ZjIT
MBE
E. - B. HAW LEY,: Proprietor.
uointoo Canto.
SMPBAN & CAP.;
Saddle, Earnest and Trank Makers, Shop In C. Rogers'
Store Betiding, Brooklyn, Pa. Oak llyrnoa Mi. 110117
end light, made to order,
Brooklyn, April 3, 1811.—inG
L.D.21 SMITH
laviric located at Sastioehatina Depot, ggimpact urer or
ansidcaler In licht and heavy llarnevrea,Dol•arNwhip,
Trualui„Saddlectv—hoptrig.hy strict at heution to boat
seas and fair dealing. to have a liberal shalt of
March a. 1872.—n010—m3.
BURNS & NICROLS, I
DiLti.sißB to Drugs, Mettlelnee,' Cherateals, Dye.
Alt ads. Pale ts, 01 TA, Vero Ish. Ltipsort, Splees.Paney
..t.eles, Patent lledietncs, Perfunteryand Toilet As
glrPreseeptions carctelly componniled.—
Thick Black. litontrose, Pa.
_ •
A. B. gauss,
Fib. 11,11H1.
DR. D. A. LATHROP.
•
Adablisters Es.corso TIILUX44 Daum at tho Foot of
caporint street. cat' and consult In all Chronic
Diseases.
youtrme, Jan. 17.
J. F. SHOEMIAKEn.
Attorney at Law. Montrone. P. Office next door below
the Tarbell 'loose. Poblle Avenne.
Montrose, Jan. 17, 18M-003-17.
C. E. BALDWIN,
AMILIIIT find COMIX2OII AT LAW, Great Bend. Penn
itylnota. Bm,
- B. L. BALDWIN,
ArrOIMT VI taw, Montroge, Pa Mee with James
H. thmult. Esq.
•
Nontruw, /thvist 31:1. 1871.
LOOMIS & LIGSK.
Attonam st Law. 011 Ice 'No. V.l Lackawanna Avenue.
Scranton. Pa. Practice In the several Courts of Ln.
zero* and Susquehanna Counties,
F. IL Loom.
SCIA9tOII, Sept. rth, Ig7l.—tr.
W. I. CROSSWON.
Attor.ey at Lga. Office at the Court Ilona., in the
CacomisalooSea Ocoee. %V A. CW1 4 353103.
Montrose, Sept. Gth, ISTl.—tf.
NOLENZIE, & CO.
esters In Dry 600do,•Clothing, Ladies and Misses
fine Shoes. Oleo. agouti ter the great American
Tea ad Coate Company. Montrose, July 17, '72,3
DR. W. W. 8321 TE
Dioemre.fteestt et. Iltledvelt next door out of the
Itepablrcan priatinz office. take haws from 90. at.
totr.a. ffoolotte. 1371—tf
TILE DAUBER—Ha! nal 1062:
Charley Yore. la the barber, who can thane rate Core to
order; Cita browa, black and v . 1=10141% la litn
Simian vp stain. There you will Mg kick over
Oates store. below YieSenzia—jultaaedecin.
Ilanoore, Jane 7, irCl.-41 C. NORMS.
J. 11. & A. 11. NIcCOLLIJIII,
Armworve as Law 0111 ea over the Dank. Itaateme
R. Mantra., May 10, 15TI. tl.
J. D. VAIL, \
lloartorarrne Purlieu% awn Scaocov, na. permanently
-located Niontman, Pa, where an will pirnapt•
ty attend to all calla tn his profcrion with which he may
Le rarored. °Mee and residenea carat of the Coon
Howie. near Filth 81 %Parana's °Mee.
MontrotT. FebruarY a. 1871.
LAW OFFICE•
YMCA 4 WATSON. Attataeya at Las. at the oldollice
seek 7 t Mb. Kautram.
L r. PITO. '7l-(
. v. W. 11.11+011.
CHARLES, N. STODDARD.
Deslot lo Boots and Shots, Rats sod Caps. Lenthfir and
Findings, Pats Buret, sat door below Boyd's Sum.
Wort made to order. and repatrin doge neatly.
Moutro.o. Jan. 1. 1919.
LEWIS KNOLL,
- MATING AND LIAM DItESSE4II.
Shop in the new Postoillee balidind, where he will
be round ready to attend all who may want anythityt
his line. Moutrose, Pa. Oct- 13, 1839.
DB. S. W. DAYTON,
PRYSICIAN 6. SURGEON, tender, his act:lees id
the citizens of Greet Bend and vicinity. 01laze at hi,
residence. opposite Bantam Rouse. G *t. Bend village.
Sept. Ist, ISto.—if
A.O. WARREN,
ATTORNEY Ai. LAW. Bounty. But Pay. Pellll4ol.
and Knew' on Claims attended to. 0111 no dr
-our below Boyrs Store,''Bontroae,Pa. [Att. 1.'60
M. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
sat Mt Friend Pa.
C. S. GILBERT,
.A.VlCRlCoatata , Or.
Great, Bend, Pa.
'Cr. IS.
anti Ott
- AEU ELY,
17.8. ALlsoltioricierr.
MO, Addrcea, Brooklyn, Pa.
301111 i GROVES,
raettIONASLS TAILOR. Montrose, Pa. Shop over
Chandler's Store. it miens tilled in tlist-rato style.
co tans done on stunt notice. sod aszronted to ft.
