anaheim-gazette 1877-04-21

WEEKLY GAZETTE. SATURDAY...APRIL 21, 1877. The frequent and apt reference to Holy Writ, made by Mr. Baker in his speech to the jury yesterday, is an evidence of pious training and that the gentlemen is of a religious cast of mind. Should he fail to attain that eminence in his profession to which his talents and learning entitle him, he could with profit exchange the legal for the clerical; and we doubt not that his familiarity with Biblical lore and his inherent love of all that is pure, holy and good, would soon place him at the topmost pinnacle of ecclesiastical fame. Scotch backs went up the other day at a natural bait yet absurd blunder of the British Government in reference to the nomenclature of Highland regiments. The War Department proposed to call a regiment "the Cameronian Highlanders," apparently supposing that this would be acceptable in connection with Cameron of Lochiel, or some other Highland magnate. Whereas the name which the regiment has hitherto borne, "The Cameronians," was derived from "Maister Cameron," a bright and shining light of the order of which we read so much in "Old Mortality," and the regiment was chiefly embodied to fight against Claverhouse & Co. ALTA HULETT, Chicago's woman lawyer, died recently. The male lawyers of that city have passed resolutions, containing the following incidental encouragement to women in their profession: "Although the legal profession has hitherto been almost, if not altogether, considered as exclusively for men to practice, yet we freely recognize Miss Hulett's right to adopt it as her pursuit in life, and cheerfully bear testimony to the fact that in her practice she never demeaned herself in any way unbcoming a woman. She was always true to her clients and their interests, but she was equally true to her sex and her duty; and if women who now are, or hereafter shall become, members of our profession shall be equally true, its honor will The Benefits of Irrigation. EDS. GAZETTE.—The following essay was read a few evenings since, at the Farmer's Union Club, at Centralia, and is deemed worthy of a wider circulation, hence we send it to you. SECRETARY. That which a few years ago was a problem, with the burden of belief for a favorable solution against it, is now a demonstrated fact. It was contended by men of large experience and admitted ability to pass judgment upon the subject, that the majority of the sandy lands upon this Coast were utterly and hopelessly incapable of cultivation, and could never be of use or profit to man. It was maintained that irrigation, even if feasible, would fail to accomplish anything satisfactory in the interest of agriculture. It is true that the experiments made up to within a few years, vindicated the correctness of the judgment which had been pronounced. But time, energy and the skill of abler men have proved that the judgment of the past is unsound, and demonstrated that it was not the fault of the soil but the inexperience of the parties that their efforts were not crowned with success. The subject is one of such great importance that it can hardly be over-extimated, if indeed, it can be adequately contemplated at the present time. For in it are involved the most precious interests of not only a large portion of our own State, but that of contiguous States and Territories. If he is worthy of high praise among the benefactors of his fellow beings who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one blade grew before, in what advanced degree should be reckoned the man who causes these sand wastes actually to bear the richest products known to the use of man? He is more to be honored, and deserves to be ranked higher than the man who bestows largely upon the endowment of public institutions; for he opens to the millions the cheapest and nearest way to snug homes, independent labor and to wealth. He supplies the means and prepares the way by which the State becomes populated by a class of substantial citizens, who feel their worth and appreciate their responsibilities. He teaches and proves to the sat- Our San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., EDS. GAZETTE.—It is probable outlook of this year has a wilt but dull times are not confined portion of the State. If once the whole body suffers with borrowed from high authority understood in every man's plies with great force to an unusually dry year that is diminished activity in me. The poor prospect for crops to curtail every possible natural consequence, demand center for goods will be lax. Already the merchants fear. The erection of buildings and upon new enterprises will be deferred, all through the demands for building increased, and that lumbernew now. A merchant told me no one seemed to have any know from time immemorial makes the mare go," so were the progress of the feminine very much limited during upon us. Many will have no learning the meaning of words," wait." The wagon evidently dropped a tire on bolt; perhaps her springs have nature is a good nurse and mend matters. So "We'll wait for the war And all take a ride." THE MINING INTENTION. Upon which this State looks prosperity do not seem as may so speak, judging from California street. The bus not make very harmonious soon be a good time to buy seem to be getting cheaper vided one is anxious for which are needed mills of the mining If these mills only ground more hopeful, for every one conception of the prospects It is a time-honored belief in Turkey that an eclipse of the moon is caused by a huge dragon which seeks to devour it, and, in doing so, inserts his body between that luminary and the earth. A Constantinople correspondent of the Paris Tempo says that at the recent eclipse observed there, a general attempt was made to frighten the dragon away by firing muskets and revolvers, shouting and beating kitchen utensils and cymbals. The muezzins mounted to their minaret balconies, and with loud cries, besought Allah to render the moon triumphant. As in past times it was found that the moon soon again showed its face, and congratulations were everywhere heard upon the victory gained. This lunar superstition is by no means confined to the poorer classes. The rich have an equal faith in the dragon theory. The rumor heretofore current, that Mrs. W. C. Ralston, now in Paris, was about to be married, has been