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i ta DM dtitterarf w to m mdmt M»rw, aor toft cane m# fattniaa d not fear to fell. 1k« wllv «iw ud bftt«r thmubt _ < Tliat none were born Immortal, Bofi •*W*i Jft*u».«»i4nrd to a God-Mfc wnw^t *T Beyond our *ky and sun. „ • si '"' "Nor fhonld I fear to fill my part, •• t» To live my life out, to aspire - C "With the wuole pas«ton of mjr heart. To love and to disira i*)* Par ft Is true that virtue,powtc . V- ' And all the sweetness of tha min<^ . ^ '•»< 1 \ And real as beauty in the flowar *? And music in the wind; „ ^ \11 ? *" That any mortal man can be •<;»•?• >* Sublimely stirred, without a a«a» r 'i»«T Jt ; 1 That in his doing he must see •, • gome future recompense. ,J.,; Yet, though I Ft rove with fervent wfltf *"* To act with noble zeal and grace, And with a faith that each may still < ' Live deathless in the race-- I think, in lonely hours when sleep 1 Obscures the grief that many bear. That I would tuin to heaven and we<®» •' With heart-break and despair: isii !R > r , . " For I should then remember one Whcse gentle love is more to me Than all the years that time oan run. Than earth, and air, and sea: And oh, to part with her were wane Than death and its inhuman fate--" To lose her in a universe Whose gods annihilate. HOW LEE SURRENDEREE C,i ifev,""'"; Public attention having of late been ISbcasiorially called to some of the events that occurred in the closing scenes of the Virginia campaign, term­ inating at Appomatox Court House, April 8, 1865, I feel it my duty to give to history the following facts: When," April 4, 1865, being at the head of the cavalry, I threw across the l$ne of Gen. Lee's march, at Jetters­ ville, on the Richmond and Danville railroad, my personal escort, the First United States cavalry, numbering about aoe men, a tall lank man was seen com­ ing down the road from the direction of Amelia Court House,riding a small mule Mid heading toward Burkesville Junc­ tion, to which Gen. Crook had, early that morning, been ordered with his di­ vision of Cavalry, to break the railroad And telegraph lines. The man and the mule were brought to a halt, and the mule and himself closely examined, un­ der stronger remonstrances at the in­ dignity done to a Southern gentleman Remonstrance, however, was without ••ail, and in his boots two telegrams were found from the Commissary Gen­ eral of Lee's army, saying: " The army is at Amelia Court House, short of pro­ visions; send 300,000 rations quickly to Burkesville Junction." One of these dispatches was for the Confederate supply department at Danville, the other for that at Lynchburg. It was at once presumed that, after the dis- * patches were written, the telegraph line - had been broken bf Gen. Crook, north ef Burkesville, and they were on their way to some station beyond the break, to be telegraphed. They revealed where Lee was, and from them some estimate Wold also be formed of the number of his troops. Orders were at once given h. to Gen. Crook to come up the road from Burkesville to Jettersville, and to Gen. Merritt, who, with the other two divisions of cavalry, had followed the road from Petersburg, on the south jn&e and near the Appomattox river, to oloao in without delay on Jettersville, "While the Fifth army corps, under the " fomented Griffin, which was about ten -Or filteen miles behind, wag marched lit a quick pace to the same point, And the road in front of Lee's •rmy blocked until the arrival •f the balance of the army of the Potomac the afternoon of the next day. My command was pinched for provisions, and these dispatches indi- 4|ated an opportunity to obtain a sup­ ply; so, calling for Lieut.-Col. Young, Commanding my scouts, four men, in f j|jhe most approved gray, were selected «~good, brave, smart fellows, knowing •eery cavalry regftnent in the Confed­ erate army, and as good "Johnnies" as were in that army, so far as bearing •and language were concerned. They were directed to go to Burkesville function and there separate. Two were to go down the Lynchburg "branch of the railroad until a Con­ federate telegraph station was found, % from which they were to transmit by . wire the above-mentioned rebel dis­ patches, representing the suffering * condition of Lee's army, watch for the trains, and hurry the provisions on to Burkesville, or in that direction. The Other two were to go on the Danville tiranch, and had similar instructions. Ithe mission was accomplished by those "•ho went out on the Lynchburg fjfanch, but I am not certain about the ^fljacceas of the other party; at all Events, no rations came from Danville ' .T-:'"iliat I know of. "I arrived at Jettersville with the ad- } Vance of my command--the First §95 • *VDited States cavalry--on the after- .'*•* *|ioon 'of the 4th of April. I knew the '«*««{ condition and the position of the rebel §.% '• t #rmy from the dispatches referred to, ' ' *" •od also from the following letter (er- I c 'foneously dated April 5 ), taken from a f i'. v - V Colored man who was captured later in >?' v *•' «• '> -the day: * " \* ' AMELIA, C. A, April 5, 186* DEU MAMMA: Our army Is ruined, tear. We are all safe as yet. i.vron left us sick. John Taylor ell; taw him yesterday. We are in ne cf battle this morning. Gen. Robert e is in the tied near ua My trust is still the Justice of our cause and that of God. en. lull is killed. I saw Murray a few min- since. Beri aid Terry, lie said, wis prisoner, but may get out. I send w £;• i- > •<- • ' ' ( >•*.* ?>>» M ' ?