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njiiNoxa -m fMmM*im Femoral bureau year 20<XHk* United States trill contain a of OCXlOf»at0oo. Think of Selection retarua in those We feel real lorry lor oaf (*•- Ouuut GRA#*T is filling two vol­ umes villi Lis history of the wur. After they are finished he will write another book giving his political experiences from the surrender of Appomattox to the present time. It is said that this last book will be one of the most inter­ esting books historically that has yet been given to the country, as it will cover an inside view of Andrew John­ son's administration, of which very lit­ tle is known. ' rv' m- k « ' . * • f-T' •'.if - WITHIN fonr years past, in Tazewell, Russell, and Washington counties, Vir­ ginia, 2,500 men and 3,000 hones have been engaged in the walnut lumber trade, bringing into these conn ties $1,600,000. One walnut tree realized $600. Five hundrod men are engaged in getting out oak staves, which are shipped to Norfolk for Europe and South America, The walnut is being exhausted, but other valuable woods are abundant. A poplar tree in White's •Alley measures twenly-nine feit te cir­ cumference. MB. RUSKIN has begun a fresh cru- •sde against Philistinism in English society. He thinks that the ideal of young people now is to marry as soon aa possible, and live in the most fashion­ able pirt of the largest town their in­ comes will allow. And he finds that huge plate-glass windows, "patent everytliinga going of themselves every­ where," together with the intellectual environment of "a few bad prints, a few dirty and fodlish books, and a quan­ tity of photographs of the people they know," ta||« the {dace, in their minds, of a just eotoception of the "real honor Of human life andbefcatt of the visible to^ld* •• . • OLD people: Bev. James Marshall aged 76 years, and Mrs. Mary Moore) feged 81 years, were the happy couple recently united in the bonds of matri­ mony at Franklin, Tennessee. Walter Pease, of Enfield, Connecticut, is a gen­ tleman who voted for Madison and every Democratic candidate for the Presidency since. Mrs. Xaney Coley, aged 105, w a remarkable woman living near Easton, Connecticut. Her liral husband died in 1864 and the following year she married again. Mrs. Bridget Farley, of Stratford, Conneticut/is 104 years old, but she- recently went to the city in her carriage and "shopped in a manner that made the ladies of the city &tr6niely envious. v ' || CORRESPONDENT New York Star: I' am told by one who is intimate with tlie President-elect, that, though abste­ mious as a rnle, he can take his lioni of whisky with any man in America and "never ripple a hair on his eyebrows." On his Traits to New York, Buffalo, El- mira, Newark, and Brooklyn, lie alwavs responded to an invitation to drink, and took whatever was going--gin, rum, whisky, brandy, or beer--and stood up to his poison like a veteran trooper. Confusion of drinks killed Sir Lucius' O'Trigger, Lut it has no more effect upon his Excellency than water on a duck's back. His appear­ and denotes a man of powerful phy­ sique, with a strong and level head that is proof against the stimulants that so demoralize less vital organiza- FOB some time aiova manufacturers and dealers have seen miea grow scarcer and scarcer, and have heard the steady complaints of stove owners and stove dealers about its rapidly increasing price. Ther& has ' never been a very liberal supply of mica in the world, what there was coming from the Bocky Mountains and the South. Last month a mioa mine was disoovered near Tallu-: lab, Qeorgia, which is pronounced by fen expert and successful mica miner to be the richest mine he ever saw in any section. The mine contains blocks that will square one foot, and the vein is adjudged to .be inexhaustible. Should it so prove, it will be of im­ mense value to people in every station in life, as well as a bonanza to the for­ tunate owner. Mica has come to be one of the absolute necessities of Amer­ ica economy; ~ .. ' { Tns Albany Evening Journal de­ scribes an exrtting scene at a church fair in that city the other evening. A small pig had been brought in in a box • and set aside on exhibition. The little porker, unused to the confinement and the novelty of its surroundings, escaped from the box when the attention of the people happened to be engaged else­ where, and ran squealing about the room. No pen can depict the conster­ nation of the ladies at the escapade. Female shrieks and disordered drapery filled the air, and the gronnd-and-lofty tumbling indulged in by the fair ones in their efforts to reach tables, chairs, and other places out of the reach of the ferocious animal would have put professional acrobats to the blush. At last a general chase was instituted, and the pig's liberty was terminated by his capture and return to his bd& A CORRESPONDENT in Bemsen, N. Y., sends the details of a remarkable com­ bat witnessed near Bordwelltown. The report says William Williams, who is employed in the tannery at Bordwell­ town, while on his way to work about 6 aki&»'tg|r 3*®* owl a ful1* gto^b iSnoic engaged hi a life-and- death struggle. Williams did not dis­ turb the contestants, but on reaching kw informed his fellow- Uhitf fast As they oould number was sent out to verii^ it. The man had no difficulty in finding the •got where the straggle had taken t^brae, 'W the contest was over when he irritid; and tUs victor, the owl, having tore away the fore part of his enemy's body, was feasting on the still quivering remains. As the man ap­ proached, the owl left Its victim and fiercely assailed the new intruder. In its last battle the bird did not fare so well, and was speedily disabled and captured." PBOF. JOHN T. SHI?A, a prominen Bepublican of New Albany,Indiana, was astonished a few days ago by receiving notice of his appointment to a $1,500 clerkship in the War Department. To a correspondent he said: "This is as much a