Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1880 — Page 9

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7.

NoitwiCH, Conn., has a $35,000 cashier embezzler, j Nkw Your Citt willpay$29,642,991 93 for being governed during the year 1330. A RrrCBLicAN remarked, a few days since: I gave $10 13 help on the exodus, and I will give $10 more when called upon." Th Tery frotu and scum of the negro race, now being imported into Indiana by the Re publican leaders, are wanted here for nothing else than to practically destroy the free franchise of resident citizens. Thim is really no good reason for believing that this State will be a delightful abiding place to the thousands of negro beggars now being imported for the sole purpose of robbing the people of the State of tbe great fundamental right of legitimate majority rula. I Pzkby, of exodus fame, is In tha city, and ays he 1j going to Parke county to arrange tor soma land, and he "be d d if any body was going to run hira out of the State." Mr. Perry has come to stay, undoubtedly. What sweet boon! Mr. United States Marshal Dudley and the Republican State Central conimittee can undoubtedly use him to great advantage. Dadley and Perry mig'it make a good team to heal the Ridlcal State ticket. , Tiia city of Buffalo will probably have to pay a round sum for falte imprisonment of parties Imprisoned on the testimony of exconvict, and an exchange remarks that be who will steal, swindle, forge, or deliberate ly riolate the law wili net, of course, tell the truth, and to presuppose that such a man can be depended upon for veracity, especially where his own liberty or interest la involved, argues gross ignoiance of human nature. ' THE Republicans in Maine hve the constitution and the law on their si te, say the supreme court. The Democrats have sun ply the putrid remain of a defeated fraud. Journal. The Republicans in Maine have supreme court opinions, which evince a6upreme contempt for constitutions and laws, for the purpose of permitting a set ef scoundrels who violated the law, and threatened war, blood and assassination, to act as legislators, or to help them to seats which do not belong to them. The Democrat! of Maine have the supreme felicity of knowing that they tried to obey the laws which the eupreme court has sought to overthrow in the interest of Republican scoundrel ism. According to the most approved data it is shown that there is scarcely any talent better calculated to mislead its possessor than that for singing, especially in the case of a woman, provided tbe expectation is held out of making a living by vocal Performance.' In a fatal hour a young girl is pronounced by some one reputed an authority on inch points to have a magnificent voice, whereupon '"visions of a future Grisl or Gerster are aroused in the breast of her family; and it is presently assumed that if she ean but be furnished with adequate instruction for a few years, rivulets of gold will begin to flaw in. Thereupon toe resources of the family are concentrated on the prima donna of the future, whose voice, in 90 cases out of 100, so far from rivaling the stars of the opera house, scarcely enables her, after hard toil and a world of trouble, temptation and mortification, to earn her livelihood." Now that the attempted usurpation lu Maine has been defeated by the unanimous decision of tbe supreme court, we sugebt that the Democratic paity swear off from such rascally practices. Journal. Those who have labored to obtain office in Maine by fraud are Republicans. Garcelon and his council made a heroic effort to prevent the consummation of the infamy, and were in a fair way of success, and may yet succeed. The Republican knaves, seeing themselves caught In tbe jaws of the law commenced threatening the governor, who simply obeyed the law. They threatened war, rapine and murder. and a supreme court stood ready to do the . bidding of the mob. Garcelon finally wilted to the extent of submitting a few questions to the supreme judges of Maine, and for his pains has got opinions which will forever stand as a supreme lniqtftty opinions that would disgrace a pettifogging shyster; a weak, lickspittle, cowardly yielding to the clamor of Republican knaves, who were willing to add murder to their other crimes, for the sake of obtaining power. According to the supreme judges of Maine, that State has not an election that is worth the paper it is printed on. The whole superstructure law, constitution, precedent, and previous decisions of the supreme court was swept away in so far as the supreme court could do it. The whole thing is a supreme infamy. Latz advices from Mexico state that peace prevails throughout the Republic It is safe to say that it won't last six months. It has been said that the natural condition of Mexico is civil war. "The worst moral ailment of Mexico," says a contemporary, 'Is its mixed nee, who have always shown themselves in&spable of self-government, of common sense, or common justice. Most Mexicans are composed of nati re Indian, of negro, and Spaniard, and a worse compound It is not easy to discover. They are of the same mingled blood as the majority of the inhabitants of the South American Republics, which are also involved in endless internecine strife. To call Mexico a Republic Is a stinging sarcasm. It is a disestablished form of maladministratlen, in which a few unprincipled leaders misrule. They have a periodical election for president there, and tbe defeated candidate regularly takes up arm and makes war upon the successful eandldate. This goes by the name of exer

cising tbe elective franchise, which really means down there the rigkt to rob your neighbor and to murder him for being robbed. We see that some ci the Mexican newspapers are alarmed at the inroads of our people who have been invited to go there to develop the country. They are afraid of annexation. Intelligent men da not wittingly annex the small-pox or yellow fever. The journals are needlessly alarmed on that point No doubt, Americans will continue to pour into that calamitous State S3 long as they think they can make money; but they are too intelligent to hive faith in any peace which they may not conquer with their revolvers."

