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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-03-29
Who Was Casabianca2


The school-boy Who does not know and
has never declaimed Mrs. Heman's poem,
beginning, The Boy Stood on the Burn
ing Deck, has, says the Youths Com
panion. cerIainly missed 9 treasure and a
fa'o1itS- rn~ nIsturv oI the boy thus
immortalized is not generally known, and
Mr.. +. M. Colby prepared il some tlmc
ago for the Morning Star.
owen Casabianca was q native ofCor-
sica, on which island he was born in the
year 1888. His father was Louis Casabi-
anca, distinguished French politician
ana naval commander, and the friend of
Napoleon, who, you will remember. was
also Corsican. He was Captain at this
time OF the Orient, one of the largest
vessels in the French navy, magnificent
ship OF war, carrying 100 guns and 600
seamen.
OF Casabianca's mother we know little
save that she was young and beautiful
Corsican lady, and devotedly attac he'd to
her son. Owen was her only child, a
handsome, manly lille fellow, with her
beuaty in his flashing eyes and dusky
hair.
She died while he was yet very young,
and, wien the green sod was placed
above her grave, the boy left the pleas
ant valley under the smiling hills of Cor
sica to go with his father and tread the
hard deck of a war vessel.
Mere child as he was, Casibianca soon
learned to love his fathers dangerous
calling, and became favorite with eli on
board. He was made q midshipman and,
at the early age of 10 years participated
with his father in the battle of the Nile.
The ship caught fire during the action.
Soon after Captain Casabianca, the faith
er, was wounded by musket ball. Not
yet disabled, he was struck in the head
some minutes later by a splinter, which
laid him upon the deck imsensible.
His gallant son, unscious of the chief
tains doom, still held bis post at the bat
terry, where he worked like the hero b
was. He saw the flames raging around
him, he saw the ships crew deserving
him one by one, and the boy was urged
to flee.
With courage and GOODNESS beyond his
years, he refused to to desert his post.
Worthy son of Louis Casabianca. he
fought on and never abandoned the ORR
ent till the whole of the immense vessel
was in in flames. Theu seeking refuge
on a floating mast, he left the burning
ship behind him.
trophe came like the judgment doom
With an explosion so tremendous that
every ship felt it to the very bottom, the
Orient blew up, and from among the
wreck the next morning was picked up
the dead, manglei body of the
young hero whose story romance and
poetry cannot make more heroic than it
was.
His tragic fate mas been related In mil
lions of homes, and the fathers glory has
been overshadowed by that of the sons
brave, faithful heart. He rests now far
beneath the waters in that classic sun
set land, and may be the rushes of the
Nile whisper his requiem where they
tremble in the fragrant orient breezes
that sweep from the Midland Sea. And
who shall say it is not noble grave:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-03-29
Howard Pyle; scrioner for April.

Of the north eastern shore Of Virginia,
and about five miles from the mainland,
lies small island known as Chincoteague
--an island possessed OF peculiarities
shared by no other portion of the eastern
United States; for here roams, in an en-
tirely untamed state, a breed of horses. or
rather ponies, as wilo as the mustangs Of
Texas or the Pampas.
How these ponies first came upon the
island is not known except through vague
tradition. for when the first settlers came
there, carly in the eighteenth century,
they found the animals already roaming
wild about its piney meadows. The ira.
dition received from the Indians of the
main land, Was that a vessel loaded with
horses, sailing TO one of the Elizabethan
settlements of Virginia, was wrecked
upon the southern point of the island,
where tre horses escaped, while the whites
were rescued by the then friendly Indians
and carried to the main land, whence they
found thel way to some of the early set
Elements. The horses, left To themselves
upon their new territory. became entirely
wild, and, probably through hardships en-
durcd, degenerated into peculiar breed
of ponies.
In 1870 the island was first prospected;
II was subsequently granted by King
James III. to person by whom it was sold
in minor sections to various others. At
present it is greatly subdivided, though
one landowner. Kendall Jester by name,
holds over six hundred acres of marsh
and pine land, and there are other hold
ings scarcely less in extent. Among the
earliest settlers were the Thurstones, Tay-
lors, and Mifflins; the head of the last
named family was we'll known Quaker,
who, upon the Introduction of slavery {
the island, removed thence to the town of
Camden, an tne upper part of the pro-
vince Of Maryland, near Delaware.
1t was long before Chincoteague was
fairly settled, and even as late as 1888
there were but twenty-six houses there;
now, however, many strangers. tempted
by the exceptionally good fishing and oys-
ter-dredging of the place, are pouring in
from the mainland to settle there. To
mere visitors, the ponies are still great,
| if not the main attraction, and during the
periods of 'penning"-driving them into
corral-numerous guests arrive daily from
A.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-03-29
Editorial Trials.