mystery to me as to you. I never asked for the appointment. I suppose, though, it came under the civil-service rules. Several months ago I was requested to prepare a paper on civil-servioe reform, and in order to write it intelligently 1 made some in­ quiries in relereuce to the examina­ tions. I found I could get no informa­ tion upon the subject outside and de­ termined to get it inside. I saw a notice in the papers one day that the commissioners would hold a sessioA in Louisville a certain day. I applied for examination solely for the purpose of getting data for my article, which I subsequently wrote. Some time after the examination I received notice from the commission at v ashington of my percentage, and that I had been entered upen tfce list for an appointment. I thought and heard no more of it, con­ sidering it a mere formal notice, until the notice of my appointment in the War Office came. It is doubtful if I accept, as my business here is of such a nature that I do not see how I can leave it with out a sacrifice." r„ & CHICAGO Current: The effects of the great railway war may be seen in the last three twenty-one-day tables of the New York Indicator. There has been a steady decline in stocks since the outbreak, and millions upon mil­ lion of water have evaporated. Noth­ ing but Elevated stock has withstood the process. When the frobbers made th^se evaporated millions by watefing the stock, they spent the money in wild extravagance. Yillard's mansion is represented as being as artistic as was his rascality. When he retired to Ger­ many for the sake of educating his son and rostoring his shattered nerves, ho took with him a wondrous collection ol Northern Pacific bric-a-brac. Now, on the disappearance of the mill ons which the plutocrats once wrote down on pa­ per, the directors naturally turn to the brakeman, and say: "Heavens! man, do you suppose we can pay you the wages we did when we were making twice as much money ?" Certainly they can. They never gave the brakeman more than would keep him alive. These wise men of Gotham have been at war. They knew what war was. Let them remember Camden, Liberty Street in Pittsburgh, the Sixteenth street via­ duct in Chicago, the yards at East St Louis, and the scenes ~on each aitla the bridge at Omaha. ' * Mr. Reminiscences of Needier. "How long have you known Beecher?" "Since 1847, when he first came to Brooklyn. Ho was then a slight, rud­ dy-complex ioned, long-haired young fellow of about 35. I heard him preach his iirst sermon in Plymouth Church. Mr. Beecher had come to New York from Indianapolis to attend some meet­ ings, and he was invited to visit Brook­ lyn and preach in Plymouth Church, which had just been built. He had only a fair audience on Sunday morn­ ing, but at night the house was crowded. 1 was at the subsequent meeting at Mr. Bowen's House when it was decided to call Mr. Beecher, and from that day to this I have been an attendant upon his min­ istrations. "Do I remember his trip to Europe* while the war was in progress? In­ deed I do. I spent an hour with him the night before he sailed. " 'I am afraid,' he said to me, 'that my mission to England will be a fail­ ure. The sympathy of the British aris­ tocracy for the {Southern oligarchy seems to have pervaded all classes in the mother country. It will be very hard for me, I am persuaded, to secure a respectful hearing for the claims of the North.'" "But your cause is a just one, Mr. Beecher," I suggested. ." 'That's true,' he roplied,' and a'man with a mission such as , I have under­ taken cannot fail for the lack of cour­ age. My convictions will sustain me.' "And they did," added the old Brook- lynite. "Mr. l'eeoher spoke soon after lie reached England, in Free-trade Hall, Manchester. He was hissed and hooted out. Some weeks later, after advocating the cause of the North in other citie3, and particular in Exeter Hall, London. Mr. Beecher returned to Manchester and delivered another address in Free-trade Hall. He was greeted with an overcrowded house and was cheered to the echo. Mr. Beecher has sovcral times told me that he re­ garded his successful efforts to bring Englishmen to properly understand the attitude of the North in our civil war, as one of the grandest achieve­ ments of his life."--Interview in New ISfork Evening Journal. In African Soothing Hyrtitk "The next morning I made some in­ quiries and I found that the catfish was a sort of African soothing syrup, and given to babies quite regularly, or any­ one elee who happened to need a dose. As soon as a native child began to com­ plain, a tub or vessel of water was brought out and several of the fish caught, if they were not on hand, and the child made to get into it and play with the fish. Not only _ do they do this to cure the sick, but in some tribes the mother, when washing their infants in the morning, invariably make them take a shock by touching the fish. This, they said, made the baby grow to a strong "man. The children, however, objected to it, and the s'qualling and screaming, when the little fishes were brought out, was something appalling. The children are also ma e to drink the water in which the fish have been, and finally the fish itself is eaten, so that the remedy is a veritable cureall, and can be taken externally or intern- oe." A BED HAPOLEOK. GSH. Mabln'I KcmlftltcacM of the CMS- palga 8Itttn|BiiIl. It was in the winter of 1876 that the government datenaiasd to drive Sitting Bull out ot the Yellowstone valley and to appropriate it to the use of our own people. 