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Select Poetry.
MOTHER, HOME, HEAVEN.
fn Iho holy hush of nlgM, raothor,
A vlaton came fo me,
In flouting robot of silvery light,
And whiipcri to mc of thco ;
1 felt a sft kits on my brow,
Uko that uhlcliyoulmJ given,
And henrd tho dear word In my ear,
Of "Mother, Home and Heaven."
It whispers mo of gone.by hours,
Of your iad eyes, and mild.
When last we parted, bathed In tears,
Tor mo your wayward child,
And how wo talked 'neaththe moon's denr light,
On that fair cloudless even,
And how I vowed, I Me ne'er forgot
My Mother, Home and Heaven."
With nngcl forms we dwcalt mother,
la a far on" shadowy land ;
With n golden gloom ofllght around
Tho pale, seraphic band ;
And. O, it win a blU divine,
To know my fins forgiven,
That 1 the glorious goat had won,
Of "Mother, llomi- and Heaven,"
nut all too soon t woke, mother,
The radiant shadow fled,
And bitter were the sighs I heaved,
And bitter tears I shed,
That It was all n "baseless dream"
That from thee 1 was riven
And initio was but n vision wild,
Of ''Mother, Homo and Heaven."
Hut I will strive, my mother dear,
To koap my childhood's trust,
And where thy sainted form is laid,
licneaththc hallowed dust;
I'll kneel upon the sacred mound.
And rray to bo forgiven,
That I may oar, wnen ileath shall como,
To '.Mother, Home and lleaen."
Select Skctcl),
"COB WGBS."
"HU1 look there!"
The speaker was imo of two young men
who had come up to the mountains on a
pedestrian and sketching expedition from
the city of Philadelphia. As he spoke,
ho laid his hand on his companion's arm.
The person lie addressed looked, and saw
a littic girl, about ten years old, ad van
cing in an old blackberry path, hue was
js brown as a berry from oxposurc to the
sun, aud her feet and arms, were bare,
but there was a grace about her, as she
came tripping forward, that a prineees
might have envied. Justin front of her
a spider had s-pun his trap across the path
and, :a the young man spoke, she slightly
stooped ht'r head, a nd raising her bauds
pushed the cobwebs nidc. Il was this
artless, natural movement which comple
ted the picture.
"I should like to paint her,'1 said he
who had spoken.
"Wliat! love at first sight?" answered
his companion, laughing. 'To think of
the fastidious Clarence losing his hrart to
a sunburnt fairy ! Your are eighteen, and
she about ten oh ! you can afford to
wait."
The conversation had been carried on in
whispers. Tho child, still advancing, had
by this timo conic opposite to the two
young men . On seeing them she stopped
...wl ...., ..1 n.,,..,,ot., nf tlinm nQ n minr '
leer that had never been hunted may be
, . . ,
?PPZ en.e3 t ,o Z.V. Her lrZ
faking face, as she thus stood graceful-
ly arrested, was not less beautiful, in its
ii'nif llion linr rWTlf fltrfirP.
Mv d..:,r" said the last sneaker.
"would you like to be made into a picture ? i,ol,,,S sl attention, but it had failed to Stanley. You will be quite at homo in
My friend here is a painter, and will g'.vc , "ty thc hWer rations of her ua- hcr set," ho added bowing to Nellio
you a dollar if you will let him sketch ' turo-aspiratiuns which had been bom in .for it is by common consent, the most
i her blood, and which camo of ccnerations cultivated in thc citv."
yTho mrl looked from tho speaker to his
friend Something in tho fetter's faec
eocmed to restore tho natural confldenco
which the free and easy air
nf llm nrl.nr
i had for the moment shaken, bho drew
coolv up to him, as if for protection.
t t ' ...
