Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 43, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1874 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1874.

BII LEY AND BT BRET HARTE, j Upon WaRAtch'a peaks of mow, -, s fclaht holds illimitable away, ' i , : Where bat m single hour ago, yThe cnurs and chasms, high and low, ; , Resplendent shone with dar, . . Vv,s From out the y no iUr ray shines Upon the awml solitude: V.'hile moaning throunh the tossing plae Ufce some unqolet spirit's brood, The winds swwp to ndfro, . J , " 1 i ' Andixtm In saddened mood-1 . . ' To breathe a wail of woe. t At first they only sighed. . . . But now they moan and sod; And since the eventide ' .- Their maddened pulses throw In quicker, faswr flow, .. .. .. . As their fleeting footsteps RiudJ . . O'er the cold expunse oi snow. r , And all thenpper air ' j filled with drifting clouds, f -Wnlle fUnd that revel there Are weaving ühütins Khror.dj; , . -Tönning 1 endlew whirl. Tney reel In goblin mirth, , And then the shrouds they nu-l " - ' On tempest's wing to earth. '

T was 'leven o'clock near Bridget' Uap, ' In a station that awayed in the tempests Wherallghtnlng Jerker t njoved i ,W " ; When a caU from the Canon broke his i bleep, nd he caught the words from the subtle clicks, "Send iUnley down here with - ' -" Soon Einley bad roountsd hla Iron steed, . And the dres of tbe furnace glowed a.'",. Aa the ponderous monster devourt a It leea. And rolled from the side track on to the main. Out on th night wlure the snow-nakei tell, oat where the nlts of the tempest roar. IMnley shouted his friend fareweU, As he opened the throttle-Talve one notch more. Thn Ar t,a winding track he fcved. Wh the nathwav with chasm and crags was lined; , , ; : . - The glare of his great light eleaaaed ahead, And the snow like a bride's Tall streamed behind, . " . ,' And soon tbe sound of the clankloe fcteel . V as drowned in the echoe from hill to hill, ! He felt the engine sway and reel, But the throttle went one notch farther Uli. And down the grade like a courser fleet, ' rionsiD? throat h mountains of drifU'd snow, The engine plows through the crusts of sleet, , And Earls a thousand feet below . , t Tfco ponderous masses that block its -way ; Throws them far to the left and Tight, ' ' Into the black oblivions Bight, To reach the (Janons by break of day. . , t And now old Blnley feels the thrill ' ' Tbat the soldier feels when he meet i his foe; He opens the tnrotüe-valre wider still. Ard h:s furnace burns with a fiercer glow. As the piston flashes In faster stroke ; Hut f.rm as a rock stands the engineer, i And in his honest old heart of oak. There beats not the slightest pulse of fear. Bin toon the engine i running slower. Thou:: its pathway lies on a level grade; And then a tremor cornea stealing o'er Blnley's hand on the throttle laid. ti.'w a eiakinr nnf the drivlnff-wheel. Wiiile the eniciue MtrujtKlct with taauiau will; Then slowly ceases the cmait oi sieei, Ahd the panting monster is standing Mill. Thicker and faster the drifting snow Tli row round the victim It wiudinx sheet. And nnenchei the glare of the head-llcht' glow, As Blnley mutters, "I give up beat," Next mornine a snow-plow forced its way To ihe spot where the buried engine lay; They We wed a path tlirouKi tHe froea crut. And then was the ghastly story told ; Tirn sat. Klnlpv beside his trust. AVith his hand on the throttle-valve, stiff and cold. MORTON ON THE FINANCES. T1IK CURRENCY BILL AND ME VETO. LETTER FROM 8BNAT0R O. P. MORTOX, VTHEItE IN HB SEEKS TO CORRECT A KISAPTEEHESSIO IN A PORTION OF TH E PRESS IH REGARD TO THE PROVISIONS OP TH 3 ri5AXCE BILL, Senator Morton senas the following letter to the home organ, which was published on Saturday morning: To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal. W a h i n fiTun , May o. ir: There appear to io a. TniKaDDrthenwion in a portion of the pre !n regard to the provisions of the fl name bill which lately rawed the two houses of congress but from which the pres ident withheld his approval. The bill Is cntl cised as il It authorized a new emüMion of Uni tel statf-a notes, which would Increase the difft culty of areturn to specie payments, and thereby involve a oreacn oi nie nauoaii muu pieiigva for the redemption of those notes in coin. The first section oi the bill, andtl .ot.Lv one which relates to the United Mat notes, la in these words ; "The maximum amount of United States notes shall be four hnndred raiiiiona oi uouare. , To understand the 3ect of this provision reference must be had to previous legislation By the act of June SO, 15 1, It was declared that the United States notes iu circulation or to be circulated, shoulü not exceed the sum of 4u0 rtV.ixnt Bv the act of April 12, lim, it whs mvi.le1 that "of United States notes not more: than tlO,000,0."iO may be retired and cancelled within ix ino iths cf the passage of this act, and ihefnre not more than ti.io.u in any one mnmh." On tie 4th ol March. ISO. another act was pascd forbidding: any further mluction of Uniuu stales noi es. -t wiai uuie iu kuiuuui ounnnd:ng wa fJ56.U",'-,w, and that ii the limit ImMow which the Unite! .State notes cannot be resluced witnout conareioual en aclnifnU Under the oieratiou of these Kttutes, successive, secretaries of Hie treat.i'ry have avnraedthe rieht to re-Issue at their dlhcrct ion foitv-four millions of dollai-s, that is. the ttlfftfr er.if between 3jö,0jü,0UU and f WU,0OW,tO, and to uutiilriiw the same a lain from clrcuUlioii Under this asserted power, about a millian and a half of dollars or taese notes wore isfcuedin Sentemtier. ItfiU and afterwards withdrawn and a like- sum issued in the fall of lb71, and aiterwardi? withdrawn. Since the first oi October last, there have been iasued of these notes by the screiry ot the treasury 