New-York tribune., 1877-10-27


The Indian summer brings with il promise
or an ave age crop Of centenaraH. one OF rne frs,
fruits mas ripened IN the pO0r-house ~ atrrIown y
~ where Mrs Margaret Farrog died on Sunday, In hei
lC5jh OctoDcr On eiItH
Some vapor-brained gentleman has had the
.enenty to accuse Robert G. lusersOl Of plagiarism
The charge repeed by Colonel with con.iderA bic
veben.ence " do rot borrow ideas. have factory
II ny own. This posta,-ard friend ls al IDIOT" Co
nc Ingr-O seem 70 hayo taken the measure OF hs a'
cuser very accurately.
II was a melancholy funeral, despite the cir
cul.t,uccs-.ha. OF Michael CIougblin 10 FreLch's
Prairie Oregon The deceased had CuITrelet WIN Ms
rife had been divorced, and IN his dying moments,
was stated had requested that the coffin be not opened
AS be did not wan. M wife % tax. last look at him.
Tho renucs was complied with aud the tuner'l service
were held u q church rev days after tue funeral the
ife asked . Mr. q eeOry wind up the business Of ne
deceased 8lr Gregory beg4A do nut sOOn rumors
reached him that LOugunu was lhYt. Ihe grave was
ned cOfn-d taken OIL and shere IA Tue bot
r,i of tr colin lay a dead snccpi " thought that
OLodchlin the author or the Eclrtle5s deception
The Chicago reporter was IN his element
when Woods Museum aad al the animals Gagged therein
were lrned Tuesday The Of the beasts rose
on me air piercing a otAer noises shifting the ears
ike shrie- OF Puonan souls. When the flames sunk in
to nothingness und the bright rays Of the risen sun
aud when floods Of descending the reporter
made his way through the sush and rarctd smoke and
looking around him caugh glimpse first Of ruined Bar
room extof dead rabbit, then OF black bears Amer
eagles. coyots, foxes Wild Abyssnan pig ana mo
Iest " the family happy ana unhappy ilI idst OF ii'
1000 .rrcls Of mash ~ the cellar Fnen police
came up and informed him 5hlt TIE re mad caught
n the Il cs. and a pun came u hlu Ike a slceze.
Rudolph Meyer, one of the most efficient
and intelligent Or the engineers employed by the PAes
tine Exploration Society in surveys east OF the Jordan
is in Brooklyn. engagedupOn the contem plated map
OF nat interesting region. Much valuable material has
oeen obtained. during several years past by careful
trianguauous and reconnaissance that the topo-
ciaphy Of about G00O square miles, embracing ancient
BashaD Gead and Moab be- pretty accurately deter
mined. The map will he constructed upon the
scale-Onc inch 10 the mile-with tnat 81 the F1<is.
society which includes nearly the same extent terri
tcytendng 100 niles north and soulful between tne
Jordan and the Mediterranean The Joint map o; tne
twu.sDclees, when completed. Will ne about tWcye and
half feet in length and eight feet iu width.
The romance of &" Head of Christ il
stranae reading. A carpenter brought from England -
America an oil painting purportng TO be veria1c por
trait Of the Savior Tic lived In Troy several years but
under the pressure OF the hard times returned 10 Eng
land takug the painting with bin. Hut elderly per
son named susan Burns had seen II and had written
long account Of t Tor med cal periodical and Jos ph
syauldiu bachelor living IN Proctorsyile, VI. AGED
and rch had read the artic sad opened correspond
ence with the author Letters were exchanged. and
finally the rheumatic bachelor wen TO Troy TO see the
literary spinster lie did not find beauty He met an
exceedingly ugly person with very 'ld cOihes anu con
siderable hair, who earned her living b.. peddi' sta
tiOntY and pictures. he not aDasLed lie hepL iis
word aId married her las week.
The battle-fclGs around Richmond are quiet
meadows now. reclaimed OY Nature. with few Signs OF
the days Of blood aud iron" A. Cold Hsrbor. Fair
Oaks seven Pines, and Malvern Hill. little 20
remind him of the terrible enacted there twelve
and oe1 years ago. In tbe woods snl on Aiilsides
md river bufs in tao Peninsula where attempt Aas
been made cultivate the land, sOping earthwOrks
still 10 be secn but esew tle entertainments have
been leveled Below Ptersburg there are few
traces even OF such formidable fJrthcations stead
man. Hell and Damnation. the Crater and the
fields around owh-d by Mr. Grilths. vino born
close by. and Petersburg when the mine
fred He has but house the Crater, AMI has
h fathers farm uuder excellent cultivation Tho Crater
itself has been left almost untouched and thick under
Of peach and sprouts has sprung from the
iis thrown away by the soldiers during The siege The
rayne here tne dead lay n great heaps tat terrible
until only @lguf ce0rrraIO! ln tLe field
be pointed out The visitor nas To- nay .. GEMS lcg
glimpse Of The Crater and tAc ycii0r " shed stocked
with haitlc relics.
Mrs. Burnetts LOduskyn is not the only
idyl Of tie Noith Carolina mountains. Ten days ego
traveller took hs first stroll the bills which eu-
circle Asheyiiie The North Conway OF the Caroiinnp.
After a tolsomc asren he reached brow ~ o prccp
itous hillside overlooking the town. and paused euov
tbe farreaching prospect Suddenly. there appeared
upto him the oyeliest woman be- had ever seeu Among
those handsome hills his eyas L4i i,en upon aau. a
beauty with dark eyes rich complexion and -hapey f.
ure. but mover upon such splendid creature
IA this She had been gathering chestnuts aud