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RELI1ING 1USTERITY or THE
SH4hEsS.

The Shaker---though unoues,io,,at,l,.o
very earnest people. Iivs s.s.,,-,------
( their conversation and manners as many
suppose. On the contrary, they seemed
/ to us to be quite az fond of banter and
by-play of genial, innocent kind, as
people generally. They are ready to
laugh at joke When our lady COM
panion possessed herself of the quaint
Shakeress cap and confined her curls I'M
der it, they seemed as gleeful as we were
over her sudden Occurrences. As the
Shakers are no. so austere in their man
ners, neither are they so ascetic in their
/ life as many might imagine. Without
being luxurious, they live very comfort
ably. Their members travel occasionally,
and in summer little parties OF them
sometimes 90 a distance of fifty miles to
recrC ate on the sea-shore.
The Shakers have not given so much
attention to regulating their diet as have
some communities, but still they may be
said to be quite fairly hygienic. Graham
and Indian breads are constantly on their
tables, and they eat some fruit and but
little meat If we might be allowed to
make suggestion to them in regard to
their table, we should perhaps say that
they ate too much pie. May be they
don't know that some foreigner has said
that "all Americans die OF pie" We
could not help wishing further that they
would let the Turkish bath into the
noble new building into which steam has
pushed its way; but, doubtless, they
will open their doors to it some time.
Cleanliness next to godliness."
As we were walking between the
various buildings, over the neat stone
walks, we stopped with sudden start on
perceiving that we were about to put
our foot down on what appeared to be
grave There ia the walk was a plain fat
stone, bearing the age and other rude
memorials of a departed soul.
"Whyl" we exclaimed with sudden
awe, some one seems to be buried here"
Our Shaker companions explained that
in remodeling their cemetery they re-
moved all the old stones and put marble
slabs in their places. The stones had been
used for repairing their walks, and we
soon got quite accustomed to them. We
alterward visited the Shaker cemetery.
1t was situated on high and pleasant
kncll and was surrounded with low
aud open iron fence, the heavy pests of
which were sunk into stone foundation.
The marble tombstones were all of the
same size, and were placed in straight
rows, giving an appearance of perfect
uniformity. A Shaker burying- ground is
an interesting place to visit, ON account
OF the uniformly great age to which its
memorials bear witness. They prove the
truth of Nordhoh's assertion that {: Com.
muni5ts are long-hved.'
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--sH ETTEIfA.

- y n Ems
The following is the text of the Carlyle
letters:
To the editor of the Times Sir: A
rumor everywhere prevails that our mi
raculous premier, in spite of his queens
proclamation of neutrality, intends I'M
der cover of care for British interests to
send the English feet to the Baltic, or
to some other feat which shall compel
Russia to declare war against England.
Later the rumor has shifted from tl...
Baltic and become still more sinister oil
the eastern side OF the scene, where
feat is contemplated that will force not
Russia only but all Europe to declare
war against us. This latter have come
to know as an indisputable fact in our
present affairs, and the outlook is surely
a grave one as to British interests.
There is none visible or conceivable to
me, except taking strict charge of our
route to India by Suez and Egypt, and
clear OF any copartnery with the Turks
in regard to this or any other British
interest whatever. 1t should be felt by
England as real ignominy to be con-
nected with such Turk at all. Nay, if
we still had, as in fact all ought to have,
hand to save him from perdition and
humiliation, in Gods kingdom, in the
future for him that has any hope in it,
that of even now being conquered by
the Russians and gradually drilled into
the peaceable attempt at learning him
self to be governed. The newspaper out
cry against Russia, is no more respecta-
BILE to me than the bowling of bedlam,
proceeding as it does from the deepest
ignorance, egotism, paltry hate and
jealousy. These things l write not on
hearsay, but on acute knowledge, and to
all friends of their country will recon-
mend immediate attention to them while
there is yet time, lest in few weeks the
maddest and most original thing that a
British government could do, should be
done, and all Europe kindle into the
flames of war. l am, etc,
T. CARLYLE,
Cheyne Row, Chelsea, May 4.
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NO Is.
CT should diei, cried cs.ss