1',iJ0,O, making the whole escalation o:" United stales notes &X2AWJW0. TEE RIGHT OF THE SECRETARY to re-isene any part of this forty-four millions, or to increase the clrculatiom of these notes above three hundred and fifty-six millions, has been continually denied by many lawyers. In congress and out of it, and a lanje ortlon of the pres; and the question can not be said to be fre from doubt. At the last session of conprewi a majority of the finance committee of the Senate, through the chairman, Mr. nherman, reported to the Sen&te, far its adoption, tha following ifcholutlon. "IJesolvci, That, In the oniniou of the Senate, the secretary of th treasury has not the power under the existing laws to issue United bt&tea notes for any portion of the forty-four million dollar retired and canceled uner the fceverai lawson that subject." My first linprtssion had leen against the existeuee of ihe power, but on further examination, 1 thought it fair y deducible from a comparison of statistics, and personally urged ion the president and secretary the free use of the fortv-tour million reserve to check the progress of the panic and alleviate it disasters. In his veto message, and in hi letter to Mews. Claflln and Anthouy on theif'.li of September last, the president trtsats the forty-foar millions as telng in eilsuni; reserve, a w iu of money already lu the treasurv.as much so as alike uiu received from taxes, aud to bo used at the discretion of tiio t-if tarv of the treasury for certain pur. yxw- lid resards the maximum amount of Uuited States notes, as amuiOü.Uuo and titts the Slt.OO.UUU as 1. actual existence The first aect Ion of the bill declares rh law to be what the resident and secretary have assumed it to be. It declares that the maximum amount of United Btates note shall be uRMKJO.U'Af. that 1. the amount beyond which tii tvsii- shall not be extended. The word maximum" means the greatest. It does not lueau the prvcioe amount, but simply the ammiTit bevond which the issue can not KO.The section relieved the government from the exerciMofadoubtiai power, wnicn baa een me -pnjilfin of severe animadversiou. The secre tary of the treasury in his last report thought It imnortant that conzress should iemove the doubt haccini: over the lssae of this SH.OüO.000. and nsed the follow. inz lanenaEo. "But tha law authorizing the iwn of iKJü.uoo.000 has never been repealed, and has uniformly been held by the treasury departi... . u j uiiLA tuereoi to nein run lorc. la iUn ol th uucertaloty which txJyi

in pablle sentiment as to the right of the anc re-

larv ol ine imuury vo wue uniw e.in exoess of the mlmimum, and Jie conflict of opinion aa to the policy of doing so, conceuing that he has mat nsnt nnncrtne ww, rfei-c-fulir recoramend that coore1s snau aei rtee questions at rest by m distinct enactment. It was loa wlsu ana txpecuuioa ti iu - L FRIENDS Or THE I'.ILL I . - that the secretary should put Into circnlation the remaining 118,000,900 of the SXOO,000, an It was proposed by some that the language of the section should be so changed as to require that amount to be put Into circulation and kept outstanding. Hut it was determined otherwwe,and that tue Dili snoma sirapiy ni-ciarc iuc mum amount of ciroulation.and leve the power and discretion of the secretary whau they bad been claimed to be. Had congress taken from the secretary .the enormous iy w-er-to1 put the circulation ii-oi. inimi state notes up to S4uu,0U0)U. or red nee it to riöttCO, by fixing it at ftoe,ooo,ono, the act would have met the approüaiiou oi a largo jyi of Üe people, who believe that a power so vast should not be ra posed In any pubUe omeer. ut tbat was not done, and the whole effect or tne section was to establish the legality of the power which had been claimed, ana tne exercuo ui which bad been declared by many to be a great usurpation. The other section or the bill antnorizes the Increase of bank note circulation to the amcunt of SW.OJ0.0U0 to be distributed among the states having less than their proportion upon . the tau ' - ot tn ' . oi the new banks to be esubllsbed t upon the terms, liablliUes and restrictions imposed upon existing bftnxs, being required to secure their Ollis oy ueposiwoi oonos, reu win wu u .T r ted fetale notes. upon demand, over their own counters or m one oi uie icucmj-u dtie. and with th additional restriction that aU banks, old and new, shall keep one-fourth or the coin interest they receive upon their bonds fnr th wnr(tr Af their notes. This nmvlunn laokd forward to the resumption Of specie payments, and was tha first step Uiat had been taken la that direction byconKress. The St6,C"uO,UOl provided for came fan W0,0uo,000 short of . KQUALIZESO THE DISTBIBDTIOJt . among the. states upon the basis ol the act oi 1865. Under that act, the New KngUnä stales were entitled to less that I 0,000,000, bat received 1110,000,000, and the other Eastern states had an exeess ot nearly Slxuu,W0. - The most or the friends of ths bill desired free banking, that is. th rMLirictinn Laktn oft as to the amount ana locality of the circulation of national banks, so that people should bo leA free In every part of the United States to establish national banks wherever and whenever their local wants and necessities demanded them. The profit upon the currency of the national hanks is less man two per cent., and they will not M escaousnea and maintained anywhere, unless there ba a local demand which : will give to them a liberal line of deposits. Bat the purpose of this letter Is not to enter intoanydefensoof the sees d section of the bill, but to remove a misappre hension that appears to prevail in regara vo tue first. Whether the volume of the currency is snmcienl for the busic-ss of the country, is a question of fact about which men may honestly differ. During tha