Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 November 1874 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1874.

ST. NICHOLAS. With the November number St. Nicholas begins i new volume. There is no falling ofl in the variety or quality of the articles which go to make up the table ot contents, although the names oi one or two of the most valued contributors are absent. We however, that they will appear in the January number, and with that assurance the boys and girls of the country ruust be content! Tbnumber opens with a Russian story, entitled "Tchumpin,'' by C. A. otepheus : a "Trotty" story, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, come next, ana that is followed in turn by a very pleasantly told story entitled "Halt a Dozen Young Rascals," by . athaniel Childs, of New York. Then i there are articles, many of them illustrated, by Penn Shirley. Ellen F.Terry, M. W. Jones S. O. W. Benjamin. Charles Barnard. N. S. Iode, iffiSc. Brackett, and others There is a surpawinglv sweet poemby the latter, which forcibly reminds one of Whittier. It is long, but we quote it nevertheless: Jast where the children troop Ions At morn an i noon together, TTte maple tree grew reen ami Btrong Through all trie Bummer weather. The little tree, so slim, so green , Kmov. the birches round It: It only helped to make a screen, And no one e'er had found It. "Vow Summer days begin to fade," Then bald the maple, fclKhiu: f r.d no one i-ees nie iu tins shade . What Is the use or trying? And while one niirht "he fretted lhns. The air crew coid and colder, mm! there came a painter down the road, " His colors oa his shoulder. JacSc Frost aJowu the wi'-dins? w y Ouaa whlstiins. leaplnz, M113111;, And u he raa ubont in play, Jiis paints behind went fewmglns. Tuen how the spatters Hew about, a ni streaks both red and 511 ' "Ml all tt:K leaves that lea-e'l fur out Glowed like the apples r.ie.low. T' o maple watched the colors srrow Then cried, "Oh. stop! Oh, listen! I fore my leaves fall, paint me tow Until in red 1 glisten." Ja-k Frost stand still. Fo small the tree, H11 safe amons? the birches, lie stops uncertain ; then he climbs, And rock and bnnfc he searches. ' O-i. paint me, please!" the maple cried. " Briaht red and red all over. Till each one that may walk or ride My beauty shall discover. Xo sooner said than done it Is : " The swift brnsh plies lie sin?iD!;, Then swings away, npon his back His brushes lightly slinglDg. Adown the road the painter goes;

T.l the far off hills betray his path in red and purp'.e blothes. How ?p!endld shines the maple tree, With ereen around and under; The golden rods in all the place Bow down in reverent wonder. nd how she scorns the lady birch That stands so close beside her ; Her head she tosfces, waves her arms. And shakes her leaves ont wider. .illy little maple tree! Have done wiih all your prinking , Mong the road the children see. Of fuu and pleasure thinking. 'Oh, Ionic! halloa! come see the show! tree jnst like a feather! l-i's stick it in our hats, you know, And march down, all together! They swarm the raspbe ry bushes through; They tread the thistles uuder; They gather round the tremoling tree, Intent on scarlet plunder. ( , daiutv little tree! She staiuU Likea'beleaguredcltv; , ,1They bend and bresk with fett ami hand The jubilant banditti! ' Then off they march in scarlet line, And blaze through all the meadow: Kut the birctes droop their glistening t oaves And screen her with their shadow. NEWS AND GOSSIP. According to cflicial statistics just published, there were 5,275 suicides in France in 1S72. China wanted to buy the Irou Duke, British man-of-war, now in the Chinese seas, but John Hull refused to sell. A Paris paper says that 45,000 bullfinches have their eyes put out every year iu France in order to make them sing. And now tbe French clerical party is forced to reflect that Thiers, bad as he was, kept tho Orenoque at Cavlta Veccbia. The reauirg and writing qualification: for iurorsinthe United States courts is found to work excellently, especially in the South. The Her. Mr. Marks built an English church in Bnrmah, and his majesty the king of Bnrmah has sued Marks for the value ot the timber. A lirgo aud growing demand his sprung np id Japan for.our bocts and shoes, which are supplied through the San Francisco merchants. The sexton of Grace Church, New York, is the richest ot his trade in America, being estimated at ?2.V,000, all of which he has made while in his office. Don Pedro, of Brazil, has not yet received the representative of Spain, but will, perhaps, now that some of the great powers have recognized that republic. . Dr. J. C. Cooper, who has made surveys of the State, says that the geological facts are all against the probability of the existence of any true coal measures in California. The Marquis de Beaufillan, aged 101 years, a;a lateiv at hl Vtsidence. Rue Geraudot, -Do,.-;., n'urantwparn old in the Reicn of Terror, and lived to know the Commune! Some members ot the Mutual Life Insurof Boston, have appealed to the insurance commissioner, to examine into the condition or the company, claiming mat irregularities exist. A religious denomination, known as the United Brethren in Christ, celebrated their anrdtrAi-starv. in Baltimore, on the 11th inst. Tbe sect throughout the rnuntrv includes about 130,000 members. Fiv hundred pounds of beef, five bushels of potatoes and about one hundred loaves of bread are consameu eacu uay v uiuuc m Memorial Hall, Harvard. The cost ot fitting up the ball tor its present purpose was over 330.000. The nope comes of a long-lived family. His father lived to be 88, and his mother to the same age; Guisseppe, his brother 76; r:avriciio annther brother. 