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The weekly standard., 1869-10-06
"A ssPersonal J, Incident,

An amusing incident occurred not far from
PR inceton, sometime ago, wherein two
young men and two sisters, including the
"old gentleman T" were the actors. The
gents professed love for the sisters, and by
letter asked the privilege of % clandestine
MEETING with them. .-, The girls were proyok-
ed at their impertinence, and determined to
pay them off in their own coin. They
therefore answered the letter-granting the
request, and said they would be in their
fathers barn at 8 o'clock the next evening.
1t 50 happened that neighboring farmer
had horse stolen few nights before and
without acquainting their father Of the plot,
the girls suggested to him that it would be
ia good idea to keep watch for q few nights
lest the thieves might steal some of their
horses. The old gentleman agreed with
his daughters, and at their suggestion load
ed the gun with fine shot, and went to- the
barn, Promptly at the appointed time the
. would be lovers made their, appearance, and
believing item to be thieves the father treat
ed them to the contents of his gun-giving
each fortunately fair share There was no
stopping on the order OF going. for they LETT
at once, and that too as fast as their smart
ing legs could carry them. After they had
got away short distance, one of them
stumbled and fell, and his comrade, fright.
ened almost out of his wits, as be passed
him shouted, YOU'RE a dead man !" :, II
must be confessed that these gents were vic
Tins of misplaced confidence, and merited
the punishment they received. -Esclsdnge.
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h, The mathematician of anewspaper has al
most unsettled his brain by attempting to
estimate the cost of d respectable " funeral
in New York. aUnless thetendehcy to POM
pous wee is checked, the time will soon
Come when, the poo, will be unable to bury
their dead decently. What is true Of New
Yoik is to a certain extent true. Of Wash
ingtou.l laRhe aater Bishop sTimon, Roman
Catholic bishop of Buffalo, ,aseeing the evil
.etfefts nf this extravaganza, forbade his do
.cesd more than four carriages appearing in a
funeral procession, and we believe other pre-
lat4 in the same ichurch have made similar.
regulations. ID Protestant clergymen have not
the authority, but they could exert their in
f1uen nee, and ought to. do so. This practice
Of long professions seems doubly ridiculous
when It is remembered that two-thirds of
I the carriages are occupied by people who
wotld not have known the deceased had
they met him on the street, and who readily
admit that they @only go fordthe ride.n--
WashinQton Express,
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No. 80.


T. all +hst at oue time. when Lorenzo
- - ,-.-.. s,,vnca nina in
pow preacneu unue' ..h.. =.
South Carolina ne annou ~
sentiment for preaching y the ehne pace
A. that dav tuslye months. The year pass
' c,,..s 80 S.nter;nr the 4 reighbor.
60, ana Lorenzo ~ ~, .nno;nt
hood, the evening pseceuns A.' "rr
hent, he overlook - cofored ooy VINO was
h,ov;no a lono TN horn. and could send out
-. -:.,, - .nd swell. and cadence.
= oiass -".'l g az d;.,ort b;lls
which walked the echoes y 'n0 os
Calling aside the blower, Dow SAID 70 MN
"Whst is your name, sira
INV name2 Gabriel, SUI" replied the
brother in ebony. :. ~,
Z "Well. Gabriel, have you been to Church
Hill o, iaiisszSa isS9fii'r bnr Iisfa Z.
! 80 yes,,mass, Pse been dar many time.'
, aDo you remember.a big spruce pine tree
On that hiil n + -.
|. 40 Yes. massa. T knows dat pine"
I updd Won know that Lorenzo Dow had
an akrointment TO preach under that tree
H. morrow ~ es>f-,sb y a
fa.O ves. massa. everybody knows dat ag5
Wen Gabriel. 1 am Lorenzo. Dow, and
lii von,ll take your horn aud 90 tomorrow
Iornino and Climb into that pine tree, and
Hide among the branches, before the people
beg;n to Gather. and wait, there until I call
= 1nnr name an and then blow such blast with
y pur horn. horn as T heard YOU blow minute. ago
i iIII oiye elyT you q dollar. will you do it, Ga
llriel anash Tol sfHsq inei ss''1 @. z e ~ I.
aYes massa takes that dollar"
\ Gabriel. ike Zaocheus, was hid away in
the tree. e.ton in fine time, An immense con-
cburse. of ali sizes and colors, assembled at
The weekly standard., 1869-10-06
Lynch Law in wisconsin-Two Men
-4..r1 Hauged NV. n Moh. z - slse Is

