Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, July 21, 1881, Image 2
She Crntrc ♦ BELLEFONTE, PA. Tha Liir(c*t, Cheapest and Bet Paper rUHMMUKO IN CKNTItK COUNTY. From th Nw York ObNrrer. INTERNATION AI, LESSONS. Third (Juiirh'r, DT in. MXXKT M. URiHT, D. n, JULY 24. Lfson 4. MOSES AND AARON. Kx. 4 ar—3l; : I —l. Uounx Txxr:—"ll" Slew* Ki- -nan I ami Aarun whom be had chiwm."—l*. 10"': -h. Central Truth: —Faith tho condition of acceptable service as well as of sal vation. The call of Moses, and his response to the divine summons, was our last topic ; and close upon it follows that of to day. From so great a task as that assigned him he drew buck. He plead personal unworthiness. Then he would know by what mime God would be known to his people. The Lord patiently replied to his questionings and removed his ditli cutties as we have already seen. Moses was then directed to go to Egypt, and make known to Israel, through their elders, Hod's good pur pose concerning them, lie is assured that they will hearken to his voice, l'haroah will refuse to let the people go. So reasonable a request as that they may go a three day's journey into the wilderness to otter a sacrifice, will be denied. Nor will he yield until the land shall be sorely smitten and his stubborn will is broken. Israel shall then go out, not so much by the King's consent us with triumph, and laden with the spoil of victors. Moses still shrinks from the under taking, and starts a new difficulty. The people will be incredulous; it is forty years since he went into exile; they do not know him. To meet this plea he is empowered to work three miracles, well suited to confirm his own faith and to prove both to Israel and to i'harouh his divine commission. Vet, again, Moses drew back. A leader should be "eloquent," able to kindle enthusiasm, and he is "slow of speech and of a slow tongue." And again (lod replied with patience, and assured him of divine and all-sutticicnt aid. Here, finally, the deep reluctance of Mo-es came out in the plea that, after all, another may be sent. I'pon this the anger of the Lord was kindled against him. Nevertheless he still bore with the great weakness of his servant, and now at last announced that he should not go alone. Aaron "can speak well." He shall be his helper. Already he is on his way to meet Moses in the wil derness. This brings us to the opening words of tho present lesson. The story uow goes hark a little. It starts with tho call of Aaron. Wonder ful indeed are the ways of God ! I n der his guidance "all things work to gether." Kgypt and the wilderness are equally under his eye. Aaron there and Moses here are both being prepared for the same work. The same hand leads them. In due time they meet. The signs which are now done by Aaron aie those to which allusion has already been made. He sjeaks for Moses, and acts tor him. The statT of Moses was to be thrown upon the ground, when it should become a ser pent, causing him to draw back : then he should take it by the tail, and it should become again a statf. He should put his hand into his bosom, and tind it leprous as snow, and then, putting it into his bosom again, he should find it restored. Ho should pour water from the Nile upon the ground, and it should become blood. 80 it was Hone. Concerning these miracles it is to be noticed that, so far as appears from the Scripture record, they were the first j ever wrought bv the agency of man. , This is altogether remarkable. The oldest books o( other religions are full of man-wrought marvels, both trivial and grotesque. Not one such is record ed in patriarchal Hible history. When miracles, by human agency, do appear, it is that they may serve a great and worthy end. The Church of God i now to enter upon its first great conflict with tho world. It is needful that her leader should bear credentials attesting his divine commission. Such was the first purpose of these miracles. They were "medicine applied to the dejected soul of the great prophet," while to i Israel and to l'haroah they were signs of the divine presence and power— —cheering to the one, appalling to the other. The effect of the signs upon Israel was just what had been promised : "All : the people believed." Hut Pharoab's heart, as had been predicted, was only hardened. Thus the same gracious in terpositions have in all times been to some "savors of life unto life," and to others "savors of death unto dCath." There is, at first glance, an appearance possibly of shrewd policy, if not of de ception, in