William Allen'* Domestic Life.
From the Cincinnati Xm|iiUirr' Obitmry,
Thus far we have *af rjclonly to the
public career of Wii!i.im Allen and
altogether ignored his .domestic rein-
tious. Yet nothing in his whole life
shows him in a more beautiful light.
At the time he was a candidate lor
Congress he was a suitor for the hand
of the daughter of (ienoral McArthur,
who was his political onponeut, and,
we believe, engaged to be married to
her. Perhaps not engaged, though, as
she afterwards married a Colouel
Coons, of Louisiana. Colonel Coons,
however, soon died, and in the course
of time Allen renewed his suit and
was accepted. During his second
term in the Senate the wedding dny
was appointed and everything made
ready for the marriage, .lust about
this time the Texas annexationquAtion
came up, and he wrote to his affianced,
who was at that time living at Cincin
nati, asking her to post[>oue the cere
mony until that question was decided.
To tliis she consented, and the nuptials
were celebrated as soon afterward as
he could leave. He took his bride
back with him to Washington and for
nearly two years life wits to him a
long summer's day of happiness. Never
was husband loved more faithfully or
trustingly than he by her; never wife
more tenderly and affectionately than
she by him. In January, 1847, his
wife died, leaving an infant child, the
daughter who has since grown up to lie
the head of his household and of her
husband's. At the time of his wife's
death there were no railroads connect
ing the Capital with the West. The
fond husband would not think for a
moment of consigning the remains of
the one he loved and held most dear
to a grave iinid strangers, and so he
decided to transport them toChilicothc
for burial. So lie procured the servic
es of an undertaker and started with
them, he riding behind on horseback.
When night would overtake them tliev
would stop at the nearest hotel and lie
would have the coffin taken from the
hearse and borne into his own apart
ment, where he kept watch over it un
til morning came and time to start
again. More than a week elapsed in
this mournful trip; yet in no moment
• during that time was his mournful gaze
taken away from the last remains of
her whom he had loved so dearly in
life and could scarce part with in death.
After her burial he returned to Wash
• ington and finished his of office,
aud then be betook himself with his
child to the home where he for so loug
led a life of retirement among his books
and the study of science aud philoso
phy.
Whitelaw Itehi and Anna Dickinson.
Whitelaw Ileid, when he was a
young man writing occasional letters
to New York newspapers, wrote his
name "J. Whitelaw Iv id." He is de
scribed then as of an as|*xt at once
striking and mild ; he was tall and
ethereal, not to say gawky; his hair
was inky black ami his complexion of
a delicate creamy tint; his shirt col
lars were cut low, and his costumes
were always of the newest pattern.
He was once reported a* engaged to
Anna Dickinon, -and "Why is the
Tribune so hostile toward me ?" asked
that excellent lady, the first time she
met the young managing editor, "since
you have assumed control ?" "Well,"
replied Whitelaw, with refreshing
frankness, "it isu't very pleasant to see
in ninety-nine out of every one hun
dred exchanges throughout the coun
try that I have been jilted by Anna
• Dickinson." Anna pondered a mom
ent, and then ejaculated with a slv
smile: "Well, Mr. Reid, I should think
that if 1 could endure the reputation
of having engaged myself to you, you
ought not to find fault at being jilted
by me." An eye witness say* that
Reid went through a chromatic *nle
of colors that would have made a paint
shop envious, and seriously resolved
te "baste" Miss Dickinson at every
opportunity —a resolution be has not
yet ceased to abide by.
♦
A Lnckj Sow York Dog.
There is one lucky (login New York.
He is of the black-and-tan variety, and
his owner, a rich and jirctty woman,
lsiards at a fashionable hotel. She
pays full hoard rates for the darling
canine, and lie goes to the table with
her and eats decorously out of a little
gold dish. Crcntn and chicken are his
favorite dishes, with tidbits from his
mistress' plate. The poor dear doggie
woggic also has a godmother, a very
handsome and stylish young avenue
iielle, and a birthday, and when his
birthday comes round —a* it did la*t
week—the happy event is celebrated
with a party, a sumptuous dog banquet,
to which are invited all the kyoodlcs
of hi* acquaintance. Lucky dog. Mr.
Jay Gould ought to get up a company,
™ steal him, and hold him to ransom.
There is big money in the enterprise.
TriK difference Ik-tween the Texas
desperado and the Sheriff who hangs
him, is that the desperado gets the
"drop" on his man and the Sheriff
gets his man on the drop.