/ should diel' cried Catbern.
enthusiasm and then added in voice a.9
OF terror But why this question, PAU 2
Can you think OF forsaking me?'
Postal was silent.
"' But it cannot be- said Catherine.
You have sworn to love me till DEATH
"t Yesl While this heart beats il is
yours, Catherine, butt he added, en-
bracing her with melancholy tenderness,
promise me, if die, that you will live
for the sake of your old father, and that,
even when dead, shall never cease TO
occupy your thoughts
:" promise to live as long as my grief
will allow. But of us two, Paul, it is not
II who shall have this cruel trial to
undergo
There are presentiments that do not
deceive said Postal, declining his head
on his breast an inward voice warns
me that | must abandon my two hap.
piest yisions-the bliss of living in the
senioynent u our,love, Catherine, and
fthe glory OF Sassufins < lisa Ii kss0f n, '
countrymen
What DO you mean ? cried theyoung
girl, whose fear and agitation increased
every minute; what mean these mystic
rious words, these gloomy predictions ?
Paul, you are concealing a secret
Yes, Catherine
A secret from me, who never had
one from you'll
"' You have had all mine-but this
one does not belong to me-
And, if | may judge from your looks,
your words, your thoughts of death and
parting, it must be something very
terrible!
Terrible, indeed
CATER moments silence, Postal con.
tinued:
Hear me, Catherine When | shall
give you, this evening, my farewell kiss,
it may, perhaps, be the last you will re-
ceive from me. But whatever may be
my lot, whenever you are told Paul is
NSHNJ NDAiANJ sDu oudll Li'A n IeDJtDl-
brance of me for, swear TO you, my last
thought shall be of you
" PestaIs presentiment did not deceive
him He saw Catherine no more.
"The day after the execution of his
sentence young girl, drowned in tears,
obtained from the keeper of the prison
the favor of being admitted into PestaTs
cell.
CATER a long search she discovered
some lines of music pencilled on the wall.
Above them were only the two words.
For her! Underneath was PauPs
name.
" Two years afterwards there died,iSe :
lunatic asylum, a poor -, 49,, dav
madness co,,.;,.----ssf- singing; every uay
and at the same hour, the same little
melody. The madwoman was Catherine
the hour that at which she was ad-
mitted to her lovers dungeOn--and the
air was the last melody of Postal. =
FnoEsh,ron1an's Domestic Magazine.
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PROCL1MAT TON FOR An EXTRA SEES.
SION ON OCTOBER FIFTEENTH.

Whereas, the final adjournment of the
fort first congress without making the
usual appropriations for the support
of the army for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1873, presents extraordinary
occasion requiring the president to ex-
ercise the power vested in him by the
constitution to convene both houses of
congress in anticipation of the day fixed
by law for their next meeting, now,
therefore, ], Rutherford b. Hayes, presi-
dent of the United States, do, by virtue
of the power to this end in me vested by
the constitution, convene both houses of
congress to assemble at their respective
chambers at l. O'clock noon on Monday,
the 18th day of October, next, there and
then to consider and determine such
measures as in their wisdom their duty
and the welfare of the people may seem
to demand.
In witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
5th day of May, in the year of our Lord
1877, and the independence of the United
States of America 101. r. B. HAYES.
By the President,
] WM. NJ. EEARTs, Secretary Of State.
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THAT historic RIVER, THE DAN
UBE.

