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as Mll«« Shorter, I Hour Quicker.Thaa «ujr <»th»r rotiJr from

TO ALL JOINTS SOUTH 4% BAST.rUoa Unkm * | f

R«ur«w Train* oti Ktiff York OffatnJ and HIMIMNIM» R ft for all tmtnte I M I BMI W«at.

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KAUT AND WKHTTII!lor<ni 1JNKl/aava < )f«l«»niihiirjr S.JIfi p in ; arrfvtnmat N o rUtmni.m* m , Watortown IO.0A p. tn ; Utlca

1000p tn , Altiaur I 4ft a m ; Troy I.AO a. m ;Mf w York 7 III a in . IWmton 9 00 a. m ; nuffaloH 00 a. m.; Ntaifara ralln JO |0 • m ,Hrid«it 10 00 a. m . (^h^ifo A 4H a m.; 81.K.W a. m Throtmh IMMMUI to Utioa. W cHlatphif oar t'tlra Ui rVxiU(n Ihiffalo U> NlairaraValla, lTn*t>lan<1. Total", IlKHatiapt>ll«i, Nt l l*>t<v, without «.<han««v

Fapa M low aa »>r any other rmrtr•hw*kad through

10wgaot through cam. beautiful tiomtanr, court•ou* MnployoM aitit •inooth track n»iiu#»r Uiln aiWlichtfUl chann*' from th« oUl routr.

HWpinir ('ar |>aaw«nt'<*m for fkmlon ami NewKacland potnta, nan otHnipy our nl«^»vJiitf oar toirtfca without chanff*). aiMl lake Ho*ton P( a m on AtlaAtk RLipraMAt I'tk'a without«»»• train

M|##|»inc car »>*rtha can he MKntml inwithout ail4lltlf>nal ohar«v TkA Marrinuin, IW Ht»t# M I W I .

J ¥ MATNAao, Orn. Hup't.Twarr Mcrraari•{.(>. (>«>n«»ral I1wa«ur*r Ajrent.

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To Take KfTeot>eb. 7th, 1881.I>oave OffdennburK 4.4fia.m.K.4ftp.m. 6.40p.m.Arrive Norwfxxl. 5.4Ma.m. I.JWi>.m. B.Uftp.m.

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AND ST. LAWRENCE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT. •

ABD HT

Charles Ashley.OODKNttBVRO, N.Y.

• n Buglith Tribute to Long^lllow

On hi* 14th Mrthdtf/, 21th AVrV««rj|/,

IWJ. BTKWAIIT.

Hall, f ray haiml alrai Hail, Prince <»fIn cadence «wwt thy uoten prolong

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An Heaven r

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Beyond the wphvrew.

We greet Uiee tlniH In naUl atavc,Aurosa the ffide Atlantic wave

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To better laud.

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We con them* o'er:"The Village Smith," "Evaiiffellne.""A i*Mlm of Life:"- our heartH ennhi-ine

"KxoeuWor "

Wng on, Bweet fllncer of thy Unto,Nor need the teachliiK of tlu> Hint*

Thy locka dtaplay,Pill all thy yaani with awtvteat w»it .Though "Time In Meeting Art IHIOIIK '

Yea, lantfl for »y«».

Emblaoooed on the act-oll of fame,Writ large beneath our tihakespeare'H ufline

Thou yet ahalt aliint*,When, awanlike, thy laut Hong »M H»"IK,Thy harp upon the willow hung,

And reirt is thiiuv— London Mmiritl

A i T B A N O E BAD STORY.

Kventa Preceding the MysteriousDeath of Assemblyman

Brennan.

Tho tragic d«ath of the Hon. WilliamD. Ilrennan, niembor of Assembly fromFranklin County, hit* liven tho emim ofmuch comment in oil part* of the Htntc,but more especially in Albany ami nt hishome in Mftlorie. It him been freelychargtxl that hi* WS,H <lriron to iriHtinitymid Hiiicido by the never*1 crithiiHiiiH ofWilliiim A. Wheeler UJJOU hin course intho late contest at Albany when Mr.Wheeler WUH II candidate, for tho UnitedHtutf» Henntc On the other hmtd it wasclaimed that Mr. Bnuinnn was overawedby tho imugimvry importance ttn<l dtiticfthf the position of Chairman of the Com-mittee on Way* and Means, to wliich^heWIM appointed by Speaker Sharp?, andthat couHtant thoughtHupon the nubjectand a fear of failure tlnully resulted inun goat ing hi* reaMon and in hi* takinghis own life.