■■ ■ -
A MnwßfiANNON.of Hollidflysburg,
placed a cage in which was a valuable
* canary, on a nail iu front of her house,
one day recently. Shortly afterwards
a lot of English sparrows congregated
on the rage and killed the little song
ster by [ducking the greater part of
ita feaihers out and destroying iU eyes.
WORSE THAN THE FEVER,
ANOTIIRB HATCH OP VG.I.AINOUH LOU
ISIANA FKAUDH.
How Hayen' Friend Mnr/.e in Rtinniny the
Revenue Office at New (>rleane—The
Government Robbed Gut oj
llouee and Home.
About a year ago Morris Marks, who
figured conspicuously in the steal of the
electoral vote of l<ousinna for Haves,
was appointed internal revenue collec
tor at New Orleans. The protests of all
tho decent citizens of Louisiana against
the appointment availed nothing:
Marks' services as a Hayes elector and
as a valuable tool ot the returning
hoard could not he overlooked by the
Administration who profited by his
frauds. The appointment was severely
criticised by even Republican papers,
and those who knew Murks well pre
dicted that the Government would not
derive much revenue from his depart
ment. Marks, immediately upon get
ting into office, surrounded himself with
congenial spirits, all of whom had taken
a hand in the crime of stealing Hayes
into the Presidency, ami at once began
to provide for an era of good stealing.
The revenues of the Government were
pocketed by this gang of "civil ser
vice " officers, but the reputable people
of New Orleans made no fuss about it,
because they had expected nothing
else. Marks' operations, however,
finally came into collision with the busi
ness interest* ola citizen, and be did
make a fuss.
Nome months ago Mr. Klores, a lead
ing tobacco merchant of New Orleans,
forwarded to the revenue bureau in
i Washington an affidavit setting forth in
I detail the thieving operations of Marks
| and his gang. This affidavit stated that
Marks hud tormed a tobacco ring in
New Orleans coni|osed of many ot tho
-dealers and manufacturers there; that
j instead of paying the revenue duties
imposed by law to tbe Government in
the regular way, tho money was all put
into a pool and divided among the
ring. Mr. Klores complained that this
gave the ring advantages over dealers
who are complying nh the law, and
that the latter would be forced out of
business unless the revenue bureau at
Washington inlerpoeed to enforce tbe
law. The affiant offered to furnish evi
dence of the existence of the ring, and
insisted upon the protection to which
he, as a law-abiding citizen was entitled,
j The bead ot the revenue bureau, ill
1 that spirit of leniency be always ex
hibits towards good Republicans who
helped to make the fraudulent Admin
istration, informed Marks of the affida
vit and its contents and, it is said, even
went so far as to send him the docu
ment himself. The collector imrncdi
i ately came to Washington, and, of
course, nothing was easier than for him
to explain everything to Rauill's satis
faction. Marks returned to New (r
leans, and resumed the collection of
revenue for himself and pals, ami the
Klores affidavit was pigeon holed,
j The next exposure came from the to
i bacoo dealers who belonged to the ring.
; Marks having discovered that the
- fraudulent Administration was not di*
posed to interrupt him in his fraudu
lent course, made autocratic u-e ot his
power: he increased his assessment" to
such burdensome figure* that tho deal
ers could not afford to pay the amounts
■ slid continue btiniho**. They conferred
together and concluded that honesty
; was the best policy; that it wa* cheaper
' to pay the Government than to pay
Marks, and decided to abandon the
ring. There wa but one course open
to them • to make confession, promise
compliance with the law for the future
and promise compromises for past of
fenses. Tina course was pursued, ami
the revenue commissioner could not
disregard tho confession of the ring.
Gen. Webster, one of tbe most cour
ageous and reliable agents in the
1 revenue service, wa* sent to .New Or.
