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Tcnu Sl.&O par Annum, in Advanos,
Thursday Morning, January 9,1879.
The Cause of Hard Times.
Ever since the failure of Jar Cook
in September, 1873, political orators
have been accounting for the pntiic
which then took place, and the hard
times which followed that panic, and
which, unfortunately, have not yet
passed away. The causes assigned
have been almost as numerous and va
ried as the persons who promul
gated and discussed them. In the
limits of a single newspaper urticlo, we
could scarcely enumerate, much less
discuss and analyze the many alleged
causes of the present depressed condi
tion of the business of the country.
We will, however, notice two or three,
as indicative of the general character
of the most of them.
Did the failure of Jay Cook cause
the hard times? His failure, and the
suspension of hi-< hank, frightened ma
ny people, and undoubtedly caused a
panic throughout the country; but this
would have been but u temporary af
fair, passing away in a few weeks, if
there had been nothing wrong save the
insolvency of this prominent financier.
It is also true that many individuals
lost heavily in consequence of his fail
ure ; but the wealth which was once
theirs was not destroyed; but only
transferred to other hands. No wealth
was destroyed by his failure, however
much individuals may have lost; a>
all the property previously existing,
whether consisting of lands, good* or
money, still existed after his failure
the same as before. The effect of his
operations was to take the earnings of
one class of persons who dealt with
him, and transfer them to another
class. This process necessarily made
some persons poorer and others richer,
but the aggregate of wealth in the
country remained unchanged. Had
all the wealth which passed through
the hands of the great financier and
hanker lxvn actually destroyed in the
process of his handling it, we could
easily understand how the aggregate
of wealth would thereby bo deprecia
ted ; hut even then it would have been
his course of bu-dncas and not his fail
ure, which caused injury to the coun
try.
Did the contraction of the currency
produce the hard time!*? Thin i* a
very common theory, and a. erroneous
as it is common. The paper money
circulating in any country adds no
thing to the wealth of of that country;
unless indeed the doctrine of fiat mo
ney, that is, that he government hy
affixing its stamp to a worthies* piece
of paper can thereby give it an intrin
sic value, is true. To illustrate our
proposition, suppose a new bank was
established in this county without capi
tal, but with legal authority to issue
one millicn dollars of hank notes.
The managers of this hank have their
nots printed and mgned, ready to is
sue. Ha* any thing been added to the
wealth of the country ? Certainly not,
for the notes arc worth nothing as long
as they remain in the possession of the
hank, but the cost of manufacturing
them. The first week the hank is open
nl, it* entire i-.-uc of a million dollars
is borrowed by citizens of our county
upon their note* with good endorsers.
Is the county any wealthier in consc
ience of this week's transaction? It
M true tliere are a million dollar* more
bank nolo- in circulation in the coun
try than there were a wreck ago, but
ir citizen) are in debt just a million
dollar? to the hank, which balances
the account and leaves the actual
waltb of the county unchanged. At
the end of ninety dap these note* given
to the bank hy the borrowers have all
fallen due mid been ]aid in the hills
of tbe bank. In other words, the mil
lion (kllar* of hank notes have been
■rtarr.cd to the vaults of the bank, and
tlx- promissory notes of the citizens
bwra been lifted and cancelled. Has
this pence** lessened, in manner, or to
SWT degree, the wealth of our county ?
Thi* process mny be repeated as often
as may be. and for any length of time,
ami the result remains the same, the
aggregate wealth of the county is tin
ufleeted hy it It is true tlint some of
tbese borrowers, while they have this
money nuiy invest it in productive
industry, mny hy means of it give em
ployment to labor, which will add to
Che total wealth of the county; but it
if the labor which adds to the wealth*
nnil it does HO to the name extent, if it
is paid for in grnin, meat, or merchan
dise. The farmer who employ* labor
which would other wine lie idle, to elenr
his field* and otherwise improve hi*
fiirm, adds a* much to the wealth
of the country, if he pay* his hand* in
farm product*, a* if he paid tlrem in
bank bills or even iu gold and silver.