With a view of getting at the factn inthe Cfl*e if iwfwible, a c6rrcH|M>ncl«nt re-cently made a vinit to Malonc, tho homeof Mr. Wheeler and also of Assembly-man Drennan. In Malone he found thejK'Ople much excited u|K>n the Rubject.Almost without exception they chargedthe death of Mr. Brennan to Win. A.Wheeler. Hut at nearly every point theeorroA|M>ndent wiw met with a feur uponthe part of those with whom he talkedof the resentment of Mr. Wheeler and hisfriends.

In order to reach an intelligent under-standing of the whole case, it will l>enecessary to review briefly the relationswhich had for years existed between Mr.Wheeler and Mr, Brennan. The coirea-pondent talked with several old resi-dents who had known them for years.One of them said.

"I remember poor Brennan, a bare-footed, bright little l>oy, who came herefrom Canada when he was 12 years old.The Ogdcnsburg «fc Luke Chain plainKailroud was then building, and youngBrennan used to carry water to the menon tho work. I believe nn uncle or someother relative had a contract on the workand William was brought along as achore boy. Tho work movod on, andyoung Brennan remained in Malone. Heattended our district schools and ouracademy, and Anally graduated at Mid-dlebury College. He was unsnally brightand intelligent, and wan known andloved by everybody. Among the first toappreciate his talents and lend him thehelping hand was William A. Wheeler,and it is believed tlfat he was indebted toMr. Wheeler for his education and forhis political advancement. Is it anywonder that he loved, and I might sayalmost worshiped, William A. WHeeler?When the rebellion broke out youngBrennan was one oftho very first to en-list. Ho went out with the 142(1 NewYork Volunteers, and came out a Majorby brevet 'for gallant aud meritoriousBervice' an expressed in his commissionfrom President Andrew Johnson. Attho battle of Chapin's Lauding in 1804he wos wounded by leading his companyin the thickest of the fight, and his leftteg had to be nmputated. He wns nat-urally of a nervous temperament, and hissensibilities, were as fine as a woman's.His wound and tho losing of his leg wasa shock from which I do not think hoover fully recovered. Every one hereknows how fine strung he was, no onebetter than Wheeler, with whom trig re-lations have been like those of father audnon. Wo all took delight in honoringthe poor boy, who came among im with-out a friend, and had, by his kindness ofheart, his strict honor and upright life,ondoared himself, to oil. For nine yearshe was our county treasurer. Here is aninstance of the sort of a man he was. Atthe expiration of his term as treasurer heturned over to his successor a large sumof accrued interest on the money whichhad come into his hands while treasurer.This was the first instance of the kind inthe county. When told that the moneywas Tiis by right he refused to receive it,but instated upon its being passed overto the credit of the county. When anyman attempts to make me believe thatWilliam Brennan ever betrayed a friendor knowingly committed a dishonorablenet, he attempts something that no man,woman or child who know him will everbelieve. And that of all other men hebetrayed William A. Wheeler! If everono man worshipped another, then Wil-liam I). Brenilan worshipped William A.Wheeler."

"To what do you ascribe the cause ofMr. Brennan's suieinor Asked the cor-respondent.

•'Well, there is but one sentiment an tothat here. It is snid that Mr. Wheelerwrote to him a very harsh and cruel let-ter, charging him with having sold himout during the fight for tho United States8cnatorihip in Albany. This prayedupon hi« mind continually. Ho lost his

OGDENSBURG, N.Y., APRIL 7, 1881. VOL. XVfc, NO. 14.

appetite, he could not sloop, and fallingto get a retraction of the charge from Mr.Wheeler, hit* reason gave way nnd hesought relief in death."

"Did you soo the letter!" asked thocorrespondent.

"No. But poor Brennan often spokoto me about it, and with tears in his eyeswould ask if I believed it possible thatho could ever betray Iris friend and bene-factor."

The correspondent next called upon agcntloman who i^rfoscly connected withMr. Wheeler in business and by mar-riage. It was a painful subject to him,and he insisted that Iris name should notbe used.

MI do not believe," said he, *'that Wil-liam A. Wheeler is a man capable ofwriting such a cruel letter to any mau iwit is said he wrote to Mr. Brennan, andcertainly .not to liirn,f or ho loved him asIris own son. Mr. Brennan and I were thoclosest of friends, and I know just howhe felt towards Mr. Wheeler, and howMr.. Wheeler felt towards him. Mr.Wheeler felt towards him as a son, andhe seemed to me to always regard Mr.Wheeler as more than a father. I rc-inember after he had been elected to theAssembly again last fall he came into myplace one day, and we had a long talkabout what he should do in Albany. Hesaid he was quite certain Mr. Skinnerstood no chance for the Speakerahip, butthat it was the duty of Mr. Wheeler'sfriends to supjfort him, and he should doso, though it woukl probably result insending him into oblivion when 8|>eakerBlmrpc made up his committees T toldhim if he wanted Mr. Wheeler to succeedhe must certainly support Skinner forSpeaker. He replied, holding up hisright hand, VI would rather have this cutoff than'to injure William A. Wheeler/Yest there in no doubt htyncnnt to betnie to Mr. Wheeler."

