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SUNDAY, MAY S, I**;
HEW BOOKS.
SCENES IN TMJJraor nJJHHCT TOMAS.
I'; comioaj. isra.
SfSliliuStt* Turaum U tie ewrjo! a
~iS Sn., -»;> o»* »««*'
; „ or me DJ Mr ecifleea ud max
, ocliEl or no oppreMca otter own race.
TO «orr is told and well. told, op Sarah U. Brad
voni with the object of furnishing help to the
eu’-toctorihe memoir. For the first twenty-five
years of her life she was a slave on the Eastern
snore of Maryland, the property of a master
never unnecessarily cmeL As was
common among slaveholders, however, she was
o::ca hired oct to others who were tyrannical and
brutal to the extent of their power. The first per
son by whom she was hired was a woman who
tnade'whipplng a common and well-nigh constant
practice. After bating served her time wltn this
woman, she was next hired by a man, who Inflict
cl a lifelong injury upon her by breaking her
s*llll with a weight from the scales. Disabled and
sick, and reduced almost to a skeleton, she was
relumed to her owner, who tried In vain to sell
said dey wouldn't give a sixpence for
me/' t>be said.
“And so," she said, “from Christmas to March
I worked as 1 could, uud I prayed through all the
i o ng nights—l groaned and prayed for ole master:
•Uh, Lord, convert master/ ‘Oh, Lord, change
<hit mane heart/ 'Pears like 1 prayed all detune,"
stud Harriet; “’bout my work, everywhere,!
praved an' 1 groaned to de Lord. When 1 went to
tie horse-trough to wash my face, 1 took up Ue
water in mv ban* an' 1 said. ‘ oh. Lord, Wash me,
make me clean/ I*en 1 take up something to wipe
mv lace, an* I say, ‘oh. Lord, wipe away all my
*lh/ When 1 took the broom and begun to sweep,
J groaned. ‘Oh, Lord, wha'soeber sm dcro he m
my heart, sweep It out. Lord, clar an' clean.‘'' No
words aesenbe the pathos ol her
lone#, as she broke out into these words ol
■prayer alter the manner ot her people. “ An' so,"
said she, “ I prayed all night loug for master, till
Xhe Ist of March; an' all the tunc be was bringing
people to look at me, an'trying to sell me. Hen
we beard dut some of us was gwine to be sole to
<ro wid de chain-gang down to de cotton an' rice
.held*, aud dev said 1 was game, on' my brudden
an'sisters. lieu 1 changed my prayer. Fust of
March 1 began to pray; • oh. Lord, 11 yon a’nl
nebber gw me to change dat man’s heart, kill him,
Lord, an' take him out ob de way.'
“ Nex' Uug 1 heard, old master was dead, on' be
■died Jus' us he Übod. oh, then. It ’peared like I'd
-nve all dc world full ob gold, U I had It, to bring
•<iat poor soul back. Bali couldn't pray for him
no longer."
The slaves were told that their master's will
provided none of them should be sold out of the
■State; she soon discovered that a plan had been
settled upon to take her Sooth. Her plana were
os quickly formed to leave, and sho started secret
ly on her journey, following the north star till she
crossed the line iwtwcen bondage and freedom.
Of her feelings she said:
“ I had crossed the line. 1 was free; hut there
was no oue to welcome tsc to the land of freedom.
1 was a stranger in a strange land; and my home,
.after all. was down in Maryland; because mv
lather, my mother, my brothers, and sisters, aud
friends were there. But 1 wius free, and they
.should be free. I would make a home In the
North aud bring them there, God helping me. Ob,
how I prayed thou," She said; ‘‘l said to de Lord,
"I'm gwiuc to bole stiddy on to you, an* 1 know
yo'U see me through.' **
For some time she worked In Philadelphia and
at Cape May. Whenever she could raise money
enough she would make her way back to Mary
-1 and, organize parties of slaves and carry them
across the line. Siiuteen times she went hack and
forth, although In constant danger, and with a
tempting reward offered for her, dead or alive.
From the time she made her escape until the
beginning of the war, her time was spent in these
Journcymgß, travelling by night and encountering
perils of every description.
Among the many Interesting stories told the
author by Harriet, connected with these journey
lugs, U that of Joe.
Jucwosa noble specimen of a negro, and was
hired out by his master to a man lor whom he
worked faithfully fur six years, saving him the ex
pense of an overseer and taking all trouble off his
tmixii At length this man found him so absolute
ly necessary to mm that he determined to bay
him at any cost. Ills master held him propor
. tlonably high. However, by paying a thousand
dollars down for him, aud promising to pay an
- other thousand in a certain time, Joe passed into
the hands of Lis new master.
As may be imagined, Joe was somewhat sur
pnsvd w hen the nrst order issued from his mas
ter's Ups was, “Now, Joe, strip and take & whip
ping!" Joe’s experience of uhippingt, as he had
seen them mulcted upon others, was not such as
to cause him particularly to desire to go through
the same operation on his own account; and be,
naturally enough, demurred, and at first thought
of resisting. But he called to mind a scene which
fie lud witnessed a few days before, In the field,
the iaitiLUlars of which urc too horrible and too
harassing to the feelings to be given to my read
ers and he thought it best to submit; but first he
tried remonstrance.
“Most,"said he, “habnt I always been faith
ful to you? Habu’t 1 worked through sun an'
ram. early in de momlu’and laic at night; habn't
I saved vou an overseer by doin' his work; tnih
vousnyung u* complain of agin me?”
“No, Joe; I've no complaint to make of you;
you'rengood nigger, and you’ve always worked
well; tut the Cm iessou my niggers have to learn
i* that I ud master, and that they arc not to resist
or refuse 10 obey anything I tell them to do. So
the first thing they vc gut to do, is to be whipped;
if they resist, they get it oil the harder; and so I'll
go uu, tui I kill 'em, but thcv've got to give up at
last, aud learn that I'm master.' 1
Ju thought it best to submit He stripped off his
upper i-iuuunp, nini look ins Whipping without a
word; but as he drew his clothes over his tom and
bleeding Lack, he sold. “Dis is dc lastl" That
maht he took a boat and wcut a long distance to
the cabin of Hamels lather, «».t said, “Next
time Musts comes, let me know." It was only a
week or two after that, that the mysterious
v -man w Loin no one could lay their finger on ap
peared. and men, women, and children began to
<iisap|>car from the plantations, one fine morning
Jug wus inir-slng. and his brother William, from
another plontauuu; Peter and t-'iir-a, too, were
gone; and these juude part ol Harriet's next
pony, who began their pilgrimage from MarvlanJ
to t mioda, or as they expressed it, front “Egypt
to dc land of Canaan. "
Tiie journey nan made In safety, although full of
adventures and hairbreadth escape*!. When the
cars were cros-lng the Suspension Bridge,
the >prang aerusa lu Joe's scat, shook him with
all her might, and fliuuteJ, “ Joe, you've shook do
lioii i |an I" Joe tli’.l Uol know HUat she mcanL
“ Joe, you're fic< thuuted Harriet Then Joe's
head a cut up, he rai?<*d his hands on high, and
h-i fate, streaming w uh tears, u> Heat ca,aad urokc
out in loud and thrilling tones:
“ Glory to God and Jcsna too
One more *uul is safe!
Ob, go and t arry dc news.
Otic more soul gut Bale.”
“Joe, come and look at de Falls!" called Bar
net.
•* Glorr to God and Jams too,
One more sonl got safe,”
was all the answer. The cars stopper! on the other
side. Joe's feet were the first to touch British
tor., after those of the conductor.
During the war she was of the utmost service.
She rendered valuable assistance to the soldiers in
the hospital. and wa> indefatigable In her labors.
When our armies and gunboats first appeared in
the South, Harriet was the guide on expeditions,
and the medium of communication with the ne
groes. She was often sent Into the rebel lines as
» spy. and never faih-d to bring back valuable
Information. Some of her narratives arc very in
teresting, csjK.cially one, touching an Interview
with an old negro she met at Hilton Head:
lit- mJ«1: **rdbcenytrc seventy-three vears,
workur for my master wl.loat even a dime wages.
IM worked mlu-wet sun-dry. I'd worked wid my
tnuul full of dust, but would not stop to get u
tlnukof water. I'd been whipped, an’ starved,
an' I wasaluavs prnv.u', * oh! Lord, come an' de
libiieru.-'. • AU'datuiucde birds had been livin',
au'dcrabens had Wen errin', an' de fish had been
Fuumu’ In ao waters, one itay I look up, an I see
n »ig cloud; it didn't come up like as de
clonus c<>me out tar yonder, but It 'reared
to be right ober head. l>er was tenders out
ob dat, au" der »as Lithium's. Den 1 looked
do* no. do water, ao' l hie, *peared to me, a big
house lu dc water, an' out of de big house came
great t.ig egg*, and de g.x»d eggs went on trou'de
air, an' lell koto de tort; tm'Oe l>ad eggs burst be
fore *le> pul dar. Ivn.lo S,sh Ilnckra begin to
nm.au «le ndwr stop running till de git to de
t-wauim an* de stick dar an’ de die dar. Deni
lieaid Iwttn the Yankee ship firin' out de big egga,
au de? had come to ret us free. Den 1 praise de
Lord. He come an* pul he Utile Dngerln de work,
an’dey Sesh Buckra all go; and de birds stop
fl\lc*. and de niltens stop errin’, an’ when I go to
catch a Osh to rat wld mr nee, de*s no fish dar
I-e Lord A‘mighty *d come and frightened'cm all
out of dc waters. Uhl Praise do Lord! I'd
praved seventy-three years, an' now he’s comean’
tve'sall free."
The writer narrates the following interesting ac
count of her rescue of a fugitive at Troy:
In the spring of 1m», Harriet Tubman was re
quested by Mr. Gerrit Smith to go to Boston to at
tend a larire Anil-Slavery meeting. On her way
the stopped at Troy to visit a c.'uslo, and while
there the colored people were one day startled
with the intelligence that a fugitive slave, named
James Nolle, had l*een followed bv his master
(who was his younger brother, and riot one grain
winter than heb and that he was already In the
hands uf the officers, and was to be taken back to
the South. The instant Hamel heard the news,
ehc started for the office of the United States Com
missioner, scattering the tidings os she went An
excited crowd was gathered about the office,
through which Harriet forced her wav, and rushed
up etairn to the door of the room where the fugi
tive was d-dalned. A wagon was already waiting
Udore the auorto cany off the hat the
crowd «&s even then so great, and In such a state
t) f excitement, that the officers did not dare to
triug the man down. i‘nthc opposite side of the
street stood the colored people, watching the win
viuw where they could see Harriet's sun-bonnet,
And feeling assured that, so long os the stood there,
the fugitive wan still in the office. Tone passed
on and be did not appear. “Thev’re taken him
out another way, depend upon that,” said some of
the colored people. “No,” replied others, “there
elands * Mufos' > el, and as long as she is there, he
is safe.” Harriet, now seeing the necessity for a
irentendou* effort for his n-seue, sent out some
little i.civs to cry r.f. The bolls nmjr, the crowd
(Released, till the whole street was & dense mass of
people. Again and again the officers came out to
try aid rtfartbo stairs, ani make a wav to take
tl.ur captive d*>wn; others were driven tlo-vn, bat
Harriet Blood her ground, her head beat dowmaad
tier aim? folded. •■Come, old woman, you nxu«iget
«.i* o' tUw.”Rv:ii one of tlie officers; •* I mu>t have
the w»y clearea; If \<>u cant gel down alone,
vj;i!iM>s;ewHlhe!pjoi.” Harriet, still putting on
L greater appearance of decrepitude, twitched
away irctn him, and kept her place. Offers were
cj»de tn tiny Charles frem bis master, who at first
agreed to take twelve hundred dollars for Utra;
I-it wh r. that was f-:r>frr:bcJ. he Immediate!r
rotd the price to fifteen hundred. The crowd
grew more excited. A gentleman raised s win
now aud called out, “Two bunilred dollars tor his
r.wae, bat not cue c;ut to his castcrl**
TliS was responded to by a roar of sat*
l-la-tlr:i from the crowd Kdow. At length
the officers appeared, and annnant. d to
1 lie crowd that u they would open a lane to the
wagon, they * ould promise to bnng the nnudown
the fr.mt war.
The Unc was opened, and the man was brought
•OTit~-a tall, handwim'-. ictMllgeat trfci.v man. with
Ills wrists manacled together, walking between
the Utilled Slates Marshal and another officer, and
behind him fats brother ari l his master, bo like
"him that one could hard’r be told from the
other. The moment they appeared, Harriet
roused from her Mooping posture, threw up a
■window, and mwl to her fnends: “Here he
■comes take hiinl” and then darted down
the stairs like a wild-cat. She seise:! one
-officer and pulled him down, then another, and
tore him away from the man; and keeping her
arms about the slave, she cried to her fnends:
Drag os out! Drag him to the river 1 . Drown him:
hut don’t let item hare html” They were
knocked down together, and while down she tore
off her sun-bonnet and tied It on the head of the
fugitive. When he rose, only his head coaid be
seen, and amid the surging mass of people the
Hare was no longer recognised, while the master
appeared like the slave. Again and again they were
knocked down, the poor slave utterly helpless,
•with hl> manacled wrists streaming with blood.
Harriot's «ner clothes were torn from her, and
even her *i loci shoes were all palled from hcrfcct,
vex she never relinquished her hold of the man,
hU she had dragged mm to the river, where he was
tumbled into & i>ow, Harriet following tn a ferry
ixku to the other side. But the telegraph was
Ahead of them, and as soon as they landed be was
seized and hunted from her sight. After & time,
some school children came hurmng along, and to
her anxious inquiries thev answered, 41 Be is up In
abat bouse, in the third story.” Harriet rushed up
to the place. same men were attempting to make
their way up th« s-taira. The officers were firing
down, and two men -were irtng on the stair?, who
nai been shot, orer their bodies our heroine
*»d with the help of others bum open the
the room, cogged out ths fugitive,' vhoa
Harriet carried down sum la her annt A gen
ueman who wa* riding by with a fine bone, Mop
ped to ask what the disturbance meant; and on
beam; tbe story. bis sympathies seemed to be
thoroughly aroused; bo sprang from bis wagon,
raffing out, “ That is a blood-bone, drive him uu
he drop*." The poor man was homed m; some of
his friends Jumped In after him, umi drove at tbe
moat rapid rate to Schenectady.
These are only a few of the many incidents In
this deeply interesting narrative. It Is lb.: story
of a woman, who, notwithstanding her color, chal
lenges the admiration of all those who cdmlre
heroism, sympathy, endurance and contesnt both
of danger and death in woman. The little book
has been written for her benefit, and to aid her In
mtnlstcnng to her aged parents. We trust it will
have a large sale.
Iflagazlnci,
In addition to the magazines and periodicals for
April and May already noticed, the following have
come to hand,
Callaghan A Cockroft’s excellent law maga
zine, Bench and Bar. for April, has the
following list of contents: “On the Force
of Particular Customs to Vary the General
Law/’ an original article, by J. M. Cooley,
an Interesting biographical notice of William
Pinckney, by J. N. Crawford, “Communications,"
“Book Reviews," '‘Digest of Recent American
Decisions,'' and a summary of fresh taw Intelli
gence.
IlAiuxns' New Monthly Magazine for May,
has three illustrated articles, viz., a condensed
sketch of the life of Columbus, a fairy story for
the children called “Glass-Blowing for Little
Folks," and a very Interesting sketch of Benares,
the Sacred City of the Hindus. Tic stories arc
unusually numerous and varied in character, em
bracing “A Sin of Omission," “Both S:des,"the
contlnuation.of “My Eneny's Daughter" by Justin
McCarthy, the commencement of anew story by
Mrs. Dinah Muiuek Craik, called “A Brave Lady"
and •• J'hilly and the Rest, •• Deep Sea Sounding,”
“The Working Men of the Middle
Ages," “The Plains, as 1 Crossed Them Tea
Years Ago," and “ Webster, Clay, Calhoun and
Jackson" are papers ol general interest. “Mag.
dalcn/’by Harriet Prescott Spofford, “ The Eve of
St. Bartholomew," and “ Evening Resfconstitute
the poetry of the number. The usual Editor’s
ta>> Chair, Book Table and Drawer complete the
contents of the number.
