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Still Mts the sehool-hone by the road
• A ragged beggar sunning:
Around it still the bumachs grow
. And blackberryrvines are running.
Within, thd master's desk Is seen,
Deep scarred by raps official,
The Ivarylng door, the battered Limb+,
Thojaakrillo's carved Initial.
The charcoal frescoes on its wall,
Its door's worn all, betraying
The feet that, creeping slow to school
Went storming out to playing.
Long years ago, a winter sun
•Shone over it at sett ing,
Lit up Its western NO rnisanes
And lotv cares ley fret Mg.
•
it touched the tangled golden curls
And brown eyes full of grieving,
Of one who still her steps delayed.
When all the school were leaving.
For near her stood the little boy
Her childish favor singled :
Ifs cap pulled low upon a face
Where pride and shame were mingled
Pushing with restless feet The snow
To right and left ho lingered;
As restlessly her tiny hands
blue-eheeked apron lingered.
He saw her lift her eyes; ho felt
The soft hand's light caressing,
And heard the trembling of her voice
An if a fault confessing.
" I'm sorry that I smelt the word;
I hate to go above you,
Beerunte—the brown Pyre lOwer jell
Because, you see, I love you I"
Stillanemory ton gray-haired man
'Drat sweet cl3lld-faeo is showing.
Dear girl! the grasses on her grave
11:1V(3 forty years been growing'
He lives to learll..itt life's hard school
How few who Aix above hive
Lament their triumph cud his loss,
Like her—because they love him.
i+liscellantotts.
The London Timms on the Year 1869
The Year which is passing away has,
both at home and abroad, been marked
by the uneasiness which forebodes politi
cal change. More than one event of un
doubted historical Importance awaits
the interpretation which will be on ly
supplied by its results. The Irish
Church Establishment has been abol
ished ; Parliamentary Government has
once more been conceded to Prance;
the Suez Canal has been opened ; and,
after an interval of three centuries, a
General Council of the Roman Catholic
Church has assembled ill the Vatican.
The'Spanish Revolution, which at the
beginning of the year had already be
gun to disappoint sanguine enthusiasts,
has failed to justify itself, either by the
reform of ancient abuses or by the con
solidation of a regular Government.—
The chronic embarrassments of the Ital
ian Government, indeed afford another
illustration of the difficulty of regener
ating a nation. The dread of a great
European war, which had since Ma
impended over the Continent, has, by
lapse of time and through the pressure
of domestic questions in France, happi
ly in a great measure subsided. The
mutual ' relations of the Great Powers
have been temporarily or permanently
modified by the relaxation of the re
spective intimacies of France with
Austria and of the North German Con
federation with Russia. The risk of col
lisions which might have brought the
Eastern Question to a crisis has been
more than once averted by diplomatic
prudence. The Year began with the
triumph of the Porte over the petulant
hostility of Greece and it has closed with
the acceptance by the Khedive of Egypt
of the demands of the Sultan. The
Plenipotentiaries assembled in Confer
ence at Paris, after excluding the Greek
Minister on a plausible pretext from
their deliberations, consulted the Inter
ests of his Government and country by
insisting on their abandonment of hos
tile demonstrations against Turkey.—
The Greek Ministers, while they wan
tonly provoked a quarrel, had, in well
founded reliance on their Inluropean pro
tectors, neglected to make the smallest
preparations for war ; and they had ap
plied to other purposes the founds which
hail been raised by extraordinary fiscal
measures. Yet it was not until a new
Administration had been formed that
the Government formally submitted
to the demands of the Congress. The
suppression of the Cretan rebellion has,
in consequence of the cessation of aid
from Greece, proved to be final; and the
firmness of the Turkish Government
has deterred malcontents from attempt
ing elsewhereprovincial insurrections,
An unexpected check has interrupted
the progress of the ruler of Egypt to
formal and substantial independence.
Although the Courts which the Khedive
hay visited have scrupulously abstained
from according him the rank of a Soy-
ereign, the Sultan has taken umbrage at
his pretensions, and he has regarded
with peculiar jealousy his' financial ar
rangements and his expenditure. The
Khedive has, on more than one occa
sion, competed with the Porte for ac
commodation in the Money Market, and I
a portion of thesums which he leas raised I
has been employed in the purchase of
vessels of war and of improved weapons
for his army. The invitations issued
to all the Sovereigns and to other Royal
personages by a mere vassal of the Porte
formed au additional cause of offince,
and, as saon as the celebration was fin
ished, the Sultan peremptorily demand
ed that the Khedive should henceforth
communicate with foreign Govern
ments only through the diplomatic
agents of the Porte ; that he should
abstain from any further increase of his
fleet; and, above all, that he should
submit his Budgets to the Government
of Constantinople and renounce the
privilege of contracting loans, except
with the consent of the Sultan. There
is, perhaps, a secret history of a negoti
ation which ended in the unqalified
submission of the Khedive. It is dill
cult to believe that he intends to accept
the position of a provincial governor,
distinguished from other Pashas only
by a higher title, and by the right
01 hereditary succession ; but the Eng
lish Ambassador urgently recommend
ed compliance with the demand
of the Porte, and the French Gov
ernment declined to support the Viceroy
in a policy of resistance. Frequent
experience has proved that when Eng
land and France are in accord no suc
cessful encroachment can be made on
the authority of the Sultan. Russian
politicians are forced to console them
selves by the plausible prophecy that at
some future time assertion of Egyptian
independence will inflict a fatal blow on
the Turkish Empire. The Khedive de
serves credit for his prudence in listen
ing to unpalatable counsels. Premature
ambition might have found excuse or
encouragement in the splendid hospi
tality which he had the opportunity of
tendering on a great occasion to the
Emperor of Austria, the Prince of Prus
sia, the Empress of the French, and the
representatives of all the Great European
Powers. It is true that, although the
Suez Canal traverses Egyptian territory,
the honor of the achievement belongs
to a Frenchnum. M. de Lesseps has for
more then ten years prosecuted the en
terprise of joining the Red Sea to the
Mediterranean, in spite of natural im
pediments to the undertaking, of the
gloomy forebodings of professional and
non-professional critics, and of the in
difference or distaste of the chief mari
time nation. Fortunately for the suc
cess of the enterprise, Continental hopes
were excited by tire apparent jealousy of
England, and the financial resources,
which had seemed to be more diffi
cult of attainment than the mechan
ical completion of the work, were
always forthcoming,' as they were
required, The Viceroy of Egypt was
induced to contribute Largely in money ,
and in the labor of his subjects, and,
with the aid of French diplomacy, the
frequent objections raised by the Turk
ish Government were successfully eva
ded or overcome:. The work, although
it is not yet complete, has been shown
to be practicable, and, even if it proves
to be unremunerative, means will be
found to finish and to maintain tire un
dertaking. There is little reason to fear
that amere alteration in the comparative
lengths of commercial voyages will en
able the countries which border on the
Mediterranean to divert onyconsiderable
porti6n of 'English trade. The Ruisian
and Italian ports have no importantmar
bets behind them either for imports or
for exports. Trieste and Marseilles
may, • .perhapS, find a certain adVan
tage in the reductions of freight; but it
will be long before they can rival South
ampton, Liverpool, and London in
steam navigation. During the contin
uance of•peace; and under an equal sys
tem of ehargee for all nations, the great
erpartef the trade of the Canal will be
conducted - EngliSh vessels. The
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fien4he.dtscO - vety of the'passage round
the Cape of Good . Hope; will' And' that,
although the course of trade may once
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VOLUME 71
lion depends on thefertility of protincers
and on the capacity.of consumers. As
the Quaid is actually inade,.thintlar
.pa
triotism' 44111 have no difficulty recon
elll tig ibielf*ith the cosniopolitaniffill
tinthroiffiy. For the present, EiigliSh
merchants and .manufacturers trouble
themselves more with the perversities of
Chinese Mandarins madwith the alleged
apathy of Indian cotton-growers than
with thepossiblerlvalryof Mediterranean
traders. In Chinait happensthat all the
European and American residents culti
vate the most friendly undsrslindlng be
tween themselves, under the influence
pot of a common enmity, but of habit
ual liability to the same kind of vexa
tions. The public opinion of the com
mercial republic which has organized
itself at Shanghai is highly favorable
to summary modes of redress for affronts
or injuries offered by local functiona
ries. In the Island of Formosa and at
various points on the mainland Eng
lish Vice-Consuls and naval officers
have taken towns or forts, or have ex
acted pecuniary compensation, in con
sequence of wrongs inflicted on their
countrymen by Chinese officials or mobs.
Lord Clarendon has issued stringent or
ders that all complaints shall, in accord
ance with the stipulations of the Treaty,
be referred directly to the Ambassador at
Pekin for presentation to the Imperial
Government. There is no doubt that it
was proper to check the activity of
zealous subordinates ; but Sir Ruther
ford Alcock seems to share the distrust
felt by the mercantile community of
the efficacy of diplomatic remonstrances.
