Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 49, Brookville, Franklin County, 3 December 1869 — Page 1

PUBLISHED EY8RT FRIDAY BT 0. II. BINGHAM, Proprietor.

Office in the Rational Bank Building, (third story.) TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! 2,50 PER YEAR, in ABTAxcr. 3,00 " ' ir KOT PAID I1T ADTAKCt. Ho pottage on papers delivered within this County. Indiana Supreme Court Decision. Board cf Commissioners of Montgomery County vs. Elsten. Montgomery Common Pleas. Reversed. Ray J. ThU was a complaint by the appellee against the Board of Commissioners and Treasarer of Montgomery coanty to restrain a lale of certain personal property levied upon fey the said Treasurer, by virtue of a warrant to collect the sum of f 41S 40, bein the amount of tax and penalty on S27.175 in the hands ef the appellee on the 1st day ef January, 1S68. A demurrer was overruled to this complaint, and a perpetual injunction was granted. That the moiety of this sum, upon which the tax was assessed, which consisted of treasury notes, was net liable to taxation, has been already decided by the Supreme Court oT the United States in the case of The Bank of New York v. Board Supervisors. 7 Wal. , While it is ruled that these notes were issued under the authority of the Un itcd States, and as a means to ends entirely nitain the constitutional power of the government, and that Congress has in express terms, declared that they shall not be subject to State taxation, the Chief Justice, who pronounced the opinion in that case, proceeds: But it was insisted that they were issued as money; that their controlling qna'ity was that of money, and that theretore they crc s-'.l jsct to taxation in the same manner and to the same extent as coin issue! under like authority. "Aud tlitre i. certainly much force in the argument. It is clear that these notes were t.. tended to circulate as money, and, with the national bai.k notes, to constitute the credit currency if the country. Nor i it easy to see that taxation cf tV.e-e notes, ucd as aiocey nd held by individual eai:crs, can coutrol or embarrass the power of the goverment in iiseing them for circulation mure than like taxation embarrasses its power in coiniag atid it-suing gold and silver money for circulation . Ai.art from lie ca-ia'iitv of lenal tender la pressed upon il.t-iii by acts of Congress, ct "which we tiovr tay nothing, their circulation as cu reucv uptrends oa the extent j to wl.iclt they ;re itctieJ in payment; on the ii;iti!ii y in ciiculation, and eti ibe credit lo tit- i vomises tl.ev boar. 1 ii I r these ie,pc.sthev .escmb'.e the bank Loteg ! IWttit-iiy iucd currency. I but. the . tl.er hand, it is equally c'tartir.ii ihese !otts ate obligations o! i te t i t'.oi ct. . 1 l.vir ii-) me l ij.:ilivHi. tfon its iaic ti psy In tl.r rvtij ct.c ut them expresses) Mlit Dl tiiC uatioti t'l-trs'v a certain . 1 tie to ray a vuiial ini'c is ;ti ci.rai:f-meiit tiniiar, Ki;t u -; :i;;:ir mier.ued is the oiced co'.'.ar of tha U..,ed 5::tes; a cer-i tain .itiaiti'v in wri-lt and fir.nc. of tates; a cerliri.wes of as sueh bv joid a lid M:r r, u lets (!- ted tiiestai: ji .f the liyvel i;tu-;;t. No otl.er otiiii r.:i! l e.oie tcn r . c ii'Z-'vi by i he LeL'tatK'ti lit t !,e' ioi,.il (.aottinmciit as

lawful t! nf-y. j iis-prov?mon is re-escted in apWoul.i, then, their usefulness snd v!ue ' t'Ii(-aU,'n l" bc second issue of United as u.eat.s t.. the cxcicue f the functions ; ' ,u,,.s .l-J tliC aci of July 11, 1SG3. f gmeiuii.i ot he itjoiiuuiv if-.-cted bv ! ' 'Vu''' ' iaic tsxatifi.? " " Atd hs if to remove every possible It cannot le sutd, as we have already ! 'uhx V,!W ,,e "'-""oria of Congirss. so iatitt-au-.', tSi.-.t the i,o inconveniences ; '.,r 5,15 T,"st!"7 ",T ore involved, (the a weuld aiio fscui il.e ifxaiioti f bonds i atK,l,:'l 1 : t W isuc not then tei-t uand eth.r inmost I e .i it - obi'gntions cfi bori2-Mi), the act of March 3, I 63, 12, the l.i.nciM.ti:t .uld attend taxation cf j S;":e Tovidcs f-r a further otes Usurd t,.i chelation i.,... v It.i ! 't'H oi' "I' tistiry r.!cs, ..tni-s in its cx-

