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FOR THE SPORTSMEN. The Good Work That Is Being Accomplished By the Fish and Gime Club. Prtpiriag For a Wholesale Indictment of Thott Who Yiolato tfca Law. Insit Campla TutlM Vvw Qur. tend Xa the Woods Vest tit Bank of the Obi.

DoKrlptioa of a 'Pooroa Fan Dowi la Georgia Peculiarities of tho Pickerel OTT 03T AJlQlSSd XXPIDITIOUB. Mike hay while the sun shine is the tMtto the Kentucky Fifch ud Gam Club Mtnu to hare adopted, with the. slight modification of substituting the word progress tot bar." la this hot (pell, when few care to linger on the banks of the local streams, and stfll fewer to brave the rays of Old Sol on the' body of the water, the fishermen bare not been altogether inactive. It Is as 7 rt a trifle narly for the earth who go north every year to take their departure, and the lover of burnt powder will hare to wait a few months for the best hunting. But the spirit is at work for the advancement of the interest of both huntsmen and fishermen.

There has been no abatement tn the interest in the work of the prosperous organisation which proposes to throw all possible safeguards about the game and fish interests of the State and the termers' rights therein. The membership is constantly and rapidly increasing, and the work is being systematized so as to attain all the ends for which the club intended. The committee appointed to look after the fish, game, dog and fanners' departments are perfecting plana to best meet all exigencies, and the Law Committee will have ready an net to present to the nest Legislature radically changing ineffective measures sow in vogue. A most important action was taken by the club at its last meeting, Thursday night. It is one they desire members and other persons interested in stopping the pernicious destruction of fish by dynamite, seines and thet unlawful means, and of game by traps, to follow at once in every county tn the State.

A committee of one member from each ward in the city was sei lee ted to wait upon each candidate for the Legislature in a body and exact from then a pledge to support the act which the elub would have introduced at the coming session. The proposed law will fee of unquestionable benefit to the State, and the elab thinks that if those interested in the protection of game, fish and farmers' rights therein in earh county will make it a point to see the candidates, enough rotes can be pledged to insure the wmirt of the act with hut little if any opposition. They desire all who secure a favoranle answer the subject from the candidates to communicate at once with the club. The next meeting of the elub will be held Thursday evening, July 25, at the usual place the T. P.

A. headquarters, ISixth and Main (streets, and it is desired that a many pledges or expressions as possible be reported before then. a svlva nsniito scsan. Most of the local fishermen who go but at this time of the year seek the comfort and pleasures of one of the numerous camps' seen on the banks of the Ohio river in the vicinity of Louisville. Many spend their entire "vacation in camp and return to their business or professional duties as much recuperated, leshened and bronzed as if they had been to one of the far off summering point at a cost of from ten to twenty times a much as their expenses were near home.

Others who have not so much time to spend go out and join the.r camping friends for a day or two and return reviling at the fate which eats their stay so short. Notable among the camps now established are those of the Crystal Storings Club, on Twelve-mile Isknd, and the Over-tbe-Khine Fuhing Club. The hitter was begun yesterday on the Kentucky bank of the Ohio river, about a half mile above the water-works. This is the same spot at which Hst year's most oeeessful outing took -place; and the location in known as Doc Camp." The camp is beautifully located amid the tree that line the shore and every thing to contribute to the general pleasure and eomfort has been provided. Mr.

Charles Brennig is President of the elub: Mr. John M. Ford. Secretary, and Mr. Frank Herman, Manager.

The members extend their friends a cordial invitation to visit them and, as the tihing is reported excellent, they promise them good sport as well as hearty welcome. The member of toe Crystal Spring Chib are having much success and a apleodid time generally, and they, too, guarantee their frienda a hospitable re-cevtion at their camp. The Firemen's annual fish-fry, held every year at Paddy's Boa. will be Inaugurated Tuesday, August the day following the election. A portion of the member will get off at a time, but they will have substitutes in their places and the interest of propertr owners will not be allowed to suffer by any of the companies being short.

The committee having the arramremente in hand are Henry Weatherford. of Chief Hughes' office: Capt. Blanks, of the Fours: Larry Stock liter, of the Tens, and Billy Barrio, of the No. 1 Hooka. The.

rentlemen are now getting ready all the tent, cooking ntensil. skiffs, fishing tackle, etc. Two new tents have been secured, one ninety feet in diameter and another sixty feet cross. Beside theseL there will be eight or ten mail ones and a shanty beieu Skiffs have been encaged, and Billy Rnrgio ha constructed eighteen net. One i 553 feet long, another 115, and there rare sixteen smaller one.

Everybody will have a pule and line, and ft will be a lucky fih that cLcaoes. Every arrangement will be trade for vis itors, and they will they will be able to go down and spend two or three day at time. Capt. Ben Bnche's bttle steam yacht, the Chas. IX Jacob will ply to and from the grounds, with Alex.

lias-he la charge. The firemen say lint thij will be toe nicest and best fish-fry they nave ever given. Dr. liunt Stnckr and Thomaa P. Taylor, the drugirist at Third and Jefferson streets, left yesterday afternoon a nsbing trip Kanawha alto, W.

