f , iiili .tH9 - i . . i i I! i , .3 I I 1 I , , . . i J - ;t; r .1 ;. , ..i n. ,n. ii HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. , . .". v Two Dollars per, Annum. : : -' '- - - ...... t ai. lJ. i. ' a- ; ! e -1' - - . - . ' 1 ' ' VOL. VII. '-Zi RIDGWAY;ELK COUNTY;: 'PA., 'THURSD A Y; : MARCHS 15, 1877. . . ,'..-.!. .-..4 - ' - ' . f Wait and See. When my boy, with eager question, Asking how, and where, and when, Taxes all my store of wisdom, Asking o'er and o'er again Questions oft to which the answers Give to others still the.key. I have said, to teach him patience,' -' Wait, my little boy, and sea." And the words I taught my darling Taught to me a lesson sweet ; , Once when all the world seemed darkened And the storm about to beat, In the " children's room " I heard hltnyV With a child's sweet ininiicryf. To the baby brother's questions . Saying wisely, . " Wit a se.' ' Like an angel's tender chiding .Came 4he darling's words to me, Though my Father's ways were hidden. Bidding me still wait and see.' What are we but restless children, Ever asking what shall be 1 And the Father in His wisdom, Gently bids us, " Wait and see." . WHAT WALL STREET DID. A Convict'a Story. I held a good position as a clerk 'with a firm in Willium Btreet, which I shall call Wilson, Carter !k Co. I became a boarder iu the family of a relative and continued with him four years, when some changes iu his business determined him to remove to San Francisco. I now took lodgings aud commenced, for the first time, what is called a bachelor's life. It was somewhat dull at first, I ad mit, but by degrees I made acquaint ances, nnd it offered far greater attrac tions. Nay, more, I had now secured so fully the good feeling of the heads of the firm, that I was frequently a guest at their tables; aud it is only justice to my self to assert that if I did n&t gaiu their confidence, it certainly did not arise, on my part, from any lack of zeal in their service. One day when I was din ing at the house of the senior partner, I met a certain Mr. Koberj; Thornton, ono of the principal clerks in a large insur ance office. He appeared a very gentle manly, intelligent man, and had evident ly seen a great deal of life. We left the house together, and as I found he re-' sided but a short distance from me, and the night being fine, he offered me a cigftr, nnd we walked home together. On the different subjects we conversed on during our walk, the one in which he appeared to take especial interest was speculating in stocks. Curiously enough, while employed for nearly five years within a few blocks of the Stock Ex change, where I knew fortunes were con stantly changing hands, I had never felt tsmpted to try my luck. My employers, i.dooa, wArA Btron civ opposed to it. and had heard at least one of them de nounce stock speculation as gam bling of the worst kind. But I knew, too, that other merchants of equally high standing laughed at them for this, and Thornton, I soon found, was well stored with arguments to prove it every whit as legitimate as the most humdrum dealings in pork or flour or nails. It so happened that a sudden and con tinued rise in Erie had caused a great flurry in the street, and my companion named several acquaintances who had cleared from $5,000 to $15,000 by lucky invpfttmpnttt .Inviliry fltn lnuf n.aal- " I could make as much as any of them," he exclaimed, " if I only had a thousand or two to start with. I kuow precisely how to do it, aud if I could find a man to put in the money I'd make a small lortuue for us both inside of a fortnight." It was impossible to b'sten to him un. moved, especially as I knew from the re ports in the newspapers that investors in Jiine were making extraordinary sums. Consequently, when he asked if I knew anyone at all likely to go in with him, I siini : " Perhaps I might." " What ! you !" he cried; " I'm de lighted. Can you raise a thousand f " "Yes; two thousand, if necessary." "Bravo 1 your fortune is made 1" "But see here," said I; " in the first J)lace, we must keep this thing quiet, for ! don't care to have my employers know it, and in the second place, you must post me up, so I shall know exactly what ' 1 4. II HO IB UUUUb, "All right!" - said he; that's easily managed. And as you put in the funds I'll bo satisfied with one quarter of what we make, and if we should lose, which is impossible, however, I'll stand half the loss." By this time we had reached my lodg , ings and, going in together, I gave him a check for $1,000 on the bank where my small patrira&ny was deposited. A mem orandum of our Agreement as to the di vision of the certain profits and impossi- ble losses which we anticipated was then drawn ' up, and my mere acquaintance gayly took his leave, saying: " Mark my prediction I Thornton & Co. will corner the street yet." I smiled at this, but I did not realize its, absurdity so clearly as I have since. By far the moat interesting part of the newspaper the next morning was the financial article, and I bought the ftrst edition of the Evening Post to see 'the 8 took quotations. I could not leave my desk during business hours, but I dined with Thornton and found him in k high state of excitement. He urged me to in vest auother thousand but I refused, tliough greatly tempted by his represen tations. The next night ho made a pro digious effort to look cool and unconcern ed as he laid before me a package of greenbacks amounting to $1,750. "There," said he, "I doubled your thousand in two days, and I could have done the same if it had been two thou sand or ten thousand. You mirfit made $1,500 as easy as $750." I looked grave as I reflected that this was undoubtedly the fact. "What have you done with your $250 f" Iimquired. ' - " Bought Erie, of course. ' IU treble it, sure." I cross-questioned, him closely, went over the newspaper reports once more, and then took my resolution. Calling