Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1881, Page 2

ASTIRRING PERIOD IN THE HISTO WASHINGTON. ‘The National E: seven Sinves—lts Capture and the Mob. The District of Columbia—or what remained of it after the retrocession of Alexandria county to Virginia, in 1846—being taken frem the side of Maryland, like Eve from the side of Adam, brought with it Maryland laws and usages. Even to this day, cases in the District courts often hinge upon the ancient statutes of Maryland, and upon the rules of construing them In the courts of that state. Slavery ex- isted here, in name and in fact, under the laws enacted in Maryland prior to the year 1790, when the ten miles square were ceded to the general government. These laws were accepted by Congress as part and parcel of the /ex loci, without specially naming them; for it would have been impossible to induce that body to enact a slave code in any time of {ts history; and especially was this the case in 1790, only three years after the formation of the Consti- tution, In which the words slave and slavery are not to be found. It was the statesman Madison, of Virginia, who deciared tn the con- yention that those words, imp'ying that there can be property in man, ought not to be admit- ted into the Constitution. Tbe framers of the Constitution conented to wink at the existence of slavery in the states, but they would not admit the fact, in words. In the early days of the republic the anrt- slavery sentiment was dominant among edu- ed men as far south as North Carolina; but instinctive sense of justice gave way before peals of self interest, as slaves Increased nd the land of Washington, Jeffer- son, Madison and Henry, and the land of Lutber Martin and William Pinckney, became at length almost as tutolerant: of free spesch aa was that of Calhoun and McDuffie. In view of the prevailing rentiment in this part of the country, it can be imagined that there wag amazement and indignation when the an- rouncement was made In the fall of 1546, tn the — of = war pecape en for the extension se slavery, that an anti-slavery newspaper was to be established in Washington! Rash men threatened violence. Wise and prudent men ¢ shook their heads, and protested against it in the name of and order. But the movers in the daring enterprise took no step backward; andon the ith of January, 1847, the National #ra made its appearance in this city. A fund | of $20,000 was raised by the friends of freedom, ad denuncla- Lt ect editor was iMaut and able iters were occasional contributors, amo: ae ae Houston, oe sa bp ote who wrote les of graphic sketches of men and t about Wasb'ng- ton; H. B. Stanton, whose ‘‘Modera Reformers” attracted much attention and were wii the Zra, while Alice and Phebe Carey, Dr. Pi mt, William D, Gallagher and Mr. it~ Uer himself contributed some of their finest Poetical effusions, which have taken their per- matent place in American literature. Taese were among the £ra’s earlier contributors. SPLITS IN THE ANTI-SLAVERY PARTY ‘The fact needs to be explained that during the whole period of the great controversy regarding slavery, the anti-slavery men or abolitionists differed widely omong themselves. Or more Properiy, radical differences sprang up among them at an early stage of the controversy, which caused @ wide divergence of views as to the proper methous of opposition to or aggres- Sion egainst the system. The liberty party stood upon the constitutional ground, viz: that the general government had no power to inter- fere with the institution in the states; that the states Were sovereign within their own limits, and Were responsible for thelr institutions and forthe administration of justics between man and man; but that slavery was strictly a local institution and had no right or claim to be ex- tended into new territories. Being a gross in- fringement of the rights of man, the liberty ae, held it to be the duty of Congress to pro- bit the extension of slavery into the territo- Tiea, to abolish it in the District of Columbia, and that the act of Congress (sedge) for the recapture of “fugitives from labor” was a usur- — of power, and therefore null and void. at held that the clause of the Fourth Article of the Constitution on which the fugt- tive slave act was predicated was only a com. with Lewis Tappan at their head, to establish it. . Gamalie! Bailey, of Cincinnati, wa3 P in charge of it as its editor. Martin uel and Wim. Blanchard, two respectable | printers of the city, waose hearts were in the cause, were engaged to pub"'sh the paper by contract. Mr. Lewis Clepuane became the eMicient clerk. A brief reference to the early life and career of this remarkable man, selected to edit the Era, should precede the account of his work here at the seat of SS He was born at Mount Hol- ley, N.J., in December, 1507. His father | Was a Methodist minister, and the son was brought up in that faith.’ He was educated a pbysician, in Philadelphia, and when quite young emigratea to Cincinnati, where he set- Ulead with a view of practising bis profession. But he soon became deeply interested in th: great controversy regarding the rightfulness and the polit'cal bearings of slavery. He mar- ried Migs Margaret L. Shands, a lady of Virginia birth and education, who ssed_ shipertor intelligence and force of character, and thoroughly sympathized with her husbind on | this subject, and tn his future plans and labors. | His interest in the subject was first awakened by adebate among ‘the students of Lane Semi- nary, which excited much local interest at the | ume, and led to the expulsion of some of tae young men. This was in the year isc4._ Waen he was still quite a young man he espoused | the cause of freedom with bis whole heart, and never looked back. BAILEY MOSBED IN CINCINNATI. In 596 he connected himself with James G. Bwney, (father of Gen. William Birney,) a southern gentieman who had emancipated his Slaves, in the editorship of the Philanthropist, at Cincinnati, devoted to the cause of emanci- pation. About the first of August of that year amob entered the office, overturned the type, scattered them in the streets, and threw the press into the river. This causeda sus- | pension of the paper for a few weeks. But it ye-appeared the latter part of September, though printed in a neighboring village and | published in Cmeinnati. After a few montns Dr. Batley became sole proprietor and editor. It was conducted by him, says Wililam T. Coggeshall, in the Ohio State Journal, “with energy and firmness, but with discretion and fairness, and though often very passionately denounced, steadily increased in circulation and Influence.” But {ts “discretion and fatr- ness” did not save it from the violence of the mob. in September, 1541, after the paper had bech under the control of Dr. Bailey for ave years, during all which time it had been dis- tinguished for the sobriety of its tone,and for the measured and passtoniess use of lasguage, the office of the Philvnthropis’ Was assailed by a mob with a de sree of violence which exceeded that cf ud which defied the authorities of the city. The provocation to this outraze was the alleged misconduct of some colored people. But whatever may bave been the offe of that oppressed class of the community, there Was hot the siightest reason or excuse for and proprietor of the Piri/ay ible for