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* WASHINGTON. DECEMBER 31, 1S49.
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\ THE MOTHER-IN LUV.
[rfToRV OF THE IM.AtfD ESTATE.
IIV M KB. K.? kA 1>. I".. Ool" THWOK .?(. L
I ... XIV. 1 A,;* ,
Win. iti m li-rliik- mmn on Mackent rtet I,
W itti aliM-kenM l>it alnl l">of of ?|>reU 1 1
*.' H'morh thr ri?'trriii|f iron'* sound
.? 'I hr oari-ranl rrborr wikr nrniinil ^
III Ih?Ii for I art). an I hound for found; ff ' "* A ]'
Thr foim that 'tri-okr'he oonrrerV *i J* /
Srrin* guttered frm the ecrsn's tittc^-EyreaHr
It snowed all night All uigkt, 1 tying i*l
m hnr bed, Zoe beard the tinkle. tinkle, atM{
t ert agoinst the window glass. It wsn <Saj?,f i
4>irk, when at last the fell nrlei^. i
nwoke, flic sun was shining hrigliAlj
* a.>if .oj. 'Zip arose, dressed ln iwilf MB j;t.
Thaistorm had passed?the (A Jfcifcjj out.
sp!r?ilor on the t-leet ?the tCfiie wee tj js(>u in
to lack upon?the uholc prouij B|*J0 rt,lgIung
eo-il ? f white di mond dust-??the MZ ^ ^ ^
i ui fichtnted one?the trjfaf^HK pcfllM.,]
i fflass hun-r with of cl(,[ir
i >e? W,fcr foliage. 7 e 9,#*jCTf pendant 1
, w?? Aeir si?hr nnd whcj^jj^ qulck]y
I hiatljepotB followed J^flCSd them again
r?ov went *' " ground the |
LU'h carefil little get ,irc;lkfubt. ]
j nJvsfw kept ? "tore o <**1^ ? ghe ^ b1jC
r l??* c* mTf*+*n the thcd nt the
\ arm* canj*r^ ,n thwf_ ^ ^
I liT' 'ho room, nnd eoon
fejLT S>TnW ?>? tea-kettle.
hffm (o ^ the;
A jM%V1,,'k'Ud,'l'r
' ' Tf jrz^^E<,owTi. > While she m is
s ing tti fK WjoliBB-'enke, a sudden
i u.hien ,ba.#r rngh auJ wWrr
111 * nta*Ja'rer t'lf> eart'' as ut
' l"*"n J tv find a pieantic
fWOdt 'l. JHHu' , . ?
i, - . /J- - 173*d Act past, followed hj
K?t h d bu.W.ftat n*f ,
? , itlLk? W past so Mtttokly. that
looked up. Iff.em.lt was" - . ' ,
, Bi ijHlfd from the meal nnd
?WPU wu? .1..
Iilgthe rkfe ' I *
tlher father
jljH' otl b's 1 ig black horse, Ivirth,i'r
3 ^'iu"'cr
?* If* ffiis Hint ((J it fox early tlti,
^ iHjTr1'' ,f,toU ,naB' 8't,inPdt vii be-1
U ,o druw vu Lisi b?f?"i0
?'1' ?nB) Pu,,irg on Liu
HtThtw r?tan 1 from Alexandria, 1 Lear;'
f *?rt out.
t? in ftct, the old teacher could not stay at home;
j? hu n chilJiah delight in making the moat of
Mw holj days. '/. jC watched him uneasily down
|tha oil apery path, went out, and watched down to
| he !> < ch, until ahe taw him enter the boat; saw |
e 7ft crow the river. ascend the opposite !
Uok, tin ! lisappe ir i r up the ru id ton ,t 1? The
Crags? She could hoc him distinctly on the hrilhm
now. until his figure seemed a block speck
o? a iistaut white hill. She lmd watrhed Lim
post tk' dr.ngers?the rest of the way was sufc
and *? / en that road , ;.nd she returned to the
(jkoantt to clear up tin breakfast table. She set
her room in ordir. went up stairs and made the
beds, returned, took out Lcr "interesting" quiltI
peeing, and lit down to it, bumming a gay air to
r#erab*de herat f that she was happy. She sat
h+iVMiriuf ft r hour-", stopping only to replenish
I' "**. to awe |> up 'lie hearth, or to caress is r
shell kitten She sat there while the sun
itad high in the heavens, u'ill quite abthe
limping of Lexagms and the mutchioi
?, until that crash and crackle, the rush
r w is hoard the shudder nnd quiver of
d was felt, aad the huge dark rider on
it# iJ*< k st. 1 I lltid wit! a shock nt the
ar^bcavjly (> ihe ground and, pushing
ot(U|A door, (trp It in, and paused be
> ycugg cottier. Th-v were n ijucer
i~4h* fot.c^r <wwd the hwuttiting-Liiii, the
it st??l the kitttg, the giant ud the fairy
'ytthtof like jf Brat^Lbn st?nd r,tz
lMi'M in hia weal her-proof boot* Hit
n?g cheat watM heoked " by should ere of oorI
*y ndtsgr breadth, and over then bung elf
4?blaHr. etrong and wiry- fin<i ST.-to fhrm
ad a bawvltiy Lead, with strong murkcd
f , thus Iftd o features, and ilrutus Lion
I? - ?twl descent from one oi the red natives
?? the toil. Ilia Anglo-Saxon ancestor hnd
been a furious and Mood thirsty republican, a
reg.? .dc w ho hnd s .t upon lie trial of King
Char log I. and who cn the neoeimon of Ch .rl.s
II, had esc.ped to Virginia changed Lis name,
-sum,11 one tLi.t suited hi character, taken to
wifgtb<- daughter of a pewvrfu) each<m, and n tlied
big'-elf in ?r ,,lf w stern precipices
1<rftb?iAUcghur ;< towhic'i lie gave the signifi.
g*r* nut'" " I'' L.ir The Lions of The
i.atrvh*< a K'K'U {raM uu' distinguished in
-uL&etyitrs of the ww *orld?in savage w?rj
(iMjjitihc oi l Fi i'h var, and io the RevolufjBn
t1- I d* " u the wa"2, ia the in
eralito V?t pe?ee. ?he, hri -'. K*h n e;i and women,
"Atp'htjr h?mt?r? 1 ' ?' the Lord. Now, the
-JKni .t. vi- | " re the
. lr/^.'t.ion ri l"hi? nisti r. (irnm-lr the
7m '/+ w^Jn, he
1 fi pU??f bta nt-f* ?* <!* ou^<r hrr *rmi..
^ J^>1 Imt ?>f n?<i tltt! b?r up* <>" d?*1 table
^oujhrx. ftB<i M #W/ thro?
*-in ... v
'row,
??CH
b
i tm
I
^u-utd,
^ ?e Lit*. }ui b?CiuNj)>lU??ftlM?,l
wbw*^ * U,"l?ti1rtmd *'"bi*M **
^ '^IWk aw to! |uick vitttd, li, 0^1;
frjj ^ ft'b* Mvfhd:-. ? Lilr je Mtrcbni for oi
** t? tnwr i* ij, u?J o??l.r you ti'^ilreiiif
l*?t letmtre ) u that )ou fci gut I
Listen; everything rrry jrec'iin-i that God has
made is veiy moll. Tali tht {ones; lirst, se?s
how rv tmull and rare ibe 4 imonds are. and ;
what Immense j ilM of mkMck there I*. And |
the metals , how little gold, how 'ju?.h leed. And
the flowers; how tiny the sweet Violet, how tall j
the scentless urn-flower. And Le birds; how
miull the skylark, who
Staging still dost soar, ami rearing,ever sii .,-eit,
compared with the waddling. gabbling great
gooa*. And the animals ; hi a null. eh^nt, and
fiery, the. tigress. compared with'he taav, servile
elephant. Ab, believe me, mrjtl.ing r re, coetly?everything
beautiful, elegunt?everything
brilliant, spicy, Stry, is mull. Men put their
very pi<|uant spirits and eery previous perfumery I
into very minute vials; they ouly put fi-h oil in
hogsheads. Ob, go to. you r?r," a hogshead!"
laughed the little oue.