foar years preoedicg the panic there had been an actual contraction of the currency, and a mach larger comparative contraction resulting from the growth of population and business. A majority of ooogreas were of opinion tbat to produce a restoration or confidence, a speedy revival of business, and a return to the prosperity which was so suddenly destroyed by the panic, soma addition should be made to the volume oi tne currency, manne bill which has failed to become a law would have produced some contraction, is undoubtedly true: but It woold have been almost entirely in the stock market In Mew York. It la a well understood fact that the reserves of the WRKTKaj A.XO HOtTTHKRK BIS kept In New Tork have been loaned by tba New York banks almost excoMTely upon call to dealers in stocks, and thus eontribated to stimulate un wholesale speculation, sad have been of very little benefit to the mercantile or manufacturing community. The evil result loa- from obis fact was strikingly illustrated during the panto last fall. The stockholders who had borrowed the money were not able to repay the New York banks, and they in turn were naable to pay the country banks fiom whicn ths money Had been received, and thus the disaster of the panic was greatly aggravated. Tbts bill in effect required the banks outside of th r ademption cities to keep tnree-fourths of ID reserve at Dome, ana woaia nave wi rawn some millions from the . stock market In New York, which would strengthen the banks to which they beiong, and euld have produced contraction in a quarter where It Is pretty well understood that contraction wonld do no harm. Tbeact of lsffJ, to strengthen the public credit, declares that "the United States HOlemnly pledged Its faith to make provision at the earliest practical period ror tne redemption ol the United States notes in coin." in the de bate upon this bill nobody has denied the char acter or binding force of tbat pledge, but the Question as to the "practicable period" for iu performance remains as open as it was upon the day it was passed. ery lew memoers oi eitner house of congress have agreed upon any method for the resumption of specie payments. A few are in favor of hoarding the gold in the treasury until tnou&h has been acooired to begin the redemption of ths notes. Others have proposed to acquire the requisite amount of gold by selling our bonds in Europe; others to fund a portion of the legal tender notes in bonds bearing Ave per cent, interest, and retire them In that way, to bring the rest to par by contraction ; others to fund thera into a bond bearing five per cent, interest, to be re issued and aealn funded. While the govern meat Is pledged to redeem tbe legal tender notes in coin, at the earliest practicable period, while the purpose to do so should ever be kept in view, vet that period is by many deemed to be practicable when there 1 great stagnation of business, much labor unemployed, tha revenues largely lallen off, and much distress and suffer ing iu every part or tne country. ery truiy yours, U. r. MORTON WHOLESALE BUTCHERIES. THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED IS THE ARGEN TINE REPUBLIC COLD-BLOODED MURDERS. The Panama Star and Herald ot tbe 21st of March civea a fearful account of horrible crimes which have recently been enacted by the military heroes of the army of Lopez Jordan. Tbe Bcene3 -which it describes were, it states, witnessed by one Don Emilio Victoria, who was made prisoner, and taken with six others, to the camp at Uaerencio They were then ordered to march under a guard of twenty musketeers, commanded by . .. m -ww A 1 di 1 protner oi nermosi, tu wuuro uruciu Tv as. on tne otnersiaeoi uuaieeuay. ivnen they arrived at the farm of Ht, Augustin, a Senor Euclides lrigoyen came out to meet them armed with, a lance, and, approaching the officer, said: "Why do you make these people suffer so much? Any bow, I know you have orders to kill tbem on arriving at the forest, so you had better let us kill them at once." .The offices refused to agree to hia proposals. As soon as they bad reached the cane of fjuerencio, Chamorro was made fast. Again next day the order came tbat all the prisoners should be dispatched. They began with Chamorro. who was lanced to death . My turn was to come next, when an order came to bring me before Querencie, which was done. Later in the day he delivered me over to Lopex Jordan, who kept me with hiin until his defeat by Donuonzaio. All the chiefs had orders to kill whom thoy nleased. Lopez Jordan ordered his victims " . a m Ii! iL 1 1 I to be aispatcneu alter lnsamn tueui m u vilest language. Others, .such as Gonzalez and Campos, would address one of these un fortunates, "Who are your" &o ana so. "Where from?" "Entreriano." "Kill him, he is a savage." The executioner tnen step ped out to do blsdutv. Kacn cniei naa nis own executioner. ixo urew ma bmu and in a few seconds the head of a poor lt her of a family rolled on the ground. Such were tbe common every-day assassi nation. Some 300 haa been muraorea m this manner. The assassin, riico ooronei, caotured on the coast of Parana a great number of foreigners occupied in collecting firewood, charcoal-borners, with Italians and Spaniards. Some he assassinated, and to others he administered from 600 to 1,000 lashes and com tilled them to serve in the infantry. A bov was punished by having a stake thrust through his body. Tbe last victim was Fpline velasauez. a soldier of Captain Antelo, who had come to visit bis seven children. When Lopez Jordan or dered his execution, two days before the battle, this soldier reminded him of his long services, bis large family, and promised if he would spare his life to serve him faithfullv. This chief was inexorable. Tbe I bandiqVera was ordered to dispatch him at 1 nnnL nea,

AT THE BRIDAL.