DIR. j. q. Holland; Scribnsr for April
We have alluded to the editors trials-
the strain upon his sympathies. Suppose
we present few of them. A Young man
with little experience of life. high am
billions great expectations, thorough in
dustry,. sends manuscript and accom-
panies 1t with letter, In which he saws
that all hope of his life are hanging upon
the fate of his paper-that the editor has
a destiny in bis hands-that the writer is
waiting to bear his fate, etc., etc. A
woman writes that the living of herself
and her children, who have been left
without protector and provider, depends
upon the editors decision, and that IL her
manuscript is not accepted, she and her
little ones must become beggars. A
young girl. just from school, wishes to
earn her own living, and relieve q father
who has failed in business. Another girl
desires bravely to educate her brothers
and sisters, who have been left without
requisite means. A woman is possessed
by an overmastering desire to do good
with her pen. Hundreds write that they
are poor, and that they have no recourse
but their power to write.
To man who carries heart, such ap-
pcals are painful beyond expression. He
has no right TO yield the slightest con-
sideration to them. and be must not do IL.
They have no right to distress him in this
way, but they do not know that. The re-
sort is so desperate that they are really
untitled by it for doing their best wcrE.
The presumption always is that the liter.
AIRY part of the case is consciously weak
one. The urging of an illegitimate con.
sideration would hardly be indulged in by
one who felt strong in his literary claim.
When q man is large enough to write for
the public, he is usually large enough to
see th.t an illegitimate claim TO attention
degrades him: indeed he Is large enough
not to think of making IL.
After all, the mistake of the novice be-
gins in his incompetent idea of literature.
No man thinks OF putting bis first picture
in the exhibitions; but the moment man
begins to write, he wants to print, for
getting that there ls no art that demands
mor~ staay and practice than the literary,
an ia le has had no special training
for 1t. Without experience in life, with
out training in art, and with only q natu-
raj facility for expression, he has fancy
that II be could only get publisher he
could succeed at once Our painters, our
sculptors, our singers, our architects, are
Obliged to go through long courses Of in
structi0n and practice; but our essayists,
our poets. our novelties, seem to think
that they must ny when they tumble
from their, nests, or it Is all up-or down
with them.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-03-29
The Daughter Of enc Of the Sianess
Twins.

Zachariah W. Haynes, deaf mute,
was married in August, 1874, to Laura,
daughter OF Chang Bunker, one Of the
noted twins. Chang had nine children,
seven of whom are living. Three OF them
are deaf mutes. Dir. Haynes Is teacher
IN the institute for the deaf, dumb, anu
the blind, in this city, and lives In Person
street. He has two children, both OF
! whom can hear.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-03-29
CENTEsN NNIAL
lHOTOCRAPH
GALLERY

Every style Of the art from Gem or Photo
graph to the finest India Ink picture. exc
cuted in the highest artistic skill. Also copy
ing and enlarzing made a speciality. We have
the best Of light. so that pictures may be
taken in any kind Of weather. Picture frames
kept constantly on hand. With our kindest
regards for an already liberal patronage. we
would bespeak continuation of the same.
hoping to be abe 70 render perfect satisfac-
ton. both in price and quality Of work. Re-
member the place. Michigan street. near
Wheelers Bank. Plymouth. Ind.
1yrJan77 j. E. PORTMEss. Artist.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-03-29

