(Eijc American Volunteer. PiUJljIsnED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BIIATTON Ac kennkby crricE-souTii market square. rtiKSia:—'Two Dollars per year If paid strictly orivanco; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid ‘“itiiiii three months; after which Three Dollars •'i, })ft charged. These terms will bo rigidly ad •*ll .•„ ju every instance.. No subscription dm sti*imied until all arrearages are paid, unless at 'jSlon of the Editor. fjroiessioitai ®atns. j'tXITJSX) states claim AND REAL ESTATE AG ENO Y . WM. B. BUTLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, liiico In Franklin House, South Hanover Street rirllslo, Cumberland county, Pcmm. Applications by mall, will receive immediate ‘pirU* euhirattontlon given to the selling or rent mVnt Real Eslato.'ln town or country. InaUlot .i 0 f la’QUlry, please enclose postage stamp, jijiyll. W7o—tf |AMES*H..,QBAU J ATTORNEY AT LAW ? NO. HOOTCH HANOVER HT., CARLISLE, PA. OFFICE— Adjoining Judge Graham's. March 81.187(J-tf • n i:. BELTZHOOVIUt, ® ■ ATTORTfBY-AT-liA w, CARLISLE, PA. »3*()Jllco on South Hanover street, opposite Bfiitz’s dry goods store, poo. 1. lSti-5. JIIMIUCH & PARKER, J.TTORSEYB AT LAW. (iilL‘o ou Main Stroat, lu Marlon Hall, .far jlp. Pa. Da. il ISAS- pEO. B,EMIG. ATTORNEY- AT-LA \V , Office with S. Hepburn, Jr. • East Main Street, CAR LISLE, PA Veil.:’, 71— ly \XT KENNEDY, Attorney at Law ]) , Carlisle, return'. Office same ari thatol ne“American Volunteer.” pec. 1. IS7O. BR. GEORGE S. SEARTGHT, Den tist. From the Baltimore Qullepe' of Dental cry.- Olllce at the residence of his mother tiM Lonthcr Street, three doors below Bedford (irllslt*, Pcnna. Wh\ 1 l»a. feats ana afans RESH ARRIVAL OF ALL TIfE AEW iJJT/-A.S of' HATS AND CAPS. liie subscriber has-Just opened at No. 15 " North 'jrtwer Street, a few doors North of the Carlisle iposlt Bank, one of tho largest and best Stocks fIIATS and CAPS oyer offered in Carlisle. ii)lk Hats, Casslmoro of all styles and qualities, :1!T Brims. different colors, a*id every dcscrlp m of Soft Hats now made. Ilifi Duukard and Old Fashioned Brush, con mtlyon hand and made to order, all warrant- Ito pivo satisfaction. A full nssoi tiuont of MEN'S, BOY’S. AND CHILDREN’.^ HATS. uaro also added to-my Stock, notions of dlflor kinds; consisting: of LiBIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS Kfitw, , SuspcniTrr.i, CbUhrs, Gloves. Pencils, Thread, Sewing Silk . Umbrellas, Jcc PRIME SEGARS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND, ve mo a call, and examine ray stock as I feel Meet of pleasing all, besides saving you mo- JOHN A. KELLER, Agent, No. 15 North Hanover Street. JJATS AND CAPS I »J YOU WANT A NICE HAT OR CAP 7 ivan. Don’t fatt v*-. J. G.CALLIO, NO. 29. WEST MAIN STREET', - urc can bo scon tho finest assor tmeut of HATS .AND CAPS r tr brought to Carlisle. He takes.great pleas a in Inviting his old friends anti customers, il nil now ones, to Ills splendid stock Just re ived from Now York and 'Philadelphia, con ning In part of fine SILK AND CASSIMEUE HATS, ■sides an endless variety of Hats and Caps ol ;s latest style, all ol which ho will sell at the .vest Cash. Prices. Also, his own manufacture Hals always on hand, and BATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. He has the best arrangement for coloring Hats ;l nil klnusof Woolen Goods, Overcoats, «fcc., at ijsliortest notice (as Up colors every week) and i the mo.strcasonabloTerras, Also, a fine lot ol ;oico brands.of TOBACCO AND CIGARS fays on hand. Ho desires to call theattentlou ’persons who have COUNTRY FURS . -Jell, ns ho pays the highest cash-prices for lie me, Give him a cull, at tho above number, his dd Wil, us befools confident of giving entire su .is* '-Hon. ;ci.ib7o. ihundm’S, Sr. !M ? M'M s WES CAMPBELL. ) W. F. HEN WOOD AKPBELL & MBNWOOl), PLUMBERS, iiS AND STEAM FITTERS, No, 18 North Hmv uer St, CARLISLE, PA, ■flU TUBS. Water closets, WASH BASINS. HYDRANTS, XiIFT AND FORGE PUMPS, CISTERN ANT) DEEP WELL PUMPS, GAS FIXTURES. AS SHADES AND GLOBES «6c.,&c. sill Iran and Terra Cotta Pipe, OHIMNEY TOPS and FLUES, AJI kinds of BRASS - WORK :! *leam and Water constantly on hand. ''ORK IN TOWN OR COUNTRY , promptly attended to. attention given to orders for K «erlttl or work Irom a distuuce.-JQr- Ijjjjg special ndvnntngos wo aro prepared to 'COPPEB WORK. !*" descriptions for Still Houses landj;other eposes oit homo or nt a distance. COPPER PIPE wished to order either drawn or brazed. kk k k k k k k's •>B, I, 70-ljr Fresh and prime i clean, pat and juicy. SMITH’S •VOTES SALOON, A, IN TUB VOLUNTEER LUILDINO South Market Square , lf’ r , f°|. 1 * 111 y”SraUh is now opening superior Oys r“ twice a week, which ho sells at hotlou in price. W 2,i I .vl B aro leapt neat and clean and fur- FnivTu. 11 ft li the necessary accompaniments. * . M 6u PPliod with llrat quality of Oysters at-pV/kt notice. The celebrated NEWARK Hr,• a *V l MA.TBEY & COLLINS’ LMIXLAJUEL oVAAU. on draught. 1 tQlal ttUtl h 0 will ou^eavor to B l vo * JNO. B. SMITH. WOEK, of every description, ex 9cuted at this office. . . . , .., , e .:.:1 , -•...t , .^ ~ .. . .... . . . . • .".--. . ;. -.' -I: •t 1 r , t , 4. s. :, • • . . ~ . ,-;:;. ''', .P:, 6,4 . ,,.. ~ ' t' I L.'ili:l' .. , t . ..m...,, t , ._ ~. . t, . . t sl'' ... ' t s . ' •, BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. ®i'l> (Boois D RY GOODS! —AT— HARPER’S r Sou(h Hanover S(, t new stock of fall goods, i».rt t «J c » o iP leasu . rG . lnofi * 10 ni .v patrons an &®EwWi.9.-Amafc.p/. DRY GOODS, loto . ln °y cry branch, and u t excelled in quality, beauty, and cheapness. T have now open a beautiful stock of FASHIONABLE DRESS GOODS, comprl lug Black Bilks, Black and to >red AU iVIJ .., Re P H ' Black and Colored All 'AoolPop im R. black and Colored Wool Delaines, Black ana Colored Merinoes, Rich Plaid Poplins, Sor ces. yelonrs, Flue Tamlso. Bombazines, Pure Mohairs new brand of Double Warp Black AN pacn, for beauty of color, weight of texture, and market ttt ces 1110 Joatl of an Y Alpacas In tho ndPlaw'" 1110 Sllnw * s ’ ln now styles of Stripes Long and Square Thibet Shawls, nil of which I oftor exceedingly ohenp. BLANKETS, While and Gray. Bargains guaranteed. ■ 'FLANNELS, in every variety. tlt.t)aicinoh ‘Blade Heave, s, Velve- While Corduroy. Opera Flannels. Plaids loi cucmars WATER-PROOF! WATER-PROOF ! House Furnishing’Dry Goods, Table Linens Napkins and White Goods. .