The giant looked at her Ismmh head to foot,
breathed hard, rubbed mirtlUuloe 4, <;uiU ua-'onarioo^fjiInnocent
of phrenology
^Zoe, you?you?yon Yule *jch, you. I'll?
I'll murry you, I'll Ifc shot if I IbStt oaly to pay
you fcr this !?
Mf wish to gracious you would! I wish to gooilit'si
you would! It would be fun ' live to torment
you to death."
' You torment me, you /i/'/' ' 'nt* you! you
>wnH thing, you!dk/
" Yes, my dear giant; I lmfc*'" t n little wisp |
drive a great ox mad by iulo lis face;
bin highness the ox being utterly Ajilea* in the
case" ^
' Ah-h
" Will you put me down, now
' Indeed I nni afraid to; I aid f d I 1 should
inadvertently put my foot on yJ'i i I were to.
1 imver like to walk about whorl 'here are little |
chicken* or very small women/'
Then he took her little head tytw?en hi* l.uge
hands, and looked in her eyes as tic igh he wanted
very mneh to kiss them ; but, resav ing her lone*
liness.hc lilted her down, and sle resumed her
seat and her'juilt piecing Hodri* the old man's
studying chair tip before the file nnd; seating
himself in it, said?
"Are women nlirnys suving, '^*7 It used to
be c irpet rags you were always cub i if into strips,
sewing into strings, and winding ill I alls Now
what is it ? I though', to be sure.^ipen that was
.1, ?!...? .1 II 1? - - ?J' - ? l
?uur, mm i uric "Uiiiu uc nu mui ni It; now.
what arc you doing ? "
" Making a hexagon quilt?don ;ou see ? It
is for father's bed. '
And here, at the nnnvi of father. ae girl sighed
heavily, and fell into thought.
" What in the mntier, Zoe?"
" Oh. about foUtcr"
"And what nhout hint ? "
"The people think him too old.\i.?\r, to tench,
and so tbey take his pupils from Wit. If he rerotntnencca
on the first of January.it trill be with
only four put ils. What is he to do 't-what is he
; to do ? I ie has worn his life out iu< laseless toil,
and now, near the close of it, has no| the wherewithal
to smooth his passage to th- grave. To
think of it ! The incalculable good he has done
j in this neighborhood, and the miserable reward
he has got! Old soldiers and old sailors, who
have resigned the more profitable pi,'suits of agriculture,
manufactures, trade, or the earned professions,
are remunerated in their oh rtge by the
justice of the power they serve; ,ut the old
schooluiasier. who has spent his day.-in the most
laborious and the most anxious of nil pursuits,
what is to become of him, what is 11 become of
father Tn And the tears trickled I un '/oeV
CUP^KS.
cry, Zoe, don't! SometUr- must be
"cftine lor U7n?r * *
"A hat carried around. I suppose, sneered
Zoe. with twuwnl bitterness
" Why, Zoe! what lias come over j( u ? That's
not like you!" exclaimed the Coloss is ; ' when
I said that tombing must be done for him, I
meant, of course, something that wou d not com
promise his dignity."
" And what will that be? This n ighorhood
owes him a huge debt that can never he repaid
lie hag been the missionary, the civili?er of this
whole district?ves, ami fi f the mrd er of debt,
they owe him substantial dollars and cants; not
more than two-thirds of his soi-Jiu>iU patrons
have ever paid him."
"Those debts must he collected?'heir aggregate
amount must be considerable''
" No?he has sent in his accounts oa"C to each,
lie is delicate and sensitive, and will not press
tho-"* who, knowing his condition, ltd! put him
to the shame of dunning them," conaf Lined Zoe.
i wiping Iter eyes, and resuming her i edle.
Brutus L;on mused, sighed, groined, arose
arid walked uneasily about the room, reared him|
self up against the closed front dooi folded his
I al ios, ana watched Zoe, absorbed in her needlej
work, mutreied to himself, "I wis) Gertrude
! Lion, or Z'e, one of these women had some
sense ! 1 will not, however, indulge the folly of
either much longer; so long as their?apri<e only
> annoyed w, I could bear it: but no* that if is
likely to injure Zoe. it must lie eorrei-ted." Full
I five minutes he contemplated the rther pretty
j picture presented by Zoe nt her neede-work. He
resumed, speaking aloud?
"S'udv Latin now. Zoe ?"
? Yea."
44 A nrl Hrpplt V'
"No. father says one thing at ? ime: and I
: am io discontinue tin* Latin l*?Nf>ni .hia Chriaftna?,
and commence with the Grei thia New
I Year'*."
' W it.it 4:?n?' of the day, '/oc, dots tour father
give you lessons ?"
" When he cornea homo in the eve ?np he hears
nie recite the lesaon that I have smmiltcd tu
memory through the day "
"Ami ia it a great pleasure to 'iin to i-arh
you f?
' Oh. yea, father has a piuedon for h* classics
he grow* eloquent in prui?e of the utin. enthusiastic
in enlorium of the Greek. I tin he any*
ia the language of heroea, Greek t e tongue ot
godw "
"There is not." mused the youty man partly
to h'nself, partly aloud, "much i* e trouble?
no. there ia positively leaa trouble ml tuorr interest
in teaching a clean of nttentk and intelligent
pupils, than in giving instri? ton to one;
and then how n.uch more exciteme) and ambition
if felt in n clftfa. where there i rivalry and
emulation, than by a single pupil, 4 e!"'
" Well r?
" Wouldn't he take a clue*7"
/,:>* looked perplexed. fShtdid no| uidrratund.
Who ? What cla???"
' I h ive been thinking of forming reck rlaa*.
and ge?''"f y>.ii. father tc take r| ige of it.
j i^ia* Girlrnar. -????! iny*?'f? >j?71 form
i with yon. n small, but rather an ioterf'ing clasa.
I don't you think so ?"
'/.T)P hid been arrested by hia p.'^ w rda to
i that effect, and now ahe was looking 4 him w ith
absorbing intireat.
I a*y, we all want to learn Greek* i'righty,
i and iesii.. sua j and I say, we r>| i ll anxI
:?- ? ? ? *n M.I >!., . 1
tbc instruction of jmt ftther. A'oi do you
comprehend V .
I rf# understand you, g9? I Brutua.l I understood
you all the lime. dour itrulua! Lw you,
who dntost Ux'ka, snd loath study, aid i contr
ft frrf?nr *r mortal li'iur" of cle af pli?'ion
a week, for the benevolent purpi^ofierv'
Itr my fhther. without wouiding hi* 14 of in?
, ndmcr. Don't I know. denrrst Brupt how
1 win'I' cn.-u-r ii i\ i<M tn* for \ on to mo n !*
' kui.'ii<J d' 1 h.rw nl ti .vr the <-reek le? na off
jtwur mind thin to put yourself to schgl and
Ic ?oi.?! God bless jh, tki Bru!
, Tkrot|k ail thin iwwt asi m* !? !* lit of
j^jHWirr T t
n weltinga chiding, Ml kf'gn frami I waI
. nsreod^nivering to dtnalntitti tike a ?. uootb
' ta4ae-ah< !l kitten, and ' y <'> tr . sres*? I 'mi**
Mabu*a??r<i Brutus '/.<?e'? | raiM ovor? ivlmed
I Wto. f'i ( i 1 - -toed up. ir ?r? it
i oy?-a ft,lie-,I?? | will vf you gain at**t that,
Tfi*r ne auiJ, in n hlfi .ruined Vdnn, H *tf W
(roving hia ntlf-pi e?e?ri n He thai*mA?' (
' th cottage mounted Li. horse and #nas< < **
a of sight. i
'/.ii stole to lb? little . inJe a and loot *IRW
j . iu? u-til rider and h rse h .<1
sight.
i "I thin r i' will do him good to stwdy,#t d that
J is the rruo,'. 1 will not interfere with th wthsd
i 1 . k.
of his benevolence," thought the little inni It n .
hod till the while her t;it v. re dancing. and
fitful smiles were cha.iug each other across her
cheeks Ah ! there were too tunny pleasant j>oir.te
about this projected cl.i.-s-incrting. for the sobrirtv
of Zoe. First, it relief, frr an indefinite period
of time, from the pressure of pecuniary w .nt
upon her father. Then the employment?the interest
it would afford hint; and '* last, not least,"
the certain enjoyment, f r at le.t-d three <i ijs In
the week, of the society of Brighty. and?and?
but we will not betray her. Perhaps it the
Ger-Fak?n. whosecomp'tiy she pext coveted. She
lonp'd for the return of her father.