1 had not yet arrived at my post when I heard that an expedition was to be made against Sitting Bull and war waged all along the Yellow Stone river. I did not believe it, but on approaching Ellis learned that Oca. Gibbon was already there with a col­ umn of infantry and had orders for me to turn back with the cavalry and go at once to attack Sitting Bull and his peo­ ple. After the magnanimous conduct of the old chief, I did not, of course, relish these orders, but had no alterna­ tive but to obey them. I joined my column to Gen. Gibbon's and under his command marched down the Yellow­ stone valley over the very route I had just come, never halting until we ar­ rived at Fort Pease, at the mouth of the Big Horn river. Sitting Bull was astonished but not surprised, for he was too wary a war­ rior to be caught napping. He hastily moved his camp at the mouth of the Little Big Horn over to the Bosebud, and ultimately consolidated with it the great camp on Tongue river. He did not at first seem to understand our ob­ ject in coming back so suddenly into his country, and merely watched our movements. It was not till ho heard that Custer waa coming from Lin­ coln and Crook from the Platte that he fully realized the situation. Then he knew that an effort was to be made to deprive him and his people of their country, and he hastily gathered his forces for war. With true military skill he determined to crush the con­ verging hostile columns in detail before they could unite and overwhelm him by their numbers. Gibbon was firat selected for assault, and Sitting Bull came to the mouth of the Bosebud and waited for him. Finding that he would hot cross the deep river with his whole force, Sitting Bull crossed a body of expert warriors and began the attack on Gibl>on by killing three white soldiers. His object was to draw Gen. Gibbon into a general engagement be­ fore Gens. Crook and Terry could come up and reinforce them. But Gen. Gib-, bon was as wary as he was brave, and with the consummate skill of a great military commander, baffled Sitting Bull and held him in his camp until Crook was near at hand. Findiug that he could do nothing with Gibbon, Sitting Bull marched to the head of the Bosebud to meet Crook, who was already coming down that stream with a heavy force of. cavalry and infantry, and threatening to enclose the Sioux between Gibbon and himself. The battle of the 17th of June, 187(5, is so well remembered, and its results so well known, that it needs no mention here. Sitting Bull claimed that he defeated Crook and gained the first point in the campaign. However that may be, Crook was checked and so en­ cumbered by wounded that he was obliged to fall back to his old camp on Goose creek to await reinforcements. It was expected Sitting Bull would return and attack Gibbon, but he saw a war cloud raising in the east and waited for Custer. Custer was warned by Gibbon not to be in too much haste to attack the Sioux, and Gen. Terry had planned the campaign so as to have Gibbon and Custer attack simultane­ ously. But Custer, with his usual im­ petuosity, rushed away to the attack before Gibbon could come up, and - fought the fatal battle of the 'JCth of June, 1876. Sitting Bull had gained the second point in the campaign, and there was now no force left for him to encounter but Gen. Gibbon's little column. Gib­ bon, who had been very sick, was fol­ lowing the column on a steamboat, and was confined to his bed; but when he heard that there was a probability of a battle the gallant soldier leit his bed, and mounting a horse, liurrid forw ard to the head of the columns. I had been commanding the column in his absence, and he now ordered us to push with all haste to Custer's br.ttlefield. Sitting Bull had seen enough of Gib­ bon's tactics to convince him that he had in this general an entirely different kind of a man from Custer tooope with. Without awaiting for our arrival he abandoned his camp, leaving it stand­ ing, and fled toward the Big Horn 'mountains. We soon found Custer's dead and Reno closely besieged on a hill near by. The condition of Beno's command and the burial of Custer's occupied the attention of Gibbon for two days, and by that time Sitting Bull was too far away to be overtaken. Of the subsequent campaign against Sitting Bull, under General Miles, and the stubbornness with which he con­ tested every inch of ground, the coun­ try is well informed. Long and fierce waged the battle, and the old chief hung on to his beautiful valleys with a death grip, but at last he was driven out, and sorrowfully gathering his peo­ ple about him. left the graves of his dead and the home of his forefathers to ilee across the Missouri into British America. Beligious Grow||! By the census of 1860 the population of the United States was 31,445,080. The present population is now esti­ mated at 55,000,000. The gain in twenty-five years is, therefore 23,500,- 000, or at the rate of 75 per cent. In 1860 there were 8,600,000 Methodists in this country. Since 1860 the total lias grown to 15,000,0i)0, which is an in­ crease of 75 per cent., keeping pace exactly with the increase in population. The number of aftiliants of the various Baptist churches in lSfK/was 8,000,000. To-day it is 12,000,000., The increase in twenty-five years is, therefore 50 per cent., a gain in absolute ratio, but a falling off when considered relatively. The Pres­ byterians in 1860 numbered 3,60J,000; now they number 5,500,000--an in­ crease in twenty-five years of 90 per cent. The Lutherans, who have been materially benefitted by constant and increasing emigration from Germany, Sweden, Holland, aud Norway, have grown from 1,250,000 in 1860 to 2,000,- 000 in 1884, or at the rate of 60 per $ent. The Congregationalits have de­ clined relatively very much. In twenty- five years they have advanced but 27 per cent.--that is from 1,413,000 in 1860 to 1.800,000 at present. On the other hand, the various reformed churchcs, Dutch, German, and Evan­ gelical--show an increase of nearly 50 per cent.--from 810,005 in 1860 to 1,200,000 to-day. The Episcopalians show a fair increase in the numbers, yet are relatively below the average. Their percentage of gain is 33j per cent, in twenty-five years, bringing up the total from 900,000 to 1,200,000. The Hebrews have increased from 350,000 in 1860 to 700,- 000 in 1884, a full 100 per cent, of gain. The friends, or Quakers, show an ab- as^a reiatiyr They ' cent.