• All the popular brands of Domestics, at prices to .meet the lowest quotations. Merino Vests. Shirts, and Drawers, for Ladles. Misses, Mon, and Boys. ’ Knitting Yarns, Zephyrs, Germantown Wool. J erst in M 001, and Balmoral Yarns, Hamburg Edgings and Insertlngs, Thread Laces. Gutpue Laoes Linen mm Lace Collars, Kid Gloves Handkerchiefs, Felt, Balmoral,andHoop Skirts Corsets, and a general variety of.nottons. ' CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, Furs! Furs! Furs! No hesitancy In saying that, the prices will be as low as any in town. All goods bought at the head of tho market, for cash, and superior Inducements will e offer ed at the Cheap Cush Store, Cor. Hanover and Pom fret Ms., Oct. 70 70 - TIIOH - A ' HARM:B - E W GOODS! Wo have Just relumed from tho city, with another very heavy stock of/Qoods, makingour stock Mie largest ever held in Carlisle, by any other House. Wo have extra good and thick BLACK SILKS, COLORED SILKS, SILK POPLINS, of all shades. SILK AND WOOL EPINGLINES WOOL HEPS, * WOOL PLAIDS, ;alpaccas AND delaines MOURNING GOODS. all kinds. PLAIN aj>p FANCY SACKhto FLANNELS, WATER PROOFS AND CLOAKINGS, CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, QUILTS AND COVERLETS, Carpets and Oil-Cloths, DO MESTIZO- GOODS In great variety Shawls, Gloves, Hosiery, ’ Store.) CARLISLE, PA. After an experience of over thirty years in th Stove and Tinware business, In Carlisle, the an dorslgned feels confident that hla recommonda tlon of Stoves has some weight with the com munlly. He now offers the celebrated EMPIRE BURNER which he feels satisfied is the bQSt Base Burner In the market. It la handsome, throwing a cheerful light around tho room; there are no clinkers even with the worst coal; the heat is reflected to the floor and strikes the feet instead of tho face: the gas is entirely consumed; all dust is can-ied-oirby a back pipe; It has a ven tilating damper by which rooms maybe kept thoroughly ventilated ; and it produces os great heat from as small a quantity of coal as any Btovo over offered to ihe public. Ho also offers the “ COZY LIGHT and the « BEACON LIGHT,” both Base Burners, highly recommended by all who have used them. All these Base Burners are insured for three years, and If they do not work satisfactorily ralvy bo returned. Also tho following well known COOK STOVES: NIUU ° D ’IRONSIDES. fAbmer, DIAMOND SLATE These are all warranted and may be returned P AUUieao atowVmay’beon jeon nt my llshment and references can bog Wan to parties using them. SPOUTING AND ROOFING, • ati ended to In town or country. Repairing done on Oct. 18.70-flm No. 83. South Hanover St. j L. STERNER & BRO., LTVEJRY AND SALE STABLE BETWEEN HANOVER AND BEDFOHr 3T IN THE REAR OF BENTZ HOUSE CARLISLE, PA. Having fitted up the Stable with new Carrl ges, Jane, there is an organ grinder before the door,and with him a little child who looks ns though she were half frozen.— Bring her up to my room j I wish to speak to her. Tell her I will only keep her a few momenta.’ ‘ Yea ma’am!’ And honest Jane clos ed the door softly behind her with n murmured ’Bless hen kind heart! She ain’t took no notice of anything before since Ida died. It’s been asorry enough house since that day. Aiid she heaved a heavy sigh as she passed down stairs. Mrs. Clifford watched tho man motion the child toward the door, saw her leave him and a moment after reappear and then, by her earnest manner, and the quick passage of his eye over each win dow, knew that she was repeating J ana’s words. His approving nod told her suc cess, and she again ascended the steps. It was singular, considering how de spondent she had felt but a few momeuls before, with how much interest she watched for the child’s coming. She soon made her appearance, shrinking close to Jane’s aide as she entered that elegant apartment,thatseomed like some beautiful dream to the child, who had become used to bare walls and carpetless floors: and when Jane drew her into the room, she advanced with bated breath, and feet pressed gingerly on the rich carpet, as though fearful that the little torn shoes would crush the bright flowers beneath. „ , , 1 Thank you, Jane, I shall not need you n6 And when the door had closed behind her, she drew the shy, shrinking figure to her, saying, gcatly, in that sweet voice habitual to her; ‘Do not be afraid, my child, but tell me your name.’ ‘ Jesse, ma’am.’ And the blue eyes ventured to raise themselves to the kind face above her s. ‘That Is a nice, pretty name, and is that your father with the organ, Jessie? ‘Oh, no ma’am I’ she answered quick ly, and with emphasis, her Up tremb- ls some relative—your undo, per haps. Come Jessie, X want you to tell me all about yourself. I love little chil dren, and whenever I find a little gin like you,-I am going to do all T can to and others IpjManmitf. THE ORGAN GRINDER. BY HESTER DARYEL. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY,- MARCH 9, 1871. help her.’ u And she Wound her arm around her ns «ho added softly, *1 had a little girl ouee, about as big ns 3*oll, Jes ale. She is, an angel now, and I haven’t any little girl left—but for her sake all little children aye dear to me.’ She could not have explained the im pulse that moved her to speak so to that child, who said with a husky voice . • ‘lt was the little girl -with curls who gave me the frock, and shoes. Mamma used to tell mo Heaven loves those who aheiftobd. * Mtiy he that is why it look yyur little girl. I feel so sorry for you, ma’am.’ And the eyes looked with tearful sympathy into hers. Thd words, *were - ’ si rap itrr but't thbr s dbVtn'u '■ Mrs. Clifford's heart welled up at the touching tone. ‘Perhaps, Jessie. .Ho knows what is best.' And with assumed cheerfulness. I she asked, ‘Where is your mother, Jessie? f You must tell me about yourself now. ‘Molher'is gone to papa. She told me just before sbo died, that she wanted me to always be good. I do try, bull feel sometimes that I wish I might die too.’ And forgetting everything but her grief, she put her face in Jier hands ami sobbed aloud. Ti was pitiful.to see tbe effort she mad© the next miuuto to conquer her grief, and the brave attempt to go on. ' ‘We were very poor.; ami the day aft er mamma died, tin* organ man came to me and asked me if I would like to go about with him and take the pennies.