The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, June 04, 1867, Image 1
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That "great arch-traitor," Jefferson Davis, who was to have been hung on "a sour apple tree," was released from pris on, "and is now at liberty," says - the Tri bune, " toigo. where be pleases, and not at the South alone, but equally at the North, and his liberation will be hailed as a victory, of common sense." And who Went to Richrriond to "go his bail," and was the first, to sign the bond by which his release Was obtained, but the founder of this Republican party, the Hon. Horace Greeley P ; This proves the, old adage true, that 't there is honor among thieves." There is also honor among sesebessionists. Horace Greeley helped to get Jefferson Davis into trott ; it is honorable and right that he should try and help him out agaia. He has done so, and instead of having to pro nounce maledictions on his head froth a "soar apple tree," Jefferson Davis grasp ed his band in a court-room,, and earnest ly thanked him for his kind offices. "Mr. Greeley," says a looker-on, " cepted the thanks with a countenance SO indicative nf-pleastire and self-satisfaction, that the surrounding spectators broke out in a loud laugh." • Well might Mr. Davis grasp the bands of his friends, and thank them for saving him from the fate which Underwood, the modern Jeffries ' was preparing for him. The Tribtine, but the day before his re lease, describes the condition of the " prisoner of &ate," as follows: "After an imprisonmentof two years in Fortress Monroe, Jefferson Davis re turns as a prisoner of war to Richmond. S-iitary and powerless be stands at the bar of a civil court, actiused of the liiibest crime known to American law ; and by a rcvaition of which his wildest dreams of ,11,a-ter conld have had no intimation, he to be tried for his life by men for whotie or:lavernent he used alrthe forces of war. Five ncgrnes sit tipon the grand jury in Judge Underwood's court, and before view the Pre6ident of the Confederacy is to repeat the words, "I will be tried bk fore God and my peers !" If this is not punishment enough, it is humiliation en ' enough. Judge Underwood is determin ed, it is said, to cotr irriiV him to Libby prison." And the curtain falls for the. night on this scene! The next day, "the. timb soon tame when to the tour evolve the duty :)f* saying, 'The re ireme is of bail having been fully met, the Mars is directed to discharge the prisoner:. Then arose shouts, and in a moment Jefferson Davis, was surrounded and congratulated with an enthusiasm that thre4ted to raise him upon the shoulders of men, and bear him from the scene of triumph. As it was,he passed out through a crowd murmuring God bless you,' and ,was driven 'off in, a carriage amid - cheers: The_streets were lined with people, mid they Cheered and waved their hands and handkerchiefs un til he passed into the hotel, where he en tered a room adorned with innumerable branches of flowers." Who should rejoice in this change of scene if not the founder of the Republi can party ? And another Northern man was there who enjoyed this triumph. lie too had come to be a bondsman for the "arch traitor." This was the founder of the " abolition party" in the State of New York—the Hon. GerritSmith. How just and right it was for these two North ern secessionists desire the escape of Jefferson Davis- , from punishment? Be fore a single State had seceded, Mr. Gree ley gave, them leave to go.: He said: " Whenever any considerable section of this Union shall insist on getting out of it, we shall insist that they be alloWed, to go. And _we feel sure that the North generally cheres 'a kindred determine.' Lion. If they will fight,they, must hunt up some other enemy, for we are not go , kg to fihgt them. If the people, of the Southern States shall ever, deliberately vote themselves• out of the Union,. Infe shall be infitvor of letting, them go i in peace. The:right to secede may be a rev olutionary.one, bat it exists nevertheless. And whenver a considerable section of our Union shall resolve to go out, we ! shall resist all coercive measure, to keep We: them in. - Whope-nsiiver to live in a Re public whereof 'one Beation is pinned, to the residue by bayonets." . i ' In March, 1861, he sayer "._ln the Re publican Party there is a large interest in favor of- cutting loose from the cotton States altegother, by peaceable sepera tion." , 1 - • t: In May, 1862,: 11r,:Greeley - said: t' If the great. mass of the. Solithern people had really desired a dissolutionof the Un ion, and been willing to exercise a reason- ablepatience, their end might have lieen attained without bleedand' carnige;l for We, withlhousarida , more in the ITort,b, would have done all in onr i power to n , cline our fillow:nitiiens to defer to our re . tinest, and let them go in peace. 