Changing suddenly the volume of cur
rency may affect nominal prices and
disarrange business, but of itself, it can
neither impoverish nor enrich a coun
try.
Did over-production bring the hard
times upon us? Over-production in
any particular branch of industry,
may, by reducing the prices of those
products, so low that the further pro
duction will le unprofitable, clog
that particular branch of business, but
as those who have to buy these pro
ducts are thus enabled to obtain them
so much cheaper, they arc benefited as
much as the producers are injured, by
the decline iu prices. As all produc
tion adds to the wealth of a people, it
is difficult to see how too much pro
duction can impoverish them. Hut the
idea of over-production is mere myth.
There has been less production during
the last five years than during the
preceding five years, and yet the de
mand is not equal to the supply, and
prices are far below those of any year
from 1801 to 1873. The trouble is
not that the producers are producing
too much, but that the consumers have
not the means with which to purchase.
The real occasion of the hard times,
is the general poverty of our people,
which has been caused, not by the
failure of any individual or corpora
tion, nor bv the contraction of the cur-
rency, nor yet by over-production.
What then has caused this general
poverty ?
TUB death of Robert W. Mackcr is
an almost irreparable loss to the circle
of shrewd an 1 trained politicians that
at present controls the organization <>f
the republican party in Pennsylvania.
As a manngct and organizer of jmrty
forces he was without an equal in the
.State, and to his skill and sagacity it
may be said the republicans are almost
solely indebted for their triumphs in
the past few year*. He vrn* the one
man to whose judgment the leader*
were generally ready to defer. He
was cool, calm, clear-headed and far
-1 seeing. He possessed undoubted abili
j ty, and for the success of his plan*
alwny,* worked with an energy that
never showed a sign of weariness or
fatigue. Of the method* ho may at
times have adopted to secure results
it is not our purpose to speak. He is
in his grave, and of the dead we would
snv nothing that COO Id be thought
harsh or unkind. We cannot but
think, however, thnt it was unfortu
nate he did not seek a better field
for the exercise of his extrnordinary
powcrs. With his rare gifls of mind,
untiring industry and active habits of
life, he might have been in some high
er sphere of duty, much more useful
to his fellow man, and gone to his
grave with a fame far more enduring
than that of the adroit and skillfull
politician. By his friends, he wa
greatly beloved a* one to whom no
appeal for aid, ever came in vain ; by
his - enemies, he was respected a* an
antagonist with whom it was danger
ous to trifle. He wrestled with nn in
sidious disease for many years, and
how hi* weak and broken frame could
lear the constant strain put upon it
by his restless ami untiring will was a
wonder to all who knew him. It was
the power of a strong mind over n
feeble body. But the " inevitable
hour" caine at last, and the spirit of
Robert W. Mucker took its flight to
another world "where the weary are
at rest."
THE vitality shown by Wade Hamp
ton is wonderful. It is stated thnt
during the wnr he receive*! eleven gun
shot wounds, and he lately was oblig
ed to submit to the amputation of a
leg. Still he survives, and promises
to live long enough to become Patter
son's successor in the United States
Senate in reality.
SETTLED AT LAST. —Public opinion
long since settled that polygamy U
wicked and wrong, and the Supreme
Court of the I nited States decided, on
the flth insL, that Congress has the
power to prohibit it in Utah. The
decision was made on an appeal from
the Third Judicial Court of Utah, in
the case of Reynolds, who was convict
ed of contracting a bigamous marriage.
EDITORIAL CORREHTONDEUCE,
liAitniHtii Ko, January 7, 1879.
Tor many day a the struct* and public
placaa of Htirrisburg have given forth
sign* of an approucliing act*ion of the
legislature of tile state. With an assured
republican majority In both brancbot,
contidurablo interest waa manlfealcd by
membera of that pnrty in the distribution
of the apoila; and there wero tuyatcrioua
coining* and goinga of the faithful, quiet
whispering* over the organisation, and
endeavor* to arrange slate* that nhowed
conclusively that the race of patriot* wil
ling to orve the "dear people" for a
reasonable compensation is not yet extinct.
