Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Volume 8, Number 21, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 December 1876 — Page 5

TO-DAY AYD TO-MORROW.

BYf*ItAI.I MASSET.

ljitrh hopes that burnel lik* stars sublime, Gotlown tfae h«nv»*n KrcMi«m Anl true hearts perish in the time

Webiifrlii'tt iiesil them But

B('.V*T FTOT

«-e it wn umlsny

There'# tliii^c It'fi but sorrow We w»lii tin* wilnerness to-iluv, The promioi-J linl to-morrow.

Our bir-ls of sonj? «re silent now,

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Then are no tlower* blooming: I Tet lifeh-au iatitc 'roxen bitigli. Aii• e-Jom'i »l»ruiiC is vimin(r

Anl Free low's tide nouin* upulway, Though we may-taint in sorrow A.ml our fcoj-.biirnue agromul t»-uay. •hull flout again u-niurrow.

.Through *1 the loryf. dark niarlits of year#, The i» o|ilo's ry n:eMl.ttIi An 1 irllt i* wet with blond anl tears,

But our meek •uffiiraricc emlctli •The -w sliuil no1 fori'vi-r nays, The my toil In sorrow

a

The pi wo

ID

iifcii-thare utionpr to-nay,

But heuvon shall »tile to-morrow.

^Though hearts brood o'er the past, our eyes Willi smiling feuturo# glisten For lo! .r'lay bursts up tlie skies,

Julian out vour suiiLaii't listen lThe wor rolls Fro

MIOUI'Sradiant

way,

And ripens with her *urrow Keep heart, who bear the cross day, Mha 1 wear ttaJ r.mwa to morrow.

Otolith! flame earnest, still aspire, With energies immortal To many a neaven of desire,

Our veariilug ope* a,p*rtir And though age wearieOjy the way, And hearts break in tho furrow, We'll s»w the .lden*r*i" to-day,

And harvest comes u.morrow

/.Build up heroic li«H, aad all Be like a iliealUea sabre -Ready to flash out atttiodls ca I,

O, cfiivalry of labwr.! Triumph and toil are'twlns and a,,#, Jov turn thecl*nd of sorrow '•ad'tin the martrydom to-lay,

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Briug's vietory t-iri"irow.

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WASHINGTON.

.he True Tale of Grant'* Glibness.

»ow he Checkmated Chandler, Sbsrmaa & Co.

tOfusing to lie made the Party Scapegoat.

Ibig Breach IK the REPUBLICAN I Ranks.

political Points and Ctprtal Cull1 ings.

fcecial Dispatch to Ciuciuaatii Enquirer. WASHINGTON, I»ec. *5,11876. 1 FAKF.WELL, FLORWA. ",1 find that tlie impressiou is becoming •ted that the vote of Florida will be ifei rrown out of the Electoral oownt altoither, knd neither side will getthe credit

J,fits four Electoral votes. This will lake the College stand, in the aggregate Jij, .instead of 369 votes. TiUJen and L^endnicks having 184 votes—oae more 'an a'majority—will therefore be deH^ared legally elected. There »o 'lon-[-r tuy talk here about Oregon, as the ,.nae of interest

has

|U \T

I THE

(jadmany

centered ia Florida,

liR \NTS INTERVIEW MEAN*— "©LB MAN" KICKINC OUT«F TUB TARTV TRACES. Ever since Morton made his

rd«s-,

:ent

o'sition on the part of the more extreme Republicans to modify their views wita», rferenoe to forcing Hayes into the PresI ieney, 4»eaceably or forcibly. It is beived that when at home Morton 6aw

VtdenceoB the part of the people that I 'iey did not propose to be cheated out of letr rights. He returned and coramuniited hw ^prehensions to others who 'ere as solicitous for Hayes' success as itn«elfaod a faalt.was dered. Rbeime next order .f the extremists re)ded from their position to low catMe why they had ^er assumed such a defiant one. They new that in the end they would have to ike the back track, and it became nec#sa- to have tome one to put forward the scapegoat, under whose lead thev ad followed. They consulted and a-' reed upon their tactics, which were that ran: should be made the ass of theconiracv, and when the proper time came was to be made to bear the burden, hich Morton, Logan, Sherman, and there were to crawl out of and excuse lemselves, by transferring the responbilitv of tne usurpation of law, the Courts, ad ordinary decency, upon him. They new that he would be of no nse to jiem after the 4th of March, and thereire selected him as the Isaac for sacrifice, some means Grant got wind of their :heme and vfaxed' wroth. He knew.-he:

.tad been cheek-byjowl with them, but fld things he cojild not have done not John Sherman and Morton goadhim to desperate measures. Without aunseling with Don Cameron or Fish, took the matter in his own hands to Srve notice on those prepared to go ack on hiin that he was advised of their Mention, and did not propose to have irust upon himself singly what should equally borne by others. Accordigly, he sent for the agent of the Asjciated Press on Sunday, and had him repare the latest interview printed in the

Inquirer yesterday His desire was to dvise the schemers in particular, and the ublic in general, that he was willing to •cede from the position that he would jaugurate Hayes by force of arms, and ij thus taking time by the forelock to lake this declarado'n circumvent the lan of Morton, Sherman & Co., to lake the public believe that he was. The Srtements contained in the. interview

refully

analyzed are. in brief, that he

ad never declared who was or who was ot elected, and that he had ro connecon with or relation to any such declaraon. T.e be more pointed President rant means to say "John Sherman nd Governor Oliver Morton have been utting me in the false attitude of delaring that Hayes is elected, whereas he declaration was original with you. now repudiate it, and serve you notice 1 advance that you can not use me as he monkey to stick uiy-fingers in the fire trhile yours remain unharmed." The remblication ot the interview has created iuite a sensation here. It is construed is the first real omen of the break up of he Presidential conspiracy. It is beieved that within" ten days the conspiraors will be trying to get even with each other, and then the old adage, "When hieves fall out," &c., will be exemplified, lorton is terribly vexed. No doubt a trong influence will at once be set to ork to again "bull-doze" "the old man." will be harder work, however, the cxt time, as Grant is again losing faith human nature. .*£ 'v:

The Black Scandal.

His Defense and the new attack Made by the Sentinel.

Som8 Fearful big Lies out samewhere.

Mr. Shoemaker Details the Act ual Facts of his Interview With Black.

Mr. Hendersontells how he CaHod on Voss, wbo was satisfled of the truth of the

Charge.

And who had suspected his Reverend Friend of Nesthiding all Along.

Mr. Piercy Denounces the Blackmail charge as an Outrageous Libel.

FROM THK INIM

ANAPOLI8

ICVENING

NEWS.

Last evening the elders and- deacons ofthe Central Christian church held a meeting at the residence of Ovid llutler, Esq, and Elder Black submitted the promised statement in refutation of the charg es prefered against him by the Sentinel. This statement is quite lengthy,but it aim* at a particular account of all the issues likely to arise from this scandal. First he delaved answer in order to ascertain to what length the Sentinel would go. he acting under advice of his attorneys

Second. He recounts the discussion between himself and Mr. Voss 011 the propriety of Miss Corinne Voss going so far a distance as Ft. Scott without escort,and having business in Terre Haute and Shelby ville, Illinois, prior to her start,promised the father, if necessary, he would meet her at Terre Haute and see that she was properly cared for. Mr. Black here recites the long years of intimacy with the Voss family, and his particularly personal relations with Judge Voss, and soteumly denies wronj between himself and the girl.

THE BLACKMAIL CHARGES. I now call the attention of the brethren to certain facts which may tend to show you and tne public the reason why this malicious and damning scandal has been published against me. I- verily believe that the object and purpose of the articles as published were solely to oxtort money from brother Voss and iny.elf On Saturday afternoon after the publication ot the first article, and before any names were mentioned, I met, at the 6tate auditor's office, John C. Shoe naker, president of the Sentinel company Ed Henderson, secretary of the Sentinel company, a stockholder and auditor of state John H. Piercy, deputy auditor ot state, and we had a consultation regarding this matter.

