Cllje American Uoluutcfr.
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BRATTON Ac KENNESY.
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«iibin three months; after.which Three Dollars
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ciu tinned until all arrearages are paid, unless at
tbooptlon of.the.Editor. , t
\ professional Caras.
C. P. UUMRICH. | WM. B. PAUKEK
Tl UMIUCH & PARKER,
A TTOKNKYa AT LA W,
Office on Main Street. In Marlon. Hull, Car*
ukt-
CHAb; E. MaGLAUOHLINj Attor-
RBYAT.IiAW. Office In Building formerly
occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of W
tl'sßotel. 1
Dtc.).lK& . ' '
JJNITKD STATES, CLAIM
> ANi>
BEAL ESTATE AGENCY!
•BT. B, BUTTER, ,
\ ATTORNEY at law, -
(Bffloetn 2d Story of InholTa Building, No. 8 South
tiunftver Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county
Penua, ,r ■' • J , - ,i .- ;
« Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay, «Sc., promptly
collected. '
Applications by mall, will receive Immediate
ration. • v .
rtfoalarsttentioQ given to thesellingorrent
f Real Estate. In town or country. In all lot
■ 11 ,E., BEJLTZHOoypit, .. .
' ATXOBIfEY-AX-LAW,
CARLISLE, Ra.
6ontb Hanover Street, opposite
BeuU’s dry goods etore.
Dec. I, IMS, •
MO.HEBMAN, Attobneyat Daw,
■ officer In Bheetn’s Hall Building, in the
rear of the Court House, next door to the "Her
»ld” Office*. Carlisle, Penna.
Dec.V>»fc: ' ‘ .
Wm; j. Rearer, attorney' and
Counhklxob at Law, has removed 1 his
office to hitherto unoccupied room, in the
North Kast coraer of the Court Hone®. '
Jah.2B,’fld—lV- . i. »
tit KENNEDY, Attorney at Law
VV • Carlisle, Penna, Offlce'same os thatol
lhe‘ T Amerlcan Volunteer.”
Dec. 1.1866
EL. BHRYOCK. Justice of the
. peace.' Office No 8, Irvin’s Row, Carlisle.
_ 1129.1 69-ljr .
pkE. GEOBOE S. SEABIGHT, Den
'll nar. Front the BaUimore College of Dental
Surgery. Office at the residence of nls mother
East Leather Street, three doors below Bedford
Carlisle, Penna,. •
Deo. I IHGS.
E|B. J 8. BENDER. Homoeopathic
r tdiyalo on, Office No, h. South Hanover at,,
meilj oocnp ed by John Lee, Esq.
June a, hffti—ly.. . .
TXTES. B. HIBONS, Attorney and
■ , COUNSELOR AT hA W,
FIFTH STREET, BEWW CHESTNUT,
Cor, Library. ,
Philadelphia.
Oct 14, IM9-I.V , , .
nOBEBT OWENS, \
SLATEROOFERr
JLND DEALER IN HI ATE,
LANCASTER, PA.
All Work Guaranteed .
49* Orders Left at this Office will receive
prompt attention. October !!, I8C&—ly.
•at# aril) (Sops
JIRESH SUMMER ARBI VAt.
I or am. tm •
\* MW, ,BTY.L'E#\
HA T VrA 5T D GAP S , ,
. Tha subscriber bits Vast opened at No, 15 North
B anover Street, a few doors (forth ofithe Carlisle'
Deposit Bank, one of the largest and best Stock*
of HATS and CAPS ever offered In Carlisle.
Silk Hats, Casslmere of all styles and qualities,
Stiff Brims, different colors, and every descrip
tion of Soft Hats now made.
, Tbs Duukard and Old Fashioned Brush, eon
lUntly on hand andraade to order, all warrant
ed to give satisfaction. - s.
A full assortment of, ’ ] ,
MEN'S, ■ .......
BOY'S, AND • ■ ’ . m
CHILDREN’S, *•
HATS..
Jbave also addfd tO ray Stock/notlods of differ
tuVklndß, conuJfcUug of • ■
LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS,
Neck Tie*. SuapauUtr*,
Collar*, , . Ql6ve*i .
Pencils, V . , Thread,
. . ... Sewing BUk t . Umbrellas, Sc
PRIME SEGABB ■ -AND .TOBACCO
ALWAYS ON HAND.
Give me a coll, and examine my stoofc as 1 feel
wnfldont of pleasing all, besides saving you mo*
Hey, \ -
: JOHN A. KELLER, Agent,
.-No. l&Nortb Hanover Street.
Hay. 1800.
|JATS AND OAFS 1
DO YOU WANT A NIOE HAT OR CAP ?
If so, don't Pail to, Cali, ok - ■
J.6.CALLIO,
NO. 29, WSSI UAINBTftKKT,
Where con he seen the finest assortment of
H*ATS' AN D CAt*S;
everbrpnght to Carlisle*. takes greatpieas-
Ms tn Inviting hla' oldOCtlonda'ancl Custodiers,
ana all new ones,.to his, splendid stock Just re*
oelved from New York- and Philadelphia, eon
i«Udbld parlof fine t’ -
, , BILK AND; OABOIMERB HATS, *
besides an endless variety of Hats and Caps o
the latest style, all ol which he will sell at th
Iwal Cash Prices. AJso/hls own mannfactur
•» Hats always on and •
HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER.
ne has the best arrangement for coloring Hats
ttta all kinds of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, Ac., at
the shortest notice (aa be colors every week) and
OQ the most reasonable terms. Also, a line lot of
ebolce brands of ■ • • . • •<
, tobacco and cigars .
fiways on hand. He desires to call theattontio
w persons who have • _
COUNTRY. FURS
’ M h 0 ® aya tho highest cash prices for lie
call,at the above number, his »ld
«g> be feels confident of giving entire sa .la
layasro. . \ '
antj S>i)oe».
ID STIIOHM. •
W. D SPONSLER,
JOHN W. STRO
AJIB POPVXA
»OT, SHOE, TRUNK XND Hi!
STORE.
NO. W, SOOTH HANOVER, BTBBET.
. . „ Caklisle, Penn’a.
doora South of Inhott’s building,
nave Just opoued the largest ana best sto
' boots and , shoes
i v R. ® red . IQ Carlisle, 1 and continue almi
- each goods In our line aa evei
Wetof* Our stoolc oonslsts In alUcinda a
leas’, Misses and Childrens’ strongLeatt
womens* Misses and Childrens* Laatl
womens’Qlove Kid. Turkey and Pren
. Mens’ and. Boys’ Calf. Huff hnd, K
lens’ >na Boys’ Call and Buff Gongn
.nous’ audi Boys Lasting Cialteraai
U Mensf.and.Boya! Calf and Buff Oxfo
v!i Qf S, Ban dals, Bushina and .Overshoe
y* womens-’ QoaL Well-and Carpet Sli
J^P 8 f-Boya! ond Chlldreas' Fur and ,Sa
Iteh
itchela add VallaesT together' with an,
Jods, which we will self to suit the tlmi
BALKS AND..M ALLS .PROFITS.
Therefore, In Issuing our card,
li« personal invitation to ail
eud look through our stock wltbo
?X or y customer a full equlvalant fort
ftL We nope all will 1 avail themselves
uni opportunity to call and see us.
.. „ BTEOHM a BPOJSSLER,
„..v .
•NDORNERi :
■ . ; MERCHANT T^E
sf'Building; near, Itijeorh’s Ball
ill. ??" Jo»t retarncd from the Ea.
