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Will You Love Me When I Am Old?
BY BALLO; F. WALKER.
When I am old, and life's bright lamp
No longer sheds its glitt'ring ray's,
When years have numbered me with those,
Who can but dream of youthful days;
When Time has silvered these brown locks,
And marked with cares this youthful brow,
That once with pride you gaud upon,
Say could you !ove me then as now?
How oft we've watched fair Luna rise,
And talked of love beneath her beams,
We've sought the Summer's shady bowers,
And wandered by the placid streams ;
these eyes, the bright and blue,
Have lost their hue, and dimly gtow,
When nimble feet have weary grown,
Oh I could you love me then as now ?
And when my soul is winging flight
Unto a b Wit, a happier lane,
Will he I love .1111 linger by
And preei the aged care-worn hand?
Say, when the flowers that once we sought,
Over my tomb In silence grow,
Oil! will he weep that I am gone,
Aud will e hlytl me then as now?
triteraq.
Susie, or Romance or the Street
"Don't steal, little boy 7"
The voice was that of a little apple
girl, who was seated close behind a bar
rel, which stood neamher stand, where
she had gathered herself up to avoid the
rain. The tone was very soft and gen
tle, though directed toward a thieving
black-eyed fellow, about her own age,
who; thinking the apples unwatebed,
had put out his hand to take one.
Without looking to see whence the
voice came he clew down the street as
rapidly as his slip-shod feet would carry
him ; and only looked back when half
a block away.
The little girl saw him stop and call
ed out:
"See here, little boy—lf you want au
apple, I'll give it to you, but you should
always ask."
But the boy was afraid to come buck,
and was soon lost to her sight.
The little apple•girl was one of the
city poor, who had been taken cure of
when her parents died, by Mr. Pease at
the Five Points House of industry. She
was a pretty faced intelligent child, and
when eight years old a christian lady
had given her a small sum of money for
a Christmas present, with which she
had set up in business near Broadway,
in one of those streets running from the
great thoroughfare of wealth down to
that sink of poverty and sin, in whose
foul air that humble missionary—that
good man—gave his life, that his work
should live after him.
The little girl's name was Susie Pool,
but some of the mean children, who
hated her because she was good and try
ing to earn her living, wounded her
feelings by calling her ' sukey." Some
children would not have cared, or
would have become accustomed to it,
but she remembered how sweetly she
had heard her name pronounced by her
dear mother and father—and had heard
a beautiful song called " What shall my
angel mune be?" sung by a gentleman
at Mr. l'ease's, and she loved her pretty
name Susie.
The little boy was Levi Roache ; but
every one who called him at all, called
him " Leevy." He had been landed,
or rather stranded, upon our shores, no
one knew how, or where from. His
parents--if he ever had any—had died
or forsaken him on a passage from a
foreign land. He had curly dark hair,
aquiline nose, and a German accent.
Two days after the circumstances re
lated above a drove of ragamuffins were
passing on the opposite side of the street
from where Susie sat, and scarcely
knowing where she looked, she saw in
the midst of them, the same pair of black
roguish eyes which she had frightened
.away, from behind her barrel, that
rainy day. His eyes met hers and looked
frightened, and were seeking to hide
themselves, when a smile from Susie
re-arrested them.
Susie was a good natured girl and
could not help smiling at the remem
brance of how nicely she had detected
the sly little fellow in his attempt to
purloin her apples ; and how she smiled
to see him trying to avoid her.
Now, if he had seen a stick, stone or
an old boot whizzing through the air at
his bead, he would have taken it as a
matter of course, and with an oath
passed on ; but to see the one whom he
had tried to wrong look at him pleas
antly, and with a smile that betokened
no he was perfectly astonished;
and some how, although he kept aloof,
the did not exactly avoid her again; and
at the eud of a week he actually passed
right by her and her apple-stand, with
a somewhat dubious attempt at whist
ling a -tune. Whether he did this to
show how brave he was, or that he
would not attempt to steal again, we
cannot say.
Now the hardest work Leevy ever did
in his life was trying to earn a penny
that he might go and patronize the in
jured Susie in a really magnanimous
way. At the end of a week he succeed
ed, and went straightway to her apple
stand. Putting on a large air, he de
manded—as if he had never seen her
or her apple-stand before :
" What's the best bargain you can give
fora penny?"
"Well," said Susie, in seemingly ut
ter ignorance of his identity, " these are
three cents a piece—very large and nice,
you see ; these two cents a piece, and
these two for three cents."
"None for a penny ?" said Leevy,
with a plainly disappointed look.
"Apples are very high at this late
season, , said Susie.
"I know they are, but I've come a
long way to buy, you see."
" How far?"
"From beyond 'the pints,' " and then
putting on a sort of injured business
air, he continued—" and it's a mighty
long way to come to spend yer money.
But I noticed yourn was perty nice
lookup, and so I thought I d come up
h'yer," and still continuing, while Susie
was busily engaged with rubbing her
'apples and turning their reddest cheek
toward him, "but I know every thing's
dearer as you get near Broadway."
" I believe it is," replied Susie, who
was really interested in her would-be
customer, " but don't you have apple
stands down where you live?"
" Yes—a few; but the fellers grab and
—steal,"—here he almost chocked, for
he had unwittingly uttered the last
word in the world which he wished
to; but he continued—" it don't pay!"
Susie had too much consideration to
look up, but she well knew what re
membrance that one word—" steal "
brought up, and then, as if to cover up
what he had said, she asked :
"What's your father and -mother ?"
"I haven't any."
"Oh!" said she, sympathizingly,
"then you're just like me. But where
did you come from? you don't talk like
us."
"I come in a ship—l can, remember
that; and I can just remember that I
was awful scared when we landed, and
couldn't understand a word anybody
said—and that's all I know."
Susie was interested, and after he had
finished, she seemed engaged in deep
thought for a few moments,
(during
which time Leevy paddled with his toe
in the gutter,) and then exclaimed:
" Why, you must be--German."
"Do you think so ?" the boy asked,
eagerly.
' Yes."
" Well, then," broke out Leevy, "I
won't be it; for the boys call me Dutch
now and I hate it."
" It is mean to be called nicknames,
isn't it?" said Susie, sympathetically ;-
"_,But you see I don't know much about
it, but will ask Mrs. Pease. She know
and I'll tell you."
"Pease?" exclaimed Leevy. "Do
you go there 2"
"Of course. How do you think I got
started if I didn't?"
"How d'ye like it ?"
" Like it? why it's the best thing that
ever happened toine ? Like it:? Haven't
you never been there—for soup, Mir
dinner, nor shoes, nor nothing 7 1,
"No," answered •Leevy; "butl was
going once, but the fellahs made so
much o'me, and said nobody but Chris
tians went there, and I didn't go."
"Now," said Susie, "that's a 11i31
Christians! why they're the meanest
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set In all creation what goes there!
Christians! Why you fool, what's the
use of going there if you're not bad?
Why, that's Whatthey have it for."
"Ha, Leevy!" "ha, Dutch!" at that
moment cried a gang of young scoun
drels, as they caught sight of him in
conversation with the apple girl a block
away.
