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THE ' J. P. Pittmas, Eli tor and Pmp.-. TROVE ALL TI1INGS AKT HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD' 1.0) -Por Year In Advance.- VOL. VI. DUNN, N. Or, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1806 NO. 6. tl F T- EBf.'jAHY TwENiYotCCiiC, T?e hall tb-e, '.-r. immortal Day! . Thou noblet in Time's 'alenflar, Save that whfeh svr th holy ray Or Bethlehem' Chri-culding Star! For thou didst givs to e-arth. as then IIaven gave, its Hehsi gift, A life that should from burden d men The wrong! cf thraldom l'ft A life so T-nt in i's exr.an, Dora for Ihe'r.surfi !e'iverftnce, Thr.t truce upon her race boasts none More friend to man- than Washington! Hail, honors1 Tav! tinea each, return Again wa1l3 h's priceless worthy While Freedom- ;',!:. a'oft his urn Before the r.oive-, cf the earth, And rrics: Behold the sacred dust Of him whom l eaven gava To have our iio'y rati?? in trust, And mine from ornda save! O'er all thn cre-.tnvss of the past The glories cf h's life ars cat And ye an 1 y firsts shrill tmi'a upon The growing 'fame of. Washitsoto?! Ha l, ble?se 1 Day! A Nat!cn fee' a If3 great heart vra' araln to thee Ani, mid tliebi-l'V iov-d clanging peals 'And thunder of Ailiilery, Oarirrathv.de mora uoep shall grow, Ani Go J 13 ar..'.that Ha May make rs '-"sttMr-yoj to know 7 he wonh of Tibf-vtVj Whi! ir. tbp cot a'li TQ tns'on fair, land pp. 1 ?oa hye, rT'-rywhers M'llions oi irls sVtV. join In on To tiees t!;2 nau-iH c,;'! WAvnyaTc::! D. Eriineri Williamson. WASM -nXOra CIG JUMP. it uk wox'a .-crr-nurrsa piihe. In a pretty little village in Yirpriala tbtro lived, io 177o, a rich and ec-3en trio old f;.m n r , velies- maiaQ j a.l the conniry ro'trsd. . ;. The beautiful Annette w:is eighteen yearsofaae, and, of conrse, had many ! fcuitors for her hand and heart i , . . .,- man invited aU tao yoath of the vil- ! iae to a rand haymaking frolic, and they came, amoag thom a dozen band some yonng felloes who were knoTrn (o retain a tender regard for the, fair girl, v;uose cats.1 clay they had come to celebrate. By noon the barns were fillad with the fragrant hay, and all were ready j for the feast cf pood thin-s that hft(j j bten spread under the shady branches. "Now, my laJs," said the old man after the banquet was corns time over, "I've cot tomethin? to sav to vcn.- It seems that a good many of you have j hppn Cfttir.if sh eon's pr,u nn mrr Ar. I nette. Now, boys. I don't care anv- i ooys, x uon t care any thing about money or talents, book laming or soldier larning. I can do .c w.n ' country; but I -ivant her to marry a ! man of my own grit, "Xcw, perhaps you know it, and perhaps you don't, bat when I was a youngster I could beat anyone in all Virginia in the wayoT leaping. Look hero!" He held up as he spoke three hand some medals. "And all ef them xron in fair n?ht" . he went on, "beside which I got my I old woman by beating the smartest ! man on the eastern shore. "Xow listen: I've tken an nth : that no man shall marry my daughter without jumping fdr it. There you have it, boys ; yonder's the green, and here's Annette. The one who jumps ' farthest on a dead level shall marry j her this very evening." Soon all was in readiness for the contest. Tli3 signal 'vras crivnn. nrri '. O-- the ?oung competitors stripped of their coat?, stopped forvard. .' "Edward Grayson, seventeen feet!" j cried one of the judges. With a long- ing glance at the priza he could not win. hfi Ipft tbA rrrr,nriln ,ITv. , t - - . , . .,, "Dick Boin.en, nineteen feet !'V Dick, with a little lauSh of satisfac- j tion, replaced his ooat, and.joined the oDlookevs. ! ,"ilarry Treston, nineteen feet, three inches !" "Charlie Simme, fifteen and one- half feet!" j "l-focr.iy for Charlia! Charlie wine!" cried thd 3 1 1. 