-L AND WJNTJSR GOODS,
mg of *
CLOTHS. . ' ’ :
, OAfI3IMEREB^^ riNG3
Alffl ,0 15 11,, P 4®odi,' io. over brought
U»H H * ** othß comprioo *
■ .and' 1 ’’ ‘ i
i 4 itBUrOAIW MANUFAv
t fiKS t«luro and. of all Shades.
- St?il«!£ ln . g practical ouster of
y;Ulgyiurd » orcuttoor^er « X>on’t
«*• puce. Aug.2B;jMp,
BY & KENNEDY.
- mUscfllaiteouH.
JIXTRaOBDINAJRY
INDUCEMENTS!!
Everybody invited to call and seo our large
and beautiful »iock of
FILL UD WINTER 'GOODS,
which la nbtr open for the inspection of pur
chasers. Remember we closed out all our Sum
mer Goods ulauoiion.ttml we will now continue
to sell ail our Fall and Winter Goods at
AUCTION PRICES.
■’' >"v. ■
.>We are determined to close out this stock o
goods regardless of cost. We guarantee to save
® v ®,fy. purchaser twenty-five per cent, on, every
.dollars worth of goods. ’ Now tike warning, and
don't purchase until you see onr rgoods and
prices. ■■■■■'? -• i.>
Forty patterns Fancy Silas nl 11.50 to §1.75,
WOJ th*2 ustos2.so: French Mcrlnoes,6oo.; heat
Merlnoea, oOo.; all wool Cashmeres, 50o.:
.SilkPoplins,sl.2s- Black Alpacas, 85c.; all wool
double Shawfc, 13.50; beanUldl cloth Coate, 55.00.
A lull line
MOURNING GOODS,
ky a t will bo sacrificed in prices. “Shawls, Furs,.
Uotbs, Cosslmeres. Blankets, Flannels.'.ac., at
such prices as will astonish you. 800 y4#ds
BIIST HOME MADE BAG CARPET,
’ uheap,’ Wo aro still' taking more Carpet
Rags at full market prices. . . .
• Do not neglect to call and soe how much money
wo can save you.
. t . W. C.SAWYERACd.,
■ ; in the Bentz House, East Main St., -
September 80, iB6O. : Carlisle, Penno.
CITIZENS OE CUMBERLAND
COUNTY.
‘ We have now on hand and Just received from
the citles. and from manufacturers, the largest
stoclc of new, cheap, ami good goods to be found
loony, two stores In the valley.
Wo have the best assortment of
CLOTHS, GABSTMERB,’ SATINETTS.
JEA.'-S, FLANNELS, TICKINGS,
GINGHAMS. PRINTS,
‘ MUSLINS.
DRESS GOOD S,
Bilks, Merlnoes, Repps, Delaines, Alpacas.
Coburgs, Plaids and Stripes.
RIBBONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES,
Zephyrs,
, . Towels,
’ 1 ' Yarns, * * . "
, Linen and Cotton Table Diapers,
CLOAKINGS, low prices and fine
HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLARS and CUFFS.
Velvets, Trimmings and more notions than
can be found anywhere under one roof.
NUNS AND CARPETS,
on Cloths, Drußgetfl, Blinds, Coverlets, Quilts,
Hoop and Balmoral Skirts,
SHAWLS,
*of every description. In fact a splendid assort
ment of goods, and more given for the dollar,
than anywhere else, •
at the highest price taken in exchange. Give us
a call .»
•i 0ct.2<!186»/- ''
&c.
The subscriber begs leave to lafonn the citi
zens of Carlisle antT'vlolnliy that be has pur
chased the Grocery Store of 7). V; Keeny, No. 7H
South Hanover Street. Carlisle, where he will
carry on the Grocery Business as usual. His us*
sortment la varied, and consists lu part of
QUEENBWARE, : .
GLASSWARE,
STONE and
EARTHEN WARE,
CEDAR und
WILLOW WARE
TEAS.
COFFEES.
. SYRUPS.
SPICES.
, * FANCY SQAPS,
'’ >• BOPEB7 - • .
- . TOBACCO,
FISH,
OILS,
HALTERS,
. SEGARS,
V- SALT,
POTATOES
DBIEP AND CANNED FRUIT. *
CORN MEAL. BUCKWHEAT, FLOUR. FEED,
and afnll assortment of articles usually kept in
a first-class Grocery store. Give him a call, and
satisfaction will bo guaranteed.
' Oct. 10, IKfiO. JOHN HECKMAN.
mHli LADY’S FRIEND.
r< ’TWO MONTHS OTtATXS ! !
Tue Lady's Feiend announces the following
Novelets for 1870: "Did He Forget Herf" by Louisa
Chandler Moulton; “ The Ca*eannons > Aunt,” by
Elizabeth prew'Ott.authorof "Between Two," &c„
" Solid Silver ; or, OHsie Deanc't Bridal GUIs," by
Araunda M. Douglas, author of "The Debarry
fhrlune," dto„ with numerous shorter stories by a
brilliant galaxy ofludy writers.
A finely executed Steel Engraving,a hnndßome
double-page finely colored Fashion-Plate, and a
large assortment of illußtratlhg the
Fashions, Taney Work, &0., are given in every
number. • • -
It will give a popular piece of Music in every
number.
PORTRAITBOP DISTINGUISHED AUTHORS
—The January number will contain Portraits
(engraved on Steel) of Mrs. Henry Wood, Flor
ence Percy. Loijlse Chunaler Moulton, Elizabeth
Amanda M< Douglas, .Mrs. Margaret
Hosirier and 'August hell,
NEW SUBSOItIBEHS whosendln their names
for 1870 before the first of November, shall receive
the November and December numbers of this
year in addition, making fourteen months in
all I And new subscribers sending in their
names by the first of December shall receive the
magnificent December Holiday number, making
th Irtcen mon lbs In all 1
TERMS.—62 60 a year; Two copies, $1 00: Pour
copies. |Q 00: Five copies (and one gratls\BH 0(1
One copy of Tub Lady's Fjubmd and one of Tun
Post. |4 00. ‘
A> copy of the large and beautiful Premium
Steel Kntrxkvinz--" 'Jhking (he Measure of the Wrd
dint/King"—9ngraved In England at a coat of
82,00—will bo sent to every tuUr|2 501 subscriber,
and to every, person sending a club. This En*
graving iao,g©m.of art, Address
DEACON A PETERSON,
' 310 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,
ion copies sent for ten cent*.
November 4,1869.
49* Speoli
! TU'OHUMJi
‘/Christian rphofcn of, Carlisle, has the sole right
as -Ageut for Cumberland County, Pa., for the
aale. wholesale, of a new Burning Fluid called
Kwa’a NoK'Explosivs Brilliant Illumina
tino Fluid, whjoh is KUperior to anything ever
•Introdnoed, and ean supply the trade' through
•the County Wholesale-This Fluid, la cheaper
than'Jferoaene ordny other 01l or compouncfln
use, emits no bad odor or smell, and la perfectly
harmless. Merchants and all others wishing to
'^tolte, B^: Carf Bt la toe arfc j clg wll -l P leaaa cull at my
t‘ ;
LG! NOHGMBUGI!
