Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 41, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1874 — Page 4

THE lNDiANA:;ST ATE SENTINEL, :XUKSDAY, MAY 5, 1874.

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SCHTJBZ ON STJMNERv ; A NOBL.B TRIBUTE TO THE STATE8MAN OF FREEDOM. THE PLACE THAT SUMNER FILLS IN HISTORY, ' . SCUCRZ'fl MASTKBPIKCB ANALYSIS OF THE LlrK WORK OF IHK GREAT AMERICAN TUB REAR GUARD OF PEIIDOM PRESENT. A Boston dispatch to the Chicago Tribune gives a good abstract oi Schoxz'a great ch on Sa nn r : Tk. m in Music Hall to-day was one ...... in hAt anon fonrutten by those n III Avr fcv - . cnrtnnata enontrh to be present, The arrangements wrre admirable, ana the xercfaes, in every part, justifted the highest anticipations, ine oecurawiin were ele,...t ATreedinir anything ever att erupted before iu Boston; no nag r nmurai irs were used, the "oecorauor. wiuk 'j evergreen and owera, D me general i wonderfully raoHul and pleasing, The committee were at great pains to ecure the attendance of II of Me. bumor' nAnmnal friends who could -come, th..u who were such 4a the eerty part of his career, as well as those who in VAU were Intimately associated with him in labors and sympathy. Among rwt tr, nar was William Lloyd Garrl sou who sat on the front of the platform at ti.e'riubtot the orator's desk; around him were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Menry W. i...,r.ia.Md Oliver Wendell Holmes. Senator Washburn occupied seat at the left of tu dt a.. Auioiig the other Invited nrMit were the state authorities, iT..it,l Ktate and Ute -judges. -ex -Chief Justice Bigekw and ex-Judge Curtis, i...hnR. ouJith. Charles Francis Adams, ii iK. uvntt aa-ffewernors f the state. Jr.hn Ii. Whittler. Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, Minn. Mrs. Asrassiz. Cyrus W v.-.N a a. Low. 8. B. Chittenden andKUiot C. Oewdln, ot New York.; Horace wwta nt:hicairoc Unrat Ualsted, or do nti. and Henry Watterson, of Lousville In the body of the house were moat of the members of the Massachusetts legislature and many people of Jecal distinction ii MUotM o the state. By 8 o'clock all the room assigned to holders of standing tickets was filled, tout no crowding Into the aisles, or Into positions that interfered with ha via nt those seated, was permitted. The hall was as full as it could be without crowding and contasion. Thegentimnon wrs U a large majority, but the i.im vr numbered by the hundreds Punctually at i o'clock Mayor Cobb, followed M J .... -n 1 0.M.A. by the Rsv. fips Aruos, oouwt jhnrz. and Wendell Phillips, entered from the ante room en the right of the organ, and were erected with, ceepecuui, Dm no oois Ai-nn annlaAise. As soon as they were umtAH th orcan was heard, and the ex er cises began, 'the prayer was brief, and was listened u with bowed heads and the deepest üiir.r. The sinaine. both of tbe prayer by S rck and of Dr. HolmeflThymn, was by the t,iii Annilo club. It was sweet, strong, ana imires-ive. and was considered on all bands a singularly ueauiuui auu aauaiacburjr 10 ture of tbe occasion. the ecuzx. When Senator Schurz arose, he was greeted in a cordial manner, which signified rather interest than enthusiasm. The printed sheets of his oration lay n the desk before him, and he began the reading In a quiet tnn. conversational rather than declama tory, but earnest and attractive. Through thA Aarlv historical portions of the address, he preserved the same style, succeeding in VoAnincr the closest attention of ice vast as sembly, yet seemingly without effort. His naht foreiam ascent was not, after the first movements, any impediment. The first deep sensation was produced i17 that fine passage in which the rendition of the nation whan Sumner took his seat in tbe Senate was depicted, and the .namfni nhUwnhic&l analysis oi the chanire in our politics, signifi&d by the entrance of Sumner on tne stage jus iui.ou j inter nH i:iv. was listened to witn eager aen tion.the orator meanwhile gradually almost imperceptibly kindling at tbe sympathy with his thouzht, until suddenly a thrilling sound of applause burst forth, as if admiration could not loncer be restrained irom manifestation. rom this time on the inte root denened and the applause was freo uent The passages treating of the battle-flag resolutions, of Sumners course in the Santo Domingo business, and of hlä break with the republican party in isz, were spoken wuu a trrnat force and intensity of feeling, and several impassioned vindications of SuDanei" loftv motives and raitniainess co nisonvic tions of duty, through evil aud good report, were responded to with applause that often interrupted the delivery for several seconds. Many passages oi tue ontuua iuiukhi were omitted, but for nearly two hours and a half, the audience listened witiievideat delight and no indication of weariness. At its close the distinguished gentle jaen on the piailorm uasteuea u offer uieir congratulations, and it wu the universal testimony that tbe effort was worthy of the occasiou and bettered the repu'ation of tbe already distinguished orator. Tne lollowing are the most striking portions of THE ORATION. Oue of tbe most eloquent and impressive passages iu Senator Schurz' oration, was the contrast of the politicil era of Webster and Clay with that of Sumner, strik'ngly signalized by the entrance ol Sumner intotbe Senate on the day that Clay left it. The following paragraphs re from this portion of tbe oration. The problems to be solved by the statesmen ofthat period were of an ituminntly practical nature. They had to establish the Position of the young renablie among thVpowers of the earth, to make her rights as a neutral respected to secure the safety of her maritime interests. They bad to provide for national defense. They bad to set tbe interior household of the republic in working order. They had to find remedies for a burdensome public debt and a disrfloral