IBIf
VOLUME I
RIDGWAY, ELK CO. PA., Fllft)AY, MARCH 12, 18G9.
NUM13EU17.
From Uarpors Now Monthly Magazine.
MY SI'STERKARCIA.
Ton would not lb ink it strango that on
October day bus an especial charm for me, if
you knew all the memories which it recalls.
This one, with its hazy brightness, its ripo
splendor, is like a waft of enchautpj air it
carries ma back, by a spell resistless os fato,
-$o two other days one the darkest, the oth
er the brightest of my whole life.
The durk day was bright enough over
head, I remember. The sk v looked deep and
grand and infinite. It was full of glory, as
I the atmosphere was of prismatic "haze,
through which the distant hills rose purple
und coft as if they had been tho Delectable
Mountains. Tho apple-tree boughs glowed
with apples, scarlet as balls of (ire; grapes
, were ripe on the fines; autumn flowers nod
ded along Ilia highway; nnd tho oak woods
in the distance were touched with flame. It
was just such a di y as I loved all my life;
v but now its splendid briirhtness was sadder
I to me than would have been the wildest blast
L of winter. I felt something, I think, like a
deposed queen, wearing her royal robes to
grace the triumph of her conquorer. For
J-, what would October be to ino nuy more when
u stronger h iooi iiu.i crossed i lie si 1 1 nun i
should be no longer at Iugloside?
-v To a person who had a smaller organ of
locality my grief might have seemed exagger
ated and iinrunsuonble; thousrh even sneli a
one could hardly have thought it a trifle for
my fu'her to pass from the comfortuble posi
tion of a well-to-do farmer, whose crops made
Lim independent, to that of a laborer in oth
er meu's fields, housing his family where he
could. Hut there are those who understand
that the poverty wa3 not tho hardest to any
of U3 the bitterest pang was tho parting
with the old acres which had been ours so
long.
1 1 i rl Kilfin l,n.-, nil iti. irvi.ir nlinut 4li.
V house, and helping my mother to put things
F in order, and deciding what we would sell
I und what keep, to furnish a new refuge for
I ourselves somewhere. Marcia she was my
oldest sister hud uot been out of her room
.1.... W ,...11...! ! ... T .1: -
iiiui uu. n i' Liiin.'n hit wiitru ujlllirr was
ready, but she answered that she did not
want any. and we had not disturbed her any
more. I had been willing enough to do all
that was required. It helped to piss the
time away, and left the less in which to
think When every tiling was dune. I went
out of doors, and sat down in the old arbor,
in the midst of the garden, mi 1 bowed my
Leud for waves of trouble to go over me;
wishing vnjrufilv, with a girlish dispair. that
thev would stand me on the desolate shore of
death.
Wo had suffered grout misfortune, and
vet one for which we could jh. ami- no 0:10.
it had seemed to come, as the coroners say,
by a visitation of God. My father had in
dorsed a note for .Jane's Harris, my sister
MiirM' I.ivit. James was young and poor,
.and there was ar. evu.-ilianf. nnmim.? i'..r ,;.n
iio go Into'bu-iness. lie put into it the little
f iiionev he hail himself, and borrowed three
thousand dollars, giving for it the note which
my father indorsed. Tf James bad lived he
would have made money, paid interest and
Frincipal, and nil would have gone well.
in t he died suddenly, with no time to ar
range his iiil'iirj, or even to see Marcia. Be
fore wo had heard of his illness the tidings
came that he was k-u 1. Tlmn his business
was closed up, hurriediy and unwisely, as it
ulmost ulways is in such cases, nnd only
enough accrued from it to pay one thousand
dollars of his debt. TI11 firm from whom ho
h had borrowed the money a law firm
known' a Hope and Goodell of conrso came
'own upon my Cither for the rest. We had
110 rich friends froni whom t0sccka3sistar.ee.
and not much time. Without doubt, bv
making proper effort, the money could have
been borrowed, und the farm mortgaged ns
security; but my father was one of thoso men
who cave up easily. IIo thought trying use
les; and to, on the morrow, our homo was to
be sold. e considered it worth live tnoit
and dollars; but things verv seldom bring
their full value uder tho hammer. At unv
rate, it was going to pass from our hands
this home we linii all loved ho well and 1
'elt as if mv heart would break, as 1 sat there
lone in the arbor uud sobbed out my nurea-
ouiug dispuir.
After a wkilo I got up und went all round
iho place a sad pilgrimage. To tho old
hestunt-trce, to the little pine grove on the
iill, to the nook where I had ulwnvs found
the first violets, to grape-vene, and orchard
but 1 picked no grape, gathered no apple.
