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mmmmmm^ mm^mmn^mHd ^^mmmmmm^m^-mm^mm ON GETTYSBURG FIELD. MONUMENTS EREJCTED TO TH E DIF- FEBENT rfEGIMENTS. GKN. SICKLES Gallant Gen. Dan Sickles Speaks—What Hancock Said at Gettysburg—Kennion Of the Veteran Third Army Corp* Upon the Field. July 1. 2, 3, 1863, was fought in Adams couny, Fa., the fls?ht of G_*ttyshur<_', one of the great battle < of tbe civil war. Whenever th e name is mentfoied, the mind instinct ively revert •» to Gen, Hancock . By the way it wav a black horse an •• not a whit<» one, B> is generally suj - posed, that Han- cock rode on that historic- field. H s sable steed was s,. covered v.ith dust thatitlo-.kedwhito they say, and that gave rise to the white hor<-e fiction. Wash.ngton swore at Monmru*h, so als-j did H tncock swear al Gettysburg, and that fuiiomy A certain part of our army was badly demorabz.nl at one print <t line Hancock went thundering over there upon h s blft< k horse. He saw a colonel whom he knew, with a brigade. Longstreet's men were .- dvancing in plain sight. It was a moment of suspense. At that portion of the lines there seemed to be no order or any- thing. Those who should have given com- mand had lost their heads. In this emer- gency the colonel said io Hancock: 1 G neral. we can't get »;ny orders here Don'i you think I better try and delay Long- street as much as possible, with my little brigade?\ Gen. Hancock gave a glance at the coming foe, and replied instantly: ''Yes. and quick. \* That is one of the real incidents of battle- field which writers do not put into history, because they fancy they do not sound fine, nor look well in type. This twenty-third \anniversary of the fight at Gettysburg was the greatest occasion there since the battle itself. The Third army corps had a re- union, the old Third army corps, that is, the volunteers who fought the fight. From New York and New Jersey, from New Eng- land, from Penn- sylvania, Indiana and Mimv sota,tfiey gathered and Many distinguished 18TH MASa 8TATUE. campe 1 upon the field, men weie there, too. The ornt r of the occasion was Gen. Danio E Sick'es. Gen. Sickles had been on the Gettysburg battlefield before. He had not forgotten it, for he left a part ol himself there. H- re it, was he lost his leg. It was amputated upon the battlefield. He com- manded the famous old Third corps during the fight The 2nd of July was called the Third corps' day because it was on this date that ibey made their great fight. The soldiers and their commander were young men then, reckless boys many of them. Now they are all gray heads together. The autumn after the fight, part of thr>, battle ground wa«-' made a national s 1 diers' cemetery. 11 was dedicate I to thi>_ OBJ by President Ln-^ coin himself, in hi \\\ most famous oration It was here that ht . , used the history fS^-^S words: \In order that' \' \ST^ - government of the 8D MASS BATTERY. people, for the people and by the people might not perish from the earth.\ In the Gettysburg cemeteiy lie the bodies of 8,600 soldiers. The different states en- gaged in the flsjht have placed monuments to their dead upon the ground. Tuat of the Thirteenth Mas-.achuseets represents a color- ~~ bearer. This monu- ment stands near the Mumurasburg road. N->ar the point called fL \Round Top\ is the ^ \ solid pillar which •J' stands as a memento =.of the Third Massa- •<4^1i'\\\^\\\ u 'l M—»•- chusetts battery, it a J_1 > p<Mutt llm ,J l i||P^^has a pile of cannon *rf**) *» ww »fn»»l fljjj^g- balls on top and the • *• ' *\•*$ corps badge carved , upon its stone face. _-.—.. - , -* Massachusetts was \ \- / ~ ' :' f* ~ largely represented on 1ST MASS. CAVALKT. that ^tetal day, and lost heavily in every arm of the service. A quaint monument is that of the First Massachusetts cavalry among the rest at Gettysburg. It consists of merely an upright, rough, four-cornered •tone, A horse's head and crossed sabers are carved upon it in much the same man- ner as the dying lion was carved upon the cliff at Lucerne, Switzerland, by Thorwald- sen. Below un inscription upon a densely black ground designates the number of the cavalry regiment and the brigade/and di- vision to which it belonged. The words \on detached service\ are added below.' Gen. Sickles delivered his oration standing fn the open field, beside the monument of the One Hundred and Fourteen* h P lf^ylvania regiment. Gen. Sick- les was a lawyer in practice in New » York city before the war, and not a AV e<-; Pointer though IK made one of the be-. of the minor c( ru- in an d ers . After- ,„ wards he went as 17T H CONNECTICUT. minister to Spain from 1869 to 1874. Tne monuments are placed directly upon the battle ground. They indicate where the