for pen and ink I filled up a blank check and said, handing him the package of greenbacks; ' Here is $1,750 in cash, and here is a check for $4,700. Go in and win." J I - Thornton jumped up aud grasped my hand, exclaiming: , "You're a man of nerve 1 You deserre to be rich I" "Well." said I. "it depends a cood deal on you. See that you make no mis take." - ' ."Never fear," said he, "you'll be worth $20,000 before you know it. " After some further conversation we parted, my occasional misgivings being speedily dispelled by delightful visions ot sudden wealth, Yon will see that I had put into Thorn- ton's hands the whole of my little inher itanee together with two years' interest, which I had allowed to accumulate, my salary for the last two years having been amply sufficient for" my wants. I am satisfied that it would have been a lucky thing for me if I had lost every cent of it. But, as it happened, Thornton's in stinct was not at fault, he sold out at just the right moment, and I found mvsolf as he had predicted, worth $20,000, "besides several odd hundreds with which I in dulged in champagne, gamo suppers, and some othor expensive luxuries which I had hitherto entirely avoided. I had self-control enough to deposit my money in bank, keep my secret, aud attend steadily to my regular business. Thornton, too, kept "his affairs from his employers, but continued to speculate with his share of the profits made off my capital, nnd with such success that in a few months he was worth as much as I. My resolution to be satisfied with what I had mode, aud tempt fortune no more, gradually vanished as I noted his con tinued prosperity, aud when he came to me with secret information of a projected movement in leading stock, which prom ised results of the most flattering charac ter, and told me he had invested every cent he had in that stock, I readily agreed to do the same. At first everything went well. The stock began to riso slowly, and at one time we might have made four or five thousand apiece by selling.though neither of us thought of that for a mo ment. Then there came a lull, and then, without a moment's warning, the stock tumbled with such frightful rapidity that, before' we realized it, our little for tunes were swept away. Thorton made haste to sell, but wo found ourselvea each $2,000 in debt, and with no consola-' tion except that some dozens of fellow speculators had been cleaned out in the same style as ourselves. I shall not soon forget our meeting after this disaster. I could not reproach Thornton, for his losses were as heavy as mine, and it was he who rescued us from the dilemma of having to pay $4,000 be tween us at once without funds, or have our, transactions exposed to our respec tive employers. "I have a friend," said he, " who will shave our joint note for a fair discount, and before it comes due, we shall have time to get on our feet again." I ftaaaiot any I HKea Hie suggestion, but there was no alternative. Thornton introduced me t i his friend, the note shaver, a Mr. Jackson, a cunning, oily man, witn a awagreeame expression ot countenance, tnougn 11:3 manner was smguiariy polite, considering that we could furnish no security. However, we had to give him a note for $5,000, payable in six months, with interest, in order to get the $4,000 we needed. This transaction completed, we breath ed more freely, feeling that we had at least a six months' reprieve. The misery I endured during those six montli, I cannot attempt to describe. I hardly saw Thornton, who studiously avoided mo, until ono eveaij toward the end of the filth month, he called mo into Mouquin's, aud showed me a release, signed by Jackson, from all obligation under our joint note. "What does this mean ?" I gasped. " It means that I have paid my half ' with interest," said Thornton. " And where did you get the money ?" I cried, amazed. "Speculating in stocks," was the cool reply. "Why don't you? I suppose Wilson, Carter & Co. would lend you enough to begin with. At any rate you can borrow it of them, even if they don't lend it." With these words Thornton turned and abruptly walked away. I suppose he meant to do me a service by this in fernal suggestion, but he might better have thrust a dagger into my heart. I cannot tell how I brooded that night- over what ho said, or how the next day I tremblingly acted upon it, employiug a young broker, to whom Thornton had introduced me, to invest the purloined funds. I had some delusive successes, but the day the note came due I pos sessed not a cent to meet my share of it, and was $1,500 behind in my accounts with my employers. Mustering up all my courage I called on Jackson, told him I had not been so fortunate as my friend Thornton, and ventured to propose that he accept my note for $3,000 in set tlement of my present obligation. "I will do so readily," said he, " upon one condition, and that is, that you have a good name at the back If it." " But I hardly kuow to whom I could ''PPty." I "aid. "I would much rather givo you a greater discount oa my own promissory note in fact, any discount you choose to demand." " And that's the very reason, jny dear fellow," said Jackson, " I will not do it, unless I have a good name at the back. On that condition I have no objection to make it a year, so as to allow you suffi cient time to look about you and pav the money comfortably. Now, think well if there is any person to whom you could BPP.ly. You are very thick with the junior partner in your 'firm, why not get him to put his name to it ? At any rate you can but ask him, and the. thing may tie. done to-morrow.'' Now take in v ad vice and try. the experiment.". ': I loft Jackson, hardly knowing what to do. True, I was on very friendly terms with the junior partner: son of the senior partner; and I believe he bore me great good wilt. Still, it was a very dangerous experiment to try, for if he should, refuse