W. W. SMITH;
CABINET AND CHAIR MA.NPFACTL
of Main lama, NOEITONIC, Pa. )m4: 1. 1869.
BIIJIANGS STILOUD.
rut! AND UPS ris7aLscs" AGENT. AU
b¢sinen attended topromptly, on fair terms. Ordee
ant door north et 'Montrose Hotel," west side o.
Meade Avenue, Montrose, P. [Aug.ll,lB(4.
sly 17, IEII Himmos 671.013 D,
ABEL TERRELL,
D. is Drags, Patent Kedlanes, Cbeirdcals
L 4 Clanrs. P.iuta, 01141,0p1 Snuffs. Varnishes; Win
Ohm, Grocerkw, Glass Ware, wen and Window Pl.
per, Staue.are, Lamps, Kerosene. Kathleen 011$.
Trusses, Gana, Ammunition, &elves- - .Spectacles
Bruotteu., Fancy Goode, Jewelry, Perla .cry de.—
bcmg Noe eine most numerous, ne.msive, and
,s !sable colleedans of Goods Le Snsguehanna-Co.—
Itstabtlebod h tole. [Montrose,'Pa.
IL W. SEARLE,
TrOZNITT AT LAW. office over the Store of A.
lattaop, la fAe Brick flicKk. Montrose, Pa. -tour°
DR, W. I. RICIIIRDSON,'
aysiciax a aUgGEON, Senders hi. protrusions
•errice• to the ittlzena of Montrose and vicinity.—
sicr at tODronittortce, on the corner cast of Sayre &
Sow Fouudry. [Aug. I, ISO.
Dn. E. L. GAIIDNEIL
PEISSICIAN and SWIGEOIg, Montrose. Pa. Giro
noTi3l attention to diseases of the Heart and
Lane and all nail:teal diseases Witco over W. L.
Dean.. Boards at Searle's Hotel. Letag.l.
HUNT BROTHERS,
SCRANTON, PA
WUlegal!, dE &tail Itailcapin
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,. ..
NAILS, SPIKES, SHOVELS,
%,ILDEWS HARDWARE,
riaz RAIL, CO US rsairuxl4.r BAIL SPLTED
RAILROAD & MIXVIG SUPPLIED: •
cARRIAGE SPRINGA, AXLES. SKEINS ANL
BOXES; BOLTS. NUTS cut 6 WARILIPBS,
PLATED DANDS. - AIALLSABLX
IRONS. lIDDS.SPoXXS. -
PELLoSs. SZAT SPINDLER.. Dors:
ANVILS. VICES, STOCKS End DIES. neuows
*SUERS, SLEDGES. FILES. die.dte.
CIRCULAR AND KILL SAWS, lIPLTLIO, PACEIECI
TACKLE BLOCKS. PIASTER PARIS
czy EST, BAIR & DILLNDSTOLDIEL
PRINCE WINDOW LILASILLEATEIBIR P/ILMNGEI
MILBANK'S SCALES.
Aeraatat. Such MINIX. . . ,
IOOD EBBED!
iM1204726 ROME INANITRAMIIM
rgueStOßtan Ned sod Double Drive Wheel. le
holditttit cleat 'ew York Mete DetlonalPresolutis
elewthe Gresb Qblo National Premlusasaield stlissts.
en i the Peos4plyet4e, Maryland and virgulas Stale
la = d i g "1 .
:1 1? d ip gV aet in i Tt e ctir l in%.
rag the to4cl4eretlattaany arArb?,g uffalyi . grt!,
The operation CIO be etumestioslSUDY from a blgh
rs..sed Wong a third slower, witopet lop. thus Advt.
Vse 4 tc'r Oleos *ll4l%U:sod hen,
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-Lstpst_c44l° blsPesVio N i D e . tV "d . :Imm o°
, sesolos/Vrosbk; eau roue= 0141dupou it, Dung
Prisstte So sten' Pulleulsr, •
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s'atet Canter.
ABOVE THE 'CLOVES.
[The scene here described was witnessed on
the Putney Mountains, in Bontbern India, in the
year 1843.]
The darkest clouds,-the poets say,
Have all a silver lining;
Above the storm and whirlwind's roar
The sun is always shining.
'Twas once my lot this fact to prove,
With closest observation, •
As far above the clouds and storms,
occupied a station.
•
'Twas in the snit* , chme of Ind,
Upon the lofty mountains, •
Where many rivers, long and broad,
Flowed from their tiny fountains.
The sun was pouring forth his beams
Inn bright flood of glory,
While lightning's crash and thunder's roar
Shook all the hills below me.•
Below, the clouds, with angry frown,
Were pouring down a torrent;
Above, their white and fleecy folds
Of peace gave truest warrant.
Their smooth, bright surface spread afar,
With scarcely any motion,
Whilst crags and knobs, peered here and there
Like isles in a silver ocean.
Amos Ntercilis
Here balmy odors filled the air,
From flowed perennial blooming,
And fairest landscapes everywhere
With radient lustre looming.
Here of our lives behold the typo,
The favored and the lowly;
The clouds that shroud our pilgrimage
Arc shades to screen His glory.