88. and Gaetano. as the holy father often says, "knocked at the door ot 90 years." Col. Stoflel, having proved in his pampb let. that MacMabon did receive In the late war a certain order, the receipt of which had been conveniently denied, gossip seems to . , vf f V Ifarnnls d'Ahzaa. who la MmMahon'a aide-de-camp, ought to challenge the colonel. The spire of the new church of St. Nich olas, at Hamburg, in height to the top of tbe cross, is said to be four hundred and seventy t r tet. This is six feet bJzher than the im Af thft famous Strasbourg Cathedral. which has hitherto been reported to be the hi ehest In Europe. Twin Bisters living at South Bethlehem, Pa., each gave birth to twins several nights

ago, within a few hours of each other. These sisters were married on tbe same day; their first children were born in the same month, their second in ihe same week and their third in the same hour. The balloon of M. and Mme. Durouf was found in the North Sea, 150 miles four Christiansand, and has been placed on exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London, together with a compass, a stopped watch, a discolored log book, and other articles saved with the adventurous seronauta. Sheffield, England, complains of the bad taste of people who choose the reservoir from which the supply ot drinking water is drawn, as a place in which to commit suicide. Ninety bodies have at various times been found in the water, to which they give a powerful but unpleasant flavor. Several months ago Trumbull's pictures of "Revolutionary Scenes" were removed from the rotunda of the capital at Washington for the purpose of being cleaned and strengthened to save them lrom threatened decay. They have been improved in appearance and restored to their panels. Runeberg, an aged Swedish poet, has for several years past been studying the habits of birds, especially in regar J to the cause o migration. He concludes that the longing for light is the sole impulse which causes the birds to vibrato between northern and southern lands. Thev teek tbe richest light. A great many of the stores in Paris are dedicated to soma one or to something real or imaginary. One P6cs such sign3 as "To the Good Davis" "To tho Poor Devil," "To the Infant Jesus," "To the Gray Overcoat," "To the MadonnH," "To the Americans," "To the Universe," "To Poor James," etc. The stores lor tho sale of mnf-llaneous merchandise are now more g-r. or -illy closed on

Sundays than they were lor years ago. The youn daughter of a rancher In Contra Coäa Co. Cal., atteinptou to kill Dr. Buckley, a rising physician of San Francisco, with whom she- bad fallen desperately in love while under treatment from him, and contrary to all precedent in such matters, had repeatedly proposed marriage. She crept up behind li:m on tne street, ana aiming a pistol at his back, fire i, but her aim was so poor that tho ball tore its way through tbe doctor's clothes without touching the ekin. D1U:W AND VANDEBBILT. A COMPARISON MADE BETWEEN THEM SOME CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTES OF THE TWO MEN. The New York correspondent of the Chicago Times writes thus concerning two notables of that city: Daniel Drew has the reputation of loving money for money's sake a little better than almost any operator n Wall street. He is said by punsters to be suffering from a money mania. If he be mad there is methodism in his madness. If he has contributed largely to Methodism, he has made Methodism contribute largely to him in divers ways. The, sectarian cloak he has worn has covered not a few of his finan cial scheme, until he was ready to throw it ofl, and turn those schemes to the best account. A storv, illustrative of Drow's tactics, is thus told: Being a large holder of Erie, he was tryins to bull the stock, in order to unoad. Of course, tue more active demand there may be for a stock the greater its advauce. and uncle Daniel was making every elf ort in ever3T direction to induce persons tj buv. Meeting, one morning, in Broad way, the clergyman of the church he at tend, he said to him: "My pious brether. : hev a hih esteem for you, end I'd kind o' i'.te to put a real good thing in yer way. inese ere ii,rie sneers is goin' up; and if yoa keer to buy Home, I m-ther think you'd better go in. Tbat'.s mv opinion, tho' dunno 'xaetly. Ilowssoinever, if you buy,' and the sheers don't come out all right, I'll fix it up with vou. ou'd tetter go in lor ail you can git : but min' don't say nothin to th' other britbrin 'bout it, 'cause I want you to reap the bin'fit a man o' God desarves." The lominie, who was not at all averse to maknz a little money in an entirely secular manner, mentioned the matter, in spite of Drew's injunction, to some of hi3 wealthy parisuioners,In order that he might ndnce them to lend mm a lew thousands of dollars. Knowing that Drew was an ex-4 cellent authority upon the stock market, es pecially upon L,ne, they were delighted to eet the point, and gladly let their pastor mve what money no wanted, ihey also went in heavily themselves, but not before they bad communicated the point to their wealthy friends. The shares advanced six per cent., a very large amount having been taken by the members of the congregation, which was very wealthy, and bv their associates, mose wno naa nought he'd for a further advance; but the market suddenly fell, and tbe stock was left