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In 1865 young English actor named
Walter Hastings, at q club meeting, made
the remark that close confinement was not
very terrible punshment, upon which
Lord S. offered him sl0, 600 if he would try
it ten years. He accepted the offer, and re-
tired from the stage to q dark cell fifteen by
ten. He was allowed plenty Of food, light,
books and writing materials. He has emery
ed from his prison, and is spending his hard
earned coin in Paris, intending to return
to the stage. He began his fool. hardy ex-
pertinent at twenty Ave, but left his dun
geop looking like man of three scores.
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ipgton Capital
COMMON SCHOOLS.
We have read with some aurprise and
no little amusement General Tom Young's
Portsmouth speech, in which he INDUCES
in a "Reminiscences tending to prove that
the Democratic party at one time in the
mast committed itself to bill introduced
for the purpose of giving the Catholic
clergy control of the common schools.
General Young's account of the transac-
ton is correct so far as he remembers 1t out
there are certain slips of recollection that,
when corrected, give quite q different color
to the transaction. There was an ugly de-
sign in this. We acqult our friend of any
effort to mislead the noble and intelligent
voters of Ohio. We have known him too
long and too intimately to barbor such
suspicion for a moment.
The true history of that affair is as fol-
lows: We had, while in the Ohio Legls
lature, as we ever have, trait OF character
AN eccentricity, to give 1t better name
that in it's possession makes US differ
from our compatriots generally. lt Is TINS !:
We respect the workings of conscientious
belief, whether such accords with our con-
victiOns or not. The average American
respects the sacred rights of conscience
where such harmonize with his own views.
Rut apy Indifference calls for the deadlfest
aptagonism. Moved by this eccentricity,
we have felt for the Catholic who, from
CONSCIENTIOUS ScEupIesJ LoiuSoo w oohN ms
children to the common school, and while
paying his portion of a heavy tax, educstes
his children at private institution. This
is all very absurd. We never knew a
marty rdom that was not absurd. Never
theless, such devotion excites our pity,
and in some instances, our respect. when
in the Ohio Legislature we thought TO In
sugurate measure that would serve as
compromise between the antagonistic ele-
ments, and put in shape and introduced
what was known as the Wright Bill. This
act provided for the donation of the school
buildings erected by the Catholics to the
State. The second section made it the
duty of the school boards to continue in
strnction therein under the laws then ex-
istinU, and such other as the Legislature
might enact. The third section-and this
was the only concession to the Catholics
in return for an immense property DO
mated to the State, and haTmonlztng OF q
yexed ouestion-providedt that the teachers
in such sch ools, thus donated, should be
poTnina ted by the donors, from among those
examined and admitted to the privilege OF
teaching.
This was all-but enough for violent
discussion. All the narrow bigotry, bar
rem, sour, ignorant preiudiees that so dis
tipguish the Puritan element, were ap-
peaied to, and the third section, the only
concession to the Catholics, was so amend
ed as to be utterly meaningless. 1t was,
in a word, defeated. And here is where
our friends memory is at fault. Inere
was nothing whatever hidden in the bill.
Nothing could we'll be hidden bill so
plainly worded. 1t was openly charged
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"Imeant to have told you of that hole,
said a gentleman to friend who walk
ing in his garden, stumbled into pit of
"No matter" said the friend, al have
fnnndit.n
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oc2I ~
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Real Estate and General Auctioneers,
Office No. % Commercial Place.
Persopal attention given to the sale or purchase
ell cher by auction private SALE of city country
real estate stocks scrps etc. the negotiation of mort
Their records aud plans resulting from exter sive
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INSURANCE.