It has now become evident that the
mission of Mr. Burlingame to Wash
ington and to the European Courts was
despatched by the Chinese Government
for the purpose of procuring a relaxation
of its engagements to facilitate inter
course with foreigners. Mr. Burlin
game himself was probably the dupe of
instructions which were drawn up in
two different versions for domestic and
foreign use. Mr. Ross Browne, lately
Minister at Pekin, having been recalled
by his Government on account of his
disapproval of Mr. Burlingame's
Treaty, received an address of unani
mous assent to his policy from all the
English and American merchants. In
his reply, Mr. Ross Browne insisted on
the necessity of dealing on the spot with
provincial aggression on the rights of
foreign traders. It is improbable that
eventually any rigid adherence to im
practical rules will be allowed to en
danger trade with an empire which con
tains hundreds of millions of possible
customers for Western manufactures.
The unfriendly feeling of the United.
States is the only disquieting element
in the foreign relations of England. Ex
cept, indeed, when it becomes necessary
to discountenance the opening of some
Eastern question, the English Govern
ment has lately been but a spectator of
Continental proceedings. The warm
sympathy which was felt for the Italian
cause during the struggle for unity and
independence has naturally subsided
with the occasion which called it forth.
The Government of Gen. Menabrea be
came unpopular in consequence of
alleged violations of personal liberty,
and through the ill success of Count
Cum bray Digny in his attempts to restore
the finances. It is still found impossible
to collect the taxes in the southern por
tion of the kingdom, and the influence of
the Crown and of the General Officers
opposes any further reduction of the
Army and the Court. The waning pop
ularity of the Royal dynasty has been
lately revived by the recovery of the
King from an alarming illness, and by
the fortunate birth of an heir to the
Crown in the city of Naples. If it is
true that Victor Emmanuel, when in
imminent danger, refused to make po
litical concessions which were insolently
demanded by the priests, he has estab
lished a new and valid title to the con
fidence of the country. It is certain
that the expectation of his death revived
the recollection of his great services to
Italy and the sense of the uncertainty
which might attend the reign of an un
tried successor; yet the Chamber at the
commencement of its winter Session
declined to continue to the Ministers the
confidence which had never been heart
ily granted. The election of Signor
Lanzo to the office of President of the
Chamber was equivalent to a decisive
vote against the Ministry, and after long
uncertainty General Menabrea and his
colleagues have been succeeded by Sig
nor Lanza and Signor Sella. If the new
Ministers succeed in reducing the ex
penditure to the level of the revenue,
they will have performed the service of
which the country principally stands in
need. As the agitation for the acquisi
tion of Rome is for the present suspended,
no external anxiety ought to divert the
attention of the Parliament and the
Government from domestic and econo
mic improvements. The 'Alps, like the
Pyrenees, exempt the Peninsula which
they protect from the complications
which beset the great Northern Powers.
The Austrian Government is still dis
turbed by the claims of the different
1 Western Provinces to share the inde
pendence which has been accorded to
Hungary; and a troublesome insurrec
tion on the coast of Dalmatia has lately
illustrated the difficulty of governing a
heterogeneous Empire by uniform legis
lation. The rude inhabitants of the
countr.y,which lies between the hills of
Montelkgro and the mouths of the Catta
ro rose in arms late in the autumn, on the
pretext or with the purpose of resisting
the Austrian conscription. The high
landers of Montenegro, nominally sub
jects of the Porte, and habitual clients
of Russia, afford secret countenance to
the rebellion of their. neighbors, and it
has been found impossible to continue
the campaign during the inclement sea
son. Suspicions of Russian intrigue have
of course occurred both to the Austrian
Government and to the Turkish author
-1 ities ; but, except that it is a part of Rus
sian policy to promote disaffection
among the Sciavonic subjects of Austria
and Turkey, there is no reason to believe
that the petty rebellion on the coast of
the Adriatic is due to foreign instigation.
Russia has given a temporary security
for peace in the form of ulterior prepar
ations for possible war. The Imperial
Government has projected an elaborate
scheme of Railways for military pur
poses, to connect the Polish frontier,
the Crimea, and the Caucasus with the
central provinces; and as the works,
which are deemed necessary for defence,
can only be prosecuted in time of peace,
it may be presumed that no aggressive
policy is at present contemplated. The
financial condition of the Empire is not
flourishing, and material prosperity has
for the present been checked by the
emancipation of the serfs, but great
commercial advantages are anticipated
from the extension of the Russian do
-1 minion in Asia, where the barbarous
despots of Khiva and llokhara have
only the choice of submission or de
thronement.
There is reason to hope that the
smouldering feud between Austria and
Prussia has lost some of its bitterness.
The semi-official journals of Berlin and
Vienna have, indeed, constantly ex
changed irritating language, and the
relations between the Austro-Hungarian
Chancellor and the Prussian Minister
have been for the most part unfriendly;
but when Count Beust, in a speech ad
dressed to the delegates who represent
the Eastern and Western 'sections of the
Monarchy, had laid a significant stress
on the alliance with France, he after
wards found it necessary to explain that
his words implied no hostility to North
ern Germany. No policy could be more
distasteful to Hungary than a renewal
of the ancient struggle of Austria for
supremacy in Germany, nor are the
German States of the Empire disposed to
ally themselves with a foreign Power
against those who belong to their own
race and language. The Emperor him
self afterwards Invited the Prince of
Prussia to visit Vienna on his way to
Egypt; and it is possible that the
exchange of Imperial and Royal
courtesies may represent or promote
a friendly understanding. A cool
ness which has arisen between Prussia
and Russia may, perhaps, facilitate a
reconciliation with Austria. The old
Russian party, which is in favor at St.
Petersburg, has lately attempted to
apply to the German inhabitants of
the Baltic Provinces the same Muscovite
propagandism which has for five or six
years been practised in Poland. The
vexatious interference of Russian func
tionaries with the religion and language
of the Emperor's German subjects has
excited the same kind of national sym
pathy which was formerly caused by the
vexatious proceediags of the Danish
Government' in Schle.swig-liolateln.—
It was ' probably in consequence of the
popular dissidisfaCtlonthat the Prussian
IGlovernMent lately refused to renew the
treaty of menial extradition which had
provided for thiaurrender of political fa
gitivei who might cross the Polish fron
tier. As no Prusaianimbjeot was likely
, .
to escapeinto Russia, theoperation of the
treaty would have - been wholly one
sided if its proyisiona ,bad not been, in
deference topublie opinion, habitually
negleCtedhY Pnallsia. The formal ter
mination of the agreement is equivalent
to a notification that. North. Germany
has bectime a Power of the &St order,
and that its Government disapproves
persechtion in-Esthland and Liedand as
well as in Poland. 'The change , of Prus
sian policy provoked from' the organs
of the Russittn Government incessant
overtures for that French alliance which
hawse often been proposed and foretold.
The shifting combinations of the great
Continental Monarchies, as they are ar
ranged by speculative politicians,seldom
possess practical importance, but the
alienation of Prussia from Russia, if
it prove to be permanent, affords security
for the peace of Europe. As foreign
complications have become less urgent,
Parliamentary opposition is reviving in
the Prussian Souse of Deputies, and
even in the more democratic and sub
servient Parliament of the North Ger
man Confederation. The Ministers
have been repeatedly outvoted in both
Assemblies on questions of finance and
administration. The frequent absence of
the Primo Minister in consequence of
illness has probably encouraged the
Opposition to attack his less powerful
and popular colleagues. There is no ten
dency to assail his external policy, which
has lately consisted in simple inaction.
The Southern States of Germany still
retain their provisional Independence,
and time and circumstances have mod
ified the warlike intentions of France.
At the beginning of the year, although
no fresh cause of quarrel had arisen,
there was reason to fear that a war with
Prussia might be thought at the same
time hopeful and expedient. The re
organization of the French military
system and the new armament of the
troops had been completed at the very
moment when the Emperor Napoleon
might have been especially tempted to
divert popular attention from domestic
polities. The death of Marshal Niel,
who was believed to desire with profes
sional eagerness an opportunity of test
ing the weapon he had forged, relieved
the Emperor from the dangerous influ
ence of his most warlik , t counsellor;
and when the elections were immedi
ately impending, a gratt,;:itous rupture
with North Germany waluld have been
condemned as a transparent device.—
French enthusiasm had been but little
stirred by a petty quarrel with Belgium
founded on the refusal of the King's
Government to sanction a lease of a
Belgian Railway to a French Company.