Vs. After fishing there awhile they will aw to the Chfton Ford and nth paint, and make their way to Old Point Comfort, where they will remain for a few weeks before returning home. The next sessions of the grand Juries onite number of eointie in the State will witness a pretty warm time for the dynamiters who have been committing their depredations in the Kentucky streams in the past few months. The Kentucky Fish and Cam Club has aL ready furnished several of the Commonwealth's Attorney with the names of depredators in their districts and a list of the witnesses to the dynamiting, upon whose evidence indictments can be pro-en red. They have the assurance ef the Bute' attorneys thst they will push the prosecution of each case, and before the fall terms of emirtr iv many Other prosecutions will be put under headway, bheiuy and Mercer counties will bo the scenes of some pretty lively prosecutions, as all the evidence in several case therein baa been seen red.

The elub desires all the information possible sent to it, and the name, of the person furnishing it will he kept a profound secret, so that any Ill-will which might possibly be engendered against him in the breasts of the malefactors will be avoided. Information leading to eonvic tioTM will he paid for. There are a neat manv crack shot in the West End. prominent among whom are Messrs. Calvin Hurt.

Charles TUB COUHrEIt-JOintN'AIa LOUISTTLtE. STOTDAT MOBOT1TG. 14, 1839. TV JIN TK PAGES. There wfll slwsyse some, however, who will try to get aiora fua out ot Ashing than that, and for these (be general sdvlco about tbe of tackle will come tn force, the more especially a the same advice holds In regard to toe Southern "Jack" or tbo larger and gamier Plka of tha cold Northern Uses.

The pickerel does not, strictly apeak-big. tak the artificial fly. although he will g- f- a gaudy bupch of teathersj and ha even beea known to take a wad of red flannel, etc. arts riToum bar. -He doss not particularly want taeoe things, but so afraid that something will get away from htm that he swsllows them on chance.

He is fond of frogs, will est aim on any kind of a minnow, and. Indeed, will hardly allow any aort of small animal to paa him unmolested. It is said that ho will eat young ducks that swim over his lair, although that may not be true. -It Is certain that a can be taken on a bait made of half a gond-stxed water-snake. A strip from the gullet of another fish, arranged to run on a (pinning tackle.

Is very killing on pickerel, and so Is a sort of squid made of an set skin and attached to a gang of hooka. A large minnow, hung on a swivel hook so that It will revolve readily In the water. Is a very successful lure for bank or boat trolling. It you go Into any tackle shop you will see certain fearful and wonderful gangs of ateet hooks, triple, double and single, with nose hook and tall hooks to hold oa the minnow bait, and a general appearance of grtm-vlsaged war about them. In some eases there wfll be as many as twelve books 1 ieT otKiXiW.

exit at an onauTii caxt. HatzelL Ben LTCrso and Char lea and Philio Barth. Mr. Hurt Is one of the finest ride shota. eaneriullr on the wins." in Kentucky, and can mark a coin or dtao a bird with as much fa-rihtr as one of the Borardus family.

Messrs. Uatzell and D'L'ruo are the most HI BAKTS BBOTBgaa. skilled marlritmen in Portland, it is said, and the Barths eniov the reoutation of beinc amone the best shots in Louisville with the rifle. It is a difficult matter to fell which of the two i the best. When thev attend a turker match thev atwavs come awav loaded, exceot when their superior skill cauxes them to be barred.

Both use 32-caliber Winchesters, and it not an imminent thine for either to clio a turkev's head ct two hundred or even four hundred ysrdx. Surma chickens at ISO vards are denies" for both. Last New Year's Day Philio killed three turkev in Uld i shots at four hendred vards. plnca-ina- each in the head. Charles is a saloon-keeDer at Kirhteenth and Con.

areas streets, and Philia is the manaser of hi mother's Business affairs. The best all-around shot in Louisville is Cant ti. U. Berrr. until receutiv connected with Griffith A.

SemDle. Cant. Berry has been managing the pigeon tournament durinr the oast week, and next week he and Mr. Gut P. Vance, of Mem oh is.

and several others will go to Blue river to fish for a few da vs. On their return Cant. Berrr and Mr. Vance will devote their time to one nine no their new run and snortine roods store, which will be opened out about the middle of Aurnst. PICKEREL PECULIARITIES.

He Net Game, Bnt His Greediness Canses Hint to Furnish Good Sport-Hew Catch the Meanest Fish That Swims. A well-known writer on piscatorial subjects. Mr. E. Hough, hss described the characteristic of the pickerel In a very apt manner, 4n au article recently prepared.

He ssvs: The pickerel is not a handsome fish, nor has he snr sweetness of disposition to mass up for this deficiency. He Is an unmitigated bhylock. a bluster; and a bully, and aa arrant coward withaL As such he Is an titled to the con tempi of all true men and all real anglers. He is the one fish of all that swiji our water for which no mercy should be saked, and to which no quarter should be given. It would be all tae better 11 we could exterminate him, destroy him utterly and leave the waters open for better nh; hut alas I like bhylock of the streets, he clings, and will probably remain aa long as any live to fear or to abhor him.

To get rM of the pickerel Is fairly impossible, aud, since It is so, all that Is left Is to make the most of him, and, by thla token, put In a summer day or so la angling fur aim, in fault of better sport. ouch as It pickerel fishing Is a pastime within the reach of nearly everybody feast. West, IS una or South lor the shiny creature baa Insinuated himself into almost every lake and stream of any consequence in toe mid-eon lineot. The name of the mascaikane la Ksox nobillor; the name of the great Northern pike is Ksox lueius; the name of the pickerel Is Ksox reticulums. I'beee tbree ashes are all cousin, and on a dark night might be mistaken one fur the other, but between them there la all the difference in the world.

