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A, J. GERRITSON,- Proprietor.[
For lb Democrat,
History of the Great Straggle In
America between Liberty
and Despotism.
In 1763 the British Parliament began
the great work of reducing the thirteen
American Colonies to a state of slavery,
Toeir pious undertaking was interrupted
by General Washington at the head of an
ar my of rebels, who took up arms in de
fence of their liberties. The Republican
party are now engaged in .bringiug to
co mpletion the unfinished task of British
mnts.
As we turn to the drama of the Revo
dim of 1776, it is wonderful to find how
faithfully and truly their lordships in the
th Congress have-performed their parts
, n what was called by Samuel Adams
..The Tragedy of American Freedom."
"Nowhere;" says Bancroft, "did pop
ular power seem to Parliament so deeply
s eated as in New England, where every
village was a Democracy whose organi
nun had received the sanction of law,
and the confirmation of the king. Espe
cially Boston, whose people, in 1748 had
liberated its citizen marines, when im
pressed by a British admiral, was accused
of a rebellious insurreetion. The conspi
racy against the colonies extended to
New Jersey, the royal council having rep
resented to the king ra growing rebellion
in that province. Letters from Pennsyl
vania also warned Parliament that the
Quakers in that province pretended not
to be accountable to the English govern
ment. On the 3d of March, therefore,
- 49, Parliament reported a bill to over
charters, end to make all orders by
LLe king, or under his authority, the high
t t law in America.
"The colonies protested, against this at
,empt, so repugnant to the laws and Con
titittion of Great Britain itself, and to
Heir own inestimable privileges and
, tarter-rights of being governed by laws
their own making. Massachusetts said
.ch a bill abrogated for their people
.:Air common rights as Englishmen, not
than their charter privileges. Par
anknt consented to drop for the present
reserve their despotic clauses, but it
, ntlaucil to cherish the spirit of dictato-
-a. power. The world had never wit
:wised colonies with institutions so free
e those of America. The fervent at
:aehment of each colony to its own incli
lidual liberties repelled the overruling in
laence of a central power.
"But in 1763 Parliament was fully im
pressed with the necessity of bringing the
American colonies into order. The char
ters were obstacles, and therefore the
charters must fall. A new territorial ar
rangement of provinces was in contem
n:ation, and this arbitray policy regnired
a ~t anding army. It was_ estimated that
twenty regiments were needed. The
Howse of Commons listened with compla
cency to a plan which would give twenty
new places for colonels that might be fill-
Li with members of their own body.
"Lord Glenville refused to take part in,
the schemes to subvert the charters of
the colonies, and control their domestic
government. Re also desired to keep the
army subordinate to the la*, and not
place the military above the civil power.
lie voice and the voice of other members
of Parliament who agreed with him were
Gino avail. The American continent was
bided into a Northern and a: Southern
district, each with its Brigadler, besides a
commander-in-chief, and undefined power
was committed to their hands. Such was
the sad condition of. America. The king,
we minstry, and the crown officers in the
colonies all conspiring against her liber-
Teo States of America are to-day in the
same sad condition as described above,
arid when the schemes of the new British
tyrants are completed, the whole of the
once United States will be ruled by a
standing army. The great conspiracy
against the libertien of America, which
oar ancestors compelled Great Britain to
abandon, after eight years of bloody war
fare, is now being carried oat by the Re
publican party, who are destroying the
charter rights of ten millions of people.
Tie chief of the conspirators in Congress
ff. Thaddeus Stevens, .In 1865 he comple
ted their plans, commenced in 1861; Of era. ;
slaving the South, and establishing a mil-
Ilacy despotism. He says:
"The sovereign power of the nation is
;edged in Congress, ::Yet . : where is the
Warrant in the Constitution for. such soi , -
"eign power to intermeddle with the
domestic institutionfinf a State, mould
its laws, and regulate the elective fran
chise? It would be .rank, dangerous, and
deplorable tuntrplition.- Li reconstruction,
therefore, no Women be effected iu the
Southern States if they have never .left
the Union. But refarmation must he fef
feCted--the foundations of theirjnstitn
politic.al, municipal and social; mist
be broken up and relatd t 'or all Our blood
and treasure have been.spent in vain.--
This can only be. done
,by :treating. awl
holding them- as conquered , ravine:es.
