Xerm ol 1'ubllontlou.
The Waysksuuiw Ulppbuca, Office in
Buyow' bnUdina, na-st of tlio Court Home, It pub
lUhcd every Wndni-lny morning, at pi'r
annum, is advajice, or M 0 If not paid wllb.
In theyonr. Allnileiciipllon Hcrouute mi st
heseltlcd anniinll). No punnr will bo lent
ont or the Wliitn Millies palil for is advance, end
nil such sulwrriptloiis will Invnrtnlily bo dlston
tlnu'tl ut tho ex jiiration of the time for which
thev nr. pnM.
t'ommuiik-iitlonsnn mbjuetanf lnedlorgpnernl
intercut urn n-sprictt'ully nliuiti:n. T'j ensure
ltt-iltin fnvor ul this kind mi st Invnrtnlily be
ore'imp-mit-d by tin; mime of th author, not for
piiiilliMtlmt, lnt ii gnuriuity tit:uinttiiufNltton.
, All IfttiTH periulnliiK to htinlncasnf tlia otttco
tiwl Im ttllrt-tv-il to tlie 1-Mltor
For tha RmoircAN.
Till: NIRF.AU.
BT I. UABROD HI LL.
Vp in MoDongnlielti'i valo,
There run n purling strcnm
No purer beard a loyer'a inlo,
Or lulled a post's dream.
'Sweet violets grew on its brin'.c ,
And gentlu kindred fl w.rs;
And warbling birds dropped don n to drink,
From over-hanging bowers.
The inorry tulnnmrs tliUhir lib 1,
In happy spnrtvu schools i
And troutluU strove In v:d:i to bide,
In deep, but crystal pools.
Its spuklln; dr, s an 1 s:it!s of gold,
' .So radiantly shone
They g.c ne I t i ly u tin 3ire1.11 wj'ns t)l I,
Hows from ban.'.tt!i tho Tmone.
Al.is 1 nlm ! 'tis aliarcd now,
Mammon Ii.m curs."l its shore
The birds have II nvn from ev'iy bough,
The fishes spoil no more.
Tho violets from oil their stems,
Have f illjii to the ground;
And all the lovely forest gi-ins,
Lie sentturud dead around.
The golden Hinds nie filthy slime,
Tho stream is Ill icit wilh der.th ;
And near It sland two fines of crime,
Whose Incense i::ints tl:e breath.
litre baleful fires of ruin glow j
Here nature's goodly grain
Is changed to endless human woo,
for niereeuary g.in !
lUtc. i)a fiery ilrivitrlit dislillo.i'
Tint doth with horror teem :
And here the deadly pools are filled,
That p .i.ios all the stream.
It sent the fishes to 111 -if graves
Aliis ! too oft' , IK Yi 1',
It makes rum Ir.i ilies and slnves,
And hurries them to lull I
Yea more, it im!;e;' them d mvim here !
Weak childhood s'lrfekj !u vain ;
In vain the mother' 1 sc il ding tear,
Though touts descend ii'ie rain i
And this, too, in inn goodly land,
Which Hod delights to give,
i'mimbered fivois from His hind,
And bids m "go and live."
Yet slill our rulers an 1 our lawt,
Made by the people's will,
I.ioi.nsk this d irk. Infernal cv 6,
Of wickedness and ill.
Is ('. a great, fr-v: tnlion's ch nco ?
Ofleurnelnnd chrl.siian men?
IJavo wo forgotten Sodouis' voico ?
Woo be unto us then !
Monongaluda ! by thy si lo,
My Jip s were taught thy namo,
, O.i I rather would I then h ve (Ha l,
"Xh.in had it linked with shame !
3
The Raiders. When I first enter
cd tlio prison there was an organized
Land of prisoners, mostly Irishmen,
who followeil stealing, robbing, ami
even murdering to oblain moro than
regular rations. One would think tt
common sympathy would have hold
tho prisoners in f'ricndihip. But
selfishness was the predominating
faculty lure. Each one cared for
himself, and recked little if nil the rest
would perish, so he was saved. Some
would hardly give a drink of water to
a dying man. No Sanitary Ooniiuis
Mon was formed here. As it is every
where where there is no law, so here
the weak became the prey of the
strong.
