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2 youny men go Mean that the Movil wonld not know whut te do with them fr be got them.” We nave Plenty of thay class 1a New Yors. Rev, & 5. Weaver, who has been pastor ef the Presbyterian charch at Glue Bail, Ohio, for the past Beven Years, bts rece'Vod and accepted a call from the ‘resbyterian ehureh of Olitou, Ohie, and has entered apou his work, Rev. J, Dwight unt. pastor of the First Presby- teran church of Nues, Mien. bas veudered his re sigaation on account of the healta of tus lamily, and ‘that pulpit is wow vacant, PERSONAL NOTES. Henry 8. Foute, ex-United States Senator, now hhves tu Nashville, Toan. ‘The healih of Governor Randotph, of Bas visibiz improved since bis visti to The women of Saa Francisco are sending Mrs, Laura D. Fair beautiful bouquets of white lowers, Generai Sam "y has been invited to orate at the Woerkingimea’s celebration of the Fourth of July in Vincennes, Ind. Mesdames stanton. Anthony and Livermore bave Agreed to rake the stump in Wisconsin duriug We ouming canvass. ‘ogg, of New Hampshire, ex-United States a formeriy Miister to Switzerland, 13 10 bas a little stor> at Canastota, no clerk. as he 18 old enough (0 [; agen 105 last moat. General Grant ty epied an invitation te visit *, Me, on the 11th of Octover next, to par- iu the ceremonies of opeuiug the Buropean | an Railroad, erson, lately on the Judiclat Crrenit, of 3 1 an, | ounces Dis retirement irom tie law. The tronvoa | Bit says le 13 preparing to become au Lipis- copal urmister, atieud 1016 hinise benen | The Leavenworth Times, speaking of Mr. Ca,d- | Weil. Wie be» Coired States Kansas Senator, says :— | Woen Veluwoll lett here his wealtu was estiaated | iiiion, When he arrived in Ciieago the | sried him as Worth $500,004 ‘The ov ev <i NeW YOLK and there'his Weaita was od. HE Caldwell wilt heer our | he Will Keep on travelliat, @rich man by ihe ume Cougre Ho vil probavly be | ects, PORE! SONAL GOsstP, ——Hianqui is imprisoned in the castle of Toreau, ear Morton. M. Leon ‘ay has bee! M, Jules Perry as Pefect « signated to succeed NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE Hl, 18 MILLIONS AT A RAKE. The Gwynn-Merrifield Bigamy Case in a New Light. How the American Metaline Company Got Rid of an Officer. Alleged Snap Judgment—$1,000,000 Stock and Patents for $2,000. Tho President Admits a Desire to Get Rid of Gwynn in ths Shortest Possible Way— What the Law Says—Tam- pering With a Safe. “Sing sing!” These words wero uttered a few days ago by a Passeager on the Hudson River Railroad, as the ponderous engine led the charge of the Pacific ex press through the tunveiied taunder as a cambrte needle plunges through aseam. A moment or 20 later the gilded chambers in which the travelling yorld was rushing business-ward at the rate of ninety seconds to the mule, swang out suddenly from the waited tomb to resurrection ia the golden glitier of the sua’s early morning siniles, aud the Speaker, whose voice had been abruptly busied, resumed:— “Su, Laever pass this spot without recalling a history with which [am unfortanately tamidiar.?? The conversaion was addressed to a HERALD ton, “Yes; within those gray, the prison’s garb, aud AN ACCOMPLISE who, a few brief month. in hand and millions in prospective, grand walls, dressed ia das the Zebra’s skin, 13. Zev roporter, who eagerly listened Jor iurthes explana- worth thousands Bot woman's | United to the woman. | The friends of Gwynn claim that a married man during the absence of Gwynn aecompauied Whe woman before the bishop and per- | this on the nearing im the courts, Mrs. ser ; felt in her testimony admits that pre- | vious 0 her relations wilh Gwynn she Was marricd to a Zoaton stonecutter, wilo deserwed her ana went on a whaling voyage; that some years later, in. 1569, she read ia @ uewapaper What Merri- field had sustaine: fatai injuries oy falung from & load of hay in Vermont, and that within a week, , aad without wating to learn whether she was a | widow, at Gwynn’s solicitation she marred Sim. ‘There was no evidenee put in to show that Mr. Mer- ritheld is dead, or tat tne lady had the legal right to marry in 1560, Un the testimony given before the Justice Gwynn ‘was commutted to the General Sessions for trial, and was there convicted in February and sentenced to | Sing Sing for five years, Whetuer he 1s oris not & Uietmast certainly does not clearly appeat ccriaia taut tis relations with Mra, Merrifieid were of so intunate a character that he shouta bave made her lus wile, if he did not, WAS THERE A CONSPIRACY ? A suspicious circumstauce im the case 13 that when Mrs, Merri eld made (he charge of bigainy agaist | Dr. Qwyun she was accompanied by Lradsnaw, Wao j sured tn the snap jadgmeat that resulied in the appolutment oO. a receiver and tne sale of sie aasets: OF Ute company, Sui) another very suspicious clr ciimstance 13 the admission of conspiracy made under onth ny Munroe, which 13 given pelow. In January last Wilitamn J, Munroe, the presnien' of the company, gave testimovy before Fire Marsal Thow Mespedon, under oatn, touching te fire da the oniee on Nroadway. tn bits deposition he enters fully auto’ a detailed statement of the agauirs ef the compauy, admits that he put bo Hokey in the assuciation, that 3 sary Wes not xed, but that Dr, Gwynn, who was vice pr eat Ousiaess tan and “a Tai,’? as’ 1 a Ne Would Cull the stocknokters toget aul hem to pay him $86,009 for mts Petvicos 4 eo uy property Of the American 4, Wore tue pacents De- pans, he di eeisber last b, ler cf the receiver, Jd. UO. Stevens, coramyg secrelary of the company, ior the paitey sum Ol 34003, dele a Cann of Bradsnaw for services a3 agent. ALU Luctier oa this same Wit- } hess dectares, wader oath, & ssilary eiorring Wa was never Uxed by company. ‘suit insrilu by Cornei’s tron drm agaist te company, Minor adults tat the Papers were servea ‘Upeh iim as presiveal, ana tha wr iwem over (0 Gwyan, ‘who pi to alcend to i, Pins waa appareatly berore had waturea to got Gwyaa out of the way. ing of a it tusntned by mam mained gdust the compauy, and which, 1 is ale trang of tae Companys amuils and the int weal of the reesiver, aiumroe wimits ia the Lidavit Mat my ad apo Hun as pr ine ta boil mis owu bi ory 1s ——Frederie de Ranwer, the German historian, | treachery aud man’s avarice snaded out nis bright | 41P4 Dir eM niet er psaaigtd eciebratea his mn birtuday on May 14, 1871, | est hopes, avd What they did not accomplish ta has | tor tie c vas Bora —Dr. Marx Collins, the Ortental schotar, died a | degradation the courts, om what I believe tobe per | {Mxeins,meliner o: thera de- cand ghs suit oF azo ta Vienna, at the of sixty-seven. | jured evidence, did, Prefer to Dr. Gwynn, who, you | 4 taken by desauit; Ws was iia with my Koow: » Empress of Austria and her cuildren oe, ember, Was some time ago convicted on the | Shortcat possible way, SNE tid Of Gwynn In cupy the famous Mmperial summer resicence av} Asch. } Grand Du on t 00.0 of sp oi the cinpire. { r to Russia, | bis post at St. Petersourg ater a prvloi Dee. ——C unt b ning! enbarg, (he German | ouviine Porte, bas left Consta | | 2 British navy, died at | Medstingatsted bimseil s comuaader of the feet, | 1 Crown Princess of Ger- | on say 24 in celebration 1 victoria, wt whic Une fine seu ‘apuleon, aly V a slate ¢ of the Dishday ot Que peror Wii N 3 1ec ster £0 U3 an Ambassador, Cav ——M. Conte, ex: Posed in the National A. Rapolcon i, shout ve ved to che new Column of Vendome, which will replace tae ono lately de- stroyed, | ——ire Emperor of Germany receive on May 21 the Russiau Graua Dues viad e Paul, wuo nad arcived in Of Kussia. Vue Hmpress le was accompanied to ihe railway peror Wiiliaia aad «li ine prince fumily. Whose health has shied abCalseinurst ud, Count Srunnew Liere Cadorna, leon Ith, pro- | tne statue o. mbly that —in yp atance Beg? rat totlowmg | yi— About ten years asc | cau, of NeW Vors, aamiod “Wailer 1 2e cha e (tue | bien opiacd that solitary tmprsoament ia a dara cell W: Taliy supposed. matter, aad o¢ not 2a pan Mis lordstup Was curio’ red iastuss ut as gene. | to test the Uat he would sabato tea y Mest. The proposal was acc. and @ dark cell | OF fifteen 1 as provid Lord C. It was risoner sould buve candies, a few ud paper and aoaudant food; but that ve ed by wn hvistbie auvendant + he should These condittous wer pleieiy lulled, Masuggs remained ior cea ye E 'y continement, and was iberatcd on ry 1, 1571, whea he received the hard His person has undergone | the most aly ouange. Lhvugh not more ian thirty ) 1008S SIX {iis body is bent aud dus waik Wosteady. tis uair ard are gray aad | his ariiculation seeble aad mdisuoct. AMERi@ANS ABROAD. List of Amer! Bowles brothess & Co., 44 London, and 12 Rue de la i AT THE LONDON OFFICE, FOR New York —Willlaw vk at the offices of <DING MAY 27. auc, Mrs, John Ling, Eaward Linn, ciarciee Lina, vu. A. Loa ot anu wale, Charies H. Langaon, Josepn Watker aud wie, | Busha i. waiker, wuss adelalue Heary, G. A. Jvoun b,. Miummer, J. Bi. AChSON me. Cuisili » Pald win, Ke J. 0! ht, Willan B. 4 Founk ¥ » Eduund i. Mahan, | md. West Lamson, ine, Louis Selig aud George >. Bourne, | Peet, W. J. Brigham, | inti, We J.Weeks, oP. Rudd, Marst Kev. a Walaa 3. Peet, sats doseph i. brow! bbock Well and wire, Walier Phejs and w erior. Gouran: Johu Coonan and | Wiie, Miss R. ¥. Parrot, Charies voham, Mrs. | Richard basiced and family, Kicharé eed, Ji George b. McFarland, Charies J. Riilet, b. 8. Dun- Gan end family, Bugene Di Witha‘n Gradtord, {| Bugene Perry, Mrs. ©. A. Cornwall and dauguter, 4. Gurus ana wile, Mrs. Laura ©. Bullard, Francis 8. Freeau, Mrs. Henry W. smith, Philip Weaver | and famuy, Miss Clara Hosford, Mrs. Judge Kug- les, Mrs. L. Pike. Boston—\W. Bb. Skilliugs, Henry . Williams, Joseph U. Jones, Mrs, E. f. bidridge, tes Welch, H. Hilton, PF, a, R. RK. Horton, Thomas P. Rich and wif Miss Susan D. Rogers, David Duck aud tamlly, Charles W. Wilder and wite, Miss Clara D. Wild Miss Clara E, Barret, Sarauel W. Luce, Rev. Georg Potoam, N. Dana and wife, G ins, Ke and daughter, D, ¥. Barker, Hooker, Alexander Mc ughters, Waldo 0. Koss, Janu . W. Lamme, M.D, Cambriage, Mass. A. Wood. rhiladeipila—K. William, Thomas W. Evans, Mrs. E. F. Su , bir, Georg . J. A. Healy, Mr ¥ Ss. 7. H.R. Linderman, Mrs. Cnaries F. Chicago—Cuarles J. Jone harles Weob, ¢ Sharp, vert Read, Pierson DD. Sah aud ladies, Be dave and | family. Leuisviue—vr. K. 0, Cowin Puerta | Fiata—William Bell. Butaio—H. Schoelikep:, | & Vv. R, Watson, | Wats Cleveland—k. —Gover- Houiton, Ler Marcus, Brooklyn—M Mrs. and Miss E. B. Dorrance. Providence—Joua | B. Anthony, Benjamin F. ‘Ynhurs Wiluam b Beckworth. Baitiaore—Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Baker, Muss Marty H, Baker, Masters Frank and H Bake: carroll, Wittam Wilson, Jr * H. Cun n, Joseph G, Loave. ‘Al — Mc. {. piss Lat . Alexandria— Miss G. H. Butler, Miss line! 3 ! quay—A, Downing and wi vortianu- San nson and IPs. Jie om, br. eu —Wilham Ha aud Wit ba r. L. A. Bir K. Birdsail, | Mt 11, Win, Co! A. W. Bute trick: Jersey City—t New Havea—f. A. Ki New 0 und Whe, W. i Dy i M. iuteu) id wile } Page, « pod wat ' Wa Wainy, Commande hhanty, J. M. oi. Huet Cha dames = Langhiin. a Miss Langiiin, $ Hires H. A. Newland nuti-- Mrs. Geor Emery. St. Louis Dwight Ce Heli, George P. Whitelaw, G. W. hy, ‘Ge H. Gill, J be Irwin troit— THE WEEK A. Bato, Pa 2, George Wilkes, danacs Whittaker, W. 5 us Gu Lemmon, t wee, Washingt » han Pra é i wing, f 4 t Casio, | r A 1, POUL Worl, NeW Less. ! over the Adams? | was no motive . wa | Way, whe * anter the charge of bigal and sentence rr. Heisam of uncomm any ocher “ideas? dave ylelded him large suas, much of which HE LAVISHED UPON A WOMAN who clatms to be his wife, but I believe was not | legally such, although several children were the | His last invention was | “ issue of their acquaintance, What Is Kuowa as metalite, a mineral compouad ap- ; plied to machinery, enurely superseding oil, and | Ww p ich 13 now m successful operation in various aces im Wiis country and Burope, Soe time ago he formed a company taking some pe was also formed, for zn patents takea out, | Gwynn would have been worth millimns as tue re- } sult had not he assigned the American patents to the company of which he was vice-president, hold- ing the stock as security, in the oflice of the company, stinated on Broadway press oftice, 2nd the evidence of yon's associates before the Fire Marsual looked to tue arrest of Gwynn on the cLarge of arson, An investizatioa snowed the Fire Marshal that there tor Gwynn to distroy his own uaiu sured property, and he suspected a plot peing pr pared a ‘e doctor. suddenly le: BR HAD BEEN APPOINTED 10ut Mis koowledge, and that pro- perty in pateats and stock Worta sevorai minions— as stares of $ivy each nad been seiaz as high as $475—liad been sold for a iew tuoasand dollars, It essary, however, lo get Gwyna out or the he could not exp ise their villany by an appeai to courts, and one ot the company Ww whom the doctor had soul stock on credit appeared befor Just puller dud gov ihe woman—a Mes. H. Mo Merritield—to preter A CHARCE OF BIGAMY against Gwynn, he having witiin a year or two married into an accomplished fam 1 believe, ne Sir, the man 18 as ipnoceut of bi as 1 ain o: the Nataan butchery, and that he is the victim of a gang Ol sbarpers who have coaspired ag t bis to get lum vai of the way aud rob*him Of tae patents aud stock, and wuit the Wouliu has beeu used to advance their vile schemes, lils jawyers ave how preparing aa application to! new