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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03
The Embroidery Of History.

One of the bits of history mOstfamiliar
to Americans is Jackson's battle OF New
Orleans, where, from behind his breast
work of cotton bales Ga material which
the enemy's cannon could not PIERCE,
he repulsed with prodigious slaughter
Packenham's veterans, fresh from their
European victories. This story OF the
rampant of cotton, as related In both
English and American histories, is, how
ever, purely apocryphal. Its origin
seems to have been the fact that, many
days before the battle of Jan. 8 for
Jackson's troops had been working
steadily at the intrenchments since
Christmas), about fifty cotton bales were
taken out of neighboring fiat-boat and
thrown into line of earthworks to in
crease its bulk. About a week before
the assault, in preliminary skirmish,
as Walker tells us in his jackson and
New Orleans" the enemy's balls strik-
ing one of these bales knocked it out OF
the mound, set fire to the cotton, and
sent it flying about TO the great danger
of the ammunition. All the bales were
consequently removed. CATER this, y
continues the account, "no cotton bales
were ever used in the breastwork. The
mound was composed entirely OF earth
dug from the canal and the field in the
rear. The experiment of using cotton
and other articles in raising the embank-
ment had been discarded"
Again, for eighteen years after this
battle it was gospel with us that the
British officers at dawn "promised their
troops plentiful dinner in New Or
leans, and gave them booty and beauty
as the parole and countersign OF the
day." In 1888 Gen. Lambert and -four
other British officers, who had been en-
gagged in the luckless expedition, denied
this story, which accordingly has meas
urably vanished out of history. The alb
surd fiction of the "booty and beauty y
watchword reappears, however, at inter
walls in our own civil war, ascribed to
Gen. Beauregard and other Confederate
officers.
Our ancestors, also, used to enjoy the
story OF Putnam's exploit at Horseneck,
where he escaped from party OF Ty'
ron's troops by forcing his horse down
flight of seventy stone steps (anothel
account swells them to a hundred) that
! formed the stairway by which the vii
layers assembled to the church on the
brow of the hill. This is the narration
in Peters History of Connecticut, q
book which Dwight calls ga mass OF
folly and falsehOOd." The story of the
stairway is sheer fabrication, founded Oh
the fact that common stones here and
there aided the villagers to ascend the
hill ; yet there exist pictures of Putnam
charging down long tier of steps, as
well-defined and regular as those of the
Capitol at Washington, while the dis
comfted lragoons at the top pour in 6
volley that does not harm him.
A partial parallel to this exaggeratior
may be found in the current descriptions
of {" Sheridan's Ride at Winchester, 9
solid exploit, brilliantly touched up il
Buchanan Reade's verse, concerning
which last the great cavalry General is
said ohave loosely remarked that if the
bard had seen the horse he never would
have written the poem.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03
A ShreM d SPINDLE.

One OF the latest and shnewdest
schemes Of swindle lately took place in
Cleveland, Ohio. A stranger appeared
at q saloon, having in his possession
several boxes which he CLAIMED con-
tanned valuable jewels which he would
like to keep safely fer time. For this
purpose he engaged room aad had the
boxes placed in it. He occupied the
room day or SO, anal then left, leaving
the things there. In ;he course of day or
so he returned, saying that he had been
detained away by business, but would
pay for the room inst the same. While
he was making this explanation second
stranger, who spoke very broken En-
glish, appeared and called for drink.
He had no money but would like to sell
the large diamond cross which he wore.
The first stranger examined it, and said
that as an expert he should regard the
cross as worth at least a, 900. The price
of the article was 500, and if the saloon
keeper would let him have that amount
he would Mt once go TO the bank, draw
some money, andretum him $500 for the
favor. The money was furnished, with
the exception of SIT, and the two strang-
ers departed-never to return. IL took
their host but few minutes TO see that
he had been victimized, aud he rushed
for the boxes of jewelry, only to find
them filed with stones.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03

