£itttitt*L

ITJSLIBHBD BVXBT FRIDAY aCOBXIKO,

Ii Low's Block, Biiikerfcoff Street.

By W. Lansing * eon.

T « W , »».W f w Ainnsa, la* A«vsvao*.

R a t e s of Advert i s ing .Oaasqnaral w**k, |100 Oneaqnarelyear, $8 00On**qa*r*aw««k«, lot) Jf column 1 year, SOWOne square • n t h , 300 Koolumnl — "On* square a month*,3SO K column 1... ., tfneoo[nmn

HOardt.not occupying morethtnone-halfof aninoh In spsee, $B per year.

Upon saob a IrSlieientshouldbepUtalynUtsotalwr of insertion* required.

" ' • Bnt* published at the rate* prs-

be taken to write on one side o

„ r lnaertlon must be an-bmiticatedbytbanameana *ddr*s of the writer.

ITTORMEYS.

IX. P. Gli-LILAND, 3d,TTOBHEV. AT LAW.-Offlee with Palmer, W<* Smith, Morton'* Blook, Kattrtmrgh, N, Y.HOWITT& KINIVBY,

) COUNSELORS AT LAW,

FK/LNK MoHAHTBBH,

ATTORNEY. AND OOUN8BLOB AT LAW.—Plattaburfh, N. r. Office, WiMlow's Block,

Oortom BOMB Square, oppoilto the P. O. 76

WATCHER, ,Jewelry, » T . y Bll«rW«re, Jto.

Mer,raret Street, ^ 1 ^ ^ «stt*trar«li, H. Y.H"~Watooo», olook* »nd Jewelry Bepalredand En-

grarfng done to order». 36

«. L<. WMEBL.BK,A TTOBKKY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.—Of-

A Hot In Clinton Blook, Plattatrartjh, K. Y.W1U *Uo attend to aolloUJns Patent*. 43

1 « O I S r R O B 3 H A . J L L ,

ATTOttlttf AMD GOtmSBLOB AT LAW.-floe, Ollnton Btoaavfeeftd of Bridge Street, Pli

burgh, Clinton Go., M.Y. (

MABTIN H. O'BBIBN,* TTOBrTET AND 0OTJN8BLOB. Offlos, Arm-

ROBERT MBYEft,

Watchmaker and Jeweler,

NO. 47 MARGARET STREET,J7-EBP8 eotttantly on hand's complete Mwrt-

Wateheg, Chains, Neck fhalns,Cameo, T o n a i , Ameiblst , Onix. Fi

or, C»rred t and P l a i n «©14 n i n e

EYE#Lft8SE8stKl SPECTACLES.K M GOLD nnra »t ptiee* to d f

of fine Watches a specialty.

•fe DOB1U,

ATTORNBTSAND OOUNBKLLOBa AT LAW,Pittsburgh, Jf. T. Offloe ooruer of Bridge and

Margaret at*., over Otlmore * Borgoyae's dry good*

"So***, Ooasn. D. 7. Doi

wan. v. **. w o o o WA.BO,A TTOaNBr AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,

J \ PIMMbargb, N. Y. OffloelioWoodwaTd'i HewBtoek, corns* l fcgant H i Brinkerhoff St.. "bustuas, prompt gtonded to.

t o n i M WUIntM. Offloe: Ollnton Blook, over Wm.B«ed'« Jewrtry Store, pletUbnrgh, N. Y.

« T I K U N E Y ,

GJEX,aV«9. XI. M O U K B ,T AMp 0OTJR8SLOH AT LAW, and-*-"-•" ——"--—'%, H. Y. OnW with

to Oostauuoui. OOLUO-B*0*<M FOttOLOKW*,

FORK ION AI»a> U l E B l C A f l

WATQKES AND CLOCKS,

EWaRT. SILVER WIRE. 4C.CLOCKS, WATOHIB and JHWXLBY Repaired by

experlenoed Workmen, on abort notice, and at th«

B. W. HAYNE8,

BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR

M.DBHMOND,A TTOBHBr AHO O0OM8SLOB AT LAW, Land i

A . Aftoi. Oirll *n«iaeer, and Surveyor. Will at- jttad«oWbu*4nes*Tiitr<is£ed to hi. care In all theGoutsof tlus (ttste or the United States.

J. B. DAKDfiOW, Agent,HAVING BUILT A

Nfw Shop, RBB b> Steam,

No. 121 Margaret Street.IB PBIPABKD TO FDRNIBH

Sash, Blinds, Doors,MOULDINGS,

W I N D O W A N D D O O B F R A M E S ,

IUUTUS. 1TMR UUUMBIEWEL fSSTI,PH¥StCIA«S.

D. 8. KELLOWl, M. D.,Office, ttSt a&.a,vfsf*r*z U t r o e t ,

»• PLarTOBPBQH, M. T.

. o JUOW.Homoooiwthio Physician,

' PlATtSBUBaH N YBtr^t, •ppodtethtP.O.

Or J. H. LaRocque,

Physician and Surgeon,3radaat»(l8Ta)of th» w*otia Onl»er«lty, Mon-

of Cornelia and Oathertni

EDWARD A. CAftPEStflt, H. ft.,

Physician and Surgeon,PLATTSBTJBGH, M. X.

THIRTEENTH YEAR

CHAMPU1M VALLEY

Eye and Ear %PCiriiC]MC>VI*Y

BUSIHESS CIRDS

Law Stenographer.

H. K. 1TERILL, JRM

OlvJI Engineer, Surveyor,

DRAUGHTSMAN.

BC. WALWORTH,(irmMMox so a. i. warax,)

INSURANCE A W TOlUton Oonnty Sating* Bank,

PLATT8BURQB, X. T.

i>3BAL BROTHERS,

GENERAL INSURANCE,

REAL ESTATE.

T I 6-K'Lt T*AQ BNT 8 ,

O. W. M. ,

Civil Ettgiafer, Sarreyor,

MID REAL ESTATE AGENT.

BeUly.OourliHonM Square,

- GIRABD,•*" Iitersal Revenue.

