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half per profit notion, with thi state Of ansirs
~ hOt what 1t used 70 be. why, Pun called upon
almost every day by men who have experienced
To-Day by gentleman, VINO bFoug, letters OF intro
duct.on from lrend OF nine. lie came " this city
with $4,000 ana went down on the street We'll he
] Oh see ne had
TRoD UPON THAT UNCERTAIN GROUND.
and What DO yon suppose no inyesied in2
Tho reporter expressed himself quite wiling 10
get q little Information the subject, a. lie couldn't
guess for the He OF INN what Investment had
proved tho IN iiyiIuas financial RUN.
and ohio certificates. two or the very worsi tnllgs
he could hays touched. l never had dollar In
e.lher OF them. ! made up my mind when tho
iaclho railroad was started that those boats had
togo
Tho reporter here cndeavored 70 bring the con.
ver3a,ion round 10 TIE ''ssirmsh" again, nnd 70
inns eno aorupil asksl Mr. Drew 4 tho diincuty
pelweea Mr. scnell AMI himself had been settled.
"Weli /" was the reply, 'rhs day after the occur
renee Was tod by .rien that II "a 90 round and
that he would do everything that was right
sDid YOU 90, slyp
Mr.. Drew smiled ana said:--
thing that l had 10 take back, 20 uidn't see tho
ne easily OF going ~ see biz Scbe. I have nad no
communication with him Since. II he waited 10
say anything to me about the matter ne could have
called upon me. That would have been the thing
for him To do"
This ended the conversation, and, bidding Mr.
Drew good nlcAt the reporter retired.
Mr.. SCHELLS STATEMENT.
MIR. Schel Was uexs called upon; but that gentle
man declined or rather, preferred not to speak y.
any length ab9kt tho ''sSnBt,h." He remarked
ty WAS that ne had heard Ear. Drew was OF
the lotion OF tho docking npp scheme Of Thursday.
ana that on meeting him IN the street he accused
HIM OF 1t; for" SAID Mr.. hchel, ~ man Win an
immense capital can, IL We likes, b. locking up
money, ruin whole community. consider tlig
locking up business crime ana told Ma Drew sou
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SCUTti AMERICA.
NcATEyDE0.
Progress OF the Ecge-Dis;rcss OF the Governs.
EcIt--Eusineas Prospects.

Progress OF the t;cga--Dis;rcss OF tho Govern.
ElcGt--Easineas Prospects.
MoNTEyIDEo, Now 90 1870.
The siege still continues, with rather heavier
picket firing. The Blanco army has been reinforced
lately, and has resolved 1900 rifles AMI four pieces
OF artillery from Bdcno5 Ayros. Desertons from
the government ranks continue to an alarming OK
tent 1000 having deserted since the conmenc emcnt
OF the siege.
The government is In great distress. Tie army Of
General Carabalio was disbanded In Paysandu
Caraoato, with twenty officers, arrived In this city
on the 14tn
General Swarez and force OF 1000 men, are oil
that remain on the field. This force, with 1900
inside the city, make all tho available forces. 1t
seems to be certain that the Battle administration
Will be overthrown and the Blancos como into
power.
The scarcity OF provisions s felt Some enterpris-
ing parties have commenced TO bring in i've STOCK
from Buelos Ayres and CoonIa.
Business ID somewhat better both bcll,gcreuts
having recently agreed 10 allow the tra6lc with the
interior 10 go God is worth nine and half per
cent The intelligence that e., o00 900 had been con.
tracted for in London by this government has had u
reassuring effect.
The drought continues. but the health Of the city
is coed.
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bad manncrisms OF the French, which. however
suitable IN ":uy Bias" are not at OIL TO be accepted
During the acts OF the comedy OF "Coquetes'' our
special interviewing reporter nado u sudden dasn
into W2llaehs for the purpose OF nagranty putton-
h0ling the witty ard perennial John Brougham.
Uur reporter made inquiry OF III. Moss as 70 LOW inc
thing was 10 DO done.
.Of course nothing can be refused 70 the HERALD
rep sentative said Mr. Moss. .Come with me
behind me stage, ana | wiz bring you 10 MI.