w en not s-.v that no eiubiria'-sun nt ! "M ; ise tu-ni Mich taxati.m, and re tfell.k il eie'ilU Mli:n tho (: ;i i .-t i.ui n'.'l on-r,ss t. .ieiiril.MJ whotl-er. in itw of i all tlic I'ircuu.s'ui-c s uttci.dios the isue ! . r . i . 7 ' tic I te-, ll:c'r ttv!uiuc.- as a iM'asis ol ciini. ;i on ti e ti.ei uu.ent would be i eol:.n:cd .i ih-ij r.T-,;;i 1 1 ;vn taxation: ! and fci-hia i', ( ,,M'i'iit t! tmwr ill' '. tVtlgrt : S. h ie 'iselii'i ess tli tig resolved ibe vie-ciion of iti.-iiiveiy, to provide by lawlor sueh i xemj tiou. lhc tvio, t hich the J power i th t; ntramciit to exempt her iijmii- nttts iroiii tax.i;ion reposes, is vnat ti c Mue v;uue ot mch notes at t- ... 1 . a - . vie pen da -j'mi uie j reii i-c et I tie Itovcrument to :t!:iin:t!y ie.iei.ni them in gold. They e.rcu.i.o as currency, not, lite j;o!d aiui siivrr, by leon ot their intrinsic value, tut 1 v irtue of the promises impressed poa tliim and the faith given to the Jromi-e. In ml er words upon the credit of the vjeri,;.c!it notes i. And, therefore, a tax upon imply a tax upon that which E',Tes value, the promise of the tioverntscnt in upon hci cicdit. Ii is ut a tcasoa why Treasury notes hfuld le taxed, that they circulate, as tLk Lores iceoiiiiy is-ued by private Cctfevaiicr.s. Such circulation depends Upoti tl e j nvaie coiporation, and ihut whs M'ejirand If ititiiualc subject for taxation. ll-ese notes circulate by reason of the 'rust let, wed in the credit cf the liovcru?en', and that credit is tiot a subject with10 U "everugniy of the State to tax. It was uj ou this giouud that it was held, n " '--lou and others vs. The City of t-'esu..., IVt. 44.0) ,hat a liX jM. I-dt.j a law tt' any State ou stock issued 'eatij to ti e I nitt.t S States is uuconstitlS'io;:al. :istit;Ctj appears from the opinion nounced hj "Chief Justice Marshall. e B ile tias extraet: "No one QpowcrJ t'" elected which is of more vital iuc'l to the community than this of borC",S " er.ey on the errdit of the United ' s pmer has been conferred by n.eruan people on their Government, j u ii v ui i uf nci eeieiec v v which v. . t'J a"Ccts every member of our , ,'n war where the honor, the independence of the nation are "e needed, when all its resources are . trained to ttie utmost, credit .? ujfht in aid of taxation, a must and the uUda.it fc!t K . . ue 01 pece and prosperity ee a,(;u q,,t,d to supply the exigen ue ur extgen :etit demands of the moment. v: Feor',e for objects the most important a can occur iu the progress f cations,

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VOL. 8, NO. 49. hare empowered their Government to make these anticipations, "to borrow money on the credit of the United States." Can anything be more dangerous, or more injurteus, than the admission of a principle which authorizes every Stale and every corporation in the Union which possesses the right of taxation, to burthen the exercise of this power at their discretion? If the right to impose the tax exists, it is aright which ia its nature acknowledges bo limits. It may be carried to any ex-

tent within the jurisdiction of the State or!aDJ rart thereof, shall have been printed,"

corporation which imputes it, which tke j &c-i or shall nave or retain in his cuswill of each State and corporation may j or possession, after a distinctive prescribe. A power which is sriven bv paper shall be adopted by the Secretary of

the whole American people for their com-

Kon good, which is to be exercised at the j urines of tke Lmted, Mates, any similar but not their beauty, the eyes of the waymost critieal periods for the most impor- raPor adapted to the making of any such j farer may devour that. The house you tant purposes, on the free exercise of which j obligations or their security," &c, "every j live iu only half belongs to you; you octhe interests certainly, perhaps the liberty ! F'eren 80 offending shall be deemed guilty ; cupy it, but as an improvement and an

