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Year: 1878

first and the last relative of the neg


lected human being, man is reused in
the interest of justice. All of you know,
every one of you has been terrorstricken
reading the fearful story of the Duchess
of Praslin Who of you would not
speed to her assistance when she was in
her agonies of death? Well, then, gen
tlemen, [ said to myself, this is ten
fold story of Praslin. For, of what sig
nifcance is death-struggle of one hour,
in comparison with the pain and suffer
ings of twenty years duration! What
are the murderous wounds inflicted with
a knife, in comparison with the slow but
keen stings of refined cruelty perpetrated
on the whole existence of a human
being, in comparison with the pains of a
tender woman whose rights are tramped
upon day by day for twenty long years,
in whom every justice due to a human
being is offended who was yielded to
public contempt designedly, in order
that the wrongs which were to be done
her should be done with impunity!"


The young man who has eypressed
such chivalrous sentiments as the de-
fendant of that peculiar case, had made
the acquaintance of the Countess So
phia Won Hatfield at Berlin when he
had been nineteen years old She was
at that time twice as old as he, but her
imposing beauty made deep impression
on him. He was moved at the account of
her misfortunes, and threw himself as
her champion between her and her hus-
band Doctor Mendelssohn one of the
young men complicated in the casket
case" had introduced him to that lady
of high rank. 1t may be more than a
vague assumption, that his youth, beauty
and elegant appearance, had made ia
vorable impression on the lady. A per-
sonal friend of Lassalle told me- that
short time after his Nassalle's) intro
duction to the Countess, he went down
to her husband and called him out on
duel. The aristocratic gentleman having
given disdainful sneer at the g foolish
Jew-boy," as the only response to the
call, Lassalle resolved to take the
affair of the ill-used Countess in his
hands He caused the case to be trans
ferred to Dusseldorf, and for many years
of his life, he devoted all his energies
and power to work out a restoration of
her financial and social position.


It can be easily understood that Las


sales parents were sorrow stricken to
see their son abandon his career for the
sake of person who was a perfect
stranger to them. AS student of phil
ology, he had shown marvellous talents
at an early age. Men like Boeckh and
Alexander Won Humboldt had prophe-
sled for the young scholar for the
marvellous progeny" { Wunderhind) as
Humboldt called him, great and glori-
Gus future. His mothers ardent hopes
had been to see in him a professor of
great renown. And now, all these
dreams were dispelled. But his mother
Year: 1878

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thrown out against him even in the legal
records, the widespread reports and gos-
sip that he stood in love connections with
the Countess, forced Lassalle to take
notice of these accusations, Nothing,
he says, is more generally believed than
this. 10 protest against it, would be
ridiculous. But he refers to trustwor-
thy witnesses who had expressed their
opinions about the matter, and to letters
which he had written on the subject to
prove the contrary. He explains, more
over, why his protestations have not
been believed:


Gentlemen, / have been addressed
by many prominent men Of this city,
men who are kindly disposed toward me,
men who had taken great interest in
my affairs; and from the information
they had received, they could not impute
any impure egotistical motives to my
actions such men have told me unre-
servedly, that there must be some love
connections between the Countess and
myself. When | asked them what rea-
sons they bad ta ,believe. sllelhsa thing
the answer was that they had no reasons.
No reasons whatever, gentlemen, save
that they could not account for the,sac
rifces which [ made for this case
These men, [ admit, have the view of
experienced and well-informed men of
the world But they have in this in
stance, overlooked one important point,
and that is my young age. They have
not taken into consideration that, no
matter how the present time is given to
egotism. youth has been at all times the
age of disinterestedness, enthusiasm and
self-denial youth will always retain
these qualities


There is an accent of honesty and
truth in these words As a man of
honor, Lassalle certainly could not ad-
NIT in public that there were any conf
dental connections between him and
the Countess But the manner in which
he denies such charges, proves unmis-
takeably that, at first, when he took up
this case and threw himself into an abyss
of struggles and dangers, his motives
were pure; he was reused by Indignation
against the prevalent injustice, and in
spite of all threatening dangers, he was
animated by chivalrous spirit to put
up justice against force.