Then all things which;:we.esire to - do
vill follow, with logical and I,gitimate au
thority. As Conquered territory cOn
g,essth would have full'ilo,ver, to legislate
r ena."
But John Adams said`our Cher,
ters (or State Rights) would be forfeited,
the only consequence would be that the
king would have no power over us at all.
The connection would be - broken between
the 'crown and the,natives of this coun
try. The charter df London in an arbi
trary reign was decreed forfeited. The
charter of Massachusetts was declared
forfeited, also. But no American charter
will ever be declared forfeited again, or if
any should, the decree will be regarded
no more than the lower house of the Ro
biuhood society." , •
Robinhood, as al know, was the leader
of a band of outlaws and robbers. The
patriots of this day reason exactly as
John Adams dbl.', "If the Southern
States," say - they, "are not in the Union.
they are a foreign . nation, and if a foreign
nation, what right .has' Thaddeus Stevens
and his party to rule over them ?"
John Hancock, the first signer of the
Declaration of Independence, said:
" Parliament has usurped the right of
ruling us by arbitrary laws, and have sent
their armies to enterce their mad and tyr
annical pretensions: The troops of George
111 have crossed the Atlantic, not to en
gage an enemy, but, to assist a band of
traitors in trampling; on the rights and
liberties of the people, which, as a father,
he ought ever to regard, and • as a king,
he is bound in honor to defend at the risk
of his own life." ; •
One chamcter is' wanting to make this
second " tragedy of American Freedom,"
true to the first.' President Johnson
chose to act the part of Washington, and
be a father to the : American people, in
stead of a. tyrant ; 'to defend their liber
ties even at'the " risk - of his own life," in
stead of assisting a band 'of traitors in
trampling on 'their rightS." It is for ma
king this choice that the Parliament at
Washington would.impeach him and put
another in his place who will willingly
personate the character of George ILI.—
Wendell Phillips says :
Congress holds. out the military hill,and
says to the President, ' execute this and
save yourself. The peoplo say; execute
this, or we want your room and not your
company.'"
If the British government had captur
ed General Washington, during the rev
olution of 1776, and compelled him to
turn mid fight against the liberties of
America, he would have been in the same
position which President Johnson occu
pies to-day. •
-..--....
Reflections for Iffay,
AN INVITATION TO SEEK GOD IN TOR
WORKS OF NATURE
Awaken, 0 my soul, from the slumbers
which have so long benumbed thy fecul•
ties, and attentively regard the surround
ing objects. Reflect upon thine own. na
ture, and upon that of other creatures;
consider tlfeir origin, structure, form and
utility, with every additional circumstance
that can fill thee with love and adoration
of the all-wise Creator. When thou seest
the variegated and brilliant colors of the
heavens, the lustre of,the numerous stars
that irradiate them,. and the light reflect
ed from a thousand beauteous objects,
ask thyself whence all these proceed ?
Who has formed the immense. vault of
heaven? Who has placed in the firma
ment those exhaustless fires, those con
stellations whose rays shoot through such
an inconceivable space ? And who di
rects their course with the beauty of or
der and the harmony of regularity,4 and
commands the sun to enlighten and make
fruitful the earth?
Thou wilt answer; the everlasting God,
at whose word the 'Creation arose, fair
and heautiful, whOse wisdom still directs
it, and whose mercy still operates for the
felicity-of all mankind. His hand has es
tablished the foundations of the moun
tains, and raised theirnruntnits above the
clouds; he has clothed them with trees,
and beautified them with flowers and ver
dure ; He
,has drawn from their bosoms
the rivers and streams which irrigate the
earth.
To the flowers of the field He has given
their beauty and fragrance, far exceeding
the combinations of art and efforts of
skill.- Ali-the creatures that are seen in
the air, in the water's, and on the earth,
owe to Him their existence , and the
,pos
session of thatinstinct which is their pre
servation; and man, in himself a world of
WondersoOoks up to God 'as his Creator
and Protector.
