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may well wonder when the demand may
abate. The marble building corner of
Nassau and Cedar streets, rents, in the
aggregate. for $250.OOO per year; this
sum being made up by the various banks,
brokers, and lawyers, who play the agree
able part Of tenant, The Board Of Bro
kers pay annually $25, 900 for chamber
about fifty by seventy five feet, in which
its daily sessions are held. Brokers' Of
fees range from $4,000 to $4,000; and
hence many club together and a half
dozen desks may be seen in single
basement The most profitable rental,
relative to its cost. in the world, is Trim
ity building. This is a plain structure
of common brick, about forty feet front
by one hundred and sixty feet deep. 1t
stands next to Trinity Church in Broad
way near Wall street. 1t cost 5000, 900
in 1852, and then rented for 800, 900, its
use being coal Offices and bank The
rate has gradually advanced until its ag-
gregate roll is about $l75, 900 or about
so per cent. per annum. Trinity build
ing is now chiefly occupied by Pennsyl-
vania mines; and $1,000 is paid for sec
ond class offices. The yearly sales of
coal in this building amount to 100000
tons
The increase of rents, of which the
above is an Illustration, prevails through
certain range of business localities.
This includes Wall street and Broadway,
for one mile along the latter thorough
fare, also the streets adjacent to it. The
term Wall Street" embraces several
adjacent streets into which it has poured
its monetary current, and elevated them
into equal value One of these is Broad
street, which the writer remembers
twenty-five years ago as Metropolitan
Sleepy Hollow, where the winds sighed
lazily through the trees, and the silence
was broken only by an occasional cart.
Now, Broad street is full of brokers, and
the roar and fight of the stock exchange
market, concourse which at times is
Bull Run of defeat, and at others is a
rush Of success .H ht
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Mrs. Carlyle.

Thomas Carlyle has directed the fol-
lowing inscription, composed by himself,
to be placed upon his wife's tombstone.
II will be remembered that she died sud
denly some weeks since whilst riding in
her carriage in London. The inscrip-
ton is characteristic of Carlyle, and
reads: Here likewise now rests Jane
Welsh Carlyle, spouse Of Thomas Car
lyle, Cbelsea, London. She was born at
Haddington, l4th July, l80l;c only child
OF the above John Welsh and Grace
Welsh, Caplegell, Dumfriesshre, his
wife. In her bright existence she bad
more sorrows than are common, but also
soft invincibility, clearness of dis
cernment, and noble loyalty of heart
which are rare. For forty years she was
the true and loving helpmate Of her hus-
band, and by act aud word unweariedly
forwarded him as none else could in all
of worthy that he did or attempted She
died at London, 2lst April, 1866, sud
denly snatched away from him, and the
light of his life as if gone out. "
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Wants of Kings.

-- The poet writes, Man wants Dnt nttle
here below" But this remark does not
apply to kings, who want great deal
A war of gigantic proportions has com
menced in Europe to satisfy the wants
of crowned heads.
The king of Prussia wants both Schles-
wig and Holstein and has got them but
the emperor of Austria wants H0lstein,
had it, and has lost it.
Prussia wants Hanover, Mecklenberg,
Nassau, Brunswig, Oldenburg, Saxony,
the Saxon Duchies, Darmstadt, the
Hesses, Frankfort, Bremen, Hamburg, Lu-
bee, and the territory Of dozen other
little kinglets. "a - ~
The Austrian emperor wants Bavaria,
Wurtemburg, and Baden, and don't want
the Prussian king to obtain the small
states of Northern Germany.
The king of Italy wants Venice and
Rome-the former first, the latter after
ward. dtsH
The emperor of France wants the
Rhine provinces of Prussia and Belgium.
The emperor Of Russia wants as much
of Turkey as he can possibly obtain by
hook or crook
The emperor of Austria wants a slice
of Roumania, and Greece would like
very much to extend her boundaries to
include ancient Macedonia.
The queen Of Spain wants Portugal, if
there are no serious objections, and the
king of Sweden wants what is left Of
Denmark, in order to collect all of Scan
dinavia under one government.
The queen of England wants nothing
only to be let alone. Thus all the
powers covet their smaller neighbors $
possessions except Great Britain. Little
Holland and Switzerland are the only
small nations not seriously menaced
and in danger of being swallowed But
if Prussia should take Hanover and
Oldenburg, and eede her Rhine provinces
to France, she may claim the right to
Holland if France annexes Belgium.
That the map of Europe will be ma
terially reconstructed before the war
ends, has every probability. The great
potentates of Europe desire to enlarge
their boundaries by the absorption of
their weaker neighbors, as big fish swal-
low little fish; but mutual jealousies
prevent them from sitting down and
amicably dividing the spoil that each so
intensely oovets Hence they have con
cmded to fight for the plunder.
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A Delicate BRIDE.