The poor boy, ashamed—for he had
pride, lilt was prevented, in his ne
glected composition,--and disappointed,
was walking off, when Susie said :
"You can take your choice of my
apples for a penny if you'll come to Mr.
Peases."
Leevy hesitated' unwilling to leave
the apples and unwilling to be seen
there byr. his companions ; for among
his ilk, of all things to be ashamed of—
so preverted is human nature by vice
—was any appearance of good and de
cenc,y.
" I don't want your apples."
" Why, I thought you did—you said
you wanted to buy."
"Yes, I did, but your prices are too
high, and" (with theoldpride) "I don't
want any one to lose money on me."
" Well," said Susie, coaxingly, " I'll
—trust."
The boy looked at her in amazement;
for of all things in the world which he
had ever had, been, suffered or expect
ed, he had never one thought of being
—trusted. But he saw nothing but
truth and sincerity in the girl's face,
and With an unusual enlargement of the
chest, and the addition of at least an
inch to his height, the bargain was com
pleted, and he, prouder than ever, In his
life before, walked down the street eat
ing his apple.
Now a real good apple was a great
luxury with him, and he ate it very
mincingly. When he had eaten about
one-half of it, somehow, through his
brain, the thought came that he had
eaten Just about as much us he had paid
for. He looked back up the streetto see
If Susie was watching him ; but seeing
her busy with some customers, he care
fully poked the half eaten apple into
what, with various strings, pins and
rags amounted to a pocket, saying,
within himself—" I'll not eat another
bite of that apple till it's paid for!" And
if he worked hard for the first penny, he
worked larded for the second, and at
the end of two days, he succeeded, and
ran with all haste up Worth street to
Broadway to the little apple girl, she
was delighted to see him, and made him
both proud and unhappy by saying,—
" I expected you before this ;" proud
that the sweet little girl had thought of
him, and unhappy that he had disap
pointed her.
"How did you get your money ?" she
confidentially asked.
"I found an old boot top and sold it to
a cobbler for a penny."
" Do you like to earn money ?" she
thoughtfully demanded.
"Earn money? Why, of course I do;
who don't?"
Susie looked still more thoughtful,
for weighty business was to be pro
pounded. There was silence for at least
a minute. Susie then spoke:
" Well, what's your name?"
" Leevy."
" Well, Leevy, if you'd agree to be
decent—wash your face and comb your
hair, and come to our Sunday School,
I'll tell you how you can earn at least
six cents a day, and earn it like a little
man ?"
Leevy started and opened his eyes
wide, while Susie looked straight into
his, awaiting an answer.
" How?" he at length demanded.
" Will you come?" asked Susie.
"You're jokeing," said Leevy, dubl-
ously.
"Not a bit of it. Will you come?"
"I will by—thunder!"
" Well, you needn't say that, for " by
is swearing."
"Six cents a day!" broke in Leevy,
who was not yet prepared for a moral
lesson. "How do you know I can earn
six cents a day? And I'm too dirty to
go into that House; they'll kick me
out."
"Wash yourself up and comb your
hair — ll
"But I haven't any comb."
" Well, you can wet your hair a little,
and poke it and paw it into some sort
of style, so it'll do till you once get
there—"
Just then a great quantity of dirt and
gravel flew round the corner, and down
the street flew Leevy, with the ragged,
taunting throng—his companions in
arms—after him.
The next morning was Sunday, and
Susie was up early and had washed and
dressed nearly a score of the little chil
dren who huddled around under the
protecting roof of that blessed Refuge
for the poor. One of the nurses sent
her down stairs for something, and
when in the lower hall the door opened
suddenly, and a mild little boy was let
in with a shower of missile, jeers, and
threats. It was Leevy, who was indeed
frightened nearly out of his wits, no
less by the strangeness inside than the
danger outside, and could scarcely speak.
But Susie ran to him, saying—" I was
afraid you wouldn't come up," and
taking him by' the hand, led him up
to Mr. Pease. That good man's kind
ness soon made him feel easy; and
when, at Susie's sly suggestion, Leevy
took off his hat, she was astonished at
the smoothness and quality of his hair,
and thought to herself—" how much
one can do with nothing!"
Leevy, of course, was very awkward
and ashamed (both good qualities under
the circumstances,) but was deeply im
pressed with the services. He learned
more in that one hour in Sunday school
than he ever knew in his life before.
He managed to see Susie a few mo
ments before leaving, and said: "I'm
awful glad I come, but you haven't told
me yet how I'm to earn the money!"
" Come early—very early to my stand
tomorrow morning and I'll tell you."
That was a memorable day fox' the
poor, ragged, dirty, homeless, friendless
boy. That night he asked a poor old
darkey, (whom he had mocked and tor
mented many a time, while he was try
ing to read his bible, in the thickly
tenanted house) if he would not wake
him when he first Woke in the morning.
The old man promised that he would,
and Leevy was at Susie's corner early
the next morning—before any of the
stores in the vicinity were opened.
Susie was not there ; but he soon saw
her coming up the street in the direc
tion of Washington Market, with her
great basket of apples on her slender
arms. Breathing hard from fatigue she
smilingly said, " I knew you'd be here."
Leevy was pleased at this answer of her
confidence, and offered to assist her in
setting up her stand, which, by the per
mission of a kind porter who opened
and swept out the store near where she
kept her stand, was placed just inside
the entrance every night when-he closed
the store—for Susie did not sell apples
after dark, because the lady who started
her in business told her she better not.
"No," said Susie, "I can do my own
work, and now must tell you about
yours. You see this empty barrel of
mine?"
si y es. );
" Well, I can do very well without it,
but will let it stand here until it is full."
"Full?" said Leevy; "full of what?"
" I'll tell you—don't you see this por
ter here, and there—over there's an
other—just sweeping out?"
' Yes."
" Well, you just go and stand by the
door and when they get the pile of pa
pers just ready to sweep out, you ask
them if they wontp/ease—give them to
you? Be sharp and quick, and get
ahead of the rag-pickers—you see
they're coming already—hurry up !
Be polite and grab your arms full and
run over to me—put them in the barrel
and I'll watch them for you."
Leevy saw it all at a glance. - Away
he ran, and in less than half an hour,
and by the time Susie was fairly set up
for the day, the barrel was more than
half full of waste paper. He worked
like a good fellow, scarcely stopping to
Bay a word until all the stores were
swept, and no more paper to. gathered.
And as he took of -his old cap to wipe
the perspiration from his forehead, he
gave it a slap' againstithe barrels ex
claiming proudly, "Look • at that
Busier
Susie did look and praised him too:
and then told him to roll the barrel
away down•: the street, across Centre,
up that street a little way—then down
another. "Oh, I-know the place where
they buy rags!" he exclaimed and was
off in no time.
While the laborers were still on their
way to their daily work, Leevy return
ed, tugging back•the barrel, and sure
enough had six cents. Five cents were
deposited with Susie, and that amount
was to be daily installed. At the end
of a month he had more money than he
ever dreamed of possessing, besides
giving a penny every Sunday to the
Sabbath School.
