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REvERDY JoHNsoN's DEATH.
Tho Physician Deciding that he wns Seized
with either XcrfiRo or ApopIrxy.

70 Ma E,l, IA ,,,uiu foqfa
n"NH' Oii7' "i"'' w IL NC '''' "
connected wi'I the sudden aud tragic death OF
Revcrdv Johnson I'm thu orounda attached To the
r-.,.... ,,.-,- - .s,, -. 1T,
hAeou'"o H'ans'on' as teiegrapheu ias' "ik""
are not changed by later developments this
morning His death was 60 sudden and unex.
W" ~ -
pected' after his appearance In the State Library
and about the State House yesterday, while tho
IogtaIatura VIVA I'm aeaston In annarontlv fuil
"' ~ o''',o"' :" "pp"i0' ~"
health, that the community has not YET recoV-
cred from the shock
Dr Iaui, n s,urno. ,-ho o,o,,,ood ,ha hodv
~ he"iS ~ 7tuineI' WuO eAhinlheu tne oOuS
shortly after II was found, says that Mr.. John
son either stumbled over a piece OF coal. or
IT. -, LII -. -. .tt, ....,.,,,
"eink Se'HVu WIN Noi''kV VI 'hVip'e"V sSu"p'on'
OF apopexy, and striving to save himself,
moved toward tho west stapcering along
- 49,, -, -, -, ,e.t -.
oy the hortherV sue OF the Executive man.
sion, at each step his body gaining additional
r,o,,or,ur, az ,ha, h,v,n, ro.chod tho dor
" ' ~
leading INTO the basement, he swayed around
and fell striking his head AGAINST n sharp
corner OF the granite pnse which gave
the frat wound on the head Reaching the
. pavement made OF rough cohble stones, "A
second wound was received in front of tho frat
All this Instant probably the bones OF the nnse
were fractured and one ioint of the second
finger OF the right hand was isiocated. Whether
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THE POST OFrICE FRAUDS.
A Route where Il Cost One thousand Doll
lars for Every Letter Carried.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-THE attempt to
cross examine Holbrook was made again to-day
10y Cannon and Sessions, the two Republican
members OF the Committee on Post Onices aud
Post Roads. who have constituted themselves
the special counsel OF the Post Ofiice Depart
ment and the King contractors. They were
again brought to grief, and finally gave up the
witness as a tough customer. They wanted to
make 1t appear that he had never given the de-
partment any Information which ho had ob-
tained in regard to the frauds in letting con-
tracts or 10 performing mail service. The special
counsel were not a little taken aback when Hol-
brook presented an aflidavit which he had made
on May 10, 1874. In which he swears that he had
overheard Underwood, special agent OF the
Post once Department, say To Whitaker, a
clerk In the department, that he had inspected
the route from lndianUla to Walla Wdla aud
reported that the service there was unnecessary,
and that thereupon the service mad been re-
duced, tut that subsequently 1t was again in
creased. The result. as far "a Underwood was
concerned. was "A reduction Of his pay, and he
was not hed that unless he was less oficOus he
would be dismissed.
The Postmaster at Walla Walla, one Charles
Moore, who Kept record Of all mail matter
passing over the route for six months, wrote a
letter, heretofore printed In The Sun. in which
he said that II had cost the Government nearly
Sl,OO for each letter carried; but in the face OF
TINS service was continued, Moore was removed.
and IN agent Of the contractor was appointed in
his place. The route was let originally for fl5,-
OOO year hut the straw bidder failed, and a
contract was made with c. c. Huntey for $.2,-
900 year. An additional trip was ordered on
July 90. 1870, and 5000 added TO the pay OF the
contractor. In the following August another
increase was ordered, and $4,000 added to the
pay. In December, lS12 two addIt Onal trips
were added and the pay increased. so that The
entire amount paid was S1l,2OO year.
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THE ANDovER COUNCIL
TIE HEBREW GIRL MURDER.
MIR. Bcnch'- Arguments for tue Prisoner II
His Address TO tue Jury.


