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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-18

Ex-PosTMAsTER GENBRAL JEWELL ar
rived at his home In Hartford, Conn, las
night, and was accorded an enthusia site 70
ception by his fellow-towpsmen Of all par
ties. An address Of welcome was delivered
At the depot by Mayor Sprague, (democrat)
and Gov. Jewell was then conducted TO hill
home by several military companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-18

ing the thunder storm which prevailed In
York county, Pa, last Tuesday evening, two
tramps took refuge In an out building In .
school house near Hummelstown, and were
struck and killed by liRhtninR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-18
ANNUAL CLOsNG-OUT SALE

HN-NOdI OIlVoINU-OOI SaIIE
SPRING AND SUMNER CLOTHING
A. . T H AUS, lOlI Pa, Av.,
BKGINs JULY IsY,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-18

THE FLOODS In upper Red river valley,
La, have heavily damaged the crops and
stock. It Is the impression that no planta-
ttons below Shreveport will be damaged.
No through trains have arrived at Shreve-
port since Friday, and none are expected for
Q day or two, owing 70 washouts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-18

THE UTEs TO FIGHT THE SIoUX.-The
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs yesterday
directed f. ii. Danforth, Indian agent at the
White river agency, to allow all the Ute To-
dams who wish to join Gen. Crook to leave
the reservation for that nurpose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-18

THE CHARGES AGAINST Mr.. ORDwAY.-
Capt. Blackboard, deputy sergeant at arms
for the Louisiana Investigating committee
about eighteen months ago, explains the re-
port OF his testimony before the Real Estate
Pool Committee. by saying that adding the
amount disbursed by the late Sergeant-at-
Arms Ordway on account OF the expenses OF
the committee in Washington before going
TO Louisiana, TO the amount dlsbursed by
Capt. Blackford while absent with the COM
mittee IN Louisiana, balance remains to
be accounted for by Ordway of only $50, In
an expenditure of nearly 81 900 for the total
expresses OF the committee. This balance OF
eco can be explained by Ordway as having
teen expended by him for various necessary
IN clceDi al expenses not covered by Black
ioTa's voschers. IL has heretofore been stated
mat nearly every item in the vouchers bad
beer raised several dollars higher than the
fecourts turned N by blackboard. This was
occasion ed by the adding OF items amount
ing IN The aggregate 70 nearly $500 to Black
loids vouchers paid by Ordway here. bat not
rendered In Blackford's account.
IL Serkeant-at Arms Ordwpy publishes a
card In the Boston Journal, declaring reports
OF bis irregularities false and deliberate at-
tempts 70 o.aeken him. He says he yiafted
Warrington, but the COMMITTEES would nof
give HIM IN opportunity 20 appear and e..
platps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-18

TILDEN AND HENDRICKS UNABLE TO
TiTes from Indianapolis, July Is, says: A
reporter sought an interview to-day with
Gov. Hendricks, who has just returned from
his conference with Tilden at Saratoga, but
was unable to get ything out of him, the
Governor refusing very decidedly to talk
upon that subject. All that was learned was
that after Gov. Tilden has had his say 20 the
committee, which will be in eight or ten
days, then he will announce his decision. 1t
was quite plain to be seen from the Cow
ernOr's manner that Tilden aud Saratoga
had no delight for him. What the trouble is
IL ia NOT IN sau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-18

AveTage-Age, i95s; weight, 1883; heignt,
feet94 In ches.
Subsiltute-W. Sheafe, Boston, Mass; age
10, weight, 1i5; height, ) feet inches.
Boat new. of cedar, by Fesron, OF Yonkers;
length, 50 feet; beam, q 4 inches; weight, Ii3
lbs; oars by Donshue, of Newburgh. Colors,
cardinal red. Position In race, l.
COLUMBIA FRESHMEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-18

AT THE WEDDING Of Mr.. Chandler ROB-
bins end Miss Frelinghuysen, early In the
fall, Miss Edith Fish. daughter OF the Sec
rotary OF State. Miss Thornton, daughter of
Sir Ed Thornton. and Miss Cadwalla.
der. will be among the bridesmaids. The
wedding will take place at Senator Freling-
huysen's home In New Jersey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-18

