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A. J. GERRIT4ON, Proprietott
For the Democrat.
A History of the Great Straggle in
America between Liberty
and Despotism.
Scarcely had the American government
been estahlished, before its great founder
was called upim to suppress a
. rebellion
amtirst the laws. Gen. Washington
in
1794 issued a proclamation to the inhabi
tants of Western Pennsylvania to desist
from opposition to the government, and
called Out the milit t o aid nI quelling the
When, therefore, in 1861, the
l ,arty in power undertook what they
t. ,ItiNl the suppressing of a rebellion in
t .l e t ell sates of the Union, they had an
e \ample :Ind precedent tOr their guide in
th.lt great undertaking. Washington
had furnished them with all the
rules and regulations in such a warfare,
an d all the requirements of the Constitu
ti,w awl burs in such an emergency. He
rnidressed the officers and soldiers of the
alley before they set forth on their errand
~! duly, awl explained to them what the
C n , titlition and laws forbade, its well as
Chat they commanded and required them
to d.).
11 , says to them : " Every officer and
so!dier will constantly bear in mind that
ho eomes to support the laws, and that it
iitl he peculiarly unbecoming in him
1 , become in any way the infractor of
th,m ; that the essential principles of a
nee 1 4,tvernment confine the province of
the in lit ary, when called forth on such tic
isintts, to these two objects: Ist, To
combat and subdue all who may be found
1., arms in opposition to the national au
t',ority. 2,1, To aid and support t h e e h._
:1 magistrates in bringing the offenders to
:i e o. The dispensation of this justice
ongs to the civii magistrates; and let
,•v.-r be our pride and onr gl try to
It• 1‘ e the sacred deposit there inviolate!"
Under these expositions by the Father
our country of the Constitution and
Jaws thereof, where does the Republican
Y now stand ? They stand as con
\ to 1 tr.titors and rebels against the•
ii,•r!ea , i go% eminent. They have tram-
I under f got all the "esst mial
s H a free governmen.," and adopted
a I the p pies and pract ices of the most
, rovernments of the earth. Gen.
\\ ishmg on clearly defines the lines he-
Inv tw,i. "The essential princi•
free g.ivernitiria c iitine the pro
, i:e mi liary to fighting with the
ao i,n s war. This is their province;
1 ,, ,lola tier ; the boundary line of their
.;!, , .rry in a free giovernmetit. , They
11, air Minty to pass oni r ihe lines
„ i , ichhound their own prov4e.... and in
!he province of the civil mal.i-trates.
1 / s.,•pping to lid Jhe line of military
which Washington defined
an , l where he also efintitied
tlit.y hocaine themselves infractors
t e Ciiu-titn•ion and laws, and ren-1
.1c themselves:lt/tenable thereto.
Only in despotic governments ein the
peep e l i e ill 'eel ;wider military atithori •
Crontwe I divided England into mit
i.ary di , triet‘ and ailed fry' the sword.—
einiseuetice was !tat the people of
welcomed Charles II to the
with r. preferring the
o f a kin.. to the rule of an army.—
Ute• ir, Craft wet. and Robespierre were
n. 1, :ic y drspots. Not such was %%Tash
i!, rton, awl the other founders of the
Awe, iiovernmeto. They had the ex
of the-e tyrants befor e tin ir minds,
a i they resolved to loved one free gov
t. ildient, where the peopl e should never
1,- eitr-ed with military despotism. Tho'
NV Kl,ingt oil was the commander in-chief
(,I that :limy, and tnibiht have sutx-tituted
1711:tary for civil authority, he says to the
her-, ‘• In our free government the dig-
Itelisat ion of justice belongs to the •eivii
mwist rates, and let it be our pride and
our glory tit leave the sacred deposit.
there inviolate!"
Alt! it has 'been the pride and the glo
ry of the so-Called Republican party to 111-
N id,' the sacred depository of jus• ice ; to
,', I he c vii magig rates of the di-Tensing
(As which the framer-. of ntir tree goy
moment had entrusted to their keeping,
a•,l ltaml them over to the military,whielt
they ha-I solenif.ly forbidden to touch
t ;tem. W hat profaitat ion of sacred law !
