Indiana American, Volume 9, Number 24, Brookville, Franklin County, 17 June 1870 — Page 1

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Office in the National Bank Building-, Third !StorS) TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: $2.50 PElt YEAR, ix aovancs. 03.00 " " JF NOT HID IS ADVANCE. Ho postage on papers delivered within this County. From the Indianapolis Jounal. An Old Score Settled A Democratic Debt Saved to the State. The people of Indiana are familiar with the ce!ebrared case of "The State versus Pillard Bieketts, et al.," which involves the 6133,000 abstracted From the Common School Fund, under Democratic auspices, and which it wasgreatly to be feared would never be recovered. It is a matter of surprise and gratification to be able to announce, this morning, that this debt has beeu recovered by Republican officers, the State and the school children saved fiom loss, and another item added to the long list of credits for the administration of the Bepublieau party in Indiana. In 18(54, Mr. V. H. Talbott was President of the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners, which then controlled the School Fund of the State. There existed in the city of New York the banking house of H. J. Lyons & Ufl., the "Company' being Mr. Dillard Uicketts, a member of the Sinking Fund Board, and a Mr. Simmons, brother-in-law of Lyons. Sometime in the fall of 1804, Mr. Uicketts said to Mr. Tal bott that he "would like to be complimented with a small deposit,' acting upon which suggestion, deposits were made of the school moneys, in Lyons &Co.'3 Bank amounting to 8133,281 14. Then succeeded some gold speculations, indulged in by certain prominent Democrats of this city, who operated through Lyons & Co. as their brokers. To cut a long matter short, these Democratic speculations, on the defeat of the Federal Government by the Southern rebellion, proved disastrous, and Lyons & Co. suspended, with this large aii.ount of Indiana funds held as an individual deposit of Mr. Talbott. The la, tor succeeded in obtaining collaterals to the amount of $33,vi0v, with security, which were afterwards r3lized upon durii.g the incumbency of Auditor MeCarty, leaving still unpaid about SSU,SU0. This sum the l ank 'arm refused to account for until the gold gabblers male good their Shorts,' Lvons it Co. alleging that P.c uiulerstatidioir' with Talbott was, that the ut-kiug fund deposits were to be consider tl a margin for foe operations of John M. Talbott and Mr. Aquiila Joe.es. This j is t ,:cSy the story, as appears of record j in the tcpntoi th ; Legislative Committee, j The Democratic abstraction of eisrhty ! t!:uU.uil dollar was iil unpaid when i

Audtiov Evans came ioto otftee. Suit icd to 'save the Cnioo,' hj forfeited his was entiled in Clark county, and judg- right to tr.emlership in the Democratic iv. e tit obtained against HicKetts for ihe patty, and became legitimate spot t lore very outstanding amount. It appealed impos Democratic stripU.tg i:i tli j State to kick s-ibie to tvaiizd anything on the judgment, i at. tut by vigilance and skill, Mr. Kvanshasl Were we disposed" in pry Into ptivate at la.-t compelled a settlement, on Mot-day 'affairs, we cjisrht be ab'e to find the real

! this week cash and amide seeui ities leii.ir turned 1,'ver to the State, which ,

t:akes the School Fund intact, to the full by. For eighteen years he was a member amount of the principal cf the debt, with ot the Supreme Bench; lie has been editor six per cent, iottresl tiom the date of its j of the Sentinel ia its pal.ny days; his name atisuaviioti. j has alway s been one of honor and repute In atin uuciog to tte people of Indiana J in the Democratic party. But, at the fa this try picastii!! Uct, two or three promu j tat moment when he I'ttt it necessary to neiit reflections seem ptopcr to ci.t nee support the Administration 'as the only uion their attention; means of saving the Union.' his fast his Uoe hundred and thirty -three ! tory and services are blotted out, he betl.ousand dollars id the school moneys were , eon eonlv s p',t''' reM in the t s ima ion taken by a Democratic ot'ieial, and viepos- j of the p iper which helped to maintain him tttd in a banking houseabout whose linau ! lor eighteen years upon the Supreme ml -luiiduess in those ttoubious times, to Bench and he is gibbeted for the scorn

say the nasi, there w as a reasonable uottbt. j

However honest the intention ot Mr. lal-jcf bett In making the deposit might have teen, ii w;.s considered by the bank as a

margin upon wtitvh ether 1'emccrats gam bled ia goht .,,($? jr A e- tt'c opmrrvMcnh The State was a loser to the hu;;unt of eighty thousand dollars, the

cnneU Mi et which was devolved upon the mass of the Democratic party, but he h j ubiiean viiicials. It is safe to asert docs specially charge that some of the that bad the Auditor been a Democrat, ! loaders ale interested in saddling the canal and the Administration a Democratic one debt upon State, This may be the sore cot one single dollar would ever have been , point with the Sentinel. Docs it feel par returned to the State Treasury. jticuiarly hurt just her? Upon which horn t hrni That no attempt was made, or s of the dilemma will it hang Us abuse of H- i.Miion evinced, by these debtors to the ! J ndge Perkins? Upon that of being in faSiate to make good the loss until, by the vor of 'saving the Union,' or upon that cf