trial with the vieW Of laying the villainy bare’? The words uttered by @ wel! Knowa and esteemed city omictal ma such strong support of tre doctor's mnocence duced & HERALD reporter, a few days | 1 visit the State Prisou and iiterview Gwynn, He ciuled at the Deputy Wa 2 o.Liee, and Gwynn entfor. Filtceu minutes later there appeared, | wi in the 7) Of Ard, AN OLD, GRA of medium height, him to be a geutt ceeded tu & Cu! my pr the reporter at once pro jon, With @ view Of a they justified a pudticatton, » doctuc expressed his reaue the details, GWYND AL AINTANCE WITH THE He was first questioued ws to his With the Woinan Merrdeid, uj riag as convicted, aud n Boston, tn 1889, to wi 1¢s3 Call from tte civy. aud sie 1 phi equaintance i Whose Oat OT mar ted tat ret on el- wmpauied hia to pla, where tney to Pittsburg aud other por t, whore they sojourned for five or Merripeld, Who preteszed to beaw t met her, passing a his Wie, although not entitied to aceruiicaie from a arson. ally they returned to New York avout 1, Where tiey itved for years, eight chilarea being the result of such liaison, Your of which are n declares that but one of these declares it cau hardly be together, aud in 1867 the relations eatreiy ated, both parties consenting, after the doctor Jed to the woman property worta $75,000 or $lve to get rid of her and bis support tor the children. He states that he married in 1869, and although his marriage was known to the woman Merritieid she never asserted ner claims until ap- proached by oae of the alleged conspi io her before Justice Coulter. LAIMS TO HAVE BEEN SW! was thea questioned as to tus patent » and stated that he has received nin his country for the “metalite,” and in dead. termi had de! Kk out a number in Europe. In 1x69 he associated with Willlam J. Munroe, of | and certain others, who juined him in the formation of the ‘American “ Mcta- line Company,” aud an vifice was opened at No. 61 Broadway. Munroe was chosen President and Gwynn Vice President, without salary, E. 8. Good- Win Was appointed general agent for New Engiana, aw clerk in the of K in shares of $100 © r issue and retained by arity tor the Ameri any, ‘Twe uum of $8,00 1 about 176 ‘sii nding {rom $100 No person connected with tie ays, DULIN a dollar, With the exception a the following October (1870) Brad- 8 commenced sult in a c of it of received a notice NAP JUDGMENT, one of their number, J. 0, ts were sold by the ad abou re are Wortli ‘ Spirat vim be bad taken ty few t iad dolars, and the hupen wer ii growlng ¢ having > that he can tiem ior the re- nt in prison, edIDgs wg quite chee to that prison for | energy and | on whieh our n3 Who I believe are sharpers; the stock , , Sold at animmease premium; an English compan One day there was a fire | A low days alter Gwyan | ation and bearing, | , even In the garo that makes a iman biash, suowed ainouth | ‘There 13 a declaration under oath by the president of aco ening $1,000,000, that ie kept from hi i@ tet of lewal service W view of getting rid of the man who was in his {a uroe, Whea i be e Of te existeace of the Tollow! lor iue punisnment of ceuspirators, or he would | seareely hat 1m The Lay . chapter 51, relating to joint Stock compantes, 18 the following sectlon;— or joint stock or other officer of a corporatt: a whom shall be served any an injasctioa resetting or ach corpor 2 thereot, who shai otaer alve rastees, ce ant isto Le ani fit oF Pd sail be lavie ti a civ Join: stock association for ail It by reasua of Suva proce Such are the evidences of a & | Session Of $1.000,09 ¥ } oath by one of tae law lor'the puntsiiuent of covspirac,, xp and whether Gwynn be gallty or innocent of the charge of pigainy, it 18 quice pidin that sone oficils of the Aimencan Metuime Company have taken very questionable means to get rid of lun; and there 18 certaialy suuicient grounds tor we Court to grant him a new trial. While the senten-e ol bigamy hangs over hima he 18. powerless to tnsit- Lute leas procectings agaiust the alleged conspira- tors for the repossession Of his patents and tue pro~ perty soid by the re iver, Dr. Givynn's, wile who claiuusto have married Qin gilt a full knowledge of ; his relations to the man Mervifteld, is eaiphatic tn her deciaration of bis tinocence, and | 4s personally superintendiog the manu actare or the | meiate, witeh is supolica Lo the dvctorts old cus- duriag hts lncarcerauon. als9 be inentioned. in this connection that i the company Mr. George ‘urshals bureau, sealed up the J ad the articles of agreeinent be- tween the company, and the stock, boo! and 0 proceeding ‘to tie otice next morning foand that the sate had been broken open; | bUt Lie rascais Who vid it failed to get Muto the mner | sale, and the docaments sungit fo be secured are | now Jn the custody of Gwynn’s counsel, oration I be sus piracy to get pos- thot property, given under (tis very u DROWGNG ACCIDENT aT ANDOVER, Miss, | | THE worta A sad drowning case occurred at North Andover, Mass., avout baif-p thvee o'clock on Monde Ailerncon, Seven Young men weatout upoa ba Ker’s pond with a 3 ud it Was cap: five vat of the sever e drowned, essts& Launord, Wage Messrs, Bamcord T young neu t stad, Alv and Wa) re suppesed to ve | saved are Cli riner t mong the best eitizeus, aad t ace Sargent and Willam fiolt. shore. wat said event causes great sor- irieuds and acquamtances. s4y3 Uiat Ave of the youag men were employed in the machine shop ot Davis, Wiley & Dione, at North Audover depot Village, and were with two others. One of the party lost his hat, and | none of the sudden squalls or gusts peculiar to mountala ponds ov urued the boat. The boat had A the These gentlemen | in 600 pou tw st Emmedi- aiely avout halt a iatie snore, and not far | | from the resid of Major E Sutton, Upon tie | | Sinking of the boat all the occupants put for the | shore, all but one being swruiue given to Joan Macrolt, the man Ww alone being unabie to swim, |} Of Abdel Sargent, The oars were © lost the hat, ne about twenty years of age, pasred | ali of tie others and reactied the snore tirst. | William Molt, not far benind, caiea out that | he could swim no turther, aud young sar. gent, exhausted as he was, ed {i again wud Drowzht him s Allen, son of so! E itizen, avout ¢ years old, was the ni ‘to Holt, and cavied on him fer hetp, but Hott could not save him. | sete without aid, aud Alien suns. He was the ony = that could seen by Sarge when Holt was got out John Wags | Been bysHolt noadng on ius back. itis beneve | that Wildam Barford went dowa with te buat, | The oihers—Wiliiaia Alvey, aged about twenty-one except holt, aly was last | Bamiord, ‘about twenty-eight years of age, was aiso a machinist. Alvcy was an only son. Holt, Who was saved, Was iu the carpenters’ Cepartment, | and Si it, also § hinist. ihe