The former two hav at least an occasional moment of straight forward eountge and tntegrUy the latter Is hardly to be called a game ttsh, eveu In the wildest night of ImaKinaUou. lie is laay, sluggish, slow, destitute of "sand to a trlgntful degree, and possesses as a sole reueeming 1 nature only an appetite which no man ever yet saw satisiied. Pickerel hare often beea taken with undigested nsh half as long as themselves la their maws. When a pickerel hss not room Inside lor a large fish he swsllows all of It he can accommodate at the time and leaves the rest banging out of his moutn against a rainy day, continuing the swallowiug process from time to tune as his all men Lory taclUties permit. But although the pickerel may have the tail of one nsh hanging out of his mouth, he never hesitates to tacaie another at the flrst chance he has.

He Is an ambitious eater, and has a eoandence in himself which la simply wonderful. Equipped Ilk such an appeiile. It la no wonder that the angler ffnda the pickerel a ready biter In almost any kind of weather. Lis any other Jew, our bhylock of the stream la always ready for a little business, AS XASXT BITXn, The pickerel Is one of the earliest fishes to begin biting in the spring. It follows uy the strrsns on the hrtt high waters (has succeed the ckss of winter, and as quick as they have settled to a fair degree of clearness, he Is on hand ready to begin operations.

He bites shout aa freely all summer Vng. and Is the lat to iclvs It up Id the fall, wul In in the winter (lute he la almost the only fUh sure to bite at a bait dropped through a hole In the ice on a lake ablrh he In hah Its. There is no let up to blm. Yet, in spite ef all his eating, he sever sets fat or eirhtly. but mtalns always the tans) and hungry look which is, indeed, his chief rhsracterutir.

Hercules was a great man, but he couldn't even have fed a pickerel tUl- it got fat. Thai mtld have knocked lif-teulrs cut, or floored Alcxsntavs Kapoleoa or Julias laear. The ruiu permanently lissome and willowy. It doesn't make much difference what sort of a rod one ue lor plrk-iel Ushiag, fi.p there Is little Inducement for putting on any style, with this real re. and the suonen Is yanked sahore and sent op the irnkten stair, the better for all soglrrdom.

It-teed, If "one could ever be forgiven fur trolling in that manner, ft fs almost pern Issfbte to use no rod at all. but to snake his snaky ugllf aess bv force and arms, directly in out of the wet as seea as a has taken the halt. In one of these running gangs. You will be told that these are Just the thing for pickerel, and will perhaps be shown pictures of them tn some English book on angling, or some American book which has stolen from the English book. The hlea of the gang Is Imported from England, like a real many other nonsensical ones.

You ust let sll such contrivances alone. They are not sportsmanlike, even for pickerel; and heckles, you will find soon enough that the Ciree hooks of a simple American spoon will do quite enough tsngllng up la the pickerel weed and lily pods. WHAT TO AVOID. Discard all psteut-wlnged flying bails, and star-spaugied, glass-eyed, much he-headed monsters, such as are offered for sate to the iongeunertng American public buck to the simple spoon, with Its tult of leataers hiding its trusngie of sharp steel books, lhat Is murderous euougn. In all conscience.

II is Indeed, the bast ail-round lure for pickerel that you can use. There are many models in suck spoons, lou ld fuMi tbi the surest and strongest is the oval nuu-d spoon of the sinner model, which runs freeiy oa very slight motion hi (u wator aud rarely gets out of onter. A cheap tin spoon Is not apt to last very long, as the pickerel has as much strength tn bis moutu as the lady with the Iron jaw. A No. 4 spoon can be east very well on a light fly rod, and It oue does not mlitd degrading his six-ounce spilt bamboo, he cau make out to troll witn it.

In either war he may hook a pickerel which, under such circumstances, will be difficult to laud, although his tactics will usually lie ouy a sullen swimming off, a deep, sulky lunge or two. and a stuubura bortug down, often quickly followed by a eowaruiy giving up. and a lssy. faiut-kearted turning belly up on the surface. It ouly ouce in a white that a pickeret will go out of the water and shake his bead to iletach the hook, but this sometimes happens, especially In deep, cold waters, where this fish, is much teller la every wsy than In warm and shallow oues.

These fellows are tree biters, but not every one hooked is landed, by any means, i'hey have a great fashion of working the hook loose lrom their mouths or breaking It off, or cutting the line, or freeing themselves In tome way. Very often a pickerel will take a bait in his mouth, and swim off with it to his favorite lurking place, "there to devour it at bis ss the su.ry books say. In ashing with live bait, it Is best to wait for the second run of the pickerel before striking, and not to check the line in any way. HOW TO LARD. He will be very apt to swallow a live bait In a moment and then start off strongly.

A dead bait he will probably throw out of his mouth, and therelore the strike should be at the first run for that bait. Jn using the gang or spoon, the nsh la supposed to hook himself at once. A certain augUng book, which had a great sale In this country. becsUMO of Its learned Imnractlcalilllt. says that the pickerel should be allowed at least ten minutes to gorge the bait after he has struck It.

The angler should not watt so long, sod thst Is nonsense. In ten minutes the pickerel would have the line and rod swallowed, and would be meditating about taking the angler and his boat. Tbe man who wrote that book probably never went fishing. 11c he ret tackle is practically trolling tackle. The rod may be anything, but the sport is better if the rod be light.

The line Is best If a good brained silk or linen. The hook should be on gimp rather than on a snell, to endure the cutting teeth of bhylock. Any spinning bait should be hung below a couple of good swivels: the spoon will, of course, be swlveled. The books should be run from 4 up. and the spoons should be from, say, 'o.

