VOLUME 3.
Filon BAL'TIMOBE.
The Troubles About the Baltimore
Police Commissioners.
The Baltimore American of Monday
The loyal heart of this i.ity boen
d cc plv stirred by the attempt of Gov.
Swann —instigated by "southern sympa
thiters" —to violate, for political purpo
ses, the plain letter and spirit of the
jaw's of the State. This is manifented in
;he quiet and earnest manner in which
tho loyal people discuss this all-absorbing
question, and in the unanimous determin
ation expressed to demand and enforce a
strict observance of the law in any ac
,i0 p which the Governor may take in the
premises.
During the session of the Police Hoard
yesterday it was rumored that they were
called upou by Columbus O'Dounell and
Benjamin Deford, Esquires, who gave
(he substance of an interview they had
with Governor Swann on Saturday eve
ning, they having presented him a letter
signed by some ot the directors ol the
First National Hank, of which he is
President, together with the signntures
of a number of leading and influential
citizens, urging him to desist in his ru.
inored purpose of removing tho 1 olicc
Board. They reported the Govornor to
have declare 1 that he had no intention to
proceed hastily in the matter, and that
bo bad discovered some of the charges
made against the Hoard to be misrepre
sentations of fact. He was assured by
these gentlemen that the charge made
against them of having failed, in nccor>
dance with law, to provide a bos for re-
jeoted ballots, was unfounded, such a box
having been furnished to the judges of
each precinct, and that the ju ices con
ducted the election stri.-tly in accordance
with the instructions of Attorney Ccn
eral llandall, recognizing no one as a vo
ter at tho municipal election whose name
was not found upon the registry of last
Tho Governor in also understood to
have intimated to these gentlemen that
ilie character of tho men who had this
witter in hand, as indieaf~d by tl.c rc
maiks of their spokesman on tho occa
tsion of presenting the memorial and affi
davits, was not such as ho had expected.
That his remarks in reply to Mr. Herring
were intended by him to discourage those
engaged in it, anil his subsequent sum
mons of the Commissioners was intended
fur a calm and impartial investigation ol
the charges
The Governor, however, is said to have
intimated tl,at there was one branch of
tho complaint made that was reasonable,
nnd that is, that the Judges <;f Election
were composed of geotljmcn altogether
of one political party. He thought the
Hoard ought to remedy that objcctjou by
appointing one judge and one clerk to
each precinct from the Conservative par
ty, which would, probably, harmonize the
difficulty. This matter, although not in
the form of a proposition from the Gov
ernor, was under consideration yesterday,
having been presented by Messrs: Deford
mid O'Donncll as one of the points of
their conversation with tho Governor.
We have heard indirectly that Messrs.
O'Donnell and Dcford were authorized
by the Board to inform the Governor, in
reply to thi# proposition, that the judges
bad already been appointed, but that in
case of any resignations or vacancies oc
curring, they woubFuppoint loyal Swann-
Johnson men to fill them, both as judges
and clerics, if any such could be found
willing to serve-
The Board of Police Commissioners
were in consultation during the mqrning
with their special counsel, Messrs. Thos.
Alexander, Archibald Sterling, Jr., and
Henry Stockoridge, Ksquires. It is ru
mored that a communication was made
to them by General Columbus O'Donncll
and Benjumin Deford, Esq., in which
there was an intimation that tha matter
might bo settled by a compromise, based
on a conversation tKey had with the Gov
ernor on Saturday everuing. This not
comiue direct from the Governor, was of
course not considered, the only question
'for their consideration being the sum
mons of the Commissioners to appear be
fore the Govornor this morning at the
•Executive Chamber, at Annapolis, at ten
• o'clock. t
We have no official information as to
/jie course to be pursued by the Ronrd.
but it was rumored last night that they
had resolved not to appear iu person, in
answer to tj>e summons of the Governor)
:W that thou counsel will proceed to
Anuapolis this morning, and enter a for
mal protest in writing against the juris
diction of 1119 Governor in the matter. —
That they will dpuy his right to reaicve
them on the charges made, or to investi
gate those ohpries with the view to (IK,
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AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Removal, further than to b/ise proceedings
before a competent legal tribunal for
their trial for any alleged misdemeanor
that may be brought against them.