confirmed by a cable dispatch sent by the lady to Col. Fry, of San Francisco. There has been considerable gossip among the lady's friends about what they consider her singular conduct. Some three months ago she with her family left San Francisco for New York and Washington with Senator Sharon and party in the Senator's private car. The Senator went direct to Washington, while Mrs. Ralston proceeded to New York, whence, after a few days, in which time she placed her two sons in an academy at West Point, she wrote Senator Sharon she was about sailing for Europe, and did sail almost immediately with her two daughters, Mrs. Ralston, financially, is in very comfortable circumstances. The insurance on her husband's life amounted to $60,000, and she is the owner of a small homestead opposite Belmont, which was fitted up, furnished and deeded to her by Senator Sharon. Since 1870 the phylloxera has played sad havoc in the Rhone valley of France, and has turned the departments of the Herault, Vanclause, Gard, and Drome almost into a howling wilderness. The departments of the Bouches-du-Rhone, Var, Gironde, Charente, and lower Charente have also suffered severely, and the yield of these departments has fallen from 36,000,000 to 14,000,000 hectoliters. When California farmers grow faint-hearted over the comparatively insignificant sums that are required to irrigate their dry lands, and reclaim their wet ones, they should consider what their consis in Holland have done and are doing, and make a comparison. Croaking old foggles say the tule lands of California can never be thoroughly reclaimed, and that no levees can be made sufficiently strong to keep out the floods. Yet in Holland the entire kingdom is snatched from the sea by means of dykes of sand, earth and willow fascines. These levees are required to resist the powerful action of the ocean breakers dashing almost ceaselessly against them, with a force equal to a score of rivers like the San Joaquin. The levees, however, serve the purpose, and the sea is kept out. The whole country would be like a tule swamp—if indeed, the sea did not wash it all away—were it not for these levees. Aside from this reclamation the Dutch have dyked and drained immense lakes, and converted their bottoms into fertile farming lands. A lake near Rotterdam containing an area of 14,280 acres, and an average depth of fifteen feet of water, was drained and reclaimed between 1828 and 1840; that length of time having been required to pump out the water. The work cost $110 an acre, and the investment was highly remunerative. Haarlem Lake, containing 45,000 acres, was drained in a like manner at a cost of $95 an acre. In what advanced degree should be reckoned the man who causes these sand wastes actually to bear the richese products known to the use of man? He is more to be honored, and deserves to be ranked higher than the man who bestows largely upon the endowment of public institutions; for he opens to the millions the cheapest and nearest way to sang honors, independent labor and wealth. He supplies the means and prepares the way by which the State becomes populated by a class of substantial citizens, who feel their worth and appreciate their responsibilities. He teaches and proves to the satisfaction of all that labor, energy and intelligence can overcome the obstacles and difficulties which nature has interposed to test the disposition; powers and true worth of her sons. Nowhere are the benefits of irrigation so plainly visible; nowhere are they more clearly and practically demonstrated than here in Los Angeles county. I can show you a tract of land which five years ago, was a barren waste—where the coyote and buzzard were ashamed to be seen; it now teems with luxuriant crops. And in our own immediate neighborhood what is now the flourishing town of Anaheim, was until a few years ago, a mere sand-stretch, where the only things to be seen growing were the cactus and tumble-weed, and where the first settlers of the original town, as an inducement to new comers to locate gave portions of their own lands, they having abandoned them for purposes of cultivation. Now mark the change; instead of the cactus and tumble-weed, you see fine orchards, vineyards and gardens. And these great changes have been wrought by a masterly system of irrigation. Perhaps the question will be asked "Are these great changes attributable to irrigation alone?" To such my answer will be, no. Irrigation was the master-hand; combined with it were capital, energy, skill, labor, experience and an immense amount of pluck. A Comparison. When California farmers grow faint-hearted over the comparatively insignificant sums that are required to irrigate their dry lands, and reclaim their wet ones, they should consider what their consis in Holland have done and are doing, and make a comparison. Croaking old foggles say the tule lands of California can never be thoroughly reclaimed, and that no levees can be made sufficiently strong to keep out the floods. Yet in Holland the entire kingdom is snatched from the sea by means of dykes of sand, earth and willow fascines. These levees are required to resist the powerful action of the ocean breakers dashing almost ceaselessly against them, with a force equal to a score of rivers like the San Joaquin. The levees, however, serve the purpose, and the sea is kept out. The whole country would be like a tule swamp—if indeed, the sea did not wash it all away—were it not for these levees. Aside from this reclamation the Dutch have dyked and drained immense lakes,and converted their bottoms into fertile farming lands.A lake near Rotterdam containing an area of 14,280 acres,and an average depth of fifteen feet of water,these were drainedandreclaimedbetween1828and1840;thatlengthoftimehavingbeenrequiredtopumpoutthewater.Theworkcost$110anacre,andtheinvestmentwashighremunerative.HaarlemLake,countering45，000acres,drainedinablikmannerattacostof$95anacre. Upon which this State looks prosperity do not seem as may so speak,judging for California street.The bus not make very harmonious soon be a good time to buy seem to be getting cheaper vided one is anxious for which are needed for mills ofthe mining If these mills only ground more hopeful,forgiving Jasons seeking ther antics will be less wild;and have a care they will despise if they do not pullthewheel