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the furniture Of the room. Here
many hours were spent 10 at
tempts TO invent plan Of escape.
At length they bit upon q happy
thought. Water had become so
scarce in the prison that it was
necessary to go outside to get it.
One guard was allowed to take
three prisoners for water. Their
plan of escape vas to get a suit
Of Yankee uniform and a gun,
dress ard arm a prisoner and have
him guard them out as for waier.
After this the little room was a
place of constant planning for the
brothers. A place was prepared
under the floor in which to hide
the necessary articles, were they
fortunate enough to secure them.
Ginger bread passed as legal
tender among the prisoners, who
were always hungry enough to
exchange almost anything in
their possession for a small piece
of it. The brothers by dividing
their seanty Iations saved some
of this article for traffic. They
also made some money by making
rings and trinkets of gut-a percha
and shells, some of which showed
marks CT skill, though executed
with a pocket knife Jesse ira
ded for a complete Yankee suit,
and jim snapped for a watch
with q compass attachment. And
in a short time might have been
found safely concealed under their
shanty floor, not only the. Yankee
uniform, but also a waterproof coat
for each, pair of scissors, a razor, /.
candles and matches, an axe mi
nus the handle, and a long wagon
whip. Learning that there was
map of the United States in a
picture gallery near by, they pre-
tended to want pictures and were
guarded to the gallery. While
there they traced out the exact
direction home. Now all the
necessary equipage was secured
except the gun. 1t seemed that
every attempt to get this was
fruitless. Days grew into weeks,
yet the Object of their seach was
not obtained. Ia the mean time,
Jesse could have been seen climb.
ing up amid the thick foliage of q
tall hickory tree which stood in
the center Of the prison, viewing
the outside surroundings With ref
ereuce to an anticipated escape.
They were often seen walking
briskly back and forth by barrack
number ten, but it was not once
that they were prepsr-
log themselves for long journey.
At length they found an old gun
barrel which had long been con-
verted into a poker. Having a
barrel TO begin with, they went
immediately into the gun bnsi-
ness. They rubbed the outside
If the old barrel until it was per-
'eclly bright Then with their
pocket knives, they made The
'tock and lock both OF wood
The lock they colored with a lead
pencil to make it look like iron.
rhe result was a gun with which
guusmiIh might have found
auit, on account Of the work. ma
erial, and dirt 10 the barrel, but
Tot an uususpecting Yankee.
tn pE r,OSrrrD-rrrr,
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up. Carter, County Judge.
5 Fnlton. Clerk Chancery Court.
~ C Morgan, do Circuit do
y d. Pavee. do County do
R.T. Holland, Sheriff
= - N Counts. w. A. NiiIard, ". A. Gun.
,;nuhasn. Deputy-Sherifs-
Henry Henderson, Trustee.
r. B..Theupson, Register.
II G. DoH. County Surveyor
q 4 Rires. Sap't Of Public Schools.
n. NJ. Deasfs Coroner.
\ q. Wallace, Ranger.
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Nearly ell Of Michigan's best
wheat goes to France.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-04-12

The following IL the full text OF the
Queens Message delivered TO Parliament on
he LIST:
The present state Of public affairs IN tie
last, and the necessity ~ taking steps for
the maintenance Of peace and for the prpiec.
ton 81 the Interests of the empire. having
constituted. in the opinion 81 her Maje~tv. 4
case 81 emergency, within the meaning
~ the acts 81 Pa lament ~ that behalf. her
Majesty deems IL proper 90 provide addition.
Al means for the public service. Therefore. IN
pursuance ~ these acts. her Majesty hns
Thought ~ night 20 cpmmnnicut.. - fhe House
81 tolnnon that She IL about 10 direct thar
the reserve force or militin reserve force. III
such part thereof A. her Majesty may think
necessary, be forthwith called out Tor pr.
mtnrnt service.
ESGLAND's CORRECTIONS TO rur Tnr.ry
The following l. the sentence In Salisbury,
circular 70 The Powers. verbatim, In which ne
objects 10 The treaty Of san Stefano.
