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Life '
1 tV.l-1: . . .
and interesting m-
!IV . in. Said Pasha is
f Ur duller as a person of
french with ease, and
fullv educated at the
c,.1,01.1 in Paris, and wear-
Christian people. He
. I rich merchant, and
j lV propensity, and his
die luxurv ol his court far
lfaroim al Uasclnd s
''ffl'hicwne of $110,000,000
ir more than half ats much
of the United States Gov-
lusivu of the cost ol the
To keep 00,0110 or 00,000
] P iM our army, our navy, do
Inuldintr. etc., requires all o
, per month. And Kaid
„.|.. has im more subjects than
. ciliiriw of New York State,
it i; u ;],. r V carcinl estimate
mid $10,INTO,(ion a
Y i,„„ c;;i a i fiOO per day.
v-seven palaces, all the
■tv—<n that which with
oiled by corporations
..■ntrv. and no laws whatever
.;, r an think of or will from
lV |(e lias four wives and a
i,nd. being an unwise bus
Hot know ail liia own chil-
’ A . i,. temperate and prudent,
- liappv. II" wants to be
i,nt the domination of Turkey
,, his dreai
, lull b»j
lie |ll'"P" r
uoli
Sho hun£ the cago at the window;
“ If ho goes by," she said,
“ fie will near my robin singing.
And ulien he lifts his head,
I shall be sitting here to sew,
And ho will bow to me, T know.”
The robin sang a love-sweet song,
The young man raised his head ;
Tbe maiden turned away and blushed ;
“ I am a fool !” she said,
And werton bordering in silk
A pink-eyed rabbit, white as milk.
The young man loitered slowly
By the house three times that day:
She took her bird from the window ;
“ He need not look this way.”
She sat at her piano long,
And sighed and played a death sad song.
But when tho day was done, said she,
“ I wish that he would come !
Remember, Mary, it he calls
To-njgiit—I'm not at borne.”
So when be rang she went—the elf—
She went and let him in herself.
hi
They sang full long together,
Iheir songs love-sweet, death-sad :
The robin woke from his slumber,
And rang out, clear and gald.
** Now go !”' she coldly said : “ ’tis late
And following him—to latch the gate.
He took the rosebud from her hair.
While, “ You shall net !’* she said,
lie closed her hand within his own.
And wuile her tongue forbade.
Her will was darkened in the eclipse
Of binding love upon his lips.
—JI. D. Howell*.
r.uii-
Kr.w
like the gobbler
after Christmas
jf S.iiil l’asha
relates that tho
said to him in
,. n ,v. | ff.inld like very much to
•< ur pyramids, hut 1 cannot ride
1 ' .suppose I cannot go
i there by either
vou like,” said
id. and I
rMV
>M THE
inly. »il|
alias, on
1873,
following
T 1159 in
n of ,iid
Ci, .
HiuTI
irs and
THE
afore
o the
. -.u a< i.: liicre. at the opening
,a„il, tin: empress found a
.1,. lu.ive miles long, aero:
■ li.-l.-.ill with gas. shaded all
villi iransplaiitcd trees; and
iv . i. was a palace for her
. with a second palace to entertain
pvratieAj- -n ,.[.v u .,.iij
,uii.- journey. And yet,
. kin-T.ip .>f the times that
'• kliedive attempted to reno-
i.y taking stones from the
lie n il that the rebuke of the
| ..al die voice of Europe could
Uiii.-tood, and he ceased to
lb.— useless conundrums,
l.aildiae ail iron bridge across
•. Endi.-li work, which costs
cm. The Suez canal cost him
•.•■V. ami is only a partial
...- it lili- up as soon as ncglcct-
:. - lew licet to pass through
l small. I.e-seps. its executor,
ih-r i'. iievcs to 1 >o one of the
neii in the world, and never
•s tiii.i. ir .in half a million to a
lying upon deposit.
■ . r..y ir die owner of :i narrow
: iii'o.id 1Y..111 Cairo to Sue/.,
s ale-, and from Alexander
■ "0" liundred and thirty miles,
."'v i.'.iildiug up the Nile from
throe hundred miles, lie
'. 'em hir people are wretelied
11" and his lather have made
- "i money in dm slave trade,
•'•iniehs for the harem come
> blue Nile. Sugar, indigo,
■ml cotton arc great staples of
ltd the |
he rigli
many pin
.pie
■oneep-
.. dolike
"f property, liberty or
Ires do you pay the
nark often address-
onduetor nr mule
■"U hate to let him have all
1 your wages'?"
-ai.l the Egyptian, “ he is
Why shouldn't he take it
..1 ih<
ntr- Hanks
; the
, r- 1 '.u r ol tlie currency was
• I ay tlie last Congress to make a
"t‘l“ih tlii- condition of all of the
iii tlie several States, and
• , ; f .-gal relations to the several
- "finmuts. This investigation
• mane, and tin- report will be
hi a separate report bv
o-.i'tr.r.
" the investigation indi
savings hanks throughout
•■' r y are conducted generally in
y 1 " :;: "1 "hen without much
:1 ' v - I’ 1 some of the States
11 'o he under no legal order
...t v. iiatever: in others of the
.Vthe law li V tile most
n n oi— expedients.
""•'■diti'.n of the savings banks
^nglaiid is tiie best, but even
. ' charters are reported to
Y' ‘'-■uhtil.-mly obtained—names
.uigliitlied persons being inserted
"Y 1 '" r |,orators without having
consent. In some
'He and many of the Western
■f 1 ' are no laws regulating the
: 11-. and the banks of those
•f jueutly managed by irre-
f’ ;' r-.ns under no restrictions
' '" -eminent, and governed
neral law of debtor and
till, a j) rc ss Circle.
u-ht- are scandalized by dis-
y-..i eol
Says
'' !;i l nights
dispatch from that
ago, Richard Porter, a
■ presented himself and girl to
'"icper of the Athenaeum with
„ .,,, lur 1 ^served seats in the
:.j; 1 llc doorkeeper stopped him,
1 C l- ‘Y 1 10 . J0X office, exchanged
p' s lljr the price paid for
t i n ., 1 r r ef. use d the money and
r 110 l |;l Ppy frame of mind.
