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THE SKILL OP INDIAN TRAILERS?HOW
THEY CAN TRACK A TRAIL.
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A Dr. HanchendofF gives the following account
of the extraordinary skill of Indian
trailers:
The mo^t^xtraordinary skill exhibited in
the Wast, ewher by the white man or red
native, is in the piactico cf trailing. Here
it may be accounted an art as much as
music, painting,' or sculpture in the East.
The Indian or trapper that is a shrewd
trailer is a man of close observation, quiok
preception, and promptnction, As ho goes .
along nothing escapes Jps obfervation. and
what he sees and heans hera<*onnts for immediately.
Often not another step is taken
until a mystery that may present itself iq
this line is f&irlv solved. The Indian trail
er fill stand still for boars in succession to
account for traces or effects in tracks, and
sometimes gives to the matter unremitting
attention lor days and weeks.
The trailer is not a graceful man. He
carries his head mdcfcL inclined j his eye is j
* quick and restless, always en the wateh, and
he is practicing his art unconsciously hardly
everjr crossing Jhe track of man or ;
animal without seeing* it. When he enters
a house, ho brings the habits he contracted ?
in the practice of* his art with hhn. I
know a trailer as soon as he enters the
room. He comes in through the door softly,
aud witfcnatiur of exceeding caution. Be- (
fore he is fufy'in, at least has sat down, he |,
has taken note of every article and person,
though there xnay be a dozen vacant ohairs
in the room. He is not used to chairs, and;
like tKi Isflila, prefefs a more humble seat, j '
When I was empta/ed by General Harney
last summer to charge temporarily of
the Indians that -ysre gathered near Fort
Randall, Dakota, to ^prm a new reservation,
one day a guide and trailer came to the
General's hfadouarters. I had told him
to be scatef. ? Herssf down on tho flooV |
bracing*his back agpinst the wall. The ,<
General saw this, and in vexation cried oat, i
"My God) why don't you take a chair,
when there are plenty here unoccupied." The
man arose and seated himself in a chair,
but in so awkward and uncomfortable manner
that he looked as though he would slip {
* from it any moment. But when this uu- (
oouth person came to transact his business t
with the General he turned oat to be a man ]
of no ordinary abilities. His description of ]
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a rum. n mu& as guiue uuu trauci ivi wuy \
Ogallalas in bringing them from the Platte t
to the fort was -minute and exceedingly in- ]
terestiog. Every war party that had crossed Q
his trail he described with minuteness as to $
their number, the kind o? arms they had, t
and stated the tribes they belong to. In i
these strange revelations that he made there t
was neither importanee or supposition, for j
he gave staisfaotory reasons for every asser- i
tion that he made. o
I have ridden aeveral hundred miles with ]
an experienced guide and trailer, Hick, 0
whom I interrogated upon many points in .
the practice of bis art. Nearly all the tracks t
* I saw, either old or new, as a novice in the ]
art I questioned him about. In going to
the Niobrara river we crossed the track of c
an Indian pony. My guide followed the g
track a few miles, and then said: -'It is a c
stray black horse, with a long bnahy tail, j
nearly starved to death; has a split hoof of t
the left fore-foot, and goes very lame, and he t
passed here early this morning." Asionisn- }
ed incredulous, I ^sked him the reason for \
knowing these particulars by the traks of a
the animal, when he replied: "It was a t
stray horse, because it did not go in a direct t
liqf. His tail was long, for he dragged it r
over the snow. In brushing against a bosh (
he left tome of his hair, which shows its <]
color. He was Tory hungry, for in going a
along he has nipped at thoee high, dry weeds l
which horses seldom eat. The fissure of v
the left fore-foot left also its track, and the i
depth of the indention shows the degree of t
his lameaftas; and his tracks show-he was }
hero this morning when the snow was hard 0
with frost." r
Another Indian track we saw twenty a
miles west of this he put this serious con- t
strnction upon: "He's an upper Indian?a t
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prowling norwj Iiuivi?vunvu a uuuuiv
barrelled shot goo, and is a rascal that kill- i