1 rt rt/in Auenla wanted for the Priest
iU, l/Uv and Nan. Ttala moat exciting and
Interesting book, by a popular,authoress. isnow
repdy. anathoao.who wish to-canvass for it
should apply Immediately ' for circular, mUh
stomp,enclosed,stating territory desired, eipe
rienoey dc*Agents wanted, everywhere for this
and other nrst*clHßs books and engravings. hr
ORrrrENDEK A MoKINNEY* WW&estout 8™
Philadelphia, Pa. *
Oot. 31.1869-8 m
IiEMOVAL. —E. HHOWER. dealer
IV In all kinds of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
LIQUORS, has removed hla store to tne spacious
room In ;lbo ♦‘Wolunteer Building/* directly
South of the Market House Carlisle. Hie ns*
sortment of liquors Is very complete, and much
larger than heretofore. His old customers and
the public Ingeneral, are Invited to give him a
call at his •ewstand.
Oot 7, lysa, >
A MERICAN ALE.—The American
Ale Brewery, formerly Oebimrt's. baa been
re-opened by C.U. Faber, wbo 1b now ready to
•* u t t i y rS?.\ e i bmpd oi Ale to llo
“H*ov:£flSw U iS“-
ICTUKBS,
lie: : ffllittteei:
WOO
BBNTZ ft SO,
i’odifat.
the cnanraAM bells.
Tho hells—the hells—the Christmas bells,
How merrily they ring 1
As If they felt the Joy they .tell
To every human thing.
Tlio silvery tono’e o’er vale ond hill,
Are swelling soft and clear,
As. wave on wave, the tide of sopnd
Hlls the bright atmosphere.
The bells—tho merry Christmas bells,
They’re ringing in the morn 1, £
They ring when in the eastern sky
The golden light is born ;
They ting, as sunshine tips the hills,
And gilds the village spire—
When, thiough the sky, the sovereign-son
Rolls bis full orb of. fire.
The Christmas boils—tho Christmas bells,
1 How merrily they ring!'
To weary hearts a pulse of Joy,
A kindlier life they ’bring.
Thepoormim on his couch of straw.
..The rich, on downy bed, ‘
Hail the glad sounds,> as voices sweef
Of angels overhead, -
The bells—the silvery Christmas bells,
O’er many a mile they sound I.
And household cones are answering them
In thousand homes around. '
Voices of childhood, blithe and shrill
With youth’s strong accents blend,
.And manhood’s deep andearnest tones
• With woman’s praise ascend.
The bells—the solemn Christmas bells,
They’re calling us to prayer:
And hark the volceof whorshlppers-
Floats on the morning air.
Anthems of noblest praise, there’ll be,
And glorious hymns to-day,
Tb Demos loud—andGlorias;
Comei to the church—away.
tlittutitantoto.
THE ENGI.INII3IAN IN SWIIZEULAND
—ItOi’ELN IN I’tlK CIiOIJdS. ..
llfom the [Saturday Review. ]
■ ‘Now■ that ■ the snow has driven every
body home from tbe Oberland and (be
Blgl, and the Swiss hotel keepers ‘have
resutned,lbeir original dignity us Laud
umnmnsof their various cuuon»;it ia a
little amusing to reflect bow much of tbe
pleasure of. one’s..holiday, has been due
to one’s own countrymen* It is not that
the Englishman abroad is particularly
interesting, for the Frenchman is infi
nitely mure vivacious; nor that he is pe
cu iarly stolid, for he yields in that to
most of the German students whojouf
uey on the laith of a nightcap ami a
pipe; dr that he is especially boring, for
every American whom one meets whips
him easily in boredom. It is that he is
so nakedly and undlsguisedly English.—
We never see Englishmen in England.
They ate too busy,, too afraid of Mrs.
Grundy, too oppressed with duties auu
responsibilities and insular respectabili
ties aud home decencies to, be
themselves. They are forced to dress de
cently, to restrain their temper, to nfieot
a little modesty.; therein toe pulpit to
scohi them, aud the .'2'hnea' to give them
something to talk about, and an Infinite
number of grooves aud lines and sidings
along which they can be driven in a
slow and decent fashion, or into which,
as a last resort they. can be respectably
shunted. But grooves and tines end
with .the, .British.. Channel... The true
Englishman has uo.iawe lor Guliguani ;
he has a slight contempt for the Conti
nental chaplain. Ho cany Wear what
bat be likes, show what temper he likes,
and be himself. It Is he whose boo s
tramp along the Boulevards, whose snore
lings loudestot all in the night train,
who begins bis endless growl after.‘la de
cent dinner” at Basle, and bis endless
contempt for (‘Swiss stupidity” at Lu
zerne. We track him from hotel to ho
tel, we meet him at station after station,
we revel in the chase us coat alter coat of
tbe outer man pass away and the inner
Englishman stands, mure, plainly .’re
vealed. But it is In the hotels of tbe
higher mountains tUat we first cafob the
man himself. There Is.a sort of. snow
line of nations, and nothing amazes oue
mure iu a run through the Alps than to
see how true the various peoples among
their.owu specific level. As a .rule, the
Frenchman clings to the road through
the pusses, the American passes at the
cud of the mule-truck, the German stops
at the chalet iu the-pine-forest. It is
only at tbe Alpine table d'hote, with a
proud consciousness of being seven thou
sand teet above the kea-levei, that oue
gets the Englishman pure., It is a very
odd sensation, in face ol the huge moun
tain-chains, and with the glacier only an
hour’s walk overhead’ to find oneself
again in a little England, with the very
hotel-keeper greeting one in one's na
tive longue, and the guides exchanging
English oaths over their triukgelt.—
Cooped up within lour walls one gets a
heller notion of the varieties, the lights
uud shadows, of home-life than one gets
in Full Mull. The steady old Indian
couple whose climb is so infinitely slow
uud sure, the Oxford iteshman who
uumes blooming up the hill-side tu de
clare Titleus btauuinl aud to gush over
the essays of Frederick Bubertsou, the
steady man of business who does bis Alps
every summer, tbe Jaded Loudon curate
who lingers with u-iook ot misery round
the stove; the British mother, silaeu,
savei e, implacable as below; the British
maiden sitting alone in the rock-clefts
and reviewing the losses and gains of the
lust season—all these are thrown together
lu un odd jumble of rank and taste by
toe rain, log and snowdrift which toriu
.some two-thirds of. the pleasures of -the
Alps. But, odd os'the Join file is"it illus
trates iu a way that miming else does
some of the characteristics ot the British
nation, uud impresses oh one iu a way
tUat one never forgets the real native
peculiarities of Englishmen.
In the first place, no scene so perfectly
brings out tiie absolute vacuity of the
British mind when otie cuu get it free
Irom the replenishing Influences of the
dally paper. Alpine talk is jne lowest
variety of conversation, as tbe common
nm ol Alpine writing ie the lowest form
ol literature. It is, iu fact, simply draw
ing-room talk as drawing-room talk
would be if all news, ail scandal all fami
ly details were suddenly cut ofl. Iu its
way it throws a pleasant light on English
education, and on the amount of infor
mation about other countries which it Is
considered essential to an English gen
tleman to possess. One is informed. that
the Swiss are an uneducated nation in a
country whose school system.ls without
a rival in Europe; the young lady to
one's right wouueta why auoh nice peo
ple should he republicans; the Cam- 1
bridge man across the table exposes tbe
eccentricity-of a friend who wished to
Jtno.w, In what cautoli 119 was travelling;
the require ", with tbe -pink, sand white
daugh tends amazed at the absence of po
■Jhfce, .vitl-y,‘ heart -noblest
' iunhe nf: liberty;which. Europe hua seen
our.astonishing nation lives and > moves
with .'’as'.cy a ton ted ami self-satisfied an
ignorance, of tho Juws, the history, the
character of the country or its people,
as if Switzerland were Tjimbucioo. thill
even Sublime ignorance such as this is
belter than to listen to the young thing
of thirty .five summers,, with her .drivel
about' William Tell ;• aud one bus always
the resuilice of conceiving a Bwias party
trumping about England, with no other
notiuu-of Englishmen than that they are
extortionate note! keepers, or of the En
glish Cinihtltuttoa than that it is demo
cratic and absurd, or ot English, history
than that Queen Eleanor sucked the poi
son tmm ber -busbaud’s arm • The real
f. ‘
'f of life over .an Alpine table is lhat
wcuu.ertulk, raised to Ua hlgheat.power,
which terma uine-ienlha of the oonver
’uutiou., The beautiful weather one. bad
ou the High tb© execrable; weather one
bad at the Furoa, ibo miHeUlecJ weucoer
oue had ou the .Lake of Thun; the end-
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1869.
