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APERSONingiE. -
Letter from-Louis fichade,Zsq., Clotm-
ael v ; Captain Wira.
T o the Americai People :
Intending hziaiesthe United States for
one time, I feel it my duty, before I start,
to fulfil in '
,part. a- promise which, a few
hours before his ,death,-I gave to my un
fortunate-:Mein', 'Captain Wirz, Who was
executed at Washington du the 10th day
of November, 1865, Pi °testing up to the
last M9Mgit4ihie ipnocence. of those alon
g:ens crimes. with .whicb.he:was charged,
hericeivsd - my - that, having failed
to save him trona a felotes doom, I would,
as long as I liiedi'do everything in my
power to clear his memory.. I did that
the more readily, as I was then already
perfectly con vinced that be suffered
wrongfully: _Noce:that time, his unfortu
naceehildren, both here and in Europe,
have constantly implored me to wipe out
the terrible stains which now cover the
name of their father. Though times. t)o
not seem propitious for obtaining fulli.fis-,
mice, yet, considering that. nian is niprtal,
I will before entering upon aperycids voy
age, perform. my duty; to those innocent
orphans and'to - alio myself.
I will now giveabrief statement of the
causes which led to the arrest and execu
tion of Captain Wirz.• 'ln April, 1865,
President, Johnson issued-a proclamation
stating that.-from evidence in the posss-
FlOO of the: Bureau of Military Justice,'
It appeared that Jeffel son Davis was im i
plicatedia tho,as,sassination of Abraham
Lincoln, and for that reason.thePresideetT
offered a reward of $lOO,OOO on the cap
ture of the then fugitivelik Piesident of
the Southern Confederacy- That testi
mony has since beep _found to be entirely
false and a mere fabrication, -- and - the 'sob
crier Conover is now under sentence in
the jail of this ci'y, the two perjurers,
whom - he suborned, having turned State
evidence a g ainst him, whilst the individual,
'he whom Conover was suborned has not
TeL been brought to justice. •
Certain high and influential enemies of
Jefferson Davie, either then already aware
4 the character of the testimony of those
'witnesqes, or not thinking iheir testimo
r,v quite sufficient to' hang Jeff. Davis, ex-.
peeted to find the wanting material in the
terrible mortality of Union prisoners , at
Andersonville. Orders were issued ac
cordingly to arrest a sub.gtern officer, Cap
tain Ware, a p oor
_ friendless , and .wounded
prisoner of w ar, (he'being included in the'
surrender of General Johnston;). and •be
cies a foreigner by birth. . On the 7th of
Mlay, he was placed in the Old Capitol
Prison at Washington ; MA from that time
the greater part of the Northern press
was busily engaged in foriming the unfor
tunate man in the eyes of—the Northern
People into such a monster that it became
a most impossible for him' to obtain coun
sel. Even his countryman, the Stiiss Con
an! General, publicly refused .to accept
money. to defray the expenses of the trial !
He was doomed before be Was heard—and
even the permission, tyabeheard according
to law was denied . him. To increase the
ereitement an giiie eclat to the proceed
lag, and to inflame. still: more the public
mind, the:trial took place under the very
dome of the Capitol of the nation. A mil:
:Lary cormniS s ilon presided ,over by one of
the most.arbatrary and despotic generals
in the country, was.formed, and-the pa
roled pr . ': oaer °flyer his wounds still open,
and so feeble that he had to recline dur
lag the Vial on a sofa, oarriecrbe'fore the
line. How that trial, was conducted the
whole world knoivs. The enemies of gen
emsity'and humanity believed it then to
be a sure thing to get at Jeff Davis.