" These Raiders would mark a pris
oner who had any money, a good
cooking vessel, good clothes or, blan
kets, and at night would rush upon
him and rob him, and if resisted,
would kill him. During the month
of June tho number of the gang was
increased, nnd the amount of robbers
and murders increased. Sometimes
' one of thorn would bo caught and
roughly beaten, but their superior
organization generally enabled theni
to conquer. They even had whistles
by which they called themselves to
gether to a scene of riot. Every one
who (lid-not belong to their band liv
ed in dread of death. Night was often
made hideous by the screams of their
victims. Thus these horrors were ad
ded to our torments, making the
prison a perfect pandemonium. At
last matters camo to such a pass that
the rebel authorities were appealed to,
and they, with a strange inconsis
tency, sent in guards to arrest the of
fenders. Then followed a wild, nwful,
bloody scene. Tho oppressed became
- 1
"LlklDlffiGir DrODCrtV. rrrmJm
( and sometimes killing them. Dead
bodies were found buried in tho sand
beneath their tents. Had it not been
for the guards not one would have
Escaped alive. Finally a number were
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VOL XI.
taken out and put on trial, a jury
being formed from tho now prisoners.
The result was, six were found guilty,
and were sentenced to be hung.
On the eleventh of July the execu
tion took place. A scaffold wa3 erect
ed near the South gate. The doomed
men were brought in at four o'clock
in tho afternoon. A crowd of some
fifteen thousand crowded densely
around them. Just before the ap
pointed time, one of them made a
desperate attempt to escape. He only
reached the opposite bank of the
stream, when he was seized and drug
ged back. lie was taken past where
I stood. I never saw such an expres
sion upon the human countenance as
was upon his. When he first escap
ed the ero.vd thought a rescue was
bein made and lied in terror, fulling
into wells, rushing over tents, and
scrambling to the North side. Even
the rebels were soared, and ran to
their guns. At last quiet was restor
ed, and the culprits ascended the scaf
fold. Eadi one made a short speech,
one, a young sailor, saying, "he would
show, them how an Irishman could
die." Then a prayer was made by a
Catholic Priest, the ropes were ad
justed, the sacks drawn over their
heads, their arms bou id behind them,
the trap was sprung, the seaflbld fell,
and live of the wretched souls were
swung into eternity. Silence so pro
found reigned throughout tho prison
tint the death-rattlo in their throats
was heard. The leader of the gang,
Moseby, broke the rope, but he was
quickly sinpeiidel again, and sent on
to join his companions.
This effectually stopped the raid
ing business. A policy force was
established, which, although .some
times abusive of its power, prevented
all thieving and robbery.
Fi'jhiiny. A t li rst the prisoners were
very ptigmcioiH. All quarrels were
settled by the force of arms. I often
witnessed half a dozen fights before
bre.tkl'ast time. The only redeeming
featureofthe.ru was,thcy were conduc
ted with fairness, according to the rules
of the P. tt. After the execution of
tho Raiders they gradually decreased,
until a fight boeame ti rare thing;.
Vermin. This is a disgusting sub
ject, yet the history of the prison
would not In complete without it.
To say , the prison was infested with
vermin is faint it literally swarmed
with them. At first I counted the
cumber 1 killed daily, but after run
ning up beyond two hundred, I be
come tired. Imagine the sensations
of a person awakened from sleep by n
regiment of "graybacks"' playing Imt-
tallion drill upon his breast, and com
panies scouting all over his body in
search of blood- They were of all
sizes and colors, from the great butter
nut colore ! devil with knapsack and
musket, to the diminutive red imp
that hid away in the seams, and yelled
out "Catch me if you can." I have
83011 dead men so thickly covered with
them the flesh could not bo seen.
They could be seen at any time crawl
ing 011 the sand.
Escaping. Tunnels were the usual
means for attempts to essipc, the
thought of which was ever in our
minds. The earth being all sand a
tunnel could be dug in a week with a
half-canteen. The work was usually
carried on in the night, the dirt being
carried to the brook, or thrown into
wells. Tho plan was to dig out under
tho stockade. Often when one would
be almost fini-.hed some prisoner, for
the sake of a loaf of bread, would in
form Wirz of its existence Some
times these traitors were caught, and
the hair shaved oifof half their heads,
and then marched around camp, look
ing supremely ridiculous. But I
think few ever escaped clear, perhaps
none ever did. The rebek had blood
hounds that were taken aronnd the
prison every morning, aud if any had
escaped they quickly found their trail,
and then all linpo for them was gone.