"' 1 C U , 1C doorkeeper on
i. , linsu ted hin ft - er ‘ ? c ? rin S that he
ekod ll t ln rcfusin ghis tickets,
l,u “ ,11 „ < i l0 )™ and beat him
- ■ 1 or tins Porter was fined S14.
A T1
idiot.
r°y policeman swore as follows
r. }T DCI ' “ ■ rilc Prisoner set
a Y,:,.Y ng 1110 an oss, a precious
-all of iv I 1 Pa S ain uffin and
of which I certify to he
IDA DEL ZON S.
CllAlTKK XVI11—TlIK MoliMXll IllliK.
‘‘ Well, Gilbert, I hope you enjoyed
the evening,” said Ida as thev settled
themselves in the carriage and were
driven homeward.
“Very pleasantly indeed. 1 think
AL’lle McConnell wonderfully improved.
She is a charming woman.”
“ And what is better—a brave, sensi-
siblc woman. Such a pleasant little
home as she 1ms contrived tfT surround
herself with! and she manages it all
herself, makes her own bills, and
checks them herself. 1 do iiot think
that I could have been so brave.”
And what of her friends'? Has she'
made no friends here who have assisted
her with advice?"
“ She spoke of an advisory friend'
the cardinal Allieri. She also spoke of
a few social friends—artists—two or
three of them American gentlemen
hut in the intricate details of her
household economy she lias no one to
lu-lp her—she needs none.”
“ And what of her social life?”
“ It is very simple. She lias a few
artist friends—a select enteric—with
the exception of these sue sees nothing
of society.”
“Iheard her name spoken today.”
“ Indeed—where?”
“ In a cafe."
“ Oh, Gilbert!”
“ Yes, it startled me to hear it, and I
hushed to listen.”
“ You pain me, Gilbert!”
“No, Ida; there was no impertinence
—only the thoughtless impertinence of
discussing a lady's charms in such a
public place. She is greatly admired
for her modest grace, and the party
were in raptures over lic-r beauty.”
“ Yes. that is all very natural. But
still, I know that it would mortify Kit
ty to death to know of this."
“Yes, I imagine it would offend lier;
hut there was nothing disrespectful said
—not even whispered. Their remarks
were all deferential and compliment
ary. I am glad, however, that you
have come. Ida; and that she has old
and tried friends near to interest tlieni-
elves in her. The admiration that is
bold enough to express itself in a pub
lic cafe would not he long in venturin
other liberties, and might expose her
to annoyance if not insult.”
Yes, yes. 1 am glad, too, that I
am litre, and to-morrow I go to her to
stay. \Yc have arranged it all between
us—her home is so cosy, so much like
home, that 1 could not resist the invita
tion to make it my own—to share it
with her.”
“ That is very v.ell."
“Yes, and you must help me to win
over mania to my plan.”
“Oh, aunt can hardly object.”
“ No; if she understood Kitty as I
do, she would not. But somehow I
fear that mama lias a prejudice against
Kitty. It is because of her plebeian
extraction. You know mama never
could endure lee gen* dc pen; but Kitty
is not of these—she is of gentle birth,
mean as her fortune has been.”
“She certainly has all the breeding
and bearing of gen* <lc condition. At
any rate, I trust that aunt will not
draw the lines too rigidly.”
“No; mama has been very generous
towards Kitty.”
“ Yes, I think so.”
“ Anil mama is the best mama in all
the world!” And with this outburst of
filial affection Ida changed the subject.
“ Oh, mama! T have spent such a
delightful day. Kitty is so well—so
fresh and rosy, and was so glad to see
me, and has such a cosy little nest of a
home! and gave us such a nice dinner
that I almost forgot that I was four
thousand miles from home. Oh, mama!
I wish you could have been with us.
We all wished for you, and for papa.
Oh, papa! Kitty wishes so much to see
you!”
“ Does she? She is a charming girl,
and I must hasten to see her,” answered
papa.
“ And mama—now, Gilbert, help me
to plead—Kitty lias such a snug little
home, and it seems so much like a
sure-enough home, and there is room
enough in it for two— for us both,
Kitty and me—that I have promised
to ask you to let me go and live with
her. Please, mama, may I go 7”
“ Ida, my darling, you are so impul-
Tcll me soberly, wliat is it you
“ She certain!
gracefully,” saic
“And as for birfli,nia&BvTKaVetft-
tliat their family is one & tho Ifest ini
Ireland.” u.’ I • : viau/iJal
“ En Espagne!" smilingly retorted
Madame Delzons. ', ‘
“No, mama; I am in earnest—in,
Ireland. Their family is one oT
bestin Ireliind.”r.Ja
“ Well, but thefamily ^Mnariss^
the one we have torconsider.” . .
“Oh, mama: if is.ungeneroi
reproach lief wfttf tlre J ffliSorfoi
her father,”-pfdt0tea4cte<> on ias vsrIT
“ No more .than. JliHslgonerani, to.:
credit her with Ae-.-poegtdge -of, tho
family in,Ireland.^ , ± , , * rj .
“ Suppose papa nadflalfed in ^Pisi-
ana?” L* v'. 'ii .
** The faili^e would rfetftOctapOtf
the head of.his dStugbtejr-'Jii, edi.ini:'
courage -ftp bear it bt(i
sweet ehatahnfie-as Ka
nell! Add besides, ikdiBn; if ^lhacs
counts are trqe-^aad. we.. haye, thktA;
verified by the condescend
your aristocratic favorite
—the fortunes of hfei fenh 1
America are likely to Be
her brother.” u
“ That is true/’ said_ Major
young McConuell.sj^n
the rising jrouhg men'
he lives and his successes ,
will be : the richest matritftft Soiltfl?