LOUISIANA
EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HOME INSTITUTION,
UNDER THE CONTROL OF OUR LEADING
MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MEN.
And which offers the following Benefits and Advan.
tages:
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Dom Piatt's Reply to Tom Young on the School
Bill.
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Open daily from 10 NJ. toAr. NJ, and On SATURDAY.
evenings from to g. only to receive deposits.
Deposits Of fifty $50 cents and upwards received
Interest allowed ut the rate Of sig Per cent peg
Annum. No interest allowed for . period less than
three months.
On the let OF January and tho Ist Of July Of each
year interest will be calculated at tho rate Of six par
cent, and will be paid placed the credit OF the
depoeitor.
Deposits will be paid demand. . rule In United
States currency legal tenders the Bank rsserving
tho right to demand thirty days notice Of withdrawal
JOHN HENDERSON. President.
wAI. j. CASTELL, Vice President.
J. CONNOLLY, Cashier.
DIRECTORS;
Patrick Irwin, DR. W. Berthslost
p. +, A,sIwig, GIL H; Hya@s
Thomas Smith, VIM. j. Castel!.
John IssdeIscn. Jr.. john 7, GiSSoi.,
John 9: Ryan, Thomas Gilmore,
Thomas King John MScaarsy
George McCIoskey, William j. Kelly
r. ID. OBricn, William Conway,
T ,oUIsIANA SAVINGS BANK AND SAFE
DEPOSIT COMPANY,
81 Camp Street,
T. C. PALMER, Presidsnt
JAMES JACKSON, Vice President.
plREcToRs.
ED. CoNERY. FREDERICK WING.
w. d. '0n e. c. pIIMER
This Bank insnrea against loss by BURGLARS
beposs OF a1d Fifty cEETs and upward resolved
and Six Per Cent allowed PAYABLE Jan let ist
tee its Depo0Gora against loss.
jyll75Iy JOHN g. WALTON. Cashier.
WoRKINGMEN's BANK,
94...-....--...Ca Canal Street.
Savings and General Banking Business.
voR. MAIGNAN. President
j. B. MoNDIEGT, Cashier.
Interest allowed and payable semi annually on DspOsl
in the Savings Department
Banking hours from to O'Clock. Open Every Even
Domestic and Foreign EXCHANGE Bought and sOlds
DIRECTORS,
yOFl N aae5ns. n \ q :. s PS%n'
STATEMENT OF CONDITION, MAY 4, 1875
Loans and discounts 95,70a "a
Stocks, bonds, 80 SoS y
ess4,7S3 %
Liabilities
Capital stock paid in. sOa gig 9
Deposs. on e1s ~
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COMMON SCHOOLS.

from d. P.s Editorial Notes Abroad in the Wash
iDgton Capital
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TEUTONIA INSURANCE COMPANY
NEW ORLEANS.
Office, No. IS Camp Street.
Insure Fire, Marine and River Risks at Lowest
Rates.
w. B. SCHMIDT, President,
CHI. ENGSFELD Vice President,
GEORGE STROMEYER, Secretary.
BOARD OF TRusTREss
Horny Abraham, Katz, Roder.
w Scnmidt j Keller, J Rareehide,
N A Baumgarder, Keifter Louis Schneider,
Chas Enpsfeld, Theo Lilenthal R. Soig,
II Frank, Louis Lombard, Isaao Scherck,
r GoTreve, @ II Miller j Schwartz,
Hy Halter Rickert Ed'VoTster-
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EXCHANGE ON LONDON AND DUBLIN
payable in all pArtS of ireland. for any amount Ho2
Al upNnrd, sold at current rates. tasl % W
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DIRECTORS:
A. Thomson Z. B. Brggs,
Henry Abraham, VIM. B. Schmidt
David Wallace, John !. Adams,
j. B. Camors, Charles Chaffe,
B. T. Walshe, John Henderson.
K. w. Ogden, James I. Day,
e. A. Tyler, 4. 81. Fairchild,
Geo. A. Fosdick, Henry II. Payne,
J. W. Stone s. B. Newman,
Alex. Marks, John II. Pike,
II. J. Vose, J. B. Lallando.
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No increase of PREMIUMS.
All approved forms Of Policies written which are
expressly NoNFoRFEITABLE by their terms
Policies In favor of any beneficiary are EXEMPT
from the claims of ALE other parties
Creditors desring nsurances the lives Of debtors
have PECULIAR ADVANTAGES In the Poiciee Of
this Company.
The ability Of ALWAYS making payment Of Pre-
miums at tho Home Office of the Company An ad.
vantage which many who have been insured In the
agencies OF Companies which have or may withdraw
will readily appreciate.
A Company managed by leading merohants Of this
city, whose names are GUARANTEE that Its deal.
ngs with It's policy holders will DO honorable and
liberal.
THE LOUISIANA EQUITABLE.
since its organization, has paid to the families of its
policy holders
QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS,
and feel should receive the patronage and support
of every Who feels any pride in Home Institu
tion
Any further information be obtained at the Office
of the Company,
Middletown transcript., 1875-04-24

