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AVE ESTABLISHED AN
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Mr. Houck heeoine the old stand of Tally in
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Fresh
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-r t?. -sr GOODS!
'GROCERIES!
CLOTHING, HATS & CAPS!
l Boots and Shoes !
GLASS AND QUEENSWARE !
Iron, Hardware, cVc
Which mill all be Vitpoted of at Albany Pricttl
PRODUCE TAKEN FOR GOODS!
se25v5ntf. , Ju COWAN & CO,
3a
Albany and Mr. i ally sujnntet,.imj tne ti- uiaereni uiiteuuiu, aim sa became a healthy, joyous child, flit- hfOKHOX BISTBIBUTIOar OF some ot the most copspicu
usimnment .t creams. er .,...- . 0.,ier no more. tinK here aud there and everywhere Wl VEs. and courageous men, who
SAinnWS PR VATE FAM L hS Awo "our8 . . JamJ e. . , meeting the warmest ot welcomes. est in the Radical party, w
. , "V a oke, as Irmn the siecp oi aeaui, aim ThJ M5sonio IIilU was but a few rods A charact4!ri8tic anecdote, one the liepubliffln party when
to order, and f unj h,mself in the cabin of a strange from Mr Tu,.ner'g residence, and Eva which I have often heard related bv nominated, and burn their
WAE2AKTEDD TO BE TH VESY BEST ! ship, witb kind and sympatnizmg f t Uh Kim ft9 far lh door ,Tnrmnna themselves, will clear-
EVA, THE MASON'S CHILD.
As the Masouio Festival of St.
Johu's Day- Deo 27 th - will huve
come and gone before our next publi
cation day, we trust our readers will
pardon , us for giving place to tho fol
lowing beautiful bketch of the results
of tho teachiugs of Masonry. Ed.
Dem.
CHAPTER I. ;
Faster aud fiwtter spread the flames,
and now the ship was enveloped in a
tiery nheet. Men and woman rushed
madly over the side to mnet a qu-cker
but less painful death. The boats,
with one exception, had been over
loaded and capsized. There were
hasty prayers, and heart-rending cries
of misery" aud distress. Death hov
ered, vulture-like, over his victims;
some clung desparately to tho vessel's
side, some supporting themselves in
the water by articles snatched hastily
from the burning ship, aud with which
they had leaped wildly into the sea.
The captaiu sang through his trumpet
"take heart and sustain yourselves as
long as possible. A ship is coming to
our relief."
James Durant stood upon tho al
most deserted deck, with his only
child, but four years of age, folded
clowly in his arms. , His eyes swept
the horizon in search of the ship to
which the captain had alluded. De
tore the ship could arrive, they must
be burned to death; or, if ho sprang,
as others had, down into tho water,
both be and the child would be drown
ed, for he was not a swimmer.
The little arms were twined about
his neck, the pale cheek rested confid
ingly against his own, but the brtve
child did not tremble.
"O, my Hod, is there no help?"' cri
ed the despairing father, as the flames
swept nearer, and he felt that his
1resent position could be held but a
lttle longer.
" Here, give the child to me, and I
will save her," and turning quickly,
Mr. Durant stood fate to face with a
stranger who held a life preserver in
his hand.
'yuick! there is no time to be lost !
The child can have my life preserver,
and it will Hoat Iter easily. oiuer
is another ship; I have been watching
it fur the last five minutes. It will
reach us in half an hour at the most.
Tl ere, this is fastened securely. Now,
little girl, I am going to throw you
into the water. You are not afraid"
"No, no, but paj.a''''
The father caught her frantically in
his arms.
"My darling Eva, you may never
see your father again; but do not lear
(iod will guard you, aud somebody
will find you and take care of you.
If you never see papa again, remem
ber he is in Heaven with mamma."
"Has she no relative?'' asked the
stranger.
"None in this country; I am from
England and traveling for her health.'
"Take that pin from your bosom
'and fasten it in her clothing.
"Heaven help you for the thought,"
Baid the lather; and in a moment the
square aud compass was glistening on
the bosom oi the child, and the strati-
rer took her from her lather s arms,
saying: "I am stronger man you;
she must be cast beyond the reach of
these ioor drowning wretches, or
they will rob her of her life preserv
er.