Four—six months passed. The raga
muffin association who had not only
abused and maltreated him because he
had dared quit their society, but for a
long time gave Susie a great deal of an
noyance in the way of making up faces
at her, calling her names, throwing
over her stand, and stealing her apples,
at last gave him up as lost, and he was
comparatively happy. But the people
with whom he burrowed at night, and
who claimed a distant kinship, treated
nim badly—said he was putting on airs,
when he was only trying to be a good
boy; and the winter was come, and he
had a sorry,time of it trying earn his six
cents a day and maintain his respecta
bility. He was nine years old, and
could not read. One Sunday he linger
ed at the Mission, and stood talking to
Susie in the hall. Both their faces wore
a look of mingled joy and sorrow. The
next morning the rag-pickers had it all
their own way. Susie sat by her empty
barrel alone. Leevy had gone—left the
city In the steam cars! If the heavens
had fallen it could scarcely have been a
grepter event to Susie and Leevy, who
were fast friends now, and that Leevy
should go away from New York. Why
the poor things scarcely knew that there
was any other place—only Leevy knew
there was a great ocean, for he remem•
bered that, and Susie knew there was a
heaven, and that there was about the
extent of their geographical education.
The great event happened in this wise:
A merchant from Chicago, who came
semi-annually to New York to purchase
goods, was accustomed—being a Chris
tian—instead of the Sunday mornings
away, to visit the different Sunday
Schools and charitable institutions dur
ing his visits, and hearing of Mr. Pease's
great work within the purlieus of the
plague-spot, in the great city, he visited
the institution. He had no children of
his own, and now concluded to do what
he had often thought of doing before,
namely : to take , an orphan boy an d
bring him up to good business and do
mestic habits, and finally, if he proved
what he desired, adopt him as his own
son.
Now Mr. Burroughs was not rich, but
what is better, he was a kind, intelli
gent, and industrious man, and deter
mined to succed in life, if honesty and
industry would bring success. He had
looked about him in his own city and
had really tried several boys, but most
of them had some relation or friend
who interfered or wished to dictate, or
was displeased with the arrangement ;
he therefore resolved to take a lad who
had no friends but who needed some,
and one who would not have the curse
of evil companionship to contend with.
He now communicated his wishes to
Mr. Pease, who SLAM called out a dozen
boys, slalom he said he could recom
mend.
"Now," said Mr. Burroughs, "I want
a business boy," and looking from one
to another, he asked if any of them had
ever worked any. All of them replied
in the affirmative.
" How many has been paid for work?"
All held up their hand. "And," con
tinued he, "how many have saved any
of his earnings?" Leevy's hand was
the only one up.
"How many pennies have you, my
boy ?"
That was a glorious moment for Leevy,
and he replied quickly: I've got seven
dollars in the Savings Bank and Susie
Pool has got thirty seven cents a keep
ing for me, and I've got one penny in
my pocket for the Sunday School."
That was remarkable, and Mr. Bur
roughs exclaimed, highly gratified and
astonished, " your my man
"In the joy of that moment Leevy
was repaid for all his early rising, hard
scrabbling and ill treatment of his for
mer companions.
" Would you like to go and live with
me ?" asked Mr. Burroughs.
"And work and earn money?" de
manded the boy.
" Certainly," responded the gentle
man. But suddenly Leevy's face drop
ped, and he said, " But I want to go to
school first." .
"That's right!" said Mr. Burroughs,
"and you shall, if you be a good boy,
have a good education."
Again the boy's black eyes danced,
but only for a moment, and they fell ;
and he pulled bashfully at his coat skirts
he continued—" but—but—l can't tell
sir—'till—'till—" Here he dropped
his head and turned his face away, half
in shame and half in sadness.
" Till what?" demanded the gentle
man "you have no relations to ask
about it—have you?"
`,No, sir."
" Well, then, what is it?"
" I—I—" began Leevy, and then
broke into a blubber. Here Mr. Pease's
quick perception and kindly nature
came to the rescue, and as he drew
the gentleman aside, he said to the
boy, " I know—l know—l'll see to
that, Leevy. Never mind—she'll be
willing, I'll guarantee."
Then Susie and Leevy held the little
conference meeting we spoke of above.
The rattling, clanking train carried
him away from her and the great wick
ed city.
The regrets of children are soon for
gotten in the new scenes. Ands° mem
orable were the delights and sights
which Leevy felt and saw, that the
first letter he learned to write was to
Susie, telling her all about the wonder
ful mountains and marvelous forests
through which he had passed on his
journey to his new home. And thence.
forward, twice a year a letter was car
ried to and from Susie and Leevy by
Mr. Burroughs.
Years passed away. Leevy was a
good boy and a good scholar ; and Susie
no more sat at the corner of the street
selling apples. The lady who had start
ed her in business with a dollar had
kept watch over her, advising her in all
things, and at fourteen took her into
her family to assist in taking care of the
children, and had sent her to the even
ing schools. She had learned to read
and write long before, from what little
help she could pick up.
Twelve years had passed, and the good
woman who had befriended Susie was
dead. Sadly the lone girl sought a sit
uation in a strange family, and many
were the sorrowful days and nights she
passed, for her new place, though grand
er by far, was not the home she had
lost. But she worked on, trusting in
God, who had befriended her all her
life, notwithstanding the heaviness in
her heart.
One day she answered the door-bell,
and being blinded with tears in her
eyes, s,he could scarcely see the gentle
man who entered, enquired if Mr. Hard
gain lived there. There was something
in his voice—whether the kindly in
tonation or the least foreign accent, we
cannot tell—but it made Susie's heart
leap high, and looking hard through
her tears she saw—no, she had never.
seen him before ! But she could see
that he was a well dressed, fine-looking
young fellow, with curly dark hair, and
quick black eyes. The lower part of his
face was partly hidden by a young beard.
She turned to show him into the parlor,
when she was arrested by an old fa
miliar voice saying in a low, half en
quiring, half reproachful way :
II Sturie.ll
She staggered back against the wall
as she reached out her hands. But
hands were not enough, and Leevy put
his arms around her, and kissed the
poor t glad girl, just as the voice of Hrs.
Hardgain .came brawling down the
stairs, demanding:
"For heaven's, sake! what does this
mean?—Sir! girl! and with the hall
door wide open!"
Susie started, trembling in every limb.
But Leevy bad good nerves as well as
good manners, and without relinquish-
LANCASTER PA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 27,1867
eupPart of the . stoking glrl, he
looked np to where the lady ;stood t}t the
top of the stain, and goosi-naturedly
eald:
" Beg pardon, madam ! It is rather
startling, I know, but I've come after
Susie."
There was an "Ugh !" and a slam of
the lady's chamber-door; but a smile
broke over Susie's face, and Leevy—
the thoughtless fellow—really laughed
out loud. And that isn't all; the hap
py girl continued to smile even when
the lady refused to pay her wages, be
cause the last month was not up for
three days! And when the gentle
madam came foaming down stairs,
"to give the fellow a piece of her
mind about the ungrateful girl," she
stopped very suddenly as she confronted
Leevy in the parlor, where he was wait
ing for Susie. Then Levy laughed
again ! It was outrageous, wasn't it?