on their hands, Drew, as may be inferred, unloading at tbe highest figure. The clergyman, natu rally in deep distress of mind, called upon Drew to REMIND HIM OF HIS PROMISE. The cucning old fox remarking that though he had lost a good deal himself, ho would keep his word, gave the pulpiteer a check for tire difference between what he had paid and the then ruling rate. The ex pounder of the gospel, on receiving the check, took occasion to observe: "Well Mr. Drew, there are a number of our brethren to whom I thought I ought to mention the probable rise in Erie, and all of thena. to borrow your wordly phrase, went in' largely: and I am very much airaid that they have considerable of the stock on their hands. Inasmuch as thev are our brothers in Christ, I have thought that you might be willing to do for them what j-ou have done for your beloved pastor." "I'm very sorry," replied the arch hypocrite. "No doubt tbe good Lord'll make good them losses, but I can't, you see, 'cause 1 ve lost myseu. xnen, my aear brother, you remember what I tol' you bout keenin' tne tning snaay. rm eiaa to pay up ver difference, but t'other britbren must loo'k out for themselves." It cost Drew' less than $100 to reimburse the preacher, while be made, bv the information the preacher had Imparted, not less than $10,000. Wall street men say that Uncle Daniel w perpetually up to tnis Kind of trick; that, If the angel (Jabriel were to go Into stock speculation with Drew, tbe speculative Methodist would swindle Gabriel at the first opportunity. Similar as the antecedents of Drew, and Vanderbilt are, there could not well be a greater diflerence between the two men. the commodore is remarkably good-looking, has a fine face, an excellent profile, a very genteel bearing and manner. lie might pass for a prince, for a man who has bad generations of wealth aud culture behind him. Drew is personally his antipodes. His face and figure, every thing about him in fact, represent the undeveloped. He is a type of the yokel. In semblance ho i3 vulgarity itself, with a certain cunning expression that rather hurts than helps any prepossession which one might possibly have in his favor. Tbe appearance of the two men shows bow little there Is in what is understood as good blood, or in the absence of it. Both of them have sprung from the people, and so far as known, are the first of their name tor generations who have had any wealth or any means of refinement, which they certainly have not improved.

MARGARET.

LOUISA BCSIISELU From the Atlantic 1. Through the fields with morning wet, (ally wandered Margaret, Not a shadow darkening yet Eye new-fllled with violet; - Jast a bUthsome lass. JJght of heart and light of tread. Following where the pathway led, fcjpinDlng oat Its little thread In the meadow-grass. As she lightly ttlpped along, Humming to herself a song From a heart unstrung by wrongGossamer fancies "free to throng Through her cloudless breast Troops of daisies, lett and right, Answering back her fresh delight, Closer swung their fringes white Around their rosy guest. She plucked one idly as she went; And half for jest, and half intent, All her simple lore she spent, Trying what her fortune meant On ita snowy ring; With the charm each maiden tries, Ever with a new surprise, Lister lng to those oft replies That the daisies bring. First, te loves me, whispered low; Then, he loves me not, and so KacH and forth, and to and fro. All around the milk-white row, The fairy wheel of fate. Wide the airy leaflets blew. While Ler liufjers swiftly Hew, Ravelins out the slender ciew To her heart's estate. Ending thus the little spell. On he loves me not It fell: Hut merry a a marriage-bell Kang hor voice: "Dear ttower, pray tell, Whysocrnel art?" Careless lancies lightly blow, H pre ad their wings, and come and go, When the door stands open ho, In the happy heart. ir. Twelve Ion? months the year swung round 'All iiB little budi unbound SleeplDg iu ttie meadow-ground, All its pretty blossoms found, Sweetly freh aud true. Rright was the bloom on hill and dale. But Alargf ret'd lovely bloom was pale. And 'neulh her eyelid's drooping veil Were clouds upou the blue. A secret thorn wühin the breast Closer to her heart sue pressed ; And moods of longing and unrest Drew to the fields all newly dressed Her half relncta tfeet. But, oh, the soul of all was slain! And her's was pain's exceeding painTo see l he outer charm remain, And mock what once was sweet. The grain was rippling broad and free, Hinging there was on every tree, Perfumes there were on every lea. And life was warm and brave, but she Felt like a waytdde stone. The joy of birds, and the brook that purled, The tender balm that the year unfurled, All the song and breath of the world, left her the more alone. She let the summer bloom drift by, Bot on the path her downcast eye, Saw a daisy witherinz lie, As it, too, were fain to dieNay, the flower was dead ! Would that all dying were as brief," She sighed, in weariness of grief, And slowly sundering leaf from leaf, The litüe charm she said. Alas ! alas ! the ghost ly 6pell ! Htill on He loves me not it fell ! Hhe dropped the flower In dumb farewell ; For some dead joy, she might not tell, Lay tauohed within her heart. Ah ! what can id e fancies do. When once the door is fastened to, But fold the wings that lightly Hew, And never more depart! THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD. RELIGION AND REAL ESTATE. . FATHER GOLKOTLK,. OF NEWPORT, KY., TV.tN'S A SPECULATIVE PEN XY HIS TRANSACTIONS IN REAL ESTATE THE