"Fcra arc stubborn things," said
a lawyer to a female witness under
examination. The lady replied "Yes,
sir-ee, and so are women; and if you
get anything out of me, just let me
know it," "You'll be committed for
contempt." "Very well, I'll suffer
justly, for I feel tho utmost contempt
for every lawyer present."
A justice, in rebuking a virago
who had lieeu arraigned for nearly
scratching her husband's eyes out, said,
"You ' should remember that your
husband is the head of the domestic
realm that he is your head, madam."
"Well, then," screeched the terma
gant, "havent't I a right to scratch
my 6wn head!"
A mean way to make a fortune
T !. - J LI 1.1- tori..
iimtrying tt iilBUIUUllUlU jruuug IU
and selling her clothes.
FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT
WAVAESBl
detect itfiulinti.
THE OUEAT KtMl lKt CROW ROOST.
One of the most remarkable sights
in Kentucky is the crow roost, seven
miles from Lexington, on the Danville,
pike. The roost i so old that the
memory of the oldest inhabitant of
the blue-grass region runneth not to
the contrary. Many years ago the
roost was nearer Lexington, but as the
trees were cut away the crows moved
southward, always seeking the next
piece of timber. At present there are
no large forests in the country near
the city, and many pieces of timber
have been called into requisition to
lodge their black highnesses. Hun
dreds sleep in the open fields for want
of it limb, and the wrangle overatle
sirahle bed in a tree top is something
fearful.
By the amount of cawing and jawing
done every evening, we should think
the question of reconstructing the roost,
or removing it altogether, was under
discussion. Whether the crows will
ever abandon their ancient toost is a
matter of some doubt, but judging by
the fact that hundreds, if not thou
sands, have already given up the trees
and roost on the ground, we incline to
tho opinion that when there are no
more trees all will content themselves
with a bed on mother earth. A
gentleman who lives near tho roost,
nnd who has a fine locust grove near
his house, was surprised one evening
to see it black with crows.
For n time it all went well, but the
roost became popular, and every eve
ning there was a wrangle to see who
would get it. As the desirable place
would hold only a few hundreds, and
there were some thousands who night
ly applied for lodgings, the noise and
confusion became intolerable. Some
times in the middle of the night an
overloaded limb would break, and
then a battle would ensue, lasting not
(infrequently till daylight. Tired out
with the din that banished the idea
of sleep one night the old fellow and
his son sallied out with shotguns and
slew some hundreds of their annoying
visitors. Next morning the crows
were all gone, and returned no more
to that grove.
The other evening we drove out to
the roost, ami witnessed a sight we
shall not soon forget. It was mr o'
clock when we arrived on the ground,
and already the crows had begun to
arrive. At sundown they were com
ing from all directions, and long linos
continue 1 entering the woods from
every quarter until dark. Each flock
had its flier or leader, who flew over
tho tree-tops until he found his roost,
when t h i head of the column lighted,
the rest circling round and round and
winding themselves about the chief.
On one tree only two or three crows
sat who kept up an incessant cawing,
and every now and then one would
quit the tree, and, after flying to an
approaching flock, would return and
apparently report to an old fellow
who sat on the topmost branch, and
never quitted his position, but kept
flapping his wings and constantly
grumbling aboutsomething. He may
have been the king of all the crow
nation. At times the venerable cuss
spoke in a highly excited and gutteral
tone.
We drove up quite close to the rec3,
bending beneath their weight, but
these birds, usually so shy, did not
mind us much until my companion
imitated the explosion of a gun, when
a scene that beggars description fol
lowed. Instantly cries arose from all
parts of the wood, and thousands of
crows flew into the air, cirolinar round
anil round us, cawing vociferously.
At times the noiso was so great that,
although sitting side by side in the
bugiry, we had to speak loudly in order
to be heard by each other. Having
raised great distress among our black
friends, we drove off, but for miles
saw flocks in the air still coming to
roost.
nixp 11 j u.