The river Danube has figured largely
in the history for 1000 years, and it again
becomes the object to which the eyes of
the world has turned. 1t furnished a
highway for the Turks in the sixteenth
and seventeeth centuries to penetrate
Europe as far as Vienna, and in the days
of the crusades it became an outlet for
the religious enthusiasm of Europe TO
flow to the holy land. The Danube,
from its source in Baden to the Black
sea, is l $50 miles long, and it drains,
with It's tributaries, an area of over $780,
600 square miles. 1t passes through
Bav aria, Austria, Hungary, forms the
boundary between Hungary and Servia
to the Carpathean mountain, where il
separates Roumania and Bulgaria, and
passes into the Black sea through severa
mouths, the principal being that o
Sulina. The Danube is navigable fol
steamers as lar as Ulm, in Bavaria. 81
Nicopolis, in the fourteenth century
100 900 Christians were driven by thu
Turks into the Danube, and in the fit
teenth century 10000 Turks were slail
on its shores at the siege of Belgrade.
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The New York CORES @ondent OF a
western paper says Take 4 walk with
me any day in the centers of the tinan-
cial, insurance, commercial and manu-
featuring interests, and | could point out
a score or two of men whose salaries are
over $4,000, many more who receive
$25, 900 per year, and hundreds whose
income from salary alone runs from So
900 to 100000. Not by any means does
the remuneration depend upon educa-
tional advantages. On the contrary,
some of the highest priced officials are
selI-made men, " tSII ssN,S,s- -
horse sense" Away up town is the su-
perintendent OF Il refinery who gets $780,
600 per year. Many years ago ne came
here a poor German sugar retiner, and
worked for day wages. He was fertile
in genius, experimental a great deal,
and made valuable discoveries in the re-
finery process. Hewas rapidly promoted
in salary and position, and, when he re
ceived and was about to accept a salary
of $25, 900 from rival refinery, he was
offered $50, 600 to remain. In the brew
cry interests l recall persons whose sala-
ries run away up into the thousands,
Two managers of large breweries in this
city and neighborhood are paid SD, 900
each, five are paid $4,000 each, and
seven receive $4,000 per year Many
of our railroad officials receive princely
salaries. Jewett, receiver Of the Erie,
gets $4,000; Toucey, superintendent of
the New York Central and Hudson River
railroad, it is said, receives $40, 900; the
general manager of the Pennsylvania
railroad is credited with receiving 49,
900; the "head man of the New York
and Boston is paid $50 900, while few
general managers of leading eastern
roads receive less than $4,000. The
bank presidents receive enormous sums.
At least six receive $500 per year
each; nine range from $50, 900 to $50 600,
and number get from $4,000 to SD,
900. The same is true of the steamship
interests-a large number of the higher
officials pocketing all the way from Sl0,
600 to 100000 per year for their services
to the corporations which they represent.
Life and fire insurance furnishes a field
for great expectations on the part of
those who aspire to become presidents
and secretaries of companies. The COM
panies have always been shy of exposing
the sums paid to their chief officials.
Fortunately our legislature took the
matter into consideration, and forced the
leading companies to give the informa-
ton desired. Eighteen companies re-
spOnded very reluctantly. Three presi-
dents received 10000 or over per year,
three $4,000 or over, three Sl2 900, and
the balance ran from S3,00n TO 81 SO
Mr.. Hyde, of the Equitable Lie, has
had erich placer since 1889, when he
began at 81 900. In the past eighteen
years he has IT ceived S4S5. 800.
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THE LIST MELODY OF PAUL PES
TAI. THE RUSSIAN CONSPLR4TOR.