— He said lie would give me my clothes ami victuals. I didn’t have anywhere else to go; and so, after limy put mamma away, I went with him. 'Hut oh, ma’am, it is so cold, out all day ; and then he is very cross sometimes, and 1 often go to bed hungry. Oh, if he only knew I told you this!’ And her face paled as she looked towards the window. *My poor child, [ don’t mean that .he shall.*. And her kind heart filled with indignation as she thought of the un klmlness practiced toward that lonely* and defenceless one. ‘Mamma gave this to me when she died. She wouldn’t- sell it when wo, were poorest, and she told mo never to' let anyone take it from me.’ And drawing a little locket from her bosom, she laid it in Mrs. Clifford’s hand. A fair, girlish face looked out at her from one side, with’ the wavy hair and bine eyes of Jessie, and in the other a band some, manly face, with clear cut. arista, cratic features ; and she could boo then from whom the child inherited her un common delicacy of countenance ‘Papa and mamma's pictures,’ she ex plained, simply as Mrs. Clifford laid it thoughtfully hack in her hand. She restored it to its hiding place with a little start, as the organ, having played through its r ■uml of tunes, returned to its first melody. ‘I must go now; 1 am afraid he will be You seem ho much like my* own mamma that I forget every thing.’ •• Mrs Clifford did notanawer, but looked at her a moment iir deep thought. ‘Jessie, come to-morrow and bring the organ-man, as you call him, with you,— Tell him to be here about this time with out his organ. I want to see you both. Do not let him know what has passed between ns if you can help it; and if he scolds you, give him tins,’ raid she drew a sovereign from her purse. I do not think he will refuse to come ; but if he should, you must find your way .here alone.' ‘Yea, ma’am, I shan’t forget ; thank you.’ And with a little courtesy that showed how careful must have been her training closely* fallowed by "Mrs/ cTilfcmlfwho watched to see her down the stairs, and then re-entered her romp and went to the window in tlmeto see the chirk frown of displeasure on the man’s face vanish in an avaricious smile ns he clutched the money* the child extended to him. Jessie’s parting glance up at -her win dow was seen and remembered own wheji Mrs. Clifford’s/head had sought her pillo‘w. She hud a -long talk with her husband that night, in which she made him' acquainted with -Jessie's history, ami her desire to adopt her. Never re fusing her slightest wish, how could ho deny her that which would wean her thoughts from the past ? And though a great pang went through his heart at the thought of another occupying the place of his lost Ida, ho pressed a tender kiss on Ins wife’s forehead as he gave ins consent, and she never knew what it-coat him. . . Many times next day who found herselt wondering whether or nottho man would come; 'and she worked her.-alf into a per fect fever of excitement. She knew that the child was an advantage to him ; for many would bestow a few pennies foi her sake, who migl.it otherwise turn away ; ami yet, might he not. by giving ber up, hope to reap a stilt greater ad vantage.' He knew that she had not been chary of her gifts thus far. And so she reasoned while she waited. , • And yet she waa surprised when both ho ami his little companion made ther appearance. She. noticed the qdick lltish of delight which over-spread the lace of the child, and her heart wanned instant ly*. Without any preface, she introduced the subject, stating her wishes. He lis tened to Jier, and then began in a com plaining, whinning sort of a way* to telU what an expense she had been to him— and then directly contradicted himself with the statement that he could not get on without her. Mrs Clifford stopped him instantly with the assurance that ho should not suffer ; she would.make the . matter right in that respect, and she named a sum for resigning her that made , her eyes sparkle greedily, and instantly won his consent. There was but one tie that linked Jes sie to the old life—a lock of hair and a few simple relics belonging to her moth er ; and when these were removed- from the miserable little room that had been hers, and a farewell visit paid to the spot where that mother’s life had gone out, the last Muk that hound the past with tiie present was broken ; uml when ;es sio took her place in her new home, it was as the adopted daughter of the wealthy Mrs Clifford PERE ANTOINE'S DATE-PALM. IJY TII6MAS BAILY ALDBICir. Near the levee, and not far from the old French cathedral, in New Orleans, stands a tine date-palm, thirty feet in height, growing'out in the open air as sturdily as if Us sinuous roots were sucking strength from their native earth. Sir Charles Lyell. in his ‘Second Visit to the United States,* mentions tills ex otic: “The tree Is seventy or eighty years old; for Pero Antoine, a Roman Catholic priest, who died about twenty years ago, told Mr. Bringier that ho planted it him self, when ho was young. In his will ho provided that they who succeeded to this lot of ground should forfeit it If they cut down the palm.** Wishing to learn something of Pere Antoine’s history, Sir Charles Lyell made inquiries among the ancient creole in habitants of the faubourg. That the old priest In his last days became very much emaciated, that ho walked the streets like a mummy, that he gradually dried up, and tlnally blew away, was the very meagre and unsatisfactory result of the tourist's investigations. This is all that is generally toldtff Pere Antoine. In the summer of 1801, while New Or leans wa& yetoccupled by the rebel forces, I mot at N , on the coast of Now En gland, ft lady from Louisiana—n Miss Badcau by name—who gave mo the sub stance of the following legend touching Pero Antoine and hla wonderful date palm. If it should appear tamo to the reader, It will bo because I haven't a black ribbed silk dress, and u strip of point laco around my throat, like Mbs Badeau; it will ho because X haven’t her eyes and lips and southern music to tell it with. When Pero Antoine was a very young man ho had ft friend whom ho loved ns he loved his life. Emile Jnrdin returned Ills passion, and the two, on account of their friendship, became