The white drapery fluttered through
the air, and sank below the waves;
then risinir. it floated lightly ou the
waters.
James turned to the stranger with
tearful eyes:
"May uod bless ana preserve you
norlest of men. liut you, as well as
mvself. must be lost.
".No. 1 am a cooa swimmer, anu
here is a piece oi uoaru wiin n cn
you can sustain yourself until rel"l
board with which
arrives.
1 he lather cast another giance ai
the white speck floating rapidly away,
aud witb an inwara uou preserve
1 fT? : , l... l..ll.ua.l l.ir
ten rpiBugsuiv ".
the stranger; but tne mo noaieu in
faces all around him. In a moment
he realized all that had passed, and
6aid, eagerly, though feebly, "My
child, my little Eva; is she safe?"
There was no response, and a low
moan escaped the father's lips.
"Courage, sir," said a lady wiin
tearful eyes, "some of the passengers
were saved by another ship."
The lather s countenance brighten
ed. "God grant that she may be
safe!"
Mr. Durant recovered his usual
strength in a few hours, and sought
among the saved ior tiie si ranger wuo
had proved himself so true a Masonic
Brother, but he was not to be found.
"He must be on the other ship,"
said ; Mr. Durant. "aud he will take
care of Eva."
Both bh'ms were at port in New
York the following day, but although
If.. T . 1' Jl 4.1. VHnM sifl.vl
Mr. Durant found the stranger who
had so befriended him, and who prov
ed to be a Mr. Wadsworth, lrom a
Southern citv. Eva was seen by no
one, and was given up as lost.
CHAPTER II.
"Here, wife, is a ehild that has just
been washed upon the beach. She is
cold and stiff, but I think she is not
dead. Let ns iiave some warm
nels immediately, and tell Thomas to
run for Dr. Hunt." ;
It was long before the quivering
lashes and feeble fluttering ol the
heart gave token that success would
crown the efforts of Eva's rescuers
but, by-and-bv the lids parted, and re
vealed two large, liquid, sky blue eyes
that wandered lrom lace to lace m a
bewildered way, and closed wearily,
" I fear she will not recover very
rapidly." said the Doctor. "She has
a delicate constitution, and will re
quire the best of care."
"Poor child!" said Mrs. Turner, "1
do not wonder sho is nearly dead; j
but who eau sho be? Some terrible
accident must have happened at sea."
"lou had better examine her cloth
ing,'' said the doctor, " perhaps you
may find some clue to her relations."
Mrs. Turner lifted the gossamer
white dress, and turned it over and
over. The square and compass plac
ed by Mr. Durant flashed upon tho
eyes of all at once. The 'doctor and
Mr. Turner looked at each other,
but neither spoke, and Mrs. Turner
did not notice the tear that glistened
in her husbund's eyes.
Tho doctor's fears that Eva would
not recover rapidly proved to be well
founded; days and weeks of fever
succeeded in awakening her to life,
during which she talked incoherently
of "papa," and "poor dead mamma,"
and of the "burning Mi in," and of
"hunger." .She finally awoke to con
sciousness, ami asked many questions
as to where she was and how she
came in the dark room, and who were
those who attended her, but Dr Hunt
forbade her being ipiestioned until
sho was stronger.
How interested were all in the little
convalescent, whom the elements had
cast into the little seaboard town!
'the ladiis declared that never before
did the child possess such lovely eyes
or such beautiful curls, while the gen
tlemen scctn'd not less interested,
aud brought her gifts of everything
that might please Iter childish fancy.
"My dear little girl,'' said Dr.
Hunt, when Eva was at length able to
ride out, "will you tell ino your
name?"
"Eva," sai l tho child, "I thought
you knew it."
"Yes, I know your name is Eva,
but I want to know the ret of your
name your father's name."
"Eva'Durant. Mr. Durant is my
paint."
"Yes, now I want you to tell me all
you can remember about yvur father
and mother."
Eva's eyes filled with tears. "Oh,
sir, my mamma died and went to live
with the angels. And I don't know
where papa is. Ha said if I never
saw him again I must kuow be had
gone to mamma."