•# 6s nj- J; ' U*, is by a negro I tee passim* up tbe railroad Love to all. Your devoted iMaim «f nciKMnoe in that wits an train of wagons, under eaoort, moving ill the dkecto(Hi sOlk»pated. The train was attacked by him, and about SQO wagons were burned, and five pieces of artillery and a large number of prison­ ers captured. In the afternoon of April 5, the main body of the army of the Potomac came up. Gen. Meade was unwell, and requested me to put the troops in position, which I did, in line of battle, facing the enemy at Amelia Court House. I thought it best to at­ tack at once, but this was not done. I then began to be afraid the enemy would, in the night, by a march to the right from Amelia Court House, attempt to pass our left flank and again put ua in the rear of his retreating columns. Under the impression I sent to* Gen. Grant the following dispatch: CAVALRY HKAUQUABTEBS, i Jrrransvnjjc, Ai ril 5. lf-tttR, 8 p. m. \ Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, commanding armies of the United State GENERAL: I send you the inclosed letter, which will give you an idea of tha condition of the enemy and their whereabouts. I sent Gen. Dav es' biigade this morning around on my left flank. He captured at Fames' Cross-roads live pieties of artillery, about & 0 wagons and «ighfc or nine battle-flags, and a number of prisoners The Second army corps is now com ng up. I wish you were here yourself. I feel confident of capt­ uring: the army of Northern Virginia if we exert ourselves. I see no escape for Lea I will put all my cavalry out on our left flank, except Mackenzie, who is now on tbe right. P. H. SHERIDAN, Major General. On receipt of this lie immediately started for my headquarters at Jetters­ ville, arriving there about 11 o'clock of the night of April 5, Next morning, April 6, the infantry of the army ad­ vanced on Amelia Court House. It was found before reaching it that the enemy had turned our left flank and taken another road to Sailor's creek and Farmville. The cavalry did not advance with the infantry on Amelia Court House, but moved to the left and rear, at daylight on the morning of the 6th, and struck the moving columns of the enemy's infantry and artillery, with which a series of contests ensued that resulted in the battle of Sailor's Creek, where Lieut. Gen. Ewell lost his com­ mand of about 10,000 men, and was himself taken prisoner, together with ten other General officers. We now come to the morning of the 7th. I thought that Lee would not abandon the direct road to Danville through Prince Edward's Court House, and early on the morning of the 7th directed Gen. Crook to follow up his rear, while with Merritt (Custer and Devin's divisions) I swung off to the left, and moved quickly to strike the Danville road six or eight miles south of Prince Edward's Court House, and thus again head or cut off all or some of the retreating Confederate army. On reaching the road it was found that Gen. Lee's army had not passed, and my command was instantly turned north for Prince Edward's Court House. A detachment ordered to move with the greatest celerity, via Prince Edward's Count House, reported that Lee had crossed the Appomattox at and near Farmville, and that Crook had followed him. On looking at the map it will be seen that Gen. Lee would be obliged to pass through Ap­ pomattox Court House and Appomattox Station on the railroad to reach Lynch­ burg by the road he had taken north of the Appomattox river, and that was the longest road to get there. He had given the shortest one--the one south of the river--to the cavalry. Gen. Crook was at once sent for, and the three divisions, numbering perhaps at that time 7,000 men, concentrated on the night of the 7th of April at and near -Prospect Station on the Lynch­ burg and Richmond railroad, and Ap­ pomattox Station became the objective point of the cavalry for the operations of the next day, the 8th. Meantime my scouts had not been idle, but had followed drfwn the rail­ road, looking out for the trains with the 300,000 rations which they had tele­ graphed for on the night of the 4th. Just before reaching Appomattox Sta­ tion, they found five trains of cars feeling their way along in the direction of Burkesville Junction, not knowing exactly where Lee was. They induced the person in charge to come further oh by their description of the pitiable condition of the Confederate troops.' Our start on the morning of the 8th was before tbe sun was up, and, having proceeded but a few miles, Maj. White, of the scouts, reached me with the news that the trains were east of Appomat­ tox Station, that he had succeeded in bringing them on some distance, but was afraid tbat they would agarin be run back to the station. Intelligence of this fact was immediately communi­ cated to Crook, Merritt and Custer, and the latter, who had the advance, was urged not to let the trains escape, and I pushed on and joined him. Be­ fore reaching the station Custer de­ tailed two regiments to make a detour, strike the railroad beyond the station, tear up the tiack, and secure the trains. This was accomplished, but on the ar­ rival of the main body of our advance at the station it was found that the ad­ vance guard of Lee's army was just coming on the ground. A sanguinary engagement at once en­ sued. The enemy was driven off, forty pieces captured, and 400 baggage- wagons burned. The railroad trains had been secured in the first onset and were taken possession of by locomotive engineers, soldiers in the command, whose delight at again getting at their former employment was so great that they produeed the wildest confusion by running the trains to and fro on the track, and making such an unearthly Michlenburg. , son, Wit B. TAILOB, Colonel. i f I accordingly set out my escort to demonstrate and make as much ado as ?'-ifthey could by continuous firing in front j|)f the enemy at or neaf Amelia Court He-use, pending the arrival of the Fifth •?