two men sa ud Were taken gent of the Atiantic here they were cared for, arly half the male population of ace were OA the shore, and men Were out m boats grappling for the bodies, At nine o'clock | none had t 1. Hon. George L. Davis, Hon, Moses Eben Sution and many ott | lewilug citizens were upon the ground direcung | operations, TERRIBLE MUR LAFORMA. A Youns {From th ay Killed By Her Lover. ville (Cal.) Appegl, June 2.) tie town of Cherok 2», Was Lhvowa Into a slate by the report that an estim- ul been murdered by an Ita ung to her home, after a Mai + able young 16 } as she we | party given pper Cherosec, in’ honor of the | marr of Joseph Paik. sis was about four o'clock in the mourning. The decet Miss Lizzie auled by some doe"—had of the parties | 1 most highsy re- | Ularence Sargent, son | | years, employed in the countmg rooin, and’ Mar- | croft—suuk on the Way. en Was a ina chinist. He was au en of e department, He leaves @ wile, having 1 maried in John Wagstat, aged about tnirty-two years, was overseer of the tin department, He leaves a wite, Jon Marcroft, aged about vnirty-five, Wassaiso a unworker. He leav wie and cmid, Willan sonated Gwynn, with the vie 7 pL eokapiiaiing the | legitimacy of the children; bal oy 1a) O prove — | at Ab 1s | | tried for i i | conspirators, and te > Mr S: , Yes; not Sots fata reed. "2 east nasees udxe ne! Wl rest aut short annie will pe given the murderers of Mira MeDaniels. THS BLIND MURDERER Investigntion as to His Sanity. {From the Troy Times, June &) The commissioners appotated by Judge Ingalls under the new law of last winter to determine the question of the mentai capacity of Asa Kittie, the bimd murderer, had an interesting interview with him in jail yesterday aliernoon. The comission consists of Levi Smith, lawyer, and Drs. McLean and Whiton, Asa Was brought do: into te Sherig’s private office and there iwterrogated upon various sutyects, with a view to determine the ques- tion whether is ment 1 capacity t§ of | nature to Justily nts trial npon the capital charge for which he 71.—QUADRUPLE SHEET, is confined. Of course it 14 not thougit se is insace. | As the law now 13 unless a person is able to com- prebend the nature and surroundings of a court ana tw take part in dis defence he cannot be wiurder—the law humanely providing such ca;e and protection Jor him as is necessary for his maimteuance in sone of the charitabie fustitu- tons of the state, At tines during the interview Asa showed a considerable degree of Inteltigence, and it was remarked by the Shtertif that since he Mad been in jail ne had learned a great deal about things of which he had no coacelou when he che tere the vrison, Dr, McLean began the lavestiga- tion as folluws:— i . Asa, dd Lever see you before? A. Yes, str. O Do you know aman named Wait who resides near your home? A. 1es, Shr, Q Did he meet with an accident recenuy? A. ‘Yes, sir. 4. slow did he get hurt? i Q. Was nein thearmy? A. Yes, 31 aruy three years, O Low “da you learn this? A. They read it tome in the papers, Mr. Scuth—Asa, when did you come to the jail? A. Oa the 17th of September. Q. Who Was shertit vicar A. Mr. Fonda, Q. Weo is sherur gow? A. Mr. McKeon, Q. Whea did . McKeon come here? A, New Yeats day. ( Were you ever im court? A, Yes, sir; in Feb- ruar, 4. Who were appotnted to defend you? A. Me- Cleilan & Lansing. Q. Have taey been to see your lately. q. Whodo you want as witnesses at your trial? i dou't know, Wuat is your defence? Havart vou Thought abo! Q. Do you Cb LO eu Ci What is your Wish? A. By the cars, he was in the A. Yea, sir; nob A. [don't know, ltr A. Well, yes. y A. Don't kuow, Get cicav'il be the best. Q. What wil you do then? A. Sotanything, it Would you rather stay here than go 1, J don’t know; rather luce to live wiih my » ‘ ave aay Iriends been to see you? A. dacely. See HOW THS MURDER OCCURRE! an W gid this tr happeny A. Well, my * os #4 inotuer Went out Lo do the chores, had lake care of the baby aed ees AG GABR AD BH EO he cid ANG aide Giaue the fass; f was ed ig chair holding the cud, and it was p, when father came in; 1 went ont inio and he followed me: then he began. T went pack into tue north room most 2 the wood lous: to kick me arou agar oul and Hired it 04; (t Was in the stand drawer and belonged Lo my brotuer, (% Had you ever fired it off before? A, No—never fred a gun; bad had it in my bands when i wasn’t loaded; did not know whether it was loaced or net wucu I fred. (1his and subsequent answers in repiy to questions.) Father was am ine door when | fired it, the poise of th struck bim with tke pistol once or twice when he canie towards me and tovx a nold of me; 1 did not kKoow I shot him until the neighbors came in; 1 nave always been blind, as long as 1 can remember; | am twenty years old; afterI ured the shot | sat down; Qki not Know the mischiet | had done; only remem: ber shooting once; did not know mother was there Uil alter the pistol went off; 1 don't Know how i kilied father aud mother both; Merriman Turner ; DAppened thivy years ago. uid ue foLowed me; then I got the revolver , Pistol ivightened me some; | | ) bus we wer Was tne rst that came im, and I only knew that | | Shot father and mother wien be told me; never , done much oi anyuing at bome except sawing Wood; never was lurther than tie house of Turner alone; i have been jurther when my Jolks were with | ane, ed, and | names | | hin to answer as for a contempt. however, and says | heen ie young lady live is term, aid | for two’ years p she tied to mse the Vill of tie | discourage his sutt. told her that 1 iis innocence, | and, | he woula kill her if. she did not congent to marry | puts. that he sill hoids, | him, but tt seems that she regarded nis threats nH pbanclally, aud show that a | rater lightly, From ail we can jearn regarding this au live dowu the sugua ofa term | unfortunate'afair this man, Portugese Joe, as we i. Gwynn gave the reporier the adore: f | will call him, carue up behind the iadies and their counsel and nis wife, with th t to call | escort, seized Mis’ McDaniels by the head, and, upoa theta and eXauitne all the pap case, | bending it backward, pin h in her th a5 weil as those in whieh tne notorivus Baker during vd drew it ard, it ‘ound, Incarceration ta the Old Capitol | laying the open ti ngth and even of counsel resulted in discovering ers for an application for anew wial faved, and ument Will be hud vd at the ccou pied by the lo connect Gwynn with arrest, Owing to pected a co i @ beiore the Justice showed ceriainly married on the goth of i Bishop Watawriy to name of J. Siaart Gwynn, of 6 marriaceé were un- parly Who wae eo tt er, Who that ie Woideatiy WWwyun ay Che instituted prosecution for , be itremarked, was before Munroe ience before Fire Marsliui Mespedon, had | cutting her