--from 220,000 in l$I$fi> 1®),0OO in 1884. The V southern Indi­ ana, southern WfiiMs, and Missouri, numbsr4»OQtO0<Mgniust 500,000 in 1860, an absolute gain of 60 per oent., yet a falling off relatively of 15. But the most surprising feature of the calcur lations just oouapleted is the growth of the Catholics. In 1860 they nnmbcrd in the United States 3,175,000. Now there are This is a gain of 200 per cent, in twenty-five years. Should this ratio of increase continue to be preserved, they would number fifteen years hence 25,0000,000-- Uo* cheater, (Jr. F.) Democrat and Chron­ icle. • • Irrepressible Music. In the country where we wero brought up there was no great profu­ sion of musical instruments. We re­ member the first time we ever saw a music box. It was at the day school, and was brought by one of the bovs. Wo thought the machine the most won­ derful thing we had ever seen or heard But it was too elaborate for the boys" management Sometimes we could not get it going. At other times, under our manipulation, it would start play­ ing a tune and we could not stop it. Of course, only in the hours of nooning or of recess d.d we ordinarily dare to handle. But one day the fortunate owner of the music box let us have it in our desk during the school hours. Over - tempted, we forgot our geography and arithmetic and went into a curious examination of the music box. It never seemed so wondrous as then; but while we were busy among its cogs and springs and cylinders, th) pesky thing started to play "Yankee Doodle." We laid hold and tried to put down the brakes, but we had touched something that had set it go ng, and go it would. We put down the lid of the desk and plunged into our arithmetic, furiously reciting to our­ selves, "twice eight are sixteeu, twice twelve are twenty-four." But the schoolmaster, with irate countenance, demanded, "who is making that noise?" The more complete silence of the school made the music-box t-eem more resonant. By this time the cylinder had reaohed another tune, "Comm' thro' the Bye,*' and we felt ourselves comin' thro* the breakers. All the boys looking innocent, the schoolmaster came down to make the tour of the desks. He had exam­ ined but th^ee or four when he struck upon ours and seized the music box and held it above our heads in triumph and wrath. Without the usual ten days' notice we were subpa nad to ap­ pear immediately before the master. The rattan was brought out and we were peremptorily asked to present the palm of our hand. Now the sensation produced by a rattan depends entirely upon which cd of it you come in con­ tact. The end offered to us was not at all attractive. We could not for some time make up our mind to take hold of the wrong end of it. We put out our hand again and again, but every time before the rattan came down we ohanged our mind and put our hand be­ hind us; but at last we submitted, and the music, instead of being instrument­ al, became vocal. We felt, however, that we did not deserve being whipped for the whims of an unmanageable mu­ sic box. That day we learned a lesson not found either in geography or arithme­ tic, that is, that some people have a music-box about them that they cannot manage. You. sit in church for an hour and a half profoundly interested in the religious services, but your child seems possessed with some uneasy spirit. He wiggles and twists, and tears a leaf out of the psalm book, and tickles his brother with a feather, and drops his penny, and chuckles out loud to the disturbance of the people in that neighborhood, and seems chuck full of mischief. What is the matter with him? Is he bod? No. He has an exuber­ ance of feeling. He is full of skip and rollicking and glee. Ho has un­ der his vest, or in his shoe, a music- box which he cannot control and for which he is tut responsible. With a sense of the ludicrous, aud in buoyancy of feeling, you have some­ times been sitting amid circumstances that demanded gravity. But a mirth­ ful memory or a grotesque appearance has wrought upon you until it has seemed you must laugh or die. You tried to think of all the solemn and ter­ rible things you have ever heard of. You bit your lip. Yon pinched your­ self unmercifully. You called in tho aid or pocket handkerchief, and all other available appliances; but laugh you must, and laugh you did, to your chagrin and mortification. The musio box had got a-going and yon did not know how to stop it. We charge upon phlegmatic temper­ aments more leniency in their criticism of excitable temperaments. Do not think the boys and girls are going to destruction because their hilarity may sometimes be unreasonable. In the management of their own disposi­ tions some of us have been breaking colts all our lives, and yet they will not answer to bit and bridle. Let not the rattan of our chastisement be too heavy upon those who are more frisky than Ave. We protest to this day that in that old country school-house we were not responsible for "Yankee Doo­ dle" and "Comin' through the live." -- Talmagejn the J {rook I yn Magazine. Pie on the .Massachusetts Escutcheon. All Boston cateth of tho pie. The broker and banker climb the cafe stool and bolt their pie and coffee. The shop-girl carries m her lunch-box from her frowsy boarding-house a triangle of pie. The newsboy hath his pie in his mind as he trudges through the storm Our Supreme Court Judges eat pie with gusto. Pie is the masterpiece of New England home cookery. In Maine they still make those deep apple pieces --clover-flavored, generous, ample pies that one can make a flavorous meal of. The Indian in our Massachusetts coat- of-arms holds a pie-knife in his hand, and our State motto, is properly trans­ lated, reads: "We will have a piece of pie if we have to fight for it."