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POLITICAL.
KANSAS.

MR.. CALDWELL THE NEW SENATOR.
The Laurence (Kansas) Tribune speaks OF
Mr. Alexander Caldwell recently elected United states
Senator, TO succeed Mr.. Edward g. Ross as follows;
tits well known that we preferred the Hon. sidney
Clarke Senator but In the election OF Andrew CAD
well our State will be represented by a faithful, true
hearted Republican, and able, energetic man. hr
Caldwell is emphatiealy business Ean, and has been
known among business men than among politicians
though he has often acted In the local meetings OF the
Republicans Of his city, and sometimes though not often
addressed Republican meetings, making very enectNe
and sound speeches MI. Caldwell Is "A gentleman
OF about forty years of age native OF Penn
sylyauia. He to Kansas before the
war and has been engaged in business contracts Win
the Government and in general ffeightlng over the
Plains He originally Wing, his first vote beng
cast for Gen Scott He was private solder IN the
Mexican war, following the company OF when MS tahet
was captain from Lancaster 20 Pittsburgh, where ms
father consented that he should enlist HeWae ~ the
battle Vera Cruz and in the various engagements
from that place TO the City of Mexico, where s father
was killed in battle Ne predict that few states VIII
have better Senator, far practical business, ueF"
ton 10 state and TO the Republican party ana
the national Administration, than Alexander Caldwell
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TIE NEW DOMINION.

THE LEGISLATURE TO MEET IN FEBRUARY-OP-
POSITION TO THE GOyERNHEST-sMALL-POX
RAVAGES.
TORONTO, Jan. 2s.-A special dispatch from
Winning states that the local Legislature Of Manitoba
(. called 10 meet the ID of February The Ministry Is
complete consisting Of Mr.. Boyd Provisional sccre
tsrv and Mr. Gerard as Minister Of Public Works ana
gyyhcnfure Mr. Mckay will probably be Commissioner
Of Indian Affairs, and Mr. Clark Attorney The
treate, IN oppose the Government with violence, claim
in,, fhat nearly an the volunteers viii join them.
zdvres froIn Saskatchewan state that 1000 Indians
ana frsemcu nave died Of continent smallpox. The dis
~@se r.Uere,ed rs frghtful IN its rsyases, whole
families being carried on by IT,
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ALBRo-At Elizabeth, n J.. Jan n ri james As' IN tie So
Church Elizabeth Preris Of ne family arr invited 's~
BYNRBOB sundsv morning james O. brne ssn Of Oa "' '"
Notice If fansr,l hereafter
BossELI-os J.n 18th Caross AnsH. daughter Of Alexander and
T Harper Boes s The Tn ssa 81 .s az. ,,,s IRE s-,-a
the residence Of her parents II Eas' went
Ca TUESDAY 9lst inst .At4Pm
caanBEas-Os Friday 27sh ns at 10 residence a BrlpTr@
Wscester 6ous.J James CSsms~r. BE sst gar &: be age
re ss isI.i % attend The fssss . M ssne
Tass1E Tie 81, 5, S .si s1 re- It io'5 w. s
$1,000 e BosI,le slatna
RLoT-sudeaiy Sunday morning 29t JasaA Gsors- T. I'll sA
g r,.s and feds AMI hose Of family n7e ,si ne
funeral at The Cl9h Of tho 70 S 81
HoPPRR-u Newark j. on Saturday Jan. q Louise Bross-
ins eldest child Of inss A. sra Caroline Hopper nga yeis
Fu1srs service. a. the p,r, 10 E S.-.. NJ
MONDAY Jan %, aslP Ia'erneO IA aOah' Pe4s4a C@z
xERLER-on Sunday jan 49, Edwin Kesls, i the o,h y..is
Notice 81 81 the funeral viii be given hereafter
MORGASon THURSDAY Jsn D. Augustus AOrysa N The t's year
TIE friend, or m, r..Dey ln,', 10 .".ss
Tuesday, at IL O'Clock IA
McCoRMCK-On Friday S inst A. her parents rees. % Fh.
The funeral service end. Of the hnAy rcsPe sl
invited will be held MONDAY mons al 10 O'Clock a. TIE Tssas
of hsr parents, without Assher not.a
MAGIR-A. Elizabeth, NJ j. Th4,sia Jan IS osien Hiss'
Monday. the Both inst, at !.
NEwTos-In SewJer.ey on FadAy PA Charles W Ss~tsi
L. :. COmmissioDe-- aged ~ years .. -.
Friend. and reVes est The funeral seri'ts 'f''
Church, BROOKLYN Heights HeRdss, JOih nsa a. n
PABOR-At Greeley Colorado jan Is N!s Kate a. on Sasatsf
the late Alexander PAb0r Of Hsssn " L. AID eses o. "i-An-
Pabor OF Greeley
New York psperS please copy. -.
PALMBR-n b city s.sasAy Esh Inst MAR P'1s IN 'A' %
q Der - s...-.4
The relative. s friends & tho vted . a''sa Der
Of hes rnav >itsfri Ss'+ w. % ~
Tents.sL on Hoslsy 3Shinst at Oes-A s IN.
RUsSgL-sadd,nl, WeiaesIs- evening jag = A. T. '" ~
6l.t ear Ofhis ~. a.. la. "A.
d~aee 81 Wes l.jHgton 3e Tasia1 hrr J'A a. ." N
ne remains vii he q Gre owSVi for rsernent
wARpErI-ou sat.y Ia g. Cssssa wsrisn IA sAe.I y'S
his age.
Motto. q Nnersi hsleEif,T
wLLgT-Oa FRI A. Ip a. J.nss! r. OILY osd '>a' ss>
MIR 81. Wi.et -, ..-...a a.. ,,,.-,is~
- la - :, ,loe. a. ssn rsssces al hs psEs~
34Wesf Thfg-thn as.
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and bound IN New York struck the bar within biscuit
toss OF them They could boat to another
when the storm lued little but the haing place Of
the Alfred Hall was not aseerained nor the names OF
the crew. which consisted OF five persons In the AFTER
noon, between and o'clock Capt Buell. o, tne mary
whose crew. with prompttude and courage went 70 the
assistance OF those left the Elliott and rescued thein
After caring for these weared seanen they again weht
the bar and proered their aid to the crew OF tne
Hall but the captain this vessel thinking ne ecud
succeed in saving her the next high tide refused rs
sisance, thanking the lfeboats crew for their
This proved fatal The gale increased eye.y
moment, aud night the Alfred Hall went down WIN
all board. There Ia small chance OF their Salety as
the search seng the beach failed 10 give tho least
intelligence Of them.
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XLIsT CONGRESS- SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

