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WHAT SO 0 SHALT. IT 1W
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What Alan it be? What SOOg
WW 4 Win your fancy, dear,
moveLtnd your heart to sing
m
ism o o r m.Lto hear ".
i'ghall it he
gay
Bright as the linnet's strain,
Or full of unshed tears
That deaden life with Pain"
I touch the keys and Wan,
Watching those &Valli) . ey,,,
To hide their thoughts, as stars
Are hid In bluest skies:
No furtive dash betrays,
There Is no tell-tale gleam,
Help me, then, dear, to try
And real your Waking dream
Say, shall the song be ripe
With liutniners of the past,
With rosy blostnlll. shed,
Shall scenes and sounds that were
In pleasant memories strong,
And song give life again
The days When life was song^
An echo le the tone,
Till we are Inovett to weep
O'er morrows not onr own
Or tthall heroic deeds
Move UR to tierce delight
Au when it clarion thrills
The 'mitten of the night .^
SIMI] 111.1101(0r 1111M/ling TaYS.
Like streams that. +wawa.] g.t,
Al,nt prodigal of lir,
Wrestle to ovcrllaw ?
Or 'heath IL dt•IS•1 . SlS•ii.
4a)', Shan the tousle 1110% , ,
Stirring the hearts l,f tilt--
Shull II liialaall,l 4 Oi
Ali! dreamy eyes,
Their lo.crel, thought no IVvil,
A lot cheek reveals,
A silent Ili) eon toll.
What need to so.lc the mtralo
That youth lo youl well broil,
Love IL Inutow, uuug,
1.11, 11. will i.vor slug.
faiscrtlancous.
The Street Story or Silverhair.
A long time ago Iwo little children
were born on the sante night ; LnL Ar
thur came L.) live in 0 beautiful house,
and Rosa in a little vot Inge. There was
a greater and sadder difference between
he children than this; for it matters
very little to the happiness of a child
whether it lives in apalace or a cottage,
if only that paltwe or that cottage be 21
home of love; but Arthur could see all
the beauty that surrounded him, while
Rosa, pouf• Rosa, wawa blind child.
As she grew up to be a little girl, no
one merely seeing her with her golden
hair, and large soft blue eyes, sitting in
the cottage porch', would have said,
" There is a Mind child ;" but when she
rose, you saw nit uncertain expression
come over her face, till the hark of a
pretty little terrier told her he was
ready to be her guide, and stooping
down, she took hold of a ()riot that was
fastened round his neck.
She called him Silverhair, beeause
some one told Let• his long silky hair
shone like silver; and she had often
wondered what, Unit meant. Rosa was
:t genthi; - good,- and happy child, in
spite of this great KllallOW over her life.
Arthur, in the meantime, with every
desire gratified, everything to make life
pleasant around him, cried often: from
morning to night, :Lull was fast becom
ing a selfish, xliscontun led boy.
One bright May morning, Master Ar
thur set forth on his pony, accompanied
by John, the servant who usually at•
tended hint. As they cantered along
towards the village, Silverhair, who
was out on his own 11(1.'0111a, crossed
their path.
" John, John," cried Arthur, "do
you see that beautiful terrier
" Yes, Master Arthur, I've ecru it of
ten," replied John.
'• Have you? Then you know who it
belongs Lo, and I must, have it," said
Arthur. " You must get me it thitivery
night."
'rho Juan looked annoyed.
" Indeed, master," ho said, " 3.1)11
needn't send me rmr that d,.g. IL be
longs to little BA's!' Mitchell ; and tier
lather will uoL sell it to you. ,
" Why not':" said Arthur. " Tell
hunt papa will give twenty dollars for it,
and another dog into the bargain, that
will do is well for Rosa. She cannot
err what. it ie like," added the hellish
boy.
John could by no means qct this new
idea out of Ilk young master's head ; eo
in the evening lie went upon biy unwel
come minnion.
Rosa and her mother were alone in
the cottage; and, as he expected, they
NVOIIIII not sell Silverhair.
" ttilverhair my own Silverhair,"
cried Rosa, when .1 Oh II was gone, and
she had her favorite in her arms. ' ' My
Eilu best dog in the
whale world. Did they think they
could bribe us to sell you ?'' and Silver
hair wagged his tail, and licked her
hand, as if to thank her; and so they
I hough L the matter settled.
When Arthur, next morning,l found
he could not get the dog, he first got in
to a furious passion wi lb John, and then
declared he would eat nothing until he
gut the dog. , His foolish mother 81.`11t
another messenger to th"e cottage, with
11,, better success; and Arthur, secretly
rejoicing at the annoyance he gave, per
sisted in refusing all food during the
day. 'Being really a delicate child, he
had almost cried himself into a fever.
When all the - household, excepting her
self and Mr. Stenlouse, had give to rest,
his mother heard screams front Arthur's
room. Hastening in, the passionate
little boy called 0111—
" I most have food, mamma. 1 ant
dying of hunger. 1 have rung and
rung for .John ; but he does not come."
"John is asleep," ;replied Mrs. Sten
house ; "and we need not disturb hint.
I made Nancy leave stone chicken and
plate of jelly in
. the dlning-room, in
Misenly little darling wished it."
And without waiting his aIISWOr, thin
too indulgent mother hastened away for
Iho food. Pit Ma...4ler Arthur had not
yet sufficiently vented Ilk ill-humor.
No sooner did she return than he
screamed—
'I won't have that nasty cold trash!
Cook must make nu• a steak or a chop,
or something, warts. I tell you I won't
eat, that,"
'You shall, sir," said the stern voice
of hie father. "There lute been enough
of this nonsense. I will hot la you tyr
annize over your mother:old the whole
household any longer. 'Phis day hue
shown Inc what all this indulgence
leads to ; and I shall see that there is no
more of it. Come away, my dear," he
added, to his wife, "and leave this way
ward child ; and Arthur, let me tell you
that you shod I have 110 food of any de
scription until this is finished."
The spoiled child begun a new lit of
screaming; but seeing he wan left to
scream to himself, lie soon ceased ; and
living very hungry, he soon ate the sup
per his kind mother had brought him.
Stenhouse WIN true to his word;
and from that day a new system was
begun, at which Arthur rebelled greatly
at first; but its good effects soon began
to - be apparent, though selfishness had
taken Lou deep root in his heart to be
easily eradicated.
About ten months after this time, a
great sorrow befell poor Rosa Mitchell.
Ler father, who WIN a mitsoh, tell row
the top or a high scailblding, and was
carried home apparently to a dying state.
Week after week passed en without
much Improvement. Rosa was sitting
silently lieside him one day when she
heard her mother saying to the doctor
"la there really no hope, MC."'
"1 would not say that, my good wo
man," he replied ; "but the chances are
against him. lie should behaving very
generous diet now—geed port wine, and
strong beef tea. But that is not, easily
got, 1 know ; and US his constitutieu Is
strong, he may rally without it."
MN. Mitchell Molted sadly dist.sessed.
These weeks of illness had used up all
tier savings; and with the proepeet of
her husband being still many weeks MI
work, to get such things was not possi
ble.
Rosa's arms were round her little Si!.
verhair, and a sudden resolution filled
her mind.
"I love you, my pretty Silverhair."
she murmured, as she bent over him ;
" but I loVe father better."
Softly leaving the cottage, and led by
Silverhair, she walked with a •halt
breaking hearttowards Mr. Stenhouse's
residence, Ariuur's joy_was as
great us poor Rosa's sorrow wlien he
foetid that BilVerhair w4S tO•ho hispwn,
and he ran, to,get lite pretty brown, ter
rier he laud promised to Rosa, and twen
ty dollars, and the purchase money of
her Silverhair. Meanwhile Rosa Wit
'fin the door step,!still clasping the dog
-in her arms. • : ' • ••
I would not have done it, Silverhair,
'3nrd,, ear, deailillveiliair," ktie - aohbed
yOuVratow.l...vpuld'not,have doe It,
0 3 ;d.V 71 0.-"Nt4rallAe.it!Lati4 the' - wise:
lAintd`taali R reify.
AAtk 40.abe.and - .lBll*erhair, parted4-r
ilouneer;. the littler.eubatitute,./ot, coarse
`'.'did not know in the least how toguide
her; and when she had walked down
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VOLUME 72
the avenue, and passed the gate she eat
down sorrowfully by the roadside, wait
ing until some one should come. She
had not to wait long; 'for every one
knew the little blind:glrl, and was will
ing to help her. •
" What are you doing here, Rosa, and
what has become of Bilverhalr ?" asked
her chosen friend Lily Radium, who
could, scarcely believe when Rosa told
her the dog was sold; and she gladly
offered to lead her home.
`• But first," said Rosa, " take me to
Stewart the butcher's, and to a grocer's;
for I must take home some beof and
some wine."
The poor child's spirits rose after she
made her purchases ; and In the trium
phant joy of giving them to her mother,
the loss of her favorite was, for the mo
ment, all forgotten. She had not made
the sacrifice in vain, as her father soon
began to improve, and before very many
weeks was able to resume his work.
Bouncer was a kind, merry little dog;
and after a while Rosa could once more
venture to walk beyond their garden
!tiier his care.
One lovely Autumn day she set out to
visit her grandmother, who lived about
a mile distant from their cottage. The
road lay along the river -side, and the
'Tapers were busy ju the fields above it.