John C. Shoemaker promised me, on hi« honor as a man, that nothing more, *liould apperr in the Sentinel about this affair, and if any one connected with the Sentinel should write anythiug derogatory to my character he would be discharged Mr. Henderson also promised it should be stopped. Mr. Piercy, my 'friend, deeply regretted the publication of the article.

That night about one o'clock, Brother Piercy came'to my house, called nie fmm bed, and said: "I have just come from Brother Voss's and he is troubled to death over this matter, and, Billy, I am afraid they will ruin you. They say they have the dead-wood on you. I advise you to pay money and stop it." I asked how much it would take to stop it. He said: "Not le-s than 110,000: I advise you pay it Billy, and get out. Iam your friend I care nothing for thejm, but 1 want to save you." I told him I would see about it. He said he would relurn next morning and as he did not come at the hour appointed, I went up to his house. SVe then proceeded to my study-room at the church, and I told him I did not nave the money, but would give him hiv note payable in thirty days for the "amount. He tnen said they wanted $5,000 from me, and $5,000 out of Voss 1 told him Vdss should not pay anything that he was not to blame in the least, and I would 1 pay every cent which had to be- paid.

I told hiin to tell Brother Voss of my determimation. That afternoon (Sunday) I saw him again and he said the" swore and foamed when they found' that he had seen Vo»s, and Voss had said he would not pay a cent. He produced a well written article, which was to appear editorially in the-Sentinel if the money was paid, which among other things said: 'The fair name of our city has bber) preserve that they were happy to be able to state that the parties in the scandal

set

out in Saturday's issue did not live in this city." We agreed to meet at the Auditor's office at nine o'clock that evening, where the papers were to be made out. I went and met him. He said: "It is all up the Sentinel folks have heard that Voss is enraged, and furiously threatens to sue for $50,000, in consequence of which negotiations are ended.

My reasons for consenting to this proposition were to gain time,and that I might find out who was instigating these caluininous stories, and that I might get at the facts. I thought it best to humor it for the time being, because I was troubled and anxious in mind and did not knew to what ends they might resort to ruin me.

During the time that Brother Piercy was negotiating with me he was also treating with Brother Voss upon the same subject. So far as any negotiation with Brother Voss is concerned that will fully appear on reading his affidavit.

I further state, on my own affidavit,

THE TERRE HAUTE' WEEKLY GAZETTE

and that of O. T. Boaz, that on the Sunday nighton which we wen^to St. Louis, at the Ur.'ot Depot in this city, J. W. Bingham, city editor of the Senti iel during conversation, made th.- follo'vinj proposi ion: lie said to ine. "There is a chance now for you to *li| out. "We will fasten i' upon a man with a light moustache, and then we ll strike ul the voting lady and old man Voss." I replied: "If but one has to gt down. I will be th? ie. I is with that yoang ladv, and knuv she did oo'hin^ wrong."

Fi)ll.)'viit. 'hi -Uen-nt are nflida viufromM, -. S Moire and her daugh cr La-ira. 1115 Wj-'ii igton street, St. Louis, that MWs Vns spent the night at their house, ..liarithe chamber with La-ira a'li lavlt fr.rn .1 nisht clerk of Hurst'* hotel that Elder Black ro nvd at this hotel alone, and leafo th* rr.jUter with his name on it affidavits from waiters at the St. Louis union dep dinning room that persons answering the descriptions and photographs of Eider iJlack and Miss Voss breakfasted there and also affidavits from Judge Vos and wife that Piercv atttemp'.cd to per-u.ide Voss to silence tlie maj^er by ing $ 10.000.

FROM THK INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL.

The notorious divine (?A was before the elders of his church on Tuesday night and submitted Itis statem rut explanatory of the charge th it foun I publicity through the columns of the Sentinel. Eider Black ha-! fallen—10 iallv, religiously and ministerially he is d.r.id. His friends may as wdl nmsuce writing his epitaph.