Between Ureka and Jacksonville, Ore
gon, there was wedding last winter,
about the time Of the deep snow, when
Mr.. Pelham and other citizens were cor
rallied in that old country. The families
of the respective parties to the marriage
were in attendance, and the party was
rather after the old-fashioned style, made
up of neighbors, their wives and babies,
and anybody that happened to be stop
ping anywhere within accessible dis
lance. 1t was pleasant affair; but,
like all similar assemblages, it dispersed,
and the bride returned to her chamber,
first having whispered to the fond groom,
Don't come up for half an hour" This
being first request, he obeyed, waited
the time anxiously, nor let the hand of
the ticking clock pass by second Of the
limit ere be had gone to her with whom
his life was joined
Rapping gently at the door of the bri-
dal chamber, and receiving no reply, he
entered unbidden, and saw his wife lying
on the bed, arrayed in night-gear, of the
purest white, presenting picture Of
beauty, taste and loveliness beyond com
parison. One step further, a closer look,
and the blood rushed back to his heart
she was deadf' Loudly calling for help,
father, mother, brother, sister, brides
maids, all the household rushed to the
room. The mother discovered that her
daughter still breathed, but horror upon
horrors there lay the empty vial from
which the fatal draught had been taken.
Messengers were despatched for physi-
clans, the patient was rubbed and sprin-
kled, and hopes were entertained Of her
revival, symptoms looking favorable. At
this juncture some one picked up fold
ed paper from a table, on which was
written, in the delicate hand Of the fair
young bride:
Be not alarmed, dear husband. Feel
ing that the occasion would be too much
for my nerves, | have taken chloroform
YoUR OwN WIS"
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place. No objection was made, and this
man went. He was shot dead while on
guard. The young man first drawn after
ward became the author of Pilgrim s
Doddridge, when born, was so weakly
an infant he was believed to be dead. A
nurse standing by, fancied she saw some
signs of vitality. Thus the feeble spark
of life was saved from being extinguished,
and an eminent author and consistent
Christian preserved to the world. -,
John Wesley, when a child, was only
just preserved from fire. Almost the
moment after he was rescued, the roof
of the house where he had been fell in.
OF Philip Henry similar in stance is
recorded. tart l-.af tl.f..
John Knox, the renowned Scotch re-
former, was always<Hont to sit at the
head of the table = his back to the
window. On one particular evening,
without, however, being able to account
for it, he would not sit there himself, nor
permit any one else to occupy bis place.
That very night bullet was shot in at
the window, purposely to kill him; it
glazed the chair in which he sat, and
made hole in the foot of the candle
stick on the table. ,,,..
Many years have now elapsed since
three subalterns might have been seen
st juggling in the water off St Helena;
one of them, peculiarly helpless, was
fast succumbing. He was saved to live
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington.
The life of John Newton is but the his
tory of marvellous deliverances. AS "A
youth, he had agreed to accompany some
friends on board of man-ofwar. He
arrived too late; the boat in which his
friends had gone was capsized, and all its
occupants drowned On another occa-
sion, when tide-surveyor in the port OF
Liverpool, some business had detained
him, so that he came much later than
usual, to the great surprise of those who
we're in the habit Of observing his unde-
WAITING punctuality. He went out in the
boat as before to inspect ship which
blew up before he reached her. Had he
left the shore few moments sooner, he
must have perished with the rest on board.
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Rents in Wall street-some Mammoth
Figures.

