Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1869 — Page 1

THE HHUR CNIONj PtMlfhad Every Thursday by ' HORACE E. JAMES, j JOSHUA HEALEV, ! lro »’ r,,,0,s OFFICE IN OPPOSITI ▼ance* ts 3V I' iTOCB MTOBW-anir

Selected miscellang.

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BY KATR WOODLAND.

“I am sure my ! & attlTSlckbns Ire bort,” j -mt**' And a trfp-knot perched on each head for a crown, Jfaj .look, wUh tW We While A*d Mny bills plcklnv for eomethW to'sat I 7 MisfreM Barty.yortu m? with .ms, z rou esar fe««s: r x>«d\ ■ Such babies as mipe there were never before." ' “ Speaking of bahjes"2_ftjp Tabitha raid. Come look et my little ones under the shed; Five little kittens so cunning and bright, With the tips of their tails and noses white. And such beautlfnldu»gad.-croH> lAtta.palM,' And so sprightly and graceful: I thiuk I have: tA>r buying ’ufykßtlfes arSbeanilffil'Oilngs' And han t Hsmaerr»i!4iMh,baliiw.with wigga” •ESlitt Up and down on the grrtry-lran. arßnlppelr Vie clever |l>'iiilß/brte rtf one ; ■ " Wim their Innocent faces and sweet, loving Byes, ■ W)Hi*roM««tin> watM : t*e • flrst ♦tU-•»|!>e k’l? —er¥l st. I —-* •y*. *W 1: - SHStfreMkWS'nrih »S ianfttimll* . Spread over her wrHkladWiceViWWlrtie.' ♦«— C^^l?SoePre3^»?y rWde, I “ I have no fears fpr my baby,” said she; . Good breeding wfll tell, wherever it be. And my brown-eyed pet, with her quiet ways, Any wlttbe-sure to praise." , . Lady Lightfoot tossed her head with pride: “ Iryoirte looking for nobis birth.,” she cried, “ What offspring here with my own can vie, ' With spreading nostrils and dainty foot, What, the mother* Haid.m|heir little ones dear. When all waaconcludeiFfmd fkmily pride Whodiiimpyißhould Bear the prixataway. “’it io hard to tell-jnygo&d friends." said she, “ YouKbabiensare all afikeirrA/t#me."' ' “Mamma, dearnuanlma,v aritapmg vOloe eriod, ge

WHO WAS THE MURDERER?

> VHOM THK SiadfAK. ‘ * I 1-*” T.* ,W (U-. •„ i »,«sU ■ gUOrfrOlw quarter St. .Paris, jmreboEMEhrronrthefetmfaMers e/4 terrible cry of distf^ a the little. sfas soon astir. At was three o'clock fa ..the morning as the startled neighbors* harried together' in fqanv off, 4 narrow tfosrstorttit house, from’thfe wWmNRor bf Whips tlie Awful; cries were stiff "ieeufag. Withithe shrink, or yell-of‘apparent agony there were soundrt as if from the feet’tit Several per-I sons. engaged in j| delpetate "struggle. and “My-Godff .The elcitedpeigWormlnW cndeavdted BX few etn qfarance into the house. The dporß aodi,windows were all fast on the inside." The s whole leweY part of the building seemed deserted: No OtA stilted' there |fabP a'gteMn ofWht’fras viMblfr. ~T>.d»A‘L " <> awf?“l‘MJWws4®*?’-aye and her, daugfitur,’, aaw W' ajthe nimble tongue of Pfe ire Morens, theutobaccftnist. “I have kdnwnitM'Ulie.i thls'fong time. They get thdfr shtfffifrorf'tntf'' The moth er is a forUfaq-tefler, and''his some fine customers, I'erf teflybu. SJie must have saved a pretty, sum this time. The ladies have hp, .acquamtasces at all, as I know of, except busipsss ones; anil they live in the house entirely alone'. They would rather let their rooms Ke empty than have them ruined by tenants. *We have had a sad., experience with tenants, dear Monsieur Moreau,’said madame to me only: yesterday, as she wss buying a franc's worth of fay best rapprfe. The lower Story, and the third and fourth, are not so muph as furnishedand all the SS7JBKa*^ l a t X , .“’£ : back rtfotfeaMKM neeitemfalbl > thets the ladies have faeirfrviug apartment, They have never kept T servant, wj'Jt is very seldom any one goes into the house.” M6anwhfle, s<rtne twenty pereeite wete frying to farce,..an entrance... But’.the doors add windoy.ahufljrii Were shaken and poundrir -fa vita.’Borne ten mfffates had already passed,yet still from that upper room rang out nporuibe early,mere ing air the same horribleerythat had first - startled the deep. jegq*£>{ the street, and an d Btrug ’ the silver-worker; J ’he Will find a way in, niheMHMW . « 1 ' The gendarme was ready andr prompt. 'WrWimet W W this dofflfrnb gavajt a sudden Wreath, and the lock was sprung. Fallowed by the <owd. yie bcave Muaet, his bayonet, at the cututge, pasted ihand Btermed-htaway, »JMe staircaris.,, - j vs'lh.O .2" ! * As yet the* was no-cessation to th»t thfiW anA > r<«ng 4Mtk c« terror or tion with' it, the deep and' hearty voice, with its angry ‘t-ouised” and “devul” TheetM#e»e n<v <«tach accents tn that ehrielte-thiawao'ceriam.' Some' thought ' the®r 'wwsld . dimidgnisb ‘ltaliauJ’ others Bpenish'and English werds. l tfai no one Mar Witfrwrtainly whether the sifril-tWVoiae-btelbhged to a fasn dr to a*woman lere coutd be "no doubt aMwt-a-’nffither of the voices had tne*sHghtest resemblance to those* W Madame I’Espafaye and her driighter. " Bud<ieqfy # were now Htard th a tack chambeSAhe bed-room of'the Wvo Women. MusefrrgtibfMtadW. '■lmmediatelyall><jam<rsi*W^**‘’{ 'M* ad ‘«» Uw< dooj. and tlfttay4fJ«tdß, t Uw.«w»d»*aa’ hadArecouraefo. Ms, toyom* wUktheswne isfalW But, fr> the MtbmshmenlM every pne, the room was ftnply. Mot a soul to be wen; no-mangled corpse on the floor 1