MvnUnee and tact of the hepubhean oihrials, they were placed in a position where tuey were absolutely compelled to mak Htttiment. A letter from Chicago. recently published in the Journal, gave our teaacts some idea cf the course pursued to vtftet tins. F,..;,t This is the first time, within ur receoUeetion, where the State has ever tccneted the full tt mount of such a debt, i'h legal rate cf interest. We believe e are safe in asserting that it is absoluetiv the first time in the history of the State. . . . L " I ...... 1 tercet ! v . ' ,etr;g paid just as though the money n iiij never ceen uiau?, me iu ft 1 1 . k I. . . . - In 1 hi niH'j co u uv iu lilt, vaiuu eis . , . , - "C'i,,: -v l,,i ..!. liii.it. Ill,, son iiin nl i i , , , ,; t . , v . Z T tr;i o his un5iiii industry, faithful and pi "nitiili eitinls. nA hi.i-i' tli in ixi,liii i - i - - - " 1m; vi i, ..... . i . . -. . . .i lnes tact and alulitr. is due the sue "Xsshil el -sing ot this extraordinary trait.act;.... ii o. . . . " iiir i turi ! nt vi.it u in ir UU!"l-'f him with Kiatitude. as they will ...... - e..ie

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t , ' ' 'j ! HUt delusion ended when Arabella Trip V;! vt lubucau cBiculs, the school ,ct to5j mtu4j ,tknuU hjl L WiS ruun wl "ve been saved rem jsnJ Ut koowinsr whit aor ! e M t ous loss ot a portion ct the tund ;HbleJBb tUc ,oUU c.i,.;y set apart tor 'heir education, the , t u, suor r a,(sjCr because acu bootlund being ow as it the of oes o- 1,'. V,,,, I have

tU l,e .,rV " otr.er u.tew a on ot bead in the gutter, ; town 80 es,veUKiy aHxious was I to es-Utru-K

it ill, .v ,.t, ii I no usu iii vuj nee u eu-j pjaji vie"inity of cverv sheltering buh, Ho seued me by tue eotiar, ana cmng vic'vt tl' V l .. i ( i ii f ;. r;;, i ' 'please sl$t the html, carefully ex- ; tree or hedge in the neighborhood. with the tenacity of a tiger. 1 heard his a .-i. i t iV th V! i I Vi jawing his collection often cent statu; sj ju eiufn mv hotel I be-an to retleet J snapping teeth, as if he was endeavoring vu e'U ".J "I LuL , 1 S lhc liSUt of tli5? Prl woman's 0 my' ,ia4roXv e'scape. t had been too j to bite. We swayed from one side of the 'v a , much excited to attach to it the signid-j carriage to the other, I felt how weak ill "v: a muri to t o ."l USeJ toJPut V"3 llU lU ljv it demanded. But the hole iu my J health had left me, and prayed to pass out t,r,v Wo J . IV, , r , 'VI o U Ct V0W4' NvW' 1 dl not behev 1,1,3 ! b conveyed tbe most shudieii.ii infer- into the light, that I might the belter see 1 .- oi4!i not retrain tiom couiimi ....... . i... . . . .....,. .... ! . ..J .. . ., . n . . .. . :...

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tuoui one huudred consnd do.Urs cf a gauibliosr debt. and tlurty-tntee Democratic gold A simple but ingenious enigma Tor the Jcutig people is the following: "In my ttrtt mv smooJ at: Mj third and lour I a 1 le.'' The answer to which is, like Columbus' rfs f robiciu, very easy wheu one baa learni what it HIt&ituut. A farmer gathers what he sows, while tsauiitress sews what ehe gathers.

