Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1874, Page 11

“THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. *k;vges by Lawyers of Impro- S prieties Therein. ert ihe Suberdinates Make Ass Ltk Money Iilegalty, fod Are in Collusion with Sundry . Iavgers. gerit Bradiey Denies ‘the Truth of - These - Allegations. And Will Dismiss Any Dishoncest Deputy. would scem o bo the porpoge of almost ‘s person clocted or appointed to a civil posi- 'f’flu'ha bave opportauity, to make cnough o durog s torm of ofice to enablo him to B fortaVly, without working, duting the remsinder of his lifo. This is especially truo of wes who, imaginiug, or having resson om, thst tho hieads of dopartments are fak- Y e of - thelr O inforests, ‘think that they 28 v o right to acowulate grosubacks. ;:pv of them, thongh well paid for what littlo par do, mever rofuso avsthing offered for ewithsianding thoy commit perjury wjgrors,” DO h‘::‘;“m“g‘ sud yender themselvea Hable to foubles them little, eince the giver is often as scaemable 18 they ate, and to protect himself ho jsobinged to rewain silent, ‘ess remarks will apply as well to some of ' THE DEPCIY-SUERIFFS of Cook County 25 to tho detectives and- Con- gatles of Chicago, whose avidity in making Coney bas often bee referred 1o in tuo columns % s paper. ‘Thers ace ten Depuiy-Sherifls,— £sshoatiend to business within the limits of the civ, s0d four who wauder smobg the farmers spipeople of tho contry towns. What is esid io this articlo has especial reference to the for- rar, They rective €2,000 a year from the oiity, which is a very large salary: for the sar parformod. The dutics requized of them emsist of srving Eutumonses, Wris of execn- fion, a0d otber wrifs. In addition, some of them fieciose mortgages and eervo distraint-wor- iote when asied to do 50, Teceiving pay thero- {r from attorneys, according to the time em- ployed. From this eonrce. whick is considered Jegttimate, they gev probabiy 3500 in the course of 1 year, makiog their stipend $2,500- It they sttended to their duties, it is poszivle tiaf mo cpmplunts would be made, but it is chacged tha: they noglect them, and Leae law- vers ere obliged to Lave §PECIAL DEPUTIES dance of parsons in #aid, potronize se- sapaintsd a secure the u court. The Deputies, it 1 Toone, a2, consequently, make the squaintance of maoy of the dlags of pe 0 ara always in trouble; . Hence,.whicil given 8 sulimions for oio of thess friends, thouzk be may be scen twenly times a ds¥, and tlie oficer may 0 £0 far 18 to drik with bim, Lo reldom says, **You are wacted a3 defendant m court.”. Even if he 1158 ansthing about it, e docs it by intimation, w4 the “friend * knows what is meant. Whether ho presents the Deppty with ansthing i of course, uuknown; bat osme tlung ten: in somo instances the smmmons i it the indarsercent, ** Not fotnd iu the coun- 5 Ap alias may bo iseued cvery tarm, but e réium is always the same. ASOTHER ALLEGED SOTULCE OF REVENTE iegliosion with parties ayainst whom cxceutions Ly been s 1d goes to the etoro of a mau who I8, perhape, o of bis acquaintauces. Says b, “* T am goiny iodgse yon up ; here is my suthority.” * Can' “wait until to-morrow 2 " replies the shop- reper, “Iguessnot.” + Well, will you not do s personal favor? ¥ 1 mght,"is the re- ¥3. Waat follows i cornjecturcd; when it is that two hours aftorwards the goods in 2 elorearo roplesied by the owner; endhe has aited 5ix mouihs’ time, aud the ereditor is un- 38l o collcet the judgwent. Oftcn b bocomas isrosted st the *law's qelays,” and eells his caim to the Depnty Sheriff -for-50 cents on the dllr, and that individoal, Ly cOMPromuEing the debtor, increases Lis income. is also asserted that there 13 i AY¥ AGRELCXENT Istcesn porsoas emploved in the jail and cer- s lawyers, whereby the Intter sccure ail the parians cases, to the exclusion of othor mem- ey of the bur who! fractice in the Criminal ort, To be sure, other lawyers get cases. but fiey ere petty ance,—the gefendanta givinglittle ernothing but_promizes for services rendered. Whea a thief wiio has a zoll of money is arrest- t],bo is approached byan cmploye and told it guch » Jawyer (one in_the ring) is tho best @ town, and_standing well with the Court, and 1wonld be wise to send for Lim. - -If the prisga- & wsks for another, Iie is told that the one umed iR no good,—a shyster,—and that convic- is certain if ho takes charge of the defense. -What percentage the employe of Slierill Brad- i ¥gets for securing attornéys ‘for criminals i wtknown, but it is said that he has laid by con- ! tderablo mopey gince be obtcined his prexent Kation. Y L:ia not asserted that s ' SHERIFF DRADLEY eenizant of iheir doings. If ho weres he' ':‘E“: r 28 doubtedly disiss the offenders at once. Eefezad one fellow out, and sent jim of in 3 et retained snother who hed commenced fring, but promiced to oform. - Mr, Brad- 1 blamed, however, to the extent that the of bis ofica is conducted in such a dipshod mauner that.be docs not know what L:l_l_n- .When s writ is given to 3 Deputy, the, er 18 12id t0 have absoluto control of it. The Ehif gerer inquires wheter bo bas sorved it, @xade an effort to do so; in fact, knows noth- Dguall abont it. He pays abtention solely Lo sl pari of the business,—the iaking 4 bonds, and seeing that the sccurities aro re- mnhlqmmng his Deputies to.be honest What is mentioned abovo is tho substance of tsmade by prominent lawyens to & ra- Reter of this paper. "' SEVERAL ATTORNETS Y the reparter_sought to iterview womd % 20ling about tho allegad abu=an in the Sher- By ofics, sinco if they did, they remerked. their {es might get ont, and i woild be impossiolo Slheto do any business throngh it. Baid ¢ “Thes would shat down on 116 at once, it wonld be useless to try to get a writ or 3 home served.” *All, howerer, were willing ‘;-' ;;n;rtnuy that there was o riag, nnhg!u[en o L8omupt. ae, carrying on its operations un- hfm“'- Endley’s noso, bt thoy G4 not beliove Ais knowladge. z “Teesllezations mado aro serions ones, aud e, -SHERIFF TRADLEY . * o ciled upon for ap explanation. o denied 25 aétthing about any of tho abuecs re- Qp% 23 eaid if anylawver know of onoof {5 opalies taking money iliezally hewouldaid © 4o conld to havo the offender indicted by Tgned Jury and puuisted. - Ho conid not ooy those who hod complaints to make 00: come {0 bim, and lettlio nowspapers informiation, if thero was fraud orcorrup- A, mouge ihe' courts. No summone, he Rpag yorer leftat bis gftico and not served if s P8 Lawyers bad aften saidtohims ** L fafnethe Depty $5if hio will serve this paper may ;" but he always discountenanced any 0, Asto the appointment of pocial & b 150 fault was the lawyers'. They N g 02 the last day of service, haviug iy 4L then in the hape of ettling the suits, Wihe o the writs served. Tlis wasimpossible Wiy yochubes alivoxs had their pockets full of Ee 28 could not neglest Gfty fo £xvo one. foecinl Deptios ware appointed to geive hinoLich they woro nearly sleaja ablo t £ i o7 €0uld lig in wait for & debtor; wh Yo €350 cf & man who is_continually in eyt if 8 regular Deputy went to bunt him, Rl Kuoma, and conld ncver come Eeross pim Dy socident. 376y 3 E H 2w of hig 5 57 o S officers giving a men time, and en- lzfi?&"’ o raplevia Lis goods. . I¢ ofien hap- 82t ap‘indelted ebop-kegper gained an fa 150 br the Deputy calling aud telling him [ 18 Wiy of excsution, but-ia those Pryang cUPPOsed that tho man intended 0 ki 20 ereditor did not want to be-+ hard” g box‘nicqediloxs cid not give an indom- § 24 antil after the writ was issued, nd Vg3 ¥35 00k nenally meda until the ofcor .fiafi‘g‘g&q from lisbility in casp mistskes BE g, A8 to tho mng in tho Jail, 1) ey Tt -helieve' there was ome. §iten orders that Do lawyers .