'All gov ernments tlerivti their power from the consent of the governed , was the funda mental axiom of - ,Tefferson. We have not a weird to say about the indissolubility of the Union. Our country is no more in-% dissOluble than she British empire, from whilh our grandsires wrenched a part.-,. We Insist that the great principle assert ed in the Declaration of Independence is sound, and that it would justify the South in making a nevi goy vs itself,as well as it justified our fa ere in asserting their independence.", - G€4.rit Smith .old the Soutkon thelloor of Congress, years before they attemp ted to secede, that_ secession was a sacred right. Ile declared that "If this Union is to prosper, it'must be by adhering to the great and precious principles avowed at its birth; that every people have a right to break up their existing national relations, and choose its own form, of gov ernment. I bold that the Northern States have a right too off into a nation by thenfselves, and the Western and the Southern States. If they, will go, let them' : go in peace;" Then why should there have been this war ? Mr. Smith continued, "Of course I cannot forget that. many, alas ! that tbercl;are so many ! would prefer follow ing the secederS with curses and guns.— Ou how- slow men are to emerge'from the brutehood into which their passions and false education have sunk them I Brutehood, I say ; for rage, and violence and war belong to it, while love, and, gen tleness, and - peace' are the 'adornments of trtie manhodd." If the Southern States had a right to secede as the founders of the Reynblican and Aboli.ion parties of New York claimed they had, then the North had no right to "follow them with 'Curses and guns." In turning :upon their pursuers and fighting them with their own wea pons,,the South-was: perfectly justifiable, for they were ; only fighting. for their rights. Mr. Greeley says, " What one party has a right to do, another party has no right to resist." • If jt was treason and rebellion for the - Southern States 'to array themselves in opposition to the Federal government, then .Hon. Gerrit Smith, Chief Justice Chase, and all the Abolitionists of the North are guilty of inciting treason and rebellion. In August, 1557, Mr. Smith addressed a large meeting in Wisconsin to cele brate, the anniversary of the battle of Bunk= Hill. He says. to these people, " If the men collected here from all parts of the State shall dare to array their State against the Federal government, against the Federal troops, which are bnt ser vants to that government, then will one point!of resemblance:between the present occasion and. Bunker Hill be established." Did the people of the Southern States do more than the people of Wisconsin were, counseled, to do? It has been skid that if Jefferson Davis were ;put on trial, Chief Justice Chase would be on trial at the same tiine.— Among other prOofs 'of this, the following letter bears out the the position of Gerrit Smith : " WASIIINGTON, Feb. 7th, 1855. !‘ To Sherman M. Booth : • "Dear Friend :—The telegraph flashes to lit 4 the news that the Supreme Court of Wisconsin has delivered you out of prison. If this be so, that Court has the honor of first declaring the unconstitu tionality of the fugitive slave law. The deciaion may bring on a conflict between the State and Federal judiciary, in which theiState court will certainly, have the right side,' and the courage to main tain it. Wisconsin pow presents a most interesting spectacle of Constitutional right opposed to arbitrary power." The Chief Jastice here taught the aw ful heresy of State sovereignty, for which the Bontb, for,:, believing in, has been so severely punished. The Abolitionists were also prepiiring to plunge the nation into ;civil war. ;Theodore Parker's journ al of June, 1860, says : "If Buchanan is elected, I don't believe the Union holds out three years. I shall go for disselutiim. It must end in civil war.' If Fremo,nt is not)elected, we shall be compelled to take , the initiative of rev olution at the North. Then the worst fghOng,will be among Northern man.. I 'expact.cwil war and. make my, calculation accordingly. Tbere'are two Constitutions for America; gine written on parchment and laid up at Washington ; the other, al -06 on parchtlint, but On the head off a drum. It is to ibis we must appeal before loni e Of course we shall fight." And m fight against the Constitution laid up 11.';t Washington I It is what the party' in peiier have been doing,, for the last six years. And yet they have disfran chised-every: wan at the South Who ever I took 'artr4iath t,i) obey that Ciinstitution, andlifterward went with his' State into seceSeiion.. said, in 1860, "Tbe?e - cniatitittintili.tha weathergek 'on the iteeple. ,goTer'Op s." :wind .Tbe Rp:Alig en Say, In the very beginning of the War, threw. the Constilution to the :. The Abolitionists blew against MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1&67. and turned it hither and thither, and whatever they.declared to be its Import the Republicans accepted as their oracle from Heaven. " Writ, it on the head of a drum," and forced upon the South at the point • of the bayonet and the sword.