has questions whether you have been
here and whether you have been there;
the long catechism as to the insect-life
anil the larlfl’of tbevarious hotels; the
statements as to the route by which they
have come, the exuully gratuitous infor
mut'on as to th“ route by which they
shall go; the “oh, so beautiful” of the
■gusher In ringlets, the lawyer’s “decid
edly sublime,” the monotonous "grand
grand” of the mao of business; the con
stant asseveration of ail as lo.every pros
pect which they visited that they never
have ueeu such a beautiful view in their
life—form a cataract of boredom which
pouts d-wn -from morn Id dewy. eve. It
is in vain that' one makes desperate ef
forts to procure relief, that the .luveal ive
mind entraps the spinster into discussion
over ferns, tries the graduate on.poetry,
beguiles the squire towards politics,
lures the Indian officer into a dissertation
on Coolies, leads the British mother
through flowery paths of piety towards
the new Vacancies in the episcopal bench.
Thu British mother remembers a ‘bishop
whom she met at Bueonie, the Indian
officer gets back by the- Ghauts to the'
Bcbieckhoru, the graduate fluds bis way
again through Uanfred to the precipices,
lu an instant the drone recommences,
the catrract pours down agstn. and there
is nothing for it but to watiderout on the
terrace ol six |feet by four, and wonder
» hat the view, would be if there were no
fog, •:
But even a life like this must have its
poetry and its hero, and at seven thou
sand feel above the eed-level it is very
' natural to find one’s poetry in what
would be dull- euougb below. The hero
of the Beil Alp or the CEgglscho is natu
rally enough the Alpine Clubbist. He
has hurried silent and solitary through
thp .lower.country, he only blooms into
real life at the sight of “high work.” It
is wonderful how lively the little place
becomes as be eutersilt, what a run there
is on the landlord lor Information as to
his projects, what endless consultations
of the barometer, what pottering over, the
pages Peaks, Pastes ana Oladiers. .-How
many guides will he lake, has he a dog ;
will he use the rope, what places has he
done, belore'f—a thousand questions of
this sort are buzzing about the room as
the hero sits quietly down to his dinner.
The elderly spinster remembers the fatal
accident ot last season, and ventures to
ask him wtmt preparations he has made,
for the ascent. Tlie hero stops.bis din
ner poliiely; and shows her the new lit
tle box ol lip-salve with which he in
tends to defy the terror of file Alps. To
say the truth, the Alpine climber is not
an imaginative man. Wita him the
climb wuluh Alla every bystander with
awe is “a good bit of work, but nothinv
out of the way, yon know.” He has
never done tnls puittuulur peak, and so
he has to do it; but it has beeu 100 often
done before to All him with any particu
lar interest in tbu matter. As to tlie as
cent itself, besets about plaunlugit as
practically as ll lie were planning a ruu
from Lunijuii to Lucerne. We see him
sluing wllb blu guides, marking down
the time table of. bis route, ascertaluiug
tbe amount ol meat and wine wbicb will
be required, dlsliibuting among bis fol
lowers their f ir weights oi blankets and
lopes. Then he tells us tbe hour at
wbicb be shall be back to-morrow, and
tbe file of porters set off with him quiet
ly and steadily up tbe hillside. We turn
out auo give him a cheer as be loliows,
but the thought' of tbe provisions takes a
little oi too edge oil - our romance. Btill
there is a great ruu that 'evening on
, Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, and a. con
stant Jittie buzz round the fortunate per
son who bus found the one recoid of an
ascent of tills particular peak. What Is
it which makes men In Alpine travel
books write as men never write else
where? What is tbe origin of a style
unique in literature, which misses both
tbe sublime and tbe ridiculous, and con
stantly hops from talk talk to a mirth
ICebie and inane? 'Why is it that the
senior tutor, who is so bard on a bit of
bad Latin, plunges at the sight of. an
Alp into English inconceivable, hide
uus 7 Why does page after page look as
if it bad been dredged with French
words through a pepper-castor ? Why
is the sunrise.or tbe scenery always "in
describable, ’’ while the appetite,of the
guides lends itself to such reiterated de
scription? These are questions which
suggest themselves to quiet critics, but
hardly to the group in the hotel. They
• have found the hole where tbe hero is to
snatch a few hours of sleep before com
mencing the ascent. They have followed
him in imagination, round tbe edge of
the crevasses- All tbe old awe and ter
ror that disappeared iu bis presence re
vive at tbe eloquent description Of tbe
arete. There, is a gloom over us as we
retire to bed and think of tbe little com
pany huddled in their blankets, waiting
tor the dawn. Tbereds a gloom over us
at breakfast as the spinster recalls one
‘’dreadful place where you look down
live thousand feet clear.” Tbe whole
party breaks up into little groups, who
sui out for high paints from which the
■first view of the returning hero will be
caught. Everybody comes back certain
they have seen uim, till the landlord
p.onounces thateverybody has mistaken
the di action in which be must cine;—
At lust there is a distant yodel, and in an
hour or so tbe hero arrives. He is im
passive and good-humored as before.—
When we crowd arouud him for tbe
tidings of peril and adventure, be tells
us, us be told us. before be started, that
it is "a good bit of work, but nothing out
of the way.” Pressed by the spinster, be
replies, in the very words of Peaks and
Passes, that tile sunrise was “indescriba
ble,” and ibeu, like the same inspired
volume, enlarges freely on the appetite
of bis gu des. Then he dines, and tbeu
be tells us that what be has really’ gained
trum hi < climb is entire faith i if the effi
cacy of his little box for preventing all
injury from sun or born snow. He is a
little proud, too, to have done tbe peak
iu twenty minutes less time than Jones,
and at leu shillings less cost. Altogether,
it must be confessed, Hie Alpine Club
bist is not an Imaginative man. Bis one
grief iu file seems to be tbe failure of bis
new portable cooking apparatus, and be
pronounces ‘‘ Liebig’s Extract” to be
tbe great discovery of the age. But
such as he is, solid, practical, slightly
stuplu, be is the hero of the Alpine Ho
ld.