4 up. The reel need not multiply more than twice, and need not cost much money. Of course, the angler who casts the frog for bsas wiU often Use pickerel on his casting rod, but no such equipment Is necessary. The requisite outfit la cheap, and so the attendant sport. A 'POSSUM FARM.

Remarkable Indastry Thrivingly Conducted By William Throckmorton, Near Grilka, Ga. How They tjleep. A gentleman who was the guest few days since of the proprietors of probably tbe most remarkable farm in Ueorgia la a letter to' the Atlanta Constitution do-scribes the industry of opossum rearing, as seen by him. as follows: "A few miles west ot Griffin Is the home of Mr. William Throckmorton.

Mr. Throckmorton Is the proprietor of the most unique and remunerative farm in Georgia. It Is the 'Lime Creek 'Possum "On the very- crest of a well wooded hill is a comfortable cottage surrounded by beautiful shade trees. At tbe foot of tbe hill Is a pretty branch, running through tbe very center ot a ten-acre persimmon grove inclosed within a high board leiue. Tbe persimmon trees are Interspersed with a quantity ot old hollow trees aud hollow togs planted In the ground.

It was In the eariy afternoon when we arrived, and to the uninitiated the farm appeared to be an immense fruit orchard bearing an obong whitish sort' ot fruit hanging from the dead limbs of the trees by a long, black stein. Itut appearances asflb oeceptlve. It was not fruit, but between seven and eight hundred poKuins tsklug their aiiernoon siesta. Our party, the guest of Messrs. W.

J. Kinrald and fec-iamr urautbtud, who are, by the way. Interested Id the farm, were somewhat unacquainted with the habits of tbe t.eori:U 'possum, and consequently plied questiou alter'questlon to our highly amused ho. is. 1 nor eun-dder niyclf an expert on the possum and here Is what 1 learned and saw: "The "possum, when desiring to take a nap, simply climbs the most convenient tree, walks out on a limb, wraps bl tall one and a half times around an 1 swing his body out into smre.

His tea ami feet are drawn close into his bodr and Ills esd drawn up between his shoitMcrt until It form au almost periert ball and appear to be a great pear eoveret wan wlnie fur. ''The sun waa slow.y sotting Uhiv the autant pine mountains and id -till Casing at the queer ejects In atuurd oi-drr when a half-doaen little 'puKMiina emerged from the pocket of their mother, ran up her tall and commenced playing on the limb above. In a few minute this marsupial stretched her bead and theH her fore feet out. fibe swung herself once or twice, grabbed her tall with her fore paws and climbed np into the limb, wfcleb she caught with her claws, untwisted her tall an puueo. an.

Hardly had she bslanred aeraau when the aau-t young A climbed into her pocket and were kid from view. 6be then ellmtied dowi -e tree. While this was going on more than seven hundred others hsd swakened, and were coming down from the tree. Reaching the ground, each one made for the creek, drank, and then ran up the hill to a pen In which they were to be fed. -They were of all sixes.

Gome would barely weigh hslt a pound, while other would tip tha scales at thirty. 1 he "possum, when hungry, utters a sound which Is a cross between a mew and a moan. Over seven hundred 'possums were together so tnieX that tbe ground eenld not be seea between them, and the small ones hsd been forcea npon the backs of the larger. All were uttering this peculiar sound, reminding one ot an army moaning over the death of their General, when through a gaie a nere 4uhed a wheelbarrow, heaping full of all kind of trash sttd slops -consisting ot fruit peelings, vegetables, meats, bones and bread. A behove In slpht the scene among the "possum remlnued one of feeding time a menagerie.

Th nit la iiiri animals arreaaied. ana scratched and bit at one anothnr until thA negro hsd scattered tbe contents oi lko wbeelbsrrow over the grtund. Then, although it was well sratteied. all wanted to eat tn one place )ust lilts begs, and there was considerable more scratching snd biting But this diil not last long, lur the ratios were soon consumed by the great drove) of possums, and they commenced to disperse, seemingly contented, and time climbed the perwliunion trees. During the persimmon season the pos-sums are not fed at all, for Is on ihl fruit they become roiling fat and ready loa market.

Mr. Throckmorton will probably ship five hundred to Eastern points ami the cities throughout Georgia this winter. They wllfc average him one dollar each, snd he makes quite a good thing out oi it, as Uiey are bractlcalW no expanse to him. In shipping to Atlanta and Georgia points tbey are generally dressed, but the majority go to Washington snd sre shipped there alive. Tbd lam shinments to Washington are perhaps due to tbe average teouthcru Congressman') fondness for naked possum and later.

-ConirrefisKan btrwart. who comes lrom Griffin, and Cougrrfcsman Barnes, ot Aucusta. are nerfaans the most inveterate poum eaten in Congivss, and It ha al- reaiiv leaseo out mat ineiw iww nisiuin'inm-v tieorglans have ordered two dosen of Mr. Throckmorton's finest snd a couule of bushels ef sweet potatoes to be sent to them at tbe Metropolitan Hotel next Christmas. It is supposed they Intend giving sn old-fashioned Georgia 'po-ssum bake, eon pltmentary to the Democratic minority in tne tuiy-nrst congress.