'My heart and my step were heuvy. I have a
at 11 lie clinging to places by nature, anil this
no pluco bad been ull the world to me so
ong. JNy praudtutlier bad owned it first.
jlud left it, when he died, to my father. And
(father and mother had lived there all their
lAmrried life. Wo rirls had been born there
ind we had never been long ut n time out, of
iight of those two red chimneys. And now
vbeie 6U011IU we go? 1 think llagar senrce-
y felt more desolate when she turned from
lie familiar teut door and went on toward
ie desert.
Going into the house I met Marcia, who
had como dowu stairs at last. She was in
her deep mourning for James. I believe I
had been feeling hurd toward her bei'oro, as
if she were in roiiio wise accountable for the
loss that was turning my father aud mother
out of their life-long shelter, Hut I was
moved with sorrowful compunction when 1
aw her wime, sun luce, wuoso panor tier
robes heightened.
nposoyou will almost hate me, Theo,"
in a hopeless, uespairiug tone. --i
Renins to vou as if I had dono it."
My heart melted, and I tried to comfort
her. And utteiin 5 such words ol soothing
9a I could, a new tuaught struck me. 1 he
ale was not to take place until tno next ni
ernoon; and that would give mo time to go
nto town in the morniug, aud make a per-
oual appeal to Messrs. Hope and Goodell.
K wild fancy tht I might efT-'Ct something
11 my tutbers Penult took possession of me.
t he would only 00 content to let us keep
lr borne, and pay up the borrowed money,
1 course of time, by installments! To do
at, I thought we could live almost on air
make any sacrifice, no matter how groat
rely we could pay up two hundred thou
nd dollars in a few years. - But would thev
ait?
talked over tho plan wiA Marcia, and she
'came as eager about it as I was. It was
ie first time I had seen single gleam of
rht in her face s'nee the news 'of Jame's
enth had blanched the youth and hone of it
we wt at toe window discussing tne mat
ter, we saw father and mother go out to
gether in the sunset. Tbey were uot a very
demonstrative couplo usually, though we
knew that their love was deep and true. But
now they went baud in hand, clinging to
each other tho more the sorer trouble press
ed them. We could seo them going slowly
over tho same round that I had taken before
lingering a liltlo in each well-known well
loved spot. I bad been thinking it so hard
for mo to part with Inglesido; but now I felt
ashamed thut I had thought of myself at nil,
when I realized how much more bitter it wus
for them. I looked up nt Marcia. Her tears
wero falling fast, and she was wringing her
hands with a passionate gesture.
"Oh, Theo!" she cried, "ever siifbo James
died I have longed so to lie down in his low
grave beside him; but I never wanted to so
much as now. How can I bear to see them
leave their home?''" Aud then she bowed her
head on tho window-ledge, as if she had for
gotten my presence, and wailed out, "Oh,
why didn't you take me with you, my love!
my love I"
1 had not understood my sister hitherto
had not known h6w iutcuso her quiet-seeming
nature waj. This trouble, so burd to bear,
wus revealing us to each other. I tried to
comfort her, nnd talked to her again of my
new plan, t ill she grew feverish in her excite
ment about it.
"If you could only succeed, "she tnitl, "we
would pay them off. I would not die till the,
old home wns clear."
After u while father aud mother came in,
and 1 talked about it to them. Father
smiled pensively. I le had a face which those
who loved him less than wo did might have
called week; but there' was 11 womanish
sweetues3 nnd tenderness in it a womauish
despondency, too, just then.
"I dou't think it will do any good, Theo,"'
he said; "still you may go. It's no harm to
try; only I think luck's against us.''
Vet I thought the plan cheered him a little
it was something to spculate over, vain as
it seemed. I knew he would have just a lit
tle glimmer of hope until 1 should come back
with my ueutuut.' of yea or nay.
I tried hard to sleep that night loss of
re-t always told on me, I wanted to look my
beat next day. 1 was pretty, and I confess
trusted to that as much ns any thing in the
impression I hoped to make. But my slum
bers were troubled. 1 kept dreaming about
going away from lnglesiile. 1 don't know
iiow many times I lived tho parting scene
over that niylit, watched my mother's grief,
my father's pitiful dispair, Mareia's self-reproach
for what was not in the last her fault.