TROUBLE IN HIS CHURCH AND HIS RETIREMENT. Te Cincinnati Enquirer ot the 26th inst. col ains the iollowing secular account of a recent church scandal at Newport, Ky. : For twenty years Father Fatrick Guilfoyle ofil ciated as pastor over the Roman Catholic congregation now worshiping in the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Madison street, near Columbia street, in the city ot Newport, Ky. Last Saturday his connection with the church was severed lor tue present, at least oy or ders from his ecclesiastical superior, the bishop of Covington, and ratner ..Moore was assigned bis place. Father Guilfoyle, we have from high authority, has been received at the Mount St. Mary's Seminary, in the western part of Cincinnati. Six o'clock yesterday morning found a great crowd of peo ple gathered arounu tne c nurcn 01 tne immaculate Conception, unable to tret in. The front doors were bolted on the inside, and the echoolmaster, who was the keeper of the keys, was.not present. Subsequent inquiry developed tne rumor that he had been absent since Saturday evening. The schoolmaster, we are informed, did not put in an appearance, but the assistant pastor did, aud with a key to the back door, by which the priests entered. It was tried on the door; the bolt turned, but tho door would not open. The inference was that some ono had fastened it from the inside and climbed out of a window. From one of the congregation we have tho inlormation that a man by the name of Lynam, a member of the congregation, stood in the crowd outside and said in a loud tone that he had told Father Moore, the new pastor, on the day previous, that he should not read mass in the church yesterday. This stirred up a little of the opposito sort of determination among other members present, and ways and means of getting in were discussed." At last one, the more resolute of the congregation, solved the problem by utering a window and unbolting the front door, whereby the congregation were admitted. Parties then proceeded to the back door, by which the priests enter, and this they found nailed shut. They opened it and admitted Father Moore, and services proceeded. Alter mass, and near tho close of the service so state our informants while Father Moore was delivering his discourse, the man Lynam he who had been boisterous at the door standing up in the middle of a side aisle, his hat on his head and A CUDGEL IN HIS HAND. interrupted the pastor by calling aloud to him, and using threatening language. Members of the congregation, however, divided may have been their views touching the Guilfoyle matter, unanimously and emphatically disapproved of Lynam's conduct. In palliation lor his conduct the only plea offered was that be was half crazed witb drink. By dint of remonstrance and persuasion members succeeded ! n getting Lynam to goout. While this alayed the consternation of the audience it did not end the trouble. Lynam, when outside, Btationed himself by tho pastor's door at the rear of the church, clud in hand, muttering threats of vengeance to the now pastor when he should pass out that way. No remonstrance and no entreaty availed to move the infuriated man. A member of the congregation was dispatched after Mayor Ilerry, while another member approached Lynam to talk with him. Lynam so says a bystander assailed him with a storm of atusivo words. In the meantime Mayor Berry arrived, slipped up behind the man, jerked away bis club, and sent him off to Jail, where the charge of disturbing divine service was lodged against him. In the afternoon bail was given lor his appearance before an examining court, and ne was permitted to go his way. All

this looks as If there was an unfortunate state of feeling in the congregation, dividing it into factions. Be ti is the case or not, we can testify that members are extremely cautious about using censorious or ugly language in regard to each other, or even plainly betraying the side they tae on the vexed subject. The

two classes in tbe controversy are formed of tnoe on tne one band who approve and of those on the other band who do not approve of the action ol their pastor. Father Guilfoyle, in speculating in real estate in Newport and in Kansas. Ten or a dozen years ago Father Guilfoyle commenced his speculations so tbe story goes. Members of his congregation deposited their earnings with him, and he paid them a liberal interest. The money thus put in his hands he used in erecting buildings. Many 01 tnese ne sola; others he raised money on by mortgages, and went on building. The houses were small and intended for the accommodation of poor families. Most of them he sold on long time and small payments. The panic of 1S73 came, and after the strike In Swift's rolling mill. Both causes bore heavily on Father Guilfoyle. Obligations were maturing and means to meet them were more difficult than ever to obtain. Impatient creditors began to talk and to sue. Humor took up the subj'ect and wildly exaggerated it, and the congregation began to täte sidas according as they justified or excused their pastor. Oil was poured on the water quieting it f jr a time, but movin? of the waves begun acrain. We have already told tbe developments ol leelnig 10 dare. THE ASSIGNMENT. About the last of August, or the first of Sptember, 1S74, Ukhop Toebbo was visited at eight by Father Guilfoyle and LU sttorney, Gen. llodg, and taken over to Newport to become the es'gr.eo cf Father Guilfoyle. It was urged that l-.as.te was of the utmost importance, in ordar to prevent tbe action of the bankrupt law operating