(Centre §1 mural.
Terms 51.50 per Aunum.in Advance.
S. T. SHUQERT and R. H. FORSTER, Editor..
Thursday Morning, November 25, 1080.
A DAMN AM) JFFFFKSON.
Political ItcmiiilscenrcH of bong Ago.
The administration of John Adams
was far from being a success. The
alien and sedition laws, enacted during
that term, have caused a blot to rest
upon it, which time cannot efface. It
punished men for being foreigners and
gave the President the right to send
them out of the country; because of
the suspicion of not being right in their
politics. The sedition law punished as
a high crime the writing or printing
or speaking disrespectfully of Con
gress, the president or other high offi
eials, and the federal judges, sitting
in judgment upon these " seditionists,"
so constructed the law that no one in
dicted could escape. For a loiter
written and dated before the law was
passed, and printed in a distant news
paper before any one in the State of
Vermont, where the letter was pub
lished, had knowledge that it had, or
would he passed, Matthew Lyon, an
anti-Federal Congressman from Ver
mont, was indicted, tried, fined and
imprisoned. These laws, which in
fact expired by limitation the day Mr.
Adams ceased to be President, roused
party spirit almost to frenzy, and from
the date of their passage the doom of
the Federal party was sealed.
During the latter part of Mr.
Adams' administration a law was
passed creating twenty-four new judges
of the United States courts. The bill
creating this hatch ot judges —intend-
ed and the law made them life officers
—lingered in Congress until after the
fact of Adams' defeat and Jefferson's
election as President was known. Be
tween the time this fact was known,
12th of December, 1800 —aud the 4th
of March following, several valuable
offices became vacant, one of which
was that of chief justice, and with
thee twenty-four judges newly creat
ed had to be tilled.
To the chief justiceship, Mr. Adams
appointed and the Senate confirmed
John Marshall, on the 31st of Janua
ry, after it was known that Jefferson
was elected president, although, as
previously stated, Marshall held at
the time, and continued to hold until
after Jefferson's inauguration, the
office of Secretary of State. All the
appointees were Federal, of course,
and under the circumstances, Jeffer
son felt deeply indignant. Writing
to Gen. Knox, who had written t<>
congratulate him on his election, Mr.
Jefferson, in speaking of these ap
pointments, said that Mr. Adams
knew he was not making them for
himself, but for his successor, and
hence Jefferson characterized them as
an outrage on decency, which should
not have effect, except in the life ap
pointments, which arc immovable;
" hut as to the others," the newly
elected president said, " I consider the
nominations as nullities, and will not
view the persons so appointed as even
candidates for their office, much less
in possessing it by any title meriting
respect." And every man so appoint
ed in office when Jefferson was inaug
urated was promptly removed. The
twenty-four judges confirmed, some of
them, it is said, by the Senate on the
night of the 3d of March, could not
lie removed because their office was a
life tenure ; but, upon the accession of
Mr. Jefferson, and with him a Demo
cratic Congress, the law was repealed,
and " Mr. Adams' midnight judges,"
as they were called, had hut a short
lease of power. A tale told anil nev
er denied, and for this reason has be
come history, says that up to the last
hour of midnight, at which time the
administration of Adams ended, the
Secretary of State (Marshall) was
engaged in signing commissions as he
got news of the Senate confirming the
appointments, some of whom had been
sent to the Senate as late as nine
o'clock that evening. While thus en
gaged in commissioning officials for a
new administration, Secretary Mar
shall and his clerk, at twelve o'clock
midnight, were startled by an appari
tion in the person of Levi Lincoln, of
Massachusetts, whom Mr. Jefferson
had selected as his attorney-general.
The conversation between Lincoln
and Marshall—doubtless related by
Lincoln himself —is given as follows :
" Lincoln—l have been ordered by
Mr. Jefferson to take possession of
this office and its pa|icrs.
" Marshall—Why Jefferson has not
yet qualified!
" Lincoln—Mr. Jefferson considers
himself in the light of un executive,
hound to take charge of the papers of
the government until he is duly qual
ified.
" Marshall (taking out his watch) —
.But it is not yet 12 o'clock !
