MAYTIME IN MIDWINTER. The world, what is it to you, dear, And me, ifits face be gray, And the new-born year be a shrewd year For flowers that the flerce winds fray? You smile, and the sky seems blue, dear; You laugh and the month turns May. Your hands through the Seott, Shakespeare, Dicken Blake's visiens, that lighten and mutter; Mollere— Left on it of « The secret things of his thought. g ! , are caught; snd his smile has nought HTow, to utter No grim thing written or graven, Bat grows, if you gaze on it, b A lark’'s note rings from the raven Ard tragedy’s robe turns white; Aud shipw recks drift into haven; And darkness laugh s aud is light Grief seems but a vision of madness; Life's key-note peals from above With nought in it more of sadness Than broads on the heart of a dove; At sight of you, thought And U ITOWS gladness; ' i B fe, through love of you, love, THE WEECKER BOY'S BRIDE, There are of more daring tl Bahamas and Floridas. Heaven there was more connected with their bravery. yet, even among hardy, sun- browned classes, there are who posess sympathetic hearts, and they witness human suffering with as deep commiseration as the more enlight- ened of our citiesand thickly populated districts, where church spires point to- ward of benevolence abound. now wan the wreckers of the Would to principle nd Wh Ne of those many 3 noble, Heaven, and organizations these exceptions existed old Ryan. upon at Bahama Island, write One of the family of Jack focated 1 point of Gn at the time of which we was blessed with a verging into manhood, anda lovely young girl They y or his cottage boy just about sixteen years of le age, ¢ : iveiy 1 JAWara, and were of Jack 8 ¢ respec Ned, and Isabella, or Baile, iderstood to be the children van, although there were the island who had any re Laving seen the old man’s w there was a secret is family which i tiv a ¥ LE. # : Hineciea - 4 KOew ectiy v ” TE | . vor t Jack had never i 52 ¥1 ul had cont 80 happy we which they hough with as been their each other, age to closely together, It was a mid- vinter, and quite cole . Ned hier in the dark and southern cl Yams aione nase, cotiage, toges some time neither of th Thev seemed to liste seasonally for approaching toward the door, At the maiden and, in a moment after embrace of a powerful i 1 $ lanced g footsteps, and often glanced +} wil started she was up, $ I leng in & man, whose long, white locks and coarse garments were drenched with rain, but was unheeded by her. She gazed rather anxiously into his face and when BW a resting there, wased over her sweet features, she asked: “Has anything gone you, dear father?” “Ih, what hasty response, “Then why bled?” “Only natural anxiety. We are about to take a very important step, and the utmost caution Is vecessary, or our plans may be thwarted, 3ut sit down while we talk of the matter,” Belle took her seat, and after throw- ing aside his outer garment the old man did the same, Up to this time Ned had not spoken, but breaking silence he asked: which ¥ she another Then shadow wrong with no-all is well." was the some- do you look sad and trou- and myself are in no manuer related? It would be dreadful if 1 should wed a sister.” “Positive, boy? Of course I am. The vessel upon which yourself, your father and your mother were passen- gers was a Fpanisi craft, bound from Cadiz to Savannah. After she was father and mother, both dead, Your father bad struggled to the shore with breath his bast he handed me his child, You are like him, boy-there is the old Castile in every feature.” “That is true.” “And Belle 1s just the reverse. She came into my possession by the wreck- ing of a brig bound from New York to New Orleans. | was near the craft when she went down, 1 saw a woman leap into the water with an infant in ber wrmas; and I was just mn time to cluteh the dress of the infant, but the mother sank. This was three years af- ter you were saved, Ned,” ‘How do you know the woman you saw leap into the ocean was my moth. er? asked Belle. “A glance was sufficient to satisfy me of the fact, By a vivid flash I distinctly saw her eyes, as they were for an instant turned upon ma before she sank. They were of a heaveuly blue, like your own. You have her golden hair also.” ; Su, there is one thing that troubles cn “The watch and the locket, is it, Ned?” “Yes; the watch you took from my | fathers pocket on the night of his | the other letters being so marred by | contaet with the ragged rocks that we { could not make them