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A I'I.KA FOIt lilt: ItKl'l 111.It'.
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The struggle at hand in American
jsilities is a struggle for tile preserva
tion of the constitutional Republic.
Shall the Aiuerieati principle remain?
Shall the Democratic idea continue?
Shall the simple, farmer Republic
last? All "other questions arc less
than these in the politics of the next
twelvemonth. The Democratic prin
ciple has a large majority of the peo
ple of this country as its adherents.
Local self-government, home rule, ex
alting the individual, keeping the
Government rather than men in sub
jection —this is the American princi
ple. For this the light is to he made
in the year ahead of us. The peril of
a one-man jiower overhangs the Re
public. In this great, free nation
there is a demand for a "strong man,"
a man stronger than the Constitution.
When that demand i- endorsed by an
emphatic majority of the voters of the
Fnited States the end of the Republic
is at hand. The growing power of
corporations, the growth of the power
of great cities, the alarming tendency
toward the centralization of power in
Washington, are dangers to the Re
public. There must he a union of all
its friends to save it from these perils.
Men who three or four years ago were
shocked at the suggestion that one
man should be President of this Re
public twelve years now surround tin
silent man as he marches across the
continent and hail his candidacy for a
third term as a lovely tiling. There
is a longing for a Government, not
within the Constitution, hut outside ot
ami beyond it —for a man and a Gov
ernment "stronger" than the Consti
tution. This longing i- an enemy ot
the Republic and a to*- of free govern
ment on this continent. It i- to this
danger, or these dangers, that the ef
forts of the friends of the Republic
must he unitedly addressed. The ex
istence of the Republic a- it was is the
great end. And we will not b< lieve
that the American devotion to the
American principle has been extin
guished. The same impulses that sent
so many thousands of men into tin
war for the protection of the I uion
under the Constitution will iuqicl men
to cling to the Constitutional Republic
in time of |K-ace.
The Democratic party has been the
traditional party of discipline. Since
the beginning of the century the Dem
ocratic devotion has ht-en Fifty and
admirable. That discipline lias ap
parently relaxed somewhat within a
few years. For nearly twenty years
the Republican party has held tlx
s|s>ils ; ami spoils, to a great extent,
make discipline. The Democracy co
longer have an unorganized or a disor
ganized foe to contend against; hut,
on the contrary, a party with all the
machinery of government, with all the
patronage ; a party audacious, unscru
pulous, and terribly resolute. The
taking of the current Presidency by
the Republican party was a wound in
flicted upon tree government, not so
much because one man rather than
another was placed in the White
Mouse, but because the methods by
which a party took power were such
as to diminish res|K-ct for Republican
or Democratic institutions. The love
for the simple Republic is diminished.
The respect for the constitutional
powers is growing less. The Demo
eratic principle, the American idea,
is weakened in the affection of Ameri
cana. The holders of political |>ower
have, in order to retain power, so in
flamed sectional passion that there is
almost a willingness to abandon the
Republic. The tendency is certainly
and painfullv in that direction. The
duty of the Democracy in this hour is
to preserve the Republic. The drift
is dangerous. Whigs nnd Republi
cans in the South have been driven by
Republican misrule, by carpet-bag
rule, by ignorant, negro misgovern
ment into the Democratic party. Re
publican misconduct in theHouth has
consolidated the South, mid now the
South is blamed for being solid, and
not only the South, but the Democrat
ic partv North is blamed most out
rageously because Republicans have
made the South "solid." Out of all
this grows the peril of the Republic,
to the fundamental ideas of free gov
ernment in this country. Sectional
hatred, even after secession nnd slave
ry are forever buried, mny crush out
the devotion to the Republic. The
Southern States would divide jK.liti
eally, as they were divided throughout
our history till 1*(>0, with the removal
of the temjrorary causa* for their solid
ity. The Southern representation in
Congress is made up chiefly of Whigs,
not of original Democrats. When
the spoilholdcrt* of the Republican
party will permit the sentiment of
union to rise above the spirit of sec
tionalism one-third of the Southern
States will be debatable ground lie
tween the Democratic and Republican
parties. The Republican fear seems
to lie that the Northern Slab's can
only be carried for the Republican
party by penetrating sectionalism.
They must continue to light the late
war.
