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There wa a l quartette of free
and jovial pirits.in ; Burvllle, end;
John Digby wbb the acknowledged
Ifadtrtberrof. Peter Slade, aid
. Jim Lowden, end.Sam Pepper were
- his associates. They were four
young ; men, Woo and : generous,
with a 'great capacity for ;enJoy-
meat. ' On e oertain Monday eren-
lo they were assembled In j the
nv: sioa,!! prlor of Lushton's tavern
lor the purpose of having good
:':ttinc,'as tbey, were wont to assem
blftenv The season was winter,
and lhe beverage rum: sugar, milk
and epg, famllliarly known among
' t . .siS . Taw.. '
' VUB lDIIWWI H 'tVIU'HUU'Vciij.
At an early stage of the wassail,
Wore sense bad been submerged,
' Pttter Slade suggested that he had
I a 'complaint to make ; against ione
of the dignitaries of the town,; and
V. thereupon he opened " the vials 'of
Itle . denunciation opon . Parson
Meekly, tbe old clergyman "of the
1 pUCft ' . - '
Ae near as I can find out,' he
1 said, the parson just about -called
us by name, and held us up asr a
jtet ot grsceless scamps. ' ! j
f , "Not quite so bad as that,' said
'John Digby. 'He did certainly al-
lude to us very plainly;' Lnt; the
worst he brongbt against. n was,-
that we wero . prostUuttug t noble
powers and opportunities to baao
and sinful purposes. Bather flaU
tering, I thought especially tbe
'Flattering with; a vsngesnee,'
growled Tom ' Lowdeon 'What
business Is it of his!' ; . ;
'Aye,' chimed Sam Pepper, 'what
' business is it of bis? snd then look
at tbe hullabaloo they're making
about this foreign mission busi
' ness. It was la ' cbnneotion with
that that Larson Bleakly attacked
us. They'd better look at home.
; I think we have suffering enough
under our very noses that had bet"'
. ter be looked out for first.' , . f .
t 'Thafs so,' cried Sladtf. ','1 say,
'charity begins at home.' What
do you aay John?' . 1
John Digby had listened atten
r tively, and during tbe conversation .
' he had turned bis glass bottom op-
ward upon the table. K '
Tbere may be truth in what you
V. say,', he slowly and thoughtfully
replied ; 'but people who. live in
glass . houses shouldn't ,r throw
' stones. " We may object $o for.
' Bisbing onr money for these lor
:: sign missions upon the plea that
charity begins at home, and ' all
that; but the question may come
uubeck what have w done for this
f charity at home? What have i
done toward alleviating '"the dis
tresses of the poor of our own
town? And if we haven't done
anything in that direction- if we
don't open our hands in charity at
' all what right have we to say, in
what direction others should aim
their good works?'
Blank were the looks that greet
: ed this speech. ,' Tbe trio of listen
ers were taken aback. They -had
not expected this from their lead-
er. ' :''.:7i "'
; , 'Now look here boys, eontinucd
John Digby, pushing his inverted
glass away to the centre,, of the
table and leaving it- there, I do n't
like this ' overhawling that Parson
Meekly gave as any better than
you do, and 1 propose to shut him
np.' . ....
: 'Hi-yab!' shouted Sam. Pepper.
That's the talk. I'm with you.'
" 'Are you sure you've got the
courage, Sam?' '
'Yes sir!' -
Count me in, said Tom.'
And we,' added Peter.' 'Let's
I shut the' old fellow up. ., What's
the programme, Jack ?' -7
'Well,' answered Digby, soberly,
'I have planned that we . will take
tbe wind out of Parson Meekly'
sails ' by establishing a Reform
- Club of our own, and starting ! a
. Missionary Society on thw same
. basis.' ' :,c'-:
' 'Eh.' v,v ".. " .V-V:7v
'Look ye boys, people besides
the person are talking pretty bard
. about ns, and we will shut them
up in a lump. I'd like to astonish
'eta. I'd like to bit back in the
most effective way ... I'd like
to make 'em take back track here
,. in Burville in their own .business.'
His hearers were interested, and
. listened eagerly. ! ; : i
What ie it?-Tell ns how it is to
bs done?' they asked. .. I "
Have you got the courage to do
it?' v..,, ; ,,
. 'We'll follow you,' said Peter
Slade. - ; U
Honor bright?'