the particular request ad dreaaed to Pbaroah, It was tor leave to go a three days' journey into the wilderness to hold a religious feast, the real intention being that they should never return. Hut, plainly, God had no need of strategy or deception. He had no lack of resources or power. The purpose no doubt was to make obedi ence on I'haroal 'a part morn easy. Had he accecded to the first and small er request, the next and lsrger would have been less difficult. This is ever God's way. To-day he sets before us to-day's duty. This prepares us for that of to morrow. Life is unfolded step by step, hour by hour. Such is the wisdom and grace of (iod. He con descends to our weakness. All this help us to see the great wick edness of Pharoah in his response to the divine command. That command was just; It was by no means extrava gant or bard. It was by the lips of a mi raculously accredited messenger. Only the most determined unbelief oould have so shut its eyes upon the clearest evidence, and have impiously demand ed, "Who is the Lora, that I should obey his voice?" It was a terrible ex hibition of the daring of human prido and of tho dccoitfulncM of bin. I'RACTICAL SUOOERTION*. 1. It is God's way to anticipate the difficulties of his servants. He fore Moses had uttered his plea of weakness and insufficiency, Aaron was already on his way to be his helper, 2. In work for God, two are often better than one. Companionship is strength. Few feelings are so depress ing as the sense of isolation. Fspecial ly iH this true when the work is great and foes are many. The Saviour sent out the seventy two by two. Kven prayer is more sure of answer whero two are agreed in its utterance. 3. -Kvery man's first duty and privi lege is to believe the divine Word. It was his unbelieving fear which made the obedience of Moses so slow. It was their faith which made the divine bless ing on God's people sure. It was his proud unbelief which brought final and utter ruin upon l'haroah. "He that be lieveth shall he saved." "Without faith it is impossible to pleaae God." 4. Nor is there anything so rational as faith in God and in his Soil .Jesus Christ. He does not always perform miracles to confirm his words, but he does furnish sufficient evidence to jus tify belief. fi. Contempt of God and indifference to the toils and painaof fellow men have a common roof. Hotb are products of selfishness. They go often together. ti. The tendency of wealth and power are to intensify selfishness and harden the heart. 7. Godless men see neither beauty j nor profit in the worship of God. Time thus spent is thought to ho wasted, which is another confirmation of the saying that "spiritual things are spirit ually discerned." 5. The servant of God need never greatly wonder if his motives and con I duct are misunderstood and misrepre sented. <ur Saviour did not escape false accusations. TIIK SHOOTING OF <• M'FII 1.0. CRESS COMMENTS ON Till: EVENT AND ITS 1 AI'HE. THE srOII-S SYSTEM. Mr. George William Curti-, when asked "To what do you attribute the attempt <ui the President's life," re plied : I think that it grows out of party spirit inflamed to white heat. It is not the work of any particular faction, hut it is tin- spirit of faction which really loaded the pistol that was fired at the President. That spirit i- pro moted by nothing so much as what is culled thu "spoil* system." Kveryhody who takes part in the canvass feels that he is entitled to an office; and that conviction will easily u|tset light headed and unprincipled men ; a>-a— sinalion is the mutual con-equcuce. OI TCOME fit Tlir. SYSTEM. The Syracuse Daily ( 'ourirr, I lent., > July 4, sav: This dastardly assault —which may yet prove successful —tin the life of the nation's Chief Magistrate i- an outcome of our wretched spoils sys tem. It is time for the |x-opleof the*e I uitcd Slates to stop and consider whether a system which monopolizes three-fourths of the time of our execu tive head and make- hint a subject of the concentrated wrath of those who do not succeed is n't better ale dished. W'e shall be greatly surprised if Guit ran's mad attempt on Pre-ident < >ur fteld'a life shall not create a loud de mand for revision of our civil service. INNOCENT 111 T ANYIOI STO R E Al* THE RRI'IT- The £wiiny I'o-I comment- on the I situation at Albany as follows: The Stalwart- are not prepared to surrender in this way to the will of , the majority of which they prated so loudly when tHey were eager to hold a caucus. They still stuhlxirnly refuse to