Those who desire to preserve the dead bodies of relatives or friends now have the means of doing s. A Garman Inventor has secured a patent for the process. The liquid used is prepared m follows: la 3,000 grammes of boiling water are dissolved 100 grammes of alum, 25 grammes of cooking salt, 12 grammes saltpetre, 60 grammes potash, and 10 grammes arsenic acid. The solution is then allowed to cool and filter. To 10 litres of this neutral, colorless, ordorless liquid, four litres glycerine aud one litre mettrylic alcohol are to be added. The process of preserving (or embalming) dead bodies by means of this liquid connate, ai a rule, in saturating and impregnating those bodies with it. From one and a half to five litres of the liquid are used for a body, according to its sita. The bodies prepared by this process are said to retain their form, color aad flexibility. Even after a period of jeira such dead bodies may be dissected for purposes of science and criminal jurisprudence; decay and the offemsive smell of decay are completely prevented. Upon incision the muscular flesh shows the tame appearance as in the case of a fresh dead body. Preparalions made of the several parts, buch as natural skeletons, längs, entrails, etc., retain their softness and pliability. Betöre Alfons:)' s honeymoon is over a Galacian waiter tries to kill him and that, too, while he Is riding out wi.h his bride. There is an idea abroad in Europe taat kings are the chief cause of the muery of tde working people as Henry Ward Beecher calls them, the "common people." These people are vastly in the majority, and their numerical power is yearly increasing. Kings use them for soldiers food for powder bat their numbers increasjnotwitastinding. Kings begin to realize that they will have to be iron clad if tbey expect herearter to eDjoy fresh air and roam about their dominions. The poor have struggled for centuries to rise and stand up. In some countries they have made headway, and tbeir efforts have been crowned with success. In others they are still fighting for a foothold. The divinity within them is exalting their aspirations for freedom. They pant for liberty; they want to be free; they are tired of working for the support of an aristocracy. In some lands they are starving, and their miseries develop their dislikes. They brood over their multiplied and forever accumulating wrongs and burdens, until at last tbey go into the business of king killing. They are making poor headway, but they seem disposed to keep at it, and one of these days some crowned head will fall down upon its breast, and the wires will flash the tidings that a king is dead. It Is becoming a dangerous business to play king in Europe, and will continue to be a) until the rights of humanity are recognized, and royalty takes its heel from the prostrate forms of its subjects. Tbe czar has escaped twice, and now Alfonso is even with him. Tbe king of Italy bad a narrow escape, and so has the king of Prussia. The fact that the assassins are executed does not deter others, and the wretched business is likely to proceed. The best thing that kings can do is to inaugurate a liberal policy toward their poor subjects remove some of their burdens. If they do not. some of them will get killed as certain as fate. SOUTH CAROLINA IN 18:6. Senator Hampton Throws Light on the Tilden Campaign and Its Methods IIow Two Republican Judges Tried to Bribe South Carolina Into a Declaration for Hayes. Senator Hampton In Charleston News.J I have studiously refrained from replying to any of the attacks that bave been made upon myself, and I should have remained silent so Ions: as tbey were confined to South Carolina or were given currency only in that State. But when the charge was made directly by General Gary in the New York Herald that I had proposed to him to "sell out Tilden;" "that the shameful protoullon"had been made by me with a view to securing mv own election, and that I bad been unfaithful to the Democratic party or Mr. Tilden. I thought !t incumoent upon me, in justice to Mr. Tilden, the Democratic party and myself personally, to pronounce it untrue, as I bave done. The same charges had been made by "A Tilden Democrat ' in an Augusta paper in January. 