Let our chief care and most pleasing
duty henceforth be to seek for the knowl-
edge of God in the contemplation of his
works. There is nothing in the heavens
or upon the earth which does not impress
upon our , minds the wonderful wisdom
and admirable beneficenceuf the Creator,
to Wbotn;iu {he midst of the revolutions
anature i let us raise our thoughts, and
pour forth the joyful accents of-our lOva
and_gratitude.-+storm's Reflections.
Szastnizpetition of a horse to his dri
ver : - "Going up ',whip me not;
coining down bill,burry me not; on ley
el road, 'spare me not ; flay and, corn,
rob me not:pi:of clean, water, stint me not;
of soft, 'ilty bed; deprive ine not with
rChia, oh! „jerk me not ; and when
you arc angry, strike me.not." -
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY,', MAY 7, 1867.
U l 'a imi a'll* "
"I thought fairies were obsolete, and
Cinderella nowhere," I exclaimed one
morning, drawing out from under the sofa
of my sitting•room a small slipper for a
left foot; "but if ever there was a lady,
be she a Cinderella or Susannah, who, had
a smaller foot than this would fit. I should
like to see her, that's all."
I sat down again to my Coffee and ham,
and wondered however it °Add happen
that Mrs. Pottle, my worthy and obsequi
ous landlady, should have allowed the
slipper to have been overlooked in the
"thorough cleaning" she had assured me
always took place between'the exit and
entree of her different sets of lodgers ; yet
here it was. Tiagii clain;. 6 of thy isurt,
bronze-colored leather had attracted my
eye as the Sun lit uP the abyss beneath the
sofa; and now, what must I do with it?
Perhaps, after all, it was Mrs. Pottle's
own ; but I laughed at the idea of her
elephantine foot finding entrance there ;
perhaps it belonged to a child or grand
child ; but it was not a probable interpre
tatiop of the mystery. It could surely
not be kept under a sofa for ornament ;
and yet bow should such a thing as one
slipper not be missed, if the owner pos
sessed two feet ?
However the little innocent-looking
slipper, fit to ease a very fairy's foot, lay
there and destroyed my peace of mind as
I looked at My readers may laugh at
me as they choose;., but I will frankly con
fess, that while some men fall in love with
a bunch of curls, a pair of eyes, a smile, a
hand, a voice, I was, before breakfast was
half over, head and ears in love with a slip
per. It was fully—nonsense—of course ;
but so it was. Philosophers would say
it, was the form my imagination conjured
up as the real owner of the slipper; but, I
don't care to be so particular,—l believe
I fell in love with the little slipper itself.
Such a pretty little thing it looked and
felt as I turned it over in my hand, with
its silken sandals, and rosette of blue, and
its neat lining of white silk; a dainty lit
tle article, indeed, perfumed with a soft,
sweet %dor of roses, that all its long isol
ation from its sweet mistress had not
wholly destroyed.
I heard Mrs. Pottle ascending the stairs
with my letters, and hastily put, the slip
per in my coat-pocket. I had determined
that I would be guilty of theft, if theft it
was, sooner than part with my new treas
ure. The landlady entered, "Letters, sir,
if you please, sir '
"Thank you," I answered coolly, and
let her go again ; • though I longed for the
histerypf her previous lodgers. I thought
she eyed me suspiciously, but, of course,
I was mistaken ; and I turned and finish
ed my breakfast, ann then broke open the
envelopes of my letters.
I ring the bell. Mrs. Pottle enters. I
am sitting on the sofa reading my paper;
but I just say carelessly, "You have kept
these lodgings seme time, I suppose, Mrs.
Pottle ?"
"Law ! yes, sir," she answers, stopping
short in the general gathering together of
plates and dishes; "nigh upon twenty
years. Through my poor Samuel being
taken off early, sir, I was obliged to begin
at forty. Now PM turned sixty, sir;
though some do say;"' said Mrs. Pottle,
with a smile, "that they hardly can think
'tis more than a few years ago I began,—
I'm so much the same."
"There they are right," I said, willing
to propitiate Mrs. Pottle,—"yon might as
well pass for fifty, and a young looking
woman at that ; but, however, what sort
of people do you mostly get here,—young
men, like I am, in merchant's offices, or
something of that kind ?"
