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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

IA, Northern Pacific preferred l3s. Heading
~ The balance brought about REALIZATION.
and Missouri Pacific fell OF 70 g,fl% Iacka-
wanna to 1921. and the reminder OF the
active list 1<lg2 per cent. v, hen the bank
statement was made public a fresh buying
movement set in, and pyices rallied ISlaIlL
per cent. outside Of GissOuri Pacific and
1ackaw anna, which rose 10 and 81 re-
banks was very favorable. showing a gain in
reserve Of s, 053, 60, which places the amount
held By the banks above legal requirements
az SlO.0ls,045. In the afternoon the bears
started story that G. =. Huntington and
some Of his speculations had failed OF were
soon TO be embarrassed, and n Oney was bid
up rapidly 70 l-32 per diem. simultaneously
with this sharp drives were made against
nearly al Of the leading stocks, and prices
were forced down lg455 per cent, in the
general list and 5G6 in Laekawanna and
Missouri Pacific. Central Pacific fell on p,
Canada Southern ~, Quincy ~. Northwest
!, ditto preferred ~, St. Paul AZ, Rock
Island %. Lackawanna 5, Louisville and
Nashville ~, Lake Shore ~. Sales 493, 600
shares, the market closing at the following
So
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

BALTIMORE, MD. june 2l.-Cabbages-Nor-
folk, per barrel, 81 90. Beans-Norfolk, per
crate. 81 0Ofd2 90. Cueumbers-Ge Georgia, per
crate, 81 750I 80. Irish POtatOes-GeOr-
gia, per barrel, s. 80. Tomatoes
Florida, per crate, 81 GOAL 40; Der
muda. per six-quart boxes, 81 COG
90. Cucumbers-- Charleston, per crate, 81 20
tds2 90. Oranges-PalermO, per box. "a 90;
Messina. per box, 81 80. Lemons-Palermo,
per box. SO 5O014 so; Messina. per box. 81 so
as 90. Observation-Disclosures, per hundred,
SIS 00l1e0 90.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

red, 81 90. Corn quiet; No. 2 white, e5g66c.
Oats quiet; No. 2mixed. SEC. Provisions quiet
Mess pork, S17 80. Bulk meats-shoulders &C,
clear rib SIC, clear sides SIC. Bacon
shoulders SIC, clear rib &c. clear sides 81 sc.
Hams, sugar cured l3e. Lard, steam .eaf,
&c.
NAVAL STORES.
LIVERPOOL, June q, nOon.-Spirits turpen-
tine. z3s Cd.
LONDON. June q. noOn.-Spirits turpentine
spot easy at 22s Sd; June and July delivery
duh at 23s; September to December dull at
rs Cd.
NEW YORK, June q, noon Spirits turpen-
tine steady at 3lZc. Ros IN stesdy at 81 25g
/ 30.
$500 p. m.-ROsin dun at 81 259I 271z.
Spirits turpentine stea6ly.
CHARLEsTOs. June 2l.-spiTits turpentine
steady; 273Sc bid. Rosin firm; strained and
good strained, 81 90.
WILMINGTON. June 2I.-Spirits turpeptine
firm at 271<c. ROs IN hrm; strained 95c; good
strained, 81 90. Tar firm at 81 Is. Crude
turpentine steady; hard, 81 90; yellow dip and
virgin, 81 Is.
CHARLESTON. June 2l.-Market steady;
fair, 55slG51zc; good 55sGy5zc; prime, 55sSg6c.
NEW ORLEANS, June 2l.-Market quiet;
fair. 51zC955kc; good. 51z(95szc: prime. 5zss96c:
NEW YORK, June 2l.-Market dull; tair,
5ssg5asc: good, $4,000; prime. 65s'g55sc.
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GnmrtRrrtaI.
sAvANNAH MARREr.

OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS, !
sAvASEAH. Ga, June q, iSss, 5 P. NJ
CO-roN.-The market continues easy, and
prices are unchanged There was nothing
doing. the day closing without a single trans
action. The following are the Official closing
quotations Of tko Cotton Exchange:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

When Thatcher, Primrose & West
closed their books a week ago, it was
found that $4,000 was the net profit of the
season. This was divided among the three,
according to the partnership, George That
cher getting the lions share. They have
re-engaged nearly ali their people for next
season. including the newly formed Cres-
cent City quartet, Raymond, Winter,
O'Keefe and Noble. This is the most ex-
pensiye quartet in America,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
COL. BOB INGERsoLL's LOG HOUSE.

Col. Bob IngersoJl is preparing to leave
for the West with his family. He goes
first to Denver and the mountain region
beyond, then to California and down the
coast, taking the Southern Pacific back
to his new summer home in New Mexico.
He receives information that the new log
house will be ready for occupancy by the
time he requires to make this trip around.
Col. Ingersoll has long desired to with
draw from society temporarily and give
his time to some literary work, which he
prefers to perform undisturbed by social
or business events. Here, upon the $3,-
100000 rancho of ex-senator Dorsey, he
hopes to find quiet. The house, of which
the ground plan is given below, is to be a
curious and unique affair. 1t has twenty
rooms, as will be seen by the accompa-
nying sketch, strung together in the
oldest possible manner, vet with
care in arrangement which
shows that there was method in the Colo
nePs madness when he planned this novel
summer home. 1t is to be entirely of
logs, the outside bark dressed down very
thin and oiled; the inside finished with
native hard words undressed, the win
dows queer-shaped and of odd pieces of
glass-nO two windows being alike. The
whole surrounded, Of course, by broad
verandas, and, while 1t is to be twenty
miles from nowhere, it is connected by
IelepnOHe WIN not only OOfSeySS ranch,
a few miles away, but with three or four
flOurishing young cities twenty or thirty
miles distant. Whether Col. IngersOll
expects to establish a residence there
with the idea of coming from there as
Senator when Territory comes in as a
State has not not yet transpired. There
are suspicious that this may be one
object of his retirement into this curious
retreat, where he is, it seems, to spend
five or six months of every year.
TWO WOMEN.
Who is to be the mistress of the White
House during the four years from next
March is question now agitating society
in Washington. Whether it will be Mrs
Blaine with her tall commanding figure,
stern New England face, reserved, almost
exclusive manner, or whether the wife of
some Democrat-say Mrs. Justice Field,
whose home is now near the old capital
prison overlooking the capitol; Mrs. Nc
Donald, whose beauty is of that rare type
that wins admiration everywhere; Mrs.
Bayard, whose long residence in Washing
ton as Senator's wife fits her for this
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

on the night before the recent dedication Of
the new Mormon Temple, at Salt Lake, Presi-
dent Taylor claimed to receive revelation
direct from God that He accepted the temple,
the grounds and sacrifice Of the Saints. All
was pronounced "good," as the creation of
the world, and the next morning it took the
''Almighty's mouthpiece'' thirty minutes to
bless every stone, stair, window, door, pane
of glass. ETC., pertaining to the edifice. This
prayer was 50 complete and perfect" de-
clares a good saint, as to ssseem TO comprise
everything on earth and in heaven pertaining
to the Offering Of the temple"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
YESTERDAY
MFMnRANnA.

Steamship City of Savannah, Philadelphia.
Steamship VIM Lawrence. Baltimore.
Schr Ada Whitney, Philadelphia.
Schr VIM Jones, Washington, ID @.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

NAVAL srOREs.-The market for spirits tur-
-pentine was very quiet and steady. The sales
f0r M day were 1g5 casks on the basis Of 26c.
--f9r regulars. The official report Of the Board
.of Trade was as follows; The market opened
dull st 2Sc. for regulars. At p. m. II was
dun az 2sc. for regulars, with sales Of 45
-saskz. II closed at 4 p. m. at use. for regu-
lars with sales Of $50 casks Hosins-The mar
ket was quiet. but firm and unchanged, with
Hrht offerings The sales for the day were
al barrels The report by the Board OF
trade was as follows: The market opened
-7fm 90 the following quotations: A. II, Z and
ID 81 O0. r. 81 05, FSl 10, & 81 Is, II 81 40, l
81 70. X 81 %, NJ 81 62lS, s. l25z, win
dow glass s. IS. At p. m. 1t was firm anc
-Irrbarred l. closed firm and unchanged.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
shipping gHTEusaFNrr.
SUNDAY, June p, 1884.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

Steamer st Nicholas, Usina, Darien, Bruins
wick and way landings-C Williams. Agent.
steamer George NJ Bird, StrObhar, Darien,
Brunswick and way landings-John Robert
son.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
THE MILITARY ACADEMY COM
MENCEMENT.