The duty of the Democracy from
thin day till the next Presidency in
determined, and thereafter will lie to
I secure united effort for the muinten
nnce of the republic. There have
been divisions in the Democrutic
ranks ; they must end. Personal am
bition must sink. The Fust and West
must join. There must be concessions,
harmony. The treatment of the black
man in the South must be fair and
equul. The representatives of the
South, by silence or by temperate ex
pression, must earn the con'tidence of
the independent Northern vote. They
must make sitecial ctlort to do tliis,
because they know that a Republican
microscope is fixed upon everything
they say and do. The tendency of the
Hepublicau party is become uuti-Uc
puhlican, perilously so. The unjust
cry is, "Hotter a Monarchy than a
Solid South and the silent soldier
walks stately from the Pacific to the
Atlantic while the name of a third
term is sweet in the mouths of men,
ami a third nomination for the Presi
dency only waits his acceptance. The
Democratic duty is prudent, united
effort. The DemocraticCongressmust
he moderate, and must not demand
what the world now knows it cannot
yet. The extra session fixed the bound
ary lines. The Republican President
cannot refuse to grant again what he
has granted once; the Congress should
not demand again what it hns been
once, or more than once, refused. The
prime mission is the salvation of the
Republic from the tendencies that
mean its destruction. The future of
the Democracy thus lies in the path of
the maintenance of free government,
of Democracy. ls-t not sectionalism
or centralism rise above Republi
canism.
t'iichtiinr Joe Hooker on (.rant ami
Sherman. •
The death of (int. Hooker recalls
the fact that the San Francisco Herald
of May 'J-t, 1*72, contained an inter
view with thetieneral which raised a
great breeze in army circles at the
time. The follow ing are specimen pas
sages :
Reporter—Had the ('hancellorville
campaign been successful there would
have been a different history of the
last |K'riol of the war.
(ieneral I looker —It I had won that
battle(iencral (irant would never have
been brought from the West. Hut I
wouldn't exchange places with him to
day. I wouldn't turn over in bed for
the Prc-ideney.
Reporter—l suppose you have no
very excellent reasons for being par
tial to (irant ?
General Hooker with considerable
vim -(irant has got no more moral
sense than a dog. His treatment of
me after the battles of Lookout Moun
tain and Ringgold proved that. When
the 11 th and 12th Corp- were consoli
dated after the liattle of Gettysburg,
and transferred to the West, under the
name of the 20th Corps, and placed
under my command, every crescent
the badge which distinguish**! the
llthCorp- >di-nppeared,and tin- 12th
Inwnmc the emblem. (ieneral Thomas
took me by the hand, but Grant and
Sherman, who were in partnership,
gave roe the cold shoulder. I wa- big
enough to take care of myself, and
didn't care; but 1 did care for my
men.
Reporter—Were you treated fairly?
G*-n. Hooker—Here is an instauce:
1 got a letter from Sherman ordering
m- to pursue the enemy, hut not to
tight him. 1 wrote him that I thought
it was a good deal like the woman who
gave her hoy permission to go n fish
ing, with the express jtermission that
he must not go ix-ar the water. Peo
ple called Sherman crazy during the
early part of the war. It was prema
ture; if they had waited until he sur
rendered every issue of the war to
Johnston they would have bit the nail
on the head.
Reporter—l should have thought
the victory at Lookout Mountain
would have had a mollifying effect
on them.
General Hooker —Well, it was no
part of the original plan. Sherman
has .commenced the fight on the river,
and been worsted. The Ixtokout af
fair was unexpected. As Thomas af
terwards said, the operations at Chat
tanooga were planner! one way and
(ought another. Thnt's what (irant
sent Thomas out here for. It was for
saying that.
R.-|sirt* r —Curl Shurz seems to have
been player! out as a General toward
the lat?
General Hooker —Tlx- first bullet at
Wauhatchie turned his brain. 1 rode
up to him and said : "I cannot afford
to |K-ril a whole commartd just Ix-cause
one man is (lurried. you, what's
tlx- matter with you ?"
Reporter—You removed him?
(ieneral 1 looker—Yes, on tlx-sprit.
You can't sacrifice troops, you know,
for one man, no matter how high his
rank. The cause was too sacred to be
thus trifled with.
Reporter—He's a Greeley man, is
he not?
General Hooker —Vcc, and that in
all right enough. Hchunt in n good
talker, and that in all there in of him.
Talk about hin commanding the tier
man vote ! The idea of a public man
having influence with people who
know be can't ntand fire! Nonnenne.
Reporter—l mippone (irant under
ntandn your ponition toward him well
enough ?