But young folks and happy folks laugh
so easily, you know, and upon such in
opportune occasions, that we must re
ally forgive them.
The wedding was at Mr. Pease's that
very evening, and in less than a month
they were settled in their new home in
Chicago, scarcely a stone's throw from
Lake street, where you may now see
the sign of " BURROUGHS AND ROACHE
—Fancy Goods."
So you see that with good nature, a
few smiles, and some old rags and pa
pers, Susie, the little apple girl, saved a
soul, and received In this life ultimate
happiness, prosperity and a husband ;
and although they were obliged to work
and wait a long time, it was a good
bargain, was it not?"
For the Intelligeueor
"Reminiscences of Venice."
This feeling pervades every being and
is evidenced on every hand. A proud
lady, one of the most wealthy of the few
remaining families of the original Vene
tians, took a most novel way of showing
her love for the Italian national cause,
and dislike for the government under
which-she lived a soil, of exile life. It
was on St. Joseph's day. The Riva
was as is usual on festal occasions, de.nse
ly crowded by promenaders of every
shade and condition. This gay Signora
amused herself by the most hazzardous
game of dropping from under her man
tle, as she carelessly passed along, the
celebrated tri-colored roses of Italy, to
be picked up by the too eager crowd
who followed in her wake. It was not
long before the movement attracted
the ever-wakeful and jealous eyes of the
police, who, understanding this " lan
guage of flowers" but too well, soon
discovered the source from whence they
came. The lady was arrested taken
before the Tribunaledi Justicia, and
underwent a preliminary examination
on the charge of having incited to re
volt! Too high-spirited to plead for
mercy, and too proud withal to give
security for her future good behavior,
she preferred to become, asshe regarded
it, a martyr to the cause of liberty,
fully aware that thereby she would in
spire the populace with respect for her,
and hatred towardthe authorities, upon
whom they were ever ready to look as
their oppressors. For months and
months, our fair lady remained in du
rance, the true heroine, enjoying the
happy consciousness of having attained
her end, by making those whom she
and her people detested, still more odi
ous. Attentions bordering on ovations,
were constantly shown her; in fact she
became the subject of comment and
admiration throughout the whole land.
The whole subject became farcical,
and the actors in thd play, whether the
vigilant police, who overmagnified the
offence, or the lady, who defied their
authority, both alike made themselves
ridiculous in the eyes of the observer,
who had no interest in the matter.
There was another motive for all this
on the part of the patriotic lady : It was
Joseph Garibaldi, whose name is sacred
to every true and loyal Venetian, that
was associated with the holy day. They
look upon him as their final deliverer
from political bondage, and hence cele
brate the festival of his name, instead
of that of the saint in the calendar of
the church.
If they were enthusiastic in their ob
servance of this day, in order to show
their veneration for the great chief,
they were equally united in showing
their feelings when the birthday of the
Austrian Emperor was celebrated by
the officials and soldiers. On such an
occasion they would immure themselves
within their homes during the entire
day, lest the authorities might construe
their being abroad into a participation
in the festivities of the day. No true
Venetian, be it man, woman or child,
would have it said that they had aided
in so " hateful a ceremony ?" On such
a day flags and streamers floated from
every public building. The shipping
in port was gaily decked with the black
white-and-red of Austria, and the
graceful gondola, as it glides along,
leaving some government official to the
Cathedral of San Marco, (where the day
was celebrated in the most solemn and
impressive manner,) also bore upon Its
prow the national colors. Business
was suspended. Soldiers and civilians
alike joined in the festivities and were
it not known that 100,000 hearts are
beating in discordant throbs, we might
have exclaimed, Venice once again is
happy ! On such occasions it was not
uncommon to find neat little tri-colored
flags accidentally floating down the
canals, or placed conspicuously ou some
immovable object, where it would be
sure to attract both the notice of the ex
asperated Austrians, and the enthusi
astic Venetians, to be cursed and de
stroyed by the former, and blessed by
the latter.
Thus blind passion held its sway ;
dark hate increased from day to day.
Every day but tended to widen the
chasm between the two contending
elements.
The consequence was loss of confi—
dence; stagnation in trade and com
merce. Every branch of industry which
could tend to the prosperity of the place
was paralized. The laboring classes
were unemployed, and ruin and want
stared thousands in the face.
This was the state of things in Ven
ice in 1861, and which, up to 1866, had
not changed for the better. The Ger
man or Austrian population which em
braced all the Government officials and
military, were hated and shunned by the
populace. Strangers visiting the place
were, watched in their movements by
jealous eyes, and when detected hold
ing friendly intercourse with the former,
became at once objects of suspicion, if
not open bate.
One young man, on hearing of the
endangering of the lives of a number
of small children by some accident,
said: "Oh, they were only Tedeschi,"
(Germans.) A young lady once said in
my hearing, " if the Germans were all
poisoned, it would be no harm, as they
were only bestia," (brutes.) These are
a few examples given to show the state
of feelings existing among the Italians
towards the foreigners dwelling among
them at that time.
Asylum for Printers
The announcement that accompanied
the publication of the will left by
Charles F. Browne, (Artemus Ward,)
to the effect that his property—some
s6o,ooo—shall, after the death of his
mother, be appropriated to the found
ing of an asylum forprinters, has drawn
from the Chicago Tribune a practical
and an excellent suggestion, as follows:
" We propose that the craft in all parts
of the country, by a united resolve, pro
vide that there be retained by the fore
man of each newspaper and printing
office, from the earnings of thejourney
men, a sum equal to flve mills upon each
dollar of his weekly bill. This small
tax, of one-laf cent on the dollar,
should be paid over,to a local treasurer
weekly, and by_ him forwarded tda gen
eral treasurer to be invested until such
time as the asylum fund will be availa
ble. The tax is a small one to each per
son, but in ten years' time if properly
invested, with 'its earnings, would con
stitute a fund equal to theestablishment
and endowment of an asylum equiil to
the demands of the craft, worthy of the
men whose infirmities of body may
make them its inmates."
DEEMED
•u!'iVan• in Hungered."'
It was 'sleeting fast. Evening was
fal t i t i A f ti rf. The streets were almost de-
Suddenly a voice at my elbow said, "I
am not, •Sit for work and have eaten
nothing to-day."
I looked at the speaker. He was an
able-bodiedlaan, but bad lost both arms
by amputation ; he was evidently a dis
charged soldier. He was pale, too, as if
from recent sickness, or from scanty
food. He bad on an old thread-bare
coat.
My first impulse was to give him
something. But my coat was buttoned
tight; I could not easily unbutton it
and continue to hold my umbrella and
book ; and' to crown all, the street car
for which I had been waiting, at that
moment came up.
" I haven't anything to-day," I said,
turning from the manand beckoning to
the driver.
I heard a sigh as I turned, and was
on the point of reconsidering my de
cision, but I reflected that if I missed
this car I should have to wait ten
minutes in the road. "Besides," I said
to myself, "somebody else will be sure
to give him something "
But my heart smote me, when, on
looking after the man, I saw him go
sadly down the street, with bent head.