grind exceedingly fine.Therereswhich occasionallyvill public papers,arevature It is hardto feel not squeal. The dry season will limit in some sections,而the curtailthe"animiles"ofOc that while their music will passing Jasons seeking ther antics will be less wild;and have a care they will despise if they do not pullthewheel grind exceedingly fine.Therereswhich occasionallyvill public papers,arevature It is hardto feel not squeal. The great suture Is nearly completed.Its early next year.The advantage piece of engineering cannotYet.strangeto say,manythe mines are afraiditwnessof milling.Theministhisnewopeningwillgreat profitsfromthe reductiontransportationandthesaexamplewoodcanbedthroughthetunnelat$30isnowsold.Theadvanceifrightlyimproved,vstockholders.Henceitincertainmanagersofminetunnelenterprise.Mr.Sminewillnotpaytheuseofthetunnel,$50toputinahulk-head.pieceofstrategywillbeTheringmanagerswilltotakebackanassertmadethatthereiComstokelodeThere throughthetunnelawater.Anyverygreatwillincreasequallplainthatiff tiesdo not harmonizewigsthe latterwillhaveinin their handsto enforce sortingto law. Since 1870 the phylloxera has played and havoc in the Rhone valley of France, and has turned the departments of the Herault, Vaucluse, Gard, and Drome almost into a howling wilderness. The departments of the Bouches-du-Rhone, Var, Gironde, Charente, and Iower Charente have also suffered severely, and the yield of these departments has fallen from 36,000,000 to 14,000,000 hectolitres (22 gallons each). The damage caused by the phylloxera increases year by year, and assumes more and more the character of a national disaster. The Academy of Sciences has reported that twenty-five departments have been ravaged by the parasite, while Burgundy, the Loire, Cher, and Champagne are menaced. In many districts affluence has been replaced by misery, and the price of wine must soon rise considerably, to the great detriment of the consumer. The Academy sees ruin staring a large portion of France in the face. It recommends—1, that the exportation of vines from infected places be forbidden; 2, also the planting of tainted vines in uninfested districts; 3, that diseased vines be instantly torn up, roots and stakes burned and the ground disinfected; 4, that the vines in the vicinity be also disinfected. In reply to some remarks on olive culture, made by a San Francisco paper, Frank A. Kimball, of San Diego, writes: The oldest and probably the finest olive orchard in the State is here at Old San Diego Mission, in which the best tree, three years ago, produced one hundred and ninety-two gallons of fruit, which, when made into olive oil, would yield from twenty-five to thirty gallons or about seven gallons of fruit to one of oil. Trees in full bearing ought to yield from twenty-five to seventy-five gallons of fruit which sells here at seventy to eighty cents per gallon wholesale, when in pickle—a process involving little labor or expense. Of one hundred and fifty cuttings, 10 to 12 inches long and half an inch to two inches in diameter, planted May 9, 1872, more than half of them were in bloom in February, 1874, or in less than twenty-one months from planting of cutting. Some of these trees produced six gallons of fruit in 1876. I have a five-acre orchard, planted (cuttings) May 15, to June 15, (one year ago last June) many trees are now five to seven feet high and in fall bloom. I have over twenty acres set in olives, from cuttings to trees five years old, and have enough cuttings in nursery to set forty acres more. They do much the best on meadow land. "Stone Fences" in Russia. A new book of travel in Russia contains the following description of junks, a drink made by Russian army officers: "After dinner, and when champagne, claret and liqueurs have been drunk to an extent of which people in this country have no conception, a huge silver bowl is produced; brandy, rum, spirits, and wine of all kinds are poured in prominently; apple and pears, with all the fruits on the desert table, are cut up and tossed into the liquid, which is then set on fire, and when in this state the flaming mixture is poured out into large goblets, which are handed round the table." Probably the previous heavy drinking is requisites as a preparation for enjoying junks, because no sober man, not even a Russian could relish such a mean. The caterpillars are doing much damage to oak, apple, cherry and almond trees in various portions of Sonoma county, and in several counties we hear that the farmers are turning their cattle into the grain fields, which would not pay for mowing—Alba. Our San Francisco Letter. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 18, 1877. EDGAR GAZETTE—It is presumed that the outlook of this year has a very dry aspect, but dull times are not confined to any one portion of the State. If one member suffers the whole body suffers with it. This figure, borrowed from high authority, and fully understood in every man's experience, applies with great force to our State. The unusually dry year that is upon us has diminished activity in many directions. The poor prospect for crops will drive many to curtail every possible expense, and as a natural consequence, demands upon this great center for goods will be largely decreased. Already the merchants feel the pressure. The erection of buildings and the entering upon new enterprises will in a large degree be deferred, all through the State. I learn that demands for building material are decreased, and that lumber never was lower than now. A merchant told me yesterday that no one seemed to have any money. We know from time immemorial that "money makes the mare go," so we may conclude that the progress of the feminine equus will be very much limited during the season now upon us. Many will have the opportunity of learning the meaning of that hardest of all worlds," wait." The wagon of prosperity has evidently dropped a tire or broken her king bolt; perhaps her springs have given out. Well, nature is a good nurse and will in due time mend matters. So "We'll wait for the wagon And all take a ride." THE MINING INTERESTS Upon which this State looks so largely for prosperity do not seem as high toned, if I may so speak, judging from the music of California street. The bulls and bears do not make very harmonious sounds. It will soon be a good time to buy