é! tion for malfeasance. -That, hawever, ‘Eie Deputy . takos -tha -writ, . be' pormitted to go from coll fo coil . und intornew. pnaovers, but that if any ona wanted 8 particiilar aitorney to have him:sent for. 1le further statet thut the mauner of con- dueting his office affairs was not elip-shod. 'The Deputies wero obliged 1o bhand in the writs cvery return-day, with proper indorsemens— ‘“served™ or “‘not found;” and they did nothing that ho knew of that justiicd chergea of maifeasance. : % The Sheriff was - T, VERY. IXDIGNANT 1 . ' at the allegations,-and- sttnbuted . thoir circnta- tionto & desire - toinfure him policeally. It there be any motiye o ind it ia very un- wordsy, and Tue TRIONE 'dees not shbare it. Among the lawyery who Liaye furpished the io- formation given .above, nome bLave attributed auy mercenary intantions. ta . Mr. Bradiey bim- geif : and tho point which -Mr.--Bradley makes relative to the duty of - tire Inwyers to enter-per- woval complaintis s good ooe. Unthe other .and, now that the suspicion has been given ex- pression, it becomes the duty of Mir: Bradley to investigata the matter ; and, if he has any men about him who are in the. babit of takiny fees besides thoso allowoed by law, avd giving prefer- epce to the Iawyors who so pay thoew, ho should ndrme ofiice of them at tho shortost possible uotice. : & CRISIS N Reminiscences of the .D.e.lu ie4. Boware of the Eequinox. At » meeting of the Special Council Commit- tes appointod” to investigte’ tho Ogden’ Ditch buginass, hield Juao 20, tio, Msyor, Baard of —— FORTY. At thirts, man euspeets himself a fool ; Enows i at forty, and reforms his plat At 8fcy, Chides iis infamous delay, Paihes his prudent purpose $0 resolve ; Resolves and re-resolves, then dies, tho sxme. There is something potent sbout the deoim- multiples. The other numbers just fill up the epaces ; it ia tho cipher, wiih tke index before it, that marks the periods of the world's history, ' divides our moneys, and rounds out the epachs of aur Lixes. When the Arabg csme to the littlo finger af the left bund, and found that they had exhaust- od their stock of counters, they aid, * Ouco around,”—marking it with a circle,—and began again. Thusthe * ten-numbers ™ arc indicated by the most’ significant charactera in our limited alphabet of figures. The circle hns Blways been, the emblem of completion, perfection, oternity. Tho' first round in our lives is accomplished with Lttle thought of our own. ' Guided aud guarded by loving care, we aro truindled past the perils of foothing and Lrinkets, sugar-plums avd spankings. In our seeond round, books and teschery ars aur chief motors ;.and we are whizlad ovar music and mathematics, science and soniimeut, French and flirtations. At twenty, the mrchinery of life is in fall mo- tion. Yo need no longer any helps, for the force is within us; and wo rush iuto business, politics, and matriwony. : i Pausing only to take breath at the ‘' threo times round,” we go ou agsin, spiunivg through success and chagrly, pledsurg and pain,—up bill and down dale,—uiitil, 44 furty, Wo find onnselyes 20 the summit of tho journey. Itus the bighest ridge in tho passagefrom babyhood to thealiottod threcscore-years-and-ten. Wo can look back sud aco the way over which wo have come, fiecked with light aud ebade, and_seeming 5o beautiful a8 wa leave it forever. “We can look iuto the mist beyond, and wo know that ‘it is a sunset-land. Diit we may nat stop ;' the wheels of our lifg aro connocted with thoso of many another, The fall fofes of the epging is on ; it will soon be spent, aud we know that, in a lttle while, it will s down-grade all the way. Doan Swift sagely obxérves that ** No wisoman ever wished himsalf younger,” But tho mau who wakes qn tho moruing of his 40th birthday, widi never a sigh of regret for the bright dafs of vouth aud carly mauliood, is truly 2 ¢2cond Salomon. e Lias come (o an anniverssty that hie does not proclaim. The Bitle, whose family- record he used to consult witir childish impa- tience, Las loug ago Deen stored away, or lias euglk to the boitom of a pilo of books. But, ome war, the dato i fixed in bis mind, and ho i i “Joln Smitn, born s How lorig azo that was written.—befors the days of railroads, telegraphs,” sew. machines, patent-reapers, matches, or postal-cards! ~ Desr me, what an 01d codger I am. to be sure!” And his imagination wanders off to what the nest forty years will bring to the world,—the “inven- tious and discoveries, the contests and rovolu- tions. Then he thinks of how littfo moment all theso things will bo'to him forty years from nOw. 4 Tle breekfast-bell arouecs him " from lis rey- erie, and he goes on to meet the duties of this day s of avy, other of the three hundred and siXty-fivo. e hay passed tho time of birthday- zifts and festivals, parrics, and littlo surprises. But, some time iu tho the course of the tirenty- four hours, Lio will be vers ap: to hold a privat communjon with bi 00! somewhat mournfully fnto the past; he wisely coneludes Lo finprovethe present, and to ** goforth into tha shadowy future witbout fear, and with a manly heart.” “Woll will it beif Le consrerates Dilweelf to noble purposes and “higher roeles of Jiviog, He haa reached the very prime of his life, and perkaps others ero ghaping thelr conrso aceording to uis leadiug. ‘Growing old i8 somctuing like gotting rich. From ono standpoint all ate poor and old; from anothier, riches and vouth belong 'to every one. +"Tis jast as wo make our lives, my fricnds ; 'tis evor just a3 we tako them."” The mau possessed of an income of £1,000 a year is a panper compesed with & Rotbschild, end a King by tbe side of a day-laborer. We are ol *“babes fu knowledge: ” yet we zre all sages in wisdom compared with the poor brute world sround us. It is well that wo remember our birthday anviversaries. Thoy aro tho toll-gates on tho road, and_ it is bezter that the feo be paid in good resolves than in vain regrets. It iv not so much tho number we pass as the direction wo take. We live n deads,—in thoughts, not breaths,— In feeltugs, not in figures on 3 dial ; We rhould-count timo by heart.throbs ; he most lives Who thinks most, feels (ke noblest, acts the Lest. Q. Q. & ng, perhaps, —_———— IN RAEMORIARL 8he is gone 1n ths Summer-time~ Dead in ber youtl 3 She has fied in life's early prin Inuozence, truth : Like the rose in the Wintr's breath, Draoving. she Lol At the touch of nntimely death— 5 Dela, furesvell§ Like a star in Decomber's sky, Joyousand bright, Nono thought that che thus could die, Spirit ro light Tbat she banished al n Delia, farewell - OB Beart that was eror zas, zutle, a Een a5 she passed swaY, p e God, ho bopefully emiled and AL, © Bhe ROl aid T it awell * Lopger with those I love '— Delia, furewell! On light of the homestend-tre (Phzed nito gloomy, Yo miss thes, We mourn heb— ~ " % Gone 10116 tomb, Notime can blot ont our grlef; - Vords Retbly fell * “The sorrow thatmocks reliel— ‘Delid, farewell ! Ah, s3d are our social groups— 3 Desclate, lone— Liko the ¥ale when the morry Lrook's 25 Sy e a gono; - Thiere's & pall ou éach fricndly brow, STEEESSNN Gl eeals thy spell, *For #é mourn thee; wwe miss thze uow— HEE “Dells; farewell ! " Msy God, fn Bis mesy, call sy clody ‘Thy porl o rests May the dust of the graveyaxd fal o “Light on thy reast : sy the