If this version of the course resolved
upon by the is correct, a direct
conflict of authority arises between the
Govornor and the Hoard, and the Gover
nor will probably proceed with the inves
tigation in their absence. Whether the
counsel of tho Hoard will take any further
part in the matter we are not informed.
The committee who presented the
memorial lor tlie removal of the Hoard,
headed by George W. Ilerving, it is an -
nouneed, are also summoned to appear
before the Governor at the Kxecutive
Chamber this looming. There will,
therefore, doubtless be a lan;o attendance
at Annapolis to-day of the friends and
opponents of the Hoard.
It is understood that about one hund
red and twenty affidavits have boen laid
before Jiis Excellency, probably R half
dozen of which contain vaguo charges oi
rather a personal character against the
Police Commissioners. These have boen
taken before several magistrates, who,
doubtless, are expecting a reappointment
in view of their valuablo services in this
connection, many of tho documents bear
ing palpable evidence of having been en
tirely drawn up by these irreproachable
officials. The bulk of the affidavits, it is
understood, embraces charges against tho
judgos ol" the recent election, because of
their having acted upon tde interpreta
tion given to tho law by the highest law
(fficer of the State, at the request of
Govornor Swann Many of these recon
structed "southern sympathizers" seem
highly indignant at what they term a dis
regard of their "Nearest rights," after
some of them have perjured themselves
in order to secure its er.oiciso for the
purpose of rewarding traitors and their
allies.
Tho " Hoys iu Hlijp"and the members
of the several Union Leagues were busi
ly engaged in canvassing tho city on Sat
urday, and enrolling tho names of such
of our loyal citizeus as pledged thonnelves
to support the city authorities it) resisting
Mr. Swann's interference.
On Saturday evening an enthusiastic
meeting of tho committee appointed on
Friday evening assembled at the rooms
of the Unconditional Union Centra! Com
mittee to tpport the result of their day's
work. Gen. Woolly presided,, with Col.
Smith a? Secretary. Over five thousand
men were reported as ready and willing
to sustain the Commissioners jn the dis
charge of their duties and for the pre
scrvation of tho peace and good order of
the city. The men who defended Mary
land at Antictaui and Gettysburg are not
wiiiing now that the victory then gainod
shall be thrown away at this time.
It is said that Majof General John It.
Kcnly. Major General Dcnnison aud
Brigadier General Woolly liave all visit
ed tho Mayor and Commissioners, anl
tendered their se: vices in any capacity.
Governor Swann remained in the city
all day yesterday, and will goto Annapo
lis this morning. lie was in consulta
tion yesterday with Ex Gov. Pratt, Outer
bridge Ilcrsy, and .T.Dixon Roman. .
Hon. lteverdy .Johnson has given the
following opinion ou the subject:
BALTIMORE, October 20, 1866.—T0
Messrs. Alfred I*. Evans, J. S. Shipley
and 11. l\, Bulany,—Gentlemen : Your
note of yesterday is received. I reg;«t
that professional engagements, which I
tm nojr discharging, and which promise
to occupy all of the coming week, put it
out of my power to act as counsel iu-the
matter you reter to.
In compliance with a verbal request of
one of you members, I proceed briefly to
state my opinion on the legal question
the matter presents.
lias the Governor, in the recess of the
General Assembly, the power to ncijiove
the Police Commissioners of tha city for
'■official misconduct?" I have ng doubt
that Ue has.
The wordß of the law are so plain as
to admit of but 0110 construction. The
duties of tho board aro proscribed, and
to guaid against failure to perform them
(a contingency that might happen), the
law Baj s, "for official misconduct, any of
tho said commissioners may bo removed
by a concurrent vote of the two houses of
tho General Assembly, or by tho Gov
ernor during the recess thereof."
This is the only provision on the sub
ject. The offcnco guarded against is
"official misconduct." The peualty for
it is not fine or imprisonment, bnt re
moval from office alone, and tho authori
ty to investigate all the facts aad enforce
the penalty is, if in session, the General
Assembly; it not in session, the Governor.