WASHINGTON Jan. rs ISL
The House met for general debate Mr..
Churchill rep, n. " In the chair Speaker pro tenn
Speeches made by MI COX Dem, n. " in favor
OF revenue reform, and by Mr. MAYHEM Dem.. y. ~
In condemnation OF Federal interference AZ elections
Speeches also made by Mr.. CALKINS Dem, y ~
on the Alabama Claims by Messrs. BIRD tDem n j.,
HOAR (Rep, Massl LAWRENCE rep, OHIO. and
MAYNARD ep. Tennl. on the bill 10 promote national
education: by Mr. AX1ELL Dem, Cali in defense OF
the land grant policy and by Mr. ARMSTRONG (Rep,
PENN civil service reform The latter stated that be
was authorized by the Committee that subject TO
port resolution for all pending propositions as follows
the President Of the United States be and be hereby IT,
prescribe acquisitions for the admission o.
persons into the civil the nei States viii best promote
thereof the Of
health knowledge and ability for The branch OF The
the President authorized
employ suitable coniGct slh Inquiries - prescribe @
civil service. TIE Pr sdeni also auhof
prescribe 81 persons applying for
shall applied tho Of s expenses Of making
such inquiries -. ~.
Mr. MCCORMICK (Rep.. Arzons) spoke on the Indian
question after which the House adjourned.
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THE WARE MURDER rRIAL-THE'rSsANrrY PLEA.