bt UABJttrr' rMscoTT si-otrorjx. From Hrpfi it agaj&sfor May . Wide stood' the door, that morn Ids, -Or the somber and ancient church, " And gayly the yellow sunshine Ht reamed In oa IU seldom esrch Btresmed over the rustling witing, -Over iewl and waving plume. Over smiling and confident call ants. Over women alt beauty and bloom, " And I paused to look at tbe pageant In themidxt of the shimmer and stir, . And to htar the priests nurmer: Forsaking AU others, cleave only to her. , Fair twinkled the taper-set altar. And sweet blew the organ's breath, - While the lover bent and repeated: ' To love and cherish till death. - 'i The light from the great roe-wlndow , .' Came splendidly sifting down; On her face there fell a glory, ' ) .And over hr head a crown. ' V And I knew by the awlnl paralon With which be stood white and wan . That be cast his heart beforeher ' , ' . For her feet to tread upon, ;: But the bride was softly smiling,, Lovesome and bright and fair , lie was but the ring on her finger, , . He was but the rose in her hair! '. And I would there had been a glamour ' , Over ray eyes, and a blur -, At the eager vow of forsaking . ,.. , All others, and cleaving to her; .. . ' For out of the pillared shadow I row beside me start ''- A wild-eyed girl with her baby ' ' ' : Clasped over her breaking haart, , , And down from the porch no fiyins 7 .' The wreckofaruptuie unb.essed "With only the river before her, !" With ouly ths river for rest ! A BONNET. v : -.r ,. Bcribsars Macasla. We are alike, and yet O strange and sweet ! Kach in tne otner airrerenc aucerns, 80 ths torn strands ths maiden's finger turns Opposing ways, when they again do meet Clasp Into each, as flame clasps Into heat. Bo when my hand on my cool bosom burns, Each sense Is lost In ths other. Bo two urns Upon a shelf ths self-same lines repeat, ' But various color gives a lovelier grace. And each Is finer tor Its complement. Therefore It is I did not forget thy face -As deeper Into thy deep soul 1 went ; Vague in my mind it grew till, sn Us place. One that I know not from my own was sent. W1NH ACROSS THE WATER. ' TEMPERANCE IX EUROPE. THK CRTJSADK 1 ORB AT BRITAIN WHAT THE WOMEN ARB DOINO IN MANCHESTER TEMPERANCE REFORM IN SWEDEN HOMETHINO PRACTICAL TAKING AWAY THE RIGHTS OF THK DEALERS. : : The Manchester Gaardian,Ensland,speaks thus concerning the movement in that city: A movement resembling to some extent the women's whisky war in America, has been commenced in Manchester. The fair ground at Knott Mill, which, daring Easter week, had been given np to the annual fair, was on Sunday the scene ol a .very different gather ing. From a temporary platiorin.consisting of a lorry .about a dozen workingnien's wires addressed an attentive crowd on the evils of intemperance. The chairwoman said she had been a teetotalar for twenty-seven years, and had never regretted it. Some of the speakers weie members of good templar lodges, and were styled M sisters, said all had, in soma way or other, been brought over to total abstinence through the terrible examples of drunken husbands and fathers. One woman introduced herself as no "far away bird, but BA -13W-hV A. a tne tiauznier 01 01a joq uianx. tne arunicenv est man in Deansgate." Another speaker, twentyote years drink-cursed, having for a husband the greatest drunkard that ever walked tbe streets of Manchester." This woman's husband, who was at one time never without an excuse to thrash her, was now a reformed character. At the close of tbe speeches a number 01 persons took the temperance pledge. From Dundee, too. we learn that a female crusade against drink has been begun then. A deputation of women, principally of the middle classes, waited, on Monday, upon the provost and magistrates of tbat town, and in the name of the "wives, mothers, and daughters, and womeu forming part of the class in this large community which suffers most from the evil results of the liquor traffic," presented a memorial in favor of restricting, as far as possible, tbe granting of licenses. In the evening there was a praver meeting and conference, solely attended by women. TEMPERANCE IN SWEDEN. The New York World contains the follow ing synopsis of a paper read at the last meet ing of the British Association for tbe Ad vancement of Science on the licensing system and laws of Sweden and tho Gothenburg public-house system : At the last meeting of the British Association for the Advance ment of Science Mr. 1. carnegio road a paper on the licensing laws ol Sweden and the Gothenburg publio-house system. In Gothenburg, a town ot t(),000 inhabitants, the public bouses had for the last seven years been conducted od an entirely new principle and with such success that a bill called the spirituous liquors (Scotland) bill. founded on that principle was Intropuced in the last session of parliament and would.no doubt, be renewed ntxt year. In 1S30, 173.000 stills deluged Sweden with a quan tity of spirits calculated at ten gallons per head. The consequences were learrui, re sultinc at last in a reaction, which at length induced tue diet or i to pass tne present licensing laws, the principal features of which were tbat all small stills were abol ished, and an excise dutv imrjosed of Is, 6d. per gallon. The local authority had the power of fixing the number ot licenses In each district, wnicn were periodically soia I.. .m.Hah Anrl tha imAnnt .Q. 1 1 7111 .m. paid to the local treasury, to the relief of the rates, xneenect was mat in tne rural districts, comprising seven-eighths of the pop ulation, a most remarkable retorm was effected in the drinkinghabits of tba Swedes, the number of licenses being reduced on an average to one in 0,000 or tne rural imputation, while in many districts licenses were altogether prohibited. This had CONCENTRATED THE TRADE in towns. Where, although some improvement was