There being now a legislative recess, tho
juti.sdiotkin and the power to award tho
penalty is in the Governor. It i-t sug"
gested, T am told. that before bo can re-
"Let us have Faith that Right makss Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it'*--A. LINCOLN
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 18GG.
move the Commissioners, the fact of their
official misconduct must fce tried by a
court jury. This is absurd :
First. Because the courts are not
named in the law, either expressly or im
plied, as Laving any jurisdiction in the
case.
Second. Because the Governor, who
can alone render the judgment of re«
moral, has devolved upon him the entire
responsibility; and, that being so, it
must be for him exclusively to investi
gate and decide the facf, and not avoid
responsibility by relerring it to the cour/s
Third. Berause lie has no right to call
epon a court or a jury to assist him, and
no one else has such right.
Fourth. Because no matter what a
court might find to be the fact, it could
not, i" found one way, award the only
penalty that can be rendered, or if 112 ound'
in the other, deprive the Governor of his
power to a waul it, or absolve him from
tho duty of doing so.
And lastly, because his power, during
a legislative recess, is the same over the
facts and penalty as that of the Genoral
Assembly when in session ; and I sup
pose that no one will hold that that body
could only] act in association with or in
subordination to any courts of the State.
It is impossible, I think, for a sound
mind to entertain a doubt upon tho point.
The jong and well settled doctrine of
the President's power to remove officers
under tho Constitution of tho United
States is in conflict with such a theory.
It is now,'and has been since the organ
ization of tho government, settled that
the power exists.
The only doubt over entertained about
ft was that it was not coincident to tho
power of appointment; but that as that
power was in tho President and Senate
jointly, a removal required the sanction
of both. Noither in the debate, when
tho question was first agitated, nor in any
that has since been had, was it intimat< d
that if the power had been given in ex
press terms to the President, ho could
not exorcise it, or that it was not his du
ty to do so without tlie aid of any other
body, legislative or j udicial.
Upon tho whole, therefore, I have no
doubt that it is given to lh> Governor
a'one (tho Legislature not being in ses
sion) to investigate into tho truth of tho
allowed misconduct of the Police Com
missioners, and to remove them if he be
satisfied that they have been guilty of
"official misconduct."
Yours, respectfully,
JREVEUDT JOHNSON "
BALTIMORE} Oct. 213, Evening.—The
ca eof the Police Commissioners has
been postponed till Friday. Gen. Canby,
commander of the department, came here
today from Washington, and had an in
terview with the Mayor and Police Com"
missioners. It is understood that the ob
ject of his visit was to infoim himself as
to the condition of affairs in this city.
TH£ MISER'S FATE.
By Finley Johnson.
Tt is a bright, balmy morning, and the
dew drops arc quivering on the grass, as
if the stars of midnight had distilled their
essence on the earth. song of the
lark is rising loud and clear, while from
the cottago roof the red-breast is sending
forth his joyous notes. It is as yet too
early to hear the clang of the blacksmith's
hammer, or the voices in the" workshops.
A sense of quietness, peace and pleasant
ness is filling the soul, and therefore, dear
reader, come with me, and loiter awhile
in the old churchyard, where slumber the
dead in the presence of the living, lie
hold this simple grave, at whose head
stands bat a plain stone, bearing upon it
the initials W. G. You wonder who
sleeps below, and fain weuld know his
history. Then, come, and as we trudge
along to the village, over which the sun
is now throwing his golden beams, I will
raise the curtain of the past, and present
before you a picture in the scenery of
life—a page from the book of human de
pravity.
Walter Gordon was j-lie only child of
a poor farmer living in the western coun
try. His father had impressed upon his
youthful mind the necessity of economy,
and, as lie grew up to manhood, thoec
ideaslfook full possession of liim. He
was putin possession of a farm, and when
he found himself his own mas tor, all of
his dormant qualities beg&n to flow in a
natural channel. He made it his business
to seek eveiy poor farmer in the neigh
borhood, of whom he could purchase sale
able articles, always taking advantage of
tji«ir pgcessity. Gold, gold, was tho ob
ject of his heart's adoration. He fawned
and cringed, and coaxed, ground down
and to gain it, and he sueceded.