llved. as her dwindling descendant now
a0, on state reservation, and died in
1886, aged about 104 years. Her father
was the last chief who ruled, and she
was consequently of royal blood-a prime
ess In fact, as she would have been IN
name, had the tribal condition of her peo-
pie continued. E .
remember seeing her q few weeks be-
fore her death, and she talked with Free
dom OF the Indians and their habits. II
was interesting to hear her pronuncia-
ton OF the Indian words which have now
become local property, and are now at
tached to so many places. In almost
every instance the modern use OF them is
merely reduction of larger and more un-
Manageable ones-words which, as they
are now used, have been shorn of half or
a third of their original syllables. She
was intelligent and accustomed to talk,
and remembered of course, many curious
things. Twas struck with her statement
that she saw, when q little girl, an old
Indian who had seen king Phillip. The
old India n was telling her father of the
personal traits and appearance Of this
doughty hero, and narratiDg, perhaps
some of his unrecorded exploits; and she
was aSvrapt listener TO the conversation.
II was suggestive of Thoreau's way of
measuring The distance which the current
scripture chronology sets between us and
the garden of Eden; for, he says, it only
requires about sixty of our gaandmuth-
ers 10 take us back to Eve To see an
Indian who had seen King Phillip land l
therefore, came 1nly within one remove
of III was like putting your hand back
ward upon the vessel which landed ct
plymouth Rock. When one sits down 10
think the matter seriouslvs over. il does
not seem so long as it did Since Columbus
discovered America, or since William the
Conqueror set foot in England, or. IN fact.
since anything ancient happened. Eyes
those indetermina:s icons of Huxley and
the geeloglst are visibly shortened when
few memories pasted together cover
,uch an arc of time.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-03-29

seems to have given up all hope of re
prieve, and says he will die bravely
making no new revelations. He says ht
will die in the Mormon faith, certain oi
celestial glory. He is severe on Brigham
Young, who, he says, has deserted HIM.
Tive of Lees sons and two daughters
arrived in town and called on Marshal
Nelson yesterday, desiring to see thei,
father. They were informed that the en-
tire Lee family would have opportunity
to see him, but not yet. Lees wife, the
Rachel, the brains of the family, who is
at Coon Creek, fiftythree miles north of
here, is attracting the attention of the
officers, as she is reported to be sus-
piciously in communication with several
of Lees boys, but it is believed that any
attempt at rescue will be anticipated and
forestalled.
Lees execution will not be public.
Rachel is reported to have said that Lee
would not be executed by the officers;
that she would shed his blood herself.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-08-09
Solomon and tile Tame Bear.