stock, for they seem to be getting cheaper every day, provided one is anxious for Irish dividends which are needed to keep the mills of the mining Gods grinding. If these mills only ground ore, it would be more hopeful, for every one could form some conception of the prospects for a yield. Profits BEN BUTLER. His Views on the Political Situation, as glanced by a Reporter of the New York "Herald." WASHINGTON, April 7. General R.P. Butler has been in this city for the last two weeks, attending to business in the local courts and before the departments. For some days past there has been a rumor that he and Senator Blaine have agreed to forgive and forget their old-time battles, political animosity and bitterness, and one in the Senate and the other in the House lead the radical Republican revolt against the policy of the administration in regard to the Southern States. A representative of the Herald called upon General Butler last evening, when the Massachusetts statesman gave some of his ideas on the political situation. In reply to the inquiry what he thought of the policy of conciliation and pacification he said, with the most transparent irony: "I am happy as I can be. We are all happy. The whole country is happy. We have all been waiting a long time for the blessed consummation that has come to us under the new political dispensation—the political millennium. God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform. All our quarrelling and bickering, the strife between the sections, are at end; in truth, the lion and the lamb are lying down together, and (glancing in what to the Herald representative seemed the direction of the Executive Mansion) the little child is leading them. All our political disputes, contests and rivalries are overnow and there was never such a blessed condition of affairs." After a few minutes' pause and some vigorous puffs at his after-dinner cigar, General Butler said, "Would you like to hear from the Bible definition of the Louisiana Commission business?" Laying down his cigar, the General took from a small bookcase near his desk an edition of the Bible, and, after fumbling over it for some time, real, with an indescribably humorous facial expression, the following: And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lakewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spune thus out of my mouth. "How I should like," said he, "to preach a sermon on that text as applied to the administration, in Parson Newman's church." He continued: "You read the resolutions of the New England Methodist Conference a few days ago? Those ministers represent the sentiments of the New England Methodists. Every one of them is a Republican. The old fashioned Republicans of New England believe in precisely that doctrine, no matter that they show BY TELEGRAPH. Financial Quotations. SAN FRANCISCO, April 17. Currency, buying, 94; silver, buying, 6; currency, selling, 95; silver, selling, 5; trade dollars, 95@961. Gold opened in New York at 71. Odd Fellows' Association—Percuilar Attempt at Suicide. SAN FRANCISCO, April 16. A meeting will be held in Odd Fellows Hall to-morrow of all the Odd Fellows who have been members of the order for over twenty years, for the purpose of organizing a veteran Odd Fellows association. M. Hartley attempted suicide yesterday afternoon by hanging, shooting, cremating, poison and drowning. He attached a rope to an overhanging rock, with the other end around his neck, swallowed a dose of laudanum, set his clothes on fire, and pulled the trigger at his head. The fire burned, the rope precipitating Hartley into the bay, quenching the fire and causing him to throw up the poison he had taken, the pistol not going off. He was rescued from his peculiar situation frightened half to death. The President and the Quakers. WASHINGTON, April 16. A delegation of Friends to-day called on the President with a petition asking him to continue the Indian peace policy. The President said he was in favor of peace everywhere. He, however, was not so far advanced as the Quakers and there might be occasion sometimes to resort to military operations. The Lovely Anna gets the Pouts. NEW YORK, April 16. Miss Anna Dickinson abruptly closed her engagement at the Eagle Theatre to-night, owing to her dissatisfaction with the management. She will not play again until she appears at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, early next season in a star engagement, for which Augustus Daly has arranged with her. Boucicault puts his opinion against the New York critics, and says that Miss Dickinson's playing and acting are good, that they show Upon which this State looks so largely for prosperity do not seem as high toned, if I may so speak, judging from the music of California street. The bulls and bears do not make very harmonious sounds. It will soon be a good time to buy stock, for they seem to be getting cheaper every day, provided one is anxious for Irish dividends which are needed to keep the mills of the mining Gods grinding. If these mills only ground ore, it would be more hopeful, for every one could form some conception of the prospects for a yield. Profits would then depend only on the richness of the mine, but the managers seem sometimes not to see the difference between ore and stockholders, and the latter are often showled into the hopper sans ceremony. The stamps come down in a double sense, and the poor victim understands the old Greek proverb in a new meaning, for here the mills of the Gods do not grind slowly; but they do grind exceedingly fine. The wails from sufferers, which occasionally find a place in our public papers, are a revelation of human nature. It is hard to feel the pressure and not squeal. The dry season will limit mining operations in some sections, while the same cause may curtail the "animiles" of California street, so that while their music will still charm the passing Jasons seeking the golden fleece, their antics will be less wild; and yet unless one have a care they will despoil the traveler, and if they do not pull the wool over his eyes, and take from him the mystical sheepskin, they will fleece him of something Jason never had—they will take his very last nickel. THE GREAT SUTRO TUNNEL Is nearly completed. It will be finished early next year. The advantages of this great piece of engineering cannot