We have received an advance copy of that ex
cellent paper, Tue American Builder and Jour
nal oi AK~ for May, which, hereafter, will be pub
lished and edited by Charles D. Lakey, Esq. The
BinUrr Is filled with a numerous and varied list of
contents. Clarence Cook, of New York, contrib
utes a letter on the scenery at Booth’s Theatre for
“Romeoand Juliet," and incidentally criticises
Mr. Booth and Miss alary McVickcr in the follow
ing fashion:
“As lor Mr. Booth's Romeo, the less said about
It the better. We hope be will never essay It
again. Ue does not look U, he does not dress U,
he is not in earnest, he has no conception of the
Intensity oi the port.
• ♦ * *iin« McVicker's Juliet, it U not her
fault that she makes unsatisfactory. She cannot
look the beautiful Italian girl, nor can she even,
as many an actress not beautiful has done, sug
gest her to lUc mind's eve. Stic Is painstaking,
and has a conception of the part i>ccaliarly her
own. * • * * * *
“Fancy Romeo, when the nurse calls Juliet, run
nlrg under the balcouv, and puking tils bead out
• autlouslv, when he thinks tne coast U clear, to
draw am with a Jerk when he finds It Is not; as
Harlequin does in the Ravel s pantomime when be
hides under the tablecloth! And fancy Juliet
r mocking kisses to Romeo on her hand, half-a
■luzea lu quick succession, so load, that they could
ha\e Urea heard from one end of Verona to tbe
other. It was the chambermaid and the scullion
making love m the bock area."
The wilder also contains very Interesting and
valuable yoperejon “Landscape Gardening," “Mor
iar/'i.yC. F. Bauman, the Chicago architect,
• The Preservation of Timber," “Insecure Bafid
inga,"“The Domestic Economy of Architecture,”
“Rea! Estate on the Rampage,” “Wooden Pave
nientr,"and “The Raid on Western Railways."
Maas A Manz, the engravers, furnish excellent
fuiiptige Illustrations of tbe new Tribune Build
-1 •?. the First National Bank and the buildings of
Potter Palmer adjoining It, accompanied by com
plete descriptions of each; a small illustration and
complete hpeclilcallons of tf lake shore villa to be
erected by John Pitch, E«q. t a short distance be
low Hyde Park, are also given. A thorough resume
of architectural aud building news and a Judicious
selection of miscellany complete an unusually ex
cellent number of the Duilier.
A new magazine has come Into the field, hailing
from Brooklyn, N. V., under the title of the
BuoOkLVb Monthly. Ills rather commonplace
In contents and shabby in appearance, and, not
withstanding several pages of compliments from
the rural press, can live but a short time unless
theic Is u sudden and decided change for the
better.
The Nonnt amet.ic.in Review comes to us fair
ly loa ’c.l down with antiquities at the outset. Wc
arc first treated to a disquisition upon (’o'ton
Mather and Salem Witchcraft, by William Frvl
crlck Poole; then to a thoroughly tochn-.cai essay
op Imud.by Mr. Orunbaum; and, to
complete the trio, Lewis 1L Morgan talks at some
length upon the Seven Cities of develop
ing thorough acquaintance with Az
tec antiquity. With the conclusion
of the latter paper, however, he come to the pres
ent at a step. J. B. ilodgskln has an exhaustive
paper npon “ The Financial Condition of the
United States,” in which he arrives at the rather
gloomy result that the nominal wealth of the
country is largely increased, and the real wealth
diminished, and that the whole of the nominal
wealth, and a larger share than formerly of the
real wealth. Is in the possession of the wealthy,
while the poor are poorer in everything. There arc
a!«o rdnnrable paper* on the Spanish Revolution,
by Karl Hind, “ Earthquakes,” by J. D. Whitney,
mid •• The SeSolon,” by Henry Brooks Adams. But
the paper which will probably attract the most
general attention is one on “The Sanitary and
rhyzioPgical Relations of Tobacco,” which com
mits the sluiJ, oM (o
on endorsement of the Indian weed. Apart fiuui
ihe y ro or of the question. It U an exceedingly
Interesting discussion. The writer is William A.
Hammond, and he pleads the cause of tobacco clo
•jutLily end well **
Armug foreign periodicals the old Nonnt Burr
mi Review, for March, comes to us with the fol
lowing lift ot contents: “ The Royal Engineers;”
“ Hussion Literature,” which U mainly devoted to
the works of Turgucnlef, the Russian novelist,
who is tnst now coming into prominence; “ Revo
lutions in the Queen's English;"“Dean Mllaan;”
“TLc lucrcoscof Lunacy “The Hudson's Bay
company;" “Public Works In India;" “ Ihe Re
comtruction of Germany," and “What LsMan's
Chic! End an analysis of culture, with Arnold's
ctaty on “ Culture aud Anarchy" for Ihc basis.
Tire Radical for May b> one of the best of the
series and contains original papers by John W.
Chadwlc’-, O. B. Frothlnchom, A. W. Bcllaw, C.
IL Wlilj j 10, T. W. Ulgglnson, John 1L Clifford
and others.
We bate received numbers one and two of Tot
Rkopf. edited by Joseph Parrish, M. D. t and de
voted to the reform and cure of the evils resulting
from the use of stlmulcnls and narcotics.
on: Young Poles for May is brimful of good
things for the little folks. T. Ih Aldrich continues
hosiery of “A Dad Boy,** of which he was the
hero. Mrs. Diaz sends another packet of the
*• William Henry Letters. ” Mary B. C. Slade sends
a very pretty poem, “Lilies of the Volley ;”J. T.
Trowbridge, “ Lawrence's Journey;*' the Inevita
ble Fartou, “ Canary Island and Canary Birds;"
E. Stewart Phelps, “Dr. Trotty,” which is capi
tally illustrated by Eytlnge; and Mrs. Wells, “ Cin
derella," served up in poetical form. The number
Is an admirable one and not only should be In every
nursery, hut might not be out of place even in
the drawing-room.
The Pm.tNonoGiCAL Journal for May is full of
brief practical articles on scientific subjects,
treated from the phrenological standpoint. The
reading matter Is very Interesting, and much of It
valuable; but the illustrations are profuse and
atomlnablc.
Tnr. Western Monthly for May ts an improve
ment on its predecessor?, and shows that Us pnb-
Ushers arc laboring to elevate their standard.
Among the noticeable papers are a biographical
sketch of cx-Gorernor Oglesby, by Colonel Foster;
American Education, by Prof. Haven, and “The
latest Glance at Heaven," by Rcr. Robert Collycr.
There la room for decided Improvement in the po
litical contributions, which arc unanimously com
monplace.
Tire Akcuitxctlkal Revisw and American
Bmjrers' Journal, pnbiished in Philadelphia, by
Samuel Sloan, which has just completed Us second
month, ts a model In every respect; not only in
typographical appearance and excellence of Illus
tration, but in its subject matter.
Aitletox’s Journal.-—Among the recent prom
inent successes to Journalism, none have been
more marked than that of Ap]>tfton'» Journal. In
metiers of genera'. Interest, and In Its treatment
of art and scientific subjects the current number
come? np to a high standard oflltcraxy merit An
excellent feature of the Jimmnl is a series
of finely executed steel engravings from
paintings oy leading American artists. The second
of the scries, called “The River Road," from a
painting by Bellows, accompanies the present
number. Other pictures by Casilear. Durand,
Church. James Hart, Darlcy and others, are to fol
low. victor lingo's romance is also confirmed,
and 'taips in Interest with each fresh Instalment.
The Ap; letons are to be congratulated on the suc
cess which has already greeted their new Journal
istic venture.
TtooUfi Kccrlrcd.
BESSIE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS. B? JOiKSA
11. Mathewr. author of “Bcsrlc at the Sea
«*>,” “ In the citv,” &□') “Uea-'iC anil
litr Friends.” New York: Uolicrt Carter A
Furthers. Chicago: W. 0. Holmes, US Lake
Mrett. Tm*?.
ALuT MILDRED'S LEGACY. Bv the author of
“Fatihs Worth Fighting.” New York: Robert
fott.-i Brothers. Chicago: W. o,Holmes, us
IrtAeMrett. If®.
UT.'Li; FREDDIE FEEDING HIS SOUL. By
Sav I’ttnasl Now York: Robert Carter A
I'-u>;Ur& Clilcago: W. G. Holmes, liSLike
Muart. IS®.
Lnvi.:; women: or, meg, jo, beth and
AMY. Ban Second. By LOCI-U M- ALCOTT.
W.tb lustrations. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
Chicago: Western News Company. ISO.
MILLS A CO.'S MAP OF THE FREE LANDS IN
K*V»A. Sionx City District. lowa Stale Regis
ter, l*t« Moines. lowa. IS®.
STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY.
i'.\ Jiwej-li Haven. D. D., Professor in Chicago
Theolrgigal Seminarr, Andover: Warren F.
Draper. Chicago: W. G. Holmes, us Lake
filled. lift*.
PERSOSJ L.
Dr.n. Rice's real surname Is said to be Crum.
Sit ntpeuslcr'B hair has turned gray from anxiety.
A Iluiriio admirer of Rosa Bonhem has be
queathed her 20,000 francs.
Jules i'avre will be a candidate for the French
Corps Lvgtslatif for seventeen constituencies.
James T. Fields and S. Eytlnge (the anut)
sailed for Europe on Wednesday last.
The Fulton of Turkey Is reported insane. He
runt dry and night through his apartments.
The only surviving bod of Robert Bums la now
living at Cheltenham, England, at the age of 77.
Rachel Robinson, a colored woman, of Vex
gcni.cs, vn, died last week aged 104 years.
Garibaldi dentes that he sympathizes with Bra
zil In her war with Paraguay.
The French Emperor has given orders that
home meat shall be served dally on his table.
The Prince and Princess cf Wales were at Se
vastopol April is.
A petition is being circulated la Boston,
that Fred Douglass be appointed Minister to Bra
zil.
“Timothy Tltcomb” has become Superintendent
o: the Sunday School of the American Chapel m
Paris.
One of the foremost graduates at Dartmouth
College, this year, is a colored man-oconre
Bloe, of Newport, B. L
Young, the New York detective, ousted for
pocketing perquisites, has opened a detective office
la that city on his own account.
Thornton, the British Mima ter, hae rented a
boose on tbe New England coast for tbe summer
months.
Mr. Blanchard Jerrold Is going to start an
English dally paper In Parts, to be called the Con
tinent.
Victoria's grandson, lately oom to the Princess
of Angustenborg, has been christened Albert John
Charles Frederic* Alfred George.
Cora Pearl has been arrested for having resisted
officers of the taw, and stands a prospect of
being sent to St. Lazare.
Martin Bilk, of Buffalo, offers to fight Barney
Aaron for 31,c00, provided somebody will back him
for that amount.
Dr. Min turn Poet, one of the most prominent
medical men of New York city, died on Monday.
He studied under Dr. Valentine Mote
Henry McCloskcy, who died In the insane asylum
at Flatbuah, N.Y., April »T, bad been City Clerk
of Brooklyn, and leading editorial writer for the
Brooklyn Bagl; and New York Sunday Me.-eury.
Samuel Fro thing ham, formerly a leading finan
cier of Boston, died on Monday, aged yean. Ue
bad been Cashier of the United States Ran*, Sob-
Treasurer, and President of the State Bank.
At a recent sale of antographs la London a letter
written by Daniel Defoe, the author of “ Robinson
Crusoe," brought fisoo; and one of John Dryden
produced flea,
The late Sir Edward Cnnard left |i,500,000 to his
eldest son. Sir Bache Canard, f700,09u each to his
second and third sons, and ttoo,ooo each of his
four daughters.
The fortunes of the three great Boyar families,
of Russia, the Dcmldoffn, the Apraxlns and Scheie
mctlflk, amount altogether to upwards of otc
thousand million roubles.
The Marquis of Bate his I cm nu 1c a Knight of
the Holy Sepulchre, and pul on the spurs of God
frey dc Bouillon in the “ Chapel of Apparition " at
Jerusalem.
George Francis Train has organized a round-the
world excursion party, limited to fifteen. James
Brooks, of the New York Mrprm, is to be one of
the party, which starts la August.
The Pope, la connection with his late anniver
sary', has received presents in money to the
amount of 5,000,000 francs. The Pope will enter
on his seventy-eighth year on May 13.
The Detroit TWrmif says: *• Prof. Fowler Is lec
turing In Missouri on the subject of free schools,
and is tbos doubly entitled to be known as a free
knowledgish"
Cx-Sccretary McCulloch, who is very rich,
has bought a farm, near Washington, where he
will live in summer, resiling at the National Capi
ta In winter.
Fred. Law Olmatead has been offered, and will
probably accept, the Professorship of Rural Archi
tecture and Landscape Cardemng in Cornell Uni
versity.
Adolphus Hawkins, aged 79, "died in Wood
County, Ohio, a few weeks ago. He served dur
ing the war of 1512, and was very active In promot
}og eolistmfnts during the Ute war.
The monument to Humboldt in tbe New York
Central Park, will be a bronze bust about four
feu high, and win be placed on a stone column of
a height of from ten to twelve feet.
Lord Napier declines to accept dinners from the
regiments under him, ca the ground that Ills too
expensive for the subalterns to contribute to the
bills.
When Queen Victoria was married, twenty-nine
years ago, she had twelve bridesmaids. Every one
of there young ladles has since been married; one
has been married twice; one is now a widow; and
three are dead.
Gilbert Pell, the original “bones’’of the origi
nal company of Christy's Minstrel*, was arraigned
In an English court/tbe other dav, for stealing a
clock from a tavern. Pell was discharged on the
ground of Insanity.
John K. Caldwell, for many years a prominent
merchant < t New Orleans, and son of the gentle
man who, for a long time, was Clerk ol the Su
preme Court of the United Stales, died on the 19th
instant.
The Lantenie suggests to the French Govern
ment the propriety of ordering the Indiscreet
Parisian balr-dresser who display aon hts sign, In
gignndc letters, the words *• \Vig-makcr to Her
Majesty, the Empress,” to remove that sign, be
cause U gives rise to much unpleasant talk.
it being announced that the recent freshets tn
Northern New York have leit that region “ with
out a dam,” some Irreverent wag suggests that
Boa Trade or Horace Greeley be sent there at
once to supply the deficiency.
Professor A. L. Perry, of Williams College,
has accepted an Invitation from the Free Trade
League to deliver a scries of lectures on the polK y
of “protection." He proposes lodevote his waole
ume.o' six months, from July. isw, to January,
■pm. '.o that work.
- aihcr Claret, thccx-Quccn of Spain’s unpopu
lar confessor, left Paris with a passport for Rome,
where he said he was going to lead a pious life,
lie went as far as Lyons, and then diverged to
Bayonne, got across Into Spain, and is now agttat
l ug the Bikcayan Provinces In favor of Isabella.
At the races in Ports on a recent Sunday, Queen
Isabella was walking up and down In the crowd,
accompanied by her family, when the Emperor,
who had just arrived, on seeing the group, at once
went down and accosted Her Majesty, and offering
his arm, Conducted her to the Imperial Tribune.
Bauer, now the fashionable preacher at the
Chapel of the Tullcrtcs, Is an Austrian Jew who
fifteen years ago, turned Catholic. In ISJS he was
a im-mlicrol the Rovelntonary Academic Legion,
tn Vienna, and he has now become an nltra-rcac
tionlst.
The Earl of Radnor, who died a few weeks ago
had been a member of the House of Commons
rontlnconsly lor twenty-seven years before he
succeeded to the title In 1?25. He was bom in
int*, and educated in France, where he was, in
i-ovhood. presented to Louis XVI. and Marie An
toinette. He was one of the earliest British re
formers, and all his life an advanced Littoral.
Joi .jph Torrence, of Cincinnati, died oa Monday,
Hu was connected with the Chamber of Commerce
from Us earliest organization. In tsj". ho wa«
rPrtcd Vice President, and was re-elected to that
office the three following years. In l?.v» he was
elected President, and was rc-elcclcd to that of
fice also for three ensuing terms.