The pretext for remonstrance was too
frivolous to serve us an excuse for seri
ous aggression, and, through the tact of
Lord Clarendon, the good offices of the
English Government were so used as to
enable the Emperor eventually to retire
without loss of dignity from a false posi
tion. Hisattention was soon absorbed by
the General Election. The dissolution of
the Legislative Body on the completion
of its term of six years had been general
ly anticipated as a probable occasion for
some further relaxation in the system of
personal government. When the ex
piring Legislature was first elected the
memory of the Italian campaign was
still recent, an Austrian Emperor was
reigning under French protection in
Mexico, and the chronic antagonism of
Austria and Prussia apparently secured
the permanent division of Germany.—
The first interruption of the Emperor's
gbod fortune was the compulsory retreat
from Mexico, which necessarily ensued
on the collapse of the Southern Confed
era,cy. Two or three years later the price
of con n ivance at the overthrow of Austria
was contumeliously withheld by the vic
torious Minister of Prussia, and a subse
quent project of re-asserting in concert
with Austria the Continental supremacy
of France was rendered abortive by the
sudden explosion of the Spanish Revo
lution. The courage of the opponents
of the Emperor naturally increased as
his political failures accumulated, and
the enthusiasm of his adherents waned
with the felicity by which it had been
attracted. A Parliamentary Opposition
had been, for the first time since the
establishment of the Empire, formed in
the Legislative Body, and partial relax
ations in the rules which had almost
precluded debate had enabled a small
body of orators and debaters to revive
the suspended practice of political dis
cussion. M. Jules Fevre and M. Emile
011ivier incessantly protested against
absolute Government; and M. Thiers
proved that time had not impair
ed his unequalled powers of vigor
ous and livery criticism. To conciliate
Liberal opinion, or, as his enemies
asserted, in the hope of alarming . the
middle classes by the spectacle of vio
lence uud excess the Emperor prepared
for the elections 'by allowing free discus
sion in the press and by removing the
existing restrictions on the right of
public meeting. The expectation that
both concessions would be abused was
fully justified. At the meetings which
were now for the first time permitted
rabid demagogues disclaimed not only
against the Government, but against re
ligion, property, and marriage. The
wildest doctrines were most acceptable
to the mass of the population of Paris ;
and the respectable classses began to
suspect that the Empire was not even
a security against anarchy. The lan
guage of the Ministers and official
journalists left it doubtful whether the
toleration of unbounded licence implied
conversion to the doctrines of liberty.—
On one occasion M. Rouher strenuous
ly repudiated, on behalf of himself and
his colleagues, any pretension to inde
pendence or responsibility. They were
all, he said, merely the faithful servants
of the Emperor, and the passive instru
ments of his will. At the general
election which was held in May
the whole influence of the Government
was, in accordance with established
precedent, employed in support of the
official candidates. The Ministers of
former dynasties, and of the Republic
of 1848, had been equally active in their
interference, and during the earlierpart
of the Second Empire the great majority
of members of the Legislative Body had
been openly nominated by the Govern
ment. In the election of 1869 the exer
tionsof the Prefects and Mayors resulted
in the attainment of a considerable ma
jority ; but the great cities, wherever
their votes had not been neutralized by
the arbitrary annexation of rural dis
tricts, chose representatives hostile
either to the existing system of adminis
tration or to the Empire itself.—
The Orleanists and the supporters of
Limited Monarchy were almost every
where defeated, and among the mem
bers for Paris M. Thiers alone repre
sented the Constitutional party. M.
Respell, an aged an almost forgotten
Jacobin of 1848, was returned by a large
constituency ; and at a subsequent elec
tion to supply vacancies arising from
double returns, M. Rochefort was re
warded for a succession of virulent at
tacks
on the person of the Emperor by
the choice of one of the electoral dis
tricts of Paris. The excitement caused
by the elections was followed by riots in
the capital, extending over three or four
days ; but the disturbances were repress
ed, without the employment of an armed
force, by the ordinary police. On the
meeting of the Legislative Body in July,
the Opposition, numbering 120 members,
prepared an interpellation or motion
directed against the maintenance of
personal Government; and on the eve
of the expected debate M. Rouher an
nounced, on the part of the Emperor,
concessions which were believed to em
body the principal elements of a Con
stitutional system. It was announced
that the Senate would be convoked to
consider andpass the principal measures
which the Opposition had been prepared
to demand. The Budget was to be voted
in separate chapters, so that the Legis
lative Body would be enable to control
the revenue and expenditure: the right
of initiating Bills, hitherto reserved to
the Government, was to be granted to
independent members ; and Ministerial
functions were no longer to be incompati
ble with the tenure of a seat in the Leg
islature. The leaders of the Opposition,
although the collective responsibility of
the Cabinet was not included in the pro
posed change of the Constitution, ac
cepted the Emperor's offer as a satis
factory answer 'to the proposed inter
pellation, and the Legislative Body was
immediately prorogued to allow time
for the formal application to the Senate.
M. Rouher, M. Baroehe, M. de Lava
lette, and M. Duruy resigned their places
in the Cabinet ; but it was remarked
that M. de Forcade La Roquette, who
had, as Minister of the Interior, man
aged the elections, held the same post
In a new Ministry, of which' he Prince
de la Tour d'Auvergue Was the nominal
head. The obedient Senate unwillingly
passed the necessary. Rmlutiens . hut
the adoption or announcement of a
definite policy was necessarily postpon
ed in consequenee of the serious Rinses
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LANCASTER, PA., , WEDNESDAY MOR *, B7O
of the Emperor during the months of to : Abe rank of ~is,.statommy. His
July and August. At the same time the death . , in the fulnew of years, while , tits
revolutionary party abused by extrava- pdwers were still Unimpaired, eardnit be
gant violence and loathsome scurrility considered inopportune. The politleid
the unbounded licence of publication period to wbieh his tastes and faculties
and debate which had been substituted were best adapted had ended with the
for the excessive restrictions of thi c , ,z rat. passing of has ,Reform Bill.. lie was,
The details of the Emperor ' s alle in- perhaps, the. last of the long series of
firmities were habitually expose to the Ministers who have represented ;the
ridicule of the rabble by demagogues qualities and defects of the English riris
who gloated over every genuine or tocraey.
fictitious symptom of danger and
decay. While the respectable classes "Miss Evelyn.
were disgusted and alarmed by
the insolence of the prophets of an- Rain, rain, rain—a hopelcan day, with
an easterly wind and a sky of lead., The
archy, they were also forced to reflect
on the precarious condition of a nation streets were dirty and sloppy, and mud
which which depends for its security on the dy and miserable. Women hurried
along with draggled skirts; men plung
life and health of an absolute ruler.
ed through the slippery mud with urn-
Partly by its own faults and through
brellas and sulkey faces. A dark,
the operation of inevitable causes, it is
dreary, miserable day ; and all of its
certain that the Empire is shaken Wits
foundation. Neither the Emperor nor gloom was reflecting in Miss Evelyn's
as she stood looking out of her
the most sagacious of French politicians face,
boudoir window.
can know whether it will be impossible boud
for him to transform himself from a She was tall and stately, and beauti
fully dressed, too, this Alias Evelyn ;and
Dictator into a Constitutional Monarch.'
After long hesitation the experiment is young—that is to say, twenty-five, so
about to be tried, with the aid of a Min she need hardly have worn that weary,
istry in which M. Emile 011ivier, the miserable leek, one would think, if the
consistent advocate of constitution- weather was bad. Besides one would
thought it a fine thing to he Miss Con
al liberty, will preside over a Cab
inet of his own selection, instead of stance Evelyn, with a fortune of one
sharing power, like his predecessors hundred thousand dollars, and such a
in office, with colleagues severally de-
pretty room to nestle in on wet days.
pendent on the Emperor. The change Miss Evelyn dropped the curtains as
t
of itself constitutes a Parliamentaryhe little ormolu clock struck eleven,
system ; and it will be well if the sue- and began walking up and down,
up
cess of the experiment is facilitated by and down, with the shadow in her face
the organization of a moderate majority. deepening and darkening every mo-
The more temperate Republicans, inclu- merit.
ding some members who had been Presently she stopped before a greet
supposed to favor a violent revolution, , mirror that reflected her form from top
to toe, and gazed long and fixedly at the
have separated themselves from the fa- naticism of M. Raspail, and from the Pale, proud face, black, glossy hair, and
revolutionary levity of M. Rochefort; blue eye that gazed back.
on
but
the suppo
p rt of resen a party t M. Gla
which is cier depenesds "Am I handsome ?" tkought Miss
_ Evelyn, or is it only the wretched fiat-
pecially devoted to the Emperor. If tery that is poured i nto the ear of every
Constitutional Government in France Is rich woman that I know ?. What does
intrinsically compatible with the main _ he think, I wonder?"
tenance of the Imperial dynasty and Ah ! that little tell-tale pronoun ? The
with universal suffrage, it is possible proudest of these proud women are
that the edifice of 1852 may finally be humble enough when "he" is in the
crowned b) freedom. question.
