Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1886, Page 2

bo i THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C., SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1886-DOUBLE SHEET. CITY AND DISTRICT CRICKET AND UASE BALL. The Points of the English and American Games Contrasted. CRICKET Too SLOW FOR THE AVERAGE AMERI- CAN--THE SCIENCE OF BOWLING AND BATe TING—A TALK WITH A MEMBER OF THE WASH INGTON CRICKET CLUR. A Washington Cricket club was recently or- anized for the purpose of giving those wio are interested in it an occasional opportunity for enjoying the Englisn national game, and the first contest took place last Saturday a‘ternoon, on Columbia heights. A number of well-known Washingtonians who years ago were infatuated With the game elsewhere, perhaps, and en- Joyed playing it, are interested in the new club and there ts every prospect of its proving sue- cessful. These gentlemen have taken it up both for pleasure and exercise. They feel that fm no other way can they secure the same amount of healthy outdoor exercise com- bined with pleasure as on a cricket fleld. A Srak reporter met Col. Cecil Clay the oiher day, one of the active men of the mew club ‘and an old cricketer of repu- tation, and asked him some questions about ‘the charms of the game of cricket. No @oubt there are a great many more people in Washington who are well up in the game than is generally supposed, but it is Just as certain that a lurze number are as ignorant on the sub- ct as THE STAR reporter was, and for their enefit the explanation cheerfully made is re- Produced. “Cricket fs strictly an English game,” said Col. Clay, “and I doubt if It would gver enjoy the saife popularity with Ameri- eans as i" does in the old country. Americans are the same with their pleasures as with their business. An American In taking a drink will gulp down a glass of whisky, wash out the taste | with a swallow of water. aid be off about some- thing else, with a hurried, ‘Well, so long.” An Englisuman, on the other hand, sits down with | @ glass of brandy and soda, ‘and will chat over At for tea or fifteen minutes with a friend, Asa geueral thing Americans would not care to watch a game of ericket because it takes too long to play it An Englishman Will take his seat on a fence rail, with lis pipe in his mouth, and see the sun set twice on the Sume game, Without realizing how the time has flown, so thorough!; ts he absorbed in waten- the fine poin:i in the contest. A strong poir or of the English game is that no One who has ever played it loves his interest in ft. Wherever you find an old Englishman who played cricket in his youth, just broach the subject of cricket and the result will bea i ale and reminiscences for a half hour. ‘ests will be fougut over, and he wili you with rejuvenated interest how they | used to piay when he was a boy. The few Americans Who heve given enough attention ame to thoroughly understand its fine | ‘appreciate it, and are always ready to {ime for an aiternoon’s game. It will | fever take the place of basebail with Amer- as, I suppose. The latter game is shorter sults them better.” THE FINE POINTS OF CRICKET. “Are there as many fine points in cricket as In base ball?” asked the reporter. “Influitely more, my boy. There are the same opportunities for brilliant flelding in the One as in the otiuer. The bowling and batting, bowever, in cricket afford many more shades of In base bail the pitcher is obiiged to © play. Geliver the bali to the batter before it sirlkes the xtound, and the only coutrol, ke has over it | in iooling’ the butter is the twist or curve he may be able to glve to It in the air. The cricket bowier can make the bail strike the ground in frout of thi sud therefore has the ground. Yo assist him in ‘giving direction to tue ball. Base vail in this respect is like a game of bil- ards without the elastic cushions. In such an imaginary case the player could only con- trol the bull with his eue in giving it frow the first object ball tothe other. the cushion to play on he can giveit an infinite Variety of directions and twists. Sothe ground gives & similar advantage to the bowler that a Cushion does to the billiard player. The pri- mary object of the batter in cricket 1s to pre- Yeut bis wicket from being Knocked down, and the secondary to so bit the ball as toplace it beyond “the reach or the ficiders ana = permit him to exchange places With the batter at the other wicket. The bow- ler endeavors to sodeliver the ball as to prevent the batier trom striking it and to stiike bis | wicket aiter passing him. When his wicket is down the batter is out, The batter may be pat | Out on a ball caught on a fly, bowled out by the ball striking Lis wicket, or stumped out by the wicket Keeper striking the wicket with the ball in his hand while the batter has his feet or his but outside of the mits allowed, either in en- @eavoring to strike a bali or in exchanging wickets. ‘The bowler aims at one time to make the bull strike the ground in tront of the batter so that he has to step outside the “crease” to strike it, With the shoot he gives it, if missed by the batter, it may strike his wicket, or be caught by the wicket keeper in time to stamp him out. At another time the bowler will twist the bail so that it will strike in front of the bat- ter and curve behind him, ‘TRICKS OF BOWLING AND BATTING. “There is a great variety of tricks of delivery the bowler may resort to,” continued Col. Clay, “and there are just as many available tothe bat- | ter. A quick eve anda ready hand are the great Fequisiies of a batter. He is not com- pelied to strike a ball. He can drop his bat ‘and simply tura its course trom bis wicket be- Bind bim and bide his time until he gets a ball that suits him. The best batter, or, rather,the an with the quickest eye and hand to pro- tect his wicket, generally bats first. He may bot make many runs, but he is tiring out the bowler ail the time and fs giving an opportu- nity to those who follow him to do the heavy hitting. There are two bowlers on an e:even, and they take turns in bowling. There are two wickets, a batsman ateach. Four or six balls, geueraily four nowadays, are bowled for cach Mau in succession. There are eleven men on a side, as of course you know. Each man has a ture at the bat until ten men are out, which coucludes an inning. The eleventh man 1s first at the batin the second inning. A regu- lar gamecousisis of two innings for each eleven, although only one inning is often played, and less thaneleven men muy also con- stitute aside. There is no limit to the length ‘Of u game of two innings, for a good batter Keep a bowier at work for hours. All the fine poiuis are recorded in the score, so that every Man has an opportunity to make # brilliant record. Iknow I havn't explained the game fully lo you, but come out to the grounds some aiveruoon when there is a game on and take a Band and we will try to give you practical proof Of the advantages of cricket Over base ball! ———— A New Bailding. THE HANDSOME NEW CAKRIAGE REPOSITORY ERECTED BY ME. YOUNG. An enterprise that marks the growth of this city is the handsome new building whieh Mr. John M. Young has erected on Catreet, just back of the National Hotel, for the accommo- @ation of his stock of carriages, wagons and shops. Mr. Young in carrying on his business hus found it n y to erect a carriage re- pository that is oue of the largest in the coun- try. It bas a frontage of 56 feet and runs back @depth of 130. The building Is three stories hugh and erected alter designs of Messrs. Class and Sebultze. The front is of press brick, broken vy courses of ornamental brick and blue Stone trimmings. An ornamental tower sur- mounts the bay window at one corner and rises 25 feet above the roof The first floor ison a level with the street and 1s turown Into one large room which has a ceiling 16 teet high. ‘This will be the mai store room for carriages, The second stor;” has acell'ng 15 feet from the floor and will ‘be used also as a show room, while ip the third story the pain: shop will be | located. “Mr. Younz will kave his repair shop | On 6th street, where be was formerly located. | Tae building’ is constructec in a very substan tial manner with rows oi iron columns sup- | poring the doors, and the wood work 1s | wished in natural wood. On the first floor an | Ofllee is separated from the main room Uy «| undsome cabinet work partition in natural | Wood, and above the office « suite of rooms, con- | Gistiug of & parlor, butti-room and bed-room, | has been fitted up for the use of Mr. Young. A Private staircase leads trom the office w the Fuoms above, while in the show room @ hand- some staircase rans the entire height of the building. There is a large elevator for car- Fiuges, and irom the aliey in the rear an in- clined plane has been made to draw carriages Up to the second fluor. Tue building has been Goustrucced Iu the best style by the coutractors, Langley aud Gettinger. (On reading the news from Chicago.) We took them in unclothed, unfed, unhoused, ‘The poorest poor of Europe's weitering mass; ‘They were the dregs of populations roused | 1829, amounting | Bd, 1596, tor 7 years tor m: THE OLD PENITENTIARY. An Insti the Arsenal Grounds. DISTRICT PRISONERS ONCE CONFINED IN THE DISTRICT—THE REMAINS OF THEOLD PRISON NOTED CRIMINALS CONFINED THERE— BOOTH'S FIRST GRAVE. Strangers in the city are often asked what disposition is made ot prisoners here convicted of the higher crimes, and are surprised to learn that the District has no penitentiary. Many are ignorant of the fact that the District once had such an institution, which through military necessity was abolished during the war, the prisoners having been removed to the penitentiary at Albany, N. ¥. The site of this building 1s now included within the grounds of the Wash- ington barracks, where is quartered the larger portion