out, which was found jon Bella's neck was ‘Isabel Lathrop.? { You see the flrst four letters of the | surname is the same,” i nume on the locket “Yes; buvenly a conecident, be { sured, At the same time, when i reach New York, we will have all these | particulars in every paper { throughout the country, and we may ind some person who can expla as vho you really are.” “Why has this not ago.” “Because t and couldnt I kept the secret, claiming you own. I fife we published been done vears selfis! I'm a bear the thought of WAAL losing you, a8 my am sure I have loved you as such,” | and Kissed away a tear-drop as sl which had started forth from the old man. **Yes, father,’ have been evervth ny **You have, dear father,” e@ 8] the Of ' continued Ned, *“ to us; hut still something with Belle, desire to learn regard to my family and that of pos- sible, 1 for the Florida coast, and in a week or ten days atter we can reach New York. if ‘o-morrow night we must start Then my desires may be accomplished, “We must start to-night.” “To-night 2” **Yes; this very ni *1I evervthi ht.” § 1 1 readiness 1 ia ain But why thissudden change?” ng is ell you. * You know how I i to counteract the inhuman plans laid by the wreckers for the pur. pose of gain, and to prevent fresh vic- { ‘ SANK iN You know well | All this we tims (rom ) heir power. 10ow I have succeeded,’ Knew.’ ward g£ time, thal some Newell, has Ned observed this, and darting away from the ed Lo ascer- door he endeav tain if there were listeners about, that had heard the wind, ' irned, and Lie 8 yaad he x shiriek of or some Bile id Jack did not seem to feel quite certain that such was the case, for spoke in a ks ww tone. as he «¢ Dick Newall has propos F i band of Belle, and he declare '" | must become his wife at once, Oh, father!’ exclaimed the poor girl, and a shudder passed over she spoke. “ld Ned, with vehemence, “Hush! Don’t speak so loud. | are bad at the best. © “Tell us the worst, then. al The Captain j clared thal be suspected you har fr fn HET rame as cp 149 the HHITOR cut t cried he villain's Things will. Hainly de- Ned, of hat he would only save treachery, and t you on conditions, “And those conditions?” “Were that Belle should become his wife at once, and that you should leave the island forever.” “Amd if I refuse?” “If we do not accept his proposals the wreckers will be aroused against you. Belle will be forced to become | the Captain's wife, you will be hung | by the neck, and I will doubtless lose | my own life if I offer the slightest op- | position.” “Let us fight them to the death,’ “Foolish boy. What do you suppose | we could do against the hundreds who would be opposed to us?” **True — nothing. So let us make preparations for instant departure.” This was done, L the rear of the | cottage there were sharp ledges of rock, | through which there was a winding | pathway to the seashore, While the | thunders bellowed in the heavens, the | lightning flashed, the sea roared and leaped in its fury, and the drenching rain dashed down upon the solid masses removed from the cabin to a small sail- ing eraft, which lay moored in a shel. teredl” niche, ready for its seaward flight. While the party was thus engaged, they believed themselves unobserved. They did not dream that fierce and aagry eyes were glaring upon them. The arrangements for a start were complete, and the friends were about to steps on board the little craft ana pashi off, dangeérous.as the experiment seemed to be. But 8 that instant fierce yells burst upon the night air, ringing out high above the tempest; and in a moment after a hundred dark ithe ledges, | Ned and old Jack fought with des- | peration, for now they well knew what their fate would be. Death at 3, and Delle would be left alone, at the | mercy of the remorseless captain of {lie wreckears, But vain and they were soon overnowered. THe morning dawned bright and beaygtiful, but poor Jack and Ned were not permitted to gaze upon the glorious sunrise; for thay were both in dungeons, awaiting thei About it came, The traitors to the band were to be bound to a once their opposition was sentence. noon perpendicular rocky wall wilh chains, and there left to die, The sea would drench leaping towers of foam, hunger gnaw their vitals, the sea-gulls sh their They must die a death of them with its would riek around them and strip bones at length, while in the 1ce they could see the whitened gering horrors, even Lar of many a noble craft who would fly their relief