Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1879 — Page 3

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*T* itOUUX. v [FHOM THKafiBMAN.] 'There is aiwuicy rogue, well known To youth and gray-beard, maid and orofiw— A boy, with eyes that mirth beapiwls, • With curly lock*and dimpled cheek; He has a sly, demurish air. (■’ But, maiden fair, .1 Tako mire, take care I His dart may tootrnd yon, unaware I With bow and arrows in bis hand i He wander* tip and down the land; ’ Tis jolly sport to aim a dart At Koinepoor maiden’s tintterinc heart: She wonders'wliat has hurt her there. Ah. maiden fair, ..; Take <|ake, take carol . , Ilia dart may wound you. unaware I Her nimble hands the distaff ply; A gallant soldier-lad rides by; He given her such a loving glance Her heart Junds still, as in a trance. And death-pale sink* the maiden fair. Bniok„ mother theie, ive heed, take carp. Else you may lose her, unaware! Who stands there laughing at the door? I hat rogue, jwfro triumphs thus once more! Both lad and maiden he has hit, And laughs as though his sides would split. And he sports him everywhere; Now here, now there; He mocks your care; You fall hiiprictim, unaware. Now whoso masterful and brave To catch and hold this saucy knave? Whoever binds him strong and fast. His name and deed Shall always last. But. if this dangerous task you dare. Beware! take oare Lest ill you fare! The rogue may catch yo«. unaware! - . —Harger'i Bazar.

MADGE’S COUSIN.

Madge was sitting upon the hearthrug, pulling to pieces a white camellia, and excusing herself to her kind old guardian by saying it was “only Jack’s.” “ My dear,” said Mr. Selwyn, walking up and down and stroking his gray beard in perplexity, " I want to talk to you about Jack.” “Oh! please, not now, Papa Selwyn!” She called him Papa Selwyn when she meant to be coaxing, and that was nearly always. “ But, my dear, that is all nonsense. I must talk about Jack some time. Yesterday it was, ‘Oh! please don’t— JOayJlfladJUL.acbingf and the day before— ‘ Oh! please don’t, I want to go out with Gerty.’ Come, let us face this afl'air.” And sitting in the easy chair behind her hassock, he drew up on his knees the hand that held the broken flower, and proceeded to lecture his unmanageable charge on the endless subject of “Jack.” Madge was a charming charge for any kind old man’s heart to have. No one could look into her large gray eyes without seeing the great warm heait, whose tale they told every monjpnt; and yet the bright,squick glances and the saucy set of the lips showed that Madge had a will of her own, and wit and cleverness enough to carry it out. This lecture on Jack was the same as many others had beeu. It consisted of two parts, the first being devoted to proving that she ought to throw her own whims and pleasures aside, and, as a dutiful girl, fulfill her dying father’s request and marry her cousin; and the second was aeulogium on the many good qualities of Jack Hawkesbury. “Do, Mr. Selwyn,” laughed Madge, after he had been making out that even Jack’s awkwardness came from an oyerpliltJof go<>d nature; “do throw linn at Gerty’s head as youThfow“him at mine, and I shall make him over to her, and they will be happydor life.” Gerty was Mr. Selwyn’s own daughter, and at the mention of her name a strange expression crossed his -face, which Madge could not read. “Throw him at Gerty’s head!—what words you use, child!” he exclaimed; his annoyance for a moment escaping his control. “ I wish you had half Gertrude’s good sense. You fancy Jack thinks of her—is that it? He is the soul of honor, and as far as it des pends on him yiTCffather's wOrd will be kept.” “ Oh! Papa Selwyn, don’t be vexed with me; I am so sorry!” and her face was hidden-on hislarge-tough hands in a burst of sorrow,, quite childish in its passing intensity. “ Cheer up, my darling girl,” he said; “ you made a inisthke—that’s all. Why, one of these days you wifi forget poor Papa Selwyn altogether, when you fall in love with your cousin.” -- _ ;... “That I won’t!”, cried Madge, with all the strength of her hot heart. All her life, qyejj 90 far back as her childhood, she had dreaded the fate that bound her to Marry her cousin. When Jack Hawkesbury came on the soime and stayed on visits at the house, she disliked and ridiculed him without mercy. Another, one like fair-haired Gertrude for instance, might have accepted the inevitable and been happy; but Madge’s active and independent nature made her rtm against fate. And now there was only one mohth left before her twenty-first. birthday and the betrothal.. Often she told Gertrude she wished he would go horn®" and stay there; and Gertrude would only laugh, with a deeper tinge of color on her fair face. The girls went out but little, an arrangement against which Madge often rebelled, believing it was in some way Connected with the safe management of the marriage with her cousin. But there were two pleasures in prospect now, an afternoon’s boating with Jack and a friend of his nnd Gertrude, and a party that the Ponsonby-Jonoses were going to give, to which the Selwyn family were sure to be invited. First came boating. Ah! that over-memor-able day—how many years it would take to make Madge forget it! There were four in the boat that passed, with the measured beat and ripple of Jack's pair of sculls, along by the reedy shallows and green wooded banks of the upper Thames. The two girls shared the cushioned seat at the stern, their white/woolen shflwls guarding them from the chill of the autumn wind. Gertrude was watching the shores and the running ripples, thinking in her quiet, hwy-going way. Madge, bright with excitement, was talking—not with Jack, but with Hie dark-bearded, trav-el-brohxed man, who was resting from his turn at the sculls. He Was charmed with the way she chatted end listened to his.tales of half the wohd,. with a refreshing absence of self-conscious-ness. What would he have said if he had known the thought that strove for entrance into her'heart? Oh! if Jack —awkward, blundering, good-natured Jack—could be changed into this' stranger that she called timidly Mr. Fitzallan, and Jack and her guardian At last there was ,a pause In the Talk. She gave a deep pigh, prompted by a sad longing to do irigbb, a vague fear, a first suspicion of the change that was coming over her impetuous heart. “Are you cdld, Madge?” asked Jack,