The reporter followed his conductor through q
uaIk passage way ana ~ Il stars and down anJtner
stairs. uatl nc came 70 the dressing room, where
Number OF ladies' and gentlemen OF the company
were assembled, amoag whom were owen Marlowe,
Eingsoii, Miss Helen Tracy, Miss iienrilues, Ms.
others ho 10 Is 70 be hoped, viii not DC angry b:.
cause their eft out in this account, as 1t
passes the reDorters me.aory If there were more
TIN GENIAL JoHy nIouaqAm
was hablted IN walking dress IN TIE character OF
Mr. Arthur Minton, and WAS making ready 70 70
on the stage. When informed that the reporter
wanted TO Interview him On the Fechter row the
sickly cast OF thought lefS his well known and pre-
possessing features and sunset shade OF horror
u upon his brow. such audacity had never before
between acts, with The promoters bell inKing ia
the corrective ears Of The company AFTER being In.
troa nced Mr.. Grougna.n spoke as folows-
tho matter. have such relations with DR. Fcohter
and Mr.. Ma'lacs that ySn must see It at once your,
anything adverse to either Of the gentlemen.
might possibly think that Alr Fechlea
STANDS TOO MUCH ON PCsCVIIIO,
and in America that will not do. II might do
on the English or French stage, where, II
the manager tells the. performer or artfsts
to stand "hcre'' or .thsre" tho performer
must obey, noieas rO,fns. Mr.. Fech.er Doubtless
does not possess that lGfsses JItre when would
make him cognizant OF the independent spirit Of tho
American people. am quite sure that Mr.. J. W.
Waack would not IN any case refuse 10 perform
part unless Mr. Fecaters letters or expressions had
hurt his pride as gentleman. Why, cannorunder
stand for the life OF mo how II Is that the pubic
should seek to make inquiries and demand details
Into the lealoasles and scanuals o. our professions
Just think or the same curiosity being manifested
about the scandals OF any other profession
GOOD GOD, Sun, IT IS VERY SrRASGE--
very strange. 1t Is II Is true. very latlerng 10 our
profession IN one sense STR bus good God, II Is very
strange nevertheless"
At this moment MI. Brouchaln shook the report
cr's hand hnrrliy and passed into the dressing
room, totally broken aud exhausted from tho inter-
view.
AS he lid q voice uttered this MISUNDERSTANDING
those inter levers. Was there ever such Internal
impudencc? WHY, man could not be safe from
{ne.rattacks II he were locked up In Ludlov Street
ju!i." ~,
II might have been the voice OF Mr.. Erougnnm,
ard then again II might not And thus the Fecnter
Iuuddle stands ut present.
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IT'S @ IgEa THEATRICAL ROW.

MIRO. Murray en- Her Iiege Lord.
To THE EorToE or THE TERALD:-
S.I--Tn an aridayit made BY Mr. Murray ana read
to the Court by his counsel saturday last and re-
ported verbatim in your Journal, no sets forth let
tor commencing DEAREST Papa" and then deposcs
nat, II his belef thiS letter was written by me to
Mr. Seayer"
Mr. Murray knows well that this letter was not
written by me ~ any person.
VAL establish ut the trial that IL was composed
BY Mr.. Murray from fragments o, two iettcr3-oue
addressed to my mother IN England ana the other
tle remnants oil a letter had introduced into an
Entertainment [ vas then writing FOX the STAGE,
which had been tom up and thrown away bv mo,
portions oi which he Hound In Stop BUCKET IN tho
bathroom.
lie has added my initials and aiuyei n date. He
has also nterpoatcd expressions to make II intell
Chile, Ibo matter was fully explained ut the inter
Wow with Mr. Edwin James, when the fragments
were delivered BY Dir. Murray 10 the fornor &c nile
man Gld destroyed In his presence.
?ouwlll. | am convinced, do me the Justice to
publish this explanation, having as yet had no OPP
portunity TO answer IN public the unjust and cruel
destinations Mr. Murray has male against, yours
respectfully, JOSEPHINE ttDDES MURRAY.
81. GEORGES HOTEL, Broadway.
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Comm ,nc,D,cn

=. AAxU
READERS IN THESE DAYS.
The next total solar eclipse alter that OF December
~ io wnlcn can g9 mi n winUa. mourning
1852, In uppac Egypt ana The Pcnln5ula vi sinai In
the map accompanying Professor EsD95cSSa's T. c.
HleiltI EcLpSttt1} tie zone OF t0iny Is GraWn un.
usually Drold and covers the whole region OF Slna
THIS arises rom the Moona semi-diancter navin.
been assumed one m!nate TOO great, mistake. Ca.