SIGHTS OF SUMMER. 9 li IM1 I Ti tsb coLonxD emit aud KKLOW. ICE CREAM THT, COBRKB LCMOXADB ma. A LITTLE ICB CBJtAM AKD SODA. The-dining car on the C.

and Fast Flying Vlriulao, are superior to those In use upon any other American railway. Every feature of them Is tn harjnony with ueuwuua vt sue moss expenenoaa traw wlsf. a cool firoT on noor. WATTJt BEED HO IXFLAKATIOW. vz.

A CSS TL-n, aw StV GEORGE ROGERS CLARK Sketch of the Soldier Pioneer In a Essay. "The Washington of the West" Described Bj His Great Grand Hiece Mil Karrnrtt T. Bof era Paper Awarded the Commircial Clib's Fin Frtminm. Aa EnUrtaininj Biogrtply of lentaoky'g EevolutionaTT Hero By a Bright School Girl SOME UNWRITTEN HISTORY. ONE of the brightest little girls perhaps it would be more correct to say, youngi Jadirs among tbe pupils of tbe public schools of Louisv3la hi, His Margaret F.

Sogers, who. out of 150 competitors. won the first prise offered by the Commercial Club for the brt essay en the life and sen-tee of Gen. George; Roger Clark. She is Just sixteen years of age, but looks younger.

and la the daughter of Mr. Charlton B. Boger. of 881 a High avenue, who is engaged In the insurance business. Mis Margaret, si the close of the late exam ination, psMssed for the Female High School flora the Eighth Ward School, corner of becond and Walnut streets.

She 1 a descendant of Gen. Clark' slater, Elizabeth, who married Gen. Kfch- ard C. Anderson, whose great granddaughter Mai Borers is. She was born at Bryant' Station, in Fayette county, on thei spot where once stood the old fort, from which Daniel Boone shot an Indian who had climbed tree for tbe purpose! of apying.

It was at this same fort where tbe famous incident of heroin women braving Indian rifles to obtain a supply of water from a spring occurred, as. related in various histories of Kentucky. Tbe caseyi which waa highly eompli- mented. not. only by the Fillson Club Committee, but by those who heard it read, contains much information that has not been published.

In the orig inal the author credit various histor tans with extracta she used, but the complete as lollows: A full account of Geonre Sogers Clark would require longer piece of work than I can I offer. 1o form a correct estimate ef bis services we would have to begin about the Bevolution. We must nrst become acquainted with tbe horrors ot the Indian wars that lie engaged in. 1 The land owned by the ilritish in 1763 was that between tbe Atlantio ocean and the Mississippi river, and from the Gulf of Mexico to the unex plored region of the frozen seas. The treaty that bad beea negotiated did not sec ore tranquility to tbe Inhabitant of thr fro friers 1 1 "Tuple visited Virginia and what If'-Mw called Kentucky, and gave gXowiug descriptions of the land.

Among the tint settlers of Kentucky was Oeorge Clark. Be visited the torts, camps and cabins, and spent most of hi time in the woods, gaining tne respect ana conn tie nee of the people elL the boldness of hi spirit. In 177. intelligence and vivacity, and, above all. the boklne of his spirit.

Tn 1779, CoL Clark arossed tbe mountain and descended by water to the falls of the Ohio. Therei on a small island, since known as Corn Island, opposite the present site or Louis vuie, he built block-nouses, planted corn and drilled his men. Leaving a snail garrison on this island, CoL Clark started our with a force of about 200 men. An attack on Vin- cenne was bis first object, but he learn ed that it (garrison outnumbered his force, in the Aortnwest ltetroit was the central point of the British. Here Hamilton.

tlw Mmtn.n. uwt gathered several nation or Indians, snd from that post sent them out to ravage tbe country.i These savage were instigated to this cruelty by the promise of rewaro tori scalps, iney were paid with rum, arms, ammunition and clothing. I The Importance of capturing the post on vue neuaan waa suggestea by Col-Clarke to tbe Governor and Legislature of Virginia, and his project met with approval. I So hearing' that the small British gar- nauu aa nasKBSKia naa neen removed to Btrenrthen the nnat n.M. -a Niagara, and the government was lea in the bands of a Frenchman, Bocheblave, nnsict vrwpm or money.

UOL Clark and Ids party, landing three league below the mouth of the Tennessee, struck across the country on foot. VVitu his rifle in his hand, and his provisions on hi back, he marched at the i men, encountering every diffienity, and sharing- every privation wnu sueu. Food gave lout two day before th.e reached Kaskuskia. There was plenty uj'isx eruunu, nut tney feared the report oC a run would rnu suspicion or alurei: secrecy was ewen- sucreas. iney reached Kaskuskia on the Fourth of July, in the darkness of eve til a it.

surmised th captured the tort without the firing of oi a jue. larit made nis nrnixiuariers lor the present. one was allowed to escape with the nrw Mississippi, and in few oar's all the DnstM around v. .3 he next exploit was thut against nd.g.r- win nx nunareo Indians. Commanded hv 1.

Jiuilll 11UU. disressithe Americans of. Illinois uiornnes, LJeur. Oov. Hum i.

