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STEAMER ELLA, March 20, Is:

STEAMER ELLA, March 20, 1886.
Miss Nj
Dear Miss-After many compliments
to you. Il pen you few lines, hoping i,
will be no offense for me to take the lib
erty Of communicating my feelings TO.
wards you. 1 must confess that | am
smt.en with your beautiful appearance
and amisbIe disposition.
My object in writing this is to as
certain whether or not you can afford TO
extend me your hand in wedlock. If it
can be reconcilable to your feelings to
comply with my proposals, l will be hap
py. II otherwise. / can only wait my
unhappy fate. Dear Miss. remember now
that my future all, yes. entirely all, rest
in thy fair, yea, more than lovely hand.
If ia consistence NTH thy dignity. WELD
thy rowef with mercy towards thy de.
voted lover. But if it is otherwise de-
creed by God. may yield submissively
to my lonely and melancholy state
May Heavens choicest blessings attend
thy pathway, cheering thy daily walk
through this lonely world. May guardian
angels comfort Thy disembodied spirit. 10
the lovely spirit of pure felicity, is the
wish of Your Admirer.
M. F. MOORE.
The above is the copy Of the letter.
written to young lady Of wealthy pa.
rentage residing on Ninth street. in this
city, by Marcellus F. Moore. the individ-
ual with Mormonish proclivilies, whose
1 Oh Il 10 nd
mentioned in Saturdays paper. He was
brought before Judge frude en- on Salur-
day. The witnesses who srpeard against
( him were John P. Davidson, Abraha m
Reed and Sarah Jane Reed, all of Louis.
vile. From the testimony. the history
Of the case is this: Moore lived two or
three years in Anderson county, Ky,
with lady, cousin to the witness. MIR.
Davidson, who was recognized as being
his lawfully welded wife, nd who Stills
living there. From the home of his frst
love Moore ca me to Louisville, and there
was introduced, as a widower, to Miss
Sarah Jane Reed, an interesting young
lady, now about ninetee years old. to
whom he was married on the 18th OF
January last. Immediately after their
marriage they took rooms in the Pearl
street House. and there had passed the
first half Of that blessed portion Of mar
ried life, the honey moon, when the hus.
band received intelligence that a trunk
and some money Of his. in Mobile. was
in danger of being lost. and required his
immediate attention. Business could
not be neglected with impunity, SO he
must force himself from the side of his
fair young wife. even thus soon after their
nuptials. and. with a fond good bye, he
left Louisville for Mobile. TO. come to
Cincinnati. After his Departure. the
wife heard that her predecessor. MIS-,
Moore the First. was actually yet living.
and that hers was but a second claim upon
the object Of her choice. Deceived. she
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one knee, resting his telescope, when be
suddenly sprang on his feet and declared
tina, Captain Bass was among the passen-
gers!
'Nonsense' was the incredulous cry;
Captain Bass and the Liverpool Packet
are at the bottom Of The SEA. and will
there remain till the day of resurrection.
Mt daunted by their incredibly, he
said:
Give me the trumpet. | will speak
the brig; in a few moments she will
be near enough
'What Brig is that?
The response was given.
Are you Captain Bsss?'
Yes was the reply!
a few words sufiice1 TO reveal tina
the vessel had been blown off. and fo
! many days went before the wind with
grea: rapiGity. As the gale abated Cap
tain Bass found he could better reach III,
West Indies than he could get back will
so'small and so crowded vessel. Usip,
their provisions economically and slack
ing their thirst with the cider ard tn
barrels OF apples that were on board. the!
reached Barbados. There the Captail
sold his sloop. bought the brig. and cam
back safe with all his passengers!
The joyful news fled through the tow
and ere tire vessel could be brought to III
wharf, the entire population of the Plac
had assembled to meet and embrace thei
friends 1t would be in vain 10 describ
such scene-all were in mourning-yt
ell with smile of JOY beaming in thei
countenances. As the long lost friend
and relatives leaped on shore. father;
mothers and brothers were locked in eac
! others arms. and then the smiles becanl
tears of JOY.
The tears had scarcely ceased, whe
with one sudden impulse the whole a:
sembly sank on their knees, and in
burst of pious fervor. poured out thanl
TO that great and merciful Being who hc
so singularly preserved them-and wi
holds us in the hollow Of His hand.
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BRINE PoIsoN.-Mr. Reynal, Of the
Veterinary School, at Ayort. France
communicated to the Imperial Academy
Of Medicine, in May last, the results OF
investigations upon the poisonous propen.
stiles acquired by brine. after consider
able length of time. in which pork o,
other meats had been salted or picked
Although the nature of the poison is in.
volved in considerable obscurity. its ex.
is,ence is clearly demonstrated. The
poisonous propensities are acquired in
two or three months after the prepare tiou
Of the brine. and its use then. mixed with
food for any length of time. even although
in small quantities, may produce death.
A simple solution Of salt and water, at.
ter the same length Of time does no, pro
duce the same effect. The poison acts
as local irrilant. exciting violent in,es
final congestion and Inflammation. II
likewise incre asses the secretion Of the
skin and kidneys. and exer,s direct ef
feet upon the nervous syste m. giving rise
TO trembling, loss of sensation. convul.
sions. &c. As brine is sometimes used Q
second time for picking and for other pur
poses, these facts should be RENE m bered
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FRUI7 TREES AND THE WINTER.-The