of the 3d United States artillery, Gen. H. G. Gibson, commanding. The two ends of old prison, occupied once by the officers and residences of the warden and deputy warden, now are the residences of Gen. Gibson and some of the officers. The prison’ portion was located between these buildings. So great has been the chunge thata visitor to the bar racks ean seareely realize that in the space be- tween these buildings murderers, burg.ars, for- gers and other criminals were once confined to work out their sentences. THE ERECTION OF THE BUILDING. The erection of the penitentiary building was authorized by the act of Congress of May 20th, 1826, which appropriated $40,000 for the pur pose. The act directed the President, John ‘Quincy Adams, to appoint three commissioners toselect a site and erect such building to contain 160 separate cells. Under the act the work was commenced under the plans and superinten- dence of Capt. Thomas Curberry, and other ap- propriaiions were made in 1527, 1928, and Lto over $104,006, and in February 25th, 1831, an appropriation of 36,000 was made for the erection of workshops, the purchase of material, and the institution’ put in operation. Tho bricklayers were Pollok and McCiellaad, with whom’ Mr. Zephaniah Jones learned his trade ane worked on the building. ‘The building was over 300 feet in length, 50 in width, and tree stories in height, with slate roof. It was built in the most substantial man- her, as was found when the work of demolish- ing’ the prison portion of the building was undertaken after the war. THE WARDEN'S OFFICE. The building now occupied by Gen. Gibson, as @ residence, was erected with office room for the warden, guard room, inspector's office, and parlor or reception room, and a hall way fron West toeast. An iron door opened into a roon intended originally as the dining hall, but w: most of the time as the store room, 40 by 50 feet, and over this was the hospital. It was from this hospital room that most of the escapes effected from the prison were made, the prisoners first feigning illness in order to gain admission to the hospital, Thecelis were arranged in four tiers for 224 prisoners, each eight feet deep, four wide, and seven in’ height, with walls ¢ighteen inches thick, the fronts "being of stone fifteen Inches thick, ‘The prison was provided with fron- grated doors, ron galleries, and iron stairways, making the cells convenient of access. Origi- nally the cells in the upper tier were Intended for such female prisoners as should be sent there and were twice as large as the others, but subsequently a wall was run up from floor to root, cutting off sixty-four cells at the east- ern end for the temale prisoners, thus leaving forty cells on each tier for the male prisoners. The deputy warden’s quaiters were exactly similar to those of the warden, with the excep- tion that the upper story was arranged for the This apartment wus subsequently used as the court room for the military com- mission in the trial of the Lincoln assassination conspirators, THE PRISON YARD. Around this building was a thick brick wall wide enough atthe top foraguard to walk upon it Itwas provided with sentry boxes for protection from the weather. Within this inclosure were located shops, the principal one being for the manufacture of shoes. “There was another shop for broom making and others for carpenters and wagon builders. Within the inclosure there was also a small vegetable gar- den worked by a tew of the convicts. The structure was built In the most substan- tial manner, the bricks having been laid in cement. When, aiter the war, the comb of celis was demolished powder was used. BOOTH’S GRAVE. The body of Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, was buried in this building. It was given out at the time that it had been placed on a gunboat and taken down the river and there thrown overboard. ‘The fact was that after its arrival here it was taken Inside the penitentiary walls. After an unsatisiactory al- tempt made to dig a grave in a cell the body ‘was buried in the oid sture room only a tew feet from the present trout door of Gen. Gibson's house. Alter the capture of the other conspira- ‘tors the upper part oi the east end of the build- ing was fitted ups the hall for thelr trial, the celis in which they were contined being in’ the female portion of the prison. O"Laugilin, Ar- noid, Spangler and Dr. Mudd were taken from this "place ‘to the Dry Tortugas. The bodies of Payne, Atzerodt, Herold and Mrs, Surratt were buried near the Seaffold on which they wer executed on July 6th, 1865, just south of the deputy warden’s resideuce. Subsequently Capt. Whra,/or Andersonville notoriet}, was “alo buried here. ‘The bodies were ail aiterwards re~ moved to one of the store houses of the Arseual and in the early part of 1869 were removed ugain. Booth’s remains were taken to Bulti- more, the remains of Atzerodt and Payne to Glenwood, Mrs. Surratt and Capt. Wirz to Mt. Olivet and Herold to Congressional Cemetery. THE WARDENS. Before the penitentiary building was erected prisoners were sent from here to Baltimore. Upon its completion Col. Williams, of Balti- more, who had been the warden of the Mury- Jand penitentiary, was appointed warden of tne new institution. 'The first prisoner was re ceived in May, 1831. His name was Williams, the same name as that uf the warden, the tore: ian of the graud jury who found’ tie bill against him and the toreman of tue petit jury by which he wus convicted. His oitense was the larceny of w barrel of flour. Tue dividing dine between petit aud grand larceay was theu $5, lustead of $35. Succeeding Col. Williams ihe wardens were Isaue Clarke, Joun B. Dude, Rovert, Coltman, : nam, Jonas is, Thomas Tuornley, Sengsiack and H. 1 King, ail of whom have de: ceased except Mr. Bilis. ’The prison was cob: ducted in the thirty-two years of its existence by aforce under the warden aud deputy war den of from six to twelve keepers and guards, and, as may be expected, the discipline was quite strict. The prisoners were kept at worl, compelied to rise at a given signal, march to the diuing bail tor meals, and tence to their Tespective tasks for the day. There were a iew escapes from tie instituuon. 1 were some Justances also where prisoners had become habituated to the prison rules, and begsed to remain there after their terms biad expired. NOTED PRISONERS, Among those sentenced here were Edward Hail,a noted couaterteiter, in 1838 for three years; J. B. Henderson, a torger, tne same year; K.-H. White, sentenced in 1836 for seven years sor arson in burning the Treasury in 1833; Tom Hang, for robbing the Patent office of diamond snuif box, sentenced in 1849; Edward Mooney, robbing the mail between tuis city and Georse P. Seugstack, T GP. town, 18 1352; Joseph Fisher, forarson in 1549, | six years; William Wells, the mariue, sentenced to be hanged for the murder of commuted tor lite; Joan Allen ver thi young Muudeil, nander, the sii sentenced to 16 yeurs, and Frank nvicted of the maasliugnter of Mar- gan and sentenced for 8 years, both of escaped; Jouu Day, for mauslaushter of lis wile; Willidu B. Edwards, seateaced March slauguter in killing fuornton Avery; George Coruwail und Lorenzy Burk, lor mausidugater, tive years eacn; Jona Moriirty, January, 1857, two years, tor man- siuguter; Mary “SicPuerwon, January 20th, TF mnanslaighter; Benjumia ber Sharp, January 12th, gut years, for manslaughter; Benjamin December 7tb, 1857, turee years, tor a like vifense; Benj. Og.e, May 3d, 1858, eight years, for tue’ samme, but’ pardoned in June, les, allas Squiircly Burret, October >, conVicted of murder and sentence of vuluuted to Lmprisoniuent for life, who escaped 4a 1361 and went south; Hillary Hutcoius, mansiaughter, sentenced’ Juiy 2d, 1309, wo cight years, but pardoned in 1863, and subsequently Killed tu seit-deteuse; Joun ruley, a@ svidier of tb n Uutied States infauury, sentenced to be hanged in July, 1861, and com. mated Ww Lnprisouiment jor Iie, and Thomas Norris, Apri: 2d, 1562, manslaughter, flve yours. Yhe umber oi prisouers was lor several years quite smal. In 1336 there were but 64 pilson- €r conilued there, und it was not until a few Is61; ‘By goad of tyrants to a desperate pass. And Europe spewed them forth upon our shores, ‘They came from every foreign kennel, fled In at our windows and wide open doors, Unfit for freedom, and to license wed. Not theirs to fell the forest, not to tame ‘Nature. they come to agitate and blab. Who are the leaders of this race of shane? Mere Most the biathersicite, aud Julius Schwabt Out of thelr Liding-hoies they come and spread, Crawting absoud to fatten on the slime And offal of tue hour, and mostiy bred Of view and ignorance, poverty aud crime. Filled with all eavy, bursting with pure spite At Labor's sheltering arms they see:n but made ad DOLLS Of dynamite uwelr cloaks, cunspirators by trade, “Asylum of the oppressed” take down that sigan, And la its place write ‘cocatrieey den? And wheu you hear a demagogue to whine, Pitch hina heudioremost in te gangs of men ‘Whose weapons are the “boycott” and the “strike,” Who carry banners on which “bread or blood” Prociaius the daw. of revolution like ‘The ros-red ieaf of marder in tae bud. We area nailon sixty million strong; Fifty, at ieust, are trae Americans. ‘Lat them but cruss thy line of law—ere long, ‘They wilt find roow iu ail our prison-vana, Af they go farther, and their madness urge Beyond our patience, if they start the ball, (Our nation’s covi, cq blood Will ieap aud surge In one hot wave tu wipe them out—ibat's all. May 5, 1886. JouN Savany, Yeurs beiore the War that the cells were all oc- cupied. Indeed, the prison was never crowded Until the courts iartial in the early part of the risoners to It, and then the roll 1, Wiere it’stood till early in 1863, when the piace was closed. —— oo Why They are Indiguant, ‘To the Fuitor