be but enormous. Yet, strange to say, many of those working the mines are afraid it will change the business of milling. The mining men see that this new opening will greatly diminish their profits from the reduction of ores, tailings, transportation and the sale of wood, etc. For example, wood can be delivered in Virginia through the tunnel at $3 a cord less than it is now sold. The advantages of this tunnel, if rightly improved, will accrue to the stockholders. Hence it is not strange that certain managers of mines try to harrass the tunnel enterprise. Mr. Sutro proposes, if the mines will not pay the agreed royalty for the use of the tunnel, of $2 per ton of ore, to put in a hulk-head. The effect of this piece of strategy will be to flood the mines. The ring managers will then be compelled to take back an assertion they have often made, that there is no water in the Comstoke lode. There is now flowing through the tunnel a large quantity of water. Any very great amount of drifting will increase the quantity of water, so it seems quite plain that if the mining authorities do not harmonize with the tunnel managers the latter will have a dangerous remedy in their hands to enforce equity without resorting to law. THE LOVely Anna gets the Pouts. NEW YORK, April 16. Miss Anna Dickinson abruptly closed her engagement at the Eagle Theatre to-night, owing to her dissatisfaction with the management. She will not play again until she appears at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, early next season in a star engagement, for which Augustus Daly has arranged with her. Boncicault puts his opinion against the New York critics, and says that Miss Dickinson's playing and acting are good, that they show no excrescences and only a few discrepancies which will readily be supplied. Her houses have materially improved since her recent plucky appeal to the public. Bad News for those Concerned. WASHINGTON, April 17. Four hundred employees in the printing and engraving department will be dismissed this month. Buried Alive. BENNINGTON, April 17. Dr. R. H. Green, of Hoosie, N. V., was thought to be dead and his body was placed in a vault about two weeks ago. As he had narrowly escaped burial while in a trance, several years since, his wife was requested to visit his body until no doubt of his death existed. It is now stated that, last Saturday, signs of life were noticed and the body was removed from the vault. The attending physicians pronounce it a case of suspended animation. The Mother of Wife No. 10 Interviewed. NEW YORK, April 17. A Herald reporter at Lockport, N. Y., had an interview with Eliza Webb, mother of Ann Eliza, recently divorced from Brigham Young. She was one of the original Mormons in 1833. The reporter said: "Have you any opinion in regard to Young's connection with the Mountain Meadows affair?" "I have a positive conviction," she replied, "that Young instigated and probably ordered the slaughter. Brigham Young's word was law. I among others, implicitly believed it was the word of God. The command of the Prophet to do anything whatever made obedience a sacred duty. It took away from all crimes the so-called taint of criminality; it made vice virtue and sanctified practices totally abhorrent to Christians. Even to civilized human nature, a man who wielded an influence like this had no difficulty in getting anything accomplished. He made himself feared as well as respected through the terrible order of Danites. The destroying angels and others all belonged to this devilish clan. They were ready to strike anybody at the lifting of Brigham Young's finger, or at such a signal as the scratching of his nose." She described the Mountain Meadows Massacre as the brutal and misguided resentment of a blundering military policy encouraged by the frantic desperation of the Mormon priesthood. "The first news of the massacre was secret. It had been carried to California by other trav- to put in a bulk-head. The effect of this piece of strategy will be to flood the mines. The ring managers will then be compelled to take back an assertion they have often made, that there is no water in the Comstoke lode. There is now flowing through the tunnel a large quantity of water. Any very great amount of drifting will increase the quantity of water, so it seems quite plain that if the mining authorities do not harmonize with the tunnel managers the latter will have a dangerous remedy in their hands to enforce equity without resorting to law. We had a delightful rain yesterday morning. Everybody wished the entire State shared in the blessing. The weather since has been very enjoyable. Pic-nie season has begun. The various societies and Sunday schools are out in full force. It does seem a pity that so many of these parties take Sunday for their excursions. The bay affords fine opportunities for pleasure parties, but there is not near as much yachting as one would naturally expect. The young people of San Francisco ought to be excellent sailors, but it is doubtful whether there are many who could manage a sail or handle an oar. J. M. A. Horaskope for April. The man born this month will have a liquid temperament, but not necessarily inkled tew licker. His grate aim will be tew git married; and he will git his burd by marrying a buttle and also good-looking wife. They will be happy as two lams, and hav one son, whom they intended should be president uv the United States, but who very wisely konkluded to be a merchant taylor. The lady born this month will hav blew eyes and a full set up teeth. Her hart will be as tender fas a porter house stake. She will keep a lap dorg, who will have waken eyes, and whose Christian name will be Fanny. She will finally dye, and leave a bed quilt which will go down to posterity, with upwards ov seven hundred blocks in its. This is the way it goes through the "ordinary channels," otherwise the circumstance office: Hayes says to McCrary, "Bounce the Boys in Blue from the Columbia State House;" McCrary to Sherman, "See that the soldiers get out of the South Carolina State House." Sherman to Hancock, "Let the bayonets be withdrawn;" Hancock to Ruger, "March 'em out;" Ruger to Captain —, "Girl" Captain — to Corporal —, "Skeddaile!" Corporal — to the army of occupation, "Fall in, right face, forward by tile right, march!" A Joyless Honeymoon. New