ad soma whitefraan lately, and passed here i
one week ago, for," said he, ('a lone Indian 1
in theee parts is on mischief, and generally I
on the lookout for horses. He had on the I
shoes of a white man, whom he had in all i
probability killed, but his steps are those of i
an Indian. Going through the ravine the f
and of his gun hit the deep snow. A week <
ago we had a very warm day, and the snow i
being soft he made these deep tracks." I I
suggested that perhaps he bought those J
shoes. "Indians don't bay shoes, and if |
they did they would not bat them m large <
as these were, fur Indians have very small 1
feet." The most noted trailer of this I
oountry was Paul Dalojia, a half-breed, who i
died nndep my hands of Indion consumption <
last summer. I hare spoken of him in a i
former letter. Atone time 1 rode with him, i
and trailing was naturally the subject of <
our conversation. I begged to trail with i
him an old track over the prairie in order
to learn its history. I bard(y made the
proposition when he drew up bis horses i
which was at e ravine, and said : "Well
here in an old elk track- Let us get on oar 11
horses and follow it." We followed it but
few rods when he ttuid it was exactly h
month old, and made at 2 o'oleck in tho
afternoon. This he knew, as then we had
our last rain, and at tho hous named tho
gronud was softer than at any other time.
The traik befyro us was then mode. He
broke up here and ther# olaiters of grapes
that lay in the path of the lrack, aq? showed
me the dry ends of some, the stumpf of
others, and by numerous other similar items
accounted for many circumttances that
astonished mo. We followed the trail over
a mile. Now and then we saw that a wblf,
fox, and other animals had practiced their
trailing instincts on the elk's tracks. Here
and there he would show me where a snake,
a rat, and a prairie dog had crossed the
track. Nothing had followed or crossed the
track that tho quiok eye of the Daloria did
not detect. He gave an account of the
habits of all the animals that had left
their foot-prints on the track, also of the
" J "** " **alIr nooonrl
siat? 01 ane weawter oiuto mw. ? ?.
and the effects of sunshine, wind, aridity,
sand-storms, and other influences that have
a boaring on these tracks.
At another place we came across an
Indian track, and he said : "It is an old
Yankton, who came to look at his traps.
In ComiDg over he carried in his right hand
a trap, and in .his left a'lasso to catch a
pony he had lost. He returned without
finding the horse, hut had caught in the
trap he had out, a prairie wolf, which he
carried home on his back, and a handle of
kinikinick wood in his right hand." Then
he gave his reasons: "I know he is old by
the impression his gait has made, and a
Yankton by that of the moccasin. He is
from the other side of the river, as there
are no Yanktons on this side. The trap he
earned struck the snow now and then,"and
in the m'anner~as when he came, shows that
he did not find his pony. A drop of blood
in tho centre of his tracks shows that he
carried the wolf on his back, and, the bundle
of kinkiaick wood he used as a staff" for
support, and catching a wolf shows that he 1
had tAps." "But," I asked, how do yoa
know it's a wolf? Why not* fox, or even
i deer ?' Said be: "If it had been a fox,
or a coyote, or any other kind of small game,
he would have slipped the head of ihe animal
in his waist-belt, and so carried it by
his side, and not on his shouldors. Deer
ire not caught by traps :^mt if it had been
? deer he would not have crossed this high
hill, bnt he would have eone back by way
)f the ravine, and the load would have
made his steps still more tottering.
Hie Monks of Bethlehem.
Six miles south of Jerusalem lies, on the
ilope of rugged ridge, the town of Bethlehem
>f Judea. It oonsists of a few narrow streets. ,
ilong whioh straggle some two hundred ,
louses. The traveler who leaves tho Holy
ioly City by tbe Jaffa Qate, crosses the ,
ralley at Gihon, and taking the rqad over j
he heights that skirt the Valley of ]
iephanairo, catches here and there, through ,
ipenings in the hills, glimpses of the Dead ,
lea. On the crest of a rocky emiuence, at |
he eastern edge of the town, rises, massive ,
n strength, and hoar with the weight of four- (
een centuries, the Church of the Nativity, ]
rhose Basilica and Sacred Qrotto now,. as j
n ages long past, are in tne joint possession
if the Greeks, Latins and Armenians.