General Hooker—He undemtandn
it perfectly, .hint an I left New York
to attend the military meeting at
Cleveland, he sent IngalU to me to
know how I would receive him there.
My reply wan that ! - oul<l not l- rude
to tlu> I'residcnt of the United State*;
but a* for "General" ( iniut I wouldn't
touch him with a puir of tongs.
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WH AT SOI.IIMKIKI) Til K SOI Til .'
Kent tlif W iuli in Riot) l'"-
• Public sentiment throughout the
North ha* singularly failed to tttke
udc(|uate account of the cause* which
have resulted in a solid South, yet the
same causes would have produced the
same effect in any other section ol the
Union. The Republican masse* of
the North appear to regard Southern
solidity a* indicative of the totally
depraved condition of the Southern
whites, when, in fact, it simply shows
that they are more fit to claim a cm- (
moti lineage and share a common des
tiny with their brethren of the North.
We undertake to say in truth and
sol id ness, and not only to say, but to
show so clearly and forcibly a* to con
vince any honest, unprejudiced mind,
that the wbile people of the South were
driven into their present political uni
ty bv forces of Northern Republican
origin, and such forces as could not
po—ibv have produced any other ci
ted without a sii-pt iifiou of natural
law*. There can be no honest, intelli.
gent man in any portion of the North
who, if he will calmly review the fact*
in the case, and will judge others by
himself, will not admit that the solidi
fication of' Southern brains, manhood,
character, social influence and pros
perity was a simple and unavoidable
act of obedience to the first law of nn
.tur< —the fiat of the Creator.
The rea*>nahh- limit* of a new-pa
per urtiele prohibit the citation of evi
dence in detail, and we can only givi
aggregated result* of investigation--
This we pr>i|>o*o to do in order to
show h"W South ( aroliim was made
-olid, and we present South Carolina
n< n sample, for the same kind of
work was prosecuted, to a greater or
less extent, all over the Smth. Ras
cally adventurer- from the North, in
alliance with the worst da--'- of ne-
([riHS, mi/ed the machinery of State
< iovomtiiont and wielded it a an
instrument of wholesale rohlx-ry and
intolerable oppression, legislature*,
composed of a few white scoundrel*
and a mass of ignorant and vicious
negroes, turned State capitals into
dens of thieves and prostitutes. In a
single year the gang who held South
Cat lina by tlie throat, while < >raut
held bayonets at her heart, rati up a
hill for "legi-lative exjK-n.i-s," only,
amounting to more than a million
and a half of dollars! The negroes
and their white a*sociat • -as shown
hv official records now In-fore u—
bought furniture, clothing, dry goods,
groceries, provisions, wines, millinery,
jewelry—in short, all that their rude
natures prompted them to call for,
nud the State paid tlx- hills.
We will give a IVw footings from
the official account- lit' a -ingle session
of that assemblage of stat'-smen —tliat
infamous, seething, restoring ma.-* of
hii-tial .villainy, of which iht black
prostitute was the ruling element.
Ami we want Republican!* to look at
thi figures. lk'fore condemning the
Southern Ifemocrat for advocating a
solid South "put yourself in hi* place."
This brutish crew, calling itself the
legislature of South Carolina, in a
sample session, expended $262,3**.."0
for wince, liquors, groceries, etc. If
any similar a--cinblnge, in any North
ern State, had attempted such rascali
tv the iwople would have rion, in
their righteous wrath,and hurled them
out of the Capitol, and most of them
would have gone out dead, and all the
decent men and women in the State
would have said "well done!"
Itut there are other item* of "legis
latire ex|*-nW for that sample ses
sion that are a.* had U the grocery
and liquor hill. They paid for sta
tionery, atthougfl few of them could
rwnd or write, $6H,455.M9; for newa
|i|>ers, $",767 ; for furniture—mostly
for private use, $116,"178. Think of
it. More money thnn all the legiti
mate hills of n session should amount
to, stolen to huv furniture and carpet*
for the wives and mistresses of those
black and white thieves! For print
ing this illiterate mob paid just $400,-
000 —enough to defray nil the ex
penses of a legislature for four or five
years! They had on their rolls MHM
employes, including 170 porters, 121
jmges and three chaplains, and they
paid these black lonfers and pimp*
s.'b r >9,.'i97. The entire expense of the
session was $1,5.T1,574.78. The total
cost of a sessien tinder llemoeratic
rule, after solidification occurred, was
$*4,096,
We have given these accurate state
ments of fact* to cliow by what means
the Southern people are forced to
throw otr their oppressors, by uniting
iti political antagonism to organized
robberv. No people worthy of liber
ty could have done otherwise. There
is nothing in modern history of civil
ized nations more cruel than the
wrongs inflicted on the South during
the era of outrage and crime, of whole
sale plunder ami measureless insult—
nothing that surpasses it, except the
storv of Poland. If these .nfamous
deeds of damning villainy had not
solidified the true men of that sec
tion, they would have deserved to per
}M'tunlly boar the degradation under
which they groaned for weary years.