pulljrig away and bending W his *roi* stroke. “ Keep your shawl wailabont your shoulders. And, my dear girl, look to your steering. You have been sending the boat into curves like a cork-sofrew-r I did'ndt dvahtdo disturb your tete-a-tete." ‘ ' 4 Poor Cousin Jack! She drew tjie White filiawl closyly round her, chilled Uot byxtfe wind but by<a dudll'Xi pangof remorse,’ the foundation of which was very small, but enough to trouble her 1 ' .VZ'HI What need to tell the imrer history of Madge’s life during the next few weeks? Moro and more she longed for freedom. Fitzallan was Staying m the ceighlwrhood and Was frequently at the house, and in the thousand little incidents of everyday life she knew he carddfor her, and hdneSt J ack grew yet thore distasteful in her sight. In due tifoe came the seoond promised pleasure. The family that distinguished the name of' Jones by the prefix of Ponsonby gave their party. Madge was in her glqry that Bight. One looker-on called her charming; another, the mother of fair daughters, admitted“her expression was charming, but voted her features plain. Mrs. Ponsonby-Jones, weighed, down! with, bright-colored silk and jewelry, said in her finest tone that Mr. Selwyn’s ward would be quite a femme d'esprit. Madge had no lack of society, but she kept u place in the conversation for Jack Hawkesbury, and her love of mischief was gratified to the full by his making of it what he called “ a hawible muddle.” But the trivial triumphs and pleasures of the night were long forgotten by Madge before she lost one remembrance of a scene that passed in the conservatory, where the music was hushed by heavy curtains. And there was only the soft light of a few dim lamps among the masses of blossoms and dark green leaves. She'had lost the flower from her hair —one of her favorite camellias—as she said, “ with a darling biid,” and Fitzallan had promised, with Ponsonby-Jcnes’ permission, to get her another with a darling bud too. She had placed his gift in her hair, and she sat near the dewy glass, saying it was cool there and she would rest. Fjtzallan stood at a little distance, penknife in hand still, swinging carelessly the fan-like leaf of a dwarf palm. “If this were nearer, I could fan you,” he said. “ Thank you; I am tired rather than hot.” Never in her. life before hud Mttdge been so serious or so troubled as she was now, in the soft light among the cool plants, within the sound of the half bushed “Will you do me a favor?” she inquired, raising the gray eyes that shone for a moment with liquid brightness. “ You have only to name it—l sm at. your service.” His manner, unromantic to a studied dcgiee, made her feel all the more safe in taking heart to speak, while she gave • him at the same time in generous measure that most precious offering to which every noble-heai ted man entitles himself—a woman’s respect. “I have seemed very happy to-night, Mr. Fitzallan,” she began in a quiet, low tone, the torn leaf trembling in her hand, and the color dying out of her face, “ but I am in great trouble.” “Indeed! I am sorry to hear it.” He drow a little nearer, listening attentively and helping her now and again by a word of encouragement.. —Her stoxy was a simple one. She? was to be married next month to her cousin, Mr. Hawkesbury. She had dreaded it all her life, but it was her fate. And then, the respectful and almost paternal demeanor of her listener, she made the frank confession that she disliked her cousin just because she was forced to marry him; and to this she added such a childlike entreaty not to be thought “too bad,” that it must have nequfrej more than ordinary self-control for Fitzallan not to say something that* Would have allowed' the scene to be-* come a tender one; but this he seemed 7 determined to avoid, and so in her simple way was the sadly perplexed girl that was pouring out her heart’s trouble to hinu “ Will yon speak for mb to Mr. Selwyn,” she said, “as you-are an old friend of Kjs ? I cannot repsoit as then, do, but I Want you to try. if there is any, way of release, for me. .Fray forgive meif I am'wroug in asking yptir foterforence, but 1 am very wretched”—; here came a burst of tears that must* have tried the listener sorely— 1 * and! myself have so often spoken to Mr. Selwyn, and it is of no use. He always says my father’s will must be carried out; and oh! how I wish I could do it.” “It must- be done, if possible,” Fitzallan said. “But it would not be yoqr father’s will to mar the happiness of your life or to put you in bondage.” “Oh! if Selwyn would only speak like that,” said the girl, sadly. “Well, I shall have a talk with him,” said Fitzallan, “ and do my best for your happiness, though I would be sorry to injure Hawkesbury’s prospects. Let us go back, now; there is a new piece beginning. That is one of Rubinstein’s, is it not? I need not say you have done me a favor In granting me your confidence.” With that he drew aside the heavy curtains, and they returned to the dazzling light and bewildering music and movement of the balhroonu After that night Madge waited in anxiety to hear the result of Fitzallan’s parley with her guardian. Three days passed and a note came from him, only a few words, sayitag that he had succeeded at least so far as to win a promise that the matter should be considered. But Madge saw little good coming of Mr. Selwy n’s “considering” what seemed to ;bc decided irrevocably long ago. ' -* At last it was the eve of her birthday; t6-morrow would be the dreaded day, and that very morning Mr. Selwyn haitsaid to her- gravely .but tenderly: ". “My child, fthfW been the work of many years for me to see to the fulfillment or your father’s last wish. He yvas my bast And dearest friend. And his life was a sad one. At least his Hying will must be done. But I propiiseyou happiness—l do, indeed.” But beyond that day Madge was unable to be»r her heart’ A; burden. “ I must tell him everything,” she thought. In the afternoon tfvilight, some time after Mr. Sfelwyn had returned home, she found,, him asleep in his arm-chair itvthe dark dlning-rodm. But little daylight came in between the red curtains', and it was only tire glow of th 6 fire that showed her Ills white when he was in thpt chair, and she woke hiih by stealing her hand into his. “Who is it—Gerty? No, Madge—my little Madge that is to b« so patriarchal to-morrow.” >

