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ffas no way of dr essing the wounds ol Him self or comrades , as the medical stores were capt ur ed b y the Indians. He wns abo ut one b-u.dred and ten miles from tli e near est post , and s&vages were all ar ound him. Tlie outlook could sc«r;elv ha ve been les-i cheering. Hut Forsyth' s dis position and pluck inclined him to speculate more upon that which iaormav oe gained , than to repine at that which is i rrevocabl y lost. This predominant trait i n his character now came in good play. Instead of wasting time in vain reg rets over the adrantn uesgained by hissr.emies , lie quietl y set \ about lookiuj ? up the chanc es in his favor. And , le t the subject !•• what it may, I will match \ Sand y \ '\ a gtiintt an eijuid i.umber ' ' f or making a f avorabl e showing of uic side which he e spouses or advocates. To his credit ac- count he c ongratulat ed himself and com- rades , fi rst upon the f-o t that they had b eaten oil' th eir foes ; second , water could be had i nside t!- .*i r intren chments by di g- Kin)? down a few feet below the surface ; then for food \horse and tuule meat , \ to use Sand y ' s expression , \ wa s ly ing round loose in any quantity, \ and las t, but most important of all , he had plenty of ammu- nition. U pon these circumstances and facta Forsyth hulli, hi j di hopes of success- fully contending p.crai nst any renewed as saults of the sava^>:?. Two men , Trmie. nl and Stiilwell , hoth good scouts , iind familia r with the Plains , were sel ected to endeavor to make their way throu gh the cordon of India ai and proceed to For t Wallace , one hundred a nd ten mile* distant , and rep ort tVa con- dition of Fors yth and party, and act as • guides to tho tr oops which woul d be at onco sent to the relief *f the besieged scouts. It was a perilous mission , and c alled for tho display of intrep id daring, and jud gment , and unflinching resolution , be sides a thorough knowledge of the coun- try , a s much of their journey would ne- cessaril y be made durin g il;e darkness of ni g ht , to avoid discovery by wandering bauds of India ns , who , no doubt , would be on tho aler t to interrnut just such parties going for relief. F«rsylh ' s selec- tion of th e two men named was n Judicious one. Stiilwell I afterwards knew well , ha ving employed him as scout with hit c ommand tor a long period. At the time refe rred to , however , he was a mere beardless boy of perhaps nineteen years , pressing a trim , \ lit tle fi gure , which was set oh to great advan tage by the jnunty suit of bu>. ! :«kin which he wore , cut and fringed accomii.g to the true stylo of the f rontiersman. In his waist-belt he car- rie d a large-sized . - ¦ volver and a hunting knife. T hese , with hi s rifl e, c onstituted his equi pment. A capital shot whether a foot or on horseback , mid a perfect horseman , this beardless boy on m ore t han one oo -asien proved himself a dan- gerous f oo to the wily red man. \We shall no t take final leave of Stiilwell in this cha pter. These two men , Trudean imu Stiilwell. af ter receiving Fors yth' s ins tructions in regard to their dangerous errand , and bein g provided with hi* compos* and map, star ted as soon as it was sufticiontly dark on their l ong, weary t ram p over • wild , deser t country, thickly infested with deadly enemies. After thei r departure the wounded were brou ght in , the dond animals unsaddled , and tho horse bankets used to mak e fho wounded as comfortable no possible. The ear thwork * were strength - ened by using the dead animals and sad- dles, A well was dug inside the intrench- men t s , and lar ge quantities of horse and mule meat were cut off and buried in the sand to pre vent it from putref ying. It be g an to rain , and t he wounded were rendere d less feverish by their involun- tary but welcome bath . As wni expected , tho night paused withou t incident or disturbance from tho snvages j hut earl y the next mornin g tho flp h t was renewed by tho Indians again surroundin g tho island at