Ayerage-Age, 10; weight, 1l3K; height, 5
feet inches.
Substitute-V. Spader, Brooklyn; age, 20;
weight, 13i; height, 5 feet inches.
Boats same as University crew. Colors,
blue and white. Position in race, 2
CORNELL FRESHMEN.
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hind the rocks, and whose canteens were
filed and carried up the hill. Before
all the men and wounded were supplied
one man was killed and six or seven
wounded in the desperate attempt. One
man had the bone Of his leg shattered
by ball, and It has since been ampu-
tated.
About 2 o'clock the Indians began
drawing off, but kept skirmishing until
late in the afternoon, and near dark all
drew off We now got water for the ami
mails, many Of them being almost dead,
and they were put out to Craze on the
hillsides.
TORTURED AND MUTILATED.
7 think some of our men were cap
tured alive and tortured. | knew the
colored scout Isaiah was, for he had
small pistol balls in his legs. from the
knees down, and 1 believe they were
shot into him while alive. Another man
had stripes of skin cut out of his body.
Hordes of squaws aud old, gray-haired
Indians were roaming over the battlefield
bowling like mad. The squaws had
stone mallets, and mashed IN the skulls
of the dead and wounded. Many were
gashed with knives, and some had their
noses and other members cut Oft The
heads of four white soldiers were found
in the Sioux camp that had been sever
ed from the trunks, but the bodies could
not be found on the battlefield or IN the
village. Our men did not kill any
squaws, but the Reese Indian scouts did.
The bodies of six squaws were found in
the little ravine
l think the Indian village must have
contained about 5000 people, full 5000
ofwhom were warriors. The Indians
fought Reno first and then went to fight
Custer, after which they came back to
finish Reno The same Indians we're in
all the attacks think the Indians were
commanded by Sitting Bull in person
There were or other Chiefs in the
field Extract fl ON Telegram to the
n. Y. Tribune.
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ample. Hold before your little ones the
name of Jesus; let that name be the
word which shall exercise evil from their
hearts. Give to your instruction all the
fascination of music, morning, noon and
night; let it be Jesus, the cradle song.
This is important if your children grow
up, but perhaps they may not. Their path
way may be short. Jesus may be want
ing that child. Then, there will be a
soundless step in that dwelling and the
youthful pulse will begin to futter, and
little hands will be lifted for help, You
cannot help, and a great agony will pinch
at your heart, and the cradle will be
empty, and the world will be empty, and
your soul will be empty. No little feet
standing en- the stairs. No toys scatter
ed on the carpet No quick following
from room to room. No strange and
wondering questions. No upturned face
with laughing blue eyes come for kiss;
but only a grave, and wreath of white
blossoms on the top of it; and bitter desc
lation, and signing at nightfall with no
one to put to bed, and vet pillow and
a grave, and a wreath of white blossoms
on the top of it, The heavenly shepherd
will take the lamb safely anyhow, whether
you have been faithful or unfaithful; but
would it not have been pleasanter if you
could have heard from those lips the
praise of Christi l never read anything
more beautiful than this about child 5
departure. The account said, "she fold
ed her hands, kissed her mother good bye,
sang her hymn, turned her face to the
wall, said her little prayer and then died
.-[Christiau Weekly.
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SI.50 per Annum.
RAILROAD SPIKES.
CONDUCTED BY GAHRULoUs QUrDNUxc.

The Franklin (Ky.) Patriot man called
US a water melon machine some time
ag1-said we unjuiced thirty-dge melons
within the condensed space of fifteen
minutes. That's all right, of course,
but we don't think man who is so in
Ordiuately fond Of cucumbers should
mention it. This very Patriot man once
ate thirteen pecks of cuoumbers, not
on a wager. either, but on the fence and
the people, in order to keep him out of
their gardens, put up rag men holding
alOft dun letters. That cured him
The happiest paper IN the United
States Is an indianapolis daily. 1t has
but one want" Courier Journal.
Not half so happy as a paper We run
once-not single want and but one
subscriber, and that was cur grand
mother.
The most "punctillious" printer We
ever saw was in Nashville. When he
set up a piece of reprint, he'd even
insert mashed letters if they occurred in
copy.
A Tennessee editor after publishing
paper ten years, one day suddenly dis
covered an error in the head. He now
speaks of himself as the best proof
reader of his age in America.
One of the assistant engineers of the
Memphis Appeal used his scissors so
vigorously that he dropped from fatigue.
The doctors pronounced 1t case of
"shear exhaustion"
We received the following letter yes
terday:
"mr quidnunc, dear sur. me and mi
foks is mighty pestered about the way
pollyticks is taking ther turn. gist to
think tilton is sot up fur president
what want to no is this is beecher
gwine to run agin him. respectfully.
mr. spaggots esquir.
Philosophical sir, we would like to
answer you immediately, but are com
PEELED to await the decision of the next
convention.
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Protecting Love.