Cuiallng lor the geographical position assigned 70
the Convent OF Santa hatcrina on sinai, we nnd
only large pardal eclipse at tbaJ spot, conmcnc.
ending at ten hours five minutes, mean time on
Sinai and oDscuriag 9ai0oLhs OF the SUMS diameter
OF the Gull OF Akabah, observer would be nearly
on the line Of central ec.ipsc ana the totaily would
continue one minute twenty-five seconds. Whle
the darkDess oil the Total eclipse, therefore, involves
the southern portion OF the Peninsula tho peaks Of
the Siuate range VI mountains w the north ard
the totanty Of tho eclipse Of August To- 1887 viii
end before sunrise IN England The nearest place OF
any note, upon or near 10 the central line, Is Wilma
where the total eclipse Will contnus two minutes
aud fifteen seconds commencing at five hours lity-
one minutes ana cigh,een seconds A. M, local
time, but with the sun at an altitude o. only ten de-
gTees. DoscoW VAL bc near the Eouthein limit or
totally.
WHAT sCfEscE TELLS Us TO-DAY.
ut will Dc remarked say IN Enallah astrono-
msrs .from the track above described that Ginral.
tar Is the only British possession III whicI total
eclipse can be witnessed, and. as many observers
may possibly be stationed there few additional
particulars, founded upon calculations which
have carerully made, may not be out Of
li1Cc. iuo Hhst conIdcs VI ,uo uuoH WIN .nv
suns limb tor the commencement or The partlai
ecApse) occurs ct ten hours twenty-nine minutes
forty seven seconds A. NJ mean time az Gibraltar,
at a point ffty-niae degrees from tue snn5 vertex
towards the west The last ray Of sunshine vauises
ut eleven hours nitylve minutes hitytiiree seconds
A. NJ, ana The total eclipse continues I'LL eleven
hours lr v seven minutes, forty-sx seconds, or for
one minute Nifty. three seconds, winch, though
much shorter duration than has occurred in several
recent ccipses, Is amply sufficient 10 enable an oh
server 10 TX the phenomena OF the tOtliity upon his
memory, rs know from experience OF the eclipse
OF July, 1901 on the west coast Of Sweden, when, In
nv position near EngelLom, the sun vas Qbscurcd
about one minute Iorty 1--we seconds only. The par
tial eclipse eads at 0le hour tweuly5evcl mluptes
six seconds r. AZ. In the middle or tosality eleven
hours nfSy-sx minutes nifty SECONDS A. Al. mean
time or eighteen hours fourteen seconds sideral
time. at Gibraltar, the sun VIII be nearly upon the
meridian ltlree minutes east al an altitude OF 30
deg. Inc principal planets WILL be thus siLuate:-
Mercury III deg east OF the aan's centre and deg.
below 1t; Venus, deg. east and nearly at the same
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Raln nssrsssnlss cAGEl

Justice pegnan, at Trenton yesterday committed
four young men to the County Jail on tho complain,
Of john Caiiray on the charge Of highway robbery
and lSlonioas assault The names OF the accused
are John Pursei, Patrick CaslIion, William Stanley
and Patrick Farley. The oaence was committed last
september, ousiUg the TINE Of holding the Agrioul,
tutai ran. taiiIay swcifs that tho men knocked
nm down. stabbed iiiui " tue tiish, and stole IN
pockeibooA. which contained over thilU 0OlfAxp -
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chestnuts is very trifliDg. Is there any
other kind of orcharding that viii pay
betters
If thrifty young chestnuts from the
woods ara at hand, and can be moved
without loss, year or two may be gain.
ed, but have usually found that trees
from the woods, moved into open ground.
do not accommodate themselves easily To
thechange; but those already standing NAV
be grated, and thus hasten the fruiiine
period the same as with pear or apple
trees. Neither Spanish or any other
kind of chestnuts are certain to come nc
the same from the seed, aud therefore, as
with other fruit trees, grating is neces.
sary to ensure the desired variety. =
l do, therefore, introduce to your read
ers, an orchard of Spanish chestnut trees,
as one innovation on the time honOred
custom of growing corn, oats and wheat,
and as one mode of making money on
the farm, instead of going into hazard
GUS speculations off of it.-Procticd
Farmer.
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another contingency in which Palmer's
declarations 10 the absence of defendants,
would be evidence against them. And
that was if Palmer and others by means
of their position and business were author
lied to speak for them. How the jury
were to determine whether the position
and business of Palmer and others
authorized them to speak for defendants
is not defined in the charge
In our view of the case this proof was
improperly admitted, and Was calculated
to excite prejudice against the defend
ants in the minds of the jury.
Other declarations of VIM. Palmer made
in the absence of defendants, as detailed
by David Carey, are liable to the same OBJ
jections.
Carey is allowed to detail q converse
ton with w. Palmer in the absence of all
the defendants, in which Palmer stated
that they had some fine property which
they had brought from Y attenbargers and
wanted witness to go with him and buy
some of it at the public sale of it to be
made upon the day of the conversation.