They are the first charge was that of
-vo - tispiracy between Wirz, Jefferson Da
vi., Se - dae - 0, -- 3iostkell Cobb, It. l. Winder,
and a number of others to kill the Union
prisoners. The triallasted for 3 months,
but unfortunatelys the blood thirsty in
sugatcre not a p'ttele of evidence was
produced, showin 'the existence of such
h
a aspiracy; yet". a - plaior Wks was found
.
guilty of that charged HaVing thus failed
atibther effort. witsftnade. . Op the night
before the execution, of theprisonera tele
gram was sent to the Northern press from
the city, stating that Wirz had Made im
portant disclosures to, General L. C-BA
aer, the well known detective,lniplieating
Jeff. Davis, and that - the Confession would
Probably be given t& the public. On the
lane evening some, - parties eatila to the
confessor of Wirz, Rev. Father Boyle, and:
aho to me, one• of thewritiforminglne that
high Cabinet -officer wished <to assure
`Virt,iliat iflio'Voilld implicate Jeffer
son Davis with-the
.attrocities committed
i tAudersopville;•: -. his annterage h would he'
r ornsanted."lfe;ithc( meisclizer,br, .i4o:
ever he 1 48,•renueSted . rne,to inform _N fz
of this. Itr presence of.. Father Boyle I
'old Witt next'. morning' , 'what bad hap-
Pened. The captain simply and quietly
replied : "Mr. Schade„,yoU, know_ that I
pare always 101 you. that I do not know
anything about Jefferson Davis._ Re bad
no connection --siith' me as to: what Was
( lone at AndeisonVille. If iltnew ulaY7 ---
thin; of hitid - Wp . idd hot beCome a.traitor.
against him or - anybody else, even to save
any life,
.thr•liketcrite denied thakhe bad
'Me any statenient Wh :Ore
*tevertoneral
B olal- Untended' Om ottemiA Wititi:
quvepta- - 3Viratiggtupt laiL_;.Davis,
1 ---:.,„_-, : • ,
Thetalode- shavez•Vrbit tin-mari- he-was.
How many of his defamers would have
done the same'? Nffilh his wounded arm
in a sling, the poortikroled prisoner moun
ted, two , hours lak the scaffold. His
last words were that he died innocent—
add so - he did. The 10th 'day of Novem
ber, 1865, will indeed be a black • stain on
the pages of American history.
To weaken the effect of his declaration
of innocence, and of the noble manner in
shich Wirz died, a telegram was manu
factured Isere and sentNortb, stating that
on the 27th day of October, Mrs. Wirz,
(who actual)y_ was 900 milei on4that day
itom•Washington) had been preven
ted by that Stantonian dens ex machine,
General L. C. Baker, from poisoning her
husband I Thus, on the same day, when
the,unfortunate family lost ,their husband
and father, a cowardly and atrocious at
-tempt was made to blacken their charac
ter also. On the next day I branded the
whole as an infamous lie, and since then
I never beard of 4 . again, though it ema
nated from a Brigadier General of the
United States Army. •
All those who were cb - arged with hav
ing conspired with Captain Wirz - , have
since been releas'ed, except Jefferson Da•
Tie, the prisoner of the American "Castle
Chillon." Captain Winder was let off
without, trial, and if any of the Others have
been tried which I do not know, certainly
none of them have been hung. As Cap
tain Wirz could not conspire alone, no
body will now, in view 'of that important
fact, consider him gunilty,of that. charge.
So much, then, for charge Tro. 1.
As to charge No. 2., to:' wit : Murder
in violation of- the laws and customs of
war, I do' not hesitate to declare what
about 145, out of 160, witnesses on . both
,sides elf-dared daring the trial—that Cap
tain Wirz never murdered or killed any
Union prisoners, NVith his own hands or
otherwise. ' All those witnesses (about
twt.lve or fifteen) who testified that they
saw Captaid Wirz kill a prisoner, have
sworn falsely, abundant proofs of that as
sertion being in existence. The hands of
Captain Wirtz are clear of the USA of
prisoners of war. Ile would certanly have
at least intimated to me a knowledge of
the alleged murders with which he was
charge - In most all cases no names of
the all ed murdered men could be given,
and w 4
re it was done, no such persons
could be identified. The terrible scene in
court, when be was confropted with one
of the witnesses, and the latter insisting
that Wirz was the man who killed a cer
tain Union prisoner, which irritated the
prisoner so much that he almost fainted,
will still be remembered. That man Grey)
vivore falsely, and God aloneknows what
the poor innocent prisoner must have suf
fered at that moment ! That scene was
depicted and illustrated in the Northern
newspapers as if Wirz bad broken down
on account of his guilt. Seldom has a
mortal suffered-more than that friendless
and forsaken man.