The trial of young Ware for the murder OF
his father continued on Saturday, at Camden New
Jersey Mrs. Ware, the mother Of the prisoner, testified
In support OF the plea OF Insanity set by the Defense
that she had married TO the deceased Tor years
that they had lived very unhappiy together. for which
she was sometimes to bame" that the morning OF the
murder the deceased had abused her very much. and hal
brandshed club and threatened TO XII her and one o.
the children; that the prisoner had wtne Sed th tbat
bs had never been 10 school, and learned to read
write: that be was weak minded, and had twice AZ
tempted to commit suicide perics previous 90 the
murder She denied having said that her husband al
twitted her with having been mistress 10 seven nen-
other witnesses testified that Mrs Ware and meu
bers of her family regarded By the negEDor -
having very feeble intellects
s. Preston Jones, in charge OF the PcnnSyiVAha ho$
initial for the for II years. gave long xpanatioa
az the nature and different phases OF insanity.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

The Democrats of the West Virginia Legls-
ture have nominated Mr. II c. Davis Of Marshall County
for United States Senator IN place of Waman Wiley
whose term expires the 4h Of March next The vote
in caucus stood for Davis, 81 D. Lamb y r. H. smith,
p. The election takes place tomorrow.
The Louisville COurier-Journal says that
"the feeling in favor Of negro testimony Is almost as
general to-day as the feeling against 1t two years
age A complete revolution has come over the people
since they have 90 understand the bearing ana
operation OF the case IL the Legislature would act ana
promptly, the whole matter would be over and done
with"
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OBITUARY..
DR.. G.. T. ELLIOT.

George t. Elliot, NJ D., died Of paralysis at
O'Clock yesterday morning al his residence NO IS West
Twenty ninth-st. DR.. Elliot one Of the ablest sur
ge0ns and physicians in this city and at the time OF his
death Visiting Physician OF the Lyngin Hospital
and Professor Of Obstetrics and Clinical Midwifery IN the
Bellevue Hospital College. To the first Office he was
elected in 1851 and be assumed the latter chair In 1871
Graduated at the Philadelphia Medical school he con
tnued his studies IN Paris, London, and Dublin, where
he attained great clinical skill under the celebrated Dr
sheEelton He was the author OF number Of medical
works the chief of which, known EIots Obstctrlc
Clinic" received by foreign medical critics with
ra4f fAEO
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TIE INDIANS ON LONG ISLAND.

The bill for incorporating the MOntauk In
dans OF Long Island introduced into the Legislature by
Assemblyman Murphy is strongly opposed by the cti-
zeus OF south Hampton and East Hampton II Is claimed
that the act ia in the nterets OF man named Dominic
Who has been purchasing the rights OF the Indians Tor
the use OF the land The land purchased by people
OF these towns from the Indians two hundred years ago.
for uraRe for their cattle the Indians reservng their
right 10 what they wanted for age. The right was
not 10 transferable or late the tribe mas dwlndea
r. abont twelve persons aud the hundred descend
ans OF the original purchasers waiting for the time
Len The tribe v be extinct and there shall lie no lien
,non the land The remaining Indians very lazy
vifh the single exception OF Pharaoh their king.
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DINNER TO MISIsTERscHENcK.

The Hon. VIM. NJ. EYarts, er-Attorney.
General. gave a dinner in compliment 70 Gep Robert q
schenck newly appointed Mnisterto England on satur
day evening. at the Union Club-Rooms. Pif,have ana
Twenty frst-st. No speeches were made Among the
guests Judge Pierrepont. VIM. D. Aston Mr..
can, 3. L. NJ. Barlow, Horace Greeley, Gen. Mcdowell
Moses Fl. Grinne. Judge Blatehford, r. NJ. stOughton
Mr.. Schuyler Mr.. Morton. Mr.. Field, Mr. Blatchford.
Mr.. Beckwith, Mr.. Ward. Mr.. Russell, Gen. Webb. sn
John Rose, ex-Goy Morgan, r. d. Webster WIN. r. Nor
gan, and T.. N. Archibald the English Consul.
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WATER FAMINE IN PORTLAND. ME.