respective regiments designated by them stood in position during the fight. Some of them undoubtt dly stood in several places before it was over. Twenty-one additional monuments were dedicated during this anni- versary. Gen. Sickles returned from Spain to re- sume his old law practice in New York. He is still occupied with it. Next to his speech the prin- c i al oration of the occiMon was made by Col. A Wilson Harris. It was in dedication of a monument to mark the spot where Gen. Reynolds, of Penn- sylvania, fell. The state, mindful of him, •at up the stone. No two of the monuments are exactly alike. There is nothing particul irly strik- ing about them, though they are substantial, and most of them tasteful. Within nan ow limits there is much variety. The great memorial mark of this battlefield is that upon the hill in the cemetery. It is a column Sixty feet high, with a statue of liberty upon the top—a national monument The Gettysburg battle is considered by historians as the turning point of the war. It was an invasion of the north by the southern force under Lee nnd his most trusted generals. In the terrific third days' fighting fortune hovered now above this banner, now. above tbat At last Lee draw off his .shattered army and re- treated back across t e Potomac. Neither side h-'d anything to boast of as far as losses were concerne 1. At first it was a toss-up in the engagement which would win. If the die had fallen the other way nobody can guessj what the final resui, would have been. G?ttysburg is only 115 miles from Philadel-.' phia, nnd that is Only two hours' ride by rail, from New York. Il Lee had not been rr- puls?d at Gettysburg, it might have been Sherman's march tbe sea turned the other end foremost. But, Vicksburg: fell at the very time Gettys- TWENTIBT H 1NDIAN A burg was fought, and after that the Confe leracy dec ined. Get- tysburg was the \huh water mark of the Confederacy.\ Near tbe old wheat field is the monu- ment to the Twentieth Indiana volunteers. A most interesting feature of the celebra- tion was tbe i res°nco ol Confederate sol- diers and officei s who had iought at Gettys- burg on the other side. Gen, Longstreet was invited to be there by Gen. Sickles. It was Longstreet's command that fought the Taird corps the hardest Thank God, the bitter feelings of those days are almost wiped out. A touching, beautiful letter was written by Congressman Barks 1 ale, of Mississippi, in answer to an invitation to be present He is the brother of Grin. Barks- dale, who was m the Gettysburg fight Gen. Barksdale him-elf was a member of con- gress before the war. He wore a wig. In the melee at the time Charles Sumner was struck down, Potter, of Wisconsin, snatched j Barksdale'< wig off. In his excitement Potter, ; not knowing it was a wig, was almost wild j with consternation lest he had torn Barks- j dales, scalp off. In answer to the invitation Congressman Barksdale writes: \I regret that ray public duties will not permit me to visit the memorable battlefield on the interesting oc- casion to which you l efer. The pleasure would be enhanced by the opportunity it would afford of slrengthening the ties .._ -?< of a united brother- - --*' hood and the bonds of a union which I trust shall stand forever upon a foundation of justice to every sec- ] tion of a common country, and of peace and good will to all. The recent celebration was under the charge of tho G^tiysburg Battlefield Memo- 1 rial association, in connection with thi^ , Grand Army of the Republic, department of ' Pennsylvania, The Orand Army of tin i Republic veterans camped upon the battle- ! field six day , beginning July 2. | The First Minnesota, suffered severely in j the fight. At the first summons to war they left their wheat fields, stalwart young pio- I neers, a regiment strong. Many of them 1 died upon the field. Along with their monu- I ment the illustration shows their grave-*, row upon row. THE FRENCH EXILES. PORTRAITS OF TH E PRINCES WHO WERE BANISHED FROM FRANCE. 1ST. MINNESOTA. FITZ JOHN PORTER 28TH PENNSLYVANIA. GEN. FITZ JOHN PORTER The Celebrated Case of This Country Settled at Last. Twenty-tlnve years a-rothi* summer a court martial convened at West Point, ordered that Maj.-G.jn. Fitz John Porter be cashiered and dismis>ed from the Unite i States army. He was further disqualified from holding any position under the United States govern- ment. Tins severe sentencs was passed at a time when the af- fairs of the union wer e s o critical that men did not always act with cool judgmen t Th e offe ce al- leged was diso- bedience of the orders of Gen. John Po e at Man- assas Junction. Aus*. 