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Froa'the Shreveport (LD.) Times.
On the return trip there were two
beautiful young ladies on the tain, who,
when they were introduced to the Con-
federate chief, kissed his hand, and
the grand old man, with princely orr
tesy, bowed low, and with lips which
have spoken words CT stern command
amid the fire Of battle, which have thrill
ed and swayed Senates, dictated the pol
icies Of States, and marshaled the hosts
Of the Confederacy to a conflict which
startled and astonished the world, touch
Cd the soft white hands that lay iks
snowdrops 10 bis own, while to the fair
ones cheeks the blush roses stole and
mingled with the lilies there. The sturg-
gle OF life is fierce, and to those who arc
leaders of States and kingdoms too often
bitter; yet when woman bestows the kiss
Of gratitude and reverence upon the
hero's hand, SCARED through he be BY
war, broken by cares Of State aud in
creasing years, illuminated by malice
and cowardice, ia that halIowei moment
he feels the strife. the labor, the sacrifice,
was mot without a sweet and recompense.
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Love and Denth.

HARMONY, ME-, June 1.-THE
suspicious aroused by the death of
Miss Ada Marble, the young lady
who was drowned i'm the Milford at
this place last Sunday evening, that
she was the victim of foul play, have
proved unfounded. and a tragic tale
of hopeless love has been brought to
light. Miss Marble, who was the
daughter of a welLto-do farmer in
West Ripley, Me-, was a school
teacher, and was deeply in love with
her husband, James Farrar, owner of
the mills at Mainstream, a little vii
lage near Harmony. A week ago last
Saturday evening she told her par
ents that she was going to her uncle
John Laughton's, who lives a mile
distant, to spend the night. Instead
of stopping at her uncle's house she
went on to Harmony, five miles dis
tant, where she has many relatives.
She visited her aunt, Nancy Farrar.
mother Of the young man she loved
and stayed there a week. She was
melancholy and detected, and fire.
quently told her friends that that
would be her last visittothem. They
asked her whittier she was going and
she replied that it was a secret, but
that they would know all in a little
while. On Sunday she went out for
a walk. She was not see again till
her body was taken from the pond
which turns the wheels of James Far
rar's mills. A letter was found in
the pocket Of her dress directed to
James, and in it she said s'that he
had never told her that he loved her,
but that she loved him with all her
heart, and that she could not live in
this world without him.
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Everett House
CORNER QUEEN N BURKE sTREETs.
VIM. Rutledge, Proprietor.

This popularH House has been thorough
~ renovated, and the present proprie
tor who assumed charge on the lst o
April, is now prepared TO accommodate
guests in the most comfortable and sat-
isfactory manner. The House contains
"a chambers, all Of which have been
handsomely Furnished with new furni-
turc.
THE TABLE will be we'll supplied
with the best the market affords, pre-
pared by experienced cooks. Charges
moderate.
THE BAR win be supplied with a
choice variety OF Pure Wines and
Liquors.
abundant Stable room, with alton
1--we OstieFa
Sly old patrons and the general pub
ir are invited to give me a call.
April lily. w.
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n you want mouey, work q Il.
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! win sell them very cheap FOR
ca.h or on very easy terms by monthly
paymcnts. These Organs need no rec
ammesdatien, being universally &C.
kn 'wledged best IN use. They can BE-
seen by calling on any of the following
named persons. who have purchased
and have thets III their houses: s. II.
Martin, II. N. Deutriek, j. w House
worth Mrs. Anthony Turner.
W. Please eull on rle at the Railroad
~. sot. before purchasing elsewhere.
JAS. w. DAY.
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Bogus NfckeIs.

NEW York, June l2.--At the
Fractional Currency Department of
the Treasury yesterday after
nooon, a large assortment of bogus
nickel pieces, which are coming in
in for redemption from all parts of
the city, were exhibited. The indica-
tions are that in or near the city there
has been started a mandatory on a
large scale. The authorities Of the
Philadelphia mint have been advised
of this discovery.
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The baby was not born 4 maa
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THE NEWS.