• "Well, yes, sir-; first and last, I've had
some scores of clerks and junior partners,
but still, 'tisn't always ; but there was
one young man,—nearly the •first I ever
had—"
I did not exactly want a twenty years'
list of lodgers,.so I interrupted the worthy
caul by saying, "But who have you had
lately ?—who was the last now, before I
dame ?"
"A curious old couple, sir, as you ever
casteyes on."
"Old 1 1 I gasped, "I—"
Mrs. Pottle did - not, I suppose, notice
my agitation, but replied, "Yes; sir, the
gentleman about seveuty•five, I should
think, and thelady might be a' year .older
ar younger,—not much difference between
them,--:--but I beg ' your pardon,—that's
your 'bus, sir." And Mrs. Pottle disap
peared with the tray just as the horn and
the rattling wheels 'were distinctly heard
nearing the terrace. I put on mu hat
Mechanically, and Went down stairs, vexed
with the iabrupt terinination oiler recital.
As I rode along the thought 'struck me
that the whole affair was a trick, and that
Ws. Pottle wanted; o bind me to the spot,
or makes me interested in her house, or
inveigled in seine foolist !ovoid:fair. This
decided Me to take no notice of her at
tempts at conversation for the future, , and
not even' permit her to finish the 44:my be
gun in the morning. " ' •
• Just then the omnibus stopped, and an
old maiden iady, *hop . I , lad known
ihrough,her acquaintance - with a. muoh
[respected .annt of WW I Silllilarjy.gtroTn
litouced 011 to ago - and matrimony,entered
it. I pelitely_buncied her to a east for
'my soot's, sake; - and; .cop men eed u :con
versation which strain to 'Tender inter
eating, though my mind was certainly
very absent that day ; so absent that in
ono of the pauses of our discourse I•in
cautiously drew out my pocket-handker
chief to wipe my forehead, and with it--
horror of horrors !—the little bronze-col
ored slipper, with its blue rosette. I
shook it hastily from my lap into the
straw beneath, but the old lady bad seen
it, and I felt aghast as I remembered that
the story of that little slipper for the left
foot of my pretty Cinderella would prob
ably cost me £5,000 of my discreet aunt's
money.
Should I thriELw . myself on the old lady's
mercy at once,—in the omnibus,—by con
fessing the truth ? But would she be like
ly to believe me if I did P I thought not.
should only have taisenotio snlaztl Lc,
the black list already prepared, I doubted
not, for presentatign to my aunt. I knew
the old lady would not go as far as I.did,
for she bad already told me her destina
tion • so I kept my own foot on one edge
of the little slipper, determined to pick it
up again, spite of all, the first opportunity.
"I think you dropped something, sir,"
said my aunt's friend, coldly.
"Nothing of consequence, I think,
thank you," I replied, confused.
"I should rather think it was of great
consequence," she remarked, cruelly ;
"doubtless the young lady wants her slip
per matched or mended." ,
The young lady 1 What young lady ?
Ah ! if I could only find this Cinderella.
Deeply mortified, I said no more; and
the old lady soon left me. I went into
the office, carrying my handkerchief in a
different pocket, that I might not draw
out the slipper with it, and. sat down to
my - writino • but my head was confused,
and that l ittle' bronze-colored slipper
danced over the page, over every line of
my ledger, in each leaf of the memoran
dum book. "If things go on like this," I
exclaimed, mentally, "1 shall grow mad
about that slipper. I almost wish I had
never seen it."
Just then one of the partners came into
the office. "Haley," he said, -did you
pick up an account written on a slip of
paper, of an order tn be executed for
Grylls ?"
"I did, sir, and put it in my pocket
book, as I thought you had most likely
dropped it."
"Thank you, Haley. Just like him. I
admire a young fellow that has his wits
about him."
I put my hand in for the pocket-book,
and forgot all about the slipper for a mo
ment, in my pleasure at my employer's_
praise ; but it had not forgotten me, and
tumbled out. The sandal, being entang
led with the pocket-book, hung from my
hand, as I slipped the elastic) off the book,
and, then the slipper fell upon the floor.