PORTLAND, Jan. 29.-There is a water famine
here which, perhaps, exceeds in severity any
OF the troubles suffered by other cities this
season. There has been almost utter
failure Of the supply from Lake sebago for two
DAYS Most of the househoders recently supplied by the
water company took ont their C.eTns and this failure
leaves them without any means Of procuring even what
is necessary for common wants The water companies
are apparently using their best efforts to remedy the dis
aster but the unprecedented low stage OF water In the
Like mako II a difficult matter 70 furnish a supply.
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A DOUBLE EXECUTION IN MISSOURI

Sr. LOUIS, Jan. 28-Cbsrles Jolly and John
Armstrong the murderer Of the Lapine family. five in
number Potosi, in November. were publ ely bange
in Court House-square Potosi yesterday afternoon
vary lorep crowd witnessed the execution Jollys head
was nearly severed from the body by tue rope, and ia
consequence of some dsarrangenent OF the moose Ar
strong died from slow strangula.ion.
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Tosc,h II. smith a ship-caTpenter, age SO, of No.
, "a ~ 4 IN u tle pavement In trandrt Coumhat. Last
1870 "a ree.,ysd injuries from which b. died q momes
,vu Dufy assaulted his WIFE Eliza last evening
In A. spsrnnt, Twenty egce, and Third ave- and
a. ,r nj her Oathe head wish hammer
s,v,fs seaul. lie uas locld nf-
fire last evening in the apartment Of Charles
Wsis sri. poo' - 80 ~ eser st., esusd $40 damages
rd he bgidf Svus hI Peter Asiea also D. nsgo ssOo,
rsuEcl.
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GpecaI NoliGss


mcer,,a - the ", ,agsses Eeet = D. Grant cES.
ri, ny sWPsrSS CLrB ~ THR cry OF NETWORK VII -
he'll on WEDNESDAY EyrSSG, Feb 1911 socs ProGys
~ ,IJIAS KlyS;IsY Ssesles. l. Dy.re Fast Cnh.
CHtRIHS N BRACEyFT Prcs' NJ tih h rci OrsIs Ctan
A A MaRHs Pres.rat oh Dst5cs Grant C.eo
HRyRI A. SMlTHy Prrsler. gu u.--te Grant In
IOuS II LAWSON Prsii III District Grant Clab.
fOuS y OBRIEN. Pres ieui M D4sfe Grl4.Ciub.
IAsRs al NHNSs Pres.enf SA District Grant Clan.
ElgkxE MARIAN. Prtss.cnt ION psfret Cant Giuh
CHARLES Bf.AfKik Pr-sdrn. 18Th District Gnnt Cob
MlRsHALL b. BLAKE Prssrl-nt lip Ds;ngs Ggaa Cnh
WI HUDSON LAWRbECfs PFestea. eh Dsfrist 6rsnf CNA
WIN. II. GROG-AN Pretsentis, D,s,NSi GIaas Club
siXteenth assembly District Republican Assooa siss.
The u yonh Iestpg vi. b. held the n.mih ps~u.srs -
"A O'Clock 81 hSHf EVENING Jan 81 Az friends u the A>
Ltrsuon respectfully !aTited = s-eafl =, -.
IsAAo lsuss. leer,.ag. WA ATKINSON Ptsi esA
Lee & Perrin'r sauce.
aest with f-h .0ibts Zane 40
JOHN DUNCAN SONS,
spechl Agents Cnisa sqasre I'D D. south william ~
*. MIdd.elnss. Albert Biscuit"
Noted a. he eloce mske
JOHN BIECAN6 SONS,
Spoosl Agents. Guoa'siasr AZ " 'Si'a "iia'a-'.
-herriss. fargundies.
Pp.E ani DRY. NJ p.
GOLDEN ana RRliTf NhAAbAE AN -
A. 80 CLOS DE- FOlGBOr, he
JOHN DUSCASs soSs. Uhlosslsare
Diamonds bought sold, aad Mehsg Lsaaod ;,
GEO. O. hLLEN, 90 Broadway, under 20 aichoas Hotel
post-Oaee Notce.--Iac nae isr EcROP8 MONDAY gsa
D. Va. .as Oo Al u - :. iJ3.S rs-sa-ssu1-
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The National Debt, comprising Debt bear
ing Interest Debt bearing Coin Interest Debt bearing
no Interest Reduction Of Debt under the present Adj
ministrstion. &c. 60 See The TRIBUNE ALMANAC ior
1871 DOW ready.
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FUNERAL OF "REDDY THE BLACKsMITHs -
VICTIM

