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John mAmmnhkw
GREENSBORO, N. C.,
PUACTJCAL I^—,^'\ gl AK E R
• m atch AKD
JEWELLER
DEALER IN
FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY,
Sterling Silver, and Plated- Ware,
FINK BPECTACI.KN,
and everything else in my line..
Cvs" Special attention given to the repaii ing
and timing of Fine Watches and Regulators.
I offer you every possible guarantee that
whatever you may buy of me shall be genu
ine and ;ust as represented, and you shall
pay no more for it than a fair advance on the
wholesale cost, Good: ordered shall be fur
nished as low as if pureaucfd in person at my
counter. I have made in the handiomes't
manner,
llnir Chain*. Ilnir .Imclr) . Dlnmoiiil
mid Weddinif Bin*". nil kiuU
ofFiHr Jewelry, Cold and
Silver Wa«ch Caaeii,
efe,, etc.
My machinery and other appliances for
making the different parts or Watches, is
perhaps the most extensive in the State, con
sequently I can guarantee that any part of a
watch of clock can be replaced with the ut
most facility,
t&g" 1 guarantee that my work will com
pare favorably in efficiency and finish wilh
anv in the laivl.
|JOHN CHAMBERLAIN,
Watch Maker an l Jeweler,
Greensboro, N ,
SIMIMBIH
The Dead
I deal in American and Italian
Marble Monuments
and Headstones
I would inform the public that I am pre
pared to do work as
Cheap as any yard in
the State,
AND GUArtANTEE PFRFECT
{ SATISFACTION.
Parties living at a distance will save money
by sci ding to me for PRICE LIST aid
DRAWINGS. To persons making up a
club of six or m»re, I offer the
Most liberal induce
ments,
and on application will forwatd designs,
Ac,, or visit them in peison.
Any kiod of marketable produce
taken in exchauge for work.
8- 0. ROBERT SOU,
•BKVNgfcORO. H. L
V ' - ''l • ■ ' * «
Poetry,
DO.V'T I,KT fIOTIIRR DO IT.
"Daughter, don't let mother $o It;
Do not let hi r bake and broil.
Through the long, bt ight hours of aum
uei; i JJi t ■ * ■
Share with her the heavy toil.
See h >r eye h is lost its 'jrLr
Faded from her cheek the ijlow;
And the stei s that once were bnoyant,
Now a-e teeble, weak and slow,
'•Daughter, dmi'i let motner do it;
Do not let h::r slave and toil
While yon sit, a nsele«a idler.
'Cause you fear your hands o soil.
Don't, you soe the he iVy burdens
Daily she is wont to bear,
Bringing lines up >n har forehead -
Sprinkling silver iu her hair?
- * « ; y ,
"Daughter, don't let mother do it.
She has cired for yon BO long!
Is it right the weak and feeble
Should be toiling for the strong?
Waken from your listless languor.
Seek her side to cheer anJ bless,
And your grief will bo less bitter. > i
When the sods above her ore s.
' Daughter, don t W mother do it,
I'ou will ever, never k 10W
H'uat is borne without a mother,
Till that ll. other lieth low—
Low beneath the budding daisies, '» Jk , |
Free from earthly care and f>ain-v
To that home, so sad without her,
3S&R23B&#* rati
TUK 0.0.
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iFroni he Sunny
It was a bright, suytiy
during'the month of June. W
an open carnage wn* diiven rajddly
up Broadway. ,
Its occup»nils jiVjerfe
—whose irge might have Iwen abuirt*
lort v years—and a yonoa girl. f*. r
The lady was dres»ed ii: rhtli silks,
and wore a profusion ol jewelry,
while thefgii l was clad in ilccp iuoui'U>
ing, and wore no jcwell'y except au
eiei-ant bracelet.