Once I thought of stopping the car,
overtaking the man, and giving him
half a dollar. But while I hesitated,
the car passed the corner, and he was
out of sight. It was too late.
I did not eat my dinner, that day, with
the usual appetite. I could not get the
wan face out of my mind. At times
the victuals seemed tochoke me. What
if he really was starving and no one
would help him!
All through the evening the man's
look haunted me. In vain my little
daughter, seeing me abstracted, sang
her sweetest ballads. In vain my wife
sought to "cheer me up," as, she said.
I even dreamed of the man. If I had
known where to find him, I would have
gone the next day, to satisfy myself
that he had received assistance.
But tne Impression gradually wore
off, There is so much suffering now,
in great cities that almost every one be
comes hardened to lt. 1 persuaded my
self finally that the man had been help
ed by others. " There are so many
societies to ald soldiers," I said. It was
uncomfortable to think otherwise.
One morning, about four days after
the interview, my wife was reading the
paper, when she suddenly laid it down
and cried, "How shocking!"
I did not know how it was, but I felt
a sudden chFll. I thought instantly of
that man's wan face. But I said care
lessly, as I broke my egg:
" What is it, my dear?
"Oh ! such a horrible story. A dis
charged soldier, his wife and two chil
dren dying of starvation. At least the
wife is dead, and one of the children is
not expected to live. None had any
thing to eat for four days. They were
found in an old out-house. The hus
band is said to have lost both arms at
Gettysburg."
My hand trembled so much that long
before my wife finished I had been com
pelled to lay down my egg unopened.
She was looking at the paper and did
not see me.
I had no appetite after that. I rose
immediately and hastened down stairs,
for I was sure this was the man whose
petition I bad rejected.
I went straight to see him. I had the
paper in my pocket, and it directed me
to the miserable out-house, where the
sufferers had been found.
Quite a crowd had collected outside.
But a policeman at the doors permitted
no one to go in. He knew me, how
ever, and on my expressing my wish,
allowed me to enter.
A sheet, furnished by some poor
neighbor, was spread over a still waxen
face in the corner
and
a little girl was sob
bing beside it, a man bowed with
grief sat at the foot. At the sound
of my footsteps he looked up. It was
the same man's face I had- repelled at
the corner of the street.
Since that day I have never turned
away from old or young who asked
alms. Better give to a thousand who
are unworthy, than refuse one who is
really in need.
John Smith Advertlseth for Ills Dog.
The dog is a very useful animal. I
own a dog—black and tin terrier. He
Is a nice dog; used to look very fero
cious and fly around the room when
anybody said "rats," although I never
knew him to catch any. But he was
great at raw beef. In that respect I
never saw his equal. He answered to
the name of "Jack." I suppose there
must be several million dogs wLo re
joice in the same cognomen. Jack
strayed away a week or two ago ; left
the manna of my house for the flesh
pots of some beguiling stranger, I sup
pose. Missed him when I came home;
house seemed empty without him. His
" bark" wasn't ou the sea," or in the
parlor, or in the second story front or
anywhere else. Children cried for him,
while our Thomas cat no longer mount
ed hurriedly on the chairs and tables as
he approached. I was distressed. I
consulted with my wife; I advertised
for him ; offered five dollars reward.
Advertisement appeared in the morn
ing papers.
Ring at the door-bell about 6 A. IL
Whole family in bed. Rose and put my
head out of the window. Man with two
spotted dogs that looked as if they had
just recovered from a severe attack of
the measles. Fellow looked up and
wanted to know " if either one of them
was him." Don't use profane language ;
so simply said " no " and shut the win
dow.
Door bell rang eighteen times within
the next hour. Got up at last and dress
ed. Began to eat my breakfast. Another
ring at the bell. Short man with shiny
hat. _Wore what my oldest girl called
"spit curls." Had a bull dog with a
head like a cast-iron water spout and
crooked legs. Said he'd found my
dog. Told him that wasn't him.
Said he knew it was, rather savage.
Dog began to growl, and looked hard
at me. Assumed a mild, persuasive
tone, and described my lost canine.
Fellow said, anyhow he was a bet
ter dog than mine, and he guessed
he would leave him. I said I wouldn't
have him under any circumstances.
Fellow pushed the dog and said s-s-s
ketch 'em. Dog made a dash at me.
Springing inside, and shut the door in
his face. Went in the parlor and watch
ed him leave through the front gate.
Saw another man coming in. Had a
ridiculous poodle with a brass color
around his neck. Threw up the window
and told him that wasn't my dog, so
he needn't bring him in. He eyed me
with a sarcastic style, and said I couldn't
afford to own a dog like that. Toldhim
I didn't want to, either. Said that dog
had killed his nineteen rats in four
minutes, he had. Said I wouldn't be
lieve him if he crossed his breast to it.
Fellow then dared me to come out. Said
he would poke me in the nose, or some
thing of that sort.
I didn't go out.
Another ring at the bell. This time
a fellow in a fur cap, andayellow mon
grel that had but one eye. Asked me
if I had lost a dog. Said yes. Fur cap
said he had found him, and wanted the
reward. Told him that wasn't my dog.
Fur cap wanted to know: if my dog
wasn't named Jack. Said he was. He
then called his bilious-looking canine
by that name. Dog flapped his atten
uated tall against the pavement three or
four times, and flung his undamaged
optic around in a wild sort of style.
Wasn't convinced however, and the fur
cap left after breaking the third com
mandment in a most horrid manner.
Hadn't got fairly iii the house before
there was another call. This time a
chap in tattered raiment, nothing pur
ple alout him but Ids nose, and no fine
linen on, or coarse either, as far , as I
could see. Had. a big blaok and tan
terrier with him. Dog looked a good
deal . scared. Had a way of.putting his
tail between his legs. My impression is
that' thelelioWwent out and hunted up
the ttog to get the reward.
Didn't seem to take kindly to his
education. .Syntax was defective. Said
he had "fetched back that dog of
,
rb urn i. ,
t. i ro y e lt o lm w t i b ri a si t, :i . 4 ,
j o a t t t i lte w one
Seemed rather down-hearted because I
wouldn't take him. Asked, if 1, didn't
observe how, glad the dumb, beast was
to see me. Said I hadn't obsefved it.
Fellow said I'd regret It if I let such a
chance slip to get a valuable beast.
Said I guessed I'd have to let her slip.
Then he tho't a while, and asked me If
I wouldn't lend him five dollars any
how and take the dog as security. Told
I
him was unable to perceive it-precisely
from that stand-point. So he went
away, looking as if he felt hurt.
Then another man came with a fierce
looking hound with hairless tail.—
'Hound rushed right at me commenced
exercising his olfactories up and down
my trowsers. Looked as if he might
bite with the least provocation. Man
said he'd brought my dog. Told him
rather sharp that my dog was a terrier.
Said so was this one. Caught rats be
fore his eyes were open, and had been
engaged in that blood-thirsty occupa
tion regularly ever since. Told him I
couldn't take him. Man said he
wouldn't leave without the five dollars.