Once 1 dreamed that hha killed herself; and
when the time came to go we found her lay
ing cold i.nd stark, deaf to tho voices which
called her. From that dream I awoke, shak
ing with anguish terror. I stole out of bed,
aud across tiie passage to her room for we
did not sleep together, as sistet'3 usually do
in the country. " I was afraid to go to her in
tlij! darkness the impression of my dream
was so ttrong upon me; SO I stood in the
uoor and cal.ed her 11 11110 softly "Marcia."
"Yrs. Theo.''
"Vou urc awake, it seems. May I como
in and stay with you? I am so lonesome, nnd
1 dream such miserable things."
Yes, come. Vou won't disturb ine;'' nnd
.she made room f.r me, und 1 crept iu close
to her. and lay there till morning. She did
not talk to tne ut all; but though I drowsed
a little I had u consciousness ull tho time
that she was awake, alert, suffering.
At, lust morniug came. I looked somewhat
pale from my restless night, but I dressed my
self for my journey as becomingly ns I could,
and tried to have faith, la myself and the suc
cess ol my mission.
It was only an hour's cir ride, nnd then I
found my way to the office of Hope and
ioodell. It was ten o'clock I thought 1
should sec' them before the busiest part of
their ilay. I knocked on the door where their
names were painted, and a lack boy, with
lightstraight hair, and a quill behind his
large, pule car, opened it. 1 noticed,, with
that curiourly minute observation which
sometimes seems s; ludicrous in great crisis,
how large tho checks of hi pantaloons wero;
and wondered whether such a fashion was
characteristic of lack boys, or of the legal
prol'essoin. I ask'?il if I could seo Mr. Ilopo
or Mr Goodell. Mr (ioodell was out, ho
said, but I could see .Mr. Hope, if I would
wait a lew moments. Then ho asked my
name, and I pave him a caul with it written
on it "Miss Theodora Hall of Bylundj''
aud then I billowed him into an miti-room,
und sat down to wait. A number of men
passed in and out, each one bestowing on mo
an inquisitive stsre; and nt last, afttr per
haps half an hour, 1 was told that Mr. Hope
was at liberty, and the lauk youth conducted
mo into his private office.
Mr. Hope looked at me before he spoke,
nnd I looked ut him. I saw iu him a canny
Scotchman, not handsome or elegant, but
with something about him which pleased me
at tho very first. He had a broad opeu fore
head, without overmuch ideality, but full of
sense and strength; a straight, resoluto nose;
rather high cheek bones; clear, light-blue
eyes; sandy beard und hair; and lips thut
know how to close firmly over their own se
crets. I do not think most girls of eighteen
would have liked him; but I did, rather.
Perhaps ho preceived it in my face, for he
smiled u bright, heurtsomo smile, thut for
the moment changed his whole expression.
"Mr. Caleb Hall's daughter, I presume?''
"Yes, Kir," aud then 1 hesitated how to
begin my errand.
Ho preccived my ombarrismeut, and asked
me, very kindly, to sit tlown aud fpeuk to
him at my leasure. Ho had an hour to spare
bei'oro it would be uecessury for him to be in
court.
So I begau my story though, after all, I
bad not much to tell what we considered
the farm worth, tho circumstances of my
father's indorsing for James Harris, and how
sure wo were that we could pay it all up,
with interest, in a very few years. These
were tho chief poiuts; though I said a little
about what it would be to ull of us, aud
most especially to father und mother, to leave
tho dear old home. I dout know but my voice
trembled; but I kept my tears buck, for the
cool, pouetr&tiug glance which rested on my
face warned mo effectually to steer clear of
sentimentality. When I was through he an
swered me kiudly, though not as I had
hoped.
"It seems almost unfair," be said, "in Mr.
Goodell's absence, to bring his feelings for
ward as a resson why I can not do what yon
with; but it is the simple truth. I would do
it, if it depended on myself alone. But Mr.
Uoodell wishes the matter settled op. He
is averse to lending money, and only consent-
ed.to it, in tlr's instance, out of personal re
gard for poor Harris. And now ho is deter
mined to rlose the business. I thibk there
is no way but for tho sale to go forward. I
doliotBce, however, why that should oblige
your father to leave. Home one might buy
it who would let hjm remain ut a reusonnbb
rent."
That was a new thought still another
hope to cling to. 1 thanked him for it, nud
went home full of the idea. My mother
seized upon it nt once, nnd wondered that uo
one hud thought of it before; but r.iy father
derived no comfort from it. Beeuifso one
scheme had failed he thought nil would, and
fell back into tha depth of his dispondency.
Ho said no ouu would buy tho place who did
not want to live on it, nnd there was no
chunco in the world of our staying there.
