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% . * : L SMS JPAST WEEK '̂ 4-w." DOMESXtC NEWS. ma * *»• THF ^oolttt ttffl OR JDM Brown A a few days -̂ ; ̂ ?aine» >Oniy >€£e t*» ffills %«ra Mt steading. I * J r|neyfor Maafjactuusettai for a ntaaber of Tews, •jV'v" V well known as aa author, diad at Boston, -V*. *' < nwaafiy, aged 71. H" ' The w«*.':'*' / *»» ^ ^ DURING the present week, at MoVifck* S 3 :•••% t 'i«1 «*'« Ciitoaftb Tbttter, is being prodnoed Buck- Hiti-t •.; **$)stone's utMillItidrama the "Green Bushes," <•1 <n.v- '̂ #®rwiiielittp whole Rtrength of the company - * »Wi ;~]41 W" hM been in preparation for some • ' tin îodit is thoroughly rehearsed and will be ? * * gĵ m admirable setting of new and ef- V*i 1 •»>> j fectivo)MiSMt7. ̂ ̂fti '"f A MffCH at Gresco-Rom&n wrestling ,»s *'<f | took place the other evening at Detroit, between ;«w»v «4 ̂ Ui6 French athlete, Andre Cristol, aiadJ. H - MciSafcgMhi, the eollar-aiM* elbow wrestler, at ia-'VV >^w$lch the fowner was sndrienly played out, living been, by main strength, struck 4o ̂( floor, and his collar-bone broken. Ui A GBAND JUB* at St Losdajmre-. v ' ' , tfunwd indictments against the officials of the *•/ # National Bank of Missouri, for embezzlement ,'-;n ̂ and fraud. ' AT a Cabinet meeting recently, Sec- •*%#*<?& - tetary Bchurz stated that the GKothc chief Sit- „ '**<*»«* ting Boll hid,reoroewed the botrndm-. and was " *.!<•• •: f)4uxloosto >ulnpMM3B «Bd§e upon a reserva- • -4 jt tton in the Iadian Territory. %ate5,0001odgMf, •-» Z, **•'.*»cr .J®!000 persona, are said to be with him.... : ' A dispatch from Fort Bobinaon, Neb., of Jan, 22, Bays: " The Cheyenne Indian campaign has ; closed, for a time, at "least On^Menday Col. §1 ***&, *ifi* OtM&k&m* and D, Third caval- ,, mi? ry, fotind the renegades in a strong position in , the cliffy foer milee north of the stage road, ,r':c •»<+ PA^>% sucoeeded in cuttiiig off their ... * ln\, ̂progreaa. They effected their tuaal escape, n * ? V and moved toward Red Cloud Agency. pA ̂ •!? % capt. WeaBells, whose sconts conveyed "!>JL *' a®ws 'to him, started at once on their *ffs To jiv trail wHh tab ftrar companies of cavalry, and - came up with them some forty-five miles from ̂this po .̂ Then the work of captunng them, either dead or alive, began in dead earnest Only nine Cheyennes, all of them wounded, were captured, the balance of the party, twen- ty-three in number, being killed Seventeen • are still unaccounted for. It is supposed some #•! «5>f$ iave died from wounds and others escaped." THK boiler in the saw-mill of Halm |v A Battb, at Chase, Lake county, Mich., blew up tonibk toree the other day4 completely' : destroying the mill, machinery,, etc., and killing *tk • "Jt H^rn, David Cook and Daniel Oanghawrc. * BY the burning of an elevator at To­ ledo, Ohio, the other d%y, 100,000 bdshels of ktpi f fln»| w&to destroyed. Ttie lota amomkts to about 9135,000. "V* - • ' " - • fJvit' " f&et Lientenant GoT^nbr of jEflorida Ml been indicted by five* FlBend "Grand Jury for conspiring io piwwpe fiwuialent returns of the )ate oleotioa in otie of the ooontiee of that State. THE lower bouse of the Lotiisiana Legislature has repealed the charter of the Louisiana State lottery, by a vote of 63 to SOt A|f election to fill the vacancy cattsed . v by tbe death of Hon. Julian Hartridge, Con- **«•! ifi •*! ^^Muian,'faui1een called for Feb. 10 by Gov. Oelquitti ol On* gla, tfetiH'%-% t ?'̂ i •' WtuMngfH. •:,• < i of infap, ducedin Congress "a bill to secure to the people t>f every State equal and just rep* sweiitatton." K providee that after the next census the Legislature of each State ehall apportion tiie State voder the census of 1880, so a* to provide that when more than two members of C6&grees axe elected in a State the State shall be divided into districts of three members each, aa far as possible, and when there are two odd Repre- aeatative&™-that is, over three, or isfe, or nine, etc.--there shall be one district consisting of five members. In districts consisting of three members every elector shall vote for only two members of Congress, and in districts entitled to. five members every elector vote* for toreemembei* to goUL it the United States treo*- »ry ®ndthe wioneeab-tweeories of the coa«-. try haeiaenasedl io largely ainee Jan. 1 that the Secretary ef the Treasury announces that keneeforth Governnaent interest will be paid at all sub-treasuries in coin or curreney, at the Option of the payee, as waa the custom prior to resumption. Tifc: Senate hap confirmed William •O. 