" Oh ! I wish he trou'-/ come home before evening.
so that I might tell him. and save Liin a day's
gratuitous anxiety. Oh! h< w I ilo wish he would"
But Zoo's wishing did not bring him any sooner
She plied her needle bri-kly. her fingers receiving
a new impetus from hope. At twelve o'clock she
arose and made her dinner of a slice of < old johnnycake,
and then resumed her work. Whcu the
strn was dcclinii p. she arose. put i w ?y her work,
and began to prepare their little frugal supper,
knowing that at least her belov-d father would
be hornet*fArt aieak which he never p -,-1. Upon
the strength of her new hop- -. Zoe committed an
extravapanee?< ;okod a chicken, nr. i made v. neaten
biscuits far per. \u*' she ept the table and
dressed herself in h?r pre'tv doye-colore I frock,
and sat at thewrndew watchii p fe.r the old man.
Al last ?he saw hitu descending the I ill Hint led
from Mont Crystal. She wondered nt that,
having expected his approach up from the path
that hd from the riv. r where he crossed every
d .y. She surtnisiT that he ha I t ikun T1 e Me of
Rays, and MoDt Crystal, on his t ;turn . and this
was the fact. The old man. w ith the new liberty
of his holyd >y, had spent thed.iy.fn making calls
upon his present patrons or hi,* former pupils.
>>1111 MM cnil lilKP lull II nil'! C I! lies- IIU'VIU
man ha! forgoiun nnxi?ty f r ile future, in enjoyment
(tf the prr-enl. "lie Ip-I nwtheught for
the morrow" ui*m this day. at |ea-t . :?ri<i now ho
*w ooanur down the hill, suprtortiug himself in
the d.-s i by holding the stiijk let'.re him. nn<l
wearing the Terr pence of Heiivfm on hi* hrow,
down on either side of which tb^eilver hair flowed
upon hi* oid hio?n coat. Y.or ran out to meet
I im IMigh'el by the divine tr.imjuilliiy that
res'ed on his beautiful face. Y.oe exclaimed, takingbolt)
his hands?
" Oh 1 you hare heiird. then, father! "
" I l?nrd ? htv. my child ?"
"Oh! you haVe not kwnt. thfD? I thought
you had. by your locks, nnd I f<lt glad that you
nad been spared n dny'ahnxiety,''said '/.i>e. standing
by the side of the old in.in. nnd drawing his
arm nronnd her neck, so that it was supported
upon her other shoulder. ?
" Hut what is it, my child 1he ashed, looking
gently down info her eyes. " It is some good
news, Zoe. I suppose, hy your glad look-."
" Yes, it i.i M ine good news, and conct rns yon.'1
' Same of my old pupils coining back
' Yes. father, some of yonr t"ty eld pupils
coming hack?you guessed it so quick? i!ul you
know it? I thought you did. by your 1< nking so
peaceful and happy."
' It was the influence of nature acting under
my Fattier, my love, /.oe: iook at ttini sening
sun; it Iihs language?eloquence,tome. I clinked
tip the other wide of this hill?wearily, heavily?hii'1
the sun w.ia in a cloud. 1 thought of
the toil by which [ had reached the summit of
my life, the top of the kill?it was very gloomy,
and I looked down the descent of the hill as 1
contemplated the decline into the vale of years,
feelingthnt in both progresses my only care should
I be to prevent myself from falling precipitately
I and prematurely down. Then 1 put out my stick.
! and began to descend cautiously. h w.n very
I dark in the valley, ao that, with my dim eves. I
| could not distinguish the shade of a hush from a
hole in the ground when lo! the sun hrekethr . ugh
' the dense blue cloud, and smiled in my face! mil
1 smiled on my head ! What could I do hut lift
! my face and smile hack, '/'to ? It glowed all over
thi? rich t>c tie?it glow.d all ov? r mo?it glowed
all through me what could my he-.rt da tut'
burn within n>e '/ < ' It said -lib-- you. Met"you"
so softly?ho bright'y \V nit . .old I
answer but 41 am blessed ! 1 nm Messed !'
Zoe was walking by his side, looking up in hit
face with deep reverence. " I to but observe tin
scene before jou, Zoe," and the two children?
the silver-haired man. and the raven-locked niaid.
en?ftaused reverently to receive the 1 <rge, full
deep h'ufdiciff of nature. It was not ((range
then, that the old man's mil <1 couM not faaten on
the necessities of his position They had descended
the hill, reached the cottage, and enter'd it,
before he said?
' And now, Zoe, what atioi.t Ticw pupl'v V
" You are to have n class of grown-up nupiM. il
you will take charge of thenr. Brutus Lion and
his sister snd P-rigbtv O'llib v, w ish to e.nn.c and
| learn (ireek. Oh. father! it will be so much betj
tcr than your school They will attend you. here,
| so that you need not have to go out in all weathI
era. The plan is not quite mature yet for they
i will need to consult you about the mod e evenient
days and hours and about th?* lees. kc?" said
'/,oe. as she helped the oi l man off with his overcoat.
He wis in d<ep thought. Ile did not reI
ly to her until th< v were seated at the table,
lie did not observe the m w luxuries of thebroiled
chicken and biscuits, until lie had asked a ble^sing
Tii*w. when streu hii.g lor il Id- hand to help
himself to bread, he lo?>k< 1 up smiiitig'y to '/.re,
and glanced buck at the plotter.
" \ ee. father, hhe did. ' yes, I consider we are
able to eat wheat bread. u< w ! "
' Little darling!" he *ni?|. ' if we had lived hp
fi t'h. rather than by riybf. we would have thought
ourttelvra able to eat wheat bread ye-tirluy. Kittle
darling. it i.v wi II in t to #?t/? our daily aupply,
but w hen we have only enough, bare It enough
for eur daily c< in'orl". we >h'>uhl ip[ ropi i ,te the
, irho' to-tlay, anil trust the divine provi Ir-nco for
to-u.orrow. You have growing thin aid
pale. Zoo. by not taking nourishment enough
I There i> a alow el it futioii. '/.oe, an wt II u* a rapid
one You have l?eeii (ttarvinji yi.imelf from want
i of fwih?from want .of fJth in your Heavenj
ly I' ther?in your kite! ile.ivenlyl 4: her, who
b vie roil. and will f ike eiie of you all your life.
Oh. '/ e* I mi moved to tell you, my darling. always
o trust ti'-l even ?.?/(, i.'u//i I-ai'hltworth
' not hi nr. if it doe* not go > < < oml the grave. See,
! /..e ! you have h I ? H'Ugh suit bilety iBAiuli.
to live on for tbe !a -t thr> e month*?th .f i? Oeto
to r, .NoTMlilief. and I >. lo' er hut yo.| ware
| afraid'hat we ehoiilil h i%e n tbii g I r J ir.tPty,
February, and Mini f you t-i.!. ! jour
*elf tin>|#r nutriment ai d t m wffrtriT* *
jot tlenh and health ant ' gv ?ideh it wid
take 'onetime to t> | .tr If y I hit had /<'i h
'/.oe, you would have Uon in ? t-et'.r mmtim
now But no, darling y n - I ? pwfwll, it
i* true thai we h i. yh I > t? itonn ar t
only enough ; hit if I ' i t J:- 'f - wmay
perinh with w utneitw i trr I ti t jr .u not
'/u 1 ft
' Vm, father, I M|(t lh >l ' nftnitt Hf
tiny in the ??il thur < '???? I rrm*ml-v r i ihat
poor people do aomelin en perish hf ?sM
"A'l'-r. darling ' ii" t.nr ever p-by w uif
I or aiij other cfeni '/>??.