before, and opening firo from the riflu s of their dis- moun ted warriors. They did not attempt to char ge tho island ns th»y had done the previous dny, wh en their attempts in this direc tion had cost them too dearly, hut they weto non e tho less determined a»d eager to overpower tho lit tle band which had been the cause of such h ea vy loss to thorn already , Tlie scouts , thanks to efforts durin p tho nljrht , were now well p ro t ected , ami suffered but li ttle from the (Ire of tho Indians , while tho latter , bein g more exposed , paid tho penalty whenever n (fordin g the scouts a chance with their rllles. Tho day was spent without an; decided demonstration on the part of the rod men , except to keep up ns constant n tiro ns possible .in tho scouts , and to en- deavor to provoke tho la tter to reply as of ten t\8 possible, tlie cl.jcct, no doubt , being to induce tho frontier smen to ex- haus t their supply of Ammunition. But thoy were not to ho led Into this trap ) each cartridge they estimated ns worth to them cue Indian , and nothin g loss wonld satlnfy them. On the viigbt of tho lSlli twn morn iien were selected ti, proceed to Fort Wallace , ns it wns not known whether I rudcnu and fcttilhvoll had mode their way safel y thr ough tho Indian litn 'fl or not, Tho lust two selected how- ever, fulled to ohido the watchful eye s of tlie Indians , and worn driven bnek to tho islnnd. This placed n Bloomy look upon the probabl e fate of Tvud otm nnd S t iilwell, mid left tho liltlo garrison iu anxiou s doubt not only ns to the safety o f tho two daring messengers , biit as to their own <l r al relief, Oh tho morning of tho 10th the Indians pr omptl y if* unwed the conflict , but with lew energy than before , They evidently did not desire or intend to come to close quar- ters ugnlii with Hvlr less numorrm.i but more determined nnln goniitv , but aimed us <'U the pr i 'vlt ' iiu (lay to pr ovoke n liiivtuleti s lire from t1n< counts , mid tiicu , after oxhinisting their sniiuuui tion In this manner , overwhelm them by mass of numbers , aud finish them with tojmv hawk and scul p in g kuife. Thw sty le of tac tics did nut operate as desired. There is but little doubt that some of tho In- di ans who hud participated in the mas- sacre of Fettermuu and his pr - .r ty a lew mouth s before , when th ree officers and nin ety-one men were killed outrig ht , we re ulbo pn-sent and took part in the at tack upon Forsyth and his party ; and the y must have In-en not a little surprise d to witness the stubborn defence nilered by this little party, which , even a t the beginning, numbered but little over 50 men. About uoon the women and children wh o had been ru iifatant aud excited spec- tators of the fi g ht fi« .in t he neighboring hill tops , begun to withdraw. It is rare indetd that iu nn attack by Indians their women and children are seen. They are usuall y sent to a p lace of safety until the resul t of tho coutest is kuowu , but iu this instance , with the overwhelming nu mbers of the savnges and the recollec- tion of tho massacre of Fcttt-ruinn aud his part y, ther e seemed to the Indians to be but one result to bo expected , and that a complete , perhaps a bloodies': victory for them;' and the women aud children were permitted to gather as witnesses- , of their triumph , and perhaps at the close would bo allowed to tak e part b y t orturingth ose of the white men who should be taken alive. The with- dr awal of the women and children was regarded as a favorablo si gn by the scouts. Uoon a lter and as a l ast resort the In- dian s endeavored to hold parley with 1'orsyth , b y means of a white flag; but this device was too shallow and of too com mon adop ti on to entrap the fron- ti ersman , the obje ct simply being to ac- complish l>y siiatagem aud perfidy what they hud '*Juiletl in by superior num- be rs aud open warfare. Ever ything now seemed to indicate that the Indians bad enoug h of the li g ht , a nd- during the nifditof the third day it was plainl y evident that they had about decided to withdr aw from the contest. For syth now wrote a. despatch , and uf 1er ii i rr htfn.i l con tided it to two of his bent men , Donova n and Pl yley; and they, notwithstanding the discoui -ag iiii; resiiH of the last attempt , se t out to try a ud £t.t through to Vovt Wu ' .J uicc with it , which they successfully accomplished. A smal l party of war riors remained in (he vicinity watchin g the movements of the scouts ; t!