of the whole, may depend, may be burthened, imperiled, it not arrested, by any of the organized parts of the Confederacy. We have considered it as a necessary consequence, from the supremacy of the government ot the whole, that its action in the exercise cf its legitimate powers i should be free and unembarrassed bv anv i conflicting powers in the possession of its parts; that the powers ot a State can not rightfully be te exercised as to impede at:d obstruct the free course of those measures which the government of the ! States united way rightfully adopt. A tax on goverament stock is thought by tbia court to be a tax on the contract; a tax oa the power to borrow money oa the credit of the United States, and consequently to be repugnant to the Constitu tion." And what was this issue cf these treasury notes, to circulate as money among the people, tut a borrowing of money without interest torn the people? Tbce trcatury notes bad thtir origin in the very exigrr.r-j contce'platcd by this i - . ri . ; ..... . : ment hen the (J.vernu.eBt. strint of her I property and raensced in her capital; was compeikd to demand of her citizens rm l r,;!l,lJ auKe on ue laun id' he r p oniise. It is pleasant that we Winy look ? way from tl:e!-e scecs of conflict and strife from the p'ea i f public necessity bai-k to thuse tin-.es of pence arid quiet, when in the calm discussion of legal propositions, I '"nc f : s ? " ,n , T0" tcct ,hi,t iu!bl,c !auU V" ' sch tiesir.ics n , ' ' : t . . .- tt lSiiic ii-uuir? lUi iwn q hct Kill-. 11 as Congress sttcti-.pted to cx:erd this exemp tion fr u S'a'.e iax iMii t the currency isueiS by ti.e Aa'tottal Lat.k-.? If she has cecUred this exemption, wss the sulject ii!iiu hci juriscictioi.? The cct of February, lc"2. declares u,3t a" cnstpa r" oU,er set ,M !"cs 1 1 lSi0 buiieJ Siatrs held by within the Ur.tted States, shall be exempt i'lnns taxtii by or understate authciity." 12 s -i at. tn I ;i the noid nUistmi'.cs br "oibcr seceritics" the words "Tieasurv uotes and United Siate-s no'es is;;ed ut-iitr ,s - !!e1 u,,0tr ,1C 1 ,,!"u' of this cet.' i 1 he act ?tboi ;2tt-g t he issue rf NaMonal ' ed June 3, lb64. I it;K i.e'- was wt.r.rov R!'d the '22 i Mxr.oti rovides that the j ot t-hall exi voss iiuoti their face the i rrnu;is cf tin nsseicition rcceiin th same to puj on (ien.aud, an d ih.it tlu-v arc ! ec.ued bv the d psite cf United States j bonds tv i tli the Treasury of the United j States. but these beno are nt the (property of the United States, but cf the national Hanks issuing Hie ootes. It is true that the Government in the act agrees to redeem the notcson failure of the bank, but the priitiary liabilities rests upon and the promise to pay comes from the National Hank, and before the Government does so redeem, he declares forfeit to hciself all bonds deposited for the security of the issue, these bonds being in excess cf the

, aggregate ot notes and the nonds tier own j ln the presence of the blue jay and the eot- ; and anxiety no less poignant than that I promise. Thus, in fact, in payment of j don crimson orioles? Or do they feel that I evinced by her husband, j the notes by her, she simply pays her own j their song is more than a compensation j "The.doctmP ho echoed, half tcproach1 hvnds at less than their own f;ice, and ' 'or the modesty of their aprsrel? We; fully.

I may cancel an amount of s:.td bonds at I their current ra'es, i.ot to exceed psr, ep!ial lo the cunency redeemed, and shall i bold a tii st and par amount lien for any deaeicticv in the proceeds of ti c bonds, if sedd, on the asset of the bank. There is no clause in this act exempting the noes from State taxation, but an express pro vision makiag its share liable. It is insisted, however, that the act ap proved June 30, 1861, entitled "an act to provide ways aod means for the support of i the Government, and for other purposes,' i 13 stat. 218. exempt this issue of -'national ! cunency, as it is entitled. The hist sec- ) tion of that act declares that "ali bonds, i treasury notes, and other obligations cf the Uuited States shall be exempt from taxation by or under State or municipal authority. The last section is as follows: Skc. 13. A nd be it farther nicUl, ) That ; J the words "obligation cr other security of i the Uuited States, used in this act, shall ; ; be held to inclnde and means all bonds, i coupons, national currency, U. S. notes, treasury notes, liactional notes, checks for moucy of authorized officers of the United States certificate of indebtedness, certificates of deposit, stamps, aud other leprebGutativcs of value of whatever denomination, which have been or may be issued under any act cf Congress. This, at a first glance, might seem to bring "National currcucy'v within the exemption, and as we are not indebted to counsel for a solution of the difficulty, doubtlcM has misled them ia tho argu-

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BROOKYILLE, IND., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1869.