Yes.'
Then listen.'
Hold on,' cried Sam. Pepper.
Let's nil up berore you com-
mense.' :s ? . k t. i f. u - -"
1 'Not. with old Lushton's ; Tom
and Jerry,' returned Jack. 'We
shall want the cost - of it for an
other purjwse. ' Turo jour glasses
bottom up for tbe present. There
that's a eo. Now listen. e
are in the habit of meeting hero at
tbe tavern thiee evenings in the
week; and our expenses for liquor
and cigars are at least two dollars
an evening; aren't they?' i vt'.J
This was admitted by a nod
'And in addition to this I spend
at least a dollar a week more each
week for beer and tobacco on my
own book. How is it with yon?'
Tbe others acknowledged that a
dollar a week was little enough. .
Thus,' resumed John Digby
we have tea dollars a week a the
result of Our combined and indi
vidual expenditure for rum and to
bacco. ' I, far one, think I could
manage to live through the rest of
the winter without any more of it;
and for the sake of the experiment
I would be willing to put ray share
of that ten dollars a week to a
charitable use. Here it is in the
beginning of Decembe-, and the '
winter has opened hard. There
are ' poor families not far away
which we can bless with our sym
pathy and our help. 1 We might
organize a benevolent society, or
a missionary society, on our own
hook. Do you begin to under
stand?' " They understood him perfectly;
and, since he ' would lead them,
they were ready to follow. ' In
fact, they rather liked the, idea.
There was a charm of novelty and
originality about it, that captivated
them. It would be fun to pur
chase flour, and meat, and tea and
sugar, and fuel, abd go around and
assist the poor and needy." They
were young mea, ' fall of life and
good feeling, and had caroused
only because' of the fun of the
thing. Here wa promise of fun
In another direction, .and they
would go for it.
The matter . was discussed, and
finally settled. They would make
a square week of it at tbe begin
ning. .
During the week,' said Jack, 'we
will look up the cases of destitu
poor bouse, I tell you; it brought
the tears to my eyes f: f
And so the reports were made.
and then they planned how they
could best use their ten dollars. It
seemed like a drop in the bucket
when set against all the suffering
and want - they had found; but it
would do something.
Un that Saturday evening the
Widow Bashlot bent over the bed ;
... - i it
of her sick child with weeping and
with wails of anguish. The howl
ing blast piped without and the
keen frost nipped within. She
suffered because sho had net yet
brought herself to beg. -For her
self, she would rather die than he
come a pauper; but for her child
Oh! God have 'mercy oavf: f?
A wailinar cry like this Lad burst
from her lips, when the tramp of
feet at her door attracted her at
tention, and presently a gentle rap
followed. She answered the sum
mons, and found four young men
upon the stoop. She knew them
well, for .they ' had been school
mates with her son who baa gone
away , to sea and never returned
And they came into the house,and
they brought with them wood and
provisions; and they piled up the
fuel upon the hearth until the
bright flame leaped and roared ;and
the 6ick child stretched out its
wasted arms to embrace the genial
warmth. And they brought forth
bread, and tea, and sugar, and but
ter, and cheese.
All right,' said Sam Pepper, who
regarded, these as his especial
charges, in answer to the widow's
ejaculations of amazement. 'We
are John Digby'a Beform Club;
and we are going into tbe mission-
ary work; and such folks as you
are we want to convert want to
convert you from suffering to com
fort if we can, So keep up a good
heart, and let us do for you what
your own Willie would have done
it he had lived. It '11 be comfort
for us. 'We'll call often. You
shan't want if we can help it.'
The widow's sobbing, 1 bursting
return of gratitude, and her eager,
heart-sent prayer of blessing can
not be reproduced by tongue or
pen. When the young men had
reached the highway Sam Pepper
burst forth:
'Boys, as true as. Heaven, I
wouldn't exchange the blessing Of
that poor widow's heart for all the
joy that ever came in the old way
at the tavern . There's something
more than fun in this.', '. -'
, And his companions agreed with
him. ,, " . : ' : - "
" In another part of the town, on
the outskirts of the village, in a
poor, thatched hut, lived Ben Dris
coll snd his wife Sally. In other
years they had been well and hap
nv. and though never forehanded,
yet they bad not known want un
til old ase and sickness had ds-
such enjoyment as they had never
known before. 4 7 ; : :
During - the aucceeding - week
three new members were added to
the club -men who were willicg
to cut off expense for rum and to
bacco and devote tbe : proceeds to
the relief of the poor and distressed
of the town. 1
And ere lonst Disbv's Reform
Club became a noted institution la
the town; The projectors thereof
could hardly credit the evidence of
their own senses in contemplating
the results of three months' labor.