to the disadvantage of tho creditors of Father Ouilfoyls. Eu. Air, the clerk of tne courts, was taken to the court-room, and the assignment was made to Bishop A. Toebbe, of Covington. Among the assets were found lands in Kansas, 72 houses, and 3.000 front feet of vacaat lots iu Newport, and about S0,OC0 worth of mortgages iu security for houses and lots sol i. It is estimated that tho entire assets amount to ?125,000, while the liabilities amount to 300,000. But on thii subject testimony varies greatly, even to tho extent of transposing the above assets and debts. Father Guilfoyle's accusers, so iar as we nave beard them speak, do not charge him with any oflense bordering upon dishonesty. The most tbey say is that ho had a wild mania for speculation, and went into it until his business was larger than he could manage. Many of tbem accord to him the very best motive. The most grave charge we heard was that he continued in bis speculation contrary to the advice of Bishop "Carroll moro than four years ego, and contrary to both the advice and command ot Bishop Toebbe, the succes sor of Bishop Carroll. Many who censure bis conduct say that they believe he acted as he did with a desire and an expectation to do great things in realizing money foi the church. A few are disposed to doubt the validity of tho figures that make Father Gailfovle's assets overbalance his liabilities by $125,000. STORY OF THE rRIE9Ts DEFENOERS. Thoso who take Father Guilfoyle's part ex press entire confidence in the statement of his assets, making them li,000 more than his liabilities, and feol that action tending to make the difficulty public wa? hardly neces sary, lie wa? laDoring under less even than the common embarrassment of business men in these times. They have the most un bounded fiith in his integrity of pnrposa, ana are movca oy the tenderost affection for him as a pastor. Thesudd?nnes3 ot his removal was calculated to intensify their feeling and make them even more pronounced thau they seemed to us yesterday in opposition to bis accusers and to his sudden removal. Bishop Toebbe, we have been informed, has found the business of managing real e?tate a sort of elephant upon his hands, snd dBires to be rid of it. We have heard it hinted that be is taking measures to have the assignment transferred to soma business man who can devote his entire time to the business. In Newport and Covington, and in this city, tha affair is exciting much interest. Yesterday's events have intensified the interest in Newport. Time will reveal whether it has tended to widen the dissension in Father Guilfoyle's late congregation. Time, too, will heal the wounds and calm the troubled waters. IMPORTANCE OF ONE VOTE. SOMK REMARKABLE EXAMPLES WHAT A SINGLE VOTE nAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOM FLISH. A correspondent ol the Chicago InterOcean writes thus of some notable exam ple of the value ol a single vote in popular elections: We have all, at some time or other, realized the importance of a single vote. The following instances have fallen under mv notice: Ono vote in the cltvof New York returned a republican member to the assembly, which made a majority in the legislature of that State for Thomas Jeffer son, and gave h'.m the vote of ew lork, witnout which be could not have been elected. Tbe whole policy of the United States during tbe Jefferson and Madison administrations, a period cf lß ycara, hung on that one vote. One vote elected Marcus Morton governor of Massachusetts, in an aggregate popular vote of nearly 100,000 One vote elected William Allen, in th6 Chilicotoe district, to Congress, In the year 1831, and one vote subsequently made him United States senator for six years afterwards. The following case of the kind is still more remarkable: In 1S30, Dan Stone, of Cincinnati, was a candidate for the State legislature. Walking up Main street on the morning ' of the election, he overtook an acquaintance going to the polls who intended to rote the opposition ticket. Stone solicited his vote. "We are old friends," said he, "and I know you will show a friend that mark of kindness." Party spirit was then comparatively quiet. The voter replied: "Well, Dan, you are a pretty clever fellow. 1 don't care if I do." That vote elected Stone, and gave a majority of one in the legislature which made Thomas Ewing United States senator. Mr. Ewing's vote on the question of confirming the appointment of Martin Van Baren as minister plenipotentiary to Great Britain enabled the vice-president, to give the casting vote against it. and called Mr. Van Buren home. That recall made Mr. Van Barcn first, vicepresident, and then president, and determined the general political policy of the country for lour years. One voto accomflished all this. One vote sent James L. aran to the legislature, and made him subsequently senator. . In noticing the recent death of Charles Swain a merchont who wrote tuneful songs for the pleasure of it, and who could claim no high distlction, even among minor poets, the London Dally News observes that h6 belonged to a class which seems dying out, the men of literary tastes who are satisfied to remain in provincial towns, to follow their own pursuits, making literature a recreation, not the business of life, aud to be leaders of intellectual society In their local centers. The News cites several instances of this sort, and goes on to deduce that the literary glories ot provincial towns must continue to wane, as London more and more attracts to itself the thought and expression of the age.

