mince, BEVERAL LOADY departed on Bunday, Yesterday Albert. Peck started Wwith a parly, constatini of 'Tum Breidge, L. WY, Gehr, Tom White, and Sheo Tooker, B, Jd. Brown and erew deported for HNerman on yosterday. Sceversl other outlits tiurned In tut direction yesterday, One ot the saloun-keepel higs started for the paradise with a losd of cul Julce pud other braciug fluds, Redlable infor- uation, reaching here Just evening, stutes that there ars no less than Ami/ persons ut Detl TRapids, et vouts for the milnlng country, A Targe mot, with picks, stovels, cie, lole Bloux Falls to-duy tor the new El Dorado, Herman Tharne, of [terman ( nopliew of 1L N. Luge), wos fu thi ety Jast evening, und was nterviewed by the Zime reportor. e Is con- fident that THERE 13 GOLD IN TIAT BECTION, Ile suys that moro shecimeus Wil reach Sloux Fellsihe lyst purtof the week, Of tho dust thet was eent 10 Camcrow, he soyr It was . browgut to Henman by two young mun by the vawe vl Bates, who eluined” | they oltatned e sama drom & hols i which o badger had Nieen dirgring, ‘Phey roported thut, i1 the dust wis ol a0y account, Jarge quantities of it could bo obtained. Ar, Thosuo regurded the Dutes bors ns truthfnl mez men, and he has not the lenat suspicton thut e dust was saited. 1o leit thie Inks on Bundayy'nand on_that day he paseed three londs en route for Hermau; yes- tenday he passed eix teams, all bound for the flelds; whils at Uell Rapids he saw o lnrco number preparing for a trip up in that section. 1le thinks that sixty will cover the present number of prospectors which Iinve reached that locality siiico the discovery was made. Mr. Durhans, of tits place, has a clatn over onthe Vermilllon, A young man who hasn pre-amption near his land was fin town Jast Suu- day, nud, learning of the zold excitement, saw gomne quartz, nnd declared that ho had a LANGE AMOUNT OF Ti® “PURR QUILL on bis clalm. 1o agreed toaliow the specimens to Mr. Durham, amd_departed, saying that he wotlil svon retuen with them, e did not put {nan appearunce, and, as 1t was afterwards learned, bad departed post-haste for his clnim, presumably to protect his \‘I'“Mu" A party, conslating of Mr. Dyrham, W, i1, Davenport, C, 1. Winsor, Jolin Bippus, nnd Me=srs, mers and Winters, deparied for the Vermillion this morning, maklng o thorough exploration, ahd Rgo with the determination of staylng antil they are sat- fafled thnt the gold min fs cither *“a “fact orn fraud” ¥ 1t scems tobo Funom\l;benevcd that the Vermillion River (s the chief point of attrac- tion, ‘The most mythieal storles of the unlim- fted wealth of that scetlon liave been received, A man unmed Breinker, lving nenr Lake Her- man, states that he las discovered a piece ol launrlz near the Vermiltion with streaks of Rol AN INCH IN WIDTIt running through the same, At the timoof the dlscovery he tras igncrant as to what the yellow substance was, but s now convinved thut it was geauine gold, _Whathier such fanciful storles Tiavo hisd nu effect to'turn the *tide” fn the direction of the Vernnilllon, wo canuot elate; but it I8 a fact thut the rrlmptut(lrl generally aro bound for this river, thiuking thut they will Le more apt to find specimens “in that scction, ng {‘lmkmuntry thereaouts 18 very rough and roken. [Every ona Is anxlous to know whether Shep- herd's relatives have arrived, and the trains are carefully watched for persons en route for Ler- man, '[hree strangers caused quite u commo- tion by their arrival lnst Saturday. 'They dined nba restaurant, procured a team, and started at onee for Lake County, 8hepherd hasa_buat ol relatives, if every roport s to be credited, ns thero is scorcely o publlc house in town but ‘thoss rejatives ” wero scen to take dinnor at Tnst Saturday, . It will daiibtless be some duys belore noy reli- ablo report reaches Sloux Falls, aoLD. {Dedicated to 7. I, Brocn anid John D. Cameron.} Up north, not far, we havo heen told, ‘Thore Ilves fatmer wiae, Who sent ns down u Jump of gold, \Which tande us bung our eyes. *Twna In one onnce of ufce quartz, white— 1t mado us almont holler, Aud rent our hopes high as o kite o find o big gpid dollar, Such things as theso when brought to town They play the very deuce, Aud stralghitway atarted Thomas Brown To find this {armer, Luce, Now Tom he drovo somo ilfty miles, With otherr, In the cold; They found thils Farmer Luce, 'tia true, But did not flud tho pold. , But Sheplicrd told them that he knew, And, when ha got his pite, He'd tell somo others—just 8 fow-— And Lnat's what makes us smils . B, 8acm, JETTY AND LEVLE JOBS. Tax-Dovourlng Bchomes of No Utllity=A Jundred Milllons to Do Bquuadered on Folly. . Tushingion Chronicte, Fib, 23, Inthe face of the innumerable statements that have been lald before Cougress avd the country, to sliow the utter fallacy of Capt. Ends’ Jettics for the improvetsent of the Misslssippl, aud In the face of revorts to the contrary mado herstofore by their nssoctates, o Bourd of army engineers say that * These jetties, as far ns they have roue, and as far as they have affected tho South Pass of the river, are of a substantial and permanent character; the Jettied channel s re- garded as o great improvement, aud at no time more evivent thau at present.’ No report has ever been mada to Congress upon mor flimsy grounds than this one, and whatever benellts may aceruo to Capt. Eads and his nssocintes can be safoly charged to the dupliclty of ariny en- ginecrs, smone Whom caun bo found a class of tolent thnt would Jend itsolf to almost uny- thing,—cven Lo £ay thut thu moon was made of reen cheeso, providing they wers instructed to B0 Feport thereon, ‘Fhe jerties, like ihe lovecs, nro mere oxverl- ments, and that too, ns demonstrated, of a very. donbtful character, aud the more money Con- gress wastes on them the more will this face bo estublished. In 1876 a Commission of army coclneers was appoiuted to nscertaln the vost of n more thorough und complete leves system. ‘The engineers sclected for the work were Gen. War- reu, Gew, Anbott, Gen, Benyuard, Gon, Sickels, and Gen. Herbert, 'Fliese “gentlemen 1n thelr Feport Aoy To closu the exlsting crevasses will cost 83,4560, - 000; 1hnt a survey of tha rlver §s ueceseary, which nd occupy two years' tima and ca work, In ail threa ycars; t uverago grado of thio Jevees of the Tive six to sevan feettoo jow, and if all the outlats bo closed it will cost 810,001, 000 more to raiee tho levoes high urough to fold 'the wator of tao valley, or. in otiior words, nsthuy say, pro- tect the country from orerflow, In nuuther report of a Boord of army engl- naers, It {8 estimuted thut in order to carry out theseneme of deepening the channel of theriver, 1t will cost $70,000,000, whilo Eads clntms it wil{ tost $74000,0005 50 we have two prupositions, the levees wud the {nllleu, on expenditure of over one hundared milllons of dollars, without the slightest practical ussuranve of any good, elthur 10 the navigution of the river or to the wrotection of lunds on both sides of it now sub- Jeetto overfiow. On the other hund, the proc- tiew! plan of Capt. Cowdon s fenored, whicl only nsks tho Governmient to risk $150,000 to muke o test at Lako Borgue outlet, which wilt giva more_rellef awalnst tloods uud overflows Lhin 50,009,000 spsnt in bullding leyees, or $50,- GOOL000 11 Eads! Butubug %l'l“cl. 