- .u main bod y, however , had de parted. The well men , relieved ol the con stant watching and fi ghting - , were now able to give some attention iJ the wounded. Their injuries which had grown very painful, were rudely d ressed. Hj up wah m ade out of horse flesh , aud shelters were constructed prot ecting them from the heat d ump and wind. Oo tlie sixth day the wounds of the men beg.m to ' ex- hibifc more derided and alarming signs of . neglect. Maggots infested them , and the first traces of gangrene had set iu. To multi p ly the discomforts of thesitua * tion , the enviro part y was almost ovc powered by the. intolerable stench err v <- ed b y the decomposing bodies ef t he dead horses. Their supply was near l y exhaust \ ;!. Under these try in g cirenw- shc uccs Forsy th assembled his men. j > told them \ the y knew their situation ns well as he. There woj v» those who were hel pless , but aid must not be expected too soon. It mi ght be difficult for th e me ssengers to reach tlio fort , or there mi ght be some delay by their losing thsiir way. Those who wished to go should do so , and leave tho rest to fnlce their chances. \ With one voice (bey r esolved to stay, and , if nil hop e vanish cd , to die together. At lust the su pply of jerked h irsomeiU wns exhau sted , and the chances of get ting more were gone. By this time th e carcasses ol tho animals were , a raiw s of corruption. There whs no alternative— strips of putrid meat were cut and outfit . Tho effect ot thi s offensive diet was nnu. -s- eating in the extreme . An experime nt was mad e , w 'Mi n, viow of improving t' ao uupnhitabl ¦ > llosh , of usin g gunpowder for sal , but to no purpose, Tlio men allayed onlv their extreme oraviug s ol bug ger , trusting that succor mi ght reach them before all was over. On tho morning of Sep tember 25 , the sun rose upon Forsyth and his furnished part y with unusual splendor, and the bright colors of tho morning horizon seemed like a rainbow of promise to their weary, longing spirits. Hope , grown faint with long wailing, gathere d renew- ed strength from tho brightness of na- ture . The solitar y plain receding in all directions possessed ft deeper interest than over before , though it still showed no signs of lifo and presented the mi mo monotonous expunso upon whiu li the hi . 'roie band had gnr. eil for so tnun . v t ry bie dnys. Across the dim and indetliiiililt- distance which swept in all direotkms , the eye often wnmV. -rcd and wondered what , might, lie the rr vohuinn of the next moment. Bud ilen lv -evornl durk tigums imnenred fnlntl . v «.n the horizon. The objec t were movin g. The question up- permost in the minds of nil w.is , nre they Rava ges or mom-tigers of lollel ? A<i on PtieU ooortslmifl of anxiety an d nu*pen' J o , time wore l n-uvily, minutes seemed like hour * , yet rueli moment brou ght the suf- ferers nearer tho roidizotic n whe ther this wns thoir do om or their .. 'Hear * thero ' ovm. Over un hour Innl elupied since tlio . ' ob- jeets flr. 't on mo iu sight , and yet 'the mystery remained unsolved, hlowly but surely they developed flirm « «»Ivn « , until dimity they li-u ' t nppin rtolicd mifriVJ- oatly uenr lor their char.itter ns filends or foe* to bo nv.mlstnkir shly tptubli shed. To the j \v of tlio weiiry wn ielifi.s , tbe p»rti> \ iipui ' otieliing proved to ho tt o -ij it ; relief mm.i ia liund, the ilniisern and mix- leli r-s iij tiic pa it fi; \v dny* \U-W' end' .