York Herald: On Thursday night a modest and neatly dressed young woman applied for and obtained lodging at the Third precinct station house, in Jersey City. Yesterday morning, when the lodgers were leaving, she approached the desk and said to the Sergenut, "Can I see my husband now, please?" The Sergeant told her she was free to go and see him. "But," she rejoined, "he is here a lodger too." The Sergeant was confounded. She stated that her husband came in after her, but she did not know what name he gave, as they were traveling under assumed names. The seventeen lodgers were marched out for her inspection, and she threw her eyes rapidly along the line and said he was not there. She then burst into tears and disclosed the secret. She had been married the previous day by a justice in New York city, and the magistrate claimed as fees all the money the young pair possessed. They had friends in Rahway and they set out to travel on foot, but as the journey was too long for the remainder of the day, they concluded to seek lodging that night. She had hardly concluded her story when the young bridegroom entered and seeing her exclaimed, "I was just outside waiting; I came here last night, and when I saw the poor accommodations for lodgers I would not stop." The bride's face suddenly lighted up, and after thanking the Sergeant, the young couple started out to Rahway and on life's journey. B. W. Bours, of Stockton, has a cat that assumes the duty of a greyhound, and institutes a private coursing match of her own every morning by running down and catching cottontail rabbits. She does not operate in the sly way that characterizes her tactics in catching mice, but gives open chase over fields and lences and wins her game in a fair run. How she would do if pitted against greyhounds in a coursing field, cannot be conjectured, but it is probable that she would pay more attention to the dogs than the hare. She now performs good service by killing the predatory rabbits. The young alligator in the Brighton aquarium was missing the other day as mysteriously as Oakey Hall. It was at last discovered in a much more alarming situation viz., in the big-alligator's mouth. It may have been mere playfulness, but henceforth they will occupy separate beds. "I think he did. He is a very strong man. He does not like me, but I concede his ability. We differed four years ago on this Louisiana business. Then I was opposed to Durell and his midnight order, and thought there should be a new election. I foresaw some such trouble as has come upon us, and I did all I could to prevent it. I was defeated and it has come. How we shall get out of it the future only can tell." Resolutions of the Nichols Legislature. New Orleans, April 16. The Nichols Senate to-day passed the following joint resolution and preamble, which are apart of the plan of adjustment: WHEREAS: The people of the State of Louisiana, after years of suffering and misrule, have with supreme satisfaction, seen the wise determination of President Hayes, as expressed in his inaugural, and already happily executed in South Carolina, to restore local self-government to the Southern States, and peace and prosperity to the whole country by a return to rigid following of the wise principles of constitutional government; therefore be it Resolved: First—That we cordially endorse the policy of the President as enunciated in his inaugural address, and we pledge our hearty co-operation and support in the execution thereof. Second—That the execution of his policy will prove a source of insatiable blessing to her people, lift up their burdened spirit, heal their wounded prosperity, renew their wasted fields, bring happiness to their homes and give to their whole people without dis- GRAPH. Continuation of race or color, future progress, moral as well as material. Third—That, as an earnest of our endeavor, we hereby solemnly declare that it is, and will be the purpose of the government of the State of Louisiana, represented by Francis S. Nicholls as its executive head, first, to accept in good faith the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Constitutional Amendments, in letter and in spirit; second, the enforcement of law rigidly and impartially to the end that violence and crime shall be suppressed and promptly punished, and peace and order prevail, and that the humblest laborer upon the soil of Louisiana throughout every parish, of every color, shall receive full and equal protection of the laws in person, property and political rights and privileges; to the promotion of kindly relations between white and colored citizens of this State upon a basis of justice and mutual confidence. The education of all classes of people being essential to the preservation of free institutions, we declare our solemn purpose to maintain a system of public schools by equal and uniform taxation upon property; as provided in the State constitution, which shall secure the education of the children of white and colored citizens with equal advantages. Desirous of healing the State for years past, anxious that citizens of all political parties may be free from the feverish anxieties of political strife, and join hands in honestly restoring the prosperity of Louisiana, the Nicholls Government will discountenance any attempt at persecution, from any quarter, of individuals for past political conduct; that the Governor be requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to the President of the United States. A Philadelphia Journalist Assaulted. PHILADELPHIA, April 16. Quite an excitement was created on Chestnut street to-day by the attempted whipping of Col. A. K. McClure, of the Philadelphia Times, by Nat McKay, a Government contractor. McClure was in company of ex-Gov. Curtin, when McKay approached with a dog whip and struck him. McClure then caught McKay by the throat and while holding him some one from behind dealt McClure a blow, absolute tender of all his property to the city, but it is said to amount to but very little comparatively. It consists only of property at Lake Mohopee, a few lots in this city and a place on the Sound, where his wife now is. All the rest has been gradually dissipated. Much of it has been sold at one-third its value, and all the proceeds used in paying lawyers' fees and the expense of his flight and captivity. The prisoner