NOTARY PUBLIC.WUl a t t d t O l l t 1 D d

J.O.WILKINSON,

GUNSMITH AND LOCKSMITH,MEHH AM MSZZLtHHAtMa W i n ,

QUH8, GUN MATER1AX AND METALLIC

tntintlA Family , HevoteA to Polities, L.ileratuTe, Ag?icu\Vnre, l^ocal Interests, anil General T^iews.

VOL. 24, NO. 33. PLATTSBURGH, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1879.WHOLE NO. 1230.

WATCHES AND JEWELRY.

JOHN R. COTTRILL,

WILLIAM REED

BUILDERS.

No.MOakBt.,<xi

ti and Bohoolj * and tola

idapeolAoaUonafc

notOorneUn, Matt»bnrgh.

GOOD BARCAIN8

Furniture!

Ton wffl beMtsolahed at the .„ __ . .

fliiliil CM! K m

and Bell below thTSgrue* of dealer* in largepiaoea.

Q0EE1N8 AND CASKETS>f n i l nesorfjpt lons k « p t C O B J U D U F

Gall at hi* manufactory in Pern Village and exam-_ie hia good*, and utUtf youraelve*. There 1* noaoant about hi* wort, and it la all In the latest style.

Peru, Jan. 1.1878. 76

PLATT8BUBQH, H. Y.

IILLIBERT.

HiJlinery aiifl Faacy GoodsSTOHB.

IIMIS8 W. M. ECAN,HaTinfJojtrrtnraedfnun Kew York, wtahe* to

anoonaoa » hftr {oryier f i t w u and Uie pahlki f»s4eraUy, tbat «he baa purSued, in addlUon to her

raiLLI{VEK¥ D E P A R T M E N Twill tie farad the LATEST STYLES of Fall and— * « Bat* and BonneU, together with a magnlfl-

Hna of Ktbbons, Flower*, Mumea, eto.

PAINTING.

I H T U O1 PAIWTIN O I I

AfiTHUB GAtJTHEEB,HOUSE, 81011 AND DECOBiTlTB

PAINTER.BhoplsieoondatorjofSowlwat Bdwarda'rton

^enaelnrear of Heath', marble *hop, Oak rtreel

•peolaltj madaof Braining and Vapcr Hanging.

E. O. BOYLE,

PAINTINOWall* Tinted, Striped, XalMminad and Vreaooed.

Eaper Ranging, OUUng, *o. All work warranted.Call or lend order* to

; trsbmp, Wo, 19 P « m

H. C. LADXJE,

House. Sign, Carriage

•RMMEKTAL PAINTERPAPER HANGER,

A L S O m i N E t t AND G L A Z I E R .noe U Peru St. PLATTSBOEOH, N. Y.

At Wholesale and Betail.f T H E UNOEB9I«NIiD HAVEX an Oyster Store at

NO. 6 C L I N T O N S T K E E T ,In Dow k Parmerter'*eoDUtl h d thI ow k PaeoD.Untly onawl will be pr

Ot

'•» .tore, where they will keephe beet Oysters in the market,

,- . - , . ared at any pboe In the oorpo-

Teas and Sploes._ asm added to oar trade a few choioe article*

KatUbnrgh. Pot. 18,1878.

GATES & SEVERANCE,

COMMERCIAL BROKERS,NO. 17 I>EY BTREETt

Nttend personally to the Pnroha*e andd* of Property, especially Mechanic*],

tof kUnnfeclarer., Jofcben, Trade

New York.a*e and Sale ofhanic*], In the ln-, Trade,and Private

I Oorrarpondenee aoUdted; QuoUtlon* given .anrtbing dealred. Charge* reaaonable. «S

H. H. SHERMAN, Agt.,SDOOUROB TO WILLIAM* fc STZVIKB,

Wkoleaale a n d Uetal l Dealer In

LEATHER AND F1KDIN08,snOKMAKCBS* TOOLS,

And Neatsioot Oil,

VARIETY STORE,

IFPOSXTS TEE C U K B E B L A H D BOCSX.

LARGE VABIETT OF

HOLIDAY GOODSy o » SALE CHEAP.

W1BB0*.

DENTISTS.

X>Il. J . JF". BAILEY,(BuectMor to J. O. DtForrU),

DENTIST,PLATTSBTTBGH, N. T.

Offloe, Low'* Blook, Onatom Hou.« Sqnate. 4T i

GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.

NiW tiltOCUMV ARU PKOVISION

D K . G. O . Rjk.IVDA.XJL.,

DENTIST,(8UCCBSS0R TO DR. S. V. HOWARD,)

Office IB Clinton Block, Head ofBridge Street, PIMtsfrurtrh, N. Y.Or An work warranted.

T\K1VTAI, NOTICE.

BRACE & WOOD,No. 3 Bridget Street,

| Bailey's Black, Plattsfcar^h, S. ¥

Have a large and complete stock ol

Groeeries am

Which they offer t

Very Lowest Prices for Cash Only,Purchasers are requested to call and exai

and prices before purchasing elsewhere.We have also a fine assortment of

Confectionery, Ittrsrlock, !M f loor .

POUT 0WWlOMf

WherelwUlbepleawdtoaeeall.Pl»tt«btirgh, Pee, 18,1876.8. V. HOWAKD.

FURNITURE.

To whlcl* «p«i*l *t

Flsttsbnrgh. Jan. 1,1874.BRACE ft WOOD.

J. R. EMERSON & SON,DEALERB I S

TEAS,STAPLE AND FANCY

Furniture, Paper Hangings, Groceries a id Provisions.

FRAHEB, SHADES, TASSELS,

Sash, Doors, Blinds, &c«,

Blake** B l o c k , 49 margauret St . ,PLATTHBCBaH, N. V

T BEOKIVGD ANg choice NSW CROP

Japan , Oolong, Engl i sh Breakfast,Unnpowder au«T other Voaa,

bought for cash at lowest possible prices, and arcprepared to offer decided bargains In all grade*, and

G. W. HORNICK,Hanafactnrer of and Dealer In

Looking Olsawea, Picture Frame*,f l n d o w ^ b a d e a a n d rtxtnre*. Cof-

flna and irntfertsk t>r*> OMMli of•T«rr deacrlptlon.

