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Mn GREELEY AND his vislroRs.-1fthe
ensuing little anecdote was never IN print
before it ought to have boon, and that 10
the best excuse can give for relating Il
now
Mr.. Greeley, like other distinguished
men, IL bored with visitors OF whom II is
not always easy to &c, rid. Among them.
one day, was man --an " old subscriber"
probably, for 1t is generally your old
subscriber, like an old friend, who takes
the liberty Of saying disagrecable things
who has some gridge against Hornct
on account Of something that had beca
said in tne Tribune. So, without either
standing quite within or entirely without
the sanctum, but remaining pcrched upon
the threshold. he commenced TRADE Ot
some twenty minutes length, to which
Mr.. Greeley, writing spiders webs on the
fOolscap before him, vouchsafsd no 70.
ply. eeali
"You've been carrying on this game .
long time," said the subscriber at length,
In desperation, /" hut I've found you out"
I'D rather you'd found ne out than
found me at home,' answercd the cali
graphic sage.
"Tve been talking to YOU all this Will
Just to tell you what think Of you,'
pursued the angry visitor. ' r
"Youve been devilish long time do.
ing it," replied Greeley, a,.
"And I've just come to say that you're
no gentleman. added the subscriber,
sure now that he had hit the mark.
"Who the ---- said was I" remarked
Greeley, going on with his writing.
The subscriber boltcd and was never
seen in that e1ice again, aud Greeley I'm.
ished the article (it was on farming) as
quietly as though nothing had happened.
The Van Buren press., 1870-04-19

Ak INDIAN SQuAw DAGuERRorYpED.--
Lieutenant Doyle, who was some time
ago degraded from the position ofa re
porter for Louisville paper to the rank
OF lieutenant in the army, is now having
some funny experiences among the CO.
manche Indians. The last story We get
from him--and as he was a newspaper
Comanche who brought his young wife,
Of whom he was very jealous, to have
her dagucrrcotype taken. The artist got
the squaw in position, and stepped into
his dark tent for some purpose. The
old Comanchc thought he'd take look
into the funny box the artist had his head
in and see how it was done. lie inserted
his head under the cloth and looked and,
oh, horror! there was his squaw stand
ing on her head. He jerked out with a
savage look at her, and wanted to know
what capers she was cutting before all
the soldiers. She denied doing anything
at which he told her she lied, that he had
seen her.
He resumed his investigation, stuck
his head under the cloth again, and there
was the wretched sqnaw standing on her
head again. He gave a yell. and, rush
ing at her, gave her awhack on the head,
aad told her not to try that on again
with him, but she stoutly denied doing
anything. And now to catch her at II.
lie kept an eye OH her, and raised the
cloth slowly, and tried to look at her with
one eye and through the camera with the
other. lie could not do it, SO he moved
his head down slowly; and AS she disap
pearcd from the eye he had on her, there
she was standing on her head as seen
through the camera. lie jcrked his head
up quickly, and there she was standing
ing placidly before him. ejerked down
and she was on her head again. lie then
walked off In brown study, and, as he
philosophical he concluded that machine
was exceedingly bad machine that could
stand squaw on her head in half a sec.
ond SO he wrapped his blanket around
him and walked Off; but nothing could
ever induce him to have anything to do
with daguerreotypiag again.
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------ Texas has now within her botsls,s
twelve million cattle. aud can export three
million Annually. 'sl
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1--WE must keep on our work clothes,
said the tree, :" for our life Is notdone
vet: but YOUR clothes are for the holiday
because your task is over
Just then little puff of wind came,
and the leaf let 90 without thinking oflt'
and the wind took 1t up and turned y
over and over. and then whirled IT like q
spark of fire in the air, and let It Iaii
gently down under the edge Of the fence
among hundreds Of leaves, and " ieil ~
TO a dream and never walked mp to tell
,,bat II dreamed about --Beeeher. 4
The Van Buren press., 1870-04-19