yield to an overwhelming public opinion, in their party a- well as out side of it. When ix weeks ago they found themselves in a minority they resolved to obstruct proceedings ami to wait for something to turn up. The thirty at Albany, handed together in the same manner as the three hundred and six at Chicago, looked to llliiclier or night for relief —liluchor in the form of some lurky event which might break the Half-Breed forces, night in the form of adjournment n* a last re sort. They are still waiting for some thing to turn up. They are now watching for the death of the Presi dent a* their sole remaining hope in the desperate situation. With a new administration in power they believe that it will not lie neeos-ary to ad journ, and they exfiect that tin* Hall- Breed column will he shattered. VICTIM or THE sroii.s SYSTKM. The Buffalo Courier (I)etn.) says : Should the report that the aa<as*in who attempted to take Mr. Garfield's life is a disappointed office-seeker prove true, the President would appear to be the victim of that vile and infa mous s|Mils system which is the dis grace of the Government and deserves the execration of llie American peo pie. In a different sense the Presi dent —like many of his predecessors— had been a victim of that system IHV fore he had been struck by a felon's bullet. It had degraded the greatest office in the world ; it had made a grievous burden of the highest honor that ran be conferred hy the suffrages of a free people. The blow which a murderer's hand can inflict upon the Government is significant when com pared with the injury wrought on our national life hy the constant opera tions of the spoils system. The bul lets which, as there is at this writing reason to hope, failed to destroy the President's life ought to annihilate R system which, since the abolition off slavery, has become the greatest men ace to tho preservation of freeVhstitu- J lions and popular government. If President Darlicld, after his restora tion to health, should assume the part which becomes his position and is in accord with his best convictions, lie will receive encouragement and sup port from all quarters. A SYSTEM WHICH MAKES I'OI.ITICAI. MADMEN. The New York Tivu •*, commenting 011 the assassination, moralizes as fol lows : Is there nothing in our political methods calculated to bring forth from the possibilities of madness and of villainy that pervade the country the impulse to strike at the visible head of authority which is so easy to reach? Lvcry time a new President comes into office a crowd is attracted to Washington, made up of persons seeking appointments. A large por tion of these must of necessity be dis appointed. Among them are likely to he some of the many liable to men tal disorder and morbid impulse, and the experience they undergo is calcu lated to urge them to the worst of which they are capable. Who shall venture to say that the process of of - lice-tilling as at present conducted i* not precisely adapted to evolve just such assassins as tliistluitcau f If we take the most charitable view j of the crime of Saturday ; if we say ' that nothing could be further from the wish of the most passionate and preju diced of partisans; if we say that no probable exigency of the future would suggest to any political faction the promotion of its ends by such hideous means; if we allow, even, that Dui teau was an irresponsible lunatic, with no motive or conscious pur|sse, still the facts will remain that lie was at tracted to Washington by the hope of office; that he wasdisap|siiiited in hi* quest, and tfiut he gave evidence of a belief that he served the pur|s-e of a political faction hv hi* horrible net. If we had a rational system for tilling vacant offices, and if the accession of a new President gave no oceosion for unusual changes in the ranks of the public service, the armv of office seeker, with its |Missiblc lunatics and potential asa*siu*, would not exist. If our tsditieal contests wi re conduct ed without exciting the baser and and more violent passions of men, they would he less likely to produce di-ordered brains and unbridled im pul-e-. It i- generally admitted that the national character has improved rather than degenerated in tie* years that are past. The general level of intelligence and of moral tone i- cer tainly not lower than a gent ration ago, and yet the a*|x riiy of our political conflicts ha- increased. Slander, abuse, corruption, and all evil devices have been used more aud more for the pur |n-c of securing