To Englishmen primarily interested " And lam growing old," thought
"
In the welfare of their own country the Miss Evelyn. I never fancied so un
passing year has afforded little satisfac- til last night. The idea of an unmarried
Um" Although more than three years woman of five-and-twenty presuming
have now elapsed since the great core- to think herself young! I passed him
mercial and financial shock of 1866, talking to a young lady—a gush Mg just
there has been no healthy revival of out.' I passed, but they did not see
trade. The cotton mills are still suffer- me- ' Miss Evelyn handsome! ax
ing unde‘ an insufficient and dear sup- claimed Missy, in answer to something
ply of raw material and a demand which ho had said, ' Oh, yes, of course, but
is stagnant under the influence of high frightfully old, isn't she? Why she
prices. All classes of manufactures was going to be married to Mr. Law
complain of the impediments which rence ever so long ago, and was engaged
are offered to production by the vexa- to a cousin ages before that !' That was
tous regulations of Trades' Unions.; quite enough. I walked away, and
and, on the other hand, the rep- danced with the first gentleman who
rescntatives of the mechanics either asked me, and comprehended that my
deny that their organization is driving life was gone and I was an old maid."
trade to foreign countries or anticipate She began walking up and down
in a cosmopolitan alliance among the again, her thoughts wandering gloomily
workmen of all countries the means of into the past.
finally reducing employers and con- " And what a useless life it has been !
sinners to common dependence. In What a deceit society is! What a shal
some of the northern and midland towns low, vapid, empty mockery! I am
obscure local politicians have taken ad- weariness to myself, and a useless thing
vantage of the dullness of trade to com- to my fellow-creatures. If we are all
menee a feeble agitation for the re-estab- born with a destiny to accomplish, and
lishment of Protection under color of a a work to do, it is time I found mine out,
demand for Reciprocity; The approach and began it. What is an old maid's
of the time at which either party may mission, any way? To talk scandal,
give notice to terminate the French Corn- drink tea, and be snubbed? Come in ?"
mereial Treaty furnishes a pretext for There had been a modest rap at the
demand that English duties shall be door. Mary, the housemaid, appeared.
raised unless French duties are lowered. "If you please, miss, Mr. Underhill is
As the manufactures which are injured in in the drawing room,"
the home market by French competition Miss Evelyn started.
would, even in the absense of duties, be " Mr. Underhill? Such a morning !
undersold in France, it is obvious Well, go down, Mary, and tell bins I'll
that the alleged grievance could only be there in a moment."
be redressed by an increase of English She shook out her flowing morning
taxation. The great producers of cotton robes, smoothed her glossy braids, and
and hardware ask for no protective slowly descended. Mr. Uunderhill, Miss
duties ; nor is the maintenance of the Evelyn's lawyer, a sober, elderly man,
Treaty endangered, except by political rose up at her entrance.
opposition which has lately arisen in 'Good morning, Miss Evelyn ! dreary
France against all measures which have day, isn't? You didn't expect a visitor
been carried by the exercise of the Im- such weather."
perial prerogative. The risk of an coo- " Hardly," Miss Eyelyn answered,
'mode reaction affords a strong argil- languidly. " But you are very welcome,
ment in support of the objection which Mr. Underhill."
we urged in 1860 against the principle " Thank you, Miss Evelyn. I wish I
of Commercial Treaties. One cause of brought more welcome news."
the continued commercial depression is For the first time, now, the young
to be found in the discredit which has lady noticed the trouble in his face and
attached to joint-stock enterprise, since voice.
the discovery that liability ou shares of " What is it?" she asked quietly,
which only a small part was called " trouble for me P'
up might be practically unlimited. The " Yes, Miss Evelyn."
ruinous litigation in the process of " About money matters, of course."
winding up Companies also exercises a " Yes." •
deterring effect; and a series of criminal " You seem rather reluctaut to tell it,
prosecution of Directors for alleged mis- Mr. Underhill. I beg you will think
representation has necessarily caused I better of me. Whatever it is, I shall be
men of commercial oaperience and rep- glad to hear it at once."
utatioa to decline a thankless and haz- " I have cause to hesitate in telling
ardous office. The recent acquittal of it, dear young lady; for it is very un
the Directors of the Limited Company pleasant—very, indeed. You remember
of Overend and Gurney on an indict- the conditions of your late guardian's
ment for alleged conspiracy and misrep- will?"
resentation will probably discourage the I " Perfectly, sir."
repetition of similar proceedings, except "Will you have the goodness to re
in case of definite fraud. peat them to me, Miss Evelyn!"
The policy of decentralization, while " Certainly. His whole fortune—one
it has effectually removed former hundred thousand dollars, and this
grounds of complaint against the Col- house, as It stands, became mine uncon
onial Office, has in one or two instances ditionallv, provided his nephew, sup
produced a partial reaction against the posed to be dead in California, never re
burdens and responsibilities of rode- appeared. Should he ever re-appear—
pendence. The Government of New !something highly improbable—the for-
Zealand, which a few years ago insisted tune passed from me to him at once."
on the recall of the English troops, has " Precisely, Miss Evelyn. And there
lately endeavored in vain to procure my bad news begins."
the reversal of a decision in accordance " You mean this nephew is alive, af
with its former request. In consequence ter ell?"
of the unfavourable progress of the "I do?"
chronic war with the Maories of the She drew a fluttering breath—turned
Northern Island, the Legislature ap
plied to the Home Government for a
military force, to be maintained at the
expense of the Colony. The effect in
New Zealand of the refusal of Lord
Granville is not yet known in England,
but the final withdrawal of the garrison
has naturally given rise to a controversy
on the principles of colonial administra
tion. The change which has occurred in
the relations of the Imperial Govern
ment to distant dependencies is still im
perfectly understood. Communities,like
private men, are slower in acknowledg
ing their duties than in appreciating
their rights, and some time may elapse
before the Colonies fully understand that
their exclusive control over their own
affairs involves a corresponding obliga
tion to provide for internal self-defence.
Against civilized enemies the English
Government is bound to protect them as
long as it retains the management of
foreign policy. The remaining bond of
union may, perhaps, be found too elas
tic for practical use, but a closer tie of
command and obedience would inevita-
bly have burst it asunder. The warn
ing furnished by the bitter hostility of
the revolted Colonies of North America
to the Mother Country has, happily, not
been neglected by English Statesmen.
Only two persons of political eminence
have died during the year, for an Amer
ican ex-President on the completion of
his term of office retires not only into
private life but into obscurity and ob
livion. Lamartine still retains his rep
utation as a poet among his countrymen,
who are the only competent judges of
their own literature. In his brilliant
prose writings he confused history with
romance ; and during his three months'
career as a Statesman his eloquence and
showy personal qualities were more than
counterbalanced by the weakness of
character which speedily precipitated
him from power. He might, by sup
porting the Regency of the Duchess of
Orleans, haveaverted a Revolution which
he scarcely approved ; and afterwards,
if he had justified the confidence of the
great Conservative majority of French-
men he might, perhaps have saved
the Republic. When he weakly tam
pered with Jacobinism, the popularity
which he courted burst like a bubble ;
and within a few weeks from the cul
mination of his apparent greatness he
was finally thrust aside and forgotten.
The career of an English statesman is
not exposed to sudden reverses of
fortune. Lord Derby rose to eminence
nearly forty years ago, and he died, soon
after his formal resignation of power,
in the full enjoyment of his fame. He
was on the eve of becoming the leader
of the Liberty party when he deserted
his rank to become, afteran interval, the
leader of the Conservatives. In the earlier
period, while he was a colleague of Lord
Grey, his name was associated with con
siderable achievements in legislation.
He carried the emancipation of the
West Indian slaves ;• he established
national education in Ireland ; and, by
the abolition or amalgamation of several
bishoprics, he dealt the first blow to the
Irish Church. In the more congenial
character of a Conservative leader,
though he was three times Prime _Min
ister, he devoted his efforts chiefly to
obstruction of change ; but under the
impulse of a will more resolute than his
own he became the 'lnstrument of the
greatest triumph which Democracy
has ,yet. attained, in England He
was a graceful and 'impetuous orator.;
his great position, his madly bear
ing, and his playful humor made
him one of the first of Parliamen
tary loaders; but ho never rose
a little pale—that was all.
" Is he here—in the city?"
" I regret, for your sake, to say he is."
There was a pause. She sat very still
—pale and cold—her hands folded in her
lap .
" You have seen him, of course, Mr.
Underhill ?"