WINTER. From Chambers' Journal. Hail ! monarch of the leafless crown. Kare seen save with a gloomy frown, With ice for scepter, robes of enow. Thy throne the stream's arrested flow Btern tyrant! whom the hastening sun Doth loath to serve, by vapours dun Begirt, a melancholy train. O'er nature holding saddeftt reign. Lo ! of thy rigour birds mike plaint. And all things 'neath thy burden faint, Nor cheered are they by message cold. In answer by the north wind told, The envoy of thy grievous sway. When thou wouldst drive all hope away From nature, yearning to restore To earth the bliss It knew before. When Ummer ruled with empire mild, And autumn, still a ruddy child, Lay cradled 'mong the greenery Of whlsp'ring grove and laden tree. The brook that prattled to the air Of golden harvests, scenes as fair As- poet wrapt In fancy's maze Could scarce enshrine In mortal lays, Now rude and angry hurls along The hearers of his summer song The branch and leaf that once repaid His music with their tender shade. And catching sephyr' honeyed tone. To his sweet tuning JolDed their own. Or bound, perchance, in durance slow. Full faint he wends, and moaning low. Fit dirge he makes o'er freedom lost, la Joy of which he wanton tossed The filliDg blossoms on h!s wave, For water nymphs to catch and save. Now stripped ef his green bravery, In piteous pli2ht the weary tree In biown upon by mocking winds, Whom cbanged now he sighing finds From those say plavruates welcomed erst . In glee by his young lea ves when first They wove their merry breeze-tan?ht dance. And b oke their ft-athered lodgprs' trance, V hat time the eastern wav did gleam 'Neath fore-foot of the golden team, Not busy now with tender care. For coming bnod the birds prepare Their airy cradle, rocked unseen By Dryad hands behind the screen Of leaty curtains, where no eye Of mischief curious may pry. The thrush that erst with welling voice Made all the tangled brake rejoice In echoes of his mellowed strain. Tomopa in silence now is lain; Nor ever pipes from straioiDg throat The varied wonders of his note. So blak the sceue, so sad the day, Too harsh, O winter, is thy sway! NEBRASKA SUFFERERS. BORDER STARVATION. TEN THOUSAND TEOPLE IN NEBRASKA 6UF-

iKRIMJ FOR FOOD TIIB PRESENTATION MADE BY GEN. O. C. ORD. The Chicago Times of the 23d inst. gives the following account of an interview with Gen. Ord concerning threatened destitution in Nebraska: Reporter. What portions of Nebraska are most affected by the ravages of the late grass hopper plaguer Gen. Ord. Western Nebraska. The eastern counties are perfectly well able to take care of themselves. R. Are the settlers in a very destitute condition? Con. O. There are some fifteen counties where one-half or two-thirds of the people will have to be fed this winter. This is in the most sparsely settled portions of the State. R. How many settlers are there in these fifteen counties? Gen. O. About 10,000, and one-third of these were very poorly clad, in fact ragged and without boots and shoes of any kind. They must suffer greatly during tho wintor. It. JIow do the people bear their misfortunes? Gen. O. They bear their troubles very well, and have displayed a good deal of fortitude in the btruggle with starvation. They are a class of people who have not bceu reduced to such etraits before, and are averse to the receiving of eleemosynary aid. They are most desirous of working, but there is 110 work f ;r them. Gen. Brisbin, of the United States army, went tnrougu tbe counties m the Republican and Loupe valleys on a tour of Inspection, and for tbe purpose ol distributing funds. At each settlement on the route he called a meeting of tbe principal inhabitants, at which statements of the sufferings of the settlers were scription. made of a most agonizing deK. Has thera not been an organization formed in the fc:ato tor the reiiel of the Buffer erS? Gen. O. Yes, there is a complete State organization, of which Gov. Furnesn is president, and the lion. Elgin Saunders treas urer. The executive committee, of which I am chairman, is composed principally of tne most preminenc citizens 01 umaiia and adjacent towns. R. What assistance have you already re ceived? Gen. O. The railroads passing through tho State have, up to the present, contributed $10,000. All the railroads carry contribu tions from Chicago and from the Pacific free ol charge to Nebraska. 