TwoT and twenty 7 member si had
joined,' and the -fund for relief
amounted to almost forty dollars a
week, as each man wis pledged to
pay in weekly the exact sum his
spirits and tobacco had cost him.
If he continued to ose tobacco be
took a lower place in the com-
oanv. and the use of spirits as a
beverage was sufficient cause for
expulsion. When the people aaw
the great good that was being done,
they were anxious to give their
aid, snd be counted in with the
happy crew; but the laws of the
club were fixed, no money could
come to its fund except such as had
been saved by the donor from the
conquest of some evil habit, or the.
cutting off of some useloss luxury.
It was a bright Sabbath in spring
time. - and it had been told that
Parson Meekly was going to preach
a sermon upon Digby's Reform
Club, and the old meeting-house
was filled to overflowing, r - The
clergyman read bis text from St
John's Gospel "(Jan there any
good thing come out of Nazareth?
Come and see." And when he had
told the story of Digby's Clubhand
pictured tbe good results of Us
labors, he proclaimed to all '-Go
ye, and do lUewise." -
Once John Digby and bis com
patriots had fancied that it would
be a proud moment when they bad
brought the old clergyman to re
cognize the worth ot their labors
but the blessings of those upon
whom their bounty had fallen had
made such sweet music in their
ears, and the satisfaction of duties
truly done had dropped so sooth
ingly upon their souls, that -they
found no room for that baser pride
which they had aforetime anticipa
ted." '.' :) 7':
From tlw Chicago Inter-Ocean Dec. 5s
' THE LAST OF EARTH.
' The obsequies of the late Hor
ace Greeley were celebrated yes
terday at New York city, in the
Church of the Divine Paternity."
As befitted the occasion of f ooejal
rites to the most ; distinguished
journalist of the age, the ceremo
nies were of an imposing charac
ter. Man of the most noted
public men statesmen, generals,
divines, members of the Cabinet
foreign ministers, senators and
representatives, brother journal
ists, old political friends and for
mer opponents, and conspicuous
by reason of his official position at -
Ub had of ihe n
tbeP Presl-
tion and suffering, and on next
Saturday afternoon we will ; meet
and compare notes. Then We will
take our. ten dollars, and do what
we can for those ' who are suffer
ing most, we must be methodica
in this. We are not to spend ' a
pe any In this work "of ' charity
which is not saved in the cutting
off of some useless expenditure of
our own; ana ne orus who - buys a - t,,m nt ti14l nttV to work
The vote in tbe Senate yesterday
upon the passage of tbe bill provid
ing for the payment of the1 out
standing canal bonds, stood yeas,
30; nays, 18. Messrs. Chapman,
Republican, and Fuller, Democrat,
were absent. Every ' Republican
present voted for the bill, and four journalist he exerted
dent were present to testify their
respect, shared with an entire peo
ple, for the memory of the honor-
ed dead. In the presence of the
solemnities of death criticism Is
silent. -While weeping relatives
and friends' surround the open
grave let all reverently , bow their
beads in .recognition of the , many1
virtues of thet great man who has
gone to his final rest 3 ' ' v
The sad ovents surrounding the
last days of the veteran editor and
politician, lent an added gloom to
the ceremonial of yesterday, but
this is not the time or place to al
lude to these. That he had great
faults as well as great virtues none
will deny; that the former became
more conspicuous toward the close
of his life was the combination of
adverse circumstances rather than
of his own volition. But even in tbe
very shadow of the somber scenes',
of the last twenty-four hours,
whicti witnessed "the last of earth"
to Horace Greeley, it is no less
just to him than to those who
mourn bis loss to declare that his
was a dual character, and that his '
editorial life and his political life ,
were separate existences divided
by a great gulf. , In the one his
genius ebons forth triumphant,
and in his true vocation as writer
and journalist he had no peer; in
tbe other his raiud and virtues
were clouded, his preceptions , of
right were overcome by ambition,
and he fell. It will be a consol
ing reflection to his friends that
history cannot fail to make this
distinction, and thus do him just
ice. His supreme rank as an edi
tor no one can dispute. ' Of this he
leaves a monument in the great
journal founded by himself, alone
and almost unaided, and brought
through thirty years of unremit
ting toil, to a station of great pros
perity and wide influence. As a
his best and
, The f Week of Prayer, t .