" Yes, Miss Evelyn, Mr. Geo. Thorne
came to my office yesterday, and proved
his identity beyond the shadow of a
doubt. But he has acted very gener
ously—very nobly, I must say. I told
him the condition of his uncle's will
and that I had no doubt you were ready
to abide by it. His answer was: ' The
young lady shall do as she pleases. If
her conscience and her honor tell her to
resign it, of course I take it; if not, let
her rest assured I shall never disturb
her in its possession.' I was surprised ;
very few men in his position would say
as much, I assure you."
" He is very kind," said Miss Evelyn,
slowly, and whiter than marble, "and
very generous. Tell George Thorne—
tell Mr. Thorne, that my conscience and
my honor command rne to resign his
fortune without a moment's delay. It
is his from this hour."
" But my dear Miss Evelyn, hear me.
There may be a compromise, a half, a
quarter, of it may be retained. It is too
much for you to resign what has been
yours for so long, like this."
" Not a Whit too much. There can be
no compromise I would not take a
dollar of it hardly, to save me from
starving. It is his, not mine. Do you
think I could accept the charity of a
stranger? You ought to know me bet-
ter, Mr. Underhill:"
Mr. Underhill bowed. He did not
understand this sort of• thing himself.
It was not in his line. But he did un
derstand the Hashing of those blue eyes,
the ringing of that proud.voice. He had
seen both before, and knew that the laws
of Draco were nothing to the fiat of Miss
Eveyin.
" I shall depart to-day," she said,
rising, with a certain queeniiness of
bearing that always overawed ordinary
mortals. " Mr. Thorne can take pos
session of his house and fortune at once.
Good day, Mr. Underhill."
The smile that accompanied the little
white hand was very sweet and gracious,
but the lawyer did not dare to question
her. She was gone a moment after, and
was up in her boudoir once more, look
ing out at the slanting rain and gloomy
sky, with something altogether new to
think about.
Miss Constance Evelyn disappeared
very suddenly from that brilliant society
of which she had been one of the most
brilliant stars. It was a nine-day's won
der this romantic whirl of fortune; and
society was on the qui vive to catch a
glimpse of Mr. George Thorne and make
a hero of him ; but Mr. Thorne fought
shy of society and didn't show. They
wondered—her dearlivehundredfriends
—what had become of her, poor thing!
and went on dressing and dining, and
party-giving, and presently forgot she
had ever existed.
And all the men who had loved her,
or told her so, which is the same thing—
where were they now? One only, a
simple-hearted young millionaire of
twenty-one, whom the -world had not
yet quite spoiled, and who viewed in
fear and trembling the haughty belle,
wrote her an offer of his hand and heart.
Young Mr. Millionaire got an answer by
r Miss-Evelyn wawa very.c g
unieturn of post--iv
gh , butiged very cold.
ii ehl .
but bged. to decline. .
Miss Evelyn was residing with a
widow lady somewhere in Ellensburg.
. ,
.Mbis tielin iidi4tbied for music
pupila'ca such reasonable terms that she
had got s6me, and in a few weeks bad
her hands full, and was kept on the
treadmill from morning till night, ,She
and that heartless society, with which
she had found so much fault, were never
likely to trouble each other again. She
could'have borne that—she could have
bornethefalliug off of "summerfriends"
without one pang: but she could not
bear that " he 'r should be so utterly
heartless. It was Mr. Chillingham, who
was handsome and an author, and with
whom•she had been in love for the past
six months, in spite of herself. She bad
not wanted to love him—she had fought
like a heroine against it—but, ah I who
could resist the seductive eloquence of
those deep, dark eyes, the persuasive
sweetness of that earnest voice? He
was so different from other men—so
noble, so gifted, so perfect in his splen
did manhood—that she could as soon
have stopped the beating of her heart
as stopped its beating for him. And 'he
had thought that he had loved her—had
he not given her every• reason to think
so, except the three poor words, "I love
you ?" And now, and now.
Miss Evelyn never complained—never
shirked her duties—fought the battle of
life bravely, and wore away to a shadow.
No weather kept her in doors, no cold
confined her to her bed—she went on
and gave her lessons, and drudged and
drfidged, week after week, until the
good widow's heart ached to see her,
" You're killing yourself, that's what
you're doing," shesaid to her; " look at
your feet, soaking wet—and you with
that cold ! why don't you let your pupils
wait when the weather's not fit for a
stray dog to be out I You'll be In your
grave in six months."
Miss Evelyn laughed—a mirthless
sort of laugh enough.
"1 don't know that that would be
much loss to the world, Mrs. Norris.—
But you really fret yourself about me
for nothing. You don't know how
strong I am. Nothing hurts mc."
It was a week after this that coming
to the house of one of her wealthiest
patrons, Miss Evelyn found company in
the parlor, a gentleman talking to her
pupil. The pupil was a pretty young
lady of eighteen—the gentleman, Mr.
Chillingham. It was another wet
morning, and the music , teacher's gar
ments were dripping.
"Really, Miss Evelyn, I hardly expect
ed you in this shower," the young lady
said, not overgraciously. "I am engag
ell this morning, and don't think I shall
take my lessons." "Pray, don't let me
prevent you," said Mr Chillingham.
"Miss Evelyn and I are old friends, and
I am more than happy to meet her
again."
He extended his hand ; she just touch
ed it. Her fingers like ice—her hand
cold and still as marble—told no tales.
She could almost forgive him his sud
den appearance, remembering that Mr.
Chillingham remained all through the
lesson, sitting in a distant cornerholding
a book, and furtively watching the mu
sic teacher. It might have touched any
heart that cared for her—lthe haggard
change in the once beautiful face. But
the hook made a shield for Mr. Chilling
ham ; and, besides, there was no one
theie to see.
After that, Miss Evelyn met Mr.
Chillingham very often at the house of
her pretty pupil. But the old intimacy
was not renewed. Miss Evelyn was
like flint—colder to him than any stone.
She listened, if he would persist in talk
ing to her, and answered in monosylla
bles. She declined haughtily and per
emptorily when he asked permission to
see her home ; and three days after
wrote a note to the young lady, beg
ging to be excused from further attend
ance.
Two days after, coming home late in
the evening, fagged and nearly worn to
death with a hard day's work, she found
a visitor awaiting her in the little parlor.
Going in, she saw to her surprise and
anger, Mr. Chillingham. She stood be
fore him, more queenly than in the days
of old, haughtily questioning with fixed
blue eyes.
" Pardon me, Miss Evelyn, for this
instrusion," he said, coming forward ;
" but you shun me so persistently in
other places, that I had no alter itive.
You have given me no chance t, say
what I have been longing to say ever
since I found you. That I love you,
Constance, that I want you to be my
wife!"
She stood in pale amaze, looking at
him. She had loved him—she did love
him dearer than life. She clasped her
hands over her fluttering heart, not able
to speak.
" You are the noblest and bravest
woman I ever met," he went on. " I
thought so long ago and loved you; but
I never knew it so fully, and never loved
you so dearly as since your generous re
nunciation of fortune. If I waited for
a time, Constance, it was not that my
love ever faltered, but I wished to see if
you could brave adversity. You have,
heroically; and now, loving you, I think,
better than man ever lover woman, I ask
you Constance Evelyn, to be my wife."
He held out his arms. With a great
sob, she was caught and held to his true
heart, happy at last.
There was an hour's delicious quiet in
the widow's parlor. Then Mr. Chil
lingham, holding both her hands, and
looking at her earnestly, said, "But I
have a revelation to make, and pardon
to crave, my queenly Constance. I
have deceived you!"
"Deceived me!" she cried, turning
pale.
" Yes, my dear, and many others. My
name is not Chillingham
She sat looking at him—white and
turning cold. _
"I am George Chillinghan Thorne,
your guardian's nephew, long since sup
posed to be dead in California, and I am
the heartless scamp who has robbed you
of your fortune."
She gave a little gasping cry. Mr. G.
C. Thorne laughing in her face, went
on : "I did It with malice aforethought.
I wanted to try you as they try gold in
the crucible. You have come out a
thousand fold brighter, and I am re
warded. Can you forgive me?"
I suppose she did, for she married him
and went back into society more regal
and uplifted than ever. And as marriage
is the ultimatum of womanly hopes and
the acme of earthly bliss, I presume I
may leave her.
Sam Patch
The Elmira Gazette has reprinted
some extracts from a paper issued in
that village 40 years ago, describing the
exploits of Sam Patch in jumping at
Genesee Falls. A successful leap made
Oct. 12, 1828, was thus described:
" Sam has made his great jump. The
day was lowery and rainy. However,
the number of 300 persons assembled on
the island to witness the feat, the Cana
dian shore was crowded. To view the
platform erected for the fearless Patch
from the Biddle stairway, did not ap
pear so grand, as the platform reached
only about two-thirds the height of the
bank ; but to descend to the margin of
the water, in the gulf beneath, and there
look up at the perpendicular ladder,
made you imagine that itwould require
superhuman power4to accomplish such
nn enterprize. Sam ascended the ladder
and remained on the top about ten min
utes, resting himself and ajustlng himself
for the leap, during which he was repeat
edly cheered by the spectators. At length
he rose—every eye was bent intently on
him, he waved his hand and kissed the
star spangled banner that floated grace
fully over his head, and then precip
itated himself like an arrow Into the
flood below. 'Twas a matchless and tre
mendous leap. He very soon reappeared
and swam to the shore with great ease.