3 I crown wiiu goou ; nalmcd sarcasm- Char.ey grinned, threw off his disappointment with a flight uplift of his shoulders, and was ! Eoon creatirg roars of laughter with : his wit, which was far more nimble ' than his legs. I "ow for Harry Carroll !" shouted the spectators, an i Harry stepped for- , ward amid great applause. Carroll 1 was the athlete of the village, and he j was o general a favorite that every- one wished as well as anticipated his success. Moreover, he was a hand tome youth, and it was well known that between hiui and the beautiful Annette there existed a strong mutual 1 attachment. j Hwpnfv-rtr.fl fprt and a half. A : magnificent leap!" cried the judge. 1 "Hooray for Harry Can oil I .Harry! wins!" Now, juet before Harry had leaped, and while tvervene'a attention was fixed tipen him, a etransier had en- tfrcd the throng unperceivcv?. ; He was a tall, gentlemanly young eaar. 'n a military uadress frock ooat, 3r'vuo33 daughter was i Poo3 of rhiladelphia, editor of the Daily Advertiser, tne journal onosen by WA-SlilSa'jtUJf AS CO.ttANJKR.l.LHlEF. A Mi K -I. 1 1 hi i i - From the portrait by James Peale, represented in the ociiorro. of Commanaer-in-Chief. The form is well drawn. the lace cereno and dignified, the. costume trsily rendered. At the death of j Jlr. Claypool it wai purchased, with the original manuscript of the Address ; (which Mr. Claypool by Washtn-tou's L-noI an(i 1S in fc"e collection founded who had at that moment arrivei'on j , , . , . . horseback before the inn. He was just in time to witness Carroll's great leap. The first burst of applause over, the spectators awoke to the stranger's ; presence. The man's handsome face ' and easy address attracted the eyea of .11 i i - 1118 niauieos, wuuo n mmj sinewy frame called forth the admira- tion of the young men, "Mayhap, 6ir stranger, you think yon can beat that," said Charlie Simms, remarking the manner in h. the &rena. ' If newcomer scanned the you can outleap Harry v-arrou 3 ou ub luo uca" colonies. r "Is it for amusement you are pur- j ! it.'- i. ft .1 I. sums mis -pastime r luuuireu me , t ic r n ' uiuiui rer, oi luB . for the winner?' The sweetest prize man ever strove for," answered one of "Yonder 6he stands." the judges. The stranger cast a respectful glance J at the blushing maiden and his eyes j looked almiration. ' ; "Are the lists open to flll?,, he fcskec?. "AW, young sir." replied Annette's father, with interest, his youthful ardor rising as he surveyed the pro- ! portions of the straight limbed young stranger. With a smile the newcomer threw off his coat, drew his eash tighter around his waist and stepped forward, Annette looked anxiously at Harry, who stood near with, troubled brow and. angry eye, and then 6he east upon Kitran tpt a edanoa of niteons en- . O C A I treaty. All hearts stood still as . me i young man bounded forward. "Twenty-two feet and an inohl" The judges . words were received with murmurs of surprise and wonder. . ... r ii i xoti wnnout a leeuug oi pity ic tt j , poor Harry, all crowded around the I new victor, offering him their con- gratnlations. The old farmer P- preached, and gracing the young , man's hand exultingly, called hi m his eon. pnd said he felt prouder of him ' than if he were a prince, Resuming his coat, the Strange' ; sought with his eyes tne prize ne nan, i 111 1 1 S . 