orrenov. They had to invent and ori ginate policies to bring to light the resources of tbe land. ieejiug uuauuwu iu mo irgm soil: to ooen and nake accessible to the husbandmauthe wild acres yet untouched; to protect the frontier settler against the inroads of thaeavag-td call into full activity the agricultural, oqaarnerclal, ana industrial energies ol the people; to develops and ex tend the nrositeritv of the nation so as to make even this Ulsoiended cease to doubt tht thA Xational Unisxi was and should be maintained as a blessing te all. Thus we find the staUauMblp oi t hose times busily ocunied with practical ostail of foreign pol icy, national defense, finaacial policy, tariffs, hanks, organization of jKvernmcntal derjartments. land policy, Indian policy, in ternal improvement, settleiaent of disputes and ditncnlties among the tates. contriv ances of expediency of all sorts to put the government ft m!v nron its feet, and to set and keep In orderly motion the working of Dolitical machintrv: to build up. and strengthen, and secure tbe framework on which tbe mighty developements ol the future were to take place. Such a task, some times small in its details, but difficult and grand in its comprehensiveness, required that creative, organizing, building mind of statemenship, which to large and enlightened views of the aims and ends of political organization, and of the wants of society, must add a practical knowledge of detail?, a skillful handling of existing material, a jutt understanding of causes and effects, tie ability to compose distracting conflicts, and

to" bring the foclal forces into fruitful co-op-

eratlon oa ihia neia ox actum.. - . CLAY. AIU WRBSTXB. ; ' toad in the front rank of an illustrious ar ray of contemporaries. Clay.the originator 01 measures and policies, with his InventiY and organizing mind, not rich In profound ideas or In knowledge gathered by book study, but learning aa he went; quick in the perception of existing wants and difficulties, and of tbe means within reach to satisfy the one and overcome tbe other, and a berncaptaln, a commander or men, who appeared as it riding through the struggles of these days mounted on a splendidly caparisoned charger, sword in kand, and. with waving helmet-plume, teaains tu vu, -truly magnetic soul, overawing with his frown, enchanting with his smiTe, flourishing the weapon of eloquence like a wizard s wand, overwhelming opposition, and kindling and fanning tbe flame of enthusiasm ; a marsbaler ot parties, wno ycrj and voice, like a signal blast, created and wielded orgaateaUon. And by his side Daniel Webster, with that awful vastnesa of hrln m. tiwmandons Store-hOUse Of thought. and knowledge which gave forth its treas ures with ponderous majesty oi uimji.u ti t nHvinatAr -of measures and polltics, but nighty advocate, the greatest advacate this country ever knew; a king In the nation ot intellect, ana tne loiems emwui ment of authority; a huge Atlas who carried the Constitution on bis snouiasrs. - could have carried tnere the wnoie morai grandeur of the nations had he never compromised his own. Such men filled the stage daring that period of construction and conservative national organization, devottVo ViMt fTorta of their statesmansDip, thA BtaUwmanshin of the political mind thA nurnose of raising tneir mnntr to ' cnvatness. ana weauu, uu . . r I - . i i power; of making the people proud of their common nationality, and of imbedding the union dnthe contentment oi prosperity, in enlightened patriotism, national law, and constitutional principle; and, when they near their erd, they could boast of msny a grand achievement, not indeed exclusively their own, for other powerful minds bad their share in the work. The united Mates stood there among the great powers of the earth, strong and respected.'- The republic had no foreign foe to fear. IU growth in population and wealth, in popular Intelligence and roeresslve civilisation was tbe wonder ot the world. There was no visible limit to its development, ihere seemea to be no danger to its Integrity. One thing they and their contemporaries bad Indeed accomplished. Under their care the republic had grown -so great and strong. Its vitality had become so tough that it could endure tbe final struggle without falling to pieces under Its shocks. Whatever their errors, their delusions, and perhaps their misgivings, may have been, this they had accomplished, and then they left the last compromise tottering behind tbem, and turned their fsoes to tbe wall and died, and with them stepped Into tbe background tbe statesmanship ol organization, expedienta and compromise-, and to tbe Iront same ready for actiou, the moral idea which was to fight out the great conflict aud to open a new epocn or American history. SUMNER IN TUB SENATE. That was the historic significance of the remarkable scene which showed us Henry Clay walking out of the Senate chamber never to return, when Charles Sumner sat down there as the successor of Daniel Webs ter. No man could, in his whole being, have more strikingly portrayed that con trast. When Charles Sumner had been elected to the Senate, Theodore Parker said to him in a letter of congratulation : "You told me once you were in morals, not in poll tics. Now I nope that you will show that you are still in morals, although still in politics. I hope you will bo a Benator with a conscience." That hope was gratified. He always remained in morals, while in politics be never was anything else but tbe senator with a conscience. Charles Sumner entered the Senate not as a mere advocate, but as the very embodiment of the moral idea. From this fountain flowed bis highest aspirations. There had been great antislavery men in the Senate before him. There were men with him like Seward and Chase, but they had been trained in a different school. Their minds bad ranged over other political fields. They understood politics; he