FRUIT TREES AND THE WINTER.-The
Joliet I'LL DemoeAt has the following:
1--WE have made very general inquiry of
farmers relative 10 the injury that the
protracted severe cold of the past winter
has done to the fruit trees; and we have
received but one answer. Apple trees,
even the oldest, peach trees, &C.. are
nearly all destroyed. Not less than four
ffths of the fruit trees in Wild county
are killed outright, while The remainder
are much injured. A few weeks will de.
termine the full extent of the injury done
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Mr. FoREsT AND TIE CoLoRED Acroa.
few days ago, this distinguished trsge-
dian was playing an engagement in Bal
timore. One morning at breokfo fast. the
colored man who waited upon him thus
addressed him:
'Massa Forest. seed you play Wir-
sinus de odder night goily, Won rlav
him right up 10 de handle. Ink that
play Just as good as Hamlet Was it
writ by de same msn2
oh nc said the .rogedian, amused az
the communicative spirit of his sable
friend. Hamlet was written by Shgke-
sDeaIe end Virainius By Knowles.
We'll. said the waiter, 'Gey's bofe
mighty smart fellows. ros an.o.o- NY
self
Your says the astonished t.ageaian;
why, where 10 you rlay?'
Down in the sembly ROOM was the
reply. 'Wese go, theater. stage, snd
scenery, End dresses. and eberyting all
right. We plays very beautiful
What have you ever played?'
why, Use pl aged Hamlet, ard Poloni-
Us, and de GRADE Digger, all ia de same
piece
How do you manage to rehearsal
why, we waits ill De work is done.
den we all goes 10 de kitchen and reteers-
es'
But what 90 you for ladies2' said Mr..
Forest
All. dere we stick. We can't get on
ladies'
why. won't the colored ladies p,ay?'
oh, no, said the colored actor, 'de
coll9red ladies' thinks it too degrading.'
fhe great tragedian asked no more
questions.
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The ssgactv Of the horse is we'll illus
trated by an incident which occurred in
Boston few days since. A gentlemen
was passing in a sleigh through Charles
street and had just reached the edge o!
Cambridge bridge. when a small boy. III
running across the street, fell down ex
act!y in front o! the hors-. The driver
promptly checked the speed of his horse
who, however. stopped with one Of hi;
forefeet in the s;r. which the bystanders
expected would come down with crush
ing force upon the body of the PROSTATE
boy. To the admiration of oil, however
the sagacious beast kept his foot sus
pended until the boy had scrambled Gu
of danger.
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MURDER OF AN EDrroR The Koscius.
ko (Miss.) Chronicle of the Esd ult,
contains the particulars of the delibesate
murder of its editor and proprietor.
Charles S. Lansbury, on the previous
Tuesday evening, by one Richard w.
Psyne. II appears that Lamsbury and
Payne had previously had a quarrel, du.
ring which the latter was slightly wound
ed with dirk. On the evening of the
murder. Payne came to Kosciusko armed
with double barrelIed shot gun, and al
SO equipped for rapid flight. He shot
Lamsbury assthe latter was going from
his office to the hotel. putting seventy two
shot in the RICH, side of his victim. who
expired in great agony abou: thirty min.
utes afterwards. Payne fed. Nis
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AMERICAN ARTISTS IN FLoREScE.-A
correspondent OF The Newark Daily I'D
rertiser. writing from Florence. gives
an account of quite a number OF noted
American artists, now in that Italisn
city, busily engaged IN painting and
sculpture. From such an array Of talent,
SO engaged and situated. we may expect
many rich gems in the fine artists to
grace tho American name. Anne RIGA n
skill. energy and enthusiasm, inspired
with the poetic fervor and life which an
almost living presence with The old mas
tiers must kindle cannot fail to produce
the embodimen, of some of those poetic
thoughts and fancies that have for ages
been floating in LIES young dreams.
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W. understand from a gentleman who