The annual examination Of mid
shipmen at the Naval Academy COM
menced Thursday, and will continue
for several days.
Gen1. Forsyth's expedition up the
Yellowstone River arrived at His
marck on their return trip Friday
The trip was a very pleasant one and
they bring glowing accounts Of the
country they visited.
Secretary Bristow is pushing the
whisky fraud investigations.i in the
West, and is confident he can secure
the conviction Of members Of the
whisky ring out there. A goodmany
additional seizures will be made.
MI. Beach continues his summing
up for Tilton in the scandal trial.
His efforts so far are principally di-
rected towards breaking down the
theory Of the defence that Mr.. Bee
cher's character, disposition and life
ought to be sufficient for his acquit-
tai.
The miners in the neighborhood OF
P~ottsville and Shamokin held meet
ings Thursday at which it was re-
solved to submit a proposition to the
operators OH the basis Of ten per cent
off contract work, and five per cent.
off laborers', provided the operators
reduce the price ofpowder and oil at
the mines.
A lamentable result OF d policeman
being too Jealous in the use OF his
pistol occurred Thursday In Will
mington. He was pursuing an es-
Gaping offender, and fired at him as
he ran. The bullet missed it's mark
and struck d young woman who hap
pened to be in it's path, killing her
almost instantly.
Governor Cheney, of New Hamp
shire, was ~inaugurated Thursday at
Concord, and sent his message to the
Legislature. TheAnessage favorsthe
abolition Of the religious test, an in
quiry into the present system Of rep
resentation, and broader education
al policy, and a hearty support Of the
approaching National Centennial.
Another marine disaster is report
ed which, but for the providential
rescue Of a nearly exhausted boats
crew, might have remained, like
many others, one Of the mysteries 'of
the deep. The steamship V~icksburg,
of the Dominion Line, which left
Quebec May 81, for Liverpool, with
q crew Of sixty men, eight saloon
passengers and twenty in the steer
| age, became involved in fields Of ice
on the Both and 31st, and at midnight
Of the 3lst struck heavily upon q mass
Of ice and on the following morning
sunk. A boat containing five Of the
crew, in an exhausted condition was
picked up on the 9TH instant by the
steamer Georgia, which arrived al
New York Thursday from Liver
pool. From the narrative OF one OF
the survivors over forty persons are
believed to have gone down with the
ship. Two other boats, n contain
ing nine and the other thirty persons,
got away from the ship, but has not
since been heard Of. There we're On
~ eight females on board, three Of
whom were saloon passengers and
four in the steerage, the eighth being
the stewardess.
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Pacific Mail Subsidy.

AsAINGToN, June l2.-William
y. King, of Minnesota, under indlct-
ment by the Grand Jury of this Dis
trict for perjury, was yesterday, on
motion of Richard Harrington, his
counsel, admitted to bail in the sum
Of 81, 700 to apper for trial at the next
term of the Criminal Court Of the
District Of Columbia, w. G. Dodge,
Of this city, becoming his surety.
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At d meeting Of the board of directors
Of the Texas Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College, held at Bryan Oh the "a in
slant, the salary Of the president Of the
institution was fixed at $4,000 and i
committee was appointed 70 confer with
Mr.. jefferson Davis and tender him the
position.
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Col ID. r. Boyd, superintendent Of the
Louisiana State University, has accept
ed the appointment Of superintendent
Of the Egyptian Military College near
Cairo Egypt, with the rank pay Of
brigadier general III the regular army q
tho Khediye
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02
How They Look.

Mr.. Beecher came in tolerably early,
and he was in unusual good spirits. Even
while he walked up the aisle he was
smiling. He lifted off the mantle and
then assisted his wife right gallantly.
Between these two old folks there is a
renewal of pleasant Offices and compli-
ments every day which is agreeable to
see. Mr.. Beecher's face, when not under
restraint, is perfectly boyish, although
he Is in his three-score and five. lie has
great range OF expression, and his coun-
tenance Can express every tone of emo
ton, from deep fun to mere anxiety. 1t
is to be observed of him that he is singu-
larly inattentiye to his clothes, and he
comes to Court every day in the same
general suit, an old worn mantle, a
'siouehed hat, large oyershoes and care
less walking dress.
That he has been sensitive to the eX-
periences and exposures OF the trial is
manifest all along. Over both plaintiff
and defendant the shadow of the great
responsibility they have assumed is ever
apparent. Both men have grown COM
paratively aged during this trial. Mr..
Beecher wears the expression, when not
spurred up to humor or indignation, of a
man being worried at a time of life When
every struggle involves the loss OF a Ger :
tain amount OF fibre. Mr.. Tilton looks
like a man who had come to realize that
he is wholly alone with mis- counsel, and
must make his game or 60 under.-N. Y.
Herald,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02