flowers of the Bprivg-time bloom, Birds their potes swell, d around thy tomb— AT Deliz, farewell * B P H.T CrreAco, Interesting Corrcsposdence for Our Great-Grandcenildren. Tho Dundeo Advertiser publishes an abstract of the will of the lats Lord Dalhousic. The whole residuo of bis estate falls to- his eister, Tady Cunistina Maule, during ber 1ifo, and after ber doath £6,000 ozch'1s to be paid to his nine nephews, and £4,000 each to his soven Dioces or their children, Hi froverty in France is Ieft to Lis cldest nephew, Maj. Thomas Young, slong Fith such 2 sum as will mako up £20,600. Ilo algo leaves £20,000 to tho Freo Church for tho paymont of etipends of £200 8 year each to tho ministers of the four Free Churches on hig es- tate. "All political correspondonce and dontiden- 1ial public papers conneoted with his official life &ra to be selected and placed in_a locked box by tbomsclyes. sealed up and doposited in tho fami- v charterroom at Papmure, sud not to bo ed until the year 1990, sud ail. correspond- ence with publia men I to bo arrauged sud simi- Jarly deposited, | down tho ;South Dranch, sweeps out of ex- Pablic Works, and eoveral prominent cilizeus | being in attendanco, JIr. . T’ Dorickson mado & statomept in Whichi, among other things, ho pointed out tlic dager of thoditeh ' FLOODING THE EIGHTH AND NINTH WARDS il ‘apring fods ehiould sweH Hio Desplafaes River to an unusaal degres, ITo showod that tho waters of the Desplaines wero. saveral feot abovo tho level of our strects, and that tho chan- nel which tapped the river was o narrow that it could never carry off tho amount of water paured into it, which would lead fo'tho washing away of thebanks, and a general ivundation. The point where the ditch intersoots the river, Mr. Derici sonobserved, being much higher than the Rlinos e of | ‘igtence evary, and bridge upoa “the, atream? . In this doy of calamity, bowoyer, ~the. oxpreasmen Wil rcap uo Leevest, Thoo the tug-basis—such a8 eecape— picking up passengers G : wilLezuisa ovor. tha « g er, W, , Liko tho 6f Babel, to them a Present refuse ; and thea Low;3 Jobn will Le seon, Lis head and shoulders 1 oming -above the tlood, owing his trunk affer DLim 28 he ‘gocs, and an- youncing to the survizors on top of the Pacific i Haotel that Lé is goin 3 out -to the Summit for a . fhr doys. A FRIEND IN NEED. . windows. Then the The folldwing story was told to ma by a woman well known in the U1t¥ of B— as a dealer in diamonds and as a money-londer. ‘Bhe is gifted with grent perceptiv.o i guiued, by Ler long -experion perilous busingss, 8.dep insight into humag na- - ture, and also’s gracions iact, shat”enables her | to accomplish Ler will in spite of sll ordinary | abstacles # PR . I was sitting bebind. miy counter jo my ghop st - 4 o'clock on a vory dark aud stormy day of Janu- ary last, when s boy” curtered and’ handed me a note, s ‘did' not aslc s question of either mo | or my brother, who stoocl near by, but ho ran off atonce. A = “Tho note was very pre:tily written upon fash- jonable paper. * It read thus: “Will Madam B——— Xindly oblige. one who is in very great diktmiss by going, withont | hesitation ax delay, ta thocorner of Dayard place and Eustis street, whore she will find & coupe with a coachmen who Js already instructed whither to.drive bar? Ths writer is’ in imme- diate and & Michigan Caual, the latter could not carry off the water, aud, in ¢afe of an ice-gorge in tho river, a sunken.vesscl, or a barge atuwart the bridge, CHICAGO WOULD SUFFER A DEVASTATION compared wih wliicly the Mill River and otler digasters would sppear trivial. In Buch an event s great freshet, uuder sach eircum- stances, nothing could eave the city from at least partial destruction. “There was no socarity while this state of thinga lasted, and oue of thio remedies proposed was the widening of the canal t0 125 feot, aud juerossing the depth thereof ta 12 feet. Even then it would bo problomatical whetliar tho overtlow would no¢ bo highly dan- gorous to Chieago. MMr. Derickson considered that, if tho ditch cauld not_bo legally closed, thero was but one true remody for tuo ovil, aud that was to lower the bed of tho Desplaines at or below the june- tion with the ditob, thercby allowing tha water to ran into its natural chaunel. 0ol. Utley, who was also present, suggested TWO BEMEDIEST Ooe was to put a dsm at fie uppercnd of the difch, aud let the water run into its uatural course, and the othor was to enlarge the caual 10 100 Teot in width und 7 feet in dopth. Othe: wige, Lie cousidered that, in caso of a ET {frovhiet, a tornble disaster would ko inevitable, The members of the Doardof Public Works, who wera prosent, doclarad that evorything nos- sible had Leen done o remedy tho ‘evil. = The rreatest difficulty ancountered was to get somo private irdividual to como forward and tako the part of the municipality against eertain other Iudividuals, Dicluding LONG JOIN WENTWORTH, who ia the Iload Coutre.of the whole trouble. A grawl many had promived to apvear in that light 1f the city would bear ihe expeuses, which “was agreod £0, bui nobody kind feut the promise. 4 “Tius they (the Board) werd leff powesless to act. The matter was referred to TIE CORPORATION COUNSEL, who, on June 23, voported to AlL Hildreth, Chainoan of the Special Committze, that it was in the power of the City of Chicago, or some in- dividual citizen thercol, to place an_injunction on the Ogden-Weptworth difeh, and bave it ef- fectaally dammed up, as being a danger and a nuisatice tu the city uforesaid.” - ‘Siuce tha time neither Ald. Hildreth nor any- body elso Las taken action in ihe matter, wid the city is lolt AT THE MERCY OF TIHE FLOODS, that may como at suy time duriug tho fall and epring scasons. Wo aro mow au the verge of tho equinoctial storms, sud may bavo o disaster upou us sooner thiap suy person conlemplates. S{:unm the Desplaines overtlow its' baal Ogden-Wentworih ditch would burl down upon us 3 wall of water, perhaps 20 feet Ligh, sweep- ing away millions worth of property, and de- stroing an incaléulable number of lives. Prob- ably Ar. Wentworth, whose 'towering altitado might savo Lim, would bo tho ovly citizen left to write the geseral obituary, and chromicle the appalling fact that tho city which hes stood ropeated storms of firo succumbed at Just to the rush of waters brought apon it by Mr. Went- worth's undammed Jiich. ‘Ihis s no light mat- t.c}'t ]:o thiuk over, and our citizans should, forth- with, DEMAND VIGORDUS ACTION upon the part of our cii r. Weatworth, Mr. Ogden, nor any oter finy iins a fight to keep open n water chanzel whoso existenco is a perp lusl menceo to the cifizeas of Chicago. ~ After the expericnces America has had in Counecticut, in Marylaud, aud 3u Penusslvanis, our peaplo should nat sleep aver & matter of such vital im- nssisted by this villiinous diteh, wouid sweep to destruction all our bridges, dccks, a: warchouses, and everything valuablo it wo osscss, inclading, a8 before stuled, our very ivee. The flood’ would not slove sweep all before it, but would slso surchargo the ew- ers, tumnols, etc, and burst them iuto chaos. Tha terrors of fire are almost 8y nothing compared with the new calzmity that threaiens us, owing to the eupiicness of those who are suppoed to be the gusidiaas of municipal in- terests, s To illuetrato tho fact that destructive floods in Chicago axé ot without precedent, it may be well to recall to tho minds of our readers _ TUE INUNDATION OF 1810, ° whon the Desplaincs overflowed its banks, snd wrought fremendous bavoe to Life and rmpclts within the city limits. Fortunately =~ tho commencoment of the hurror was durivz day- light, on tho moruing of April 12, 1849, and, then there was no Weutworthh ditcll to aid tho torrent in its work of dostruction. Mr. Obadiak Jookson was o wituess of that calamity and, in conversation with a TRInUNE reporter yester- day, gave some idea of its cxicnt. Tho Tollaw- ing i, substatially, NI JACKSON'S STATIMENT: 47 was thon,” bo seid, goiug o school af old Tatbor Kinsella's on the North Side. Tho flood osme on, after heavy spring raing, and s general breaking up of the ico, with & roar like distant thundor. 