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J. VAN SLYKE. Etttsr and Publisher. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS Ex-JUDGE DOLITIXE, of Wiseonsrn, is a man of medium size with broad shoulder?, and a rielv Mnorous voice. He is go extremely democratic that if he can avoid it he will not go on the platform of the hall wherein he spealts during a political canvass, but prefers to stand on a level with his audience, generally supporting luuteelf lqr a chair. THE wood parts of roller skates are made of box* ood, the same as that used in making wood engravings Boxwood was never very plenty, and the roller-skate craze has sent it) pr ce away up out of reach of wood engrav­ ers, who are groaning and wishing the craze would abate or someone -^ould discover & KuLstitute for boxwood. Tlieir<business is seriously affected. iF-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou- liad8t-been-damned tJobbins was the name of a man in England in the days of Soundheads, but Dorchester county, Maryland, presents two ttantes almost as odd., The Otfneta of the names still live near Cambridge, on the Choptank; They are "Julia Jane Augusta Domini­ ca Rustis Bo Bo Bustis Jack" and "John Henry Land Bunner Rnn-out- and-Surveyor Bandana Beaver Dam Reudezvoua God Ble«s Bufiticue." Ix making the beautiful - golden in­ scriptions on the backs of volumes hot type overlaid with thin leaves of gold are pressed upon them, the heat caus­ ing the gold to adhere, without which the inscription would not be perm* nent. It is even so in the woild of thought and speech. If we would made lasting impressions upon the character or hearts of readers we should not only press upon tliem with the hand of eloquent earnestness words availed with golden thoughts, but they should be burning words from hearts aflame with love^i/eu, «J» Ji.Gofdpa$~ ture. ^ A NEW YORK firm applied to Abra- I ham Lincoln some years before he be­ came President as to the financial standing of one of his neighbor?. Mr Lincoln replied as follows: "Yours of I the 10th inst. received. I am well ac quainted with Mr. -- and know his J circumstances. First of all, he has a Iwife and baby; together they ought to jbe worth $50,000 to any man. Second­ ly, he lias an office in which there is a Stable worth $1.50, and three chairs Jworth, say $1. Last of all, there is in lone cornet a rat-hole which «will bear |looking into. Respectfully yours, A. LINCOLN." IT TO related of the late Gen. Gordon that at a dinner in a London club one the members jokingly accused him »f secreting a bottle of wine m his rket. Others observing that. his skct bulged out made bets that they )uTd gues* the brand and challenged to produce the bottle. In indigna­ tion he drew from his pocket a prayer- )k, and said: "This little book has een my companion for years, and I jcerely trust that yoti may find a jmforter and supporter in the trials of life that will prove as true to you as ktis has been to me.Then he witli- irew from the company, and the next lay received many apologies ISRAEL PHILLIPS, who now lives in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and i3 in kis 87th year, has had a remarkable fcareeraB a drummer, having retired |rom business in 1682, after forty-six rears on the road. His first regular •rip took him to Chicago, when he did lot meet another commercial traveler during the whole journey. In his own mguage: "To reach Chicago from Springfield I went from Springfield the Erie CandA at Sclienectady by ige, thence to Buffalo, 300 miles, by jacket boat, thence to Chicago, 1,200 liles, round the lakes by steamer, tak- ig all told two weeks. The fare irough, including first-class board, was WHEN flowers have been carried a >ng distance in close boxes or cases ley often appear withered and worth- s, bnt with proper treatment they ay be revived and restored to their riginal beauty. Instead of at once be- jig put into vases and exposed to the )t, dry air of the parlor, they should either spread out on wet flannel or jioss, and covered with a, dish cover or inverted box, or else put in pans pntaining mofs and water or wet id, in which they can be set upright, then shut np in the dark for a few [fairs. If they do not regain their ihness under this nursing, there is hope for them; but in all ordinary i their recovery is certain. • one of his speeches, delivered in B»w York, Mr. Webster said: It has (happened that all the public services lich I have rendered in the world in day and generation have been con- Kcted with the general government, pink I ought to make an exception, ras ten days a member of the Massa- setts Legislature, and I turned my jraghfts to the search of some good [ject in which I could be useful m position; and, after much reflec- j, I introduced a bill which, with ' general consent of both Houses of Massachusetts Legislature, passed > a law, and is now a law of the kte, which enacts that no man in the kte shall catch trout in any other aner than with the ordinary hook 1 line. , IG disinfection is carried on in an [•tight l»ox, into which each bale of is drawn by means of five screws, [ich at the same time make fire per- itions from end to end of the bale, erheated steam is injected through screws, which are hollow and per-1 uted with holes which permits jets Iteam to penetrate through the rags la vrerr dfreotion. An escape in the upper part of the box is provided with a bath, for the purpose of intercepting the passage of any disease germ into the air. Most germs of life are killed at a heat of 212 or 215 degrees, but the steam employed in this process is raised to 330. An exposure of four or five minutes here heats the bale so that it takes two hours for it to iali below the germicide point of 212. J911X DANFORTH, known as "Major John," was a character of whom the Connecticut papers are now telling an­ ecdotes, Danforth being under the sod. His chief oddity was his Bpread-eagle patr otism, copied from that of Jona­ than Brooks, who, clad in red clothes of continental cut, used to mount Gor­ ton's hieghts, New L oh don, and deliver an oration to 'wondering urchins and grazing cows. One day when there was a real meeting at the grove Dan­ forth got up to make an address. Soon after he had begun the quick witted president of the day sprang to his feet and shouted: "Three cheers for Majoi Danforth, who liss just finished his great speech." The Major stood be­ wildered amidst a cannonade of ap­ plause and finally sat down like a man in the mazes of a drf am. .