Uncle Return was farmer; and he had
a great many cattle, sheep, horses, pigs,
geese anil turkeys, all ofwhich you know,
are usually found on a large farm; and,
beside these, he had one animal not usu-
ally found on farm, and that a was a
tame bear lie hired large boy to do
the "chores,r as the easy part OF farm work
called; and the boys name was Solo
non Sturtevant
Now, although the bear was tame, he
aas kept chained for there was no know
ng what mischief even tame bear
might take it into his head to do. He
might take a notion TO find out how g nice
tender pig would taste.
Solomon thought it fine sport to tease
the bear, and there was one way of doing
il more amusing than any other, and
that was TO pcIt him with green chestnut
burs.
Chestnut-burs, you know, are covered
with sharp thorns; and yet the bear, be-
ing very fond Of chestnuts, would t-y to
get at the nuts which he knew were In
them snarling aud whining, and making
up very comical faces because the burs
prickej his mouth.
Solomon would stand and watch him,
and think it inc fun. But he came near
doing it too often for one day, when he
had carried the bear eapful of burs, in
tending to have : good laugh at him, the
Oh ain that held the bear was not fastened
as firmly a. usual After trying two or
three burs the bear made a spring toward
Solomon, got loose from his chain and
started after him IN earnest.
Solomon was not long in deciding that
he had something TO do that time, beside
laughing, and started in a hurry to get
out Of the bears way. Now there was a
ladder leaning against the side of the
barn close bv, and Solomon thought that
fhs went up on the barnroof he would
be all right
No such thing. The bear went right
~ the ladder after him Then Solomon
ran up the roof to the ridge but the
bear followed. Solomon ran down the
other side Of the roof, and 50 did the bear.
Solomon jumped on the cow-house, ana
still the bear followed linn. Then Solo
mon jumped on TO q shed that was close
by the cow house. and the bear jumped
too
Solomon now began 10 think that his
time had come He gave one more jump
from the she'd 70 rhe ground. This was
too much ola jump for the bear to take
and SO solomon made good his escape
| do not remember how the bear got
down: but / am sure. that. when he aid,
Solomon did not care to feed him any
more with green chestnut-burs. think
solomon was too glad to escape a hug
oing to try il verv soon again.
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ingmen sud followed by the destruction oflife
and prope fy In different parts Of the country,
ana while We deprecate each and every resort
10 violence and disorder, We cordially approve
the action Of our national government aud
state authorities IN their efforts 10 enforce the
supremacy Of tic law, yet we do most
earnestly sympathize with The condition Of
the honest and Industrious laboreIs Who are
willing 10 work bat remain unemployed or are
employed AT wages inadequate 10 comfort and
independence, aud as an earnest Of our de-
sire 10 find remedy for that condition we
recommend;
Firat. that congress establish national
bureau Of Industry; second, that congress ex-
ert its AZ tboTity over al national highways Of
trade h prescribing and enforcing such rea-
sohable regulations as viii tend 70 promote
the safety Of travel. secure fair returns for
capital invested aud fair wages 10 employees,
preventing mismanagenlent aud improper
discrimination. aud the ACCOMPLISHMENT OF Of
ficials at the expense Of stockholders, shippers
and employers third, that provision be made
FOR statutory aTbitrations between employers
and employees 10 adjust controversies, recon-
Gle interests and establish justice and equity
between them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-08-09
English Public Opinion.

Gen. Grant has had SO many engage
ments made for him by the American
Minister, Mr. Pierrepont, that he has had
to postpone his visit TO Ireland. His Wis
it to the Queen at Windsor is an event
which both nc and Mrs. Grant will re-
member. Even the ex-Presidents wife
must have heard of Victoria, though she
knew SO little of English politics that,
after having had the right honorable
member of Birmingham introduced 10
her, she spoke of him rs =" Mr.. Bright"
and puzzled somebody exceedingly by
talking OF " a Mr.. Blackstone who turn
ed out to lie not the distinguished deceas-
cd iurist, but the living ex Premier, Mr..
Gladstone. For republicans, the General
and his wife are great sticklers for eti-
quette. They expect to go down TO din
ner not only before peers and peeresses,
but also before ambassadors and ambassa-
dresses. No wonder that under these
circumstances they prefer English aristo-
cratic company to the society of theirown
fellow country This preference Mr..
Pierrepont thoroughly understood when
he had a very select dinner party the otlI-
or dav. and not one of the very sclec
guests besides the Grants was an Ameri-
can. The London newspapers and the
court ehronielers do not seem inclpod to
give the General quite the position he
wants. For instance, IN the list ofguejts
at the party at Marlborough House even
the United States Minister is M entioncd
before the ex President, as was the case
with Mr.. Buchanan, who was Minister
when ex-President Fillmore was in Lon
I =. =, %
President we have had over here; we have
had Fillmore, Van Buren,, and Pierce.
Before leaving this country Gen. Grant
sent family message TO his Successor
saying THAT he was quite prepared to sup
port him, bar one, as the betting lnen
saw. There is one person whom the Can
eral cannot forgive--hls own late Cabinct
Minister, Mr.. Bristow, who, 10y exposing
the corruption that was rampant among
the then Presidents eatourdge, rendered
the intended third term impossible.
Probably the most splendid entertain
ment. which Gen. Grant viii have is the
banquet which is to be given to him on
Tuesday by the United Service Club.
All our principal officers have joined in
giving the dinner, and the Commander
in-Chief, or, 10 be precise, His Royal
Highnsss tie Field Marshal Commanding
in Chief, is topreside. The junior United
Service has made the General an honorary
member for life-a distinction previously
for royalty. So you viii see
that nothing succeeds like success. The
impression among military
men is that Grant is not great General
that he is much inferior to Sherman, and
not worthy to hold candle TO Lee. He
won simply by pouring in troops without
regard Of life. SILL he did win; and so
he became President Of the United States,
and guest Of the Duke of Cambridge at
one Of the most exclusive elsbs in the
world
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-08-09
How a SemsbOy Saved a Bank.