and inquire into my ac counts he would find me a defaulter to the amount of $1,500. " And here I must hurry over the par ticulars of the crime I committed, so painful are they to think of. Suffice it to say, instead oi obtaining his signature I was guilty of forging it. My renewed note was accepted, but it would be im possible to describe the terrible state of my mind. The only method I had of re lieving myself from the penalty of my crime would be by perpetrating others; and this, I felt convinced, would only be to prolong for a short time the misery I was in., A feeling-of recklessness theu came on, and I resolved to let things take their course. Just before the office was about to close, one day, Jackson en tered and told one of the junior clerks he wished to speak with the senior part ner. - Although he remained in my room during the time the youth went with the message, he took not the slightest notice of "me. but, with perfect command of Ic ?nnce' ,lL " appearance of recognition than if I had been a total stranger. He was soon after ushered into the senior partner's office, and I, closing my desk, put on my Eat, and, in a state of terror it would be im possible to describe, returned home. The state of my mind that night would baffle all description. I tried to sleep, if only to close my eyes for a short time to the danger I. was in. All was useless; and I turned over in my mind innumer able schemes of the vaguest description by which to save myself. When I think over them now, and can estimate their utter worthlessness and absurdity, I eon easily understand I was in the condition of the drowning man who catches at a straw. ' ; . The next morning, entirely forgetting my breakfast, iu a fit of recklessness I dressed, and went to the office. Shortly after my arrival, the senior rjartner enter ed, and in passing through the office he looked steadily at me for Borne moments, and then went on. A few minutes later a messenger carae to me and told me the senior partner wished to speak with me. At that moment a powerful, respectably attired, common-looking man entered the office, bearing a letter for the firm. He glanced at me as I went out of the room, and I shuddered as I looked at him, for I felt persuaded he was a detective officer. On entering the senior partner's office, he raised his eyes from the desk, and looked steadily at mo. ' I was surprised to find there was no sternness nor indig nation in his countenance. " J ," he said, in a kind tone, "you do not look at all well this morning. Is there anything the matter with you ?" I caught at the idea, and said I had not felt well for the last few days. " I thoucrht not." he said: "and only "I sent for yon to say, if it were the case, you had better return home and take a day or two's rest. You will then be bet ter, and we can do very well without yon for that time." A reception so different from what I had expected, made such an impression on me that the tears' came into my eyes r.nd I felt half inclined to confess the whole truth. The senior partner, how ever, putting out his hand, and shakiiijr mine warmly, said: J' Now go home, and keep up your upirits, and you will do very well." . .-ii ) -onntt one 01 uio cieiW en tered the room, and I left it and proceed ed homewards, the man whom I had imagined to be a detective being no longer there. For what purpose Jack sou visited the office the evening before I know not. Certainly it was not con nected with my business. It will be too painful for me to go fur ther into the matter. I plunged deeper and deeper into crime. I attempted to conjure up a reckless frame of mind, and in the daytime to a considerable extent succeeded. But then the nights how can I describe their misery ? I could not sleep without opium, aud the more I took of the ding the greaterthe quantity I required, till at length I 'was obliged' to take each evening as much as would have killed any ordinary man. It had also its effect on my countenance, which assumed the palid hue of the regular opium eater. At last the forgery was discovered, Jackson having sold my note; I was arrested, my defalcations came to light, and soon after I found my self here. One word more, in jnstice to myself. I heard that in the newspaper report of the trial it was . stated that wheu, after my sentence, I left the bar, it was with a jaunty step and indifferent expression of countenance. Never was there a truer remark. If, indeed, any objection can be taken to it, it is that it did not go far enough, for the imprisonment to which I was condemned, and the utter ruin of my prospects iu life, were but a feather in the balance, when compared with the weight of .horrible mental torture and doubt I had been laboring under for months before the termination of my ca reer of .crime. V . . . N " Where is Thornton, you ask ?" He occupies the cell adjoining mine. Illustrated Weekly. . Labor aud Capital. , A curious case in the struggle between labor.and capital has. lately, occurred in one of the coffee houses of "Portland, Me. The men. employed to turn the cranks of the mills at the various stores had formed themselves into a Society for mu tual -protection against reductions of wages. A week ago Saturday a man in one of the stores was informed that his pay had been reduced. He promptly re ported the fact to his fellow workmen, who advised him to strike. Waiting un til late in the evening, while a customer was sitting in his carriage until his cof fee was prepared, the man ground away for a few moments, and then suddenly demanded that his wages be placed at the old amount. ' The proprietor refused, and employed another man. The striker held fufet to the crank, and said he had been told to do so until ten o'clock. Meanwhile the customer became impa tient, and asked ii coffee could not be borrowed from another store. No; that would cause a fctrike in all the coffee houses. . A policeman was theu sent for; he refused, to act. Theu a justice was resorted to, and a ' few moments before ten o'clock an injunction was granted and the grasp was released. But the striker, angered at his failure to gain his point, mixed the ground with the unground coffee and departed in disgust. JV". i ', Tribune. : 1 - . . . , . 