At the Mississippi State Fair, the Santinl ptfid
mcdnl was awarded to httle Lucy Stamps, grand
daughter of Governor Humphreys and grand
niece of Jefferson Davis. A Southern paper fuys
the award was made without the slightest Vnowl
c tgc, on the port of the committee, of the author
kh.p or the piece.
The Emperor Napoleon nas in press the
third volume of his “Life of Cmsor,” Is complet
ing a biography of Charlemagne, and is about
publishing at the imperial printing office a small
volume enlitkd “ £TuJe tur hi Situation IKililijue rt
SoritU de la France "—lt is supposed as a kind ol
preface to modifications In the French Constitu
tion.
At a recent lunqnrt In London, the Duke of Ar
gyll* said: “ I behove that there is an Instinct la
Hie homage paid to great warriors. This wasde
rx'h’dnitcd the other day in a striking manner by
o nation which Is In some respects the most civil
ized in the world—l mean the United States of
America—and the occasion to which I refer is the
selection by the people of that country of a tnc
cesFful soldier as their Chief Magistrate.*’
Mr. Gladstone lately went to Wilton on a visit to
Lady Herbert, and while there attended “ a grand
concert by a choral society.” A local clergyman
thought the occasion suitable for a speech, and
after referring in most fulsome language to the
distinguished visitor proposed that a part of the
school fund be appropriated “to place a brass
plate where Mr. Gladstone had that evening sat.”
The oldest printer In the United States la W. L.
Barry, now at work on the Lebanon (Term.) Uer
all. He Is aged 89, and has been at the business
over seventy years. The IleraLl says: “He
handles the composing-stick with as much ease
and accuracy os when he set the obituary of
George Washington, and can set 10,000 eras from
son to fun.”
On the railroad near Odessa, Russia, a train,
having on board the Grand Duke Nicholas, the
Rrglish Embassador. Lady Buchanan, and several
personages of nigh distinction, bad just passed at
hill speed over a bridge when the whole structure
fell tc, and another train which followed, tall of
travellers, was precipitated Into the river. Tee
accident has cost the Minister of Public Works hla
place.
Ezra Tucker, of Monsoo, Coon., lived to the age
of ninety-six, and his mother died In her one hun
dredth year. Two daughters and two sons of
Ezra survive, whose aggregate age Is three bun
dred and thirty-four years; Mn. Lucy Keep, of
Mom-on, eighty-nine; Mrs. Eunice Simpson, of
Conway, eighty-four; Captain Joel Tucker, of
Mocson, eighty-two, and Daniel Tnckcr, of North
Brookfield, seventy-nine, .
The H*ct«on'« .(dnvafe pitches Into Anna Dickin
son for her defective enunciation. It says: “It
was provoking in many respects. It was bod
enough not to hear; but then to think that onr
ideal uf female oratory should not have learned
»he a, b, c of elocutionary an, namely, that a clear
and distinct articulation alone can form a sore
lia.sU for effective public speaking, was still more
provoking.”
Frincc Frederick Charles of Prussia has a
pretty nlfe, bnt loved a pretty actress. The Prin
cess went In person to her husband's mistress, and
told her she onght to be ashamed of herself. The
actress was greatly confuse*!, and Implored the
Princess to forgive her, declaring that she would
never see the Prince again. The Prince, how
ever, managed to penetrate to her again, and the
renewal of the Ucton having reached the cars of
he Princess, she appealed to the King, who told
Frederick Charles that he most behave himself or
utberw fee leave the Conn.
The find story about the suicide of Command*
daat Thoarenet, in Paris, was incorrect. He had
an intrigue with a married woman of rank (a
Doef esM, and she had wheedled him into incur
ring pecuniary obligations which he found him
seif enable to discharge. Whereupon he made
his way to her chamber, at So. m., reduced him
.-Mi to i.V«knliUi’, woke her up, told her that she
had dishonored him by making him forfeit his
word, and that he would dishonor' ncr by mat,
.ng her forfeit her reputation, and proceeded to
blow hie brains out. The Duchess went to a
lunatic npylcm,
Scuattr Joseph C. Abbott, of North Carolina,
whose difficulty with Senator Sprague has given
him much u- -lonely of late, was bom and passed
most of his life In New Hampshire. He was pub-
Usher of the Manchester A for scrcral
years, and was afterwards connected with the
Deaton jircss. At the outbreak of the rebellion he
held the position of Adjutant General of New
Hampshire, and later became Colonel of the Sev
enth New Hampshire Regiment. He was breveted
Brigadier General, and at the close of the
war settled in North Carolina, where be was
elected to the United States Senate for the short
term, expiring In IS7L
When the Reformed Presbyterian Synod sus
pended George H. Stuart for singing hymns con
trary to the thurch regulation, which prescribes
th«t psalms shall only be used in public worship,
the Reformed Presbytery of Philadelphia refused
to recognize the suspension. An attempt was re
cently made by the church session to Induce the
Second Reformed Congregation, of Philadelphia,
to withdraw from the presbytery, and thus signify
its opposition to Ur. Smart. It has, however,
voted unanimously to remain In the presbytery,
and to censure the session for its course.
In a late number of the LatUemt, Rochfort says
that Eugene's famous trip to Amiens, In the year
iso, and her visit on »«*t occasion to the Cholera
Hospital In that aty, were a “ put op” affair. The
room in which she presented cops of chamomile tea
to persons supposed to suffer from the cholera was
filled with healthy fellows who bad been bought by
the police at fifteen francs each to play the cholera
patients In the presence of the Empress. As (or
the women who, on tbit occasion, tore pieces from
the dress of tbe'Eznprcss In order to preserve them
as relics, Rochefort says that they were hired at
twenty trance each, end that they performed their
porta with so Uttle akm as not to deceive even ths
the bystanders. Rochefort, it need hardly be said,
11 not on the most friendly terms with the Bona
pertes.
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MAY 2, 1869-SUPPLEMENT.
LONDON.
Eminent Men in Parliament.
Lord Stanley, Disraeli, Tbomas
Baring.
The Liberal Majority.
9fr. Lowe and (he Budget.
A New Dramatic Sensation*
[FHOIf OCE OWN CORRESPONDENT.}
LONDON, April 12.
rxßLLixzNTinr portraits lord Stanley, nr?
FRIENDS AND IUS ENEMIES.
Is Lord Stanley a liberal or a Tory ? Some
times be leans to one side, sometimes to the other,
and both political parties claim him- While his
father was the leader of Conservatives It was
hardly possible for Lord Stanley to take an active
port among the liberals, even had bis inclination
turned in that direction. The parent and the child
in opposing ranks and brought into constant col
lision would have been a spectacle the British
puMic would not long have permitted. Lord Stan
ley for twenty yean has vacillated between Tory
and Radical, agreeing with the latter on
great principles, and excusing his antago
nism by objecting to the details of their
measures. lie is just now the object ol the
uncrating abuse of the paper called the
3lf‘fngrr, which is edited by a dlplomitlH who
was dismissed from the service by the noble Lord.
Every week a fresh Ue Is framed about him, and
under a nickname he is credited with a score of
bed qualities. Society reads these odious charges
but does not believe them, and Lord Stanley is
still regarded with moderate favor. He Is getting
thick-set and stoat, and promises to be in another
ten years almost a corpulent man. I heard him
address the House of Commons an evening
or two ago, and felt uneasy to note how
much tbe defect in his voice appear* to increase.
The thick sound, a* though there was no proper
palate, or as If the tongue was too large for the
mouth, made It difficult to distinguish his words,
and it la no wonder the reporter* give bis speeches
m fragments. He was speaking on an Important
subject—the opening of all places la the Civil
Service to public compeuuun—and his position
lent significance to his remarks: but 1 could only
hear his conclusions. Uts chief friend in public
life lent him no audience at all, but in a quiet way
was attracting attention to himself.
UIL. DI6UXEU A HO MU. Tliv UA2> BAIUNG.
Sir. Disraeli had once a serious political differ*
cnee with Sir. Baring, the celebrated financier,
whosnaacls as well known in the United States
as In England: bat be has never ceased to offer
him the incense of praise and Hatter;. He tried
some years ago to persuade Mr. Baring to look
alter the finances or the country, as Chancellor of
the Exchequer, having looked so well after
bis own, but bis persuasions were or no
avail. Sir. Baring, it will be remembered,
was the only prominent Tor; who openly
supported the cause of the North during the
war, and It was mainly owing to his Influence that
Sir. Disraeli withheld his sanction from the ab
surd prepositions in behalf of recognizing the in*
dependence of the South. A community cf feel
ing on this matter brought together occasionally
Sir. Baring and Sir. Bright, men at the antipodes In
everything else. I was reminded of the«e things
while L'-rd Stanley was speaking. SJKdr.g Sir.
Disraeli from his ordinary place on the iront Op
position bench, I presently saw him, to my sur
prise, on aback i*ench, “below the gangway,” ns
it Is colled. He was sitting on one Bide, with his
legs lying npon the scat, while he was
talking to a gray-hcaded statesman on the row
yet further back, who was leaning over the imek
of Sir. Disraeli's bench the better to carry oa the
conversation. The members near withdrew a lit
tle, to that the talk might be confidential. Before
the elderly gentleman turned round I was sure
wco It was. No one but Sir. Baring conld
draw Sir. Disraeli to a place like that. I have
never seen him before sitting in any other part of
the House than on the front Ministerial or the
front Opposition bench. This talk, no
doubi, was on the novelties in
Sir. Lowe's budget, and more particularly in the
mode of anticipating next year's revenue, and se
curing a surplus by making the nation “ pay up ”
some months before it has always been accus
tomed to pay. Docs Sir. Disraeli really set any
value on Mr. Baring's opinions; lie cannot. No
man tn Parliament has been so thoroughly and
persistently wrong. The ground U strewn with
his falsified predictions. The mere fac: that, after
all thebe years of experience, the government of
the day, with the unanimous concurrence of the na
tion, decided to remove the bare shilling
duty which was kept on cjrn
by Sir Robert Peel in order, os
he supposed, to pay for the expenses ol register
ing the amounts imported—this alone demon
strates how blind was Mr. Baring and how value
less were his opinions as on economist. The
venerable banker is not usually reckoned a face
tious man, but he contrived to keep Mr. Disraeli
in perpetual smiles. The features of the Tory
leader lost for the time the stolid and unmeaning
look w hich they usually assume, and were in a
broad laugh for a quarter ot an hour together.
Ah! a very little wit on the part of a
Baring or u Rothschild goes a won
derful way. A long, snaky, corkscrew
lock, still dork lu color, hung over Mr. Disraeli's
IMBplea. tiul, nrulor ths ennn; InAnaitM o» mMh
It v as just possible to conceive that tu some past
period he was regarded as a favorite of nature.
But this dialogue was no compliment to Lord
Stanley. Mr. Dlsratl! did not listen to him fora
moment, but appeared rather to shut his ears.
TTbon Lord Stanley sat down Mr. Dllkc (author of
‘■Greater Britain") rose, and Mr. Disraeli turned
partly roaud. and patting his glass to his eye, took
& full view of ite eaucy author, who defeated
Dr. W. 11. Russell at ihc last election. Mr. Dllke
is distinctly heard, but hts voice Is thick and his
manner a Utile t-,o solemn to t>c altogether
pleasant.
in»: LtRFUAL MAJORITY AND 7TIS GOVERNMENT.
The Radical members a< a >w*ly are resolved not
to worry Mr. Gladstone this year. They see the
government Las cn.'.ajjh on It* hands to fill cp all
Us time, and they turn aside from the crotclictty
and vain men, who, without’the least regard to
what Is paactlcal, seek occasionally to pledge the
government to take cp as much again. Professor
Fawcett, the Mind member, would not set
himself so resolutely against what is expedient
and even possible had he the opportunities of
other men. He has not lost any of his old charac
teristics, He Is loud, sententious and dogmatic,
with a sound in his fag-end commonplaces as
though be was taunting yon. I believe the effect
of this kind of delivery Is to prompt people to op
position. He in»<LJ stop the business the othej
night by dividing the House on a matter about
which there Is no difference In the government, but
which Mr. Fawrcit knows as well as anybody they
cannot nndertake this session without sacrificing
topics of mnch greater importance, \rhcn the
division diJ take place, ho was left with twenty
nine associates, while all the really representative
Radicals trooped after Mr. Gladstone, giving him a
majority of £oo.
Bnt success does not quench unpcnfclvcd. Some
men can tear political adversity better than pros
perity. Mr. Gladstone, 1 begin to think, will be, to
the end cl the chapter, liable to Impctnoos out
bursts, storms which will come suddenly in a clear
sky, and gusts that awaken more regrets than
sympathy.
SPARRING IS THE HOUSE.
About midnight in the last sitting of last week,
the cx-ChanceJJor of the Exchequer, and a big,
burly agricultural member named Hunt (called
Irreverently “Mother Hunt,”) took U Into his head
to dwell contemptuously upon some speeches
of Mr. Gladstone, delivered In the country, and
laughed at that gentleman's failure in the Lan
cashire election. Mr. Hunt was rough and per
sonal, but he ha? no malice, and bad Mr. Glad
stone but a little more philosophy, nothing would
have come of It; but Mr. Gladstone was stung
Into a passion, and replied In what Mr. Disraeli
afterwards called “a ’torrent of taunts.*’
It is never an agreeable sight to
see a man under the influence of real
anger, unless tt be at something cowardly or base.
The Ideal anger of the finished actorwe look upon
with admiration, but we are made uneasy by men
who lose their self-command in circumstances
which ought not even to shake ;u Mr. Disraeli has
as immense advantage ta his coolness. When Mr.
Gladstone Is wrathful, Mr. Disraeli ts airy and
humorous. He delights in putting the two exhi
bitions on contrast, on this occasion he took an
opportunity, thoogh without excuse, of attempting
to return a terrible “fscer,” delivered at him last
year by Mr. Gladstone anent his peculiar " excite
ment” on a memorable night. “1 can
hardly understand,” said Mr. Disraeli last week,
‘whythe right honorable gentlemanshomo, m
so hccdelss a manner, have made a statement of
this kind, unless he was at the moment influenced
by a degree of excitement for which. I think, there
was no cause, whatever, in the constitutional
criticism of my right honorable friend.” This
species of warfare seems to me to date from Mr.
Andy Johnson's inauguration ! It is decidedly
damaging!© the reputation of the House of Com
mons, and. after all, is mere spite. Mr. Gladstone
last year spoke meaningly of Mr. Disraeli's “heat
ed imagination," and now Mr. Disraeli seems to
sneer at Mr. Gladstone’s •• degree of excitement."
in the latter case, however, the arrow falls at the
feet of the man ti was intended to wound.
Considering that a Chancellor of the Exchequer
oi England. in preparing his plans for the taxation,
of the coming year, has to take several clerks
more or less into his confidence, or, at all events,
to make such Inquiries as must open an opportu
nity for easy guesses at his intentions, u is. per
haps,' no matter for surprise that the proposals
usually lenkom, partially or otherwise, a day fir
two l-efore the statement Is publicly made. This
year is an instance to the contrary. Never was a
secret better kept. Save the Cabinet Ministers,
every member of ParLamcnt went down to the
House on the night Mr. Lowe Introduced his bud
get, expecting there would cither be a baHmce and
no alteration la the taxes, or that there was a de
ficiency and that another penny would be clapped
on to the Income tax. That duties to the amount
of three millions and more would be given up, not
a soul oat of the Cabinet surmised. Wha: would
not some of them hare given to know I What
operations might not have been effected in the
com market: Mr. Lowe told the half-a-dozen
clerks who were tn the secret that he
relied implicitly on their honor, and
the result Justified his confidence.
Even one of the Secretaries to the Treasury, a
member of Parliament, was kept In the dark.' Re
is a talkative man, and be could be of no assist,
ante; so he opened his eyes as wide as anybody
when Mr. Lowe unfolded hla scheme from his place
in the chamber.
This financial scheme, which has been all the
talk for a few days, is Mr. Lowe's own. Re took
it to Mr. Gladstone on a Friday, and the Premier
suggested some alterations which caused & great
deal of trouble; bat everything was
ready again by Tuesday, when Mr.