Sash, Blinds aid Doorsof every style, on hand or made to order.

NO. 16 BRIDGE ST.,

-w Urop J a p a n T e a a t 50c. per lb..whloh we olalm to be the beet bargain offered In Tea*In the oounty, and a* an extra Inducement tooon-enmera to purchase Stbs. at a time, weTll give a hand-•oroe decorated Sib Tin Tea Caddy to all purchasingBttm. at a time. Send for sample.Finest Oolong, E n g l i s h Breakfas t ,

J a p a n a n d Gunpowder Tea*,a t 83c. per pound.

The flnect In the market.ttood N e w Crop J a p a n Teas , 3 lbs . fi

• 1 . On* of t h e W ever told for iho money.J a p a n T e a Boat , a lbs. for »1.

' - ' " • - Tea* at equally low price*.

r» VOV WAHTT

n Syrup we offer the best bargains ever offeredtowu.kn Extra Fine sugar Syrup at 53c.

M JT tint. Call and see good* a* they are wallworth a trial—a* good as any usually aold at 700. per-'Ion. Extra White Mugar Drips a t»0c .

r Vallon—the beet in tbe market at any price.toicest mocha , J a v a , Idaraoalbo

a n d B i o Coffees, Uoasted

.re call attention to eur Per/eetivt Blend Mocha and'Java Cofet a* one of the finest sold Call and try ita you wiih an extra fine Coffee.

11AIWIN8.Extra CHOIOE RAISINS (*temle*B), lOe. per ft.,

1 lb*. for $1.00—an extra good trad*. Extra fineion Huaoatel*, 12>(c. per pound.

AT PTflUPlPQ TUDBBTT

Al bLUUliUo, Hi rUKU.CANNED GOODS.

W« have one of the finest stock* of Canned Fruits,Vegetable*, Flab and Meat ever offered In town, com-

Gordon * Dilworth'*, Cutting ft Oo.'i, and

Spring a n d Winter Wheat a n d PatentFlours alwaya In stock.

I0HTIT pltOKE 1MBHT AID IILD.«3 Hargaret St., PUttabnrgh, N. T.

H>RDW>BE.

M. P. MYERS & CO.,

Myers' New Block, Bridge Street,

Dealer* in Heavy and Shelf

Hardware!IB0N, STEEL, HAILS,

Paints, Oils, &c, &c.Ag'tsforTerwIlllgor* CO.'B«afeB,

yLATTaBPKOH g. Y.

ftOMETHIKO V O H T U EKUWINO I

TUB PLICETO BCY ¥0PB

Groceries, ProvisionsCEOCKBRY,

GLASS & WOODEN WARE,

ileSt Cigars, Tobaccos, Ac.

BFYWORTH IWHITF/S,

PERU, N. Y.

No. 1 Spring Wh«ftt Flour, per b

FOR SALE!npHE FOLLOWING LEADlNd 1 U 1 « |1 oleilntheUneof HABDWABS: j

IRON, AXES,STEEL, SCALES,

LEAD, LANTERNS,ZINC, SIEVES,

SHOVELS, HUBS,HOES, SPOKES,

FORKS, FELLOES,A Urge Quantity ol

House Furnishing «oo«ls, * c *c]It. P. 1CTKB8 Ii OO.

Ratt*burgh, Deo. 18,18T4.

100 tt>*. Buckwheat Short* M-~Ifc*. Coffee "A" Sugar, be«t 1.00__ lbs. Coffee "C" White Bogar 1.00J3« lb*. Ooffee "0" 8ng»r 1.00NMba. B»i*In» 1.00

^bar*8oap.i. 1.00r lt>s. Pure Saleratn* 1.00Tea SSo. to BOo. a pound.Kan-Mackerel 8 V 10o., Salmon 10c., Whlteflsh

:c . , KEPT OOH8TAST

>. MTEBB * OO.

MARKETS.

BURDO'S

NEWMARKITCornel ia Street, a f e w Doors w

t b e French Cathedral .The anbacrlber moat reapeotfoily Informs

mer patron*, and toe public generally, that he ha* atconaiderable expenae put up a buildi i l l

"DEAD T

FAMILY MARKET,!No. 61 Margaret B t ,

Pa^ATTSBXTKOH, W. Y . ,HaareoentlT been repaired, painted, and »nt In I

excellent oonditlon, and la stocked with a large a*-

POULTRYsa^lswirrday.for aale at Beaton-1

Veretakles of Every DescrlpUan.

Herved with runotvxallty-V*Furohaae* delivered to all cart* «f the Tillage

freeof charge. L. D. LABI™ 'PUtUburgh, June 1, 1878.

UNION MARKET.

Opposite tbe WltherlU Home,

MARGARET STREET,

P L A T T 8 B U R Q H , N . Y .

B. TIEK^EY, Proprietor.

FJRESH AKJ3 SALT MEATS,!

SALf; FISH,And Fresh Fish In their Heason,

VEGETABLES 1\ EVERf VARIETY. IT THKIR BBA.8ON.

BOLOGNA SAUSAGE A SPECIALTY.

. of t h e

WESTMINSTER,FIFTH AVENUE,

GOLD COIN,STEWART'S ROUND

AND OVAL STOVES,

And many other beautiful Stoves, too numero

Cheap Parlor StovesBOTH FOB WOOD AND COAL.

RUSSIA IRON ASD BOX PARLORCOOK STOVES.

Ojliader and Globe Stoves for Coal,VKHV C H E A P .

ALSO, DEA1EB8

Russia and American Iron,

COAL, DRAIN TILE, &C.

Hartwell & Myers,B R I B G E ST., PLATTSBCTBtilT

•o haw Paint and Paint Oils, Nails, Kerosene Oil,Good*. Xaleomlne, Crockery, 8tone and Wooden

i Ware, and everything generally kept in a Grooerrsnd frovislon Store, oheaper than ebrownerein town.