<-• *. «corps. That corps came up in the '•« ' 4course of the afternoon, and was put ' A "'into position at right angles with the '* ". ' - Richmond and Danville road with itai * V * ' re8"D8 on a pond or swamp on the f-','V left of the road. Toward evening Gen. 1 /Crook arrived with his division of oav- - alry, and later Gen. Merritt, with his two divisions; and all took their des­ ignated places. The Fifth corps, after it« arrival, had thrown up earth-works 11 &ti and made its position strong enough to . | ̂ hold out against any force for the $ period which would intervene before ' t r i the arrival of the main body of the army • J- of the Potomac, now rapidly coming up «if i on the lines over which I had traveled, i, " ?'* ^ On the afternoon and night of the f 4th no attack was made by the enemy r 1 •??* upon the small force in his front--the , I.** vv- Fifth corps and three divisions of caval­ ry--and by the morning, of the 5th I began to believe that he would leave the main road if he could and pass around my left flank to Sailor's creek and Farmville. To watch this suspected movement, early on the morning of the 5th I sent Davies' brigade of Crook's i»\r J T* /- r f ,-v" wm screeching with the whistles, that I was at one time on the point of ordering the trains burnt; but we finally got them off, and ran them to our rear ten or fif­ teen miles, to Ord and Gibbon, who with the infantry were following the cavalry. The cavalry continued the fighting all that night, driving the ene­ my back to the vicinity of Appomattox Court House, a distance of about four miles, thus giving him no repose, and covering the weakness of the attacking force. I remember well the little frame house just south of tbe station where the headquarters of the caivalry rested, or rather, remained, for there was no rest the night of the 8th. Dispatches were going back to our honored chief, Gen. Grant, and Ord was requested to push on the wearied infantry. To­ morrow was to end our troubles in all reasonable probability, but it was thought necessary that the infantry should arrive, in order to doubly insure the result. Merritt, Crook and Custer, were, at times, there. Our long and weary labors were about to close; our dangers soon to end. There was no sleep; there had been but , little for the previous eight or nine days. Before sunrise Gen. Ord came in reporting the near approach of his command. After a lidsty consultation about positions to be taken up by th<* "ncomiu#* troops, we SfpaE _ iathe siddls and off for the front, m jfta ricmifjr lot Ajfpomattox Conrt- Honse. As ire were approaching the vjlUlge a hoavy line of Confederate in­ fantry was sera advancing, and rapid firing eommefioBd. Riding to a slight elevation, where I oontd get a view of the advancing «nemy. , I .immediately sent diteoAons to Gen. Merritt for Cus­ ter's and Devin's divisions to slowly fall back, and, as they did so, to withdraw to our right flank, thus unmasking Ord's and Gibbon's infantry. Crook and Mackenzie, on the extreme left, were ordered to hold fast. I then hastily galloped back to give Gen. Ord the benefit of my information. No sooner had the enemy's line of battle reached (the elevation from which my reconnoissance had been made, and from whence could be distinctly seen Ord's troops in the distance, than he called a. sudden halt, and a ret­ rograde movement began to a ridge about one mile to his rear. Shortly afterward I returned from Gen. Ord to the front, making for Gen. Merritt's battle-flag on the right flank of the line. On reaching it the order to advance was given, and every guidon was bent to the front, and as we swept by toward the left of the enemy's line of battle he opened a heavy fire from artillery. No heed was paid to "the deadly missiles, and, with the wild­ est yells, we soon reached a point some distance to his right and nearly opposite Appomatox Court House. Beyond us in a low valley lay Lee and the remnant of his army. There did not appear to be much organization, except in the advanced troops under Gen. Gordon, whom we had been fight­ ing, and a rear-guard under Gen. Long- street, still further up the valley. For­ mations were immediately commenced to make a bold and sweeping charge down the grassy slope, when an aide-de­ camp from Custer, filled with excite­ ment, hat in hand, dashed up to me with the message from his chief: "Lee has surrendered! Do not charge; the white flag is up!" Orders were given to complete the formation, but not to charge. Looking to the left to Appomattox Court House a large group was seen near by the lines of Confederate troops that had fallen back to that point. Gen. Custer had not oome back, and, supposing that he was with the group at the Court House, I moved on a gal­ lop down the narrow ridge, followed by my staff. The Court House was, per­ haps, three-fourths of a mile distant. We had not gone far before a heavy fire was opened on us from a skirt of tim­ ber to our right, and distant not much over 300 yards. I halted for a moment, and, taking off my hat, called out that the flag was being violated, but could not stop the firing, which now caused us all to take shelter in a ravine run­ ning parallel to the ridge we were on, * and down which we then traversed. As we approached the Court House a gen­ tle ascent had to be made. I was in advance, followed by a sergeant carry­ ing my battle flag. Within 100 to 150 yards from the Court House and Con­ federate lines some of the men in their ranks brought down their guns to an aim on us, and great effort was made by their officers to keep them from fir­ ing. • I halted, and hearing some noise be­ hind, turned in the saddle, and saw a Confederate soldier attempting to take my battle-flag from the