Lowe submitted the plan to the
the Cabinet, assembled tn connclL On the Thurs
day he expounded It to the House of commons, I
was there, and was glad when It was over. Com
pelled by the nature of his duty to refer In almost
every paragraph to ststuocs,—to a column or ag.
cm, that is, in manuscript.—Mr. Lowe’s weak
ness of sight all but disabled him. He held the
namscript doss to the eyelids, hot even then
made several mistakes, while the eonscioomeas
that everyone vu watchlag Mm, and the knowl
edge of Mi own physical difficulty, broagtt on
extreme nerroosneaa. It vu more like a timid
auditor, reading a balance-sheet to a crowded
meeting of shareholder!, than a statesman Icllv
crtng an address to a legislative body. Stroo? In
assault, possessing a power of sarcasm, restrained
by no consideration as to the pain It may muse,
Mr. Lowe was dreaded when in Opposition; hat
In office he is, it would seem, singularly inoffeisive.
This has struck some people so much ot late that
they begin to say be has been overrated all along,
and has owed the attention he excited to thi fact
that he had deserted from his party. Bat this U
too hasty a judgment. The obstacles the other
evening can only occur once a year. Mr. Lowe
has a tiger's claw under all this vtlvetty for.
A fiXMATIOK SCXaS—TUX D RAILS FOB TUX M»«XS.
The following Is a brief description of a “wasa
tlon scene** in a play called “Forsaken.*’ pro
duced at a large theatre called the Mnorla
Theatre, situated In a densely peopled neshbor
hood In the south of London:
“ The virtuous apprentlce’of the play is left at
dinner-time in charge of large saw-mills while the
men are at dinner. The death of the apprentice
is desired bv one of the approved stage tiiiaias,
who hires the engineer of the mills to get rid of the
anrenticc. And this is how It Is to be iccom
nuihed: While tbe youngster is harmlessly eat-
Inghla dinner out of hw humble basin the en
gineer comes behind him and stuns him with a log
of wood. This done, the youth is carefully placed
on a plank, and the enffincs the cir
cular saw arc deliberately set In motion, Inch by
Inch, but terribly slowly, the plank U worked by
the machinery up to the hideous teeth ot the cir
cular saw. *fhe boy U still insensible, tad the
sawdust, as the plank movee, Is scattered up Into
his mouth and hair. Every moment me 12:27m-
Con of the audience is excited to expect to «ee the
boy split in two b) the saw. The audience gasps
for breath, and a woman every now aid then
screams, lint there li help at han l, of cocr?c. A
half-witted irtend of the boy breahi through a«ky.
ilitht and rescues the apprentice when the teeth of
the saw are U-t twisting themselves Into Ms hair.
At the rescue the audi-'nce sets up threat of tri
umph, and after thl-t the play proceed dismally
enough.”
JOHNSON AND QSANT.
Andrew Johnson Trying to Get Gen
eral Grant out of the Country—An
Interesting Scrap of Uistory*
A noticeable article in the Unv .1 rbinfiV. In cele
bration and Illustration of the intellectual chanc
tt r of General Grant, presents a number of remla-
Sconces and anecdote* of Sts hero that have never
before been in print ThU is the most important
and interesting of them all:
•■Andrew Johnson attempted, two years ago. to
drive Grant out of the country. It had beciine
apparent that the General of the Army was not a
follower of the President in WS reactionary course.
Mr. Johnson had sought to compel Grant to order
troops Into Maryland immedlatclv before a State
c'c-Uon; but Gram*, t ct and skill had defeated
his purpose. Then Johnson determined to rid
himself of his powerful subordinate. He foolishly
hoped to find Sherman more pIUUe than
Grsct, and he knew that if Grant
were sent out of the country. Sher
man would command the army. ■ ■Congress
was about to meet, and If necessary to act
rrcmrtlv.for emergencies might arise in which the
u«e cf troops would be all important to the Presi
dent’s schemes. So, Grant, who from the close oi
the rebellion, had been constantly urging the Pres
ident to take more decided steps to insure the
evacuation of Mexico by the French troops, was
approached with what It was hoped would prove a
tempting bait. The President first sounded him In
«onvcroatbrn, saving he wl-hed Grant to go on a
diplomatic mission to Mexico, in conjunction with
th« Minister to that country. Grant at
i,nee detected the object of the President,
and declined the mission. Johnson, how
ever, instated, and Grant still declined, the second
time In writing, although the President hod only
addre««ed him orally. After this, Grant was sum
moned to a Cabinet meeting, whore his instrnc
riors, already printed, were read aloud by the
Somtarv of State, without any reference to
Grant s *i revlons refusal Ho at once, in the
rtrscpec cf the entire Cabinet, declared his un
willingness to leave the country on such an er
rand. Johnson was roused by this persistent orv
••o'dtlen to his wish, and abruptly vked tne
Utoicev General whether there were any reasons
why Grant should cot obey,—whether the
General of the army could not be employed upon
adlplomatlc sendee. Grant at once started to his
fet-t sad exclaimed: ‘Mr. President, I can answer
that qncstkn without appealing to the Attorney
General I am an American citizen, have been
puiltv of no treason or other crime, and am
eligible to any civil office to which any other
American citizen Is eligible. But this is a purely
civil dutv to which you would assign me,
and 1 cannot be compelled to undertake It.
Anv legal mllttarr order von give me I will
S; but this Is civil, not military, and I
no the duty. No power on earth can force me
to It.' The plotters were electrified and made no
answer, and Grant, Instead of resuming his seat,
quitted the room, lie was not sent to Mexico. On
this occasion he spoke f neatly enough, and none
can fi.il to perceive the cogencv of his utterance
or the terseness of his expression, Y’et he must
Pavebccn unprepared. lie could not have foreseen
thccxlgencv. But the same quality that so sud
dcrlv prompted the esssaltsj on Pc'ersuurph
and tocel'on Inspired the language and the argu
ment that ‘.affied the President."
"SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHS.
llonr They Can Do Madc<
On iho trial of Miimlcr, at New Tork. a witness
I’o.-cnU'd how "spirit photographs" could bo
produced, as follows:
"t. A gio>s with an Image on It of the desired
spirit form could be placed lu the plate-holler, in
front «>f tie sensitive plate, so that the Image on
the glass would be Impressed on the sensitive
plate, together with that of the sitter. The size
and distinctness of the resulting spirit form would
vary according to the distance between the two
plates. (Hero tne witness pointed out some
photographs which he thought had been taken by
this method.)
"s. A figure, clothed in white, can be intro
duced for a moment behind the sitter, and then
lc withdrawn before the sitting Is over, leaving a
.-limb .tt imago on the plate. This is known as
•Sir David BrewjderV ghost.’
" r. a microscopic picture of the spirit form can
be inserted In the camera box alongside of the
lius. and by a small magnlfvtnp lcn° Its Image can
boti.rowuon the sensitive plate with that of the
sitter.
" iV A glass with the spirit image can be placed
plcte, and by a feeble light the image can be lm-
I rctstd on the plate with that of the sitter.
"The nitrate of silver oath could have a glass
side and the Image be Impressed by a secret light,
while api-arentiy the glass plate only being
coat* d v. irh the sensitive film.
“C. The spirit form can be panted first on the
negative, and then the figure of the living sitter
atdul bv a second printing, or it conic printed
on ihe paper and the sitter's protralt printed
over It.
“T. A sensitive plate can be prepared bv what Is
known as tho dry process the spirit form Im
p.rcistd on it, and then, at a subsequent time, tho
I or.iu.l of the living slucr can be token on this
:..n c j laic, so that the two wifi be developed to
gei: tr. Tills nro.lt tho witness had several times
olts.lncdbv accident, having used one of thi*se
dry .'Ui.-itlve plaits for a landscape and forgotten
to dev ciep It, and then used It again, and found
the two landscapes curiously intermingled.”
Tl:c History of (he Tone of ** Dixie.”
IheManphla fWf tells this story of Dixie:
"In the first place, the Seng and cliurus of
•D:\le * was composed and arranged by Dan Em
met, a DUTni<er of a travelling minstrel partv, who,
while at Mobile, in the winter of IM7-S, heard some
negro lal*orcrs singing on the levee while loading
a steamioat. with cotton. The thought struck
Dun tt;ai with a little change of measure It could
be made b pood song and 'walk around," which
generally winds up a negro minstrel concert. Dan
arranged It and produced It. It became a success,
and was sung and played all over the country bv
alljthc lands.
"In the spring of isct, Mrs. John Wood came
to New Orleans to plav an engagement at the
Varieties Theatre. During the time she appeared
in Brougham's burlesque of Bocahontos. At the
first rehearsal of the piece evcrvthlag went well
till near the close of the second act; Tom Mc-
Donough (now agent for The LcflUigwclb. the
prompter, got up a Zouave inarch and drill by
twcmy.two ladles, led by Susan Dcnin, Evcry
thlngnm smooth, but the music for the march
could not be fixed upon. Carlo l*alti
was leader of the orchestra, and be tried
several marches, but none suited Me
iKmonph—one was too slow, another was
too tame, another not enough spirit. At length
Paul struck up the negro air of * Dixie.' ‘That
win do, ram—the very thing,' said Tom, and
‘Dixie' was played, and the march gone through
with, and the chorus by all the characters. At
night tt received a double encore, and Pocahontas
had a ‘run,* and from that lime out the streets
and parlors rang with ‘Dixie.’ The war broke
out that soring, and the military bands took It up,
and * Dixie ‘ l>eeamc to the South what the Marsel
laise llrmn was to the French. And that's bow
•Dixie* became the popular war song of the
Souih,”
(4 Coming/’
Without you, without you. mv darting!
Without you! what more can 1 tav.
To show von how lonely my heart li
Whenever your heart is away r
I wait, and t watch for voa dearest,
\\ itu never a doubt or a fear.
Bet that some to-morrow will bring yon.
Some day of oil days in the year.
How many to-morrows there have been!
How many to-morrows mar be:
The longest but brings me the nearer,
The day of all others to me.
And often I fancy 1 henr yon.
Your hand on the latch of the door.
Tour voice In the hall, and yout footsteps
Close—closer—beside me once more.
With glad eyes, half shut, now I see you.
As strong, and as brave, and as true;
And eyes 1 Know, even in darkness,
Belong to no other than you.
I know that, at last. It is over,
The wearing trouble and care •
And courage and comfort come back with
The touch of your hand on tny hair.
Bui often, and often, and often,
1 ope my eye*—von are gone I
I am Sitting alone bv tbc window.
The shadows of night coming on.
So often I dream too are near me.
It surely, acme &ay. will come true.
So. singing—l hope as I sing. dear.
The songs that 1 once sang for yon.
And, smiling, I whisper, “My dariinf,
bhm see only eyes that are bright—
No tears, then, to dim their lore sunshine;
who knows bat he rwv come to-night ?'
But never her lover came to her.
Ant over her dreaming came true:
The stcry has not' the poor mem
Much prized—it Is not even new.
nay.
The winds olorous that wander o vr us.
The apple bl'VAOtn? with scented bosoms—
What perfume sweeter dot u mortal ken •
The soft caresses of air that biesses.
The warmth of all balm in the mid-dar cain.
Tell how the May time is here again.
The com land* plowing: the grasslandawwiag;
The time la scaring the sheep for shearing:
The cattle fted la the pastures late.
The village wises: in ait its houses *
New We is springing: the wife works Mttghg:
The maidea bareheaded comes to the gat.
By dancing rater? the schoolboy loiters.
And loudlv ttiilow?. The bnsv swallow?
Squeak aid chatter about the barn.
The bee Is hmintog. the partridge drammlg;
The night ufaitoc—the cuckoo's calling.
The by las togs by the sedgy tarn.
Lamps are alight in the balmy night;
Twos lovtndT come strolling by.
And gweß old tales are soft! • said. -
No need to borrow a care for the morrow:
It win be fair, the signs declare:
The wmil from the north—the sun art red.
ftorklngWomcn in notion.
A number of women have petitioned the Mas
sachusetts Legislature for aid to enable them to
purchase lad and raise fruit. On The 211 thev
were admitted to a hearing before a rommirtee. *
Mis# Aurora H- C. Phe ps a Sstoncom ->leroued
wonac. with a modest voice and aitcere manner,
came forward and opened the ca»e with the re
“ark tt»t a much larger cumler of working
women would have keen present hail not their
employes threatened to dischane them if thev
Q.d eon*, and in some cases brib'd them to star
raising their wages a ittle yesterdav.
2"® Slavery narrowing accourt of the cocdi
who laboring women of Boston. Those
yJV .I°** C P°Q piece-work receive the smallest
Wet& taT making dresses com-
ST
Girls crowd to tha city as naturally as boys. The
girts come citvward for better advantages and
under the impression that they can learn a trade
and be independent. But In clothing wud tailoring
establishments girls are not allowed to do the
whole of any piece of work, bet are only taught
tP sew up certain ««»■*"« or certain portions of the
garment. They are thus restricted lest they
should be more independent and command faster
compensation. The speaker had worked tn a
printing office for It a week, which Just
paid her board. She asked her employer
bow he supposed she was to obtain
clothing, and he JustlSed Mwwif by pointing to
the bookbinder, who gave only f? per week. She
related her experience In many branches of labor.
Being asked if she had made any inquiries of land
owners for such a tract as it is proposed to place
thtae women on, she named several places where
good land could be obtained from |SO to tua per
month. She had talked with farmers who con
sidered her scheme feasible. If land could bo
purchased and placed at the service of these
women, to be paid forafter three years, It would
be an asylum where the feeble seamstress would
lind health and tomes. “VToaldnt It have a bail
effect upon the morals of neighboring people to
establish a communltvcomposcd of women alone?”
She thought *t would not. other workwomen
coincided in these views.
CHART,T.S DICKEHS.
Banqnet in Liverpool—.Tlr* Dickens*
Speech*
Upwards of six hundred ladles and gentlemen
sat down at tne banquet siren to Mr. inckeus in
be George's UaU. Liverpool, on SotunUv, Apnl
la Toe Mayor presided, and among the guests
were Lord Duffcna, M. Alphonse Esquiroi, Lon*
Houghton, Mr. C. 11. Dudley, United States Con
sul at Liverpool; Mr. Uepwoith Dixon, Mr. G. A.
Sala. Mr. Anthony Trollope, Mr. Andrew Halilday,
and Mr. IL F. Chorley. Lord Uougioou, in re
sponding to the loa»t ol the Houses o.' Par
liament, said that the claos of s.dety
whkh be represented had sometimes expe
rienced pain and regret mat in Mr. Dickens'
works the members uf (he House of Lords up,-car
In not a Vt-ry irequcnt or ilatlcrtmr character.
"In fact, U»hes and gentlemen," Ills Lordship
said, •* lean hardly speak aloud the designation
which Mr. Dickens has bestowed upon ns." (Mr.