1 1 - - , 1 r' A gentleman well known for his parsi monious habits, having billeted himself oa his acquaintance in Edinburgh dur-. ing some royal visit, was talking to a friend on his return of the great expense of living. "How much, now, do you suppose I epent in Edinburgh ?" , " I do not know," , replied his friend: "I suppose about a for tnight," ' . THE mCHUEAL ADDRESS. The Pniithrrn QticMlnn Civil Servlre Itr. form A Rf conimcndallnn Tlie Flrmnrr Natlonnl Arbitration The Hrttlrsient of ' the 1'rrslilrncy. j ! The following is the full text of Tresident Hayes1 inaugural address 1 , 1 I ..J ' THB ADDRESS. FKtAow-CrnzEim : We have assembled to re peat the public ceremonial, begun by Washing ton, observed by all my predecessors, and now a time honored custom, which marks the commencement of a new term of the Presi dential office. Called to the dtitios of this great trunt, I procood, in compliance with usage, to announce some of the loading principles on the subjects that now chiefly engage the public at tention by which it is my desire to be gnided in the discharge of those duties. I shall not un- ' dertake to lay down irrevocablv principles or measures of administration, but rather to speak of the motives which should animate us, and to suggest certain important ends to be attained in accordance with our institutions and essen tial to the welfare of our country. i ' HIS LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE REtTElUTKn. At the outset of the discussions which pre ceded the recent Presidential election it seemed to me fitting that I should f nllv make known my sentiments in regard to several of the im portant questions which then appeared to do uiaud the consideration of the country. Fol lowing the example, aiid in part adopting the language of one of my predecessors,! wish now, when every motive for misrepresentation has passed away, to repent what was said before the election, trusting that my countrymen will candidly weigh and understand it, "and that they will feel assured that the sentiments de clared in accenting the nomination for the Tresidcucy will be the standard of my conduct in the path before me, charged, as I now am,witb, the grave and difficult task of carrying them out in the practical administration ot the gov ernment, so far as depends nndor the Constitu tion and laws ou the Chief Executive of the na tion. .... TIIE SOUTHERN QfESTIOS. The permanent padfication of the country upon such principles and bv such measures as will secure the complete protection of all its citizens in the free enjoyment of all their con stitutional rights is now the one subject in our pnblic affairs which all thoughtful and patriotio citizens regard asof snpremcimportauce. Many of the calamitous effects of the tremendous revolution which has passed over the Routhern States still remain. The immeasurable bene tits which will surely follow sooner or later the hearty and generous acceptance of the legiti mate results of that revolution have not yet been realized. Difficult and embarrassing ques tions meet us at the threshold of this subject. Tho people of those States are still impoverish ed, and the inestimable blessing of wise, honest and peaceful local self government is not fullv enjoyed. Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the cause of this condition of things, the fact is clear that, in the progress of events, the time has come when such government is the imperative necessity required bv all tho va ried interests, publio and privato, of thoso States. -... But it must not be forgotten that only a local government which recognises and maintains in violate the rights of all is a true self-government. With rcBpcct to the two distinct races, whose peculiar relations to each other have brought upon ns the deplorable complications and per plexities which exist in those States, it must be a government which guards the interests of both races carefully aud equally. It must be a gov ernment which submits loyally and heartily to tho Constitution and the laws the laws of the the laws of Uietta ihoniselVes accepting ona ..wyinC faithfUy the whole Constitution as it is. Hestiug upon this 6uro and substantial founda tion, the superstructure of beneficent local gov ernments can be built up. and notothcrwise. In furtherance of such obedience to the letter and the spirit of the Constitution, and iu behalf of all that its attainment implies, all so-called party interests lose their apparent importance, and party lines may well be permitted to fade into insignificance. The question we have to con sider for tho immediate welfare of those States of tho Union is the question of govemmont or no government s of social order and all the peaceful industries and happiness that belong to it, or a return to barbarism. It iu a question in which every citizen of the nation is deeply interested, and with respect to which we ought not to be, in a partisan sense, either Republicans or Democrats, but follow citizens and fellow men, to whom the interests of a common coun try and a common humanity are dear. The sweeping revolution' of the entire labor systemof alarge portion of our country, and the advance of four millions of people frbm a con dition of servitude to that of citizenship upon an equal footing with their former masters, could not occur without presenting problems of tho gravest moment to bo dealt with by the emancipated rabe, by their former masters, and by the. geueral government, the author of the act of emancipation. That it was a wise, just and Providential act, fraught with good for all concerned, U now generally conceded through out the country. That a moral obligation rests upon the national government to employ its con situtional power and influence to establish the rights of the peonle it has emancipated, and to protect thorn iu the enjoyment of those riirhts when they are infringed or aB.