For the live of gold lie drove; his old
father from tho house, jjnd endeavored to
fi.-ter. hii'i on tho village poor-hou^e.—
Thc children of the village cursed hiin,
and his victims haunted liim day and
night. But what cared he? Gold was
his god, wrapped up in his own gloomy
thoughts, he strode aleng his path of de
solation. All of his servants he dis
charged, with the exception of his old
housekeeper, and himself hp almost
Starved so as to hoard up faster.
His mother mourned tho downward
course of her son; but all her admonitions
were vain. 'Tis strange how the love of
gold will corrode the human heart, how
it crushes beneath its sombre wings all
of tho nobler attributes of nature. 115
kept her in an old garret of a house which
ho had bought, an'd often would growl
and wish for her death whenever ho dealt
out her weekly pittance.
"Walter," said tho aged woman, one
day when ho visited her, "I am yonr
mother, and have a right to speak."
"Don't bo croaking, old woman, was
the harsh reply.
"Walter, I an a (lying woman; but I
toll you there is a curse upon you. Your
gold, ill got will do you no good. Heed
ipy words, God will curse you.''
"You are a fool; your preaching is not
wanted."
"That may be. Walter; but mark my
words—the last I shall ever speak to you
—-your gold is useless, for the wages of
sin is death!
Her words were true, they wore her last,
in a week she died! At her death he
sunk still lower in the depths of mean
ness, for while living she kept himundc
some restraint. Superstition with all its
gloomy train, took possession of him; and
distrust shrouded ljim in her sombre
wings. II is idol—his gold—had become
so precrous, that he could not find a place
sufficiently secure for its protection. He
lived in solitude, no friends ever came
noar him, no relative dared to visit him.
A largo aud ferocious bull dng was ever
at the c'oor to prevent the entranco of
strangerg. No person knew of his pro
ceedings, for ho was seldom seen outside
of the boundaries of his own garden. Re
ports wore freely circulated ef his im
mense wealth, of tho old chest which
contained tho gold—and of the treasures
hid about the premises. Time passed on
however, and harder grow Walter Gor
don, as the evening of his days drew on.
CHAPTER. II
It wa3 upon a cold and stormy night
that Walter Gordon sat alone in his soli
tary dwelling. The wind was roaring
around the old hut, and sounded in his
ears like the laughter of friends. The
housekeeper had gone to bed, and there
were none to disturb meditation. It was
indeed a cheerless night, the heavy drops
of rain pattered from the roof, and .came
in fitful gusts against the window. The
ticking of an old clock, the roaring of the
wind, and the throbings of his own heart
formed tho music of the miser's house,
lie was sitting upon an old chost, with
his arms folded, wrapped up within his
own thoughts. »The motion of kis dog,
as ho attempted to rise, attracted his at
tention.. 'llush, Pomey—lie down,' he
muttered, but a low whine was the only
rcsponsp to this command. Ho began to
grow uneasy, and as a shocking sound
cumc from the dog, he muttored: I won
dcr what makes him so uneasy to-night.
Come here, come here," in
a louder tone, now becoming seriously
alarmed.
The dog moved not a muscle.
liaising from his seat, the miser pro
ceeded 13 the corner where the dog lay,
and givicghim a kick, muttered an oath.
Stooping' down ho seized Ilia, dragged
him forth, and could scarcely retrain
from shrieking, when ho saw tha' the dog
was dead. Fears of some impending evil
he knew not what, took possession of him,
tho sweat stood out io large drops upon
his bro\y, and as he gazed upon the black
and swollen tongue of his dog, he trem
bled with fear, nc was aboul togo and
awaken the old woman, when a noise—
a cry—nndjthen a crash sounded upon his
cars. II(: was in the act of crying aloud
for help, wjieu he felt the grasp of a hand
upon his throat, and heard a voico hiss
ing in his ears:
-Come, old boy, no noise; but wherc's
the golil?"
"Mercy! for the love of God mercy! I
am a poor old man—very poor."
And the tvretch fell upon his knees,
and wept.
"Stop that ■whining I" said the voice
harshly, "or else'l'll put a bullet through
your head! Where's your gold? "
"I am poor; I have no gold," wa» all
the miser could say.
"Gag hia?, Bill," said another voice,
'and let us search for ourselves.'