of Tux EVENING Stak: ‘The Ridge road, now called Foxhall road, in Wasuington county, D. C., back of the Heights of Georgetown, is so terribly out of order that the residents on each side of it and its vicinity wre indignant at the condition in which {tis allowed to rentain, while all the other roads on the north and eust are in tolerable order, Resp.ctiully, A RESIDENT ON THE RoaD. Savers Gail s Will the Health Inspector Please In- spect? To the Editor of Tax EVENING STAR. To your ever-ready and generous desire to help in a good cause I appeal for assistance in a matter affecting the health of the fourteen hun- dred employes ot the Pension office. Urge the health inspector to visit the closets of that building and sve the waste pipes. They are in- side the roums, and on each floor the pipe from the closet above comes down to within two feet of & waste basin, ino which, trough this space, the foul matter ialis. Tue odors are feariul, aud to the foul atmosphere thus created 1s due 30 much illness among clerks. Congress is a prlatiug imoney to remedy faaity sewerage fa the Treasury, Can't your viguruus voice reach the ear of te health Inspector, and. through It the atteution and action of General Black muy be aoured. Fifty appeais have gone to the au- Uhorilies trom sullering clerics, butin vain. J. POPE'S VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN. An Oficer of Jackson's Staff Describes the Movements Before Washington. LEE'S STRATEGY AND ITS RESULTS—A BOLD, DECISIVE AND SUCCESSFUL STROKE—THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN. A paper of interest read before the American Historical association at its recent meeting in this city, was one by Col. William Allan, of Balumore county, Maryland, tormerly chief of ordnance of Gen. T. J. Jackson's corps of the confederate army upon “Confederate and Fede- ral Strategy in the Pope Campaign before Wash- ington in 1862.” In July, 1862, the paper said, McClellan lay at Westover, on the James river, a short distance below Richmond. He was resting and recuperating after the labors and deteats of the seven days’ struggle and was anx- fous to renew his campaign against Richmond, using the James river as a base. He had 90, men and was urging the government to rein- force him. In northern Virginia the armies which Jackson had defeated in the spring were now combined under the command of General John Pope and were concentrating on the line of the Rappahannock. These troops amounted to 50,000 men. In addition Burnside, from North Carolina, and Cox, from West Virginia, were ordered into East Virginia, The problem the Federal government had before it was to combine and use these forces, aggregating over 150,000 men, for an active campaign against Richmond, "Halleck was brought from the West and placed in chief command. Instead of sending Pope's troops to McClellan, which was the easier and better thing to do, Halleck de- cided to transfer McClellan's army to the Rap- Pahannock and unite it with Pope. Discour- agement at McClellan's failure and distrust in his ability to do better, and a preference for the line of operations by which Washington was to be securely covered, led to the adoption of this plan, | Pope was expected to hold the Rappa- hannock until the junction of the two armies could be effected, when a vigorous aggression was to be assumed. The results of the fede- ral strategy were chiefly that Pope was FORCED FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK before any considerable part of McClellan's troops Joined him; that but 28,000 of these troops had united with him when he was brought to battle at Manassas, and that thus one half of the federal forces ‘were separated from the remainder and terribly defeated. On the confederate side. in the early part of July, Lee's army rested in front of Richmond, after its severe and successful struggle with McClel- lan. Lee had avout 70,000 men, all the troops the confederates had available to oppose to the two armies of McClellan and Pope, so that there Was in front of Pope at this time but a single brigade of cavalry. When Pope's movements nthe Rappshaphock bean to threaten the railroads connecting Lee with the valley of Vir- xinia, he was obliged, about the middle of July, to send Jackson with 11,000 men_to Gordons: ville. ‘Ten days later Lee sent 12,000 men, under A. P. Hill, to reinforce Ja kson, but still retained the buik of his forces, 50,000 men, at Richmond to watch McClellan, who, with 90,000 men, lay at Westover. Jackson's arrival ordonsville had saved the railroads from 's cavalry, and when Hill Joined him Jack- sou undertook’ to strike a quick blow at one of the most exposed parts of Pope's command. ‘This led to the BATTLE OF CEDAR RUN, which resulted in the thorough defeat of Banks’ corps. Pope concentrating his troops rapidly, Jackson now retreated to Gordonsville to await Lee's arrival. Lee remained at Richmond un- onvinced that it was the policy of t government to transfer MeCielian from the James, when he determined, if possible, to fight Pope'before McClelian could join him, For Unls purpose, leaving 20,000 inen to hold the coniederate capital, he set out with 30,000 men on August 13th, to join Jackson on’ the | Rapidan, Pope had advanced to the Rapidan, his army and trains lying between that river and the Rappahannock, and Lee hastened at once to attack. ‘The forces were about equal, but it was evidently the confederate policy dispose of Pope before MeUieliau could reach the liue of the Rappahannock,” Deays of bis transpgrtation and ot bis cavairy prevented Lee from crossing the Rapidan ou the 18tu of August ashe bad intended. He wag not able to move until two dayslater. Pope, meantime, hearing of his design, foiled it by a prompt treat beuind the Kappahannock. ‘The second attempt of Lee to cross the Rappahannock aud attack Pope’s right wing was deicated by a tre- mendous storm of rain on tae 22d of August, waica flooded tue river aud made it impassae ble, But one chance seemed leit of fgating Pope aloue. It required the utmost celerity, bolduess and skill, and involved prodigious risks. Lee adopted it, He threw oue halt of his army under Jackson, on August the 25th and 26th, completely in Pope's rear, siczed his depot at Slanassus, broke up bis curmmunicae tions, and prevented the approach of any more reinioreements from M'CLELLAN AT ALEXANDRIA. Of McClellan's men 28,000 had already joined Pope. Pope was compelled to let go the Rappa- hannock aud fall back to Manassas. As soon as Pope moved Lee hurried with Longstreet’s corps after Jackson. Pope, fludiug tae conted- erate army divided, made’ prodigious elforts to conceutraie his fofces upon Jucasua ut Mae hassas wud overwnelin him belore Lee could | getup. But Pope was ng inatch iris skilled Oppouent, who, with less tian 25,000 ineu, su eluded aid deceived him taal’ for two days Pope was pretiy much occupied, in mareuriig | his nen (73,000) Lo death ta iruiiiess etoris wo find Jackson, When he did overhaul Bim on the 2ylu it Was to lind bin stiungiy posted near Groveton, where ail attempts Wo drive bin from bis posilion Were deicated for half a day, | wien Lee with Lougstreet’s corps arrived and Ube coniederate army was once uiore united in the preseuce of itsadversury, Nex: day, August Sutu, Pope, having ordered pursuit ot Jackson, wholn be fondly linagined to ve tying, brougut on a great vatile with Lee's army, in which be was completely deieated, losing largely of pris- oners and material of war. Driven across Gull Kan at nigutfall ue rested at Cenireville, Where he was joined by two veteran corps Irom DicCiellan’s army. But even with these roi Turcements Le was iu uo condition to RISK ANOTHER BATTLE, and therefore withdrew on the 2d of Septem- ber to thedines of Washington. McClellan was again placed in command of the federal army, and was able in a short time to organize irom the large bodies of troops around Wasiingtun aud Alexandria, which had been unengaged Iu Pope's operations, as weil as from tue deuels of Pope's command, the great army. which he carried to Sharpsburg.” Lee's strategy in the mpaign of August, 1362, was in ail essential particulars success(ul. In 'taillog to fignt Po, when he was south of tue Rappalaunuck he losi advantages of victory whieh could not be gathered at Manassas, but his final movement, by Which Pope was cut off trom McClellan und defeated walle the latter was but thirty mies away, Was one Ol the boldest operations in military history, as its skillful execution by Juckson Was oge O! the greatest achievements of that soldier. oo —____ ‘The Proposed Change of Inauguration Day. THE NEW YORK STATE MILITIA MOVING AGAINST THE FOURTH OF MARCH. The first petition of our citizen soldiery in favor of the constitutional amendment to change the day for the ivauguration of the President comes from Albany. The command- ing officers of five military organizations unite in a metorial to Congress, not only on bebalt of their commands, but also “on behalf of their comrades in ail other regiments of state trooy and oa behalf of those who in future years will take part in successive inaugural ceremonies,” One of these commands Is the old and weil- known Albany Burgesses Corps—one of the oldest military organizations in this country— which has titee times marched in the inau- gural procession, and knows something of the Inconveniences and discomforts of the 4th of March, This memorial portrays the views and Wishes of the militia of ail the states, and deserves the respectiul attention of Congress. As it is upon a subject of no little interest to our readers, We insert it in full: To te Congress of the United States in the Senate nd House of Representatives assembled: ‘The undersigned officers of the Tenth battal- lon and of the Burgesses corps and of the Hiber- ‘n Rifle corps of the militia of the state of w York, and also officers of separate