"Where were you when ho told
you this?"
"Uu the ship; aud oh, the lire burn
ed me so; aud papa held me in his
arms until a strange man took me
and tied something under my arms,
and threw me into the water, and 1
ha e not seen papa since. U, sir. can
you tell me where he is?''
o,dear child; but perhaps we
may yet find him."
Ami this was all that Evas friend
could discover. It was plain she had
come from the ship which had b t n
burned a few weeks before; that she
had been cast upon the sea, and float
ed to the shore ; but where was her
father? Had he been saved, and was
he searching for his child? Every
possible effort was now made to find
iiim. The circumstances of the case,
with the statement of the child, were
published fully in the newspapers of
the neighboring cities, but the grief
stricken father, believing his child to
be lost, had sailed a week before for
Europe, and it soon became settled
in the minds of Eva's protectors, that
he had perinhed. Dut the little one
still prattled about her "papa," and
said he would come by and bv, aud
those who believed dinerently would
not paiu her by contradiction
The square and compass that. had
been found upon her clothing was re
garded as a powerful appeal from a
Mason to his brethren to care for bin
child. So it came to pass that Eva
became as it were, the special charge
of Hiram." Lodge, No. 93. Mr. Turner
would gladly have taken the entire
care of the little waif, and the wealthy
Senator W requested to be al-
lowe1 toaj opt ber as his
Imt the Brethren in Lodge i
dauzhter,
assembled,
I Aclir(l hv a vo- that Eva should be
adnnntol un.l nrntont,l Kv tin I
Lod ' an1 that as Kovidence had
. d her in jjrotner Tumor's house,
I ......
at should ba her home.
And so the vears went bv. and Eva I
t . . . - .
and then returned alone, always bid
ding the liler "take good care of l'a
1 uruer, and send him home early."
CHAPTER IIL
The six years that followed the
death of his wife and the loss of his
child, passed wearily to James Du
rant. He visited nearly every coun
try jn the Old World, seeking among
scenes ot natural beauty and grand
eur as well as of historic interest, for
the mental rest which could never be
found. Once more he turned his steps
towara America, and sought hisrMa
sonic friend,: Wadsworth. Finding
that gentleman about setting out on a
journey to the Atlantic coast with his
family, Mr. JJurant accepted the invi
tation to accompany them to Sarato
ga and .Niagara, then to .New York,
wnere leaving the ladies, Mr. Wads
. -mm -w ' " -
worth and Mr. Durant wandered from
town to town along the coast, enjoy
ing the beauty of the scenery and the
quiet hospitality that greeted them
more than the crowded hotels and the
fashionable style ot the popular water
ing placeB. Fancy, and the kind
haud of Providence, at length led
them to the little town of B ,
and the second evening after their ar
rival they visited the Masonic Lodge.
A warm welcome was extended to
these Brethren from such distant
homes, and both were-invited to ad
dress the Lodge. Mr. Durant said :
"Brethren: I have traveled much
and long. I have found Masonic sym
pathy in every part of the world, and
everywhere is Masonry substantially
the same. I can hardly tell where I
reside. The world seems . to be my
home, as I remain but a short time in
any town or country, but my name is
recorded in an English Lodge. I love
my English Brethren, for they first
brought mo "from darkness to light,"
and 1 love English soil, for with it
sleeps the wife of my youth. But I
love American soil, also, for here I
have found the warmest of welcomes,
the kindest of Brethren. Ami, too, my
own child is sleeping in American
waters, even beneath the very waves
that wash the shores of your beauti
ful village. , . ,
"Six years have passed since this
dear mend and brother robbed b:m
self of his life preserver, that my little I
r.va might perhaps escape, aud wo
hoped the elements might bo kind,
and that Heaven would send her re
leaf, but showasnever heard of more."