TRIALs.-Not hearthstone shall you
find on which some shadow has not fall
en-, or about to fall. Further than this,
you will probably find that there are
few households which do not cherish
some sorrows not known to the world ;
who have not some trial of their pecu-
liar messenger, and which they do not
talk about, except among themselves !;
some hope that has been blasted some
expectation dashed down; some wrong,
real or supposed, which some member
Of the household has suffered; trem-
bling anxieties least that other member
will not succeed trials from the pecu-
liar temperament of somebody in the
house, or some environment that touches
it shasply without; some thorn in the
flesh; some physical disability that
cripples our energies when we want to
use them the most some spot in thu
house where Death has left his track,
or painful listenings to hear bis stealthy
footsteps coming on.-Dr. Sears.
Middletown transcript., 1875-04-24
"Gwine for to Jine the Band"

The other night Fayetteville gen.
tleman was greatly disturbed by dis
NAL bowling in his kitchen. which he
at first supposed was the refrain Of
some low-spirited tom-cat dying with
the bronchitis. Tracing up the noise
be found it proceeded from an old
negro woman who was rocking back
ward and forward in chair, singing
as her feeble lungs would allow.
What are you doing, Aunt Peggy?'
exclaimed the irate Fayettevillian.
I'm singing Of hime. honey"
1.-The D-l you are, what 'hime'
are you singing?
Pm singing, I'm gwine for to
jine the band ,"
"Well, I'd like to know what band
you are 'gwine for to jinc p
"De angel band, honey--de Lords
band !"
Now. you'd make a nice angel,
wouldn't you, with the dirt an inch
thick on your hide ?"
.Neber mind about de dirt, honey, F"
piously circulated Aunt Peggy; neber
mind about de dirt--de Lord He got
plenty of soap, He has, and runs de
riber Jordan, He does-neber mind
about the dirt I'm gwine for to jine-p'
Here Aunt Peggy's tormeDter fed,
and she was left to exercise her vocal
powers at discretion.
Middletown transcript., 1875-04-24
Post Office Business How to do
When You go There.

When you have letters to mail, wait
till it is time to close the mail they are
going in, or if possible. until the bags
are locked, as it looks more business
like to rush in just as the mail is leav-
ing and ask to have them put in.
Never put stamps on your letters un-
til you get to the Office, and then ask
me or Colonel Fagg to lick them and
put them on for you. We expect
to lick all the stamps used at this Office,
and it a source of disappointment to US
when people insist on doing it them
selves When you make up your mind
to put them on yourself, lick each one
two or three times SO as to get all the
gum off, and then ask for little muci
lage. Don't pay for the stamps until
they are all stuck on-especialy if we
are hurried, and two or three other men
are waiting their turn to be waited on.
This gives the postmaster chance to
rest, and those who are waiting for you
to move, will turn upon you, with faces
beaming with love and appreciation. If
it makes no difference to you. put part
of the stamps on the left-hand corners,
and some on the back Of your letters.
This will insure you remembrance in
the happy youth who cancels those
stamps. When you pay money at the
office, try and get it upside down and
wrong end foremost, so that we may
amuse ourselves Strengthening it up be-
fore counting it. This is one of our
chief pleasures Bring US all the torn
"shin-plasters" you can spare. for we
like them much better than larger bills,
and they are so much easier to count
Be sure however, not to have the exact
change.
You can generally save time by
counting your money down to us. for
yeu will nearly always count it more
rapidly than we will. When you want
money order cashed, don't sign it
right the first time. If we tell you it is
payable to John Smith. sign it J.
Smith it will have to be erased and cor
rected This helps to pass the time,
and is pleasure and relief to the post
master. el
If the postmaster tells you to put two
cents on paper, say to him that you
have seen larger papers go for one cent,
cften. This is conclusive evidence that
be don't know how much to charge you
and also that the other postmaster was
very careful about weighing bis mail
matter After the postmaster gives
you your mail. ask him if THAT is all. !"
Postmasters are very apt to keep back
Middletown transcript., 1875-04-24
CHJJRCHES.