“And'ov/d: if martta?s<ttll6bty .'h^ds'
goixl in both directions^ the ■ mast honr.
drable and honored. . For sineg^phe;
would degrade Kitty and Pat WcausBi
of the ragged poverty tho nlifefbrtRneS'
of their father left tbCm injSHVslibAM-
also honor them for the gilded w'eallh
their own talents raised, them? to.”
“ Oh, you are s|uch a charming, oi
dllsmilingly .said' Madame
“Gilbert, how do ytitr ijvte'fe
withstand the plea Of such a
logician?” ’ -
“ Oh, 1 hope always to conciliate it
by a loving acquit seenee in its wishes,”,
fondly answered fine'gentleman, *
. | “Just as-I vfiii have W doin' tiM
•instance: Well, Ida, ytju’ r&fy 'fja to-
Kitty-”'
- I “ Thank you, mama.- I; knaw -wben-
you see us there so,cosily at home that,
you will.be glad that I went-” '. .
The arrangements were all thade that
evening. Such of her wardrobe as fdfl
would need was packed in a separate
trunk and boxes,land by sunrise the
next morning her cabman was ringing
~ .di.
we would
brail ts ahd
f-'X.TI
b. ‘' Antlail tin's So. noonday .splCnddr
of the nineteenth century ?”--.,^.ntooc;
Y‘^UasLj-es. . ,Bf- —«
mtich
quite as refirhSHi: _
is a mellowifess—docfftopurpie tone to
Yfcr’woo
now,that
to
“rASwYwe-
Wecangaliop
JteV&tflcT*
catch Iii at SKe' ^ae-jiiL
fields Af eitltut abd A
oWj^T-far.-anithe
tbeEd.-wrottfeld C0Q£Hiin .'as. wretched
tjefore they'rtren-
e J fifiliiotiabIe erty
t was.
iteWdthC„
bad nof ^trtLtf&ehed To- ItH refined
amenities. Without the danger affirm
* "ineoce, the ladies: reached i the
and thejiAheeks. blooming with
. 1 aeuopL
The Diapason. . .
he brook—the child of mountain mists—
tKdhms singing to the >M,:
■. Apke through sombre forest shades
"oAnddoire the-flowery les v
; WdUcmd r dhHraS its helodp
. as'dbsn tio'biKaide'springing.
Trent dSSm to dawn, in son and storm,
T)f&,Sfnks,Uie rirer—aingiog.
. &
l evermore ooWrti-Waivej
jfThp rhythmic mexffurcs kwp -
Winds repJj from fiborq to $hors, ,*
IFrtsm sea to mountain wringing ir
' a cloud to cloud the numbers Host,
> fa 11-in raindrops— singing
ring world .to mu*ic moves,
sing the shitting spheres.
keeping time to solsmn chords.
b ths majestic years. ^ ^ *
Bfatew uUem hsrtoaaiit.
’ . And down the ages ringing .
Co mi voices of dM gifted sods
^ Who toiled;*tid triumpheffsinging. ,
: Orieots of the trmOmtt
ioLtheae alone, b
k To hoSTenly pn
astc lived with, praises so their lips,
‘- Ard gone to Iflory^siaglng.
faint bars ^
VtOO 5^*
I.Y
.. 4U notes of sorrow or delight
. To swost osseidoneo bringing, ■ -
Keep tbe long-wstehes of ue night,
... - Trusting, adoring—dinging:...
, . ^ —if. Y. Journal oj Comment
.i ... * t “ ■ *i. .ri v-i . <i
1 TUE BAXK-OF BAKK8. *
yen in tbe capital
“ I ask, mama, to go and live with
Kitty during our stay in Rome.”
“ Before 1 decide, I must know upon
what terms you propose to continue
your relations with the girl. Is it upon
terms of social equality you expect to
admit her to your friendship, or upon
the old relation of patron and protege?”
“ Oh, mama! you may call it as you
please—it makes no difference to Kitty;
and as for me, when I look up into her
sweet face and see the true lady written
there I somehow feel as if I were not
half so good as sho. And when, with
out a suspicion of pedantry, she tells
me about things I never knew before, I
am almost ready to envy her her supe
rior wisdom. And as for gentility and
grace of manner, she is the equal of
any lady in the land. Why, no comp-
tesse could have entertained us with a
better grace than she entertained us.at
dinner—could, they, cousin Gilbert?”
at the entrance of the Palazzo Gom
Kitty wn« ronidy to receive her.
“ Come up, Miss Ida, right away.
Beatrice, have the baggage senl; up
immediately. Come in, Miss Ida—
here is a cup of coffee, and a roll and
butter. Let us take a sip Wnre 0 'ur
ride. Did you think to bring your
habit, or will you wear one of mine?
See, - 1-ttnr-alnsulr dressed, nndibe
horses arc ready.* I have a Bqrple
velvet that; >vil} .become ypp.- > It os, so
in harmony wiuTthe jjujple haze of
the atmosphere.
“ Yes, Kittv, I will wear yours. Mine
is all jammed in. the trunk, and crum
pled into a thousand wrinkles. Joilette
can snioothe it out to-day. There, thank
you; this coffee is.excellent—and the
roll, it is like the delicious rolls we had
at Crcvo-Co-ur. And your cream is so
rich! Do you always go early?”
“Oh, yes; I usually stari with the
sun.”
Then 1 must hurry or we will be
late.”
“ No; have another roll.”
“ No, I thank you. I will dress.
Joilette, here!”
“ You see, Miss Ida, I anticipated
you and have everything ready: _ This
is the skirt, and this is • the jacket.
