Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-30

The following curious coincidence Is re- ported from Rockport, Maine: vessel named Abraham Lincoln was lying at the wharf, when another vessel, driven in by the stress of weather, came alongside and was tied to her. The name of the latter vessel was James A. Garfield.
 A rival to the Standard Oil Company of Pennsylvania is said to be growing up in Cali fornia, where vast quantities of undeveloped petroleum exist. The waters of Santa Bar bara channel are covered for miles with crude oil that is seeping away, and the hollows in the mountain sides are filling with asphaltum, produced by this seepage. A few capitalists are reported to be buying up all this oil ter ritory so as to obtain a monopoly of the pro- duction on the Pacific coast, and to their eff forts must be ascribed the lack of full infor- nation on the subject.
 The Yorktown Centennial Association have reduced their original programme nearly half but it is still long enough. The plan now is to have, besides the regular celebration of four days, beginning October IS, a preceding 12-days' jubilee, each of which is devoted to some special subject or body, in this order: Opening day, transportation day, college day, divine service, municipal and commer- cia1 day. industries and mechanics, farmers and planters, finance society of Cincinnati, sons and daughters of the Revolution, divine service again, and lastly reception day for Masonic orders, militia and fire departments.
 The following is said to be 8 translation of that provision of ths Chinese penal code which binds Chinese subject to perpetual citizenship: 'sAll persons renouncing their country or devising the means thereof shall be beheaded, and in the punishment of this offence no distinction shall be made between principals and accessories. The property of all such criminals shall be confscated, and their wives and children distributed as slaves to tue great officers of State. The parents, grandparents, brothers and grandchildren of such criminals, whether habitually living with them. under the same roof or not, shall be perpetually banished to the distance of 2, 600 leagues All those who purposely con ceaI or connive at this crime shall be stran- gled Those who inform against criminals of this class shall be rewarded with the whole of their property. If the plan is contriyed but not executed, the principals are to be strangled and the accessories punished with blows and banishment.''
 A fanciful story has been told of the kill ing of General Garield's horse at Chicka- mauga. The true story, as related by Gen eral Garfield, is thus told by the Cincinnati Commercial: stHe said he was writing sit- ting on the ground where there was such a depression that the flight of shot was over- head. His horse was held by an orderly, when round cannon ball came close to the group and striking another horse full in the breast killed him instantly. General Garfield said he looked up, hearing the thud, and saw that his horse was frantic with fright. He had seen the terrible death of the other horse and had abundant sense to be scared. Gar-s field got up and stepped beside his horse, speaking to him kindly and batting him with his hand, soothing and reassuring the ami nal, which at once became calm and mani fested his gratitude. The horse, Garfield said, as much as said to him, tOld fellow, this doesn't look well to me, but have con- fdence in you that it is all right The horse was not hurt"
 It has been decided that Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, a cousin of Colonel Bob IngersolI and living in San Francisco, is not orthodox enough to teach in Presbyterian Sunday school. One of the charges brought against her by the superintendent of the school was that she had said: sIf heaven is made up of such men as J. B. Roberts (the superintend- ent) and hell of such men as my cousin, Bob Ingerso1I, I would prefer going to hell all the time. , This she admitted before the Presbytery, but she denied that she had