lean* and the first thing he met wa* a
, [imposition to pay him &2U,OtiO if fie
would report that everything was all
! right, lie indignantly spurned tho
offer, and gave notice that he meant to
perform his duty. Soon afterwards an
attempt wa* made to assassinate him,
hut nothing daunted ho pressed right
forward and procured evidence enough
to convict Marks and every officer un
der him. Gen. Webster ranic back to
Washington, and reported to Raiim that
j Marks and hi* assistants were "an in
fernal set of scoundrels; the worst he
had ever met in the whole course of his
official exj>erionee." He recommended
the immediate dismissal of Collector
, Marks aud every man under him, and
the prosecution of the entire lot for
robbing the Government. In the hope
that • different character of report
might bo obtained, one favorable to
! Marks, an agent of the Department of
| -Justice was sent to New Orleans to in
vestigate. Gen. Ran in wa* not satisfied
to act u|>on Gen. Webster's report. The
second agent, after investigation, re
ported the same rascally condition of
affairs that Gen. Wrlwter had discover
ed. It seems that Webster himself did
not have too much confidence in the
integrity of the revenue bureau ; he
! was not willing to rely upon it* action,
but took pains to lay the evidence he
j discovered before the I'niled .Slates
grand jury In New Orleans. Here wa*
a dilemma the ring crowd had not an
' tiripated. Marks had been directing
his entire influence towards the revenue
bureau, lie at once appealed to United
States District Attorney Leonard, who,
no doubt, was a sharer in tho spoils,
and he ordered the grand jury to sum
marily adjourn. The jury refused to
oley the order, and I*onard brought
them before the court and asked Judge
Billings to issue an order directing them
to disband. Billings, the willing tool
of the rings, promptly issued tbe order,
which brought Gen. Kirby, foreman of
the jury, to hi* feet. He informed the
court that evidence of the most damn
ing character bad been laid before the
jury against certain high Federal
offioials, and if tbe jury was ordered to
disband, the court um*t assume the en
tire retqionsibihty. Hillings said that,
under the circumstances, lie would
withhold the order, and the grand jury
resumed its labors. Hut that tery af
ternoon a telegram was received from
Attorney-General Devens, ordering the
grand jury to disband. This order had
to be obeyed, and through lfevens,
Marks and his pals escaped prosecution.
Gen. Webster, since his return to
t
Wnahington, hns spoken hi* mind free
ly. Ho lin* openly denounced tho
frauds in New Orleans, and liiih said
that ho would go to New Orleans noxt
winter and prosecute Mark* upon his
own hook, if the Government allowed
him to e*capo.
Just about the t mo of the enforced
adjournment of tho grand jury, tele
grams were sent from New Orleans and
from Washington to tho press, stating
that the revenue agent* or oflicialH had
discovered extensive fraud* among the
tobacoo dealers in New Orleans that
would result in saving the Government
large nuni* of money. This whb part of
a scheme to cover up what wa# being
done to nave Marks and hi* official*
from tho consequence* of their rob
beries, and to direct public attention to
the wrong* of the tobacco dealer*, a*
if they alone in their fraud*.
A few day* before the adjournment
of Congress a very prominent lawyer
who wa* indirectly intereated in learn
ing the fact* connected with Minks'
rascally operations, called ujion Gen.
Hauin, revenue oornmi*iioner, and said
to him: "I understand that (ion.
Webster submitted to you a written re
port in regard to the tobacco ring of
New < frlcan* ?"
" He ha* not submitted any written
report," replied Kaum.
" But Webster lias made statement*
about that ring ever since hi# return
here. Has he made them to you?"
Asked the lawyer.
" I decline to tell you anything about
the case," said Kaum. " You are not
a rove lue officer."
" Hut I'm an American citizen," re
i torted the lawyer with determination,
"and I am entitled to information
which concerns a matter of great
frauds. You refuse to give it to nie,
but I give you notice now, I'll get it."
"How are you going to get it?" asked
, ltaum eagerly.
" I shall go to a Senate committee
mid request them to demand this infor
mation of you. I've got the influence
to do this, and you know it."
Mr. Kaum came down front hi* high
hoise at tin# announcciiM nt, and said
to the lawyer, heaving a sigh at tho
same time, " Well, what do you want to
know 7"
! The attornoy said he wanted to know
the facts, and Hauut admitted tiiat
AS ebster had verbally reported to him
the fact# a# given above; that be bad
not submitted any written report, but
he had given in detail nil the evidence
lie procured. Tin* attorney subsequent
ly ascertained that Kellogg interposed
in* influence to save Marks. The
Webster report, together with the con
fessions of the ring, and other conclu
sive evidence, nil got before tLi- coin*
tnisaioner while Kellogg was wiestling
with hi* investigation. It was a criti
cal tune for Kellogg, and he at once
went to John Sherman and insisted
tiiat Marks must not be di#tur(>ed ;
that the whole matter should be
allowed to remain its quiet as it
could |tosibly be kept. It would cor
tainly ruin him. urged Kellogg, to have
nil these damning facts made public
just at that tune; *' and," said be, "if
you remove Mark# it will look a if I
bad no influence here in AA'a#iiinglnn,
and a whole pack of hound# trom
Loui-iaiia will come barking at my he)
j and insist upon testifying agmr.st m#."