'JHjiompswtt, of Iowa, Chief Justice of the Su­ preme Court of Idaho. Postmasters: Ohio--F. & Goodeon, Bellevne, Indiana--Thomas N. Bobertwm, Brazil; John G EUer, Muncie;Sam- nel B. Webster, Moot|caUo. Illinois--Gallus Butz, Jr., Highland; N. H. Fntt, Eewanee; Isaac M. Keely, Duquoin; Andrew "Wilson, Sparta; Gilbert Boaster, Lake Forest; Samuel ®*»knell, National Stock Yards; J. ' S. Ander- san, Havektck; Samuel Lynn, Earlville; Seneca JD. Clupin, Whitehall; J. B. Miller, Anna; F. H. Bates, £hqhnrst Iowa--William M, Qrad- dick, Knoxville; S. A. Moore, BlopmfieldjJ. M. Eatery, Lemars. Nebneka~tO. J?. B. Willlam- eon, Grand Island. ' Thb report is again "'revived, says a Washington correspondent, that Senator Chris- his place in the HMM V» m W . . *!*0, ' %S HWitt %t s f»t J1*-J , r H >u / ' «*»»«* '/v ̂ •' *1 ̂ >' . ft * u* um ? *0 "MU & ' •«»/ ; m m ' • > m M \ o "«4U'{ h >ŝ i • * i- < • I<|. e '('• JTI,; f - ' i - • '-{it Cr -:v W#' m:; 4m A l i i ' I j a n c y i s d t o t r o u s f a > r e s i g n 8«mB,.ndtJiathe will accept any of the Gov eiiaueB*S«u«i Asseric î mia-icas. The com- «pww)iHPl*ee .te,«he report, of oonrse,M ttwt Mr,,pt»andl»r «q>ects to bueceed Wm. ~ i-.2 ; > in-i; T&m United St&fe* Senators were chosen us vfrî os Btstes an Tuesday, Jan. 21, as follows: Illinois--John A. Logan, in place of JMohard J. Qglesby, both Republican; In- diana- D. W. Yoorhees, Demtsorai, as his own successor for both the long sad short terms; Missouri--Junes Shields, in place of Da­ vid H. .krmtbtcbg, appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Louis V. Bogy, and George G. Test, for the full term commencing March 4, 1879--all Democrats; Pennsylvania - J. Donald Cameron, Bepubttcan, as his own successor; New York--Iloscoe Conk- ling, Bepublican, as his own suc­ cessor; Connecticsat-Orville H. Piatt, Bepublican in place of William H. Barmum, Democrat; North Carolina-- Zebulon B. Yance, in place of A & Merrimon, • ' ' ' % " • t- • . Af a aeeskm of the Potter Jan. S9, (Vn a sfstewwnt %at cer­ tain dknatolKw htul c«mte into laa early last spring. ' He ftond item upon hif" pirate taUe, but has no knowledge how they came there. These .̂ paufttM, it was eaid, were part of those prinfced'itf\|be itftomt, If •eo,heibaim®ito do with^e pubffii«i.' They had beMk fn îshod to the Tribune before hey carae into Ms hands. Dorfng theMUMMsr they were missed for several weeks, aaft sttfe- sequently they were found again, when 1M had them numbered and stamped anl |Wt in a place of safety. & ̂ willing to |tede them at the service of the&ftt&ittee. In doing so, he contended that fliey should be printed and made public, or placed within the power of any member of the eesnmittee to make publia MATT H. CARPECTBH has been elected as United States Senator from Wisconsin, to succeed T. O. Howe, the vote standing Car­ penter, 84; Byan, 38, an d Bonck, 18. , \ . THK Potter Committee received the bundle of cipher dispatches from Gen. Butler, on the 33d of &nnary, About which so orach has bsen said. They were ordered to be deci­ phered aad lithogr aphed. r - ! SBRATOP. Conklir.g lias trmmphed in committee upon the subject of the New York Custom House appointments, aa advene, report having been agreed npon by the Oommittee on Commerce. ; . 1 • Tas United States Fish Oomntisaion is to plant 150,000 salmon throughout the Mid­ dle Northern States of the Union. The ocean postage account of the United States shows th,at foreign countries, have paid cur Government on the settlement at postal accounts, $88,ITS, and that the amount paW to foreign Governments by this c ran try was 128,405 The Board of Indian Commia-' sioners estimate the number of Indians in the United States at 25 ,̂000, and report 'iiat of this number 127,458 wear civilized dress. i the Election Investigation. AT Ney? Orleans, on the 18th, the in­ vestigating committee concluded the taking of testimony at that point, and adjourned W. B.. Merchant, District Attorney of St Mary's, testi­ fied concerning the attack on Newman's house. It Was ordered that United States Commis­ sioner Lane take testimony of any witnesses not examined for Natchitoches, Tensas and Cala- houla parishes; that Morria Marks represent the majority and B. F. Jonas the