Eloquent Words from Prof. CantwelI.
The following is the address to the audi
ence of Prof. Edward Cantwell at the COM
mencement exercises of the Georgia Mill
tary Academy last Friday night:
Ladies and Gentlemen: We, who have guided
and accompanied these young Cadets to your
presence this evening, have a large share Of
sympathy in your rejoicings over them. The
task OF preparing these young gentlemen for
the struggles of life is, with us, hardly yet
begun. It is by no means an easy one when
it is done, but it is full of compensations. Our
avocatiOn Is not always delightful, but with
these young gentlemen has, so far, been al
ways agreeable. Much of the discipline and
good health they enjoy is due to your co-ope-
ration. Our further success in the years to
come will depend upon the continuance Of
that assistance, and we invoke it.
We remit them now, for few weeks, to
your guardianship and to the sweet influences
of home and mother. We are persuaded that
at the close of the vacation they will come
back to us, from them and you, refreshed and
reinvigorated, and ready to resume the toll
some accents to whose more difficult sleeps we
have yet to conduct them. We viii endeavOr
to encourage them to scale these lofty heights
with an unfaltering tread, although our
greatest poet has said:
"He who ascends to mountain tops will always
find
The loftiest peaks most wrapped in clouds
and snow;
He who surpasses or subdues mankind
Must look down on the hate of those below. :"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
A NOTED PUGILIsT

is his boxing master and an ex-champion
billiard player gives lessons in caroms in
the billiard-rOOm in his house. There are
eight servants in his fathers house and
stables, not including his little sisters
gOverness and his mothers seamstress
and companion, who is poor cousin on
salary. The accompaniment of life are
mere matters of fact to the average New
Workers, however extravagant they
may seem in the provinces. In
fact, while the household described
is among the most aristocratic in the city,
it is tar from being one or the most eX-
trayagantly conducted. A visit to Tiffa-
ny's. or any one of the swell emporiums.
gives one a good idea how the ladies of
Gotham throw money away. In them
you will see young girls choosing jeweled
garter buckles ranging in price from 5000
upward; women paying $3.50 for one Jew
eled smelling bottle, $3.50 for gold head
ed silk umbrella, 500 for corset clasps of
gold, $50 for a set of hair pins. $50
for a pearl and gold glove buttoner,
$500 for a pair of opera glasses crusted
with glittering stones. The modern belle
buys dress buttons worth very much more
than if they were solid gold, and tiaras
to be worn at two balls each winter and
kept IN a safe deposit company 364 days
of each year, valued at the cost price of
her precious crown. The young men
about town report that there is observable
in this glittering section of New York
society a feature new to the metropolitan
world Of fashion. They report that there is
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

NEW YORK. June 2l.-Peaches-G Georgia, per
box 5Oc0,$I 90. Observation-Disclosures and
Georgia, per hundred, SIS 00G90 90. Irish
POtatOes-C Charleston, per barrel, So 5OCd5 80.
Observation-Disclosures per crate. l0G25c;
Georgias, per crate, 50c(GSl 90. Tomatoes
Georgia, per crate, 75c9sl 25; Florida, per
crate, 25c(d$1 90.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
EXPORTS