were but their situations Known, Chained to the KS, if earthly hope 14 lid not give ui } wl } . had . the lence made a fast pri run. She resi well onér in an upper Wis formed of the situation of her fathe: and supposed brother, and given to un- derstand that only her cheerful consen! to the union would possibly gain for them any mercy, Many h én up a despair, but maldens would ive wept and giv ] She heartily detest. not so with Belle, ef the captain, and she alone feared him, for knew wild But she had formed, not that she would not yield, | she would save her friends, The second ht came, and she she his nature. A : oniy the re- $ that iL tur MY e nig WHS But she had formed Near the dwelling aione, tree, the branch HGE avery Way GOW is ground. at: 58 z log “ heard the th An w another source of danger, Directly Al that moment she aiarm ar \ t _- ra 4 ven, and ihe Knew xt her e8Ca] 1 i had Been discovered. I there seemed $ } Ar 1 overhead she saw a form descending. She raised her ady to sinke iagger. 3 when the well-known voice of Ned ex claimed: ¥ is I, Belle i managed Lo slip release ms of the I saw you escape, and I knew my fetlers, but I could father, captain, not ¥ try § } 0 L went to the house YOUr purpose, i jut it was necessary are in my poses m, and | left Nowell senseless, I had stricken ham.’ Old Jack was set at liberty, and three soon stood upon the top of the have the Keys, Chey where he { cliffs, But no time was to be lost, for the wreckers were coming in that di- rection, shrieking and howling in their rage, **To the boat-—to the boat!" This was reached by our friends and away she flew, not an instant too soon, leaving the ballad wreckers behind to seek new victims on whom their ven. geance would be wrecked, The father and his adopted children | now husband and wife-—reside in a populous city, and their efforts have | saved many a noble craft from wreck { upon the Bahamas, The parents of ' these children had really perished-they were never found, although relatives were soon discovered, and the letters | on the loeket and walch were accounted for. Their names were Latham and | Lathrop. cas is A Celebrated Thorou hiare. i The famous shell road of New Or. leans is a boulevard of almost snowy whiteness, nearly 200 feet in width and | ¥ miles in length, extending from the | western limits of the city to Lake Point chartrain, A summer evening | drivealong this road through the for- | ests of cypress and oak, the black moss hanging mn festoons across the way, presents a weird and novel sight. St Charles avenue, the aristocratic resi. dence street of the eity, 18 in the goutli- ern or new portion of the town and is, perhaps, the most beautiful of all, It is paved with asphalt and from the be- ginning, at the Tivol circle, where stands the Lee monument, to its end- ing in a country road, far beyond the village of Jefferson, are magnificent houses, howes of the wealthiest men in the city, varying in style ot architecture from the typical Seuthhrn house, with its great pillars end broad galleries, to the latest craze, the Swiss cottage. Beautiful lawns and gardens surround them, from which the rich perfume of orange, myrtle, cape jasmine and mag- volia combined fills the air. | ! § A——————— ~An engine on the Norway Branch & bridge on the 17th, by a broken rail. Two passengers who was riding on the locomotive, were severely injured, ~The Republican causus of the Colorado Legislature met in Denver on the 17th, When the organization was completed, a motion to proceed to vote for United States Benator viva voce was eiarried by & majority, Thereupon 17 ILill wen left the Chamber, 4 remain- ing buy not voting. On the first ballot Secretary Teller received 28, H, A. W, Tabor 2, and Senator Hill 1. Teller was declared the nominee of the cau- cus, Tne Hill men claim that they are will make both vii and say they joint rzession of a fight in the Houses, *‘but win they must have nearly, if not all, Démocratic votes,” to ~The emuployees of Oliver & Phillips, at Pittsburg he 17t their which not notitied wages for the were due tha be paid, D. B. e members of the fir said he did not think its total liabilities would reach, $2,500,000, -]i , were afternoon, Oliver, one of is expected that congressman Ii 1 read at the Mor Massacl tts, will Winthrop's oration of Washi 154 i $ too tiie glon The funeral of Schuyler Colfax te t] Rel son preaching a Nery were held in the weh, Rev, N. D, Willbun- 17th, Ces ormed Ch SI INOn. id in the first Pres SCIVICES Were Lie terian Church, ~The boiler in E Kefler’s stat on Tremont Railroad, in Pen 1 i } 1 7¢d 4 i bid a il ploded on the 17th den shilng the mill, mill af 'S saw the Lebanon v1¢v § Killing three men, and sey two Oil i 2 51548 Kehr anda J; prominent faryland He wa caucu the In- ire on 19th, by nated Daniel W, Voor- on as U. 8, Senator, i the ciamalion, nees for re SCL It is saad to be formed allway The scl engineer of Ottawa ~The 19h. was the « of the year in chicago, the {emper in the moming being 10 degrees below In the Northwest weather Ider than in hours, Al yinnipeg, th ire was 14 dem below town, 16 below: Paul, 19 below. 