" Lincoln (taking a watch from his
Packet and showing it) —This is the
President's watch aud it notes the
hour."
Seeing that Jefferson was master of
the situation, and casting a woeful
look on severnl unsigned commissions
spread on the table, Marshall left his
midnight visitor in possession. Relat
ing the incident in after years, Chief
Justice Marshall laughingly said Lin
coln allowed him to pick up nothing
hut his hat.
Forgetting, or else remembering but
to forget, the conduct of Mr. Jefferson
four years before, when Adams was
inaugurated, and the graceful compli
ment paid to him in Jefferson's Vice
Presidential inauguration address, the
ex-President had his carriage at the
White House at midnight and left the
city, not willing to remain while his
rival was being inaugurated.
A few days before his inauguration
Mr. Jefferson, as is the custom, called
upon Mr. Adams at the Presidential
mansion in Washington, where the
President then resided, the govern
ment having been during Adams'
term, moved to Washington. The
outgoing President, although they had
been friends, accused Mr. Jefferson of
visiting him to crow over his misfor
tune in being beaten for president. Of
course, Mr. Jefferson denied it—his
visit was intended as but a mark of
respect. Mr. Adams could not be
appeased, and Jefferson left. It was
many years after belore Mr. Adams
was convinced of his error and his
want of courtesy to his old time friend
but then successful rival. This fact,
and the belief Adams had of the
cause of Jefferson's visit may account
for his refusal to attend the inaugura
tion.
A federalist more bitter than Judge
Marshall was not to be found in the
days of Adams and ultra federalism,
lie even resorted to trickery to aid his
party friends. When on the bench,
and during the remainder of his life,
he seemed to throw aside his politics,
and by common consent Chief Justice
John Marshall is looked upon as
among the purest and ablest judges
the country has produced. An ultra
Federalist before he was a judge yet
many of his decisions were the reverse
of federal, and no man in reading his
judicial decisions, can tell what politi
cal principles he had.
Whltticr's Poem. "The King's Missive,
I tit*.l."
The following is the greater part of
John Greeuleaf Whiltier's poem, from
"The Memorial History of Boston,"
just published:
Unl*r the great hill sloping hsir*
T< mil mHluw arid Collititott |t#t,
In hi* • ouuril chamber an-i tuken ■ hair,
Kit the u HI hi| tul Governor Klidimtt,
A grave, Ntrong man, who knew u> | *r
In tit*- pilgrim hind, where he rulrd in h-nr
of God, not man, and fr go*d or ill
Ihdd hi- trust with tin iron will.
The door NWtitig open, and I taw son, tin !• rk
KnteniJ, ami ahuperel umhr breath.
"TIIT* waita H*lw lor the hangman - work
A fallof I*i.;-ti••• IOH ; lilt I loth
Hiattm k, of Halrni, un)ii-ale| of the whip,
liruught oft-r in Maatrr G<>ll*iin(li' alnp.
At tiiirhnr here in n < lirletian port.
With freight "f tilt d- ril and all Ida -• rt
Twice nml thrice on hit < hwmher floor,
Mriding flerrelj from wall to wall,
"The |,.ri| do to to ne, and
'I he Governor cried, "II I hang not all *
Ilrmg hitlo r the Quaker " Calm, e*Ut%
\S ith the |<ok of a man at with fate.
Into th.it preaefM e grim and dread
<Hue Simin I J*haitu k. with hat n head.
**OtT with tip- knave'* hit An angry hand
Snmta down the ifTen<e, hut the wearer aahl.
With a |uet -mile, "Itv the king's romman i
1 hear Ilia ItiMMUtg* and aland in Ilia tra<l.''
In the Governor'* hand a nu**iv* he laid
With the royal ariua on the *al dipl i>* d .
And the proud man |>ake. a- he ga/el thereat,
I neovering, "Giie Mr Miattmk Ida hat."
He turned to the G'laker, l-uing low
"The King cominandrth jour friend*' rcbtaa,
Poobt not he Khali Im fda*ye<l, although
To hi* euhjert*' sorrow and ain'a im ream
\\ hat he hare enjoliieth, John Kn Intt,
Ilia loyal aervatit, <j neat lone th not.
