The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-12 00:00:00

Banquet to the Channel Fleet.

CORK, Ang. 10.
The Mayor and citizens of Cork gave a banquet
yesterday evening to the Lords of the Admiralty,
now here on a tour of inspection, and to Admiral
I)acres and the officers of the Channel Fleet. Al-
though the notice was short, the entertainments
fully sustained the character for splendid hospita-
lity for which the capital of Munster has been
always celebrated. The tables were spread in the
splendid ballroom connected with the hotel. About
260 sat down to dinner; the Mayor, Mr J. F.
Maguire, M.P., occuping the chair.
The toasts of "The Queen" and "The Prince and
Princess of Wales" were received with all the re-
spect and fervour which distinguishes the loyalty
of the Irish. The Mayor introduced the next toast,
" The Lord-Lieutenant, and prosperity to Ireland,"
with touching remarks on the departure of the
Earl of Carlisle from ill health. He might have
differed from his Excellency on one or two points,
but no one had a more sincere respect for his noble
qualities, for his goodness and his gentleness, and
.his earnest desire to promote the prosperity of this
land.

Lord Fermoy, M.P., the Lord Lieutenant of the
county, being called upon to respond to this toast,
was received with cheers. He remarked " that
the present assembly represented every interest,
every class, and every opinion in the city and county,
and therefore they should shul: oat all introduction
of party politics. But there was not a man in the
land that would not, on seeing him leave the
country, feel the Earl of Carlisle's heart was always
true to Ireland and to humanity, and that at least,
as far as disposition went, did his duty to his Queen
and conntry. They wished him many years of re-
newed health and happiness. They all respected
the individual man, and felt that wherever he was
Ireland and the Irish would have a friend." These
sentiments were received with cordial expressions
of sympathy. Lord Fermoy having eloquently
enforced the duty and necessity of self-reliance, re-
ferred to the claims of Ireland upon the considera-
tion of the Legislature, especially in connection with
the proposed establishment of a naval dockyard at
Queenstown. He said—" I am rejoiced that the
attention of my noble friends whom I see here to-
night has been brought by the citizens of Cork and
the inhabitants of the county to the great question
of the establishment of naval dockyards here-
-(cheers)—and let me tell you that I think the
task of my noble friends in advocating, as I have no
doubt they will, the establishment of dockyards in
our unrivalled harbour, has been greatly lightened
by the acts of that body of the Legislature to which
I have the honour to belong—the House of Com-
mons. The Government has always too many
difficulties to consider when they propose any out-
lay in public establishments. One is, how it may
be received by the country; the other, and the
most important consideration for the heads of the
department, is, how the House of Commons will
look when it has got to pay the bill. (Hear,
hear, and laughter.) The House of Commons has
greatly relieved my noble friends on the present
occasion, because in a committee of the house

which sat this year and entered fully and en-
tirely into the question of naval dockyards, they
pointed out unmistakeably and in set terms the
advisability of the establishment of a dockyard
here. (Cheers.) Therefore, I say the House of
Commons, who are the guardians of the purse of the
nation, have prejudged the question, and have ex-
pressed, as far as any body like them can express,
their willingness to vote the funds for so useful and
necessary a work. (Hear.) Reputing my friends
here as guests among you, and knowing your dispo-
sition to make everything as pleasant as possible, I
shall not touch more on that question. (Hear.) I
have only one thing more to say, and that is that,
so far as my own individual feeling and opinion
goes, I care not so much about where the dockyard
may he established as that in the south of Ireland,
and Cork especially, or somewhere within the limits
of the county of Cork, a dockyard may be eats.
blished. When we are prepared to do our duty in
advancing the material interests of the country, we
expect on the part of her Majesty's Government that
Ireland shall get her Lull share of the consideration

of that Government. (Loud cheers.) We feal that,
whether you regard Ireland as a large portion of the
United Kingdom, or whether you regard her as
having at t mes past contributed tier means and her
11:161 to acquire the greatness and glory of England,

we are fully entitled to a full share of the profits.
(Hear.) We have entered into a partnership, we
have kept our share of the bargain, and we feel

that as you would in a mercantile establishuent,
when you come to wind up the accounts, give a
share where it was due, we who have contributed
means to the advancement and material interests of
the kingdom are entitled to share the profits.
The CHAIRMAN then gave the most important