Also, a fine line of Pine and Hemlook Lumber,'reaaed and Matobed; Konrajr Pine and Sprnoelooting,LHnei and Spruce CiftpbosMto, lath, Spruce

Bnehel. ^^ , , . .r t price: Kotir, Feed. M«al and Buf.kSVat,Sh«t»

every tWug In good repair. Ctutom arlndlEg % »peo-lalty. QnaUty guaranteed. Partle* haylbg Buck-wheat to tell will do well to see us before ieOtog, a*we do not ran It through a Separator before waigb-'- •%, which 1* equal to five ceola on a bushel.

HATS IHO CUPS.

Fall and Winter Stiles

-OS—

HATS, CAPS, FURS,ROBES,

Buckskin Gloves and Mittens,

GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,

TRUNKS, BAGS, &CM

- A T -

3E3. S

Fnrs Made to Order & Repaired.

Buffalo and Coon Skin

OVERCOATS

E. SPEAR,BAILEY'S BLOCK, M4RCARET ST.

HOTEIS;

Massachuse t ts House,ROUSES POUT, 1 Y.

T. P. FII-IBErt, T B O p t t l E T O B .BT-j-ree carriage to acl from all tmtoa. 1

J. R. EMERSON & SON,

Dealerw

93 Margaret Street,PtATTflBtmaH, H. T. »

STOVES ANO fURNACES.

STOVES-FOK THE-

Parlor, Kitten and Laundry,

FOR COIL IND WOOD.STEWART C60K CTOVE,

FEARLESS COdK WOVE,REPORTER COOK STOVE.

WOOD COOK STOVES.

AUmflHAL, ' fWBCKT AClffE.

All the above Stoves are lrat-elajaln every recpeet,

RANCEs!fore b

$65 TWe ftreoffertnff lUngec thftl hire heretofor

sold for »ir>, |M Snd %<*, for (30, MS and $65.beenThey

l > R i , n FA1TIE.

CIOI.IJ COIN.

Parlor Heaters and Stoves!THE NEW AND BEAUTIFUL

SPLENDID."The only sl o In the market that has an O

BOOKS AND STATIONERY.

Munro & Warren,BOOKSELLERS,

STATIONERS and

NEWSDEALERS,

No. 70 Margaret Street,

P L A T T S B U R G H . N . Y .

HEADQTJABTEB8 FOB ALL

SCHOOL BOOKS

Books:g and M

Sty lo a n d D e s -

(tUl and oompleto line of Legal Cap, Note

Rubber, Steel Fens, Fattert Lead Pencils, ID* andCopying. Pencils, Tlsstt* Paper, B»d Tape, tnk

| Ink*, indelible ink, darnvfne Ink, Pen Eacka,Sohool &ewavd Card*, Ice, &o.

We have constantly on band a good selection of

luvanile Books, Oarda, Primere, &o.SuiUble for RifU (or school children.

I American M»4 Forelga Fancy Goods,

CONFECTIONERYf the ver? beat maniifaotiira «5n«tAntlT on haml.BT-New Book*receivedMioonaTpiibUshed.VOonntry Merchant* and Teaohen can rely on

being furnished as heretofore, at toe lowest marketPIl0eil MUJTRO & WABBEN,

EORSALE.H A R n F O B U C E i

The snb»orit>»roffen for *»lehie farm, known a*theAlvah Balch farm, located«n the plank road, fourmilts watt of Ftottmusjfc.'-'ODl-fb* premises areatwo story honae and.ouW>4*Jlng», nearly new, goodorchard and about 78 pear'trt*»i For term*, to.,apply on the premises.

JAMES HBNBY, JB.Katt«bgrgh,H0T.9Wi^gTa. Mart

DAVID LITTLE & CO.,

Plattsburgh Greetilioiises,OFFEB A VERT LABGE LIBT OP

Winter Flowering

In BUD and BLOOM. Many n«w Tartetja* neverbefore offered, grown In large qQatttltle* for aupply*ing City I'tarlsU.

Prloa*fedueea,to towe»t possible flgura* and to!•ultj the &BM*. ]

V a i l a n d E x a m i n e for Y o u r . c l v e s IAnd you will he amply repaid for your trouble.

December 8d, 1878. 24

f7>HM&SII CONOBE81 WAXJEtt !

FRIEOBICHSHALL BITTER WATER!

HunyadlJanos Water.

4P0LUI\ARt8 WATER!

H. W. Cady & Co.'aJ>R.tTO 8 T O B B . to

THE TROY BUSINESS COLLEGE

lower, and the chance* forgraduating decidedly br"~Good board only *8 per

M E N ' S B B O O A K I .

A GOOD ONE, AT

POETRY.H A W S L E T T E R .

I wa* Bitting in my study,Writing letters, when I heard,

"Ple&Be, dear mamma, Mary told meMamma musn't be 'lBtnroed.

at I's tired of Ihe kitty;ome ozzer fing to doetters, I* on, mammwrite a letter, too 7

ma's bagy;ty now"

"Not now, darling mamma's bagy;Bun and play with kitty now."

"No, no, mamma, me write letters-Tan If 'on will thow me how."

I would paint my darting'* portrait,

Form of childish, witching grace.

But the eager face wag clouded,As I *lowly sheok my head,

Till I said, "I'll make a letterOf you, darling boy, instead."

Bo I parted back the tresae*From his forehead high and whito,

And a stamp ID sport I patted'Mid ita waves of goUfen light.

Then I said, "Now, little letter,Go away and bear tbe new*;1'

flfanding'on thVentry stair?*'t

No one heard tho front door open,No one B*W the golden hair

In the crisp October air. °™

I* there room for any more ?

" 'Cause dis lettor'* doin to papa;

But the clerk In wonder answered:

'OausB I must go if I°Un."

Fain the clerk would have detained him,Bat the pleading face wu gone,

^Vtrb'u^wTs'weTt'r8-Buddenly the crowd w»9 parted,

People fled to left and right,As a pair of maddened horsefl

No one saw the baby figure—No one saw the golden hair,

Till a voice of frightened sweetnessEang out in the autumn air.