party or |wr- nal ends in |Militic. The reason is not far to seek. It brings us again to tie* -vstcni of office-filling which nink*- tiie public service the goal of the -ordid and the self-seeking, and creates a competition in the race that rouses cupidity, jealousy, hate, nod all the evil passions of men. So long as we continue to make political madmen we arc liable to have political assassins. TIIK s|*OII * M-Tm Ml *T BR swr cT I# ir. The Philadelphia Ewiing TtEgram Rep. 1 says: There never was anything more certain than that if the spoils system is not swept away or placed within safer bounds that it will sweep away all jstpular rights. THE crri'T. The New York Sun diagnoses pop ular sentiment as follows : The brutal attempt upon the Presi dent's life ha- produced consequence* very different from those anticipated bv the crazy nssassin. In the first place the President is still alive, with well-grounded hope* of his complete recovery; and in the second place, he is at this hour the most popular man iu America, and if he lives he will, for some time nt lea-t, Ik* much more in fluential than he could have IM<CII had those shots never been fired. The murder of Mr. Lincoln filled the peo ple with rage, and intensified the al ready partisan feelings of the time. Thus it postponed the day of peace and restoration until a long serb* of desperate party battles had Iveen fought out. Hut this effect upon Pres ident (inrlield ha* had an effect pre cisely opposite. While it sent a thrill of horror through the country, it has excited no political resentment. On the contrary, party divisions seem for the moment to have disappeared l>e fore this bloody deed and all feel it alike, and all postpone every other public consideration in nnxiety for the life of the President. When (Jen. Garfield rises from the bed upon which he now lies, he will be the object of much less partisan ani mosity than he was before, and will, in fact, have the opportunity of making an entirely new departure in his Ad ministration. PROVES THE NEED or CIVIL SERVICE REEORM The Baltimore Sun says : The iS'un has already had occasion to point out the connection between (tuiteau's attempt to assassinate the President and our vicious civil service system. The necessity of radically reforming that system is at this time up|>ernuMit in the public mind. The dange,r to the President from the re action wrought in the mind of an ex pectant and finally bitlerlv disap pointed applicant for office, filled with an idea of his paramount claims to be handsomely provided for, has never been so thoroughly considered as it ii at the present time. LADY HEACOXHPIKML THANKf KKHINd IIEK TAI.RNTH TO POLITICS ANW LITERATURE. Krom tli" Oafllff Tliiion. Mr. Ia wiH, in I*2o, wan in practice ils a solicitor at Cardiff. Ho lias a very extensive connection, and became engaged in the litigation pending l '"" estate of Col. Viney Kvaus, uncle of Miss KvaiiH of Devonshire. With this •*tuto Benjamin Disraeli was also in some way conuecteii. Mr. I)iraeli's great ambition was to become u mem ber of Parliament. Being 011 intimate terms with Wyndham Is wis, who was known in Kent as the "Welsh Jew," owing to his great wealth, Mr. Ix-wis took him by the hand and promised to secure his return with him lor Maid stone. In all probability Lord Beaconsfield owed the high political position which he attained to the introduction which the accident of a lawsuit gave him to Wyndutn Lewis. Tin. 1 author of" Viv ian < rey" would not have probably been known to the political world but for this. Mr. I yew is was a man of considerable wealth, and this was the keystonc to success with almost everv coUHtituency at that time. He was churmcd bv the power of languagc whieh Mr. Disraeli then |sie.*i*d. i he Maidstone election cost Wyudam Lewis over <.'20,000, hut he had prom ised to carry Mr. Disraeli in, and he kept his word. Mr. Disraeli did the speaking part of the business, while Mr. Iscwis iouud the money. Mr. Ixwis was no orator, and, though proud of the title M. I'., lie did not. take much interest in |>olitics| lb- was a quiet sharp business man, and took a pleasure in hunting, shoot ing, etc., and it is said that in one of the-e hunting pnrlic- he met with Ml-- Mary Ann Kvans, of Branford SJM ke, Devonshire, and who ultimately !