The voice,f Mr. Durant was quiv
ering with emotion, and unable to
speak further, he seated himself and
covered his face with his hands,
Glances of surprise and pleasure
were cast from one to another anion
the Brethren, of Hiram Lodge. No
one spoke, however, but all eyes turn
ed upon tho Master, Mr. Turner. For
a moment he seemed reflecting; then
taking a slip of paper from the Secre
tary, ho wrote:
'Mrs. Turner Do not allow Eva
to retire until I come home ; tell her
I am going to bring a strange gentle
man who wIhIics to see her. Ami
calling the Jun. Deacon, Mr. Turner
gave him the note, saying in a low
voice, "take thht to Mrs. Turner im
mediately." "Why, Eva," said Mrs. Turner,
when sho had read tlie message, "you
are going to havecompauy. A strange
gentleman is at tho Lodge room who
wihcs to see you."
"Who can it be?"
Eva looked perplexed and thought
ful; suddenly iter cheeks flushed, her
eye lighted, and clapping her little
ban Is, she sprang to her feet and ex
claimed, "Oli, it must be papa! no one
else would wish to see me; no one in
the world;" and before Mrs. Turner
comprehended the child's interpreta-
lion, she had passed the threshold and
was Hitting through tho moonlight
toward the Lodge-room. The Tiler
looked amazed v. hen Eva burst into
the ante room, her cheeks burning,
her eyes flushing with joy and excite
meut.
"Do not stop me; I am going in!
he exclaimed, but tho inner door was
fastened, and the impatient Eva near
ly cried with vexation.
ait a moment, said the I ilcr,
who, having heard nothing of what
had transpired within, was at a loss to
account for the strange conduct of the
child; "wait a moment, and I will
s 2nd vour request to Mr. Turner.
ile will come out and see you.
"I shall not wait' 1 do not want
to see .air. 1 umer, 1 want to see my
papa.'
" I he child is crazv, that is evident.
said the perplexed Tiler to himself;
but calling out the deacon, he bade
him say that Eva was there, and she
ha.1 determined to get into the Lodge
room
The deacon went to the East and
delivered his message in a low tone,
and a moment afterward moved "that
the craft be called from labor to re
freshmen t."
And Eva did come, or rather bound
ed into the hall, more beautiful in her
excitement than ever before. S te al
vauced to the center of the room ami
stood beside tho altar, half poised
upon one tiny foot she scanned rapid
ly the faces of all. Her eager eyes
soon detected the strangers, who
were seated beside each other, and
for a moment she seemed irresoluc;
then darting forward with a glad cry,
she threw her arms about the neck of
Mr. Durant, crying, "Oh, papa! ray
tear papa: you nave come at last: you
were not bufned in the ship.'
We will not attempt to paint the
scene lurtner, out win leave our reau-
! .1 ... -Il l
ers to imagine the joy ot the fond
father, and also leave them to decide
whether the tears that wet tne cneeKs
of the brethren ot Hiram JLodge
were caused by sympathy with the
happiness of their little charge, or
grief that they should lose one whom
they all loved.
the Mormons themselves, will clear-
lv illustrate this principle in the au
thoritative distribution oi wives,
Among the applicants to Brigham
for this especial privilege of modern
samtshiD. there came, one day, a
brother of unusually bad character,
when something like the following
dialogue ensued;
"So, you want a, wife, do you?"
"Yes, if you please, Bro. Brigham
"Well, the short of the matter is,
that you can t have one.
"Why can 1 1 have one as well as
the other 6aints?" ,
; "So," you want to know the whole
story, do you?
'Yes: I should like to know why I
can't have more than one wife, as well
as the rest of em
"Well, you shall know in short
order: J want your race to die out '
I will not stop to discuss the ques
tion how far the principle is probably
carried out in the actual admimstra
tion of allaim in certain cases not so
easily disposed of as was the above,
nor how far the temptation to appro-
pnate to themselves tbe choicest ewe
lambs of the flock ia likely to be re
sisted by those whose power in such
cases is mainly limited by their will.
I strongly suspect, however, from
certain hints and glimpses . of facts
which have come under my r notice,
that special instances might be
brought forward of rather a damag
ing character as to the perfect' im
maculateness of this kind of admin
istration. At the same time, it may,
perhaps, be freely admitted, that, as
a general thing, the principle pro
fessed is honestly carried out, or, at
least, that it is lived up to about as
closely as principles generally are, by
persons not especially remarkable for
conscientious scruples. - Overland
Monthly for December. ,
Prem the AtlnnU (Oa.) Sun.