bosom. The Zo stidden, 40 unexpected, that her escort, Mr. Wella, was taken } compl by surprise, and knew not what was Transpiring BL the Lite od ol the victim showed {I Pnacire of wit. AS the murs derer released his hold of the 1 Mr, Wells suot | at but missed bim, and bet a fre again the villain turned a corner a. Such, ii brief, 18 @ condensed of the aifair, take | from the many ramors nx avout, Miss M | Daniels was about e. Pars Of age, an ¢ young lady an « general favorite, a Of , Jacques is still beyond the reac paten te ine Ayned her vame 13 given as Susie, her as | Her mother | Won a visit vo he melancuoly news wil i } dounly sever » who her daughte time sihee it wor utheal tealth. The } community bee thrown a terrible state of | excitement by t18 dast i iy act, and the whole | populace } mited In muting down the wr | Pariiesare sourlig the surrouncing country in | sear ige murlerer, ahd tt seems Imposstule for | | Dae to epee, AL (ake Ab ty provabig Mat lie, shul ous 1eom iorvleM CUIMIMELEe? ; hour, the commission wi Q. How do you account for killing both your father and mother If you only fired once? A. Don't know; don’t recollect of tirmg but once. TEE OLD MAN SHOOTS AT ASA. Dr. McLean—bid your lather ever threaten to shoot your A. Yes; he couidn’t find his whiskey Jag—he hod put it away aud forgotten where—aud he thought mother and I had nid it; he wok down the gun and chased us Out doors, Q Pid he fire at your, A. Yes. q. Was he ugly’ A. Yes, waen he had just a lit- tle liquor in; When he was very drunk he was not ugly. ti Were you afraid of him? A, Yes, when I was alone; thought he would burt the babyy «. How long 13 It since he fired ihe musket at py A. Five or 81X years ago; he never struck me Mauch. pn Did you feel badly when you found what you had dose? A. Yes; told ‘em al! so. «. What woud the neigpvors do to you you should go back’ A. Nothiog. q. Would they shoot your” A. No. ASA'S IDEA OF A COURT, Mr. Smith—Do you Kuow you have got io be tried thts nn? A. 1 8'pose SO, Q. Who tries your A. It's the law. Q. Wao determines whether you are guilty or no A. Well, I don't know. Q. Do you know what a courtis? A, only know the names. Q What's ajuryy A. Twelve men, QQ. Who told you that? A. Some of the feliows up stairs, q Did you know before you came tere? A. No, sir, Q. How do they find ont when a man is guity? A. Weill, ifa man tells What he did they dout need a jury. Q. Who isthe Judge? A. Ingalls; heard a fellow Up stairs reading avout it, Q. How does the Sherif! treat you here? A, First rate, Q. Dia they ever hang aman in jail here? A, Yes, a good many of teim—liall, O'Donnell and old Coon. q. Who told you? A. A tellow up statrs. Here some litue pleasantry was indulged in re- specting the reappeaiance of *Uld Coon” at thi jail alter bs execution, Asa narrating with a goud deal of eviaent pleasure how he hat frignteued a person in Cooa’s former cell, making him think that the Petersburg murderer had come back to hauat him for us misconduct in jail. Q. If you are to be hung would you want to be hung right away or wait awhile’ . Don’t know; rather think I'd wait some tiime—a good while, Q. What does Judge Ingalls do on the tril? A. He sentences them. q Who gives him te power to do this? A. The people who vote, «. You won't went a jury? A. Dont know; can’t say. Not ruc ASA’S WICKED BROTHER, Dr. McLean—Were your parents dug up after they were buried’ A. Yes; brother John came here and he wauted to putiton David; he told me here tn jail when | was alone to Say David shot them, and he could inake i out so; avid worked for Jolin me t 0, and he tried to cheat him out of his niouey; | don’t waut to see John agam, Q. How many Umes have you been to church? A. Four tines. Q. Do you knoW what an insane asylum 13? Ay No, sir. Q. bo yon know what an insane manis? A. He @ a man ont of his nead. q. Were you ever out of your head? A. No, I . “ biind, do you think you are as smart as otter peoples A, Weil, L’epoxe tial makes a good deal of diverence. Q. What have we come here for? this case. Q. Are we a jury? to jind out, I gue A. 'To see to A. I don’t know. SA AND RULLOFP, Q. If you were to be hung would you blame the Sherim? A. No, he wouldu’t be to blame=it would be the judge and jury; L never would hurt anybody again, though some peopie they jet off do; Ruiloif Killed Is wife and child, and then went at it again; Raillod killed his lttie child—that was too bad, for the child never hurt anyboay; he couldn't have been mad when jie did it. «, Were you mad when you killed your father and mother? A. Well, yea, some, Some more queries w portant Latare, and, afte put to Asa of an unim- an interview of about an ndrew. ‘The replies of the prisoner were given im his tunal stammering mans ner, and trequenuy the questions had Lo be repeate in order to understand lim. A_FRAUDULBNT Divorce IN MASSACHUSETTS. A few months ago the Supreme Conrt decreed a dlvorce to Samuel C. Jacques from his wife, Sarah BK. Jacques, on the ground of ber adulter, Wit- nesses Were thea heard for the hibellant, and Mrs, Jacques (id not appear, though she fad acknowl- edged service of the writ upon her. Since then it has been alleged that she was not aware of the xistence of tie case and that the use of ber name ling service was fraudulent, Judge Ames issued a warrantagainst W. Hy, by whom the writ was endorsed, orde in, Mr. Niles appes re and denied having anything fo do with the matty bat It transpired that he occasionally had alowed one George H. Holden to use 13 tame on le papers. 1! also appeared that Mr. Helden procu an officer in Middlesex county to serve copy of the writ on & Woinan who personated Mrs. Jacques, yhich accounts for the service reurned to the court. In the meantime both 4 vs sand Holden had absconded, A few days ago Holden returned and Was soon arrested, but subsequently gave bail in $1,600 to answer before the Suprome Court. of the iaw, and the Hicer has sorevarned, tp the meantime the divorce rendered in favor of Jacques has been declared nuit and voul—Bosion Heraid, JU 6 6 THF PORT OF PAILADELPIIA IN Dancer or Br CLogep.