Said I would see him in the tomb of the
Capulets first. Fellow thought I was
swearing at him, and struot at me.
Dog took it up right off, flew at me and
tore my trowsers, besides tasting my
flesh. I escaped into the entry, shut
the door and locked it. Determined
not to answer any more rings.—
Bell was pulled two hundred and
seventy-five times more. Don't answer
it. Understood afterwards that several
of my friends haa been to see me,
and
gone away offended. About di nner
time went up and looked out of the
window. Found seventy-five or eighty
meo there, all of whom had dogs. Bull
terriers, spaniels, setter pups, blood
hounds, double-nosed pointers, New
foundlauds, lapdogs, whit's, fits, gray
hounds, mastiff's, mongrels. Dogs with
strait tails; curly tails, bob tails, and on
tails at all. Yellow, black, white, brown,
.spotted and flea-bitten. I suppose that
ever went on four legs; or three either,
were gathered in my front yard. Put
the sash up, and attempted to disperse
the crowd. Crowd commenced to take
all at once. Dogs all howled, yelped,
barked, and snarled. Couldn't hear my
own voice, and shut the window in
disgust.
Haven't seen my dog yet. Don't ever
expect to see him. Don't ever want to
see him or any other dog. Have seen
enough of dogs to last me the balance
of my natural life.
Horrible stories are in circulation
connecting dogs with restaurant eau•
sages. Hope my dog is tucked away in
some sausage skin. Wish all the dogs
were made into one large sausage, and
the fellow who owns the dog with the
hairless tall that bit me had it to eat at
one sitting.
Meerchaum
What It Is, Where It Is Got, and How It
Is Manufactured—A itee. Ipt for Making
Itoltus Meerchautu.
The mineral meerchaum is well known
to be a hydrated silicate of magnesia,
with two equivalents of water. The
variety most valued is compact, sus
ceptible of being wrought • and receiv
ing a beautiful polish. Itis almost ex
clusively employed in making tobacco
pipes and cigar -holders. A strange an
nouncement has been put forth that it
may be substituted for the sub-nitrate
of bismuth, in choleraic diseases. De
posits of meerchaum are very rare,
which accounts for its high price.
Some veins, however, are found in the
Paris basin at Chenavieries, in the en
virons of Madrid, but these are of little
value compared with the article from
Asia Minor, being too soft and fragile.
The mining of meerchaum is carried
on largely at Kiltchink, Antolia ; the
kind found there, though soft and greasy
to the touch when fresh, becoming hard
and white in the fire. Some obscurity
still exists as to the mode of preparing
the crude meerchaum ; nevertheless, it
is known that pipes made in Anatolia
are moulded. The crude earth is knead
ed and pressed into moulds, the article
being then dried in the sun and hard
ened by the fire. It is then boiled in
milk, and dried anew and polished.
The pipes thus moulded on the spot are,
ho wever, little in demand, those wrough
in Germany or Belgium being much
more esteemed. The meerchaum which
is to be exported is prepared in Konie,
moulded into blocks, dried and slightly
baked. After cutting out, the manufac
turers are in the habit of submitting the
pipes to a preJaration with wax, sper
macitti or parafine. The chips are
powdered, formed into paste with water,
dried and hardened in the fire. The
pipes made from this waste material are,
however, of an inferior quality, the first
baking to which the material was origi
nally submitted having produced slight
frittage, which renders subsequent cohe
sion difficult to produce.
The manufacture of meerchaum arti
ficially has been the object of many re
searches. The following method gives
very good results when operated by an
intelligent and skillful chemist. It is
founded simply upon the double decom
position of soluble alkeline silicates by
sulphate of magnesia. One pound
Avoirdupois of sulphate of magnesia is
dissolved iu about a•quart of water, two
quarts of a solution of soluble silicate,
of density 1,25, is poured into this—both,
liquids being about 1,70 degrees Fahren
heit. The product is a gelatinous precipi
tate,which is long washed,first with boil
ing,and then cold water, until all alkaline
sulphate is removed ; then poured into
a stone or zinc trough and dried at a
temperature of not over 100 Fahrenheit.
The mass thus produced is compact,
friable, and very similar to the natural
meerchaum, and is susceptible of being
manipulated and manufactured in- the
same way as the latter. For some years
M. Wagner has obtained good results
by a different method. He incorporates
with one part of casin(?) six parts of
calcined magnesia, one part of oxide of
zinc. Upon drying this mixture there
results a materialof a lustous whiteness,
very hard, susceptible of being cut and
polished, and which perfectly simulates
the natural meerchaum.
Business at the Ban Francisco Mint.
From the report of the Superintend
ent of the Branch Mint at San Fran
cisco for the year 1866, just received, it
appears that the total amount of gold
bullion delivered to the melter and re
finer during the year was $29,905,206.72;
the total amount returned by him dur
ing the same period was $29,903,134.42;
showing the actual wastage to be $2,-
126.30, while the law allows a wastage
of $59,810.52. The whole amount of
silver bullion delivered during the
same period was $1,615,403.65, and the
amount returned was $1,648,518.26,
showing an excess of $3,114.64, while
the law allows a loss of $3,290.80. The
working of the coiner was equally re
markable, and shows the manipulation
of thirty millions of dollars of bullion
in the San Francisco Mint with a loss
of only a little more than $5OO.
The Reported Over Issue of Government
Bonds and Securities.
The impressions which prevail In the
banking circles here as to the alleged
over-Issue of bonds and currency, are
to the effect that there have been no is
sues beyorid•the amount reported in the
official documents of the Department,
and that the system of checks, which is
used in the Bureau, renders such over
issue impossible, except by collusion be
tween five different officials, through
whose hands they pass, and by each of
whom they are counted. The amount of
interest, which Is paid every six months,
is also a check by which the fraud would
be likely to be detected, if committed.
But, as money is readily borrowed on
these bonds, the latter check might not
be effected, as the party hypothecating
the bonds might withhold the coupons
from the Treasury, and still borrow
money upon them. The conclusion,
therefore, is that if there is any large
over-issue of either bonds or currency it
has been effected by the collusion of at
least five or six officials ; and as there
has been no sudden departure of any
except the clerk Lee, who obtained.the
bonds he had in an entirely different
mode, the report is discredited in bank
ing circles, and is attributed to the
efforts of the bulls•in gold, in Wall ' and
Broad streets,
NUMBER 12.
iallangoilo.
The Case of Colonel North.
S/owly,but surely the record of crime
at Washington is unrolling itself.- It
is as black, but with letters more dis.
Unot than the charred papyri which
come from the mudand cinders of Pom
peii. Mr. Seward may try to write
over them the conservative platitudes
which now dribble from his pen, but,
from underneath, the story of wrong,
and outrage,
and wanton abuse of power
struggles to the light at last. Reading
some of those revelations, one is lost in
Wonder at-the patience and long suffer
ing of the victims, but we do not won
der at the tenacity with which such
wrong-doers as Seward, and Stanton,
and Holt cling to the immunity which
the . inere possession' f office appears to
give. Mr. Lincoln, whom these recent
disclosures seriously implicate, is in his
grave, and pity for an untimely end
softens in his case the voice of censure.