the marvel of the city whore they dwelt. One was sel dom seen without the other ; for they studied, walked, ate,'and slept together. Antoine and Emile were preparing to enter the chinch; indeed, they hr\d taken the-preliminary steps, when a circum stance occurred which changed the color of tbglr livens. ‘ A foreigiv some far-oft islan in the Pacific, had a few months before moved into the neighborhood. The lady died suddenly, leaving a girl of sixteen or seventeen, entirely friendless anti un-' provrUedTeT. TlVe"ydinrg~Yh"eiiTiiuTdHieo r kind to/ the woman during her illness, and at her death, melting with pity at the forlorn situation of Angllce, thedaughter. swore between themselves to love and watch over her as if she.were their sister. Now Anglico had a wild and strange beauty that made other women seem amc*beside her ;. uud in the course ol lime the young men found themselves regarding their ward not so much like brothers as at first. •They struggled bravely with their des tiny mouth after month ; for the holy orders which they were about to assume precluded the .idea of love and marriage. Hut every day taught them to be more fond of her. Even priest** are human. So (hey drifted on in a dream. And she? ■lf Anglice shared their trouble, her face told no story.- It was like the face of a saint,on a cat hound window. Once, how ever, as she came suddenly upon the two men ami overheard words that seemed to burn like tire on -the lips of the speaker, her eyes grew very lumiftgus for an in stant. Then she passed on, her face as immobile as before in its setting of wavy gold hair. One niglit Emile .Timlin and Anglice were not to be found. They had.flown; but whether, nobody knew, and nobody, save Antoine, cared. It was a heavy blow to Antoine—for he hud made up his mind to run. away with her himself: A strip of paper slipped' from a volume bn Antoine’s desk, and fluttered to his feet. 'Do not be angry,’ said the bit of paper, piteously; ‘forgive us, for wo love.’ Three years we lit by wearily enough. Ailbdno had entered the church, and was already looked upon as a rising man. but his face was pale and his hen'rt laden, for theie was no sweetness in life for him. Four years bad elapsed when a letter, covered with outlandish post marks, was brought to the young priest—a letter from Anglice. yhe was dying—would he for give her?' Emile the year previous had fallen a victim to the fever that raged on the Island, and their child, little Anglice, was likely to follow him. In pitiful terms she begged Antoine to {akj&glMirgo of the child until she was old enough to enter a convent. The epistle was finished has tily by another’s hand, informing Pere Antoine of Madame Jardin’s death ; it dso told him that little Anglice had been placed on board a vessel soon to leave the island for some western port. The letter, delayed by storm ami ship wreck, was ■ hardly read and wept over, when little Angllce arrived. On beholding her Antoine uttered a cry of joy ami surprise—she was so like' the woman he had worshipped. , As a man’s tears are more pathetic than a woman’s, so is bis love more intense ; not more enduring,* not half so subtle, but intenser. The passion that .had been crowded town in his heartbrokequt and lavished fs lichness on this child, who was to um not only the Anglice of years ago, his friend Emile Jardin also. lieauTi 1 . wm'.-iUnWE#! lowy form, the rich tint of skin, and the large, tropical eyes, that had almost made Antoine’s sacred robes a mockery to him. For a month or two Anglice was wildly unhappy in her new home. She talked continually of the bright country where she was born, the fruits, flowers and blue skies, the-tall, fau-liko trees, and the streams that went murmuring through them to the sea. . Antoine could not pac ify her. *The winter passed, the balmy spring air bad come, and xVnglice seemed to re vive. In her little bamboo chair on the porch she swayed to*and fro in a fnigant breeze,' with a peculiar undulating mo tion, like a graceful tree. At times something seemed to weigh upon her mind. Antoine noticed it mid waited. At length she spoke. ‘Near onr house/ said Anglice—‘ near our house, on the island, the palm trees are waving in the blue skies. O, how beautiful! f seem to Ho beneath them all day long. I am happy, very happy. I yearned for them so much that I grew sick ; don’t you think it was so, mon iero ?’ ‘Mon Dieu yes!’ exclaimed Antoine suddenlyi 'Let us hasten to those pleas ant islands wheretbo palms are waving?’ Anglice smiled, I aiu going there, mon pore !’ Ah, indeed I' A week horn that even ig the wax candles burned at her feet id forehead, lighting her on her lust Journey. All was over. Now was Antoine’s heart empty* Death, like another Emile, had stolen his new Anglice. He had nothing jo do but to lay the blighted flower away. * Pero Antoine made a shallow grave in his garden, and heaped the brown mold over bis idol. In the tranquil spring evenings, the priest-was seen sitting by the mold, his linger closed on the unread prayer book. The summer broke on (hat sunny land; and in the 'cool morning twilight, and after nightfall, Antoine lingcicd by the little grave. He could never be with It enough. One morning ho observed a del icate stem, with two curiously shaped emerald leaves, springing up from the centre of the mould. At first he merely noticed it casually; butat length the plant grew so tall, and it .was so strangely un like anything he had ever seen before, that he examined it with care. I low straight and graceful and exquis ite it was ! When it swung to and fro with the summer wind, in the twilight, it seemed to'Antoine as if young Anglice ■ere standing there in the garden! The days stole by, and Antoine tended the fragile shoot, wondering what sort of blossom it would unfold—white, or scar, Jet, or golden. One Sunday, a stranger with a bronzed,.weather-beaten face, like a sailor's, leaned over the garden rail, and said to him : 1 What a fine young date palm you have there, air!' 4 Mon DienP cried Pere Antoine, is it a palm? 1 ‘Yes, indeed, * returned the man. ‘I had no idea the tree would flourish in ■his climate. 1 9 ‘Mon Lieu !’ was nllthe priest could say. If Pete Antoine loved the tree before, ho worshipped it now. He watered it, and could have clasped it in his arms.