Marcia did not say any thing; but I think
she felt the failure of my mission more keen
ly thnu any of us.
We did not eat any dinner cono of us had
tho heart for it. The moments dragged on,
and the timo for the sale half past two ar
rived. With the two o'clock train Mr. David
Hope had come out, alert to look after bis
own aud his partuer's intrests. A dozen or
more men collected tho auctioneer cauie;
and they all gathered together iu front of
the house, i(i tho shadow of tho great old
elms which my father's father had planted.
I saw father among them, with tho despou
dentlook ou his face, the womenish quivering
round his lips. The rest of us were indoors,
all three; but the windows were open, aud we
were close to them half hidden by tho. cur
tains, where we could seo and hea every
thing.
Mr. Hope made the first bid three thou
sand dollars then a neighbor whose lund
joined ours, and who had long wanted Ingle
side, raised it. Besides those two thero were
uo other bidders. They fought tho prouud
slowly, rising fifty dollars nt a time. Marcia
watched Mr. Hope, uud af'ier one of his bids
she said:
"That man will have it any way. I can
seoitin his eyes. I wonder Job Barker
daetn't see it too, and ttop bidding against
him."
fcjhn was right. To oppose David ITopo
was like opposing fate. When they got up
to four thousand neighbor Bi rkcr perceived
it and stopped stopped to soon for our in
terest, for it was only four-filths tho true
value of the place. Mr. Hope closed up the
busines quickly, lie arranged to receive his
deed the u'.:xt day. Of couie two thousand
dollars was to go to the firm the other two
were to put out on interest. As he went
out, utter making an appointment with fath
er for tho net foreuoou, he Laid to me, iu
n low tone:
"I tin not t'uiiik vou will Lave to leave In
glesido." I did uot, repeat hi.s words; only waited,
with what paticuce 1 could, for the next day
ilevelopeinents.
Mether went with fx her, as, of course,
her signature was ui.-o neciv-r.ry. It was a
sad journey for them. As I tied mother's
bonnet, und pulled out the bows fori always
did such little things for her she said, with
tears iu her eyes:
' 'f never thought to lcavi? this bouse-, Theo.
till 1 went to oue not made with hands.
But jod knows what is best for us all; aud
what He tends must he riirht.
1 leit u secret hope, which supported me
while they were gone, that I tdmuld free a
brighter look on the deiir faces when they re
turned. Nor was I disappointed.
"Ycnr Mr. Hope is a good man, Theo,"
my father said, when he came in. I don't
know whv he -aid my Mr. Hope, unless he
had ascin t sii'piciou thut rny representa
tions, when I went to tho ofiice. had some
thing to do with the way mutters had turned.
I questioned him eagerly,
"To begin with, wu are to einy nt Ingelo-
side. . I reulv think it was with that inten
tion that Mr. ilopo purehas."d it. Wo are
to pay him a rent of two hundred dollars a
year; lor lie said he annum bo sntished with
live per cent. lor his money, and tho place
kept in good repair. And, bettor still, we
are to have tho privilege, any time in teu
years, of buying the homestead back nt pre
cisely what he paid for it. Wo have two
thousand dollars toward it now, you Know,
niMl 1 think wo can earn and save two thous
and more in that time don't yon?" uud be
looked around on his group of listeners for
confirmation of his hopes. Then Marcia
spoke her first words during the convention.
" ou won tiiAVE to wait ten years, miner.
We remembered what bIiu said afterward.
Tho next day she went to town the first
timo she had ever gone off tho homo pluco
since James died. She kept her object
secret, and only said sho would be gone but
a few hours. I told you I was pretty, but
Marcia had a beauty higher than more pret
tiness. Our eyes aud hair were similar in
color a dark brown almost black. Our
features wero uot unlike; and yet what was
prettiuess in me deepened in her into positive
beauty. I had never felt it nnro than when
I saw 'her dressed to go away that morniug.
I whispered, as I kissed her,
"What a grand creature you are'"
And idie, kissing mo buck, in ono of her
infrequent moods of tenderness, unswered:
"say a prayer lor mo while 1 am goue,
child, that beauty, or something bettor, may
help me to accomplish my purpose. '
CONTlNt'KP. J
Tub I.Vfkct of Cold AVater o.v 'Washing
ton Foi.iTic iAxs. A Washington letter says:
Speaker Cvill'ux iudulges in little eating uud
drinking. He never drinks wiue nor proffers
the poisoned bowl to his guests. I ho Hou
orable Ballot nnd Baukem were guests at his
table lust winter, assisted at ono of the elo
gant entertuiuments in tho shape of dinners
to members of Congress. As the dessert
appeared, after two hour3 eating, tho honor
able remembered an engagement at Senator
Morgan's and so excused themselves. 'When
once in tho street, said Baukem to Ballot:
"Good Lord, Ballot, lot's go somewhere aud
get a drink! I nm cold down to my feet.