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Mld«i dfaorder. lirokbi fuluit uye, «Jmt jßhrediflobfciß'ghßseß, frngmeiu of plot urea and torn bca-clothea and wearing apparel lay scattered over the floor. Along with these evidences of some frightful struggle, they found four bright Napoleons-d’or, a IjlOQd rtaiuod ear ring with topazes, ttveral Silver spoons and twb bags contailing some four thousand francs in gold The money appeared to have bfeen taken frbm'b small iron cash-box that stood open on the bed. On achait IdMan open razor covered with blood, and m the grate were found three long, blood matted locks of human i'nere had evidently both robbery and murder, But where were the victims—it here the perpetrators of the dbttble ■'crimfc 1 ? The fastenings of -the dooA ahd wfndbwrt wfere apparently intact. Certainly no-fone could Jkaye OS caped through these.. For a moment all wereibowilflered—gpnfbunded. But the hair found"ro The grate suggested to Mu‘mt that perhabHhe murderer might bite tied by the chimney. Examining tne •«rate once thore, he found on the hearthplate a heap of newly-fallen soot He crawled into the fire place and felt up Hie chimtirty. i ' * ' , FAh I" he exclaimed, “ here is something soft! It is hair—the long hair of a woman, and my. hands are wet with something. Oh, poor womaml J feel her face; wet top. vMy GodJ itmust be blood! IJer neck and'snoulden art! still warm;. stir,her,sMiaWbdgsd so fast in the chimney.” by their united effortt, they succeeded in \yithflrjwtng' the frwa the ■flUe-tal sad* and; finflitnil jpectagie—the mangled and disMfred. Corpse of-poor Lu SRrT I’lafraratK. y fak T* a W**< Her fece and ne3wA>SwA!Pd -with deep scratches and round purple Spots at 4eMtls&W r vals. TbettrkfftS’ qf 'strangled, and- that’by some, one possessed of superhuman stfefafth, /The; bf the ten fingernails were plainly visible. Tee, it must something more than human ifrongth that W draggqd'the poor girl so ngnny into the chimney that it required the united efforts of four men to draw her body out again. ffut'what had become of her mother T At Jeast, where was hv corpse, for no bne etpectedHd find her alive. Meanwhile, the police bad been alarmed and were now flocking to the scene. In vain was the house thoroughly explored from cellar to garret Not a trace of eitper Madame I’ESparayq or the mur*At length’, on the pavemeht of the back yard of court, they found a bloody, mangled heap, in which could scarcely be discovered a resemblance to the human form. It was the .body Of the miserable fortuneteller, crushed out of all shape, every limb broken, and with a frightful gash across the throat—a gash that must have been madh by powerful 1 hands, for as they has tened tb lift thb inahlnwte mass, the head ofthe poor woman was found to have been cbmpletely severed from her body.jd The physicians'summoned to examine into the case declared that Ludmilla I’Rs parade had beqn strangled by one or more persons, but that her mother had been knocked down by powerful blows from some., blupt instrument, either of wood dr iron, and her head bad then been severed from her body, by a strong and dexterous, hand, with the razor found, as before mentioned, in the unfortunate woinan’s bed chamber. Again and again the police explored every hook and corner of the house, but nottnO slightest clue to the mystery ofthe affair rewarded their efforts. The famous polioe.of Paris were for once completely helpless. The Rue Morgue, the quarter 'Bt. Roche; indeed the entire city, became feverishly excited over this tragedy, as inexplicable as it was terrible. .* -The great question was, “Who is the murderer t” —NHW •Madame PEsparaye for several years past bad had for her banker Monsieur Jules Migrand, of the firm of Mi grand & Son, in the Rue Deloraine. The police thought it necessary, therefore, to take the deposition of Monsieur Jules Migrand. The banker deposed that Madame I’Es paraye possessed a fortune of ten thousand francs, and hhu been connected with him in business for eight years; that she very frequently brought her savings to* him to be added to her capital; and that three dayA beforcher*death»liyh*d come to him and'drawn out the sum of four thousand, francs in gold. She had hot stated for what purpose she wanted the’money. He had directed'his clerk, Adolphe le Bon, to accomnanv her home with the money. He knew regard to tSerdnfortunate woman. . ( - Of coursp, now found in Monsieur le Bon an object for their special examination. They alstetufined to give that life 4n the presence of the police, their dark and hinikter faces infusing a species Of redbed torture into their searching questions, turned pale with fright, and stood With chattering teeth and trembling knees before the dread tribunal His answers were £(Ven hesitatingly, but he finally stammered out that he had accompanied Madkmh I’Rspartye home, carrying two b«ga for her containing four thousand francs, and that at the door the madame, tanking him, had taken one of the bags and tnadenfoisalle t|ie other, and then %cfth hadLrery politely bid him«good-bye. As he hoped for salvation, this waa all be knew apottt the matter. v Nttun tte; young fellow certainly seemed innocent enough, and so timorous that, it was donbtfol whether he- could have mustered up sufficient courage to decapitate ' a chicken. Stiff, after certain preliminary “ hum’s*’ and “ha’s," and various profound reflee tfonsas to the depth of still waters and the short-sightedness of mankind in general the police arrived at the satisfactory oondlesion that it could not result, in the least inconvenience to them it, Monsieur >le Bon Vera to be kept in close confine -ment for a few week* ,l ' And so Adolphe was taken to prison for farther examination. In vain did the magistrates torture him with sharp croasqwwtioffings; in vain did the police trace but? step by step, every act of the clerk on the daiy/if- tffe murder; not the slighth* evidence, not even a new ground of suspicton. could be found against him. ' "AUat ojice tbe ever open and attentive ears nl the police became sensible of a whisper floating about on the atmosphere of public opinion: “The murder must have been oommitted by a chimneysweep ; nonb. but a ehlmney-sweqp could have ehtored pm house, with Ua bolted 0 .Jt 1 ” .MwAJMadb . . •?■£*. .'K v- • ,» • •-■

