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The Jlystcry ol Gilgal.
BV JOHN HAY.
r t linked, strangest mystery
i >Tir read, or hcern, or eeo,
^mi» of a drink at Taggart's Hall—
'Xera Taggart’s of Gilgal
Iieern the tale a thousand ways,
never could git through the maze
t tangs around that queer day’s doin’s,
Ball'll tell the yarn to youuna.
-.jn Taggart etocd behind his bar,
Retime was fall, the skies was far,
lie aeighhoiu round the counter drawed,
’ And calmly drinked and jawed.
it last C‘<mo Colonel Blood, of Pike,
•ii o d Jedgo Phinn, pcrmisoua-like,
!zi each, as he meandered in,
Eemsiked, “A whitky-skin.”
rffioi-.td the beverage fall and far,
iclsUaiucd it, smoking, on the bar.
>;3(- fays three fingers, some says two—
l'il leave the choice to you.
ft. is to the diink put forth his hand;
ioo-i .hawed his knife with accent bland,
J ax yei paroling, Mister Phinn—
Jeet crap that whisky-skin.”
bum i. gh toneder could be found
la eld Judge Phinn the country round,
t--Young man, the tribe of Phinns
Sews t. c-ir own whisky-skins 1”
He went for his ’lcvcn-incli bowie-knife—
a to toller a Cktiatian life;
Is; I'll Crap a slice of liver or two,
fly bloomin’ shiub, with you.”
Iky cured in a way that all admired,
" I h ood drawed iron at last and fired,
took Sab Bludao’twixt the eyes.
Which caused him great surprise.
Liberal ” Interpretation of the
Bible.
Wisconsin paper is responsible for this:
;e who docs not believo in immersion for
isia w.i3 holding a protracted meeting and
night preached on the subject of baptism.
,e course of his remarks he said, some be-
i it necessary to go into the water and come
of it to be baptized. But this he claimed
e a fallacy, for the proposition into of the
ijtares should be rendered differently, as it
cot mean into at all times. Moses, he
we are told, went up into a high mountain,
Njw, we do not suppose that he went into
coantain, but upon it. So with going down
the witer; it means simply going down in
is water, and being baptized in tho ordinary
,ly sprinkling.
r carried out this idea fully, and in due
an and style closed his discourse, when an
ation was given to any one who felt dis-
■1 to rise and express his thoughts. Quite
mber of the brethren rose and said that they
(glad that they had been present on thi3
sion: that they were well pleased with the
ions that they bad just heard, and felt their
'* greatly blessed. Finally, a corpulent gen
ua, of Teutonic extraction, a stronger to
nose and broke the silence that was almost
-cl, as follows:
Hr. l!rt acher, I ish so glad I vash here to-
% for I has had explained to my mind some
R dat I never could believe before. Ob, I
■» glad dal into does not mean into at all,
«st close by or near to, for now I can be-
laianiih things vot I could not understand
w. We reat, Mr. Breacher, dat Daniel was
kto tie den of lions, and came out alife!
' I nt vi r could understand dat, lor de wild
ts would eat him up right off; but now it
Wy clear to my mint. He vash shust close
* near to, and did not get into de dsn at alL
•bh so glad I vas here. Again we roat dat
kWit, ma .net TVTrt tUa firi.1l fnr-
Ii;n coals went off and all went in;
.‘Lots awl bad languages swelled the din;
2» rhott, eltatp bark of Derringers,
l.iso bull-pupe, cheered the furse.
Hey piled the stiffs outside tho door;
riity made, I reckon, a cord or more.
Girls went that winter, as a tule.
Alone to spellin' school.
re soarched in vain, frcmDanto Beer—
heba, to make this mystery clear;
ta: I md with bit as I did begin—
Who got the whisky-skis i
Harper's 1Yeck'y.
«bre\v children was cast into the firish far-
. and dat alwasb look’t like a peeg story,
'or I dinks dey would, havo been purnt np;
Wt all blain to my mint now, for dey were
J close by, or near to the firish furnace; O,
b bo glat I wash here to-night!
Jed den, Mr. Breacher, it ish said dat Jonah
east into tho walesh belly. Now I never
■1 understand dat; bnt it ish all blain to my
now. he vash not taken into de whalesh
y at all, but shust shump on his pack and
~ “ dot
ashore. O, I vash so glat I vash here to-
.nd now, Mr. Breacher, it you will shust
in two more pashages of Scripture, I shall
5, so happy I vash here.to-night! One of
is vare it saish de wicked shall be cast into
»ke dat bums mit fire and brimostone alwash.
inter Breacher, shall I be cast into dat lako
im vicked, or shust close by, or noar enough
comfortable? I hopes you vill say I shall
st shnst by, a good way off and vill be so
I vash here to-night! Deoder passage is
rich saish plessed are dey who obey these
aandments, dat doy may have a right to de
ob life, and enter in through the gates into
51?. O, tell me I shall get into de city, and
dose py, or near to, shust near enough to
bt I have have lost, and I shall be so glat I
bore to-night.
iiinioNABLE .Prayer.—Dear Lord, have
y cn my soul, and please let mo have tho
-*h satin I saw at Stewart’s this morning,
kith black lace flounces and overskirt, that
1 would be very becoming to me I know. If
my request, pleaeo let me Lave a
*J*ce shawl also, dear Lord.
®*el before Thee to-night feeling perfectly
’’ for Madame Emilie has sent me home
lovely bonnet! A most heavenly little
> composed of white satin, with coral
tofts. For tins favor I am feeling very
foul.
!‘ T0 m #, I pray Thee, an humble heart and a
■5* n Bilk, with point lace trimmings. Let
grow too fond of this vain and deceitful
, i use other women, hut make me exceed*
^gentle and aristocratic. When the winter
Hf® 3 come, let them suit my style of beauty,
, ‘ mere be plenty of puifiing, plaiting,
*na ilsunces, for I dearly love them all.
- r J, let business detain my husband at
r > for he is not wanted at home at present.
JS to become acquainted with the tall, dark-
jjtoreigner who is staying at OoL Longswal-
^ opposite. Bring about an introduc! ion, I
J oeo, for Mr. LoDgswallow will not.
~y children, and please send them a good
';;/ jr I Lave neither time nor inclination to
■'icsr l keni myself. And now, oh Lord,
of mo, while I sleep, and pray keep
CVcr my diamonds. Amen.
i the Washburn family is “being urged”
6 Governorship of Wisconsin. Those
-ma always require so much urging.