The manner in which Lassalle treated
the Countess, gave his enemies cause to
renew their accusations from time to
time The true state of his connections
with her is, however, not known; and it
seems that the public has very little to
do with that. The Countess behavior
toward him was more like that of a
mother toward her child; in fact, she al
ways addressed him: MY child, in per-
sonal intercourse as well as in her letter.
The Countess Won Hatfield is still
living.


A great many may take it as mere
turn of rhetorical shrewdness when Las
sale says that he considered the Hatz-
Year: 1878

How many Aprils have roamed beside thee


Der the brown hills where now alone tread7
And though far realms Of wonder now divide the 9
From our dim world, cannot deem thee dead.
held thee in my arms while lie was falling'


Closed in my arms and watched thy hutterlng


breath,


Till the red sunset in the west was paling


And twilight yelled the awful calm of death.
In that white calm saw thee aud forever
The grandeur of the spirit and its power:
Zen as its mortal vestment seemed to sever,
saw the immortal bursting into flower.
That SOUL so lofty in its isolation


So strong in weakness, resolute in pain;
So self-reliant in its reprobation -t
OF servile arts and customs iron reign.
Mid alien crowds alone, with none to know thee
With nothing left behind thee to regret,
Save one sad heart that loves sweet debt doth owe


thee, .r--..-e
One lonely heart that never can forget.


-Providence Journal
Year: 1878

In this department will be
found every conceivable style
of Boots, Shoes, Caters and
Slippers, for all classes. 1t
has always been said that we
keep the most durable and
most fashionable Boots and
Shoes manufactured. Give
us a trial and we will convince
YOU it is so.
Year: 1878

again awoke oppressed as with
a nightmare. The daily routine of
life was before me and II went
through 1t as I might. The Thought
Of Bertha was ever present with me.
aad hastened to meet her whom
now ! loved as never before. That
Year: 1878

" We propose in our church" a gentleman
recently remarked to one of our best-known


and most useful evangelsts, I" SO TO organize
our religious work that the gospel shall not
merely be put within the reach OF everybody,
but shall actually be carried to every body
within our parish limits" /" If you do that,
was the reply, "you will do what not one
church in five thousand does" Can that be
true2 If it be true, then practically no
church does it, DO none of our churches
take the word of life in their hands and go
to everybody in their town or village and
invite them personally TO fellowship with


Christ aud his disciples If so, then our
churches fall very, very far short of their
duty Then 1t is not strange that we hear
of old country towns in which the churches
are dying out and retain bnt two or three male
members. 1t is not strange that those who
stand apart from our churches declare that
they have lost their power and no longer
take hold on the people that they may yet
be social force, but are not religious
force to make men fear and love God and
keep his commandments. But do not our
churches work DO they not keep up their
regular meetingsY Do they not invite in
everybody? Do they not have their socia-
bles and picnics 2 Do they not raise money
TO pay OFF their debts Do they not make
great efforts to raise their pastors salaries
Are not their Sabbath-schools made at
tractive by pictures aud fountains and feasts9
All true, sometimes and all good, very
good but all this is not what the church
was made for. This is not obeying the com
mand Of its founder. This is not the whole
nor first part OF what the church was organ
lied for. The command is not, draw but
"gol 70 The record is "They went every.
where preaching the Word The story OF
the great apostle is that he visited not merely
from city TO city, but from house to house,
Aud thus the church grew and was glori6ed


Tell us has your church so organized its
work that every person within the limits OF
its local influence has the gospel carried 10
him 2 We would like TO know how many
such churches there are. We should like to
know the story of church in which the roll
Year: 1878

Oh that we had hearts TO feel and eyes
in our souls to see where we really are


There are good angels round u.s. and graces
are raining down upon us, great aud small,
all our lives long aud inspirations are fall
ing upon us thick as &ow-ilakes and almost
as softly and as silently aud we are fast
ened with a thousand fastenings to great
unknown eternal purposes, and We feel them
no more than strong man feels the cob
web and the gossamer on the autumnal
grass and all the while we are closed all
round and walled in, not so much with the
sun and moon and stars, with the air and
floor of our own planet, as with the living,
inevitable, tremendous presence of our ON
nipotent, all-holy God, who will not spare us
one moment from his sight, and who, even
while we sleep, expects us TO do his work
whose love OF us, and therefore jealousy OF
us, is as everlasting as himself-Fabsr.
Year: 1878