The air was laden with perfume, and
the singing of birds and humming of
bees mingled with the snatches of song
that burst every now and then from the
harvest fields.
Rosa tripped cheerfully along; and
both she and Bouncer seemed to share
in the general rejoicing . Just then a
rabbit crossed their p ath, :Ind, alas!
Bouncer, forgetting altogether that he
was now the sober guardian of a blind
child, made a wild spring in pursuit of
it. The sudden jerk of the cord from
her grasp precipitated poor Rosa °IA.r
the brink, just where there was a dark,
deep 1 , 001. In a moment the waters
closed over her; but almost immediately
4ific of the reapers to o l dashed in" after
her, and Si in resetting her from
their 'lurk depths. A crowd had gath-
-red round her when he laid her on the
mink ;hut they made way for bl r. Sten
house, who had left his carriage to in
mire about the accident.
"She isa pretty little thing," he said.
' Ifow.eould her parents trust her to
sueli a dog as that
" Did you not know, sir," said John,
'that Master Arthur had bought little
ltosa's dog, and this one is not half so
sensible a creature ?"
Mr. Stenhouse had never Inquired
into the history of Silverhair; and Ar
thur, having some Idea that it was bet
ter not to tell it, had said little about
the dog to his father.
Mr. Stenhouse ordered John to put
the child into the carriage and to drive
as fast as possible to his house. There
she was stripped of her wet clothing,
and rolled in warm blankets; but for a
time it was impossible to restore her to
consciousness. It was not until the
faithful Silverhair came and licked her
white cheeks, and whined piteously be
side her, that she at. last opened her
eyes; but they closed again almost jai-
Arthur was in real distress—so great
hat his father did not speak of his sel
ish coveting of the poor blind girl's
'avorite ; and when Rosa was able to go
wine, it was his own wish that Silver
r slwuld go with her.
Front that time much kindness was
shown to Rosa by every one in the house,
and one day Mr. Stenhouse begged
leave to take her , with him to the city,
na he thought it possible that an eminent
oeullitt there might be able to cure her.
So ltosit went with her kind friend ; and
two months afterwards the carriage once
nit,re stopped at the cottage gate, and
Rosa, no longer a poor blind girl, sprang
into the arms tir [agar purtantga.
It seemed as if she could never gaze
enough at their dear faces, the stranger
faces of her-beloved parents; but at last
she found time to turn to Bilverhair,
who was frying in every way to attract
her attention.
I can see you now, my beautiful,
beautiful Silverhair !" she cried; "and
when you get old, I will nurse you ; and
when you get blind, I will lead you, and
never, never part from you again."
And so suds the sweet story of Silver
bair.—..licrrys Museum for bine.
cutoff In the }lands of the Doctors
l'.===
1 11/11 . 1 tle Binghamptml Republionn, 1 - ay 21.1
Ituloirs brain, which was carefully
examined this morning, weighed 59
ounces, being 9/ or 10 ounces heavier
than the average weight. The heaviest
brain ever weighed was that of Cuvier,
the French naturalist, which is given
by some authorities at 65 ounces, and
by some at 64 ounces. The brain of
Daniel Webster (partly estimated on ac
count of a portion being destroyed by
disease) weighed Gloundes. The brain of
Dr. Abercrombie of Scotland weighed 6ii
ounces. The lower (brute) portion of Ru
loir's brain and the mechanical powers
were unusually large. The upper portion
of the brain, which directs the higher
moral and religious sentiments,was very
deficien t. 1n the formation of the brain,
MIMI!' was a ferocious animal, and, so
far as disposition could relieve hini from
responsibility, he was not strictly re
sponsible for his acts. The measure
, meat of Ituloir's head around at the
eyebrows (supra orbits) was 14} inches.
The skull was probably the thickest
ever known. In no place Was it less
than three-eighths of an inch in thick
ness, and hi most places it was half all
inch thick. The usual thickness of
man's skull is less than one-fourth of an
inch. ltuloff's head was opened in the
usual way, by parting the scalp over
tile lop o f the head, from one ear
to the other, and sawing off flue top.—
The surgeons who performed the opera
tion say It required three-quarters of an
hour to saw around the skull, and be
fore it was completed they began to
think the head was all skull. With the
protection of a skull half an inch thick,
and a scalp of the thickness and tough
ness of .a rhinoceros rind, the man of
seven murders was provided with a
natural helmet that would have defied
the force of any pistol bullet. if he had
been Mirick's place; the bullet would
have made only a slight wound ; and
had he been provided with a culls vera
equal to his scalp, his defensive armor
against bullets would have been as com
plete as a coat of mail.
The cords in Ituloff's neck were as
heavy and strong us those of an ox, and
from his formation, ono would almost
suppose that lie was protected against
death from the gallows as well as by in
jury to his head. Ituloffr's body was
larger then it was supposed to be by
costal observers. The Sheriff ascertain
ed when he took the measure of the
prisoner for a coffin to bury him in, that
he was five feet mid teu Inches In height,
and measured 19 inches across his shoul
ders. When in good condition his weight
was about 175 pounds. It Is very well
known that Ruloff's grave was opened
three different times lust Friday night by
d from n tparties who wanted to obtain his
head. One of these parties was from Al
bany,and twice the body was disinterred
by persons living in Blngliampton. One
company would no sooner cover up the
body, which :all found headless, and
leave it, than another company would
conic and go through the same opera
tion. It is now known that the head
was never burled with the body, but
was legally obtained before the burial,
by the surgeons whO have possesi3ion of
it. 'rho hair and beard were shaved off
close, and au excellent Impression
plaster was taken of the whole head. ,
The brain is now undergoing a harden- :
ing process, and when Wails completed,.
an Impression will be taken of It entire,
and then it will bo parted, the different
parts weighed, and impressions made
of the several sections.
Colonel Burr having been arrested in
Mississippi, thou a Territory, was taken
before the District Court. Tt therefore
became necessary for the United States
Attorney, George Poindexter, after
yvards United States Senator to come
to Richmond as a witness, lie rode all
the .way on horseback and was not ex
amined for two days after hie arrival.
lie thus had time to .note and consider
the manner in which witnesses were
used by the counsel for the defence.
While on the stand, Mr. Wirt asked him
whet the practice was in Mississippi; to
Which he replied, " We endeavor to fol
low the 'Common law of Etigland' . *r.Y.
closely.!' ,
Luther :Martin thereupon satr.‘teti-.
rally said, "I reckon it is very, cowmen
law you have in. Mississippi." The,
witness said nothing for a moment, and
a death-like - stillness pervaded the
court-room.'' Then, turning*. to , the
Chief Justice, •he said: "I have -
deed the treatment of witnesses this.
case, and „I, waiti4 when insulted joat
now, fog' the Court to protect 'me but
it did mot, and I mow tell counsel that I
A young manivery ambitious of police shall hold them personally. responsible
promotion,. , was, called •on a few days outer Court for ,every word of 'affront .
since by a New Orleans • Commissioner offered, me here:"` ,
The Chief . Justice,
to know hew, he wouldlike the deter , Mr. Drewsays, remarked ithat he had
tive business. ' ' ' 4 of the
' ex.anahnition - and' if gentlemen 'would
4 130 ' tl' theprivileges
ye yea anyAu , ea ons for pera , anscen
the hns)lneiii,P , ' inquired the,police. Oil- of counsel , they =nit' take the eonee
oibl.' quences.
.
Quallfleatlonel Well I should think The jury 'brought ly. a verdict, which
Josh Billings diecoumes thus on the
" Milner Horn :" This Is the oldest
and most sakred, horn there iz. It iz
set tew musik, and plays . " Home Sweet
Horne t " about noon. It has bin listen
ed tew with more rapturous delight
than' even • Graffulal's band has.. Yu
kau hear it further than yu ken one ov
Mr. ROdratm's guns. It will arrest a
'Riland bring him in quicker than a
sheriff'S warrant. It ken- ontfoot 'eny
other noise. It kauzes the deaf to hear
and the dumb to shout for joy!—
Glorious- old Instrument!. Long, may
yure lungs last 1 1, ' . ; •
so !" re'plied the embryo VidOeq, in
.a
confidential tone.
"What are they—shrewdness, sagaci
t74.l73;vitia no, t? fdr—llve been a thief my.
self."
[From the Richmond Enquirer, fay 15
The Trial of Aaron Burr.
Recollections of an Octogenarian—
Scenes and Incidents.
Saturday, Thomas Harrison Drew, of
this city, was eighty-six years of age.—
He came to Richmond to reside No-:
vember Ist, 1800, from Cumberland, his
native county, and is the only survivor'
of those who took part in the memor
able trial of Aaron Burr in this city, in
the summer of 1807, or treason against
the United States. He was the father
in-law of the late Dr. Deane, and is Con
nected to various prominent citizens of
Richmond. Though thus advanced in
years, Mr. Drew's memory in regard to
the events of by-gone times is remark
able. He came to our office Saturday
by invitation, and gave us a lengthy ac
count of his recollections of the Burr
trial, from which we condense what
follows :
A TR I P THROTIMI THE WILDERNESS TN
SEARCH or A VENIRE.