In their conversation the girl
pointed down the street, at the sauio
lime lookii g into the lady's face, and
as she did so the bracelet became dis
engaged, dropped Iroin Iter arm, and !
fell unnoticed into the deep mud
with which the street was cover-j
cd
The cai rlsge turned intoa^l)y-sl reel
and drew up before an elegant mau-
Kion. I
It Wfts die icSMience of the million
air.-, Thomas Seymour, ami the :
young la.U' w«s Agues Seymour, his
only child, umi the elderly lady tVhs
her aunt, Mrs.- Skyniour being
dead.
Agnes, alter changing her dress,!
ca..;e down to her aunt's 'foom. j
Suddenly she gave a cry ol alarm, ,
laving lor the first time noticed that j
the bracelet, the last gilt of her moth- j
er, teas gonel
She ran to her room and looked on
her dressing table, but it was not i
tbeie. The house was searched in'
every direction, but it was not to be
i found.
"You must linve lost it on the
street," said her aunt* "and as your
name is on lite inside, itmayl>e found
and returned:
Bui Agues was inconsolable, and
declined -lie would not rest until the
! bracelet was found.
******
E«ic Saunderson lived in "Mud
Alley," one of those dirty limes so
near Broadway ilia* the roar of the
passing vehicles in the latter street
Was heard .in the alley.
Right at She ei-tranee ol the alley
w. s a little shop with the name of
"John ll'incc), Pawnbroker," over
the door.
The lig.it of the sun never penetra*
ted the dismal !i'.t.e street, bui
wretchedness, j»overty and crime were
to be found iaevery tenement
in it.
Mrs. Sauudrjsoii had seen better
da) j. Her hutibitud'had been one ot
the wealthiest citizen* ol Stockholm,
hut having been deluded by talse re*
pci iH, hail invested nearly ull f bin
fortune iu »|>e.u bilious ill America,
and them, tailing had ruin d him, at d
he died of griet, leaving his widow
and orphan to support themselves as
best they could. Eric was now eigh
teen years of age— h stotu, robust
youtig lillow, but he was out of
employment, and his uiotlier was
sick. : , •
On the morning ot which we write
Eric left the dwelling, if such ii might
be called, and parsed up Broadway
iu search ot something by which he
might earn a few Such
had been Lis euaplu) incut lor mum
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time, and with Ujpte small earnings
he and Jus mother eked oiu their ex-
i stance yery scauiHy.
!As he slow)y woased the street his
foot struck some hard substance
which railed ovei the flagging. and
flashing in tlie sunlight, lie beheld a j
bracelet or gold set with pearl*.
He hastily picked it up, and di«r j
covered an inscription on the inside •,
which r«ad a» follows:
•'To my beloved daughter, Agnes !
Sox mour, on her fifteenth birthday j
lofi —-alivet. * „
f "BeautHuJ[!" exclaimed Eric; "it
must be worth more than u thousand
dollars. Mother, mot ier, we wjill |
feel no more want now. I will go ,
and sell his fo Mori'cev the pawnbro
ker, and then I'll bave mot her remov
ed, and we'll quit 4 Mud Alley* tc rcVs
!er." a *«• ™'
He put the bracelet in the inside
pocket ot his coat, wliioli he carefully
buttoned up, and directed .his steps
I homeward. Cut with all tin* joy he
; felt at his diccovefv fa did not fe« I
|itt ease. At fiiif fie rfi.l no' cotnpro- j
tf bend the canst? ot Ills line?isiiie*s. hut j
gra tnally a feeling ofd.rtlbt : arose in j
:fhis mind as4o hi* rightitfllie brace- ;
let. lie uied to keep-it downt but it!
jbrrew sirciiger and .stronger Soine
-1 thing seemed to say to
j. Ht does not bojuug .|CU»! Y'>u
lie now its owner, andyou must iwtuni
mV , . , ,
T '• It is min«s muttered Erie. 'I have
I found ii, and I need it n*oru tiian
| Nliss Seymour does, i only do il
for mother, not fo»* invseff.'
w? He could not banish the idea
troin his mind, however,
Vtui in the iwidsttfOi his saiiMiiny
"obuut the money, his conscience kept
' whisDcring to liiin, *'Yon are a thief,
! . . . **
it yon keep it; you uju*t return the
bracelet to its owner.'