''Why do you my meant V we askedhim.

''Well," after some hesitation, "thereiy*e some things in connection with thiswhole affair it is hard to nndcTNtand.Why did he sign the call for the caucuson Wednesday when the men who weremanaging Mr. Wheeler's canvass did notwant the caucus till the night before theelection, which enme on tho followingTuesday? And when afterwards hisname appeared at the head of the Com-mittee on Ways and Means, a positionwhich no one had ever dreamed of hisgetting, there was a good deal of sur-prise and some unpleasant things weresaid. Mr. Wheeler did undoubtedlywrUc him it letter chiding him. for hiscourse, and there was a good deal ofcomment of which he had no doubtheard of. Tho dispatch which broughtus the news aroused i% good deal of sus-picion. It said:

"Bharpe nominated for Speaker, andBrennan Chairman of of Ways andMeans.'

I remember the night when Mr. Bren-nan came home. He came* directly tomy place of business from the depot, andwalking into my private office closed thedoor after him, and said: 'What is thematter here? What is the trouble?' Heseemed to be very much excited. Hehad seen it stated in some paper that thoHe publicans of Malonc had called a meet-ing and denounced him for betrayingMr. Wheeler. I tried to reassuro him,but saw he was very~ much excited. Isaw him frequently during1 tho time hewas at home, and did my l>eHt to calmhim. But he would not talk upon anyother subject. One day I took him rid-ing. We had gone but a short distancewhen he began talking about Mr. Wheel-er's letter, and the idea that people be-lieved he had betrayed his friend andbenefactor. He cried like a baby andsnid it seemed as though every one was{pointing his finger at him and saying:'There goes the man who betrayed l\jsl»ost friend.' I tried to reason with him,but it was of no use. His mind was al-ready unsettled then, though none of usrealized how bait ho was. Finally weprevailed on him to take a trip South—to stop nt Washington, and make quitean extended trip, hoping that change ofscene and air would do him good. Atfirst he consented, but on calling thereon the tnorniug of the day he was tostart I found that he would not go. Hesaid ho had just received a letter writtenby Mr. Wheeler, which had caused himto change Iris mind. The letter was onewhich Mr. Wheeler had written to Col.Win, A. Jones of the New York CustomHouse, in reply to ono written by thatgentleman to Mr. Wheeler telling him ofMr. Brcmiftn'fl condition. It wns as kinda letter as ono man could write to anoth-er, and should have been perfectly satis-factory to Mr. Brcnnnn. Ia fact it didseem to cheer him up fora little while,but ho soon relapsed and was worse thanever.

4'Do ymf believe that the charge thathe had sold out Mr. Whcoler togetherwith the letter from Mr. Wheeler in sub-stance making the same charge, waswhat finally drove him to take his life?"asked the correspondent.

"Well, that is hard to say. It is. cer-tain that he brooded over the matter con-tinually, and no doubt magnified Mr.Wheeler's criticism upon his course agreat deal. But why wan lie made Chair-man of the Ways and Means Committee?and why did he sign the call for thatcaucus? These are things that the lwstfriends of Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Brenuancannot understand. It is a sad businessoil around.

The corresjwndent culled upon thewidow of Mr. Brennan, in the pleasanthome he occupied, on the banks of theSalmon Hiver, commanding a mostdelightful view of the Adirondack Moun-tains.

She had no hard words to say againstWilliam A. Wheeler. She knew he hadbeen her husband's friend all through hislife, and that her husband had l»eenfaithful «to him to the end. But sheknew also that it was the beliei that Mr.Wheeler thought that he was guilty oftreachery tluit had driven Him to takehis life.

"Have you the letter Mr. Wheelerwrote your husbond, and which it is saidcruiHed him to take his life?" asked thecorrespondent.

4•No," she replied, "the letter is de-stroyed, William destroyed it himwlf.So he told me." , •

"Why did ho destroy h(\

"Because he said he could not bear tohave it about him. lie told me that,waking or trying fc> sleep, it was con-tinually before him, and \w could secthose great black letters charging himwith ingratitude to a friend."