—The Philadelphia Commerc.al List of the od instant says ‘The condition of the Delawar Ver al the Horseshoe 18 ong that ought bo claim U mediate atigntion of our 1 hanis and bustiess The bar is fast increasing its proportions, and MW sometiung is hot speedily done in the wav of dye tging aud remaving. Ui of mud and sand gonstanty accunmmaung, Wil be Withwately acourt? A, Can't teil; you comechere | | Power | gallans dsever, liad wied to cio: } death. THE BATTLE OF DORKING A Chapter of English History Written in the Year of Our Lord 1925, Blackwood's Magazine for the month of May opens with an article entitled “The Battle of Dorking; | Reminiscences of a Volunteer.” It is the one maga- | zine article which has been singled out from all the | monthiles for special praise. It is more talked of im London than even the Joint High Com- mission, The style of the article rivals that of Defoe, The writer of the paper, whoever he may | be, living about 1925, gtves lis son an account of his | adventures a3 @ volunteer during the inva- | sion of Enyland, fiity yeurs before, and 80 | powerful 13 the narrative, so intensely real the im- | pression it produces that we can well understand the fecling of annoyance with which it must be read by our British cousins. No better example of the vraisemdiance 18 conceivabl. As the battie of Dorking is already quite as famous as the battle of Waterloo we present our readers with some extracts Srom the histery:— You usk me to tell you, my grandenilaren, some- thing avout my oWn gaare ta the great events that Tis sud work turqicg bucx Lo thut bitler page in our lustory, but you may peraaps take prot ia your new homes irom the ies son it teaches, For Us id Mngland gb Cauwe 100 late, Aud yet we had pleuty of warniugs, if we had ouly made use of them, dee dauger did nob come on us unawares. i burst oa us suddenly, ‘Us true, but st3 Comiag was foreshadowed plainly enough vo open our eves UM We had not beeu wiliully bhaud. We sng have only ourseives to blame tor the Hamilton Which has beca bevushbon the iand, Venerabie old age! pishouorable oid age, | say, When itJoliows a inaihood dshouored as ours as been. Ideciare, even now, thouyh tity years have passed, u hurdiy loos a young mau in the Ince | When 1 think Lai one of tho-e in Whose youtn hap- pened thls degradation of olt Eagland—oue ol those Who belrayed the trust hauded dow lo us unstained by our iorerataers, So the writer commences, Aiter describiag the stute of tne count the maction of the Ministry, | the seeling of false security Whicn prevailed, le goes tollows:— 1 need hardly teil you bow the crash came al First, Cae visuit in india drew away a pai Lartay; iuen caine the dilicuity witu Ameri a ad been treatemng for years, aba we 8 ud inca to detcad Ouda—a bandtul | Winen did aot go far to Streuginen tie real deleaces | Of thai countiy, but formed an irresisiiule vempia. | thou to the wcans bo try uid Wie Uke prison. er than weudl, aad a the k Vas eve gm ; Ost Had INT STANY to ghee Penian invest, tit, ut Worse stul-th®ugh 1 do not th really pauerea a3 things tuned uk {Pg , ileel Was scattered abroad; some sBIPS eo Baas we West tudes, oiters to check privateermg in the | Ciuua seas, aad a large party to try and protect our Coloues O We Nortuern Paciic shore oi America, wi With lueredible folly, We Costaued to retain | Possessions which We Could Hot possibly cetend. | Awerica Was not tae greas Power foriy years ago | that iv13 now; bat jor us to iy and old terrivery | on her sores which could only be reacned by satl- Ing rouud the Hora was as adsurd as Wo she had at leamptet to take we Isle of Mau beiore the Independe | euce of Ireiaad. We see uns plauly euoug now, A blind then, Luad just come up to | town by tain as usual, an was waiking to Iny o:lice When the newsboys began to ery, “New ediuda—en- emy’s Geet in sight.” You may imagine thescene mm | Loudoa, Business still west on at Ue bangs for | Duls Matured, althuugh the independence of the country Was being fought out uaver our own eyes, | So LO sy, aud the spectiators were active enougy, | Bateven with the people who were waxing and losing Weir Joriuues, tie hiterest Im the iicet over- came everyting else; men who went to pay im or «raw out thels money stopped to show tie last bulletin to the cashier. As for the street, you coula hardly get along for the crowd slopping to buy und read the papers, while at every house or ofice te members satrestiessly In the common room, as if | to keep Logetuer ior company, seading out some one | Ol their Nutaber every .ew nitautes to get che latest | edit.on. At least this 13 wnat havoeaed at our Oxive; bub Lo SIL SULi Was as impossible as to do anything, and most of us Went out and wandered about uinong tie Crowd, under a sort of feeling that tue news Was gol quicser at im this Way. Bad as were the Umes coming | think we eee | sus | pense of thot day aod the shock wien followed was | Almost the Worst tat we underwent. It was about | ten o'cloe® When ihe Urst telegram came; an hour | later the wire announced that the adrnirat had sig | Nallea to tor live ot bathe, and shoriy atterwards | that the order Was given (0 bear down on the enemy | and enguge. At tgyelve came tie announcement— { “eet opened fire ubous three miles to leeward of us"—thai is, the ship with the cable, So far all naa been expectaucy; Mien came the Hirst token of calain- iy. “An iron Clad Gas veen Viown up’ he eneiy’s ; torpedoes are doig great damoage”-—“the fagsiup is | Lata ave ¢ Hugshtp appears to be sluking’—"the Vice Adimtrai bas sigaalicd’—there | tue cavle becaine silent, and, as you Know, we heard | no More tui tWo days aiterwards. the sulitary Iroa- clad Wulch escaped tie disaster steamed Wmto Ports. | mouth, H ‘inen the whole i West. | ould | story came out—liow our sailors, @ with the enewy; how the iditer evaded the couuict at ciose quarters, and, Sheering eff, Jett benmad teu the fatal engines | Winch sent our ships, Ove after the other, to Lae bot tom: how ail this happened almost in a few minuies. Toe government, te appears, aad received warnmgs Oo: Uns iavention; but to the mauon Culs stung blow was uverly unexpectea, The personal experieaces during and after the fight at Dorsing have aa alr ot reality about them ulat makes us feel as if we were reading actual Distory. The following is admirable. The case had | become hopeless; Wounded, weak, hungry, the volunteer began to think of himsell:— It was about a mile to our house, and 1 was | thinking bow 1 couid possibly drag myself so far, | Waen I suduenly recouected that 1 was passing | ‘ravers’ house—one of tue lrst of a row of Villas | then leading irom the station Lo Kingston. Had fe been brougat nowe, 1 wondered, as fis taithiul oid servant promised, aud Was.lis Wile suli here? 1 re- member to this duy the scusation of shame I teit | when I recojlected that 1 had not once given hin—my greatest iMend—a thought since L carried hn of the heid the day —beiore. but war aud suifering make men selfish. T would goin now at any rate aud resi a while, and see if I could be of us The litie garaen velore the house Was as tri as ever—1 used <O pass it every day on my way to the train, and knew every sirdb in it— and a blaze oF flowers, but tue hal! door stood ajar. i stepped in and saw hide Arthur staading ia we hall, He had been dressed as neatly as ever tuat day, and as le stood tucre m his pretty biue Trock | aad waite trousers and socks snowing his chuppy ilitie