At such au elevation the religious de
velopment of the British mind becomes
strangely jerky, and irregular. The ar
rival of Sunday is suddenly revealed by
the group round the breakfast-table to
the severity with which the spinsters’,
eye is fixed on au announcement over
the stove that the E’ glisb service in the
hotel is at tea o’clock. But the an
nouncement.is purely speculative. 'The
landlord “bppes” there will be service,
mid plunges again into the kitchen.—
Prutaue sounds of fiddling and dancing
reach us.from, an outbuilding where the
guides.and the maids are celebrating the
day by a dance: , The spinster is in ear
nest, But the insuperable difficulty lies
in the non-existence of a plftsou. The
Indian civilian suggests that wo should
adopt the naval usage,, and'that the sen
ior praycrs. But the attor
ney is tho seulp'rlaymao. and he objects
to sueb .muddllug of. thoi professions—
Tbeyoaugprford'iiudergraduatß tells bis
little talo ofsofxlce 6a/ board ship where
the Major, up versed In such matters, be-'
gau altu’lhuohuraning service, and end
od with the olfic - for tho burial of the
“?uur- Then ihe .withers beneath the
stony stare of the British mother, who is
reading her “fessousV in the corner. At
lust there is a little buzz of excitement,'
aud every is fixed upon tUe quiet
looking traveler in a brown
coat and a purple tie, who is chipping
his egg: and Imbibing bis cofiee in
alienee. and ■ unconsciousness. The
spinster Is sure that the stran
ger is Mr, Bmitb. The attorney doubts
whether snob an eminent preacher would
go about in suolraoostutpe. The British
mother solves Hie whole dlttiuuliy by
walking straight up to him, and with an
eye bn - the announcement in question,
asking point-blank whether ebe baa tbe
pleasure of addressing that eminent dl-
vine: He hesitates, and is Inst. His egg
and coffee disappear. The table is cleared
and the chairs arranged with as little re
gard to comfort as maybe. Tbe’diyjne
retires for thesermon which—prescient
of his doom—h« has slipped into his va
lise. The landlord produces two hymn
hooks of perfectly different origins, and
some time is spent'ln finding'a hymn
•which is common to both. When the
time comes for singing it, the landlord
Joins in with a fine but wandering bass,
catching an English word here and there
as lie goes along. The sermon Isas usu
al on the Prodigal Son, and the Indian
tflvUlan nods at every mention of “going
Into a far,country,’ as a topic specially
appropriate for the occasion. But the
divine is seen no more. Bis cold be
comes rapidly serious, ami he takes to
his bed at the very hour of afternoon ser
vice. The British maiden wanders out
to read Tennyson in the rock-clefts, too.
After all, bed is not good for a cold, and
the British Sunday is insufferable, and
poetry is the expression of the deepest
simd mpst sacred emotions. This is the
development which religion takes with
a Britisa maiden and a British parson in
regions above the clouds. ..
PAUL CHARLTON'S LOVE TEST.
‘Youroffer is very kind, aunt Harriet,
and lam deeply grateful to you for* ha v?
intr made It. In asking me to become a
memberofyour household, you are aware,
perhaps, o. how much more you ask me
to accept •
. ‘You mean Eleahor ?’ , : .
'Thar the annuity left to poor mamma
by uncle’ William, of course, ceases with
her death. Xu a few weeks Ishall there
fore be utterly penniless. Believe, me,
aunt, I could not thus become a pension
er upon your bounty. No, the plan of my
obtaining a situation as governess, or at.
least the plan of seeking in some manner
to support myself, had far better be car
ried out at once.
Eleanor Randolph spoke these words
in a sad, serious tone. Her naturally pale
face, with Us deep blue eyes, and its
frame of dark* glossy tr&ses wore a sor
rowful, wearied look that suited the
mourufulness of her voice.
The grief of a beautiful woman Is aj
ways the poetry of pathos, and that Elea
nor’s aunt, Mrs. Ascott, was touched to
the heart. with sympathy for her or
phaned niece would have been a scarcely
less remarkable fact even if Mrs. \scott
herself were hot universally known
among her friends os the most warra
natured and the kindest matron in Chris
tendom.
‘I was quite prepared, Eleanor,’ she re
plied. ‘too «ve my offer declined by you,
and I shall hot urge you to act, dear,
against your own inclination in the
matter of your future. But I thought you
would prefer some situation like thatyoii
have mentioned. I made arrangements
to secure you one in case it.
An elderly lady, Mrs. Averill/whom I
have known for a long lime, uirreed wiily
yesterday to take you a* a sort of com pan •
ion, at five hundred a year. The terms are
not extravagant, are they, Eleanor ? As
for ymir duties I suppose they will be
light enough, unless *
Here Mrs. Ascott paused, evidently in
a lit le embarrassment about continuing.
‘Unless what, aunt ?’
‘Unless a certain cross ojd bachelor
brother of Mrs. Averill’s—he Is only her
half-brother, by the way—should tuke.ii
-into his head to make matters disagreea
ble foryou. But this Is oniy asuppositlon.
Mrs. AverlH would like you to enter upon
the engagement as soon us- convenient,
my-dear.*..
‘I phall be ready to-morrow,.’ Eleanoi
said..
I ‘Soeoon as that ?My frlendtftvili be
delighted. She is anxious to see and know
you. And now, Eleanor, Mrs. Ancott con
tinued, lowering her voice, and taking
one of her niece's hands in an affection
ate, fondling way ‘tell me bow it is that
there comes to be the slightest necessity
of leaving your present home, except
the wife—don’t start, my dear—of Paul
Charlton? A mouth ago I believe you
were betrothed lovers.’
‘We" were, aunt.’
The words werescarcely audible. Elea
. nor Randolph’s face was one crimson glow
ofbjushes. ,
‘And you have quarreled, Eteauor ?
Tell me all. 1 have faithfully kept many
such a secret before.’
‘There is hardly anything to tell, aunt,’
was the niece’s reply, the return of her
composure showlug Itself in afirmer v< ice
and diminished color. ‘Paul Charlton
thought mo proud, cold and haughty.
He asked me to cultivate toward him
self and the world a less reserved and dis
tant bearing. I did not choose to receive
the suggestion with the humble and obe
dieut spirit that be required of me. And
so Well, aunt, I cannot exactly givt
you the particulars of our Just interview,
but it ended lu a quarrel, and since then
I have not seen Paul Charlton. When
we next meet it will probably be as strati
gers.’
'I see bow matters stand, Eleanor,
“Mrs. Ascott said, when her niece had
finished speaking. ‘7ou were wrong in
refusing to comply with Paul Charlton’s
wish and at this very moment you so be
lieve yourself to have been. Ho you think
there is no hone of a reconciliation ever
‘None, Aunt,’Eleanor quickly inter
rupted. A
- ‘And now please let us talk of some
thing else. I had, perhaps, better write
u uote to Mni. Averi.il, informing her
thqtl'wlsh to enter upon the situation
to-morrow, hud X not? Your kindness
in procuring the engagement for me is
one which 1 shall always uppreclate- An
for the cross old bachelor brother, who
(knows, aunt, but I may succeed In sweet
ening his .temper by the use of a little
diplomacy.?’
k .‘And marry him afterward, Eleanor I )
VHer sad smile offered a very eloquent
negative to this suggestion of Mrs. As
cott’s.
‘X shall never marry, aunt,’ she said,
quietly ; ‘my mind is firmly made up. on
that point—so firmly, chut nothing could
alter (ho resolve X have taken.’
Eleanor found Mrs. Averlll a thorough
ly agreeable and lady-Jlke personage, and
during the first day or two that succeeded
her arrival, discovered her duties to lie
merely those of‘companion,’ the word's
most correct sense. Her time was unre
servedly her owu. Upon her outgoings
and incomings no restriction whatever
was placed. Mrs. Averili’s manner to
ward her was courteous and pleasant, and
seemed to'promlse-a warm intimacy and
friendship for thejuture. *
In the meanwhile, no mention had
b-en made of the ‘bachelor-brother’ to
whom Mrs* Ascott had alluded, nor did
anything in the household, so fa- as Elea
nor was able to observe, even remotely
bint of his residence there.
