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COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning, Feb. 23, 1867. Increase of Crime. As the Louisville Journal says, the most cursory readers of tho newspa? pers of thc day must have noticed that of late crime has fearfully in? creased in the land. Like thc K?st? ern scourge, it appea -s to visit us in an epidemic form. And what is more noticeable, its ravages nie; not con? fined to any one particular section, but appear to bo universal iii their sweep. It is true of tho South, that while nearly all thc "outrages" with which she ? 5 accredited arc political fictions, yet far too many tragedies actually occur to indicate a healthy state of society'. But thc East, the North, the West, all are far ahead of tho South in that respect-and espe? cially the East, the land of moral ideas. Not a day but we are shocked with the details of some horrid cruelty practiced toward children among our Puritan friends-murder, so foul and unnatural as to strike down poor, old and defenceless wo? men, in thc dead houp of*night ravishments, rapes, seductions, child murder, elopements, robberies, mur? ders, arsons, in short, every species and phase of crime have become so common in America that scarcely any attention is paid to their details. We have become callous as a people, and wc are beginning to place no higher estimate upon tho life of a human being than we do upon the existence of a hare. Upon the floor beside us is a pile .of papers through which wc have just glanced, and it was the frequency with which narratives of crime in their columns greeted our eye, that induced us to pen this article. Why, in a half hour's time, wo have read thc particulars of a dozen robberies, planned and carried out on the most gigantic scale. Outrages upon wo? men, violent assaults, burglaries, summary executions by Judge Lynch, and murders are reported as occur? ring everywhere. Thc atrocity of the rapidly succeeding instances is not so much a matter of note as their frequency. Every horror, almost be? fore AVC get the full details, is sup? plemented by something still more horrible. It is lamentable, indeed, that thc very frequency of these cases has made thc public mind callous to crime; and it is remarkable, too, that the gr< ai. majority of these crimes of late have not been committed in the large cities, but in quiet coun? try towns and iu the rural districts. Some of the lawlessness that obtains at preset!t is due, no doubt, to the late war, which has returned to pri? vate life .i restless population, which, when not actively employed in some? thing good, is sure to stray into all manner of excesses. The war lias certainly schooled the American mind to hold human life as something cheaper than it was considered six years ago. But rho almost general indifference uo'i io law and order, u-s well irs to the consequences of tho acts of lawlessness, is greatly due, in our opinion, to the example set in disregarding thc fundamental law of thc'.and, as written in the Constitu? tion; ia sifting at naught thc deci? sions ol' the highest court in the land, unless those decisions chime with the edicts of a caucus; and in threats to depose the Chief Magistrate of the country, unless he consents to become the President of a party. With such examples before them, il is not unna? tural that thc people at large, should ?cel at liberty to break lesser laws, and to commit, by comparison, lessor crimes. . . . . .-cc-- - - XEAIU.V A FATAL ACCIDENT.--The Winnsboro Nieirs, of Thursday, says: On Monday last, while Mr. .fohn McClure, of this place, was engaged in cleaning out awell, on the premi? ses of Charles Cathcart, Esq., he met with an accident that carno near proving fatal. A bucket of bricks had been sent up by him from the bottom of the well, which, just as it readied the top, became detached, and went with terrible momentum down the well, striking the ladder upon which McClure stood, and either striking him directly, or dashing him with fearful 'force against the curbing. He was knock? ed, insensible, down into thc water, but was speedily rescued by Mr Po teet who descended with all haste and secured the injured man toa rope hy which he was drawn out. The paper mill of Messrs. S. W. Brown & Co., located at Buena Vista, in Greenville District, was acciden? tally destroyed by fire last week. Tlic Funding Proccw. We have frequently alluded to the importance of funding that portion of the national debt which is soou to mature. Every legitimate material in the country is placed in jeopardy by each mouth's delay to effect this settlement. Trade is sinking into chronic stagnation ; the minds of our best business men ure more and more unsettled in relation to the future, und there is no promise of better things until this incubus is removed. In our Thursday's edition, ve alluded to the little which had been done in view of the magnitude o? thc crisis, and