did not. lie knew but one political object to combat and overthrow the great wrong of slavery; to serve the ideal oi liberty and equality of men, an to establish the universal reign of peace, justice and charity. He brought to the Senate a studious mind, vast learning, .great legal attainments, a. powerful eloquence:, a strong and ardent nature, and all this be vowed to one service. With all this he was not a mere ex pounder of a policy; he was a worshipper, sincere and devout, at the fbrineof his ideal. In no puftlic man bad the moral idea of tbe anti-slavery movement such overruling strength. He made everything yield to it. He did net possess it. It .possessed him. That was tbe secret of his peculiar power. SUMNER AND LINCOLN. .. . The following passage occurs in his ac count of the relation ofßumnerand Lincoln, a passage which, without any application by the orator, was understood in the full significance of its contrast with the conduct of Grant: "Abraham Lincoln was a true blld ot the people. There was in his heart an inexhaustible fountain of tenderness and from it sprung that longing to be true, just and merciful to all. which made the people love him. In the deep, large humanity of his soul had grown his moral and political principles, to which he clung with the ftdelity of an fronest nature, and which he defended with the strength of a vigorous mind. But bJ had not grown great in any high school of statesmanship. He had from the humblest beginnings slowly and laboriously worked himself up, or rather he had gradually risen up without being aware ot it, and suddenly he found himself In the foremost rank of the distinguished men of the laud. In his youth and early manhood he had achieved no striking successes thai might have imparted to him that overwhelming elf-arpreciatiou which so frequently leads st If-made men to overestimate their faculties and to ignore the limits of their strength. He was not a learned man, but be had learned and meditated enough to feel how much there was still for hiaa to learn. His marvelous success in his riper years left intact the inborn modesty of his nature. He was ' absolutely without pretentions.' - His - simplicity, which by iU genuineness extorted respect and affection, was wonderfully persuasive, and sometimes deeply pathetic and strikingly brilliant, His natural girts were great, lie possessed a clear and penetrating mind, but in forming his opinions on subjects of importance, he was so careful, so conscientious, and diffident, that he would always hear and probe what his opponents had to say be fore be became firmly satisfied of the justness of bis own conclusions. Not as If he had been easily controlled and led by other men, ftr be hau a will of bis own, but his mental operations 1 were slow and hesitating, and not apt to coscelve quicK resolutions, lie lacked self-reliance. No one felt more than he tbe awful weight of his responsibility. He was not one of those bold reformers who will defy the oposition of the world, and undertake to impose their opinions and will upon a reluctant age. Witn careful consideration of the Eosslbilities of the hour, he advanced slowly ; ut, when he had so advanced, be planted his foot with firmness, and no power was

trnnar a nohffh lo force him to a backward

st-p; and every day, of great responsibility enlarged THB HORIZON OF HIS MINP, and every day he grasped the helm of affairs with a steadier band.' It was to such a man that Sumner, awing tbe most doubtful days at tbe beginning of the war, addressed his appeals for Immediate emancipation appeals Impetuous and lmpatlent,as they could spring nly from his ardent and over-look-ng convictions. The president at first pas sively resisted the vehement counsel of the senator, but he bade the counsellor welcome. It was Mr. Lincoln's constant endeavor to surround himself with tbe beet and ablest men ol the country.' Not only did the first names of tbe republican party appear In his cabinet, but every man in congress was always invited as an advisor, whether his views agreed with those of the president or not. But Mr. Sumner be treatea as a iavorite counsellor, almost Ilka a minister ef state, outside of the cabinet.' There, were statesmen around the president who are also politicians, understanding the art of management. Mr. Lincoln appreciated the value ot their advice as to what was prudent and practicable, but he knew also bow to discriminate In Mr. Sumner he saw a counsellor who was no politician but who stood before blm as the true representative of moral earnestness and the great Inspirations of their common cause. 1 From him he beard wbst was right, and necessary, and inevitable. By the former he was told what, in their opinion, could prudently and safely be done. Having heard them both, Abraham Lincoln counseled with himself and formed his resolution. Thus Mr. Lincoln, while scarcely ever fully and speedily following Sumner's advice, never ceased to ask font, for be knew its significance ; ana zance ; ana, dissatisfied Sumner, while almost always with . Lincoln's cautious hesitation, never grew weary in giving his advice, for he neyer distrusted Lincoln's fidelity, and always agreed to the ultimate end. They . al most always differed as to times and meaiia. but while differing they firmly trusted, for they understood one another, and thus their mutual respect grew into an affection ate friendship, which no disagreeing opinions could break. MR. 8TJKNBR AND PRESIOENT GRANT. Mr. Schurs described the nature of the dit fiealty between the president and Senator Sumner touching the San Domingo bus! ness, and eloquently vindicated Sumner's motives, the conclusion ot the passage being received with round after round of applause. Probably the feelings of tbe audience were wrousbt to tbe highest degree of intensity by some mournful and pathetic passages in orator's remarks on tbe famous battle-Hag resolution, for