VOL. 9, NO. 24. Hon. Samuel E. Perkins. A few days since, lion. Samuel E. Per kins felt called upon to publish the follow ing card to the people of the State, inasuiucn as me oentmel, ot this city, had , sneered at him as a 'pettifogger:' When j tt had become evident to my mind that continued opposition, on the rart of the Democracy of the North to the war against the rebels oF the South, might result in the severance of the Union instead of its restoration, I published a letter in which t declared my purpose to support the Administration iu the prosecution of the war as the only means of saving the Union. For thia 1 was denounced bv leading Democrais, putmsned as being insane, ridiculed in NorthweBt passage literature, etc. For ; this I have never been forgiven by leading j ieujui-rai?, inn am sun occasionally as- i sailed by them publicly, especially bv those who are in favor of saddling upon the State its old Canal bonds, as I happen to have evidence satisfactory to my own mind. But as the time has come when I expect to support the country in preference to party, it I have not always done it, partisan slang is to me a matter of indifference. S. E. Perkins. The phraseology of this card will bear examination. Judge Perkins merely says he felt called upon the sustain the administration in the prosecution of the war, because he believed ausc he believed that was the 'onlv means of saving the Union.' Surely this ! was a very honorable sentiment to have I inspired the action of any man, and yet ! the Sentinel, of this city, presuming upon this card of Judge Perkins, is determined io nouna nun, ana belittle in tue eyes ot the people. The Sentinel open I v Proclaims , by its course, that a man whose action was dictated by a desire to 'save the Union' can ho longer be feKowshipped by Pemocrats, that he has 'sold out' to the Republican party, and that his name must hereafter be cast out as evil by a I Democrats in good standing. We have long asserted that to le in favor of the Union was to be opposed to the Democraey;tha t arnan could a J l net be a lever of his country and a u-.em-ter ci' the Democratic party simultaneous y; but such statements Lave always been ,Ket with denunciation. Vet the Sentinel, aS ti.e orran ot the Indiana Democracy, ,as been driven to accept our definition, and hr.3 tiow the haid.hocd to publicly announce that wlcn Judsro Pet kins desirttnini;ns ot these attacks upon Ji:dge Perkins bv the Sentinel. B.it wc piss that ot his former party associates. 1 he spirit' the Sentinels crusade against Judge Perkins will be properly appieciated by j the pop!e cf the State, who estimate his talents and character without the aid of the Sentinel's 'pennydip ' The other branch of Judge Perkine'eatd is suggestive. He makes no charge against opposing the machinattons of a set ot un scrupulous schemers, who seem determined that the people of the State shall be burdened with an immense debt, without having the opportunity cf expressing their opinion? Shall we understand the Sentinel to declare that it is anti Democratic to be in favor of "saving the Union.' "Journal. What Fanny Fern Used lo Do. The following is a bit of Fanny Fern ex pen nee: L used to believe in school friendship. .,...... i,; ,.. ... cvi u vhv uti.-itai' ill? iv n til all VI vn tun 0(V gaUy oa tWo ,0; of M 0ff and An1 1111 (I 'U 11 11 1 1 ll 1 l HU IV. 11 i.i .1. rt .1 , u 11 . ..." ... ii .. 1.1 4 1. .11. ! less u is something a tsgreoaiie. 41 t0 l,v '"hlul servants. Since then I have hired girls from in - telligence ctfiecs, and lost all my handker - ! chtets but one. ..i . k . . h ... . . .... e?beauty. Since . "vv -----v.- ' ki. ... - - l. ... :k.t. ;.. . l . . . then I h ave seen a bewitching bene take) eiit li-.l ln-r luir all liiir lri-lh. lht bcstl ,j.,.v MM o " 'They'er always giving things different resignations trom what they use to have," said Mr. Partington to Ike; "in my cpiuion, what they call the new ralgia is catamount to old rheumatit." A good eld Quaker lady, after listening to the extravagant arn of a shop-keeper as long as her patience would allow, said to him, "Friend, what a pity it is a sin to lie, when it seems so necessary to thy hap-jiineW

TUE UNION. THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS."

THE WRONG iTIAiM. I i Manv vears ao. mv health hv!ni h ' ' " . " V come much impaired by over study, I was recommended to pass a winter in the south ot b raoce. Ot so agreeable perscription I readily availed myself. I was without wife or child to encumber my departure And, armed only with a portmanteau, made a most delightful journey of it to charming town of V . the 1 Shortlv after mv arrival whilst sittmo i at the wiudow of my hotel, a man passed by, so very much like myself that, struck with the resemblance, I nrose, and leaned forward, followed him with my eyes. His dress bespoke him an Englishman. He was tall; so was I. Slim, I was slim. His eyes were blue, his skin fair, his hair a deep auburn, his nose aquiline. All this was my portrait When he reached the bottom of the street he paused, looked around, then slowly returned, crossing the road, how ever, and taking the opposite pavement. This enabled me to opt a nlrpr of! the man. I confess I was much impress j ed with the resemblance n,i h.r.llo liWp.l ii. iue ) ysioiojrisi, i inousnt. mav ue 'I I. 1 - I . t.l .. ! light as ranch as he pleased iu such coincidences; for mv Dart I decidedlv nbiect