The combined effect OF the treaty. IL add
ton 70 m results upon the Greek population,
- 20 rcpres4 - the point ~ enxrr snhtee,
ton the political Independence 81 the Cow
ernment 81 Cnn-tantinople. and the formal
Jurts lotion which that Government extends
over geographical Positions. which must be-
81 the deepest interest 10 Great Britain. III
\ NJ the power ~ the Ottoman Government
~ close or open the straits which form tie
natural highway of the nations hetMeen the
.f-gran Sea anst Euxine. It, dominion n
recogniz~d at the head - the FER
80 So ~ LII VI fA
and IN the immediate neighbOrh0od ~ ttc
-uexC Cana. and ia can not b. otherwise than
= matter ~ exfrrme sOiicifude 10 this cour.
Try that the Lny ~ which this iufis
ticti0n belongs should be 80 closely pressed
BY political outpo~t- ~ greatly superior pow.
er that 10 independent action mud even tx-
i-tence j. almost impossible. These results
arise not - much from the language 81 any
single article Ia the treaty a. from tie orefA.
4 ~ The instrument ~ Il whole. A discus
sion. limited ~ the articles selected ~ one
In the tOngre-s. would he An itftf4ory
remedy Tor the dangers a. English interrsrS.
and tn the permanent peace ~ Europe. whIrh
would result from the state ~ affairs whirh
tho treaty proposed 70 establish.
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London dispatches Of the 9th are 10 The
effect that the projected Congress Il AZ good
a. abandoned, England Insisting that the
whole Of the Treaty shall be submitted FOR
arbitration, while Russia scouts az the pro-
posal. Russia Il understood 70 have indi-
Gated her willingness 20 make further con-
c~essions to Austria, and some concessions
also % konmania. being prompted, il il
thought, by growing apprehen-ions Of air.
ference with England. The Berlin Post,
one 81 Prince Bismarck's organ SAYS
hat the failure Of the Congress might prob
ably result m Russia and England re-
naming a. peace, but prepared for
war, and significantly adds: "These pro-
lorged nam England can infinitely
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better afford than Russia, who would be re-
duced 10 exhaustion were she obliged Il
maintain her armies on 4 wal footing FOL
some years. A. Russia can not attack Eng
land, while England l. perfectly In position
70 bidc her time, the Gear will probably be
driven 70 extend his conquests In the inter-
val,the better 20 be prepared for the collision
when IL does occur. But In such ease Aus
tria and Greece would join England to pro-
tect their own interests. A. TO Germany,
she will never fight for Russian or any other
foreign interests. Russia, therefore. had
better restrain her ambition.v
A 81 Petersburg correspondent says the
British Cabinet, in demanding q formal as
-urance from Russia which none OF the 9TH
er Powers support, must have one OF two
aims, either TO innict q formal humiliation
on Russia or 10 get out Of the necessity OF
attending the Congress. In the former case
Russia can not make any concession; in the
latter the Congress will not be held, and
Russia will endeayor 10 come 10 an arrange
ment with Germany and Austria. Thus
England condemns herself to isolation.
makes a triple alliance a political necessity,
and perhaps end inevitable that radics
solution OF the Eastern question which she
wishes TO prevent.
The London Times OF the Goth in an ed.
itorial says: Neither the objects OF Russia.
proclaimed al the outset, nor the events OF
the war;, justified her advance upon Con-
stantinople or her approach to the Bos-
phorus and Dardanelles. A long a. she
remains In that menacing position we shall
feel that il Is necessary TO retain our ships
IN the Sea OF Marmora, and 50 long, con-
sequently, will peace be uncertain. II
Il Russia who has trespassed upon the
fo~rbearanee OF England, not England who
has shown 4 lack Of conside ration for her.
That forbearance has now been strained 10
H. utmost limits, but nothing but necessity
would compel us TO assert our rights by
force, and 4 timely and temperate c.,nces-
sion on the part Of the Russian Cabinet
would, without in the least degree COM
promising the interests OF Russia, insure the
peace OF Europe.
The Queens message for calling out the
reserves was re..d in both houses OF Parlia-
ment on the LIT. The discussion OF the mes
sage was postponed until the following Mon
day.