ventured a word of warning to those who aro responsible for the de? lay. We have since received a letter from a very intelligent correspond? ent, well known for his prominence in the dominant party, inquiring what eau lawfully be done to facilitate the funding operation? This corres? pondent alludes to the recent oller of thc Secretary to pay tho express charges on the seven-thirty notes sent to Washington, as well as upon the bonds to be returned, and seems to think that this is all that can bo suggested to make, the exchange at? tractive to the holders of those notes. We have so frequently set forth our own views on the precise work to be done, and thc best way to accomplish it, that we do not care to repeat them here, but there is a ready answer to this portion of our correspondent's letter, to which we beg leave to call ! his especial attention. Tho Treasury Department has failed utterly to re? deem its promise in this matter of exekauge. When tho seven-thirty notes were first issued, they contained the following guarantee: "At maturi? ty*, convertible at the option of the holder into bonds redeemable at the pleasure of the Government at any time after five years, and payable twenty years from August 15, 18G7, with interest at six per cent, per an? num, payable semi-annually in coin."' It will thus be seen that the holder of the first series is entitled to ex? change them at maturity for a gold bearing six per cent, bond, payable in not less than five years, from Au? gust 15, 180". Those who have ac? cepted the recent oilers of conversion, and sent their notes for exchange, have been turned off with a bond dated July, 1805, which will have less than three years to run from the ma? turity of the notes. Many of these persons, we know, have been griev? ously disappointed, and there has been no little complaiut at this arbi? trary injustice, which has prevented others from accepting the Secretary's ofter. We do not "believe that any? thing is to be gained for the Govern? ment by this course towards its credit? ors. No individual could maintain his reputation if he should transact his business in such a fashion, and 't? is not wise for Government officials to continue it. The holders of these notes are many of them among the original subscribers to the loan, and all of them arc entitled to the fulfill? ment of the promise upou which the money was obtained. If the Secreta? ry should add to his original offer only this plain justice to the holders of the notes, lie might find his fuud ? ing process greatly facilitated. [jV?/c York Journal of Commerce. THE PKETEXT.- The sinister pre? text for establishing military despot? ism in the South is that life is not secure. Crime is made the barome? ter. Wo have, on .several occasions, demonstrated that for every murder in tlie South we could produce fifty I murders in the North; for every theft : in the South, a hundred burglaries in tho North; for every corrupt : official in tho South--Heaven alone : knows how many rognes in any one : New England State. As our proof may have boen rejected as partisan I evidence, the following testimony ! from the Boston Post will pass mus ! ter. It says: "Newspaper offices have hoon mob? bed; individuals seized and tarred , and feathered, ridden upon rails, anil i executive influence interposed to j shield the culprits from the punish } ment the court decreed. Robberies : and murders have boen alarmingly ; prolific-garroters, bank robbers and i burglars have plied their vocation as ! vigilantly here as in Louisiana, and ? with as innen impunity; but this is ; goring a different ox, and Mr. Elliot . and his radicals are not at ali alarmed j by tiie fact. The murders all around us-in Roxbury woods, in Franconia, j N. H., in Auburn, Me.-speak a de I pr?vity the South cannot exceed; ' while the robberies in New York and New England aro unprecedented in magnitude and numbers. If crime be the gauge whereby to decide upon the right of self-government, New England would be in imminent dan? ger of territorialisin at once. But it is all a trick-a mere .subterfuge to prolong power and patronage in the , hands of the radical party by shut j ting out one-third of the territory ?ind j one-third of tho people of the United ' States front any representation or ; any voice in its government." A Washington negro boasts that he carried 209 negro voters from Al? exandria, Va., to Washington city, and had them all registered. Mr. R. Tully Bolling, a citizen of , Greenville District, was drowned re? cently near Palatka, Fla. j New Oilcans is about to give the j wooden block pavement a trial. I'rom Washington. The special correspondent of the Baltimo:e Sun writes: Now that Congress lins determined upon what the majority of its mem? bers regard ns a pinn of reconstruc? tion, by the passage of Mr. Stevens' military government bill, vaccinated with the Blaine amendment, specula? tion is rife "as to the course