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"reminiscences of Bryant.

The old business associates of Viii
liam Cullen Bryant writes the follow
ing "reminiscences for the New York
Evening Post:
A long time ago, DIR. Holland, the
editor of the Standard, morning jour.
nal published by John Mumford, a
politician, sent a challenge to Mr.. Bry.
ant to fight a duel. The provocatiOu
was political editorial article written
by the latter. Mr.. Bryant received the
challenge coolly, and immediately re
piled to it in note which ended with
words to this effect:
j, "Were you a gentleman and not q
scouldrel, / should take some notice ol
you. But you are a scoundrel." Hol-
land quiesced, and the affair was not
heard OF again.
Gen. James Watson Webb, of the
Courier and Enquirer, was very fndig-
nant at the circulation of Ia story to the
effect that he had been bribed with the
sum of $4,000 to sustain the United
States Bank in Its great fight with Gen.
jackson. He was accused of having
borrowed the money from that insti-
tuition and having failed to return il.
He threatened publicly to chastise any
person who should repeat the story.
On the very day that the threat appear
ed in his newspaper, Mr.. VIM. Leg.
gett, formerly an editor Of the Eve
ming Post, brought for insertion in that
journal card containing the offensive
charge under his own signature. Mr..
Bryant and friends urged him to soften
the language of the document, but he
declined to do so, and 1t was printed
as originally written.
Mr.. Bryant once cowhided Col. W.
I. Stone, the editor of the Commercial
Advertiser. The cause of the trouble
was again political discussion. News
papers in those days carried on war,
and the prOpIietors were not afraid to
fight. At the same time Mr.. Bryant
had peculiar dislike to see himself
mentioned in the public prints as an
editor. For several years after his
connection began with the Evening
Post he persistently refused TO have
his name appear at the head of its col
umns. He had little confidence in pol
iticians, and would attack their prac-
tichs without scruple.
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Beecher d sconrses ON Bryant.

hCccucT - sCOufseS Oh DRY ANT
From the New York Herald
If any man could have retired behind a
great literary reputation Mr.. Bryant was the
man, but he felt it his duty to do his part in
the struggles for humanity. For fifty years
he had heen in the midst of ceaseless activity,
but when he reached the period in life when
most men rest, The still continued to labor for
all that was necessary to the public welfare.
He stood in his place and worked nobly.
His example was to be commended to the
young men and women Of the time. Though
an editor anda public, man. he was never
bribed by honors TO forsakea cause. From
1880 until 1850 was the crucial period in our
history. Ministers, editors, teachers, and
men of wealth and renovn committed moral
suicide because they were unwilling to speak
in behalf of slaves who we're black and voice
less, Business men were silent, and great
wrongs were permitted without protest. But
throughout that long period Mr.. Bryant never
swerved once. He was not radical" but
he was pronounced and changeless. To-day
hio iOCOiu Is piTSHI VIII uVnOH- III TeSdIu W
his literary career, Mr.. Beecher said it was
great thing for a man, after living sixty years..
to say that he had written nothing that he
would wish to obIiteTate on moral grounds.
The dead poet had in advance sanctifed liter
ature. There was not fine of his poems that
mother might not read by the bedside of
her dying child. In theology he studied the
works Of Ged. He loved nature, and in some
sense he was like the Hebrew poets. He gave
to the waterfowls, the rivers, mountains,
trees, and sky an interest that viii not fade.
His dust was laid away, but the poets spirit
would work on and on and be blessed by God
who made it. .---
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American Debts and Expendi-
r4r lures.