Tho republican member* iui u rule were
early on the ground, and by Friday of last
week the "Lochlei" wo* reasonably well
111 led. Tho democrat* did riot begin to
arrive in any number* until yesterday,
and having no patronage to distribute,
their votes to-day wero mere matter* of
form and compliment. Not so with the
other side. At first it seemed likely that
the strugglo over the speakership of the
House between the friend* of I/.ng, of
ami Hall, of Philadelphia,
would be animated and |ierhnp bitter ; but
at that time the master* had not spoken.
In other word*, the successor of the late
Robert \V. Mackey was not yet in the
field. He appeared, however, n Friday
nigbt, in the person of Recorder tj-iay, and
at once assumed command of Che forces.
l"nd<-r hi* f|>ei ml dictation the magic
word "Harmony" was pa*od along the
line. Threatened hostilities imtm-dialcly
assumed peaceful airs, anil personal rival
ries yielded to the authority that com
manded. llall went out of the contest,
and the success of Long becariu- at once a
certainty. The cmicu* of last night was
therefore nothing more than a ratification
of tho order* of the reigning jiowcr*. It
is true that Wolf, of I'uion <-<>inty, wa
on hand, ready and eager to fight, but be
had no following, and could not raise the
slightest brecjse of opposition. All was
serene and lovely, and last night it took
the House caucu* exactly seven and a half
minutes, by tho watch, to „•< through the
formality of nominating Long, of Alle
gheny, for Sjieaker ; I Jr. Shurtock, of Ilea
ver, for Chief Clerk; Harry Hufin, of
Philadelphia, for Reading t'lrk ; and
aj.|Kiinting a slut" committee, with 11 ill, of
Philadelphia, for Chairman, for the dis
tribution of the other offc-cs.
On Urn Senate side there wn no r>ppo,{.
Hon to tho nomination of Senator A. J.
Herr,of tbi* city, for Prl lent /•• /•,„. ~f
tho Senate; but for the Chief Cl.-rk.bip
there wa* a spirited conte-t bet wo-n C<.cb
fan, of Lancaster, who ban fill -d that plaro
ince the retirement of ll*tnrncrLCß, MIIIID
year* ago, and Child*, formerly Librarian,
in which the former proved tfio victor.
Child*, in hi diap|>riintment, created
something of a cnation IhU morning bv
preferring charge* and specification* of
peculation and malf-osnm-a in office again*!
hi* antagonist, and demanded a re-awm
bling of the rauriu t„ hear hi complaint*.
The caucus came together at hi* instance,
but did not change It, previous action.
Cochran remained the nominee of hi*
party, and Child* wa* {•emitted to nurse
hi* wrath a* beat be might.
To-day, at preci*ely twaive o'clock, the
two house* were called to order, tbp Senate
by I •ieiil. Gov. Latta, and the House by
Chief Clerk Shurlnck, and bith branch *
promptly proceeded to the work of organi
zation. In the Senate, Mr. Herr wa* of
course elected President pro few,., the
democrat* voting for Senator Krmsntrout,
of Berk*. hr Chief Cierk, Mr. Cochran
received tho vote* of the republican*, and
the democratic vote* were given to that old
veteran of the party, I'ncla Jake Zeigler,
of Butler county. Of the national* in the
Senate, Parker of Schuylkill,voted with the
republican* and Palmer, of Allegheny,
with the democrat*. In the Uou*c, Long,
for Speaker, received tho entire republican
vote and tho vote* of five national*. The
democrat* complimented Sherwood, of
Northumberland, and the national*, eleven
In number, who remained true to the ac
tion of their caucu*, Doyle, of Huntingdon.
After tho election of officer* tho u*ual com
mittee* to wail Upon tho Governor and
upon each hou* were appointed a* wa* al*o
a committee by the Senate upon inaugural
coremnnio*. Both houses then adjourned
until to-morrow.