[For the Telegraph and Messenger.
Reflections. , ' _
HROM POEMS BY N. C. STUNBOE—EDITED BY KEMOBIA.
How swoet are tho moonbeams on tho streamlet
„ bright gleaming,
Andsweet are the hotesof the Nightingale’s song,
Bat sweeter, far sweeter, is Fancy’s fond dreaming
Retired from the mazes of Folly’s gay throng;
Ah! there may tho heart in its pure contemplation
For Mansions mere blissful the bosom prepare;
Surrounded by works of high Heaven’s creation,
Hope points to tho Homo that’s awaiting us there!
Tho World may dazzle awhile with its pleasures,
And tho bright eyo of Beauty tho bosom bewray;
arth may offer its splendors and rich hoarded
treasures
To lead each frail mortal from Wisdom astray;
But tbsso are as fleeting as dowdrops at morning,
They gleam but a moment, are heard of no moro;
And like the sweet floweret they erst were adorning,
Remind us how quickly Life’s sunshine is o’er.
How sweet to tho soul is the rapturous feeling
That steals o’er tho heart in each pure breathing
prayer;
A Saviouf a sweet promise to mortals revealing,
That soon we, in Heaven, His glory may share
Where nothing tho ties of the bosom can sever,
But the sight of regret be forever supprest,
And the soul, thus exalted, in gratitude ever,
Tho sweet song of triumph will chant with the
blest.
Economical Plan lor Producing Cot
ton at Low Prices.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger In re
turning to this subject where I left off last
week, I will make no preliminary remarks—
premising that all who have taken sufficient in
terest in the subject to peruse what has been
written, will feel like following me to the end
of my remarks.
Now, if all has been done to stock our cribs
and bams with com and long forage, and store
our graneries with wheat, and orir larders with
meat, which I have before stated to be abso
lutely necessary, we may come easily to count
the cost of producing one pound of cotton.
All the accounts I havo ever seen giving a
statement of the cost of producing a pound of
cotton, have put everything down nt high fig
ures to be bought and paid for out of the cotton
.crop. If these things indispensable to life are
charged to cotton, we had as well drop the sub
ject right here and reverse the order of things
by putting our lives in the place of cotton and
let cotton represent our lives. If we did not see
at once the folly of this supposition we might
discuss it in this new light. But, though many
have risked, and still risk life for cotton, cotton
cannot supply the place of life. In other lan
guage theD, we must live if cotton dies. That
we can do this witl) ease and comfort afior the
death of cotton, no rational man will deny.—
But we produce cotton as our chief staple for
profit, as all countries have doubtless some
chief crop for profit Now in calculating the
cost of production of one pound of cotton, there
has been many errors on account of estimating
in this cost many things which are first to be
made at home, because we require them for the
sustenance of life.
We will, in onr estimate, take cotton as the
principal product raised, but not os others have
done, give it .all the cosls of all kinds and lay
all charges against it. Suppose a fanner has a
fann to rent, then he should have hands enough
with his own labor to woik it without hiring
any. Otherwise he will not be able to make a
living. But, suppose p planter has a plantation
and desires to hire hands to make a crop. To
get at tho matter fairly we will size the planta
tion and take it for granted that the planter
knows how to farm. Well, 300 acres of land to
be planted in all kinds of crops; fifty acres to
bo sown in small grain crops; one hundred
acres to be planted in com, and one hundred
and fifty acres to be planted in cotton, potatoes
and some other little patches, snch as goobers,
melons, and so on. Say two hundred and fifty
acres to be plowed and bowed—taking all
patches into account. This crop would require,
in. the first place, seven mules or horses to plow
it; twelve hands to plow and hoe; four oxen
to haul, and six milch cows to give milk for the
farm. It would require, to support everything
well and plentifully, eight hundred bushels of
com, two thousand five hundred pounds of
bacon, and wheat, but vegetables, etc., accord
ing to the size of tho planter’s family, which he
should supply by a little extra labor with his
own hands. Now, in my estimate, I will not
count the interest on the value of the plantation,
but calculate for tho improvement in the fertili
ty of the soil by a proper rotation of crops to
more than pay that. The land is worth but a
nominal sum,- which, if improved, will soon bo
valuable on account of its fertility. (I look for
ward to the time when our lands will be as
valuable as any in America.) So a man in set
ting out to farm scientifically and make money
by raising cotton must not expect bis lands to
wear out at the end of ten years cropping, but
so utilize the exhaustless resources of fertility
snpplied by nature aud art, as to make his land
each and every year more valuable.
Now, leaving out the question of land, and
suppose to enter into any business, a man must
first have some sort of capital on which to ope
rate, in order to make anything. We will set
down his farm as a capital which no time or
revolution can utterly destroy, but which in
most cases has been handed down from father
to son for generations past For we know if a
a farmer draws all his supplies from his farm
and keeps it clear of mortgages he will not loso
it, come what may.
Let ns see now what will be the cost, the ac
tual cost, of running a farm the size we havo
mentioned. . - ..
Seven mules at $150 $1,050
Eight hundred bushels corn 800
Two thousand five hundred pounds meat 240
Hire of twelve hands at $120 1,440
Incidentals—blacksmith bill 'and tools... 1G0
Total expenses of. farm $3,690
Now tho oost of all tho mules should not be
taken into the account of expenses; for if they
are good young mules worth $150, they will last
at least seven or eight years—so the real cost
for plowstock is only $150 per year. And we
will not count either way tho corn, meat or
other products of tho farm, expecting all these
to be replaced, and acting only as an offset to
that consumed.
The account debit would stand actually thus:
Interest on plow stock $ 150
Amount to pay hire 1,440
Incidentals, tools, eto 160
V $1,750
The amount to be produced from one hundred
and forty acres of cotton would be sixty or sev
enty bales—say sixty bales averaging 500ponnds
equal to 80,000 Bounds lint cotton at the
price mentioned (12| cents) would bo §3750 or
$2000 clear profit to the planted. This is about
$166 clear profit to the hand. The cotton seed
I put to the interest of the farm, which are a
great source of fertility; and by the use of cot
ton-planters thousands of bushels are used for
fertilizing which were formerly sown in the cot
ton patches to procure a stand. Now these fig-
uresare as near correct as they can be made by
any man who hasafarmof his own paid for—no
mortgages on it, and makes it support all that
lives on it, either man or beast. Of course, the
all-ootton man will hoot at these figures and say
everything Is put too low. Now I know that at
least $200 can be deduoted from the hire of the
hands, for not many of them will work over ten
months, after deducting lost time from sickness
and other causes. And if cotton should bring
one or two oents more than the estimated price
of course the amount for the planter will be in-
Now, the cost of production of one pound of
cotton, according to the above figures, is just
5 5-6 cents—but little more than what it co^t in
ante helium times. Bo, as I have said, wemhst
so economize our farm products, and so hus
band our resources that the advantage we have
lost by the abolition of slavery will be regained
by the time the other cotton growing countries
have mastered the difficulties we have overcome
in the way to successful culture. They have
maiSy things yet to learn which our superior
civilization ha3. surmounted in tho years long
past.