We take no pleasure in writing this of Elder B!nck. Heuinth* prime of his manhood. He his a wife and seven! children. He has been thj pastor of a large and wealthy church He is looking—a inanofge iemu» impulses, say those who know him, but, unibrtunately/as is sated l« s-vne who hive know'n him long and well, without earnest connections, weak and liable to fall when confronted with strong temptation. otwi hstaiiding our space is valuable, we must devote sotne of it to Elder Wl.iek. A man in his position ought to be as fir removed from falsehood as heaven is from i.ell. He ought to have clean hands There should lie no deception found iu his dealings with men or womin. Does he come up to this standard. Let us see. He

said

he was not in St Louis

on that fatal night, that he was in Terre Haute. If this declaration .d been true, Elder Black would be to-uay a f-ee man as it is he is fettered with fasehood. With this statement he went to Mr. John C. Shoemaker, to Mr. E. Henderson, to Mr. J. II. Piercy and others. A Christian minister, solim.ly declaring his innocence, these gentlemen were disposed to be ieve him. The statement., if it had been true, established his innocence in this ca e. But unfortunately for Elder Black he told a deliberate lie. He was not iu Terre Haute on that night 110, lie was in S:. Louis. Elder Black is unf-.rtunate, terribly unfortunate. FrienJs may gather around him and weep with him off^r him consolation, but he is a ruined man. He has lost his grip on truth. Passion triumphed over consience, judgement, marriage and ministerial vows. He is a wreck. He lms lied. We could use even a harsher term, but we are not prosecuting Elder Black. He is making a thorough and terrible analysis of his character a necessity. Elder Black has not commenced reconciling statements the task will be one of terrible humiliation. A fabric of lies can not stand. Truth only can eventually triumph. When Elder Black enters the furnace one like unto the Son of God will not walk with him. He will be consumed. His triumph will be of short duration His theory of his case defective. His own sworn statement is terribly defective. We shall compel Elder Black to commence at the beginning. We tell him now to husband his resources. We ask his attention to the declaration of "Brother Voss." that he had been "suspected"—a minister suspected by his friend and brother We shall ask his attention to a great many things. Pos­

sibly

Brother Black will ask the interposition of the courts we invite him to try that ordeal. His blackmail subterfuge will not avail h.m. He will find it a case beyond the reach of his "black pepper remedy." The case is now fairly opened, we shall pursue it to finis.

MR SHOEMAKER'S STATEMENT. In Elder Black's statement made before the elders of his church, the following language occurs: 1 now call the attention of the breth ren to certain facts which may tend to show you and the public the reason why this malicious and damning scandal has

monev

from Brother Voss and myself.

On Saturday afternoon, after the publication of the first article and before any names were mentioned,! met at the state auditor's office, J.C Shoemaker, president of the Setitinal company Ed. Henderson, secretary .-entinaf company, a stockholder, anH auditor of state J.H. Piercy, deputy and aud.tor of slate, and we had a con-ultation regarding this matter.

John

cation

Shoemaker promised

me, 011 his li jiur as a maa, that nothiiU more should appear in the Sentinel about this affair, and if any one connected with

the

Sentinel should write anything

derogatory to my charac'er, he would be discharged." Some time during the forenoon ofSaturday Elder Black came into my o:tice in the Franklin insurance company building and called my attention to the morning's publication referred 10. This was my

first

knowledge that the publication

had appeared. Mr. Black, in a very truest and feeling manner, expressed his regrets that the publication had appeared, adding that the public

tninS

would cer­

tainly fix upon him as the party referred to

add

that this would inflict upon him

serious injustice, as he was entirely innocent that on the occasion relerred to he had not left Terre Haute, ot which he could and would produce canvincing proof. My reply to these statements of Elder Black was in substance that I knew nothing of the matter other than was disclosed on the face of the publication itself, which he had just stated, and that he had given me my first knowledge that such publi­

had appeared. I said that I saw

no reason to discredit his positive state­

ment

and which, if true, and if, as he supposed, the language of the article was such as to erroneously direct the public mind to him, the Sentinel had certainly done nim a wrong. I further stateci to Elder Black that the Sentinel management could hare no purpose for inflicting such a wrong upon any one I remarked that I would make careful in­

quiry as to the matter, ati^l if. as it then eemed from his statetnent, that he was not in St* Louis, he had Ibeen injured wrongfully and the wrong should be righted to the extent and the ability of the Sentinel to make the amend, adding that if he should think proper to make statement in relation thereto such statement should have a prominent p'.ice i:i the columns of the Sentinel.

