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A PIECE OF QUAKER STRATEGY.

In Scribner for February, in his New
York in the Revolution" Mr.. John F.
Mines gives the following account of the
way Putnam escaped from Howe when the
British captured the city in l776.
Neither soldier nor fugitive knew
how narrow had been the escape Of
Putnam's army that day. When Sir
William Howe accompanied by Clin-
ton and Tryon, had landed at Kip's
Bay with the main body Of the Brit
ish army, they struck across to the
Middle Road, intending to make their
camp on the heights of Inclenburg,
midway between New York and Har-
lem. They reached the road at
point just opposite to where Putnam
was stealing along, under cover Of the
woods that skirted the Hudson, to re-
join Washington. There was.a house
near by, from whose upper windows
they might easily have discovered the
dust created by the rapid march Of
the "rebels" and from its cupola the
gleam of bayonets would have been
plainly visible. The Americans
were net distant, indeed, but there
was another and more insidious foe
near at hand. Close to the Middle
Road, at point now designated by
the corporation as Fifth Avenue and
Thirty-seventh street, stood the un-
pretentious but exceedingly conforta-
BILE mansion of Robert Murray,
Quaker merchant of approved loyal
ty to the Crown, as we'll as Of large
wealth. Fortunately the shrewd
merchant could not control the feel
ings Of his household, and his wife
and daughters were ardent patriots.
When Lord Howe and bis staff reach
ed the edge of the Quaker's gardens
they were enraptured to find Mrs.
Murray and her beautiful daughters
ready to greet them with warm
welcome. The parties had once met
in mere peaceful days.
"William," said the fair Quaker
matron, "will thee alight and refresh
thyself at our house?'
II thank you, Mrs. Murray" said
the pleasure-loving commander, "but
must first catch that rascally Yam
kee, Putnam"
The Yankee General was not to be
caught this time, If woman's wit
could save him, even if the truth
must be tortured into shape that
should deceive in order to save life.
Very demurely the lady rejoined, in
that plain language Of her sect which
always carries with it such an en-
phasis Of truth:
"Did'st thou not hear that Putnam
had gone? 1t is late to try to catch
him. Thee had better come in and
dine."
The invitation was seconded by the
brightest smiles of the daughters, and
Howe wavered. Promising to pursue
the hated Yankees after he had dined
the British commander alighted and
entered the house, where the fascina-
tions Of his charming hostesses made
him forget for hours the object Of his
| expedition. Putnam meanwhile was
| flying up the Bloomingdale road,
| never daring to draw breath until he
caught sight Of Washington's tents.
Thacher, in his "Nlilitary Journal"
| writes that it became common say.
ing among the American officers that
Mrs. Murray had saved Putnam
division.
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j. REAL ESTATE AGENCY
~. &: -. OF ~ D..
Copper . & hinchilwood
ST. CLOUD, MINN.
FOR SALE: !:

No. 5s. Corner lot, with History; house.
Good we'll in: kitchen, good barn,
and good picket fence, with fruit
trees, &c.. in yard: Good location.
Will be sold cheap for cash. or ex-
changed for good land. ! "
No. 81. Lotss4, 8 and g.. in block 40, St.
IT,. Cloud City,, Good well and small
barn oh pfemises.. Good location.
-.. Wilibe Sold very cheap, and on
<,..ssy term. R e suit purchaser; - H..
No. IS. 4 dwelling house in lower town,
'zs :si'i opposite TIE ii Normal School.
DoI.;, Geodlbazn, ,awsll; etc: VIII Be
sold very cheap and on easy terms.
No. 81. Two-stor;y;> house, containing ls
szidr,!. jroomss ~ lott, On which are fine
bj fruit and .shade trees, good we'll,
Elss11 .neie ehb6tkood. ,i:Asss 81 so1d. :rA'
|sNe. IS. 100 acres,la11d in Benton county
.,oJ d. good timber; 20 acres meadow on
q ~ nice" little stream funning
|1i,i through thsl pl1ees 40 acres in
~, crop; good log house, and stable;
80" good we'll and within half mile
ii of school house. store and saw
-, mill will BE- sold very cheap,
49, and On easy terms.
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y weary, partly satirical. To a re-
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fer. Pstfisa<seh.l ! sipplidtyzat, one.
time benevolent despotism, and
the 4ttdf4 Of ths4 Gaming man. and
now again at this moment for theTge gen:: 4:
eral pplhdbg ofsbeggats daughte ters
BY modssn King gCophetaas- seemed
to het Almost q melancholy q state
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ID 1unsti6 at ,Hanwell, pronounced
unfit On Ills . own concerns at
Wildwood. !. J.
: An ;aaE put this one thlnE-only
this one! And when you have seen
Lois you will understand and for
give" he.pleaded. = ,4;nq ,,g.49 !:
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hs1spetIAn IIerp fsshngs aside to
meet yoef u I. | y sxi4qh'ssat5 q 9 Il 3 89Ld noo9 =,
Il am content y E'it ii till d yon YOU have .
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over hia smb young, earnest face:
>"AA 1 A4nSti ~ iboyw sbess sighed "if
gqpr p# m1@ had fladas would
have been in bettsr hands than mine:
He wallthfl4 Bssa d 8 , Il saaeooessfd Ill
guide where I have failed. I have
always beentoo indulgent, and have
Etr9ssed teo mach to love and too lit
ktl9 g a4fhcinatGy: I see ei1 ny mistak Il
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two young men entered the room.
The one was Sir james Aitkeh, the
owner Of Aitken Park: and the de-.
sired Of all the unmarried girls for
miles round ;thesother Charley Grat-:
tanj who, when his father should be
gathered to his fathers, would be the
possessor Of High Heath, one Of TIE
best properties in the Reighborhood.
9'1t'was on these two young men
that Mn. Haynes had fixed her eyes
IS husbands for her 'daughtes; in
icluding, with Charley his beautif1
sister Edith as the manifestly design
Cd BY fate and fitness { for Bernard.
Character. position, age, circumstan-
ces, everything. harmonised in this
triple arrangement and shee; felt q pre-
that she had only to play her cards
skillfdllyy Is make the three tricks
she had counted on in. her hand.
This absurd affair fii = Of Ben, Bear!nl,a1rd's 1d' had d
therefore been . subject Of :, much
4 anxiety = tq. .her,, she bad pondered| on
it night and day ever since he had
broken the lee :: and ctonfded liz to hla4i, as
q dutlful son! should ;&looked at it all
around and il every si! Light. @ j,
alits dangers; mapped out, on the
Obstacles als.s WEIGHED d all the. :chape{s
and had attalast, s~.we have sisefn
g eS@e IS to the son5slnAgl4Aa '51.g A hat
rope was the best method of strang
EElii1g the incubus, sHdd Md y xthat bernard
must: :pnoye fox ihimsalf; how, fatal wa.
| the mistake lie i wished TO; make pt
one atteppting K. counsel or .coeree
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stsacssaoat jstatk-Sir; James ant
6 aaRd tbs ipdiisnas.4tip, li III
|:xhich, Edith might naturally be sup
If;li tCYiI. III &C:iUn:Sr. f,t1:i ; = ii! N.
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|:CARPETj HAIL
|PRI; O! - STRONG CO.,
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An EhtiFe New Stock,
: West Third Street. ST. PAUL;
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parting shot,! subiding into faztivt
teaps and abeEa modern, point; Cora,
her eyes swimming too, seating her.
self close to her@"disgraoed sister,
but looking w1'iith w1'iithz Pleading IL love at
hammhaa, E thus 4 III Keeping 81 4 term, with
both, al. H. ther ii manner was: She was NJ
called the "peacemaker Gem i" IN the famn famnii:: !:
III, and sometimes, ,''the dove 2, and d
hsf, rai.ee q l'; v,s make s. hssF.ss1lf
fa kind Iof; elastic cushion, soft9enine
the. shocks all round by never: taking
part with any ons aud hslw@ys 4 max:
ing the best of everything. - 's''''S'
Presently the hall bell rang and
National Republican., 1876-06-22