Here, let me Help Joilette. 'there—if
fits you elegantly! And this
the plume too heavy? No, I think.not.
The breeze is fresh, and it will lift ik
Now yon are ready. Oh, how like a 1
queen you do look!”
“Thank you, Kitty ; I do look well,”
and Ida had to pause a moment before
tlie dressing glass to admire her queen
ly figure. “ Now I am ready.”
“ Well, we will go. Beatrice, have
breakfast at ten.”
The horses were ready, and .some
what impatiently, champing their .bits.,
't-was ho* dainty breakfast the ladies
m&de, bht a sensible, hearty, substan
tial meal-^-such a breakfast as any
young.'lady who wonld paint her
cheeks with warm healthy blood, ;in-
SRiad of bedaubing them with corrosive
I pigments, 'should make every morning,
1 eVefa if* she does have to gallop ten.
miles after it. . '
jlb-ba ana tinned.) .
| - John O. Whittier on Cuba. '
The foliowing letter is published in
the Springficld v fiepi(Mi«jii.'
'*■.* _ Amesbuby,. Nov. 19 k 1.873.
jify Dear Suinna‘,— [ Thanks for thy
1 mttriy and just letter on the Cuban dif-
ficnlty. It was the word needed. The
summary shooting of the passengers of
the Yirginius—fillibusters as they may
have been, and probably were—is
‘ sh'ofckrng and Unjustifiable. So have
1 been tnc wholesale butcheries • in
trance, both hyrtte Commune and the
Government. But in this case, no'
man among us so regrets and deplores
i the bloody deed 1 aS dp Castelar and the.
, intelligent Republicans of Spain.
If we seize this occasion to strike at
‘them, wc give direct aid and comfort to
>ultramQntpne popery, to Don Carlos,
Ida, in delighted admiration, as she pat
ted tbe arched neck of her mare. “ What
a bright eye, and how silken her coat!
and nostrils—as thin as a belle’s 1”
“ Yes, and look at mine! They are
twin beauties,” said Katldeenn, gather
ing up her reins. “Can yo\i mount,
or shall BeppO help you ?”
“Oh, I can mount;”, and with a
graceful spring she seated herself in the)
saddle.
“Now, Beppo, you can follow to
your leisure,” said Kathleen, as she
sprang into her saddle and reined by
the side of Ida.
“££, signora; but which gate do you
take?”
“ Oh, let me see—Mis? Ida, which ride
shall we take this morning??’ '
“ Oh, that.is for you toSay. Remem
ber you are the ciccfonc.”
“I mean, do you chobfee a gallop or
a meditative amble? AVe haii) two
sides of the Campfigna, bo{h jexceUant
in their special characteristics—one is
suited for a wild gallop, and tbtf other
requires a more sober pace. Which
shall wo take?”
“The impatience with which my,
mare chews on her bit suggests that a
gallop would be more agreeable to
her.” ‘ *
“ Then we will take the Porta Caval-
leggieri.” • ■ “*•
The city at that early hour was not i
yet waked from slumber, and save a few
early market donkeys and laborers, blit
little of life was seen.
“ How hushed the city seems!” said
Ida.
‘ “ Yes; at this hour dissipation sleeps
—notliing bql inip^ty . ,
“ Is the Campagna so still.too?
“No—industry is more at home
there, and all is awake.”
“And why do you ride so early,
Kitty ?”
“ You will not think me prudish, I
hope, Miss Ida, when I tell you the
reason why ?”
“ Oh, nO” 1 - : •
“ It is because at this i early: hbtnv asrl:
said before, dissipation is asleep. Noth*
ing hut honest industry, is astir, . and
honest industry is alwiys kind. aiid
friendly. I can ride 'toOTfe uhtilleh
o’clock without encouni
tinent stare, fori the' miserable:;
have not yet awatotedAmi toetl igsi
night’s revel. You ipu .see. Misa Ida,
nothing but the hearty good humored
smile of the peasant will greet us as we
for!breakfast “ I can' relish my break--
East now. Only think,-how iaey I have
fen.! breakfast;was a, species of med-
ierne to me, and oniy teken to appeas?
mama’s uneasiness, ta& L to quiet - my
»nscifence. But how I am prepared to
discuss it as the very refinement of -do-
^^ejkl?^' ready for us; W life 4
yon, toe rides prepare me for its high-
feSOnjoyntent/’ T
ij. “ Oh^-KJtty, yotpure a sensible, giri,
hnd I ought to d<r nothing but,-sit at
* “ J ’ wisdom !”
criishirigOut llie Republic
of Spain, midfer its' noble President,
whiah can oqly find its parallel of-
in (he. crushing out of toe
Reman Hlepuhlic by the so called
- tYench' Republic of 1849.
Heavep preserve us from such in-
farhy! I hope atld believe wiser aud
worthier counsels will prevail, and that
, tlieonly demand of our Government upr
on Spin# phall be the speedy emancipa
tion.of toe'enslaved in Cuba, and the
“Oh,whatabiautiTtocreif 1 ure,”crieaT#X^S^^^d C tatoe
u tn ilnl.Vl.t/Hl nHmimtion. as she nat-T * f S P al H sb . Republic secured to the
people of all classes in her dependen
cies. Believe me' alway and truly, thy
friend; John G. Whittier.
Business done by Ute -Bank
or England, ‘
_ limit of the issue of the. Bank of
Knjpiuid iu notes is XI 4,000,000. Jt
discounts good .bills to an enormous'
it, and makes immense advances
iingly. It also advnnoes on console,
securities and railway debentunc*-
ms the goyerument account mid.
.the interest on tlie national, debt
the dividend it pays its shareholders
*-never exceeded nine- per-cent; per
—i, whiter many of the ’-joint stock
pay twenty. . It is the great reserve
uprofitable cash that occasions, t^ia,
that being more than a counterbalance to
jtkefains both of note issue, and govern
ment deposits.