His Address TO the Jury.
In the Rubenstein trial yesterday the
prisoner was called. He with difhculty dragged
himself to the witness chair. The Court asked
the prisoner through the interpreter in what
way he wished to be sworn. Pesach drew from
his pocket black skull cap, and placed 1t ON
his head. The oath was then administered. In
reply to Mr.. Beach's questions the prisoner said
that he was suffering from illness, that he felt
weak, and that in the proceedings OF Thursday
he had tainted. Then Mr. Beach asked, impress
siyely, " Did YOU XIII sara Alexanderf
Tue prisoner frightened up somewhat, raised
hls hands above his head, and answered In Eng
lish, on. no.
here was some unlmportant testimony In re-
buttal and then Mr.. william A. Beach summed
up for the defence, urging upon the jury the
danger Of rely ing too strongly on circumstantial
evidence, which had made up the prosecution
OF tho case. The testimony OF detectives was
by nature of their life not worthy of the most
implicit helef. II was too clear that the muir
derer Of Sara Alexander was also her seducer,
and II Is natural to SUPPOSE that unless the de
fendant was the father Of the quckened child,
he was iun cent OF the murder. There was not
the slightest evidence OF any imnropriety be-
tween the murdered girl and the prisoner III he
was guilty, what was the motive The counsel
did not wish TO impute anything to Nathan
Levy, who had sworn that he was never init,
mate with Sara, yet he must say that he had
prevaricated, or else the testimony OF four or
nve witnesses must be laid aside.
Taking up the circumstances, Mr., Beach urged
that II the tracks In the corn neld, having
changed after three days variable weather, cor
responded to Rubenstein's boots, they could
not have so closel corresponded az first, when
they were fresh. The shred OF woollen nbre In
the scale on the boot might nave come from his
brothers dry goods store, lie thought that II
tho Professor had carried his chemical examina-
tiOn far enough he might have shown that the
blood WIS that Of beast or a fowl. lie dis
couraged belief In ali the circumstances adduced
iy the prosecution, saying that the accumulate cd
evidence to prove an alb was irresistible.
MIR. Brilton Is To sum up this moruing, aud the
case NH be given 10 the jury to-day.
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A NEW DE.fL.
How the Custom-I Iouse Party are to Oct
CnnIrol Of the Police DepnrIment.

II is rumored in political circles that Mayor
wckham made another deal with the leaders OF the
Custom House party. II is said that the Republican
leaders have agreed to direct Police Commissioners
Wheeler and Erhardt TO make Gen Fiz John Porter
suDeIntendent OF Police at salary OF 10000, aud to
secure the passage 10y the Legislature Of bill vcsting
the power OF appointing heads OF departments IN the
MAJ or takng from the Aldermen the right 10 con
luu nominees, Asa return for those tavors Mayor
Mirhham has promised % appoint Custom House Re-
publican Ia The ace OF Ponce Commlas Oner NOorhis,
on tho expiration Of that ohca- term, on the ls Of
MAY ncxt. II this bargain N carried out the Custom
House party will have The entire control OF the Police
Department, aud viii be enAuAcd ~ manipulate tue
election returns next faln
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MIR. KNdUF's DEATH.
A Coroner's Jury's Verdict Consuming IA Nurse
nnd "A Physicinn.

The jury In the case of Frederick Knauf. who
died 10 Bellevue Hospital the 4th inst found that
the nurse had permitted the patients vito to give MIN
bowl Of soup In violation OF the orders OF Dr. Kear.
ney, house surgeon, who administer ether to
the patient IN order to reset his fractured leg The
testified that she had forgotten to caution Mrs
knauf. The verdict We nuu Frederick
knaut came 20 his death nv the Inhalation ot ether ac
ceerated BY hyperrJphy Of the heart and that the i'm
mediate cause Of HE death asphyNia, ucing the
result OF accumulated mucus from the broncha ascend
in' tue trAchea N the act " vomiting We ccusuro the
nurse fur allowing food TO be give 10 the patient
trary 10 all rules. and baue the physician IA cha for
not dsccrttnng the condition OF lis pcu ncf re adj
mini trrlug ether and recommend that proper RULES
be adopted 10 prevent a similar accident"
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NEW ORLEANS, Fen. 1.-THE indictments fot
conspiracy to defraud the Government IN whiskey
cases include the following IA addition 60 the names
tecEraphed yesterday Il. ". Carey fred A. Cowand.
patrck Haruan. Thrv hlilrd I'm g. OJi each. Il
pcuuec and others whose names nave not yet uceq
de public indicted hy the Grand Ju y charged
with conspiracy tO defraud the Government.
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The New London Bank nobbcr Cuuqht.