color-bearer. This the sergeant had no idea of sub­ mitting to, and had drawn his saber to cut the man down. A word from me caused him to return his saber, and take the flag back to the staff-officers, who were some little distance behind. I remained stationary a moment after these events, then calling a staff officer, directed him to go over to the group of Confederate officers and demand \yhat such conduct meant. Kind apolo­ gies were made, and we advanced. The superior officers met were Gen. J. B. Gordon and Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox, the latter an old army officer. As soon as the first greeting was over, a furious firing commenced in front of our own cavalry, from whom we had only a few minutes before separated. Gen. Gordon seemed to be somewhat disconcerted by it. I remarked to him: "Gen. Gordon, your men fired on me as I was coming over here, and and undoubtedly they have done the same to Meritt's and Custer's com­ mands. We might just as well let them fight it out." To this proposition Gen. Gordon did not accede. I then asked, wWhy not send a staff officer and have your peo­ ple cease firing. They are violating the flag." He said, MI have no staff officer to send." I replied, "I will let you have one of mine," and calling for Lieut. Vanderbilt Allen he was directed to report to Gen. Gordon and carry his orders. The orders were to go to Gen. Geary, who was in command of a small brigade of South Carolina cavalry, and ask him to discontinue the firing. Lieut. Allen dashed off with the mes­ sage, but on delivering it to Gen. Geary, was taken prisoner, with the remark from that officer that he did not care for white flags; that South Carolinians never surrendered. It was about this time that Merritt, getting impatient at the supposed treacherous firing, ordered a charge of a portion of his command. While Gens. Gordon and Wilcox were en­ gaged in conversation with me, a cloud of dust, a wild hurrah, a flashing of sabers, indicated a charge, and the ejaculations of my staff officers were heard, "Look, Merritt has ordered a charge!" The flight of Geary's brigade followed; Lieut. Allen was thus re­ pair of , ....... erovthiBg «ln I think you a». He wasalltidi destruction oCthlp had been gofaff burned th* world, and to this also." course, to the trains which days. When the -fori-- - above referred to were settled «*oh amy agreed to re­ main in state aatil the arrival of Gen. Grant, whom Col. Newhall, my Adjutant General, had at >ne for. Gens. Gordon and Wiloox wen returned to see Gen. Lee, and promised to come back in about thirty minutes, and dur­ ing that time Gen. Ord joined me at the Court House. At the end of thirty or forty minutes Gtan. Gordon returned in company with Gen. Longstreet. The latter, who commanded Lee's rear guard back on the Farmville road, seemed somewhat alarmed lest Gen. Meade, whe was following up from Farmville, might attack, not knowing the condition of affairs at the front. To prevent this Ij proposed to send my Chief of Staff, Gen. J. W. Forsyth, ac­ companied by, a Confederate officer, back through t)ie Confederate army and inform Gen. Meade of the existing state of affairs. Heat once started, accom­ panied by Col.-Fairfax, of Gen. Long- street's staff, met the advance of the Army of the Ifotomac, and communi-< cated the conditions. In the meantime Gen. Lee came over to McLean's house in the village of Appomattox Court House, I am not certain whether Gen. Baboock, of Gen. Grant's staff, who had arrived in ad­ vance of the General, had gone over to see him or not. We had waited some hours, and, I think, about 12 or 1 o'clock Gen. Grant arrived*. Gen. Ord, my­ self, and many officers were in the mam road leading through the town, at a point where Lee's army was visible. Gen. Grant rode up and greeted me with: "Sheridan, how are you?" I replied, KI am very well, thank you." He then sai**, "Where is Lee?" I replied, "There is his army down in the valley; he is over in that house (pointing out McLean's), waiting to sur­ render to you." Gen. Grant, still without dismount­ ing, said, "Come, let us go over." He then made the same request to Gen. Ord, and we all went to McLean's house. Those who entered with Gen. Grant were, as nearly as I can recol­ lect, Ord, Bawlins, Seth Williams, In- galls, Babcock, Parker, and myself; the staff officers, or those who accom­ panied, remaining on the outside on the porch-steps and in the yard. On entering the parlor, we found Gen. Lee steading in company with Col. Marshall, his aide-de-camp. The first greeting was to Gen. Seth Wil­ liams, who had been Lee's Adjutant when he was Su­ perintendent of the Military Academy. Gen. Lee was then pre­ sented to Gen. Grant, and all present were introduced. Gen. Lee was dressed in a new gray uniform, evi­ dently put on for tbe occasion, and bore a handsome sword. He had on his face the expression of relief from a heavy burden. Gen., Grant's uniform was soiled with mud and service and he wore no sword. After a few words had been spoken by those who knew Gen. Lee, all the officers retired, ex­ cept, perhaps, one staff officer of Gen. Grant's, and the one who was wit$Gen. Lee. We had not been absent from the room longer f than about five minutes, when Gen. Babcock came to the door and said: "The surrender has taken place, jfou can come in again." When we re-entered Gen. Grant was writing on a little wooden, elliptical- shaped table (purchased by me from Mr. McLean and presented to Mrs. G. A. Custer) the conditions of the sur­ render. Gen. Lee was sitting, his hands resting on the hilt of his sword, to the left of Gen. Grant, with his back to a small marble-topped table, on which many books were piled. While Gen.