If Colfax would onlv warm his water a lit
tle: but ice why he puts in great lumps.
Its cruelty to Densts. ualtot suggested
thut thev would Dud something at Morgan's,
ns d wiue sunner was going on, given to the
national committee, Arriviug at the Xew
York Senator, the two fouud the tables cov
ered with champague bottles. "Take away
vour thin notations, Morgan,' cried liullot,
"and let us have something to driuk."
Brandy and whiskey were produced, aud as
senator Morgau waicueu ma iiuraiy gui-sia,
he remarked ouietly: "Why, gentleman,
yon must bave boen dining with Speaker
Colfax."
A Bridegroom Arrested at the Altar.
The following is from the Bocliestor
Chroniclr, nud sets forth how a bridegroom
wns arrested at tho altar, on a breach of
promise:
When tho twenty first New York Regi
ment of Calvary was disbanded at Cherenco
city, Colorado, June, 1866, ono ol the offi
cers, a young gentleman of enterprising dis
position, determined to remnin thero and
seek his fortune. He found it or at least
a comforteble competency and ban resided
there ever since, enjoying the fruits of his
labor, nnd adding contiuunlly to his store of
this world's goods. Previous to bis enter
ing the army ho had betrothed himself, to
a lady, who, like himself, at that time lived
in one of tho northern towns of Livingston
county, but during bis absence a coolness
grew up between them, apd some time since,
while ho was on a visit to this part of tho
country, a further disagreement arose, nnd
since t lint timr they hove not corresponded.
The gentleman deemed himself free to choose
again, wooed nnd won a charming young
lady, the daughter of a prominent citizen cf
Hush, nnd a few days ago came east to fulfil
nn engagement of marriage with her. Every
thing went on harmoniously, and Tuesday
afternoon, in the presence ot many mutual
friends, they wore nniled in tho bonds of
wedlock. But, instead of tuking tho next
train for New York, as tbey had intended,
they wero destined to mako a visit to Koch
ester on an exceedingly disagreeable crrn id.
Scarcely had the parson's benediction been
pronounced on the happy pair, ivhen tho hum
of congratulation was suddenly checked by
the appearance in the room of Deputy SheriS
Burlingnme, -armed with a writ for the arrest
of the bridegroom, nt the suit of his discard
ed sweetheart, for breach of promise. I lis
consternation can well be imagined, but there
was no help for him. He fouud, after a brief
conversation with tho officer, that it was
necessary to visit tho city immediately and
bo locked up, or enter bail for his oppearanco
to answer tlio complaint. It was u disagree
able alternative in itself, but the worst fea
ture in the case lay in the fact that he must
tell his bride of the predicament in which
ho was involved. Cold chills ran down his
back, and struck to his heart, aud in short
preineated his whole system when he thought
of it There was 110 use in delay, however,
nnd summoning ull the courage be could com
mand, ho called the ludv aside aud honcstlv
acquainted her' with the story of his first
love and estragement, and what had come of
I o his great relief, tdie took a decidedly
philottophicul view of the subject, and prov
ed herself imbued with a wifely spirit by de
claring that sho would accompany him to
Rochester and face tho terrors of law by his
eide. Of course she received a partial re
ward for her devotion on the spot; und, with
out explaining the nature of their business,
the couplo prepared t', emselves for -the trip,
and accompanied t'2 deputy sheriff to Roch
ester. Leaving tho lady nt the L'linton Ho
tel, the hiirrassed husband sought out his old
compuniou-iu-arms, K. Burko Collins, Ksq ,
formerly a captain 111 the tweniy-tirst, 01
whom he solicited aid. Always leudy to
heed the voice of distress, the squire put on
his hut, and after riming about a little while,
secured the necessary bondsmen, with whom
ho repaired to the sheriffs ofjice, and then
and there the security wns given for tho pres
ence of the defendant to answer the summons
of the court. The plaintiff having ulleged
in her complaint that her heart aud prospects
in life had suffered to the amount of So, 000,
the bail iviu fixed nt 3,000. The newly-
inarricu ones returned to Rush by the nexf
train, and ere this meets tho eyes of our
readers will have started on their honey moon
tour.