Papa 'Selwyn,” she fibjjfm,'ndT giving him time to joke any more lest she might not be able to disclose all her troubles. “ I want to tell you sometbibg, and you Wfi’kilfn iqffery, MU yqn, no matter jvh He took her face between his hands, and the fire flashed up and showed lifoi Ijow earnest it waf.y T ' ’xLC quite sure,’-’ ne said, “ pothIrig can make me anything but as deeply ift tqve my seccpnd daughter as a poor ql<v fellow like ’ nyfi tan be. Why} Omid, flam untied of cloud all day because to-morrow —as soon as ,lp-morrow—l can be Papa Selwyn no more, and Madge will *l>e thinking about nobody but her couiim” . , i a “No, indeed!” cried?‘Maoge,’ impetuously, “you will be Papa Selwyn always—always; arid I don’t care for my oousin a bit.” ‘,|i But her gu>rdian shpok h>s head grAVely... J, T |is .. * / “My dear, you will marry your cousin.” The firelight had died down low, and Madge had courage enough to blurt out with an effort the sow lyords: “I can’t marry Jack, Because I ought to love my husband, and I can never care enough for him. Or, if I uHist be.engaged to him to-morrow”— here there was a great sob—“ Mr. Fitzallan is very good and kind, and I don’t want to hurt him— but—but— he must go away.” Her head sank upon his knees with the great effort of that request. “My pooxjchild.i 1 he said. “ Ikpow your secret. Bravely said! my little Madge, my bonny girl! You have had the truth out ana done fiobly. You are worthy of the man that is to-haveyou, and that is saying a good deftl.’/ Then raising her head gently, he badp hdr listen, for he was going to tell a secret in return for hers. When she heard it she waited with wide, wondering eyes while he told it a second time, for she could not believe in her joy. “As you know, Madge,” he began, “ most people in this world have more cousins than one.” _ And theri he went on to explain to her that Herbert Fitzallan was a very distant copsin, and that it was to him her father wished her to be married. Fitzallan’s father had been the companion of his labors, and Herbert himself had been laved by the dying man as a son, for Herbert was twenty when little Madge wafi.au orphaned baby of four. “ You ask what about Jack, then?” said the old jnan. “ That was my clever trick upon Madge. I never said you were to marry Jack. I told you of your father’s wish. I brought Jack here, the only cousin you knew; aud I praised his good qualities—which are fine enough, lean tell ydu t and‘appreciated by a young lady not far from here. 1 knew that wayward heart of yours, and I knew that a woman should not marry without real love, and a great store of it, too. So I left my darling open to the idea that Jack was to be the lucky fellow; and she did just what I and all sensible folks expected—almost hated Jack and her doom. Then I took care t hat the man you wqre meant for—who, my dear, has' the beet and truest heart in the world—shoqlH come in the way just at the right time, and show an interest in you. So have I not succeeded, and made my Madge choose her father’s choice with her own free heart and will? As for Fitzallan, he is all impatience for to-morrow, and he would have told ybu the secret at that ball the other night, when he says that he was’pnt to a desperate trial, but he had promished me never to disclose it till wo were qtfltc 'sttrenf success. Well, - are you happy now, Madge?” “ My dear, good second father! How .can I love you enough?” was all { she pould say when she felt his arms round her in that moment pf fulfilled desires, and his lips pressed to her forehead in fatherly affection now that his long sb; licitude wfcis at an end and his hard task well done. That very night Madge, scarcely able to realize her joy, was bbtfbthed to Herbert -fitzallan, who, when opoe the secret’wag disclosed, would anotheri hour. '*"•*» . “Have I not waited yqars?” he Said. “AH my. time-abroad 1 was waiting, and then I came back and found my Madgjj more than I had ever dared to Mii‘|ge in her new freedom did ■ dot forget poor Jack. Indeed, she was almost m trouble about her qnkindness to him when she heard that he had wen only playing a part, bearing all her teasing, and being purposely ungracious ignenever she grew kind. But Gertrude consoled her effectually on that score by telling another secret after her kiss of congratulation. ; ; > “ Jack Was indeed doing his best to carry out the plan,”j?he saTd; “ and he was often grieved about you; but, dear r yqu must congratulate us now —not us. Jack and I made it up between us months ago, and we had many a quiet laugh about you.” So Madge herself accepted the ring and*worejjer golden fetters by her own free will after all; nor was there ever a happier ap-more willing captive. As for ’FitzAlktin, if he was not' another Afthfo', fl? the girl's fancy had prompted her to callhim, he Was “ blameless” as the Prince of the “Idyls,” and far more blest; and if he reigned over no realm he was at least King of one brave and tender heart—a kingdom wide enough to satisfy his desires, and a prize which time proved to be well worth his yevs of waiting.— Castell's Magazine.'