Poor Walter Oordjn! he fought; but
all in vain. They tied and gagged him,
and thon began their search. When he
beheld the robber" tearing up ;he floor,
Tt .
and ritfing his chest, his agony was un
speakable; but he was helpless.
The sun had midway in the
heavens before any dijcovwy was made,
and when they entered, they found the
old woman bound in one end of the house
and Gordon in the other. They lifted
him up, cut the bonds that bound him,
and placed him on a seat, lie began
soon to revive, and then burst out into a
laugh which frightened all iiis hearers.
"Ha! ha ha! they come for my gold!"
shouted he.
Then changing'jhis tone for one of sup
plication, ho would cry.
"I flm poor, very poor! No money have
I—J am a beggar! - '
lie was mad ! reason was dethroned
For a few weeks after, a poor, misera
ble, filthy figure of a man used tot go along
the highway, picking up loose bits of
rngs, and inuttering'to himself an unin
telligibla jargon. Men evaded him—
children shrunk with fear at his approach
—and one day he was found upon the
road-side dead!
His mother's words had been fulfilled,
the gold which ho had accumulated was
of no avail, and, unwept and uncared for,
he was borne to his last home.
Header my task is doae. Lot us drop
the curtain, and when again wo raise it,
may it not be on so dark a "picture of
life" as that presented by the miser.
T remenJous Meeting at Jones's Woods
ADDIIBSB OF* .IAMBS STBPHKNS.
Jones's Wood was the Fenian rallying
point yesterday, towards which all Irish
men frotn far and near came in almost
countless thousands. The crowd there
was never exceeded, or even approached,
by aLy public gatheiingof the masses in
this city, unless we escept fhe grand
Union demonstration in the early part of
the war. Across tho lots and down the
unpaved streets leading to the ground
painc the tramping of myriad feet, and
the moving of an endless procession in
one direction. Tho cars running up
town each carried a tripple load of paw
cngcrs and then left an immense number
behind who looked long and anxiously
for "standing rooip only." In all this
surging body of people who passed into
Jones's Wood not one person was to bo
seen drunk, and this probably accounts
for the little disturbance that took place,
for such a "steady big crowd," as a Mi
lesian who was present forcibly tcrmedjt
There was an entire absence of any po
lice force, Superintendent Jvennedy not
desiring to recognize any politioal meet
ing held on the Sabbath, but a large de
tail was kept in reserve in (he city for
any troublo that might occur. About 2
o'clock, a close carriage drove in from
the avenue, from which four occupants
were let out at the hotel steps. The first
to alight was a medium-sized, squarely
built m,in, wearing a blue overcoat and
a black silk hat. He was received by a
committee, and it soon become known to
the crowd that James Stephens, Chief
Organizer of the Irish Republic, was
among them, and he was that noted in
dividual who had just gone from the car
riage up the stairs. The cheers which
greeted his arrival continued for some
minutes, and were as loud as they were
lopg. After a short rest the great Fen
ian chief proceeded to a stand erected in
the miJdlc of the large-field from which
ho was to address the mass meeting. His
passage to that point was like that of a
national ovation given to an Emperor af
ter victory. On every side ho was met
by fervant wishes, and by many hands
eagerly held ovt to grasp his own. Im
mediately on reaching the stand he com
uienccd speaking to the vast and com
pressed crowd before and behind him,
which WES estimated at 50,000 people-
SI'EECU OF STEPHENS.
In beginning his address he greeted
those about him as*the friends of liberty
from all lands. lie saw before him he <
said, the representative! of all the btrug
gling and down-trodden nationalities of
the world, as well as those who, living
happily under independent Governments,
desire to see the day when republicanism
shall prevail throughout the earth. All
such w«to watching anxiously the pro
gress of Ireland in her struggle for in
dependence. They had been told of lato
bp-the mercenary press of England and
Ireland and America that the Fenian
movement was stamped out and dead.—
lie would assure them to-day that this
was not true ; that the Fenian cause had
never gone backward from the hour of
its inception. This immense gathering
of enthusiastic Irish patriots proved it.