1t swopt with fawl fury over the point of ground on tho North Side inclosed by the North Branch and the Chicago River. ian- dolph stract was tha ouly bridgo on iho West Side then in esistenco. It wasa flab turn- bridgo, sud the flood picked it up and CABBIED IT AWAY LIKE A CIIP. Conal-bosts weraiifted from thoir moorings and whirled toward the lako at an incredible speed. Lumbor, chipping, nnd debris of sl Linda choked up the bridges in such a manner that tho ourrent was strong. enough to suck in a sanal-boat and drown oll cn board. Finally 21l these bridged gave way, and were swept out to the lake in tho general wrack."” Tieportor—How long did tho floods Jast 7 Jfr. Jackson—With violence for about forty- eight hours, but the water did Dot entirely sub- side for soveral days. There was tremendous destruction of property, and such sewerage as w6 bad was destroyed. 8 LIVES LOST. Reporter—Do you remember the mamber of Jives Jost in tho dieastor 7 Mr. Jackson—Not oxectly, but that there were soveral I can voueh for. Thelake transportation business lost heavily, and somo of their boavicst men failod soon afterward. It was tho first great finsncial blow that Chicago ever received. Roporter—What do you think sbont leaving tbe Ogden ditch in its present condition ? 3r. Jackson—L think that tie civy is imperiled by it overy bour that it is allowed so remain °M$1- The destruction would far eclipge that of 1849 » TReporter—Did it take you long to re-sstablish regular commani¢ation batween the different sections of tho city after tho '40 affair? 3r. sackson—Several wooks. Ve bad tode- pend on ferrics for & long timo. THIS EXAXPLE 18 SUFFICIENT to ehow tho people of Chicago what s horrar is 1 store for them if immedinto ection, mn gome practical direction, i3 Dot taken. JWhoro is tho Meyor? Have the Com- mon Council =and Loard of Public Yorks gone on = fishing-cxcureion, s0as to learn bow to swim?—an accomplisbment that will certainly be usefal to them if the -Ogden-Lorg- Joun nuisance is left nnapated. ) Are they in training for tho day when -heavy rain-storme Jiko the one_at Pittsburg, burst np- on the slopas of Tiversid, and tho gurged Des- plaines, pouring its waters _through the Ogdea ditch, inundases the low lands of the Sixth, Soventh, and Eighth Wards, end, rushing madly ks, the, authosities. Neither, portance o {het. * A lood of large proportions, TERRIBLE WANT OF MONEY, and if Madam R— will brisg $2,000 with her gho will greatly focilitate thie negotiztion of an unbappy but necessary transaction.” - There-was a certain_direct ness and coherence abont tho' letter, said Madam R—, that at once put mo on my gusrd. It secmed to me to .bo the work cither of 8 designing man or of sn unususlly clear-minded wornsn, and, a8 the latter is somewhat rare, to judge, at least, from the notes ladies commonly write, I felt that to bo particularly carefal in this cao was my best method. . 1 confess that ab first I was nob inclined to re- £pond to the loster at all, but my desire to dos with some curiosity, perhaps, made me yield eventnally, and I accordingly dressed for the expedition, Tcalled inaboy to remain in the shop with my brother, who took my plece behind the counler. 1’ thon Jefs the place, and procosded at once to the spot indicated 1n the note, accom- panicd by the posiceman whom I cmploy rega- larly as my body-gusrd. "I found tho coupe. ‘The horse way largo and beautifully Larnesspd, and tho coachman wa¢ well trained. -1 skea him where he was iostructed to drive me to. e replied: “To the rear of No. — Longsorsh stxee, it you plassa.” . * By which way do von intend 10 5o 2™ Ho gave me the most direct- route, I asked him 1o take auother. - e nsented. £ did this in order to see if his conauct had been arranged for Lini, which would' have been the caso had tliore been anything wick the matter. I folt reassured. Longsworth street.is in the LEST AND BICHEST. PART. OF TIE CITY, and, though ats neighborhood-is. eecluded snd «guict, it i well protested and well lighted. Wa perfarmed the journey in fifteen minutes. W6 drow up in aualler ¥ay which led in the rear of the dwellings, and I descended amid the snow au hail, 'and saw beforomea bigh brick wall, which ran oo either hand as far ay the oye could rosch. Lhad 1o sooner stepped-upon the walk thau a swall door in front of me openvd, and a youug maid, witha cloak’ ovér 'her head and shanlders, looked out sud bade me enfer. . Idid =0, rad crossed a..wide-ilagged conrt- yard, wud entered at a door in the basement of a bandsome aud lofty bouse. -- o Tho ou were almost dark, and all tho doors wore closed ; sud, I thoupht, parposely. The gl led we op the gervants” stairs to tho first flaor, and then up anotber flight to the second floor. Iere we stepped out of the staircase into the hallway. (% “ It was among tho most beautiful that I hed ever seep. The earpetd were rich eud very thicls; tho walls wer scoted, nod wers hung abave with Spanie: leather. Tho iz was warm and perfumed, and a soft light wasshed downward from a huge Chinese lantern, whoso parti-colored and javgling pendants swung to and fro, throwing moving stiadows over tho walls. G Come this way,” eajd tho maid, and she led o, with somo haste, into a paseage which led to tho left, snd upon which these epened two tall, dark doors. = At ona of theso sho kaocked eoftly, and then entered, dizeetivg me by a nod to foliow ber. 1 found myeelf in & well-lighted and Inxurions apartmeut, and surrounded by articled nud fur- tnro of ‘great beauty and elegance. Standing beside 3 small and dolicate table was a young lady. ; She was tall and slender, and Lior carriage wag striking for its gracoful ease. Her faco was reg- ular, aud it -was ostremoly handsome. Sbhe at oneo approached mo with grea: haste, and, seiz- ing my haud, she eried : ¥ OI, MADAM, HOW GLAD 1 L1t thak youbaypcome! I was afraid that you srould bo offended becauso I was 80 peromptory, but I did not maan jt—indeed I sm 50 sad tnat I have not the courage to—to ask my bird to sing to me.” ° . Stie fixed hor 6fcs upan mine, and I saw that thoy wera red with weeping. “Tam ingreat trouble,” sho pursucd, *‘and you czn assist me. I mustsell you some- I must: persuade you io take soms of myuresses aud jewels. Look! Boo them! I 1fmva made quita a collectlon for yoa to chiooke rom.” . 3 3 Spe turned her bead and gazed, ip aa inde- seribablo way, upon hosp of rich garments which lay upon the floor. ] 1 felt a singnlar compaeslon for my customer, end I indulged myself 1 wome lirtle specalation upon thoe probable caures of her misfortunes. Perhaps I displayod this interoat ‘in my face in somo way. At any rate, she suddenly altered her manuver towsrd me, and treated me a8 a con- fidante. . 