Dickens, "Oh, do.") " Well, I really cannot. I
do not know—in fact I will not attempt to Inter
pret the secret of literature which has not per
mitted this class of society to appear In a more
agreeable phase." Lord Duifenn proposed the
toast of the evening, and Mr. Dickens, in respond
ing. spoke as follows:
Mia Mavoit, Louies axd Gentlemen: Although
I have become sowed accustomed of late to the
sound of my own voice in this neighborhood as to
hear u with perfect composure, mu occasion, U,
believe me, very, very different In respect of those
overwhelming voices of yours, its Professor
Wilson once confided tone in Edinburgh that 1
had not the least Idea, from bearing him m public,
what u magnificent speaker he found himself to be
when quite alone [laughter], so you can form no
conception, from the specimen before you, of the
eloquence with which 1 shall take yon again and
again In some of the innermost momenta of my
fntcre life. fApplai s n] Often and often then, God
, willing, my memory w ill recall this brilliant scene
and wbl nxlluznlniue this banquet halL L faith
ful to this place in its present aspect, will ol>-
serve It exactly as It stands—not one man's
seat cUiptv, not one woman's fair face absent,
while hie and memory abide bv me. [Loud cheers, j
Mr. Mavor, Lord Dufferln in ms speech—so affect
ing to me, so eloquently uttered and so rapturously
received —[cheers)—made a graceful and generous
allusion to ihe immediate occasion of my present
visit to your noble ci: v. it la no homage to Liver
pool. loscd upon a moment’s untrustworthy en
thusiasm, but it U the solemn fact baht upon the
rock of experience, that when 1 first made up my
mind, after considerable deliberation, systemati
cally to meet my readers in large numbers, face to
face, and to try to express myself to them through
the breath of life, Liverpool stool foremost omoug
the great places out of London to which I looked
with eager confidence and pleasure. [Cheers]. And
why was this I Sot merely because of the reputa
tion of Us citizens lor generous estimation of the
arts; not merely because I had unworthily filled
the chair of Us great self-educational Institution
long ago; not merely because the place had been
a home to me since the well-remembered day
when Us blessed roofs and steeples dipped into
the Mersey below mu on the occasion of my first
sailing av. av to see my generous friends across the
Atlantic, twenty-seven years ago. [Cheers.] Not
for one cf those considerations, but because It hod
been my happiness to have a public opportunity of
u*Ung the spirit of its people; 1 had asked Liver
jool for help toward the worthy preservation of
Shakespeare's house. Ou another occasion I had
ventured to address Liverpool in the names of
Leigh Hunt and Sheridan Knowles. On still
another occasion 1 had addressed it In the cause
of the brotherhood and sisterhood of letters and
the kindred arts, and on each and all the response
hod been nusnrpassably spontaneous, open
handed, and mnniiicfiit- L llear, hear.] Mr. Mayor,
and ladies and gentlemen, if 1 may venture
to take a small illustration of my
present position from my own peculiar croft,
1 would say that there is this objection m writing
fiction to give a story an autobiographical form,
that through whatever dangers the narrator may
pass, it is clear unfortunately to the reader be
forehand, that he must have come through them
some how, else he could not have lived to tell the
laic. (A laugh and cheer.] Now la speaking fact,
when the fact Is associated with such honors oa
these with which you have enriched me, there is
this singular didculty in tue way of returning
thanks, that the speaker must infallibly come back
to himself through whatever oratorical disaster
hu may languish on the road. [Laughter]. Let
me, illu, take Hie plainer and simple middle
comsetpf driving my subject equally between my
self t:.d von. Let me assure you tliat whatever
you Lave accepted with pleasure, either by word
of pui, or by word of mouth, from me, you
have greatly Improved in the acceptance.
[Cheers.] As the gold is said to be double
anti trebly refined which has seven tunes passed
the furnace, so a fancy may be said to become
more and more refined each ume U payees through
the human heart. l"llcar t '’ and cheers.) You
have, and you know you have, brought to the con
sideration of me that quality lu yourselves with
out w hlch 1 should but have beaten the air. Y'uur
earnestness bus stimulated mine, your laughter
has made me laugh, and your tears have over
sowed my eyes. [Applause.! All llmt 1 can claim
for myself lu establishing the relations which ex
ist between us la constant fidelity to hard vvoik.
My literary fellows about me, of whom 1 am so
proud to see so many [applause], know very well
how true It Is In all an that what scons the easiest
done is oKculiuicS the most difficult to do, and
Um; the smallest truth may colne of the greatest
pains—much, os It occurred to me at Man
chester the other day, the sensitive touch of
Mr. Whitworth's measuring machine comes at
last, of heaven, and Manchester and lh> Mayor
ottlj know how much hammering, my companion
in-arms know thoroughly well, und 1 think it only
right the public should know, too, that, in our
oaxvrai ten ai.rt trouble, aad tc oar stcaUj suiting
for excellence—not in am UlUe gifts, misused by
fits and starts—lies our tdghesl duty, at once to
our calling, to one another, to ourselves and to
you. [Cheers.) Ladies and gentlemen, before
sitting down 1 Und that I have *.o clear myself of
two very unexpected accusations. [Laughter.)
The first Is a mast singular charge preferred
against me by my old friend. Lord Houghton, that
I have been somewhat unconscious of the merits
of the House of Lords. [Laughter.) Now, la
dies and gentlemen, seeing pint 1 have bad
eume few not altogether obscure or unknown
iiersonal friends In the assembly, seeing that
I b-d komu little association with, and knowl
edge 01, a certain obscure peer lately known m
England by tue name of Lorn Drcugam [laughter];
seeing that 1 regard with some admiration and
affection another obscure peer wholly unknown m
literary circles, called Lord Lytton ilaughter); see
ing ol»9 that 1 have hud for some years some
slight admiration of the exiraonhuary Judicial
tirtpcr-ej. und amazingly acute mind of a certain
Lord Chief Justice popularly known bv the name
olCt.ckl.um (laughter!: ami also seeing that there
is no man in England whom 1 respect more in Ids
public capacity, whom 1 love more In his private
capacity, or from « horn I have received more re.
markable proofs of honor and love of literature
than another obscure nobleman named Lord
Rnsscdtilaughtcr and applausej; taking these
circumstances into consideration, 1 was rather
amazed by ny noble friend's accusation.
When I asked him, on sitting down,
w hat amazing devil possessed him to moke this
charge, he ro plied that he had never forgotten the
days of Lord Vcrtsophb [Laughter.) Then, ladles
and gentlemen, 1 understand tt all; because It Is a
remarkable fact that In the days when that depre
clatlvc anil profoundly unnatural character was In
veuted there was no Lord Houghton In the House
of Lrnls. [Great laughter.; And there was in the
House of Commons a rather indifferent member,
colled Richard Monctton Mlines. [Laughter.]
Ladles and gentlemen, to conclude—Hoad cries
“No,no") for the present—[laughter]—to con
clude. I close with the other charge of my noble
friend, and here I am more serious, and I may
tic allowed perhaps to express tnv seriousness In
hall a dozen plain words. When I first toot liter
ature as my profession In England, i calmly re
solved within myself that, whetner I succeeded or
whether 1 foiled literature should be mv sole pro
fession. [" Hear, tear," and cheers.] it appeared
to me, at that time, that It was not so well under
stood in England as i: was In other countries that
literature was a dignified profession, by which any
man might stand or fall [Cheers]. I made acorn
pact with myself that in mv person literature
should stand, and by Itself, of itself, and for Itself;
and there is so consideration on earth which
would induce me to break the bargain. [Cheers'.
Ladies and gentlemen, finally allow me to thank
yon for your great kindness, and for the touching
earnestness tv Ith which yon have drunk my health.
I should have thanked yon with all my heart If U
had not so onloitunatcly happened that, for many
sufficient reasons, I lost bt heart at between 6 1 ;
and T>* o 'clock to-nlghh Mr. Dickens resumed his
seal amidst great cheering.
Witch Hunting in .tlcxlco.
The Brownsville lianehen says that one of
those bari«rocs acts, the execution of witches,
was recently consummated in the town of Ahual
tecco.
CD the 4th of January, iso, in the town of Ahual
tecco, Dlftncl of Mabunoras, State of Puebla, a
woman was bung and burned, said to be a witch;
another woman was also Hogged most cruelly for
the same offence; the son of the latter figured
among those who fiogged her. The mere annancl.
aUou of this deed needs no comments, filling with
shame and sorrow and covering with dread the
defenders and perpetrators of the crime.
The following ore tee versions of the affair: Re
garding the first, which was communicated to the
/Ytm. the missing of an ox vu the cause of the
tragedy. A woman, who professed to be a witch,
was asked to reveal the whereabout*, of the ani
mal, which she filled to do; she was taken and
hung to a tree, shot at, and then plunged into the
Carnes until she expired. The body was burled in
the cemetery, but on the following dav was ex
humed by order of the enrate of the town, who
pretested against having the remains of a witch
int rred In consecrated ground. The husband of
the unfortunate woman hid himself, fearing that
he mtght be made to share the same fate. The
Mayor of the city had not only authorized this
proceeding, but had also been one of the principal
perpetrators
Arcriding to the second narrative, which ema
nates irem the Governor ol Puebla, a »n«n by the
name cf Manuel Rojm, anxious to know if Marta
Clara Austusla was a witch, took her oat to the
outskirts of the town and commenced to beat her
•cverely. Here he was joined by four other IndU
viduals, and. to make the unfortunate woman
confers her supposed crime, they bung her
to a tree, at tr»: tv the arms and then
by the neck. Being thus tortured, Marta
Clara admitted that she was a witch,
ana denounced two other women as her accom
plices, after which she soon expired. The perpe
trators went In starch ol the other two women,
but one of them was bravelv defended bj the hus
band. (he other was taken out and dogged by the
party, and among the number was her own son.
Manuel llojan.
The Governor of Puebla has taken the neccs
*an measures to have the perpetrators of this
horrible crime punished.
Death ol Air. Lincoln's Step«3lotber*
On Mender. April IS, Mrs. balbe Elizabeth Lin
coln. wklow of the late Thomas Lincoln, and by
whom be was principally reared, (his own mother
died while he was very young;, died la
Coles County, at an advanced age. Mrs. Lincoln,
saystbe Drcatnr Jfocnrt "had for many years
resided wun ter grandson. John Hall. Esq.,
a well-to-do fanner, who Uvea about
nine mQes southeast of Charleston,
coles County, near the toe between that and
Cumberland, and also near the little counrv m
lape or Farmington, bhe led an humble. Chris
tian life, and was greatly esteemed br her friends
and neighbors, for her kindness of heart aid manv
Chnsnan vtrtnea She was much devoted to her
illustrious step-no. and took as deep a pnde and
interest tn her rise to fame and fortune as his own
mother could have done. It is sold that ahe never
spoke of him since his tragic death, without
tears, aid the canon or the world no more
sincere a mourner over his fall the."
Doll n. tlae Bllaaimlppi.
r-rni fht Krnitti (town) Gate Citv, April 2S.
About 6 o'clock Thursdav coming the rapid
rise tc the Mississippi threatened a break ta the
Inner embankment of the oppoelre the Big
Phanty nt Nashville. In a few more hours the
water started through, add for some time threat
ened very serious damages. The situation
Icoked squally enough. The Father cf Waters
was on the rampage, and threatened to wipe out
the labor of months in un hour. Fortunately,
Mr. Dull was right at that particular part of the
work at the time; like a good General whose
fortune, because wisdom, it is where need la
most. He summoned all his men and west to
work wUhawfiL Hit, stones, hales of hay, all
available material was buried into the breach.
The strife between work arid water was Urely for
some. Sometlmees Dull, sometimes the Missis
sippi was ahead. Toward mid-afternoon, howev
er, Dull waa clearly winner. The break was se
curely repaired and the continuing rise provided
against. Tetterday morning all was safe sad no
(uUr( naniß w lor un Kntu, m Un m 3.
THE JEWS IH EHQLAHH.
Persecution and TolenUion in Dif
ferent Ages*
From CJu London iltoutnn.
On a dark December cUr. three hundred and
four jean ago, a bod/ of men assembled in the
long gallery of Whitehall to disease the darkest
topic on which the wit of Roundhead trooper and
Puritan dlvlDchadeverbeeiuunplojed. Cromwell
sat In the chair of state. Below him were the Lord
Chief Caron, the Lord Chief Justice Glynn, Lord
Major Draper, Sherd Thompson and a host of
preachers. Dr. Owen, Dr. Goodwin, Mr. Cradoct
and others, then known to city madams and
Whitehall beauties as the most popular preacher,
of their time. Well-worn Llblea lay before
them on the board of green cloth; old monkish
chronicles, old acta of Parliament, old coart
records, were also heaped about. The tomes had
been searched for evidence; the best lawyers had
been employed to state the case, and the Talmud*
lats had been consulted as to facta Tho porpejo
of the meeting was to deduce from the prophetical
Scriptures, from the ancient Jewish writings, and |
from the actual statutes of this realm, the duty of |
English statesmen, living in a righteous common* ,
wealth, toward the People of God.
The subject had been brought before Cromwell
in a striking way* A learned Dutch Jew, called
Manasseb ben Israel, had come over from Atnster*
■lam to lay the cause of his people before the
Council; and the Lord Protector, even In the stress
of his great schemes, took up the tale, and sum
moned his big men of law and divinity to debate
toe matter In his own presence.
In those days no Jew could openly live and
trade in England. Now and then a Jew came over
into the land; came over as a courtly physician,
a princely traveller, or a wealthy goldsmith; but
in erder to evade the law, and decive the mob, he
to 4ut on a foreign air, and po» us either an
Arab, on Italian, or a Portuguese Spain herself
h-d net vhipped tho hcly race with sharper
tLcrgs than the Island which once bad been their
huppiLSt home.
No une knows when the Jews Grit came Into
England. They were hero before tho Norman
C*.:..,. u-a They were here when Qcngist Unded.
It is ptwbaMc that they were here before Cassar
came. Some writer.* derive the came of Britain
from a Hebrew word: from Earat-anach, tin
Island, which would be very lagcnLus if
either r.cn-.: meant tin, or ckcca Island. When
the Romans land, we get on safer ground.
One of the edicts of Augustus speaks
oi the Jews In Britain. One of the Homan bricks
dug up in Mark Lane, has the story of Samson and
the Foies stamped upon IL Bede mention the
Jews in connection with the great controversy on
the tonsure. Ecgbcrt forbade the Saxoa Chris
tians to attend Jewish feasts; a fact which Implies
Quietly tha t we had synagogues and ceremonials
in England, but a fncmlly intercourse then
existed bora ccn the native Christians and the na
tive Jews. In the Cropland AJ-bcy records there
U ante try which proves—if the record itself be
genuine—that Jews could hold hind, and that they
were in the habit of cndo'..iug monks and nuns
with seme part of thclrwc-lth.
The first storm of pcteccutioa struck them
when the Pagan Bm.es defioored the Island.
Canute was not Ihur friend- Some say be
drove them from the country: and this is a legend
which the Jews accept as true. It Is hardly likely
that all wvfe svut away; but those who stayed be
hind were treated to a new and cruel spirit. The
Jews were no lunger free. They could no longer
appeal to the courts of law. W c bear no more of
Christians colug Into the synagogues, and of He
brews leaving money to the convents. AH the
springs of charity were ecalid. Only under the
name el “King's men,” and very nearly - in the
position of slaves, were a few wealthy and useful
families permitted to hold their ground. “The
Jew, and all that he has, belong to the King,"
rues the law of Edward the Confessor,—a law
which was certainly not a dead letter In the suc
ceeding times.
The Jews made very slight progress In England
until the Vr.irr.an BaTOC, With hIS StTOUgOTtO SUd
greed' maw, invited the rich traders and tlremcn
of that race from France. Crowds of Jews now
settled In Stamford and In Tort; afterwards they
came to Oxford and London: and during the first
golden period ci their return they occupied and
enriched these cities by art and bode. In London
they dwelt la two several places; both of which
localities Were determined by lue fact of Jews
.mug considered a» “the lung's men”—not as
rd.nary cltiii ns—free of the ordinary law. One
of the.r quarters lay In the city proper, the
quarter cif Chc&paide, In which stood the an
cient Loudon Palace. This quarter was called
ironi thou tho Jewry. They clustered about
;Le old lalacc, because they were “the King's
men,” and found their only protection under the
palace walla. The second quarter, which lay be
yond the citv, towards the cast, was also a royal
-carter, being elese to the King’s Tower, a part of
London over which the Mayor aud Aldermen had
only u limited right of sway. When the Prince
was weak, the Jews fled into the Tower, which
nus sometimes crowded with Jews so closely that
pestilence broke out, and scattered both the fugi
tives and their protectors to the four winds. When
the Prince was strong, his “ men ” multiplied In
numter—swarming backward from the Tower
ditch into the district now known as the Minorles,
and the swamp called Hounds* Ditch. The great
merchants of the sacred race dwell m the city, the
teer hucksters and chapmen near the Tower,
hence the first quarter is called Old Jewry, the
second quarter Poor Jewry.