28 and 29, 1862. He failed to support Pope s movements. Presi- dent Lincoln ap- proved the sentence, so did Secretary ol War Stanton; so at that time did Gen. Grant Years afterwards, however, Gen Gran and many others changed their minds on the question. Tnere are those who do not hesi- tate to say that others higher in office than G^n. Porter \deserved disgrace and even death at that time, if anybody did. lb has been said, indeed, that half the important officers of the army deserved to be shot for their incapacity during the first years of the war. The rea on alleged tor Porter's negligence was that there was a ring of eastern officers devoted to Gen. McClellan who were determined that no western man should be the general of the army. If Pope succeeded he, coming from the west, would at once become the rising man of the hour. Therefore, he was not supported with alacrity. Such pitiful jealousies and criminations and recriminations look very contemptible now in the great light that the tremendous . events of those years have thrown upon the civil war. But tha^ such feelings did exist abundantly is itself part of the history of the war. Gen. Porter's case will be settled by every man according to his own beliefs and prejudices. Certain it JS that he was a gallant officer and soldier aside from this event. He was born in 18221 in New Hampshire, graduated at West Point in 1845, went through the Mexican war with distinguished bravery, and was in many battles of the early part of the civil war. He was a colonel in the regular army, and a major general of volun- teer* From the time of receiving his heavy sen- tence twenty-three years ago Gen. Porter has never ceased his efforts to have it re- called. The case is as celebrated as that of Jarndyce und Jarndyce in Dickens. He was a young, strong man when it was passed. He is now gray-haired and old. He has said he did not care on his own account, but because of his children. He did not wish them to be freighted with the woe of being the BOHS and daughters of a disgraced man. His efforts have at length been re- warde 1. In 1878 an army boar i met and removed the heaviest of the disabilities. The recent act of congress signed by tho presi- dent puts him on the regular retired list of army colonels. Gen. Porter is one of the police commissioners of New York city. A Wife-Beater Burns His Barn and Flre« Buckshot at His Neighbors. MUNCIE, Ind., June 30. —William Garrett, a tough citizen, living ten miles south of this city, after a day's carousal went home drunk and shamefully abused his wife, an excellent lady. This being one ol many such punish mentis that she has patiently endured, she was determined to endure it no longer and yester- day morning went to Newcastle, in Henry county, to In •{•in divorce , pro- ceedings. Her husband went to a small town near by, and, again hi.-uming drunk, went homo in the evening in a des|>erate humor. As soon as he learned the whereabouts of his wife and tho purpose of her visit to the county seat ho became fiendish, and, taking his ax, went to his barn ami pi oceoded to chop to pieces his larm implements and then finished up his work ol destruction by setting fire to his barn, winch was consumed. Some neigh- bors seeing the fire, but not suspecting the cause, ran to lend Garrett such assistance as lay in their power. By this time he had armed himself with a shot-gun, and upon the appear- ance of the neighbors, ordered them to leave his premises. They hesitated a moment and he fired upon them, shooting Walter Boner in the back, inflicting a dangerous wound. His second shot was fired at Boner's com- panion, but he escaped unhurt Officers were dispatched for and placed Garrett under arrest. Threats of lynching are indulged in. PRINCE LOUIS. Culmination of a Threatened Danger to Our Troubled Sister Republic—The Frlnces Are Expected to Visit This Country. Uneasy lies the head that has any aspira- tions for the throne of France, and restless, a'so, seems to be the republican form of government which it was expected would\ be sufficiently oilv to quiet the troubled waters of French polities for all time Looking at it from this distance, it does seem as if the government of France was not over- burdened wi'h oopular approval, or its sup- porters would not be oistrrbed by the presence of a couple of repre- sentatives of what is believed to be effet* methods of government. The tbrea parties con- sidered most dan- gerous to the re- publican form of government are the COMTK UK PARIS representatives of iheOr.eani^t, Mon- archist and Bourbon families. These fac- tions are so antagonistic to one another as to prefer even anarchy to the success of the other. The Orleanist party ts rich, but not very numerous, and far from active. Thi Mon- archical party is in favor of a king by