'u 8how tlmt even the fricuds of these costly theories ars doubtiulof their veacticabllity, they now ask tor s new Comnlssion, at an unsual ex- petise ol $250,000, te reopen and exwnive the whole subject, or rather to provent any other pluus trom mterforing with thelr own, This new Commixsion fs to stand In the relaticn of a body-guard to the tevos und jetty schemes; that 1%, to Keep off outsiders, so as to atlow themfull sway, As farus the work of civil enginecrs is con- cerncd, they appear to have exlisusted 1he sub- ect, o8 Is sflown fn & report recently published y the War Depnrtuicnt of _seventeen years' Jubor; and any mumber of Congross who will esumine it canensily sarlsfy hluself of the utter fullacy of experhinenting any more with this closs "ol talent. lu s neither practical, nor sound {n theory, BSo that there s ouly one conrse teft, nnd “thit 1 for Coungress to asppulnt n nisalon comuposed of its own members, to o direet, ses with theirown eyes, und consult the common-acnss opfufons of men Hyinzg on the TIvers, Whose {deas of ita ditliculties are Losed upen yeurs of experience with thew, This can bo doneutn trifling expense, nnd when done will result fn soma practical benelit, I, how- ever, this Comuussion 18 to ba appointed, stiould there ulm, ho some specllic tune fixed for it to report Tho Mouth of tho Miwlsalppl=A Proposition by Henry If, Knupp, O, E, To the Editor of the Washinglon Repnlican If the Faculty of cither Columbia College, New Yorl, or Yals Collewe, New Huyen, will agree to decidu the quostion (on arguments writlen or werbal), [ will waier 3500 or inore thut the reduc. tion of the capucity of the outlets of the Mis. slasipp! River, or auy other river, us s always dune in the execution of Jetty works, cauges the slevation of the surface level of the river by Im- peding Ws outllow Lo the sca, und also vlevates Ita bed buttum by deposlis, diffuses its clannel, nnd fucreases the diftienlty of navieathys dv, und also jucreases the serpentine wud winding chay- acter 01 the river und its tendency to_overflow, 1 will also wager the ewne amount that 1€ o mouth of the yiver §s sctentifically voenud, thut thy geverse of atl the abuve-named consequences will result, viz.: that the surfuce Jevel of the water will bo towered 3 likewise the bed bottan of the rivery that the tow of the current will be quickencd, nnd that the chunnel will be mora concentruted, stralghtencd, and deepened tarunghiout the length of the river, and §is scr- pentine wid windlg charsctor witl be yeduced und the navigation therelo fmproved, all in ae. cordance with the fucreased capacity of its out- Iets or diseharge. For the Fuculty todecldo this question it s not atall nvcmur{ that they shoutd be intimately familiar with the “mysteries” of the Mississlppi Hiver,—tho principlea of iydraultes, like Jeht, gravitation, wud motion, beiug the same ia nl\ varts of the workd; therefore the question will be of casy solution, as but few principles are fne volved; besldes It i a subject of npational im- purtauce und collegiste interest, 1t woy bo naxed what 14 the selentific method '8 I;cy aro fully equipped for | THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 187)--TWELVE PAGES, of. opening the mouth of atlver. The question 18 @ood, hecauso It has never heen done lerolo- tore 10 any part of the world. All enginecrs have invariably started ont with the den thnt a river should exist without a bar ot its mouth, This {s juse ns impoasibie ar thas n man shonkl exist without a stomach; conte- quently all angincers have falled in their ate tempt to opes the month of a river except for the moment, In fact, no river can exiat with- out a bar at its mouthitherefore the scientific Into the hanis of strangers 4 beeanse ita man- nera ond enstoms would ba changed; and be- canee Jarge numbers of Southern people **who eannot now obtatn employment” would bo driven away by the “strancera’ Qurcorre- spomlent cxpresees the oplnfon of an intlni- teatinal portion of the Bouthern people. Im- migration, wholcsals immjzration, fs desirable und is most carnestly desired, The hills way of openiny the molitiyof a_ river, both for | aud the valleys of Georzla and he benefit of [ts entrance amd the benefit of it | South Caroliny can mupjort tn channel throughout its entire length, le simply | comfort millions of ~ adalttonal = nopu- to build a talse or artiflcla) bar directly ncross | lation. If foreigners, or Northerners,will come its mouth, but {far out Into deep water outshils, and submerged so that vessels may pass frecly over It in gofug in and out, “Tlic result of this, theu, is to enable the outflowing curront to ent down the old natural bar fmpediment aml ine crease the channel both fn depth and width, That Is all there is to the Tu-st on of wiving the mouth of the Miasissippl River the decpest and widest entrance of nny porl n _the world, even up Lo forty feet draft, if desired. Most respect- fully, Hexny Fo Kxarr, CURRENYT OPINION. “ Disloynl* nnd ** Logal" Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution (Dem.) What possible’ interest can the *'disloyal” Bouth liave in the payment of * loyal?" claims? among us amd huy homea and improve the sofl and develop the country, let them come and welcome, and let these two States ' poss into the hands of_atrangers,’” ns Texas and Kansas are doing, Our correspondent complains Lhat *the thrifty nnd cconomieal forelzner witl, in nine cases nitt of fen, comnenco with a low sal- ary o small canital and {n the conse of a few veara bufld up a luerative nusiness, whils the average nativie Southerner, with limited means, will find hitsell at the end of each year searcely able tomake two meet.” It fs Just such prople na he desceiles that the South needs, They will_not only merease our population and add to our wealth, but they witl teacl the South- erner how to bo thrifty and cconomicaly how to bufta up & tucrative bitsiness on a email fownda- tion, and how to nake * twaends meet.”’ 8o far ns Southern mannera and citstoms are con- cernud, 1t would by o goou thing If they did give way, in great measure, to thosa of the * stran- ger! There are n mumber of Southern custots thatconld be dispensed with to ereal adval tage, ‘The Sotith of to-dav—the new Houth—Is vastly different inva waterinl polnt of view from outh of twenty years ngo,snl the sooner ¥ eaple put the ~ past resoltitely belynd them the better, Thisfan practical nze. A people cannot live on what has boen, They must adapt themseives to thele sarroundings nid ceaso vain repluings for that which has gone] never to re- wrn, Thera i Y roont to day for the hundreds und thousands of our young men ' whom our correshondenl says are out of employment, "There is 1o reason why sny man in the” South whots nble aud willlng “to labor should be fdle. 