On the let ofJuly, 1808, he qualified
as _Deputy United titates Marshal, under
Joseph Scott, then United States Mar
shal for Virginia, and at once started
for Wood county to summon a venire
for the trial of Aaron Burr, who had
been previously indicted for treason by
a grand jury, of which John Randolph,
or Roanoke, was foreman. Wood county
was the nearest point to Blannerhas
sett's Island, where the overtact of trea
son was charged to have been commit
ted. Mr. Drew described at length the
incidents of his trip, his difficulties in
obtaining the required number of ve
nirenten, and his return to Richmond.
He reached Riclimmul, Friday, Au
gust Ctli, and on Monday, 9th, the I rial
or Aaron I turr commenced.
BEIM
tin Monday morning, when Court
opened, every man of
o the twelve an
swered to their names, and Col. Burr
vied with his counsel, Messrs. Wick
loon, lienjantin, Botts, Jack Baker,
John Lee, of Alexandria, and Luther
Martin, of Maryland, in etThrts to
~ e t from these uncouth and unlettered
yen iremen admissions which would dis
qualify them. The first man called was
named Creek, (there were three of this
name summoned) and all manner of
questions were asked him.. In response
to one, he said it tress reported in his
neighborhood that Col. Burr was too
intimate with Mrs. Blannerhasset.—
The Creeles went originally from Prince
county, and were rejected, as
were all the rest of the twelve, except
an Irishman, Morrison, because they
had either made up or expressed an
opinion as to the guilt of the accused.
Morris was asked why it was that every
body else in his.ueighborhood had form
ed an opinion in regard to Col. Burr's
alleged treason except himself, to which
he replied, that one day lie had heard
one thing and the next day the reverse,
and not knowing which to believe he
had formed no opinion. Finding that
he could not be gotten rid of by that
process, Col. Burr remarked excitedly,
that I resort to the peremptory chal
lenge. Morrison, with strong Irish
brogue as he left the stand, remarked,
my name is a terror to you. Morrison's
Christian name was Rain Won.
.No jury having been gotten, Mr. Drew
says, Chief Justice Marshall told me to
take charge of Col. Burr, and remain
with him. I carried him, as arranged,
to the corner of IC hall and Broad streets,
where Keiningbam now keeps. The
i‘oobillut yrkl then only forty-live feet
bleep. COI. burr OCCLlplell Llic ft, , ELG up
stairs room over the store, and I that in
rear of it. There were wooden bars
across the windows of his room, but they
were only put there for appearance sake.
I was allowed a guard of three men. I
remained with him every /light' during
the lung time it took to get a jury, and
got up at all hours of the-night. His
room was open, the weather being very
warm, and I could always see ldm as I
passed his door.. I never found him
asleep, strange to say, but once. I - lis
eyes, which were dark and piercing,
seemed ever open and on the lookout.
TWO 31:1101tS gOTTEN IN nicumosn
A great number or persons were sum
moned in Richmond, but only two com
petent jurors were obtained—Colonel
Edward Carrington, an ex-Mayor, and
Colonel Lambert, rather of the late May
or of that name. The country around
was scoured iii every direction, and a
jury finally- obtained—anion the jurors
being Col. Hugh Mercer, of Fre'dericks
burg ; Isaac Curd and Blakey, of Hen
rico ; Col. Coleman, of Halifax; John
Mosby Shepherd, of Hanover; Christo
pher Anthony, of Lynchburg ; and Col.
E. E. Parker, afterwards judge of one of
the lower counties.
These are all Mr. Drew could recall.
He was subsequently sent to Hanover
to summon Judge William Brocken
hrough.
WHERE THE JURY WAS. QUA IZTERED
Colonel Burr's meals were sent from
the Swan 'tavern, on Broad, near Ninth,
and the jury were boarded at the same
house. They were seventeen days and
nights in the Capitol, occupying the old
Senate Chamber (the floor of which
gave way in April last, occasioning the
terrible disaster), and the rooms now
changed and occupied by the Superin
tent of Public Instruction.
One morning during the trial Mr.
Drew went to the postoflice, then on
Tenth, between Main and Cary, about
where Ainslie's shops now stand, and
the postmaster informed hint that from
an inscription made on the back of a let
ter by the postmaster of New York, he
had learned that a vessel had arrived
there from Havana which met the New
Orleans packet going into that port with
General Wilkinson and staff on board,
who were en route for Richmond to.at
tend ;the Burr trial. Mr. Drew men
tioned this, and it reached General Jack
son's ears, who was then stopping at the
old Washington Tavern (now the Mon
umental). Old Hickory, it was said,
thereupon remarked that Wilkinson
would never coins to Richmond while
he washers—using a pretty strong figure,
us was his habit, to give expression to
his opinion. The General did • come,
however, two days afterwards, and as
tonished the city by the glitter and glare
of his epaulettes and elaborately decora
ted unitorm. Ho testified in the ease,
but General Jackson did not—why, Mr.
Drew never heard.
ITENSTEM
George Hay, United States District
Attorney, who lived where Dr. Beale
now resides, was assisted in the prose
cution by Alexander Mcßae and the
celebrated Wm. Wirt, of Richmond.
Mr. Drew seemed to warm up as he
spoke of the effect of Wirt's famous ef
fort on the occasion—the like of which
he has never since heard. Mr. Wick
ham said it was like n lady so covered
with flounces and furbelows that her
beauty was concealed. Gel. Burr took
an active part in questioning witnesses,
and frequently usurped the dutleirof his
counsel.. The witnesses were shown no
mercy, and a course of treatment was
practised. towards them which would
not bu tolerated in our day.
THEY CATCH A TARTAR.
4 k 4 TER, PA. WEDITESDAT MORNING JUNE 7, 1871.
waa not in the usual form of guilty or
not guilty, but that, from the evidence
before them, they could not find the
prisoner-guilty. Colonel Burr was in
diglitti,ti and complained with great
A - diScusston of several hours
followed, but the Chief Justice refused
to interfere, and the verdict was record
ed as•first written. It was then deter
mined, on motion Of Mr. Hay, to hold
the prisoner to bail to answer the charge
of having committed treason against
the United States in Ohio.
The result of the matter was that bail
in the sum of $20,000 was required, and
the Chief Justice agreed to meet him at
Mr. Call's ofUe, where the Valentine
House now stands, at 7 o'clock, and take
his bond for that amount. In the mean
time he was placed in .Mr. Drew's cus
tody,and taken to the corner of Seventh
and Broad. Judge Marshall was at the
place as agreed at 7, and waited until 7/1
o'clock, but Col. Burr and sureties not
appearing, he went to the Belt Tavern,
now the St. Charles to a ball given In
honor of Mrs. Jamelurry.
Colonel Burr, in cji tody of Mr. Drew,
Went at 8 to Mr. Call's, with Luther
Martin and Dr. Cummings as his bonds
men, and not finding the Chief Justice
there, he railed outrageously, saying
that he had no business being at a ball
at such a time; that lie had tried dur
ing the trial to please both parties, and
had succeeded in pleasing neither. The
party returned to the corner of Seventh
and Broad, where Mr. Drew sat up all
night watching his prisoner: Mr. All
ston, of South Carolina, who married
Colonel Burr's only daughter, was at
the time at the same house. The secu
rity was given the next morning, and
it will be remembered that Col. Burr
never appeared before Court in Ohio.
Blannerhassett, who Mr. Drew de
scribes as old and ugly, was confined In
the penitentiary for safe-keeping, and
was, at his request, brought to court in
a carriage by Mr. Drew. When they
reached a point in the road where Col.
Ordway's house now stands, something
suggested his once beautiful home in
the Ohio, and he said, "You didn't go
'to the Island, when you were in Wood;
and you Said, I believe, you wouldn't
like to live there t"' Receiving an al
firmative answer,Blannerhassettreplied
"No gentleman would care to live
there." Mr. Drew says he saw a mag
nificent chess-board in a log cabin in
Wood, bought nt the Sheriff's unction
of Blannerhassett's effects. He would
never pay a debt unless forced by law.
That was his reputation among his
neighbors.
Jonathan Dayton was here at the trial,
and a warrant was issued for his arrest
and given to Mr. Drew, who found him
in a brick house with a Dutch roof, on
Main, between , First and Foust/et
streets, belonging to a colored man
named Matt Anderson. He escaped
through the back way and wa s not eap
tured..
Horsemanship
" On which side of a lady-equestrian
should her escort ride, and why?" is
the question that came to me front a
pleasant " Neighborhood Club " in one
of our suburban towns, which is but
little less, in fact, than an extension of
Fifth Avenue into the hills of West
chester.
The cavalier, to be in the right,sbould
be on the left.. If on the right, he is in
the wrong. In other words, the gen
tleman should always be at the lady's
Lift hand, having her on his right. 1
us: the word always In Its full force,
applying it to all countries, whatever
the local law of the road (excepting on
ly momentary exigencies), and to both
styles of riding, whether the barbarous,
awkward, and dangerous sideway style
for which we are said to be indebted to
Ann of Bohemia, or the easy, safe, and
mode I,s, ti, wirn 11111 i
daughters of the Turkish paella, the
Tartar chief, the South-American
Gaucho, ' or the North-Amerlcan
Comanche, and, within a few years, by
the wife of 11 President a Peru and
other ladies of Lima.
And now for the why.
To meet this branch of the question,
let us start from first principles.
Until the fashion changes—and it is
likely to last some years longer—a man's
right hand is his handiest hand. It
may be called his working hand, the
left his ko/div hand, on saddle-duty.—
On. horseback, then, the left becomes
the bridle-arm, while the right Js free
for " detached service" with lasso,
lance, sabre, or riding-whip..