stumping the country for Seymour and
Blair, is about to undertake a walk
around the world on heavy wager.
The wager is $4,000 between Leon Ma
carte and Louis M. Grayson for, and
John p. Wilkinson and Thomas L. MUIR
dock against, Grayson's accomplishing
walk around the world in 800 days.
The distance included in the entire route
is 1925 miles, which will necessitate q
daily average OF little over 32 miles.
Under the terms of the. agreement,
| which has been accepted and signed,
Grays son Is TO start from the City Hall,
New York, on Saturday, April 3D., 1875,
ana return to the same place on Thurs
day, Nov. 23d, 1870. Part of his trip will
be on the ocean steamers, during which
time he will make up his daily average
by walking on shipboard. The distance
he lacks in making the total sea distance
he is obligated to make good on land.
He is to be preceded by an agent, and
will be accompanied by his warm friend
and hacker, Macarte, and probably by
two of the opposite parties to the wager.
The exceptions included in the agree
ment are delays caused by assault or
unavoidable accident. The right of pho
tographs and lectures is exclusively re-
served for Grayson, and he expects to
more than clear his expenses on the trip
by the sale of pictures and the receipts
from his lectures and exhibition walks.
If Grayson wins, the losing party are
obligated to defray four months expenses
for him succeeding the finale of the feat,
said obligation beng secured by claim
on real estate described to the extent of
$4,000. The articles of agreement are
necessarily complicated, but very ex-
plicit and most carefully constructed.
Grayson is 2S years Of age, #. in. in
height, weighs 139 pounds, and is noted
for his indomitable energy, pluck and
perseverance.
The route Of the coming walk lays
through England, France, parts of Ger
many, Austria, Turkey into Asia
through portions of China and the
islands intervening to Australia, thence
via Honolulu, to San Francisco, and
through the United States from ocean to
ocean. His colors, to use Grayson's own
language, are "those Of my country"
and he expects to plant them in many
places where they have never been be-
fore. The training headquarters until
the start will be in this city,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02
Real Estate Transfers,

Megrue & Tudor to jenkins u Long, three
years and one months lease of q lot 81 by 221
feet, on the northwest corner of BaymilIer
and Livingston streets, paying for the term
SO, ,Al IT,
GEORGE Thili and wife to j. NJ. Matz. lot "a by
9u feet on the west side Of Rice street, 3OS feet
| north Of Mulberry street-$1,000.
Margaret II. Poor to Barney Tobben, per-
petual lease Of Lot l79 In PoOr's addition 10
Cumminsville, 25 by l20 feet, at an annual rent
OF $s6 Is, with the privilege of purchasing the
Heirs Of S. J. Browne, per sheriff, to Ma
thaniel Foster. lot 20 by so feet. on the west
side of Central avenue, 43 feet south of Sixth
street-$13,T50
years. lease OF the premises, "A by 80 feet, on
the west sIde of Central avenue, IS feet north
| OF George street. at an annual rent of $700
George Jacob and wife to w. q. Fischer, lot
street, Isl u feet north of Findlay street-$6, ,6OO
Same to j. III. B0ehm, leasehold 20 by $50 feet,
on the south side Of Bank street, 1856 feet east
| of Baymiller street-$7,175.
Isaac Roll to Isaac Roll, jr., Is 99100 acres in
Section 33, Millcreek tOwnship-$l, love and af-
fectiOn
Same to Catherine Roll, acres in same Sec
| tion and township-$l.
Same to John Roll, II 7-10 acres in same Sec
tion and township-$1, love and affection.
Same TO Elizabeth V. Roll, 32-1UO acres in
same section ana township-$1.
john HOrnberger and wife to John Hoffman,,
lou ~ Dy ll5R 1eet on the north side OF Bank
street, 14O feet west of Riddle street-$1.
Joseph KIcine to j. e. Thompson, 8 years.
lease OF house and lot on the north side of
Fifth street. between Main and Sycamore
streets, ut an annual rent Of 1900.
A. Amos and wife to Edward Carlson and
wife, lot G6 by 1OJ feet on the east side OF Oak
street, 2S5 feet north of Walnut street, on the
plat Of Locklapd Sta,ion-$450
James and Isaac Lowman to G. w. Lester,
three years. lease Of two tracts of land, on the
Montgomery pike, in section 70, Columbia
township, paying for the term S520.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02
.ughly conyersant with all the duties at.