The Frenchman who pro|>osc* to
search the lied Hen for the remains of
Pharaoh's army should first discover
the bill I rushes in which Moses was hid
and then follow up the trail.
Kilt) of Colorable.
A* I'tiiliful Kitty otir iiiirnlt>ir * ft* I (Ink
Willi u pa* i,.-i oi milk ft'dii tii- r|i i-l Co|rltMt (
Wli.-tfli- a* tii s||. .tn„il,|.w|, t) M (dtilicr It ttitiiMft,
Ami ull l)i* • *.. liutt*rtuilk *Kt*r*ql th*(stain.
"Oh, what aliftil I do iiuw ?- tw as I r-'king at toil now !
Hurt-, -lit." am || * h#r I II 11***1 me* t Mtrain '
T.n* ill*prld* if mv dairy; Oh Itum*!- Mcl'lcary,
\mi I•• at-nl ,i* n j.tagni. to ||| nh |a of t'oh taftM'."
I -ill down ta-aid<' h#*r ami g* nll> did rbld* b*r,
Thai ich a iniaforDitit ahoiild give |n r am h |mDi ;
A klaa tit's* I gut* h*T. and •!*• I did tan** h*r
.••lie vow * I f.ir iur|i |d*wuitir* h d lr*'k
Twwa ha> iitaklliK ■*ioii. I<ant t. II tin- r*A>ii—
Misfortune* will n*v*r r*.im lng|. . if* (.lain ;
For vs*i\ asM.it after |-sor Kitty'* 'lla**t*r
Th* d*\ll a pit' her * a* whole in (Vlcrulti*,
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MAKE ROOM FuR TilK UIIITE-H IN A
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INDIAN Oft'l I' ATION.
Meeting Senator Hill at C'lmrpiot'*
Hotel in Denver on the Nth instant, a
reporter ot the Denver Jiihunf inter
viewed him on the subject of the trouble
in ( olorado.
"lli- people are greatly interested
just now about the l ies. Will you
give your views on the Indian ques
tion ?'
"< ' rtainlv. The recent valuable
di-covc-ries which have been made all
along tin- eastern line of the Indian
r- -ervation in Colorado, and which in
dicate as rich Held* for the miner and
farmer as those already develojK-d in
the State, and the great and contin
ually iiicrea-ing influx of population
into ('dorado, luti-t convince ev-rv
one that this great area should now be
thrown open to development and oc
cupation. Uvcrvbodv in Colorado, mi
tar as I know, i- agreed ii|>oii this, nnd
the only question to b<- rnusidcrnl is
how it i- to be effected. The ("'ingress
ol tin- ( nited States ha- undoubted
control of the whole matter, and our
relief niii-t come, if at nil, through
that body ; and w<- must lake *ueli a
c-itir-e a- will explain away the doubt*
and scruple* which m-oiii to fill the
minds of many Eastern niember* of
< 'ongress, and must satisfy tlm country
tluit the ib mands of ( olorado respect
ing the Utes are ju-tificl bv the bc-t
inter' -is ot the State, atii] if acceded
to, would advance the welfare of the
whole nation. And in my opinion
tin- result will not be attained by con
stant and wbole-ale invective, shower
el indi-eriminatclv u|sin C-VTVIKKIV
who venture* to differ with us. Just
at tlii- time it i- inijKi*.-ih)e to Miggi>t
what course should be pursued. <en.
Adam* ha* bravely succeeded in se
curing the surrender of the captives ;
the department has d< maided the sur
render ot' the murderers of Mr. Mi k
er and the other whit'*, and (iviieral
A'lams, 'i< n< nil Hatch and Ouray
have been appointed a commission to
determine a- to the guilty partbw.