I'clicy kd the earlier No:man kings to befriend
;U? gifted tad useful race against the monks and
against the mob. Rufus, Indeed, was so far at
•achcd to then that come writers fancy he had
theupl.t of becoming a Jew himself. Bat this is
aid nft recce from facta which bear a totally dlffcr
ai coi-ctrnetjon. Rufus resisted any attempt to
convert the Jews; and on a notable occasion he
called Uforc him certain converts tn Rouen, and
bade them to return to the faith of their fathers;
whetic it has been Inferred that he was In favor
of tlmt faith. The truth wan, Rufus was In
favor of “King's men.” Jews were profitable
clients, and Rufus had no wish to see their num
ber reduced by conversion, In the reality of which
he was net likely to believe. The ston tol lof
him shows that the question was one of monev.
Stephen, a Norman Jew. came to Rufus complain
ing that hfs sra had quitted the synagogue, an t
cite ring the King a purse of sixty sliver marks to
1 c-rsuade him Lack. Rufus took the silver, and
*cnt fer the lad. “Sirrah." he cried, “the father
here cen.plaincth that without his license thou art
become a Christian; If thl? ’-e true I cnjv.mand
thee to return to tho religion of thv nation
without more ado." “Your Grace," said the
, vourg convert, “ doth but jest." On which Rufua
flushed up Into sudden wrath: “What*, thou
denghin knave, should I jest with thee? Oct thee
i ii'-nce cr.lchl', end fulfil my commandment, or by
st, Luke‘s face I shall cause thine eye to be
; plucked out.” The young man would not turn
• fr> m nis new ways, even alter such a threat: and
when Stephen raw that the King had failed in his
1 puTprsc, re asked for his money back. Botßnfr.a
’ rMI rlher mirks were not to be parted. “Why.
man," said the King, “Idld what I could ;** and
. on the old fellow saying that he must have cither
1 his pci. cr Ms silver at the King’s hands Rufus
’ gave back thlrtv marts to stop his mouth.
, Oxford was In that lime almost a Jewish cut.
, The best houses belonged to men of this race, who
. Ix-orded the English students, and established
f schools for the studv of Hebrew law. Lombard
I llsdl, Moses Hall, anil Jacob Hall were centres of
i learning. A great synagogue was built, and the
Jews v. ere popular with students and learned men.
j Great rabbis lectured on their faith, and two quar
ters of Oxford were known as the Old Jewry and
i the New Jewry.
i The Jews grew fat, and fat men arc incautious,
in the reign cf Henry the First the monks began
rothowtbclr teeth: and from this reign down
u nrd He Church ltd on the mob to attack the
Jews. In the reign of Stephen they were fined
and Imprisoned; m the reign of Richard the First
they acre massacred; in ibc reign cf John they
were cheated and roU>ed; and po far forward un
til the reign of Edward the First, when they were
really expelled the kingdom under pain of death.
Then feme a time of silence and exclusion. For
three hundred years the law of England had no
mercy on the Jew. He was an Infidel, a cagot, a
u thing that could not live upon the Engikh
The offences charged upon the Jews, and held
to justify their expulsion from a country in which
they had dwelt before the Norman tiaroa and the
box on yeeman came Into the load, were such as
to raise a smile la more considerate and more exit
.cul t;n.v?. TUt-v debased the coin, thev fore
stalled the markets, they gibed at images, they
pclsored the wells, they strove to convert the
Christians, they kidnapped young children, whom
they sacrificed os burnt offerings.
one accusation roused the anger of the Com
mons, a second instilled suspicion In the nobles.
Hut our sires were far more ignorant and super
stitious than unjust. Nine out of every ten men
in this kingdom believed that Robert of St. Ed
mund's bury, was killed by the Jews, and that hla
blood was sprinkled on their altar bv the high
priest. Our fathers were not singular in these
beliefs. No page In the long story of popular (le
sions is more striking than that which tells of
the widely-spread conviction that Jews pot
men—especially boys and voting men—to
death to get their blood, this belief was
found in Paris ana in Seville. In Alexandria and
In Damascus, Just as It was fonud in oxford and tn
London. Nay. It Is still to be found In the South
and in the East. Many persona In Rome, and yet
more In Jerusalem, assure you that the Passsover
rennet be properly kept unless the cakes are mixed
wtth Christian Mood. No Easter ever passed by
without quarrels In Zion provoked by this roper
ftltlcn. The Greek and the Armenian cling to
their old traditions, and every little fray in the
Holy City between Jew and Christian leads to
charge and counter-charge which the
grave and Impartial Turks have to
decide according to their written
law. A few years ago, these accusations were
raised so often In Palestine, that the Saltan issued
a cotnml*fi!ou of Inquiry into the facts alleged and
denied, when both slues were heard, the Jewish
bocks were overhauled bv muf d, and an Imperial
decree was issued, of which all pashas and kadis
most take note, declaring that the Greek and Ar
menian allegations were untrue.
The higher knights and nobles had
other reasons for their hatred of the Jewa Some
of these nobles may have .really feared—as they
certainly said they feared—that the richer Jews
would bribe the courtiers over to their faith.
Such things were freely said tn Italy
and Spam. Still more, the Jews were much
more •• liberal/’ as It is called, than their
sturdy neighbors. Many of the Jews were learned
men, and learned men are apt to laugh at things
w hich vulgar folk hold sacred. An Oxford Hebrew
mocked Su Frldcswlde, saying he could core as
mauv &kk persons as the saint herself. The legend
runs that the mocking Jew went mid tmng
himself In bis own kitchen, which is perhaps a pol
itic way of telling the tumuhnous story of popular
Ire and priestly vengeance. Some of these teamed
men were learned in the way to excite suspicion;
thev were aicnermsta, sorcerers and astrologer*,
prortesorv of maglan art, dealers in charms and
amulets, agents of the seraglio and the court. But
their offence was—they were rich.
They were neb, and the world could not forgive
them. The fact is the Jew, who Is by nature a
shcrherd and a wine-grower—a who delights
m the pasture and the garden, and whose national
icttry breathes of the tent, the Cock and the wa
tercourse—had been driven by abominable laws
from the courses which he loved into the practice
cf cds which were originally foreign tools race.
Ween a Hebrew could hold tod of his own, he was
neither a noddlcr nor a money-lender. He sheared
his own sheep, planted his own dives, he pressed
his r.wn grapes, he threshed his own com. Fader
that Reman law, which the Charch sent into West
ern Europe, a Jew was forbidden to own tod;
hence he was driven Into trade, which his genius
converted Into a profitable calling. Most of all
he took to buying ond sclhng money; to lending
on interest and Ecccritv—a vocation for which few
men are naturally fit. The Jews were dealers In
money, and nearly every rn«>w of Influence In the
PUn'asoct Ccutt was la their debt.
That w#soffixcc enough. and for that offence
they were driven into foreign They were
amen away from this Island within moch cruel
ty as their brethren afterwards underwent in
-pair. The Church put them to the baa—coned
them, plundered them, and drove then forth. For
f nr hundred years the stern decree was bekL
lut a change was coming for the holy race. The
lion age vnstlmcst past; and though the golden
prime was yet lar off, the wiser spirits were look
ing for a brighter day. Luther, Cranmer, Calvin—
a-i the great spirits of the Reformation bad been
the unconscious friends of Israel; and when the
secument of respect for private Judgment in af
fairs of faith had entered deeply into men's minds.
?w“*^ U w° r ‘oknuton followed In its wake, of which
the Hebrew found his -hare,
warm admirers of the Jews.
They talked old Testament. They called their
sons David and Abner daughters MlrtamMad
iiephretah. They regarded the Commonwealth
as a new IsraeLtod Cromwell as a modem Joshua.
of the foreign Jews partook of these
fandes. They thought the Lord Protector
might prove to te their Mcastas, and thev
sent a deputation to England to make strict
inquiry into Cromwell's pedigree, expecting to
And in his ancestry some trace of Hebrew blood.
Under tus Protectorate they hoped to come tack
to their ancient Fr>gi*«h homes.
D £[t' E 3w eJ! »t tn his chair of stale, with the open
Bible before him. and with a petition from a
learned Jew in ms hand. It was a very adroit re-
CUon » 55? the writer ol it was a very Ingenious
mam TTie petition began, tans qurer English,
referring to the words of Daniel— *Th o n Ssr£
icovest Kings and rettest up Kings,"— •*.*, which
he hinted were allowed—** to the end that *t T
l=g might know that the Highest hath dominion **■
man's kingdom and gtveth the same to whom he
pleases." It went on to say no tn«n
becomes a governor of men unless he be
first called to that office by God. It then
proceeded to show that no ruler of men had
ever been stable in hla seat of power who was in
imical to the holy race: and cited In proof of this
strong assertion the cases of Pharaoh, Nebuchad
nezzar. Antlochus, Epiphantna, and Pompey. The
paper went on to say that no country which fa
vored that race had ever failed to nourish, though
It refrained from citing the examples of his second
proposition. Lastly, it preyed the Lord Protector
to repeal the lavs, passed under the Kings, against
the Jews, and to permit a aynagugoetone bom In
London.
The author of this petition was ben
Unci ttor ol ftcftgosn dwww, utcamtuf
la Amsterdam—a of floe culture sad un
questionable piety, English ambassadors bod
been received la the Dutch, capital. not only
by the government, bat by the churches, hot
the ** ,,at sager to haQ the new Commonwealth
were the Hebrew merchant*, and a grand recep
tion was accorded to her ministers m the syna
gogue. Manassch toot advantage of this visit to
urge upon Cromwell the recall ox his people from
their long exile.
Cromwell favored the petition. The Lord Chief
Justice and the Lord Chief Baron reported against
maintaining the old exclusion. The Lord Mayor
and Sheriff declared that the city was willing to re
ceive the Jcwsaa brethren. Bat the old enemies
of the Jews were still strong. The clergy, even
the Pnrttan clergy, conld not see their wav to such
liberal concessions as the lawyers and citizens
were prepared to make. To the divines, a Jew
was a man of a stiff-necked race, who had
rejected the tree Messiah and pat the Son of
Gcd to a shameful death. Owen. Cradock and
ttelr brethren turned over the leaves of pro
phecy. Manassch had very skilfully fallen in with
Puritan ways cl thought; hinting that the Judg
ment was at hand, and the day of anal reconcilia
tion nigh. Cromwell struck by this suggestion,
urged the divines to adopt a healing policy: bat
the preachers held to the doctrine that the Jews
were a God-abandoned people, unfit for assorts
titnwiih Christian men. Cromwell* eloquence
was highly praised; and the subject being one
which ne knew, he probably spoke beyond his
cscal style ; hat neither Glynn’s law nor
Cromwell’s eloquence availed in presence of
these hot divines. The clergy stood
oct; and even affer Hugh Peters and to other ad
vocates of Hanaaieh’a scheme were added to the
conference, the clergy were obstinate and power
ful enough to deft at Cromwell's plan.
But the Lon! Pn lector was a law onto himself.
If a regular act cculd be obtained, empowering
the Jews to settle in England once again, not as
“ Bing’s men." but as citizens equals, men
with legal lights, he could and would penal: them
to ccmcm as “Protector's men.’’ In that quality
a few of them came back from Amsterdam and
Leyden. ruder Cromwell they had no
persecution to fear and no exactions
to re.-Un They came back on suffer
ance only; hut thev soon established a character
In London which made them many friends. In a
few veers opinion underwent a change; the clergy
lost their i-owef; the old abominable laws were
all repealed; and the Jew, who bad ventured
hemcasa “Protector’s mac.” oceanic a peace
able and prosperous citizen of the realm.
Among the Jews themselves Cromwell is re
garded os the man to whom, under God, they are
chiefly indebted for their happy return to a conn
try which had cast them out for iw years. But
Cromwell might never have called that confer
ence In the Long Gallery °f Whitehall had he not
been urged by Manasseh ben Israel the pious and
able Portuguese Jew: a copy of who?e rather
scarce Petition to Ills Highness the Lord Pro
tector has been reprinted at Melbourne la Austra
lia; acitv which Is more populous than Jerusa
lem, and'whlch is built on a continent of which
Manasseh never beard the name.
THE TWO FEENCH QUEENS OF
FASHION.
BT JAMBS PABTON.
Eighteen years ago the President of the llepub
lie of Trance hetraved the country which had
trusted him, stole its liberties In the night, laid
robber hands upon ua treasury, dishonored its
m blcst citizens by caning them to Jail In prison
vans, murdered la cold blood several hundreds of
Innocent men and women In the streets of Paris,
and transported hundreds more to a hot,
unhealthy region of the tropics. This was the
AndersoavlUo of usurpation. It transcended
ell that had ever been done In that kind—joining
to the extreme cf das’arrtlvmcanncai the extreme
of andaefocs cruelty, and being totally devoid of
elation or excuse, except that Invented by the
d bar of the gang who perpetrated It. The
man tn whose name the deed was done appears to
have furnished nothing bnt the lies: the audacity,
and what little courage was shown, being supplied
bv otters. Mr. Kingtake's chapter upon this
usurpation (Invasion of the Crimea, Vck
L, Ch. 14, strikingly confirmed by some
American narrative?, to which the act lor
had not access, exhausts the subject and avenges
the human race, which la deeply injured whenever
man’s faith in man is lessened by the deliberate
bvtrava’ cf a solcmalv accepted trust. Mr. King
lake,'l fa., I ii? avenged our outraged race; tor
which, I Ire-', we are all dulv grateful to him.
Nothing remains but for France to i ring the per
fidious wretch to trial for the ppeclal wrong done
to her, and execute upon him the penalty to which
be may be condemned.
As usual in such cases, a woman was found
willing to share tee bed and booty nr the success
ful robber. She was young, beautiful, well
formed, and of Just such a mind as to submit joy
fully to sp<nd half the day In trjlng articles of
wearing apparel, and the other half In displaying
them to a concourse of people. It Witsc. too,
end remains an important part of her dntv to
amuse, dazzle, and debase the women of France,
by wearing a rapid succession of the most gorge
cus,novel,bewildering costumes,the mere descrip
tion of which has developed a branch of litera
ture, cmplov? rnnnv able writers, and mainly sup
ports Cftv periodicals. Here I* a vain, beautiful
woman, living tn the gaze of nations, who has the
plunder of a rich kingdom, with which to buy her I
clothes, and the taste of a continent to devise I
them for her; for to Part* the elite of all tailors, ]
dressmakers, milliners, and hairdressers go from j
every capital in Europe. Whatever there U in
Trance of truly noble and patriotic—and there are ]
as manv noble and patriotic persons in Prance as |
tn anr other country—avoids the vicinity of this 1
wcrr.an: while around her naturaliv gather the 1
thoughtless and tbe tntcrcstcL The women In
this circle Imitate her as closely as women can :
whose husbands have not stolen the treasures of a '
cation; an except one, It is said, and she is the j
real queen of fashion. j
Both these hading women have certain phvsical i
defects which they wish to conceal, as well as cer- ]
tain unusual charms, of which thev intend the 1
tcfft shall be made. One Is beautiful and tall.
The other Is nglv and short, but graceful, viva
cious and Interesting. The hair of one of them
growing scant? behind, all women felt the neecs
t-ltycf carrying a round of horsehair under their
own, and swelled out In the region of the back
hair to an extent that now seems incredible. If
the parting of the hair widen*, and begin* to re
hcmbie baldness, then frizzing comes in, which
covers up the deficiency, a few gray hairs
tringjowder into fashion. Other insufficiencies
?cnd pannier® on their wav round the world. For
those women, and cspeclallv the one who figures
in the centre of the group, occupy that conspicu
ous place to which for two centuries past more
female eves have been admiringly directed than
to any other; and there resides near them a
hand cf writers who live bv chronicling every
new device of decoration that 'appears npon their
person?. Po able, llt-cral and sensible a Journal
as the /VIfJf«P Crjfffc finds 11 necp'sarv to sta
t on an Industrious member of it® staff within
right of these
of telling the be«t women In England what clothe*
the worst women in France wear. 1 should sup
po:o, from locking over the periodicals which
publish fashion news, that there must be la Tarts
as manv as a hundred writers who - derive the
whole or part of their Income from describing the
drespes worn in the ancient palaces temporarily
occupied fcy the usurper and his dependants; and
many cf these writers do their work so well, that
their letters arc a most potent stimulator of the
passion for dress which Is ?o easily kindled la
:hc minds of the ignorant and immature.