minority ̂ The testimony so taken will be transmitted to Mr. Teller and treated as if taken by the committee. THE new Democratic members of the Teller Committee, Senators McDonald and Randolph, started for South Carolina Jan. 20. They took with them the names of a large num­ ber of witnesses that the Democrats desired to have summoned. THE Teller Committee, consisting of Senators Teller, Kirkwood, Cameron, Ran­ dolph and McDonald, began their investiga­ tion of the late general election in South Caro­ lina, at Ch^es^opt on the 21st of January. AH the wi|nefses examined were from Charles­ ton county, and it was admitted by both Dem­ ocrats arid Republicans that all the election offldisrs, excepting clerks, were appointed upon the recommendation of "the Democratic committee; that one of fhet three Commis­ sioners qf Election for the county was a Republican; that the managers of election at the different precinets were exclusively Demo­ crats, and the United States' Supervisors at the different polls weft) riot allowed to have a clerk, there being no provision of law for such person: It was also testified that the Demo­ cratic Supervisors had no clerks, and that the elerks of Bepublican Supervisors were ex­ cluded from the polling places by order of the Democratic committee. The Republican witnesses, of whom ttoee or four were exam­ ined, testified that there were numerous tissue ballots fotmd in the boxes at various precincts n Charleston oounty, in some instances these tissue ballots exceeding the number of actual voters. The Democratic witnesses admitted the printing of tissue ballots by the Democratic committee, and said the object in issusng them was to enable the colored people to vote se­ cretly for the Democratic candidates without risk of molestatioii. , AT the sessioft of tile Teller Qqp- mittee > of Jan. 38, E. M. Pinoknoy, colored minister, Bepublican, testified to the existence of three organizations of Redj Shirts in Will­ iamsburg county. He also gave an account of alleged interference with a Bepublican meeting at White Oak. John M. Freeman (colored), Re­ publican Supervisor at Palmetto Engine House, testified that the arrest, by his order, of a Democratic voter for a repeater re­ sulted in witness being knocked down and kicked, but the intervention of Democrats saved him from more serious injury. When he returned into the polling place he. found his poll-list was gone. Up to that time 915 votes were polled, and about two hours later, when the poll closed, the total vote proved to be over 11,500. Witness saw Democratic tissue ballots stuffed into the box, and saw large numbers in the box when it wae opened. Witness saw number of persons voting tissue tickets. He knew of no ostracism of colored Democrats by Republicans, and thought the ostracism was just Si© other way. A. W. Green (colored), Bepublican Deputy Marshal at Palmetto En- gine House, testified as to a fight in which Freeman waif struck. G. D. Bryan, President qt the Democratic Club, Ward 1, testified that only three tissue tickets were voted in his ward The white residents of the ward went to Palmetto Engine House or ̂Market Hall, in Ward 8, to vote, in consequence of the crowd at his polls. One colored man brought up eighiy-five aokved men to vote the Demoosatic ticket BKVOBK the Teller Committee, at Charleston, J an. 23, J. J. Young, oolored, Repub­ lican Supervisor at Thirty-Two-Mile House poll, testified that when the ballot-box was opened an excess of 841 ballots waa found, all of which were Democratic tissue ballots. The surplus votes were drawn out, and all bnt five with-, drawn were Republican votes. Sam Lee, a col­ ored Republican, from Siunter, testified that early in the canvass, at it precinct meeting at Swimming Pen, fte was notified that no organis­ ation of the Republican party would be allowed there. Witness insisted, and twenty armed white men threatened to shoot him, and then rode off. At the Hampton meeting he was ill- treated for asking Gov. Hampton a question, but Ham^n rescued him. Two other wit­ nesses--one white and the other colored--con­ firmed the evidence of the preceding witness. • BEFORE the Teller Committee, Jan. 24, at Charleston, abefttt a dozen witnesses were [ m \ s - •Mmmm : IT ia now said tlmt the German Gov "1 * • ; 4. , »• ri' question-in. Jhe Bsfohstag, aolar aa that body is concerned, when it shall meet A rumor is