, 1881-06-05

throws all the blame Upon the United States,
in cltnging to: the protecaon theory. We
shall again have: to-. go to you for The
larger part of our grnil,-supply.' The con-
tlnued drought and cold east winds which
have prevailed with little intcrlnission since
seedingg-tllae have: ruined most Of the cereal
crops except wheat, and that in most districts
is poor and thin. I have been over the
best agricultural sections in thu southern
anu midland counties, and the same ,oletul
story is told everywhere. Tie hay crop will
he almost total failure, The Dtsiiy Nc.rs
ttlls morning says: The growing crops
vary much III condition and promise On
different soils, but III general are ex-
cessiye]y backward. 4 large proportion Of
TIL; CHAIN CROP
is deficient in plant. and the present pros
pect Is fur 4 late and not very prolific l,ar-
vest: while there will be all inferior hay
crop and moderate grazing season. This
is putting it very mildly The
farmers have been trusting to
good harvest this year to enable them to
pay off the arrears Of rent which have grown
upon them, owing to the wretchcd haryests
Of t lie last few years. nnd the partial failure
which is now inevitable will ruin
thousands of them. The .nisfortuncs uf
the farmer have much to do with the pre-
vailinE industrial depression. We have had
ONLY TWO SHOWERS OF RAIN
since May 1, and the fields are parchcd anti
rs red as rust. Altogether, farming
in these islands is a bad case. Be-
tween short t1arvests and American
competition the landlords are at their Wits
end. Hundreds of tile best farms are un-
occupied, at least 70 per cent Of tile tenants
ure i'll arrears, and, owing to the general
feeling Of insecurity created by such drastic
measures as the Land bill, landed property
is practically unstable.
WILLIAM PENN.
a report having been spread that the bones
Of the founder Of Pennsylvania were to be
transferred from their quiet resting place lit
Buckinghamslirc to America, determined
to make pilgrimage to Jortal's Meeting
house c!lurchyard. I chose June fur the
visit, and duly made my way to Hickmans-
worth, Il quaint little town in 11ertfordshire,
amt thence to Cs'alfont, by confusing and
winding roads. CEalfont is in the heart Of
Buckfnghamshire. 1t is several miles from
the railroad station, and is off the liig1lroad,
yet is historic ground. The little
battle-ground Of the Friends, in which
Penn is buried is about three miles beyond
Chalfont, St. Giles. The road is very
solitary, but very pleasant at this time of
the year, when the hawthorn and chestnut
are in full bloom, and the fields are waving
with young corn. found that 1 had hit
upon the rare occasion Of
AN ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDS
of the district. It is almost the only meet
ing held here during the whole course Of the
year, and the very matter which took
Inc there had brought 4 large con-
course Of Friends. all had heard,
or had talked. Of the removal Of
Penn's bones, although none believed that it
could be. Ali wanted to hear what was said
OH the subject. Among the number were
some American Friends who were on their
travels, and who had devoted the day to see
ing spot which was SO enlearlng to them.
AMONG THEM
were DR.. King, Of Baltimore; j. c. Thorn, OF
Baltimore; Amos 1Iaines, Of New York,
and nearly a dozen others. I found group
of gentlemen gathered about one
Of the unprete,ldmg grayes,-or grave
stones l should say, for there
was hardly mound to indicate where
body had been laid. It bore the simple i'll
scription, "Nilliam Penn, 17lS." 4 few
years ago stranger would have been unable
to distinguish the grave of William Penn
from the surrounding grass-coyercd llil-
locks. No sign declared the for
mer. rank and, character -"of the
sleeper. Wild flowers grew alike over NIL.
Thc} greater number Of graves remain I'M
marked By stones. Only fifteen stones are
found in all, three being close to
THE GRAVE OF WILLIAM PENN.
Near tile entrance gate to the left of the
narrow path Il slab points out the graves Of
his five children. On the right Of the path is
a row OF graves. five marked By headstones.
The second and third are those of Isaac Pen
nington and his wife. the fourth is that of
Penn's first wife, Gulieln1a Maria; the fifth
bears the name Of William Penn and
his second wife. To nlolest any Of
these graves, to molcst, most OF all, the
chief among them, that Of William Penn,
would be a desecration. Such was the opl1l-
ion of all with whom spoke, American as
we'll as English. They would not like to see
the graves touched, OH any account. They
had heard that sum of money had been col
lected to purchase
A GRAVE FOR PENIS BONES,
but they smiled at the simplicity Of any one
who could suppose tnat money coula Nase
any effect upon them for anything which
they intended to do, or which they could be
induced to do, in the matter. The remains
would stay where they are forever.
MINUTES TO THIS EFFECT
we're entered upon the record OF the days
proceedings, and committee was appointed
Q see that nothing was done contrary to
this resolution, should any direct application
be made for the removal OF
Penn's body. Up to the present this
has not been the case. It should be said that
those views are in accordance with the wish
Of Col. Stuart, whose wife is descendant OF
the founder OF Pennsylvania, and who still ell.
ioys the pension Of 81 900 which was granted
to the family in lieu Of the money lent BY
Wmiliam Penn to Charles Ii.
THE ASGLo-FnEScu COMMERCIAL TREATY.
III the Htsttrn Associated Press
LONDON, June 4.-The Economist says:
The hopes of an ultimate agreement on the
Aneio-Frcnc}l treaty of commerce, Which
will be Just and acceptable to England, are
growing brighter.