Now if tin- l ie-deliver up all con
cerned in theM< murder- and the Thorn
burg and Wier mas-acres, nnd they
are brought to justice, we could hardly
insist ujsui the same extreme measures
respecting the r<-t of the triln- a- we
should if they refuse to deliver up
thee men. In the latter event I liojk
and believe that the (invernment will
pursue the band reh nl!e--]v, and if
necessary until the triln- i. wiped from
the face of the earth."
"What do you think of the proposi
tion to remove the Utc* to the Indian
Territory ?"
"It is all right if it is feasible, hut
to those who are acquainted with the
grave difficulties attending the effort
to remove them, it is apparent that it
could only lie effected, if at all, by
force, nt'tcr the most bitt'-r ami deadly
rr-*i*tance on thefr part, and after tlie
killing of hundmls of white men, wo
men nnd children in the attempt.
This method of removal would mate
rially reduce the uumliers of the Utc
trilK-s, which would not probably be
greatly deplored in Colorado, but it
would sacrifice many brave and inno
cent lives. There is a large reserva
tion in New Mexico, having ample
room for the Utes. General I'OIK- is
of the opinion, which is aha ml bv
many who have studied this problem,
that it i* feasible and practicable to
remove the Colorado Utes to tlii* res
ervation, and that it could lie accom
plished without violence and blood
shed. As I said before, a good deal
dcjH-nds on the event* of the next few
weeks, and before ("ongress a.—cmhlcs
1 trust (bat some wi-e scheme will lie
devised looking to the n|*-ning of this
rich country. It* development will
add million- of wealth to the national
Government and furnish homo* and
subsistence to thousands of hardy
pioneers and tli'-ir families, nnd such a
measure I will urge nnd earnestly
support.
It is a mitakc to attribute the pres
ent outbreak in nnv degree to the
white population bordering on the res
ervation. There is no class of people
in this republic more peaceable and
inoffensive than the miner or prospect
or. Hut the Indian seems to lie un
willing that the white man should live
even near his reservation."
"What is your opinion of the policy
of the Interior Department regarding
"I think that gross injustice may lie
done the department. Nobody who
knows Seeretarv Hchurz rail for a
moment doubt tliat he is earnestly de
sirous of settling the Indian question
so tlint the liest interests of the whole
country shall le suhaerved, and all his
effort* in this direction are guided hy
the highest integrity and singleness
of purpose. He is probably iu doubt,
like the rest of us, as to just what
course will he the I>e*t one to pursue,
nnd meanwhile is devoting himself to
the endeavor to bring those guilty of
the assiiinlion* of the past two months
to justice."
"He has been censured for stopping
the advance of the troop* Under (ion.
Merritt."
"Yen, but an advance at that time
meant a horrible death for Mrs.
Meeker ami the other wornefl and
children who bad fallen into the hand*
of the Indians, in the light of sub
sequent events no one can question the
wisdom of this policy. It must also be
remembered that the Quaker policy,
as it is called, of dealing with the
Indians is the policy which was in
force in the Interior Department when
the present Secretary entered upon hi*
duties, and he bus but carried out the
provisions of the existing law. The
whole Indian policy, including the
rule requiring applicants for Indian
agencies to procure the approval of
some church synod or council, was
inaugurated by General Grant, who
gave it hi* personal attention ami full
approval. Attempt* to govern the
Indian* by those method* have failed
miserably in inanv eases ; but it is ab
surd to lay the blame upon President
Grant, who with great and varied ex
perience in dealing with tin- Indians
devised what seemed to be the best
method of governing them, or upon
Seeretarv Seburz, who ha* faithfully
and intelligently followed these meth
ods.
Their failure i |* rha|w due in a
great degree to the js.liey of the Gov
ernmeiit which permits tin- Indians to
carry arms. In my opinion, Indians
who are willing to work should Ik
fed; Indians too lazy to work should
have no rations issued to them, and
none of them should be |>ermitted to
own or 11 se firearms, i think, too,
that Indians should be brought a
mtieli a- possible within the jurisdiction
of the federal court*. If an Indian
robs or kill- another Indian, In- should
be indicted and tried in a United
Stat*s court, and Indians should be
taught to obey the law* in their deal
ing- with one another."
"Will Congress take any action on
the subject **
"I believe <'ongrcss will the coming
-es-ion po*s some measure for our re
lief from this oppressive burden."
"The Kquulit) of Opportunity."
