New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-25

= u,horo,non one OF his hearers-a lean angular
fellow with face like an interrogationpont-asKeu
,aave 10 put a question or two. 3" HOW ABOUT your
fatherp he inquired. oil" Was not the elder smt tb p1
,,auamst ~ The Young prophet met this hometnrust
ba1f way He said lie was only II yelrs oiu m, nnb
father killed and he could not beVep thai his
Sather neither sanctioned nor practlceu Poly s .ba
buzz Of disapprobeton IN the nan me- n"nsi f took
The floor again, and poured IN roaGsiue VI gu ,bn o
aoo9. Young joe had 10 admit that these
things were indeed strange ana rereu uasc Shd
One Of Brigham Young daughtersi III the gallery iuehou
in her sleeve.
Abraham Lincoln's parents were married on
sent o. 1sOG in Washington County, KY The marriage
certificate has recently been discovered among the
records of the County Clerks office. 1t is signed by
hopas Lincoln and Richard Berry, and is accompanied
NV the the Rev. Jesse Head chat the ceremony
was performed The bond thus d" Know all men by
these presents that We, Thomas Lincoln aug hGnalu
Berry held and firmly bound unto His E1oeeney
$50 current money TO the payment OF Whcn wei. anu
truly to be made to the said Governor anu ms d
sors VIC bind ourselves, our heirs etc. JOINTLY anu sV
eraliy firmly by these presents, sealeu WIN our scans
and dated tins 10th day OF June lSOO ING eOhGon "
fhe above obligation such that whereas there Is mar
rage shortly intended between the above DOud lhonls
lincoln and Nancy Hanks, for which cepse has Issued
now il there be no law nj cause ohstc the said mar
rage then this obligation 70 be void, OF else 10 remain III
full force aud virtue IN law"
Two ancient mariners who landed in San
Francisco nine days ago could tale unfold that would
Give him the nightmare for a fortnight. They had been
rescued from the wreck Of japanese junk, on July D.
nv British bark after drifting in the open sea nearly
eight months The junk left Hakoaadi on Nov. - ana
lost tts masts and rudder in heavy sqla The crew
threw overheard the OF salt fish on Now H. ana
the vessel was kept afOat. Water, hrewood ana pro
visions soon gave out, and scuFNy-ihe Dlachesi vi
scuryy-appeared. On Jan. IL sailor died; three DAY
aftprwaTd the captains sufcrlngs were ended; ana
before the end of the month four o me crew Went nau
from drinking salt water and died ravlng nan mani
blackened to char with scurVy. In' next dc3 DC
Cured in March, and tie next in the middle OF May
There two survivors. heavy shower brouSht
them relief, and enabled them 10 store considerable
water There little rice IN the hldtr ana carr III
June they caught fifteen fish. The JUNK was an utter
wreck. covered with seaweed and bornacl Al last
sail appeared, and the sailors were rcecut 10 po'lue
against emergencies they bad sailed down tEe oodes VI
their comrades.
An intelligent correspondent OF The Puts
burgh Chronicle has been visiting Two Bears ana the
Blackfeet at Standing Rock on the upper Missouri lie
gives this account OF sacrifice the Indian Deyil
dog Is killed by torture, and divided into four parts
which are put into four kettles and set the fire till
boiled tender or till he is supposed be tender
dog ought to young sqpaw supposed to represent
chastity strips herself entirely nude and 10 the sound OF
a low chant by associates, vigorous beating on
drum tOm-tOm. performs peculiar dance WIN size
long motion around the tire on when are me kettes con-
flaming the pieces of dog all the time nutterlng some
incarnation. At signal the young braves or ola ones
either in turn step of the Kettles and reaching
dn hand and take piece OF boiling meat tear on
b mouthul and swallow It, They keep taking out the
scaldng and eating it TIL the skin or hands,
lips and mouth hang loose In Whehed slreus anu aiI
This time no sign OF pa finds expression on any race,
and the seeng mOrsels slowly nastcatec ana DC
liberately swallowed with cOmpOsure absolutely Qua
bolica The miserable dupes IKE hose o. many "a %
religious delusiOn feel themselves the better Tor IT. Inc
aboriginal notion is that II they torture themselves anu
evince insensbity to pam, they will convince the Evi
One that 1t is not worth while to waste his time IN al
dieting them.