-d, uiul dt -nlli iii lKi' by Ntiirv .uluu cr tori urn nt the luindri of the shvuges no Iodkoi' stnvetl Ihcm iu tV.o fneo. Tho jtlron u aoi u p it shout MicU n« men swldoia utter , It was the unimrd euiug of the heart nt the w ei ght of despa ir. The wounded iifi ed their fevered forms aud fixed their g larin g eyes upon the now rap idly ap- proaching . :ueeor , and iu their delirium involu ntaril y but feebly reiterated the iicolama tioiis of their coui rade s. Tho troops arriving fo r their relief • . -:•:. -\ a detachment from .Fort Wallace , under th. > comm and of Colonel Uarpeu- tcr of tho regular cavalry, and hi'd started from the fort promptly upon t ' -ie arrival of Trudrau and Stiilwell witli in- telli gence of the condition and peril in wi 'ich Forsyth and bis party ware . V riifu Colonel Car 2Jenter and his men reach ed the island they found its defend- ers in a mos t pitiable eoudit '-'U , yet the .survi vors were determined to be ' p lucky to th e last. Forsyth himsel f , ,/i tli rather indiffer ent success , affected to be reading an old n ovel that he had discovered in a i-addleb ag; but , C olonel Carpectur said his voice was a little unsteady aud his eyes some what dim when ha li\!J out hie hand to Carpenter - -J b ade him wel- come to \ip' .v oers Inland , \ a u- .me that hue r. ' . zca been given to tho battle ground. A lad y corr espondent writes from Cali- fornia: I never will forget my li g ht of a horse race , and I guess you uii . !j; li t like tc hea r it , as i t was * singular oue. It was in 1802 , on tbe uay of the r ' <*ta fli So: Itnfael , a <l»y held in the hi g h est revt-renci b y the S panish peop le , who testif y the it reve rence by drinking, gamblin g, and Lorse racing. The festivities are kept on for three days , and booths a re erected , and camps are formed , and the whole Spanish popula tion congregate—meu , women , nud c hildren—and the old priest of the nearest mission lends the saving grace ot his pres- «nce to the occasion. Formerly they added a bull lig ht to tbe lis t of amuse- ments on that day, but the American? made so many objections that this part wa« left off. The place this year selected for the festivities was down near San Lo- renzo , and large booths w ere, on every side , filled with peop le, mostly Spanish , thoug h many Americans w ore present. A t noon a herald rode up and down , proclaiming that the re- . • • fo r tli e after- noon w ere about to beg in , and in a t rice the booths wete deserted , and the track was lined with the expectant crowd. The race track was merel y » le vel road , a mile in lenctk , and strai g ht , nob in a circle , as- we !;»V4» oura. The horses were all Cali- fornia and Mexic an mustangs. Some ot them weie magnificent , ui.d the lideis weie res plenden t with silver jing lin g orna- men ts down their pantaloons and border- ing their jackets , and ilfeir c rimson sashrw , which , with jcweled-hand ted knives show- ing throug h th eir folds ' , gave them the ap- pearance of ths handsome dark p irates wc re ad of. The men merel y rode up without preliminary, and dashtd d own the track , no effort being made to time the horses. The one who reached the goal first took vhe ririze. T hey all run their horses— never tro t them. it is astonishing to see the feats of agil- ity tho men per form while their lw*. .* are at lull speed , for they will rear-h down lod pick up a, halt dollar from the ground , and never miss. Ch ickens orr buried in the ground , leaving only their heads stick- ing ouv , and men will ru 'h past like the wind , and sna tch the head off every time. This is looked upon as the funny part. At las t the ladies ' races were to take p lace , and several rode up and rode their races withou t any mishap , which was wonderful , considerin g that they rod > bare-backed aud at full speed. Af ter several races had taken place , won repea tedly b y a large , h andsoc u \ciori ta on a cinnamon-colored mus taug, another r-irl m ade her appe t rancc on the ground o» a black mus t- jii g, wh ose delicate , springy s tep, arcli<\d neck and flashing e , \v sbowetl its blood and fire. Vhe girl ber. »?