.One morning, however, while .Mias
Kandelph was seated at the piano in the
lower parlor, engaged upon a difficult
piece Qf music that required all her skill
in its mastery, tbe door behind her was
suddenly opened, and a harsh voice ex
claimed, loudly: ..
■Be good enough tostop that vile noise I
My nerves caii’t stand It.’
Eleanor instantly rose from her seat,
and,turning, found herself face,to ,face
with a bent, feeblo-looking old man, who
was attired lu a volumnioua dressing
gown, and wore a pair of very Imposing
green spectacles.
’There cun be no doubt,’ she mentally
remarked, ’tbat the buebelor-brotbe 1 * ol
whom aunt Harriot spoke has at ..last
made his appearance.’ Then aloud, Elea
nor said : *1 am sorry, air that X disturbed
you. Is it your desire to have mo dis
contiue my music in the future 7’
The words cost her au effort. It was a
difficult matter for Eleanor Randolph to
forget her pride, oven in tbe presence of
age.
•Yes, young person, 1 replied the old
man, sharply; ’suob is rny wisli I sup
pose you are the companion whom my
sister boa lately engaged. What is your
name ?’
‘Eleanor Randolph.’
‘A , silly, romantic name enough I
Humph! Miss Randolph, you are paid
five hundred dollars a year, I believe, by
that stupid sister of mine, for simply do
ini; nothing. / Ever since her sensible
husbun made-a widow of her, she has
amused herself .with the most nonsenai
cal extravagance.’
Eleanor’s face was a vivid scatleßmow
with shame and nnger ; she controll
ed herself, and answered, calmly:
‘Perhaps you may feel inclined, sir; to
test my abilities for doing something,
since you consider my position in this
house so thoroughly a sinecure. I shall
be very wililug to prove to you that I am
not averse to undertaking any task youi
may choose to assign.’
‘Humph! What can you do?’
‘Many things. Are you fond of read
ing, sir? If so, I ’
.’You'll read to me, eh ? What willyou
read ? Novels—love stories?’ ,
’Provided you prefer that style of lit
erature,’ was the perfectly cool reply.
Wei), well, we shall see about the read
ing. Suppose I as#ed.you to bring up
my meals three times a day to my room,
us the servant who attends me is clumsy,
and altogether disagreeuole. Would you
agree to that ?’
‘Willingly,*
‘The old man was silent for some in -
moots, during which Eleanor felt tlmf
he was keenly eyeing her from behind
the great green spectacles. Presently he
said, suddenly turning toward the door.
‘X think I’ll try you, young person.
You may Xu the mean
time, i’ll speak with my sister about
what you propose doing.’
With these frords he quitted the apart-,
ment,
- Ou the morrow Eleanor's task of wait
ing upon the uncivil old gentleman be
gan in real earnest. And, difficult ns his
morose disposition made that task, she
somehow took a morbid pleasure iu per
forming it.
\l have no pride left,’ she mnrnrrth *,
many times during lh» i
week that followed.
’Completely humbled a& t am, X won
der what Paul Charjton wo..’d *ay were
he to see me now. Would up recognize
ths poor dependant who a , afd for min
istering daily to the wh and caprices
of a foolish old bacheb '' ' , r \ Eleanor
Randolph, it ii the
very school you m.
Nothing could have exceeded the ob
stinacy ot moroseness with w.hlcli Elea
nor’s efioris at conciliation were hourly
received throughout the day. The old
geutlemuu, declaring that her, reading
was abuminaule, would oft<-n suddenly
seize the book with which she was en
gaged, and hurl it to an extreme, corner
of the room, five minutes later, however,
saying, in the cracked, feeble tones that,
sometimes made Eleanor fancy it could
.not be real humiliation to obey
‘I have changed my mind. You may
resume the book.’
. His meals never suited when first
brought to bis apartment, and occasion
ally poor Eleanor was com pel led to make
four or five successive journeys to and
from t,be dining-room before Mrs. Aver
-111 ’b singular relative choose to consider
himself sufficiently waited upon.
. Her services hud reached, at the end of
a week, the very climax bfdiudgery, and
the young Judy’s efforts at unmurmur
ing amiability became to herself more
biUeruud irksome. Site had hoped.that
her system of gentle tolerance would fi
nally prove victorious over the moody,
curiish nature of him with whom she
had to deal, and that iu conquering
another's discourtesy, she would ut the
same time huvestruok a fatal blow to.the
bride so incompatible.with her present
position of dependence. But in both
instances her attempt had resulted un
successfully. The old man was, still
the sullen creature she had at firat found
him, and Eleanor’s struggle to obey
and nut complain dost her quite us
much mental annoyance os when she
nud first undertaken it.
One morning it happened that while
she was reading aloud to Mrs. A verill’s
brother from a tedious volume on a le
gal subject, that gentleman suddenly in
terrupted her with these words:
‘Stop. I have something to say to you.’
Eleanor laid her volume on the table
near which shich she was sealed, and
quietly waited for her companion to
speak* ,
‘Do you know Miss Randolph,’ he said,
m tones that possessed ali bis eccentric
abruptness, but were somehow devoid of
the harsh irritability that had before be
longed to them—‘do you know Miss
Randolph, that I am greatly disappoint
ed in you?’
‘Agreeably, I hope air.’
The words, were spoken calmly enough,
though she was inwardly amazed at the
old man’s unexpected alteration of man
ner.
‘Yes, agreeably, I acknowledge.’
‘May X ask why ?
‘Because I believed you too proud for
die life of humiliation -you have led dur
mg the past week. ’ I hate people who
are po rand proud together; the combi
nation always seems to me such an ub
surd pretence.’
‘And you think, sir, that my poverty
has humbled me?’ . *
Sue was bending forward to catch his
answer, a vivid flush on either cheek.
‘Yes,’ he answered, ‘I do think that.’
‘You are wrong,’ Eleanor said, excited
ly, rising from her chair atid approaching
her companion's. ‘My real teasou for
having controlled the pride whose exis
tence, sir, you seem to have suspected on
ourffi'rsb acquaintance, is simply this:
(Some weeks ago a—a friend saw fit to
.suggest to me that my spirit was too
haughty, my 'ife too self-ahsorbed—that
X looked down upon the world, as it .were:
from a pedestal of my owu raising—that
I was out of all sympathy with men and
* omen, and chat I needed some whole-.
some lesson. X
‘You quarreled with the person who
told you this, out you have since then
endeavored to profit by his advice. Is it
not so?’ .
‘You have guessed correctly.’
'l.have uol.guessed at all, MUs Ran
dolph, X speak Irom positive knowledge.’
‘You amaze me, sir, more and- more
with every word. .You cannot possibly
know the person to whom I alluded?’
‘X do know him. It was Paul Chari-'
ton I’
Eleanor started backward at these
words, and raised her hands with a ges
ture of intense surpri-e.
At the same moment, Mrs. Averill’s
old brother quitted his arm chair, with
a bound sufficiently elastic to discredit
the idea of his extreme feebleness; and
suddenly divesting himself of green
spectacles, gray wig, dressing gown, and
u few other evidences of senility, stood
before poor stupdfied Eleanor as—Paul
Charlton!
‘I know I’m a brute, Nelly, and have
been behaving like one fur a week past:
Rut you must forgive me, darling, ru
spite of all tbat. It’s of course useless
t<> explain matters. Mrs, Aver til is my
sister: and she and your uuut Harriet
both' humoured me iu this musquera-'
ding caprice ot mine, and.are both fear
fully to blame, X assure you. Don’t
turn away from .me, Nelly. It would
drive me mud to lose you now, daning,
after I. have proved to myself what a
moral impossibility it is to exist without
you.’