which Senator Sumner was censured by the Massachusetts legislature The following extracts are from this portion of the eulogy: "Such were the sentiments for. solemn resolution of censure upon Charles Sumner. Massachusetts, his own Massachusetts, whom he loved so ardently witn a nnai love, or wnom ce was so proud who had honored him so much In days gone by, and whom he had so long and so faith fully labored to serve and to honor. Ob these were evil days, that winter. Days sad and dark, when be sat there in bis lone some chamber, unable to leave it. Tbe world moving around him, and In it so much that was hostile, and he prostrated by the tormenting disease which had returned with fresh violence: unable to de fend himself, and with this bitter arrow In his heart. Why was not that resolution held up to scorn and vituperation, as an insult to tbe brave and patriotic? Why was he not attacked and condemned for it when he first offered it, ten years before, and when he was in the fullness of manhood aad power? Why now? I shall never forget the melancholy hours I sat with blm, seeking to lift him up with cheering words, and be, with his frame for hours racked with excruciating pain, and then exhausted with suffering", gloomily brooding over tbe thought that he must die to. How thankful I am.how thankful every human soul In Massachusetts, every American must be, that he did cot die then: and, indeed, more than once death seemed te be knocking at this door. How thankful that he was spared to see the day when the people, by striking developments, were convinced that those who had acted as he did, had, after all, not been Impelled by mere whims of vanity, or reckless ambition, or sinister designs, but had - good and patriotic reasons for what they did. When tbe heart of Massachusetts came back to him full of the old love aud confidence, assuring him that he would again be her chosen son; when the law givers of tbe old commonwealth, obeying an irrisistible Impulse of injustice, wiped away from tbe records of tbe . legislature and from : the lair name of the state that resolution of censure which had - STTJNO HIM SO DEEPLY, and when returning vigor lifted him up, and a new sunburst of hope illumined his life,' how thankful we all are that he lived that one year longer. A nd yet have you thought of it? If he had died in those dark days, wben so many ciouas bung over him, should not the much villified man have been tbe same Charles Sumner whose death a year later amictea a muuon oi nearts witn a pang of bereavement, whose praise is now on ev ery lip, for the purity of his life, for his fidel ity to great principles, and for the loftiness of his patriotism? Was he not a year ago tbe same? the same in purpose", the same In Erinciple, tbe same in character? What had o done then, that so many who praise him to-day should have tben denounced bim? See what he had done. He had simply been true to bis convictions or duty, tie bad ap proved and urged what he thought right lie had attscked and opposed what he thought wrong. - To his convictions to duty he had sacrificed political associations most dear to him the security of his position, of which be was proud. For his convictions of duty he bad stood up against those more powerful thsn be. He had exposed himself t reproach, obloquy and persecution. Had be not done so be would not have been the man you praise today; and yet tor doing so he was cried down but yesterday, lie had lived up to the great wordhespoko when be entered tbe Senate. 'The slave of principle, 1 call no party master." Tbafdeclaration was greeted with applause, and when, true to his word, he refused to call a party master, the. act was covered with reproach. The spirit impelling him to do so was the same conscience which urged him to break away from the powerful party which controlled his state in the days of Daniel Webster, and to join a feeble minority which stood up for freedom; to throw away the favor and defy the power of wealthy and refined in order to plead the cause of the downtrodden and degraded, to stand up against the slave power in prejudice of birth and religion, and to plead fearlessly for the rights of the foreign-born citizen at a time when the Know-Nothing movement was controlling his state and might have defeated hisown re-election to the Senate; to advocate emancipation when others trembled with iesr; to march ahead of his followers wben they were afraid to follow; to rise up alone for what he thought right wben others would not rise with bim. It was that brave spirit which does everything, defies everything, risks everything, sacrifices everything, comfort, bociety. party, popular support, station of honor, prospects, for sense of right and conviction of duty. That is it for which you honored him long, Jor which yon reproached bim yesterday, and for which you honor bim again to-day, and will honor him foi ever." PERORATION. The lollowing passage occurs in the peror

ation: 2?ow we have laid him Into his grave

n the motherly soil of Massachusetts, which was so dear to him. He Is at rest now. The stalwart, brave old. champion, whose face and bearing were so austere, and whose heart was so run of tenderness; - who began nis career ' with a pathetic plea for universal peace and charity, and whose whole life was an arduous, incessant, never-resting struggle, which left him all covered with scars; and we can do nothing for .him butememberhis lofty ideals ox liberty aud equality, and justice, and reconciliation,' and purity, and the earnestness,and courage, and touching fidelity with, which he fought for them. So genuine in" his sincerity. so' singleminded in his zeal, so heroic in his devotionl Ohl that we could but. for one abort hour call him un from bis coffin to let him aoe with the same eyes which saw so much hostility that those who stood against him in the struggles ot his life are his enemies no longer. We