to being made a portion of any sort of,c,oufc- I dispatched my portmanteau by

phenomenon. I had read of very un pleasant consequences following personal resemblances, and parnpstlo hnnp.t that thia individual, whom na'ture, short of moulds at the time, had undoubtedly cast in mine, would speedily clear the ueighborhood of his piesence. A week or two after this. in tski ing a walk across a beautiful bit ot ajacent country. I suJJenlv encountered m Ii Ur- ' m, - . .- - ness Eeated on a rustic bench beneath a tree, with his arm circling the waist of a very beautiful peasant girl, iler skin, cf a pure and cream-like tint, finely contrast. ed the beautitul luxuriance of her black hair. Her eyes flashed upon me as t passed, and I noticed her draw herself erect wilh rapid hauteur, as if in Jignaut or impatient ot detection. The man by her side, who would have passed very well for me to any other person but my mother and myself, stiil maintained his caressing attitude. He did not co'.iiescau I to raise his eyes to me as I passed, but kept them fixed upou the face of the girl, who, 1 could see, watched me with a species of sniien eair erness, as if wishing me vetl out of sight. As I passed them I must coufess to having expeneuceJ a momentary sensation ofenvy of the man. Since Nature has put him in my skin, I thought, it j seems only fair that I should put myself in his shoes, bor all I know, I reflected the beautiful peasant girl might have been oiiginally designed lor me; but the ioteotion cf nature has been defeated by her love of Coincidence. I laughed at my thoughts as 1 walked on, and then, turning a corner, I lost sight of the lovers. On reaching the bottom of the lane I found 1 had fallen upon a t ite .vrc. The passage terminated in a series of Gelds, across which I could discover lio footpath. I had ho wish to be arrested tor trespassing, so I decided ou returning the way I had come. Un sighting the beach I found it was deserted. I was not sorry. I would by no means have disliked another peep at the beautiful brunette; but at the same time 1 had no ambition to inspire the couple with the notion that I was watching the tu. 1 had got to the top of the hill, and was tasking between a row of thick bushes, uiakng a sort of natural hediie for a broad area cf trees, like a gigantic park, when I suddenly startled by the report of a pistol, discharged to my left. At the same moment I heard the hollow sound of a ball striking my hat, and that article of dress rolled to the ground. I looked round with a pale face. The attack was horribly sudden. Who, in the name of heaven, wanted tnv life? For what crime was mv blood demanded? ...... ... . . What had I done? I saw the blue smoke curling in from the densest portion cf the bushes and heard the crackling of the fuvte and twigs, caused by the hasty flight ot some one. I picked up my hat. The ball had passed e:ear through it. Had it struck two inches lower it would have entered my skull. I hastened toward the town, possessed with much the same sort cf enviable feelings as you might imagine a Tipperary landlord or agent would feel who sees threats of his life carved on every other tiee. Bravery in a situation of this sort was quite cut of the question. Of what use is pluck when you have to deal with iuxisiblc foes. 1 might al uost confess to Uavinj bro ken into downrig'it tliuht as I nearei the mation of mv narrow ci Bevoud all reasonable doubt my life wiihiu t'at hour ; llad ohiv beeu Worlh ,xro paUry inches. . I repeated the question to myself, "Who 1 wahts j:tts. A(ui if avuodv wants it. ! what are bis claims? Whit hvo I done : to merit as issin i iu mcrii ?siss li.in, who!lv nniliU t, nnsn-nr thei ... :.-v"l ..... i -.... . iqueiie, i resouca 10 nuse a conuacji oi . . r" . W . i iu laj mum, nuu ii'ij iiiui wuai uan nap- ! pened. He shrugged his shoulders as he exclaimed: j ''Monsieur, like the rest of mankind, must pay the penalties of niakitig love "But," said I, shocked at his $ int JroH, "I have not made love. Since I have been here, I am not conscious cf even having looked at a woman, much less spokeu to one.' "Then it is an enigma," he replied. "The ouly solution that L can offer you is you have been mistaken for some one else."

BROOK VILLE, IND., FRIDAY JUNE 17, 1870.