Then It war that a painful and unpleas
ant yet indescribable sensation was
driven from esch breast by the flood of
joy which succeeded on seeing that he
was safe. Then it was that the benumb
ing spell which had reigned from the
moment he arose on the platform, was
broken by the burst of the voices of con
gratulation."
The Jumping hero rake his last and
fatal leap Nov. 13, 189, thus chronicled :
" Sam Patch is no more! He made
his last leap from a scaffold erected on
the bank of the other falls this afternoon.
Thee taging was elevated 25 feet. He
Sprung fearlessly from it, and descended
about one-third of the distance as hand
some as he ever did. He then evidently
began to droop, his arms extended, and
his legs separated ; and in this condi
tion he struck the water, and sunk for
ever ! It was a fearful leap, and fear
fully it was terminated. The prevailing
opinion is that he became lifeless ere he
reached the water. He had drank fear
fully in the morning, but was not ap
pareplatinore Overcome than he was on
Fridaylast. It waktrrdy a Bolen:an scen e,
where so many thothmnds Were Witnesees
to an immolation which had its origin
only in an effort to:eatisfy the 'craving
- . .
appetite of human curiosity. SBRl'slasV
requeit, I understand, was that the funds
collected should be sent to his mother,
if hlsadventureabould terminatefatally.
Etis body has not yet been found: The
height of 01:natio:le 'Falls, from which he
jumped, is 100 feet. Thestaging.was3s
feet above the Falls. The distance which
he descended was therefore 125 feet."
Sam Patch was a native of Pawtucket,
R. 1., where some of his relatives still
reside.
A SERMON.
Delivered's. the Firat Deformed Els Web,
Lancaster, On Sunday Evening. Febru
as7 6, VITO, by the Pastor Rev. J.H.
Kremer.
"'There is therefore now no condemnation to
them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not
after the flesh, but after thospint."—Rom. 8: L
The felicity and prerogatives, contain
ed in this scripture, exceed all human
utterance. The holy law of God, de
mands from those who violate it, a fear
ful penalty : "the soul that sinneth, it
shall lie —" cursed is every one that
continueth not in all things which are
written in the book of the law, and that
to do them." Such is man's relation to
the law of God, as a subject of the divine
administration. Obey and live; diso
bey and die. Said the apostle : " When
the commandment came, sin revived
and I died." "Oh wretched man that
lam ; who shall deliver me from the
body of this death?" " I thank God,
through Jesus Christ our Lord."—
" There is therefore now no condemna
tion to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh but after
the spirit." Jesus, God's co-equal and
co-eternal son, was made a curse for us,
by aBSultriidg man's accursed nature, in
personal union with His eternal God
head, that by its power He might
sustain in his human nature, the
burden !of God's wrath, and obtain for
the believer righteousness and life.—
We will consider:
1. THE CONDEMNATION.
1. It is universal. "All have sinned and
come short of the glory of God."—
Death passed upon all men, because all
have sinned." " There is none right
eous, no not oue ; therefore by the deeds
of the law shall no flesh be justified."
Let none suppose that the condemnation
refers only to avert acts of wickedness,
such as profanity, drunkenness, false
hood and fraud. Such is the purity of
the divine law, that it apprehends mur
der in an angry word, and adultery In a
wanton look. It is a "discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart." No
outward bearing, however excellent,
will compensate for the moral plague of
the human soul. The amiable Nico
demus must be born again. The lovely
young ruler, must have his heart re
newed, and renounce the world, the
flesh and the devil, or fail of a treasure
in heaven. Garnish and adorn the sep
ulchre never so beautifully, it is "within
full of dead men's bones, and of all un
cleanness."
However specious be the adornment of
an outward morality, the poison of the
" old serpent" is within, diffused
through every avenue of the unregener
ate soul. "That which is born of the
flesh is flesh, until born anew by "water
and the spirit." This condemnation is
the just desert of sin. Sin is the trans
gression of God's holy law, and neces
sarily exposes to eternal condemnation.
No fancied moral rectitude, outside of a
living communion with Christ and his
Church, will meet the demands of in
finite justice. Christ must empty him
self of the glory which he had with the
Father before the world was, and become
" the man of sorrows,"—endure the
agony and woo of the garden and the
cross, for the new-born infra "con
ceived and born in sin," as as for
the most aged transgressor. Thi.Nood
of Christ alone cleanseth from bin."
Human nature, in its moral aspect,
admits of no improvement, except in
the " washing of regeneration "—in be
ing a " new creature In Christ Jesus."
Apart from this essential and divine
change, all man's moral powers are
controlled by the "law ofsin and death,"
and must, by an irrestible logic, end in
an eternal separation from holiness and
heaven.
2. The condemnation is very dreadful
in its character.—The most appalling
metaphors of which the language of
mortals will admit, are employed in the
inspired scriptures to convey to us the
best possible conception of the nature
and character of the penalty which the
transgression of the divine law involves.
It is called " everlasting damnation "
"the second death"—"outer darkness,"
with "wailing and gnashing of teeth"—
a "lake of fire, burning with brimstone,"
"where their worm dieth not and the
fire is not quenched ;" and the most
fearful of all : "the wrath of the Lamb !"
Cain felt it already in this life as he
went forth a "fugitive and a vagabond,"
stained with fraternal blood. "My pun
ishment is greater than I can bear,"
groaned out the guilty man. If then
the blood of a sinful mortal called for
such vengeance, and filled with such
terror, the soul of the fratricide, what
will be the confusion of those who slew
the Lord from Heaven? If Felix trem
bled, when a worm of the dust remind
ed' him of a coming judgment, what
terror and dismay will seize those
who shall hear from the lips of the once
crucified, but now exalted Saviour, the
cutting words : " Depart from me, ye
accursed, into everlasting fire!"
E=ME!
1. It is a present deliverance. " There
is therefore now no condemnation."
" He that believeth on the Son is not
condemned." "Sin shall have no do
minion over yon, for ye are not under
the law, but under grace." The law of
the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath
made you free from the law of sin and
death." Whilst the work of sanctifica
tion Is gradual—an increasing purity of
heart and life—the sentence of Sinai
is set aside at once, in regard to those
who have " put on Christ," for they are
" justified in His blood." Just as the
angel of God's wrath, passed over the
dwellings of Israel, stained with the
blood of the paschal lagenb, so the sword
of divine justice is withheld from those
who are sprinkled with the blood of
Jesus. They are washed—sanctified—
justified. We here see the infinite suf
ficiency of Christ. This sufficiency is
found in the infinite dignity of his
person, as the God-man. The second
person, in the ever adorable Trinity, de
scended from his middle throne, and
" was made flesh, and dwelt among us"
and of whom a voice from Heaven said
at His baptism: " Thou art my beloved
son, in whom I am well pleased."—
Hence God's eternal son became the
bearer of our fallen humanity, and with
It descended into the lowest depths of
sorrow and pain, that with this nature
he might triumph over the power
of Satan's fearful work, with the
force of His own imperishable life, he
having thus become, as it were, a new
life, in the very centre of humanity it
self. This life passes over into His peo
ple, In their regeneration—when born
of the spirit, when engrafted into His
person—" members of T-Ils body, of his
flesh and of his bones." "Ye in me,
and I In you—because I live, ye shall
live also.'
2. The deliverance is complete.—'There
is now no condemnation. lt is not only
a freedom from apart of the law's fearful
sentence. All the thunders of Sinai are
hushed,tost In the higher notes of Mercy's
voice. The flaming sword of divine j ustice
guarding the passage to the tree of life,
is removed, so that all who will, may
come and eat and live. Sins, dark as
midnight—sins, that have haunted the
soul, and tilled it with anguish un
utterable—are all pardoned, for there is
"no condemnation to them which are in
Christ Jesus." The aged sinner with
a whole life of unbroken impenitence
and rebellion, if brought to repentance
and faith in Christ, receives a full and
complete pardon, and a sure title to
eternal life—a title that will abide,when
the earth shall reel and the heavens flee.
Said the blessed Master : " I give unto
them eternal life, and they shall never
perish; neither shall any pluck them out
of my hand." Said Paul : " Being con
fident of this very thing that he which
bath begun a good work in you, will
perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."