- Grant was writing, friendly conversation was engaged in by Gen. Lee and his aid with the officers present, and he took from his breast pocket two dispatches, which had been sent to him by me daring the forenoon, notifying him that some of his cavalry, in front of Crook, were violating the agreement entered into by withdrawing. I had not had time to make copies when they were sent and had made a request to have them returned. He handed them to me with the remark: UI am sorry. It is possi­ ble my cavalry at that point of the line did not fully understand the agree­ ment." About one hoar was occupied in drawing up and signing the terms, when Gen. Lee retired from the house with a cordial shake of the hand with Gen. Grant, mounted his chunky gray horse, and lifting his hat, passed through the gate, and rode over the crest of the hill to his army. On his arrival there we heard wild cheering, which seemed to be taken up pro­ gressively by his troops, either for him, or because of satisfaction with his last official act as a soldier.--P. H. Sheridan in North American Re­ view. leased. The last gun had been fired and the last charge made in the Vir­ ginia campaign. While the scenes thus related were taking place, the conversation I now speak of was occurring between Gen. Gordon and myself. After the first salutation Gen. . Gordon remarked: "Gen. Lee asks for a suspension of hos­ tilities pending the negotiations which he has been having for the last day and night with Gen. Grant." I rejoined: "I have been constantly informed of the progress of the negotiations, and think it singular while such negotiations are going on, Gen. Lee should have con tinued his march and attempted to break through n^j lines this morning with the view of escaping. I can enter­ tain no terms except the condition that Gen. Lee will surrender to Gen. Grant on his arrival here. I have sent for him. If these terms are not accepted, we will renew hostilities." Gen. Gor­ don replied: "Gen. Lee's army is ex­ hausted. There is no doubt of his sur­ render to Gen. Grant on his arrival." Gen. Wilcox, whom I knew quite well, he having been Captain of the company to which I was attached as a cadet in the Military Academy, then stepped to his horse, and taking hold of the saddle-bags, said, in a jocular way: "Here, Sheridan, take these saddle­ bags; they have one soiled shirt and a A Washington ^respondent says: For the last fifty-eight years this in­ domitable woman has fought her rights in the courts of the United States. Her case is one of the mbst remarkable ones on record. It involves the title to mill­ ions of dollars of property in New Or­ leans, and will probably not be finally settled as long as the city can legally fight against it. It is now eighty-two years since Daniel Clark, a handsome, polished young man, who had been for some years leading the life of an Indian trader in Mississippi, came to Philadel­ phia to spend the winter. Clark was a gay fellow, and he took in all the pleas­ ures of the then metropolis of America. In his ronnds he met a French beauty, aud fe)l in love with her. This wo­ man's name was Ztilime Carrier, and at the time she was living with a French­ man named La Grange, Clark met her. Whether she was married to La Grange or not is one of the points in question. The defendants claim she was his legal wife. At any rate when Clark met her in 1805, she left La Grange and went to live with Clark. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that she was privately married to Clark, and that she was merely La Grange's mis­ tress. In 1806, seventy-seven years ago, Myra Glark was born. She was the only child Zulime Carrier had by Dan­ iel Clark. At this time Clark sent Zu­ lime to New Orleans, and acted as a bachelor. He engaged himself in mar­ riage, and formed other connections producing other offspring. He denied the fact that he had married Zulime, and when she came back aud pushed the case in the Philadelphia c6urts, she was unable to succeed. She finally took up with a Dr. Gardette, and lived with him until he died. But while Clark would have nothing to do with the mother, he took good care of the child. Myra Clark was well educated by him, and was treated by him as a daughter. He went again into Indian trading at New Orleans, and amassed an immense fortune. In 1813, just seventy years ago, he died, and a will was produced showing that all of his property was left to his mother and to the city of New Orleans. Myra Clark, then only 7 years old, was apparently penniless, and the executors took charge of the estate. When Myra grew to the age of 20 stie married a Mr. Whitney, and then she began to contest the will. She claimed to be the only legitimate daughter of Daniel Clark, and that his property was hers. The claim was at once hotly contested, and Mr. Whitney died before it was tried. The widow continued to prosecute the suit. Shortly afterward she married Gen. Gaines, and he en­ tered into the suit as warmly as herself. The ca&e was tried at New Orleans. It was lost. It was carried to the Su­ preme Court at Washington. It was again lost. In 1852 it seemed a hope­ less fight, and then Gen. Gaines died. But Myra Clark Gaines was not dis­ couraged, and shortly after this time she discovered a will executed by her father certifying that Myra was his only cluld ar.d creating her his sole heir. Upon this will she again went before the courts in New Orleans. She again lost. She again appealed to the Supreme Court at Washington, and here, in 1861, she obtained a judgment confirming this will and giving her the whole property left by her father and the rents thereof for the past thirty years. Then the war broke out, and justice was again delayed. Since then she has, I