( cel?e to whs' c lufavi? lo what j y' ' > < <
| c'tthiily ':*ir uuj'" g.f.r : r ?}> ?> ? 1/
: trust faod through everything through nil thmg^
even through tl?e prospective I.??rr> rn "f it ?\tt
from starvuti 11 I.eJtevjng even ?Hi? ?? in- ? d<i?
puasngr to it bright world l.ill i- 111 'I II| 11
moments K>.??'?/ is mile up i f i iooii nts l!<innocently
h ippy with nil the me t - nml a| pliantes
(Jod h m given ycu in the present, m, I trii't
Lim with your lutute. There is n? 'I 1 >/> r that
! he will forget you. lie ' knowith flint yon li'ive
neeii of there things' l>o not mint your elf
Zoe." rotitinuiii the ol<l mnn, I - iti- l ining his
words by helping himself ton whole >ije i t the
chicken; "do not stint yourself. '/,oe Ii w,n, not
until the multitude hod eaten nd twre ///?</, th .1
the fragments w re guthtrej up The depuuience,
the faith the wind ui of little children, me
| often held up 1 ir * t,v l?:vu ,M .<?. r
I The p .rents of a little ti.il I gi ve it 1 1
for one tnesl. It is Mtisfted haj | y, c-ti-ufurs
j the whole with 1 tear of v ntng 1. ther Hot
I wha' Would you thii.k "f the child, ii vh n ir-<
1 moth? r had |T*i 11 it 1 f I' e of hreid just enough
[to satisfy hunger far the time IHrp rh'.uld deny
J himself, and put'ing a-i4? half of it should say.
I'l eha 11 he hung.} ig>in, at d I urn not lur1 n>y
Ia.. . ;n v. d Would it not la* 0 n*
'?> m
1 x'roux?revolting ' W? ll! i/tm n.< u?trou?, ju?t
ax revolting I* "ir h-t?ifw*l M**.iJaat*tion of
diatruat of our i?:?iri? 1'areol. I am not conn?*!liny
you ngmuU t. rtic/Uijr, but for ic mn y in rhirj
fur wai if not I >wi 4< m >iny. iearcbild, to have conj
auwed JOWfl-'r-h it 11 wv' I J ur MUM ' la it not
I lad e< oiii my Ot it i mi. t. i.-. >' i. n -?-lf ?o >. ; ,
D d??ly to boaineaa a- '<> waata '.ea!ih and ?f r. ngtL
for I he Ntke of aif.oy tint- and making cuoary /
i' Oi?it Ul.or yrruf nrnitnooy are not tith. r < f
I tk< m economy. '11? proper limitationa of you
liny and keeping ifjcirwrr necrnriiioa and the
rigltfa of othrra i' f inat-inc*. * man. tu oteri
working hiutaell, fr< justly i o'b i&Srea bia own
_ _ or* #T'
I
1 , '
health and deprives some one el?e cf a share of
1 it < r necessary to bin support. In MTing, a man
too often hoards away tLat which is absolutely necessary
to the preservation of Lis owu health and
strength, o bis neighbor's life. That is not right.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature, and
should be obeyed Next, the aupeiflious coat or
c'oak should be given to him that baa none llut
you are not drinking youreolt're, '/.oe drink your
colt' e. chtld ;:: anil the old man. enlacing precept
by example, addressed himself to his supper, ard
did m t hi e ik again until near its conclusion,
w hen he Said?
" Ves, 1 am glad ; I am thankful for this light
arising out of darkness, though I knew before it
dawned that th<' l.ord would not forgt t his old
servant. Yes, 1 like it! It will be pleasant to
te ch(?ruk to intelligent and apprt rial ing |?'ipils
It will be pleasant to be uble to remain at
home an I receive the young people by mv owu
fife.-.Je! Yes. it is all pleasant!" r.nd the old
tn.in arose from the t ,ble. and settled himself iu
his large arm chair for the w hole evening
'/.oe Cittire i away the tea things ftom tlie table,
dnw it up to the tire. and. seating herself on the
op|' lite ride, drew out a hslf-fiuichej pt.r-e. and
begin to knit on it. The old nun was less abstracted
tb?in mu d ?
4 Wli it is it t bee's doing. '/. No ?" be as. J.
fie was from Pennsylvania origin illy, and
whenever his mood was peculiarly tender he fell
into his tiuaker dialect
' What is it thee's doing, '/oe ?"
' K nitting a purse, dear father."
' A Christmas offering, d irling '
" Yes, lath r "
44Dear child 1 I know who it is for,' exclaimed
the olj man, looking in her face with so mueh beuevulent
stlietion, but so expressive of it is for
her old father." that the rose clouds rolled tip over
/,nt -it.' 11 c muni m nrrcninatras-meri >ne
could r,ot hear to deceive him
' Hour fathei!"' she est id,4 1 han trot something
fop you. something i ir?\ something bettor than
tbi*, hut this is for?for?for h<ntnP'
A pause, a deep siloiiee. ensued, '/.o* w 4 silent
from embarrassment?the old in .11 appie em ly
from deep thought.
At l.i.-t he sud. "Come hither, /.jc?" ay she
came.
" sit 0:1 my kmc, Zoe " Rial stop s*t.
Hp drew In r arm* around hianeck, and, taking
her fnop between his v? 11 i?M? p?lrr/s held it,
loi>kinn> jnto hop ovos? /
" I hies tin e love linf <U Lion, W
Her eyes fell her cheeks cri.^ >oed?she romaini'd
silent he siecdily. lovingly. (Ming on
her .V "
" I toes thee, '/.oe?"
She with her deep veneration forced herstlf to
' reply?
"Father, on mv soul's honor I do not 1,now !
[I know the full depth of meaning iu your piesj
lion, nrd would not treat it with levity or ovation.
hut?I do not hiinu-y
" Hoes hf love you P
" Yes. sir."
"How do you know ?"
" I le has told mc so many, many times,'
" When 1"
"Oh ! often ; i could no4 tell you hon- often"
4* TIe was here this inoruirg Y
' Yes, sir."
" I >id he tell you he loved you this niortiiiig? '
"Yes. sir," rep ied '/oe, the blood hurling iu
her cheek as though it would t ake fire.
"What did he .my, /oe." asked the ol|l man.
1 caressingly.
'/.oe started, mused, grew pale, then limited to
: her very I row.
"What he *?y, '/.oe 7" persisted the old man,
! stroking her hair
" Father, he said?nothing !"
The old man looked gravily in her face.
" W h it do y mean, my d irlii g ?'
'/.oe wo- covered with confusion. Fie bowed her
face in his sheltering bosom, and h< felt the tears
on his ma k
" Zoc!''
" F itp er!;
1 "Tell me what is the matter, my darling."
I Ha' '/. a Kicnasl over?helmed ..libhnmili ition
>> auul.i not raise her head, or Wi; him in the
< , i ice II.' ii'>oil ii| Iht lie hand i.i.--? ! Ii?t "ii
i t! ? l<row She drew ii I'.njr breath, dashed aw y
| the tear*. i ml. looking .1 hini long iii.<I earnestly
I in the face, a*i I?
| ' J\ither. I would ii"l deceive you wilfully?
would I ?''
i ! " No, my darling chiM."
1 Thank you for sating that, d ir father! Ye',
j father, I have unwittingly deceived you, because
I first deceived myself Von dispelled the iHu'
vrnn by me ' what del he
I" "I understand it all. my child. The luve-luned
voire, the love-laa.ming rye, speak a language
stronger, more !<??j?i?*i.t more convincing, than
words?ami maidens rem ive it in all faith And
many an honest and honorable man will Ii Id him
tdf guiltless of (Jir woundid heart that ./< < onli/
nave v. .11 i.in, you lire inorotigniv runvlncel
Mint I'i ntiim loves you. and you are ni t
sure whether you return his affection. Tlnw
if that. '/.or ? '
1 I > :ir f.thrr, I do not love to talk of it.''
"Yuurheait folds its leaves like the sensitive
plant. even ?it your father's touch, dear '/.oe.
1 '/, i? ! why cm you not nnbottom yourself to me?