The cause could never die in America or
in Ireland any mere than the spirit of re
publican liberty would die.and those who
diacouragod and decried the Fenian \*ork,
were not true to the republican princi
ples tboy | ioft.-sed to charioh. He haJ
had hard word, he said, in the fact of
this opposition from the American press
to convince the people here that ho was
in earnest when he said that he would he
on Irish soil before the close of thi r ycnr
to fight for the cause of Ireland. He
would assure ihcm to-day that he
meant to abide by what ho had said, and
that the Irish flag shall ba unfurled in
Ireland over an army of 50,000 men be
fore the end of the year 180G. Mr. Ste
phensjthen adverted to the division among
the Fenians which had occurred in this
country It was s moßt, disastrous event,
though he believed it to have been caus
ed more by excess of zeil than weak
ness or incompetency among the leaders
in America. One year ajo England had
lain in the v hands of the Fenians and
could have been crushed like a piece of
paper, and would have been but for the
unhappy condition of Fcnan affairs in
Americq. Though the conflict had been
postponed, the Fenians bad lost none of
their strength ir. Ireland. If the Ainer
ienn public could have known what he
did of the present state of affairs in Ire
land, they could never have acted toward
us as they have, without being false to
their republican principles. The only
cxcuso for the A mcrican people and the
American press was their deplonblo ig
norance of the state of Ireland. Neith
er did the Irish people themselves under,
stand tho true condition of afTiirs there
Wo have realized, said Mr. Stephens,
tl.ree great triumphs in Ireland, either
one of which might justly bo regarded as
a great moral revolution. First : Tho
people have been taught what republican
ism means. The Irish people, who had
bccu pronounced the most inclined to
aristocracy of any people of the earth,
had been made republican. An army
was indeed necessary ; but a republic was
necessary also. We wanted to get rid of
lnndlordistn and the influences which tho
abominable agrarian laws cf England had
impressed ujion tho Irish people. For
eight years we have labored with this end
in view. llow could true republicanism
in America depreciate and revile the Fe.
nian cause, when it had thus mado itself
the propaganJist of republican princi
ples. They were cither totally ignorint
of the extent and value of our work, or
tliay wero recreant to their principles.—
Second : Wo have created an army in a
! country where there had been no milita
ry organization among tho people since ,
1792. This army nuntbers 50 ; 000, anil
the men are as well trained, drilled and
equipped, and arc as obedient to their
officers as any in the world. All this is "
well known, said Mr. Stephens, to those
in my confidence. Hut it was folly and
worse than folly for a New York paper
to send a reporter through Ireland with
the pretense of giving trust worthy in
formation concerning the Fenian army
there. No ono can get any information
concerning those matters except ho pos
sesses proper credentials given by mo or
my deputies. The third great object that
had Lcen effected was the torching of the
people, The third great point that had
been gained was to have taught tho peo
ple to distinguish between tho temporal
and the spiritual. lie had scon the evil
effects of tho power which the priests had
oxerciscd in 1318. lie had therefore de
termined that in this new revolution he
would not have the people led to the
right or left, or taken away irom himself
by any one. lie had taught thom to
ldod to the priests as before for spiritual
direction, but for nothing else. If the
p.'iest teaches the noble old principle.of
resistance to British tyranny give heed
to him, but if he tells you to obey Eng
land do cot listen to him. So have we
struggled in the inculcation oft hese prin
ciples, not making a brawling opposition,
but quietly educating tho people to our
ends. The priest in this coming conflict
would turn back an Irish officer and his
men when on a patriotic mission. Now
what of the present condition of thq or
ganization ? He had had he said, com
munication from every part of Ireland
within the past three months. The ar
my was as strong, if not stronger, in Ire
land than ever before. Thero were ad
vantages wEich jtie enemy had to-day that
they did not have a twelve month ago;
and on the other hand, the Fenians had
new advantages to counterbalance the|r
losses. So the Irish flag would be raised
on Irish soil before New Year's day with
as bright a prospect as it ever hed. With
regard to tho Canada prisoners'he was
sure tho Provincial authorities would not
dare to hang Lynclj on the 13th of De
cember. Before that day arrived there
would be such news from Ireland that
they would pause in their bloody work.