rTOm tue Week.
Mr.. Edward Young has contributed
some valuable statistics to Financial
Opinion, the general conclusion of
which Is that the Foreign Indebtedness
OF the United States amounts at the
the present moment to 100000, 900.
There were no national securities held
away from home at the outbreak of the
civil war, the only securities held
abroad being some State bonds and
some railroad shares and bOnds. An
estimate OF Ell, ZOO, 900 is believed to
be ample allowance for for these anti
heilum securities, 80 1t follows that
e2OO, 600, 900 Of the whole Indebtedness
has been incurred during the past ff-
teen years. 4.- 49,.
Mr.. Young incidentally gives some
Interesting figures respecting the ex.
penditure of Americans abroad. He
estimates that from 10000 to 25. 900
Americans visit Europe annually, eX-
e2O0 each. The tota annual expendi-
ture, therefore, of citizens of the Uni
ted States residing or travelling In Eu-
Iope amount to "a, ,000,0 900. This large
sum, annually expended In Europe, is,
however, counterbalanced in part by
the expenditures of foreigners In the
United States, on business or for pleas
nre, and In part by amount brought by
the large number OF immigrants who
make America their home. OF these
two classes, 4,479.3l3 persons have ar
rived In America during the last fifteen
years.
The average amount money bro't
by immigrants Is stated at from GI3 los
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Congress.
Cincinnati Gazette.

SluCluudlI UhZtlLt.
The Forty fifth Congress met in special
session in October, 1877, and it has. since
been chiefly engaged in. doing mischief. Its
first meeting was not particularly objected to,
but its adjournment gives universal satisfac-
tioa. The only mixture of regret is that. it is
not the second session that has ended instead
of the first. twill meet again next Decem-
Der, but fortunately its life will end with the
Attn of March, 1879. q '-'--1--- ....,1 q - =
At the close of last summer business ex-
hibited marked signs of improvement, but
with the assembling of Congress there was q
reaction. Every question connected with
BUSINESS was attacked, nothing seemed set
tied, and no man could tell what policy would
prevail. The widest financial schemes were
introduced, and theories were advocated that
were as wild as the widest Com
munistic doctrines. A radical revision
of the tariff was undertaken, and
modification of the main fea
lures of the internal revenue system was pro-
posed. Thus industries were paralyzed, cap
ital was kept waiting, the revival Of business
was prevented, and notwithstanding fine har-
vests, heavy demand for foreign surplus
products, trade balance largely in our favor,
and the elements of prosperity everywhere
visible, trade continued PROSTATE There
could be no confidence with s,tch a Congress
in session. Hundreds of millions would not
measure the losses caused by the untamed
and untamable body of men who have been
for nearly nine months load upon the coun-
try. Thousands of bOnkrupts, and millions
of men who sought in vain for employment,
can trace their greatest troubles to the pres.
ence of that Congress in Washington. Its
adjournment will prove great relief to the
industrial interests of the country. 1t would
be still greater relief if it could be known
that it would not meet again, and that there
would be no Congress for three years to come.
1t has been further demonstrated that it is
possible for the people to. elect Congress
dangerous to our institutions. 1t has been
shown that the greatest danger lies not in an
executive, but in what is called representa-.
tive body. Now that the people are about to
elect a new Congress, this fact should be
kept constantly in mind. =
So outraged have the people been that it
has ceased to be an honor to hold seat in
Congress. This branch of the government
has been brought into disrepute, and the
people, instead of looking up to their Con-
gressmen, as they used to do, are tempted to
look down upon them with contempt. This
leads to the still greater evil of driving good
men out of public life, and surreEdering the
field of politics to class that care nothing
except for office. The remedy for all this ia
with the people. Power over the representa-
tive branch returns to the electors this year.
Will the experience of the last nine months
cause them to exercise that power wisely ?
We shall see
AT any rate the whole country has cause to
be thankful that the first session of the 45th
Congress has expired. 7y9 .,2a5.., = -.
A L
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"rHE DIPPER."
A Remarkable Fact About the
Constellation of the Great Bear.