One of tbo queer feature* o." thi* organi
zation of tho legi*iature ha* been tho com
plete capture of the republican represents
livea of the oil district**, by Quay and hi*
follower*. For week* before the** mem
ber* came to ItarrLburg, many of them
were boisterous in denunciation of the ring
rule and machine politic* of which they
had been made the victim* laat year, and
avowed they would now act an independ
ent part a* the representative* of a peculiar
interest. But, after all, tho adroit man
agement of the leader proved too strong for
their good Intention*. Mean* were oon
devUed to bring them to term*, and lhe*e
would-be independent gentlemen aro now
a* much in the power of the ring a* It*
most abject slave* from any other part of
the State. Karly in the fray Mr. B B.
Campbell, tha President of the OH Pro
ducer*' Union, wa* summoned to tbo front,
and through hi* persuasive powers these
representatives of the oil producer* ex
perienced a most budden and remarkable
change of heart and mind, and were heard
to repeat the sweet watchword, "harmony."
Thus did Recorder Quay accomplish by
cheek and diplomacy what tha Standard
Oil Company failed to do, either by coer
clon or by it* million*. Titno will j.robubly
devalop how completely these men have
been caught by false promlaaa, and allow
them, when too late, how fooliahly tbey
have placed themselves In the mofbo* of h
not akillfulty woven for them.
A republican caucus U cnlli!d for to-mor
row night to nominate n candidate for
tJ. M.'Snnator. "Harmony" will again l>a
aouudod along the line, and the eon of hie
father will pot bedii-lurh'-.!. TitoCameron
dynatty will receive another tix year* h-a-su
of rtower.
nana tor Alexander an<l Koprcaentfltivea
Gophart and .Murray were promptly on
ha to! at th organisation and have made a
p<>d impreaaion on all with whom tbey
have thus far come in contact.
Mr. Ab-xandi-r. as i* vx<•!l known, hi a
had experience in legislation and po*<•.-■><•*
ability a.a debater. Ill* safe therefore to
predict that lie will in a short he regarded
us one of the leading Senator*. Messrs.
(irpliurt anil Murray though inexperienced,
are intelligent men. They will doubtless
give due attention (J,,, interests of their
constituents and prove worthy and useful
representative*. " F.
The R. II Piilicit.
'1 lie Auditor of the Ktnte of Vir
ginia has sent in it report to the legis
lature of thut Slate tijMiu the Working*
of the Moffct liquor law, which shown
(hat the liell punch method of collect
ing taxes upon the sale of spirituous
and malt liquors hits produced better
r- -iilts for the Slate ire.a ury than the
j old system of aasesstnettU. The total
receipt.* at the treasury, for the year
just ended, under the Mofli-t law, were
8172, X.'! I, In-ing an excess of $210,-
_ fioS over the a-o-ssnienta of the pre
reeding year. Deducting certain re
late* allowed hy the pre-cnt law, the
net balance over the results of the old
law is 8110,101. rite Auditor slat.-*
in hi* report that "the result of the
■■xporini'-nt show* clearly that the law
is capable of laing made a most pow
erful agency for raising revenue," and
lie suggests change* and modifications
t" that end. How would the Ih-11
punch method do in I'ctinsvlvania?
The revenue* of the State have fallen
off during the pa-t year to such an
extent that it has lieco inipos-ible for
the State treasurer to pay many of
the appropriations made by the le.is
laturc during the session of la*t win
ter and spring, and the probabilities
are that new sources of revenue will
have to le sought in order to meet
coining demands ujsin the treasury.
A committee of the legislature at it*
pre-.-nt M:ion might with entire pro
priety examine into tho merits of the
Virginia law and ascertain whether
it* workings an- feasible and satisfac
tory. If found to be all that the
Auditor of Virginia claims for it,
there may lie no objection to it adop
tion in Pennsylvania, as a means
of replenishing an almost cxhnustcd
treasury. Our present license law*
lor the sale of liquors are at best
cumbersome mid unpopular, and if n
new system can Ire devised that prom
ise* more fruitful result* in way of
revenue, it might probably l>e bettor
to adopt it, rather than tinker con
tinuously at our present eiiaetiuents
which never seem to grow any better
under the operation.