—Ben Butler tells this story of a war incident white he was in commandht New Orleans : A Colonel up in the Bed River region made application for a furlough, which was refused him. Soon after the Colonel left hia command without permission, and went to New Orleans, ~w>ere he was arrested arid put in irons as a deserter. Upon an intimation that he wished to make an explanation Butler had him brought to his headquarters. “ Well, , sir,” said the General, stfrrily, “ what have vou to say, in explanation of your conilactP”. •• Well, Geiferal, there are two Jews Up who have some cotton they want to get-through my lines. First they offered me SSOO, which I refusetjl. Then they offered ifte SI,OOO to let them take ft throngh the lines. Then $5,000,. and: $25,000, and at lastthny offtered 1 9100,000; and I tell you,';) General, they f'ere getting so near my figures I thought I’d better leave.” —Up on the Canada bqrder it is al.that a shrewd Vermonter lures Jarmers to bring him butter from the Dominion,offering a fancy price there* for, and then as soon as they have oroesed the lino informs on them and brihgs about the Confiscation of .butter and vehicle. i, V Never Rive Tip the ship. Dr. Bull’* X’nujrh Sjrup may cure you, as It has done other*. Ji* costs Uttle.and can never harm, Pries, cents. ' GkassiiOpfeks sing in the hop era.

THE PRESIDENT'S VETO.

FrA«M«*nt Haye* DU*p»vove» of th* Pro vision* of the Chine** luimluMAon for So zjoln*, IL j The following run text of’tbe President’s Veto Message delivered to >tho Natiop&l Hour of Hepresentatives, on the evening of the l»t: ' To the Hoou of RepretentaUw: Afters very < nrt fm <!oihildjiatl»n bf; Home til £.448,tent14 tied ■'Ap »t t* rifatrlqt khe limnlttritthji ofCM-! neie io tliJUnftef BUtJI" I herewith return 111 to thrt Home of Khpresentatlvei, In which n<Hy If originated, with my objections to Its paeaago. The bill, as It was Mint to the Senate from the Homo of ItepreaeuUtlvaL .was confined In Its proviriohs to ths «bj|ci filmed 'Jn ns'til|le, which Is that of VAti a«t to t reilrlit the immigration of Chltfeae io, t|o‘Hpltfd The only means adopted to secure the proposed object was the limitation In the number of Chinese parfSingers which might bo brought to this country' by my ens vessel to fifteen, and as this number was not fixed in any proportion to the size or tonnagu of the vessel, or by any consld’eratioe of tin safety 6r, Acconunodutioif of tb«e f passepgerl, th# simple purpeaq ftfd eßiciofthe enactment were to repress thia Immigration to mi extent falling but little short of its absolute exclusion- ’ » . The billy as amended in the Senate, and now preecu ted t<> 11)e. Includes an independent and additional provision, which alms nt and in (esm* requires the abrotrnliou, by Iht* Government, of Arts. 5 and 0 of th? treaty with China, commonly '.called the Burllngstn* Treaty, through the action of the Executive, enjoined t>y thia provision of the act. The Burlingame Treaty, of which ratifications were exc hanged al I’ekln, Nov.* 23, IStlll. recites as the occasion and motive of its negotiation by the two Governments that •-since the conclusion of the.treaty between the .United State* of America and the Ta Tsing Empire (China) of the ]Bth June, 1858. clrcnm- ! stances have arisen showing the necessity of ivldillnuat firtiytlfs thereto," and proceeds tb in agreement as to said additional articles. There negotiations, therefore, ending by the signature ot the additional articles July 28, 1808, bail for their object the completion of our treaty rights and .obligations toward the Government of ChinabV the iucorporAllon of these new articles ns thenceforth parts Of the principal treaty te which they .are. mode supplemental*. Upou the settled rules of interpretation applicable to uncn shprilenipntal negotiations, the text of the principal 'treaty and of these “additional articles_thereto/’ constitute one treaty, from the conclusion of the new negotiations, in all parts of equal aniLcnucurrent force and obligation between the two Governments, and, to all intents aud purposes, as if embraced in one instrument. The principal treaty, of which the ratifications were exchanged Aug. 16. 18511, recites that “The United States of America and the Ta Tsing Empire, desiring to maintain firm, lasting and sincere friendship, have resolved to renew in a manner clear and positive, by means of a treaty or general convention of peace, amity and commerce, the rules of Which shall in future be mutually observed in the intercourse of their respeotlve . countries," and proceeds in. its thirty articles to lay out * careful and comprehensive system for the commercial relations of our people with China. The main substance of all the provisions of this treaty is to define nnd secure the rights of our people in respect of access to, residence and protection in, and trade with China. The aotnal provisions in our favor in the<*e respects were framed to be, and have, been found to be, adequate aud appropriate to the interests of our commerce, and by the -concluding article we receive the important guarantee “that should at any time the Ta Tsing Empire grant to »ny Nation, the merchants or citizens of any Nation, any right, privilege or favor connected cither with navigation, commerce, political, or other