"I havo read of picturos, ' sho said,
STlnrr nr. in his face, "but novcr saw one.
f Is it a real picturo of mo you will make ?" i conscious that thero were other poople bo
, Tho artless appealing of tho child wont) side tho dull, plodding ones with whom
Uo tho young man's heart. Ho would as
soon havo joined in bantering her as in
bantering a sister. Ho took her hand as
Ihn replied, f,I will make as good a picturo
I .... .
m voums I can. if yon will lot mo a pic
K' X. ......
re dike ono ol these f nn-i no opoucu
Kibs pprtfqlio, ,wh'ch contlancd
vqrious
. '
Bketohes. . "
Oh ! how beautiful 1" cried the child
It was evident that a new World had opened
to hcr. Shocazod breathlossly a sketch
.I-... t.ii. r.ii it. inc im.l Vinnn r.nmi.
Kivui t.ntiyti.nu ,fiw mm n
ncd', mditliGii licayed a deep si'ghw .,
' , I,
mm
''Please, sir," said she timidly, at last, I
"will you give mo my picturo when you j
have painted it 1"
''No 1" intorposcd the other young man
'but we will give you a dollar. j
She turned on tho speaker, let go tho
hand sho had been holding, and drew her-!
self up with sudden haughtiness
''I do not want your dollar," she said'
with proud delicacy. She was turning to
escape, when the artist, recovering her
hand said soothingly, "never mind him,
my dear, I will paint two pictures, and
give you one. Come will that do 1''
Rsassurcd, the child took the position
indicated to her, and Clarence Harvard,
for that was the young nrtist's name, be
gan rapidly painting llcfore noon, two
hasty sketches in oil wcro finished.
''There," he said,drawing a long breath
'you have been as quiet as a little mouse
and I am a thousand times obliged to you.
Tako that home," and he handed her the
sketch, ''and may be, some of those days,
you will think of him who gave it to you.
"That 1 will, all my life long," artlessly
said the child, raptuiously gazing on her
now poscssion with an enthusiasm partly
bom of the artist soul within her, and
partly tho results of a child's pride in what
is its own especial property.
"Oh I yes," interposed the other youth,
"you will promise to be his wife some day
won't you, Miss Cobwebs I"
The child's eyes flashed as she turned
on the speaker. Her instinct, from the
first, had made her dislike the sneering
man. She stamped her pretty foot, and
retorted, saucily, ''I'll never be yours af
any rate, j on old snappiug-turtle ;" and,
as if expecting to have her cars boxed, il
caught, she darted away, disappearing rap
idly down the path whence she had come.
Clarence Harvard broke into a merry
laugh, in which, after a moment of anger,
his companion joined him.
"You deserve it richly," said Claret co:
'it's a capital nickname, too ; I shall call,
you nothing else, after this, than snapping
turtle."
"Hang the littic jade !" was the reply.
'One wouldn't think she was so smart.
lint what a'shrew she will make I I pity
tho clodhopper she marries ; she'll hen
peck him out of all peace, and send him to
an early grave."
Nothing more was said, for at that mo
ment a dinner horn sounded, and then
young men rose to return to the roadside
inn where they had stopped tho night be
fore. Their time was limited, and that
evening, knapsacks on back, they were
miles away from the scene of the morning.
A week later they were both home in the
city, Clarence hard at work perfecting him
self in his art, and his companion delving
at Coke and Blaekstonc.
Years passed. Clarence Harvard had
risen to be an artist of eminence His pic
tures were the fashion ; ho was tho fashion
himself. Occasionally, as he turned oven to the farm. Nellie appcand, beautifully
hi older sketches, he would como upon ' attired, iu a neat morning dress, and look
''Cobwebs," as he was accustomed, laugh-' jDg so fresh and sparkling, in spiio of tho
ingly, to caU tho sketch of the child ; and 1 atc hoUrs of the night before, that it could
then for a moment he. would wonder vhat
had become of the original ; but, except1
on mesa rare oecatiuus, uu nuui
thought ol her.
Not so with the child herself. Nellie
Bray was a poor orphan, tho daughter of
a decayed ccntlcnicn. who after her fath-
donlh had bocn b,V IuatornM
uuclc. liviii.tr on a wild.upland farm among
AHeghanies. Her childhood, from her
recollection, had been spent amu
the drudgery of a farm. Ibis rude but,
free life had given her tho springy step
' alld ruddy chcck which l,ad attracU'd thc
of antecedent culture. Tho first occasion
1 on which these higher impulses had found
' congonial fcod was when she hail met the
' voutif art st. She cni'r cd her sketch
homo nud would never part with it. His
refined, intellectual face, haunted all her
i, , ,.i .1... i i.