GENERAL FRVNCIS P. BLAIR.
This distinguished gentleman, up- j
on request, addressed the people of
Montgomery, Alabama, last month,
We regret our want of space to
give our readers the speech in full,
made by him on that occasion. We
can only give two extracts, which we
take ltom the report ot it as it appear
ed in the Montgomery Advertiser.
(ieueral Blair's antecedents are well
known. Ho was a zealous and able
War Democrat in the great contest of
arms against the right of a State to
secede from the Union. But as soon
as the Southern States laid down their
arms in the maintenance of that cause
and resumed their obligations under
the Constitution, he, with equal zeal
and ability, maintained that the ob-
ject of the war, on the part of the
Jr ed-nd authorities, was accomplished:
and that the Union being restored, all j
tho ."nates were clearly and justly en
titled to r pro ten ut ion in both
Houses of the Congress of states. With
that, "us war iHuen," about which we
hear so much, ended. The results of
the war were all accepted, in good
faith, by all the Southern States. Ever
since the new war after that, inaugu
rated by the Judical against the
i onstitution, in jy hat. is kuown as the
Reconstruction measures, Gen. Blair
has been, and still is, as will be seen,
a zealous co-operator with all those
who contend for the rights of the peo
ple, and of the States, under the Con
stitution. And so are all consistent
Northern War Democrats. It is im
possible that it should be otherwise.
But neither time nor space will allow
now to say more, either of the speech
or its author. The extracts referred
to appear below: A. 11. S.
do not know how well it is
known, but to those who care for my
opinions, it is known that I am no
friend of the New Departure, (pro
longed aud enthusiastic applause and
cheers ) But I believe in the patriot
ism and purity of the motives of those
who have chosen that path : but while
I shall still bold to the opinions which
I have heretolorj expressed, and shall
not yield one inch ot my own convic
tions as to the unconstitutionality of
the usurpations of the Radical party,
i am wining to ngiit the Kadicais in
ntiv almiift f !ia T)imrir-r!if i fit-tvmav
determine upon. (Long and hearty
applause.) 1 believe that the .ew
Departure, so far from being a good
policy, has proven disastrous; but!
what the party adopts as its policy, I
shall maintain without surrendering
my own convictions. (Applause.)
I believe that policy has failed to
give us success iii the elections of this
summer and autumn ; and for the rea
son that it was a coufession in open
court of our inability to carry the
elections upon our own principles;
it was a confession that we must make
a 'concession in order to draw to us
others who had heretofore acted
agtinst U1); but in making that con
cessioii it failed to place candidates
before the ieople in harmony with
mat piaiiorm. inos while some
. . , . i- ... . ...
Democrats were disgusted at this
concession, no Republicans were con
ciliated
"Now, my fellow-citizens, to my
view, the luturo does not look
a . e
gloomy, even under the losses we
have sutlered this summer and au
tumn. I have not a single feeling of
despondency. (Applause.) It is well
understood that the Republican par
ty contains in itselt seeds of discon
nt f l i i Irv. f i if
tent, of bitterness, of rivalry, and of
disaffection, and it is natural" in these
preliminary elections that those who
antagonize the renommation of Gen-
eral Grant, should ' attempt to hold
their iwsition within their nartis. in
I . . .... ' .
order that their influence may be used
to defeat his 'nomination. I know
very well that his nomination will not
be defeated at least that is my sol-
emn conviction : that he is now the
dictator in the Republican rjartv that
he aspires to be in the country at
large. (Applause.) I believe that he
I will dictate his own nomination; but
then, my fellow-citizens, I know that
ous, able
stand high-
ill leave
Grant is
ships.
(Applause and laughter.) W hen they
lad to defeat him lor the nomination
they will take good pains to defeat
his re-election. (Xtenewed applause.)
"There is one point, my felow-citi
zens, in which tbe parallel fails to hold
out. The suffering of Chicago is al
most redeemed by the exhibition of
the boundless chanty of the people of
this whole country and of distant
1 . .