'Twaa too late—a moment only

Reverently they raised my darling,Brushed away the curls of gold.

Saw the stamp upon the f ore&ead.Growing now so ley cold.

Not a mark the face dlaflgured,Showing where a foot had trod ;

MISCELLANY.An ETII, bnt Romantic Career.

Howard Carroll, the well known jcnalist, has done a splendid piece of jour-nalistic work, in describing the life ofBenjamin J. Moaee, late governor ofSouth Carolina, and now a beggar and

ontoast The article, filling nearlyeight columns of the New York Time* isas artistic in its arrangement, as it is

Its language. Commencingwith the boyhood of this remarkable

by birth an adventurer,md whose mental faculties were not lessbrilliant than his person w u gracefuland his manner fascinating, the artiolefollows him through the various phasessf his marvelous and dissolute career.The son of an able lawyer of the Jewishrace, he reoeived a good education, andalways as a youth, had plenty of money,whioh he freely spent in various forms ofdissipation, although he never seems tohave been a slave to drink. Married ateighteen, he is now bat thirty-eight. Hewas, when the war broke out, the privatesecretary of Governor Pickens, and amost bitter rebel. It is said, althoughthis statement is disputed, that his handshauled dowa the stars and stripes fromthe walla of Bompter. He did not, how-Aver, enter tho confederate service, saveas s oonscript officer, which position wasnot calculated to make him popular withthe fiery young South Carolinians, al-though he had previously been a primefavorite with both the beaux and thelamsels of Oherlestoo city.

At the close of the war, Mr. Moseschanged his policy, became very inti-mate with federal officers, secured ra-tions for himself and family, and pro-claimed his Union sentiments vocifer-ously. Still further he cultivated thenegro element, early himself a championof negro suffrage, and became a politicalleader by his ingratiating deportmentand by a peculiar style of oratory par-ticularly calculated to enohain theimagination and to inflame the passionsof the black man. Political honors came

him thick and fast He was eleot-the legislature and, upon the state

ticket, as adjutant and inspector general.He was made speaker of the house andserved several terms, and then he wassleeted governor. His venality as speak-qr and as governor was shameless. Heopenly announced, that if a billworth being passed or signed, it wasworth being paid for. His exaotiiwere as enormous as his desires werehaostless and his outlays lavish. Hebought a mansion at a coat of $160,000,furnished it with the greatest profusion,and had servants and horses outrivalingin number those of an oriental potentate.

H e d i s t r i b u t e d h i s • • • • • - - • • • • • • •• • •

rigorously exacted _ . „ „parasites attached themselves to themaster. . He had hundreds of politicalfavorites who flourished upon his spoils,and he pandered to the most depravedtastes of his associates. He lived in the

upon himedtothe

_, associates.most extravagant luxury and revelledthe wildest riot

At last he fell, because the depletedtreasury of the state ooald no longerstand his robberies. His fair weatherfriends forsook him, when he could no'ojnger gratify their wants. He made al^sjperftte straggle for a renomination asgovernor, bat he failed; and Chamber-lain suooeeded, and brought a new andmore cleanly order to the state. Thepeople of Sumter district still, however,attached to the fallen politician, electedhim judge of that oironit, but Governor!Chamberlain refused to sign his commis-sion. Then he retired to obscurity, to re-ippear again in the memorable campaign)f 1876, as an editorial writer for a smallRepublican oampaignrpaper, printed at~" i Aries ton, and, in that capacity, is said

[have developed ability of a very highHe was, under the Democraticindioted for official crimes, bnt

punishment by turning states_ _ „ . • Then he went to New Yorkand lived some time by various disre-putable shift*. His father dying, he re-Juinea to South Carolina, ostensibly tocomfort hia wife and mother, bnt ex-tracted from them a considerable sum of jmoney, on the pretense that he was go-ing to Texas to commence a new life andLu addition stole a number of theirvaluables. Instead of fulfilling his prom-ise he went back to New York and wasagain indicted in Charleston, the officialhaving charge of the warrant, finding

„ , taken frommother's house, and tho sheriff, De-

leting that he waa noting for the best,did not take him into custody, His wiferecently obtained a divorce and he, whenlast heard from, was «till living on hisWitt in New York. ^

Soofa in brief, and we quote the con-

v.uD .uu of the moatintereBtiDg, but mosmarvelous and pathetics leBoription"has been the trnly remarkable career olFranklin J. Moses, at one* the beat-hearted and worst of men. A man endowedwith extraordinary talents, wheabased rare opportunities, a man oculture and refinement, who still gavefree rein to the basest passions • a man

! who ruled others but oould not governhimself, a man who spent half a millioiipon worthless flatterers, a man wh<onoe controlled untold wealth, and wh(is today a beggar."

The career of Franklin 3. Moses «fui generis, full of warning as it is alsc^formed with a baleful fasoination. II

I id in no sense chargeable to the Republi-i can party. In its most disgraceful feat-I nres it was paralleled by the Tweed ring.n New York. Men as base, althonot so brilliant, as Mosea, may arise ancflourish for a time in various parties; buttheir day of retribution aui-elv comesThe idea advanced by tho RochesterUnion, that this revelation—which in-deed is no revelation, except in the dra-matic presentation of details—at aUmitigates the more recent outrages per-petrated by the South Carolina chivalry,is simply preposterous. The wroDgsdone by all parties and by all men, areto be judged by the evidence bearingupon them respectively. The fraud upon the ballot-box is not to b« mitieatecby the robberies of Moses.

The Hearens In January.

The Brightest Stars Vislt»i«^Pei___Variations of Algol , Mam and sa i l

Daring January and February theheavens present the most interestingviews to the naked eye. Nearly all oltbe brightest stars and the most beautifui constellations are above the horizoithe greater part of the long nights. Th<glittering orbs which guided the ancien.mariners and by whioh the navigators oimodern times have been enabled to mak«oceans "the highway of nations," can al,be traced without the assistance of telescope the first months of the year.