From the Rochester IN. ~ American.l
1t is not q question whether q rent can
be demanded for certain lMetropolitanl
localities so extrsvagant as TO shut of
tenants. The high rents of ten years
ago appear triAing when compared with
the present high rates, and hence one
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An average annual cash dividend to Stock
holders of fourteen per cent. upon its capital
stock. since its incorporation, portrays the great
success and stability of this eminent Institu-
ton. the superior financial accuracy displayed
in its investments, and the important truth that
the management of the PHGNIX is in the
hands of those who know how. successfully, to
couducta
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LOSSES ADJUSTED AND PAID during the
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III being now well known to all the dealers in
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crop of hemp was made the past year. and that
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JOSEPH. PRACTICAL
II Plumber. Gas and steam Pipe fltter, za5szs
Second street, cor. Of jefferson. je5-sm
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-10
Our New York Correspondence.
New York, Feb. a, 1866.
TWO SENSATIONS.

lN' NINNN l''NN'
This city. in common with the whole coun-
try, has lrad, this week. a couple of sensations
which are largely enjoyed by all sensible peo-
pie. The first was President JolnSon'S veto
message. i'll which he states very forcibly and
clearly his objections to the Negro Bureau
Bill. The second is Il speech made by Mr.
Johnson at Washington, on the 23d inst, in
which he frankly expresses his opinions con
ccrnng the potidal st0tnS of the country and
of the character of the men who control the
majority in tie Federal Legislature. In the
first, Mr. johnson speaks As President of the
United State, and rightly exercises his eXecu-
tive authority to prevent the enactment ofan
unconstitutional law In his speech, howev-
cr, he speaks as a citizen, simply expressing
his political views,
RcioicingS among and congratulations be-
tween all men who desire the full restoration
of peace and union, have been frequent and
hearty. \ load of doubt and apprehension
seems To have been taken off the hearts of thc
people. and a cheering hopefulnaSs again
brghtcnS the faces Of our citizens. The city
gave vent to its qualification at the irmnesS
and statemanship exhibited by the President
in his late message, by
LARGE MEETING Ar COOPER INSTITUTE.
on Thursday evening, at which Hon. VIM, II.
Seward was the principal speaker. The meet
inc was the largest ever held at the Institute,
and was highly respectable in point ofclarac-
ter. Mr.. Seward fully endorsed the President
and ably argued in favor of admission of the
Southern members of Congress. He said the
work of restoration is complete. excepting the
representation Of the Southern States in tho
Federal Legislature. Hon. Henry j. RAYMOND
ofthe Times and whow was elected to Congress rs
Il Republican, also addressed the mectinc in
favor Of sustaining the President in his poll
icy OF restoration. An address to the presi-
ident and ascries of resolutions were adoptod
The Tribune at first whincd. like kicked
cur over the veto; but now it scolds and de-
nounceS the President and his supporters, #
dsclareS that all the copperheads and reb-
els, at home and abroad will hail the acts
with dclight--as much as to say that those
who do not belong to cithcrof the named clas
Scs should assail it. 1t also wants to know
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-10

formance OF the duty. The society
which imposes the duty should guarantee
the protection This is simple justice %
the negro. | believe that it will, at the
same time promote the peace and good
order of society, and the pleasant ana
profitable connection Of the two races III
their relation to each other.
notice what you say in reference to
the proposition to permit negroes to tes-
ify. Many julicious persons agree with
the opinion YOU express, but my obser
vation and experience have convincedm m(
that the true rule is to permit all persons
To testify, leaving to the Judge or th'
Jury tha question of their crcdibility.
Such, with very inconsidcrable eXcep
tions, has been the law Of Ohio for tel
years, and it has been attended with gooC
results.
l am, very respectfully,
Your obcdicnt servant,
GEORGE II. PENDLEToN.
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-10
THE VAN buren, PRESS,
VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1865.
Our Poor.