All this happened much more quickly than
I have written it, but a grave frown rest
ed on my employer's face as I handed
him the paper.
"Take care, Haley. Don't resent it, if
I give you a fatherly word of warning.
It is better a young man should not carry
such things .in his pocket ; at least, should
not allow other peOple to see them."
I looked‘up astonished. Mr. Arnold,
second partner in the firm, was fifty years
of age, and a 'bachelor. What did he
know about such things ?
"I think I could explain to your satis
faction, sir, that this is an accident, if you
had tide, and really involves nothing at
all wrong."
"I quite believe you, Haley, but every
one won't be so merciful."
Mr. Arnold went' out and closed the
door. I never thought, never guessed,
before, what elaborate circumstances
might depend upon a slipper; but when
I got home I lockeitit away, determined
to bring no more - antioyance upon myself
by keeping it too close at hand.
I had invited one, two, or three young
men, a few days afterwards, to have a
pull on the river, and then to sup with
me. , ,
After a pleasant bon' and a half we
came back hungry and exhilarated, I
conducted my friends to my room, and,
whilst we chatted, Mrs. Pottle brought in
supper. A discussion arose about a lec
ture of Ruskin's, and his opinion about a
certain picture of Turner's. "I can tell
you exactly what he said," I exclaimed,
pulling out, my keys and opening my desk, .
"for I copied the paragraph into a note
book!'
I turned down the lid, and thereit" the
sight of mythic° friends, *bas—not ' only,
the note l look- 7 -but thalittle left slipper
for tnatunknown, unseen foot. A' roar
of laaghter recalled me to my senses. •
."Is that a Chinese iireciinen, !Loki ? I
heard-you'd bought one."
"What a sly - bey you are; Who is she,
Haley ?i' ,
"Brown, turned out with blue. 'Very
tasty-indeed, I should say." : I '
"Meet me by moonlight alone.""
"Who stole the slipper?" ' 1 '
Need I say more ? Mrs. Pottle, walk
ing about the.room, beard.soma of these
remarks, and_gave me, It h ought, t; look
oftualiciouti.triumph: '
'Be, merciful te , nfellow hfir once," 1
said desperately,-"ankkelp the affair se
:oret,,tills give yeujetive: to sPht."l, , ,
"When " that bet" asked 'Wiry
Dayisoni
0 9ivo me s• month, Harry." -; -h
"And you'll I I t us know in a month
how it goes on
"Yes, if
_I kn w myself."
"Haleyhasn' cheek enough to cart' 'on
courting;" said Dawson. "He hardly
knovis what's , hat, who's who, or when's
wheii. I thin , my boy,. you'd better
come to me for a , drill in the art; I've'
had plenty of pi•actice, and am up to a
nice little thing or two. I should advise
you to get the other foot and have a pair
of them. 1
"You're a dreadful . nuisance, Dawson,",
said Frank Jones. "Let the, poor fellow
rest ih peace now, and come away home;
it is getting late."
But I had nab rest that night, for con
tinually that, little slipper walked round
, bvdv-- ..+l , Aest. - and on my fore
head, and round my bed again.
Next day I thought'Mrs. Pottle looked
at her spoons and furniture suspiciously,
and appeared !ill at ease; the day after
that I'found her hunting behind my sofa
when I came into breakfast, and I von
laced to say, "Are you looking for ;any
thing, Mrs. POttle ?"
"Well, no sii, thank you, sir," - she said
hesitatingly ; and immediately went down
stairs for the coffeepot.
When I returned home in the evening
there was a yOung lady in the passage
talking to Mis r Pottle; but I passed. up
without a close investigation. Just as I
turned the corner of the staircase I heard
these words W a pleasant voice, "I wish
I could find it); it is such a ridiculous
thing to lose. i I am almost sure I must
have left it in the parlor when I brought
it doshi to shew Grandmasnma, and Or
got to carry id away. lam sorry to have
troubled you again, Mrs. Pottle, and it is
of no very great consequence."
"Shall I as 4 Mr. Haley ?"
"0 no ! of Course not; if he had seen
it, ho would have given it to you. It
wasn't his." And she laughed a girlish,
silvery, merryi laugh.