„Fearing lest this communication will he
tooN i long,Lwill merely speak of the princi
pal-and most intelligent of those false wit
nesses, who testified to individual murder
on the part Captain Wirz. -,17p0n his
teStimony the Judge Advocate, in his
final argument, laid particular stress on ac
count of his intelligence. This \witness
prepared also pictures of the alleged cru
elties of Wirz, wbich_wern handed to the
Commission, and are now on record, cop
ies of which appeared at the time in Nor
thern illustrated papers. He swore that
his name was Felix de la Ratline, and rep
resented himself as a Frenchman and a
grand nephew of Marquis de Lafayette.
After having so well testified and shown
so - much zeal, he received a recommenda
tion signed by the members of the Com
mission. ' On the llth day of October, be
fore the taking dr the 'testimony was con-.
eluded, be was appointed to a clerkship in
the Department of the Interior. This oc
curred whilst one of the witnesses for the
_defense (Dupe* was arrested in open
court, and placed in prison before he had
testified. After the execution of Captain
Wirz some of the Germans of Washing
ton recognized-id - de la Balime a deserter
from the Seventh New York (Steuben)
regiment, whose name was not de la
Baume t but, Fslix Qeser, a native 'of Sax-.
any. They went--to Secretary Harlan,
and he dismissed. the impostor and impor
tant witness in the liVirz trial on the 21st.
of November, eleven days after the execu
tion.'• Nobody who is acquainted with the
Conover testimony, in consequence of
whicb,the President of ;the United States
Was falsely induced to pine& a reward of
$1.00,000 upon.' the ..head of an innocent
man, will be astonished at the above dis
closures of the character of testimony be
fore military, commissions.. So much for
charge No. It
If from twelve to fifteen witnesses could
be found , who were willing to Cstify.toso
many acts of Marderau the part afWirz,
there Must eertainfave - been no lack of
such who were ,;willing to swear to minor
, offenses, Such. was the unnatural
,state
of public,mind.agaiest the prisoner at that'
time; that euehmea regarded themselves, .
and were regOdeA Ml,tieroee, ifter'having
,teitified i in Abe manner above described;
whilst; en the . Other. 14i41, the witnesses
ihe defense, were. intimidated, particu
lar*aftet one ef'dia Ina :bien . arrested;
• 'J3as - who iii' responsible -for, the . : inane
livethit,:iiiitolost 264eriseikyilles.aed
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 2;, 1867.
in the Southern prisons.? That qoestioti
has not fully been settled, but history Will
tell, on whose heads the guilt for those
sacrificed hecatombs of human beings is to
be placed. It was certainly not the fault
of poor Captain Wirz, when, in conse
quence of medicines having been declared
contraband.of war by the North, the Un
ion prisoners died for the want Of tbesame.
How often have we read daring• the war
that ladies, going South, bad been arres
ted and placed in the Old Capitol Prison
by the Union authorities, because some
quinine, or other medicines,,.had been
found concealed in their petticoats I Oar
navy prevented the ingress of medical
stores from the sea side, and our troops
repeatedly destroyed drugstores and even
the supplies of private physicians in the
South. Thus, the scarcity of medicines
became general all" over the South. Sur
geon J. C. Pilot writes, September - 6,
1864, from Andersonville, (this letter was
produced by the Judge Advocate in the
Wirz trial :) "We have but little more
than the indigenous barks and roots with
which to treat the numerous forms of dis
ease to which to treat the numerous forms
of disease to which our lattention is daily
called. For the treatment, of wounds, ul
cers; etc., we have literally nothing, ex
cept water. Our wards, some of them,
are wild with gangrene, and we are com
pelled to to our arms and look quietly
upon its ravages, not even having stimu
lants to support the system under its de
, pressing influence; the article being so
lim
ited in supply that it can only be issued
for cases under the knife."
That provisions in the South were scarce
will astonish nobody, when it is remena
bared how the war was carried on. Gen
eral, Sheridan boasted in his official re.
port, that, itr the Shenandoah Valley alone
he burned two thousand barns, filled with
wheat and corn, and all the mills in the
whole tract of country, that he destroyed
all factories of cloth, and killed, or drove
off every animal, even to the poultry, that
could contribute to human sustenance.