IMEMOI
While in life'e journey, then, we toil,
Though stormsere bursting o'er us,
We upward press our toilsome way,
For heaven is just before us. 35. C. v.
Gasper's Teacher.
IIY ETUEL LYNN BEEII&
They ray that Gasper had never smiled
Since dawned the dismal November day
When through " God's-acre" n fun'ral train -
Slimly and solemnly wound its way.
To leave the vrow he had loved, asleep
Whereeypress boughs intteetrid wind stirred
While Gasper went to his lonely home
With a stifled try and rebellions' word.
It seemed a wearisome•way to go;
An roAlets time on the earth to vialt,
Till he, by hands in his turn upborne,
Should goat last through the churchyard gate.
So he let the sullen clouds of woe
Drift over the stars God left ashlar,
And dreamed the days of his life away.
In eight.and sound of the rushing Rhine.
"Daze" all the net:Abors who watched him said,
Caring, it seemed, for no living thing ;
Careless of worship, or food, or rest.
. Of the winter's add, of the bloom of -spring.
Till down, with the might of a freshet's will,
Tore terrible torrents naught could stay..
And cabins, earned by a weary life,
Went, by on the tide of the fearfel 'day.
For everywhere there were ruined homes,
Wrecks it would trouble your bears to see,
But Gapser, safe on a rocky ledge,
. Saw all with a silent apathy.
Until one night, just as morning dawned,
He slowly waked to a piping call, a
So very faint that he doubted long
if he heard aright., if he heard at all.
Then lot as he opened the swooleu door,
Louder and shriller the chirrup grew,
'Manic was fain to seek out the source
Of a sound so pit Mil, strange, and new.
Only a weak little starving chick,
Drenched with the tempest, bcdra,, , Ti, cd, sore,
With a hungry cry its petition made,
Perched on the linset across the door.
He dried it softly beside the fire . ;
He held it lightly in his tender hand,
Andinade' its bed in a basket soft, • '
And meekly rose to its small command.
Under his kindly anajzuder care,
The petted thing in the sunshine grew,
And the village children unafraid,
Gathered as once they were wont to do.
O Gasper, thus bast thou learned at last,
How best to fight agiinst selfish woe,
By giving help to another life,
Seeking out kindness still to show
Cheerful and patient to wait His will,
Gasper his happiness found again;
While he blessed forever the helphess thing
God's hand had sent With the April rain.
There be three sisters sweet .
But Various in mind—
Ono daring, yet discreet., '
True, humble, and resigned;
She standeth where would others tall,
And trusteth God for all In aIL
.4
Another, bright of mien,
And jubilant with lite;
She spieth the unseen,
Beyond all earthly strife.
Who hath this bit vivacious maid,
Bath sunshine in the darkest shade.
P The last is all divine—
The ~,, ,r eatest and the best,
0 !world! were she but thine,
Thou wert supremely blest.
But whoso bath these sisters three,
Hath Faith, and Hope, and Charity.
graffito and Mititionto.
"Know men by these presenta."—
Grunt
—A drunken man invites sunstroke as
a lightning-rod tempts lightning.
—lt is an error to imagine that women
talk more , than men. They're listened to
more—that's all.
—A California jnry,.in a suicide case
lately, found the following verdict: "We
the jury. find that the deceased wean fooL"
—The washerwomen of Detroit are or
ganizing a trades union to protect them
selves against "Chinese cheap labor."
—A Utica girl at the proper hour pulls
a - string whichsevenaes a picture on the
back of which appear in huge characters
the words, "Ten o'clookis my bedtime,"
and her adinirersitake the hint and de
tart. 'Gammon—they don't belong to
this f‘ Period."
---hawser:'. "How doyen identify this,
handkerchief P ; Witness:. "By its gen.
eral'appeaninee, and the fact that I" have
others like • ft." ' Lawyer:. _ "That's no
proof,. for I have one just , like it in my
pocket." Witness: .. "I don't doubtthat
—I had more than one of the mune:sort
—A Fort Madison, Indiana; bridegr&l)m
fainted the other day, mobile standing, up
to be married; On being milled dont it
by his friead afterward,. be. Lushly. said:
'Moll,' you See, it suddenly occurred to
me that, o*ing to onr divorce laws, my
wife mightgive me the slip before rd Efer
cured heir:tray r
The Shiers.
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LAIT
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, '1872.
tottinutouo.
MOE CONVERSION Or ANDRENV
4ACKSON.
BY Joni. S. c. Anßarr.
Andrew Jackson was a very extraordi
nary man. The defects and the excellen
ces of his character were alike prominent.
Great allowance should be made for him
in view of the untoward influences with
which he was surrounded in early life.
Though the child of a pious mother, he
was the child of penury, and was born
an orphan in, a lonely log hnt in the then
wilderness of North Carolina. His. fath
er died a few days before his birth.
Andrew, exposed to all the temptation
of poverty nuclei rude frontier life, where
there were neither schools nor churches,
grew up an ignorant, profane, rough, tur
bulent boy. Ills profanity was said to
have been awful, often exciting the sur
prise even of the boldest blasphemers.
The years rolled on, with their vicissitudes
of sin and suffering, when Andrew, hav
ing attained the age of twenty, took it
into his head to study law. De could
read tolerably well, bad committed to
memory most of the multiplication table,
and could write in characters which few
had sufficient skill to decipher. This was
all the education he could then boast of.