It has been said Hint the carea ami du-ties of the position tt Chairman of Waysand Means wore what worked uponyour husband and drove him to insan-

"That certainly it not BO. Until he re-ceived that lcttei| from Mr. Wheeler Inever knew hint io * be moro cheerful.He had worked hard during the cam-paign muking speeches almost everynight, and was, of course, tired and ex-hausted, but he had no fenra but what hecould discharge IHB duties. He did notdesire- to go back to the Legislature, andit was only because he was led to be-lieve iluit he could be of service to Mr.Wheeler there that he finally consentctlto again lie a candidate. He went to Al-bany an the friend of Mr. Wheeler, andhe remained his friend until he died.He said he owed everything to Mr.Wheeler.'1

"Did you ever notice anything strangein Mr. Brennan's actions Iwfore he re-ceived that letter?"

"Nothing more than he was weak andrestless, owing to the work of the cam-paign and the anxiety occasioned by hisresponsibility in conducting Mr. Wheel-er's candidacy for the United States Sen-atorship."

"What was his conduct after thnt lettor?"

"He seemed to become utterly despon-dent. He could not rest nights, and didnot want to talk upon any other sub-ject. 'Evcryting is lost, I am a ruinedmau. Wheeler enn crush me/ he wouldsay. I tried to convince him that hehad misconstrued Mr. Whc«ler'n letter;that it was not s*o severe as Ho thought it.That Mr. Wheeler had made a mistake,and would right it as soon as pointedout to him. But it was all useless. Fi-nally, we left Albany and came home, inhopes that a change of air would do himgood. Hut he seemed to grow continu-ally worse."

"Was Mr. Wheeler informed of Mr.Brennan'j* condition?"

"Yen, I wrote to him myself, our fam-ily physician wrote to him, and HO didGeneral N". M. Curtis, who was closelyconnected with him in the army; GeorgeDawson of tho AUmny Krenhuj Joitniol,Col. William A. Jones of New York, amiothers."

"Did thew letters state the conditionof his mind nnd appeal to Mr. Wheelorto write to Mr. Brennan withdrawing hiscriticisms?"

"Yes, M> far m I know.""Did Utr. Wheeler write to Mr. Bren-

nan?""Not at that time. But he did write

to Col. .Tones, and that letter was sent toMr. Brennan. For a time it seemed tocheer him up a little, but it did not last.It was not such a letter as my husbandwanted. He would frequently say thntif ho could get a letter from Mr. Wheelerwithdrawing his charges he would be oilright."

" I have.been informed that a friendwent to Washington, and laid this mat-ter before Mr. Wheeler, urging him towrite and withdraw his charges.Is that true.

"Yes, Mr. Kilburn did goto Washing-ton, and saw Mr. Wheeler. . Her* i«* aletter he wrote t<J my hiwimnd."

The letter stated that the writer hadseen Mr. Wheeler, and that that gentle-man was thoroughly satisfied that he huddone Mr. Brennan a great injustice, andwould write him a letter making it nilright.

"That letter," said Mrs. Brennan,"seemed to have a good effect uponmy husband for a little while, but it soonwore off." $

"What he desired, I presume,' was aletter from Mr. Wheeler retracting whathe said in the letter written him shortlyafter the election of Shaker Sharpc andafter his appointment as Chairman ofthe Committee on Ways and Means.'"

"Yes, that seemed to be what he de-sired. He could not rest under the im-putation that ho had born untrue to far.Wheeler."

"Did he decline, after' till these re-quests from mutual fnomls, to write toyour husband?"

"He did write finally. But it came toolate, and did not meet the case, in myhusband's judgment. Here is the let-tor:

VICK-PHESIDENT'S CHAM nun,

Washington, Feb. 27, 1881.DRAH WILLIAM : I am pained to learn

through mutual friends of your physicaland mental condition, nnd that it is sug-gested by the fonr of the loss of ray con-fidence. I am thoroughly convinced byfacts whicfthave si&eeeome to my knowl-edge, that at the time I judged your ac-tion at Albany too harshly. It is need-less and useless to traverse that groundnow. Mistakes are not criminal, butnatural nnd common to us all. Youmust uot lie down under this mistake,for such it WUK in the opinion of all for-whont you ought to enro. With yourability for usefulness, and «t your limeof life, it is wrong to nAignify this mat-ter. You had the nerve and courage todefy death on the battlefield; now showyour manliness by shaking off this mis-erable depression. Cease dwelling ujwnthis master—look forward. No onowill more cheerfully reach out to you thehelping hand than I will, and all yourold friends will join with me. Let thewaves of oblivion cover tho past, nndsummon up the manhood which has sooften asserted itself in the past.

Cordially your friend,W/A.

The Uont. ,WM. D, BRKVNAN.

"What did Mr. Brennan say when heread this letter.

"He mid : 'ft is like «o* muchice. It doe* not satisfy, but it drillsme."