About the middle of January, Oapella,the prinoipal star in Auriga, will benearly overhead at 10 o'clock. At thesame time Regains in Leo wiill be almostdue east about twenty-five decrees abovethe horizon. Betelguex and Rigel, thebrightest stars in Orion, will be near themoridian, and in the northeaeit by norththe Btara comprising the dipper in th<great bear may appear, while thiPleiades, Hyades, Castor, Pollux amthe diamond of Pegasus can all be tracerin the nocturnal sky. In addition tcthese, the most interesting of the varia-ble stara, Algol, in the head of Medusa,may be observed in the northwest, aboutsixty degrees high. The changes in thebrightness of this star when near to thetimes of its greatest dimness, can benoticed with the unaided eye, and it issaid that the French astronomer Lalandewas in the habit of lingering on some ofthe bridges over the Seine and directingthe attention of the passers-by to the•rariations in the light of this nocturnalinn.

In about three and a half hours, Algolpasses from a star of the second magni-tude to one of the fourth, continues lessbrilliant for about fifteen minutes, andin three and a half hours returns to itsformer brightness, which it retains for a

iriod of between sixty and Bixty-onePUTS. Why these changes occur an

questions whioh scientists cannot full]answer. Some have supposed them tobe caused by a semi-opaque bo *ing at regular intervals around . _ . ,while others, with greater probability,have advanced the theory that one por-tion of Algol is less luminous ithan therest, and that by the revolution of thatbody on its axis, the darker parts anturned at stated periods toward tinearth. If this is the real cause of th<phenomenon, it shows that those distantsuns, like the central luminary of thesolar system, revolves on an axis, andit also affords another proof of the simi-larity between those orbs whioh irradiatethe sky and the great source ol lightheat to.the earth.

Daring January, Venus will increasei brilliancy as the evening star, and

Jupiter, which has shone with auoh beau-ty during the autumn, will, at the closeof the month, be near its conjunctionwith the sun, and will not appear againas evening star until September.

Saturn, though one of tbe most inter-esting planets when viewed through thetelescope, reveals none of those wondersto the naked eye whioh puzzled Galileoand whioh Hoyghous half a century laterfound to be due to rings surroundingthe planet. Mara, whioh eighteen monthsago attraoted so muoh attention by thediscovery of its moons, ia gradually in-creasing its distance from the earth andis becoming less conspicuous. No planetexhibits a greater difference in brillianoythan Mars when in opposition to the sunand when near its conjunction with that' iminary. When at its least distance

om the earth this planet has been ex-amined with more success than any otherof tbe heaven]? bodies.

Numerous drawings o l .presented by its surface hi

d striking proofs have been obtaineda resemblance in the climate changes,

in rain and snow, and in long, narrowexpanses of water similar to what is ob'served on the globe, which forms theresidence of man. Bnt while the earth

iay be regarded as a humid planet, two-.airdsof its surface being covered bywater, at least one-half of the area *Mars is dry land. Its period of rotation its axis, or its day, is nearly the sameas a day on the earth ; but its year, orperiod of revolution around the suu, isalmost equt.1 to two years on the earth.The seasons, therefore, on Mars oreabout double the length of those wit-nessed by the inhabitants of this sub-lunary sphere.—Providence Journal.

Jerry Black's Story.Judge Black of Pennsylvania, tells a

comical story of a trial in whioh a Ger-man doctor appeared for the defence ina case for damages brought against aclient of his by the object of his assar"The eminent jurist soon recognizedhis witness, who was produced atmedical expert, a laboring man *some years before and in another partof the country had been engaged by himas a builder of post and rail fences.With this cue he opened his cross-examination. "You say, dootor," hebegan with great deference and suavity,

'•that you operated upon Mr. 's headafter it was out by Mr. ?"

"Oh, yaw," replied the ex fence bnild-"me do dat; yaw, yaw."

"Was the wound a very severe one,dootor ?"

"Enough to kill him if I did not savehis hfe."

"Well dootor what did you do fordm ?"

"Everything."•'Did you perform the Caesarian opera-

"Oh, yaw, yaw ; if me not do dat he

"Did you decapitate him ?""Yaw, yaw; me do dat too.""Did you hold a-post mortem examin-

ation ?"*'Ob, to be sure, Sohndge ; me always

do dat?""Welt, now, doctor, and here the

Judge bent over in a friendly, familiarway, "tell us whether you submittedyour patient to tbe process known amongmedical men &apost and rail fenoi-

The mock dootor drew himself up in- •dignantly, "Soherry Plack," say; he, j"I always know'd you vas a tarn jaytawklawyer, an'now I know you for a tarn

Thrilling Incident of a Flood.During the heavy flood at Patterson,

w J. an exciting incident occurred: Thehill where the Passaio falls are situatedwaa thronged with visitors throughoul*£« day. Jnst above the river hadstretched across the meadows, cuttingoff the road, and forming an immensepond. Oat of thie the water poured on«oi me rocky gorges whioh forms the ap-Pr°a<& V $ 6 faU> a n d B U 0 h w » i t o P i -

e that the chasm into whioh the falltumbleB, seventy feet in depth, was filledhalf up with the flood, whichwwedtoas to be heard a mile away, and sent oul

At this point in the afternoon an inci-dent occurred that startled beyond ex-pression the thousand spectators thereassembled. A boy ten years old wasdriving an open wagon along theby the riverside, above the fall a oon-"iderable distance. At points the road

ver which he was driving was sub-"'Sed . b u t not to great depth, and he

had made several fords sucoWfnlly. Am * ? w a l l ? n 8 ^ong the road hailed hi? n d a 8 , k edfora l i r t ; the boy took him, and the two drove along tosethtPresently they came to a £>intg wherethe lamp posts along the side of the roadwere alniost buried in the water, but the^oy whipped up his horse and d r̂ove in.01 at once the two in the wagoa felt the

"PJ? fc«6 8 a m e l i f t e a nP ** « » ™te

« d they floated off, while t & horse continned on with the wheels. The bodyof the wagon floated out on the broadpond that has been mentioned. Thewater was comparatively smooth, butstill the current was strong, and thewagon body was carried with considera-We rapidity in the direction of the falLinrongs of persons were along the sideof the stream, and they saw the novelorait borne away. A hundred yardsahead of where the two werT^T bridgeorosses the river, and just beyond thatoccurs a slight fall in the bed of thestream, aDd from there on the waterrushed like an arrow to the falL onlyshort way distant.