effected, the consumption ar.d trade still continued on a very large scale. A committee appointed In 186-1 by the inhab Hants ot Gothenberg reported that In orde to extend the reform to the towns it was necessary to reorganize the liquor trafflc on an entirely new principle, viz.: no individ ual, either as proprietor or manager, unaer a public-house license, should derive any pri vate gain irom tne saje 01 spirits, mus aooiishing all temptations unduly to extend the consumption., Tbe principle was immedi ately carried out ny an association or tne most respected members of tbe community, who formed a limitea-iiaDinty company to take -over all the public-house licenses, to conduct the business solely in the interest of sobriety and morality, and to pay over tbe whole profits to the town treasury. The result bad been that tbe police cases of drunkenness, which, in 1864, was 6.10 per cent., decreased to 2.52 per cent, in 1870. The last two years showed an increase np to 2.71 per cent., caused by a largo increase of wages and a Dractice of what is called M saining," or four or five men clubbing together to buy the minimum quantity of spirits allowed to be sold at the erocers' or retail shops where snirits were sold not to be drank on the premises, the licenses of which were sold at aucca io private porous, a&d VftexQ UiQ

price was little more than half the price charged in the public houses. The. grat

benent or tbe elimination or private pro tit and reduction of .licensesvfrom the liquor trade waa now so recognized in Sweden, that law was passed this year to enable the above named grocers' license to be held by tbe same associations, which now bold too public house licenses, thus giving them the complete CONTBOL OF THE SPIRIT TRADE. " From this it was fully expected that the percentage of drunkenness, already reduced by more than one-half In Gothenburg, would soon show a much greater dinnmition. The alteration of the law originated Ina movement amonz the working classes of Gothenburg, who pressed upon the city's represen tatives the necessity nt urging the diet of Stockholm to adopt it. The good already cCected was amply attested by the testimony of all the authorities in Gothenburg, municipal and clerical. Tbe financial results were very Important, as on them must depend the practicability of the scheme. Last year the profit handed over to the town treasurer 1 -was 11,676; besides which tbe town sold to private persons 2i retail licenses for, one year for 7,400. Tbe number of gallons of spirits sold by the company was nearly three per bead, sup posed to be exceeded by tbe sales of the re tail shops. This was a fearfully . large amount, but av large proportion was supplied to tbe country population, of. which 170,000 in that province had only 10 licensed houses. The consumption of spirits lor all Sweden rather exceeded two gallons per head. That of Scotland was about two gallons. The company carried on its large business without any paid-up capital: an advance was obtained from a bank, and the balance of interest, had never exceeded &1Ö at the end ol the year.' The Gothenburg system bad been completely and partially tried in two-thirds of the Swedish towns, and. was extending to nor way. , i 1 1 1 B ARNUM S BALLOON PROJECT. W HAT THK EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS TOLD MR. BARNUM WHAT IS NECESSARY TO SUCCESS AND WHAT PHINKAS PROPOSES TO DO. A reporter of the New York Times called on P. T. Barnum as soon as he arrived in New York ' from' England, and the great showman had this to say, in regard to his trans-Atlantic balloon journey: Mr. Barnnm said that in the first place he bad no aspira tions or expectations to cross the Atlantic in a balloon himself, and in the second place he wouiu no aavauce money to assist others in doing so until he was reasonably satisfied that the trip could be attempted without any extraordinary risk to aeronauts. Professor lse and son,ori'niladeIphia,were very anxious to essay the leat, as were also eight dif ferent aerouants in Europe. One ot tbeiu, a prominent official in tbe Knglisb mint, bad written to Mr.llarnum stating tLat he would mane me irars-Atlantic trip in a balloon it it wera prepared as lie designed. He further said that should Mr. Barnum rfedi n to take any interest in the enterprise because of the danger attending the voyage, he would be uilty of a great piece ot folly, inasmuch as vhere was really nothing to fear. Professor liodaman, of Du bun, crossed tbe Irish channel last year in a balloon, and assured Mr. Barnum that there was little risk in the adventure. On these assurances, then. Mr. Barnum gave his close attention to tne question, and visited several parts of Europo, and consulted eminent scientists in relation to it. -'Nearly every one assured him ot the pr&cticabihtv of the undertak ing, S3 he turned his attention to the cost of preparing a balloon, and the best msans of paying for it. Professor Hodsman told Mr. Barnnm tbat he bad constructed a balloon, inflated it, and left iLe gas in it for thirty days, and not a leak or break was found in it at the expiration of that time. If Mr. Barnum wonld bare such a one mad a for him, Professor Hodsman would williaglv attempt to cross from America to England. The voyage wouia nave to be betrun In America, according to the theorv of Profes sor Nadir, of France, who says that he has known positively for fifteen years or more that a strong current of air from west to east prevails at a certain altitude. By its means, both scientists told Mr. Barnum that the passage could be made IN IYJRTY-EIOHT HOUIM. Not altogether satisfied with these statements, Mr. Barnum determined to push his inquiries further, and visited Prof. G lashier, of Greenwich Observatory, and Prolessor Cox well, a well known ascentionist. They did not agree with his other inform ants altogether, and