* .v,J\\ '• "--"--•--f / " , i Now THAT Mr. Henry James" has found so many capital subjects for bur­ lesque among the peoplo of Boston, it is a matter of wonder that some other novel-writer does hot deal in similar strain with a one-time resident of that city" who is an eminent author. The literary gentleman in question lived in Mount Vernon street 1 ne winter re­ cently, and kept the whole neighbor­ hood in an uproar with his "nerves." All the cats had to be killed so that his slumbers might not be broken by their midnight cries, the servants went about in list slippers and spoke with bated breath, and every bell in the house rang with a muffled tongue. Even to this day that season is named "that terrible winter." And the voice of ru­ mor whipers that the nervous autocrat who thus made lifo not worth, living in his environment bore |!ief hame of Henry James. " BANCROFT, writes a Washington cor­ respondent, is so thin that the wind would apparently blow him away. Cor­ coran is so heavy that he could with­ stand a blizzard. Bancroft's cheeks are hollow, his eyes sunken, and his hair is as white as the newest of frosted silver. Corcoran's cheeks are full, his face large, and his eyes, like his mouth, strong and rather fierce. Bancroft, the son of a preacher, started life with literary ambition, and he has attained it. Corcoran, the son of a shoemaker, resolved to become wealthy, and he is now perhaps the richest of this city of millionairs. Bancroft cares but little forliia personal appearance. Corcoran is rather a dude, and he looks as though he had come out of a bandbox. Both of thete-great men live cm H street, within a stone's throw of the White House. Corcoran has a palace, and Bancroft a library which he would not trade for it. Both have succeed in their ambitions, and both will probably live in history. . ^ . Mr. in an ariiole on Daniel Webster in the Century, writes a cor­ respondent in the Boston Advertiser, mentions his "great, soft eyes," as be­ ing peculiarly attractive to children. This reminds me of an accident which may perhaps show that those eyes had somtimes a different effect. Mr. Web­ ster was once spending the summer in a town near Boston, and, as was his custom, attended churoh zogQlarly, both morning and afternoon. On one occasion it fell to the lot of an un­ fledged youth to try his wings. in that pulpit. He rose, as was natural, with some trepidation, to begin the service. This trepidation gradually increased, till toward the close of the hymn he faltered perceptibly, and as he sat down by the minister of the parish, he whispered: "Doctor, I don't know to whom those eyes belong which are di­ rectly facing me, but they are quite too much for roe and I cannot preach." Mr. Webster was responsible for an extemporaneous discourse that morn- ihg. Hawaiian Aristocracy. No aristocracy was ever more plainly marked by nature than the chiefs of the Hawaiian nation. They are very tall, very corpulent, usually stern, though good hearted, good form and a development of muscle that would en­ trance the bye of a sculptor. These qualifications, suoh as they are thought to be by the natives, are probably partly inherited and partly the result of their habits. They always have a large number of retainers or attendants who fan them, brushing away insects and dress their hair and persons. When the chiefs are very tired, lame, or have pain in any especial part of their body, 'they are lomlomied by persons who are especially trained in this art. It is a kind of a luxurious kneading of the muscles, alternating with an incessant pounding of the parts with the under side of the fist. Sometimes the pa­ tient lies face downward, and the one who lomies runs up and down the back, spine, and limbs; sometimes, if the parts are very lame, as after a long horseback ride or in rheumatism, the severe manipulations of the muscles and joints will cause the patient to cry out with a laughing, aching pain. But, strange as it may seem, this treatment rightly performed invariably removes any pain, lameness, or fatigue, and af­ ter it the patient feels rested and re­ freshed. The chiefs used to be lomied when they were too lazy to exercise, as it exercises all the muscles and gives them rest from their reclining and tire­ some positions. Taken at His Word. SI (Was one of the genus tramps, fie knocked at the door of a house and when a kindly-looking woman opened it he said: "Madam, I am very hungry. I have had nothing for a week back." "Why, you poor soul," said the good woman, "wait a moment and I'll find something for you " ' And she gave him an old porous plaster, and closed, the door before he had finished thanking her. Xwfs of Yellow Gold--Habits of the Stingy --Life la Tilth *ii(l Hovels. ' There is every reason to believe that the hoards of money and other valua­ bles one so often reads of as having been discovered by workmen while en­ gaged in pulling down old houses havo been secreted by,misers; the result is that in many cases the property thus found is taken possession of by per­ sons whom the misers never intended to benefit, namely, their heirs-at-law and next of kin. It is pretty certain that misers of both sexes existed years ago, as they do in our own day, and the following notes concerning some notable examples of this class of monomtfniaci may not be uninteresting. Of those who make it a rule of their lives to "gather gear by every wile." the case of M. Osterwald, who died at Paris in 1791, is remarka­ ble as showing that the richest man in a city may also be the most miserable one. He was the son of a poor minis­ ter, and began life as a clerk in a bank­ ing house at Hamburg, where he ac­ quired a small sum, which he aug­ mented by his speculations in business and his economical mode of living. He afterward came to Paris, where he ac­ cumulated a fortune. He was a bach­ elor--the expenses of a wife and chil­ dren being incompatible with his frugal mode of living. He had for a servant a poor wretch whom he never permit­ ted to come into his apartment. He had always promised that at his death he should be handsomely recompensed, and accordingly he left him a pittanae of six months' wages and a suit of clothes, but as he expressly stated,"not the most new." A few days before his death some of his acquaintances who saw that he was reduced to the last ex­ tremity by want of nourishment, pro­ posed to him to have some soup. "Yes, yes, he replied, "it is easy to talk of soup, but what is to become of the meal ?" Thus died one who was re­ ported to be the richest man in Paris, more from want of care and proper nourishment than from disease. He is stated to have left to relations, whom he had probably never seen, the sum of £3,000,000. Under his pillow was found 800,000 livres in paper motley. The neighborhood where Mary Lu- horne died seems to be still famous for its misers. In 1877 there died at Woolwich, England, a John Clark,aged 86. He is described