FoRrsr PREsBYTERIAN.-Rev. John Patton,
ID, Pastor. Divine service every Sunday
At Ia. 30 :. m. and 100 p. m. Sunday School
at ga. m. Lecture on Wednesdays at 80 P.
m. Sunday School in the Chapel at Arm
.trong's every Sunday at 2.30 p. m.
Sr. AsNE's PROTESTANT EPiscoPAL-Rev.
VIM. G. Butler, Rector. Service on sundays
at 10 80 a. m. Sunday School at 400 P. No..
Lecture on Fridays at p. m.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL, L. y. Matiack,
n d. Pastor. Service every Sunday at 80
: M. and 7.3O D M. Sunday School at $50
a. M and $50 p. m. Prayer Meeting on
Thursdays at 7.3O p. m. u p
CoioRFp METHODIST. Rev. j. W. Brown,
Pastor. Service every other Sunday at 1870
=. M; 8 and p. m. Sunday School every
Sunday at y. 70.
Middletown transcript., 1875-04-24

Fanny Fern said: eff one-half the
girls only knew the previous lives of the
men they marry, the list of old maids
would be wonderfully increased" The
Boston Post asks: "If the men knew,
Fanny, what their future lives were to
be, wouldn't it increase the list of old
maids still further?'' And may we not
add that if ene-half the young ladies
(knewipg the lives of the men whose
society they keep were as particular IN
selecting husband, as these same men
are in choosing a wife. would we not
have far better class of men in respect
able circles? Yes; but men want to
marry angels. (pretty looking subjects
some of them would be, side of an angel)
while we girls are expected never to ques-
ton into the lives of the nobler CD sex.
Oh, no! Women, good true women.
can do much toward forming the char
acter of man if they choose; but go
long as fond mammas throw wide open
the doors to receive the libertine, be-
cause he "dresses well," is 80 nice, J"
etc., just so long will society remain as
it is to-day 1t is not at all necessary
to turn coldly upon man because OF
some sin, but he should be made to feel
that his life must be purer, if he would
bave hopes of entering into the society
of good and virtuous women. Let these
men who are SO very particular in Sc
lscting wife. ask themselves if they
would be willing to marry young ladies.
whose characters would not correspond
with their own. Of course not. The
first whisper against women is caught
by the breeze. and its flight loses moth
ing, but gains enough to make very
loud report, ere it is put to rest. How
many people ever think earnestly upon
these lost women. and the position of
christian society towards them. When
little child strays from its home, every
heart is stirred with grief, the whole
neighborhood is filed with anxious in
quiry, and when the wanderer is re-
stored to its parents, it hears no unkind
word but is lifted in loving arms, and
kiss upon kiss covers its tear-stained
face. Let years pass This same child
becomes a woman. N0w let her be led
from the path Of morality; and picture
the result. She is lost at once; not
strayed, but lost It's said, and if she re-
turn to her home, and so called friends,
instead of being received in manner to
secure her from wandering again, she
is at once denounced by society as ir-
retrievably lost. while one and all, put
forth every effort to bar the door be-
tween her and respsctability. Why not
look with less charity upon the short
comings of men, and be a little more
lenient towards women, thus arriving at
'.happy medium Golden Rule
Middletown transcript., 1875-04-24

An attendant at Mount Vernon, not
long since. found lady weeping most
bitterly and audibly, with her handker-
chief at her eyes. He stepped up to
her and said.
care you in trouble, madam p -
mo, sir" she sobbed.
II saw you weeping
"Ah!' said she, "how can one help
weeping at the grave Of the Father Of
his country?"
"Ob, indeed, madam" said be,
that's it The tomb's over Wonder,
this is the ice house,"
Middletown transcript., 1875-04-24

An Oswego girl met "a gentleman"
on the street who persisted upon seeing
her home. and then upon going in, she
told him to wait outside few moments.
Then, from window above. she poured
down upon him shower Of boiling
water. while profanity, steam and
cries Of pain. loaded the air.
Middletown transcript., 1875-04-24
BIIILDING AND LOAN

MrpDLErowN B. 4 l.. AssocfATIoN.-Samuel
Pennington, Pres; A. G. Cox, Secretary. Meets
on the Grst Thursday Of every month at 8
o'clock, p. m.
MUTUAL LOAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLETowN.
Jas. H. Scowdrick, Pres; A. g. Cox, Sec
retary. Meets on the third Tuesday of every
month at 8 O'Clock, p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1875-04-24