intercourse which is not conferred by this treaty, such right, privilege and favor shall at once freely inure to the benefit of the United States, its public ofUcers, merchants and citizens.” Against this body of stipulations in oiir favor,and this permanentengagement of equal, ity in respect of all future concessions to foreign Nations, the general promise of permanent peace and good offices on our part seems to be the only equivalent. For this the first article undertakes as follows: " There shall be, as there have always been, peace and friendship between the United Slates of America and the Ta Tsing Empire, and between their people respectively. They shall not insult or oppress each other for any trifling cause, sons to produce an estrangement between them, aud if any other Nation should act unjustly or oppressively, the United Slates will exert their good offices, on being informed of the case, to bring about an amicable arrangement of the question, thus showing tbeif frieiidly feelings.", • ' At the date of the negotiation* of this treaty, our Pacific possessions had attracted a considerable Chinese emigration, and the advantages aud the inconveniences felt or feared therefrom had become more or less manifest, hut they dictated no stipulations on the subject to be Incorporated in the treaty. The year 18118 was marked by the striking event of a spontaneous Embassy from the Chinese Empire, headed by an American citizen, Anson Burlingame, who had bis diplomatic representation of his own country nrChfna to aH-uiuO that of the Chtncsb Empire to flbe United States aud the European Nations. By tills time tire facte of Chinese immigration nnd its nature, influence, present and prospective, had become more noticeable and were more observed by the, population immediately affected, aid by this Governmciit. The principal feature of the Burlingame Treaty was its attention to and its Ireatuieut of Uie Chinese Immigration, and the Chinese as forming, or as they should form, A par*ol onr population. Up to this time our nneovenanted hospitality to immigration, our fearless liberty of citizenship, our equal and comprehensive justice to aH inhabitants, whether they abjured their foreign nationality or hot, our civil freedom mid our religious toleration, had made all comers welcome, nnd under these protections the Chinese in considerable numbers had made their lodgment upon our soil. Tiie Burlingame Treaty under,akes to deal with this situation, and its fifth ami sixth articles embrace its most Important provisions in this regard, and the main stipulations in which theChlnese Government has secured an obligatory protection of its subjects within our territory. They read as follows: . “Abt. 5. The United Slates of America and the .Emperor bf China .cordially recognize the inker, rent and inalienable right of man to change l*is home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of traut*. or as permanent residents. The high contracting parties, therefore, join in reprobating any other than an entirely voluntary emigration for these purposes. They consequently .a-’ieo to puss laws making it a penal offense for a citizen of the United States or Chinese subjects to talii Chinese subjects dither to the United State* or to any other foreign chnntry; or for a Chinese subject or citizen of the United States to take Cltisens of the United States to Chinai or to any other foreign countQ-, withotU-Uxeir free and VolAntary consent, resnefitlvely. “Abt 6. Citizens-Of the VnitodStales visiting er residing in CTjifha'shfifl ■ enjoy thd Xaiuq privileges, exejnptions in respect to travel or resldonoe Mmav t hen* be fenfojed, by the citizens qr gnjActs -ot' fix! most favored -Nation ; and, rqCiiitbcaHj-. Chinese subjects visiting or residing ifi ,'Ui.e VfiiWA States shall enjoy flic snme priviiqtretglnimuhWcs aud exemptions in re81>ect to travel br reaNetft* as may there b« enjoyed by the titiaenk or subjects of-the most,favored Natiiyi, But, Jiothing herein contained shall be heM’lo confdr jMlfiirSlization Upon citizens of the United States-H chlua nor upon the, eutfleefi! of C-hrftaa in tbfe Ufitted Stalas." j* An examinauop of tliesctwo articles in the light, of the experieihte -illiret fufluehttrf’ their necessity, wilhftiow.that th* Atlh articlp’ivas framed In hostlllly*k> seemed the prtnofpnl mischief to be eutoded agaiusK ,Aft-wit: The introduction oT'-sCCntWe' Jahorers by methods which should havfi the character of h forced and sen'll* Importation, and not of a voluntary emigration of freemen seeking our shores upon motives and in a manner consistent with tlie system of our institutions and approved by the experience of the Nation. Unquestionably the adherence of the Government of China to these liberal principles of freedom in emigration with which we were so familiar, and with which we are so well satisfied, was a great advance toward opening that Empire Jo our civilization •nd religion, and gave promise in the future of greater and greater practical results in the diffusion throughout that great population of our Arts nnd industries, our manufactures, our material improvements, and the scutimenls of Government and religion, which seems to us sp Important to the welfare of mankind. The first clause of this article secures thia acceptance by