At last he arrived at ''Mod Alley."
The three balls from Mmiccvs shop
loomed through the dark..ess, li|ce
jjhroe evil spirits beckoning alUain
j ners to enter. *
j Eric peered into the ?hop window.
' M >iieeyj" ihtf brolcei, who was
j tummaging among some old junk in
a corner, and gathering uonrage, Ericl
walked to the door; but before he
reached it bis resolution gave way
and he could not make up his uiitid
•' to eutor He skulked about the store
j until Moucey hearing * .toise outside,
1 came lo the door.
I 'Hood evening Master Saundersou,'
ho said; but Er;c rail away as fast as
he could nor did be «U»p until he had
reached his room,
i Mrs. Suunderstii looked at liiin
! and said:
'What ails you, Eric?>ha» anythins
, happened lo you? Do you sick?*j
'No dear m->tlier, I am upt »ick,
j but I was very anxious about \cu,
so I hutried up to see wlietlier you
felt wed."
At the thought oMho falsehood he
'had uttered a flu«h mantled his
cheeks, ami lie turned bust illy away
j Thus on sin leads to another ami
' greater one.
! Eric could not sleep well that night
He dreamed that the bracelet had j
j assumed human form, and was tor- I
lucniing him. He tried lo escape j
from i-» but it followed him wherever j
jhe went. A* last it opened its arm*,
to st ize t.iiu. Eric cried out in his!
sleep, and lie awoke His inoilie" }
was awake also and said he had been j
very restless ttr some time. Eric J
could not sleep again that night his ;
conscience troubled him *:> much and
he made up bis mind that he would j
return .lie bracelet inthc morning.
Kext morning Eric rose from j
his bed looking pale ami haggard !
and with his eyes sunken in their;
ooKet*. A icr ealUg a ncaniv
lie It'll the liuiuc ami
walsed ratpidty hi ilio ilircvlou Mr*
Seymour'» mansion.-
Li WH* it splendid morning, ?et his
lu'art Mjemeil de-id !•» all that w urrou tid
ed him. U« t imagined everybody
l>ointc«l 10 hi.n a»a lliief, ami when
ever anlxyly looked at him. hoiurncd
awxv his head oni uf shame.
It WSH ten in the morning when
Eric arrived al Mr. Seymour'* houw.
and wiili Mime i tepid ation lie ran up
the broad sieps and |>ull«'d the l»el'
lie wui goon ushered into the library
where Mr. Seymour was seated at bis
do»k.
'G'lodMiVMMilHg, »ir,' naid Erin. 'I
have found a bracelet which 1 beH«ve
belongs to > our daughter.' ami with
these words he handed Itiin the brace
let.
- 'Young gentleman. I thank you,'
( tail 1 supt>Me Agues will be glad to
IU|iSBAY JANUARY 15 1878
see you,' lie said nud Agnes being
called in the hMiu, thanked him very
i much, Mr. Scymonr'then questioned
liiin and he mid his story, not leavhig
out ihe struggle he had with his
conscience regaitiiiir lite bracelet.
| Mr. Seymour made hiiaa valuable
i present.
; lie also made inquiries into the
; condition ol Mrs. Saude'rson, Hud the
i coiufrqwnce was that he* iViund fhe
! wa* an old friend of foriher days.
IHe visit etcher and -with lier
| sanction sent Eric, to o liege l > tiuisir
hi- education, and alter he had be
come of age took him into the business
as a clerk.
Several years nfprwhrd Eric mar
ried Agnes, and became u junior part
ner iu itio firm. Thus the old prover|g;
that 'Honesty if the best policy,' has
j again conic t rue.
FA.nOCM DI'BI.I,
[H. W. Grady la I'Uilsdelptila. Weekly
Times ]
Smne of th? bloodiest duels ou re
| cord wefe fought in Florida. The
; Seminole war, in 1837, brought to the
! Iroiii a lot lecklusa young blue
i blonds that were full of tire ami spur*
' kle. (jar livers f>r the most part,
! they headed cirelessly through the
! world and carried the whole defence
ot their lives in their pistobfingcr*.