71 or Octoher. iff, ilTU.T'L,,h chlir thrre hun dred and nftu warrior, picked by their Chiefs; out of thirteen nations. -Arriving, at Vincenne in December, be took puwewdon of the fort. He contented himself for the winter- by sending o.rt partie. As tiie streams were swollen; Hamilton expressed his naa sum a strong irarri-son.

he would wait until tzi S5dla.rJn"e prerKirationa wim ione or a hundred snd thirty men, foi a march of h.irt-lred and sixty mile, often walinc bret-st Jeep buu urquriliy IlSVlna WA HAH Ip V. --v. -jt-miM ui curry thtm anrvsw some swollen stream, fin the 23rd day of February, 1 77a, they rruehed dry ground in, view vf tlie i.t, Thfte wa tiring on both riles for fourteen hours, during which Clurk ull.iwed, purposely, LaMoUe and twenty of i btst warriors to enter we pi-ice. the rtlle-men aimed so well Umt be nn on the Sith. Hamilton slrivl At First Clark demanded hU surrender as aiscrexion.1 me gimson dclxred tbey won Id sooner ner-sn tb Iakl niw and offered capitulate the condition that they mignt runrtn rut witl tlie honors of war.

To anKwered Clark. "I can by no means agree. 1 will sot again leave it in inr powet to aplrit ap the Indian iCons to analc men, women and rhUdren. The flrinr on both aUes was renewed I about It tteljek. and Deior the oIom of day, Hauulton an his rrruK.n anr-rendered a nri lers of mar.

A very large supply of good fcr the British wa on it -y fr LVtr.lt. Sixty men, that were dispatched by Clark, in boat well mounted with swivels, surprised tbe convoy forty league np the river, and made a pnie I the whole, taking about forty ptisosers, and goon wortn iid.u'jo. The ioy of the uaitv wa coterie ted by the return of their mesenneT from Virginia, bringing from, the House of Assembly It taanka, voted -n the 23rd of December. 177a, tn CoL Clark and the brave officers and men under hi command, for their extraordimsry resolution and perseverance, and for the tin portant services which they have ren dered their country." Since litis vote thev bad nndertaVen )ar more dangerous enterprises, and had Drained permanent possession of all tbe poets ana srtuemenm on tne-iincoi ana Wabash rivers, and had seen red the inhabitants from British dominion and es tablished civil government. Taking up hi favorite scheme again, ha assembled quite number of Indian at Vincennea to capture Lietroit: but, disappointed in tbe number of white that he had ex pected, and not chosing tn rely almost entirely upon Indians, be was obliged to abandon the expedition.

The regiment deaia-ned for hi sunnort had beea and thus the British gained time to reinforce and fortifv Detroit. But Jefferson, then Governor of Virginia, gave instruction to occupy a station oa tbe Mississippi, between tlie month of tbe Ohio and the parallel degrees 30 minute, and in the SDrinr of 1780. CUrk, choosing, a strong ami commanding situation five Rile below the mouth of the Ohio, established Fort Jefferson as tbe watch on tbe Father of Kivers. In the meantime, the British commander at Detroit wa not idle; in 1780, he assembled 600 Canadian and Indian nnder CoL Byrd tor an invasion of Ken- Brjrinr-hooaa ef tha 'Clark Cahaa" ataawt tbe Poplar Lerel road. tacky, to which EudcUe's and Martin's sutuona were taken.

A prompt retaliation waa required, it is true, but it does rem strange that thia Tory wa a near relation ot in December of the same year, Clark was in Kichmond argtng tne Government for means to execute his favorite enterprise, the reduction of Detroit the grand focus of Indian hostilities, ill view were approved; but before the peer sea ry arrangement could be completed, a Brit mli force from New York, under Arnold, carried hoxtilities Into the heart of the State. CoL Clark took a temporary eomnntnd under Baron Steuben, and participated in the active measure or that ofboer against the marauding traitor. After several month had been spent in effort to obtain a force for the enterprise against Detroit, several corps were ordered on the 15th ot March to rendezvous at the fall of the Ohio river, and Clark was raised to the rank ot Brigadier General. But difficult iea arose, ana the aruent genius of the commander wa conlired to defensive operations. This appear to us to have been the turning point in the fortune of the hardy warrior.

He would not have thought about the danger and hardships; but to be stationed on the frontier to repel the Inroad of a few predatory bands of Indiana, when he waa so eagor to carry the war to the lakes, was far more than be could bear, and it preyed npon his spirit He wa a hon chained, but still a lion, and so the enemy found him in 173. When the dew of the disastrous battle of the Blue Lick reached him. Gen. Clark roused the country and collected force to carry the war once more into the Indians' territory. He marched against the Shawnee on the Miami: here the great conflict ensued, in which tbe Indian were driven off snd their villages laid waste.

No The "Clark Cabin." on the west side of tbe Poplar Level road, half a mOa beyond tbe ton-gat, and thro mils from the Coart-hoaaa. This is the first two-story honss ever built in Kentucky. Gen. George Kogert Clark bred bar with hat father unul th lausr'i death. Tha house has often been besieged by Indiana, and bears many bullet marks.

formidable party of Indiana ever afterward invaded Kentucky, i In 1 784, with four other men, he wa appointed lv Congress to negotiate friendly treaties witn the Indians. Several treat iea were made, but only one remarkable Incident is recorded by an old officer: "In 1 786 the Indian came tn the treaty 'at Fort Washington in a most friendly manner, with tne exception of the Shawnees, the most conceited and warlike of tbe aborigine. Three hundred of tlie best warrior came into the council-house. Tbe UnMed States stockade mustered seventy men. In tbe renter of tne ball sat Gen.

Clark, Gen. Butler and Mr. Parsons. On the part of the Indiana, an old secbem and war-chief took the lead. Tbe latter made a threatening speech, which operated effectively on the Indians, wfao set tip a whoop at every pause.

He concluded by presenting a hiack and white wampum, to signify their readiness for peace or war. Gen. Clark retained an unaltered and earelesa countenance throughout, and with his cane pushed the wampum off the table. Every Indian started from his seat with one of those sadden, startling sounds wbien express their indignation. Gen.