as having been a man of education, but a very singular character; although reputed to be im- piensely wealthy, he was very miserly in his habits, and lived to the last in a squalid hovel in the poorest part of Woolwich. The great portion of his life was spent in accumulating books, of which he left a large store. It was reported that the front shutters of his house had not been opened for over thirty years; he never took a regular meal, nor did he know the taste of wines o¥ spirits. Yet, fiotwithstanding that he lived in such a den and suffered such privations, he reached an octoge­ narian age and died worth $200,000 or thereabouts. An instance of miserly habits in the great and noble is to be found in the case of that renowned Captain, ,tne Duke of Marlborough, of whom it is chronicled that when in the last stage of life and very infirm, he would walk from the public room in Bath to his lodgings on a cold dark night, to. save a sixpence in chair' hire. He died worth $7,500,000. It is recorded of Sir James Lowther that after changing a piece of silver in George's coffee-house and paying two pence for his dish of coltee, he was helped into his chariot (he was then very lame and infirm) and went home. Sometime after he returned to the same coffee-house on purpose to ac­ quaint the woman who kept it that she had given him a bad half-penny and demanded another in exchange for it. Sir Jame3 is stated to have then had about $200,000 per annum coming in and was at a loss whom to appoint his heir. Sir Thomas Colby, an official high in office, shortened his existence by his passion for this world's goods, as ap­ pears from the following anecdote: "He rose in the middle of the night, when he was in a very profuse perspir­ ation, and walkei down stairs to look for the key to the cellar, which he had inadvertently left on a table in a parlor; he was apprehensive that his servants might seize the key and rob him of a bottle of port wine, instead of which he himself was seized with a chill and died intestate, leaving over $1,000,000 in funds, which was shared by five or six day laborers, who were his next of kin." Marvelous good luck for his poor relatives. ^ At Nortlifield, England, there died in 1872, a Mr. Page, dealer in limestone and gunfiints, by which occupation, and a most penn ious way of l<ving, he had accumulated a fortune of $(»0,000. He lived alone in a large house for several years, no one coming near him but an old woman of the village, who once a day went to make his bed. His death was occasioned l>y his running a knife into the palm of his band whiie open­ ing an «yster. Some years since a chiffoner (or rag and refuse gatherer) die t intestate in France, having literally "scraped" to­ gether 400,0(X) francs, the whole of which, went to the heir-of-l&SK.--New l'ork Sun. _ - Uriliking Men. The 1 artender of a popular rendez­ vous leaned gracefully . over the bar during the slack hours of business, and discussed his customers with a re­ porter. "I notice that men nowadays order exactly what they want." he sa d, toy­ ing gently with his blonde.mustache, while the reporter transferred a clove from the glass to his mouth. 'Throe or four years ago a man looked more or less ashamed of himself nhen he or­ dered lemonade or seltzer. His com­ panion usually remonstrated with or made fun of him, and he generally offered some sort of an apology to the bartender for ordering a non-intoxica­ ting drink. This was particularly so with young business men, clcrkfe, and snd politicians. They ordered brandy smashes, plain brandy, whisky punches', plain wlifekv or soi^fe other heavy drink. Of course one-naif of them didn't want it. You can't stand behind a bar long before you find out that a large percentage of ihe men who are led up to the bar to drink wonld ratlikr have nothing at all than liquor of any sort. Others have scruples against drinking ' hard liquor, and standers made fun of him. Nowadays, however, everything is changed. JNO one thinks anything when two or three of a group of men order lemonade, seltzer, or apollinaris at the bar. "The simon-pure American bar-room, too, is rapidly going out of fashion. Men no longer enjoy rushing into a room, and taking a drink standing. They have more time now than they had ten years ago, and like to sit down and chat with their friend!* over 'sherry- chickens,' 'bees-wings,' etc. A place with comfortable chairs and tables catches the customers now, and the modern restaurants and cafes, where they can peacefully sit out of sight of the general public, do the most busi­ ness. Their rooms are aways filled. "In my opinion drinkers are not so numerous as they used to be. The man who came in for his cocktail every morning before breakfast or luncheon, and the man who too.c four or five good drinks of whisky every day, no longer exist to the extent they did ten years ago. The fact is, habitual drinking over the bar is not fashionable nowa­ days. Men drink more at dinner than they used to, and only drink away from home for the fun of the thing. The wholesale absorption of liqtior has gone out of style, Now and then a party of of students or clerks go to a place and drink until they can hold no more, but this is very seldom^ Of course there are others amot%^tl|e laboring classes who deliberately make up their minds to get 'full,' and go about it in a busi­ ness-like way and drink to excess, but they are now comparatively few."-- Troy Telegram. f , I* n' li 1 > ! fc a •• . Buchanan's Inauguration. When Buchanan was inaugurated on Maroli 1, 1857, Washington was hardly more that a village, scattered over ter­ ritory large enough for an immense city. It contained less than 00,000 in­ habitants, and what were then consid­ ered the fiuest houses were just below the Capitol and above the avenue. The fashionable northwest part of the city was a swamp, and even the negro huts which later sprang up had not yet ap­ peared. The whole country contained less than 30,000,000 population. Still, the records state that 150,000 strangers came to see' the inauguration, and on the night of Maroli 3d "thousands walked the streets to keep warm, being unable to procure lodgings. Several of the different hotels, small as they were thenj had 800 guests registered, and every boarding house was packed, halls, cellar, and garret. March 3 was a bleak winter day, and the President-elect rose before day­ break at his home at Wheatlands, Pennsylvania, and had finished break fast before he started for (Lancaster in his carriage. He had written and re- writ en his inaugural message, and he made only one change in it after he got to Washington. A crowd of Lancaster citizens came to Wheatlands to escort him to the depot and a band of mu>ic