{ rMany persons in London still hold to
togi exploded notion that the Bahk of
jEqg^and fixes tlie value of money.
Hence the anxiety to learn the result of
eveiy weekly rifting. You may know'
the-day by the .etowd of respectable
merchants who: then assemble around the
doom of the bank .parlor. The session
begins.at twelviyaud lasts usually about
one, hour. -, It nrolonged beyond half-
tounfcjfi
some £7'
Volves an
to be fulfilled
lybeCoheavisf.
The cdin:afid:the'iiuflion arenf ad*
toe .property of a^i^qal.ogggy.m;
choose this as toe safest. resting,
their wealth. The Bulfidd'seat B
tralia or any other part of finh
hot required- for miauTar^-"
can, as soon M'ftihgslJI
mint returns'X311s. lOld- foc
ponce of gold handed to ifcjlttotoed**
lay that occurs before the coinage i
ileted makes lt cheaper to. dispose
Ullio'n at once t6 the hank, which _
diatoiy pays At t&e rate £3 17s. 9d. for
each: ounce deposited. Tho Bullion so
recetvpd -».eto»4.AW. to hare, each
weighing, about,16 lbs., and worth about
* ■ '’a airives for turning
but; toP
,000,000
MECHANICAL WEIGHING AND COHNTINO.
ten. bojwa
; one' the "
exchange and the
madey market become excited, under toe
idffe that some change of importance is
bpigg.discussed. It has been said, and
not without a basis of truth, if the Bank
if England directors were to sit four
tours, there would be a panic in London.
THE BANK DIRECTORS.
■ 4 *S£r position of the dj^ctors of the
Bank of England Is singular. Oa one
side public opinion demands a large
reserve. It is not only a resource wheh
a panic arises, but a safeguard against its
arising. On the other ride the share
holders, who want a good dividend, press
the directors exactly the reverse wav.
why not put it to use?- In 1846
he'bank’s dividend waS 7 per cent, and
the price of its stock 212; the last divi-
;cna was 9 per cpnt., and the stock is
32. Over agaiust that,. the London
and ’^Westminster joint stock bank pays
20 jfer cent., and its shares have risen
from 27 to C6.
■. And yet, despite the greatness of toe
bank reserve, tlie ratio of cash to credit
i.---dtrenormous, and so constantly is the
IH&fcnce between the two increasing,
hat a very serious question, is pressing
Cpon the minds of tlie m'erfihflint magnates
of London. In 1844 tjip liabilities of
IKo 'four joint stock banks wyre' only
^/lO,'637,000; to-day they ate about
:62j0t)0,000. Then the private deposits
l the bank werh but £3;000,000; to-day
are X21,000,000. Money will not
ldnage itself, and London has a great
deal of it to manage. Can the Bank of
England and the English banks of to-day
Counting rapidly.
eainy three years cof .
of sovereigns. In tfie barre, 1 Hofever. t le,
counting is done hy a machine. $ !
weight of any given number of severe;
eigns is known, and fp count a thousand
dr a million’ is as .easy as to count five,
lit is only necessary for accuracy in tlie
calculation that the coin shall be
proper weight, and as this is also on the
other .grounds very necessary, every soy-
jerign is periodically-tested by a weighing
iriiachtne, which is a marvel of ingenuity
'and accuracy.
This machine was invented by Mr.
Cotton, a hank director, in 1844. It is a
: squaTe brass box, at toe top of which is a
Jong trough filled with sovereigns, which
drop one after another upon a balance
carefully guarded Atom currents of.
d anything that can vitiate thwproc
the coin is' corrdCtcWei^d, it fiulr into
«e box; it is jericed into
.pother. Since 1844 not p single error
been' found in the working of tom
lime. Twelve if theni are in coil;
it operation at the bank, and they
;h about 50,000 gold pieces every
ty.
THE PAPER ISSUE.
That is the only mechanical process to
vhich gold money is subjected at the'
tank, its manufacture being tarried on
it the mint; but paper money is all made
n Threadneedle street About 220,000
■uires of paper, carefully prepared in
Hampshire, are consumed each year in
he printing of bank notes, of which an
ixact equivalent for the gold bullion
towed'away is kept in circulation, with
he addition of Xi5jKKJ,uoo, Torwnna
here is no actual gold seenrity.
That sum represents an accumulation
if'debts'dtfeih toe bank by the Govern-
d£Pt, Amounting to About £11,000000,
hnd a sum of £4,000,000 for which the
bank holds Government securities. The
exactly the reverse way. £15,000,000 represent all the paper cur-
e more money lying, the less the divi- reney in the country, in lieu of which the
Keep it Up.
Whenever a gentleman wants any
thing published, whether it interests
the public or only an individual, he -is
willing and will propose to pay. Some
body must pay for it, and hereafter it
will not be the printer. The fact that
the proposed publication would interest
the public has nothing to-do .with the
matter in issue. Newspapers are pri-
julfljnse
them they must pay the cost. Nev'pf
chAtif'
did WC go to a merchAnt aud
goods , for any public purpose
paying, and -if we and hundreds Of
others—the public—employ a lawyer
about a street or other highway we pay
the lawyer.,' The dodge is very tire
some, it is ve!ry old, and we hope to
hear of it mo more forever. If you
want some hffheme ventilated, Whether
it interests yourself alone or thousands,
.you and yqjtr thousands must' not
expect us to pay the cost—Memphis.
Appeal.
Tbe Southern Claims Commission.