!" ..
Was it dream? MOI no l--realityl
The safe-door was thrown open, and ~
/ rolled out on the floor of the counting
house l again became unconscious.
When | came to my senses / was sur
rounded by four fierce-looking men
one was bathing my head, while another
was holding me in his arms. What
could it mean? was saved, but how
and by whom?
They were BURGERS who came for the
purpose of plumber. They told me so;
and instead of money they found what
they took to be corpse. They stood
neutrality-suspicious. to hesitate
how to act. The safe was opened; the
owner was there at their mercy. Weak
as 1 was, L at once discovered the cause
of their hesitation.
I" You CAME" / said, "to rob me, in.
stead of which you saved my life. The
amount of money which you would have
obtained is no considerable sum; it il
there--there in that second drawer from
the right. Take it-divide it between
yourselves, and take it with my thanks
You see L am very weak-the excite
ment caused by incarceration"
One of the men approached me anc
said eve are robbers we are IN YOU
power, but we are not murderers. We
came for money, but"
interrupted him.
"No hesitation, sir it is yours-my
free gift-take it..
He then joined his companions, con
suited awhile, then came to me an(
said:
Suppose, Sir, that we were detected
Our entrance may have been observed
the money found upon us-the condi
ton of this safe-thus, you see, upol
such evidence we would be convicted a
once"
evil you place that chair before tn,
table and help me to it 1 am com
pletely unnerved. Seven hours in tina
safe nearly killed me"
The chair was placed as ordered-th'
man who had spoken assisted me to it
l took paper and pen, and, while those
four stalwart, desperate men gazed upol
me, 1 wrote the following:
"For valuable services, pay thes,
four men (for the soul of me l could no
write gentlemen) the sum of $1,000
They rescued me from a most horrible
death, for which, in addition to thi
sum, they have my most heartfelt
thanks.
Signed
"Take that paper, sir, and, if any
thing should occur, come to me. "
Thus was saved, but it was man,
weeks before recovered from the eff
fects of that night of rror.-Hartforc
! \ iJ1leS
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03

UPoN the announcement of the arrival
of Prince Hassan, son of the Khedive,
with the Egyptian contingent of $500
infantry and 1000 artillery, the Sultan
ordered the sacrifice of 100 sheep at the
gates of his palace, in token of his
thanks to God. The Prince conformed
to the old-fashioned etiquette in pres
ence of the Sultan. He touched both
hands to his boots, and carried them to
his head, and crossed his arms upon his
stomach while reclining his body; but to
the high officers of the palace, and other
dignitaries, he simply gave military sa-
lutte in European style.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03
a sosc or SUMMER.
BY PROF. BLAoKIE.

EAlxays in your darkest hour strive 10 RENE"
.u.r your brightest.-J. n. Rfehfe.l
Sing me a song of summer,
For my heart Is wintry sau,
That Rlarious bright newcomer
Who makes all nature glad
S{ing me a song Of summer,
That the dark from the bright may borrow,
And ,he part i'm the radiant whole OF things
MAY drown its little sorrow.
Sing me a song of summer,
when God walks forth III light,
And sproads His glowing mantle
Der the blank and the gray of night;
And where He comes His quickening touch
Reyives the nsensate Dead
Aud the nuilbed and frozen pulse of things
Beats music 10 His tread
Sing me a song of summer,
With his banners of golden bloom,
That glorious bright newcomer.
Who bears bleak winters doom,
With banners Of gold and OF silver,
And wings of rosy display,
And verdUous power In his path,
When he comes with the pride OF the May;
When he comes with his genial sweep
Der the barren and bare of the scene,
And makes the still earth to wave
With an OCEAN of undulant green;
With flourish II leafy expansion,
And boast of luxuriant bloom,
Aud the level Of life as IL triumphs
Der the dust and decay of the tomb.
Sing me a song OF summer:
God what a glorious thing
Is the march of this mighty newcomer
With spendor of life on his wing
When he quickens the pulse of creation,
And maketh all feebleness strong,
Till IL spread into blossom of beauty,
And burst into pmans Of song
Sing me a song of summerl
Though my heart be wintry and sad,
The thought of this blessed newcomer
Shall foster the germ of the glad.
Meath the veil of my grief left me cherish
The JOY that shall rush into day,
When the bane of the winter shall perish
In the pride and the power of the May.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03
Composition ON the Rabbit.