\ <>ii ar- free' God grunt the apint iron own
May take you from to re to pari* unknown.
So the dOor of the jail o|*n cn*t.
And, like |iaiile| out of the ||.n - den,
Tender youth and girlh<*d pw*ed.
With ago-|mwe<l women and gray -locketl men.
One moment thejr on their way to |.*.k
On the martyr gran* t y the Common aide,
And mm h-erourged Wharton, of Salem, took
Hi* burden of prop In - v up and cried :
"H**t, Ktuile of the \ tliant ' .Not in vain
Have lairne the Mweter a hm of pain ;
\ e haie fought the tight, ye are victor* cn-wned
With a l urf 'ld chain ye h ve Satan bound
Th" autumn haze lay soft and at ill
On wood and meadow and upland farm*
On the I.low of Mi-m Hill the great windmill
Slowly and lazily ■* ung Ita HI III ;
Itroad in theannaldne stretch" I nwai.
With itacapov and island*, Gm tiiP|U"ie hay
And oti-r water and duvk of pine®
liltje bilU lifted their faint outline*.
The pipgr leave* of the walnut glowed,
The all uia< h added ita crimtoii fl-< k.
And double HI air and water ihovel
The tinted maple* along the Neck ;
Through frowt flower fringe* of j>| tarmist.
And gentian fringe* of amethyst.
And royal plume* of golden rMt,
The grazing attle on Ceulry tr.al.
Through lane and alley the gazing town
Noisily followed theiu up ami down;
Some with aenffing ami Brutal ,i*er,
Botne with pity ami wonla of cheer.
One brave voice r*® aUive the din,
Cpall, gray Willi hi* length ol daya,
Cried fmm the door of hi* Bed I Jon Inn:
"Men of lto*ton. give God the praie |
No inore*hall innocent hliMMlrnll down
The bolta of wrath on your guilty town.
The freedom of wurahip. dear to you,
I* due to all, and to all i* due,
"I aee the vi*ion of daya to come,
W hen your beautiful City of the Bay
Shall l* Cliri-tiari liberty * ch<m<*n home.
And none *hall hie neighbor** right* gain*ay.
The varying note* of worth in *hall blend
And at one great prayer to (lod aaceud,
And hand* of mutual charity raise
Walla of ealvation and gate* of praiaa."
BOSTON, November 13,1M0.
THE Russian Crown Prince under
whatever title he may assume the
active government of his im|>erial
lieritnge, co-regent or other, is general
ly expected to come forward as a rad
ical reformer at home, and a rigorous
supporter of the Panslavanic pro
gramme abroad. His antipathy to all
German men and things is no less no
torious than bis sympathies with the
attractive qualities of the French na
tion.
A LADY says that a woman in
choosing a lover, considers a good deal
more how the man will be regarded
by other women, than whether she
loves him herself. Home women may;
but the men they smile upon will f>c
regarded by other women as jolly
green to be taken in by them.
A MAN who would not die in spring
time may be killed by a fall.—N. 0.
IHrayytnc.
DAN OTONNKLL'N TRIAL.
A REMINISCENCE ill IH i t-I THAT Is NOT
WITHOUT INTEREST NOW.
The London <S it. Jamm' Gazette in a
recent issue says: "The impending
prosecution of the leading Iri-h agita
tors brings back to memory the great
trial of the ({uecn vs. O'Connell and
others. It is reported, too, that the
proceedings botii of the prosecution
and of tin- prosecuted will be framed
011 those in that case, and even if they
are not. there must be enough of re
semblance between (lie two to make
that which occurred thirty-seven years
ago interesting to-day.
The proceedings were taken against
Daniel ()'Cont>ell, his son John ()'('on
nell, Steele, Ray, Charles Gavcu Dul
ly, the Rev. Thomas Tierney, tin- Rev.