1877, ard were promptly refuted by Colonel A. C. Haskell, chairman of the State Democratic committee, and General McGowan, who related what really had occurred; and exonerated me from any possible Imputation of infidelity to the National Democratic party. Colonel Haskell was correct inbissta'ement, then published, that I had written to Mr. Tilden concerning this very matter, asking what were his wishes on the subject, and expressing our willingness to withdraw our electors if there was any po-eibility of our canvass injuring the national Dem ccracy. But at no time did it ever enter into our consideration to form any alliance, direct or indirect, with the Republican rarty. All that was sa!d or done wai in tha interest of Mr. Tilden and the Democratic party, and with his knowledge. Not hearice: from Mr. Tilden in reply, I wrote to Mr. Marble, who answered promptly, saying that we bad conducted the canvass well, and he hoped we would continue it on the same line. In further evidence of my dis position regarding this matter, it ehcnld be remembered that before I was nominated in 1876 1 declared in tbe contention that I considered it of more importance to secure the success of the national ticket than that of the State, and tbtt if any of our friends thought my nomination would be prejudicial to tbe National Democrat lo party I

would not accept it 1 urged the convention not to nominate me under any circumstances, and withdrawing from the body in order to leave them entirely untrammeled in their action, did not return until the tooiination was unanimously tendered to me. As to this specific charge of time and place Colonel Haskell gives the explanation tbat at the mass meeting we held la Abbey viile the. executive committee sent word to us tbat a proposition bad been made to them concerning the withdrawal of the electors, and one of the com mil tee. Colonel J. A. Hoyt came up to consult with us In reference to it. Nei her Judge Cooke nor Judge Mackey had ever said a word to me on the subject Judge Mackey had not yet so much as announced his adherence to our party, and, if I remember aright, was not at Abbeyville. Judge Cooke, as is well known, had only joined us that afternoon Coming out of our meeting at a lata boor be announced from the stand for. the first time that he proposed to sustaiu our ticket. No one knew of bis position toward us until tbat moment, and he certainly took no part in any consultation. I do not know by whom tbe proposition wa made to tbe executive committee, and I had even forgotten who brought it to us. until reminded recently that it was Colonel Hoyt. He can give the facts. There was no ''meeting" held that night, aud of course I did not preside over any meeting General Toombs, General McGown and myself were togefaer In General Toombs' room, but instead of offering us $10,000 if we would consent to withdraw the electors General Toombs readily offered unconditionally to give in $10,000 out of his own pocket to aid us in our canvass lor the whole ticket Tbe proposition concerning the electors was discussed among other matter, and we came to the conclusion, as General McGowan has announced, that we would not entertain It Nothing more was ever said about it, and the character of the canvass was not changed in the slightest degree. The presidential electors accompanied me to every meeting that was held in the State, and the two tickets were carried as far as possible together. The discrepancy In the votes cast for Mr Tilden and myself can be accounted for in two ways. In the first place the returns for tbe election of governor and lieuteornt gov ernor in South Carolina are required to be eealee by the managers of election to be oppened only by tbe Legislature, and not, therefore, go before the returning board. There was no chance of tampering with them, while tbe vote for presidential electors was canvased by that board, which was compes id entirely of Republicans. Another very good reason for my vote being lareer than Mr. Tilden's la tbat many white Republicans,as well as some of the colored ones.