Ft it, 111- lultln,' i Sir
K nutor Itayard, in hi- recent speech
at Wilmington, made um- of what
-eetn- to be a verv felicitous expres
sion for tb- advantage which the
American citizcu po#<*-* over the
citizen of any other ooumry. Here,
and on this soil only, of all the land
in tlii- wide globe, arc "the notde
equities of humanity" so thoroughlv
"acknowledged and resiected" that
"the one great and •—ential equality,
tin * ffuniity of opjtorlnnitif is secured to
all.'" A great ethical and a great
physical truth Jim behind this happy
and pregnant phrase. Then' i* no
real equality in the world like that of
"the equality of op|*irtunity." It i
the tact, known all over the civilized
World, that the I niti-d State* i the
country in which a man's talent and
labor may le ls--t availed of to hi*
own advantage which ha* brought and
i* still bringing to our shore* the
choice of the emigrating population
ot all nations. It is the consciousness
of this fact which convert* the great
majority of immigrant* coming to us
from every land into good, ordcrlv,
se|f-rc*|>ecting citizen* —the exceptions
laing those only whose minds are dis
tempered by unwholesome isms, and
hence have no pnus-r conception or
appreciation of liberal institutions.
Hen 1 knowledge, the access to justice,
and the chance for wealth and posi
tion are put by law and by custom
within the n-ach ami at the command
of every one deserving to attain them.
< fur schools arc- free, and no man is re
strained in hi* religious conviction*,
while accessibility to *ocial position
nnd |*>litical honors is nowhere a*
easy a* here. All roads are open to
every one rajmhle of moving upon
them, and if a man wishes to rise, the
absence of a long lineage will not in
terfere to prevent him. There i* no
obligation upon any one to follow his
father's calling, no compulsion to pre
vent him from exchanging it. The
hod-carrier's son may become Presi
dent, or Senator, or minister of the
gospel, college professor, or ambassa
dor to the aristocratic court of St.
James. The country, it* laws, it* in
stitutions nnd it* traditions provide
hiru absolutely with "the equality of
opportunity." That so clear a thinker
and cool an observer as Senator Har
are!, after his long visit to Europe,
should have eonie home most deeply
impresses! with this keynote to all our
prosperity gives still greater empha*is
to the la-licf that the founders of our
institution* "huilded better than they
knew" when they decided that the
only true equality the world has ever
seen, that of opportunity, should ho the
birthright of every Amcricau citizen.
Mr*. Kprlrelf t A Southwestern Sketch.
/n m th- IWmlwr Atlantis.
Not a week later Mrs. Spriggle pre
settled herself again at Rriarlcy. The
black dress had suffered visibly front
contact with muddy road* on the way.
The black sun-bonnet was lim|tcr and
rustier than ever. The wearer drop-
CI into a chair, and rroaacd her
ltd* dejectedly on her knem.
"Reckon ye done hoc red 'bout my
gal bein' married," she Maid, without
raising her cytw front the floor.
"Yes. I was much surprised to hear
it," the mistress replied. "She must
he very young."
"Yes, she is tol'ahle young, is sis, —
goiu' n fifteen. I4nt law, I wax mar
ri-'l at thirteen, I was o!"
Hie looked up quickly, hut catching
cxpri-HMon of disapproval on the
iiiUln—• - face oast her cyex again
U|MII the floor.
Iho w uxt on it in," continued she,
"he ain't got a cent, nor lie can't make
one, uuther."
"\\ hy did von let your daughter
take liirn, then ?"
N\ e||, In* come sdattdliti' round
sis, an he d alius a powder horn a
hangin'on to him ; s I just 'lowed ho
d a gun, and could keep si- in cumiii
an' tHisxtiuix. She 'a a muster-hand at
fre>h meat, is my gal! lie M-rajx-d
I up two dollars sntnewhar to get the
licence v%it h an to pay the preacher;
hut J don t reckon he II ever arn any
more."
"Not earn any more!" cried the
mistress inemlulou-ly. "What i- the
matter that lie can't work and supjsirt
your daughter properlv?"
Mrs Spriggle pushed hack her Iron
net and cro—cd her knee* before die
answered. I hen she shook her head
mournfully.
"I never found out," she -aid. "till
they wax done married, a.- how he'd
nary gun at all, —notion'but a piwder
' horn. And,"with a ge-tureof disgust,
"lie - the |owerfullit uo-aeeouut erit
ter ve ever did M*e."
" N ou must feel badly to let your
daughter go away with such a man."