Leys, Wilh tis golden loos, fate face and large dark eyes, the picture of culldisn beauty, ia Wwe quiet hall, just as it used to louk—the vases or fowers, the hat and coats hanuing up, the familar pictures on the walis—this vision of peace in the mi‘ist of war made me wonder | for a moment, faint aud giddy as I was, if the pande- mouluin outside had any réai exisience aud was | not merely u hideous dveam. Bat the rearort we ibs naking the house shake and the rushing ot Lue shot gave @ ready answer. ‘The little Jeltow ap- peared almost unconscious ol the sceve around bin, and was wiikiug up tne stairs holiiug by the rate 1bg, One Ste) Uline, a3 Lhad seen him do a hun- dred umes berore, but turned round as t came fa. My appearance frightened tum, aud siaggering a did ito the hall, iny lace and clou vveread With | blood and dirt, 1 must have looked an awful ob- ject to the child, for ue gave a cry and turned to ron | toward the basement stairs, bul he stopped on hear. + ing my Voice calling lin back to is yodpapa, and aller a whi wae Utmidiy up tome, Papa bad been | to the battle, ne sald, aud was very i; mamma was | With papa; Wood was out; Lucy was in tu iar, and had Giken hug there, bui lie wanted to go wo | mamma. Telling him to stayan Wie hall for a minute Ul T calied hun, | climbed vp stairs and opened th bedrooni door, My poorartend Jay vere, his body | resting on the bed, his head supported on his wile’s shouider as she sat by side. He breathed i heavily, but (he pailor of his iace, the closed eves, | the prostrate arins, te clammy foam she was wiplug trom his mouta, all spoke of approaching | ‘ihe good old servant had done nis | guty, at ieast; he had brought his master | home to die in Lis wie’s arms. ‘the poor woman Was too intent on her charge to nouice the openmg of the door, and as the child would pe vetter away I closed It geny and went down to the hail to take little Arthur to the shelter velow, where tne mata | Was Indiv. ‘Yoo late! He jay at the toot of tue | Stairs Ol his Jace, has itt ms streiched out, his | hair dabbled tn blood, among tho other noises, but must ave come through the carried away the back of his head, Th death inust have becn instantaneous. up the Jittie corpse with one was too much ior me, and Waile stooping down L fainted away. We give one extract more. The battic was ended, The proud German was master on kaglish. soili— “Happy tose Whose bones whitened the flekis of Purrey; they atleast were spared the disgrace we | lived to endure, ven you, Who have never knowa | What it is to live otherwise than on suferanee, even Jour checks burn when we taik of these days; innk, thea, What those chaured who, like your granatwer, Had been citivens of the proudest nae | Von on earti, whien bad never known disgrac defeat, wind Whove Hoast It used to be Chat they a fag on which te sun never se. We had beard J had not noaced the crasa | a splinter of a shel pen doorway; it bad poor child's of generosity in war; we found none; the war | was made by us, it aid, aud we mnvst take ihe conseqnene aden and cor only arsenal captined, we Were at the merey of our | captors, and right heavily did they tread oa our | necks. 1 F tell you the rest (of the ransom we hail to pay, and ine Waxes raised 10 cover ki, which Keep us paupers to Unis day f-the brutal trankne that auneuuced we must ply eto @ HOW naval abe made revenge =the V vops HVINg Al tree quarters, Me yeke they torlous t pnt on us made the more jailing Uhat heir | requisitions had a scinbiance ef metnod ana | legality? Deuer have robbed at first | hand by the roldiery imenrclves than tyrouti | Our OW MAgistrates lade the jiatraments for cx tortion. Uw we iVAl thvouxe lie degradation we | The coast | be quite a piace. hourty underwert I bardly even now un-~ And what was there left to us to live fort’ Ae, Bed Of Cur colonies cena and oe West ae merica; Australia forced India lost for ever aioe the Hngish there had ail Deen destroyed, vainly trying hold the coun- try when" cut of from aid by their coun- trymen; Cibraitar and Malta ceded to the pew paval Power; Ireland independent and in perpetual anarchy and revolution, When 1 look at my conntry as it is now—its trade gone, Its factories silent, its ‘bors em| & prey to pauper- ism and decay—wnhen I see ali u Hg think what ee eentiee I io myself bcp ed have really Sese of patriotism that. T should Lavd witnessed such degradation and still care to live :? ‘The object of this paper is obvious to every reader. It 13 to rouse England to a sense of her danger, Of course tt is written from-the point of view of high toryism. The paper has been printed in a pamphlet. form, and is being exteusively solid. The general opinion is that it will do more to arm England than. Mr. Carawe!l with bis sixteen millions of pounds: sterling. CALIFORNIA. The Port of San Diego and Its: Surroundings, City of San Diego on Paper—Advent of a Specu-- lator—Ne Becomes Rich and Buildsa Hotel— Tho Climate and Other Advantages— The Disadvantages—tho Caves of Los Jollia—The Excursyn, San Diao, Cal., May 16, 1871, The tourist who usually ‘does the places ot Ine | terest to be visited rarely wanders to tnis beautitul. region, where the stubborn cactus pricks the legs | Of the inoffensive prule, or the dusy chokes the Sight-seeing rider; but notwitustanding the disad vantages and discomforts of the trip, there is really-- much to sce. San Diexo has been represented on paper as a thriving city of several thousand souls, with large streets, high buildings and a city park, Alas! paper once more kes. Iwill be uruthtul, and witty Ue example of the great Washington before my eyes, will not lie as it has done, although I have not cut a cherry tree down. A SPRCULATOR, Three years ago a man ot seedy exterior ana” ‘hungry intertor trod vhis sandy soll for the first time, ang sect soph which was _soye Fi rit aes ua aoe se toe hunted dolars “may vcuts, in several hundred acres of the. most barren land imaginable. Though this indi- vidual had no money he had an incredible amount | of shrewdness and several infuential frlends; so, after the report was started that the Southern Pacific Railroad Lo make Lis piace its western terminus, he realized $3,000 a block for the land he paid flty cents an acre for, aad now stands in a pair of new bovis, will a million doilass In kis pocket, He has built a hotel, a realy superb structure, with all the improvements, gas, Water and steam heaters, and it is an affair that New York might be proud of, Ip the reading room may ve fouud fies of all the papers, aud New,Yorx 15 represented vy the HERALD... iNsbips Sop here, and it is getiing to in anticipauon of the rai irvad’ some sixty or eighty resiauvants are completed, where one day the travellers not yet born may eat ther musty spongecake and