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shutters and Iqcked doors; nohe bdf a chimneysweep could have dragged the body of that poor girl so Up' fffe. cHlmney. z , ■. ■ “ Ah, those foolish peopje'are wiscr.this time than we pupils of Mjon«icur Vldpcq. Why, of course, none but a chimney-sweep could have done the murder., ua lpok, then, among the most suspicioua chimneysweeps of Paris.” And so saying, the police went among the chimney-sweeps. They found thf very one who had lart*Wß|A£MMMie I'Esparaye’s chimney—Francois Hamel! He, they learned farther "had. oft tlpMtty day of the murder, cleaned yjb,|Chiipfify of a house in the Rue Mergufr in the iml mediate neighborhood of that occupied by madame and her daughter. The police were in high spirits..,There could be no doubt now. They had vltidi: cated their reputation. Arresting Raitfel, they gave Adolphe le Bgq They had a more promising cand*d*ie for the guillotine. « But their triumph was dqiqjuqa .to jbi shortlived. Nevertheless,-every day they discovered fresh grounds of' suspicion against the chimney swesp! a Ojl k clwi examination of his person, they found on his arms and legs, but especially-was his knees, many littje scratched wppmiji-r from the finger-nails of the ifietiins of his murderous frenzy I ■ - ' “ How did you come by these scratchrts; Francois?" < “They are not scratches peverychim-ney-sweep has such marks always. ” We get them from slipping and clithbliispq narrow flues where the soot is sharp.” Bah l that is a poor makeshift Whbt were you doing at three o’clock on the night of the murder?”. •, . . ’■ ’ “ I was at home asleep in my bed.” •. “Can you prove it?.” > “Oh—oh—well, I really believe—l don’t just know—but the truth is, no one saw me’in bed, for everybody fa the house was asieep too.” , “ Very good, my friend. We know you. You arc the Very man. Yoh have already been punished twice ,for fighting—eyidently with intent to kill—and your ungovernable temper wad on both oc casions the cause of the difficulty. Come now; you see the police miow everything, so be brave and confess that you mur dered Madame I’Esparaye and her daughter. There is no use in lying. Come, out with the truth I” But the chimney-sweep, Francois Ramel, was without doubt a most hardepd ?innar. He stoutly persisted in asserting his innocence, declaring that he had never so much as set eyes on either of the murdered women. The abandoned miscreant was thereupon thrustinto solitary confinement, and dai ly subjected to a sharp cross-examination. Week after week passed away, but the prisoner showed no signs of yielding. No confession could be extorted from him. All Paris was shocked by his obduracy. Nevertheless, Paris consoled itself with the reflection that he would certainly be condemned and executed. «. « * ,■ • « * * Several weeks subsequent to the terrible murder—the mystery, of which, since the chimney-sweep, though strongly suspected, still adhered to his fl: st story, was yet unexplained—the Parisians read in a morning issue of the Monde the following advertisement: “ APTURED—EarIy en th« morning of the •V 15th of Joly, a very large, dark-vellow or»ng-outHng. The lawful owner ean obtain poeacaaton of the animal on the payment of all cha vee. Including rhe coat of this adverUeement, by applying at No 97 Rue de Faubourg 8U Germain, third story, lefhhand door.” In the evening of the same day, a man, apparently still young, was thpughtfully pacing the floor in the apartment designated in the advertisement given above. Every now and then he Would stop at the head of the stairs and listen, as if expecting some ona Hearing nothing, he would resume Ms promenade.. Plainly ye| neatly and tastefully clad, there was a quiet unobtrusiveness in his appeerguce which nevertheless was in. itself.an The people in the house calffyl, him Many sieur Allard, and only knew qlhun that a great portion of bis time w# takff»«p in reading learned books. Any fafther than, this with icspeet'to their teHttrn lodger they had not troifotedalAfiP l^6 ’ to find out. i Soon After the occuttenoi" of the mysterious tragedy in the -Rue. MWW.; Monsieur Allard waa frequently to be seen m that ill feted street, inapeeffw with the ufr most minuteness every;sflpt of.-Ijlood, every stick, every straw, ever fragment of Mwu? jPh4w I# Xha i police looked upon Mm arlA ordirarty’ciriosity'i hunter, but illdfred him frF gA through the house otfhfe permission .to ab so, \ ■ J What had.been umfottpeiTTw the, crafty pupils of- Vidocq, Mensieur Award’s ckajar examination revealed i a wapow behind the bedttiad Ooffld W taitafFklmost by' a feather’s welghti.the bolt, w*fch’wwß yet is very probaßW tUWtkStnhtderer T'otln at this winflrt# »hff«Wit'»«*taMs»>,r»cuM MonsteflH ’hftMlMrvWtth the utmost care and nicetj*4wWinaioed thq wounds- -of the victims and then their hands, looking foz sonfe trace of the* fearful struggle they-had made tn of their lives. A few short yelfow train* atill adhered to the finger-nails of the "mother. These Allard carefully folded in paper hnd put in his pocket Of the sark blue spots on the daughter's neck' he made a close and accurate drawing. Undoubtedly .tan sharp finger-nails had been BrcsseAdqpply ’ into the flesh. Allard fried tq. pfecq hi« own nails in the .nail marks drawift-upon the paper, but he eeffid -nek ,It must have besa the •Iron grasp of a'gtant by which the wretched- young women had suffered strangulation. Allard next examined the exterior well of the hourte tinder the window through which alone he inferred- the murderer could have made his esdkjfe. It was high and perfectly sufooth J rto man, Without a ladder, could have scaled* it * But hold I Yonder at the corner of the hduse 'rtkfle* lightning rod. ‘ A person of more than ordinary, strength and activity, such as the murdbrer of toe L’Etpareyea evidently >asmore than had been SfendAlfirf had his own thoughts is he re*turned, to kfe quiet room in the Rue de Faubourg 8u Germain, Taking down his Buffon and Cuvier, till late in the sight he studied the natural history of. the apes. Then and there, aad from that Mme on, rang loudly ia his oars the sbriUcrgrof agony or terror, such M those precoat on . that night of blood at the home of Madame L’Espsraye had heard and described it. • ’ His studies in natural history compelled him gradually to the convicUoa that the