Per steamship VIM Lawrence, for Baltl-
more-2O4 bales cotton, 10 bbls rice, l,344 bbls
naval stores, 100 bbls oil, 3,S9S boxes vegeta-
bles, 1862 bbls vegetables, 3, l6l watermelons,
l79 bdls hides, 57l pkgs mdse.
Per steamship City Of Savannah. for Phlla-
deiphia-lO0 bales cotton. "a bales domestics
and yarns, 8 bales rags, so bbls rice, $50 bbls
r0sin. l67 bbls spirits turpentine, 1885 water
melons, 81. 455 feet lumber, 1914 bales hemp, ,135
empties, p boxes fruit, AZ bbls vegetables,
$3.50 crates vegetables. SO bbls paint, 50, AS
shingles, 20 turtles, 147 pkgs mdse.
Per bark TjOmo (NOr). for Rotterdam-3, 737
bbls rosin, weighing l,5Sl,l $50 pounds; 100 bbls
spirits turpentine, measuring 5,O35 gallOns-S
Z ShOtter x Co.
Per schr Mary Z Graham, for Philadelphia
-l6l. l27 feet lumber-Dale. Wells & Co.
Per schr VIM Jones, for Washington, d c.
225,65l feet lumber-R B Reppard.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
CONCLUDING REMARKS.

Much of that good name the Southern people
enjoy abroad is due to a peculiar conscien-
tlousness which is their distinguishing char
acteristic. and upon which our whole system
of education at the Military Academy is found
ed. Our people have many good qualities, but
that upon which love to dwell is their sense
Of duty, and their resolution in its perform
ance, however inglorioUs, distasteful and I'M
remunerative 1t may be. In this think they
may safely chaHenge comparison with any
other community OF equal numbers, in ancient
or modern times. 1t constitutes their chief
glory and IS taught only in our Southern
schools. 1t is that virtue which is opposed to
selhshness, which holds mere Riches in con-
tempt, and which makes the happiness Of the
individual to depend on the benefits he con-
fers upon others, and public eminence and
public stations the reward Of eminent service
and devotion to the State.
Neither the sordidness of these times, nor
the Generalization of our Conquest and adj
versity can extinguish it in community
which Oglethorpe founded and where Jasper
died. Under its influence, in esrlier days,
handful of young Greeks in little pass be-
tween the mountains and the sea, not fifty
feet wide, for seven days together, once held
at bay two millions OF their cOuntry's foes.
and persisted at last. cons0led by no hope of
glory and expecting no record or reward but
the proud satisfaction of DYING IN obedience to
genius of Simonides breathed only once
upon that spot, and 'Leonidas" and
" Thermopyla" became immortal. This
mighty river-bound State was carved out
of the American wilderness and founded by an
act of as pure unselfishness as that, and gen.
erous and wide besides as the waves of YER
dure which roll from the foot of the Blue
Ridge, over the floods of the EtOwah to the
rock-ribbed coasts Of Darien. The glistening
tides of the ChattahOochee CLEAN like threads
Of silver as they flow down through the plains
OF Georgia to the turbid waters of the Gulf.
The great sun, in all his course, does not be-
hold a grander commonwealth His rising
beams kiss the golden floods Of the Savannah
on the one side, and his track pursues lines of
beauty and of grandeur across the lofty hills
Of the west on the other, where tWinkling
floods nOurlsh the soil, and fragrant ever
greens gem the azure skies of Forsythe and
Cherokee. This State has always been the
abode Of heroes and statesmen.
" Shall future ages, when their tale is told,
Drop tears Of pity at their bapless fate
And read with detestationv
of the misdeeds or the degeneracy Of their
children? From the bright hilIsides, the wide
plains. the silver rills, the fertile valleys of
Georgia hear an indignant shout reply, and
8" Who that hath surveyed this spot of earth
we press
narrow isthmus 'twlxt two boundless
seas
The Past, the Future two Eternities!-
Would sully the bright spot or leave it bare.
When he might build him a bright temple
there,
A name, that long should hallow all it's space
And be each purer SOULS high resting place.'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
CLEARFD YESTERDAY.

ARRIVED AT TYBEE YESTERDAY.
Steamship Nacoochee, Kempton, New York
&C NJ Sorrel.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
RECEIPT9.