toast of the evening, and introdoced it by an able
and eloquent plea for the establishment of a naval
dockyard at Queenstown. In the course of his
address he said, that in drinking the toast he would
ask the gentlemen of the city and also those of the
county whu had been associated with them to
off-r an hearty Irish welcome to the noble and es-
teemed gu4sts who graced their board that evening.
(Cheers.) Under any circumstances he should be de-
lighted to give a hearty Irish welcome to his Grace
the Duke of Somerset, Earl de Grey and Ripon,
Admiral Dacres, and the officers of the Channel
Fleet who were present on that occasion. (Hear.)
It was not unworthy of them to pay a tribute of
respect to these noblemen who had the confidence
of the Sovereig❑ and the entire realm, and who had
intrusted to them duties of the most high and exalter.
character. (Hear.) The presence of the Duke of
Somerset and his distinguished colleagues was a
circumstance of peculiar interest to the citizens of
Cork. (Hear.) They would be ungrateful to Provi•
dente if they did not appreciate as it deserved their
noble harbour—if they did not recognise its many
advantages and capabilities. (Hear.) It was
easy of access—it was one of the best, if not the
best, places of shelter for the fleet—and there were
times when 500 vessels, armed and unarmed, found
anchorage within Cork harbour and the tribu-
taries which enlarged its extent. At the time of

the Crimean war, when the dockyards of England
were overcrowded with work, and when £1,000,000
was expended in England and Scotland, he was
sorry to say that not cne shilling of the public ex-
penditure reached the harbour of Cork. (Hear.)
He had the greatest pleasure in proposing " the
health of the noble lord at the head of the Admi-
ralty," as he was aware there was not a gentleman
in England who devoted himself more loyally to
the services of the State and his Sovereign than he
did. (Hear, and applause.)
The toast was drunk with much warmth.
The Duks of SOMERSET, on rising,
was received
with prolonged cheering. He said, he thanked them
on the part of the Admiralty for the honour confer-
red on them. It was a source of satisfaction to the
Admiralty to see that the navy of the country ob-
tained the respect of their countrymen. (Hear,
hear.) In England, Scotland, and Ireland these
marks of respect had been shown it from every port
at which their ships had called, and in speaking of
the interests of the Admiralty it was impossible the
Board of Admiralty could overlook at any time the
interests of the harbours which the navy must re-
sort to. (Hear, hear.) Their attention had at this

time been more especially called to the harbour of
Cork, as the Mayor had told them by the report of
the committee of the House of Commons. (Hear.)
They accordingly lost no time in coming to make,
as it were, the preliminary arrangements. (Hear,
hear.) But what he wished was—he spoke frankly
to them—assuming that they made this dock of
which the Mayor had spoken, his fear was that some
subsequent disappointment would come upon them,
which they did not consider for the moment. Let
them look at the towns where the Government had
made these docks, and at the mercantile towns,
and where was the prosperity At Liverpool the
Government had made no docks, and yet Liverpool
was advanced, while Portsmouth had remained be-
hind. If they would also look at the Clyde they
would observe advantages of a most beneficial cha-
racter, and infer that Scotland had relied on its own
resources and industry. From the docks he had
seen they need not be afraid that he should take
p05.75.z01uu cf any of the private dr:as of the locality, j

(Hear, and cheers.) They should entirety depend
on the careful consideration of the Government in
this matter, and he hoped that whatever would be
the issue, the Irish members would not divide in
representing the interests of their country. (Hear,
and laughter.) If they wanted to succeed in this as
in many other questions in which they fright have
succeeded, if they had acted together (hear) they
should reject all ideas with reference to party, their
sole consideration being that the prospect was fer
the advancement and well-being of their country.
(Loud cheers.)
The Earl DE GREY and RIPON said—Mr. Mayor,
my lords and gentlemen, I am exceedingly obliged
to you for the kind manner in which you have been
pleased to receive the toast of my health. It is, I
may say, and 1 am ashamed to say it—that it is my
first visit to this beautiful and interesting country,
and the first visit of the First Lord of the Admiralty
to your noble harbour. (Loud cheers.) My hon-
ourable friend in the chair has alluded in a few
words to the recommendation of the Parliamentary
committee, in favour of the erection of dockyards
in this country—in favour of the construction of
certain works here in Cork. The objects and duties
of that committee were, of course, calculated to see
the progress of those defensive preparations that we
are making. The only question is, what place was
likely to answer the public requirements. His
lordship concluded by saying that Her Majesty's
Government would do whatever was best for the
country.