1 bave a brother," sho whispered, * who Das dono wrong. e likoy picasure, and o L2 mado ns much tronble, but yot 'wo love Lim. He is tho under-trossurer of the Trust and Deposit Company of B—. Yon know of it, for | learned that you bave a safo iu their vaults. Well, the President camo hero yes- terday, and I saw him. - He told mo that it had Leen discovered that Allan had converted £18,000 1o Lis ownuso, and thut, a8 a Tegular: oxamina- sion of tho books and’ funds of the' institntion w28 to bo made to-morrow alferndon,’ it would ‘be neceisary that TNE MONEY BE RETURNED AT ONCE if tho disgrace which wonld accompany exposure was to be'avoided. Ile said that he had known my fathor “from childhood, aod that he felt it jncumbout upon ‘Nim {6 #ave him from such a fiood of shame &5 would pour upon him- ghould tho disclosure be made. Ie had white hair, aud he wept, and ho kissed mo when he went away 1, whoso duty it is to know everything, knew {hat the President of tue Trus Comphiy was & mau of iron probity,—one who would at his bost friend to the beart to punish ex evil-doer. “Are you pogitive that it was the President? ™ I asned. % - +~Yes,” she replied, neively,—~“yes, for [ re- member that he told me that he wid. * And did he come in the daytime? “No; ho camo in the eveping, and he word & long coat.and a wide-runmed cloth hat; he had white Lair and a broad forehead.”.. - * And you must provide ¥13,000 to eave your brother? That is-a very great sum.” - P Yes, I Lnow it;; but mry brother is very ear.” - : 3 1fer gentls 3o’ Bé: fulsad with » spoem of griol. ¥ After it i3 p£id, That then?™ % Tiien Allan will ba secretly informed that his ;fickidn:as has been détected; aud he will then f A PLRMITTED 70 LEAYE THE COUNTET. The matter can then bo hushed,—that is, if it s ~..naged woll.” v Wt $13,000! that is a foftune.” 4Yes; but ‘you' forget’ that I am forfunate.” She made a gosturo indicating lier rich sur- ronndings, and ehe smiled for su instans, “(an you get it in mones 2 “No ; but 1 can convert somé stocks and some ‘Dbonds that I'have, and I can draw #5,000 from cach of my tiro bank accounts.” * ot “What! vou, yourself?—can'you doit with- ouz tho gid of en ‘attorney-or Jawyer? ® “Yes, 1am independent, and 1 am of age.” *¢That is very lucks. I am to understand, then, that you bisye already secared a part of tho amount 2™ S Yes; I want only 82,000 more.” 1 turned and lookedat the dresses. The young .| ings sguinst your brother will not be an good stroke of business, if possible, together | lady at once drew mo toward them, talking Blio seized upon the uppermost garment. 1t was 80 opers-cloak, or, rather, a long pelisse of a very heavy whito fabric, beavily embroidercd oaud fringed. Its original coss must have been in the peighborhaod of 2600, ‘Blie neryously passed her fair handa over itg thick folds. and begged mo -to tetl her what I would allow her forjt. I told her $130. SILE' WAS EVIDENTLY FLEASED at the largenesy of the sum, aud ehio hastily put it. down upon an iyory tablet, and threw the cloak gne side. She shen took up o white ball- dress and praised that, pointing at the length of ity train and tho finentss of its finish, 1 offered Der a good sum for fhat, also. " She then proceeded with great rap; ting all ber sorrow for the wowment, ‘ures of. bargaining. o, R B « Some of fuo dresdcs brought $50, and some- four times that som. : AU of them were of tho best materia), and boro tho, traces of superior workmaoship, 3 ; -Whon ‘the- pilo wag finally esparated jnto-the " 20ld and -unsalsble, thore yot rewaiued S600 £o | Le zained from somo quarter. L havs already old or pawned my jor- olry,” paid the poor girl, with a faltermg voieo, “uud T have nothing left but a dia- mond cross. I must not eell that, bui I can Dledge it.” 3 ** Pexnit me to see it,” I replied. She produced it. It was ¥ory Dandsome. Tho stones wexs of £00d #igs, aud wero well sct. ** I will loan you the necessary sum for this as O ot o ied, in trombli A + Al, madam,” ghe cried, in a trembliag voice, | **3iy Lind 70U A%S to el T wab aleid of You I thougnt this would b3 one of the hanlest moments of my Life, but you have been 80 frani and so gencrous that I feel ashamed ‘that I ever drpamed thet L was undertaking a sacrifice.” filaq ingafe, Ay faiber will be-léfi in pesce.- adam, v, forget- the pleas- |; MAY I XIS§ X0U " Bbe threw Ler arms about my neck, and, pressed ner goft lips soversl times to zine; and thao tears upon hor cheeks lefy a moiure” upob my face which seems to be there even now. I produced my waller, aud, conscious that my beautjfnl gir] was blusuivg red, I' counted out upon the litile table the esact” amount fhat ehe Tequirest. € N +*When and where are you fo doliver thia money? " I inquired. ** At yoon fogporcow in one of 4 the Albion " (a private hofel *To the Prosident? “Ygs, tothe Prosident.” + Aud ho, the, is to assure you that parlors of roceed- a to Civada diate ilig b It Im e 19 Warn yOu L) 1 will bo necessary £ Yeg, madam.” And Lvo you any property lefi? * Very littlo—really very little; that is, none that I can gouyere.” L ** You bave givon, then, all that'iy is possible for pute give2” - “I—f—yes, Thatis, I—" “Tunderstond,” said I; *you have sirinped your wanirobe, yoar' purée, your bauk, your Jowel-cases, your boxos of precious heirloowms, .o pay the way of your ‘brother outof ic quaudary in whichdie Tias placed bimself. o i8 ignorans of it. You do it under no pressurc but tbat of lovo for him aud for your father. Am I right? " She bung her head, pad in & nervous manner tried to turn the rings whick-had been upon her Gugers, Bat thera wera now 1o rings there, At this momous thero cawme” a kuock at tha door. 'fho maid weut to it, and roturned with a messago from sonio ono who wished to _DOUROW THE DIANOND CLOSS for tha night, as hers (the would-bs borrower's) was being repaired. * 31y youn Jady caught Lor breath and turned pale, “Then she glauced foward me. s my Lrothor's afiisucee,” she said; sho Das worn the cross before.” . Without tLo slightess hesitation, I drow it from my bosown, whither I bad placed it for Eafo-Keoping, and put i into Ler Luuds, “* Yoy can bring it to mo odsly in tlic morniag. That will 4o equally wll.” The pct was very unbusiness-iike, and T never did & emilar one. I was compensated for the departura from my rectitude, bowever, by watcbing the divine cxpression o gratitude which transformed the young girl's 1 Sivod tho jowel, o the borrower with akind mos- sage. propazed to go away. With & delieacy that was a8 pleasant as_ it was rare for me to experi- ence, 1 wow reliovad of, the necessity of bundling up the clothitz [ Lad purclased; the maid way irocied to male a parcel of it, and fo carry it lowa to Lh¢ carriage whicn was waiting for me. 1 Look Jeaye of wmy fair oo with much diliicul- ty. Slie ciubraced me agnin and again, aud e, tuo, ganerously forgot tho advancages I had ob- fained v tha advaniaya she feib that I had afforded ber. Ilefi Lier standing jn the centro'of the fl £hie apart newt, with her face buried in ber w hauds, eud with tho w:d Lights of ihe ire fug stranfie rawbols ou aud about her delicate Sigure. Tpon nmclvin[i the sidewalk azain, I found that the coupe had bLeen roplazed by 2 hired eafriago; tho discretion of tho change was ap- parent. During the night which succeedzd theso trans- actiony, X refiected mpon what had beea toid me, and mada up my mind ihat ALL WaS 50T QUITE MY YOUNG LADY SUPPOSED. _Ihad dicovered, by-the-way, that Ler name was Kingsford, also thal' her pareats were ex- tremely wealihy, aud that she aud her brother fere only children. ? Xarly on the succesding morning a gentleman entercd Wy shop, aud asked me to purchazo a dismoud