The PASSAGE of the Bland silver bill,
should it receive the signature of the
President, will be the most cheering sign
of coming prosperity. 1t win settle the
question of government finances on a
fair and honorable specie basis, such as
the country enjoyed before thewa of the
rebellion, and confidence will be restored
hard money will be more plenty, (by that
we mean gold and sllver) and labor will
be revived. With plenty of gold and sill
yer in their vaults the banks will be ena.
bled to resume specie payments more
easily, and they will also be able to dis,
count more freely. Should the bill be
defeated, then will come surging tide
of politics, in which all kinds of parties
will enter the arena not the least o.
which probably will be the Greenbacl
party with the "Rag Baby" resurrected
which three years ago the now singl,
standard gold advocates viewed with sucl
horror, Notwithstanding their recent con
version to it, and frequent declaration
that it is worth more than the silver.
Year: 1878

The New York Postsays that the banks
of that city, or several Of them, have,
since gold fell below lO2, been buying
large amounts of gold, thereby putting a
part and in some cases the whole of their
capitalin gold. This they have done so
as to be in a position to encourage the
use of gold among their customers, with
the hope Of creating such an extended
use for that metal in mercantile transac-
tions as shall make the transition from a
paper to a gold basis the more easy when
the proper time comes flll ts4sU
Year: 1878

MEN are not elected to Congress, as
some gentlemen think, to represent their
own views. If one man may say in the
House he win represent his own convic-
tions and not the platform Of his party
who elected him and sent him there, so
may all the rest say SO; and what kind of
representative government would that
be? Political platforms are made to
bind those elected on them as well as to
bind those who form them. ryH 4
Year: 1878

DEBATE IN THE ASSEMBLY on THE DAILY EXCISE


BIIL--REDUCTIoN OF CAPITAL OF BANHs-FoCf


BILLS BEFORE THE APPoRTIoNMENT CoMMIrIfE.


The New-York delegation IN the Assembly seen
to be united in opposition to the present Excise aW
The DAILY bill was considered in Committee OF th'
Whole, yesterday and Mr.. Wm. W. Astor replied tc
a strong TEMPERANCE speech of Mr. Gilbert. He wa
not wholly in favor of the bill under dis
cussion. but advocated the enactment of law
based upon recognition of the legiti-
macy of the liquor traffic. He spoke of light wines
and lager beer as effective temperance agents.
bill was introduced in the Senate providing for the
reduction Of the capital Of banks and banking houses
Four appOrtionment bills were presented for the
consideration of the AppOrtiOnment Committee.
Year: 1878

TESTIMONY or DOCTORS RiBBLE AND wARMAE AS


TO THE EFFECTS OF TIE USE OF THE sTRETCHER
AND GAG


TRENTON, Feb. 19.-The investigation into
the alleged crueltes in the State Prison resumed this
evening Theodore HorD acting inspector OF the prs-
on testified Such rules were made the law prescrIbes
made none in regard to the punishment OF prisoners
complaints have not been made OF cruel punishment
the law requires no other punishment than dark cells.
irons and bread and water, We did not know Of any
Year: 1878

Too poor to take paper,


Too poor to join the Grange!
SO when the price was rising,


He did not know the change,
And sold his wheat for dollar
Twas worth quarter more,
And now the man is poorer


Than he had been before.
His neighbor Lookout told him,
This side the market town,
He should have come in sooner,
While groceries were down.
"But then perhaps 'tis even,


Since corn is on the rise,
And what you gain by waiting,


Will pay for your supplies"
"Corn rising why, sold it
The chap who bought my wheat,
Said this year corn was plenty,
But mine was hard to beat;
So he paid three shillings-


What everywhere 'tis four?
The difference wouldgive me


A hundred dollars more"
He drew the reins and started,


With spirits sadly down,
And did heap of thinking


Before he reached the town.
The upshot of the matter


Remains without a doubt,
This year he takes The Times"
And couldn't do without.
Year: 1878