IT AITUTW that Chairman Potter
and Gen. Cox, of the Potter INviwti
gating Gmimittee, went toXcwOrlcan*
for the purpose of affording John
Sherman nn opportunity to present
whatever further evidence he might
have to sustain hi* charge* of intimi
dation and bulldozing in the election
of 1#76 in Ixittisiann. The New York
World any* that, "Last xutnmtr Mr.
Sherman and the Republican prews
complained bitterly that the Potter
committee would not receive hi* pro
posed testimony n* to intimidation in
Louisiana. In time the committee
decided to receive this testimony, and
nfW an unsucccxsAil effort ou Mr.
Sherman's part to prove bulldozing the
attempt wo* abandoned. Recently hi*
counsel have claimed that they were '
prevented bv the yellow fever from '
I 0 0
getting this testimony in. According.;
: ly Mr, Potter went to Louisiana ex
pressly to afford them once more an
opportunity to exploit it, and once I
more they linvc declined." The wily I
and unscrupulous Mr. Sherman wa ,
very bold and defiant so long a* he i
thought hi* charge* against the people
of the South would not lie heeded by
the committee, but when a chance 1*
given him to make them good he pr.i>
dently remains silcut. Comment is
unnecessary.
Morton MrMlchael.
The brilliant career of this d'wtin
guished journalist and useful citizen
was closed by death, at his residence
in Philadelphia, on Monday lost. He
was proprietor of the North Amerimn,
which he conducted for many years,
with great ability, and led a most
blameless life, public and private.
■1 R _ V
Wc propose to publish from time to
time a aerie* of articles culled from
letter* written to one of lite editor* by a
friend travelling in Europe during the
last summer. The information they
contain ami the historic* they recall
have all -relet! much pleasure to ua, and
no doubt will be acceptable to the read
er* of the Dkmockat:
HISTORIC ritANCIL
11V O. I\ .0 I**o*.
ST. 11K* JR.
The speed slackened -flie train stop
pel. "At. I)eni," cried Ifie guur-l, in
i that familiar and distinctions! in which
! railway conductor*, the world over, an
j tiouiico the atution*. Undecided, 1
| looked out. A crowd poured from the
| diHeront compartment* of the train, —
J respectably dressed men, workmen in
tho characteristic blue blouse, with a
fir sprinkling of women and children.
An all'ible Parisian, with whiirii I hud
dropped into brief conversation, Came
! to my relief, and said, "Sir, you would
descend at St. Penis? We ure there."
' 1 jumped out upon tho platform, he
following. We mingled with the throng
! that pouted down through a long arch
Way to the open street. As the mars
separated and scattered in different
direction*, he said : "I am familiar with
the locality. You wish to sou the Cath
edral; it is full of interest. Come, I
pas* that way." We walked some dis
tance and stopped. "Here I must leave
| you," be mini ; 'tike that street and
: you will soon find it." I thanked him
j ami followed the designated route.
The town of .St. fieni* i* jui Wyond
tlie rampart* of Paris; and yet one
would imagine himself one hundred
miles away, so great is the contrast. St.
Denis i* dull, dirty itrid soiled in ap
oearance; obi and almost worm eaten.
I'.iri* is gay, clear, fresh and new. Yet
St. 1 'enis it like Paris; but only in tome
of those narrow street* hidden away in
ol>l 'porter* of the Metropolis, where
the building* crowd *o tightly act mat
one another that here ami there they
seem to Imlg-- out at the top. like great
cube* of stone ami mortar that some
strong force iia* squeezed and pre*ed
into deformity, till iii*ir square a in-low*
*ull"ar from the same cause. This n .'-in-
I.lance is only, however, in miniature,
' the building* in Pari* are taller.