1. . aunouga nauieb uu uub-uuu, fairly won. tahe leaned upon her fa- ther's arm, pale -and distressed, "Annette, my pretty prize," said the victor, taking her passive hand, "I have won you fairly." Annette's eneek became paler than marble, she trembled and clung closer - to her father, while her drooping eye ' sought the form of her lover. At the j words of the stranger Carroll's face " grew dark and determined. " "I have won yo, my pretty flower, 1 to make you a bride-tremble not so i violently I mean not myselfc however i proud I migat be," he added, with gallantry; "tc wear so fair a gem next my heart I think there is a favored rnnfh ftnirvnc tbft eomnetitors who has : a higher claim than mine. "Young sir," he continued, turning to the surprised Harry, -"methinks I traceable to fact thaa is usually the ! ant smile ; the other a fat-Etomaohed, you were the victor in the lists before j case with traditions. It is related by ! heavyjowled and solemn-viaaged Eng me I strove cot for the maiden. ' J. F. Blandy, and came to him with j Hsh man. though one conld not well strive for a fairer, but from love of tha manly f-port in which I 6aw you fiDgaged. You are the victor, and as such, with painted from life for David C. Clay permission ha l retained), by James by him :n the city of Jew lork. the permission of this worthy a9sem x. i ' bly, you receive from my hands the ; prize jou have bo well and honorably won." The youth sprang forward and grasped the stranger's hand with grat itude, and the nest moment Annette waa weeping from joy upon his breast. The place rang with the acclama- .w- uv.. tJet - j ami a ice ezciismenc me newcomer ' withdrew, remounted his horse and rode briskly oat of the village. Passing on several years, we find that Hairy Carroll ha3 become Colonel - .u-.jr Army, una evening ine uoionei, alter jnst returning from a hard campaign. Fttfto nilimrv wi f K hia o rrtilw tr. K a " nrtiT7 nf hia h-.nf!enrirtO nnntw hnnco when an advance guard rode np and announced the approaoh of General Washington and suite, who would j crave the Colonel's hospitality for the night. That evening at the table, Annette, now the dignified, matronly and still handsome Mrs. Carroll, could not , keep her eyes from the face of her ll lustrions visitor. Every moment or two she would steal a glance at his commanding feat- nres, and half-doubtingly, half-as- ; suredly, shake her neaa Ana iook again, to be still more puzzled. Her absence of mind aud embarrass ment at last became evident to her husband, who inquired affectionately if she were ilL "I suspect, Colonel," said the Gen era1, who bad been soma time With a Quiet meanma: Emus ooserviug . , - - . the lady's carious and puzzled scratiny of Ilia lCUtrlil.9 lUAU -'11 3 V il I- 1. J i I LUXUAQ she recognizes in me an old acquaint- I . , . . A xue uuiuiiet fciai tcu nuu a miuv lueui- ory of the past seemed to be revived P thQ ady roSQ im. Isivelv from her cbair aud bending eagerIy forward oyer the tea urn. with c d hanj8( tool foy a moment Uh her u parted fig u ihe wonld . , spea "Pardon me, my dear madam par- r!Mnrlr mnek nnt, an pnd t.n . I have become, by dint of f.ft .n,q hi.Vi nju.ffP. ton nn- .,,,.1,, 1oaT . ' lMT,ftr. wieldly to leap again twenty-two feet one inch, even for so fair a bride as one I wot of." George Washington was indeed the handsome young athlete whose mys terious anoearacoa and disanoearanca native village of the lovers is stm traditionary ; and whose claim to a sabstantial bo.ly of bona fide flesh ani bone was stoutly contested by the village story-tellers until the happy denouement which took place at the hospitable mansioaof Cblonel Carroll. -r! nn ri,nhe Washing! on and Lafayette. A bit of traditional lore concerning Wn.hinefon and rfifvette has latelv come into print which seems to be better founded and more distinctly ; but one intermediate telling from La fayette himself, who Sold it at Elk Landing, Maryland, in 1824. When the British asder Loid Howe marie their descent on Philadelphia is 1777, disemaising at the head of EU Hirer from Chesapeake Baj, Washing ton adTancel from Philadelphia tc meet them. Early ona morning he, accompanied by the Marquis de Ua fayette, ma3e a reconnaissance from his camp at Chestnut Hill, Delaware, in the direction, of Elk Landing. Here, at a point -whence they could view the -waters of Chesapeake Bay, the two Genral3 stopped at ft farm bouse and askel if they could obtain their breakfast. 