compa- respectfully represent that the THE HEALTH, COMFORT, PLEASURE AND CON- VENIENCE of great numbers of the citizens of the United States will be promoted by changing the day for the inauguration of the President to the historic day when the Father of his Country Was first inaugurated, the 30th ot April. ‘The Procession which escorts the President will always be composed largely of citizen soldiery, and they, traveling without bagsage or camp. equipage,' will have to bear the brunt of a cere- mony which needlessly takes place in the most inclement season of the year, Lt the inaugura- Vion should take place on ‘the Both of Aprii many regiments of state troops would doubt- less make thelr visit to the national capital an oceasion tor a May encampment; and. the as- semblage of citizen soldiers of ‘all. political creeds und parties uniting todo honor to the new Chief Magistrate would form A SCENE WORTHY OF A GREAT REPUBLIC and would furnish a pageant such as this coun- try has never seen. The undersigned therefore on behalf of the battalion aud commands to which they have the honor to belong and on behalf of thelr cou. rades in all other regiments of state troo) on bebuill of those who in tature years will tane part in successive inaugural ceremonies, re. spectfuily ask the early and favorable Congress upen the constitutional amendment How betore the Seuate te change the time for inauguration of t from. of Maren to the 30th of april. ee respectfully it of which your petitioners eats to your ogee bodies, tam Fitch, Meutenant-colonel 10! battalion; H. P, Stagpole, captain Go B, +n asttalion; James MeFarlain, commanding Jackson ‘Corps; Henry C. Harkelly, president ‘Albany Burgesses Corps, (we, as have attended three tnaugurations); M. tery, communding Hibernian Rifle Corps. Soe A SNAKE CHARMER Bitren.—Prof, Hatha- way,@ snake charmer ut Cole's circus, in St Louis, was bitten by a lurge anaconda during 1@ periormance Thursday, It is feared fatally ‘The reptile was one of the of the kind, At was colled around the or’s body at the Ume, und the attack was witnessed by’ the audience. The FLOWERS OF THE SPRING. How They Carry Joy Into the Wards of the Hospitals. THE WORK OF THE FLOWER MISSION—SCENES I¥ THE CITY HOSPITALS—YOUNG LADIES AND GIRIS ENGAGED IN A LABOR OF LOVE— WHERE THE FLOWERS COME FROM. The flowers don’t bloom in the spring for everybody. The Capitol park is luxuriant with spring blossoms, the Botanic garden isa glory to look upon, and all the other parks are fresh and green. The woods about the city are car peted with white and blue and delicate pink flowers. The air is fragrant. With all these about them, it does not always occur to every day folks that there are people in this city who may never see a blossom, nor learn that the air outside is Inden with fragrance. Within the city hospitals there are many children and grown people, too, who never breathe the breath of spring. It is tor the sake of these poor creatures that the flower mission has been formed. It isa mere matter of sympathy and sentiment, but it Js the one thing that brings a moment of brightness and joy into a sick room. The iron bedsteads, the clean white beds, the polished, stainless floors, the white walls of a hospital look clean and fresh and orderly toa visitor. But to the patient who has stared at them and been stared back at b} them tor weeks and months, they look blood- less, cold and severe. A bunch of fresh fragrant flowers in a room like this brings a joy to the heart of the invalid, which none bat that in- valid can appreciate. Flower missions have been in vogue In New York and Philadelphia for some years. A year OF so ago some ladies and young girls of St. John’s parish began in a desultory way to send flowers to the sick people at the hospitals, and from this has grown a flower mission here, It is only this spring that there has been an effort towards anything like a ceneral mission. THE MISSION consists of ladies and young girls—all who will take part. They have rooms in the Young Men's Christian association building, on New York avenue, near 14th street, and every Mon- day, Thursday and Saturday they have as- sembled there and started off on their mission of love, laden with sweet flowers. They have now found, however, that it is better w have gne day only in eacti week, and have selected Thursday, though any day flowers sent to the rooms will be received ani delivered, The sight of the flower girls is a Joy to the sick folks in the hospitals, aud they look for them with | great eagerness.’ They like particularly to have the flowers brought by young school girls who are brightand merry, and come into the sick rooms like fresh sunshine. A great many of these merry little maidens are engaged in the work, and their presence is almost as cheering to the invalids as are the Howers. The flowers are sept to the mis- n by people who have private gardens or conservatories, by the florists throughout the city, who have been very generous, and partic- ularly by the market people. Those who have flower stands in the market and some wio have wild flowers for sale are very liberal with their douations. “Just say it’s for the mission,” sald one of the ladies to @ Srar reporter, “and the market people will load you down.” [tis a pretty sight’ when the Inisses Slaré oUt on their rounds laden with flowers. “It ts lots of fun,” said. one ot tb the reporter. “We have ‘such a Jolly tim then the flowers make the sick people so happy.” THE START. They go off by two's generally—two to each hospital—loaded with big boxes of flowers. The whole party will come out of their rooms with their boxes of flowers in the morning. hen they will divide off, each couple going their way, sothat not a hospital is neziected. The Metropolitan Railroad com; y bus given them jorty Uckets # month, and with Unese ibey pi their tare, aud sometimes Mr. Clarke, ey nan, furnishes them witha carriage. ‘They are always received with great demon- stralions of joy at the hospitals, particularly b: the old people, The invalids seem to thin! more of the flowers than of ything else that can be given them. They new aiways find, when they come with tresh flowers, that the bunch tuey left before is sull there, aud the pa- tients Watch and care for the taded flow as if they were very dear to them. The pat ts it the hospitals that receive less attention irom ‘Uhe public are particularly appreciative of these favors, At the Freedmuan’s hospital they are always received with delight, SCENES IN THE HOSPITAL, On Emancipation day they went there with a load of flowers, One old colored woman, to whom they handed a big bunch of flowers, hugged them close up in her arms, as delighted asachild, “I didn’t thunk ‘imans'patin day would get out here,” she said, “but bere itam to’ sho.” She smiled and chuckled to herseif | with delight, Another oid woman said it re- minded her of her old home in “Virginny” to see the flowers at her wiudow, and it made her happy. A very beautiful box of flowers was sent to a lady at one of the hospitals who was dying with cousumption, feeble Lands caressed the flow vhen the box was opened, a smile for 4 moment lighted her ee, and she pered to herself: *Wiil sec auytuing as titul tn Heaven?” Soinctimes, but rarely, their flowers will give out beiore they get Un gu all the wards, and the disappointment of iuose Woo are not served is quite pitiful. Some of the elderly invalids ask that the little school giris biing their lowers, tor “they are so sweet and happy.” In going about with flowers they tvequentiy see Where they can do some ot! good, aud they do many other little acts of Kindiess, Kre- quently the young ladies stay and read to the ids. Sometimes tuey make them presents ngs they think they want, Not long ago one of the little xiris got up a great bag tuil ot nice things, Which sue culled A GRAB BAG, into which the patients were to put their hands and take whatever they got hold of. ‘This was done as a diversion for them, The first vld lady the bag was hauded to looked at it for a moment and asked If there were tlowers in it. When the little girl told her there were none she shook ber head and suid she didn’t want anything else. ‘To miss getting the flowers is a terrible disappointment. The mission visit all | the ho-pitais, without exception, from Provi- | dence, Freedman’s, to the aimsuouse, and the ved. At! y suy Lucy find the most uently & yreat amount of fad they are always gladly recs Freedinan’s th inisery, and conseq\ appreciation, At Providence the sisters are very cordial, and seem delighted at their attention to tie patients, Flowers for distribution are sent by any one So disposed to the Fiower Mission rooms, Young Meu’s Christian association building, ‘The | ladies want now to get Lue boys wuo go out in | the woods to bring wild flowers home to give to the inission, ———— Protection of Trees and Shrabbery. COMPLAINTS OF THE PARKING COMMISSION OF DEPREDATIONS BY MEN,,BOYS AND HORSES— WHERE ARE THE POLICE! Complaints are continually being made by the officers of the parking commission of the great destruction of shade trees on the streets. ‘They say there appears to be very littie attempt on the part of the police to protect the trees from the depredations of horses; that the driv- ers of vehicles, aud especially ‘country men, almost invariably tie their horses to wee-boxes and leave the animals while the drivers are transacting their business. The horses thus hitched bite the branches and nibble at the bark of the young trees. Tue limbs of young shade trees Upon tbe streets ave broken down recklessly by boys wuo climb upon them un- hindered to get a view of any passing procession or parade, ‘The ordinances make it the duty of the police to look aiter this evil, but they do hot seem to be aware oF it, One thing Is pretty certain, if they would bring these cases beore ell the offenders would be