CHICAGO Sept 18.-Portagea CITY, Wis,
was the scene OF, o terrible tragedy on
Thursday afternoon. It appears that two
young men named VIM. b. Spain and Bar
ney Britt had QUARREL and alter they sep
arated Spain went home, procured q reyol-
yer, and on meeting Britt again soon after,
shot and almost instantly killed him, scarce
ly word being exchanged. After commit
ting the deed Spain deliberately walked
down the street, fourishing his revolver,
and passed up the stairs. leading to Mr..
Haskell's Office, closely followed by Marshal
Hickey, who Immediately arrested him.
While passing up the street again, an ex-
cited crowd of people followed, and when
opposite the American. Express Office, a
general onslaught, was made on the prisoner
and he was beaten in fearful manner, but
the officers succeeded in getting Spain
into the 9 Express Office, (Which af-
forded him temporary protection. The
excitement increased, at, 3 fearful rate,
and cries of Hang him.. hang him." rent
the air The crowd soon increased at the
Express office to the number oof one hmm
dred, who took the prisoner into their pos
session, placed, "a rope abont his neck and
dragged him to the nearest tree, below the
Ellsworth House, and hung him. His body
was takenin charge of9by the officers and
carried to thea engine-house, where an i'm
quest was heidi Both men were members
of the Wisconsin Regiment, and the diff
Guilty is said to have originated while in the
army Spain was lawyer by profession,
and Britt, a farmer, who resided few miles
from this place. Both are old residents of
Portage t.,.-.
Z Yesterday morning at II o'clock the Co
lumbia jail was enteredi the jail officers
made. captive, and Pat. Wiidick, anot9ious
highway robber. taken from his cell and
hung. The plan was managed so quietly
that the citizens knew nothing about it un-
til next morning. The lynohers were dis
guised, and appear to have come from q
distance. Wildick was in Jail for highway
robbery, and it was while bis examination
was proceeding that the Old man Gates,
from Kilbourne City, was murdered! This
makes two, lynching and two murder cases
that have occurred in the vicinity of sPor-
tage CITY within one week.
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A Murderer Sentenced. .

Dir Paul schpppe was convicted and sen
fenced to death on Friday at Carlisle, Pa,
for the murder of an elderly lady. q Miss
Stinnickcg He was her attending physician
and poisoned her. After. death he claimed
her property under viii which he forged
siiThe trial was interesting, involved much
scientific information The murderer is re-
ported to have been most accomplished
chemist. 3,ti BE- 1rDei. s--nsy. Il u attl j.
He, asked new trial, which was denied
~ When the sentence was announced, VIII
liam Gould, an old gentleman, court crier
dropped dead in the courtroom. ~ 81
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For the Standard.