voted for Mr. Hayes and the Democratic. State ticket. Republicans of character in Columbia, Charleston and Beaufort voted for me, and the difference (about GOO) was even less than we expected. In further evidence of the fidelity with which we sustained the Democratic party, I may relate what has never before been published, that whea Judges Denny and Settle (Rapnbhcans) were in Columbia, and tbe question of tue recognition of our Government wrs la agitation, they said to me at one time that if I woul l on on any public occasion, say tbat I thought the State had been carried for Hayes the troops would be removed and I would be recognized. My reply at ores was tbat "I would not do so to be made president of tbe United States, but that if those two gentlemen, who had access to tbe returns, which we bad not would tike General Gordon and Bradley Johnson and go over tbe returns with an export. I would then say just what the returns showed." JuUB Bttle laucrhed and said: "We bave had one deal with that pack of cards, and have thrown it away!" (Meaning, evidently, that they had already gone over the returns, and were not satisfied with the result ) Generals Gordon and Johnson will doubtless remember this incident SOT ONK CENT CONTRIBUTED TO AID THS KLKC TIOX BY TILPEN OB THE NORTH. There was no question of my election, because we had received exact returns frotn our own canvassers, and we knew that when the votes were counted before tbe Legislature tbey would show a majority for our State ticket. But when some of Mr. Tilden's friends came to Columbia, and desired to bricg the question as to tbe presidential election before the supreme court, we employed counsel for that purpose, and several gentlemen borrowed from the bank on their individual notes to pay them fir their services. We were urged to do this, and were assured we would be reimbursed by tbe National Democratic Committee. Tbat money has never been paid. It is of interest to state in this connection that this sum and for this legitimate purpose was what ' General Gordon alluded to in one ' of tbe now famous cipher dispatches. The lawyers were employed in Mr. Tilden's interest alone, and we rathr weakened than strengthened our own cause by taking any part in the cue. It is a fact which should be distinctly stated that, during tha whole of that important and trying canvass, which was so earnestly prosecuted in the interests of tbe Democratic party, we secured not one single dollar of aid outside of the State. Tbe whole expense of the canvass was borne by oar people. Masculine and Feminine Morality. Elizabeth Blackwell M. P.J I could never understand the opposite systems of weights and measure which have been established for gauging morality among men and women. The strictest among us allow that a young man should sow his wild oats; but who ever admitted the same neces sity in the case of girls? "We say that man should have his amusements his clubs, cigars, horse raee3, flirtations and liquorings; but supposing our women and girls came to us reeking of tobacco? Supposing they addicted themselves openly to nips ofgrog and absinthe when their spirits were low? Supposing they sat down to quiet rubbers of whist or ecarte, gambling away their household moneys to while off tbe dull hours? We demand so much excellence of our women that the worst of them are still better than the average man. I have known some women who were social outcasts, and who in point of heart, conduct and general moral rectitude, might have furnished stuff for the making of upright gentlemen, indeed. They had fallen once, it is true, but what a fearful penalty they had been made to pay for that one slip, while, by comparison, the kindred penalties of men are so slight If a young man gets mixed up in ss?ie disgraceful entanglement, breaks a heart, and throws a young girl on the streets, after having ruined her life, people ay of him, compassionately by and by, "He was so young wben he did it, and now he has turned over a new leaf;" but if an inexperienced girl, a mere child of 16 or 17, comes to harm through a moments weakness, born of, too much love and over-confidence in her betrayer, who ever thinks of pleadinj-i ber youth as an excuse? .Whoever urge seriously, that a girl has "turned overa new leaf. . , .. "When the husband comes in, and the Are1 has gone out things are usually hot enough anyhow.

DlPfiOJIATIC , , UEYEL ATI0NS.