1 The hostess, Mrs. Alexander, ap peared to be very glad to see them, and they were surprised to find the table already set with a bountifal and ele gantly prepared breakfast. La!-y;tti was as much enthanted as he was as tonished, as he afterward declared, to find such a report in the course of a somewhat bold reconnaissance. Tbey had begun to partake of the meal, and Lafayette was eating leis urely, as a polite young Frenohman Ehould do, when the mistress of the house stepped onb for a moment. Washington touched Lafayette with his foot under the table, and whis pered to him: "Setter eat qtiickly; thi3 breakfa3k was not meant for us!" Lafayette understood, and ate rap idly, but heartily. In a very " short titU9 the meal was finished. The two Generals rose, hastily bat warmly thanked .Mrs. Alexander, and took their leave. They had scarcely ridden away to a Pce of security when, turning about, they saw Lord Howe and his staff ride np 0 fxe Alexander house. Thev had , . - hr(i.Vts..L vprA fln(1 ordered their breakfast here, and ! Washington and Lafayette had eaten j it I Their chagrin, and the astonish 114 ent of their bosteaa who supposed thafc she had already served Lord Howe to & very hearty meal, will have to be imagined by the world, for no record is left of their remarks.--. Youth's Companion. PORTRAITS OP WASHINGTON. Soarely Two of His Likenesses Re When aeneral Grant died it was noticed that as many portraits of him were placed on sale aa there were na tionalities in New York. In Hebrew quarters he was represented with an aquiline nose. . Pictures for sale in Little Italy showei him slender faced and with pointed beard, while the great majority of his portraits in Ger man quarters had something of & Teutonic look. This was not fanciful. Something of the same sort may be noticed in the cass of Washington. Many of his por- traits bear absolutely no resemblance j to each other. In early portraits he ! appears as a rough, burly cheeked ! young Englishman. In the Bevolu j tionary period French art ideas domi nated, and .almost all the portraits THE "SQVSd WASHINGTON. (After a painting by C. W. Peels.) painted at this time give Washington the retreating forehead then- fashion ablethere is no other word for it in France, and familiar in most pic tures of Lafayette. Houdon'a statue i in Richmond gives something of this ; impression. ' Later on there was a strong return , to the English method, to which be- lons the full length military portrait j by Trumbull, perhaps the best in ex istence. This shows a handsome, frank, manly and thoroughly English face. Most familiar of U Washington's likenesses is that made by Gilbert ! Stuarfc' " " lo. probably one of the i orst- Washington himself was much pieasea wiiu me xiuiuuuu piukure above referred to, andwith two por- traits by J. Wr-ght. One of the latter QOW9 a neauer ia-iu ui wiuui. with long, somewhat curved nose and , siignuy sloping ioreueaa, aua a pieas iuere are scarceir io puttt ko ui each oten Tha fftcfc ig W8 do nofc ' know hosr the man really looked. ; Xew York Beoorder. REAP. ACM R.LS. OF THE JOHliGAAXrltPv i FrASCIS M RAHSEVi ACTIVITY Iff THE NAY Y. ) Placing OurSh'psO.i asComp!et3 a! War Foo'jng as Possible A COAST DEFENSE SQUADRON. Strong Tlests for Bo-ii Atlantlo r.nd Pacific Coasts to B Put Into Aotlva Service at Once -X-.t and FonntAablo Slonltor Terror, to lie Beady by Marclx 1 -Admiral Walker to Command a Sqaadron. I7aw Yobs, February 12. -Naval offlcsrs on duty in