Traditions of Salisbury, where he affec
ted to study law, shy, •" Andrew Jackson
was the most roaring, rollicking, game
cockirtg, horse-racing, card-playing, mis
chievious fellow that ever lived in Salis
bury.
When Andrew was fourteen years of
age his mother died, and he was left alone
in the world without father, mother, sis
ter, or brother, and without one dollar
which he could call his own. The char
acter of this Christian mother had pro
duced a deep impression upon the mind
of her boy. It was not until after her
death that his predominant vices gained
full strength. Through some unknown
influence he imbibed such a reverence for
the character of women, and such firm.
principles of purity. that in that respect
Lo was ever without reproach.
The years of an extremely eventful and
stormy., life passed on, with scenes of vio
lence and wild adventure which we have
no space here to describe, until Andrew
Jackson was chosen President of the
United States, with a unanmity almost
unknoWn in our history.
Wicked as he was, the native powers of
his soul were such, that he wild appreci
ate the graudieur of the world-beyond the
grave; his spirit, was ever overawed when
he allowed htmselr to contemplate infini
ty and eternity; and he invariably pro
fessed the profoUndest respect for the
Christian religion, even when ignoring all
its sublime doctrines, and trampling its
precept's beneath his feet.
liev c rllr. Danforth, who was pastor of
the fresbyterian. church in Wasington
which President, Jackson attended, in
formed the writer, that the President, out
of respect to the ministerial office, would
always excuse himself, for a few moments,
even from the, most pressingengagements
topay his respects to his pastor when he
led.
Upon one occasion, when there was uu
usual religious interest in the.church and
society, Mr. Danforth, iu his re ular pa
rochial rounds, visited the President and
engaged in earnest conversation with him
upon his personal interest in the religion
of Jesus.
"No man," said General Jackson, "can
feel the importance of religion more deep
ly thau I do. I have again and again re
solve& to attend to the subject, but the
cares of my busy life have induced me to
postpone it, When f was a candidate for
the Presidency I promised my wife that
so soon , as tho election was over, so that I
should not be accused of becoming a
Christian in order that I might get votes,
I would attend to the salvation of my
soul But just now my cabinet loin such
a state of contention that I have no time
to think of anything else. I am, howev
er, determined, in the first moments of
leiaunl can find, to endeavor to prepare
to meet my God.
It was the old and senseless excuse,
which has been kepeated by tens of thous
ands since the daya of Felix. "Go thy
way," said the Roman governor;
"when I
have a convenient season I will cull for
thee."
In the year 1829 General Jackson lost
his Christian wife,, an excellent woman,
whom he had loved with devotion seldom
excelled dud perhaps never surpassed. He
never recovered from the blow. He be
came more gentle, mom subdued in lang
uage and actions, and appeared, in most
respects, quite a changed man. 'lt is said
that every night after her death, until his
own dyitig hour, he read a prayer, from
her with her miniature like
ness before him. With characteristic
frankness he ever avowed his deep con
viction of the necessity of vital godliness,
and his hope and intention of becoming
a Christian before he should die.
The administration of Andrew Jackson
was one of the most memorable and tem
pottions in the history of our country.
No President has hod more bittgrenemies
or wartudr friends, ~ At the close of two
terms of office he retired, in .1837, to his
bumble +treat called the Hermitage, , in
Tennessee. lie was then 70 years of age.
A year after thiihe, not havingyet found
the "conVenientscason," wrote to a friend
Who had.;addressed, bun earnestly upon
the subjeet of religion.
"I
-would long since have made the
solemn public dedication to Almighty
God; but knowing the wretchedness of
this world, and how prone many are, to
eyil, that thescoger at religion would have
cried out "Hypocrisy, he has joined the
cluireh for,paitical effect," I thought it
hest to postpone this public act until my re
tirement to the .ShadeS of private life,
when no false imputation could bo made
that, ight be injurious to religion.
Still it was the old excuse. '• The "con
ienient.seasour hid not yet come. , Soon
afterthis there was what wee then called
a "Protracted - meeting," or religious servi
ces held for several day) in succession, in
the little rural church in the vicinity of
the Hermitage. , President - Jackson ot
tended all the exercises, annhe audience
generally wits impresied with his thought
ful, solemn aspect. The het sermon of
the series was preached by Dr. Edgar upon
the "Interposition of Providence in the
affiiirii of men."
The life of Andrew Jackson had been
one of the wildest adventure and full of
peril. He was deeply. impressed by the
sermon. With a peculiar expression of
solemnity and of solicitude he entered his
carriage and was riding homeword when
he overtook Dr. Edgar, who was on horse
back. President Jackson urged the
preacher to go home with him to the
Hermitage, evidently desiring to converse
with him upon that theme which was now
engrossing all the energies of his soul.
But Dr. Edgar had an engagement which
he could not forgo.
The President thus apparently left
alone with his God, went home a de4ly
convicted sinner. Entering his chamber
he passed most of the night walking the
floor in anguish of spirit and in prayer.
The scenes of that 'night, its penitence,
its supplications, its cries for mercy, are
known only to Sod and to those angels
who rejoice over the repenteuce of a sin
ner. But at the close of those hours of
anguish, peace came to his'soul, and he
had resolved what to do.