Ho had seised her hand, and Eleanor,
her face suffused with blushes, Struve to
disengage herself from the grasp. But
Paul Charlton asserted bis superior
strength, Just here, and made tbe young
lady’s efforts quite useless.
‘You have acted "ihocklugly, Paul,’she
at length murmured, burstlug lute tears,
'ami I shall never, never.forgive your
conduct!’
I®- Hon. N. P. Bunks, of Boston, was
presented to the Czar by Minister Cur
tin during a three weeks stay at St.
Petersburg, and was invited by the
emperor to accompany him on his per
somtl stalf, which ho did in the full uni
form of uu Amurlcan„inuJor-geuorul t at
a review of over 40,000 of llicj imperial,
guard.
FOL. 56.—N0. 28.
THE IVKXr CESHVH
The remarks of Hou. U. J. Haldetnan,
of Pennsylvania on tbe forthcoming Cea
sus Report, In the House, on Wednesday,
tbe Bth inst., bavins attracted consldem-'
ble public attention, wo quote them be*
low, as given in tbe Qlobe of Thursday:
Mn HaldeMvAN- Mr. Chairman, it has
not been my intention to enter into the
• details of this measure at this time. It
had been my hope that there should be
no limitation of debate oh some of the Im
portant subjects which.will, arise under
the various sections of this bill. Ido not
desire to. enter into this vast subject of
representation, and the proper number
and qualification of members. But I
would wish, if I could receive any indi
cation that there is to bo no restriction of
debate, to confine myself, to the proper
theory upon which a census should be
taken, and to some general consideration
of the scope and tendency of ibis bill,
which, lam free.to say , while It does not
meet my approbation in all respects, is
yet a great step in advance on the bills
of 1850 and 1860.
It is true., that my idea of what tbe
census of 1870 should be may be too high
and impracticable, for I had hoped that
it would be deemed practicable to make
a dc facto 'and actual enumeration of this
.people, and In one day. It is the recom
mendation of statistical congresses of
Europe, composed of the ablest statists
of their .respective countries, and is
strongly urged by such men as Harop
Queteiet, Monsieur Legoyt. of France;
Ur. Farr, of London; and Dr. En el, ol
Berlin. It is the accurate and scientific
method by which you obtain an enumer
ation of tbe. people as they are on a fixed.
-lay, arresting as it were the wheels of
individual and national life, and photo*
graphing the nation with its vital and
material forces; with its pursuits and
i < m wealth and
purpose of
Jato 'oustltutional
representation ; for the purpose of provi
ding correct data.for eqUitab e taxation
and wise legislation; for th£ ptfvpose of
furnishing actuaries and theoretical sta
tisticians tiie facts from which -may
deduce grand social laws—for «n emiphe
uomeua, like the v * / ? itihe,
heavens, are governed by.f’.-■' , a/p,Vh
accidental 111 the mar .'j
economy of society for these three great
objects of representation, wisp legislation,
and equitable taxation, and aLo theoreti
cal statistics, tfie dc facio or actual enu
meration is the scientific "and dnly cor
rect one*
Moreover, in that hasty and ill-advised
effort to change the fundamental and or
ganic law of. the,laud.by what is known
us the fourteenth amendment to the, Con
stitution, among other things that'were
unwi’tingly doiie there something
done to encourage tbe talking of a dc facto
and actual enumeration. To go buck,
however, for a moment to days of wise
stalesmunship/aud tuiuingto the-second
nectiou of the Hist article of the Consti
tution, 1 finddt provided that— '
. “ Represeutatiyeaaud direct taxes shall *
be apportioned among tlie several States
which may he Included in this Union
according to-their respective numbers,
which shall be determined by adding to
the whole number of free persons, inclu
ding those bound to service fur a term of
years, and excluding Indians not taxed,
. three-fifths of all other persons.”
• It is here made imperative that ail
persons shall bo counted in
representation excepting Indians not
taxed and two-fifths of the slaves. Indi
ans not taxed, who always have been
treated with us d foreign nation or na
tions, and two-fifths of the slaves, who
are now free. With these' two exceptions
all wore'to be enumerated and counted.
There is nothing said about inhabitants,
Or citizens or residents, 01 legal abodes, -
the language of the article applies to ev
erybody found within the borders of the.
State except the two classes named!
How, by the fourteenth amendment it
is provided that—
” When the right to vote at any elec
tion for the choice of electors for Presi
dent and Vice President of the United
States, Representatives iu Congress, ex
ecutive or Judicial officers of a State, of
the members of the legislature thereof,
is denied to any mule Inhabitants of such
State, being twenty-one years of age aud
citizens of the United Stales, or In any
way abridged, except for participation in
rebellion or other crime, the basis Of rep
resentation therein'shall be reduced in
the proportion which the number of such
mule citizens shall bear to the whole
number of male citizens twenty-one years
of age in such State.”
That is to say, iu additiou to the penalty
for abridging the rigblto vote ou account
of race or color there is a penalty for
abridging the right to vole on account of
the.want of property qualifications, on
account of the wuut of literary qualifica
tions, ou account of service iu the army
or navy, on account of poverty, idiocy,
or insanity, on account of not talcing cer
tain oaths; and I believe I have not
reckoned on account of not being of good
churucte" or good behavior-
The penalty is that for any such denial
or abridgement by a State the basis of
their representative population shall be
reduced. But, iu audition—and it ap
plies to nearly every State—you are
warned in each State to be careful how,
laryou abridge or deny the right of suf
frage to its inhabitants ou uccountof the
greater or less duration of their residence,
uqder penalty-of representative diminu
tion. j-v'.
It has been argued that the iuodngrul
ties, tlie lboaeness, the baste of the four
teenth constitutional amendment will be
.rectified should.;tho fifteenth coustitu
'XhihuV amendment be ratified, Hut this
is not so. Thu -fifteenth constitutional
amendment provides that the right of
citizens of the United Slates to vote shall
not be denied or abridged, by the United
States or by any State on account of race,
color, or previous condition of servitude.
Tnis will make voters of the negroes, all
State laws to the contrary notwithstand
ing. Bat the States nifty still -deny the
right of suffrage to any of the classes that
‘I have enumerated; and in bo fur as they
deny the right of suffrage for idiocy, or
poverty, or insanity, or want of property
property qualification, or want of educa
tion, or lor wanting a period ol residence
sufficiently long to satisfy the Slate Leg
islature, just in that measure shall the
penalty be annexed and attached, I have
now shown by the first article of the sec
ond section of the Constitution, by the
fourteenth amendment of the Constitu
tion, by the advice of statists throughout
the world, and by obvious reasons, that
for the purpose of providing a fixed
point of comparisou and departure, so
that this census may be comparable with
the State censuses to bo taken in 1875, or
with the United States census of 1880,
and so that it may bo scientifically com
parable with .European censuses, a dc
facto enumeration, an actual enumera
tion iu one day, is the legal, wise, and
scientific method.
