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Wo see him now returning, filled ^ith the hope of -a happy meeting with the wife and children he had left behind. But while Yankee Jim, slept somidly, and dreamed blissfully of pouring J goldes c.igles into Jane's lap, his destiny was beiufC fulfilled. The great finan- l eial storm of 1S5- burst upon the State I unheralded. Like a thief in the night the one fatal word passed over the wires that shut the door of every bank, and made tho boldest turn pale. • 5 Sus­ pension was followed by panic, panic by ruin and dismay. Yankee Jim was only ah atom swallowed up in the gen­ eral and overwhelming disaster of that •M ; One *»cbrching afteriJoo^% JulV, life--, the Hangtown Stage ere iked slowly* over the plank roadway form­ ing tho principal street of Sacra­ mento City, finally coming to a full atop in front, of the El Dorado Hotel had not actually stopped before •asfcftl knot of idlers Were collected to et&re, as they had done year in and year out, at the dozen or so dust-begrimed passengers who alighted, and who be- g&n threshing themselves like men Who had l>een out in a heavy fall of snow, instead of having just finished the hot­ test and dustiest sixty auiles of road in America. This particular stage usually made connection with the day boat for "The Bay," as San Francisco was universally termed in the interior; but on this oc­ casion it had come in too late by an ' hour at least, and the boat was conse­ quently at that moment twenty miles down the river. Upon learning this disagreeable piece of intelligence, the belated travelers scattered, grumbling at a detention which each took good <»re to explain could never h^p^en •wdfrse-timed or more inconv^ment to himself than npo^ this particular after- "X. traveler, however, stood appa­ rently nonplussed by the situation for a •ioment or two longer, Ttntil his eye «MBght tha word "Bank," in b% golden letters, staring at him from tae oppo- flMe side of the street. He crossed over, read it again from the curbstone, and then shambled in ut the door. He knew ntft why, but, once within, he felt a stx&nge desire to get out again as quick­ ly as possible. But this secret admoni­ tion passed unheeded. Before him was a counter, extending •cram the room, at the back of which %U 4 solid xall of brick. Within this % *lps bailt the bank vault, the iron door at which being half onened discovered of coin piled upon the floor and •halves from which the dftll glitter of gold-dn^t caught the visitor's eve di- WCtlj. The middle of tho counter was occupied by a pair of tall scales of beau­ tiful workmanship, in wlrch dust was weighed, while on a table behind it " trays containing gold and silver to the point that he left a wife and two chiltfon, wbewe sole dep»idenc« he was. Oentlecsen and males, take off your hats while I read you this letter." The letter, which bore evidence of having been read and read again, rah as follows: , "Oh, James! and are yoti really edming home, and . with such a l<it of money, too? Oh, T can't believe it all! How happy we shall l»e once more! It makes me feel just like a young girl again, when you and I used to roam in the berry pastures hand in hand, and never coveted anything in tho wide world but to be together. You haven't forgot that, my lad, have yon? or the old cedar on the cliff where you asked me for your own wife, and the heaven over us and the sea at our feet, all so beautiful, a£d we so happy ? Do. come quick. Surely God has helped me to wait all this long, weary time, but now it seems as if I couldn't bear it. another day. And the little boy, James, jtist your image; it's all he can say, 'Papa, come home.' How can you have the heart to stay iu that wicked place ?" When he had finished, some of the lady passengers were crying softly. He then read the fatal certificate of de­ posit, holding it up > so that all might see. •' "Now, ladies and gentlemen," he wpnt on, * you've heard the story, and can put this and that together. When we get ! to Panama I'm going to writ:' a letter to the widow. It's for you to say what kind of a letter it shall be. That's why I've asked you here. Now, purser, put np the certificate of deposit. " , j "How much am 1 offered'--liow much?" said the purser. Teft^twenty, forty, fifty dollars were Iu the morning he went early to the bank, to find it shut fast, and an excited and threatening crowd surging to and fro before the doors. Men with hag­ gard faces were talking and gesticulat­ ing wildly. Women were weeping and f j wringing their hands. A sudden faint- the i ness cam;) over him. What could it all nleau ? Mustering "counv*o to put the question to a bystander, lio told to look and read for himself. Two ominous words, "Bank .clb«ed," were pos'ed on'the front of the building. For a moment the poor fellow could not seem" to t.tke in the full meaning of the calamity that had fallen like a thun­ derbolt from a clear sky; but as it dawned upon him that his little fortune j.qnfPkly biT"*' Th^x 'a~*woman wJice was swept away forever, and with it the j sajt| seventy, and then ,the bidding ran hopes that had opened to his delighted ] U1) to a hundred and fifty. It was j fancy, the blood rushed to his brain : knocked down to a red-sliirted miner, aud his face grow purple. Then he j who laili three $50 pieces on the cap- back in a' fit, deprived of sense or saving, as he did so':' " Tain't half motion. 