raent. But the words in quotation in the thirteenth section are technical, and are not the identical words used in the same order in the first section, and, therefore the reference to that section would be i more than questionable. All dcubt, how ever, is removed by the use of the same technical phrase in the eleventh section of the same act, in which it is provided "That if any person having control, custody, or possession of any plate or plates from which any obligation or other security, or 'he Treasury for obligations and other saof a felony, and shall no conviction there of be published," &c. It thus appears plain that the entire in tent and purpose of the last section of the aci was 10 inrow around "National curreu - cy" the same guards against counterfeiting 'bat were by law provided for "obligations acd other securities of the United States. ' iieany no exemption in any act prior to the authority given to issue "National currency" can apply, and as they arc not 1 11" . W T i oongauons oi tne united estates in any FroFer sense of th3t expression; as they do not rest primarily on the promise of the government to pay them as her own debt, but simply on her promise, that she will amply indemnify herself in her own bonds, only after failure of the bank and foreclosure ef the bonds to her, will she regard herself as finally liable, Certainly there is nothing in the letter cf the law, exentptmjr this circulation from taxation, and though we do not discuss the power of Congress to make such exemption, we are j free to admit that we sec nothing in the paper itself or the circumstances of its i;-;-ue wint'u woum auuionzc sucn a such a limit ,0 le Placed on lhc I ower of lhe fctate Ll' tax. It follows that the amount of the assessment on the moiety, consisting of treasury notes, was authoiized and illegal, that the amount rated upon that portion cotisii1 1 1 cf currency of the natioual banks, was legal and proper. Under a rule often expressed in this (Court, the appellee not having tendered to the treasurer ct the county the amount legally due, can not successfully invoked the aid of the Court by the i ntei position cf its cxtraordtuary remedy of injunction, to prevent the collection of a tax in part legal and in part illegally assessed. Judgment reversed, and the cause remanded, with directions to sustain a demurer to the complaint for inunction. The Birds. The birds no doubt sing for the sake cf man, but they do not mean it so. They pour out in their songs their own loves or their own griefs; they sing to their mates and lull their broods to rest, and wce-ay to ourselves: "How good it is in the dear little crcaturas thus to sing under our windows and for our pleasure!"' Still we are not far wrong; .those notes of theirs were wiitten in thetn by the Creator for our benefit, and wc have, no doubt, a higher enjoyment from them than the birds that sing or those that listen. We would not raise the question how far the birds, or any other of the lower animals, are capable of aesthetic emotions, how far they ei joy the sense of the beautiful. The turkey cock, when he swells out bis breast and looks so ludicrously stuck up, when ho spreads bis tail like a fau, does he feel something of the vanity of a country youth in his Sunday arra? What is the nieaning of a similar but much graver behavior in the peacock, when he presents to the ether tenants of the barnyard a hundred niiniaturo snns veiled in the colors of the rainbow? Does he "sport" his beauty for the flock or for us? Pose he feel the per ic-e as we elo'? And if ho does, what;

arc his emotions, by and 'by, when ho at- j ed his presence. tempts to sing? Has he no better eye than J "I b it you only for a moment, Morei? Can be distinguish the real beauty of i ton' she said, advancing to the banker's his plumage, and make so dreadful a mis- j side. "You were dozing, I tbiuk. 1 take in melody? If the peacock has the ' wished to send for the doctor!"

i apdictic sentiment, thcie is certainly no ! accounting for tastes. Ti en how is it the birds that sing and ; arc poorly dressed? Are the robin and the ! i mockinsr-birvl ashaied of their plain coats, sometimes tancy ir.v.i mey reo;:iro u p.s wc j do. When amid the green branches, the . ciimson' plumage of the oriole, with his let-black wintr. catches our eve. we are ! ,b ?-Vd. startled almost, with Ins beauty., Wo want words to paint our thought, our j feeling, even now lue remembrance ol hnn is a joy to us. l.ut when we Lave seen and heard the mocking-bird in his native thickets, when wc have behold him, with his graceful form saucily perched on the! waving top of a sapling, pouring forth a song that went quite through the list of all the bird-notes of the neihboriur forest, and looking tne ery embodiment ol musical pride aud confidence, we have felt sure he knew what he wa: out, and enjoyed the work of his own sreniu. His very look and air revealed the pride and disdain of conscious superiority. The lovers of nature have a special de lisiht in birds. not in the stuffed soecimens of the museum; , that belongs to science, which, like the child with its sto ry, tears its idol to pieces to see what it is maue ot. ior di.es ttus genuine enaction for birds delight in seeing them imprisoned. The soug of a prisoner is sad even if poured through golden bars. On this accouut, canaries with us are mere toys, living musical trinkets, a race without the true dignity of birds. Ourinterest in birds is chiefly a;-thctic, with a sweet touch'of the tender and humane superadded, and the ideas of beauty and incarceration are not in harmony. Who would have his music come to him out of constraint? Who can aell the

meaning of what

is sung in'

the cage? The Boucd is perhaps pleasant only because we do not understand it. What we take for a song of joy may be a dirge out of a heart which is breaking for a free wing in the open air. These creatures of the aky, these flowers of the animal kingdom, whose fragrance is for the ear, and whose roots twine themselves about the fibres of the air,l ike the stars toward which they soar, no man's property. How far up do you own jour land? Up to the highest tree-top? Yes, you own the tree, but not the air, much less the blue sky. The rain that falls on your crops, turns your neighbor's mill, and, thrown off by the wheel, makes foaming