-ailed, is also gen erally admitted. The evils which afflict the Southern States can only be removed or remedied by the united and harmonious efforts of both races actuated by motives of mutual sympathy and regard ; and while in duty bound ond fully determined to protect the rights of all by every constitutional means at the disposal it my administration, I am sincerely anxious to use every legitimate influ ence in favor of honest and efficient local self government as tlie true resony e of those States for the promotion of the contentment and pros perity of their oitizens. In tlie effort I shall make to accomplish this purpose I ask the cor dial co-operation of all who oherish an interest in the welfare of the country, trusting- that party ties and the prejudice of race will be free ly Murroudered in behalf of the great purpose to be accomplished. . In the important work of restoring the South it is not the political situation alone that merits attention. The material development of that section of the country has been arrested by the social and political revolution through which it has passed, and - now needs and deserves the considerate care of the national government within the joint limits prescribed Ev the Con stitution and wiee publio economy. .' , - . rams schools. But at the basis of all prosperity for that as well as for every other part of the eonntrv, lies the improvement of the intellectual and moral condition of the people. Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end liberal and permanent provUion should be made for tlie support of free schools by the State governments, and,' if need be, supple mented by legitimate aid from national author ity. -.. .- Let me assure my countrymen of tlie South ern States that it is my earnest dotire to regard and promote their truest interests, the interests of the white and colored people both and equal ly, and to put forth my best efforts in behalf of a civil poliey which will forever wi)ie out, in our political affuirs, the color line, and the distinct Uuu between North and South, to the end that we may have not merely a united North or a uuiteu boutn, uut a united country. . .. n ClVIl tEBVICl HETOltM. ' ' T ask tbft nttphfum nf TTia nnlilirt'tn t-V.A4v.a..- mount necessity ' of a reform iu our civil ser vice , a roiorm,'iiot merely as 10 certain abutes and practices of . sn-oalled , official patronage which hftVA rnnm tn lmvA iha unnni.n n in the several departments of our government. lil.f aV. ....... j. .V. . .,t..m 1 ;j . tn wio ."rem ui Biipoiuiiueni list-If t a rAfnrn ilinf. ftlii.il Vw ..v. i; l . - ' w uiuiuuu, and complete 1 a return to the principles ei.d practices of the found'-rs of the govurmneut. They neither expected nor desirwl from publio officers any partisan service. They meant that public officers sliould owe th: ir whole service to the government and to the people. They meint that the officer sh uld be secure in his tenure as long us his persona charaoler re. m&uud untarnished, and the performance of his duties saijsfaotury, They jeld. that appoint merits to office were not to be made nor expect ed merely as rewards for partisan services, nor merely on the noniinntinn of members of Con gress, as being entitled in any rpspeot to the control of such appointment i. The fact that both the great political parties of the country, in declaring their principles prior to the elec tion, gave a prominent place to the subject ot reform of our civil service, Teoognizing and strongly urging its necessity in terms almost identical in their specific import with those I have employed, must be accepted as a Conclu sive argument in behalf of these measures. It mnst be regarded as the expression of the nnitcd voice and will of the whole country upon this subject, and both political parties are vir tually pledged to give it their unreserved sup port. The President of the United Btates of neces sity owes his .election to the office to the suf frage and zealous labors of a political party, the members of which cherish with ardor and regard as of essential importance the principles of their party organization. lint he should strive to be always mindful of tho fact that he serves his party host who serves the country best. In furtherance of the reform we seek and in other important respects a change of great im portance, I recommend an amendment to the Constitution prescribing a term of six years for the Presidential office and forbidding a re-election, , THE I IK A'C1LH. - With respect to the financial condition of tlie country I shall not attempt at extended history of the "embarrassment and prostration which we have suffered during the past three years. The depression in all our varied- commercial and manufacturing interests throughout the country which began in September, 1873, still continues. ' It iB very gratifying, however, to be able to say that there are indications all around us of a coming change to prosperous times. Upon the currency question, intimately con nected as it is with this topic, I may bo per mitted to repeat here the statement made in my letter of acceptance, that in my judgment the feeling of uncertainty inseparable from an irredeemable paper currency with its lluctua tiojis of value is one of the greatest obstacles to a return to prosperous times. The only safe paper currency is 0110 which rests upon a coin basis and is at all timeB and promptly converti ble into coin. I adhero to the views heretofore expressed by me in favor of Congressional leg islation in behalf of an early resumption