them. | | | | tbree or four days of mob rule; aud ti, wil! sar. fice to say that the printing materials of the Philanthropist were completely destroyed. The types were scattered about the streets, and the press was broken in pieces and tarown | into the river. The poor negroes were hunted down like wild beasts,and tne authorities found it neceseary to imprison some hundreds of them to save them from destruction. The mob of ashington, in 1545, was a Pickwickian affair compared with this one, which occurred in S41, in the free state of Ohio. It is but just to ‘say, also, that ‘THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES HERE acted in better faith as conservators of the peace gnd order than did those of (incinnatl. Dr. ley, in 1541, Was @ comparatively young man, being in his thirty-fourth year; but he | then displayed the caim reason and dispassion- ate judgment which distinguished him througa life. Intiexible in purpose, earnest, honest and radical in the pursuit of truth, he yet invart- ably avoided the use of language calculated to Wound orto offend. On this very occasion, In pe aged the charges of bis enemies, he said: “Our object Is the extinction of slavery ia the United States by ful and constitutional means. We propose to bring about this object by arguments and appeals addressed to the reason, the humanity, the conscience and the interests of the slave-holder, and by produc- ing such a public sentiment in the free states as shall constantly direct his attention3 to the Wrongs of the slave, and reprove bim for de- | laying measures of redress. We propose fur- | ther to Invoke the power of Congress to put_an | end to slavery and the slave trade In tne Dis- trict of Columbia, over which, by the Consittu- Uon, it has ‘exclusive power of legislation in | all cases whatscever.’” The destruction of the office of the Piitan- | | (hropist only caused a suspension of the Cone for a few days, when it resumed pubiication, | end Webt on as usual. In is43 a daily edition was published called the /era/d, which, while | tt showed the progress of antt‘slavery ideas, Was no addition to the pecuntary value of the | establishment, Dut on the contrary, a araw- | back. It was continued, however, for some | years, | IT HAS ALREADY BEEN STATED { that Dr. Bailey in the fall of 1546 was Invited | tocome to Washington and take charge of a new anti-slavery paper, to be estaOlished on a | fund raised by the friends of the cause. He did so, and was eminently successful, After a few months he bought out the founders and became the sole proprietor. The times were eminenUy suited io such an enterprise. The south was all alive to the importance of ex- Tending the area of slavery. Texas had been annexed in the !nterests of slavery. The war with Mexico, projected in the interesta of slavery ,could no. fadi to result in theannexation of territory, and a fearful struggle must ensue between the Lorth and te souta for its posses- sion. Northern whigs, as a rule, and a large portion of the democracy, were op; to tne extension of slavery. But their opposition was held in subordination to the interests and ext- gencies of iy. The earnest and resolute j «pponents of slavery could not re‘y upon tha ‘tegrity of either of these old parties in the 101 tm thelr internal struggles with their southern allies. Northern whig and democratic leaders of = a ‘were nO matches for tha imperious will an fierce aggressive tactic; «ft their more skillful southern colleagues. Tas sriends of freedom, therefore, had organized a 2 ew party, whose cardinal principle was oppo- : Won to the extension of slavery, to slavery in be District of Columbia, and to the seizure and eportation, by slavebolders, of colored men ta he northern states, without trial by jury. This ‘ganization, calied the Iiberty , We ormed in 1541, by a few resolute men. It grew steadily from year to year. Candidates weve } ominated for the high places of the lan3; jaca aati Sittaaeet ia parties, and tlock to its ~ bea ics representatives in Doth Dranches of Congress. Governors and legislatures bezan to r 4 to its wishes, and the time had come for a distinctively anti-slavery organ at the seat of government. ‘The imminent danger to tha ould make a cam ibe enterprise. It was a challenge whic the determined opponents of slavery coutd not decline with honor, and t! ‘Se jected the right man from all the men in their Tanks to throw down the gage of pattie to the | some ‘of whom used pact between the states, which carried with it BO power of legislation on the part of Congress; and this was the opinion of Mr. Webster, which he only surrendered in deference to the decision Of the Supreme Court. Ia one word, the lt Tiguts principtes party; an principles that eight or ten of the northern states enacted What were known as the “Personal Liberty Bills,” which nullified the itive slave acts of Congress. Itmay be added, though not alto- ther germane to this narrative, that tne liberty pariy was @ free trade party. But the immense accession of northern whigs who joined the liberty men or free sollers after the repeal of the Missourl compromise, with Mr, Seward at their head, completely submerged these fundamental principles of the party of freedom. So that, from having been the cham- Pilons of states rights and free trade, the party now re-baptized as republican became strongly | “federalistic” tn principle and policy, with a predominant element favorable to “protection.” ANOTHER CLAS& of abolitionists, represented by Messrs. Garrl- son and Phillips, held that the Constitution Wes thoroughly pro-slavery in spirit and pur- pose; and, therefore, that it was ‘‘a covenant With death and a league with hell.” With such views of that Instrument, they could not con- gent to vote or to hold office under it, nor under the state governments, since it would be neces- gary to swear alleg’ to the “league with hell.” In a word, they were avowed secession- iste, and Mr. Phillips wrote an elaborate trea- Use In support of the secession theory. STILL ANOTHER PORTION of the abolitionists, of which Mr. Gerritt Smith was the representative man, and Mr. Lysander Spooner,the ablest expounder, held that slavery | Was unconstitutional tn all the states, and that Congress had the right ‘to proclaim liberty throughout the land.” Both these clas3es of abolitionists were the bitter foes of the liberty party and ofthe republicans. But the events Of the war gradually biended them altogether. THE PRARL. On Sunday morning, April 16, 1543, seventy- seven Slaves, consistisg of 38 men and boys, 26 Women and girls, and 13 children, made a desperate effort tolescape from the service of their masters in this city, tn a sloop called the Pearl, of 52 tons, of Whitehiil, New Jersey. It was owned by Edward Sayers, the master, Caleb Aaronson and another. The sloop left the steamboat wharf, below the Lon; Bridge, at 2 o'clock a. m. on the day named, an: sailed down the Potomac with a fair wind. ‘They were pursued by a party of vo'unteers for the oce: sion In the steamer Salem, Capt. Baker, with atout thirty volunteers beside the ‘crew. The steamer grounded before reaching Alex- an¢iia, and did not pass that place until avout sunrise. About 4 o'clock Monday morning the Steamer came In sigat of the Pearl, which, in Consequence of the high wind and heavy sea, | bad anchored tn “Carntield harbor,” a