As the wagon body drew on fastertoward the bridge, its occupants oouldsee the spray of the fall and hear its roar.The boy was frightened and tried tolump out, bnt the man held him tightThe screams of the little fellow oould beheard by those on shore. Everybodyrushed to the side of the stream ; T h u n -ared directions were called out, butnobody knew what to do. As the wagonbody came.nearer to the bridge, womenscreamed and ran away. The bridge wasreached and the pair deemed now beyondhelp,_and then help came. A man driv-

did th tr * ' ' e v e r 7 b o d y

from his Tfagon, unstrapped the reinsfrom his W e , and directed anotherdriver to d5 the same. The two pairs ofreins were strapped together and thrownover the rail of the bridge. The end feUinto the water, and as the wagon body,Coing now with immense velocity, oamenear, the man above oried out to the pairbelow to catch hold. The reins wereheld right in the course o f the wagonbody, and as this swept by the man,holding fast to the boy, grabbed at then%andoangat them, and the two weredrawn safely upon the bridge, while tbwagon body dashed over the falL

Short, bnt Satisfactory.

Writing from Greenfield, Conn., Eev.Dr. T. L. Ouyler relates the following- arriage inoident there in "ye older

me:"Bev. Steven Mix made a journey ta

Northampton, in 1696, in search of t,wife. He arrived at Eev. Solomon Stod-dard's, informed him of the object of hievisit, and that the pressure of home du-ties required the utmost dispatch.

Mr. Stoddard took him into the roomwhere his daughters were, andintro-dueedhimtoMary, Esther, Christiana,Bebekah and Hannah, and then retired.

Mr. Mix, addressing Mary, the eldestdaughter, said he lately had been set-tled in Wethersfield, and was desirousof obtaining a wife, and concluded byoffering her his heart and hand. Sheblushingly replied that so important aproposition required time for consider-ation. •

He rejoined that he was pleased thatshe asked for suitable time for reflec-tion, and in order to afford her theneeded opportunity to think of his pro-posal, he would step into art adjoiningroom and smoke a pipe with her father,and she oould report to him. Hayingsmoked MB pipe, and sent a message toMiss Mary that he was ready forheranswer, she came in and asked for fur-ther time for consideration.

He replied that she could reflect stilllonger on the subject, and send her an-swer to Wethersfleld. l a a few weekshereoeived her reply, which is probablythe most laoonio epistle of the kind everpenned. Here is the model letter, whichwas soon followed by a wedding :

O H M T O N , 1"Rev. Stephen Mix:—Yea.

" M SThe matrimonial Mixture took place

on the first of December, 1696, andproved to be compounded of the mostcongenial elements.

How Drinking Produces Apoplexy.It is the essential nature of all wines

and spirits to send an increased amountof blood to the brain. The first effect oftaking a glass of wine, or stronger formof alcohol, is to send the blood therefaster, and so does the tongue. But, asthe blood goes to the brain faster thancommon, it returns faster, and no specialharm results. Bat, suppose a man keepson drinking, the blood is sent to thebrain so fast, in such large quantitiesthat, in order to make room far it, theaiteries have to enlarge themselves;they increase in size, ana, in doing BO,they press against the more yieldingflaooid veins-which carry the blood onof the brain, and thus diminish theiLsize, their pores, the result being thatMood is not caried to the arteries of theirain faster than is natural or healthful,mt it is prevented from leaving it as fasts usual; hence a double set of causes

jf death are in operation. Henoe a manmay drink enough of brandy ox otherspirits in a few hours, or even minutes,to bring on a fatal attack of apoplexy.This is, literally, being dead drunk.—Dr. Ball.

Princess Alice's Fatal Kiss.Earl BeaoonfieliTs Speech

My .Lords, there was something won-lerf ully piteous in the immediate oanseif her death. The physicians who per-

mitted her to watch over her sufferingfamily enjoined her under no oircum-stanoes whatever to be tempted into anembrace. Her admirable self-restraintguarded her through the crisis of thiBterrible complaint in safety. She re-membered and observed the injunctions)f her physicians. But it beoame herot to break to her son, quite a youth,ihe death of his youngest sister, to whom

was devotedly attached. The boy wasovercome with misery that the agi-

tated mother clasped him in her arms,and thus she received the kiss of death.My Lords, I hardly know an inoidentmore pathetio. It was one by whichpoets might be inspired, and in whiohthe professora of fine arts, from thehighest to lowest branches, whether inpainting, sculpture or gems, might find- fitting subject of commemoration.

—It is when our budding hopes areipped beyond recovery by some roughind, that we are the most disposed to

picture to ourselves what flowers they \might have borne if they had flourished. |

New York and Her Rivals.Prom the New York Sun.

Four seaboard cities handle, sell, anddistribute the crops of the great West.These cities—BoBton, New York, Phila-delphia and Baltimore-are competitorsfor the business of-shipping grain toEuropean markets and for the forward-ing of Eastern manufactures and import-ed goods to the West Baltimore haslargely increased her exports. Newsteamship lines, through special arrange-ments with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road, are carrying large quantities ofthrough freight from Western cities toEurope. The receipts of wheat in thatcity for the first ten months showed aninorease of 12,279,353 bushels.

Boston and Philadelphia, by a similarrailroad policy and extensive terminalfacilities, have also largely increasedtuetr outward commerce. The lack ofsuch facilities has forced New York mer-chants to make their through shipments•"- way of one of the three rival cities.

_te policy of the New York CentralRailroad has been adverse to the in-terests of this city. The company hasbeen accused of assisting to send daily agrain-loaded steamship from the port ofBoston. These shipments have built upthe Leydens of Liverpool, the most suc-cessful shipping firm of the day. TheCentral loses 160 miles of freightage on

rery car load of through freight that_ »sses to the seaboard over the Bostonand Albany Railroad.

