The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-02-07

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se,e distance. from tie hrc, and - comb
was offered 10 arrange the uncurlcd hair,
such y whie and delicatelys clean comb |
n may seldom be seen upon a poor wo-
msu,s. .toilct. When MI had been done,
and, AZ Miss Lucy said, "ahey began
10 look themselves again" Mrs. Crow
der, who was lolling back al her ease in
n large and comfortable armchair, and.
amusing herself by taking good stare at
every thing and every one in the room,
suddenly started forward and cried out,
addressing herself to the master Of the
.;house, upon whose Bible and whose. face
she had been last fixing hor stare, "Why,
my goodaman, wo are old friends, ! know
,s,ur face, I'm certain; still there Is some
change in you, though Iscan't exactly say
what IL is." 81 used to be in ragged
clothes, and out of heal,h," said George
Manly, smiling, as he looked up from his
llible,-"I am now, blessed be God for
il, comfortably clad and in excellent
health. y But how is it," said Mrs.
Crowder, "thnt we never catch a sight
of you nowf" !" Madam" said he, "l'm
sure 1 wish welkto you and all people /;
nay, / have reason to thank you, for
words Of yours were the first means Of
opening my eyes to my foolish and sinful
course. You seem to thrive, and sosdo
we. My wife and children were half M
ked and half starved, only this time last
year. Look at them, il You please now !;
for SO far as sweet, contented looks 60,
and decent raiment, betting their station,
I'll match, them with any mans wife and
chiidren. And now, Madam, tell you,
as you told friend Of yours, one day last
year, that. Ills The FooLs' Pence which
have done oil this Cor US. The Fools
Pence! ought rather to say, the Pence
earned by honest industry, and spent in
such manner that can ask the blessing
Of God upon the Pence"
When Mrs Crowder and her daugi,-
ters were gone, George Manly sat with
out speaking Tor sumo considerable time.
lie WIS in deep thought, and his gentle,
yious wife, felt that She knew on what
subject he had been thinking SO deeply :;
for when he woke up from his fit Of thot,
deep sigh stole from his lips, and he
brushed away the tears which had filed
hiseyes. Abbott's Religious Mag. -
REPORT OF THE Posr OFFICE Conf
MirTEE.-On Monday the Goth of Jan.
at half past l2 o'clock, MIR. Ewing COM
Menced reading the Report of the Sem
ats's Committee on Post Office Affalrs,
and continued till past 4 o'clock when The
Senate adjourned. The National In
teiligencer contains synopsis which pre-
sents but a small portion OF the facts set
forth in the report. in alluding to the
loose manner in which the Books of the
Department have been kept, the Commit
tee relate The following
In examining the account Of j. Rec
side, your Committee found to his credit
the following
"Aprll 80, 1899. Cash deposited in
the Western Bank Of Philadelphia, $780,
OOO."
Your Committee, while in Philadel-
phia examined the books Of the North |
Western Bank, aud obtained q statement
ofits transactions with the Post Office
Department, by which it appears that this
sum was raised by Reside by the draft
drawn by himselfin favor ofR. c. Stock
ton, and accepted by o. b. Brown, Chief
Clerk, dated Goth day of April, 1884, and
payable three months after date, which
draft was paid by the Department at ma
turity (; so that, a. the Transaction stood
at the time the account Of Reside was =
made out and presented to the Commit
tee, no was entitled to no credit arising
from the transaction. If credit were
entered on the books at the time the a..
draft was negotiated, then, when the draft
was paid by the Department, ther should q
have been charge of an equal amount
against Recside to balance it. This was q
not done-and this sum stood as a credit
to Reside, and it helped to reduce bal I
nnce of $685. %, which notwiths,and
ing his large extra allowances stood A.
gaIhst him on the books Of the Depart !
ment on tho lst of April, 1884. Your
Committee called upon o. b. Brown to
explain this transaction, and he stated
that the draft on which X. drew this mon
ey, had not become due until some time
in the month Of November, and that since
that time there had been no settlement
with the bank, so that the credit could not,
in the ordinary course Of things, be en-.
tered. A member Of your Committee
then, in the hearing 0f the witness, asked
for the statement OF the Cashier of the
Western Bank of Philadelphia, and the
paper not being in the Committee room,
1t was sent for, and the witness was dis
missed until It should be brought in. AZ
FER short time tho witness returncd;
stated that he had been mistaken; that
The charge against Mr. Reesido was o.
'nitted by mistake, and was also BY mis-
lake entered against II. e. Stockton,