The theory of horsemanship holds
that, in riding, and especially in riding
with a lady, the man is master of his
steed, and, under all ordinary efreuth
stances,' can guide and control hint with
his hridlehaud alone, leavini , hiS right
arm free for any service that" may , re
quire it. It also assumes that he rides,
not merely to accompany the lady, but
but to protect and assist her in any
emergency. And this assumption is
an admission not only of his supposed
superior mastership of his horse and
greater strength, but of his more natur
al, and, therefore, safer seat in the sad
dle.
-
His duty, then, being to guard and
aid the lady with his best arm, where
should the horseman be placed to ren
der the most efficient service? Unques
tionably at the lady's /cf/ hand, where
she is within the readiest and most ef
fective reach of his right. Riding in
that position, he can - readily place his
hand on her bridle-rein, anti aid in con
trolling her horse without interfering
with the management of his own. He
can converse with her more comforta
bly for herself, as she can, from her po
sition in the saddle, easily turn her head
to her left, while turning it to her right
would be awkward and irksome.
On her left he protects her riding
skirt from the contact of passing veil-.
cies, to which, under our law of the
road, she is exposed if he rides on her
left; and he also prevents her skirt
from flying in the wind. At her left
he is in the best position to prevent her
falling from the horse, whether from .
the horse's " betting" or " shying,"
one against the other, or from the turn
ing of her saddle through slackened
or breaking girths, as, with her side
way seat and the pressure of her foot
oil the stirrup, her saddle is very much
more likely to turn to the left—toward
him—than to the right. This turning
of the saddle, through carelessness of
grooms, or the slackening of girths after
horse has been ridden a while, is by
DO menus infrequent, but, in my own
experience, 1 have never known an in
stance of its turning to the right.
Again, riding at the lady's left, her
escort is in the only proper place to
render effective aid In case of a frac
tious or runaway horse, either by a
powerful hold on her bridle-rein, or, in
the last emergency, by throwing his
strong right arm around her and lifting
her from her saddle.
This lust feat is almost. if not abso
lutely, impossible while riding at the
lady's right. To say nothing of having
to use, in such an attempt, the compar
atively weak and awkward left arm,
1 1 the lady's person and long skirt would
have to be drawn over and across the
side saddle and the back of the horse.—
Oa the other hand, from her left, with
the strong right arm to support her, she
has only to clear her right leg from the
saddle-horn, drop her reins, and—lift
ed easily from her seat—her horse pass
es on from under her.
I have not only practised this in
teaching a young lady to ride, but I
have seen it handsomely done in actual
runaway experience on the road. The
lady's horse ran, her saddle turned—to
the left, of course—and the pursuing
cavalier galloped up on the side, threw
his right arm around - her, cleared her
her from her horse, and landed her un
harmed on the ground.
The minor reasons sometimes urged
against the gentleman's riding en the
left, or why he should ride at the right
Of the 'lady, are scarcely worthy of 're
mark. AS there is no telling when the
contingency may arise: requiring his
best and most, knightly servicei , the
mOunted cavalier a houldi gOnatiler
-belt as strictly on duty and be ,always
at. his proper post.. All lesser Consider
ations should give way to that. 'llion
'the lady'S right he cannot tundst. her as
effeetiv'elylis when she is 'on his Tight:
'He cannot sells her' bridle-rein, except
by creasing his right. arm awkwardly
over--his left, or by shifting ,his . own
reins and .giving his weaker left hand.
to ber service, and he cannot draWher,
fromher saddle and' across her own.
horse with his left.
Some urgethat onherleft he Is likely .
to be Crowded unpleasantly or dangerr,
, ously against thelady's feet. ,Not very
likely, if he. is he
hordes, as. they should be, .trained. to
.their work. lt is assurned,tlutt he is , a
horseman, or he should' not' be riding
With ladies, and, if he Is, he can readily
keep his horse in proper position ;,and,
if he does strike against her horse her
from her left, he can hardlY„cau.se
her to fall, which she might readily
do in a similar case from herrigh.t.
The objection that, belngoh her left,
he is likely to soil her skirt, is not worth
notice. The idea of the skirt is that it
is' mere over-all (often literally such,
even now, in the country) of some inex
pensive material to keep her dress from
soiling, and a well-groomed horse is not
likely to soil it seriously.
The mistaken practice, so long in
vogue in New York, of having the gen
tleman ride on the lady's right, is sup
posed to be a senseless imitation of the
alleged English habit in that respect. I
say senseless imitation, because, if such
is the English fashion, we have adopted
it in disregard of the fact that their law
of the road is "Keep to the left," and
they ride on her right, it is said, to pro
tect the lady from passing vehicles.— I
But, if such is the English custom.
hold it to be wrong, despite their law of
the road. In "keeping to the left," so
that meeting vehicles pass her on her
right, a lady-equestrian is not particu
larly exposed, as there is no skirt on that
side to catch, and her horse will look
out for himself that he is not struck.—
There is, therefore, small need for her
cavalier there.
•
Niece the opening of our Central Park
I am pleased to note that some of our
New 2. ork equestrians are dropping the
eockneyisin of having* the lady on the
left. There are more out who know
how to ride itrfd - Where to ride.
To recapitulate. My answer, then, to
the club question is, in brief,lllWthe
gentleman should ride on the lady's eft'
because it is where his aid is most re
quired and can be best rendered. It is
his only proper position as a true horse
man on escort duty with ladies.
Our law of the road, horsewomanship,
ladies' saddle-horses, and bridles and
bits, are branches of this subject on
which I may venture a note or two
livroafter. A. STEELE I
Salt lake City
Brigham 1 oung mod II i. Wives
The Economical Blunders of Mormon
orrt,p”oduner of the N. V. Eventing Post.]
OODEN, May 3, 1371.
When we arrived at tins place,•day
before yesterday, a singular piece of
good fortune befell us. Mr. Hooper, the
Utah delegate in Congress, came down
with us, as I think 1 mentioned in a
previous letter. When the train got in
we found that Brigham Young, many
of his elders and chief officers, and their
wives and daughters, had come up from
Salt Lake City, to welcome Mr. Hoop
er, and accompany hint home. They,
with their band and singers, tilled two
cars, and by the intervention of Mr.
Hooper another car, containing the
party of General Franchot, of the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad was taken on as
I
part of this train. V General Fran
chot's kindness my own little party was
taken along; and we had hardly start
ed, on the special train, when Mr.
Hooper asked us all into Mr. Young's
car, and we were presently introduced
to what somebody culled " all the no
bility" of Salt Lake.
I believe the ladies of our party never
thought to find themselves in such
strange quarters. After some general
greetings we were seated in the two
ears for our ride of thirty-nine miles to
Salt Lake City ; and being properly in
troduced, fell as naturally into conver
sation as though we had been in New
York. Brigham Young President
Young he is formally called when you
are presented, but Brother. Brigham his
people often call him—took a seat be
side one of the ladies of our party, with
two others in front of him, and con
versed affably all the way down. Airs.
a 01.1116 r..n i••
clever person, well made up in every
way. Mrs. Youngl mean another
Mrs: Young, also handsome and clever
--was seated beside another gentleman,
I believe six or seven of Mr. Young's
wives were distributed through the cars
and quite a number of his'childreu.
.1 will say that we passed a very pleas
ant two hours; and that, for my own
part, is all I can say. Of courseme un
derstood that we might have remained
In Salt Lake City six months and trot
have seen as flinch of the saints and
their families as we saw here on the
train. Of course we were dying With
curiosity to ask endless questions and
draw out our strange travelling corn
pan inns. But of course being ladles and
gentlemen we conducted ourselves as
such ; and as they ou the other side
werenot u u n aturally—goarded, I have
very little to tell you after all.
Brigham Young is a tall, stout, full.
faced, robust man, who looks more like
a hearty beef.eating Englisir•squire
than anything else—until you come to
look into his pale blue, keen eyes.—
'then lie looked to me like a man ex
tremely on his guard, and a man capa
ble of showing his teeth. He wore
black, with a silk hat, and carried
loosely about his neck—the day being
a little cool—a somewhat Conspicuous
rose-colored scarf. This color was worn
also by one of his wives.
Mr. Young talked very freely with
the ladies near whom he eat, explain
ing to them the methods of irrigating
the laud, the extent of his preaching
tours, and the value of Salt Lake in the
future. Mrs. Young—Mrs. Amelia
Young, I suppose she might be called—
explained to me in like manner many
objeCts of interest along the road. Once
only she touched upon polygamy—and
then in the most casual manner. Seeing
some Indians, I asked if the saints had
made anything of these people, she re
plied that the girls, if taken early and
trained, make excellent and faithful
servants. " Mr. Young," said she, "lam
had one iu his hefts° for many years,
she is a very good woman, and would
not return to her people." I proceeded
to ask some further particulars about
the Indian woman, to which Mrs.
Young replied, with not the least em
barrassment, " I can't tell you ; she is
not my servant; site lives with another
of Mr. Young's wives"—sister Eliza, I
think she said—" who is not here to
day."
To one of our ladies a daughter of Mr.
Young related that her father hail
tifty-five children; that lie was a
very good and indulgent father; that
he could not very well meet them
all together at every meal, and there
fore took breakfast with one-half of
them, and then with the other half.