1 - " - - The first word he articulated when he came to liiiuself was "Home." Some kind souls paid his passage to San Fran­ cisco, where the sight of bine water and of big ships gallantly riding at their an­ chors seemed to revive him a little. Wholly possessed by his one idea of getting home, he shipped on board the next home-lvonnd steamer, going about his duty like a man half stunned, and who sees, without comprehending, what is passing around him. The sailing of a homeward-lx>und steamship was one of the events of those days. To say that the whole city turned out to witness, or rather to as­ sist at, her departure would hardly be an exaggeration. On board all was bustle and hilarity. On shore jests and good-bys popped like champagne corks. Those who were going were the secret envy of those who were left behind, in whom this scene aroused that pas-don­ ate, that uncontrollable yearning for the old home lievond the mountain peaks, beyond the seas. HJT own knowledge of the chief actor in this history began at 4 o'clock in the morning of the third day out from port. The California's engines were suddenly stopped. There was a hurried tramp­ ling of feet, a rattling of blocks on the onus. A young man, who was writing ! deck, succeeded by a dead silence--a and smoking at the same time, looked ; silence that could be felt. I jumped tm tip when the door opened to admit the parson of whom we wero speaking. To look at the two men one would have •aid that it was th« bank clerk who •night be expected !o feel the presetiti- »eni of evil. Really, the other was Aalf-bandit in appearance. >fcn the solitary individ'.iJl who has jast entored the hank we shall describe, not one man only, but a type of the thousands who, like migratory ants, passed and repassed th<%reat highways leading to the mines of the Golden •State. He was a bronzed, bearded .-abd weather-beaten hombre, dressed in iaded woolen .shirt, pantaloons se­ cured at the liips by a l>elt and tucked loosely within a p^ir of miner's boots, a MM -brimmed hat that had been hasti­ ly crushed upon his head, and a pea- jacket dangling from his left shoulder like the short cloak1 of an ancient cahal- .Iqro. The haft of a bowie-knife pro* traded, ready to be grasped, from his lijilt; and when he walked a big "six- shooter" flapped s^rainst his hip at every Mtep. The man seemed a walking ar- WMal; but, had tho well-dressed young jpOison been searched, a "Derringer** ifftrald have l»cen found in his pocket, iwliile a revolver lav convenient to his ltttnd underneath the counter. ; Although he was alone and unnoticed, Jet the stranger's manner was undenia- % nervous and suspicious. Address­ ing the cashier, he disjointedly said: I say, mister, this yer boat's left: can't get to 'Frisco afore to-morrow ?*f; (in- jjgttiringly). • • . . I - ' no," thp cashier assented. - ^yWell," continued the miner, "here's fifty ilk;'*'iojmd lf>rle for* fihC States Stropping his got; $2,000 Uiowed away; don'fcno v p, \iye homl>re jfh .Wr burg, agd oiigl^ git' knifed e- warning i^ .|k)m« *fa»dango. ^ee?" . sw "That's so," repealed the unmoved .official. Then, seeing that his customer •'fed come to an end, he said: "I Teckon wa&t to deposit your money with R "That's the how of it, stranger. Lock up tight whar I kin come for it to­ on t of my berth and ran on deok. How well I can recall that scene. Tho morning. cold, damp and foggy. was an utterly dismal one. A pale light struggled through the heavy mist, but it was too thick to see a cable's length from the ship, although we dis­ tinctly heard the rattle of oars at some distance, with now and then a quick shout that sent our hearts up into our months. We listened intently. No one spoke. No one needed to be told what those shouts meant. The huge black hnlk lay silent and motionless. Although the gloom hid it from UK, the near vicinity of the coast w.m announced bv the, roaring of the surf, distinctly audible in the deathlike stillness. We could not even mike out the mastheads for the fog in which they seemed dissolving. But in the vessel's wake stretched a half-luminous streak of phosphorescent foam, until it min­ gled with and was lost in the colorless yi*por overhanging the blapk and tor­ pid sea. Down this luminous track, and into the gloom beyemd, our eyes were strained to discover \ho secret of the hour. HoW long it was I cannols, teU, for minutes seemed hours then; binaKlast .[selves "Dowu with tha dnst'then," observed "the aashier, taking thepen from-behind liis ear and preparing to write; but, his customer throw a wary i »|ght and left, he beckoned him [C|*qre retired part erf the bank, depositor Tei y coolly divested Himself of his shirt, in each corner of •Which five $50 "slugs" were knotted. ' equal sum in dust was then pro- 1 <dueed from a buckskin belt, all of jfrhich was received without the least we heard the dip of oars, and the ftoat shot out of the fog within a InHcuit's toss of the boat. I remember ffifot, as they came alongside, the upturned faces of the men were ghastly and pinched. One glance showed that the search had been in vain. The boat was secured, the huge pad- I dies struck the water like clods, the i heavy floating mass swung slowly round j ! to her helm. But at the instant we j ! were turning away, awed by the mys- | tery of this death scene, a cry came out j of the darkness--a yell of agony and i deepest horror--that nailed us to the j'deck. May I never hear the like again, j " Save me! for God's sake, save me!" I pierced through and through the still- ! ness until a hundred , frantic voices seemed repeating it. Tlie cry was so near that every eye instinctively turned to the spot whence it proceeded.