>:f was s perfec t apparition of beauty. Her eyes were large and brilliantly black j her mouth ri pe , with full , in tensely r<-a lip? , and hoi ' rich black hair bung far below her waist. She wns ve ry nuinll , and exqu isite- ly proportioned , with tiny, arching Spanish h-ct , and sbo was drcf-utd iu whi te , and w o re no hu t , bu t had a quaint silver chain around her head to hind back her hair. Dolores waj most beautiful at any time , but hero on her magnificent h orse , every mo tion grace uncqualcd , and v. th the hot blood flashin g in her cheeks , she certainl y wns ns nenr what might bo culled radiantl y be autiful ns powiblo for any one . Riding up to the pol o , tlie flung out her challenge to the victoriou s rider , who sm iled con- temptuo usly a t her nnd her horse , and ac cc ptcd it disdainfully, and in a moment hoth horses wore fl yinj ; over the course. They were both well matched 'n point of steed ; but Dolores had tho finest horse , nnd it was it delirium-producing sis lit t o seo him Rather for the grout leaps which carried them to the end of tho goal before I wri te it , Dolores nlicnd. Then they turned and enme bock to the starting paint. Dolore s still in advance, looking wildly trjum»hsnt , wHu two spo t* of fire on her checks , nt the loud plaudits , when her horse s tepped into a cipher bide, siich tly stumbled , and lo st the raco b y half n length. Dolore n rodo slowly up to the pohs jumper! from her hurso like n flash , null drew her dapge r before nny one hod tho id hiVteftt ifh 'nof lmrintention , nnd plunged it up to tho liili in her hone ' s tuck , lie shivered n little , looked mourn- fully nt her n moment , then fell nt her S' e«t de-td , the blood staining her white drew. T liSt broH u nptho ^ pratt. \ Dolores rode off Immedi ately, and somehow even the Spinlord u did not core to s tay longer , nnd that wns my fl rM hnr no rt co. Maiun k D iSAfiTisn and Loss or Lipi:, —Inf oriu utiun 1ms been rcosivcrt in Lon- don tha t tho hark Stmuol Lmnbce , wi. tch wiled from Savannah on the Oth of J .inunry Int-t f or brfmon, and tlw borl: Laneronst , wMi-h lelt Iiitltliiiorr on the ll'tJi uf sf.luuury for JJelfiui. wei\> lost nt boa fiv e every person on board thi two vcwa vls perished , A Spanish Hone Ba*e. PUBLISHED EVEEY THURSDAY, at SOUTHOLD , L. I. TERMS: $1.00 a Year. L. F. TERR/ , Publisher . IiO ns life to Thank *;; !ring ! <.f thee wil l I e:ng, ' o r grecuinmylioarl doaa «r.y ineuiorj eprin ^; , Tifc itm ot jilunty sweeps over mj ores , Tith a flavor of funis »ud *ro iu a of pica. ?wns Sunday : aud Joud from tho piil ]M[t wa« l ycon;! Parson Stiles , what ths Ck. re rnor eaid » hi. -! In ns proc -lamatii j i , informing the laud (be liuio of Than ksgiving was ui. -rl y at hand , ire meniljc-r it r.ell , though summer suns pasb i* er the par ion ' * low gave iu the long tang led gra na ; loug h the titli iviK-mftii ' a k-ioeV forever 13 still , nd the cliuit-ii passed av/a r froi.i \it bite on the Hu rememher frein Hondo t till Thur sday at ^B ^ noon , HfVhirli my grandmother said wan entirel y too BrcF o iLCc.jj n pliah the paatry and garnish the |H7or the boys from tho West and tho £(rls frcm ^K do .vn Euat. ^BThere was chopping and frying from morni ng ^t And 1-loody duudd douo ' by tbe lantoru ' a dim K 'While the groatruby blazo set the kitchen aglow j And tho well-poiish-id powter g leamed fort h ' from cHo bow. I remember how pleanly tli» farm -house was biri- pt , How the cold winter moon kissed the couch where I slept ; Kow the faries at inidmght shot flo-sf ^>r» on tho pane , That dfesolvod in the morn like tho- miat on tho p!aiii . Then «mo Auut Jern sha , who wore a tall cap, And u black shilling apron araooth over her lap, Anrl good Ui.e ' o Moa e , who always looked shy, And stopped t-Jiorl in his speech af a glance from In r eye. •There , too , w» bi g Luther . ' and Mabel , his wife . And lean TJui-ie, Struthevs , all Jiesh from his slrifo In tho court a of th'J law , wher * hia troubles a pi.ei.reif— • A lamb of the lUi^ -k , still livel y, though sheared. Thero was I/luff Tommy Eniug, and Mary, as mild Ai tho li ay-flowera that grow in (he Sagamor a ¦ wild , Who refu .Hi. -a mo i kiss , but offered inatoa d A biu^h which told plainl y what tier bosom had sa id. Tuen we ah went to church , and I fell fast a sleep, Thoug h I tried to remc-nihor tho text vcrao to liC-l, , And awoke when the ru atlliig of feet on the flour Proclaimed tomj car ihat tho service was o ' er. But year after year tew«r oatno to the farm ; Auut Jeiuflha >vont first , aud we felt without harm To good Uncle nrf'S- * , who no longer looked shy, Though ho spoke ol hor woi th with a tear in his eye. Alas for tho years that since then have flu.l 1 IJ .w few nre tlio living, how many tho dead , Ol thoio who came down in life ' s early prime , Arid made glad tho taMu of Thank sgiving-time! Slioull I number them over at sunset to-night , Or call (h'-ni aro und where tho fireside gluama bright , My eyes would bo dimmed with fast-falling tnar a For tliosa who have pasaed down tht> hill-side of yearn. Out why should I i.ofp f or tho dear ones no niojr , Go far on life ' s jnuruev, a o near to ths nborn Which is trodden by those who , with palm bra n ch - .n d crown , W ith If aae and Jacob and Mo. -na »tt down f Noi hleaa then , k Thnnk °xgivlng! thy advent n.inll bring T>> th: ' s lialf-frozon heart nn ii.ipul«o of spring j Au Cl cligirtu hy singiK r! tiuowch t.i li fe ' s ills , I wil l pass tho last guide-post that points to tho h illfl. jH^' Thanksgiving in Olden time. Wo give below tho conclusion *f Gen- eral Custer ' s graphic description of nn heroic defence ngnln st nn Indian nttnek : The Indians still kept up a continuous fire from their dismounted warriors ; hut as the scouts by this time were well cov- ered by their miniature , earthworks , it did little execution. At two o ' clock In the af ternoon the savages again attempted to cony the Islnnd by a mounted charge , and again at snnsot; but having been de- prived of their best nnd most foarlo ps lender by tho fal l of Roman None , th oy wore not so durin g or Impulsive as in the first charge , nnd were both times twice repulsed with heavy losses. At d ark they coniiod firing, nnd withdrew their forces for tho night. This gave tho little giirr lHim on tlio Island nn opportunit y to t. ' iko a breathing spell , and Forsy th to re- vitfw the (ii tniitlon nnd nnm np how he ba d fared. Tho result wns not consoling. Ills trusted Lieutenant needier was lying dead b y his side ; his sur geon , Movers , wnn mortally wounded ; etv o of his men killed , four mortally wounded , four se- verely, nnd ton slightly. Here , out of n total of tlf ty-one , wero twenty-throe killed and wound ed, His own condition , his ri ght thi gh fcirt ' iil ' .y Inet-ra ted , and hi* lef t log badl y broken, onlj rendered the o ther dUoimr a .gitm uirotims taucoB doubly po, As bi' foro stated , tho Indians had killed all of his horses early In tho fight, Qli lupplio n wore exhausted , and there t AH HEB OID DEFEIICE , Society is fitll of f ailures that need ;iever have been m ade ; full of men who hitve never succe eded ; full of women who in tlie first half of their da ys did nothing but eat and sleep and simper , and in the Inst buif have done nothin g but p erpetuate their follies aud weaknes- s es. 1 The world is full , I »„y, of «ueh peo p le ; full of men in eve ry trade and profession , who do not a mount to any- thing ; aud I do not speak Irreverentl y, nnd I trust not wi thout due charity , without makin g due r.dowauce for the. in- evitable in life , when 1 say that God and thoughtful men are weary of thei r iire- . •senee. Every boy oug ht ti> improve .in bi s father; e very girl g row into a nobler , gentler , more self-denyin g womanhood i ha;: the mother. No reproduction of forme - types will give the . world the per- fec t type. I know not where the Millen- nium is , n s iiicr>snre.l by distance of time , but I do know , ar ^ so do you, that it is a great way off as measured b y human growth and cspaLsion. We have no such m en and women yet , no age ha;- ev»:- had any, as shah ' stand on lhe earth ia : '-at age of peace tLsit will not come uutil