PRESIDENT GRANT'S INAUGURAL.
Opinions of the Press.
te THE PHILADELPHIA JOURNALS.
Tho Lhp'obr thinks it is brief, clear and
dispassionate, and just what tho bulk of the
people would expect such n man to say.
lie takes tho oath ol olhco "with deternuun-
tiou to do, to the best of his ability, all
that it requires of him. It is easy to seo
iu these words that Ueneruluranl had won
considered tho words of the oath, thut ho
fully comprehended their solemn importance,
iu requiring him to "faithfully execnto the
office of President," and that he is determin
ed to do it.
The Aoe says: The address is not bellig
erent in its toue.mt in general promises uud
demands equity in our dealings with foreign
powers, taking it altogether, as tho utter
ance of a President not elected by the con
stitutioual party, but put forward by the
enemies of free constitutional government,
to cuublo them to tido over nil election, we
think they have more reason to be discontent
ed with the inaugural than we have. Tho
President asks tho piayers of the nation to
tYlmighty God, aud the etlorts of every
citizen, for tho cemeutingof a happy Uuion
of the States. No human insturmeut can bo
more effectual to thut end than General Grant
himself. All that be does towards it will
receive fair construction nnd furtherance
from us, and, we believe, Iroui the great
body of tho Democratic party.
The Inquirer thinks that the inaugural ad
dress of President Graut will meet every ex
pectation of the people who elected nun.
It contains every pledge of feulty to tho
principles of the Republican party which the
most earnest friend of these principles can
desire. It is deficient in no esseutiul partip
ulur, and its suggestions are those which the
good seusp und patrotism of our couutrymen
will ratify. President Grant is. ii. bis ex
pressions, brief nud to tho poiut. IIo is
solid nud dignified, and his words will create
a profouud impression. Whoever has been
complaining That the sentiments of this man
of mystery were unknown, will bave no furth
er occasion for complaint after reading the
Inaugural Message.
The Post says: This address is a straight
as a rapier and as poiuled. It is the unglov
ed band of a soldier reached out to bis conn
trymeu in frank- aud fearless case. Uulike
the second address of Mr. Liucoln, it has no
beauty of rhetoric, no music of words, but
is almost without precedent, in its directness
and cuudor. It is groat onlv in its simplicity,
The sashed sud girded sphynx has spoken,
and the mystery exists no more. It is no
presonification of silence that we. have placed
iu the Presidency, but a simple, honest, ein
phutic man, who Uses speech as be uses bis
sword only when it is neooesary. Grant
Ipnrned in the army the vir.tue of reticence,
he also learned the value of well-weighed
words, uttered nt the right time and in tho
right way. When he said ho would nccept
nothing but unconditional surrender, he re
inspircd the nation with ardor. Now, dis
daining rhetoric, and seeking only for the
clearest forms to express strong thoughts,
he tel's tho American people as briefly as he
enn all that he believes it best for them to do.
We lik5 his way of talking; we like every
word thnt ho has said. At lust we have a
President who is altogether an Amercan of
the Americans TTU? 5. Grant, who will
bo, we thoroughly believe, ns good a Presi
dent ns bo was great as General.
The Press is of the opinion th'nt General
Grant's inaugural is very much just such a
paper as the American people expected of
him. He talks with them precisely as the
head of a firm wonld talk with bin partners
concerning the business of the firm, in a
plain, prncticul aud iutelligible way.
Tho North American thinks President
Grant could have said nothing to put bis
Administration in more striking contrast
with that of the late chief mngiwtrnte, who
has retired amidst so much execration, thun
he has said in these few terse aud pointed
seuteDces.
The Globe snys: President' Grant yester
day delivered the nicest, briefest, most sen
siblo inaugural address that yet ornaments
nnd honors a place among the archit-ves of
our nation. It is a document that the men
of all parties can subscribe to and support
without the slightest conipuncliou.
THE NEW YORK JOURNALS.
Tho Herald snys: President Grant in bis
inaugural speuks with the directness of a
soldier and tho frankness of a . honest man
fresh from tho peoplel The outline which
he presents of the purposes of his administra
tion in his domestic nud foreign policy is
thut of a practical statesman, who recognizes
the march of events and the living issues of
tho day.
Here, then, including economy, retrench
ment, aud a faithful collection of the public
revenue, wo have the sailing directions of the
new administration. What is tho general
prospects? It is ouo of full, promise, pros
perity, progress, developemeut, nnd power
ut home and abroad. Aud so opens the new
book of American history.