NEw LONDON, Conn, Feb. 1.-THE burglar
who entered the National Bank Of Commerce OF Tues
day night has been discovered in the person Of Geo
Packer, one OF the tCllerr Of that tuition, WHO h
made fun confession An the missing funds OF tht
bans, mounting 10 Ssl 300, have Ueen recovered.
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senator nruee,. A,,aeL on AZ n,

WASHINGTON Feb. 1.-THE fact shat Senator
Bruce, from Mis- issppi, denounced resident Grant
Je terday In the executive session. chsr rsng hm with
indlneresce to Southern col red Republicans and sith
having taken sides against them ia A,tssssin, occa
tions much comment 1t Is sgid tEt t6e Presidrni
upon helhr MO r. marks tnt for EIl Wl,tlrr tnis
T. true or mo-, fhr fri, ,nd- OF iun co , M T v hc
Mll loi HicHut Nn tucl hNit. .trr, 1s ne r"n.,lrrs
'H"1 ine b'-c4 besNeea tAen to e.e 10 Le closed
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ONE, Feb. 1.-THE Bcrsd0lere, Liberia, Voce
della Fsrffd. and CdDitdis newspaperS have been
aeized for publishing speech made by Garhaldi the
anniversary Of the Roman Republic, In which the re-
public was e1oed US the only honest form Of govern
luypt.
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DR.. James sweeney Of 975 Lexington avenue,
a graduate OF Bellevue Hospital Medical College, wa
found unconscious Thirteenth street snd Third ave-
last evening, having taken AZ overdose or lAuis
mum. He was bOrue 20 Bellevue Hospital. Late last
night he Was IN critical condition,
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Andra..y,- Note Acccpted by lhe Portc.

CONsTANTINOPLk FED. IT. = The POrto has
dcGnitivey agreed apply Count Andrassys reforms
except the clause that the from direct taxation
IN Bosnia ana Herzegovina shall be employed for tue
Development OF those provinces.
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LONDON, Feb. ll.-Sir John Taylor Coleridee,
formerly one Of the Judges Of the Court Of Queens
Bench ana aiierward edtor Of the QWprfsrg Rsriec,
died to-day. Sir John, who eighty-six years OLD
WAS the nephew Of the famous poet.
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The ship Progre.s Abandoned nt sen.

HALIFAX, Feb 1.-THE schooner EsdumauG
from Gloucester. bound for southenburg arrived here
this evening with the captain lsteyrns) aud crew Of
the ship Progress. Of New YORK., who hat
been laAen on their vessel the 7th inst
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The International RilIe G

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. l.-Abdurahman, the
eauer OF the kOnkand insurgents has surrendered 10
sen. scobeleh, commanding the Russian forces
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Assistant Foreman John II. Bush OF Engine
30, sho was crushed beneath me falling wall; Ia tht
great nre died IN Bellevue Hospital YESTERDAY lie waf
turiysuyen years OF ag'. lie leaves wife and fout
ChllQrcu.
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Tho RihIe In The Union mn Schools.

The Union llill Education Board last evening,
IN stormy uit etn Nut'd have tur Bhe reau in cue
pu'lc trnnOlt isJna who fpoAe AE.lArt II were
Li-.,i u1 t.e tAsQay'
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Nop-I,esIdent OmcehoIder..

The AldeTmens resolutions excluding non
res dents the right 10 hod ono "a TINS clly be-
came operative yesterday without tns Mayors siRna'
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Enforcing the Pre.s Law In ParIs.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE Scottish Rife cub has
resolved send team OF It's own 10 the Centennial
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DiedricK Llmpkin, who sutlet the gambling
room - south street. was coma lted Tor tAl ~ dc
taull vi sl,OJQ ban yts.triay'
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dcf,ly concealed in bouquets md baskets OF
cove aie tauTes in1'vUu-1u ' i"N-' 'N'' year
.ldP
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SPARKS FROM TnE rELEGR4pn.

PARIS, Feb lila France (newspapeD has
'een nned 1000 francs for publishing fase news.
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sKRrIcEs rnE HIPPoDRoMr.
The Greatest GATHERINGS TINT the Rcvivnlisis
hnNc vet Addrrssrd.


At Mr.. MOOdys noon meeting Yesterday,
the 400 seats IN the small hail OF the Hippo-
drome were 1led, aud on army Of clergy men
sat on the platform. Among them were Bishop
James. tho Rev. DIS Hail. Hcpworth. Sabine,
Anderson, Paxon, Stephen IL. ryng. Jr, Johns,
Arnold Rogers. Macarthur, Curry Holme,
Clarke Wise and Ball, and MIR. Stuart Of Ihila-
delphia. The congregation sang Jesus. lover
of my soul" and Dr. sabine praved. Tho re-
quests for prayers were read, and the assembly
responded, with bowed heads, In silent suppl
c.tlon. Among tho petitions was one for a sick
~ ysician. another for a husband who had twice
failed to attend the BROOKLYN meetings,
but who had promised 70 attend all the services
In New York and third from a wife whose
husband. under the pressure of business cares,
was IN danger II neglectng his Religious duties.
The conEreg ition SANG the list hymn. and Nr.
Mo DIV resumed his discourse Of the preceding
DAY upon the power of prayer. linen Sir.
Moody prayed, and the congregation sang the
% Ia nymn. several ministers spoke briefly, aud
Mr.. Saukcv sang.
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JOTTINGS BOUT TOITN.