"Mon DieuV I replied. "You have undoubtedly hitthe mark. 1 have been mis. . i it; i taken, and I know for whom. Have you not seen a man in this town who bears a striking resemblance to me?" 'No.1' was the answer. 'Well, my friend, I have. The moment I saw him I felt uncomfortable. It was a presentiment or evil. vjoiige me by letting me have your bill. 1 shall go to arts to-night. It 1 stop here another day, my life, which I left England to fortify, will be snuffed out like a candle." The hotel keeper, seeing matters come to a point that affected his interest, endeavored to laugh down my doubts. He argued that the ball in my hat might have been destined for a bird, that it was the shot ot some wretched uiarksmanj who might have mistaken my hat lor a crow. "That may be all very well,1' I answer, ed, "but suffer me to tell you that your excuse only makes me more resolute to leave the place for what value is a man's li,e iu a district which abounds with sportsmen who can mistake a hat for a rin 9' now? A train left for Paris at 2:25. It was an express, and I found it to be due at 8 a porter to the station, and having twenty minutes before me, sat down to a light repast of cold fowl and vitt ordinaire. The position of my table enabled me to get a view of the street. As the porter strode away with my luggage I observed a man cross the toad and accost him. In reply to wha.t was obviously a question, the porter, with the gesticulation of a Frenchman, poiuted with his thuub to the hotel and vigorously uod led his head. The man passed over again to the pavement, came on until he was opposite the hotel, caught sight of me through the window, and abruptly turning on his heel, walked ou in the uiiection taken by the potter Having discharged my bill, I walked to the railway station. Ou oue platform there was much tumult, a train from Paris haviug just arrived. But upou the platform against which stood the train which was to bear me to the North, 1 counted only five people, exclusive of porters. The shrill whistle of the guard sound ed. The engiue gave a snort, and the line cf carriages clanked to their chains "as they tightened to the train. Suddenly several voices cried, ' Stop! stop! Now then, quick! Which class liist? Let's see jour ticket. Bight. Here you are jump in!" The door of my oamaire was opened, a fotm bounded iu, the door was slammed, there was another shrill whistle and off went the train, I looked at my companion, lie was the man that I had noticed speak 1 tlA 1i.it.lnf .kii.l gIiiiI int.. liin IV I II ii i IV 1 I, "llti IV 1 HUM C.tl.X k.l.V - V . w ..... uu.. cf my hotel. A thrill passed over me. My recent escape had greatly shaken my nervous system, and the apparition of a tuawho'.n I felt I ought to suspect sent a thrill through my blood. As a peasant, which he was not expressed ouly iu his dress, but in bis hands, which were dirty, rough and homey what did he do in a firstclass carriage? I would have given something to have changed carriages. But there was no communication with the guard. Moreover the train, as I have told you, was an express, and did not stop until a run of sixty-six miles had been accomplished, and we were now bowling along with great rapidity. 1 began after a time to regain my com posure. I struggled to laugh down my fears. What, 1 thonght, had I to fear from a man I bad uever seen who had never seen me? The thing was preposterous. I extracted a paper from my pocket and commenced to read. Half an hour passed away. All at once over the edge of my newspaper. I saw him ti his baud out of the window, as

if to open the door. I had not time to i lutely bent on vengeance, swore to kill . .... .. i ..i -iit. '. ... .. i

I conjecture his intention when, with a wild, screaming whistle we were hurled iuto the night of a long tutinet. The rapid disappearance of the daylight made the oil laiuo suspended iu the car - riasje emit but the dullest tight for some minutes. I laid the newspaper down; with all my eld fears reviewed in me. I had scarcely done so when I saw the outline of a man rise iu the carriage. He leaped over to where I was seated. I saw the gleam of a ktute in the air. Mad with passion and surprise, I grasped the descending arm. A furious determination to save my Ufo inspired me with the sireegth of a giant. Tin. ..! i v- with which I seized his wiist forced the hand open. The knife J fell, and theu commenced a silent, turious how to encounter the ruttiati. Suddenly I felt myself swung round with tremendous energy. I bounded against a door, which, opened, and we both fell out on to the lines iu the very centre of the tunnel. The fall seemed to have stunned him, for he fell under me, aud remained for a lime uiotiouless. For myself, I received an indescribable shock, such as is experienced in a collision, but I retained my senses. I heard tbe roar of the train dying away in the distance. I saw tho red gleam fadiug like the eye of a dying demon. I still clutched him by ihe throat, nor did I dare relinquish it. My situation was frightful, suspected that a down train would soon be passing, and in the intense blackness of the tunnel I could not see on which line we bad fallen. I would have stretched forth my hand to grope for the rails; I might have found a place of safety by judging of tho distance between