— When the Southern people I said we will obey the Constitution of our fathers, the RlTublicans answered, "There is no Con stitution left for you bat that which we have written on the head of a drum"— no law but the law of a military deElpot. What is this but levying war against the United States, and overthrowing the Con stitution and government? This is not the.party that will ever try Jefferson Davis forligh treason before a civil court. Rather than do this, they world pay his bail bonds and give him another hundred thousand to go into ex ile. Exacting bail was a part of their farce. A Swarm of Bees Settle on a San's Face—A Dangerous Situation. A correspondent of the London Field gives the following interesting narrative: In June, 1854, Mr. Simmonds, a farmer residing at Brooklands Farm, Weybridge, was diessincr b in order to attend the rent at audit at Woburn House. Before put tin., on his coat, he perceived from his window an usually large swarm of bees, filling the airr with their cloud and noise. It was, in fact, as`he afterward ascertain ed, two swarms that had come out of two distinct hives, and had united in the air. He ran out in his shirt sleeves, and with out his hat, to see where they would. alight. The bees, after making some cir cles in the air, led him off to the bank of the River Wey. Thinking that the bees might cross the river, and perhaps escape, he adopted a plan not uncommon with bee masters, namely, that of throwing dust into the air among the bees. This often makes them settle quickly. They did settle quickly, and this more so than he expected, for in a short time the whole of one of the largest swarms he had ever seen settled upon his bead, face and breast. They hung - down in front like great beard to the bottom of his waist coat. Had he not been well accustomed to bees, and perfectly collected his situa tion would have been a very aan g erons one; for had he at all irritated this masa of armed insects, he would no doubt have received a sufficient number of stings tO have placed his life in peril. ) He was obliged tp close his eyes slowly and to keep his month shut. Then, in or per to prevent their entering his nostrils, which they endeavored to do, be slowly thrust one hand through the mass and with his two forefingers managed to keep drawing and pushing them away from his nostrils as they tried to enter, he breath-, ing all the while as softly as possible. This was necessary, as bees are generally irritated by being breathed upon. He was some distance from his house, and no one near him nor within call. His first thought was to walk sloWly into the Riv er Wey, and gentley sink his head under the water, and then throw off the swarm. But a moment's consideration dissuaded him from that attempted remedy. He could not have disengaged them all, for many were between his neckcloth and his skin, and still more were crawling down his back. He found that if he walked he could not help disturbing the hanging mass and that every little agitation, how ever slight, caused a hum" and a hiss from some thousands. He then remembered the account given in .Thorley'e work on beas of a swarm settling on the face and neck of a servant, maid, who escaped un hurt by the cared advice of her master, he, without irritating the swarm, having hived it from oil' her with a hive well smeared with honey. To avoid agitating the swarm, Mr. Sim monds slowly knelt down on the grass and remained Perfectly still. He then found a number of bees were gathering in a mass under tel waistband of his trot: , sera, in the holloW of his back, to which spot the others were drawing, indicating that the queen was there. Fearing, there fore, that the tightness of the waistband —rendered tighter whenever he breathed —might crush, or , at any rate, irritate this part of the swami, he slowly unbuttoned the front of his trousers. It is not easy tn conceive a more help , less condition than that to which Mr. Sim monds was now reduced. He that was the master of forty hives, from which he could usually levy what spoils he pleased' ) killing his thOusands at his pleasure with a brim stone match, was now so complete ly in the power Sf one detachment of hia own army, and was reduced to the most suppliant position. Even to call for help , would have beeni dangerous, as the bees near his month vould have been irritated and would have probably entered his M outh. At th is Intoment he heard a rail way Win on.thn Chertsey Branch Rail-, way, from which be was about fifty yardS. It fortunately happened that the engine , driver was know to him o and had a little commission froth him to hound his railway whistle if' he ea' anything wrong among his coWs and tsh This'.engine driver seeing Mr. Sha .. monde &chief knees, with one arm eiten ded-as if . for hoe, something odic hanging from hil!.late, S9,anded his whii- This was . teard by 'Mr. Simmonde • wife, who, supposing that some cow was, ill, sent her son and a farming man out into the fields. They soon found Mr. Sim mends in the predicament above describ ed. In addition to the banging mass, there was a .cloud of bees still flying around him, so that to approach him was not the most agreeable office. Hdwever, they came near enough to bear bim speak; which he did very gently, merely saying, " Bring a bushel hive, well rubbed with honey, and some bricks." While they were going at the top of their speed for this, he remained perfect ly still. The tickling of the bee's feet on his face was 'almost unbearable, and the danger of irritating those that were down his neck and back was imminent. The most difficult part he had to per form, however, was that before mentioned of dissuading the bees with the_end of his two fore fingers, from getting up his nos trils. These bees were not is a good hu mor, as they were breathed upon, and al so deterred from doing as they plvsed, and one bee showed his displeasure by stinging Mr: Simmonds at-the fork of his two forefingers; this 'was not pleasant of itself; but it was a serious occurrence, as it might be the prelud.e to a more exten sive-attack. He avoided making any start when he was stung, and continued to push away as gently as possible those that were near his nostrils. This was the only safe place to breathe from, as it was necessary - to keep his mouth perfectly closed. Of course, the few minutes that elapsed be fore the return of his son apd the servant. seemed a terribly long period , to Ur. Sim monds, and during the whole, of it ho re mained as motionless as Rossible on his knees. On their arrival, the hive was placed on three bricks, with its month downward, and Mr. Simmonds slowly laid himself on his breast on the grass, with his head olose to the hive. The honey scion attracted the bees nearest to it, and 4 slow move ment of the bees took place', till at length the whole swarm gradually 'gathered it self under and within the hive, except a few patches of bees, which, in • walking away, Mr. Simmonds ehsilk disengaged from his dress with his hankl, and made them join their companions. Mr. Sim monds thus escaped from ntst only a disa greeable but a perilous situation. It oc cupied two hours from the time that the bees alighted on their master, to the time of his release. - Reflections for June.. A HY.IIN OF THANBSGITING Celebrate the praises of the Lord, and adore Him. Exalt, praise, !and sing the marvelous and wonderful 'storks of your creator, all ye whom He has fade capable of enjoying them! • For great is his power who has created the heavens and all their jhests, whose beauty and splendour annonhce the glory of the -Parent of lighoand /life; the uni verse declares it, and the eyo is worn weary with contemplating- that in which it, continually discovers new beauties. But the eye alone does not enjoy those pleasures; the beauties of- nature speak to the soul, and, fill it with' rapture. 0 man, is there a blade of grass, a leaf, or a gray] of dust, which does not proclaim to Thee, the council of the SUPREME BEING? How rich is He in poiver and benefi cenoe but, alas ! bow often does He find thee insensible; thy heart is hardened, and thine eye turns away from his works Yet for Thee His creative hand has diffus ed life and beauty through all things; for Thee He has created, preserve, and adorned so many different beings which thou beboldest in the .garden of nature. God has need of. nothing : It is for thy happiness that he'has diversified \ the crea tion with so many charms, and 11ot be has endowed Thee with an intelligent ; im mortal soul. Why then wilt thou Beek happiness in that which is false and de ceitful ? Turn thine eye ,to thy God , ; from Him thou wilt divine true felicity\ Enjoy the blessings which he gives Thee, and repentance will never follow the en joyment.--STUR3eIi REFLECTIONS. , ' M c " Gen. Butler has set the radical press at loggerheads by raising the ques tionof the responsibility of the execution of Atrs. Surratt. Thus the Boston Com monwealth says : " Perhaps it would bade been well if General Butler had not. said what he did of Mrs. Surratt. Bnt there are thousands of thoughtful people who think be was' right. Mr. Bingham did 'pursue her like a bloodhound." # To which the Springfield (Mass,) Re .publican responds : " Not nt all. -If there were any blood Inunds in the 'hunt, they were Stanton and Holt; set on, too, we fear, by many Northern people and papers, of which let, ter, too, we. suspect the Commonwealth was one' This is - not the first tmie - that men equally guilty have turned States`evidence against each other. —The Ebensburg Freesnian , thinkW the Lewistown:Gazette's eff9r 'to: defend the last Legishittnii against the assaUlts Oita Republican friends "a very large undertak ing for•so small a paper. IVOLUME XXM-, NUMBER 23. A FaithfW Dog. The Edinburg Scotsman says ; "A very singular and