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’Strength and Scnvity an t Its tbkfedtMMy-ferodty-i and 'Mi* dowsnrdf mdtai.ien,> could'atone- hwvtat-been vtbe of.th?JJE»Mrayre, iThW»»WM a savageness about the tragedy, scarcely-.possible-even for the mbst cruel and depraved of men. And would any man, after committing the murder, have so uselessly wasted time and strength in dragging the young woman’s body into the chimney, only at last, to leave the four thousand francs lying upon the floor ? had been so plainly heard, did that els > belong to mr brangViutang, Monsieur Allard? .No, probably to the ape’s owner. But first let us look for the orang-outang, some *bQBQ bhort, yellow hair was left far the MadameL’Esparaye. * : '

A»d4»fr after; day>AU*rd patiently read over the Paris papers in search of an adiwrtteansnt«M9ft toe fosta-erMg-outitog. - But he* saw none. “ Very well,* said he •to firtiffselr “ wtf•ttusT'lMw-ffiiverdae an .be the pmnpr sos the orang outang, which I am sure must in •anyeevent :have made its escape,.is innocent he will undoubtedly be on the lookout for his precious apimaL” And thereupon; without making h soul a sharer jp his suspicions or his investigations, hb published the advedlieXJtant which appeared in the Monde. ‘ At length, one evening, he heard a heavy step upon the stairway. There was a bright gleam of joy in his eyes as he glanced ihto the side pocket of his boat. His revolvbr fras all right. " . There was a.timid, hesitating, knock at the door. “ Come in !'* said AHard in a friendly, yet listless tone. 17 A tall, powerful fellow, with sun-brown-ed face almost hidden i» a long, -black beard, in the garb and wffh the rolling gait es a sailoi 1 , bowfag awkwardly and glancing fearfully aronfid, entered the room. -“Am I..right, sir? Are yon the gentleman that caught the orangoutang?” “ Yes, my z friend-you, I suppose; are its owner f A finer ape-thin that is hot to be found in the Jardin dee Plantee." At this quiet and friendly greeting the sailor evidently breathed easier. Ah f thought Allard, he is not ignorant, then, of the murder committed by his ape, “ When can I have my animal ?” “ As soon as w» agree unop what I am to receive for my trouble.” “ How much do I oweyoiy sir ?’’ “ Oh, only a trifle, I demand from you nothing more than a brief, straightforward confession. How did Madame I’Esparaye and her daughter come to their death?”