The veteran Magazine, which long ago out
grew its original title Of the New Monthly
Magazine, has not in the least abated the pop
ularity it won at the outset, but has added
to it in many ways, and has kept fairly
abreast Of the times, thanks TO the enterprise
Of the publishers ard the tact and wisdom ol
its editors. For whatever is best and most
readable in the literature of travel, discovery
and fiction, the average reader of to-day looks
to Harper's Magazine, just as expectanlly as
did the reader OF quarter century ago
there is the same admirable variety of con-
tents and the same freshness and suggestive
ness in its editorial departments now AS then.
Boston Journal.
Year: 1878

SENATOR EDguSDs has a clear and logical
article in the January number Of the North
American Rerietg, on the matter of the
fishery award, analyzing the evidence col
lected by the commission and accounting
for the action on both sides The Senator
evidently is of the idea that the United
States hardly received just treatment in
the affair. as he also is that England and
Canada have precisely the same feeling
with reference to their own case. He con-
tends that as regards the validity of the
award. international law lays down no
other rule than that in the absence of eI.
press provisions to the contrary, the
powers Of arbitrators are to be measured
by the principles of ordinary procedure Of
the nations concerned. This would render
an award invalid without the consent of
all the arbi,rators. lie expresses the Opir-
ion that, in all views of the case, both
governments ought to be glad to terminate
Immediately. BY mutual consent, what re-
mains unperformed of the agreement.
Year: 1878

TRE Democrats who opposed the Wood bin
did so in defiance of the will of their party,
which has openly pronounced in favor of
Free Trade. The vote on the subjectin Con
gress last week puts the Democracy in a very
bad light, and shows that the Republican
party is entitled to the hearty support of all
believers in protective tariff.
Year: 1878

A LIVELY fight is impending between the
Senate and House of Representatives, The
latter insists upon the incorporation of an
amendment providing for reduction of the
army in the Appropriation Bill, which the
former will not agree to- In the meantime
the soldiers are waiting for their pay. '-'li
Year: 1878

In introducing General Sherman to the au :
dience, General Aspinwan said it was almost
a work of supererogation to introduce one
who had habit of making himself welcome
everywhere, and who, a little while ago, had


a habit Of introducing himself where he wss
Year: 1878

Another great battle royal of pedestrians
is now in progress in Agricultural Hall,
London. There are twenty-five entries
among them E. Payson Weston, who is
expected to uphold and maintain the
honor of the American flag as identified
with the business ofthe professional foot
pad. We sometimes gamble on events
of this character. Looking carefully
over the record of Mr.. Weston we do not
think that we would be justsfied in pay
ing two broom-straws for him in thou
sand-dollar pool. There is now chance
for him to win unless by some unforeseen
accident or epidemic the other confess
tants die before Saturday night.
Year: 1878

Come to the old foundry this evening
and hear what is said and get your tenn
perance ticket for Tuesday next. The
place will be comfortable and general
invitation is given to take part in the
meeting.
Year: 1878

FARLEY, the United States Senator
elect from California, is Virginian by
birth; was a Wing in early life; was a
Know Nothing subsequently; has been
a Democrat recently; is poor speaker
and huge man. When he was about
to leave the position of Speaker of the
California Assembly he procured a
friend to write him fine valedictory.
This friend copied the valedictory of
the previous Speaker, and Farley de-
claimed it. On the morning after the
two valedictories appeared side by side
in the newspapers. He has business
tact and once received a broken leg
from some ones husband.
Year: 1878

THE Chicago Inter Ocean, under the
heading "SchurZ Speaks" recently
printed the translation of an editorial
in the Westliche Post of st. Louis
Schurx's paper. This publication has
caused considerable comment in pa
pers throughout the East, and it seems
proper to state that the main points of
the editorial which the Inter Ocean
declares it has the very best evidence
came direct from Schurz, and was a
view of the future from the inside of
the Cabinet. 1t begins thus: "sWith-
out a party behind him the President
cannot make his administration sue
cess is a theme on which the regular
organs of both parties are ringing all
sorts of changes. This is especially as
serted by those Republicans who would
only too gladly make the President a
mere servant of the party leaders; but
these gentlemen understand neither the
times nor the tasks which the admins
tration has set itself to accomplish.
The people have very largely emanci-
pated themselves from party trammels.
Why this has been done is obvious. On
one side the mischievous and shame
less doings of the spoils-hunting poll
ticians, absolutely supreme in the con-
troll Of both parties, have deeply shocked
all respectable citizens and they Justly
refuse longer to follow such leaders.
On the other side, party lines have been
80 much obliterated, and there are so
few leading principles at issue that the
voter hardly knows which party really
represents what he has at heart. At
such time to say that the President
OF the whole country must have a
personal party behind him is extremely
ridiculous. But the tasks which the
administration has set itself, and that
only because it is independent of party
considerations and in sympathy with
the people and their wishes, show the
truth to be exactly the opposite of the
assertion quoted at the beginning"
Year: 1878