would show him the fiuit of the conflicts and sufferings of his last three years, and that be had not struggled and snfrorea in vain, we would bring Deroro him not only those who from offended partisan zeal assailed him.and who - now with sorrow ful hearts praise tbe purity or;his;patriotism, but we would bring to him that man 01 tbe South, a slave-holder, and a lesder of seces sion in bis time, the hero of whose words spoken In tbe halls of tbe Capitol we heard but yesterday; words or respect, of gratitude, of tenderness. That man of the South should then do what he deplored not to have donej while he lived. He should lay his hand upon the shoulders or the old Mend of tbe human kind, and say to bim. ' "Is It you whom I bated, and who as I thought hated me?. I havp learned uow the greatness and magnanmity or your soul, and hero i oner you my hand and heart. w Could he but see this with those e: t so weary of contention and st rite, how contentedly could he Ctose them again, baving beheld tbe greatness of his victories. . . . . . i A DAY OF THANKSGIVING. ' THURSDAY, JUNK 18, NAMED AS A DAT OF PRAYER FOR THB TOtTNO MEN S CHRISTIAN -ASSOCIATIONS OF INDIANA. 1 1 i . - :t The executive commitee of the Y. M. C. A. of Indiana, yesterday issued tbe follow ing call; : "' - - 1 ' : Ex. Com. op thb Y. M. C. A. of Indiana. ' , Indianapolis, Ind., May 1, IS, 4. Dear BrbthreN: Since our last state convention six months ago the Lord has wonderfully blessed us. From the Informa tion we have, we have every reason to be lieve that as a result, directly and indirectly, of association effort more than fifteen hundred souls have found peace In believing in tbe Lord Jesus Christ. -. Besides this, there bate been during this time nine associations organized and one reorganized, so that now, instead of seven associations, with an active membership of about 527, : we have seventeen associations,- with , an active aggregate membership oi about one thousand and twentv. In view of these clor lous results, we deem it fitting that especial offerin gs of praiso should be made to the Lord Most High, who has given us such a triumph. In accordance with this feeling, we would call upon tbe brethren throughout tbe state to unite on Thursday, June 18. 1874, in thanksgiving for what has been accomplished and in prayer for additional grace and success upon tbe work in Indiana; and also for a great blessing upon tbe international con vention, which will convene in Dayton, umo, j une 241 n, is?. l ours, in the Lord, L. W. Munhall, L.W, B RADEN, K. F. KENNEDY, W. H. Hay, David Harter, S. W. 1JL.ACK, . M. V. B. Spencer, Executive Committee, PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. The following statement shows the condi tion of the public debt May 1, 1874 : Six percent. bonds...-.41,2HlijO Five percent, bonds Total coin bonds-., $1,726,036,701 Lawful money debt.. 14,678,000 Matured debt....-.. 6,1M,770 382,07,T77 51 ,50.000 47t4:,e20 33,710,800 Legal tender notes...., Certificates of deposit.. t racuonai currency . Coin certificates Total, without lniereBt. 515,01,138 Total debt 1259,963,718 37,11,!S1 Total interest.-...... CaKh In treasury, coin .t 9001 ,952 6,258,074 currency Special deposits held for -redemption of certificates of deposits as provided bylaw.... Total In treasury - 51,860,000 S 147,430.026 Debt iess cash in treasury 12,H!,725,277 Decrease during month. 2,066,451 Bonds Issued to Paclfle Railroad " Co.'s, Interest payable In lawful ' ' ' money, principal outstanding.... 61,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid. 1,V2U,47U Interest paid by United Status 22f&lttJl Interest repaid by transportation of malls, etc . 5,031,418 Balance of Interest paid by United States . , 17,335,273 The House committee on appropriations will report the river and harbor bill exactly as prepared by the committee on commerce. It appropriates 4 600,000. ' The lollowing was received to-day: : Littlk Kock, May 1. There is to be a monument dedicated to Colonel Ellsworth at, Mechanicsville, N. Y. Senator Chandler, of Michigan, has lately been "crusading" and lecturing on temper ance In Detroit. - ; The Hon. John Blgelow, Mr. Godkin, of the Nation; Captain Swift and Edward De lano have gone west on a fortnight's tour. A London telegram says that the steam' ship Faraday has begun to load the new At Untie cable, which is to be laid direct to the united States. . . r .- . The Grand Dake Alxeis will accompany the czar on his visit to England. '. It seems to be the present emperor's idea to keep young Alexis moving. Vice-President Wilson will sail for Europe in pursuit of health. He will be the first vice president, it Is said, who has . ever vis ited the old world during Iiis term of office. un tne recommendation or the govern ment, the Uelgian chamber has granted a credit of ßoo.OOOf. to indemnify the town ol epa for the loss incurred by the suppression oi tne gaming tames, ., Carl Bergmann, Mrs. Seguin and J, K. G. Hsssard, of the New York Tribune, have been appointed trustees of the Parepa-Hosa American scbolorshlp to be established for young ladies proposing to study music in "y- 1 .. "; Mr. J. H. G roes beck, who, with his son, is at present In Washington, will soon rejoin his family in Paris. r He Intends making a tour to the Holy Land, and, on his return, will settle down on the "Henri Estate," in Ireland, valued at 2,000,000 sterling, recently Inherited by his wife. - ' This is the way they do in California, an exchange says: A bill has passed the California legislature and has received the signature of the governor of that state granting a six month's leave of absence to Hon. M. Isaacs, treasurer of Inyo county. Two objections are bow urged in opposition to cremation: The impossibility oi detecting poison by post-mortem examination, and the other is that by making the identification of bodies Impossible it will facilitate fraud on insurance companies.

