, 1870-06-03

Z nd ~, Noul think satan ms w.itin9 fiaht
b. fot ypur soul, That wa the favorits dress
1f RF bu1, = Cheyenne Chief Of gigantic aze,
who died IN battle with the P1Hnees, putting
his hands over his e4Es and rushing into death,
while his wife brainod her two infants, and
Tie Commissioner then showed us gala
dress Of brute Sioux brave, made entirely OF
he cured si1 q hn%.p R;4s seaaPa, aaa nsed
a see here," he ssia this scalp has -
aukurn thread running through t.; BY tho
| light it shows Like dark gold. This scalp -
ds1en, and il soft ~ boys. These short
ones are children's scalps. And here H one
xtth. .. = suggestion Of s1es-an Cd To1asns'
Ny widower friends eyes were fun again,
and reaisted " puckcr' csme 10 hfs mouth.
There was the hair that had been The paide
Of its wearer when she came to tho srsnn q
Lid It upon his breast Aftar the lshoE of tha
day. Children had played with il, twinios it
round their fingers, and beneath It had 1ain
tha years Of housekeeping cszes. the thtea1ns
Of competence and independents, TIE ysaEningg
God might come and His peace to1 Ike
river This grey strands had crept into i like
The first grey liGhta into the sky 1t evening,
and the peaes Of homa aud love which Passeth
understanding had shone from the fsi&ng
eyes beneath those changing treeees::. She
their former times we're reproduced in he1
blooming girls and then aba felt realization
that her yeats hAd not beao lived and tried in,
win, but that, - Z frontierBnnAn's wife, abe
bad become ono Of the pilgrim mothers Of
Western race.
Then, in one moment, out Of the ground
ARISE the painted shapes OF darkness; the
earth becomes yell. Stricken at the feet Of
eome savage the bleeding figure Les; bloody
hands sre twisted in these hairs OF grey; the
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the matron's head bangles at the Indians
knee amongst the frfnges OF his bloody shirt.
Here It Is in the Patent Office, making this
szido1er'a eyes water AS he feels the STORY, and
then the Commissioner says:
"Have you seen Spotted Tail and 6.oif
Bear' They were here this morning, and are
i fne-looking set Of Chiefs"
Yes" says the widoWer, still looking at the
old Toman's scalp, III heard thst they had
been here"
THE TARIFF m THE FIRST cosoREss.
WAS looking over the tariff Of the First
Congress, held in 1889, in New York, when
James Madison vas the 1esder OF the House
perhaps, the most truly \ statesman OF al cur
Hamilton in opinion, and in temperament aud
learning the bcst-poised man Of his time. The
yiews Of the cautions Madison show that the
struggle TOT Tree cqn1marce is old aa the PAtt1-
pfrm and intelligence Of the republic, md that
an author OF the Federdlisi itself could think
~ own myself The friend Of very free system
Of commerce. industry and labor are left to
secked 70 those objects which are most productive,
and that in manner more certain and direct than
The vision Of the most enlightened legislature
could point out 1or do believe that the national
interest ts more promoted by such Legislative ii
rcctions than the interest Of the individuals
t-Tbere IS another exception upon. which great
stress Is laid By some wei-infotned men, anu With
pert rlausIb1,sy; It is said th.t every nation
~ n f1F
tndependent Of foreign supplies. There may be
some t,uth In this and therefore 1t IS proper for
Legislative attention; though am well persuaded
that the reasoning this subject has been carried
toe sn,.. f.. =, ,,. nn,os,,,,,. :. ,.o,,.r. :,
niactures though The latter subject, which i1-
wolves eoine htricate questions, ought not to Be
too confuscd1y blended With the former"
GREAT FA1ls OF THE POTOMAC.
I made days excursion lately to 0zeAt
Falls, seventeen uAiles from Washington,
where the Potomac River goes roaring in a
series OF strong cataracts, descending eighty
feet in the space Of quarter Of = milo. In
the ,populous North anywhere, this cataract
would have maintained . settlement and
10 perfect lonelinesA the only dwellings, or
shelters being 4 hut at canal lock, dwelling
for the canal super1ntc tcndont, and two shells OF
shantics set here BY the engineer
Who planned tho, Washington Aqueduct.; for
AAuAAA L14C p14Ah RaCsE1 oil G4peISlF9 RG1183 OF
works Of inte1mmabla expense and duration,
to supply the capital city with sufficient water.