played while lie rode into town with his private secretary, Mr. Henry, Har­ riet Lane and another young ladv in his carriage. At the Lancaster station he found a special car waiting for him, built for the occasion by Robert Magraw, a rail­ road friend of his. This car had painted windows, and these represented the scenes about Wheatlands, Presi­ dent Buchanan's homo. All along the road from Lancaster to Washington ovations were given the President-elect, but he arrived in Washington two hours earlier than was expected, and the program of his reception was rather thin. He was driven at once to the National Hotel, which still stands on Pennsyl­ vania avenue, half way l>etween the Capitol and treasury, and here he was crowded with visitors. Nearly every­ body was admitted, and politicians, office-seekers, and disinterested parties pushed this way af d that to get at him. That night he received invitations, says Gohight, to dine with President Pierce, Stephen A Douglas, and others, but he declined all invitations. All night of the 3d of Maroh, 1857, Congress was in cession. The 4th broke bright and sunny, with an at­ mosphere full of the blandness of spring. As it did so hundreds of peo­ ple were already at their stands to get an early watch point for the procession, and the City Hall steps, where it was to organize, were crowded. At 12 o'clock the procession was formed and it marchol to Willard's Hotel, at the head of Pennsylvania avenue, near the treasury, where the two Presidents, Pierce and Buchanan, wero to meet, and to go to the Capitol in the same car­ riage. President Pierce was a few minutes late. He came in# a private carriage, and the crowds cheered as he and Buchanan shook hands at the Fourteenth street door of the hotel, and entered the barouche prepared for tliem. With them rode Senators Bigler, of Pennsylvania, and Foot, of Vermont. The procession was a long one It was made up of military organizations, citi­ zens, and clubs, and in it were two Pennsvlvanians who, it is said, had walked sixty miles to be present at the inauguration of "Old Back," as they called him. One wagon represented peace, war, commerce, and agriculture, and bore a liberty pole in its center running up seventy feet, with a gor­ geous l berty cap on its top. The Pres­ ident-elect was near the head of the procession. At the Capitol 50,000 peo­ ple were present. The inr.ugural ad­ dress was delivered cn the east potico of the Capitol, and the President was duly sworn in. As the oath was ad­ ministered it is said it was as still as death, and at the close of the inaugu* ration there were cheers, salvo3 of ar­ tillery, and music by the Marine Band. The President then proceeded to the White House, which ex-President Pierce had vacated, and here Btiolianan received the people.--"Oarp," in the Cleveland Leader. A Witty Clergyman. Rev. Dr. Byles was at times notod for his ready wit, which bubbled forth spontaneously. He was once engaged in nailing some list on his door to ex­ clude the cold when a parishioner saw him. "The wind bloweth wheresoever it listetii, Dr. Byles." "Yes yes,"'retorted the old man, "and man listetii wheresoever the wind blow-; etli." Byles was once arrested as a Tory and atterwards tried, convicted, and sentenced to confinement on board a guarded ship and to be sent to England with his family in forty dajs. QRAN'R -'J'1 Some interesting Recollections Of the Great Commander. The True Story of Hon the General En* tered the Service in 1861. .. . x. . v. * 1 This sentence was changed by the others find that it goes agamst them to Board of War to confinement in his own drink brandy or whisky before dinner. , house A guard was piaCed over him. Still the majority of them used to drink their whisky straight and say nothing. When I first went into the business, fifteen years ago, we used to pass out the whisky bottle and glasses without asking a question. If the man wanted anything else he would push the bottle back and give his order. In those days if a party of young men went into a bar-room and ordered lemonade the barkeeper felt aggrived, and the by- Then the guard was removal, replaced and again removed, which evolutions the doctor described by saying he had been tuarded, reguarded, and disre­ garded, while his sentinel he called his observ-a-tory. MORE suicides occur m San Francistfo in proportion to its population, says The Mpi California, than in^ny other city on the continent. Order from ChwN--From MMmi Volunteers to IMacipUiwri SoltUers. [Galena letter in Chicago Tribune. 1 X heard told, this afternoon, how Grant first came to enter the service after the breaking out of the rebellion; und, In view of the gross inaccuracies contained in the alleged newspaper biographies of the General which have appeared ot late, it might be well enough to repeat the narrative for the pur­ pose of correcting lalse impressions which may have been conveyed. In brier, ex-Mtn- ister Washburne (Ihen Congressman of this district) had been to 8pringtleld and observed the confusion which existe I there in the work of receiving and organizing troops. Return­ ing to his home at Galena, he detailed to W. H. How ley, then County Clerk of Jo Daviess County, und John A. Kawlins, then the leading Uwyerof Galena, the condition of anaira at the Slate cnpltnl. Rowley sug- gcswJ that Cant. Grant be urjsed to proffer his services to Yates. The idea struck Wash­ burne as a good one, and immediately the latter, Rawlins, and How ley went to see Grant. Mr. Washburne represented to Grint the imj ortaoce of having an experienced military man at Sprin rtleld. and asked him it' he would not go down with him to fpring- tield the next day and tenJer his a«$Utance to Gov. Yates In the emergency. Capt. Grant consented, aud next morning there started from Galena for Springfield, Wash­ burne, Grant, State Senator McClcllan. and John F. Mnith, then Colonel on Yates' staff. On reaching the State capital the p^rty, after some delay, saw Gov. Yatee. The lat­ ter gladly availed himself o^ Grant's prof­ fered services, and put h.m in the Adjutant General's olfoe, where he succeeded in re­ ducing order out of chaos. Grant did not like mere clerical duty, and, after some days, ee?ing nothing better in bis way, he told Senator McClcllan he was going home; that Gov. Yates did not seem disposed to give him what he wante l; and that mat­ ters were then straight in the Adjutant Gen­ eral's office, where he had been employed. McClcllan told him he must not go home; that his services were still n-eded, and that he (Senator McClellan) would see Yates in his behalf at pnee. This was done, and as a result Grant was appointed commandant of Camp Yates. While serving in this capacity he mustered