One Mrs. l'oung related to some of
our ladies that Alr. Young takes no
dinner, hut only two meals per day.
Ho breakfasts at the Beehive house,
and takes tea at theLlon house. These
are his two principal houses. She added
that all his wives dono not live in these
houses, some having houses of their
own ; and Mr. Young goes occasionally
to take a meal with one or the other of
these.
A Miss Young added that her father
Is fond of dancing, and an excellent
dancer (he Is only seventy years of age,
you know); and that balls are given In
the theatre and elsewhere, occasionally,
where ho dances with great liveliness.
I heard this, too, from others; he seem
ed to me heavy and slow-motioned for
a dancer, but he is an extremely well
preserved man, with the florid.com
plexion of a person who lives muck out.
of doors.
We had just passed through Echo and
Webber Canyons, and the Devil's (late
—mile after mile of the grandest, strang
est and rudest Scenery—like a Jong
opium dream ; and,now, on our way to
Halt Lake City, all this was changed,.
and we were enchanted by a gentler as
pect of nature—distant mountain peaks,
their snowy tops seen across the broad
'expanse of the lake; the beautiful Rock
Island in the lake, andaltogether every
thing lovely and lnvltifig - Where before
it was grand and forbidding. ' • '
A . ,threes.' or - four 'hamlets abov, o the
road 'the',train Was, stopyied, and:the
Country children,'ratiged• iti,litie, efier.
übby boys and girle, with bannerstke a,
klunday-tichool proceitiiiin in the'border
parts otout country, , tock.Olf ..their bath '
and cheered their delegate,lir..Tietiper,.
who responded in. a very. few,gmtefub
words—words which had a carlous i atml.
:tome,: not ,unpleashnt .01d 'Testament' .
tone,-ft loather , returning:LE° , -his, kin
dred fram , afaioff, blessingaod , that he
finds all.nafet.sind: commending. all .63 ,
the, (*id who has built.,, ,eur,zioe.
• - ,te, the evetilng our Whdlefphity was
:invited to r the' theatre, •viliefel, easy ;the,
celploated'zneklitg-chairL*pedhibriti
"of the al4es—ort'which 'rating siti; 'and'
his o W hpriVate, bOx',, :which wee-dean
/4e41?,Y ralleor tei(youpglirleittedOme
young'nen; wile, we - were - told" were:
.Rrig
lie& daughters took' preinitenif faith 'ln
.In
the ay. The house wag' 'thfin 4 ,'"and
during the performance three officers
MMM
.
Quietly remOved an escaped prisoner,
who had sought safety in the theatre.
The nest day, of course, we saw the
lions of Salt Lake City. The place is laid
out with very broad streets, and lies on
a hillside. What strikes you as a pleas
ant arrangement is that down every
gutter a torrent of water rushes. This is
fur irrigation, and is turned off into the
gardens by the way, doing its work by
the watchful care of "Water-Masters,"
in turn for every one, poor and rich
alike.
The dwellings are generally small,
mostly of adobe, or unburned brick, and
placed in gardens, in which fruit-trees
of various kinds were budding aud blos
soming: T ate here apples better by far
than any I have tasted for years in the
East ; and Salt Lake is famous for its
fine peaches, pears and apples. In one
garden I saw strawberry plants in mag
nificent condition, and the fruit-trees
everywhere looked very healthful,
though they have now for five years suf
fered from grasshoppers.
In the upper part of the city—some
what overlooking it, and speading along
almost its whole breath—lie first the
Tabernacle, then the vast granite foun
dations of the Temple, then the Tithing
House and (jealously enclosed in a high
wall of stone) Brigham Young's houses,
and further on his stables, his woolen
mills, and the houses of some of his
wives.
This enclosure, within which you get
peeps only, through one or two narrow
and half-closed doors, and which you
cannot overlook from any convenient
hlace above, has the air of an eastern
arem. All Is still and ,apparently life
less within. The two largest houses
are marked, one by a beehive and the
other by a lion, and with an odd frank
ness, If it was not mere heedlessness,
Brigham has put over the gate which
leads to his enclosure and to his factor
ies, a beehive in the claws of an enor
mous and rapacious-looking eagle.
As I mean to be in some sort a guide
for those who may travel this is ay here
after, I may as well say here that Salt
Lake need not hold any mere pleasure
traveller more than a day. 'You can
drive allover it in two hours; and when
you have seen Tabernacle—an admire-
By-arranged and very ugly build
ing—which contains an organ, built
in Salt Lake by an English work
man, a Mormon named Ridges, which
organ is second in size only to tile Bos
ton organ, and far sweeter in tone than
the organ. of Plymouth Church ; the
menagerie within Brigham Young's en
closure, which contains several bears,
some lynxes and wild cats, natives of
these mountains, and a small but valu
able collection of minerals and Indian
remains, and of the manufactures of the
Mormons, the temple block, and enjoy
ed the magnificent view, which is
seen from the back of the city, of the
valley and the suow-capped peaks
which lie on the other side—a view
which you carry with you, all over tile
place, you have done Salt Lake City,
and have time if you have risen early u'
bathe at the sulphur spring. The lake
lies too far away to be visited in one
day. If you stop, as our party did, at
the Mormon hotel, the Townsend
House it Is called, you will find all
abundance of good food, admirably
cooked, and plainly but well served;
and you may perhaps, if you keep your
eyes open, see an active-looking, vigor
ous young woman eating her breakfast
alone, who is one of the three wives of
the proprietor. Scandal relates that
this one manages the cooking and ser
vice—one of tile others being too old,
and another too pretty, to work. Thus
at the Townsend you may chance to get
a peep at Mormoudom.
For my part, I rose—thanks to the
boisterous care of a friend—at 5 o'clock,
walked over nearly the whole place be
tween that hour and eight, and drove
over it all again later in time day, and I
vricNoomc
impression it made upon Me.
Ln the first place, considering what all
inytherise 'quantity of good land there is
in these' United States, I should say that
Brigham Young made . what they call in
till West ."ti mighty .poor laud specula
tion" for his people. "If we should stop
irrigation for ninety days, not a tree,
shrub or vine would remain alive in our
country," said a Mormon to me as I
walked through his garden. "Not a tree
grew in our plains when we came here,
and we had and have to haul' our wood
and timber fourteen to twenty unites, out
•of the mountains," said another. The
soil, though good, is full of stones, and
saw a terraced garden of about three
acres, built up against the hill-side,
which must have cost ten or • twelve
thousand dollars to prepare.
Tint is to say, Young took his people
a thousand miles through a desert to
settle them in a valley where every acre
most have cost them in labor and mon
ey to get it ready for agrictiltural use, I
should say, not less than from one to
two hundred dollars: An Illinois, or
lowa, or Missouri, or Minnesota farmer
who paid a dollar and a quarter an acre
for his land in those (lays got a better
farm, ready made to his hand, than
these people got from Brigham, their
leader, only after the experience of un
told hardships (which we will not now
count in), and of at least one hundred
atiffprobably two hundred dollars' worth
of laborper acre when they reached their
destination. • •(..-
The whole settlement of Salt Lake
City tells of this. There is an air of
Strain and hardship about everything.
After twenty-five years of hard work,
unceasing industry, their houses ire
small and mean ; their gardens are bad
ly kept ; the whole place has the cheap,
shabby and temporary look of a new
settlement. The tabernacle is a huge, a
vast building ; it. will ac :m=o,l:fie
thirteen thousand people with seats;
but the plaster is rough ;'the pews—
models of comfort in their shape—are
unpainted; the magnificent organ,
which it took live years and a half to
build, has a case very well shaped, but
of shabbystained pine ; and in the whole
city, the high wall around Brigham
Young's houses is tile only permanent
and respectable structure I saw—the
only evidence of luxury—for it is a sub
stantial wall.
Moreover, unless I am deceived, the
younger generation—the children of
Utah, show in their forms the bad fruit
of this hard life. They seemed to me,
as I studied them in the car coming
down, and on the streets next mottling,
under-sized, loose built, flabby. Cer
tainly
.t.he young girls were pale, and I
had unwholesome, waxy complexions. I
The young men were small and thin,
and looked weak. Now this is not—so
Gentiles here say—the result of polyg
amy; and I telleve this. It seemed to'
me more the result of poor living in the
early days • of a too-hard struggle with
life while these youths were babes.
I should say then that Brigham
Young,prophet and leader of his peo
ple, made a huge blunder when he
brought them so fur for so little. Moses
led his people through the wilderness,
but he landed them in Canaan; flowing
with milk and honey. Brigham was a
very poor sort of Moses.
But, said a Mormon to whom I gave
these impressions, " President Young's
object was to isolate the people from
the world, and this he accomplished."
Tel that I should-say polygamy was
.the only reason of the seclusion
of the Mormons If it {had not
been for polygamy every State was
open to the Mormons, and their
industry and thrift would have
been welcomed in Missouri, • lowa of
Minnesota. It Is to polygamy, then,
that the long journey and the lasting
hardshllis,,the toe ,severo toil, the un
dersized children have to be charged.
Well, Mot one-tenth of the men in
• Utah are, or can afford to be, polygam
_ _ .
Polygamy is in tho nature of things,
like slavery, an aristocratic institution.