men aro worthy of it. —i? <;t> . IV . II , Mitrro y. Failures in Society. ¦ \Y> learn f rom the (S. C.) News some cventa connect ed with the lato firo , about wh ich our papers have been unaccount- abl y silent. It nppenrs that a drunken wr e tch , the ni ght after tho fire , was dete cted in an attempt to set fire to the gushouso near Charlestown Bridge , and . r.qs seized b y an nufum twd crowd nnd instantl y bau g ud to a Ininp-poat. It also appears that \ throe men were buried under n falling wall on Washin gton street , leaving their heads onl y visible. Eff orts were made to rescue them from their perilous pi'Fition , but in a few m oments the remainder of tlio wall fell , c msbin g Ihem ont of Right. \ This all s peaks badly for the dili gence of our n ewspapers , whi ch have not enit a word ubont those nffaiis. We learn n J.ttle bit ( ¦ f history 'You: tho samo .paper , which \ ' ales that soldiers avo quartered in the Old South Church , which has not been used for such u purpose \ since Ilritish nfll ecrs were quartered tbc:' ^ during the Revolution , one hundrfi .! years ago , \ Dear ! dear ' we hud no i'^ea it was so lung ngo. How time flies , to l ,o sure. — Boston Globe, PnnLio Disgust too Sino'so pon .Mns. Faiii. — At the hour Mrs. Fair was to ap- pear ond deliver her lecture on \ Wolves in tho Fold, \ In San Francisco , abou t 2, 000 people eongrngntod in front of t'lutt ' s Hotel , Mon tgomery street , andns mitiiy more in fron t nt her residence in Kearney street The crowds nt both places were boisterous nnd th reatening , At ei ght o ' clock Mrs, Fail demanded from the Chief of tho Policn an escort of oflleers to tho lecture hall. Tho (Jhief advised liar that it wns dangerous for her to appear on the street or ot the hnll mid re fused fho cssort. ' JT o sent men to keep tho street s , clear and to pre« servo the pence , A citrringo enmo for Mrs. Ftiir , but she stnjcd in hor room willi ab out a dozen friondn. Tlio crowd hooted nnd yelled , and Homo ol the men tried ' to forq e their way upstairs , but wore driven buck. No ExcosfMCNiCATic y ih GnnwAXT. — The Ecclesiastical Right bill prohibiting the issue of acore uH of excommunic a - lion hns been submitted to the Diot, • It rloi. 'hi ros Hint any elr \gvinnii who shall by nam e threate n villi pt mihlimeut , or de- cree , or pivel,diii 8i^iuiilslmblo n subj ec t o f i' mr M n < i\u\\\ be liable to a flno ot 5, « Oi . 1 1; -mI i' ls or I wo yum. ' imprisonmen t , t'ad Uicllulblo to ofttco for the term oj five years , Etv Humors fly. C.difo rnift ' s or.t u ge cro p is heavy. A lad y in Lancaster , !* «., latul v died •jf f rifih t on the breaking out of a firo in :i u adjo i ning building. A d airyman say s ropy milk lias in his herd ofton followed the free feeding of b r;m when j:rass in fniliug. A Will for the suppression of religions corporations has been introduced in the It alian Cha mber of Deputies. Mr * Crittenden , whom Laura Fair de prived of supp ort , h as been obliged to take b oarders to earn a livclhood. An I ov:a dog chucked himself with <uich for eo . unde r a lu mber p ile , after a >\' hl>ir. that it required th ree men to get him out. A little pirl inJSacramento , Cal., lately h ad a bevn lodge in her throat , and her windp ipe had to bs split open for its ext raction. The Bri tish Admiralty is about de- spatchin g tho corvette Challenger , ot •2,SOU tons , on a scien tific expedition aro und tho worl d. A t a county fair in Stillwater , Minn., Miss Ida Wiuslow reoeived a raluable ring as a ;>remiitm for being tho hand- • omes t laiiy on tho grouuds. The wifo of Dr. Pcnjam in F. Ilardy, a prominent physicir.n of San Francisco , took chloroform to euro neural gia , and died fr om ihe effects of the dose. The rumored resignation of M. Thiers or oves to have been a canard , although in the present condition of aflairs in Prance such an event is not at all im probable. A We stern stock-breeder wants a prize - for a sheep weighing 320 pound \ . This is just the season wh en we expect to he ar of heavy weather from