j cascades for all eyes. You own your fields, ornament, it belongs to the neighborhood. So of the uucaged birds: their domain is roofed in by the cope of heaven, they touch i the ground in condescension, they tax our ; gardens and nelds, "tithe our mint, anise, 1 od cumin," breed their voun? were they J like, and meet all their obligations by 1 contributions of beauty. 'No wonder the birds touched the pure heart of the Sob of ilary, and that they awell in his discourse, an immortal picture, by the side of the lilies which outshine the glory of Solomon! What tenderness lor them is revealed in "Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? arid yet not one of these can fall to the ground without your Fatbsr." fMethodiat. THE BROKEN HOME. ''Truth Stranger than Fiction. In San Francisco, on the north side of ' Folsora street, overlooking llission Ray, stands palatial residence. The interior of this house is even more beautiful than its n v 1 II ii u i t. I. i . o .v. .v. , . , w 1 j nvtnrini ovorv apart- ; meut being in its way a gem ot naagnificence and reuuenaent. The library especially realizes the most perfect ideal of an elegant and cultured home. And yet at the moment we look in upon him one August afternoon, as he occupied his library the proprietor of all this wealth appeared cf all men the most miserable. lie was Mr. Morion Treble, for many years a leading banker of San Francisco. It W5R in vain that the broad bay-window at the southend of the room had been opened, giving ingress to the sunshine and the fragrance of rare flowers in vain that the walls were lined with richly carved book-cases and paintings in vain that soft ouches and luxurious chairs bad been gathered around him. lie was wretched. lie l;ty on a sola, in the depths cf the great b.ywiudow. the wreck of a once powerful man. His figure was thin and rautit; his f;ice white as marble; his eves having an expression of woful apprehension, of harrowiojj anxiety, of dreadful expectancy. It. was evident at a glance that no merely physical ailnieut had made him what he wis. Hy what withering secret, by what destroying atHiction had be been thus agonizevi? thus haunted? thus hunted? he so noble and good! he eo wealthy and distinguished! As ke moved restlessly upon his luxurious cushions the pretty clock on the mantel-piece struck five, every stroke seeming to fall like a hammer upon the heart of the nervous invalid, lie aroused himself, struggling feebly to a sitting posture. "Uli, will this fatal day never, never pass?" he uiurmuted; "nor bring us relict ?' Noticing with a nervons start tbat he was alone, he touched a bell upon a table before him, and called: "Helen, Helen, where are you?"' Iiefoie the echoes of his voico had died cut a step was heard, aud his wit enterShe w;s a beautiful wounn, of some six and thirty years, eraceiub with broad white brows and lovinjj eyes, in which the brightness and sweetness of a sunshiny nature were still perceptible, under a srrief "les, dear, sue saiu, in a caim anu cheerful voice, as she drew a chair to the side of the sofa and sat down, stroking the corniiratevi forehead ot the invalid wuh a magnetic touch. Tie will be here iw mediately. Your last nervous crisis You may become seriously alarmed aie. Hi! Mr. Treble bestowed an aflectionate look up,on his wife, but said despoudeutly : "The doctor! He cannot 'minister to a mind diseased!' Oh, if these long hours would only pass! If L only knew what the day has yet in store for us!" "Look up, Jlortont"' enjoined Mrs. Treble, with a reverently trustful glance upward through the open window at the blue sky, and as if looking beyond the azure clouds therein. "Let us appeal from the injustice and wickedness ot earth to the goodness and mercy of Heaven." The banker gave a lew, sobbing sigh. "1 cannot look np, Helen," he answered, with a passionate tremor in his voice "only down, down at the grave that is opening before me! 1 Mrs. Treble continued to stroke his forehead softly, while she lifted her pale faee to the sunlight streaming into the apartment. "Look up, Morton always look up'.' she again enjoined upon the invalid. During all these fourteen years of agony, i have not once doubted either the goodness or the justice of Heaven. 'Bleated are they that mourn; for they shall be com forted. I believe that we shall yet rejoice