Yon think me ohl mi l cold. Ah /.oe, the hetirt
that lots riot ilons or suffered great wrong is ?<cr
; old or cold. Child! my hair is white us snow.
you see. my cheek* ure withered end fallen, and
I my eyes ore sunken ami very dim?yet. '/.oe. un|
der this shrivelled bosom is a froth, young heart,
ami shrined in that heart is an image, which
i is also a fountain that keeps it green?the
I image of a dear girl f loved in youth, '/.oe,
i and have loved all toy life 8lie wnt to
Heaven, child, but has not ever there forgotten
rue She ministers to tne often she communes
with nil always If I were to atlempf. to
I rove this to you. '/.oe, you would think the old
man fanciful. I reveal this to give you courage
in give tw your confidence, Zoo that you.miy
not think youth and old ego whiteiutirnnd black
"| ar itc I carts ti-o t ir for sympathy Now then.
ie. tell mt?I have a motive . r asking you?
| how do you* 'eel tow ards this n an
u Kill her, I think of him as of no one else He
! -i i his < par'ted and set apart from all the res' of
the world I very f?o# and form* however bemiti|
fnl e eg,itil gr .i i ful, it iu?iy be, sei ms to tne common.
vulgar, by the side i/f?himr'
' Yit, '/Mr. he is not beautiful, niegarit, or grace
fui r
M am n<4 a .rd or a foot, nan | father ? yet
< hen he comes into the room ?
"Well '
She ran. her voice to its lowest tones, and murmured?
"I tremble all over: and sometimes talk non
n?* without knowing what words I am using
Ami wiuie times, '/.oe, you laugh and talk w ith
him tii i rfully and sensibly ewviigli
' 1 i sir! but, father! thm Is when lie chooses
to b"giy. b it if in the midst of that gaiety, he
suddenly stops and only looks me in the fsce I
f ill into gravity life become* vrry aerioni, very
-oli rr ri v?ry rttil to me Mirtli HCrma mockery.
Hughi^r Mem* levity. No other in in ? eye af
ii t? ai7 unil .-'i f i'|h> r
Thie is n very p*wfoi influence, i* it >..?
"Oh, no. fnther! It is deep. sweet, solemn
I !< s rhun h . hjilit
/'?#!"'
1 Well, f,it her
Vnti love llruti., I,ion. and you cm nevi r
become hi* w ift
"Father!"
" A*' ' V. '/?Oe
" Hut I did not cipect, I did not hope to I
mid sure I did not.''
" lie i? of mi oil ti I haughty fiinily ?you '/.<> e.
arc f( foundling "
I know it," murmured the niii len.
* Vet you in your secret heart hoped thnt this
might he overcome that he might stoop to lift
i y mi to hie levil ?on your truth, did you not t
'/. u !?< > ci| her heed lowly, sadly.
He ie wealthy, y< u are |enmleee. t.ut you
thought never of thia ae an objection hut believed
i that bis eupei tliM'ii e n ight aup| ly your defickn
cits. J la, child / '
, Again abc Iw.wid bet bead slowly, lowly.
' All thin might h i| pen. /. it- the pair miin
might stoop to the plebeian. the millionaire to the
I. ir.'ur. Ilritue Lion might i tier bin band mil
r<\n in marri <? to /ne. yet '/, < cm never f>e
j tb" wife of lirotun Lion
" l-Vbtr!"
" /< ? v?? "
4-F?ih?r
l? i? fix* I, Inevitable, Irrevo-mhle'
' Oh ' father '
1 Z>'*?i I the oM u m, lehukingly, 4* be
rcr?<)kH jru to bo Me wife?'
"No, father,*' ?ii l he, *i>ri,kiai silh ("Ore
rjilrit than iim'ijiI. mm if in defem* el* an* wJnau:
h i. rein- Mt > >M in ~ 'ite w.iy iin0'i??l#?i if " I*
-.t, a no fnh.-r hul he I ill lit '"*141
me. fat bar, Uiiuuft be never kai mM m ia si'
term?. What indeed would lie the use of ??/
between us two? I deceived myeelt only
in thinkirg that he ever .wirl so, not in the fact
itself; ami, father. I honor him. I believe in him, if
I i believe iu any person or thing in htnvcu or
j on earth. Hut. how am I talking! oh! dear
father ! how am I talking ! It is so strange, is it
! not. fir me to be talking so! Hut you rfr?w
everything out of me, father Well! go on "
"You love Hrutus Lion, he loves you lie
will offer you hia hand; you will accept it. Yet
you will never be his wife''
" Father?will ynv object to it ?''
" My child?yen"'
' A cuio. father?trio
"An insurmountable obstacle to your union
exists, nty dear," said the old man. with the tears
dimming his eyes."
11 F'i'fi'r." hnid /.ot, in a suffocntiog voice. ' ftther.
I am a foundling, as you say?do you know
or guess that I am of?of?very near kin to
i?rm ?i?
%"?m ure no kin to liiiu, 7.oo: !?? I it i? not 1c"*
i certain th it you can never. / nr t o hi* wlt~ " '
| ro hk ihmim i:<|
forth* National Kr*
THK HIDULK (II TilK MM IT KM IIIT VTI K\.
I ? %o.
I>T? O I'AK'I V-l' tRT I.
iiv i . a. m i n k.
Thcie are certain stand-points in time whence
it is natural to review the past, nn<l carefully note
the present condition of ourselves, our rountry.
and the world. The progress of time is marked [
l>y major and minor periods? into epochs and eon!
turns -Ly which w c date the occurrence of greater
and laager events. At these periods tiio philoaophical
hiHori m pauses, in his record of litiman
tr uisiic ior *, to regard lite teachings of the
immediate pvt. and notice the progress of Humanity,
an I the advanv tnent or retrogra lation
of the Nations. Centuries arc regular periods,
which are constantly bofi r?> the attention, through
whoso immutable proc ssiou we see the order of
evouts. and trace their mutual relations. They
are solemn marches of time, whose tread is sig
uiui iiii ui woutit'riui en 'iii/rs 111 uir rnn<llTion 01
tln> world. W*itli, as it wore, the horoscope of tho
Ages he tore us, presenting tlie countless mutations
tint are crowded in the Zodiac of Time, we
are led to exclaim that there is nothing upon
j whose stability we can depend hut the Pist. the
Present, and the future ! Hut there is danger in
hasty conclusions. These are not the only objects
on which we can rely. Truth is as immutable
as l>eity. and at her commands sre the movements
and mutations of the physical and moral
worlds. She is the Sovereign of all things, or
rather, the eternal law by which the Almighty
reigns over the immeasurable universe. Oil the
one hand. m.iteri >1 progress, from chaos to per- .
feet ion is in a la by a fixed obedience to her cotnrniuds;
and, on the other hand, human progress,
or human retrograde!ion, depends upon ohedidicuce
or disobedience to Truth ; end these depend
upon the will of man, who is, in a manner,
the sovereign of his own destiny.
IP rein is the consideration which renders the )
periodical annotations of the reflective Historian I
peculiarly profitable and interesting, herein is
the consideration which renders a frequent tetrospcct
of our individual lives of momentous importance
to our future welfare. We thus disj
cover the errors of the past, and resolve to avoid
theiu for the future. Put as our own advancement
tow od the Perfect, is made in the body-so. i
clad, us well te< the body-individual, a periodical
| r-.io.'nci. ..i',.i;.ty la wf ?v,uul value. Th a*
there is a s'e dy progress uf Humanity, in realising
laore and tie re of the True and the tiuod,
is aehiu wledgi d by the best authorities ul the
world. This, as we loiv intimated,depends upon
the will of man . and if, in noting the advance
I mi n? to ii< in nie lor a cnniiry or i? 111 ceiiiury
past. ho bee<;iii"s imbued wi?h a spirit of improvej
meal, ami resolves upon more rapid progress lor
j thcfutun^ his nohle achievements will l?e ooiiii
mensuratr with the heroism of hi* warfare with
j the W rung, arid the < ncrgy of his labors for Truth
And. as wc uuw stand in the centre of the .Nineteenth
Century. it is demanded of ustostmly the
events of the titty years which h ive past, and ditrriiiine
something concerning tlie progress that
in iy ta-made during the coining fifty years. We
dwell in the middle age of the century, and with
us rests the impulse that may he given to the future
period With us is the will to resolve, and
to perform; and the question, what is our determination
' comes home to us ail, individually and
collectively.
A volume would he required to unroll the whole
subject In Core me, and therefore I shall routine
myself to a few mutters of t he graVest importance.