"My hands are so stiff I can hardly
hold a pen," said Farmer Wilbw, as
he sat down to "figure out" some ac
counts that were getting behindhand.
"Could I help you, father?" said
Lucy, laying down her bright crotchet
work. "I should be glad to, if I only
knew what you wished written."
"Well, I shouldn't wonder if you
could, Lucy," he said, reflectively.
"Pretty good at figures, are yoH ?"
"It would be a fine story if I did
not know something of them after
going twice through the arithmetic,"
said Lucy, laughing.
"Well, I can show you in five
minutes what I have to do, and it will
be a powerful help if you can d it for
me.. I never was a master hand at
accounts in my best days, and ft does
not grow any easier, as I cau see, since
I put on specs."
Very patiently did the helpful
daughter plod through tho long dull
lines of figures, leaving the gay worst
ed work to lie idle nil the evening,
though she was in such haste to finish
her scarf. It was reward enough to
see her tired father,' who had been toil
ing the whole day for herself and the
other dear ones, 6'itting so co3ily in
his great easy chair, enjoying his
weekly paper, as it cau only bo enjoy
ed in a country house, where news
from the great world beyond comes
seldom, and is eagerly sought for.
The clock struck nine before her
task was over, but the hearty "Thank
AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE
Hti, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCO 18, 1S68.
you, daughter, a thousand times,"
took away all sense of weariness.
"It's rather looking up, when a ninn
can have an amanuensis," said the
father. "It is nut every farmer that
can afford it."
"Nor every farmer's drugliter that
is capable of making one," said
mother, with a little pardonable ma
ternal pride.
"Nor every otie that would be wil
ling, if they were able," said Mr. Wil
ber which last wa3 a sad truth. How
many daughters might bo of use to
their fathers in this and many other
ways, who never think of lightening a
care or labor. If asked to perform
some little service, it is done at best
with a reluctant stay and an unwilling
air which robs it of all sunshine or
claim to gratitude.
Girls, help your father; give him a
cheerful homo to rest in when even
ing comes, and do not worry his life
away by fretting because he cannot
afford you all the luxuries you covet.
Children exert as great an influence
on their parents as the parents do on
their children. Country Gentleman.
THE GRAXT-IIAXCOCK t'OUKESPO.
ItC.MC.
General Grant to-day transmitted
to the House additional correspon
dee.ee in relation to the removal of
certuininembers of the city Councils
of New Orleans. It appears from
the papers that the members joined in
a memorial, in which, among other
things, they said they were removed
by special order for having proceeded
to hold an election for register of New
Orleans, in comtempt of cn order from
the headquarters of General Hancock.
They remark :
"When General Sheridan recon
structed the City Council, ho did nn
act of justice to the newly enfranchised
citizens of Louisiana and of the United
States, by appointing n few represen
tatives of their race as members of the
Common Council. By removing the
aforesaid members, not a single repre
sentative of that numerous class of
newly made citizens remain to defend
their rights and Interests in the gov
ernment of a city to the prosperity of
which their labor, capital und industry
so largely contributed."
On the 21st of February, Major
General Rawlings, . Chief of Stall,
wrote to Major General Hancock, by
order of General Grant acknowledg
ing the receipt of Gen. Hancock's let
ter in response to telegrams from the
General commanding the army dated
the 8th ultimo, in the matter of the re
moval of certain aldtn'mon find
assistant aldermen of the city of New
Orleans, for contempt of a military or
der. I le also acknowledges the receipt
of the memorial of aldermen and as
sistant alderman. Gen. Rawlings
s.iv3 in conclusion, after setting forth
all the facts in the case :
"On assuming command of the Dis
trict, foil announced in General Order
No. 40, dated November 19, 1867,
that it was your purpose to preserve
peace and quiet in your command, and
that as a means to this great end, you
regarded the maintainaneeof the civ
il authorities in the faithful executiou
of the laws as the most efficient under
existing circumstances. Also that
when the civil authorities are ready
and willing to perform their duties,
the military power should cease to
lead, and the civil administration re
sume its naturaland rightful dominion.
Under this state offact3, the City
Council of New Orleans might reason
ably have presumed it to be their
right and duty, especially under that
order, your order No. 40, to fill
the vacancy in office of Register ; it
appears they did front your report in
this case, dated February 15, 1868.