them, bat I felt the form of my assailant commencing to writhe beneath me. His struggles grew fiercer. He endeavored to rise, but with the fury of despair I kept him pressed down, one hand on his throat, the other on his breast. What I desired was to render him insensible. I would then leave him in the darkness, and grope my way as I could. It never occurred to me at the time that we were on the railroad track and in a narrow tunnel. A few minutes had elapsed when I heard a distant rumbling like approaching than der. It increased. I seemed to feel a wind blowing against my face. 1 tasted, too, a continual draught of smoke and steam. I knew that a train was approaching, and my hair lifted on my head. What rails were we on? Tbe suspense was terrible. My assailant increased his struggles. He became furious. He was evidently fighting to throw me down, and over in the direction of that side of the tunnel along which came the roar of the train. I saw his object and madly pressed upon him. Hia body frantically writhed. He twisted under me as if he rcvelved on a pivot. He endeavored to shriek some words to me, but my throttling grasp made his voice no more than a horrible hoarseness. I saw the red and green lights of the engine approaching; they grew in size and lustre with a hideous rapidity. There was a roar, a shower of dust, a wind that struck me down like a blow from a strong man's hand; then followed the dying rattle, ending in a dull and sul ten mouii. I rose to my feet. I crossed over to the wall, and feeling along it, took to walking with ail the speed my sinking frame would suffer me to put forth... I how and then stumbled over piles of rubbish lying groped against the side, and sometimes my groping was bewildered by coming across recesses into which my bauds guided me At length I saw a star, tremulou?, glorious, in the distance, it was daylight the aperture of the tunnel and I pushed forward with invigorated spirits. 1 neared it slowly; for this star maintained au inexorable distance, and would not enlarge. How shall I describe my joy as I gained the twilight of its reflection as I advanced and (elt the pure air of heaven upon my dry cheeks and burning lips as I saw the blue sky and dim vista of pale green batiks. I seated myself to recover my strength. I could see I was a dismal and terrible spectacle. My coat was torn, my hands were black so, too, I judged, was n.y face my collar had been torn from me, and the skin at the end of my fingers was lacerated. After reposing myself I climbed the bank, and perceived about the distance of a mile a small station. I made towards it, and had gained it. A railway official, who was standing looking at two children playiug in a back garden, uttered a loud cry of alarm as he spied me. I narrated my story to him as coherently as 1 could, aud then san'v upon the grouud iu a faulting condition. Of what happened after this I have no remembrance. When I came to my senses I discovered that t had been taken to the house of the station master, and carefully tended by his wife. From him I learnt the conclusion of this singular incident in my life. It seems that after my story had been told, two men wore dispatched iuto tha tunnel in search of my assailant. They discovered him lying dead, with boih his legs cut clean off a little above the knees. They bore the corpse to an adjacent dead house, and an inquiry into bis death brought out such particulars as are very easily anticipated. The man who so very closely resembled me at V had seduced the betrothed of a laborer, one Theodore Vertot. This Theodore, reckless now of life, and reso the seducer. Mistaking mo lor his ene my, he attempted to shoot me. This fail ing, he hung about (he hotel, armed with j stilleto, determining to stab me when- , ever I should appear in the street. Ilearing, however, that I was about leaving for Paris, he perceived a better and safer means of prosecuting his designs by stabbing me in tho tunuel through which he knew we would pass, aud then escaping iu the darkness. A mother, trying one night to get her little dtughter to sleep, said: "Annie, why don't you try to g to sleep?" "1 am trying," she" replied. "But you haven't shut your eyes." "Well, can't help it, uu.s conic unbuttoned." , i "Why. dear me, Mr. Bongswallow," said a good old lady, "how can you driuk a whole quart of that hard cider at a single draught?" As soon as the man could breathe again he replied: "1 beg pardon, madam, hut by my soul, it was so hard I couldu't bite it off." Not havinsr heard from the debating: societies, in relation to the conundrum, "Why do hens always lay cgjjs in the day. time?" a cotemporary answers, "iiecause at night they ar3 roosters." A Duthmau's toast: "Here ish to tcr heroes who fit, pleed, and lite mid de patties of Buukcr Hill, of whom I am one." "Druuk standing." Quite so. "Imainashun tew much indulged in," says Josh Billings, "sooa is tortured into reality. This is oneway good boss thieves is made; a man leans over a fence all day and imagines the boss belongs tew him, and sure enough, the first dark uight the boss does." To make a littie boy's trowsers lost, when you make a suit of clothes for them, finish the coat first, and so doing you will makd the trowsers last. It ii the only way the thing can bo done.