divine right, but has none to go to. The member-* of this party have bem br ught up to hat • and despise the house of Orleans, yet the elder branch having fallen, the hated head of that family is also the heir of Henry V and of all their kings. They prefer the i»- public, prefer anything to having the grand- son of Louis Philippe and the great-grand- Bon of \Louis Egalite\ profane the throne of S t Louis. The strongest party, the Bonapartists, want an empire, but are much in the same position as the Monarchists. The heir of the great Napoleon is the hated Plon-P.on, the most unpopular man in all France. B3sides this, it is objected, his father married a German princess, be an Italian. Many ardent Imperialists say that ' hey can even place no hopes in the sons of a man like that until they have proven them- selves possessed of the virtues that en- deared the founder of their family to the French. * Had the young son of Napoleon III lived, they say he would surely have beon the emperor; but he brave, handsome boy went to bis death in Zululand to gain a little glory, and by his last acts endeared his memory to the hearts of his countrymen. Nevertheless the French senate adopted a law on June 22 for the \expulsion of the princes.\ It is brief and as follows: Art 1. The territory of the republic is and shall remain interdicted to the chiefs of the families that have reigned in France, and to their direct heirs in the order of primogeniture. Art 2. The government is authorized to interdict the territory of the republic to the other memliers of these families. Such in- terdiction shall be pronounced by a decree of the presi lent of the republic, issued in council of the ministry. Art 3 Who v>r in vio'atio'i of the inter- diction, shall be found in France, in A geria.or in the co.onies, shall be p in shed by im- prisonment for from two to five years. At the ex- •»«_^_ -^^^_» » ph*ation of his /MHWJH^^MBBL!^' -entence he shal, b^ taken again to the frontier. Art. 4. The mem- bers of the faniilh s that have reigned in France cannot enter the army or navy, or exercise any public 1 unction, or hold any elecLive office. The four persons immediately affected by the law are those whose portraits are given herewith: The Comte de Paris and son, the heads ol the Orleanists, and Prince Napolean and eon, the representatives of the B>napirte family. The Comte de Paris, who served during our civil war in the army of the Potomac, has already be *n cabled au invitation to come over by some of his old army com- rades, and it is fully expected that he will come. The comte has made friends on this si U of the Atlantic, and his literary labors in the revision of his history of the civil war would be facilitated by coming here. Thy young Due d'Orleans is 17 years of age. He has grown much of late years. His face is intelligent aud full of resolution and vivacity, and his dark e/es look you full in the face with manly frankness. He has a resolute aud decided disposition. He i* an inde- fatigable walker, an excellent fen-er, swim- mer and rider, and a remarkably good shot He speaks correctly and fluently four or five languages. Prince Jerome Napole n hns expressed himself on several 0^' asions during the past few years as anxious to come to this country,and will doubtless avaH himself of the ex- oell-nt opportunity fo r traveling offered by a forci- ble expusion from France. Prince Jerome is in his every taste and characteristic as different from the first Napoleon as one man can be lrom another. His cowardice made him cut such a ridiculous figure during the Crimean war that the sobriquet of Plon-Plon he won then has stuck to him ever since. He takes after the founder of his family in but one respect, his personal ap- pearance. Of this resemblance Prince Je- rome is very proud; he is rather taller than the \little corporal,\ and is just about as fleshy as bis famous uncle was in his latter years. His cheeks and lips are closely shaven, and his. features large and rather handsome. No one who is familiar with the pictures of Napoleon I would fail to recog- nize his lineaments in the face of his heir. Both of the sons of Princes Napoleon may come to this country when they are ex- pelled, and it is certain that Prince Victor, who is now making a tour of the world will be here soon. Several republican journals, while in- sisting on the execution of the law in regard to the princes, now deman I that the ministry snail show the same energy in dealing with the Anarchists and enemies of public order whic i it has displayed toward the royal pi\ tenders. TO HONOR WASHINGTON. THE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL. The engraving from the drawing of the architect, Mr. John