This poor woman, who is the immediate canM
cf the mischief, Is, wo arc told, an anxious and
unhappy being, as well she mav t-c. She ?truggica
to conciliate. A forced, fixed 'smile is ever upon
her face, when that face is seen by others. In her
growing anxiety, she naturally redoubles her
efforts to dazzle and beguile the people In whoso
• ight she dwells, and on whose money she dresses.
When the hour comes, I hope sne will be merd-
FlI t judged, for she has already expiated the
v crual sin of yielding to a temptation which
only a very superior woman—one really
honest and thorough-bred—could have resisted.
It I* probable that she cow regards the wearing of
;hc>t tremendous costumes mcrclv as her contri
bution towards housekeeping; as though she said
to her husband, u You keep down ine men by
muzzling the press and flattering the army, and
111 foci the women by wearing the most “tunning
costumes that ever struck envy to the female
heart."—From (he AtLmtie H>mthh/cr if ay.
THE “BIQ MOUND" AT ST. TOTHS.
Its Demolition'
From the SL Lcuu Republican, April
Yesterday morning the last shovelful of earth
which composed the lug Mound was taken away,
and the place where the huge Indian sepulchral
hill stood Is now on a level with Broadway and Uio
adjacent streets. In the erection of the mound,
artistic skill had much less to do than In the build
mg of the Pyramids. The elevation of a new grave
In which a single body had been burled may have
originated the thought of increasing It to
make it last longer; and when such an artificial
hill had reached a certain elevation, the
emulation of the various Indian tribes
may have driven the most powerful to
erect still higher tombs than others had built, over
the dead|that fell In their Internecine wan. These
mounds, at best, wen only an imitation of nature,
and this alcnc does not constitute art. The mate
rial of which they were built, moreover, was such
as nature afforded in greatest abundance. Neither
skill nor Industry changed It In the least; and
while averv advanced state of mechanical per
fection must be presumed to have existed In the
Valley of the Nile, to heap immense blocks of cut
stone upon each other, these eortb-pynuulda in the
Valley of the Mississippi seem to present only a
certain vague idea that balk might, perhaps, ex
emplify grandeur of sentiment.
Ite Insignificance of the artistic thought, if
there is any at all connected with the mound, evi
dently is the cause ofjthe indifference of our scien
tific tnstltiUons during the removal of this im
mense monument of American antiquity. The
spade and the shovel of the diggers were neither
guided nor controlled by any scientific hand, and
a few private individuals alone showed an Interest
in collecting a few human bones and the innumer
able shell beads dug out of the
um, while the general superintendence of the
whole antiquarian interest was left entirely to
schoolboys. Mere childish curiosity, partly, and
portly the innate sense of American boys for busi
ness and speculation, interested the Juvenile pop
ulation of the neighborhood In which the mound
was situated, so that the diggers were constantly
surrounded and often hindered tn their labor by
hundreds of urchins, who collected beads and
bones, to either keep them or sold them
as curiosities. They stood along Broadway
with long strings of beads and baskets
full of Indian shinbones and broken
skulls, offering them, according to,the quantity
they bad collected, at from ten to twenty wmi a
lot. Parts of Indian skeletons arc now scattered
over the whole city, and while, with some care, U
might, perhaps, have been easy to procure a whole
frame, or a large portion of one. by a few hours
of rational superintendence of toe nigging, u «rtll
now be found nearly impossible to nut one togeth
er. Aside from what a scientific otrccuou might
have dene to establish the character and the
age of the various relics discovered in the mound,
wc certainly do not jo reflect on anybody
whose duty It may barefbeen to look into the mat
ter. We only record the sßanishing antiquarian
interest shown by the school children of this city
during the removal of the mound, in comparison
to which the activity of our scientific men
wss less than insignificant. When in any
part of Europe a deep cut is made
through a mountain-chain by a railroad
company, a legion of geologists are alwava on
Land, using the gratuitous opportunity to enlarge
their knowledge. If. without a similar actmtr, all
the results which American archeology had cause
to expect from the digging down of snch an an
cient monument as the mound, have been attained,
we shall be glad to hear of if. and shall wllhoglv
retract whatever, ra this obituary of the “ Big
Mound," may be construed into reproach of our
savants.
A Freedman* HyniDi
A Southern friend, who Is cartons In his Obser
vations as to the efiect of freedom on the ordinary
field hand freedman. says that in no war does
Sambo “ feci the cats ’’ or liberty more than In his
devotions; and in support of bts assertion sends
the following, which ns says ts In many quarters a
favorite hymn In public religious services;
We s nearer to de lord
Tan rie white folks, and dev knows It •
Foe de glory gate nnbarred; *
Wulknp. darters past do guard;
Bet a dollar he don't dose ts.
Walk np, darkeys, froo de gate;
nark: dc colored angelshoQer,
Co away, white folks! yon’s too late •
We*s de wlnntn’ color; wait
Till the trumpet sounds to toiler.
EaQetn'&h! ranks an’praise;
Long enuff we're borne our crosses:
gpw we'sde superior race;
We’s gwtnc to hebben afore the bosses!
•Iffirwer, Harper'l Magazine,
In a Whirlwind,
„ / 08-a City RipuUiaiii, A LrU «
Ell Strahi was ont in (he edge of Cedar
Sunday week, at the time of the hall
mceremonloasly. He was on hors*,
back. The whirlwind seemed to drop down from
in? mffiS?** w e ««?««* «the point wherehj
t mnSfUP* himself and horse clear off the ground
that his fe?£ dropping them again so
ws hSi^fllSj^
down bv the sIS? f°i\, foot driven
leaned to one side, aofitKffHJLPSj l been
move, and some thirty feetftom w«t2 ,ald not
first struck him. Meantime dost, nibhut
BSK s S =fwa Sfr*»3issß
?*••• veto torn down some
bandied rods from where be was atrorw
w»e u» ojuj further daaagu he heard of §poi it.
THE PROBLEM.
Her Bfeis til one neutral tint;
A cold and quiet gray:
No thunder-cloud nor sunbeam glint
Darkens or cheer* her way;
No great events their shadows cast
Acroea her present rr her past.
From year to year ahe patient sips
The tasteless cup of-life;
No «nn»»a o ’en escape her Ups
Of bUghtingcareorstrife;
And rarely from them falls one word
That would be worthy to record.
She Is not old—she is not young—
She works from dav to day.
Nor cares for those she dwells among;
And here—the neighbors gay—
A nature neither warm nor cold.
Too soft to carve—too hard to mould.
And yet her face ha* saddening power,
I seek the cause in vain—
As sometimes, tn the twilight boor.
A mistv, treeless plain
With drearier feelings fill the heart
Than scenes of strife or storm impart.
Kingdoms might fall, and empires quake,
Nations rejoice and groin.
And m her breast no interest wake;
Yet surely I have known
A sound, a scent, a trifling thing.
Search out some memory 's bidden spring
When, slowly rising to he: eye,
” I see a faint, light glow.
And then—l know not how orwhr—'
It must be long
Bv that pale gleam I read the cott
Of a life's welfare staked and lost!
—Oionfcer*' Jatfrnch
A DECEMBER SIGHT.
A Secret Page Iron the History ol the
Conpd’Etnt,
Trcmlitrd f r tile CVn.-jnnaf: Com :rcrrial/.-orr. £«.
rent t'rict'i “ i'aria in LXennt-cr, 1S0L"
The* coraqjlritcra had resolved to commit the
nrtiL d'tiit on the 2d of December, the anniversary
cf the battle of Anstcriuz. On the evening be
fore, there had been the usual reception at the
Elvscc, Louis Napoleon's residence; but
when the guests took their leave at 11 o’clock,
four of them, Morny, St. Araaud, Maupas and
Mocquart, Napoleon’s confidants, remained with
tin. The whole plot was once more discussed,
and all necessary arrangements were completed.
The Generals of the army of Paris had alt been
bribed and won; the commander of the National
Guard of Parts, another member of the coasplr
tcv, had pledrc«i himself to ace to it that the long
roilshonid not be beaten, and that no National
Guardsmen should appear ta their uniforms In
the Rtreets. lint In order that the plot might be
come successful, three steps had to
to carried Into execution without their
being discovered by the people of the capital. To
cccupy the palace of the National Assembly, to
arrest the most influential Generals and represen
tatives of the hostile parlies, and get printed at
U.c National Printing Office the decrees and pro
i lamatlons, by which Paris wav to bo surprised at
the break cf day on the following morning—such
were the three tasks of this momentous night of
the in to the sd of December, ISSI, in which Louis
Ncpcicon made ha first steps toward the Imperial
throne.
It was a whole bundle of papers that was sent
to the National Printing Office. The compositors
had already been informed, on the preceding day,
that some pressing night work awaited them. The
“copy” was cut so ns to prevent the
from ascertaining the meaning of their pieces. It
is said, however, that, in spite of this precau
tion, they manifested a certain distrust, and
that some cf them even refused to perform the
task imposed upon them, hut finally they
obeyed, and remained, each of them, closely
watched by two policemen, until everything
was in readiness. The company of gen iarmes,
which was stationed at the National Printing
Office, was commanded by Captain Dclarouche
d’Olsy. Ills Instruction* were simply os rollons:
“Shoot down all who attempt to leave the build
ing, or even to approach the windows." That
wasvery plain, but withal very .necessary. The
printed copies, of which a great manylmd been
struck off, were carried to the Police Prefecture
toward 4or 5 o’clock fn the morning. The eight
hundred policemen and all public detectives had
been ordered to assemble at the Police Prefecture
at 11 o’clock p. m. on the Ist of December, under
tbe pretext that j o’dtlcal refugee-, had coxc from
London to Purls. At half-past 2 on the
morning of December 2. the other police
officers and the forty Police Commissioners
tad teen summoned from their houses to the
Prefecture. At half-past 4 all had arrived, andha l
been scattered in small groups in various room-.
ro as to avoid unpleasant questioning on their
part. At a o'clock all the Commit It oners de
scended, one by one, to the room of the Prefect,
who told then the whole truth, and gave them all
necessary hints, orders and instruction*. The men
who were to perform this peculiar task were
picked out w ith the almost care, and all left the
Prefecture nui of ardor and zeal, and with the de
tcrmlnallcn to do their duty at any cost. Not
a single one of them left his promise unre
deemed.
One of the most difficult measures was the occu
pation of tbe palace of the National Assembly.
Colonel E«plaasso, who commanded the Forty
second Beglment of the line, took tbe task npon
himself. A battalion of his regiment had been
ordered to mount guard at the building of the
National Assembly on the Ist of December. The
commander cf the battalion was not Initiated Into
the plot; be received bis instructions, as usual,
from Lieutenant Colonel NloL Toward midnight
General Lctio, who guarded the palace together
with Lieutenant Colonel Nloi, withdrew to his
rooms, not, however, without having previously
satisfied himself, a« he had been in the habit of do
leg for a -mo time past, that the posts and senti
nels bad been placed at the points designated in
his former orders. At 2 o’clock a. m., the com
mander of the battalion on guard, on making his
rounds, noticed that a certain walking to and
fro was going on. Tbe Captain who was acting os
First Adjutant, had been called out of the palace
by Colonel Esplnasßc set mlngly without a plausi
ble reason. The commander of the battalion i-o
--camc uneasy and tried to reach the Coratcan lcr-
In-Chlef, but he was unable to find hi* rooms.
When additional snuptoms had alarmed him
again towards o'clock in the morning, he under
took again to find Lieutenant Colonel Niol; he
succeeded la reaching him and infc.rui-.-d him of
ihi facta which had Oiled him with apprehensions.
The Licctcnlant Colonel rose In the utmost hurry-
Bo; it was 100 late. The Captain, who was acting
as First Adjutant, had opened to Colonel
the doer loading to the Rue dc
IT uiverrite, and Esplnasse had already penetrated
into ihc palace with the two remaining battalions
cfhls regiment.
The commander of the battalion oo guard per
ceived, cu leaving Lieutenant Colonel Nicl’g
reem, his Cch>nel at the heart of the s< Idlers tn
the corrirtcr Karting to the official apartment* cf
the President of tbe Assembly, lie hastened to
meet him and exclaimed, “Colonel, what do you
intend to do here?”
“Take command and carry cat the orders of the
Prince I”
“Oh, Colonel, yon dishonor me!“ So saying,
the noble officer tore on his epaulettes, broke his
sword, and flung.all at ERpiuosee's feet.
Colonel Esplnsase bad him removed by his gren
adiers caused apcllceman tn the service of the
Assembly to show him the way, and quickly re
paired to the room of the military commander of
tbe palace. Lieutenant Colonel Niol had not yet
entirely dressed; they rushed at his sword and
Seized tc.
“It was good foryouto scizoit,” he said to
Colonel Esptmn-se, “f*r I should have run It
through your body.”
He was arrested.
While* this attack upon the Palace of the Na
tional Assembly was being mado, the other arrests,
which hart been contemplated, were effected w ith
the same success. We shall not describe the de
tails of all of them; such econo* bear all a strong
re*emblanco to one another.
The arrest of General Changarnler, who was
feared m*re than any other General, on account
rf the attachment of the army to him, and also,
owing to his well-known Intreplditv, was consl b
ered tbo most lroi*ortant of alt Police Comnis
tJlMloncr Lent, and Bandinet, Captain of the Re
fnWican Guard, were ordered tocflect bis appro
enslcn. Both of them were audacious, recuesa
fellows—the very men capable of carrying such an
undertaking into effect. Thev had taken with them
fifteen picked policemen and forty soldiers of the
republican Guard. General Changarnler had
beta on hts guard for a lung time, but he now no
longer entertained any euontclon. The con-
Cdcntlal Vommnnlcatlons of earlier, the ex-Pro
fret of Police, it Is said, had convinced him
mat the d'etat hod been tadeflnltely post
joned.
Commissioner Lerat appeared a few minutes
after c o'clock at the door of the General's resi
dence. The porter refused to open it. While one
cf the policemen was parleying with him, the
Commissioner and his men forced their way Into
the house by way of a grocery store occupying
part of the ground Coor. The porter bad alarmed
the house, but the policemen were already on the
stairway. At the landing on the first floor thev
fell tn with the General's servant, who held a key
In his hand. They snatched the key from him; it
was the key to Chaogaroler's apartments. The
Commissioner opens the door; the General ap
pears barefoot and m hts shirt, with a pistol in hla
band; they pounce upon him and disarm turn. A
few momenta afterward he had been dragged Into
a carnage, and was taken to with an es
cort of mounted Republican Guards.
The task to arrest the Illustrious General Be
dean, one of the most generous and honest men.
and one of the most talented officers that ever
graced the French army—this odious task hxl
been Intrusted to Police Commissioner Hnbac.t,
Jr. He rang the belL The General's footman,
who opened the door, believed to recognize ll
Valette, the Secretary of the President of the Na
tional Assembly, and went toward Bedean's bed
room, tn order to announce M. Valette. The
Commissioner followed tn hot haste on his
heels, with five or six policemen, penetrated
up to the bedside of the General, who hod
hardly been aroused from bis sleep, and. shouted
to him:
“I am a Police Commissioner, and come to ar
rest you,"
•• 1 doubt that; von are probably not aware that
lam a representative of the people; the constitu
tion protects me: you cannot arrest me; by so do
ing vou would commit a crime."
“1 know whoyouare: but I have an order to
arrest von, and I do not Know but you may have
been caught tn the act of committing some
crime."
“les. tn tbecnmsof sleeping; bat pray give
me your same."
“1 am Police commissioner Hubaolt, Jr."
" Your name is not unknown tome; It has re
featedlv been honorably mentioned; but inasmuch
as you are an officer, it la jour dnty to enforce tuC
iexpect cf thelaw, and astro ioarrer
me would be a dime."
Ilcheuit then read the drier to arrest the Gen
eral; It was feigned byM.de Maupas. tVheu Gen
eral Bedean heard what u sated about a con
spiracr, about concealed arms. Ac., he invited
IluLaultto seal his papers. The Commissioner
refused to do so, and called upon the General to
rise, and sot to offer any resistance, adding the
words, “ I have a sufficient force with me."