Extract From Prince Metternich'! Me moire. Xapoieea at Dresden Nine Hours of Mac- . ' chiavelllaa Fencing. . . I. ' (New York Herald. : As announced in the Herald ; a few days ago Prince Metternichs posthumous memoirs from 1773 to 1815, publUhed by hi son, Prince Richard Winneburg, were to have made their appearance on the 4th or 5th inst, in throe languages in London, Paris and Vienna simultaneously. There has been delay in the appearance of the work, however, caused by the fact that the English translation is not quite ready. The memoirs were written partly in French and partly in German, so that the task of rendering them from one of these languages into the other was a light one when compared with that of an en tirely new volume. The conditions are that the publications shall be simultaneous. The French publishers are -obliged to wait until their colleagues can ' produce their edition. The memoirs will doubtless create considerable sensation. In deference to special testamer tary disposition made by the prince a period of 25 years was to elapse after his death before they should be given to the world, when they were to be edited by competent persons and printed. The memoirs are said to contain "political revelations and personal ana of extraordinary value to the historian' and of lively interest to the public of every European country." One of the most interesting episodes recounted in the memoirs, is doubtless Metternichs own account of the momentous interview which took place between himself and Napoleon I. at Dresden, on the 2Gth of June, 1813. The prince, on the part of Austria, offered a mediation with a view of closing the war, but meanwhile was conducting the negotiations which Jed to the quadruple alliance, and ulti matelyto Napoleon's defeat at Leipsic. NAPOLEON IX THE SAXON CAPITAL. On June 25 I arrived at Dresden, and alighted at the house of Count Bubna. i a poleon arrived at the Saxon capital a few hours later than myself and summoned me to his quarters for the following day. He was staying at a villa in 'the Marcolina Gardens, upon tbe Elsterweis, for he did not venture to take up his abode in the city itself, and more than 20,000 of his troops were crammed into the r riednch suburb for his protection. Napole on's position toward his army, as well as to ward tbe French peoples was at that time very critical one. lhe whole nation was split up into two parties; the one consisting ot the "Men of the Revolution, comprising a host of persons whose destiny was bound up with the endurance of the empire .aid the other comprehending all the adherents of the royal Bourbons. The former were groaning over the hazardous -situation into which Napoleon's devouring ambition had brought their interests; the latter did not as yet dare to raise their heads, but were awaitI a. X .! .1 1. : ing wnn impatience me results oi luecouuuK campaign, for which the nation was even then making gigantic preparations. The French army itself yearned for peace. Its generals. without'exception felt, but little confidence as to the results or a struggle which would become more than unequal so Boon as fresh Allies should join the Kussians and 1'russians. The government of the Rhenish Federation experienced great difficulty in restraining the detestation of Napoleon animating the uerman people; their own attitude toward him was a doubtful one, which caused Europe to watch that of Austria with all the more eagerness and anxiety. Under these circumstances the appearance of the Austrian minister of foreign affairs at Napoleon's headquarters could not but be regarded by the leaders of the French army as an event the consequences' of which would prove conclusive. It would be difficult , for me to convey in words xny idea of tbe miserably care-worn expression which I observed or. the faces of the courtiers and generals, all glittering with gold though they were, who crowded the emperor's ante-chambers as I passed through them. The Prince of Neufchatel (Bertheir) whispered to rue, "Do not forget that Europe asks for peace above all France, which will not hear.'of anything but peace!" I made no reply, and entered the emperor's private room. Napoleon was awaiting me, standing, his sword at his side, his- cocked hat under his arm. Tie approached me with obviously affected calm, and inquired after the health of my emperor.' Soon, however, his' countenance darkened, and standing opposite to me, he exclaimed, "So, you will have war? Very well, then; you shall have it! I I annihilated the Prussian army at Lützen. I defeated the Russians at Bautzen, now you want to have your turn. I give yod rendezvous at Vienna. Human beings are1 really incorrigible; nothing will induco them to take lessons from experience. Thrice have I replaced the emperor Francis upon his throne; I have promised him to remain at peace