"I presume," suggested the correspon-dent, "that he looked on it as simplychanging the accusation from trenchcry and ingratitude to that oi lmcompe-tency to manage Mr. Wheeler's canvass,as it was still insisted that he made amistake."

"Yes, that seemed to be the viewhe took of it. I tried in every way toconvince him that ho was mistaken. Ifelt that Mr. Wheeler was his friend, ashe always had been, and that everythingcould l>c satisfactorily explained andwould be."

"I was very anxious," said Mrs. Bren-nan, "that he should go to Washingtonand see Mr. Whoeler, and at one time heagreed to do so but changed his mind.I also tried to get him to take a trip toNassau, and other places, and he said hewould, but always backed out. Heseemed to grow worse after the receiptof this letter. We used to tako longdrives up in the North Woods, and thobracing air and beautiful scenery some-times seemed to have a beneficial effectupon him; but he would noon relapse in-t o melalcholy and talk duly of this trou-ble. He was so honorable himself hecould not rest under the imputation thathe had committed a dishonorable act toanother, and that other a man to whomhe owed so much as he did to Mr.Wheeler. I feel sure that Mr. Wheelerwas misinformed by some one about myhusband's course in Albany, or he wouldhove written that letter."

"Did you ever read Mr. Wheeler's let-ter?"

"No, William never showed it to me,but he talked with me about it almostcontinually."

A gentleman who was a very inti-mate friend of Mr. Brennan's said to thecorres|M>ndent ;

"I almost got mad hearing him go onso about WThceter'H letter, and one day Isaid to him : 'Why don't yon write toWilliam A. Wheeler, and tell him to gothe devil? You know you are innocentof any offense toward him, and ho knowsit too.' I thought I would stir him up,and pcrhape make him shake off his mel-ancholy in that way. IKs only replywas, as he turned mid looked me full inthe face: 'Did you ever feel as if youwould like to find some quiet place andHe down nnd die?' I made up my mindthen that it was getting to be a seriousbusiness. In less than two weeks poorBrennan did find a quiet place up in theNorth Woods where lie laid his face downin the snow and died."

From Malone the correspondent wentto Albany. In the Assembly Chamberhe found the desk and chair of Mr. Bren-nan drapefl in deep mourning. Pinnedto the crape was a picture of him and hisarmy corps badge. On the arms of themembers and officers were mourning ro-settes. Every one had a kind word forthe dead Assemblyman. Wlieu I askedwhat killed him, the almost uoiveisd re-ply enme without the least hesitation,"William A. Wheeler's letter." Thiswas the place to verify the truth or fal-sity of the charge that Mr. Brennan hadsold out Mr. Wheeler for the Chairman-ship of the Committee on Ways audMeans. To that end the correspondentfirst went to work. A gentleman whoresides in St. Lawrence County, and whowas a friend of Mr. Wheeler and also ofMr. Brennan, but who, being himself inpolitical life, had a wholesome fear ofMr. Wheeler's influence, and thereforedesired to have his name omitted, wasfirst visited.

"Is there any truth irr-thc utory thatMr. Wheeler was sold out by Mr. Bren-nan?"

"Sojd out!" he repeated, laughing^"Why, he had nothing to sell. Wheel-er never stood the ghost of a chance ofgetting the nomination. Somebody,however, had filled him up with ghoststories to tho effect that when Dcpew'sfriends became convinced that theirman could not be nominated they wouldgo to Wheeler in preference to any otherman. Others had told him of all the can-didates outside of Platt and Crowlev hewas the most unobjectionable to Mr.Conk ling, and that if neither of thesemen could be elected, then he would bethe most acceptable of all the anti-ma-chine men. Then it wan said that theflght was so bitter tot ween the Governorand his fnends, who were supportingPlatt, and Chester A. Arthur and JohnF. Smyth and their friends, who werebacking Crowley, that either of tJicmwould prefer to »oc Wheeler electod ra-thor than their opponent. Wells Dick-inson, Mr. Wheeler's autophone, andHenry James, the son (tt ex-Congress-man James of St. Lawrence County,came here to conduct Mr. Wheeler's cam-paign and assist Mr. Brenuan and therest of us in trying tt) capture the prize.These men, and ctery ono of the tenfriends of Mr. Wheeler who finally votedfor him in the caucus, know that fromthe time of the opening of tho fight onthe Speakership until the Kominatiou ofThomas C. Platt was assuftd, Mr. Bren-nan strained every nerve to advance thecause of Mr. Wheeler. Not a move wasmade without consulting him and dulyweighing it as to the effect it would haveupon Mr. Wheeler's chances. As to Irissigning the call for the caucus, that wasall talked over in our consultations. Mr.Brennan freely expressed his views, andsaid he was ready for the caucus at anytime. He did not believe in waiting un-til the night before the Senator was to tonominated, claiming that it would onlyto giving the Speaker and the Governorso much more time to operate upon thomember* with their patronage and securetheir vjotes. In this, it is true, Mr. Dick-inson, Mr. James and some others didnot agree with Mr. Brennan, but therewas'no positive understanding that a callfor a caucus should not be signed; andwhen the papcr# calling a caucus for thoWednesday night preceding the Tuesdayof election wti presented to him for hit