A pressure Iff 4* he I rigger was the
answer .hey gave It. protest or Uepre*
cation. l'iie brush thev had with
Osceola and his yellow devils wurmd
ii.eui up sharplv, and when i'rince
Mu settled a pun luuir cuast with
a col-my of Fivuchuien. of necessity
and with pleasure, fought thtiir way
through. and"Very SO»II tiie already
turbulent society of Florida had re
ceived a deep' r lingo from the splen
did dulling of tlit cut and thrust
followers ot "the I'riuce." It wan
in Floridu that the feud began in
which the Alston*, Willis, and Au
gustus, l bt their lives. 1 was hilling
oue night in Brown 1 *ho el—a famous
old rendezvous ot lorty yeara 1 stand
ing—pickling uiyM.lf ill orange bran
dy and inmiclmig soaked biscuit,
when a shuttling old fellow approach
ed me. 1 rec4goizad hiiu as Mr.
Zubrau, a ragged postscript to the
life of gentleman, engaged at Ihe
time in Oil humble but ru-pectable
nnsiuess of cashing dishes at the
hotel. "Do you see that ragged ln>le
up there over th furaer fly brush? 11
'• Weil, sir, if all the blood that was
shed in the quarrel in which tliat
lioie was made was smeared on these
w..1.b it wouU redden up thin whole
room, 1 can tell you." Tbeu and
tlie. e. in that musty and half ruiued
hotel, full of itß riotous memories
the old fellow told me a story that
for tierce gaUai.try and recklessness
put* tic .ion to shame. The actors in
U, of sunny and heroic temper, of
laage wealth and illustrious lioeag**,
'*rvdead. Their descendants yet live
Miid stand high among toe highest.
A DUEL OR THS «KMI .SOLE WAR.
b t
"In the Seminole war," said Mr. j
Z thrall, evidently rambling dowu a
well-worn groove of conversation,
"Governor Call, of this State, com- j
inanded a craelt ingin.Mni Que
morning be reieived a note an noun.
lug that his wife was quite ill- He
at once repaired to her bedside. Dur
ing Ins absence a battle was fought.
Shortly afterward an article appeared
in the Chronicle awl Sentinel, of .-til* |
gintia, ipxiiiiiatiiig that • over nor-Call j
had pur .oselv absented hi.uselt ron> |
the bal le. The paper containing ibis i
cruel article reached the cani|> iiu.l j
WM at ouce the subject of ,CO i ineiit. |
Lieiueuaiit Ai*lou deters)
mined, ill the absence of hit Colo e', j
to protect his honor, nioainnd a bor-e j
and pluiigcti through the woo ls for
Augusta KeacnLnir that citv be made
his wuy to the Chronicle ottice and
dein.in.led to Know the author ol ilie .
offensive anicle. Ii turned out that:
it was Governor Recti ot Florida, lor !
a IOM ti.ne a bitter poliii.al enemy |
ot Call'*. Lieutenant Al-ton at once
• ut him a peremptory challenge. i
Governor Ueed replied that lie would
be happy to accommodate Lieutenant
Al-ton whh sat i.-fact : mi as soon a lie ;
had concluded au affair wild Lieu
tenant Wiltiaui", ot Call'* S afl, whu
li.iti ulreadv lavore t him with a note
upon ibe same subject. AS.on I here
upon hail locouteiithittsou'iu |.alienee
u tii the afiair wiili Williams was
over. He did not have to wait long.
A meeting wa*soon arranged bei ween
Ueed and Williams, Hie condition of
which wa« that tbev were to fight wiih
bow is* knives, until oue or the other
should be cut down.
At ihe meeting the men came upon
the ground stripped to their shirts.