current that the Social Democratic members Trill not be ̂ Slowed to take their seats; or, if so, will hold them but a very short tinte... .The Middleboro, Rosedale and Ferryville Iron Company, of London, has failed. Liabilities, fl,600,000. THE Directors of the City of Glasgow Bank are now on trial in Edinburgh for fraud, theft, and embezzlement, GEN. GBANT and party embarked at Marseilles, Jan. 22, on the French steamship La Bourdonais, for India, via Suez. The party embraced Gen. and Mrs. Grant, ex-Secretary Borie, Lieut Col. Frederick D. Grant and Dr. Keating, of Philadelphia... .Eight men were drowned by the overturning of a boat a few daye ago in the harbor of Antwerp, Belgium. THE new Bulgarian constitution has been received at Th-nova, after having been ratified by the Czar... .Germany, Austria and Bnssia are concerting measures W ward off, if possible, the terrible plague which has swept with such relentless fatality through Central Ada. A quarantine system has been virtually agreed upon, and if this shall prove to be in­ sufficient to meet the necessities of tho situa­ tion actual non-intercQuim with the region af­ fected, or likely to beoome so, will be insisted upon. - <-,W- &MESSIONAJL. ? • : ~ JANUAJIY 18.--TIw Senate was not in session. ----j--In the House the Geneva Award bill was taken up and passed. The bill revives the Alabama Claims Commission, as it was cheated by the law of June, 1874. and declares that the oonrt shall have no jurisdiction over what are known as the war-pre- mium claims. Provision U made for S per cent, interest upon all awards made by the court, with 6 per cent, from the date of the original award. JAOTUBY 30.--In the Senate, a bill was in­ troduced by Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, to provide a uniform national currency. Mr. Morgan offered a substitute agreed upon in the Democratic caucus for Mr. Edmunds' resolution concerning suffrage and the later curistitutionol amendments. It was laid on the table, under the rules. The substitute, while recognizing the binding force of the amendments, regards Senator Edmunds* resolution BH proposing legislative action in con­ flict with the decisions of the Supremo Court, par­ ticularly in the OruikshanK case, holding that the constitution does not confer the right to vote on any one, but simply confers the privilege of freedom from any discrimination on account of race, color or previous condition, and that the regulation of suffrage belongs exclusively to the several States.--- In the House, a large number of bills and resolutions were Introduced, under a call of the States. JANUARY 21,--In the Senate, Mr. Morrfll, from the Committee on Finance,'reported, without amendment, the House bill passed by the House, on the Kith inst., to facilitate the refunding of the na­ tional debt. Placed on the calendar Mr. Mat­ thews presented a bill to prevent the introduction of con'agious or Infectious diseases tin the United States, and to.. establish a Bureau of Public Health. Referred,... Mr. Chaffee introduced a joint resolution directing the cancellation of $1 and $2 United State notes. Laid on the table, to be called tip by Mr.. Chaffee hereafter The Senate bill to authorise the Secre­ tary of the Interior to deposit certain funds held by him as trustee for the Indian tribes in the treas­ ury of the United States in li«u of investment, led to a long discussion, without action,------ In the House Mr. Potter offered a resolution au thorizing an investigation into the cipher dis­ patches, which led to a protracted debate. Mr. Potter alluded to the history connected with the formation of the Potter Committee, and his refusal at that time to allow an amendment to the resolu­ tion so that the Oregon dispatches should be In­ quired into. He denied that he had ever been controlled by Tilden in any way. Mr. But' er opposed the resolution. He thought the House had no jurisdiction over the subject, and said it would be better to give the $1€,OOU asked for to the families of poor men Instead of wasting it in investigating private dispatches. Mr. Hale followed In a brief speech, earnestly ad­ vocating the investigation. He thought it was due to the simple old man in New York who was dragged out as a Democratic candidate, and whose good name was Imperiled by his trusted friends. Mr. Conger said that the Republicans came here in December, expecting