of specie payment, and I am satisfied not only that this is wise, but that the interests as well as the public sentiment of the country imperatively demand it. FORKIOIC RELATIONS. Passing from these remarks upon the condi tion of our own country to consider our rela tions with other lands, we are rertinded by the international complications abroad threat ening the peoce of Europe that our traditional rule of non-interference in the affairs of foreign nations has proved of great value in past times and ought to be strictly observed. The policy inaugurated by mv honored predecessor, Presi dent (irant, of submitting to arbitration grave questions in dispute between ourselves and for eign powers points to a new, and incomparably the best, instrumentality for the preservation of peace, and will, as I believe, become a bene ficient es ample of the course to be pursued in similar emergencies by other nations. If, un happily, questions of difference should, at any tiine during the period of my administra tion, arise between the United States and any foreign government, it will certainly be my dis position and my hope to aid in their settlement in the same peaceful and honorable wav, thus securing to our country the groat blessings of peace and mutual good ouics with li the nationB of the world. - THE SETTLEMENT or THE PRESIDENTIAL QCES TION. Fellow-citizens s" Vie have reached the close of a political contest marked by the excitement which usually attends the contests between great political parties whose members espouse and advocate with earnest faith their respective creeds. The circumstances were, perhaps, in no respect extraordinary, save in the closeness and consequent uncertainty of the result. For the first time in the history of the country it has been deemed best, in view of the peculiar circumstances of tho case, that the objections and questions in dispute with reference to the counting of the electoral votes should be re ferred to tho decision of a tribunal appointed for this purpose. That tribunal, established by law for this sole purpose, its members all of them men of lonir established reputation for integrity and intelligence, and with the excep tion 01 tnoso wno are also members or tua supreme judiciary chosen equally from both political parties, its deliberation enlightened by tlie research and the arguments of able coun sel, was entitled to the fullest confidence of the American people. Its decisions have been patiently waited for and accepted as legally conclusive by the general judgment of the pub he. For the" present opinion will widely vary as to the wisdom of the several conclusions an nounced by that tribunal. This is to be antici pated in every instance where matters of dis pute are made the subject of arbitration under me lornis or law. .tinman judgment is never unerring, and is rarely regarded as otherwise than wrong bv tho unsuccessful party in the contest. The fuel, that two great political parties have in this way settled a dispute in regard to which good men differ as to the facts and law, no less than as to tho proper course to be pur sued iu solving the question in controversy, is an occassion for general rejoicing. Upon one point there is entire unanimity in public sentiment, that conflicting claims to the Presidency must be amicable and peaceably ad justed, and that when so adjusted the general acquiescence of.t he nation ought surelyto follow. It had been reserved for a government of people where the right of sufferage is universal to give to the world the first example in history of a great nation in the midst of a struggle of oppos ing parties for power hushing its party tumults to yield the issue of the contest ;to adjust ment according to tho forms of law7 Looking for the guidance of that Divine hand by which the destinies of nations and individuals are shaped, I call upon yon, senators, represen tatives, judges, fellow-citizens, here and every where, to unite with me iu an earnest effort (0 secure to our country the blessing not only of material prosperity, but of justice, peace and union a union depending not upon the con straint of force, but upon the loving devotion of a free people ; " ana that all things may be so ordered and settled upon the best and surest foundations that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be estab lished among us for all generations. Not a Folitician. When the occupant of a business place in Detroit was asked on the twenty-second of February why he didn't hang out a flag in memory of Washington, he re plied: " What do I know about George Washington?" "Why, you have read of him, haven't you? "I suppose I have, but you don't suppose . I swallow all I read, do you?" "But -everybody knows that Washington was a great and good man," protested the first., "I don't know about that I've heard a good deal .against him since I came to Detroit, and I'm not going to run the risk of offending some of my best cus tomers by waving any flags around. I'm jnst starting in here, and I don't want to mak any bad moves." - " But, sir, but" "Please go on," interrupted the business man. "If people hear yma jiiwiug around my place they'll think I'm a politician and keep clear of me. I'm neutral in politics, and you can't force me into the .Washington ring no, eir.'t. . . . Invested with full authority over the Soudan and Bed sea coast, Col. Gordon promises to abolish effectually the slave trade which has flourished iu these quar ters. .: His prowess in China during the rebellion, and his experience in Aijicai amply qualify him for this task, ;(. . . r Tlie Elder and the Children. ! The presiding elder of a certain dis trict of Kentucky, in other yenrs, was a New England man, named Hawkins. He was a genial, social, easy going man, mnking friends wherever he went, and if he did not display great erudition in his sermonising, fie at least preached with