Hach of three orders of monks occupy their
iwn' monasteries adjacent to the choroh
?those of the Greek persuasion being under
he protectorate of Russia; those of the
^atin under that of France.
Front the broad flat roof of the qionastery
>f the Latins there is a grand view of the
urrotwding country in its beauty and its
lesolation. From the valley below, with its
^een meadows and its orchards of olive
rees, comes up, as of old, in the still air .of
he early moruiugj of the sheperd leading
lis flocks to pasture, and the tinkling of
ells. The dark green foliage of the orange
ind the fig, tempered by the greyer tints of
he olive, spreads, in places, aoross the valley
intiJ they mingle with the leaves of the vines
ilanted in traces on the broken slopes of the
tills. To the east, are the plains of the Jorlan,
and the mountains of Gilead, Moab,
,nd Seir. To the north, the bleak rugged
tills of Jwdoa, rounding and softening gradiaIIot
?m4a HAM/lnM AO fkdn anosn fn fkft WAOl
iniijf iinv vviuvuo ao vuoj d vv|/ w ?mv nv?v |
u the remotest distance. On the sooth, are ,
ho gardens of Urtas, lying in the lap of ,
tills all bare and scarred, and not very far j
iff aro the Pools of Solomon?three vast ,
eservoirs, built one abovo another, on the ,
loping sides sides of a narrow valley, and ,
apped, at the lowest point, by tho aqueduct j
hat supplies Jerusalem with water. i
Descending from the roof of tho monastery, j
tud entering the Church of the Nativity, its (
loble Basilica, with its double lines of ]
Moorish columns, tho most striking archi- ,
octural feature, under tho high alter is j
tho Grotto of the nativity, reached by two ,
short flights of steps, one on each side of the <
iltar. The so-called Grotto is a small sub
tcrranian chapel, constructed in the natural
.*ave{n of limestome rock, once used as a
stable, according to the frequent custom of
the country. The chapel, thirty five feet iu ,
length and twelve in breadth, is hung, in
part, with cloth, painted in colors and ,
emblazoned with Latin emblems, and partly
with richly embroidered tapestries. Thirtytwo
silver lamps, suspended by chains of the
same metal, light up the interior. At one
ond of the sacred Grotto is a semi-circular
rocess of about six feet in diameter, faced
and paved with rare marbles of various
colors. In the centre of the pavement of
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buio IDVViO *0 *9 OMfVI DMI , VflllUll UIBI UT
is supposed to mark, tho identical spot on
which the Saviour was born. On the opposite
side of the chapel is another holy place,
lighted, like the shrine of tho nativity, with
sixteen lamps, and tho smoko from golden
censers fills tho air with aromatic fragrance.
This doccption, gathered from many sources,
will serve to olucidate the causes of the
quarrel between the Latin and the Greek
Monks, which has stained the pavement
with human blood, and brought dishonor
upon the Christian name.
As 'at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at
Jerusalem, the joint occupancy of the
Church and the Grotto of the Nativity at
Bethlehem, has led to frequent and bitter
controversies, each of the two district orders
of monks being jealous of its privileges evenin
the* most trivial matters. These guardians
of the sacred edifice have illustrated on
many occasions the Christian zeal by the
most unohristian practioes. At one time,
years ago, the disappearance of the silver
star from the recess in the Grotto, gave rise
to a bitter feud in which the Latins, by French
intervention, ultimately triumphed over the
Greeks. More recently, the attempt of the
Latins to repmr the painted cloth?worn and*
blurred with age?with whioh the ceiling of
tho Grotto is covered, excited the anger of
the Greeks and the trouble was only settled* I
by the arrival of the Turkish troops, and af '
ter protracted diplomatic negotiations bc-i
tween tue reprpwuuii/iYes ut riauuo .auu
Russia respectively at Coastantinople. The
evil spirit thus engendered has, since then,
been continually tnanifesing itself in petty
things. A few months ago the old casus
belli broke out afresh.