Elder Black replied, in effect, th it he di not want to make anv statement cr have any made. That all he wished or asked was,that there should be no further allusion to the matter, at least lo.- the present, and until he should have time to produce evidence of his innocence^ an abundance of which evidence he could get in Terre Haute. On the faith of these statements I could do no Jess than to accede to his request.

In the afternoon of the same day I had occasion to visit the office of the auditor of slate. I found Elder Black there, and is I learned afterwards, for the purpose of assuring Mr. Henderson. Colonel Sh.iwand Mr. Piercy of his innocence an.l asking their kind offices in^ preventing further puolications in tliir' Sentinel. Before going sway he again spoke to me of the matter, calling attention and reminding me of our previo^ conversation an ofinv promise that no further publication sb uld be made. On the day following (Sunday) without seeking it and greatly to my surprise undoubted evidence was placed in my possession that Elder Black had gone to St. Lnjis in company with the lady referred to.

This information placed Elder Black in the podtion of having voluntarily made to me a false stateinenr, which I felt relieved me from the promise not to refer to the matter further until he should have time to procure the proposed proofs that he had not left T«rre Haute.

Regarding Elder Black as incapable of an untruthful statement and his solemn insertions that he was not in St. Lnuis on that fatal night, that he was in Terre Haute, impressed me that a wrong had been done him, which I desired to correct promptly and ully though elder Black's nunc hid not been mentioned. But when I learned that elder B'ack was not in Terrt Haute at the time he said he was there, that he was in St. Louis at the very time that he declared that he was in Terr* Haute, and with the lady he declared he was not with, I regarded his declarations made for the put pose of deceiving me and paid no further attention to them.

In the matter of any attempt to l*vv blackmail upon elder Black and Mr. Voss 1 have made the most careful inquiry so far as the charges relate to any person connected by ownership or otherwise with the Sentinel, and find the charge strictly in keeping with elder Black's declaration that he was not in St. Louis at the very time he was iu that city.

been published against me. I verily be- had our suspicions for months of their in lieve that the object and purpose of the timar.y,and we have been watching them. articles as published were solely to extort

John C. Shoemaker.

MR. HENDERSON'S STATEMENT. On Saturday, the day of the appearance of the first article in the Sentinel, known as the "Black Scandal," Elder Black came to my office in the afternoon, and with tears in hi* eyes protested his innocence of the charge in the article, which he said completely described him. After reiterating his friendship for me, he asked the favor that I should see the Sentincifolks and ..Have no further publication made until he could procure the testimony by which his innocence would be made as clear as the noon day sun. I promised to see.Mr. Shoemaker, preiidentofthe Sentinel company, and have further publications stopped for the time being. On leaving the private room of the office we found Mr. Shoemaker in the front room. Elder Black took him to the rear room of the office, and had a conversation with him, at which I was not present. On the same evening about 7 o'clock, Mr. John H. Piercy, deputy auditor of state, came to my residence and informed me that Mr. Fooley and Mr. Smith had been to his residence »nd requested him to come and see me, and use his influence in suppressing further publication. Mr. Piercy requested me to go with him to Mr. Voss's as he was in trouble. We went and found Mr. Voss in his sitting room alone, or perhaps his son was in or came in soon after. Mr. Voss was somewhat excited and entered into conversation immediately in reference to the •'Black scandal." He said his family were terribly excited, and his wife was almost crazy." lie feared she would become a maniac. He said he hadn't had an op portunity of seeing Black, but understood he was in the city, saving, "He must be skulking." Mr. Piercy and I both intorm ed him he had been at our office during the day. He then remarked that he feared the publication was true and they were guilty. He further remarked, "We have