spirit and with understanding. On a certain occasion the elder paid his first visit to an outlying settlement of his district, haying been notified that while there he would find quarters with Broth er Buford. The day was just closing when he arrived at the dwelling of Brother Buford, and his bout, expecting him, was on hand to receive and wel come him, which was done right warmly. His horse was given to the care of a ser vant, and with his saddle bags upon his arm, he followed his guide into the house, where he was presented to Mrs. Buford, a pleasant faced, smiling wo man, in the prime of life, who welcomed him in a manner that made him feel at home at once. She took his saddle bags, and gave him a sent, and shortly, with her husband, sot down for a chat. The day was declining, ond the night creeping on, and as the caiuiies Jiau 1101 yet been ughted, the low studded room, shaded by the broad roof of the piazza, grew to be quite gloomy as the conversa tion progressed. They had talked of the weather, of the crops, of the pro gress of civilization, and of the spread of the Gospel, when a door was opened, letting in the grateful aroma of broiling chicken ond griddle cakes, and also, giv ing ingress to a bevy of children six of them. The elder, a little near sighted at best, in the gathering gloom could only distinguish that the children were all young, port boys, and pnrt girls. The foremost was a boy, who came boldly forward, and whom the elder caught by the nrm. "Aha, my little one, what is your name ?" " Johnny Buford, sir." "A fine boy, I declare!" And he kissed the sturdy shaver upon the cheek. He knew Buch things were pleasing to parents, and then he was fond of chil dren. The next was a girl. o "Now, my little lady, what is your name ?" "I'm Sissy Buford, sir." " And I hope you try to be n good little girl." And he gave her a hearty smuck. And so he - went through with the lot. Ho heard the host and the hostess titter, and he fancied that the good woman held her handkerchief over her month, and that the chair in which Mr. Buford sat shook as though its occupant had an ague fit. "A fine lot of cluldren," declared the elder. " What trea'sures fhey nro in a household. Ah I how I pity the man and wife who ore condemned to live on, year after year, without blessed children. You must be -proud of your family, Brother Buford." At this point Mrs. Buford could con tain herself no longer. The compressed handkerchief was of no avail. She burst into a laugh, long ond hearty, and her husband uproariously followed suit. Tho elder was astounded. What could it mean ? Just then two servants entered, ono to bring lighted caudles, and the other to nnnounce.that supper was ready. And then the good elder saw. There stood the six children beautiful chil dren! their ebony faces gleaming in the candlelight like so many aces of spndes ! little, woolly headed babies, every one 1 Mr. and Mrs. Buford had never had children of their own, and they had petted these juvenile darkeys until the Jetty little rascals had become as irrepressible on the premises as so many favorite cats and dogs. Mrs. Buford laughed again when she saw the elder vigorously wiping his lips; but over the well filled supper table tne tide or leeimg was soon turned toforgetfulness of the ludicrous faux pas- . Paylny for his Whistle. Not many years ago, when a lofty building was on the point of completion, the mason who was finishing tho highest portion was in the habit of whistling to the laborer who attended him whenever he wanted a fresh supply of lime, and, as the scaffold on which he wrought was rather small, this occurred very often during a day's work. A joiner who was fitting in a window immediately under neath, noticing Pat answer dutifully to every whistle from the mason, thought of playing a trick on him by imitating tho whistle, and thus brought him up with a hodf ul of lime when there was no room for it. The mason told Put that he had not whistled, so he had no other alternative than to trudge back with his load. This haviueoccurred for the third time during one day, Pat thought he would watch to hear where the whistle come from. He had not waited long with the hod on his shoulder when he heard the identical whistle directly un derneath, where he stood, and, leaning over, he saw the head of the joiner pro truding out of the window immedia'tely below. Pat, without more ado, emptied the hod right over the whistler's head. The joiner yelled and spluttered while attempting to clear himself from the ad hesive mass, and, in the midst offus confusion, heard Paddy above shouting at the top of his voice : ' Whistle when you want more mortar 1" A Pleasant Adventure. There was a husking bee down near Mt. Pleasant the other night. One of the young ladies present rammed her hands into the husks and hauled out a snake as long as a whip lash, and too cold to take much interest iu the festivi ties. She fell . over on her back and shrieked and screamed until she whs black m the face, but everybody thought she had only found a red ear, end tl ey laughed at her while the snake got inside of her ruffle and crawled painfully and rheuniatiealJy down her back. She was understood at last, and the snake was dragged out and killed, but she says if Bhe was to live a thousand years she couldn't scream half as much - as she wants to. Vounvil Bluffs Iowa) Non pariel. r ''. ; , '' '. .' . f , i A rural editor, in describing the ora torio of "Esther," beautifully fays " The swell died-away in delicious suffo' cation, like, one singing a swee B(?og uu der the bedclothes, " -A Faithful Dog. 1 Vom-naatla iV.nO I nBTer SttyS. TllO road from Cornpoy to Tow Law passes oyer neaiey nopo iu --o---of the rond the boundary wall, known as tt.ii.. ir. o-rtrniila tho whole distance, and on the left is the unin- cloBed common. One ttununy iuuiujuB at about nine O'clock two young uieu nrt.a