that part of the country. A man of low.i Falls , who has a lime- kin , assert s that, with wood aud corn in about equal parts , the fire ia better , and scarcely more expensive , and that t he lime is somehow vastly better. The thicknes s of rock intervening be- tween the control and eastern sections of the Iloosait tunnel is one eight of a mile. Tho sound of the drilling at on« ¦ :f these headin gs is distinctl y heard at tho kiV.i&c. T bree-ioitri uS of tbe difficulties and miseries of nii'u come ircru the fact that most wa nt wealth without- earning it lame without deserving it . popularity v.It ' u tem perance , res pect without virtus and ha ppiness without holiness. The results of many of tho strikes in England have been to intr oduce female lab or into nitnution a v,here previousl y m en had been employed. Thua large numbers of women nre now emp loyed b y the London bakers in place of men who h ave struck for various reasons. The father of the bo y whoso veracity is not to marked ns his back , asked tho teacher wh y it wns his son didn 't have a better acquaintance with figures , nnd was eonRidcvab ly electrified when th« t eacher observed , \ I really don 't know unless it is because fi gures won ' t lie. \ \ Gentlemen , where do you think that beefsteak comes from ?\ said the land- lord , pla nting his thum bs in his waist- coat nrm holes. \F rom near tho horns , \ was the quiet rep l y of one of tho board- ers. It is sin gular , but that landlord has 'iot put any conundrums to thoso hoarders since. At a philosophical lectu re , lately de- livered in New York by Pr of. Pepncr , tho lecturer Imvin ir di pped his hand in other, pu t K iu boiling water and dre w 1111c an eg; ; ho then washed his hand in c oncentrated ammonia and stirred . melted lead with his finger , to the aston- ishment of most of the audience. A rcvernnd gestlemnn at Newcastle- ono-Tyne , En ulaud , is glad to have found a reason for commending ths wasp. He say s this general l y maligned inswot pr oved very serviceable in his hot-houses t he past season , clearing out the mealy bug—eve n leaving ripe grapes nn touched in piusu i t of this great post of the vino. A second Davy Crockett has been el- ected to CongresH. Ho comes from the Third District of 'leunesseo , nnd his name is Bill Crut chncld. Me is wild to be as ugly \ as an old shoo , \ and though a man of monns dress es like a mechanic-— a plain , blunt man , untutored but full of nonse , nnd one who always \ means business, \ It is recorded that in 1700 a St. Louis merchant waa a man who in tho corner of his cabin hud a large chest which con- tained n f»w pounds of powder anil shot, a few linivt H nnd hatchets , a little red puiut , two or throe rides , a few Un eups and iro n pots , and perhaps a little tea , nofloe , sugar and spico, There was no pos t offlue , no ferry over tho river , no newspaper. • The Third Auditor of the V, S. Treasury, Allan Rutherford , ha* com* iMoneoil a libel suit against John W , Forne y, laying damages nt tflU. 000 , char ging that defendan t , u« proprietor of tlio 1' re t n , publishe d in Philadelphia , on the Stli ol October, 1S72 , of and con- cerning tlio plaintiff published in his editorial column * \ a certain false , soan- tlalon. s , umlioion» , nud defamatory libel. \ Tin ll ' o*t(rn Form n reports that 2fi , . 000 barrels of cran berries wore grown this year in th o vicinity of Berlin , Wis- consin. The mnriU is about 0 , 000 acres in extent , but tho main cro p was taken from not mor n than one-ti lth this space, One bog of !lj} ucith yielded 3 , ''00 j bip-hoN j iniotiier of dO acres !) , 2CW bar- rele. Tli e pickers employed were women nu d children—-Amorlnaiio , Africans , and ItKtt 'i n *—ri«'ilv ed 75 eutiU a biihhel ; ,iu i' ui. 'iM eni'it no; fur from three bushoU a Uii . v ' , ' mtd wero paid during one week tho (. . stimnteu) snug Utile turn of $ 35> 000, Brsviiea. fr it* SSvavriw. JOB FEINTI NG- Done at Short Notice and at prices that defy competition. Correspondents and Canvassers wanted In ov- e ry Yillag\ .