I ahull avoid a notice of the progress of learning
and splendor, in high places , of the wonderful
improvements in science and art, that have so
brilliantly iUCCeoded each other; and the progress
I of I'opuhiiiiit. Agriculture Manufactures, Commerce,
and Internal Improvement, which chiefly
attract the attention of the thinkers of the age,
and confine myself to a view of the condition of
tin- masses of our Hepublic. Overlooking the
revolutions of the old World that have for several
years broken upon the attention of mankind like
the hurs'ing of the elements, and disregarding
the pomp of the Collige. the Laboratory, the
Clumber of Invention, and the Courifing-Ilouse
<>l iik' iiiniitiii<> ii i 1111 ni _>. or incorporation, I
hIi.til <l< si'< ii'I In hunihle Iil<', vi lii'i i'tlie rim]titu<I?'h
ii re found, mi I impiirc ol their joya and Morrow n.
their hope" iili'l feiirM. and nek Ihe influential ol
the land wli.it lueliortii'iiiM Ihey intend to infikr :
in tt.eir c unlit ion, to crown the Maicvolcnce of
llie prim lit o< liturjr. The progreanof the people
in virtue, intelligence, aiul Imppitieru, in vastly
more noteworthy thun nil other apepica of pro- f
green In cause in lhi?, inure he,nle arc enlighten.
e?i, more hearta urn blessed, more home* are
made (tippy, Mod Humanity UiOre exiilli 'l
Am the womb l oinfuiesee the highi et interests
of ,i n it ii k i ii t I i-l. ill confine my pnacnt olmerva
(iotm to llinee n.altera which indicate the moral
coii'liiii'ii of ihe people, mi l the means hy which
moral progi'i-as fill lie mule Nueh fnele um I
hare elmll lie given, that they may apeak for
themselves ami not he oliMCureil hy the uncertainly
of mere assertion.
C'KIMK.
I hIimII hegin hy giving many facta concerning
the commission of crime in the United Hlatea. aa
the heat evidence concerning the moral character
; of the people Out of the general immorality
. j r:?r ' '.'gh it"'" .olid as.ll;: :;i- is gr-al?r
I or ieaw, *<? w??i ? ?.-. '>?> iiiiiu'> r an I t.ctaourriex* ot >
the other.
In Mm,,', f.r thirteen years ending with Iw'17,
the avetiige nu i't er of fit n?c prisoner! was wo prr
an mini and for two yuro, ending with IMI.
they were fil per aiuiurii presenting a decreaae
| a! 1 i per cent while the population ineroaaed
per oent. during the f iine lirne or a real diminution
ol < mo" amounting to fii) per cent in eight
1 ycara.
In I'm/ioiii Ihe annual numher of State priaonI
era for twenty-five yeura. end.ng with IM7. iv,m
i 100; aud the numV r for l'i year* ending with
| IMI, w i? i.i -presenting a docroa.e of 'XI per
rent. w iiile the populnlion ii.'.reeaed tftt per cent.?
or a real limriut ion of eriiae of par ocnl
in iVrn II mpthur the annual Itwbar ft>; len
^*1 * vkil* lUa. Ik I m.
y<\Ai ?-vi'i njs wun i-? ?*, ?mi? w iv>H i
yeir? >n lirijf ?i?(j I si I th* nimfmfjMe W>; pre- |
herviny ?!? - iin** iricr?-'?-?- >* of popttfc|tl<m. i
lu M'l iiiihi' ittt, !?.? ftiit > ! imW ef Cut* l
prisoner* for ?ri yen-* ?>n<ll jf with IW, ?M '
!'i* wliiie f<r four icur.*, * rfdbg bilk W\ftot\ <
iiiruul nui ilx-r ^I "WSIlsg^ ?trifltsf U,
crea??*, llitt of tl>e per-'tfiob wm Ik per <
1
In I 'oiltl1 till"' ill* luiouel mimfer for mm I
year* eti'lir >: wi'h *m f'/l , ?bit# for thrr* j
yi ir?, eti lioK " Bomber * nil V<?0; |
preMTvitig if ew imrnm m (km of ih? population
In ,V-f J*'"*, fk* kontlaer it convict* wn? .|i- j
J, trim I W.I to IMJT uliooi :> per cent ;
while me pylj(k> inarm*' 1 ubout > pi-r cent
li. #*** ''PnM^hyAaQeee' vinol number of
wiili lM'4, wen MS7 j
I ** of H per cent,
In Maryland, tie annual number for five years,
ending with !*;; >. v?i 3M while for fonr yenr*
endit g with l>?14, the nutnhei w ... v'.'l ; being :i
ilituinution of more than 2 1 per v'nt. whi'e the
population increased 1*2 per cent, in ter. ye?rs
In I irpini/1, the annual average for 43 ye-ra. of
individual* punished (probably in one piis-nt
was SA. The nnniher for ten years endin; with
1 was 72 , and for is 13 it was 52; while the
l obulation increased ','0 per cent, in ten yet rs.
In AW I'd'1. the annual average for 0 years,
ending with ivt?. wan l,t.V?; while for four years,
ending with isji the ntitiiher wan Its i?presenting
an increase of about J per cent., while the
population increased per cent
The foregoing fact# are* from the reports of the
1'rijuut l>iscipline Society for IMA and IMti. I
have not the means for filling out the tables to
the present time; hut I have facts from various
sources, w hich serve to show the progress of rime
since is 11.
I luring the past ten yenro the population of the
rityntd county of fW?</e/p/??'has increase I 2f?
iter /'.mi 'I'hc following tacts nthoinlly rej fried
a i>t> months since, present a gratifying diminution
id criine
" I he nuudicr of convict* received into the Penitentiary
from Philadelphia, and into onrt'ounty
Prison. fV?r each of the last live yearn. w..s ns follow
v:
I'.nlt Ue?r*. < fr. "n. l-t?l
;mi r.s i r,-j jio
Is jr. jr. m<? o;u
isn; . . . . . y; i;s 205
IS 17 4.'l 175 2|K
|s |s 4)1 i:,tf 19.1
The uuuihcr of couvirta remaining in each of
these institutions on the l-,t of I '-iiilier, of the
s.uioyeur. w is as follows
l'< nit' tili.irv 1 I'n- n Total
IM4 1.1 111 :;il
1 sir, 1 ..1 2m :ttnt
I K It! MS 221 337
1S47 IVI I Si 400
is ik 121 iti.'t ysc
from those tables, the arc urney of which cannot
ho tloubtctl, ns they nre carefully compiled
frntn the records ol the institutions, it is evident
thiit there were eleven more convictions for crimes
punishable with separate confinement and labor
in 1S 11 than in ISls. tin d .'m more persons suffering
such punishment, for such crimes, at the
close of is 11, than nt the commencement of the
present your.*'
To the county prison, which serves uls? t?s tt
j.iil, the following commitments were uncle:
No l.'okunot- N" remniiiitiK
Dent*. I'd* list.
1M1 - -_ - 5546 JG'J
isir, .... fi im 7ff?r
IMii .... ft 404 2:tf>
. IS47 .... 4,007 IS4
IMK - - - - 4.42.4 344
At the close of is 11 there were 2tl more prisoners
in the solitary cells of this department than
ut (tin nlikiiu <il' Is m Mill tiiuli* i.l Al' ihn nnntinl
commitment* having in?-reused at the r ite of >
percent, per minum. or to a fraction les* than
7.OttO, they have f-tlleu off I I'.'"., or more than I
per cent per annum.
In Wiri/htMil, the nuinher of State prisoner* for
is 17 was V>I, while for IMS it was '..'5 s?being
a decrease of s per cent, in one year.
l-'or AVw York, the follow ing statement is made
for is lit. The number of State prisoners in the
various prisons w.is as follows, on the 1st of January,
is p.):
Prisons. IM7. ISIH.
Auburn - - ''"7 1W Ileeroaso 7.7
Sing Sing - tis-J t.l I Do. 71
Do. females S!l S.'l Do. (i
Clinton - .Its llht Increase 15
Total - - l.l.'i l.'KMt Decrense 117
I lere we have a decrease of 7 per rent, in one
yesr.