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29.-The funeral of Hag-
gerty who was shot in New York Last week by william
yarley Reddy the Blacksmith" took place today ana
was largely attended. The crowd was OF very M xed
Kind, but the rough element largely predomnated.
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Winchesters Hypophosphites vii Cossc HyrIos ss&
. Inssi Is Tonic and Invgorstor. Try it
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Superintendent Mills of the Park Police is &C.
roasy Ia sisa eUEpssa
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sEMI-CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

A supper will be given at Fredonis, n. Y, on
"Wednesday, Feb. /, to the Hon Henry G. frsbee the
founder OF The Freonfa Censor the completion OF 10
hfticth volume,
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Gustave stirling are -, GeIman. was seriously
cF-irg as9 a. A 20 80 '. 10 '-f'
CkamLers-sL 1sAss ~ Tic PA uJaildA
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THURSDAY Jan DC, at th Church ~ tie sp1s-
suy Philadelphia John Hooe IT, Eei p e.s. daughter 81
Robert Hare PoEel Of PhiIielphisL
REYyOLDs-HAMLYN-fo this city wellesley, Jan Is BY ~
Rev u Thompson NJ Reynolds Of Tsmoas Ma Arr
Hanlyn, OF NeaYork City.
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MARRIED.

Wedding and Visiting Cards, iniH, Stamping Note rspsA
Va Evnas sLLs Sous l PULrossr OLD D5,ea CzE2sE
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THE NEW CITY CENSUS.
eopth Wards.

The following table shows TIE new and old
enumerations In the First Second, Sixteenth and Esn-
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Hazard & CssweIrs Cod Liver OIL is III. bs-
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DIED.

name and d.ldresg,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-07

adopted, ] believe, under two in
huences. One was the influence
of trade interests at home, which, OF
course, will operate now just as much
or as little as they did few years ago.
The other influence was a much more
creditable one--an intense desire TO be-
gin by any means to reduce the enor-
nous debt which they contracted in the
war. They set 10 work in earnest, and
they succeeded. They are paying off
their debts at the rate of fourteen or
fifteen millions sterling a year. We
may not admire all the means taken ts
accomplish that result, but the result
itself is a respectable one, and wish
that we borrowed a little more from
them in that respect, and that we thought
little more than we are apt to do OF
the burdens we are bearing of that ma
ture. But this is a depression. What |
meant to say is, now that they are be-
ginning to see that the debt, enormous
as it is, is in the way of being greatly
reduced if not swept off altogether in a
limited time, it is probable that their
attention will be less exclusively directed
to that point. that they will think more
of the rate of taxation inflicted on the
people, and that they will begin to re-
form their tariff. They do not, as a
rule, do things by halves; and if they
go in for free trade / shall expect that
they will do il in earnest. liINl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-07
Lord Derby ON England aud the
- United states.


In recent speech Lord Derby said I;
"No failure of too sanguine or prema-
ture hopes at all effects the principle
brought prominently before England at
large, and which has always been cher
ished hereAnamely, that the spirit OF
trade, the spirit of commercial enter
pflse. IA the great rival and enemy Of the
military and aggressive spirit: If |
wanted an illustration pf ths: should
only have to point 10 the relations which
at various times during the last half cen
tury have existed between thls country
and the United States Of America. we
talk with great warmth, and with truth,
of the kindly feeling which ought to ex-
ist between two oountries; but as mat
ter of fact we know that there has at
various times been feeling OF very con-
siderable jealousy and hostility; andi
would not undertake to say that during
the last half century peace would have
been preserved between those two coun-
tries ii il had not been for the ponYle,,
ton deeply present in the minds Of ail
rational men on both sides of the water
that they eould not go to war one with
the other without giFiEng deep and
almost fatal blow against their ovR ooW-
meroial prosperity. With regard to the
United Statss, hope We have reason to
be satisfied With the eosFse that has been
taken, Their present tariff is NOT ex-
actiy Ii accordance with the principles
of unrestrinted competition; there
is no doubt abosf that. y was
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-07