.Our economy must be such good economy—
so rigid, so complete—that nothing shall be lost
and nothing misapplied. Now, to those who
havo level, sandy lands, I would suggest a slight
change in the manner of planting their level
fields. They can use cotton-planters, cotton-
choppers, and other improved implements. But
all of these cost money, and some of them are
not improvements, but rather hindrances.
If I were cultivating level land of any kind in
cotton, I would plant it In the lull so as to di
minish the expense of hoeing—for I find this
tho great bore in a cotton crop. All cotton rows
should be planted just so the cotton will lock
and cover the entire surface of the earth When
it is at its full growth.
For level land not too rich two feet each way
is good dihtanco. Lay off the rows one way two
feet, bed np and plant as usual. "When the Cot
ton is well uptake a big soonter and lay off rows
just two feet directly across the other rows.
Then take a sweep (18 inch) and making tho
mule walk in-this furrow run the sweep through,
one furrow each way. This will leave a space
about three Inches Equare, which the hoes can
pas3 over and leave one or two stalks in a hill.
This will greatly lessen the expense of hoeing,
and being plowed each way one sweep furrow
each time, tho ground can bo passed over much
more rapidly than in the ordinary way. I havo.
but little more to add to this already tedious
subjeot.
Of coarse my calculations are made for favor
able seasons and prosperous surroundings. If
any disaster should occur or any cause arise,
which being general should greatly diminish the
products of the farm, especially cotton, the
marketable part of it, the price of cotton will
be enhanced so ns to make the profits about
equal any way. A short crop of corn resulting
from drought, and consequently lessening the
amount of bacon, ora the only serious disasters
to the concentrated farmer. Bat if he has made
his calculations for low prices, and by some ex
tra turn in the wheel of fortune, or revolution
in trade, he should got a good price for his cot
ton, he should not drop all othei crops and tarn
fool about cotton. Let ns hope for good and
prosperous times, even if we are disappointed.
And let us, on the other bond, be so entrenched
that disappointment will not entirely destroy
us. Such being onr position, and oar determi
nation to make homo our first care, no bright
pictures of snowy cotton can upset our plans or
change our course. Hoping for prosperity, and
armed against adversity, we will be prepared for
any dispensation of kind Providence.
Respectfully yours,
Petes 'Wellteeow.
Tlie Adventures of Master CUarJie
, Sununerton-
At exactly half-past 9 o’clock on the morning
of Saturday, August 23, 1865, Master Charles
Summorton, aged five years, disappeared mys
teriously from his residence on Folsom street,
San Francisco. At twenty-five minutes past 9
he had been observed by. the butcher amusing
himself by going through that popular youthful
exercise- known as “ turning the crab,” a feat
in which he was singularly proficient. At a
court of inquiry summarily held in the back
parlor at fifteen minutes past 10, Bridget, cook,
deposed to having detected him at twenty min
utes past 9, in the felonious abstraction of su
gar from the pantry which, by the same token,
had she known what was a cornin’, she’d niver
previnted. Pat^ey, a shrill-voiced youth from
a neighboring alley, testified to having seen
“ Chawley” at half-past 9 in front of the butch
er’s shop round tho comer, but os the young
gentleman chose to throw out tho gratuitous
belief that tho missing child had been converted
into sausages by the butcher, Ms testimony was
received with some caution by the female por
tion of the court, and with downright contempt
by its masculine members. But whatever might
have been the hour of his departure, it was cer
tain that from half-past 9 a. m. until 9 p. m.,
when he was brought homo by a policeman,
Charles Summerton was missing. Being natu
rally of a reticent disposition, he has since re
sisted, with one exoeption, any attempt to wrest
from him a statement of his whereabouts during
that period. That exception has been myself.
Ho has recited to mo tho following in the strict
est confidence:
His intention on leaving the doorsteps of Ms
dwelling was to proceed without delay to Van
Dieman’s land, by way of Second and Market
streets. This project was subsequently modi
fied so far ns to permit a visit to Otaheite,
where Captain Cook was killed. Tho outfit for
Ms voyage consisted of two car tickets, five
cents in silver, a fishing line, the brass capping
of a spool of cotton, which, in bis eyes, bore
some resemblance to metalio currency, and a
Sunday school library -ticket. His garments,
admirably adapted to tho exigencies of any cli
mate, wero severally a straw hat with a pink
ribbon, a striped shirt, over which a pair of
trousers, uncommonly wide in comparison to
their length, wore buttoned, striped balmoral
stockings, whioh gave his youthful legs some
thing the appearance of wintergreen candy,
and copper-toed shoe with-iron heels, capable
of striking fire from any flagstone. • This latter
quality, Master Charles could not help feeling,
would be of infinite service to Mm in tho wilds
of Van Diefnan’s land, wMcb, as pietorially rep
resented in his geography, seemed to be defi
cient in comer groceries ; and matches.
Exactly as the clock struck the half hour the
straw hat and short legs of Master Charles dis
appeared behind the comer. He ran rapidly,
partly byway of inuring himself to the fatigues
of tho journey before him, and partly by way of
testing his speed with that of a North Beach oar
•which was proceeding in that direction. The
oonductor not being aware of Ibis generous em
ulation, and being somewhat concerned at the'
spectacle of a pair of veiy short, twinkling legs
so far in the rear, stopped his car and gener
ously assisted the youthfal Summerton upon
tho platform. From this point a hiatus of sev
eral hours’ duration ocourred in Master Charles’s
narrative. Qe is under the impression that he
rode out not only Ms two tickets,-but that he
subsequently became indebted to the company
for several trips to and from the opposite term
ini, and that, at-last, resolutely refusing to give
any explanation of Ms conduct, ho was finally
ejected, much to Ms relief, on a street corner.