The jail commitments of Ihijfulo mi l /?<??//> v/?c
were as follow* for the years specified
I' iitl ?l? It.H lirNtrr
IM'i - - I 015 u ; . i
| Hill . . S'.Ui lilill
IM7 . . 1.1)10 ;? 17
IMS - - 7 !tl s?;s
Copulation - l i Unit .'lit immi
i ....... .i. , . . u .. nni..;,!..,,!,!. .ii?
iion ot n uii"
Mut in A'-tr Y?t nily and Loxlou ?i" tlo uol
Dili th?' gratifying result. Tliriv were
coitiTiiit te<l In t In* niy prison of Now York, including
11?i?s?- went before trial un<l after sentence
mill excluding summary rmiviclinn, llii> following
numbers lor the years named
ISU.'i 2,:iK7
IWI1 . - - * 'J.I.Vi
Population, l^'i'i - V7t(iiso
" 1S4 "? .... ;n ',7in
litre wo fun I mi increase of twenty-five per
rent, of population, while crime increased ::.il per
cent. Tlic average number of primmer* in the
Tombs was. in
is in 171 '
IS4S Will
This shows an increase of twenty-one percent.,
or three times that of the population.
As to Hus'iiii, we liuve some st irtlmg facts reporleJ
hy tho Kxecutive Committee of the l!eiiev
.lent Pinteinity of t'lmrehe* from which I
take the following statement
"I hare here I he report of the Committee on
i ho reorganisation of theCourta in the county of
Suffolk, :iin) the Police deports from January I,
I* lii, to January I, is lit After stating theiiomher
of cases in the M unh ip d Coin I for the l ist
i lit yours, flint Committee proceeds?
1 'This shows an iiioreuse in the number of i
e?m>H in eight years of a little less than tiro him- I
ihn! per eent. w hilst the increase in the population,
iliirin^ llie same period, has been but little
more tVtn fifty per eent. These remarkable and
nlarmilg results arc exceeded by a deport from
the Pilice Court, which exhibits a still greater
increase of cihi s within the last few years. m
" 'The iiiri i from Isv'f to I* I't was and
the increase from 'Sl't to IhIh was W tMitt, showing
an increase of less than ?"enit'ii per cent
during 'he first tmniij years while the population
had increased one hundred percent.; and an increase
of vvnli/'/iit per cent during the last fur
years, w bile the population had nut increased more
than ihiriy per cent.
" ' The rdm n of the ('lerk of the Police Court
"hows that, since lv I :. complaints for capital offenc
s have increased '.'Mi percent.; for attempts
to kill 1,700 per cent.; for burglary, '.'.10 per
cent ; for lire tking and entering dwelling houses
by day, or other buildings by d.iy or night, '.' to
per cent , assaults < n others, JOO percent., other
aggravated a-saolts, d'. > per emit. These aggra
villi I ^ - mil* 111 > >iiiiii it I I will) knivi-M. i| i r U m,
piatnl*. *lung-ahot. ni/.iir- poker*, hot iron* club*,
iron weight* (Ut irooH, l?rirk?, utone*,&c.'"
Murk ol tliiw inrrriiHP ??f rr me for New York
mill Bunion ii due to I lie yrout increiino of emigration
Thenrrivnl* for?everal yearn hiivr been
ii* fullow*:
A rrl vol* from A fir i I, IM I, to A j?ri 1, Is 1.7, lis 000
I *I" I*Hi, I'll),000
Is" 10, 41 I* 17, 100 900
44 44 41 I4417, 44 I HIS, 100,0(H)
" ISIS, 14 IS 10, 047,500
The ? kolr migration for is lu in put at
It I? ? (! known that a Lire ,vor'i"n of 0?f < >*y
rrirniiiiil- are drawn I'/oui foreigner*. nu?iy of
whom luriil without the menu* of procuring u
mi** I
But il i innot lie denied that our land ha* In n
rifr with ?timi- Inriitfc 'b4' |"?*t two year* I'rejiiHrji
have been the bitter complaint* of thr
liri-H- a* they har# been called upon to chronicle
norder after murder that hn* liren committed
\ lew month" einre till' ('n r'lif ul" New Orle'lll*,
rai*ed a luinent.ition for ike increase of violence,
4ti'l among other thing < auid
41 It i* a melancholy fict, kill one which our
iuty a* public journalist* inuit preclude ti* from
emli-ivoring to conceal, that the ra^e for mnr<ler
Ih rif'<* Hiiioiip iih We line n hmrh term hut the
woi.I in only the *pr>n of a horriMo fact To
ho*c who ore not in the liahil nl perilling the pitpera,
or w hotte Hhioriutioim ilo not f irce the knowing
of the fii t op n ilii in it m i v I..' uitoni-hinjr,
Md i.lfnOHt iff i. 'little ti ll I. ill..|| III. I I t three
kwln to < h ire I.I i'i clirotiii le no |e-.i III ill nine
ItlilMriti' htrnteelee
The r?po it of the 1 . iievnlint I f.feriiity of.
Chuichee ijUo.'. 't i1 v? mokes the lolli.vwnp no- 1
tie* of the mere- ol nine in lloeinn f. i the
peat year
*Tbe <>??ty Attonr*y for .Suffolk remarked.
Tkc??r whirh line jiiet done.I
hm been an ?.uu.1 *??? ?'<?, pnwarkuhl* year,
<lin|i< uorebly Ju?tii*?M"*J for lA? pgd tomu.
of capital trial* Ct'Jht* of viaaMKMarred '
mpMiiur enelob; aba<|ly Wi^**a j
were rraortdH^t 4n a**! *?, j
fitnetiiom with Kccfc " t|M 1
atrocity, an.I fraquei
iii'l' e.| >M|iii i )> aay I
thopJCli?M ?
if e ^ lift' I
"Tk? Orattil Jury
/
* /
>K
. II I ?? ? ..
crimeI yon i t>, ,i of po| ition nil
number of in'licmpnts arc .'-innd again t r.inorl,oth
ii,alt in 1 I't male.
' A mtng boys are frequently oVrn wilk ftr
four hirrel rcTolv. i- in their pur' - *
' The above chillies in ihe matin< ?nd habit*
I Ti ain <' me- mi ii,f ir nave . :! place *
t" a prent rxtt nt within ?> < years: and he Mil
has increased preotly within -in month-"
From thene slat unuta it rj penrfl th:?t, en
mon-ly m the 'iy, ?,m , f crime u ,ve incre*.- i
Cum- itself has incre i-eti in i till in t<- -ilfl*<u'u|; \
rutin. ? \
The I'ii ono:ref? rrinp to is itne avlVd acme
month* since, thus noticed lie, iUMf of til*
i norms* of critne:
"At these aail ami laioentaMe !!?, ','?nrefl. r, >
th ii't.nv nmn t., t ! u> tided, 'II in-e
tr.v I. iind nt ine.|i tlify it. "Cii'i 'I er.ilejiey "
of improved nun hint rv ?nil ' e fuUe r< ,"bnc ,-i-l
, system to fionc'iiirHtc imlustty. an<1 Ica^e i urge
ma-*.- in i II 'ii - h .v.- ji'M- ??I1 in ir?* -I-in/
i crime beyond ?L?' increase of popul.:in |p?t in
th ,*e twn i.r tlirei i ..?r y ,r* it iii"*t i. .m, ,
1 TWftVO vnu* we ii Ve iili'l n great IWWblt Of ll*<\ tOUi)'.
vinl' i.i'" Wet. ve .-ii ti *; | r :i . it)
of the l?n<l o:irry ing ileiil'y wapon* n<l plun<r
i iiifi: them into the living forme uf ii nelghh >riug
nation. Such a le.so-t coulif not t?c ! it upon lhn?
immense . -- >( tin . ' > * sr re:, line
chietl} in tue la r:i| r*. I k no |o?.h i.| ih
power* thnt hefer their eth 1 l,e M. vin
war w?? a demoralizing ciuim . w l.i.-h pi rvailni the
\i hole Inn I every ha i v and i-|n
ei illy every city We -drill reap the hitter fruit*
ot I liia w or for year* to one '
The elleet of the Mexican war is well :u ign
ml All how * of viotei . e t, ml t a:.' . . t h i
more degraded of s icii ty, nd the r- n't ia nam*
III eon ! ration I't the fry u llri-t In', nil
| the X'ir lo.it 7Vt >..o ilie effect which 'to llyei
ill'l Sutliv 11 brut lit'} 11 1 I I fill 111 |>o
' Niver was vagabondism s.i runpuit i \ .New
Vurh ,\i \ .-r wer it- It! ..art r itr
high an>l low hell*. m> l>te. e i ritat. I as they
linve en lot \ : tli p .*r .1 .;. ii I ie?t
only w hile the i I \ er and Sullivan he .-ttino*s e :.s
pending. hut even -n. w. - tej ai- I . . .ftei
that now ever-to-he-not.iMe eeent in the u.tinl'iof
! lnafe:.! oil ha token ploee 'Die w ilet uf tyv
i w ere never bo horribly stirred up m ver h tore
<li.| the 11ne* n<l alleys, tin cellar* ! .ek r< n*.