The next toast proposed was " Admiral D acres
and the Channel Fleet," to which Admiral Decree
replied.

" The Army and Navy" was then proposed by
the Mayor. Admiral Sir Lewis T. Jones and Gen.
Bloomfield, C. 8., severally returned thanks.
" The Lord-Lieutenant of the County" was next
proposed, and responded to by Lord Fermoy.
The MAYOx nest proposed " The Health of Lord
Clarence Paget," and that nobleman returned
thanks in an eloquent speech.
The CHAIRMAN then said—My lords and gentle.
men, we have an honoured guest, whose health I
will ask you to drink. It is " The Lord Mayor of
Dublin." A more distinguished guest could scarcely
be had at any table than the present Lord Mayor
of Dublin. (Cheers.)
The health was drunk with the greatest en.
thusiasm.

The LORD MAYOR of Dublin responded, and as a
citizen of Cork thanked his fellow-citizens.

The MAYOR next proposed their " unofficial
guests." He reminded them that Lord Bandon,
Lord Doneraile, Colonel Herbert, and a number of
other distinguished personages, who were very glad
to be associated with them in welcoming the fleet,
were present.
The Esrl of BANDON replied.

Tce next toast was " The County and City Mem.
bers." The Mayor remarked that the del:cate
health of Dr. Lyons, one of their oldest citizens,
and whose name was a household word in Cork,
could not permit him to attend. Mr. Be.naish was
not so strong as his friends sincerely and earnestly
desired. Ihere was not a member in the House of
Commons more respected for every possible quality
that can adorn man than Mr. Beemish. He believed
that the wily member of Parliament connected with
the city or county of Corn who was present was the
hon. member Mr. Leader, one of the members for
the county, who was quite as much a friend of pro-
gress as Lord Fcrrnoy, and was determined to show
by his own enterprise that docks would net destroy
private energy. (Cheers.) He concluded by pro-
posing "The Health of the County and City Mem.
bers.''

Mr. LEADER suitably returned thanks, after
which the company separated.

The Fatal Accident at Wimbledon,

Yesterday Mr Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, opened
an inquest at the Rose and Crown Tavern, Wimbledon,
upon the body of Thomas Cooper, the unfortunate private
of the Coldstream Guards who was shot while acting as
marker during the late meeting of the National Rifle Asso.
ciation. Lord Elcho, Captain Mildmay, and many other
gentlemen were present during the inquiry.
The Coroner, in addressing the jury alter the court had

been opened, urged them to dismiss from their minds all
they had heard or read about this case, and to give their
earnest attention to the evidence which was to be brought
before them. It did not matter, ho said, that the unfortu-
Date man, whose death was the subject of inquiry, had lived
some time after receiving the injury, for,the law was that it'

a man died within a year and a day of an injury the Coro.

Der's Court should inquire into the cause of his death. In
this case the jury would have to consider whether or not any

criminality was to be charged to the person who had fired
the shot which wounded the deceased, whether that wound