We understand .tOtn Scutienau WIZ
arrived from Williamsport yesterday that
the women Of that town turned out en-
masse. on Friday last. and destroyed all
the LIQUOR that could be found in the
town-not exempting the drug store =
Between sixty and seventy gallons OF H.
quor were destroyed. No obstruction
prevented them from So doing with the
exception of one man who undertook to
save his property by locking his doors,
but it was Of no avail. a. the women
procured axes and demolished them
Some Of the most respectable ladies of
the town were engaged in this affair. 1t
is reported that they not only say that
LIQUOR shall not be sold there, but they
will tar aud feather and ride on d rail
any lawyer who undertakes TO prose cute
them for the wrong they have done
Strong minded women hom
LafaVette american.
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Lat. dmtrldan.

THE PENINsuLAR STATE IN TROUBLE
BY our Florida exchanges we learn that
tho Indian troubles are far from being in
a fair woy of adjustment. The scenes
which the hardy pioneers Of our great
Yves: passed through. are being re-en.
acted in the Land of Flowers" witt
but little abatement of cruelty and vim
dictiveness, so far as the savages are con
cernsd. The Legislature has lately pass
ed a law compelling their removal from
he State. The red sons of the fores
will soon entirely disappear. 1t is thei
Destiny
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MURDER AT SILVER CREEK. NEAR FREE
PoRT.-John Crossman, an Irishman, kill
ed his wife by beating her with a club
on Saturday evening. the 23d inst, max.
ing her body one mass of pomiced flesh,
breaking her skull in several places; one
arm and one thigh were also broken
The deceased is represented as being a
very harmless and peaceabls woman
aged about % years. leaving daughter
6 years of nge.
Crossman is about so years old, of an
ugly and malignant disposition. He has
been arrested and is in prison to answer
for the crime.
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sTan YOU Reach them Pertalrn::p

MANY of our readers have. no doubt,
read the follow ing nch nnecdote. 1t is
old. but like good wine. it will bear re
petition. Those who have never read 1t
will thank us for reviving it from tho OBJ
livion into which it was fast falling.
Several legislative gentlemen were
dining at Boston Hotel: one OF them
asked Mr.. NJ, gentleman who sat op-
posite.
Can you reach them pertaters. sir9'
Mr.. NJ. extending his arm towards the
dish, and satisfying himself that be could
reach the 'pertaters, answered,
Yes SIR
The legislator was taken absck. with
the nexpected rebuff from the wig. but
presently recovering himself. he asked.
will you stick my fork into one Of
'em. then?'
Mr.. M. took the fork. and very coolly
plunged it into a finely cooked potato,
and left it there.
The company roared, as they took the
joke. end the victim looked more foolish
! than before; but suddenly an idea struck
him. ard rising to his feet. he exclaimed,
with all air of conscious triumph.
Now, Err. NJ, | will trouble you for
the fork.
Mr.. NJ rose to his feet. and with the
most imperrurba Bile gravity. pulled the
fork out Of the potato. and returned il.
amidst an unconquerabe thunder storm
Of laughter. TO the utter discontinue Of
! the gentleman from R
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CoMMENDABLE LIBERIA LiTY.-A certain

CoMMENDABLE LtBERALiTY.-A certain
gentleman (Y). a corn buyer. who resides
not a thousand miles from Atiica. recent
Is left Sl,l00, in bank notes, on wash
stand in on. Of the rooms of hotel in
,his city. A Dutch boy. employed about
the house found the money and returned
it to The owner. The magnanimous &c n
ileman, after carefully counting and dc
posting the money in his pocket, Dire W
out one dollar bill, and requested the
landlord to change it, lha: be might give
the boy a quarter. Such acts of gener.
osity deserve 10 be recorded!
of
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PAINFUL AccIDENT.--Our former towns
man, Mark WINERY. Esq. met with a
serious accident al Toledo on Friday last.
He stood between two freight cars load
ed with lumber for The purpose Of coup
ling them together. and as one Of the cars
backed down 10 the other he was caught
between them, the lumber projecting be-.
yond the ends. causing slight fracture
of the ribs and a severe confusion of the
chest. We learn from DR.. Humphreys.
who returned from Toledo on Monday
from a visit to Mr.. WINERY. that he is
getting along finely and hopes are enter
tanned that he will entirely recover from
the effects of the accident.
South Bend Register.
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Fatal, YAcclpENT-A Man BuRIED
WITH EARrH.-The' Valparaiso Observer
Of the 9th inst. Isays:A-ssWe ieatn ths,
a man by the name of Binnet was work
ing on the Railroad yesterday about one
mile west Of this place, excavating under
a frozen bank. when it caved off and bu.-
ried him with an immense weight OF
EARTH He was dug out as soon as posi-.
Die. and WAS get alive, butsoon: died Of
The injury.
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Crime and Love in Southern Kentucky.