But, while Sanford Conover le in jail,
and Detective Baker is dismissed, and
Boston Corbett, who so unnecessarily,
or with an evil intent, shot Booth in
the barn, has sunk out of sight, the tri
umvirate at Washington still retain
high position, and still are amenable to
public criticism. These ideas are prompt
ed by the singular, and, as we may well
describe them, awful revelations recent
ly made in New York, in the case of
Colonel North, the uncontested facts of
which are briefly these :
Colonel Samuel North, who resides,
we presume, somewhere in the neigh
borhood of Cooperstown, was, and is, a
man of entire personal respectability.
In 1884 he was appointed agent of
the State of New York, to reside at
Washington, to look after the interests
of the volunteer soldiers of New York
in that locality, and to do and perform
such things as were necessary in admin
istering to the wants and interests of all
such connected with the army, the sick
in hospitals and elsewhere. How fal th •
fully he discharged those arduous du
ties, how willingly and efficiently he
aided hundred of poor soldiers, how
many acts of kindness were shown
parents and friends, how impartial was
his treatment of all, may be shown by
the united testimony of political friends
and opponents. With him were asso
ciated a Mr. Cohn and Mr. Marvin M.
Jones. On the 27th of October, 1804,
about a fortnight before the Presidential
election, theme gentlemen were arrested
by military process, in Washington and
thrown into the Old Capitol Prison, the
charge being "defrauding soldiers of
their votes." There they remained till
January and February, 1865, when they
were discharged as innocent.
Now let us see what happened in
those dreary three months of illegal,
wanton imprisonment. From within,
no word of complaint was allowed to
reach the outer world. But Governor
Seymour, hearing of the case, appointed
a commission consisting of men of high
standing, Messrs. Palmer, Allen, and
Kelly, who visited Washington, and
with some difficulty were allowed to
visit these poor men. In their report
to the Governor, the commissioners
give this ghastly narrative—so bad that
we almost hesitate to reproduce it:
The undersigned availed themselves of
the permit granted them to visit Colonel
North, M. M. Jones,
and Levi Cohn. They
found them in the "Carrol Prison," in close
confinement. They learned that Messrs.
North and Cohn had been confined to
gether in one room and had not been per
mitted to leave it for a moment, during the
four days they had been prisoners, for the
purpose of answering the calls of nature.
They had been supplied with meagre and
coarse prison rations, to be eaten in their
room where they constantly breathed the
foul atmosphere arising from the standing
odor. They had no vessel out of which to
drink water, except the onefurnished them
for urination. Tney had but one chair, and
had slept three of the nights of their con
finement upon a sack of straw on the floor.
They had not been permitted to see a news
paper and were ignorant of the cause of
their arrest. All communication between
them and the outer world had been denied
them. The undersigned complained to the
acting superintendent, who seemed
humanely disposed, but Justified his course
by the prison rules and the instructions of
his superiors. The undersigned afterwards
complained of the treatment of these per
sons to the Judge Advocate, and also to the
Secretary of War and Assistant Secretary,
and were happy to learn, at subsequent
visits to the prisoners, that the severities
were relaxed and their condition made
more tolerable. But at neither , of these
visits made to the prisoners by the under
signed, were they permitted to see them
without special permit, and only in the
presence of an officer of the prison.
Brief, however, was this indulgence,
,for we read that ' l though for a time the
prison brutalities were somewhat modi
fied, they were soon taken to a room on
the second floor, where they were con
fined with thirteen others, and were
allowed to purchase food fit to eat, at a
high price, of a person supposed to have
intimate relations with the head keeper
of the prison. On the 26th of Novem
ber, for a purpose which will appear,
they were taken thence and placed in
solitary confinement to subsist on hard
tack and fight the vermin which in
fested the prison."
After a time, the trial, before a mili
tary court of which the redoutable
hero, Abner Doubleday—the detractor
of General Meade—was President, and
Holt, of course, prosecutor. During
this trial an incident occurred, which
but that it is positively stated and
proved, we might hesitate to believe.
Holt, we infer, finding the evidence
against these gentlemen failing, seems
to have devised aplan of most sinister
ingenuity, using for his instrument an
individual, Charles A. Dana, Assistant
Secretary of War, who has, through
out, shown a singular facility for enter
prises of the kind, and having for one
of its objects to make poor Mr. Lincoln
do some of the dirty work on the occa
sion. And very dirty it was. Mr.
Cohn, one of the parties on trial, was
taken to the White House, and in the
presence of the President " pumped "
invited to turn State's evidence. The
report from which we quote goes on to
say :
To the desperate extremity to which the
administration was driven, Mr. Cohn was
sent for by the President, who proposed to
try on him the experiment of "my plan."
An interview was had at the Presidential
mansion, in presence of C. A. Dana, As
sistant Secretary of War ; J. A. Foster,
Judge-Advocate of the Military Commis
sion, and Wood, the keeper of the prison,
when Cohn was first given to understand
that if he would frankly state "all that he
knew about the illegal transactions of Col.
North, Mr. Jones, and others, in connection
with the soldiers' votes, no harm should
come to him," and it was intimated that he
might the sooner be in the enjoyment of his
own liberty—liberty which long imprison
ment and hard fare had rendered doubly
precious and desirable. He was also put
through a course of " pumping," and alter
nate coaxing and bullying—all designed to
elicit something which might convict North
and Jones and compromise Governor Sey
mour.
We see, sometimes advertised, en
gravings of the "Republican Court,
tempore Lincoln"—" Lincoln reading
the emancipation proclamation," "Lin
coln teaching his boy his lessons," &c.
—but here is tableau weilvorth some
dark limner's art. bfezz6tint would
hardly make it black enough. The
President, jocular of course, for pump
ing" was to him a merry scene—the
half-starved prisoner -Foster in uniform,
and above all, Dana, like the detective
in "Oliver Twist," clinking the hand
cuffs ostentatiously, and representing
faithfully his principals, Stanton, and
Holt. Really, it is hideous. And yet this
scene occurred in the nineteenth cen
tury and the Land of Liberty. The
Presidential experiment failed. The
prisoner was resolute. He knew nothing
and could say nothing, and he was
taken back to prison, and the trial went
on and on the sixth of January, 188.5,
lkiubleday and Foster had to put their
signatures to the following :
[Copyd—The Commission was then
eleared for deliberation, and, after due con
sideration, do find the accused, Samuel
North, Levi Cohn and Marvin M. Jones, as
follows:
As to the charge—Not guilty.
And do therefore acquit said Samuel
North, Levi Cohn an Marvin M. Jones.
(si gn ed) ABENER DOUBLEDAX,
Major-General 1 7011.1nteer8,
President of Military Commission.
J. A. FOSTER, J. A.
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This was on the 6th of JariUary,_ but
not until the 19th was It approved by
Stanton, or or allowed Oho madepublio,
and then Colonel North alone was dis
charged, though, as we understand, the
fact of his formal acquittal was not coin.
xnunicated to him.