\\ - hat vio:at io n of solemn admonitions!
What usurps , ion of unlawful power !
IVilat ‘viltul treason against. the freest
ani best government on earth, to thus
and transform it into the worst !
Ater try big in vain to tiring the
to accept a military dictatorship, they
now propose t o complete the overthrow
of our free , government by placing 10,-
(0 1" , ,oliri of American people efitire;y un
der ini.ilary authority, and thus change it
nit. , a milli:cry despotism.
Were Wa-hitigton now President of
the United Slates, would he permit the
Republie an party thus to trample the fib
er ire net the people in the dust, after filzht
inZ e ight long years to wrest them front
the hand of tyranny abroad ? Let . the
following letter be !lie answer. When
th e rebellion (veiled, on amount, of
w In c h the army sent forth, Washing*
I ''" wr''te to the commanding officer as
f 1, w s •
" PHILADELPIA, 27th March, 1795.
To ILia. GBv. Moituea :
" Dear Sir :—lt has afforded wo great
pleasure to learn , that the general con
duct and charm ter of the army have been
temperate and indulgent, and that your
attention to the quiet and comfort of the
WA.MGM inhabitants bas• been well re
ceived by . them, • Still, it maybe proper
constantly and strongly to impress upon
the army that they are mere agents of the
civil powers, and that out of camp they
have no 'other authority than other citi
zens; that offenses against-the -laws Are
to,be examinedi, not by a military o,;cer,
but by a civil magistrate; and; tbat they
are not exempt front arrests and indict
ments for violations of the laws."
. Is it any wonder that Gov. Curtin and
the other leaders of the party in power
think that " if Gen. Washington should
rise front the grave he would not dare,
and it he did dare, that he would not be
equal to the task of settling for this great
people, the logic and the lessons of their
war!" Gen. Washington would not be
the man to do this; oh no, certainly not.
The soldiers of the army are to do it, and
when they have concluded what are the
true le-sons of the war, Gov. Curtin says
"they have the power to compel the gov
ernment. to obey them. Gen. Washing•
ton, and all the other great statesmen
sink into insignificance before the mighty
voice of the surviving soldiers of the Re-
public."
Now, what are the reasons for the He.
publirati party assuming such a revolu
tioi•ary" position? do a band of rob
bers or of criminals of any grade form a
grand " league" to protect themselves
troin punishment against the laws? If
Washington should now rise from his
grave, or if the principles of a free gov
-
eminent are ever again restored—ifthese
traitors do not wholly destroy the Con
? ti• ution and establish- despotism to its
stead—the " arrests" and the "Indict
ments for violation of the laws" would be
so numerous that Fort Lafayette, Fort
Warretw Fort McHenry, Fort Delaware,
and all the other dismal fortresses and
dungeons which they have turned into
American hostiles, and filled with the in
noeent victims of their lawless power,and
wicked revenge, would not he able to hold
the guilty wretches who, under the pre
text of preserving the Union, have been
fighting for Cromwell. for Ciesar, and for
Hiibespierre, instead of Washington . .
Did not Washington, who made these
laws, mean to have them obeyed, and if
dis , lheyed, that punishment should follow
their violation ? Therefore the whole Re
mit) ican party who have given their sanc
tionkp the "arbitrary arrests" and mili•
tary friws during the four years of war,
would be treated by Washington as a
band of conspirators against the govern
ment. The Constitution which he estab
lished so views them. In the eyes of the
law they are traitors. The Supreme
Court ha. pronounced them such. These
lawless men say, "If the law stands in the
IA a v so much the worse for the law."
The Republican parry rely upon thear,
my to carry out their plans in the com
plete (It erthrow of our free government.
So in 'the reign of Crontwelt'llitMe says,
The only support of the faction which
had violently ueurped the government
was an army of-50,000men. The precise
number which Congress offered President
Johnson to make 'Anise another Crom-•
well. Home continues, "This army still
maintained that all those enormous viola
tions of law and /tiny of which they had
bean guilty, were justified by the success
with which Providence had blessed them;
and they were ready to break out into
any new disorder:wherever they had, the
prospect, of a like!:sanetitM. and authorit y
They declared*: necessary that their en
.
emies should : be punished, and at last
claimed a right of remodeling:the whole
government, and'settling the nation."