E1- High living that does not produce
the gout--living in garrct.
The Van Buren press., 1870-04-19
ry- The Rurai lsoutaerner, Atlanta

rT The Rrai Souiherner, Atlanta,
Georgia, says: Z" Break Deep! DEEP!
DEPT! Remember the drought ol
1860. Remember, too, that the sun
parchcs the surface and near the surface
more than .turther docn, and II the
ground is made loose dozen there the
roots of the plants will thus be supple
with moisture A soldier isn't so apt to
be killed in pit as on top of the ground
corn and cottoa roots ditto"
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WuAr O'CLOCK Is IT?-When | was a
Young lad my father called me to him,
that he might teach Inc to know what
o'clock it was. lIe told me the use OF
the minute figure and the hour hand. and
described to me the figures on the dial
plate, until was perfect in my part
- No sooner was quite master OF this
additional knowledge, than ] act of
scampering to join my companions IN
game of marbles. but my father called
me back again "Stop William" said
he, al have something more to tell YOU
Back again l went, wondering what
else / had got to learn, for l thought ]
knew all about the clock quite as well as
my father did
William" said he, al have taught
YOU know the time of day, must teach
YOU how to find out the time OF your
life.' .
All this was strange to me, SO ] waited
impatiently to hear how my father would
explain it, for want sadly to go to my
marbles.
"The Bible" said he, describes the
the years Of man to be three score and
ten, or four score years. Now life is very
uncertain, and you may not live single
day longer; but if VIC divide the four
score years Of an old mans life intotwclve
parts, like the iial of clock, It allow al
most seven years for everyfgurc. When
a boy is seven years old. then it is one
o'clock of his life; anal this is the case
with you. When you arrive at fourteen
years it will be two o'clock with YOU ,and
when at twenty one years il will be three
o clock at twenty eight, it will he four
o'clock; at thirty five, 1t will be FIVE o.
clock; at forty-two, it will be six o'clock ;
at forty nine, it will be seven o'clock,
should It please God to spare your life.
In this manner you may always know the
time of your life, aud looking at the
clock may perhaps remind you Of It, My
great grand. father died attweve o'clock,
according to his calculation, my grand
father at eleven, and my father at ten.
At what hour you or shall die. Will
lam, is only known TO Him, to whom all
things are known" I48 di
Never since then have heard the in
quiry, "what o'clock is it," nor do
think that have even looked at the face
Of a clock, without being reminded oftht
words Of my father.
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What kind Of plant doss ''duck
ola man resemble =! A mandrake.
- II . uaa 10 . teetotslles. hs need
cot always b out Of erisi.s
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"A good houssw 70 in .Chslsea. N sss.
who wished 10 rid . cupboard OF bugs.
thoroughly covered the shelves with t.ro.
sene oil, and applied match. u ttilsd
the bugs. and The Ere dspart~sus pas -
.as cse
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- \ negro parson in tho West preach.
ing against the love Of money. concluded
his sermon by saying: And finally. broth
rpn. you can Judge what God thinks Of
money by the class Of people he gives tito.
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Ey- An astromcr predicts for this year
a comet OF such brilliancy, and so near
The earth, that our nights will be almost
,s bright as our days, which ought to
work lcsscning of gas bills
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VARIETIES.

Sheffield, Connecticut, will be two
hundred years old next October, and
& committee mas been appointed to
make arrangements to have the Occas
sion celebrated.
Josh Billings says: "Give the devil
his dues, reads well enough in a
proverb;" but proceeds to inquire,
very pertinentlyi What will become
NV you and me IL this arrangement is
carried out?"
81 owe you one" said withered
old bachelor to young lady the other
night at a party. "FOr what?" said
she. why, for calling me a young
gentleman" "If l did So" was the
i'll natured reply, 81 beg you viii not
regard it as compliment; for, though
an old man, you may still be a young
gentleman"
Barbara Ubryk, the nun of the Car
melite convent at CracOw, whose
fOrcible release from years of incar-
ceratiOn created such a sensation in
Europe last summer, died In a hos
cital in that city on the 14th ult. She
was privately buried to prevent riot
among the people,
Selda-ha, a Persian merchant, has
given a magnificent bali at Paris. His
lounges were covered with cashmeres,
embroidered with gold, which he gave
away to the departing guests. Sup
per was served under a gilded trel-
lis, bearing ripe grapes, peaches and
cherries. The entertainment cost
neore than go, ,000.
Mrs. PartingtOn, being in doubt as
to whether it was caterpillar or capil-
larry attraction young Mr.. Jones talked
about so wonderfully, consulted
/" Walker" and concluded it didn't
matter which it was, as capillary
meant resembling hairs, and she knew
caterpillars were hairy, and have an
attraction to leaves.
The CoagregotioRdlist gives the
latest and most touching illustration
of that appreciative mind which
thankfully receives the smallest IA
vors-the case of a clergyman who, at
a late ministerial gathering, gratefully
acknowledged the parochial gift OF
"two pints of skim milk" Poor
mani there must be very little cream
TO such a joke as that.
"John Phoenix" once hailed Ger
man who was driving bakers wagon
on Montgomery street, San Francisco,
with "Hullo! T'll take one." "Vai
YOU take?" said Teuton, pulling up
IA baked eagle" said Phoenix, point
ing to Eagle Bakery" painted on
the wagon. The German preserved
his reason by swearing In English
and driving on quick.
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THRILLING.
speeuIatIOns as to the Fate Of the Missing
Steamer City Of Boston.