cove on the Maryland shore near Potnt Lookout. Baker belong confident that the sloop In sight wag the Pearl, Closed In upon and boarded tt. They found no one on deck. the ha.cixes being ciosa ‘The editorial accouiit in the W: of the following Wednesday, from which we gather thes? particulars,’ says: “These {the hatches} were guarded, and Dantei Dray! the supposed master arid ringleader of the thieves, was ordered to come up. After some time.and very reluctantly, he did so, and was placed under guard. He confessed he was eer men who had received and concealed the slaves on board the vessel; ad- mitted he had had interviews with persons who had undertaken to send the slaves on board, but he would not give their names, saying, If he did not, and should be convicted, the abolitionists would support his family. The real captain of the “Pearl,” Edward Sayers, was then called up and ‘put uoder answers being evasive and unsatis- factory. The third waite person on board, Chester Eoglish, said he had been duped and in] m by the other two. He wept bit- iy, protested he had no part in the Of the concern, and seemed willing to tell ail he knew. themselves, had admi The chief kidnappers, itted he knew nothing of their plans, and had been directed afier nicht to receive the slaves, who, they sald to him, et down the river on an excursion of Pleasure.” ooo hen towed back to Washington, and H. C. Williams, a magistrate of the city, who accompanied the pursuers, summoned the Parties before him, committed the slaves ag Tunaways, and temporarily committed Sayers and Drayton for further examination. Like the Union. the National Intelligencer contained no notice of these stirring events, Which areused the deepest interest in the com: munity, until the following Wednesday, three days after the salling cf the Pearl, and the pur- | sultofthe steamer. Indeed, neither of those journals hada local department. The /ite/li- gencer seems to have had a “city reporter,” and ‘the account of the escape and capture of the fugitives given by that news-gatherer, appears under the editorial head. Tne following fact, in connectton with the affair, furnished by him, isenly hintedat by the Union report. The re- porter says: ‘On tha arrival of the Salem and ‘the Schooner at the steamboat wharf yesteraay @ large number of persons were assembled, very threatening lan- age towards tl2 wiilte men who were up ——- a it the = without serious __ persona! injury, It was ow!ng to the prudence and firm- ness of the guard by whom they were attended, and their being quickly conveyed to jail ina hack, which was pressed into immediate re- quisition.” Itseems that English, as well as Drayton and Sayers, was committed for future heal “which is not to in: ‘om the same paper stat that the three men were Analy coma d and held for trial on the charge of having ‘stolen, taken, and carried away seventy-six slaves.” The Union was too much absorbed in p2- litical controversies in and out of Congress, in speec! ese in France, to me attention to domestic 1aci- jen THE MOB AFFAIR, ‘The National Era of the 20th—that being its first issue after the event—gave a brief account of the mob, but as we propose to give a more extended account frem the New York Herala, we cmit the particulars stated by Dr. Bailey. Lis proper, that what the Doctor ea10 of his motives and purposes at the mo- ment when his Pe A arouse comp’ violent assault against the Mberty of the Press—a liberty in our case which even they dare not say, has been abused. All we have to say 13, we stand by the freedom of the whatever the reauit.” “Wednesday morning, § o’clock.—The mod to arouse ger and resentment than to convince the | ‘amhington Union * | violence. ery | of France at their triumph over a despot, wno undertook to enslave the press, an attempt should be made tostrike down the freedom of the (sey! in the capital city of this republic in ‘sight of the national '@ are again threatened—the — Is to be rey it is said, &. * * * Enough, We yield to no violence.” DR. BAILEY’S CARD, At the request of the Mayor of the city, Col. ‘William W. Seaton, who was his next door | neighbor and friend, Dr. Bailey published a card, in which he repelled the charge that he had any connection with or knowledge of the attempted escape of the slaves on the ‘Pearl,’ and asserted his right and purpose to maintain the freedom of the press, in language similar to that quoted above, In this card he repeats the following pusaeph from the introductory | srtole in the first number of the Zra, January 7, 194%; “Belleving that tho extinction of slavery can be effected in accordance with the Consti- tution and law, and that this is the better way, no system of unconstitutional or illegal meas- ures will find in us a supporter. We canaot work with contradictory means, Whenever convinced that such measures as the laws sanction or do not prohibit, are insufficient for the object we aim at, we shall frankly say 80. The magnitude of the cause in which we are eng justice to our fellow citizens of the south, and sound policy, demand that no movement be made in relation to this impor- tant question, except with the utmost open- ness, frankness and fair dealing.” ‘This statement was lasued !n hand-bill form, Wednesday, April 19, and was copied by the Intelligencer the next morning, with an ex- pression of the editor’s confidence In its truth- tulness. The Union declined to publish tt. THE FOLLOWING GRAPHIC ACCOUNT 1s from the correspondent of the New York Heraid, Dr. Houston. The scene described was in front of the south, then the only portico of the Patent office. Tho Zra printing office was om ith street, fronting the spot where now stands the east portico, The occasion was a public meeting called by the authorities in the interest of peace and arder. The report says: “Mr. Lenox, the president of the Board of Aldermen, took astand on one of the wings of the steps and spoke to his fellow-citizens. He told them he was reared in the District; tnat he had an interest in the city, (he 13 a large prop- erty holder,) and that, tn his view, 1t would be disreputable to accomplish by force what could be effected by law. ‘It is too late!’ cried man in the crowd. ‘Ah,’ replied Mr. Lenox, “It 1g Dot too late to preserve our @haracter aa good citizens. ‘It is too late!’ was exclaimed in the Chamber of Deputies, when an attempt was made to place the crown of France upon the head of the infant Duke. _ It is not too late for us to act as becomes freemen—as citizens of the metropolis of the Union.’ ‘It 13 too late,’ shouted another of the sovereigns; and there were responses, ‘Ah, that’s the sort;’ ‘Down with the Zra’’ Mr. Lenox said that the mayor of the city (Mr. Seaton, of the National Zntelli- gencer) Was sick, and, after consultation with him, he had consented to addreas his fellow- citizens. *Down with the Zra!’ — went up with a shout, and then cries for ‘Bradley,’ one of our most influentlaland intelligent citizens, Mr. Lenox contended that no good could re- sult from the demolition of the office; and it this were done, we Would have to award dam- ages. ‘iamn the expense!’ exclaimed a hard-. fister, with a club bis hand. ‘That's the talk,’ <c., Were expressions of frequent occur- | rence. ‘kobinson!’ ‘Robingov!’ was loudly called for. ‘Bull, come out!’ So Mr. E. B, Robinson took the rostrum. He said that the feelings of the public had been outraged. [‘Ay, ay.’] An in- had been offered to the community. The public authorities had been dere- | itct_ in duty. Why did not the grand jury indict the Zra as a nuisance? [‘Dowa with it.”) Why didn’t they treat 1t as they didaarrison’s paper here, years ago? They made him pack uy and be off. (‘Down with the £ra.’| These moderate scoundrels are the worst kind of scoundrels, {(‘Ha! ha! That’s it! Give it to ‘emt’| The press should not be suffered to axjst. ii pa I'd give abe ul ae to de- camp. (‘Now: uow!’] Every feeling outraged. (‘Down with the £ra.”|. If will ot protect us, we must take into ourown hands (‘Give it to ’em, Bull! Ha! hat’) He concluded his remarks, and Mr. Radcliffe, of the Washington bar, in response tothe loud calis for him, delivered an address. Every one, he said, knew that he had always st up for the rights of the south. He had done so in the west—in Ohio. (Hurrah!) But, gentlemen, what can you do |*tear it dowa!’} by the course of conduct that you designate? ‘hy act with such haste? Let us adiourn now and call a meeting to-morrow night or Filday, and deliberate. [‘It's too late! Hat What will you do?’ [‘Tear down the now!) Tear down the office under the darknees of Hight? [‘No! the moon 1s shining !"} Why not wait untti to-morrow? Meet in the jay Ume. [‘Now, or never!’) I know you have ceen aggrieved: I know that if the mad schemes of deluded people are persevered in our houses may be given to the flames. [‘Ay, that’s 1t! ap- ply the flames to the Zra”)_{ will meet you at another time. [‘Now! now!’] Let us reflect upon the matter. [‘It’stoo late!’ ‘Do it now!’} ‘e can meet to-morrow, or the day after, and iabipone! & committee to see what can be done in the premises. (‘Let Baker out:’} Why, gentle- men, we would entitie ourselves to no creait. (Release Baker!’ who was taken up for belng drunk before the ya office and placed in limbo } Let us, I repeat, go home and assemble to-mor- row, if you choose, and take measures for the abatement of the nuisance. [‘No!’ ‘No!’ ‘Act now yet ‘Now! ‘Now!’ rang through the crow At last It was decided that a committee should be appointea ae, and five from each ward was St 8 town!’ said several voices. ‘Agreed !’ ‘A ‘And as been the law the remedy . town !” exclaimed another. ‘Agreed !’ “ y Mr. Radcliffe proceeded to read the names of the committeemen. Some of them were dls- agreed to, and the majority acquiesced in. Finally the committee was declared to be filled. |*Go now!’ ‘Instanter!’ And they left the scene for the residence of Dr. Bailey, the editor of the Era. {who lived at the corner of E and Sth streets, fronting the General Post Office department, and next door to Col, Seaton’s o'd residence, how Abner’s.} After a short absence cries were heard, ‘The committee are coming!’ ‘Here they are!’ and the perce resumed their place on the wing of the Patent Ofice ste} Mr. Radcliffe reported that they waited | on Dr. Bailey, and that the Doctor was very ful to them and began to talk ot consti- tutional rights, (Hisses] But the committee informed the Doctor. that it was too late. | (That's it’) The whole amount of the matter Was that the editor said that he would give no Pledges or promise anything. [‘ Down with the &ra!’) Mr. Radcliffe endeavored to eheck the disposition, too evident to be mistaken, to tear down the office. We could not hear his remarks distinctly; but we saw a sudden movement round the corner, toward the doomed establishment. We ran, to be at the smashing of forms, galleys and power resses, We wanted to see how it could ‘be did.” A stone was thrown at the window, and ting-el-ling went the glass. ‘Another © boys, and the day is oura!’ | and ita brickbat at the door. ‘fight crowd the combgtants the It Sppeared that Captain Goddard and his had rolled back the human tide that was setting in against the passage door. and were, like the Spartans at the Passof Thermopyke, disputiog the Ww went th ng, in 8 brick- bats. ‘Is there no one to lead?’ cried out a ; man blouse. ‘Youre afeard” * u were doing there, and what they wanted. (‘Sit down!’] Wasit to destroy iy—to attack an unoffending house? “The [orc we want to destroy the press) Gentiemen—Fellow-Citizens, you know i am no ee CYoure a you Z was raised "Wer and T call uponyca as treemon, aatrinsas of law and order, to forego your 3, THe jo renee any existing en te con- ut of your country will give justice, Cit hasn’t 4 ne it”) I wigh to be hear regoing report from Dr. Houston tells what took place la front of the Patent Office and at the office of the Zia on 7th street. DR. BAILEY’S STATEMENT, Dr. Bailey in an editorial follows it up with the remark that “the firmness of Ca God- dard acd others had again saved the press and the honor of the city. He was sustained vig- crously by bis guard, several of the police and some of the citizens whom he had called upon {to act as deputy constables, At a late hour of the pight the crowd dispersed, annou: purpose to meet on the morrow. morning was one of intense ¥ me Sie was fo epee boy Vs were everywhere usaing | pron ings. The subject had been tntroduced in both mayor to act dur- Seaton, and authorized course of the day,” says the Zra, “(we learn) the Postmaster General [Cave Johnson} in company with Mr. Elisha Whit- tiesey, of Onto, visited the President (Polk) and informed him of the state of thi He immediately sent for some of the city authori- ties, and proffered whatever ald they might deem expedient to indicate. A Cabinet meet- ing was also held, and orders were issued pro- hibiting all persons connected with the vi departments from participating in any violence that might be attempted, and enjoining them, if called upon, to sustain the authorities in their efforts to keep the peace.” Dr. Batley gave the following account of the eX with whioh the mob leaders honored “Tn the evening, [Thureday,] thousands col- lectea about the eitice of the kra, but ue array Of the civil power was such as to look down all attempts violence. Not even a stone was thrown. About ten o'clock, some one or two hundred men, under the leadership of a man called Captain egret slipped away undd- served by the police, paid mea visit. They thundered at the door and demanded my ap- pearance. I opened it, went out on the step, and they asked whether I was the editor of the Era? ‘I am—what do you wish?’ Captaia Thomas, acting a8 spokesman, said that they were a company of Virginians and Mary- Janders—they were going to do things up in their own style. They wished to put my press into the cana’ and give mé a coat of tar and feathers * ‘ell, I suppose you will bear me first,’ I replied. There was a littie tumult, but cries of ‘hear him? hear him!’ soon proraten. and though addressed them for ten or fifteen minutes, They became comparatively quiet, and at the close of my remarks Mr. Radcliffe jumped on the steps before me, madé a short but earnest appeal to them, moved an adjournment, put it to vote, and the crowd resoived to adjoura with but one dissenting voice. Ia ten minutes not a man was to be seen about my dwelling. The crowd gradually melted away from the office, and by twelve o'clock everything was quiet. Law had triumphed, the liber of the press had been recognized, the honor of thecity was secured, order reigned.” ‘The press of the country, even of the south- erm country, condemned the mob, and, while condemning or disclaiming any sympathy with the principles or purposes of the £ra, they spoke respectfully of 1t and of its editor—some ol them in terins of high pratse. SOME OF THE WRITERS FOR THE ERA. Before closing this ajready. extended account, it may be interesting to mention that several eminent female writers, who have achieved world-wide reputations, began their contribu- Uons to literature in the columns of theNationat Era, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly,” as a serial story for the Era. It Sppeared fh that form in 1861, the first numbers being published in July or August. She had no thought of making an extended novel when she began to write, but It was gradually evolved, from week to week, until it grew to the full proportions of & work of fiction and filled the world with tae author's fame, Mrs. Southworth also became famous as a writer for the Era. Her first story, “The Wife's Victory,” was begun as a serial in I1s47, and it was followed up by several other stories through the same medjum. Miss Clarke, now Mrs. see Peco as ‘Grace Greenwood,” and Miss Dodge, as “Gail Hamilton,” first dis- played their remarkabie pavers, and were in- troduced to the world of letters by their con- tributions to the Zr ‘The attempt of the mob to destroy the Zra rendered to the editor, and to ‘the cause in Which he was engaged, a great service. It addcd thousands of names to his subscription list, and caused tens of thousands to appreci- ate, as never pefore, the importance of the work in which he was engi The attempted escape of the slaves, and the mob, awakened a profound tuterest in Congress a8 well as in the country, and led to an excit- ing debate. Mr. Hale, the liberty party Sen- ator from New Hampshire, introduced a bill for the protection of person and ee, against mob violence. . Foote, of - sippl, treated this bill as an sdditiona' out on the rights of tne south, although it was copled from an old Maryland law. It was in this connection that he informed Mr. Hale that It he should visit Mississippi he would be hanged by the mob, and intimated his readiness to join in tying or pulling the rope; by which declara- tion he acquired the soubriquet of Hangman Foote.” But Mr. Foote ilved to repent of all this, and to take office, under a repubiican President. Mr. Calhoun, also, was greatly ex- cited on the cccasion, and uttered lanzuige which caused Senator Dougiass, of Illinois, to say to him that he, Mr. Foote and others, cjuid have done nothing so well calculated to inann- factare abolition votes, tf they had conspired to 0 so. Bismarck in Debate. (Youth’s Companion } Prince von Bismarck, without beleg ao orator, has force, and, in ways that are char- acteristic, often succeeds tn managing dolib- erative assemblies. Some of his repartees in debate are irresistibly impudent. In the Ger- man Parliament, a short time ago, he was de- fending a measure for equalizing taxation, and adduced the example of France, where his plan was, as he claimed, very successful. We translate the following conversation: said: “I am told, in reply to my previous statements, that living is very dear in Paris, I answer by asking a question of any man who has actually lived in Paris, ‘Is living dear A Cries on all sides: “Yes, yes, yes; very lear!” Bismarck—That depends upon what sort of life one lives at Paris, and what pleasures one seeks. (Great laughter.] For my part, I doe- claré thatIcan live cheaper there than here, even in furnished rooms. And I call to wit- ess every workman who has lived in Paris it Tam not right in saying tbat he can live there both better and cheaper than he can live in In truth, there are too many jismarck—Insolence i3 an insolent expres- {Tumult of applause, hisses, and cries of er. The President—Was the word Insolence pro- nounced? I did not hear perfectly. Many Volces—Yes ! yes! Bismarck—Yes, (pointing with his flager,) in of the chamber over there, a member used the word. a8 NO ‘he President—I regret not to have heard ic. T should have interposed with the utmost se- verity. Bletiarck—1 hope that the gentleman will give his name. Herr Struve—It was I who pronounced the word in question. ‘The Pres!dent—The Deputy Struve acknowl- who edges that he spoke the words, “That is inso- lence.” I call him to order. (Applause from the Conservatives. ] Herr Struve—I ask the president, who has called me to order for pronouncing the word insolence, what course he intends to adopt with regard to the Chancellor, who sald that the word was uttered by one who had no shame. [Applause from the radicals. ] Bismarck—In my own justification, I will Say that I spoke that word" before Deput; ess CO name himse} Struve had had the goodns Now that he has done so, I_ withdraw the ex- pression, and I add that the Deputy, at the present moment, does cet shame is. [Roi Itis per to lamented that a witty turn of this kind, which excites general laugh- ter. has £0 much effect upon a parliamentary . The effect may be but momentary, but {totten serves to give the offending party a semblance of triumph—as in this instance. Ice Hot Enough to Scorch Paper. From an article on “The Relations Between the Pressure of the Atmosphere and the Liquid State,” in Design and Work, London, we take Unis extract: air and vapor from the regions surrou jump of ice and take measures to absorb the vapor with sufficient rapidity, the never melt, even if we apply a ever 80 at ‘This tacreatois Paar? pears, for nt ments made by different chemists have con. clusively demonstrated the infuaiblity of ioe in a vacuum. It is also extremely probable the ice act scorch ually ‘hot—so indeed, Sintack with ie—bue aaa and chance of this t your insurance policy is Commercial Advertiser, Amid the goene It 18 rigneacave Ed e LETTER FROM PARIS. THE SALON ‘FOR ‘SI—NO CATROORIES—EMILE DE GIRARDIN—MUSARD'S DEATH AND ROMANCE— PASHIONABLE LIFR—ODDS AXD ENDS, ETC. {Special Correspondence af The Evening Star.) Paris, May 8. ‘The most important matter in Paris now ts the yearly Fine Arts Exhibition, called the Saion. It is the annual event in the itves of artiste: it makes, and eontinues their fame, | and, for not a few, means corn in Egypt. The noted painters dispose of all their works while such are on the easel, or even before a sketch be undertaken; not a few are on the dealers’ books, since youths to fortune and to fame ‘unknown, and mi Dut hacks. The exhibition this year possesses the attraction of being by the artists themselves; they hitherto accused the govern- ment of mismanaging matters; there Is little in the way of reforms to be noticed; the organiza- tion can be sald to be a whit better. The galleries are the most uncomfortable of places vo walk through, and the fittings up and gen- eral arrangement, far behind the art shows of England and Germany. The latter are com- fortable and luxurious, real drawing rooms, the was very evident at the as comparison Universal Exhibition of 1975. It the present much superior; hundred less pictures, that numbertoo many. Tere are 50 first-ciass works, 100 second, and 200 interesting. Tue Test merit hardly the honor to ba namad, save rhaps some 500 as a title to encouragement, ches by young ladies are very numerous, while Va ge eee of Spe sagen were rejected. generous as gods. TAERE ABE NO “CATEGORIES” has disappeared. However, the committee did not perceive any necessity for addinz a label Baudry’s Pegne deiu Loi ts destined for the ful than grandiose; it is the Law made amiable, Ot majestic, cold and severe. M. Detatlle ex- Drapeau, last July; it will be forcibly ranked asthe companton to David's Distribution des Aigtes. The artist has admirably succeeded in aepicting the leading incidents of the cere- mony; in that famous military fete there seems to be a reflection of the general enthusiasn. ‘The different autitudes of the officers is excai- lent. The production is more remarkable, as M. Detaille up to the present has confined ‘his talent to pictures of small figures. M. Alma Tadema’s Printemps 43 full of science, but ap- Pears cold and destitute of emotion. M. Cazin’s Concordia 1s intended to represent longs to the young school; to embody the union of work, science and force, with Paris in illumination.’ The execution 13 very superior, full of delicacy and expreasion, and the composition or allegory will provoke Much discussion. M. Blanc’s fresco for the Pantheon will attract crowds, for his person- are the portraits of living celebrities, thus: Mw Gambetta is a Roman prefect; M. Barthele- my Saint-Hilaire, St. Rem!; M. Clemenceau is a warrior; M. Brisson, the notorious advocate of @ Separation of church from state, is a bishop singing psalms with two converts, of whicn one is comedian Cogullin. Noonecan painta battle piece like de Neuville. His soldiers seem to live and slaughter each other. With him we assist ata battle. The end of the day of “Saint Privat dans un Cimeti(re” displays the results of the day’s carnage. The funeral t of the whole scene makes the flesh creep. It is admirably dramatic and full of the keenest observation. Hts second picture, the “E nissa- ry” is a striking contrast with Saint Privat, but Not the less emotional. The French emissary 1s elng searched before an lon, where a group of German Officers are assembled. He awaits hig al M, EMILE DE GIRARDIN has been interred with all honors. He rests in a splendid mausoleum beside his first and tal- ented wife, Delphine Gay, in Montmartre cem- etery. He was the practical and successful journalist. His rival, Carrel, whom he shot in aduel, reposes ina quiet grave at St. Maude, and that Girardin never omitted to visit every lst November. M. de Girardin’s mansion is quite a museum of costly curiosities; it Is ‘sumptuousness, but lacks taste. There is per- haps only one residence in Paris which leaves nothing undesired in these two respects—that of Baron Adolphe de Kothschild’s. M. de Gtrar- din’s house was the rendezvous of littera‘eurs, Yet it is no secret, he detested literature, His signature was very much solicited for albums. In 1850, Prince Louis Napoleon wrote, ‘March at the head of the ideas of your age, and these ideas will follow and sustain you; march in their wake, and they will drag you along; march against them, and thay will overwhelm you.” DeGirardin wrote underneath, “True words: Greatness for him who acts up to them; misfortune for him who forgets them.” The Marqu's de la Valette, like so many other iilustrious persons who have “joined thegrand majority” recently, was a sincere Bonapartist. AS @ minister, he was distinguished by his urbanity and [eerie common sense. Tis wes among the faithless, faithful to the Empress Eugenie, and disbursed his fortune to liverally | aid big political friends. MUSARD'S DEATH. Another light of a different character that has become extinguished is Musard, the son of orchestra and opera ball Musard. The deceased is best kgown as being the husband of Mme. Musard, whose wealth, famous eccentricity and odd sodlal position placed her at one time as an Institution in the pubife cosmopolitan life of Parig, She ended her days in a mad house, What a ation after such splendor. The half of her fortune—five million francs—re- turned to her family in America. It is the pro- prietor of the café Rohan, at the Palais Royal, that inherite Musard’s fortune, his palace in the Avenue d’ Jéna included. FASHIONABLE SOCIETY here is gradually being divided inte three camps—one for matinees, where music and comedies would be excluded and the feast of reason and flow of soul relied upon to say “‘be- gone dull care;” the second Insist on music and theatricals; while the third has no higher ambi- tion than a tea before dinner and plenty of gossip. The great attraction for a millionaire to secure is to have a crowned head, gatherings. Thus Baron Rothscl ex-queen of Spain and Don Carlos among his invited a few daysago. The two celebrities, as they sat on a sofa, were not approached by ordinary mortals. A millionaire of the second ordér must be content with the cousins of a king. It 1s a simple curiosity to have such per- sonages to make an entertainment go off well. Princes lose half their ee when they cease 40 be mysterious. What, for example, would the Grand Lama be worth were he to be visible at tea parties of his financiers? Fran- cois I. picked up Titian’s brush, but he would never 80 degenerate as to stoop for Roths- child’s portmonnaie. The times are clearly out of joint. ODDS AND ENDS. Some wags have been playing nihilistic prac- tical jokes—less important here than at St. Petersburg, on Mme. Adam, the editress of the Nouvelle Revue; she has been defending the Czars, and some nihilists, to mark their disap- probation, sent her a bottle of some compound, that the chemists are analysing. Happily, ther, and vi amiable, Has ail in her favor of being like Tam U'Shan~ ter, o’er a’ the ills 0’ life victorious. Patth, like signe | else, has been laid up with a cold, and it 18 & bad wind that blows nobody interrupted her repre- sentations: good; to believe an advertisement, sho owes ber cure to simply drinking three bottles of a certain mineral water. ‘M. Dupré, one of the secretaries of the Cham- ver of Deputies, having displayed signs of in- sanity, it was decided to lock him up, on the advice of two allenists; the more so, as he before assistance arrived. The crowd never interfered, save advising the officer to use his revolver. The “Kroumir” is the name of the newest club formed in Paris. - A chandler advertises a new soap, “Pontius Pilate.” The Lime Kilm Glee Club Choras, (Detroit Free Press.) the national fete of the 14th July; he b2- | he endeavors | | ust remain tll the end, nothing | show be not vege Nod ‘that of 1990, It 1s not | "Us true, are exposed, and still there are just | jut when maidens solicit men are as__ of pictures this year, and the nuisance of afix- | ing all the honors that a painter has received | indicating the subject of each palatiag. M. | | Rew ceiling of a Law Court. It is more grace- | - Mabie, | pastor, ‘The church is in a growing part of the } prom! Treat prosyerity. hibits his enormous work, the Distri’ution des | ‘© Promise great pros; erity. RELIGIOUS NOTES. — Doctrinal topics will be excluded from the ‘Method!st Ecumenical Conference for the sake of harmony. — In England the Baptists last year, in pro- Portion to their membership, made an tncreass Of more than double Percentage of any other Genomination. e | —The Church Times, ritualist, “regrets” to | oe thst Mr. Gladstone has made the | ‘v. D. Melville, ac! of “Puritan clivities,” canon’ ot Wortester. ane | —The Synod of the old Catholic church of Switzerland will be held in Basle, janto: June