To England and to Crornwell's army,
Gov. Curtin turned to find his example
and precedent. As for Washington, he
might a' well never have been born as to
any influence he ha' exerted over this
pu4lieati party. They have passed by all.
the ears of America greatness and glo
ry under the government. a Washington,
and crossed the ocean to bring England
back to rule America! George DI, Crom
well, Usury Vlll—any king, tyrant;or
despot, but no longer will they submit to
the mild sway of the principles of the Fa
ther of our country. Cromwell's army
declared it, necessary that their enemies
should be punished, and proceeded to
punish them. IVashington sayi, "The
essential principles of' a free government
confine the province of the military to the
use of the weapons of war. That out of
camp they have no more authority than
other eittzeoP, and they are not exempt
from arrest and indictment for violation
of the laws." Thi4 government, by its
Constitution ismade a free government.
One of these traitors in the Republican
Party says, "The Constitution was not
made in the interest of treason;" and yet
Washington laid down these rules in a
case of a eason. This traitor (Tremaine)
says: " I would prefer to break the Con
stitulion and save the country, rather
than to save the Constitution and destroy
the country." The country, with these
traitors, means the liepubituan•party. "If
the South reject t the offer °file Repub
lican party it must be' fotced upon them.
As to a second rebellion, let, them try it.
At the first tap of the drum, so army
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 1867.
composed of veteran troops, believing
that traitors must be punished, would
proceed to punish them, and this time it,
would be effectually done--done without
the intervention of President, or . Con
gress, court, jury,, or military commis-
And Cimgressmow proposes -to turn
the Southern people over into the hands
of such a lawless-um, and rule as Crom
well ruled bylbe-invoVd. same con
sequences must therefore follow the same
measures. "From the too eager pursuit
of liberty," says Home, " England fell in
to absolute slavery." Such a fate, the
Republican party are tryilig to bring up
on our once happy America!
Is J. Wilkes Booth Dead ?
The Memphis Avalanche of Saturday
has a lengthy article, in which it argut s
the probability of J. Wilkes Booth being
still in the land of the living. The inge
nuity of the epistle renders it worth a pe
rusal. The Avalanche correspondent
says :
The statement which appeared in your
paper of Sunday last, in regard to the
point as to whether J. Wilkes Booth still
lives, calls to mind other publications that
have heretofore appeared in print on the
same subject. Allow me to call your at
tention these, and also to -some circum
stance that would tend to support the
idea of Booth's death being a fraud per
petrated on the public. Early in the
spring of 1868 a letter was received from
one of the West India islands, by a corres
pondent of a New York paper, stating
that J. Wilkes Booth had been seen and
recognized on the Island of Cuba, a short
time previous to the writing 01 the letter.
This letter was noticed by some, if not all
the Memphis papers. Not long after this
publication a statement appeared in some
of the papers of this country, to the effect
that Booth had been seen in Europe, in
one of the Italian States.
Some time last summer a man was ar
rested in Kentucky on a charge of horse
stealing, and lodged in jail. If my mem
ory serves me right, he gave his name as
King. He •wrote to Gen. Jefferson C.
Davis, of the If. S. Army, stating that he
desired to make a confession to him of
importance to the country. Gen. Davis,
accompanied by another officer of the ar
my (a General) went' to the prison, and
the newspapers stated at the time that
they occupied nearly an entire day, ta
king down in writing, the confession of
the man. The newspapers also stated
that the substance of the confession was
that Booth was not the assassin of Lin
coln, but that the man King committed
the crime—that after the shooting of Lin
coln he leaped upon the stage of the thea
ter and passed out to the back door
where Booth was with the horses.
The two rode rapidly to the residence
of Mr. Seward. King dismounted and
wefts iii,, and attempted to :kill Seward.
lie then returned to Booth and' the two
made their escape through Maryland on ,
her b ack, And itbenceto Canada, and soon
at* they. ,went. to, Cuba, wherein, serisrai
ted from Booth in , the spring of 1866, and
came to Kentucky. He called the mien ,
tiou of the two Generals to the fact that
no proof had ever been made, identifying
Booth with the killing, except the testi;
many of Laura Keene, an actress, who, he
stated, was a personal enemy of Booth.