. COMFORT. ; ,.: BY ADELAIDE PaoCTOR.

.r'l Ban thou o'er the clear heaven of thy soul , - Seen tempests roll? Hast thou watched all the hopes thou would 'at I hare won - Fade one by oae? ; v ' . Walt till the clouds are paat,Lheu raise tnlaejeyes ... .To bluer skies. . r . . Hast thou gona sadly thronen a dreary night, - ' And found no light, No guide, no star- to cheer thee through the p. plain T ..... J.'.- t No friend aave pain ? Walt and thy soul shall see, wben most forlorn, iRissanewtnorn. ' - Hast thou beneath another's stern control Rent thr sad soul. 7 . ju t M . " i ' And wasted sacred bones and precious tears? Vet calm thy fears, For thou r canst gain, even from the bitterest past : A stronger heart. 1 Hast thou found life a ebeaLand worn In vain Its Iron chain? lias thy soul bent beneath earth's heavy bonds t liooa iDoa Deyoaa: -If lire la bluer there foreTer shine .-.'- , Hopes mors dlvtae. . ..r. Hast thou found nan Rh t within thy troubled life Have Inward strife? . Hast thou found all she promised thee uecelt And hone a cheat? Kndure, Iber shall dawn within thy breast - internal rest. , . , THE WILD GAZELLE. 1 . -- 1 LORD BYRON. The wild gazelle on Judah's hills . Kxultlng yet may bound, ' And drlak from all the living rills That sush on holy ground ; Its alrv etep and glorious eys May glance In tameless transport by : 1 A step as fleet, an eye more bright, Hath Judah witness d there; . And o'er her scenes of lost delight Inhabitants more fair. --' ' The cedars wave on Lebanon, . But Judah's statelier maids are gone. More blest each palm that shades those plains Than Israel's scatter 'd race; ' For, taking root, it there remains In solitary grace: It cannot quit its place of birth, '' It will not live In other earth. But we must wander wltherlngly, . , i -In other lands to die; ' . And where oar fathers' ashes be. Our own may never die: Our temple hath not left a stone, Aud mockery sits on Salem's thrown. THE ROJ5B OF TUOLUMNE. A NEW STORY BY BRET HARTE. From tbe Sew York Time. . And in the midst of this . gayety she concluded that she would spend a' week with the Robinsons to whom , she owed a visit. She enjoyed herself greatly there, so much, Indeed, that she became quite hollow eyed, tbe result, as 6he explained to her father, of a too frequent Indulgence In festivity. "You see, lather, I won't have many chances after John and I are married vou know how queer he Is and I must make the most of my time," and she laughed an odd little laugh, which had lately become habitnal to her. "And how Is Mr. Dent getting on?" Her father re plied that be was getting on very well in deed, so well, in fact that he was able to leave for San Francisco two days ago. "He wanted to be remembered to you, Jinny remembered kindly yes, tney is the very words he used," said Mr. McClosky, looking down and consulting one of his large shoes for corroboration. Miss Jenny was glad to hear that he was so much better. Miss Jenny could not imagine anything that pleased her more than to know that he was so strong as to be able to rejoin his triendB again who must love him so mach and be so auxious about him. Her father t hought she would ue pleased, and now that be was gone there was really no necessity for her to hurry back. Miss Jenny, in a high metallic voice, did not Enow mat she bad expressed any desire to stay still, if her presence bad become distasteful at nome if her own father was desirous of getting rid of her if, wnen sne wa so Boon to leave nis root for ever, he still begrudged her those tew dayB remaining if "My God, Jinny, so help me!" said Mr. McClosky, clutching desper ately at nis Deara, "i aian t go lor to say anything of the kind. I thought that you " "Never mind, father," interrupted jenny, . magnanimously, "you misunder stood me; of course you did, you couldn't help it you're a man I" "Mr. McClosky, sorely crushed, would have vaguely pro tested, but bis daughter, baring relieved herself, after the manner of her sex, with a mental personal application of an abstract statement, forgave him with a kiss. Nevertheless, for two or three days after her return, Mr. McClosky followed . his daughter about tbe house with yearning eyes, and occasionally with timid, diffident feet. Sometimes he came upon her suddenly at her household tasks with an excuse so palpably false, and a careless manner so outrageously studied that she was fain to be embarrassed for him. Later he took to rambling about the house at night, and was often seen noiselessly passing and re-passing through the hall after she had retired. On one occasion he was surprised,' first by sleep and then by tbe early rising Jenny , as be lay on the rug outside her chamber door "You treat me like a child, father,", said Jenny. "I thought, Jinny," said the fath er apologetically, "I thought I heard sounds as if you was takln' on inside, acd listenm' I