| ~ ]
Great thoughts abound among the richest
treasures Of Solitude. Though beyond all
questionit is.Hot coed for men always to be
$lone, yet, iwithodtlsolitude there is little re-
4eehon,IaaS odi Al dsiisOl god IL wots
Apart from. his fellow;5kind the philosi-
pher, poet, naturalist, scientific, experiment
talist and botahist are disco Vering and de-
3eloping grand secrets of knowledge that
continually tend to the enlightenment and
Enlargement Of the faculties tiles Of eths human
Alone, aliath amid the forest forests, iIs Tsenhg h beneath
the umbragepps shades Of painless wilds,
the bard is haunt ted by t1e, visions of beauty
and inspired with those sounds Of harmony,
that, thrills the heart with emotions Of de-
light, intoxicates with bliss and leads
captive the fancy ,wooing if to, To- finger among
fairy scenes Of enchanting loYelinesS. pary,
Solitude hath rare gifts for all who seek
her companionship, She; entertaineth her
guests we'll with rich; Yiands, She Uses
With the dawn Of understanding, breakfasts
with reflection, dimes with deliberation and
shps with wisdom She sits now as she sat
centuries ago, with the pale student in the
calm hours of midnight, and gives him ,one
. by one, rich pearls Of learning with which
!. to link a coronal for "the brow sicklied o'er
!, with the pale cast. Of thought" She un.
rolls to him the names Of all the great minds
that have Illuminated the pages of the
worlds history, even from the beginning of
time and tells him that they were her friends
! and followers, yielding to, her soft. allure
ments, seeking her whispered counsels,
- -. In \
The weekly standard., 1869-10-06

Capture OF Monster Devu FISH near tne
~ Mouth of the, Mississippi Rever.
- On 1ath inst, while the United States
revenue cutter Wilderness was cruising In
the vicinity of Cat Island, Mississippi Sound,
I she fell in with two boats, containing q
party, of officers, from the garrison at Ship
Island, Mississippi, in tow of an immense
devil fish. Assistance being asked in order
!, to capture him it was cheerfully granted,
and after considerable labor the fish was
hahled up at the ships tackle, and the YES
sell steaming to the Island, his satanic pisca-
total majesty was soon on the beach. On
examination he wss found to somewhat re-
sehble stingaree, only, instead Of the head
coming to point, the space between the
| eyes three feet)s forming the mouth, was
\ ocohcaye, the mouth itself measuring two
fedt in width; no teeth were visible. The
|, tail was the same as stingaree, without
tho sting; the color was dark brown !;
ne$rly black on top and white underneath,
measuring twelve feet from head to tai,
fourteen feet in breadth and two feet thick
in the middle; its weight was estimated
|. from 1,200 to j, 500 pounds The history Of
the capture % briefly as folloWs:a1A party
Of pficers fishing on the pier discovered the
| fish close in shore, on the bottom, apparent
,y hsleep. Colonel G. R. Bliss, the comman-
daht of the post, an expert fisherman and
| whaler, wasr asrciInmediately summoned, and
being provided with o number of harpoons
anA lines attached, at once called for . boat
/ in hopes to capture the fish; proceeding
cautiously, the Colonel's first threw struck
the monster, which at once started fdr deep
water with the boat in tow. A second and
Ilthif iron were planted id him. but still he
kept on. Another boat went tothe assist.
anae of the first, but notwithstanding the
| weight of the boats, with ak persons in
each, they were picked up Q distance oi
{ three miles from the Island, the fish being
sabdut dead four hours time being con.
suAed in the chase, and all the parties en-.
gaged completely exhausted. Several at
tempts have been made to capture one Of
these, fish, but few have been, successful, and
but for the skin of Colonel Bliss with the
harpobns this one would have still been un.
ught A photograph of this curiosity
was at once made, and the surgeon of tht
| posi-, DR.. Kerger, will, endeayor to preserve
apSrtion Of it, for the benefit Of science
NJ D. Picayune. 90 - 80
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= An Ancient Artist.