' tlie stilitermnenn luiuut* ami hiding pi sees of uieIrtipnlitoit
blackguardism n the f e ,.p r|M ? p,.
, pour forth into the streets, so tlen*e. *o hideous a
XI mi We lllVI Dot the lie II I tO dwVritiMH
scene at Park llow And I'hnlhntn street, w l.ere
these unclean sp rit* nio-t 'h> i ogre/it- pr -*< tit I
e>l on the evening of Thurs.t .y last, juaf after |
ino lOiffp-Tn nri't nnnmincct ttie ?( tU?*
contest. Tlio snare in front of tho respective
headquarters of tlio combat n at* was lift- 11 v
rcek;ii? ? itli huni'iiii* v in it? in"-t 1 t-1 1 > I t it<
t>oilin>r. loiMdiiig ovor with :i morbid en?itati< n. . .
that nt one tin.o threatened the peace of the oily
i t so! I
After only two or three month? from the time
Washington ( node wis linnp in lioaton. we (in I
it notice I tl.it c|e\ 11 Cljiit .1 ' Itenc. < had l.ocn
i committed since the hanging mi l tl. . ulprit"
were 1 yitipr in jail.
'l'lie relation which eni'gi .rt l.t nr? to crime
inny l>e seen from the fact that of the number in
the penitentiary of N. w York city, tilt) wi re for
ciitncrs, nti'l .'s only we-e n>tiv> ni l ' i!
??<? ? persons in the Alnn-1 louse on Ithiekwell'a
I alii ml. 7110 were foreiiiiier? Of the .? commit
te.l to the city prison of linchcster 10 ' were for
figlHTF Wl> need !.' III 111111 'I \ fill'H "II lbi<
point. Iieentiae tlio importance we attach to it ii
(Iinputnl hy none.
Another onuae lor tlie in<*n n of crime during
the two yearn pist. tuny he !i?Nigne?l to (be abatement
of 7.eal ill the leader lit' the Temperance
lleliirm It ih well known that ilii /eal w in much
diniini>h"d during Ibis period It in the general
complaint, th it drunkenncs Imn very much incre.im
d throughout the I itul during the p i?t two
yearn In <'ituinnuti there were lltu drinking ^
IuiUmi n lie 'lined dlirillC tlie year ending Si pfenil er
I. I sin blinking which win confined to the
clo-et, or the entice hilii.ne with li rei ret i litr inee
., few jmnyt rinrr, i nor pr etle l ihovebourd 4
tind in open diiy. The young in in i i no longer
nnhiiH lo f ii t> the iutoiimtliig draught pub i
llelv. mi l nvinynrethe nw*n?ione lumtr criminal I
lint through the ililluence of inlemper iliee Of I
i he h / ii wmwitMlUl lii i in j i < i ! i :i i i!'1 ii "ii ii "
ty. Ohio !"l w ere hu id to he i lit em per it e
The trunteeM of the ulin lionne of ItiiltiiiiorA
eity and county nay
' W e tiiuni hi III hear sorrow I'ul tuaU'uony to the
h met ill vice of ititeinperiinee m (tie grand online
of pftuperinni, mid again deiTira that ith almsMmu*
uuuhl iliIik IgJj' Wjl '_JU I'lll'li: Ut, ''lit tpx
I In rutin (1/ MM' 11/ 11'/ I'It'll '
AdultH admitted dm ing the year
Known to he iiilempi rule 'ill
Oilier eninpH -IH
And out of I I ' i hj! In li. I i i or admitted,
II. were brought to di liliilion l^y the driinkciini
'H of th ir p .rente
la New \ ork city pirilunii.s lii|iinri were aohl
at I .*i(!7 eliopn ; mid it weeetimito the iiiinilier of
pntronn to eueh to tie tifty. we have an aggregate
of drinking men in that city nearly npial to tlif
w hole male population
At i n i lit date <uo Iruf Of (Uc LuUt.^U )U I Lx
Ohio I'i riil?nli iry declared theuntdvea to ho?o
lieen i ng.igi i in TinglntoiicatlM drlnki. -J
I'iiUh on tin* "uhjeflt might ,1m HI plied tofl- 1
ino.it tiny extent hut it ia not otMpry.
f or I he NnUnalKro.
mi: lost \nd nirvn.
i Minn ot ninksi.iiinn oav. n
? - hy
iuar laviNd:
' iCL'
' lltoirn for Thankagiving I?ay chirruped 0
fut three year-old buratiogin hie uight-gowa iutir
Farmer TulliW'a. warn kUcbou. Ha waa
to unlock two bright blue cyea, that Sleep hud
Mealed ill. l.rrt'V tairlv anil cut nolle a linlireom
ligurr with his s?< i ;oti:,ii Hoove!" ]
" I'.rnvo, Itobby! Mravo o o' ' lnugliol tbo J
griiinlfat her from his tkluij NWf. ' Try it ]
iiguin, llolihy , you'll keep iij> I he honor of tin*
family ('unit hern, sir! '
I'. ibliy'n oyea wrc fairly opto by this time - ho m
Ii nl found his tnollirt in 'I took retog,' in the
folds of her check ilrres, sucking Lis thumb iii
juiot thimkI'lilfn ? Milium# lookril around from
tin- griiliron she w is sttpei intending v itli n gen
lie i.rolle That . mil*' seemed rather sad, me j
think-, for tin" si i'in* itti< 1 tlin Jay but hp ?vj||
know inure of her.
Thanksgiving wis always a joyous time at
timmlfnthcr Tnll.otV not men ly for its turkeys,
puddings, mi'I pin- though (softly he it -p ki n)
(irmi'luiiillillia I alhoi nn-l lil t 'l.illglittTh ilfl f li'fl
all other grandmammas tuid entities at a roaster?
in the I'stiiiiiition of the grandchildren Intge uixJ
son!! H"( 1 Wii-r'['ulhit ami hi.' "g'ld'-tvife ' (JJ
Hutu ualkill ul'l IMriltM*?!?'? vi ilikt Ii-.zi S.'.J
stork with which our blessed New Kngiand shores
w?ru planted. 'I "i stock bee been |tiM with i
mil ether no I foreign ikoati since?but is it i
not still the tree of our nation's prosperity 7 it I
hits long het'it fashionable to i idicnle the i|>.hint 1
Mum i - ui i) tun Mi tfrietnaa of it? Purl M
t iiiit 'MiiMien are tiughl to picture It en m
forever coiiniiifcp" ilui-hook with 11 ntmol tw itig
uk the fi<en of till ch fiTuliioi ill I fl
tfl
of tlie Pilgrim ^
lhey w?V M? ,, ''ritM^^flj
ftficn too ^oa<* to trtritt'fljr ^
V H'< < ! iyli.lt ii nidi -Jw
'rx i y *"* " r??- 1 he ' -a
'**) I ,,V< J" ttl Mtrrll I J I| Iiikegivfr,^ ,J.t^ r|, ?
... IK ' ... I . IK .111 Ite /*1
rwftf ItltlHl I'urlU* ll't In iy, our of th? j. ' jW
thi?t lin/er, like ronihro evergreen* in AutumgX ' ij
Mnttliff tin || I.re puj ?" I ?i?rel<t3 of Ih * pern rt- j
partner 'p. I>W* krpt Thinker *ii g <iuy reji ^
gloul* m? W5II * Ho^.l oi l patriarch' I
Mw mlnti' We forgiven tl s Jtrt It; with whiok k? ?
gUuce.J r no I ih - > ? . hildren wltk all -?
their t.M! Uipl I
baui to )>' 1 '7,
SSly