John Sherman promised to protect
' Kellogg, and in pursuance of this pro
j iiiie Mark* wa* permitted to continue
, in otficc, and lie #ttll hold# forth a# in
' ternal n-ienus collector and pocket# all
moneys belonging to the Government
that come bis way. Through hi# in
fluence over John Sherman, Kellogg
wa* enabled to bridge over the difficul
ty. and the Administration spread it*
protecting |>ower over another lot of
thieves.
A Sweet In-art in the Hole of a Nemesis.
Norman Hpencer stole $ 17,.500 front
the Pennsylvania Oil Company, that
employed him n# bookkeeper, and fled
to the southwest. The robbery was care
fully planned, and the thief* intention
was to take a new name, settle down a*
a planter, ami marry the Titnville girl
to whom he had long been engaged.
She knew all aliout this scheme, and
was to join bun as soon as practicable.
A detective was sent to watch her. anil
when she started westward, after recr iv
ing a mjrteriou letter, he gi|e##el she
meant to join her lover. He shadowed
her on tho journey so closely that she
became aware of hi* watching. At
'Joinry, 111., she hired a woman of about
her own sixe and shape to put on her
traveling suit, cover her face with a veil,
and go to Chicago, Tho detective un
#u|>eotingly followed the wrong woman,
while tfie real one went on to meet the
fugitive thief. Meanwhile Spencer had
bought a plantation near Galve*ton,
Texas, and fallen in love wuth a neigh
lior's daughter. Desiring to marry her,
he wrote to the I itu#ville girl at a jxiint
on her journey that she need not 00., in
to him. The Titusville girl wa* as quick
at revenge a# she had Wen at deceiving
th detective. She at once informed
the police where Spencer was, and he
has been arrested.
f'herks Haled in Advance.
An interesting qmstiou was decided
in a Philadelphia court in the case of
Greer against the National Hank of tho
Pcpublic. The fact* of the ca*e are a*
follow*: Horaco P. Wilbur drew a
cheek for SX29 in favor of Greer in <>c.
tober, 1877, on the Hank of the Keptib
lic. The cheek was dated three (fay*
ahead, and before Greer presented it
Wilbur gave notice to the bank and
stopped navment of it. When it was
presented the bank refused to pay, al
though it had the funds sufficient to
meet it. Greer then brought suit against
the bank to recover the sniounl of the
cheek, claiming that it wa* liable to pay
it. The Judge Wfore whom Hie case
was tried nonsuited the plaintiff, hold
ing that there was no contract .between
the bank and Greer for the payment of
the check, the only oonlmet Wing with
Wilbur, the drawer of the cheek, and
that waa to hold the amount suhjeet to
the order. The plaintiff insisted thai
the drawing of the check was an appro
priation of so much of the money in the
bank's bands to the person who held
the check, but the Judjtc held that the
oontraot by the bank with the depositor
to hold the money would prevent the
plaintiff from recovery.
A SOCIAL LIMIT GONE OI T
Til K I.AIIV MIIO MAIIK MTKAMUCHHV 1111.1.
TWICE rAROI'H.
Krow Ihc l*oi*<l<*n fUß'liit'l, July V,
A prominent, powerful unci accom
plished personsgc in English political
society haa just passed mwhv. The death
of Fiances Countess Waldegrave will
occasion throughout the whole London
world a sensation equally of sorrow and
surprise. Uegret lor the melancholy
event will lie confined to no one section
of the community, and to the member*
of neither of the great parties of the
state. The position filled by Lady
Waldegravo was unique. She was with
out rivals, and she is not likely to find
a successor. When Lady l'almeralon
died it was said hy a cute observer "that
the days ot the tfiandr dame, of France
and of the great lady of England had
passed away, as out ol keeping with the
age." Thin statement was accompanied
by the prophetic comment that if "by
a happy accident Lady I'almcrston's
lONS was replaced, and an attempt was
made to ascend the vacant throne by
any duly-qualified aspirant, no surer
I mode ot the advancement of such pre
j tontions could be set upon than by
| treading in the footsteps ol her admired,
j beloved and universally regretted pre
!d< cessor." When Mr. Ilayward penned
l thee sentences, it is di(h<-ult to think
that lie had not the qualifications of
Lady Waldegrave in view ; and it is
! quite certain that the mistress ol Straw
terry flili did what few others could
have done to mike the |>o*il ion indi
catod in them her own. The fiist oh
j ject of her ambition was, as in the ease
! of Lady I'alniervtou, to render the most
\ effective social service |>o#sibh: to Un
political party with which her husband
was identified. Neitherof these queens
of society was a slateswonuili. Loth
were strong partisan*. Lady Walde
: grave was not an authority in any par
ticular department of politics; Lady
i'nlmerston was m the habit of saying
that if she were a politician herself she
would cease to IK* a good judge of the
jollities of others. Hut, like Lady Pal
uierston. Lady AA aldegrave hid <L finite
views, and all the native ability, ae
quired exj orn-nei-, and feinine tact, n< i
ces-ary to actively promote those view -.