cross, which he thoaght old-fashioned aud out of date.’ o unrolled it from some bits of paper, and Liinded it to me._I recognized it at 5 glauco’ ay the ouo £ had held o tho provious night. “he quirrors axe arrangod In my show-cases in a way that enables me, by looking downward, apparently at what Ihold in my Dband, to watch of the feacures and behavior of my customers. Whilo pretéuding, therefore, to examiuo tho cross, I quietly and thoroughly serutinized tho Person befors mie. I dotecied cnough of bis features to convince mo tha} he was tie brotlier of Miss Ringsford. With my foot I touched two eprings, one of which inslantly caused a bolt to fasten tho docr, | . whilo the other rang a boll whick summoned my Drothier from a rear-Toom. I then put the cross uoon the shelf behind me, and asied tho yonug mau to step to the eud of the counter where thero wers two chairs. I told him briefly that I knew him, aud that I KNEW OF I8 DEFALCATION. Tho effect of these announcemeuts npon him was unospectedly severs and sudden. His blood flowed puck upen his heart, aud for s moment he was paralysed. e fell forward in his chair, and would Lavo slipped upon the lloor bad I not caught him. He slowly arouscd bimself, but, by tho time'ho regained his Power ‘of spaccl, hio ecemed to have grown tou yoarsolder. is eyes were Jarge and wandering, liues appeare checks, and his bead settled down Detween Lis shonldéss, 1 did not think ho was cowardly, but thal be was not so callous and wicked as I had supposed. Lie trembled from his By was totally undon oud his kneces shook ag if he 5 With the cold. 7 tie name of Lis confederate. He reptied that it was Marsbali. 5 % Plase dekcribe Lim.” After s momeut ho replied : * He is protfy tall, and Lo Las white hair and Beaéd, and a broad forehzad.” : Tov y *One” beco b : rapidly meanwhilo of their boantyand. Fichness: | thinons TeTORCS capable’ of. a-great muny He departed s moment after, but I managed to impress him with tho ides thst Le must Dot attempt fight, -~ Ho promised mo humbly that ho would obey me, and that be woald be °| fonnd at tho Albion at_tho hLour I mentioned. Ife weut away terrorstrickon, and in graat fear of me. Tie Ind not boen gone tea micutes when o Iadv, Beavily velled, entorea and approached mo. Bho beotily uncoverad hor face. It was Miss Kingsford, “Sha was nalo and weary-lookiog. -1 havonot brouglit the cross,” sho stam- mered. . **Do not feol troubled about it,” I replicd, in a manger which banisbed hor agitatiou at ouce, ‘Perhnps wo shall not need it. 1 will go with Fon, s a matier of form, to the dlnion.” *That iy, 4 SOU WILL TAKE ME INTO CUSTODT,” she replied, with a sort of balf augh. * “+Ko, not that exacily, but I will go to see it something canuot be done to provent too great a secrifice on your part, Wherd is your brother 2 “Poor Allan!—I do not knaw. "I~ havo not geen Dim to-day. Ah, if ho knew what a storm was banging over him?” T begged her to go into my privao office, in the rear, and to rest thero unul the time should como tovisit tho * Presidont.” She did as I wishied, and et:e Iay her tired head upon o keap of cashions that 1 arranged besido Lier mpon 3 1ounge. At half-past. 11 we enterod her coupe, which we found two blocks away, and drove 1o the placs of mecting. “The Atbion wes a small hotel, built of stone, and it was very old. 3fcst of its windows wero narfow, and its rooms davk and contracted. It was fincly firnished, howevor, and it was much Jfl:ed by fashionablo people. “Wo _‘were' shown to = parfor. Its windows Tooked upoa 5 broad park, whose tall traes wero moaning 1a tho wind, and over whose ice-covered | pathy s few walkers \were picking their wags. “Chero was a bright fire in the grate. Mies Kingsrard was exccedingly anxions. She shiowod meher wallet. It contained bank-notes of Jargo denomination ; in atl, £15,000. l.; Kho senl‘. to inquire if any oue were awaiting er azrival. _“In 2 momemt tho ‘“President™ was nshered in. ‘Howas tho man miready described tomo both by 3iss Hingsford and ‘ber brother. His facu yore'en expression of profound sympathy. Tuis vanished, however, when his exes rested upon me. He tcoked annoyed, if not alarmed, Mizs Kinasford (following my instrucrions) told him that I was ber maid. He bowed, and then asked, with an eagerness whicl: bo conld not conceal (from me at least), & IF SHE *° I1AD COME PREPARED.” “Sbe replied in the whirmative. His dehight gleamed ouy of his eyes and bis wmouth, 23 a £ro glezms from between the bricks o1 2 Jain. He offored her many consolations, and then approached the main subject once more. tiss Ktuzsford asked for a epecitication of the character of the propedty fier brotber had ab- strarted from tho yawlts of the Company. The wrun replied, i sabstaoce, that 1t consist- ed of ten £1,000 Government bonds of tho old L5ue of '05, numbered frora guch and snch up- ward; five ¥1,040 bonds of the issno of '67, nod threa of tho izaue of '65. I committed this statement to momory. " Tho “ President ™ then went o3, and made sn claborate statement—tiled with all dus expres- sions of sorrow and regrot—ol Kingeford's con- dact, and ended by saying that timo was prees- ing; and that, if ngsford wonld trust , he would 5eo that her family and her broti- er emerped irom the danger which imperiled their peaco and iutegrity, “Wait a womeut, please,” gsid I. ““In- stead of being President of the Trust Company, & ADE YOU NOT A CLERE? Is not your name Marzhall 2" The msn turned lvid. . Iaroee aod went to a door wlhich led to an ad- joining spartiment. orford was tuere, pacing ap and down, uwconseiud of the near presance of thaso wiro were lnere: I beckoned to liw. Ho atepped into toe rocm. Each of the three paopie recoiled, witl ex- presaions of profound consternation. They cou- templated ono another for a few scconds in dis- misyed silonce. 1'must ay that I felt very much like langhiug. 1 finally addressed Marshall ; “Your attempé o sell the sceret of your con- fedovats Las failed. Tho mouey to repurchase the bonds s took hss been raived, but the mon- €5 to roplice thoeo yoté hieve taken bas not bezn raised.”” I did not fecl that T was venturiug on dangerous ground, for it was too likety that Mar- sliall, being s party to 3 felony, liad 2iso profited by it. * You tfought to mako a good atroke by pessonating to bis uuwary sister a grieved but kind-hearted superior, while you were in reality ‘pothing more than & wreteh who sought not only 10 grow rich on the wrongs committed by bim, bucto cover him with so much shame—which the flight advised by you wonld have brought down—tliat his mname woald havo been” a perpetual suggestion of ovil nud re- proach. “You are o fthousand times the criminal {hat ho i3, and I thank Heaven that {‘:‘m_ Lave been thrown in my way. I sball sce i JOU ARE PONISRED.” While uttering this picco of bombast, I fized my eyes upon him, and then Added, quietly : * You will be arrested to-morcow morning.” He turned about aud hastened fo the dpor, I followed nim. 2y private olicer was 1 waiting. Marshail was seized tho instant he passed into tise hall, and was taken, 25 1 bad_proviously di- rected that ho should be, to another and amore secluded part of the houso, and was there kept ander sutveillance for an hour and a balf. Having secn that ho was securod 2nd incapa- citated from maldng any interruption, I retummed to the brother and sister. Miss Kingsford was standing. with her face hidden in her hands, beside the mantel Uer brotlicr, almost ns broothlens 38 n statuo, s00d near oo opposite