The officers of the different
branches of the Evangelical alli
ance bare issued their annual pro
gramme of topics for, the week of
prayer extending from January 5
1873, to tbe lata, me iouowing
are the subjects selected: (
Sunday January 5. Sermons.
Subject; .The foundation security.
and . universal extension of i the
Christian .Church. ;,. ;ilWi,'.
Monday. . January 6. Devout
acknowledgment. - Remembrance
of God's mercy to the , nation, to
families,; and to tbe . churches;
providential and spiritual bless
ines to : ourselves; confession of
ain.;- .,;:.( , fs? -..
Tuesday, January ,-.7r Prayer :
For Clifistian churcaes; : their in
crease in love, activity. , fidelity to
truth, and the clearer.. manifests
tion of tbe unity in faith; for min
isters, missionaries .and evangel
, Wedn esdsy , January 8. Prayer.
For families; for sons and daugh
ters of Christian parents; for a
blessing on home influence, and on
the services and ordinances of
the Church of God ;" for schools;
colleees. and . universities; for
children at sea, or in foreign lands;
for young, men in , business, and
professions: for servants; and for
all in sickness and tribulation.
,, Thursday, January 9.Prayer:
for nations; for kings,; and for all
in authority; for the maintenance
of peace; for increase of righteous
ness; for tbe spread . of religious
DEATH OF HORACE GREELEY
The death of '. Horace Greeley
under, circumstances of peculiar
sadness, has called out expressions
of sympathy from every part of the
country, 41 is a gratifying fea
ture of American character, that
however wide the differences (of
opinion may be, let personal mis
fortune come in and all else is for
gotten in the flow of heartfelt sym
pathy. This is amply illustrated
in the case of Mr, Greeley. s The
press, irrespective of political con-
f iction, recognize his merits as a
grass has voted firs millions ef .dollars
for the purpose, Hs act ie saoh CMavbav.
ing been vetoed ; but, nothindannted.
tbe claimaaU have rarely fciUd ' to ei-
UU the subject at each sasetsaivs. sea.
sios, and the present aetaios is to f rut
no exception.
It is to bs hoped that Congress w ill
take the subject in hand and sea, that
provision is made far tbe par mast of
these claims, which, if "faistorie" in tbeir
antiquity, are no less bistorie as a recori
of long continued injustice.' ' '
STOCK AND GOLD GAKCI4NG.
Tbe presMt systsai of Ctosk aad Gold
nnUhtf. which tatn th Mtrn(Ka
mMand do3tlc9 kohi ?hrff cfthswar, has without doubt bees a
ter and services to .the country. I serious drawback to industrial and con.
liberty; for the .growth of sound
cigar through the week shall
duct it from bis contribution on
Saturday. ;
'If we would be methodical,' sug
gested Peter, 'we must organize. I
say, if we are going to do any
thing of this kind, let us do It ship
shape.': ' : ' ..t; '. '
retcrs proposition was unani
mously accepted, and thereupon
they proceeded; to organize. The
organization arrived at was very
simple, but nevertheless effective
They elected John Digby to serve
as President snd as Treasurer,
and as Secretary; and then they
elected an Executive Committee of
I four, consisting of John Digby
Peter Slade, Tom Lowden. and
Sam Pepper. And then they set
tied tbeir bill at tbe bar, and went
home. . .
Saturday evening came, and the
Refoim Club met at Digby's shop,
and each member was ready with
his report ' They were sober and
thoughtful. They had thought,
when they separated on Monday
evening, tuat tbey should meet
with the spirit of frolic in their new
work; but the scenes which they
bad witnessed in the interim had
changed tbe current of their feel
ings entirely. ' V. :
My soul!' exclaimed Sam' Pep
per, 'i. never dreamed what sor
row and suffering there 1 was right
here in our little town. Last night
I went down to tbo widow Bash-
lof , and I found her, with ' a sick
child, ' absolutely freezing' and
starving , y
'And I, Y said. Tom Lowden,
'found poor old Uncle Ben Dris-
And on this cold winter's night
Uncle Ben and Aupt Sally sat and
shivered over tbe embers of such
poor stuff as they bad been able to
gather '- from the snow-covered
hedges, and the old man sighed as
he thought of the alms-house. 'If
we could only get through the
winter. But who's to help us?'