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Varieties. tt ia no small conquest to overcome self. Sorrow's best antidote is employment. Profeisor Borelli, at Marseilles, has discovered a new planet. That is bad religion which makes as hate the religion of other people. Opium has been successfully raised in many parts of Vermont. Henry Ward Beecher thinks that it will never do to 'preach cream and practice skim-milk.' Tbe softest bed is the bed best shaken, and the resting-place for many of us is at the top of a hill. There sre ooe hundred and forty-.ix different religious denominations in Great Britiao. A good motto for kerosanse cans has been found in the words, 'Prepare to meet thy God.' "Wake op hero, and pay yonr lodging.' said a deacon, as he nudged a sleepy stranger with a contribution box. A little girl, excited by the brilliant display of her ami's gold-plugsed front tecih, exclaimed, 'O, Aunt Mary, how I do wish I bad copper-toed teeth like you.' A certain stoicil traveler hss very philosophically concluded that he don'i care so mucrh 'bout the bags, but the truth is, he hasn't got the blood to spare. Old 'Coronation,' the well known popular hymn, was written eighty years ago by tho Bev. E. Perronet, of the church of England. After a welding, it was formerfy a custom to drink honey dissolved in water, for thirty days a moon's age. Hence the origin of the honey-moon. Arab poets say that Lebanon bears winter on his head, spring on his shoulders, autumn in his bosom, while summer lies sleeping at his feet. Separate cars for colored people sre now run on the Biltimoro street railroads. What nristocrats! But wo whito people can walk yet, and if they will not let us ride wilh them who care-? Slender party (who is not very comfortable) "These street-cars ouszht to charge by weight." Stout party (sharply) "Ah, if they did, they would uever stop to pick you up." Ilungrary is about to celebrate the one thousandth year jubilee with a feast. It must be famished from such a long fast, but we trust that after the celebration it will remain hungry bo longer. It has been satisfactorily settled by Mr. Blaine, of Keokuk, that a thing of beauty cunnot remain a joy fovever. lie married Miss Joy and thus proved the proverb false. "Have you not mistaken the pew. sir?'' blandly said a Sunday Chesterfield to a stranger who entered it. I beg pardon,' said the intruder, rising to go out, 'I fear I have; I took it for a Christain's." Never owe any man more than you are able to pay, and allow no man to owe you more than ynu are able to lose, is an excellent piece of advice given by a wise old merchant. The Viceroy of Ksypt ha presented the University of Oxford with a complete col. lection of Oriental books, printed at Boulak, amounting to seventy-four distinct works in one hundred and forty volumes. A friend of ours having been inspired by tbe song, '1 would I were a daisy,' has expressed tha desire to become a butterfly. The only reason that we can assign for such an nbnird desire, is that be delights in lingering o'er tu-lips. A medium in a Western town who. in a seance, described the murder of a missing man, was taken into custoday by the conStable and locked up a witnes, when, to secure his release, he confessed to his deception. He was somewhat Uis pirit-ed by the result. What a babe's clothes are when the baa be has slipped out of them into death, and the mother's arms clasp only raiment, would be the Bible if the babe of Bethlehem and the truths of deep-heartedness that clothed his life should slip out of it. "Hnw do you like the character of St. Paul?" asked a parson of his landlady during a conversation about the apostles. "Ah, he was a good oid soul, for he once said, you know, that we must eat what is set before us, and ask no questions for conscience sake. I always thought I should like him for a boaider. "If I were asked," said De Tocqueville. the author of Democracy in America, "to what the singular prosperity and grnwinc strength of the Amciican people ouuhl mainly o be attributed, I should reply to the superiority of their men." j Od 1 typographical errors arc constantly occurring. A paper recently h ade the I surprising statement that "two thousand i cart-loads of cats had come cast over the ! western railroads." The editor designed j to say J'oats." Mr Cuycksnickpncks Yakulskolitmiiks ' Sakiatsky litmiks Ankaehagnmuks Meku- ! lonekutzokorts keeps a hotel at Sitka, i Alaska. He says that the Americans have ! the queerest names he heard of, and it is j with the utmost difficulty he can pronounce I them. A few evenings since, a widow, who was i known by the entire congregation to be i greatly in want of a husband, was praying with great fervency. "Oh, Thou knowest what is the desire of my heart," she exclaimed. ,A-in-a-m," responded a brother, in very broad accent. It was wicked, j but we are very sure several grave meui- ; bers smiled on the occasion. j I . ! j A good story is told of a late judc, who was a noted wag. A young lawyer was once making his first effort before him, land had thrown himself on the wings of j his imagination far into the upper regions laud was seemingly preparing f.r a higher 'ascent, when the judge exclaimed, "Hold 'on, hold on, my dear 6ir! Dju't go any ' higher, for you are already oufVof the ju- ' visdictiOD of the court.'