interesting occurrence was yesterday brought to light in. the - Burgh Court; by the hearing'of a summons in re gard to a dog tax. Eight and a half years ago a man named Gray, of whom nothing is known, except that he lived in a quiet way in some obscure part of the town, was buried in old'. Greyfriars' Churchyard. Hill graVe, levelled by the hand of time, and unmarked by any stone is now scarcely discernible; but though no human interest would seem to attach to it, the sacred spot has not been whol ly disregarded and fogotten. . During all these years the dead man's faithful dog has kept constant watch and guard over the grave, and it was this animal for , which the collectors sought to recover the. tax. James Brown, the old curator of the burial ground, remembers Gray's fu- neral, and the dog, a Scotch terrier, was, he says, one of the most conspicuous of the mourners. The grave was closed in as usual, and next morning'Bobby,' as the dog is called, was found lying on the new ly made mound. This was an innovation which old James could not permit, for there was au order at the gate stating, in' the most intelligible characters, that dogs were not admitted. 'Bobby' was accor dingly driven out; but • next morning he was, there again, and. for the second time was discharged. The third morning was cold and wet, and when the old man saw the faithful animal, in spite of all chastise ment, still lying shivering on the grave, he took pity on him and gave him some food. "This recognition of his devotion gave 'Bobby' the right to make the churchyard his home; and from that time to the pres ent he has never spent a night away from his master's grave. Often in bad weath er attempts have been made to keep him within doors, but by dismal howls be has succeeded in making it known that his in terference is not agreeable to him, and latterly he has always been alloWed to have his way. At almost any time during the day he may have been seen in or about the churchyard; and no matter how rough the night may be, nothing can in duce him to forsake the hallowed spot, whose identity, despite the irresistible ob literation it has undergone, he has faith fully preserved. 'Bobby' has many friends, and the taxgatherers have by no means proved his enemies. A weekly treat of steals was allowed by Sergeant Scott, of the Engineers; but for more than sixyears he has been regularly fed by Mr. John Trail, of the re'Staurant,. 6 Greyfriars' place. He is constant and punctual in his calls, being guided in his middayvisite by the sound of the time gun. " On the ground of karboring the dog in this way proceeditigs were taken against Mr. Trail for payment of. tax. -The defendant expressed his willingness, could he claim the dog, to be responsible for the tax; but so long as the animal re fused to attach himself to any one, it was impossible, he argued, to fix the owner ship—and the court, seeing the dismissed the summons. 'Bobby' has long been an ob ject of curiosity to all who have become acquainted with his interesting history. His constant appearance in the graveyard has caused many inquiries to be made re garding him, and efforts out of number have been made 'from time to time to get possession of him. The old curator, of course, was the next claimant to kr. Trail, and yesterdayoffered to pay the tax himself rather than have 'Bobby'—'Grey friars' Bobby,' to allow him his full name —put out of the way." Greeley to be Expelled. The " loxall' shoddy radical leagues are in a terrible bubble over the defec tion of the Tribune philosopher. The N. York branch of the concern summoned Mr. Greeley to appear before it, the other day, to explain why he went bail for Jef ferson Davis, intimating that unless he should do so expulsion would be the pun ishment. Mr. G. replies in the Tn. bane of the 23d. The following is the concluding portion of his letter : " Gentlemen : I shall not attend your meetifig,this evening. I have an engagef ment outof town, and shall keep ft. I do not recognize you as capable of judg ing, or even\fully -comprehending me. You evidently - regard me as a weak senti mentalist, misled`by a maudlin philoso phy. I arraign you as 'narrow minded , blockheads, who would like to be useful to a great and good canse,juit don't know . hovi. Your attempt to Vase a great, en during party on the hate:and wrath ne cessarily engendered by ablaUdy civil war is as though you should gent a 'colony on an iceberg which had somehow Zritled in to a tropical ()bean. I tel you here that out of a life earnestly devoted to the good of human Kind, your children will seleet my: going to Richmond and signing that bail bond as the Wisest act, and' will feel that it did more for freedem and humant ty thawall of you -were conipettint to do, 41 1 f tli y e ou a , g t e he o n f- , M bu e t . thuo suegi though u I h a sakd nothing to ,that yon,preceed Ifif your 'end by a-direct, frank, manly way - . Dorn sidle off into a mild resolution of Censure, but move the expulsion which you purposed, and whit% deserye **farce any to reach wbat. over. All.l me, far is, that you bake this a square, stand n 0 fight, and record your judgment by yesut and nays,. I care not how tautly vote - With Me ' nor'hoW many vote -against . - me; for know; that the - latterwill repent it in dust and ashes before three years have passe& Under - stand, once , for all,,that'l dare yott and defy you, and that I Foliose to fight fit. • out on the fine that I have held from the day of Lee's surrender. • ' Hon.