Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-02-19

for that purpose by Her Most Gracious
Majesty.
The affair made prodigious sensation
and | became the lion Of all tho Christ
mas parties that year; and the cxtraor-
binary sympathy manifested By certain
fair individual at the recital Of the story, 4
brought about almost satisfactory expla-
nation Ny next Christmas dinner was
eaten in my own hon,c, with her as its
mistress.
have often blessed my stars that coed
Mrs. Wingato was not I mcmhet 81 The
Total Abstineuee SorisIy; for had II not
been for the liberal plepishipr lss4 ecllf.a
Underwent Il few days bGforo Christmas,
in readiness for the sons and daughters
who were to gather round her, and celo-
brate in her house that true home fcsti-
val, my throat would have been in 10
condition to perform its functions when
that time arrived.
Thus have told the only adyen-
turc Of any consequence in which / ever
played part, and let me add, that
whereas rich and poor alike welcome
Christmas as a season for joy and thank
fulncss, doubt whether any feel more
keen emotions of the kind than I 10.
since it recalls to mind an additional
mercy vouchsafed at that period
ANEcporE or TRIsTAM BURGESS. Oil
yer II Smith, Of Indiana, in one of his
"reminiscences, published in the Indian
apolis journal, tells the following story
During the debate in Congress on the
tariff, in 1928, an amendm a. t was offered
to increase the duty on moasses ten cents
! per gallon; being an increase of hun
bred per cent adyalorem. Its object
was to choke off the northern members,
and indirectly to kill the bill. The mo-
ment the amendment was announced by
the chairman, in committee Of the whole,
Mr.. Burgess, of Rhode Island, arose and
implored the mover to withdraw it. He
showed its effects upon the trade between
the Eastern States aud the adjacent
islands, in timber, and the return car
goes of molasscs, which was the daily
food Of the poor. His speech was short
and to the point. As he took his scat,
Henry Daniel, of Kentucky, sprang to
his feet and roarod out at the top of his
svsse, " Mr.. Speaker, let the constitu-
ents Of the gentleman from Rhode Island
sop their bread ON one side in molasscs,
, and they will pay the same duties they
do now" Mr. Bartlett, Of New Hamp.
shire, remarked TO me; "Now look out
for Tristan, Harry will catch it," Mr..
Burgess arose with fire bcaming from
his countenance, and addressed the chair
"'i'hc relief proposed by the gentleman
from Kentucky is but adding insult to
injury Docs not that gentleman know
that established habits become second
nature, and that all laws are cruel and
oppressive that strike at the innocent
habits of the people? TO illustrate
what would they think Of me if | should
offer an amendment that himself or his
constituents shall hereafter have no more
than pint Of whiskey for breakfast in
stead of a quart? Does he not know
that the disposition of all animals par
takes, in a greater or less degree, Of the
food on which they are fed? The horse
is noble, kind and graceful; he is fed on
grain and grass. The bear Cooking at
Daniel, who was heavy, short man,
dressed in a blue coat with velvet col
lar,) viii cat hog and raw hominy 49,
You can domesticate him, dress him in
Il blue coat with q velvet collar, learn
him to stand erect and to initiate the hu-
man voice, as some showmen have done,
but examine him closely, sir, Cooking at
Daniel some seconds,) You will discover
he is the bear still The gontleman told
US in a speech some days ago, that his
district produced large number Of jack
asses, hogs and mules. No stronger
proofo the truth OF his statement can
be given than to look at its representa-
! tive"
Daniel wiltod under the sarcasm, and
few members afterwards felt disposed to
arouse the eminent son Of Rhode Island
Tue CURREScY In 1884, the present
Chief Justice of the United States, Ro-
! ger y. fancy, at that time Secretary of
| the Treasury, laid down the following
economical axioms, tho truth Of which
has been abundanily corroborated by the
experience of subsequent years:
Gold and silver will never circulate
where banks issue notes that come in
competition with them; for it will inya-
riably happen, that when the circulating
medium is composed Of different kinds Of
money, and one Of them Is less valuable
than the other, but not sufficiently dopro-
ciated TO be diseraditnd the inferior will
after time, become the general curren-
cy, and the more valuable will entirely
disappear. This is obvious in the States
where the banks issue uotes as low as
one dollar; for silver dollars are never
found in circulation where paper ones
are freely used by the banks. In order,
therefore, to bring the precious metals
into use, the riyalaLip Of papers must be
cicctually taken away. We must not
only remove the notes Of the United
States, but also those Of the State banks.
HAD Soan MoSEY.--A good story Is
told Of a Michigan man who recently
went down into Indiana TO buy drove
Of horses. lie was absent longer than
he intended, and failed to meet a bust
ness engagement On being rather re-