'Thero 18 no reasun why any mwan able und willing to Inbor should nov support blmeetl, 1t Is true thut employment. cannat be readily obtainud fn the towns and citics, Itis true that there is g sunerabundance of Iawyers nnd doctors, 1t ls trugliat the merchants cannot tind places for all the young men who wish to b elerks. It 08 frue there are not olficial post- tions enatgh for all the young men who wish to itve npon the publie, But for all theae who aro willlugz to quit the cities snd go out fnto the country,—who are wilting to put thelr handa to the plow and the hoe,—thero is emplovient anda livelihood, “Fhere fa no work on the strect-corners, bt there is plenty to do In the fleld and i the forest. The wreat need of the South 1s immigration,—hnmigration that will settle unoceupléd hinds, that will develop great natural resources, that will budld up s enrich the country, and that will stitnulate our people Ilnrnut. forthiafl their encrglies tn the battlo of € Bnmmy Smilen, New York Tridune (Ren.), Titden tucks the Solfd South under hisarm, nnd emiles, os who should say: **\Whose party 1s this, any way! " An Interested Trin, Cincinnatt Knguirer (Dem.). Mr, Hendricks, Mr. T(lden, and Mr. Bayard will take great interest In oitr State election next fall, 1t wiil make or bresk ‘Thurman, Burrels to tho Fronts Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.). It ‘Tilden shiould happen to be the champion of the Democrats in 1830, and Sherman the lead- erof the Republicans, then barrels would be rolled to the front, The Inevitable. New Albuny Lesger-Stundard (Dem.). Within a few days ft hus become cvident to the far-seelng, well-loformed politiclans fthat ‘Tliden must -inevitably become the Democratic stundurd-bearer Iu 1880, Virtuous and Happy. ZLoutertlie Courier-Jaurnal (Dem.), ‘I'ne people of Oblo have always regarded lbas avirtue to have been born in that State; and hundreds of them, since the Innucuration of ““5" bave found that thut virtue Is ita own re- ward. Secrotary Shermnn, Roston Tronscript (Rep.). Becretary Blicrman bns been formally, or in- formally, brougut tnto the fiekd ns u Presidential caudiaste by Fleld-Marshal Ialstead, John Sherman has done sumething for the country, and that s more thun can be sald of sono of _the aspiranty. ———— OAD-AGENTS. The Mitltary Oicors Who Were Viotimized on the Yellowatono, &b, Prul Ploncer-Tress, Fed, 23, ‘Theo Pioncer-Press, on ‘Thursday morning, pub- Tncomo ‘Paxe Hshed n special dispateh from its Blsmarck Detrott Pt (Fan.) correspondent giving o detailed account of the The emocrats in Conzress scem determined to impose an fncome fux upou the conntrs. 'Fhey remember that Mr. Tilden knows how to dodge that partlcalae 1ox, and can teach otlier Democents how, leaving the Republicans to pay the whole tax. robbery on the Yellowstone of Licuts, Edward Rice and Frederick W, 8ibley and M. M, Cohn, who were traveling in a Government ambulaned trom Keogh to Blsimarck. ‘Uhie arclval of these gentleen in 8t Paul last eveniug enables the reporiers of the LYoneer-I'ress to supplemont the complete story as alrcady published in Hhrinknge, St Louts TimiessJournal, these columns with a few particulars An iotellectual member ol the Arkansas |t {llustrate the exceedingly un- Legislature hos introduced n bl abbreviating | yieasant cxperlence through which they the senson of Lent from forty to twenty days. He explains that overything vige has come down 50 per cent stnce the War, nid there should bono diserlmination in tayor ot Lent, passed. Of course the military gentlemen are comewhat anooyed ub the gossip which has sprung fram {lie lutmiliating clreumstances of armyofticers belng eaptured und robbedby allttle party of mnsked freebooters, hut the footpads Tind the drop uon the tmsuspeeting passengers, and what could they do! The ofllcers may have heen nexligent in not having thelr arms In thelr hands Instead of tuderneath the geats of thelr vehiele, and fu vt having thelr guard immedi- ately at hand, but whea they . were ordercd to throw up thelr hunds in preseuce of experienced road-ngents ihe thne for the exereise of valor was past, aud dizeroilon wos nbout all that was left, All the circumstantial evidence now at hand Ieads the betief that 1he rubbery was dellber- ately plannod, and that the footpads knew tuat the ambulance contalned & considerabls sum of money. Mr. Cohn lust 63,230, nud as hio Isn merchant at Miles City, forty-three miles dls- tant Irom the place where tha attack was made, it [s thought that his niovemonts ave riso to tho scheme. It nlso transpires that another parey with $5,000 in cash was also coming Bas t with this party, but instead of taking passage In the mmbulanco ho took an carly start on a four-hwrse wagon, awd poss- ed the coolic only an hour or two bu- fora the nwbalance reached the spot. The driver of the wacon in which _the $5,000 passen- ger happlly eseaped reported to the Bismarctc carreabondent thut he saw somcething in the contia where the robbery took plnce, Hethouzlit it was u bird flapping s wings, but subsequent events lend him to beliove thut the bird was the wask of a robber fiyli fn the wind, ‘Fhie nference, therefure, Is that the robbers were now ready to attack tho foremost wagon, or clse coneluded that it wasn't worth enpturing, Licut. Rlee inquired of the captain of the road- awents whether any wagon had passed on in ndvance, nnd was answered fn the necative, But then the robbera wers not communicative by any wncans, 'The rabbers apolie to cachothier by numnbers lustead of by e, Whilo_they wera going through the olll and Mr. Cohii, Licut. Rlce quizzed * Number Two ™ about the Indlas {n the conntry, nind the robber fell into the Livutenant's trap, but was quickly snitehed out Wy the captaln of he gane singlug outs “Number Two,” don't tallc 8o much.” Rico wanted to see what kind of u volee the robber hudl, 'I'ho captoin saw U poing, uud kept his numbers one, two, und thres quict, The cap ) did what little talking was necessary, *Silence was golden” ‘The Sergennt of the military party, when ho returned siter the guns the robbers “lud required them to stack uml leave, fired threo shots at long range ab the re- treuting party, with no disaatrous results, Mr. Cohin's loss was owing to the fact that he couldn’t purchase deafts or exchanee fu Miles City, und linil, perforee, to earry the Joney with him. Mr, Colin Informed nelther of his milltary companions of the trensurg contatued fu his Hitle red travelinz-bogy wmd they wers prob- ably more astonished than anvbody else at the bonanza which rewarded ihe rond- azents. When