Each of them believed in Wliiggisin as a
social pnneiple; each of tin in acqui
e-c d in the Liberal party as indispensa
ble to the manifestation or the a-ser
: lion of that principle. Lady Wabb
grave, imb eds w:i m rc of a stranger to
purely Wing prejudices than I.auy Pal
metton. Perhaps, too, she had of the
two a b-ss vivid apprehension of the
tendencies of Liberalism as a political
creed. All tliat she cared to knew was
that, by the accidents -fl |*ilion ami
marriage, she w# closely associated
with a certain political organisation.
I lie fact <> tin# issoi istion rave b<-r an
object in life. What others did ill the
striate and the club #he r-#olved to <lo
in the mlovn and in the count!t house.
It she con I not immediately atb-rt the
late of cabinet* she could encourage
and reward the supporters of (.Janets,
N|,e conceive l ! clearly the | art in life
which she Wl-heii to play ami she play
ed it wail. She was an enlbu-iat witii
out being a bigot. .*s||e was a ■>■>< inl
eclectic williout being asocial latitude
narian. Like Lady Palmerston she did
not confine b< r imitations • xrluiv< ly,
or anything like eEcluivc|y. to the
rnstnleri of Iter own party ; but then
she always took care to never allow llie
exercise of this t< -lerant hopitLiv to
I ll>l -r 'III e her reputation for | oliliral
ortb odoXV.
The alliance, which sixteen years ago,
i Lady Waldegrave f imcd w.th .Mr.
(dm hester Fortcseue w i imini ntly n
-ptcious. Mr. filadstonc's !rih Secre
tary not only had valual le family con
nections, a well as an academic reputa
Hon of the highest order, but he bad for
many years acted as a connecting link
between Wliiggisin and I.iWraltaro. The
strength of this link was greatly in
creased when Mr. Ferlcscue united irs
fortune# with those of Lord Walde
; grave'* widow. Strawberry Hill i only
one of several estates which were ||er
ladyship's property. Hut for |<ohtical
purjMises it was always incomparably
' the most important. It is something.
doubtless, that the place is foil of the
atmosphere of soe si ami political trmli
lion. It has a history, and its history
has always been more or less of a living
influence. It wa# built by n coach
man Its first tenant was (Vtlley Clo
her, who wrote the "lb fual" under lis
roof. Then it passed into the bands of
"Mr*, Cbcvcnix. the toy woman." as .),<•
was called by Horace Waipole, who
bought it from her. ami wrote of it as
'hi* "plaything home, the prctt Jt
bauble you ever saw ; #et in enamelled
meadow* with filigree hedges, with
barge* a# solemn a* Baron* of the L*.
chequer under my window, with—.
thank (iod the Thame* WWcen me
and the I>uche* of (JueensWrry, but
with dowager# as plenty as flounders
inhabiting all around." "The grotesque
house with the piecrust battlements"
waa bequeathed by Horace Waipole to
Mr*. Darner, from whom it passed into
the hand* of the Waldegrave family.