5 k : a company 8 abou i construction of a eed to Labrador wee bas referred dest day ture 2810, he Was mj {four @ pera J ame REG OO At east of Pittsburg, an explosion of nat. ural gas set fire to Moorhead Brothers & Co's Vesuvian Iron caused damage to the extent of £15,000 A Wabash-Toledo train bound for St. Louis was thrown from the track near Venice station, Illinois, on 19th, by a broken rail car and smoker fell intcaditeh, Eleven persons, seven of them passengers, were injured, J, J. Matlack, express mes. senger, sustained fatal injuries, barges broke from their moorings near Pittsburg on the 18th, and six of the ae taining 235,000 bushels of coal, sank in the Ohio river, One of the boats is ously interfere with navigation. The loss 18 $25,000, ~The sewing machine cabinet works of Theodore Kundtz in Cleveland, Ohio were burned on the 20th. Loss, $50.- 000; insurance, $39,000, Reynokils & Reynold’s blank book manufactory in Dayton, Ohio, was damaged by fire on the 20th to the extent of $35,000, ~The lard rendering tank in the pork packing house of J. E, Birge & Co., at Sioux City, Iowa, exploded on the 20th, tearing down part of the building. John O, Worrall, Joseph French and John Keelers were killed, and Joseph Brewer was dangerously injured, The damige to the building is estimated at $56.000. Two Freight trains collided near Oliteago on the 20th, causing dame age to rolling stock estimated at $20,- 000, and Killing Charle’ Ells, engineer. ~=(overnor Pattisou of Pa. was on the 20th notified tha “a number of diseased Delawaré cattle had been sold in Chester and hiladelphia coun ties, and that * counties had become infec o— sin | will start at its full capacity February { 1st, and employ between 500 and 400 men, President Chisholin,of the Cleve- land Rolling Mill Company, says that, { in addition to the five mills already runs {ming about half the full capacity, the { rest will start in less than four wes) This means work for 1500 men, United Brass Company, formerly 1 I Joel Hayden Works, and a member | the brass combination, having its { inf Lorain, has started with plenty work, and will employ 600 men, The t works have been closed for three | months, H. C. Montgomery & Co... { founders, contemplate’ doubling | their sixty men to night next week, The Potters’ Associat United States met on { timore, C. 8S, Cool K, presided, About forty « present. { brass far ro and day turn I'he object Of a8 the § 111 condition of ed Btates, and to tion against 1 17 y f x tv EE i O00 1OVCIENn Ware, any he 20th nomina- } OH Tres 10 De ) i . District J ud ge and Caroll 1). Wright, man Emery Speer for So ithern Geors- of Massac} of Labor. + 20th i= Toffey Late age, was bi Penna. tehing i burg, i clothes ca Flamer Ball, a well-known lawver. salmon P. s residence, He had Eriy Jaw partons , died on the ¢ Aameron o>. SER a widow, Kentucky onthe ¢ SAW INnOoving i proved 0 be Astor thief,’ t avtesria Vesta RO UUR SY ticultural So- | clely Dey m the 21st, in Lancaste:. | Mayor Rosenwiller made an address of welcome, and Josiah Hoopes, of West e r. responded, Che . The twentv-sixth New Jersey Agricultural held on the 21st, in Trento: . Jr., of Elizabeth, was sident; N. 8, Rue, Gen. J z. Brown and Senator W, Viee Presidents: W. M. annual meet ~ Sewell were chose A. Clark, Treasn and ©, of Newark, Secretary. lent Arthur's first State din- SeAson was given at the m the 21st. Among the 0 meet the Cabinet of - wives were Speake: lisle, General and Mrs. sheridan, Admiral Porter, Senstor and Mrs. J. D. Cameron, Senator and Miss | Hampton, and Senator and Mrs. Hale. el «An Ohio and Mississippi Railroad train on the 21st, struck a broken rail | near Flora, Illinois, The baggage car i and one passenger coach were thrown { from the track and the passengers were | severely shaken up. ~A third ineffectual ballot for