and drilled troops and organized several regiments among the number the Twenty-first, of which be afterward became Colonel. Having finished the work assigned him at the camp, Grant quietly went to Cincinnati, without the knowledge of Gov. Yates or bis friend, Senator McClellan, for the purpose of seeking a place on the staff of Gen. George IJ. McClellan, whoin he knew at West Point, and with whom he bad subsequently served in Mexico. On reaching his destina­ tion, and before he had seen Gen. McClel­ lan, ho receivol a telegram from Gov. Yates, who had learned by inquiry where he had gone and upon what mission, offering him the Colonelcy of tiie Twenty-tirst Illinois Iniantry, which was then at Mattoon. Al­ most simultaneously with this dispatch oaine one from Gov. Denison, of Ohio, tendering to Grant the command of a regiment in that State. The Twenty-Wrst was preferred, how­ ever, and Grant telegraphed his acceptance at once, and lollowed by train to Springfield, where he was given his commission and or­ ders. Col. John K. Smith, of Galena, accom­ panied Grant to Mattoon. The Twenty-first had been commanded by one Goode, a militia Colonel, and was In a State of utter insubordination, having ter­ rorized the citizens of Mattoon by their pres­ ence. According to Smith (and by the way I havo heard Grant bimself confirm the story), when they arrived at camp the men saw their new Colonel coming on to the grounds, and a party of soldiers. b?ing drunk and thinking to have some fun, hustled him while on his way to heudquarters, one of the number amusing himself by knock­ ing off his hat. Grant quietly stoop ?d down, picked it up and dusted it, and then placed it upon his head without saying a word. He turned around and looked at the men, however, lor an instant, and in that look the latter saw they had a sol­ dier and a man of nerve to deal with. The Twenty-first was at that lime In command of the Lieutenant Colonel. Grant, made his way to headquarters, assumed the reins at once, and It. was not long before insubordination was effectually stamped out of the Twenty- lirst, and a more gallant and effective regi­ ment was never organize 1 in the State. What gave Grant prominence in this city before he went to Springfield was tie fact that he had boen on lied upon to and did pre­ side at an enthusiastic meeting- held here two or three nights after the news was received that Kumter had been fired upon. Before that he was comparatively obscure--in fact, was known by name to but few persons in Galena. After this, he assisted in the forma­ tion of the Twelfth, drilled tho oomi antes, and hel|>ed to embark them for the seat of war. Gen. A. L. t hetiain, now of Chicago, was the first man to enlist in Jo Davit ss County, and went out as Captain of a com­ pany in the TwelIth. He did not afterward become Lieutenant Colonel of the Twenty- first. as stated in a Chicago paper this morn­ ing, in an alleged sketch of Grant's inilitary reeotd., Gen. Zngalls JtelatM Bis ^MaloliceaoM. Gen. Itufus Ingalls, who was aclassmate of Gen. Grant at West Point, and has held inti­ mate relations with hiih most of the time since, gave a correspondent some recollec­ tions of the great soldier. He said that young Grant came to West Point in June, 1839, a boy of 17, with a fair, frank, yet rather firm set face. He was several inches below his full growth, and remained beard­ less even up to the time of his graduation. His warrant described him as "IT. S. Grant," which was not a correct designation, and the mistake led to a good deal of queer discus­ sion of legal points by cadets as to its effect upon his status as a member of the corps, and long after the error proved to have no important conftquence, it remained a sub­ ject of pleasantry with Grant and his friends at 1 he Point. lieing Introduced at the acad­ emy under the initials "[J. S.," the cadets gave him the nickname of Uncle S:im, and this stuck to him till he was commissioned, when it became shortened to Sam. and a9 "Sam Grant" he was known as long as he re­ mained in Iho army. Cadet Grant had but few intimate associ­ ates in the corps, but his friendships were unreserved and lasting, his manner with his intimates very genial, and his cadet friends in thote days thought him one of the manli­ est and best of iellows. He was very con­ scientious in matters of duty, and noticeably pure in mind and speech. He has often said, in after life, that he never went down to Benny Haven's but once, when he was be­ guiled by Rule IngaUs, a stanch patron of that renowned establishment. Grant went through the course of instruc­ tion with ease, and probably might have graduated higher in the list if there had been anything to call out exertion on his part. The class was a large one, numbering con­ siderably over 100 at the beginning of tho course, but only thirty-nine came out of the ordeal at the end of four years. After the Mexican war Grant was sta­ tioned on the Pacific coast, and here he would often interest and sometimes astonish his brother officers by his clear, luminous de­ scription of the actions In which he bad taken part as a subaltern, especially the Im­ portant battle of Monterey, and ibis criticism on the conduct of the respective sides occa­ sionally induced the prediction/that, in the improbable cont ngency of a great war, Sam. Grant would make his made. He left the army in 1851, and, so far as b£s comrades on the Pacific were con<jerne.1, who ly faded from view until he began to be heard of as an enterprising division commander in the West in the early part of the civil war. However much of his success and fame G?n. Grant may owe to his native powers and youthful training, it seems beyond question that his four yeirs at the Military Academy atid his two years' experience of actual war and campaigning in Mexico must be credited with a great influence upon his after career as a commander. And, in the same light of reflection, it is worth noting that since he has been in the public view the qualities that especially marked his character wh le a cadet have remained constant. In mature, as in youthful tile, he has always been unobtrusive, quietly self-reliant, silent with the many, free and ever joyous with in­ timates, constant in his lriendships, and in language and conduct as guileless as a child. His mind has never been p- one to go far be­ yond the matters immediately in hand, and this b?nt of his intellect not only explains tlM thoroughness of his work but likewise the restlessness induced by inactivity. When directing from his headquarters, at City Point, the operations of all the armies of the Union his knowledge of every fact of the ex­ isting sit ation was always thorough and complete, and such as