These quietly-spokerryet piercing words made the sailor start back as if bitten by an adder. Ikandishing his crab-stick, he sprang towara thp door. , But Allard had already as silently as swiftly locked it, and put the key in his pocket. Cocked revolver in hand, he continued in the same calm, mild tone: “ You see, my friend, are fa my power. A fall and frank confession only can save you. You, I know, are innocent of the murder; but how came your ape to perpetrate it, and what were you doing that night in Madame l’Esparaye’4 yard ? You were more than once heard to cry out, • cursed devil f and ‘ my God I’ Already, my friend, as you see, I know the greater part of,your story; be reasonable, then, and ait down by me, and quietly tell me ell about the matter from the first; If you aruopen and candid with mb, not a hair of your head shall be harmed.” • ./ , “ Blr, as I live, ’ I am indeed innocent of this murder, yet it has caused me many bad hours. I will tell yeti all. On my last voyage. I brought the ape with me from Borneo, expecting to sell teun here in Paris for a pret,ty pie'cC of nfopey- Wt. the chance for that seemed a#4f it WonVl never come. Now, ofl that unlucky night, I came home .late—l had been drinkings little, sir—and HOd Wooden cage ihavhich I had shut the animal broken open,*and Umape, with s®-»s==s ' shaving myself! I-' was aiiktfeStartled, sir, and made a jump for the whip with which I hadbter'tfefor<j bipkgta 'ipi brute td reason. TBut, making one spring, the razor still in his hand, he jiew through the take place, I hurried after him wltli the whip. yWeranfatois way through several sWfr. They were as It deaJ, for it light burning in the open back window of dp the Rue Morgue. He sprang ovef £ie low waff, ran swiftly up the lightning rod, and swung himsqjf into the room. I heard two women scream out in wild terror—then a noisy scuffle—and ■aßerthkt.it became quieter. Hal( dead with feaivl alsa scrambled over the wall,, and far enough up the lightning rod to see into the room. A terrible sight almost froze the blood in my veins. The old lady lay, with her throat gashqd and bleeding, on the floor, and the-daughter was already dead—choked tu death, sir—ln the crud B" that ssvage brute. As soon as he iy threateffing-voice and saw the the room, shrieking with terror, and tossing and breaking the-furniture, ihd tearing the clothes, ipd the beds to pieces. and pushed her as far up the chimney as ‘he qould. ■ The body of the old lady he flung with all his strength through toe window, over my head, down into the yard. Half out of my jemesuwith horror and feaL I slipped to the grtffind. Then, hearing the’sound of voices in the bouse, I flpdJffil of terror, from the miserable 'place How l got,home Ido not know. Of nay murderous ape I have since seen nothing. Now, sir, you know all; do with me as you will.” This plain story the sailor repeated be-’ fore the court The frightful mystery of the doubtemnntor wu at Jasr explained The enttrfohy-sweep, Francois Rafael, was, as a matter of ttoUrse., ,set at liberty. The unpunished add . unpunishable perpetrator of thS Crffae was soon afterward captured, almost deed with: hunger, in the forest of Versailles, and is to-da} a sad celebrity of the Jnrdin dee Plantee. As for Allard, his name was at once in everybody’s mouth- The Parisians were amazed at the rare acuteness, the wonder fol faculty of combination, the qufet energy of this plain, private man. He became the hero of the hour. The famed and notorious Vidocq—fa his tmyhood a

his youth a sharper and galleygfeve, in bds manhood an esoaped*oon viot, and jntoe service Of the police a wretch-, cd spy, who, isl one single year, treacher 'ousiy betrayed Into the grasp of the law sevetfifaaared of hfa farmer associates in crim*, an<ivho.finally bdcathe the chief of the, Paris poHce— thtrv|flooq.-had bem. a service, andVras nowliving a paper-maker .fa Picardy. A»yat, no (worthy successor had tom found for this astute an<Tsharp ‘wlfteu guardian of the public safety. But in Allard rfks discovered ohe that might harte been Vldocq’4 master, ahp Allard was madh ehief qf the Paris police. And his subsequent qareer fully justified the choice. T-Once.a Month. Vu ., r ', r \.

The Public Debt Statement.