Coahtd dc Walleck, of Paris, although one
hundred and three years ofrage, has sent to
the Paris Fine Arts exhibition q; picture
representing no fewer than two hundred and
fifty persons. The veteran artist enjoys ex-
cellent health, and takes strong walking ex-
iercises every day He isiumarried, toolaI,
English lady of forty, and has son aged 1S
years. ~. y;
The weekly standard., 1869-10-06

The murder case at Washington. D. c., in
VII choa coloreaswomanswas on trial before
a mixed Jury lfmsikilling 'aiwhito man who
had seduoedsher, wns concluded Tuesday,
and iiaryl after; amsnbsenco aof5iess than
FIVE minutes drought in a verdict of mot
gulEy.i She had been on terms of improper
intinscy with tho deceascdg with the pfosa
ped Of, becoming a mother9 Shetookl ad-
ysnfage'o of his lying omi a lounge at JtlIe
bef ding house in (which she was servant,
and kiiledhimiwith an axe cuj,atchct. e,
sasrtesiadan wei in the San Joaquin ii va val
leyi Cal, at a depth Of 100 feet has given a
streArn two inches deep BY ten inches in
width, settling al doubts and apprehensions
aboat the supply for cattle. -
a colored orphan, aged 12, at Memphis,
recently committed suicide in consequence
of having broken a stone jug belonging to
thelcolored family with whom he lived. To
saYdd punishment be jumped into the t!hlee laAe, laeI
The weekly standard., 1869-10-06

The importation of autumn goods being
at length concluded, 1t is evident that self
colored materials and plaids predominant,
with here and there line of stripes. In
solid colors, the preference is for glossy sur
| faces. =
| All wool serges, new this season, are soft
as inerino, and so smoothly finished as to
seem overcast with siIll-a decided improve
ment on the harsh feeling lustreless surges OF
last winter. They are tllree-fourths of 9
yard wide, and of different qualities, sulta.
BILE for house or street dresses, ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-02
DON'T.

The annual festival of racket is near az manu.
and Monday threatens to be rendele" niuoou'
with drums. tOrpedoes, fire-crackers' pup h'ii7'
ord overv conceivable device for making
mise and dirt. 1t is a childish way aV ov1'
Of keeping national anniversary. heSp1G''Olo
citizens dread it as they would the slhai-poA'
cd Ay from the city to inhOspitaDle county
boarding houses, or waterng-place hotels "iioi
cholera ia dispensed at exOrbltant prices NV
sloo,,Ioss NIGHTS are sold at the very hsheSs
rotos ssTs II not timo to spare MS tins ahll'''i
,,,isorv9 We have passed through such serious
ovnorionces of recent years that we may
reasonably abhor these noisy expressions Vi
,,otriotism. and think the money wasted on
Chinese gunpowder better spent IN relieving
tho n,iserv left by war. Let us have holiday
Inv all means; We have few enough, Heaven
knows; but in the name OF common seuSo 'cV
us cease to spend it in making ourselves lui
sonccs. We suppose we are doomed 10 hIe-
works. though there is no appropriation TO pay
for them. and the Common Council Is 1orOiuueh
Inv law to buy them on trust; Dut our CI'y
rulers care little for that, and have maue Z"
bargain which next year we shall Do Ioiceu ~
rotfv. But do spare us the crackers
Making n noise is n poor way to give th"nhs'
Turning ourselves into temporary MANAGES Is
no evidence of our gratitude to the Fathers oil
,76. The Fourth of July falls this year upon
Sunday-a day consecrate to peace and quiet
We can have no better opportunity for Inau-
gurating reform for which we believe
humanity is quite ripe, and making 1ndepen-
dence Day henceforth rational and agreeable
festival. To all ebullient citizens who are
tempted to expend their money in fire
crackers and double headers, we emphatically
say-Dout
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-02
NEU-YORH POLITICS..