to enable him to make clear what might be obscure to an uniformed mind; but, if he habitually thought far ahead, he said little about what was distant and un- How the General Interceded for Gen. B. E. Lee. fNew York special to 1 hlladelphia TlmM.] ®be war was over. Gen. Lee end his half- starved Contederatej had returned to their desolated homes on their parole of honor. The victorious Northern and Western armies, under command of Grant and therman, were encamped in and around Washington City. Jefferson 1 avis was an inmato or n case­ mate in Fortress Monroe, andKdwin M. Man- ton wa3 tho power behind the throne who ran the Government whiie Secretary of War. Geus. Grant and Rawlins were playing a game of bill ards in the National Hotel, and two civilians were indulging in that pas ime on an oppos:te table. A Major in the regular army entered th? spacious room in a hurry and whispered to Gon. Grant, The latter laid his cue on the tatle, saying: "Rawlins, don't disturb the bails un­ til 1 return," and hurried out. One of the civilians said to the other: '-Pay for the game and hurry out. There is something up." Gen. Grant had reached the street, where, in front of the hotel, stood a mounted senti­ nel. Grant ordered the soldier to dismount, and, springing into the saddle, put spurs to tho horse and rode up the avenue to fast as to attract the attention of pedtstriana. The first civilian questioned the soldier as to the cause of such Budden haste on the part of Gen. Grant, but was answered with the sur­ prise ot one who knew nothing. The seoond citizen appeared saying: ••What has become of Grant?" On being told of the General's break-neck ride up Pennsylvania aveiuie it was decided to go to the War Department and learn the cause, if possible. Col. Barrol .of the Seqpnd Regular Iniantry, and husband of SueDenin, the actress, was disbursing officer in tho Quartermaster's Department, presided over by Gon. Rucker, and to the Colonel ooe of the civilians went for information. Asking him if he knew the reason of Gen. Grant's hasty action, and if he had seen the hero of the hour around the department. Col. Har- roll answered: "Yes," but was surprised at anybody's knowledge of the event. When told of what transpired in the billiard-room of the National Hotel, the Colonel said; "Well, as you are aware of the coming of Gen. Grant, I will tell you all about it, pro­ viding you promise not to rep?at it," The "promise being given. Col. Barro!l said; "Secrotary Stanton sent for me in reference to the execution of cortain orders, and whi o listening to Ills instructions Gen. Grant came in. The Secretary greeted the Gen?ral with a pleasant 'good-morning,' which tho latter returned, and in continuation said: 'Mr. Sec­ retary, 1 understand that you have Issued orders for the arrest of Gen. Loo and others, and I desire to know if such orders have been placed in the bands of any officer for execu­ tion.' " 'I have issued writs for tho arre3t of all the prominent rebels, and officers will be dis­ patched on the mission pretty soon,' replied tho Secretary. "Gen. Grant appeared oool, though labor­ ing under mental excitefnent, and quickly said: '• 'Mr. Secretary, when Gen. Leo surren­ dered to me at Appomattox Court-house I gave him my word and honor that neither he nor any of his followers would be disturbed so long as they oboved their parole of honor. 1 have learned nothing to cause me to beliove that any of my late adversaries have broken their promises, and have come here to make you aware of that i'act, and would also sug1- gest that those orders lie canceled.' " Secretary Stanton became terribly angry at being spokon to in such a manner by his Inferior ottloer and said: * " ' Gen. Grant, are you aware whom you are taking to? I am the Secretary of War.' "Quick as a flash Grant answered back: •And I am Gen. Grant.. Issue thoic orders at your paril.' Then turning on his heel Gen. Grant walked out of the room as un­ concerned as if nothing had happened. "It is needless to say," continued Col. Bar- roll, "that neither Gen. Lee nor any of his soldiers were arrested. 1 was dismissed from the presence of the Secretary with the re­ mark that my services in connection with the arrest of the leading rebels would beds- pensed with until he took time to consider, and I now await the re=u't of h's decis'on." Like sonic cases in luw that decision of the great War Secretary was reserved for all time, but whether the game of billiards be­ tween Generals Grant and Rawlins was ever played out to an end has never been definite­ ly known, though it was surmised that with the aid of a Consoltn? cigar tho game was finished. Grant'* Greatness. Grant's greatness culminated when, with the simplicity and sincerity of a heart that never took pleasure in harming or conquer­ ing any human being, he made Lee's surren­ der the most affecting episode in the history of wars, and gave an impulse of good-feeling between the late deadly foes that has been heating the wounds of war and touching the tenderost chords of our common American cit zensltip, and doing more than all the elo­ quent speeches that have been delivered since then to recement the now indestructible and indissoluble l'n:ou. He showed no pride of victory in that hour, because he felt none. He made that surrender the dawn of new hopes for weary and beaten fighters. What was a battlefield he turned into a sacred arena of brotherly feJing aud, manly reconciliation. He had no thoughtof "glory ' --his heart went, out lor the necessities of his late fo.'s, and they were' astonished and conquered by the simple magnanimity and good sense of his provisions for their wel­ fare. Nor was this a single outburst of mag­ nanimity. When headstrong, arbitrary and violent I'rosident Johnson proposed measures in violation of Grant's generous terms to Leo's army, he met from Grant a refusal to abet such bad faith and a threat to resign sooner than be implicated in a transaction so abhorent to his whole nature, and the greater character and steadier will con­ quered. Can the wildest imagination con­ ceive of a Napoleon rising without an effort, and because he could not help it, to this height of moral greatness?