therefore Mr. Barnum hesitated to complete his arrangements for the experiment. However, having oonsid ered the project so seriously, he determined o ascertain now it might be attempted. He met Mr. Wilkinson, manager of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, and laid the subject before him. That gentleman was enthusiastic, and agreed, in the event of Mr. Barnum's resolve to carry out the project, to Inclose a saloon in the Crystal Palace '75, by l.V) feet, wherein the balloon could be constructed under the eyes of the public. In other words, the girls and artisans could be seeu at work Ereparing tbe balloon .its appurtenances,lileoat, canning provisions, and making all the preparations, by all who paid the admission fee. . The money so obtained would bo used to deirav tn) expenses of tho exneriment. The kind of balloon recommended by those in favor of the voysge is as follows: It must be made of tulle silk, properly seasoned, and rendered air tight. There are to be an inner and outer balloon, fitting closely as band and glove, but totally independent of each other so far as their integrity is concerned. The whole is to be 80 leet in diameter, five square yards to the pound; it must hold 2ti8,000 feet of tas, and possess a lifting power of ltf,700 pounds. ' Mr. Barnum went to Snital fields, Manchester, Lyons, and other places, to ascertain tbe probable outlay necessary to produce tbe desired balloon, and learüed that he would have to spend at least $30,000 in gold upon it. He next consulted with Negrette and Zambra, the philosophical instrument makers in London, and made a conditional contract with them wherein they agreed to furnish the aeronauts with the bet instruments for aerial navigation possible, and to manufacture with particular care two aneroids, record at an altitude of 30,000 feet. Archbishop , Manning lately presided at the national demonstration ot the Catholic Total Abstinence League of the Cross. ' During his remarks he urged his co-religonists and the public at large not to be misled by the apparent lightness of the sheets of police charges into an idea that drunkenness was on tbe decrease; for, though Its more offensive forms might be suppressed, tbe vice in private had shown but little decrease: and he had reason to lear that drink largely infested the homes of all classes too often includinz women, the wives and mothers of families. He feared tbat if the liqour trade went on increasing at its present rate it would become not only very powerful in parliament and in the country, but too Ewerful4br the legislature to bold in check, e then urzed bis flock, one and all, to cul tivate temperance and abstinence in their several households, if not for their rown sakes, at all events for that of their children, who were too often pauperized and thrown upon the tender mercies of the work house by tne drunkenness 01 tneir parents. Senator Ferry, of Michigan, has had Sum ner's desk brought to his place andeubsti tutelar to owo

THE ANGEL OF SPRING.

When lowering skies ana gray cold mists have auiNfieu, ifBorne hence on winter's slow reluctant win?.' Fay Lilian gaily tends h r birds and nawers. uu an but) ienas ujeai, carols to tne spring. -- m. tijrrrs VUIUC 1VUJ WUUKVU1 " - anjien, . '" About Ihee hoverrne. while with loving care Their teeming hands, unseen, unfelt, drop bles- - BlUgH, - --- ....... ... God-gifis, bestowed to make thee rich as fair. "Angel trf-st loved is she the storm-blast heralds. 110 suns the March winds as she draweth near. Who for her handmaid brlngKh hoie rr-newed, ' And wakes ths blossoms with a smllo and tear. "Lifeat hpr touch within the brown soil stlrreth; 0 utriiieunmca whü uuu ana icaiisciad; armed by her breath, from his long sleep upThe russets lee flits forth, alert and glad. "Dee; eeper thy verdure, golden-gloried Cammer; Richer, brown Autumn, are thy fruits ai thy fruits and grain; But thoss fair evoke th. now "rs thy touch, o. Spring! We from thy sister aagels teek in vain T u Inwnse the violet fl ings abroad to greet thee ; For thee the cuckoo chants his changeless lays; - . r .... .... . . ,- . , ,. , . Aud while ths mother bird broods o'er hex nestlings, . Her happy mate sits by and trills thy pralle. MWoed by thy sunny skies and southern zephyrs, Nat are, ri-joiclns:, dons her teoderest hues;' E'en the fall hearted monrner still her weeping The while thy bauu her patient faith renews. "riwcet to the sotils that in life's strur-'le wean The rest that Winter symbols ; but we cling With fuller Joy to hopes thy coming wakens And watch and wait for an eternal Spring I" 7 ' . SOMETIME. : From the Christian Vnioo. There is a ship named Sometime ; Men dream of It, and wait. One on tbe shore, impatient, , And one at the household gate. . Thinking, MIf it come not in the morn, Then, in the evening, it may." But I knew one, not thinking of ships, Worked till the close of the day lifting his eyes at the evening-time, La, there his ship at anchor lay. f A HARD NUT." 8EXATOR JONES. . . HIS EARLY CAREER THE KINO Of 9CAN HIS IS -HIS SPEECH OX FINANCE AND HIS REJOINDER'S TO MORTON' INQUIRIES THK IiESSON OF HIS SPEECH.' "Gatb," the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, writes ' concerning Senator Jones' life before entering congress: This man, he says, is a hard nut, who has had bis ups and downs as fully as one of Bret Härte's characters. Born in Wales, as his name indicates, he moved from Ohio to the Pacific coast. Having some shrewdness, and as much courage, and more quaint good nature, he became a favorite, and fell under the patronage of Alvinza Hayward, owner of tne Amador gold mine. Hayward had pursued a career not unlike his own subsequent one, and is related to have followed a shaft into a gold lodge so long that he was reduced to one bag of beans to . feed bis workmen, when, at that distressful