:Shostatedehe retogni* Booth as, the
man who jumped Upon the stage with the
drawn dagger. King , said It was not
BOokbut him., He also paid that Mrs..
&matt knew' nothing of the conspiracy,
and be gave information to the said offi
cial where ceitain papers altdd be found
that would throw light upon the stihject.'
All thii has appeared in the newspapers'
heretofore, , and may ,be taken for *hat it
i 4 worth.
Now, as one who is somewhat in the
habit of looking closely into facts and the
circumstances surroutoitng complicated
case., I propose to call your attention to
certain facts that have an important bear
ing upon the whole question as to the
probability of Booth not having been the
man who was shot in the barn when Har
rold was arrested. The history of the
matter, as given to the public at. the time,
is t hat Harrold was arrested and Boston
Corbett had shot Booth; they put the
dead body in a wagon, and proceeded wit h
it to Washington ciuy, the news of their
success having reached Washington be
fore them. Baker, the Chief Detective of
the Secretary of War, Mr. Stanton, wentl
to meet the party who hail killed Booth i
and captured Harrold. Upon meeting
them, Baker and Corbett took possession
of the reputed dead body of Booth, and as
they say, buried it in some secret place,
that is known to no person living except
Baker and Corbett, and they both took a
solemn oath over the grave that they,
would never reveal the burial place. Al
large reward had been offered by the gov
ernment for the appreheneion of Booth,
and thin being the case, does it not seem
Imost natural that if the man who was kill
ed in the barn wns Booth, that. Baker and
Corbett would have carried the body to
Washington City, where the body, if that
of Booth, could have been identified by
thousands who knew him, and thus shown
to all that the captors had shown them
selves entitled to receive the reward.
Where is the optimally showing any
proof that the statement of Baker and
Corbett that the body buried was that. of
Booth ? It is,not even asserted that Har
rold confessed that it was Booth. He
stated that he was with Booth at the
back door of the theater, but does not
s r that it
. was Booth who was killed in
" I
The paper stated MS , after Gen.d. C.
pay* received the confession, of the man
Ei ng, be fpFwardcd, it to the Secretary of
L gince that ,time , the., ,public ban
learned nothing fg the matter, and the
ineation is, what has becomtrof King ?.
and if the papers which he referred Gen.
Davis to have been found, what light, do
they throw on the subject? The matter
is now supposed to be in the hands and
under the control of Mr. Stanton. Now
who could be benefitted by the death of
Lincoln. Certainly not the Confederates,
for the war was over.
The public was told by the newspa
pers-of the titne, and particularly those of
the radical party, that on the day of the ;
night of the assassination, Mr. Lincoln had
cal ed and held a Cabinet meeting, and at
said meeting Mr. Lllicoln had informed
the Cabinet that he intended to issue a;
proclamation declaring the rebellion at an
end, placing the Southern States in the
same relations as occupied by them to
wards
the United States before the war,
and also granting general amnesty and
Sardon. It was also said that Secretary
eward, indorsed the position of Mr. Lin
coln, although not able to be at the Cabi
net meeting. Suppose such a proclama
tion; had been made by Lincoln, would it
not have been a death blow to the radi
cal party ? They would have been de
prived at one blow of the power of re
constructing the South or of intermed
tiling in the internal affairs of the States.
That party would have dropped dead, and
the Union would have been put upon its
former basis, except as to the existence of
African slavery in the Southern States.
The radicals would have been preven
ted from overriding the Constitution, and
in fact, that party would have been pow
erless, inasmuch as shivery had been abol
ished, and there would have been nothing
to feed their dupes upon. But Lincoln
was killed the night after he had express
ed himself in regard to the proclathation.
his probable the people of the U. States,
would like to know why the Secretary of
war and a radical congress permitted or
directed Baker to receive the greater por
tion of the reward offered for the appre
hension of i3uoth upon such slim testimo
ny, when Mr. Stanton had it in his power
to force Baker to produce the dead body,
be being the superior officer and master,
so to speak, of the creature Baker? Why
was Baker brevetted Brigadier General
by Mr. Stanton, soon after Booth was
said, to have been killed ?