this city and Brooklyn, deolars that it 13 tha intention of the Gov ernment to plass tha Navy oa as com p'ete a war footing as is possible in time of-peace, and demonstrate what tha United States can do in tha way of conraissioning, not a flying sguairoa, for w'aioh tiiey say the United States has no naad at this time, but a coast defease fleet to guard our shores, both on. the PaoiSo and the Atlantic. Coramodora Montgomery Sloard, Com mandant of thi Brooklyn NavyYarl, got orders to havotha new monitor Trror redely to go in commission March 1. The ship has been under construction for y6ar3, and it will tax the cawcity oZ the yard to finish her in time. The orders are, however, im perative. The coast defense squadron which the Government is about to plao in commission will be composed of the now ram Katahdin, COjnUXDAKT SICAED. (Ordnred to Lhave the now monitor Terror ready at theBrookyn Navy Yard March 1.) now at Brooklyn Navy Yard: the doubla turreted monitor Terror, also at this station; the double-turroted Minn ono noh. whlcais to bo fiulliit out of the mu iat L-.aua Islaud Kavy Yard, near Philadelphia, and reyom mis3ionad; the new monitor Honalnocu, slater shin of thu Terror, nartnjr completion at tha Mara Island Navy Yard, near San Frauciseo. All thsa shins are to pnt in activo service and' fumishei with of3crs and crevs within the next three weeks. Th'j other 8hip3of this iron-clad squadron, al ready in commission, are to ba the fim-elass battleship Indiana, tha soeond-olaa battle ship Maine, now a: Hampton Roads, and the floub p-iurreted monitor Aaiphitrite, now at Key .Wesr. An officer at the Navy Yard, who had re cently returned from a viglt to Washington, told of the pian of tha Adrnini&iratioa as he had heard it at the Navy D-partmenr. "It is the intention," said tha oifiuer, "to place every available Ehip of tha Navy in commission as soon as po3-dble. Tha United States has not as bit? a raserve list of ships to draw on aa Great Britain ha. bnt enough shipa can ba placed in coniiris!on to maka a good shosvini? and dernonstrHts that the Na tion is not so da;eD.sele3s a3 mi(?ht be im agined by ail tho talk whenever there is a war scare. "I heard it said in Washington that one of the Admirals of the .wrvics, presumably Baar-Aditiral John G. Waliter. w.'3 to be as signed to the commaa l of tha ile-: of lron olads on the Norrh Atlantic, vrh lca U 1 3 be known as the Home Guard fciair&a, or something of that kin The T' gd'ir oruiintj squadron, of which tha New 1'oriC is th-i flagship, would tbea bo free to sail a -out from port to port Jrorn Halifax to Port -of-Sr ain, as its corn r aadev pleased or the neeeaity of protecting Aneri can citizens or property might make neces sary." The Terror will ba a formidable shin. She is of the e asa of doubie-turretel coast de fense monitors, wiib aides armor-n'ated their entire length. The si'ie-platirt? is seven Inches thicK an 1 is of the best Harveyizsd mcltel steeL It extends Iron tha deck twenty-seven inches above tha water lias downward six feet, protecting not on y tjo machinery and magazine?, but the living quarters of odcers and men.- French Kill Tlirwn Xhonsand. Information comos from Madasascar say ing that 4000 Hovas atta ke 1 tha French in Antananarivo, but were repulsed With the loss of 3CKjO men. Mrs. James McWade, of Omaha, Neb., who has baen unable to speak abova a whisper for twentv-.our ye;irs, fcndden'y recoverel the use of her vocal organs tha cthr ay, and attr butoa her recovery to a handker chief blessed by Schlatter. T. P. Williams, a white man, wSo rnur- dercfd a hariness od colore! mau near' Mariana. Ar-.. committed e:de rv tai morphine. Wihiams feared lyaohinj,. UNITED STATES HAY ft 76 V. PARLIAMENT IS PACIFIC. England's Queen Intimites a Peace- ful