--Boston Correspondence. Beal Convenisnt. Dr. Macleod, the Queen's Chaplain at Balmoral, writes that there was an old invalid man on Twtedside who was tended by a faithfnl maid servant. Like many persons in his condition he w as always anticipating his own speedy demise. "I'm thinking, Nancy," he paid one day, "that it cann» be lang noo. I feel as if this verra nicht the end wud cam." "Indeed, laird," said the attendant, "if it were the Lord's will it would be real convenient, for the coo's gaen to calve and I dinna weel see hoo I am to tend on ye baith." ' THE noblest and the most useful lives are made up of small sots well Death of if£n> tfaa Hsntta off tftetu - . 1; ' A recent dispatch from IfowOf&UM an­ nounced the death, at her z*sid«p3*in that city, of Mrs. tfjn Clark thiaes, the ripe age of 80 yearn. Mrs. Gain* ns the daughter Sf Cfclfc, se^atavo in Congress of Looisi»nfc, an$ tin richest man in the State a* the fime his death. Mrs. Gaines was nj* Worm*! of her parentage until she was a grswu wom­ an. As soon as sin knew, this* sfce pegan her case for the recovery M: hint, lather's property. This ease is probably the most extended and complicated litigation on rec­ ord. It was commenced fully half a centu­ ry ago, and has been becpm anew seven times, argued before the Supreme Court of the State fonr times, before the Supreme Court of the United States twice, and is before that body to-day. Almost every prominent lawyer from Daniel Webster and Charles O'Conor down have been employed in it, and fortunes have been expended in earning it on. Mrs. Gaines married Gen. Edmunds Pen­ dleton Gaines, who gained such a reputation during the war of 1812, and his great for­ tune at $250,000 was expended in court charges and lawyers' fees. Mrs. Gaines obtained innumerable judgments, but every cent of money she got went to the lawyers. As for the defendants in the case, all were utterly ruined by the most protracted litiga­ tion ever known, except the city of New Orleans. Two years aj?o Mrs. Gaines ob­ tained judgment in the United States Court against the city for a Hum exceeding $2,000,- 000. This case is now on appeal to the United States Supreme Court Tho entire litigation has cost not less than $2,500,000 in court charges and other legal expenses. Mrs. Gaines always managed her own case with great pluck and wisdom, and won her points by her extraordinary pertinacity. She often appeared before the bar herself and pleaded her cause. It is generally be­ lieved that with her death the case will fall through and some compromise be accepted bv her heir*. Mrs. Gaines was a woman of high qualities, of strong intellect, and great generosity. She was an enthusiast anout her case, and counted on accomplishing some great feat with the money she would get from it. We are indebted to the Chi­ cago Times for the following interesting life sketch of thin remarkable woman: Myra Clark Gaines won a world-wide notoriety by the fight she conducted for the past sixty years with the city of New Or­ leans for the title to property within that city valued at several millions of dollars. It is now eighty-four years since Daniel Clark, a handsome polished young man who had been for some years leading the life of an Indian trader in Mississippi, went to Philadelphia to spend the winter. Clark was a gay fellow, ana he took in all the pleas­ ures of the then metropolis of America. In his rouads he met a French beauty, and fell in love with her. This woman's name was Zulime Carrier, who, at the time Clark met her was living with a Frenchman named La Grange. Whether she was mar­ ried to La Grange or not was one of the points in question in the litigation for the New Orleans property. The defendants claimed 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 declared that she was privately married to Clark, and that she was merely La Grange's mistress. In 1800 Myra Clark was born. She was the only child Zulime Carrier had by Daniel Clark. At this time Clark sent Zulime to New Orleans and acted as a bach­ elor. He engaged himself in marriage and funned other connections, producing other offspring. He denied the fact that he had married Zulime, and when she came back and pushed the case in the Philadelphia courts 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 wood care of the child. Myra Clark was well educated by him, and was treated by him as a daughter. Ho went again into Indian trading at New Or­ leans, and amassed an immense fortune. In 1813 he died, and a will was produced showing that all of his property was left to his mother and the city of New Orleans. Myra Clark, then only 7 years old, was ap­ parently penniless, and the executors took charge of tho estate. When Myra grew to the age of 20 she married a Mr. Whitney, and then she began to contest the will. She claimed she was the only legitimate daugh­ ter of Daniel Clark, and that his projjerty was hers. The claim was at once hotly contested, and Mr. Whitney died before it was tried. The widow continued to pros­ ecute the suit Shortly afterward she married Gen. Gaines, and he entered into the case as warmly as her­ self. The case was tried at New Orleans. It was lost. It was carried to the Supreme Court at Washington. It was again lost In 1852 it seemed a hopeless fight, and\t this time Gen. Gaines died. But Myra Clark Gaines was not discouraged, and shortly after this time she discovered a will exe­ cuted by her father certifying that Myra was nis only child, and creating her . his sole heir. Upon thin will she agsin went before the courts in New .Orleans. She again lost She again appealed to the Supreme Court at Washington, and here, in 1861, she ob­ tained a judgment confirming this will and giving her the whole property left her by her father and the rents thereof for the past thirty years. Then the war broke out, and justice was again delayed. In 1883 the United States Supreme Court again affirmed her right to the property claimed by her, and ordered the city of New Orleans to levy a tax of $*2,000,000 