Europe.. They have been allowed to
want lor , nothing that the world s
wealth could give them. It could
not restore Iheir dead, but has gener
ously led the living. And when
these vile malefactors lrom all parts
ot the world, lorgettut ot humanity,
crowded , thither to plunder the
wretched , sufferers in Chicago, the
whole world has said that, when they
were stricken down by-the" hand of
violence, without trial, it is well done
lhere was no exhibition of this sym
pathy for the suffering South. (Sen
sation.) 1 his picture of suffering, of
endurance, of disaster in a brave peo
pie struggling to hold together the
bonds ot society and almost uensh
ing in .the effort;, assailed on every
siue Dy tne nearness and tho guilty,
not redeemed by that grand trait
humanity, ot generosity, and of mag-
nanimity which has characterized the
deplorable distress and redeems the
picture of our suffering brethern in
Chicago. (Prolonged applause.) .
"AU who are familiar with the con
dition of the; South ; all who know
what she has undergone, when,r after
the surrender, all government was de
nied to her; and she was then given
into Abe ; hands of the ignorant and
the most vicious of jour population,
(applause) all. who know this, who
have lived in your midst and realized
the tremendous : struggle you have
maintained to prevented the utter
disorganization of society, must feel;
a you do feel, that you have bad no
sympathy, no heln. no encouragement:
and that which was approved on the
part of the people of Chicago in the
defense of society in the midst of her
trouble, is made an accusation and
held up against you by the vindicative
passions and the animosity of your
political opponents.
X rejoice that all the suffering you
have undergone, all the perils
through which you have passed, have
not deprived you of the disposition to
sympathize with the sufferings of
others. (Loud applause.) The small
offering which the impoverished South
has been able to send to Chicago will
weigh like the widow's mite; it will
have the blessing of God. (Applause.)
It will teach your oppressors that,
whilst suffering and smarting under
wrong such as no people have borne
before, this has not extinguished in
your hearts the common bond of hu
manity, (rrolonged applause.)
31y Jellow-citizens, we knew before
that that feeling still lived and burned
in the hearts of the people of the
South; men as brave as they showed
themselves to be in the great strug
gle which has passed could never for
get the claims of humanity. (Loud
and prolonged applause.) Jiuin and
insult have not been able to extin
guish your sympathy nor yonr hu
manity, and the time is coming, and
nearly come, when the whole people
of this country will recognize that
truth which all the soldiers who
lougnt against the outh already ac
knowledge. (Cheers.)"
THE 5E1V imiGOXADH.
How strange and incredible it will
seem to the children oi tne next gen
eration, when reading the history of
I the United States, to come across
such a narative as the following :
A factious and violent minority of
the people have secured a temporary
control of the Congress, and there be-
iug a selfish soldier as Executive, who
kept bis own counsels, and was will
ing to lie a tool in order to realize his
ambitions: such legislation was pro
cured at the sessions of 1870 71 as
virtually subverted the liberties of
America. It was not long before
General Grant showed what use he
1 to make of the dictatorship
conferred upon him. Having by proc
lamauon, ieigncd the existence ot a
state of war and insurrection in a
time of profound peace, and in a sec
Hon of country where poverty and
the mere necessities ot existence
pressed too sore for the people to in
Ilulge in the luxury even of political
agitation, mnch less revolt, he follow.
ed his menace with speedy and ter
rible blow such a blow as had never
before fallen on the people of this
continent.
The habeas corpus was suspended.
martial law was proclaimed, the troops
were marched into the doomed dis
trict, and a reign of terror was estab-
HseT1,' lik,e lha 'established by Collot
and Fouche at Lyons, and by Carrier
at A antics, in tbe era of the first
French Republic Then was seen the
strange and bitter spectacle of United
Stales troops marching and counter
marching lrom jail, "escorting hel-
less citizens, arrested lor no crime.
without warrant or excuse, and im
prisoned without law and without
remedy. Then was seen the stranger
spectacle still, of the people's cavalry
raiding upon their masters, besieging
homesteads, invading hearths at night
j .:,u i.5L. j : 5.:
ZZ ."f " T. Z
vmw was mvu iiviut,o ai-f V VCtO 1U
obedience to irresponsible subalterns.