And Uncle Ben, and his wife
were aroused from their stupor of
chill and hunger by the tramp of
feet and the hum of voices; and
very shortly the door of tbeir cabin
was opened, and John Digby and
his ' companions entered. A fire
speedily' blazed upon tbe ' hearth,
and a goodly store of provisions
was opened upon the table.
The - old man wondered, and
Tom Lowden made answer,
It's all right, Uncle Ben. This
is Jaca uigoy s i&erorm vino.
We've stopped our rations of spirits
and tobacco, and are going to in
vest tbe result in a missionary en
terprise. We want to convert yon
and Aunt Sally if we can.'
Convert us, Tom?' i ;;
Aye, convert you "to com lort
and peace, and, perhaps, also con
vert you to the belief that there's
a grain of good left in the com
munity 'still. We - mean to take
you. in hand for the winter," and
you shan't suffer if we can' help
it .u:77u-,-;,,7: '7 -
The boys didn't leave the cot
until they; had helped' theaged
couple to a hearty meal, and had
piled np fnel enough to last until
tbey came again; and when J' they
finally withdrew the song of bless-
Democrats, Messrs., Dittcmore,
Roseburg,' Sarnighausen and Win-
terbotham. Of the 18 votes against
the bill, all "were cast by' Demo-.
cmta Tt i R littlA tiAnnliar thftt
1 after tbe gushing declaration of tbe
Democratic members that the ques
tion should be in no sense a par
tisan one, but should be decided
strictly on its merits,' according' trj
the conscientious, unbiased convic
tions, there should have been so
near an approach to unanimity in
the opinion of the members on that
side of the House on the merits.
But Democrats always were pecu
liar and tuo more ''liberal" they be
come, the more peculiar they grow.
Ind. Journal, Dec. 7th.
Among tbe famous trotters that
have died from the epizootic are
Commodore Vauderbilt's ''Moun
tain boy ;' Thomas Roger's 'Dread
naught;' valued at $25,000; Sain
uel Trudesdell's 'Lottery' valued
at 820,000; J. C. Renkle.s 'Cavour'
a valvable colt, and the well-known
trot ing mare 'Son tag.'
Par Mamma, I want to make a
little bargain with you. Mamma -
What is it, my dear ? Pet it you
will give me a ' paper of sugar
plumbs every day, I won't tell
anybody that you j take your hair
out of a drawer.
coll and bis wife both in the same ln8 WM onding in their ears.
plight The old man, is down with
the rheumatism, and when both he
and Aunt Sally sat and cried like
babies with fear of going to the
. And so the reformers went on
until their night's work was done,'
and when tbey came to separate
they declared that they had found
greatest powers i in that pursuit
his abilities and his virtues shone
with equal brilliance. When, how-'
ever, be entered the arena of poli
tics he left behind - him that sense'
of justice and equity which so em
inently distinguished him in other
walks of life, and . in the .event or
either victory or defeat this fac
must have left a stain upon his
otherwise pure" character. He
abandoned a harvest of triumphs
already garnered in journalism to
encounter, pverwhelming disaster
in politics.. In the humiliation of
defeat his delicate appreciation of
its justice became bis accuser, and
he felt ., that the mistake would
prove fatal to his reputation and
fame. Oppressed by this terrible
consciousness he snocumed, and
rendered np his life as the forfeit
In this - self-judgment be was se
vere .where his countrvmen and
history will be lenient c Refusing
to do justice to bimself. he left
that office to posterity which, with
out undue partiality, will not fail
to accord to him a high niche in
the temple of fame. To that
tribunal let the memory of Hor
ace Greeley be remitted.
A man who snores is thus de
scribed by a ftiend. Snores?
Oh no. I guess not- no name !