Although, as he informs us, he felt perfectly
satisfied with the arrangement, he was com
pelled, under the circumstances, to hurl after
the conductor an opprobrious appellation, which
he had ascertained from Patsey was the correct
thing in such emergencies, and possessed pe
culiarly exasperating properties.
We now approach a thrilling part of tho
narrative, .before which most-of -the adventures
of the “Boy’s Own Book” pale into insignifi
cance. There are times when the re collection
of this adventure causes Charles to break out
into a cold sweat, and he has, several times ainoe
its occurrence, been awakened by lamentations
and outcries in the night season by merely
dreaming of it. On the comer of the street
lay several empty sugar hogsheads. A few
young gentlemen disposed themselves therein,
armed with sticks, , with whioh they removed
the sagar which still adhered to the joints of
the staves, and conveyed' It to their mouths.
Finding a cask not yet penetrated, Master
Charles set to work, and, for a few moments,
reveled in a wild saccharine dream, whence he
was finally aroused by an angry voioe and the
rapidly retreating footsteps of his comrades.
An ominous sound smote upon his ear, and the
next moment he felt the cask wherein he lay
uplifted and set against the wall. He was a
prisoner but, as yet, undiscovered. Being sat
isfied in M3 mind that hanging was the system
atic and legalized penalty for the outrage he
had committed, he kept down manfully the cry
that rose to Ms lips. > , : -
In a few momenta he felt the cask again lifted
by a powerful hand, wMeh appeared above Mm
at the edge of his prison, and wMch h* Con
cluded belonged to the ferocious giant, Blunder-
bore, whose features and limbs he had fre
quently met in colored pictures. Before he
obuld reoover from his astonishment, Ma osak
was placed with several others on s cart and
rapidly driven away. . The ride which ensued he
describes as being fearful in the extreme. Roll
ed around like a pill in a box, the agonies which
he suffered may be hinted at, not spoken. 'Ev
idences of that protracted struggle were visible
on Ms garments, wMch wero of the consistency
of syrup, and his hair, wMch for several hours,
under the treatment of hot water, yielded a tMn
treacle. At length the cait stopped on one of
the wharves, ana the cartman began to unload.
As ho tilted over the cask in wMch Charles lay,
an cxslamation broke from Ms lips, and the
cask fell from Ms hands, sliding its late occu
pant to the wharf. ,To regain his short legs and
to put the greatest possiblo distance between
himself and the cartman, were his first move
ments on regaining his liberty. He did not
stop until he reached the corner of Front street.
■ Another blank ^weds ia this veraoious his
tory. Hcf cannot remember how or when*ho
found himself in front of the circus-tent. He
has an indistinct remembrance of having passed
through a long street of stores, which were all
closed, and which made him fear that it was
Sunday, and that he had spent a miserable night
in tho sugar cask. But ho remembored hearing
tho sound of music within tho tent, and of
creeping on Ms hands and knees, whon no one
was looking, until he passed nnder tho canvas.
His description of the wonders contained with
in that circle; of the terrific feats performed
by a man on a pole, since practiced by him in
the back yard; of the horses, ono of which was
spotted and resembled an animal in Ms Noah’s
Ark, hitherto unrecognized and undefined; of
thefemalo equestrians, whoso dresses could only
be equaled in magnificence by tho frocks of bis
sister’s dolls; of tho painted clowns, whose
jokes excited a merriment somewhat tinged by
an undefined fear, was an effort of language
which this pen could but weakly transcribe, and
which no quantity of exclamation points could
sufficiently illustrate. Ho is not quite certain
what ’ followed. He remembered that almost
immediately on leaving the circus it became
dark, and that ho fell asleep, waking np at in
tervals on tho comora of tho streets, on front
steps, in somebody’s arms, and finally in Ms
own bed. Ho was not awaro of experiencing
any regret for his conduct. Ho does not recall
at any time a disposition to go home; he re
members distinctly that ho felt hungry.
Ha has made this disclosure in confidence.
He wishes to havo it respected, Ho wants to
know if you have five cents about you'.—Brette
Earle.
Bismarclt’s Idea of Napoleon — Mis
History or tlie Treaty.
Special Dispatch to the Missouri Democrat.]
NewYobk, May 15.—ThoTribnno’sletter from
Berlin, dated April 28, says that Bismarck’s last
speech on tho question of an extraordinary
credit of 120,000,000 thalers, has been received
by tho newspapers as-
A VESY INTERESTING POMTICAIi EVENT.
Tho impression of political men is pretty
general that Bismarck is not only ready to allow
the overthrow of tho Versailles Government, but
is even willing indirectly and even directly to
assist in reaching this end; and as to the power
which bo means to substitute, it may be a gen
eral officer, but it is more likely that it is a royal
or imperial pretender, or a combination of both,
whom Bismarck in Ms interest proposes to in
stall as ruler of Franco.
ANY MAN
will do for him who gives him a sufficient guar
antee that he can and will make a clean sweep
of the present disorder, and that ho is honestly
pledged to satisfy the German demands.
A WARNING.
Bismarck’s speech contains a warning to tho
Versailles government to come to terms with
Mm without delay. Tho other day it was my
good fortune to bo present when ho approached
a group of Liberal representatives. Ono of
thorn asked him for tho prospect of tho return
of onr troops from France. Bismarck availed
himself of tho occasion to make a clear state
ment of his relations to Louis Napoleon, as well-
as to tho present French gavemment.
BISMARCK ON LOUIS NAPOLEON.
After having given about tho same idea which
ho afterward "embodied in his above quoted
speech of April 28, he entered fully into a con
versation respecting Louis Napoleon. “Napo
leon’s great fault,” ho said, is his want of deter
mination, Ms hesitation, his vacillation between
two principles or two sides of a question, Ms
aversion to a quick decisioii whore it is neces
sary to choose between two evils. In tho first
half of his reign hi3
SEVERAL GREAT POLnTOAL MISTAKES
Wero redeemed only by an army of some hun
dred thousand m6n. If it had not been for
them ho would hardly have been able to main
tain, Mmself. His Crimean campaign was in
opposition to French policy, sentiment and tra
ditions. Ho ought to havo accepted tho Rus
sian allianco, which, immediately after the bat
tle of Sebastapol, was offered to him by Orloff.
Bat he could not make up Ms mind, and thus
lost ono of tho fow opportunities of injuring, if
not beating ns.
BISMARCK NAPOLEON’S FRIEND.