Our State, outside of the two great urban
Counties of New-Yo and Kings, gave Grant
and Cofax some Sixty Thousand majority last
November; but this was oyerbOrne by more
than Seventy Thousand majority for Seymour
and Blair in this City and its greatest suburb
The gigantic frauds were not confined to these
cities, but they were much heavier here than
elsewhere. We presume no intelligent politi-
clan doubts that Grants majority of the legal
votes decidedly exceeded Ten Thousand
Considering that we beat ourselves some Fifty
Thousand the year before, this was not bad.
By fraud we lost the State ; by fraud we
shall probably lose it again. No single bill de-
signed to prevent repetition and aggrayatOn
OF tho gigantic villainies Of the last canvass
became o law at our last session; tho only one
that passed both Houses was vetoed by John
T. Hoffman. The men who made him Gov
ernor last year want q Legislature, but more
especially o Senate, to confirm his nominations
next Winter; and they would like to save the
heavy outlay required to pass their recent Tax
Levies. They will disburse part Of their last
booty to insure that their next shall be ampler
and come easier; and, in default Of vigorous
disciplined opposition, they arc quite likely to
win.
Some of our rural friends. not relshlng this
prospect, arc calling loudly for a Republican
reorganization in our City. Tho trouble is, in
their view, the existence and operations Of
rival General Committees and Ward Commit
tees. Were these merged, or haTmonlzed, they
think the State might surely be carried.
Our rival organizations are nuisances which
should be abated-whoever will may denounce
them TO his hearts content; but the wound
here is deeper than the rural surgery con-
ceives We Republicans are beaten worse and
worse here because the great body Of our
thrifty, substantial, Understanding citizens re-
fuse to take any active, prominent part in
politics. In the most important contests, they
will vote, as they did last FALL when Grant
received the entire Republican vote of our
City, with those of about 1000 Democrats.
These latter supported him from admiration of
his character, enthusiasm kindled by his achieve
ments, gratitude for his great public services,
and faith in his fitness for President. II we
had polled every Republican vote for Grant,
and none beside, his aggregate in this City, OF
in the City and suburbs would not have ex-
ceeded that he actually received.
Our Committees were not as efficient as they
should be- but they did little harm. True,
they did not prevent the polling of q heavy
illegal vote against us and we doubt that any
Committees could have done that. We have
here an enormous vagant and criminal class ;
and this class is all but unanimously " SYM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-02

On the 10Th of September, 1868, sundry gen
tlemen of New-York, of responsibility untli
then undisputed, foremost among whom were
Nessrs. Henry Grinnell, Royal Phelps, ana
Wilson G.. Hunt, sought, at the ollcal
source which they regarded as best lh3
formed. for an accurate statement OF the
nresent and prospective condition of the
National Treasury. The response received
was so much to their liking that they mauo
haste to publish it in all the newspapers 10
whose columns they could gam access hn"'
in them lay they thus did to cause tiliS s'",c.
ment to be accepted as the measure OF the cIc"i.
due the National Government ana the s'"'u va,
of its financial condition among the Nations lno
man whose name was appended to the sta'c,
ment being VIGOROUSLY a charlatan, 1t received
IFS currency solely through their Endorsement
and through the consequent accept
ance of the great party then strug-
cling to elect its candidate for the
Presidency which chose to adopt it,
Messrs. Henry Grinncll, Royal Phelps, and
Wilson G. Hunt. therefore, with Horatio oey-
mour. his friends and followers, declared to
the country that they had satisfactory aud
authentic warrant for the announcement
that during the fiscal year 1859 the
aypenscs of the Government must amount to
t4S2. O50 2O2, and that its entire receipts during
the same period could not possibly rise above
1921 ,G2OOOO. They declared that this condition
of the Treasury might be worse, but co Id
not he better under the management OF the
Republican party; that the Treasury could not
meet its current expenses through the year.
without a deficit of One Hundred and Fifty-four
Millions, to be obtained from increased taxes
or loans and that, in any event, any reduc-
ton of the debt was impossible, and an in
creased debt was most probable We have this
morning the statement of the public debt at
the end of the iiscGl year concerning which
these doleful predictions were uttered. Taxa
ton has not been increased; new bonds have not
been issued; the expenses OF the Government
have not Outrun its receipts $lj4,0OO,OOO. On
the contrary, its receipts have oUtrun its ex-
penditures $1JG,0C0,COO. In this matter
Messrs. Henry Grnnel, Royal Phelps and
! Wilson G. Hunt made only tho triling
mistake of three hundred and odd millions, in
their desire to destroy the credit of their coun-
! try Their other mistakes were equally
| glazing. The National Debt has been
reduced within the present month
! S1G,410,132 1t has been reduced duiing me
present Administration $35,iG0710 The Gov
eminent to-day has coin on hand
TO the amount of &11OO)O0OO, with
q currency balance of S370O0000 besides.
We commend to the gentlemen who promul-
gated Mir. Delmar's dastardly stab at the credit
of the country, the facts contained in the Pub
lie Debt statement to which we have referred
We hope to hear of their rejoicing at the
suspicious contrast. We hope also to hear OF
their taking public occasion TO retract the
gross ISLANDERS with which they sought to de-
stroy the National credit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-02