Peter James Tyrrell, and Richard
Barrett. No fewer than twelve coun
sel appeared for the prosecution and
fifteen for the defense. The proceed
ings commenced by < I'Connell and the
other defendants being held to bail on
the 14th of October, 1843. This was
followed bv the charge to the grand
jury on the 2d of November. All
sorts of interlocutory contests over
technical points were then fought from
time to time, so that it was not until
the loth of January, 1*44, that the
trial actually commenced. Meantime,
Mr. Tyrrell had died. His attorney
could answer to the court that "The
reverend defendant had been sum
moned before the Judge of Judges.
His soul and hotly are alike beyond
the power of this court."
The counts of the indictment were
eleven in number, and are summarized
in Townse.id's "Modern State Trials."
They consisted of six distinct charges.
First —A conspiracy to raise and cre
ate discontent and disaffection among
her majesty's subjects, and to excite
them to hatred and contempt, and to
unlawful and seditious opposition to
the government and constitution as
by law established. Second —A con
spiracy to stir up jealousies, hatred
and ill-will between different classes of
Iter majesty's subjects, and to promote
among them in Ireland feelings of
hostility and ill-will towards her ma
jesty's subjects in other parts of the
1 uited Kingdom. Third —A con-pir
acy to excite discontent and disaffec
tion in tin- arniv. Fourth—A con
spiracy to assemble large numbers of
per-otis in Ireland, and by means of
intimidation to lie thereby caused and
the exhibition ami demonstration of
physical force thereat, to obtain
change- and alterations in the govern
ment. laws and constitution, and es
pecially to ctfeet a dissolution of the
legi-lativcunion between (treat Britain
and Ireland. Fifth—A conspiracy to
bring into hatred and disrepute the
courts by laws established for the ad
-111 inistration of justice in Ireland, and
to diminish the confidence in the ad-'
niinistratiou of the laws so as to induce
the adjudication of disputes to be
drawn from thorn. Sixth —A con
spiraey to assemble meetings of large
numbers of persons in Ireland: and
by means of seditious and inflammable
speeches, and by the publication of
seditious writings to intimidate the
lords Npiritnl and temporal and com
mons of parliament, and thereby to
bring about changes aud alterations in
the laws and con-titutiou. On the
12th of February the trial came to an j
end. Speeches, good and had, prosaic !
and declamatory, had been made ; the
attorney general had been so irritated
by the comments made on bis conduct
of the prosecution that —incredible as
it inav seem now—be bad sent a chal
lenge to one of the counsel for the tie
fense, Mr. 1* itz-Giblmu. O'Goiinell
had defended himself; Sliicl, then
member tor Dungarvnn, had made an
eloquent and illogical speech for John
O'Connell; and Mr. Whiteside, the
future chief justice of Ireland, 011 bo
lialt of Dufly, spoke both eloquently
and logically, and carried nwav the
honors of the contest. <ln the 12th of
February the jury returned a verdict
of guilty against the defendants. On
the 2->th of April proceedings began
on behalf of O Council and his com
panions to obtain a new trial and an
arrest of judgment, in which endeavor '
they were unsuccessful; and on the
3<>th of May O'Connell was condemn
ed to pay a fine of 12,000, and to be
imprisoned for twelve mouths, and the
others received lighter sentences.
The scene was then shifted to the
house of lords, where, after elaborate
argument before the judges and the
law lords, a majority of the house—
namely, Lords Gottcnliam, Denliam
and Campbell—decided in favor of
the prisoners against the opinions of
Lord- Lyndliurstand Brougham. Sev
en Kngii-li judges agreed with the
latter and two with the former peers.
The main point upon which O'Connell
succeeded was thus stated by the Ird
( bancellor: "The indictment," he said,
"consists of eleven counts. A general
verdict lias been entered. Some of
these counts are stated by the unani
mous opinion of the judges to be de
fective with respect to other counts.
I here is a defect on account of the
findings of the jury. The questions
whether, under these circumstances, a
general judgment can lie sustained."
Of course on this result of the case
O'Connell and his companions were
released, having alrcndy sutiered more
than three mouths' imprisonment, with
much advantage to the tranquility of
Ireland. An imprisonment, under
jike circumstances, is now, however,
impossible since the passing of the
act (8 and 9 Vict., cap. I>8) to stay
execution of judgment for misdemean
or upon the purlieu giving buil in
error.