is said to be very much broken and discouraged. Three-fourths of the applications for post-masterships come from unsettled clergymen. Postage stamps are manufactured at an average cost of one cent a hundred. Secretary Sherman notifies office-seekers that visits to Washington to seek Treasury appointments will be useless. Cronin lives in Western Oregon, so that the shadow of his nose falls on the Pacific without interfering with the crops. It was a German editor who said that in the United States thieves are so scarce that they have to offer a reward for them. Dissatisfied Louisiana carpet-baggers speak scornfully of Governor Nichols, and may be's picayune man of little sense. The Paris Figaro has discovered that President Hayes is a direct lineal descendant of Robert Bruce. When a Vermont editor gets up and refers to a Wisconsin man as Wisconsiner, the latter simply telegraphs back that he wants nothing to do with a Vermonstrcity. Negotiations are in progress for a tract of land in Decatar county, Georgia, on which to settle a colony of French immigrants from Germanized Alsace. President Hayes has issued his first pardon—that of Charles E. Bruce, sentenced to one year in the Albany, New York Penitentiary, for forgery. Sam Bowles assures the country that Professor Bailey, the Missouri Enomologist, is undoubtedly the first grasshopper scholar in the country. Another Judicial district is asked for, to be created out of Alamanda county. The great trouble now in this State is too many courts, too much law and too little justice. There is a $30,000 tomb in Greenwood. A stonemason made it. In the outskirts of the city a painter lies under a rosette. God made it.—Danbury News. Somebody asserts that a "blue glass chimney on a parlor lamp will bring a young man up to the point of proposing to a cross-eyed maiden with store teeth, in three Sunday evenings." A Philadelphia Journalist Assaulted. Philadelphia, April 16. Quite an excitement was created on Chestnut street to-day by the attempted whipping of Col. A. K. McClure, of the Philadelphia Times, by Nat McKay, a Government contractor. McClure was in company of ex-Gov. Curtin, when McKay approached with a dog whip and struck him. McClure then caught McKay by the throat and while holding him some one from behind dealt McClure a blow, while another in front of him struck him over the left eye. These men are supposed to be friends of McKay. One of the men got away and the other was arrested along with McKay. The prisoners were given a hearing at the Central Station and were held to bail to answer. Surrender of Indians. Spotted Tail Agency, Neb., April 17. About 1000 northern hostiles made a formal surrender of their arms, ponies, etc., to General Crook, at the post yesterday. Their entry was very romantic; encircling Spotted Tail's Camps they discharged their guns in the air. It called forth the whole force of that Chief to quiet them, after which their head Chief delivered a short speech before Gen. Crook; indicating his desire for peace by laying his rifle at the General's feet. Among the Chiefs surrendering are, One-Who-Touches-the-Clouda and Roman-Nose, whose village was destroyed at Slim Buttes, last Summer, by Captain Mills. Twedd's Confession. New York, April 17. The World's Albany special says: Townsend, Twedd's counsel, arrived to-night with Twedd's confession. It gives the history of the ring from its inception, and tells how Twedd, Sweeney and Hall were elected to fat offices. It implicates several Republican Senators, as well as the New York Board of Supervisors. Hall's proportion was ten per cent. He shared in the profits and was in full collusion, and was fully aware of the fraudulent nature of the contracts he signed. With reference to the document purporting to be the record of the proceedings of the Board of Audit of May, 1870, on which Hall on his trial secured an acquittal on the ground that he acted only in a ministerial character, Twedd says it was manufactured after the expose. He gives the names of five persons who, if the promise of amnesty is given them, will swear to the truth of all his statements. He has preserved all his checks and kept memoranda of all his transactions, all of which will be placed at the disposal of the State. Four persons are named as receiving large amounts, viz: E. D. Barbar, ex-Senator James Pierce, of Brooklyn, Alexander Frear and William King. Shortly after the publication of the secret account July 1871, Twedd says Bixby and ex-Sheriff, then State Senator, James O'Brien came to him and offered to secure him against any further intrusion. Sam. Bowles assures the country that Professor Bailey, the Missouri Entomologist, is undoubtedly the first grasshopper scholar in the country. Another Judicial district is asked for, to be created out of Alameda county. The great trouble now in this State is too many courts, too much law and too little justice. There is a $30,000 tomb in Greenwood. A stonemason made it. In the outskirts of the city a pauper lies under a rosebush. God made it.—Danbury News. Somebody asserts that a "blue glass chimney on a parlor lamp will bring a young man up to the point of proposing to a cross-eyed maiden with store teeth, in three Sunday evenings." The Healdsburg Enterprise says Mr. Renfrew found petrified clams on the mansh of C. N. Irwin, in the mountains, 1,000 feet above the level of the sea. The Visalia Delta tells of a man who started in with $5000 three years ago on the experiment of growing up with Tulare county. He invested in sheep. Last Thursday he left the county with $150 in his pocket. The American Basket Company's factory, in Midford, Deleware, was burned on Saturday, Loss, $20,000. On the same day, in Cumberland, Maryland, Coleman's cash factory was burned, causing a loss of $50,000. J. J. Finley, of Collinsville, has a whopper in the shape of horse flesh. It is a yearling colt, out of Allison's horse, of Rio Vista, and the day he was one year old he stood 144 hands high, and weighed 890 pounds. The Tuolumne Independent says: Crops will be splendid in Tuolumne this year. Although the ground has not yet received its usual amount of water, it is the finest growing year we have seen for many years. Geo. E. Root, of Tulare county, aged only 17 years, received a State diploma on Monday, and on the following Thursday was appointed to