The next day was the Sabbath. The
' sacrament of the Lord's Slipper was to be
administered in the little church at the
Hermitage. With characteristic decision
of action the Preside.,t announced to his
family his full conviction that lie had re
pented of his sins, cast himself upon the
Saviour, and had been, accepted of him.
He immediately sent for the elders of
the church, informed them of the new
life upon which ho believed that he had
entered, of his hope that he had becomea
true (kelpie of Jesus, and expressed his
desire, upon that very day, to make a
public profession of his faith in Christ,
and to receive the memorials of his \ hosly
broken for us and of his blood stied fur
onr sins.
It was a solemn scene which was that
morning witnessed in that humble church
surrounded by the tomtit of Tennessee.
The warworn veteran, his brow bronzed
and furrowed with the cares of one of the
most tempestuous of lives, and his hair
frosted by the lapse of threescore years
i ltruit.ters, knelt, with the humility of a lit
t.tle child,before the communion table, ins
acceptance of. pardon through an atoning
Saviour, and was baptized in the name of
the Father and the Son and the Holy
Ghost.
His subsequent life was that of the
Christian. Family prayer was immediate..
Iy established in his dwelling, which
President Jackson himself conducted
however numerous might bo• his guests.
The household servants were all called in
to partake in the devotions. Twice before
he died he read the whole Bible through,
with Scott's Commentary and Practical
Observations. At one of the meetings of
the church lie was nominated us a ruling
elder. With humility, which no one who
knew the man could for one moment sup
! posetobe feigned, he said.
—No! I am too young in thechurch for
such au office. My countrymen* have
given me high honors; but I should es
teem the office of ruling elder in the
church of Christ a far higher honor than
any I have received."
His final sickness was long and ex
tremely painful. On Sunday, May 24,
1846, he partook of the " l ord's Supper for
the last, time. He was conscious that his
end was near.
"Death," said he, "has no terrors for
me. When I have suffered sufficiently the
Lord will take me to himself. But what
are my sufferings compared with those of
the blessed Saviour, who died on the ac
cursed tree for me?"
Still weary.days of weakness and suffer
ing lingered away. On Sunday morning.
June 8, it was manifest that his last hour
had come. He assembled his household
around him and very affectionately took
leave of them all. One,pho was present
writes :
"He then delivered one of the most
impressive lectures on the subject of re
ligion that I have ever heard. Ile spoke
for nearly half an hour and apparently
with the power of 'inspiration."
These were the days of slavery. litany
of the servants of the household stood
weeping around the bed. Turning his
languid eye over the whole group of
whites and blacks assembled in the room,
the dying man, in this hour in which he
felt the equality of all before God, said:
"My dear children and friends °lid ser
vants, I hope and trust tolneet you all in
heaven, both white and black," repeating
with much emphasis the lasit words, "both
white and black."
Exhausted he sank, for a few moments
apparently into a state of stupor. At
length his adopted son took his hand and
said, "Father, do you know me?"
"Yes," he teplied - , "I know you. Where
is my daughter and Marian' God will
take care of you for me: I - am my God's.
I belong to him. Igo but a short time
before you. • And I want to meet you all,
white and black, in heaven."
It was a lovely June morning; quite a
a group of servants, .men, women, and
children, crowded the piazia,looking in at
the open windows and weeping bitterly.
Turning to them their dying master said:
"What is the matter with my dear chil
dren ? Do not cry; and we will all meet
in heaven.". •
These Were his last words. Almost im
mediately without a struggle or a groan
he ceased' breathe. Two days after, his
remains wereplaced in the grave by the
side of those-of his wit. He bad often
said, "Heaven will be no heaven to me,. if
I do not meet my wife there." •
For miles around the people flocked to
his burial: It was , estimated that three
thousand were assembled upon the lawn
in front of the hermitage. A favorite I
hymn of the departed was sung.
"Why should we start and fear to die?
What timorous worms wo mortals are
Death is the gate of endless joy,
And yet wedread to enter there!"
•A very impressive 'sermon was preached
from the text, tThese, are they' which
came out of great . tnbalation, and. have
washed their robes, and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb."
- Miss Lottie Hay; a colored graudoate
of the Howard University Law: School,
"him beery admitted to the bar of tho
Supreme Court 'of the District of Co
lumbia.
Senator Bayard In Favorer Greeley
and Brown.
The following letter has been addressed
by Senator Bayard, to a friend in Dela
ware:
MY PEAR SlR:—The per...raptor, or
ders of my physicians compel me to oh-
Cain absolute rest and quiet, and, for this
purpose, to leave the country. My passage
has been engaged, and shall sail for
Europe on Saturday, the• 13th instant
Although unfitted by My condition of
health, I felt it to be my duty to go to Bal
timore 'as a delegate to the Convention,
and it is in relation to the action of that
body that I wish a few words with you,
and, through you, to my other party
friendslei Delaware, before I leave. I
need not Barre yon or to them with what
astonishmetit and disappointment I heard
of the nomi9qtion of Greeley and Brown
at Cincinnat‘ nor how steadily and open
iy I have at all times expressed myself in
opposition to the adoption of that ticket
by the Democratic party at Baltimore.