BeaGxry Boutwell’s second monthly exhibit Of the condition ofthe national obligations is even more satisfactory- and encouraging than his first The absolute reduction OTtoe ffCat public burden h* beepteueh greater during April than it wax during March. Although the amount tsit of which it Termed a part, still the diminffifan .Is Mufrsflemfinger pointing hopefiffiy,:ihe'weyUout pf debt, and<is, 'moreover,'con vincingevidence of theradicaj changrt of policy which has takefi place! in administering the financed Of the Lfaibn. These, top. sne but 'begtifaingi The practical handling of vast fiscal affairs Is the. task |nd duty-of a new; Wd, whose efflcienM and will increase with his increase of knowledge anfi Experience, gained from daffy study of, and contact with, Che routine of his department Evidently, the Secretary anpreMates that the public debt is the great commercial feet that presides pH la Wort<nd industries, modifies all material, 'development and all intellectual " progress, and hence demands 'his best thought and most-careful diction. It is plain that McCulloch’s plan 01, administering the national obligations and Treasury balances, in pliant deference to sectional interests, has been abandoned by his successor. It is true that, in one regardi, Mr. Boutwell is the of Wall attest .bulls ahd beiire, yet he is a compulsory, noft willing, aider and abetlipr of their schemes. The sequestration of :a vast accumulation of coin, in preparation foil, payments of interest, necessarily representain Immense capital arrayed on the side of the dealers in gold, for it is a part of the general supply which is kept outtf the market, .leaving monopolists and speculators to absorb and deal in the floating remainders. This Involuntary copartnership of the Government in the interests of the gold premium can be dissolved only temporarily, when the Treasury vaults Contain a durplus beyond current or contingent wants, which can be sold publicly, and thus made to reinforce competition. 4 All indications point to a conscientious, energetic and systematic management of the national debt by Mr. Boutwell. Limited by the despotism of circumstances tn his power to do, he yet appears to be doing the little within the scope of his ability, with a view to open a new path that will lead to the complete discharge of our vast obligations, and the consequent liberation of industry from an oppressive burden. It affords tts much pleasure thus to accord to our Finance Minister integrity of purpose and wisdom ot. policy. We are at. a critical point of our history, at which ft is to fie determified whether we are to follow in the footsteps of other nar lions and transmit to posterity the system of perpetual taxation, or whether we shal , be alm, within reasonable period, to remove our great mortgage on the tabor and industry or the country. Mr. Boutwell has assumed the latter position and iaen-. deavoring to inaugurate a policy which will put the gradual and reasonable liquidation of the whole debt beyond dispute. The general burden of taxation makes every body interested in this conclusion, people may get back, after a white, the condition of those happy days when it was less of a hardship to Uye.— Chicago Republican, 2d. ' ' ; ' - ;

Deceit of Song Writers.

__ BY THK *rXt PONtRIBt?TO'R.” Tins, man who wrote “ Home, 8 wed Home,”aever had a homez- Exchange. ' No, of pourae not . AIL his folks at homeaay he didn’t. Nobody who ,wrjtes about anything* ever has it. If a-man is sw “-headings” as the man who is out of his head. Certainly he didn’tevrr have any home. The man who wrote “Ola., Arm Chair" neve&’bM an’ arm chaff M all his lifaThe best he had was an old split-bottom chstrwlthoui any hagglet it. The author bT'TAe Me’Back ttTSwitzerlaad?* never w*s th Switzerland The neacet* he: ever came to K was sitting in the WUHms Telt saloon eating Switzer kase— ka»e why, that Wat the best 1 * he I’ve Come Home to Die," I hasn’t spies to the old woman for years, and wouldn’t go near the noose. Besides, he lione of that class oflriflriiualiiu who* don’t belters they ever* will die.--His ‘health whs never better. His mother is tiMhfhg hot a plotter itt-law; and Ao is dead anyhow.. ‘ Thejtf is the Wrthdr “Old* Oaken Bucket,” too. There wasn’t a backet ’ on the whole form, water being -drawn with privately to his friends that he would be perfectly contented with half that sum, as he wasuolng chore/jusifor pis board and. three months* schooling in the winter. •• Shells of Ocean ”is a humbug. The; plaintive •pbetwho reurietonts, himself as wandering, one summer* tore, with beat thought, on a penrive chore, was raised -in the interior rtf JPennsylvania, -anflmevar was ten miles away fhona home; in all Ms life. ** Gathered shells,’’ he F The man who wrote the “ Song es the Shirt," htoto’ta ahjrkto hip wearing a wampus foi the most part, “ Oft in theritilly Night" used to «et on a spree and make ktosttUy'night hows till daybreak, < i--The author of “ We met by Ohanoe ’** knew wary V*Q tt wsa»l! arranged before hbnd- He had been woeka. in contriving it—and she admired his contrivance. The anther of ** I know a bank,” etc 9 didn’t knew oae where he would get hie note discounted. ■ The only check he ever held wA a white •• cheek * r on a fore bank. He never ted’a red check tn atihts life. “What are the wild wnVeosaying*’.’ knew very well ttey were reproaching hlm'for A>l»* % stw »-!Mb foA I .

NO. .34. j ? I wi.