Settlement -.With Venezuela, : ROSEBERY ATTACKS SALISBURY, Balfonr Denies That Tliere Wasthe ltgUt est Intention to Violate the Substance o! the Monroe D.ctrin Direct Adjnst vaent o' the Koandary Q iestto Acsured -wHarcoart'a FrindJy Speech. The resalar session o! tha British rarlla. ment was opened at London. At 2 o'clock the Royal Conmissloa entered the House of Lord3, and at that hour the House of Com mons was suramoncd. The members of the House of Commons, headd by the Speaker, at once poroceedod to the House of Lords, and after they had assembled at tha tbar of the House the speecn from the throne was read by tha Lord High Chancellor, Lord Haisbury. la reference to the Venezuelan, the Armenian and tha Transvaal questions the Qdeen's address said: The Govanment of tue Unlfed States of America has expre290d a wish to co-operata in the termination of tha differences which have ex;sted for mrcny years bot ween my Government and the Re public of Venezuela upon tJio qucstloa ot the boundary between that country nn I th colony of Briti3h Guiana. I hava exoressed my sympathy with the desire lo coma to an equitable arrracjrement, and trut that further negotiations will leaa to a satisfac tory se tlemenr. The Sultan of Turkey has sanctioned the principal re'orms in the government of the Armenian provinces for which, Jointly with the Emperor of tfuFSia and the president of the Frenoh Republic, I have felt it to be mVi duty to press. I deeply resret the fanatical; outbre k on the part of a section of tha Tur kish population, which has results 1 In a series of massacres which have causal the deepest indignation in this country. A sudden incursion into tha South African Republic by an armed force irom the terri tory under the control nf the British South Africa Company resulted in aueolorab e col lision with the Burgher forces. My Slin'sters. at the earliest possible moment, intervened to prohibit, through the Governor, this hos tile action and to warn all my subjects in South Africa agaiDst taking part in it. Tha orlpln and circumstances of these jroceedincrs will be made tha subject of a searching inquiry. The President of the South African" Republic, acting in thl3 matter with moderation and wisdom, has asri-eed to place the prisoners in the bands oT my Governor, and I have un dertaken to bring to trial tha leaders of tha expedition. The conduct of tho President of the South African Republic upon this occa sion and the assurances which ha has volun tarily civen lead me to believe that ha re cosrnizes tha importance of redressing the legitimate grievances of which complaint has be n made by a majority of the parsons in habit tha 'Transvaal. The negate in ooth Houses wis confined nlmopt exoiusively to the grava disturbances in the country'3 lorsign re ations. Tha disoute with the United States over tha Venezuela boundary had a prominent pla'Be in tha debate, and Lort Salisbury ex olaine 1 the reason for tha intimation in tho Queen's spseoii that a seitlemsnt, prohably, would soon be renched. The great oostacte to tne Hdjustment of the troubl", which had been created by Venezuela's breaking oft negotiations, had, he Raid, been rernoved. Direct negotiations ara aooat to be resumed, and. as Lord Salisbury expressed It, "with a prospect of ultimata settlement." Lord Bsebpry vigorously attacked Lord Salisbury's policy, but very speech breathed conudent hooe that the Vtjuezueia dispute will end happily. Mr. Balfour said our Government had asied for all tne informa tion England could give to halo our Commission, and it waa announced that it would ba forthcoming. Salisbury, Roseoery, Harsourt and Balfour, ail had tha kindest words for the Monroe doctrine and nrbtratlon. Sir William V. Harcoun claimed that there can be no possible