--so near that it held all who heard it in broathless, in sickening suspense. Had tiie sea really given up its dead? Before one might count ten,'the boat was again manned and clear of the ship. I recollect the figure of the first officer as he stood erect in the stern-sheets, with the tiller ropes in his hand, peer­ ing into the fog. I can f-ee the men springing like tigers to their work, aud the cutter tossing on the seething brine astern like a chip. Then the fog shut them from view again. But never more was that voice heard on land or sea. It enough, Cap; sell her agin--sell her i agin." ! The sale went on, each buyer putting | the certificate up for sale again, until 1 .the noble emulation covered the cap- 1 stan with gold. | "Stop a bit, purser," said Capt. M'--, ; counting the money. "That will do," : he continued: "the sale is over. Here ; are just $2,000. The certificate of de- 1 posit is redeemed.Harper's Maga- i tine. ' - j How A W«r)diif?-6irl UTM. In searching for a new topic to pre- ; sent to the reader, the reporter hopes ; he has found one in the wages paid to | working-girls, and how they manage to ; live on these wages. | In order to throw some light upon j the subject, we offer the subjoined in- 1 terview with a sensible, level-headed . girl who works in an office in Cincin- ; nati. 1 "My work is mostly writing letters j and helping to keep the books of my employer, who does a business of up- I vr.rds of $75,000 a year. I receive $7 a | week. I have no means of snpport ex­ cept by my own work. My parents are both dead, and left no estate above what was necessary to pay a few debts. At the age of 15 years I started square with the world, and have held my own for five years, although I confess it has been a continual struggle. "There are a thousand girls in Cin- cinnati situated just as I am, straggling on day after day to keep body and soul together, with 110, future, as far as the human eye can discover, worth living for. There are many not half so well situated as I am, and God only knows how they live. As long as I keep my health I have enough, with none to spare; but hundred^ of poor girls go to bed hungry every night in Cincinnati I honestly believe. I know girls who work for $4 a week. Servant girls often get more than this, and they have no board to pay. It would be a sadly- interesting chapter if yon could tell just how a girl contrives to keep her­ self in clothes, board herself and pay rent on $4 a week. On the wages I receive every penny has to count." The question was asked how these girls lived on this small sum. "I^m sure I don't know how some of them exist. A few girls of my ac­ quainted live at home and have no rent to*pav. There are others who receive a little assistance from their fathers or brothers. But there are many who live on this sum, and support them- without assistance from any 1 VERT 0t» NEWSPAPER. source.,/1 know how some of them man- j age it. J Three or four (and in some I cases A know where six) girls have pool- I ed together, and live in one room, thus making the rent small on each one. They pretend to take their meals at cheap restaurants, .but really they are obliged to do most of tlieir own cook- in g. Economy could go no further than is practiced by some of the work­ ing-girls in Cincinnati. R triving day bw day as some of these girls do, is it any wonder that an occasional one of the number yields to the temptations of An­ other mode of life that is almost continu­ ously before their eyefi ? The wonder is that virtue is so strong." At the request of the reporter the young lady gave Her expense account for a year, which is as follows: Salary one yeart32 weeks) at %7 a week.. $304 Deduct one week lout time (estimated).... 7 $967 Board and room..... Coal, extra ..... .... Clothing Church Car fare..... ... ......lam ..... io To. BU*ut«> with a Loitdon Times (rfNearij a Ceatnry Ago, [From the Cincinnati Commercial.] "We are idebted to a friend for a gen nine copy of the London Times, bear­ ing date of October 3, 1798, which has long been in possession of his family. I is in an excellent state of preservation, yellow wi|h,age, but still as legible as if printed a year, instead of eighty-four years ago. The Times was then a four- column paper, as neatly made up, and ns perfectly printed as the London Times of to-day. Tho first page is filled with advertisements, the second with the glorious victory obtained by Admiral Nelson over the French fleet near Bosetta. followed by the rather dry official dispatches of the Admiral himself, giving in detail the names, and number of the ships engaged on both sides, the number of the enemy s ships taken or destroyed, and the number of officers, teamen and marines killed t>& wounded on the British side, and some brief local accounts of how the news was received in London- On the third page are extracts from letters from Ireland, giving an account of the pro­ gress of the British troops in putting down the rebellion there. The fourth page is given up to court news (legal) and advertisements. " There is a striking similarity in the general situation of England at that time and the present--war in Egypt and rebellion in Ireland; the old troubles in a modified shape come back to plapffle tho English, after the lapse of nearly a century. The battle*of the Nile, which put an end to Napoleon's dreams of Conquest in the East, was fought on the 1st of August oft' the mouth of the Nile, and the official dispatch of the Admiral, who was slightly wounded on the head during the engagement, and in which he announces that "Almighty God has blessed his Majesty's arms in the late battle by a great victory oyer the fleet of the enemy," bears date of August 3. It was forwarded overland by Cap­ tain Cowe, and received at the Ad­ miralty office in London October 2, and given to the public in