>••- came Mrs. Jy-wis. Neither Captain John Lvans, K. N., nof his brother, to whom Mi-s Lvaiis was heir-at-law, l>os-< --ed any considerable property, and though there were some law pro ceeding's in connection with it the re suit was not one that added very ma terially to Mr. Lewi-'* gnat fortune. On Mr. Isewis ceasing to represent Cardiff lie |M*nt the great portion of his time at his almost palatial resi dence, (irosvenor Date, lyuidou. The Heath wa- also part of hi- property, and the e w-re numerous other -tat< - belonging to him in the county, the income troni which enabled him to live in a style of luxury surpassed only by a few. L >ng before the Maidstone < lection Mr. Disraeli was an almost constant visitor nt (irosvenor Date. In early life Mr*. Ijewis was much attached to tti-hionahle sisciety, attending dur ing the summer a series of excursions or pleasure parties, pici)i<>, etc.. and in the winter a succession of balls and parties, and wlum Mr. Lewis's health prevented him from accnm panving lor Mr. Disraeli became her cavalier. She was also a politician, and was pn-ent at the Maidstone elec tion, where resided some of her friends. Mr. is-wi-'s health broke down short ly after this election, and he only ap ■xand in Parliament a few titucs. The whole of the Welsh estates wire willed to his brother, hut lie settled on them a rent charge of to le paid annually to his widow during her life. Mr. Is wis died at his residence in I/>ndon, in March, 1 *■'&, and Mr. Disraeli married Mrs. ly wis in S p tcnilx r, 1 *.'. Mrs. Disraeli was a totally different lady from Mrs. Ixwi*. Surrounded by different associations, all the gay frivolities of her younger days were laid aside, and it is stated that she wa* often consulted by him on politi cnl questions, and that she also assist ed him materially in his literary ca rcer. ( 'lie evening she returned home to (irosvenor (iate. It was during the time of the great political cri-is which preceded the resignation of Mr. Dis raeli's administration. I/ml Mayo had that evening called to see the Premier, who was, however, alisent. Lord Mayo, who was on very intimate terms with Mr. Disraeli, walked in and waited for him. While waiting lie fell asleep, and he wa* awakened by some one coming behind his chair and kissing his forehead. It was Beaconsfield, who had thought that the sleeper was her husband. ♦ Tilt: goodness nnd greatness of men comes oftener from the mothers than the fathers. In families where there is a female influence, a happy home is looked for. There are few exceptions, if morality and intelligence prevail at the hearth. Woman, does not, however, always receive her due meed of praise. Her work is done quietly ami unostentatiously, and when a son riw* to distinction, by tracing hack his history, it will nearly always be found that his first lessons were de rived from the female side of the house, whether they came from a mother, a sister, nn aunt, or some dis tant relative of the family. < >ur pres idents, we believe without a single ex ception, made this their boasts. A QtJAKKR maiden of sixty accept ed nn offer from a Presbyterian elder, and being remonstrated with by a delegation of Friends appointed to wait upon her, for marrying out of the meeting, she replied : "Iok here! I've been waiting just sixty years for the meeting to marry me; and If the meeting don't want me to marry out of it, why dou't the meeting bring along its young raeu V /■\JL' A MUX It AM IIOKKOIt. IIIHII.I.INfi KETAIf.H 01' THE AWITI. A' < I* KENT OS THE MEXICAN MOKEIXM KAII.WAV. M.dm I-trrn.putxl.nc,, N.W Vrk World. AH the tch-graph hit- already told you, ;i horrible accident occurred on the Morelon Railroad near Cuautla. this route bad I men inaugurated only three days I•<*!i>r<- the disaster. The 1 resident and highest government of ficial* went by invitation of the com pany to tlm terminus at the town of < 'uautla, and in order to honor the distinguished party General Paeheco, Governor of the federal District, went out three hundred soldiers, under the command of five officers. As the rail road company hud not a sufficient number of ears to accommodate the multitude of people who went to (,'u autla, only one hundred soldiers re turned to Mexico on the 20th instant, and on the 2-d instant a train was made up consisting of, first, a passen ger car lor the officers and passengers; secondly, five platform cars (such as are used for cattle in the I nited States i and in these were placed one hundred soldiers and thirty-seven "soldadcras" (wives who are by law jmriiiitted to accompany the tr<si|>- Pi cook and wash for them;; thirdly, a sixth plat form ear, laden with eighty barrels of alcohol; fourthly, another ear, filed with lime. At the rear was a