The tame fact, too, in connection with ,
the printed proeeediEgs embraced in
your report of February 15, 1868, pre
cludes the presumption of any intention
of contempt of the military authority
bv the members oL the city councils.
The case of the Jcffeison city councils
is not deemed a parallel one, in this,
that they bad not theirown right ques
tioned in similar cases, nor the order
of the department commander to justify
them. There being no contempt of
military authority intended bv the
board of alderman and assistant alder
men of New Orleans, relieved by spe
cial order No. 28, dated in February,
and a proper administration of tho re
construction acts not requiring their
removal, said special order relieving
the aldermen and assistant aldermen
herein named,and the appointment of
others in their stead 13 hereby disap
proved and revoked, and the members
of such board of aldermen and assistant
aldermen removed by it are hereby re
instated, and will resume their duties
of aldermen and assistant aldermen of
the city of New Orleans tho same as if
said order bad not been issued, You
will pleasccarry this into effect."
On the 37th of February, Mjor
General Hancock telegraphed to Gen.
Grant saying what he did was adopt
ed under grave deliberation, and he
believed was the result of necessity im
posed upou him, whichcould not have
been avoided without a disregard of
the interests of the public service and
of the obligations imposed upon him
by the reconstruction act, and by or
dcrof his prdeecoesor. After explaining
at length the state of tho case, he con
cludes by saying: . ! "1
"I conceive no violence was done to
the principles enumerated and declar
ed, when I gave effect to the order of
my predecessor, and restrain members
RIGHT. Lincoln.
of the municipal body from doing -an
act for which no existing law gave
them authority." I entertain serious
appreheusion of tho reversion of my
order, niid the leinstatement of mem
bers of Council removed by mo prov
ing injurious to the public interest,
and increase the embarrassment under
which the commander is laboring.
Your order will be immediately exe
cuted." Gen. Grant in a letter dated Febru
ary 25, addressed to Maj. Gen. Han
cock, says : "Thero was nothing in
my ordwr which doubted your author
ity to make removals and appoint
ments when publio exigency required.
I only exercise an authority giveu to
me as General of the army, under
which law both of us find our author
ity to act in those matters. Your or
der of removal was based on certain
charges, which I did not think sustain
ed by the facts as they were presented."
Gen. Hancock on the 27th of Feb
ruary, wrote) to Adjutant Gen. Thomas
as follows :
"General I have the honor to
transmit copies of my correspondence
with the General-in-Chief in reference
to my recent action concerning the re
moval from office of certain aldermen
of the Councils of New Orleans, made
by me for contempt of order cf the
District Commander. I request that
the SLitiio may, in any appropriate
manner, nnd as explanatory of my ac
tion, and for his information be laid
before the President, with this my
request to bo relieved from command
of this District, w here it is no longer
useful or ngrecablo to remain. When
relieved, should the exigency of the
service permit, it would be most in
accordance with my inclination to be
sent to St. Louis, Mo., to await fur
ther orders."
A XEIY I1IMI Of I!I.r.
A young man who had been paying
strict attention to a young lady, with a
view to matrimony, or any other mon
ey she may chance to have, grew chiv
alric tho other night and offered to
undertake almost any task, however
difficult, to prove his love and devo
tion. "Bid me," said he, with a truly
knightly rhapsody (although ho wasn t
worth a rap,) "bid mo tame the lion
in the jungles, or restrain nn office
seeker on his way to Harrisburg, nnd
I will do it. Ask me to climb Mount
Vesuvius (most any other time,) or to
address a tumultuous assembly of wo
men's rights women in opposition to
female suffrage nnd it is done. Com
mand me that I should bring a snow
fluke from the torrid skies of Africa,
or an iceberg from the sulphuric
waves of '
"Hold 1" cried the maiden, "you
can more easily win my commenda
tion and contribute to my pleasure.
Thero is a youth. Weston is his
name, who, starting from Portland on
the Maine, is even now stretching his
legs with eager intent toward Chicago.
Imitate his noble example and "
"What?"
"Wulk 1"
He pedestrinnated.
. 1
The Love or t:io Sonutlfol.