— Here were Emile, and Anglice, and the child, all In one. The years glided away, and the date palm and the priest grew together—only one became vigorous and the other fee ble. Pere Antoine had long passed the meridian of life. The tree was in Us. youth. It no longer stood in an Isolated garden; for pretentious brick and marble houses had clustered about Antoine’s cot- tage. They looked down scowling on the humble thatched roof. The city was edg ing up, trying to crowd him oil'hla land. But ho clung to it like liaohen, and re fused to sell. Speculators piled gold on his doorstep, and ho laughed at them. Sometimes he was hungry, and cold, and thinly clad, but he laughed at them none the lens, ‘Uet thee behind mo, satan I’ said the old priest’s smile. Pero Antoine was very old now, and scarcely able to walk; but ho could sit under the pliant, caressing leaves of his palm, loving it like an Aran; and there ho sat till the grlmest speculator came to him. But even in death Pero Antoine was faithful to his trust. Tho owner of that land loses U if ho harm the date tree. And there it stands in the narrow and dingy street, a beautiful, dreamy stran ger, an exquisite foreign lady, whoso grace la a joy to the eye, the incense of whoso breath makes the air enamored. ]\lay the hand wither that touches her ungeutly! 4 ‘Because it grew from the heart of little Angiiue,’ said Miss Badcau, tenderly. IMitital THE 4 BAYONET ELECTION l&W. Speech of Hon. George W. Woodward, of Pennsylvania, In tho House of lien, rcsontatlvrs, February 15, 1871. The house having under cousidoratioi tho bill (H. R. No, 2,(334) to amend an acl approved May 31, 1870, entitled an acl to enforce the rigbtof citizens of the Un ited States to vote in the several states ol this Union, and for other purposes. Mr. Woodward said : Mn. Speakku : During the last session of congress a bill was reported by' the chairman of the committee on the judi ciary, and passed, consisting of twenty three sections, entitled an act to enforce •the right of citizens of the United States to vote in the several states of this Union, ami for other purposes ; and now, sir, we have a supplement to that act, drawn by the gentleman from New York, (Mr. Cli urehill,) and reported by. the- chair man of the committee on the judiciary ; a bill consisting of. eighteen sections, supplementary to the net of last session. Mr. Speaker, I;have asked myself the question, which 1 suppose is a proper one for every representative of the people to ask for himself when legislation involv ing constitutional (pieaiions Is proposed, on what constitutional ground is (his proposed legislation bused ? I ask tills question because the government of the United States, bcingagovernmentof del egated powers, ami this congress exercis ing only the legislative powers delegated in tlie constitution of the United States, the very first question that arises is this: does the proposed, legislation fall witliiu any of the powers delegated to this legis lative body? And upon looking into the constitution for the excuse or justification as gentlemen call it, for this legislation, I am referred to the fourth section of tlie first, article, which reads as follows: The times, places and manners of hold ing elections for senators and representa tives shall be prescribed in each* state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may _at anytime by law make or alter such regulations except as to the place of choosing senators. Now, Mr. ►Speaker, the latter clause of this fmiith section, which gives to con gress the power to alter the regulations made by the states, has been and is a dead letter in the constitution of the Un ited states. The congress of the United Stales has never practiced upon it, has never asserted it; ami when 3'ou take into view the lapse of time since this constitution was adopted, the practice of the government for this long period is the highest evidence of the meaning of this constitutional provision, which is _that the whole subject of regulations of elections is reserved to the states and is not grunted to the federal government. The framers of the constitution have told ns what purposes the latter clause of the fourth section to nu " awer. One or more states might refuse to elect senators and representatives, and thus dissolve their political connection with the union. If any state should so regulate elections as to produce This re sult, the power was delegated to congress iq-l\UQJLJ3'illh_-lTK t ylA t -J Ol,s * This is _tho the contingency ‘contemplated by the framers having neverocourred the clause bus lain a dead letter In the constitution, and thepracticeofthegoverninentthrougl; out its history, until the strange times upon which we have fallen, has■ recog nized the stale right of' regulating elec tions. It is not in its nature an exclus ive power. If not exercised by any par ticular state, the federal government may compel its exercise so ’far as to secure a representative in congress; but if exer cised it is exclusive and belongs absolute ly to the stale government. And this long practice of the government, is the highest possible evidence in favor of this interpretation of the clause in question. The argument receives additional sup port from the second section of the first article of the constitution, which .is In these words : The house of representative shall be composed of members chosen every sec ond year by the people of the several states, and the electors in each state shall have the' qualifications requisite for elec tors of the most numerous branch of the stale legislature. - Thus the (Constitution In providing for members to sit in this hall, bases itself entirely on the unrestrained sovereign will of the states. Each state was to pro scribe the qualifications of electors for the most numerous branch of its .own slate legislature. Nobody can doubt it. It would not be a free and independent state if it might not deline the electors of its own state legislature; and the same electors were to choose the members of the house of representatives. Ami so in re gard to electors for president and vice president; they were to bo chosen in each state “ in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct." The only elective clliccra of the federal government were to owe their elections to such electors as the states should qualify, and this