China of the American doctrines of free miration to and fro among the peoples ami races of the earth. The second clause, howcvwr. In its reprobation of “ any other than an entirely Voluntary emigration" by both the high contracting parties, and in the j reciprocal obligations’Jhwreby are- secured the solemn and unqualified engagement on the part of the Government of China to pass laws maklng.lt a penAl offense for a citizen of the United States or Chi nese subjects to take Chinese suMectt eitberlo the United States or td any other foreign cotinfrv without th to; free and voluntary consent, couslb tntes the great force and value of this article. Its importance both in principle and in its practical service toward our protection agiiinst servile importallon In the guise vs Immigration cannot he overeatimated. It com mlts the Chinese Governtnent to active mid efficient measures to suppress this iniquitous system Where those rA'-'asurt s nr* most necessary and can be most effectual. Itgive< to the Government a footing of ir-'tdy right to such measures mul means, and opportunity of inslating upon tftslr adoption and tn complaint and resentment st their neglect. The fifth article, therefore, If It fall short of what the pressure of-lM** experience of our Pacific State* may nrg* npon the attention of this Government, as essential to public welfare, seems to lie in the right direction and to contain Important advantages whiob, once relinquished, canned bo easily recovered. The second topic which interested the two Governments under the actual conditions of thing* which prompted the Burlingame Treaty was the adequate protection under the solemn apd definite gttaraatess of the treaty, of Chinese .Alrerifly, tn this country and, I those who should seek Olik, shores. This ,was the object and forms the subject of the sixth I,Article by whose reciprocal engagetaent the citizens anu sublects of the two Governments respectI other are secured the same privileges, Irnlniinnles, or.exemptions tbgre etjjoyea by the citizens of subjects of the most favored NatiotiS, Ibe tj-eakv of 1858, to which these .ajtiC|loa are made eupptamental. provide* for KWreal amount or privilege and protection both "of ths persons aiid propertv or American citizens In China. But k in upon the sixth article that, the

main body or the treaty-right* and aecurttiea of the Chinese already In this country depend. It* abrogation, were tUc rest of the treaty left In force, would leave them to each treaiml pt a* w* should volentarlly accord them by ouidaw* and customs. Any treaty obligation would he wuntlpg 'to restrain our liberty of action toward them. Or measure or anythin the right of tlldChinese Uov'ernnient to rodresb In their buhalf. The hqme of ten years since the negotiation of the Bt'r llngame Treaty ha* exhibited to the notice of the Chinese Government, as, wall aa to our own people, the working of thia experiment of Immigration In great numbers of L'bluetiv' laborers to thia country, and their main!*nance here of all tialta of race, religion, manners and ctiatoms, habitation, mode of life, rerrtgstion Imre. ahd the keeping up of the ties of their i rlgimo Ifomix which atatnp them ns stranger* and sojonrtiOts, mid not aa Incorporated element* of out hutlonal life and growth. This experience may naturally suggest a reconsideration bf the subject ns dealt with by the Burlingame Treaty, and may properly become the occasion for more direct and circumspect recognition In renewed negotiations of the difficulties atirrunndlng this political uud social problem. It may well be that, to the apprehension of the Chinese, Government tioiis* than our own, the simple provisions of the Bur lingamp Treaty may need to bo replaced by more careful methods, securing the Chinese and ourselves ngulnst a larger and more rapid Infusion of this fb race than our system of Industry and so claty/tan take up and assimilate with case and Safety. This ancient Government, rullag n polite and sensitive people, distinguished by a high sense of Mgtlonal pride, ytay properly desire the adjustment of their relations with us, which would In all things confirm and lit no degree endanger the .permanent peace, and amity, and growing commerce, and prosperity, which it has been the object and effort of our existing treaties to cherish and perpetuate. I regard the very grave discontent of the people of the Pacific States with the present working of the Chinese Immigration, and their still graver apprehensions therefrom In the future, ns ne-ervlng [he most serious attention of the people of the whole countiy, a solicitous Interest on the part of Congress and the Executive. If this were not my own Judgment, the passage of this hill by both houses of Congress would impress upon me the serionsnesa of the situation, when a majority of (he representatives of the people of the whole eotfntry bud thought It necessary to Justify so serious a* measure of relief. The authority of Congress to terminate a treaty with a foreign Power by expressing the will of the Nation no longer to adhere to it Is us free from controversy under our Constitution as is the Birther proposition that the power of making new treaties or modifying existing treaties is not lodged by the Constitution in Congress, but in the President by and with