But the result has been accomplished,
however much against our will and efforts,
and it is our duty, calmly and steadily, to
confront the fact now presented to our
eyes.
If the issues of the campaign were
those only of Revenue reform, of Civil
Service Reform—questions in allich pe
cuniary losses or pain to the ptblie were
involved—l might be willing to take no
part in the Presidential contest, but allow
the demoralizing course pursued by Grant
and his administration to be continued
four years longer, trusting that the very
extent and flagitious nature of the noto
rious !dimes would in themselves so in
street thkpeople that they would recoil
from placing further trust in such hands.
The natural capacities of the soil and
limate, of our country, together with
ttikinGustry and energies of our people,
render the production of wealth (mere
wealth) almost aboundless, and we can
almost afford to bear the results of finan
cial blunders, and, so long as
_they are
confineß to official circles, of public rob
beries and speculations, provided we can
in the end buy our experience throngh
the usual methods of loss and suffering.
But severe and painful though these
abuses and their consequences may be,
they weigh, to me,
lightly, compared to
the destruction of all the limitations up
on power which our written Constituexm
of Government was designed to create,
and which Gen. Grant and those who as
sist him in administering the &overt:intent,
including the Radical majorities in both
Houses of Congress, seem either to total
ly disregard, or, as I have sometimes
thought, to take a scornful pleasure in
trampling under foot.
It is utterly impossible for me, with the
scenes which I have witnessed in the
Senate of the United States rising before
my eyes, not to feel the gravest apprehen
sions and alarm at any prospect or sug
gestion of allowing the policy of Grant
and his administration toward the South
ern States and their inhabitatits longer to
continue, if any honorable act of mine
can tend avert so great a calamity.
Can any man justly deny that the con
dition of the people in the Rhenish pro
iinces, torn from France by the armed
hand of Germany, is preferable to-day in
all that protects person and property, to
that of the white people in many of the
Southern States under tho governments
which Congress has set up over them un
der the so-called system of reconstruction,
and which Grunt has upheld either by
threats or the bayonet or its actual pres
ence in those communities? He and his
party have stood by for the last three
years, and have seen the South robbed,
insulted, and almost beggared by a mot
ley crew, all of his own political_ party of
unprincipled political adventurers from
the North, and ignorant and vicious ne
groes of the native population, and have
uttered no word of disapproval; but, on
the contrary have from to time to time
lent the military power of the Govern
ment (as is in the cases of the troops
sent upon application of Governor Hol
den, o North Carolina, of Scott, of South
Carolina, or his own brother-in-law, Cas
ey, in New Orleans) to maintain in pow
er these rapacious and dishonest, rulers
whom ate sufferings and discontent of
their people were threatening to eject from
office and power.
Now, whether I approve Mr. Greeley
personally or no, whether he had or not
been the steady and violent, opponent of
the political principles and measures
which you and I have been upholding all
our lives, yet if lie has' become, with or
against our action or wishes, the most
likely or practical means of restoring a
better condition of feeling iu the North
toward the South, and restoring security
and justice to that oppressed region, I
should feel myself as au American, with
out regard to the name of party, but With-.
out the sacrifice of any conviction in re
lation to my . political principles, compell
ed to assist in placing him in power.
I say nothing now of his qualifications
or personal fitness for , the place; I have
spoken of them heretofore, and against
my wishes and judgment the representa
tives of the party have placed him in the
candidacy. If there was any practicable
limeans of electing a man better fitted for
the place, and ono whose political career
has been in harmony with your views and
mine, I need not say to you that I should
strive to see such a one chosen ; but the
current of popular opinion in this vast
country takes strange and•oftentimes un
toward, directions, and 14 good or ill
sweeps us with it.
:Sixty, days ago the condi!ion of of firs
wo now witness would havelbemi deeined
incredible, and any . man would have
laughed at, as absurd and impossible,
what we now see in .fact and substance.
Events as , they .now-confront' us were
shaped in opposition. to our efforts, and as
they are we are notresponsiblolor them;
but weiaroresponsible ror 'our :mode' of
dealing with theui new r and - I /sopa - our
State Convention will promptly ttud. do
cidedly nominate an electoral ticket in
opposition to Grant and Wilson, and in
limo; of the Onlyenndidates Who;gsliiat
tem now, send, can be hopefully expected
to deat them—l . mean Greeley, and
Brown; for : whom I expect to'voto 'on the
sth of November next
I hope to retire borne by tbo taiddWof
September, alth my health restored and
enabled to take part in the tiolitical can
vase. .
The subject to which this letter relates
has given me a great deal of anxiety and
distress, which I knoiv iashared by thong
ands of true men of the same political
party' in this State; but I jpelieve that
my decision is the right one, and I know
that it is founded upon honest motive.
This only alternative to a whole or half
way aid to Grant's re-election may be luird
for us to adopt, but I think it, oar duty,
and so I trust will you and the entire De
inocmcwof Delaware.
Your friend sincerely_,
T. F. BAYARD.
Wilmington, July 11, 1872.
LanceVi Description.
Dr. Lancet was a blunt old fellow and
an excellent physician, and he noverdrove
around an obstacle when there was need
of going through it. Matilda Jane. had
just come home from boarding•school, and
was not feeling well. She was troubled
with a rushing of blood to the head, with
dizziness, and with loss of appetite. In
this condition she called in Dr. Lancet
and asked him if be could not help her.