Through this monotony 1 hurried, until
a turn revealed to me what I at rnce
knew was the object of my visit—a
small oje-n square and in its tare a great
Gothic Minster; two tower*, the one
rapped by a high |-oinle.| j.,re *D-1 tiie
other bv a carved Mansard. J ap
proached. halted and looked at it. 1
bad seen it in imagination often—the
St. i>enis of history -but brie it *t<wxl
In-fore me, clear ami ja-rfeet in reality.
In wonder I gated upon it. and well |
might. I bought is rapid ; in an instant
1 was far I'Acit in the |>ast of antiquity,
raj-; lly Co., thing uj, along the centuries
to the present.
! St. Genevieve, tradition s.vvs.founded
the church; Hagobert re-constructed it;
Cbarleinange enlarged it; Able Suger
repaired it, and St. Ixiui* ret>uill it. It*
tomb* were rilled u> the days of the
National As., mbly by it. dire-tion, and
later it ordered the destruction ot the
church. This vandalism was hut par
tially accomplished, and thus it rested
until Nu|>oieon the first restored and
complete.l it. It had held tbe uhm of
Merovingian and Carlovingian royidty,
th- llnnl race o| the French Kings, the
Valoia and the IViurhor.. For almost
twelve centuries lh< *e, worthy and un
worthy, had slept side by *ije_ All
those, whose name* were great in his
tory, had moved in life about the now
dearrted sjot on which I stood. ]
pa used for a moment, ami then |>a**ed
over and entered the open door way.
An immense chamber of great height ;
down the centre nave stood long row*
of high backed church chair*, so familiar
a *ighl in European Cathedra U. Alone
end of tbe itasiiira stood the high, but
not extiavagxnt Altar, in front ol which
and travcr-ing the body of tbe edifice
passed a low railing with gate* at either
side. A few jstsoiu wandered silently
over the cold floor* examining the arch
iteoluie and stained windows. Soon a
fragile-looking individual glided around,
making distribution* of some kind. At
length he ajtproacbed me and extended
a large, yellow ticket and uttered, "tine
franc, il you please." 1 received the
ticket. Pointing over hi* shoulder with
hia thumb, he said. "That way, air." I
saw the rest gathering at one of the
gate.. I had joined in parties of the
kind so often that I knew the formula
and took my place with the othrrs—ten
or fifteen in all, representing half a
dozen of this world'* nations. A tall
man, with a strong voice, stood to
receive the tieketa. After first casting
hi* eye over his flock, he o|wned the
gate, and as each passe.! through lie
. I.fted their ticket, with a loud, ".l/crri
Mintiftir, or ,I/W<mf," according to tbe 1
sex. It burst on tbe funereal silence
like a blast from a trombone. Then be j
led u* through hi* collection, letting iff
on the way a atereotyried recital in a
jiitch of voice of a dolorous chant-—to
which requiem-line description I paid
little attention a* each royal figure waa
labeled with a printed card between the
feet. There they rested in monotonous
regularity, packed away side by aide on
block-shaped marble tombs about the
ordinary height of stable— these twelve
hundred years of French Royalty. Here
ami there the long list was broken by
absence—Charieruange, Louis the FJev
enth and some few other*. Each efligy
rested on il* back, with a stiff precision
of attitude running through the lot.
Rigid and uncomfortable they looked—
their chins forced against their throat*,
palm folded to palm, wrists bent and
hands upright on their breaata, whilst
on the head c-f each sal a stiff looking
crown, which some wore as uncomfort
ably in their life a* they seemed to wear
hero in the uarble. If the effort was to
make them look severe and terribly
stern, it wa* successfully accomplished.
To-day all these tombs are but cenn
t.-kphn. as they are without qontenla; all
that waa left ol their King* and (Jueena
waa mingled with the vulgar earth long
ago. Ode day, men mad in their hatred
of Monarchy, tore them away and oast
them into a common foaee. Home were
but dpak other* bone* —a few still bore
tome of the outward semblance to
humanity. Henry the I'ouith, or Henry
& Mtkm wi*
I of Navarre as be W known, was taken
I out preserved, a* Jo-had been ),,j n away.