the advice and consent of the f’eiinte. ns shown by the concurrence of two-thirds of that body. A denunciation of a treaty by’any Govern-” meut Is confessedly Justifiable only upon some reason, both of the highest justice and of the highest necessity. The action of Congress fit the matter of the French Treaties In 1798, If it be regarded as an abrogation by this Nation of the subsisting treaty, strongly Illustrates the character and degree of juslifleation which was then thonght suitable th such a proceeding. The preamble of the act recites that “ The treaties concluded between the United States and France have been repeatedly violated op the part of the French Government, and hist claims of the United States for the reparation of injuries so committed kpve been refused, ai.dlheir attempts to negotiate the amicable adjustment of all complaints between the two Nations have been repelled with indignity*." and that “ under the authority of the French Government there is yet pursued against the United States a system of predatory violence, infracting said treaties and hostile to the rights of a free and independent Nation." The enactment as a logical consequence of these recited facts declares " that the United States are of right freed and exonerated from the stipulations of treaties of the Consular Convention heretofore concluded between the United States and-France, and that the same shall not henceforth be regarded as legally obligatory ou the Government or the citizens of the. United Slates.” The blstorv of the Government shows no other instance of the abrogation of a treaty by Congress. Instances have sometimes occurred yhere the ordinary legislation of Congress has, by its conflict with some treaty obligations of the Government tow ard foreign Pow ers, taken effect as an infraction of a treaty, bad been generally declared to be operative to that result. But neither such legislation, nor such judicial sanction of the same, has been regarded aa an abrogation, even for the moment, of the treaty. On the contrary, the the treaty, in such cases, still subsists between the Governments, and the casual infraction is repaired by appropriate satisfaction in the maintenance of the treaty. The bill before me does not enjoin upon the President the abrogation of the entire Burlingame Treaty, much less of the principal treaty of which it is made the supplement. As the power of modifying an existing treaty, whether by adding or striking out a provision, is a part of the treaty making power nnder the Constitution, its exercise is not competent for Congress, nor would the assent of China tothis partial abrogation of the treaty make the action of Congress in thus procuring an amendment of the treaty a competent exercise of authority under the Constitution. The importance, however, of this special consideration seenu superseded by the principle that a denunciation of a part of a treaty not made on the terms of the treaty itself separate from the rest is a denunciation of the whole treaty. As the other high contracting party has entered into no treaty obligations except such aa include tbc part denounced, the denunciation by one party of the part necessarily liberates the other party from the whole treatv. I am convinced that whatever urgency might in any quarter or by any interest be supposed to require the instant suppression of further immigration from China, no reason can require the immediate withdiawalol'our treaty protection of the Chinese already in this country, and no circumstances can tolerate an exposure of our citizens In China, merchants or missionaries, to the consequences of so sudden an abrogatiou.of their treaty protection. Fortunately, however, the actual recession In the flow of immigration from China Io the Pacific Coast, shown by trustworthy statistics, relieves us from any apprehension that the treatment of the subject in the proper course of diplomatic negotiation* will introduce any features of discontent or disturbance among tbc comuMinitira directly affected. Were such delays fraught with more inconveniences than have ever been suggested by the interests most earnest in promoting this legislation, I cannot but regard the summary disturbance ofonr existing treaties with China as vastly more inconvenient—to much wider and more permanent inter ests of the country. J have no occasion to insist upon more general consideration of the interest and dnty which sacredly gnard the faith of the Nation in whatever form of obligation ft may have been given. These sentiments animate the deliberations of Congress and pervade the minds of our whole people. Our history gives little occasion for any reproach in this regard, and In asking the renewed attention of Congress to this bill, I am persuaded their action will maintain public duty and public honor. It B. Hayes. Executive Mansion, March 1,1879-

PERSONAL AND LITERART.

—Ben Butler’s annual income from money invested in -stocks and bonds at bowel), Mass., is rated in the tax-list at $75,000. —Mr. Gladstone is said to be a pianist of no mean merit, and he has a sweet and powerful voice, which he loves to exercise. —The Health of General W. S. Rosecrans has failed rapidly since the death of his brother, the Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, a few months ago.

