Show E rp to f I 1 S A k S t A i ONE of the most c curious ff baat east eest india merchandise ever transported to this thia country was recently landed in new york namely a cargo of elephants eleven of these huge beasts lefe leff Colombo ceylon on the of march on board the ship nehemiah gibson captain smalley all but one ithem ethem bothem were caught in the jungle immediately before becq being abided and ten out of the eleven reached theordes their deb des ti tin nation stion in safety the other one fell feli pick sick of dropsy and died on the journey they were hauled on and off the ship by means of ropes pulleys and canvas slings elings they left colombo on the of I 1 marob march and reached e c h ad new york on ofa the uit the he e elephants were between decks during the journey bourney a stall constructed d of stout teak able of resisting on every aidea pressure pres surp of 2000 pounds before each stall a strong lihr tiar of the same wood was placed and in lid rough tough weather the animals would fold their trunks around this bar while a rope wab was passed round their hind legs add ardd and arid then fastened to stout iron ring holts bolts driven into the sides aides of the vessel sei and this arrangement enabled them to keep heep keep their feet most moat of the animals got sea sick soon after the journey commenced and while this continued they refused t to 0 as eat t they had good weather until they reached the cape of good hope 1 then thed three othree terrific gales from the t to 6 the of may sometimes during the t bad weather the animals would roar fearfully when they reached st helena they had had bad a feed of fresh grass which they seemed see ried to enjoy immensely and manifested the liveliest gratitude for the same to those who fed them otherwise their food during the voyage consisted of hay and gramm and paddy their daily allowance was two hundred and nd seventy five pounds of hay also two bushels of the gramm and paddy rolled up into little balls and given to them out of the hands of their keepers during the trip they used twenty six thousand gallons of water A sea biscuit was occasionally given them to which they were very partial the largest of the number weighed 2000 pounds the smallest the latter was eight years old some of the others were as high as thirty the landing was effected without danger one became unruly and frightened the men who were bandli handling ng b him im b but ut the ca captain etain pacified him and he was hallel hauled to land laud but he showed such tendencies that the crowd which stood watching quickly took flight when the four first landed were going down the pier they started to run which set all t the a bipeds in the vicin vicinity I 1 ty to scampering but they were soon boon 9 got ot under control olk the remain ing six bix a ix were landed safely but the an ties of the first four had the effect of keeping lookers on at a very respectful distance A SPECIAL correspondent of the 41 ita lia Californi ahas been interviewing gen 33 T F butler at boston upon utah mat mate t according to the correspondent r general butler butier B is in favor of effo enforcing ing 1 althe I the law of 1864 against poleg polygamy am Y he ho tone jone toneann tone ione ant we presume the law of 1662 congress had settled by that law he 8 thought that polygamy must be abol dished after conversing awhile upon this point the subject of california having a currency distinct from thereat the rest of the union came under discussion and igen gen butler said respecting this in reply to remarks of the correspondent 1 I L that 11 1 ii the constitution of the united may not admit of k a passage of a general divorce law or any law governing the domestic relations but it does provide without question lor for the establishment gish lish ment of the coin or currency of the country this has been provided by law and no Sta state has hns a right to reject it she does herself all an injury isolates herself from the common sisterhood technically california Is guilty of the same bame kind of a breach of covenant as ds the community of salt lake 40 General Butlers remarks here quoted nubon Lubon concede cede the whole of the points con d intended ril rii tended for by the people ot of utah he admit that the constitution of the united states may not admit of the aw passage of a general divorce Is law w or any law governing the domestic relations this is precisely the ground assumed by the people of utah with this differ once ence only th that t instead of the worda wera werda may not which be uses they 1 I would use the words doeg does not no but taking his bis own words how stands I 1 i the law of 1 1862 tou chin g no one will for a moment dispute that if the constitution may not admit of the passage of a general divorce I 1 law W 0 or any law governing domestic doin doln bitle de relli lations ii loner the passage of the anti polygamy law MW of ak 1862 must be unconstitutional would heend he enforce force aa a av law wh which I 1 ch is 6 or evenbay even may be unconstitutional the com community infinity 