Then was seen also, the saddest and
strangest spectacle of any, the entire
good people of nine counties aban
doning their homes and goods and fly
ing in terror and despair to the
swamps and woods and mountains, to
escape the "justice" of "Government;"
just as, only a week before, the people
ot Y isconsin and Michigan had to
flee to escape the tenderer mercies of
conflagrations! And this, all this was
done, not to enforce any doctrine ot
national concern, any grand political
scheme, not even to procure the pre
dominance oi a party, but simf ly to
destroy the lingering vestiges of
confirmed opposition to the re-elec
tion of General Grant in 18721 And
the American people stood by, with
loiiied nanus, inainerent, it not con
senting. Wash'uiqton Patriot.
From the New York Sun.
CIIAS. A. DANA AXD
IT. S.
. CiRANT.
The Louisville Commercial is
rren-
erally a sensible paper: but it falls
1 e , a . . a
into ridiculous nonsense when it says
that "tne editor of the Sun has
bitter personal hostility toward Gen-
eral Grant." We have no more ner-
sonal hostility against Gen. Grant
now than we did in 1863, when at
Vicksburg we saved him from being
relieved from his command and sent
back to sell sole leather at Galena on
a salary of $800 a year. Supporting
him men did not grow out of person
al reasons; neither does Opposing
nim now. ile was a good General
but he is a very Lad President, and
his continuance in office would be an
unmixed evil to the country. That
is the whole storv. ' : '
A worthy temperance advocate, who
J was engaged in getting up facts for a
new lecture, visited a penitentiary
of to learn the experience of the con
victs.; Addressing thelirst prisoner
he came to a burly burglar he
said : "My friend, . did whisky have
anything to do with bringing you
hereir "les, it Had all to do with
- it." I "How so?" "Why, the Judge
and jury who tried me were all drunk,
The honor of being the richest man
in the United States lies between
WUliam B. Astor, Cornelius Yander
bilt, and A. T. Stewart. Probably
neither of these gentlemen can te
;a1 A1A frr AAA sm Via-.
wiiiun j.u.uuu.uuu oi ; waat - ne - is
worth, and there is not supposed to
be much cunerence between them
JAMES
BUDGE, OF THE
8 COW KATE.
MTJIV
j-hs a-r..
Here, from the Seston Go it tit, U a poeas tbat
was built, (Milton Is our authority for the weed)
tj beat "Jim Bludsv," ad bas dose it :)
Ob. yss I I koow'd bin like s book ;
I know'd bins both root and braneb
And there warn'ta better-feearfed rats
went loafia around the ranch. ,
I jroess you're a stranger ia tbese jpsrt.
jr or its s-et(Mf mighty late
To tell the stery bow bold Jaek
Saved the staunch old mud-scow Xata.
He warn't no common slouch, you bet !
He'd tbe heart of a roarm lion t
And his bands was as bard as knotted! oak.
And bis heart Was as torch as iron.
He'd take no cheek, but as quick as thought
wouia out wttb his flasbin knife,
And rip it into a feller's ribs. ...
Tbe most natural thing is life.
I've sera bin) jroasje out s sucker's aye.
And ebaw off tbe end of bis nose:
Then put six. slugs through bis .tarsal bide.
As easy as "here she goes." -Yes,
Jack was a noble-hearted boy,
There's no discount on that:
And be laid out bis critter every time
x dm tie made np bis mind for a spat..
iLnr. I're seen bim maob bis dad fa tbe jaw.
And slap bis old mother's snoot ;
And if tbey chinned bim back agaia t
Black both their eyes to boot. 7
He cussed and drank like a bully boy.
Ana l wisn we bad aim back. - - r
Ab ! if eer a Cbrwtiae went aloft, ,
uat Christian was poor old Jack.
Bat I'm elean for-ettio' tbe mad-scow Kate),
ioai jAr.K uudge ebabeed to save.
With Cap's and crew and passengers, -
From a sartia watery grave.
I've beard bim swear, if tbe time sboald eoata
Aod he sbould be aboard.
That bW d ie to save that brave old scow.
it it soaked aim afore the Lord.
And this is tbe way it was, yoa sea : '
Twere a starless nigbt ia June ;
He was plarin' tbe drum on a shipmate's head.