Weather Once Prediction
Clearer and colder.
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WAsHINort N, November %. --lFor
South Atlantic States Warmer south
winds, rising barometer and clear
weather will prevail.
For the Gulf States Northeast to
northwest winds, increasing cloudi-
ness; cooler, followed by warmer
weather and rising, followed by falling
barometer In the southwest rain at
tending the advance OF IA storm centre.
or Tennessee and Ohio valleys and
the Lake regloI- Cooler northeast
winds, rising barometer, and partly
cloudy weather, with light snow in
the latter.
For the Middle States Rising bar
omoter, cooler west winds, cloudy or
partial cloudy weather.
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Intense Excitement Over the
Revolutionary Action of the
CnnvasSing Board.
II Sets at ByIilGcC Rule Of the SUI
preme Court, and secretly Issues
Certificates or Election 10 tho
Radical STATE Ticket.
The Legislature Given to the Republicans,
and Wade Hampton Defraudcd OF tho
Govcrnorshp After this Illegal
and Infamous Proceeding the
Board Adjolrns Sine Die

toluBlA, :. G., November -. The
board OF state canvassrrs yesterday
made n report to the supreme Court
stating the persons who hsd received
The highest number OF vot for the
Offices Tor which they were candi
dates. Appended to the report OF the
result was memorandum Of the
board stating that Ia their opinion GER
tain Irregularities which affected some
Of the Republican candidates should
ue corrected, also that the vote Of I4au-
rene and EiEvi,ld counties, which
gave large Democratic m4Mrities,
should be- excluded on account Of
frauds and iutimiiation This morn.
ing the court passed un order COM
maudlug the board to issue certificates
~ election TO all persons who were
shown by the report Of tue board to
nave received the highest uumber Of
votes Tor members " the Legislature,
including the counties ot EdgeHelu
aud laurens
The court also took up tho case Of
,he elections and issued "A rule on the
board to show cause why they should
not correct the statement Of the county
canvassers 10y the precinct returns in
lheir possession. Pending these pro.
reodings of the court and notwith-tand-
ing their own resolution that they
would take no action until their pow
urs and duties were defined 10y the
court, the board held u session without
the knowledge OF any Of the parties on
| the Democratic side, issued certificates
| to all the members of the Legislature
except for Iaurens aud Edgpii I'D couu.
ties, thus seCuri Z majority of the
Legislature to the Republican side aud
thus securing the defeat OF Hampton
and the election of Chamberlain, and
also issued certificates Of election Ia
the Hayes and Wheeler electors aud
all the Republican State ticket correct
ing the errors which defeated their
own candidates, aud ignoring ali er.
rurs of the same character which
would have elected the Democrats.
rhe board then adjourned sine die.
This action Of the board has created
much excitement, but the citizens are
determined TO rely on the courts aud
exhaust aiI legal means of redress. 1t
is currently believed that the action of
the board was taken under direction
from Washington, and rumors on the
street credit prominent Judicial Off
cial, who has recently arrived here,
with being the organ Of the authori'
ties At Washington.
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ELECTION NEWS.
Nothing Bnt Fraud 'nu give Florida
10 the Radicals.