fell asleep." "You dear old slm pie minded baby," said Jenny, looking past ner fathers eyes and lifting bis gnz zied locKs one by one witn meditative tin gers, "what should I be taking on for? Look how much taller I am than you," she said, suddenly lifting herself np to the extreme of her superb figure. Then rubbing bis head rapidly with both hands, as if she were anointing his hair with some rare unguent: she patted him on the back and returned to her room. The result of this and one or two other equally sympathetic interviews was to produce a change in Mr. MeClosky'a manner,whlch was, if possible, still more discomposing. He grew unjustifiably hilsiious, cracked jokes with tbe servants, and repeated to Jenny humorous stories, with the attitude of facetiousness carefully preserved throughout tne entire narration, and the point utterly ignored and forgotten. Certain' incidents reminded bim of funny things, which invariably turned out to have not the slightest relevancy or ' application. He occasionally brought home with him practical humorists, with a sanguine hope of setting them going like the music-box, for his daughter's edification. He essayed the singing of melodies, with great freedom ot style and sisgular imraitation of note. He sang "Come Home to the Wedding Ye Lassesand Maidens " of which he knew single lice, and that incorrectly, as bving peculiarly apt and appropriate. Yet away from the house and his daughter's presence be was silent and distraught, ills absence of mind was particularly noted by his work men at tne "Empire uuartz Mtu." "tr tne old man don't look out and wake np," said his foreman, "he'll bev them feet of his yet under the stamps. When be ain't givln' his mind to 'em, they is altogether too promiakuss." A few nights later. Miss Jenny recognized her father's band In a timid tap at the door. She opened it, and he stood before her, with a yallse in his hand, equipped as for a journey. "I takes the stage to-night, Jinny dear, from Four Forks to 'Frisco. Maybe I may drop in on J ack afore I go. I'll be back in a week. Good-by." " Good-by." He still held her hand. Presently he drew her back into the room, closing the door carefully, and glancing around. There was a look of profound cunning in his eyes as he said slowly: '

. "Bear ttp and keep dark. Jinny dear, and trust to the old man. Various men have various ways. Thar is ways as is common and ways aa is uncommon, ways as is easy ndsysas is oneasy. Bear up and keep dark." .With this delphio utterance he put his finger to his lips and vanished. It was 10 o'clock wben he reached Four Forka. tA few minutes later he stood on the threshold of that dwelling described by tbe Four Forks Sentinel aa "ths palatial rea dence of John Asbe," and known to the local satirist as the "ash-box." "Hevin to lay by two hours. John," bo said to bis prospective son-in law, as he took his hand at the door, "a few words of social converse, not on business, but strictly privat, seems to be about as nat'ral a thing as a man can do." This introduction, evidently the result of some study and plainly committed to memory, seemed so satisfactory to Mr. McClosky that he repeated it again, after John Ashe had led him Into his private office, where, depositing his valise in the middle of the

noorana sitting down before It. he beo-an carefully A avoid the eye of his host. John Ashe, a tall. dark, handsome K7nf nrV(n with whom even tbe trifles ol life were evi dently full of serious, import waited with a kind of chivalrous respect the further speech of his guest. Beine ntterlv davoid of any sense of tbe ridiculous, he always accepted Mr. McCoIsky as a grave fact, singular only from his own want ot experience of the class. - "Ores is rtinnlnz lisht now "said .Mr. McClosky, with easy indifference. John Ashe returned that he had nnticAJ the same fact In the receipts of the mill at Four Forks. Mr. McClosky rubbed his berd and coked at his valise, as if for svmoathv and suggestion. "ion dont reckon on havincranv tronhlA with any of them chaps ez you cut out with Jinny?" John Ashe, rather hautilv. had never thought of that. "I saw Ranee banging round your house the other night when I took your daughter home, bnt be gave me a wiae Denn," be added, carelessly. "surely," said Mr. McClosky. with a pecu liar winking of the eye. After a pause, he took a fresh departure from his valise. A few words, ez between man and man. ez between my daughter's father and her husband who expects to be, is about tbe thing, I take it, as is fair and sqnare. I kern here to say them. They're about Jinny, my gai." Ashe's grave face brightened, to Mr, McMcClosky's evident discomposure. "Maybe I should have said i about her mother; but the same bein' a stranger to you, I says, naterally, Jlnny.' " Ashe nodded courteously. Mr. McClosky, with his eyes on his valise, went on: "It Is sixteen