H. Duncan, of New York, will give a very good idea of this unique structure. It will measure thirty, seven by thirty-two feet, with a total height of fifty-three feet to the ridge of the roof. The material used in construction will be granite gneiss. In the center of the structure will stand a life-size bronze statue of Washington by O'Donovan upon a pedestal of polished red granite. The top of the tower will furnish a look- out or belvedere, approaoh to which will be had by means of two winding staircases in the corners of the tower. Two hundrod or 800 persons at a time will find accomodations here, and the view which the tower will command will be attractive to tourists from all time to coma The roof will be of iron and dark red tile, supported by thirteen massive columns, typical of the thirteen original states, and upon these columns it is intended in time that the bronze coat of arms of the states shall be placed. Upon the east and west walls of the tower niches will be provided for four figures in bronze, to be put in place later. The present idea is that statues of Washington's four favorite gen- erals may occupy, these places, or allegorical figures may bo substituted. On the western wall and at the right of the archway, as seen in the sketch above, a bronz3 tablet will be set in, to bear such commemorative in8crip.ion as -*hali be agreed upon as ap- propriate The interior wall* it is designed to ado n with snoh propar medallions and bas reliefs as may be s lpp'ied from time ito time. The memorial v^ill be constructed under the supervision of the secretary of war. Ex-President Arthur's Summer Home. The friends of ex-Presiient Arthur every- where will be pleased to see a picture of the modest but cczy little home he has to rest and recuperate in. PLON-PLON THE JEROME COTTAGE. Ex-President Arthur's cottage is one of a cluster which surround' the aristocratic and exclusive Pequot house. It is located on the right bank of the Thames river. Con- necticut, and but a mile or so from its en- trance into Long Is'an I sound. The spot is regarded as an exceeiingiy salubrious one, and it is hoped that in the retirement of his retreat the handsome ex-president may be restored to his old-time vigorous health. Oa the occasion of his start for this place the ex-president told his friends who had come to see him off that he was not troubled in any way whatever, except by his stomach, and a Ided, with a laugh. \You know how strong that used to be.\ He looks very pale and wasted, however, and seems a much sicker man than his friends or his physioian will admit him to be. His flowing side whiskers, which were once the distinguishing feature of his face, are gone. A-i incipient mustache gives him a youthful appearance which is counter- balanced by the feel,Ion ess of his step. His son, and his constant comnanion, his daughter Nellie, accompany him hero, as also his two sisters, Mrs. McElroy and Mrs. Caw. His intention is to remain here until the fall. Unsolving the Great Kiddle. An endeavor is at last being made to solve a riddle which has been a mystery to man for centuri?s It is that the great Sphinx of Egypt give up its secret and tell why it was erected. A party of explorers, under the direction of Marietts, have baen excavating for some time around the base of this colossus. PRINCE VICTOR. THE SPHINX AND EXCAVATIONS. Our picture of the Sun mx may not be-as pleasing as the one of this ancient lady usually presented through engravings,' but it has this merit, that it is made from a pho- tograph. It may not show the old dame at her best, but it is at least accurate. These excavations have brought to tight the remains of a temple said to be the oldest in the world. It was faund about forty rods to the south of the rightfoot of th- statu*. It bears no resemblance wfflat soever to other known E^ypt an temples. \ In a few months the wonderiul Sphinx of Ghizeh will g'nnd, perhaps for the Hr^t time sin e the days of Moses, free from the'sund under wnich it has been buried; and we may discover tue wherefore of its exi^t^no»--or we mav not. THE CHICAGO KACES. MAGNIFICENT RACING CLUB HOUSE IN TH E BREEZY CITY. Pictures of Washington Park Club House—Gea. Phil. Sheridan, President of the Association—Ike Murphy. It was a shrewd stroke of business to elect Gen. Phil. Sheridan president of the Wash- ington Park Racing club, in Chicago. New Yoik itself could not find so picturesque and so valuable a figure to get up at the 'head of any of its horse associations. But Chicago is young New York, with most things on a new, broad scale, it attains the best in whatever it undertakes. About the last of the year 1832, a' number of Chic go gentlemen, with the greatness of their windy city at heart, met and discussed plans for a horse club. Its objects were to promote good feeling, raise the standard of horses and horse Dreeding, and lastly, and perhaps away down in each gentlemen's heart, greate-t of alL \exhibiting horses at me .