In ono of my interviews with Napoleon I told
Mm that ho had no better friend than I and no
sincerer ally than we, but, if ho meant to have
peace, tho two nations wero not separated by
antagonistic interest, add that it only depended
upon Mm to make terms honorablaand suitable
to both of ns. Incredulously ho Btared at me as
if bo had never seen mo before, shook hi3 head
and said nothing. Bnt I was really in earnest.
HE TREATS WITH THE EMPEROR.
“Even after tho surrender at Sedan,” con-
tinned Bismarck, “ I negotiated to the last with
Napoleon. Thero were many combinations by
wMch he could havo become master of tho
Paris republio, and as well as we had made it,
we could nnmako.it. My only object and view
was of course to have a legitimate power to
treat with. We had not the least interest to
carry on a long war.”
THIERS AND FAVBE WERE SUPERCILIOUS
in the beginning. We had to put a damper on
TMers’ self conceit and mako them more pliant
by proving to them that we were tho masters
of the situation. Tho remedy-in this respeot
was a good one, bnt Napoleon could not muster
tho courage either to refuse or accept onr terms.
Ho know very well that in September he could
havo bought the peaco at a cheaper price than'
•wo subsequently demanded in January, and that
wo would not havo insisted on the cession of all
tho territory we havo just taken; but neverthe
less ho wavered
THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN VERSAILLES AND WUr-
HELMSHOHE. — - —
lasted from the day of Napoleon’s arrival at that
castle until the signing of tho preliminary treaty
with tho French Repnblic. On the noon of the
same day on the evening of which I signed the
preliminary treaty of peace with TMers and
Favre, and in tho presence of tho latter, Lre-
ceived a note addressed In a lady’s hand-waiting. .
On openiDg it I found that it wa3 written by l
Clement Duvemoia, Napoleon’s secret agent. 1
He informed me that Ms master was willing to
accept our terms. It was, however, too late. I
sent <word to Dnvemois to oall on me in the
evening. Late in the afternoon I arrived at an
understanding with Thiers, and when Duver-
noiscame I told him I had just signed the treaty
with the former. •' ^
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
The Great Hassaclraselts Democrat oh the
Essence of Democracy.
From the St. Louis Republican.]
Quincy, May 6,1871.
A. Warren Kaley, Esq.: > ; r ■ ;
Deab Sir—I have .the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of a communication from you-in
closing two extraots from newspapersupon which
you request my criticism; and I infer from
your letter that you wish to learn my opinion
upon the public questions discussed in these
articles.
You are quite welcome to know themiif yon
are willing to accept them as simply the specu
lation of an individual. I represent nobody and
do not boast n follower in tho world; nor do I
know that my notions are shared by any con
siderable portion of. any party.
The people of the United States feel instinct
ively that they are going wrong, but they are
told that it will be dangerous to retrace their
steps. They knowthat the path upon wMch
they have enteredis beset with pitfalls; but even
a bad path is better than the precipice.. The
sweep of reaction is stayed by the dread of rev
olution. Tho policy of shrewd Democrats and
the duty of good citizens is to dispel tMs appre
hension, no matter how foolish it may seem to
them. Short of honor and good faith no sacri
fice should be deemed severe wMch would suf
fice to lay that haunting spectre. For that rea
son I deplore the halting, hesitating step with
wMch tho Democracy is sneaking up to its inev
itable position. For this cause I share your re
gret at the studious ambiguity wMoh seems to
search for a sally port through which to dodge
its destiny. And while I better like the spirit
I equally condemn the policy of those who open
ly proclaim their purpose of revolution. Such
indications of Bcntiment annoy me, simply be
cause they prolong a situation fraught with great
danger to-the dearest interests of us all. The
dominant party can retain a power wMch has
grown too great for the publio welfare only by
an indefinite extension of the moral conditions
of tho civil war. '
The Republican organization can rally to no
cry bnt a slogan and conquer under no standard
but a spear. The party needs strife to insure
its sneoess, bnt good feeling is necessary for
good government.
Now the hostility to tho fifteenth amendment
is the stock in trade of the fomentors of strife;
is it worth gratifying at the risk of permanent
subjection ?
The South is galled to day, not by the pres-
onoe of the amendments to the Constitntioh,
but by tho utter absence of the Constitution
itself. They feel a Congtesa. whioh assaults
them, but they find no Constitution to protect
them.
Is it not silly, then, to Equabble about an
amendment which would cease to bo obnoxious
if it was not detached from its context ?
It is quibbling upon a technicality of law and
relinquishing tho substanco of liberty. Tho
Constitution was struck down by the assault
upon Sumter, r.3 all constitutions must necossa-
rily fall before the face of the supreme arbitra
ment of war. It can never bo lifted up wMle
war is flagrant. Tho people will never resign
the attitude of hostile vigilance which is the
real significance of tho present administration,
until they know that no one of their wartro-
pMes is' longer disputed. Then they will gladly
resume tho habits wMch they love and tho good
nature wMch they repress. What then is the
meaning of the grotesque contortions of those
who profess a fondness for camels and yet strain
so fantastically at this gnat ? For tho essence
of all Democracy i3 equality—nothing bnt the
equality of all men before tho law. Equal and
exact justice to every man, and each to share in
the government of all. That is the only genuine
Democratic doctrine. But who dares faoe an
intelligent people with that testimony upon his
lips, and denounce a measure wMch is too
democratic for Democrats only because the en
franchised arc black? Barely the Northern
Democracy shonld not bo forced into snch stu
pidities by tho conscientious scruples of their
Southern brethren. Deference is donbtless due
to their ■ constitutional qualms, and yet some,
lernty toward revolutionary processes of amend
ment might bo reasonably expeoted from sup
porters of secession. If we can condone the
fault, is It too much to ask paroled prisoners of
war to pardon it?
No! You have given our cry, “Universal am
nesty and universal suffrage.” -I would only
add the constitutional Union of the States. For
the old constitution is just as good as it ever
was, for South as well as North, in spite of the
marks of the mailed hand which must remain
upon it for a warning to those that come after
us. There is notMng in it now wMoh Is not
perfectly compatible with the happiness, wel
fare and liberty of all the people of the States.
It is only the Administration that is at fault,
it is the interpretation wMch is violent. Do
you imagine that Thomas Jefferson, do you
think that JameB Madison wonld say that their
old organio frame permits a protective tariff or
paper money; authorizes national hanks or
presidential diplomacy; conntenanoesmilitary
tribunals, centralization and the crowning and
perfect infamy of the Kn-klux bill?