Rabbits is generally about the size of
cat. They amt so useful to catch
rats MS a cat, but they will pull the bark
off grape vine awful quick. / had a
rabbit once, and he gnawed the bark of
my grandfather's pear tree, and he got
mad, and kicked the stuffin' out of him
and / skun him. Rabbits ears is long,
so You can pick 'em up easy. A rabbit
often has red eyes, but if girl had red
eyes she'd look bad, you bet. Me and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03

In Thomasville, Ga, man who had
been suffering with cancer in the mouth,
and had been pronounced incurable by
his physician, became much depressed,
and determined upon suicide. He went
about his self-destruction in very
methodical and business-hke manner.
All his creditors were conferred with,
and all paid up, even those to whom the
amounts were not due. He proceeded
leisurely and deliberately to set his
house in order preparatory to taking the
fatal step. He even made his own cof-
fin. After completing all necessary ar
ranpements he coolly cut his throat.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03

another boy done up some hoss-radish
in cabbage leaf and give it to Mr..
Hackett's rabbit to eat, and he jumped
over clothes-line and run into the
kitchen and upset bucket of syrup all
over his hair, and he was sick-lookin'
rabbit, and don't you forget it. II
ruther be dog than a rabbit.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03

NEITHER Bret Harte nor Albert Rhodes
has got his desired foreign appointment,
but Secretary Evarts is amusing them,
meantime, with such observations as
this " Literary men can get laurels on
their brows, but they can't browse on
their laurels.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03

How long lay thus had no knowl-
edge, when ! came to myself it was to
hear dull sound as if some one was
striking the safe. Was help ut hand ?
Then came a grating sound-then a
shock-then came louder sound, as If
from the explosion of gunpowder-a
flash, as of lightning. It came into the
safe and for an instant the whole space
was illuminated. What could it mean
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03

Was it dream? mol no reality
The safe-door was thrown open, and ~
rolled out on the floor of the counting
house again became unconscious.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-27

During the recent visit of Gen. Sler-
idan to Washington, the military au-
thorities considered u project of build
ing a large military post at or about
the forks of Milk river and near the
line of the British Northwestern Terri
tory, rs n defense agains. the large con-
centration of Indians across the line.
If the Sioux and others should deter
mine to invade our territories again,
the Canadian authorities have no force
TO restrain them. This will he a per-
manent post on the international boun-
dairy, and will be constructed with care.
Gen. Terry had orders to look up the
best site for such a post, and it is under
stood that le has fixed upon 4 place for
it. The matter will be brought to the
attention of Congress.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-27
The Zoe OF Pam,

The friend of suffering lnmanity-the
enemy of disease, and the %sdlrdtioa of
the patient brute, is MEXICAN Mus
TANG ~ILNIMENT. There is no sore ii
will not heal, no ache or pain it will
not Danish. For accidents in the fam
lily, such us burns, scalds, sprains, cuts,
ETC., it has no rival. 1t has saved
more human lives, and restored more
horses, oXen and other cattle, to useful
ness and profit, than all other liniments
put together. may2T-d3awaw6m
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-27

The Commerce Committee of the
House has under consideration a prop
osition for two lines of steamers to
Brazil-one from New Orleans and the
other from Philadelphia. Mr.. j. W.
Fralick, of Philadelphia, WHO is said to
represent n combined capital of 500
600, 900 of Philadelphia manufacturers,
has been made n special United States
Commissioner by the State Department
to visit South America, to inquire into
the feasibility of direct postal and COM
mercial facilities. The postal subsidy
asked forts about 500, 600. Mr.. Fralick
is on his way to Brazil, by the way of
Chicago and San Francisco, whence he
will proceed by Pacific coast steamer to
Panama,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-27
~PoSToFFIcE.
Office HoHrs-arri.ai and Departure Of Mails

Until further notice the Postomce will be
upen for delivery and reception of mail mat
ter from $ e. IN. to p. m. daily, except Sun
days. and on Sundays from y To 10 a. m; and
from 2 to 4 =. IN. Omaha time Is the ,.nie of
the office.
Money ordernnd register departments open
from 8 a. m. to d y. m. daily, except sundays.
Western mails close daily at l:lO p. M. Ar
i've ut $3.50 p. IN.
Eastern mails close daily at s:I5 p. M. and
arrive Mt l:3a p. Ia.
Denver, Colorado and Southern malls. close
Mt 4 u. m. and arrive at 8 "A. M.
Northern mails close daily for Pole Creek,
Upper Horse Creek, Chugwater. bordeaux
ranch, Chimney Rock, Fort LaTnmie, Fort
Fetterman, Red Cloud Agency, Spotted Tail
Agency. Camp Robinson, Camp Sheridan,
Camp Reno, Hat Creek, Custer city, Dead
wood City and all other settlements In tho
black Hills, at l p. m; arrive rom those
points daily at . n. m.
Mail closes for Davis Ranch on Mondays
IS a. m; arrive Tuesdays at & p. m.
Mails close for Old Red Cloud Agency, Lit
tie Moon, and Lower Horse Creek on Tues
days at $ a. m. arrive Fridays ut o p. IN.
Malls close for Bristol, Fort Collins, Long
mont, and other settlements in Northwestern
colorado, Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sntur-
days ats a. m; arrive on Mondays, Wednes-
lays and Fridays at $ p. M.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-27
POLITICAL COMBINATIONS IL rtnupE.