Brigham Young can afford sixteen
wives; a prosperous hotel-keeper can
afford three; a merchant may, If he
does well, support several women; but
the laborer ' the farmer, the poor man,
struggling to make himilelf a home,
cannot affordto undertake to make him
self 'alialf-tkezen homes' for half a dozen'
wives. •
should Etly, then, that it is for the.
luxury of the favored few, for YoUng,
for lifS, elders mid ceensellora 'and the
- Prosperous Mormon leaders; in order
that they might gratify their bestial
, propenalties, that .this cruel migration
waeset on foot; ,!Lckd this is the only
plea which nrighani Young can, offer,
to shielithirn frein'the charge of a dis
giadeful blunder. '
And now, .if he lives to be eighty, he
will see his whole system crumble. The
Utah- ItailrouLciud the Utah silver,
mines are killing polygamy, and when.
.that breften up,, Mormonism, no lon
ger peculiar, win'takein Inconspicu.
ous place [among , the religions - of our
continent. A friend said to me this
afternoon : " r saw a great 'change in
Salt Lake since I was there three years
ago. The place is free ; people no lon
ger speak in whispers. Three years
ago it was unsafe to speak aloud in Salt
Lake City about Mormonism. and you
were warned to be cautions. Now the
(lentile may say what he likes."
But Brigham has great influence over
his people. Here is an impressive ex
ample of it, as also of the way In which
he uses it ; some years ago an outlying
settlement of Mormons was formed, near
what they believed to be the Montana
border but safely within Utah. With
the patient industry of these people they
made themselves comfortable homes,
planted, as is their way, vinesand fruit
trees and gardens, and having conquer
ed the wilderness, began to be prosper
ous. This year their vines were to bear
their full crop, and they looked forward
with joy to the event. Six months ago
a new survey of the State line showed
this settlement to lie within Montana.
The news was carried to Brigham
Young. Three months ago the whole
of these Mormon settlers abandoned
their pleasant homes, leaving behind
houses, tilled lauds, fruit-trees, vines, all
that their patient labor had created, and
at Young's orders returned to Utah.
That is Mormonism. C. N.
==!
Jefferson Davis, who is traveling through
the South on business connected with the
Life Insurance Company of which he is
President, and ,is everywhere enthusiasti
cally received and compelled to hold public
receptions and deliver addresses, made a
speech at Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, May
27th, from Which, as faithful chroniclers of
the events of the day, we make the follow-'
ing extracts, embodying its salient points:
There are many things which I might
say to you to night, my friends, but which
1 feet it would be imprudent for me to
utter. 11 . 1 should speak to you of the past
I should speak of memories that are sad.
If I should speak to you of the present it
would be to recount a tale of tyranny and
wrong that we have not the power to re
dress, and under which, therefore, it is
more manly and noble for us to fold our
arms and suffer with quiet and patient dig:
pity. If 1 speak of the future, then, lam
liable to be misrepresented, and you hold
responsible Mr every speculation that 1
may chance to utter. But, toy friends, as I
stand hero to-night and look upon your
kindly, honest faces, I feel that there are
a few plain worda that may be reecho.°
by yon as the expression of my
opinion in regard to the future. Then,
I say, I despair not of your liberty. I de
spair not of the triumph of liberty. I believe
that truth will live eternally, and that
wrong cannot always endure. When Gal
ileo was bound to the torture-rack for aS -
serting his theory that the world was a
globe, and turned upon its axis, and was
there forced to recant, as soon as the screw
WWI relaxed lie cried out of the deep and
irresistible convictions of his soul, "lint
still it moves." And so the groat truths
uttered by your fathers still live, and the
principles they enunciated, and for which
they contended, still move, and will once
more be felt, if you will but be true to the
right. Let no ono say that I counsel a re
covery and an enjoyment of these princl
)les by the red hand of battle. 1 trust that
L intty not be misrepresented upon this
point. I shall die in the firm faith and be
lief that the era of truo liberty will erelong
claWn upon the South. If they who carried
the victorious banner and exulted in the
strength of their triumph could have
known, when you came forward;and said
that you had given up your arms and wore
now ready to submit to the laws of the
land, and could have undorstbod how true
your word was, how high were your prin
ciples of honor, it would not have been
necessary to exact harsh pledges and to
ItaMli oppressive laws to bind you. Peace
ful, then, you are desirous of heingto-day;
peaceful you have been, peaceful you are
ever. When human patience has smile
times given way, there are those who
sometimes take the law into their own
hands, because there is no justice to be se
cured iu any other way ; but thesearoMore
"...pardon/4. There is no orchid
ration in the South—there never was—
whose purpose is resistance to the Govern
ment. (A voice—" That's so.") Though
we are compelled to submit to the presence
of power, yet our manhood and our soil
respect can be preserved. Peace is what
w•e hope for, peace we desire,,and peace we
will have. I have nothing to soy to you
to-night of politics, and, mylriends, I hope
you have nothing to do with them. You
1155'0 political power, and its exercise is
only postponed' until the coming of that
event which I certainly 'anticipate—the
restoration of your constitutional rights.
(Applause.) Let us, then, stand still and
quietly await developments. The men of
the North, like yourselves, love their goy
eminent and understand their rights, and
men of the North havo 'no Mod of surren
dering in their own Country thoso great
bulwarks of constitutional liberty—the
right of trial by jury, the right to elect
their own officers and the right to ',deter-
mine their owitinternal policy; and as soon
as their prejudices and hatred against the
South are removed, and they see that by
the unlawful action of those in power to
ward the Soffth these nacrod rights of their' 14
aro in danger o 4" being invaded, they will
become your 'adjuncts;• and you will
hold the balance of power; and in that,
hour your power will be great and your
success will be great. (Applause.) I have
said, and 1 here repeat it, that' despair not
of the restoration of our liberties. They are
j pot ours only; they aro equally the liPer
ties of the peopld of the North and the
South, and when they at the North see that
laws are made for their oppression, do you
, not believe that the men who have do- -
scent] ed from revolutionary Aires will raise
their voices against them? Do you not be
lieve that when they wine to look calmly'
upon the question between the North and-
South they will falan parties and platforins.
upon which you can stand? . And when
that hour mince then will come the fulfil
ment of the promised era of Constitutional
liberty, which I so contidedtl.l anticipate
and hope for to-day. I may not live to nee
it; but, if I do not, I shall die confidently
believing that it will come. I" know, my
friends, that in this I run counter to the
.feelings that are prevalent In different por
tions of our country, but I believe this Is
the true policy for the South to pursue at.
present. The South cannot hasten the day'
of her deliverance by attempting to assume
a leading part iu the politics of the country
to-day. Let her people quietly and earn-.
estly devote themselves to the work of Im
proving and building up their material
prosperity, leaving those who have the
power to settle those questions among
themselves, simply saying to them, "We
know our rights—know they aro in
vaded," and then wait patiently until we
see them divided and. at issue with
themselves, and Join the party and sup.'
port the candidate and the platform
that promises a restoration of constitu
tional liberty. It is then that you will hold
the balance of political power in your own
hands, and it is then that all your rights
will once more lie restored andguaranteed.
(Applause.) I have shaken hands with pol
ities. lam now engaged upon matters of
life insurance. (Laughter and applause.)
I would like to ,insure all ;your lives for a
hundred years. (Laughter and applause.)
I have therefore, my friends, very quietly
presented this opinion, which I entertain
upon the subject, that ins been the duty of
former years, but not of present years: 1
know f can do you no good. lam not on
gaged in public affairs, but I hope to do
you some good by showing the world that,
though I have retired from active pnblie
service, yet It la my purpose to serve you,
with head and heart and hand, as long as I
live, Your interest is mine—not In a
mere abstract and general sense but in
that devoted care which I have for your
welfare and happiness , and the only reward
I ask or seek is that I may live to see all
your political rights restored and the who le
South prosperous, Independent and happy.
1 (Applause) Therefore, in what I have said
I hate only spoken of what I consider the
best policy for the people of the South,
under the present circumstances, to pur
sue. Lot the people of the North take tare
of themselves. You went to war upon - the
same question for which your ancestors
and their's contended in the lira t revel ution
against the government of Great Britain--
the right of commercial independence or
State sovereignty. You succeeded in that
that war, and State sovereignty must
again be restored or else the republic of
werlea is a failure. DespotisM cannot be
exercised under a Republican form of gov
ernment, and, my friends, if you can but
wait all will be well. If any of us die be
fore the day !of peace .and liberty dawns,
-let us die in the faith that it will come at
last. The people of the North will never
surrender their rights; and when they see
the danger at home then they will-need
your aid!, and ; ;;Kill come to you, and then
you will he crowned with victory and tri
nrrriihrtilt eluocesi. VipPitidist). I. am not of
. those who "aceept .;the.,._ -situation."