to satisfy the judgment in her favor; but the City Council by one means and hnother evaded the order, and Mrs. Gaines never came into possession of her property. ::-fm • i'1'"1 "'ir ̂ ST. JOHN*. ; VIM Late Prohibition St audit rd-bearer Itoflea tli« Allcgutors. , TCharlcs City (Iowa) dispatch.] J. S. Clarkson asked of B. F. Wright to secure from John P. St John permission to publish certain confidential communica­ tions possessed by him. which show alleged corruption of John 1'. St. John in tho Isisfc presidential campaign. Mr. Wright gives t J the press the following letter: OLATUE, Kan., Jan. f>, 1SH5. --To HON. B. F. WI:IGHT, Charles City. Iowa--My lie or Sir: Your h ttea of the ad inst., itoclosintc clfpping from the editorial columns of the I)os' Moines /iV7i.s<Vr ot recent date, ha* just been received. I never, during the ontir > uunpaipn. had anv communication with either the Democratic or Republican commit'era. I have no recollection of ever meetiiiK Mr. Clarksou, unless it was when 1 spoke at Des Moines some three years afro. I had no political azents during the last or any other campaign. Had I desired to havo readied the Republican National Committee I am very sure that it wonld not have been nceessary to have nse t any agent tor that purpose. 1 h;tve sought no controversy with anybody. I have endeavored to treat everybody with de­ cency. I made my fight for probiW- tibn because it was rijrht. and I have no apoiosrles to make to any one, and I now say. so far as I am concerned. Mr. Clarksonmay hoist his flag, aud I don't care what color it is, etther. 1 ask neither ot him, nor of the Repub­ lican c nimittee, nor of the Democratic com­ mittee, anv favors whatever. I have no private political correspondence, and all persons hold­ ing communications from me in relation to any matter directly or indirectly connected with the late campaien have full permission to publish them. Now let us have no more of this matter. So far only contemptible insinuations have been given. What the people want, and what common fairness demands, is evidence, and not mere bombastic assertions. Very truly your friend, JOHN P. Bx. Joss. WBtemE Vmawtlkt Anm MRS. GEORGE BANCROFT is said to wield the needle as ably as her husband does the pen, and her house is profusely adorned with embroidery of all sorts, the work of her hands. THE memory of Martin Behaim, the navi­ gator, will be honored in Nuremberg by the erection of a fine marble monument, mod­ eled by Professor llocssner. AMERICAN railroads use move tlxan 10^9{X^£K)0 iroa OB the (MM** that -- tte ftiwrtfa BtaU the Medals and SworfcBe " C r a y e r a i a e p * ! , ________ "Vf York tetograns.] * -X The physical condition of Gen. Grant has oteaftta much alarm in this city, where it is generally reported that he is suffering from a cancerous aAiction of the mouth •incdlarto that which caused the death of Senator Ben HilL Last summer, at T-ong Branch, Gen. Grant suffered from a swell­ ing tongue. At first he pdd bat little attention to it, but later when it in­ terfered seriously with his speech and the partakhA ofc food he consulted physicians. The conclusion of doctors was that the affliction waa vated by smoking, Mid they that the General curb his appetite. he did, reducing his quota of oigsca li fcfetf of one a day. Under this he improved. The trouble has na# in a more violent form, and th# vails that it is a cancerous affecOWi%lliat it is so the doctors do not deny. Gen. Grant's financial affairs rially straightened yesterday by the ons gift of William H. Vanderbil transferred the bills of sale and .. _ on Gen. Giant's estate to lbs. Grant~ih trust The money king's generous inten­ tions were first revealed in the following letter: No. «40 FITTH Avnnne, Jan. 10,1885.--Mr». TTlnttea 8. Grant--DKAR MADAME: SO many mJsrapnsentatfona have appeared in retard to the loan made by me to Gen. Grant and reflect­ ing unjustly upon him and myself that it seema proper briefly to recite the facta: On Sunday, Hay 4 last. Gen. Grant called at my house and asked me to lead him $IMMW0 for one day. I gave him my check without question, not be­ cause the transaction was business-like bat simply beoanse the request eame from Gen. Grant. The misfortunes that overwhelmed him in the next twenty-fonr hoprs aroused the sym­ pathy and regret of the whole country. You and he seat me, within a few days after that Ume, deeds to your joint properties to cover this ob­ ligation, and urged my aooeptanoe on the ground that this was the oaly debt of honor which the General had personally Incurred, end these deeds I returned. Daring my absence in Europe the General delivered to my attorney mortgages anon all his own real estate, his household effects, sad swords, med­ als, and works of art, which woe memorials et his victories and presents from governments all over the world. These securities were, in bis judgment, worth Hso.ooa At his solicita­ tion the necessary steps were taken by judgment, etc., to reduce " my *(tH, matter you . . . jse properties to possession, and the articles mentioned have been this day bought la by me, and the amounts bid applied to the redaction at the debt Now that 1 am at liberty to treat these things as my the deposition of the whole matter in aocord with my feelings is this: I present to you, as your separate es­ tate, the debt and Judgment 1 hold against Gen. Grant, also the mortgages upon his real estate and all his household furniture aad ornaments, ooupled only with the oonditkm that the swords, commissions, medals, gifts from the United States. States, cities, and foreign gov­ ernments, and all articles of historical value and interest shall, at the General's dea&h, or, it you desire it, sooner, be presented to Ike Gov­ ernment at Washington, where they will remain as perpetual memorials of his fame and of the history of his time. I Inclose herewith assignments to you of the mortgages and Judgments, the bill of sale of his personal property, and the deed of trust in which the articles of historical interest are enu­ merated. A copy of this trust deed will, with your approval, be forwarded to the President of the United States for deposit In the proper department Trusting this action will meet with your acceptance and approval, and with the kindest regards to your husband, I am, yours respectfully, W. H. VANDUUULT. Mrs. Grant found herself unable to ac­ cept the gifts, and in respect to her feelings of gratitude for the»offerof Mr. Vander- bilt, Gen. Grant sent in reply the following letter: New YORK Crry, Jan. la, 188*. DEAR Sin;--TH*«GRPAT wisaei me to answer your letter of this evening to say that while she appreciates your great generosity in trans* f erring to ber the mortgage ctam to secure my •s^autaerated in year letter. 