And those desolations were repeated in dif
erent parts of the South, and that so thor
oughly that last month, two years after
the end of the war, Congress had to ap
propriate a million of dollars, to save the
people of those regions from actual star
vation. The atruction of railroads and
other means of transportation, by which
food could be supplied by abundant dis
tricts to those without it, increased the
difficulties in giving sufficient food,to our
prisoners. •
The Confederate authorities, aware of
their inability to sustain their prisoners,
informed the Northern agents of the great
mortality, and urgently requested that
the prisoners should be exchanged, even
without regard to the sufplua. which the
confederates ''had on the exchatTge rolls
from former eltchanges, thit is, man for
man. But our) war Department did not'
consent to au exchange. They did not
want to " exchange skeletons for healthy
men." Finally, when all hopes of Str•
change were gone, Colonel Ould the Con
federate Commissioner, offered, early in
August, 1864, to deliver up all the Fed
eralsick and wounded, without requiring:
an equivalent in return, and pledged that'
the number would amount to ten or fif
teen thousand, and, ifit did not, he would
make up that number with well men. Al
though this offer was made in August, the
transportation was not sent for them to
(Savannah) until December, although be
urged and implored (to use his own
words) that haste should be made.- Du
ring that very perked the most of the
d'eatbs at Andersonville occurred. Con
gressman,Covode, who lost two sons in
South ern prisonsons, will do well, if he in
quires who those "skletons" . were, which
the Hon. Secretary of war did not want
to exchange for healthy men. Ifhe does,
he will hereafter be perhaps less bitter
at - mina:the people of the South.
But has the North treated her South
ern prisouers so well that she should lift
up her hands, and cry " anathema " over
the South. Mr. Stanton reports to Con
gress, July 19, 1866, that of Sontheru
prisoners there died in the north 26,436,
and of northern prisoners in the south
22,576. What a, fearful retort}.! Over
26,000 of prisoners dying in the midst of
*plenty ! Air. Stanton gives the total num
ber of prisoners in, the North at 220,000,
and in the South at 126,940. Suppose
this to be correct, though this statement
comes certainly from no impartial
source,, there died of pristiners in the
South, without medicines - and provisions,
the fifth part, and in the north, with, med
icines and provisions, the elgth part; .But
i 9 the number of souther 4 prisoners in
the north are probably included in the pa
roled prisoners of Lee's, Jhboston'il and
Smith's armies who never 'entered a Nor
thern prison. if that be sp, the mortali
ty of Southern prisoners in th - e - Nortb will
be even greater than that of the Federal
prisoners in : the South 1 • •
We`used justly ti:k proclaim in former
times that ours was " the , land:of the free
and the home of the brave .. ' But, Allen
one half of - the - country is„-shroud fd in a
despotism, which now° pulir finds aparal,
lel in- Ritastan Poland; and When, our gen
•erals and 'Soldiers- girietle permit that
their-for - titer aditersaries"an arms shall be
'treated worse thap the ;i r ielots of old;
brav4 soldiers t . hough tkv_tpay be, who,.
when the forces and ;TRW •nls'of bothicc-
titans were more equal, have not seldom
seen thebacksof our best generals, abet to
speak Of such as Butler, and consorts, then
we may well question, whether. the " star
spangled banner still waves over• the
land of the free or 'the honie of the brave."
A nobleand brave-soldier never permits
his antagonists to be calumniated and
trampled'upon after an honorable surren
der. Besides, notwithstanditik the decis
ion of the :highest legal tribunal in the
land that military com ii'ssions are uncon
stitutional; the earnest aid able protesta
tions of President Johns .., and the sad
results of military: commissions, yet such
military commissions are again establish
ed by recent legislation of Congress all
over the suffering and starving South.
History is just, and, as Mr Lincoln used
,to say, we cannot escape history. Puritan-
I.ical hypocrisy, - self-adulation, and self
glorification will not save those enimies of
I liberty from their just punishment.
Not even a Christain bu rial
i of the re
mains of Captain . Wirtz has been allowed
by Secretary Stanton. They still lie, side
by side, with those of another and ac
knowledged victim of military commis
sions in the yard the forrner jail in this city.
If anybody should desire to reply to
this, f politely beg that it , may be done
before the let ofMay next, as I shall leave
the country to return in the fall. After
that day letters will reach me in care bf
the American Legation, or Mr Benedetto
Bolzani, Leipzig street, No 38,_ Berlin,
Prussia.