with him for the rest of my life J ' T have even married his daughter. When I did so I said to myself, You are making a fool of yourself.' But it is true, and can not be helped, although I now regret it" ORKEK MEETS GREEK. From these introductory remarks I gathered that my position was even a stronger one than I had believed ti to be. At that decisive moent I was 1 enabled to regard myself as the representative of European society. Yes, I m&f now confess it Napoleon then appeared to me small indeed. "War and peace," I replied, are in your majesty's hands. Mv matter, the emperor, has duties to fulfill before which all other considerations must give place, Europe's future and your own are entirely dependent upon yourself. An abyss yawns between' your wishes and that which Europe desires. The world asks for peace. To assure that peace you must withdraw within the limits that are compatible with general tranquility, or you must succumb in the otherwise inevitable struggle. To-day you can still conclude a peace; tomorrow will be, perhaps, too late for you to do so. The emperor, my sovereign, allows himself to be guided in his conduct solely by the I voice of his conscience. Listen, sire, now to yours!" ''Well, but what is required of me?'", rejoined Napoleon, hastily. "Tbat I should dishonor myself? . Never! I shall know how to die, if necessary, but not how to cede one inch of my territory. ,Your monarcbs who are born to thrones can allow themselves to be beaten 20 limes running, and then

return to their capitals as if nothing had happened to them. 1 can nt beause I am only a parvenu of a soldier. .My rule will not survive the day npon which 1 shall no longer be powerful and terrible. I made a great mistake in omitting to calculate what an army cost me the finest ever seen by man. I can fight against mankind but not against the elements. The cold has vanquished, has crushed me. In one single night I lost 30,000 horses, frozen to death. Indeed, I have lost all gave my honor and my consciousness

of what I owe to a valiant people which, after these unheard of calamities, has given me new proofs of its devotion to me, of its conviction that I alone am fit to govern it I have remedied the losses of last year. Look at my army. ' Consider the victories that I have justwon. JUy troops shall parade before w-vsi SATOLDON AND HIS OENEBAI-8. "And it is just the army," I interrupted. .'that wishes for peace." "No, not the army," reioined Napoleon. ea?erlv. "but mv generals. They desire peace. 1 have no generals worth speaking of left. The Moscow winter has demoralized them. I have seen the bravest anions: them ervine like children. Physically and morally they are broken down. A fortnight ago I could" have made peace. N ow 1 can do so no more. I have won two battles, and I will not make peace. I observed: "From all that voua majesty has said to me, I gather afresh that any misunderstanding between your majesty and Europe is mpossible. "The peaces you have concluded have ner yet been anything more than temporary truces. , The moment has arrived at which Europe and yourself must cast down your gauntlets at one another's feet and respective ly pics tnem up. in the struggle that wil ensue, believe me, Enrope will not succumb." "Do you imagine, then, that you can over throw me by a coalition? " rejoined Napoleon How many are you, your allies four, five, six, 20? The greater your number the more 1 shall beat mv ease. I accept your chal lenge! But I can assure vou." he continued with a forced smile, "that we shall see one another again in Vienna r next October. By that time you will see what will bave become of your good menus, the Russians and Prussians, Do you, perhaps, count upon Germany? Just recall 1809 to your mind. My soldiers will suffice me to Keep the uerman populations in hand. and for the fidelity of the German princes, I am guaranteed by their fear of you. If you will only declare yourselves neutral, and observe neutrality, I will commence negotia tions in Prague. Will you have an armed neutrality 7 So be it. Station 3000,000 men in IJobemia, and let your emperor .give me bis word not to declare war against me before the negotiations shall have terminated. That will be enough for me." SPIES IN DIPLOMACY. "The emperor," I replied, "has offered his mediation, not his neutrality, to the powers. Kuia and Prussia have accepted his media tion. You must now this very day declare wnat you mean to do. Js.ither you will accept my proposition, and will settle a term for the duration of the negotiations, or you will reject, it . and my master, lhe emperor, will then consider himself at hbertv as far as his further decisions are concerned. The situation is urgent upon us. The army must have food to eat. In a few da vs we shall have 25.000 men in Bohemia. They can stop there for a lew weeks, but not for months I' .Here Napoleon again interrupted me to break off into a long digression re specting the possible strength of our army According to his calculations we could not at ! the mast get together more than 75,000 men in Bohemia, lie based his deductions upon the normal numbers of the empire's population, upon his estimate of our losses in the late wars, and upon our system of recruitment. 