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Henry Ward Beecher on Love and Avarice. Mr. Beecher writes the following to the New York Ledger: If a man is avaricious and toils for money, not for its beuitk-ient uses, bat to hoard it, or from an ambition of being called rich, he perverts a Uiviua order of economy, and ia culpable, not for atriviag for wealth, but for per vesting as honorable course through bad motives. A young man beginning in life it ia danger of frittering away hia time ia frivolou pleasures. If he shall strive IVr some definite end, say tbe means of inde pendent livelihood, will he not be held more steadily? Will he not be educated to look ahead, to forecast, to arrange, nsd so become sagacioua? Will b not rigid ly economize, and deny his passiuu and appetites, that be may socuie tbe great end at which he is aiming? But for what do men desire property? Ia it a mere selfish lust of poasessioa aud power? To n very general extent iodoa trious; frugal and thriving men are steking higher ends than mere property. Thej era striving io place their children ia comfort. There is more love than avarice in the industry of the common people'. Sordid saving is tbe exception. In the main, industry, frugality and enterprise are inspired by generous sentiments. Let any oue attempt to raise money for some public end, and he will find that the cheerful givers are not men living upon their incomes, nor the careless and indolent (who seldom have anything to give), hut men actively engaged in business. It is true that men are liable to become too much engrossed in money-making, aud that, at a certain point, the more worthy uiotives are liable to be supplanted by inferior ones. But this is to be guarded against, not by denouncing wealthmaking as morally wrong, but by pointing out the danger, and by inspiring a noble motive for continuous industry. All the power of the gospel could nut hold up a nation long to civilization, out of which houest money-making industry had d.cd. Things I Like to See. I like to see a whole neighborhood get into a quarrel about nothing; it shows there are independent spirits iu the world. I like to hear religious denominations slander each other, it is conclusive evidence that tbeir cause is good and they are taking tbe best possiblo means to advance it. I like to see fifteen or twenty young men parade themselves in iront of the meeting house on tbe Sabbath, aud stare at the ladies as they pass; it shows that they have heeded Chesterfield's advice to his son. I like to see young ladien laugh and play at religious meetings, it shows they possess fine feelings, and take an interest in serious things. 1 like to have one ask me the new, and before I have time to speak, answer himself; it shows he knows more than I do. 1 like to sec church members aroused from their slumbers to partake of the sacrament; it shows that ' the spirit ia willing, but the flesh is weak." I like to see people haunt about tar ern doors oo the dabbath, talking politics and scandal, it shows that the day is re garded. I like to see young ladies walk late at n'gbt, it shows they are not afraid. 1 like to have a man prying into my business; it shows he has an inquiring mind. 1 like to see a man in company engroM the whole conversation; it shows he thinks himself a smart f ellow. 1 like to see ladies place themselves at at a window or door to make witty remark upon people as tbey pass; it shows tbey want to say something they can't think o. I like to hear young ladies slander each other; it is a sign thst their characters stand fair. A Ball in the Far West. The local editor of a far West journal having attended a ball on the frontier, has felt moved after tbe manner of Jenkins of the mentropolitan press, to furnish a report of the dresses worn by some of the eminent ladies present; Miss A. whs everlastingly scrumptious in an under skirt of red calico flounced wilh blue muslin, surmounted with as overskirt of linsey hooped in the rear mihUehag, with yellow bows. Waist n ta turning", i lusonie de busier. 11 air in a chignon rescnidinary Lefty. Mrs. B. wore a skirt of home-made flannel, displaying iu a very beautiful manner ber No. 11 moccasins. Corsage dtl'amgotfofli, ornamented with Eoldier buttons'. HairrVasf perfume of cinnamon drops. Exceedingly highfalu'io. Madame C, a noted balf breed belle atattracted au all tired sight of comment by appearing in a honpokirt ornamented with tox tails, cncircumbcnJiljMS. Waist of yellow flannel, slashed with buffalo bide, bho carried a big sun flower, aud danced with great lucent m. Terrifically magnificent. A lawyer having Luili him an office in tl.e form of a Lexagon, f six square, the novelty f the structure attracted the attention of some Irishuieti who were passing by. They made a full stop, and viewed the building critically. The lawyer somewhat disgusted at their curiosity, raied the window, put his Lead out, and addressed them: "What do you stand there for, like pack of blockheads, gazing at my othce? Do you take it for a church"" "Faix," answered one of them, "I wa. thinking so, till I saw the devil poke hia Lead out of the windy." A venerable antiquarian and scholar is delighted to discover lhat Dan Bryau derived his song of -Shoo Fiy' unqueutiona- -. bly from Aristophanes, who, in hia comedy cf the Vps.t has a veritable chorus ut buzxg W3i indulge- ;u a lircuiaa 'bicak dowu.'