oughly conversant with all the duties at
tached to such an important position,
having been in Lhe postal service nearly
thirteen years. And we have been as
sured by that gentlemen that he intends
to deliver all mails as soon after their ar
rival as possible, no matter whether it
be in the silent hours Of midnight or at
any other time"
If such q plan be carried out, Naga-
saki is quite ahead of Cincinnati in
postal matters.
The j. w. Clark alluded to is brother
Of Alex. Clark, Of the firm of Dickson,
Clark & Co., wholesale hardware dealers
of this city. He was for thirteen years
connected with the U. S. Postal Service
on the Pacific Slope, and now has cast
his lot among the Japanese.
The Japanese Postal Commits sion is
under the superIntendence of Mr.. j. NJ.
Bryan, of Washington. City, aided by
Messrs. Clark, Farr and Carr, all from
the Western States. They propose to
establish throughout the Japanese ter
ritory postal system similar to that OF
the United States.
MIR. Clark writes that he Is much
pleased with what he has seen and the
|kind treatment Of the natives. In a let
ter dated Dec. 9th, in speaking of going
by rail from Yeddo to Yokohama, eigh-
teen miles, he says: "The railway pass
es through series of rice and vegetable
fields for the whole distance. This is
the harvest time and the gathering of
the grain, as one views it from the cars,
is truly n pretty scene."
1eddo contains nearly million and a
half of people. sit has one street fifteen
miles in length, even more densely pop
ulated than any in London"
Mr.. CLARK writes that wherever one
goes in Japan it is the custom of the
lady or daughter of the house to offer a
cup of tea with the first salutation as a
token of welcome; and such teal More
delicious than nectar!
The Japanese government allows the
greatest freedom to the press, and the
newspapers are prosperous.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02
Court Ctl[ttnNS.

In the case of the City against the Gin
cinnati Consolidated Railroad Company
temporary injunction was granted re-
straining the exacting of more than
ninety cents for packages of twenty-five
tickets emitting persons to ride on Route
No. 8; OF more than four cents for single
fares, and two cents for children.
The jury in the case of JAS. Menttman
against John Bohn rendered a verdict
for Menttman, assessing damages at
$1,179. The suit was to recover interest
on the note, and the question hinged on
the amount.
The case Of Harry G. Bates against
the executor of John Bates and others
came up on demurrer yesterday. The
executor claimed that the proceeding of
constructing Bates will was estopped
two years ago, at which time she was a
party. The Court, however, found the
contrary and oyerruled the demurrer.
The jury in the case of Armand Smith
against b. G. Craig, a suit in replevin,
assessed damages at one cent for Nil.
Armand Smith.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02
How lie Looks.

A New York cores pondent in describ-
ing Pinchback says: He is young,
pleasant-looking mulatto of about '33 or
81 years of age, dressed with some ele-
gance, and in his general appearance
and manner resembling a Spanlard from
Cuba or sun-burnt Andalusiau. His
thick lips are the only features of his
face that unmistakabiy betray his origin.
His friends speak very kindly of his per-
sonai character, but evidently avoid en-
tering into any details concerning his
past career.
On the other hand his opponents, with
out denying that he looks gentlemanly
enough. give few biographical facts
which are not altogether to the W ould. be
Senator's credit. He seems to have be-
gun bis career as waiter. Subsequent
" he is krown to have served as barber
on a Mississippi steamer. His fortune
was made by Some not very well ascer-
tanned transactions during Warmoth's
regime in Louisiana. Mr.. Pinchback's
face and manners certainly do not be-
tray either thesvalet or the barber, or
the uuscrupulous appropriation of other
peoples money.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02
As WE 81 PPOSED.