0t the United States at t MI tfpfrfttn la ®rv"" which lhad contsmnteted makimr ot cles. They wUl be delivered to the Government aa soon a# arrangements can be made for their reception. The papers relating to all the other property will be returned, with tbe request that you have it sold and the proceeds applied to the liquidation of the debt which I so JosUy owe you. You have stated in your letter, with the minutest accuracy, the history of the trans­ action Whioh brought me in your debt I have only te add that I regard your giving me your check for the amount without Inquiry as an act of marked and unusual friendship. The loan was t* me personally. I got the money, as I believed, to carry the Marine National Baak over a day. being assured that the bank was solvent, but, owing to the unusual calls, needed assistance until it oould call in its loan. I was assured by Ferdinand Ward that the firm of Grant * Ward had over $MO,OUV te its credit at that time in the Marine Bank, besides tl,300,- 000 of unpledged securities in the firm's own vaults. I cannot conclude without assuring you that Mrs. Grant's inability to avail herself of your great kindness in no way lessens either her sense of obligation or my own. Yours truly. To W. H. Vanderbilt, Esq. U. 8. GRANT. When Ml-, vanderbilt found that his offer was defeated by the refusal of Mrs. Grant to accept he determined to take the matter into his own hands and apply the estates to the creation of a trust rand that would accrue to her benefit He announced this intention in a letter as follows: No. MS fnra AVKNUK, Jen. n, 1888, Gen. U. S. Grant: DBAB Sin: On my return home last night I found your letter in answer to mine to Mts. Grant I appreciate fully the sentiments which actuate both Mrs. Grant aud yourself in de­ clining the part of my proposition relating to the real estate. I greatly regret that she feels it her duty to make this decision, as I earnest­ ly hoped the spirit in whioh the offer was made would overcome any scruples she might have in accepting it, but I must insist that I filial! not be defeated in the purpose to which I have given so much thought and in which I have so much at heart. I will, therefore, as fast as the money is receive:! from the sales of real estate, deposit it in the Union Trust Ccmpany. With the money thus realized 1 will si once create with that company a trust with the proper provisions for the income to be made to Mrs. Grant durintr her life, and trivinir the power to her to make such disposition of the principal by her will as she may elect. Very truly yours, WILLIAM H. VANDEBBILT. • Gen. U. 8. Grant. Gen. Grant at first accepted this last let­ ter, but Mrs. Grant, on further deliber­ ation, decided to refuse all gifts, treating the debt as one of honor, which the General should pay without attracting compassion or deserving it: NEW YORK CITY, January 11, 1883. • DEAR SIR: Your letter of this date received. Mrs. Grant and I regret that you caunot accept our proposition to retain the property which was mortpaced in Rood faith to secure a debt of honor. Rut your generous determination com­ pels us to no longer resist. Yours truly, - W. H. Vanderbilt U. a GRANT, j NEW YORK, Sunday. January 11.1885. 1 MY DEAR MR. VANDEISBILT: Upon reading your letter thia afternoon General Grant and myself felt it would be ungracious to refuse your princely and generous offer. Hence his note to you. But upon reflection I find I cannot 1 will not accept your munificence in any form. I beg you will pardon this apparent vacillation and consider this answer definite and final. With great regard, and a sense of obligation that will always remain, I am yours very grate­ fully, JULIA D. GRANT. To Mr. William H. Vanderbilt. Ten time oatiMillh Isst tf 4_ toincreaeStiM mnabsrsTL too, of 8antauBmn«aier«C, little to tMstva" duoed: By Senator Setter, te i trading of labor «f eonvfets. Merely, to atxriteh ttlaoa tor, and to annul iB existing ter̂ Olain, to limit the aumbenef i erty which may be held by uoas. By Senator Hill, ' ' »15?,<)S5 to rebuild i University,at C appr sea inlmttatk* i the I . a molutfcna Mi »TSZ,J Mr. rott thej IWI The Jiew Congress. - * Official statistics show that the Forty- ninth Congress will contain 182 Democrats, 140 Republicans, one Greenback-Democrat (Weaver of Iowa), and one Greenback-Be­ publican (Brnmm of Pennsylvania). A vacancy exists in the Nineteenth Congres­ sional District of Pennsylvania. Qua hun­ dred and eighty-seven member of the pres­ ent House were re-elected. m Both! TUB] test were 1 sion not beia ration. Only a'i their seats, and der. the Journal task was half con makers gmw weary i terT • dispensed with sad The meM dHbetegplatalyv WlMSt tf0 MN0N) Bpeakar Halasa called after nraver. Mr. Sake adjournment untnao'< ner Taylor offassd u time at It Mr. West, ot M< amendment to the 10 o'clock. Mr. Mi principal sastiau and the Hates declared his staMsa « dared It carried oa a viva vt»* v« was a "toss-un" betwesa the Many of Mr. Cronkrtte't tbradjournment the metio* was m* < Iff the Senate, on she 13th, bflb Wa lanu- dueed by Mr. Snyder, to prsvsal