Mr, Colin reachied the telegraph oflice the nest duy he ag oues gcnt a dispateh to Judee Carnichinel of Mlles City, giving vartie ulurs of the robbery, snd when Mr, Cohn renched Blsmarck he recelved o letter from the Judge eiving information t twenly men, with half o dozen Indian seonts, had taken the trall, with u prospeet that the sconndrets milsht o overlisuled, A person suspected of beig ong of the f Ly, uutied Willisem Dixon, was sirest- ed I Miles Uity the day nfter 1he robbery, nml he wus Elentitied by the Sergeant, \Who was seut back by Livat, Rice, Ad ho dldn't seo INxon' fuce, however, but merely his legs, the Identie tonvould not linve Leen rezarded as very cor- reet, ns Dixon seoms to have had vo dieuity [n Tho Test Way. Vicketurg (Mias.) Herakd (Dem.). . ‘The very best people io thils State are rapldly comiug to the conclusion that the best wayto seeura the ueace nnd good will of the liest por- tlon of the Northern peaplo Is to censo lththu,: the Northern Republican party, if it will cease fightingg us and treat us justly. Seoond Choles In Both, Cinetnnaté Commerclal (Ind. Ren.), Bo far ns we are ablo to ascertoin from exten- sive loterviews with leading Democfats in Ohlo and Indiane, Thurman s in Ohlo the first cholce for the Preslaeney, nud Henaricks in Indiana; but {n both States Tllden ts the second cholee, ‘I'ho back counties aro yet to be heard from. Von't Hanker for Any Moro Gush, Vickshura (Atisn,) Herald, Down this way our appetite for gush is patled, ‘The people begln to think that, when the great nterful interests of the South ore tg bo con- rldered, thera is very little chofeo between Northern Democrats nind Republicans,—betweon Vragg and Binine. In point of fact, Blaine promises mare, notwithstunding his eyes of firo and his shirt of gore., Sholl-Flsh Marhles. Baittmore Gazette (Dem.), When John Logan aaserted (u his Washington speech, In responss to the address of Poor Riche ard Clapp, that the beautiful marbles in the Capltol Building were created by shellilsh, he betrayed such Ignorance as mizht have been expected from o man who aequired his kuowl- edze of weofogy in Southero Iiinols, where rocks arc as scarco as snakes fn Ireland: Possibllitics of Jay, Gauld,' Springfleld (Mass.) Repubitvan, Jay Gould apparently bas au wmbition to re- tire from flelds of buslness Neavily mired with politivs, and to attain the respectable enso and complacent virtues of the lberally-dlsposed man of weolth, Perhups he inay return to Jit- eraturo, in which he firat ventured with o his- tory of one of the Jersey counties, O ho mny colunize one of the smaller Stntes, nud crown his career with a United States Benatorshin. Tho Amecer. J Dattimore Gazette, ‘We regrat to announce thut thognllant Ameer of Afgbanistan Is in a bad way again, In his greenncss he began o row with the English, After soveral months of chagrin he hus been attacked by zangrens und the probabllities nro that in a Tew days the Cabut newspapers will coatain something ke this: Deareat Ameer, thou haa left us, Aud thy Toss wvo sligmity feel, "Tis the gonurone hus herelt ny— Yakuob Knan will dance a reel, Simples of * Loform.” Cincinnuts Gasette (liev.), The Democrats jn Coneress nre sponding the last days of this scsslou fn atriving to do the worst they can. Having pogaed extravagant upproprintions, which Wil create, n large de- ficeney In the Treasury, nud will bring in, ja. stead of thut steady reduction of the war debt which the Republicans lnve made, an inerease of the debt Jor curreut expenditures in thne of neace, they are striving (6 repeal by unparlia. mentary metsods the lay, to protect United Btutes elactlona from frautiulent votlng, and to teansfer the takbnr of the siext consuy trom the hands of the Natfnal Government, where the | gecuring bail for his uppearaney when w wark of census-Lnking hasulways been, to the con- l"lkl"tf of lers, My, Cotn says 1l trol of the tates, to the end thint [ the South thy | 8b of b person thut was visible, the smbe mesus whith stuod batlot-boxes with tx- wasks completely covering their foces, and thelr buttuned vonts glving all of them o simflar nppean Mr. Colny eritlenlly exanntied uno ot the footpads, whose legs wero lucased indirty brown overalls, and he was about to pursuo his Inspechion when the road-gigent In his rear or- dored bhin to koep his eses tothe tront 1f hy wanted to save lis head. Cohm remuarked: that his hands were cold and N was teying to keep them warm, % Stand just where you are, and ste, paper baklots,aud flxed up 1ho returns to suit the stuilers, may be used to stall e census, in order to Ineresse the representation of the Southern States beyoud their population. < Rough 8howing on the “Stalwarte Suringfiatd (Muse.) Reputliean (Ind,), How Grantlstn wurked bofore s pointedly ealled to mind by Johu W. Forney, it we do not get your ploves,” iy golng mifatake the personality behind s folttals, writ- | to the ambulanee, " he g‘ol. 8 |l|% fue to the Now Yorlk Zribune to sumgest that | gloves wwl —ave them to — Cohn, Grant owes more to the Republican puaity than | Thse road-azents, by the way, were auy other man, He went duto oftice with 150 Republicuna to 66 Demeerats tu the flouse, und he lefe ft with 107 Republicans and 181 Demo- crats, If this bu attributed to the shoteun pol- Jey of the Soutd, the raply §s the following g ures of the chanizo fu Northern States: a8 courteons uid high-toned e the Younoer wnd dames boys, und, thourh oceasfonally barsh In thelr Janguoage, they were vol disposid to treat thele vietims with unnecessary violonce, A streak of voud Juek keems to huve ate tended this rurucnlur operation of the road- 18068 tv 187 1474 (o 1870, | b3ents or else they were oxtremely shrowd, Tew. " Dem. Lep. - Dem, | Ve rabnory touk vlaco about toar tulles from o Indiana, 8 H o 1| ranch whero the traveless projeded to spend the Tihinols - H 6 T | uleht, Only o dittis while before thy attack fn AMuusachuse [ 0 o the deep vaving oceurred, the driver of the um Mictiuan . u 4 - | bufaueo luevcased the soeed of s hurses so thint Now dyrio i 45 15 | B mtio and'w il intervened betiveen thy ofll- “flm oL 4 7 3 | sors mull| the lu\;’r lmu\u:‘(lcd mh“‘ff' wux Ut v wero ueling as @ body-fruued, Now, the rou Penusylania A a, 27 | wzemts nad® but a yeey fow minates ih whieh to Totale o eresees DI w7 o8 B | Blo) tie wnbulaneo and go thromzh the passen- Hovs, without runuing - he visk ol getting into o hight with the L‘;uunl. Theny ugafn, they wera materfutly afded by oo fact thut thls §8 ubout tho first hizhway rolbery that ever tusk placo oi this route, und bente the army oflleers were tuken completely by surprise, but even If tuey had not been, they would Lardly have been able to have lield thefr own with the robbers, into whose carelully propared smbush they had so uubappily dullen, - ‘Thia 18 o pretty rough ehowing on the Y Stal- warts,” wha wers runpinz Grant