They were coming down from Saginaw
on the boat, and as swell rocked the
steamer, tae young lady screamed out
and craWled around until she seized the
young mans arm.
''PilIer yer head right here. SusanI'
he exclaimed, patting his heart with one
hand and slipping the other around her
waist "When a feller loves q girl as /
do you, he could take her on his back
and swim eighteen miles in a bee-line,
and then go home and hoe corn till sun
down. PilIer yer head right here. my
love, and if she rains, and halls, and
thunder blue blazes, don't you squeal
one squeal!'
"Are we safer, she tremblingly in
quried.
"Safe as a cow tied to a brick wall
eighteen feet thick, my lovel just lean
right here, shut your pearly eyes and
feel as contented as if ye set on the top
rail of the PASTURES fence waitin' for tin
pedler to arroVe in sight
She "pillered," and everybody remark.
ed that he looked like a hero-TDetroit
Free. Press.
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How Did he Get Rich ?

In 1856 Mr.. Robson, Secretary of the
Navy in Presidents cabinet, paid a tax
on $1,000 income; since he has been
Secretary he has deposited in bank to
his private credit the amount of $780,
000 Where did he make this money!
lie received only a salary of $4,000
per year, and at that rate he could not
earn more than $4,000, even If it
cost him nothing to live in Washington
Where did he get the remaining $780,
600? Did he make this large sum of
money in letting the contracts for cloth
ing for marines, and to repair old yes
sels2 The people have q right to know
where public servant on a stated sal
ary, has accumulated such an immense
fortune. The labOrers are crying out
for the necessaries of life, while the
Federal Office holders arc accumulating
untold wealth from some source
Southern Agriculturist.
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A Song That Has Wings.

What our mothers sang to US when
thay put Us to sleep is singing yet. We
may have forgotten the words; but they
went into the fibre of our soul and will
forever be part of it. 1t IS not so much
what you formally teach your children,
as what you sing them. a hymn has
wings and can fly everywhere. One
hundred and fifty years after you are
dead, and Odd Mortality" has worn out
her chisel in reeutting your name on
the tom bstOne, your great grand children
will be singing the songs whi ch this
afternoon you sang to your little children
gathered about your knee. There is a
place in Switzerland where, If you dis
tinctly utter your voice, there comes
back ten or fifteen distinct echoes And
every Christian song sung by a mother
in the ear of her child, shall have ten
thousand echoes coming back from all
the gates of Heaven. OH if mothers on
ly knew the power of this sacred spell
how much oftener the little ones would
be gathered, and all our homes would
chime with the songs OF Jesus.
We want cOunteracting influence upon
our children. The very moment your
child steps into the street he steps into
the path of temptation. There are foul
mouthed children who would like to
besoil your little Ones- 1t will not do to
keep your boys and girls in the house
and make them house plants; they must
have fresh air and recreation. God
saves your children from seething, scald-
ing, blasting influence of the streetsl 1
know of no counteracting influence but
the power of Christian culture and ex-
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How They Met Their Death.

The finding of the bodies of General
Custer aGd his men is thus described In
a special dispatch to the Chicago Inter
Ocean:
"At a point about three miles down
the right bank of the stream, Custer had
evidently attempted to ford and attack
the village from the ford. The trail was
found to lead back up to the bluffs and
to the nOrthward, as if the troops had
been Tepulsed and compelled to retreat,
and at the same time had been cut off
from regaiaing the forces under Reno.
The bluffs along the right bank came
sharply down to the water and are IL
terspersed by numerous raVines all
along the slopes and ridges, and in the
ravines lay the dead arranged in order
of battle, lying as they had fought, line
behind line, showing where defensive
positions had been successfully taken up
and held until none we're left to fight
Then huddled in a harrow compass,
horses and men were piled promiscu-
ously. At the highest point of the
ridge lay Custer, surrounded by a chO-
brothers and his nephew, Mr.. Reed,
ColOnels Yates and Cooke and Cap
tain Smith, all lying in circle of a few
yards, their horses beside them. Here,
behind Yates company, the stand had
been made and here, one after another,
these last survivors of Clusters five
companies had successfully thrown
themselves across the path of the al
vancing enemy, and had been annihi-
lated -
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Congress.

The Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives still remain on stand still on
the appropriation bills. The house
wants to cut down expenses from thirty
to forty millions of dollars, while tho
Senate refuses to make such a reduction
of expenses. Several conference com.
mittees have been appointed, but no
agreement has yet been reached. The
salaries of all the officials in the govern
ment have been carried up to war prices
and now they should come down to fair
living, as the laboring people are re-
duced to hard scratching to obtain
enough bread to sustain life. There is
no justice in the government in wasting
its money on officials while the people
are baukruPted to keep up their salaries
Let the expenses of the government
be cut dOwn-economy should mark
public measures in these hard times aa
much as Individual contraction Ex.
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On that occasion2 Very family, and
looking toward the sea. Yes he did.
Evidently Mr.. Barton was embarrassed
and much moved Miss Clifton determ-
ined to come bravely to his assistance.
well, have changed my mind on that
subject"
Mr.. Barton, apparently still more en-
barrassed and still more overcome, SO
have /.
They walked home IN silence, and
thus ended an idyl by the seaside.
Miss Clifton and Mr.. Barton are fcti
tious names; but this fairy tale is an
open secret for those W no move in a Ger
tain New York set. New York Sun,
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southerners in the Union Army.

In a notice of the address of Gen. d.
II. Hill before the Mecklenburg, IN.
c. Historical Society, the Baltimore
Sun attributes 10 him the following GU
rious statements about the number Of
Southern soldiers in the Union army
during the war of the rebellion: Even
in the late civil war, the President Of
the United States was q Southern born
man, and the fret cOmmander-in-chief,
whose plan for the subsequent conduct
Of the war was probably that which was
finally successfully acted on, was a Vir-
ginian. Next to Grant and Sherman,
whose leading military conceptions were
probably derived from Gen. Scott, the
most successful Union generals wore
Southern men, viz; Thomas, Candy,
Blair, Sykes, Ord, Getty, Anderson,
Alexander, Nelson, etc. Gen Hill de-
clares thai the stubborn rcsistence Of
Gen. Thomas at Chicamauga, and the re-
iasal of Andrew johnson to give up
Nashville, as Buell. directed, dug the
grave Of the COnlederacY. Farragus Of
tennessee, rose to the highest rank in
the navy. The naval fOurcss at Hat
teras were under the command Of Colds
borough, of Maryland. Gen. Hill Is Of
opinion that the South furnished as
many troops to the Uzion army as did
the populOus North. At any rate, there
were no better troops in the Union ser
vice Missouri gave lG8,773 soldiers to
the United States, Kentucky 9, 900, and
MARYLAND 1880. Other Southern
States contributed in greater Or less de-
gree. n all, there were 100000 native
born Southerners in the Union service.
This does not include the 2J0ODD negro
troops
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HOME CIRCLE.
LEONA.
BY JAMES G. CLARK.