-tings, \in other words, racing. In 1883. January, tho association took sha e regularly, under the nim» of Wash- ington Park club. Very soon after Gen. Sheridan was elected president of the club. He wa< no. ihe general of the army then, but b»came so soon after, and since then he has not baen too proud to continue the lead- ing officer of tle ; Chicago horse' club. The general is53yeara old now, and good for many many more Chicago horse races, let us hope. He was only 20 when he graduated at West Point He took to horses away back, when he was a boy in Ohio. Gen. Hancock called him \A whirlwind with spurs on.\ He him- Belf was the observed and admired of all at the recent summer races of the Washing- ton club. He sat in the judges' stand and watched the running with deep interest, very gray as to his hair now, since the twins have made so many demands on him, but erect, jaunty and bright eyed as ever. Tne general looks like a rather tall man when be is sitting down. But when he stands it is perceived that his lower limbs are short While he was in tho judges' stand his brother, Michael V., wandered about among the horsemen. \Lucky\ Baldwin, who wins about ^ in stakes, did not back his horse to win. had little hope of seeing Silver Cloud get a place, much less winning tbe race. After he had congratulated his jockey he riveted his plug-hat on the back of his head and be- gan to stroll about the grounds as though he were lost Old horsemen who saw him said that the Californian was \kicking\ himself. \Silver Cloud won the raoa just because Murphy was on his back,\ said a man. \The next time I see that fellow on a horse I'm going to play him, no matter if it's a saw- horse he's on.\ GEN PHIL SHEBIDAN. PASTEUR IN AMERICA. Dr. Mott, of New York, an American Dis- ciple of the Great Savant. The pilgrimage of the five little Newark boys to Pasteur's establishment to be treated for rabies wnich they were supposed to have received from a mad' dog bite is still fresh in the reader's mind. Their case attracted universal attenton, but to no individual did It have that special interest which it re- ceived from Dr. Valentine Mott, of New York. He is a namesake and grandson of the celebrated Dr. Mott who, prior to his death in 1865, was $>ne of tbe few practi- tioners with a najlonal reputation The present Dr. Mott is a graduate of Columbia college and Bellevue Medical college. He watched Professor Pasteur's researches and the result of his experiments from their in- ception, and being satisfied that they were fruitful of good to humanity he resdved on founding a Pasteur cure in the new world, so that pitients would be saved the tedious and expensive trip to Paris. With this end in view he went to Paris last spring, and re- mained under Professor Pasteur's instruction for some time. He became a firm beiever in the correctness of the great savant's theories, and has applied himself, with the aid of his father and his assistant, Dr. Baldwin, to their development on this side of the Atlantic. One of the principles of the Pasteur theory is the well-known one that the human sys- tem can, by taking gradually increased doses of any poison, become so habituated or hardened to it as to be unaffected by i t This is exemplified in the tobacco and mor- phine habits, or in the case of what is com- monly known as \poison ivy,\ whieh is highly poisonous to some people through the mere touch, while if they but chew tbe leaveB of it it renders them proof against its poison. To carry out this principle of the Pasteur method the patient who has rec iyed the rabid virus from a mad dog's bite, and- which, if it is allowed to run its course, is liable to bring its victim to death through the terrible hydrophobia, is inoculated with virus of gradually increasing strength until he becomes so habituated to taking this kind of poison into his system'that not only is the original virus received from the dogf s bite rendered innocuous, but he can invite rabid dogs to bite him with immunity. CLUB HOUSE. .The grounds of the club contain e'ghty- three acres, and comprise one of the largest race tracks in the country. The landscape is beautifully laid out with trees, shrubs, walks, flowers, and miniature lakes. The grand stand has a seating capacity of 10,000. The club house proper bas accommodations for members and their fumilieg, dining rooms for both ladies and gentlemen, aud a sumptuous table service, whose silverware is stamped with a s irrup and whip bent in the shape of a \W.