comer, with bis facs averted. i “Mr. Kingsford,” said I, ** yoa have been res- cued from destruction; you were upon the vargze of exposure. The dolay of o fow hours would bave ruined you irredeetasbly, 20d the remainder of your lifo aud of the fives of your refatives woitld have been made burdeusome. You havo teen cerried by your weakness within a ghort distanco of oll the perdition thos is aforded upon carta. and you hava been fnsensibly dravin Dback by ono hand. You now owe a great deal to that hand. You can now become upright. - It Las afforded you another opportunity to become truo to yourself aud to those whom you should Your sister robbed Lerself of all hicr posses- sions, in crder that you might regoin another foothold, and this afier you have repeatedly .do- coived hior and proved treacherous to thoso that Delicvod in you. be sufficient to offzct tusamount you have stolen and squandered has been producéd by Ler by tho salo of bor dresscs, and by the pledge of hier jewels to n pawnbrokor, I am the pawubroker.” Tho great sum that will sloso Miss Kingsiord sobbed violently; aud her d in his | brothor, overcomo with his wretched refloctions, seemod £o endeavor to hide Limself belind him- soif. 1 went on with the speech I had prepared : “int yon bhave beon Worse tlun uscless in tho world, must be evident to yourself ‘s you roview yourlifo. It is plain, Lowever, to me, that you havo bren o XONSTER OF INGRATITUDE ASD CRUELTY. I know that you isve disreganded the affetions and ghts of thoso wito demanded respect from you 1 know that you have Irittered away your fititciples and your heart. I know that you bave dezcended 50 low-that yor bavo becone the on- *Ta Le not pleseing in 'his manpers? Hasho | fdout of tbieves. 1kmow that you bave been o} a fino address ? ™ capable of & ¢egres of mesnness that should *Y-yes, ho talks Iike an angol.” condenin you to’ live sway from maniund alto- “What were you about to do with the monay | getler, as one anfit for its company. You sob- that yon hoped to get for that cross?” I 'was abont to leava town. The affair will ba known'all over the citv this evening, Dut you will aturn the cross to me? " e This inquisy was extited and etactlingly earn- est. -~ 1shook my head. Iie burstinto alorrent of prayers and entroaties, which I checked 53 soon as possible. I advised Lim to return to kis office. ¢ Return to my offica!” “Yes. Dutleaveit just before noon and go to tho Albion, aud sit in the parlor until I send for you.” +“Tutil you send for mo!™ +Ye3. And be sure you do nof attempt fo ran away mesutime. You have stolen $15.000, bave you not?” +* J—I—peshape.” ¢ I suppoes you have converted the company’s bonds. Are the bonds to be bad " AT A NONENT'S NOTICE 2" | e gazod et mo for sn instant, and then cried in » loud vaico that scemed to come Ifrom the verv middle of bis heart : _*They arg to bo had Dut who can want them " If eyes can extort eecrets, then aJess obdurate | ¢ person than I would hava t0ld Lim al sho knew, for his gazo scemed to penclraie my brenst, so intense was it. ~ ~ But I was dumb. I bad nothing more to ask. Ife was subdued by my (supposed) knowledge, and ho called me a etrange womau. He begzed for the cross a second time, * For,” he aid, ** it 2 moment's notice. #ad condemnation, by s Judge in-open court. - You: ehouid bo mede infamous by the press. be clothed in the colored jacket of tho con- vict, and you should b pleced in = coll and be guarded by a man who would £hoot yoa should You altempt to éscape. tortured by che knowledeo that you haro broken but everlasting ecorn. another moment of peace. the remainder of your life in bed your affiancea of a dismond cross which your eister had lozned to her, and you endeavored to sellit to me, 60 that you might with the procetds escapn from tho city, and avoid tie cousegacuces ~of cross, previous to thia sitempt of yours, was Ppledged to me by your siater for he purpote of raising money enough to save you from exposnre and popishment, Hiers i3 the cros our crimes. That 1 protinced it. The sister uttered a fresh cry of distress, and tho brother wag overwhalmed with remorse. * Yes," cried I, “ you bave done ill. Yon have dons notbing b to mako yourseif dreaded and feared by those that.are upright. You have per- mitted your fancies to become passions, and your pasaions to lexd you to commit felomes. “"You _have approached very near to prison. At this Thoment you des ment, trial, Ve arrest, arrai bo_rebuked You should You shoald Your heart thould bo e hearts of otbers. You should be weighed down by the belict that nothing is now due you You ghould ‘never have You skouwid epend SOROW. AND UTTER DEGRADATIO; You should bo wranped up in she contemplation of your own sin, aud tha devastation that it hag to my tists made.” (Kingaford wag so szitated thad, the M}P‘%fi:u"yfiaha it from hor,” said L iatle npl}nfiw:uiun"hg Joaned siock bonesi his i and), ‘* Bat how atflers 3 ‘our ! ‘Ho turped away Lis kead, gnd then matiered, . ! dfset oMo o faal half to himself The ~crime thaf yoR be covered uUp. . No.ooo is to kmow of it Yon are not fo bo challenged or distarbed. Your sister, by her energy sad dovotion, has acreened you. Yoa can walk, travel, receive sod givo respect, become honest at heart, love, marry, do anyihing you liko. There is_no. honor that yon cannot™ gsin, no satisfsction that you cannot_earn. You are, in reality, born a second time. You are surrounded with bappiuess. All tlunga contain joy for_yoi LEvery one is ready £o treat you with afection.” I was interrapted here, said Madam, by Kiogsford, who suddenly hastened across tho roont to Lis sister, and seized her in his arms. Ho was overcome by emotion, and I am ashamed to say Low much { was affected by his -cotiduct toward her. He acted more kilia a lover. than 3 brother, and he caressed ber aud bestowed upon her every mark of endearment. Well, how did the mattes end? Kingsford repurchsed tho bonds with hia sis. ter's mones, and amondea Lis accounts, aud then le.i tho oflico of the Company, 88 ha was bouad to do. And he became an honorzble man ? Certainly.~ Yon forget my harmaguo. Aud Marshall 2 1 8ep that you forget tho othor harangus also. He did ot wait to Lo asrested on the folowing morning, but Lo fled, Jeaving » deficit in his ac- connts which his bondsmen will not easily forget. 1may sev in sddition that this diamond cross eventuaily found its way BACK 70 ITS OWSER. And about tho owner, what of her? Oh, khe remaned bosatiful untul she married, when sho became angelic. I think I could have been one of ber fnenda bad it not been for my fomily, my age, and tho character of my busi- Dess. But, as theso threa obstacles waro £00 diffi- cult to gurmonnt, I had to coutent myself wish thia bouquets of fowers which sho used to send me on the first day of each month. One cannos be intimata with & pawnbroker with impunity, for I haye but to smile upon a lady to ruin bar wedit. 