competent literary critics have pro-
nounoed tie following poem unsurpassed
by any other production of its class in
cur language. It is perfect in rhyme,
beautiful in figure and expression, and
our readers will thank US for It's reproduc-
ton.
Leona, the hour draws nigh,
The hour we've awaited so long,
For the angel to open door through the
sky,
That my spirit may break from it's prison
and try
It's voice in an infinite song.
just now as the slumbeTs of night
Came Ger me with peace-giving
breath,
That curtain half lifted revealed to my
sight
Those windows which look on the king
dom of light,
That borders the river of death.
And a vision fell solemn and sweet,
Bringing CLEANS Of mOrning-lit land;
I saw the white shore which the pale
waters beat,
And heard the low IulI as they broke at
their feet
Who walked on the beautiful strand.
And wondered why my spirits should
cling
TO their clay with struggle and
sigh,
When life's purplo autumn is better than
spring,
And the soul flies away, like a sparrow,
In C climate ma where leaves never die.
Leona, come close TO my bed,
And lay your dear hand on my brow;
The same touch that thrilled me in days
that are fed,
And raised the lost roses of youth from
Can brighten the brief moments now.
thank the Great Father for this,
That our love is not lavished in vain;
Each germ in the future, will blossom to
bliss,
And the forms that we love, and the lips
that we kiss,
Never shrink at the shadow of pain.
By the light of this faith anil taught
That my labor is only begun;
L
struggled and fought
With the legiOns of wrong, till my arm-
or has caught
The gleam Of eternity's sun.
Leona, look forth and behold,
From headland, from hillside, and
deep,
The day-king surrendeTs his banners of
gold;
The twilight advances through woodland
and void.
And the dews are beginning to weep.
The moons silver hair lies uncurled,
Down the broad breasted mountains
away:
! Ere sunsets red glories again shall be
| furled,
| On the walls of the west DER the plains
of the World,
| shall rise in a limitless day.
! o! come not in tears to my tomb,
Nor plant with fraiI flowers the sod
| There is rest among roses too sweet for
its gloom,
And life where the lilies eternally bloom
In the baIm-breathing gardens of God,
Yet deeply those memories burn,
Which bind me to you and to earth;
And l sometimes have thought that my
being would yearn
In the bowers of its beautiful home, to
return,
And visit the home of its birth.
'Twould be pleasant to stay,
And walk by your side to the last;
But the land-breeze of Heaven is begiH
ming to play
Life's shadows are meeting Eternity's
day,
And its tumult is hushed in the past.
LeGna: coma good t{ bye; should the grief
Too dark for your faith, you will long
for relief,
And remember, the journey, though lone
some is brief
Over Iowland and river, to me.
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Increasing the Army.

Hon. S. S. Cox, of New York, in re
ply to Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio, in the
House the other day, made the follow
ing wholesome and truthful remarks 10
reference to increasing the United
States army;
'It has been q time of profound peace
since the surrender at AppOmattOz
Court House, and all the disturbances
made since that time have been caused
by political interference with local self
goVernAent, and now you talk about
the army, when Sheridan Is in PhiIadel-
phia frollickiHg on the Centennial, and
when Custer falls in the wilderness, and
you have not get troops enough Where
are your D, 900 men2 3. 200 are IN Lou
siana and some other Southern States.
What are they doing there? There is no
revolt, TO rebellion, no election yet,
and only 5000 men are sent out to
fight the Wild Sioux Indians. / cannot
understand what that gentleman means,
when he says the army needs to be in
creased. Does he want more troops IN
the South than there are nOw2 Where does
be want them, and for what purpose?
Does he want still to punish the eleven
Safes? is it the purpose to carry the
election that way7'
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ExPremier Gladstone as a Wood
chopper.

Many of our readers are doubtless
arware of Mr.. GladstOne's ambition TO
excel as woodman. Indeed, this aud
Homeric study seemed to be the two
"hobbies" of the retired statesman, and
he certainly rides them both we'll No
one will deny that he is a "smart fel-
low" after reading the following from a
Wrexham newspaper:
"An enormous beech tree was drawn
from Hawarden Park on Monday by
seven horses belonging to Messrs.
BracegriiIe and son, timber merchants,
Norwich, to the Wrexham goods station
of the Connah Quay Railway, for transit
to Manchester. 1t was felIed a few
days ago by Mr. Gladstone, who, not
withstanding that it measured thirteen
feet in circumference, accomplished his
laborious but agreeable task in six
hours The tree contained over 20C
cubic feet and weighed nearly nine tons.
Experienced "fellers" tell US that the
ex-Premier did his work In a thOrOug h
business-ike manner, and quite to the
satisfaction of the purchasers. = Ex-
| change.
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This train stops at all regular stations,
and at flag stations when necessary.
Round Trip Tickets on sale at Mem
phis, to Bolivar and jackson, at reduced
rates. NJ. s. JAY,
maE = Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt
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Memphis and Return.
Every Day Except Sunday.
BY new arrangement between the
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
AND THE
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago
RATLROADs,

4 through train leaves Jackson, Bolivar,
and all in termedirte stations, every morn
ing for Memphis, returning same even
ing, with following time table
TO MEMPHIS:
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1ilden and Hendricks clubs already
dot the llnd.