second locomotive. This train left ('uautla at ti.JO o'clock in the evening. In the course of half nn hour a terrible thun der storm commenced, but as this is the "rainy season" it excited no atten tion. About nine o'clock I\ M. the engineer of the forward engine said to the lieutenant colonel in command of tin troops: "As the route is new I fear the read-bed may be washed out in sonic place- by this heavy rain and the temjsirarv w<ioden bridge- may be unsafe. We bad better return to ('u antla and wait until morning." The colonel replied: "I have received or der- to report in Mexico! itv early to morrow morning; you must go on." The engineer then proceeded slowlv and cautiously. When within a tew vaid- of a new bridge, called "Juan Antonio," which - panned a barranca a deep ravine i in tbe Malpai-, lie stopped and got off tbe engine for tie- purpose of examining the bridge, although it was supported by stone piers. The colonel commanding immediately sprang from hi- ear and demanded to know why the train had U-eii st<>p|s-d. The en gineer again expr>--*d his fear- of the recently eoii-truet<il bridge-. The sol dier-, who had Ic-ard tbe former'-on ver-ation Is-twc'ti their < oinmander and the engineer, sceim-d to be panic -tricken and eomim need jumping ti "in the platform car*. 11 officer-, dread ing a complete de-eill"in, tro d to allay their fear-, but '|uit'- a uumlxr e-. ap ed under cove r of the('imtiu rian dark iii-ss. At b-ngtb, however, order wa restored, and the men seat* d them selves in sulb n silence, tbe soldadcras calling on the "Gn at Mother" for pro tection, and cowering down again in the cars. Then the lieutenant colouel, placing hir pistol near the < ngim-er's ioa 1 and ordering two subaltern offi cer- to take charge of the two firemen, mounted the engine with the engineer and repeating, "I'll blow your brains out if you stop again," compelled the iKor fellow to put the train in motion. No guard had been stationed at the bridge nor had even a lamp been placed there; the heavy freshet had brought down debris which had press ed again-t the two piers and carried them off; the headlight of the engine shone only upon the rails which re mained, and the engineer being una ble to H* that these steel threads were unsupported the train instantly plung ed into the abyss, precipitating its human freight into the foaming water. The ravine being narrow the cars were piled on each other, crushing and mangling all. Then the eighty barrel of alcohol rolled out, many breaking open a. they fell; next tbe lime pour ed over the victims, and finally came an additional horror. As the rear en gine was dragged into the ravine its live coals fired the alcohol, and in a few seconds this agonizing ma— of humanity wa- enveloped in tlamcs. Imagine their sufferings! A gentleman who escaped from the wreck of the fir-t car said to me last night: "Dante's description of hell conveys hut a faint idea of the horrors I witnessed. The thunder peals seem ed to me like the voice of an inexora ble fate, the fortunes of that doomed mass of human beings were made so distinct, first bv the flames of the al cohol and afterwards by the flashes of lightning that my soul sickened. . I managed to clamber up the sides of the ravine nnd could only prav : 'Christ, pitv them,' and then I fainted." The list of the dead, o far as offi cially known to this date, is 1 (HI sol diers, twenty-six soldadcras, (hree offi cers, four passengers, five children, two firemen of the first engine and the en gineer of the last locomotive. The wounded number sixty-nine. Strange ly euough, the engineer of the first locomotive and the lieutenant colonel, who were the first to plunge into the ravine, are loth saved ami neither is seriously wounded. They are both to day in prison. 4- U.MrLOY thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Incisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, hut the lazy man never; for a life of leisure aua a life of laziness arc two things. MOV. 11l KftAKM'H IMIMITKK. lIOW Till! MHI. Willi EI/H'KIJ WITH A I OA' lI MAV IX CJf.TTIMi AI/JKIi. y t'/ut A MJU tfard Isttir. 