But I regret to nay tliat the committee,
after in vestlgatlng tliiseulilect ami taking
all tbe advice aim counsel which it could
obtain, came to tile conclusion that ow
ing to the great extent of tills country,
tlie spurseuess of population over tbe
greatc portion of it, the much to be re
gretted absence of a department of statis
tics, and tlie want of registry boards and
other machinery. It would be impossible
to take this census in one day and upon
an actual do facto enumeration.
itoluclautly X yielded to the reasons
given; fur I felt that although with men
who believe in the possibility of carrying
out such u work it could have beeu dune,
yet it was perfectly apparent that while
here and there I met a man, soieutlUo or
otherwise, who believed this Immense
labor might bs undertaken, tbe general
adverse sentiment of itself rendered it
impracticable and inadvisable. “
Vo may ask, sir,-why, having assented
to tlie Judgment of the committee that
do facto enumeration was impossible, X
should now make an argument in favor
of do facto enumeration. Xt is because
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JOB PBINTING.
OASds, Handbilm. CrBOOTiAns, and .very elk.
er description of Job and Cahd Printing,
if you do uot have It in. 1870 you must
have it in 1880; It is because it is tbe
right road ou which to move, ami the
distinct object which you must, have in
view when amending the law of 1850 and
1860. It la because sooner or later you
, must bring your ceusuaea and your sys
tems of statistics in harmony with the
censuses and systems of statistics of the
world.
And it is for another reason, which I
am glad to mention in praiseof the Com
mittee on tbe Census; It is becuusp the
main feature worthy of commendatb n in
that bill which lies upon your table is,
that it is an approximation to a do facto
enumeration. In sections ten and eleven
of the bill you will find that twenty days
previous to the date fixed for the actual
taking of the census, and to which date
all must be referred, enumerators shall
uarry around schedules of population,
schedules of industry, and schedules of
reformatory, penal, and other, establish
ments; aua that within tbe thirty days
succeeding that on which tbe ceuaus is
to be taken, the enumerators are to go
around and collect these schedules filled
up—l hope, after a proclamation by the .
President of tbe Uuited States: after
posters shall have been put up by the
district superintendents upon every black V.
smith shop and at every areas roads ; af- '
ter tbe press shall have called the atten
tion of tbe people to the Importance of -
this work— l say I 1,,,,,,' that oue-half or
two-thirds of these ..odules shall have'
been filled up ready for toe enumerator;
facilitating bis work, and giving accura
cy to a census taken with: reference to
that one day, the Ist of June, 1870.
Mr. Chairman, I bad not intended to
say more than this upon tbe general sub
ject at this time ; but for fear that there
nay be a limitation of debate .vlien we
come to tbe discussion of this , ,11 section
by section, I will make oue ~V two re
marks further.
That lor which the census of 1850 and
1880 received the highest commendation
of the statists of Europe, and that of
which we may bojustly proud, was that
they aimed to obtain an accurate enu
meration of the aggregate weaitlAif this
country and its aggregate income. It has
Justly been deemed! that it would be dis
graceful fur the American Republic, es
pecially after'oo gnat 'a .war, to fall to
take a' full, complete, -and accurate ac
count of stock. Rome, even in the ear
nest days of her kings, ijnder Service
Tullius, established a census not only of
people but of property, and a little later
she created a censor, who had moat ex
traordinary powers even over the morals
of tne people, and in the days of the
Empire Julius Coesar revised the census
laws and regulations, and Augustus Cie
sar carried them out. That census not
only enumerated, as has been said, the
people, but enumerated the property by
classes, the industry by classes, the ag
gregate wealth, and the income of the
Roman Empire. And these returns ehi
braced not only the immediate cities or
provinces of Italy, but those of Judea, of
northern Africa, of Spam and her pro
vinces; and these returns of aggregate
wealth aud of aggregate- Income, by
classes, were periodically laid before the
Roman Senate. In view of these facts it
would be disgraceful to the American
poopl i if, with all our advances in science,
all the appliances of modern ingenuity,
. -ve should not seek to obtain fully, com
pletely, and entirely a knowledge of the
aggregate Wealth and the aggregate in
come of this country.
We know that Great Britain in 1888
had a gross income of $4,000,000,000; that
of this sum £375,000,000, say $1,875,000,000
was income derived 'from the weekly
wages of the laboring classes. And shall
we not then seek to obtain by classes, not
only from the great industries, not only
from the great capitalists, but from the
masses of the people, an accurate, in ven-
tory of an Income, as well as of acoumu-
lated real and personal estate ?
Ido not know that I say anything
which may reflect upon the majority of
this House when I assert that in late
yeors, perhaps owing to the confusion of
war and the trials subsequent thereto,
you have hot in levying your taxes been
considerate of the people in the same
way as a wise general is considerate of bis
army when he sends it into the field.
The soldier has so much burden to car
ry. The general does not pile, it all on
his back; he stops to consider how much
can be put around the waist, bow much
into bis bunds; in other words, bow
much the man can carry without produ
cing a sore or inconvenience. Is it not
wise at this time, la providing for a cen
sus, that we should consider how far we
are making sores upon the body politic ;
is it not time for us mask whether classes
are not being favored in this land; is it
not lime fur us to inquire, iu view of the
fact that in New York 19,019 men pay
tax on $84,000,000 of Income, ana one
tenth of 19,010 men pay tax on $54,000,000
of income, and ope-fourth of the whole
number of income tax payers pay tax on
$40,000,000 of income, whether our inter
nal revenue, our banking and currency,
and our financial 'system generally, are
not produpjug sores upon the body-poli
tic? Aretiot some classes being favored
to the injury of others; is not capital be
ing favored to the detriment of labor? I
propose, therefore; at the proper time to
move to insert in the population sched
ule a column showing the income of the
masses ot the peopleTrom wages, salary,
profession, and trade. It is said that an
swers cannot be obtained to these ques
tions ; but there are at least half-a-dozen
other questions asked in the schedules to
which it will be us difficult to get answers,
but it is right to ask themand this. This
was asked in the census schedule of 1850,
and in the census schedule of 1860 ; and
we ought to ask the same question In the
census schedule of 1870, for we want to
have some idea what classes are produ
cing, and what is the aggregate income
as well as the aggregate wealth, iu order
to impose taxation more justly than
now,
(-Urlntmas With tbo Poor.
Christmas with the poor—with the
real poor, who have no Christmas
should we pass a portion of our Christ
mas with them, we must bring all that
makes the time joyous and happy with
us. Why shou d wo not from our
plenty give them a little ? Does not
duty, does not the day Itself, the day of
Christ’s nativity, demand this of us ?
Of all times this is the time to.help the
poor; this is the time to show to the
world that the world is not all bud.—
Let us remember that, in proportion as
wo are gay, others are sad, starving and
freezing. Starving and freezing on
Christmas day 1 Little children like
our own little children, os young, us in
nocent, dying for wont of food, dying
lor want of tire, while with us isabnnd
ance, more than abundance. The pic
ture is not exaggerated. It is, alas I too
true. We cannot draw the misery
of the poor like unto what it is. „lt is
not charity wo ask; it is simply your
duty that we remind you of.
Sffi-A porter in a wholesale house
was called not long since to attend the
inuerul of an elder brother, who had at
tained a high social position. Dressed
in a suit of new black broadcloth, ho , ■
took his seat among ine chief mourners '
at tbe house, and after a few minutes 1
of melancholy musing, turned toagon
tloinun by his side and said: Air. Hiuith,
do you know what my brother John
would do ttiis very miuuto, if he could
come back to life V” “X am sure X can
not.tell,” was the reply. “He’d ask
eve y man there la here down to drink,”
said the porter; “Just such a ticarti he
had in him.” , ’
Titue.—Boys will be boys. This Is
nonsouse. Boys will he men if they
live long enough.
The most steadfast followers of
our fortunes—Our creditors.