•ignature, he acted upon his declaredjudgment and signed it. And that wasall there was of it. Of course some gen-tiemen who may have represented to Mr.Wheeler that there was going to be a bigfight, and that he was the coming darkhorse, had to account for their bad judgment in some way, and the easiest thingto do was to unload on poor Brennan, bycharging that he had betrayed Wheelerand sold him out for the Chairmanshipof the Committee on Ways and Means.That was much pleasanter than to con-fess that they had been badly fooled—outgeneraled from the start. But itis well to remember that Mr. Brenaannominated Mr. Wheeler in the caucus,and votod for him, and that the Speak-er's committees were announced beforethe election of a Uuited States Senator.The story that Brenuan had agreed togo for Crowtay when the break cam* andWheeler was out of the race, and thathis reward was to to the Chairmanship ofthat Committee, is all the veriest bosh,and wa* only invented to cover«p^*hefoolish promises of some men who luultoon helping to conduct Mr. Wheeler'scanvass.''

Senator Lynde of Stf Lawrence wasone of Mr. Wheeler's strongest support-ers to the end. He could not'believethat there ha4 ever been any understand-ing between Speaker Sharpc and Mr.Brennan. To him Mr. Brennan read aportion of Mr. Wheeler's letter soon af-ter receiving it, and appealed to him towrite to Mr. Wheeler and set him right.This Senator Lynde did do, but the nextmorning, when he showed the letter toMr. Brennun, that gentleman said heneed not send it just then, as anotherparty had promised to go and we Mr.Wheeler. Mr. Lynde, in his numeroustalks with Mr. Brennan, endeavored toconvince him that he was giving a wronginterpretation to Mr. Wheeler's letter,and to assure him that it would to allright as Mr. Wheeler knew all the factsof the raw*, but in vain.

Assemblyman ('bickering, of LewisCounty, was probably Mr. Brcnnau't* moiftintimate friend in the legislature. Tohim tho letter was shown on the morningof its receipt.

"I noticed Breniian," said Mr. Chick-en ng, "whose scot was directly in frontof mine, holding a letter in hi* hand andlooking toward me with a strange ex-pression. As he caught my eye We beck-oned to me, to come over to his desk,and I went. 'Read that,' said he, pass-ing me the letter. I read it throughcarefully, and as I handed it back to himhe said: 'What do you think of that?"My "reply was that I did not think any-thing of it, nnd that I should not payany attention to it. The tears started in-to his eyes, and he said, 'I feel as if Ishould die.' I rallied him on taking itso seriouslj*, telling him that I could notsee anything in the letter that he shouldfeel no very bad alwut, assuring him thathe and every other friend of Mr. Wheel-er in Albany knew that he had beenfaithful to that gentleman to the end,and that as so%n as'the facts came to Mr.Wheeler's knowledge he would to sureto do him justice. Throughout his en-tire trouble I continually urged upon himthis view. I am sure if the letter hadbeen writtcu to me I would not havetaken it very seriously to heart, espec-ially if I had been as guiltless of offenseas I know Mr. Brcnnau was. But therearc very few men in tills world made ofsuch fine stuff as William Brennan, andhe never rallied from the blow that let-ter inflicted. At his solicitation, ils thefriend of both hunself and Mr. Wheeler,I wrote to the latter gentleman, urginghim to withdraw what he had said, butfor some reason I understand the letterwas not sent. During the time Mr. Bren-nan remained here after he received theletter he was continually talking withme about it, and I constantly latorcd toconvince him that it was not such a ter-rible letter after all, and that all wouldto right when the truth was known, butia vain. He got so lie could not sleep,and when I chided him once and toldhim he must get some sleep or he wouldnot be able to stand the strain upon hisnerves, he replied, 'I cannot sleep. Eve-ry time I close my eyes I sec those greatblack letters toforc mo charging me withingratitude and totraying my tost fricud!'As to his having sold out Mr.Wheeler, it is untrue, cruel and prepos-terous. No man was more surprisedthan Win. Breunan when he beared hisname announced as Chairman of theWays and Means Committee. He saidto me, 4I should not have been more sur-prised if the arch of the Chamtor hudfallen upon me.'