take charge of a school in Suisun, at $100 a month. An Omaha man is doubly in trouble. He deserted his wife to elope with a girl, and the wife is chasing him. Then he deserted the girl and she is chasing him. The chasers have joined in the pursuit and he fears the worst if they catch him. A French policeman arrested three prisoners, and not having the handcuffs to secure them, he just cut off their suspender buttons. Their hands were thus occupied, and they couldn't run away so they were marched safely to prison. Holland has for centuries been known as the country par excellence of tulles. The Dutch King has offered to send 40,000 of these flowers to the Paris Exposition of 1878, and they have been glacially accepted. Those fading will be constantly replaced by others in bloom. Dr. Holland says that the most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart. It would seem that he had never observed the tender care with which a man handles a moeracham pipe that is just beginning to have a billion look around the base of the bowl. Officers in the army of Saxony are not allowed to marry until they are assured of an income of about $250 per annum, and although they are expected to live in good style and to dress in such a manner as to be at any time presentable at court, this is thought to be enough for their comfortable support. It is proposed in Germany to make wall paper which will adapt itself to the degree of illumination of the room becoming darker as the room grows lighter, and vice versa. It is believed that the very curious and novel effects of color and shade may be produced by printing or coating paper with oxalate of copper. Four persons are named as receiving large amounts, viz: E. D. Barbar, ex-Senator James Pierce, of Brooklyn, Alexander Frear and William King. Shortly after the publication of the secret account July 1871, Tweed says Bixby and ex-Sheriff, then State Senator, James O'Brien came to him and offered to secure him against any further investigation of his bank accounts, his relations with the city, or indeed, from any further trouble, if he would pay $150,000 toward O'Brien's claim against the city for $296,000 for unpaid fees. The two represented to him that they had such influence over Tilden, Judge Barrett and William C. Barrett, as to immediately quash any further steps in the pending investigation. Tweed says he has paid them $20,000 in cash and mortgages, which they afterwards collected, and he understands that they afterwards secured the same amount from Connolly upon the same representations. He says he does not consider that the abeyance claim has any real merit. All the journals have specials regarding Tweed's complete disclosures; but nothing like the distinctness forebadowed in the World. A Times Albany special, speaking of Tweed's confession, says: He has already sworn that no money was used by him or placed in any one else's hands to use for him to purchase votes for the charter in 1870. If he swears differently now he must confess to having perjured himself. Wheeler W. Peckham, counsel for the people against Tweed, says: It is true that Tweed made a so-called full confession and it was taken to Albany last night. He says it contains things he knows to be true. The Express confirms the confession and says it is but a partial revelation and that the full confession will even more sicken the public conscience. Active preparations are said to be in progress at the Ludlow Street Jail looking to an early release of Tweed. He has packed his hooks, pictures and other appointments and is ready to have whatever the pending arrangements are perfected. He has made an Officers in the army of Saxony are not allowed to marry until they are assured of an income of about $250 per annum, although they are expected to live in good style and to dress in such a manner as to be any time presentable at court, this is thought to be enough for their comfortable support. It is proposed in Germany to make wall paper which will adapt itself to the degree of illumination of the room, becoming darker as the room grows lighter, and vice versa. It is believed that the very curious and novel effects of color and shade may be produced by printing or coating paper with oxalate of copper. Nebraska farmers are attempting the domestication of the buffalo. The wild animals, while young, are introduced among the herds of tame stock, only one or two at a time. Half and quarter breeds are very hardy. In the yield of milk the cows raised of mixed stock give even more than the average of rich milk. A bill has been passed by the Legislature of Tennessee to reduce the salary of the Governor from $4,000 to $3,000; Supreme Court Judges from $4,000 to $2,000; Judges of inferior courts and all special Judges from $2,500 to $2,000. The bill, after it receives the promised signature of the Governor, goes into effect after the next general county election. The fight for the Speakership will settle down probably to a straight contest between Randall and Garfield. If Randall can hold his party vote he will go in, but if Southern policy and free trade can be so worked as to make a new vote for Garfield on the Democratic side, he will succeed. This is not very probable. Democrats have been so thoroughly educated to oppose Garfield that he will not be likely, in any event, to get help from that side. A gentleman who frequently each week has occasion to traverse the plains on the northeast of the city between this place and the vicinity of Roseville, has noticed lately that the new foliage upon the oak trees presented a singular appearance, and was apparently dying. As the change grew more marked he examined into it, and found that on a great number of the oak trees in the region named small green worms infest the new leaves and eat out the cellular texture of the leaf, having only the spine or leaf stalk and the woody ribs of veins radiating therefrom. Then the leaves are left skeleton, and the appearance of the tree is as if dead, has examination proves the tree itself is not affected, though it is bare of foliage. He finds fully half the oak trees are being arranged by this means and prophesies that the oak which have been such an ornament to these plants will this year appear blank and blotted unless the little worm soon ceases its population—disarrama Record-Union.