the Times October 3, or quite two months after the great victory." Now, by the aid of the telegraph, the news of such a vic­ tory would be flashed to the utmost parts of the earth before the smoke of battle had cleared away or the flow of blood had been stanched in the wounds of the victims. As the dispatches of Nelson have passed into history it is not necessary to reproduce them. Ed­ itorially the Times, after recounting these details of the action, says: "Captain Cowe has brought oyer a variety of important information re­ specting the landing of the French at Alexandria and their progress toward Cairo. It is known that they landed 22,000 infantry and 500 cavalry at Alexandria, and "we have • heard it stated from very responsible authority that not more than 11,000 men have reached Cairo. Certain it is, that inde­ pendent of« being harrassed bv the Arabian horse, the French have lost a great number of men by disease, princi­ pally from the badness of the waters. General Bonaparte was on very bad terras with his officers, who were gener­ ally dispirited and out of humor with the expedition. * * * "The victory gained by Admiral Nel­ son is one of those "events which will be less considered with respect to the glory which the British arms derive from it, than as it relates to foreign politics, and giving confidence to those who are on the ..point of entering on a new war with the French Republic. Already we know that a tionsiderable army of Bussia is approaching the Aus­ trian territories to give confidence to the--we fear--yet undecided politics of the Emperor of Germany; a Bussian fleet is arrived at Constantinople, on its passage to the Mediterranean, through the Dardanelles; and the Grand Seig­ nior, from the decision and vigor which guide his councils and hasten his prep­ arations by land and sea, seems anxious to emulate his rival in laudable exer­ tion. In fact, all Europe was getting readv for that tremendous struggle, whicfi convulsed the civilized world, upset thrones and made wrecks of nations, and was only ended by the irretrieva­ ble defeat of the French Emperor on the field of Waterloo. ' 1 Jlfleafe in due form was then made out, I specifying that James Wildes had de- ; ' posited with the "Mutual Confidence i -fifost Jfrnat Company," subject to his v. order, $2,000. Glancing at the scrap i$»f crisp paper, as if hardly compre- | |jr f . lending how it could be an equivalent. I , .#•* 'A Mat his precious heap of coin and dust ' o upon the counter, Jim heaved a deep *' re^» then, crumpling the cer- ** . filWf tightly within his big fist, he * Inadauned: "Thar! I kin eat and sleep * '->+*1 tiow, I redkon. Blamed if ever I knew * •lore what a coward a rich man was!" He then started for the door, liesi- came back to the counter, and faked tfie clerk, in a confidential tone: 'l say, what might be the valley of hat Wzzum-piu of yourn? The old r> torn** at iicwnfl might: lUtosSome kind "*A a trinket, you know." x The clerk eyed the questioner sharp- . his hand hastily to the dia- . %Hoe4 duster flashing in his shirt / tfroni, aud said, shortly, "Sixty ounces. Jim gave a long whistle, and went" ill search of a night's lodging. jftar JB9*n, who had acquired among ' fctf him^- God tar­ ing consciousness, no doubt, as the Pacific closed over Yankee Jim's head. At eight bells we assembled around the capstan at our .Captain's call, when the few poor effects of the lost man were produced. His kit contained one or two soiled letters, a dignerreotype of two blooming children Tiand in Viand, a piece of, crumpled paper and a few arti­ cles of clothing. I noticed that while smoothing out the creases in/ this scrap of paper the Captain became deeply at­ tentive, then thoughtful, then very red. Clearing his throat, he began as fol­ lows : "It's an old sea custom to sell by auction the kit of a shipmate Who dies, on blue water. You all know it's a custom of the land to search for the last will of a deceased friend as soon as the funeral is oyer. The man we lost this morning shipped by his fo'castle or sea name--a very common thing among sailors; but, I've just found out his true ' on9 Hip<'e I stood on this spot; and, 4 more, I've found out that he had • *T)een in • B a l a n o e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , „ . , . . 1 9 "You can well imagine," said the young lady, "that this balance of $19 is consumed in medicine and other neces­ sity expenditures. Out of it I buy" the Enquirer every Sunday morning, and I drop an occasional nickle to some poor beggar on the street, who seems to have a harder struggle with the world than I have myself.--CiticinnaU En- -quir&r. , . to free us from it. A crime is irone the less criminal because there is no human law against it. The same eternal and unchangeable law embraces all times and all nations, because *it proceeds from the King and Father of all. * * * Nature has inclined us to love mankind; and this love is the foundation of law. Justice employs itself in the good of often,--C-ieero. Charles Lamb's Literary T«tc^ ' ̂ Lamb was pre-eminently a bookish man, and a fine critic of authors he loved, but his love was not expansive. He liked lK>oks best that were marked by the mellowness of. age, and was shy, except in the case of- friends, of ac­ knowledging the contemporary genius. He,.sneered at Goethe's "Faust," which he "knew only from a translation, de­ clared he could not understand Shelley, who showed by his praise of "Rosamund Gray" how well he understood him, and spoke contemptuously of Byron. There are no indications that lie cared much for the immortal novels of Scott --a fault in taste which it is