Vienna dispatches Of the 81 indicate a be-
lief that Austria will support England'- de-
for a full discussion OF the provisions
the treaty, with a view to some important
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cursstances. and also whether such agree
mebtr were Ina confravcntion Of gepernI N,
special laws. Referred.
The senate was not In session on the as,h
...,.In the House. tho bill appropriate,
Nso.ooo for the payment ~ claims allowed ~
the Commissioners al Claims. passed. ",
tephens ny request. Introduced a lin M
promote the general use Of the metric ~.
TEN Referred. Adjourned till Monday
IN IA Senate, on the LIST, Mr.. Mitchell
from the on Railroads, ~reporte,
q bill 20 extend for eight years the time IN,
completing the Northern Pacific Railroad
iIhc~u on the y Mr.. ndo al
s.ntel frnm tne report, and introduced An.
roads The hill "a regulate aIv.rf'.
ing ~ mail lettings and To- I'M.
~ purposes was taken M, and after
AZ the expiration of the morning hour NJ
BECK took the moor I'm advocacy of tho .fndi
ciary tommittee's Pacific Railroad fnndiny.
ON. ne was rsL.icd e BY Mr.. Christiancyy.
ny MT stephens. For the financial relia,
~ the country and 70 facilitate a return
70 specie a without iniurionsly
snecting the commercial business
81 the people IL directs the secrefarv
81 the treasury, when the amount
Of coin and bullion In the Treasury shall ex'
ceed slvs.Wo.opu 20 redeem the present ~,
standing United states legal tender notes
when presented in sums Of $500 ana M
Naru. with coin 81 full standard vnlur nv
MT Fuller: Declaring the waters of the M,
springs 81 forever free 10 TIE ma
pie BY Mr.. Harrison To provide for NOR,
smci.nt civil service IN the United states.
BY Mr.. Crayens. Continuing until SER
ruary .. 1879. the term 81 ONCE Of tho M,
springs Commission. Mr.. Hart seilintrodnrsd
a Joint RESOLUTION proposing AN amendment
TO the Constitution forDidding the n-~,,rn
ton or payment of claims for losses nrowin,
out OF y destruction OF property within the
limits OF the states engaged in rebellion. M
Durham reported back from the Cotnmfttee
on appropriations a bill providing for tern.
porary clerks in the Treasury Department
ana LOT deterring trespasscrs on public lands
amendment, which was agreed 20.
In the Senate, on the "a. The Pacific Raj.
road Funding bill came up a. unfinished
and Mr.. Morrill, addressed the san.
ate ~ support OF the Judiciary Committee.
bill. Mr.. Morrill, having concluded. Mr. Tlur
man gave notice that he would Offer ~
making the first mort. are bonds
the company one OF the class " bonds M
which the king fund proposed may be-
The bill again went over without
action. y In the House. Il was voted-y.as
nays 7-te take mp for consideration the
OF the on Civil service n
Iorm, In regard 10 Doorkeeper Polk. M
uil-) proceeded to explain the r..
81 the majority which recommends the
81 the resolution declaring ill.,
mice 81 D~oorkecpsr vacant. and urging fhe
adoption 81 the resolution. Mr.. Harrison
frequently interrupted in his speech ~
,ther members asking questions, etc, ami AZ
me conclusion 81 his remark the House NJ.
ourned without coming 20 a vote.
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$4,000 for = survey of what Il known As the
Texas route, from Texas through Mexico 70
the Gulf Of California
The public debt statement for April
shows q reduction in the debt during the
preceding month Of Ss,sls,6iA Cash IN
Tr~easury-coin, Si3s.S7,ms; currency,
s~io,1ai,S5i; special deposits held for re-
dempticn Of certificates Of deposit, 25,2ls.-
op. Debt less cash In Treasury, $2,oss.-
7e3.5i4.
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Inc suspension Of the Slxpenny Savings
Bank, New York. Il announced. with A Dc.
~iciency Of about $4,000.
Thomas Y. Fisher was hanged n Mauch
Chunk, Pa, on the 18th, for completely N
the murder Of Morgan Powell, . mining
boss, IN December, 1871. The murder was
committed BY order 81 the MolIie Maguires,
Of which order Fisher was 4 member.