that shall bc pursued by ibo President. Will Le pocket thc bill? Will he approve or sign it under protest, or will he veto the measure, and if so, how soon? .Sr*., aro the questions asked. I feel warranted in saving that he will not dodge the issue in any event, nor take shelter behind a pocket veto, and I can assert with equal confidence that he will not indulge in the hybrid approval under protest. .V veto of the bill will most assuredly come from thc President, and any one at all fa? miliar with Mr. Johnson's history and sentiments, must be prepared for that result; nor will it be difficult for persons thus familiar to detcrmiue that this veto will be sent to Congress at thc earliest day possible, consist? ent with thc vast importance of the subject. Whatever Mr. Johnson does iu the matter will be done with the view of squarely, fairly and cour? ageously meeting the issue, and his action will doubtless bo communi? cated to Congress within a week, so as to give ample time for action in both Houses upon his message. It is generally supposed that the remarks of the Hon. Beverdy John? son in thc Senate, this afternoon, ure but the reflex of the opinions of the President upon the bill iu question. Senator Johnson gave as a reason why he would vote for the measure, that it proposed a means whereby, at some time or other, new Southern representatives may be admitted to their seats; that any state of affairs would be better than the present condition of thc Southern people. It is believed the President does not regard thc bill as a remedy for thc evil deplored by Senator John? son, and he cannot discover in its provisions any mode for working the South out of its difficulties. It is not a finality, but leaves thc whole question open for the buffeting and culls of a future Congress. But out? side of -these questions, and para? mount to them, in thc opinion of the President, as is alleged, is the mili? tary feature or brigadier-general dic? tatorship of the bill. An impression has obtained that the incorporation of the Blaine amendment with the military bill is thc result of a compromise attempted last week between certain members of Congress and friends of the Presi? dent. This impression is erroneous. Thc proposition for concession or compromise was based solely upon a proposed amendment to the Con? stitution, and impartial or qualified suffrage, and in the hope that this being effected, the military bill of the House would fail. The virtual defeat of the latter bill in thc Senate, and its return to tho House in the nature of a substitute, it was thought would present an op? portunity for thc consummation of thu proposed compromise; but the adoption by thc House of thc Sher? man bill, which includes thc military government bill, has, for the present at least, destroyed nil hope of a co? operation between the Pre ident and the conservatives on thc basis pro? posed. - -?? . ?? RE rc i an ; FF.EET>M EN. -The York ville Enquirer, of Thursday, in no? ticing thc allegation that the higher prices in the West was thc cause of the fn edmon's migration, says: This may be true, but the real dis? appointment to most of the returning freedmen consists in the necessity of working at all. Tin y had the iden that, by going out then-, they could live by very little exertion, and could enjoy the dignity of beiug free, with nothing to do. But the sad lesson has to be learned thal "the head must bow. and the back will have to bend, wherever thc darkey may go." Freedmen who cannot make a living in Mississippi, are not. likely to bo very useful members of society here, and their room is decidedly prefera? ble to their company. Our opinion is. that au industrious man, whatever tho hue of his hide, can support him? self any where in the South, and that there is no necessity for freedmen running back and forth between thc Atlantic Ocean and tin- Mississippi River, in search of employment. We have regretted tito departure of many valuable hands from our midst, as it threatens our State with a scarcity of labor. And we would like to see I every farmer try to prevent this drain by using his best efforts to make his laborers contented with their present homes, believing, as we do. that the freedmen who remain with Lheir old i masters fare the best, holli in con? tracts and privileges. WHAT MI:. PEABODY SAID TO PUK PRESIDENT.