LOUIS &RADE, Attorney-at-Law.
Wallington, April 4, 1867.
Our Territorial Enlargement..
The ratification of the treaty between
Russia and the United States has enlarg
ed our territorial limits to a considerable
extent. That portion of the American'
continent which Russia has sold to the
United States for seven millions of dollars
may be of great importance in view of the
changes that must soon occur in Asia by
the opening of trade with this country,
and also in connection with the overland
telegraph, in which the people of this
country feel Such a strong interest. The
location is well suited for strategic purpo
ses, in diplomacy as well as war. From
the fifty fourth to the sixtieth degree of
north latitude, Russian America embraces
the Prince of Whales Island. At the fifty
4th deg. it also takes in a narrow strip a
bout thirty. miles wide on the mainland of
the Pacific coast, which continues in this
shape to about the sixtieth degree. Here
the coast line instead of having a general
direction from southeast to northwest,
suddenly juts out in almost a direct gen
eral line, saving irregularities of indented
outline, from east to west. At this point
—the parallel of sixty—Russian America
attains a L .witith of about athousand miles,-
from east to-west; the eastern boundary
becoming identical with the one hundred
and forty first degree of west longitude
to the Frozen
. Ocean, From south to
north, it may be said to have a length of
thousand miles, though the windings of
the Pueific coast 'make it considerably
morepn the west side—not less perhaps
than fifteen hundred miles. At the nor
thern boundary, say the parallel of seven
ty, the width, owing to the configuration
of the earth towards the pole, narrows to
about three hundred and sixty miles. For
one thousand miles this territory lies di
rectly in front of British soil, but so far
as the navigation of the rivers is concern
ed, it is claimed by the British papers that
England has thesame right to navigate
them as Russia had; and Russia could on
ly convey to the United States the rights
she possessed. The Toronto Leader in
noticing this point says : "So far as the
legal right goes, there is, therefore, no
cutting offor the British interior • posses
sions from the ocean. It is no doubt true
that along the whole distance from fifty
four north to the Frozen Ocean, a foreign
country occupies the front. This fact is
however not new, though it may derive a
new significance from the change of mas
ters."
The climate of this portion of the Am'er
lon continent is about I& that of Scot
land, and the productions similar. . There
are yaluable whale ,and cod fisheries along
the coast, and halibut and ealmoe are ta
ken in large quantities and of excellent
quality. The ports obtained by this pur
chase and treaty will afford our fishermen
advantages in the pursuit of their callings.
Peel, water and provisions -can be easily
obtained, sick and disabled :seamen can,
receive proper care, and medical attention,
and, our whale fleet and other vessels have
proper depots for repairing damages acid
refitting filler a long cruision the North
Pacifie. These advantages, coupled with
the., possible feet that the shortest and best
way to reach Japan and China lies by the
Northern Railroad line froni the Atlantic
seabord l . will erre our people to under
stand readilY tl importance Of the treaty
just ratified by the Senate.
—The ;appropriation bill, - as iteßassed
the house, provides for, paying out, Of the
State Treasury over four million dollars.
Probably nearlka million of thitits caused
by, the lemmas() of salaries.. :Handreds>ef
thousands more are, ipl alueasure, given
away.. Won% ,this big
pulllnalce - the tax!
payers - of the State , squirm ? the ,
taxes!
Reflections for April.
DITINTY* .O . F TRAITS IN THE. HIIMA COOT-
TENAN Cg.
It is an evident proof of the adorable
wisdom of God; that though tho, bodies of
men are so similanto each o,ther in their
essential parts, yet there is such a diversi
ty in their exterior, that they can be
readi
ly distinguished -without the liability of
error.
.Amongst the many millions of men ex
isting in• the universe, there are no two
that are exactly alike ; each one has some
peculiarity portrayed in his countenance,
or remarkable in his speech; and this di
versity of countenance is the - more singu
lar, because the parts which 'compose it
are very few, and in each person they are
disposed according to the same plan. .