Clark also arose, and. casting upon tbe sav. age group scornful glance, put hi foot npon the insulting symbol, and ordered them to leave the ball. They did so, and in the morning came back and aued for peace." In the seme year, after the ratification of the treaties, a new array wa raised to march against the Indian, bnt the expedition wa abandoned. Rumors were unfavorable to Gen.

Clark, but these had been act afloat by hi enemiea, wh wanted an excuse fog their conduct. Sir. Inruston. tn pazaoa war. reAaoe Lewis: rior ot the Revolution, write from Frederick county, Virginia, to Charle Thrus-ton, the father of Charle M.

Thruston, this: 17th of 1798. A report here that CoL Phil ton ho retuscted from ranee with a commission for Gen. Clark as Maine General in tlie French service 'apartment, of a month for him, and eumraassjon for all his officers. lr this be true it must hav reached you ere this, and if it be so, I beg you to pi Hint my congratulations to the General and best respects, for his country has been ungratefil enough to let his valuable service pass by unregarded and neglected. Tours affectionately, "CM.

TH HUSTON." C. SL Thruston wa an Episcopal minister, and had laid aside the gown, taken up the sword and fought bravely in tbe Bevolution. tie was the gTeat-jrrsndfsther of Mr. A. J.

Ballard, of this city. Peace bad been declared long before 1798. If Clark had accepted a commission from oar alhr. France aeainst Spain years after peace had been declared, could thia have been wrong So Green, tbe author of Historical Families of Kentucky, not being well informed, has formed a wrong opinion. There seems to be very little information, if any at all.

about the boyhood of George Sogers Clark. Mrs. A. J. Ballard, hja grand-niece, says she has often beard her father say he hsd ridden to school behind Uncle George; the distance to school wa seven miles.

George Rocm Clark was a son of John Clark. who married Ann Rogers. Tbey had seven eons and four daorhters Jonathan, Edmunds, George, Wiliinm. Richard, John and Benjamin. Jonathan married a Miss Ilite.

William married twice, flrtt a Mi Hancock, and after, wards Mrs. Radcliffe- Ann married Owen Gaithmey; Major Wo. Croghn; Elizabeth, Richard Ciough Anderson: Fannie married three times, Ben Ofxllon. Charles And Dennis Fitzhngh. 10ft vmnla from ftHs km.

to. i Hand George Rogers wa the third son of alonn and Ann Kogers Clark. lie waa born in Albemarle county, Virginia, on the 17th of November. 1753. As a young man he studied under Donald Jiobertaon.

a noted Iwoteh teacher and one of his schoolmates wes James Mad ison, who was afterward PrcbidenL He fitted himself for a surveyor, and earner to nentucgy some years before hi father. John Clark, while in Virginia, wrote to his ion, George Kogers Clark, asking about the lands, and he answered nun tuns: Dear Sir This will be banded von by Mr. James Sutton, who hs accom panied me on a late successful expedition against the Shawnees, in which he did himself much horror. The partic ulars oi toe expedition be win give you, also the fate of noor Jose oh Koitptk. wtro lost his life in the moment it might oi neen in nis power to render bis country great service: his fate was fixed- no pottubility of savinr him.

The Shaw nees have at last got defeated, and their country laid waste. I have been so engaged in the war this summer that it has been vut of my power to pay any attention to the lands, so that I can give you no intelligence on that head. The parti re ns in these conn tries are again soliciting me to head them as their governor general a all goes from for eign states or for a new 'government: but my duty obliging me to suppress an sucn proceeding, consequently shall loose tbe interest of that nartr. I learn that the scale of fortune baa been against us to the routhward, but we are so imperfectly informed that we hardly- know what to credit. I refer you to Mr.

Sutton for tbo news. After thy compliments ta all friend I beg licve to subscribe myself your dutiful son, G. CLARK. "August 23, 1780." Clark' father came to Kentuckr in 1 74. Th lor house that he lived which is now standing, was in excellent preservation thirty rear ago.

Sometime in the hesrinninff of the present eentnrv Clark laid out the town nf ClarksviUe. Ind. It was beautifullv done, tbe street beinc ninetv leet wide. The Dhtt is still in the famiir. Here he built himself a smaD houan.

and mv grandmother. Mrs. S. J. Gamble, ha an order which he wrote to his brother-in-law.

Dennis Fitzhuch. wfao kept a store in Louisville, sendinsr for a rail on of oil. a half-pound of due and two locks, and with these he said he would finish the inside of his honse. Some time aro an old man that built a house In Clarksville declared that he would not nav taxes, serine that Georee Rocers Clark said that tbe neocle in Clarksville did not have to do it. Familv tradition state that he rave no his fortune to par the Indians for aceedinr to a trentv.

and waa not repaid bv Virginia. Do von wonder, then, that when Drearnted bv that State with an elerant i ewe led he should have exclaimed Let Vireinia be lust before she is cenerons." and then, coin down to Ohio, threw the sword into the river, and sent those men who had nreeented it hack to Vireinia. telL inc them it waa not swnrds he wanted now: it was bread "Tbe Waehincton of tbe West," as Draner rails him. waa paralyzed- in this little home while a poor and disaooointed man. He fell in the fire.

1 know not how. and burned hi leg badly. A dear niece of his often went en horseback lie hind her husband. Samuel Guathmev. to dress the burn.