Tbo World is yery querulous, ns follows:
The only respect iu which this empty and
8elfcoi:fident address is of any importance,
is iu tho evidence it furnishes that General
Grant doe3 net intend to have any serious
differences with tho Republican party.
With nil its self-asserted the luaugurul is
really very servile. It indorses all the favor
ite measures and dogmas ot the Ropublican
party, except the Tenure-of-Office act; and
on that the party is kuown to be aljout
equally divided. All bis independence is
exhausted in tho mere empty proclamation
of it; he has uot bad the real independence
to differ from his party iu any particular.
Aside from its tflne of ill-beseeming self-confidence,
General Gruu'.'s Inaugural is u mere
echo of the tritest common-places of the
Republican newspnpois. We chulteugo his
udmirers to poiut out a single idea which ho
has contributed to tho threadbare stock from
which be drew the materials of bis address.
The Times speaks ns follows: The charac
teristics which distinguish General Grant,
and command the confidence which marks his.
entrance upon tho duties of tho Executive,
are conspicious iu bis inaugural address. It
is brief, clear, emphatic to the purpose. It
touches great wants, indicates great duties
and propounds a great policy with a distinct
ness that leaves nothing iu doubt, and the
force of true-born earnestness. Gen. Graut
had something to say, aud he bus said it
6trongly and well.
The Triuune says: Tho simplicity and
directuess of tho inaugural address will bo
grateful. Thoso who doubt this mans state
manship should analyze his brief ppeech, and
see whether he has left anything unsaid.
.
What we hopo to receive from Gen. Grant
is a splendid administration. Wo have bad
so many picayune President thut it is refresh
ing to find a man entering iuto the Chief
Magistracy with something more thun a mere
caucus and political record. He takes into
his new place a brouder renown than any
President since Wnshinton. We doubt it
even Washington, when heeutored this ofiice,
had a fume so world-embracing.
Grant's Inaugural Address.
Citiient of Oik Vnittd Statu :
Your suffrngo having elevated, me to the
office of President of the United States, I
have, in conformity with the Constitution
of our country, takeu the oath of ollico pro
scribed therein. I have taken this oath
without mental reservation, aud with a de
termination to do, to tho best of my ability,
ajl thut it requires of mo.
The lespousibiiities ot tne position 1 icei,
but accept them without four. The ofiice
has come to me unsought. I commeuco its
duties untrammeled. I bring to it a con
scientious desire aud determination to fill it
to the best of my ability, and to the satis
faction of the people. On nil leadiug. ques
tions agitating the public miud I will always
express my views to Congress, and urge
t iH?n nr.eoruimr to my luasmeni; aim wueu
I think it is desirable, will exercise tho con
stitutional privilege of interposing a veto to
defeat measures which I oppose; but all laws
will bo faithfully executed, whether they
meet ray approval or not.
I shall ou all suhjects liavo a policy to
recommend, but none to enforce against the
will of the people. Laws are to govern all
alike thoso opposed to as well a thoso who
favor them. 1 kuow no method to secure
the repeal of bad or obnoxious luws so effec
tive as their stringent execution.
The country having just emerged from I
great rebellion, many questious will come be
fore it for settlement in the next lonr y. a s
which preceding administrations have never
bad to deal with. In meeting these, it is
desirable that they should be anprouched
calmly, without prejudice, hate or ectioual
pnuo, rememoeriug inui iu greatest, juuu
to the greatest number is the object 'to bo
attaiued. This requires security of person
and property, and for religious and political
oniuious in every part ol our common coun
try, without regard to local prejudice, and
all laws, to secure these ends, will receive
my best efforts for enforcement,
A great debt has been contracted in tecur
ing to us and our posterity the Uuion. The
payment of Ibis principal aud interest, os
well as a return to the specie basis as soon
as it can bo accomplished without material
detriment to the debtor class or the country
at large, must be provided for. To protect
national honor every dollar 'of. Governmeut
indebtedness should be puid off in gold, un
less otherwise expressly stipulated iu tho con
tract. Let it bo understood that no repndialor or
one farthing of our public debt will be trust
ed in public pluccs, uud i: will go fur towords
strengthening a credit which ought to bo the
best iu the world, and will ultimately enable
us to repluco the debt with beAids bearing
less interest than we now pay.
To this would bo added a faithful collec
tion or revenue, a strict accountability to
the Treasury for every dollar collected, nnd
tho greatest practical retrenchment in expen
ditures iu every department of the Govern
ment. ,
When wo compnre the pnyfiig capacity of
the country now, with the ten States still iu
poverty from the effects of war, but soon to
emerge, I trust, into greater prosperity than
ever before, with its paying capacity twenty
five years ago, and calculate what it proba
bly will bo twenty-five years hence, who can
do'ubt the feasibility of paying evofj dollar
we now pav for useless expenditures?