tnad aad' ds» eeption in the manufacture and sals of dairy products: Mr. South worth, to amend law re­ garding judgments and decrees; rib; &aum~ way, te> confer jurisdiction Ia> fn fnnsts courts en criminal sots committed In the Mat Penitentiary;: Mr. Hamilton, apsMMtaitaNt $8,000 tor contingent expenses «|p*nK : fourth General Assembly; also a Mill appropriating $8,MS tor the nMC ot Thomas A. Sagsdale, of fl|s laiflsM for extra work performed qn tbe vllle Asylum; by Mr. W atlng $1,900 for the relief ef William Allen. of Putnam Con were damaged by overflow of the ' caused by the Henry dam; by Mr. 1 ing the mlniaam liquofliceiMe Css llremJI $980, and providingthat tteOimaty 1SS& not have the power telsreo Hornsea taaa oorporated town, o(ty, «g oMgwrtt̂ thwwjt nav steads from forosd _ Hardla County $18,000 House and publtoregards byte to give City Councils or Town tamevertbs oontrot ot Boards. Tbe Governor's m the last two and referred to Ike -- I the appointments ! rrsnkDrake, to beCl Comml--inasrst tbe W. . d, Joseph C. Sarir,! In tbe Heaas1 <jt*KepreseUtativ«o, a ! prcoeod to-ibs election el >f was promptly declared by r oat of order. A long argument by 1 was followed by an adjournment to noon ot) 14th. Before the House met Mr- Haines 1 himself sworn in by a notary. WHBIT the Senate met an Jan. Senator Gillham's resolution ea the da of the late Joseph Gillespie et l wards vllle, which had been special order, was laid over till! pen in Senator Mamer'a contest well In the Fourth District were |i»iasated and referred to the proper committee when appoint­ ed, A motion to adjourn till 10 e'elask o» tho 16th waa made and carried, deaptte tht pro­ tests of a few Senators who thoawa thsA: was Eity of .business before the Senate. •. Aflst aii nment most of the 8eailwa maAa a' bs* for the House. Iu the Stem, ~~ Informed the committee of the Dear. oas that babeUeved he was penaaaeatt Of the House, and wonld jwa ' ousted by legal methods. Mr. informed the oommiUee that candidate for Dpsaksr. and 1 „ would be sleeted. wSSk met and the reoords contained no„ to the motioaa put by Mr. Unegttr the " ~ ~ " " but Linegar aciously pnbltoiiii to ̂ Hainea. and the letter's dectstee waa Amotion to draw for seats was sated after manv roll calls on divers adjournment, the Hoe morning at 10 o'clock. A LARGE number of bills were introduced in the Senate on the 15th, among thOMi the tal­ lowing: By Senator Darnell, for the relM ot George McKee, injured by the illsnhaigs et a piece of ordnance belonging to the State of Illi­ nois: by Senator Morria, to reimburse the city of Shawnee town in completing its leveea, the sum provided to be $26,000; by Senator McNairy, to amend the act promoting medicine and sur­ gery in Illinois, so that superintendents of bridewells, hospitals, and Insane asylums, aa also coroners, shall turn over the bodies of jdead paupers to any licensed • doctor or eollege. under a penalty of f.W to #100 for refusal; by Senator Tubbs, to introduce the study of physioloey and hygiene in schoolA * with special reference to the effects ot alcoholics and narcotics: by Senator Evans, io amend the act to prevent adulteration ot food, drink, and medicine; the bill provides for the appointment of a sanitary commission; by Senator Thomp­ son, to amend the landlord and tenant act in actions for ilistress of rent, by exempting $100 worth of crops; by Senator Ctough, to punish latter csntlraMU saowod fog their SMRH Mr. Haines rated the saatter MS ef egar appealed from tte deaMSn. SiMN persons guilty of cruelty to children; tor Cloui?h, providing that fines Sri-;; through the aeency of the Humana applied to the society's support; bit Sena­ tor Organ, that a County Court be held in %Vhite County In Apr̂ l November; by Senator Organ, t) preveint the manufacture and sale of oleaginous substancee'iB tmitatton of dairy products; J>y Senator Bay, te make aa of IS/ ' * " • oou ner annum for the Illi­ nois Horticultural Society; by Senator £unk« appropriation < making an appropriation of $5,000 toward the Illinoisexhibita at the New OrleaaaKxporttioa; by Senator Fnnk, to provide that all County Survevors shall place a copy ot thstr obeerra- tions with the County Recorder; by Beaster HU1, to divide the State, exclusive ef Cook County, into districts tor County OsmSa toe- ty-two Judicial districts are provided tar; by Senator Roger, to amend the net e--cttalng jurors so that a full paael of the.amad jory shall consist at twenty - three iiMil--> six­ teen of whom shall be saflsw to con­ stitute a grand jury. whan the House met Mr. Fuller (Rep.) called attention to bis notiiication of the previooa day thafchceoelti move to reconsider the vote by whlok the min­ utes of Jan. is were adopted aad the Chair sns- tained. After debate of some length, tha previ­ ous question was called. The DtattMa, save one, refrained from answering, and Sittig kept ailent on tbe Repi side, the resnlt beine uo quorum, a motion was made to at later a resolution wee laterjeeted 1 House Msg be lowered to halt of the interment of the late and providing for submitting to deceased the regrets of the Housqat 1 This was adopted unanimously. wheels. TH ARK TWAIN travels dually in palace , cars, claiming one seat in the smoking motion to adjoroi o^<rf ijsaast^e apartment, where he issues volumes of t£s°poipt was kept up uatil 8 smoke from his bnerwood, and another the House separated to meet at seat in the saloon, where he can retire to next morning. ^ get rid of tho smoke he has raised. i ] . -- H To FOBM hard piaster eaata^ MB. GLADSTONE'S son, the rector, Is tq of F»LK of lime add ten to ~~ wed a Miss Maty Wilson, the daughter of a of liquid silioato of sod* ( Liverpool doctor of huge practice and then mix in piaster ot B«ni means, but a savage Tory. Love known no ^^tency of ft tiudk flttiB. p ° h t i m -- • • , , s e t i l l a b o u t f i v o - • SPUBGSON'8 eighteen, hundredth awr* _ . men has iuat been published. '