tlned, ‘The ott of the parking commission say that halrzrown boys, and even men, are worse than the horses, At the Botanical gardens, the superintendent, Mr. W. R. Smith, says a look ‘out hus to be kept constantly over che tences to keep the boys off them, especially during the night time, They scale the tence and depredate on’ the tender ‘trees, some of them costly and Tare, und gel away With the tollage and rare plants before they can be seen these dark nights. ‘Tue police on the outside seldom are of much assistance, ax they have thelr beats to watch. Where the parks ure open, boys of all ages climb the flowering trees and gather the blussoms to xell In the inarkets for circus money. ‘This practice hus been carried on to a greater extent this year tian belore and not an arrest mude thereior, although Lue penalty for each ofiense is, by act of Congress, made $20, Valuable plants have been, Ina few instances, stolen froin the hot houses and from tue reservations in several sections of tue city. Tuere Is also u general complaint on the part of citizens of the depre- dations of thieving boys upon the flowers and planis they have cultivated with mucu expense and labor in the parking in tront of their houses, a ‘The Washington Traction Railway Bill. PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDED BILL REPORTED TO THE HOUSE YESTERDAY, The bill to incorporate the Washington ‘Traction railway, which was approved by the House District committee Thursday, provides ‘that the route shall begin at the foot of Gor ‘27th street, and go along G to 17th; along 17th to B north, to 15th, to D, to Maryland avenue, to 15th northeast; returning along Maryland Srenue to Greene statue, C’atreets io athe to | 19, block 27, Columnoia H THE FREE BRIDGE BILL. THE DEACON’S HEN. Its Provisions as Reported inthe House. | A Mean Advantage Taken of a Feath- ‘The amended free bridge bill reported in the ered Invalid to Supply Easter Trade. House of Representatives Thurdday from the| Evetybody in Hoxawottamie has heard District committee 1s as follows: Deacon Gimp’s red hen Jump on the gate and That the Secretary of War is hereby author. J cf&kle, and thonght of the nice fat egg stowed ized and directed to acquire by purchase a title | safely away somewhere under his barn. The in fee simple, free from all Mens or claims of] announcement that she would never cackle lessees or others, the bridge known asthe Aque duct bridge, across the Potomhe river, and the approaches thereto, and all the rights and fran- chises connected with said bridge, for a sum not to exceed $125,000, the tltie to be ap- proved by the Attorney General of the United States; and said bridge, when so acquired, shall bo used as a free bridge, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe; and the Secretary of War is further author: in case the United States shall acquire title to'the said bridge, to repair or reconstract the same; and for the put of acquiring such title and re- pairing and reconstructing said bridge the sum of $240,000, or so much thereof as may be nec- essary tor such purpose, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated; and one-fourth of the ex- pense of such purchase and reconstruction or Tepair of said bridge shall be chargeg w and paid by the District of Columbia, and the bal- ance, three-fourths of the sum so expended, shall be paid out of the ;Treasury of the United States, That if the provisions of the first section of this act authorizing the purchase of the Aque- duct bridge shall not be fully executed within six months from the passage of this act, and the title therefor approved as therein requtred, then the Secretary of War, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be con- structed across the Potomac river at the Three ‘isters. above Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, a substautial fron and masonry bridge, with approaches; and the sun of $220,- 000 be, and the same 18 hereby, appropriated, outor any money in the Treasury not other. wise appropriated, for the construction of said bridge and approaches, the same to be main- tained as @ free bridge for travel: Provided, That tho said Secretary of War shall construct @ bridge upon such ‘plan as shall cost no more than the amount herein appropriated, and which cost shall include the construction of a substanulal iron bridge over the Chesapeake and Ohio canal dnd highway, and any and all approaches to the said fron bridge, which said bridge shall not be less than 14 fect 'in the clear above the water-line of said canal; and not ex- ceeding $15,000 of this appropriation shall be paid out of’ the Treasury until the contracts shall have been entered into with responsible parties, and with good and suffictent sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of War, for the construction and completion of said bridges across the Potomac river and the Chesapeake and Ohio canul including the masonry, tron- work, and approaches, ata cost not to exceed in the aggrevate $220,000, less such sum as nay be expended for advertising and making necessary survey. And provided also, That o fourth of the expense of the construction of said bridge shall be charged to und patd by the Dis- twiet of Columbia, and une balance (three- fourths) of the suul hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the Treasury of the United S Promded further, That the Secre- wee Mall, ab soon as possible, se a survey of the ‘river tobe made at the Taree Sisters, determine the length, width and heigitofsaid bridge and the Tength of draw, and thereupor advertise for plans and price for the construction of ‘said bridge, sach advertise- Ment to be inserted In one or tore daily news Papers published In Washington, District of Columbia; New York, Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit 2 Philadelphia, Pa; Chi¢ago, ‘il. an tichmond, Va., lur the space of one Week! And provided farther, That the sum of $15,000 sail be available at once for such investigation and surveys and such contingencies as Lie Secre- tary of War shall deem necessary. Ii necessary the Attorney General shall have that part of ihe Aqueduct site which is in dis- pute condemned, ses Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: John Scott to Willie A. Walker, sub lot'89, sq. 383; $2,350. Maria L. Somerville to F. L. ummy, sub lot 78, sq. 276; $3,500. E. Francis Riggs to T. B. Hood, sub lot 6, sq. 178: $1,865.- 47; sub lot 7, do; $1,8 sub lot 8, do.; $1,865.17; sub lot 9, do.; $1,865.47; sub lot 10, des; $1,805.47. N. ‘Wilsoa’to Kate W. Arms, sub Tov 33, sq. 214; $7,443.38, LJ. Bryant to W. H. Beck, sub ict’ id part 53, 8q. 134; 38.75. "Louise K. Kamp to Nathan Le tiiams, subd lot 36, sq. 1033; $350. Smith Petit to James KE. HObbs, sub lol 73, sq. 242; 34,499.08. S. Middicton ‘to Mary. Baker, parts 4 and 5, sq. w. of 645; $8v0. Isabella W! Ashiord to Jaines B.C. Gaskins, sub lot 13, sq. 1085; $314. Isuac Scott to Lewis Brown, sub lol 65, Sq. 544; $1,350. C. W. King to RE, Pairo, lots 19 wad 20, sq. 1018; 31,585.50. Jet ferson H. Jonuson ty Linnie ‘Hl. Sanaing, sub lot 24, sy. 898; 8. G, H. Trunnell o£. G Davis, parts 3 and 4, sq. 206; $3,2UU. Charles Walter to A. Herman, part 8, sq. 535; $400, John Sherman to Jamies A. Buics, lots 18 and giits; $3,195. W. J. G. D. Havens, sub" lots 29 aud F Sewton to Rut 30, sq. 1058; sub Zo, sq. 4 Coxsoul, pi. 6 Wasuii W. A. Gordon to M. ead's uddition to West on; 315. AL. David lo Mary K. Heiiug way, Tot 25, Greenvale (11.56 weres): g5uu._v. B.Gailaun to Paul Bonavires, pi. 9: Sq. 1076; $00 A Tupper to T. J. Burrell, suine property; 81 larriet Saunders lo J. S. Brent, b. by 55, Sy 14; 92,000. James L Barbour wo W 1, Pte 15,84. 347,938,000, iduiriet J. Earley to D. A. Windsor, pt.’oq. 98; $—, Aun Puiilips lo W.E. McLean, pt, 2, sq. 117, Ida M. Middicion to Morris Keim,pt. 6, 94.553; $8U0, <elm to Susan Christian K Quick, pu'10, 54.558; $—. KR, Jaftray Dusian w J. W. sinclair, jr., sub lots Rand 8) sq. 133; Jesse browiel al, tS. H, Wells, lots 23 and 26, vive T. and B.’s sub. Mouut Pleas- it, des, $13 J.B Wilson to J. F. Rear i. 3, sy. 559; YOUU.” Howard to Mary Morrissey, lots 105 aud 106, W. wud D.'s sub, Picasant Piatus; $3,000. By Kt Catlin to Marcia L. Suimervell, pl. 30, gq. 25U; 34,750. Angeline M, McMillan to James P. Lewis, lols 2 and 3, Columbia college sub. ‘3. Fiorence Donohue to, Jumes *y Sq. S54; B1,800, “H. J. Mor ri to i. J. Bryaut, sub, iol 9, sq. 134; 35,200, L. A, Wood to D. E. Terry, pt. sq. 1030; 3— E. Whitdesey to Ada G. Dickerson, lot 0, sq. 302: $2,500. B. H. Warner to F. B. Nove: juts Lis and 122, 5g. 271; $8,200. FLW. P fi lus, sud, lot 21, sy. ug; 200. James i. Brown ‘to D. Lalty? pu, sa, od; ySUU. A.C. David to Santas Auth, suv loo Mouusiry; POUZ. ust Wasiiugion’ Invest- nt com)auy ww Justina, iol 6 wud pt. 7, sq. O11; 98,555, Alice Funuuly to. M. McComas, suo G, sy. 5; 93,500. Washington Brick Machine couipany to W. G. Gienn, sub lot 2 Uy, sq. Lud; $440. B.S, Parker wo BH. Warner, pt 12,54, 400; 3. RC. Fox wo Mary J. Bure lew, pus, Gz aud 63, sq. 625; $2,630. J. A. Lor- tw W. if Goudard, pis, 8,14 and 15, sa. 45Y; $25,000, B. H. Warner to Augustus Burgdort, lot 14, sq. 140, $—. F.W. Evans ww . W. Handy, vis 6 and 8, sq. 1070; $1,000. CL W. Handy to Emina M. Gillett, same proy rly; $1,102.40, ‘Tueresa Rotisehild to Rudulpa L. Walter, pt. 7, sq. 49%; 33,600. Henry Dupont tot. W. Kerr, pts, 202 aud 203, Baud H’s ud. to West Washington; $1,400, ‘J.T. Stevens to A, D, Barber, lot Oo, sq. 204; $69,100. Cornelia Waicowt to Mary 'M." Kobrer, pt. 30, sq. 877; Bi,du0, |. Green to Laura Apel, sub lot C 55 B. Pearson w A! H. Nixon te Ly, |) H and E's sub Meridian $1,125. Thomas E, Waggaman, trustee, Ww Caroline Augusta Jackson, sub 28, sq. 81: 33,00). _D.B. Gadaun to Cesare Laurenzi, pr Y, Sy. LU76; $326, Kiisha Goddard to A. ixon, lot 14, 1", suv Widows’ Mite; $2,500. Ciementina 11. Carpenter to John F. Miller, sub lots 55 to 57, sq. 676; $4,320. George E.’Ein- inons to Deborua 8. ‘Sailer, sub 14, 8g. 996; 36,000, Christ cuureh vestry to’ Ww: Brown, — lots a1, 2 » 10,0 AL and 2, sq. 1092; $2,000. W. B. Moses to S, Mad- dox, undivi uth of South half lot 42 and ail Of Jou 42, sq. 69; $1,000. J. K. Keenon Ww George E. Leinun, Idis 115 ‘and 116, sq. 181; 2,199. B. i. Warder to same, lot 14, sq. 151) 36,375. |S. it, Bond et ul. to C. J: Cragin, lots. 7 Sd. 154; $24,108.75. i. Williamson, trusted, wv Joun A. Louder, lot 74and n. pt. 70; Uniontown; ¥—. eRe Mrs. Beecher on Chureh Fairs. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, in May Brooklyn Magazine. Another objeciion to fuirs is that those who are appvinted to act as saleswomen persist in urging those who pass by to purchase some- thing, follow them into the crowd, and wil not allow them to refuse to buy without being quite rude. ‘The managers of all fairs should consider themselves as w police force, watchiul and vigi- Jant detect the beginnings of any such evils; without some such restraining there will surely be trouble, The young are thoughtless, and a desire to make rapid sales, and ambition to swell their receipts beyond the neighboring bev ess may sometimes tempt them to resort to objectionable modes by which to effect their objects; and if the supervision is not strictly kept up, aud any such scheme instantly broken up, any air will have an evil influence for over- balancing any good that might be otherwise obtained. ‘There are many ways by which some simple chance operation could obtain access to some of the many departments, and, without great vigilance from the mauagers, get well under- way, and cause trouble before they could be broken up. Raffling should not be tolerated for amoment. Grab ‘cakes with one ring, when dozen children will by one piece, hoping to get the ring, and, of course, all but one mus, turn away disippointed and envious, trees with little bags filled with candy, inone of which there Js a ring, or some sluiple ornament, these things ate a spectes of 4 ts three child who 8} to be the lucky possessor of Market Space, to Pennsylvania avenue, to Sth, 1G, to Ohio avenue, to 15th, to B north, to 17th, to F, to Potomac river at 26th strgct, Algo) commencing at Gand 26th streets, to ct to Water street, West Washington, to ag he U, to Fayette, to Ist, to 32d, then over game roule, connecting with the main line? Agaip, comme: ‘at the junction of 15th street and Marylanc enue snd the Biadens- burg pike, out the pike to Mount Olivet ceme- tery and return, connecting with the main li ain, commencing ut Maryland avenue and PHih ctrect northeast along Lith to News Yard bridge and return to I, to 10th, to the main line at Marylaud avenue. The cars are to be ran by cable, motor at & speed not ex ten miles an hour, The to erect a bridgo at D and North Capitol sirests. Nine months after the the act is Slowed for the completion of the main line. The incoryoratora named in the bill are Albert W, Fletcher, Lawrence x und William Dickson, ov this clty; William A, | Hanway, o¢ land, and John R. William Giad- ‘M. Roads, Mary) ding, Charies E. Henry and oi enaayivanie something wort these ways, ho} # the ud iore than the mone; in. If bo finds he has spent bis tsney ae ht, he draws away in no pleasant f nanimously requested him recog igs ous ot the trus gaint | enctione ve, whlch be Teplied: “T did pot Jor, afain risks his pennies, hoping for “Better | The letter referred to was en produced by the luck’? next time, In this trivial he ion, and. it was stated in that he has perhaps laid the foundation ‘of @ hubit | had been vindicated and re- which may prove bls destruction in atter years; | quested to continue, same danger, "Ail wach practices, i allowes Necro Mugpexes Lrncusp.—Major W. CS Menenlpepdgatehmedainal Mor gee ee at Another thing, which is ® great dishonesty, jon dn St. Bernard pay d to give fal : ‘smith sui toud ota Tne Dad epatationy teri ear Balib wnegre: laborer.” ogieed ‘Ageu ‘ at | t again full on us like a thunderbolt from a clear sky and cast a sudden gloom over the entire community. She had the dropsy,and the doc” tars sald she'd choke ifshe cackled and drown it she Jumped. ‘The approach of Easter has made the ques- tid of eggs paramount. Spring chickens are already in great demand, and it is hard to get bens enough to hatch out the eggs which Prov- dence has poured into our laps. The nelzhbors have watched with wonder and a “leetie-olt of envy, perhaps, how the; leacon turned ou brood ‘ater brood of yellow. fluity Datterballs that went “peek, peek,” over his premises. The S. P.O A.’ discovered last night in the most unexpected way that Deacon Gimp has been using his dropsical hen to hatch out all the egg product of his catire poultry yard, The poor ercature could not move, and Its changed that he has kept her on the nest for weeks at a time, feeding her on red pepper to keep her up to hatching heat. When overfed with pepper the Watet in the unfortunate victim bas actually, boiled, and it was by seeing a Jet of steam Issue ing from the hencoop that_the whole mystery Was unveiled last night, Rest and a change of Scene may pull the hen through, but the deacon will have hard work to tace an outraged com- munity.—Horawattamie Herald, eee. Skeletous of Aborigines. A PREHISTQRIC CEMETERY UNCOVERED IN WEST VIRGINIA BY A FLOOD. A telegram to the New York Herald from Wheeling, May 2, says: The recent disastrous flood which swept through the valley drained by the south branch of the Potomac was In- strumental in bringing to light what may Prove to be one of the most important archwo- logical discovertes yet made in this countr: The torrents unoovered the bleached skeleton. of from three hundred to tour hundred bumaa beings. The remains were accompanied by many Interesting relies. The location of this prehistoric cemetery Is on an island about torty acres in extent lying in Hampshire county, about twenty miles trom the town of Romney’ ‘The island ‘1s seldom_ visited, no one having been upon It since the flood until Friday, when Mr. P. D. Turley crossed over and found’ skel tons scattered in every direction, some entirely exposed and others but partly ‘uncovered by the action of the waters, In every ease where the bones were undisturbed the skeletons were lying on their left side, and in tront of most them was a rude earth 1 or bowl, in whic Were various sinull objects, such Bs arro' heads, rude flint knives, boneheads, bits of | shells‘and what, seemed’ intended tof pipes of crude copper. A peculiarity of the skeletons Was their large size, most of them being those Of pervons between ‘six and seven feet tail. One Of the largest was distinguished by having cop- per bands about the wrists and ankles, Sustaining Gladstone. THE NATIONAL LIBELAL CONFERENCE CRUSH- INGLY REBUKE CHAMBERLAIN The conference of the national liberal federa- tion held in London Wedueszay was largely at- tended, there being present 600 delegates, rep- resenting all the liberal associations In Eng- | Jand. The caucus wire-pullers, all followers of | Mr. Chamberlain, proposed resolutions request- } ing Mr. Gladstone to accept amendments to bi home rule bill, the Irish members i the Bitish par insuring the authority ofthe imperial p lament, aud perpetuating the principies that taxation and representation. go together. Counter resolutions expressing thetuiest confidence in Mr. Gadstone aud une qualified approval ot his Irish policy were pro- posed by the adberents of the premier and car. ried amid the wiidest enthusiasm by a vote of 575 to 25. The anuouncement of the vote created a profound sensation, aud Mr. Chau beriain’s deat within his own stronghold ani by so overwucining a inajority is a crushing blow to his hopes of dictating terms to Mr. Gladstone, —__——+er____ A Mid-Ocean Encounte THE STEAMSHIP WYOMING STRIKES A WHALE AND KILLs IT, “A prince of whales in latitude 45° north and longitude 43° west much amused the pas- sengers bythe Guton steamer Wyoming that arrived here to-day,” said a saloon passenger on that steamer at Queenstown Tuesday. “I was was tvatching the ocean on the morning of the 29th of April, when I noticed what seemed to be two monstrous porpoises, but Which turned out to be whales, sporting quite near the steamer, Our shouts soon brought from the Saloon some of ‘Wyoming's fair daughters,’ and enthusiusin Was running high, witu suggestions i burpoons and revolvers, when these gave Way to thoughts of the Oregon disaster, as a ‘short, sharp shock’ was felt Unrougaout the ship, as if her bow had struck a hidden iceberg or rock. Almost as quickly as I tell it the ship was stopped by a signal irom the bridge. As she fell off her course We saw on the port side a moustrous Whale wita a huge gash in his body, almost dividing It’ A Hage Bauking Swindle, ‘Montreal “peal tothe New York Wor d, May 6 A wan calling himself Paul de la Neuville wus arrested last evening on a charge of coun- terieiting bonds of «the Credit Foncler de France, a large French trust and loan Institu- tion of Paris. About a year ago De la Neuville came here from Puris and opened an office on St. Gabriel street, passing bimseif off as Can adian agent of the above-named banking house He began issuing bonds at high rates of interest and jor a time kept the interest paid. His transuctions were something after the order ot Grant & Ward, Suspicions having arisen in the mindy oi # few investors, application was made to C. Qs Perrault, vice consul of France, to ascertain as to the genuineness of the bonds, He applied to Count Boulevard, manager in chief of the Credit Foucier de France, who re- iled by cable that they were not represented hh Canada and that the man was a fraud. The amount Invoived is believed to be from $175,- 0U0 to $250,000 The exact figures cannot be given, as many of the poor dupes reside