! A good man and king, a disposition of
hurt wu* delayed. Mm body placed
that the curious might look uia.n it
under the feet of the very alur before
which he had professed another rclig
l n, that peace might re-u|t to distracted
J*ranee; but the time* prevailed, and
he too, in a few hour# followed with tho
rest, to profanation.
Frain there we went to the Sacriaty.
Ifrre our guide, b ivitig lighted a lan
tern, opened the door* of the t'ab net.
The preeioua scrvx, „f tho church
flashed la-fore U. The highly wrought
monstrans, or 7*y*. was there, with the
aacred ecclesiastical vessel*—and crown a
also, though not so beautiful * *otn I
I had een, yet fully a* historic. I stoop
-iJ dowti and read the name* of their
wearer*: There was the coronet of the
assassinated Charles I hike of Berry, and
! next to it a rather plainly constructed
; crown of gold, set with a few jewels, hut
as Weighty r any that ever pressed tho
, brow of a king It was that of Lou a
the Sixteenth. For inheriting that bau
ble the honesl. hut Weak Ulan, bad paid
upon tho scaffold the penalty of tho
crimes of his ancestor*. ft had been
the pretext of a revolution which w*
only aatiatod after it had drunk tho
Mood of two millions five hundred
thousand human beings! J looked long
arid intently at the unfortunate jewel.
I he verger saw my interest and held
the lan tern close that I might the 1-etter
in-peel it. j t unM .,| Me closed
the . ahinet to conduct IU to the crypt,
down a dark - an way and under tho
renr of the building. Semi circular in
shape, it swept around the outer edge;
partition, rut it into sections and win
dow, lighted it from without. Hero
and there stood a relic that had escaped
if;** han'U of t)i iconwiwt nwi do
stroyer. 1 passed hurriedly through
and returned a few stej-s to await the
others of the party. J bad carelessly
placed rny foot upon the empty saroo-
I hagus of some defunct king, when my
eye caught a glein of light. I us
j proached it. A gas jet fli, k, red within
walled space immediately under the
uitnr. f lirough u narrow air slit I
inspected its contents. I stuck mv face
* far in a* possible. ft u a wierd
chamber. Long bars of rusted iron,
elevated about a foot above the floor,
•plead like huge cobwebs from side to
• tde, and on tnem i<-ste<i a few dust and
mould covered rofljris. Their adorn
nients had long since yielded to dstnp
and hung in rotted tatters. A thick
noxious atmosphere pervaded this char
nel house, the tecollcctions of which
clung to me for a full day after I waa in
fresh air. Whose bodies were they? I
•piestinned the guide when he return
ed. i arelessly he replies!, ''Louis the
Sixteenth and Marie Antoinette ami
* * The sound of his foot fall*
•mothered the balance of his answer as
he lurriedlv led the way up stairs, ar.x
i<>us to he rid of us, hut only to tramp
down again with another batch. A 1
followed bun, I took one J*t IrKik aU.ut
me and an d to myself, Old walls, y„u
hold a little Royalty still, even though
it i but a hsndful of dust—you bold
their crown and wbv not bold what
remains of them? What a strange
story ! These two unfortunates perish
ed under the axe of UleGuilloljne—and
this in sight of the palace of the Tuiler
!<•*. within the jUlls of which they long
had reigned in splendor. Two shallow
graves in the Cemetery of the Made
leine had received their headless trunks,
until, by the change of power so com
mon to France, the race of the Cai*-t
went again upon the throne, when
they with others were exhumed and
placed Where I saw jbem in the
vault, or St. lienis. How long to rest
there who can tell ? Certain it is. had
the Communists of I*7l held the loca
tion for but one of the closing hour* of
tier struggle, venerable St. Item*, you
with your empty tombs, your few Impe
rial cinders and all your'langible associ
ations, would have been swept into
oblivion I
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