"I have been trying to doctor myself,"
she said languidly, and with to faint, flut
tering smile, as the old physician felt her
pulse.
"What have you been doing?"
"Well—l have taken Lirnshin's Sarsa
parilla. and Knave's Anodyne, and Hum
mer's Pills. upd Numhead's Balsam. and
Fooler's Tonic, and the Nonesuch Expec
torating Cordial, and Flathead's Cinver
sal Vivifying Recuperator—and—and—"
"Goodness mercy!" gasped the doctor;
and havn't any of these things given you
relief?" •
"No," replied the pining fair one; "they
have not helped me at all. 0, dear Doc
tor, what can I lake that will be sure to
do me good?"
"What can you take ?" repeated the old
man, moving back and. eyeing her from
head to foot. "Take!" he exclaimed,
with a flash from beneath his shaggy
brows; " my dear girl, take off your .cor
sets r—New Fork Ledger.
The Earth's Crud at Chicago.
The Chicago Tribune gives the. follow
ing account of what the drill passed thro'
in boring 1,220 feet in that city:
The drill had au ens" time of it through
the first fifty feet, boring with great read
iness through clay. , Then came 335 feet
of slate and rotten rock, which was pretty
easily disposed of. Then flee kt of quick
sand, which caved, and mado things gen-
erally uncomfortable; then a 12-foot mix
ture of sand and stones; then the drill
worked its way slowly through 102 feet of
bard rock, after piercing which the water
made its first appearance, and the well
was filled; then came 110 fiat of white
limestone rock, which was pierced slowly;
but having made its way through, the
dilligence of the drill was rewarded with
a " soft thing," in the way - 0f.290 feet of
clay. More limestone to a depth of 25
feet followed, and then a mixture of slate
and after that 40 feet of soap stone; then
slate again to a depth of 105 feet, and
again 400 feet of white lime rock. Here
a strata of 25 feet of brown eandst)ne
rock; another layer of 10 feet of shale,
20 feet of lime rock, and.ls feet of slate
and rotten rock.. This caved almost as
badly as quicksand, and an iron pipe of
the size of the well was let down to cover
the treacherous spot. Below this was 75
feet of limo rock again; and then, at a
depth of 1,195 feet a crevice, lined, as be
fore described, wit h -metalic flint, contain
ing water, thirty feet below which the
flow nearly doubled.
How A DUNCE BECAME A STATESMAN.
The following story is told of the late Dr.
Salem Towne and William L. Marcy:—
In his youth he (Dr. Towne) was a teach
er of youth. One day, seventy odd years
ago, a boy was brought to him, of whom
the account was given that be was an-in
corrigible dunce—that none of his mas
ters had been able to make anything of
him • and ho was brought to Mr. Towne
as a last experiment, before apprenticing
him to a mechanical trade. Mr. Towne
proceeded to examine him, - preparatory
to entering upon his instruction. At the
first mistake he made the boy dodged on
one side,, with every sign of terror—
" Why do you do that ?" asked, the mat
ter. "Because I was afraid you were go
ing to
,strike - me." " Why should .you
think so ?" "Because I bare always been
struck whenever I made a mistake."
"You need never fear being struck by
me," said Mr. Towne. "That is not my
way of treating boys who tici as well, as
they can."' The lad very scion improved
rapidly under this new treatment, so that
Mr. Towne advised his father to give him
a liberal education. - The father could
hardly believe the report at first, but waa
convinced and complied with the good
master's sugg,restion. The result trail that
Win. L. Marcy became an eminent law
yer, one of the Supreme Judges. of New,
York, Governor, United. States- Senator
and. Secretary of War and of State.
—The 'United States import three or
four million cot:ea-nuts every year. This
numbers is large when compared with
the trade twenty years back; but it gives
us little idea of the luxuriens growth of
this fruit in intertropical. climes. There
are said to be two hundred and eighty
miles of cocoanut trees along the coast of
Brazil;' Malabar, besides supplying home
demands, exports four hundred million
cop-daunt annually, besides`an equal value
of ooPPornh, or dried kernels' and there
are seven million cocoanut trees is Tray.
ancore. As for ontselves, we import
these nuts almost wholy for eating, as ' a
pleasant frult,,and kive - from` twelve .'to
eighteen Shilling per hundred for' them;
they come mostly from the' West, Indies
and Guiana. The milky_ liquid contained
ivitbinibe nit is alio pleasant to thO
taste. The oil expressed from the uut is,
nevertheless, becomiog .inere important
than the fruit, as an edible; Even - the
Fiji ,Islanders, occupying a tiny spot in
the great Pacitief Inoue to press ont
several hundred, tone of oil from their
nuts, and to export it in Autrallau
int; ships.
VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER 31.
Blr. Beecher on Settkw
Henery Ward Beecher inquires of -Mr.Bonner in the last issue of the 'Ledger:
"Mr. Bonner, do you ever, bet? Do you
think it helps business, tests a mates,
sincerity, aids his morals, or, in - the long
run, fills his pockets? How is it -with
Dexter, StartleondPocahontaa?•Do yon
think a bet on their performance would
get two secoeds less out of them?" •
AVil theneoes on to argue the ques
tion thus:
••• •„, em is another matter—
Betting on . Elections. Can anything
be more foreign to good sense, sound
principles, and real patriotism, than to
turn politics intd a hugegambling game ?
are they not bad enough already? Do
they not stir up the passions of men
enough, without this Greek fire of bet
ting?