In spite of the protests of the Greeks, the
pictured canvass that had been so long a
subject of dispute, was removed by the direct
orders of Sultan, and replaced by another
freshly painted and an exact reproduction of
the original. Then followed further contest.
The Greeks introduced an additional lamp
into the Grotto, the Latins supplemented the
innovation by hanging on the walls an addi- 1
tional piece of silk drapery. This brought 1
on a war of words. From words the rival j
monks proceeded to blows, and from blows '
to a disgraceful fight, with firearms within 1
the precincts of the sanctuary. In the melee '
eleven of these precious members of the '
church militant were either killed'or severely
wounded,.and the murderous affray was oniy 1
brought to I.close by the interposition of 1
Turkish troops. It is a scandal to the age; 1
a scandal to civilisation, tbat tne tana rrom
which we derive oar religions faith, and in j
die very birthplace of the Saviour, such an- '
seemly brawls and sanguinary excesses shonld 1
be permitted to desecrate the sanctuaries (
that are the constant resort of pilgrims from '
Bvery Christian land.?Baltimore Gazette. 1
MitoMahon's Leap For Life. . |
i
rH&ILLlNG INCIDENT IN THE CAREER OP ]
THE NEW ^RESIDENT OP FRANCS.
In 1831 McMahon, then ayouhg Lieuten- ,
int serving with the French army in Algeria, ,
under the command of Marshal Bugeand, .
pas stationed with a small company of 6) en ,
An nntlvincr AAttlnmAnt fnrtv miles, from .
Headquarters. The Arabs, then bitterly'>
hostile to the new colonists, besieged the y
imall fort, slaughtered all the settlers they s
jould catch, intercepted all supplies, and
wrought the little garrison to the verge of
starvation. Capitluation was not to be thought
>f, for that meant immediate slaughter.
Holp from the marshal was not to be expected, 1
for he was quite unaware of their danger; e
n fact all hope seemed lost when MaeMahon t
volunteered to be the bearer of dispatches t
mnouncing their predicament. The commandment
thought the venture perfectly
useless, as the intervening country was abso- 1
lutely alive with infuriated Arabs, but be- s
ing aware that help must come in that municr
if it came at all, he reluctantly con- ]
jented to'what he considered at the time was't
the desperkte sacrifice of a valuable life. g
MaeMahon, perfectly overjoyed at gaining t
>onseut to his enterprise, spent the short
time intervening'before his start in looking j
carefully to the equipment of his horse and (
to his'own accoutrements, and in the first
iionr of darkness he set out brisk, blthe and ]
iebonnaire as every gay young soldier on 1
pMftUQ IT UU UligUVVJCO^(M>lUg UU UI0D|/tVUUUl? 1
fhe wily Arabs, seldom caught unaware,
jood noted his departure, ond followed hard (
xnd fast in his rear; but, seeing that his 1
course lay toward a broad and deep ravine ]
some five miles from the post, they spread
cut widely, hoping to outflank him when he t
ihould be compelled to turn at the brink, y
ind so, securing him alive, learii from him
under tortuae all those particulars concern- t
ing the French forces which they wanted to 1
obtain. MacMahon, who had in the first ]
mile or two easily distanced them, under- 1
itood their plan thoroughly and was well
prepared to meet it. He looked back and j
taw in the moonlight the constantly-increas- i
ing crowd of white-clad warriors, spreading ^
Dut in a wide semi-circle behind him. He \
knew woll how they exulted in the thought |
that they would wring from his tortured
frame all the seorets they wanted to know,
and he nnioklv slackened a little the head- t
long speed of his horse, in order to reserve |
its strength for the effort he had determind j
upon, that should?ho hoped?savo life and |
liberty. The Arabs, thinking that his horse .2
was already failing, renewed their efforts to 1
overtake and surround hitn, and by the time ]
ho had reached withiu a few hundred yards <
of the brink, their shouts of triumph were <
clearly audible. But Arabs, as well as other 1
men, sometimes counk their chickens before 1
(hey are hatched, and it proved they had
Kaa/Ia/1 Kim almnaf In tKfl HrinW fit fho
ucnucu iiiui niuivov w ? *? ? ? v *?? v.?VHv.