The man who sat op all night I for it I When you wake, up in
weighing a ton of coal to see that the morning and find that the
be had received all that was due I house you lodge in has been
thought tnst be was a few moved naif a mue darine the
the raspiratory ve-
him thought th st he was a fe
pounds ahead until he remembered I night by
that be had not deducted the hemence of a fellow lodger, yon
weight of the pail.
The following is the most start
ling compositor's "line to fill out a
oolumn" we have seen for a month:
''Does not a young mother's hesrt
leap 4th with joy t when ehe be
holds her darling babe's 1st &.'.
may. get some idea of the fel
low's performancev His land-'
lady gets her house moved back
by turning bis bed ardund.w -
knowledge; for contentment, con
cord , , and . good will among all
claeBes; for the discernment of
God's hand in national judgments;
and for the removal of in temper
ance., immorality, andr the sins
which . are a "reproach , to any
people? ,r l ..j;,;.-. .j 5 nri ' "
Friday, January 10. Prayer for
mankind; for the circulation' of
the Holy Scriptures and the spread
of pure literature; for the overflow
of all forms of; tyranny and op
presaiou for the removal of every
foim of Anti-Christ; for all pris
oners and captives; and; for the
increase of that kingdom which is
.'.righteousness, peace, and joy in
the Holy Ghost" i ;
Saturday, January 11. Prayer
For Sunday Schools; for mission-
aiy, .tract, and other, religious so
cieties; for the rising up and send-
ins forth of. more 'flaborers into
His harvest;1' and for the c removal
of hinderences to the' spread Of
the Gospel, and the conversion of
tbe world. .' r s
Sunday,. January, 12. Sermons:
Let the whole earth be filled with
His Glory; ; Amen, and Amen." -
7': ... . f? ' : ' '
, - MEBTINR OF CONGRESS.
The Forty-Second Congress as
sembled an December 2d 'or its
third and closing session, expiring
by constitutional limitation at noon
on the fourth of March nexU The
President's Message and . reports
from the heads of Departments,
which were promptly submitted,
sre before the country., The tone
of these documents is cheerful and
they show a promising condition
of tbe nation's affairs.-- TheeX'
penses of the Government are1 de
creasing, while there is generally
greater efficiency of the administra
tion. ' The recommendations ' for
Congressional action: have mostly
transpired already in the brief con
densations of tbe departmental re
ports sent to the press by telegraph
Of some of tbe salient features we
have already spoken,- and shall con?
tinue to do so hereafter when the
matters , treated of shall Income up
in due course for consideration and
action." The session will last but
three mouths, while, deducting the
time usually devoted to the holi
days, tbe working part of the ses
sion will hardly, at the outside, ex
ceed fifty days. There is an im
mense amount of work curved out
some of which is of vital ' import-
ance .to the business interests of
the country, . but much . more is
made up of numberless "jobs" ap
pealing for Government ' aid, call
ing for the moat strenuous opposi
tion on the part of our legislators.
What is needed is a business ses-
His hold on the affeotioas of the
people was very decided, kad could
he have outlived tbe asperities j of ,
the... political, canvas, he would
bsve held a still . hiirher place ! in
the regards of the American peo
ple. As it is his .. memory will be
embalmed in he grateful reverence
and respect of hie countrymen.
among the ever-increasing , roll of
tbeir illustrious dead. .
Horace Greeley was born in Am
herst, N. H february 3d 1811.
His father was a small farmer and
Horace worked on the farm till be
was fifteen years old, studying and
reading meanwhile, and laying the
foundation for future acquirmeots.
In 1860 he entered a printing effioe
at East Poultney, Vermont, where he
soon became an expert workman. At
the age of twenty he was regarded
as a pr6digy of political knowledge
and just before he reached his ma
jority, he went to. New York City
with a littlekit. on his back and
ten dollars in his pocket ; He soon
found employment as a printer and
worked as a jouroeymau till Janu
ary, 1833, wben be, began the pub
lication of a peony paper called
tbe Morning Post, the first peuny
paper ever published. -It lasted
just three weeks, ... In March 1834,
he establish id the New Yorker, a
weekly paper, which was kept up
with varying . fortunes for , seven
years. All the time Mr. Greeley
was toiling . hard,, studying hard
doing a vast amount of. editorial '
and miscellaneous work and es-
marcial enterprise,; since, as has, bean
aonstrated over and ovor, tsaia, the
wea!rrfV:Uqws iate whw itswHiaiaAiBf
speculators are divided, have It "ih thsir
powar to "corner" the market 'W cur
rency aud gold, and thus to throw the
entire financial .saachiserr .out of gear.