a correspondent Of the Bowling Green
Standa I'd furnishes the following inter
esiing items.
We will here insert some incl
dents coming under our observation, thus
far during our itinerancy: First. then,
Mr.. Garwin, living some distance above
Bearwollow, had his stable and four hors-
es. large quantity of corn. tobacco. oats,
and hay. destroyed by the torch Of an in
cendiary. q few nights since. Also. on
the night Of the 7th instant. w. n. Hare
had stable containing six stage horses
burned 10 the ground. presenting Inc sad
spectacle Of six han.consumed skeletons
chained to the stake. IL was only by
great efforts that his commodious dwell
ing was saved from the flames. Another
gentleman (name forgotten) has had
eight fine horses poisoned. all of which
died In few hours. A fourth. in the
same neighborhood. had. few nights
since, the head Of a fine horse cut off and
stuck on a pole before his door by the
roadside. All this is the work of in
cendiaries. whose cowardly. fiendlsh spir-
of the Italian assassin. are prompted to
the bloody work at The midnight hour
Early measures will be adopted to feret
cut The perpetrators.
But the cap Of the climax occurred in
Munfordsville. on the 18th instant. to-wit;
A daguerrean artist, with a lady not his
wife, had been operating in the quie,
town aforesaid--the gentleman taking
pictures. and the lady teaching music
for some months. They had gotten mu-
sic, instrume uts. and all the necessary ct
ceteras. aud were meeting with great sue
cess. Both hailed from the Yankee land.
On Friday. the 9TH. they were seated al
the dinner table. e'Gfying the natives
with the following wonderful dialogue,
Mr.. Pembroke (the gen,!eman's name)
addressing his dear lady. said:
There seems. my dear, to be some
prejudice in Kentucky against us Yam
kres.'
oh yes she replied. sbu, you AMI
will leave no grounds for prejudice-we'll
clear ourselves and
Mr.. Pembroke. allow me TO introduce
you 10 the sheriff of Nelson county, said
a hoarse voice behind him.
The sheriff then. upon n warrant. pro
ceeded TO handcuf the aforesaid Pembroke
and lady. The facts are these: Pembroke
had living in the east a wife and one
child; the lady had living in New York {
husband and two children. But CupiC
being stronger than law or duty. they
eloped to- the Far West to live as hus
band and wife.
The man who introduced the sheriff
was the lady's father, who, immedately
on seeing his daughter. tainted. He re
sides in New York. is a man of grea
wealth, and has lavished vast sums upor
his only daughter. whom he tenderly low
ed. He had followed them 100 mile!
when he found them. She is young
beautiful, and accomplished. and married
well Here. indeed, was a bankruptcy
of the heart The guilty pair wus plac
ed III a vehicle in company with thu
wretched father. and are now gone east.
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The Last Trail of the Red Man.