"Oh, law, she ain't gone! Ifid ye
think In* had ary hou-e to put her in?
\\ hy, don tye know ? i hey 's tt-liviii'
to home w it It me."
This arnn/.ing piece of intelligence
nearly took awav tin- mistress's breath.
He tore -he could reply, Mr-. Spriggle
continued, —
"\\ hat '.- did V did! 'Tain't no use
fussin', I reckon."
"Hut how could you let Iter marry
hint without knowing more about him
than vou did?"
"W ell, it V flyin' in the face o' I'rov
idencc not to take tip with a husband
when he come* along." She glanced
up ap|ealinglv a- she spoke. "Gals
can t get a gxxl husband every dav, —
they can't MI!"
"Hut," said the mixtre--, "it xecnu
he is not a g<*si husband."
Mrs. Spriggle- face, which had
brightcn< d -lightly.took on a gloomier
hue, and -he pulled the black bonnet
down over it.
" I hat -so, she assented, tearfully,
"lb - wux- than nary hu-hand. That's
mi, I do say. Hut, a- -he rose to go,
"inebbe he can ketch rabbits, if ho
kno wed how to make a trap, now ! I
must Is* gelt in* along.
The liiital Mode of I'oppiiitr the
(Question.
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At two o clock to-day the Kmperor
receive 1 the Duke de i'.ailen in solemn
audience, the ceremonial adopted being
that followed on the delivery of creden
tials by ctnta-'ador*. Three state car
riage- drawn by white horses were sent
to the Imperial Hotel to convey tho
Duke and the members of the commis
sion. In the first rode the Spanish
Military \tlschc*. Major Itiaza wearing
the uniform of the officers of the King *
escort; 'apt. tpieaada, of the Pavia
Huaaars, and Lieut. Angulo. In the
a.©<,hd were the Secretaries of Embassy,
M. M Creus, Itaguer and Perojo, and
the Attaches. M. M. Matheiie and
<'htofT. General Duke de Hail en and
Prince < > le-calchi. the Austrian Cham
berlain, were in the third. The Gener
al wore the uniform of his old regiment,
the Numantia Lancers, with the Grand
ordon of the < irder of CKbw 111, and
the badge of the mditary <'rder of Nte.
Hermenegilde.
"n the arrival of the cortege at the
palace the honors were Tenderer! by the
guard on duty. The s-pantsh Knvoy, un
der the guidance of Prince < Mescalchi.
ascended the staircase, passed through
the rooms between a double line of sol
diers of the Austrian, German, and
Hungarian Guards, and was met by the
Master of the t'eremonies and tho
Grand (hatnberlain, who conducted
him to the Kmperor.
His Majesty was standing alone in
the audience saloon in full uniform,
ami wearing the Golden Fleece, with
the Cordon and Badge of Charles HI.
Ihe Duke of Bailen made a short
speech in French, and then presented
his credentials and an Autograph letter
from Allonso XII. The Kmjeror grant
ed the request for the hand of the Arch
duchess, after members of
the mission were presented to him by
the Knvoy.
This part of the ceremony concluded,
the I Hike passes! unaccompanied into
. an adjoining room, where he found tho
Archduchess and her mother, and prof
fered his demand to the young Princess,
which met with acceptance. Then, in
accordance with Spanish usage, the
I'uke offered the Archduchess a jewel
on the part of his royal master. Tho
future of Spain wore a pink
satin dress, liitnmod with lace and real
flowers iyul a magnificent diadem of
precious stones. Her mother was dress
ed in mauve satin, with lace flounces,
and had a superb river of diamonds
round her neck. The Archduchess
Elisabeth and her daughter both worn
the Cordon of the Noble Ladies of the
Order of Maria Ixvuisa.
After the audience, during which the
j I iff Secretary, M. Creua, introduced
the civil members of the mission to the
chief Auslrisn dignitaries, the I'ukn
and hit suite were conducted in the
same state carriages to the residence of
the Archduke Albert, uncle of the fu
ture and thence went to cell on
her aunt, the Archduchess Maria Caro
line. The Ambassador returned to his
hotel at four. All along the line follow
ed by the cortege a considerable crowd
assembled, as well as in front of the ho- ,
tel and palace, and on every side the
greatest admiration was expressed at
the noble bearing and splendid uniform
of the Spanish nfflcera. The IHtke de
lUilen and suite dine with the Kmperor
to morrow, and next day with the Arch
duke Albert,