In the constellation OF the Great Bear
is the "Dipper," composed of seven
bright stars, two of which are called
the pointers, for the reason that line
drawn through them would always in.
tersect the pole star, which Is about
283 deg. north Of the upper star (of the
two called the pointe,s). A writer in
the Hartford Times says:
There is something remarkable in
the fact that large group Ofstars in
the northern heavens, !caring no re-
semblance whatever to bear, should
yet be so called; and what is
still more remarkable s,that this great
region of stars should al rays have
been known by that name Ivy all ma
tions of the northern hemisphere of
the earth, however remotely situated
from each other, or TO whatever period
we may go back-back until we be-
come lost, without record or tradition,
and still wondering that the name and
place of the constellation should yet be
all aglow In that far, far, misty past.
Great physical changes on the earth g
surface have occurred In the ages that
have gone, thereby separating and iso-
lating nations that once knew each
other. Each nation after the cata-
clySm occurred probably kept its ira
ditiOns, though il became lost to its
once neighbOring peoples, and thus we
have probable reason why the Asiat-
ic, the Egyptian and the American In
dian are all, at the same time, familiar
with this northern constellation and
its name.
The Great Bear is pictured on the
old Egyptian hemispheres as stately
marching westward around the pole of
the heavens, and Is placed in a very
high latitude, and In fact directly over
the home of the polar bears of the
earth. Was II intended to tyrify the
region? Ifso then the Egyptian was
familiar with tho horne Of the animal.
Or was 1t some mirage, projecting a
vast image Of the animal upon those
misty palar skies, that gave rise to the
thought of so placing II?
This constellation can be seen on any
clear night throughout the year, in
this latitude, except the stars located
in the BEARS paws. Thousands of peO-
pie have watched that part of it called
the dipper, and noticed Its handle high
above the pole star, then again sweep
ing around westwardly, and then seen
low on the Northern horizon, swing
ing around to the east ,and again above
the pole, and on 10 the west-all ac-
counted for by the earth's daily mo-
tion on its axis-causing an apparent
movement of the constellation west
wardly around the pole OF the heavens.
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Legend Of the Iron Mask.

During the seventeen years confine-
ment Of this strange prisoner at Sainte
Marguerite. st. Mars, who brought him
to the fortress, was replaced by Mon
sieur de Bonpart, as Governor. The
daughter of the latter, just emerging
from childhood to womanhood, grew
up with this mystery about her. She
had seen the graceful figure Of the
masked prisoner promenading at night
upon the terrace and at worship In the
chapel, where he was forbidden to
speak or to uncover his face, the SOL
diers in attendance always having
their pieces pointed toward him If he
should attempt to do either. She dis
covered that her father always treated
him with the greatest respect, serving
him bareheaded and standing. His tn
bic service was of massive silver, his
dress of the richest velvet, and he wore
the fiuest linen and the most costly
lace. She had heard her father acci-
dentally speak of him as "the Prince"
No wonder that his sad fate occupied
her thoughts by day, and his uOble
figure haunted her dreams by night.
She, too, was very young and beau
tiful, and their eyes occasionally met
in chapel. He sang beautifully. and
was very skillful performer on the
guitar. 1t is said she climbed the
rocks under the castle terrace aud sang
sweet songs to the poor captive. Thus
a romantic love sprang up between
them, and as IL gained strength the
young girl dared to purloin the keys
from her father, and so obtained access
to the prisoner. When the Governor
discovered his child's treachery he was
struck with the greatest dismay. His
oath was binding upon him to put to
death Immediately any one who had
spoken to the prisoner. But she con
fessed her love for him, and pleaded
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Murder VIII ONT