Strange emotions OF sorrow and pity
take possession of us. as we read The &C.
counts of The new Indian wars which
have sprung up in Oregon--the last stop
ping place of the Red Man on his sulen
retreat 10 the Pacific--ibe last fierce
struggles of a doomed and dying race
Y~s few years. and the Red Man OF
North America. once undispu,ed lord and
baron Of the whole continent, from the
ST. Lawrence to the Atlantic and Pacific,
will have disappeared forever. A race
Of men. occupying for unknown genera
tions and centuries. and sill possessing
no memorials of their existence, save
childish and feeble traditions, will have
passed away forever. leaving no native
trace Of their existence. and being known
to posterity only through the imagina tive
presentations OF Cooper, the truthful re-
cords of Flint. and the graphic pencil
ings of Catlin. History scarcely offer:
snything more melancholy than this rap
id and complete determination OF the In
dian race in North America.
Of course. the passing sympa thy which
we pause to expend upon the inevitabl
fate Of the Red Man. does not lessen GU
interest in the misfortunes of the white
settlers who have thus made themsrlve:
the pioneers of civilization, and are sub
Iec,ed to all the horrors Of savage front
Ter warfare. We unite with the Journal
and correspondents from Oregon. in urg
ing upon the general Governme mt the ne
cessity of prompt and energetic action
in protecting the lives and property 0
our fellow citizens on the far western
frontiers Of our gigantic empire.
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CRLosoTE FOR WARTS. DIR. Rainy, o!
st. Thomss' Hospital, London, has writ
ten letter to the Lancet detailing the
effects of Creosote applied to warts He
applied it freely to an obstinate warty
excressence on the finger. then covered /,
over with piece of sticking plaster
This course he pursued every three da, s
for two weeks. and the wart was found 10
have disappeared, leaving the part be
meath it quite healthy.
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THE CHOLERA AT PERNAMBUco.-New
York. March 22.-The Bark Shooting
Star. arrived to-day. bringing advices
from Pernambuco 10 the oath of Februa
ry. The cholery was prevailing to such
an alarming extent as seriously to ter
fere with all kinds OF business. The
deaths were chiefly among The blacks
Several cases Of yellow fever had taken
place among the shipping, mostly proving
fatal. 0shn9fxe easl ssofH .na.n Be- =
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The Eastern Argus tells about one OF
its subscribers calling at the Office. wear.
ing hat which he had uorn for the last
forty years. OF course he did not wear
|. every day, but kept ii for Sunday use.
and wore it occasionally on Holidays
1t was still good hat. and looked as
though it would last forty years more
The owner said thai the changes Of style
made it a fashionable hat every five OF
six years.
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BIG FARMiNG.--Mr. Randolph Palmer,
living four miles from Ripley, in Tuppah
county, Miss. last season made AS bales
of cotton. 900 barrels Of corn, and IS
stacks of oats, each stack containing
1000 bundles, and only worked 10 hands.
At moderate estimate his crop would
bring him rupwaras of sli 1000. 1-'s1
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EssCiEGEfDss.

A Ii. PERSONS having unsettled acco-,.s
IA upon my books, for services rendered
previous 10 the first o. January, IS, are here
by invited to call and settle, by note or other
wise, between this and the tenth day OF Anr;l
next, as L shall be obliged to place my ac-
counts in the hands of Others for collection
alter that date.
ANY ONE unpble TO pay Doctor -bsi1 Wi n
please call and get a re sept. -
Thankful for past confidence and favors, I
solicit continuance of the same.
~ -asnt. BENZ. A GROVER. Il
Maxinkuckee Lake, March %, 1856. atf
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CLoRoFoRM The Detroit Tribune
states that the wife OF Horace Wilson. Of
Quincy, Branch county, Mich. died las,
Sunday. from the effects of taking chic
reform, administered to her by DIR. Berry,
for the purpose of extracting a tooth.
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s'LARGE iSuPPLiEs.--The Buffalo Repub.
ticssysithere ,sreol 100000 bushels OF
wheat and more than 60. 600 bnrrels OF
flour now IN that cieyva quantity larger
than ever before known a; this season OF
the year.
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The Paris correspondent Of the Lon.
don News writes:
The following extraordinary story, told
by the Steele. | should have at once re-
jected as discreditab,e cansrd, were it
not that name and address is given. AS
II is, 1 have tno Ss~a.o~s .'.-
possibility of the fearful fact recounted:
THE Rue du Faubourg du Temple has
been thrown in great excitement by on
event of the most extraordinary kind
At noon yesterday, a. the moment when
the corpse of woman named Aigneul,
who had died at No. 65 in the street, was
being removed for interment. drops OF
blood were seen to ooZe out from the
coffin. The unde r,aker ordered the bear
ers to stop, and on the coffin being open.
ed, cries were heard TO issue from the
bloody shroud with which the body was
enveloped. The spectators of this ap-
paling scene were deeply moved. But
what was their establishment, when on
the grave clothes being torn. they saw
that the defunct had given birth to O
child of the male sex. The child, per
fecsly we'll formed, was living. 1t was
Immediately consigned to the care OF a
nurse. and The inNrmeut Of the mo.he
was postponed for twenty-four hours.
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pRowNtNG OF A MINISTER AND HIS
WIrE.-Rev. John Bayly "a member of
the Virginia Conference) and his wife
were drowned last week in James river,
IN one Of the lower counties of Virginia.
Mr.. b., is said to have been an able
preache', good writer, and a truly pious
man.