think, received something from the city, but nothing in comparison with her rights. She is now 77 years of age, and will be perhaps the richest woman in the United States if she ever comes into the property for which she has so pluckily fought for a lifetime. Had to Say A: The late learned and eloquent Dr. Bice excelled in the fervor and unction of his public prayers. In his congre­ gation was an aged negro, very pious and also very excitable, who would always shout "Amen!" when any peti­ tion was put up that touched his feel­ ings. The doctor told him that his shouts disturbed the congregation. The good negro faithfully promised silence m future: but it happened the very next Sunday that the doctor was unusu­ ally earnest in his supplications to the throne of grace. In the gallery sat Causar, writhing sympathetically with the emotion which he could not sup­ press and would not utter. More and more feverent waxed the prayer, deeper and deeper grew Cesar's emotions, more and more violent his struggles to avoid giving vocal utterance to them. Nature could at last hold out on longer. "Amen!" shouted Caesar. "Massa Rice, I had to say it or bust."--Chicago Ad­ vocate. MAJTT common proverbs to which we have given a local habitation and a name are, in fact, borrowed from other countries. "You carry coals to New­ castle" might seem to claim England for father, but the sentiment had ex­ isted for ages before John Bull himself was born. "You carry oil to a city of olives" is a Hebrew proverb that has been in use for 3,000 years, and "You carry pepper to Hindostan" is an East­ ern Adage of perhaps as great an­ tiquity. A CELEBRATED circus manager is on the hnnt for a new curiosity for' his show. He is seeking to find a young married man whose wife can cook as well as his mother did. Twenty-six States have been explored thus ^ without success. How Old Franz Lost His Una. * Col. Frizell, coming down from Hawk's Nest one night after midnight, to consult with Gen. Cox, then in com­ mand at Gauley Bridge, found the sen­ tinel on duty in front of headquarters asleep. The guard was a grim-looking German. He was leaning against the fence post, standing on the steps by which the fence was crossed, and was fast asleep. The Colonel, coming from the front, was much provoked by thi« unsoldierly conduct, and proceeded to take the gun from the man. This he accomplished* the sentinel waking with a start as the gun was fairly in the Colonel's hands. After robbing his eyes he looked at the Colonel with stu­ pid astonishment and then commenced a tirade of abuse, accompanying his language with such gesticulations as vastly amused the officer. Watching his opportunity the frantic sentinel snatched the gun from the Colonel's hands, and bringing it to full cock and letting it drop to a charge, yelled, "Ser­ geant mit the guard," "Corporal mil the guard," in such tones as roused headquarters and brought the officers of the guard to the post. As soon as the sergeant reported, the German pro­ ceeded to state how the man before him had rode up on horseback, refused to give the countersign, and had tried to take his gun away from him. That he believed he was "one dam rascal," etc. The Colonel had been taken by sur­ prise, and the assurance of the man dumfounded him. He soon said, how­ ever, "I found this man asleep on his 1 post and took his gun from him." He was interrupted by the German, "You take my gun ven I was aschleep; ugh. How I git my gun now, say? How I git my gun now? I was bin a soldier twenty long years ago, and no man ever take my gun. You was been dreamin! now. How I git my gun, say ?" The Colonel contemplated the frantic ac­ tions of the man for a time, and said finally: "Oh, hang it! keep your gun," and passed into headquarters.--Chi­ cago Inter Ocean. The O'Cannells. The house in which Daniel O'Connell was born is now a neglected ruiil. The roof long ago fell in, and the stone walls are overgrown, inside and out, with ivy. Across the road stands an abandoned and dismantled mill. In the neighboring village of Cahirciveen --a squalid, staggling place--almost every other person one meets is named O'Connell. One of the magistrates is Daniel O'Connell, a grandson of the famous Liberator, and many of the townspeople are closely related to him. The family represents all shades of Eolitical opinion. The younger mem-ers incline toward the Land League party, but their elders are landlords or friends of the landlords. THE deposits of fine coal ashes found on the ledges of the kitchen-range or stove surpasses polishing powder and fluids for cleaning niokel plate oma* mentson stoves. wafer alw tttog ĵyaMii fey mal, the material is haS&nftd Ujy&eair into fine threads woven into silky strands, and then wrought into net-, work by the little dreature's limbs. Ten thousand of those fin* tfcreads do not equal in thickness one of our hairs; yet the spiders of Bermuda make ropes forty feet long, stroog enough to catch birds as large as thrashes; and there are spiders' webs in the forests of Java which must be cut with a knife before men can pass through them. The web of an English horse-spider will last for months and even years, and is of the same texture throughout. But that Of the diadem or garden-spider is com­ posed of two kinds of silk. If you look at one through a microscope, you will see that, while the straight threads in it are perfectly smooth, the circular threads are covered with minute drops of glue. These act like a limed twig, holding every trespasser until the con­ stable comes to arrest him, and, as the glue dries by exposure, the circular threads are renewed every day. Spiders can make bridges and ladders as well ais webs. Have you nearer, when pulling down the river in a