Anspiaod of this kind kaf -oosurrsd
within tbe past weak, when, according
to all accounts, fabulous amounts' were
lost and won by tbe "corner" of a single
Stock, which, partly through the crea- '
tion of an artificial money' presnre, wss
rua up from 95 to 23a Meanwhile, tbs
wheals of commeres, for the momaut,be
oame blocked, through the inability of
business men to obtain accommodation
at the banks and discount houses, and
thus atl legitimate interests were mads
to suffer, in order to gratify the cupidity
ef a few unscrupulous men. , It has been
charged that a portion of the banks are
us the habit of lending themselves to
these disreputable schemes, and, "if that
be troe, some measures ought ' to bo
adopted to compel them to attend to the
legitimate business for which they were
organised. ;j ;W ;?,i. ,-.)
Stock and Gold gambling has so many
attractions, especially amorg that large
class who are bent upon amassing sudden
fortunes without labor, that the ranks
ot Unas non-productive speculator ap
pear to be steadily enlarging; and, hav
ing fastened themselves like leeches up
on the body of society, tbey are Sucking '
the life blood from the industrial, and
commercial interests of the country.
. It is quite useless to inveigh .sgainst
jthe settled determination on the part of
so many people to obtain wealth without
labor'; it is innate, and very fuw are
disabused ot the belief in its possibility,
until bitter experience, in the shape of
reverses, if not total rain, has indellibly
tablishing a reputation for exten i impressed its futility upon their minds
sive and accurate political know!
edge. In 1840 he started the "Log
Cabin," a weekly paper devoted
to the interest of the Whig party
and tbe election of Harrison, and
on the tenth of April, 1841 be
commenced the publication of the
Daily Tribune, the "New Yorker"
and "Loe Cabin" beine merged
therein,', . ' .7 ,
t;
And for every one who becomes used up,
financially, it would seem that two fresh
t AknMafAa tarn fvrf nti mtA Ikt
anoe in the speculative arena. It would
be idle to deny that large sums sre oc
casionally mads by the rise or fall in
Stocks, but tbe instance" are very rare
of those who retain the profits thus ac
quired. No word of caution or advice,
: however, will prevent a good- many
honest and well-meaning people from
I stepping aside from tbeir legitimate par
! suits, "to take a flyer in 8toeW' If the
new fledged speculator is oSationed
(Against the dangers of dabbling in
Stocks, and examples of fortunes lost are
THE FRENCH SPOLIATION
The agreement of Louis the Sixteenth
of .Francs to aid our forefathers in - the !
:.U . i:ui. . iiv- : i
.v.uuj7 -r-J, hrid nn to him. ha i Wf mat la ran. .
subsidy of six millions of irancs, and la IMlk MMM K-
withaguarant, ' ofa loan of ten millions;elUlBfMll B m
more in Holland, was less an act of sa-D j fini,fc;, Ai g fttle n Imply tbe
ereitythauitis popularlyuppoMd to f,k otfoiM lot
have been. - In return for this assistance fu J SpeCulkaon?andespscklty spseu
in behalf of Amerioan iadepefldenw, the 6 Wion l atk. iiWSS'vii
inu uvivi uuiGu. w iw J uimi . . - nn.. ,
States guaranteed to France forever her I . . . ' . , .
XT , . . . Viators have succeeded in arrogating to
North American possessions, and en- .... j.jV
I fluenee that they cannot "easily ' be dis
Hodged from their position, lot the evil
I may be 'abated ia time hy creating a
more healthy stats of public sentiment,
sad by doing away with some ef the in-
inducements - for spsoulstioo amonc
them an irredeemable currsaey.
and hia death is eariainljr near, bat 'bis frvtgnl I Cl086. yOOT
ble aaeng tbe Indwaa, aad bie temperate
kabtta at all Unas, may enable bia to bold oat
soma day a longer. His malady is Bright 's
diseaea of tha fcidnaya.
A proieBser preaching toa oUss
of collegians about the formation
of habits "said, "GenUemen.