•••' • r . running away from Long Branch without paying his hotel b(Hz “ Hear me, Norma,’: ,waa deaf And dumb.. Hecouldn’t make hispa hear, nor ma. ' The author of " R«n on the Roof’ aithe. basement, except when he slept out of doors. J"Letmeklsa hithforhl* mother*’’ got because. his mother woultfat have him, and .whipped her little boy within an inch of his MftTi” *' I dreamt I dwe Ufa marble halls,” used to cheat at marbles when a boy, and his* dream was a horrid nightmare, brought on by remorse at the recollection of fraudulent martyt havlt. “ I’m saddest when I stag* was tickled ahtjost to death if invited to. ’.>'■••■ . »* Happ/ibe thy dreams,” sold benzine whisky. Yon can fancy what kind of “dreams’' were pfoduced.— -Gincinnati limit. , . . ■

Strewing Flowers on the Soldiers’ Graves.

The following is a copy of the order issued by the Commander- of the Grand OBNBUAL ORDKtt NO 21. - , I. The 30th day of J4ay —a day set apart by the Grand Army of the Republic to ‘commemorate the glorious deeds ofour departed comrades—wiljl, be observed throughout the United States tasuch manner as MfltS'thesdlqaiaixtesof ttaoq, .andon,-and u wiU. fqgt|fly the undying loVe of a grateful people for the memory of those wifo died that the nation might Pt W the second public observance oY the occasion, which It is trusted wijb recur yearly while there remains a -'heart loyal to the cause in which our comrades fell, and Wtrtle the 'moving principle of that , straggle is worth preserving. If our 'OTginizstlohs had no other object, that alone of keeping green the resting plspes of our nation’s defenders, by, thia annual commemoration, would be nfotive enough to hold us together ma fraternal band. The Qom-mander-in-CK'ef desires to thank those patriotic then and women Who gave their* aid and-aympathy on a former occasion to make successful this National Memorial' Day, and they are cordially invited to! unite with the comrades of the Grand. Army in the approaching ceremonies; and he. thanks the loyal Freis everywhere,* ■through-whose generous aid a lasting record has been made of the observances one year ago. To the Congress of the United States, the comrades are especially indebted for authorizing the publication, in book form," of the proceedings’ or last May, and for ths promise held out that* each, year a compilation will be made and published, as a national recognition of sympathy with these memorial obsetv--Annas 11. It has been determined not to prescribe any form of ceremony for universal ■observance, but each Post, orany number of Fosta may arrange together such fitting services as circumstances will permit. Department Commanders will use every effort to perfect arrangements for the occasion. The newspaper press are re quested to give publication to this order., HI. Department and Post Commanders' are specially enjoined to preserve and forward to these headquarters a copy of the proceedings (in printed form so far as possible) which take, place in carrying out this order. .. IV. As the 30th of May occurs on. Sabbath, Posts are at liberty to observe either that day, or Saturday, the 29th. By order of

JOHN A. LOGAN.

Commander-in Chief.

President Grant and His Relatives.

One of the Washington, correspondents defends Gen. Grant from the charge of nepotism, and shows that he ha? got kept many more offices “in the family” than some of his predecessor?: The President has appointed no relative of his own to aayofficowbateoever, unless It be Silas Hudson, of loWa, Minister to Honduras, who may. possibly be a cousin of the President, but nothing nearer. Gen. Grant’s father, now postmaster at Covington, Ky., Was appointed to that position by President Johnson. Prof. Kramer, now Consul atLetpslAtoho married Gen. Grant’s sister, was appointed to that place, I believe, by President Lincoln. The President has appointed two* brothers-in-law of Mrs. Grant to pdsltiona, under him. viz.: Mr. James T. Casey, to "be Collector of the port Of New Orleans, and Dr.Alexahder Sharp, . who was appointed postmaster at Richmond by Mr. Johnson, to the United States Marshall for the District of Columbia. The lattes office has always been re girded as a part of the official household of the President, and it has been the custom to appoint some relative or intimate personal friend to the position ; thus Mr. Lincoln appointed his former partner and warm personal friend Mr. La mon, and Mr. Johnson appointed his persbnal friend Mr. Goddinr. ‘ MF. Lincoln also appointed Mr. Todd, hiswife’s •brother, to be Governor of Dakota, and those who have abused both the President and Ms brother-in-law, Gets. DenW' be-' 'Mnsooftbe confidential position the latter now occupies in the official hOUse’htfld; seem- to have very short* memories, xircthey would remember’ttet Mr. John van appointed hie own son to to Private Secretory, ahd that Mr. Buchanan’ apt pointed his nephew, Mr, Henry, to the same position. The comparison might be extended to the benefit of the President df-it was at all necessary. a ♦. r ‘ ■■■ W»l Ste •

Home Life.