({IHNCH LFSS LI It MS.
CO AI MINES TIIAT HAVE BURNED TOR MA VV
YEARS.
From (hti Won eater Gnytte.
The failure of all tho ntlemptH to
extinguish the fire; which has been
raging in the Keeley Run Colliery,
near I'ottsville, l'u., for several weeks,
it is feared, will add another to the
perpetually burning mines that now
exist in the Pennsylvania anthracite
regions.
The greatest id' these is probably
that in the .Jugular vein, near Coal
Castle. This has been burning since
1835. D-wis F. Dougherty opened
this in IM.'J.'J. The upper drift <d' the
mine was above water level, and a
huge lire was kept in a grate at the
mouth of the mine in the winter to
keep the water from freezing in the
gutters. One night in the above year
the timbers id' the drift caught fire
from the grate. When it was discov
ered that the lire had been carried down
the air-hole to the lower drifts and was
beyond control two miners entered the
mine hoping to recover their tools.
They never came out. The mine was
abandoned. No effort was made to
mine any of the coal near the burn
ing vein, although it was considered
the best coal in the region until 1853.
Then John MeGinnis put in a slope
on the east side of it, below water
level. He struck the vein at a place
where the coal was so thick that two
miners could keep a large breaker
supplied. When 100 yards of gang
way had been excavated the heat from
the burning Dougherty Mine began to
bother the miners. Mediums at
tempted to open an air-hole. The
heat became so great that the men
were paid double wages to induce
them to work. They worked entirely
naked, and were relieved every ten
minutes. Finally the heat became so
intense that work was abandoned.
The mine was flooded. After being
pumped out men could again work for
a few days. The mine was flooded
nine times. Mediums finally failed,
and the mine was then abandoned.
The fire has been raging in the vein
ever since. An area of half a mile in
every direction has been burned. No
vegetation grows on the surface. In
places the ground has caved in, form
ing chasms a hundred feet deep. There
is but a thin shell of earth over the
pit of fire. At night blue, sulphurous
flames issue from the crevices in the
ground. It is dangerous to walk
across the spot. Several persons have
mysteriously di-appeared in the vicin
ity during the pa-t twenty years. It
i- IK lieved that in a majority of the
cases they have fallen into the burning
mine. Dougherty, the original pro
prietor of the mine, attempted to go
across once. He sank to his arm-pits
through the crust, and was onlv saved
bv courageous friends who ventured to
bis assistance. The stones on the
ground are hot, ami snow never rests
there. Itain turns to vapor as hist as :
it tails on the roof of the burning 1
mine. Millions of dollars' worth of
the best quality of coal have been
consumed by the lire.
The Summit Hill Mine, near Mnueh
("hunk, has been burning for twenty
five years. It is believed that this
mine was set 011 fire by discontented
miners. Thousands of dollars have
been expended in fruitless efforts to
extingui.-h the fiamcs.
The Duller mine, near I'ittston, has
leen hunting three years. It was set
on fire by a party of tramps, who
built a tire in the mine in 1*77. The
tire is in the upper drifts. It is con
'incd to an area of forty acres by an
immense ditch, 40 feet wide, which
was excavated between the burning
drift ami connecting ones. The dig
ging of th" canal cost $20,000. Hut
for that obstacle the tire would have
communicated to some of tho most
extensive mines in the Lackawanna
Valley and a subterraneous conflagra
tion would have swept under the whole
of West Pittston. Miners have work
ed in the lower drift of the Butler
Mine since the fire broke out, but there
are but 40 feet of rock between them
and the field of fire above. The water
that trieles through the roof is scald
ing hot. The temperature is so high
that the men can wear hut little clotli
ng- m
DURING a conversation between two
Baltimore lady teachers on the queer
responses that children often make,
each of them gave her exjierience for
the day. ()uc of them was endeavor
ing to teach a primary class the ruda
mcnta of arithmetic, and asked one of
the scholnrs which she would rather
have: "Ten apples or two?" The
prompt respons" was " Two." An
other answered that she "would ra
ther have ten, because it was more
than two." The first one then respond
ed that she knew that ten was moae
than two, but that " ten would mala*
her sick nud two wouldn't." The
other teacher had recently lost her
mother, and she took occasion to ad
dress the children on the subject of a
mother's love and devotion, and what
a disaster to either young or old the
death of a loving mother was. She
then asked if any of them had ever
lost a mother. Several responded
that they were motherless, while one
with evident eagerness, jumped up and
declared that "she had lost two moth
ers." Serious as was the subject, both
teacher and children could not restrain
a laugh, and thus the moral lesson of
the day came to naught.