Mind you, said Mr. Stephens, I don't Bay
there will be fichtiny in Ireland before
tho 13th day of December, but there will [
bo belore, the Ist day of January. Ho.
wai> w Ud to that the peo;.lo iu this '
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country wore more united to-day than for
many months past. [A vice, "Thank
you for that"] 110 had tried t. do his
duty. He looked to tho present ns tho
most vital moment lor Ireland. Within
three months he was oonSJeiit the inde
pendence of IroJa.id would be nohieved.
Referring to the military m jvemants un
dertaken on this side of tho Atlautio.—
Mr. Stephens Paid that they ware unfor
tunate and disastrous in their offjot oi«
the-cause. So long as the excitement
and zeal by tho people were directed to
ward America the force of their rising
was wasted and dissipatod. He hoped
the American Fenians were now satisfied
that no conflict could take place on Can
adian- s<iil, and that it was to come off in
Ireland. The man who now prated of
iuvading Canada was a mortal enemy to
his country and his race. In couclusioti
Mr. Stephens said he spoko to them as
one who was going into a battlo from
whish ho might not return, and begged
them to believe ho was in earnost. Ho
was going from hero direct to Ireland.—
Mark e' cry man, he said, who ridicules
or attonrpts to cry down the cause in Ire
land, and remember him forever. He
hoped his words would have some woight
for they would soon hear something that
would prove that ho was in earnest. [A
voice : "You have proved it already.—i
We want to fight."] He promised that
•-here were 209,000 men ia' Ireland as
mad for a fight as tho Irishmon here,
and- as bravo, and the opportunity wou'd
soon be given them. It having beooms
manifest that tho great portion of tho
crowd who could hoar Mr. Stephens
cculd not be much longer restrained
from crushing those near the stand, Mr.
I Stephens brought his remarks abruptly
to a Ciose. llping called upon to say
something about the defaulter! of the
Fenian funds, he promised that a full
list of their names would be published
in a few days. In bidding his fellow
countrymen farewell he would say as ho
began, there would bo fighting in Ireland
before the Ist of January, and that he
himself would be in the midst of it, »
Mr. Stephens was frequently interrup
ted during his speech by the applaus'o
and uproar of the crowd, and was sever
al times obliged to urge his hearers to
give away about the stand, against which
they swrsyed and pushed with such vio
lence that that fears were entertained of
Jts going dow'n.
—'• Have any of Toby Contiuued'a sto
ries been printed into bound volumes?''
.inquired a country customcj of a Bales
man in a iarge book-More a (cw wccli
ogd
" "fobj Continued ! Who's he !"
" Why the man that writes so many
stores for tbe'iapcra. I see his iiam't
to more newspaper stories than any other
man, and I wunt toget'eui in bound vol
umes."
—An editor was shaved in a bar
ber's shop recently nnd offered tho
barber a dime, which he'refused ; be
cause said ho, " I understand datyou
ia an editor."
" Welf, what of that ?"
t: Why, wc nebbor charge editqrs
nufTin.
"But such liberality will ruinyou."
0, nebljor mind, wc make it oft' de
gemmen.
A lady of vivacity was by a waggish
f.iend pi..posed to be made acquainted
with a gentleman of infinite wit, an offer
alio gladly accepted. After an interview,
her friend a."kcd her how the liked hilt).
She said, "delightfully ! I have hardly
over iound a person so agreeable." Tho
damsel, uninterrupted in her own lo
quacity, had not discovered that this
witty gentleman was — dumb ! . .
Burton, while traveling on a steam
boat seated hmse'f ana called for
beefsteak. The waiter furnished
him with a small strip of the article.
Taking it on a fork, and turning it
over and examining it, with one of
his peculiar looks, he coolly remark
ed, Yen, that is- it bring me some. •
—"Aw ! How duth you like my mutt
tacho, Mith Laura ?" lisped a dandy to
a merry girl.
"Oh very much \ it looks like the I'uz
on the back of a caterpillar."
—"Father wants you to send two yards
of black tweed cloth ; he don't care what
color it is; and when lie kills his pig
last week, he'll pay you what you owe
hi"V'
—Prentice saj s that a patient is iu
a bad way, when his disease is acute
unddiis physician is'nt.
—ls there any bird which c.n sing
Tho Lays of Ancient Iv.i.'ne?—- Yes, tho./
»te .MiLay*.