For the error of the court in admitting
this testimony the judgment must be re-
versed and the case remanded for a new
trial. DEADERICK, Judge.
A true copy.
Test: J. +. DEADERIoK. Clerk.
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a IIut COPY,
Test: ]. F. DfADERICK, Clerk.



Robert A. Conley, administrator of Josiah
Conley, deceased, John b. Duncan, and the
heirs of Rachael Duncan. deceased, vs..
Zachariah L. BursOn and James II. Dun
can, executor.
Confederate Treasury notes, as a considera-
ton passing from person resident within
the Confederate lines, to an attorney in fact
of one resident in the loyal States were not 4
valid and legal consideration.
power of attorney from person in loyal
State TO one within the Confederate state, to
sell land in Tennessee, was revoked by the ex-
istence of the war.
A sale being made under such power of at
tOrney IN Confederate Treasury notes the loss,
by the failure OF value in the notes, falls upon
the buyer.
From the Chancery Court at JONES'
boro, before J. p. Swami, Oh.
The powers of attorney mentioned in
the opinion were executed in Nov, 1860.
by Rachel and John B. Duncan, they be-
ing citizens of Iowa, where they CONT
nued to reside during the war. Conley,
the attorney, made his deed to the lands,
lying in Washington county, Tenn, June
20, 1868.
Deaderick, j., being of counsel, did not
sit in this case.
w. n Maxwell for complainant, cited
Story on Agency, s. 224, 229, $50, 435,
TO 439.
He insisted that Confederate Treasury
notes were not legal currency in dis
charge of Obligations to persons in loyal
States, and that it was unlawful for an
agent to receive them, and cited S ewart
VS., Donel!y, Yerg. III; Cooney VS..
Wade, 4 Hum, "A, 446; Keeney vs..
Hazleton, Haddock s. Co; Hum. 1874;
Harold VS.. Gelespie Hum. 81; Bald
win & Campbell vs. Merrill, Hum. i6q.
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DEATHS OF CATTLEIN THE CORN
STALK FIELDS

The recent death of number of cattle
in this county, as elsewhere, after feeding
in the husked corn fields has been referred
to by us. Some have attributed the dis
ease to the eating of corn s'smdt." We
dc. not believe this is the correct theory.
Fully mstured corn stalk and leaves, SIS
well as dried grass contains very little
moisture. Eaten in large quantities, with
out opportunities for drinking, it is not
surprising that they should not be digest
ed, or that they should become impacted
in the stomach or intestInes. Again the
outer surface of the corn stalks is hard,
often presenting sharp edges when brok-
en-. That it should produce irritation or
Inflammation in the stomach or mtestines
is not improbable, when eaten intonsider-
able quantities and without sufficient fluid.
A similar disease caused mzny deaths
among the cattle In Iowa two years since,
and the matter was quite fully discussed
there. The Iowa City Republican says:
"The difficulty arises from eatiug so
large an amount of dry husks and stalks,
without sufficient water, that they will
not digest, and become cause of in
fammstion. Some thought there was no
danger in turning cattle into the stalk
field if they had water often enough.
Others thought there was danger at first
that, even with plenty of water, the cat
! tie would eat more of this dry fodder
than they could dispose of. All agree
that as matter of safety the cattle
should at first be allowed in the stalk
field but an hour or so al q time, and then
with plenty of water. Let them feed in
the stalk field an hour or two, then turn
them into grass is well, for the green
grass will counteract the dryness of
the corn fodder. After the cattle
became accustomed to the corn
fodder there is no danger. ''Smutn will
not then hurt them. Those who follow
tbs precautions here given viii have no
trouble from 'smut." Those who turn
their cattle into a stalk-field at first, and
let them feed at win, and without full
supply of water, will run great risk of
losing their stock. Smut may be found
in the stomachs of the dead cattle, but il
will be found with a mess of dry corn
fodder, which would do the work all the
| same, were the smut not there
The precautionary measure suggested
seems to us a very good one. While not
q practicable plan in many cases, we
think the use of food with considerable
moisture in it, in connection with the dry
fodder would act as a preventive of the
disease, both by reducing the quantity of
the latter eaten, and supplying needed
moisture. Turnips, and other roots, cab.
bage and pumpkins might be used fol
this purpose.-Fdrn1er.
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No. 146.
G. G. Lyons, A. S Lyons ard John X. Lyons in e
ror vs.. Wilson Wattenbarger.

No. 146.
G. G. Lyons, A. S Lyons ard John h Lyons in err
ror vs.. Wilson Wattenbarger.