‘‘Had I Intended to offerjany resistance," replied
General Bedean, ‘T know how to risk my life, and
»oa would have long since lost voarv. TcUthls
man to withdraw, and I will dress myself."
The General dressed himself with as!own-'«3
which, to use the words cf the nctoriou* Graaler
de "almost drove the policeman to
despair." He wanted to gain time; he wanted to
let the daylight overtake them. The rumor of his
arrest was to spread in his quarter; he then hoped
to be rescued t»v the pconie.
When he was"dressed ‘at last, he leaned against
the mantelpiece, and said to the Commissioner,
with respect, tranquilly:
“ I informed yon of my character of representa
tive of the people, which protects me from being
arrested; I have tried to explain to von the na
ture of the crime which yon are committing- Ton
may cow consummate it; call In roar men: 1 'ball
cot » tlr nntll lam dragged awav by w.in force ’ "
Hnbaclt. Jr, called in his men, and ordered
them to seize tne General.
“Now, I want to see,” said General Bedean to
them, “tf you will dare to drag General Bedean.
the vice President of the National Assembly lit?
a criminal away from here."
The policemen hesitated a moment. Hubanlt.
Jr., however, set the example to them: he seized
the General bv the coUar. The poUreSfiSl
rußhed upon the Vice president of the National
Assembly and dragged him. despite his reSsr
ance, to the carriage which was waiting at the
voice* Gtneral Brtaa shouted at the top of his
“* Tk * 0.
lbe had formed ta room*
clUwns came niahiny up to render assistance to
the General, when aaddenly a cloud of ooUcSL-n
sword in hand, urst from the Bnede Bacfimrl
dispersed thejronp* The carriage mtowWch
the General hsd been hustled drove off at thefnu
g aStJ\ y mounted poUceSL
General Laconclere was surprised in almost the
same manner as General Bedean, by Police Com
mlsacncr bunchet. The policemen were in S
bedrorm even before he S “m
Grader de Cassagnac relates that the General cast
a glance at the mantelpiece, and asked what
cad become of the money which he
had laid cn it Eli footman replied that he had
taken it to a place of safety. Commissioner
Blanctct took ofence at the General's remark.
“Who tells me/’ replied General Lamortclere,
“thatyon are cat a felon?” The General was
taken away in a hack, between two policemen,
and passed br the post 01 the Legion of Honor.
not his head oat of the WMof and attempted
to aoiiiiaa tie soldiers, poim* commissioner
Blanches toskagagfromhla pocket, and threat
ened to shut the General’s moot, wtth It if he
should speak mother word.
Granlerde Caasagaae, wtorelstes this ocean.
feme,»»»
to the gar. for be «y> only: »*a-a«tg»g regard 1
cidcot tire nim irate to etter a word, arJPfP I
jotmtd turn that he wynid pewapcOed to treat *
h‘m rigorously if he should make aaclhe- attemut
to speak.” The account we have pven of the
occurrence has very frequently been confirmed by
Gviietalhlmsfed; hlafriends rjj bear wwacas
Police Commissioner CcurtciUe had he« <n
structed to arrest Colonel Chanas. The door of
the Colonel's apartments was forced open. s»
sooner had Commissioner Courtcffie entered tha
bedroom than he rushed toward a doubie!
i-arreltN* pbtu* lying on a alga: table. Coloae*
iharras reassured him by sating, “it ■* nai
loaded; 1 no longer believe In the <ov-5 • u
Is fortunate for yoa that you did act corns a*few
days earlier; 1 Roould have shot you through the
head.”
AU these prisoners were convered to Vw.
A superior officer, Colonel Thleriom be a decrees
the President, dated December a, had beca in
trusted with the command of the prison. At a
o’clock in the morning he was there prepared for
any emergency. Bodies of Infantry, and
artillery guarded the approaches to the bn-.i-imr
M. Thletion had to suffer on this morning mure
n»?>n one moral attack. The rcprcsunutivcj pro
tested most vehemently against their arrest.
Colonel Charms addressed, in an c.vmcj tone
Colonel Thlerton. whom be saw at the Mde of the
prison-warden of Mazaa, and said to him, “ Here
1 find an army officer, a commander of the
Legion of Honor: he must certainly be
an honest man: I call open him to hear witness to
the violence with which an inviolable member of
the National Assembly is being treated." colonel
Thlerton averted bis face. Colonel Chamj coaid
not distinctly recognize his face, and for a long
time he was unable to ascertain his name and
rank. Together with the sixteen representatives
whose arjest we have relatetl, the policemen took
to from sixty to seventy private citizen*,
who, owing to their wen known Republican prin
ciples and their Intrepidity, it was feared, would
have headed the people at the barricades.
All these measures had been quietly executed
when Paris awoke on the 3d of December.
the proclamations on the walls was one which
greatly lessoned the indignation of the people at
the fou/i u'VfJl It announced the restoration of
universal suffrage. When the news of the arrests
that had been effected spread, only the names of
Thiers, Chongarnier, Laiuoricitre and Cavolgnac,
all of them men whom the people regarded as
their enemies, were mentioned among those who
bad been conveyed to Manas. It was cot »ntn &
much later hour that the people of the
suburbs learned that the devoted Republicans,
•00, were la prison. The resistance, which
the n was offered, lacked a head sad even a little
clan. The caup J’etot had taken everybody by sur
prise ; that accounts for Us success. It was a con
spiracy which was known to exist, be; which
everybody supposed bad postponed action fora
distant day. Any betrayal of the purposes of the
conspirators would have been sufficient to thwart
them and subject them to the most Ignominious
punishment. They knew it, too; for nearly ail of
them trembled as the assassination of Iti-eny was
taking place. Morny alone, the braves: of them
ar, preserved a certain degree of composure.
Napclcon, Macros, Mocquart, and I’craigny
awaited with pale cheeks and trembling
the developments of the coup dutat. With the
scaffold staring them In the face in ca-«»
the plot should have miscarried, cverv obsu
clc that arose in the path of their
schemes struck terror into their souls. Dr. Ver
non has left In his Atemoire* a’an BouryoiCt de
I\iria a priceless record of the singular frame of
mind In which M. <le Macpas found himself dsr
tn the Cd and tth of December. By and bv wo
will get reliable accounts of the bearing of the
other conspirators, and. we trust, of the very
words wLlch they uttered uadcr those critical cir
cumstances. Those accounts should detail what
occurred at the EJysce, hour bv hour, in those
momentous day?. History knows that the acton
of the great tragedy were frightened; but it win in
due season portray all they did and said on **«»-
occasion. Ihe truth can be co.cooled for a time
tobcturcfbui it is certain to prevail in the long
run: and then w e win know, item by item, word
by word, bow the great crime wra accomplished.
A CASE OF SCANDAL.
A Libel Sait and the Reaalt*
f'fim Ve Warren (OSj’O ChrmiL'le.
Some time in January last the Cincinnati dally
papers contained accounts of a ease or afan«iiu
and unfalthfiilnnw to Ute martial tots, which hap
pened in Mount Washington, a thriving; village
near tltu city, and Implicating a clergy man and the
wife of one of the members of his congregation.
It was a choice hm-tan for a reporter of a daily
paper to procure, and the pliant writers worked tt
up m Cuming colon into one of the most
disgusting coses ever published The enor
mity of the offence was pictured la glow
leg colon, tne high social position of the
parties concerned set forth at length; the
excited feelings of the exasperated citizens were
duly depicted, and the advice given the offender
that if he valued life and limb he wonld remain
away. But we have no desire to go Into panlcu
’ars in regard to the affair, further than a truthful
narrative of the case requires. The disgusting de
tails of a prize fight, or the fool scandal neccssa
rdT attached to ruch a case as this, although ap.
latently the highest ambition of some daily pa
pers to lay such matters before the scandal-loving
pLiiic, we feel assured would no: bo interesting to
the readers of this paper.
It was said that the wife of a prominent
!r.H"cUtial clilrcnof Mount Washington had been
seduced by a minister of the eh arch to which she
ticlonioi!, under circumstances of such atroclous
uv>j ua 1j leave no excuse for the act. The min
ister referred to was trusted, revered and beloved
ty hb parishioners, was a constant visitor at the
house of his \ Icttm, and all the parties concerned
at Uie scandal had hitherto borne only the best of
reputations. The exasperated citizens ol the
place acre said to have threatened the life of the.
preacher, and he left for more congenial scenes.
The Rev. S, S. Bartlett, the clergyman referred
to. caiuv to Trumbull county in January
John c. Martin, the husband of the preacher's
victim, believing, as be says, that the people o£
o::r county ought to be wanted against Bartlett as
a dangers us man, wrote to the Postmaster at thi*
place, and abo at Mecca, setting forth the crimes
<.! which Bartlett was said to be guilty, and Invit
ing an Investigation into the facts, offering to fur
nish proof that would satisfy the most mcredn
lou.i. Mr. John Ratliff, of this place, wrote to Mr.
Martin, mklcg for information m regard to Bart
lett, and a letter was received on tac contents of
which was bated an affidavit alleging Mr. va?tiw,
.nib letter tu John Ratliff, made the following
charges: That S. 9. Bartlett is guilty of “lying,
hypocrisy, perjury, adultery and attempt to cota
icit rape on a married woman."
lu consequence of this last letter a libel salt was
» • iuiuclccu by Bartlett against Martin, before
•it.slice Dawson, in this place; a warrant was
b-ued for the arrestof Martin, and on Thursday
la-t the latter, accompanied by his witnesses, ap-
Icared and denied the charge. The case was ad
journed uatli Friday morning at 9 o’clock.
,\t the appointed time the caw was opened **«>'
•iltues-cs fur both aides exatnir 1, the trial occa-
P.< Ing the entire day, and codec.mg quite a num
ber of spectators. LC. Jones for plaintiff, and F.
.hlTat.J.lns for defendant, conducted the trial
•• ith ll.elr usual ability. At the clooc. Mi. Mama
*r as bound over to appear at the nc.it term of
court, under ftoo ball, which he readily obtained.
Ihe testimony was quite positive In the charge of
udulterv against Mr. Bartlett. The sympathy of
the public teems to be almost entirely with iln.
Martin.
XSc and Mic.
They hart “ grown op •• together, la me foil
Frn«e of the term—and that was just the matter.
Ttiev had eaten each other* mud pies, taken the
crotip in each other's snow torts, cnert out the
-Tims on each other's slates, tipped over each
ether's irk bottles, sopp»Ml tin the Ink with them
mutest handkerchiefs, •* tola " of each other tn
eooai proportions, and " nude up" lit a
>-cn rocnexubcrancc of sobs and sassafras. They
*iad played at lovers behind the wood-pile, been,
marrl :d by the rrtze speaker, been divorced by the*
•‘first base,” been reunited hr the minister*
•laughter, and gone to housekeeping tn the pest
■iwomp, at regular Intervals, aa far back as their
memory extended.
■ v hf had blue eyes, and never understood Vulgar
Fractions.
lie nicd to mlsa so that she might get to the
head cf the class.
One day she braided her hair in two little braids
behind, and tfe<] It with a pink lute-string ribbon
at three cents a yard. When they walked home
together be touched it gentlr, to signify hla appro
ballon, and she blushed like a Mav-flower.
It could not have been lung after that before ahe
grew *hy at singing school, and was apt to be go
ing home with her brother. In another year
when he went to Sc David's College, she cried
her?e!f to sleep, forgot to crimp her hair, and add
That nothing was the matter.
So. of course, when he cane home on hts first
vacation, It all happened as It could not very wdl
help happening, and as 1 suppose It will go on bnp
petung to the end of all young things' dreaming
ut of old ones' warning.
she sat in the choir in a blue dress with white
sjots. with a pink bonnet and pink cheeks, ami
sang In a very sweet little country voice,
quivered and curled about the pillars of the sonny
white meeting-house like Incense tn an open field
<>uaMay day, you might have thought—or you
might uuc
tie, grown rather tall, rather quiet, with long
hair, and the unmistakable St. David's ahawL sat
below in his father's box pew—and listened.
one Sunday it chanced that the Reverend Mr.
Love, the recently settled sad very popular abep
i tr! cf the ••meetmg-house," felt moved in the
spirt to preach to his flock a sermon upon Chris
tian amity, and to suggest as its most fitting mw
.s.cal accompaniment iinnn *O7 of the “tiweet
p.Dgtr of Israel" (Just Introduced}.
Ali, you excellent mothers with washing-days on
yonr minds, and ye fathers struggling to keep
} our faith under the discovery of Tom's am cigar,
do you never suspect In your stupid good hearts,
the tears of solid comfort rolling into your specta
cles aa yon sing, and vonr souls aglow with all the
hidden meanings of fellowship In the one v
whom they who love not never know—do yoa
never suspect the flirtations conducted over that
admirable bvmn?
It may be very much too bad, but ft Is very much
the case. It is quite as bad In me to suggest the
Fscrlicge to your young people. Bless your indig
nant souls 1 they stand tn need of no suggestion.
Ask them. Ido not deny that it is atrocious in
rue to spoil the hymn for port; bat that is another
matter.
Bhe then. In her blue and white dress, with a
sunbeam struggling through a little ground glass
gallery window upon her pink bonnet, sang:
“ Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred mind*
Is like to that above."
It struck him that her voice was less like incense
cow, and mere like melted silver; which was a
very good fancy, by the way. and he would m*>*
a note of it against some Indefinite exiganeiM as
'•Tan orator.
u our fears, our hopes, our alms are one.
Our comforts and our cares,"
fsuer«d the little stiver voice; and so tinkled latq
“ When we ajflpder part..
It gives ns Inward pain:
Bnt we shall still be joined in heart."
And he, turning round with the audience.
to the Rev. Mr. Love, as was the fashion m the
Bloomsbury First Church, lined hts face to bm
and their foolish young eyes met—met and droo
ped, and the work was done.—iffirskrA Stuart
Phelpt, m Uarper'i Sfapaznt.
Twenty Acre* of Hmaan Bones.
A correspondent thus writes of ttie Confederal*
banal place at Malvern nin, virgin?.. ei * tc
TTie cemetery-keeper offered to’ act aS onr
tmlde. and after showing ns the fort and its ad£-
cent rtfle-pua. he escorted ns to a large field m
ibe northwest side ot the tort, and SSeanoS
err-.bic scene presemerl ttsell. ThonaaJ,UM
toDterlerate sofdlers who had .alia la toSl
< >erstec “ attempts to maS
s?re Sf te^xiSS 1 **
522- S d uSe’£sSSL se
hf SaSS^SSSi’Spfg
«?<™e*!o P £ LS, ,?al “thS
fie didn't put CIO there tinhAv •* tr*
** *rt * £? Dea ,&ad 111:611 *"**7 by
80ld 10 fertilizing m‘iu ta Htch>
JT nB 01 ?* 11 ® P* 11 * 100 p°° r to do anythin*
S!«lS?» £=« when we were there! and •£
empted I ©burn some of the bones to prevent the
w n^r C X tlllff Uiens 0!L Bet along Job
bare U they attempt to bom them aIL
»*** tte ! e m cot tte on! - v Cc,d3 of Confederate
oones we have seen, nor the first instance of dia-
Twpoct for their dead that we hare wtta*assil.
Bertapa they are too poor, as they plead, to bar*
them. Then, In the name of humanity, why do
they rear a stone monument. 45 feet square at the
base, and 90 feet high, at Richmond, to the mem
ory of the “Confederate dead,”ln the cemetery,
and leave their bones to bleach In the fields;
Soange people, these Virginians. Their ways air
Inexplicable to os.
Fleecing a Nabob*
Before leaving Paris, his Htganeas the Nawah
Nazim of Bengal thought to keep out the cold br
having his coau lined with tor. A Paris tailor d:i
:e- needful, but with tbestxcoats fonrardeda
unle bm for more thaa a,9Si>—not franca, bat
pounds sterling Thlsaiodes: demand the Nawab
refused to pay, and the indomitable
follow 1 d nii mgfcptffi to England. Here, howew
the lonace that #»Tora the bold tamed altogether
against him, .The Nawab’s Surtish
fnecds to see him fleeced fw™*
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bs. AchyogodMofttwtiwninot*?.—gacteda
com fer Ahn and rendered sbolfar i ®? r6 Bodret
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