fal chasu, and followed hard behind, certain 1
of an easy capture, when all of a sudden, |
obedient to the master's resolute hand upon 1
the rein, tho horse broke iqjo a swift gallop, <
and, with a touch from the spur, a flick '
from tho glove and an encouraging word '
from the well known voico, gallant steed and 1
rider cieared the yawning gap, and landing '
safely on tho opposite side, were out of sight 1
of the enraged Arabs before they could get
tho slightest chance of taking even a deliberate
aim. In two hours more MacMahou stood
bofore his astounded chief, and two hours after
that, refusing rest and relief, ho nccom- ,
panied the aid he had risked his life to procure
on its way to his bclengured comrades
Kdward Elds;
Hanging docs not stop murder, but it
comes nearer to it than any experiment ever
tried. _ i
The Indian Wives of Border Whites.
Th^oustom of taking to themselves Indian
wives still prevails among the hunters
and tmppcrs of <Jur western-territoaies, and
a correspondent of the tjhicago Tribune,
writing from Wyoming, says: It is no uncomming
thing, in the mountainous region,
to fifld a whito man and squaw who havo a
numerous progeny of half-breed children,
growing up around th6m. These children
areactive and quick witted, and their descendants
will go toward making up our
highland population. The squaws make
4*uod and faithful wivos, and, so fur as
tiiefr knowledge goes, good mothers, They
/seem to enjoy life, and in their gamboling
Emes, get thoroughly excited. The women
vo games of their own, and no man interferes
with them in auy way. The game
seems to be somewhat like the old play of
the children called, "Button, button, who's
get the button V! During the whole game.
.11 xL. - *1 -1 f 1
an me women sing wgctner tne nveiy air i
havo ever heard among tho savages, and all
are eager for the possesion of the grond prize,
which consists of "beads and bead work,
scissors, money, needles, thread, and a hundred
other things dear to the feminine
heart. The chirldren, too, ape anxious
lookers-on ; and he who supposes tho Indians
enjoy themselves ought to see them
engaged in this game, where whole souls appear
to be absorbed in pleasurable excitement.
It is called Niu-witz, the Game
of Hand; and, while it is going on, a woman,
it either end of the two rows of players,
beats on the dales which' separate them,
with all her might, keeping time to the
music, and increasing the enthusiasm as.
much as possible. Some of the young
K^uaws rre handsome, blackeyed creatures,
with masses of raven hair, who would attract
ittention anywhere. Their bright-colored
blankets set off their charms to the greatest
advantage, and they appear modest and
lecorous enough. For a Lug time I was
)f the opinion that thero was no such thing
is a handsome Indian girl, but in this I
was greatly mistaken-*-some of them being
'air to look upon. They break early in life,
rnd the old women look like the veriest
lags. v The young girls have fcll the playful
ittle ways of their fairer sisters, and the
ittle ones have their dolly papooses, the
tame as white children. Human nature,
ifler all, is a good deal the same everywhere,
md a little observation among savages
ihowa that they are governed by the passion
ind imputes that wc arc, though untamed.
\ love of case, and a contempt for hard
rork, are by no means confined to the redikins.
But They Have Done It.
A man shut up in jail entertained a
>elief that he was illegally confined, and so
icnt ior a lawyer to consult about tho mater.
AjTter listening to the prisoner's story,
(aid "Put in, jail for that!"
f'Can't they, though ?"
"Certainly not; the thing isjpreposterous.
rhey cannot put a man in jail for such
ictions."
"But they have, though," urged the
jrisonor, who fhlly agreed with the lawyer
hat thoy couldn't do it; but was unable to
;et it out his head that he was in jail
lcvoathelcss.
"I tell you my dear fcllow, it is imjossible;
they cannot imprison you on a
charge like that; it is against the law."
"But they have done it," criod the
jrisonor, stubbornly aud with rising anger,
'confound 'em, hfcre I am. I want to get
>ut."
But I say they can't do it. If you un?
InratnnH thfl first tiling about law. VOU
vould see they couldn't, yourself. Mr.