= GILEELET: Shot Through a Plonk. A Sootch'paper, the I . laddington Cu rier; has an extraordinary story of the escape of a miner who fell diwn the ishaft of a coal pit, nearTranent: An oid, shaft was made use of to , open up a communica tion with a new. pit recently sunk. Alxint half way down the shaft, which was two hundred and seventy six feet deep, a wooden staging composed of strong two inch planks, was built, completely. Inter secting the doivp shaft, to afford a lirm footing to the miners entering • thR aide shaft. At the bottom of the - down shaft, was a considerable'accumulation - of water, as is usual in pits which' have not been worked for some time. Oa the occasion in question, a young man named ltylne, rather than wait for the comparatively te dious process of being lowered down , by the windlass, said he would slideldown the rope. - Disregarding the ethic° of his comp anions, he got upwi, the rope, and they were in another.moment horrifietllo see that he - bad lost hold of it. : The crash of his body against the wood en ,staging was heard, and.they were ma king preparations to descend for the man gled remains, when a cry for assistance was heard coming up from the very bot tom of the pit. The rapidity of his ;de scent of 170 feet had propelled him thro' the two inch boards as neatly asi if {his body had been a rifle bullet, and With about as little injury, for not a bone. was broken, and, exce_pt a small scratch one his chin, his person did .not bear the slightest mark of coming in contact with anything during the descent. Falling into the wa ter at the bottom, he had, on coming to the surface, providentially thrown bloating over some wooden framework which hap pened to be there and bad thus been sav ed. The man was found here and was conveyed home quite conscious, and un der medical`care was,soon able to go but of doors. • The story has certainly the appearance of fable, yet if it is possible to shoot a.C.an 'lle through an inch board, why cannot a man be shot through ..a . two inch . plank ? The narrative 'is 'at least amusing, and any body who cheeses can have the liber ty of doubting that3t is well authentioa ted.—Boston Atwater. Having it Out. A gentleman riding through the coun try a few days since, struck up . irithlthe following rich "case," and giving, as it does anew . phase in nature common to us al l , we ladl give it , a place. Oar friend, riding leisurely along, ,approached a fence corner, when. his ears were grout ed by exclamations of anger,acoompamed 'by vigorous thwacks 01030M0, object teat, judging from the dust arising from the lo cality, was anything but patient under the infliction. ,- Approaching the spot, "outin ferment behelda . tow 'beaded nrobin,of some twelve summers, be, laboring,,with all the strength' he- was. master ot; what seemed to be amost stubborn specimen oft the genus mule. The- operation - did that apparently diecommode the beast further than to arouse its "mulishness," ,and which it gave vent by a stenos, of kicks that would do honor to Cestello's cling ring. At this 'Juncture, our informant ventured to remonstrate, when the, fol lowing explanation was voichsafed:— " Dad whips main, (whack—kink, whips els, (whack-- 7 lriok,) and, Ms, Stu itcrus kicks,) darn bei-, beats me, an .‘4,l'm going to take it out l"— (whack .)—Grifut Sirewd There are some persons who seini to think that some editors regard it as:one of the greatest intellectual luxuriee' to. i " pitch nto!' somebody, and they suppose themselves to have conferred a great fiicir by furnishing belligerent coottibutiOni, ii which some person, corporation, or society is soundly abused. Stfch people meltabl e hint from the following; t i .41k. noted c hap Once, steppe d in co, th et sanctum of a venerable and highly - respeo l table editor i ; and indulged in a tirade it. , gainst a citizen with who* -he, was ou badlerms. - mish,".said he, :addressing the man with thepen,'," yell, would write a . Very. severe article-against R-- and put it tie yopaper.'' • ' The next morning, he came iiiihing,itifoi the office in a volefivatate -of exeitenientl: " What did you put in your papec i ? '1 had My nose pulled and been lacked' mem." ' • "troteli severe article : as yaidegir: ed,” calmly replied the editor, and slip, ed year intoo • , \ —At the yeoent fire`in Ciuditinik ten thousand boree , ofotuideiliore Welted the basement. Therale puddle ietakied at Ablttlr thOpeeed 9111 m. - * • ,•*t.