"WHAT MY LOVKK HAIR,"
A CII AMINO I'OEM ATTRIBUTED TO IIORAi E
OIIEEI.EY.
Nttw York (IcrrMipoD'laucM to L'lilU<lH| IIIH TIVUM.
The Park Theatre was just out and
a number of actors and newspaper
men hud gathered in the Palette Club
beer rooms on Twenty-second street.
There were present Barton Hill, his
son Henry, of the editorial stuff" of the
Herald; the veteran night editor. Dr.
J. B. Wood, and W. A. Curtis, Tom
Maguire, of San Francisco ; Colonel
(oilier, who recently came back from
Arctic explorations with Lieutenant
Schwatka; Chief Judge Duly, \V. F.
Sheridan, Cyrus Scurle, Dander P.
Richardson, and one or two other fel
lows. Townscnd Percy came in and
there was chaff to him about the plav
of the "Baffled Beauty," which woke
angry answers from him, and made it
necessary that tlie conversation should
change, lest something he said to the
author or by the author of that rather
peculiar drama for which there would
be regrets. And this is the way the
conversation turned. Tom Maguire
said to Burton Hill : "Why don't you
repeat your evening with 'Unknown
and Forgotten Poets,' Hill?" and Hill
said "the atiair was so much of a per
sonal compliment to me by the p-ople
of San Francisco that I'm afraid it
won't work here."
"It was so personal," said Maguire,
"that the tickets were put ut 85 and
the great hull was crowded, i sus
pect it was the most remunerative
piece of work that Burton ever did."
The title of the entertainment at
tracted attention and the question was
put as to how and from what sources
the poets had been brought. There
upon Mr. Hill drew 11 programme
from his pocket and read the names of
his selection and the authors of each
when tlicv could be had. As he ran
through the list In- read :—"What Mv
Love Said, written by Horace < tree
lev,' when Dr. Wood interrupted, re
marking:—"Greeley wrote some poet
ry, but 1 don't remember that. How
does it go?" And half a dozen voices
called out: —"Yea: let'.- have it."
I lie ill-tor set back in bis chair and
repeated it. It is impossible to convey
any idea of the reading, of the soft
modulations of voice, the tender and
delicate phrasing of the thiee lines at
the cud of each verse. When lie had
finished there seemed to be a finer
sentiment pervading the little crowd,
tin* next order for lieer was in lower
and less authoritative tones, so that
the bar-man catne half licsitatinglv, as
; it fearing some outbreak, and copies
and history of the piece were generally
asked for. 1 his i. the jioem :
By Hi- chain-*. in 11,- gl.~-.rii,
lii tbr .r br<) |iitli Li fn t rn*
In th- ull wet w*,tli ita faint |*rfiirit.
An) I tri#~l | j hut he irftj|e n ro-.ti.
Oh! ! trhtl, I ut he sr. mid not let r*
I eh--I arid hluMie.J till the gr" Kr*w red,
VN 11 h fit- tw-i,f <}..<• ti abuvr- ft.
w hil■ I-* look Ml hood,s• IM whftvfor&ng MM
ll'iw the clover lifted ea< h |4nk, wet he* 1
T" lieten U> all that rut lot* r aal 1 '
Oh the closer in Mown—l lute it'
In the high met gra. ent the path t. hide.
Ar*l th* lorn. e| |eat<>* liung oiel,
Hut I no 11 Id riot p*a on either aide.
I of I found mtaelf, when I tainlj tried.
In the arm* ..f mr ateadUat lot* r.
And lie held me there and he rai-d my head.
While he do el the pth tiefure rue*
And he looked d wn Into my • yea and aai I
llott the loa ♦- l*ent down f'rotii their bough* o erhead.