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Mr. Jones and the refractory Cohn
were detained, and on and 80th, a friend,
a Member of Congress from Bunks
writes to Colonel North
WASHINGTON, Jan. 80, 1806.
Colonel 5. North.
MY REAR SIR :-I enclose you a certified
copy of the• order directing your release,
saying you were acquitted. The others are
convicted and sentenced to imprisonment
for life. So says the Secretary of War.
Very truly yours, Jouw GANSOrt.
"So says the Secretary of War!" If
Mr. Canon tells the truth, Mr. Stanton
tormented the distant families of these
poor men by a mostatroolous falsehood.
The report thus ends:
Cohn and Jones were held In strict con
finement, suffering the torments of suspense,
and uncertain as to their fate. Stanton
alone could have been guilty of originating
such refined cruelty, as he alone could have
taken the position he did in regard to the
exchange of our poor suffering prisoners
during the war. Holt may also come In for
a full share of the infamy attaching to the
cruelty practiced towards these innocent
parties and their friends, who were told, In
answer to the anxious inquiries of the lat
ter, that " they were convicted and sen
tenced to the State prison for life I" In the
face of these inconsistencies, and the prac
tice of such proscriptive intolerance two
Jones
andafter Colonel North's release,
and Cohn were set nt libert3r, tho prison
doors wore flung open and they were told
to "go I" without bearing with them any
thing in the form of official discharge to
show what had been the finding of the eourt
or the reason of their discharge.
And not until February 12,1807, more
than two years after the original arrest,
did these injured men even succeed in
procuring a glimpse of the record. It
at last sees the light, and goes Into his
tory.
• American reader—pause and medi
tate on all this. Think of it calmly if
you can, but at least without the temper
which party prejudice may excite.
Think of the arrest—the torture in prison
—The forty days' trial—The attempt by
the President of the United Statesto ex
tort a confession—the reluctant acquit
tal—the holding back of reparation—and
then say if we are not a patient, long
suflbring generation. We are sick to
Aleuth of hearing of Mr. Lincoln's good
nature and gentleness. He was an actor
in this scene. To him we owe Seward
and Stanton and Holt and Dana, anti he
is after all responsible, for he could have
conquered the South without it, for the
great guilt and heresy of " the endjusti
lying the means "—his end being the
preservation of a political union his
means the disregard of all constitutional
restraint. " You ask me," said Cardi
nal Pole to Henry VIII, "what crime
you have committed. I answer the
greatest a man can commit—you have
destroyed a Constitution."—Age.
Gotta Percha Bank Notes.
Mr. L. M. Crane, who has a paper
mill near Balaton Spa, N. Y., has re
cently perfected an invention that will
interpose a greater bar to counterfeiting
than any yet made. He has invented
machinery by which minute threads of
gutta percha are run Into sheets of bank
note paper, In the course of its manu
facture, whereby the printing becomes'
indelible, and cannot be counterfeited.
He proposes to offer his invention to
the United States Government, so that
it can manufacture the paper for all
national bank-notes, the same as it does
their engraving and printing. His plan
contemplates making each denomina
tion differently, as is perfectly practical
with his machinery. Thus one dollar
bills will have one thread each, two
dollar bills two threads, five dollar bills
three threads; then four threads for
tens; five for twenties, six for fifties,
seven for one hundreds, eight for five
hundreds, and nine for thousands. If
the United States Government secures
this invention, it can be need for bonds
and coupons also. Mr. Crane has in
operation In his mill (where he is now
making paper collars) a machine by
which a thin layer of guttri, percha is
incorporated within each sheet of paper.
A company has been formed with a
capital of one hundred thousand dollars
to work this invention.—Times, Troy,
N. Y.
Condition of AMiirs In Texas
Mr. Hoffman sends to the Quincy
(Fla.) Commonwealth the following terse
account of the present condition of
things in Team :
" Provisions cheap and abundant ;
corn selling about 75 cents per bushel ;
pork 4 and 5 cents per pound. Large
quantities of wheat made, sufficient for
home consumption, at 75 cents per
bushel ; horses (pretty fair) from $5O to
$100; cotton crop excellent—selling
there from 15 to 18 cents in gold ; freed-
men behaving very well, and giving
general satisfaction ; lands remarkably
cheap, from the fact that old owners are
desirous of investing in stocks in the
western portion of the State, and for
the purpose of doing this throw lands
upon the market. Emigration unprece
dented; health very good; currency
gold, except in payment of taxes, when
greenbacks are used at 50 per cent. dis
count.''
Aged Meat
A letter from Stockholm reports that
at a meeting of what is known as the
Idun Society, recently held there, the
members eat for supper beef that was
forty years old. In 1827 Captain Parry
placed at School Point, Spitzenbergen,
a depot of meat. The flesh was in tin
boxes, burled beneath a quantity of
stones. The white bears had displaced
some of the stones and destroyed sev
eral of the boxes, but a few still re
mained intact, and were brought to
Sweden by a Swedish scientific expedi
tion. One of these boxes had been
given to the Idun Society, who found
the meat perfectly eatable and of good
flavor.
Meeting . of Negroes In Mouth Carolina—
'Ailey are Addressed by General Wade
Hampton.
The New York papers publish the follow
ing piece of news, which shows that the
white men of the Southern States are deter
mined not to permit the votes of the negroes
to be employed against the best interests of
their section by a few Radical fanatics:
COLUMBIA, March 18, 1867.
One of the most remarkable meetings of
colored citizens ever held in South Carolina
convened bore today, the occasion being
the celebration of the passage of the bill
enfranchising the colored race.
By invitation General Wade Hampton,
W. F. Desa.sseur, Edward Arthur, A. F.
Talley and Jarvee G. Gibbs addressed the
meeting. Rev. David Pickett and Beverly
Nash, both colored, also made speehes.
Sentiments highly honorable to the negroes
were expressed, and the meeting showed
signs of gratification at the spirit of politi
cal affilation with which they have been
met, and the citizens generally were equal
ly pleased to find that the colored men
evinced a disposition to become identified
with the true interests of the State.
Should a convention be called the people
will nomipste and support the beat men in
the country, and as stated by the colored
man, Nash, in his speech, they will urge
Congress to repeal the disfranchising clause
which deprives them of the services of those
in whom they have the greatest confidence.
At a meeting in New York of the Execu
tive Committee of the Board of Fire Insur
ance Companies, it was resolved that where
the doors and windows of buildings located
In streets less than eighty feet in width were
so constructed as to admit of their being
opened from the outside in case of emer
gency, a deduction of ten cents may be
made from the standard rate. All stories
which have hoistways, dummies, etc, in
side of the building without Iron coverings,
shall be charged -terrcents - addition to the
standard rate. -
The Paris Patric contlins a mist rayeteri
one anecdote. Young married woman, rich,
elegant, lovely, on the point of death, to
her husband : " I must confess something.
You'll be astonished , that I have proved
unfaithful." Towhich the following re
ply t " Not more astonished than you yill
be to hear that rknow it and for thlareason
poisoned you." Very Frenchy ,
true.