They advanced until they met each
other. The* then c ; a«ped their left
hail U t'geilier iu a firm a.id dead
game -r is|>. standing toe to toe, 'Hie
keen and shiuin,, knives were then
then idaced iu their light bands. At
a -isiial they were drop|>ed |>et|>eii
d i ttUrl* along their legs. At the
m*xi «i»rda ihey were raised into the
ai , aud t en then the terrible leuciug
began. It was a brief siren nous si rugs
gle. I'he long kiiiveseut a d gashed
and wheezed through the flesh ot the
combatant* aud dished aud sparkled |
against each oilier, IHMV buried in vi
liil tissue and now whipped out with
a dim, bluish moisture veiling the
hladt s, iiitii] ut lctig:li Lieufmaid
Willi I'n- fell, liacied almo-i to plows.
Gov. lioeil escape I without udisablii'tr
injur/.
1 BKOTHKit's RKVKNGK.
"He then turned I .is ai i»nt i>tti to
Lieutenant Alston. Being i|i«> chal
lenged party, lie lisul slie choice «»l'
w>-ai>ons. Hi* selected r murderous
weap >ll, now liappdy obsolete, but
then ot common use, ami known as a
yager. It wan a ••road ninu'licd. Inli
ne! shaped. Riuooiii bore gun thai car*
rind a 4wr»»dMTl ol>h»t a.id was war*
rained lo hit everything in iho neigh
borhood ot iis aim. The duel was a
most itnl'>ll nii-iic •>ue in itsil ree; mid
remote re«ulii. Cititi.in Kenou was
Lieutenant Alston's stvond. The
principals were posted with ihe'r
-backs t> each other. As the won!
•wiieol" wa* ca'led it s clitiinvd that
Alston siipi e l and sunn Mod. Tie
coiiiniauil. 'Fire! one—two —three 1*
followed almost immediately, and be
fore lie could recover,his gun went off
iii the iilr. Gov. Kecil took cool aiui,
fired promptly at the word, and Lieu
tenant Ai-ton dropped dead. Thus
two gallant voting fellows had already
fallen ill de|w.ico »!' the honor >l an
hb-eu: comrade But Hit cruel feud
was liardl) opened. Col IFillts Al-
Hton, then living in Louisiana, heard
of his hrt theirs death, and became
impressed with die idea that he had
not been (airly killed. lie claimed
that Goveanor ISeed «!i>ull have with
held his fire then he saw his broths
er's gun spring aimlessly towar I (he
skv. Indeed, it is sai l that a st-ter
ot Lieuieiianl Al-loti had llie lead
(aken troni her brother's body and a
new i>ull**L moulded .-which she sent
to Col. Willis \l -1 on, and demanded
thai be shuUld coiuo and avenge Ibeir
brother s death. Colonel Alston came
as fast a» possible lo ibis hotel.
Governor Brown inut liitr a* he rode
up to the piazza, and at mice divined
hi pur|K)se. 4 You have come here io
challenge It ted?' he asked, Col.mel
Alston as-euied. G«>v« itior Itrown
then begged him to be very deliberate
and cool and quiet about it. On the
very night he got here, lie was silting
near the fire place yonder, with a
large cloak around him, and his head
bowed upon his hand. He had been
•itting ihere only a few moment* when
some one Mushed past linn rather
rouyhlv. Uai -iiiK his head lie discov
ered that i: was Governor Heed, the
verv man he had traveled so far to
challenge to deadly combat. In an
instant he was ablaze with excite*
ineiit, ami rising, exclaimed: 4 You
have murd red my brother, sir, and
now do you presume to insult me?
i Draw ami delcmi > ovrse'f, sir.' As
1 quick at thought Jfeed drmv a sixbae
reied pistol, tired, tearing away Al
ston's third linger, just as the latter
pout ed a broad-dde into him from a
horseman'* pi*t>d. lodging a ball in
his bide. The fire wa» n pealed, each
mail jpreiviug until her bullet, Colonel
Alston was then out of ummuniiiou
having only Iwo horseman's pi-tols,
Throwing back Ids long-cloak, how
ever. lie drew his bowie ami closed
wtili his au agoui t. In a lew seeth"
ing strokes Governor Heed vas cut
to tl»tf fi »or, ami his opponent sank iu
a tainting lit. It was iu that melee
'hat that bullet hole wns mane up
there
A I»KADt.Y MKKTING.