the Democracy to rush forward with a resolution for investi­ gating, but he had been amazed at the long silence. The Republicans kept quiet, bat it was hard work, and he was glad now. at this late hour, that Mr. Potter had been moved. Mr. Hewitt favored the resolution, saying that, as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, he had never sent a dispatch which would not bear the light. He never heard of these cipher .dispatches until they were in print. The investiga­ tion was demanded by justice to an outraged leaner Of the Democratic party, and by the party itself. An investigation would vindicate Tilden from cal­ umny heaped upon him by the Republicans. The resolution wife then adopted by a vote of 123 yeas to ISO nays. JANUARY fc£--In the Senate, Mr. Oar- land, from the Committee on Public lands, submitted a minority report on the claim of Mr. MoGarrahap, together with a bill placing all claim­ ants to the Rancho Panoche tirand, in California, in the Court of Claims, with the right of appesl to the Supreme Court. Laty ou# the table, the bill and report to be printed.... The House bin to facilitate the refunding of the na­ tional debt waa passed unanimously. The bill now goes to the President....Mr.Davis (111.) introduced a bill to prevent and punish counterfeiting* within the United States, of notes, bonds and other securi­ ties of foreign Government*. lief erred. In the House the bill was passed appropriating $H0,«W for the transportation of coin mid bullion, and #4D,0(K) for the miscellaneous expenses of the House....The Senate amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill were non-concurred in....Mr. Stephens introduced a bill defining and describ­ ing the duties of the Secretary of the Treasury in certain esses. Referred Quite a stormy debate arose in regard to the Southern Claim Mil. in the course of which Mr. Bragg (Wis.) stated that. if. the South Was solid for the Democratic party simply for the pur­ pose of getting money out of the treasury, it would be well for the Northern Democracy if the Southern Democrats went over to the Republican party, and be hoped they would do so. Mr. Ellis, of fjouis- ianS', replied to Mr. Bragg. He said the Southern people were as tniejg the Democratic party as the gentleman from Wisconsin (Bragg), and it was in obedience to Democratic teachings, m the Southern people had understood them, that they had gone into the war. ' JANUARY 3A--In the Senate,'Hr. Morrill, from the special committee iti rsgard fc£taking the census, reported a bill, which was placed on the CalvmW--Mr, Burn side reported favorably the House bill to promote the education of the wtim ... .The report of the conference committee on the Consular sad Diplomatic Appropriation bill was agreed to, and the bill passed. The total amouat appropriated is $1,078.U85 The bill ta amend the Patent law was discussed. In the House, the conference report on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation hill was agreed to. ... .The Poatofilce Appropriation bill was then re ported... .Thti House, In committrfe of the whole, debated at length the bill to apply the proceeds of the sale of public lands to the education of the peo­ ple. ...Mr. Cox (N. Y.). Chairman of the Committee on Census, reported a bill for taking the Federal census. Ordered printed and recommitted. Mr. Ryan, from the same committee, submitted the views of the minority. Ordered printed and re­ committed. .. .An evening session was hold for the consideration of the bill for the classification of mail matter, and to regulate the rates of postage thereon. It divides the mail matter Into four clasRes: First, written matter; second, periodical publications under registration; third, mis­ cellaneous printed matter; and fourth, merchandise; and makes the rates of postage uni­ form on all periodicals, whether daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly. The bill was satisfactory to tbo publishers of the country. A number of funertdmwifft nfFpvr.rl a*»r1 wffn* JAKU, done. Mr. to! attem |̂;.'i%5;|||te mitted by him, dcchwing Thirteenth, meats to the resotutions fecb- tho validity of the Fourteeuth »Pf1 Fifteenth uaffid- the AsamUtoUtm? • -Tw - the House, Mr. Fuller sntoiltted a resolution ditecl- '"R the Committee on Ways and Mesas to consider twslve prfakte hills repotted were passed fay ** House--Mr. Banning presented a