NEW YORK, March 25.-Captain
! BulWer, of the Helene Marion, ar.
rived at Spithead in distress, from
New York for Antwerp. He states
/ that he left New York ON the same
day as the steamer Cityof Boston; on
the night of 10Th January met with
hurricane from northeast to south
west, which did great damage to his
vessel, and believes that the City OF
Boston must have been In the same
hurricane.
A writer of a letter from Halifax
says: "The City of Boston, which
sailed hence on January 2Sth, was
deeply laden with wheat in bags, be-
ing eighteen inches deeper than the
insurance allows. We had a fearful
snow storm on the next night after
she sailed. If she encountered this,
there is no hope whatever other turn
ing up. 1t is believed that she was in
it, as the Orient, which sailed two
days before, caught off Newfoundland,
nearly went down. The ship Prima
Donna, Captain Lunt, arrived at this
port yesterday from Liverpool, reports
that on the 9th inst, she made light
half point on Port Con, kept off and
then made another light on her bow;
one was that of a steamer, and the
other that of a sailing vessel; both
vessels were firing rockets. He
thought one was short of provisions,
and the other was suffering. AS it was
blowing a gale from southeast, and
very dark, Captain Lunt could not
make out what they were"
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FROM CHICAGO.
STRIKE AND RIOT ATTyHE DEs sIOIEEs
RAPID5-COAL MINERS on a STRIKE
-AEOTHER COWHIEING sCRAPE.

STRIKE AND RIOT AT THE DEs SiOTEES
RAPIDs-CoALM MINERS on a STRIKE
ANOTHER COwHIEING sCRAPE.
CHICAGO, March 2j.-On the I0ta
instant q general strike took place or
the Des MOines Rapids Government
improvement at KeOkuk, Iowa, owing
TO an increase in the hours OF labor,
without any increase Of pay. The
strikers number from 800 to 1000, most
ly SWedes and Irish. Yesterday,
about $50 of the strikers, variou5ly
armed, made an attack on few labor
ers who had resumed work. The bel
ligerents, all OfiiceFed, advanced upon
the wOrkmen with red flag. Resist
anee was made, and several hand to
hand conflicts took place, but the
Workmen were sGOp CverpOWered by
the assailants, and all quit work. The
rioters moved on the stone quaFFieS
adjacent, where a bloody fight
eusued, ia which several men were
seriously injured. The rioters, greatly
augmented in numbers, then al-
vancod on Scott's Mill, when the
general superintendent OF the works,
Mcdonald, and two Others, escaped
the vengeance Of the rioters by taking
to thesrivef IN a skiif. Atterward,
Sheriff Bishop arrested nine Of the
rioters. There were ruinOrs this morn
ing that the works are held by seven
hundred armed strikers, who declare
their intention to hold them against
any force that may oppose them.
4 bout noon the sheriff, with a large
posse OF police, left for he seat of war,
but nothing has been heard from them
up to three o'clock, although numer-
GUS explosions, like sounds OF mGs-
kerry, have been heard during the
afternoon.
There has been much diSaffectlon
among the coal miners at La Sale,
for some days past, and most Of them
have not been at work since Tuesday.
It was understood tEata Il general strike
would take place, but all resumed
work this morning.
Two lads named Charles and Emil
Otto, sons of Mrs. Thielman, an ac-
tress In the German thester here, cow
hided Maurice LangclOth, reporter
attached to the Chicago Union, a Ger
man paper, to-day, in front of the
Sherman House for an assault made
upon Mrs. Thielman through the
columns of that paper.
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Fight Among the New York Democracy.