present the humorous verse. Ga the base is
the Tyre, with broken shackles at its foot, in
dicating Mr.. Bryant's efforts for the abolition
of slavery"
The vase will be on exhibition in the
art gallery of the Centennial Exposition at
Philsde'phia by ermissiou of Mr.. Bryant
The ccasion was one Of pardonsble pride
and great Joy in the citizens Of New York.
among whom the poet has lived and
worked for so many long years, and the
testimonial will gladden. the hearts of all
those of his fellow citizens throughout the
country who have been made happier and
Better by the perussl Of his poetical works.
One of the accompaRiments of the cere-
moDy was somewhat amusing to the poll
ticians who recognize in Mr.. Bryant the
leading apostle of free trade. This was
the marshalipg of the artisans and work
men of Tiffany & Co., who designed and
elaborated the work upon the stage to
make formal presentation of their labor
to Rev. DR.. Osgood, who again presented
this American labor and art to the ven
ersble free trader. The protectionist OF
the Wissahickon could not fail to see in
this q lesson as to the eternal fitness Of
things. 1t is understood that the Tiffanys
furnished the silver, the artisans the
brains and the labor, as usual, while the
preachers. lawyers and poets enacted the
lions upon the happy occasion. And now
we have done our share of the advertising
of Tiffany and his workmen, which, we
are bound to presume, was the objective
point of the whole affair.
National Republican., 1876-06-22

AND NOW comes an order from the ex-
Confederate Democrats of the South direct
ing their dough faced allies of the North
to report ''in full dress" at St. Louis on
the 9th instant for enlistment in the Ma
tional Confederate cause under Lieutenant
General Winfield Scott Hancock. The
Democratic members from the Southern
States have been remarkably reticent and
cautious in giving expression to any prefer
ence for candidates for either President or
Vice President, but when questioned on
the subject uniformly replied that their
only desire was the success of the Demo
cratic ticket, and that they proposed to be
exceedingly generous and leave the selec-
tion of candidates entirely to their brethren
of the Northern States, and they mostly as,
serted it was but question of availability.
But their reserve has been thro wn of; as the
time for the gathering ofthe clans at ST. Louis
is near at hand, they give expression to
their desires in unequivocal language, and
when the Southern delegations in the
House have been interrogated by news
paper reporters in the last three days, they
have uniformly and emphatically re-
sponded, General Hancock" This set
tied the question with the dough-faced
members, who are now noisy in their ex-
pressions of admiration for Hancock, and
they declare that he must be nominated.
In fact they dare not do otherwise, for
their electoral votes, as well as their in
structions, come from Dixie"
National Republican., 1876-06-22
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