The epidemic of theatrical burlesque sui
RACES in Europe Herves "Petit Faust is to DC
even translated into German. Nothing Will be
held too sacred for trausmogrifcation after
this. "FansW is, perhaps, work Of the purest
literary art in any language; and with all Its
passages Of pathos, sentiment, and tragedy IL
is not without a comic element OF us own.
All is now to be hashed together to make -, loCi9
laugh. We are curious to know what VIII oe
done with that last, dreadful scene OF De
trayed and desparing girl in church Inc
present tendency of dramatic writing Is to turn
all serious things into extravagant rldlcuie'
and Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, are metamor-
phosed into mountebanks Does not this argue
shallow culture at present, and worse to come
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-02
PERSONAL.
BAYARD IAYLOR.

Brigham Young has recently made tour NJ
his domnions and received everywhere like hero.
1t is officially denied that any ascension has
ever existed between Adehna Patti and her husband
They are now In Rome ON a visit OF pleasure
The silver wedding of Bishop Il. A. Morris.
senior Bishop Of the Methodist Episcopal Church In tho
United States celebrated recently at Springfield. liz
Mr. George Wilkes, editor of The Spirit Of
he Times sailed for Europe yesterday In the steames
Union. lie proposes remaining abroad about three
months.
The Gilmore testimonial ut the Coliseum, ON
Tuesday, having resulted very brilliantly. Boston nov
properly proposes pecuuary other mark Of ap
probation FOR Messrs Zerrahn, Eichberg aud Toueo.
Mrs. Maria n. Pollard, the wife of T.. A. POD.
lard has been sent 10 jail in Baltimore for 80 days fos
shooting DR. George A Moore through the hand In Jana
AIRY last The scene in court when she sentenced
highly exciting.
Do all the royal bachelors of Europe mean TO
marry American girls It seems that the lady whom thu
ox.Kmg OF Portugal has morganagieally married Il nob
Fanny Essler ms at first reported but Louise Hcnsles.
singer from Springfield, Mass.
Who is Miss c. A. Jacobs She was adver-
tised 20 lecture the other night. In San Francisco on
"Lite among tho Soldiers" but tho receipts AZ the
door only 81 So the entertainment was postponed
Miss Jacobs assured tho reporters had addressed
packed houses in "a states of the Union.
The Galveston News, in defense of Mrs. DR..
Major Mary Walker, says;
There nothing In her personal appearance and
she is highly respected by an who know her Any enter.
prsing newspaper In the South wishing TO secure her
services as a correspondent might do ON reasonable
terms and regale their readers occasionally with some
rich sCeuos taking place In Washington behind the eur
tain,
An impostor calling himself "the celebrated
Gen. Moseby' visited oswego County In this state iast
week, and advertised TO lecture IN Fulton Thur
day evening The people OF oswego County do not be-
heye in Moseby, however and therefore did not 10
hear him, except two OF ho that the lecture was IN
definitely postponed The Syracuse Courier was indig
nant at the Indifference with which tho General was
treated, and win not probably any joke In tho fact
that the bona Hds Con Nosoby mado u speech IN war
renton. VA. On tie 2sa VI juno.