boat, felt all at once that something like a fine h»ir had swept across your face? That was a spider's bridge. When about to con­ struct such a bridge he turns his nipples to the wind, darts out a thread, which is instantly carried over the water and twisted round some branch upon the other side, and behold a natural sus­ pension bridge! Hundreds of fluttering gnats will pay toll to the warden of that bridge, and none of them ever "do it again." There are spiders that can walk on water, others that can run (not swim) in it; one that makes a diving-bell, in which it hunts over the slimy bottom of green pools, and one that actually forms a dry house underneath the waves. Some sit in the center of their web, like a cat watching a mouse-hole. One spins a tunnel, where it lies in wait uatil the shaking of its net an­ nounces that supper is provided. The great bird-catching spiders of Martinique do not spin webs. They hunt at night, have eyes that shine like cats', and:some nocturnal moths can see in the dark, and catching small birds in the night, suck their blbod. An East India spider excavates a hole two feet in the ground, lines it with tapestry of silk, and provides it with a hinged door of mixed mortar and size, constructed to open outward only. If you under­ stand how to open it, and the owner does not desire a call, he has made ar­ rangements to defend his privacy. On the side, opposite the hinge, there are holes underneath the door, into which he inserts his strong black claws, and no oyster is more troublesome to force. Of an Italian spider, which fashions a similar fortress, it is said that, if this hinge be broken by outside violence, the creature makes a second door, which differs from the first in not being movable, and no one can quite explain how it then contrives to enter and leave its apartment. The common house-spider is of a livid ash color; others are black, brown, red, green, yellow and white. As a rule their color is that which is best adapted for concealment, but some are mottled or stiped, or even marked like a tiger. Many*^ire very hairy. One species can run sideways and backwards as well as forward; a few kinds leap in tbe same manner as beasts of prey. Many Spiders a cast their skins like serpents and crabs, and it is said that like crabs they can grow a new leg if one of the original set be accidentally broken.-- W. J. Woods,in London Congregationalint. A Wonderftd Shrinkage In Fish. Tom Stevens started up the Hio Chiquito, N. M., one morning, armed cap-a-pie, as an angler. Tom's luck was good and he arrived within a< mile or two of the head of the Chiquito with quite a goodly number of fine fish strung on a willow stick. Here, some yards from the edge of the stream, he found a pool, and to this he consigned his string that they might be kept cool and fresh until his return from the fur­ ther search to the head of the river. Some time after Stevens had started Joe Cummings, knowing that Stevens had gone some time before, borrowed a rod, and was soon tramping over the same trail that the first angler had ta­ ken. His luck to numbers was good, but as to size, his fish did not attain what could be dignified above that of finger-lings. Still he cast and caught until he arrived at Steven's pond, where1 he espied the string in the water. Full of fun, he quietly pulled out the willow and stripping it of its spotted beauties, he replaced them, fish for fish, with his own diminutive ones, and put the string back in the pool; and then concealed himself and Stevens' fish behind a huge moss-covered rock. The crashing of bushes soon an­ nounced Steven's approach. With a sigh of relief, he tore himself through to the little open space, and bent his steps toward the pool to recover his fish, Cummings, from behind the rock watching him, his eyes beaming with fmQ and awaiting the denouement. Stevens stopped and stooped over the. clear water and stretched out his hand for the willow, but caught sight of the trout just aB he did so, when he re-, sumed his perpendicularity with a jerk,, as a knife-blade flies to its open posi­ tion, gazed intently at the fish, and' then slowly bending his body until his hands rested 011 his knees, he looked long and intently, with his eyes fairly popping out of their sockets. After a long-drawn, sonorous sigh, he said, "Well, you have shrunk the of any fish that I. ever saw."--Forest and Stream. • ' .Va":. Perverted Proverbs. Hunger is the best sauce, hence street boys are naturally saucy. Many men have many minds, but one woman frequently has more than all of them. What cannot be cured supports th doctors. Marriages were invented in heaven, but unfortunately the process was not patented. If wishes were horsqs we should all be ruined in boarding-stable bills. Fair play is a jewel, but bluff takes the pile.--Neiv York Life. r The First Steel BaiL The first steel rail rolled in-'AMerfea was rolled at the North Chicago Roll­ ing-Mill Company's works in Chicago, May 25, 1865. "That steel rail oos„ those who made it over $500,000 in ex­ periments and outlay, and when it was made there was nothing to show forth.' outlay but that the rail was an estab­ lished fact. To-day American stf*-l rails are preferred to those made i „ Europe.--Philadelphia Timet. 5,7 J TmJHMMini tva&smittsni efionM painted ^jreUetr.* ,...*. ^JTypMBCTO with the mails: The «. Wvr must logic hare legs f it stande 16 reason. ^sraxfio Boston won'teatpork with the beans unless assured that it came from a dressed hog. A Tsmjt alliance: «n-- orange peels and apple veerings. If those cant trip any mortal in the world we'll give in beaten. "Do Ton admire the principles of Jefferson?" asked an enthusiastic poli­ tician of a society friend. "I really dont know maoh about his principles," was the reply, "but he plajs Bip Van Win­ kle superbly."