The Southern claims commission have
.printed a volume containing toe names of
24,000 claimants, together with the re
spective amounts claimed for stores or
dies taken, or famished during there
on tor the use of toe army of the
United States in States proclaimed as in
_ipmreetipu.^gtunst toe United: States,
including toe use and loss, of vessels or
bdats while employed in the Federal mil
itary service.- -- -- -
The amounts Claimed vary- from 8150
to 854,000, and there is one of 8129,475
in-behalf of the estate .of ^■ John Bemis. of
Louisiana;
In nearly every case lie chuinants have
declared upon oath that from the begin
ning to the end of the late rebellion their
sympathies were conriantly with toe
cause,of the. United states; that they
njwertffthlrir owii^^^Will aSdAqcwd
imythjngby word pr- deed to injuie sald
cause er: retard its sqcow,. apd ti
IMPM, ; tinM« .ready n«W
,;T|1 jl _K 1 * • J •'
permitted.
THE ULTFMATE RESERVE OF ENGLAND.
The real financial condition of Eng
land stands upon the reserve which the
Bank of England keeps. From tlie pri
vate hanks their reserve is deposited f
the Bank of England. From the joint
Stock banks it is the same. The Bank of
and, therefore, holds the ultimate
Cash, reserve of the whole country—tlie
last reliance in case of need. It is now
Above £10,000,000. “It ought to he at
least £15,000,000,” say the alarmists.
tVhdtheri they are right or wrong, the
ijext great London panic, which sooner
or later is sure to come, will show.
For two-and-thirty years the Bank
of Ungland - had temporary, lodging
in the old Grocers’ Hall, in the Poaltry.
There the business was conducted, in
qne long room, by the directors and fifty
subordinates. “In tone of my late ram
bles;” wrote Addison, in 1711, “I looked
ll where the bank is
with
tiR the other-members of that wealthy
corporation, ranged in their several sta
tions, according to the parts they act in
that just and regular economy.”
The “just’ and regular economy” has
grown with tho rapid growth of toe bank
in subsequent years. In 1736 i< had 'a:
house of its own in a modest structure set
lip in Threadneedle street, and the build
ing has been added to from time to till'
its present proportions have been attained.
■It now gives employment to more than a
thousand clerks, distributed over some
two hundred offices and apartments. It
has ten country branches, giving occupa
tion to about a hundred and fitly other
clerks.
The governor, deputy governor, and
twenty-four directors, who manage this
hrnery, so manage it as by it to regu-
. to a very great extent, nil toe com
mercial affairs of England, imd even of
every other country. The Thursday
L ' ‘rings in the famous bonk parlor test
register toe financial barometer of
toerwhole world; and their decisions havfe
vastly more influence upon the happiness
arid activity of . men than any resolutions
of toe cabinet councils, or any proclama-
tions of kings or emperors.
THE DUTIES OF THE BANK,
ir great duties arej
of'England. It £ .
£23,000,000 in gbld-~
at maiiufaetnrers and.'kee fete <
’in about £88,QOQj0Oft
it has the managmieut of .tl
.'debt,' how amounting.'to,'L
. <), and it serves as the colje
house and centre of distribution tot
bank docs not issue actual coin or bull-
left) ; and the interest’upon this floatin
money pays all toe expenses of toe bank
and . reduces taxation, necessary to meet
the national expenditure.
It was, as we have seen, mainly to
Relieve toe state of the embarrassments
caused by its debt that the Bank of
England was established. The national
debt, amounting to some £6,000,000
when the bank was started, has grown
mightily since then. Every great war
has added to it The ten years’ strife
kith France and Spain, ending with 1750,
used an addition of £31,500,000, and
lythh
amount
American war prior to 1789 cost about
£90,000,000, and too long and ill-man
aged war with France under George HI
and Pitt, fruitful in domestic misery of
every sort, causing starvation to the poor
and poverty to the rich, increased the
debt £600,000,000.
iVhen peace was declared in 1815 it
amounted to £861,000,000, and the re
trenchments of more than half a century
have only reduced it bv a quarter. The
bulk of this debt is known as consolidated
stock, or consols, of which there are
some 270,000 holders, for each of whom
a separate account has to bo kept, and
interest reckoned up and paid every half
year.
All this business, complicated by
frequent transfers, has to be conducted
by the Bank of England, which receives
in payment for the trouble £300 for
every £1,000,000 of debt The payment
covers all losses through accidents and
frand. The defalcation of Astlett cost
toe bank £340,000, and its losses by toe
frauds of Fauntleroy were still greater.
THE NATIONAL DEPOSITS.
The operatiods of the bfidk in collect
ing and distributing-the national revenue
Are quite as complicated. All the repgipta
df tax gatherers, and all the nroqeeds of
custom and excise tax dutiaL and other
sources of reVeflue^ find tfi&l way ihtb
the h*nk;'aild; in ‘tetoni, it has to meet
thfe demands of all toe public depart
ments for toefevtsevjend ( ^ggentps^tifee
i-,™-™-t-jo made long be:,
fore,the funds to. meet them have been rc-
ccived. In 1810 /toe' nation’s account
the bank was overdrawti sbme £16,-
1,000, and hi 1814-toe balaHce on toe
if England
of all other bankers, each of whom kefeps
an Account’ with it, and draws froth it
each. day-so much money as.is required
for the day’s transactions. The mighty
establishment, moreover, acts* for Private
indmdttalS as other bankers do. It keeps
stood 5006 private accounts-for million-
naires, merchants and shopkeepers.
DEALERS IN MONEY.