moment, the ore ' was found. The incdent has been clumsily woven into Mark Twain's story of "The Gilded Age." Jones showed some capabilities for public life, and was put on the ticket with t Jorharp, to be lieutenant governor of California, about six years ago. lie was beaten, but, as it is claimed, because Gorhaui was unpopular, not himself. Then, abetted by Hayward, be removed over to Uold Hill, in Nevada, and began to run a shaft into tbe Crown Point mine. Suddenly it began to yield enormously, and for some time pat Jones' income baa been $75,000 a month. Hi successes, and that gameness in business for which Californians are renowned, made it comparatively easy for Jones to run (ienersl James Nye from tbe United States Senate. It is rumored that be made Nye a substantial testimonial of his good opinion. At any rate, the Utter retired smilingly; and then Jones made a candid speech to the legislature, entreating them to sutler no personal inconvenience, or lotus of Belf-re-epect, if they bad found it necessary, in the course of mutual obligation, to take some little douceur. Jones was unavoidably delayed. He and his friend, Hayward, bad formed a strong attachment for Newton Booth, the young governor of California, against . whom the Central Pacific railroad and tbe monopoly interests oi the Pacific coast were making a dipcouragiag fight for the United States Senate. Jones had been the political friend of Booth, and, when the iatter was making - A SPLENDID 11GRT before the people for - governor, lent but lit tle of tbe light of his countenance. But the senatorship was quite another question; and, around the halls of the capitol at Sacramento, Jones delayed until the session at Washington was far advanced. When Booth was elected, the Nevada senator appeared in Washington. He was now seen to be a redlaced, gray-haired, hardly noble, Welshlooking man, with a suave speech, affable, blue-eyed, and a propensity for good-eating, visiting, and knowing agreeable people, lie was more obliging than refined, lie went to . the receptions, and was followed around by mammas and demoiselles. He talked horse -with General Grant and bought five stylish nags for himself. For some time he stopped with Welcker, the great caterer of tbe capital, and gave some nice dinners there After the death of Charles Astor Bristed he rented Mrs. Bristed's bouse, furnished the same once owned by Edwin M. Stanton, and the seat of his death. 1 There JoDes took up bis residence, with widowed sister and her children, and tbe rumor prevailed that he had made a second alliance with a young girl on the Pacific side, whom he should presently take out of school and make Mrs. Jones. In tbe Senate chamber he received but little attention,after the curiosity of so rich a widower had worn off, and the opinion cot to be tbat he was not to be heard of outside of the social circle, but would be a good-natured, quiet attendant on the votes, until someday he would retire voluntarily and tto back to the mines. During the currency debate, however, he distributed himself around tha Senate chamber, listening to nearly all the speeches ; and, when Carl Schurz made his celebrated speech, I noticed Jones at his elbow, looking up with intelligent approval which Schurz seemed to feel, and the latter turned about and addressed Jones. Morton suid the people wanted more money, and the countrv would come to specie payments whenever it could. On this, Jones, to everybody's surprise, Stood up LIKE AN HONEST MINER ' to explain.' Before he sat down, Morton felt, like Bill Nye, that "the heathen Chinee was peculiar.' He made a speech which put him at once in- the front rank ot sensible and clear, if not powerful, men . lie began with an illustration from the states of tbe coast where he resided, and asked how it could be said there was not enough gold to perform the exchanges of the res; of the United States, when all the Pari tic communities bad steadfastly adhered to gold and silver since the beginning of their history. To-day, as during the war, ample gold and silver are to be there had enough for all transactions. Morton made his usual tirade about the want of patriotism of the people who had not accepted the greenbacks,aBd said tbat they had set back tbe Pacific coast by refusing to accept them. But they nsod gold and silver as currency because it was their product. How could tbe United States nave suppressed the rebellion if all th states had paid the same aa tbe ratals

coast, and refused to take government paper

uiuucj "tfonM- repiy was a staggerer. In that event he said, tbe government -would have put down tbe rebellion for tlOO 000,000 lea than ,1t waa done. Exclamations were beard, .from the senators and attendants,- and the galleries .felt tbe pith of the response, and began to applaud. Thus ..encouraged, Jones launched into a speech apparently off-hand, though somewhat after the manner of the minerawhen tbey stand in their birt-sleeves and aiscuss anything at the m n:b of the pit. Tbe sebators were now listening with that attention which a wag, roillionnaire, an honest miner, and a curiosity, natu rally receives.onhis first appearance. Tbsre was laughter, renewed interest, and a roll of applause again, Jones'' argument was the luuiv uimui iminu'fl made irom a domeatic and homely stand-point, so tbat it seemed to be less an effort of intelligent thought than AN ILLUSTRATION FROM POOR RICHARD. . We beard no more of Morton. Henceforward Jones grew fervid, earnest and almost eloquent. lie advocated resumption of specie payment J uly 4, 1876, as the best centennial exhibition, and the most honest which a great nation 'could "make. Turning then to tbe South he expressed the want of that mulish . section in two or three sentences, which were as happy s they were pungent. Too r m m w vw aa v wayssacs w uvt a-w few wanted to hire themselves. The lesson of Jones' speech to me was this: That no ata l.Sil -a . ca4u4 mu jvii a eenaine imopr. mer ao XZ , -gisiuros to eiect senators. They barter with ' evorvtVitr. ' thnrt of money in some of the best commonVMltho T-V. V. . . i . 