1. What articles do the sufferers most re quire? Gen. O. Food and clothing and fuel. We have given them considerable of each up to the present time. In the spring wo shall have t- supply tbem with seed R. Ilave tho farmers in the portion of tbe State not touched by the grasshoppers done mucbT (Jen. O. The prosperous settlers have con tributed a considerable sum, both in money and contributions, but principally in contributions. They have all gone as far as their means will let them. J he merchants and bankers are paying monthly to the fund. R. Has there been much suffering among tue unfortunate setticm Gen. O. Woll, yes. They have nothing to eat but what we send them. The distress, However, is AMONG THE rOOP.ER SETTLERS, who have only been in the State a year They are the poorer class of frontier settlers, and were very poor before they arent to Nebraska. They live in a very primitive way. As a proof of the clean sweep made by the grasshoppers I may state that Gen. JBrisbin, when he was distributing provisions, employed three different teams to complete a distance of 40 miles. The horses were in a weak condition in consequence of corn form ing no part of their diet. In the whole of the western counties, not a grain of corn was leit by the grasshoppers, and generally they devoured the greater portion of the stalks. 1 here 13 plenty of hay in the conn try. Grasshoppers are epicures, and reject the vegetation from which they derive their name. R. Have any deaths from starvation taken place? Gen. O. It is believed that several oi the deaths which have taken placo lately have been produced by tbe want of proper nourishment. Some heartrending stories were told at the meetings called by Gen. Urisbin. In one instance the mother of a family walked several miles to the nearest village in order to make an- attempt to obtain some groceries oa credit. She left her children at home, and when sbe returned one of the little ones was dead. There was no food in the house, and the child's system was, no doubt, completely exhausted. Gen. l'risbin also tells ot a case in which a man had walked 11 miles to the village where they were distributing meal and other necessaries of life. The man arrived at night, when the stores were locked up. He was told that he could have the meal. etc.. in the moraine. But be said, I am so concerned about my family. They are starvlnjf. Can not I haTe it now?" At 11 o'clock at nizht a sack of meal was given to bim, and the man, with a lightened heart but a loaded body, faced the elements ana trudged home with his prize. There are many cases of destitution like this, and the

sufferings of the poor wretches will be more terrible when winter comes.

K. Why don't the sufferers remove to other States, where thair Jnhnr vnnl.l Via demand? Gen. 0 Thev In Tint want ti lumw - " - lunr homesteads. Thev think tharA is a of success in the future, and thev have bewme aixacnea to tneir Domes, and the beautiful country in which they have settled. Those who have the means have LEFT THE STATE for the winter, and are working with their friends. They will return in the nrino and proceed to put In their crops as usual. None of the settlers were afraid of another grasshopper visit. It is eight years einoe we were troubled with them before. Illinois is liable to hfl trnnhlAd vith k.. the wind is in the direction of this State, miou .u?jr are upon ineir Illgnt. R. DO VOU think tho iminhnnxM. 1 e - - .-jsuvu), ijuix any eges in Nebraska? uen. u. xvo; I do not. They did not stay long enough for that. I am of opinion that we have done with thna riAtrkiia In sects for some years. It. Are there not plenty of buffalos on the prairies? Gen. O. In the western mnnin k. . . j lUlu MC, and I have a company of-cavairv hunting them for tbe suffering dealers. I'hure a the western portion of the S:ate are sullied with buffalo meat, but we have no means of eonvevintr it to tha tntorinr r ti t ., . . - soon as the company ofeivalry which is now wiuM in, x buau sena out another company. R. Then you do net distribute much meat? Gen. O. We do not aspire to give them anvthinz mora Rr.litnrioi ik... ,. and meal, and thny are quite contented to gec that, ihe ouly ilesh the v want is a little bacon to help them in making bread. R. Is there no means of pro vidiDjr work lor the poor creatures? Gen. O. I have been trvin- to deviaa Rome means of supplying thern with work, but as yet have been unsuccessful in this respect. Men have tramped all over the State in search of work, and are glad when the opportunity is offered of earnin-j a few dolilars. Chicago merchants, in assisting theNabraska settlers, will be assisting their own customers. It will not do for us to allow them to leave the btate with a bad impression of it. I( we did, the result might bo tbat tbe tide of emigration w ould be turned. Subscribers may rest assured that their contributions will be judiciously expaadad and distributed. Every dollar given will be given to the sufferer, for we are at; no expeme worth speaking of. The railways carry all