In a suit against members OF military organi-
Zstion-what was said in the absence of defts, by
others as to the design of the company while en-
gagged in enlisting men for it, and declarations
to the acts complNined of are not admissible
against the defendants.
From the Circuit Court of Hawkins
county, E. E. Gillenwaters, ].
Nelson, j., having been of counsel, did
not sit in this case.
Jas. 7, Shields for plaintiffs in error.
X. Mcfarland for defendant IN error.
OPINION.
This is an action of trespass institute
in July, 1865, in the Circuit Court of
Hawkins county against the pl0intiff in
error and eight or ten other defendants.
Verdict and judgment were rendered in
favor of the plaintiff below against all
the defendants, except two, none of
whom appealed in error to this court
except the three above named.
Numerous questions have been made
here upon the pleadings and evidence, adj
mitted and rejected, but we do not deem
it necessary, in the view we have taken
of the case, 20 notice them all as there
are errors 10 the action of the court in the
admission of evidence, for which we feel
constrained to reverse the cause.
Upon the trial of the cause Samuel
Henderson was allowed TO state to the
jury that VIM. Palmer, who is no party
to the suit, came to him and bis son in
the field the day before Phillips company
WAS organized and had a paper in his
hand and was enlisting men for the COM
! pany Palmer said the company was t.
organize and operate between Nashville
| and Cumberland Gap and they were to
be guerrilla company and get their pay
| off the Union men. Henderson further
stated he frequently saw the company
| pass the road, and saw some of the com
pany with leather, bacon, ETC., etc,
which they said they had got at plsintiff'
and none of the defendants were present
at the time.
This testimony was objected to by the
| defendants, but the objection was over
ruled and the testimony was allowed to
the jury.
The admission of this testimony was
| clearly erroneous.
4NOi 10 thlo CLlOA III duJ utSISO CuICO w
His HonoE's charge, wherein he says to the
to the jury. that ''the declarations of
VIM. Palmer and others made before the
company of Phipps was formed" "can-
lot be looked to as evidence against the
defendants if made in their absence and
without their knowledge, Unless the said
Palmer or others referred TO, were then
engaged in the business of enlisting men
for the Pbipps' company, or was by
mesns of their position ard bushes
authorized to speak for the same, etc.
The witness Henderson had stated that
| Palmer was enlisting men for Phipps
company, so that the contingency was
| proved the existence of which, according
to t e charge, made declarations of Pal,
mer admissible as evidence against de.
PENDANTS, although made in their absence.
But according to the ehsrge there wa.
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PLANTING CHESTNUT TREES.

wish 10 suggest to my brother far
mers the growing of chesTnuts-the ad-
vantages and profits Of planting out an
orchard of chestnut trees for the nuts.
At this present time, chestnuS will bring
IS, SIC and 81 per 5ushel, and in an
average of ten years are worth from s. to
Sc. Although the common chestnut will
be profitable for nut orchard, it is as
desirable 10 have an improved and better
variety, as il is TO have the best and most
MARKETABLE apples and pears; and there
fore 1 would urge the Spanish or French
chestnut These should be grated on
the common chestnut Ock, ian easy pro-
cess when done early in the spring and
the gratis are freshly CUT If they are
allowed TO become dry or in the least
wilted, it is very difficult to succeed IN
grating chestnuts. practice the com
mon cleft grating, and have had no
trouble.
Good grated chestnut trees are not al
ways to be procured at the nurseries, and
therefore farmer should be prepared to
raise them himself. Take the ordinary
chestnuts Snd place them in the cellar,
with alternate lsyers of moss, in box or
cask, 80 that they shall be kept damp, but
not wet. Were it not from danger of
mice, the box or sssk might be buried up
to the rim, out Of doors. In the house
they can be better guarded.
In the spring they will be found mostly
TO have sprouted. They should then be
sown in rowe, ten inches apart, in good
soil, ard kept well cultivated. The fol-
lowing spring they should be lifted, about
q fourth or one-third of the end of the
root pruned of, and trsnsplanted into
rows three feet apart. II they have been
well managed and cared for, they msy be
grated the following spring; and when of
suitable size, can be moved into their
permanent places in the orchard forty
feet apart.
Spanish chestnuts now readily bring
Sl5 per bushel, and retail at so to 70 FER
quart. There is great deal of eating on
Spanish chestnut In twelve years from
planting out, if the soil is kept well cult
waited, and the trees otherwise cared for,
they will average half bushel per tree,
and in4wenty years two bushels, which
at twelve dollars per bushel-a price l
have not for many years known them TO
miss brlngng-thirty trees on an acre viii
make profit of 800 per acre
Shs s.1sAses Of satkssizg Spanish