"We may lose (says one) the copy of our
pardon, and thus lose the comfort of It,
but the original pardon is flied in
heaven," where no thief can break
through and steal the precious docu
ment;, for, "If God be for us, who can
be against us? He that spared not his
own San, but delivered him up for us
all, how shall he not, with him also
freely give us all thin
e % Who shall
lay anything to the e of God's
elect? It is God that just' eth ; who is
he that coiademneth ? It Is Christ that
died ; yea, rather that's risen again; who
is ever at the right hand of God_ Who
also maketh Intercession' for us. For I
am persuaded that neither death, nor
life, nor angels nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, nor things
NUMBER 7.
to come, nor height, nor depth, nOr any
other creature, shall be able to separate
ug from the love of God, which is in
Ctiilst Seaus,, our Loth."
TTIEGROITND • Or'n-lISDELIVERANCE.
I. in C7irisi Jesite.We have here the
Idea of a vita/ union - with Christ. Be
lievers sustain to Him the same relation
as do the members of the human body
to the head. This is evident from the
images underwhich this union Is pre
sented in the Holy Scriptures : " I
am , the vine, ye are the branches."
." Know ye not that your bodies are
members of Christ?" Now ye ate the
body of Christ, and members in partic
ular." "Your life is hid with Christ, in
God." These passages express vastly
more than a mutual love and sympathy,
or the most exalted friendship. Such
a construction would turn the language
of scripture into emptiness and folly.
The blessed Saviour acknowledges the
believer to be a very portion of himself
—" of his flesh and of his bones." So
that whatever He is, the believer is, and
whatever He has, the believer has.
This union the apostle calls a great
mystery, which it were vain to attempt
to explain. Our safest wisdom is our
ignorance. We simply believe the sub
lime and mysterious words of Jesus: "I
am in the Father ; ye in me, and I in
you." The pious Flavel, speaks of this
union thus: ' Christ and the saints are
not one as the oak and the ivy are one ;
but as the graft and stock are one : it is
not an union by adhesion, but incorpor
ation. Husband and wife are not so near,•
soul and body are not so near, as Christ
and the believing soul are near to each
other." The union is or ; for, as
we stand organically in the first Adam,
in the sphere of nature, we stand organ
ically, in the second Adam in the sphere
of grace. In the first, we die; in the
second, we live. In the first, we are in
Adam; in the second, we arc in Christ,
and therefore, " when Christ, who is our
life shall appear, then shall we also ap
pear with Rim in glory." 0 blessed
link of life and love! Joined to the Sa
viour, thus " all things are yours; for ye
are Christ's and Christ is God's." There
fore, "the life that the believer
lives, in the flesh, he lives by the faith
of the Son or God." He lives in Christ.
From Him he draws all his strength
and vitality, just as each member of the
natural body owes its motion and power
to the life-springs that lie concealed in
the heart. Blessed life! It is the resur
rection to life of a soul once dead in
trespasses and sins, and destined to a
diadem of unfading glory ; to sit with
Jesus on the self-same throne, and bask
in the self-same radiance of heavenly
bliss. That will be joy ineffable
A soul, once far away from God, vile
and terror stricken, now quiet and at
rest, swimming in an ocean of life, liv
ing in Christ forever; nay, more, living
Christ forever.
2. They "walk not after the flash, but
after the sprit."—Believing in Jesus,
power is given them to " become the
sons of God, and Joint heirs with Christ
to an eternal inheritance. They are
born of the spirit, hence they "walk
after the spirit." Being " created anew
in Christ Jesus," they have his mind,
his spirit and life, and this life sustains
the new creation in Christ, as really as
the air they breathe sustains their bod
ies. True, they are not "already per
fect," but their lives being hid with
Christ in God, and ever turning in pen
itence and faith to a throne of mercy,
all their Infirmities are covered and
forgotten, and they are " accepted in
the beloved." Walking thus "after the
spirit," they are pilgrims to the better
land—marching onward, in the " new
and living way ' that leadeth "to the
general assembly and Church of the
first-born which are written in heaven,"
there to walk, without weariness, the
streets of the " new Jerusalem, and In
possession of a kingdom which cannot
be moved."
IN CONCLUSION : " If ye live after the
flesh, ye shall die," "tor the fleshly
mind is enmity against God, for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither in
deed can be." This Is in sad and gloomy
contrast with a life in Christ. It offers
but poor comfort In the present state,
led captive at Satan's will ; the setting
sun of Ilfe's brief day, to be followed by
a cheerless and eternal night. Shall we
thus trifle with our immortal nature,—
the price of blood divine? Shall our
probation be made the poor outlay for
the interests of this world only, and al
low the wealth of eternity to escape us?
Shall we give our labor for that which
cannot satisfy, and our money for that
which is not bread?
" Why will ye chase the fleeting wind,
And famish an immortal mind?
While angels with regret look down,
To see you spurn a heav'nly crown.
• • • • • • • • • •
Not so your dying eyes shall view
Those objects which you now pursue!
Not so shall heaven and hell appear,
When the decisive hour in near.
White House Sketches.
The Philadelphia Press has a Washington
correspondent who styles herself (or him
self) Olivia. The gentle Olivia regularly
attends the levees at the White House, and
breaks out in rarest compliment of its
distingtahedinmates. Themistress ofthe
Mansion is thus described:
Mrs. Grant stands a little way from the
President—"fair, fat and forty.' She ap
pears in grace and manner just as any other
sensible woman would, who had been lifted
from the ranks of the people to such an
exalted position. It is true she shows the
people her comely neck and shoulders,
and, notwithstanding the wintry weather,
makes no attempt to cover her shapely
arms; but her gracious condescension is
appreciated, and the exhibition is free to all.
The daughter of the House comes in for
the following notice:
Miss Nellie Grant is a prominent feature
of the levees and receptions at the White
House. She is just exactly at that age when
the feathers of her wings are not quite well
enough grown to admit of her flying as a
woman, and yet they are far enough ad
vanced to spoil her attractions as a child.
Her costume is of the rarest and costly
kind, and she conducts herself as becomes
the only daughter of a President.
The wife of a cabinet minister is chastely
compared to one of the royal demireps of
the scandalous court of Louis XIV.
An elegant woman is seen standing in
the back-ground, slender almost to fragil
ity, arrayed in a trailing robe of black vel
vet. Her powdered head and Greek profile
take you back to the days of Louis XIV.;
and you feel that Madam Pompadour or
some other beauty of that period has step
ped out of her picture-frame and stands in
flesh and blood before you. This woman
is Mrs. Cresswell, the accomplished wife of
the Postmaster General.
It is impossible that such delicate flattery
should not till its objects with delight. The
reduplication of the compliment by its pub
lication in the Press and its reappearance
in the Court Journal, the Washington
Chronicle, must make it peculiarly gratify
ing. Such services should not go unre
warded.—Patriot.
The Lady Bookers of Broad Street
King Solomon was of the opinion that
there is nothing new under the sun. On
general principles, he was, perhaps, right ;
but when we come to specialities, details
and modifications of old times he was wide
of the mark. Something new in this line
is turning up every day, and among the
latest, the most, interesting, the most sug
gestive and the most promising of new
things is the female banking firm in Broad
street of Woodhull, Clatlin it Co. They
have created a new sensation "on 'Change,'
not so violent as, but more profound than,
the gold corner panic of that awful "black
Friday," and these lady financiers, as deal
ers in bills, bonds, stocks, ke., appear to be
so firmly seated in the saddle and so confi
dent and 80 well posted that the notion pre
vails among the lame docks and old foxes
of Wall street that Vanderbilt, the oldest
fox of them all, is at the bottom of the ex
periment. No matter. The experiment is
one of grett importance. If successful it
opens a new and boundless field for em
ployment to women—a regular California
gold placer, not only in New York, but in
every city and town in the United States
and in both hemispheres. But If it should
fail? Fail I These ladles of the new bank
ing firm, they say, are backed by a capital
of half a million, and that they cannot fail.
At all events, we like the experiment as a
new - thing, and we wish it success.—N. Y.
Herald.
Too Affectionate by Halt.
Recently a prepossessing English woman,
with three children, arrived at a Western
town, having come all the way from "Mer
ry England " to join her husband, who had
preceded her to America. She expected to
have to go to some point on the Fort Wayne
road, and by the assistance of an officer she
was duly ticketed. While waiting for the
train a drunken fellow was seen to approach
her, and seating himself by her de, began
caressing her in the most afthaoititte man
ner. Had these attentions been reciprocat
ed, the officer might have concluded the
woman's husband met her before she was
looking for him, but she became not, only
indignant but alarmed at the fellowtalm
pertinence, when the officer seized him and
chucked him out of the depot. He was
subsequently taken to the lock-up for dis
orderly conduct. In two or three minutes
after he had been ejected the lady's hus
band actually appeared, having ppearance come od to
meet her. Had fie made aat
the timothe Muddled indi his vidual:was Mak
ing love to his wife, he would mu doubt
have saved the officer the trouble of rerdov
lag him.