'The two men wore taken lo their
bei's ami i.>r several weeks were
confined to their ro ms. Col >nel
Al»io>i was was the first to iccovor.
Ilf_* It'll* vi»rt tniti»li fill Ili 11 ■*l*l'i»il In
I lie rui test I hut had 'nUen place. and
said that lie intended lo kill Governor
Iteed oil -iglil. A lew days alter
ward h" met Coventor Heed on ibe
street. He went home and loaded a
double-h. rreied shot-gun putting In
one of. I lie -barrels, it is -aid. the
bullet t mii,Ms sister had moulded with
die lea>l taken fr«»m his br>dher s dead
bod\. Seeking Reed again lie ureil
it liiui on sight tearing away his
shoulder with the first barrel and rid
tiling lim heart with the second. This
rein, hi Ire ciealed the intense*! ex
eileineiit H»d ied to legal proeeeoing
against Colonel Alston wliicti h u w
ever. «lt not result in anything.
Colonel Alston shortly after ibis
went to Texas. (It; had Im*cii tlieie
hul a short time when he heard that
Dr. Jiio. XlcNcal Stewart,a tit-ii of,
prominence in Brazoria, had coin-j
tuetited despait ingly u|Mdi his afl'dr!
wilh Governor KeeMeeting Dr.
Stewart upon the prtiirica lew d'.*s
after this rci>ori had come to Ids ar»,
lie hautled him a letter con'aiuing the
ollctisvie tge ai.d asked bin, if
be was re.poiisihle for ir. Pending
taeir di-cu-sion >l Hie inn er at issue
the\ fell upon eacn other with great
fury. It appears that Dr. Stewart
was armed witu a p drot Colt's pistol*
and Colonel Isiou with a bowte
knile and slio'-gun. When loutid
by their Irieu.is. A -ton was lying
at ihe root or a lur-e tree, with lour
bullet holes ill his body; Slaw art was
lying near b>, with iwo loads ol
buckshot iu hi- Ilea.l, siaik and still
Coloitel Alsitin wu *o bwtly wounds
ed that he could only lie tarried in
a blauke', slung hamockwi-e between
two men. A- no was being borne
into town iii this iimmicr ids friends
were met by a company of armed
men. who tired a bundled slioi* into
the blanket killing Colonel instantly.
I his lend, involving the death of so
tnai.y superb un n and • ankrupiing
Iwo powerlul families, is but one ot
a thousand thai intent be .liaeeil iu
tatal scirlet ihrougli die fcvstoiu of
Southern socieit. We have only
fallowed the direct veiu «f the
t s.
feud. Wore nil the result, diieet and
remote, carefully-looked up, n would
lie found llnn the publication of lliat
article in llie Chrunidt caused the
death o| n Score of a cliivalrio gen«
■ lemeu. It i«a peculiar mature. too,
(hat everv challenue that make* hit
bloody story was issued iu dcience of
a comrade's honor. Prince Murat,
albeit In* was a quiet and scholarly
man. was a stickler lor the coda.
While I Item is no record of liia
having himself fought a duel, his
edict was authority in circles
and his voice was never lifted against
the practice. All trace ot the warm,
spirif3d'Frenchman and his comrade,
is swept awaw 'I he shock ot war
dii* odged their influence from the
heart ol the Floridians, and it i« s
iua\ hup it Tallahassee now '•how yon
til • spot whera their r> ykl guest lies
| hnried. A law nsruinst duelling has
heeu enacted, at hands that once
' plaxed with the pi- tf l-haiulle have
ii my por force gone in terrihlo carn
■ est to ilid |il">w-l andle. And >el
! • here is ::oi a people upon earth hot'er
in temper or more jealous ot honor
j than these swarthy that
| thiit years ago might hare heard,
J lllev lav Mangling in their cradles
j the whip-like crack ot.pistols,a* their
i lathers popped away ut each oth«.r in
sotne convenient glen.