1 betrayed considerable sur prise at the incorrectness of his assumption. and told him that he could very easily pro cure more accurate information. "Imvself. I observed,"will bo bound to furnish your majesty with a complete list of your battalions. Can it be that your majesty is less correctly informed respecting the strength of the Aus trian army? ' "1 am quite well informed,' replied Napoleon, "I possess most exhaustive reports upon your combatant strength, and am perlectly sure that 1 have not been de ceived as regards the chiffre of your effective forces. M. de Narbonne has sent out a host of spies, and . bis reports extend in detail . even to the drummers - of your army. iy headquarters staQ has been no less active; and I know best what reliance is to be placed upon my informatiom. My cal culations are based upon mathematical pro positions; therefore they are sure. After all, nobody has got more than he can have 1" SACRIFICING HUMAN LIFE. He then took me into his study and showed mo the muster rolls of our!army, just as ne receivea tnem aauy. lie went over them with extreme carefulness, regiment by regiment. Over this question alone we disputed for more than an hour. When we returned into his reception room he said nothing more about the political issues at stake, and I might have fancied that he wished to distract mv attention from the- purpose of my mission had 1 not known by experience how great an adept he was in these well-calculated round about ways. He talked about his operations in Kussia, and was extremely diffuse anent what had happened after his last return! to France. Every word he said made it more and more clear to me that his exclusive ob ject was to convince me that his reverses in 1812 were entirely attributable to the winter season, and that his prestige in France had never been greater tbat in consequence of those very events. After listening to him lor hau an hour 1 interrupted him with the remark that "his own words afforded me a striking proof of the necessity that he should bring all these vanationj of luck and ill-luck to a full stop." "Fate may betray you," 1 observed, ''as she did in 1812. As a rule armies constitute only a small percentage of the population, but you are calling a whole people to arms. Have you not already, in assemblirfg your army of to-day swept away, so to speak, a whole generation? l have seen vour soldiers; they are mere children. Your maiestv is convinced tbat C ou are indispensable to the French nation; ut is not the nation also necessary to vou? And when this armv of feehla trinlinf shall have been' sacrinced, wh?t will vou do then? At these words. Napoleon allowed nimseu to be overcome by rage.' He turned deadly pale and his features worked convulsively. . "Yeu are no soldier," he exclaimed. fiercely, "and you do not understand what goes on in a soldier's soul. I have been reared on battlefields, and such ' a man as I am ' makes no account of a million men's lives l' He used a much stronger expresfilrtn V n Vi i. ixyA mm Ka btvi-iIj-a sv u Vi er screamed these., words he flung his ,

! hat which he had hitherto kept in his hand, into a corner of the ruorn.. I did not stir, , but leaned upon console between the two

windows, and si; id, with deep emotion. "Wrhy do you apply to me? Why du you make such a declaration to me between four walls? Let us open the doors, and may your words resound from one end of France" to the otherl It is not the cause which I represent that will lose thereby." Mastering his passion he replied, in a more moderate tone of voice, "The French can not complain, of me. order to spare them I have sacrificed my Germans and my Poles."' During the Russian campaign I lost 300,000 men, but only SO.OOO of them were Frenchmen." THE MARKIAOK A MISTAKE. You forget sire, that vou are speaking to a German l" Upon this Napoleon began to walk up and down the room with me. As he turned for the second time, he picked up his hat Then he began again about his marriage. "Yes, yes' he said, "I committed an enormous piece of folly when I took an Austrian archduchess to wife." "If yoür majesty wish to know my opinion in the matter," I replied, 'I will openly admit that Napoleon the conqueror did certainly make a mistake upon that occasion." "And so the Emperor trancis wants to dethrone his daughter?" "The emperor knows nothing but his duty, and tbat be will fulfill. Whatever may be his daughter's lot, the emperor is, avant