All hough the Kentucky man tells Gen
era) Davis that he murdered Lincoln, and
this tact was made known to Stanton, we
hear no•noise made about it. 'Congress
has not appoinied a • 'eomruittee to investi,
gate the affair. The question presents
itself wfrat•bls bebome of man wb
confessed to have ki I la' ti &coin and t ried
to murder Seward? • The whole matter
in regard to him seems to have been hush
ed tip in some way. It.might be of some
interest to the public to know what has
become of King? Is he still in Ken
ttMky, in prison waiting his trial as a
thief P Or has the War Department ta
ken charge of him P When the dispatch
from General Davis, in regard to King's
confession, reached Stanton, what order
was given in regard to him , and why has
he - not beetittied before cpip.
.mission; 'or a Court for the aurcTer ?
. They hung a wOmaii,:whd . 'sahr on . ihe
gallows she was innocent;'Why don't Stan=
ion have this Man, hung who says, '1
murdered Abraham Lincoln ?' • While all
the radical papers andittump speakers and
Congressmen are charging that Jeff Da
vis was implicated in the assassination
plot, why don't they say something, about
the way Stanton allowed this man Baker
to put away the dead body ? Or cry aloud
and groan heavy because Stanton don't
hang King Why is it that no attempt
was made upon the life of any one but
Lincoln and Seward, who, it is stated,
agreed to the proclamation granting ant
' nesty to all ? You will observe I accuse
no one ; but there is such a fog floating
around this whole matter, that I, for one,
would like to be able to see Inure clearly
through it.
A letter was received recently at the I
Post Office at New Hanover,-this eoun- '
ty, that was " log long, long on the
way." It was ma - 7-d at Gettysburg 4 in'
1860, and was only a few days less than
seven years in reaching its destination..
Where it, had been loitering all the time
deponent saith not, but, it is probable that 1
it bad been sticking fast, in some way in
one of Uncle Sam's mail, bags. The wri
ter
was a student at Pennsylvania Col
lege, and the letter was a response to an
invitation to preach a " trial sermon" at
the Lutheran Church at Swamp, which
chid) Charge was then vacant. An an
swer was requested, but as the answer
Dever came, the trial sermon was never
: preached. The writer, Rev. A.ll Horne,
' formerly of Quakertown, Bucks county,
is now we believe in charge of a Lutheran
congregation at Vliilliainsport, l . " 11.—
, Mostgensery Ledger.
The Chinamen and their Customs.
A correspondent of the New York
Times, writing from Shangbae, gives the
following interesting items concerning
life in China :
The climate of' this part of China at
this seatentia v truly delightful. Cool en
ough Fp malte,the . sunshine,pleatgm,t, with
out being aciaiallyreo4 the jtir,p n ot,foe
dry, and eign Ce talli,11„ is last
sneh Weatheritii the nlitrf, Te*lth 'th live hi
111-his:life: 01w-sportsmen art; haring s
noble. time of it,. :and ,;return from the
pleasures of the field with„ hell filled game
bogs anoterapty shot pouChes. Probably
there is no country in the world, not pos
sessed of poaching laws, where, in so
dense a population, game is so abundant.
In different directions, within twenty five
miles of Shanghae, may be found pheas
ant, woodcock, quail, snipe, pigeon, rab
bits,*hares, and water fowl; while a jour
ney of two days to the mountains in the
region of the To Hu Lakes, will bring the
sportsman into ample stocks of deer and
wild hear. The fact is, that though in
proportion to the whole extent of territo
ry, the population ofChina is denser than
that, of any other country, there are still
various tracts—some larger, some smaller
—of land totally untitled, and - the mode of
cultivating many of the crops is peculiar
ly favorable to the production and preser
vation of game. The' cotton plants, for
instance, are left standing after the bolls
are nicked off, and the many bamboo plan
tations are fi led with heavy undergrowth
of grasses. The Chinese are altogether
unappreciative of the delicious flavor of
gatne birds, prefet'ring the domestic duck;
but they snare 'them in great quantities
for sale in the foreign market. The Celes
tial mind has hitherto been unable to solve
the mystery of why a foreigner should
I
tramp about the fields all dad with a gun
on his shoulder to 'obtain that which at a
very small outlay, he could purchase in the
mai ket, remaining quiescent at home; and
the wondering country people have con
cluded that the Yang Kwie Z-ze like to
bite the shot, for which reason, having
snared a lot of pheasants, they put Them
info a bamboo cage-and pepper them plen
tifully with iron shot, causing 'he - non hun
ting foreign devil, who buys his - game, to
break his teeth and indulge in witch pro
fatiii y.