National Republican., 1878-12-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

STRIPED silk aprons are now worn with
black silk dresses
DECALCoMANIA pictures transferred to
silk look like oil paintings,
Mr.. EDWARD KETcHUM and Miss Lizzie
WanZer, of New York, were marred a
few days ago after courtship of forty
years. Hymen became discouraged Wan
ger twice. He thought he wasn't going to
ketchum.
Ir is u French journalist who asserts
that he was shown Il small box containing
mothcr-pearls which have the power of re-
production. Place in the box a few grains
of rice and the next day the rice will have
disappeared, and in its place whole
family of minute pearls, which only ask
the privilege of growing.
BRooKvILIE Democrat: Next TO seal
skin sacque, nothing will please woman
of thirty so much as to be mistaken for
her neice of sixteen.
"TuE science and geometry of dress "
will hereafter be branch Of instruction
in the indianapolis schools, compulsory on
the female pupils in certain of the gram
mar grades.
WHEN the daughter of Russian noble
man goes INTO al Institute LOT neT CuuCa-
ton she is not allowed to 60 home until
she leaves for good, so that she has no
home life during her girlhood.
4 WOVEN book has been manufactured
at Lyons, the whole Of the lettcr-press be-
ing executed in silken thread. Portraits,
verses, and brief addresses have often been
produced by the loom, but an entire volume
from the weavers hand is novelty.
AN American lady has purchased in
Paris this season the costliest switch of
hair ever made in that city. 1t was of
snow-white hair, u yard and quarter in
length, and cost $500. Another lady, also
an American, has bought u fan, the leaf of
which was painted by famous French ar
tist. Tho owners monogram was set in
diamonds ON one of the outer sticks, The
price of the fan was 81, 400.
AN enormous, bat of unknown species,
was recently shot near Irvine, Ky. The
wings of the animal measured two feet
from tip to tip, and its claws were long and
strong enough apparently to carry oil a
fun grown squirrel. Its fur was dark
brown and several inches long in places.
When wounded it uttered cry so human
in its expression that the man who shot it
was quite unnerved and could not take
heart to shoot any others of the species, al
though several were flying about him.
National Republican., 1878-12-21
The Academic Life.

Professor X. Il. Greener, of he law depart.
Inent Of Howard University, recently delivered
AN able and instructive address before the
Alpha Phi Society of the University, 10 the
college chapel Quoting from Milton. Prin-
cipal Sharp, and Huxley rs to the object
Of college training, he sketched the true
and false ideas of college life. He urged the
necessity for the true higher culture on the
ground of its broad utility aud the develop.
ment II afforded.
He noticed the difference between academic
or general training and the narrower special
training for the professions, showing how
important for the latter the former was.
Academic life was worth more than the mere
textbooks read. Its value lay In associations,
friendly and stcrner rivalries In the broader
view II gave to the youthful student Of the
varied necessities of modern life. Howard
University might not have the age of Oxford
Yale, and Harvard. nor their immense re-
sources aud numbers of well.trained students
yet its work was fully as important and bid
fair, under wise management, to rival even
those famous nurseries of learning in building
up u race long deprived of the rudiments, much
more the higher advantages Of learning.
Here was college founded for n race by the
money of martyred black teroes whose bones
where they had proved their devotion to their
country. Patriotism was one of the most in
spirng of heirloOms, and such u record might
well take the place of that long historic
past, which Dean Stanley called the great I'D.
vantage Of the larger colleges. The very name
of Howard was indssolubly linked with the
philanthropy Of two continents-the name of
the hero Of Gettysburg, the Indian cainpaigner,
and the unsworying friend of au emancipatcd
race.
Intellect knew no bounds Of race or condi-
ton. Sefshness and caste might deprive the
cOlor,d race of all the fair and full develop
nient-in the race of lfe-due II but learn.
ing had charms which rendered light the
chains of prejudice. and broke ,tsunder the
bonds of caste. The opportunity was here to
prove intellectual manhood, and no race was
so obtusc or so unfair rs to begrudge the palm
when fairly won. The colOred race was no
longer on trial to courage. intellect or
capacity for selfgovernment The lines were
only now more strictly drawn. and henceforth
the race must rise or fall by the same capaci.
ties, chances, or opportunities rightly used,
which other races employed.