th. The synodal council has authoriz the publication of a prayer book in French. — An evangelist exclaimed in Springfield Mass, a few nights ago: “If any of the churches are too nice for poor ie, I hope | God will strike them down with entetne os — The average salaries of the tnferior clergy of the Church of England are smaller than those of rural pastors in America. But there ts far = inequality in the incomes of the clergy there than here. — There is wsr in the Trinity Episcopal Church, Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Gaerteen continues his ritualistic practices, and in conse juence some of the leading members have lert the church. He perseveres in burning candles and in clatining that Protestantism ts a fatiure. —The Rev. Mr. Moody preached twice tn New York on Sunday. He described several interesting meptings with former Sunday school pupils ‘at Omana, Salt Lake, Topeka, Oakland apa San Francisco. He will spend the summer al | Spree Mass., Dut has formed no plans | 1s operations next winter. — The Rev. Dr, Lorimer, of Chicago, who de- | came famous when accused of preaching other men’s sermons, has resigned the cuarge of the | First BapUst church, Chicago, and taken hold | of the work of rebuilding the Michigan avenue | cuureh in the same city. The Michigan avenue church recently lost, its house of worship by tire. Wealthy Baptists have promised tunis ta | rebuild it on condition that Dr. Lorimer be | city, and its present circumstances are such as — Bishop Lee, of Delaware, is charged by the Rev. H. N. Philips, of Delaware City, with mai- administration. The presentment is io the | hands of the Rev. Dr. B. B. Smith. of New York, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, and he Will appoint a committee com- of the members of an adjoining diocese and the standing committee of the diocese of Delaware. Last fall Mr. Phillips, who was | rector of Christ Church, Delaware City, was requested by Bishop Lee to resign. Mr. Phtl- lips refused to resign, aud the biskop thea issued an order of inhibition, which the rector obeyed. —A resolution was introduced at a recent vestry meeting at St. Peter's church, Bourne- mouth English Ritualist) expressing ret that graven images of Christ and the saints had been put up in the reredos of the church, and that crosses and candlesticks bad been placed upon the reredos, and asking the vicar and church. wardens immediately to apply for a faculty to remove taem. The resolution was hot seconded, and was recelved with groans and hisses. Bishop Ryan, who presided, an- nounced his intention of ‘conducting the ser- vices at St. Peter's in the same manner as he did at Bradford, where he was formerly vicar. — Some members of a congregation in Michi- gan are reported to have resoived “that our minister scolds too much.” A scol minis- ter, and one constanUy scolding, is certainly a great nuisance, and we do not wender that co. gregations “resolve” against him, A Paper comes to the aid of the alieg: finder and says:—“ But ought It not to be noted an apostie charges his own son ia the faith to ‘reprove, rebuke.” And what a power and majesty 1s in some men’s rebukes! They ara —_ protests against the works of the devil. ‘They go down into the depths of men’s hearts. Let ministers strive for this power, and be care- ful not to vent in the pulpit what are simply ‘the frettings of their own hearts,” — The Religious Herald quotes a lay as say- Ing that when she was a school girl she heard an old minister, who was fond of making ly, practical tilustrations, that reading | the Bible was like eating fish. When he came wa hard place he left it and called it a bone. ‘When be read the Bible in that way, he found plenty of good, nourishing meat, never had Occasion to choke over the bones; that the older he grew, the fewer bones he found, until whea he came to be id Book that he used to find as full of bones as a | Connecticut river shad was lke a halibut with only the one big bone in it of God’s incompre- hensibility, an ates that was in such plain sigit that no one could stumbie over it, and grandly served Its purpose as strony framework to keep the sweet, white, nutritious meat in Its place. | —In one of Cariyle’s letters to an old-time Scottish friend, a few years ago, he spoke thus | by the Indians of southeasiern Alaska, | ts seen approachin: Skins Werth Five Dottars a s, Foot_sport im Alnsua.*” (Porest and Stream. | StTka, April 1.—The skin of the otter Is worth More than that of any Other asimal, exceptiag the royal ermine. It brings in Adaska from $59 to $150. Untike all other skins ot thts country At needs little assistance from the Tur dresser « (be Diack hairs are not dyed, and White ones not sewed in, therem ‘dll — from the imitation called “pain aver,” and from the fur seal, the raw put Which has no more beauty thai that of a oait ‘They are very wary animals, and are wortuy of being Considered game, for none bat the most expert hunters are successful in thelr purautt Unlike the fur seal, millions of which retars apnually tn great herds to the Prydolof isiana + where they are driven and siaugutered by c bing, the otters go singly or in pairs, and t range is a large one 1 beiteve they ar» fo on the western shores of Benring Straits, ant they have been pientiful from our westers mos’ possession, the island of Atton, along throuy the Aleutian group through the guif of Alaska and the Indtans of Vanconver's island Kill then on the western coast while ta spring makta, thelr way north. Men of ali natfons join in thelr pureult, aod even undergo the hardships Incident to inar Mage With Dative women for their sake. _ The otter was to a certain extert protected. No white men could kill them, and no firearms ceu'd be used tn hunting them, bat with Inade. qua’e force fo carry out the law It soon beca ne tog wd & de-d letter. A number of white men of Various nationalities had settled upon the is'and of Ounga (hear the south: polnt of Alaska Pen Insuls employed themselves ta otter hunt and a ng. Im isis the Treasury department gave special permissions to such whites as were married to native women and tntendad to remain in the territory to hunt them. whicu permniss'on put otters at a discount and womea ata premium. But very little ceremoay was Deeded to give them full rights to otb otters abd women, which without it they lad owned. These squaw-men by their steady hunting frequently with guns, are greatly reducing ths sopply, At Attou, where they were once abund- apt, Dut seven were killed last year, and tn other resorts they are cecreasing. A skin worth bao T square foot is worth working for. ‘he method of hunting the otter. as pracvicat presume much the same clsewhere, 18'a3 fol lows: ‘The hunters go tn compantes of canoes, each Carrying ten paddlers, the one the bow belng armed with a spear or bow and arrows. Lately muskets have been introduced which are loaded with buckshot; Dut this ts Mlegal, and tends to drive phe antmais trom | their breeding grouads, whith are on rocky islands just to the northward of Cape Spencer ‘The aptmals seek these islets in May, and the hunters rendezvous at them. When an otte they endeavor to form Circle 1 Seaward Of It, a8 quieUy as possib! and then close on it. "When alarmed the ott dives and endeavors to make its way to sea Although less able to remain under than tno Seal, Its