. uay areanis. rroin muuiuur, u uuw uio-
ment entered into her lite ; sno uccamo
Her lot uau been east;, sno aspircu ojisc
to thc level of such ; all her loisunfhours
were spout in studying ; gradually,ihrough
her influcnco, her uuclo's household grew
' ... i . t.
- uioro or less ruunuu, uuu, uuany, ui
,1 ,. t.! If I.... t.!it,..o Moll!,.
, uucio uiuuvu uuuamu suiuiuwu ui ucuk.,
ami, as no uau no euuureu, couscuicu, m
I his wife's entreaty, to send tho young girl
. ..I -i i.i . i .. .
At eighteen tho barefooted rustio, whom
tho young artist had sketched, had dawned
into n beautiful and accbmnlishod woman
. .
who' aftcr'having carried'off ' tho Uighesl
. ' ' " " 1 1 ' 1 1
prizes at school, was hello of llio country
town, near which her uncle's possesions
lay. For, meantime, tliat uncle hail been
growing rich, liko most prudent formers,
partly from the judicious investments of
hit savings. But, in spite her many suit-
ors, Nelly had never yet scon a face that
appeared to her half so handsomely nstho
manly one of the young artist, whoso kind ,
gdiltlo words and maimer, eight years be-
fore, lnid lived in her memory ever since, as beautiful as possible. Perhaps, too,
Often, after a brilliant company, where there was a half formed resolved to bring
she had been queen of the evening, she the offender to her feet in revenge,
found herself wondering, in her chamber, A groat surpriso awaited her. When
if she shouldcvcr sue th.it face again. 'she entered tho prawinjj room that even
'Arc you going to the ball next week J" 'g the first stranger she saw was the
said one of Nellie sfiicnds to her. 'Thoy j itlcntical Clarence, who hat! painted
say it is to be the most splendid affair w'u her as a barefooted littic girl, and then,
havo ever had. My brother tells me that ; for tho first time, it flashed upon her that
Sir. Mowbray, the c oqiicut lawyer from
Philadelphia, who is in the great case here
is to bo preseut."
"I expect to go," was tho nnswer.
"Hut Mr. Mowbray being thcrowou't bo
tho inducement."
"Oh, your aro so beautiful, .you can af
fold to be indifferent. But all Mio other
girls arc dying at the very thoufh'
j lie uau came on, anu was rcauy su
perb. Mr. Mowbray was there, too with
all his hurcls. The "great will case,"
which had agitated the country for so many
months, had been concluded that very day .
and been decided in lavor of his client. j
Mn sunt, snornl, na Mr. Mnwhra's it w.'is
univcrsally admitted, had ever been heard
in the court house. Its alternate wit and (
argument had carried the jury by storm,
so that they had civen a -crdict without '
lcaving tho box. The young lawyer, at
that ball, was like a hero froh from the cveuing she consented, at Miss biancly s
battle field. A hundred eyes followed his , request, to play and sing. She first dasli
forn., a hundred fair bossnms beat quicker ed off brilliant waltzes,, then played bits
as ho approached. But he saw only one of a few operas, and at last, at Mr Mow
in all that brilliant assembly and it was ' bray's solicitation sang several ballads
v.u: n ..i r i.. ;!!T..ii:,,n., Few persons had such a sympathetic voice,
ill' i:. 11UL L'l.llLillll 1U1 11. UL1 , II li. 1 lllllib
face, her style and beauty, arrested him
Q-- -- Q
the moment he entered ; he saw that she
had no peer in the room ; and he devoted
himself to her almost exclusively, through
out the evening.
Nor had Nellie ever shone so brilliantly.
She could not but feel that it was a groat
compliment to be thus .singled out from
among so many. But the had another mo
tive lor exerting herself to shine. At tho
very first glance, sho recognizod iu Mr.