"The Emperor Alexander was dead.
His eldest brother, the Grand Duke Con-
stantine, was his natural successor to the
throne of Russia; but, by deed till then
kept a secret, Constantine, in Alexander's
lifetime, had renounced the crown in
favor of his younger brother, Nicholas.
The accession of the latter, therefore, ex-
cited general surprise an unsettled feel
ing manifested itself among the people
and the army. The time appeared favor
able for the breaking out of conspiracy
which had been forming for years. An
instruction took place at ST. Petersburg
on Christmas day, 1925; but the move
ment of the conspirators was too hasty,
and their attempt, not well seconded by
the troops, failed through the energy of
the car. A hundred and thirty-six
leaders of the insurrection were seized,
tried and condemned, and almost all of
them were sentenced to perpetual labor
or to exile in Siberia. The FIVE principal
chiefs were condemned to be broken on
the wheel, but did not undergo that her-
rible punishment, the gibbet being sub
stituted by ukase of the emperor.
Among these five chiefs the first and
most remarkable was Paul Postal, colonel
of the infantry regiment of Wiatka. The
long and arduous task to which he had
devoted himself had not wholly engrossed
the mind of this brave and persevering
conspirator. Alive to the charms of the
arts, he cultivated them with success
and. in particular, was an excellent mu.
stefan. The young and beautiful Cath.
arine W had conceived devoted at
tachment to Postal. Gifted with an ex
ouisite voice, she loved to sing his mel
odies. The passion with which she in
spired him was as fervent as her own
and if ever the deep conspirator could
forget his gloomy reveries, it was wher
seated by GATHERINGS side and dreaming
of love and happiness.
son the eve of the day when the in
surrection was to breakout, Postal, NOR,
preoccupied than usual scarcely an
swered Catherine, and at times seemed
| not to hear her.
.sWhat aiIs you to-day, Paul?' sh,
said, taking his hand. You do not lool
at me-you do not speak to me. I neve
saw you 50 cold, 50 absent, when 70,
| were with me-
"Paul looked at her sadly.
"rWhat would you do, Catherine, wer
] YOU never to see me sgain?'
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| ever saw | was nearly an hour in
Bringing her out of it. OF course it was
the heat of the room, her exertions the
preceding week, and prescribed for her,
Qteer, wasn't it? Now, if l were a
writer, and had your faculty, I'd make
something out of that"
But how is his general health ?"
O, about the same. He can't evade
what will come, you know, at any mo-
mHt. He was up here the other day
Why, the puIsation was as plain-why,
the entire arch of the aorta-What, you
sse - rzo,,,I-I,ye.''
Of course no merOlI=S,- a...s.-- ss.--.,
for a sensitive and strictly virtuous pub
lie could further interest himself in this
man. SO | dismissed him at once from
/ my mind, and returned to the literary
contemplation of virtue that was clearly
and positively defined, and of sin, that
Invariably commenced with a capital
letter That this man, in his awful con-
dition lowering on the verge of eternity,
should allow himself to be attracted by -
but it was horrible to contemplate.
Nevertheless, a month afterward I was
returning from a festivity with my init
mate friend Smith, my distinguished
friend Jobling. my most respectable
friend Robinson and my wittiest friend
Jones. 1t was a clear, starlit morning,
and we seemed 20 hold the broad, beau
tiful avenue to ourselves, and i fear we
acted as if it were SC. As we hilariously
passed the corner of Eighteenth street, a
couple passed by, and I suddenly heard
my name called from its gloomy depths.
-" / beg your pardon" said the doctor,
as the driver drew mp on the sidewalk,
" but I've some news for you. I've just
been to see our poor friend -. OF
course was too late. He was gone in a
fash"
"What, dead ~
GAS Pharaoh. In an instant. just as 1
said. You see the rupture took place in
the descending arch Of"
" But doctor ~
SITS a queer story. Am keeping you
from your friends? No, Well, you see
she, that woman 1 spoke of, had written a
note to MIN based on what had told her.
He got it, and dropped in his dressing
room, dead as a herring"
:" How could she have been so cruel,
knowing his condition; she might with
woman's tact have rejected him less
abruptly"
eyes, but you're all wrong. By Jove
she accepted him! was willing to marry
him."
"What?'
Eyes, don't you see! it was JOY that
killed him. Cad, we never thought of
that Queer, amt it. See here, don't
you think you might make story out of
it?
q But, Doctor, it hasn't any moral"
"Humph That'sso. Good morning.
Drive on, Bret Harte an tie Meao
York Sun
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MRS. "STONEWALL JACKSON
LETTER.

Mrs. NJ. Anna Jackson, the widow of
the great confederate general, says that
she did not express to newspaper person
lately the belief that if General jackson
had lived, or if his policy had been Wig
orously pursued, the war might have had
a different ending. And then she goes
on to say: ono man was ever more free
from petty jealousy and detraction of
his fellow officers or more submissive to
superior authority than General jackson
was: and even a shadow of an imputa-
tion of this kind would be great injustice
to his unselfish, patriotic spirit, and con-
sistant Christian chamberlain certainly
I would be the last person TO make such
an impression. or draw an unfavorable
comparison between him and our noble
generals, Lee and Johnston, or any other
brave confederate officer. The discus
sion in the article of my private affairs
reveals an indelicacy that is teo painful
for me to dwell upon; but ] would fair
throw the veil of charity over the whole
publication, believing the reporters yea
carried him beyond his own discretion
and even betrayed him TO publish, with
out my knowledge or consent, letter 4
my young daughter, which was show
him simply as a specimen of the imP Per
Thence of the. kind =" wn'''''
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GENIUS IND CELIB4CF.