difticuit to pardon--and he was probably more in­ fluenced by Sir Thomas Browne than by all modern writers ]nit together. But he loved well the "divine chit-chat" of Cowper, and shared with that poet his admiration of Vincent Bourne's Latin poems. "Bless him!" he exclaims, "Latin wasn't good enough for him. Why wasn't he content with the lan­ guage which Gay and Prior wrote in ?" So deep, too, was his admiration of Burns that Barry Cornwall relates lie would chant his poems aloud, and "sometimes in a way scarcely discernible, he would kiss the volume* as he would also a book by Chapman or Sir Philip Sidney, or any other which he particu­ larly valued; and," he adds, "I have seen him read out a passage from the Holy Dying, and the Urn-Burial, and express in the same way his devotion and gratitude." Books, he used to say, served him instead of friends. lie loved to loose himself in other men's minds." He thought a grace should l>e said before reading the Faerie Queene, and that Milton "almost re­ quires a solemn service of music to be played before you enter upon him." This tender reverence for the "ragged veterans" marshaled on his book­ shelves is surely one of the most beau­ tiful traits in the character of Lamb. And he was the acutest as well as the most tolerant of critics. Not even Coleridge, thoftgh covering larger ground in literature, has surpassed Lamb in his special department of po­ etical criticism. His comments on the English dramatic poets of tlie Eliza­ bethan age, are, indeed, unequaled in suggestiveness and ipasterly apprecia­ tion of character. "That Lamb was a poet," writes Mr. Ainger, "is at the root of his grcatness as a critic." This is true; but he was a poet in feeling rather than accomplishment, and if Ave except a few occasional verses, which bear a charmed life, cannot legitimate­ ly be classed with the poets of his country. Of this, indeed, he was aware. "I reckon myself a dab at prose," he said; "verse I leave to my betters." Nativities the of the Population of United States. The following statement shoWfc the number of persons residing in the United States in 1880 who were born in the several States and Terrifnritw in. eluded therein, classified as white and colorett: * Born in. Alabama. ARKANSAS California Colorado... ....... Connecticut Delaware in trouble. An idea strikes right here that he found it too heavy Ho XiMtache on Principle. *- > Professional etiquqttg is strictly in­ sisted on at the Belgian bar. At a session of the Appellate Court a young advocate Who was al>out to address the Judges was interrupted by the presid­ ing magistrate with the remark that it was a violation of precedent and pro­ priety for counsel to appear before the court with a mustache. "I was under the impression," re­ plied the advocate, "that my mustache was of such microscopic* magnitude, as not to be likely to attract the attention of the court." "It is not a question of quantity," said the magistrate, "but one of princi­ ple." Somewhat afraid of giving offense, and relnctant to have the interests of- his client prejudiced, the young lawyer suggested an adjournment of the hear­ ing to enable him to betake himself to a barber; but the magistrate replied that it was not necessary. His remarks were intended for consideration on fu- The Wealthiest Man In Mexico. From Nnevo Laredo, ou the Rio Grande, to the Solado Iiiver the ride is devoid of interest, and during it the best thing to do is to recline comforta­ bly in one of the airy coaches and sleep. Southwest of tho Solado, a table-land some 3,500 feet high may be seen. The sides are rocky and almost perpendicu­ lar, the top level and covered here anil there with forests of timber. The table­ land. or mesa, as it is styled by the Mexicans, has a surface area of 400,000 acres. It is owned by Patricio Milruo, an Irishman married in a Mexican fam­ ily, the wealthiest man in Mexico, worth, I am informed, something more than $10,000,000. Milmo's mesa has a repu­ tation all over the country. A part of it is cultivated for corn, grapes, sugar cane and maguey. Milmo's residence is on the summit--a handsome stone structure, very large and ornamented by cornices and pillars imported from France and the United States. The in­ terior is like a palace, and so rich with gold and silver and precious stones that the eye is dazzled with their splendor. Milmo is President of the bank of, Mex­ ico, an institution with power and priv­ ileges in this country as great as are the Bank of England's in Britain. His father-in-law, Santiago Vidarri, was exe­ cuted for supplying money to revolu­ tionists, and he himself narrowly es­ caped a similar death, though he was connected in a monetary sense with the opposing forces. Since then brigands l'ave captured him several times, and compelled him lo pay from $40,000 to $25,000 ransom. These adventures taught him precaution, and he has turned the mesa into a sort of citadel, accessible 1ft only a narrow path, ob­ structed by an iron gate of enormous proportions. He has distilleries and several factories, in which goods are manufactured for his own use, on the mesa, and intends to retire to his man­ sion whenever another insurrection is imminent. It is said that when he came to Mexico he did not have a dollar, and got his start in business farina his father-in-law.--Mexico Letter. Florida.. Georgia,. Illinois Indiana............ Iowa Kansas ......... Kentucky... Louisiana.......... Maine Maryland MaHnachusetts Michigan Minnesota. MisHissippi,........ Missouri.........;*. Nebraska. Nevada New Hampshire.... New Jers jr.. New York... North Carolina.... Ohio.... Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Inland South Carolina..... l,tm,:ill Tennebaec 1,7#7,MU Texas .v..... 915,020 Vermont 4H0.041 Virginia 2,118,4(MI Went Virginia. 441,213 Wisconsin 893,9 ts TEKBITOltlES Alaska ......... 51 Arizona .......... 9,0H!> Dakota.....!.;..... 20,640 District of Colum­ bia 102,428 Indian Territory..7,753 Montana 8.687 New Mexico. 1. 113,788 Utah » 92,1,10 Washineton 22,425 Wyomine 4,001 . At nea under" Unit­ ed States flag.... 291 STATES. Total. 1,319,1X9 520,740 355,157 31,827 538,832 155.517 194.518 1,719, fi8 2,-»fi3,4 9 1,798,490 9r>4,ii8."> 279.151 1,850,310 817,4'.)2 745,272 958,141 1,356,295 920,f>fil 341,750 l,05<;,tt93 1,567,284 113,478 IS,256 371,202 900,005 4,75 i,547 1,(13 8.U5X 3,3U2,656 Sl,BiW 4,184,180 201,722 White. 383,022 334,3)1 81,115 529,899 125,072 !>8,655 933,Uil 2,241,321 1,778,310 950,296 267,016 1,344,310 39i»,988 743,027 711,010 1,541,310 900,428 338,739 473,253 1,429,576 112,836 15,208 37t,592 87m,801 4,701,016 1,028,756 il,254,437 79,520 4,118,927 197,836 500,994 1,367,753 62;i,787 428,088 1,273,850 421,361 886,3<j6 60 5,428 19,251 72,650 7,544 7,263 104,121 91,181 18,143 3,819 224 Colored. (•10,28-1 137,118 20,716 712 8,933 30,445 95,863 " 78C.,007 22,088 20,174 4,39» 12,135 329,005 417,504 2,243 24-l,531 11,985 15.233 3,011 583,740 137,708 (.42 3,048 670 32,204 52,531 €09,302 61,219 2,088 65.2 VI 3,892 682,317 419,751 291,233 1,353 844,«(H 18,852 7,6>9 1 8,661 l,c8S) ffar Telegraphing. - The Union army in 1862 lay en­ camped on the north bank of the Rappahnnnook, opposite what was to be the disastrous fielfi of Fredericks­ burg. On the bank of the river, in tho extreme front of the Union line, stood the house of Mrs. Gray, a long, ramb ling stone building, whose front of three stories faced the river. The roof sloped steeply toward the rear, where the stone side was but one story high. Mrs. Gray herself, an elderly widow, had received the Union advance with every demonstration of welcome, and her house soon became the favorite rendezvous for young officers. A prime cause of this, aside from Mrs. Gray's cheerful hearth and good fare, was the beauty &f her daughter Sallie, a bru­ nette * of perhaps twenty years. . A voung- lieutenant was badly wounded by those batteries, and spent all his spare time at the feet of this fair Southerner, who professed such sym­ pathy with the Union cause. Late one rainy night a sentinel pac­ ing back and forth before the stone front of the Gray house heard a faint but sharp noise cutting the still air. >It sounded like the click of a telegraph instrument and it seemed to come from beneath his feet. Greatly perplexed he called the sergeant of the guard,, They listened carefully and presently joined by the gallant lover of Sallie Gray. Conviction of treachery smote his heart and with the sergeant he uncermonious- ly entered the Gray dwelling. Sallie ttnd her mother, despite the late hour, were busily sewing by a table in the sitting-room. The ladies rose in appar­ ent surprise and'indignation at the in­ trusion. "Step aside, if yon please," said the sergeant. s ' " What does this mean3" asked Mrs. Gray, sharply. . ' "Frank, I appeal to you for protec­ tion," cried the young lady to the lieu­ tenant. That officer could only shake his head and sternly wave her aside. "You are false. You have ^deceived me," he said hoarsely, as the girl who had promised to be his bride sank sobbing upon a sofa. The soldiers could hear the ticking more plainly now.' They moved the table, lifted the carpet and discovered a trap-door leading to a cellar of whoso existence tliey had no suspicion. A light below was instantly quenched, but they fearlessly descended and dis­ covered a telegraph iustrument with an insulated wire running through the cellar wall, and. evidently passing be­ neath the river to the enemy on the other side. Crouching in a corner was the operator, a young and handsome man, who had never before been seen about the house, having liyed for days in the cellar. "You are my prisoner" from the sergeant, brought the dis­ tressed wail from poor Sallie of "My husband, oh, my husband," the heart of the Union lieutenant went back once more to the girl he left behind him. But, notwithstanding the detection of this line of communication, the enemy seemed to know of every movement of the Union troops. It was a mystery to the officers how they gained their knowledge. There were no more tele­ graph wires, and there was no more passing across the river. At last the mystery was solved. Within the Union lines, but in sight of the enemy, there stood a low frame house occupied by a negro wno aia was mug iur nxe ovmiftTS. He hung his clothes to dry in the front yard; but it was noticed that in the porch there always hung three flannel shirts, one red, one white and one blue. The negro said they were in Union col­ ors. But the shirts were not always in the same position, and a suspicious ser­ geant finally became convinced that the negro used them to signal across the Rappahannock. Tlie arrest of the ne­ gro and the effectual use of the shirts to deceive instead of to inform the enemy followed.--Philadelphia Press. 