Place a young girl under tho care
of a kind-hearted, graceful woman
and she unconsciously to herself grows
into a graceful lady. Place a boy
in the establishment of a thorough
going, straight forward business man
and the boy becomes a self-reliant,
practical man. Children are suscepti
ble creatures, and circumstances,
scenes, nctions, always impress. As
you influence them, not by arbitrary
rules, not by stern example alone, but
in thousand other ways that speak
through beautiful forms, through
bright scenes, soft utterances and pret
ty pictures so will they grow. Teach
your children to love the beautiful.
Give them a corner in the graden for
flowerSjCncourage them to put in shape
hanging baskets. Allow them to have
their favorite trees, lead them to wan
der in' the prettiest woodlots, show
them where they can best view the
sunsets, rouse them in the morning,
not with the stern '"time to work," but
with the enthusiastic "see the beautiful
sunrise :" buy for them pretty pictures
and enconrage them to decorate their
rooms, each in his or her childish way.
The instinct is in them. Give them
an inch and they , will go a mile.
Allow them then the privilege and
they will make your homes beautiful.
Old Squire Dilson, the homeliest
man in Nebraska, while out hunting
lately, met a stranger, and after glanc
ing at him, leveled his rifle at his
breast. " hy,yfJu aint going to shoot
me I" exclaimed tlie stranger. "Yes,"
said the squire in relentless tones, '!
made a vow years ago, that if I ever
saw a homelier man than I am, I'd
shoot hirrton the spot!" ?'Oh, well,
fire away!" cried the stranger, "if I'm
homelier than you are, I don't want to
liveajiother minute." Tho squire gave
it up.
"So yon would not take me to he
twenty?" said young lady to her
partner, while dancing a polka a few
evenings since. "What would you
tako molcrr "i' or , better or lor
worse!" -
A wesxebn editor, in response to a
subscriber who trrnmbles that his
morning paper is always intolerably
damp, says "that is because thero is so
much due (ilcw) on it. . .
EDITOR AXD PUBLISHER.
AO. 38.
UVKNIIONS f'UR RKIM.'DIA TOH9.
I. Supposing you had, last year,
been involved in a great difficult law
suit, on whose issue not ouly all your
property but your character was at
stake, and which you could not thor
otiirhlv try without raisinir $5,000 in
cash, and suppose you had advertised
fortius money, saying, "If any one
will lend me the 5,000 1 need, I
will pnv him ?10,000 if I win my
suit, and thereupon some one had
loaned you tho money and you had
therewith gained your rase, how much
'would you owe that creditor until you
paid him ?
II. Supposing that, having thus
obtained tho requisite means to prose
cute your suit to a triumphant issue,
and won it, you should feel moved to
stigmatize tho lender as a Shylock,
usurer, rubber, descendant of Judas
Iscariot, tc, &c, would you not have
abundant reason to suspect your own
integrity nnd honor ?
III. Supposing that you had been
laboring under heavy embarrassments
through the hist tlueo or four years,
and had thin been impelled, because
von could do no better, to make six
long notes of $1,000 each, and intrust
them to a broker to sell for your ac
count, nnd he had sold them at differ
ent times fbr j? 1,000, ?400, 8800,
700, $600 and 500 respectively,
according to the goodness of your
prospects and your credit when they
were severally negotiated, and sup
posing that you had thereby weather
ed the storm and re-established your
fortune, and supposing that these notes
were about to fall due, how much
would you owe the holders respective
ly ? and on what principle would you
require any reduction from the face of
their several demands ?
IV. Supposing that the holder
should present one of these notes for
payment, and it appeared that it had
been sold repeatedly for more and then
for less than had originally been paid
fiir it, as your prospects happened tit
tho moment to bo darker or brighter,
and that the lat holder, believing you
good, had paid 'JoO or 8980 for it,
howiuucli would sili-fy your obliga
tion to Mm f
V. Supposing you should say fo
him, or to any holder of one of those
notes, "Sir, I have fixed my property
so that 110 one can get a legal hold of
it, and now I will give you, in ex
change lor tnv note winch specihcnlly
nnl inconlestably draws six per cent,
interest per annum in gold, another
note for $1,000 drawing no interest at
any tune and payable at my own con
venience if ever ; and, if you do n't
see fit to take this, you shall never be
paid anything whatever," could you
ever thereafter look into a mitror
without confronting tho reflected vis
age of ti very mean, shameless villian ?