Kitty ("live has held receptions in its
garden*; M r*. Middon* ha* studied mre
than one of her character* within its
walla. Fifty year* ago everything was
in the state in which Horace Waipole
left it. Nor was it till 1M" that all the
AValpoleian relio#—the painting#, the
antiquities, the Uolliein*. the IVtints,
the Tetiiara—were old hy auction. Hut
the di#|>er#ion of if# oiiginal treasures
did not make Strawberry Hill a less
valuable instrument in the hand* of
Lady Waldegrave, andit is this Twick
enham Tqsculum which waa the capital
other Empire. In London Lady Wal
degrave wa* never the absolute sover
eign that she waa on the It inks of the
Thame*. Her hospitalities were abo in
cessantly exercisca both at her house in
Essex and in Somersetshire; but at
neither had they much or anything in
common with the hospitalities of Straw
berry Hill. From Whitsuntide to Aug
ust the .Edes Wal|>oliHnie. as they were
called by their firat historic owner, were
never without a company of more or
less distinguished guest*. The architec
tural arrangement* of the house were as
admirably adapted to their purposes aa
the kimlly nature of its hostess. Its
windows open u|>on innumerable lawns
and alcoves; there are countless exile
and entrances from and to the main
body of the building; guest* came and
departed without attracting any notice.
The existence of Ht raw berry Hill under
Lady Waldegrave'* regime was luffled
by none of the regulation* to which
hospitalities on a humbler scale are j
liable. Its comfort wa* proverbial. Now]
that its doors will be cloned, and that I
there will be no longer presenWthe ho* !
teas to make it all that it once wits, tin- j
xocial loss sustained is not one that can
lie easily made good.
A I'ItKTTV (.1 IfL.
Mil. lIK.VRV JAMK*, JK.'#, I'ICTI'IE OP TUP.
HEROINE OP lII* NEW NTOMV.
From ••(■- fifiil- i,. e, • in Hrrtl'titr f#r AtiKuat
She was simply the American pretty
girl, whom he had men u thousand j
I times, it was a numerous * inter hood, !
I pervaded by a strong family likeness, j
j I'his young lady hud charming eye* (yf
I the color of (iordon's cravats), which
looked everywhere at once and yet j
found time to linger in •nin# place*, 1
where I/origtievillc'* own eyes frequent
ly met them. She hud soft brown bair,
i with a silky, golden thread in it, beau \
tilully arranged and crowned with a
, smart little hut that savored of l'ari*. j
She had also a blender little figure, neat
ly rounded and delicate, narrow band*, i
prettily gloved. Miu moved about a
great deal in her place, twisted her little
flexible body and tossed 10-r lie,el, fing
eretl Iter hair end examined theornu
menu of her dre**. She bad a great
j deal of conversation and she expressed j
herself Mith exticme flunk no l # and de
cision. lie asked her, to begin with, if
"lie bad In en long at Haden, l ot the
impetus ol thi* question wa* all shore
quired. 1 iiriiing tier chaiming, con
*ci'<us. coquettish little face upon him
she instantly began to chatter.
"I have been here about four weeks.
I don't know whether you call that
long. It doesn't seem long to me, I
have had such a lovely time. I have
met ever so many people here I know—
every day some one turn* up. Now
you have turned up to-day."
, "Ah, but you don't know me," said
1-ongueville, laughing.
"V\ ell, 1 have heard a great deal about
\ou," cued the young girl, will, u petty
little stare of cun.reliction. "I think
\<>u know a gn at friend ol mine. Mm#
Ella Alaclane, of llsltiinore. .She * trav
eling in Liiop- now. Longueviile#
memory did not instantly respond to
tin# signal, i ut lie expte#ed that rap
turou- a- -nt which the occasion d<-
mandesi, and even risked the observu
Hon that the young lady (torn Hdtimore
was very pretty. ' {she's far too lovely,'
hi* rampanion went on. "I have often
heard her speak ot you. I think you
know her #i#ter rather better than you
know her. Mi* ha# not been out very
long. Hi* i* jui-t as interesting a* she
c*n be. Her hair come* down to her
' feet. She's traveling in Norway. She
ha# been everywln re you can think of.
and h * going to lim*Ji of! with Fin
land. You can't go any further than
that, can you • ihai's one coinfort ,
she'll have to turn round and c<-m
-hack. 1 anl lief dreadfully to come
to Haden Hal n."
| "I wi#h she would," said I/Ongueville.
"I# *he traveling alom ? '
"'ih, no. They've got some English
man. Tney say h<*' devoted to Ida.,
Kveryon* -eiii* toh .ve an Englishman,
now. A\ • ve got one here, f'sptam
l/o\<|ock. ''• j tain Augtisttis l/ivt-Joek. '
Well, they're awfully iistidom*. Ella
M.n Urn i- 'lying to come to Hidin
Haden. I wili you'd write to |,< r.
H.-r lather and mother have got yimr
idea m their bead*; the> think it's iro
proper- w hat do you call it ; -immoral.