- -We are authorized by one who was present nt the interview between the President and Mr. Pea? body to say that the following was a portion of tho language, of the lutter on that occasion: .'Ho had always expi'cssed his belief that tho Presi? dent' course was prompted hy a sincere desire to do right, and what was for tho best interests of our coun I try." Our informant further adds that "it was in reference to tho Pre? sident's own course that Mr. Pea? body used tho illustration of 'light coming at the even tide."' [National Intelligencer. SuiU?ATT IN WASHINGTON. A de? spatch from Washington says: John H. Surrntt was brought on shore late this afternoon, at the Washington Navy Yard, and delivered by Commander \Y. \Y. Jeffries, of the steamer Swatara, to Admiral Mad? ford) and by the Ad in ind transferred to Marshal Gooding, who held a bench warrant, issued by Judge Fisher, of the Criminal Court, commanding lum to "take John H. Surrntt. late of Washington County, if ho shall be found within the County of Wash? ington, and kim sui'eiv keep, and have his body before the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, at the city of Washington, immediately, j to answer unto the United States ol and concerning a certain felony by him committed, as it is presented, and so forth." Surratt was dressed in tho uniform of the Papal Zouaves. Stepping on the wharf, he bowed respectfully to the Admiral, and deported himself with dignity and firmness. Tho pri? soner, with his custodians, formed a party large enough to occupy three i carriages. Every arrangement was made for security and quiet, though a large concourse of spectators ga? thered at tho jail to see Snrratt upon his arrival. The prisoner was transferred io Warden Brown, and was then locked up in one of tho three iron-clad colls of the jail, which are considered per? fectly secure, aud left for the night. No om; will be allowed to see him ex ! cept his counsel and the officers of j the prison. Surratt is apparently in j excellent health, and speaks but very little to any one. His Zouave uni I form was very much worn and faded. ! At the time of tho landing, tko Swatara lavin the stream, about fifty yards from tho wharves of the Navy Yard, and up to noon to-day no com? munication whatever had been bad with her or from her, except that I Commander Jeffries, last evening, I reported to Admiral Radford a short j time after her arrival, and left his i despatches for the Navy Department. The mail, this morning, was taken on board by a rope from the boat. Snrratt, while on hoard the steamer, was confined below decks, strongly guarded. THE LAST RESORT OF THE SOUTH. The Richmond Times, in an article on "Military Governments for the S ruth," says: The people of the North will have to decide whether they will have anion or political chaos and revolu? tion; whether tho Southern States aro to exist as such, or are to be "ter? ritorialized." And in caso the latter is determined upon, why the best thing tho Southern people could then do would bo to divide themselves into nomadic tribes, and with theil tents and flocks roam at will over the vast territories from the Potomac tc j the Rio Grande. It is true that a I life like this would be devoid ol I postal advantages, but the internal ! revenue officers of the Federal Go? vernment would have a hard tinif collecting their taxes. And as wc should be on thc footing of Indians, we should be allowed the same privi i loge, of exemption from taxation. ---? -o o- ? GENERAL (?KANT.-The Washing con corre-pomlent of tho Baltimore Gazette, in speaking of the substitu? tion of the President for Genera Grant in the Sherman bill, says: "I have positive information thal this alteration was made, not in de? ference to the Constitution, not be cause of any disposition to lenity, i but for t!io reason that it was de ; mantled by General Grant himself j who. whatever muy be his affiliatioj ; with the radical party, at least dis j duins to bo made the scapegoat o: ! their iniquitous machinations."' - - <???? : THE MA f OF EUROPE.-The foreigi papers i busily circulating an an ecdoie that a young boy, called tc high desunios, stubbornly rofr.se: to study the maps, for the reasoi that "the map has often chango of lute years, and papa (Napoleoi III.) says it will soon be chang?e again." The little fellow ought t< know French secrets, and if an o the: war is to curse Europe, as the pro liabilities seem to j , heate, Napoleoi will doubtless be one t f the ieadinj j spirits in it. -?. j Tiie New York police are pickinj I up ali the little sprats of lotteries the; I can find. The severity induces th I belief that they bought tickets to th I opera house.-Lowville DemocroL A Louisvillian, who bought fou I Crosby Opera House tickets, has sue* j the agent of whom ho bought for th money, and recovered it, the cour ! holding the salo to be in violation o i law. I In the United States Suprem ! Court, on Wednesday of last week judgment; against the city of Ne> ' York, for $10,000 damages, was af \ firmed in the case of one Sheffield, \ citizen of Rhode Island, who fell ove ? the stump of a tree near thc City Hal j Park, in that city, receiving thereb; s* nous injuries. A couple in Richmond got married ; the guests partook of substantial re freshments, und while engaged ii j "duning the golden hours with flyin? ? feet," a most elegant supper, includ ing confectioneries and wedding cake which had been prepared, was stole) by thieves, who left the table com pletely bare. ! At a radical meeting at Memphis9 j Saturday night, a negro attemptec j to speak, but was forced down. RELIEF FOB THE SO; nr.