I softly opened my room door andwent
in. Would she think me a thief, then ?
Who was she ? The front-door closed af
ter a "Good evening, Mrs. Pottle," and I
looked out of !my window and watched
her; then, taking-my hat, obeying a sud
den impulse, I ran down stairs and fol
lowed her. 1
Soon she turned into • a wide street,
then another, land then calling a cab, she
stepped into iF ; but I heard the address,
No. 14, Victoria , Terrace. So I called
another and followed her. On we went
till the Terrace was reached, and I step
ped out, dismissed the cabman, and wait
ed for Cindeiella to alight. A curious
accident of:mired here ; the horse 'took
fright as the dabinan descended to open
the door, the poor man fell on the pave
ment, and the young lady, whose foot
was on the step, fell into my arms ; but I
could din avoid her receiving a bad sprain,
though she mated bravely, like a true lit
tle heroine, said did not faint.
"You are hart, I fear," I said, carefully
lifting her in iny'arms, and slowly ascend
ing the steps.' Just then - the door of No.
14 opened ; an old lady and gentleman
and One or to servants appeared. The
poor old gentleman began to cry. He
was evidently childish. "Look to the
poor cub-driver," I said to the servants
as I passed. I"Madam,, where shall I .4 , 4 - 2 - 3
ry the young 'lady ?"
"In here, sir, if you please. I am so
very much ()tinged- to you ; it would have
been the death of as both if anything had
ever happentid to Katie."
Teo old lady led the way to a hand
somely furniahed diningroom, and I laid
Katie on tho 'sofa. She opened a pair of
very mischievous brown eyes, and looked
up ip my face.
I'm very imuch obliged to you, sir ; I
am afraid I'm very heavy. Where is that
poor cabman 7 Will you see about him
for me ? and don't let biro want for any
thing:,
I` promised to do so, and to''come back
at mace and 1 1 ,eport to her, and I hastened
down. The driver was lying in his own
cab, , to which' another horse was being
harnessed, whilst his own,rather badly
wounded, was 'led off to th stables, as he
had requsted mho bystanders it should be.
I got in beside .the poor fellow, and ac
companied him to the hospital. -
" should like to see my , wife," ho said.
"Of course you would," twill go for
her at once : ;where does she live?"
He gave rile her address, and I set off,
feeling I was :. fulfilling Cinderella's wish
es. I told m'y tale - to the cabman'kWife,
who was hat rally thrown into mueh diet
trees . •
You„say 11 can go to him at olice;eir?"
"Yes, atir4ly you can."
"And stay 'the night"with him 2"
"'I really donit-know about that; you
must ask the 'patrol). The young , lady
'wished me to say that She hopes you will
allow her to help you in *ivory. way she
5 I• • -`
Dan.
Lthen' putl a sovereign into her hand,
and left a' card qo which I had. scribbled,
"14, Victoria Terface." She thanked the
Land Neft her.' '
It was getting late; but I proCeeded at
°meld Culderella'a .ahidiug place, Out.
side the door I fogad a doctoes'carriage,
and my anziety .watt at:once awakened, .I
-rang the ; bell, and Abe, ettivant,WAO nor
awered it tbldrcan that Mi s Ay41,90 toot
liras,badlybrained,. aft4fthaVAPrzßaP
Ayrto4had been bin:4,4k t Audis*
{VOLUME XXIV, NUM_BE.R
now with her; but she expected Miss
Kate would wish to see me, for shots&
inquired, more -than once, if the gentle
man had brougnt any news of the poor
cabman. After n - few minute's the girl
came again and requested me to follow ,
her to the dining-room.
_ Miss Ayrton was still lying where
had left her, and , . the,, old geptleman and ,,
lady were at her side::
"It is very kind' of you,' sir, a,
again to-night. I given , yott a great
deal of-trouble. This is my papa.!!,-;
'The doctor give his hand cordially. "I
am very thankful to you, oir r for saving.
my poor little girl from 'what rfeeleura
would have happened to her but for your
presence of mind."
_ I fear I made an ineeherent reply. .