1 " -. a ucj uvrtcr -wiiD cuampagne ana cigars, with promise- to offices, with lying smiles and compliments, with mock references to pious things, with lip-aniknee service. They barter with running friends, who swell to unreal excellence the Candida Vs merits, with tbe temptations of wo man's blandishments, and with so much tbat Is false and cunning that I wonder how a man can slip through a state legislature and appear in congress pure and selt-reepect-ing. If Jones did barter and they say ha did ; that is, they say he bought off the other candidates and let the legislature storm Crown Point he was tbe first to stand up and say that he admitted it; that he put it on DO dAfAHf AlnVAP than Ka anr T4 wcwrva-vl their seats, let them adorn them aa well aa Jones. M BAXTER UN WILLING. THE . PLAN BREAKS DOWN LEGISLATORS WANT NATIONAL AID A STEAMBOAT PISPOSED OP. LITTLE Rock, May 10. Governor Baxter refuses to accede to the propositions submitted by the attorney general of the United States for a settlement of the pending difficulty, giving the following reasons for such refusal: First. He submitted, substantially, tbe same propositions to Brooks some time ago and tbey were indignantly rejected. Brooks announcing that he would have nothing to do with the legislature, as it bad no Jurisdiction, and he wonld not recognize it or anything It might do. Baxter alleges that there is a quorum of tbe legislature now here assembled under his call, with the president's assurance ot protection, and that the members will meet to-morrow and determine the question. He will recommend the call of a constitutional convection with a view to re-submitting the whole question to a vote of the people. Mr. Brooks has not signified what he will do. but from tbe position heretofore taken by him he too will refuse to acceede to tbe attorney general's proposed settlement. Tbe following dispatch was forwarded to the president this morning. . Little Rock, Ark., May 10. 1874. To the President of the Uni ltd States, Waahirvjtoii, D. C Ve, the undersigned members of the legislature of the state, have come here to meet under .the call of Governor Baxter to-morrow, and we wish to meet and settle the troubles now existing bere as the country requires it. We respectfully ask the protection of the general government while we meet and deliberate. We hold that the matter should not be postponed, and all that we can do to have a fair and honorable adjustment shall be done, and unless we are protected there may be bloodshed here in a very short time, and the consequences no one can telL We are well satisfied tbat there will be) a quorum of tbe legislature present tomorrow, under tbe call of Governor F-axter, and we are satisfied a quorum would be here new, were it not for THE UNWARRANTED SEIZURE and suppression of the train on the Little Rock A Ft. Smith railroad 7 necessarily delaying the members of the legislature from the Northwestern portion of the state. Signed by Senator Scott, M. Pillard, Jones and others, and twenty additional representatives. As announced in last night's dispatches Colonel Rose, commanding the United States troops, has directed the state house party to turn over the steamer Hattie to her owners. This order was to be executed at 7 o'clock this morning, but prior to the orders being carried out. Colonel Brooker, with a squad of state house troops, went on board the steamer and scutled her. She waa sunk to the hurricane deck in about fifteen feet of water. Everything of value was taken off of her belore she was sank. General King White arrived from Piae Bluff today with 200 cavalry to . reinforce Baxter. He has an equal number of Infantry on a boat which is'expected this evening. Baxter was reinforced to-day by a company from Hempstead and another from Lone Oak county. Quite a number of senators and representatives are no w here, enough, it is stated, to make a . quorum tomorrow. They were in caucus this afternoon pre pairing a dispatch to the president on the situation of anairs. . The Baxtarites have planted a seventy-four pouuder on tbe river .bank in the rear of Elm street between Markham street and the state house, commanding a good view of the state house. The state house troops have a 6 pounder planted toward tbe big gun. Everything has been rather quiet to-day in the Baxter camp. The lines have been more strictly drawn than heretofore. Very few persons are permitted to pass in or out ol the lines. . -. BROOKS IS WILLING. HE CLAIMS THAT THE COURT HAS DECIDED BUT HE WILL AU BREST. Iouis, May 10 A Democrat's Little Rock special sajs that tbe lollowing was telegraphed to Washington to-day: , Little RocKt May 10, 1874. T Attor no General WUUmm: Your dispatch submitting the proposition to submit the question of who was duly elected governor, and to refrain from warlike demonstrations until the contest was finally settled by tbe legislature or national government, as proposed in your dispatch, is accepted. My claims to the governorship have already been - adjudged in the Criminal Court, in a proceeding where the main question at issue was, Who was governor of Arkansas? Notwithstanding this I feel so confident ot the election and the justness of my claim, tbat I am willing to submit the question to the tribunal, you have named, and peacefully abide tbe determination, at all times asserting that the only tribunal that can or has the right te construe the constitution is the Supreme Court of the state, which, in its late decision lnthe case of Brooks against Page, determined that the Circuit Court had both the power and jurisdiction to adjudicate my right to the office.