' Jf all things bad been produced by blind
chance, the countenances of men might
have resembled each other as nearly as
balls castin the same mould, or drops of
Water ouc - of the Bartle bucket; big as that
is not the case, we Must. admire the infi- .
nite wisdom of the Creator, which, in thus
diversifying -the _traits of the lurtnan coma
tenanoe; has - manifestly ha in view the
happiness of men; for if they resembled
each other perfectly they cpuldnot be die
tinguishesr from each other;-:to the utter
confusion and detriment of society.
We should never be certain of life or
the peaceable possession of our property;
thieves and robbers would run little risk
of detection, for they could neither be die
u g wised- by the traits of countenance, nor
the sound of their voice. ,
All and every crime that stains Immuni
ty, might be practiced with impunity,
since the guilty would'rarely be discover
ed; and we should be continually exposed
to the machinations of the villain and the
malignity of the coward ; we could not
shelter ourselves from - the Confusion of
mistake, nor from the treachery add fraud
of the deceitful; ail the efforts of justice
could be useless, and coMmerce would bo
the prey of error and uncertainty: In short,
the uniformity and perfect similarity of
faces-would deprive society of its most en
dearing charms, ana destroy the pleasure
and sweet gratification ofindividual friend
ship.
The variety of features, then, consti
tutes part of .the plan of divine govern
ment, and is a strong proof of God's ten
der care over us; for it is very evident
that he has disposed the particularparts
of the body with as much, wisdom as he
has manifested in its get al structure,
and we are compelled to adMire his beau
tiful and wise' arrangement in this as well
as in every part of creation.
Sruiai's REFLECTIO2qS
Shutting the Door.
Many of the highest as well as the low
est traits of human character are often
made known by very simple means. And
very important principles in ethics, natu
ral philosophy and mechanics have. been
discovered:by accidents, incidents and de
tails which are common in domestic life;
but who would bave thought, in olden
times, of consulting with a four paneled
door, as a philosophic and metaphysical
friend, to obtain a knowledge of the hid
den mysteries and the general effects of a
human mind ?
During the last ten years in the winter
season, according to our daily record, we
have noticed the manner in which 1,000
persons who called for work have opened,
shut, or not shut, our store door ; this,
you may say, is a futile and a useless un-
dertaking; but we entertain a very dif
ferent opinion.; What the facts, and what
the deduction
First, out of the 1,000 persons -record
ed, 355 opened the door and shut it after
them carefully; when they came in, and
when they went out with much noise.
Secondly, 226 opened it in a,hurry and
made an attempt to shut it after them
when they came in, but did not, and
merely pulled it to when they went ont.
Thirdly, 202 i did not attempt to shut it
at all, either in coming in or going-out:
Fourthly,• 90 left it open when they
t eam° in, but when reminded of. the fact,
made ample apologyi and shut it when
they went out
Fifthly, 102 opened it in a great hurry,
and then slammed it to violently, but lett
it open when #.bey went out,
Sixthly, 20 name in with "how do you_
do, sir," or " go6a morning," or "good
evening, sir," and all these wentthrough
the operation of wiping their 'feet on the
mat, but did 'not shut' the door when,
they came in , nor when they went.out.• •
RmunKs.—We 'have .employa.mon
out of all the above classes, Juni during
that dine have . 'had. an opportunity of
judging of &o. their merits, o. ,
The first °la s of . 355 were , those who
knew .their tr de, --and commenced and
finished - their +milt in a methodical.man
ner, were tjuiet,litid but, little to say, in.
Ow working 'hours, and were approved
. ofby thosefort whom we did the 'Work.
They were punctual:to time, andeleft ntk
thing undone Which they had-beeitbrder
ed tei'do. They did not e9mplain abont
trifles, and inall-romeeti; they were mil=
able Men and !were - kind and obliging in
their general - nduct. ',•
o r a ls the feepend i 22B;' Thew were not'
'methodical m theirA,o:!kiAhentlaiik-stla
liroLumE
to talk about, were generally late Ann
wbrs willing to quit work:early. They 4
*ere 'always in 'Arty when we overlo*
ed them, hut they did not do sO.much . .
work in the. same time 'is class the &el l ,
and often" left little thingo‘nnflnished i and.
if they were told of it, would make tri.
fling excuses, :but highly extol their own'
abilities.