[Jlackstone srys?"
"Confound Blackstono! Ain't I here,
ind haven't I been here for the lest six
veeks ?"
"I tell you they can't put you in jail for
hat," shouted the lawyer, springing out of
lis cljair and growing excited himself, because
lis client refused to listen to'thc point of
aw in his case.
"InJ T *??11 i.nii I" vnlUil #Vin nriannop
AUtt X Will, J UIIVN* V..V ^..WV..V.,
umping to his feet and dancing around
ffith excitement and exasperation, "they
javq done it, and 1 am here in jail, and
ivuat in the thunder's the use of saying
key can't do it?"
The gentlomen of England who last year
10 earnestly debated the efficacy of prayers
jnght toroad this short story, which conic,
jfoui Decatur, III. A preacher of that
plaae who had been blind lor sixteen years,
ind for whoui the uiodk'al men could do
lothing, at last strenuously, prayed for
bis sight, and "in one moment it was dully
ind permanently restored." A .brother
jlorgyman relates this talc, but strangely
inough withholds t lio man's name, "to save
die fselings of the family."
A Witty Hkbukk.?The great philosopher
Locke having been one day introduced
by Lord Shaftcstfhry to the Duke of Buckingham
and Lord Halifax, naturally expect
jU to converse with them on nieraj-y topics,
but tho three nomcuien shortly betopk'thctn*
selves to playing curds. l,ocke looked on
silently for a while, and then, takiug out his
note-book, began to write.t Ono of thegentlemon
begged leave to ask what he was \s riling.
"My lord.* ah we'red Locke gravely.
"1 am ondavoring, as fyr as possible, to profit
by lay present situation; fof having waited
with impatienqe for the hynor of being in
company with the three greatest geniuses of
Iho age, I thought I could do nothing hotter
than to write down your conversation; and
indeed I have set down the substance of
what you have said for an hour or two.'' At
th is wi tty rebuke the noblemen dropped the
cards and began to converse on topics suited
to men of intellect.? U>.
Hope and Peace.
[From the Evening Herald.]
The people of these Southern States, and (
particularly of the State of South Carolina, (
have had enough of broil and excitement.
We verily believe that there exists in the j
breast of every man, independent of ^>arty (
.politics or individual opinion, an honest, anxious
long for the quiet ways of peace and the
hopeful ways of business. In some wild, rest- 1
less, lawless spirits on both sides, there may *
be a deep, bitter, unconquerable feel
ing, which, in the satisfaction of private t
feuds, may break out in flame from the ashes v
of the old fires; but> apart from this, we
verily believe that a better and more law j.
abiding spirit prevails among the leaders and
the masses. The most terrible struggle that a
nnrfc of thin nnnnle was cnnnhle of against
r ? r?r 7 ?r?'? 7
the denomination of a different political faith a
has been ?>? !j tried, and has fairly failed, p
It was a war between tho extreme doctrine o
of States rights and the peculiar institutions g
of which it was the defender and exponent
on the one hand, and the extreme doctrine a
of individual freedom and national consolida- e
tion and supremacy on the other. The last ^
appeal to the God of Battles was made, and. t]
after an exhibition of American heroism,
military skill and splendid devcJtion on eaeh *
side, such as challenged the admiration of '
the world, that Supremo Being decided *
against the South. It became the South to
yield and obey that high decree, and we be- a
lieve that it was disposed to do so in good C
faith, the Invisible Empire to the contraly ^
notwithstanding.
It is a good principle of moral philosophy .
that there is no such thing as a pure unmix- .
nil mil V.vil i flirt norrrtftnn nf iriirw 1 anil ^
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presupposes something good in the very fact
of its negative existence. This principle,
we believe, will apply to the late unfortu- d
nate experiences through which we have re- li
cently passed. Terrible as have been the r<
sufferings of the people mistaken, and, perhaps,
criminal, as has been the administration
of their public affairs in some instances, ^
there is yet something of good in the final Q(
results. That good, in our view, consists in
the firm establishment'of the fruits of. the
war and in (he complete vindication of the c<
national authority. The people have learnt ?'i
this much?that the national will is the law V
of the lan<J, and that the citizen of the State cl
must, at his own fireside, if need be, respect
the uniform of the Federal soldier* It is consolidation,
centralization, one flag, the wiping fcl
out of State lines, tho concentration oftwwer ^
in the Federal government. It may be all P
this and much more that appears abhorrent "
to the striot constructionist of the old school.