--Got. John M. Dundy. Brant and the Surrender of tw. [Springfield (Mass.) Republican.] Gen. Jubal A. Early has written a letter tt deny that Gen. Giant refused to receive the sword of Gen. R. E. Lee at the surrender at Appomattox. He recalls the express terms of tho capitulation, by which all officers oi Lee's army were to retain their side-arms, private horses, and other personal property. Early says the correspondence between Gen. Grant and Lee "rebuts the idea that Lee ever contemplated tho idea of making an un­ conditional surrender of his army, or that he was indebted to the magnanimity of Gen. Grant for tho terms of the surrender." This is extremely silly business for Early, who would have made a gratuitous ass of himself in writing of it at any time, but, writing at this particular time, makes him­ self something far lower. He knows that Lee would have been obliged to accept any terms Grant had chosen to propose, and that the notion he alleges Lee to have entertained of cutting bis way through or perishing in the attempt belongs to dime-novel talir. Grant gave Lee honorable terms of surren­ der; it was wise and reasonable to do so, and if Early does not choose to consider it mag­ nanimous, of what consequence is his opin­ ion? As to the question of Lee's tendering his sword, and Grant refusing to receive it-- the story is probably an invention of some ornate letter-writer. Gen. Grant's account of the meeting with Lee says nothing of it. He represents Lee as confronting him in a fresh suit of gray and all the insignia of his rank about him, "and at his side the splendid sword which had been given to him by the State of Virginia," whllo he, himself, was in his campaign clothes, covered with dust and mud. Early is really not worth considering. Grant's Inability to Save Money. [Washington Correspondence Cleveland Leader.! At Galena Grant's salary was about $1® a month, and he did not succeed much better than in St. Louis, and in the army, though he was better paid, ho did not save anything to sp?ak of. In the Presidency the same condi­ tion prevailed, and it was only owing to his increased Balary that he was able to take his trip to Europe. While he was on this trip be wrote from Russia to a friend in Philadelphia, as follows: "On arrival here I found a large mail, in which was a letter from you, indosirg a paragraph at out Mr. Murphy's bankruptcy, and my losses in real estato. So far as I am concerned, there is not one word of truth in this statement. I never owned or purchased a piece of real estate in New York City in my life. I never owned any property in New Jersey, except tho two houees at Long Branch, which I now own, in my life. 1 never held a piece of property in my life that I remember of on which I owed anything. What I have--not much--is paid for: 1 have sold nothing to pay up nay debts. My farm­ ing experience in Missouri was expensive, and I sold out and gave away my stock, and rented the farm. That was several years ago. Had I gone out of office at the end of four years, when my salary was $25,000 a year, I would have been compelled to sell something--quite an amount--to have car­ ried me out of Washington. But, with my private income and increased salary, I oatne out at the end of eight years free from debt, and without having incurred any loss any­ where in speculation." H THE proceedingsintbeLegislators 1 to little on the loth iut In the Hill introduced a Mil similar to the law i enacted by the Mi--carl Lfgialatwe to 1 hotel and boarding-house keepers. It] that aajr or ' PBtfin. --rw ww for the same si kail he deemed iraiitr < _ misdemeanor and fined not exceeding t">00. or imprisoned in the < oantT Jail er work­ house net exceeding fix month*. It also provides that the bill, uhen passed, afc»ii \m posted conspicuously in every mem of all lailiie A bill slightly amending the school law was also introduced by Senator Hill, and Senator BtrSeter followed with a hill to confer neon the Railroad and Warehouse Oomndnioaen addttooal powers and duties as roryueaileii commissioners. In the HonSe, Mr. lutein gar iotroduoed a bill tip cred­ itors* of Insolvent ralT the right to prosecute salts ers o. puch corporations In the oowrte e( state. Mr. Conkrite called an the {generalap­ propriation bill, and deirfred It read s aeoond time. The motion gave rise to a spirited debate, daring the course of which MrT West add he intended to introduce resolutions nse» vldlng tor the investigation of the de­ partments of the State Oovernm--1> He believed that lartre nums of unmet wet* wanted by the various departments^ and did not want the general appropriation Mil con­ sidered until the investigation oonld be awije. Mr. Llnegar trusted the consideration of Oa» bill would be postponed, since it ,aws SM AT Kreat importance, and should receive deUbevata action. The House adjourned wUjMMt<liapo»- Ing of the matter. In the joint rension omt one vote was cast for United States 8enaUW--»at et Mr. Streeter, for Gen. J. C. Black, THE Senate did nothing at the session on the Uthinst. besides meeting for participating fat the joint sess on. The legislation of the House was of a very commonplace character. The Mil for an appropriation of $100.000 for repairing the Stat« Houae came lrom the Committee on Ap­ propriations, with a favorable recommendation, and was placed on order of second reading, despite the fact that a mtnofttv report was made bv Messrs. Cronkrite and Yoat. Mr. WML of McLean, sought to introdnoe a resolution providing for i.n investigation cf the pay-mil of the various departments of the State aovern- nient. After an boar's wrangle over the resolu­ tion, it was withdrawn bv the author. The remainder of the day in the House was con­ sumed in unimportant routine business. Smnl bills were introduced, bnt only two were worthy of note. One of these provides that juries shall receive the law as given them by the eonrt, and the ether, by Mr. Braehteadorf, provides that the Penitentiary Commissioners shall aot let >he labor of prisoners for less than $1.3$ pa diem for eaoh convict of the first grade and $1 for those of the seoond grade. In the joint session fourteen Senators and thirty-seven mem bets a< the House were present, msking a total ot Mfty- one. Twenty-six votes were cast--nineteen fee Morrison, three for Logan, three far Streeter, and two for Black ..A sensation was produoedat Springfield, on Sunday, the 13th Inst., by the announcement that the specter of death had again stalked among the members of the T lature, and that another seat had vacant on the Democratic side of the About noon of that day Representative Join H. Shaw, of Css« County, was fonnd deed In Ma bed at the Palace Hotel, where he was boarding; having apparently died at some hoar daring the preceding niirht, ot what tbe doctors pro­ nounced to be heart disease. The district rep­ resented by Mr. Shaw--the Thirty-fourth--la composed of the counties of Mason, Cass, Me­ nard and Schuyler, and is largelv Democratic. THE Senate did nothing at its session on the 13th Inst., beyond adopting a resolution of re­ spect to the memory of Representative Shaw. The House took similar action and appointed a committee to accompany the remains to Beards- town. Mr. Linegar introduced a bill giving all