If Black went on the train beyond TerHaute it fixed his guilt so far as he was concerned, and he could not live in this country. He would shoot him full of holes, if he had to follow him to the end of the earth. Mr. Piercy interposed, and informed Mr. Voss that Mr. Black had not gone beyond Terrt Haute, he had so informed him that he (B^ack) would swear before heaven that he remained over night l'erre Hau e, a id could prove by Mr, Geisendo. that he walked up in town with him. Mi. Voss rematked that if he remained over in Terre Haute, and co"Id prove it, of course he was innocent and '.heir intimacy and triendship would remain as before, and requested Mr. Piercy to so inform him (Black). During the conversation, at some point which I do not pretend to fix, Mr. mith came in and remarked that he was just from the Sentinel offi-e, and he regretted to say that after examining the evidence he was almost convinced that Black had gone on the train to St. Louis. Mr. Voss changed somewhat the spirit of his conversat'on, and asked me if I would see that nothing appeared in the next issue, or, if anything, simply a few lines saying the article appearing in yesterday's issue was iikely to turn out to be Mrs. instead of a Miss, and the gentleman not of this city, and the whole matter would be investigated by, the courts. I penciled down his suggestions and read it over. He said "That is good, I hope you will get it inserted."' Mr. Piercy and I then left, Mr. Voss remarking, "John, come back tonight and let me know the result." We then went to the Sentinel office and Mr. Shoemaker was not in. Having no authority to direct the editor as to any matter that $hould go in the paper, I went to see Mr. Shoemaker, the president, and place the matter before him. He went with me to Mr. Maynard, the chief editor, and requested that nothing should appear in the Sunday issue. On Sunday the word came to the Sentinel company that Mr. Voss and Mr. Black had been in consultation, and that Mr. Black

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and his attorney, Mr. Boaz, were going on the 11 o'clock p. m. train to St. Louis to work*up their defense, and Mr. Voss was threatening the Sentinel with a suit for libel. Mr. Shoemaker and myself alter consulting with other irentlemen agreed to send a rerro* mtative of the Sentinel on the sani* train. So Mr Bingham was s«'nt On Tuesday, the 26th. th.'H iv Vf rc the publication of Mr Black's state uent in the Journal he (Black), in my office, in the preserrce ot Mr. Aquilla Jones, proposed to strike from the defense in his and Voss's statements all allusion to blackmail, if the Sentinel would sgree not to comment on the defence or pursue the matter further. My answer was, the Sentinel could not enter into the agreement as to its future course in this matter. It woule be governed by what is considered right, not in the spirit of persecution, but if attackteJ it had the ability and determination to defend itself. As to the charge of blackmail tlio Sentinel had no fears. He also said in this or a previous conversation that the Sentine company owed to him the discharging of Messrs. Mayard and Bingham, who hrd pursued him in most a hellish sfvle. My reply to this was -.hat the Sentinel was a political paper and was reflecting the sentiments of the democratic parly, and Mr. Mavnard would remain as its cheif editor, etc.

This is my connection with the "Black scandal." and I would not have written a line had not my name appeared iq Mr. Black's statement. E. HENDERSON.

MR. PI ERCV'SSTATEMENT.

To the Editor of the Sentinel: SIR—Permit me to say. through the columns of your paper, that the state ment of G. Voss, Esq., and Elder Black, as publi-hed in to-day's Journal, so far as they relate to blackmailing, are false and libelous. The Sentinel company, neither by stock-holders nor employes, ever proposed to me that they would suppress any statement in reference to the scandal concerning Elder Black, for money or any other consideration. The first time I visited Mr Voss's house was in company with Mr. Henderson, After that time I visited him often at his owji personal solicitation and held interviews in reference to his unfortunate trouble, but no such communication ever took place between us in relation to the use of money as stated by htm.

The troubles ofthese parties were committed to my friendly confidence, and I did all I could for them in an honorable way. I feel that I have no rignt, unless in order to protect my own name, to lay before the public the history of the part 1 took in the transaction. Owing to the friendly relations existing between Elder Black and myself, I used all the influence I had to protect his character. He has been from childhood one of my most intimate and tried friends, and even now while stinging under the wrong he has done me, I cannot think evil of him. I much regret to be compelled to card the papers in tnv defense, but to have my name dragged before the public as priv^y to a blackmailing scheme, I cannot be silent. JOHN H. PIERCY.

SHORT AND TO THE POINT. Elder W. Black insinuate* that I attempted to blackmail him. I' is a lie. If he has made 'ti Uvit to that effect he is a perjurer. JOSEPH W. BINGHAM..