It never was the Constitution wMoh invaded
or conquered a State, it is not the Constitution
which oppresses the States. It was war—civil
war. Close tho war, and you restore self-gov
ernment to the people of the States. If they
cannot secure their own peace and happiness,
let ns look around next year, not for the next
President, but for the first dictator.
Now, if you or any other man doubt the
soundness of my judgment In tMs matter, all I
.ask is a true Demooratio administration, and
yon shall see it for yourself. John Q. Adams.
Gen. Pryor Rampant.—Ex-General Roger A.
Pryor, late of Virginia, had some words with
counsel to whqm. ho was opposed in a case o»
hearing before Judge McOunn, in the
term-room of the Superior Court, thbtJ*‘°m in f?i
says a New York paper of UtoWy* ““t-
When the case had been a>»pos«d of,tne.two
counsel met just outside door of the court-
room, and the dispute ^aa renewed. General
Pryor waxed wroU*. seized oounsel by the nose,
tweaked that g«a violently, then grasped his
victim by wa ooat-lapeto, giving hlna vigorous
shaking. an d showering epithets, remarkable
for their vigor and terseness, npon his unfortu
nate head. Counsel threatened the vengeanoe
of the law npon the belligerent general, but tba
latter turned upon Ms heel and walked away,
thus ending the scene.
Mb. Kebxoodlb, of Indiana, burnt a brush
heap in his yard. The day was a windy one
GREELEY IN THE SOUTH.
Enthusiastic Receptions at Hallway Sta
tions—An Old Eody Ka-klnxes the Phi
losopher. . .. •
Fiom tbs Memphis Appeal, May 15.]
Horace Greeley passed down from Louisville
through Humboldt Saturday; night, enronte to
New Orleans and Texas, JBe ls.aooonjpanied by
lonr Or five shrewd fellows, whose identification,
with railroad and other jobs exoites the suspi
cion that Horace’s leoture is an empty sham,
and that his purpose in visiting Texas is to hold
a share or two of stook in some grand scheme
of "railway speculation. . Such, doubtless, is the
purpose of Greeley’s friends. He comes along
innocently enough, no don>t, Ms primary pur
pose to see tho South and Southern people in
their own homes, at tljejr own fireside, and hoi
as painted by Phillips and Beecher and others,
who know no more of ' us than we of the peo
ple of Maine or Madagascar. It is needless to
say that Mr. Greeley is cordially greeted
everywhere. Whenever the telegraph tells the
people of his coming, they gather in great
crowds at railway . stations, and all are anxions
to see and greet and shake the hands of. the cu
riously unique philosopher of the Tribune. ?- e
wears a greasy broad-rimmed straw h°f ® n “ a
venerable brown sack coat, browf. ^with years
and dust. The hat-rim dant'g*****® ■*
downward, and from • ber> , r , ‘ a “ protrudes the
fully-exposed broad, forbad of the ewatie
but honest optim-* of the Trff>mw. At Bow
ling Green M 3*» welcomed by a great throng.
Among **• multitude was a fat old country
d am p,Df Greeley’s age—say of. sixty summers,
sue asked anxiously for Horace. “Oh! whar
is he.’ ’ she exclaimed. “He and my father and
my. old man were aller’a Whigs together, and I
must see him.” Mr. Greeley was pointed out.
The heavy brigade in pettiooats made a charge,
and Horace went down. He was bngged and
kissed, and the old hat was smashed, and the
greasy old coat well sanded, and Horace almost
crushed to death. The crowd enjoyed the col
lision no little, and we only fear that the story
will go North that Greeley has been Ku-kluxed
by a Kentucky dame, and Grant may be induced
to deolare Tn " tia1 law about ih
The Presbyterian General Assembly now eon
vened in CMcago, represents 446,561 communi
cants.
An injudicious XVth in Tennessee attempted
to shoot a disloyal white with the wrong end of
and itEernoodledhim out of a house and home. ’ pistol. It went off, end there was a blackberry-
—Boston Post. . in? P art Y-
WHO “JUNICS” WAS.
A liong-dlSDntctl Question Supposed to be
Settled.. .
From the New York Timee.) . - . , - v ■■
So many important questions constantly arise
the solntion of which depends on the identifies- i
tioir of hand-writing that nnytMng throwing
fresh light on the subject has positive value.
The title to property is often at issve on suoh
point% and the identification of literary remains
frequently depends upon a scientific analysis of
which very few are capable. There are, to bo
sure, a great many persons employed in banks
at in lithography who are commonly styled
“experts,” and who are popularly esteemed
trustworthy authority in oMrogrspMe matters.
But the degree in wMoh their opinions can be
depended npon is usually overrated. Mr. Twis-
tleton, who. nas given deeper attention to tho
matter than any literary man who ever wrote
upon it, »ys that the number of real .“experts”
in London during the last fifty years has been
very few;'and that—limiting the application
of the term to persons whose skill is recog
nized and deferred to in tho Mghest courts
of justioe—there are now only two “experts”
in the above named city,- namely, Mr. Gha-
bot and Mr. Netherohaft. The former gentle
man, at the instance of Mr. Twistleton, lately
made an elaborate investigation of the hand
writing of the famous “Junius,” with the result,
formally assented to in a long thoughtful article
in the April Quarterly Review, of establishing
the identity of “Junius,” with Sir Phillip Fran
cis. Some of tho steps of the demonstration
are so curious as to mako it desirablo to recite
them. Thelettersof “Junius” began in the Fub-
lio Advertiser, January 21, 1769. They have
been ascribed, with more or less plausibility, to
no fewer than fifteen persons; bnt the bulk of
intelligent opinion ha3 always inclined to Fran
cis. Still, this has only remained highly-proba-
ble surmise. Positive proof has been lacking.
And it has seemed that tho celebrated boast of
“Junius”—that he was the sola depository of
Ms own secret, and that it should perish with
Mm—was destined to bo be literally verified. A
conspicuous link in the chain of proof that, in
tho judgment of Mr. Twistleton and tho Quar
terly Review, explodes tMs anticipation, wo will
briefly set forth. ,
Just ono hundred years ago—that is to say,
in 1770 or 1771—Sir PMlip, ihon Mr. Francis,
was on a visit to hi3 father at Bath. At tho As
sembly rooms in that then highly-fashionable
city he danced on moro than one evening with
a Miss Giles, abrilliantyonnglady, whose father
was afterward Governor of tho Bank of England.