The Governor and Attorney-Gencral de-
serve great credit Tor the energetic manner
in which they have defended the interests
Of the State in the case OF the Gerelict l.,
Lag. railroad. Attorney-General Davis
has given the matter untiring attention
ever since the case was sent to his Office,
and to his faithful and industrious efieris
ia behalf OF the rights Of the State the
people are largely indebted for the favor
able decision Just rendered by Judge Fos-
ter. The Governor has promptly seconded
the efforts Of the Att0rney-General, and we
are informed now that ii the order Of the
court is not promptly complied with, he in
tends to take possession Of the road, in the
name Of the State, and compel lis running
IN accordance with the terms Of lis charter.
Such course, our readers will remember,
was pursued by the Governor OF Missouri
il a somewhat similar case not long since.
And this is the proper course to be pur-
sued. When the State has chartered and
endowed a corporation, let it show its pow
er to compel that corporation TO do Its duty
and live up to the conditions under which il
accepted its franchise. We hope the execu.
tive nerve may be equal to the present emer'
gency, even though it may be necessary to
post force Of militia at every station on
tho road
Year: 1878

Most Of the Biographical sketches of the
late Mr.. Wade mention that he married
Miss Rosencranz, and that he was forty-one
years old, almost an old bachelor, and she
thirty seven, almost an old maid, when the
nuptial knot was tied. She lived with him
for thirty seven years-thst fact, too, is
stated in the sketches :" but how useful
helpmeet and helpmate she was is not more
ty thousand shares Of stock in the enter
prise at ten dollars each, the purchasers
being mostly freedmen. No less than
twenty-6v thousand persons in South Car
olina alone are said to be an1iou-ly await
ing passage to the clack republic, and it is
understood that the number in the cotton
states is q hundred and sixty thousand.
The matter might a. we'll be looked after BY
the government in time; for it is morally
certain that the emigrants will be in .,arv-
ing condition in . very few weeks after
they land in Liberia, and then call for re-
lief will come ~ . matter of course. The
managers Of the scheme are probably actu-
ated BY no other motive than . desire to
get all the money possible.from the negroes


Who are sure to be abominably cheated,
whatever else may come Of the speculation.
Year: 1878

The Vanderbilt will case has proved a
rich mine TO the scandal-mongers. In the
proceedings last Friday, it was shown that
he contributed money to the Clafiin for the
support OF the Woodruff and Clailin
Weekly, and that he was in the habit Of
receiving money from outside persons for
her; that on one occasion he got check
Tor 81 600 from Harris & Cox, the interest
on which was to be given to Miss Claffin,
and the principal returned TO Harris x
Cox, and that in violation of his agres-
ment he gave her both principal and inter
est, But this evidence was excluded. Mr..
Bennett, the magnetism, testified as to the
relief he gave the commodore, who was
'howling like a wild beast with pain
when he first saw him. He further
stated that when he went to
the house he found the commodore
lying on a rubber sheet. Mr.. Bennett told
him that was bad ior him he should lie on
wooden. Mrs. Vanderbilt said that was to
save the expense of clean sheets every day.
The commodore cursed the expense, and
ordered that a bale of sheets be bought
Bennett described an occasion when Mrs.
Vanderbilt handed the commodore a bowl
of soup, and when he tasted it, he cried ont,
"Who in hi salted that soup?' He then
dashed the bowl against the wall. Mr..
Bennett further testified that the commo-
dore, upon one occasion had vision. "He
said he saw roadway shaped like horse
shoe, stretching around his bed: at the
further end OF the roadway he sew a
number of his friends; others
were passing along the road /;
from time to time he saw one of his friends
20 to the edge of the road and fall of; he
saw himself pas along the road several
times, advance to the edge return saiely,