SOme ulStduce iFOm Cdi1 0on0 "isA
other wife. After the departure of her
mother, Ann Eliza went to the Gen.
tiles Hotel.and threw herself upon their
generosity and claimed their protection.
Three years ago she would not dared
to have done this, nor would the life
of the gentle giving her an asylum
been worth the snap of ones finger.
Judge McKeen threw around her the
strong arm Of the law. friends newly
made flocked around her and. for a
time at least, she was safe. But at
last she was compelled to seek safety
10 fight. One dark night close car
riage was procured and thickly vailed
she entered it, escorted by few trusty
friends she was driven rapidly and
secretly away from Salt Lake to the
Union Pacific Railroad fifty miles away
Who can comprehend the emotion OF
this young woman, as che was thus
berne away she knew not whittier, to
life-what? She knew not.
Ann Eliza has sued for divorce,
but as she says, mormon money often
outweighs justice in the scales
As lecturer Ann Eliza is enc Of
the most attractive on the platform.
No hall, in any of the cities in which
she has lectursd, has been found large
enough to contain the crowds that
flock to hear her. She is modest and
lady like, and there is an entire absence
of any thing STACY, "her lecture is de-
livered in pleasant conversational
style and in the choicest of langua &c
but without any attempt at oratory.
She is of medium height, light and
graceful as fawn, but it is off the
stage that she shows to the best advant-
age: her head is beautifully shaped, her
hair dark and wavy, eyes large, full
and dark olive; mouth large but her
lips are thin and red, her jaws are deep
but round into beautiful chin. The
contour of the woman's face and head
indicates courage of the highest order,
a will and force of the kind that will
conquer or die
When at rest her eyelids droep and
the corners of the mouth are drawH
as though she was in pain. When
spoken to kindly she starts like deer,
her eyes open wide, and flash, her lips
compress, her nostrials dilate, her
respiration is quick, but, if the ques-
ton is an ordinary one, calming down
she will answer in words as sweet as
music.
1t is strange indeed, that when her
faith in Brigham and the Mormon
church was shaken she did not turn
her back upon all other denominations
and denounce them all as false, such
however is not the fact. She sought
the true and living light as it is taught
in the New Testament, and has realized
the truth of the text, that those who
seek shall 6nd.
Ann Eliza now has the great JOY
of knowing that her mother has re-
nounced the Mormon faith and that she,
too, is safe in Gentle hands Very
much depends upon this suit of Mrs.
Young, for should the courts grant
her a divorce with alimony hundreds
of other Mormon wives will follow her
example and the cornerstone Of Nor
mondem will be thrown to the ground
Middletown transcript., 1875-04-24
Selett poetrp;.
ALAS FOB IT!

l wish were dead, and stewed away
To slumber in peace till the judgment day,
/ With other respectable sinners;
For life is becoming burden ef woe,
Ny appetite fails, and vainly | 60
| To the most irreproachable dinners.
csSno, enjoy what cannot digest,
I'm losing my reason, I'm losing my rest,
Pm fading away by inches;
I'm drowned in a food of moral slush,
Iato which women and parsons rush,
And chatter like lunatic inches.
The thing that has clouaed my sunny days,
Until my souls ethereal rays
Are faint as a tallow candle.
Is whispered, and shouted, and moaned, AM
sung,
BY every mortal, in every tongue,
And is known as the Brooklyn Scandal.
At home or abroad, It's still the same,
That cussed mixture Of folly ana shame
Is ever before our faces;
And puns and riddles, and wretched rhyme
Are said and sung at all sorts Of times,
And in most inappropriate places
Nv wife ~as prude, and sternly frowned
On werds of improper or doubtful sound,
With womanly indignation
She glanced at Boccaccio's tales one day.
Read but a page, then tainted away,
In virtuous agitation.
And as for Rabelais' jolly book,
| thought would die when saw the look
She cast at the sad old fellow;
The hair stood up on her graceful head,
Her ewes turned green, and her nose was red,
And her cheeks Of decent yellow.
But now, God help us, you'd scarcely know
Unless an angel told you So
That my wife is modest creature
For all day long, by the parlor fire,
She dabbles away in the Brooklyn mire,
And gloats DER each prurient feature.
Or with some spinster sour and thin,
Who reads the Bible in search Of sin,
And groans at the revelations,
She talks of inwardness and of spheres,
Spiritual love and clerical tears,
And other denominations.
Her pleasure, however, is mixed with pain ;
The trial must finish, and she would fain
Have its thrilling joys eternal,
For she hungers as if for the bread of life,
After push and lies and lewdness and strife
And perjury Internal.
Oh, would might fly to the realms OF gloom
And live alone till the day of doom
A modernized sort of Alastor;
With transports of bliss would bid adieu
To Tilton and Woodruff, and all their crew,
And their well-loved Plymouth pastor.
C. H. g, in N. =. Sun.