It was the custom at balls at that time for a
lady tv keep tho mmo p—rtnor /ox* Alio whole
evening; and so it fell out with this pair. Sub
sequently Miss Giles recoived an anonymous
note, inclosing some complimentary' verses.
The note was in one handwriting, the verses in
another. Both still exist, and havo been in the
hands of Mr. Twistleton, Mr. Ohabot and Mr.
Netherohaft. Now, it is declared by all three
to bo absolutely certain that tho anonymous
note is in the handwriting of “Junius.” This
being so, and as Francis bad evidently sent it,
it was at first taken for granted that the anon
ymous verses were in tho natural handwriting
of Francis. Tho most singular and interesting
part of tho story follows. Mr. Chabot, after
deep study, came to the conviction, not only
that Francis could not have written the verses,
bnt that the two—the versos and tho noto—
could not possibly have been writtefi by the
same hand. This conclusion was opposed to
the views of Mr. Chabot’s employer; and, as
iLo Quarterly eays, tbe case wiuen the expert
had been called in to suppoit soemed to havo
broken down in consequence of Ms evidence.
The intrinsic value of that evidence, and cer
tainly the independence with which it wasgiven,
may, therefore, in some measure, be inferred.
Mr. Twistleton assented to the professional
opinion—we may suppose with some reluctance.
Yet it led him to a fortunate frail. The ques
tion was: If Francis did not write ihe verses,
who did ? A life of Francis has just been pub
lished, and mention was found in it that Ms
cousin and familiar associate, Mr. RiohardTilgh-
man, was with him in Bath at the time the note
was sent to Miss Giles. It strack Mr. Twistle
ton that Francis might have got Ms consin to
act as an amanuensis. Now, in the Letter Book
of Francis there are, happily, six letters ad
dressed to Francis by Tilghman. These, with
the verses, were now submitted to Mr. Ohabot;
and he soon gave in his unhesitating conviction
that the verses were in Tjlghman’s handwriting.
This is pointed out to be quite characteristic of
Francis. He wonld never put his own natural
handwriting side by side with that of “Junius.”
Addressing Miss Giles in a disguised hand; he
naturally adopted tho style wMch he had been
so freely using; and as naturally got Ms cousin,
who probably never saw the note, to copy the
verses. This hypothesis is further sustained by
the fact that Tilghman, who was a native of
PMladelphia, and wrote from that city, refers
to the verses in one of Ms letters, and, indeed,
quotes a couplet from them. .
This interesting circumstance is but one of a
number of remarkable corroborations, arrived
at with vast labor and reseach, that' are held to
establish, beyond all donbt, the identity of
“Junius” with Sir Phillip Francis. The Quar
terly congratulates Mr. Twistleton on having
prodneeda book which “settles once for all the
long-disputed controversy respecting the author
ship of the Juuian letters,” and wMch is, more
over, the “only work wMch has yet appeared in
the English language conveying systematic in
struction on the comparison of handwritings.”
Every imaginable adverse theory is success
ively taken np and disposed of, and certainly
the demonstration, even as conveyed in the
condensed statements of the Quarterly appears
to be complete. It' hardly needs to be pointed
out that the result of this laborious investiga
tion, interesting and important as it is, does not
constitute the sole value of the report of it.
The successive steps of the inquiry and the
proofs whereby each position has been fortified
will be of immense service henceforth to the
antiquary and the lawyer. Like many other
patient and indefatigable scientific processes
wMob, to the superficial eye, have only abstract
or speculative insignificance, tMs inquiry will
furnish valuable material for innumerable prac
tical purposes in the future.
Boating.
Beautiful bay, oh beautiful bay!
As I float on thy waters free, • '* ■
My boaffliea lifiht as the gulls at play,.
My heart leaps high as tho flashing spray,
- And we dance with the dancing sea!
Tho sun illumines each merry wave .
As they sweeping and rushing come. '
Wo bend o’er the prow, our hands we lave:
We ask, “comeye from the mermaid’s cave?
They laugh, as they curl into foam!
So wo laugh again, my love and I, : * *
From two glad hearts which make bat one.
Just one, to laugh, to beat, to sigh,
One forever, to Jive, to die,
And so—nevor again alone.
Bonny boat, this truth our love has taught—
Tho’ at times we may seem apart.
With tender caresses all love-fraught
She is folding me in every thought,
While she is—tho life of my heart I
Dance then my boat on tho dancing tide,
For yon carry a buoyant freight!
Two hearts in one, which cannot divide,
One, unshaken tho’ troubled and tried,
Strong, secure, in our love—our Fate!
. Charleston Courier.
Carious Diamond Robbery.
A young gentleman, a native of Baltimore,
who has just arrived here from California per
steamer Ocean Qneen, wMch arrived in New
York the latter part of last week, relates a
singular story of a robbery of jewels and valua
ble diamonds which occurred on board that
steamer jnst before her arrival in the port of
New Yoik, and subsequently. He states that
when he arrived at Aspinwall a party of
wealthy and distinguished Peruvians, citizens
of Lima, camo on board ihe Ocean Queen ea
route, to Europe via New York. At the same
time another party of men took passage to New
York, whose appearance, though they were well
dressed, and had first-olass state-rooms, excited
the suspicions of the captain of the steamer, as
well as several of the passengers. Accordingly,
the Peruvians and our informant, all of whom
had valuables in their trunks, had them re
moved to the purser’s safe. But when the
steamer was ooming up the bay of New York,
the Baltimore gentleman, fearing there would
be vexatious delay in getting at the purser in
the confusion attendant on disembarking at the
wharf, sought out that officer, and obtained hia
diamonds, some $8,000 worth, and placed them
in a wallet in his trank, which ho locked in Ms
state-room, and only left there while, he went t9
dinner.
On arriving in New York he proceeded to his
hotel, after exchanging cards with his Peruvian
friends, and they wept their way to the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. A day or two afterwards, having
received an invitation to call on the Peruviana
at their hotel, he went to Ms trunk for a change
of dothe3, when, to his astonishment, he dis
covered that a new suit of clothes and his dia-'
monels had been stolen. Ho commumcated the
facts to lire police, who cautioned Mm to say
nothing about it, but leave the matter in their
hands for investigation. He then went to call
on the Peruvians, and rode out with them into
the Park. Noticing Ms serkras appearance,
these gentlemen, questioned, and finally ob- ,
tained from Mm the facts above stated. It at
otioe occurred to them that their own jew
elry might be also taken, and they at onoe
returned to the hotel, where they found that
daring their shorf absence the room had been
entered, a satchel and other things taken, their
txnnk3 rifled, and over $100,000 of jewels and
unset diamonds abstracted and taken away.