.ears asainst , bad
disooursea," The ttodentft im
mediately clapped their hands
ueir ears.
sion, conducted with
ment, great
economy.
caution
eoune
and
judg-strict
to
C A rural exdiange gets off the
following: " An heiress j is stop
ping at , a neighboring 2 village,
whose washing costs 8 dollars a
i week;0; Our acquaintance with
i heiresses is very slight, but we
had no idea they, were so dirty.
tered into an alliance, offensive and de
fensive, , against . Great Britain, which
France deemed to have been violated
many yesrs afterwards, when tbe Ameri
can Government, under tbe guidance of
Washington, refused to assist her in the
great Nepoleonic wars. t Tbs ratification .
of the Jay treaty and Washington's - fa
mous proclamation of neutrality raised
French indignation to such pitchy that '
French ships of war began to pray upon
American - commerce, - and committed
those .'spoliations" which are still j, un
settled. By the convention of the year
1800, a partial arrangement 'was made
which prevented war between tbo two
nations, and then,' in' 1801,' Napoleon,
First Consul, on the other side,' and the
United States on the other, arrived at a
complete understanding, Francs desist
ing from all demanda founded upon al
leged disregard 0r; violation of treaties,'
and this country renouncing all claims
founded on acts of spoliation committed
by France. But .this arrest of the con
troversy between France and the United
Sutes did not abolUh or gat rid ef the
claims for indemnification ; which ' had
been urged for many years by American,
citizens. They bad been made against
Francs ; in future, the claimants must
look to their own Government for satis
faction, it having assumed tbs obligation
of paying them. PatfeatbT or , impatient
ly, the aufibrers, through successive. ' gen
erations, have been looking in that quar
ter ever since 1801 for their money,
without ever receiving a cent.. ' i
It will be seen that the term "French
Spoliations'' has ceased o .be pertinent
It has become a ease of American spolia
tion, in which the rights of the few nave
been sacrificed for tbe benefit of tbe
many. Fertyue Congfesaioaai Oom
mittees'havs at diflereat tuuesoonsklered
tbo claims sad .urgently, recommended
their settlement, Five different times
sn act has been i passed' ty the' Seaaie for
1 tbs navment of the debt. Twice Con-
J - - - J."i 3.1 '
"SavAToa Uoktob's ioeetioa,aad parbe-
alarly Ma maanar, is in a ,bigh degree earn
piiaaentary to him, and ia , a merited tribute
to) hU ability and talante,aad eboars ia atrong
eolora the deep bold he has laths aflaettooa of
bia party. . He did yeomaasorviee during tbe
late hotly contested eaavasa, and the enbetan-
pal reeoKaition that baa been . made of it, at
teste tbe fact that Rspablioaas v. mot, it re
pablios are, ungratefuL'' A "Mfmdmt
Tbe world U not likely to be troabled about
aeottea famine this year. The Bursas of
Agrfeu!tuia reports indicate a favorable
yield, averaging aiateea par eeat. above that
of last year, and it estimated that tbe to
tal produet will be 3.4M.SM bales. From
tbe fire laadhg districts of Britisb India, au
increased eceaace ia reported, ghriag aaeeti
oteyieMU) JM,IJ mauude, acaiasl M5,
W9 aiiaads last year. . ; . .,,
It ia remarked of a MiaaaabassMi Coagreea-
ef Bomewbai advaaeed yea ay who ia an-
aouaeed asabooi to bo married, that "his
aoee hi its downward course nearly toaehM'hia
mowik. KUa bia bin tuna b waaaafnliv to
meat the noaa, til, aa Qultp eaySaTbe eaa'i
eat green eon from the, ear boaas tbe ker
aals wookt eater bis aa, msteadof bi at his
BJOUtb." ' . , .,!
aaosna-SMi-. 1 -BolevtoD.CaapballiseaWtebeeeri-oualy
HI at bis reaideaee fat EamStost, with
very sligbt aopes of bis ffeeerety-OayaM
aavwaT, Ae.p ' ft w
Mere Utaa ordinary sympamy : wfll be felt
for Miss Ida Greeley wno?' withla a month
baa bet father and mother, aal betrothed
lover, wbo weiUdowa la tbom-lulei Hiaeouri.
Henry J. Raymond, died. June 18, lseS,
ames Oordoa Bannet
eaQteeteydied
Jeae 1,1871, Hor-
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