Why are men of genius 50 often bach
elors? To this Ireply that such instances
are not owing to anything like a want
of appreciation of woman's value, but
most generally to unfavorable circum-
stances. Most of eur celebrated authors
have been in love, but found that It's
course did not run smooth. Irving, for
instance, was engaged to a maiden whom
he lost by death Charles Lamb re
manned unmarried that he might devote
himself to his lunatic sister, Mary, whom
he kept as an inmate of his house until
her .sg.! dsat eat ] LORD .Macauley never mar
to some youthful disappointment. He
might have had
"a love that had an early root,
And early had a doom;
Like trees that never come to fruit
Bat perish in their bloom"
Goldsmith was deeply in love with the
charming Miss Horneck, whom he styled
e the Jessamine BRIDE" and even Pope,
though a lifelong invalid, expressed his
admiration of Martha Blount. but neither
of these men married. The one was pre-
vented by poverty, the other by i'll health.
Hume seems almost the only leading
writer who was formed for celibacy. He
was naturally cold and apathetic, and,
indeed any one WHO could defend suicide
by such ingenious sophistry was unfit for
social life. Gibbon, when a student,
was in love with Mile. Curchod, the
daughter of poor clergyman. His
father opposed the union, and the love
lorn student resigned his hopes of matri-
monial bliss. The girl was talented and
became teacher, and afterward married
the richest man in France and was the
mother of Nine. De Stael. She enter
tanned her former lover at her place
twenty years after the match had been
broken. To return to American authors
Il am reminded that Percival proposed
but was refused. Indeed he was unfit
for married life by reason of his peculi-
arities. Halleck became deaf and re-
manned single. So did Tuckerman. Con-
frmed bachelors are rare among the
editors, physicians, lawyers and clergy OF
this city, and it has always been so.
Almost all the great authors of the
British empire were married men, though
some had conjugal trouble. Among
these were Milton, Byron, Shelley, Bull
wer and Dickens. Walter Scott was re-
jected by his first love. who was above
him in rank, but she lived to see him the
greatest author of his age. He after
ward married an heiress of French birth,
Miss Carpenter, but would no doubt
have done better to have allied himself
with Scottish blood. His life was en-
tirely separate from the domestic circle
and his wife never knew till the Banna
tynes failed that her husband had fOl
fifteen years been silent partner in an
Edinburgh printing house. Cor. Ci,cia
natl Gazette.
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were very much swollen, and, though
twenty years had elapsed when he pub
lished this account, he still suffered
He mentions instances of the bastinado
having been applied for three days sue
cessively, and, if the person survived,
the feet were rendered useless for life !;
but in general, he observes, when be-
tween five and six hundred strokes were
inflicted death was the consequence. -
London Times.
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MAY.
? JOIN o. WHITE,

Beyond the bursting greeHneas Of fbe 49, -
Unto the misty. mountain Solitude 0'o''
mas "Pf'i 'r'''''a A''s%s'' .aa alassslal spods.-
sstil..ihe les'e sgig ana lspsg, sas a,.,,.,
Through, All the World there IRE eRl,ifsEs ~.
Az SJsT lRSe1se \. sI3cd, Ger hidden things
Dreams purple pictures Of his future WinEn4
A sweet presenfinient iiIls the intense
Clear air The brooks hang IN suspcnae
Among the rocks. The smaltgrass feels a sense.
flfs t.aN ~
Prophetic Of joy most strange and dear.
For, lol May lifts the door-laich Of the year.
Deep out q sight. where eartbs great mystery lies
A thrill along the unseen arteries.
Within the tangled roo.s Of beech and Huie
AndHEeet saps pulsate as they bllndly climb
: 70 ' '4'-'s thsir tssseIsd rreenness ere iissms
To one 'aassssttSsssn,is. shisperng PUSHES rag
Brings In 'As'esSSIin s' 81 gen e ,ls Nay f4T
An azure margin 70 d 'Syioles Mt blow
The garFulous nipples tattlesASS aow,
Sick with desire. The liiy bells turfS~
And dasss 1s9d % pS ssP h TS Ss
rae amorous boughs bend toward hef. fur and nss..
While May stands Ia The doorway Of the year.
Al her charmed coming. at the tar south, where
u fingered for her bidding calm and lair.
The sunshine flows through all the happy air.
Aerial arches OF the sunset dyes
Ger the enchalltment of her presence risc
And span the glory Of the bending skies b.
Now roll the minutes TO the golden hour,
And now the bud fulhlls the perfect h0wsr;
Now Earth puts on her beauty's crown and power.
From the low easement OF the cottage roam.
To the far distance wherethe dim hiifs loon'.
The lengths of nleadoF lands burst into bloom
A hundredbrooks. dow n-leaping whence they hung
Aud, seeming mad, with many silver tongue,
sing sweeter songs than ever yet sung.
the birds an PIPE their weieouae b.ithe and ccars
While Nsr comes tilleunh be doorway Of the year.