I aeoeptnothipg, Them cant, phrases
ttiat we 'best' TIMM' about
the 'at ,so
rtatien" and' about our+
xlghtelusiring.beem Submitted to the "ar
bitramentof theeword".are but the excuses
,of Cowirds. (Appliiuse.) I admit that pow
er pritvailriiiiver adinit that 'that
polder is so great that it wciabi be ..feilY to
resist it, and therefore I am, in favor . ,..my-,
self, of being arxpliesoMt, and'ladirlee'yon .
to the same course,: Mit. I Ho not admit that
' 'our rights have ever .been submitted to
the
,rights'
of the , sword.., Who, bas
the power to submityour . liberties to
the arbitrament of battle? You never
delegated- :that" pit rer toyour.r.epresimta'•
Uses. ...T.iceyour Executive, never claimed
it; and never , dying of living, WIRT admit
it. (Applabse.) And-then, my friends;
about NUS much - talked of subject of "ac
cepting the situation." You are not called
NUMBER 23
upon to acknowledge that you have done
wrong unlestifyort fool It, I don't believe I
did any wrong, and therefore I don't ac
knowledge it. All that a government has
right to claim froin any of its subjects is
that they will quietly submit to the law.—
Liberty of law is their Inheritance, and
submission to the law as long as It is such
is their duty and their obligation, and it
should be their pride.
What Ex.-Governor Orr rays
Ex-Governor Orr, of South Carolina,
who used to be a Democrat, but who now
says be is "a kind of Republican," is at
present temporarily in Now York City,
where he has been interviewed by a re
porter of the Herald. We extract as fol
lows:
Invade Hampton and the other Oenerals
of the State,who have the conlidence of the
people would only declare themselves
against the Ku• Klux and their d mined
pranks, there would be peace at once.
Bat you see they won't. They are sore.
They have their backs up because they
were not enfranchised. Had they been
pardoned and given the franchise the Ku-
Klux would have had no existence, in our
State, at least. They aro sullen now, and
let the niggers, carpet-baggers, scalawags
and Ku-Klux send the State to the devil
their own way. It's a pity that a different
policy had not been pursued. If the re
construction of Johnson had been given a
fair trial there would be a different state of
affairs in the South toMay. A d eclaration
from Wade Hampton and the other
lienerals ; who have the eentidence of
the people that they acquiesced ill the
action of Congress, logger suffrage
and everything, and iionnsolled
sub
mission,
and there would be no more out
rages to bo reported. I',ut Why should they
to it? It is nothing to them. They don't
suffer. It Is a difficulty the earpet-baggers
made for themselves, and they must bear
it. Sir, the way the State is now run is aw
ful. The people are robbed right and left
and are being ruined isimpletely by the
swarm of Northern locusts that have settled
down In their midst. It is lamentable that
outrages should be committed by the citi
zens; hut the provocation is indeed great.
I am concerned for the State. We have
now a nigger majority of :;e,OOO and again s t
this we are powerless, as at present organ
ized. They rule and ruin as they please
because we are stupid enough to insist on
being recognized as lhanocrats.
Reporter,—You art a Itcpublioan Gov
ernor, are you not?
Air. Orr.—Well -yes; that is, I am a kind
of a Republican. 'I he only hope I see for
the State of South Carolina is for all hands
to declare themselves Republican. As
matters now stand the carpet-baggers and
niggers have everything their once way.
At election Hine when a good MAUI sincere
ly desires of supporting the government,
healing the bitterness of 11w hour and re
storing the State to her proper condition,
offers himself as a candidate for office ou
the Democratic ticket, lie is immediately
put down by some accursed scalawag or
field hand, the tool; or the scalawag, in
this fashion. "Who emancipated you?—
The niggers! Who enfranchised you ?
Who enabled yen to exercise your inalien
able right to ride on the ears with white
folks? Who shed their blood for you and
stand by you to-day? The Republicans!
Who fought against, you in the war to keep
you in slavery? Who want to annul the
emancipation proclamation and the laws
of Congress made for you by your friends?
Who want to re-enslave you? The Demo
crats." So the Democratic gentleman has
to take a back seat the :30,00u black ma
jority is rolled up for the scalawag, carpet
bag and nigger candidates, and we are as
before. ll' our people, sir, had the sense
to', go in with the niggers, declare them
selves resolved to mupport the amendments
to tho Constitution and the reconstruction
acts of Congress, and that henceforward
they would be Republicans, it would be all
up with the carpet-baggers ; the public nail
ces would be filled with men or responsi
bility and intelligence, and the State would
speedily recover. That is my policy for
South Carglina. We don't care anything
down there for Federal polities; our ar•
dent desire is to recover the State from the
sconndrols who are now running it.
Reporter—But suppose tho Democratic
party wins the Premidential light, would
not their triumph ho of lament to South
Carolina?
Mr. Orr Not at an. Tharp 14 that ati,ono
nigger majority ; wo have to gut rid of that
somehow. No matter what party wino in
tiro National eleution if will maketin differt
once to us. Should the Republicans win
wo will bo ns wo are. Perhaps, indeed, we
would Imve another army of unconsciona
ble Radical ruffians quartered upon us. If
the Demaperals win they cannot help us, for
the nullilleation of the amendments is out
of the question ; the infernal 30,000 nigger
majority will be there worse than over. No
sir ; wo inust all become Republicans and
so take the wind out of the rails of tho car
pet. baggers.
The PICIAton Mln og Morror—Coroner
IntiticPit—irertilet or the Jury
PITTSTON. • May 31.—The testimony a
the Coroner's Inquest was concluded las
night at about half-past eleven o'clock.—
Toe Jury were then locked up 'until twenty
minutes to four o'clock this morning, when
they returned the following verdict:
" We, the undersigned, jurors of the
Coroner's loquest upon the bodies of John
'Burroughs, Benjamin Jones, David Ed
wards and others, being duly sworn and
obligated, have agreed that the cane° of
death of the above mentioned persons was
from the effects of Impure air, caused by
improper ventilation in the West Pittston
mine, operated by Blake t Company, and
from the inhalation of the carbonic gas, the
result of the conflagration of the breaker
over the head of the shalt of said mine • that
when the breaker took lire there wore no
means for supplying the men with fresh
air, and they were subjected to the influ
ences of the foul air and poisonous guises.
The air in the mine continued its natural
course from ten to twenty minutes, when
neither fresh.. air came into the mine nor
.foul air wee oxpelled, and smoke and car
bonic add gas Were forced through the
shaft into the gangways and breasts;
that the fire was communicated to the
breaker from the friction of one of the
Jodi - nets of the fan in the breaker above
- the engine-room ; that Blake and Co. took
charge of the West Pittston mine on
or about January Ist, 1571; and, fur
thermore, there is but one al r-pas
sage for,fresh air to descend to the IlliflC,
and but ono passage for the escape of gas
and obnox lona air ; and that the said down
cast and rift-cast passages for fresh air and
foul air were through a shaft of two hun
dred and eighty feet in depth,having its
outlet directly under the breaker, and that
no work was in progress at the time of the
Lire upon any contemplated second shaft,
tunnel, slope, or any other construction
above or below ground for the supply of
fresh air to the mine; and further, that re ;
pealed attempts to improve the quantity
and quality el the Sir were made by the
said Blake & co., and that each and every
ono of the successive attempts were in
allow:tate fur the purpose of proper
ventilation as required by law in an
act entitled 'An act providing for the
health and safety of persons employ
ed in coal mines, sections 3 and 7, ap
proved March 30, 1870.' Furthermore
there was negligence on the part of the em
ployees of the Company in not keeping the
Journals of the fan properly oiled. For ;
thermore, that Blake .t Co. wore working
In the mine at ono shaft, and at one Brno
more than twenty men, and that upon Sat
urday, May, 27th, 1871, the wild Blake &Co.
had in their employ, and engaged hi min
ing and producing coal upon ono shaft, and
at one time In the mine, not less than forty
three portions, In violation of the act of the
Legislature of the said State, hereinbefore
referred to, entitled, An act to provide for
the health, and safety of persons employed
In coal mines. And; furthermore, that
Thomas M. Williams, Mining Inspector
for the district In which the said shaft .of
Blake St Co. Is situated, since the first, day
of January, 1571, visited the mine at least
twice, the last time being Wednesday,
May 24th, 1871, and that he had gone
through the mines and inspected the op
erations of the said Blake & Co. In pro
tinting coal in the said mine, and the said
Thomas M. 'Williams suggested Improve-
Monts in the ventilation of the mine.—
And, furthermore, that the said Them,'
a
M. Williams was aware of the violation of
the laws of the State In reference to the
ventilation of the mines in the anthracite
coal-Ileitis by the said Blake& Co.. an spec
ified by sections 3 and 7 of the law referred
to above, and that the said Thomas M; Wil
liams has not protested or Intimated a pro
test against the said violation. And, fur
thermore, the said Thomas B. Willlama
has failed to perform his duty in exercising
due diligence in ascertaining the number
of men engaged at one time.upon work in
the mine, and trust the Said Inspector WU
llama neglected' to exercise his duty, as re
quired by the law, to order the redaction'
of the force engaged at work, or apply to
the Courtiiifor an injunction to prevent the
said operators, Blake &Co., from employing
moreimen thap required by the !swill the
production of coal, as set forth in the said
section 5. [Signed] J. Webih. M. Bolin, J.
Fitzpatrick, J.Yr. Freeman, S. T. Barnet,
Morgan Jones4arors.
A yree•Love Judge
J,Powlesa, Poormaster of Ilohok on, on
behalfCf Elton Kilty, tined Daniel ICitty to
compel- him support his wife. Daniel
and Ellen. were married is November last,
each•being 19 years erne., At the expira
tion:of two months) Daniel abandmed El
len, an'd Mai ehice refuabd to Contribute to
her Catin9elior.Hoffrnan insisted
that Daniel - Kilty's Marriage with Ellen
Was Void,, 'as • both were minors •When
Father' Calvin yarformed the ceremony.