3y nod is 3 tremendous ailair,—dlbert F. Webster, in Appietons® Journal. Pl bl ) QUID SIT ORANDUM. God §3 alt-wise, ail powerful, and all-gaod = 1 speak to those alove who hold Him's0: All-wise, and kuoweth thoreforn what is best 3 All-good, and tcilicth therefora wit 12 best & All-powerful,—can do therefore what it best,— Aud, if I1e e0, by musl. Where Knowledge, Wil And Yower coibive, what else results bus tus? ‘We cannot, like the Garden's famous sage, Droam of an jdia God that dads the world Aeids and lets it pass. We know too wail, By rad expericace, how suck power for good A2 man can wicld fsy rust foc lack of tse Bat God's great virtues must go forth of Lilm For ever and for ever, and 1iis work Be always whiat is best. Whiatever fn, 1s thozudora beat, | Our fial Goulties | ¥ stumbio sorely, grope in doubt ang = B L o O s gt e Faillug to see how sorrow, sufferiug, s, How Evil's manifest units, sweil th sual Of tinal gosd ; Lut, grant ibo premises, And the conclosion follows, logical, Inoviaile: Allthat is, is best, Wuar it to us what {ace'it may § for God All-wie, all-good, all-potent, wills it so, But Mayer tien,—to what ond, 1f thus we held Ttat, unsolicited, God needs must work Tanfamty's Lest, though to humenity That best scems of:cr ¢viiz Wien we pray, Something we ask—no mattor what—of Godymy Somethivg He holds alrcady good ar bad, Or beit or worst ¥ay rather, for with Him 13 mo'indiffereuce. | Suppodo it chancs, A chane 16 muay, (iat Our entrouty squares With TLis great purposes, tho thing will ba Without gar stir. If wa petition i), Wil He grant ill to pleas our Liinded wish ¢ Ts Rian more Wise tan God, that he showd ask Eternal Wisdom o revise its sciteme,— v Hint wisat would scem amendment here and thers,— Buggelt an oversight? And yet what else Is Prayer for what God thint nof good fo give? thought the Kowan Satiriet: * \Wherefore, them, With vollve tablets fringe the waxy kuees Of marble Gods, and weary Heavon with prayers Supsriluoss of pernicious7” True, he ends Withs eanction of gequest for whatsover Was best and noblest 1 the Tcathen's sight : Sound mind, four frame, the coarage to class Death Among the gifts of Natare, fortitude, Calmngss, cuatent, 20d high contempt of lus Avd Juxucy: i 1090 must pray, must fry 11is porkers entraiis in thoaitar’s fre, Nor be cuntent o lecye the Gods untessed (Though so 'twere Letzer, if e might advise), Tous o bum ask,—at leist beTl do no barm 2 So, with a sncer, fie gives Us leave 10 pray. Suall we Luen, @rifting widl the Fatalist, Shrag careless kioulders, fold our idle hands,— Let tilo worid slide with, ! Che sara sazs 17 “ Kismet 1—What dittercoce if we pray or no?” So thtuks te Joelew, yet tho Mastem praye. Shall ice be dumb? We czunot chooss but prayl Colu Reason prates of Praver's futility: Calamity and guffering fing the glozs Of Hesson to tho winds: Divine command And natoral puise driva us to our knces, And God Inca tiate tells ua “Fue Koman kuew uot Batoro bo preached such Goxpel 28 ho conld, There was another Izeacker, aud s form. Of Prager delivered to race he scorned, Cpon 3 mountain.side 1n Gatilee, Brief, cowprehensive, pregnant, Church and Prisst aace, tirough nineteen contaries, aTigin-syread the text With cumbrous wration of request For tuis oz that parsicular,—ceeming good o such, of ‘course. Docs not our Father know The thitigs that we hase need of ere we ask? Can we not trast im?_In that formula Whiat carthly boon did Jesas bid ws pray Save *“daily bread ” 1—that is, to-day conteat, Trust or to-marrow ; pardon here Wo exr; Syars us templaciou ; and doliver as Trom evil,—geucrals’s what's the earller clause Ihat unddrties theos all 7 “ Thy will be done {* —& Fized Fate, FrewWill, Foreknowledgo absolute, e That problem etiil must front us, Let it resk! = Faith can be hambly patient, and swait ‘Solution Later, when, i God’s good time, Hleaven shell ux;.\glm our eyes aud Jet “‘f 508 How all things havo togother wroughs for good, —Or must the Christian 100 bo Fatuiiat? Fay, “ Soivttur volendo:” for whilo Tlic question’s snywered : vet the moments coms, Not eelduzn, in the Jife of sll whess thought Toila o'er tho unguessel riddle of tus warld, When donlt. in that apparent literty Suspectsa bidden bondnge. * Men proposs, But God disposrs:” thal'e an uttcratce Chrietiun in form, methinks, yet Faklist Tn exsence,—Cull of comfort, too, for such s trust His goodness, Dares the most dovout ‘Avow he Liopes by praying to persuada Omuiscienco 10 Ats otion of What's food, If thers Omuiscivaco duffers 2 Rightly hield, God’s Will is fate. No variablen:: No suadow of turning. Through Elernity God's Will 1us be. e, Zaust be, doao 3 The Pagan's stern is God's Wil For Theist and for Christicn, Bt the last Seea farther than tho first, and bails light Beyoad the gloom. Tha easly Fagan fels An fron fetter of Neceseity,— How forged he knew not rightly, or by Gods With body-parts and passions liks hiy ow, 0z by some elder primal powcr Whereto Tiis Goda themeelves were vassals; knew alone A tyrant, not 3 Father; lacked tho lizht y Toves & Providence that * shapod bik ends, Rongb-herw them 2 bo would, "—tho confidence Fo nwn In Nature, Fate, Necessity,— God's Will as we should say,—an ordinance Wiser than be could {ramc ; the fuith o say * S0 best, for a0 Thou wiliéat 1" 25 Iifs fanlt Froe from our blame, f fault it were to be Tuo Ignorant to conccive, t0o weak ta bear, A saying bard enouzh for us Who have The icsson and the pattern, At tha last, What prayer was Hin who, sweating as it were Great ddrops of blood; on Galvary’s awful eve, Euelt by tho olives of Gethsemanie ? HIf it be rossible, O Father! leb This cap paes from me ! Nc'ertheloss, Thy teffl, Xot Mine, be done ! The human agony, The sorrow like 00 sorrow ore ot stuce, Iiroke forth in that exceeding bitter cry't Flesh for > moment qualle, but Falth was firm, ‘And conquered Nature witk, * Thy will Lo done |® 80 pray, and cease not! sot not'on thy knees For cver, droning with the clolstered Monk; Not like the usclesn Ifermit, self-baoived From oll man's debt to man,—malingering 1n Jeaven's griat warfare, when the trumpet-note Of duty calis to act ; not satfetied To turn mechanic Buddhist barrel-wheels, Or squat, a torpid theorist, absorbed In contemplaticn of thy navel's pit, Pray ever! Life, if 1if6 s rightly lived, 15 onc long orison. _ Ail facuities, ‘Employed 8 God would bave them nsed, are steps Upon tho stairs by which man climbs to Heaven, Far “laborate ” is * orare ” too. Tray ever, and wurk ever. Say at morn, “Thy will be done, for it is goud,"—and g0 Go forth mora apt to do it : Sayat eve, Tay will be done, for i¢ 48 guod,™—and 5o Sieep fearless with that saying. Prayerand ain Fight in o holiday~tourney, ever. 1n mortal grapple : Frayer muss strangle Sin, 0Or Bin will strsugl Prayes. The world is dim, And T, 35 yet, mot capable to face Tise perfect noon of knowledge atd of tent Soms dsy weshall pes clesrer. But, 1l then, Uso we swhat Light we bave, and pray for mors, To know more fally what wa know in part, What cpnscience teaches but imperfectly, What pride diaputes, and passion overziouds, Andfraudty duubts, and wild despair defies. Ltghten our dar! Light! morg lizht! toss What £5 that truo and perfect will of God, That we may help to dot ; not as tools Thot know Dot what they fashion, but a8 hands Whose Liears is in their work : and. whatso'sr 1t be, this above all, more Faith to o1y, In darkneas or in light, “ Tiy will bo done ™ "+ in Dlackosd for J: paitdalisie, AN Musical Festisel to be given in Liver- Septembor, the Orchestra will numbes 100 and the chorus 300. It will last four days, and amongz the compositions to be_performed are Jlendelssohn's ** Oratorio of St.Faul” first performed in Englaod at tho Liverpool Fostival in 1636, Haydn's *“Creation,” Handel's * Mes- ioh,” “-Tsrael in Eg7pt.” and ** Judas Macca- beus,” Jr. Sullivan’s * it of cho World,” a now symphony by Sir Charfes Benedict, and two now compositions by Mr. Macfarren and Mr. J. F. Barnett, in addition to works of Goanod. Sir Jules Bonedict will bo $he conduetor. poal in i i i H ¢ { | | & | i E i : { o RS s e € R B e g g o AP B