Philadelphia is pressing her claim tothe grain business. Foreign steamshipservice is fostered, and through rateshave been established at such figures asto attract a large export. OoL gfeott hasguaranteed full cargoes to seven vessels^ the new Philadelphia line for one/ r . Within a few weeks thirteen extraocean steamships will be employed inthe commerce of thatcity.

Those rival eities are doing their levelbest to augment their foreign trade.Their success shows that, to successfullycompete with them, New York must sup-plement its natural advantages by ter-minal facilities and steamship connec-tions equal to those of the rival porta.This is now being done. A line of four-teen iron screw freight steamers, averag-ing fourteen knots per hour, has beenestablished. It will carry throughfreight to Europe through special ar-rangements with the New York CentralCompany. The freight is to be deliveredat Liverpool, Hamburg, or other Conti-nental or British ports. If the volumeof business warrants, other steamshipswill be added to tbe fleet. The immenseelevator at the foot of Sixty-third streetwill be used to raise the grain from thecars and pour it into the vessels at theleast possible expense. The company, i tis understood, will charge a uniform rateof freight, inoluding transportation,wharf ago, loading, and berth room

asr.The problem of freight transportationlies in handling bulky goods with thegreatest expedition and cheapness. Here-tofore New. York has done little towardsolving it. Boston, Baltimore and Phil-adelphia could not Jiave so enormouslyincreased their exports, were it not forthe shortcomings of this city. Terminalfacilities, light port charges, and lowrates for transportation attract trade.Oar municipal authorities and our sys-tem of taxation have had much to dowith the diversion of trade from thiscenter. But under the new arrangementit is thought that the New York Centralwill he able to make through rates lowerthan they can be made elsewhere. If so,this city will steadily inorease both herexports and imports. The new move-ment must have a direct bearing uponthe competition between trunk lines foreast-bound freight The rivalry will beintensified. The pooling system ma-pbeabandoned, and the business of t i efuture in bulky exports must be con-ducted almost entirely on through ratesfrom the West to Europe.

Alfred Ethelbridge Hates a Call.Mr. Alfred Ethelbrjdge is bashful; he

does not deny it. He wishes he wasn't, .sometimes, but wishing doesn't seam****,help his case much. Everybody in Bar- ."•lington likes him, except the father of ayoung lady out on Pond street. Withan instinctive knowledge of this oldgentleman's feelings, Alfred had fore-borne to aggravate them and kept out ofthe father's way as muoh as possible,atoning for this apparent neglect by see-ing the daughter twice as often. Theother afternoon, Alfred went up the stepsand rang the te l l . The door openedand—papa stood glaring at him, lookinga thousand things and saying nothing.Alfred Ethelbridge had never felt quiteJIO lost for language in his life. Pres-ently he stood on one foot and remarked:

'•Good afternoon I""Gooftnoon," grunted papa, which is

by interpretation, also good afternoon,"Is—ah^-is—er—er—Mias LUlipop—

is your daughter at home ?" asked Al-fred, standing on the other foot

, "Yes, sir," said papa, rather moreshortly than Alfred thoaght was abso-lutely necessary.

Then nobody said anything for a longtime. Presently Alfred Ethelbridge stoodon both feet, and asked:

"Is she in?""Yes, air," said papa, not budging a

step from his position in the door, andlooking as though he was dealing with abook agent instead of one of the nicest- ung men in Burlington. Then Albert

helbridge stood on MB right and said::'Doesshe—can she receive company?"Tes , sir," papa said, savagely, not at

all melted by the pleading intonation ofAlfred's voice, which everybody elsethought was so irresistibly sweet. Then

! Alfred Efcbelbridge stood on his left footand said :

"Is she at home?""Yes, sir," papa said, kind of coldly.Alfred Ethelbridge looked down the

street and sighed, then he looked up atpapa and shivered. Then he stood onthe right foot again and said:

"la she in?""Yes, sir," papa Baid, grimly, and

never taking his eyes off the young man'suneasy face. •

Alfred Ethelbridge sighed and lookedup the street, then he stood on his leftfoot and looked at papa's kneeB andsaid timidly and in tremulous tones :

"Can she see me?""Yes, sir," said papa, but he never

moved, and he never looked pleasant.He only stood still and repeated a secondtime, "Yes, sir."

Alfred Ethelbridge began to feel ill.He looked up and down the street andfinally pinned his wandering gaze to the"laid spot on the top of papa's head, thanle said:

"Wffl you please tell her that Mr.Alfred Ethelbridge called ?"

"Yes, sir," said papa, and he didn'tsay anything more. And somehow orother Alfred Ethelbridge kind of sortgot down off the poroh and went kind ofout of the gate like. He discontinuedhis visits there, and explained to a friendthat the old man didn't say anythingthat wasn't all right and cordial enough,buTthe manner of him was rathexfor-maL—Turlington Hawkeye.

Costly Carelessness.The amount of bonds and money lost

iy carelessness almost exceeds the limitsjf belief, writes a Washington corres-pondent Repeated instances have beenbrought to the attention of the treasuryof large losses of notes or bonds by fireand other causes. Only recently a manpresented for redemption bonds thatwould amount to a number of thousandsif dollars. He hid them in the earth athe bottom of his smoke house for safe:eeping, and forgot where he had placed

.hem. Fall oame and he commenced tosmoke hams. A fire had been burning anumber of days before he rememberedthat he bad placed his bonds there. Heextinguished the fire and found that thebonds had been completely baked. Theyoonld, however, be identified, and newones were issued for them. Instanceshave been reported where bonds andnotes have been storod for safe keeping~ old stoves m the summer and forgot-_n until a fire waB kindled in the falL

Recently there was presented for pay-ment at the treasury an old obligationif the District of Columbia for $100,he total interest on which amounted toU12. It had been found in an old trunk:"here. The treasury officials remembergreat number of instances whioh have

~ome within their observation, and esti-mate, therefore, that the actual loss ofgreenbacks by fire and carelessnessamounts to $20,000,000.