years ago as I married Mrs. McClosky in the state ol Missouri. She let on, at vne time, to do a wiauer a widaer with one child. Wben I say let on, I mean to imply that 1 subsequently iound out that she was not. a wldder, nor a wile, and the father of the child was, so to speak onbeknownst. That child was Jinny my gal. With bis eyes on his valise, and quietly ignoring, the wholly-crimsoned face and swiftly-darkening brow ol his host, he continued: I "Many little things sorter tended to make our home in Missouri onpleasant. A disposition to smash furniture aad heave knives around, an Inclination to howl when drunk, and that frequent; a habitooal use of vulgar language, and a tendency to cuss tbe casooal visitor, seemed to pint," added Mr. McClosky with submissive hesitation "thet she was so to speak quite onsuited to the marriage relation in its holiest aspecV." "Damnation! Why didn't" burst out John Ashe, erect and räriona. "At the end of two years," continueiLMr. McClosky, still intent on tbe valise, "I allowed I'd get a diworce. Et about thet time, however, Providence sends a circus into tbet town and a feller ez rode three hosses to onct. Hevin allez a taste for athletic sports, she left town with this teller, leavin' me and Jinny behind. I sent word to her thet if she would aive Jinny to me we'd call it quits. And she did." "Tell me,1 ' gasped Ashe, "did vou ask your daughter to keep this from me, or did snexio it or ner own accord ?' . "She doesn't know it," said Mr. McClosky; "she thinks I'm her father, and that her mother's dead." "Then, sir, this is your " "I don't know," said Mr. McClosky, slowly, "ez I've asked any one to marry my Jinny. I don't know ez I've persood that ez abiziness, or even taken it up as a healthful recreation." John Ashe paced the room furiously. MrMcClosky's eyes left the valise and followed him curiously "Where is this woman?" demanded Ashe, suddenly. McClosky's eyes sought the valise again. ; "She went to Kansas: from Kansas she went into Texas. From Texas she eventooally came ti Californy. Being here, I've purvided her with money when her business was slack through a ft i end." John Ashe groaned. "She'ä gettin g rather old and shaky for houses, and now does tbe tight-rope business and flying trapeze. Never hevin' earn her perform,' continued Mr. McClosky, with conscientious caution, "I can't say bow be gets on. On the bills she looks well. Thar is a poster " said Mr. McClosky, glsncing at Ashe, and opening, his valise, "thar is a poster givin' her performance at Marysville next month." Mr. McClosky slowly unfolded a large yellow and blue printed pester; profusely illustrated. ' "She calls herself 4Mams'elle S. Miglawskl the great Russian Trapeziste.' " John Asbe tore it from bis band. "Of course," he said, suddenly faciug Mr. MeMcClosky, "you don't expect me to go on with this?" Mr. McClosky picked up tbe poster, carefully refolded it and returned it to his valise. "When you break off with Jinny," he said quietly, 'I don't want anything said 'bout this. She doesn't know it. - She's a woman and I reckon you're a white mn." "But what am I to say? How am I to go back of mv word? ' "Wilte her a' note. Say something hez come to vour knowledge don't say what that makes you break it off. You needn't be afeerd Jinny'll ever ask you what." John Ashe hesitated. He felt he bad been cruelly wronged. No gentleman no Asbe could go no further in this affair. It was preposterous to think ot it. But somehow he felt at the moment very unlike a gentleman or an Ashe, and was quite sure he should break dowu under Jenny'a steady eyes. But then he could write to her. : "So ores is about as light here as on the Ridge. Well, I reckon they'll come up before the rains. Good night." Mr. McClosky took the hand that his host mechanically extended, shook It gravely, and was gone. When Mr. McCosk y, a week later, stepped again upon his own veranda, he saw through tbe French window the figure of a man in his parlor. Under his hospitable roof the sight was not unusual, but for an instant a subtle sense of disappointment thrilled him. When be saw it was net the face of Ashe tnrned toward him he was relieved, but when he saw the tawny beard and quick, passionate ejes of Henry Ranca he felt a new ssnse of apprehension, so that he fell to rubbing his beard almost upon his very threshold. Jenny ran into the hall, and seized her fatber with a little cry ot joy. "Father," said Jenny, in a hurried whisper, "don't mind him" indicating Ranee with a toss of her yellow braids "he's going soon, and I think, father, I've done him wrong. But it's all over with John and me now; read that note, and see how he's insulted me." Her lip quivered, but she went on: "Its Ridgeway that he means, father, and I believe it was his hand struck Itideewav Hnwn nr that he knows who did. But hush now: not a word." To le continued.