0 of f salt taake laake upon the bame game footing As as california in being equally guilty of a breach of covenant he errs for according to his own show ling ang california Califor lila ilis has hns rejected a law of congress Con grebs grees which that body had a constitutional right to enact which the community of salt lake has never neven done the conversation again turned upon the affairs of utah and the correspondent gave his views and gen butler butier g gave ave his but 4 as they thley were both evl evidently evig den tl ignorant of the questions discussed there wa was wag only one remark elicited ellette worthy of comment the co correspondent asked the we question whether it would not no 1 t be possible to confiscate the property of brigham young gen oen butler replied possibly if be he should commit any overt act not but he has always ays been shrewd enough to avoid ope oren open n re rf rebellion if gen buller butler waits walts for the thib overt act to be bo committed before confiscation shall b be commenced he will not noi 1 ive jve lve long enough to witness or hear of it IL president brigham young and many of bf his bis people have been driven from their homes and robbed of nearly all they possessed five times before coming to these mountains and those who plundered them did not wait for an overt act to be committed it is a new reason a to render for the confiscation non k af f the property of mormons cormons Mor mons to say that thai thy th they chave have not committed such buch such au an act the world is surely progressing progress ing for there was a time tippe when acts of this his t und kind could be manufactured to form a pretext p re t for robbery and violence of the th a wiest most shameful character SOME time ago when the judicial jobbers who vrho run the courts in utah ruled them and end their officers officer sout bout out of bf existence as territorial courts and off omm meers officers the penitentiary was also ruled out of existence as a territorial institution nand the warden being an officer appointed by b territorial errit r a authority authora was informed n orme by b the U S marshal arshal that he must vacate h his position and turn the institution over into h his care the request of the marshal being only verbah verbal warden rockwood Bock book wood informed him that if he wo would uld file a written demand he would respond to it the warden also informed the TJ B S marshal at that or on a subsequent visit that the territory having furnished several thousand dollars for the erection and repairs of the institution was considerably interested cunia rily therein and that before vacating his office as warden if vacate it he must he preferred to have the matter adjudicated by a proper course of law the marshal however would not listen to any such a it proposition or agree to any such preliminaries and yesterday again made a verbal demand on 0 ril rie warden rockwood rock Bock wood for the surrender of the institution into his care at the same time intimating that if his demand were not complied with immediately be he should usei use force to evict ghi ghim the warden protested verbally against akst pe h e proceeding and this morning delivered the following in writing to tou U B S marshal patrick utah penitentiary wardens office august 2nd and 71 M T U 8 mars marb marshal marshai hal hai for utah territory sir you yon having demanded of ot me the surrender of the penitentiary of utah to yourself as U S imar ITar marshal marshai and informed me that unless I 1 complied compiled with the demand you ou would take it t b by force I 1 have now to inform you that if ff you take tha tho penitentiary it will be under my protest and that what you permit me to remove I 1 awill will take away ways a and what you yon retain or do therein you yon will be held accountable for yours respectfully A P warden of afu ofu U T penitentiary withstanding notwithstanding liTot the protest of the warden yesterday afternoon the U 8 marshal took fook possession of the dinati aution the warden offering no resistance and by tomorrow merrow to morrow morning as warden rockwood rock Bock wood is we understand moving his family and effects today to day th the institution will viii beaw be wholly erfy nn ula der er the control of the theta U S Marshal ar nand and Tand his employed emp loyes p 1 and theretha the rethe matter resta resti for fo i r the present kas has aa afar fsr far rightson right rights bof bot bf the I 1 territory pecuniary and otherwise are concerned steps will pro bably be taken to test their legality at some bome inie time in the future though if lett left to 6 the parties who now con control troi the courts chai anere is little question asio asid as id to what the result will be y The Warden waiden in lik lit ilk a written an protes tto the marshai marshal has done what the duties of his hia position required for being officer of the institution and under bonds to the amount of several thousand dollars to the territory he at the present stage of the proceedings could do no lees for his