was caused by malice, misadventure, or accident, and this
they would have to arrive at by the evidence to be adduced.
Captain Legge, the adjutant of the Ist Battalion of Cold-
stream Guards, was sworn, and after deposing to his know-
ledge of the deceased stated that he had not seen the body,
and so could not attest to its being that of Private Cooper.
The Ceroner then said that the body must be identified.
Some of the jury suggested that the party should drive
there, but this, they were told, was at their option, as they
would have to provide their conveyances. The body, which
was lying in the tent used by Dr Westmacott eluting the
meeting, was then formally viewed by the witness and the
jury, and Captain Legge swore to the corpse as that of
Thomas Cooper, aged 25, late a private in the Coldstreams.
- The following evidnce was then taken :
Thomas Hulme, sworn—l am a private in the Ist Bat-
talion of the Coldstream Guards. I knew the deceased
by the name of Thomas Cooper. I recollect when
the circumstance occurred which caused les death. It
was on the 21st July. I was engaged that day in a parti-
cular duty at Wimbledon—that of marking the shots on the
targets. The deceased was marking at the same butt.
There were six targets and six markers' butts at the same
place, and the deceased was marking at No. 6 target, which
was a pasteb iard one. The range was 500 yards, and the
target at which deceased was engaged was the only paste-
board one; the others were iron. The deceased's target
was on the extreme right, and I was at No. 2, The tiring
of the volunteers commenced each day at about 8 o'clock
in the morning. and continued up to about 7 o'clock at
night, but there was a ceseation of firing for one hour in
the middle of the day, when a gun filed as a signal for the
firing to cease. I went straight from the targets on the
gun firing on the 21st to the tent where we had din-
ner, but whether '.ooper came or not I do not
know, for I did not see him; but on going back after
dinner I saw him behind No. 6 target searching for ballets
in the butt. His object was to collect and sell them. I
said to him, Han't you heard the gun fire? you ought
to come from there." The gun had fired before I reached
the target, for it had fired while We were on the way from
the camp. I was accompanied by Hall and Hobbs. I
told the deceased he had better get in his butt—the butt,
I mean, which protects us,—and he said he would come
out directly, or something to that effect. He was behind
say, was about two
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others which were on the ground close to the target. He
was at this time with his back to the firing point, and
was between the centre and the bull's ey© of the target. I
was within three yards of him for several minutes. I had
left the danger, or red flag, at my target when I went to
dinner, and this Was in front of the bull's• eye, as is usual
when not firing, and it was in this position at this moment.
I do not know whether or not Cooper's flag was in any
posi-
tion showing danger. There was no signal beyond the
red flag
we were supplied with indicating danger. By the
exhibition of the red flag danger was meant, and firing was
to cease when that flag was out. That flag was the protec-
tion to the markers or any other persons at the butt. At
times it is necessary for us when marking to leave the
mantlets, or markers' butt, and go and look at the targets,
and then these flags are shown. If you were shooting at my
target, and I was not quite sure of the position of your shot,
I should put up the red flag in order to go and see, and then
no one would fire. The instructions as to putting up this
flag were given me by the sergeant, and they were printed
and pasted up in the butt. Atter having told the deceased
to get into his place, and after he had answered me that he
would directly, he cried out. "Run out the danger flag;
I'm shot I" That was about half a minute gair he had
answered ate. I took up his flag, and running before No.
6 target I waved it to and fro. I caenot say in what posi-

lion his flag was, but it was not as I left mine, I did not
hear any particular shot, for there was firing going on all
around. After I made it understood at the firing point that
an accident had happened I went to Cooper. He was unable
to rise, and, other markers coming, he was brought to the
front of the target, whence he was removed to a tent. It
is impossible for me to say where the shot which struck
him came from. I cannot say where the firer must have
stood. I did not hear the ball strike any substance, and
should not have known that a ball had come if Cooper had
not cried out. He told ms that he was struck in the back,
and on looking at where it struck him and his position at
the time I must say the bullet could not have come from the
brhhotaroar left, but from the front. I know that a certain per-
son 1:!ed the shot, but I have had no conversation with him
about There was but little noise made by the shots,
striking th, pasteboard targets, and the sound could only
ti_g particular attention, excepting the bull's-
- •ten, and, if struck there, it would sound.
eye) which was of

I do not know whether at the time the man was struck a
flag was up at the firing points.
By a Juror—Firing was going on all around us, at other
butts, when he was struck.
By the Coroner—Cooper could not be seen from the firing
point. I had known the deceased for 18 months, and the
person who shot him about Bor 9 years. I never heard any
threat used by the person who I understood fired the shot,
or any other person, towards the deceased.
Isaac Wayman, corporal in the ht battalion of Coldstream
Guards, deposed—i knew the deceased Thos. Cooper. On
the 21st of July was on duty at Wimbldon-common, and
was stationed at Nos. 4,5, and 6 firing points, where the
volunteers were shooting. It was the 500 yards' pool. At
2 o'clock that afternoon the firing was stopped for an hour.
At the expiration of the hour I went back to the point to
attend to my duty, which was to raise or lower the danger
flag, as occasion might require. I held that duty before
dinner, and when we left for dinner the flag was standing
at "danger," to kePp people from firing. When I returned
from dinner I saw Lieut, Morrison, the officer in charge of
the firing points, but no one else whom I know by name.
I saw no shot fired, but I heard an explosion near me, and
directly after I saw the rifle in Sergeant Roberts's hand.
There were other persons about there, volunteers and others,
Sergeant John Roberts was on duty at that point keeping a
registry of the shooting, and arrived at the firing point be
fore the signal-gun to "resume firing" fired,and I was there