■iohkorm or ri.atriA,
[Spt-cial Dippsi'h to New Yolk Herald
27th ]
Lonuom, Dec 26 —Mr. McGahan,
the correspondent ot ihe Loudon
1 Daily A'eips hi Plevna, sends a tcrris
bh* stury of the state ot things prc
-1 vailing in wtid'arouud tl.e captured
| town. Uetoro the recent great ktorm
! Plevna was simply a cliariiol house.
] Modern warfare has no parallel for
| it, itml its horrors can only be coin-
I pared to those which followed iu tho
I wake of (jeturhis Khan or Timour, as
i their ravage Tartft.-hordes swept over
and desolated Asia.
'I he fauiHied dogs, ot which there
> are always large utiinlieis in every
] Turkish town, Were leediug on the
of the dead and the bodies of
i the srill living wourtWed. The sav
! age howls ol the greedy brules as
I ihey loi e the putrid flesh of the dead
|or crashed the bones between tl eir
' teeth, the cries pud gtoaus of the
| wounded as they vainly struggled
I wilh the dogs might he lieurl tor mi lea
, around and made tlifc soul sick.
Birds were pecking at the skulls,
hopping from body to body \> itli
beaks and plumage besmeared with
liiimau blood and screaming with
j tiemlish delight. l)ogs fought atn tig
themselves, and biids struggled with
bird for Ihe possession of a morsel ot
] human flesh and the most iuduecrib
j able horror prevailed.
In en j house alone thirty-seven
dead and fifty three wounded Turka
were found, Mime of the fbrmer iu a
hall decomposed and putrid slate,and
Ihe wounded in a condition t at can
be more east I > imagined thaudescribs
ed. Skme ol Ihe wounded were able
to crawl about and clutched at »dd
morsels of food that were found iu ,
the bauds ot the dead, devouring it
Willi feverish avidity; out thousand*
of wen were ulterly helpless, and
awa *cd death or succor with a list*
less tautisin.
Eighteen hundred prisoners wero
huddled togetiier on the bank of the
Vid, and ihe horrors »f their position
eqiiail those of the great phguo
w deli ravaged Europe hi the tour»
teeutli \eiilury Living and dead
were piled together promiscuously in
iwip* wood, iihi win iviyr
There were only three carts available
lor nils woik, and the confusion was
indescribable.
Osuiau's bravery is stained and
blacKeued bv his treat me it of the
Kiismuii wviluded that lell into his
hands Hit •iiillaut defence of Plev
na lor a moment blinded the victors
ami tu.'ope to the fact that all. prl*«»
oners Mere butchered by the troops,
under O-mau's coiuiuaiid.
The Bucharest correspondent of
the Jleru/d says »bat a fearful retri
bution has ov-'ri iiken a pint of
man's army which Has caught on the
march in ;hat dreadful snow storiu.
Fate t-ecin* to be wreaking venge
ance for ihe slaughter of the Russian
wounded, whose corpse* lie unburicd
on the hiiis around Plevna.
Statistics of Rome show that it has
a population of 280,000, which ia
steadily increasing. It contains
13,550 dwellings, 347 Catholics
churches, besides 8 Pro'esiant c.iapela
and 4 Jewish synagogues; there are
4& communal fchool, attended by
8,3v8 boys and 7,099 girls.
The money stolen in the United
States during the past four jeara-be*
gluing a |iei iod just prior to the
i panic of 1873 by r ason of defalcations
embezzlement and bieuches of trust
on the |>art of city and county offi
cials, utnk officers, executors of
estate, Ac, foot over $30,000,000.
Old Mrs. Stewar;, widow of the
late thirty-odd millionaire, ia report*
ed engaged to be marriei Jo Rev.
Johu E. Middletou, late pastor oV ■,
Calvary Church. Stouington, Con
necticut.
Two kegs ot gunpowder were found
j concealed iu the bastment of an
Ark a una* * court house last week,
leading to suspicions of a desiie to
| remove the county seat.