objection to rerriag the Venezue lan boundary question to a third Pow-r for arbitration, and he was greeted with cneera. Balfour denlared that tha Government will not be preven:ed by diplomatic punctilios or falsa pride from trvin - to offset a settlement, and will helo tha American Commission with all the information at its disposal. UarlngBank Bobbery. Robbers affected an entrance into the Leesburg (Ohio) - B ink safe by the nipe of explosives. Thd vault door wa3 first blown open and thea the burglar p-oof ea?e whs blown to p'a -es. All tha money, amounting to about f 6'j0j, wa3 taken. ; Shot Ui VViie1 Pare am and Self. At Newton, Iowa, Cair'.es Phar93', a bar- I ber, shot and killed hU motQer-ia-law,;Mrs. j R. T. Smith, fatally shot his father-in-law. , and then put a oullet into his own bnJn, dy ! ing instantly. Ha was out of work and de i pondent A roustabout cn a Mississippi steamboat was killed by the breaking of a hawser a few days ago. Tne boat wa3 manoeuvring to get away from a landing when the rooe, which had been pullei very taut, snapped, and the end struci tQe colored man and broke hi? nectc, killing him in-tantiy, j Lodz, Russia, which thirty years ago was assail viliage is rapidly absorbing all the busings from Moscow. Its wooleu and cor :on mi!ls manufacture tkhoat 50,003,000 worth of goods a year. The peat bogs of Great Erltain and Ireland ( ate estimated to ie the best equivalent of -earjy 4,000.00,000 tous of ccai. , ! j shea d;es im the cHAirc Ths Troy Politician 8afTert the DftO Penatj at Danunom Bartholomew orj"tu Shea wis electro cuted at 9.53 a. m. In Dannmora (JT. X) Prison. Tae twenty-ssvea ffitaeMS were' xsade up almost exjlu?ively of phytlelana and rewspaper men. all praaeat in offlotal capacities. At a. ra. they were ase-m-bled in the hotel offlc ail marchel to the' dea?,h chamber. It was just 9.S5 when toa proasslon ftnterad tha roooi. First came.' Warden Thayer and Deputy McKenna, and' immediately behind thm was Shea, eMOrtad' by Vicar General Swift, of Troy; aud Father, Ea'anger, of Danaemora. Shea's face was pale. Ha wnlked firmly to jlhe chair, and liudDg the mtnnte it took to affix th- rP he gazed caimlyi around the room. Hia eyes wore bright and he looked more like ft' spectator than the victim. At 9.M the our reet was turned on and continued lor one minuie anxt twenty-one seconds. Itwa thn" shut off and Shea was pronounced dead. The highest voltage waa 1800. This, however, ' was continued only eleven seconds, when It was reduced to 15!) volts and continued at that until the end.: Tha autopsy developed nothing out of tha ordinary, i Sha was convicted" of kit. in? Robert Bom during a political tight at tha pol's in Troy cnileoUon Day in tha spnag of 1SSL Shta" te on.ged toa club Of oliliea! worker aafl Ross and his brother to another party., They met at the polls ani a free tight bearao. Clubs and pistols wre use:. Robert Rosa was killed and bis brother, William, badly hurt. John M'.Gongh was senteuod to twenty years in prison for wounding Will iam Roes, while Sbea was ordered to tha' elettrio cbair for killing Robert -Ross. Every effort 'a? made to sava Shea. Th execution ot r is sentanjo was' three timM fl.ayed br respitrs j from lha Governor and tha ac.ion of the courts. MaGough, last De cember, confessed, that Ho Tirol tie shot which killed Robert Ross, but. on examina tion, Ju ige Mayham, at sonan pro nouncsd the oonfossion worthless PARDON OFFERED VALLER. Provided That 2fo CI a! mi for famaseiB Made Acalast France. The President cent to Congress a report from Secretary Olhy and all tho correspond-' enc8 In the case of John L. Waller. ex-United Siate3 Consul to Tamalave, Madagascar, and tow confined in a Fren"h prison under con victlon o treason. Secretary Oinoy says