about 2 minutes before it fired. When it fired I went to the

signal-flag at the point, and lowered it. I lowered it for
firing to commence, and to warn the markers to get into

their butts. About 10 or 12 minutes after I had lowered

I heard the report of a rifle. I was then at No. 5 firing
point, the sound came from the right. There was a screen
between ne and No. 6 firing point. I then noticed Sergeant
Roberts wi h a rifle in his hand, but whether he fired it or
not I don't know. Some gentlemen standing by said a man
was shot, and on looking through the telescope I saw Cooper
on the ground. I told Roberts that Cooper was on the
ground, and that I thought he was shot, I started off then
towards the wounded man. I did not afterwards see
Roberts to speak to him. I have not spoken a syllable to
him since. There was no other shot fired near me that I am
aware of. The report I heard must have come-from a rifle
within five or six yards of where I was standing. I was told
when I returned from the butts that Sergeant Roberts was
under arrest, but I do not know who placed him under ar-
rest. I have known rifles brought down after dinner to the
firing point loaded to be discharged into the pit, but I have
not known rifles to be left there loaded during the dinner
time. I heard no expression before the shot was fired. It
was the regulation that no one was to fire while the red flag
was up. That applied to both the firing point and the butt.
The signals were up at the iron targets. I know they, were
at two of them, but I cannot say whether they were at No.
6. Thi: target was not for volunteers only; it was a sweep.
stake target for any one, and all who choose to join in could
do so. It was confined to the Enfied rifle. lam not certain
as to whether Sergeant Roberts was or was not a competitor.
The Coroner then said that there did not appear to be any
one present who saw the shot fired, and it would therefore
be necessary to adjourn the inquiry.
After some conversation the following additional evidence
was taken :

Mr Chas. Hall, of 2, Warwick-road, Maida-hill, deposed
—I am a member of the Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps,
and was in uniform on Wimbiedon-ccmmon on the 21st
July. At about 3 o'clock that day I was at the 500 yard's
pool firing target. The signal gun to commence firing was
fired white I was there, and I was asked to give my opinion
of a glass at the point by spotting a shot on No. 6 target.
One had just been fired. I looked through the glass, and I
said, " Good heavens I no one could have fired at that tar-
get, for the flags are out." The flags were out of all the six
targets ; at least such is my impression ; but the flag at No,
6 had fallen on the ground in front of the target, and it might
not have been visible with the naked eye. I looked through
the glass again and saw that a mar. was shot. No one was visi-
ble about the targets even with the glass at the time the shot
was fired. Ido not know who fired the shot, but I know
that the officer and the non-commissioned officer at this
point were placed under arrest. I don't know who gavo the
order to do so. The man might have been shot from within
a radius of a hundred yards. The "running deer" firing
point, for instance, could be made to bear upon this No 6
target. A person, however, would fire at the targets in
front. I did not hear a second shot near me at this time.
Henry Cramer Guinness deposed,—l am Staff Assistant-
Surgeon, and I had charge of the detachment of Guards
stationed at Wimbledon during the late meeting. I was on
duty on the afternoon of the 21st of July, and I was sum-
moned to Thomas Cooper in the Volunteer surgeons' tent.
There were several Volunteer surgeons present. I took
charge of him then in conjunction with Dr Westmacott, of
the London Scottish. I found that the man was suffering
from a gunshot wound in the chest, and was in a complete
state of collapse. The ball had entered behind between the
ninth and tenth ribs, and glanced upwards to the third and
fourth. It had entered at the back, at about two inches
from the spine. There was a bruised mark at about an
inch and a half above the nipple. The bullet was in his
body. From that day the man was under my charge, in
conjunction with Surgeon-Major Wyatt, and he progressed
favourably until last Friday night, when congestion of the
right lung sot in. From that time to the time of his death,
which happened on Tuesday morning, ho was in an alarming
condition. I rondo a poet mortem, in conjunction with
Surgeon• Major Wyatt, and I found the ball produced.
[The ball was shown. It was the common Enfield, and
was flattened at the point.] It was lying loose against the
diaphram where the diaphrarn is attached to the spine. I

traced the wound from the external orifice in' o the lung,
The ball had passed through the muscles and through the
lower lobo of the lett lung, and had lodged between the
third and fourth rib= on the lett. The man died from con-
gestion of the right lung, and his death decidedly arose from
the injury he received. The ball is a rifle ball, and it is
flattened by going through three inches of board backing.
As no further evidence was forthcoming, and as Inspector
Brett, who was watching the case for the civil authorities,
expressed his belief that he could collect further evidence oy
Monday next, the court was adjourned until that day.