und his Ad- minfstration during the perlod mentioned. The Great Noed of tho Bouth, Anguats (Wa.) Clranicls (Dem.), Our Charleston correspondunt sserts In sub. stance thut wholesals fmwigration s not desired by the South becuuse the couutry would * pass CURRENT GOSSIP. CESAR'S LASY WILL AND TESTA- MENT. it City Derrick, But hero's a parchment with tho roal of Cresar: 1 faund it in his cupboard; 'tin his will, Vet bt his relatives hear this teataments And they will rush headlong to the attorneys; And every tan, daughtor, coustn, and auat, Wives never known before, and children, too, Of bad rapute, will quickly fle "Their afdavits that he was Insane And didu't know an mucn as a laet year's chicken— Yeu, try to hreak tho will-nnd the result Will he, that half tho whole eatate Will in the Inyyers' purses scelt reposeg Tho other half in lrlcm will be rent By numeroun relatives, nnlces [ dnd A codtel! bequenthing that amount Unto 8 home for sanper miilionaires, PARIS NEWSLPAPER WIT, New York I “Tlat'a p nico uew sult )o’u have on; what did you have to vay for fLt" “8ixty dollars nnd costs,’ A geatleman who lias just had a tamily tomb | constructed takes ks wife to the cemetery, and she recoils with horror on beholding cut In the stone: *To the Memory ol My Beloved Wire— Lteenal Regreta” “But I am not dead!” she crics. “I know ft, darling, but 1 wished to please you by showlng you what my affection would lead we to say when you did die." The whole family had gone to the circus whero the levely Mile, Azucena Furing (nec Bloges) was dolug a llying tropeze act with moredaring than drapery, “If [ had thought,” rald paler fumitias, fudignantly scanning the nymph with bis glass, *if 1 had thought thero were going to bo such shameless carryings-on 1'd not have Jet tho children cowo® 1 I bad thought,” sald mater familias to herself, *thnt there were golng Lo besuch shameless earrylngs- on I'd not have let the old man come. 'The detective had glven his testimony ak great length before the mavistrates, who had Hetened to It with marked nttentfon. At its conclusion the prisoner was esked what he bad to ray und procecded to make his statement: *Gentlo- men,” lie sald, earnestly, * you appear touttach great {mportance to what the detectlve has said—to have received every word of (b as zos- pel truth, 1ut would you helieve bim impllcitly in everything he might chooso to say about mel Supposs he eamne here nnd clained that 1 had eut off his lead, would you deen it your duty to betieve him thenl Ipause for areply.” A frlond met yesterday an old woman to whom ho was in the hablt of giving alms, und, findIng her {n the deepest dlatress, nsked her what was the matter. “Wnat's the matter, your hionort I'mi o ruined woman, that's what's the mutter. Mo little grandehild, Jimmny, the baby aa was blind and had the sweot face, and that I've beagzed with on my arn go long and never saw the day he wasn’t worth three francs, 18 ' nnd wrreat soos choked ler utterauvce, 4Is dead?' sald the gentloman, kindly, “Deadf Divil the Juck! Iliseyes is cured, nnd for bustucss purposes hie's rulued entirely. Och, wirasthu—ventrebleul " The wife of an ecminent lsndscape patuter having had n_bronchitle attack, the doctor said unto licr husband; “When you o iome, dip abrush in this solutlon of iadine md apply it to your wlife's back.” At night the husband vrepared duly to carry out the physiclan’s orders, but just 08 lio wns about to appiv the remedy his nrtistic temperament ot the tietter of i, and instead of aimlessly danbing tho patient’s Lack he anehed olf wpon {v in bold monochromoe n landscape; fhen, retiring a pace or two, hunig his head n eritical contemplativa, nud, darting forward, rerouched the braok in the telt foreground nnd brought out more bold- .1y the clunp of trees on the rizht, 1 gay, haven't you protty nearly linlshed?” snld at last Rhls putlént wife, * “Just one sccond, iny love; unul L sign 1t," replied thie artistlc husbamd; wied, having nppended bis initials und the date on_ ber left shoulder-blade, e continued: “That'll do; to-tnorrow 1Ml retouch it and have It frumed, and If It isn't accopted call weo Whistler " On the afterncon of the 4th of Scptembar, 1870, n breathless messenger brought to the Mayor of o lttle commune fn the south of France tho news of the decheance, **The tyrant lias fatlen—thie Republic is proclaimed!” “erled tho messenger. it tout est yax et gueires)? (A s gas umd gaiters,) “1 bave recelved n tel- cgram containiig n report to that effect,” ro- plies the wortly Mayor, “Then,” shouts the patriot, “rln{: the " bells, get up s torche Heht procession, holst the flaws, Fiee la Jeepubliguel™ ‘The Mnayor ho was a_cautlous man, it knew—or rather did not know—on which sldo bis bread was buttercd. Delays wers eafe, for the proclamation at Paris migit only bo an abortive demounstration, 8o he advanced upon the baledny umd thus addressed the eager throng: ‘*Ciuzens, our Republic Is too great und solemn o reality for us to pretend 1o cele- brate It with giddy haste and under cover of the shades of night, "This s a m\u{; to bo dono de- liberately, majestically, In whe full blaze of noonday. T.ov us, therofore, meet to-morrow at noon, aid show the unlverse thut wo ars not ufrajd, after counting the cost, to profess our ropublicanism llke men who are not afrald of thefraction!™ s advice wns accepted minhil yells of appinuse, nnd Jone before noon the next duy 1he cautlona Mayor hod receivea olliclal con- firmation of the firstroports. INTELLIGENT MONKEYS, 2 Lundon Telegraps. #Monkoys,” says on Arable proverb, ‘can talk perfectly well it they choose 60 to doj but thiey are far too clever to lot us into thefr sccret, Well they kuow that, wera they to speel, they would be mado to worl; so they wisely hold thelr tongues.” 1f certaln strange storfes that have receutly reached our iiemlsplhiero from the Qistant realn of Slam be founded upon fnet, the “ncomplete man,” as somo German physiolo- wists describe our respected uncestor, whose fonducss for apples 18 considered to have e, ercised considerable influence upon the des- tinfes of Lumanity, s inude to work in many several ways, despite his atfected lignoravce aof articulate language, 113 prudent selence avalls Iim naught ju the dowaln of the Walte Ele- phans} and there aro—~at least 80 wo are os- sured by anold Austrian resflent at the Sf- nmese Court—fow professions which be muy not ba tunrht to practice with amazing skl wind admirable preclsfon. Ile fs trained to tlsh for crabs with his tuil, a3 comical u pursult as can well be 1um?lnml, except, perhaps, for the worthy and intelligent npo enguzea iu It, who sometimes gots a *bite” from o monster erab thut he Ia totally unable to fand, aud falls a vie- thn to the superior welghit of hils Cancer Ferox, who drags him into the water, drowns, und finally devours him. ‘The Siamese ape 1s also atated Lo be In grrent request