WOES OF A WART.

HOW A MAN FEELS WITH A CONSPICUOUS EXCRESCENCE ON THE 1KB OF HIS PROBOSCIS.

(Cblcafro Times.)

Mr.Homer H-wkins is ablighted being—a blighted being with a wart on the end of iu nose. The world looks dark and dreary to a man with a wart on the end of his nose. The sun may shine, but it shines not for him. Tht flowers mav bloom, but their beauty and fragrance are not for him. Think of a man inhaling the perfume ot a flower with a nose with a wart on the end ofit The heavens mav be blue, but they bring no holy calm to the soul of a man with a wart on the end of his nose. All nature may smile, but no ray of happiness brightens his gloomy heart The world is a desert drear and arid to such a man. Life is an empty bauble and existence a curse. He may be wealthy, but ridhes will not take the wart off the end ot his nose. He ma have genius, but the cold, relentless world frowns upon genius with a wart on the end of its nose. He may possess kindly heart and generous impulses, but the jeering world questions the motives of a man with a wart on the erid ot his nose. It never goes below the wart Whatever may be thi qualities of his mind or heart, it passes the man with a wart on the end of his nose coldly by. He is an insignificant, low-spirited being, is the man with a wart on the end of his nose, without love, without happiness and without hope. From the very honr when Mr. Homer Hawkins was big enough to see the wart on the end of his nose and to observe that the rest of the world had no wart on the end of its nose, he became a low-spirited being. The wart crushed out the happiness of his boyhood. That wart crushed out the natural sweetness of his na lire and de stroyed the bloom and freshness of ex istence. That wart followed him through life, anl though now he is a middle-aged ma 1, that wart still rankles in his bosom and bloom»on his nose. Heisadisao in:e 1 chierliii mi 1,

Washington.

A Message From Grant*

Those Electoral Votes.

WAsnisoroN, Dec 27.—The prtmJaaC in his message on the extradition ireatp between the United States and QnoC Britain snys it is with great satisfactioail have announce her majesty's HHIMS ment, while expressing iis demre not 6lv understood to recede from the intarpevtation which in its previous correspondence, it ha I put upon the treaty^ baft having regirl to the proipect of a n«ar treaty, and the power* posaetwed by either party, of spo itineoosly denouncing old one, caused the rearrest una mm the 4th inst., Brent, one of the fugitiva* who had been previously discharged anA iftcr waiting the requisite time im* which the fugitive is entitled p'y for his discharge, on the 2Mv inst. surrendered him to the agraft appoin ed on behalf of this government to receive and convey to the United States. As the surrender Brent by Oreit Britain, without condition or stipulation of any kind beiag .. asked, remove tho obstacle which interrjpted the execution of the trusty,

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world in general had a wart on 1 *2 of itsnosj, Mr. Hawkins might we'l be proud of the wart on the en of his nose. As warts go, it is a beautiful wart. It is a wart of fine, well-developed proportions. It sits gracefully on the very tip end of his nose. It is a seed wart, without the liability to decay and pass awav. If every body wore' warts at tlie ends of their noses, a great many of them would look with feelings of bitter envy upon Mr. Ha.vkins's wart. It would make him respected and looked up to. People would say that Mr. Hawkin's nose was elegantly wart-mounted. Society would exclaim. "What a beautiful nose!" The people with weak, puny, diminutive warts would shrink awa^y, be cast down, and thrown into utter insignificance by Mr. Hawkins's wart. Mr. Hawkins has often felt this wav, and wished that everybody had warts on the ends of their noses. But the usual and most desirable nose has no wart on the end of it, and the cruel world laughs and jeers at Mr. Hawkins.

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sha.l no longer abstain from making demands on Her Majesty's government lbr'« the surrender of fugitive criminals, nor from entertaining requisitions of that character from that government under the treaty of 1812, but will again reganf the treaty as operative, hoping to tec able before long to conclude with IZsr Majesty's government a new treaty of

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broader ana more comprehensiveaaiiire** The correspondence accompanying tbamessage includes the dispatches heretofore published, as f*r back as Juns anJL July of the present year. 8KMATE •INT COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The senatr branch of the joint committee on •hunting the electoral vote had a session of several hours duration to-day and weed confined principally to the- interchange dt views and suggestions in regard to thr^snbject. The house branch of the coiiw mittee has not yet held a meeting.