Below, rith a stone spittoon ;
When tbe Captain called a)! beads oa deck. .
For tbe wares wa lis in' bigb.
And the ajr was full of angry souada.
And a storm was iz. tbe sky.,
Tbe barometer bung ea tbe binnacle-mast.
And it made a dreSe show,
A the mrrmr-fell, and fell, aod fell,
Till it never fell so low.
Wb t did Jack do a be saw it fall?
He trive is orful frown.
And seised tbe darned jiramaree ia a flaiw.
And turned it upide down I
As be held it tiebt ia a deathly grasp.
He shivered from top to toe.
For tbe storm bad fon bt bard to bare its way,
Bnt it bada't ao sort of sbaw:
For bis grip was a grip of iron, yon sea.
And be gripped with a erim despair.
Till tbe clouds cleared eff aad the wind died
out.
And tbe sky once mere was fair.
Bnt be stilt held tbat barometer
Tbe downside np, as you're beard, -And
stopped tbat storm a eomin' oa,
To be just as god as bis word. - ' ' '
And he never.let go that hold of bis, , .
And be never again drew breath.
For strugglhT with thunder and lightnia sw
Had made bim fresh meat for Death.
Tee. be got bis ti'.ket to see tie si ew,
Wbea bis last brave light was fit.
And Jack Budge banded tbat ticket in
At tbe galley, not in tbe pit;
And he U aa anircl now, sure pop,
In his home of cjirna!rct.
And ia tooting around with the saints above.
j ml as geoa a saint as tbe best.
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACTS.
When Washington Irvine -eras
about leaving Sir Walter Scott after
having spent an hour in the society of
that great man be extended his hand;
Scott accepted &nd said: "I wfil not
say farewell because it always . makes
me eaa, out l will say, come again
and make this your home."
lia yard l aylor once called on Hum
boldt. The venerable Baron met him
cordially, saying as he did so, "You
have traveled much, Mr. Taylor, and
seen many ruins, now you see anoth
er." "Not a ruin," replied Taylor, but
a pyramid." . . ?
I he poet Rogers was one evening
at a reception, and in nrompnadino-
with a lady, remarked, "there" point
ing her out, "is a beautiful girl" "But"
retorted his companion, . "she is so
yowig." "Ah," said Rogers, to us
who are old, the young are alway
beautiful,"
Alexander the Great ence had a
number of prisoners, and one day
proposed to free them all it they
would give satisfactory answers to all
questions asked. Among others he
asked one of the captives "which ia
the most numerous, the living or the
dead?" To which this answer was
readily given: "The living, for the
dead no longer exist." . .
Probably of all the beautiful and
eloquent passages ever written by
jti.o ge JL. irrentiss the following is'
iue uuesi: -. ,
"It cannot be that earth is man'a
only abiding place. It cannot be that
earth is a bubble cast by eternity to
float a moment npon its waves and
sink into nothingness. Else why is it
that the high and glorious aspirations
which leap like angels from the tem
ple of our hearts are forever wander-
f ia a
mg unsausnear And why is it that
bright forms of human beauty are
presented to our view and taken from
us, leaving the thousand streams of
our affection to flow back in an Al
pine torrent upon our hearts? There
is a realm where the rainbow never
fades; where the stars will be spread
out before us like the islands "that
slumber in the ocean, and where the
beautiful beings which pass before ns
like shadows will stay forever in our
presence."
A,1IEIVIC LITTLE GIRL. :
A writer at Peshtigo mentions the
case oi a little girl, 12 years old, who
saved her little sister from death,
but who was advised by many te de
sist from the attempt least she her
self , should perish. She heeded
them not, however, but by the most
heroic efforts she succeeded in rescu
ing her, little sister - from the merci
less flames. Her father, mother,
brothers, and other, sisters perished
by the devouring element. And af-
ter the fire had abated somewhat, she
worked her way back over the hot
ashes and burning ,' coals, dragged
the dead bodies of her relatives out
into an open space, and then stood
watching their charred remains all
day and through that long and deso
late night that followed. That i
child heroism 'he lite of . whkk &
never recorded. '