wnong native mer-- chantans a cashier [ their counting-houses, Vast quantitics of baso coln obtaln eirculation in Siam, awd the facuity of diserhnlbation bu- tween good money and tad would appear to be posseased by thess glfted monkeys in such nn extraordinary degree of develupment thut no mere human being, however carefully tralied, can_competa with them, 'the cashier ape meditativoly puts into hls mouth each coln presented to him in business payments, aad tests ft with grave delberation, If it be penulne, ho hands it over to his mns- ter, T [ be counterfelt, he seéts it down on the counter befors him with o solemn grimace of displessure, i methiod of testing (4 rearded i commercial clreles as [nfallible; mud, 08 o matter of fact, his dechston 18 unlformly aceent- cd by ol perties interested hn the transactlol 1ut, thongh o trie mud invaluable servant to his own particnlur mnster, it seems thnt his moral eharactor I8 not attowether Irreproachable, His deptorabie passion for fruft rendera hiw tho ter- rar of Siamese market gardencrs, who tind brute forco inadequate to restealn him from visitlng hefr orehiards, and therelore have reconrse to divers wml sundry stratazems, one of which is reported to be ss sncecesful ua Jt 1 certaiuly ine wenfous, A epoclally uctive and enterprising apu 18 capturcd wwd cacclully sewed up In tho skin of a tiver cat, flo 18 then turoed loose In thie orchard of hls predilection, und straightvay clambers, as well as hie may, focumbered by an unfomiliar garinent, into the brunches of o fruft tree umong the unclothed fcllows, Beureely do theso latter Fot oyes upon s, with all his feline tervors hivk “upon htm, . when a drewdful panle strikes them, und they scratmble away with plereing screcchos und agonized chut- teringe, Never niore do they return to on orchard which they belleve o bo infested by the deadllost onemy of thely race. ‘The stari- ling Intelllzence is rapldly disseninated throughe out the monkey soviety of the nelzhborhood, wid the wily” gardener enjoys au absolute (n- wmunity from depredation forever atterward, for the very thouuht ol a tiger-cat appals the slaian goul, und doubtless the talo of ¢ tho awful up- rnrlnun in Ting-tse's orchard {s handed down n quadrisnanous familles from geucration to generation, 1) WALKED, Detroli Fres Preas, At an carly hour yesterday wornig 8 on who had an eye brimful of contideuce In bim- scll eutered a Dutroit restsurant, kept by a wan who |u%'| ah Interest iu manly sports, uud thus begoan? . 4 My uaine Js Suaw, 1 have just arrlyed, In . case I can work up suMclent interest in thisclty I'proposa to walle 1,000 miles in "~ “ Calt ngain—very busy—ser you Inter—gol to go right over the'river I sald the restaurant man as e gol nway oue of sfght, 'le man named Shaw (idn’t reem greatlv mrrrllcu at Nits reception, and his chin was atill lugh as he walked [nto a bitl-poster's and asked : “ Catt you du sumo pasting for me i Tliere's scarcely o month in the ar that we don't post up at least ono dodger tor sume one or obier,” was the reply, 1 may want to put out 10,000 three-sheet bills next week,' observed Mr, 8haws * T posc to beein hers an attempl to walk 1,000 miles tn —.1 ¢ All onr Loards are secured for Lwo months ahiend," Interrupted the poster with terrible carnesiness, sl he at onée began to sweep the dusty loor with a dey broom, Mr. Bhaw coughed and went out, The store of conlhlence in his eve had been reduced about ane-bulf, bt e had o good-eard lefr, . Making ] his way ton tobacconlst’s store whoso shop s the hicadnuarters of lovers of dngs, horses, dumb-bells, sl athictic sporte, he purshased o clienp clzar and casually vbscrved to the crowd: “tentlemen, my name {8 Shaw, wans, thinkimz that 1f a hall could be secured on om'larnblu”lcrnu 1 would malke the uttempt to WRIK = *Wait!” shouted every man In the room in charus, und o Jess than fifty ccondaall had flled out wnd gone thelr wavs,” “Then the tobae- confst reached down for his slung-shot, erving out that Mr, Shaw had driven awny seventeen of Iits iest customers, but before he could use jt Mr, Shaw tinde the attemnt to walk past one atrect-corner In ono York minute, oud be nehieved a grand success, POLICE.COURY INCIDENT. Concinnait Enquiver, At the request of Judre Wilson yesterday Johu Sullivan stood up before the bar of Justice tonnswer to the eliargool drunkenness, Mr. Sul- livan put In o plea of not gulity, and stated to the Court thint he was a hard-workiug man, and Nhad not tasted o drop of . Myuor for sls months. i “ You promised me yesterdsy that you would have your employer hiero this morniog fo testify that you are working; Is ho on hand ' inquired the Court, “ Perhaps T ought not mention it fu public? » eaid Sulllvan, Jooking around with a smile on his face, “hut my employer had an eplsode In his family this niorning—welirht ten pounds; mother il evild doing well, a8 the newsprpers say,—whlch prevented his coming out.!! “Is there no other person fn the city who knows yuu have been working? ! s Flumdreds of them, your Honor, htndreds of them.” ‘*Perhinns some of the ofilcers (cnuff n your behalt,” sugeested the Conrt, “I bave no_doubt many of them would be £lad todo so,”" sald Suliivan, a3 ho wiped his nose on his cont-sieeve, Four ofllcers, one after tlie other, swore that Sullivan was out every night until o late hour, carausln around the wivked plices ot the city, and was drunk during the day on an average of slx times o week.” *“It has often been hinted to mo that the en- tire polico force of Clucinnati had an animosity ngalnst me, but 110 ono couild have convineed me of the trath of it Lsev it all now,"” groaned Sullivaun, “1[e puta ua to more troublo than any man In that part of mwn;“ sald nnother officer. “Tdon't, [don't, [ don’t,” replied the pels- oner rapldly; “I'vo been wurl;lug nlmost night and dny for the past six months,” S RBut wherd's your witnessesl? demanded 4 DR 1 1en 1 *Did’t 1 tell you my employer bad an epi- sode fu his family, nnd ('ouhfil'r. comef 3 “And thero will be an eplsode in your family, Mr, Sulllvan," said the Court. It s fn the shape of n sentence azalnst you of tl res munths in the Warkhouse, Puss under the rod, aud mako way for that gont with the black eye.” resent could A PIUTE DOCTOR. Virginite City (Ner,) Chrontcte, Tor rome weeks past Capt, Bob, the Plute Chief, has been lylng very low ab hls wicklup, In the viciulty of the Sistera? Hospital, He is re- dueed to the minimum quantity of skin and houeg, nud his 1ife s despalred of. 1le has been attended Ju his sickness by an Indlan physician named Moses, who has long been recoghized as o edieal authority amoug the Piutes, His treatinent consists in the sdmintatering of herd ecocttons and fncantatious. A teaspoonful of herb oxtract and an hotr of @ancing and Bmok- ing out the wigwam overy two hours {3 consfd- ered avout the right thing, ‘fhls course of treatment has been