out of ine tity and are not yetuware of De la Neu- ville’s arrest, ——_——e0—__ Gov. Foraker on Jefferson Davis. FRIENDSHIP FOR THE MEN WHO FOUGHT BRAVELY, BUT NONE FoR THE EX-PRESIDENT. A Columbus evening paper published a dis- patch trom Richmond, Va., intimating that Gov. Foraker would better not attend the gen- era) conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south, to which he Was elected a frater- nal delegate. The dispatch said that the gov- ernor's recent utterances about Jeff. Davis and the south were the cause of the feeling amon; the southern Methodists, Gov. Foraker sal Thursday night: “So Tar us atterfaing the conference 1s con- «erued, I wrote our board of bishops that other nents would prevent my going to Rich- nd as a delegate. So far as what I said about Jeff Davis is concerned, I have no apolo- giestomake. Much of the feeliug that seems tw have been aroused is due no doubt to the tuct that only a misleading extract of my re- murks seems to have been es in the eastern and southern papers, hat I said was: I uever yet have seen the time since the war, or before the war closed, when outside of the hostile lines, I could not clasp hands and bave respect for the brave man who could take his life in his hands and battle for his convictions, though they were ever so wrong; therefore it is that I can uudefstand why the people ot the south can honor these men who were led into contest, But I cannot understand why they should honor such as Jefferson Davis,who, knowing better, misled them to their ruln in the attempt to destroy the best government that the good. Lord ever permitted. the people to have. Whatever others represent, this man Jefferson Davis, who tulks about lberty, repre sents man slavery, the degradation of labor, the treason of secession and rebellion, the horrors and Intamies of Libby and Andersonville, all Jn shart that, is most malicious, vicious “ind damnable in American history, To talk of him as an iusirious statesman, who Is to be hon- ored with Washington in history, is to insult every sentiment of loyalty and ‘decency in thls great country he wickedly did so much to destroy.” ee Dr. Bristur’s Trial. ‘HE TESTIFIES IN HIS OWN"BRHALY, Grea} iuterest was manifested in the Bristor case in Nyack, N.:¥., Thursday, and a large crowd was in attendance. The main feature ®f the day’s proceedings was the testimony at Dr. Bristor himself, He said he was born in Baltt- more. Ida Downs came to his house the Sutur- over Mrs, Bristor’s, He frat told by Ida on Docomber 1 of them by John C. W. the story of his visit to Mr. Wood's hous relat e@ subsequent proceedt ry case, whlch have boon) already pa In cross examination witness that he ap- peared ‘beore the conference on previous Charges, He sd that when the charges been made agulnst him by Ida Downs wanted 4 fuil in of HOME MATTERS. SOME GOOD KITCHEN EECIPES—WAR oN THE €MOTHS—HOW TO FOLD MEN'S CLOTHES — CLEANING THE HANDS—Do NoT BOUNCE OUT OF BED, Porson from bees, hornets, spider bites, ete., 4s instantly arrested by the application of equal Paris of common salt and bicarbonate of soda, well rubbed in oa the place bitien or stung. PARBOIL OLD PoraToES, putting them on in thelr skins in salted boiling Water for ten min- utes and then finish them by baking in a hot oven for ten minutes more, or until they show mealy when one fs broken apart. SoMETIMES THE HINDQUARTER of lamb or young mutton will be found to be of strong flavor. This fault will not be discovered until the loin chops have been broiled. To over- gome the defect, before baking the leg parboil it When nearly cooked remove it irom the water, dredge it with flour and bake it uutll done. To Wire ox GLASs.—To write on glass wits common ink or India ink, warm the glass, bathe the surface with a varnish of eighty parts by weight of high grade alcohol, five parts of mastic and eight parts ofdamar, "This varnish is very bard, brilliant and transparent. Ink drawings may readily be made on thts surface. After completion a thin layer of gum is adde LAthographer and Prin How To Keep THE Hanns CLEAN.—Absolute cleanliness is an important requisite in the care of the bands. They should always be Washed in warm soapsuds Just before going to bed. White soaps are much the safest, as | colored or scented soaps are nearly always | made from rancid tats, A mixture of Fosewater and glycerine, in equal quantities, With a few drops of amimonia added, is excelient for rat Ding over the hands at night on retiring. ‘This Simple treatment will riully improve their condition in a very % PRIED CHICKEN Wirt CKEAM SAUCE.—Fried chicken fs always relished and Isespeciaily nice with acream sauce, Clean a young chick divide tt in quarters, season the pieces with salt and pepper and sprinkie with flour- place tw ces Of butwr in # irying-pan on the fire, and When quite hot put in the pieces of chicken aud fry a golden brown; arrange the pieces ona dish pour around them a sauce made as follows, and serve hot: Mam a tablespountfal of floursmootaly with a gill @f cold mili and add hait a pint of warm milk; melt one ounce of butter and sca- son it with @ Ifttle salt and pepper; turn the milk into the batter, beating all the ‘time, and as soon as it is thick pour it around te chicken, Look Fo THE Moris.—Ali the winter ga ments not needed for the present changeable Season should be put away for the summer, Have each article thoroughly beaten and | brushed, and every spot removed. Examine the Ses, lest atiy buffalo moths, those bot i devear woollen “article: be toand Lurking in som seen told. Woe ve to the dress or cloak in Which a moth remains. By the time autumn be riddled With boles, and will be uttery worthless son Who thougat it enough to si Do Nor VioLENTLY Disrurea sleepy child by lifting it suadenly outot bed before it is tully awake. Dono vioience w your own sleep either ir it is possible to avoid instantaneous rising at the first waking moment. There are profes- sions, the soldiers’, the doctors’, the nurses’, where wakefuinsss to order and on the jump is required. But all persons are not under such bonds to attention, uil young folks are not West Point cadets to siart up at the “reveille.” Words of an expert are worth quotin; munutes spent in gradually wakin the eyes are opened and in turning up, after over and Stretching the limbs, do. as much good as sound because the operation sets the blood in m by degrees, tending to equalize the cir- n, for during sleep the blood tends to stagnation, the heart beats teebly and slow and to shock the system by bouncing up in au Instant and sending the in overwhelming tity tothe heart. causing it to assume a | where tne insiant beiore it was a creep, is the greatest absurdity. This instantaneous bounciug out of bed as soon as the eves are open | will be tollowed by a long weariness beiore noon.” —Philadeiphia Ledger. How to FoLp Men's CLOTHEs.—Complaint 1s often made by the men of the family that their coats and trousers which have been laid away in camphor during the summer come out | in autumn in disreputable wrinkles. These wrinkles are simply the result of carelessness or ignorance in putting away the garments in the ‘spring time, and they may be avoided observing the following directions, which are | given by an expert: To fold a coat, lay it open Upon u bed or some flat surface in as even a manner as erat smooth it, flatten the sleeves into their vatural position and turn out the collar; turn up a short partof the sleeves and fold ‘them so that they will reach just to the edge of the collar; now fold the outer edges Oi tbe Coat their entire length, so that the cout bas @ compact oblong shape; then foid the coat in half from the middie of the coilar to the end between the tails, giv- ing it a narrower form, and then double over the whole coat in’ the middle. For foiding trousers, button the top button, and place the two buttons on the band next ibe top bution face to face. Lay the trousers on a bed or flat surface, and fold over eight inches from the bottom, and then fold this over agai Now lap over the seat part so that the trous: are in oblong form; then fold over the lower part, which will bring the garment in as com- uct @ Shape as possible. Folding the vest is a simple matter, Lay iton the bed: and, as the two sides exactly match, they may be placed one =A the other, with the back linen part folded over, the buckle having been first loos- ened. If this manner of folding be adopted tor ‘ments In use, they will be found to keep their shape well, and to wear far batter than when carelessly tumbled into their receptacies ‘or hung up any sort of fashion.