Per Charleston and Savannah Railway.
June 2l-2 bbls whisky, bale hides. and
mdse.
Per steamer st. Nicholas, from Fernandina
and way landings bales cotton, bales wool,
rs bales fibre, 9 bales hides. boxes tobacco, TO
pkgs mdse, 5l2 crates vegetables, 30 bbls vege-
tables.
Per Savannah. Florida and Western Rail-
way, June 2l-272 bbls spirits turpentine, l.226
bbls rosin. q cars lumber, cars wood, 20 cars
melons. bbls whisky, bbls honey, bbls
syrup, 9 bbls vegetables, 2, 542 boxes vegetables
bales hides, 81 bales wool. and mdse. :
Per Central Railroad, June 2l-565 bbls rosin.
60 bbls spirits turpentine, II cars lumber, S07
pkgs fruit, lbs bbls -FOUR SO bDls paint, 81 bales
plads, Sc sacks peas, so bbls cotton seed oil, 36
caddies tobacco. 25 bales wool, II sacks leather,
u pkgs mdse. u cases jeans, bales yarns, 6
bales hides, bales waste, tierces hams, 5
boxes tobacco, 5 bbls whisky, cases empty
cans. 2 trunks samples, 2 bdls paper, , boxes
wax. . boxes stationery, soda fountains, 10
pkgs furniture, barber chair, l crate boxes,
l sewing machine, l lot sundries, box soap,
! case hair dye. 9 cars corn, 3 cars box mate
rial, car can material, ! car sewer pipe.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

Tybee. June q, 9:10 p m-Passed out, steam
ships VIM Lawrence, City of Savannah, schrs
Ada Whitney, VIM Jones.
Arrived at anchor, steamship NacoOchee.
Wind S, light; fair.
New York. June 2l-Arrived. Richmond. r
ID Bache, City of Montreal, Spain, britannia.
Arrived out. str Canada.
New York, June l9-Arrived. schr Palatka,
Staples, Jacksonville; Carrie Woodbury.,
Bryant, Kings Ferry; Oracle Mcclure,
Georgetown, S G.
Genoa, June l6-Arrived, bark MarchesinO
QtaD. Larguasco, Pensacola.
Bahia. May I7-Cleared, bark Acacia (Br),
Gould, Bull River, S C..
Boston, June I9-Arrived, schr S p Hitch
cock, Blair. Pensacola.
Cleared, bark American Eagle, Hutchinson,
Brunswick, Ga.
Cape Henry. June f3-Passed out, bark Amy,
Baltimore. for Brunswick. Ga.
Fernandina, June l9-Cleared, str City of
San Antonio, Wilson, New York; schr Nellie,
Drinkwater, Philadelphia.
Georgetown, c, June l6-Arrived, schrs
Eleanor, Mott, New York; Twenty-Five
Friends Barrett. Baltimore.
Philadelphia, June l9-Cleared, schr Emily
Z Northam, StetsOn, Savannah.
Brunswick, Ga, June l9-Arrlved. bark
Echo NOR, Hansen, savannah; schr Annie
L Henderson, Henderson, New York.
Beaufort, G, June 17-Passed, str Thomas
Collier, Dennette, New York for Brunswick,
Ga.
Spray, Wass, Boston; + Wolston, Moore,
Cleared, schrs t sibley, Bartlett, New
Y ork; b b Rokes, Bennett, Baltimore.
Pensacola, June 19-Cleared, barks Maria
(Nor) Berntzen, Leith; Norvi Utah, Merillo,
Ne wport, E brig Myronus, Peterson, Boston.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

The weekly statement of the associated
banks, issued from the clearing house to-day,
shows the following changes: Loans de-
creased, g. $50 500; specie increased, 81 66l, 200;
legal tenders increased, S269, 900: deposits
decreased, S4l3.5O0; circulation increased,
SIS, 300; reserve increased, s., O53, 575. The
banks now hold Sl0,0lS,575 in excess Of legal
requirements
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

trCF. The market s firm End the demand
D al. The sales FOR the cav we're 6S bar
Is. Appended are the Official quotations
ere Boartt Of Trade:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