U. 8S. | Senator was taken on the 224 ia the Ar- | kansas Legislature. It resulted : Bann, { 43 ; Berry, 30; Jones, 33; Harris (Re- publican), 3; Duval, 4, and several cattering. Jacob W, Grubb, Republican. was { on the 224 elected Mayor of Wheeling, {| West Virginia, by 700 majority. He is the first Republican Mayor elected there for twenty years, -A Temperance Convention, at- tended by about 400 delezates from all parts of lowa, met on the 22d mm Des Moines, to consider measures to secure the better enforcement of the Prohibi- tory law, ~fn Reading, Penna., on the 224. J. Warren Tryon, a prominent lawyer, was discovered in his office unconscious from inbaling illuminating gas, He sat directly under a gas bracket, which was covered by a glass shade and a bh causing the gas to flow directly into his nostrils. In the evening he remained unconscious, and his recovery 1s doubt. ful. Itfis said he attempted suicide be- cause of financial difficulties, ~Troop M, of the Fourth Cavalry, arrived at Fort Yuma, on the 21st, with 12 Mexican bandits as oners, Four other bandits were k - a a ~The will of the late Schuyler Col- fax, probated at South Bend, Indiana on the 224, leaves to his widow and son property valued at £5060.000. 0 AAPA $1371 ¥ ¥ “voy $4 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGR SECOND SESSION, SENATE, in the U., 8B. Benate on Itper-Siate Commerce 1 sidered, After d adoption of EY $4303 thi seugsion BONE amen rejection of olhers, the House HInOuUs consent take Mr. Cullom move ing out ali atiet 1 § calender, sriing On the on the Files for ut action adjourned. In the U, 8, Senate, on t Coke duced a bill ‘ quarantine intr a offered an ap Yk nad Islan 1, and Senator, | Messrs. Edmunds, Morrill, Garland, I derson EpORe and Rheffiold ang Shetlieid, a8 a mark of respect Is the UJ. S. The sumed, and the } Mictiate Inter State Comin louse bill), having been alread read by the the calendar, fw LW ICE Was T1054 WAS Now » calendar and read in ib vile tion before of Mr, Cull strike out al in the House several sion bill in the Se A4i80 read amendment out from ti Pharr fir regardir Senate the aire oh Ted ’ resolution he Treasun t Hilal ig rex eg tha Is ning He till to-morrow, res whe he wou aeusive, The The SUBSI0N reopened in © Over more compre IG Over, oe Executive Wert OLulion was nate then went when 4 journed brad into ad he doors HOUSH Inthe House on the was appointed on 1 Grant Forfeiture bill was adopted directing the Postinaster to ask the Atlormey-Genera for his opinion as to weather the = hour law applies to letter-cars ‘opsular and Diplomatic Apg nil was resumed, and aft 1 which ated th 174 Boonie © we Oregon Land A resolution } i General Zh ers 2 ropriat I Adiscuss some of the members venti- ir tariff views, the bill The River and Harbor ni ordered be printed recommited. Pending consideration of the Indian Appropriation bill House adjourned, ir E75) in the House, on the 19th after some bills were calied toe next committer on the list was the Committee on Military Affairs, and it being understood that it would bring forward the Grant ment bill Mr. Lowry. of Indiana. interposed a motion to adjourn, and the yeas and pays were ordered. At this moment the Anthony resolutions were received from the Senate, and Mr. Chace, of Rhode Island, asked that the yeas and nays be dispensed with, and that the House proceed to the consider- ation of the resolutions. Mr. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, objected, and the clerk called the roll. The motion to adjourn was lost—yeéas 60, nays 193. Mr. Chace again asked that the Anthony resoiu- tions be considered, but Mr. Slocum objected. The Speaker then called the Committee on Military Affairs. but before Mr. Slocum could make any motion, Mr. Lowry moved that the House take a recess, and Messrs. Mills, of Texas, and Washburne, of Minge- sola, moved to adjourn. The motion was lost, but, after another dilatory motion, the House adjourned. In the House, on the 20th, Mr Gates of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported a bill probibit- ing aliens and foreiguers from acquiring title to and owning lands in the United States. Mr. Hewitt, of New York. from the Committee on Wave and Means, reported a bill amending Section 3019 of the Revised Statutes, se that it will read as follows: “There shall be § fetire. to the duty on such materials, and 1c moe, to be ascertained under such ulations
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