vollrililT nl 111 A rnAll when tllCir llt tention was attracted by the barking of a dog. Prompted by curiosity iney ue termincd to ascertain the cause, and on rinKinff llio l.rnw rvf ft steet Vfilley which, at the distance of about one hun dred yards, runs parallel witn tne romi, they discovered in a marshy hollow a cart overturned, h pony in the harness, and underneath the upset cart was what appeared to be the dead body of a man. The dog, one of the bull and terrier spe cies, was lying on his breast. The young men attempted to approach the cart, but the too faithful dog would not allow them to come near to extricate his mas ter. To Hedley Hill Cottages, about half a mile off, they went fer assistance, and numbers were soon on the spot, wlion Avar? mnnlia TPna Uflpd to induce tho dog to desert his charge, but without effect. In the meantime tlie uniornuiiue man was recognized to be William Nut utoII df Tnw T.nw wlio liiul visited Corn- say for the purpose of selling fruit and confectionery. A messenger was uieu dispatched to Tow Law, and in a.short time friends arrived to give their assist ance. To remove the dog they tried every allurement, but in vain, and his angry eye and snarling mouth betokened danger to any who might interfere with his charge. At length a long rope with a noose was thrown over his head, and he was dragged from off tho body. That accomplished, the cart was lifted, when it was found that the man still breathed; but after a few convulsive movements of the eyes and arms life became extinct. The track of the cart has been traced, and from its devious course there can be no doubt that Nutwell had missed his way, aud after wandering ou the fell amidst the darkness that prevailed, hod been with his horse ond cart upset. . New Black Silk Dresses. Among the new models for black silk dresses that are always largely imported for the intermediate sensons, tho Bazar says, Worth sends some handsome de signs, partly of brocade and partly gros grain. The front breadths are of plain gros grain laid across a foundation in folds and wrinkles,and edged with fringe.which falls over a knife plaiting. Across the top of these breadths is a short apron of brocade, fringed with brocade revers ex tending down the side gores their whole length. The three back breadths are made abruptly longer on the sides to givo a square train, and are bordered across the bottom and up the sides to the belt with a knife plaiting of plain silk lined with plaited Valenciennes lace, and hold iu position by floods of looped ends of gros groin ribbon. The square habit basque,- made like those already describ ed, is of brocade, with tight sleeves of the some. Bows ore set on the back seams of the basque, and it is piped all along the edge. The pointed front is made to look short woisted by a wide Josephine belt of four silk folds, beginning under the arms, and sloping narrower toward the front, where it is fastened by a buckle of mother-of-pearl. The squnre neck has a revers and tolils of silk at the bottom, and is filled in with white crepe lisse, while plnitings of lisse and luce sur round the square. At the back tho neck is not very high, and a standing collar is added on the back only. The tight sleeves are slashed above the wrist, and there are two puffs of white tulle on tho outside of the arm; Valenciennes lace frills fall on the hand. A bunch of vio lets and migonette is stuck in the comer of the square neck on the left side. In these new dresses the shoulders are very short, the neck is cut very high be hind, and the tight sleeves hove the up per half slightly gathered on the elbows to nt the arms more perfectly. A second black silk costume designed for the street has a princesse polonaise, with the apron front draped like a scarf, and kilt-pliated behind. The trimming is black and white galloon and fringe. A Wonderful Gorilla. A gorilla has " so endearea himself " to the people of Berlin, as Mr. Moncure Conway explains it, that "the other day, when he fell ill, the whole capital was in a state of alarm and sorrow quite equal to that which this country suffered when the Prince of Wales was ill. Bulletins of the gorilla's condition were printed and eagorly sought." This wonderful animal enters a company leaning on the arm of his attached custodian, and gives entire satisfaction to those who are curi ous concerning his intellectual ability. His intelligence in almost human, but his large heartedness is what most touches those around him. He is affec tionate, courteous and polite; is never . greedy or grasping, and responds to every kindness. Mr. Conway relates the following of the chimpanzee that lately died in London: Having seen its keeper turning a key in a padlock, it gave indications of a desire to have the lock, and, on receiving it, tried vainly to turn the key; it could not, with its im- Eerfect hand, get the exact twist. But aving seen the tiling done, it appeared to set its heart on achieving the same re sult. Failure only stimulated its anxiety to manipulate the podlock; it would si for hours trying, and trying, until at lust its wind seemed to give way under the effort and exoitement; it could not be induced to give up the task, and it is believed that the mental agitation brought on disease and death. Late Love. The Hon. Mrs. Norton, the poetess and novelist, was married ui London to Sir William Sterling Maxwell, Bait., member of Parliament for Perthshire. The ceremony was performed at the bride's residence. The bride's oge is seventy years, and Bhe is confined to heij chair with chronic rheumatism. Mrs, Norton is the second daughter of tlie lute Mr. Thomas Sheridan, and grand daughter of the Right Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The editor of the Now London Tela- If jam asks General Pleasanton to inform im whether blue glass will cure buns,
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