substitute tor the Army OiKsni^aUoa bill, and asked to have it printed. So ordend. Vrr# *ojir MOBnrsoiii Beport of the Blotfciy Affair. The officer who was sent from Omaha by Gen. Crook to investigate the out­ break of the Cheyennes at Fort Robin­ son made an official report, which ia given below in Ml: : FOB* BOWKSOW, Web., JanulS. Upon a full investigation of the recent Chey­ enne troubles here, I find the facts as follows: On the 3d Inst the head men were notified by O&pt Weseels that the authorities in Washing­ ton had decided that they mast go back south. Withoct giving a decisive answer, they retired to consult with their people. On the. next day Hog, as spokesman, gave an unequivocal nega­ tive, saying, as had the others on numerous oc­ casions, that they were resolved to die first A few having been examined, and professed will­ ingness to go, were allowed to return to the prison, bat were forcibly detained toy the others. The attempt to starve and freeze them oat was now the last and only alternative. On the 9th inst it was decided ta arrest Hog, as he was the leading oppositionist Hej having been with; difficulty influenced to como out, was ironed, tynt after a struggle iq which a soldier was stabbed. The In­ dians in the prison, knowJ#g of this, im­ mediately barricaded the do6rs and covered the ^windows with cloth to conceal their movements, tearing up the floor and constructing rifle-pits to command all the windows. From this time the prison was like a den of rattlesnakes, and any white man who had shown MB head in the room would! have met certain death. It was supposed, of course, that the Indians had no arms other than a few knives. During the evening the bnilding was as quiet as a grave, and the six sentinels who surrounded it suspect­ ed no danger. At ten minutes before 10 o'clook four shots were fired from the west end of the prison, killing two of the sentinels. Shota were also hred from a froht Window into the guard-rooih, wounding a corporate Simul­ taneously a rush was made through all the win­ dows, the Indians sallying out, resolved to kill and he killed, like Malays running amok. The guard and other troops gave chase. The In­ dians moved south toward the creek, the squaws being driven in a mass ahead of the men, at least five of the latter keeping np an incessant fire. It was in returning the fire that several women and children were killed. No woman or child was intentionally harmed, and, in fact, many officers and soldiers showed great daring in trying to save them. To take the men pris­ oners was impossible, as they all refused to sur­ render, and when exhausted stood at bay. Sev­ eral soldiers lost their lives in trying to capture suah men. No Indian killed who could have been captured. When these Cheyennes were first captured they Were but partially dis­ armed, and several guns and pistols were taken from them. After they had entered the prison they had ample time to conceal arms under the floor, that place of deposit not being searched. The pHsoh had been so guarded that the theory of arms having been introduced subsequently to their incarceration is scarcely tenable; yet events proved that they had at least fifteen guns in addition to the two obtained from the dead sentinels, and some few revolvers. They are well supplied with knives. There are many proofs that a desperate outbreak was long pre­ meditated. The squaws say that the men feared hanging if they returned south, and that in this affair all expected to die. From the time that they know their removal was decided upon they were in such a frame of mind that, were the movement to be attempted in any way, it would simply be a question as to who should be killed, white man or Indian. Casualties to date: Soldiers killed, 5; wounded, 7; Indiana captured, 71; killed, 82. W. S. SCHUYLER. Aid-dc-Camp. Ay INSPIMKD ORATOB. ON a certain occasion Sargent S. Prentiss, the famous Mississippi orator, visited Boston and addressed its citizens in Fanenil Hall. A gentleman who heard him, then a venerable Judge, told this anecdote, which illustrates the ora­ tor's power. Unable to procure a seat, he stood jammed by the orowd. As Mr. Prentiss began to speakglhe gen­ tleman took out his watch to time him. As he was replacing it in his fob some­ thing in the orator's manner and words arrested his attention. . He found it im­ possible to take away his eyes or