And now let me tell you how Dudley,
the newsboy, stopped s panic. 1t was
soon after the failure of the Is TX Of
Pennsylvania, and public confidence in
all moneyed institutions was badly shak-
en-. Savings funds especially felt the
shock. Well, a rumor had gone abroad
about the Savings Fund then located in
the building At the southeast corner OF
Third and Chestnut streets, where the
Western Union Telegraph office is now
situated. The depositors were mostly
Germans. in small amounts. Dudley
had told me he had $500 deposited there,
and so when rush was made on the
bank called on the President as news
paper man TO make inquiries.
"Didley hadn't got down yet, but some
of the newsboys started for his house to
notify him. while others gathered in the
crowd. All were as much interested as
himself in his finances. 4 failure of the
bank meant a stoppage of theatre tickets.
soon learned that the Savings Fund was
in condition TO go through if the rush
was checked. But we can't stand this
panic. I'll see that Didley shan't lose a
cent. if have 10 pay il out of my own
4
touched me and / resolved TO help him.
III send Dudley over here when he az
rives, suggested to the President, and
when he comes you give him full liberty
to look at the books, &c. as YOU have
given me Then trust 10 his tact |
found Dudley waiting for me al the office,
and told him the facts. Over he walked,
with the careless air of a capitalist,
through the crowd into the bank, followed
by yelling mass of newsboys.
~ want TO see the President de-
manded Dudley
." / am here; what can / DO for you,
Mr. calling him by his proper
namel.
~.Well, Sir. President, want to know
the exact state Of affairs. | have $500
deposited here, and can't afford TO lose
it. But don't want to trouble you by
drawing it out If I is safe. / ask you, on
your word Of honor, Is il safef
- assure you that ii is on ny word
of honor. But Is YOU have acted 81
gentlemanIy, walk in and examine the
books
with one of his little hands thrust
under his short coat tails aud the othel
/ placed ON his breast, Didley walked int
( the directors room with all the style Of s
Rothschild. The rush for money Wa
I temporarily stopped by the crowd gazing
on thls little man.
Soon Didley emerged, his face showing
evident satisfaction. Did ycu get YOU
money! was the salutation Of the crowe
Of boys, IS he reached the step. Why
should I get my money! be answered
This bank all safe-I don't scare like
these Dutchmen.' Three cheers for tbs
bank" Three cheers for Dudley" wen
up from hundreds Of youthful Threats
The older folks stood awe-stricken. The
confidence Of the newsboys asserted Itself
among them, and by noon the panic va!
stopped, and the crowd had disappeared
The President told me afterward tina
! Didley had saved the bank, as a continu
ance of the rush would have embarrassed
them beyond redemption, before they
had time TO dispose Of their assets at q
| proper price"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-08-09
Shakespeare and Queen Lib.

There is tradition (says an English
newspaper that Shakespeare played the
part of a King with a peculiar grace and
majesty One day when the Queen was
in the theatcr, Shakespeare mimicked roy
atty so we'll that Elizabeth, who was
always ready TO have little fun, whis-
pered to her ladies that she would try
il she could not turn this pretended
monarch into an swkard fellow enough
at q moments warning. Accordingly,at
a critical point in the scene, the Queen
(gh0 was sitting Just over the stage,
which was then held 10 be the place OF
honor let her handkerchief drop at the
feet of Shakespeare. Her mischicvous
Majesty expected TO see the actor start
and redden and lose his cue. Instead
of that he finished his speech with all
his usual power, and without seeming
10 notice the handkerchief. Then, stoop-
inc and picking il up he gave It back
70 the Queen with bow, in which there
wgs an indeseTibahle mixture Of dignity