The late Franco-I'IuSsian VIII and
the Russo-rurkish conflict are more
closely welded together, possibly, Than
the world is aware. 1t will be remem-
bered that at one time, just previous to
the opening Of the struggle between
Germany and France, there was a grave
suspicion entertained by the authorities
of the former Power that Russia was
contemplating an alliance with France,
Tor the lattrr's assistance against her
powerful foe. it WAS ut this time, in
al probability, that Germany entered
into certain agreements with Russia,
hy which the latter was to become n
neutral Power in the then forthcoming
contest along the Rhine. What promises
did the German leaders make at that
time to secure 50 desirable a neutrality
on the part of the Gar? This query
would seem most naturally answered by
the vents of the past few months, as
touching the ''malevolent neutrality
Of Germany toward Turkey, Il culntry
on whose territory she has long looked
with jealous and ~c0vetous eyes. This
neutrality, it is believed. was purchased
hy Russia, and is now demanded of
Germany, in accordance with promises
given and eXacted when Germany faced
France in BATTLE array several years
ago. Tie Russian Government had
long ago contemplated the step .owarl
Turkey, and at that time took into con-
sidcration the question Of England's
possible interference, and the necessity
for Notwithstanding so powerful n
contra-intiuence, by securing pledges
from an equally weighty nation.
This, it is claimed. explainsthe attitude
of Russia, Germany, England and Tur-
key as at present grouped on the East
ern war question-Russia fighting Tur-
key, while Germany menacingly holds
England. at bay. Germany as much
hates to see the success of Russia rs
does Great Britain; but pledges must
be kept, for France may again be rash
enough TO risk results with her neigh
Dor Empire.
Austria, inthe meantime, il especial
ly jealous of the Russian conquest in
Turkey, preferring rather TO possess a
harmless neigbbor like Turkey than a
dangerous and powerful one like Rus
STA: but Austria, bankrupt and egete,
cal do nothing against Russia when
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-27
THE POLICY IN THE sOUTH.
\ New Order OF Things.

Reports concerning the recent cleo
tons in Georgia show that in every
instance, except two, Independent can
diaates were successful wherever placed
in the field. Gen. Gordon thinks that
this will probably give the Independents
eighty members of the Legislature in
stead. of twelve the number in the last
Assembly. In speaking recently of the
development of the Independent move
ment in Georgia, Senator Gordon said
that it was the legitimate growth of
the Presidents southern policy, and
that movements of that sort We're iney-
table, extending over n large portion
Of the South. BY becoming the cham
pion of the Administration in regard to
combinations, Senator Gordon believes
that he has put himself ut the head of
the Independent movement in Georgia.
lie undoubtedly expects to secure the
votes of the Independent legislators in
his coming Senatorial contest. Other
prominent Southern leaders expr, IS the
opinion to-day that the Georgia cleo
tons indicate the beginning OF Il new
order of things in the South. TIE negro
vote, they say, was divided. There was
no color line: and the Independent and
Bourbon democrats lotl sought the
aid Of the black man. The result has
been the defeat OF the Bourbons ia al
most every instance. The Independent
tickets were all anti Bourbon.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-27

Germany maintains "a position "f fW-
midable composure.
When it comes TO a division of the
Turkish provinces in Europe, il is likely
that, by tacit agreement, Austria will
be given a slice of Turkey, and Ger
many will extend her territorial lines
SC as to inclose desirable territory to-
ward the North Sea and west on the
Rhine, maybe taking in ever Holland
and Belgium. Taking this view of it,
England would be left out in the cold,
with nothing to do but grnmble at
manifest destiny"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-27

Somebody up at McGregor, Iowa,
writes us anonymously and in n black
guard sort of a way, declaring his be-
lief in n literal hell of ''fire and brim-
stone.'' There is no statute law in
Iowa or Wyoming f%orbidding such a
belief; but, if it is true, just imagine
the after-dcath agonieS of the cowardly
creature who writes anonymous letters
to editors.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-27
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