Last evening at 8 o'clock the body was buried with mili-
tary honours, iu Brompton Cemetery, in titat portion of the
ground allotted to such of the Household troops who die in
the LOndon district. The Rev. Mr Helpine, the chaplain of
the regiment, spoke of the deceased in very high terms.
giving him a good character as a quiet and steady man. As
already stated in the Rev. I'. H. Ball's letter, that gentle-
man daily saw Cooper, who constantly expressed his ex •
treme anxiety that nothing should be done to Sergeant
Roberts on account of the accident.

Loss of a Schooner and Rescue of Five of a
Crew.

(From the Liverpool Mercury,)

On Tuesday evening this town and neighbourhood were
visited by a sudden and violent gale from the N.W., ac-
companied with heavy showers of rain, which continued
with more or less violence during the whole night and yes-
terday. As a large number of vessels had been towed out
of the Mersey and were proceeding down the channel dur-
ing the afternoon, considerable anxiety was felt for their
safety, but it is satisfactory to state that, so far as has been
ascertained, only one serious casualty has been reported—
the loss of the schooner Sultan—and that, fortunately, was
without loss of life. The greater portion of the outward
vessels have either returned to the river in safety, or been
left or spoken in positions which leave no doubt as to their
being able successfully to weather the storm.
Yesterday morning the steam tug Emperor fell in with
the schooner Mary, seal-laden, in a sinking state, near the
north docks. The schooner was taken in tow by the tug,
and safely beached at New Brighton, where the crew were
rescued. The tug, whilst rendering this assistance, unfor-
tunately grounded on the beach, and for the present remains
there.

At an early hour yesterday morning information reached
this port that a vessel was aground on one of the banks
north of the Crosby Lightship. Soon after the receipt of
this intelligence, the Liverpool and National Institution
lifeboats proceeded to the scene of the disaster, with the
view of rendering assistance. As the wreck was ap-
proached by the Liverpool lifeboat, the hull of the
vessel was fcund to be altogether submerged, and
her crew were observed clinging to the rigging in a very
perilous position. The vessel proved to be the schooner
Sultan, Capt. Murphy, bound from Lough Swilly to this
port, with a cargo of iron ore, and her crew consisted of
Hugh Murphy, mate; and Patrick Boyle, Hugh Murphy,
and John Miliune, seamen. The lifeboat was successful
in saving the lives of the whole of these peer fellows, five in
number, who had passed a very trying time, having been
lashed to the rigging the whole of the night, and were so
benumbed from the effects of the waves dashing over them,
and exposure to the cold, that they had to be carried on
board the lifeboat by her gallant crew, The rescued men,
drenched and shivering, were landed at the Prince's Pier
about 3 o'clock yesterday morning, and speedily conveyed to
the &Allots' Home, where they received that kind attention
which they so much required.

A DOLLAR NOT A DOLLAR.—In Springfield.

Illinois, the other day, a merchant was trying to
sell a pair of boots to a labouring man. He asked the man
5 dollars for the boots, which the would be purchaser de-
clared too much, saying he had bought the same hereto-
fore for 3 dollars. The merchant declared that the boots
Lefore them were the cheapest boots for the price he had
ever sold. The man could not see it. At last the merchant
said, " When you bought those boots you speak of for 3
dollars gold and silver were the currency of the country,
were they not ?" " Yes," said the man, " but Treasury
notes are now the currency, and are legal tender, and a dol-
lar is a dollar you know." "Well," said the merchant,
" do you give me two and a half for the boots in coin, and
take there." " I'll do it,', said the man, and he pulled out
an old leathern purse with a little coin in it, and took out a
yellow boy. Before delivering it, however, he inquired the
price of gold. "Two hundred and seventy," said the mer-
chant. The purchaser then went to work to see how much
2 dole 50c iu gold would amount to at 270 in greenbacks,
and having ascertained the result, he handed over a 5 dol
greenbac.., took the boots, and went off muttering that a
dollar wasn't a dollar. Practical illustrations of this kind
bring the state of affairs home to a man. "Things is
wo.ckin'."—Clticryo lige ed.