Mrt.vlirnt.' 1 lii rm,i nn in An nf fli nrfi.l wllft
V.V....,
had sketched her eight years bat
back In
hopes to hear something of his fiiend, she
turned tho conversation upon art, tho city
childhood, and everything elso that she
thought might be suggestive; but in vain.
She could not be more definite, bccauo
he wished to control hrr own identity, for
it was evident Mr Mowbray did not know
hrr; besides, her natural delicacy shrank
from inquiring about a perfect stranger.
The next day, as soou as etiquette al-
lower!. Mr. Mowhrav was seen drivinn un
hardly be considered flattery nben her
visitor assured her that she looked loveli-
cr than her loveliest roses. Mr. Mow-
, or than ncr loveliest roses.
bray was full of regrets at cruel fato'whioh
he said, compelled him to return to the
city. He could not conceal his joy when
Nellie's aunt, inadvcr'antlv, and much to
, Nellie's secret annoyance, let out the fact
that in tho fall Ncllv was lo nav a visit to
J an old scboolmatc in Philadelphia, Miu
( Marv Stanley
''Ah, indeed !" cried tho visitor, and
),is face flushed with pleasure. "1 am so
' delighted
I havo tho honor to know Miss
Nellie bowed coldly. Her old distrust
m the tpoakor had revived again.
Through all tho polish of l.U manner, and
' in snite of i s deferent a ai m ration she
recognized the same sneering sjiirit, which
believed in nothing truo or good, from
which she had shrunk instinctively when
a child. During the interview sho was
civil, but nor more, She could uot, how
ever, avoid being beautiful; nor could she
help speaking with tho intelligence and
spirit which always characterized her
conversation i and so Mr. Mowbray wont
away moro in love than ever,
A few months later found Nellie domi
cilcd for tho winter in Philadelphia.
Hardly had sho changed her traveling
dress when her friend eamo to her cham
ber. i ' ."I want you to look your prettiest to
night,' Sft'id Miss Stanley : "for I expect
a crowd of boa'us, and among th,cmAMr,
- - 1 o "i
Mowbray, the brilliant ybuag lawyer, aud
1 1 1 ' ' ' ' 1
Mr. Havard. Tho former claims to have
met you, and raves everywhere about your
beauty. The latter, who is a great artist,
and very critical, laughs at his friend's
cnthusias, and says ho would bot you arc
only a common rustic, with checks like
pcoines. 'So I wish you to convort the hor-
ctic."
"Only a common rustic," sail Ncllio to
herself, heartily, and she resolved to be
jtuu was tho great artist who had spoken
contemptuously oi ucr enarms. ncr no
tion provod correct ; for Miss Stanley5
immediately advancing, presented tho
stranger to her ns Mr. Harvard. A
glance into his face reassured Nellie of his
identity, and satisfied her that ho had not
recognized her ; and then she turned away
after a haughty courtesy, to receive tho
eager felicitations of Mr. Mowbray,
There were conflicting emotions at war
in her bosom that evening. All her old
romance about Clarence wa3 warned upon
i ...... 1 i t rr
h licr indignation, as a belief at his sligh
'mS remarks and at his present indifllrcn
CO J lor ilC liaU made no attempt tO 1111-
P" his introduction, but left hercntircly
to the crowd of other beaus; prominent
among whom was Mr Mowbray. Piqued
alltl excited, Nellie was even moro boauti-
ul ad witty than usual. Late in the
and Clarence, who was passionately fond
of music, drew near, fascinated. After
singing, ''Arc you sure the news is true ?
"Bonnie Dundee," and others which had
been asked for, Clarence said .
' And mny'I; too, a.-k for my favorite?'
''Certainly, Sir," sho auswored, with
the least bit of hauteur. "What is it.'"
"Ob ! too sad, perhaps, lor so gay a
compan -. 'The Land of the Real.' I
hardly dare hopo you will consent."