pursued by the Tlute medl- cine-man far some time, notwithstanding whiclh Bob s rapldly nearing his carthly end. The Plutes have beon Lthrown 1o g state of exefte- ment over the prospects of Bob's early demlse, and thero Js weeplng and Jamantation irom Wallk- cr River to Pyrami{d Lake. On Sunday night last the excitement calminnted fn n numbey of Tudians assembling ot Sllver City mnd trying Moses, the mediciue-man, for “malpractice. About 200 Indiane were preacnt, and Moseswas charged with attempting topolson Capt. Roh, 1f this had been praven he would havo been stoued to death on tho snot, HIs dofengo was thut during the course of hisprofessional career In Nevada e had only kitled three tnen, uud 1 Bab should dle he woilld only be the fourth man to suceunb to his medicinal treatment, Under the Piute taw he had a rlcht 1o Jay five ‘patients under the daisles betore following them Tmsell, This scomed to huve a declded efleet on the tribe, und the oldor members crunted suproval, Boma ong then suggested thut Mosvs be kitied fmmediatoly, as It might havo a bone- Iicial effect upon the patient, After couslder- able navleying it was ducided to ive the Doctor another eliance; and 1€ Bob died Moses shonlil be executed ndua form, When an Indiun was Informed by a CArvisicie reporter that Wliere wore some doctors I Virginia who had been Killing one men o wmonth regularty for some vears h oxpressed his unbounded astounlshment, and pagged some very profuneund uncuinplimentary remurlea on the Btupldity of o race woleh wonld submit to such {mposition. At lust accounts Bob had not louy to live, QuIbs, Meeting a commercial traveler who was protty drunk, Grubblns remarked to his wife: “ Tight as adeum, aiw't hei” “Worso'n that,” she auswered, *he's tizht as a drummer,”* “Nuture is full of poetry,” exclaims an en- thusinstie magnzine-writer. This reminds Brother Eldelberger thut there Is n mighty close resemblance betweon nature and Lis waste-paper basket. A Hostou Iswyer, badgering o witness, eald sternly: ©I bulleve, sir, you have served a sentence tn the Btate Prisont® © Yes,* was the wiconcerned reply, ** 1 was lu the Btate Prisan, aud [ bud the misfortune to vccapy the ssme cell your brother bud hud." Neurly every announcement of the death of a person over 100 years old winds up with ‘the sentence, * Ile, orshe, was born . {n 1reland,” Awerlenns who are striving to beeomo centenn- riana madp u gzreat milstake by not beline born in Trelands - Amd it 13 too late now to correct thicir vrror,—Norristown Heratd, Harver's Wagasine for March, Tu these daye when vhe.temperunce question absurbs su much of public attention, it may not be out of plucs to grroto the puyings of an cecen. tele Engllsh gentienan, Sn° duan Delutiald Astley, u eandidate for Parltument, ot o yecent mectiny of his constituents, A wman o the crowid ealled out, ** \What stout the Liguor bill ¢ HAVeL), ™ said 3ir John, “ining wus unconmonly Llish lust year, How wta yours? After Curruu left college sl went to London to study Jor the Bur, his finances were very low, A story 13 toll ol hily rois olunerless to 8t, Jawmes’ Lark, wheve, sitting Tluncn‘ on i beneh, he bewan whistling an Iriah tune, An Oldwrby gentleman paused 1o rest un the same scat, und, struck by the melancholy look of ths youth, in- quired how lio came to Lo sitting there, whist- N un Irish tune, when other people were ay thelr dinner, Curran replicd that he wonkd be ot bis dinuer (0o, but a telling niatter—lely, {u remittances—obtlged him to dine on an Iris) tune, Curlous things are done In *“meetiog.! Not lone ugo the Wesleyan Methodists In Englanl resolved Lo rajse the sum of £00,00, The flrst mecting was held soon alturwards, wien the s of £31,000 was rulsed. It was o humorous Ellhxurlrllun‘ for one ventlmuan rose und suld e would give £1,000 [ memory of is sajuteid mother; unother sald ho would give 2300 in memury of a dear wife; auother £60 {1 honor of u beloved slstery and for a long time thi styleof wivige went on, At lenzth ono wan suict he would give £200 beeas lie was ual on bouard the lll-futed Princees Alice. 'Thia becains finwediutely contugious, for shortly after a mun rose uod volunteered £100 bocauss e wus not o sharetiolder in the Clty of Glsszow Bauk, 1L Wis ux| ed some entlemun would glve £1,L00 bevauso Lo was not 4 weinber of ths op- position, or a Britlsh Afghons Our coutemporary of the Loulsvillo Courier. Journa'tells of 4 Venerable colored gemnun, 0ld Ise, who tmet another durky with o carpets bag: *Woar I3 you gwine to siow, Lbeneeert? DIs town ia too dull (o' me, Unclo ko, nu' s gwiug fo' to take der trafti.” *Juss 80, Ly you wine froo on de ke-ars?'! % Dat 'pends, Uacle 0, o2 du woakuess of dubriagea an' detreasles, Lt one o' dem gels tireq Yopryn cold wedder Jes about da :(‘:}\Lnxh ey 1 comes along, den 1'm queine fron,1 syt U0 Bowy yolt talie iny advice, an'ret oy oo, dntunlmvlmm o' kents, an! g miuniy yw}m“ dot stoweomoter gl & selly an g il rnclty VU frow yer kearpet-sack an? jampry It Gy 1, M e o s Lime [ (o'eat fo! ter jrom ol }n:lhlxlmr and w e hoy, untel m..fc‘\'é;iil’«‘ im‘ 1 ¢l o3 1INk 6! car olf st frgn g [k mes You junp, S—plongpr o o0 W uter Instead of Indulginge tn 1. 7 veople regand as i tw':-l.w:f?xfilnx'x’l"' Ll goaged tierelo by e pings o e 8 Frederlek Heller, uf Burewn, Cal,, yaers 1% i the Humboldt' Zamer, warning off- o 531370 for e lapd of o Tady iy ling. yamc o 58 heart. Which 1t 18 10 the tollowing e - WARNING TO NUM 1T M LUNCEHYF‘ Mistls Clrtatine Rossow, wido of o sow desised, lad promunfesct me, patid Los hounds of maktrimony wilh e, Pra, %2, Mo EFOURCH W, Bie dechin (o (T fep g SN0IRE I rewied to Gt } heard Trom yory e, 2um wtderhendet game oln plat- e e tith from znm nprinciule fellos, kiolgly g, P%e Dromlsret Grlde ugas-riie L) Drobitty der I8 were tus rabout lax o Bout Lo there bennett T pmblicly notary 1o with, Keep Tands F1 or wroeseention, gt te: way Wil follow, ' 1 intends to fof pery o 290 and teatap on me, Frioemex l’i‘!