The superstitions' ignorance of this sin
gular people was very beautifully illustra
ted during the past summer. I f you pluck
the feathers of a chicken you wilt observe,
as doubtless most of your housekeeping
readers have dune ere this, at the extrem
ity of each wing a little projection from
the line of the pinion, as if the wing wet e
split into a fork, wi•it one line longer than
the other. , Singular as it may appear,
this peculiarity . has passed unnoticed by
the Uhiuese until the present, year, when,
being for the first time discovered the en
tire population, in fear of some impending
evil, abandoned the eating of chicken, and'
in Hankow fowlsordioarily worth six del
tars per dozen could be purchased re!t . iiiy
for one... Impliennions Cmliners likerhy
self, &listed on' tenderest of spring
chiCkens mere 'thank fa lrair bile' tkoe; - owneret
of establishments for the artificial hatch
ingolduck eggs realized fortunes by'the
sudden demand which arose for their pro
ducts. .•
A Bad Itlbtake.
We think .the Senate will in course of
time fin' out that it is now doing a very
fooli4l thing in rejecting so many of the
appointments hy 'the President to civil of
ti?je,
„g r owl . who baYR rentileredgallant.ser-
Ace to tVetr,Coutitr,y lno.b.e late war, mere
ly becatirtthq34A.TVP. uPposed74o.e.ftiend
ly to , the Tresideat's . policy of ireconstrtm
tion; The rejection of,Gen. Swift tor,t,he
Boal 6 0" . : 1 c4t . vP! ;Office,. the rejection of Gen.
Couch for CCii!ector of the Port of tos•
ton, the rejection of Gen. Pratt, of Brook
lyn, the rejection of Gens. Edgarn, Curtis,
and many other soldiers, whom the
dent had appointed to positions in public
service, looks as if the Senate's confirma
tion was entirely dependent on the fact of
the appointee being an opponent of the
Administration and an adherent of Thad.
Stevens. IVe have had a deal of bun
combe about appointing soldiers to civil
office. A great deal of political capital
has been made out of It, and not a little
of it by the very men who are now ur
ging on these rejections. They are acting
foolishly in the vase, and that, too, in a
matter which the peop:e will not fail to
observe and remember. Since the rejec
tion of Gen. Couch as Collector of Bos
ton, we observe that the President has
nominated an eminent civilian, the histori
an liancr'Oft, for the post. No one will be
sorry to see Mr. Bancroft confirmed, but
no one will rejoice at the rejection of the
officer whom the President first nomina
ted, and who rendered such eminent ser
vice upon many occasions during the war.
—N. Y. Times, Rep.
—A Western farmer being obliged to
sell a yoke of oxen to pay his hired man,
told him he could not keep him any lon
ger.
" Why," said the man, " I'll stay and
take some of your cows in place of money.'
" But what shall I do," said iho farmer,
"when my cows and oxen are nll gone ?"
" Why, you
s can work for me, and get
them all
VOLUME XXIV, NUMBER 9.
The mineral meerschaum is well known
to be a - hydrated silicate of magnesia, with
two equivalents of water. The variety
most valued is compact, snsceptible of be
ing wrought, and receiving a beautiful.
polish. It. is almost exclusively employed
im making tobacco pipes and ei,gar hol
,ders4' it'stiangeannoinicement has been
put forth thatitimay be 'substituted for
the . sub-HALFate.,of bitunuth in choleraic dis
eases, Deposita of meerschaum are very
,rare, which accounts for its high price.