The popular saying, Murder will
OUT" has as many exceptions as q rule
In Greek grammar. Yet, now and
then, murder does out, and that, too,
In way which seems as though the
voice Of God said "Come forth!" Mr..
Froude, the historian, tells singular,
wild tale OF two murders committed
by one man, the discovery of which
illustrates the working of those detec.
tive forces that are not under human
control.
Some fifty years ago an English fleet
anchored in a bay on the coast Of Ire
land. A sailor, who had by some
means bag OF sovereigns, secured
them in a belt round his waist, and de.
serted from his ship. He made his
way to farm house, where he was Of
fered shelter for the night.
The farmers name was O'Brien, and
to him the sailor showed the gold
which he had brought with him. The
sight of the sovereigns tempted the
host to murder.
The sailor fell asleep by the fire. In
the night, Kathleen, a servant girl,
who slept In the loft above, saw a light
glimmeripg through the chinks in the
floor. Looking down, she saw her
master standing over the sleeping sail
or and kill him
The body was carried out and buried.
AS the mans presence at the farm
house was unknown to the neighbors,
no inc Cuiry was made for him.
The l'irl, frightened at the possession
of the d.'eadful secret, did not venture
to speak If 1t. But one day, in quar-
rel she let fall word which told him
that she knew of the murder.
One morning she went out early to
milk the cows. The path ran by the
top of waterfall thirty or forty feet
high. He followed her, watched his
opportunity, and flung her over. The
cOrOner's inquest returned the verdict
OF death from an accidental fall.
O'Brien thought he was safe from
detection. Quietly and gradually he
laid out the sailors money In the pur-
chase of sheep and cows.
Seventeen years passed away, and
O'Brien was q rich man, the envy of
the neighborhood, when suddenly the
detective forces of Providence were set
to work. .H..
There hsd been a witness to the muir.
der of Kathleen. A thief, intent on
shesring O. Brien's sheep that he might
steal the wool, was looking from a
erag Overhanging the fall, and saw the
farmer fling the servant girl upon the
rocks below. A consciousness of his
own guilt forced him to remain silent.
But one day, while working in cop
per mine, he fell down shalt. He
was badly hurt, and believing himself
to be dying. sent for u priest. In the
eonfes essiOn he told the priest all. The
priest Insisted that the man should
make public declaration OF what he
had seen. ,5
A magistrate took his deposition
upon oath. A warrant was issued for
o Brien, and after months Of searching |
he was arrested. He was tried, found |
guilty. and after full confession, was
hanged.
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Next.
Cleveland Herald.

And now there is claimant to
Wheeling. He is a moderate man,
however, and generously offers to let
the Wheeling people off if they will
just hand him over a million dollars.
His grandfather was a revolutionary
soldier who had patent given him
of tract of land on the Ohio river, on
part Of which the city of Wheeling
now stand. The important family
documents revealing this fact have
long been In the possession OF the
claimants sister, who only recently
discovered their value. Of course they
were at once submitted to the inspec-
tion of the best legal talent, and Of
course the best legal talent expressed
the opinion that the claimant could
read his title clear to millions of dollars
worth of property. The claimant,
however, is getting on in years, and
does not want to be pestered with
law suits, 30 he offers TO take a million
and call it square. Next.
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THIS is what Minister Noyes says
in his pleasant, chatty way about the
Paris Exposition:


THIS is what Minister NOyes saws
in his pleasant, chatty way about the
Paris Exposition: -.
AS for the Exposition 1t is a great
one in certain respects. There is not
the space in the grounds of the Paris
Exposition to make such q display as
we made at Philadelphia. Yet in Ger.
tain respects the Paris folks are in ad.
vance OF US. In fine arts this Exposi.
ti0n Is grand-prObably never surDass.
ed. The United States exhibit il NOT
very large compared with that of other
nations, but it is good. The appropri.
alton by Congress was too small and
our commissioners nave been hamper.
ed; but Gen. Mccormick has done won.
ders, nevertheless. He has certainly
made the most OF the means at hand,
and the energy he exhibited when he
got to work rather surprised people
over there. In viewing the main Ex.
hibition building from the Trocadero
on the crest of the slope which is across
the Seine, the vision meets q great col.
lection of small ill looking sheds, which
seem to occupy ground that should
have been planted with trees and
shrubbery. This is an ugly blot. Then
there are no long reaches of prone.
nades and drives such as we have in
Fairnount Park. England has almost
as large show as France, and Japan
is making d wonderful exhibit, but lit.
tie smaller, if-any. One feature of the
United States exhibit is fine one. and
that Is already highly profitsble-that
is heavy machinery, agricultural and
wood working. Cincinnati has intro.
duced machine ofthe latter kind that
is attracting universal attention by its
novelty and superiority and thousands
have already been sold.
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BELMONTCHRONICLE.
ST. GAINESVILLE. OHIO.
THURSDAY. JUNE 81, 1878.
The Conspicuous Blunders.