Mr. Chickering either could not orwould not try to remember the contentsof Mr. Wheeler's letter. But anothergentleman, who had p view of it, saidthe whole sum and substance of it was acharge that Brennan had sold out Iristost friend and benefactor for the paltryposition of Chairman of the Ways andMeans Committee. The concluding sen-tence, as near as this geutlemau couldrecollect, was:

But it is no matter what becomes ofmy. ease. You are Chairman of theWays and Means Committee. You aretaken care of, and it is of little conse-quence what becomes of me.

i4And that," said he was about thetone of the whole letter. It was injuredinnocence bowing to the injustice donehim by a friend, and in true Pecksniffenstyle. William A. Wheeler knew thetemperament of William Brennan so wellthat he knew just how to strike to makehim feel it most.

Then the correspondent called uponSpeaker Sharpe, and said, bluntly: "Mr.Speaker, it has been said that there wasan understanding totwoen you and thelate Mr. Brennan, whereby he was re-warded by his signature to the call forthe Republican Senatorial caucus by theChairmanship of the Ways and MeansCommittee. I have called to ask ifyou will say anything upon the ques-tion."

" I will say that the story, by whom-soever told, is a most infamous lie, ""said

Gen. Sharpe. " I will tell you why MrBrennan was made Chairman of the com*mittec. For years it had been run in thesame old rut by nearly the same. men.Old claims that made their appearancein the appropriation bills annually fromyear«to year, to a time beyond even thememory of the oldest legislator, were al-lowed to papa unquestioned, simply tocause of their antiquity. I resolved totajkc the committee oxtt of the old rut byappointing new men. My atteution wasattracted to Mr. Brennan because lastyear he led the fight against all the objeetioliable items in the Supply bill, thatwere stricken out ia the House, aijjl alsoagainst those that were subsequently ve-toed by the Governor. I knew that hewas a man who would scrutinize everyitem, and these old stagers would tonew to him, and would l>e a* closelyscrutinized as any other*. And that waswhy he was made Chairman .of the Waysand Means Committee. He knew nomore of my intention tofore he heard hisname read from the clerk's Aonk thanyou did. It was a complete surprise tohim, a* well a« to a good many otherpeople."

"It has been said, also, that Mr. Bren-nan had promised you that when Mr.Whcclcr finally liad to get out of therace he would cast his vote for your can-didate, Mr. Crowley." continued the cor-respondent.

"That is more infamous, if possible,than the other," said Gen, Sharpc. "Inever Jiad but one conversation with Mr.Brennan about the Senatorial contest.I was anxious to know where he and eve-ry other of our opponents would gowhen their own candidate was withdrawn.I was anxious that they should not goto Dcpew, who was the only real candi-date the half breeds had at any time whocould make us a fight. I did ask Bren-nan where he should go in the event ofWheeler's getting out of the contest. Hereplied, 'That is a matter I have nevertaken into consideration. I am for Mr.Wheeler first, last, and all the time, andif it comes down so that he has- but onevote in the caucus. That vote shall tomine. I shall stay with Mr. Wheeler andhis friends to the end.' That was hisreply, and that was all the understand-ing we ever had. '• After I had made himChairman of Ways, ami Means lie ex-pressed his surprise, because he thought Iwas displeased at his declaration at thatinterview."

"What is your opinion as to the. as-sertion that the duties of the Chairman-ship of that committee^vere so great asto frighten Mr. Brennan and drive himinsane?11

"My opinion is," said Mr. Sharpen"that no one but an idiot or a crazy maflwould say such a thing. Last year Mr.Brennan was Chairman of the JudiciaryCommittee of the Assembly, a committeethat has a* much work before it as near-ly all the other committees of the House.He discharged all his duties there faith-fully and well. That committee neverhad a more faithful and hard-workingChairman, and his work was done in amanner that received the approval andcommendation of the ablest lawyers inthe State who had business toforc it,and also of both branches of the Legisla-ture. Nonsense! All a Chairman of theWays and Means 'Committee needs isbackbone to stand up for the right, andWilliam Brennan had plenty of that,as would have l»een discovered had helived.;

"And now, Mr. Speaker, what do youknow about Mr. Wheeler's letter to Mr.Brcnuau?"

"I never saw the letter, though 1 wastold he had received one, and I knowthat lie was greatly troubled. His wifetalked with me about it. I saw that liewas all broke up from the effects of it,and I was told that Mr. Wheeler hadcharged him with selling him out for theChairmanship of the Ways and MeansCommittee. I was very anxious that heshould go to Washington and see Mr.Wheelor, and offered to write a letter toMr. Wheeler, if he would do so. But hedid not go."

"What do you think the Q^ct of .Mr.Wheeler's letter was upon Mr. Brennan?"I asked.