But it is certainly the assurance doubly sure sj
ofthe peace, prosperity and integrity of the y
country. It tells us of this State the stub- ^
born fact that under no circumstances, how- fa
ever .aggravated, wo can tako the law in our
own hands; If bad men come down upon
us like tho wolf on the fold and sweep away
our substance, we must go to the law, to the -cc
r.ronor tribunals, the courts. It will not do sa
r"f /
to say the courts are partial and will furnish 4<1
o honest redress; that we cannot try the d]
farce, and that all that is left us is a guerilla' fr
war, murder and midnight raid. It effects ai
nothing but retaliation, suppression and a hi
delay of that better time which will surely
come, when qniet and order obtains. That
time, we sincerely hope, is brightening along J11
the sky. In this State the government has
put its foot down; in Louisiana it has done e)
the same thing; and Grant says, plainly and w
decisively, that P'
"The States lately at war with the general
government are now happily rehabilith- in
ted, and no executive control is exercised in ai
any of them that would uot> be exorcised in fa
any other under like circumstances." tl
This languagc'is unmistakable. It mefns w
an unconditional surrender of all domestic m
troublo to the general peace of the country.
It means the end of Lynch law, of vigilance
committees, and all unlawful organizations, ^
no matter how evident and grievous the condition
it is proposed to remedy, or how pal- J*
pably the excuse for their being* It means
that this is one country, with its business, c<
political and civil life so essentially inter- ^
twined and dovetailed that the general na- ?
tional peace depends on the quiet of every
section, and that no community, no State, no b
man or set of shall right any wrong, roal or c
'imaginary, except through the courts of the a
land, and never at the slightest expense of
the public peace. . fj
The sooner wc appreciate this great fact tl
the better. Wo believe,, in this State the b
people have taken the important lesson to
heart. It is fact, hard, stubborn, iron fact,and
cannot be gainsayed, neither in the c
streets of the city, in "the narrow' woodland p
path," nor in the lonely cabin near the t!
mountain. If there is a man among us who u
knows of another driving a spunking team i
instead of rolling a wheelbarrow full of stones d
in the penitentiary, let him drag him before ii
th<yourts, with proof to bonvict; but let him p
not take 'law in his own hands, with a mask b
on his face and in the shadow oi the n.iirht.
And we believe that the opposition has been
thoroughly convinced of this unyielding do- u
cision of the uational will. Wo believe that,
u'Wli n mm (it?*ntion here and there, there ,r<
is an end of that mad, reckless, ruinous, fa- "
tal policy. .
We think we can seo the native genius b.
of the State rising superior ft> the prejudices Jv
of the past, holding up the loom rih^l the cot- ^
ton M as embleuis of her dearest interests, "
and speaking oucc more to an attentive peor,c?
.. ci
"No more of that Hal, an thou lovesi uie." p
t b
A Texas newspaper annonnces ??osh lfil- n
lings "the most stupid ass of tho .nineteenth g
century." No wonder Josh is getting rich n
and distinguished, standing thus at tho ii
head of so vast a ^najority of the human f
race. . " j
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OUR OHIP-BASKE
Why are horses in cold weather like medllesotne
gossips; Because they are bearers
>f idle tales.
What is it that the rich man wants, the. poor
nan has, the miser spends, and the spend*
.hift saves? Nothing.
Religion teaches us to supprea private
jrejudices, ta forget animosities, and to lis*
en to the voice of reconciliation.
"This engine won't work," said a fireman
o the chief of fire department. '-No wonder."
ras the reply;4'it was made to play."
A Missouri railroad oonductor got "rob>ed"
of $13,000a few months ago, and is
iow building a $10,000 residence.