They at once went to the police and gave in
formation, and were told to keep qniet. Tho
police have also,' thus far, kept quiet concern
ing their operations in the matter, and in the
meantime the stolen valuables aro not forthcom
ing. ■ The theory of tho gentlemen who were
robbed is that the party who took passage at
Aspinwall were professional operators, and had
knowledge of the fact that the Peruvian gentle- -
men had valuable baggage with them, and ac
companied and dogged them until their purpose
of robbery was finally accomplished.—Wash-
ington Patriot.
Vanderbilt’s Sons and Sons-In-Lajr.
From the Troy TimeB. ] • s
The Commodore has been rather fortunate in
his alliances and kindred generally. Allowing
that one of Ms boys (Cornelius) has been wild,
the other (William Henry) is as steady as could
be desired. Cornelius, indeed,.has promised to
turn over a new leaf, and perhaps will also come
out all right. The Commodore has the. satisfac
tion to find William a capable and efficient rail
road man, who now serves as Vice-President of
the Hudson River and Central. William is now
in his fiftieth year, and fully restored to health.
One of Ms sone, William K. Vanderbilt, assists
him as private secretary, and another one of
them (Cornelius, Jr.) is treasurer of the Harlem
road. Tha Oommodoro means that Ms children
shall be working men, and he has found them
ready to undertake any duty required.
His sons-in-law have also caught his emulous
and ambitious spirit, and are making their
mark as railroad men. One of them, Daniel
Torrance, was Vice-President of the Centra},
and did good service in that office. The Com
modore lias recently made Mm President of the
OMo and Mississippi road, for wMch office he
is well adapted. Mr. Torrance is a man of wealth,
only work which has yet appeared in but has an active mind, and hence business is
" congenial. The other 3on-in-Iaw is Horace F.. .
Clark, a Yankee lawyer, who ia «a keen as a
brier, and is the man’s confidential adviser.
There was a pair of brothers ’ who came to tMs
city; Hoarce and Frederick. The former took
to law and married rich, while the latter beoams
a preaoher and devoted himself to doing good.
Horace is a fine looking man, whose age might
be taken for fifty. He is foil of nerve and fire, .
and stUl has great coolness and calculation, so
that upon the whole he may be considered one
of the most accomplished men in Wall street.
Mr. Clark is now President of the Lake Shore
road, whose stock has advanced twenty per
cent, since last fall, notwithstanding it has re
cently been mortgaged for thirty millions. Tho
reader will see that the Commodore has ah un
usual family st«mgth, wMch is judiciously de-
failed to dieerent branches of servioe. Should
he set ixmtrol of the Erie, it will be a nice ques-
tjr^whom he will make President... I think by
YthaC time the Commodore will be too old to ac
cept the office, and hence it is probable that it
will be given to one who perpetuates the name;
and that Cornelias Vanderbilt, Jr., of the Har
lem, will be the man.
Violent Resistance to Revenue Ofeicjers.
St. Louis, Mag 20.—The Democrat publish-^
the’statement, from a reliable souroo.
United Btates Marshals James and a **
rested, a few days ago, in Bollms <r > Missouri,
John A. McCleary and Fran 1 ' Rogers, charged
with illicit distilling. V® 911 near Marble Hill
with the prisoners./" party were confronted
by some twenty-mrinxl men, on horseback and J™-
foot, who <i~nanded the surrender of MoCleary
and R'*»' srs « which was refused. They there*;
up ^-nred upon the officers, wounding Marshal
james in the leg and arm. -The offioers re
turned the fire, and, it is thought, wounded
some of the assailants. They, then put spurs
to their horses and escaped. ■ The prisoners
were brought here last night and lodged in jail.
The oelebrated Scotch surgeon, Dr. James
Byrne, used to give Ms students the following
rules to insure suooess in practice: 1. Never
look surprised at anything. 2. Before stating
your opinion of -a case on your second visit, as
certain whether your previous directions have
been complied with. 3. Never ask the same
question twiee.
IdPHnraoKT tor Jura, opens with the new
novellette Provence Bose—Shopping in Paris—
a German Popular Leotore—Florenoe Maryatt’a
story at Sail' Waters—No. 7 of those capital
papers Wild Ireland—The Freedmen’s Bureau
Serantgallism in Virginia are among the other
leading articles.
A New York journal advises Grant to “intro
duce oommon sense into his appointments.” It
is all well enough to advise him thus, but where
the diokana is he going to get the oommon
sense ? —LomsviSe (hurier-Joumal
Commune Gone Ur.—The Paris Commune
went np in a blaze of fire rot Sunday, and we
trust will never oome down again.
Reception op the New Democratic Dkpabt-
ib.—Cincinnati, May 22..—The Democratic
Executive Committee of Hamilton county have
endorsed the Vallandigham platform promulga
ted by the Montgomery oounty committee, ana
recommend the Hon. Samuel F. Hunt as the
Demooratio candidate for Lieutenant Governor
besides directing delegates srom.this county!I
support Mm in the convention. At the Butler
county convention, called to appoint delegates
to the State convention, the new departure was
ignored.
A negro politician in Mississippi sued the
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad Company
the other day for ejecting him and his wife frpm
a “white” car. The jury were about half ne
groes, bnt unfortunately it came ont in evidence
that the sable dame bad objected, in no chains
language, to the odor of the ooonpants of the
colored cars. The negro jurors rendered »W*
diet in accordance with the “Put yourself in ids
place” principle.—Mobile Register.
Mrgg Jessie McLean, a New York belle, mar
ried, on the 11th of April, tho Hon. Spence*
Oowper, a distinguished English widower of
forty years. His first wife was the widow of
Count d’Oraay, and daughter of Lady Blearing;
ton. Min McLean’s marriage* aaakn her the
sister-in-law of Earl Oowper, of the Connie* of
Shaftesbury, of Visoountess Jcoelyn, era of the
Honorable Mrs. William Oowper Tempi*,
Resumption op Wore.—JSoranton, Mdy 90.—
The miners of the Delaware ana Hudson
pany bare followed the aaample of
ware, Lackawanna and Wee tern Oo®
decided to aoeept the offer of the
Thero will be a reeempaenef -met ia
mines of both Companies 0f& MenAy.
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