shows the importance of such a conditional grant of power as that which is expressed in the last clause of the fourth section of article one. For if the states qualified no electors the federal government could have no elective odlcers ; but it thostutes kept, up elections, as indeed they were bound to do If they, would remain repub lican in their form of government, Mthy, then, federal elective olllcers were to bo chpaeji by electors qualified by the states and the federal government was to have no control over state elections whatever. Now I ask what Is the authority for the extraordinary legislation of lost session, ■ and that which is proposed by this bill? Not the clause of the fourth section, be cause that was limited to a contingency which has not happened. Every slate has a legislature, an election law, and an annual or biennial elections. Every slate therefore, qualifies electors. And the constitution of the United Slates refers all elective officers of the federal govern ment to those state electors The lime has not come, the contingency has not happened, for the exercise of iho power delegated by the latter clause of tho fourth section, and the proposed legislation can not be supported upeu any such founda tion. But gentlemen say that this legis lation is necessary to enforce the right of citizens to vote in the several states, ami such, indeed was the title of the act of last session, to which the present bill is sup plementary—that is to say, it Is appro priute legislation for carrying the fif teenth amendment into effect. They cannot base it upon the fourteenth amendment, for that in Its first section refers only to civil rights of citizens, which have been guarded by abundant legislation already. And thataection has no reference to suffrage, else there would have been no need of the fifteenth amendment. The fifteenth amendment, then, is the only ground on which the bill can stand. Let us see what is the very text of that amendment. Sec. 1. The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account ot race, color or pre vious condition of servitude. * and The amendment recognizes such a thing ns the right of citizens of the Unit ed States to vote in the states, and it for bids the states to deny that right to any citizen of the United Slates on account of race, color or previous condition of servi tude. It is a negative rule to the states, which, like the other negatives and in hibitions of the constitution, executes Itself, and needs no supplementary legis lation. ‘Ho state, 1 says the tenth,section of article one of the constitution, "shall v VOL. 57.-NO. 39. j enter Into any treaty, alliance, or confed . erntton ; grant letters of marque or re » prisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; f make anything but gold or silver coin a , tender in payment of debts ; pass any • bill ofrattaluder, cx jiost facto Jaw, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or , grant any title of nobility. These are nil Jcgislativoinnbilitios, self-imposed by the states, and the fifteenth amendment is another instance of the same disabling character* The states surrender their power over these several subjects ; and until tbey attempt to resume it it is ab surd to talk about congressional legisla tion* to' enforce such provisions. They ■ 'noed'’'no-’"cn forcemeat-; —They-exe«MiU>— 'themselves* The moment the requisite number cf states ratified the fifteenth amendment (if, indeed, the requisite number ever did ratify it) the stales were no longer able to deny or abridge suffrage on account of race, color or previous con dition. And no state has attempted any such legislation. On the contrary it is well known to every gentleman on the floor, as part of I lie current political his tory of our time, that every state con formed to the compact and admitted negroes to the suffrage.- This Is what the fifteenth amendment meant, and the stales, all of them, whether approv ing the amendment or disapproving it, whether voluntarily assenting thereto or cheated Into an apparent assent which . .was unreal, or whether‘coerced by sword and bayonet,or by legislation,-more cruel « than swords and bayonets,,all, every one I of theln, came bravely and promptly up i ‘to the demands of that 111 starred amend- i nient* Now York adapted her constitu tion to it. In Pennsylvania we have not .vet expunged the word “ white” from the elective clause of ourconfttltution, l»ut Aye have suffered it to be obscured by-the fifteenth .amendment, and our: colored population have been as freely admitted to the# ballot ns if the word whit© had never been in our constitution. Other stales have conformed to tjio rule, with equal promptness and precision. They have consented that their exclusive ju risdiction over suffrage shall he so exer cised as not to exclude negroes. Thus the fifteenth amehdhient has had free course and been glorified. Now, sir, in view of these facts, which no man hero or elsewhere will contradict, what, X ask, hut a shallow sham, is the fltJeof this legislation? “An act to enforce the right of citizens to vote. Nonsense. The fif teenth amendment enforced .that right. True, the power to legislate for its en forcement is granted by the second sec tion, but this bill and no other caii bo a sincere exercise of that power until some body resists or denies'the right. -Legis- lation to enforce what a .constitutional provision has already enforced ought to be laughed out.of thehouse. What would my learned,friend from Oh/o [Mr. Bing ham,] the chairman of the judiciary committee, say of the two laws of forty odd sections—long, complex and obscure sections—to “enforce” any ot the inhibi tions of the tenth section, which I have just quoted? Would not his common sense recoil from such preposterous legis lation ? Yet it would be no more unnec essary, no more absurd legislation than that which’is proposed now, though it might easily be more candid and honest. No, sir, no, the fifteeth amendment, tlio* made the stalking horse to bear up this legislation, does not and cannot sustain it. It is utterly without root in the con stitution. My friend from Wisconsin, [Mr. Eldrhlge] characterized it none too strongly when he denounced it as a cheat, a delusion, and a snare. It is a bill to obstruct suffrage, to deliver the ballot boxes of the pimps, A bill, in a word, to fjOOiW' tlVc democratic citizens from enjoying a free and fair ballot. And it marks a curious feature of our times.