It was her favorite also, and her voice
i.l.l 1 ..
s"gully ircruuieu as ouu uuguu. ni
this or some other cause, she sang it as
even she had never sung it before, aud
wheu she fini.-hed her eyes were full of
tears. She would have given much to havo
seen Clarence's face, but she could
trust herself to look up ; and partly to
conceal her emotion, partly by a suddeu
impulse, sue siruci; into mc huhiuu ui
Trovatore." Nobody there had ever
before realized the full tragedy of that
saddest, yet uioH beautiful dirgo. Even
. . 1 ..... . C
tnc soiusii heart oi mr. luowuray was at
fected. When tho last chord had died
away, he was tho first one to speak, and
ho was profuse in admiration and thanks.
i i r i ...t i .....:..- xr it:.. .
uut 'Jreuu BJ,U uul"'uS'
Jast, looking towards him, saw that his
c had bCen dim aS WcU 39 h" 0ffn-
Sho leu that his silence was the most
eloquent of compliments, ami from that
j'(our ,or8avu u.ini,or navinS ,:alloa hCT a
cmmon rusiic "
tiiarcncesoou oceanic a constant visitor
at Mr. Stanley's. But he always found
Mr' o wbra, there before him, who end
cavored in every way to monopolize Nel
lie's attention. Reserved, if not absolu
tely, ' larenco left the field generally lo
his rival; and Nellie, half Indignant, was
sometimes tempted to affect a gayety in
Mowbray'a company which she was far
from feeling. Occasionally, however,
i Clarence would assert his equal right to
6"arc tl,u company of Miss Stanley's guest
' and at such times his eloquent talk soon
eciipscu uvi-u iu. . - -
ealu- Aau.u , u av, nuu.i,
it was Buskin against Voltaire, And the
more Clarence engaged in these conver
sations, the moro he felt that, for tho first
time in his lifo, ho had met ono who un
derstood him.
One moru'iDc tho footman came up to
thc littic paneled boudoir whero Nelli
and her friend woro sitting, saying that
Mr. Mowbray was in tho parlor, and sol
icited a private interview with the former.
Ncllio rose at once, for she foreboded what
was coming, and was ouly too glad to
havo this early opportunity of stopping
attentions which had become unondurable
to her,
Mr. Mowbray was cvidontly embarrass
cd. nn unusual thin;; for him. But ho ral
i 44 i k 1 I
lic'd, 'and, camo dircotly to tho purpose of
l,i .-..:' ifs.'i. ....' J m.ii:. t...i i
lilts visiij wuicu was, as ncmu uuubusjiuki'
cd, to tender her his heart and hand. He
was prooocding in a strain of high-flown
compliment, when Ncllio said, with an im
patient wave of tho hand.
' Sparc mc, tir. Youdid not always
talk bo."
Ho looked his astonishment.
"Many years ago I answered you the
same qucjtion which you now ask.
He colored up to tho temples. "I sur
elydonot deserve," ho thon said, "to j
bo made a jot of,"
"Neither do I make a jost of you. Do
you uol know mc?"
'I novrr saw you tilt thia summer."
"You saw me eight years ago. You
and a friend woro on a pedestrain tour.
You met a littlo barefooted jjifl, whom
your friend mado a sketch of, and whom
you jeered at and then nicknamed.'' And
rising, she mado a mock oourtesy, for sho
saw sho was now recognized : I am 'Cob
webs,' at your servics, sir I"
The discomfited suitor never forgot tho
look of disdain with which Nelly courtcsicd
to him. His mortification was not lessen
ed when, on leaving the houso, he met
Clarence on the door steps. Ho tried in
vain to assume an indifferent aspect, but
he felt that he had failed, and that his
rival suspected his rejection.
Nelly could not avoid laughing at the
crestfallen look of her old enemy. Her
whole manner changed, however, wheu
Clarence entered. Instead of tho triumph-
ant, saucy tormentor, she became tile
conscious, trembling woman. Clarenco,
who had longed for, yet dreaded this in
terview, took courago at once, and in n
fuw nianly words, eloquent with emotion,
laid his fortune at his Nelly's feet.
Poor Nelly felt moro like crying with
joy than anything else. But a littic of
the old raucy spirit was left in her. Sho
thought she owed it to hcr sex uot to sur
render too easily , aijd so she said, archly
glancing up at Clarenco :
"Do you know, Mr. Harvard, whom
you are proposing to ? I am no heiress,
no highborn city belle; but ouly lot me
see what is it? only a common country
rustic." And sho rose ami courUsiod to
him .