.** ,Tnx other day I chanced to outer's friend's housA fie did not know I was iff .the parlor, and I overheard his convenfo.lion. He was very haisb in his dealing .with bin child. He was “out of aorta" that morning. “ The wind wag east," and tte cast wln<i Wow foto lungs, and into and soured his mind, and soured life heart, and so, Uke a base miscreant, as Ke was, he vented his bad temper on his wife apd children. It is a,bad habit soma men have, « .. .r -,’ I This man was talklog ink hard, unchrisnounce.l my presence. Mmd you, tie ftown Hii few;, when I was annonnqed.beMmore or lorn of a stranger, demanding of him certain courtesfea, nd at once smoothed his face as though nothinghad happened—M though thesunwMiidSfngbrightiyintheheaw . ■* . ■ —.... ;< _.. ■n. L.■ 'vS

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and the wind was south/ited Mt east, H a came into the room wherq I was. and. in themqstcordial and cearteouswaypoeSfble.gave ma his hand, and staibngly •bade mo vwr. ♦* w; He could- not control himself simply because he did not think enough of W boy—because he did not euffleientiy aphe could roar with impunity, and Mt the great temple* of Gai, where he should Andyct “almost awanger,wasfitrong tamy presence, to cause him at onoa to cool down into courtesy, intoaffahUhy.-in-to politeness. I tell you, that many and many a ijssn, and many and many a woman In this Strange world al ours, in which many things seem to go wrong, will be gentle, and kind, and' charitable, and fall of smiles outside of their booses, with strangers, for whose opinion they do not care one jot, or one ntudf add in the house where all the happiness of years depends upon their sweetness of soul, and where they are constantly shedding influences that will ripen into the good or bad life of a boy or girl, will yield to a pettiahnem and peevishness, unworthy of them aa men and women, and'wholly unworthy of thSknaa Christiana.-kflipwrtt.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. T* wSaMnfiv . Wgv is the letter m like a rascal T—-It Hibfhmousun fttmota). ? 1 ' What men “ set up” the latest t«-Oom-.positoM on mornipg papers. Ths acre through which the nan “strained every nerve” is for apis at cost pri* ■ :■ r*.- ’• - Why should superstitious people ride on bob-sleds ?—Because they have faith in focerannera (tour runners). . Can a man who weighs twelve dooen popnds be called a grott man ?—lf so, how much should a grocer weigh ? U Bcktwnmc men aay that the time of the shrinkage of the dkrth by i cooling in the A fhySician b lasted at dinner that he Chred hlsbWn hsjfos, When bncW fifilbwn guests remarked i. “ Doctor, I wpuldaoon- * ronnd-tM-worid-eXoavsfon party, limited to fifteen. James Brooks, of the New York MSwvm, fate be'onapf the party, whteh Starts in August. ”' ■’ o A* Ttoy;N.Y., whemihe Hudson river began to flood, the lower j»rt,qtthq fifty, a woman Industriously wielded her WtSm on the pave men t dsrforo hen house for hours tetjruhhejWdqddo despair. Du. Brown BxoVard reports a curious case of a dog, whtek had jnstdidd, having fee * wagged hte taUr aM lived ever twotve »tfaW»'IISSSSi the candle, affd aneUtor warned himfo be he growledit’s Smlth’ariM.” Birds pests of fatohAßS now manufacbottom, and’ ue *sprite ornamental; -sparbought them by the hundreds to be attached to the. trees in the squares and streets. Ax Michigan City, recently, some of the workmen at the harbor opened a chest containtag et&, which h*d been locked up ever since last December, and were considerably fttonfehed abeeestarted off* At a lively pace in aearah of a ’•squarejnatJ.” ; iC ?? A lad in IrMhprgb. Vl.tasw wUb mffnbranoua granp. WM lataly np as dead, and preparations made tn lay him out, When bated tn the ’oM riJteu from the warning to people pot to. remit eftoata to save Uta as longas there ls breath or a pulsation of r An elderly gantlettan, secusttMMd to “indulge,” enteredthe room at a eertain tavern, where sat a grave Friend by the fire, ttftiag a pair of green spectadea upon hie forehead, rubbing his Inflamed eyes, and calling for hot brandy and water, he complained to the Friend that “his eyes were getting weaker, and font plied the Quaker," what L think. If thee were to wear thy spectacles over thy mouth for a few months, thy eyes would get watt again.” •-i-ra';-r';. . ;-i whssTwatee tn fee moraine, ... a kiss wwifel r» tod, .♦rwttAuayhsa. Aklaawbenmylmtbteover, A kiM when my bath bagitui; MV mamma to fail of ktsaea, la full sb nurse is ot fifes. A kiss when I play with my rattle, A Use when I pull her hate, JShe covered me over with klecea r ■■; ' The day I ton from the etter. fA tom whoa Jfeva bar tremhte, To her own Uttle baby bso.. SUAfrtob - —TJUlfttrawy.

; *- Goldut hair fluids have recently been anaiysi% aesecte khat they asa eolapsesi< of dilute nitric and muriatic acids, with traces, in some instances, of sulphuric acid. Though the projwfctore **®* fluids announce that the preparations an harmless, yet Instances have been reported of ladfoa befog injured by drops of the hair-dye foiling <fo their shoulder*. The agent to effect the change in the color of the hair to the nitric add, aided to* the Tpana is found on the coart of British (tetatobfo, Russian America, and VanwMAM sot almost beyend conception. eomptetely They, ng y marvelously fat that the natives use U»em for lighting their fodgea. Per thto purpose the uried flail M» performed fcom head to tall .by a means rtf % fond needW Matin df hard wood. The wick is then MAted, and the ebx , s^' w, “ ,;s5 * po ‘