In noticing, few days ago, the report
had decided that interest on borrowed
capital must be counted as expenses and
deducted from the gross receipts in Or
der to get the net receipts, we argued
pressed the opinion that no such decis-
ion had been rendered. 1t turns out that
the report was one Of the lies of the
Union Pacific Railway Company in view
Government at half what they owe it.
The Court decided thata preferred stock
holder must take mis- dividend out of the
net proceeds after ordinary expenses
and interest are paid. This is right of
course.
The proposition of the company has
been so far modified as to offer annual
payments of 100000 for ten years, $780,
900 for ten years and 100000 year,
until the amount at per cent. CON-
pounded every six months, will pay up
the claim. The absurdity of accepting
such an offer, aside from the fact that it
robs the government of the wide differ
4ence between simple and compound in
terest for twenty-five years, making a
very heavy difference in chat time-is
seen in the fact that the $50O,000 is actu-
ally less than the Government will re-
ceive under the existing arrangement,
The net earnings of the road for 1878
were $5, 5,291,242 Five per cent. of this is
due the Government, making $264 ,562.
To this is to be added one-half the
amount of Government transportation,
which was, in 1878, $375,OOO. These two
items make $685. or $3.50, ,562 more than
the company offer in lieu of these sums
for ten years! 1t is to be presumed that
the payments to the Government under
tine existing contract will annually in
crease and amount to $1,0O0,0OO after ten
years.
d. In lieu of this they propose s75O,OOO a
year for ten years more! Then these
payments are to be compounded at per
cent. every six months! And yet we
have heard of much "faVorable consid.
Grafton" of this proposition. 1t is proba.
: BILE that this Favorable considerations
results from the placing of divers sums
where they would do the most good
that is, in the hands of newspaper CORE
. spondents,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02
The All Night Session.

| A Sun correspondent in discussing the
recent all night session of the Senate
saws:
After having thus spent several hours
in the afternoon in the close and dull at
mosphere, attentively listening to
speeches which would put any mortal
to sleep, l resolved to refresh myself and
to return about midnight. The Senate
presented then sight l will never for
get. About half dozen Senators, among
others Mr.. Jones OF Nevada, with his
legs on the desk, were sitting in their
chairs, while half u dozen more were fast
asleep OF the sofas.
Senator n orwoOd of Georgia took even
his boots off, and showed ques tionably
clean socks. Mr.. Kelley of Oregon, Mr..
Wright of Iowa, Mr.. Bogy of Missouri,
Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont, and Mr.. Pease
OF Mississippi. represented the sleeping
beauties more or less pictllresquely re-
posing along the walls of the chamber,
and sone OF them snoring formidably.
The rest of the noble legislators were
scattered about the building, most of
them sleeping wherever they had found
u convenient place, and reappearing in
the chamber only upon the call of the
boys to vote OH the question of adjourn
mcnt, the motion for which was invari-
ably presented after a speech was over,
and invariably rejected.
Senator COnkling was among the few
who held out for long time, sitting in
his chair with the dignity OF the statue
of the Commandore in "Don JUAN" But
finally even he lost patience, and making
Senator Jones take his legs off the desk.
began talking bonanza with the great
Nevada millionaire; and so interesting
seemed the conversation that they We're
not over with it when 1 left the chamber
at daybreak.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02
THrRE arc now more applications for

THERE arc now more applications for
divorce in the Brooklyn courts than at
any time heretofore. So great has been
the increase that last week one of the
Judges remarked that change in the
mode of proceeding must be made. The
custom, now is to hand the application
Tor divorce to referee, who hears both
sides in private and reports his decision
to the court. 1t is held, and perhaps
correctly, that this privacy of the pro.
ceedings leads many to sue for divorce
who would hesitate to take such step
if full publicity were given to all the
movements in the case.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02

TIE Union Pacific Railroad docs not
seem to be making much progress in
the proposed compromise with the Gov
ernment. The Secretary of the Treasury
seems to regard it just as THE STAR has
since the proposition was first put in
shape. II the Union Pacific can not or
will not fulfill its part of the agreement
with the Government, there is an ade-
quate remedy in the foreclosure of the
If it expects to fulfill the agreement there
is no compromise needed.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-02
MATTERS IN JAPAN.

we have before us copy OF the Naga-
saki Express, Japanese weekly paper
published at Nagasaki, on Kiusiu island
W. find in it leading editorial on the
ncw postal arrangements between
America and Japan, that went into oper-
alton January 1st. Nagasaki has built
q new post-ofice in honor of the occa-
sion. we learn from the Express the
following:
ss1'he foreign department is to be under
the management Of Mr.. j. w. Clark,
gentleman from America, who is'thor-