Lands Leased of Indians for Two Cents
Per Acre Per Annum-The Log House
to which Col. IngersOH viii Soon HE
Himself-POssibIe Mistresses of the
White HouSa
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-13
The IsLnn1i of Tonnn-

The nominal sovereign of the island is
King George, an old gentleman over eighty
years Of age, aud his government is supposed
TO be paternal despotism. Practically, how
ever, he is swayed in all mis- councils by the
Rev. Shirley Baker, an exWesleyan mis-
sionary, who holds much the same relation to
King George as Prince Bismarck holds to the
Emperor William. Mr.. Baker is premier of
Tonga; he also is the chancellor of its ex-
chequer, its minister of public works, edu-
cation, land, agriculture, and attorney gen
eral. In addition TO these rather important
offices he occupies the position of mayor Of
the town of Nubualofa, the capital of Tonga,
and is, besides, its town clerk, receiver of
rates and taxes and chief engineer, and rep
resents its board of health. 1t is alleged
man of the Wesleyan circuit in
the Tonga group, and as such filed
the Office of spiritual director of the islands.
In this way he secured a very strong infu-
ence over the whole native population. But,
alas he was recalled or dismissed by the
Wesleyan body on the charge of trading,
and one Mr.. MoultOn was sent out in his
place. From that moment Mr.. Baker laid
himself out to fortify the secular power
and TO break down the in
fuence Of the missionaries The great
question ahead seems to be the posses.
sion Of the mission houses, the site for which
was granted TO the missionaries by the king
1t now appears that he wishes to play the
part Of Henry VIII, and to secularize the
church property Meantime, the Christianity
in the island is described as of ''debased
sort" One teacher was expelled for telling
his people that there had been so much jov
in heaven over the lberality of their
contributions ''that a bullock had been
roasted whole" NATIVE catechists' have
participated in the ceremony of pummeling
the devil-spirits out Of sick person." AS
some Catholics have lately established sta
ton in the island it is to be feared that the
simple natives will be still more puzzled as
to what true Christianity is.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-13
John Rro,rn,s Chm

Many curOsities are owned in ST. Louis,
but none are perhaps more highly priced
than the gun Of "Old" John Brown. This
relic is in possession of Police Officer Tom
Allen, who preserves the peace among the
buhs and bears on 'chauge, and he stands
ready on all occasions to exhibit it to his ad-
miriug friends. When asked, yesterday af-
ternoon, whether he really possessed the gun
taken from Brown at Harper Ferry, he told
this story: s''Shortly before the close of the
war l was employed as clerk at the quarter
masters department at Harper's Ferry along
with young man named Taylor. The
young man aud myself soon became very
intimate friends, and quite frequently he
entertained me at his home in Harper's
Ferry. During Que of my visits at his home
he brought long double-barreled shot gun
into the parlor and handed it to me 10 look
at, saying as he did so. That weapon is the
identical weapon that was taken from John
Brown when his gang and himself
were captured at the arsenal or en-
CINE house. Nearly every man
who assisted in the capture secured some
thing from some one of the prisoners. Some
of the raiders took swords and others car
bines, but it fell to the lot OF my father to
take this gun from the noted Brown. At the
time the weapon was eonhseated it contained
three balls in each barrel. Knowing the
young man was man of his word, / became
very much interested in the relic, aud tried
10 obtain possession of il. He refused 10
part with it until four years ago, when he
presented it 10 me with his compliments, re-
tanning the bullets 1t had contained as remi-
niscences OF the part taken by his father in
aiding in the historic capture. The gun is in
splendid condition, aud no further back than
last Sunday killed several wild ducks with II
while hunting over in Illinois. 1t is quite
heavy, and has much longer ibarrels than
those of most modern shOtguns; vet, in nv
opinion, it is one Of the best weapons in the
country at the present time " The re-
porter, at the suggestion of Mr.. Allen,
visited that gentleman's room and examined
the weapon. Its stock, of black walnut, is
somewhat straighter than stocks are usually
made: its barrels, which are loaded from the
muzzle, being fOrty-two inches in length
The gun was made by a manufacturer in
Philadelphia named Rogers.