The venerable pOet-and editor, William
Cullen Bryant, of the New York Ecsning
Post, has just been made the recipient of a
beautiful testimonial in the shape of a sill
yer vase. 1t was ordered in commemora-
tion Of the elghtieth birthday of the poet
some time in 1874. The presentation took
place in Chickering hall, New York, on
Tuesday night in the presence of large
concourse of people. Upon the platform
were Peter Cooper, Charles O'Conor,
jackson Schulrze and others. The pre-
seDtation speech was made by Rev. DR..
Osgood, and Mr.. Bryant replied in his
happiest vein. The following description
of the vase is taken from the Tribune:
"The vase in shape is simple. 1t is covered
entirely with studies from nature, none of
which are allowed to project beyond the geu-
eral outline. On one side is a medallion with
the head of Mr.. Bryant, and on the reverse a
medallion of equal size, with two female
figures representing Poetry contemplating
Nature. Other medallions with bas-reliefs H.
lustrate various points in the poets life and
works. In one case his father is pictured as
instructing him in versificatioR, and points to
Homer as his model. The second medallion
shows the poet In piece of woods, and sug-
gests 'Tbanatopsis.' The third represents his
life as a journalist, and the fourth commemo-
rates his labor when more than 20 years of
age as a translator of The Iliad' and 'Odys-
sey.' Above the head is a Tyre, and below the
most primitive form of printing press, re-
minding one of his fifty years connection
with the EreRing Post. Beneath, and hold
ing prominent position, is the 'Water-fowl,'
which illustrates one Of his most widely read
poems.
"0n the other side of the vase is still another
medallion, on which open Bible is pictured.
On Its page is engraved Matt, chap. vi, v.
%, 29.' The artist illustrates by calling at
tention to the command to consider the
lilies;' that as Christ gives lesson in faith
from flowers, so Mr.. Bryant has drawn his
poetical inspiration frpm nature. The cup is
ornamented with the cotton and Indian corn.
The heavy cross-lines forming the chief found
alton of fretwork which covers the vase are
composed of branches of the apple, which,
while 1t is, together with it's blossoms, great
favorite with Mr.. Bryant, suggests that his
writings are not only beautiful as verse, but
that they bear a fruitful moral. Running
under this and forming the finer lines is the
eglantine, symbolizing the spirit of true poetry,
and the amarantb, which represents immor-
tality. This work traverses the entire surface.
The neck is ornamented in the lower part
with the primrose, the emblem of early youth,
and the ivy, representing age. The 'fringed
gertian' is also introduced, with obvious in
rention. The words, Truth crushed to earth
stall rise again, are here given, forming
Crpa mcH,a al LonicT.
THE ornament at the foot of the vase is
taken from the water lily, alludipg 10 Mr..
Bryant's oratioTs, that blossom being the
symbol OF elCqucnce. The handles, which are
simple in outline, are ornamented with the
Indian corn and the cotton. The bobolink is
introduced here as Robert of Lincoln to re-
National Republican., 1876-06-22

AT TIMES the editor of the New York
Tribune recovers from his state of lunacy,
and publishes an article which contains
both sense and truth. These lapses from
the normal condition of that paper are so
rare as to deserve notice, and we accord
ingly extract the following from its issue of
the 21st:
"July is near, and the Treasury is almost
empty. It is not only probable, 1t is almost
certain, that necessary appropriations for
carrying on some of the Departments will fail.
What then! The President has no discretion
in the matter. He has no more right than the
humblest citizen 20 use the public money with
out authority of law. In any branch of the
public service for which Congress may fail to
provide by legislation within the next nine
days, the public service must cease. There is
no help for it, and the responsibility will rest
with the Democratic House, its repeal of
wisely established rules, its increasing deYo-
tion to partisauship and neglect of public busI-
ness, and the tardiness or incompetence of its
committee. Perhaps when the drafts upon
the Government go back dishonored to foreign
holders, when consuls in foreign ports haul
down their flags, when the lights cease to burn
in public buildings, or when the mails cease to
run, the Democrats may discover that any
laundering ignoramus can climb upon the
foot-board of a locomotive, but it takes
trained engineer TO run the machine without
getting in.o trouble"
National Republican., 1876-06-22

THE MAJORITY of the House of Repre-
sentatives may be justly denominated as
ex-Confederates and their confederates.
The present attitude closely resembles the
events of the early part of 81, when
those who were their "confederates" re-
mained TO embarrass legislation, and rem
dered necessary that the Legislatures of
several of the large and wealthy States
should guarantee the loans or expenditures
of the General Government. Has the
time arrived when these Legislatures,
called together 10 meet an exigency,
should perform the Bame Officer At that
time Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treas
ury, earnestly advised bankers and others
not to invest in the SIS, 900, 900 loan au-
thorized by Congress. Now that the
oppressed people Of the South" have
sent the Representatives" who drew
the sword to destroy the Union, and the
very numerous body of whom Ben Hill is
the exemplar, who did not draw the sword,
as grave difficulty seems imminent.
The House, under the plea of ECONOMY"
has so loaded the appropriation bills with
subjects and legislation not german to
maintenance that the Senate will not listen
to the pretension. Thus another rebellion
is purposed IN the Union by the cx-Con-
federates, backed by their confederates!
National Republican., 1876-06-22