Before brining this article to a close;
let a few words be said about two classes
of dealers in money, who, in Ixtedon
more tiuin anywhere else, stand between
toe' capitalist and tho borrower—the bill
hrtkereAhdltoeeiMto^atoletofiaiiy
of too private bonktos are of toe former
class, os »ere .Ovenald,i€furiAy & Ori;
’ ’ " ftrokep m^flPt.hAukera.
o town
evety
”t6'.uni
r. «•,
erenams is
Son*SMtferi ritoAt toeee
nottoptimo.fil
an intermediate
is to become ac
credit every
of the'acceptors of bills of ex
Taking advantage of this pe-
knowledge, bill-brokers borrow
e .sums of money from bankers
^nd. otoejs t diacount “paper” at an ad
vanced rate of interest, deposit it, gtiar-
Aiiteed by.their own names as security,
%iffit£e batiks, and retire any portion of
itrtbaitistnotpaid at maturitv.
be a good bill-broker who
iighly understand the tra-
of‘finds, the present standing of
."frfistworthinesa of eveiy kind of
_ robabilities of engage
ments being met." The credit of the bill-
broker-is also a vital element. When
Overend, titcniey & Co. failed, the
amounts their 'credit had enabled them
to borrow of the Bank of England and
English.-banks exceeded £5,000,000.
No one .
Pratt Tree Hints,
ten. fruit trees occupy the
else should, except
nothing
A late Wa
The Postmaster
submit his compl ...
dent Saturday next. "fhe. report very
fully enters into toe details of the postal
saving* bank scheme, And flier? is little
floubt that the President wiH recommend
it. It is believed that all i' '
unanimously in favor of t
The following are sorni
proposed at first to introduce
only in what are called flfo fj
■ offices—tint in, pastBffiuMtoliGaihiriW! of
and growth of trees
d the same year.
3. ThereHw plum that the curenlio
will not take, though any kind may
sometimes escape 'fir one year in one
place.
4. Peach borers will not do so much
damage when stiff clay is heaped up
round the tree a foot high.
5. Pear blight still puzzles the great
est men. The best remedy known is '
'plant two for every one that dies.
j 6. If yon don’t know how to prune,
don’t hire a man from the other side oi
the sea that probably knows less than
you do.
7. Don’t cut off a big lower limb un
less you are a renter, and don’t care
what becomes of the tree when your
time is out.
8. A tree with tlio limbs coming out
near the ground is worth two trees
trimmed up five feet, and worth four
trees trimmed up ten feet, and so on till
they are not worth anything.
9. Trim down, not up.
10. Shorten in, not lengthen up.
11- If you had your arm cut off, you
would feel it to your heart—a tree will
not feel, but rot to the heart.
12. When anybody tells you of
ardener that understands all about
orticulture and agriculture, and that
he can be hired, don’t believe a word
ofit, for there ore no such to be hired.
Such a roan can make more than you
can afford to give him, and if he has
Betete enough to understand his busi
ness, he will have sense enough to know
this.—Massnchvsetts Ploughman.
Fatalism Illustrated.
A minister living somewhere on the
frontier of Missouri, was in the habit of
Baying to.his family and church,
“My friends, yon need not take any
inuS'ual care about your lives; the
no.ment of your death was ‘ writ’ be-
’ore the foundation of the world, and
row cannot alter it.”
His wife observed when he left on
Saturday to meet one of his frontier
missionary engagements, that he dressed
he flint of Ills rifle with unusual care,
iut in dry powder, fresh tow, and took
eveiy pains to make sure that the gun
would go in case he came up with an
Indian. It struck her one day site saw
him with his rifle on his shoulder, that
his conduct contradicted his teachinj
and she said to him,
My dear, why do you take this rifle
with you? If it was ‘writ’ before the
foundation of the world that you were
to be killed this trip by an Indian, that
rifle won’t prevent it, and if you are
not to be killed, of course that* rifle is
unnecessary ;so why do you take it with
you at all?”
“ Yes,” he replied, “ to be sure, my
dear—now —really—but — then—you
see my dear—to be sure—but then—
suppose I should meet with an Indian
while I am gone, and his time had
come, and I hadn’t my rifle with me,
what would he do? Yes, my dear, we
must all contribute all we tan toward
the fulfilment of the decrees of Provi
dence.”
Tbe Department Reports.
Tlie Postmaster General was the first
of the cabinet officers to finish las re
port, and, contrary to the custom, fur
nished copies to the press in advance of
its transmission to Congress.
The report of toe Secretary of War is
printed, but awaits General Sheridan’s
several other accompanying papers.
The Secretary of the Navy has com
menced but not yet finished his re
port.
That of the Secretary of the Interior
in forwardness.
The report of Attorney General
Williams will soon be printed.
The diplomatic correspondence is
partly in type and will make several
printed volumes.
The report of the Comptroller of toe
Currency is nearly ready for the press.
All toe other reports of the heads of
burcans are either in type or ready for
toe printer.
China is doing what she can to put a
'"to the Coolie traffic. As the dc-
ion of the Mongolian laborers is
ig more than a slave trade—in-
I inious as that of Africa—toe Chinese,
ih their efforts to suppress the horrible
ttystem, deserve toe aid of toe Christian
powers that act in concert for the exter
mination of the dealing in human souls
" carried on by African slavers.
Abundant proof is in existence to
show that the Coolie ships are managed
on the same plan which has made toe
ave vessels from the African coast a
y-word and a reproach to humanity
and civilization. So seldom it is that
the rulers of China take toe initiation
a measure of reform that they doubly
deserve toe countenance and material
import of Europe and America in their
iflort to terminate toe Coolie trade.
Terrible Ship Disaster — A New York
steamer Sunk and 200 Lost.
London, December L—The Ville Du
Havre from New York for Havre sunk
L Over 200 lost
ie ship Tremontain from New
York, arrived at Cardiff at an early
hour this morning, bringing intelli
gence of a dreadful disaster to the
steamship Ville du Havre, which left
N64r York on the 15th of November
. under command of Captain
it, at two o’clock on toe morning
of .toe22d of November. The Ville 0u
I avre' collided with the British ship’
scheame from London, for New York,
raftd sunk shortly after, and 226 of the
p ihieiigers lost their lives. The Tre-
njontam received eighty-seven of her
and crew, and brought them
ne clerk i
Ted to : receive and’ aaSiunTHIbf’JHl
deposits, w : " 1 •'iHiJqn hirtrtdofso*
As each deposit is made a-certification
of deposit will be entered in t^paSftboefc.