own safety and interest and the internal of b the terri territory torye than to enter a protest test t against forcible eviction from the institution what the fhe future may develop in relation to this matter matten will be awaited with considerable interest A dentist who had become nervous by previous burglaries burglar lesIn in his vicinity was somewhat startled re icentry by having a man come dally daily at the same hour each evening and bit ait on his doorstep he fin sin finally ally aily suggested that if it would be all the bame same to him he would be pleased lemed to tp have him divide ait bit alt on some neighbors doorstep for a while but it woul dInt be the same 11 shouted the visitor in return nona non nora nor anything thing like it you yott are a dentist andt andl and 1 have an infernal aching tooth that I 1 the courage to have pulled I 1 come here every afternoon trying to make up my mind to have it out and as soon as I 1 come in sight of your hoube house it stops aching and as long as I 1 sit on your doorstep where the confounded thing knows it can tan get pulled if it gives trouble I 1 have bome some rest now if you want me to go to another dentist I 1 will vill i oh no was the r reply ep I 1 y 66 un under der den t hose those circumstances stop by dy all nil means my friend 1 teach a man to think meanly and an contemptibly of himself to cast off all sense of character and all consciousness of a superior nature and moral persuasion can no more act upon such a man than if be he were dead A mail man may be addicted to many vices and yet there may be a hope of reclaiming him but the moment he loses all sense of character and all au consciousness of a superior nature that is the moment he begins to look upon himself and his vices as worthy of one another that moment all hope of reclaiming him perishes for the last ground is surrendered on which it is possible for his remaining good principles Inci ples pies to rally and make a stand W we a have often known men who have retained their self respect long after they have lost their regard for principle but never one who retained his regard degara for principle le after he a had a oah lost his hia self r respect destroy t this and you destroy everything e ver t ing for a man an who does not respect himself h 1 self belt respects nothing A correspondent gives this as a cure f fon for oL poison polson oak simply bathe the parts poisoned with water as hot as can cau be E borne ornia and keep increasing it till tillit it can no nd longer be used need without burning now press a soft towel against the parts so as to absorb the water and avoid rubbing then apply a rather strong sola boiu of navy or plug lug tobacco on the poisoned spots and lit lat fet let it dry the solution Is best when the water is hot I 1 have tried this and have been cured or br nearly so 00 in two or four days at the most A lady was noticed quitting a canadian ferry boat at buffalo the other day with an immense pannier an old liverpool acting as detective smelt the fox and tapped it with a sharp knife it jetted out some three gallons of english gini the rising generation age rapidly in detroit A mature specimen eight yearb yeara old was liun hunting liing round the police station for a stray father the 0 other tro er night you see he remarked with I 1 final exultation agthe althe the a little wild yet but hei het hell ll 11 grow out of it I 1 one single pigeon a r with the pigeon vanclera of paris brought into that city during the siege 0 0 pages of official dispatches dispatcher id private dispatches A y onna oung ui ninin nin a ain in indiana became so tri fri fright bLat at a widows persistent at w tai to marry him that he turned over whir her all his property and ral ran away A buchil busher hed 11 and erus crushed thed will in ake make fourby four or five Ti gallons of the beat vinegar A yount emai emal eur eun 6 etor in philadelphia P hia his IB Is to havea haves complimentary benefit pr previous evious to leaving the stage for the ministry A chicago boy hangs by one hand band from just the folks below he succeed i in get ing a crowd every time I 1 an xan editor who was asked torea to respond pond lo 10 women declined on the grounds that woman was able abie lo 10 speak for herself and that aryman any man wao who wyo undertakes to do it will get himself into trouble 0 11 anovia A novia novis scotia pape rays 1 the home gov government continues to treat them as 8 shabbily ehab bily as it claims it has the treaty of washington they will follow the codfish nish fish and come over to this country at ofine once trying to do dp bus bub business without thou t advertising is like iv inking winking 1 ata aba at a pretty eirl girl through a pair of green goggles you may know what you are doing but nobody else does out oat west they tell a atory story of a dog which was greatly interested in music he attended a singing school and was subsequently found in the back yard with a music musie book in front of him beating time with hla hia tall tail on a tin tia pan and howling Old Hundred 11 |