Let US see. Three most conspicuous blum
ders of the late Confederate House at the
late session are % The election of Con
federate over Union soldier as Doorkeeper;
(2) the attempt to abolish the army and the
bid for the Socialislic vote; 90 the useless ag.
itation entailed by the Potter Investigating
Committee. Such record ought to defeat
every Democratic member outside of the old
Slave States Chicago Tribune (Rep.)
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to f2O, and taking this as correct es-
innate, it follows that during the last
fifteen years the aggregate sum taken
to America by Immigrants and other
alien passengers amounts to s59;560,-
OLA sum almost exactly equal TO the
expenditure of citizens OF the United
States in foreign countries.
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Rebel Threats.

lOkolone (Miss.) States, May %, 1S7S-J
1t is high time for the South to say to
these fellows (the Yaukees): "Thus
far and no further" We must unity
and solidify against their aggressionsj
We mustlspit upon and trsmple under
foot everything that bears the Puritan
brand and flavor. and II they put this
latest Yankee notion In the form of q
law (referring to the plank in the
platform of the resent New Hampshire
Republican convention, providing for
compulsory educatiOn), we must stand
prepared to nullify it in any and every
way.
IA Soldier" in the Allegan (Mich.)
Journal, desires to know IL the late
Macon letter Of ex-President Davis Is
"a fair expression OF the feeling and
sentiment OF the Southern people At
this time" 1t Is.
When we have obtained the upper
hand we propose to undo what has been
done by the Radicals since 1861, as far
as lies In our power. We propose to
tear the negro amendments out Of the
Constitution. We propose TO restore
the Planter Republic Of our fathers in
all its purity aud simplicity. t
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Sailed for the Arctic Regions.

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE schooner
Eathen sailed to-day for the Arctic re-.
giOns. to search for relics of Sir John
Franklin. A distinguished party ac.
c0mpanied the schooner as far as Sandy
Hook. Colonel Glider, just before
sailing, stated the voyagers would
probably be absent for 2 years or more.
The searching party expect to make .
voyage nOrthward In about two
months. reaching Repulse bay during
the latter part of August. II is intend.
ed 10 stop at that place until spring,
there being no snow on the ground
during the winter. In the early part
of the spring the party will cross the
country on sledges to King Williams
land. The journey will occupy pro.
bably four or five weeks. After land.
ing the searching party at Repulse bay,
the Eathen will depart on a whaling
voyage. The entire party are armed.
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TEACHERS. EXAMINATIONS.
rr -EH laZZ-Z6l INC
Belmont County, Ohio.

Second saturday Of January, st. ClairsvillA
Second SATURDAY of February, Bridfeport.
Second Saturday OF March, st: ClaifsvIlle.
Fourth Saturday Of March, Morristown.
Second Saturday OF April, BarnesviIls.
First Saturday OF May, Martins Ferry.
SECOND Saturday OF June, st. ClairsyiIle.
Fourth Saturday of June, st. Clairsville.
At close of Institute in BeIlaire.
Examinations begin at o'clock, A. N.
Plomptness is expected.
Testimonials of character are needed II ap-
plicant Is not known to the Board, and certth-
Gates of success in teaching are allowed their
due weight. i (CHAs. r. SHREvE,
9-6, II. J M.YABNELI.
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My first expresses a company; my
second renounces company; my third
calls company; my whole entertains
compsny.-CosnunSdrum.
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William Collins, prominent lawyer
and business man Ut Cleveland, died
suddely at his residence In that city
Wednesday OF heart disease, aged 81.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-06-27

Judge Davidson, Of Fountain county
Ind. ,telegrsphed to Governor William
W ednesdsy for troops to assist In sup
pressing riots among the Coal creek
miners. A detachment ofinfantry left
during the afternoon.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY, 1877.

Belmont Lodge, No. le, + & A. N. meets ev-
~ wednesday night on or preceding the full
noon. JAMES B. RYAN. W. II.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
ct. Clairsville Chapter. No. II Royal Arch
Masons. meets lst Friday night each month.
GEO. P. .BUMGARNER, II. p.
JESSIE B. MEYER, Sec'y. rar
beIniont Council r. and 8. N, meets on the
Be O. nd Tuesday night Of every month.
Il. r. BUMGARNER, q. n.
d. BAILY, Rec.
Hope Commandery No. 26 Of knights Temp
RS, meets On the first Tuesday night OF every
month. Z. W. CAhhOLLs Il. =.
r. ID. BAILEY. Rec.
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