AN Anxious Inquirer" writes to us,
asking why Mr. Conkling did not show
more strength in the several ballots at the
Cincinnati convention. The answer to this
inquiry is patent upon the face of the bal
lots themselves. At no time was Mr..
Conkling's strength fully developed, but
at all times it was distributed about for
different candidates, the idea being to hold
doubtful delegations together until the
time should arrive when the earnest friends
of the cause could rally to the support of
any good man who would make success
full candidate. This was done finally when
Gen. Hayes was nominated. Mr.. Conk-
ling's strength, both positive and reVer-
sionary, being thrown for him en- n1asse.
National Republican., 1876-06-22

ANOTHER ratification meeting in the
District is suggested, to be under the
auspices Of District Republicans alone
The idea is a good one. The meeting
Monday night was under the patronage or
control of the different State associations,
the National Veteran Association and the
District Republican Club. II was a de-
cided success, but was not sufficiently
local in its character TO satisfy the pride of
our permanently resident Republicans,
and it is suggested that another shall be
held. By all meaus let the suggestion be
adopted. We csnRot have too many gath
erinps Of tits KIND.
National Republican., 1876-06-22

THE gossips are talking about Mr.. Blaine
Mr.. Blaine is in his proper place now. As
the leader of the anti Confederate forces in
the House he has not only won personal
distinction, but has scattered dismay in the
ranks of the Opposition. There is no man
in the House who could succeed him in
this particular respect, and he must know
that his sphere of political usefulness would
be circumscribed if he should be trans
ferred to the other wing of the Capitol.
What he should do is to remain where he
now is until the 4th of March next, and in
the meantime be re elected to the House,
so that he may again grace and dignity the
Sneakers chair.
National Republican., 1876-06-22

THERE has been deep-seated feeling
among politicians Of every grade that the
Treasury Department has latterly been
made the harbor of disafected Republicans
and sneaking Democrats. The selection of
Senator Morrill, to be Secretary suggests
that the time has arrived when the Depart
ment should be thoroughly cleansed of
such inimical trash or influences and be
placed upon square, fair and undoubted
partisan footing. Let no Democrat or
Democratic sympathizer escape. Be he
high or low, any man in the Department
who has been guilty of giving information
TO the Democrats in the House, which has
been used to the disadvantage of the Re-
publlcans. should be removed at once.
National Republican., 1876-06-22

by refusing, aher much consideration, to
take what belonged to him because the
Independent Press would include his hon
ored name in the general hewli The
elder Bsyard was not reaching out to ward
the Presidency, although he might have
done so with much more hopefGlness than
the present Senatorial representative of the
Blue Hens chickens. The World should
quit talking about salary grabs. 1t will
hurt more of its friends than foes.
National Republican., 1876-06-22
THE passage of the bill by the House to

THE passage of the bill by the House to
eqlalize bourties was a piece of petty
demagogism which serves 10 illustrate the
insincerity of the Democracy in its deal
ings with the ex-soldiers of the Union
army. In the last Congress the Demo
Gratis voted against a similar bill because it
wss put forward by Republicans, and be-
cause, as they said, the interests of economy
demanded its defeat Subsequently Presi-
dent Grant prepared q veto for it, and now
the ex -Confederates and Copperheads, with
a great hullabaloo about love and regard
for the saViors of the Union, re-enact it for
the purpose Of attracting the soldier vote.
They seemingly forget that the country
ard the Treasury is in worse condition
financially now than during the last Con-
gross. This is altogether too transparent.
National Republican., 1876-06-22

A FEW weeks ago Hester Clymer and
Barney Caulfeld were in danger of being
prominent men; but now they are in danger
of being forgotten altogether. If they do
not get hold of some new Johnnie Daven-
ports or Caleb Marsbs, the country will
soon begin to appreciate their true insig-
Oificsnce