more keenly than ire have mourned, and

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that we shall come to a glorious day of joy beyond all thia long night of sorrow!" The face of the invalid lighted up with an answering glow, and he murmured: "Glorious faithl My wife, you are indeed a bleesed comforter! Perhaps, after all, you are Tight!" A knock resounded on a side-door at this juncture, and the next moment Dr. Ilutton, the family . physician, for whom Mrs. Treble ha sent entered the room. He was an old man, portly in figure with white hair and beard, . but with, a fresh and ruddy complexion, a pair of shrewd blue eyes, and with an exuberant boyishness of manner that sat well upon him. He had a kind heart and a clear head. lit approached the sofa, after greeting the husband and wife, and lifted the thin restless hand of the invalid, feeling his pulse. "Quite a high fever," he said, after a krief pause. "Worrying again, eh, Mr. Preble? You are wearing yourself out. Medicine will do you no good so long as your mind ii in its present condition. I must give you an opiate " ".Not now, doctor," Interposed the banker. "I cannot must not sleep to-day! I need to be broad awake now, for I cannot tell at any moment what the next nay bring forth. I am looking for the culmination of all my years of anguish for the crowning agony of the whole. Perhaps even now Ah, what was that?" lie started up wildly, and then, as the sound that nad disturjed him was not repeated, he sank back again oa hie cushions, pallid and panting. The doctor looked at Mrs. Preble with an anxious, questioning glance. "It is the anniversary, ' she replied to his unspoken inquiry ''the of our loss." "Ah, yes," said the doctor. anniversary 'I remember." "Yes, it's another of those terrible days," cried the banker, in a hollow whisper. "Sit down, doctor and I will tell you the whole story. I can think of nothing else to-day, and almost wild with apprehension and anxiety. Sit down." Dr. Ilutton drew up a chair and seated himself, his face expressing the double solicitude of a friend and physician. "You knew us fourteen years ago, doctor," said Mr. Preble. "We lived then where we do now, in a cottage on the site of this great mansion. There were but the three of ns IJe'en and I, and bur three-year old Jessie. And it was fourteen years ago to day that our little Jessie was stolen from us." "I remember it," said the doctor softly. " Yet might she not have been lost, Mr. Treble? She went Out to play in the garden, If I remember rightly, and was nev er seen by you again. She might have strayed away " "So we thought for a wholo year, doctor," interrupted the banker. 'We never dreamed that she had been stolen. We searched everywhere for her, and cfTcred immense rewards for her recovery. 1 employed detectives, but all to no purpose. When our little Jessie ran down the steps into that flower-garden,' and he pointed to the front of the house, 'as if the earth had opened and swallowed her up, we never saw her again.' "She must have found the gate open, and wandered out," euirested Dr. Hut-i ton. 'She might have strolled dowu to the waters and been drowned.' The banker fixed his burning eyes upon the physician's face, and whispered: 1 "I said we never saw the poor child aoain. I did not Fay we had not heard of her. She was lost on the 9th of August, 1S.)4:. For a year we thought 'her dead. But en the anniversary of our loss we received a written message concerning her." "A message!'' cried Dr. Uuttoa, starting. "A nierefcrawl a single line in a hand evidently disguised, said the banker. Here it is. He produced a dingy scrap of paper from a drawer iu the table, and held it up to the view of the physician, who read as follows: "August 9, 1Sj5. Jessit'j hn,ho! Jn-sV.-' Dr. Ilutton looked, with a puzzled , air, from the scrap of paper, which he turned over and over, to the couuteuauce of the banker. "I can make nothing out of this," he declared. 'It is merely a date, with the name of your lost daughter. It tells me nothing.' "Nor did it ns, at first," said Mr. Treble. 'Then that name and that date, with the demon laugh connecting them, set u to thinking. A whole year wc agonized over the dreadful problem, and then we received another message, which you shall see. lie thrust a second slip of paper, identical in shape aud appearance with the first before the gaze of Dr. Ilutton, who read it aloud: "August 9, 1856. Your Jesuit, still airs." The physician started, as if elcctriied. "Ah! this is something definite something decisive," he muttered. 'It convinced you that your daughter was still living.' i "Yes, doctor," eaid Mr. Treble, 'and every anniversary of that day has brought us some message. The disappearance of the child, mysterious as it is, does not seem tome half eo strange as that Ike villain, who took her away ahould contrive to communicate, with us every year since, and always on a particular day the anniversary ofthat on which she was stolenwithout our being able to discover who he is. Acd a still greater wonder, to me is what can be his motive. It seems incredible. If it was stated in a novel many people would not believe it. But 'truth is stranger than fiction." ' Mrs. Treble drew from her husband's breast-pocket his note-book, opened it to tho proper page, and presented it to the physician. . Dr. Uutfon adjusted his spectacles, glanced over the page, and theo slowly tead the group of entries aloud. The enrj the first year is as follows:

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"August 9, 1855. Jeuic, ha. ha! Jet And the aext year it ia "August 9," 1856. Tour JeuU ttilt lives!" And the next"August 9, 1857. She is U good handr And the next "August 9, 1858. And the nextSh it otll a ever!" - A August 9, 1859. I saw for yesterday! And the next "August 9, I860. idly!" And the next "August 9, 1861. tcellP' And the next "August 9. 1862. She' growing rap She continues to do I've seen her again!'' Sh is becoming a Your child is thirAnd the next "August 9, 1863. tComan!" And the next "August 9, 1864. teen!" , ,e . And the next "August 9, 1165. rver!" And tho next "August 9, 1866. ing!" And the next "August 9, 1867. hand!" She's lovelier than She's really charmAfy retcard is at And what shall we get to-day! Tho physician looked , up and fixed his thoughtful gaze upon the bereaved husband aud wife. "How did these messages come to you?" he demanded. "Invariably by post," replied Mr. Preble. 'Usually to the house, but some times to ike office!' "And you have never seen their au tbor?" Never!", "The last of them is dated, I see, a year ago to-day! "Yes, yes." faltered the banker, 'and the time has come for another aaessage. This is the 9th of August, 1868!" "I see," said Dr. Ilutton. "And this is the secret of your terrible excitement! You are expecting to receive to-day anotker of these straDge messages!' There was a brief silence. Mrs. Preble's hand fluttered in its taak, and her face grew pale. The banker breathed gaspingly. The physician regarded them both in friendly sympathy. "Vc shall hear of her again to-day," said Mr. Treble; 'and what will tke message be?' 'Ibe mother averted her face. Her brave heart faltered aa that question echoed in her soul. "I be writer of these letters ii unquestionably the abductor of your child!" said Dr. Ilutton. 'Have you any suspicion as to his identity?' "Not the slightest," said Mr. Preble. 'We have puzzled over the problem for many years, but we cannot guess who he is." .... - "Think,'' said the doctor. 'Have you no eneaay? I do not mean people with whom you are not friendly every stirring man has plenty of these but a downright enemy! Is there no man whom you knew in tho East who hated you? No one against whom you were called upon to testify no one whom you had possibly injured?' ; The banker shook his head. Ue had asked himself all these questions repeatedly. . "I have no such enemy doctor," bo answered with sincerity of voice and manner. "And Mrs. Treblef suggested the doctor, turning to her. 'Have you no rejected suitor who might be revengeful enough to desolate your home?' "Ko," said tho lady. 'I was married early. Morton was toy first lovoil' "This is strange very strangel" muttered the doctor. 'You are not conscious of 'having au enemy in the world and yet you have an enemy a hidden foe a fend in human form who is working out against you a fearful hatred! And you havo not the slightest suspicion a to who he I.-?' "Not tho slightest," declared the baukcr. "Not the slightest!" echoed Mrs. Treble. 'My hatband had a step brother who might have been cabable of this infamy but he is dead!" "The handwriting is not familiar?' "No. It is inertly a rude serawl, as yew see," said the banker. 'It ugget nothing except that il is evidently dia jjuisec! Again there was a profound silence. ' Our child is sevenleco years old now," at length murmured Mrs. Preble, her voice trembling. 'She is on tke threshold of womanhood. No -doubt, during all these years, she bus yearned far us, whore ever Ue may be, aa we have yearned for hei!' "But where is the?" asked the physician and now bis voico was broken by his acep sympathy witn tne agonized parent. ' here can she be? . . . . . " leaven only knows nnewered tho mother. .'lerhaps ,n ban rRC,e? perhaps in some rude hut in the interior, with some obscure farmer, and under a name tsat is not nersf 1 think ker ab - , -.. . , ductor would have carried her to i some , lonely region of the interior aasonif the '"" .-,. - "- .- r, a young gin in lue streets wuuoui turning i to look at her. I never hear a girlish ; voice without listening eagerly, half fan-j eying that it may prove tne voice ot my lost Jsssic!' ' - . 01i, pitying heavenP' sighed Dr. Ilut-j ton, dashiac a Hood of tears from his i eyes (,r..i.-f ill this long agony never be ovei7 : We hope so, and even believe en,' an- j swered Mrs. Preble, wiib the firmness of an unfaliering trust in Uod'o mercy. 'The; last message we teceived from our enemy seems to point to some kind of a change.'! ' True," assented Dr. Ilutton, looking j ni the message in question. 'It is unlike ! the others. It says his 'reward is at ' hand.' He nueau either that be iulcuda