\ There are magnificent stables and plenty of lodging rooms for jockeys Fifteen thousand people attended the great race of the summer series lately. It was a running race for young horse3. Tbe old favorites were largely backed There were near>y all the runners that had cov- ered themselves with glory at the Louisville Derby—Ben Ali, Biue Wing, Pre-- ciosa, and others. Ben Ali, who won at Louisville, was first favorite in the betting. Everybidy believed ho or Blue Wing would come out ahead. The horses of two Chlit'ornia stables occupied much prominence in the talk before the race. One owner was J. H. Higsrins, to whom be- longed Ben Ali and Bi n Fox, the othor was the eccentric Lucky Baldwin, with his racers from his Smta Anita stables. To him belonged S.lver Cloud, the horse that, amid tremendous cheering and excitement, came in winner. A Mcimm-nt to Commemorate cn» End j of the Revolution. j Congress, aided by the state of >!•» Yoik, \ i is about to erect at Newburg on the Hud- ! ; son, a memorial to commemorate the closing j [ scenes in the revolutionary war. lu e s:ie j i chosen is o;ie of the most pictur sque on tne i ; continent It is a bluff over.ookji-g- the j j river, and from it can be s^en Wo-t P>.•Vit ( and the towering peaks from whoso aititu i»s the signal fire3 told the story of the birth of I the revolution. It is also the site of Waih- | Ington's headquarters, while the whole region | around it abounds in historic interest Jefferson Davis's Courtship. CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 1.—At Spring Creek, Roan county, not many miles from this city, lives Thomas Simon, aged D4, who was bugler for Gen. Taylor in the Mexican war. The old man i.s blind, but he has a clear mind and loves to tell stories about the htern old warrior. He takes great pride in telling how he ubed to carry lelLers trom Davis to Miss Taylor, daughter ol Gen. Taylor, and re- turn with the repi}. H*-' ollen drove Miss Taylor out in a carriage to meet Jefferson Davis, who afterwards married her. The old man says they were a very handsome couple, but Gen. Taylor was not an admirer of Davis, and forbade him keeping company with his daughter. The joung iolks., however, were determined to marry, Mr. Simon t>ays, and he aided them all that he could and the father was never any the wiser. OLTJB HOUSE KIRBPLAOB. In a city as cold as Chicago artificial heat other than that obtained at the gorgeous club bar, is sometimes required even during races. To meet this need the offica of the club house is provided with arrangements for an^ofjen fire. The fireplace is a fine speci- men of American artistic accomplishment The race was intensely exciting. Lucky Baldwin has a certain little colored jockey whom he pays (6,000 a year to ride his horses at racea, He seems to be the greatest jockey America has produced. He is said to be superior to Archer, the En^lisman. Either his luck or his skill is something mar- velous. They call him the ^wonderful little nigger.\ At the Chicago races Silver Cloud was not expected to win at all But Ike Murphy, the little colored jockey, was upon his back, and he dashed in a length ahead of Blue Wing. The Chicago Herald says of the scene that followed: ''As Murphy came in under the wire he was greeted with a storm of applause, and when he dismounted men ran up to him and patted him on the back. One man in a blue suit threw his arms around his neck as though he was about to chew his ear. The great jockey was presented with a beautiful saddle and was nearly borne off tbe track by men who thought he would win and had backed up their guesses with greenbacks and coin ' Tiie result of the race was a surprise to the knowing ones who had bet their money on Blu'3 Wing aud Ban AIL It was a sur- prise to Jockey Murphy, who said: \I didn't expect the horse would win at all. Atter he had run a mile he saw that he was behind and then he began to sulk. That's an old trick of his, v and I just touched him up and gave him a wojrd of encouragement The way he shot to the front ne-irl v took my breath away, and I had to lau^h to myself all the way down the stretc l The horse wanted some encouragement, that's all.