W e notice tnat tne agricultural euuera ui
n exchange advises their readers to "plant
teas in the new of the moon." We 'advise
ur readers to plant their peas in the
round.
Once give your mind up to a suspicion
nd fear, and there will be sure to be food
nough for it. In the stillest night the air
) filled with sounds for the wakefal ear
bat is resolved to listen.
The New Haven police will be provided
0th straw hats for the purpose' of showing
rhich way the wind blows on dusty days. '
A Rochester man lay drunk in an alley
II night with 8800 in his pocket, and the
Ihief of Police has a mjnd to discharge the
hole force.
An educated professor is roaming about,
le wilds of Northern Pennsylvania, lectorig
"early candle light on the science of
etiology and fysialog."
If you have performed an act of great and
isinterested virturer conceal it; if yon pubshityou
will neither be.believed here, nor
swarded hereafter.
A Vermont school teaeher has struck the
ting at last- He makes unruly boys tarn
ie grindstone one thodband times while an*
;her boy bears on with a stick of wood.
We noticed, the other day, in a puff of a
mntry grocer, that he was spoken of u
me of the old war-horses of the trade."?
7e suppose that means that he is a heavy
larger. /
Next to the boyish delight of surreptiously
socking the mouth of a molasses jog, w
mb a philosophic correspondent is the \
leasnre^of breaking an engagement with
ie dentist ,
7
"Men are what women make them," is the
ngular title of new book. It may be true,
ot we have seen some dreadfully poor specious
of the manufactured articles, which
,ct reflects badly either upon the material
the maker.
"What's the matter with Augustus ?" ask1
one friend of another. "He's gone inine!"
"Bless me! how happened that?".
Why, you see, he parte his hair in the mid-7
le, and the other day he happened to get
re more hairs on one side than on the other,
id the inequality overthrew the balanqp of
is brain." 9
"You have played the deuce with my
Bart," said a gentlemen to^a Ady who was
is partner in a social game of whist at au
waning party. "Well," replied tha lady,
ith an arch, smile, "it was because yon
layod the knave." '4
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xnu rrcuuu uurncrjr uiaiu id imon uuuwv
ig Bridget in that capacity in New York,
id with her ueat drew, white cap, pretty
ice and black eyes, forms a pleasing escort to
te groups of neatly dressed children ifiet
ith on the-fashionable avenues every after*
Don.
Recently a young tnan, who was attending
night writting school, near Danville, Iniana,
was smitten fry the eharms of a lady
ho was -present, at the close of the sohflbl
ustlcd forward to solicit the pleasure of esjrting
her home. "Yes," said the lady, "if
ou will carry my boy." He wilted, and the
oung /natron walked home alone.
Some people are as careful of their tnwles
as mothers aro of their babies; they ..
uddle them, and rock them, and hug them,
nd fly into a passion with you if you try to
ike thein away from them; they wantyou to
rot with them, and to help them to believe
hat they have been worse treated than anyody
else- "
A skeptic who was trying to confuse a
hristiau colored man by the contradictory
assages in the Bible, asked how it could be
hat we were in the Spirit, and the Spirit in
s, received the reply: "Oh ! dar's no j>wIc
'bout dat, it's like dat poker I put it in ' <*0
tire till it gets red hot?now dc poker's
1 de lire, and dc fire's in do poker." A
rofound thoologiun could not have mado a
otter reply.
I do not merely admire woman as the
tost beautiful object of creation, or love
liem as the sole source of happinessbut I ?
avcrcnce them as the redeeming glories of
umanity, the sanctuaries of.Jtho virtues,
he antepasts and pledges of those perfect
ualitics of the head aud htart combined
ith cxtcrnaband attractive cnarms, which,
y their union, almost exalt the human* into
ic angelic character.? Ttritt.'
A gushing correspondent, speaking of a
attain fair creature, remarked that "the
refusion and color of her hair would lead one
> look upon it as though it was spun by the
imblo ningers of tho easy hours, as they
lided through the bright Juno days, whose
lany sunny rays of light had been caught
ii the meshes, and were contented to go no
urther." This is better than saying the
;irl's hair was red.
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