!To lit-n to all my loti-r anid.
Oh ' the leasoa hanging lowly o'er rue
Had he moved meide hut a little way
I n.uld aureiv th* n have |*od him.
And he knew i roiild lii-Wi with toatas.
And Would not hate heard what h*- had to an
Could I only a*ide have <-a*t him.
It wa almost dark and the moment* aped,
And the -searching night wind found u*
But he drew me Uoarcr and wtflly aaid—
II"W th* pure. •*. < t Wind grew Mill instead
To |jat n to all that m> lot. r ar.id,
Oh ' the whi*|*ering wind* around u*.
I am sure he knew, when he held me f^at.
That I mint l*e all unwilling.
For I tiled to fo,nnd I ould liaVe paaa*-d.
Aa the night m <v.me with its .|ews at last.
And the skv with ita Mar* was filling .
Hut h- claaped tm eloav,t WMlM teft M,
And he made me hear Ilia •!•• >,
An-1 lua a*.u| came out from hie ilpa and aaid—
Mow the atara crept out when the whit- taooil let
To listen to all that my lover mid.
Oh ! the ut oo ll and atara ID glory !
I know that the gra*a and the leaves will not fell.
And I ni aure that the wind, precious rover.
W ill carry bia accret too aafely and well
That io Iwing shall ever diarover
One word of the many that rapidly fell
From the eager lip of my lover.
And the m<Mn and the a| H ra that h*>ked over
Ahall never reveal what a fairy like apell
They wove numd aMuit us that night in the dell
In the path through the d< w Ud.-n clover.
Nor echo the whispers that made my heart awell.
Aa they fill from the lip* w | my lover
Then Mr. Hill said :"I was in Seat
tle, California, some years ago—two
or three—when Mr. C. H. Larabee, of
thut place, recited this poem. I was
so pleased with it that I obtained a
copy and committed it to memory. :
Mr. Larahee told inc that he had cut
it from the Evening of New-
York, some tweuty-five years before. ■
In that publication it was ascribed to i
Horace Greeley. 1 promised to look I
up the history of it, hut all my en
deavors up to this time have proved
unavailing."
"I remember the poem," sjnike Cur
tis: "I cut it from IIICIS'MD some six
teeu years ago. I think it was the
Sun ; anyway it was given as anony
mous, and if Greeley wrote it certain
ly Mr. Dana would have known it,
and probably have seen that it was
duly credited." This statement hav
ing so many hy]K>thetical conditions
was not regarded as important, and a
committee formed itself then and there
to settle the question and make the
history a matter of record. Although
they have made search they have so
far found nothing.
Urns RAYMOND.
HENRY CLAY DEAN, one of the
greatest real estate lawyers of this or
any other age, says that the title of this
country is now vested in "Jay Gould,
Vanderbilt, the National banks, the
New York Central, the Pennsylvania
Central and the Baltimore and Ohio
railroads."
Ijiw .tin out? Indian*.
ONK IIIM)Rf.I I.ASIIS* ON Tilt. ISWIK IHIK
I'OK RTKAIINO,
Kfrn ili'* Hm Dt'-go (hrunU !*.
M. H. Hoot, a gentleman who*- vor
acity will not In: questioned, give u
the following statement of u seejii
which he witnessed a short time fiur-<
in the eastern portion of thi- countrv
•' I wan at Caiiipo on < >etobcr J. An
Indian had been found guiltv of
breaking into the bouse of Mr. H-r
rick and stealing some blanket*. If.
was tried before .Justice of the JYao.
.Haskell and turned over to the old
Indian Alcalde and fix chief* for pun
i ishment. They sentenced him to i
! eeive one hundred la-he*. Tin v wi|.
just getting ready to lie him tip a- I
; started for dinner after putting out tin
1 team. The priKoner wu* a
I young man, six feet high and well
proportioned, lie wa- tied up bv t!.*
wri-l with a long rope, and the roj,.
wa* parsed through tin spring* of a
high seat on one aide of a wagon and
: over the other ride, the victim In in.'
| drawn up *o that his feet would ju-t
touch the ground. Hi- feet w>r<
; spread and each tied to the wagon
' spokes, and hi* hodv war tied at th
1 hip*. Hi- rliirt wa- removed, and
then a Mnlwart Indian administered
I the punishment with a leather Iriat,
| by whirling it around hi* head and
bringing it down with hi* iitru -•
force upon the naked body of hi
pri*oner. Ihe blood poured from tie
writhing man'* back.