Why it looks as though Providence had
bestowed upon us a strong box. The pre
cious metuls locked up in tho sterile moun
tains or the far West, which we nro now
forging tho key to unlock, will meet the very
coutim;ency now upou us. Ultimately it
may bo necessaiy to increase tho facilities
to reach their riches, nnd it may be necessa
ry ulso that the General Government should
g'ive its aid to secure this access, bnt that
should only be wticn a dollar or obligation
to pay secures precisely the saino sort or dol
lar to use now, uud uot'bcToro.
Wnile the question of specie payments is
iu abeyance, tho prudent business mau is
careTuf about contracting debts payablo in
tho distant future. The nation should fol
low the 3amo rule.
A prostruto commerce is to be rebuilt, end
all industries encouraged. Tho young men
of tho country, thoso who from their ago
must be its rulers tweuty five years hence,
have a peculiar iutercst iu maintuiuing tho
national honor.
A moment's reflection ns to what will be
our commaudiug inllueuco nmons the nutious
ol' the eurth in their day, if they are only
true to themselves, should inspire them with
national pride. All divisions, geographical,
political uud religious, can joiu iu this com
mon sentimeut.
How tho public debt is to be paid or spe
cio payment resumed, is not so important, ns
that 11 plan should bo adopted and acquiesced
in. A united determination to do, is worth
more than divided counsels upon the method
of doing. Legislation upon this subject
may not be uccessary now, or oven advisable,
but it will bo when tho civil law is more
fully restored in all parts of tho couutry.and
trade resumes its wouted chauuols.
It will be my eudeavor to administer the
laws iu good fuilh. to collect tho revenues
assessed, and to have them projierly account
ed for aud economically disbursed. I will,
to tho best ol my ability, nppoiut to office
those ouly who will carry out this desiugn.
In regard to n foreign policy I would
deal with nations as equitablo laws icquire
individuals to tleal with each other, aud I
would protect the law abiding citizen, wheth
er of uativo or i'oriign birth, wherever his
rights are jeopardized or the flag of our couu
try ffoais.
I would respect the rights of all nations,
demanding equal respect for our own. If
others depart trom this rule in tneir uennng
with us, we may bo compelled to follow their
precedent.
i ho proper treatment 01 mo onginui oc
cupants ot this land tne inuiaus is one
deserving of careful study. I will favor
any cour.-e toward them which teuded to their
civilization, Christiuuization aud ultimate
citizenship.
The question ot sullrage is one wnicn is
likely to agitate the public attention so long
us a portiou 6f its citizens of tho uution aro
excluded from its privileges in any State.
It seems to me very desirable that this
question should be settled now, nud 1 euter
tuin the hope and express tho desire it may
bo by tho rutiucatiou ot tne tiiteenin article
of the umendmeut to the Constitution.
Iu conclusion, I usk, patient lorboaronc?,
one towuras another turouguout tno lunu,
uud determined effort ou tho part of every
citizen todo bis share towards cementing a
happy union, and I asii the prayers of the
nation to Almighty God in beuulf of this
consummation.
The Cabinet.
Gen. Grant on Friday put an end to the
guesses relative to his Cabiuet, by sending
bis nominations to the Senate. According
to his previous announcement, Geu Sc'noGeld
remaius for the present at the bead or the
War Department. The other places will be
filled as follows:
Secretary of State Elmo B. Wxsn-
DURNK. ot 1II1U01S.
Secretary o( Treasury Alexander T.
Stewant, of New York.
Secretary of the Interior Gen. Jacob U.
Cox, of Ohio.
Secretary of tno Navy Adolpiie E.
Borik, or Pennsylvania.
At'orney-General K Uockwood hoar,
or Massachusetts.
Postmaster-General John A. J. Cres
well, or Maryland.
Mr. Stewart, bas declined, in consequence
or a luw passed at the close oT the last con
tury prohibiting an "importer" serving in
such capacity, and Ex-Gov. Boutwell of
Mass., will receive the appointment, whicli
will necessitate a further change. Judge
Hoar being also from Massachusetts.
Geo, Grant's Inaugural.
This document is short, crisp, and deci
ded. Everybody will read it aud all can un
derstand it, and every lover of his country
will heartily endorse it It will be found at
leDgtb in another column,
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