"If the facts are its I understandthem to to,'5 said Gen. 8haq>e," then Iconsider William A. Wheeler responsiblefor the death of n l>ctter man than him-self."

Here our investigations ended. We;have endeavored to give a faithful re-port of our researches. The reader mustdraw his own conclusions. In the sum-mer days William A. Wheeler is accus-tomed to go up in the woods fishing andto enjoy the pure air and beautiful scen-ery. Often has he cast his fly in Meach-

TJS Lake, where Mr. Brenuan was go-ing when he took his own life. Will hego there next summer? If he does, willhe think of poor Brennan, who, wth hisface buried in the snow, took that long,last sleep which could not l>e disturbedven by "those great black letters,"

charging him with ingratitude and thebetrayal of his friend and benefac-tor?

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or a well-trained tenor voice.—Kind word* are bald hfrtufl they

can never dye.—McStiven says the crowned heads of

Europe are still trembling in their boots. -—A boil is well calculated to flstke t

man mad: but it makes a lobtter mad-der.

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- " T h e spring will be backward," pre-dicted Vennor, a* he was about to applya red-hot poker to the cat's aoe*

—It was Artemas Ward who eaid thatthere are two things in t a k wqpid forwhich no one is ever puipnnid l u i i i

—The Philadelphia ChrmMe wop tfcfttmarried men are like eggs, beeMne bybeing kept in hot water they becomehardened.

—The bee can deliver a stinging retortand yet keep its mouth shut This iswhere it has the advantage over the cam-paign orator.

—The steam whaler purchased by ourgovernment to send in search of theJryincttc is named Mary and Helen. Shemust IK* twins.,

—A man having fallen down in a fit iaa tailor's shop, an envious rival se"That's the only at ever seen in that est&blisnment."

Mrs. Ferguson is a thrifty soul. Sheuses no indigo in her washing. She al-ways 'hangs her clothes out of a windyday, and the wind blcws them.

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—The Department of State has beeninvestigating the subject thorougly, andreports that "the health of Americanhogs is at present remarkably good.*7

But it cannot be denied that the averagelife of the American hog is a little lessthan twelve months.

Farmer Beat 's Sheep Washing.

Some years ago the good people of Hcertain town assembled for the purposeof forming a temperance society. Afterthe usual preliminaries, the pledge wassubmitted to the audience for signature.At that Deacon Smith arose and addre^A-cd them thus:—

4 lMy friends, I should have no • objec-tion to signing your pledge, but fojr onething. I have been accustomed to havemy plum pudding at Christmas. Now,you ail know plum pudding is good fornothing without sauce; and the sauce isinsipid without a little brandy in it. Nowif you can fix your pledge so I can liavemy brandy sauce and plum pudding atChristmas, I will sign it with great pleas-ure."

Xfter a little arguing pro and con, aclause wan added allowing Deacon Smithhis brandy-sauce at Christmas, but at noother time; and Deacon Smith signed thepledge at once.

Soon aftes Farmer Jones arose with asmile, and said:—

"My friends, I have no objection tosigning your pledge if you will allow meone thing. I always want liquor in theharvest field, to counteract the bad ef-fects of so much cold, water as is usually.drank at that time. If you can fix it sothat I can have my liquor in the harvest -field, I will sign your pledge.-*

Again, after considerable arguing therewas a clause added ajiowing his liquorin the harvest field, buraT"n& <rt|£rjime.

After Fanner Jones had taken huTseat,neighbor Bent arose.

"My friends," be said. "I will signyour pledge if you will do one thing toit: that is. fix it so that I can bare liquorat sheep washing. I think it is very nec-essary for men to have somt good, stroagliquor to drink when coming out of thewater after washing sheep, to pre;he bad effects that arise from stunn it so long at a time.*'

After a good deal of talk, a clauseadded allowing Farmer Bent his Iiat sheep washing, but at no other tiWhen all had signed the pledge,meeting was adjourned.

The next morning one of Farmer BcntVneighbors was passing his house, and th"7

old gentleman stopped out just then glo*riously drunk

"Why, Uucle John, how's thUP saidlie neighbor, a good deal surprised. " I

thought you signed the pledge lastnight. '

"So I <Hd," replied Uncle John, "buthie) I wa« washing sheep."

He led tho way to the barn, the neigh-bor followed. On arriving there, he sawstanding in the middle of the bam-floora big wash-tub about half full of water,and the old ram tied to it as wet as hecould be, and shivering with cold, doseby stood a two-gallon ju*. Uncle John,pointing to his ram with an sir of tri-umph, said;—

"I (hie) washed that (hie) sheep twelvetimes this morning.**

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