tout a monarch, and the welfare of his people will ever occupy the first place in hk programme of action." "Yes," interrupted Napoleon; "that does not surprise me. It only confirms me in ray opinion that 1 have been guilty of an unpardonable error. By my espousal of an archduchess I purposed connecting the present with the past Gothic prejudices with the institutions of my century. I derived myself and feel to-day the whole weight of my delusion. It will perhaps cost me my throne; but I will bury the world under Its debris." By this time our conversation had lasted till 8:30 p m. It was already quite dark. Nobody had dared to intrude upon us. Our animated discussion had r.ot suffered one minute's pause. Six several times my words, had conveyed the full significance of a declaration or war. I can not even hear repeat all that Napoleon said to me during this long interview. When he dismissed me his tone of voice had become soft and mild ; but I could no longor distinguish his features. He conducted me " to the door of the antechamber, and taking hold of the handle, said, "It is to be hoped that we ball meet again, "I am at 'your command, sire," I replied; "but I have lost all hope of achieving the object of my mission." "Well, then," he answered, tapj ping me on the shoulder, "do you know what will happen? You will not declare war against me!" "You are lost sire!" I exclaimed aloud; "I suspected so when I came here; now, as I am leaving you, I am sure of it" In the antechambers I found the same generals waiting whom I had seen as 1 passed through on my arrival. They surrounded me, striving to gather from my face the impressions 1 was carrying away with me from this conference, which lasted nearly nine hours. I kept my ordinary countenance, however, and I fancy thaM did not satisfy their curiosity. Berthier accompanied me to my carriage. When nobodv could bear uw wesaiu, ue asKea me u l naa neen satisfied with the empervr?" "Oh, yes," I replied; "he has made nothing but satisfactory declarations to me. It is all over with him." I subsequently heard that Napoleon that same evening, as he was retiring to his bedroom, said to his attendants "I have had a long conversation with M. de Metternich. He held his own stoutly enough. Thirteen times I hurled defiance at him; 13 times he accepted my challenge; but the gauntlet will, after all remain in my hand!" I have every reason to believe that nobody then present was preatlv edified bv this ntter. ance. Napoleon's most devoted courtiers were already beginning to doubt the infallibility of their master. His star had commenced to wane in their eyes as well as in those of Europe! Talk Not to Me of Love. Obi do not Ulk to ne of lore, Tbe thought but gives me pain. It U a source of misery And aofraiitb to my brain; But friendship's pare and lasting joys . My heart was formed to keep; And its bright waters fraught with bliss, . Across my bosom sweep. The band of friendship I accept, And in my inmost heart Its treasures e'er shall And a home. And ne'er shall depart; - . Bat, oh! if thou would'st onto me A friend deroted prove. Oh, never let thy lips breathe forth A word concerning love. T. J. Mars ton. Sure Enough, We've Noted It. New Haven Register. When a young fellow begins escorting her it is amusing to notice how painstakingly he gives her the inside of the walk; at each suc cessive street crossing he allows her to un link his arm and he slides around her to the curbstone side as if to protect her from the midnight pirates that infest the gutter. In later vears, when married life and cross children have reduced his chivalric nature to a minimum, he humbly follows her, stepping in the hard places she is always sure to pick out No Doubt of It. jXorriatown Herald. Kate Field brought home a "slip from Shakespeare's mulberrv tree." which is to be planted in Central park, New York. This mulberry tree, by the way, has alreadyyielded 17 cords of canes, 10 gross of snuff-boxes, and several tons of other mementos. But no one doubts that Kate has brought a slip from me original tree. The swinging gait is good for the man who walks fast. The swinging gate is also good for the young chap who lingers and talks to his love bv moonlijrhL The swinirint club in the hands of the old man is not so healthy. New Orleans Picayune. Commodore Vanderbilt nnr vkitri spiritual medium, who commenced busine by saying, "Your first wife wishes to communicate with you." "Perhaps so," gajd the commodore abruptly, "but tbat is not what I came here for." ' , . The Due d'Aumale, in France, recently had one of his hounds blessed by a priest, who is said tnbava snrint-lv1 Vtrtlv wifar nn Via animal. Then Aumale and the dog went hunting. , . , ,' To err is humsn, but to refuse to drop into; the collection basket the leaden rlckl with , which you have wen stuck u divine. ; ,. .