ALBANY, March 25.-It il under.
stood here that bill will be intro.
duced in the early part of next week
to abolish the New York Board OF
Aldermen as at present constituted,
and to elect members at large through
out the county. 1t is also understood
that Senator Tweed is preparing q
general charter for the city, the CHIEF
feature of which will be stringent pro-
visions against large salaries and
reckless expenditures.
In response to calls Tweed cleared
himself of the aspersion in relation to
the defeat of the city bills, aud ad-
mitted frankly that he was not In IA
YOr of some of them which perpetu-
ated obnoxious commissions, with the
mere substitution of Democratic for
Republican officials, but was willing
to accept them if they were agreeable
to the majority of the party; and
stated that sooner or later It would
appear that the bills were defeated by
the Republican Officeholders of New
York city, and expressed his anxiety
to aid in the ensctment of really
Democratic charter for New York,
which would place the control of af-
fairs in their hands, The officials de-
manded this and would be satisfied
with nothing less.
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From wall Street. New York.

NEW YORK, March 25.-Affairs in
Wall street are extremely dpll. Pri.
vate telegrams from Europe report 8
very fat market for American securi-
ties, with a feeling Of distrust in re-
gard to the future course Of American
securities.
The gold room ives treated to an
unusually large batch OF sensation
kilograms from Washington toward
the close of the day. First came the
announcement that the San Domingo
treaty would be ratified, and after
ward that it would not, Then the
room was informed the May interest
would be anticipated. Still later it
was reported there would be race
between the Ways and Means and
Banking and Currency Committees to
report the funding bin; and the very
last thing, the inevitable daily tele-
gram, was that the funding bill was
sure to pass.
The gold room went into executive
session at three O'Clock 10 listen to the
report from the committee to examine
the charges against firm Of making
wash or fictitious sales. The COM
mittee reported the charge as being
true, but recommended lenieney, The
firm was fined $500. The regular pea-
atty Is expulsion.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, March 25.-
The burning of the Central Pacific
bridge over the American riyer Wa,
undoubtedly the work of design a.
the FIRE was discovered in a number
Of places at the same time. The los
is estimated at slQJ,OO0. Several
hundred Workmen are now busily
engaged in building a temporary
bridge, which will be completed by
Monday OF Tuesday.
The Oregon Democratic State Con-
yents0n met st Albany, Lime county
ON the 23d instant, and nominated J
Fl slater. Baker county, Congressman
bv acclamation; L. F. Gloyer, Marion
county, Governor; +. Chadwick, Sec
retary OF State; Louis Fleischeimerr
Multuomab county, State Treasurer
l.. Patterson, Of the Portland Herald
State Printer.
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TELEsRAPHIC mAsKETs.
NEW YORK.

NEW 1Ohh.
NEW YORK, March 25.-Cotton stronger
but not active, closing steady at 222462Se
for mIdling uplands and Mobile; $40
3 }zc for middlings, New Orleans and
Texas Sales, / ,I3O bales, including I.OSO
exports, 40 spinning; $40 speculation; /;
los, in transit sales last evening, 200 bales.
basis low middlings, 2lc; sales to-day 200
do do, 2l1fc; 800 do do, 2l1{c; 100 do. to
be delivered In May, 2O24e; 100 do, do in
June, 20&c; 100 do do, 2lc; 100 do do,
2lZc. Flour a shade firmer and more
active, sales of 5000 brls at 81 4564 55,
super State, 81 60(15 90; extra do, 50 O50
70, choice State, "a 45G4 55; super
Western, "a 65G5 IS; extra Western 81 70
G6 90, Round Hoop Ohio; Southern flour,
firmer, sales lG0 bhls at s. 40G6 90 for
to choice; extra rye flour quiet, sales 200
brls at S4 25@5 20. Corn meal quiet.
Wheat, llg2c better; sales, 1900 sacks, at
81 10 for No. 2 Chicago, delivered; 81 IA
No. Minnesota, delivered; 81 25@I 28,
winter red amber western; 81 45, white
State. Corn scarce and 1c better, sales of
81, coo bushels at 9SeC6Sl 90 for new mixed
Westerns 95c, damaged do; 81 03, new
yellow Jersey; 81 %, new Southern yel-
low; 81 02@l Of, old mixed western in
store ahoat. Rye, quiet. Barley, in mod
crate request; sales, $1,000 bushels at s5c;
two-rowed State 81 90; O2k, Canada
West barley. Malt, dull. Oats, q shade
firpler. sales 2I, 600 bushels at 56@57lSc for
Western; 6ld62c. Ohio and State. Pork,
q shade lower, sales 40 brls at S26 $40
GO 50 for mess; sl9 O0(G20 90 for prime
S22 90 prime messi also, $50 brls mess,
seller In April, at s25 81. Cutmeats steady
sales, I75 head packers, i04@uHc;
shoulders l41lgI51Se; hams 2e; middles
firmer sales-2O9 boxes at l25<9l23zc ;
lard arm; sales-4O0 tierces at l4@l5c
for steam and l5@I5He for kettle rem.
dered; butter steady at 14926c; Western,
25a45c; State cheese dull at l4Q
I6c. Common to prime tallow steady;
sales, I25, goo pounds at 09e%c. StearinC
quiet; sales, $1,000 pounds, 149l4hc
Grease dull; sales, IS, 200 pounds, s9sHc
Whisky heavy; sales, 100 barrels, west
ern s9c free.
NEW YORK, March 25.-Money easy a
4a5 Der cent. on call Foreign exchang,
closed up quietly at 10s1x@l0SH for prim'
| bankers' bills. Gold declined to 1888
! this afternoon, closed at lllX9li2. Th'
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MslI Robbers Ind Robberles.