first dive w:ll sometimes last for hat’ an hour; bat if quickly discovererd and foi jowed on reappearing, 1 soou becomes tallied andfailsto the lot of the boat which first wounds it, Great care ts taken to bit in tus head, and some of the indians are expert shots. Any dispute of ownership is referred to oft Kah-hoo-doo-sak, who listens to all of the denge, and gives a decision which Is nev questioned. “Willoughby Was present at on» such arbitration. The old man gave the skta, worth #8, to one of the contestants, Who W 4: to pay to the other seven blankets, worth #2 All captains of compantes report to this chiet the number of thelr oiters, and he keepsa tally This year 127 have been tallied, worth probab'y at least $10,000, The Indlaus say they don’t kill the female at this spring season, but tne skins Cf unborn sea otter pups are freque s I suppose that they do refrata, 28 much as does the ordinary supporter of game laws in New York from killing when in thy Adirondacks and out of meat, In fall there ig another short season, durt which all aduits are killed wituout distinct: On nearly every one Of the Aleutian Islands, several places in the Alaska peninsula, and { as many or more along the western coast, the Alaska Commercial Company aud the } west Fur Company have agents statloned moropolize the market in the vielnity. Hoonah Ick admitted that some of the Alaska hunters used guns, I asked why they did it, and he said that the Eaglish Indians used them, and unless they did also they could not get neat enough to kill the otter by other meaus fe and Kab-hoo-doo-sak have promised to break up the custom, : HM Priced Beans. (Centra! City Ite at ‘Tom Watrous, commercial traveller, stopped off atthe Marshall, Micb., eating-house sev- eval years ago. He was bot very hungry, and called fora plate of beans, Which he’ recelved. He tn quired the price, and was informed that 1 was seventy-five cents. renee @ thundering price for beans,” sat? ‘om. ng wuo about the Lord's Prayer: “ ‘Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Tay | Will be done. What else can we say? The | other night, in my sleepless tossings about, | which were growiog more and more miserable, | ‘these words, that brief and grand prayer, came | strongly into my mind, with an altogether new emphasls, as if written and shiping for me ia | mild, pure splendor, on the black bosom of the | night there, when I, as tt were. read them word by word—with a sudden check to my im- Perfect wanderings, with a sudden softness of composure which was much unexpected. Not for perhaps thirty cr forty years had [ once repeated that prayer. Nay, I never felt before how ‘ntensely the voice of man’s goul it 1s; the inmost aspiration of all that is high and pious in poor buman nature; right worthy to be recommended with an ‘After this manner pray ye.” — At the recent New York Methodist confer- ence Bishop Bowman reprimandod the flippant manner so often seen in churches in the clos- ing exercises. Coats, hats and canes are ar- rapged while the doxology is though the people ing fora fish a | p! were pi | Iike some fit ured persone at the close of a com | cert. When the minister thinks that his peo- | ple are bowing or knee! are often simpiy fumbling for gloves | a. The bish: Op an instance ister (tuing on his overcoat while he sang the doxology. ‘The house of God ‘seems to have little more of sacredness to some | ip oni an ordinary concert lall or store. it would be well if the custom were general of pau: for @ few seconds after the benediction 1g pronounced before ining to pass out. ‘This prevalls among the churches of ‘this country and in nearly ail tbe churches of | England. in many even of our most respect- able churches the departing congregation ex- hibits no more reverence in its movements than might be expected of iti suddenly dis- persed by an alarm of fire. —The Mormons have just been holding their spring conierence in Salt Lake City. To their Jerusalem the saints came up from every “‘siake of Zion,” over 12,000 strong, of every im- aginable natiopallty. Rev. Dwight Spencer, a Gentile clergyman who attended ae conter- iD government oificlais, visitors, teachers and inisaionaries without mercy. I Was so interested in the way he warmed up and glowed over his subject, in his use Of invectives, and in the native eloquence he exhibited that F never once thought or being hit. Next to him in point of talent is George He Is the most finished ~ pte e : E : ! : : i 5 i 14 3 HL I 5 i a} E 5 ache H 5; E He i | i r : | i i Ri H i ling in thelr pews they | of ‘dropped **Phat’s the price,” sald the proprietor. The train was just starting; Tom paid the bill, and the coaches bore lim and his indigaa. tion on toward Detroit. ‘This was on Saturday. On Monday, Gilmore, the eating house man, received a telegram, co!- lect on delivery, $1.25, which he pata, and reat on opening it: "A thundering price for beans.’ Thirty days from that Gate a neal express package was handed tn to Glimore, ¢.0 »., who paid 90 cents for the privilege of openiuz it to discover a lot of sawdust, On the toy of waleb lay a slip of paper with’ the caballst! symbols, A thundering price for beans ! ‘Two months from this Gilmore was summoned to Chicago to meet a former business partaer, and the hotel clerk handed him a lewter convey- ing the pleasant information, “A thunderiuy price for beans !” During Gilmore's absence bis son paid for two telegrams and one express package, all bearing directly on the subject of 75 cents betug “A Ubundering for beans '” Cost of these ar Ucles, $5.50. A genulpe telegram from Gilmore's mi share Droker advisiug him to sell was ret and the loss of it entailed an actual damage to Gilmore of $1,500. A year rolled away. Gilmore ordered « cas® ¢ trout from Detroit. They came . O. D., $13.58; when oj he found every fsir had been rémoved froia the ice and sawdusi, — 8 ship; on eyes, marked with a Dili “A thu an fish house, and they went fo law, Gilmore win- ning the suit, $25 damages, and all at @ cost for the attorney's services of $55.90. Gilmore grew dejected. Life looked gloomy. Letters pourea in on every one of his family at regular intervals from all parts of the worla, aring the unpleasant information tuat Il was ‘a thuncering price for beans!” At last Gilmore sold the Marshall: ee house and moved to Chicago. He carried bis deep afMiiction along with him, gnawing lke a cancer it his vitals, The persecution never ceased. Glmore Cropped, faded, and finaliy died. Tao terribly aiticted ‘amily ‘followed tutm to his las: Ld money she had saved from the ex and the widow, with what I!ttis - penses of telegrams and express packages, erect 2 isin merbie slab to the memory of the tor- tured Glimore. The following Sabbath the mourning famliy py pina the cem ahd Plant — eave on Glimore’s grave. Arriving on ground, they Observed in, silent, horror that, suoth-t legend a above the name of Gilmore, oa the tombstone. It was chalked on a small and read: A THUNDERING PRICE POR B How a Young Ladys Foot Blocked @ Kallroad, (San Francisco Chronicle | A young lady took acar which brought her Chis time travel on th had virtually Sas teendlly aprons to fail inte tine at the rear of tg elaguiar procesion: ag ade Bie bill in On every = ao Sretk car Reporters from ail tue fo learn the gore erowd r oa to have aasemblel in the Western Adaiion. B. i i