—Mr. B. F. Jonas, the newly-elected United States Senator from Louisiana, will be the third Israelite who has occupied a seat in the Senate. The others were David- Yulee, of Floridapand Judah P. Benjamin, of Louisiana. —Mr. Dennis Towne,of Ware, Mass., is now arranging plans for an immense bonfire on the next Fotorjh of July night on the highest mountain peak in Ware, where he intends to burn a hogshead or two of kerosene oil. —The Rev. Leonard Bacon has suggested to the New Haven (Conn.) Common Council the propriety of celebrating, the next Fourth of Jutv, the one hundredth anniversary of the invasion of New Haven by the British. —A man lives near Farmersville, Pa., In a hut constructed by himself of snow, a fence and some boughs. He begs his victuals from the farmers. He is Known as Dutch Jake, and can speak five languages fluently. He is well known at Lafayette College. -The late Admiral tioldsborough was one of the most uncivil officers in the navy. It is related of him that he once found in his room the card of a young man attached to the diplomatic corps, who had called during the Admiral's absence. Not long after, the young man accosted him on the street and asked: “ Did you get my card, Admiral?” He shouted out “Yes! and what’s the meaning of E. P. that you wrote on it?” “Why, that means en personnt., that is, * 1 called in person.’ “Itdoes, eh!” said the Admiral, who went off in a mood of disgusted meditation. In a few days he returned the cadi by sending his ~ card around by a messenger, first writing 8. B. N. in one J he lwo met - “ Yo '.’ rcceivea my card, 3W'you?” inquired, the Admiral. “Yes, and what does 8. B. N. mean?” asked the polite young man. “ Sent by a negro!*’ thundered the Admiral. .

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—Salt fish are qtiiokMt and beat freshened by soaking in sour milk. —Thistle tea is Used in Texas to cure the heart disease. —Corn oobs charred and pounded arc greatly liked by fowls. —Kerosene will soften boots or shoes which have bfien hardened by water,' .•and render them as pliable as new, i —Tp prevent meat • 'from burning, seta cup of water in the oven while baking. It will prevent meats. qr bread from burning. —Salt will curdle.uew milk; hence, In preparing milk porridge, gravies, die., that should not be added until the dish is prepared. ' —When about to set out young ape pie trees examine the roots for the woolly aphis; which resembles white mold. Washing the routs In carbolic acid soap suds or in a strong decoction of tobacco- will destroy this insect. —Fried Cakes. One teacup of cream; one egg, well beaten; piece of saleratus the size of a hickory nut; teaspoonful of salt, and flour enough to make them roll out thin. Fry in hot lard until of a light brown. —Nice Breakfast Dish.—Cold mashed potatoes, made into little balls and slightly flattened; dip them into an egg slightly, so as to mix the yelk and white; roll them in cracker crumbs. Fry them in hot lard Or butter. Send to the table hot. —Bird’s-Nest Pudding.—Pare and core tart apples; All the openings with butter ana sugar; put into a pan a heaping teaspoonful of dry t&pioca and sugar to each apple; then put in the apples; sprinkle over them cinnamon; fill the pan nearly full of water and bake. —Oatmeal Blanc-Mange.—Take one quart of boiling water, slightly salted, or boiling water will do, and two heaping tablespoonfuls of oat flour, mixed in a little cold water to form a paste, and stir into the boiling milk, ana continue to stir it twenty minutes. Turn it into a mold. May be eaten either cold or warm, with sugar and cream. —ls horses and cows are allowed a large range of fertile feed all at once it is the nature of the animal not to go quietly to feeding, but to run all over the inclosure, examine the boundaries, snatch a mouthful of feed now and then as they run, and Anally come to the yard at night tired and over full, having tramped down more than they have eaten. Molasses Candy.—One pint of sugarhouse syrup; one teacup of brown sugar; a small piece of soda. Put this in a tin dish and boil until done. When it will snap it is done. This is easy to tell if you'drop it in water, or pour a little on snow. Be sure and not let it, burn; and do not put in the soda until it is nearly done. Pour on a greased tin. When cool enough pull until it is white. - •' : - ■ ~ —The Indianapolis Journal announces from oflicial statistics that the annual sheep production of the Hoosier State has fallen nearly one-half since 1870, the number then being about 1,9C0,000, while now there are less than 1,000,000. But the production of dogs has increased in about the same ratio; and although each sheep, for wool, mutton, or increase, is worth on an average about $3.50, the people seem to prefer to maintain dogs, which cost as much as sheep and return no profit, but are generally a nuisance. —Stewed Rabbit (English Style.)— r Cut the rabbit up in nice-sized pieces, wash well and dry. Then fry them a nice brown. Take two large onions, slice very thin, fry also, and dredge with flour. Put all in a saucepan, with pepper, salt, and some good stock—or water, with herbs, mixed, carrot and turnip—but if possible the stock, as only the onions are served with it Let it stew gently two hoars ; rub down a piece of butter - with a little catsup, or hot sauce. Just too minutes before serving, stir all together. —Carrot Soup. —Procure six fine red carrots, scrape and wash well, slice very thin ; also, TWO heads of celery, two onions, two ounces of ham, similarly ; two cloves, one blade of mace, one sprig of thyme, one teaspoonful of salt, one of sugar, half-teaspoonful of pepper, one small bay-leaf if handy ; place the whole in a stew-pan with three ounces of butter ; stew gently for one hour, rub through a,flour-sieve, place the pulp in same stew-pan. add two-quarts of “ stock” or broth, and bring to a boil, stirring all toe time; add a little plain boiled rice ; in the absence of broth, add a little milk, or water. —West Suttield, Mass., counts among its residents an alleged “fiend who puts his two motherless boys to daily torture,” and who, to make his wife’s dying hours more sorrowful, dragged one of her children into her room and flogged it severely.

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