incorporated cities and villages power to tax, license, and reeu'ate all persons or corporations using fran­ chises. In the joint assembly thirteen Senators and forty-one Representatives answered to the roll-call. Morrison received 19 votes for Sena­ tor. I)r. Robins ot Quincy 2, and John C. Black 2. Gov Oglesbv issued an officiaicall for an election of a Representative in th" Thirty-fourth Senatorial District May 6, at which t me a suc­ cessor to Representative Shaw will be elected. THE new Senator, Mr. H. Davis, suooesgor to Senator Bridges, took his seat in the Senate on the 14th inst. A few of the Senators were ab­ sent. bnt there were enough present to make a quorum. Very little work was accomplished, however. The primary election bill waa taken np and discussed, but no ac­ tion ' was taken. The House, from the opening at 10 o'clock In ths morning to 6 o'clock in the evening, wrestled with the sub­ ject of its pay-roll. The special committee to which tbe matter had been refeued reported in favor of the discharge of ninety-one em­ ployes ot the House. The Speaker called Mr. Crafts to the chair and opposed a motion to adopt the report, animad vert - inst at the same time upon the 'mem­ bers of the committee. Mr. Dili retorted, des­ ignating the Speaker as a political henhaphro- dlte. The acting Chairman insisted tnat a two-thirds vote would be neoeessry to pass the motiom, and great confusion resulted. Mr. Haines seirlnc the gavel and declar­ ing the House adjourned. Mr. btnegar then took the chair, but the c amor drowned his voice, and amid the tumult Mr. Haines again resumed his position, and maintained that that portion of the report regarding clerks and janitors would require a two-thirds vote or go over until the next day. The House acquiesced, and the remain ng por­ tion of the report, dismissing sixty-nine em­ ployes, was adopted, and adjournment was then voted. In the joint session forty-five Senators and 133 Representatives answered the roll-call, but the only vote cast for Senator was the one which Streeter gave for Black. IMMEDIATELY after the assembling of the Sen­ ate, Mr. Giliham presented the credentials of Mr. Robert S. Davis, the Senator elect of the Thirty-seventh District to succeed Senator Bridges, deceased. The new Senator was es­ corted to the bar of the Senate, where the oath of office was administered by Judge Jesse J. Phillips. A resolution presented by Senator Tubbe was unanimously adopted, substituting the name of Davis for that of tsridges as a mem­ ber of all standing committees of the Senate. Senator Hamilton's biltamendingthelawdivid- ing the State into judicial circuits was passed. A resolution was adopted authorizing the Gov­ ernor and others to select on the Capitol grounds a suitab'e location for a statue to Pierre Menard, to be presented to the State by Charles P. Chou­ teau, ef St Louis. Senator Streeter's minority report of the Railroad Committee waa taken up as a special order. It favored the passage by the Legislature of a bill reducing tbe passenger fare on first-class roads to accents a mile, and to 3 cents on second-class roads. After an hour's discussion, participated In by a half- doEesi members, the minority leport was re­ jected by a vote of 36 nays to 10 yeas. In the House a motion to reconsider the vote by which a bill appropriating $500 lor the publication of the annual reports of tbe Illinois Dairymen's Association failed to pass prevailed, after a spir­ ited debate, and the bill was sent to the Senate, receiving <JI> affirmative votes. Mr. West de­ sired permission to offer a resolution referring to the employes of the House. ' Mr. Haines Said the House had no employes, as all were discharged some days aco. A Mil introduced by Mr. Bassett was put on its third reading. It amends the practice act by sending cases remanded by the dedalon of the Supreme Court directly to ths original tribunal which tried them, thus preventing delay in the Appellate Court. The bUI received 129 affirmative votes and was sent to the Senate. Fifty Senators and 148 members of the House composed the joint session. Mr. Roger being the only Republican absentee, the word was passed around the House that the Republicans were about to vote. Matters began to assume an interesting aspect, when the hopes of the Republican managers were dashed to the earth by Mr. Slttlg, who immediately after the call of the roll sent to the Clerk's deak and had nad a paper statlne that, owing to the death of Repre­ sentative Shaw, he pledged hlasalf to stand paired with the deceased member upon all votes and questions relating to the eleonon of a United States Senator until Shaw's successor was elected and qualified. SENATOR CLOUOB'S primary election bin waa discussed for an hour by the Senate on the Mlt Inst., and finally postponed for a week. A heated discussion occurred over Mr. Duncan's elevated railway bill, that Senator introducing, as a new measure, an exact copy of the MU now in the hands of the Railroad Committee. The nominations of O. H. Alright for Commissioner of Joliet Prison, and of Jacob Grosch as Com­ missioner of the Southern Penitentiary, were received. The name of W. R. Sandbsm waa substituted for that of John H. Gnnn for member of the State Board of Education. The Houae was in great confusion from hour of meeting to the hour of adjournment, and nothing was sccom- plished in the way of legislative work. The never-ending question of the Hons* pay-roll was the bone over which the members were snarling all day. The matter was finally dis­ posed of by the adoption of a resolution provid­ ing for the payment of all employes op to ^Pril 16. Mr. McDonald gave notioe of anaaiead- ment to the rules of the House reducing by one- half the number of committee clerics and jani­ tors, and l educing the number of parea to ten, policemen to four, and House janitors to ten. His notice also provided for the selection of Messrs. Considine. Winslow, and Goodspeed as a committee to decide who the prescribed House janitors, policemen, and races should be. A noteworthy occurrence in the House wss the removal of two Republican members, who were seated next to Mr. Sittig, to other parts of the chamber. No votes were cast in the Joint ses­ sion. A motion was adopted by thi Democrats thanking Mr. Sittig for declaring a pair between himself and the deceased Mr. Shaw. ;i m - • rvi - I : wt* i*" -• | . ' THE chambers of memory need (last­ ing ont occasionally. It is not wise, however, to remind a man of tbo time when , bnt why provoke the furiesf FOUR HUNDK£P omnibuses paaq % given point in London every ' cording to a recent computation. THS most positive efforts of tbe beetpii^ " tograpbers only show negative retails. •ss s - » tl