"For Heaven's sake don't briii-thatt
foolish speech up against mc !" he cried,
passionately, trying to take hcr hand.
"I have repented it a thousand times daily
since tho unlucky moment I was betrayed
into saying it. Do me thc jusiice to be
1 ovc that I never meant it to bo personal."
"Well, then, I will say nothing more ol
that matter. But this is ouly a whim of
yours. How is it, that, haviLg known
me so long, you ouly now discover my
merits ?"
"Known you so long ?"
"Yes, sir," demurely.
"Known you ?''
"For eight years."
"Good heavens I" ho cried suddonly,
his whole face lighting. "How blind I
have been I Why did I not see it before ?
You are'1
"Cobwebs," said Nellie, she taking the
words out of his mouth, her whole face
sparkling with glee; andshs drew off and
gave another sweeping courtesy.
Before she had recovered heiself, how
ever a pair of strong arms were around
her, for Clarence divined now that ho was
loved. Nellie, all along had a half sc
crct fear, that when her suitor know the
past, he might not be so willing to inarty
the barefooted girl as the brilliant belle,
but all this was now gono.
Two months later there was a gay
wedding at St. Mark's, A month after
that, a bridal pair returning from tho wed
ding tour, drove up to a handsome house
in Philadelphia. As Clarence led Ncllio
through thc rooms, in which his perfect
taste was seen everywhere, sho gave way
to exclamation after exclamation of de
light.
t t last they reached a tiny boudoir, ex
quisitely carpeted and curtained. A jet of
gas buttling iu an alabaster vase, diffused
a soft light through tho room. A solitary
picture hung on the walls. It was the
original sketch of her, eight years before,
now very elegantly framed. Tho tears
gushed to Nellie's eyes, and she throw
hersclfinto licr husband's arms.
"Ah 1 how I love you I" she cried.
Nobody who sees that picturo suspects
its origin. It is too sacred a subject tor
either Nellie or Claronce to allude to.
But it was ouly tho other day that a oele
uraicu icaucr ot lasnion said to a iricuu :
''What a queer pet naino Mr. Harvard
has for his beautiful bride ! Iu anybody
cise except a genius it woum uo ccceuiriu
But you do not know how pretty it, souuds
1 iron) his lips."
"What is il?"
I "Ujbwcbsl"
Tilo ijcSfc Way to Put Monoy out
at IntoroSt.
The following information wo insert in
our columns for the bencfitof our readers :
From the Philadelphia Ledger, March 27.
Ono of tho most surprising things in
the recent conversion ol greenback
notes into tho popular rive-Twenty six
per cent. Government loan at par, is the
universalis of tho call. Wo happened
in ycstoiday, nt tho office of Jay Uook,
who is tho agentfor the sale of these loans,
found his table literally covered with or
ders and accompanying drafts of almost
all amounts, from five thousand to a bun
dled thousand dollars each, and from alt
parts of tho Union. The littlo States Ol'
Delaware and New Jersey aro free lakers,
as are also Pennsylvania, New York and
tho New England States. But the West
is most especially an aetivo taker, as well ,
through hcr banks as by individuals.
The amount of orders lying beforo us, all
received during thc day, amounted lojif-
teen hundred tliousawl dollars. With this
spontaneous proffer of money, Secretary
Chase must feel himself entirely at caso,
and will tako care to put himself beyond
those money sharpers, whose chief study J
is how to profit themselves most from tho
troubles of thc country and thc necessities
ofiho treasury. There aro millions of
dollars lying idle all overdue country, and ball as much income tax as if your money
while tho uncertainty existed as to what was invested tn Mortgages or other sccu
Congrcsa would do, and tho bullion bro-1 titles. I consider the Udvcrnnicnt bonds
kers were successful in running up gold to as first of all all otqcr Bontjs arc taxed
thc discredit of thc Government issues, 1 oncquartcr per cent; to pay tho interest
this capital was clutched close. But as on tho Government Bonds, and th6 Sup.