There are two kinds: the larger: bet
ting, which means real business, which is
carried out in the expectation of making
money. There is another minor betting
—for a hat, a suit of clothes, a supper,
or any other small matter. This is mere
pandering to the other. It breaks down
us # a
the pnneipliand smothers th conscience.
A man who bets five dollarsy notbe
stimulated as much by that all risk, as
if ho had planted five the ud; but lie
is really a gambler. If it iszi right for a
respectable ma 5122 bet on e ection a. Fair
of gloves or a dozen o ere, then it is
right to make lip a'ban or 1150,000.
It seems to me tha very right-minded
man, who has hi erto made bets on the
results of politi campaigns should look.
upon this ma r more soberly, and re
fuse to add spark to the fire which al
ready. burns ercely enough.. A betting
man is alway on the side of bad: comp . -
ny. That wa lies all manner of knavery.
A man who never beta is on a plain, open
unquestionable gronnd.
Only a brutal fellow would bet on his
mother's chances, if she was critically
sick. No man would bet on his brollePs'
life, if he was on.trial for treason, or an
his children's chancel, if a mortal disease
should break out among them.. Why
not ? Even a brute would feel that sub
betting was dishonorable.
Why should one bet on that which
should be to every honest man as sacred
as his own household, namely, the affairs
of the commonwealth—the interests of
patriotism ? The . virus of gambling is
hard to espel when once it is in the blood.
—Dwain Swirr's llcsou - rtorr.- 7 Tho
following resolutions were drawn • up' by -
Dean Swift, to be observed "when I come
to be old": Not to marry a young., Ira
man. Not to keep young company, un
less they desire it. Not to ,•be peevish,-
morose or suspicions. Not to tell the
same story_ over and over toe the SUM
people. Not to be covetous—the hardest
of all to be kept. Not to bo over severe
with yonfig people, but to make allowance
for youthful follies and weakness: Not
to be too free of advice, nor trouble any
but those who desire it. To deem sumo
good friends to inform mo which of these
resolutions--I break or neglect,, and to
*form accordingly. Not to talk much,
nor of myself very hard again. Not to
hearken to flatterers,. nor oonceire •
can be beloved by a yonng woman. Not
to be positive or opinionative. Not to set
up for observing all these rales,.for.fear I
should observe none.
--GOOD INK.- Common Inditi ;ink,
simply disolved in water, is - excellent - for
writing. Being compo sed
. of carbonAind
little else, it will keep to any climate' or
place from year to year, perfectly sweet.
Even - freezing does not injure its.good,
qualities, a simple cover is all that it re
quires to prevent evaporation and - keep
the dust from falling into it. It flows
from the pen with ease and freeness. The
stroke of the pen made with it is quite
black if desired, and will endure unchin•
- god to all time, provided th e paper or
parchment remains sound; and even
papers that have been burned and not
fallen to pieces, with-this kind of Writing
upon them, remain quite plain to read.
—A writer in the CoinAin Nagizent,
for June, speaking of the infatuation of
gamblers, says : "There has never been a
successful gambler who has not" believed
that his success (temporary though such
success everis, , where games of pure
chance are concerned) has been-the result
of skillful conduct on his own. part; and
there has never been a ruined gamble!.
(though ruined gamblers are to be coun
ted ;by thousands) who bas not believed
that when ruin overtook him he Ives on
the very 'point of mastering the secret of
success. It Is fatal confidence which
gives to gambling its power of famine :
ting the.lucky, as well as the unlucky." .
—The word carat used to express:Bre
fineness of gold, is so called from an Al •
yssinian bean, which from the, time of its
gathering varies very little in its weight,
and for this raison is used_ in Africa as - a
weight in gold; as it is in India foreras
an
and pearls. -It is, with us, an ' rimy
weight, used to express the proportion of
gold, in "a given mess of metal. „Thus; if ,
an onnce.of.gold is divided intO,24 parts
or carats, then gold 20 minds fine is that
in Which 20 parts are pore instal, and 4
parts silver, copper or some other
—The queer ideas whichenter the fer
tile brains of Hibern inns at all times are
sufficiently astonishing..- A school of poor
children having read in their chapter in
the Bible the denunciations against hypo
crites who ;strain at a gist and swallow a
camel," were alterwarus examined by the
benevolent patroness, Lady as to
their recollections of the chapter. 'What,
in particular; was the sin of_the Pharisees,
children?" said the lady. "Alin, camels,
my lady," was the prompt reply.-
--Be reserved, says Penn but
not soar; grave, but not formal
but lot rash; humble, but not servile;
patient, but not obstinate ; cheerful, but
not light; rather be sweet-tempered than
familuir ; familiar rather than intimate.
with 'very, few and up:kW - good . grounds.
' transmission of sourid- thorough
solid metalib tubes is perfect that cony
venation' so
has been maintained in a low
tone between the ends of one of the Paris'
water-pipes 3,120 feet long. The velocity
of the transmission of sound is greater, by
four to sixteen times, in metal', that;. in
air and in wintd.