ears, He forgot the presence eff the crowd, his own fatigue, the passage of the time, everything but the speaker. Mr. Pren­ tiss seemed fatigued. So intense was the sympathy of the venerable man with him that he found himself breathing rapidly and painfully. At last the orator, exclaiming, *My powers fail 1" "sank exhausted into a chair. Hot till then did the aged listener dis­ cover that his hand was still holding his watch at the opening of its pocket. He looked at it. He had stood in that crowd listening for three hours and fif­ teen minutes. Near him stood an aged minister who, tremulous with excite­ ment, exclaimed: "Will any one ever doubt again God inspires man?" CRANBERRY SAITOK.--Pour hot water on the berries and let them stand until cold, then to one quaK of them add one pint of sugar, one of water; after add­ ing the water, let boil twenty minutes, then add sugar and boil twenty minutes more; stir the. berries often and mash evenly. When done the sauce may be strained in a bowl. When coid serve in slices. m • • ' ' v- $. , *v you have 'irf̂ an no­ ticed the limpets whioE stiok Mr-ttfod to the rooks. They stick, however- the msy beat, against and they stick hard, too--harder than the strong­ est cement could fasten them. Have you ever tried to pull one of these lim­ pets from its place? If you have not, I hsm assure you that you or J might pull andptdi away without moving it a quar­ ter of an inch. The same power that enables the limpet to hold on so firmly lo the rock enables the fly, by means of those little hairs, to trot about upside down: for in principle the swelled-out ends of the hairs act in precisely the same manner as the body of the limpet. With a little trouble we can make, out of simple materials, a very good imi­ tation of one of these hairs, sufficiently large to see how they act. First, we must get a bit of leather that is used for the soles of boots. It must be about the stse of a silver dollar, and also of the same shape. We must then fasten it to a yard of string, by means of a hole pricked in the middle of the leather, a knot at the end of the string preventing it from coming away. This knot should be so hammered against the hole that no air can get through the opening, or our experiment will fail. Now with this simple contrivance we shall, if we have made it properly, be able to lift stones of several pounds' weight. But before we try to do so we must take care that the leather at the end of the string has been soaked some hours in water to make it soft and pliable. We will now take hold of the free end of the string, and drop the leather upon the stone we wish to raise. On gently pulling the string, we shall find that the leather has taken such a firm sucking hold upon the stone that we can carry it from place to place; we shall also find that it requires some force to separate them. Th© reason why the leather "sucker," as it is called, acts in this way is be­ cause, when we pull the string, we raise up the center of the leather, and make a little tent-shaped hollow space there between the sucker and the stone. The air cannot get into the little chamber thus formed, for the soft, wet leather fits closely to the stone all" around it. But the air tries with might and wain to force its way in, and it presses so close­ ly upon the sucker that it actually sticks it all the firmer to the stone. The force that is exerted upon the sucker is called atmospheric pressure, and is ex<- actly the same power which keeps the limpet on the rock and the fly's foot on the ceilingt ' . i ; «i*r KiLZMD JErrjc, [' Tfiil otheif night as old Blinks/ who presides over the case-keeper of a faro game, sat listening to the various opin­ ions expressed about our Indian troubles, he felt constrained to relate some of his own experiences with the Indians, prefacing his remarks with the assertion that not one man in 10,000 knows anything about the subject. Said he: " You give me 100 men as brave as myself, who would rely on me for strategy, and follow where 1 would lead, and we'd whip all the tribes be­ tween here and Alaska!" - Blinks proceeded to state that in the early days of Texas he commenced the subjugation of an Indian tribe all on his own hook. He was both in­ fantry and cavalry, and his courage and wily tactics appalled the Indians more than an ordinary army corps would have done. He maintained this uneven war­ fare for