29,778 209 1,424 9,657 * 949 4,282 272 4*7 Total... ....43,475,840 30,843,291 0,632,549 . Cicero on Law. The true primeval law is eternal, im­ mutable and universal. It oalls us to duty by its commandments, and turns us away from wrong-doing by its pro­ hibitions. We can take nothing from it, change nothing, abrogate nothing. It does not vary according to time or place; it is not different now from what it was formerly; it is not one thing to­ day and another to-morrow. Neither th? B«nat« nor the peopk JJJAV© a Stained Glass. In making stained glass windows, the coloring matter--red, green, flesh-color, or whatever it may be--is first stirred with tlx> glass in its molten state. When it is rolled into sheets and cools it comes out the brilliant hue desired. Next, imagine an old-fashioned patch­ work quilt, where the little blocks or leaves are cut out by means of paper patterns, and sewed together to make the complete figure. There you have the idea of the stained glass windows. Artists who are adepts make a large de­ sign of the painting wanted. Different small parts of it are transferred from this, and pasteboard patterns made from these like the patchwork quilt. The glass is cut into the shape desired with a diamond. Then the pieces are joined together into the perfect whole. The edges are united by means of solder and lead, where the patchwork bits would be sewed with a needle. Thus, making a stained glass window is about as much mechanical as urtistic. Rare and fine work, such as the human face and parts of the human x figuae, are painted upon the glass, requiring the touch of an artist. IN Springfield, Mass., stand side by side a schoolhouse, a church and a jail. The residents refer to the trio as "edu­ cation, salvation and damnation." In one town in Canada a similar oddity ex­ ists. A church, the Parliament house, a college and a saloon are the four buildings which occupy the corners of a street intersection. They are known as "salvation, legislation, education and damnation." OENNY JUNE, in a fashion letter, says leather as applied to jackets is not quite new. Jinks says he should say not! He Well remembers the day when he con­ sidered an application of leather to his jacket as something so altogether old as to be po longer novel, and longed for the day when it would be no longer fash* ionable. » of the gain in population. MnljUy, for instance, returned a population gain of 24 per cent., and of church membership 30.8 per cent.; Savannah, 8.6 and 35.1, respectively; Dallas, 107.1 and 240; Charleston, 2.1 and 50.7. Covington presents striking figures in opposition, viz.: 23.2 per cent, gain in pd|»vllition, and 1.2 ine|urch membership. Figures for Nortliera cities have not been com­ piled in this matter. Seals and Seal Rings. The seal, as affixed to* lettets, hai % , claim for consideration in the fact of its historic interest. Tlie seals of Senna­ cherib and Cheops are yet extant, to­ gether with a multitude of ancient sig­ nets both of the East and West, and our letter seals are probably their lireil descendants and relatives of the offi, igl legal and royal seals still affixed to doc­ uments. As symlM)ls of power they were, no doubt, affixed upon a missive to for­ bid its opening by an unauthorized person, and their significance would be generally regarded. The early Christ­ ians used the sacred devices of the dove, the fish, the anchor and the lyre; and the monks of Durham, becoming pos­ sessed of a seal on which was figured the head of Jupiter Tonans, had engraven beneath it the name of good king Os-" wald, thus sanctifying it to the uses of the church. In England, before watch­ es were worn, the seal was attached to the wrist, forming in fact a pendant" to a bracelet. Shakspeare's signet had his initials, "W. S.," and a true lover's knot--a device which has led to the supposition that it was given to him by Anne Hathaway. Mary, Queen of Scots, had a seal with the arms of the three kingdoms upon it, and the use of this informed a count of the indictment against her.- Another ring of interest, which may possibly have been used as a signet, is the cameo ring in the pos­ session of the Thynne family, which is said to be the identical one given by Queen Elizabeth to the Earl of Essex. This is only one of a thousand sig­ nets of historic interest that are still preserved. The "biggest thing" among these belongs, as a matter of course, to America, and was presented to Presi­ dent Pierce by some citizens of San Francisco. Upon this was represented a kind of Nummary of California history and a number of devices, such as a griz­ zly bear and an enraged boa. Without it was engraved the Presedent's name, and *in its interior parts were small cases containing specimens'" of various native ores. The weight of this pre­ cious gift was something like a pound! The materials impressed have been nearly as varied as the shapes of the signets impressing them. G«ld, silver, and other metals were anciently in use, and even prepared earths and clays. Common wax, of course, most prevalent before the introduotion of sealing wax, a compound of lac and other materials invented in the sixteenth century. White wax was used by Otho I. of Ger­ many, and by many of our monarchs. RufuB, however, very appropriately adopted red. Blue is the rarest of tints; green was favored by the Emper­ ors and patriarohs of the East. At present, Vermillion wax is most com­ mon, but should the method of sealing letters be revived, we may expert, with the resources of modern chemistry and the diversity of modern tastes, a poly­ chromatic range of hues unknown to former acres.--London Globe. Hawiiiorne. Throughout his life Hawthorne led a two-fold existence, a real and supernat­ ural. As a man he w*as the realest of men. From childhood to old age he had great physical strength and power. His massive head sat upon a strong and muscular neck, and his chest was broad and capacious. His strength was great, his hand and foot large and well-made- Hp never knew the. feebleness of youth, that unlucky check to many a promis­ ing career; nor the weakness of old ago. In walking he had a firm step and a great stride, without effort.