'J bo romantic story of tbe elope ment of Miss Nellie ilubbar'J,/laugh tor i>l ex-Gov. Hubbard, with the family coachrnati, Drank Khepard, which wont tbo round* of the proa* two yearn ago, should be supplemented now by the true story of tbe life of tin- young inarrioij couple, in order that tbey may have tbe benefit, rather t ban it should goabroud that .Sbepard 4 himself wa, indeed, no shiftless u fel low that be could not provide for tbe support of a wife. * Soon after tbe marriage Hhepanr ! and bin wife went to board with bis ! brother in this city, and Nellie occa- Hionally went to her father's to nee her I mother and sisters ; but it wan under stood that under no consideration would her husband ever In* allowed to darken tbe doom of tbe Hubbard . mansion. Meantime Sbepard obtain* <*d employment as a salesman in a re -1 tail boot und shoe spire, and there be 1 remained for about three months, ami then both himself and wife disappear ed, and all sorts of rumors became current as v> their whereabouts. One wa> that Nellie bad left biro and going to I'.urojie with h<-r father and Misters, and that she bad left her bus band for good. None of these stories roe above tbe dignity of pure inven tion. Hiepard ha- an uncle living in Mid dlelown, this State, named John Wil i liarns, who has for many years been connected witb a flourishing manufac turing concern and ha- made a large amount of money, which he ha- care- I fully salteri away. He is worth cer tainly a clean fIOO/SK). Moreover, he married a rich maiden lady a few year- apt, who ha- enough to take care of h< r-ell for many long years if death should remove her husband and all his ca-h. \\ iliiarus became inter e-ted in Sbepard after the elopement to a much greater extent than ever, being a good deal put out over the -torn- that I rank wa- not good < trough f<ir the young lady, and to show that his sympathy wa- practical he made a tender of financial supjsirt. Sbep ard then set about finding busims- to suit him, and found that lie could ("rin a co-partnership with a well es tablished livery establi-hmc nt in New Haven, nnd at once the ready uncle at Middletown made the necessary de posit and the bu-inc-- relation waa | formed ami still goes alotig prospc r ou-lv. It wa- tiii- m •.< which led to >liepard's sudden departure,from Hart ford after he r< tir< d from the shoe businc-s. Not only i- the former coachman doing well in hi- hu-ine*-, but be is conducting liim-' lf 11k• a man in oth er ways, and bis wife i- reported to i>e happy. 81M him frequently driv ing in her phaeton through the shady city of elm- am! it i- understood is kindly received by verv many of her old friends in New Haven, among whom are some of the lir-t young ladies in the place. Once in a while -lie comes to Hartford and i- noticed a.- Iwing in perfect health and looking prettier tlian ever. She keeps up a ; thoroughly stylish appearance, and ha money enough from her husband to warrant it. all of which proves that she is not "living in poverty,"as thou sands of people all over the country, who have become interested in her welfare, will IK* happy to learu. Kx-Gov, Hubbard intends going to Kurope with his family this summer, but Nellie will enjoy herself at the watering places along tbe shore close to New Haveu, and possibly by-and-by, will accompany her husband, when he gits rich enough, to foreign lands. | Wheu Uncle John dies ami leaves Sbepard n fortuue, the coachman may I like to travel as well a- hi- father-in law, -*"* MEXICO ha- a POPULATION of over 16,000,000 souls, scattered over a ter- I ritorv about half a- large a- that of the United States, and is one of the most favored portious of the earth, for it has every advantage of soil and * climate, producing all kinds of fruit and grain, beside* possessing mines of gold, silver, iron, copper and coal I which are almost inexhaustible. Yet j with all these natural blessings, Mexi co is one of the poorest countries in tbe world. It has a national debt of nlmut #4f0,000,000, which increases ,at the race of $0,000,000 a year. It spends fifty per cent, of its revenue for the army, and four per cent, for its schools. ■- ♦ - THE comet stVikes people very vari ously, The Princess Anne Maryland' er says the negroes in Hungry Neck, Somerset county, Md., are Icarfully demoralized., and believe the world is coming to an end presently. Whole families are "getting religion," nud all the colored people are eating their spring chickens in view of such a general disruption that even the ten derest rooster will be of no avail here below. • ■ - AJ* epicure is a man who knows what is good to cat, and who talks about his food incessantly. All an epicure needs is bristles, and then he could be classed at a glance. A NEW YORK parrot can say 2oQ J words. When it is remembered that this is just the length of one of Don Cameron's speeches it stands forth a* a phenomenal perfortnauce. - Aft*! JBM