-Th I Tri- \ butte says: "We are sorry to learn ? that the benevolent and patriotic: ef- ! forts of the Southern Relief Associa? tion to alleviate the distress prevail- ! ing in several of the Southern States j are not receiving the encouragement which they deserve. Tho cry for help comes up day after day, but the ! Northern people are chary of their contributions, and the demands upon i thc committee fur exceed the means at. their disposai.'" '?'i> which the New lork Times re- ; ph.:::, with no Little sarcasm and i point: "The 'Northern people' are 1 too busy with other Southern inte- 1 rests, just now, to give much atten- ! tion to such commonplace matters as ; starvation and distress. We want the 1 Southern people well under martial j law; we want to malee sure that all | their negroes have the right to vote, \ and then we will inquire whether | they are starving or not. Probably i 200,000 will perish this year-blacks ! and whites indiscriminately-mainly j in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, j and in the back Districts of South i Carolina: but there will be a good j many left, and it is very important ; that those who are left should be un der martini law. It will not answer i to let starving men have the benefit i of the writ of habeas corpus. Be? sides, while they are starving, they can be managed more easily. If we feed them, we should make them in? solent, and they might think it unrea? sonable in us to stick bayonets into | them afterward, in order to make them i sincerely sorry for their rebellion. ! The best way is, now we have gol ! them down, to kee]) them down. Starving will help bring them to a realizing sense of their condition and j character. There's nothing injures a man's morale like feeding him winn; he is hungry. That's just the time ! yon ("an do with him as you please." j The origin of the portrait for the Goddess of Liberty upon our coins j is of great interest. Mr. Spencer, i the inventor of Spencer's lathe, used 1 by the American Bank Note Com- | pany, was thc artist who cut thc j first die for our American coin. He j cut un exact medallion of Mrs. Wash? ington, thc wife of General Washing? ton, and tho first few coins were struck with her portrait. When Gen? eral Washington saw them he was displeased, and requested the figure to bc removed. Mr. Spencer altered the features a little, and putting a cap upon its head, called it thc God? dess of Liberty. The Albany correspondent of the New York C<jni7nercial Advertiser gives the following figures concern? ing thc present condition of the Fe? nian organization: There are now in New York, under control of the Fe? nian leaders, 30,000 Snyder breech loading rifles; 100,000 equipments therefor; 10,000,000 rounds of am? munition, and 59,000 complete suits of uniform. A statue of Horace Greeley will j soon be on exhibition in New York. McKay c. Co. have produced it hy? the new and curious process of pho tosculptnre. The philosopher stands slightly bent forward, his hands at his breast, his pantaloons caught at the top o? his boot leg, a bundle of papers under his arm. and what looks like all the Tribune exchanges obtrud? ing from his pocket. A visitor to thc Philadelphia mar? ket speaks of butter, which is "essence of June mornings caught and impri? soned in glowing globules, the fra? grance of clover fields ripening into sweetness in tin; brooding sunshine, the warm, delicious flavor o? new milk foaming in the overflowing bucket." We wish we had some of that kind To spread on our dailv j bread. ASTOUNDING.- -Thc Buffalo Coman ;. ! dal Advertiser state- that the First . National Bank of that city has. in a j period of four years, accumulated a ? surplus greater than its original eapi I tal. and. without impairing this snr I plus, it paid its proprietors a divi I dend for the past year of fity percent. Mrs. Swett, of Kennebnnk, Maine, I who put morphine into a bottle of i whiskey in such quantity that it killed ? her husband, a quack doctor, who I drank freely of it, has been convicted j of manslaughter. Her defence was. ! that she intended that, the morphine i should act as an emetic. A cai recently got inn? the large cvlinder o? the Hoe press of the I _V,"./A Briiisli M :i' now.--r.5per. The i unfortunate puss rcim.ined quiet fer I two hundred revolutions of the cy I linder, when she fell under it upon the forms and was distributed over ! them. , A Maine editor says he cannot ima ; gine when editors have leisure time, > "unless it is after the ferryman car i ries ns .over Styx, and then we have ? no doubt the old fellow would beseige : us l'or a puffon his boats." Some of our exchanges say that Mary .Harris, tin- female sharp-shoot ; er. has been com mittel to the insane i asylum in Washington. We know of no insane asylum in Washington, ex? cept the capitol. The Galveston Civilian, referring ti> the immigration of freedmen to Texas from Georgia, says: "We i would rather sec onesoberand indus- j trions white man conn,- to IVxius than ! forty thousand freedmen." Thc President's r.cmtion, Thurs? day night, was so crowded that peo- i pie had to be taken out at tho win- | dows, and several ladies were injured i by the crush. XJ?