VI. Supposing you had thus adver
tised your true character to the whole
world", and had tints destroyed yotir
own reputation and credit, would your
debt have become a fraction smaller,
or tho obligation to pay it n shade
less, than it was before ?
VI I. Would you not, on the whole,
look up with respect ami admiration
to your neighbor, who, being similar
ly indebted, should say to his un
fortunate, creditors; "J'he long and
short of the matter is that, being a
bold and straight-out scoundrel, I will
never pay you one cent ; and, if you
don't like that, you may help your
self tho best way you can?" Tribune.
VtNflY SfEF.T W illi .1 MLSFORTtSE.
Rev. Petroleum V. Nnsby having
been called into Ohio to assist in the
expulsion of some children of African
descent from a district scool into which
they had been admitted by a New
Ilampshii'o school-mistress, returned
in a damaged condition, in consequence
of an adventure w hich he relates ns
fbliows:
We reached and entered the skool
house. The skool marm wnz there,
ez bright and cz crisp cz n Janooary
niornin the skolars wuz ranged on
the seet9 a studying ez rapidly ez pos
sible. ' v
"Miss,"sel I, "wo are informed that
three nigger wenches, daughters of one
Lett, a nigger, is 111 the skool, a mmg
lin with our daughters cz equal. Is
it so?"
"The Misses Lett are in tho skool,"
sed she, ruther mischeeviously, "and I
am happy to state that they ureamon'g
my best pupils."
"Miss, 6ed I, "pint era out to
us ?"
"Wherefore?" said she.
"That wc may bundle era out 1"
sed I. .
"Bless me I" sed she I really cood
ent do that. Why expel them ?"
"Becoz," sed I, "no nigger shel con
taminate the white children pv this
dcestrict. No scch disgrace shel be pnt
onto 'em."
" Well," sed this aggravatin skool
marm, wich wajfrotu Noo Hampshire
"put 'cm out."
"But show me wich they arc."
"Can't you detect 'cm sir? Don"
their color betray 'cm ? Ef they are
so near white you can't select 'em at
a glance, it strikes mo that it can't hurt
very much to let em stay.
I wui sorely puzzled. There
wuzn't a girl in the room who looked
at .all niggecy. But my reputa
tion wux at Stake. Noticin three
girl settyi together who wax Berne
whatdark cooiplectid, and whose black
bair waved j'X went for 'em and shov
ed 'em out, thecuceid skool (niarra al
most bustin with lafter.
Terms of Advertising
'", 'and
JOB WOK K'
AprKRTnK.-KtMW tiut'rtrii nt 81 a rT inn ,
foriliri'O In, rtl. n, mul so nri(i
fiirMi.h kiMttion.il liiMTtli.n : (t.-n lines or km
cuunu'il a aiiuure ). All iriuuiieiituUvrliicmvnt4
i' ne pam mr in Hiivamit.
Bi'nK NoTtctsHetunrtiTthp firad of !nn!
nfUM will ho etirgal tmuriubly 10 cvntau line
fur enrh iliar rtluo. 1
A IIIkmiiI iWiictinn m.-utrt to pfraonn&flvrrtls
ln hy th quartt-r, lutli-vftir or i-ur. A.ibl
luttlcet ftinwU tme-lum more Hum rrgulur a4-vc-rtisiinveiita,
Jon l'tttxiixaof even-kind In rinlnnnrt Kan
cycoloni; Htind'hlLls, ltlnnkM,4iriU rnmphli-t
of pvcry variety nml Htyln, iirlninl ut Ut
Hlinrtcnt noui-e. Tlir RliPPBI.K A.W Ut ni-K Inul
lust hewn r.'-nttl. mul cvci v tlilnu In tho l"vin
I1111 line can ho executed In the must mliotto
mannrrontt at the lowret rut-. '
Here the tragedy okkered. At tho
door I Met a man who rode four niilo
in his zeal to assist us. He lied allua
had an itchen to pitch into a nigger,
and ez he cood do it now safely he
perposcd not to lose the chance. I waz
puttin on 'em out, and hed jist drag
ged 'em to the door, when I met hiin
enterin it,
"Wat is this ?" sed he with a surpris
ed look. 1
"We're puttin out theso cussid
wenches, who ii coutaminatin your
children and mine," sed I. "Ketch
hold of tha pekoolyorly dignstin one
yonder," sed I. : 1
"Wenches I You skoundrel,
them girls are my girls 1"
And without waiteu for explonsr
shun, the infooriated monster sailed
into me, the skool marm layin over
on one uv tho benches cxplodin m
peels uv lafter, tho like uv wich I nev
er heard. The three girls indignaat
ut becing mistook for nigger wenches,
assisted their parent, and between 'em,
in about four minutes I wuz insensi
ble. One uv the trustees pitying my
woes, took me to the nearest railroad
stashen, and somehow I know not I
got home, where I am at present re
cooperatin. m 1
Vbat They .Nuld.