1 wih \ou'.| write to he and tell b< I It
oti't. 1 wonder if they think that Mr#.
A'.vian would come to a plsee that's im
moral. Mrs, Vivian sa\s slie would
like h<r in a m-menl; she doesn't
scent to care how many she ha. I lie
dare, she's only U#i kind. You know
lin in Mr. V nan's rare. My- mother
ha* gone to Fr*ii*enbd. '•lie would
let me go with Mr*. Vivian anywhere,
on account of the influence—*h# thinks
so much of Mrs. Vivian's influence. 1
have always heard a great deal al<out it.
haven't you T 1 must say it's love y; '
It's had a WonderUll i fleet upon nie. I
don't want to praise myself, but it ha*.
You a.k Mis. Vivian if 1 haven't been
good. 1 liave been ;u#t a* good a 1 ran
1 -e. I've been so peaceful ; I've just sat
here tic* way. I v you call fhi* immor
al ? You're not obliged to gamble if
VOll don't want to. Ella Mariano's
father seem* to think you get diawn in.
I'm sure I Imvsn't f>een drswn in. I
know what you're going to aay— you're
going to say I've been drawn out. Well,
I have to night. We jtit tit here so
quiet— ihere * nothing to do but to talk.
We make a little parly by ourselves—
are you going to Wong to our party ?
I'wo of u are turning—Mi** Vivian and
''aptain lxveloek. Captain Lovelock
ha* gone with her into the rooms to ex
{(lain the gambling—Mis* Vivian always
want# every thing explained. lam sure
I understood it the first time I looked
,U the tallica. Have you ever seen Miss
i Vivian? She's very much admird,
-he's so very unusual. Hlaek hair's so
uncommon—l see you've got it it, ton-s
-| hut 1 mean for young ladies. 1 ant sure
one see* everything here. There's a
woman that come# to the fable—a Por
tuguese countess—who has hair that is
|>ositively blue. I can't say I admire it
when it come* to that ahade. Hlue'a
my favorite color, but 1 prefer it in the
eye*," continued Lrtngueville'a ronipan- '
ion, resting upon him her own two bril- j
liant little specimens of the tint.
He listened with that expression of i
dear amusement which i* not always an i I
indication of high esteem, but which
even pretty chattercra, who are not the '
reverse of estimable, often prefer to ! I
masculine inattention; and while he i
listened Bernard, according to hi* wont, 1
made his reflection*, lie said to him- ( I
self that there were two kinds of pretty 11
girls—the actually csmscinu# and tho I
finely iinc.onsciou*. Mr*. Vivian'a pro- \ ]
tege was a tnemlier of the former rate- j i
gory ; she belonged 'to tho genu* co- 1 ]
quelle, We all have our conception of ] I
Ihe indispensable, and the indispensa- j I
ble to this young lady, was a spectator t |
almost anv mala biped would serve the | <
ourpot*. Toher*|iecttoraheaddrei<ae#l, I i
for the moment, the w hole volume of : i
her being —addressed it in her glances, ' i
her attitude*, her exclamations, in a ';
hundred little oxperintenU of tone and <
gesture and position. And these ru*t- 1
ling artifices were so innocent and ob- i
viout that tho UirectneM of bor dcriro |
to be well with her observer became in
itself a grace • it led Ifernard afterwar'l
to say to himself that the natural voca
tion and metier of little girl* for whom
existence whs but a shimmering surface,
was to prnttb- and rufile their plumage ;
their view of life and it* duties was it*
simple and Superficial as that of an
Oriental bayadere.
Ijunar on the Kxodu*.
THE M ISERARI.E 7 lII' 11* EMPtOTSD TO HE
fOV THE Slt/JROM.
Kfttffl lif W |'l
Senator l-amar, who returned from
Mississippi several dav* ago, wax asked,
by the l''ift, Wednesday, about the ne
gro exodus. He said the excitement
j among the negroes on the subject of
emigration had been allayed, hut they
are kept in a feverish and unsettled
| condition by parties interested in bav
| ing them leave. Along the Mississippi
! river, where the exodti* fever raged at
first, it has pretty well died out, but in
the interior of the State the subject is
I kept alive, though but few negroes aro
leaving.
| "Are any efforts being made to keep
I the movement going ?" asked the /'m„
'"Yes," replied the senator, "men go
among the negroes and persuade them
that they are being abused arid robbed
wild offer tin in inducements to go to
| Kansas."
( "What motive prompts these men?''