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Ono sir, (to lino.,) one ioiexn. uno fqure, two inwrtioes. ail nbsoqaeat iniertions, pr qosr.. YEARLY. OnoolK,B, obaaxeabla qatrtorV ...... Three-qaartr t.f a eolumn UB-bLl of oolnma .. O&e-qnartor of a cnlmmn Ono-inth f a oolama Transient advrticmenU tboald la alt i paid for in aavaoc. ; - Unlem a particular tin iu HMrdl.J mmm aa d in, advartianatanU will ba pablia&ad mnatl os a vi ma eat ana Baraod accordingly. - ; ., to marry your daughter, or that he inttaala to demand money of you for bringing, her b-ck or both.' - - . . . "We shall soon know," said Mrs.jpreble, with forced calmness. To-day we shall have another message no doubt What will it to?' ' " i . : The banker turned restlas.ly on hia sofa and bis face grew ever paler. - i . "Whatever it is let it come!"' ho murmured. Anything can be borne better than this awful suspense. Lei it cornel' As it bis iiafatieot vtotda had Dreciui tated a crisis: a step was heard ou the walk at this aaoment, and a ring at tho front door followed. j "A nothor messagt I" breathed the banker. A servant soon entered, bearing a letter, which he extended to Mr.Prebte, siylng? "The bearer is in the hall." ; ss Wiik aa eager gaze, the banker glanced at the snperscription of the nausivo. . "It is from him!' he faltered. 1 Me tore the cuvelope open. " It contained a slip of paper, of wallknown shape and appeareoce, upon wbioh was scrawUd a iu"le line, in an equally well known band writing, which the banktr exhibited to Lis wile aud the physician. Thia line was as fallows: s- r "Angust 9, 1SG3. At six J will ealWl A shock of wondor aud horror shook the) three ni mult a ueously. "Will call!' cried Sir. Preble, starting to his feat, aud jlariag wildly around. " "Is eomiuj heit?" cried Mrs. Preble, atso arising. j ri Tt seems so," raid Dr. Ilatton, his eyea again rcvernng to the meenage, "tie will be here at six o'clock, and sea! it is six al readv!" " - - ; Even asbe spoke, the clock on the mantelpiece commenced striking the appointed hour, and at that instant heavy footstep resouuded in tho hall, .approaching tho library. ... .i "It is 7if!" cried the doctor, also ariiing. As the last stroke of the hour reaouadeat, the door leading from the hall again opea-r One lone; and horrified glaaee cast tho banker and hi wife ia that direction, aatt then she fell heavily lo tke floor. : ' Her senses had left ker. The abovo wa pablish aa a specimen chapter; but tho con tinuation of this story will be fun ad only in the N. Y. Ledger. Ak for the number dated December 4th, which can be had at any news office or bookstore. If jo are not within teach of a news office,' you can have the Ledger uai'ed toyouforoao year by sending ' three dollars to Robert lionner, pubiinler, 182 William street. New Yoik. The Ledger pays more for original contributions than any other eriodicn! in the world.' It will publish nonc but the very, very best. Its moral tone is the purest, and its circulation tho largest. Everybody who takes it io happier for having it. Leon Lewis, lira. Harriet Lewi, Mr. Southwerth, Mr. Cobb, Professor IVck, Mary Kyle Dallas, Fanny Fern and Miss Dnpny will write only for the Ledger bereafur. .r ' "; Mr. Leaner, like other leading publish, era, might issue three or five papers and magnzines; but bo prefers to concentrate all his energies upon one, and ia that way to make it the beat. One Dexter ia worth more than three or firo ordinary horses.. - Out acierjM only enn ana genius Ctr ,, ... &o TiM is art, so narrow human wiU ' r ———<>——— The Pawnee Indians. The Pawnees are in a far more un-civil-izedd state than I expected to find them. Very few of them can speak English, and from what I can learn they have become demoralized by their intercourse with the whites, copying nearly all their vices, and but few of their virtues. This I attribute in a great measure, to the class of men who have had charge of the Indians for many years, and who took little if any interest in their improvement and advancement in civilization or Christianization. The Pawnees, however, have one redeeming trait. I have not seen or heard of any using intoxicating liquor; indeed the people generally out here are remarkably clear of this terrible evil. Since I have been in Nebraska, I have seen but three men under the influence of liquor, and they white men; and in Columbus, the county town, the three principal hotels do not sell intoxicating liquors; which speaks well for the country. There are about three thousand Pawnees here, who all live in two villages in sight of the agency.—[<Friends Inteligencer>. ———<>——— Discoveries of the Microscope. Lewenhoeck tell [sic] us of insects, seen with the microscope, of which twenty seven millions would only equal a mite. Insects of various kinds may be seen in the cavities of a common grain of sand. Mold is a forest of beautiful trees, with the branch es, flowers and fruit. Butterflies are fully feather. Hairs are hollow tubes. The surface of our bodies is covered with scales like fish; a single grain of sand could cover one hundred and fifty of these scales, and a single scale covers five hundred pores; yet through these narrow opening the sweat forces itself out like water through a sieve. The mites make five hundred steps in a second. Each drop of stangnant [sic] water contains a world of animated beings swimming with as much liberty as whales in the sea. Each leafe has a colony of insects grazing on it like oxen in a meadow. ———<>——— Founder in Horses. Hend us, soiuebodv. a cuve for a found ; ered hnie, wbrc the fonnder has settlod ia his ltt. V 13. brown. . r We noticed reeu;ly a remedy iriven by i i Lil1! VHI h.iiimiui - . v. r - r ,,. ,4 t , . u i wpM,ju 0r powdered aluui." He ndd i.pry pe,e M . it.ii.r else. nd you'll fi(1 , uu.tlUtj, FA ll each and noie. ' . ., . a When Haddock' m'e Kicked him oat of bed he said, 'L"nk here, now, if yon do that it will be likely to caute a reidu;s iu ,ha family. " . ;:

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