contributions free, and all the officers, with the exception of one, are unpaid. R. Will any government assistance be given? Gen. O. It is a difficult matter for the government to gi ve any assistance. All the appropriations are made and the money required for the purposes for which it is appropriated. The officers in charge of the military posts at the extreme western part of the State say the people settled around them shall not starve, but shall at least be treated as well as the Indians under their care. THE NEBRASKA SUFFERERS. TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE ON THE POINT OF ' STARVATION AN APPEAL FROM ONE WHO KNOWS WHEUEOP II E SPEAKS. The Cincinnati papers of tho 2Sth icst. contain the following appeal which explains itself. The Enquirer introduces the subject by saying: Gen. James S. Brisbin, of tho United States army, arrived in oar city last t.ight. Ho comes at the instance of the governor and leading citizens of the State of Nebraska to ask aid of our people for tbe 10,000 unfortunate men, women and children who, through the drought and grasshopper plauge of last summer, have been reduced to want. General Brisbin has placed in our hands the following appeal, which we trust will not fall unheeded : "To the Teorle of Cincinnati : "There are 10,000 people In the western p3rt of the Stat3 of Nebraska who are reduced to the verge of starvation. Nebraska, usually so prolilic, has this year met with a ead mishap in the loss by grasshoppers and drought of all tbe crops grown in Dundy, Hitcbcok, Gosper, Boon, Furnas, Phelps, Greeley, Howard, Sherman, and nearly all in Franklin, Buflulo, Hall, Merrick, Antelope and Butler counties. I lately traveled over the devastated region and found the inhabitants in a most deplorable condition. Fully one-third had no shoes and were clothed in rsgs. There were no potatoes, no corn, and but a little shriveled wheat. Many families were living on small pieces of black bread, parched wheat or watermelons and squashes. There was not over a ten day's supply of food in any of the counties I visited. Three counties were without meat, and most of the inhabitants had not tasted animal food for six weeks. Unless we feed these people they will die of starvation. The Stats of Nebraska is doing all it can. and although rich in soil it is too young and too poor, financially, to carry all the destitute people through the winter. There ate 10,000 in want, and at four dollars per head a month, a low estimate, it will require f40,000 every thirty d3ys to feed, clothe and warm these poor people. They will have to be carried seven months and given seed to plant. The task is a great one, but I believe the generosity or the people is equal to It, and that they will not permit any one to suCer, much less die, of starvation. The sufferers are our frontiersmen, TIIE PIONEERS OF THE WEST, and we are all equally interested in tho settlement and development of that great country. Generous people of Cincinnati, tbe facts are before you; what will you do in this matter? The case is urgent, and I pray you do quickly what you do at all. These people of the west should not be permitted to starve or be driven from .their beautiful and fertile homes for the want of bread. I hope some steps will immediately be taken by your rich city for the relief of the sufferers. James S. Brisbin, U S. A." The letter of authority under which Gen. Brisbin asks aid from our people reads as followe : " Omaha, Neb., Oct, 13, ISTf. General James S. Brisbin, Unted States Army: " Dear Sir: Yon are respectfully informed that at a meeting of tbe Nebraska Relief and Aid Society, held last evening in this city, the following resolution was pased: " Resolved, mat uen. jauira o. jorisum little delav as possible, and make every ex ertion in your power to obtain supplies of money, clothing, fuel and grain for our suffering people. "E. O. C. Ord, Vice President, "Alvin Saunders, "President of the State Bank, "O. N. Ramsey, "Ezra Millard, "President Omaha National Bank, "E. B. Chandler, "Secrttary Executive Committee. fA rmrnvedl RcBEBT W . J- CRN AS. "President Nebraska State Aid and Relief Society. Onn. James Brisbin proceeds East by mv authority and knowledge, and is fully authorized to represent the wants of our destitute people. He la personally well known to me, and I can most earnestly commend him to the fJavor ot the charitable people o! Philadelphia, and other cities he may visit. leai oi tue oiaie. j Robt. W, Furnas, Governor Nebraska. John J. Gosber, Secretary ol State.

be requested to proceed east and solicit aid fojtfhe destitute people of Nebraska. MjYou will please visit the East with as

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