REMOVAL OP MUNITIONS.

In accordance with orders from Washington, all the ordnance stores at Sk arsenal, formerly Jefferson barare to be removed, the einnoik, overSOO in number, to Rock Island, an* he puns and .pistols to New York arsenal. Their removal ill commence alt once. The St. Louis ar«en^l is to be converted into a cavalry recruiting nt itioo.

FLORIDA

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Advices received to-day by the national Republican committee from their counsel and otbar* rominent northern Republicans now i» 'lorida, are to the effcct that the ro-can-vass ordered by the state supreme court'. applies only to thi votes for governor, Sks. ana does not refer to the votes for presidential electors. These adviues also* rnf hat the court's order is that, it re-count-ing the aforesiid votes, the questioa whether a county is so irregular, false or fraudulent, that the true vote ctnnot b* decided by the board, not on proofs shows them, but by merely inspecting the fac»of the returns. It is ooneede-i that theapplication of thess principlet 1o the vote for state officers will give them totne Democrat caudida'cs by two or three hu idred majority, but. the Republicans say it is evident that it it were possible to re-canvass the electoral votes the majorities for the Hiyeeand Wheeler electors would be at leaafc fr in 33 to 43, respectively, according tr* th* official c-r.ifioate of the d^rk of the* ard, dated and published November 23s h, which sut*d that the returns wei% that day opened b* the stale otnTawrs and that the votes for e'ecor» as officially announce from th* faoe of the retarns* in detail, aegregat- for Tho'. H. Lony,„ the lowest Repno ican elector, 21,323, anai for Wilkinson Call, the highest Democra'ic elector, 24,235. The Republican* counsel at Tallahassee also ipforw the committee that if the board were revise their findings as to the legularity of each return, on its face, thej would undo* this order of the court, and be obliged to* reject several county returns, thereby increasing the Hayes and Wheeler majoritjpto between 200 and 300.

A NEW YORK SENSATION!

Last Fridav a rare but not unparalle! ed scene occurred at the new fashionable Broadway hotel in New York—the Ross-m-re. Early in the afternoon a handsomely dressed lady called to see Mrs., Huntoon, the reputed wife of J. E. Hun---toon, well known as agent of the Clevoand, (Ohio) £ig1itning rod company., I'he two women met in the public par— «-•. lor, when the stranger asked the other how long she hail been married. The* answer was #two weeks." The strange:. lady then informed the bride of a fortnight tnat she ha4 been married toMr. Huntoon for twelve years, and ha#* five chifdren by him a bit oT information which quite disconcerted the„ prufessed wife, but "she hastily withdrew her claim. Learning that her unfaithful* spouse would return in an hour, the real.: wife proposed to wait for him, and persuaded the false wife to take to her room and wait there. The two repaired* to a luxurious aptrlment on tht parlor floor,and in a little while Mr. Huntooa returned. The proverbial braae of the lightning-rod professor did not d-sert him on this occasion. He greeted his true wife cor-, dially, askeJ after the cnrildren, and then coolly proceeded to iiis toilet 11© invited his wife to dine wriili himself and his mistress (for such she was, and knew :t pli the time), which was indignantly declined. .She asked him for $200 and the diamond pin wore (a birthday gift from herself), anJ th" in complied with these requests ?as complacently it he were swindling a customer. Fir* »equ?l will Ilea divorce suit. It sejms that the frail creature made the acquaintance of tho wicked husband in Boston, and he at onco became infatuated with her. He suit his wife to the old home in Bennington, Vt., a short time ago, and has been lavishing silks, laces and diamond on his mistress^1 so extravagantly that it reached his wife's ear. On her arrival in this city she tracked theguiltv pai~ to the Rossmore hotel,. ,* with the above resu't

PROBABILITIES.

Washington. Dec. 28—Indications for -, Tennessee and Ohio Valley, threatening weather and light snow, with slight changes in tfofc temperature, northerly to easterly winds, and falling, followed bprising barometer.