We asked a girl what she wanfed
most, and she replied "a lover." '
Wn fiskivl n wile what she wanted
most, and she said, "kind words from
my husband r.nd children to bear his
name 1
Wo asked a bov what he wanted.
and he said, "a sweetheart and a happy
home I
Wn nsked n miser what ha wanted
and ho replied, "gold, more gold I" t r
We asked a gadding woman what
she wanted most, and she replied,
"dress, and mote news '0 tell my
neighbors r . . ' !
We nsked f. mother what sho wanted
most, and she replied, "my darlings
to love me !"
We nsked nn affianced what sho -
wanted, and sho said, "my chosen one
to tie true to me! . ,
We. nsked 1111 old man what he
wanted, and he said, "rest and a de
cent burial 1" . . ..
We asked a workingman what ho
wanted, and he replied, "light taxa
tion and a chanco to make n comfor
table home for my loved ones!"
We asked a soldier what ho wanted
and he said, "peace, now that tho war
is over 1" ,
Wo asked God what he wanted, and
he said, "peace on earth and good will
towards all men 1"
Siftnt.
It i3 a good sign to see a man do an
act of charity bad to hear hiin boast
of it. ft''
It is a had sign to see an honest
man wearing his old clothes bad to
sec them filling holes in the window.
It is a good sign to oca. a r-jnn wipo
tlie perspiration from his brow bad
to see him vipe his lips ns he comes out
of a cellar. .';'. ' ,
It is a good sign to see a worrtari
dressed with taste and nentnss bad to
see the hunband sued for finery, t
It is a good sign to see a man ad
vertise in the papers bad to see tho
sheriff advertise for him. '";.'
It is a good sign to sco a man send
ing his children to school bad to see
therri educated ft the night school in
the street.
GoUOH was tho victim of a practi
cal joke at Chicago lately. Nasoy and
the Fat Contributor called on him at
his rooms in the Tremont HonsC,hav-
ing previously ordered "drinks for
three" to bo sent up thero every five
minutes. Gouh stood it until four
trays, properly laden, had arrived
from the bar-room, when the cold
water champion suspected the. joke
that was being played upon him, and
insisted with admirable good nature
that his guests should leave his room, '
"For if you don't," said he, ray repu
tation as a temperance man would bo
ruined before another half hour, if ii
is not now." They went. . : ,
. ... ,,
"Maey, dear, could you leave your
father and mother, and trust your fate
with one who though poor would de
vote his life to your happiness
"Yes Charles, oh yes." ,"Woll ttie
I'll speak to my friend Tom Waldroa
about you. He's going West, . and
would doubtlcsss like to make suck dn
arrangement with some one." Charles
barely escaped the broomstick by a
precipitate night. ; ; '
Tourists coming to the Territory
now from the East prepare, themselves
with clothing sufficient to brave tha
frosts cf a Siberian winter! tut find
their mistake upon arriving- here, and '
experiencing weather so very warm
that "summer wear? is the most.
comfortable. Whew ! how hot ii is.
n t rt-f -J- a yj..' ""
x T ; T
A.crazy fellow in a Missouri ' town
declared that he was sent on' earth to
redeem all things, . bat one of tha
Audience carried a Confederate note to
htm and made him confess his inability
to go as far as that; . '
. 1 m .
pass a clothes-line without counting all
the long stockiugs, it is a sign ha
I.. A- - - 1 . 1 t
oiigni tt) gm marneci, aim tne sooner
tho better. .