"Some of them are moved by pure
cttsaednesa, hatred of the South, and
others make money out of the negroes,
Kiilro.id com pan i< - having large tracts
of lan<J for sale are interested in getting
negroes to locale upon it. The |>oor
deluded negro w ill never be able to pay
for the land he buys, and these men
know it, hut the railroad will get tb
benefit of whatever improvements ho
makes on the land. Some of thetn
cheat the negro out of what little
money thev have. A man recently
went through Holmes county selling
tin- negroes flags with which to stake
of! their land in Kansas. This ia an
old game, fait those |a.or negroes were
deceived by it, lie got all the money
they had and told them to meet him
on a certain day at Intrant, on the rail
ro id. and he wou'd have there a tra n
to take tlietn to Kansas free of tharge.
I -.iw a letter from a citizen of I'urant
d' < libing the appearance of the town
and the ci nfoti the day named for tl o
free train. The negroes from ail the
country around flocked to the station
and the place was overcrowded with
them. I hey could not be persuaded
that they had I wen deceived, but insis
ted upon waiting for the train."
Senator I.ulnar said he did not l-e.
licve that there would be anything like
a general emigration movement among
the riegtoe.; that some would leave
here and there, und others would re
turn from tiie Und of promise.
"Should the negro population leavo
the S'.itc, could other lalx-r tw pro
cured ?"
"\e*. sir." replied Mr. I. mar, "Mis
s.s-ipj , would blossom iik- a rose."
in oder to show how superior white
lal-or would prove to colored, Col. la
-11" said he had had a "lute man em
j-loyed on his. plantation six months,
I and m that shot! time he ha<l improv
ed •\- ry thing under hi* charge. I his
man had employed Ins practical kndfcl
| wig-- of fstmtng. and made improve
ments in i he crop and stock that negroes
would ni \it think of. S. nator 1.-mar
thought if the negroea were to "exo
du .n a !>ody, such valuable while la-
Iroteis as the one on his plantation
would g into the Stato to cultivate the
land.
A Carinas bake.
K ' * MftU * OVIIKE U Rf A C\*.V |*lf LtK
ll-io j- Hliitt thi-y tttJl mlkiui our w-n.
derftil advantages in the Kast: In Colo
rado there is a ten acre fie!-l which is
no tnore nor le* thsn a subierr:<nean
lake covered with soil about eighteen
inches deep. <n the soil is cultivated
a field of corn, which ) rodu> <• thirty
or forty bushel* to the acre. If any
one will take the trouble to dig a hole
the depth of a spade handle he will
find it filled with water, and by using a
hook and line lih four or five inches
long can be caught. The fish havw
neither scales nor eye* and anj perch
like in shape. The ground is a black
marl in its nature.and in li probability
was at one time an open l-ody of water,
on which was accumulated vegetable
mailer, which hA* been increased from
time to time, until now it has a crust
stifhcienily strong and rich to produce
line corn, though it has to be cultivated
by hand, as it is not strong enough to
'•ear the weight of a horse. While
harvesting the field hands catch great
trings ot 6h by punching a hole
through the earth, A person rising on
Ins heel anil coming down suddenly can
see the growing corn shake all around
him. Any one having strength enough
to drive a rail through this crust will
find on releasing it that it will disap
pear altogether. The whole section of
country surrounding this field gives evi
leiioe of marshiness, and the least rain
produce* an abundance of mud. Hut
the question comes up, has not this
laxly an outlet? Although brackish,
the water ta*tes as if fresh, and it is
evidently not stagnant. Yet these fish
are eyeless and scwleleas—similar to
those found in caves.
Value or a Wire.
"How do you get along?" said a wife
to her husband, in the midst of tha
panic. 'th. I shall weather the storm,
but I wish I had a few hundred dollars
more." "iVin't you wish you had mar
ried a rich wife?" said she, in a teasing
way; then going to her room, she re
turned with rather tnore than th#
amount required in United States
bond*. "Why, where in the world did
you get this?" said the husband. "Well
my near, you went to a champaign sup
per seven years ago, and on your return,
finding navigation around the room
father difficult, deposited hat, shoes,
gloves, and a large roll of bills on the
carpet, | put tha money away and
waited threw weeks for you to inquirw
if .1 had *een it, when finding you were
ashamed to do so. 1 invested. nn ,| hero
you have It." The moral is—well, we
don't know what It wl unless that if
yon will get drunk and lose your tno
ney, do it at home under tha eye of
your wife.