The Paterson IN. J.) Guardian says
that some three months since, small
island in the Caribbean sea known az
the Bimita, and about eight hundred
miles south of Trinidad, while being ex-
plored under the direction Of Agassiz
was found to contain gold. The rock Ia
quartose, and, quietly, few individuals
obtained possession of the island, and
these individuals Gall Americans will
not dispose of any interest, although
last week several offers from English
capitalists in London were received.
The gold IS free and easily amalgamated,
and'in purity in veins in the quartz.
Forty different veins have been diseov-
cred on the island, and five are now be.
ing worked, and the ore is being re.
ceived from ships at the Centreville
works, in Greenville, Hudson county.
The works are running night and day.
The ore is now, with imperfect ma
chinery, yielding eighty dollars per ton,
and they are only getting one-third Of
the gold, but the tailings" are being
saved, with the view of running them
through the improved machine being
contracted for. The ore is as rich as the
richest ores of California and Vene-
zuela. 9aot,9o rcsH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-07
rne Clnnton Ereitement.

From the Montgomery Advertiser and Mail,
0ctober'l,9 e H.Htt lCy
sThe following correspondence look
place by telegraph Yesterday, between
Hon. j. @. Pierce, Mayor Of E1tew, and
His Excellency Governor Lindsay: og
i1g Eurhw, Ala. September 30, $3.50 PIN.
His ExceIlency Governor Lindsay;
The citizens of Eutaw and Greene
county are ready to do their part in the
prosecution of the murderer Of the noble
Clanton, aud to aid his afflicted family.
]. G. PIERCE, Mayor of Eutaw.
STATE OF ALABAMA. EXECUTIVE DEPr.,
MONTGOMERY, September 30. 5P.N. J.
j. g.. Pierce. Mayor Of Eutaws
The people OF Alabama everywhere,
mourning the death of the gallant and
generous Clanton as a public calamity,
will cherish his memory with. gratitods
and admiration, and seek to emulate the
citizens Of Greene county in tempering
the bereavement, though they cannot
assuaee the sorrow or relieve the gloom
which has forever bhghted the earthly
ho,aes of the wife and little ones he loved
SO we'll H. ID. LiNDfAf'
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A WONDERFUL FISH.
A Coat of Diamonds - A Mother
Of-Pearl Head, and Pink tinted
Pearl Gills.

|
Of-PearI Head, and Pink tin ted
Pearl Gills. a,
From the New York Sun, October 81
Messrs. Carman & Co. of Fulton Mar
ket, recently received beautiful marine
curiosity which had been captured in
Shrewsbury river, the like of which was
never before seen in this latitude. Pre-
vious to sending the FISH to Professor
Baird of the Smithsonian Institute, for
classification, an invitation was sent to
that old and experienced fisherman,
Genio c. Scott, to examine the curiosity.
After careful inspection of the won
de:ful what's it, as he termed it, the
genial piscatorial sport pronounced it
the most beautiful fish that he had ever
seen, The following is his description
of the fish: aa..all
Its mouth and fins are like those of
the mullet Its length is twenty-five
inches, and width four and a-half inches
across from its single back dorsal, which
is placed like that of the mullet or club
of our inland rivers. 1t is as white as q
silver club, as round as sucker, and
though it is an abdominal and he's
out one uOrsal, yet ltS nus are lehRJny,
and its forked caudal is quite long, In
color, the fish is white and more scintil
liant than the brightest polished silver,
its scales more resembling diamonds, in
which the whole body is encased as in
an armor, impossible to penetrate with
a gaff, though the scales are rather large.
Its head is like mother-ofpearl, and its
gill.covers are translucent and like pink
tinted pearl. The mullet-mouth is small
and almost toothless; but the throat con-
tains, above and beneath, plates with a
file surface hard enough to crush any
crustacea not too large for its mouth.
The scales are about one-fourth inch
square. Under the gullet or gills, like
the chOndr0stOmG naSus, it is formed
like bellows, and the fringe TO the gill
covers is like fan sparkling with dia-
monds. It's scales feel like coat of
mall and are nearly as hard as steel.
In shape it resembles the silver mullet
of Southern waters; but in its superior
size it is proved to belong to another
family. a