several months, until one day he found himself some 300 miles within the Indian Territory, where no white man had ever been before. As he was passing through a defile in the mount ains 1,500 Indians surrounde They had closed every avenue cape; abrupt mountains tower< either hand, their sides lined f ages; several hundred guarded ahead of him, while an equal n had closed in upon his rear. To was impossible; the odds were to give battle, so he majestically dered and defiantly told them with him as they pleased. T|ie of the Indians at capturing such port ant and dreaded enemy pre them from killing him at once, ai were two days in council trying Vent some more horrible tore manner of death than they practiced before. By this time old Blinks had go self hopelessly entangled, and crowd around the game, seeing lemma, demanded at once to kno he had got out of suoh a fix. coughed and M spatted for time,' ing to invent some way to wind up story, but his imagination " fell down" on him, and the boys kept pressing him. He told of his thirst and de­ scribed his thoughts, trusting that some .idea would come to his rescue. The crowd, becoming more and more aware of his predicament, interrupted, dis­ tracted, and confused him so much he could think of no way out, so, bringing his fist down on the table with a thump, and with a look of earnest sincerity, he < V . . * . A . jpeadia' this for me, air? I can't road myself." It was a raiow-shoveler on Walnut street that spoke, as he handed over am envelope inclosing a telegram, which read: * Nashville, Jan. 9* 1179.--I will arrive at Louisville l̂ f the S-o'cJock train this evening. Jerry A. Tafk." ".Will you will:lit again, sir?* asked Jthe snow- shoveler. It was read agaC*. " You aay it's signed Jerry A. Taftf " " That, was the name." "Please read it once more." His request was complied with. " It goes right straight along--just them 'ere words, without any fyitchin' or stumblin'?" " Just that way." "It can't be Jerry, then; it can't be Jerry," he mused. u Jerry couldn't say that many words without stutterin' all to pieces, to save his life. Some fellow's tryan' to fool me, but I'm too smart for; him, I am."--Louisville Courier- MU. - MmtOM TMM SCIBStma. - Some people, ignorant of tftfat good editing is, imagine the getting up of selected matter to be the easiest work in the world to do, whereas, it is the nicest; work that is done on a paper. If they find the editor with scissors in his hand, i they are sure to say, "Eh! that's the way you get up original matter, eh?* accompanying their new and witty questions with an idiotic wink dr smile. The facts are, that the interest, the morality, the varieity and usefulness of a paper depends, in no small, degree, upon its selected matter, and few men are capable of the position who would not themselves be able to write many of the articles they select. A sensible ed­ itor desires considerable selected mat­ ter, because he knows that ope mind; cannot make so goocl a paper ds five'or six. • \. ' *;- SBCOWp CHILDHOOD* jgfg, Nanoy Slocomb died recently at- Bloomington, Ind., at the age of 103 years. Before her death she relapsed; into a second childhood, which was s» complete a copy of infancy that the old woman spoke , of herself as baby, de­ lighted in toys, and Was dressed and undressed and rocked to sleep by a- daughter 65 years old, herseli a gray- headed grandmother. ' A DECISION made by the Supreme Court of the United States puts a quietus upon the cktim of one* Scutt, and some other persons, who modestly; set up a title to. some seven million acres of land in Missouri and Arkansas, including twenty-four entire counties in those States. The claim was found-: ed upon one of the old Spanish grants, ' the confirmation of which has been a curse to the country. In this case it . was fortunately found impossible to make a survey in accordance with the terms of the grant, which was drawn without knowledge of the physical geography of the country. , 4 . LAST year there were 142 violent deaths ill Vermont, including 8 murders, 34 suicides, 20 accidental drownings, 13 deaths by the cars, 12 by falls, 9 by car­ riage accidents and 6 accidental shoot­ ings. Hanging was the favorite method of self-murder, and the youngest and oldest suicides were 14 and 91, respect­ ively. MB. GEORGE REED, of Hart ooupty,. 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