Therefore. he urged the youthful students
to set their aim high-to feel that nothing
which had been attained by the glories of
mind was foreign to them. Circumscribed,
perhaps, yet In life confined to few pursuits
they must hnd a way to success by force Of
industry, high endeavOr, and lofty tOiling.
The lecture was judiciOus, scholarly In
treatment, and remarkably broad In its de.
lineation Of the peculiar features of real
collegiate training. and at its close the Profess
sOr was warmly congratulated by students and
friends.
National Republican., 1878-12-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
From tho Indianapolis journal.

From th9 indianapolis Journal.
The case Of Mr.. Thomas Biggins, of
Washington, an account of which was pub
lished in the Journal yesterday, is a peculiar
one. A man of large frame and perfect
health, he is also mentally sound in all points
save one. He has mortal fear of General
Grant. For some time ho dogged the Gen
erals steps in Washington, and became 50
annoying and threatening that the author
itics took the matter in hand and sent him
to an insane asylum. Subsequently, being q
man Of means, he was sent to Ireland, in
the hope that an ocean voyage would cure
him of his hallucination. But the case of
Mr.. Biggins proves anew the old adage,
"CDlum, non animum mutant, qui trans
mare currunt " he came back with his mind
unchanged, and has recently assured
congressional committee that General Grant
still pursues him, and is in the habit of en-
tering his room at night through the key
hole and terrifying him greatly.
MIR. Biggins is the type ofa class. There
is considerable number of healthy and
otherwise sound persons IN the country who
are pursued by the phantom Grant. To
their excited vision, deredsupernaturllly
sharp by mental disease, he appears some
times as a man on horseback, or as Caesar
clad in imperial robes and with terrible as
poet. They see him not only in their wax
ing hours but in their dreams. Whether
he passes through the keyhole to haunt their
bedrooms as he does in the case Of Bggins
matters little he gets at them somehow and
murders sleep, The disease is peculiar, and
yet there is a similarity of manifestations
and symptoms in every case. Some of those
afflicted with it edit newspapers, and ever
and anon the mania becomes painfully ap-
parent in their columns The disease should
be named and classified for treatment. As
the man on horseback is one of its most
common symptoms it might be called an.
thropohippophobia, or, for convenience,
Biggins's disease of the brain. Some of
the so-called independant editors have got
IL had
National Republican., 1878-12-21
Mrs, Jones' Diamonds,

Washington Letter to Philadelphia Times.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, having replen-
ished his depleted exchequer by fortu-
nate rise in Sierra Nevada stocks, comes
back with his beautiful young wife and
maiden sister to occupy his half ofthe But
Ter block on Capitol Hill. He left here five
months ago for his home at Gold Hill,
dead broke" in vulgar parlance. or "bust-
ed" as the miners term it. ForeSeeing
the rise in mining stocks, he invested all
he could raise or borrow in Sierra Nevada
and reaped rich return. Still he had not
enough to fill the measure of his opportu-
nifty. His wife had spleddid diamond
necklace, for which he had paid in opu-
lent days the sum Of S35, 900, and which
She being retiring little body not given
to display, had never worn but once.
"My DEAR" said he to her one day, "lt
you will let me invest your diamonds in
Sierra Nevada, you shall have the proceeds
for pin money
"As you please" said the dutiful little
woman. You know | never wear them -
Senator Jones is not the man to go hawk
ing his wifc's jew Is about the Streets so
he offered them to the first Jew he met and
received Sl2, 900 for them, which he invest
ed ON margin in her name, and to-day she
is worth $40, 900 in registered bonds He
paid his debts, Cancelled the mortgage on
his 800, 900 worth OF furniture, which Ben
Butler held rs collateral for three years
rent, and in less than half II year returns
with several millions to spare. And that
is the way they do things ''Uut West.
The Jones family will give several grand
entertainments during the winter, Ia san
Francisco.