'The , ocumieUor 'asserted that .Daniel was
-free to marry anynnmber of, girls so long'
as be was under age: There was no:law to
which be was amenable. d'ustlee .Conklin
conceded the point, and decided that the
marriage of minors Is void.
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The Count . do Chnoibord—The Coming.
The Count do Chauthord;who is the head
of the - so:culled "Legitimist" party of
France, has issued tiro following proclama
tion.in the shape of a letter to a friend.—
Tho telegraph announces that the DM'
d'Armale and Prince do Joluville, the
chiefs of the Orleanists, have given in their
adhesion to this Proclamation, and the Le
gitimists and Orleanists aro united in favor
of Chambonl as the future King of France.
Tho latter Is a childless man, In advanced
life, and at his death the throne would pass
to the Orloanist branch of his family :
" Lake you, my dear friend, I witness
wins grief and pain the lamentable for-
I tunes of this hateful civil war, which has
so closely followed the disasters of inva
sion. 1 have no need to tell you how com
pletely I sympathize with you in the sal
reflections which it suggests, and how
fully I comprehend your anguish. When
the first shell from the enemy burst over
Paris I could only think of the grandeur
of the city in which I was born. I gave
utterance to a cry which has been heard.
I could do no more, and now, as then, 1
ate compelled to groan over the horrors of
this fratricidal contest. Ind be confident.
The hazards of this grievous enterprise arc
not greater than the heroism of our troops.
You live, you say, among non of parties
anxious to know what. I wish, what I de
sire, and what I hope, lie geed enough to
acquaint them with my most cherished
thoughts, and with all the sentiments
which inspire me, Say that I have never
deceived them, that I never shall deceive
them, and that 1 entreat. Lhom in the name
of 811 Mankind. the witnesses or our ini,-
fortuheß, to forget our dissensions, our
prejudices, and our enmities. Caution them
agaiust the calumuies ppread for the pur
pose of creating a belief that, discouraged
by this greatness of our misfortunes and
despairing oftho futnre of (my country, I
have renounced the happiness of saving it.
It will be saved whenever it ceases to con
found license with liberty. Above all, it
will be saved whenever it ceases to look for
security from hap•lizard governments,
which, after a few years of fancied security,
leave it in Aillieulties truly deplorable:—
Beyond political agitations there is a France
which sulfers—a France which ountot be
destroyed, and which will not be destroy
ed; for when Provident.° sultjoets a nation
to such trials it is because great duties are
still in reserve for it. Lot us confess that
the desertion of principle is rho real cause
of our disasters. A Christian nation (sumo!.
with impunity tear out, the venerable
pages of its history, break the chain or its
traditions, Inscribe at the head of its Censti-
Beloit a negation of the rights of lied or
banish every religious idea from its laws
and Its public instruetion. Potter such
circumstances disorder will ho the rut/1.--
The oscillations will lie between funtrehy
and Calarisui, two forms of government
eually disgraceful—equally eharattteriteie
oa t the decadence of heathen nations, anti
which will over be the lot of nations who
are forgetful of their duty. The country
WWI well aware of this when it elected DIPS
as enlightened as you to the wants of the
time, and penetrated with a sense of the
principles which aro essential to every so
ciety 'which seeks to maintain It-Self in 11011-
or and liberty. Hence It Is, my dear
friend, notwithstanding an remeins el'
prejudice,the goodatmae of al I Franee longs
for a monarchy: It gotta its way by the
glimmerings of its conflagrations. ltactes
that order is requisite tojumtice and honesty
and that independently of hereditary mon
archy it has nothing to hope for. oppow,
with earneatnem the errors and prejudices
which too rapidly lied admission 1111.0 the
hearts of the noblest. It Is given out that
I claim absffiuto power. Would to fled
that such a power had not so readily been
accorded to.thoso•who he intuitions times
came forward es' saviors! II ad it been
otherwise, wo should not to-day have been
hunenting the misfortunes of the country.
Von know that what I deal re Is to labor for
the regeneration of the country, to give
scope to all Its legitimate aspirations-10
preside at the head of the whole lents° of
Franco, over its destinies, and confidently
submit the acts of the tlovernment to the
("firer& metro! of representatives freely
elected. It is asserted that hereditary
monarchy is incompatible with tho equali
ty of all before the law. I maintain that I
do not on this point ignore the lessons of
itxperioneo mui Lim conditions or the
of a nation. Ilow weld I ail eoean,
privilege:4 for others—l, who only ask to
, bor•dillbwert to deVote•every moment or
toy life to the security and happiness of
France, and to share her distress before
sharing her honor t It is assorted that the
independence of the Papacy Is dear to
coo, and that I am doterffiined to obtain
efficacious guarantees for it. That is true.
The liberty of the Churehis the first condi
tion of spiritual peace and of order in the
State. lo protect the Llply Seo was ever
the honorable duty of our country, and the
most indisputable cause of its greatness
among nations. Only in the period of Its
greatest misfortunes Ins Fillets., abandon
ed this glorious protectorate. 'Rest assured
if I am called it will be not only became) I
represent, right, but because I am for order,
reform—because lam the essential basis or
that authority Which is required to restore
that which has perished, and to govern
justly and accordingly to law, with the
view of remedying the pyrite of the past and
li of paving the way for the future. I shall
be told that I hold the ancient sword or
- _
France In my hand and in my breast the
heart of a King and a father which recog
nizes no party. lamof no party, and do
not desire I, return or to reign by means
of party. I have no injury to avenge, no
enemy to exile, no rot - tune to relieve, ex
cept that of France. It is in my power to
select from every quarter the men who are
anxious to associate themselves with this
grand undertaking. I only bring back
religion, concord, and peace. I desire to
exercise no dictatorship hut that el clem
ency, because , in my hands and In my
hands alone clemency is still justice. Thus
it is, my dear friend, that I despair not or
my country, and OWL/ do not shrink from
the magnitude of my task.
T.a parole est aln Franco et l'hou re a Dien.
May 8, 1871. 11 MN RI.
Nonthern Neutlniont
The frAlowing article from the 'Memphis
Appeal on the political situation wo ob
serve is copied with approval by soveral
other influential Southern newspapers.
What the Appeal says.:
"When wo toll Northern people that
slavery Ia forever abolished and that our
people would no more assume public and
personal responsibilities incident to the de-
M net institution, when wo assent to all
facts necessarily pertinent to this change,
when we agree .1.0 abide by issues which
the war determined, wo have done quite
enough. Reyond this all that Is forced
upon us is hateful. There is no necessity
for any fraud in the matter, and when me
assert that the Constitutional A tnendments,
except the Thirteenth, are odious and will
be rescinded whenever a convention of the
States or absolute Democratic power In the
government may render the consummation
possible, wo tell the simple, unvarnlfilled
truth. There aro few, very few, Southern
people who differ front us in this, and thorn
are 110110, if honest and brave, who would
have 1114 fall to proclaim the fact. lint hold !
hold I say the cautious time-servers; don't
toll now what you would do If you could.
Cull these odious measures and gO. Klux
acts "accomplished foots," and let us de
lude the North. bet us make New Eng
land happy with the assurance that we ap
prove the civil rights and social equality
measures, and all the enormities done by
Congress. And what reason Is assigned
for the suggestion that we should bocoano
living lies, misrepresenting ourselves and
the whole Southern people? The answer
I is " Lot us have peace !" Tho mockery
of the horrible sentence has been Illustrated
through every day and week of Grant's
official life. Wo cannot, fur such a boon,
utter or act a falsehood, end repeat It, that
no measures of Radicalism are made better
or worse because they have been, in viola
tion of organic law, 01540 part of that law,
and no law pr act of that government,
wrong In itself, Is made right by tamely
submitting to it. Wo aro for the lawful
repeal of unlawful mockeries of constitu
tional law, and to this extent differ from
Vallandigham, whose nerves have been
unstrung by.Radlcal triumphs, and whose
eyes aro dazed, as ago comes over him,
by the dawning splendors of a seat in the
United States Senate."
The Legislature has passed an act, which
has been approved by the Governor, pro,
viding for the prevention of the mutilation
and destruction of show-bills, posters, 4:e.
The act declares that any person found
mutilating, destroying, tearing down or
removing any show-bill, placard, pro':
graname, poster or any other advertisement
hosted upun any wall, fitinee,-bill-board, or
other structure in or located, on any pub
lieldghway in the city of Philadelphia and
counties of Centre and Lancaster, shall be
liable to a fine of five, dollars, one-half to
go to the Informer, to be imposed by either
the Recorder or an Alderman for each and
every offence. Provided, the penalties of
this act shall not apply to the tearing down
or removing show-bills, play-bills , posters
programmes, .to. after the performance
therein advertised, ,
or to the owner or ten
ants of.any building, fence or other struct
ure upon which, the said show-bills,
play
bills, programmes, .to. ; may be posted
against hiaor their wishes, save and except
such owner or tenant jae the billposter put
ting up or employed to' put pp said show
bills, play-bills, posters, programmes, &c.;
in such cases, the penalty shall be the samu
as before stated. All lines collected under
and by virtue of this act shall bo paid into
the State *Treasury.
; The. tires in the, forests of, Ottawa,
Canada, have been checked by rains ana
are no longer considered likely to prove
dangerous.