Sotnins Bnt Fraud 'nu give Florida
10 the Radicals.
TALLAHASSEE, Ella, November o.
All the counties except two have been
heard from, which are Democratic,
lnd the majority for the Democratic
State ticket is $50, Tildeu 76S, The
counties not heard from are Breyard
aud Holmes, which in 1874 gave 273
Democratic majority. These two
COUNTIES will make the majority for
the Democratic State ticket over |, 800,
and FIR ridden from 500 to 1000. The
Democrats are confident they cannot
be cheated out Of the election.
hundreds al U"tOr"d Democrats Hhn
EaWyc been BuIlhe1rd by Louisiana
Republicans,
The Returning Board is taking it's
time regardless OF the impatience OF
he people. In addition to ailidavlts
from Republican officials in More
house parish, pronOuncing keIIoggs
-torle. of intimidation In tina parish
false, there is now pile of Htlidavits
nf similar tenor from Ouachita,
another Of the "bull.doZedn parishes.
One of these IL from United States
lpuuty marshal, aud there are four or
five hundred coIored men who vOlun-
farilv swear that the election was
peaceahle aud quiet, ex ep; that twelve
hundred negroes were members OF the
Democratic clubs, tut were 70 intimi-
dated on the plantations that they
we're n(Iaid to vote the Democratic
ticket.
The Democratic committee have re.
ceyed several hundred ailidavits from
negroes and some from Republican
officials, in the "bull-dozed" parishes,
showing IA pehceable and quiet cleo
ton. also intimidation Of negroes who
dp-lred to vote the Democratic ticket,
hut did not do 50 for fear Of violence
from Republicans of their own color
Republican officials have counter aiil
davits in many cases showing violence
and intimidation where the Demo
Gratis have sworn nothing Of the kint
existed.
Hon. John G.. Thompson, chairman
Of the Democratic Central COMMITTED
Of OHIO, has called meeting of th'
prominent Democrats, Liberals ant
independents OF the State for mex
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future by the popular vote, and thus
relieve the country nom such anxiety
/ and confusion M that to which II Is At
present subjected.
Mr.. Blaine has bid Ndeu to tho
House over which he 30 long presided
IA chairman, aid which, when he de-
scended to the tloor he almost sue
ceeded In converting int0a hear-plt.
"There will be no one left in Ithaca 10
bend his bow" for Mr.. Butler will not
appear until the first session OF the
Forty nth Congress From present
indications Mr.. Blalne's senatorial
glory will be ophemeral. Ex-senator
Morrill,, Of Maine, wants the place
back again, aud his popularity and In
tlucnce in his native State IL second to
that OF no man. In the Senate, II
may predict, Mr.. Blaine will
net shine, 70 speak vulgarly, tn
Senate Ia not his style. 1t lisa wise,
dignilied, deliberate body, preferring
argument to the impudence Of asser-
ton, and meeting the libels OF malice
with the truths OF history. To cay
nothing Of Thurman, Bayard and Ben
HIN (who will probably be the success
s0r Of Norwood, OF Georgia. he will
he met there by that alert compen-
dlum of stubborn statistics, Senator
Beck, of Kentucky. On the Republl-
can side he will be eclipsed by the
much better man, ADLER aud more bril-
liant senator, between whom and him
there has subsisted II bitter feud since
the time that James &. Blaine called
Roscoe COnkling II turkey-cock,
The coming winter will doubtless DO
one Of great activity aud excitement
at this political aud social hub. The
accomplished administrative revou-
ton, aud recent centennial travel
through this city, have created an iu-
terest In the national capital which we
always feel IN the institutions that wo
have seen or studied, either to admire
or dsapprovc. Many journalist have
already returned, alert and ready for
the work of supplying the demand for
news, and your correspondent will
feel, IA he endeavors to hold up the
mirror TO ever changing political and
social phases, that, to many, he will
not DO describing "airy nothings with
out local habitation aud name"
L. A, 3.
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The Election Goes TO tho House.

IRON Tue burlington 1RWR-Fye.l
my son" said q pious father out on
South Hill to his hopeful son, you did
not saw any wood for the kitchen stove
yesterday AS told you to, you left the
back gate open and let the COW get in,
you cut of eighteen feet from tho
clothes-line to make lasso, you stoned
Mr.. Robinson's pet dog and famed it,
yoa put hard-shell turtle in tho hired
girls bed, you tied a strange dog to Mrs.
Jacobsens door-bell, and painted red
and green stripes on the legs Of old Mrs.
Poaby's white pony and hung your sis
ters hustle out in the front window.
What am to do what can do to you
tor such conduct :" Are all the coun.
ties heard from p asked the candidate.
mo trifling sir no, have yet several
reports to receive from other of the
neighbors." Then replied the boy
you will not be justified in proceeding
to extreme measures until the official
count is in" Shortly afterwards tho
election was trown into the house, and
before half the votes were canvassed it
was evident, from the peculiar intona-
ton of the applause, that the boy was
badly beaten.
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livery Man for sis Own Country 70
from Paddy Burns First Avenue Kito


On the evening Of the day that the
news was announced that Tilden was
to be our next President, and before
any contradictory reports had come to
disturb the peace of mind Of those who
supposed they belonged to the success
full party, an lrlshman, who had either
been treated or treated himself to an
overdose of liquor, was seen staggering
along, evidently trying to accomplish
the feat of walking on both sides OF the
street at once, much to the annoyance
of disappointed Yankee who was
making unsuccessful attempts to pass
him. Just as Pat gave a lurch and
came near falling on the irritated poll
tcian, he sang out at the top Of his
voice, "Hooray for ould Ireland |
hooray for ould lrelandp "Hurrah
for h--lp said the disguised Yankee,
attempting to dodge by him, "All
right" exclaimed Pat; livery man tor
his ewn sounthryp