Cla'es the third, 202.- These were
likenth'n their - personal appearance and in
their work. They talked. much- about
their o good qualities, and were better .
acquaints with the businessand-domes
tie_babite 4:1 their neighbors thin With
their oven. They also belonged to the'
temperance society when first set to work,
but in a few days afterward their breath
would smell more -like an old rum cask=
than that of human- beings. These mien
men were not atealy at their work, were'
always short °fin ey, and could not be
relied on with regard to trdtb and hones. •
ty.
Class the fourth,. 96_ -These were care
less iu their manner of work, committed
many errors, but when thewere pointed
out to them would apologize mast willing.'
ly ; soon forgot particular email items;
were tenacious of- their. own rights, but
not very nice about the rights of others;
still there was something rather pleasant
in-their manner at first sight, but-they
did not improve on further acquaintance.
They required much watching, and what\
they had been, and *hat they could do,
and what they intended to - do, but, they
seldom did anything' properly.
Class the fifth, 102. They were of s
strong, nervous temperament—always in
a hurry—little order and method in their
work; often •met' with accidents, and of
ten god • themselves, into Mies:ldes by'
their hasty proceedingS; otherwise they
were kind and willing to oblige, but the
promises they so hastily made were seen
forgotten.
class the sixth, 20. These were better
dressed than the others, but :were; net
good workmen, as they bad tried many
things, but they ~had not, mastered any
one is particular. Their_poltteneza was
artificial, and one day was 'often sufficient
to expose their t eeeption.,' , lnnecent and
small impositions Seemed. to be their le- ,
gitimate business. They were too igno
rant toj blush at their own folly, and too.
proud to acknowledge their own leeks.
They were vain le the extreme, and unto
liable.T-Correspondent Scientific. Ames ions.
Some years ago when the total abstin
ence excitement w.as at its height, and
the Maine liquor law was the great social
question of the day s ,i, celled, with George
Kendall, of the New Orleans Picaynne,lt
the office of the Brothers liamer r theum
Cligstreet. George was running Mine*
book on "Mexico• throagh their press at
the timb, and having L'eeu -acquainted::
with the Brothers for many years previ
ously, was ofcourse on thAnost intimate
terms with all of,them.
James, the •Moyor ' was arthat
lending apostle ist. the teniperaneo tante,:
and used occasionally to_rally - George up ! ,
on what was evidence of au unduebibu. ,
ions propensity. " Your face looks rath
er reddish- this morning George ; I'm
afraid you indulge." W hich Redden cer
tainly did ; bqt always in moderation—,
never to excess.,
After sitting a few minutes, - George
said to the younger brother, ,'letcher :
" Fletcher, .where's Jim ? Wheress,the
Mayor ? I want to see 'him." ;- • •
"He's in, the library room," replied
Fletcher '
" entertaining COmMitte bfold
'women, from the Martha -- , Washington
Temperance Society.. They bald aineet—
ing at the Tabernacle to morrow nighty.
and the 'Mayor is going to preside.". • •
"Good!" said George; I'll
.go right
in and see him. Come, Clark, added
Kendall, "let's 'see ho_w the city's; chief
magistrate looks in couneil.".
eorge rapped at the door.
me in," answered -the Mayor,
crial' opened the doer slowly, u if
in hesitation, glanced •askance, at the
eight or'ten old wiimenywinked knowing, ,
ly . at;thn Mayor,.;and then' said, with an
inimitable maudhu Jimmy Twitcher . air.:
" let's se and got another drinkrl:
It is not often that,any one can fluster -
James Hiirper lint "you better helieve", l
be was fluttered' on this occasion. He- -
looked' horroiltricicen at the very' idea,
wife returned ilia astonished gaze
old•ladies.'",'"Another drink!" 88 if they.-
had already haone together, uarlite .
Was in, the morning! -
Last summerl saw ,Geers?cir! hie . -
turn from Paris. Ilire'renumseited , opon,
,this incident, and , ltendall
"I have never. , imard inythiurfrein
Jim fromlthaMiy Itu„thinabent ,
Clark,
—The Tioga Adiertistr:ji radial sheet'
.Bays; "Daniel Wehlter tiraea licentious,,
intealperatOlol%;:itile hie exempla ii bde
which ought to be eoiered np away from
public gaze 1. Yee, coveric , any: fro*
the eplecdora .or. such au+dein` 0 0 41
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A Bibulous Inuendo.