" And npuy. sem - attaz Ajivro.,- with
more animation, "sit down, Mi. Haley,
and tell me all about that poor cabman:"
I did so, and when . I had told her all,
she said: " Poor woman! wish iconld
go and comfort her; but you will see to
her for me from time to time, won't you ;
Mr. Haley, and come and tell me some-I
times ?"
She took her papa's purse and binding
me a munificent sum of money, said, "Do
not let them want for , anything, please,
Mr. Haley."
readily promised, and was aliotit to
lave, _ when the supper was brought in,
and Dr. Ayrton invited,me to take a few
mouthfuls with bim and then he would
drive me home.
"I expect it with° ont - of your way,"
I said, blushing a little as 'felt the secret
of my following her might new be guess
ed by Miss Ayrton. "-I lodge—at—at
Burnwood Place."
"How strange!" said the old lady.—
" Why, that was the very place Katie
went to this afternoon, to inquire about a
slipper she thought she had left there.—
We lodged there, sir, a little' while,, till
we found' a house to snit us. How very
strange! And I suppoul you are in our
old rooms."
"I have one parlor and bedroom on tfin,
first floor," I said, quietky, but . coloring
to the very roots of my hair: •
" Ah, yes ; those were two of our
rooms ' • and we had a parlor down stairs
as well. You don't happen to have seen
snch a thing as a little bronze-colored
slipper; with a blue rosette, anywhere;
about - the size for Katie ?" •
"0, grandmamma! please !" said her
granddaughter entreatingly,: "of course
Mr. Haley can't have et en it. What a
funny question to ask a gentlenam!"
I looked confused, tsuppose, and tgio
doctor noticed it. .
"Come, come, Mr. Haley, there is a
story behind this ;. let-us be;ir it."
I was.in for it now. audprotested ; but
bit- by bit it was drawn_from me by the
amused little group around the supper=
table. Miss Ayrton listened and laughed
heartily, though her face' was covered
with blushes too; and as I told ofimy
aunt's friend in the omnibus, Dr. Ayrton
shook his sides with laughter. I thoUght
I bad certainly Made rnysplf 'foolish at
last.
When We withdrew, Miss Ayrton said;
with a rognisit twinkle of her eye, -- 66 you
will bring,me that left slipper when rou
come again."
But I made . no' promise, and I never
did return the - "little bronze-colored blip:
per with a bine rosette." I have it milk
locked away with my treasures, in' aipri
vats drawer, froin which even : Cinderella
herself would not venture to 400444 r
little slipper. - •
The cabman is quite recovered,
the owner of three cabs instead of 0ne, 77 ,
My aunt's wrath uev,er, showed itselfot
the story came to. :her;' and if, 4000
shouldbe extracted - from my legazy,„it
will, lain confident, ouiy toe done to cot) ;
fer it upon- my son and, hAr,_noW lyipg
asleep In Cinderella's_arms.:
Commutation to -Prisoners".
Congress has provided'by'-laW that sot.
diere, sailors . and mtitineo, _who -wftroicaP
tured during the war and held as:prison
ers, shall be allowed, as = com mutation
for their rations, the Stird , of twentY-five
cents per -day. ;
This money is paid-by the Comm g_
General Of Prisoners at Washingtinr !and
it is necessary that ;the names
Claimants'shall appear on his books. The
abt of Congress4nly permite the'paymetre
to'be made to privates 'in the- land!an4
naval, foroas. Officers aro not entitlad
it. Notwithstanding this feet-, omit of
the latter have applied for ceibinintationi
and others may yekapp,ly. trou
ble, it is proper that the conditions : 4(the
law aboulsi be understVoS:'
As there are soldiers, marines and sail
ors who have not 'Made. applioatiOas i Oey.
shOuld t do seat one e,:befare the payarata
are closed.::.. t
—The - eleetieu in Baltimore -passed - , off
very quietly; on , the id: :The - Denlogridr
ie,es9didates for.Judkeaild Clerk et es
neiv„Court were elected, A liett'lfitta
ivas-Mled:
-The Otiotinal Court- of the Mlstriiit
of Colombia adjourn eil 'ori linesdayiltame
aesemble on tb,` l 2fit i iott at ^which time
it 'ilk o,a 6 Bliti lehii4E.,:SurtAtt
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