tho policy and measures of tho Secretary rcmo Court of the United States has just
of thc Treasury are gradually developed, 1 decided that no State, or City, or County
confidence iu the Government and in the 'Can tax GovernmentTlonds.
future is strcngthencdi and holders arc mh, The present bounded debt of
now anxious to make their long unem- the United States is less than 300,000,000
ployed means productive heilco tho ready including thc scvon and thrso tenths
and liberal investment in the Five-Twenty trecsury notes, but tho Government owes
loant at par. Almost every town and enough more in tho shape of legal lenders
village throughout the country baa indi- deposits in tho sub .treasuries, Certificates
vidual holders of money ,to larger amounts 0f indobtcdnes, &o , to Increase tho- debt
probably than ever before at one time, for to eight or nine hnndrcd millions. Sec
which satisfactory takers cannot be found, retary Chase has calculated that the debt
Many of those arc now investors in thoso may reaoh one thousand, seven hundred
loans, and tho number of such is likely (0 millions, if tho rcpellion will not last six
increase, until the demand shall put all the rrionths longer. It is, however, believed
Government loans on a par with, at least, now that it will not last six months long-
the loans of tho various incorporated com-
nanics. '1 he country banks arc also free
takers for themselves aud their customers.
On thc 1st of July this Fivo-'l wenty Year
loan will, under tho law, lie withdrawn.
IIerks County, Pa., March 20 1802.
Jay vJooic, esq,
Unitcd Stales Loan Agent.'
114 South Ttihu St. Phil.
Dear Sir:
I seo in youk "papers that you are sel
ling for thc Government a new Loan call
ed "Five Twenties." I expect to have
shortly a few thousand dollars to spare,
;ind as I have made uo my mind that the
Government Loans arc safe and good,
and that it is my duty and interest, at
this time, to put my moucy into them in
prclcreucc over any other loans or stocss
I write to get information of you as fol
lows :
1st. Why are thoy called 'Fivo-Twcn-ties
V
2nd Do you take country money, or
only Legal Tender Notes, or will a chect
on Philndclpcia, or New York, answer
for Subscriptions?
3d. Do you sell the Bonds at Par ?
1th. As I cannot come to Philadel
phia, how am 1 to get tho Bonds ?
5th. What Interest do they pay, aud
how and when and whero it is paid, nud
is it paid in Gold or Legal Tenders ?
Oth. flow docs Secretary Chase get
enough Gold to pay this Interest
7th. Will the face ol the Bonds bo
paid in Gold when due?
8th. Can I have tho Bonds payable to
Bearcs with Coupons, or registered and
payable to my order t
Oth. What sizes aro tho bonds?
10th. Will I have to pay the same as I
now pay on my llai'road or other Bonds?
11 th. What is thc present debt of the
Government, and what nmount it is likely
to reach if tho Ilebellion should last a
year or two longer ?
12th. Will secretary unasc getcnougu
from Custom House duties aud Internal
Kevenue, Income Taxes, &e., d., to mako
it certain that ho can pay tho lulorcst
punctually ?
I have no doubt that a good many of
my neighbors would like to take these
Bonds, and if you will answer my question
I wilt show tho letter to them.
Very Respectfully,
SM-F .
0
Your letter of tho 20th in4. is received
and I will cheerfully nivo you the infor-
I matiorj desired by answering your question,
1 iu due o'dcr.
I 1st. Thoso Bonds are called "Ftve
t Twenties" because, while they aru 20 year
i Bonds, they may be redeemed by the Gov
eminent in Gold at any time alter five
years. Many peopio supposo tuat tne in
terest is only 5 20 per cent. This is 11
mistake ; they pay six per cent. Interest
2nd. Legal Tender notes or checks up
.t..T
on Philadelphia or New York that will
biitiK LecalTcnders, aro what the Sccro
tarv allows mc to receive. No doubt your
nearest bank will give you a check or Lo-
'gal Tenders for your country luuds,
3d. The bonds aro sold at par, tho In
tcrest to commence the day you pay the
money
I 4th, I havo made arrangements with
your nearest Bank or Banker, who will
I trcncrall v have tho Bonds on hand. If
u,ot, you can send the money to mo by
Express, dnd I will send back tile Bonda
free of cojtf
fillip The bonds pay six per cent in
toreet is gold, three por cents every six
months, on tho first day of May and Nov.
at tho mint iu Philadelphia, or at any sub
treasury in New York or elsewhere. If
you have Coupon Bonds, all you have to
is to cut tho proper coupon off oach six
months, and, collect il yottrsclf or glvo it .
to bank for collection. If you havo Reg
istered bonds, you can givo your bank a
power df attorney to collect tho interest
for yoil.