INDIANAPOLIS, March .. - The
postoffice robberies in this State have
evidently been made for the purpose
of getting possession of the drafts
sent to pensioners by the pension
agents in this State. About half a
million of dollars have been sent from
the agency in this city. The drafts
are made payable at the Third Ma
tional Bank of New York, and the
Third National Bank Of Cincinnati,
and the indianapolis National Bank.
Frank Williams, the Thorntown
postofiice robber, who escaped at Zi-
onsville yesterday, was captured, and
had a hearing to-day before the Uni
ted States Court, and was sent 70 jail.
William Craycraft, another mall rob-
Der, who robbed the postoftice at An
derson a short time ago, was also ar
rested at Knightstown, but his exami-
nation was postponed till next Tues
day to allow him time to procure wit
DQSseS.
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Iba 80 of 0 faul.rr 80

New YORK, March 2j.-The exam
inaion of the accounts OF Collector
Bailey Is still going on, but nothing
definite as TO the full amount Of ihe
defal0ati0n is yet ascertained. Mr..
KOOp, formerly a deputy of Bailey's,
has been arrested under an order from
Judge Barnard and lodged in Ludlow
street Jail. This action Is based on the
affidavit Of the book keeper Of John
Tracy & Co., on Pearl street, who tes-
titles that kOOp while acting under
the orders of Bailey, committed n
trespass upon the premises. John
Tracy d Co. having by force broken
open their safe removed therefrom
the books and papers of the firm.
KoOp Is held in $4,000 bail.
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From Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 25.-
General Joseph f. Johnston, formerly
of the Confederate army, has connect
ed himself with a Texas real estate
and land agency.
Fifty families of Germans viii ar
rive here to-day and tomorrow by
steamers from Ohio, to settle in Ten
nessee.
Thirteen thousand bushels of corn
were shipped from here yesterday for
Georgia
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COLUMBUS, March 25.-The joint
resolution pertaining to the surrender
of the national road was referred to a
committee. Further remonstrance to
the annexation to Cincinnati was re.
ceived from the citizens Of the su-
burbs.
The bill to clear the Miami river az
feeder to the Miami and Erie canal,
was deferred till next session.
Bills were introduced in the Senate
to build new blind asylum fire proof;
to FIX rates of freight and passenger
transportation by railroad; to pre-
scribe police arrangements for rail-
roads.
The Cemetery Ownership and Ex-
emption bill passed.
The printing Of the ordinance sheet
of the State geological report was al
! lowed,
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The National susrd Of Traae.

BALTIMORE, March 25.-The Exec
utive Committee of the National
Board of Trade now In session in this
city to prepare the business for the
next annual meeting of the Board at
Buffalo in December next, visited the
rooms of the commercial and flour
exchange and other places this morn
ing. In the afternoon they made an
excursion down the bay to view the
river and harbOr.
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Great Railroad Suit.

CovINGToN, March 2;.-The great
railroad suit Of COvington and Lex
ingtOn against James Winslow and
others, was brought up in the Kenton
county Circuit Court yesterday for
Judgment. The case has occupied the
docket more than four years, owing
to the magnitude Of interest and num-
Der Of parties involved. The argu-
ment will commence 18th April at
Keuton.