— The fifteenth amendment extended suff rage to negroes; the legislation to “ en force” that amendment takes away the suffrage from white men. The philoso phy of all this is, if philosophy can be predicated of thepolilicsoftho republican party, that the political power of the country Is to be torn from white men and delivered to negroes; the African‘is to rule the Anglo Haxon, To this complex ion has the party of great moial ideas come at last. By glozing speeches and honeyed words they have deluded the people for several years past. They hope to continue the delusion until they shall have undermined the south and stolen all their rights and consolidated one grand central empire on the ruins of the republic- The prophetic soul of the Pre sident already discerns the living resem blance of our. nascent empire to Hint whicli King William and Jiismark are building up to bless the Germans, and very soon. If the people continue power ill the hands that wield it now, (be re semblance of Die two empires will become so palpable that common and uninspired men will not only see but will feel what the President hallo, in the future, the blessings of a militaty despotism. All Our legislation poinis this way. The bill now before us is one of lbe steps in this downward road. Itwould be more manly and iair if it boro its real purpose upon its frontlets. Why not call it a bill to destroy the state right of regulating sutl rago? Or a hill to prevent while men from voting.” Or, a bill to continue the republican party in power? Why chris ten it with the grim sarcasm of a “bill to enforce the right of voting ?” It is not my purpose to analyze the details of the bill. That has been sufficiently done by those who have gone before me. The effect of it will bo to take life control of the elections out of the hands of state officers, acting mule: state law, and de liver it over to irresponsible federal su pervisors, who are armed with the power of the posf>r. comitatus; of the army and navy; of arrests without warrant; of challenging voters, inspecting ballots, ami supervising returns; and they will be very awkward agents of the ruling power if, with those appliances, they cannot produce any result that may bo. required. True It is, that all this ma* chiuory is limited to elections for federal officers; but as most states' elect their officers at the sumo lime and place at which congressmen are elected, the prac tical working of the machinery will give to federal officers the same' control’over the elections for state officers that they will have in the choice of presidential electors and congressmen. And if the state, to escape this intolerable tyranny, should fix state elections on other days, and, after the fashion of former times, should- choose their officers unawed by federal bayonets, what would it avail in the presence of the high and unconstitu tional powers which congress has already arrogated to itself? Whatatato right has not been already denied and shamelessly trampled upon ? What cares the mad spirit of fanaticism for state rights, slate protests, or stale legislation; With the Supreme Court packed and gagged, with four hundred millions of tribute money annually wrung from the people, with uu army to collect revenues and control el ections, with u navy to absorb twenty millions of money annually for doing nothing but to make itself a laughing stock of the world; with corporations enriched with the public domain; with legislative power stretched to every ob ject which ambition or avarice can covet, what does a ruthless party, so clothed and Intrenched, care for the checks and balances of the constitution and the re served rights of the states? What will they care In the-future? Literally noth-, ing now, and nothing then. If, there fore, state elections shall survive the shock of this legislation, they will sur vive to no purpose. There is hut one remedy for the evils that are upon us, and the greater and more appalling evils that now threaten us In the near future, and that is to cast out the mein who have abused power, and bring batik the admin istration of the government to its true constitutional basis, and keep It there, A new garter is heralded. It la a heavy round, elastic chain, much the style of llie heavy gold chains upon which lock ets are worn, and lias a hook and eye to it. The hook is pardonable, but the oye —oil flu'! Hates for 3l&oerttoniQ. ' advertisements will bo inserted at Teh Coni per lino for tbo first insertion, and five cent per lino for each subsequent Insertion. Qnar erly half-yearly, and yearly advertisements in erted at a liberal reduction on tbo above rates Advertisements should bo accompanied by the Casu. Wnon sent without any length of time specified for publication, they will bo continue c until ordered out and enarged accordingly. JOB PRINTING. cards, Handbills, oniacrLAas, andovory otli or description of Jon and Card Printing. SPEECH OF HON. R. J. HAIOEHftN. Wo publish, below tho remarks of our, member In Congress on the subject of land grants to Railroads. Mu. Ham)j:maSv Mr. Speaker, I de alro very briefly, and I am afraid discon nectedly, (for I'bavo not time to condense my thoughts within tho limits of a ten ralnutes speech,) to ,stale tho general principles -which have'governed, mo in opposing all land grants and which will . compel mo to vote against this measure. Had I voted for any land grant I should support this bjll. Were it possible for mo-trrncl voTOterp-suhsitly-orland-graut-to— a railroad coiporation I certainly should favor doing with tho South that which had been done for .the centre arid the North. Could f bring myself to believe that land grants and subsidies are 'bene ficial in the long run to tho masses of the people I should doanything to aid in the development of tho sufleripg South, But, sir, I am one of those who hold that land subsidies, while they develop a particular region of country and increase the wealth of a certain class.of people, nevertheless sap the foundations of republican govern ments. Were it the great duty enjoined upo7i us to provide for the settling up and the development of this country, within fifty years I might vote for land grants and subsidies. Did