Oth. Thc duties on imports of all ar
ticles from abroad must be paid in gold,
and this is the way Secretary Chase gets
his gold. It is now being paid into tho
Treasury dt thc rate of two hundred ilinu .
8and dollars each day, which is twice as
much as ho needs to pay tho interest in
gold.
71b. Congress has provided that tho
bonds shali be paid In gold wlien duo.
eili. Ydu can have either Coupon
Bonds payable to the berrcr, or registered
bonds payable to your order,
Oth. Tho former aro in 50's, 100'e,
500 s and tOJO's, the latter in same
amounts, also, 5,000's and 10.000.
10th. No, yon will not havo to pay
any taxor on these bonds i, your income
from them doos not excend S000; and on
all above 8000 you will have to pay ono
er; but even if it docs, our National debt
wiU be small compared with that of Great
B.ittain or France, whilst our resources
nr0 vally greater.
1 2th. I havo no doubt that revenue
wiU not only be ample to pay tho ordinary
expenses ot the Uovernment and all m-
tcrest on thc debt, but leave at least ono
hundred mil 10ns annually toward paying
off the debt, and that the Government will
be able to get out of debt its It was twice
before in a few years after tho close of
the war.
I hope all who have idlo money will at
, once nurclnre tho e Fivd-Twentv Year
j Bonds, Tho r.ghi to demand them for
legal Tenders will end on the first day of
July, 1803, as per tho following author-
IZuli notuc:
si'CcIal notice.
On and alter July 1st 1803, tho privi
lege of convertiag the present issuo of Le
gal Tender Notes into the national six per
c;nt loan, (commonly called "Five Twen-
tie ) will cease
All who wish to invest in the Fivo-
Tweniy loan must, therefore apply boforo
thc 1st, of July next.
Jay Cooke, subscription agent,
No 114 S. Third Street, Phila.
Those who neglect tbesa six per cent
bonds the Interest and Principal of which
they will get in gold, may havo occasion
to regret it. I am, very truly, your friend
Jay Cooke,
Subscription Agent,
At Office of Jay Cooko & Co.,
No. 114 S. Third St.,- Philadelphia.
The Banks and Bankers of your and
adjoining counties will keep' a supply of
these bonds on baud, if you prefer to- go
there and get them.
BQr Why, Pete, you've got back from
Dodd's carley ; isn't Buth tuhuml' in
quired a Yaukeo girl of her awkard bro
ther, who hud started a courting about an
hour before. "Yaas, sho was there; but
I and thc old wan didn't agree very well,
so ho gin me a hint, and I left.." Ji hint,
what sort of a hint?" Wall, heoponcd
tlci'oor,aud pointed down towirdsorr
house, and kiuded raised his right foot as
though he wra going to kiek, and I felt so
ashamed of such conduct before Ruth,
that I started off without saying anothor
single word.''
Bt?" A fricud of a soldier who was suf
fering from a wound iHat may oiuso him
to be a cripple tor life, tho other day said
to him ;
'Well, Tom do you feel like coinKback
iuto the army when you shall Havo recov
ered troin tho ettect of your wound !,
1 lie soldier thought a1 moment' aud then
replied :
'No Ibolicvc notunlcs I could go back
oither as an officer or a nisscr.'
JBaJf If a stupid fellow in- going up for
competitive examination',, why should hu
study the litter PI Becuise it oin mako
even an asi P-ass
iSjr If you want your neighbors to know
"who you aro," give a party and don't
' uvito the folks "wholivo next door."