Be wa brourht to Louisville, oa the corner ot Fifth and Main, th Indian Queen Hotel, kept by his neohew. John Guathmev. where hi tea waa amputated, and daring the oo HyUnrly wjiag tr.s 11 eraflon had martial mntdo nlaved. Araia he was removed to his brother-in-law. Dennis Fitzhuch.

where he stavra some time, Mr rrandmother ssvs sue naa neara ner mother sav that she hmil hMS Aft I Wn i- 1 seen Uncle Georee si tune in his larre cnair witn a sword hanrinc to his side-Afterward be wa taken to Locnst Grove, trxt home nf WilHmn. who lived six miles in tbe eountrv. wnere ne nea in ism or 1820 the his. tones differ aa to tbe date. YOUXCEST 131 THE SERVICE.

Thlrteen-Year-Old Em lie Bob, Who "Belongs" tn the Underwriters' Fire Salvage The youngest fireman in tbe City ef Louisville, or who ha ever made a ran to blaze here, is little Entile Bonn, who stand a watch with the Underwriters Salvage Corp with a mnch regularity a any ef the adult member. For several months past the Little Fire a be is called, ha been a fix to re at tbe Salvage Corps, and while be is not a regular member of that body, at this time, an effort will be made to have him created an attache. He already wears tbe full gray uniform and sleeps at the Salvage Corps house. He is enthusiastic in the work and makes every run, no matter at what time ot night the a stria may be sounded. Emile is only thirteen years ot age.

but is a very manly little fellow and ha a head forty- year old." a the firemen express He la the son of Mr. George P. Bo ha. a stave dealer, whose estab. liehment is two doors from the Salvage Corp headquarters.

Emile a. the pride of the force. All APPEAL FOR CAPT. ABLE. Let Democrats Their Daty aad Boat the Bolters.

It is well that some of the big guns" of Democracy are beginning to open fire npon tbe ranks of tbe enemy la different portions of the State, but seemingly a want of interest the city, .11. I- .1. Kr.tK Ihtin Ait- triet, where work is needed. The Republicans are thoroughly organized and quietly, but earnestly, at work, and hone by tbe aid of bolters to defeat Capt. William H.

Able, and at the same time jeopardize our State ticket. I am not a politician, and do not aspire to be leader, but I think it due Capt- Able to say nothing about party obligations that every true Democrat should rally to his support, as well as the State ticket. Be is not only tlie choice of a laree majority of the Democrats xt the district, aad the tegular nominee of tlie party, but he is a thorough gentleman and sterling Democrat. During the last canvass no man In the Twelfth ward took a more active part or worked harder for the success of both national and. State ticket than he, and common justice now demands that he should receive the earnest support of the party.

If tbe leaders will not do their duty and take immediate steps to effect a thorough organization the good citizens should take the matter in band and see tbat Democrat turn out on the day of election and give Capt. Able the majority to which he is justly entitled. It, is only necessary to arouse the sleeping lion in the Eleventh and Twelfth wards to give tbe such a majority as will paralyze bolters and disorganizes and have tbem take a hack seat in the future. I appeal to the Democracy of the Twelfth ward specially, that every one come np to the full discharge of his duty that we may maintain the prestige we have already achieved. TWELFTH-WARD DEMOCRAT.

IT IS SINKING. Paper-Box Xannfnctnrers Believe That They Have Throttled th Strawboard Trust. New York. July 13. It is reported, among the paper box manufacturers that the straw board trust, one of the most powerful manufacturing combinations ever established, ha given np the light, and that it la only a question of a few: day when the pool will be broken.

Thi rumor is partly confirmed by the decline in the past week ot Si 2 to Sis per ton in the price of straw boards, whiea enter so largely into the manufacturer of paper boxes. About five years ago the owner of all the straw board mills in the country organized a pool to control the price and so successful were tudr operation that $30 a ton wa asked for the manufactured article. The manufacturers organised a suli closer combination last season. The programme included the closing of sll tbe small nulla in this country, and when this arrangement went into effect on April 1, the price s-ss 1 uriurc suf-sanu inui is rcmcneu $43 a ton during tbe first week of the present month. Several meetings of the paper-box manufacturers were held, at which it was resolved to withhold purchases.

They were supported in tbeu positions by the dull trade and large supplies of stork in their wa rehouse. It was not long before a large mill ownei in New York State offered to make concession and tbe rumored cat waa at once communicated to tbe other members of the trust. A general shading in price took place, and straw boards were offered in every direction at $33 per ton. It was even reported yesterday that as low aa $33 ver ton would he accepted. The -paper-box "manufacturer believe they have gained the day.

and- that tha straw board trust will soon le a thing of the past. MILITARY NOTES. Military matters are quiet, consequent en the hot weather and the cells pee of tbe camp scheme. Company decent seem to mind the weather. She waa out drilling last nights hot aa it was.

Officer of tbe Day Lient Charle Bohon. Company from July 13 to July 1 a. both inclusive. There will be a special sweeting ot the Council of Administration to-morrow night for the purpose of considering something a boat the big Legion picture. Orders will tcaabc issued for monthly inspections.

These inspections mil I I r41 A. MMllk oe jiem wm wir in order to interfere a little aa possible with business. Hadji Unssein Hies Away. Sew "York, July 13. Among the passengers the French steamer La which Wt early thi morning.

Were Hos-'Badii Haasein Ghnolv Khan. Persian Minister to the tnited States, and hi private secretary. Mlrsn Man. mond Khan, and Abul AU aUtan, 1.