—N, ¥. Commer cial, ———_+e+-_____ She Ran Away with the Coachman. Pittsfield, Mass., was excited last Wednesday over the elopement and marriage of Miss Alice | ook, sister-in-law of A.J. Waterman, district attorney, to Mr. Waterman's coachman, Miss Cook is a pretty brunette of 36 years, tall, graceful, accomplished and a leading member ofsoclety. She Is a daughter of Henry H. Cook, of Lenox. Her parents being old, Mr. Water- man took them and Miss Alice to live with him in the handsome residence overlooking Onoto Lake. A few years ago John Acres, an Irish iad, was engaged by Mr. Waterman as coachman, His parents died when he was nite young, leaving him friendless, John anrahan, a prominent undertaker, gave him @ situation, and after working tor him a short Ume Acres went to work in a shoe factory. He is now 23 years old, and is quite good-looking. Miss Cook ‘had the privilege of using Mr, Water- man’s carriages, and, although she rode a 00d deal with the coachman, the family had no suspicion that there was anything going on be- tween them. A few days ago Miss Cook and the coachman disappeared, and after a thor- ough search Mr. Waterman found the pair liv- ing in North Adams. A stormy scene occurred at the meeting, which ended in the lady con- fessing that they were married. Mrs. Acres informed Mr. and Mrs. Waterman that she was satisfied with her chotce, Has Vermont a Borgia? MRS. NASON SUSPECTED OF WHOLESALE Pors- ‘ONING—RODIES UNDER CHEMICAL TESTS, A special to the New York World from Rut- land, Vt, May 6th, says: The lines are tighten- ing around Mrs. Herbert E. Nason, now under arrest for the alleged poisoning of her son-in- law, Don C. Parker. He died about month ago under mysterious circumstances, after ex- bibiting several of the usual poison symptoms, An examination of bis remains, brought about by suspicions of foul play, resulted in. Mrs, Nasou’s arrest, Parker and his wire had sup- lied a plausible motive tor the alleged crime Bythrentening to leave the motherindaw and remove to Boston. It soon came to the ears of ‘Mr. Kendall, the state's attorney, that other rela- tives und close friends of Mrs. Nason had died in asudden and mysterious way. He wassoim- pressed with the similarity ofsymptoms in these cases that he obtained leave to exhume the bodies of the dead. | Accordingly three bodies were exhumed: That of Herbert N. wor man’s husband, who died September, 1882; that ‘of a young son of Mrs. Nason’s sister, who died six months ago, and that of Mrs, C. 8. Britton, who died suddenly about the same time. The body of Mr. Nason was found tn that peculiarly fine state of preservation usually produced by arsenic in the system. Mrs. Britton was one of the sus; ‘woman's closest friends. They sousble motive ior foil play in ber case, nor in sonable motive for foul play in nor in that of the infant nephew, unless the evidence The Man Who Incited the Murderers A SKETCH OF SPIES, WHO TOLD THE MOB TC BRING BOMRS To THE ANARCHIST MEETING, From the New York Sun. August Spies came to this country when 16 years of age. He is nowabout $2. He had little schooling tn the old country, but has al- ways been a studenton his own hook, He learned the trade of saddle maker in Chicago, but gave up this ecoupation when he was 2C years of age, and tramped through the west @ south for acouple of years, When 24 he went back to Chicago, and soon took part wolitis. At that time there were po anarchists a Chicago, Spies himself was a socialist, and being a good speaker he soon fowe to be leader of the socialists, who were 60 strong that they cast 10,000 votes for their candidate for mayor, Dr. Ernest Schmidt. ward’ manager of the soctall Ardeiter Zeitung, which *# big cireulation and great Influence Workingmen, Spies urged bis friends to make blin managing editor as well as _busl- and he gradually moulded. the roeiter Zettung into an hist or the style of the Frethei, Most, iso particular friewd reapondence. and inflaence he made, aud It be uthptece of dynamiters It printed Most's ture dynamite and ng Masses to arm or child, tn The great struggle pm which was going to come. ‘the anarchist lender him a bitter foo to the police. His brother am Was shot and killed by a policeman in mer of S84. William spies was a good- rnothing w who lived off his brother, Two months before he met bis death he was @ leader in a fight by which # farmer living pear Chicago Jost his lite. He was tried for the rder, but the influence of the Arbeiter Zee ‘nough to secure his dis ck to his old Life of idleness tand killed while wanted toarrest him, Vengeance upon the and he Has kept his owu, “S Wears good clothes and is an expert 2.0L LUL, strange to say, he almost faints at the Sigtit of bloo’ he paper by Us simply the the dangerous instructions to bombs, and adwi J.is a young wide awake business man on | State street, Sauntering about at the Art club | exhibition recently he chanced to meet atriend, a deat mute, who was conversing with com: panion in sign language. Greeting J. cordially, » deaf mute drew outa pocket pad and pen- nd after a brief pencil and paper conversa- iutroduced is companion by the same Sand shorily after withdrew, and the genileman discussed the pictares ssantly tor twenty minutes or more, mean- ring the backs of sundry envelopes Ps of paper with their pencilings, when ver in this litte drama came @ friend of Jy mewmade ac 8 rourul nm the see said the newmade acquain- the neweomer, familiarly, “how do pictures this'year?” and Mars!” exclaimed J,, im eur- you like th ler nd tal uld say so,” said the gentleman, | equ surprised, as he suddenly put away aciland paper, “Ain't you deaf and dumb?” Xt by a good deal,” J. replied, thras: {nto his ‘pocket an enve nearly cor pith pencil marks, “out Tk | time 1 meet him,” The Joke was too good to keep, and the new- comer let it out upon the earliest occasion, i Duiumy next The following: is the latest story that is told about the Empress Eugenie, who has ever been & striking figure since the day she charmed Napoleon IIL, with the wreath of violets which she wore in her golden hair. “Twas morning then, but now the night has come.” A tew days ago, Says the chronicler, a visitor to the Mareus chureh at Venice, where the ex-empress Is now Staying, observed a lady dressed in deepest mourning, kneeling in long, silent prayer be- fore one Of the side altars.” When at last shs rose, She looked about her in search of some- thing which she missed,and then walked slowly away, and supporting ‘herseli by the wall, to- Ward’, the cutrance. The stranger pollieiy offered his arm, which was gratetuliy accepted, the lady meanwhile explaining that one of thé beggars must have taken ber silver-headed walking stick away, without which she was “very helpless.” Outside the church two liv- eried footmen’ were waiting; the stranger on retiring offered his address card (alas, for eruel Nemesis, he was a German from Berlin) glane- ing at which the lady was seen to shudder ighily and then return the civility by whls- ng, “Empress Eugente, and—homeless,” ——o Woman's Mission. From the Woman's Journal, ‘The end ot woman is to marry and raisee family. She starts out in this direction when she carries a doll in childhood. Your girl who leaves home and goes out for herself does so because she has tailed to find the man she wants to marry, By and by she does find nd when she does she di r thing aud goes with him.” ine scape shore fe her music, her acting, her ‘art, ber ifterature or whatever ‘it is, because, after all, her instinct telis her to marry, and she follows her instinct instead of reason, A man can marry and go abead in the partt cular pursuit or protession he tus chosen, but | the woman stops and subjects everything to theone duty of wifebood. That is the reason women do bot succeed as wellasmen, They tall short, Grant ali this for the sake of argu- ment. Admit that it is the general mission of woman to marry and raise up # tamily, But Lam now writing about the exceptions. There are exceptions to all classes, all rules, all theo es and all philosophies. Most women do marry young,and thatis right. That is as far as most of them want to go. They are nied for Unis sort of life, and bave no desire or Supess for anothe But are you going to make one kind of a girl do this when it is @ straightjacket and an abomination to her? In other words, ts she to marry simply for the sake of marrying, and “settle down” simply for the sake of settling down? Why not allow ber to foliow her natu- ral bent as wellas the young man? True, she may, as my objector says, find some man, while herself following @ successful career, whom she will love and whom sue will marry, thus cut ling short a work that might otherwise have , been rounded out and made complete. women are pot as completely successiul as men in the more independent pursuits of life. But the point I wish to make clear and emphatle is Uhat society, and the woman, herself, aud the man she marries, and all direct or’ remotely concerned, are the better for her having done even something for herself, however little, T repeat that the seli-reiiant woman is a clvil- zer. The busy world is improved by her having been a participator therein, Her are gen- tle and kind, and her presence is @ restraint to the headlong impetuosity of men. Even though she may not remain long with us single, let us be thankful that she has comeatall. I she falls in love and marries, even at the sacri- fice of an independent career, her life alter all is not in vain. Her own views have been broadened, her ‘sympathies have been deep- ened, her capacity tor enjoyment made greater and her scope ior usefulness widened. I say gain and again, let the ambitious girl see what ‘ean do for herself. “soe Saturday Smiles. Yesterday “anarchy” was the ery the Chicago rioters, “To-day it is Utica Observer, A correspondent wants to know why a ball is. calied a “hop.” Watch the geullemen as they evade the ladies’ tratus end you will tumble,— Burlington Free Press. ‘There are four hundred known waysin which & horse can be unsound, and yet when you buy one you will find @ way not yet catalogued.— Albany Journal, ‘To Clarinetta: Yes, as we understand tt, the demisemimiiiennial loan exbibition will . full dress alfair, pot @ low pecksibition, at ail.— Springyield Union, Iphia of some of “arnica”— The slow Philadel people define New tage ee bipeds who never have ime to wi they are ing vo end 50 5] in @ sort of Juiotalligile “Staws gibberish.”—New York Tribune. A man by any other name than alderman would smell a trifle sweeter.—Loston Post. Bill Morrison.—Esteemea contemporary. The Morrison bill.—Another contemporary. Which ts it?—-Bugfalo Express, ‘Tue New Yorks may beat the Bostons ing ball, but we have a citizen in this town woo cun lick anybody in New York, So now.—Lue- ton Post, is Bi has wy It is said that ting Bull declined Zine, We bave # better opinion of that old write a “war article” may develop @ Borgia mania for poisoning on the part of the suspected woman. ‘he stontach ese exhumed bodies will be carefully an- i. Y., WI : BH is 3 i yi i a ein Bee i : I | ferald. Mrs, Yergor is much given is everlastiagly on the Se cook a