The new reservoir covors eighty acres, and
one bridge Of single arch, which carries tho
water-pires over 'Cabin-J ohm Bridge" eaidt 10
Lave kpan Of more than two hundred feet,
and to DO one hundsed plus feet high to the
keystone-going far to make the largest stone
arch in the world. The name Of Jefferson
Davis has been carefully oblitarated from this
bridge, rs from almost every piece Of a1chitec-
tnre and engineering in the country.
The hollow ruin .of hotel at the Great
Falls is kept By ono Jackson, the brother Of
that nn-keeper who, at Alexandria shot
Colonel Ellsworth dead, and the survivor ia
good specimen OF n tavesn-keeper in an old
less, greasy -haired man, whoso humor il chief
II an appalling eatibil Of lii manifold of1euces,
seasoned up will wild amiabity and famili-
anty. H.s hlack hair fails in snak;y, long locks,
behind his ears and Lis g.cy eye has the Light
pair Of doublc-barallcd rifles and game bags,
the identical weapon which slew Elis-
worth. Jackson says that the gun
was not the property OF his brother, but bor-
fit Of the doubt, and found it to have been
purchased in the year 1886, at hardware store
in Alexandra, and used for many years ns =
fsvorite partridge piece. It Was On deposit At
the time at the Marshall House, and had been
loaded with s1ugs byy its frasernh borrower,
with the intent Of killing two men with it-a
man with each barrel. The fizst barrel was
aimed fairly at the heart Of Ellsworth, and in
an instant the second would have slain Brown
ell, but the ZouaEe threw up his musket, 30
that Jacksona shot passed over his bend, and
ut The zane tine the desperate assassin was
both shot and bayoneted.
"Wlerc is your brother buried Z" naked
OF the innkeeper at Great Falls.
9 In the family burying-gronnd, sir, over in
Fairfa1 County, Fe1gcenia The widow lives
Court House"
~ + believe there WAS afterward military
company formed called the Jackson Ayang-
"Yes, eir. And they had 1t reported that was
him to a jurst Cord. I mover bore him no
hate. He wna AFTER i'll Washington city, and at
last be was killed at tho Second bull Run I lad
One other brothar in tho rebel army, but kept
oct, to make money {a! ha! sir! There's
apicter Of the shooting Of Ellsworth; some
body come along and give it to me, and stuck
it up behind the bar. Some people Gays it wiu
make people dislike nc, but think not.
Everybody knows I'm his brother, and its
sort Of cppropriAIt-"
entertained my doubts that this WIS the
real rifle which killed Ellsworth.
MONROE AND LEEsBuAd.
1lonrnes mansion of Oak Hill stands be-
tween tho Great Falls md LeesburE nine
miles from the latter place, and it Is occupied
BY Bun Harrison, President Of the Leesburg
Bank. It has been recently put in thorough
repair, and coEmsts Of two houses, one Of
wood and very modest, which he occupied
during the little time he stayed IN Virginia,
and aLotleI more imposing residence Of BRICK,
with Gtecian front which he built while
President, and which be was too much in debt
10 occupy afterward, until government made
him liberal appropriations. He finally died
away from home. in the city Of New York, in
1881, and Oak Hill passed into the hands Of
his son-in-laW. The old place ia surrounded
with locpsts, oaks, and popla1s, many Of them
bo,hood was dangerous ground, seldom oocu-
pied in force BY tile Federal army, and the
Loudon Valley, which runs parallel with the
Shenandoah, was tho haunt Of Moebya nsn,
and the great conduit Of treasonable
Information and contraband goods
Lynchburg and Rchuond< Leesburg
WIS the nearest den Of thieves and highway
men to the capital Of the country, thiEty-four
miles, and It wss perhaps the most Awless
village in Virginia. The rebels several timea
passed 10 and fro between Yirgi1ia and Mary
land this way, as they had no railway 6nea to
advance upon: while We generally moved by
ferry passengers between Point Of Rocks xnd !
chain bridge, except to patrol aud picket |
them. Leeaburg was illuminated the night |
Of the defeat Of Balls Elud, snd it was |
the scene Of many OF the debauches Of |
A1osby's men. The wild torrent region be- |
tween the mouth Of Goose Crock and Great |
Falls Was aignany adapted to blockade run
Ing in the roaring river Of dark nights Lent q
terrible interest to the enterprise Of the Snug
glers and spies. These crossed moet generally
in email, hat-hottomed ecown, hastily nailed