A meeting was held in our sister city.
not great while since, to inaugurate
some system for the relief of the really
destitute. This is the meaning of that
meeting, as we understood it. We hop
ed this move would he efficient in pre-
venting persons who had plenty at home,
from imposing upon the charity Of the
Government For the attainment Of this
end, we had supposed that persons going
to draw" should have with them GER
tiiicate of their being actually worthy of
assistance. These certificates we presu-
med to be issued by the County Judge,
the Mayor, or the Magistrate Of the town
ship in which the applicant resided. I'm
til system could he adopted, we pre-
sumcd the certificate Of any known and
respectable citizen would be welcomed by
the Bureau. 1t would surely, to some
extent, prevent imposition. But, to our
amazemcnt, we learn that any attempt Of
this kind to assist Government officials,
who occupy the head Of the Bureau, is
taken as impertincncc, Olliciousness, and
good citizens, well-mcaning men are in
suited for contributing their mite to-
wards the enlightenment of those whose
duty it is to issue to the needy. We had
intended to urge upon the citizens of this
county to adopt some plan by which they
could aid the Bureau in ascertaining who
were impostors. The attitude in which
the matter now stands, forbids any such
course, We shall certainly not urge oul
civil officers to do anything in the mat
ter, lest they be called meddlesome per-
sons, and be rudcly invited to attend to
their own affairs. That the government
is imposed upon, in this matter, is q fact
notoriously known There is no attempt
to disguise the matter Persons are fed
by the CommiSSary at Fort Smith, who
are abundantly able to live comfortably
without it, Government officers, howev
cr, ought to know best, and if the Unit
cd States intends to feed any persons
who will go for the rations, whether they
are needy or not, we cannot complain.
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-10

Is the the Executive already armed with then
powers conferred by the act of March. 1863,
establishing the Frccdmen's Bureau, and here
after As heretofore, he can employ the land
and naval forces of the country to suppress
insnrrection and to overcome distractions 10
the laws
return the bill TO the Senate in the earnest
hope that measure involving questions and
interests so important to the country will not
become Il law unless, upon deliberate conside-
ration by the people, it shall receive the sane
ton of an enlightened public Judgment.
(Signcd) ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON. u. G.. Feb. ID 1866.
The Van Buren press., 1866-03-10

whether johnson Ina, gone over TO the copper
heads. or they have gone over to INN. Yes
t,rlav it'permittedits It's Washington correSpon-
dent TO charge the President with beng drunk
when he made his speech on the go INST TO-
dov i; forced to rctract the base charge, and
say that Mr. johnson was "p"r!rctly sober
in making which correction it says that tli'iS
tha hest excuse that could be made for that
speech Is taken away.
ANDREW JouNSoN's sreECH.
The portion of Mr. Johnson speech which
most hurts the Radicals, is that part IN when
he declares that Thad. Stevens. Charles SUM
ncr and Wendell Phillips and their followers
are as much opposed to the preservation OF
the form and principles of our Federal Gov
eminent rs were those who showed their nos
tility bv taking up arms against Its authority
That is an open declaration OF war, ami ali the
uimmerS who have been so long trying 10 pre-
vent any division between the President an'
the Radical majority in Congress cannot eilec
a truce nor close the breach.
The general conviction Stnat Andrew John
souls right, and the people will sustain hin
in the position he has taken. -\S he says ther
is rising grouuu SWIM - r-I--'---- ; i;e--,o q
ton that will give Stevens and his Jacobi
brethren rood cause for trembling, ana tina
will tumble into ilrctricyabie ruin all thei
disunion schemes for personal revenge an
political aggrandizcmcnt.
PYRAMID.