The general office at Washington. he
notified of this deposit, and of the name
of the depositor, after which a certiflcafc
of depesit will be forwarded flfei^Whsht
ington to the depositor as.’A iutur*! ignilr-
a n tee. * —
Deposits may be U'iU>di)i«^iii>Mifol'rnin
the office where they were depprityltyid
from any other within the "eneral tBgtneL
but no deposit can be withdrtwtimfnlA
permit has been obtained from tlnfgSeraf
office at Washington. ' a; ddiitt
This authorization of withdrawal tiKl
been found necessary by-Great. Britaig
and Canada to prevent fraud. / One
feature of the scheme is the establishment
of several grand divisions;
local offices shall rep5ft directly.' AB
moneys received on deposit niusttocitfe
posited within a stated time at the nearest
national depository. 3
The Postmaster General ty informed
that the plan is generally approved in-the
West, and he has recently received a
communication from a prominent East
ern hanker, advocating the plan asa v»ty
efficient means to strengthen the credit Of
the Government, and preventing a na
tional panic in time of .crisis.
The flew of currency into, the .treasury;
at such times, from savings, would enable'
the Government to purchase its own
bonds, and thus relieve a stringeilCy by
keeping currency in circulation. v
A Surgeon’s Report of the Yellow Fever
Campaign at Memphis*'
Headquarters, Oct. 22,1873. -
Dear Sir, — I'have the honor and;
pleasure to submit toe following, repoty
of the terrible battle waged agautyt,oqr'
devoted city for the past thirty^days,
by that remorseless and subtle enemy,
Bronze John. Early in August our
vigilant signal officers reported .the.
probable approach of danger and sugjq
gested suitable provisions and an,
ample fortification against this dread;
ful foe, but their words of waffling
were unheeded, and runaway writers
called them alarmists for daring to:
timey offer means of defense.
We slept in seeming security, yebthe
danger came steadily on until the
gatJ
cloud and burst, with the angry force i
an assaulting army upon btft helpless
city. Slight skirmishing commenced
early in September and continued with
variable report until about toe middle
of the month,'when the most'.terrible
battle on record raged' Tn J fSarful' eSrn-
est rt" sncr.v wv—w.no
Our northern frontier wasstormed in
a night, and ■then death and miserv
held high carnival there for a month,
striking dowri alike toe good, toehean-
tiful and the strong, filling Elmwopd’s
quiet shades with 800 new made graves
and burdening the ambient air witK 1 -
strong men’s mourning, widows’ piteous
cigLa find homeless
wails. - * J
With littltf provisions and no'pay,
did my home guard battle day and
night against this midnight assaSshi,
ali acting with fearless and conspicu
ous charity, and if any manifested
greater courage than others, it was
only, in the language of the great Lfie,
because they were more favorably
situated. Man)’ generous vblunteers,
forgetful of the comfort and safety of
their distant homes, rushed to our
assistance and battled nobly in human
ity’s cause. They deserve honorable
mention and an earnest, lasting grati
tude.
The strife is well-nigh over; the
battle well-nigh ended. The enemy
now lurks in hidden places. My little
army is still pursuing him day and
night, and shall continue to do so until
he is driven from our homes, I trust,
forever. Our noble women are gener
al!}' doing well; yet some arc danger
ously low.
Let the prayers of the good hover
close about them and restore them to
continued usefulness. Let not our
gallant dead sleep in forgotten graves,
and if unable to rear marble shafts to
their memory, let us build unto them,
of gratitude in our hearts, monuments
more enduring than brass. That re
maining and distant friends may know
the sorrowers and sufferers at this un
precedented siege, I send you my
morning report.
From tbe New York Sun.
Fortunes of a Daughter of a Southern
Theatrical Manager.
Hugh L. Brinkley, a young man
from Memphis, with a million and a
half in expectancy, came to this city in
1867, and renewed his acquaintance
with Elziabeth Charles, daughter of a
once prosperous theatrical manager in
Memphis. She had come here at tho
close of the war, and her family having
became impoverished, engaged in
teaching music for a livelihood.
The two became intimate, and as she
says, agreeing to be husband and wife
without any marriage ceremony. Then
they travelled over the country, and
aifler they had lived in Memphis a
year he deserted her. She sued for a
divorce on the ground of abandonment,
and moved before Judge Barnard, in
1S71, for alimony pending the result of
the action. .
The motion was resisted on the
ground that the couple were never mar- •
ried. Judge Barnard held the marriage
sufficiently established to warrant tlie
allowance of alimony until final judg- •.
ment, and awarded her. S20 a .week.
The case went to the court of appeals,
where the decision was affirmed. In
May last the suit was tried before
Judge Van Brunt without a jury. After
protracted hearing the court reserved
a decision. Yesterday Judge Van
Brunt decided to send the case before a
jury for another trial.
A Contrast-
The treasurer’s report for the fiscal
year ending the 30th of September,
1872, Hon. Janies F. Grant, treasurer,
shows that the total receipts for the
year were 81,202,634.81 and that toe
total disbursements were $1,174,270.73,
leaving a balance in the treasury of
828,364.08. The present treasurer’s re-
]>ort, ending the 30th of September,
: .873, shows 82,081,641.38 of receipts,
and a disbursement of SI,787,330.661.
Here is a very remarkable difference
the accounts of a Democratic and
adical treasurer. Two millions and
lore of receipts and yet a bankrupt
easury! We shall look at another
ti me closely into the figures, having no
s^ace or leisure to-day. We can only
express much surprise at the character ■
of toe astonishing exhibit.—Montgomery
Advertiser.