Setae veins, hoivevor, are found in the
Paris basin att-Chenevieries; in the envi
rons of Madrid, but these are of little
val
ue c mpsr. d with the article born Asia
I Minor l being too soft and frsgbe. '1 ho
I mining of meerschaum is carried on large
ly at Kilt chick, in Anatolia; the kind found
there, though soft and greasy to the touch
when fresh, beeoming hard and white in
the fire. Some obscurity still exists as
to the mode of preparing the crude meer
schaum; ,nevertheless, it is known that
pipes made in Anatol a are molded. The
crude earth is kneaded and pressed into
molds,:ilikarticle being then di led in the
sun and b4dened in the tire. It is then
boiled in milk, dried anew and polls lied.
The pipes thus molded on time spot, are,
however, little in demand, those wrought
in Germay or Belgium being much more
esteemed. The meerschaum which is to
be exported is prepared in Konie, molded
into blocks, dried and slight ly baked. At . - •
ter cutting out, the manufacitirers are in
the habit; of submitting the pipes to a
preparation with wax, spermaceti or par
afine. The chips are powder, d, firmed
into a paste with water, dried and har
dened in th e fire. The pipes made from
this waste material are, however, olan in
ferior quality the first baking to whitli the
material was originally submitted having
!produced slight f itti g which renders
subsequent cohesion ditheti tt to produce.
The - manufacture of rneert.chatimiartifi
cially has been the object of litany resear
ches. The following method rites fiery
good results when operated by aim Intelli-
gent and skillful chemist. It is f, und, d
m
ai ply - upon the double dm composition of
soluble alkaline silicates by sulphate of
magnesia. One pound avoirdupois ofsul
phate of magnesia is dissolved in about a
quart of water. Two quarts of as, lotion
of soluble silicate, of density 1,25, is pour
ed into this—both lignites being about
1.70 degrees Fahrenheit. The produ,:t is
a gelatinous precipitate, which is long
washed, first with boLing, then with cold
water, until all alkaline sulphate is remov
ed, then poured into a stone or zing
trough and dried at a temperature of not
over 100 Fahrenheit. The mass thus re
duced is compact, triable, and very simi
lar to the natural tneerschtirm . and is sus
ceptible of being manipulated and manu
factured in the same way as the latter.
For some years M. Wagner has obtained
good results by a different method. Ile
incorporates with one part of ca-ine (?)
six,parts of-ealcine.d • magnesta, ar d one
part, of oxide of zinc. Upon dr) ing this
Inixtur , e ther , e, , ,reselts, kinaterial of a las
'vAiee'neitts, 'Very hard, susceptible, of
being cut and polished., and which per
fectly simulates the natural meerschaum.
A Paris correspondent guarantees the
following :
A Frenchman, a prisoner in Edinburg,
having managed to escape, took refuge
in the powder magazine. When the au
thorities wished to seize him, they found
him sitting on a barrel with a lighted
ptatch,and threatening to blow up the
totlrp, - the authorities reflected prudent
ly, and'-the result of their deliberations
teas ;.hat it. would be'better to starve the
Frenchman out. But they reckoned with
ont their prisoner,.who loved good oheer
and was determined to live we.l. In con.
sequence he called out that he would
blow the town to pieces if he did not get
three meals a day ; he would write out
the bill of tare. Sawney stmounibed, and
the demands of the prisoner went on in
creasing. Sometimes he bad a serenade
under the window; then a review of the
garrison, afterwards a sham tight, in
which the troops representing the French
army beat the Highlanders. At last he
exacted that every Sabbath morning, be
fore breakfast, the Lord Provost, in full
uniform, should make his appearance and
read him an address. This lasted until
the 'allies entered Paris.
This phrase doubtless originated in a
printing office, on some Saturday night's
settlement of weekly wages.
" John," says the publisher to the book
keeper, " how stands the cash account?"
" Small balance on hand, sir."
" Let's see," rejoins the publisher,
"how far will that go towards satisfying
the hands ?"
John begins to figure arithmetically—
so much due to Pot kin., so much to Ty
phus, so much to Gruble, hod go on, thro'
a dozen dittos. The publisher stands
aghast.
Here's not money enough by a jug full.
No, sir ; besides, there is the devil to
pay."
The new hotel at Erie, the Reed house,
when completed, will coat $300,000.
— Meerschaum.
An Anecdote Worth Preserving.
The Devil to Pay,