that Waller was uaqoestionab.y guilty of tu offense charged and that the-penalty inflict ed would bo cousldex-ed exceedingly mode rate, but the French Government made an offer to release Waller from farther iraorlson ment and to par lim his off inso on condition that the affair be xheroby terminnted as be twaen the two Governments, and that tha United States should make no claim for dam ages in babalt of tha abused ex-0-n8ul based on his arrest, conviction and imprison ment, r Ambassador Enstis. It appears from the correspondence, has been instructed to rlve notice to the French Governmant of the ao ceptance by tha United States of these con ditions and to exchange tha notes neoe?sary to carry out the arrmgemeni. WaHec may, however, sue in the French oonrts for dam ages for ill-treatment. Warier", however, acting tinker tho advice of his wifo and his brother-in-law, has not consented to the arrangement, and stdl. in sists that be shall reoeive compensation from France. Ha charges that he'-had rewive.t 111-tr-atment while being taken from Malagas car to France, and .demands indeaanity. WEYLER'S PROCLAMATION. Cnba'f New Captain-General Proinlset to CrasU the Revolution i i General Weyler had been inCaba but few hours when he Issued a series of procla mations and addresses whl-h c eiirly damon fitrutel the poliorjhe is det 'rmlned to follow In his diaUag3 w.th th? rcvolutlocist?. Ha statea in unmistakable language that he will tolerate no Interference with his pur pose on tha prt ot uns'body, out that he has gone to Cuba to protect allloyal citizens and to punish all eonm!44 of Spain and sym pathizers with the insurrection. The mo3t siguinaat part 6t his pr ac tion, which he entitles ''a circa ar," hi ad dressed to the military chiofj. Hi calb upon them to arrest, and la all eai3 to ho d for his disposal, or to hand over to the proper tr.bunal, all perbr-a who in any way give aid to or display sympathy towrds th rebels, and that Ms podcy will ba guided en tirely by the conduct of the Insurgents them se.ves. i i . Ha annonnoes frankly and squarely that It Is his decided purpose to make use of alt the m-ans ne3as.5ary.io cja-jaer thi insarrec tion, J j - Mlney Mention. Mavor Lyn 'e,l iof GreeniTiald, Jfo.. had. him-elf brought to trial ani fined 1 for vi olating a eity ordinance. - - A ho I5'i feet long, ton f3t wide and fn vLiiblv deep ha- appeared uooa the farm of E.H. "Oct, of Washington. Mo. M- '- A Leaven w or. h (Int.) wom-vn issuing a man there for 450 lor the loss of her pet cat, which, she avers, his horse ate. ' j Newel Perry, 'a student fn the California University, though totally blind. U'rci long trips about the coumry oa his bleyelu. Professor Ticher recently climbed, -the Finseraahora' in tha Alps. It is the first wiutar ascent of the mountain On record. The detective armed with a sxall camera is the latest spotter on " East era ral roads. Several employes of a New Eaglan-lroal have re entiy lost their job aaa rVsnlt ol it activity.' ... L - jr.W'a A farmer named Christ Bennetska arrived In Princeton, Ky., a short tiae net, fh"a prairie schooner wth bis f.!!&i.iy and most of his household gooda.'having" driven all the wav fyom CbadroArNeb-, aH-ViJ?. f jMont 1400 miles. , . . . ,- E verythitrg Is whlfejasVi'o w It" 13 Vhrta deer, white fcjajici.wftita ctovs. .WpH squirrels", and one excite-! observer clainifljie saw whUa-weaaaiji-Biittbe MinxiPtavifa hatchery'aow has ih'e lead with a family of several nun'ired wbt5 brook trout. A coon ithout a.hftiis to ebver himself with was caqgnt rh a tfno ax Jance- Cowan's camp on &riu Cott'-'itiVer. Oregon, tha otherav. A'monz themauy theories ai vanced to exnlam his bare condition U oca that he waa singed by atroke of iightclBjji ;.; mw.. mil i ; . - . jonjf L. WALLEB.