- In early manhood he had abounding health, a good digestion, a healthy enjoyment of food. His excellent physical condition gave him a placid and even temper, a cheerful spirit. He was a silent man and often a moody one; but never irri­ table and morose; his organization was too grand for that. He was a most de­ lightful companion. In conversation he was never controversial., never authoritative, and never absorbing. In a multitude his silence was oppressive; but with a single companion his talk flowed on sensibly, quietly, and full of wisdom and shrewdness. He discussed books with wonderful acuteness, some­ times with startling power, and with an unexpected verdict. He analyzed, men, their characters and motives and capacity, with great penetration, im­ partially if a stranger oo* an enemy, with the tenderest and most touching justice if a friend. He was fond of the companionship of all who were in sym­ pathy with his real and human side of life. A genuine character was very at­ tractive to him. Men who did not meddle with him he loved--men who made no demands on him, who offered him the repose of genial companion­ ship. His life-long friends were of this description, and his loyalty to them was chivalrous and fearless, and so generous that when they differed from him in matters of opinion he rose at once above the difference and adhered to them for what they really were. .Plain, peaceful, calm and retiring, as he was in all the ordinary events of life, he was tempestuous and irressistible when aroused. An attempt on the part ot a rough and overbearing sea captain to interfere with his business as an inspec­ tor of the customs in charge of his ship was met with such a terrific uprising of spiritual and . physical wrath that the •dismayed captain fled up the wharf and took refuge at the feet of him _ who sat at the receipt of customs, inquiring with a sailor's motion and a sailors tongue: "What, in God's name, have you sent on board my ship as an in­ spector."---George B. Loring. Religion in the South. „ The growth of religion in the South­ ern States during the last census decade refutes the common plaint that Chris­ tianity is losing its hold upon the peo­ ple. Statistics furnished by forty-two cities of the South show an increase of 58.2 per cent, in population, and 62 per cent, in church membership. In top* cities ^urokk w^a iar in excess Fanny Kemble's Stories. , If the public can swallow a play 6 Bulwer's it might be brought to taste one of Leigh Hunt's. I dislike every­ thing that Bulwer ever wrote, and think he ought to have been a Frenchman. Can any one say worse of a man who is not ? Our friend and neighbor (at Phila­ delphia in 1838), W -, has just lost his youngest child, one girl among six sons, who, while she was still a baby, not a year old, drew from him the lu­ dicrously pathetic exclamation: "Oh, the man that marries one's daughter must be hateful!" The only application of the technical term "a dispensation of Providence" that I ever heard with* pleasure was that of the devout old Scotch lady who said: "Hech, sirs, I'm never weary of reflecting on the generous dispensation of Providence towards myself and its righteous judgments on my neighbors!" I was walking once with Trel^wyn, who is as chilly as an Italian gray-hound, at Niagara, by a wall of rock upon which the intense sun beat tod was re­ flected upon us, till I felt as if I was being roasted alive and exclaimed: "Oh, this is hell itself!" To which he replied with a grunt of dissatisfaction: "Oh, dear, I hope liell'll be a good deal warmer than this!" A woman that my audfc, Mrs. Siddons, was engaging as cook, replied to the question, "Can you make pastry?" "Well, no, ma'am, not exactly to say the very finest of pastrv. I can make plain puddings and pies, but I am not a pro­ fessed puff-pastry cook, and I think it best to say so, as every one should stand upon their own bottom with for­ titude and similarity, I think." We were speaking of tlwr imprecato­ ry Psalms at Dean Milm&n's the other evening, and when I asked Mrs. Mil- man if she joined in the repetition of such passages she answered with much simplicity, like a good woman and a faithful clergywoman, "Oh, yes, but then, you know, one never means what one says," which elioited from our com­ pany, consisting chiefly of churchmen, a universal burst of laughter. Byron was in a marked and extreme degree indifferent to ruins. He said on one occasion of an introduction pro­ posed by Trelawny, that he wished to know no men under thirty nor women beyond it. Was to some extent jealous of Shelley's genius; had been startled at the evidence of dramatis power in "The Cenci." Trelawyn again told me (what he has said more than once) that Shelley cared nothing about children; once, in Tre- lawny's presence, Shelley stepped over his own child, Percy, near the threshold of the house, without observing that it was Percy till the nurse told him. On that occasion Trelawny made a jocular remark about "a wise man that knows his own child," when Shelley rejoined: "A wise man wouldn't have any." _ BOSTON is said to be the highest-taxed city in the world. It spends more on the education of its children alone than is raised for all purpose* by Birming­ ham, England, though the latter is the larger city. There is no other city like Boston. It has 103,000 females to 100,000 males, and yefso thrifty are her spin­ sters that, while 14,000 people own the $127,000,000 of Government bonds owned in New York, $40,000,000 held in Massachusetts are divided among 16,000. holders. A HARVARD student always wears gloves. Some people never wash their hands.