--Pitts burg Telegraph. A WELL-DRESSED gentleman sauntered up to a street-car driver on Austin av­ enue to ask him what time it was, when the driver, with an emphatic gesture, called out: "Keep away from that mule. He kicked at a dude yesterday. He isn't afraid of anybody."-- Texas Siftings. THE gas bill is lem and the ic^bill is bigger; ' " The car fare foots up to a teriible figure; : .• The sun smites your head like a pedagogttffc ruler; You sit la a draught and get cold but uo cooler: Tbe seaside is sought for the sake of immersion; You spend your last dollar to join an excuraioij The insects c£ night grow more lively nuat- - erous; The fly, in hie hum oue; . . Your ^haMrom your brow Is MOT* rtrnlfnlj You sit in tbs'afyida and grow glnmiBe? aad glummer, And taste all the joys of a roasting hot summer. AN Austin lawyer caught a tramp in his office stealing some law book% which the latter intended to pawn. Seizing the intruder by the collar, the lawyer exelaimed: "You scoundrel^ I'll have you tried and sentenced to the penitentiary." "Let go my neck, Col­ onel. If you are going to have me tried, I reckon I had better engage yon as my lawyer, as you have the luck to be on hand."--Texas Siftings. AN Oil City man has died after eating a pineapple. It is fair to say, however, that he ate the pineapple forty-nine years ago, when he was a hoy.--Oil City Derrick. MEN are ruined in the West by lard and in the East by petroleum. The modern history of Greece will be in­ teresting and useful to posterity. A PITTSBUOH lady whose first-bom is six feet in his stockings and only half through his teens, thinks she will start a tea store. She has sucl^ a young high son AT a recent Southern camp-meeting the eloquent divine said: "The wheels of the righteous shriek and groan as they toil up the hills of salvation and over the ruts of temptation and the -bridge of damnation, and have to ;Scrowdge pretty-lively to get up at all; but the sinner, with greased wheels and flying colors/slips down to tarnation like a dose of oil, with a rip and a whiz, and raises no dust whatever." "CABRIAOES and other conveyances, including a first-class hearse, are among the attractions offered by a Scotch hotel," says an exchange. It will get so after a while that summer resorts of the country, where people go and die a lingering death, subject to the tortures of mosquitos and soft soap, and salt-rising bread, and inde­ structible codfish balls, will be obliged to advertise similar attractions in ordgf to draw the custom of the masses.*^ Peck's Sun. A CHICAGO reporter undertook to teach a lot of newsboys at Sunday Bchool, and thought he would "let him­ self down to their level" by using their street lingo. "The lesson," said he, "is about Joshua--old Josh, as you'd call him. Joshua was the boss of a •crowd of p K>pie. Did you ever hear of 'Joshua?" "Yon bet your life we did," yelled the class in chorus. "Oh, yon have, eh? That's the proper caper. Well, Joshua ordered twelve strong men to take the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord and go down to the Jor­ dan. And just as soon as they got into the water --" "But yer forget the best part," yelled one of the class. "Per­ haps I did; what was it?" "Why, where he spits in der sugar-bowl." "Sugar-bowl? Who did that?" "Joshua Whitcomb," yelled the youngster proudly. A STREET SOULOQUIZKB. I want to b: a dude. And with the dudies stand* A plug-hat upon my head, A cane within my band. , And with the dudesaea, So nobby and so flip, 1*11 make myself all solid, And with -a dudess skip. --Chicago Cheek. The Vicksbnrg Canal. The cut-off which Gen. Williams first began across the peninsula opposite Vieksburg and about five miles from the city was intended to isolate the post and render its defenses worthless. The length of the cut was only a mile, and, had things worked as intended, Vieksburg must have surrendered or been evacuated within a week. Will­ iams could not get the waters of the Mississippi to run into his ditch. He had the advice of the best civil en­ gineers, but, however well they under­ stood surveying a line of defense, they did not understand the nature of the big river. The angle at which they struck the river was incorrect. It was correct from an engineer's standpoint, but the erratic nature of the current had not been considered. Therefore the diggers had the strange spectacle before them of a great river rushing past the open mouth of a ditch five feet lower than the drift-wood hurrying by, and yet without enough water flow­ ing into the cut to float a skiff. It was a matter of annoyance and chagrin, and the job was finally abandoned in disgust.--If. Quad. Forgot the Shagbark. , An old gentleman living in a country village went to visit a married daughter in Springfield, Mass., and, his mental faculties being impaired 'by age, he was apt to get lost when he ventured to go about the city, being unable to remetn- l>er the name of the street where his daughter lived. The street was Wal­ nut street, and in order to enable! him to remember it the daughter gave him a walnut to carry in his pocket, but on his first excursion thereafter he got lost, HS usual. When finally he returned, his daughter somewhat impatiently asked: "What have you in your pocket to remind you of the name of the street?" "Ah," exclaimed the aged parent, "I forgot all about that shag1* bark." OAK placed in the Bhine 2,000 years j ago l>y Roman bridge builders is being I taken out and made into pianos, to be thumped by conquering young women who play "Mollie Darling."--Musical ' Note. j CHEERFULNESS is an otfslioot of good* ' ness and of wisdom.--Bovee.