drink their cold coifee. over.tie pine count THE CLIMATE A’D OTTER ATTRACTIONS. The country 1s bies=ed with an agreeabie, delicions: Climate, aud the temperature averages sixty degrees. Pabreuneit, cousequcatly tue place 13 flocked by in- Valids, Who seem to enjoy te heaiti-giving sun> shine. ec Gsiing uid shootag are excellent, aad the Califoraia quatls, wit litte black tepnots, are shot m large uuibers in the ueuse growth of cacts and greaseWoud busies THE DISADVANTAGES, The disadvantages of this Kid of sport are the venomous tarantulas aud scorptous, Walch seem to have @ peculiar relish ior the Ulovu ol New Yorkers. ‘The ratilesnakes welcome Lie sportsman with equal warmth aud are very lively In their attentions. One Was kiled by & vaquero, or cattle «river, last week, measuring Six leet five laches, Teal are shot as they play Ou the siliuy black rocks a mule or two from the settlement, aud the sportis very exciting ana attractive, THE CAVES OF LOS JOLLIA. The great natural aiiractions oi Sau Diego, how- are the caves of Los Jolila, situated om te coast, some Uiteen miles north of the city. So litte has beea given to the World oF vais mteresting pace that i deverimined io Visit lt ana send the results of uy Sight-secing W the HERALD. Une day last wees a‘pary of six, representmg the different proses sions, hired the dilapiaatea turnout of an od darky, Who rejoices mm the Seripoural name of lsaac,. aad Who bogets of haviag beea coachmaan tu Joan Fremont daring his sojourn in Calitornia, p PaRIY. Our party comprised a jolly colonel, a young physi- wse iong legs were admirably adapted to: ue sleep pisces uud taking seus navy spectacles duu Was conuoually talk- ing of Darwin and the origin of tie species, aud LWO bankers aud a hiwyer, THE EXCURSION TO 'THS CAVES. After riding ior three hours beuiud a pair of the scraggiest miuies under te Hottest of midday suns we reaciied tne high chits of Lo, Jollia, and turned. out our mules to aluse thelwelves by Aguting the large black lies tnat Settled upon their broad packs: and to derive a iuneh from the thorny cacti that grew avout, We then invigorated ourselves with. the litile biack vottie, soinaispeasable to explorers, and loos one just look at vright earth, ‘here 13 always an lmpetuosity about the medical pruiession notwithstauding the gravity aod aignicy they are noted for, so the “doctox” was the first to reach the brink of the precipice tuey were to scale; bat in doing so he lost tia hat A strong line Was used, and by grasping this for dear life aud slowly clam- bering down the rucky, Gusty clits, we reached the beach 200 feet below. Of course in the attempt some accident had to happen, and the “colonel? recerved. a very loug tear tn that portion of his outfy which. must not be called by tieir proper name. We sivod below and rubbed our clbows and vacks and waited for some brave man to iead the way, For several linndyred ieet large diack openings in. the yellow sanustone yawned anything but invit- ingly, Vaulted arches and columns, made py tie action of the persisient sea that then rushed and: surged through the holes and craanies in the rock, Mowlng soit masses of beautitui sea Weed of colors Inuuieravie, Sea mosses Made a Soit carpet fer Us to walk upon, and brijtant siells, which once held living crayiish, were ground under the feet of oar adventurous little party. Over the entrance of the largest cave, high up on the rocks, sat myriads of boovies, a species of large Diack bird that are so tame as to permit themselves to be Knocked over by an oar, or suck, These stupict creatures looked down at Us, surprised at our unpu- dence, but stolid and indifferent. Wath cold hangs We int our candies and proce i—on our journey of discovery —tito the cave which looked the blackest and most uninviting. Now L remember when 2 Sunday school scuoiar, a story awful and blood. curdung, which chilled my youthiul marrow. it was ton by a sensational preacier with very long hair and a conspicuous red hose, Who occasionally Anficted this torture. It was a tale ol a party of explorers who entered @ cave with a candle to look for a lost comrade, When voluateers were called ior one sailor stepped Torti and offered to go. Lremember disunciy tat he knelt down and prayed (they always do tn tne Sunday Schoo! sivries), though it must have been a feariaily wet place Jor the Knees; ne next drew & bail of cord front iis Wowsers pocket, and putting one end in the hand of a comrade weiked ito the cave. The gist of the story was Uat alter geting iato the recess his candle went out aud he just bis string. We were not so poorly prepared, for we hal pro- vided ourse.ves With a stout lantern and a goed rove, 80 the Sunday sciiool example was not followed m our case. We formed ourselves into lime, Witu the valiant colouel ahead, Who held the lantern aloit. The entific naval man closed the procession, and conunually er out “not to go so fast.” 1s profound scieatite comparisons were now sub= siituted by bewailug the breaking of his spectacles glass. We proceeded in this way for some ufty feet, When We were siopped bY a crystal povi, some SIX feet in diameter, Which the receding Udernad left hiled with water. Frou ihe bottom sprung up bril lant amouiones, of diverent colors, some With pure ple spikes and an orange centre, and others bine and orange, and some pink, Ln the crevices of rock exquisitely Unled sca MOsses Sprung Out In ALOreS- u ays and tits, Some of these gave two or erent colors with varying reflections of the A8 we continued our mareh glistening fakes enjte sparkled ia the ligt of our la ave a lustre to Lhe scene like those only de: dn the “Arabian Nights.” On we went, through apertures and fissures, through which We coula barely crawl, passing poois filled “with largo gold fish, and a sake-like cel, winch bit ferociouyy st our sticks, Large ablonia, Aspecics Of sea sliciilish, clany tenaciously to UV slimy rocks, apd when removed and ihe” anual’ taken from the shell there remauwed but a cirele of riclly iridescent mother of pearl We probably pi two huudied feci—this Was with aticulty— and then retraced our Way as the incoming Ude ree light ol eorived warned us of the sate rats are sometimes suvjected to, Waen we emerged Jito the Open air it Wok & veat many applications Ol the invigorator to bring 1 hack the rosy bloom tO the checks of tue sialwa colonel and steady We cramped legs of te slim doctor. Trout F oft W HAMPsHIns.—A disciple has peen wying the out e, ound thet the extreme T His almost exterminated these beautiful (isl. Tn brooks gvhich fermeriy gave twenty ty foriy as the vesait of balfan hour's tel ing, @ Well a day's labor produces byt OMe OF LWO He ange 4 Siould hold baek Lor a year OF DW sola tuns be forned 6 restoc! the Wr Ofide drought of fast sua ‘