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• • Eteentors' notices_ • 9 60
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Assignees' notices 260
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Details or Hli Arrest—Why It. Wav Not
.11 ;Jam .sefore.
Scene* at a Political Meeting-7Gwitove
nos:arena Declares the Insurrec
tion to nave Began.
PARIS, February 7.—Everang.—Honri
Rochefort, the editor of the Ahtraellaiso,
was arroeted at hie realtionce In thq north
eastern part of idle city at an early hour this
morning. His friends and partisans are
assembling. Groat crowds are collected In
that quarter, and serious troubles aro ex
peeled.
PARIS, Feb. 8.-2 s. sr.—Tho troubles at
Belleville are serious. The streets are filled
with shouting people, and barricading has
commenced.
A detachment of Imperial Troops arrived
in the vicinity at 11 o'clock.
3. A. u.—Barricades have been erected
in the Rue du Faubourg du Temple, Rue
St. Maur, Run Grange aux Belles, and
other streets in the vicinity of Belleville.
The scene of the disturbance is near the
Northern and Strasbourg Railway Sta
tions.
At half-past eleven additional attach
ments or troops arrived ; hut, to this hour,
no tire-arms have been used.
The troops in garrison In the vicinity
have received orders to hold themselves in
readiness to march at a moment's notice.
Such are the precautions taken by the po
lice and military authorities that it is be-
Ilev‘d the riot will not be attended with
any serious consequences.
Pants, Feb. 8.-7 A. M.—The troubles at
Belleville lasted all night, and have ex
tended northward to La Villette, the ex
treme northeastern arrondissement within
the fortifications.
The troops have not yet resorted to the
use of their firearms.
. .
The police have boon active and made
many arrests. Beyond the excitement
naturally Incident to such an occasion, the
rest of the city is tranquil.
The government still continues Its pro
cautionary measures to prevent outbreaks
elsewhere.
PARIS, Feb. B—Noon.—The following de
tails of the disorders in the North-eastern
arrondissements are gleaned from the news
parolifort was arrested as he was on the
o u ir e it. d o e f . i - .l4=i r n e g a n t3 n o n ll i ti n cal g
fro m m eeting n i e n vi tte ß.
to La Villette. 'Although there was a great
crowd of people present, and mainly of his
own partisans, he made no resistance and
no appeals to the crowd. .
As soon as the arrest was made known
to the meeting the wildest scenes occurred.
Gustavo Flourens, who presided, rose ex
citedly, drew a sword fired his revolver,
and declared that the insurrection had be
gun. The meeting broke up in disorder,
and the crowd under the leadership of
Flourens, immediately proceeded to bar
ricade the streets. This was accomplished
without loss of time by tho appropriation
of omnibuses and other vehicles from
stables in the neighborhood. The commis
sary of pollee, who accompanied the guard
charged with the duty of arresting Roche
fort, was forced along with the crowd and
badly maltreated.
The district lying between the Rue Fau
bourg du Temple and the fortifications at
La Villette, a distance of about two miles,
was in possession of the rioters.
At 11 o'clock a body of pollee charged
the barricade in the Rue Faulbourg till
Temple and attempted to carry it, but was
repulsed. One oi the commissaries was
dangerously wounded and one policeman
killed. At other pieces barricades had
been erected, but they were not defended.
The military are now out In force, but
thus far have made no use of their fire
arms, although the insurgents have. The
hitter had pillaged the armories, and In that
way obtained their weapons. Several po
licemen were wounded with those in the
skirmishes in the morning. A great num
ber of arrests have been made, and at 8 a.
m. over three hundred persons had boon
imprisoned in the barracks. Many of
these were more boys, all armed, and most
of them under the influence of liquor.
It is reported that Gustave Flourens, who
is looked upon as lender of the rioters, has
been arrested, but Wm is not confirmed.
lie is said to have announced to his mother,
before going from home to the meeting,
that if Rochefort was arrested she would
probably never see him again. At thia hour
all is quiet.
Pants, Feb. 8-6 P. M.—lt the Corps
Legialatif to-day M. Keratry, one of the
Liberal deputies, demanded to know why
Rochefort was not arrested before he started
for a political meeting where $5,000 persons
were assembled. It was not necessary that
this meeting should be thus disturbed, and
the people who were participating aroused
to violence. The act of the government
was a provocation to the disturbances
which took place.
A member of the Ministry explained that
the authorities had refrained from arrest
ing Rochefort at the Chambers to avoid the
scandal to which his arrest at such a place
would have given rise. He asserted that
the friends of Rochefort were prepared to
make the demonstration which they had
made, and upon this fact the Ministry could
rest the responsibility of what had taken
place, and the country would Judge between
the Ministry and the rioters. He said there
need be no necessity for the people to fear.
The government was animated by the best
sentiments towards them.
The Minister of the Interior followed
with the assertion that the friends of Roche
fort had determined on a demonstration
had he been arrested at the Chambers.
M. 011ivier praised the conduct of the
police in dealing with the disorders, and
said they had acted with prudence and
humanity.
Feb. 8-10 P. M.—At noon to-day
tranquility had boon restored in all the
districts where disturbances • arose last
night, and up to this hour the city has re
mained quiet.
Death of the First Hamilton.
Washington correspondence Chicago Tribune.
Here Is a piece of information seventy
years old that is new to me, and may be to
you. Did you over know that Alexander
- Hamilton lost a son In a duel fought near
the spot when) he himself was killed three
years afterward by Burr
I came upon it by chance in the library
to-day, while overhauling the file of the
New York Evening Post of November, 180]:
" Died this morning, in the 20th year of
his age, Philip Hamilton, oldest son of
Gen. Hamilton—murdered ' in a duel.
" On Friday evening last young Hamilton
and young Price, sitting in the same box
with Mr. Goo. I. Sacker, began in levity a
conversation respecting an oration deliver
ed by the latter In July, and made use of
sortie expressions respecting It which were
overheard by Hacker, who asked Hamilton
to step into the lobby (of the theatre). Price
followed—hero the expression damned ras
cal was used by Far.icer to one of them, and
a little scuffle ensued ; but they soon ad
journed to a public house. An explanation
was then demanded, which of them the
offensive expression was meant for; after
a little hesitation it was declared to be
meant for each. Hacker then Bald, as they
parted : 'I expect to hear from you.' They
replied 'You shall; and challenges followed.
A meeting took place between Dicker
and Price, on Sunday morning, which, af
ter exchariging four shots each, was finished
by the interference of the seconds.
Yesterday afternoon the fatal duel was
fought between young Hamilton and Eack
er. Hamilton received a shot through the
body the first discharge, and fell without
tiring. Ho was brought across the ferry to
his father's house where he languished of
his wound till this morning, when he ex
pired."
I wrote you, some time ago, a long so
count of Decatur's duel, and you will re
member that Decatur bad received similar
warning in the deaths of two members of
his family before ho himself tempted fate
and fell on the inglorious tiehi of Bladena
burg.
A Swindle Stopped
A very gross swindle In the Internal
Revenue Department of the Government,
has Just been nipped in the bud. On the
20th of December last, Deputy Commission
er Douglass, issued an order requiringdis
tillers, wholesale liquor dealers, and recti
fiers, to buy, at a cost of $4.50 per copy, a
form book In which to keep their accounts.
These books were made by an obscure sta
tionery firm in New York city who claim
ed a copyright monopoly of It. The New
York dun throws some light upon this at
tempted swindle. It tells us that certain
persons have prepared and copyrighted
this form book, which costs $1.50 a copy t o
make, and for which they charge (11 - 60,
The Commissioner, armed with the author
ity of the law, undertook to compel every
man who is engaged in the liquor business
to buy this book, and thus pay a profit of
$3 per copy to its publishers—and perhaps,
for himself. Is kt. possible to suppose that
he was such a fool as to issue this order in
ignorance of its practical workings? Per
sons who know something of the liquor
trade say that at least 750,000 copies of the
book would have been sold at a gross pro
fit of $2,250,000. It is fortunate for the
credit of the Commissioner that the prose
cution of this scheme has been suspended,
as it would have been hard to convince the
public that he did not share In its profits.
As it is, he will not escape a very unpleas
ant Imputation of gross negligence of linty,
or worse, in permitting his subordinatesto
trifle with the duties of his position.-00u
rier-JournaL
TheSsleofCadetships.
The sub-co ttee of the House Military
Committee, . ged with investigating the
sale of cadetships conduct their proceedings
Amorally but it has leaked out that they
have evidence showing that two Louisiana
members in the Fortieth Congress sold
their appointments for prices ranging from
$llOO to $BOOO-each... •
The Pittatiiirepoilee courts eit on Ban
day-
Coal has been dbeovered in Flouston•
Valley, Spyder county.