I believe that the task sot before republican legislators was only to adopt such measures as add to the wealth and grandeur of this country, regardless of (he effect upon republican institutions and truodomocraoy, I should not scruple to adopt- this tho most efilca cions and rapid mode of stimulating im-’ migration .and quintupling wealth. But T chance lo.be one of Iho-e who believe that this nation is not fora day: that we have a duty imposed on ns in the face of all the world; and that (hat duty is .pre servation of republican simplicity and , democratic institutions, rather than the aggrandizement of men and the building up of magnificent empires. Wo havo'fondly hoped that our insti tutions were to be a'u'example for all the world that this people was set upon a • hill ns an exampler to nations; that >vo were as a beacon-light to Illumine the progress of humanity; and I have,asked myself whether such measures and such legislation accord, with cur aspirations. • But I find that, on the contrary, these magnificent endowments to railway cor- - porationa by grants and subsidies arc un dermining republican virtue. By their concomitant and consequent corporations and by the example of luxury and of ex travagance with tho vast accumulation of wealth which they necessarily entail, more injury is done to tho morals of the people than the material benefits can compensate. We are now forty millions of people.— ' We are receiving accessions of four hun dred thousand a year, and will soon re ceive half a million a year, and yet we aroisearcely one hundred years old, but a span in the lifoof'nalions; and u becomes a serious question, not whether we are rapidly to develop this country, but the form of development which wo would have ; not the. quantify of immigration which you propose to introduce .into,this country, but tho quality.’ Great railway schemes require, in their prosecution, thq introduction of -myriads of cheap labor ers.Vhiob, of necessity, must bring largo numbers of Chinese into our midst. You can" no longer select, you can no longer bring hither fast enough for such pur poses homogenous people. And I assume that the fallacy which political passions and necessities have fostered, that all races are fitted fo** -similar institutions, appearing In .V£.?i'St I tl(nonce. .Races have their own genius. Each has its own peculiarities. Institutions and govern ments are but the outward expression of the feeiihg*, thoughts, and genius of a people. ; - The history of the world is hereafter to be re-written. It is to be tho history of races. The history of language is to be written. It is the history of races with their,comminglings and constant modifi cations, both in language,ami in form of government, resulting from admixtures of blood. I contend that, representing forty million# people and In legislating for .the future, we must consider what sort of people we want in this, country, what sort of development we are to have, and not how. rapidly we are to make the wilderness blossom as rt rose, or how vast the fortunes we shall accumulate. Gentlemen have said on fill sides that the railway question is soon to he the greatest in this land, and that wo must grapple with it. And it is evident that there is something radically wrong in all our legislation when we seotme man in a single lifetime accumulating $lOO, 000,000. That man is the chief of the robbers of this continent and ago. lie and they aro(he freebootingbarons and counts of this lime, who, like the rob ber knights of the Middle Ages, foun ded through force and fraud tho con spicuous families of Europe; Unscrup ulous cunning takes tho place of the mailed hand, hut our .modem robbers imitate the lordly proprietors of thick walled castles in their exactions upon helpless commerce, and industry. Now, this Government is not foun ded for great and magnificent fortunes. Its object is not to create a single class of men well born, well clad, and well educated, but it is, if wo would pursue tho intentions of Us founders, if we would be true to ourselves aiul our pos terity, to make a whole people well born, well educated, well clltcl, and well to do, and not to seller, by our legisla tion, the accumulation of money in the lianas of robbers who are the lineal de scendants of those robbers, who, from their strongholds upon the crags along tho rivers of Europe, plundered the. merchantmen as they floated their goods down the Rhino, or tho Danube, or other rivers, on their way to mar ket. Instead of legislating in their favor, I hold that it 'is the duly of this Con gress of a democratic Government to leg islate against the possibility of such ac cumulations of fortune in a few hands. Instead of fostering this spirit of extrav agance, instead of yielding to thoinsid ' nous idea that you arc to have a mag nificent imperial Republic, with the greatest capital'that tiro world over saw, the proudest edifices, and the most magnificent cities, with all the concom itants which'you already sec spreading through life in high places, of grand equippages, magnificent dwellings, and luxuriant living—that, true to the mis sion of republican government, we should legislate against this accumu lation of money in the hands of n few, and in favor of the general well being of the masses of the people.— And, in conclusion, having stated the general ideas which must govern ray course on this question, 1 have only fur ther to say that I have no feeling but that of good will for the people of the South and an earnest hope that she may soon recover from her sad prostration, amiin to become, when freed both from the incubus.of slavery and the curse of meddling legislation, the opponent of measures which aggrandize the few at the expense of tho whole people. Let her Flicker.—Somo of our young men who go to sec tho girls, have adopted n new way of obtaining kisses. 'They assert on the authority of scientific writers that tho concussion produced by a kiss will cause tho flames of a gas jet to flicker, and easily induce the girl to try tho experiment in tho interest of science. The llrst kiss or two tho parties watch the ilamo to see it flicker, but soon become so interested in tho expe rimdnt as to let it dicker if it wants to. Ilcnco term, lior lliclcor. Ut* Jumped ow devil in n rage, to set two lines to 1111 this page.