“:fl‘:’u lelClll-G‘AN POLITICS, The Contemplatod Conlitin Bemoerats "l the Vit nlversity Squubble Ei 9 Yay cnutfiu? © Enters tnto the oy, Special Dispatch 1o The Tribune, Drriorr, Mich,, Feb, 27, —The Democratie anl Natlonal Conventions of this State llm“l; Lousing to-morrow,—the latter gy fioon 1“ Mend's Hall, and the formerat9p, m. in u’: Opera-llonse, Al the fudicatlons \mluth\\l]L completion of a coalition letween |hmm‘“ clemeuts uf the Opposition, und an attempt 1“ carry (he 8tate by such o wolon nud the nkmnfi use of slde-epucs, "Ihe present volltfcal siyy,, tlon In Michigzas Is rubstantially thiss — lie soft-money wing of the Demoy last vear's overwhelming defeat of as thelr "ic” D in cq e Keaur 11, o ‘f‘n&'{' el helr pany chiel lever, commenced In p.;.:?. usry the development of a plan for bringlng obout o contitfon with [ Nationals o the combug spring clection hoplng, of couree. to seare a victory by this de. vice, but meaninz to at least break the hold of the bard-money clement on the party machinery, ‘Fhey commenced operations at Laneyr lgt negotlutions mmong the members of the l?em. Intures soon succeeded in crentins the necoses. vy sentiment. at the Capltalt ultimatelv got . acaslon of the State Contral Committoes plael its Chatrman (who was then resolutely opoosed to thelr programme) Mu such n position as to compel his reslenation; und dictated the calllyy of the Convention at such n time und vlage n: would ald the coalitlon acheme. In this work they seeured the co-operation of Moses W, kel the oflleinl Chalrnwan and real leader of the Xl: tional movement in this State. Orlginally tha hard-money men were lowd fu thelr yeslstaucg tothe consumuiation of this prozramig; in the recent consultatfons of the party, such mey a8 G, V. N. Lotlirop, of this city, hotly onposal this surrender of party Integnty und consisie eney} the State organ of the Demoeracy, the Detrolt Free Press, ulso shiowed sowe slgus of * resistunce, But the coalition movement was manifestly too strong this time for the oppost- tionj Its lenders were detlant In tove wnd ap- kressive In thelr operatlons; and the backbony of the hostllity to thelr programme soon com- menced to show slzus of weakuss, At this Juncture, the prolonged controversy {n the Umversity overthe Laberatory defulativn toolk ou n new form in the uction of the Kevents fn refustating Dr. Rose und discbarging the court-judgment agalnst him,—this step being taken in compllance with the request of thy Legislative Commitive, based wpon au investl gatfon at the lnst sesslon, which resulted b a tinding direetly the reverzo of ithut reached by the Court In the chancery-=suit covering the sawmne tesucs. Iublie opinion I3 very widely dirvide ed tllruufihum the Btate on “ine Univerdts questton,” us 1t 18 enlied; nud sueh div'sion s not boumted by party-lines, nithourh Dotslass 18 o Demoerat, und Rose aid his chles backer are Hepuolivans, The deetsive triumph of the Rose faction aroused much fndiznation upon the other side, sl his reiustatement wasalen disapproved af by the conservative cleent that believed that the interests of the nstitution eoncorned denznded the permauent exclusion of both men from ita Facultiss. Awong the Almonlof the University this fevling of dbap- l I8 very strong, and they have held public Anye In tho Jeadung citlus of the Stite, ad resolutions denounelng the actfon of that they will nut sttport ooy candidates for the Regencs, I the coming” election, who are tot men of such position and eharacter as to make it e Luiny that they will hold themselves eutirely f- dependent ol und atiove the unfortunate Libor- story squabble, nud consult only the interests of the Universlty pure and stwple, This condi- tion of atfairs furnished the discourazed opyo- nents of conlition with the pretext they nevded for abundonlug thefr uacless position winout Eeem g to fzaominiously surrender, 'The Fres Press b onee started the ery of **Coalitlon on thte basfa of the protection of the University, and s now been industrionsly lielping roll on thie coalisfon bl for some weeks, “Che absurd: ity of fts cry appenrs from the fact that many Demoerats it Natfopnls are andent Lelievers it RRosu's innocenee; that the Legislative report exonerating im was slgned by members of all partivs; that Demoeratic papers fu the blm} have applauded hls reinstutement; tiat the teader of the Demoeratle party $n the Leaw- Inture was ue of the sheners of the petition 10 the Rewents upou which they took ihe n('ll?ll now condemne; that the Natfonal mrty 1 |w! all fts tendencles, committed to hosulity to the support by tasation of ms:lxur education; und hut very many infiucutlal Democrats fu the State ure cucmlivs of cvon ma'lln- kiudred facts, show how Himesy a pre present elamor for au the 10 adop! the Rewents, sl declaring school [nstruc Unlversity guestion™ of the hard-pioney Democrats, \who *eaalitlon cpedieney ne care tore for party oxpedivicy thuu for pr ciple, “Ihelr tacties have avalled to bresk mwln al) orgauized. opposition i thulr own patty : coalitfon, und mav also win the votes of T": of the bard-monty musses but it will hxx‘ll; bring solidly over to tho l\lljllwrl ot the cnal ‘r;‘n ticket the bullots of old-(lne Democraie, ¥ ‘l will not hietp ot either the triumph of Mfi“&:n ETLY "'I""’ furrlmdurol their own onzaulzd to National influcnces, ‘e Demoeratic Conventlon to-morroty be overwhetmiuily for coalition, lx: e county (Wayne) the hard clemeit ms_thm routed in Wi chiolce of dulegates, the Chd L of the State Central Commiitteo was bateth i square dssue, mud the Joral “"“(v"{‘v““\‘,‘, gfl‘m ngain in the honds of ex-Mayor W, \.‘ ;“ o w skilifal subterranean manager, Who e savory political reputatlon she Iath [ years ago. Ho fur as known, uo autl-coal A Uelegutes to the Demperate (,uh\‘\.'mh‘u‘ln i been choseny—nong at least on #u Issne churacter, . " “fhe Nationals, on the conlrarss n‘r‘q I for eoalition. ‘Thelr Jender, Moses e cummitted Ditmaell to that plav, e s Who a perlenced and unserupulous ""““1“: | Wibie fivm grip on his party-machinerys ld" 'nuv. Yha hat, ultimately, be witl secure his fl:l b Conuty Couventions have dvvcluvlt;mlé o feeling ot hostility (cspeclally among N palley als of Kepubljean antecedints) 10, 8 )nwvcll Which muy tund 1 hetp on Bemocratie ur o ot lurgze, Doth of the rrmlumlxln!l_\'nu,lzrhbmw State are anti-coslition uwnd henty ll:flwwm county of that party, has chosen 8 n\,"m The Wolegation, headed by Heury B Sl p Nutlonal candiduto for Goverior lnet { by iy National weokly press 8 ulso wiverse (i Tusiun, toreseoing In fo the m’".‘"';"»‘,','," i Neld for teie verlety of Journsls b ol therelare, pussiblo thut the Dc_muu"i fi tioniats may bo humithited by a stup ;l ' pos from the other party, But thisfs onls & BEg Dilty3 th probability fs, thata fusion Se o perfeeted, i the facé of o :\uuyual_’{f‘fi;m bt whic will not stop with thi w”i"l*nuuid“ will make itaelf folt to tho extent of & of votes ot the polk here As 1o cund b 16 gome talk ol the name of Ju wil thils o . nothing ls certalit udh:’: nw”iunnn ns’.\ul o o Camnpibelly who Sl ket nominated by seclumation by the 'fnlurcl)' rrd “'lifs would make the contest l!m: ltll')kl'l Yl i Hegency nomlinees 10 S ou il b ot brubable tha 1 A 3 “5‘!; ::m }’(\-;.mnc)'n sore Ol naes 810 el tioncd, Ll o lRepublican alarm ¥ Tt Nl coul inako tha sealiton B present eircimstanies, Kurmmqb.:l.“ publicen fally, 4 Republizan I.«“ aro {0l fate mew of the firat order for Rt undoabtealy bu fublowed bym’(nus leadl 2 which migit jeopardiza the suw‘ el wis fortunately, (“m Judi n‘lm‘nflullull:xlndhm ‘““th' 4 all pur 0 the Ui ess fi:’olflvnhn‘;‘ Republican Btate me:::’lmm‘:m the nomnation of @ ticket ut the "‘cmuublh'lfl of persoual strenirth, 1f 1hat 8 dwm.‘mfl' howe succesa 18 asattred piaiugt auy uppo ovor managed, over the vut-