<OO?,JL 3: "to irr?, ss Wo would call the special attention^ of our merchants, and all otho? in? terested, to tho advertisement of C. N. Averill A Son, Charleston, to he found in another column. They oller a large amount of eora ai lower figures than we have heard of this season. Hunt up your second-hand bags and give them n triad. They ari? an old linn, and eau give satisfaction. PREMICM PARU GRIST Minns.-We dropped in at Colton's Agricultural [mplement Warehouse, yesterday af? ternoon, and amongst other useful and economical articles, examined the one mentioned above, lt ia so arranged as to be worked either with a crank or a band. Meal and grist, fine or coarse, eau be produced at pleasure. This mill occupies a very small space-less than six feet square -and accomplishes a vast amount of work. The price is so low as io bring it within reach of the smallest farmer. TUE COLUMBIA VARIETIES. This band gave another of their excellent performances last evening. As we predicted, there was plenty of fun, which was highly enjoyed by a large and appreciative audience The per? formances of Prof. Tanbark and Troupe is an attractive feature of this exhibition, and well worth the price of admission: but it will not doto particularize, as all hands merited the "well done" of their audience. The scenery, a painting by Mr. Ilix, with the assistance of Mr. Lee, is well executed. It represents Christ Church, of this city. Wc are pleased to see a prospect of passing pleasant evenings during the warm spell, as we understand the varieties will con? tinue their entertainments so long as they receive such houses as that of last night. RIVERSIDE MAGAZINE, FOI: Youse PEOPLE. Published by Hurd A Houghton, New York. Price$2.50 per year, in advance. We are indebted to the publishers for a copy of the above. It fills its place admirably, and thus far. more than makes good the promises of its announcement. Its illustrations an; greatly in advance of anything yet attempted for such a magazine. Ste? phens, the prince of humorists, has as yet done nothing better than his drawings for this periodical; and in spirited pictures of animal life, there is nothing superior tc; Herrick's Jiun for Life, in the February number. The contents of these numbers im? press us as possessing a high degree of merit. The boys and girls, better judges of what they Avant than we can be, are delighted with them. Tho skillful blending of the instructive with the amusing; thc careful atten? tion paid to the games and sports of out-door, as well as in-door life; thc high moral tone observable through? out each number, and t? ;" brilliancy and playfulness of many of the arti? cles, indicate that the editor Las hit the right track, and that he has only to keep on as he has begun, to make his magazine a necessity to tens ol thousands of our young people. -_? ?-- _ NEW APTEBTTSKMESIS.- Attontion i li? ol . - the following advertisemon . >. . I: are published thic morning- for :t-.i ?irn? " Shiver A Beckham-Dissolution. vV. M. lloach -Removal. A. li.- Private Roan! Wanted, la vin & Mikcli- -White Corn. E. H. Heins--Lager Leer Brewery. P. Cantwell-Small Houses tj Lent. C. H. Baldwin & Co.-Crackers, cte. E. A G. D. Hope-Eggs, Onion Setts, .vc Printing Material for Sale. Canblo A*. McKay- - Auction in Greenville, C. N. Ave rill A Son -White Com. Edi? ird Sill-Onion Setts, etc. - ? ^ ? ? - The following we take from thc Hartford (Conn.) Times. It show; up ono of the slanderer:-, who ar< lying against us with steam power throughout the Northern States, ant particularly from their pulpit-; ant presses: HEARTS cs ?BOVI IT. A g< ath man who has .pent much time in Texa: during the past two years, was ii Springrield, a few days since, whei he heard a Freedmen's Bureau mai talking largely of tho awful state o society in Texas. ''I have Keen si: negroes shot down in a day.'" said he naming the locality: and this. h< averred, was no more than the daih average there. Thc gentleman sai< this could not be. "I have seen it.' said Bureau. "My residence ha been in that locality," said the gen th man, "end what you say i know tc be nature. Not one negro 'ms boei shot there in a your." "Bot," sait Bureau, "I have heard t'ont six a da} were shot down." "Heard," said thc gentleman; "didn't yon soe the shoot tug?" "No; 1 heard of it. and L be lieve it." said Burean. "But yoe ? ist said that you saw it." "No. 1 didn't see it-you misunderstood mc -I heard about it," said Bureau, as be sneaked away. __ -~? -??-?- -- - The Qm en of night glides grace? fully through the heavens. That's lier biz* ?