\ DB, MOTT DRILLING A RABBIT'S CRANIUM. How to dilute the virus is one of Professor Pasteur's discoveries, and it is at this work Dr. Mott has been engaged for months past He brought with him from Paris a rabbit that had .some poison flowing through his body. O.i his arrival in this country this rab- bit died from hydrophobia, as was expected. Then some of the virus from his body was introduced into the brain ol a live and hf aithy rabbit through a small ho?e drilled in his cranium. Then on the death of this last rabbit the operation was repeated to another, and so on, the virus becoming, by transmission from one rabbit to another, weaker and weaker, and tbe length of time required for the virus to show its effects on each nbbit becoming more and more ex- tended in tha same ratio. Virus from each rabbit is carefully labeled and preserved in Bterilizod jars for future use asmedicina Mr. Randall's Tariff Hill. WASHINGTON, June :-i.0. — Mr. Randall's tarilt' bill not yet being, in. print had not been formally presented to the ways aud means committee when they met yesterday and so was hot considered m committee. It has, however, been informally referred to Repre- sentative Hewitt. He thinks the cotunin tee ought to report the I'i\ adversely to tho house, and so it may bt> .placed upon tho cal- endar. Mr. Hewitt thinks the house ought to consider the question before adjournment THE KIR9T INOCULATION IN AMERICA. This scene may become a historic ona it was the occasion of the first treatment of a patient lor rabies in America by the Pas- teur motho' 1 . The boy was first inoculated with virus after its transmission through fifteen rabbits. Tne operation is a simple and painless one, a mere abrasion of the skin of the loft breast and a touch of the virus, as in vaccination. This operation will be repeated once each day for ten days, the patient receiving on the last day virus ten degree stronger than that at first used, by which time the boy's system will have addicted, as it were, to the rabies habit and the original rabies he received from the dog will be rendered harmless. The very first operation Dr. Mott per- formed on himself, m the presence of a num- ber of phy. .cians, to prove that the treat- ment was har -lless in the case of a healthy subject Influence of Woman at the Bar. A woman has been admitted to the bar of the state, and other women who may wish hereafter to follow iu her footsteps wul find the way open to them. Inasmuoh as we know that there is no class of citizens more susceptible to feminine influence than jury- men, the importance of this legal admission assumes a N-\ 13 si>/?.— Life, % 38 Streeter Block. Public An entirely new and choice stock of Finest Cheese, Choicest Butter , Fragrant Teas, Delicious Coffees, Cigars and Tobacco, Syrups, Hams, and all the DOMESTIC NO VELT1EB. A Heavy Stock of Sugars, I Fruits, Vegetables and 1 Berries in Their Season. Prize Baking Powder and Fancy Bake- stuffs. w *2 Make a Specialty of Everything! The most compact, fresh and desirable Btock in the city at bed rock prices, FOE CASH. S. W. Reynolds, 38 Public Square. The «Wew» GROCERY! Novels, Encyclopedias! (IH SETS) If You want anything in this line aall at the regular Beoketore and get posted. Sterling &, Nlosfrer. Wfeo l a I t T This space belongs to a Watertown clothier who does not believe that newspaper advertis- ing pays. He is selling goods, ready made and madb to order, at prices so low that the poorest afford to be well dressed. The Walter A. Wood mower* and reapers, aod repairs at DEVENDOR F & KENNON'S. TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN, Only Park Police Will Watch the Tomb of Gen. Grant Hereafter. NEW-YORK, July 1.—Shortly before noon yesterday the cornpa. t of United States troops on duty at th tomb of Gen, Grant turned over the can- ->f the tomb to the park police. The ro^iuurs returned to Fort Hamilton, their usual ^cation. Workmen are busy removing tho temporary barracks which the soldiers occupied during the winter. The material from these barracks will be sent to the government post at Niagara. Capt, Crab will give the order to strike the tents this morning, and thv little camp, which for nearly a year has stood on the edge of the bluff, just west of the tomb, will have disap- peared. Park policemen have been watching the tomb, independent of the troops, since the re- mains ot Gen. Grant were placed there. After the withdrawal ol- ihe soldiers, the police will simply continue then watch. The usual num- ber ot visitors pa.ss!. I the door ot the tomb yesterday. On fc5un<u*y last Mrs. Grant seut her customary weekly offering of flowers. Spark* Makes Another I>ecislon. WASHINGTON, JUH» 29.— L-ind Commis- sioner Sparks has rendered a decision in favor of a settler who settled upon unsuweyed land Stoves, Tinware and Implements at which was altera ards elected by the North- -, era Pacific Railioad v oinpany as indemnity , » land. The commissioner holds that unsur- U / .^ JSSf&S!*\ \\**\'*\* ^e>endorf& Kennons \Golden Star\ oil stoves at DEVEN- DORF & KENNON'S . Horse forks, rope and bloebs at DEV - ENDORF & KENNON'S. Wood pumps, force and suction iron pumps, brass cylinders aud iron pipe a specialty at DEVENDOR F & KEN - NON'S. Write for prices.