" After a strong man had admini
tered fifty stroke* he wa* *o exhausted
by the ta-k that he gave wav to an
other friend, a younger and mor<- mu--
; eular Indian, who continued the in-
I famou* torture. Fifty lahe- hud
already been laid on, and the v ui
devil continual to cut into th<* fh -
of the prisoner fifty time* mop . |
rpare a recital of the awful -hriik
! and cries of the poor tortur- i <r.
ture. When the hundred la*b.- had
; been thus ndmini-tered, tl Indian
Alcalde told the almost dying man | .
have the countrv or h<- would l>< hung
if he ever came back." Mr. < ru-k'-il
' -ay* : "After one of these Indian- ha*
i been whipped once he never will steal
■ again ; it make.- a 'good Indian of
him. 'I hi* prisoner, when lef down,
fell to the ground, and could not move
without support from hi- sister."
t ionic Pha-e of Snicide.
J ■ rn Iti< \ H ► j*r in jII.M T lejrtiijli.
It i- not ofter that suicide or even
an attempt at self-destruction, a*umc*
a comic phase ; but surely it did so
the other day, when, on a bitterlv cold
afternoou, the jiolice arre*te<l a man
who wa* running about on the bank*
if the Sine in a state of absolute nud
ity. tin being taken to the station
-1 house and supplied with clothing, he
j told the following piteous tale. He
had made up hi* mind to drown him
self, rolled his clothe* up into a bun
dle, threw them into the river, and
and then waded in himself. Hut the
water was cold, and, a- he lamenting-
Iv said, " it gave him a contraction of
the stomach," so lie waded out again.
Hut his clothes were at the bottom of
the Sine if he was not, and so lie wa*
obliged to wait, half-frozen and very
much undressed, till he fell into the
stern clutches of the guardian* of the
|M-acc. < treatlv to his surprise, he
found that ho had rendered himself
amenable to the law by his abortive
attempt at telo dc *e, or rather by his
preparations for the event, and that a
tine and a term of imprisonment would
lie the penalty trom drowning hi*
clothes before he drowned himself.
Moral—Never begin any ini|>ortnnt
piece ot business at the wrong end.
(ar Hiilliting.
The Altoona car shops will turn out
about 4,(Mi1l new freight cars this year,
and more thuu 1(H) new passenger cars.
The company keep* an average stock
of 10,<MH),0(iO feet of lumber in its
yards, in order that there may l>e no
doubt about its being well seasoned.
They make up into cars from 6 (MH -
<HX> to 8,000,000 feet annually, con
sisting ot white ami yellow pine, live
oak, black walnut, white wood, French
walnut, maple and various other orna
mental or cabiuet wood*. The cost
of a freight car is about f V 25, and the
average "life or duration is about
fourteen years. The average cost of
passenger cars is about iOO each,
the greater cost of these over freight
cars being not only in their more
elaborate finish but also in their great
er size ami stronger principles of con
struction.
A passenger car is usually about 60
feet in length, and a freight car from
30 to 4(5 feet. The "sills" or body sus
taining limber* of a passenger ear being
longer are made stronger and more
numerous than those of a freight car,
in order to resist the deflection which
might result from shock, and the iron
stay bolts are of better quality. Kvcry
part of the car is made in these shop*
from the crude material, excepting
only the plush and other textile fab
rics which are used in the upholster
ers' rooms. The squared timber is
hauled iuto the saw mill and cut up
by saws of every conceivable descrip
tion into every shape and size necessa
ry, and is then planed, bored, drilled,
turned, warped, molded, bent and
carved as required.
Sknatoh Sharon, of Nevada, ad
raits that he was Fairly defeated.
Thk "face of nature" is often fur
rowed.